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For now, Buffalo, N.Y. no longer has to worry about the separation of its polar bead duo, Kali and Luna.
Senator Charles Schumer has secured a commitment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service to keep Kali until 2015, according to WGRZ. Luna is owned by the zoo but Kali is owned by the service so he can be moved to other zoos looking to start or expand exhibits.
Kali — originally a wild bear who was rescued when a hunter killed his mother — has been sought after by other zoos, but the senator said that it is critical he remain with Luna.
"Now, as long as all goes as the Zoo expects with its 2014 APHIS review, Kali will stay in Buffalo until at least 2015, where he is safe, healthy and has the potential to breed," Schumer said.
Just last week the Buffalo Zoo announced that it would begin work on a new arctic exhibit, which will provide a new home for Kali and Luna.


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Tony Chinnici necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
I'm an odd fellow with pretty good ideas who needs help connecting well with the general public - and by the nature of the real estate business, there is a vast breadth of general public with whom to connect. I like to have fun, and I love elegant solutions. I like timeless things, like the 1990 Honda Accord. (That may be a joke) OK, like the Target logo. Who can screw up concentric circles? For me, timeless things have an essence that is powerful enough to live beyond the constraints of the temporarily fashionable. "Target" is too literal to botch; the '90 Accord is only as comfortable and surprising as a country meadow. And reading this yakety-yak hopefully gives you some insight into me - I'm not specifically trying to tell you what is right or wrong.
I have a daughter named Corazon, meaning "heart" in Spanish. She is named after Nobel Prize Winner Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines. The company opened its doors in 2005 and has used this logo plus (accidentally, thanks to a sign printing company) a second logo on the real estate signs.
I designed the original logo in 2005 using ol' Microsoft Photodraw 2000 - not much capability for adding depth to the image.
We need to attract residents for residential properties of all qualities and prices, from studios at apartment complexes, to high-end homes.
We also need to attract the landlords of those properties, and the professionals who would search for and recommend a property management solution for their landlord clients: attorneys, accountants, real estate agents, etc.
Spanish-speaking Hispanics and Filipinos are the second and third largest communities in the Reno/Sparks area.
"...where the heart is." Unless you can come up with something that ties homes and hearts together better. Those two things MUST be involved.
Red, white, and blue. The red is a little bloody, the blue is a little navy. An image can be found at our website, http://www.CorazonRealEstate.com.
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Universal Studios is working on more than just a Michael Jackson game, with word slipping out yesterday that an MMO based on mythical monster hunter Van Helsing is also in development.
Handling the game will be a partnership between SEE Virtual Worlds and Entropia Universe creators MindArk. There's not much else to tell at the moment, other than the fact some of the monsters featured will include the "Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, the Invisible Man, the Mummy and the Creature From the Black Lagoon."
You mean we can shoot the Phantom of the Opera? In the face? Tempting...
As you can see up above, it won't be the first Van Helsing game, the last one being an adaptation of the awful 2004 film of the same name.
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For NYC burners- My daughter is heading to broadway for a school trip. She is a seven time burner and I would like her to see whats up in the NYC burner world. Her mom is along so I think they could get away for a spell if some things going on. She will be there from 4/5 - 4/11. She wants to star on Broadway someday. I would just like her to learn to network a little while she's there. Just throwing it out there. If anyone would llike to greet a burner in NYC. Please post to me and I will forward. Thanks, Duff firstname.lastname@example.com
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Emily, a 13-year-old Girl Scout, loves helping others.She's working on her Silver Award project, boxes for the homeless, and wants to distribute them during the Christmas season.
She also helps her mother raise her younger sisters without being asked and never complains about her stressful family situation. Her father died from liver cancer, and her mother is unemployed.
"Her mother is having a difficult time making ends meet and needs assistance to send her daughter to camp," said a Girl Scout official.
Emily is helping everyone else. It would be good for someone to help her so she could enjoy summer camp in the mountains.You can help send Emily and other kids like her to camp so they can enjoy being kids by donating to the Send-a-Kid-to-Camp Campaign. The campaign is a partnership between the Press-Telegram, the Long Beach Community Foundation and the "Big 5" youth organizations: Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts.
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When Friday the 13th rolls around, everyone gets a little spooked. We all grow cautious hoping that we don't run into any bad luck. Did you know that up to 60 million people worldwide are affected by paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th? Here are some interesting facts that we've found circulating around Friday the 13th:
- Napoleon Bonaparte, President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt all suffered from paraskevidekatriaphobia.
- Mark Twain ignored his friend who warned him not to be the 13th guest at a dinner party. Mark learned his lesson when they only had food for 12.
- Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.
- Space Travel – Many say the No. 13 pointed to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
- There's at least one Friday the 13th every year. This year, we have two Friday the 13th, the next one occurring on December 13, 2013.
- Most airports do not have a gate 13 and skip the 13th row.
Check out some of the ways to ward off bad luck for Friday the 13th:
- Horseshoes: Horseshoes are a symbol of good luck. Iron, which horseshoes are often made of, was once believed to protect the life force and ward off evil spirits. Be sure to hang it with the ends facing upward, though, or the good luck will "run out."
- Turn seven times, clockwise: This was said to ward off evil and break curses.
- Four leaf clovers: This plant originated as an ancient Irish symbol of luck symbolizing "faith, hope, love and luck."
- Throw salt over your shoulder: It is said that to improve your good luck, throw some salt over your left shoulder.
- Rabbit foot: Lucky rabbit foot is a more common good luck charm. Faux or not, you can carry one around to prevent bad luck from happening.
- Keep your shoes on the right feet: Putting on your left shoe before the right is considered bad luck, and it is even worse luck to accidently put the right shoe on the left foot, or vice versa.


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John Cabello is a Rockford police officer. He's also state representative for the 68th District, appointed in August 2012 to fill a vacancy, then elected that November.
Since then, City Hall has not allowed him to work as a cop.
The Republican is seeking re-election in November in a Republican district. He's a shoo-in.
Cabello has been on unpaid leave granted by the Rockford Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Why?
The 1970 Illinois Constitution says only: "No member of the General Assembly shall receive compensation as a public officer or employee from any other governmental entity for time during which he is in attendance as a member of the General Assembly."
Cabello has been "in attendance as a member of the General Assembly" for 53 days this year. The Legislature ended its spring session Saturday; it may have a short veto session in the fall.
So Cabello is available for most of the year to work at his police job. That is what he wants to do. Cabello didn't want to be interviewed for this column.
Other cops have been elected to the House or Senate and continued working for their local cop shops. But City Hall leaders say Cabello can't work because they don't know what the word "compensation" means in the state constitution.
"Does compensation apply to health care, pension benefits, vacation, sick leaves? There's a mess of things that are compensation, but I don't know whether they offend the constitution or not," said Patrick Hayes, the city's legal director.
Rockford not having home rule complicates the matter, he said. The state firefighters union lobbied the Legislature to write a special law to erase home rule as an excuse to deny the right to work to firefighters in the Legislature; the police unions haven't had as much clout.
"If the Legislature adjourns May 31, (Cabello) would be available to work in June. But if it comes back, and he works and get pension benefit accrual, vacation and health benefits for the entire month, is that compensation?" Hayes said, admitting that his interpretation of the constitutional language is "conservative."
Whenever state law is considered murky, it's wise to seek a written opinion from the Illinois attorney general. But the city has not done that, Hayes said. Some lawmakers are seeking such an opinion, said Terry Peterson, head of Unit 6 of the PB&PA, which represents Rockford police officers.
Sean Smoot, legal director of the Illinois Police Benevolent & Protective Association, doesn't see the constitutional language as a barrier to Cabello's working. And Smoot doesn't believe that being a community without home rule is a barrier, either. The city and the local PB&PA could resolve the issue in a day, he said. People should not lose their rights when they participate in the political process.
Here's my opinion. An employee's compensation is everything provided to that person by the employer. It includes pay and all the fringe benefits Hayes talked about. All the city has to do is not compensate Cabello for the days he's in Springfield. Estimate the dollar value of his benefits for those days and deduct it.
If I were mayor of Rockford, I would want all the legislative help I could get from my local delegation in Springfield. And if I were the employer of one of those lawmakers, I'd know that I would be less likely to get his help by denying him the right to work based on a flimsy "What if this happens? What if that happens? What if that other thing happens?" interpretation of the constitution.
Cabello is independent-minded. He should be. But if I were mayor, I would try really hard to not make a bitter enemy out of a local lawmaker who's going to be re-elected.
But then, I'm not the mayor.
You know, I really do love Rockford. But as the song says, love hurts.
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The space available on sites is often constricted. It is frequently impossible to extend all the outriggers of the mobile crane evenly. VarioBase from Liebherr allows the crane to be used safely and flexibly in these difficult conditions. The increased safety and ease of use take the strain off the crane driver who can concentrate fully on the hoist. The enhanced range and lifting capacity means that the system's capacity has also been improved.
Safe crane jobs using variable crane support
VarioBase is a unique system which enables each individual crane support to be extended to an arbitrary length. The load moment limiter within the LICCON control ensures that the crane can operate safely. This prevents accidents by human error during both the set-up and when hoisting loads. VarioBase also increases lifting capacities and extends the working range, and not just on constricted sites.
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Computer-based safety for crane operation
The VarioBase variable supporting base enables each crane support to be positioned individually. This means that the crane control's load moment limiter protects the crane operation.
The space available for crane operations on many sites is highly restricted. It is often not possible to extend all the supports evenly. In the past this has meant that crane drivers have had to reduce their support bases and use appropriately programmed lifting capacity tables. However, drastically reduced lifting capacities meant that some hoisting work was impossible. Larger crane locations, further away from the load meant that more powerful cranes had to be used. VarioBase allows each individual crane support to be positioned arbitrarily. The crane operation is protected by the LICCON controlled load moment limiter.
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VarioBase also achieves higher load capacities and a larger operating range when the supports are fully extended. The greatest increases are achieved when partial ballast is used. The graphic shows this using at the example of an LTM 1130-5.1 with 9 tonnes of ballast.
VarioBase increases efficiency for crane operations by ensuring higher lifting capacities. The system identifies the machine's precise centre of gravity and the tipping edges and then sets the two relative to each other. If a load is hoisted over a support, the risk of tipping is lower than during hoists to one side, for example. This means that the system can permit a higher lifting capacity and loads can be moved to a greater outreach.
These benefits also apply when the supports are extended to their maximum length. The greatest increases are in working ranges above the supports when partial ballast is also in use. The increases in lifting capacities mean that ballast transport is simply not required for many crane jobs.
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VarioBase ensures safe operation even on constricted sites. The graphic shows the maximum lifting capacity for single-sided support, for example for operating on a busy road.
VarioBase, the variable crane support, was launched by Liebherr in 2013. During its three-year development phase Liebherr created several innovative measuring technologies. The additional safety and the higher lifting capacity mean that the purchase costs are quickly amortised.
VarioBase is already proving its worth with many crane contractors and has received multiple awards for being a milestone in safe and efficient crane operation.
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VarioBase sets new standards for safety for daily crane operation. The risk of accidents from incorrect set-up or the incorrect programming of the set-up state is drastically reduced. The system calculates the precise lifting capacity for any support base and thus monitors the crane's stability. Liebherr has developed various measuring and calculation technologies for this purpose.
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DAHLONEGA | A 400-acre winery and residential development near Dahlonega is scheduled for auction next month.
Montaluce Winery & Estates was started last decade during the economic boom and stalled as the recession wiped out the second home market. The Tuscan-themed vineyard, restaurant and residential development was initially envisioned as a $300 million-plus project with about 300 homes, cottages and vacation rentals.
The opening bid is expected to be $1.5 million, or about $3,750 per acre, according to CBRE Auction Services, the firm handling the June 26 online auction.
The winery and its restaurant are operating and the property will be sold under condition that scheduled events such as weddings are honored, said Douglas Johnson, a managing director of CBRE Auction Services.
The property has about 20 completed homes and about 60 lots were sold, the firm said. Montaluce is ripe for a hotel and additional conference facilities and has land ready for new home development, Johnson said.
CBRE is marketing the property globally, he said, and potential bidders include developers, real estate investors, vineyard operators, entrepreneurs and hoteliers.
"It's really just a spectacular area," Johnson said.
The project was initially developed by Beecham Builders, and construction started about six years ago, said Larry Reiter, Lumpkin County director of planning and public works. But an investor group acquired the loan on the property and took control after the market dried up.
That investor group now plans to sell.
"If (Beecham) would have started this thing three years earlier they probably would have been built out, and they would have had all their lots sold out and they'd be one of the top developments in North Georgia," Reiter said. "Unfortunately the economy killed them."
The project, which even received some coverage in The New York Times, targeted wealthy Atlanta residents and others seeking mountain vacation homes, Reiter said.


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Ten Meditations for Focus and Relaxation
Here are ten meditations that provide a range of different practices for you to sample — from elaborate visualizations to basic mindfulness techniques. With regular practice, they offer a taste of the meditative experience.
Exercise for practicing relaxation
To reduce your stress and reap the other benefits of relaxation, try practicing this simple exercise for 15 or 20 minutes each day.
Find a spot where you can sit quietly and undisturbed.
Sit in a position that you can comfortably maintain for the duration of your meditation.
Choose an object to concentrate on.
This "object" can be a visual symbol (such as a geometric shape) or a special syllable, word, or phrase, known as a mantra, that you repeat again and again. As much as possible, keep your attention focused on this object; when you get distracted, come back to your focus. (If your object is internal, close your eyes.)
Maintain a receptive attitude.
Let thoughts, images, and feelings pass through without trying to hold or interpret them. Resist the temptation to evaluate your progress; just gently bring your attention back when it wanders.
Meditative practice of following your breath
This basic meditation practice develops concentration and uses the breath to teach you how to stay present from moment to moment, no matter where you are or what you may be doing.
Begin by finding a comfortable sitting position that you can hold for 10 or 15 minutes.
Take a few deep breaths and exhale slowly. Without trying to control your breath in any way, allow it to find its own natural depth and rhythm. Always breathe through your nose (unless you can't for some reason).
Allow your attention to focus either on the sensation of your breath coming and going through your nostrils or on the rising and falling of your belly as you breathe.
Although you're welcome to alternate your focus from one session to the next, sticking with a single focus for the entire meditation is best. Eventually, you're better off using the same focus each time you meditate.
Give your full attention to the coming and going of your breath.
Pay attention to your breath the way a mother tracks the movements of her young child: lovingly yet persistently, softly yet precisely, and with relaxed yet focused awareness.
When you realize that your mind has wandered off and you're engrossed in planning, thinking, or daydreaming, gently but firmly bring your mind back to your breath.
Continue this simple (but not easy!) exercise for the duration of your meditation.
With repeated practice, you may find that your mind settles down more quickly and that you're more present and focused in other areas of your life as well.
Meditation through walking
A time-honored technique that's practiced in monasteries and meditation centers throughout the world, walking meditation is a great way to discover how to translate the focus you learn on your cushion or chair to the ordinary world of movement and activity.
Begin by walking at your usual pace, following your breath as you walk.
Coordinate your breathing with your walking.
For example, you can take three steps for each inhalation and three steps for each exhalation. If you want to change the speed of your walking, just change the number of steps per breath. Maintain the same pace each time you walk.
In addition to your breathing, be aware of your feet and legs as you lift and move them.
Notice the contact of your feet with the ground or floor. Gaze ahead of you, with your eyes lowered at a 45-degree angle. If you find it too complicated to follow your breathing and be aware of your feet at the same time, just choose one focus or the other and stick with it. Be relaxed, easy, and comfortable as you walk.
Enjoy your steady, mindful walking for as long as you want.
If your attention wanders or you start to hurry, gently bring your attention back to your walking.
Mindful eating as meditation
Here's a meditation for paying attention to what you're putting into your mouth. You enjoy your food as never before, and mindful eating will facilitate your digestion by reducing the tension or stress you bring to the table.
Before you begin eating, take a few moments to appreciate your food.
You may want to reflect on the earth and the sunshine that gave life to this food and the people and effort that brought it to your table. Or you can simply sit silently and feel grateful for what you have.
Bring your awareness to your hand as you lift the first bite of food to your lips.
You can experiment with the custom in certain monastic traditions of eating more slowly than usual. Or just eat at your usual speed, but be as mindful as you can.
Be fully aware as the first morsel of food enters your mouth and floods your taste buds with sensations.
Notice the tendency of your mind to judge the flavor: "It's too spicy or salty" or "It's not what I expected." Notice any emotions that get stirred up: disappointment, relief, irritation, or joy. Be aware of any ripples of pleasure or warmth or other physical sensations.
If you talk while you eat, notice how the talking affects you.
Do certain topics cause you to tense up or give you indigestion? Does the talk take you away from the enjoyment of your meal, or can you have both?
Stay mindful of each mouthful as you gradually eat your meal.
Cultivating meditative lovingkindness
This meditation helps you open your heart and initiate a flow of unconditional love (also known as lovingkindness) to yourself and others.
Begin by closing your eyes, taking a few deep breaths, and relaxing your body.
Remember a time when you felt deeply loved.
Spend a few minutes dwelling on this memory and allowing your heart to respond. Notice the gratitude and love that arise for the person who loved you.
Allow these loving feelings to overflow and gradually suffuse your whole being.
When you feel complete with yourself for now, imagine extending this lovingkindness to a loved one or dear friend, using similar words to express your intentions.
Don't hurry. As you extend the love, allow yourself to feel it as much as you can, rather than merely imagine it.
Extend this lovingkindness from your heart to all your loved ones and friends.
Extend this lovingkindness to all people and all beings everywhere.
Softening your belly
By consciously softening your belly again and again, you can let go and open to the tender feelings in your heart.
Begin by sitting comfortably and taking a few deep breaths.
Allow your awareness to settle into your body.
Allow your awareness to descend to your belly as you gently soften this area of your body.
Consciously let go of any tension or holding.
Allow your breath to enter your belly.
When you inhale, your belly rises. When you exhale, your belly falls.
With each breath, continue to soften your belly.
Let go of any anger, fear, pain, or unresolved grief you may be holding in your belly.
As you continue to soften your belly, notice how your heart responds.
After five minutes or longer of this soft-belly meditation, open your eyes and go about your day.
Every now and then, check in with your belly. If you notice that you're tensing it again, gently breathe and soften.
Healing with light meditation
Here's an exercise for directing the life-giving power of light to the places inside your body and mind that cry out for healing:
Begin by sitting down and meditating in your usual way for several minutes.
If you don't have a usual way, simply sit quietly, close your eyes, and take a few slow, deep breaths, relaxing a little on each exhalation.
Imagine a luminous sphere of white light suspended about a foot above your head and slightly in front of you.
Like a sun, this sphere embodies and radiates all the positive, healing, harmonious qualities you most want to manifest in your life right now. (You may want to be specific at first, such as imagining strength, clarity, peace, and love; eventually, though, you can just flash on the light.)
Imagine yourself soaking up all these qualities with the healing light as though you were sunbathing.
Imagine this sphere drawing to itself the energy of all the benevolent forces in the universe that support your growth and evolution.
Visualize this positive, healing energy shining from the sphere like the light of a thousand suns streaming down through your body and mind.
Imagine the energy eliminating all negativity and tension, darkness and depression, worry and anxiety; and replacing them with radiance, vitality, peace, and all the other positive qualities you seek.
Continue to imagine this powerful, healing light flooding every cell and molecule of your being, dissolving any contractions and stuck places you may be aware of, and leaving you clean, clear, and calm.
Visualize this luminous sphere gradually descending into your heart, where it continues to radiate this powerful light.
Imagine yourself as a luminous being with a sphere of light in your heart that constantly radiates clarity, harmony, and purity — first to every cell and particle of your own being and then, through you, to every other being in every direction.
You can carry the feelings and images this exercise evokes throughout the rest of your day.
Grounding into the Earth
When you're feeling scattered or spaced out and you've lost touch with your connection to the earthly plane of existence, you may find it helpful to use the following meditation to ground you.
Begin by sitting quietly, closing your eyes, and taking a few slow, deep breaths.
If possible, sit on the ground, with your back relatively straight.
Focus your awareness on your lower abdomen, at a point about 2 inches below your navel and 1-1/2 inches inside your body.
Martial artists call this area the t'an t'ien (or hara) and believe it's a focal point for life energy, or chi. Explore this area with mindful attention, noticing how it feels.
Direct your breath into this area, expanding it when you inhale and contracting it when you exhale.
Consciously and deliberately breathe into your t'an t'ien for five minutes or more, allowing your awareness and your energy to concentrate there. Notice how your center of gravity shifts from the upper part of your body to your t'an t'ien.
Continuing to breathe with your t'an t'ien, imagine that you're a tree with roots that go deep into the earth.
Feel and visualize these roots originating in the t'an t'ien and growing down through the base of your spine into the ground, spreading through the soil as far down as you can imagine.
Feel and visualize these roots drawing energy up from the earth into your t'an t'ien on the inhalation and feel the energy spreading down through the roots on the exhalation.
Continue to feel and visualize this circulation of energy — up on the inhale, down on the exhale — for five or ten minutes.
When your t'an t'ien feels charged and strong, you can get up and go about your day.
Every now and then, remind yourself to breathe with your belly again for a minute or two.
Practicing a half smile
Contemporary scientific research agrees that smiling relaxes hundreds of facial muscles and has the same effect on the nervous system as real joy. Besides, smiling encourages others to smile and be happy as well.
Take a few moments to form your lips into a half smile.
Notice how other parts of your body respond. Does your belly relax? Does your back naturally straighten a little? Does your mood change in subtle ways? Notice also if you have any resistance to smiling when "you don't really feel like it."
Hold this half smile for at least ten minutes as you engage in ordinary activities.
The next time you feel your spirits sagging, practice this half smile for at least half an hour and notice how you feel.
Peaceful place meditation
This simple meditation relaxes the body quickly and easily and can be used to help facilitate healing. It's also a kind of inner monastery or refuge that you can escape to when you're feeling threatened, unsafe, or stressed out.
Begin by sitting comfortably, closing your eyes, and taking a few deep breaths.
Imagine yourself in a safe, protected, peaceful place.
It may be a place you know well (a place in nature, for example, like a meadow, a forest, or a beach), a place you've visited once or twice before, or simply a place in your imagination.
Take as much time as you need to imagine this peaceful place as vividly as you can, in all your senses.
Notice the colors, the shapes, the sounds, the light, the feeling of the air against your skin, and the contact of your feet against the ground. Explore this special place to your heart's content.
Allow yourself to rest in the feelings of comfort, safety, and tranquility this special place evokes.
Spend as much time here as you want.
When you're done, gradually return to the present moment and open your eyes, while continuing to enjoy the pleasant, positive feelings this exercise evoked.


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This fun set drawn by the talented Lauren Pope features a handful of images sure to make your dear ole dad or... the father of your children smile! It's a way to say - kick back and relax -- this is your day! Use it for birthdays, a little pick me up, or Father's Day. Anytime you want to tell the men in your life that you love them!
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Susan Parnell said... My favorite summer treat is Blueberry Almond Bars! They are yummy in the tummy! I have attached the recipe!
Blueberry Almond Bar
½ cup butter
1 (12 oz) pkg. white baking chips
2 eggs, slightly beaten
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup blueberry jam
¼ cup sliced almonds
½ cup blueberries
1.) Preheat oven to 325. In a small saucepan melt butter over low heat. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup of baking chips (do not stir); set aside. Grease 9x9 baking pan. Set aside.2.) In medium bowl combine eggs & sugar. Add butter mixture to egg mixture; stir just until combined. Stir in almond extract.3.) Stir together flour & salt. Add to egg mixture; stir just until combined. Spread half the batter in prepared pan. Bake for 15 -20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven. 4.) Meanwhile melt jam over low heat. Spread jam evenly over warm crust. Stir remaining white baking chips into remaining batter. Drop batter in small mounds onto filling. Sprinkle with almonds & blueberries.5.) Bake about 35 minutes more or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 16bars
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This week is open forum and round table chat. We will continue talk of Surname discovery.
We will share SURNAMES of our kin and see whom all may link
This is in follow up from the talk on SURNAMES last meeting.
Have you learned where the name originated and how it migrated across a continent?
What did you learn you did not know? I was amazed how so many names came from
what is today Arabic states. ???
Yet they keep saying the Garden of Eden was near there.
Only time will tell, But they did say we are thousands of years older than we were thought to be.
Library is in shopping center where ANNA's Resturant is across from St. JOHN the Cross Catholic Church.
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Top Republicans are putting pressure on Mitt Romney to come up with a response to President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, as the GOP rapidly loses ground in the war for Hispanic voters.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell became the latest GOP leader to push Romney on the issue Tuesday, telling reporters that Republicans in Congress are waiting for cues from the party's presidential nominee.
"I think most of my members are interested in learning what Governor Romney has to say on this issue," McConnell said, according to Huffington Post reporter Elise Foley. "We're going to withhold judgment, most of us, until that time."
Although Romney has said that he opposes Obama's new immigration directive, which halts deportations from some young undocumented immigrants, the Republican candidate has so far declined to elaborate on his own plans for immigration reform.
Foley reports that McConnell was hopeful that Romney will announce his immigration strategy this Thursday, when he addresses the National Association of Latino Elected Officials conference. But Romney's campaign advisors have repeatedly said that they plan to focus their message on jobs and the economy, rather than issues like immigration, and there is no indication that Romney will stray from that strategy.
In the meantime, Obama is already gaining steam from his new immigration, which he announced at a press conference Friday. A new Bloomberg poll — the first survey since the announcement — shows that 64% of likely voters are in favor of the policy.


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Ms. Karma Job
Ms. Karma Job is the Air Force Program Manager in the Office of Defense Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy in London. Prior to that assignment, she served as a security assistance analyst at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency where she was the Country Program Director for various countries within the Europe and Middle East Divisions. She has worked at the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, as a Program Coordinator for various security assistance and defense trade programs. Ms. Job holds a B.S.B.A. in International Finance from The American University, an M.B.A in International Business Management from The American University, and an M.A. in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, Class of 2009.
*The above information may not be current. It was current at the time when the individual worked for SSI or was published by SSI.
SSI books and monographs by Ms. Karma Job
A Comprehensive Approach to Improving U.S. Security Force Assistance Efforts
September 25, 2009
Authored by Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Baginski, Colonel Brian J. Clark, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Donovan, Ms. Karma Job, Lieutenant Colonel John S. Kolasheski, Colonel Richard A. Lacquement, Jr., Brigadier Simon "Don" Roach, Colonel Sean P. Swindell, Colonel Curt A. Van De Walle, Colonel Michael J. McMahon.
Security Force Assistance may be a new term but the activities are familiar and are related to how the Department of Defense trains, advises, and assists foreign partners' security establishments to accomplish common objectives. Recommendations to improve U.S. performance are provided.


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Information Technology and Organizational Learning: Managing Change through Technology and Education (2nd Ed). New York: CRC Press
"Forms of workplace literacy using reflection-with-action methods: A scheme for inner-city adults." Reflective Practice (4), 3, 317-333
"Adult education theory and family literacy practice." Family Literacy Forum (2), 1, 12-18
"Reflecting on practice: Using learning journals in higher and continuing education." International Journal of Teaching in Higher Education (7), 3, 337-351
"Fixing bad habits: Integrating technology personnel in the workplace." (International Journal of Reflective Practice)
"Confronting theory: The practice of mentoring non-traditional students at Empire State College." (International Journal of Mentoring and Tutoring)
Analysis & Design of Information Systems. (Springer-Verlag)
"Faculty assessment of mentoring roles." (All About Mentoring)
The Art of Analysis. (Springer-Verlag)
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Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Some other scents I wear which I consider to be particularly fortifying are:
Aftelier Tango and Oud Luban
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
Opus Oils Dapper
Caron Pour Un Homme
Ormonde Jayne Woman
Guerlain Bois d'Armenie
Lavender, Lavender and more Lavender. I recently ordered a bunch of products from Paso Roble, California's Central Coast Lavender (body oil, body lotion, linen and body mist, lip balm), and it has proven to be just the thing. I believe that when we have cravings for something, it's meaningful and we should somehow be able to satisfy them. Lavender has been on my mind a lot lately and I was happy to find some lovely natural products made with copious amounts of French lavender. It's such a classic aromatherapeutic scent that it's practically ubiquitous with very concept of aromatherapy. Many folks may not prefer to wear lavender in a perfume, but love it for bath, body and home-- and I would urge everyone to give Central Coast Lavender a try.
I'd love to hear from you, dear readers: what are your favorite fragrances that help to build you up from the inside out and offer comfort during trying times?


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BRENTWOOD — Los Medanos College's temporary home is undergoing a makeover.
Construction has begun for a new science and laboratory preparation room at the Brentwood Education and Technology Center, which community college officials say is crucial to meeting the needs of students in the growing far East Contra Costa region.
"This will help with our overarching goal of increasing capacity to provide resources for those pursuing science, technology engineering and math careers," said Kevin Horan, the college's vice president of instruction and student services.
The board approved a $274,500 contract last month with Discovery Bay-based World Priority Construction to configure plumbing and electrical systems in the 1,800-square-foot room, which was once used as a supermarket meat-packing area.
New floor finishes, tables, walls and equipment will be added, and an archway will be cut from an existing wall to connect to the rest of the center, said George Zika, a World Priority vice president.
The project should be completed in late April, Zika said. It will then be stocked with supplies and specialized equipment in preparation for the start of the fall semester, Horan said.
It is funded by a piece of a $4.25 million federal grant Los Medanos received in September 2011 to support STEM programs for high school, community college and four-year colleges and universities for areas with a large number of Latino and low-income students.
The addition will allow the center to meet increased local demand and be a more convenient option for Los Medanos College students who currently have to travel to the main campus in Pittsburg to use lab space, Horan said.
"We've been very limited as to what we can do," he said.
Right now, there are some non-lab based biology classes at the Brentwood Center. The new set-up will allow labs for courses such as organismic and cellular biology and some physics classes.
Students have been "overwhelmingly positive" about the project, especially the prospect of not having to travel for lab time, Horan said. However, there are some concerns about parking and whether the addition will make available stalls even more scarce.
The temporary space has been used by the college since 2001, and is on a month-to-month lease agreement with Brentwood.
Supplies and equipment from the project, including microscopes and autoclaves, will be moved to a planned 17-acre permanent campus on the city's southwest side, Horan said.
Design and construction could begin on that campus in 2015 and be completed within three years, if money is secured through a bond measure, Horan said.
Trustees will consider putting that measure on the June ballot later this month.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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ATAPI, also known as Advanced Technology Attachment with Packet Interface, is the standard type of connection that keeps everything in your computer connected to each other. This article will go over all of the different functions of ATA and ATAPI, how it works, devices that use ATAPI, upgraded versions of ATAPI, and competing technologies.
What Is ATAPI
ATAPI is a newer version of the old ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) connection. Where as ATA was exclusively designed for connecting hard drives to the motherboard, ATAPI is made to connect all portable devices to your motherboard including RAM, hard drives, CD-ROMs, DVD drives, and other devices. ATA and ATAPI were invented by Western Digital and the standard is maintained by X3/INCITS Committee. Western Digital was also the first to create Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), which was the forerunner of ATA. In 2003, ATA was further upgraded to Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) and has since been dubbed Parallel ATA. IDE is the main connection in your computer where as ATAPI provides the commands that allow IDE to work with newer devices. ATAPI is included in the wide array of connections and technology known as EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics).
How ATAPI Works
ATAPI cables are made up of 40 separate wires that end in 40 slots on either in that are used to plug into the device on one end and the computer on the other end. Electrical output is transmitted from the device through these wires and into the CPU (central processing unit) where it is converted to information. Naturally, information can also be sent from the CPU to the device. It is a simple idea but time has shown a great struggle in perfecting these wires and improving them over the years to be more accessible and reliable and to make them transfer information faster than ever before. We'll go over the various upgrades of ATAPI later on.
Devices That Use ATAPI
If you have ever opened up your desktop computer to add an extra hard drive, you already know what ATAPI is. ATAPI is the cable that you plug into your hard drive(s). It usually has at least two connections on it: Drive 0 for the master drive and Drive 1 for the slave drive. Your ATAPI cable may be slightly different and include a Drive 2 or even Drive 3 but the basic structure is the same. The ATAPI cable is also used for your floppy drive and CD-ROM drive. ATAPI cables can be used for a wide variety of devices but most other devices have switched to more modern cable systems such as Firewire or USB to be used externally.
To understand how ATAPI has been upgraded over the years, you must first get a grasp of how the technology started out. First, we had IDE which was then broadened to EIDE. IDE started off using ATA but was then upgraded to ATAPI. ATAPI itself has been through five main versions but the whole system went through IDE, ATA 1, ATA 2, ATA 3, ATAPI 4, ATAPI 5, ATAPI 6, ATAPI 7, and ATAPI 8. ATAPI was then upgraded further to SATA and eSATA, which we'll go over later. IDE and ATA 1 were considered breakthrough technology at the time but looking back, it still had a lot of improvements to look forward to.
Competing Software & Technologies
Like everything else, many technologies have come out to compete with ATAPI over the years and it becomes up to the manufacturer of what type of connection they are going to include in their computers. Below are a few examples of competing software and hardware that have been introduced to the market.
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is similar to ATA but it has a few major differences. For one, ATA required long cables with many pins to transfer information. SATA, on the other hand, brings this requirement down to seven pins and uses less cable. SATA also brought about the use of "hot swapping" and "hot plugging" which basically just means that you can unplug the device while the computer is still in operation. The "serial" part of SATA means that information is sent over the wires one bit at a time where as the previous PATA version (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment) transferred information two bits at a time. While PATA may seem better, it requires more cables and equipment. Eventually, other technologies made SATA a better choice than PATA. ESATA (External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is the same thing as SATA but made for external use.
USB is probably a more familiar name to you than IDE, ATA, PATA, SATA, or eSATA. While USB has been used for less time than any of these older technologies, it has proved to be a very popular connection method. Many input devices for your computer such as mouses and keyboards now come accessible with USB and many other popular devices such as external hard drives and cameras use USB as well. Some devices such as electronic cigarettes and cell phones can even be charged by plugging a specially adapted charger into your computer's USB ports.
Firewire is basically the same thing as USB but is made exclusively by Apple. Firewire has been included in all of the latest Mac PC models and the Ipod. Firewire strives to be one of the fastest connection methods in the computer industry and is incredibly efficient at pushing large amounts of information through cables in a very short time span.


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SHS Logo necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 111 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Swanson Home Specialists, LLC
We are a small contracting company that has been around for 5 years, but have now seen rapid growth. We want a fun and exciting logo that shows we are not only a professional company, but a customer driven company. We are not the old boring contractor that shows up in a flanel shirt and only knows lumber. We "rise to great heights" to serve our clients and we walk them through every step of the project. We have brains, sales skills, and work a lot on the computer!
We target existing houses and homeowners. We do a lot of residential roofing, but in the winter we also do some insulation.
I'd like it to be sort of new age? Definately has to have Swanson Home Specialists, LLC in the logo. Main lettering to be Royal Blue or maybe a little darker blue. A 2nd color of like a dark neon green (bacharach-inc.com) OR a 2nd color of a shiny silver - Because we do a lot of roofing - I'd like it to have a somewhat of a roof line - doesn't have to be traditional or even a complete roof, just so people would know its a roof or roof line - Maybe a swoosh or something circular could be added above/below or around the main logo? Also could be something crisp like the "Stark Industries" logo from Iron Man Movie where the line could be part of a roof or something.
Nothing too cheesy as I'd want this logo to be on a side of a pick up or trailer and on stationary.
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CreativeDirector305 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 243 diseños de 93 diseñadores freelance.
This will be a new online dating site aimed at the Gay market.
A logo which is clean, modern, and makes the website look like a multi-million dollar brand.
It is undecided if we want to go with GayDating.com, Gaydating.com, GayDating, Gaydating. Please design what you feel will look best. You are welcome to provide multiple designs.
If your logo is done in color, please be sure to sumit a B&W version as well.
If your logo contains the rainbow flag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_rainbow it is understood that this will not look good in B&W.
It is acceptable (but not required) to include the rainbow colors in the logo. Sometimes this will look like it's been done before, sometimes it might look great. You decide.
Please avoid being cliche.
Try not to submit logos containing the Greek symbols for male http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male not win the contest. But if you come up with something super creative that does include this, you never know. Generally I find it to be tacky.
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As part of Jordan's privatisation scheme, the government said it was ready to restructure the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and operate the three national airports on a commercial basis. "The cabinet has agreed in principle to grant the authority financial and administrative autonomy," Jihad Irsheid, CAA head said.
"That, however, will only be the first step, towards achieving the main goal; revamping the financial and administrative systems, and amending the tender and investment laws," he added.
In a recent meeting, the CAA board of directors suggested officials give incentives to employees leaving their jobs, especially in the aviation and information technology departments.
CAA revenues from air traffic and navigation stand at JD13 million annually in addition to around JD2 million from various investments inside the airport.
In light of the recent privatisation moves, this figure is expected to double from potential investors.
"The current government is pro-privatisation... and investors are ready with money to invest," Irsheid told the Jordan Times.
The authority has formed a special committee entrusted with privatising the Queen Noor Technical College after it gets the green light from the cabinet.
"More than 50 to 60 per cent of students are from outside Jordan, we should have flexibility in dealing with the requirements of these students. A freehand in marketing, training, opening of new classes are all needed prerequisite," Irshied said.
The college's revenues have increased during the past couple of years, after it was accredited by regional and international civil aviation authorities, as a training centre.
Feasibility studies will be conducted in the near future for the privatisation process in cooperation with consultancy firms, according to Tayseer Taji, dean of the Queen Noor Technical College.
"We have a dream of making this college a nucleus of universities, which will serve the entire region," he added.
"It is still too early to talk about investors, as both the authority and college still have a lot of work to do," an industry source said. "All I can say is that this will be a big accomplishment, and the timing is perfect ," he added. ― (Jordan Times)
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Working on Television shows as a sound effects editor is not the best way to get your name up in lights. I have worked on shows where the SFX Editor credit flies across the screen so fast no one would ever be able to read it, and that is when you are lucky. I have worked on many shows where my credit does not even make to air, as my role is not considered important enough to use the screen time on. Thankfully the world now has imdb where you can make sure your credits are listed and correct, or no one would ever be able to tell who did anything on a particular show anymore.
One show I work on is called W-Five (for those outside of Canada, it is a national News magazine show for investigative journalism. Kind of like Canada's version of 20/20) and it is the only show I have worked on that leaves my credit up long enough that you can actually read it. Every once in a while I will get a call from someone saying they saw my name on the credit scroll, this gave me some credibility with my future mother-in-law the first time she saw it.
To be honest, I don't really care about getting an on-sceen credit, I don't need the limited recognition it would generate, but recently I got my favourite credit I have ever received. A bit of background first, my friend Jim Guthrie had been working on a iPad game for a very long time. He is an amazing musician and talented songwriter, and he was doing the score and sound scape for his first game and we talked about it every time we would see each other, and on a few rare occasions I helped him track down a sound he could not pin down on his own. I expected nothing for this as it was very little effort on my part, and to be honest I did not think the little game he was working on would make much of a splash. Not because it looked bad, but simply because there is a lot of competition out there for iPad/iPhone games and it is really hard to machete your way through it all and get noticed. The game looked and sounded amazing though, and I really hoped it found an audience.
As the release date for the game approached Jim was being interviewed all over the place and the game was generating some real buzz. When the game was finally released, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, rocketed straight to 2nd place on the iTunes App Store charts, only being outsold by the industry goliath - Angry Birds. It got basically unanimous praise from reviews and has won many awards since its release. Months later it is still in the top 100 in iTunes. It is an unqualified massive success. And I got a single card, full screen credit on it, and a nice one at that.
Not sure I deserved it since I did minimal work to earn it, but I will take it!!
Congrats to Jim Guthrie for hitting it out of the park with his work on the game.
* * * * * SPOILER ALERT from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery on Vimeo.
If you are unfamiliar with it go and get it now as it is both beautiful to look at and great fun to play. If you are familiar with the game and like the music you can buy the fantastic soundtrack at bandcamp, along with a bunch of Jim's other great records.
Here is a review of the game at touch arcade


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A huge Norwegian study that tested the memory skills of 48,000 people — both men and women — has found a significant difference between the genders in their capacity to remember things. Specifically, that men have poorer memory skills than women (via US News & World Report). The study also discovered that men were basically the same level of forgetful from age 30 to 60. Only past 60 did age seem to become a factor in memory loss.
In other words: That annoying thing you already knew has been scientifically proven. Yay!
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Indiana could become the 23rd right-to-work state as early as Wednesday depending on how soon Gov. Mitch Daniels decides to sign the labor bill.
Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said Thursday he expects the state Senate to take a final vote Wednesday on the legislation following a Monday committee hearing on the bill.
Indiana is set to become first state in the union-heavy Rust Belt to makes it illegal to require somebody to become a union member or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
The measure passed easily in the House this week after Democrats ended an off-and-on boycott that had stalled the measure through the start of the session. The final House vote set the stage for the bill to make it into law shortly before 150,000 football fans pack Indianapolis for the Feb. 5 Super Bowl.
"We have a Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the history of this state, even bigger than the (Indy) 500. And that's saying a lot because we've hosted some big events here," Long said Thursday.
"And for those who are threatening to disrupt it, why would we give them that opportunity?" Long asked. "The Senate is in position to move it now, and it makes sense for us to do it."
Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson, D-Bloomington, said Republicans are trying to avoid embarrassment during the Super Bowl in Indianapolis by speeding the bill to Gov. Mitch Daniels. Republicans heavily outnumber Democrats in the Senate 37-13, guaranteeing that Democrats can't use the same stall tactics applied in the House.
"I think their intention is to speed this bill though and send it with wings to the governor's desk so he signs it on Thursday," Simpson said.
Indiana AFL-CIO president Nancy Guyott said union members will continue to talk with Republican senators in hopes of persuading more to vote against the bill, but that the Senate's speed is aimed at shutting out the public.
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I've never seen the movie or read the books about a bucket list. it's a list of things we want to see, do, or accomplish before we die. Stating it better, things we want to see, do, or accomplish during our lifetimes. A lot of people want to go somewhere in particular, or accomplish a marathon, or other goals.
I don't have a clearly defined bucket list. I think it's a good exercise in clarifying goals and not putting off to a vague future time, a vague future aspiration. I don't know if it's completely fair to put past accomplishments on a bucket list. Looking back on life, tho, there are things that I really wanted to accomplish, that I did.
Here are the things that I think about. Maybe say, 10 things to accomplish in the next 10 years?
1. Learn conversational Spanish
2. Re-read a list of favorite books - Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles", The Lord of the Rings, A Short History of a Small Place.
3. Find a "cause". Then do it. (too vague. something related to social justice).
4. Visit Spain, Chile, and Peru (better get to work on that Spanish).
5. Make the perfect Chili.
6. Make a peach pie from peaches from my own trees.
7. Visit "The Old South" US. More interested in Civil Rights landmarks and history than fantasies about the civil war or antebellum south.
8. Learn to make Tamales.
9. Revisit Italy, but this time make it to Pompei and Sicily.
10. See what it's like to be 20 pounds lighter.
So I better get busy. What gets in the way for me now is work, and getting tired, and day-to-day life. I did plant new peach trees last month. They replace the trees that aren't cooperating. I bought a book on making tamales - just have to get started. I make false starts on learning Spanish all the time. I got a Kindle app for that - so that's a start.
What's on your list? How are you going to accomplish it?
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Interesting. My list is a lot like Sentient's.
* For me #3 might be foster parenting or setting up a free tutoring program for teens.
* I have a goal of visiting all 6 human inhabited continents and I have 2 to go.
* I like PowerfulHitchSlaps' old age death defying feat idea though not sure I have the nerve, maybe scuba at 75?
* Marathon within 3 years. (this has changed it used to be by age 40 then 50, lol) I did a half last year so there is some progress.
I agree that having these goals is important because that is the beginning of getting them done.
Impressive, marathon in 3 years! A lot of people have that on their list! Lets see... Obviously I've been to N America, and military took me to Europe and Asia, also vacation. That leaves Africa, S. America (On my bucket list) and Australia. Chile and Peru are on my list, that would be 2 remaining. Would love a camera safari in S. Africa. Not too different from your goal.
This is a great list! Any idea what countries? Do you know the languages? If other answer, it might give you ideas as well. That's one reason I started this topic, to see what other people are interested in accomplishing.
At my age and financial situation, my bucket list is modest.
I want to buy several acres of land out in the country where it's peaceful and raise a huge garden of fruits and vegies, as well as fruit & nut trees. I also want to raise rabbits to eat, and build a pond where I can raise catfish.
This is something I am working towards to, just a couple of acres. I love growing fruits and vegetables. I have hens in my yard for eggs.
Gardening is the most relaxing and enjoyable thing I've ever done. I even enjoy pulling weeds. :) I love to see green things growing and the extremely tasty food I get makes it 100 times better.
I may try some hens later.
Gardening is something that makes my life tolerable. Many times through the year what I eat is determined by what's growing and ready to eat. Puttering in the garden is a form of meditation. I almost medication but that's true too.
1. Be a part of some huge uncovering of the truth.
2. Visit a few spots in Europe, South America.
3. See flying cars actually go into mass production. We've been talking about them for how long now?
4. Write a song that will be remembered. I know that's hard to do but it would be very fulfilling.
5. Own a log cabin on a heavily wooded land plot. Preferably higher altitude.
Actually, …nothing.
I'm not a list maker for one, …I have set goals, and accomplished them, and found new ones that I actively pursue, such as helping a kid over-come his autism and pursuing to the best of my ability; secular activism. These two things take up a lot of my time, …the rest of the time I'm busy just living life, enjoying family and getting in a few beers when I can.
* Travel by train in first class from Chicago to San Francisco in a sleeper car.
* Buy my own home.
* Have a worn-out 1940's green chair in storage from my Grandmother's living room reupholstered in the same color and use that as the decorating inspiration for my own living room.
* Physically volunteer at charities instead of just sending money.
* Throw a memorable Halloween costume party.
Just to make some sort of contribution toward sustainable secular Earth Community, possibly in the realm of ideas.
I have been trying to think of bucket list things the last few days and my imagination must be at an all time low - I'm coming up empty.
I am going to Portugal the first two weeks in may and am sleeping in a 14th century castle tower for one night. But that is from my wife's bucket list.
Here is one:
I would like to write a good science fiction book.
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Kan. man dressed as 'Star Wars' stormtrooper causes gun scare
When Chris Burns, 27, of Salina, started walking around downtown Salina on Monday afternoon in his new stormtrooper armor, someone called police to report the alleged gun-wielding man
By Michael Strand
The Salina Journal
SALINA, Kan. — Salinans are used to seeing people in military uniforms around town, and not just from the various branches of the U.S. military, but from Canada and other nations.
So you wouldn't think one stormtrooper from the Galactic Empire would cause much of a fuss.
However, when Chris Burns, 27, of Salina, started walking around downtown Salina on Monday afternoon in his new stormtrooper armor, someone called police to report the alleged gun-wielding man.
The outfit Burns was wearing is a replica of the outfits worn by the Empire's soldiers in the "Star Wars" films. He was carrying a replica of a laser "blaster" used in the films.
Stormtrooper Sam is finally here! Like. Follow. Revine. Vine: Stormtrooper Sam Snapchat: TrooperSam #StarWars #vine pic.twitter.com/uAEyO6Xcdf
— Stormtrooper Sam (@SamStormtrooper) June 28, 2014
Capt. Mike Sweeney of the Salina Police Department said Tuesday that it's legal to carry a firearm.
However, Sweeney said that after locating Burns, officers "counseled" him that his actions were likely to alarm people and that police would be called to investigate.
"I was a little bit surprised when they came up," Burns said Tuesday morning. "I guess they had to check on it."
He said he ordered the outfit weeks ago from a company in the United Kingdom, and it arrived Thursday.
Since then, he and his friend Josh Carter have spent some of their free time making videos starring his alter ego, "Stormtrooper Sam," and posting them to Vine, a Twitter-owned service that lets users share six-second videos.
The first video was shot at Jimmy John's, where Burns is an area manager. Since that was posted, the pair have made several more.
That's what they were doing downtown on Monday. While downtown, Carter stopped in an office to speak to an attorney, leaving Burns to wander in the parking lot behind UMB Bank, 100 S. Santa Fe.
"The police asked what I was doing, and if I was hot," Burns said. "They didn't tell me to stop, just that if I kept it up we'd be seeing each other a lot. They were pretty nice about it."
200 Followers On Vine
So far, the "Stormtrooper Sam" page on Vine has attracted close to 200 followers, as Burns and Carter chronicle the plight of the lonely soldier stuck on Earth.
One of their stops Tuesday was Conklin Cars, 2700 S. Ninth, where Stormtrooper Sam was looking to buy a wheeled vehicle after crashing his landspeeder.
The two talked to a few of the salespeople before Jeremiah Herwig agreed to be in the video, showing Stormtrooper Sam several cars on the lot, none of which was quite what Sam was seeking.
For the finale, Herwig shows Sam a Honda with stormtrooper seat covers, stormtrooper decals and other "Star Wars" accessories. It's actually Burns' vehicle.
Selfies With Stormtrooper
While showing off the vehicle, Herwig waves his hand in Sam's face and says, "This is the car you're looking for," a derivation of one of the film's best-known lines.
"This doesn't happen every day," Herwig said after shooting was completed. "I'm a big 'Star Wars' fan, and this was fun."
Several other employees came out for "selfies" with the stormtrooper.
The next shot of the day depicted Stormtrooper Sam deciding to get a bicycle and finding out how tough it is to ride in all that armor.
"I just love 'Star Wars' in general, and the stormtrooper is a very iconic character," Burns said. "I'm coming up on my 10,000th day of being alive and wanted to do something fun and getting myself this was it. Now that I have it, I want to have fun with it."
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About Thwacht
More utilitarian bullshit, more sophomoric arrogance. I swear, more and more lately, the zealotry here is enough to make me want to root for the RIAA and MPAA.
And that wouldn't do, would it? So I'm on my way to remove the Techdirt gadget from homepage now. Had enough of the fucking rivers you guys keep crying.
I think this "free ride" you are talking about is based on the brand name more than on the original work itself. EA wouldn't keep paying to make new LotR games if we weren't all already familiar with the specific characters and settings of the books (regardless of whether we actually ever read the books).
I enthusiastically acknowledge that branding is much more about the businesses of marketing and promotion than about the original creativity of the work.
Brand names are passed down in all sorts of vocations, however. We may self-righteously hate the deceptive economic mechanics of promotion and marketing, but these endeavors require investments of time and money, too -- not purely a free ride.
To be clear, tho, there is a choice. Tolkien's estate corporation could release control of LotR if it decided to, the same way a plumbing company is free to give up its hard-earned brand name.
In any case, I'm still pretty sure that the public is not forced to buy any books or movies or games that it doesn't want to buy. Am I forced to support Disney just because nobody's giving away free copies of High School Musical?
If the value is in the brand, the work is in maintaining the brand. As long as he keeps sending acceptable employees out to fix your pipes, I don't see why you would care that the son works as the company accountant instead of out in the field like his dad.
What if your favorite brand-name plumber company is so successful that it has to sub-contract with other plumbers, whom you have trained to provide the brand-name style of service that your customers expect?
If one of those contractors provides the quality of service you expected when you called, how does it make any difference whether the actual inheritor of the brand name is back at the office working on the financial books? You still got exactly what you wanted when you decided to call your favorite brand name plumber. You'll probably call them next time your pipes are clogged, too.
I think the kid should still be allowed to inherit the family plumbing business, even if he decides to become an accountant instead of a plumber like his dad.
Don't the inheritors continually reinforce the business' public goodwill by maintaining the same quality of service their ancestor provided?
Isn't that (arguably) the same thing Tolkien's estate corporation tries to do, by approving or denying proposals for new LotR games and movies, according to (interpretations of) their quality?
'Hereditary IP rights forever' does seem like an unfortunate solution in many ways, but if you accept the idea of IP rights at all (many here don't, I know), I am not convinced it is unfair.
Disney corp. has invested millions promoting Mickey Mouse for the last 70 years. Walt died in 1966 -- how long should it be till I am allowed to exploit that promotion and start publishing my own Mickey Mouse cartoons?
I agree that forever seems like too long a time, but I think that wherever you draw the line short of forever will arbitrary, and it is difficult to defend anything arbitrary as ideologically "fair."
Many new movies and video games based on LotR have been created since JRRT passed away. In your analogy, wouldn't this count as maintaining the business and generating new income?
So what about branding and name-recognition?
The real value of the business that the plumber hands down to his kids is not in physical assets such as buildings and wrenches, but in the clientele that have grown to trust that particular plumbing business through years of solid work and good service. Being a good plumber is only part of it -- to succeed, you also have to become the guy they call when they need a good plumber.
Isn't that part of the value of LotR too? It's not just that it is an entertaining and well-written story, it's that the story's characters and settings are known and loved by millions and millions of people around the world.
That's a pretty big assumption, I think, considering the way that most of the grandparents I know feel about their grandkids.
But why does intention have anything to do with it in the first place?
The plumber's intention is to to fix the pipes, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't invest his profits in a business his children will inherit, or use them to buy presents for his grandchildren.
The public isn't forced to support anything. If individuals in the public decide that they want to purchase new copies of LoTR, they have to pay something to the Tolkien estate.
I'm not necessarily saying this is the way it should work. I'm just saying it doesn't do me any good to look at it as some evil, sweeping repression of the public at large.
If a plumber wants to charge clients some sort of ongoing subscription fee for his work, to support his family after he's dead, he can write up his contracts that way. The only problem is that there are lots of other plumbers out there, and most people will instead choose one who only charges a one-time fee.
There is only one LoTR. You don't have to buy a copy if you don't want to.
I feel your pain. Our Ann Arbor home value totally tanked when Pfizer shut down and left town. Alas, poor drug companies. Once humankind finally mastered boner-pill technology, what's left?
Indeed there is government waste, but there are also highways and schools and state police and fire departments and garbage collectors.
It costs money to run a government -- even a "government of the people."
If you think your tax money is being poorly spent, the honorable, patriotic option is to vote for the politicians you think will spend it better.
There is nothing noble about not paying the taxes you owe under current laws, just because you can get away with it.
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Downtown LA Artwalk necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 159 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk
The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk is a free event held every second Thursday in and around the Historic Core's Gallery Row neighborhood. For this one night each month, Downtown LA returns to its historic pedestrian-based culture, a vibrant scene that is itself a draw for locals and tourists seeking an authentic urban experience. Launched in 2004 by the then-gritty neighborhood's pioneer gallerists, Art Walk has become a grassroots urban success story, with upwards of 10,000 people coming out each month to see the newest art exhibits, enjoy the bustling street culture, eat, drink and socialize. The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk is a non-profit, California Public Benefit Corporation.
The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk attracts a vibrant, primarily young pool of urban explorers who enjoy contemporary visual art, music, social gatherings, historic architecture, exploration and cutting edge culture. Our logo needs to reflect this interesting audience, our location in the heart of LA's circa 1900 Historic Core neighborhood, but also to be serious and sophisticated enough to appeal to potential donors and granting organizations.
[UPDATE 10/13: Dear designers: if you are not inspired by the neon sign idea, do feel free to submit an original design that you think will suit our organization and event. We don't wish to discourage creativity and engagement, and maybe the best idea is one we have not yet thought of. Thank you! Original requirements follow.]
Our Board has decided that the ideal logo reflects the spirit of a beloved neon LA roof sign: the historic, heart-shaped Roslyn Hotel sign. (We have obtained permission from building's owners for this adaptive use).
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The basic shape and color scheme of the logo should be derived from the Roslyn Hotel sign, with the following phrases included: Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk / Since 2004.
In the reference image, you can see the sign lit up at night, and a rough mock up showing how we would like the name of our event to be laid out. Please do not feel obligated to stick strictly to the mock up, or the color scheme, which is merely meant as conceptual inspiration. You're the designer, and we welcome your best ideas.
Our logo should easily adapt to multiple uses: the main use will be on our website and printed map (currently printed in b&w, to be printed in color eventually), but we are interested in a design that will also look good on business cards and t-shirts.
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The Press details for the final episode of the current series have released by the BBC Press Office.
The Big Bang, written by Steven Moffat, will be transmitted on Saturday 26th June. The time will depend on the results of the first round of the World Cup, as the BBC will show one of the two matches scheduled on this day.
The Doctor is gone, the Tardis has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars.
Full series information can be found here.