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Perhaps the only individual ever to have been profiled in the business sections of The New York Times, Miami Herald, Newsday, and Int'l Herald Tribune, Harry Freedman will create the perfect fake industry expert for your group, that has everyone fooled until they are roaring with laughter!
With nearly three decades of professional comedy experience, from the clubs of Las Vegas to the corporate boardroom, Harry Freedman is a comic you can trust. As a speaker, he has performed for hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, and is frequently rated 'best speaker' at conferences. As a stand-up comedian, Harry is often opening for Ray Romano; has appeared on "Everybody Loves Raymond;" and was a staff writer for "Caroline's Comedy Hour." Harry has also written and directed a short film, "30 Minutes," which received terrific acclaim at the NY Int'l Independent Film Festival.
In addition, Corporate Audiences enjoy Harry's video shorts, where he interviews selected attendees (in character), to create a hilarious 8-10 minute piece played following his speech, as well as his humorous videographies of whole conferences. So when you think of finding the right performer to give your people a laugh-fest they will love and thank you for, two key words make all the difference: Harry Freedman!
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The past decade in Georgia has been extremely stressful and has produced many cases of depression, hopelessness and low self-esteem among the elderly. Many of them have been left alone with only small pensions, which can hardly buy a loaf of bread. AFG is assisting our Georgian partners in starting a model project of an Activity Club for elderly persons.
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There are numerous ways of marketing, but one of the most exciting and most rewarding is through live networking events. Although marketing through social media can be done any time of the day or night and can reach huge numbers of recipients, I don't think we should ever underestimate the value of face-to-face networking. Not every one is comfortable using eye contact and having conversations with people they don't know. For some it is scary and rattles nerves, which can cause you to eat so you don't have to talk or you start talking and can't seem to stop because you are not comfortable with silence. With confidence you can reap major benefits.
Here are 16 tips on how to network with confidence.
Which of these tips do you find helpful?
When I ask audiences to share five of their favorite things to do that make them happy, there is a long pause. Next I'll ask what they don't like or makes them unhappy. Immediately they all start commenting. Their list appears to be endless. People don't automatically know what they like, because they simply do no take the time to give it much thought. Here are several things on my list.
Early in the morning when it is still dark and quiet
Sharing a good belly laugh with a friend.
Walking on the trail by the river
Holding a purring cat on my lap
Taking a long hot shower
Long walks on the beach
Riding in a speed boat on a nice sunny day
Sitting in front of a warm fire
Acting silly with my grandchildren
Watching America's Funniest Videos
Think of ten or more things you enjoy? The next time you are feeling frustrated, tired or overwhelmed, just take a deep breath and read your list. It will put a smile on your face and give you something to look forward to doing. Change your thinking and you will change your mood.
How often have you been in a good mood, upbeat and positive when someone or something totally shifts the way you are feeling? You become tense or on edge. You may feel your energy has been zapped or maybe it's like a slow leak that won't stop.
This could be caused by exposure to negative influences. It could be the result of watching a violent or dark movie. Today what is shown on TV can also generate these same feelings. Just turn on the news and you'll see one violent story after another. Unfortunately positive, uplifting segments don't sell or appeal to the majority of the viewing audience. Even reading disturbing articles or books can subconsciously be a huge energy drain.
Have a plan in mind before this happens. Perhaps it is to walk away, or perhaps suggest an alternative. If others are involved, speak up and tell them how you feel. You can always excuse yourself and leave the situation. Be selective about what you allow yourself to see and read.
Do you have a game plan or what you can say or how you can divert negative situations? Plan ahead and you will be ready. Remember that no one can make you do something you don't want to do. Have the courage to speak up and the confidence to follow through.
For years I diligently wrote my list of New Year resolutions. In all of my life I can't remember a year when I checked off even one thing. How about you? With the first day of the new year, did you think of it as a fresh start and make a list of resolutions with the intention they will dramatically improve your life, bring you happiness, make you look or feel better, generate more income or guarantee success?
Writing New Year resolutions is wrong. I think they are constant reminders of what we don't want and what we don't have.
For example, "Lose Weight" is on more people's list than any other resolution and it is also the most repeated year after year. First, this has a negative implication and constant reminder you are not the size you want to be. When you repeat it again the following year, it reminds you that you continue to be a failure with this one resolution.
If "Lose Weight" was on your list this year (again), edit it to "Eat Healthy" because the result of eating healthy is actually losing weight. Reinforce this with visual images. At the grocery store take pictures of fruit and vegetable displays with your phone or buy a food magazine and tape some of the pictures on your refrigerator, your monitor and the dashboard of your car. (I was going to suggest securing one with a rubber band or paper clip to your debit card, but by the time you would see this one, you would have already eaten.)
To stay focused and on track, write down the positive results you will gain from "eating healthy." Several suggestions are "I will feel better, I will feel full, I will have more energy, I will be healthier, I will reach my target weight." Think about this and let me know how many other positive results you can add to this list.
Give this a try and let me know if this shift in thinking will help you reach your goal so you won't have to write this on your New Year resolutions list again next year. By the way, I have confidence in you that you can achieve this and cross it off of your list before next year rolls around.
Today is January 31st, one month into your goals for the year. How many of you made a commitment to exercise regularly? OK, how many have not stuck with it? You want to know why it is hard?
If you are no longer motivated to exercise, think about what you've been doing for the past month and evaluate what parts of it you like and what parts you don't like.
Be open to try different forms of exercises until you find one you DO enjoy. Because if you enjoy it, you will do it. Trust me you will feel better, look better, sleep better, have more energy which means you will be more productive and mainly ….. you WILL be healthier.
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My first warning signs that I might have the flu started with a sore throat, constant coughing and aching muscles and joints. Known for being resilient, I created a plan of action. Hopefully these tips will help you if you find yourself coming face-to-face with the flu. Read more
With heart disease being the number one cause of death for women, it is our responsibility to educate ourselves and know the symptoms. We are all familiar with severe chest pain, numbness down the left arm and maybe even jaw pain. Women may experience some of these, but traditionally these are what many men feel.
For women the experience may be totally different and particularly not as obvious. We might feel slight pressure in our chest, like indigestion. What woman hasn't experienced this? It's no wonder because we often eat on the run and swallow our food whole so we won't be late or waste valuable time. We may have severe nausea and think it might just be a virus; after all, there is always something like going around. We could pick it from children, grocery cart handles, elevator buttons or who knows what else. We just may feel totally exhausted, zapped of our energy. With overloaded daily routines that start early in the morning and don't let up until our head hits the pillow late at night, who doesn't feel exhausted.
Several years ago my husband insisted he drive me to the emergency room because these were the exact symptoms I was having. I was not only shocked but devastated when I was admitted to coronary intensive care diagnosed with a heart attack.
You owe it to yourself, your family and your friends to know all of the symptoms a woman can experience when having a heart attack. Know you body and when in doubt, get checked out.
In 2009 I was admitted to the coronary intensive care unit diagnosed with having had a heart attack. After learning that heart disease is the number one cause of death for women, I was thankful to be alive. My diagnosis was Stress Cardiomyopathy. February is the month when the American Heart Association raises awareness of heart disease. Today women are more stressed than ever. Send a response and share what stresses you the most. Click Subscribe to learn more about how to avoid having a heart attack.
http://www.MarthaLanier.com Make yourself your top priority when setting goals and it will have a huge impact on your success.
http://www.MarthaLanier.com What if you thought about losing weight as an opportunity rather than an obstacle? Focus on the benefits such as feeling better and having more energy rather than on giving up your favorite food.


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Although this is a trend that resurfaces regularly in fashion, it's one I've never quite embraced. It may be due to the fact that I'm typically drawn to a more feminine silhouette or it could be simply because I hadn't found the right mixture of items to make it work. But when I discovered these cropped pants on the clearance rack, I immediately had a vision of how I wanted to wear them. The ruffles & detailing in the blouse provides the perfect contrast to more tailored pieces and red suede pumps add a dash of bold color.
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As you probably know, I love to bake. I also love geeky things. One more thing: fat cat is fat. Anyway, the idea here is that I've been keeping an eye out lately for some of the coolest geeky cakes out there and I have a list of ten of them for you, in no particular order, that I thought were pretty awesome!
If you are going to have a semi-traditional wedding cake, this is definitely the way to go. Two beings, bound together by their undying commitment to exterminating all other creatures. This is part of Kate Hibbs' photo stream on Flickr.
This great Mario cake from the London Cake Company ltd. says that it is for children, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't get one just like it for my husband's 31st!
Okay, so Norie is my new favorite baker, because I want a Daria cake so badly. Daria was always my favorite geek, back when I used to emulate her volleyball skills and dry wit. Mmmm, if Norie weren't way far away in the Philippines.
I only saw Terminator 2 about a half dozen times before I ever saw the original Terminator. it's okay, my husband fixed that problem about 8-9 years ago. However, much like Ghostbusters 2, it will always hold a place in my heart from my childhood movie watching, and so when I saw this cake, I thought it was just great! Not sure why someone would be inspired to make it, but who cares. Maybe it was one of the many anniversaries of Judgement Day. It's on A Blog 4 Guys, but now I've gone and evened that out anyway!
This cake looks pretty awesome right now, but if should start blinking, you might want to get a safe distance away to avoid being covered in frosting! Amazing work Katie!
This is the most delicious binary message I think I've ever seen. They said that it got eaten before it was decoded. I totally understand why.
This cute little Stormtrooper cake from Charm City Cakes is just about perfect for a small Star Wars gathering, or to get two people through all the prequels (well, the cake plus some libations might do it!).
My family used to play the Oregon Trail competitively. As if there was another way to play. All I have to tell you for your birthday is: don't ford the river! Also, try to avoid breaking any arms. Breaking an arm was always a death sentence. Anyway, loving this Oregon Trail cake!
This looked like it was such a nice cake, but who knew there was a little Cthulhu inside just waiting to burst out! I wonder if it's a chocolate Cthulhu? I'm not against eating ancient evil lords if they're chocolate. Hopefully Beebers31 survived it!
Geeky intersections are another favorite thing of mine, especially legos and everything else, but this is now cake and lego and Star Wars all intersecting together! It's almost too much to handle. I'd eat it though. You know I would! You can thank The Cake Maniac for this bit of awesomeness.
Okay, well, that's 10 awesome cakes. There are so many more out on the internets, though. Have you got a favorite that you've seen?
I just want to shout out to the websites that seem to always post the ideas that lead me on these geeky cake hunts: Between the Pages, Geeks Are Sexy, and Forever Geek. Apparently these sites have geeks just as obsessed with baking as me! Or they are just as obsessed with delicious things … same difference, right!
Well, if anyone ever wants to come over to my place and try your hand at an awesomely geeky cake, you're invited! If you want to try and make your own geeky edible designs, as we've done in the past, almost all of these are made with the mold-able icing fondant, and you can make your own from marshmallows or buy some Cook's Tools & Gadgets) and go for it!


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It is fitting that Asus calls their new Ultrabook line "Zenbooks." Just one look and you can see that it is a device that exudes a sense of calm and balance, purity and power.  An early entrant in the Intel Ultrabook category, the Zenbook is thin and sleek, capable and fast.  It is the Ying and Yang of portable computing: thin and light enough to take with you everywhere, yet powerful and feature rich enough to function as a primary computer. Actually, that is the essence of the Intel Ultrabook spec – to pack a full-featured computer in an elegantly thin package, supported by long battery life, best-in-class security, and the convenience of "instant on" (giving the boot to lengthy boot times), all at a reasonable price point.
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As long-time Dadomatic readers know, I have been an Intel Advisor and have written here about interesting technology and insights I have gleaned from attending various events and having the opportunity to peek inside Intel. Â Now I am looking forward to bringing you more information about the ultra slick new category of Ultrabooks that Intel is the driving force behind. Â Intel has provided me with an ASUS Zenbook, as well as an opportunity for one of you to get an Ultrabook through a Twitter give-away. Â I am working hand in hand (or Ultrabook to Ultrabook) with one of my Intel Advisor and Cast of Dads cohorts, Michael Sheehan (also known as HighTechDad.) Â If you want to learn more about Ultrabooks (and have a chance to get your hands on one) please follow me (@sass) and Michael (@hightechdad) on Twitter, and keep an eye out for our tweets with the hashtag #UltrabookDads. Â Michael and I will also be collaborating on some fun video reviews of the Ultrabook, so please stay tuned.
The Wow Factor
As the geek dad in my family, my kids are always waiting to see what new computing gadget or gizmo I will be bringing home.  It has been fascinating to watch over the years as the "wow factor" of gadgets has shifted to the point where the design, look and feel of a device is almost as important as its function and capabilities.  It wasn't too long ago when all we cared about was what a computer could do. Now, as we bring our computers with us to meetings, family gatherings, parks, coffee shops and airports, we also care about how our computers look and feel. That's the world our kids are growing up in.  For them, what their computers look and feel like will be just as important as the "kicks" they wear.  When I look at the Ultrabook as compared to the first laptop I ever had, the advancements, inside and out, are mind boggling.  I can only imagine what ultra amazing computers my kids have to look forward to.  With style, design and performance in mind, Ultrabooks definitely win on the wow factor, and seem to deliver on the promise of taking portable computing into the future.
What's Next?
I look forward to spending some time with the Asus Zenbook Ultrabook and then sharing my thoughts with you. Â Meanwhile, here are a few shots from my "unboxing" of the Asus Zenbook:
Can't see the video? Click HERE.
Jeff Sass is the proud dad of ZEO (Zach, 23, Ethan, 21 and Olivia, 20).  He is also a seasoned entertainment and technology exec and active social media enthusiast.  You can see more of Jeff's writing at Sassholes! and Social Networking Rehab and you can listen to Jeff on the Cast of Dads  and Wunderkind! podcasts.
Disclosure: Â In accordance with the FTC Guidelines and WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that I have a material connection because I received a gift or sample of a product for consideration and/or am being otherwise compensated by Intel in preparing to create this content. I was/am not expected to return this item or gift after my review period. My opinions about Intel, Asus, and Ultrabooks are entirely my own and not those of Intel, Asus or any other party.
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MYTH vs. FACT: Immigration Reform Will Introduce Over 30 Million New Foreign Workers To America
Please post your response to this article. What do you like and what do you not like about this approach to our illegal immigration problem? What is a practical alternative to solving the problem of millions of illegal immigrants living in the US "under the radar" and given "sanctuary" from existing laws in many parts of the country?
MYTH: Passing the immigration bill will result in over 30 million new foreign workers.
- Senator Jeff Sessions: "We are talking about legislation that will impact virtually every aspect of our society, reshape our entire immigration system, introduce at least 30 million new foreign workers into the economy, and directly impact every single American worker and taxpayer." ("Sessions Demands More Time on Immigration Bill," NewsMax, 4/16/13)
FACT: Currently one million people legally immigrate to the United States every year – more than any other nation in the world and a key reason our nation, even with a retiring Baby Boomer generation, does not face severe aging demographic problems like Japan, Russia, and much of Europe. We also currently have about 11 million undocumented people living in the United States who are never leaving because they have families, jobs and roots in our communities. Under our proposal, those living here illegally will be allowed to apply for permanent residence in 10 years once we clear out the current backlog for about 5 million foreigners waiting to legally immigrate to the United States – a long-delayed process this legislation will finally correct. This legislation does not significantly increase long-term, annual migration to the United States, and will dramatically decrease illegal immigration thanks to new border security and immigration enforcement laws. Bottom-line: the size of the future population of the United States will not be significantly impacted by this legislation.
- When our economy needs foreign workers to fill labor shortages, our modernized system will ensure that future flow of workers is manageable, traceable, fair to American workers, and in line with our economy's needs.
- "The latest immigration bill would beef up border security, create a path to citizenship for the country's 11 million immigrants who entered the country illegally, establish a stronger electronic verification system, set a formula to determine future flows of imigrants [sic] and create low skill and agricultural worker programs. The bill would also increase the availability of high-skilled worker visas." (Lauren Fox, "Rubio reaches out to GOP senators to build momentum for immigration," US News, 4/17/13)
- "The bill would also dramatically change the way the U.S. grants visas and green cards for future immigrants. Among the changes:
- o Eliminates the diversity visa lottery …
- o Ends the practice of allowing U.S. citizens to petition for green cards for their siblings.
- o Creates a "merit-based" visa, which awards up to 250,000 visas a year based on a point system that measures their education and employment, among other criteria.
- o Increases the cap on the number of H1B visas, which go primarily to college-educated foreigners in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, from 85,000 to 205,000.
- o Creates up to 200,000 visas a year, known as W visas, for people to work in retail, construction, hospitality and janitorial jobs.
Currently, most green cards are issued based on family ties to U.S. citizens – only about 16% of immigrants are granted green cards based on their skills or their possible contributions to the economy. But the changes would increase that number to nearly 50%, said one Senate aide." (Alan Gomez, "Senate immigration bill offers status, boosts borders," USA Today, 4/16/13)
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The attached correspondence (from the public record) is evidence that County Administrator Bob Weisman is lobbying to get IG Sheryl Steckler fired.
It has been a week and the extreme left wing liberal progressives have yet to demand federal registration of all pressure cooker owners.
The hypocrites have not even demanded the issuing of licenses to carry one concealed in a backpack.
The primary duty of our government is to protect us.
On April 15, 2013 our government failed us.
Tea party attempting to remake itself?
Anthony Man, in the Sun-Sentinel, examines the status of the tea party in Palm Beach and Broward in this article: Tea party attempting to remake itself which contains quotes from Michael Riordan, Karin Hoffman, Danita Kilcullen, Ira Sabin and others. The article also includes an amusing yet curiously unattractive video of Debbie Wasserman Schultz explaining that the tea party "has never been relevant" in South Florida.
United Stand for America – Tea Party Values in Wellington
The Palm Beach County Tea Party hosted their 2013 tax day rally – United Stand for America, at the Wellington Amphitheatre on Sunday, under a bright blue sky and seasonally warm temperature. South Florida 912 and Martin County Tea Party / 912, and Americans for Prosperity were co-sponsors of the event. Moderated by PBCTP President Mike Riordan, the afternoon's lineup of speakers covered a variety of conservative themes.
Keynote Kevin Jackson, a conservative blogger and creator of the "Black Sphere", gave the audience some good advice. "The Republican Party" he said, "is about civil rights, but may have lost its way.". We need to strengthen it though, not abandon it. For this two things are necessary: infuse the party with warriors, and understand that "liberalism is a disease, AND YOU CAN CATCH IT!". He cited Colin Powell as an example of one of those who "caught it".
Local radio personality Joyce Kaufman, heading to Washington on Tuesday to fight against the "gang of eight" immigration bill championed by Marco Rubio, told of politicians settling into office and abandoning the principles that got them elected.
Former NY radio personality Imre Beke likened the taxpayer to a pig with a wooden leg, and the politicians view that "You don't eat a special pig like that all at one time.".
Larry Kawa, of American Courage PAC gave us home economics analogies to the federal budget and pointed out the absurdity of the Washington stewardship of the national wealth.
Former Washington DC prosecutor Jeff Shapiro gave us insights into the current discussion of gun rights from his perspective of enforcing the DC gun ban in the pre-Heller days.
We also heard from Angela West about her new blog "Republican Coffee Corner with Angela", PBC GOP Chair Ira Sabin, South Florida 912 Founder Shannon Armstrong, Martin County 912 leader Cindy Lucas, Republican Black Caucus leader Sean Jackson, and Leigh Lamson, the leader of the Port St. Lucie Tea Party/912.
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Hello, Fellow Lovers of Liberty!
I want to thank all of your who are planning with your friends and your family to come out to the United Stand for America. We appreciate your sharing and promoting of this pivotal event.
We all know that America is in dire circumstances on many levels. Our economic problems are glaring and obvious. Yet the cause of that looming catastrophe is not fundamentally economic, it is caused by misguided – or nonexistent – principles. We need to approach the solution to this problem and others not in a superficial fashion, but by addressing our solutions to the causes of the issues.
These solutions will be simple in principle and concept, though they will by no means be easy to carry out. Nevertheless it is absolutely imperative that we carry out the effort. Our children's lives, and their children's lives…in fact our own lives, are jeopardized by the huge amount of debt we are all assuming, on a scale never before imagined in any generation before.
I have 2 young children growing up facing this burden, and I fear that, if we as a nation do not immediately begin to be economically responsible, my children will be living in a very different country than the one we all grew up knowing…and it will happen because we allowed it to happen.
Yet, even in the face of this crisis, we are pressured to toe party lines on stereotyped grounds, and those people who choose not to occupy the box in which they are expected to reside, because of the color of their skin, or their gender, or some other aspect of their background, are reviled, and subject to vitriolic attacks. We absolutely must break out of those stereotyped ways of thinking. We have to reach out to the vast group of people who don't belong in any stereotype, who may not realize the fact that they are our allies. There are far more of them than you might think. We have to make outreach, and inclusion, a central plank in our platform, instead of the easy acceptance and reinforcement of false presumptions.
We must also remind our fellow Americans just why limited government is so crucial, and help them to recognize that government tinkering and intervention has only acted to decrease our prosperity, as individuals and as a nation. Before we leave for the USA event tomorrow, lets make sure to call our friends and knock on our neighbors' doors and invite them to come with us and share in the conversation. Let's invite the business-owners in our neighborhoods, in our personal networks, in our LinkedIn contacts, and point out to them that America the highest corporate income tax rate in the world, beating out openly communist and socialist nations. Because of this, the business environment in America has devolved into a trackless morass.
Just look at the history of Detroit in the last 60 years. Detroit was once among the leading manufacturing regions in the world, and the wealthiest locale in America. Over time, the government's intervention, coupled with the effects of Union overreaching, priced the workforce in the area out of the market…and contributed to the decline and fall of a great city, which now retains a fraction of its former population, many of whom only stay because they have been so devastated by the economic collapse that they have no ability to go anywhere else.
Do not think we are safe in affluent and wealthy neighborhoods in Palm Beach Country from such possibilities. Detroit is a visceral reminder, a microcosm of what could happen to the entire country. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan used to be so prestigious that the CEO of General Motors, the largest corporation in the world, called it his home. Now it too is suffering from the blight that has stricken the entirety of Southeastern Michigan.
These are also the reasons we in the Palm Beach County Tea Party are so concerned about the Medicaid expansion issue. The public has been misdirected by the fact that the State of Florida is being offered "federal money." People are being disingenuously misled that the Medicaid expansion is to be financed by free money. Yet we know that it's not. Federal money means nothing, because there simply is no money there anymore. We are in so much debt that our entire country's economy is on the verge of collapsing on itself, because right now we aren't creating anything like enough wealth to keep up with the bills.
We need to go into all levels of communities and remind people about this fact. The attacks by the President on the wealthy are reprehensible smoke and mirrors, stating that they must pay their "fair share" when they already pay the vast majority of the tax revenues, which are being poured into a pit of debt that is being dug far more rapidly than anyone could ever fill it. These wealth-disparaging statements breed enmity between people whose interest coincide, because the primary interest is rapidly becoming simple survival. When each side thinks the other is somehow taking or keep something that doesn't belong to them–the fallacies that the wealthy have unfairly large amounts of money that they obtained by cheating, or that the poor just want everything given to them and don't want to work and support themselves–the only ones who benefit are those who would seek power over the lives of others.
That is not the American way. We should be outraged that such concepts are being given respect and credence in our country.
Our speakers tomorrow are some of the most important patriots that we have in the Conservative movement. The very thought of throwing in the towel on our country would never cross their minds. They are reaching out to people from all walks of life, to urge them to take responsibility for their government, for their actions, for their prosperity. These admirable individuals are helping us call America to action, helping us to look at ourselves and reassess our priorities, to reach out to each other as lovers of our country, of freedom, and to recognize that freedom is responsibility for one's actions.
We must seize this call to action, with the energy born of our righteous indignation, we must be heard…and above all we must be seen, as we lead by example, as we reach out and as we make our STAND. We cannot give up. We cannot let the fact of the dysfunction in Washington or the election last year make us despair. We must be galvanized to action as we have never been before. The loss of the election is no reason not to stand up. We are not looking for a "dear leader," we are not looking for a "savior." We are our own only saviors. We are individually responsible.
We must make our Stand, tomorrow, and every day thereafter.
Thank you.
Dominique Feldman
Communications Director
Palm Beach County Tea Party


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FS60I. The Adventures of Theodore Roosevelt. At heart, Theodore Roosevelt was an adventurer. At regular intervals throughout his life he went to the field as a naturalist, hunter, rancher, soldier, conservationist, and president. He chased grizzly bears and outlaws in the American West. He tracked lion and elephant in Africa. As a Harvard student, he followed birds in the Adirondacks to provide data for his first publication. Using Roosevelt's original diaries, journals, and notebooks that are housed in Houghton Library, this seminar encourages students to explore Roosevelt's adventures through original documents, and to understand how narratives about his life have been created from them.
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I am a member, since 2008, of the Artificial Intelligence Research Group at the Department of Computer Science, Systems, and Production in the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". Currently I'm a PhD student in Computer Engineering. I have graduated in Informatics with the maximum score in May 2008 at the Faculty of Computer Engineering of Roma Tor Vergata. The thesis's title is "Modelli Geometrici di Frame Semantics per la acquisizione di conoscenza lessicale da testi".
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Strange things had been reported in Gloucester. On the eve of King Philip's War the march of men was heard in its streets and an Indian bow and scalp were seen on the face of the moon, while the boom of cannon and roll of drums were heard at Malden and the windows of Plymouth rattled to the passage of unseen horsemen. But the strangest thing was the arrival on Cape Ann of a force of French and Indians that never could be caught, killed, or crippled, though two regiments were hurried into Gloucester and battled with them for a fortnight. Thus, the rumor went around that these were not an enemy of flesh and blood, but devils who hoped to work a moral perversion of the colony. From 1692, when they appeared, until Salem witchcraft was at an end, Cape Ann was under military and spiritual guard against "the spectre leaguers."
Another version of the episode, based on sworn evidence, has it that Ebenezer Babson, returning late on a summer night, saw two men run from his door and vanish in a field. His family denied that visitors had called, so he gave chase, for he believed the men to have a mischievous intention. As he left the threshold they sprang from behind a log, one saying to the other, "The master of the house is now come, else we might have taken the house," and again they disappeared in a swamp. Babson woke the guard, and on entering the quarters of the garrison the sound of many feet was heard without, but when the doors were flung open only the two men were visible and they were retreating. Next evening the yeoman was chased by these elusive gentry, who were believed to be scouts of the enemy, for they wore white breeches and waistcoats and carried bright guns.
For several nights they appeared, and on the 4th of July half a dozen of them were seen so plainly that the soldiers made a sally, Babson bringing three of "ye unaccountable troublers" to the ground with a single shot, and getting a response in kind, for a bullet hissed by his ear and buried itself in a tree. When the company approached the place where lay the victims of that remarkable shot, behold, they arose and scampered away as blithely as if naught had happened to them. One of the trio was cornered and shot anew, but when they would pick him up he melted into air. There was fierce jabbering in an unknown tongue, through all the swamp, and by the time the garrison had returned the fellows were skulking in the shrubbery again. Richard Dolliver afterward came on eleven of them engaged in incantations and scattered them with a gunshot, but they would not down. They lurked about the cape until terror fell on all the people, remaining for "the best part of a month together," so it was deemed that "Satan had set ambushments against the good people of Gloucester, with demons in the shape of armed Indians and Frenchmen."


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For those who feel they aren't already immersed in the world of Facebook, the company is working on making the service a reality.
Well, a virtual reality.
According to Facebook head of product Chris Cox, the company is already building virtual reality versions of its apps. He made the announcement at the Code/Media conference, saying that the company is working on them, but Facebook virtual reality is a long way away.
"We're working on apps for VR," he said. "You'll do it. Beyoncé will do it...", but it'll "probably be a while."
Of course, this all makes sense considering Facebook's recent buy of Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Though Zuckerberg promised that gaming would be front and center with the newly acquired VR technology, he did hint at his desire to build out the Oculus platform to focus on other uses:
"But this is just the start. After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face -- just by putting on goggles in your home. This is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures," said Zuckerberg at the time of the acquisition.
"These are just some of the potential uses. By working with developers and partners across the industry, together we can build many more. One day, we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people."
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Once upon a time I was a scrapbooker; A pretty serious one, at that. I would save everything from movie stubs to dinner receipts. I'd head over to Michael's and pick out coordinating paper and stickers to decorate my pages, and in the end they were beautiful.
So why did I decide to scrap the scrapbooks? For lots of reasons, actually:
1. They're big/bulky and don't fit nicely together on a bookshelf.
2. You're limited in the number of photos you can include.
3. Too messy- between the stickers, paper, scissors, tape, and pictures, I needed my entire dining room table to have enough space to work.
4. I wanted to have a book for each year, but was never able to accomplish that with scrapbooks.
5. They're expensive- The scrapbook itself usually rings in around $20. By the time you buy everything else you need, you spend well over $100.
For all of those reasons and more, I decided to move into the 21st century and work online. I chose to use Blurb. I've been using the BookSmart program from Blurb for the last 2.5 years and I love it! Although, if you're interested, there's also a newer version out now called BookWright.
Some tips to help you get started:
Save Photos To Your Computer- Of course when you're making a yearbook, the first thing you need to do is get your photos organized. You'll have to upload them to your computer, and if you really want to make things easier on yourself, you can organize them into albums by month. Then when you're ready to work on your book, you can just click the album you'll be working on and all the photos from that month will be right there for you!
Take Things Slow- I highly recommend working on your book one month at a time. I usually sit down for an hour or two at the beginning of a month and complete the pages for the previous month. The last thing you want to do is try to bang out a whole book in one shot. It'll be way too overwhelming and you'll want to punch a hole in your computer. Seriously. Don't do it.
Be Consistent- There are SO many layouts to choose from, and each of them can be customized, so the options are virtually endless. However, your book will look more professional if you stick to no more than 10 layouts throughout. You should also stick to the same font/size as well.
Avoid Page Numbers- Depending on the layouts you choose, some will show the page numbers and others won't. Since you're trying to be consistent, ^^^ you should just avoid page numbers all together. Who really needs them on a photo book anyway?!
Include Dates- When I'm looking back through my yearbooks, one thing I love is that I know the exact date certain events took place. For instance, getting a positive pregnancy test. If I hadn't recorded that date in my book, I never would have remembered it.
Pay Attention to the Purple Areas- When you're working in BookSmart, you have the option to use the guidelines or to turn them off. Use them!! That's the only way you'll be able to make sure no one gets decapitated when your book goes to print. The guidelines make this easy. Just make sure everyone's beautiful face is out of the purple areas and you'll be golden.
Here are some samples of pages from my books. Keep in mind these are from two different yearbooks, so there are more layouts shown than I typically use.
If you want your yearbook to look similar to mine, here's all the specific, down-and-dirty, info.
Book size– Standard Portrait (8″ x 10″)
Cover– Image Wrap- I HIGHLY recommend this type of cover! See how I made that bold and used capital letters and everything?! That's because it's super important; Not only does it protect your book, but it makes it look much more professional.
Font– Georgia
I like to put a heading on each page- size 14, bold
Beneath the heading I put the date- size 10, bold
Then anything else I type is size 9, not bold
Text Color– I always use black or white. After I arrange my photos, I choose the color that's easier to see.
Horizontal Text Arrangement– Justified
I like to start my yearbook with a "Big Events" page.
I like to end it with my "From the mouths of babes…" page. Whenever my kids say something really cute or funny I type it in the notes section of my phone along with the date, so I can add it to the yearbook later.
I think that's everything you need to know, but if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email or comment down below!! I'm happy to help!
Now go get started! I've made two yearbooks so far, and my only regret is that I didn't start sooner.
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In today's world of radio ready music, there's very little originality hitting the waves. Musicians are constantly under fire for borrowing or outright stealing melodies, and for the most part it goes unnoticed or unmentioned. However, in a recent lawsuit issued by singer/songwriter Allyson Nichole Burnett, it looks like Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City's Adam Young will have some explaining to do to the courts for their recent summer hit, Good Time. Check out more details after the jump. (more…)
Last year, Owl City was riding a huge wave of success, buoyed by a multi-album major label deal and collaborations with GRAMMY award"winning producers. It was hard to imagine that Adam Young's star could rise any higher. Leave it to him to prove us wrong. Since we last spoke to the singer-songwriter, his electropop project has gotten even bigger. He recently teamed up with pop queen of the moment Carly Rae Jepsen to record "Good Time," a chart"topping summer smash, and released his fourth studio album, The Midsummer Station in August. We caught up with Young to chat about the collaborative process with Jepsen, his love of Dutch DJs, and his literary inspirations.
OS: Good Time" was a huge hit this past summer. Did you go into the studio with that goal in mind, and how did the process of collaboration work?
AY: I definitely didn't expect the reception the song has been getting. It is an honor when you see and hear such positive feedback. Carly was an absolute pleasure to work with. It turned out she was a fan of my music and our managers knew each other, so I asked her to be on the song, sent her the stems, and within a day she sent her parts back to me.
OS: Good Time has the lyric What's up with this Prince song inside my head? Which song are you referring to? As a fellow Minnesotan, are you a Prince fan?
AY: "Purple Rain" and yes, massive fan. (more…)
Widely known for his breakthrough single, Fireflies, Owl City has mentioned the possibility of recording a "screamo rock" album in the future. The electronica act, whose real name is Adam Young, told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat that he grew up wanting to do nothing else except that. I haven't had a chance to do it, and do it right. Young is releasing his fourth album on Aug. 21 titled The Midsummer Station, featuring collaborations with Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry/Kelly Clarkson producer Dr. Luke, and Rihanna/Ne-Yo co-writing team Stargate. Growing up I was really into the whole underground, obscure, artsy, heavy, screamo, chaotic, angry angst music. I love it. That was my thing " that's what I identified with.
Young expressed concern with whether or not his fans would take to the new project and the drastic change in style. I feel like I could do it right. Do it all myself and record it all and make it sound good. It's tempting. It might go over the heads of my fans but it might open some new doors and that's what it's all about. Every now and again I need to put on one of my old records [that] make me feel that same thing. There's a place for that.
There's no word yet on whether the Owatonna, Minnesota multi-instrumentalist would pull a Snoop Lion and take on a fiercer animal name (though our vote is for ˜Pterodactyl Town). You can watch Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's video for Good Time below.
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Carly Rae Jepsen is in luck. It looks like she won't have to ensure the continuation of her celebrity run after Call Me Maybe falls from its current summit by relying on the hoopla generated by her own Nipplegate"nude photos that ended up being someone else's.
Thanks to a call from Adam Young, the one-man band behind Owl City, Jepsen is about to relight the fire under her rising star the old-fashioned way: with a new hit. "Good Time," her duet with Owl City, just debuted at No. 18 on Billboard's Hot 100, which means that her breakout No. 1 single won't forever be alone on her hit list.
It's pop symbiosis at its most effective: He saves her from that pop purgatory known as one-hit wonderdom, where he had been languishing since 2009, when the Owl City single "Fireflies" hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, and she helps get him out of it. Sure Katy Perry could have accomplished the same thing in the middle of a dead sleep, but that hardly would have been a meeting of near-equals.
Marie Hines is a purveyor of rosy piano melodies, a feminine counterpoint to songwriter Adam Young of Owl City. Both write songs steeped in hope and whimsy, viewing the world around them with a mix of wide-eyed wonder and sensitivity. Hines, however, steers her songs into chamber pop territory, mixing piano with violin, cello, guitar and drums. Worth The Fight is an orchestra of optimism, where Hines promises the listener that there are Bigger pictures to paint / More horizons to chase. In Wrapped Up In Love she switches gears for a sweet shuffle somewhere between Sara Bareilles and Natasha Bedingfield. Like Young, Hines also has a song called Fireflies. Hers blends the high twinkle of piano with the low croon of cello for a swooning, moonlit melody. Hines has plenty of horizons left to chase, and they're sure to be just as lovely. Stick around for the joy ride.
For a multi-platinum artist currently in the middle of a massive world tour, Owl City had remarkably humble beginnings. Adam Young, the man behind the synth-pop phenomenon, began writing songs as Owl City during his off time as a Coca-Cola truck loader in Owatonna, Minnesota. After Universal Republic caught on to the growing speed of Young's MySpace fan base, it reissued his first full-length album and offered him a multi-record deal. Four years later Young is still flying high, and this June he released his third full-length All Things Bright and Beautiful. We recently caught up with him to talk about the challenges of being a frontman, what it's like to work with Jack Joseph Puig, and what advice he would give to unsigned artists.
OS: From Strawberry Avalanche to Hello Seattle, you've noted a lot of strange and interesting inspirations for songs in the past. What's the inspiration behind this new batch of songs?
AY: Predominantly, my imagination. I enjoy writing songs purely from the imagination rather than pulling from my own personal experiences because the end result is so much more quirky and bizarre and dark. That's always been way more interesting to me than writing about a lovestruck relationship or some specific personal scenario.
OS: Your song January 28, 1986 is a reference to the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, but you weren't born until a few months after it happened. Why did you write a song about the event?
AY: I grew up hearing about it and it was something very dear to my heart as a kid. I wanted to pay respect to the disaster and honor the lives that were lost.
OS: Unlike many artists, you produced and engineered your two major label releases by yourself. Why have you remained in charge of those aspects of your music?
AY: I feel like creative integrity is something I couldn't live without. If some A&R guy was always around telling me to recut vocals and make them more "passionate" or something, I'd go insane. I like being my own boss because my vision for music has always been so defined.


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Rum Sauce for Bread Pudding by Jo Ann Carimi
Jo Ann Carimi
This recipe is the sauce that is serve on "Bread Pudding by Jo Ann Carimi". I have gotten and continue to get many requests from family and friends for this recipe for as long as I have made it -- approximately 30 years. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and friends do!
★★★★★ 1 vote5
- 3 stick
- butter
- 3
- eggs
- 3 c
- sugar
- 3 oz
- appleton's special jamaican rum
How to Make Rum Sauce for Bread Pudding by Jo Ann Carimi
- 1Put room temperature butter into a mixing bowl and add sugar. Start beating on slow speed and gradually increase speed until mixture is completely blended together.
- 2Bring water to a rolling boil in a double boiler and place mixture into boiler. Stir mixture very often. Sugar and butter will attempt to separate so keep stirring and it will eventually homogenize. This step will take quite a few minutes.
- 3After sugar and butter is homogenized, whisk the eggs thoroughly in a separate bowl. Then whisk the rum thoroughly in with whisked eggs.
- 4Turn the heat off under the boiler to reduce the temperature in sugar and butter mixture. If temperature is too hot eggs will curdle. After about 3 - 5 minutes quickly whisk egg and rum mixture into butter and sugar mixture. Continue to whisk for approximately 30 seconds. This sauce is divine! Serve 2 tablespoons of this sauce over 2/3 cup of "Bread Pudding by Jo Ann Carimi". ENJOY!
- 5This recipe can be doubled or multiplied to accomodate as many servings as you require. It refrigerates well for about a week and it freezes very well for several months. You can make it ahead of time and store it in smaller containers instead of having to make it every time you make the bread pudding.


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Here is a very good article in The Nation outlining some of the challenges faced by university presses:
Here is a very good article in The Nation outlining some of the challenges faced by university presses:
Two thought-provoking articles on altmetrics were published last week.
The following two blog posts published in 2012 are also interesting. Make sure to check out the comments, which are equally interesting.
Following up on a lawsuit attempt by Edwin Mellen Press to quiet its' critics, Jeffrey Beall has been threatened with a $1 billion lawsuit from an Indian publisher, OMICS Publishing Group. Beall has achieved notoriety for creating and maintaining Beall's list and popular blog Scholarly Open Access. Both attempt to assist scholars assess the credibility of Open Access publishing organizations, and identify publishers that authors should avoid.
See the full story at: http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243/
Following is an edited press release from PeerJ which has quite a bit of detail about the journal:
PeerJ (https://peerj.com), a new academic journal publisher, founded on the principles of affordability, innovation, and Open Access, published its first articles today.
PeerJ, launched by Jason Hoyt (formerly at Mendeley and Stanford University) and Peter Binfield (formerly at PLOS ONE), has been shaped from the premise that 'if society can set a goal to sequence a human genome for just $99 then why shouldn't academics be given the opportunity to openly publish their research for a similar amount?'. By publishing its first 30 peer-reviewed articles today, PeerJ moves one step closer to realizing that vision.
PeerJ aims to establish a new model for the publication of all well reported, scientifically sound research in the Biological and Medical Sciences. To achieve that, the organization has built an economical and efficient peer review and publication system and assembled an Editorial Board of 800 esteemed academics, including an Advisory Board of 20 (five of whom are Nobel Laureates). A rigorous peer review process is operated, and the journal strives to deliver the highest standards in everything it does.
Uta Francke, an author on one of the launch day articles, PeerJ Advisory Board member; Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics, Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine; and Past President of both the 'American Society of Human Genetics' and the 'International Federation of Human Genetics Societies' said that she was "excited about the launch of PeerJ, which represents much more than just another Open Access publishing venture.
The innovative membership model, including a commitment to review the work of one's peers, will ensure an interactive relationship of equals – authors, editors and reviewers – all striving for high quality research reports published in a totally transparent fashion after rigorous constructive peer review."
Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly Media and a thought leader in the Open Source movement, sits on the Governing Board of PeerJ Inc. and brings a wealth of knowledge, and passion, for the promotion of open, unfettered communication in academia. Tim had this to say about PeerJ: "It's easy to forget that technological revolutions also demand business model revolutions. Open access is transformative for science publishing, not only because it spreads knowledge more efficiently, but because it slashes the cost of producing and consuming that knowledge."
Authors wishing to experience the future of publishing can now submit their articles at: https://peerj.com/
Essential Features of PeerJ:
* PeerJ is a rapid, peer reviewed, 'Open Access' scholarly journal, using a Creative Commons license which means that all articles are entirely free to read, distribute, and reuse provided authors are properly attributed.
* Publication decisions are made only on scientific validity (not on perceived impact).
* PeerJ uses a 'Membership Model' whereby authors become lifetime members, giving them the ability to freely publish their articles thereafter. As a result, publication costs for authors are significantly lower than similar publications.
* PeerJ has 800 Academic Editors, including 20 Advisory Board members (of which 5 are Nobel Laureates). Full list at:
https://peerj.com/academic-boards/subjects/ and Advisors at:
* * Learn more about PeerJ here: https://peerj.com/about/how-it-works/
Be sure to read this news story from Inside Higher Ed about an ambitious new plan from Amherst College.
Amherst will emphasize high quality, peer-reviewed monographs in its new endeavor. They are currently hiring a press director and two editors to staff the press. Much of the initiative is coming from the Amherst College Librarian, Bryn Geffert.
"My grand dream — quixotic though may be — is that if enough libraries begin doing what we're doing, at some point there is going to be a critical mass of freely available scholarly literature — literature that libraries don't have to purchase. And if they use those savings to publish more material, you reach a tipping point."
Don Share will be at the University of Iowa on Monday, speaking in the afternoon about open access publishing and contemporary literature and the humanities. Poetry, the magazine that Share has a hand in editing, is an open access literary journal, and it is not the only one: in the past ten years open access has been an increasingly popular publishing model for poetry journals, and the Australian-based Jacket was arguably the first to utilize open access in reaching a global audience with massive, diverse issues that traditional publishing methods were unable to accommodate.
Jacket was founded by the Australian poet John Tranter in 1997, and Tranter has recently published " 'The Elephant Has Left the Room', Jacket magazine and the Internet", a brief memoir in which he explains how Jacket came about, what kinds of things the internet makes possible in poetry publishing that are impossible with print, and how the unusual success Jacket attained made it difficult to find support among advocates of literature not accustomed to the journal's approach to poetry:
"[Jacket's] international focus made it ineligible for Literature Board grants. This is not just a peculiar irony; it is a corollary of parochialism. When you publish a parish newsletter in an Australian community, it will not be widely read in that community if most of the articles are about events in Rome or Canterbury. You need to draw your material from the local parish if you want the local parishioners to take an interest in it.
So the greater Jacket's success on the international stage—and it was successful immediately—the less 'Australian' it was, and the less interest it held for Australian scholars and cultural bureaucrats. In the thirteen years of its existence, Jacket never had a grant from the Literature Board, and was never the subject of a paper presented at an Association for the Study of Australian Literature conference, for example. Jacket, however, was the subject of a lively and well-attended panel discussion at the 2011 US Modern Languages Association convention in Los Angeles."
Read Tranter's full account of how he managed to produce the world's most widely-read poetry publication. Jacket2, the current incarnation of Jacket produced under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, provides an introduction to Tranter's memoir.
With an eye to Open Access Week, here's a post by Transitions guest-blogger Kembrew McLeod, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. If you'd like to learn more about the issues of author's rights and copyright discussed in this post, take a look at the University of Iowa's Author's Rights and Copyright library guides.
Digital Rights Management and Scholarship: What Could Go Wrong?
Kembrew McLeod
Over the past quarter-century, private companies like Blackwell and Taylor & Francis have taken control of journal publishing. Before that, scholarly societies like the National Communication Association handled this task. Professors gave away their work to journals for free, something that was often referred to as a "contribution to the field." But today, this kind of academic gift economy is being threatened. Contrary to what free-marketeers assume, the privatization of knowledge has created more economic inefficiencies. Typically, universities pay professors not only to teach, but also to produce scholarship; it's part of the job description. When researchers sign over their copyrights to journal conglomerates like Blackwell (again, for free), college libraries are then required to purchase the right to view those articles at inflated prices (especially compared to previous decades). In other words, schools are paying twice—to produce, and then rent—the same product. What's more disturbing is that these publishing companies often use technological means, such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), to block unauthorized access to articles.
DRM can, for instance, restrict the number of times one can view a PDF document file or print out a hard copy. I found this out the hard way when I e-mailed a PDF of my first academic article, published in the Journal of Communication, to students in an honors thesis writing class I taught in 2007. I wanted to have a discussion with them about the process of researching this article, but I didn't anticipate a major problem. It turned out that Blackwell, the company to which I stupidly signed away my copyrights when I was a grad student, placed DRM restrictions on the digital file. After the second student printed out a hard copy of the article from the same PDF, the rest of my class was blocked from doing so. Their computers would only allow them to print out blank sheets of paper, save for Blackwell's copyright notice at the bottom. In other words, I was prevented from sharing my own writing with my own class, an ironic and idiotic situation that runs counter to the principles of sharing and exchange that have traditionally characterized academia. I can't think of a more poetic expression of what is wrong with academic publishing than a blank sheet of paper where words and ideas should be. It's also a demonstration of how over-commercialization can generate economic friction (universities paying for the products of academic labor twice) and pedagogical disasters (my derailed class discussion).
Kembrew McLeod, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, independent documentary filmmaker, and music critic, frequently writes on intellectual property law and the influence it has on contemporary culture. His book Freedom of Expression®: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity (2nd ed., University of Minnesota Press, 2007) received the American Libraries Association Oboler Award for Best Scholarship in the Area of Intellectual Freedom. He is also the author, with Peter DiCola, of Creative License: the Law and Culture of Digital Sampling (Duke University Press, 2011) and the editor, with Rudolf Kuenzli, of Cutting Across Media: Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage, and Copyright Law (Duke University Press, 2011). Follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/kembrew
Open access publishing's place in the humanities is uncertain at the moment, and knowledge of it will be important going forward in resolving inequitable relationships between presses and authors, journal vendors and libraries, and publishers and readers.
Monday, October 29th at 3pm
Illinois Room of the Iowa Memorial Union
(Share will also be giving a poetry reading at Prairie Lights in the evening, at 7 pm.)
In 2002, Ruth Lilly, heiress to the Lilly pharmaceutical fortune, left Poetry magazine 100 million dollars upon her death, and among the things Poetry has done with the Lilly bequest is go open access. Each month the magazine publishes a print issue, as it has been doing for 100 years, and since 2003 it has simultaneously made each issue's contents freely available on its website (see http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine). Don Share was one of the principle architects of this initiative, and he is in a unique position to discuss how literature and humanities scholarship function on an open access platform.
In a posting from Scholarly Kitchen, Kent Anderson notes that while the movement to open access could affect Elsevier's bottom line (and presumably that of some other large commercial publishers) it's not likely to be the end of them. Read the full post here.
From Bernie Sloan in Publishers Weekly:
"The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades."
Full text at: http://bit.ly/OdNDbb


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The Gothic of White Part Two
A Fashionable Collection of PurityOur fascination with the color white continues in part two of this post dedicated to a showcase of the purest hue in the color wheel. If you missed the first post, then you can read the story here. Want this look for the weekend? Then take a peek at the items listed below.
Items in this Set:
- Clear Cinderella Shoes $62.99 by Bellissima
- Saxton Box Satchel $65.99 by Guess
- Work Style Lace Pattern T-Shirt $20.99 by Rotita.com
- Olive & Oak Cutout Strap Tank by Bluefly.com
- Jute White Mid-Waist Leggings $52.00 Pieces.com
Be sure to let us know what you think about this month's Gothic of White Collection!


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The Retriever in its many breeds—Golden, Labrador, Chesapeake, Flat Coated, and more—have been the hunter's companion performing essential tasks in the field for hundreds of years. This connection between dog and outdoorsman has been depicted in sporting art, recorded in literature, and prized at canine competitions. This Welcome Gallery exhibit is being held in conjunction with the Golden Retriever Club of America's National Specialty held in Salisbury, MD September 2017.
This LaMay Gallery exhibit showcases the variety of ways in which decoy makers and users have marked their decoys. From the brands of successive owners and gunning clubs to the poems and inscriptions of their makers, the ways in which the undersides of decoys have been marked demonstrate the historical lineage and patterns of use of the decoy as both a hunting tool and an art form.
Every year the Ward Museum hosts a non-competitive student art show in the Welcome Gallery. The Ward Museum invites K-12 students from Delmarva to submit their artwork, based on a particular theme, to the annual Student Art Show. This year's theme is "Poetic Landscapes," in conjunction with the LaMay Gallery exhibit, "Delmarva Visions: The Works of Patrick Henry."
Patrick Henry is a painter and photographer who has been living and working on the Eastern Shore for most of his life. Over the course of many years he has gained a reputation as a skilled artist, able to capture the essence of Delmarva through his own vision of the people and places of the shore and its unique rhythms of life. This LaMay Gallery exhibit showcases the breadth of his years of work on the Eastern Shore.
Charley Harper's highly stylized wildlife prints, posters, and book illustrations have captivated generations of viewers. Readers and art enthusiasts may know his work from The Giant Golden Book of Biology, Ford Times, or any of the over 50 ecological and conservation posters he created for non-profit conservation groups, nature centers, zoos, U.S. national parks and monuments, and international wildlife sanctuaries and biosphere reserves.
The Ward Museum is excited to display a large collection of Charley Harper prints as part of Charley Harper's Bird Extravaganza! In addition to the indoor exhibit, the Extravaganza continues outside as well. Get up close and personal with nature as you search for Harper's birds and their real-life counterparts in a bird-themed scavenger hunt. The hunt takes place on the Norman and Judy Glenn and Eugene Burkett Nature Trails alongside the Ward Museum. This whimsical exhibit is sure to be fun for the whole family.
Cardinal with Seed by Charlie Harper


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Or is it considered a date? I have a friend/crush that I've known for about a year, we've made plans of going out of the city for an evening of skiing/boarding for a few hours together so he could teach me and that we could practice.
I don't consider our friendship close, and this is the first time we're doing it one on one. I'm not really sure if its considered a date or not, although he was the one who suggested us going together alone... neither of us mentioned anything about it being date-y.
Do you think he sees our friendship as something more than friends?
- Yes, if we are good friends, and it's CLEAR we are not interested/attracted to each other.Vote A
- No, I won't waste my time with a girl unless I am interested in her. I'll only go alone if I was interested in being more than friends.Vote B
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To the Poll question, yes, but I've even done that sort of stuff with girls I've had some attraction for but didn't consider it a date. Like half my friends are girls, so I end up hanging out with them a lot. He could see it as just friends, but who knows, maybe it will evolve, but maybe it won't. If it does evolve, then it happened pretty gradually, but chances are nothing will come of it.00|00|0


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Hello again! It's me, Tyrone Rodriguez, janitor at Nicalis, Inc. and producer on Legend of Raven (coming to PS4 and PS Vita) as well as The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (coming to PS4 and PS Vita on November 4th!), which I'll be talking about today.
Fighting and PS Vita fans, rejoice! If you follow great PS Vita games, you probably know that Legend of Raven, the high-speed, 2D fighter, is coming later this year. And if you don't know about Legend of Raven, where have you been?
1001 Spikes will likely be the most challenging game to come to the Vita this year. In developing the game, we looked to classic games such as the original 8-bit Spelunker and Hudson's Famicom game Challenger as inspiration. Aside from utilizing a truly 8-bit art style, in developing 1001 Spikes, we've focused on making an incredibly difficult platformer with very precise controls requiring pixel-perfect inputs.
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Hayek and Rand on reason — APEE panelists
In addition to the session on Ethics and the Financial Crisis, I am chairing a session on the theme of "Reason in Hayek and Rand" for the Association for Private Enterprise Education conference to be held April 11-13, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The rationale for the session: Two giants of twentieth-century thought — but few comparative studies have been done. The following panelists will discuss how Friedrich Hayek's account of reason compares to Ayn Rand's.
Reason in Hayek and Rand
Chair: Stephen Hicks, Rockford College
Jennifer Baker, College of Charleston
Title: "Buying and Value"
Abstract: F. A. Hayek and Ayn Rand have very distinct descriptions of consumer behavior. Rand describes consumers purchasing what they do as an acknowledgement of the value of the product. Hayek reprimands economists who make a similar description, as it is a clear "mistake." What causes one account to differ from another on this matter? What is at stake when it comes to the rationality ascribed to consumer choice? In this paper I lay out the Randian and Hayekian alternatives and assess them against each other.
David Kelley, Atlas Society
Title: "Rand vs. Hayek on Abstraction"
Abstract: Both Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek understood that the political institutions of freedom rest on cultural foundations. Both thinkers held that individuals are influenced by the beliefs, values, and practice of their culture. Both believed that civilization has progressed from the tribalism of primitive societies toward the greater individualism of modern liberal society. At a deeper level, however, Rand and Hayek differ profoundly about the nature of culture and cultural change. Rand holds that cultural practices rest on ideas that are the product of reason and open to rational assessment. Hayek offers an evolutionary account in which ideas as well as practices are acquired by imitation and spread by a kind of natural selection.
This difference is in large part the result of more fundamental differences in their respective epistemological views. In this paper, I will discuss one central issue that I believe underlies many of the others. That issue concerns the nature of abstractions—our concepts for general kinds of their and their common attributes, and the abstract principles and rules that we form with our concepts. Rand held that we form abstractions from the observation of particular, concrete things. Hayek held the opposite view that abstractions are primary; some are innate, some acquired from our cultural environment, but neither can be independently supported by observation of concretes. Though Hayek's view is in some ways more in tune with current theories of cognition, I will argue that it is both false and inconsistent with a fully individualist moral and political theory.
Tibor Machan, Chapman University
Title: "Hayek and Rand on Constructive Rationalism"
Abstract: F. A. Hayek was suspicious of constructive rationalism and this has sometimes been taken to amount to a diminution of human reason in Hayek's eyes. Ayn Rand, in contrast, has embraced human reason as the primary means for people to grasp reality and to guide themselves as they conduct their lives.
Do Hayek and Rand disagree? Yes, Ayn Rand has been very harshly critical of Hayek, judging by her marginalia of The Road to Serfdom (see Robert Mayhew, ed., Ayn Rand's Marginalia). But her focus in these comments was Hayek's allegedly infelicitous writing and thus sloppy thinking, not so much his positions on various issues and even less his ideas concerning human reason. In other contexts Rand has been identified as a critic of rationalism, which could be taken as paralleling Hayek's objection to constructive rationalism. I plan to explore these matters.
Alexei Marcoux, Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Hayek's Epistemic Case for Entrepreneurial Capitalism"
Abstract: One case for entrepreneurial capitalism is straightforwardly philosophical. A handful of fundamental principles are announced and argued for. Then it is shown that an entrepreneurial capitalist social order follows from the principles announced and defended. Roughly, this is the approach of libertarian defenders of the market like Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick, and Ayn Rand. Another case for entrepreneurial capitalism proceeds differently. It is based on an account of the epistemic limitations of human beings and what works to their advantage given those limitations. This is the approach of F. A. Hayek. In a long and prolific career that saw him make significant contributions to economics, psychology, and social and political philosophy, the common thread in Hayek's thought is the limits of human cognition. Those limits undermine the prospects of socialist calculation and of the technocratic, managerial capitalism taught in university-based business schools and championed by thinkers like Alfred Chandler and J. K. Galbraith. The case based on epistemic limitations is contingent rather than necessary. For that reason (among others), it draws fire from other defenders of entrepreneurial capitalism for being insufficiently definite. Parallels in the thought of Michael Oakeshott will also be discussed.


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