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2014: In the wake of the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov, Kathleen Sebelius (far right) resigns as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. During the same news conference, President Barack Obama also announced he was nominating Sylvia Mathews Burwell (second from right), the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to replace Sebelius. Burwell's nomination was confirmed by the Senate in June 2014. [ + - ]
2013: Comedian and actor Jonathan Winters, best known for roles on television shows including "The Steve Allen Show," "Mork and Mindy" and "Hee Haw" and in movies including "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," dies of natural causes at age 87 in Montecito, California. Winters was especially known for his improv work that inspired many a contemporary stand-up comic including Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and others. [ + - ]
2007: American author Kurt Vonnegut, best known for novels such as "Cat's Cradle," "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions," dies at the age of 84 in New York City after falling down a flight of stairs in his home and suffering massive head trauma. [ + - ]
2006: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium to a stage suitable for the nuclear fuel cycle. [ + - ]
2002: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, is convicted of taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen and his own staff. He was sentenced to prison and released on Sept. 2, 2009, after serving a seven-year sentence. In July 2002, the U.S. House expelled him over the convictions. [ + - ]
2001: China agrees to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainan Island in the South China Sea, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot's body was never recovered and he was presumed dead. Here, Air Force Senior Airman Curtis Towne salutes as the crew arrives at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii on April 12, 2001. [ + - ]
1988: At the 60th Academy Awards, Cher wins Best Actress for her performance in the romantic comedy "Moonstruck." Her co-star, Olympia Dukakis, also won for Best Supporting Actress, giving the movie three Oscars with its win for Best Original Screenplay. But the big winner of the night was "The Last Emperor," which won all nine Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci. [ + - ]
1987: Singer-songwriter and actress Joss Stone, best known for songs such as "Fell in Love with a Boy," "Super Duper Love" and "Tell Me 'bout It," is born Jocelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, Kent, England. She made her film acting debut in 2006 with the fantasy adventure film "Eragon," and made her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series "The Tudors" in 2009. [ + - ]
1986: Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth on this trip, coming within 39 million miles of the planet. [ + - ]
1984: Space shuttle Challenger astronauts George Nelson and James Van Hoften complete the first in-space satellite repair, retrieving and fixing the ailing Solar Maximum astronomy satellite. [ + - ]
1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt on March 30. He became the first serving U.S. president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. [ + - ]
1979: Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of the country's capital of Kampala. Amin, who originally seized power in a January 1971 military coup, fled to exile first in Libya and then Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death on Aug. 16, 2003. [ + - ]
1976: The Apple I is created. The first computer produced by Apple, it would be sold as a fully assembled circuit board containing more than 60 chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard and composite video display. Pictured here is a fully assembled Apple I computer, with a homemade wooden computer case. [ + - ]
1974: Actress and model Tricia Helfer, best known for playing the humanoid Cylon Number Six in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series, is born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada. [ + - ]
1973: Actress Jennifer Esposito, known for movies such as "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer," "Summer of Sam" and "Crash," and for TV shows such as "Spin City," "Samantha Who?" and "Blue Bloods," is born in Brooklyn, New York. [ + - ]
1970: Apollo 13 is launched. The lunar landing mission was aborted two days later when an oxygen tank exploded, crippling the service module. Fighting hardships caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of water and the need to jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were able to return Apollo 13 safely to Earth on April 17. [ + - ]
1970: American author John O'Hara, who became a best-selling novelist by the age of 30 with "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8," dies from cardiovascular disease at the age of 65 in Princeton, New Jersey. O'Hara was also known for his short stories and the novels "Pal Joey" and "Ten North Frederick." [ + - ]
1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing. [ + - ]
1965: Forty-seven tornadoes hit six Midwestern states, killing 271 people and injuring 1,500 more, in what becomes known as the Palm Sunday outbreak of 1965. It was the second-biggest outbreak on record at the time. Here a "double tornado" destroys a trailer park in Dunlap, Indiana. [ + - ]
1964: The Beatles set a new record when 14 of the Top 100 songs on the U.S. Hot 100 singles chart are theirs. "Can't Buy Me Love" is No. 1 for a second straight week and "Love Me Do" is their lowest at No. 81. [ + - ]
1961: The trial of Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi lieutenant colonel and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, begins in Jerusalem. After World War II, Eichmann had fled to Argentina, where he lived under a false identity until being captured by Mossad operatives in 1960. He would be found guilty on 15 counts, including crimes against humanity and war crimes, and executed by hanging in 1962. [ + - ]
1961: Bob Dylan plays his first professional gig, opening for John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village, New York City. He's seen here in 1963. [ + - ]
1951: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. Truman and MacArthur are seen here in 1950. [ + - ]
1945: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, during World War II. The camp was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil. Between April 1938 and April 1945, some 238,380 people of various nationalities were incarcerated in Buchenwald, with one estimate placing the number of deaths at 56,000. [ + - ]
1932: Actor, singer and dancer Joel Grey, best known for his Oscar-winning role in the movie musical "Cabaret," is born Joel David Katz in Cleveland, Ohio. He's seen here with his daughter, actress Jennifer Grey, in April 2012. [ + - ]
1928: Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. senator and attorney general before his assassination in 1968, is born Ethel Skakel in Chicago. [ + - ]
1890: Joseph Merrick, an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the "Elephant Man," dies of asphyxia, caused by the weight of his head as he lay down, at the age of 27 in London, England. Merrick became well known in London society after he went to live at London Hospital in 1886. His life would become the subject of the play "The Elephant Man" in 1979 and a movie adaptation of the same name in 1980. [ + - ]
1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as emperor of France and is banished to the island of Elba. [ + - ]


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Reunited And It Feels So Good: Couples That Wanted (And Got) That Old Thang Back
You know those couples that break up, get back together, break up again and repeat the cycle. Annoying, right? Let's get these celebrities to make up their minds.
We take a look at some couples that went through that vicious cycle of getting that old thang back and see how they ended up.
Diddy and Kim Porter – Why aren't they married. They have a freaking family already. Diddy knocks her up, they split up, he knocks her up again. Kim needs to make him put a ring on it!
Reggie Bush and Kimmy Cakes – Yep, you saw this coming. Now that Kimmy is on the loose, she'll be getting that old Reggie thing back. And he'll be playing football like he doesn't suck again.
Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly – Jeter just dropped her a few months ago. Then she went and had a failed TV show and wants that old thing back. Well, rumor has it, they're getting back together and working it out. She's clearly okay with being a statistic.
Rihanna and Drake – Rih Rih broke his little
vagina heart last year when she hit it and quit it and left 20 bucks on the nightstand. Then some months later they were seen on the scene running around Canada like they were back in love or at least chopping down again. We bet Drake got smitten with a new taste of that oldie but goodie.
Chris Brown and Rihanna – Breezy beat up Rih Rih. Then they went to a hideaway at one of Diddy's house for a romantic weekend getaway. It caused so much fuss that they had to stay away from then on. But for a brief period, they seemed to be getting that old thang.
Lil Wayne and Nivea – They dated then broke up a few years back. Then something happened and she ended up preggers with a Lil Littler Weezy. Guess they worked it out…for one night.
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Kat Von D and Jesse James – They were engaged. Almost got married. Broke up. And they're in love again. The whole situation is all kinds of effed up. But they deserve eachother. Enjoy it, kids.
Eminem and Kim – They had a lovely daughter together. But Em went and rapped about killing Kim. And even got a tattoo telling her to "rot in pieces". But they tried to work it out. Got married and divorced a few times, too. This was that real drama!
Eric and Jennifer Williams – They finally called it caput, but she spent a whole few seasons of Basketball Wives torn between breaking up and keeping it together. It's amazing what one glass of water to the face can do to a marriage.
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker – Before their most recent split, they had taken time apart a few times. Maybe they should have stayed broken up because it all ended so ugly. We bet they have a few more reunions left in their futures.
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The Pentagon 911 Memorial was completed in 2008 and honors the 184 people killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77. Each of the 184 benches are engraved with the name of a victim and has a small illuminated reflecting pool below.
The benches face in two directions 59 of the benches, passengers, face one direction and the additional 125 face the other. When you read the name engraved on the bench if you back is to the Pentagon it is a passenger. If you are facing the Pentagon and reading the name that person was in the Pentagon.
You may find a plaque in the pool below a bench and that is to denote that the bench is that of a family member that perished also. You'll find that there is staff on site to give assistance. However, there is a cell phone guided tour that you can listen too at 202-741-1004.
The Pentagon 911 Memorial is located just outside the Pentagon next to the Pentagon south parking lot. But don't expect to park right next to the memorial unless you have handicapped privileges you can stop and drop off but no regular parking right next to the memorial. Check the websites for parking locations.


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[email@example.com].wallet Ransomware Ransomware
Do you know how harmful the [email@example.com].wallet Ransomware is? It is one of the most dangerous virus, the result infected by it will be really miserable for you. And it is obvious to speculate that its harms will be related to the extension. In fact, this is a ransomware which is new recently and it earns its name by its super perniciousness. If users have infected with this virus, it is better for them to remove it. Otherwise, everything will go in a wrong way from then on.
Like any other data encrytion virus, [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware can encrypt the files of your PC, both windows and mac. How is this related to the extension? Actually it will add a strange extensions after the normal one, such as .crypz, .vvv, .locky, .micro, and so on, and it is a sign for you to find out these files are harmed by ransomware. Users will never know how to open these files and it is also impossible to open it without a key.
When you are put in a tight spot, a help message from [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware will reach you and let you know how to spend a large amount of money for this key. In this case, you should not do as it suggests. Otherwise, it will steal all your money by detecting your bank information and this key is invalid just after a while.
To solve this [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware, our tech team has produce a useful instruction to assist you. We have tested it in such kind of situations and we promise it is feasible. Please check it and follow it.
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1. Press "Windows key + R key" together to open Run window:
2. Input "control panel" in Run window and hit Enter key to open Control Panel:
3. Click Uninstall a program:
4. Right-click [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware or other unwanted programs and click Uninstall:
Step 2 – Remove [email@example.com].wallet Ransomware connected adware from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge.
On Chrome: Launch up Google Chrome> click Chrome menu > click Tools> click Extension> select suspicious and unwanted extensions> click trash bin
On Firefox: Open Firefox, navigate to browser menu in the top right > select Add-ons > select suspicious and unwanted extensions and add-ons > remove it with Disable or Remove button.
On IE: Open Internet Explorer >click Tools > click Manager Add-on Tools and Extensions> select suspicious and unwanted extensions and add-ons > click Remove or Disable button.
On Microsoft Edge: (Reset default homepage and search engine to remove [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware associated virus)
Reset Edge homepage: Click More (…) > click Settings > select A specific page or pages under "Open with" > select Custom to type your favorite website.
Reset Edge homepage: Click More (…) > click Settings > Click View advanced settings > Click <Add new> under "Search in the address bar with"> type your favorite search engine >click Add as default.
Step 3 – Delete malicious files of [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware from Registry.
1. Press "Windows key + R key" together to open Run window, then input "regedit" in Run window and hit Enter key to open Registry:
2. Locate and remove registry files created by [email@example.com].wallet Ransomware and other threats as below:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page Redirect="http://<random>.com"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\virus name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\<[email@example.com].wallet Ransomware>.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 'Random' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
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Step 1 – Start a scan with SpyHunter to remove [email@example.com].wallet Ransomware completely.
1. Click download button below to safely Download SpyHunter :
After SpyHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning "This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Spyhunter-Installer.exe anyway?", which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click "Keep" button.
Note: SpyHunter`s free version will help you detect malicious items on your system for free. Based on the scan results it provides, you can choose to manually locate and remove the threats by yourself if you are computer specialist; And you can choose to let SpyHunter help you automatically remove the virus by purchasing its full version license. FYI, the full version of SpyHunter will offers you unlimited one-on-one professional help for any malware related issue by its official PC expert. If you no longer keep SpyHunter on your computer, follow these steps to uninstall it.
2. Run SpyHunter-Installer.exe to install SpyHunter via its installer:
3. Once the installation finishes, please click Start New Scan to search and remove [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware and hiding threats.
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2. Run RegHunter-Installer.exe to install RegHunter via its installer:
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Warm Reminder – Something You Should Know After Removing [firstname.lastname@example.com].wallet Ransomware
To avoid [email@example.com].wallet Ransomware coming back and prevent attacks from other infections, follow these basic rules while using your computer:
– You should always choose Custom Installation no matter what software you are going to install;
– Uncheck hidden options which attempt to install additional programs you never need;
– Scan all downloaded attachments of email before you open them;
– Never open any attachments of unknown or spam emails;
– Do not update any app from nonofficial websites.


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GENEALOGY SHARING AND DISCUSSION BLOG - Welcome. Please look over the surname lists, maybe we have common ancestors we can share notes on.
30 October 2010
How did you find this blog
I am glad to have some followers and hope that those who are searching the same ancestral lines and branches will ask questions about some of the names so that I can get an idea of interest and posts to put up.
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Welcome to the world of geneablogging! I found your blog through geneabloggers. I notice you have the surname Glover in your list. I am a Glover. My Glover's are from Massachusetts and Michigan.ReplyDelete
Welcome to the geneablogging community...it's nice to have you here.ReplyDelete
I found you thru GeneaBloggers. Thomas MacEntee posts new genealogy blogs every Saturday... http://www.geneabloggers.com/genealogy-blogs-october-30-2010/
I also found you on the geneabloggers new blog list posted on Saturday, though I didn't have a chance to look till today. We share several surnames but they're such common ones, I can hardly imagine a connection.ReplyDelete
Welcome to the world of family history blogging.
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at http://nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com


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Mike O'Neal (Top State Politician) Forwards Email Mocking First Lady Michelle Obama & Calling Her "Mrs YoMoama"!
"A top state politician found himself in hot water this week after forwarding an email poking fun at First Lady Michelle Obama. Republican Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal has been condemned for his 'disrespectful' and 'offensive' actions by rival Democrats. The message referred to her as 'Mrs YoMama' and had a photo comparing Mrs Obama to the Grinch with a subject line of 'Twins separated at birth?" - DailyMail
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Acute cerebellar ataxia
Acute cerebellar ataxia is sudden,
Alternative Names
Cerebellar ataxia; Ataxia - acute cerebellar; Cerebellitis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Acute cerebellar ataxia in children, especially those younger than age 3, may occur several weeks after an illness caused by a virus.
Viral infections that may cause this include
Other causes of acute cerebellar ataxia include:
- Alcohol, medications, and insecticides
- Bleeding into the cerebellum
- Infection or
abscessof the cerebellum Multiple sclerosis
- Strokes of the cerebellum
Ataxia may affect movement of the middle part of the body from the neck to the hip area (the trunk) or the arms and legs (limbs).
When the person is sitting, the body may move side-to-side, back-to-front, or both. Then the body quickly moves back to an upright position.
When a person with ataxia of the arms reaches for an object, the hand may sway back and forth.
Common symptoms of ataxia include:
- Clumsy speech pattern (
- Repetitive eye movements (
- Uncoordinated eye movements
- Walking problems (unsteady gait)
Signs and tests
The doctor will ask you if you have recently been sick, and will try to rule out any other causes of the problem. A full brain and nervous system examination will be done to identify the areas of the nervous system that are most affected.
The following tests may be done:
CT scan of the head MRI scan of the head Spinal tap
Treatment will depend on the cause.
- If the acute cerebellar ataxia is due to bleeding, surgery may be needed.
- For a stroke, medication to thin the blood can be given.
- Infections may need to be treated with antibiotics.
- Steroids may be needed for swelling (inflammation) of the cerebellum (such as from multiple sclerosis)
- Cerebellar ataxia caused by a recent viral infection may not need treatment.
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
People whose condition was caused by a recent viral infection should make a full recovery without treatment in a few months. Strokes, bleeding, or infections may cause permanent symptoms.
Movement or behavioral disorders may (rarely) persist.
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if any symptoms of ataxia appear.
Johnston M. Movement disorders. In: Kliegman R, Behrman R, Jenson H, Stanton B, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 597.
Lublin FD, Miller AE. Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 58.


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All items > Knives > Out The Front Knives > Piranha (OTF) > Piranha Rated-R
- Overall Length:8.125"
- Blade Length:3.50"
- Cutting Edge:3.375"
- Blade Thickness:0.10"
- Blade Material:154CM
- Hardness:60-61 RC
- Blade Style:Clip Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Mirror
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:4.625"
- Handle Thickness:0.49"
- Handle Material:Aluminum
- Color:Red
- Weight:2.83 oz.
- User:Right Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Down
- Knife Type:Double-Action OTF Automatic
- Opener:Thumb Slide
- Brand:Piranha
- Model:Rated-R
- Model Number:P-19R
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
This Rated-R model is equipped with a mirror polished 154-CM blade and a red anodized aluminum handle.
The Piranha Rated-R features powerful, reliable out-the-front automatic double action in a lightweight pocket-friendly design. Its front mounted sliding firing button is located on the right side of the handle for easy access. A textured pattern and chamfered edges on the aluminum handle ensures a secure and comfortable grip at all times. Includes a secure titanium pocket clip for tip-down carry.


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Have to admit I find it interesting when people say they find "Energy" present when they do ritual planning. Myself, to be honest I do not. That is not to say I do not experience things but it is not the building of energy, if the planning did that then there would be o need for the ritual / ceremony / event itself.
What I personally tend to find is during the planning process I find my senses tend to become hyper aware as I focus upon my purpose. My clarity of though about my ritual / ceremony gets clearer and more defined which makes my thoughts seem sharper and more detailed and powerful. That in turn seems to empower my purpose as it gives me strength and confidence behind my planning and structuring. My doubts vanish and certainty remains. Yet that is not energy it is clarity or purpose and intent. It is in some ways the attainment of confidence in my self and my abilities and purpose. It sort of transends from the notion of "I think I can" to 'I know I can" which is empowering of ones self. But that is not energy that is esteem and self will and certainty of success. That you can speed dial into with each successive accomplishment.
But as I said that is not the energy raised during ritual / ceremony or event. That's called confidence in ones own abilities and success and achievements.


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Online Poems by Marilyn Chin
The Survivor
Don't tap your chopsticks against your bowl.
Don't throw your teacup against the wall in anger.
Don't suck on your long black braid and weep.
Don't tarry around the big red sign that says
All the tempests will render still; seas will calm,
horses will retreat, voices to surrender.
That you have this way and not that,
that your skin is yellow, not white, not black,
that you were born not a boychild but a girl,
that this world will be forever puce-pink are just as well.
Remember, the survivor is not the strongest or
most clever;
merely, the survivor is almost always the youngest.
And you shall have to relinguish that title
before long.
from The Phoenix Gone, the Terrace Empty. Milkweed Editions, copyright © 1994.
online source: www.washingtonpost.com
Turtle Soup
You go home one evening tired from work,
and your mother boils you turtle soup.
Twelve hours hunched over the hearth
(who knows what else is in that cauldron).
You say, "Ma, you've poached the symbol of long life;
that turtle lived four thousand years, swam
the Wet, up the Yellow, over the Yangtze.
Witnessed the Bronze Age, the High Tang,
grazed on splendid sericulture."
(So, she boils the life out of him.)
"All our ancestors have been fools.
Remember Uncle Wu who rode ten thousand miles
to kill a famous Manchu and ended up
with his head on a pole? Eat, child,
its liver will make you strong."
"Sometimes you're the life, sometimes the sacrifice."
Her sobbing is inconsolable.
So, you spread that gentle napkin
over your lap in decorous Pasadena.
Baby, some high priestess has got it wrong.
The golden decal on the green underbelly
says "Made in Hong Kong."
Is there nothing left but the shell
and humanity's strange inscriptions,
the songs, the rites, the oracles?
Copyright © 1993 by Marilyn Chin, from The Pheonix Gone, The Terrace Empty
Online Source: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/m/mdherrin/turtle.html
The moon is not over the water,
as you would have it,
but one with it, and the house
is on the precipice
overlooking a green meadow.
And you -- an eye and not an I --
are walking through it.
And whether you live here
or are visiting
in your long pilgrimage --
is my prerogative.
Whether she is your acolyte,
the Pearl Concubine,
or a mere beggarwoman --
is also my invention.
Only I know where
terrace ends and house begins,
whether the country is lost,
whether rivers and mountains
will continue. And finally,
after the inkstone is dry,
we shall be together
high in a corner bedroom
with a pale view of hills.
Without pleasure or transcendence
we penetrate this landscape.
And what is this landscape?
The moon in oatgrass,
the oatgrass moon.
A woman pacing
the linoleum floor,
contemplating a poem.
A man dissolving
into the dailiness of rain.
and the red eye of morning.
Copyright © 1993 by Marilyn Chin, from The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty (Milkweed Editions)
Online Source: http://www.loft.org/chin520.htm
War chariots thunder, horses neigh, the barbarians are coming.
What are we waiting for, young nubile women pointing at the wall,
the barbarians are coming.
They have heard about a weakened link in the wall.
So, the barbarians have ears among us.
So deceive yourself with illusions: you are only one woman,
holding one broken brick in the wall.
So deceive yourself with illusions: as if you matter,
that brick and that wall.
The barbarians are coming: they have red beards or beardless
with a top knot.
The barbarians are coming: they are your fathers, brothers,
teachers, lovers; and they are clearly an other.
The barbarians are coming:
If you call me a horse, I must be a horse.
If you call me a bison, I am equally as guilty.
When a thing is true and is correctly described, one doubles
the blame by not admitting it: so, Chuangtzu, himself,
was a barbarian king!
Horse, horse, bison, bison, the barbarians are coming
and how they love to come.
The smells of the great frontier exalt in them!
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When it comes to online sales and customer conversion, connecting with your potential customers and describing your products persuasively is one of the most important parts of selling online.
That's because after your product photo, your product description is the information people turn to when trying to make a buying decision. And with Amazon a click away, the story you tell about your products (and your business) is your best chance at convincing people to buy from you.
In fact it's a mission critical piece of the online sales puzzle.
Here are five techniques to make sure your product descriptions (and business story) get people clicking the 'add to cart' button.
1. Discover What Makes Your Product Remarkable
In his book, My Life in Advertising, advertising pioneer Claude Hopkins tells the story of how in the 1920's he used a new advertising campaign to propel Schlitz beer from fifth place in the beer market to being tied for first.
After being hired for the job, Hopkins toured the brewery to get to know the product. He discovered an elaborate filtration process in which the beer was sterilized and cooled in a special way over frigid pipes - all in a plate glass room in which only filtered air could enter. When he asked why they weren't telling people about this he was told that 'every brewery filtered beer this way'.
His response? "But others have never told this story."
Schlitz rolled out their new 'filtration story' and marched forward to beer brand dominance.
It's Toasted
Another example of discovering what makes your product and business remarkable can be found in this scene from Mad Men:
To discover the remarkable benefits of your products and business, try asking yourself questions like:
- What materials is your product is made from?
- Where did those materials came from?
- How are your products manufactured and assembled?
- Who are they manufactured and assembled by?
- What are the unique benefits your product offers?
- What's your personal story and how does it add value to your products?
For example, Dodocase doesn't just make iPad cases. They make handcrafted iPad cases while preserving traditional artisan bookbinding techniques in the city of San Francisco.
And if that's something you want, you can only buy from them.
2. Persuade With Video
These days product descriptions don't just have to come in text form. Video can be an incredibly persuasive medium that takes you from simply claiming your product is remarkable to actually demonstrating that it is.
Video lets you tell a visually engaging story that adds emotion and transparency to the online shopping experience. It creates trust by showing that the product is real and so are the people that make it.
Another good example of a company using video to tell a story and sell is LIFX - a new smartphone enabled LED lightbulb company who have just wrapped up a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Let's take a look at some of the copywriting and persuasion techniques at play in the LIFX video so that you can adapt them to your own product descriptions and videos.
3. Resonating and Empathizing with Potential Customers
After a brief introduction, the first thing the makers of LIFX do is make some statements about traditional light bulbs in an attempt to resonate and empathize with you as well as get you nodding your head in agreement and starting to say yes.
"I was thinking one day that the light bulb is amazing and is probably one of the greatest inventions of all time." Yes.
"But it hasn't really changed much in the last 100 years." Yes.
"Not to mention how annoying it is when they blow out." YES!
In other words, you're trying to get your customer in harmony with what you're saying in order to create the right buying environment.
The other factor at play here is empathy. Empathy establishes rapport with your visitors and lets them know that you understand their problems and their pain. It also positions your product as the solution to that pain.
4. Sell with Emotion, Justify with Logic
When it comes to making a purchase, people buy on emotion and justify with logic. As copywriter Joe Sugarman points out in his book Advertising Secrets of the Written Word, people may tell their friends that they bought a Mercedes because of an impressive list of technical features, but really they just wanted a prestigious car that would allow them to belong to the crowd that drives luxury vehicles.
Creating emotion comes from explaining the benefits that your product offers. In the case of LIFX, that's:
- Having a cool light bulb that you can show off to your friends at parties.
- Being environmentally conscious.
- Making your kids feel safe (nightlight).
- Being a tech savvy early adopter.
- Saving electricity and money.
The actual features of your product are the logical points people use to justify an emotional purchase.
- Dim and change colors via your smartphone.
- Turn on one bulb or a group of bulbs.
- A 25 year lifespan, notifications, night light functionality etc.
In other words, appeal to emotion (benefits) and back it up with logic (features).
5. Risk Removal
Once you've got your potential customer in the right buying environment and emotionally connected to your product, the last step is to remove any risk with a solid guarantee. Every potential purchase comes with some risk for the buyer and adding a money back guarantee backs up the promise that your product is making.
The goal here is to remove any lingering doubts in your customers mind.
When it comes to describing your products and business to potential customers, there is no one size fits all approach but employing all or some of these strategies should help to make what you're selling more compelling.


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Want to have a say in Tempe's bike lane, pathway, road and transit planning? Plan on attending the upcoming public meetings on Nov 28th and Dec 1st.
From the city of Tempe:
The city of Tempe will hold a series of open houses for the Tempe Transportation Master Plan (TMP) in order to gather resident feedback related to the needs for mobility/accessibility in Tempe.
The purpose for the Transportation Master Plan is to guide the further development of a citywide multi-modal transportation system integrated with land use plans.
- The TMP provides the policy basis for how transportation funding is spent, and what projects or programs the city focuses on to provide transportation services for its citizens through the year 2040.
- The plan sets these projects and programs within the context of the broader community goals in the General Plan to guide the growth and development of Tempe and enhance quality of life.
Residents are encouraged to attend at least one of the open houses to learn about the plan and provide input.
- Open houses will occur Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Tempe Transportation Center in the Don Cassano Community Room, 200 E. Fifth St., 2nd floor and on Saturday, Dec. 1, 9:30 – 11 a.m. at the Tempe History Museum, 809 E. Southern Ave., Tempe.
- The purpose of the open houses is to gather feedback on the character of a balanced street network and options for creating more pedestrian-friendly areas throughout Tempe.
- The public will be introduced to the concept of complete street principles that will be used in the plan. The draft plan will include elements related to streets, pedestrian facilities, bikeways, transit and high-capacity options (freeways and rail).
- Residents can comment online at www.tempe.gov/transportationplan


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Authors: Claire Kaplan & Roy Chan
NCTL's report, Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools, reshapes the field for expanded-time schools by outlining specific practices that can lead to dramatic increases in student achievement and preparation for success in college and the workforce. Time Well Spent offers an in-depth examination of 30 expanded-time schools serving high-poverty populations with impressive track records of student success, and demonstrates how these schools leverage their additional time in order to implement other critical reforms. To view the full report, place the cursor over the image of the report cover below. You can scroll through the pages of the report on this screen, or click on the image to go to the full-screen view.
On September 30, 2011, NCTL and the Center for American Progress co-hosted Time Well Spent: Examining Expanded-Time Schools, a release event for the report, featuring Secretary Duncan, NY Education Commisioner John King and experts in the field of time and learning. You can watch the event in its entirety here.


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February 5, 2009
STARKVILLE -- One of the goals for new Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen with his first recruiting class was to get the best players possible to run his spread offense.
After announcing 19 signees Wednesday to join the eight newcomers who enrolled at mid-term, Mullen believes he and his coaches accomplished their mission.
"I think our staff did a tremendous job getting this class together," Mullen said. "We need to find the strengths of each one of these individuals and make sure we are putting them in a position to be successful."
In the spread offense, a team needs quality wide receivers, and the Bulldogs listed seven signees as receivers and up to five more who could play offense.
"We''re going to find out what a lot of these guys can do," Mullen said. "Cameron Lawrence (a mid-term signee) could be playing offense or defense, but we''ll find that out later this spring. There are a lot of guys on the list with flexibility and are real solid football players.
"What we want to do is get them on campus and put them through a little bit of conditioning this summer. Once we get on the field, we''ll find a position and a home for them."
East Webster High School''s Johnthan Banks is one of the signees who has the potential to play receiver. He was signed as a defensive back but has been told he will get a chance at receiver.
"(Mullen) talked about me playing wide receiver, and that really got me wanting to go to Mississippi State," Banks said. "Coach (Sylvester) Croom recruited me for safety, then (assistant) coach (Reed) Stringer told me I could play wide receiver. That really got me fired up."
East Webster coach Jimmy Carden said Banks has not played receiver since ninth grade, but he didn''t see any problem with Banks making the adjustment.
Banks completed 43 of 98 passes for 637 yards with 11 touchdowns and rushed for 603 more yards on 91 carries and eight touchdowns as the Wolverines'' quarterback this past season.
The conversion of Banks to receiver might be necessary because Mullen always can use more than seven receivers
"We were a little short at that position when I was hired," Mullen said. "Usually we like to keep 11 to 12 on scholarship. When I took over, we were at four, so we need to make some adjustments and get some guys in here. Getting Leon Berry (at mid-term) was a huge step. We''re going to need the other guys to come and make a pretty immediate impact."
The only quarterback of the class was Tyler Russell, of Meridian, but Mullen didn''t say he would come in and play right away.
"We''ll find that out in the fall when he gets here," Mullen said. "We''re going to fit the offense around his talents, just as I have any quarterback I''ve recruited. We''re excited to have him, and I expect a lot of leadership from him coming in and the entire freshman class."
Mullen likes the balance of the class, which was ranked 18th in the country by Scout.com. The class includes 12 signees on defense, 13 on offense, and two on special teams.
Another one of the goals Mullen had was to focus on in-state prospects. Nineteen signees are from Mississippi.
"We will not recruit outside of the state until we have been in every high school in Mississippi," Mullen said. "We want to land all the top talent here in the state before anything else."
The local area was represented well with Banks, Starkville Academy defensive end Johnathan McKenzie, Noxubee County linebacker Deontae Skinner, Pickens County (Ala.) wide receiver Madrecas Hood, and Louisville defensive back Dennis Thames.
The possibility of playing college football 30 minutes from home was appealing to Thames.
"A Bulldog is what I wanted to be, and being around the Bulldog family makes you feel like you are on top of the world," Thames said. "Being close to home is a lot to it because if anything happens, I can go home real quick. My uncle (Marcus Thames) can come home in the offseason (from pro baseball) and come watch me play. The whole town is happy I''m a Bulldog."
The Bulldogs were always on McKenzie''s radar, but getting to know Mullen helped confirm he was making the right choice.
"That makes it even better," McKenzie said. "I still have a lot of respect for coach Croom. The decision (to commit to Mississippi State) was going to be made regardless, but still I am looking forward to coach Mullen, a new start, and I''m very excited."
Skinner also gave a verbal commitment to Mississippi State when Croom was still in charge. He didn''t back off his commitment after Mullen came aboard.
"I''ve got a good relationship with coach Mullen and we''ve been in contact," Skinner said. "Everything is going good, and I''m just ready to be a Bulldog."
Banks expressed the same feeling.
"Coach Mullen is a great guy and has a real nice family," Banks said. "When he came and sat with me in the cafeteria, we talked and he told me how things were going to be.
"I always had it in my mind to come to Mississippi State. That''s pretty much what everyone wanted me to do, and what I wanted to do. I''m just glad to get it all over."
Mullen hopes to avoid any eligibility issues with newcomers, but said Darius Slay, a defensive back from Brunswick, Ga., might have to go to junior college.
"We''re going to work with counselors and get all of these guys eligible," Mullen said. "(Junior college) would be a last resort, but (Slay) might be the one we''re pretty set he''s going to have to go to junior college."
n In other MSU football news, Mullen announced Les Koenning will serve as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and will be joined on the that side of the ball by Mark Hudspeth as passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach.
John Hevesy will be running game coordinator and offensive line coach. Greg Knox will mentor the running backs, and new assistant coach Scott Sallach will coach the tight ends.
Coordinating the defense will be Carl Torbush, who will also coach the linebackers. David Turner will coach the defensive line and Melvin Smith will tutor the cornerbacks and nickels. Tony Hughes will serve as the team''s recruiting coordinator as well as the safeties coach.
The team''s administrative staff will include Reed Stringer as director of recruiting operations, Rockey Felker as director of player personnel/high school relations and Jody Wright as coordinator of football operations.
The football office also includes administrative assistants Nancy Covington, Jane Ballard, Angi Jabri, and Susan Simmons as well as director of video services Brock Dulaney.
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Former Democratic assemblywoman and state senator, the Honorable Teresa Hughes, has passed. Hughes' husband, Dr. Frank E. Staggers, announced that she died suddenly at a hospital Sunday.
She was 80.
Hughes will long be remembered for her strong advocacy for educational opportunities for all Californians — and for being the consummate legislator, having served both in the Assembly and the Senate for 25 years. Hughes represented the people of the 47th Assembly District from 1975 – 1992 (South Los Angeles, Bell, Compton, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Downey and Compton). She was reelected for eight terms.
Then in 1993, she was elected to the state senate, representing the 25th Senate District, which included Marina Del Rey to the city of Paramount. There she served two terms until a new term-limit law required her to step down in 2000.
According to her colleagues, Hughes was a quiet warrior, with a warm spirit usually in short supply in the legislative halls. Teresa Hughes was a tireless fighter in Sacramento, advocating for better health care and housing.
She was the second Black woman to serve in the legislature; the first was Yvonne Burke.
Hughes' pre-politics years
Raised in Harlem, she attended Hunter College in New York, graduating with a bachelor's degree in physiology and public health. From New York University, she received a master's degree in education administration. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s to work on her doctorate in education administration from the Claremont Graduate School, after which she became an assistant professor of education at the California State University at Los Angeles.
Prior to being elected to the state Assembly, Hughes was a legislative consultant for the State Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing. She also served as an administrative assistant to then state-Senator Mervyn M. Dymally (who now serves as director of the Urban Health Institute at the Charles Drew University of Medicine).
Upon learning of her death, Dymally shared that he first met Hughes during the 1965 Watts riots when she was a delegate for her sorority's convention at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Recalls Dymally: "She had three wishes: 1. move to California from New York; 2. earn her Ph.D.; and 3. run for public office … She accomplished all three."
He says Hughes started her civic career as youth director of the Urban Affairs Institute, and she taught at California State University at Los Angeles. (She was an assistant professor of education there.)
"Influenced by her husband, [who was the] former president of the California Medical Association, Hughes was a big supporter of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, says Dymally, "securing funds for the University at a critical time in its history … The passing of Senator Hughes is a loss to all of us … She was a dedicated public servant … She will be missed by all who knew and worked with her."
Her achievements in the state assembly
She entered politics in Los Angeles, Calif., when she was elected to the state Assembly in a special election in the heavily Democratic 47th Assembly District in 1975, replacing Assemblyman Bill Greene, who had moved on to the Senate. Her district was composed of much of South L.A. as well as the cities of Bell, Compton, Cudahy, Downey and Huntington Park.
In 1983, then Assembly Education Committee chairwoman Hughes co-wrote a bill that ratcheted up educational standards in the areas of graduation requirements and teacher standards. The bill also raised teacher salaries.
In 1985, she chaired a bipartisan Caucus of Women Legislators, as the most senior female legislator at that time.
In 1988, the Los Angeles Unified School District, in recognition of her strong commitment to improving education in the city, renamed an elementary school in the city of Cudahy the Teresa Hughes Elementary School.
One of her biggest accomplishments was authoring the bill that led to the creation of the California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture within the Museum of Science and Industry.
Many of her friends and associates, from back in the day through today, expressed their great sadness upon the news of her passing. One of them, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, stated, "I am saddened to learn of the passing of former California State Senator Teresa Hughes.
"Teresa Hughes was a close friend and colleague. We both served in the California State Assembly in the 1970s and 1980s. When Teresa was elected to the state Senate, she represented the 25th District, which included many of the same cities and communities in my congressional district.
"We shared many exciting times working together in the California Assembly. Teresa was only the second African American woman elected to the Assembly. It was a time when the women's movement began opening new opportunities for women.
"Teresa was a strong supporter of then-State Senator Mervyn Dymally, for whom she worked prior to her election to the California Legislature. I recall the community rallying around her candidacy for the 47th Assembly District. They were proud to elect a professional educator committed to expanding opportunities for our community. I know how dedicated Teresa was to serving the people in South Central and Southeast Los Angeles. She was committed to strengthening the educational system for children in California. Teresa worked hard to improve the quality of life for low-income families, seniors and people of color.
I will miss Teresa and am thankful for the time we spent working together. My prayers go out to her family and the many that loved her."
Senator Roderick D. Wright (D-Inglewood) noted that, during her quarter of a century of service in the California Legislature, Hughes represented many of the cities he represents today.
Wright remembered what he called "the lasting legacy of Senator Teresa Hughes": "Senator Hughes was a great representative of the people who elected her, and even more so of the children in her district and throughout this state who had no vote … I served in the legislature with Senator Hughes, and she was a great friend. She will be greatly missed but warmly remembered for her efforts to improve quality of life for all Californians."
Adding her voice to the chorus of praise for Hughes was U.S. Rep. Karen Bass: "I am saddened to learn about the passing of former California Sen. Teresa Hughes, who I admired during her time in office and when I was elected to serve in the California State Assembly's 47th District as she once did …"
Bass, who represents the 33rd congressional district, noted that "Sen. Hughes was committed to improving the quality of life for Los Angeles residents during her time in office and was instrumental in collaborating with Community Coalition to decrease the number of liquor stores in South Los Angeles. As I join other Angelenos in celebrating the life of former Sen. Hughes, we will remember her as an inspirational and dedicated leader for Los Angeles."
Current Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) expressed his deep sadness "to learn that former State Senator Teresa Hughes has passed away. She was a fierce advocate for the men and women she represented and spent every moment of her time in public service fighting for working families. She was an outspoken voice for inclusion and justice, and I was privileged to call her a friend. She will be greatly missed, and my thoughts and prayers are with her family."
Her work in the state senate
She was elected to the state Senate in 1992, becoming the first Black and the first woman to be a member of the Senate Rules Committee. Also she sponsored a school violence prevention bill and a bill to provide equal opportunities for homeowner loans.
According to the Los Angeles Times, former U.S. Rep. Diane Watson, herself a former colleague in the state Senate, found that Hughes "was very dedicated to policy-making, and she was a stickler for doing it the right way."
California State Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D – Los Angeles), added his sympathies, stating, "I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Teresa Hughes. As a public servant, Teresa was a thoughtful leader and a strong, courageous and compassionate advocate for the poor and vulnerable. She represented her district with energy, determination and passion. Her tireless effort to improve the lives of her constituents was evident in all she did. She was an effective legislator who dedicated her career to helping small businesses, improving public schools, expanding job opportunities for Californians and ensuring access to health care. Her strong, positive leadership will be missed, but her memory will live through their work she started and through the countless lives she touched.
"I join my colleagues in the California State Legislature in extending my deepest sympathies to the family of Teresa Hughes. My thoughts and prayers are with them."
And, from L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry came these condolences:
"Former State Senator Teresa Hughes was a dynamic legislator. Her commitment to supporting and enhancing our state's education goals set her apart from her colleagues. She was a staunch supporter and leader for creating safer schools for the young people in California. Her legacy will live on through the policies and effort that she undertook on behalf of millions of school children seeking a quality education."
Legislator, educator, beloved: This was Teresa Hughes.
Both retirees, Hughes was married to Dr. Frank E. Staggers, a urologist. She is survived by her two children: attorney Vincent Hughes and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Deirdre Hughes Hill; three stepchildren, Frank Staggers Jr., Barbara Staggers and Michael Staggers; four grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren. ?
Memorial services for Teresa Hughes will be at Holman United Methodist Church, 3320 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 90018 at noon Monday.


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Jur: A Story of Pre-dawn Earth
Novel, Aug 2002, 169 pp. ISBN: 159050359 Trying to prove her theory that an ancient civilization employed technology matching modern times (1930s), archeologist Odette-Aimee St. Claire explores ruins in Nigeria. She enters a gloomy room with a black obsidian wall when a cobra attacks her. Odette falls through the wall. Accused of stealing money that he did not take, Aaron Jamison decides to flee into the jungle in search of the missing Odett...
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Novel, 2002, 165 pp. ISBN: 1591050766 While searching ancient ruins in Africa, twentieth century French archeologist Odette St. Clair falls through a time portal landing 65 million years before during the Jurassic Period. American Aaron �Ron� Jamison trying to find her follows her through the time portal. They share an adventure, fall in love, and are married by the elderly native Avo. Together, Odette and Ron seek the Ancient Ones, praying ...


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Janebutton needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Glue Gun Lady
Glue Gun Lady teaches crafters and hobbyists to turn their creative ideas into a money making business. Glue Gun Lady is a character in a book.
Glue Gun lady is a craft lady trying to make money from her crafting ideas - tyring to turn her crafts to cash. She is a crafter with an attitude. She needs to be crafty and fun and memorable. Here's a site with women characters with attitude http://www.loraliedesigns.com/ - this is how we imagining glue gun lady - but with her own look and feel.
Glue Gun Lady will be rolled out as a book, a blog, later on products and will reach the entire - huge - craft market with women trying to find a way to take their creativity and turn it into a cottage industry. She must have the personality to do this.
Our market is women from approximately 30-65 - most stay at home moms or corporate drop-outs wanting to start their own business. They buy craft magazines, knitting magazines, Martha Stewart wanna bes, home dec books, sewing publications etc. Middle income - some college.
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"Flexible access to people and resources can be enormously powerful in a world driven by changes that, more often than not, lead us in unanticipated directions…we need to become more adept at 'capability leverage' – finding and accessing complementary capabilities, wherever they reside in the world, to deliver more value."
- From "The Power of Pull" by J Hagel, J S Brown, L Davidson
Businesses, in particular in the Western world, are becoming more and more knowledge-intensive with an increasing part of the workforce engaged in knowledge-based work. A study by The Work Foundation has estimated that we have a 30-30-40 workforce - 30 per cent in jobs with high knowledge content, 30 per cent in jobs with some knowledge content, and 40 per cent in jobs with less knowledge content.
Knowledge work is about such things as solving problems, performing research and creative work, interacting and communicating with other people, and so on. Such work is by nature less predictable and repeatable than traditional industry work (transformational and transactional activities organized into repeatable processes). Both the inputs and outputs of knowledge work – which is information and knowledge – vary from time to time, from situation to situation. So does the purpose, activities, roles and resources involved in knowledge work. Knowledge work is also less structured and the structure of knowledge work typically emerges as the work proceeds.
In a knowledge-intensive business environment, it is often very hard or even impossible to anticipate in advance what information is needed. You simply cannot know what information will be relevant before the moment you need it. The information might not exist until the moment you need it, or you are simply unaware of its existence. That's why more is better ("more is more") when it comes to information supply in a knowledge-intensive business environment. If there is more to choose from, chances are there will be something for (almost) any need. That's also why it has become critical for knowledge workers to access to the information abundance on the Internet. We also need to have immediate access to anyone who might possess the knowledge and information we need but which is not captured – often because it is hard to capture or simply does not allow itself to be captured (tacit knowledge) and exchanged.
There's a long tail of information needs that still needs to be served
Assuming we have a long tail of diverse, constantly changing and virtually unlimited amount of information needs, we need to do what can be done to serve these needs in some way or another. The problem is that the information resources that most businesses choose to produce and provide access are not aimed at serving these infrequent, uncertain and constantly changing information needs. Let's use the Long Tail power graph below to illustrate and further expand this reasoning.
In the left end of the power graph we have the information resources which are most frequently used because they are serving frequently recurring information needs. The information which is needed for transformational and transactional activities - but also administrative knowledge work - is likely to be served by information resources in the left part of the Long Tail power graph. This information does not change very often and thus can be quite easily reused. It's the kind of information used for commonly performed activities, which means that the information needs are predictable. An information need that has occurred once will for certain occur again. This allows us to define, design and produce the type and structure of the information as well as the actual information before the next time the information need arises (the activity is performed).
Knowledge work is often a completely different story. While the information used us input to an activity or process is likely to be found in the left part of the Long Tail power graph, the information needed for a knowledge work activity is likely to be found in the long tail. There you have information resources which are used infrequently or maybe even once. The information which is needed varies from time to time, from situation to situation. Not only the actual information varies; often the type and structure of the information resource varies too. This makes it virtually impossible to define a reusable information resource in advance before it is needed.
The unpredictable nature of knowledge work is why we need to give knowledge workers access to all information that exists and that might be relevant. Since we don't know what might be relevant until a certain need arises (which we never might be aware of until we discover certain information), we can't really put the relevant information in one "for keeps" pile and all other information in another "to be trashed" pile. We also need to provide them with tools so they can create or capture information with each other, or else there will not be enough information available to serve the knowledge workers' information needs. To help people find and discover information that is relevant to their tasks when they need it, we also need to create powerful pull mechanisms which allow relevant information to automatically surface and be placed at the fingertips of knowledge workers just when they need it.
Traditional intranets are not designed for knowledge work
This leads me to the changing role of intranets in knowledge-intensive businesses. These intranets need to provide flexible access to both information and people by employing pull models for serving as many knowledge worker information needs as possible, including unanticipated information needs. Information supply needs to be maximized by supporting the creation and access to user-generated content as well as by allowing for easy integration of external information sources. The intranet needs to be turned into an "information broker platform" where information is freely and easily created, aggregated, shared, found and discovered at minimal effort. Such an intranet gives everybody access to all information which is available and make room for virtually infinite amounts of information.
However, most of today's intranets primarily consist of pre-produced information resources which are intended to serve information needs which can be anticipated in advance. They aim to serve people who perform predefined and repeatable tasks. These intranets are push platforms. As such they might work well for repeatable routine work where the information needs can be defined in advanced, but they are quite dysfunctional for knowledge work. It's not a coincidence that many knowledge workers find it much easier to find information on the web than in their internal systems and that the intranet plays a marginal role in their daily work.
The information that knowledge workers need can often not be anticipated and served by a push-based intranet. It is also critical that they have access to ALL information that is available, including collaborative content produced by teams, content produced by external resources, tacit knowledge captured in conversations, and so forth. Since the information artifacts on an intranet typically are produced by a relatively small part of the organization's total workforce, the resources available for producing these information resources are limited. A line needs to be drawn between information needs which can be served and those which cannot be served. A common approach is to identify the most common information needs and focus available resources on serving these needs as good as possible. Assuming that the resources for producing and maintaining information resources are scarce, this is a seemingly feasible approach. But it's not a feasible approach for an intranet that needs to serve the highly varying, extensive and unpredictable information needs of knowledge workers.
To conclude: a major reason why traditional intranets fail today's knowledge workers is that all information they provide access to is produced with a push-based production model. This model assumes that all information resources on the intranet must be produced in advance (only serving information needs which can be anticipated) by a small subset of all available resources (employees) and that the entire body of information needs to be supervised by a few people for the purpose of controlling the message, format and/or organization of the information resources.
Knowledge workers need a social intranet
There are plenty of definitions trying to define what a social intranet is, but most of the ones I've seen have not been able to see beyond tools and technologies. They don't succeed in describing the paradigm change that is transforming intranets into something completely different from what they are today.
The social intranet is not just about adding a layer of social collaboration tools; it is a platform that combines the powers of push with the powers of pull to supply anyone who participates and contributes within an extended enterprise with the information, knowledge and connections they need to make the right decisions and act to fulfill their objectives. It equips everyone with the tools that allows them to participate, contribute, attract, discover, find and connect with each other to exchange information and knowledge and/or collaborate. It connects information demand with information supply in knowledge-intensive businesses, something which can only be done by involving all employees in the information supply, removing bottle-necks created by the production model (such as approval workflows and that everything must fit in a central taxonomy) and enabling employee-to-employee information exchange.
When it comes to information supply, the previously dominating "less is more" paradigm is being replaced by a "more is more" paradigm. A social intranet must necessarily be designed for information abundance. The increasing volume of information resources needs to be seen as opportunity to be embraced rather than as a problem – a problem which can only be solved by reducing the body of information down to an amount which can be managed by a few people (relatively to the entire population of the extended enterprise).
Although too many options can decrease your performance and create stress, information abundance does not equal an abundance of choice; the social intranet is a pull platform with mechanisms for automatically attracting relevant information and people to you. What's important is that the options you are presented with are relevant and usable. But that's another issue. The point is that the information you need is not there in the first place, chances are that none of the options you will be presented with will do. That's of course an unwanted situation as you might not be able to perform your task or you might make an incorrect decision that can have serious consequences. Deliberately hindering information to reach people is not the way to avoid the sensation commonly called information overload, because as Clay Shirky argues the problem is not the amount of information but rather that the filters we have fail to sort it properly for us. We need to get the filters in place instead of blaming and demonizing ("Tsunami of data", "firehose of information" etc) information supply and arguing that the only way to solve this "problem" is to limit supply.
The social intranet also has an important part to play when it comes to supporting serendipity; enabling people to find both information and people they didn't know they were looking for. To do so it must have mechanisms that allow information and people that might be useful to us to be pulled to us. Spending time and effort searching for relevant information and people where there is information abundance just won't pay off. We must have ways that "automagically" attract useful information and connections to us. We just need to implicitly and explicitly share what do and know to other people in our networks, to people who share our interests, or to people who happen to pass us by at any other kind of cross-road.
Needless to say, the push-based production model used for most intranets will still have an important role to play - but only as a component within a social intranet. It will continue to serve the most common, stable and predictable information needs. Even though it is important and sometimes critical that these can be served efficiently and effectively, the greatest value that can be created with the use of an intranet relies on the long tail of information. This is because the long tail of information supports the core of a knowledge-intensive modern business: the knowledge work.
Reprinted from the Content Economy Blog by Oscar Berg


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MWC 2014: Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 and 615 are 64-bit, 8-core with LTE
Subject: Processors, Mobile | February 24, 2014 - 05:30 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: snapdrdagon 615, snapdragon 610, snapdragon 410, snapdragon, qualcomm, MWC 14, MWC, adreno 405, adreno
Intel, Mediatek and Allwinner have all come out with new SoC announcements at Mobile World Congress and Qualcomm is no different. By far the most interesting release is what it calls the "first commercial" 64-bit Octa-Core chipset with integrated global LTE support. The list of features and technologies included on the chipset is impressive.
The Snapdragon 615 integrates 8 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores that opterate on the newer 64-bit ARMv8 architecture while supporting 32-bit for backwards compatibility. Qualcomm is not using a custom designed CPU core for this chipset but the company has stated it will have its own custom 64-bit core sometime in 2015. This 8-core model is divided into a pair of quad-core clusters that will be tuned to different clock speed and power levels, offering the ability to run slightly more efficiently than would be possible with all cores tuned to the highest performance.
Snapdragon 610 is essentially the same design but is limited to a quad-core, single cluster setup.
Both of these parts will integrate the Qualcomm custom built Adreno 405 GPU that brings a DX11 class feature set, along with OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenCL 1.2. The Adreno 405 performance is still unknown but it should be able to compete with the likes of PowerVR's Series6 used in the Apple A7 and Intel Merrifield parts. Quad HD resolutions are supported up to 2560x1600 and Miracast integration enables wireless display. H.265 hardware decode acceleration also found its way into the 615/610.
Connectivity features of the Snapdragon 615/610 include 802.11ac wireless as well as the company's 3rd generation LTE modem. Category 4 and carrier aggregation are optional.
Qualcomm has publicly stated that the move to 8-core processors with software lacking the capability to manage them properly was a poor decision. But it would appear that the "core race" has infected just about everyone.
Check out the full details in the press release after the break!!


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17-year-old Ana Forrester has lost everything. Her parents, her place in this world, her story. After a near-fatal car crash, the Cullens take her in, where she meets Seth Clearwater. Soon, she realizes that her life may have a chance to turn itself around. But when the Volturi threaten Ana's safety, she must make a choice between her new family, and the wrath of the Volturi. THIS STORY IS COMPLETE!!!!!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO READ & REVIEWED!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ROUND 2!!!!*~Nymphadora_Cullen~*
In case anyone's wondering, in this story, Ana is 17, which means everything is happening now. Bella's been a vampire for two years, and Nessie is, I guess, about the physical representation of a ten or twelve-year-old. Also, I'm planning to do a playlist for this fic. Check the chapter notes to see what music works for each chapter If anyone has any questions, please leave a review.
1. Preface/Chapter 1: Forks
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Preface/Chapter 1: Forks
I didn't know how well I'd had it until that moment.
It was weird, almost surreal, that my life would end like this, just as soon as I'd begun to live it. One month was all I'd had. I had never imagined it to end this way.
I looked back once more at the friends, no family that I'd joined in that short amount of time, their faces varying states of fear, worry, and defiance.
The last pair I saw had all these emotions, and more: Pain, of course. There was sadness there, too. But, also acceptance of my fate; I knew when I saw him that he would forgive me for my choice. He loved me, loved me more than my parents had, then my old friends had. He loved me with an unselfish, undying love.
Slowly, I turned away, and walked toward my fate.
Chapter 1: Forks
Before I moved to Forks, if my life could've been described as one word, it would've been "separate."
Since the age of seven, when my parents had sat me down for a chat that began "Momma and Daddy love you very much, Anabel, but they don't love each other the way they used to," my life was easily described that way. I would later find that a term for this separation, or "loss-of-love," was "divorce."
My father moved to Seattle; Mom and I stayed in St. Paul, Minnesota.
They'd met out of high school. He was a mechanic who had dropped out of college before completing his first semester, and found his love in the innards of cars. My earliest memories of him were his grease-stained denim suit lying beneath a car.
Mom had been a rebel, running away from home at the age of 18 so she could go to a state college in Colorado, instead of following her parent's footsteps to Princeton. They were married the first summer she graduated from the University of Denver, in January of 1991. Nine months later, I was a blanket-wrapped burrito in my mother's arms. Apparently, I inherited my "dark side" from her, as they later found out, especially when I began preferring my hair short after the "separation," and even did it myself on occasion.
I was nine years old when Dad asked me to join him in Seattle for the summer. I fell in love with the slick, rainy streets, pretending to be my favorite fictional detectives like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Sherlock Holmes. The clouds and rain, along with the colors and sounds, brought me back every summer.
By the time I was fourteen, Dad had sold his garage, and purchased a house in Port Angeles. He said that he was tired of the hustle of Seattle. At the same time, Mom met Gordon, and they were married in Las Vegas. Gordon was a nice guy, and Mom loved him, but I was eventually spending more time with Dad.
However, one night I'd come home to a dark house. The next morning, I'd learned that the police had discovered their bodies charred in an ally, victims of the Seattle Slayings.
I was 15.
Two years later, Dad quit his job at the Port Angeles garage, and began job-hunting again; to him, Forks was the perfect place for him to retire when he'd saved enough money. To me, it was a town the size of a fingernail on a map.
"You're gonna love it, Ana," he said as we drove back to Poet Angeles. "Once I sell the old house, we'll enroll you at the high school. I even met a possible new neighbor!" He grinned happily.
"The police chief?" I glowered, "At least you know who to go to when I'm out past curfew."
"Relax, honey," Dad was positively glowing. "He's got a daughter about your age."
"She's married, Dad," I grumbled. "Didn't you see the wedding picture? Plus, she's 19 or 20, older than me by three years."
"You can still be friends," Dad replied, fiddling with the radio; the sounds of an orchestra filled the car.
"Yeah, okay," I muttered, turning the volume on the Evanscence song already blaring in my ears.Fear is only in our minds,
Taking over all the time.
Fear is only in our minds but it's taking over all the time.
I was so engrossed in the lyric of the song, that I almost didn't notice it, like he did.
"Dad, LOOK OUT!!"
He slammed on the brakes, and swerved, avoiding the doe with ease.
I wish I could say the same thing about the tree.
With a sound of crunching metal, the car rammed the tree like a pop can being smashed by someone's foot. The airbags deployed, mine hitting me harmlessly on the chest. At the same time, I heard a strange cracking noise, followed by a faint dripping noise.
I sat up, noticing that the car was totaled. I didn't think Dad's miracle mechanic skills could save this thing.
"Hey, Dad," I said, stowing my iPod. "I think we're gonna need a new car."
No answer.
I turned to see him slumped in his seat, his head lolling back, his glazed, sightless eyes staring.
I don't know if it was the sight of my father's broken neck, or the fact that my last remaining parent was dead, but I suddenly felt woozy, and my vision was fading. Of course, it may have been the smell of gas and oil now combining, and the fact that the engine was sparking.
I almost didn't hear the voices come to the car. However, I did feel the ice-cold hands and arms the picked me up out of the rubble, and the warmth of hot air on my face a few seconds later.
My last coherent thought before I slid into the darkness was realizing my iPod and cell phone were still in my pocket.
- Preface/Chapter 1: Forks
- Chapter 2: The Cullens
- Chapter 3: Seth
- Chapter 4: Imprint
- Chapter 5: Continuation
- Chapter 6: Grief
- Chapter 7: Future
- Chapter 8: Volturi
- Chapter 9: Countdown
- Chapter 10: Moment of Truth
- Chapter 11: Reality
- Chapter 12: Sacrifice
- Chapter 13: Fire
- Chapter 14: Recovery
- Chapter 15: Epilouge: Together
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March 3, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's and women's cross country teams were honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), as both teams received the USTFCCCA's All-Academic Team award. In addition, a number of student-athletes received individual accolades.
After finishing an astounding 10th overall in its first appearance at the NCAA National Championship, the women's cross country team earned the All-Academic Team award with a combined GPA of 3.44. Jennifer Doyle, Maria Monks and Jacqui Wentz were also named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team. Wentz, the 2008 NEWMAC Runner of the Year, led the Engineers at the National Championship, finishing 54th overall, the highest finish by an MIT runner at the event in 10 years.
On the men's side, Tech garnered All-Academic Team honors with a 3.44 team GPA, after ending the season with an eighth-place finish at the Division III New England Championship. Hemagiri Arumugam, Yermie Cohen and Jake Ruzevick were also named to the All-Academic team individually.


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Dalton, Green lead Bengals to 17-10 win vs Bolts
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals still have their two-game lead in the AFC North, thanks to a workmanlike performance against the San Diego Chargers.
Andy Dalton threw a go-ahead, 21-yard touchdown pass to wide-open A.J. Green late in the third quarter and the Bengals beat the San Diego Chargers 17-10 on Sunday.
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The Bengals (8-4), coming off their bye, kept a two-game lead over Baltimore.
San Diego (5-7) lost the momentum it gained with a thrilling comeback win at Kansas City a week earlier and saw its playoff hopes dwindle after its fourth loss in five games.
With the score tied at 7, the Bengals got the ball after Dre Kirkpatrick ripped the ball away from tight end Antonio Gates after a reception at the Cincinnati 25, the Chargers' third turnover.
Ten plays later, Green split the defense for an easy touchdown, with safety Eric Weddle and cornerback Marcus Gilchrist only able to watch.
On the Bengals' next drive, Andrew Hawkins caught a short pass from Dalton on third-and-2 from the Bengals 18 and raced 50 yards to the San Diego 32, where he was pushed out of bounds. The Bengals settled for Mike Nugent's 46-yard field goal for a 17-7 lead.
The Bengals appeared to be driving for a score that would have put away the game, but BenJarvus Green-Ellis fumbled when he was hit by Gilchrist.
Weddle recovered and returned it 27 yards to the San Diego 43. The drive stalled and Nick Novak kicked a 48-yard field goal to pull to 17-10 with 4:43 left.
A personal foul against Johnnie Troutman after the field goal forced the Chargers to kick off from their 20 and Brandon Tate returned it 24 yards to the Bengals 34 and Cincinnati ran out the clock.
Green-Ellis gained 92 yards on 20 carries.
The Bengals held Philip Rivers to 252 yards passing and have allowed only one 300-yard passing day by an opponent this season.
Dalton was 14 of 23 for 190 yards.
Cincinnati's offensive line manhandled the Chargers on the Bengals' second drive, which ended with BenJarvus Green-Ellis scoring on a 4-yard run.
The Chargers responded with a long drive capped when second-year tight end Ladarius Green split linebackers Rey Maualuga and Vontaze Burfict and was wide open for a 30-yard touchdown reception to tie the game at 7.