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Our Google Squared course is getting more intense now and for this latest bit of coursework we were asked to design a marketing strategy for a hair colour product called Kleur Tonacity (a made up brand) and their brand new salon quality product. Sounds easy? Not when you have no hair 🙂
In addition, we've realised that by creating a strategy in a group of people with varying degrees of experience means you gets lots of really good insight but struggle to know what's important and what's not.
Creating a strategy for a fake brand is really tough but once you've run the research, created a framework of what should be included then actually creating the strategy is fairly straightforward. Interestingly, the most difficult part is condensing it down to 10 slides.
As with life though, you have to think about what you are trying to achieve, the primary, secondary and luxury objectives and then be single minded in layering on your marketing strategy and tactics to ensure you are taking your customers down a journey using multiple content types and messaging.
In this particular project we were not asked to be creative but actually build the strategy, consistency was the tough choice, ensuring the presentation had a flow and storyline that meant everyone had a voice, job to do and thoughts were presented well.
Luckily for me, it's something i've done a fair amount for our clients in the past so was very used to running this type of activity, it meant translating my knowledge from my day job into the coursework, I just hope it's been enough to pass 🙂


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Stacking the Shelves & Sunday Post
Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Ooooh I'm dying to read The Glass Arrow! Yay for winning it!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a lovely time at the festival; that sounds fun. And I LOVED your Beauty and the Beast artwork - so gorgeous.
Looking forward to your Alex, Approximately review :)
Amy @ A Magical World Of WordsReplies
The festival was so much fun yesterday. We got rained out towards the middle/end of the event but our kiddo was getting tired anyway so it worked out.Delete
Thank you so much! I am hoping to get to work on my Beauty and the Beast painting more today.
Alex, Approximately is super cute so far. I'm really enjoying it.
Thanks, Amy! Hope you are having a great weekend!
Congrats on winning a book! I love when that happens. Can't wait to see the finished product of your painting. Have fun at the festival. Have a great week!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Grace! It was a great surprise when I got the message that I won. It's been a while since I won anything. lol I'm hoping to work on my painting more today and tomorrow. The festival was a lot of fun. Hope you have a great week too!Delete
Congrats on winning The Glass Arrow, I haven't read it myself but I've heard good things about it.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely week, and enjoy the Renaissance fair :)
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Well done on holding off on any more ARCs, I'm trying to do the same with a lot less success. And The Glass Arrow looks awesome, I hope you enjoy and well done on winning. Enjoy the Renaissance Festival and I hope you have a good week.ReplyDelete
You won a giveaway? Lucky girl! Congrats.ReplyDelete
I'm also doing Top Ten Tuesday this week, except I chose ten books that I "struggled to get into but ended up loving". I'm glad you're doing it different and I can't wait to see your picks. Have a fabulous weekend!
Your Beauty and the Beast painting is gorgeous so far! I can't wait to see the final product. I've never heard of The Glass Arrow before but I love the cover. The green really makes it pop. Hope you have fun at the Renaissance fair! Some of my friends are diehard fans of them, but I've never had the chance to go to one. Have a great week, Julie!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much!! <3 I'm hoping to get to work on it some more today and have another progress photo up sometime soon! The Ren Fair was a lot of fun. My daughter was thrilled because she got to pet a knight's horse. lol. Hope you have a great week too, Lauren!Delete
Oh hope you have fun with painting again, and I love that you are doing a Beauty and Beast theme.ReplyDelete
Your painting looks amazing so far! I hope you had a fantastic time at the Renaissance festival. I haven't been to one in ages but always enjoyed them when I went.ReplyDelete
Your painting skills!! I'm in awe! :)ReplyDelete
I hope the Renaissance fair is fun. I've never been to one, but they always look like a blast.
The Glass Arrow is a really good book! I hope you like it as much as I did! :)
Happy reading and have a good week ahead!Replies
Aww thank you so much Nick!Delete
The Ren fair was a lot of fun. There was rain but it was okay because our daughter was tired and ready to leave anyway.
I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed The Glass Arrow. It sounds really interesting.
Hope you have a great week and happy reading!
Both of those freebies look cute.ReplyDelete
Hope you're having a nice weekend!
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Your Beauty and Beast is so good! I actually like that Belle is a bit different - it's Emma and it isn't, know what I mean? So beautiful, don't touch her!!! :)ReplyDelete
I saw you got rained out on the fair but yeah, with little kiddos, it's best to leave before it goes downhill, right?? Have a great week!!!Replies
hahaha okay, I won't! I actually ended up really liking the way Belle came out too. Normally I get upset when my portraits don't end up looking like the person I'm trying to capture but I actually kind of like that it didn't this time. I painting a little more last night but I think I was having an "off" night so I tapped out early. lol! I'm going to try to work on it more todayDelete
And yes, definitely better to leave before the kiddo gets overtired and turns into a little rage monster. lol! Thanks Kristin! Hope you have a great week too!
Congrats on the win of The Glass Arrow. The freebies look good, I will be check them out. ;) Have a great week.ReplyDelete
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Have fun at the Renaissance fair! Those are always fun! And I loved the peek of your painting on IG. Very cool!ReplyDelete
Have a great week!Replies
The Ren Fair was a lot of fun. My daughter still doesn't have the attention span to sit quietly through the shows but she did love seeing all of the fun costumes, and the horses. lol. And thank you so much! I'm hoping to work on the painting more tonight. Hope you have a great week too!Delete
You've been so restrained on the shelf stacking! I really wish I had been too but (sadly?) I went a bit 1-click mad with lots of 99p deals...ReplyDelete
Oh I LOVED The Glass Arrow! Congrats on the win! It's my favorite Simmons book. Nicely done with yet again holding off on requesting/receiving ARCs. :D I hope you enjoy all of your new books!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful week, Julie. =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!Replies
Thank you! So glad to hear that you loved The Glass Arrow! It sounds really interesting so we'll see how it goes. I've never read anything from Simmons yet so I'm excited to check out a new-to-me author. It's so hard to say no to those ARCs but I'm determined to get to my backlist.Delete
Hope you have a great week too, Alyssa!
I love the Ren faire, hope you guys had a good time. And the Beauty & the Beast is looking good!ReplyDelete
Love the cover of Artfully Yours, the characters look like they're having a great time! :)Replies
Thanks so much! We did end up having a nice time. Our daughter even got to pet the knight's horses. lol. I'm hoping to work on my painting more tonight. I'm going to try to get it done by the end of the week.Delete
I really loved both of the covers for my freebies this week, but I'm super excited about Artfully Yours because I can't say no to an artist MC. lol.
Hope you have a great week!
Oooh! I can't wait to check out your Beauty and the Beast drawing!ReplyDelete
Here's my Sunday Post!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog and join in this week's Book Photo Sundays!
Oh a Renaissance fair sounds SO amazing!! I hope you had a great time. 🎉🎉 and I love the cover for The Glass Arrow so much. Eeep. Also that's absolutely amazing that you're a painter. 😱😱 All the best with your Beauty and the Beast work!ReplyDelete
Yay for painting! I thought the progress pic was beautiful and I can't wait to see more.ReplyDelete
Glad that you're managing with your book freeze still. I was also REALLY good last week! Prepping and posting the State of the Arc post that I did really helped motivate me to continue on my path even though I'm down to very few ARCs remaining now! I think it gets harder to resist when your pile is low!
Renaissance festival!!!!!!!!!!!!! That sounds like so much fun and I haven't been to one since I was a kid.
Hope you have an awesome week!Replies
I've got the painting all finished up now! I can't wait to show everyone next week!Delete
I mayyyy have broken my book freeze this past week. lol! Oops! I only got a few but I probably shouldn't have. ARCs have been getting harder and harder to resist!
The Ren Fest was a lot fun. Paige got to pet the knight's horses and met some fairies so she was happy. lol
Thanks, Di! Hope you had a great week too!
Your painting is amazing! I am in awe. I have always wanted to go to a Renaissance festival. When I was a kid, they always advertised one that was somewhere in NY state, but sadly, I never went. The closest I got was a dinner in a castle in Ireland. We drank honey mead (ewww) and had lutes playing and what not.ReplyDelete
I was not following you on IG, just did and wow your painting looks so good!ReplyDelete
You are doing such a good job at resisting new ARCs! I need to take some lessons. I'm not on Instagram but I did click the link and your painting is simply gorgeous. You are so talents. Have a great week!ReplyDelete
Oh wow! Your painting is amazing!!! Super impressed!ReplyDelete

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Wacom the digital pen and drawing tablet manufacturer has this week launched a new iOS application called Bamboo Loop.
Bamboo Loop has been designed to provide iOS users with an easy way to create visual messages using images and text which can be imported or drawn using your finger or stylus. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Bamboo Loop project and see it in action.
Bamboo Loop also allows you to easily share your creations via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, and its just as easy to reply to a received card. Wacom explains:
"Replying to a card that you received is simple and visual, too! Just write or scribble on the card sent to you – and loop it back with a swipe. Or you can send a smile back to show your appreciation.
Loop is finger-friendly but for more control and detail on your smartphone we recommend our Bamboo Stylus mini. The portable chic Stylus for your mobile phone."
Download the new Wacom Bamboo Loop from the iTunes App Store now for free.
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Bank, Fintech IPOs To Ride The Rotation Into Finance Equities
Upcoming initial public offerings include banks, biotechs and blank check companies hoping to profit on the market's shift from tech stocks.
Here are the details behind this week's six market initiates:
Curo Group Holdings Corp. (CURO) will issue nearly 6.7 million shares between $14 and $16 Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 1997, Curo Financial Technologies Corp operates the short-term lending platforms Speedy Cash, Rapid Cash, LendDirect, Avio Credit, Opt+ and WageDayAdvance.
Odonate Therapeutics, LLC (ODT) will issue 5.88 million shares between $24 and $27 Thursday on the Nasdaq. The pharmaceutical firm develops oncological therapeutics with two drugs in late-phase studies.
Quanterix Corp (QTRX) will issue 3.34 million shares between $14 and $16 Thursday on the Nasdaq. The biotech's proprietary digital health product allows close examination of biomarkers for therapies in oncology, neurology, cardiology, inflammation and infectious disease.
Denali Therapeutics Inc. (DNLI) will issue more than 8.3 million shares between $17 and $19 Friday on the Nasdaq. The Bay Area pharmaceutical company develops treatments for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
GigCapital, Inc. (GIG'U) will issue 15 million shares at $10 Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Based in Palo Alto, the blank check company intends to raise $172.5 million to pursue acquisitions in technology, media or telecom.
Luther Burbank Corp (LBC) will issue 11.35 million shares between $10.50 and $12.50 Friday on the Nasdaq. The $5.6-billion bank provides mortgage and savings solutions in nine branches and four loan offices across California.
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Spring Skin || Skincare . Ritual
Spring is finally here and it brings along our usual days of sunshine, no wait, I mean wind. Whoops, not today, today it's rain but tomorrow it'll be sunshine again, haha. With Spring here to stay it also means the season for confused skin, dry patches and breakouts mirroring the season's unpredictable days.
Hey Beauties!
I've had a few of you reach out over the last few weeks raising concerns about your super confused skin. I want you to know you're not alone and what I like to do, to get my skin through.
With the weather warming up north of the equator, the seasons are changing and our skin is adapting to these changes too. Our skin is our outer most layer, its job is to protect us from the elements and basically holds us all together. It is the largest organ of the body and how we care for our skin is of so much importance.
Here are my tips for keeping skin happy and hydrated while the seasons change and over the years have served me best, as we ease into the warmer months.
1. Drink water everyday! It is super important to stay hydrated, beauty really does shine from the inside out. I like to add fresh fruit to my water bottles, it's pretty to look at and makes water a special treat.
2. Eat clean. Cutting way back on sugar and eating lots of colorful fresh fruits and veggies isn't just some fad, it's essential for healthy radiant skin. This whole beauty from the inside out thing again...
3. Take a time out. Stress negativity affects our sympathetic nervous system, pushing things like digestion, hair, skin and nails to the background. You can find a great read breaking down of how stress affects us here. Stress is not your friend so if you're feeling overwhelmed take a time out and b . r . e . a . t . h .
4. Establish a beauty ritual and stick with it. I feel like cleansing, moisturizing and massage are essential daily. Weekly exfoliation is an extra treat that instantly brightens my complexion, leaving my skin fresh and radiant. Here's my personal beauty ritual below:
PM Ritual: I wash the day away every night before bed with our Moisturizing Complexion Bar, a couple spritz of my Rose Water Toner and while my face is still damp I gently and lovingly massage my Radiant Complexion Oil into my face and neck.
AM Ritual: Mornings I simply rinse my skin with warm water, again I like to bless my face with a couple spritz of my Rose Water Toner and while my face is still damp again I gently and lovingly massage my Radiant Complexion Oil into my face and neck .
Weekly Exfoliating Ritual: Once a week I like to take some time to exfoliate with one of our Clay Masks (when my skin is oily and breaking out) or our Lavender Honey Complexion Scrub (in areas where my skin is dry and needs that extra moisture.) I always recommend exfoliating in the evening as a weekly self care practice.
Do you have a skincare ritual in place? I'd love to hear about what works for you... and let me know if you have any questions in the comments section below. Thanks for following beauties.
Love + Light, Michelle


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Customizing your Android device at the user level usually involves little more than changing the look of the interface. But without digging a bit deeper not much can be done in terms of productivity: adding shortcuts, a widget here and there, and not much else. It would definitely be useful to have a higher level of customization. … Continue reading Button Mapper lets you customize your Android buttons
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No strings attached free gifts are usually reserved for T-shirts from credit card companies, cheese samples at Costco and those pens we get (steal?) from our dentist.
But free can actually be awesome. Like how we're now letting you get Premium CloudApp for an entire year for free.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The iJamming! Download: A Five-Pack of Freebies
I'm so busy working on book projects (and more) right now that I just can't post like I used to. No reason not to share some of the good music... Read More February 5, 2010
New! The All Hopped Up and Ready To Go radio station
I'm thrilled to announce the launch of an All Hopped Up and Ready To Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77 radio station. As you may have noticed,... Read More February 3, 2010
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My thanks to Joly at Punkcast.com for uploading to YouTube my recent talk at the 92Y Tribeca. You can find it at my You Tube All Hopped Up and Ready... Read More February 1, 2010


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How can you alleviate the sense of isolation that prevents some learners from taking full advantage of distance learning?
It's a fundamental problem, especially since the transfer of knowledge through information and communications technology is perceived as the salvation of teaching institutions that have real expertise in education and training.
To find a solution to the problem, Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick de Bathurst (CCNB Bathurst) has set up a high-level research laboratory on educational interactivity for distance learning. Using the new lab, CCNB Bathurst researchers are studying the behaviour of students in a virtual learning context, as well as the factors that improve learning in a digital universe. "The new lab will help us extend our work to integrate various education technologies, increase our expertise in virtual training, and develop approaches in the area of distance learning. This will enable us to offer our students from all regions the same high-quality training that students from major cities now get," says Jeanne Comeau, Dean of Development and Applied Research at CCNB Bathurst. "Furthermore, it will help us export our educational content to all regions of Canada and abroad."
The new research laboratory will be housed in the current facilities at CCNB Bathurst, which are currently under renovation for this purpose. Thanks to the new layout, the college will be able to house in one location all its research on learning behaviour in virtual environments, and on integration of technologies for the delivery of educational content.
The new research laboratory will be equipped with computer hardware and high-performance multimedia devices including computers, servers, databases, recording cameras, projectors, and multipoint audio-visual equipment. It will all be linked through a broadband communication network that will provide several users with simultaneous high-quality access to state-of-the-art information and telecommunications technologies.
The new infrastructure was made possible through a partnership between CCNB Bathurst, one of eleven colleges which form the New Brunswick Community College Network, the Association of Canadian Community, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Starting in January 2003, a first group of 20 on-line students will serve as research subjects for the CCNB Bathurst researchers. Composed of professional teachers, this group of students will take a distance-learning course on learning and teaching strategies. Their approach and their cognitive evolution will be carefully analyzed and assessed using the technical tools available in the new laboratory.
The students will be divided into two groups of 10. One group will receive training in a traditional Internet setting: they'll exchange information in an indirect and time-shifted manner with the other students and the teacher. The students in the other group, however, will take the course in a 3-D environment, in which each learner is represented by an avatar (a virtual representation). The avatar can move around within a virtual school with doors, windows, and classrooms. In this way, students will able to exchange information in real time with other students and the teacher.
The experiment will be repeated three times using the exact same educational material. This will allow the researchers to isolate specific quantitative parameters and obtain comparative data on the results of the two groups.
"One of the problems that shows up in distance-learning experiments is that many learners find it difficult to stay motivated because they do not feel that they belong to a group, as is the case in a traditional learning setting," says Gildard Haché, a researcher who also co-ordinates the 3-D training project at the CCNB Bathurst Laboratory. "Many of them feel left alone and drop out along the way. The work that we will do in the new laboratory will help us find ways of addressing this issue."
"We will tackle this experiment from a purely cognitive perspective by assessing the impact that the 3-D environment and real time discussions can have on the socio-affective environment, on creativity, and on the motivation of learners," says Jean-Jacques Doucet, educational adviser for the project,
Studies on what causes learners to succeed or fail in a distance-learning situation confirm that a learner who is alone with a computer experiences what educators call a "spatial-temporal imbalance." Essentially, that's a lack of spatial markers and the absence of a feeling of time, both of which are intimately connected with the emotive well-being that is necessary in any learning situation. In a nutshell, the feeling of loneliness experienced by learners who are left alone with a computer sometimes discourages them and prevents many of them from learning.


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MORRISTOWN, NJ - The holiday weekend is almost here. Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Friday September 1
The Minstrel presents Jacob Johnson; Morristown Unitarian Fellowship; 7:30pm
Karaoke; Tiff's Grill and Ale House; 9pm
Saturday September 2
Morris Plains Farmers Market; Merchant's Block; 8:30am - 2pm
Weekend Family Walk; Great Swamp (Chatham); 10am - 11am
Explore the Farm Wagon Ride; Fosterfields Living Historic Farm; 10:15am - 12noon
Go with the Flow; Fosterfields Living Historic Farm; 1pm & 2pm
Back to School Giveaway; Morristown Neighborhood House (grades K-12); 3pm
Sunday September 3
Morristown Farmers Market; Behind Morris and Spring Streets; 8:30am - 2pm
Labor Day Hike; Pyramid Mountain; 10am - 12noon
First Sunday Tour of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum; Frelinghuysen Arboretum; 2pm - 3pm
Monday September 4
Holiday Yoga; Be Well Morristown; 10:15am


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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Tokyo's key stock index closed at a 28-month low Monday, hit by hefty losses for leading technology shares and political uncertainty as support for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori continued its freefall.
Other stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region also posted big losses as investors added global political tension to a growing list of concerns after the U.S. and Britain launched air attacks against Iraq.
Japan's Nikkei Average fell as low as 12,950.74 points in the morning before closing down 0.42 percent, or 55.90 points, at 13,119.59 -- its lowest close since October 15, 1998.
The broader TOPIX ended down 0.84 percent at 1,237.80.
The Nikkei took its cue from the Nasdaq, which closed at its lowest level in almost six weeks Friday amid a grim business outlook for high-tech firms such as Nortel Networks. See full story. U.S. financial markets will be closed Monday for a national holiday.
Investors also were reluctant to buy Japanese equities on fears that the country's political uncertainty would affect economic stability. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's future remains uncertain. His cabinet's support rate dropped to its lowest-ever, local media reported.
"Mori's resignation would be positive news for the markets as he's just so unpopular. But investors are cautious about his possible successor -- he must be a reformer who's willing to accelerate the country's structural reforms," said Noriyuki Akahane, vice president for global equity linked products at Merrill Lynch.
Local media has been reporting that Junichiro Koizumi, acting leader of Mori's faction in the Liberal Democratic party, and Ryutaro Hashimoto, a former prime minister who's currently minister in charge of administrative reform, are stepping forward as candidates.
"In case Hashimoto returns to the premier's post, that would definitely disappoint investors, especially foreigners and the results could further accelerate selling of Japanese equities. But if Koizumi's appointed, then that's really good news as he's understood to be a radical reformer."
Japan's leading technology stocks tumbled. Shares of major fiber optic maker Furukawa Electric FUWAY, -1.36% plunged 5.3 percent to 1,809 yen and those of Sanyo Electronics tumbled 5.8 percent to 792 yen.
Internet investor Softbank shares lost 3.4 percent to 5,480 yen. Mobile phone operating giant DoCoMo NTDMY was down 3.4 percent at 2 million yen.
South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan fall
In South Korea, the Kospi sank 1.36 percent to close at 596.67. Korea Electric Power Corp. KEP, -5.26% gave up 2.1 percent to 25,500 won. The state-run power giant said it will pay back 1.4 trillion ($1.13 billion) in debts this year, Reuters reported.
Leading technology and telecom shares took a hit, with chipmaker Samsung Electronics SSNGY, +0.00% falling 1.2 percent to 210,000 won, and mobile phone leader SK Telecom SKM, -2.03% sinking 3.5 percent to 236,500 won.
Tech shares also fell sharply in Taiwan, depressing the Weighted Index, which ended down 1.79 percent at 5,937.30 points. The island's cabinet held a meeting on Sunday and resolved to take action to stabilize the market if Persian Gulf tensions cause it to slide, local newspapers reported Monday.
Chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM, -1.66% sank 2.6 percent to 95.50 Taiwan dollars. United Microelectronics Corp. UMC, +0.54% gave up 1.7 percent to 58.50 Taiwan dollars.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened lower and ended down 0.89 percent to 15,490.96 points, depressed by a 3.7 percent drop in shares of index heavyweight China Mobile CHL, -0.68% which stood at 44.80 Hong Kong dollars.
On Monday, the government said it would allow developers to sell apartments on a first-come, first-served basis -- a move that lifted shares of leading real estate stocks. Cheung Kong Holdings CHEUY the city's biggest developer by market capitalization, edged up half a percent to 98 Hong Kong dollars. Sun Hung Kai Properties SUHJY, -0.92% gained 2.5 percent to 83 Hong Kong dollars.
Australia's All Ordinaries Index shed 0.7 percent to close at 3,240 points on broad-based selling. Telecom giant Telstra Corp. TLS, +0.00% lost 2 percent to 6.47 Australian dollars. Media giant News Corp. NWS, -1.34% shares ended down 2.4 percent at 18.88 Australian dollars, tracking a 3.6 percent drop in its ADRs in the U.S. last Friday.
National Bank of Australia NAB, -0.89% gave up a percent to 28.90 Australian dollars, after announcing the purchase of Deutsche Bank's Australian financial planning and portfolio management business for 115 million Australian dollars ($60.8 million).
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During the London 2012 Games we'll bring you a daily heads-up on what's happening where, including sporting and cultural events, transport and weather.
- Visit the Golden Honey Feast in Paternoster Square on the final day of City of London Festival 12-2pm (free).
- Join a pre-Olympic party at Canning Town Caravanserai between 4-7pm as they celebrate the opening of their South Gate (free).
- Go to the Going for Gold Late at the V&A for "an evening of mass participation, fun and games" from 6.30-10pm.
- Watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony! There are still tickets left for the big BT Live Hyde Park concert (£66 each), it's free entry to the Victoria Park live site and Rich Mix hosts an Alternative Opening Ceremony Party (£10). Coverage starts on the BBC from 9pm and we'll be watching it with you on Twitter.
- Or, ignore it completely and go and watch the 2012 UK Air Guitar Finals at The Dome, Tufnell Park from 8pm-3am (entry £12/10 inc. charitable donation).
Transport hotspots
Remember that the Olympic Torch Relay will travel along the river. All of the bridges between Hampton Court and Tower Bridge will remain open, but there will only be limited viewing capacity from the bridges.
Stations close to/on the Torch Relay route will be exceptionally busy up to two hours before and one hour after Torch passes.
If you don't have a ticket for the Opening Ceremony, avoid travelling around Stratford and the Olympic Park from 3pm.
See Transport for London's 'heat maps' for the busiest stations on any given day and don't forget to check before you travel at the TfL website.
Sport highlights
- The Archery competition begins at Lords from 9am (St John's Wood) — brief guide.
- 8.50pm Opening Ceremony, Olympic Stadium (Stratford).
See BBC Sport for full details of all events.
It will mostly be dry and warm again, but could get cloudy later on in the day and there's a chance of thundery showers. Hopefully it will clear up by the time the Opening Ceremony starts.. Min. 15, max. 25 degrees. Keep an eye on the forecast here.
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Below are the all-time best Go Figure poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of go figure poems written by PoetrySoup members
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I guess I'm narcissistic
I suppose I'm masochistic.
Fitting into just another statistic.
Hah, go figure.
I guess this is my delusion.
I suppose I enjoy seclusion.
Pardoning me from inclusion.
I like being alone.
I guess I am depressed.
I suppose I am obsessed,
With this I am possessed.
It is my only friend.
Copyright © Enya Trader | Year Posted 2013
You say it's not working again, dear
Curse that piece of metal junk,
it only works on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Part-time dishwashing machine ...
and half of the time when it do work, it only get the dishes half-clean
It decided to go on labor strike,
two months after the warranty expired
Go figure ...
it need to be put on the back of a salvage truck,
with a sign saying: Lazy machine for hire
Don't know why the missus so loves you
If I had three wishes, here's what I'd do ---
number one:
permanently pull your plug
number two:
cover you in the garage with a mechanic's rug
number three:
sell your parts without so much as a shrug
Then knowing that I put you down, I'd be satisfied
with having to wash and rinse my own drinking mug
I hate your nuts and bolts ...
if it was up to me, this would be murder she wrote
But luckily for you, my wife doesn't feel that way,
and you get to have an execution stay
You also get to rattle and shake for another day
Well, guess it's time to call a repairman,
then call the manufacturer and get an extended warranty plan
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2016
Go figure.
Numerous trips to Disneyland in childhood?
Now part of me,
Shake him off?
Gave up long ago.
My face is lifted in warped muse,
Monty Python,
Where did that all come from?
Blame it on the Tucson breeze of carrying silly sand spells,
Only to be caught right between my mind's eyes.
Like the Los Angeles traffic is not enough writing over the edge.
Loving laughing-
What Heaven will do to bring smiling moments through friends.
Than out of the clear blue sky of nowhere,
Little child mentor,
Never heard nor read,
Joan from France,
Beauty of heroism.
Who am I to be blessed in your taunting loveliness?
Walking the voyage from the dark corridor of history,
Never picked up one of your books,
No desire of reading.
Seen in movies,
Close as I came.
Tell me Shakespeare,
How do you manage,
With him,
How big is my floppy disk brain anyway?
Who's next?
You walked in my life,
Poetry Her-
You carried the key,
Pen to write to release,
All I am in life,
And what is seen by the eyes.
It could be worst,
One channel of Reality Thinking,
Caught up in this world in my head,
Now I am awake!
Thank God,
I am blessed!
As I laugh,
I dare not asks what makes you tick in the poetry writing-
Here on the Soup Web,
I have a head-full already.
P.S. Having fun and letting it all grow wings and fly-
Mystery, what makes a person up to live life to the fullness?
Copyright © Mark Hansen | Year Posted 2006
A gaggle of Mad Scientists
Shrunk me down in size
Placed me in a tiny syringe
Injected me into a woman's mind
They gave me special instructions
While there to look around
Report back to them immediately
All the mystery's to be found
I entered into this giant room
Dozens of doors surrounding the sides
I believe to be the main control center
I am a man in a woman's mind
(Wait a minute...that doesn't sound right)
I skip the rooms RESENTMENT, JEALOUSY,and GOSSIP
No need to open those
I've seen what they can do to a person
Best to keep them locked and forever closed
I come to the door labeled SEX
Being a man I try the knob first
Of course it's locked so I knocked and knocked
Go figure, there was no answer...
Before I realized what I was doing
I opened the door labeled NAGGING
All my ears hear is Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
What in the world was I even thinking
I may be crazy but I ain't stupid
I also pass by the door I'M UGLY, I'M FAT
Why can't women see what the rest of us see
The inner beauty that they all seem to have
Right next door is the room that holds her feelings
I've never been so scared in my life
I do this in the name of science
And for the better of all mankind
As soon as the door swings open
I immediately break down and cry
I've got all of these mixed emotions
And I don't even really know why
I'm not sure if science was ready for this
As I climb out the ear canal blocked by a phone
Not much that a man can do in there
Best to leave well enough alone
Copyright © Mike Hauser | Year Posted 2018
You are my Lord and Savior, my only redeeming quality
A thought I'd savor, but that You died for me to be free
The pain they put you through all in part on my behalf
If they only knew that it was YOU at Whom they laugh
But even to this day, the crowd has only gotten bigger
Of those people who don't pray, I tell them to go figure
That You are the Almighty and that You are the Creator
That You came to set mankind free, just open that door
But they won't listen stuck on a cover of Time Magazine
Today if it doesn't glisten then it's not going to get seen
And if it doesn't pay dividends why would they invest
Helps us Lord make amends or we'd all fail Your Test
Thank You for this week You carried me the whole time
Every time I am weak, Lord You know my every rhyme
I felt You by my side each time brings me to my knees
So through our insufferable pride, Lord hear their pleas
If you're not talking to Jesus...
that is the saddest story I ever heard
See, He's Talking to you
your just not responding, least not now.
One day, every knee will bend.
But if you haven't talked to Jesus,
then that day will be too late.
His Peace Glistens and His Hope, pays Dividends
Know one who came to Jesus was ever sorry
If fact it is quiet the opposite
I owe Him everything, without Him, i am nothing
Copyright © Vincent Flannery | Year Posted 2017
I'm sitting here all alone,
emotions numb, with words you've shown.
You chose to leave our bed last night,
precious time wasted, to hold me tight....
I'm still in shock of what you said,
how you cared for her, when tears she shed?
You're probably right, when you confessed,
you shouldn't have pulled me into your mess!...
You honestly believe that it's okay?
to care for lovers, that went away.
I ask if it, would be alright,
if I cared this much for an "ex" tonight?...
You lie and say it wouldn't bother you!
if I showed compassion, while he's so blue.
I'm lost in thoughts of how to feel?
your words ring loud, as they reveal....
"You care for her, is what you say",
those words still sting, I must convey.
What was I thinking?.. to let you in,
my heart is broken yet again....
I don't need lovers, from past gone by,
to talk me through tears I cry.
The way I see it, they had their chance,
but you need 'her' more, than our romance...
Go figure?....
Copyright © dixie fallin | Year Posted 2011
Go figure,
My very last party,
And no one knows I'm here,
And they're all talking
about me,
Seems they really care...
If only I could get
over to that chair...
They might recognize me,
That I'm really there
I mean, I'm dressed in
my finest clothes,
My skin and hair are perfect
There's lots I'd like to share
What it's like to die,
And yet I am still there,
The tranquility that I've
never before felt
The Oneness with God,
who welcomes me to his
Explaining wordlessly,
why my cards were so dealt
Copyright © tom bell | Year Posted 2007
Her figure of speech like an hour glass Shapely and flowing as body of water cascading Merging into one as it runs through it The tingling desert comes alive As the sands of time grow Found within the flow where was I Oh yes her inspiring bodily language Articulate thought provoking and well rounded
Copyright © John Beam | Year Posted 2016
go figure
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2011
Hell hath no replete replica like an Ohiohell
memom memoboys dispelled with lovelessloss lorn laments
measured in misgiven gravid neutral grautities of cool compromised cruel
capsid cascades of dreary demented drowsy dump deep demented deny desires
with wilfull wallowing in unsupposed not to be here
herein two boys born to a numbnuts army husbodad and a
WTF what is happening in/outside this family 50's acircle
what comes next in the uneducated female nonintuition of a
deaddad accidential with a pity piss payoff and a whatdoIdo **** attitude
totally in reverse of an arkansas hope of upheaveal. GDMFSOB, who could I/we haVE
BeeN in the assinine scheme of things with someone in an intersomewhateducated semistate of minimal MFconsciousness. We play the hand we are dealt in the vast unscheme of unness.
WTF, and where/why does God take part and lessen a small boy's dream of donated dadhood by taking it away and leave him left to faulterflounder in a boyhood abyss. Dead, devoid, denied to the manmale circumstance of what the future folds to be delivered to doting descendents, like my three sons. with whom I struggled to
shower, impart, enable, enbibe, instill, foster, enliven, and all that I did not experience yet faux provide with an inner soulsense to a measured milestone of mannered man manufactured love and tendered texture of all mine to give with that that is mustered macro from a micro counteanace of humocapped coperal deliverance. All's fair they say unless u have been there and then it's every man for himself---and then, I dare u to get in my way---------no holds barred, look out for I am a survivor, all the way.
Hi, my name is Dave, and according to my grandparents, I wasn't supposed to live to be raised. Go figure.
Copyright © Dave Collins | Year Posted 2013
>>1111>>The Alphabet 5-0<<1111<<
Right, Poetry Soup check it, before you wreck it,
On this trek to present for you, and show you,
Day after day, week after week with everlasting flow,
Never slow, I'm on the low low, lol lol,
You better get on it, quick before ya stack it,
Yeah bestow, THE ALPHABET 5-0!
Dam... what a blow, but getting back to it,
Spitting words onto it, narrated and carrying it,
In this given form informing,
Written raps rapping it back onto track,
You know who it is, Quincy Mac on the attack...
Presenting to you, showing you, your ignorance and neglect!
So respect as I dissect with statistically sound aspects,
Radical connotations from mathematical equations,
I'm..... Coming in peace, deep and steep so start climbing,
I say it again and again, as I'm forever rhyming,
As the collective mind is dying,
We gotta keep trying and trying,……
Try and consider……. Yeah that's right, stop lying,
Really? But why? Haha……. Go figure,
Unwell sick, a cherry picker, ignore scripture, never consider
Anything!!!!! Worth while……………….Dam!
So look listen and observe,
Or your life will just be a blur,
If you look to the physical to serve,
You see, I'm a word entrepreneur,
Here to converse every verse while you're in ya curse,
Your unconcerned, need to unlearn, Let me affirm,
You haven't learnt anything! Your world is going to burn.........!!!
........If we don't change and arrange using our inner flame,
Stop the blame, treat this like a game,
or truth be told, you will forever remain the same!
>>1111>>Quincy Mac<<1111<<
date written:11.24.2015
Copyright © Quincy Mac | Year Posted 2015
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Worst poem
would be
the absoulute
is came out
from my earS
cram 'as 'alwyas
No holds barred~
ok i'm lying...
good luck
to those who tried
to figure the above poem
**for pd's contest :)
---haha I sort of cheated on this one?
used a jejemon translator-- aaAcckKK I never KNEW there even was one O_O!!
but I inserted some more into it jejejejeje (hehehehe)
Jejemon is sort of trend here with some people with regards to texting--
typing in words using symbols & numbers to make them look cuter(?!?),
& using a slew of H's, Z's...
Copyright © kabuteng P.iNk k. | Year Posted 2010
Being a dreamer is never boring,
Its like a boat without its mooring,
You can pretend to be a fish,
Swim a bit, laugh, act so childish,
Or you can fly to the nearest tower,
Dig a hole and plant a flower.
When the moon is howling full,
Pensive ideas make their pull,
Grinding, grueling, gritty grains
Stenciled stuttering standing stains.
Eyes transfixed by things oblique,
Ennui is only of and for the weak.
In rapid jests of poemy words,
Vowels flutter like milky birds,
A leap of faith in corrupted phrases,
The rhythm amiss like crooked faces.
You take an apple but taste a pear,
You brush your teeth but get white hair,
It's never boring like I said,
A pickled world can't raise its dead.
(Which methinks is kind of like saying:
Signs and symptoms are always dismaying)
Play is a losers infinite no-end game,
You draw some circles straight and same,
Make from the hip and cross a heart,
Go figure out how, just promise to start.
Copyright © Yorn Called | Year Posted 2014
OK fellow soupers, sit back and relax;
I'm about to smash this "SAMURAI" with the "AFRO."
So with this POETIC ANTHRAX,
watch how I poison him with my sick FLOW.
dakarai your slams are for the city dump.
I wouldn't dare get beat by no poetic chump!
dakarai open this surprise envelope,
and enjoy what I now have to say.
I'm picking up that "SOAP,"
and I'm throwing it back your way!
"Inmate this" and "inmate that"
Your slam was a hit and miss for I'm a Poetic Acrobat!
Come on dude I expected something new.
Show some "gratitude" that I'm even "slamming" with you!
Soupers know you "bit" off "P.D.,"
because she first mentioned the "SOAP!"
Where's the originality?
Let me just tell you your horoscope...
Today is the day that you have extreme bad luck.
For you're finally being hit by a poetic MACK TRUCK!
I see I have you mad,
because I said you and Chris like to dry-hump!
I'm crash landing on your heliopad -
You poetic chump!
You mentioned "G.I. Joe,"
A 'cartoon' - go figure!
You say you're "Rambo,"
But why am I pulling this trigger?
"Boy," you don't "shine," I've distinguished your "shark."
So you FRANKENSTEIN, enjoy the dark!
You say you "blessed my soul" like the "Pope" in Rome.
Give me a drum roll as I take these shots to your dome!
You say "My pen moves too slow"
Chump I focus on other stuff too.
I'm getting Billy-the-kid to shave that afro,
because I'm not soley thinking about you!
I'm leaving your "writing hand" a bloodied stump.
I wouldn't get beat by no poetic chump!
Ok forget "slam," we can ask soupers who's the better poet - you or me?
They can have a poll for the Romeo and Troll (who writes the best poetry!)
Copyright © Jimmy Anderson | Year Posted 2011
Eric's revitalised me and my home
Over his body my fingers would roam
He's great at fixing and gluing
Expert at banging and screwing
I'm so happy that I sparkle like chrome
All my friends are pretty jealous of me
They ring with jobs asking 'Is Eric free'…
He may be a handy man
But he belongs to me Jan
If he's home late he gets the third degree!
My goodness, Jan! Why are you being so greedy?
You should share Eric with friends who are needy
You can't stake a claim
On the heat of his flame
Eric's hot and we all want a share of that sweetie.
I race in my chair, scoop up Eric
And off we both go, and I kick
His helmet aside
I then smile wide
Darren's house will soon look pretty slick
Jan asked me to work on her walls,
Quite simply because I am tall,
But my balance was poor,
Almost fell to the floor,
Good job that she was holding my legs
Hi, I just got your number from Jan
Get back with me as fast as you can
My house is an awful sight
It could probably take all night
You never know what else I may plan
A plasterer is just what I need
Take your time Eric don't speed
Am watching your butt move
Like melons in a groove
A cold shower is needed full speed
I better go stop up my sink
Then I'll change into something pink
When he gets on his back
I'll rub that six pack
And tell him what I really think.
Mouth has become bigger and bigger
And thinks he is pretty like Trigger
Really has case of low self-esteem
Only for self is such a great dream
Rest of him will have to go figure.
I remember that man known as Eric
He does make your life so atmospheric
The one who can fix anything
Never let him make your heart sing
Because he has a lover named Derek.
I heard rumors this hunk is a Monk.
That theory I hereby debunk.
Once at a party we tippled.
Eric, he wriggled and rippled
while I played with his elephant's trunk!
Talk talk talk is all that I hear
Don't be shy there's nothing to fear
Fix it I will
No need to shrill
I lost my shirt I must go bare.
Now ladies to be fair to me,
Please consider me on my knee,
I have a six pack in the fridge,
And a beer belly like a bridge,
Built for comfort and speed you see.
This latest craze about six pack Eric,
Is only temporarily magnetic,
An insult to real men alike,
Leave and get on your bike,
You make the beer belly men hysteric.
When Eric came down with the flu
There was nothing much he could do
So when Jan's car wouldn't start
I rushed over with the part
And I gave her a tune up too
And now Jan is dressing quite spiffy
But thoughts of her leaving, quite iffy
Cause while she's at work
His tool goes berserk
Which means he'll be HERE in a jiffy!
Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2016
They'd crossed the great divide, to the other side of the 'Oh My God River'.
Our Trolls were struck by the 'Bridge Too Far', it set their hearts, to quiver.
Yes, their curiosity and their great big Troll hearts; were pounding all a twitter.
Well, surely you must see, it's a bridge; they are Trolls, after all! So go figure!
And you must understand the mighty 'Oh My God River" is so very wide…
That when on the bridge… You can't see… not even close…to other side…
Where mists, run so very deep, that your sanity will never again, be found.
I ask you? How could a Troll not see this as anything, but absolutely profound!
Under the bridge, lies scary Bog Hollow, covered in mists and a smothering fog.
There, the Legend says, lies a monster supreme, both ancient and old, in the bog.
Scary as all get out… We have always… always been… Very, thoroughly told.
Its' said: curiosity is both a scary and most dangerous thing when it's on crusade.
And the Trolls and Dragon have it a plenty, in great big gobs… and great spades.
Late one night, Dragon and the Trolls snuck out of the house, as my story goes…
A clean get-a-way… on a moonless night to check this all out… But one by one…
The Trolls would go into the mist, and disappear… F.O.R.E.V.E.R!!! I shiver!!!
As Dragon was about to be left alone, a truck came careening from the fog and mist.
On the narrow bridge the last two Trolls, were thrown into the muck, and the Goop.
They came up, covered in mud, until the mist hit. One moment there, the next gone!
Dragon worried: OH what was he to do? Well, that was answered, quickly enough.
Dragon was bumped by a truck and thrown onto its top! Clinging and screaming!
As the truck careened about… Rounding a tight corner…Dragon was flung off.
He continued to scream as he flew all the way home. Terrified, near almost to death!
He knew the Bog Monster had got them! Little did he know, that the dear Trolls…
Had made friends with the monster, and were enjoying the bog's great ambiance.
The story continues… as Dragon got home, he grabbed Grandpa Troll's big hand.
Jumping up and down, he yelled, 'The Bog Monster had taken his beloved Trolls!'
Saying, 'He had a great big tongue, a big mouth, and humongous great, green hand!
We ran to the spot, with the usual flashlight in hand, and were pulled in the bog!
For a fun filled mud bath! … By the Hulk and his lovely, pet Beelzebub Frog.
Yep… We'd all found the Monster of Bog Hollow, as we all partied away!
The next day the driver would spread the word, that as he passed the bog…
The monster had screamed, jumped upon his truck… and tried to take him…
Over and down… In the end, he'd escaped by shaking off the monster's hand.
The great story would be passed around, by the local town, of Nodding-Off-Ham,
Wanting to keep people away and them, forever, both serene and quite sane…
They would perpetuate the legend just the same, and the moral they would quote?
"Believe the myths of the Monster of Bogs Hollow, always run the other way."
Especially since Trolls have now joined him, setting up a toll bridge along, its way.
Written by Michael & Carol Eastman 6-20-2016
National Geo News: Beezeabufo, Frog from Hell. 75 Million year old Madagascar giant horned frog. Weighed 10 pounds, size of a beach ball, believed to have killed hatchling dinosaurs. An aggressive ambush predator, grabbing anything passing by him. Also called the Pac-Man Frog.
Copyright © Carol Eastman | Year Posted 2016
at last he knows what
has been kicking his *** all these years
living a slow trauma smelling of empire
guardians of civilization on strike or asleep
concluding that non-conformists are all alike
but wait I am harsh this is all from memory
must have been the Kristalnacht last night
the simple concept fire is hot
does not have a subjective alternative
I tell you this with both lips
eyes watering from the smoke and prayers
in an instructive grand demonstration
of just the right amount
at just the right time
fortunately the farm subsidies
kept his garden of delight
in full Amsterdam trim
until Dr. Schnitt opened his skull
in a state sanctioned inquiry
involving all manner of pageantry
gave me a jolly good boot up the spizzerinctum
I'll tell you that right here right there
tweetering bluebirds now circle my head
the hum of life in there somewhere
most thoughts are unoriginal anyhow
you don't need a text balloon to survive
but it's a lot more contemporary
makes the aerodynamics a little smoother
my geneticist says I must be careful
several members of my family
have perished from documented cases
of spontaneous human combustion
must have fallen off the chameleon ride
but no matter they love you one day
hate your ashes the next go figure
not all internal signal input is valid
for this reason scalpels have been handed out
a National Dissection Day special
Nurse Lefty in her lightning bug suit
was just trying to get the job done
after the renunciation of befuddlement
and the realization she had fingers
that were much different from her toes
oh boy we're on another subject already
rhyming crocodile and Nile somehow
fighting fire with smoke see above
partially eaten in spite of the effort
even the effort was eaten
cough cough
From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon
Artist Portfolio: http://walteralter.byethost32.com/
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2016
'Do The Math … ' 35th Senryu
Defeating Censure
Thru All My Years of Tenure
Tells You … ' Go Figure ! '
Copyright © MoonBee Canady | Year Posted 2009
near cultural shock
fall rain brings thunder...lightning?
San Francisco weird
Brian Johnston
November 9, 2015
Poet's Note:
In the Bay Area rain itself is unusual, but thunder and lightning are very rare here. On the other hand, gay people, strange political ideas (to you), super-rich people, and fashion absurdities are normal to us. Go figure! Ha!
Copyright © Brian Johnston | Year Posted 2015
Sometimes I just like
to have fun with syllables
and call it haiku
Seventeen is big
number in my family
stuff happens that age
Epilepsy for
one, then there's eye surgery
two don't forget how
cutting is frowned on.
Some things you must avoid in
order to follow
rules. So go figure
punctuation is option
no matter who nots.
Sometimes I just like
to say what I think and get
feedback from kindreds.
Copyright © Nancy Jones | Year Posted 2011
The fool
if I catch him will
be me
This Annoyance
in soup server error is pain in
ones ****
The arrogant
never return compliment
what wrong
the wit
I often use is misunderstood
go figure
fat cat
has more than he needs his
hands greedy
Copyright © Jack Ross jr. | Year Posted 2011
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My Journey in Christ
I wasn't forced to follow Christ, I Decided it,
I don't worship to hear my voice,
I worship because He deserves it.
I don't read his word because it is
A story I read it because it is true.
I love my God, and I won't ever
deny it to anyone, for any reason.
I read in Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my
Righteous right hand.
Did you know never once in the Bible
Does is say," You buddy go figure it out."
However, the phrase
"Do not be afraid"
Is written in Bible 365 times.
That a daily reminder from God of His
Love, to live every day being fearless.
Sometimes God's blessings are not
In what He gives; but in what he takes away.
Like our sins though Jesus His Son!
He must have really loved us to done that;
To give His Son for our wicked ways
Man that is real love!
Steve L. Siegel
February 9,2016
Copyright © Steven Siegel | Year Posted 2016
Just a saggy-sad dumbfounded Basset Hound
Got claimed at the doggone-it lost puppy pound
Just hangin' out now and nosing around
Waiting for my supper to get back from town
Hooray! A dog's life for an ole' English lass
Can't hear very good, my rep's rather jaded
Sprawl out by a tree where it's cooler and shaded
Spread eagle, ya' know? Who cares, I been spaded
(I just rolled in something bio-degraded)
Ah so! A dog's life for an ole' English lass
My pack leaders walk on their hind-quarter parts
Go figure how they mastered THAT get-around art
I tried it once ( No it weren't very smart)
Threw out my back, God bless my British heart
Sacre bleu! A dog's life for an ole' English lass
Ah ha! Do I hear the purring of a car?
Door slamming, uh-oh, this is rather bizarre
The big one is carrying that smelly little bar!
C'est la...Wait! That's French (What a POODLE I are)
Blimey! A dog's life for an ole' English Lass
For Tanya Harrington's "Dog Gone Tales" contest
Copyright © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2012
Memory sometimes blank
Point of work? Almst crazy!
Wish to talk; somehow aggrivated
What love, peace?
Damnation constant rain
God working
Fight confusion, sin
Accept high school D's, F's
Open gift within
Love splashing onto life
Copyright © Joshua Lacey | Year Posted 2012
Twenty seconds time
Is the time that it takes me
To update Facebook
Twenty minutes time
I could have written poems
Instead, arguments
In twenty days time
To Russia, China and back
But no, mostly naps
In twenty more months
I might go study abroad
I'm safer back home
It's been twenty years
I thought by now I'd be rich
I'm working at it
Twenty more years gone
I thought I'd be married now
Go figure, I'm sick
They say twenty months
But two years if I'm lucky
Hardly long enough
Twenty day respite
Then awful physicians
Twenty minutes pass
And I forget the last five
But I still take naps
Count back from twenty
I should update my status
My eyes are drowsy
Copyright © James Marion | Year Posted 2010


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AutoStudi is a Turin, Italy based engineering and design studio that does work for most of the car-makers that are based in the Piedmont region of northern Italy that includes towns such as Maranello and Modena. At the the SAE World Congress they are displaying an interesting stand up electrically driven scooter design.
The A-Trix is a three wheeled vehicle with a motor incorporated into the front wheel. The front fork, handle-bars and frame are fixed together. The A-Trix has an innovative new rear suspension with a central rocker and semi-independent setup. Steering is achieved by simply leaning in the direction you want to turn as you would on a bike or downhill skiing. You can see more pics and find a little more info after the jump.
[Source: AutoStudi]
When it was originally built it used only batteries for energy storage. Subsequently working with the Turin area Chamber of Commerce, they were teamed up with another local company and updated the drivetrain. It now uses a hydrogen fuel cell. The cell provides enough power to propel the A-Trix up to 45 km/h and run for two hours. Currently there aren't any production plans for this prototype but you can see it in action in an episode of the upcoming season of Beyond Tomorrow. A computer animation is also visible on the AutoStudi web site.


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Traveling in the UK – Part One
UK, You Take My Breath Away
In early March, my friend Jenn and I spent a wonderful 10 days in the United Kingdom, exploring London, Bath, the Cotswolds and Edinburgh. It was an amazing trip and I am already plotting how I can get back. In the meantime, I'm going to share some experiences and lessons learned, and generally geek out on Anglophilia.
Top moments that took my breath away
1. The Tate Britain—My travel partner's flight was delayed getting into London, so I took the opportunity to explore on my own. From our hotel near Victoria Station, I walked toward the Thames, and wound my way beside it for a bit, happening upon the Tate Britain art gallery (not to be confused with the Tate Modern). My very first real destination in London didn't disappoint. It housed, among other things, the oldest full-body portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, and there was a haunting installation of sounds made from musical instruments damaged in war. I wasn't on this trip for art museums but I was glad I ended up in this one.
2. The London Eye at night—I know that the eye is a tourist trap, but for good reason.As everyone in London seemed eager to share, it was only supposed to be there for a year to celebrate the Millennium. However, it was such a hit that they decided to keep it. We went on Sunday, but waited until dusk; there was no line, and we got to watch night fall on the city from above. What a treat—seeing the lights of London from 443 feet up in the air.
3. Stonehenge and Avebury—I am struggling for the words to describe this experience. We got to Stonehenge right as it opened, picked up our audio guides, and started walking around the stones. In what seemed like an instant, an hour and 15 minutes had passed. It is just … SO … OLD. Nothing standing in America is a fraction as ancient. It makes you feel connected to humanity through the ages; and also intensely curious about moved these people to move these stones, long before the time of Jesus Christ. Avebury was a different experience, but also amazing; much larger; much older; much less in tact. But you can actually walk up to those stones, and imagine how the village they inhabit grew up around them (and also threatened them.) I would go back and do this again in an instant. I treasure the speck of white chalky mud that still sits on my boot from this rainy day visit among the standing stones.
4. The Cotswolds—We visited a few of these villages, and drove through others, on our tour to Stonehenge and Avebury. This is like going back in time to every British period drama you've ever loved. Literally, too—many movies and TV shows, from BBC dramas to Harry Potter, have been filmed in places like Lacock because it remains so unchanged from 300 years ago. Just wandering the streets is a treat.
5. The Roman Baths—this highlight of the city of Bath is another must see. To think of Romans enjoying the natural hot springs about 2,000 years ago in this magnificently excavated site conjures images of summer at the neighborhood pool, mixed with a church, with a dash of reality TV thrown into the mix. (Visitors would inscribe curses and offer them to the gods there; of those that have been discovered, most complain about theft, and wish some of the WORST things that could possibly happen to a person on the thief.)
6. Mass at Westminster Abbey—It's great to take tours of amazing places. It's even better to experience them as they were meant to be—to hear a symphony in a historic concert hall, or in this case to worship in a sacred space meant just for that. Though we didn't get to poke around in every nook and cranny, we were able to hear an amazing choir's voices echoing against its historically infused walls.
7. Holyroodhouse Palace—Castles are awesome. Most of them that you can visit are no longer in use. Hollyroodhouse, however, is different. It is a working palace, home to Queen Elizabeth II when she comes on her annual summer visit to Edinburgh. The palace's timeline stretches from the early 1500s and King James IV to present day, and was the residence of Mary Queen of Scots for a time. The Abbey ruins adjacent to the palace itself are far older too.
8. The Streets of Edinburgh—This city was simply magical. London is lovely and while it has swaths of ancient Britain, it also has the flavor of any major metropolitan international city. Edinburgh feels like … Scotland. And history. I love the smell of history in the morning. Every street was a postcard. At every turn was yet another breathtaking building, or monument, or mountain.
9. Food. And more Food. England is not known as a culinary destination; but I suspect times have changed as tourists become more demanding and residents become more discerning. Also, if you're looking for a meal that will warm you up on a cold rainy day, then the UK has EXACTLY what you need.
10. The Tron Market—in 2015, an underused church in the center of Edinburgh was converted into an indoor market for artists. The selection here was amazing; we also met a friendly Scottish artist, Christopher Rutterford, who explained his painting based on Robert Burns' poem "Tam O' Shanter," and I tried an Irn-Bru, a popular Scottish soda. What more could you need? It says a lot that 17th century gothic churches are so run-of-the-mill in Edinburgh that they go unused and get turned into markets.
Things I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging
- Working full-time
- Parenting
- Worrying about parenting and how wrong I'm doing it
- Reading books (oh, who am I kidding)
- Reading Internet articles (headlines only)
- Journaling (hahahaha)
- Watching Making a Murderer
- Playing with my hair
- Planning dream vacation
- Figuring out what the kids are watching/reading/listening to these days
- Trying to decide weather or not to start dying my grey hairs
- Researching toddler dance classes
- Sleep
Why, Candy Land, Why?
Action Figures for Girls (but in a good way)
I Am Elemental.
Found this potentially awesome new company working to make an action figure that's positive for girls,
PLEASE don't be the next Goldie Blox.
Talk to your babies!
Check out this great article in Slate on the importance of talking to your children from the very beginning. The more words, the better.
"Every word they say is like a penny in the bank of their child's mind."
And Now I'm Posting About Potty Training …
What has happened to my life?
But seriously, we're not quite there yet. We bought a potty/step stool combo because we needed a step stool for hand washing in the bathroom, and it is a source of amazement for the Brownie Bite at this point. She has actually successfully "pee peed" once, but I'm pretty darn sure it was just luck and she was as surprised as we were. We're not planning to rush into this one.
Just caught a great article on Slate, though, that pulls together some good history and best practices, and encapsulates my anxieties about the process nicely as well.
A very well-put rebuttal to the anti-vaxers.
Many thanks to the Hairpin for posting this; what a well-reasoned and respectful argument. It can be difficult to argue rationally with someone you perceive to be very irrational about something; and easy to just avoid these kinds of tense discussions with family.
An open letter to my dad on the occasion of his recent anti-vax Facebook postings.


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January 25, 2017
An article has recently been making the rounds on social media and on many conservative and pro-Trump websites, purporting to reveal Trump's alleged opposition to the Federal Reserve. Entitled "Trump is meeting with an ex-bank CEO who wants to abolish the Federal Reserve and return to the gold standard", it describes a meeting in late November 2016 between President-elect Donald Trump and John Allison, the former CEO of the bank BB&T and the libertarian think-tank the Cato Institute.
The article itself simply reported the meeting, and cited Allison's own views against the Federal Reserve. But as is now common with any story shared on social media, quickly assumed a life of its own. Even without the original article quoting Trump's views even once, it became the source for an article entitled "Trump: I Will Abolish The Federal Reserve" which was carried on sensationalist "news" site YourNewsWire and such pro-Trump websites as Conservative Daily Post and Maine Republic Email Alert.
That Allison's personal view that the Federal Reserve should be abolished, could then be magically turned into Donald Trump himself saying "I will abolish the Federal Reserve" as a policy statement now, merely from one meeting the two had in late November 2016 when Trump was interviewing possible candidates for Treasury Secretary, is a bizarre leap which highlights the proliferation of fake news and sensationalist headlines on both sides.
Such is an unfortunate symptom of social media, and I personally witnessed these articles posted and re-posted on Facebook, with comments praising the alleged move....Except that such people never bothered to simply click on the original headline and see the date: November 28, 2016. They merely looked at the misleading headline and, whetting their own pro-Trump bias, decided to run away with it as part of their revisionist narrative of Trump as "anti-Establishment" man of the people - boldly standing up against the banking elites.
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Position Number: 00046125
Primary Function of Organization Unit: Campus Enterprises is NC State University's lead division of retail and hospitality organizations: One Card Office, University Dining, Wolfpack Outfitters (a division of NC State Bookstores), University Trademark Licensing, The Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Talley Student Center, and the Witherspoon Student Center. Each unit shares a common goal: deliver quality and efficient services with dedicated financial support for student activity and scholarships. University Dining provides campus-wide food services to students, staff, and faculty on the North Carolina State University campus. University Dining operates 14 dining areas, seven convenience stores, campus concessions, a nutritional counseling service, and a catering department. University Dining employs approximately 500 employees, of which 140 are EHRA and SHRA.
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It was my long time dream to lead a team, and God is very good to me for granting me that dream. When I accepted the role, I admit it was a challenge as I don't have an experience handling a team yet. I wasn't sure if I will be an effective leader or not. And now, I see my worth, I somehow feel that I am.
The true worth of a leader is helping a team member grow, develop and move up. I was blessed that two of my team members got promoted a level higher. The main factor of course was their performance. But the promotion will never be possible without the help of the leaders, the management. And because of this promotion, I feel my worth. And would like to do the same to the rest of my team members.
I know there's more to develop in me.
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On Saturday morning, November 8, 20 litter pickers on community service from the Westside Community Court lingered in silence out front of the Sisters of the Road Café on NW 6th and Everett, half-heartedly picking up a few cigarette butts with extendable plastic arms and depositing them in a wheeling trashcan, before shuffling off up the street.
An hour later, their efforts were upstaged by 30 boisterous, upbeat volunteers drawn from the nonprofit café's Civic Action Group (CAG)—the café's customers, its board of directors, people who live in the Old Town neighborhood, and even volunteers from the masters program in social work at Portland State University. The occasion? The inaugural Sisters of the Road neighborhood cleanup, conceived by Sisters' Community Organizer Patrick Nolen.
"This is our neighborhood, and we want to see it be a great place," Nolen said. "When I was a kid, I used to walk through here with my dad and we always had a rule that we would pick up a piece of garbage or two along the way."
Sisters has attracted some negative press attention in recent months for refusing to ask police to enforce the controversial sit-lie ordinance outside the café; the nonprofit withdrew from Mayor Tom Potter's committee overseeing the law in April, describing it as "morally abhorrent" for allegedly targeting homeless people. But for three hours on Saturday, the Sisters' clean-up squad was clearly aiming for a positive effect on the neighborhood: Prowling Old Town in two teams, from Burnside and NW Park up and down the interceding streets all the way to the Steel Bridge, they collected 35 bags of trash. That was an entire dumpster full, including cardboard, broken glass, socks, even discarded medical equipment, not to mention a box of 50 used needles.
Several Old Town onlookers were confused by the effort.
"I was walking past one woman and she said, 'Isn't community service fun?'" in a snarky way, says Sisters board member and volunteer Bert Seierstad. "And I said, 'We're volunteers from Sisters,' and she went ahead and thanked everybody."
Afterward, the clean-up squad ate lasagna and salad back at the café while local busker Barry Joe Stull played "Somewhere over the Rainbow" on his mandolin, and a discussion took place about how things had gone.
"There were people out there that I've never met before that I count as my friends now. We may not have ended homelessness, but we achieved something concrete today," said Richard Walden, another CAG volunteer.
The group is now deciding whether to stage another cleanup in the future.


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Dance, Classical, Jazz & Vocalists
The Staff Blues is known for their high energy performances, pulling from a multitude of genres including blues, rock, jazz and funk.
The Brat Pack comes complete with their own supercharged 1.21 gigawatt sound system and 80's light show. They have a huge list of songs to choose from.
The Airwave Band performs a wide range of music from swing to Motown and Rhythm & Blues, to classic dance tunes and popular music.
Wedding Music
From swing and blues to latin and soft ballads, this Conservatory-trained trumpeter brings together five of Cincinnati's most active professional artists. Solo trumpeter and jazz combo leader.
Native American flutes.
The Cincinnati Brass Quintet is dedicated to providing the entire tri-state area with professional quality brass music for any occasion. Let us make your wedding even more memorable!
This is one of the area's finest Swing and Dance Orchestras. A great Jazz trio for dinner and cocktails, followed by the dance band will make your special day unforgettable.
String Celebrations USA offers performances by experienced, professional, classically trained musicians in the greater Cincinnati area. We perform at hundreds of events annually.
The SunBurners is an island party band that combines steel drums with pop vocals and infectious grooves. We cover artists ranging from Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney to Bob Marley and Santana.
Awarded "Best of the City" by Cincinnati Magazine and
 "Best R&B/Funk Vocalist" by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 "From deep soul to Nat King Cole, Clyde Brown covers it all." Cincinnati Enquirer


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I know Lyndon LaRouche's people do it, but really, what's the purpose of a U.S. presidential candidate having a Montreal campaign?
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U.S. students living in Montreal?
If Sarkozy can open up a *campaign office* in Montreal, why not a meetup for a U.S. candidate?↓