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Chinese Toy Factory Cut Off by Disney for Alleged Labor Violations/
Walt Disney Co. recently halted all business dealings with a Chinese toymaker and warned another of pending similar action due to reports of labor violations.
As the world's largest entertainment company, Burbank-based Disney felt it was important enough to post a memo on their website stating that it would no longer allow Dongguan Qing Xi Juantiway Plastic Factory to manufacture products that featured Disney characters. Labor violations were flagged by China Labor Watch, which is a New York-based non-profit whose mission is to monitor overseas manufacturing.
The investigation into the practices of Dongguan Qing Xi Juantiway Plastic Factory found that the company failed to remediate hiring and human resources problems that were identified at the facility last year. This was in spite of encouragement from and a contractual obligation to Disney to comply. Disney did not share additional information on their website regarding the specific problems/issues that were identified.
Lam Sun Toy Limited Co. was also noted as failing to meet expectations for accurate record-keeping, health and safety requirements and human resources policies. The Lam Sun company will have a chance to address the issues, but if they do not bring their practices and policies into compliance, Disney plans to discontinue their relationship as well.
Labor standards abroad are a continuing problem for U.S. companies who look to their foreign partners to manufacture goods and products that are then sold around the world. Policing foreign plants is riddled with challenges. In this instance, the challenges of policing a foreign plant are compounded by the sheer size of the Disney company, as they likely license their brands to hundreds of similar foreign vendors who then contract separately with manufacturers.
Disney continues to maintain their International Labor Standards program (started in 1996) that works with companies and governmental agencies in order to prevent abuse. According to the company's website, there are 120 people staffed in 12 different countries working to monitor and improve conditions in over 30,000 factories. Approximately 28% of the factories are found in China. Labor violations were listed by China Labor Watch in connection with five Chinese toy plants known to do business with Disney last year (including Dongguan Qing Xi Juantiway Plastic Factory). A second report was released in June by China Labor Watch indicating that Lam Sun was only hiring women for assembly jobs, lacked of safety equipment and training, and forced overtime work in excess of local limits (90 hours overtime in one month).
If you have questions or concerns on how to handle overtime issues or other employment law violations, please get in touch with one of the experienced southern California employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik.


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Zesty Quinoa Tabbouleh
Every bite will fill your mouth with intensely beautiful flavors. And your body will thank you for the nutrients that are packed in this simple dish. Serve with collard Falafel and homemade hummus for an extraordinary dinner, or make on its own for the perfect light supper.
The Goods:
3-4 large bunches Italian Parsley
1 small red onion
1 pint Cherry or Grape tomatoes
1 bunch green onions
6-7 mint leaves
1 cup quinoa
2 cups vegetable broth ( I love Imagine broth if I don't use my own homemade broth)
3 cloves garlic minced
4 lemons juiced
1 lemon zested
2-3 Persian cucumbers chopped
Olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste.
Optional Additions: A splash of red wine vinegar, or balsamic vinegar. Lemon Pepper.
Get Cooking:
In a pot bot get your quinoa going on the stove. 2 cups of broth to 1 cup of quinoa. Make sure your quinoa is well rinsed before boiling. Once the quinoa is brought to a boil, reduce to simmer and cover with a tight lid. Allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes until fluffy and tender.
While your quinoa is boiling finely mince your parsley, red onion, tomatoes, green onion and mint leaves. Put into a large bowl. Add your minced garlic cloves, and your chopped cucumbers. Mix gently.
When your quinoa is done transfer to a heat safe container and place in freezer to cool. In about 30 minutes remove from freezer and add the quinoa to the bowl along with lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, salt pepper and any additional ingredients you desire! Mix gently and serve!


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At IBC 2013, Tokina announced a new range of cine lenses for Super35 and Full Frame sensors which include a full line up from 11-16mm, 16-26mm and 50-135mm, all at T3, and all manual.
I had a chat with Chris, the General Manager of Tokina about the lenses at their booth. He was just as excited as I was about the release of the new range, the 11-16mm especially. This is due to the small sensor size of the Black Magic Cinema Camera, which has a 2x (+-) magnification factor. This causes a standard 16mm lens to be multiplied to around 40mm, so achieving wide angle shots becomes rather difficult.
However (and I had no idea people had been converting the already famous Tokina 11-16mm ATX for Super35 mounts) Tokina saw the potential and grabbed the chance to deliver a sharp, accurate and very bright lens. The build quality is fantastic, and the resulting image is a wonderful wide angle!
Chris also talked about the range including the 16-28mm and 50-135mm which is to be released in November this year, I cannot wait to get my hands on one! They did not have the 50-135mm on display, but as you can see from the size of the 16-28mm it will probably be a beast of a piece of glass! I am expecting a separate lens barrel stand or some kind of rig-rail to keep it on the camera!
I'm in contact with the guys over at Tokina so I will keep updating on the progress of the lenses and new models!


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You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)
One of my favorite things about Christmas is the music. Christmas is one of the only seasons during the year that has its own music. It starts right after Thanksgiving (sometimes earlier) and continues for the whole month of December. It is heard everywhere-- in all the stores, restaurants, businesses and on several radio stations around the clock.
And have you noticed? There is such a variety. There are songs about Santa Claus and having a white Christmas to carols such as "Silent Night" and "The First Noel". I catch myself humming and singing at every opportunity.
But my favorites are the songs about Jesus and His birth. These songs recapture the words in Isaiah 9:6, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (NIV) Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He brings peace!!
Now, if you are like me, your mind is going crazy during this season. There are so many activities and people to meet. There is not a dull moment and it is definitely not peaceful.
However, when I begin to sing or even hum these wonderful songs about Jesus, I experience Him. I encounter His joy, love and especially His peace. The more I focus on the words about Him, the more my mind becomes peaceful. I discover the Prince of Peace.
So, are you looking for peace? Let's sing!!!
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Sing the song, "Silent Night".
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Dear Prince of Peace, Thank You for coming into the world as a child. Thank You that we are able to celebrate Your birthday and sing songs of Your love, joy and peace. Help us to encounter Your peace. In the name of the Christ child, Jesus. Amen.
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When starting up a business, the first thing you think about is success. A successful money making business is what everyone wants. The hard part is just getting people to come to your business website. Letting people know that your business exists is important, and the way to do that is market. But marketing your business brings its own price, and it can become pricey. There are several ways you can gain website traffic, and the following are free ways to do so:
The 1st technique to build website traffic is adding a magnet to your vehicle with a website displayed on it.
Your business truck or even automobile can be used for advertising. You are able to add your business website to a magnet that you can place on your car door. This has gotten me several projects where my customers found me through my car magnet. I had to ask where they found me, and they stated it was the website on the magnet.
2nd is add your website domain name on all your NEW business cards and postcards.
This is a professional move to make when you are sharing business cards. You want to make sure you are firm when you share that business card. By sharing a business card and letting them know you are confident that you will serve them well. You know what you got, and a website will be the perfect way to gain traffic.
3rd send out emails with your website domain.
Send out emails with your website domain on the very bottom. You can send out emails with a specific message that will lead them to your business website. Your email will direct them exactly to the place on your website that you would like to direct them.
4th technique add your website in all of your social media platforms.
Almost every human owns social media apps, even the elderly. Sounds funny, but lots of people are on Facebook and Instagram. I mean, I mention those since they are the most known. Apps all across are the best way to share your website. Any post or image you upload to Facebook or Pinterest, it is very important to paste a URL domain.
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It's good to be back, he says.
But it's never that simple.
Kevin Garnett has finally made his return to the Celtics, after nearly a month of battling a hyperextended right knee. The C's played it safe; they kept a close, watchful eye on their 33-year-old veteran forward, and only when they were absolutely positive he was ready to take the floor, they threw him back out there.
Now he's back, but he's still got some work to do.
"It's good to be back," KG told ESPNBoston.com on Monday. "I'm trying to help. When you're out, you see the game from a whole new perspective. You try to convey that to the guys that are playing, but it's not the same thing as doing it yourself. It's good be back helping my teammates and trying to get something going here."
Those are the words of a true competitor. KG is the kind of guy who just can't bear to sit there watching the game from the bench. He wants to be out there — working hard, competing, winning. It's in his blood. He'll sit on the bench and be the most supportive teammate in the world, but at the end of the day, he'd always rather be on the floor.
And now he's got his wish. He's back, but he's still got some work to do.
Garnett's numbers in his first two games back: 61 minutes, 11-for-21 shooting, 30 points, six rebounds, five assists, two blocks. He's shooting the ball well and he's creating shots from all over the floor. He's made a career out of knocking down that elbow jumper, and he's now relying on that shot more than ever before. But he's not playing like a true power forward; he's not the aggressive, physically intense inside presence that he was two years ago when the Celtics won a title.
Garnett has likened himself to a 1976 Ford Pinto. The car still runs, but it's not exactly fit for street racing anymore. He's had a few adjustments — "the tires changed and the transmission checked," as he puts it — and he's trying to do as much as he can physically.
He's not as versatile a player anymore. He's admitted as much. But that's only in terms of the physical. Mentally, he's as sharp as ever. He's going to be a floor leader for the Celtics even when he can't run with the best of them.
Mental versatility is a key part of his game. He's such an influential player on the Celtics defensively — communicating, directing his teammates, sensing where the opponent will be at all times and knowing how to get him covered. He's more than a great one-on-one defender, more than a great team defender. He's a defensive commander, rallying all four of his teammates together to get stops.
Offensively, he's efficient as always. He can run the point for the Celtics offense, swinging the ball around from teammate to teammate until someone gets an open shot. He's brilliant with his own shot selection — not many guys in the NBA can shoot nearly 55 percent without the ability to get physical inside. His mid-range game is still deadly.
Here's what separates the good players from the great ones. Good players get old — great ones evolve. They know the limitations of their bodies, they work around them and they find ways to adapt their game and keep competing.
KG knows he's not a speed demon. He knows he's not an athletic freak the way he was a decade ago. But he's a great player nonetheless, and he knows how to lead the Celtics to great things.
Physically, he hasn't looked amazing in the two games since his return. But he's still improving, and he's still adapting. Even after 14 years in the league, he's a work in progress.
How far the Celtics can go this season depends on how far Garnett can take them. He can get them all the way to June glory, but first, he's got to re-learn the ropes. There's still plenty of season left — starting now, he's got three months to figure things out.


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On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Shadi Abou-zahra wrote: comments below > >> -----Chaals' Original Message----- >> >> Comments inline - quick summary: version is not necessary, >> different location >> specifiers are required but should be in RDF, not extra properties for >> line/column, line/col is the least accurate reference over >> time, test-case >> nesting is critical but maybe doesn't belong in the EARL spec >> itself, you can >> already put complex annotations into an earl:note so priority isn't a >> particular need. >> >> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Shadi Abou-zahra wrote: >> >> >ref: http://www.abou-zahra.net/shadi/w3c/wrapper/outline.html >> > >> >here are some comments i have about EARL: >> > >> >1. EARL versions > >i still disagree on this. why not have an assertion conducted by an >assertor that speaks 0.95 and a second assertion by an assertor that >speaks 1.0 within the same EARL file? You can do this. Indeed, because the 0.95 and 1.0 specifications have different namespaces it is simplicity itself to mix them without trying to make sure that the version property is being applied to the right bits of information (which can get messy over a merge). >> >3. test case nesting >will dig more around here. only i want to try to get away from analyzing >the "who is making the claim" part and concentrate on the "based on >what" part. does this make any sense at all? Yep, I agree. >> >4. multiple messages > >hmmm. ok, maybe "priority" is a bad concept but leaving the message >definitions totally in the hand of the assertors requires you to know >who the assertor is in order to interpret these messages. > >what about defining a minimal message scheme for subclasses such as >'webcontent' for example? this way all assertors that conduct tests on >webcontent provide a common set of messages about the results. was this >the intention of the earl:message element at all? It is as I understand it. Defining some obvious message types would be helpful, but I am not sure that they belong in the message namespace - more likely they should be defined along with a set of tests (e.g. WCAG defines some checkpoints, we make an RDF version that also defines some basic properties of failure that live in that namespace). You can't get away from the problem of needing to know who the assertor is without using ontology mapping, which on a webscale is probably only feasible using OWL (or its predecessors DAML, OIL, or the imaginatively named DAML+OIL). Providing a couple of sample ontologies would be helpful - Ian Hickson talked about one in Bristol which included such properties as catastrophic failure, failure consequential on another failure, failure due to minor bug, etc. It is also possible to envisage many of these things as being subClasses of earl:Fail - this can be done just using the RDF Vocabulary (formerly called RDF Schema) definitions, which would also allow attaching a human-readable explanation of the failure type. I think earl:message is most likely to be helpful for the cases where there is no obvious re-usability - just a catch-all place to put extra info. Best use of the fact that EARL is RDF is to find smarter ways of doing things... IMHO a text string is always a last resort unless it is an rdfs:label or an explicitly labelled description :) cheers ChaalsReceived on Tuesday, 8 April 2003 02:48:16 UTC
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The advent of driverless transportation has begun and advances in this area continue to outpace the expectations of many. This technology presents many exciting opportunities for business owners, landlords and real estate developers.Ā Arizona has been an early hotbed of experimentation for self-driving vehicles, but interest is growing rapidly across the county, as large companies like Uber and Waymo (owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet) drive innovation in this field. As cities begin to compete to win the business of these technological innovators, landlords, tenants and real estate developers are presented with new risks and opportunities. The rapid changes in this area, however, should not disguise the risks, as society moves to incorporate this technology into our existing network of offices, warehouses, homes and roads.
How does a self-driving car drive itself?
As TechCrunch points out, in the case of Uber, self-driving vehicles are equipped with a variety of overlapping, redundant detection systems that use a variety of different imaging technologies to detect pedestrians, other vehicles, and the roadway. In many applications today, the self-driving cars also have a human monitoring the vehicle as a failsafe, but as Fortune reports, Waymo has already begun testing self-driving vehicles without a human "failsafe" in Phoenix, Arizona.
Where are these self-driving cars driving?
In many cases, self-driving vehicle technology is being developed side-by-side with ride-hailing applications like Uber, Lyft and Waymo. However, companies are already considering applications of this technology in the context of logistics networks; Waymo in particular has already announced that it will use self-driving trucks for freight delivery for its data centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Business Owner?
Business owners already offer amenities to their employees, like office workout areas, co-working spaces, and incentives for environmentally responsible transportation, in order to attract talent. Accommodations for self-driving vehicles could join that list of amenities. Additionally, as the availability of parking in developed, urban areas rapidly decreases, and the cost of parking goes up, accommodations for self-driving vehicles may become a necessity. To that end, there are a few critical questions that the business owner needs to assess. First, where will the vehicles park? If the space leased or owned by a business owner has dedicated parking and facilities that can accommodate self-driving vehicles, then the business owner would simply need to retain the parking allotment necessary for its employees. However, as noted above, in many cases, driverless cars are being used in conjunction with ride-hailing services. Given the close relationship between the two industries, driverless vehicles may ultimately reduce the parking needed for the operating business. Practically speaking, all the business owner may need is a drop-off point or lane at its building to allow its employees to get in and out of the vehicle, so as not to impede traffic. If a building does not have sufficient parking, then a business owner (or its landlord) who wants to encourage use of driverless transportation may need to consider independently licensing spaces nearby where the vehicles can park themselves. The benefit of a self-driving vehicle is that parking may not need to be located adjacent to the business owner's premises, which may command higher rents. The vehicle could drive itself to a parking lot or some other facility located on less expensive real estate.
Though a business owner may not facilitate driverless transportation directly, as the popularity of this form of transportation grows, business owners leasing space may have to confront the issue if their landlord provides infrastructure to support driverless transportation. While the possibilities of driverless transportation are exciting, there are risks, as highlighted by the recent, tragic death of a pedestrian in Arizona. Given these hazards, a business owner's lease should clearly allocate such risk associated with any infrastructure related to driverless transportation, and any injuries resulting from accidents in those locations.
The Building Owner?
The concerns of the building owner are similar to the concerns of its tenant, the business owner, though the building owner in many cases may be better positioned to facilitate the use of driverless transportation. A building owner will need to determine if accommodating driverless technology will spur interest and demand for its building.Ā If driverless transportation will be permitted, the owner must decide whether (i) the building will contain infrastructure to encourage the use of driverless transportation or (ii) the building will simply accommodate driverless transportation for those tenants in the building who elect to use it. Critically, the building design should reflect these decisions, and the allocation of risk and the responsibility for insurance in the instance of accidents should be clear as between the building owner and its tenants. Alternatively, if a building owner elects to forego driverless transportation, such owner may include rules and regulations applicable to the building to prevent or prohibit such activities.
The Real Estate Developer?
In many ways, the real estate developer is faced with the most significant set of questions related to driverless transportation. As this technology becomes accepted in larger cities, investors and tenants may increasingly insist on accommodations for driverless transportation as part of a suite of environmentally responsible amenities. As new buildings go up and old buildings are refurbished, driverless transportation presents several significant opportunities in building design.
Whether driverless transportation is inseparable from ride-hailing services or not, the advent of self-driving vehicles will ultimately reduce the park counts (or at least the on-site space necessary to devote to parking) necessary for a building. Further, the growing precision in self-driving technology may allow for parking decks that tighten drive lanes and parking spaces. At the same time, local municipalities will need to keep pace with these developments so that parking requirements under local zoning and building codes do not require parking numbers or design which are no longer necessary in the age of driverless vehicles.
Building design would also need to incorporate infrastructure for passenger drop-offs. If the majority of driverless vehicles are combined with ride-hailing services, then driverless transportation could be incorporated into a project with a feature as simple as a dedicated lane for drop-offs and pick-ups at the site.
Thinking expansively, the wide growth of driverless vehicles may create new opportunities for formerly undervalued real estate. A developer could consider creating a driverless vehicle hub that serves multiple properties. While the location of the property would still be critical, developers could look to properties near highways and away from central business districts, allowing driverless vehicles a common location between multiple areas of density, where the vehicles could be stored, and possibly serviced and repaired, while waiting for a new passenger.
The driverless transportation revolution is starting and the beginning of this revolution will affect each part of the network connecting employers, employees, business owners, building owners and real estate developers, beginning with questions of building design and infrastructure and ending with critical questions about the allocation of risk should the driverless vehicle go haywire. Without a doubt, the resolution of many of the issues discussed above will depend on the specific way driverless transportation is embraced and integrated in our lives.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Black Business Spotlight: The Pit BBQ Grille
Having just opened in September, The Pit BBQ Grille has already made a name for itself in Columbus, Ohio, as one of the top BBQ spots in the city.
The Pit serves very delicious BBQ with a selection of traditional soul food staples, like "Mildred's Mac & Cheese" and "Big Baby's Baked Beans." It's like having a family cookout every day. And we can't forget the pride of Cleveland, a good ol' polish boy!
The restaurant is owned by 4 young black men, Bryant Browning (Former OSU Offensive Lineman & Former NFL Player), Chimdi Chekwa (Former OSU Defensive Back & Current Miami Dolphin Player), D'Andre Martin (Real Estate Agent), and Mike Johnson (Accountant).
Now more than ever, there is a strong sense of pride in supporting black owned businesses, and we had to link up with these fellas to learn a little more about them and their success so early in their careers. So I sat down with the owners of The Pit BBQ Grille to ask them a few questions about the restaurant and being black entrepreneurs.
From Left to Right: Chimdi Chekwa, Mike Johnson, Bryant Browning, D'Andre Martin
1. How did The Pit BBQ Grille come about?
Mike: Chimdi Chekwa, Bryant Browning, D'Andre Martin and I wanted to pursue a startup venture. We felt comfortable forming a partnership because of our familiarity and trust for one another. We did some research on what the venture might be and decided on a restaurant franchise.
After going through the early phase of the franchise process we came to the realization that we'd prefer doing our own thing. So we searched for what we felt Columbus needed in a restaurant. We also made sure that whatever we did, it was a representation of who we are. The idea of doing BBQ made sense. It made sense for the city, it made sense for the community, and most importantly it made sense for us.
2. What does the restaurant's hashtag (#EverydayCookout) mean to you?
Bryant: To me #EVERYDAYCOOKOUT means an opportunity to enjoy homemade BBQ grilled meats and delicious sides 7 days a week. It's a reminder of the times when family and friends get together and each person brings their best dish to the cookout.
Those times when Grandma Mildred brings her Mac and Cheese and everybody knows Grandma Mildred makes the best mac in town. We figure why should you only be able to eat Mildred's Mac on holidays and special occasions. Our #EVERYDAYCOOKOUT allows you to experience it 7 days a week. And since we cater, we can bring the #EVERYDAYCOOKOUT to you.
3. What is your favorite item on the menu?
Mike: I honestly like all the items. Not just because I'm the owner, but we put a lot of thought into the menu items we chose. Since we wanted to keep the menu simple, some good dishes didn't make the cut.
But if someone held a gun to my head and said to choose 1 single item as a favorite, I would have to say it's our sauce. And not just because it tastes delicious. Which it does. But because we put so much effort into perfecting the recipe for the sauce. Then after perfecting the initial recipe, we had to convert it to make large batches for the restaurant which required even more tweaking. It's not a simple sauce recipe at all. And even though everything on the menu tastes amazing, I can assure you that there's no substitute in the city for The Pit BBQ Sauce.
4. How has social media played a part in The Pit's success?
Chimdi: Social media has been great in generating buzz and communicating The Pit BBQ Grille's brand. It gives The Pit a personality and a voice. It has allowed us to express our mission whether it's through published news articles posted on social media, pics of our food, or even hashtags.
But maybe even more importantly than that, social media has given us a way to communicate to our customers and gather feedback on their experience at The Pit. That experience is not only shared with us; it is also shared with the community. We've had people drive down from places like Cleveland and Mansfield to try the food because they read articles and posts on social media. So we owe a lot of our success to the awareness brought about through the social media platforms.
5. As a black entrepreneur, what are some challenges and benefits of having your own business?
D'Andre: This is a tough question to answer. It's hard to pin point a specific challenge and say this only came about because I am black. One challenge we have had, primarily when we were getting started, was getting people to take us seriously. I don't believe it was a result of us being black but I do believe our overall appearance could have contributed to it. The four of us are young and new to this industry. All 4 of us don't always have the appearance of individuals who own a restaurant. And to be honest, the restaurant business is not an easy one to go into. So many people didn't believe we'd be able to do it.
We had a few experienced chefs who committed to being on board with us at the beginning of the process but got cold feet and decide we weren't worth the risk. But in the end, it worked out great because honestly, we didn't need them.
6. What advice would you have for someone that is looking to start their own business?
Chimdi: There's a lot of advice I can give but here's three things I feel are very important.
- The first is to define their mission clearly and concisely. What is it you want your business to do? Not necessarily what the business is but instead explain the customer need and how you plan to meet that need.
- Once the mission is clearly defined, be honest to yourself about the commitment, responsibility and discipline necessary to execute the business. Then commit to taking on this challenge of executing your business plan. When doing this, it is important to simplify things as much as possible but don't make the mistake of thinking that because a task seems simple, it is going to be easy. No business built to last is easy.
- The last piece of advice I would recommend is to take advantage of all opportunities that advance the overall mission and don't pull away from the focus and performance of the business.
I know I said I only had three things but I can't leave out maybe the most important piece of advice. This is something I learned playing football. Never get complacent. Always improve and always get better. The day you stop improving your business is the day your business begins to go in decline. That's why feedback from customers is important. At The Pit BBQ Grille we will always be looking for ways to improve.
If you are ever in the Columbus area, please make sure you stop by The Pit BBQ Grille. It is located at 3545 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43224 (Northern Lights Shopping Center).
My personal favorites are the Polish Boy and The PIT Pack (3 wings and fresh cut fries). And of course no matter what I order, it has to have sauce on EVERYTHNG (If you from Cleveland, you know exactly what I'm talking about.) TRY IT OUT….You won't be disappointed.
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I join SWEO a couple of months ago. It is good to know and let known in such a community. I might be one of very few people in this community from Asia -- I'm located in Beijing, China. Actually I works for IBM in its China Research Lab (http://www.research.ibm.com/beijing/) and here's my homepage in IBM Reserach (http://www.research.ibm.com/people/p/panyue). If you will trip to Beijing, please let me know if you'd like to stop by and visit the lab. I started to work on Semantic Web since 1990s, when I worked on PICS (http://www.w3.org/PICS/) and then watched the emerging of RDF standard and applications like TAP (http://tap.stanford.edu) in early days. After joining IBM, I moved to work on Natural Language Processing for a few years and then switch back on Semantic Web since 2002. An outcome of my research team (Lei Zhang, Li Ma, Guo Tong Xie, ...) is Integrated Ontology Development Toolkit (IODT). IODT is an effort trying to bridge Semantic Web community and Model Driven Architecture which is selected as the modeling architecture in industry. An part of it (EODM) is a reference implementation of OMG's Ontology Definition Metamodel (http://www.omg.org/ontology/). EODM is also available from Eclipse. Another part of IODT is a scalable ontology repository supporting SPARQL and DLP reasoning. We have a lot of cooperation with universities in China. With APEX lab of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (http://apex.sjtu.edu.cn), we research into the ontology engineering environment and semantic wiki. We also teach a course "Semantic Web Principle and Applications" in SJTU. We also have joint research with Tsinghua University and Southeast Univeristy and taught a few classes in Peking University and Tsinghua University. Recently my team is working on applying Semantic Web principle into metadata and master data management, as well as solutions for industries like financial market and healthcare. Again, I believe the application of Semantic Web within enterprises will greatly help the Semantic Web as a whole, just like intranets to the Internet. [1] Integrated Ontology Development Toolkit. http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/semanticstk [2] EMF Ontology Definition Metamodel. http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/?project=eodm [3] Connection Network Intelligence. http://www.research.ibm.com/cni Yue Pan "Susie Stephens" <susie.stephens@g mail.com> To Sent by: firstname.lastname@example.com public-sweo-ig-re cc firstname.lastname@example.com Subject Introductions 03/15/2007 05:51 AM We've had a few new people join SWEO over the last couple of months. If you are new, it'd be great if you could send out an introduction to the mailing list. These introductions are then linked to the Wiki page [1]. Cheers, Susie [1] http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/Participants
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Do you know those people who want to do everything perfect? Who put lots of time and energy in investigating what stuff to buy or which holiday to book? Their minds are unstoppable, they go over different scenarios in little time. They have high standards and if the product or service doesn't live up to the standard you will definitely hear from them. Or they feel a strong need to change it themselves when they have the knowledge and skills to do so.
For example, this newly wedded couple went to Ireland for their honeymoon. They booked their 5-star honeymoon through a travel agency. From the moment they passed the doorstep of the hotel an awkward feeling crept up this man's back, the perfectionist. When he saw a glimpse of the bathroom he almost jumped out of his skin. He was outraged. The shower was very basic plastic and it looked unclean. The toilet tank was constantly running. He was very disappointed. His mind flooded with thoughts of making a fuss with the hotel manager, fixing the bathroom flaws himself, pulling his hair out of his head and filing a complaint at the travel agency. He didn't put any of this in action, because of their newly wedded state. He didn't want to make matters worse.
But meanwhile he had to calm himself down. If it was for him he would never ever book a trip like this anymore through a travel agency. He would rather book all the separate parts of the trip himself. He needed to control things. The need to control is certainly one of the characteristics of a perfectionist. In his mind he is, in most situations, the one who will do the job better. Because of this and because he want to see a certain outcome he feels the need to control others as well. As for receiving criticism, a perfectionist will take this very hard or won't be bothered at all, because he himself is his worst critic.
Perfectionist usually don't take time to relax. They use up all their time to perfect outcomes. Behind this behaviour there are different emotional needs hidden. There is this need to be acknowledged for who he is, for acceptance, for receiving compliments and enthusiasm for his input. He has a strong emotional need to be applauded, because up until this point his ego is his motor. If he doesn't fuel up his ego he will collapse, because his soul is weakened and sad.
There is always this fight between the ego and the soul. What would fear do? Fear wants to flee or want to continually work on better performance. What would love do? Love would be happy with the path and the outcome as long as you had fun doing it. Don't we all want to feel self-confident in a natural way? Perfectionists are insecure, cause who they are and what they do are not enough.
In order to heal from perfectionism I am strongly convinced these people need many encounters with love, unconditional love. If you are a perfectionist and you are reading this, ask yourself this question 'What do I get when perfectionism meets self-love?' Below I present to you the answers.
- Transformation of the critical voice into a loving voice
- Be a fun person around others when things don't go as planned or when other people mess up
- Imperfection: being ok with failing
- Less thinking, more trusting on gut-feeling
- Less energy in research, more into creating
- Being able to receive compliments and give compliments
- Being satisfied with whatever you accomplish
- Being able to ask for help & delegate
I have seen these outcomes while coaching highly sensitive men who regard themselves as perfectionists. It's pretty confronting, but if you had enough of your critical mind and you are curious and motivated to work towards building a natural self-confidence, it will be worth your time and effort.
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Experience the Thrill of Honda with Gen S Sports MotorcyclesSeptember 14, 2016
Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) is bringing the thrill of racing to the Philippines as they unveiled last Sunday their newest Honda Gen S sports motorcycle model – the all-new Honda CBR150R.
Honda Philippines is giving the local market the chance to experience the speed and power of its latest racing machine, to meet the demand of Filipino riders for a high-quality sports bike.
The all-new Honda CBR150R sports an aggressive design. Its dual keen eye headlight exemplifies its sleek and sporty exterior along with its side cowl, rear side cowl, and new stylish muffler.
From a girl's point of view the design is pretty rocking. It comes in 3 styles- an all black, the special Red and White and one that is orange and inspired from pro motorcycle racing designs. I noticed that it handles easily as it's 'light' albeit the aggressive racing design, and the price point is bad ass! (150 k-170k Php ). Safety features like their back angle censor, which automatically shuts off engine once you have accidental falls are also a plus for minimizing accidents, aside from the double disc brakes. This is something that I would love to use myself not just for racing but for long roadtrips as well.
Inspired by MotoGP DNA, the all-new Honda CBR150R is equipped with a 150cc, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC – 4 valve engine that delivers up to 12.6kW/ 9,000rpm max power and 13.0 Nm/7,500 rpm max power of torque. Thanks to PGM-FI fuel supply system, which complies with EURO3 emission standard, the all-new Honda CBR150R's engine is fuel-efficient and environment-friendly.
This model is also built with an innovative truss frame, which is designed to support the engine, maximize performance of Pro-Link suspension system, and optimally reduce engine vibration, resulting in stability, agility and riding comfort. Which is why I said earlier that this is perfect for long roadtrips as well.
The all-new Honda CBR150R is also equipped with double disc-brake, digital meter panel with integrated information (speedometer, odometer, trip meter, fuel meter, clock, and engine temperature), new aluminum rear foot step, and secure key shutter.
"Bringing the all-new Honda CBR150R to the Philippines is part of HPI's efforts to ignite the passion of riding among new riders and enthusiasts. This is their chance to experience the thrill of Honda racing," said HPI president Daiki Mihara.
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It has been ages since I rode motorbikes! LOL! Nowadays, there are so many models available and they really are affordable. One thing to note having driven cars for decades. Motorcycle riders do not know how many times they have cheated deaths. So being responsible is a MUST. Back to the CBR150... it has a sporty look and of all the colors I love for motorbikes, I love RED! You look good there!ReplyDelete
I noticed something though robert, most of those who drive both cars and motorcycles are more 'polite' on the road rather than most of those who drive motorcycles only. Not generalizing that everyone's like that, just the majority... And I definitely agree on all of us drivers, be it cars or PUVs or motorcycles and bikes to be more responsible to avoid accidents :3 Also, thanks for the complements! :DReplyDelete
let me know what you think! If you have any questions, suggestions or violent reactions just comment below ;)


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Electrodermal Activity (EDA) is an objective index for understanding emotional states. Researchers measure EDA to gain insights on psychological or physiological response, leading them down the path of scientific discovery. Because EDA is so important to research, BIOPAC has created tools to optimize event-related EDA analysis. Topics include: how to identify skin conductance responses, convert stim events from E-Prime SuperLab, Presentation, Vizard, etc., into AcqKnowledge events that can used for analysis, and score skin conductance responses using the AcqKnowledge automated EDA analysis tool.Register Now
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One reason why people were so easy to control in the former Soviet Union is that information was inextricably linked to power. If you held the power, information was yours to create, manipulate and disseminate. Over time, a reality of your own creation would be accepted and believed by those listening, regardless of conflicting evidence that surrounded the audience in their everyday lives. Even if individuals sensed the resulting dissonance, it would be quickly dismissed in the face of finding no agreement from The Voice. One would convince herself she was just a little crazy, that everyone else was satisfied, so she ought to be, as well.
One of the greatest challenges of the dissident movement was creating places where the truth could be told. First, they had to help people rediscover where truth could be found, reminding them that the newspapers and broadcasts were not reliable sources and their own experiences were trustworthy. For example, the Soviet message "Workers of the World, Unite!" would imply an agenda that seeks to empower the worker, make the worker large in the world with power and voice. But the actual experience of walking through Red Square communicates something very different. The Soviets built all their structures large and tall, not only in an effort to boast but to wield psychological power. You walk along the street, and your experience is that of feeling small--very small, like an ant in the world, vulnerable to being crushed. Because information was tied to power, people by necessity had to listen to those internal senses to find clues about the true nature of their reality. Only when the discrepancies between the two realities could be seen could people realize the degree to which they weren't free.
Upon whom did the government focus its silencing energies? Scholars and artists, primarily--those most likely to be skeptical of The Voice's message and those most likely to listen to the dissonance that took up residence within.
I think that when the First Ammendment was written it was an attempt to prevent such a collapse between information and power. The separation of the two was seen as a necessary requirement for freedom, not just as an ideal but freedom as an actual experience. Unfortunately, like many Soviet citizens, we have continued to believe that our information is free from control and ourselves along with it, even though contrary evidence is building. The primary difference is that our media isn't under control of the government, but rather the power of a few very large corporations.
Go here for a great but brief summary of Ben Bagdikian's work, published in The Media Monopoly (1983, 1992, 2000) and The New Media Monopoly (2004). Just how few corporations are controlling the media? Here's a little visual from the Media Reform Information Center:


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Its been a ridiculously tough year. And it just got more emotionally painful.
Friday, November 18, 2016 at 2:30am a family member died. His name was John Johnson. He was the husband to Mikio, and adopted father to my daughter Lily. He was a goofy man who's heart was full of love and light. He was tender, silly, and an absolutely wonderful father.
My husband and I just aren't the kind of people that should be parents. Knowing this is a deeply painful thing to admit, but as we were in that situation at the time, we recognized that there are people that are meant to be loving parents. So it was going to be our honor to give them the gift they so desperately wanted. We set out specifically to find a gay couple too as we know that those couples fight even harder to make a family in this messed up country of hate and selfishness. Our standards were simple: they had to have been together longer than 5 years, and were financially stable to provide for her. The agency sent us flyers of potential couples and we shifted through them. I narrowed it down to two flyers; one of them was the one Mikio had done up to look like the magazine that he works for. In January of 2009, we made arrangements to meet them. They were the only couple we would meet. That meeting was amusing and we left with zero doubts that they were the right people to raise our daughter. They agreed to an open adoption, which means that we have access to our daughter's life and she has access to us. She knows who we are and what we are to her. She calls me mommy too. When she was born, John embodied the befuddled new dad stereotype. He was afraid to hold her for fear of dropping her. He was already telling bad dad jokes too. I recently started joking that he was would be the real life version of Ty Burell's character on "Modern Family" by trying to be The Cool Dad. He was supposed to be the dad she rolls her eyes at and groans at how dorky he is.
But that isn't going to happen. His heart broke and now he's gone. My little girl is going to grow up without one her daddies.
Every now and again, my mind wanders over to memories of his smile or mannerisms. It begins to hurt when I think of her. I won't be able to fly out there as school and finances are barriers. I may be on vacation this week, but I've got school work to do and stuff around the house that has been piling up that needs to be done. I'd probably make a trip out there in January before my classes start up again.
I want to hug my little girl and her papa. Apparently, she's being the strong one. She's the one comforting the adults. When hubby spoke with her, she said, "Don't cry. Daddy's in a better place now." That's my girl.


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My friend and her boyfriend schedule in a date night into their lives to spend quality time with each other outside their home doing something fun. When she first told me about it I thought it was a great idea and decided to give it a go too. It didn't really work out at the time though because I was in a messy place in life and my husband would invariably end up having to spend the evening cajoling me back into happiness. But we gave it a go again yesterday, and it was fab! Like the good old days we'd both been missing. So Friday night is now officially date night. Cheesy, but true :) Excuse the pun.
We had burgers on our mind, so decided to check out the new burger baby in town, Patty & Bun on St James Street. Pouring rain, a mile long queue, but a giant umbrella and a delicious menu staring us in the face saw us through it. Oh and I got called Barrel, so that had us in splits for a while. "Your name's Barrel?!" the girl jotting down waiting list names asked. "No, not really" I said, "but that's fine, I get called all sorts of things..." "Oh well" she said "even if that is your name, believe me I've heard weirder ones this evening. There was a Bus in line before you, and a Class."
So we finally get ushered in. I loved the place immediately. It's like a garage been converted into a restaurant. Rugged, unpolished wood, lampshades with the paint chipping off. Super casual ambience, friendly staff, and laughter all around. I couldn't wait for the food!
So we ordered a rum punch to share; it arrived in a jiffy, bursting with fresh fruit. Like summer in a jug. Chilled. Excellent stuff. I went for the the portobello mushroom burger and my husband had the special of the day - a chilli beef burger with smokey mayo, kimchi and some insanely spicy sauce we were first given to sample. For sides, chips with rosemary salt and chicken wings. I couldn't wait for the food to arrive! Oh wait, I've already said that. The burgers arrived. Oh man, I have no idea how they managed to squeeze the things they did into mine - garlic parsley butter, tarragon mayo, lettuce, cheese, coleslaw, baby courgettes, pickled onions, and lets not forget the portobello mushrooms. In a giant brioche bun. It looked quite innocuous when I unwrapped it, but once I picked it up and took that first bite, and all those flavours hit me, and my fingers and my chin, I knew this was no ordinary burger. My husband was in a similar state, and we ate in happy silence. Like a couple of six year olds with cookie dough. As messy too :) The rosemary chips were yummy as well. The only disappointment really were the chicken wings. The sauce on them didn't quite do it for us, but they seemed to be quite popular, so maybe it was just us.
We could barely move after that meal. Somehow managed to lift ourselves up and walk to the Tube. It all seems a bit hazy now. Burger coma, proper. Believe there's a word for it too - burgoma.
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Eve Pearl - The Eye Palettes - Au Natural and Diva Eyes
Eve Pearl Eyeshadow Palettes in Diva Eyes and Au Natural
Happy New Year everyone! One of the great lines I discovered this year was Eve Pearl. If you missed our recent Eve Pearl HD Foundation review, click here. In the review, I did a look using the Au Natural palette.
Eve Pearl, the person, is a five Emmy award winning makeup guru, and Eve Pearl, the line, makes fantastic quality products for getting you camera ready. Her HD Foundation and Salmon concealer get a lot of attention from bloggers and YouTube channels. From my recent haul, I have to say that every product I ordered I have become completely enamoured with, and these eyeshadow palettes are no exception.
I picked two palettes that were very different from each other, so I could get a sense on the spectrum of colors, finishes and quality from these products. Just from the way most makeup lines are, it's rare that companies get mattes, shimmers, pearls, frosts, glitters all consistently right and in good quality. Eve Pearl is not most makeup lines. All the shades were richly pigmented and applied smoothly. I found myself drawing from both palettes to create looks. I would definitely like to try other palettes from the line.
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Diva Eyes
Diva Eyes - this palette is full of so many fun and vibrant shades. There is a little bit too much to use them all at once, but I love using this palette as my "accent" arsenal. The Au Natural palette has great base colors to set up the eye for a "pop" color from Diva Eyes. I love Emerald Green, and I have been using Black Frost to set eyeliner.
Diva Eyes - Top: Sugar Plum, Cinnamon, Desert Rose.
Bottom: Black Frost, Midnight Blue, Emerald Green.
These were swatched dry with no base. Wet and dry they are very pigmented. When worn with an eye primer (like Nars Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base), they wore very well all day with little fading or creasing.
Au Natural
Au Natural - Top: Caramel Crisp, Cafe Latte, White Russian.
Bottom: Coco, Nutmeg, Tiramisu.
If you need a good neutrals kit, get this palette. I have been using at least 1 shade from it since it arrived. The lighter shades are also wonderfully rich and do not come across too sheer.
Look how thin and sleek the palette is.
Eve Pearl stacked on top of D&G, Chanel and Dior.
Another aspect I appreciate about this palette is how thin it is. The packaging is sturdy, but it's sleek and thin. No extra bulk to weigh down your makeup bag or kit.
If you're not sure how to use these palettes, I highly recommend checking out Eve Pearl's YouTube Channel. Finally, a brand that understands how important and how dually beneficial it is to have instructional videos on their products.
Au Natural and Diva Eyes are $40 each and available at EvePearl.com


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Nothing big to write at this time than to say that I completed my third semester last Saturday. This has been the most busy semester for me. I took on new personal projects and did live it well. What was tough is that combining all with academics is way less compared to a walk in the park.
Overall, I made new friends on my campus. Spending more time at the Nitte School of Management did give me several benefits. I added a new certificate to my resume, made about 3 industrial trips, made friends with inspiring lecturers over there and become generally close to the management. So, it was all a great ride.
I attended several conferences, workshops and seminars (than I did in the first two semesters) all of which took me steps ahead in knowledge. Awesomeness reloeaded :).
As I approach my fourth and last semester, I have made several decisions about it. In every institutions I have attended, I have always spent my last semester or term either making plans of what to do next after graduating or solidifying the plan. So, due to this I shift focus completely off academics and focus on a bigger goal.
So, this last semester, I have decided on a path. The entire semester will be spent solidifying my plans for the years ahead after business school, while staying open to more potentially rewarding stuffs. That's one.
Among other things, I have also decided to purse a worthy research (for my thesis), like I did during the last year of my undergraduate degree where I researched about the impact of Technology on the informal leather sector of Nigeria. I put in all efforts and spinned out a work I am still proud of today. Likewise, I will be doing the same this time. For now, my chances of making a social media related research remains high (something I decided since day 1).
Furthermore, we will have a 12 week internship window next semester. I have decided to pick the company or choose the path that guarantees me the biggest opportunity to learn. I have decided not to choose money over knowledge and experience. So, this internship window will be spent in a company (or anywhere) I perceive will maximize my chances of learning and gaining experience, doing the best thing among all options.
Several other decisions, but let's shield others for now.
I look forward to a rewarding semester…when it starts. For now, moving on to bigger things 🙂


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Dustin & Taylor,
Thank you for your time last Thursday, we very much enjoyed our meeting with both of you. We're excited about the prospect of working together and look forward to furthering our relationship. Below you'll find different samples of the kinds of pieces we mentioned in the meeting; these should provide context for the possibilities that we can explore with TriStar Horizon Medical Center.
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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA announced today that soprano Sonya Yoncheva has been tapped to sing the title role in next season's premiere performances of the company's new production of Tosca. Yoncheva replaces Kristine Opolais, who has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons.
Yoncheva, who opened the Met's 2015-16 season as Desdemona in the company's production of Otello, will make her role debut as Puccini's heroine when the production premieres on New Year's Eve. Directed by David McVicar and conducted by Andris Nelsons, the Met's new Tosca will also star Vittorio Grigolo as Cavaradossi and Bryn Terfel as Scarpia in the first run of performances, from December 31 through January 27; the January 27 matinee performance will be transmitted to movie theaters worldwide as part of the Met's Live in HD series. In April, McVicar's production returns to the Met stage with Anna Netrebko in the title role, Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi and Michael Volle as Scarpia.
Yoncheva had previously been slated to sing the role of Marguerite in January 2018 performances of Gounod's Faust in Vienna, but the Vienna State Opera released the soprano from that runs of shows in what the Austrian company described today as a "an act of solidarity and collegiality to the Metropolitan Opera." Yoncheva will return to the Vienna State Opera as Tosca during that company's 2019-20 season.
A native of Bulgaria, Yoncheva made her Met debut in 2013 as Gilda in performances of Rigoletto, and has since returned to the company for acclaimed performances as Mìmi and Violetta. Next season, in addition to taking on the title role in Tosca, she will again sing Mimì as well as Luisa in Met performances of Verdi's Luisa Miller. Those performances of La Bohème and Luisa Miller will also be featured as part of the company's Live in HD series, making Yoncheva the first artist to take on three principal roles in HD transmissions over the course of a single season.
Yoncheva had originally been scheduled to sing the role of the Countess in Met performances of Le Nozze di Figaro scheduled to run from December 29 through January 13. She will be replaced in that role by soprano Ailyn Pérez, who last season at the Met sang the role of Mimì in performances of La Bohème.
More information can be found at The Metropolitan Opera.
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Pink Matter is the story of Ira Irving and Ira's return to her motherland of Polo – a small (fictitious) island in the Pacific Ocean. Ira is the last living Poloan on Earth after her ancestors were murdered by sea-monsters when she was just a baby. Ira also deals with a peculiar case of epilepsy that, upon moving back to Polo, begins to reveal unforeseen symptoms. Ira has always been more attuned with her senses than your average person, but recently Ira has unlocked the ability to heighten one of her five senses at the expense of shutting down the other four. With this gift, Ira begins learning more about her people, her family and her home – subjects she has spent her whole life actively avoiding. However, despite putting so much faith in her remarkable senses, there are still some secrets Ira is unwilling to believe.
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The concept of the archive is not a new one.
For centuries, humans have felt the need to document their existence. And while the tools have changed - from pigments to rocks to pencils to pixels - the goal has remained the same.
In 2017, the gallery at the Institute for the Humanities invited me back to create another video art piece and to curate a new exhibition that would explore the theme of archiving the past, present, and future. Curating this show was both challenging and poetic in that
a curator and an archivist are asked to accomplish a similar task – to represent an infinite amount of moments, ideologies, and experiences with a symbolic few. In discovering the commonality in this almost ridiculous task, the heart of the show became clear.
The archives we leave behind as humans are just that – uniquely human. In their beauty and complexity, they are most characteristically flawed. While putting together this show, my interest shifted from exhibiting our archives to questioning them. Because it is the questions surrounding this timeless ritual that warrant investigation. It is looking at what gets included, what gets deleted, and what is never recorded in the first place. It is the tools, the decisions, and the processes of our attempts to capture time that give us the most accurate insight into our past and our future.
The goal of this show is to question our archival techniques. It is to question how we got from painting on the inside of caves to projecting videos onto the outside of gallery walls. It is to instill a sense of wonder in our species and a sense of awareness within ourselves. It is a prompt to perhaps change the way we view our artifacts - not as history or as truth, but to view them as what they
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With the holidays approaching, it may seem an odd time to read about loss and grief. Yet those who have experienced the death of a loved one, understand that holidays bring poignant and even painful reminders of their losses. So it seems an appropriate time of year to consider what author Judith Viorst calls normal and necessary—the journey of grief.
Unfortunately, our culture seems to promote a "get over it" attitude; the bereaved are told to be brave, or even that they are young and can have another child. Employers may allow THREE days off of work. Outward displays of grief are pathologized. In fact, the death of a loved one is not something we "get over"; it is something we learn how to live with, a readjustment to a world in which our loved one is missing. Grieving is necessary: we all have or will experience loss, and must find the path to wholeness. Normal reactions to a significant loss include: painful sadness; anger, even at the deceased; guilt, especially felt by parents, since a child's death can feel like a failure; fear, such as a fear of being alone, or a fear of "going crazy"; a sense of unreality, thinking you see or hear the deceased; and physical symptoms such as loss of appetite, disrupted sleep, and headaches.
Most are familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of grief—Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. She formulated these stages as descriptive of the dying, but many have applied them to the bereaved as well. Further studies show that if a bereaved individual did experience these stages, it was rarely in a step-by-step fashion. In addition, this stage model seems to suggest passivity, steps to be endured. More recent models of the grief experience are based on "tasks" or "grief work", suggesting action and empowerment. In Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, J.W. Worden describes four tasks of mourning:
- Accept the reality of the loss – participate in the funeral or memorial service; tell and re-tell the story of what happened; use the word "death" rather than euphemisms; ask questions of the doctors and nurses if appropriate.
- Experience the pain of grief—recognize and talk about your feelings; give yourself permission to be angry; journal; write a letter to the deceased; avoid self-medicating with drugs and alcohol.
- Adjust to an environment from which the deceased is missing—restructure roles and relationships; reassess finances; decide what to do with the deceased's belongings; anticipate upcoming events such as anniversaries, the deceased's birthday, holidays, and prepare yourself.
- Let go emotionally and reinvest in the future – you will never forget your loved one, but you can alter your relationship with him to make room to embrace life. Be open to possibilities; remember that moving forward is not being disloyal to the deceased. Find meaningful ways to memorialize your loved one, perhaps creating a memory book, lighting a candle on his birthday, or creating a ritual or tradition that fits for you and your family.
There are notable differences in the way of males and females grieve. Do not think that one way is healthier that the other. The differences in styles are worth recognizing and understanding. Men are more likely to be reserved in the direct expression of feeling (the exception is anger regarding the loss) and instead deal with loss through goal-directed, problem-solving activities. It is not necessarily helpful to push a man to talk about his feelings. Men can benefit from companionship whether or not their companions discuss the loss. Men may seek solitude to "think through" how to make sense of their loss. Bereaved women tend to be more direct in expressing painful feelings, seeking understanding and support, perhaps joining a support group. They may limit activities in order to have time to be with and express their feelings, with others to perhaps through journaling. In marriage, these differences in grieving styles can be misinterpreted, leading to serious misunderstandings. This helps account for the fact that 75% of bereaved parents face serious marital problems after the death of a child.
Above, I have listed normal grief reactions and the majority of us will navigate these with the support of loves ones. When is it appropriate to seek professional help? Complicated bereavement is a matter of degree. If the intensity and duration of the grief reaction interfere with daily functioning, if the feelings of hopelessness are overwhelming and more than transient, then it is time to seek counseling. A counselor will first assess for depression and take into account the individual's typical coping strategies and current support system. Therapy can assist the bereaved to recognize and manage feelings such as anger and guilt, learn new ways of coping, redefine roles as necessary, recognize "old grief" triggered by the more recent loss, recreate meaning, and invest in life.
Suggested Reading:
- Living/When a Loved One Has Died
- Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child both by Rabbi Earl Grollman
- Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst
Local Organizations:
- Highmark Caring Place (services for grieving families are available to the general public) 717-302-8404
- Hospice of Central PA 717-732-1000
- Compassionate Friends ( a self-help group for anyone grieving the loss of a child) 717-761-8048
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Chefs' Secrets By Michael Bauer
The combination of goat cheese and beets is on just about every California-inspired restaurant menu. For the dish to stand out, a chef needs to do something special.
That's exactly what Josh Silvers did at Petite Syrah in Santa Rosa. He came up with the brilliant idea of making a creamy panna cotta that's served with a roasted beet salad. It's a brilliant idea and something that has nearly year-round appeal.
In our version of the recipe, we simplified the presentation a little. The panna cotta is the same as the restaurant's, with sour cream, milk and horseradish, and so are the beets and the lemon vinaigrette. However, the restaurant's salad includes other components, such as a thin line of leek ash over the pudding and a swipe of rich beet syrup on the plate.
Silvers is used to dressing things up and changing things around. Until this year, the restaurant was known as Syrah, but, keeping with the trends, the owner transformed the 12-year-old business into a small-plate restaurant with a new modern design.
The feel, and the pricing, is casual, but Silvers' fine-dining roots emerge in many dishes. His crew painstakingly peels the whole cherry tomatoes that add color and flavor to vibrant steamed mussels. He sets perfectly roasted spears of asparagus on a swipe of balsamic and cleverly crafts piles of "dirt" made from sunflower seeds. His artichoke soup is enhanced with black truffle cream and preserved lemon.
It all adds up to a restaurant that makes it worth driving to Santa Rosa from elsewhere in the Bay Area. And when it comes to my favorite dish - the beet salad - I can now make it at home.
Petite Syrah, 205 Fifth St. (at Davis), Santa Rosa; (707) 568-4002 or www.syrahbistro.com. Open continuously for lunch and dinner daily. Reservations accepted.
The secrets
The panna cotta: The sour-cream-based pudding is cleverly and assertively flavored with horseradish.
Roasting the beets: Roasting the root vegetable in the oven intensifies the flavor and concentrates the sugar, creating a pleasantly sharp contrast to the pungent spicing of the panna cotta.
Two types of horseradish: Prepared horseradish is used in the panna cotta, and fresh is grated over the beets and mache, adding a vibrant contrast to the dish.
Roasted Beets With Horseradish Panna Cotta
Serves 6 as starter
This delicate starter from Petite Syrah chef de cuisine Jamil Peden gets a bump in flavor from the salad's freshly grated horseradish, which is a terrific foil for the earthy beets. The beets and panna cotta can be made a day before serving.
Panna cotta:
Vegetable oil pan spray
1 tablespoon cold water
1 teaspoon powdered gelatin
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons whole milk
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
Large pinch of kosher salt, to taste
1 1/2 pounds Chioggia beets
1 tablespoon olive oil, as needed
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3/4 to 1 ounce finely grated fresh horseradish root, to taste (see Note)
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
2 to 3 ounces mache
Micro bulls blood beet greens or other microgreens to garnish (optional)
Fleur de sel or sea salt, to taste
For the panna cotta: Spray six 2-ounce plastic cups with pan spray; set aside. Place cold water into a small ramekin and sprinkle the gelatin on top. Set aside until the gelatin softens and is fully hydrated, about 3-5 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine sour cream, prepared horseradish and salt in a mixing bowl; set aside.
Combine the gelatin mixture and milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook and whisk just until gelatin dissolves; do not boil. Remove from heat and whisk into the sour cream mixture.
Pass through a fine strainer into another bowl, then pour equal amounts into the prepared cups. Cover and chill for 2-3 hours, or until completely set. If made ahead, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
For the beets: Preheat the oven to 400°. Place beets in a roasting pan with olive oil and a little water to provide steam; cover and bake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until tender. When cool enough to handle, peel and cut into approximately 1/2-inch squares. Cover and refrigerate until cold.
To assemble: Whisk together in a small bowl the extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, half the fresh horseradish, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour some of this dressing over the beets, and toss to coat. Pour the remainder over the mache, and toss to coat.
Divide the beets between 6 serving plates. Arrange the mache evenly on top of the beets, and top with microgreens, if using. Garnish with the remaining fresh horseradish.
Unmold the panna cotta (if needed, briefly dip the cup into warm water to help unmold), and place next to salad. Sprinkle the panna cotta with fleur de sel, if desired.
Note: Grate horseradish just before using. If you grate it ahead of time, it will oxidize and turn gray-ish, although it is still fine to use.
Per serving: 193 calories, 5 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate, 14 g fat (6 g saturated), 20 mg cholesterol, 127 mg sodium, 4 g fiber.
Wine pairing: A Pinot Gris or Soave will have enough body and acidity to match this dish.
The secrets
The panna cotta: The sour-cream-based pudding is cleverly and assertively flavored with horseradish.
Roasting the beets: Roasting the root vegetable in the oven intensifies the flavor and concentrates the sugar, creating a pleasantly sharp contrast to the pungent spicing of the panna cotta.
Two types of horseradish: Prepared horseradish is used in the panna cotta, and fresh is grated over the beets and mache, adding a vibrant contrast to the dish.
Michael Bauer is The Chronicle's restaurant critic. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com, and go to sfgate.com/food to read his previous reviews. Find his blog daily at insidescoopsf.com, and follow him on Twitter at @michaelbauer1.


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We don't often associate arthritis in dogs with younger canines, so arthritis may not be the first thing
we look for in puppies. Although, the same way that human youth can develop arthritis, so can puppies. Keeping the fuzz healthy and active will go a long way in preventing them from developing any type of arthritis.
The Weight of Pain
Just like when you put too much weight on a steel beam, it can bend and stress, your puppy's bones
can do the same. If he/she is not active enough during the day, the weight can accumulate and put
unneeded stress on their bones. The UK Kennel Club states that puppies need five minutes of exercise per day, multiplied by their age in months, twice a day. That means if your puppy is 5 months old, multiply that by 5, and they need 25 minutes twice a day.
How many times in your life have you watched your dog do something, covered your mouth and
shouted "Oh! God!" That's because fur-balls will be fur-balls. Some puppies, especially the less
experienced of them, can be prone to risk taking. Injuries have the potential to cause arthritis in dogs,
especially young ones, if the muscle and tissue has undergone significant damage. Your best way around this is to ensure that they get the amount of exercise needed to take the strain of potential injuries. A strong muscular-skeletal system will provide a much better padding against injuries.
Puppies need good food to function – and enough of it! If they are lacking in nutrition, bones and
muscles are going to suffer and weaken, because they aren't receiving the proper amount of vitamins
and nutrients. This is when arthritis in dogs can occur. Different breeds, sizes and ages of dogs will have various requirements. A growing pup is going to require a food with high caloric intake and nutrition, so make sure you pick a food that reflects those needs, and because they are using up so much of that energy, they'll need to be fed three to four times a day.
By always reading the labels on the food you buy, you get to know exactly what is in it and whether or not it will provide the adequate amount of nutrition for your dog, but if you can't pronounce it, you
probably shouldn't be letting your dog eat it.
The Unavoidable
Sometimes, no matter what you do, a dog will still develop arthritis. There are diseases out there that
can cause arthritis, and they are immune to the level of health your dog has. Because there is no way
to prevent these types of surprises, just make sure your dog gets a check up every once and a while to
make sure everything is ticking in tip-top shape.
All Together Now
All of these different factors need to be taken together to get an effective defense against dog arthritis,
because they are all very closely connected to one another. Exercise will help prevent obesity, diet will aid in better exercise and exercise will prevent injury and so on. The more you concentrate on providing a balanced lifestyle, the better the different systems will work with one another, giving you a balanced puppy.
Now That You Know
Once your vet has determined the arthritis and the causes for it, you can start your puppy on a regiment that will help to strengthen its muscles and bones. Exercise and diet are the best ways to combat arthritis, but too much of it can be just as damaging. Your vet might prescribe anti-inflammatory medication, antibiotics or painkillers to help reduce the discomfort your puppy feels.
Remember: Never administer medication that hasn't been prescribed to your dog. Giving your dog anti- inflammatory medication, like Tylenol, can have adverse effects on your dog. Speak with your vet for more information on the options available for your puppy. .
Puppies can get arthritis for many of the same reasons older or aging can get arthritis. Just because
we often associate arthritis with age doesn't mean they are not prone to developing it, but if they do
develop it, there is no reason they have to suffer needlessly and every reason to make sure they enjoy
every bit of the good life.


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There's a bug in its new iOS 7 operating system for iPhone and iPad that stops iMessage sending text messages. The quirky thing about iMessage not working is that you can't fix a particular reason to it. There are plenty of solutions – some work, some don't and it's all so random that we don't know what fixes the issue precisely.
1Check Network Settings or Wi-Fi Proxies. iMessage works on the network (3G/Wi-Fi). Occasionally, iMessage does not work even if there is an active connection but it's weak. For Wi-Fi, make sure you are closer to the source or router and if you are on 3G and the thing is not working, try restarting the cellular connections.
- Also, make sure proxies don't hinder the network flow.
2Turn OFF and then Turn ON Again. Head over to Settings → Messages and turn OFF iMessage if it's switched ON already. Switch it ON back and wait for the activation to finish. Make sure there's an active network. Wait for a while and then send an iMessage to someone using an iPhone with an active network. Make sure you send the message only to an iMessage-user.
- Should this not work, you might have to sign out of Apple ID (go to Send and Receive) and then re-sign in. Repeat the turn OFF-ON after this.
3Send and receive options. Often, it's the problem with these options.
- Go to Settings → Messages → Send & Receive.
- You should see your number and an associated Apple ID listed in this list. You can configure this list.
- You'll have to try various methods to get iMessage working again. These would include: removing the email ID and using only the Phone number, selecting either email or iPhone to test if iMessage works with any of these, Select an email AND a phone number. After this, you will see another section "Start New Conversion from:" – select your phone number for this.
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