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Kids Birthday Party Games
Here are some FUN, easy, and smart games for you to play at a Kids Birthday Party! You can DIY or have musical party entertainers like Miss Dylan or Mr. Jon come in to facilitate, but either way, you can't lose with these win-win games!
Babies and Toddlers!!
• Object Permanence "Hide & Seek": Take a toy and show it to the children. Then, hide it under a blanket. See if they will look for it! Leave a part of the toy peeking out at first, until they get the idea and go looking for it.
• Baby Soccer: Have the children in a circle and get a big beach ball. Swing babies so their feet hit the ball back and forth in the circle. Toddlers are just learning how to kick and the beach ball won't hurt if it hits them instead. Try using more than one ball for lots of laughs.
• Get large boxes and make a town with crayons or make a train to ride in.
• Scarf Dancing: Get out all your scarves and shake them to music. You can also hide your faces under them, toss and catch them, or hold them open and blow into them to watch them fly away!
• Play in the Kitchen Band: Get out the pots, pans and Tupperware! Hit them with wooden spoons or shake measuring spoons. You can also fill Tupperware, yogurt containers, or coffee cans with rice, pasta, pennies, beans, anything to shake and make all different fun sounds! Then turn on your favorite music and play along.
• Get a broomstick for Limbo. I always say, if they can walk, they can limbo. It is fun to see how they learn to go under and duck their heads instead of just grabbing the stick. Next, have then walk or jump over.
• Tape long mural paper onto the wall and let the kids draw on the WALL!
• Limbo, Freeze Dance and the Hokey Pokey – nothing like a good old standard!
• Don't have a parachute for shaking and going under? Use a giant bed sheet! Slide the kids around for rides, shake it with beach balls on top, go under a tent, wave it up and down over their head. This is very exciting kids party game!
• Get a karaoke machine and do a great big sing along with some children's songs. Or get toy microphones and just pretend to be super stars with some great pop music.
• Gather up all your puppets and do a show!
• Have a dress up party. Have your guests come as their favorite princess or character and do a fashion show. You can be the announcer. You can also take photos just like the paparazzi, print them out and give them as party favors.


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According to the Charleston Regional Business Journal, the American College of the Building Arts has purchased property from the city that will become a new campus on the peninsula by 2016.
The school, in partnership with real estate finance and investment firm Parallel Capital LLC, recently purchased the Trolley Barn property at 649 Meeting St. for $10. Charleston City Council authorized the property sale in February, and renovations are expected to start early next year.
The brick Trolley Barn was built in 1897 to house public transit trolleys, according to the news release. Two other buildings were later added, and when Charleston switched to buses in 1938, the facilities were used as a depot and maintenance shop. They have been dormant since the 1980s.
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Recently met this guy who I can talk to hours with, we have so much in common and he's a great person with good values and morals. He's everything I want in a man except I'm not exactly attracted to him. I love getting to know more about him and I admire and respect him so much but I have no sexual desire for him at all. But everything else is there, just not that! He's not an ugly person he just is not my type. What should I do? Should I deal with the lack of attraction because he is a good man, or should I wait for someone I'm attracted to AND who has those qualities?
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First off there was something that attracted you to him in the first place. You say he is everything you are looking for in a man so you need to ask yourself a question. 20 years for now is it going to matter what he looks like? To me any lady I meet she becomes even more beautiful as I get to know her on the inside (ex. personality, values, morals, etc.) There needs to be chemistry I agree but that could be something that you may find that is there that you aren't allowing yourself to feel. Is there something from your past or inside you that is holding you back from giving this guy a chance or to feel this chemistry? To me it sounds like you may be reaching for excuses as to not be attracted to him when you really could be. You have a lot in common, you enjoy his company, you talk to him for hours and he is everything you are looking for... sounds like maybe you just met your best friend for life. When I get married I plan on marrying my best friend. I wish you only the best! Good luck!21|10|0
Maybe too you are scared on the feelings that you do have for him as to why you say you aren't attracted to him. I just feel that something inside of you or from your past is holding you back from enjoying life in the present so you are conjuring up things you can find wrong with him maybe? The past needs to stay in the past. You meet this great guy and its obvious to me that you have strong feelings for him otherwise you wouldn't be on here asking us what to do. Again good luck!
30 years from now when looks don't matter I see myself with someone like him. I grew up in a harsh household where we weren't taught how to love or have affection so I know I have childhood issues that block me whenever I meet a good guy like this. I dumped a great guy 2 years ago bc I started feeling like this and wanted to be "free".
The only thing "wrong" with the guy I'm dating is how he dresses and he's not "cool" so I'm not primally sexually attracted to him (so shallow I know) but I hope this is something I can quickly get over because guys like him are 1 in a million. I don't wanna waste his time if I can't love him right but I don't wanna miss out on a good man if this lack of attraction is something I can overcome
He is so sweet and kind I have to block myself from crying. I don't know what I did to deserve such kind treatment from a man at times I just don't know what to do! Thank u for your response you've given me a lot to think about
There is a reason why you met this guy. Maybe this is the guy that will get you over the "hump" and show you what love is about- someone that you can love unconditionally. If his fashion sense bothers you then maybe you should help him casually. If he doesn't match maybe go through his wardrobe and suggest wearing this with that or maybe even just pick out an outfit for him that you think would look good on him. He may surprise you and be open to what makes you happy or trust you on picking out an outfit. If he doesn't match then playfully tell him when he is picking out an outfit that it doesn't. Of course this is only if you are comfortable with that. What I am saying is there are subtle ways around it. It isn't the end of the world but be honest with him and give him a chance. Why blow this 1 in a million chance because he doesn't dress cool according to you. Honesty and communication are vital for any relationship. Best of luck to you!


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I am not a massive Hockey fan, but being Canadian I am of course overexposed to it, after all it is part of our culture and I appreciate that. The NHL is back, which is a good thing for some people. If it makes you happy, good for you. What has bothered me is not the NHL […]
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Ultimate Hockey Fighter – The Introduction
This post comes to us from our collaborators Bored Hockey Fan! Come one, come all. This is the introduction to Ultimate Hockey Fighter. A 32-man single elimination tournament from players past and present, throughout the entire history of the National Hockey League, come together to compete for the title of Ultimate Hockey Fighter.
Sports Shorts
In my continuing effort to talk about sports I give you sports shorts. When there is nothing major I want to talk about. I will just ramble about several topics at once. Kind of like my old Not Tycho News bit only about sports. If a real sports writer or hardcore fan ever reads this […]
Unwritten Rules
Today let's talk about unwritten rules in sports. What are those you ask? Really hard to say in most cases. I mean they aren't written done anywhere so, it's like a rule mine field. You'll never you broke one until it's to bloody late. If you can't tell, I hate the concept, everything to do […]
Shooting The Messenger
The time has come for yours truly to branch out a little. Wonderpod-Online was always intended to be a catch all site, on top of home to the podcast. Each member of our staff knows they are welcome to write about whatever makes them happy. I never take advantage of this fact and it annoys […]
Bored Hockey Fan Launches.
Wonderpod welcomes it's latest affiliate in the syndicate of fandom. The PUCK YOU! series has morphed into Bored Hockey Fan… Lock out, or not. A hockey site for the fans, by the fans. The tradition continues. Hit the link for the debut post. Bored Hockey Fan
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FlexPod In the Enterprise — GE and More
In a recent post I made the case that the FlexPod is not JUST an SMB solution for IaaS, but has been quite successful in the enterprise space as well. Well it turns out that GE (General Electric) will be speaking at Cisco Live in June to share details and best practices on how they use the FlexPod to provide cloud services to their global business units.
Also, the University of Tennessee will be hosting a session on a FlexPod powered solution which provides over 27,000 students and staff access to virtual desktops and applications. Details below:
Transforming GE's Cloud with FlexPod (1:30pm Tuesday, June 12th — BRKPCS-4387)
Learn how General Electric's corporate IT function supports global business units with private cloud and desktop virtualization solutions built on Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus and NetApp storage as part of the pre-validated FlexPod architecture.
Cisco Data Center Technologies VP Paul Perez and NetApp Solutions and Integrations Group VP Patrick Rogers will join GE Principal Technologist Steven Fearn to discuss how GE has designed and deployed its cloud environment, best practices, the evolution of data center technologies, and new business models created by IT's transformation into a service organization.
- Steve Fearn, GIS Principal Technologist , GE
- Patrick Rogers, VP Data Center Platforms, PASM HQ, NetApp,
- Paul Perez, CTO, Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit, Cisco
University of Tennessee Launches Their Virtual Desktop Revolution (Wednesday, June 13th — BRKPCS-4381)
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville launched "Apps@UT," a program implementing Citrix XenDesktop that runs on a Cisco infrastructure to deliver full Windows desktops and applications as an on-demand service. Apps@UT will give UT Knoxville's more than 27,000 students and staff anytime access to virtual desktops, applications, personal files and network resources.
Join Mike Stanley, Sr. IT Director, University of Tennessee and Sean Connelly, Sr. Director Enterprise Services, Citrix Systems as they discuss and share the virtual desktop revolution underway at UT, including:
- UT's vision for delivering apps and desktops to students and faculty to provide a higher degree of flexibility and availability of technology to them.
- UT's critical decision points in designing and deploying Citrix XenDesktop on the Cisco UCS platform with NetApp storage as part of a FlexPod datacenter architecture.
- How UT optimized the performance of networks, applications and services.
- How UT expects to save time and resources by enabling easy, centralized management of desktops and applications; reduce the cost of software refreshes, security patches, and other maintenance.
- How UT will introduce new, thin clients, as older PCs in the university labs are phased out and replaced under the Apps@UT program to generate energy savings and reduce both the frequency and cost of hardware refreshes.
For more details check out the Cisco Live Session Catalog.


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Karen S Booth
January 13, 2013
Trying to comment again Janice in new post to see if it works! Karen
Karen S Booth
January 13, 2013
Trying to comment again Janice in new post to see if it works! Karen
January 13, 2013
Looks yummy Janice 🙂
Janice Pattie
January 13, 2013
Hurrah! Pleased to see you are able to comment again Karen.
Thanks Jac, it was very tasty.
January 15, 2013
That does look like a scrummy breakfast! I do love poached eggs and potato cakes 🙂
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
January 16, 2013
We usually have something cooked at weekends – most commonly boiled eggs which aren't that exciting to blog although I did manage it once here!
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
January 16, 2013
– meant to say – I must think of something more imaginative to do in time – nice long deadline I see so I'm sure I'll come up with something.
Pari Cash
January 22, 2013
Hi dear, i wanted to add my recipe to your event but link tool is not working.
Glad to follow you.
Fabulicious Food
January 24, 2013
Wow, so many entries already, a very popular topic! Cooked or baked was a great choice this month. Have linked up x
February 6, 2013
Hi janice, i m trying to link my post, but your linky isn't working properly!!! 🙂
Janice Pattie
February 6, 2013
Priya – the linky is working for me, I'm not sure why it isn't working for you, pleae try again.
February 7, 2013
Hi Janice,
I just submitted 4 of my breakfast recipes. Hope you like them 🙂 Thanks for hosting!
February 15, 2013
oh my goodness look at all those fantastic entries! You're going to have your work cut out for you, Janice, with this round up! 🙂
bhawna bagri
February 17, 2013
Hi, i have linked my entry….
Happy to follow you….
I'm new in this blogger world… .
February 20, 2013
Just submitted my baked bagel recipe, hope its acceptable. Hoping to submit another one this w/e before the deadline – proper Welsh cooked breakfast
February 21, 2013
What a nice event! It's always great to have some good ideas for breakfast – for guests or just for yourselves. I love to contribute something, too.
Best, Claudia
Nazima Franglais kitchen
February 22, 2013
Trying to link but not sure it is working. here is my link just in case! http://franglaiskitchen.com/easy-peasy-chocolate-and-banana-pancakes-with-ginger-maple-syrup/
Nithya Govind
February 28, 2013
Hi Janice,
Very happy to participate in your contest.
My entry is Banana Muffin.
Wish you all the very best!
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Pak'n'Save finally to open in Glenfield
Foodstuffs built the supermarket in 2005 but since then Progressive (their competition) who own Countdown and Woolworths and who are owned by Woolworths Australia, has fought the opening at every turn.
The site has stood vacant for almost five years.
They were able to use the RMA to argue that the supermarket did not meet the North Shore Councils district plan using traffic and pollution as a reason.
Obviously it had nothing to do with the environment or traffic it was simply about trying to stop any competition to Progressives supermarket up the road.
And these were the guy's who were going to take over The Warehouse.
Finally after Progressive has exhausted every option and delaying technique the High Court has rejected their case.
Something needs to be done with the RMA to stop this sort of anti-competitive behaviour, it isn't good for consumers.


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A few weeks ago, I explained why I don't travel to Europe in the summer months. I also don't recommend it to my clients. But, I also understand that there are some people who have no choice but to travel in July and August, especially those with kids.
One of the biggest obstacles to summer travel is the weather. Strong sun and high temperatures in all of Italy and most of the South of France can make travel downright uncomfortable.
Here are a few tips for how to beat that summer heat.
1. Stay hydrated. It seems like the most obvious thing to hydrate, but still people forget or just ignore the good advice. Never be without a bottle of water. Some cities have fountains with potable spring water, so you can fill up along the way.
2. Don't forget the sunscreen, hat and sunglasses. The summer sun is very strong and nothing makes a trip more miserable than looking like a lobster by day two. Get in the habit of applying your sunscreen all over, right when you hop out of the shower or when you start your day. Don't forget tips of ears, in between toes and the backs of ankles. Reapply often. It's best to get a waterproof or sweatproof formula as you'll likely work up a sweat sightseeing. The hat and glasses serve as extra protection for scalp and eyes.
3. Be mentally prepared. Start with the understanding that you won't accomplish as much in the heat as you would if the climate was temperate. Scale back on your activities, don't overload your itinerary and come up with a good balance between indoor and outdoor activities and relaxation time.
4. Give yourself a break. Sometimes you need permission to strike things off the planned itinerary if you're hot, tired or just not feeling it. I'm giving you permission! Rest and relax when needed and don't push yourself. It's better to enjoy your time on vacation, rather than have heat stroke because you just had to persevere and check every activity off the list! Resting in a hospital bed surely won't be as much fun as relaxing at a cafe.
5. Head for the shade. This can be easily accomplished in parks, gardens or rural areas, but a bit harder in the city. One thing I've noticed in the city is that you can use tall buildings and the sun's position to your advantage. Sometimes just walking on the opposite side of the street or taking a different route can provide some much-needed relief.
6. Do like the locals do. Get an early start on any outdoor sightseeing so that you hit those activities during the coolest part of the day. When the hottest part of the day arrives, head indoors. Hit a museum, eat a leisurely sit-down meal inside or outside under the shade of umbrellas. Head back to your France design hotel, close the blinds, take a nap and perhaps a quick shower to cool off. Then once the sun starts going down, head back out to continue exploring.
7. Dress for success. Wear light, comfortable clothing. Lose the denim and opt for fabrics like linen and cotton. Maybe even moisture wicking clothing or undergarments will go along way to help keeping you cool as well. And if you want to blend in, remember to leave the shorts and logo t-shirts home. Italy and France are a bit more fashion concious, so consider that as you're packing.
Did you find these tips helpful? Click here to find out how spending an hour with me can be helpful for your next trip!


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This is a nice, high quality filming of Havoc and Noyd performing one of their classics live in Boston, shot in black & white with editing in the style of their video "Burn" from "Infamy" by Jon Wolf & Mike Greenwood.
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July 10, 2016 in Broadband, FCC, Internet, News
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February 22, 2016 in Actions, Billing, Broadband, FCC, Internet, News, State actions, Wireless
April 30, 2015 in Actions, Astroturf, Billing, Broadband, FCC, Legislation, News, Wireless
April 27, 2015 in Actions, Broadband, Internet, News
Civic Hall Book Day — Tuesday, April 28, 2015
NOTE: Other speakers include Susan Crawford, Astra Taylor, Allison Fine, Micah L. Sifry, and Alissa Quart — (See below)
It Is Time to Start Fixing What's Broken with Communications in America.
With the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger now dead in its tracks, and weeks earlier, the FCC released its new Open Internet/Net Neutrality decision only to be greeted by an onslaught of legal challenges that will continue for years, The Book of Broken Promises emerges to expose the sad truth about communications services in America and to answer a fundamental question — How did we get into this mess and what can we do to fix it today?
Bruce Kushnick, author, senior telecom analyst and industry insider, lays out, in all of the gory details, how America paid over $400 billion to be the first fully fiber optic-based nation yet ended up 27th in the world for high-speed Internet (40th in upload speeds). But this is only a part of this story.
It is Time for Audits, Investigations, Accountability, Oversight, Enforcement, Un-Manipulated Data, Transparency and Ethics.
Everyone Gets Upgraded: How Do We Get There? Broken Promises provides extensive documentation and a proactive plan, a road-map on how states and cities can take advantage and leverage the companies' failed broadband commitments and the companies' questionable financial and business practices. The goal — Move America to an open, very fast, fiber optic-based, yet affordable, broadband, Internet, and cable service for everyone — since everyone paid for it over and over and over.
Check Out the Details: The Book of Broken Promises is the third in a trilogy spanning 18 years. See the Fact Sheet, Table of Contents, details of "$200 Billion Broadband Scandal" featured on Bill Moyer's PBS "The Net at Risk", in 2006 (with over 730,000 downloads) and "The Unauthorized Bio of the Baby Bells", (with Foreword by Dr. Bob Metcalfe), published in 1998.
Broken Promises is based on over 20 years of research and analysis. However, it is not just a history book; it has been enhanced by the work of New Networks Institute's team of independent experts, analysts, auditors and lawyers who have been working on projects together over the last decade.
From helping to get communities upgraded to fiber optics in New Jersey or in New York, (in 2012-2014), filing complaints at the FCC and at the state commissions, or helping to develop current and successful, settled class action suits (getting customers back tens of millions of dollars), Broken Promises uses this wealth of expertise to create an active guide for real change and it documents, in detail, the reasons why fixing communications is now an imperative.
New Networks' Current Activities:
Want to be part of the change? email@example.com
Civic Hall Book Day — Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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March 28, 2015 in Actions, Billing, Broadband, FCC, Internet, Legislation, News, State actions, Uncategorized, Wireless
Net Neutrality and Verizon's Use of Title II
Time Warner Cable- Comcast Merger; New Findings
Examining the Financial Shell Game
July 7, 2014 in Actions, Broadband, Internet, State actions
On July 1, 2014, a new group, Connect New York Coalition, filed a Petition with the New York State Public Service Commission to do a formal investigation of Verizon New York.
Read the Petition: http://www.scribd.com/doc/232125660/Connect-New-York-Coalition-Petition
Coalition members: http://teletruth.org/docs/ConnectNewYorkCoalition.pdf
"15 major consumer and labor organizations and a bi-partisan group of 69 elected officials announced today the formation of the Connect New York Coalition, a major new effort to reverse the decline in telephone service and ensure high-quality advanced telecommunications services for all New Yorkers. They filed a formal Petition with the Public Service Commission seeking a complete and public review of New York's telephone and telecommunications systems."
The Connect New York Coalition petition "asks for a formal proceeding with evidence-gathering and cross-examination of witnesses", and asks the following questions, among others:
• How much do providers invest in the legacy, fiber optic and wireless systems?
• What are the actual costs and revenues for each system and what are the rates of return?
• What is the current level of service quality in all systems and how is it measured?
• Does competition exist?
The Petition is based, in part, on New Networks' continuing research. For a summary of the most recent report, written for Public Utility Law Project (with the assistance of David Bergmann) and why this investigation was necessary see:
Some of the Connect NY Coalition's questions have been addressed by New Networks' team of experts, auditors and lawyers in our reports and research.
June 7, 2014 in Broadband
In 2013, Common Cause–NY, Consumer Union, Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Fire Island Association filed comments in the Fire Island-Voice Link proceeding in New York State. New Networks' report (with assistance from Alex Goldman) was based on Verizon New York SEC-filings was part of the call for an investigation and a FOIL request to get the data —
Verizon claims that local service was uneconomical, but there are too many facts pertaining to the affiliate companies' financials in relationship to Verizon New York's revenues and profits that call into question Verizon's claims.
The affiliate companies are Verizon subsidiaries that provide or receive service from Verizon New York, the state utility, and they include Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online, Verizon Business, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, and Verizon Services, among others.
2013: CWA-et al comments and New Networks 2013 report:
FOIL Challenge:
In 2013, the State ruled that Verizon would have to turn over the data requested, and after a challenge, Verizon lost.
NOTE Verizon submitted totally redacted docs: Our personal favorite is this 331 page, Verizon totally redacted document.
In Feb 2014, Verizon took the state to court so it could hide their financials.
New Report: " It's All Interconnected." New Data
In May 2014, New Networks new report for Public Utility Law Project, reinforced the needs for audits of Verizon's New York's ability to charge customers for network upgrades and at the same time show massive financial losses — much of which are being directly caused by Verizon's affiliate companies. — NOTE: since the first report we found new financials from the State Public Service commission, and Verizon New York's annual PSC submissions.
The New York Supreme Court filed documents, 2014: Verizon vs the NY Public Service Commission, Amicus by CWA et al.
In the Matter of the Application of VERIZON NEW YORK INC.,
For an Order Pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules
NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ("the Commission"), KATHLEEN H. BURGESS, as Secretary to the Commission,
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE ("the Department") and DONNA M. GILIBERTO, as Records Access Officer for the Department
April 17, 2014 in Billing, Broadband, New Jersey, Uncategorized
Verizon New Jersey and the NJ Board of Public Utilities have created a deal to erase Verizon's obligations that require the company to upgrade 100% of their territory, replacing the aging copper wire with a fiber optic wire, offering speeds of 45 Mbps or better in both directions by 2010. Customers where charged about $15 billion extra since 1993 for these upgrades.
Verizon filed comments as part of this proceeding and claims that the company had no rate increases from 1985 through 2008. Verizon Stipulation Agreement filing, March 24, 2014:
"In fact, the regulatory plan adopted with Opportunity New Jersey allowed a modest amount of pricing flexibility for certain services while imposing a price cap that resulted in Verizon not increasing the price for basic phone service in New Jersey for twenty-three years (between 1985 and 2008)".
And in an Ars Technica article, Verizon spokesperson Lee Gierczynski said the 1993 agreement "imposed a price cap on basic phone service that resulted in no increases in that service from 1985 to 2008."— You got to be kidding me.
Verizon's Deceptive Math: Take Out a Bag of M&M's and Only Count the Yellow Ones.
In 2008, we filed comments with the NJBPU as part of a proceeding to raise Verizon's phone rates. Verizon had made an almost identical statement seven years ago and at the time we went through actual Verizon phone bills and found that local phone service had increased a whopping 300%-350%. And continuing this analysis, by the end of 2013, the company had raised local service about 440% — or more depending on what you count.
But, you don't have take my word for it. Let's go through actual charges taken off Verizon's phone bills. We will attempt to make this as painless as possible as no one can read their bills — they were designed that way.
Verizon Didn't Count 1: The FCC Line Charge is on Every Local Phone Bill.
This is a Verizon New Jersey bill from April 2002 that is paying for 2 lines. And it has an "FCC Subscriber Line Charge", which was $6.21 cents per line. Verizon's quote doesn't include this charge in their analysis of no increases between 1985 to 2008.
The FCC Line Charge (it has many different names), is on every local phone bill and the charge started in 1985. You can't get service without paying this charge and the money does NOT go to fund the FCC but is direct revenue to Verizon New Jersey.
Moreover, the New Jersey State law details that this "Federally mandated subscriber line charge" is part of local service: N.J.A.C. 14:3 – 7.17 (a):
"'Basic residential local telephone charges' include charges for basic residential local telephone service, basic residential local service usage, nonrecurring charges for basic services (service ordering charges and installation charges for basic services), the Federally mandated subscriber line charges, and applicable State and Federal taxes."
And yet, Verizon leaves off this charge.
Then we have the taxes, fees and surcharges that are applied to the FCC Line Charge. On the bill you will notice Verizon applies a "Federal Universal Service Fund Charge" (FUSF) as well as Federal and state taxes. In 2002, the Universal Service Fund was an 11.4% tax applied on all 'interstate' telecommunications services and because the FCC Line Charge is considered Federal it gets taxed FUSF. (Caveats: These charges can vary throughout the year. The FCC Line Charge increased from $1.00 in 1985 to a cap of $6.50 per line per month by 2003. The FUSF has had varying rates through this period. It was 5.5% in 2000, the first year, by 2008 it was 11.4% and most recently it was 16.4% tax, applied to any 'interstate service'. And yes, they got the tax on this bill.)
Verizon, of course, will make excuses. Oh, but the FCC Line Charge is "interstate" and Federal vs controlled by the State Commission
Also, on this bill is also something called a "Portability" charge, which is more revenue to Verizon.
Add up the 'Total Monthly Charges" for 2 phone lines— It's ugly. While the cost of the 'monthly charges' was $25.62, there's an additional $17.70 cents — 70%. I thought that Verizon said there was no 'increases'.
Let us be clear. You pay a local service bill. It has charges on it that you must pay and you can't get service without it. If Verizon doesn't want to count these charges, then why shouldn't the customer have the right to not pay what's not being counted?
But we're just getting started… The problem of not counting multiple charges on the bill almost rises to one of the biblical afflictions, like locusts or floods.
Anyone who has ever bought a bundled package of services from Verizon (or the other phone or cable companies) knows that they all play this shell game; the price of service you have to pay is always 10-40% more than the advertised price. That's because the companies leave out the cost of all of these ancillary charges and taxes in their sale pitch.
Verizon Didn't Count 2: "Local Service" was a "Bundled" Service.
In 1982, New Jersey Bell's (now-Verizon New Jersey) local phone service was a bundled service and it came with unlimited local calling, unlimited directory assistance, the wire in the home and the phone rental.
This next antique bill is from New York Telephone in 1980 and it is similar, if not identical to a New Jersey Bell phone bill from that time. It shows that local service was a total of $8.46, but that included the wire in the home for $1.24 called "wire outlet", a phone rental fee at $1.18 as well as the main service line (sometimes called "dialtone") for a total of $8.46, not counting taxes.
(NOTE: This page was only provided 'annually', so unless you had an interest, you'd never know that there were separate charges for these items.)
But, in 1982, prior to the break up of AT&T in 1984, there was a deregulation where the phone rental and the inside wire (which became "inside wire maintenance" fee) were spun off — and each charge would then be able to increase. The phone rental went to AT&T, while the inside wiring was kept in Verizon New Jersey. This deregulation was done so that customers could buy their own phones or not pay for the maintaining the wire in their home.
Verizon New Jersey picked the year 1985 to avoid the truth about what happened to local service rates.
First, the companies were able to still keep the total cost of local service the same, even though it should have been lowered as the component parts were no longer included; i.e., if local service came with the inside wire, then that expense, which was $1.24, should have been deducted from the total cost moving forward. It wasn't.
While the price stayed the same, you now got less for your money.
But that's only part of this tale. From 1982-1985 they added a number of extra charges. This next New York Telephone bill from 1986 shows an inside wiring fee, (which went down a bit to $.92 cents) as well as an additional, but related 'wire investment charge' of $1.29. For the phone rental, there was the phone rental charge, as well as an additional "investment recovery charge" of $1.90. New Jersey went through an identical process.
But the kicker is that in 1985, about 90% of all customers still paid for inside wiring and about 75% were still renting the phone, (which went up to $3.18 a month by 1986 from $1.18 a month in 1980, not counting the additional charge).
In 1985, then, the majority of customers were paying a) inside wire maintenance, b) a second charge for inside wire called 'wire investment', c) a phone rental fee, d) an additional phone rental fee "investment recovery" and e) an inflated 'basic service' cost. (Notice that the FCC Line Charge was $1.00 in 1986.)
Thus, if we start with 1985, these other charges would have been part of 'local service', but Verizon, of course, never discussed this.
Verizon Didn't Count 3: Inside Wire Maintenance Increases.
In our surveys of thousands of phone bills and interviews we found that at least half of those paying an inside wire maintenance fee didn't order it and didn't know it was on their bill as there is confusion from all of the terms sounding the same — inside wire, FCC subscriber line, dialtone line, etc.
However, this one Verizon New Jersey charge went from $.95 in 1982 (where it remained through the 1990's) to $7.99 per month— A 741% increase. And by 2008, it had increased 364%, not counting the related taxes, fees, and surcharges.
There is no data about the number of customers who are paying for the service in 2014.
Verizon Didn't Count 4: Directory Assistance Increases
Directory Assistance, i.e. calling '411", was a free service as part of Verizon New Jersey's 'basic local service'. By 2008, the company removed most free calls, but kept an 'allowance' of four free calls per month in 2007, then reduced to two per month in 2008 with a charge of $1.50 after the allowance runs out, per call.
In 2008, when Verizon was asked how many customers use directory assistance and how many calls do they make a month, they sent this:
The NJ Rate Counsel claimed that the changes to service by Verizon eliminating these last remaining free calls would add $187 million in extra costs to customers.
"The 4 free Directory Assistance calls for residential customers could be eliminated and rates increased. Rate Counsel's estimate is that elimination of free calls and rate increases for Directory Assistance could cost ratepayers another $187 million."
The last records we found around 2008 showed that, with automation, it cost 15-25 cents to offer directory assistance per call.
To recap, we have a bundled service where every part is 'deregulated', prices continue to go up, and Verizon's data claims that there have been no changes.
Verizon Didn't Count 5, 6 & 7: Other Expenses/Increases Not Mentioned
There have been multiple changes to phone charges in New Jersey from 1985-2008 for residential and business services.
Verizon Didn't Count 8: Business Rate Increases.
We note: Verizon's quote is only for residential services, it would appear, as there were increases for small businesses.
Verizon Didn't Count 9: Post 2008: Just Some of the Increases
Starting in 2008, local residential service went go up 79%; Business services were up about 70%. Caller ID went up 38%, while non-published number rose 68%. Caller ID has profit margin of 5695% and a non-published number has a 36,900% profit margin. (The 'costs' listed were from a 1999 Florida Public Utility Commissioner report. It is obviously cheaper to offer these services in 2014.)
And there have been more increases to some of these services since 2008.
Total Local Service: Over 440% and Counting
By the end of 2013, if you just kept the same local service since 1982, you were paying about 440% more (not counting the phone rental).
Signs of a Monopoly: How Can Prices Go Up if there's Competition?
Prices should have gone down, down, down. First, the copper networks have been written off—"fully depreciated", so their value is nominal. Then they slowed down maintaining those wires over the last decade and more recently decline to repair the copper. And since Verizon cut staff over 70% since 1985, prices should have plummeted as the expenses were sliced. Also, there was supposed to be competition to lower prices further.
What about comparing this to the Consumer Price Index (CPI)? Why? The CPI is based on the assumption that the cost of goods goes up. Here, the cost of goods have been going down.
Bottom line: Prices didn't remain 'frozen' from 1985 through 2008, much less after and it is clear that these extra fees were all part of the state's deregulatory gifts to Verizon New Jersey. Problem is – these extra profits should have been used to upgrade the state infrastructure starting in 1993. Instead, they just increased the companies' profits.
NOTE: Tom Allibone, president LTC Consulting, a New Jersey-based telecommunications auditing firm, worked on the analysis of the phone charges.
January 15, 2014 in ALEC, Broadband, FCC, Internet, Legislation, Wireless
As the above quotes demonstrate, America is not a happy camper with their phone companies, AT&T and Verizon (not to mention their cable companies). But, truth is, the year 2013 will be remembered as the year that, for the first time in telecommunications history, an incumbent utility phone company, Verizon, decided to not repair the customers' wires after a major storm.
Unfortunately, all of this has just been a prelude to a reduction of business or residential customers' rights and services throughout the US, regardless of whether the customer is using a wired or wireless phone or who wants broadband or cable competition in 2014.
And this is not about market forces or even technology driving change. This is a man-made storm to make more money and get rid of regulations. The major incumbent phone companies, which also own the largest wireless companies, and who also, with the cable companies, control most of broadband, Internet and cable services, are working together — a 'cabal,' a 'trust,' or some might call it — Mob Bell.
We are all for capitalism and making hefty profits in a free market. This ain't that. The incumbent companies are utilities that control essential infrastructure and instead of competition they are now colluding in multiple ways and have figured out how to have the government protect them — as a group. It harms the U.S. economy and it harms every customer in multiple ways.
The Perfect, Man-Made Storm: The End Game in Telecommunications
The 2013 scorecard shows that America has been under attack by the companies, who are taking more and more control by erasing oversight, regulation and obligations.
And the Implications Are Pretty Horrific. The Apparent AT&T and Verizon Plan:
How Many People are Impacted by All of these Maneuvers?
Regardless of what the companies say, using their own data, closing whole areas of the U.S. will impact everyone including small businesses, residential customers, schools, libraries, municipalities, among others. And this won't be only in rural areas. We found:
- AT&T's U-Verse is probably 99 percent copper-to-the-home. Out of 76 million locations, AT&T only has 5 million U-Verse TV locations–less than 7 percent.
- AT&T could be abandoning 57 percent of customers,
- Verizon also only 5 million households have FiOS TV out of 27 million households in its territories–only 18 percent of households. 82 percent of the wires are still copper.
- Verizon could be abandoning 47 percent of customers.
Not a Fair Fight: There's No Level Playing Field.
With a cabal of companies and their associations spending $227 million on federal lobbying in just three years — that over $70 million a year, (and as mentioned, this doesn't including state lobbying and campaign financing, foundation grants or sponsorships) and our side spending… well, squat, there is no even playing field.
The Creation of Mob Bell: The Return of Humpty Dumpty.
In 1984, the original AT&T was broken up because it blocked competition. Seven 'Baby Bells' were created, each controlling specific states. And there were also independent local companies, such as GTE.
AT&T became a 'long distance' company, and there was also the maverick MCI. In 1996, the Telecom Act was created to open up the wires to all forms of competition –phone or broadband or Internet or even video service. AT&T and MCI entered the local phone markets, as did thousands of independent Internet Service Providers and CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange Companies).
(NOTE: Every 'triple play' still has a 'long distance' charge for 'interstate' calls, i.e., calls made across state lines, and there are separate related taxes, fees and surcharges.)
During the 1980's and 1990's, AT&T, MCI and the other competitors acted as a 'balance' to the force. By 2007, the Baby Bells married each other, the FCC removed requirements to let competitors use the networks and AT&T and MCI were bought. Three mega-Bells were formed– AT&T, Verizon and Centurylink — that don't compete for wireline services, even though every merger was predicated on them going at it.
Today, there aren't any deep-pocket companies who currently act as a balancing force. Google, Microsoft and Apple and many other Tech companies have deals with the network providers so they aren't going to stand up for the public. And with the recent rash of the telco-ALEC bills defunding the state commissions, severely limiting their oversight, and a dysfunctional FCC, there is no balance for the public interest.
How can AT&T in California raise rates 260% over the last few years, with similar rate increases happening throughout the US, for example, if there was real competition?
Conclusion: The Squeeze Play Is On.
The public is totally unaware of these issues and much of the press appears to simply parrot the corporate press releases. However, as the opening quotes detail, customers may have started to notice the problems when it impacts them.
The question is: Will the telcos be able to buy the changes they want and fool the public and politicians and thus have carte blanche to simply raise rates, shut off customers, force-migrate them to their own affiliate wireless companies or onto their other services they don't want, with no force to compel them to upgrade ALL of the utility customers?
Don't Get Mad: Get Even.
Over the next few weeks, we will be offering our own plan for the future.
July 11, 2013 in Broadband, Internet, Uncategorized, Wireless
Imagine waking up after a storm and your wired phone line is dead. You've kept it because the cell phone service isn't reliable or sounds like you are under water. Maybe you really wanted something more reliable in case of an emergency. You check and the burglar alarm isn't working…


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As a town mourns the loss of all the workers of a warehouse disaster (disaster/massacre… po-tay-to/po-tah-to — at least there was a nifty explosion), the Connor Cadre infiltrates the funeral to gather more information about the place that resulted in Sarah getting shot as well as her first kill.
Amazingly, Cameron—the one of the cadre actually designed to be an infiltrator—is primarily on John-watch while the rest acquaint themselves with select mourners. I mentioned in the fancast that while Cameron wasn't being the infiltrator that she can be so very good at, she was acting very much in character: she was protecting John. The demolition of the warehouse combined with Sarah's vision of the metallic drone would be enough for Cameron to operate on the assumption that this might be an area of interest for Skynet. As such, terminators might be about. So, though she may be amazingly motionless and have a creepy focus on John, she is doing the one thing that makes her life worth living: ensuring John's safety.
This frees up Sarah and Derek to be more energetic at poking their noses in where they really don't belong (thank goodness that Sarah doesn't sport a limb from that nasty bullet wound she suffered within days of these events or else she might have attracted some attention). Sarah immediately fixated on a photo of the man she killed. This attention gave her an in with the widow, Diana. Despite the amount of time devoted to Sarah trying to evolve this relationship in order to get useful information, she really didn't learn much of anything that was of use.
Derek did somewhat better with a shady sort of fellow that was lurking about: Mr. Walsh, Catherine's minion who earlier this season delivered into her hands the Turk. Walsh clearly understands the relationship he has with Catherine is one of the useful application of greed and fear. As a result, he doesn't provide Derek with any useful information, either. Well, nothing other than the fact that he's shady, which is enough for Sarah to start tracking him in that stealthy out-in-the-open way that only works on film.
John did much better with his targeted source, Zoe. She gave up her suspicions and even showed him and Cameron a creepy water hole surrounded by a small herd of dead cows (last seen lurking about Josh Friedman's office in a video-blog). More importantly, she allowed Cameron to key on the one thing no one else had noticed: neither Zoe or her mother were mourning properly. No tears. Not looking at the photo of Zoe's dad. Cameron hammered home to Derek the implication by asking him if he'd look at Kyle's picture in that situation. The evidence clearly pointed to scruffy ol' George, Zoe's father, still being alive.
Turns out that George did a lot of the "wetwork" for the warehouse. From surveillance to eliminating potential problems with extreme prejudice, George was a human that most any terminator would be happy to model themselves after. And right now, it seems that George is the most interesting puzzle piece of them all. After all, he's in possession of the drone.
Yup, after killing Catherine's willing henchman, Mr. Walsh, George retrieved the shiny HK-like drone from its hiding place and tucked it away in the guts of a semi's trailer. The one thing he hadn't counted on was that the Connor Cadre would witness the launch of the drone from its cow-lined watery hiding place. Sarah look vindicated, John was amazed, and Derek was completely gob-smacked. Even Cameron seemed a little surprised that something so familiar could be so close.
That drone is what will drive the action. Clearly it's an early HK prototype. Unfortunately, we don't know anything beyond that. It still doesn't definitively link Weaver with Skynet (though the circumstantial evidence is very strong at this point). Since George killed Walsh, there is the implication that George has plans other than returning it to Catherine in the trunk of his car. Until we have an idea of what George's agenda is, it's hard to read anything certain into his drone-napping. One thing is pretty definite, though—the Connors are going to try to find that drone and/or who built it.
And speaking of building…was that Weaver trying to build on her relationship with little Savannah on the anniversary of her parents' death (though she only thinks her daddy died)? I don't think that Weaver is developing a depth of feeling for the girl anywhere near what Cameron has for John, but there is a little something that goes beyond just maintaining her cover.
Cameron pointed out in "Complications", that terminators weren't built to be cruel. We've seen this often demonstrated. Unless they have a reason to kill, they tend not to. So, while it's not in Catherine's nature to nurture little Savannah, she also doesn't want to be cruel to her, either. She previously sought out Dr. Sherman for guidance, which help establish the first moments of…I'm not sure if "bonding" is too strong a word, but let's go with that. Catherine understands that the girl is in pain and misses her father (and mother…sort of), and does what any sentient custodian would: she tries to find a way to lessen the hurt.
Savannah still hasn't quite adapted to the T-1001. Though she looks like her mother, she's not as emotionally connected and is also a bit cold. Not just metaphorically cold, but physically as well. I was surprised that Savannah noted that Catherine's lap was cold as she sat on it. I thought that part of the T-1001's human simulation would have been to maintain proper external body heat. Perhaps it's not a constant. In an effort to reduce energy consumption, perhaps Weaver only selectively keeps various areas of her body warm (hands and face, for example).
Josh has mentioned that in a straight-up fight, Cameron has few advantages over Catherine. I think we are being set up to have Savannah be a weakness. Weaver is bonding with the girl on more than a programatic level. It's not deep and profound, but enough that Savannah could be a fatal distraction when the time comes. We'll see.
Lastly, I'm beginning to think that Ellison is starting to wonder about the depths of Weaver's humanity. James spent enough time with Cromartie that I'm sure he's starting to see similar patterns of behavior coming from his boss. The interaction about the anniversary of her "husband's" death slowly raise an antenna on Ellison's radar that something wasn't quite meshing. He's still not sure what's wrong, but he may become a little more circumspect in the future.
"Desert Cantos" was basically an exposition-heavy setup episode. In fact, we could distill everything to just three (maybe four) scenes: 1) the launch of the drone from the pool next to the dead Walsh; 2) the retrieval of the drone by George; and 3) Weaver bonding with Savannah (and maybe 4) Ellison's exchange with Catherine about dying fathers). The rest of the ep was largely a writing technique known as either "smoke and mirrors" or "chickens with their heads cut off". It was pretty much filler for the plot points.
Except for the drone scenes where we actually connected with the main story arc, the episode gave the sense of having stuff to convey without actually having anything to say. There was too much talking with too little in the way of results. You combine that with Cameron mostly just standing and staring (though it was one of the more credible choices made) and you have an episode that is hardly going to be drawing and keeping the fanboys who aren't already digging the show. And that's a shame because the seven episodes remaining in the season hold the promise to be one heck of a ride now that the end run has been set up.
I just hope we eventually find out how the cows died. It's going to be bugging me.
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LAGUNA BEACH – To a cry of "Attention" over the emergency radio, firefighters in Emerald Bay joined their fellows across Orange County in saluting the half staff flag to remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seven men from Station No. 11, the most western station of the Orange County Fire Authority, had a moment of silence while most community members carried on with their morning commutes, tennis games and dog walking.
"As time goes on, people do a little less and less, but the fire department continues," said Station Capt. David Skarman.
Fifteen reserve firefighters staff the station to respond to calls as needed. Most have other full-time jobs, said Skarman, a Laguna Beach resident who is also an executive at a land title community.
"We consider ourselves firemen," he said. "A lot of us have been here a long time."
Their years of service have included many missed holidays and disasters like the 1993 fires, when Emerald Bay lost 65 homes, Skarman said.
"It's a sacrifice for the community," he said. "We look at Orange County as being our community."
And though some might make distinctions between full-time firefighters with reserves and volunteers, Skarman said events like the Sept. 11 attacks are a reminder of their common purpose.
"I truly believe there is the brotherhood of firemen," he said. "The politics go away when there's a large event like this."
Josh Shields, the station's newest recruit, watched on as the firefighters saluted the flag. The 19-year-old is still working though fire academy and will graduate in January.
"You can see how something so big affected everyone," said Shields, who was in sixth grade during the terrorist attacks. At the time, he didn't even know what the World Trade Center was.
Shields said the traditions and commitment of the Emerald Bay station encouraged him to become a firefighter.
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I loved this interview because Yolanda spoke openly about her struggle to get where she is now. She's been through a divorce, hard financial times and other ups and downs to get where she is.
She's not shy about it, though. In fact, she embraces it and wants everyone to hear her story and take inspiration from it.
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The 2017 Euromoney Egypt Conference comes at an exciting time, as international capital has become comfortable with Egypt for the first time since 2011. The bold resolution of the Egyptian currency crisis has produced both a return to the debt markets and a spike in interest from equity investors. With capital being urgently needed in a country facing many developmental challenges, this event will focus on Egyptian economic sectors attractive to international capital which are also vital for Egypt's development. These issues will be considered in light of debt issuance from the corporate to the sub-sovereign to the sovereign level.
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You may or may not have heard of Family Guy. You may or may not have heard of American Dad. You may or may not have heard of Ted.
If you have heard of any of these, then you'll have heard of Seth MacFarlane.
You may have heard of him anyway, but putting him in the context of what he's best known for will help you with A Million Ways To Die In The West.
In any given episode of Family Guy you'll have a song and some fart gags. In American Dad you'll have quippy asides. In Ted, you have a bear that swears.
I'll take a moment while you recover from the hilarity of that third idea…
OK, where were we?
Ahh, yes, Seth's stock tropes.
You see – and I say this as a man who really likes Family Guy – with Seth you know what you're going to get.
He's a funny, clever guy, but his humour always ends up throwing itself at the nearest lowest common denominator.
That's not always a bad thing, but where as in the case of a cartoon episode it only lasts for 20 minutes, on the big screen it lasts for 90.
Or nearly two in this case.
And there's another problem…
A Million Ways… is a western. And an homage to westerns.
Now, I know what you're thinking, this has been done before. Well. By Mel Brooks.
So, if you're going to go up against Blazing Saddles, it had better be damn good.
And the idea is a sound one – Seth and the gang look at what life was really like back in the old west. Especially if you weren't keen on fighting, shooting or dying.
But from there, it kind of goes a bit awry.
There's too much swearing for a start. And I'm aware of the irony of me saying that.
You see, swearing is big and clever, but you have to use it well. Tarantino knows how to do a swear, it's how his characters speak. Same with James McAvoy in Filth.
Somehow, when Macfarlane and friends get going, it sounds like a 14-year-old trying out the naughty words for the first time. They don't ring true.
The really do feel like the writers had no other jokes so stuck a few F's in there instead.
And then there's the physical jokes.
While dropping a block of ice on someone's head – with resulting bonce splat and blood spurts – is cartoonishly funny in Family Guy, in a live-action film it seems to jar a tad. The same with the racially dubious humour. It's less harsh/obvious in a cartoon.
It's like they can't tell the difference.
Then there's the fart joke. OK, I did chuckle, but you do cowboy fart jokes at your peril – the best has already been done.
Having said all of this, though, I didn't hate it.
It's too long, it's baggy as all hell and my attention wandered several times, but I did chuckle several times. And the trailer had made me laugh.
It's mostly down to the cast that this film works at all.
Alongside Seth (who, bless him, shouldn't act), we have Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman and Giovanni Ribisi – all of whom are thoroughly believable and play it with a straight bat to great comic effect.
Sadly this highlights just how out of her comfort zone Amanda Seyfried is, her slightly drippy character ending up soaking wet.
To be fair, she's on a par with Macfarlane, but the others are just so top class that it makes those two stand out in a bad way.
But, still not a terrible film.
Fans of Macfarlane will get everything they want out of his work. Fans of westerns will enjoy some of the more geeky touches – and then there's a nod to a modern "classic" which is almost worth the price of the admission alone.
A Million Ways To Die In The West won't change your life, but there are worse ways to spend a couple of hours.
(It has just occurred to me that I haven't actually touched on the storyline – there's a reason for that. While there, it's job is to string together the gags, and so it's really not important.
It's a love story and a revenge story, kinda, but it could be about shopping or shoes, all that anyone cares about is the next crass joke)


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text: I decided that today would be a good day to release a new tarball of the Linux Test Project. New in this tarball ------------------- - pan now supports complex command lines. Any test tag with shell related characters will be run with "sh -c" - zoolib was mostly rewritten. Pan and zoolib were so closely tied it was sick. I cleaned up the zoo interfaces and pan accordingly. - tst_tempdir() has been updated to use mkdtemp(). This should clean up many of the warnings that compiling with glibc 2.2 produces. - sample sudo configuration files from Urban. Now you should be able to run as-root tests using sudo or super. NOTE: Doesn't work on Debian unstable yet. There is a bug open concerning the compiled in secure_path. Use whatever works for you. - as-root tests have been split into separate files. You'll have to add them explicitly to run them now. Enjoy, -- Nate Straz firstname.lastname@example.com sgi, inc http://www.sgi.com/ Linux Test Project http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ltp/


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This month's theme was Easter and I had rabbits in mind (obvi) and what do bunnies like? Carrots….ok, I know, it was a pretty straightforward, thought process but considering how sleep deprived I am most of the time I just like to be reassured that I even have a thought process once-in-awhile.
I wanted this to be a mix of a bread and cake so we could grab and go with this treat in the morning.
I started by cutting shredded carrots, fresh thyme, lemon zest, sugar, butter and flour together to resemble crumbs.
While that was happening yeast was proofed in warm water and a bit of sweet before adding fat eggs to it.
Combine the two together,
and put into a pretty, fluted bundt pan.
When puffed, browned and cooled-cross your fingers and take the cake out.
Make a yummy glaze out of lemon juice, zest and icing sugar and douse the whole thing.
- Sponge:
- 1¼ cups warm water
- 1 T yeast
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- Cake:
- 4½ cups flour
- 1 cup of butter
- 3 sprigs of fresh thyme
- juice and zest of one lemon
- 1¼ cup of shredded carrot
- ⅔ cup of sugar
- pinch of salt
- 4 eggs
- Glaze:
- zest and juice of ½ a lemon
- 3 T icing sugar
- Proof the sponge mixture until frothy, add the eggs and beat with a fork. Rub together the cake mixture and add the sponge. Pour into greased bundt pan, bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool before taking out of the pan. Mix glaze ingredients and pour over the cake.
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For Asian Americans, the concept of giving has deep meaning: It's a combination of expectation, family values and a wish for a better life. Gifting, to many Asian Americans, is more than a gift. In many ways, the act of giving is already a gift in itself.
For the 2015 holiday season, IW Group and Walmart tapped into this insight and reinforced the Asian belief that "giving is the same as receiving" – or the belief that there is no greater joy than to give the gift of joy to as many of their loved ones as much as possible.
With this, IW Group launched the Walmart Holiday Campaign, which targeted the Chinese, Filipino and Asian Indian consumer segments in the U.S. The audience is digital and social media savvy, and in order to reach our retail target, IW produced a series of pre-roll video, streaming audio and Facebook-sponsored video.
"PERFECT PRESENT" (Chinese, Mandarin)
For Chinese Americans, gifting is a combination of long-held family values of deep gratitude and
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I don't think I could ever capture just how relieved, thankful, and excited I am to have passed the NCLEX!!!
That beastly test is no joke. I studied hours and hours for it, making it my "full time job" for weeks to assure I passed. You can take it again if you fail, but with a baby on the way (plus all the hard work I put in) once would be enough. I took my test Tuesday morning and to be honest the testing experience was must harder than I thought it would be.
The NCLEX is a computer adapted test so it "reads" you as you test. If you get a question right, you get subsequently more difficult questions. If you get one wrong, you get easier (which is bad overall). You want the hard questions to prove you are above a competency line the test makers set, but it's hard to really tell between higher level questions and if you're just an unprepared idiot.
I finished my test in about 1.5 hours from check in to check out with 1 potty break. I did get the minimum number of questions required, 75, which was an absolute gift in and of itself! I left that testing center though just sick and so worried. I was CONVINCED I failed.
I called Ryan right away and he talked me down and then called my friend Nylah who also reassured me. Then I called and texted lots of other friends and family but I just couldn't get over my anxiety and feeling like I just bombed it (P.S. most people walk out of the NCLEX feeling like that so I'm not a totally crazy loon).
Results wouldn't be posted until Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. and let me just tell you that day wait...was ugly. I wasn't a mean stressed out person, but I was so on edge and absolutely unraveled. Ryan said that he had seen me deal with his surgeries, sickness, hospitalizations, the stress of nursing school, and more but never ONCE had me seen me like this. HA!
Wednesday was a lot of laying in bed just being exhausted from studying and wiped from the stress hormones. The doodles kept me company during my frequent naps.
They look like baby bunnies
All that to say, Ryan and I each checked the website where results are posted probably 50 times between the two of us all morning waiting. Finally, it posted and I was able to see that I PASSED!
I talked to every friend and family member expcept Ryan over the next hour. He was stuck in a big meeting but I did call him first so it's the thought that counts. Phew! Just had to word dump that whole story because I am so proud of my accomplishment, so beyond thrilled, and I survived the NCLEX stress.
It is official...Carly Decker BSN, RN. What's up!?!?
The Lord made my brain so capable, I had TONS of prayers being prayed, and such a strong support network behind me. The gratitude I have been feeling is overwhelming. Nylah and I would text back and forth, "God brought us this far in nursing, He will bring us through this." Amen!
To finally see this on my screen was such a relief
In other news...
We did hike last weekend to take a morning off from studying. That was such a good idea. I would encourage any nursing student reading this to make sure you have good study breaks when prepping for the NCLEX. I did 4-7 hours per day/5 days a week and never longer than 50 minute increments at a time. And you will need breaks.
Anyway, we have gorgeous trails here in Golden and can be on a nice hike after a 10 minute car ride. We did about 2 miles and the doodles were thrilled with the new smells and sites.
A gorgeous trail
Two very obedient doodles who were overall fairly well behaved given the excitement of a new area
Also, we used our fire pit the other night and had a blast sitting outside late into the night. We had s'mores and milk, talked life, and stayed up late. The doodles chased bugs and were curious about the fire, it was a perfect night.
Also, always make your s'mores with Reese's instead of plain chocolate. You can thank us later.
Now that I am finished studying and officially an RN...I can relax! We have anywhere from 5-7 weeks before Baby Decker arrives which feels amazing. Just the other day we were talking about how perfect God's timing has been with pregnancy in relation to graduation and test taking.
It couldn't have been better orchestrated. I'll fill my days now with baby prep, people, being healthy for baby, and running our home.
Ryan is busy with a million exciting things at work, a concrete project to prevent drainage problem, weekly frisbee team, and taking care of his pregnant wife.
Our season of life is full and we are so thankful!
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed; my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right
Proverbs 23:15-16