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When you go to Ireland, everyone bids you adieu with the same benediction: "Enjoy the Guinness."
Fat chance, I thought. Don't these people know that frothy, thick brew tastes like tree sap and inflates to unnatural proportions in one's stomach, like breadcrumbs in a duck's belly?
But on my first Irish evening, seated at a cozy pub in Derry, Northern Ireland, with a small clutch of musicians beating out traditional songs in the corner and a dozen patrons with barnacle-like attachment to their bar stool stoically downing pints of "The Goodness" -- well, I thought, when in Ireland.
One pint led to another, and soon I was slurping off the frothy top like whipped cream off a hot chocolate (a habit most likely frowned upon by locals, or anyone with table manners).
But though I learned to enjoy Ireland's famous "black gold," it was the pubs that I really fell in love with: pubs with fireplaces, pubs with pianos, pubs with knitters, pubs with flautists. Pubs with East Enders on the big screen; pubs with football fans living and dying with every onscreen kick. Each a little town in and of itself, its square a perfect place to people-watch and discuss adventures had and still to come, its ruling gentry artfully pouring pints behind a well-scuffed bar.
If you're drawn by the lure of a frothy pint, cheerful fire and barstool banter, check out the craic at these friendly little pubs.
1. Ballintoy, Northern Ireland, Co. Antrim
Duncan and I arrived at our hostel in Ballintoy, a picturesque tidy village ringed with fields of sheep, just in time for a golden sunset. That night, eyes sagging closed, we lingered by the fireplace in one of the two local pubs -- it's name has slipped my mind, but rest assured it's easy to find in a village of 160. Its tables were empty, the party crowd having long ago trotted across the street for the trad session at the Fullerton Arms.
It had been a long day.
It wasn't yet 8 a.m. when we climbed onto a public bus packed with kids destined for an elementary school in Bushmills. While they pulled hair and trash-talked, we nursed heavy bags and coffee headaches. But no amount of pre-teen chaos could ruin the morning, a warm sun melting away the fall dew, the emerald fields scarved in mist.
The driver dropped us, abruptly, at the side of an empty road. In front of us, the bright fields rolled away, dropping off in steep cliffs. Behind us, the patchwork green rolled into the disappearing point.
Slinging on our backpacks, we set out on what would be an eight-hour hike along a portion of Northern Ireland's revered walk, the Causeway Coast Way. The swath of UNESCO-designated coastline begins with the basalt cliffs and columns for which it's famous -- giant stone matchsticks huddled together on the cliff-sides -- but tapers into a landscape of rolling farmland, limestone boulders, and the wide, sandy White Park Bay. Along the way are herds of sheep grazing perilously close to the cliffs, the creepy 16th century ruins of Dunseverick Castle, a one-room church that claims to be the smallest in Ireland and at Carrick-a-Rede Island, the end of the walk, a terrifying suspension bridge with crashing waves and brain-dashing rocks underneath.
On this day in September, the landscape was, incredibly, all but deserted, most visitors having called it a season before the infamously rainy fall.
2. Matt Molloy's, Westport, Co. Mayo
We arrived at the twee town of Westport after a white-knuckled hour on the Irish highways -- an experience made terrifying by the roundabouts (aah!), vague street signs (were we really supposed to drive across that field?), and, of course, the sheep (well, er, who wants mutton?).
But Westport is the kind of place that slows the pulse. Lush with overhanging trees and straddling a river, it's as picturesque as a town can be, and owing to its abundance of pubs and fine dining, it's a destination spot for out-of-towners on weekend getaways.
At the centre of it all is Matt Molloy's, a pub that counts Noel and Liam Gallagher and Jerry Garcia among its past patrons. On the night we dropped by, the namesake himself, a traditional Irish flute player with The Chieftains, occupied a seat at the bar. Decked out in Matt memorabilia, with scuffed floors and the happy pitch of good conversation, the cheer of this cramped little pub is infectious -- little wonder it has fans the world over. With that fame comes the tourists, however, who cluster around the nightly musicians with ever-running camcorders.
At the end of the night, most of the crowd already departed, Duncan and I watched as the flautist, harp player, accordion player and fiddler wrapped up a set of traditional songs. It ended abruptly when a pint was knocked to the floor. The song bumped to a halt, and the musicians gazed down at the seeping brew.
"Wasn't me," murmured the burly accordion player, a little guiltily.
3. Tig Cóilí, Galway, Co. Galway
It's common knowledge that the oyster does strange things to one's mind. But during the famous Galway International Oyster Festival, its mysterious crustaceous powers seem mainly to inspire residents and out-of-towners alike to fabulous feats of drunkenness.
Arriving in the beautiful, cobblestoned City of the Tribes halfway through our trip, Duncan and I were more interested in strolling along the wind-battered seaside Prom, poking around cluttered bookstores and munching fresh scones than joining the rambling crowds, dressed in their finest and raising pints to the oyster from noon until the wee hours.
That said, we couldn't resist joining the raucous celebrants for a pint at the cheerful, cherry-red Tig Cóilí bar. All was high spirits and oysterous celebration until a bald American patron, bobbing along to the traditional musicians, turned around and exclaimed one of the Top 3 things one never wants to hear in a packed bar: "I'm supposed to be in jail!"
There was little in the way of context offered -- nor did we ask for any. He then followed this up with "My brother's in three movies!" a comment that might have been interesting, were it not for the one directly preceding it.
4. Roadside Tavern, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare
Pulling in to the village of Lisdoonvarna, our bus driver shook an angry fist at the sheepish motorists trying to scuttle away from the village on its skinny roadways --barely wide enough for a single car, never mind the traffic jam trying to exit the hamlet after three weeks of its famous Matchmaking Festival.
There is a certain brand of desperation unique to the folks left behind in the final days of the month-long Lisdoonvarna love-in -- promoted as Europe's biggest singles event -- and the lovelorn tourists that rattled around the little town on the Sunday evening were doing their best to medicate broken hearts with pint after disappointed pint.
Having spent the afternoon rambling along the sunny splendour of The Burren, a dramatic tongue of glacier-scoured limestone running along the windy coast, Duncan and I settled in for a pint at the Roadside Tavern, a cheery little pub with dusty beer mugs and memorabilia cluttering every available surface.
It wasn't long before a strange series of events unfolded that nearly put us off our Irish stew. 1) A clutch of dolled-up, 50-something North Americans brought their gregarious party through the door. 2) They were soon followed by a stocky bear of a man, who sat down and commenced sharing a pint of pilsner with a toddler. 3) This sparked a spirited argument between groups 1) and 2). 4) Moments later, a weaving patron struck up a fistfight just outside the pub, and 5) in all the commotion, the North Americans stole a dusty signed photo from the wall and ran from the bar in a fit of giggles.
5. John Mulligan's, Dublin
Nestled in an anonymous street in the downtown core, John Mulligan's is the pub equivalent of Platform 9æ. Walk in the door and you're in a space fit for another time. Conversations are loud. Patrons drink pints in suits and ties. Bartenders bring up bottles from underground corridors and banter with the regulars.
It was this classy bar -- the traditional haunt of Dublin's newspaper types -- where we sipped our last Irish pint. Our trip ended with a two-day ramble through the city, visiting the Book of Kells, the magnificent Chester Beatty library and, of course, paying homage at the corporate shrine of Guinness in its popular (and pricey) brewery tour.
After catching a stunning play at the Ulster Bank Theatre Festival, we retreated to our new favourite pub. Spirits were high on the Friday night, but in the lady's washroom, one wobbly woman was in a less generous mood, screaming "I hate you!" into her cell phone, before hanging up.
When the phone rang again, she sighed deeply. "Gawd!" she said to me. "Can you just talk to him?" And with that, she hoisted the cell phone to my face, where I could see the call display -- "Dad," it said.
"Um, hello?" I said. Dad didn't answer.
"I think he hung up," I told her, before beating a hasty retreat back to my seat at the bar -- and raising a pint to the unpredictable world of the Irish pub.


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Gonda: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his government would soon start recruiting unemployed youths in education and police departments to provide them jobs.
"Appointments in education and police departments will be started soon and youths will be given jobs", Yadav said while talking to reporters here.
Yadav said his government was already giving unemployment allowance to youths and now planned to employ them by filling vacant posts in government departments.
The Chief Minister was here to attend the marriage function of former minister Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh`s nephew Suraj Singh.
Vinod Kumar Singh was minister of state for Revenue before he resigned from his post following allegation of abducting a Chief Medical Officer.
Regarding the announcement of cane price, Yadav said it would be more than the present rate keeping in mind the interest of the cane farmers.


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SPA WATCH | occo london
THIS ONE is a big old head's up for some spa goodness in 2011. occo london launches its home and skincare ranges in London next month, and there's a new London boutique, which I'm well chuffed for (anything to do with moja Hrvatska and I'm all over it). Seven ranges inspired by seven different locations in Croatia (including Motovun, where you should all visit during the local film festival) with local ingredients and 95% (minimum) natural ingredients (yes, I know there's no clear definition of what is/isn't natural in beauty but just an FYI). I. Want. It.
Know what I want more? To hole up in occo spa(s) they're opening in Croatia in 2011. To think I rented an apartment in Dubrovnik for July 2008 (strictly for legal purposes while applying for that pesky work visa (and to hone my language skills)) and wiled away my days on the laptop with the online biz. Two years too early (and too busy). Damn. Just means I'll have to go set up shop in the walled city again sometime soon.
Watch this space for more info on occo london -- the brand, the products and the spas. I might even share my pics!


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Diane Keaton
Another of his past paramours, Keaton stars in a laundry list of Keaton-Allen collaborations that includes "Play It Again, Sam," "Sleeper," "Manhattan" and "Annie Hall" (pictured), which garnered best picture, actress, director and original screenplay Oscars. Keaton has said that Annie is an "idealized version of me" (Hall is Keaton's real last name; she's been called "Annie" as a nickname). The last film Keaton and Allen worked on was 1993's "Manhattan Murder Mystery." It was the first time they'd played a married couple; Zach Braff played their son.
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After dismantling the offensively challenged Eisenhower Cadets last Friday night, Sunnyside emerged victorious on Saturday in a wild shootout against the Moses Lake Chiefs.
The two victories boost the Lady Grizzly basketball team's Big Nine League record to 3-1, 6-1 overall.
In knocking off the visiting Chiefs on Saturday by an 83-71 score, Sunnyside received double-digit scoring performances from Jordan Rodriguez, Selena Rubalcava, Vanessa Alvarez and Emilee Maldonado.
Rodriguez, last season's Big Nine League player of the year, lit up the scoreboard for 21 points. Eight of those came in the final period, a barn burner of a quarter that saw the two teams combine for 57 points.
"With Moses Lake scoring 29 points in that final quarter and us with 28, everything was falling for both teams," said SHS Coach Rick Puente. "The pace of the play and the desire to score at the end of the game, it was obvious neither team wanted to lose this game."
The 5'8" Rodriguez, besides stepping up big with a hot shooting hand, snatched four loose balls off the glass against the much taller Chiefs, as did Sunnyside's tallest player, 5'10" Tiana Perez. Rodriguez, too, came away with two steals.
Sharing game-high scoring honors with Rodriguez was teammate Selena Rubalcava. At only 5'5" tall, Rubalcava time and again drove the paint and challenged the tall timber with twisting, leaning, looping shots.
"Yeah," admitted Puente, "Selena isn't very big, but she's fearless. She's not afraid to go inside and take on the bigger girls."
Rubalcava, held scoreless the previous night at Eisenhower, actually got the bulk of her 21 points from long range. She drained four shots from behind the 3-point arc, leading Sunnyside to a 7-for-15 effort from behind the 3-point line.
Displeased with the goose egg she laid on the Ike court Friday evening, Puente said Rubalcava showed up early for Saturday morning's walk-through. "She worked on getting her shot back," he said.
Alvarez and Maldonado each added 16-point efforts in the Lady Grizzlies' win over Moses Lake.
The lone senior on the club, Alvarez hadn't exactly been living up to the expectations that come with being a returning first team all-leaguer. Saturday, though, she used her quickness in getting down the floor first on transition, and some slip-and-slide baseline moves, to record her first double-digit scoring performance of the season.
Maldonado, the freshman phenom who might stand 5'2" tall on her tippy toes, popped in 9 of her 16 points in the pivotal fourth quarter Saturday night. The second of her two treys in the game came in that final period.
Moses Lake is now 2-2 in conference play, 4-3 overall. The Chiefs, who trailed Sunnyside 37-34 at the half and were outscored by the Lady Grizzlies 18-8 in the third quarter, were led by senior Emily Olson. The 5'11" guard canned a team-best 18 points, eight of those in the fourth-quarter shootout. Moses Lake also got a 13-point effort from 5'8" junior McKenna Walker.
"This was a true team win," Puente said of the 11-point margin of victory.
"All of our players contributed in one way or another."
Clinging to just a three-point lead at intermission, Puente said the coaching staff at halftime challenged the Lady Grizzlies to step up their defensive intensity. Responding to that challenge, Sunnyside came out of the gates quickly and forced several turnovers. That ended up translating into the Lady Grizzlies taking a 55-42 lead into the final stanza of play.
"Moses Lake is a good, fundamentally sound team," said Puente. "The key for us was to take advantage of any opportunities we created for ourselves."
One night earlier, on Eisenhower's home floor, Sunnyside bolted to a 13-5 first-quarter lead. Building the advantage to 31-16 at the half, the Lady Grizzlies salted the game away with a 17-3 third-period scoring burst enroute to the final 55-28 score.
The Cadets, whom Puente describe as young and inexperienced, are now 1-5 on the season after also losing to Wenatchee on Saturday.
The best individual effort Ike could muster against Sunnyside was 5'9" junior Zara Rodriguez's 7-point performance.
Sunnyside had three players in double figures against Ike – Rodriguez with 13 points, and Natalia Bazan and Maldonado with 12 and 11, respectively. Rodriguez also swiped the ball seven times from the Cadets, while Summer Hazzard led a very balanced rebounding effort for the winners with her three boards.
The Lady Grizzlies will get in a couple of practice sessions over the holiday break before hosting a non-league game against the winless Prosser Mustangs on Friday, Jan. 3.
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SECC, Glasgow
Supporting The Arctic Monkeys
I wasn't expecting much from them this time considering their substandard performance due to illness at the ABC previously this year, however I was nothing short of impressed.
Playing hits from their only album including "Post Break Up Sex" and "Norgaard", The Vaccines were on top form this time round and definitely knew how to get the crowd hyped.
A smaller venue would have probably been better for this gig, and for the fact I could have gotten a better view of Freddie Cowan 😉 , however supporting The Arctic Monkeys was clearly a great move for them.
If this great standard can be maintained, then its safe to say we will be hearing a lot more from this London based band in the years to come.
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SAO PAULO (AP) Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari got some laughs out of Neymar and journalists in a packed news conference at the Itaquerao Stadium on Wednesday.
Asked if he was expecting a good night of sleep before Brazil's World Cup opener Thursday, he didn't hesitate to say he was at peace. At least with the football side of things.
''I always sleep well,'' he said. ''I don't know if I do other things well, but I do sleep well. I'll sleep well tonight, you can be sure of that.''
Sitting next to Scolari, Neymar looked a bit surprised with the answer, but laughed when the coach started smiling.
Neymar also made Scolari laugh when he was told by a reporter to ask the coach a question.
After thinking for a bit, the Brazilian star said: ''Will I play tomorrow?''
- By Tales Azzoni - www.twitter.com/tazzoni
SAO PAULO (AP) - Some Ecuadoreans who came to Brazil to watch the World Cup were taking on a side job to try to make extra money.
Freddy Tenorio said he came to Brazil with a group of about 15 people to see Ecuador play, but in between matches they will be selling World Cup-related products in front of stadiums.
The 30-year-old Ecuadorean on Wednesday was in front of the Itaquerao Stadium, where Brazil will play Croatia in the tournament's opener Thursday. He was selling everything from Brazil hats to scarves to flags.
Tenorio and his group don't have tickets for the opening match but were taking advantage of the huge Brazilian crowd expected at the venue.
He and friends will travel to the nation's capital of Brasilia, where Ecuador plays its first match Sunday against Switzerland.
''Hopefully sales will be better there. So far it hasn't been very good here in Sao Paulo,'' he said.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Wayne Rooney wasn't jealous watching former Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo pick up the Ballon d'Or award earlier this year.
''I'm not a player who needs that like Cristiano Ronaldo,'' the England striker said Wednesday. ''He has to have that and you admire him for having that. I'm more about winning things as a team. You can see how he is. He wants ... his moments.''
Just like in the Champions League final, when the Portugal star celebrated scoring Real Madrid's fourth goal in the 4-1 win over Atletico Madrid by pulling off his shirt to reveal his muscles in front of the cameras.
''It's more important for me to win trophies as a team,'' Rooney said. ''I've won (Professional Footballers' Association) player of the year, which is nowhere near as good as winning a trophy with Manchester United.''
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Laundry can wait. Brazil has a World Cup match to play.
The typical timeline at one Rio apartment complex: Turn in those dirty clothes Thursday, and they're ready at 9 a.m. the next morning.
But this Thursday, host nation Brazil faces Croatia in Sao Paulo to open the 2014 tournament.
''Don't expect it before 5 or 6 (p.m.),'' said Joao, who handles laundry at the complex. ''You know how it is. Brazilians are crazy about football. Everyone will be watching.''
He made a fist, stuck out his thump, and raised the imaginary drink to his mouth. He suggested there may be some celebrating, or drowning sorrow should Brazil lose.
Joao usually starts work at 6 a.m. On Friday, he'll come in about noon. He wants to avoid any problems.
''I don't want to be out driving early in the morning,'' he said. ''People will still be out there going crazy.''
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SANTO ANDRE, Brazil - Along with the heat and humidity, the German team also has to come to terms with the unusually early kickoff time of its World Cup opener against Portugal.
Monday's match in Salvador kicks off at 1 p.m. local time, 2 1/2 hours earlier than most Bundesliga games. Champions League and national team matches usually kick off at 8:45 p.m.
The German team has left it to individual players to decide how to best adjust.
''This is new for us, so we'll have to see how they adapt,'' said the team's general manager, Oliver Bierhoff.
There is no set time for breakfast, and a buffet has been opened so that players can decide when and what to eat. The team's practices have now been set for 1 p.m. as of Wednesday to simulate conditions for the opener.
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MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) - Luigi Serrano was banging out the notes to the Neapolitan folk song ''Reginella'' at Casa Azzurri on Wednesday.
He's the official singer at the facility that the Italian football federation sets up at World Cups and European Championships for media and sponsor activities.
As visitors sip strong Italian espresso or taste a plate of pasta, they can listen to classic Italian tunes.
''I specialize in songs from the 60s, which are also very popular here in Brazil - songs by Peppino Di Capri, Mina, Ornella Vanoni,'' Serrano said.
Serrano is from the southern Italian region of Calabria and works as a pianist and singer at the well-known Jackie O' club off the famed Via Veneto in Rome.
He's been working at Casa Azzurri since the 2008 European Championship in Austria.
So who's the best singer on Italy's squad?
''I think (Antonio) Cassano, if I remember correctly. He's a nice guy,'' Serrano said. ''(Andrea) Pirlo is nice too, but I don't think he sings.''
The Italy squad also has a theme song and video created specifically for this World Cup by the Italian group Negramaro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71IGqqIDRAU
- By Andrew Dampf - www.twitter.com/asdampf
Associated Press reporters will be filing dispatches about happenings in and around Brazil during the 2014 World Cup. Follow AP journalists covering the World Cup on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP-Sports/world-cup-2014


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Sony Continues Suing People Who Help Others Modify Their PS3s
from the no-freedom-to-tinker dept
Meanwhile, a few folks have sent over news of Alexander Egorenkov, a German guy, also known as graf_chokolo, who published a guide to Sony's DRM system. Sony not only filed suit against him, but also had the police raid his home and seize his computers and electronics. Egorenkov claims he doesn't have the money for a legal fight and will likely end up in jail. All for what? For publishing info on Sony's PS3 so that buyers could make full use of the hardware they had purchased. Egorenkov recently commented on his own blog that even though he's probably going to jail, he's not going to be silenced, and plans to "continue" his work on such equipment after he gets out of prison.
In the meantime, what the hell is Sony thinking? Why is the company being so incredibly aggressive against anyone who wants to modify their (legally bought) hardware? Beyond the ridiculousness of the whole campaign, and the fact that it's pissing off tons of folks who might otherwise be fans of Sony equipment, doesn't Sony have better things to do these days? Its stock is falling. Its businesses aren't doing well. It can't seem to secure its own servers. And all it's doing is spending its time suing people for modding the PS3? Really?


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We already know HTC has an event planned for February 19, plus we've got a good idea the rumored HTC M7 will be at least one of the highlights, but a new rumor has added some color to the M7. It could feature a very special camera. According to Pocket-Lint, HTC won't be using the word megapixel to describe the M7's camera, but Ultrapixel instead.
What's an Ultrapixel you may ask? Well, it sounds a bit like marketing nonsense on HTC's part, and could be its version of Nokia's PureView brand, i.e. the name given to highly capable camera modules used on certain smartphones in its range. Rumor has it the M7's camera will be a made up of three, stacked 4.3-megapixel sensors, which thanks to some clever software will produce detailed, clear images surpassing that of a normal 13-megapixel camera.
Now, it's not clear at all how this term will be applied to the M7's camera. Will the 13-megapixel total become a single Ultrapixel, or will it simply be 13-ultrapixels, or it could even be a 4.3-Ultrapixel camera. HTC is playing with fire though, as the word megapixel actually means something – a million pixels – and is used for a reason, while Ultrapixel means absolutely nothing. Presumably then, HTC will still have to put a megapixel count in there somewhere, or it risks doing nothing but confusing everybody.
Of course, like the M7 name, the use of Ultrapixel hasn't been confirmed and it could all change when the time comes. HTC is said to be working in a whole new marketing plan for the coming year, and the introduction of buzzwords such as Ultrapixel could be part of it. Whether it catches on is another thing, but if the M7's camera is anywhere near as impressive as Nokia's PureView efforts, it may not matter that the name is a bit silly.


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"Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune" (Ballantine Books, $28) by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr. Heiress Huguette Clark had a fairy tale life and owned three homes (one in Santa Barbara), yet chose to spend the last 20 years of her life living in a New York City hospital, despite being in good health.
Dedman and Newell explore her life, including her passion for doll collecting and her love interest. Dedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter. Newell is a cousin of Clark and has researched the family history for 20 years.
Savor suspense spawned in reality in "The Holiday Party: A Tale of a Corporate Takeover" (Two Harbors, $6) by Richard Wanderer. A media mogul is found dead, spurring a clutch of employees to vie for power. Even the holidays cannot slow the backstabbing and corporate greed that ensues. Wanderer is a member of the California Bar and has working in advertising at magazines and newspapers. He lives in Encino.
Teens may want to talk after reading "Coaltown Jesus" (Candlewick Press, $17) by Ron Koertge. After his brother dies, a teen is surprised to find Jesus has answered his prayers by showing up in person. The story is related in a series of poems. Koertge has received awards for many of his children's novels. He lives in South Pasadena.


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Dr. Toni Brayer, Medical Advisor for MyLifeStages, discusses the rapid changes in science, medicine, health and healing, addressing issues of interest to everyone who wants a healthy life and increased longevity.
Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) affects 1 in 11 people in the U.S. Some say its the worst pain they have ever experienced. There are a number of causes for these stones, including diet, hereditary, chronic urinary infections, gastric bypass surgery or inflammatory bowel disease, and other medical conditions. Sometimes we just don't know the cause, although they are more prevalent in men than in women.
Patients with acute flank pan often show up in the emergency department with severe pain. Because other things can cause abdominal or back pain, patients will often undergo lots of tests (cat scans, ultrasounds, etc.) to determine the cause. The British Medical Journal has published a study that shows a clinical prediction rule that proved valid in determining that the patient did, in fact, have a kidney stone. Here is what they found:
When you turn 50 years old, you enter the "procedure years". Fifty is the magic age for getting a screening colonoscopy. Why age 50? Most gastrointestinal cancers are more prevalent as a person ages.
So guidelines are set to benefit the largest numbers of patients by recommending "screening" tests to detect cancer while it can still be removed completely and cured. The key word here is screening. That means there are no symptoms and the doctor is just doing surveillance.
If a person has symptoms, family genetic cancers or other conditions that increase the chance of cancer the magic age of 50 doesn't apply and colonoscopy can be done at any time to diagnose a problem.
Millions of intelligent Americans are spending money on supplements that have no proven benefit in health or longevity and are ignoring what numerous studies have shown; preventing disease and dementia is all about the food you eat. This is real science with reproduced results in numerous studies.
Here it is, folks. Change your diet and change your life:
Diets high in fruits, vegetables, fish, plant oils, nuts and whole grains, with lower intakes of sugar, processed meat, and animal fats, are likely to be the best bet in supporting the health of our brain as well as the rest of our body.
The "I feel awful" season is upon us. I challenge any reader to say they don't know someone who is out sick with some type of upper respiratory infection. Congestion, cough, body aches and fatigue can hit even if you wash your hands and take precautions. So how can you tell if it is a viral cold or influenza? And does it really matter since they are both viruses?
The symptoms of a cold or the flu can be quite similar and hard to tell the difference but here are some differentiating tips that doctors know and you can use too.
I am fascinated by the new research and information on the gut microbiome. These microorganisms (germs, bacteria, microbes) live harmoniously in every part of our body and especially in our gastrointestinal system.
It wasn't even really discovered until the late 1990s and we now know that these microbial communities affect our health in ways we never dreamed. The human microbiome may play a role in obesity, immune response, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and maybe even anxiety, depression and autism.
Dr. Toni Brayer has practiced Internal Medicine in San Francisco for over 20 years. She graduated Cum laude from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and she is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians. Dr. Brayer has served as President of the San Francisco Medical Society and Chief of Staff at California Pacific Medical Center, and is currently the Regional Chief Medical Officer at Sutter Health, as well as the Medical Advisor for the MyLifeStages program . She is a known speaker and writer on a variety medical topics.


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Filmmaker C. Karim Chrobog recounts the remarkable story of child soldier-turned-hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal in this documentary tracing the life of the Sudan-born rapper through the good times and the bad.
Born in Tonj to a Sudanese Liberation Army soldier and a mother who died when he was just a child, Jal was eventually relocated to Ethiopia and trained as a soldier at the tender age of seven. In 1991, Jal and 400 other children abandoned the army.
Only 12 of the children survived the exodus, and Jal was ultimately adopted by a woman working for a children's relief organization known as Street Kids. After being smuggled into Kenya by his new mother, who was married to a rebel leader, Jal began attending school in Nairobi.
When his mother died in a car crash in 1993, his friends all chipped in to help Jal continue his education. Twelve years later, the rising hip-hop star would storm the music charts with his hit single Gua.
Performing his songs in a unique combination of English, Arabic, and Swahili as well as two native Sudanese languages, Jal frequently sings about such pressing issues as the need for peace in such regions as Sudan -- a nation struggling to regain its balance in the midst of a violent civil war.
In addition to being the spokesperson for Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, Jal also assumed the role of ambassador for the development aid organization Oxfam in 2006.


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Messaging App or Social Game? Facebook's Slingshot Forces You to Reply
Facebook's Snapchat competitor, Slingshot, is now officially available on the iPhone and Android, following an accidental leak last week. Yet unlike Snapchat, the Slingshot photo and video messaging app forces engagement between users: You can't see what's been sent to you unless you send a photo or video in response. And although Slingshot is built by Facebook, you don't actually need a Facebook account to use the app.
Since passively viewing what's sent to you isn't an option, Slingshot feels more like a game than a messaging tool. Users may or may not want to buy into Facebook's attempt to manufacture virality, but Will Ruben, the product manager who oversaw Slingshot's six-month development, says that his team decided on the reply requirement to make the app more fun.
"When everyone has to create, there's a lot less pressure to create," Ruben said. "So we want users to go shot for shot, and have a conversation about what they're up to and everyday moments."
One very Snapchat-like move: You sign up for Slingshot using your phone number. Once you're in, you find friends by entering their phone numbers or usernames. You can (of course) link the app to Facebook to see if any of your Facebook connections are using Slingshot, too. You can send photos and videos to one person, or to a group of as many users as you'd like.
Also like Snapchat—which Facebook tried and failed to buy for $3 billion—Slingshot messages are ephemeral. (Facebook calls the messages "shots.") Once they're seen, they can't be viewed again, and Facebook deletes the messages from its servers within seven days. Ruben said they hold onto them for that long so they can view them if a user reports an inappropriate shot. If you send a message and your recipient doesn't respond (and thus, never opens your shot), the message is deleted after 30 days, Ruben said.
How To Use It
In the app, the first thing you see is a camera view. You can shoot a photo or video and add white text, emojis and lines drawn with your finger. After capturing the video or photo you want to send, you're taken to a "sling view" where you see a list of your friends' names. Here you can select one or more friends, or blast your "shot" out to everyone with a single tap.
On the receiving end, you can only view shots sent to you in chronological order—and after you've replied to the sender with a visual of your own. Videos sent over play on a loop, and photos stay visible until you swipe them away. If you close the app, you can easily pick up where you left off in your feed.
Unlike Snapchat, Slingshot does let you save your own photos and videos to your phone's camera roll. By default, this option is turned off, but you can change that in the settings.
Joey Flynn, a designer on Slingshot's 10-person development team, said that Facebook feels that it's created something unique with its mandatory-messaging approach. But, Flynn says that part of Slingshot's purpose will be to learn what the users really want.
"We're dedicated to hearing what people have to say about Slingshot," Flynn said. "We feel like this is its own thing and not just another messaging app. It's less about instant communication and more about sharing broadly."
Now Facebook will see whether or not Slingshot's brand of messaging is something the world wants, or if it ends up missing the boat like those other Facebook apps Paper, Home, Poke and Camera.


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What is Bitcoin? And how YOU can take advantage of this HUGE growing trend, to build your wealth, and transform your life?
John and Grant will walk you through the history of Bitcoin, why it's getting so much press attention, and why its created more new millionaires in the last 3 years than any other market sector.
This time last year, the Bitcoin price was around $900 or so. In the month of December 2017, it hit an all-time high of just over $19,600…
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digitalmediaman needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Eprospect content management software business requires stylish, clean web design for a home page and one sub page. Excellent reference sites for web designers to create a crisp and professional site design. No coding required. Just design creative required at this stage. Further design work available on project for winning designer if desired. As ever, this is a guaranteed competition and we are hopeful of some top designs. So be creative, read more of the brief and we will provide feedback where required.
Eprospect 360 - Content Managed Websites
Eprospect 360 CMS is a complete business in a box website software platform that allows website owners the ability to not only managed there site content but also gives them the ability to sell online, complete email marketing campaigns online, integrate blogs, forums, FAQ.s, latest news, place ad rotators on the site, manage web forms and clients and more all from one central database and user friendly admin control panel. The software includes full online reporting of all activities performed online.
We wish to promote the Eprospect 360 content management software via the use of a professional looking and Web 2.0 styled website that easily informs the user through video, online presentations and a free 30 day trial. The aim is to get the user excited about the product. Currently there is a half finished design completed at http://www.eprospect.com.au which gives you some idea of the product and current offering. We don't really feel this is the correct look for our brand and new logo.
Logo is located here for designers taking part in this competition
If you require an AI file or EPS then please let me know and I can zip them up for you.
Users can set themselves up with a free 30 day full functional trial of the software.
The software allows the user to:
1. integrate their design into the software
2. have a custom designed site built for them
3. use one of the default templates for their site and simply pay for the subscription to the software
Action items are
1. Sign up for a free 30 day trial
2. watch the promotional video
3. get a custom quote for a website design
Navigation links should direct users to, in no particular order:
1. Features of the software platform
3. Contact
4. Sign up
5. Pricing
6. Support
7. Design examples and gallery of completed projects
8. Get a design quote online.. a small quote form may be useful for the iinner pages so it is in their face.
9. THe design should have a client login box with password. See onehub.com for an example, displyed at the top of the page, Don't forget the forgotten password link for those people who do forget their password and login.
The subpage will be an easier and cut down version of the home page that can be reinvented for other pages to suit the site as the site is built.
- Clean and simple site layout as referenced by similar sites below.
- We are after a slick and userfriendly site which reflects current web 2.0 design and layout.
- http://www.goodbarry.com - this site is an excellent reference for the actual software we use. Eprospect 360 CMS is the same software rebranded. You can glean information of the product here and see how the product is marketed by goodbarry.com.
- http://www.embracewater.com - excellent use of the header area for introduction of product using a slider effect with the video displayed to the right. We definately require a video to be displayed inthe header which can be clicked on and played as in this eexample
- onehub.com - simple web 2.0 looking website that gets to the message straight away. Uses a video also. Great colours and layout
- elementfusion.com - another excellent laid out site for promoting their software.
- http://www.simpleflame.com/ - these guys are transparent in their use of the goodbarry software. Good simple site but probably too simple.. the inner pages are too simple. We require a bit more style for Eprospect.
- you can gauge the colour range from our new logo. However we want a light coloured site with the orange colour used in moderation
- we like gradients, rounded corners, reflective gloss etc
- there are quite a lot of similar sites out there which we have referenced some of them.
- top notch design skills required to acheive the result we are after
- no templates - absolutely no stolen or copied designs. If we feel the design is a template or a copy of an exisitng design the entry will immediately be eliminated no exceptions or reason will be given
- no quick designs. we recognise quality and design skill. we really want excellence here
- no hassles. this is a work in progress and we reserve the right to make amendments to the brief as new ideas emerge from submitted designs


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In 1984, the National District Attorney's Association founded the American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI) as a nonprofit research and program development resource for prosecutors. APRI focuses on curriculum development, training, technical assistance and research. Within APRI, the Violence Against Women Program addresses prosecutors' needs in sexual assault cases. More specifically, APRI staff provides case law, legislation information, trial preparation assistance, individual support during trials, access to experts, and training. APRI also gives information on topical background materials, training development and programs, technology, assessment of prosecutorial strategies and sentencing alternatives, and promising methods. OVW TA Project: National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women (NCPVAW)


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It is getting to the time to fertilize warm season grasses.
It is getting to the time to fertilize warm season grasses. Air and soil temperatures are warming up, and south Louisiana lawns are coming out of dormancy.
April is an ideal time to begin fertility. Here are general recommendations for turf fertilization:
Start with a complete fertilizer, such as 13-13-13. These numbers indicate that it has nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in equal amounts.
Bermuda grass lawn: 7 to 8 pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn area.
St. Augustine and Zoysia lawns: 6 to 7 pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn area.
Centipede lawn: 4 to 5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn area.
After the initial application, use just a nitrogen fertilizer at a rate of 0.5 to 1 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet every five to six weeks until late summer, then go back to a complete fertilizer like 8-8-8 or 13-13-13 in early September.
Centipede lawns only need one nitrogen fertilization in mid- to late summer and use only 0.5 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet of lawn area at this time.
The LSU AgCenter's publication, Louisiana Lawns, Publication No. 2940 — can help you with your fertilizer needs. It is online at www.lsuagcenter.com.
High insect populations are showing up locally with the recent changing temperatures.
Many trees have completely leafed out and caterpillars are sprouting up in area oak trees. Tussock moth caterpillars and forest tent caterpillars are out right now. They do not sting, but can be scary.
The one to really be concerned about is the buck moth that usually emerges as a caterpillar from live oak trees during this time of year.
This is a stinging caterpillar that can fall out of trees onto you or your children. These caterpillars cause painful stings as they land on the skin.
Contact with the hairs or spines cause a burning sensation and inflammation that can be as painful as a bee sting. In real sensitive individuals, the irritation can last for a day or two and may be accompanied by nausea during the first few hours.
At the site of contact, redness and swelling, much like a bee sting, can occur. Individuals known to be sensitive to insect stings should consult a physician.
Applying things like toothpaste, meat tenderizer and baking soda to the area can reduce some of the problems associated with the sting.
Aphids are out. These insects often gather on the underside of leaves and on stems. They suck plant juices, stunt growth and often cause leaves to curl. They secrete a sticky substance on the leaves called honeydew. A black sooty mold will often grow on this honeydew.
White fly is another insect showing up on ornamentals and citrus trees now. They also secrete honeydew and cause the black sooty mold.
Malathion is an approved insecticide that will do a good job in controlling these insects on ornamentals, vegetables and citrus. It is important to remember that the water pH must be slightly acidic for best results. As with all pesticides, read and follow directions per label recommendations.
The TARC Garden and Market Festival is scheduled for May 4 on the TARC campus, No. 1 McCord Road, Houma. Master Gardeners and TARC will provide an educational experience on gardening with vegetables and ornamentals.
Snap beans, butter beans, radishes, collards, cucumbers, eggplants, cantaloupes, okra, Southern peas (field peas), peanuts, pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes (transplants), peppers (transplants) and watermelons.
What is a good large variety bell pepper to plant?
Answer: King Arthur is a good variety that has done well in the area.
Barton Joffrion is a horticulturist with Terrebonne Parish's LSU AgCenter office.


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Dave, I play every single day. Not very fair there. lol
Tim, that's fine we just want to meet up and hit some since Chin Be in town and also we can learn something out of it. Here come the most important thing for me, we get the chance to eat korean bbq buffet. Nice food and great company can't complain. HAHAHA
Yeah, all I care is about food and having great friends. Not necessarily in that order. I'll show you guys a few tennis things I've learned along the way, too! :)
Here too. I would bring popcorn for a Tim vs. Coach V match. Coach V's having a grudge match against a senior citizen though
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Hello! Welcome to Wikitravel. Please take a sec to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. You may find the tips for new contributors helpful, and scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you need help, check out Wikitravel:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.
Looking forward to your contributions, --Evan 01:00, 19 May 2004 (EDT)
Excellent work on New Orleans
So, you've done some really great work on New Orleans and the associated districts. I did want to drop you a few links, including the huge city article template, district article template, restaurant listings, attraction listings, and bar listings. Feel free to plunge forward and just add information without worrying too much about the manual of style, but, of course, doing it right the first time saves everyone some time and effort. --Evan 16:00, 29 May 2004 (EDT)
Wikipedia links
Thought you might be interested in Wikitravel:links to Wikipedia. --Evan 19:21, 2 Jun 2004 (EDT)
Hi, great work on NO! I was just wondering why you removed the Fairmount-- is it closed or just not worth recommending any more? It's helpful to note why when your removing a listing (we make it to New Orleans at least once a year, so I'm also just curious). Thanks. Maj 20:46, 5 January 2007 (EST)
Image licenses
Thanks for relicensing the images. IMHO CC by-sa 3.0 images are fine, but a rather overly zealous user has been VFD'ing all images that aren't 1.0-licensed because he thinks they're not acceptable -- hopefully this will soon be sorted out. Jpatokal 13:08, 1 February 2008 (EST)
your thoughts on a simple english wikitravel for esl people seniors younger children disabled people or anyone who just wants to help out... Oppose or Support a ongoing conversation is at the travellers pub. Thanks Seabanks 19:34, 23 October 2009 (EDT)
I noticed you deleted Surf & Sip Internet, Caffe Italiano, Da Parish Coffee House and Papa's Pizza. Why is that (and please do not delete without explaining why)?, --ClausHansen 09:55, 9 May 2010 (EDT)
New Orleans districts map
Hey, I'm trying to put together a nice map of the city and its districts, could you please give some advice regarding this discussion? --Peter Talk 18:25, 10 February 2011 (EST)
Mother in Law Lounge
Actually, we do have an article for St Roch: New Orleans/St Roch-Florida. Do you think it would make sense to extend its border over to the Esplanade to include more of the 7th ward? That way, we could put Mother in Law Lounge there, and avoid the problem of having listings in articles that are not on the district map! --Peter Talk 17:26, 25 June 2011 (EDT)


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This article describes a concept which is mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, but was never given a definite name.
Falathrin was the Sindarin dialect of the Falathrim (also used in Nargothrond[source?]), of which not much is known. It is told that the dialect "was in many ways different" from other forms of Sindarin, but not enough "to interfere with intercourse".[1]
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Whether you are for Re-1s debt proposal of up to $37.1 million, and tax increase up to $1.855 million annually or against it, one has to admire the efforts Re-1 has orchestrated to get this enormous tax increase passed during a time of extreme economic uncertainty and hardship. Even the wording of the ballot where it says the county does not have to repay the state for its financial assistance, while correct is misleading. The taxpayer pays state taxes from which this financial assistance comes from.
Note information sent to registered voters advises total bond repayment can be as great as $37.1 million, or an additional $15.85 million above the $21.25 million.
If a new building is Re-1s answer to the deplorable system they call education, perhaps we need to replace them all. The underlying problem with our education system is not its lack of shining new facilities, but in the curriculum and those administering it and our tax-education dollars. This building issue has proven to be a distraction from a thoughtful discussion of the real issue of how to educate and has spared Re-1 some hard questions. But thats another discussion.
Whoever gets elected president and whatever party then controls Congress, we taxpayers face a tsunami of new federal taxes because of the nations unsustainable spending and accumulated debt, now estimated as $16 trillion plus an additional $60 trillion for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Add to this tax burden for Colorado, the dubious distinction of being one of the top ten states that has huge unfunded state pensions. This funding can only come through new taxes. Montezuma County also faces a potential $1 million lawsuit loss. Throughout the nation municipalities are struggling with debt and rising costs which are forcing cuts in municipal services.
Is this the future we want for ourselves and our children? Taking on such burdensome debt while the economy is teetering on recession or worse is foolhardy.
Art Requena
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Editors note: According to the Colorado Department of Education Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance, the revenue sources for the BEST Program are State Land Trust funds and Colorado Lottery spillover funds. The money is not generated through taxes.


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Is there such a thing as a "truth of the universe"?DarwidHalim wrote:So according to you, emptiness is the truth of the universe?
If one speaks in the ordinary way, there are an infinite number of true and false things that can be said about the universe. Then a statement like "The universe is empty" becomes just one more statement, and just like all the others it would be either true or false.
But emptiness is not a posited property of things, it is an absence of specific properties like inherency and it's offspring, permanence. This leads to all kinds of logical conundrums when we attempt to use our ordinary, dualistic languages to describe it. Come to think of it, merely by attempting to describe it we are assuming it to be some kind of describable object like a car, which it isn't.
So standard forms of reasoning can only take one so far with emptiness. If pushed too hard the logic will knot itself up in an infinite hall of mirrors and collapse entirely. But many forms of contemplation can um, let's say, elucidate the matter...or illuminate it.


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This is an activity about measurement. Learners will label key points and features on a rectangular equal-area map and measure the distance between pairs of points in order to calculate the actual physical distance on the Sun that the point pairs... (View More) represent. This is Activity 5 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
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This is an activity about the magnetic deflection. Learners will observe and measure the deflection that an iron mass causes in a soda bottle magnetometer and plot the data. The data should show the inverse-square cube law of change in the magnetic... (View More) field. This is the twelfth activity in the guide and requires prior use and construction of a soda bottle magnetometer, as well as a six to ten pound container of iron nails (or an equivalent iron mass). (View Less)
Logarithms are very handy when dealing with numbers at different scales but they are also useful helping us average measurements of physical phenomena that have nonlinear behavior. In this example, students learn about cloud albedo and calculating... (View More) cloud optical depth. This resource is from PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science - a collection of brief examples created by scientists and engineers showing how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes have real world applications. (View Less)
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This is an activity about seasonal variations in day length. Learners will graph the number of daylight hours in each month in cities around the world and compare results. They will also gain an understanding of the meaning of the term equinox... (View More) through review of the graphed data. This is Activity 6 in the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) guide titled Real Reasons for Seasons: Sun-Earth Connections. The resource guide is available for purchase from the Lawrence Hall of Science. This activity requires use of an overhead projector and colored transparency pens. (View Less)
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This is an activity about graph interpretation. Learners will compare, interpret, and discuss four graphs of the speed, temperature, magnetic field strength, and density of a coronal mass ejection as it swept past Earth in 1997. This is the third... (View More) activity in the Solar Storms and You: Exploring the Wind from the Sun educator guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the solar activity cycle. Learners will construct a graph to identify a pattern of the number of observed sunspots and the number of coronal mass ejections emitted by the Sun over a fifteen year time span. A graphing... (View More) calculator is recommended, but not required, for this activity. This is the second activity in the Solar Storms and You: Exploring the Wind from the Sun educator guide. (View Less)


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Universal Music's CEO Gleefully Explains How Clueless He Is
from the truth-in-advertising dept
In a stunning interview that should have any stockholders of Universal Music demanding a CEO change, Doug Morris happily reveals his ignorance of all things having to do with business, business models, strategy, economics and technology. It's hard to know where to start. When asked about giving up money now to be able to make more later, Morris tells the interviewer that if you do that, then "someone, somewhere, is taking advantage of you." This is the guy in charge of charting Universal Music's future? To further underscore his inability to think long term, Morris gets angry when discussing the fact that his job isn't easy any more, discussing how great it was when he could just sit back, not do anything strategic and just let he money pour in from high-margin CDs. Sure, that must have been nice, but your job as a CEO is to be able to see those changes ahead of time and set a course for the company to navigate them.
Not so, according to Morris. When asked why the recording industry was unable to see the change, Morris says that there was nothing he or anyone could have done (!!!):
"There's no one in the record company that's a technologist," Morris explains. "That's a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn't. They just didn't know what to do. It's like if you were suddenly asked to operate on your dog to remove his kidney. What would you do?"So why is it that Universal's shareholders would allow a CEO who gleefully admits he doesn't like to think strategically about the long-term, doesn't understand the forces that are changing the fundamental business he's in and doesn't even know enough to hire people who can help tell him what's going on?
Personally, I would hire a vet. But to Morris, even that wasn't an option. "We didn't know who to hire," he says, becoming more agitated. "I wouldn't be able to recognize a good technology person -- anyone with a good bullshit story would have gotten past me." Morris' almost willful cluelessness is telling. "He wasn't prepared for a business that was going to be so totally disrupted by technology," says a longtime industry insider who has worked with Morris. "He just doesn't have that kind of mind."
To make matters even worse, Morris is so clueless that he chooses the worst possible analogy to explain his position. Lots of entertainment industry execs have thrown up their hands and ignorantly stated that "you can't make money from free." That's wrong, of course, but Morris takes it one step further up the ridiculous scale, with the following example: "If you had Coca-Cola coming through the faucet in your kitchen, how much would you be willing to pay for Coca-Cola? There you go. That's what happened to the record business." Hmm... and what is coming out of your faucet in your kitchen? That's right... water. And how much are people willing to pay for water? That's right, billions. In fact, it's a larger market than (oops) recorded music. Can someone please explain how Morris keeps his job?


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Built is a series of talks by people who create and is on the main stage at the Portland Bike Show at 11:00 am on Saturday 9th, 2011.
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I really hadn't thought about Post Number 500 being anything special until earlier this week. I read on Bill West's West in New England blog that he had achieved his 1,000th blog post. Then Derek Jeter hit his 3,000th hit - and a home run, at that! Number 500 took on a significant meaning.
So, it seems rather fitting that I pay tribute to my blogging mentor, my friend, the head Geneablogger himself, Thomas MacEntee.
|Midwest Family History Expo, July 2010
Diana Ritchie, Thomas MacEntee, yours truly, Jenna Mills
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When I met Thomas at the Midwest Family History Expo in Kansas City last summer, I really felt as though I already knew him. If you've not met Thomas, he's just the same in person as he is on the 'net.
I mentioned to Thomas that I was interested in doing some public speaking on genealogy at some time in the future. Thomas was very encouraging and I'll never forget his words, "There's room at the table for everyone."
That simple piece of advice has guided me as I've started to dip my toes in the water of genealogy speaking. I have done hundreds of workshops and training sessions for my day-job, but I admit I was a wee bit nervous the first time I spoke in front of a group about genealogy. It went fine and I really enjoyed myself.
This coming weekend, I have the privilege of speaking at the Land Records and Genealogy Symposium in Beatrice, Nebraska. The symposium is sponsored by the Homestead National Monument and Southeast Community College. I'm going to be sharing the podium with several noted speakers, including the one and only Thomas MacEntee. Since my presentation topic is genealogy blogging, do you think I'm a wee bit nervous about Thomas being in the audience? Maybe a little bit, but not really - because I know that Thomas will be there to support me and encourage me, as he always has.
And I am REALLY looking forward to being Thomas' chauffeur and personal Nebraska tour guide next weekend. I know we'll have a great time, visiting about genealogy and blogging.
If Thomas has provided some inspiration, encouragement or support to your blogging activities or if you have attended one of the many free webinars he has conducted, I encourage you to show your support by visiting the Geneabloggers web site and make a donation as a way of saying "thank you" to Thomas for all he does for geneabloggers and genealogists around the world. And, no, Thomas did NOT ask me to make this pitch!
Can't wait until next weekend, my friend!


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My chorus of three bark their answer in unison, "Are you kidding? It is never to cold to go out in the garden!"
"All you need is the right coat to wear. Come on already, let's pay ball!"
Can you tell who likes to hog the ball?
To all my good blogging friends, I hope that Santa remembers you well and that you and your family have a truly wonderful Christmas!