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the setting was of such that no light came in or out of the gallery. the darkness dripped over ripped shards of what was once considered furniture. balancing at the perfect acute angle, my ass did not approve of such precarious destinations. i just wanted to sit down. to my dismay, i did a lot of sitting that night and thank god my lack of caring extended to my ass, because the objects of such sitting were highly questionable. even for the uncaring.
i stumbled into this darkened cave by the off-handed reference of a distant friend. the conditions under which i was invited were about as clear as the firewater everyone was coating their insides with, but alas the uncaring care little about thoughts preceding the unknown. the darker the reason, the more unclear the emotion, the safer one feels. perhaps.
the red light coated everyone's face in a sweet menace that was potentially highly offensive but ridiculous in its unabashed care of painting all of us. many photos were taken that evening in a hopes of capturing every perfect element in all of its perfect imperfections but everyone was too wasted to care to try to focus, not blink or position the camera without any movement. any physical capture of this evening actually perfectly captured the entrails of room. wavy unfocused people moving around haphazardly. a light defining a face gripped by industrial backdrops with no hope in sight. smiles that were washed out by general fade. blurry images clearly depicting all the blurry things that crawl through the night in hopes of finding solace. it captured the blur exactly as it was.
i can't even remember if music blared through the empty walls that were dotted with canvases of all sizes, painted entirely in black paint. the walls had more escape black holes than the inside of my head but i was not going to be the first person to point out their glaring fact. my mind was represented in this cavern and i was terrified that people would recognize it for what it was. i played it out with everyone else but all the while feeling like i was playing too close to home with a comfortable audience. the only element that played a melody in front of me was the boy with the saxophone. he had no idea how to actually play it but the prop in his hands kept him with a purpose while the rest of the room droned out the lull.
the whiskey bottle never came into my careening eye with much vigor. it always just had a place on the sidelines, silent with its watch. occasionally it got the action it was looking for and the party promptly thanked it eagerly. the mood was saturated with the dark and the liquid was not excused. everyone proceeded to approach getting hammered but ultimately there was always a plateau that was hit. once the settling in was formulated, they couldn't get past that last hump of inebriation. they weren't any less coherent but perhaps more honestly open and apparent than ever before. the characters in the room were finally ready to read all of their lines with the systematic gusto that each approached it with. this was not a show nor was the spectacle for me, i was merely a character myself. my only stage direction was to simply: pay attention.
once the party of the evening was officially dead, the hours seemed to approach days. this is when the couch took center stage. my cyclic existence was a gratifying one because i existed solely on this couch for hours. some of the four remaining characters would gravitate towards me for entertaining or general playing, but my main attention was the simplistic nature of the couch. it had distinguishing characteristics about that were overtly memorable. if poked and prodded, i wouldn't have been able to tell you the make, the mode, the color or even the fabric. i don't remember if it was scratchy or old, or brand new or soft like velvet. all i remember is that that couch saved my life.
blasted by the fact that a couch could simply save someone's life, i'm sure, but it's true.
not so much memory was acquired while sitting on this couch, except the fact that i was literally transformed. the circus of earlier was no longer a theatre of the absurd, it had turned into my life. i was living my life on this couch with these characters, building upon story lines with references that had never happened. i was creating dissent out of thin air and life was breathing into me with the warm, dirty breath of a full night wide awake. people started to run out of sense to make and common areas like the simple touch lost any true value. words were spoken that night that could have been looked upon as seeds of the future. but i don't care to think that deep without the proper tools by my side. so i kept the seeds in my pocket for further inspection at a later date with more light around me.
the night soon ended in that space like the ending of time in a vacuum. there was no loud brash bravado with closing doors and girls crying. there was no off handed remarks from characters that lay in the foreground trying to score the spotlight. there was no misunderstanding. there was no hangover of the dark paintings on the wall. there really wasn't a couch at all because once i left it and closed the door, the show was over. the play was done. the characters kept rolling their lines in such proper format that i was brutally shocked at the length.
i kept up with my part. the whiskey bottle had proven that to me. and my time spent on that couch were simply my fifteen minutes of fame. i was a star that night about to burn out but for fifteen minutes, i held on to my light. no one saw it but really that was besides the point.
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Mike Pelfrey might finally be getting it. An uncashed checked so far in his career, Pelfrey is pitching with a sense of confidence and purpose early this season.
Hammered in spring training – Pelfrey said he wasn't worried because he was working on things – the right-hander has been dominant in April and takes a string of 19 scoreless inning into tonight's game against the Atlanta Braves.
Pelfrey (3-0, 0.86 ERA) is coming off a strong victory over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday in which he gave up three hits in seven scoreless innings.
"He has great rhythm,'' said manager Jerry Manuel. "There's a better presence. He's staying on top of the mound. He's ready before the hitter is ready. I think he's that confident and that in control that he could say, `I'm ready to go and I already know what the sequence is.' ''
However, his career numbers haven't been good against the Braves, going 2-5 with a 6.09 ERA nine starts.
Assuming the game isn't rained out, he could have a pitcher's duel with the Braves' Tommy Hanson.
The Mets are going for the sweep and second straight series win.
"When you win a couple series, you start feeling good about yourself,'' David Wright said. "You go out there expecting to win.''
Pitching has been the key. The Mets have allowed two or fewer runs five times in the last six games, and has a 2.09 ERA over the last eight.

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Southeastern women's basketball coach Darin Grover has released the 2012-13 men's basketball schedule which will feature an expanded conference slate with a pair of out of conference rivalry renewals.
The program is coming off an 11-17 season that did not live up to expectations, but did have a handful of bright spots including an upset victory over No. 1 seed and nationally ranked Arkansas tech in the first round of the inaugural Great American Conference tournament.
The Savage Storm will open the year with a Nov. 9 matchup on the road against Oklahoma Christian before opening the home portion of the schedule on Nov. 14 against Northeastern State (Okla.) in Bloomer Sullivan Arena, renewing what has been a very competitive rivalry in recent years despite it no longer being a conference contest.
SE will host OCU in a return trip on Nov. 19 before heading to Texas A&M-Commerce on Nov. 24 in its final game before the conference season.
The Storm will open conference play on Nov. 29 with a road trip to Henderson State (Ark.).
The Storm will end the conference portion of its fall season with a pair of home games on Dec. 6 against Arkansas Tech and Dec. 8 against Harding (Ark.).
Southeastern will host the final home event of 2012 on Dec. 17 when it hosts another out-of-conference rival in St. Mary's (Texas).
The final SE athletic contest of 2012 will sneak in under the wire when the Storm head to Bartlesville, Okla., to face Oklahoma Wesleyan on Dec. 31.
Southeastern will get back on the court on Jan. 3 when it hosts Southern Arkansas.
The first rivalry meeting with East Central (Okla.) will come on Jan. 24 in Ada, Okla., with the home matchup coming on Feb. 28.
A pair of newcomers to the GAC lineup will join the rotation this year.
SE will face its first new opponent on Jan. 12 with a road trip to Northwestern Oklahoma State, the newest addition to the league, and NWOSU will come to Durant on Feb. 14.
The other new addition is Southern Nazarene who SE will host on Jan. 19 before paying a trip to Bethany, Okla., on Feb. 23.
The regular season will end with a March 2 road trip to Harding (Ark.).


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God's Thoughts About Us
by Rev. Brian Mathis
6/27/2013 / Devotionals
Recently I was reading David G. Brenner's book Surrender to Love and in it he asks a question that caused me to stop and really think. The question is this, "Imagine God is thinking about you. What do you assume God feels when you come to mind?" If that seems like a strange question it really is not that unusual we do it on a personal level everyday when we have moments with new individuals we have encountered in our lives. We often wonder what sort of impression we have made after meeting people for the first time and we wonder how they have viewed us was in a favorable light or if they will avoid us the next time our paths cross. He goes on to say that most people do not believe that God's thoughts about them are positive. The common theme is usually disappointment or anger with them about their perceived failures. Like so many other children we often feel like we have not been successful enough to please our parents. However as I was reading my Bible today and praying about my own relationship to God He brought me to this passage of scripture that I just had to share and to be honest this is what God thinks when you and I are on His mind.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Psalms 139:17-18 (NLT)
You see David can say this because he has seen God deliver him out of all sorts of things even his own personal failures. David was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination to be honest he was an adultery and a murder however God still loved him. I know this may seem hard to believe but no matter what you have done in your life you are not beyond the love of God. He has precious thoughts for you today no matter your situation.
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away.3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
Psalms 139:1-6 (NLT)
So I want to ask you the same question when God thinks of you what thought does he think? If you believe that he holds anger or hatred towards you than you do not understand the love He has for you. You see it is in His love for us that he allowed His son to die for you and me. There is not a person alive that I know that would sacrifice their only child for the good of others it requires a kind of love that is not humanly possible. A love like that would not think badly about those it loves it would continue to love us even when we fail to recognize how much He loves us. Today though we must be willing to accept Jesus Christ as our lord and savior to fully experience that love from God; it requires something that is rather difficult for us to comprehend, our total surrender to His will. Not that we will ever be perfect or live perfect lives yet that we accept the forgiveness that he has offered and that we walk under the lordship of Him
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Jayden is the new Michael in New York City.
For the fourth consecutive year, Jayden topped the list of the most popular boys' names in New York City. The top girls' name in the city in 2011 was Isabella for the third straight year.
Michael, the most popular name in the city between 1980 and 2006, ended up fifth on the list.
Isabella Pal and Jayden Alexander Marthone, both born in the city last year, flanked Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the announcement this morning and took home some gifts: a "Made in NY" T-shirt and a New York City bib.
"A baby born in New York City has a life expectancy 2.5 years longer than the national average, in no small part due to our bold public health initiatives," said Bloomberg. "This means we can expect to see many of the very popularly named Isabellas and Jaydens – like these two little ones with us today – more than 80 years from now."
Among the top 10 girls' names, nine repeated from 2010, while eight were the same among boys, though in a slightly altered order. Aiden and Alexander joined the boys' top 10 and the girls' added Sofia — a variation of the number two girls' name Sophia.
The number of babies born in New York City dipped slightly from 2010 to 2011, down 1.4 percent from 124,791 to 123,029 (62,808 boys and 60,221 girls), according to the mayor's office.
The rest of the boys' top 10 included: Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Michael, Matthew, Justin, David, Aiden and Alexander. The girls' list was rounded out with: Sophia, Olivia, Emma, Mia, Emily, Madison, Leah, Chloe and Sofia.


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After completing a month without driving her car even once, Bike Girl is considering the feasibility of staying car free for the other 11/12's of the year.
When considering situations where Bike Girl would use a car, only a few situations immediately come to mind. The main one being, when it rains.
If Bike Girl wanted volatile weather, she would have moved to a different latitude. But since occasionally it does rain in Southern California, the ever solutions-oriented Bike Girl has found some tips to help her, and her loyal readers, in the event of showers.
1. Get Some Fenders - Bike Girl does not currently own any fenders, but is considering purchasing some. She's told that easy-on, easy-off plastic fenders can be purchased.
2. Avoid Puddles - A puddle can hide a pot hole. In Los Angeles, these road hazards tend to be deep and frequent. Be mindful of the road ahead of you and if a puddle is coming up, safely check for cars and ride around it. Luckily, cyclists don't have to worry about hydroplaning like cars do, because our wheels are so thin.
3. Slow Down - Stopping distance is greatly increased in the rain. Wet brake pads don't grip wet rims very well. Bike Girl has found that pumping her brakes creates some friction which dries them out enough for her to stop more quickly.
4. Get Lights - Bright ones. Bike Girl loves her Night Rider. She also uses two rear red blinkies. Drivers in Southern California can't deal with precipitation. They're even less likely to see you. Put those lights on in the rain, even if it's high noon.
5. Cover Your Seat - Bike Girl parks her bike inside, so this isn't an issue. But if your workplace forces you to park on the street, a bag or shower cap over the saddle can keep your pants from looking like you had an "accident."
6. Mix Your Transit - Taking the train or bus part-way is a good way to be out of the weather. The only problem here is that others will likely do the same. This can cause problems if the bike rack on a bus is full. A frequent Bike Girl commenter loves Folding Bikes. Bike Girl thinks this is one of the times foldies are FTW.
7. Lock Smart - If you lock your bike outside in the rain, arrange the lock so the key-hole points down. That way, water won't collect inside and rust it up.
8. Dress Appropriately - In Copenhagen, cyclists carry umbrellas in the rain. Bike Girl does not think she's coordinated enough for that. She plans to wear her Foul-Weather-Gear and a cycling cap to keep dry.
9. Lube - Lube your chain once the rain stops. It's important.
These of course are only suggestions. Bike Girl has survived riding in the rain without any of these items or taking any of these precautions. Most recently, she may or may not have been seen riding under-dressed on a barely functional rusty bicycle with no stylish umbrella in a different latitude. She is happy to report that she turned out just fine.


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QX5 USB microscope
The QX5 USB microscope is a computer-only microscope with magnification power of 10x, 60x and 200x. The QX5 is sold by Intel Play. Intel Play claims that the QX5 is not supported under GNU/Linux, but in fact the cpia2 kernel module supports it well.
The Cpia2 driver was recently ported to v4l2 and version 2.0 of the driver was released in September 2005; in February 2006 it was accepted into Andrew Morton's 2.6.16-rc4-mm2 experimental kernel branch; cf. submission patch. It will likely make it into the 2.6.16 kernel.
This driver comes with two small applications: mview, a modified version of gqcam to view the output, and qx5view, a viewer that also controls the lights on the qx5 microscope. MJPEG Tools MJPEG Tools can be used to record.
Until the driver reaches mainline, you will need to get the latest version of cpia2 and qx5view from the cpia2 CVS in order to use the QX5 with a 2.6.x Linux kernel.
To build and load cpia2, you only have to do
- make install
- modprobe cpia2
You will then be able to start qx5view which should detect your microscope.
Oops! qx5view doesn't compile since kernel 2.6.38 or so, but the QX5 does work as a capture device in vlc as /dev/video0. The lights can be controlled from the command line while vlc is running using:
lights off: $ v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=lights=0
top light only $ v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=lights=1
bottom light only $ v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=lights=2
both lights $ v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=lights=3
If you'd like a gui to control lights and other QX5 features try qv4l2 while vlc is running. v4l2-ctl and qv4l2 are parts of the v4l-utils package in Debian Wheezy. This all worked with kernel version 3.1.0-1-686-pae.


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Eye-Opening Email Marketing Stats
Email remains one of the most important avenues for marketers trying to reach relevant customers on the Internet.
However, the Web is (always) evolving, and the best practices of yesterday don't necessarily hold up as well as we approach 2013. Add to that many of the common misconceptions or misunderstandings about email marketing, and some marketers may find that their campaign operations are largely ineffective.
This is why it's always nice to pay attention to new data coming from experts in the field, such as marketing automation platform provider Eloqua, which recently released "5 Charts That Could Change Your Email Marketing," a recently released analysis which gives email marketers a fresh perspective on what an effective campaign looks like today.
Let's take a look at those charts:
"How Frequently Should I Email My Database?"
Email frequency can have a direct impact on conversions, especially if a marketer is sending too few or too many emails, with the latter being particularly detrimental. In fact, Eloqua warns that "more emails don't mean more click-throughs" and says that while increasing the number of emails you send out will probably mean that they are read more often, but it doesn't really have any effect on click-throughs/conversions, ultimately making the whole effort fruitless. In other words, less is more.
"Weekends are the Best Time to Send Email"
It would seem that because most people have more free time on the weekends to spend using the Internet for personal endeavors, they are more likely to pay attention to and convert on emails sent to them during the weekend, which comes from an analysis of 1.5 billions emails. Eloqua actually found that the highest click-through rates (CTRs) were registered on Saturdays, probably while users were sitting around marathon viewing TV shows on Netflix and checking their emails (note: this is totally author speculation). Interestingly, the study also found that most marketers don't actually take use the weekends to send out emails.
"Personalized Subject Lines Key to Email Open Rates"
A little personal touch can go a long way in resonating with your target audience, and by adding a recipient's name and an additional bit of personal information (such as their location) into an email's subject line, you will see a significant increase in open rates.
"Personal Signatures Increase Email Open Rates by 500%"
Yes, you read that right; it does say 500 percent. Simply personalizing the signatures in your emails can increase open rates five times as much as emails without them, and will also improve CTRs by 350 percent. That's a pretty impressive impact and definitely makes it seem worth it to attach a personalized signature as you sign off your email.
"Email Still Drives More Traffic than Social"
Finally, just to reiterate what we've been hearing for years now, email still leads social media in referral traffic, despite social's dramatic increase of 331 percent from the same quarter year-over-year. Eloqua analysis showed that over several quarters, email consistently drove more traffic than social. So, it looks like marketers are going to have to divide their time between the two channels for the foreseeable future.


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There are just so many things that I've been meaning to share in the past 2 weeks - the temples of Prambanan, gudeg, Alexandria, Saqqara, Luxor and of course the good food I had, leading to the new year. After each great experience, I just couldn't wait to get my photos done and blog about it. Sad to say, fatigue has gotten the better of me. I'm tired, really tired - physically and mentally. Perhaps 2010 may not a good year for me, as I've observed so far. There are, among others - a failed module (the simplest one, at that), backlogs, delays and disputes. On average, I get 4 hours of sleep. I started consuming coffee again to perk myself up and had diarrhoea for that, seriously. The only thing I want to do when I open that bedroom door is to just die on the floor. But of course, there are reports to read and chores to be done.
I re-read the above.
Funny. There I was, the cynical one who would roll eyes reading posts of people bemoaning their allegedly f-ed up lives/jobs/girlfriends/boyfriends/etc.
Let me just come back to the point, which is to talk about the one particular incident that had left me really beaten. That day, I'd slept for merely an hour before hitting the office.
For the past 13 years, I've developed this love-hate relationship with the Puduraya bus terminal. What can I say, this is one of the very few places where one can get affordable coach tickets to other states and beyond. Where else in the world can you get relatively comfortable express buses to Johor Bahru and Singapore for mere RM31 and RM50 respectively? And it's always the first sighting of the terminal that makes me feel that, yes, I'm home.
Besides the standardization of counter sizes, a few LCD screens and a layer of new paint, nothing much has changed, I feel. There's the overwhelming amount of carbon monoxide emission at the platforms, the perpetual congestion that causes delays and the countless ulat (touts), which I must admit, are pretty helpful at times.
I was waiting for my bus to return to Singapore at 11.15 pm on the first Sunday night of 2010. To have to anticipate the late arrival of buses here is of no surprise. So, around midnight, the bus made a grand entrance into the boarding area. It was 30 minutes late. Not too bad, really. I've experienced delays of more than 2 hours on several occasions.
The interior of the bus was well-furbished, colourful and hooray, I've gotten an individual seat! I was really looking forward to a good sleep after an exhausting week in Egypt. Just as I reclined my seat, this girl in her mid-twenties asked to confirm my seat number. Our seat numbers were identical and both tickets were issued by the same bus company. There must have been a mistake somewhere. We questioned each other and decided that the best way to settle this was to ask the conductor. By the way, several other duplicates were found too. At that moment, you could see many of the victims getting restless. They must be first timers. Or tourists.
The conductor, the great judge himself graced the bus with a smile. He must have not been informed of the happenings in the bus. The driver, sitting comfortably with a packet of kopi-o in hand, refused to assist the anxious passengers. Saya tak tau. Lu tanya sama itu koyak tiket punya orang. (I don't know. Ask the conductor later.)
After checking the tickets, the conductor would ask one of the two passengers with the identical pair of tickets to get off the bus and proceed to wait for the next in schedule. Schedule? Dah nak sampai dah. Kat Sungai Besi tol dah. (The next bus will arrive soon. It's now at the Sungai Besi toll). This was repeated to others facing the same problem. I saw some people retaliating to that by not giving up their seats. They were not wrong. Why should anyone with an official ticket be told to get off the bus? Was that the best answer he could give? It certainly sounded more like an instruction to me. Came our turn and his honour, again, churned out his little number. I tried to reason. I told him that it's unfair for me to leave my seat. Afterall, I'm not the problem here. He then announced, kalau macam itu, bas tak payah jalan lah! (if that's the case, the bus will not move!). I can't help but feel threatened. Why should I just give up my seat when ultimately, what's in my hand was a legitimate ticket issued by the staff of the bus company?
The girl in her twenties was joined by her elderly mother and a younger sister. They had bought all the seats in that particular row. Some of the passengers had given up and only a few more were still defending their seats. I had to decide. Someone must leave and I had to make a choice, unwillingly.
As I picked up my heavily loaded backpack, a young man was still arguing with the judge. The girl in her twenties saw me leaving and said, hah, dah settle dah! with a victorious look on her face, as if she had proven that I was the guilty one in this case and had been given the sentence I deserve. You could have, at the very least, thanked me.
On one hand, I felt that I've made a stupid decision. It did appear as if I've shamelessly given up my right to the world and proclaimed, nah, take it away from me, please! with a smile. Conscience - that was all I had at that point. I could have argued on with the judge but the thought of the elderly mother having to wait for the next bus in the humid and intoxicating condition at the platform or to leave without one of her children had me surrendering to an erroneous system. This is the very same system that had victimized many for the longest time. I know, for I've seen it happening for more than 10 years. A good kakak from another bus company, who later became a friend, had told me countless sad tales like this one.
Knowing that the next bus will be late as well, I ran upstairs to question the person-in-charge of the bus company's counter. He looked more confused than I was and simply brushed off my complaint by saying, ah….ya ya. You ikut cakap itu konductor saja lah. (Yes, yes. You just follow what the conductor says). Amazing.
The next bus did come, around 1 am. The losers from the earlier episode had inevitably created some chaos in the bus again, due to the mismatching of seat numbers.
Obviously, the problem lies in the company's governance. More specifically, the ticketing system. Being a well-received bus company specializing in this niche and lucrative route, it's only wise to invest in a computerized system that will greatly reduce the amount of human errors like this. If other bus companies can do it, why can't they? Some might say that one shouldn't expect much from a cheap ride, so take it or leave it. Of course, we are not asking for meals on board or personalized mobile entertainment. I'm sure efficiency is included in the price of the ticket, right? They are obviously not looking at the bigger picture as well. In my opinion, this is an important issue that should have been studied years ago. A good public transport system ensures progress in many other industries, including tourism. You should have seen that frustrated look of the tourists due to the delays and unclear details scribbled onto their tickets. Not a pretty face, I can assure you. I don't see them returning anytime soon too. And what's even sadder? That we are swarmed by frivolous matters that have been blown out of proportions instead. One seat, two tickets – that's REAL confusion and a matter of fact. Now do something about it!
I reached Singapore later in the morning feeling completely exhausted and mentally beaten. The next few days were not any better but I survived. By planning my schedule and meals well, I'm sure I'll recover fast.
However, reading the bad news surrounding us these days has proven to be detrimental. I was, again, haunted by the lack of conscience and understanding among us. Believe in the truth, my friends. Believe that there are better ways to things. Believe that it'll take nothing but impossibility to divide us. And we shall emerge stronger and wiser than ever before.
In the process of writing this post, I felt that perhaps I should start another blog. HairyBerry's Tell-A-Bus-Tale, anyone?
Friday, January 15, 2010
Tell-A-Tale (Part 57): Happy New Year?
There are just so many things that I've been meaning to share in the past 2 weeks - the temples of Prambanan, gudeg, Alexandria, Saqqara, Luxor and of course the good food I had, leading to the new year. After each great experience, I just couldn't wait to get my photos done and blog about it. Sad to say, fatigue has gotten the better of me. I'm tired, really tired - physically and mentally. Perhaps 2010 may not a good year for me, as I've observed so far. There are, among others - a failed module (the simplest one, at that), backlogs, delays and disputes. On average, I get 4 hours of sleep. I started consuming coffee again to perk myself up and had diarrhoea for that, seriously. The only thing I want to do when I open that bedroom door is to just die on the floor. But of course, there are reports to read and chores to be done.
Posted by HairyBerry at 1/15/2010
Labels: Tell-A-Tale
18 comments:
- ice said...
Do take care & rest well nic.
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- Selba said...
Can't believe that a mess up of seat tickets could happened. And how unprofessional are all those staff.
But anyhow, you were very kind and generous to let go you seat to that "rude" girl and it shows that you are a better person than her. Don't get irritated that you have done a good thing because I believe there's always a pay back in good or bad thing :)
Well, hope that you can catch up some good rest in this weekend, it's Friday! TGIF! Go give yourself a good treat.. some yummy food! :) And cheer up, 2010 might start not too smooth for you but just trust, it gonna be better, ok ;D
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- sc said...
oh dear, sounds horrible! i can imagine your exhaustion after a long holiday and have to face with such s**t. hope you feel better now? try First Coach next time, i always take that to Spore- pleasant and affordable (RM41?) ride everytime :)
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- ToyGirl said...
I am so sorry this happened to you. Summore right in the beginning of the new year. definitely a bummer. And that girl that 'scored' your seat, all I can say is karma. Such an ungrateful person. Hope you start to feel better soon. See you for the next K-session. Hugs!!
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- CUMI & CIKI said...
oh boy that TOTALLY sucks nic! to think you did the gentlemanly thing and that she smirked in ur face about being the 'wrong' party.. Chis!
anyway, who cares.. in my books, nic, you are ALWAYS the hero;) you can have my seat/lap anytime hairy! hehe :P
take care now.. don't stresssssss
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- babe_kl said...
awwww dat so terrible.
it's so sad after all these years there are still incidences like this, plus there are still so many touts around!
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- Jun said...
all i can do is shake my head in disbelief, for i hav realised the importance of conserving energy for more important things, like counting the number of stars in the sky, than to curse the F-ed up system in msia.
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- Tummythoz said...
Had that memorable experience before. Similar 'judgements' were passed but that time, a few guys attempted a contempt of court by retorting, 'Baik-lar. Semua tak yah balik!'
It ended with everyone being late as the bus was forced to wait for another to arrive to pick up the 'duplicates'.
Malaysia boleh (macam-macam).
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- J said...
Well, it's only the start of the year, and 2010 is a fresh slate!
I hope your year will be filled with more happy experiences vs. homicide inspiring ones...
- Friday, 15 January, 2010
- Petite Lass said...
It's unfortunate to learn that you are one of the many victims. Take care, have a heaps of rest and eat more nutritious things to compensate hehe :)
- Saturday, 16 January, 2010
- ladyironchef said...
no, cannot start new blog! otherwise there's even lesser time to update your food entries! lol
- Saturday, 16 January, 2010
This is a superior article as they all are. I tease been wondering wide this for some measure now. Its great to get this info. You are fete and balanced.
- Sunday, 17 January, 2010
- Nic (KHKL) said...
ice, thanks so much! ;D
selba, thank you so much! yeah, i did have a good weekend! had a relaxing brunch and a good run too! ;D and thanks for the motivation! i am certainly looking forward to 2010! ;D hope you are having a good year so far too! ;D
sc, thanks! am definitely feeling better now! and thanks for recommending first coach! ya know, i already booked 2 tickets from them last week! ;D cant wait to check it out.
toygirl, awwww, thanks so much! hey, we shall do a k session this cny ya!!! i cant wait! must go learn new songs d...hehe
cumi & ciki, thank you very much for the kind words!!!! really appreciate it! woah, me is your hero ar? *blush* u rawk, babe!
babe_kl, agree! and nothing has been done to upgrade the system! i'm sure a computerized ticketing system will solve a lot of the obvious problems.
- Monday, 18 January, 2010
- Nic (KHKL) said...
jun, maybe that's why our nation likes to eat. to conserve more energy...hehehe...but i agree with you that we need a system upgrade...it's long overdue!!!!
tummythoz, ya lor, everyone should just retaliate and stay on the bus. too bad we couldn't stand united that day. i just feel that this drama shouldnt have begun because the cause is such an obvious error! cis! macam-macam boleh, kan? hehehe...
j, thanks so much for the words! i certainly am looking forward to 2010, be it good or bad. it motivates me to work (and eat) harder! ;D
petite lass, thanks so much for the kind words!!! will definitely rest more and eat well. ;D i hope your new year's been good! here's wishing you a great year ahead. ;D
ladyironchef, hehehehehehehehe! again, u have just reminded me of founder's bkt! i soooo need to blog more often. or eat less...hehehehehehe...
anonymous, thanks so much! i sure hope that i'm balanced cos the world is mad enough right now and i wont wanna be disoriented. ;D
- Monday, 18 January, 2010
- qwazymonkey said...
Sighs! malaysia memang boleh
- Monday, 18 January, 2010
- Nic (KHKL) said...
qwazymonkey, to quote tummythoz, (macam-macam)...hehehe
- Wednesday, 20 January, 2010
- Life for Beginners said...
Hey, bro, I believe 2010 may be our (yours and mine) best year yet. The beginning may be a bit rocky, but it only serves to point us out the ready pitfalls and challenges to overcome. And you, my friend, can and shall overcome them.
In the meantime, we'd be around to cheer you on (and in some instances, entertain and annoy you lah). Rock on!
- Monday, 25 January, 2010
- Nic (KHKL) said...
kenny, thanks for the words, bro! am certainly prepared to face the best year yet! ;D keep me annoyed, please!!! ;D hehehehe....
- Tuesday, 26 January, 2010


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Get in where you fit in with cutting-edge designs to express your style on the slopes. Here's a first peek at this year's main styles on riders who best define the looks and trends of '07.-Annie Fast
Photographed by Kevin Zacher
Concrete Jungle
Why leave all that urban style at home just 'cause you're in the mountains? Nima was born and raised in L.A. and is as likely to be skating the city or out late-night as he is to be snowboarding.
Hey, Marc Frank Montoya doesn't follow trends-he starts them. Proof? He's got MFM signature everything from tip to tail, a dictionary definition of a trendsetter. What's his look? A Jersey layered over a coupla' tall tees, XXXL with a little bit of sag, some bling-yeah, you know this look.
MFM leads the pack in his Section MFM Signature jacket in stone stripe ($270), Section Black Label 3 Layer pants in light gray ($250) with a TechNine The Baller jersey ($40), Spy MFM Signature goggles ($140), and a SkullCandy MFM Pro Headset ($230).
Also pictured: Nitro MFM boots ($240) and Nitro Team MFM 157 board ($430) mounted up with TechNine MFM Pro bindings ($199).
Là‡ Jumpsuit
One-piece suits, once the domain of middle-aged men and third-graders, are emerging as (gasp) cool. Alongside other hip-again things like terry cloth, legwarmers, and leashes, the one-piece is reclaiming its place on the snow, minus the rookie stigma. Amber Stackhouse shows how good functional can look.
Amber Stackhouse finishes off a big day of shredding in the Roxy Skylab one piece ($270) and Roxy Torah Bright goggles ($150).
Also pictured: Roxy Track Lace boots ($139), Roxy Ollie Pop board ($379), and Roxy Team bindings ($139).
Trim And Tailored
A handful of companies have been successfully designing snow clothing lines that appear to be nice street clothes in material and fit, yet still function perfectly on snow. This look has a localized grip on the Salt Lake slopes, in the Portland area, and over there in the Midwest. If you're into this, you probably have pretty solid style off-snow.
Justin Hebbel isn't a big fan of jackets or goggles, especially when it comes to urban rails, and Laura Hadar would rather wear jeans.
Laura Hadar catches the last tram up in her Holden Mila jacket in hemp/dusty blue mà‡lange ($340), Nikita Isobel jeans ($90), Oakley Text goggles ($120), and Elm Macy beanie ($25).
Also Pictured: ThirtyTwo Lashed boots ($190), M4 Vamp board ($250), and Flux Titan bindings ($190).
Justin Hebbel makes a clean break in Holden Berlin pants in walnut ($210), an American Apparel Flex-Fleece V-neck sweatshirt ($38) and Baby Thermal long sleeve henley ($24), and a Coal The Frena beanie ($15).
Also Pictured: Ride Deuce boots ($200), Ride Society 151 board ($500), and TechNine Team 3 bindings designed by Hebbel ($199).
Hint: Pants not fitted enough? Bring them to a tailor-your local laundromat will probably even do it. Prices start around $45.
The Scanner
You don't have time to worry about what you're wearing. You've got to gas up the sleds and meet your filmer at the trailhead before sunrise. You need a pattern that hides yesterday's lunch and a winter's worth of snowmobile grease … and you need some pants-waterproof ones. Done.
"This isn't a look," claimed Iikka B ckstrà®m, who's seen here recovering from a long day on the hill in his Planet Earth Standard plaid jacket ($180), Planet Earth Iker pants ($180), and Forum Speedking socks ($16).
Also pictured: Forum Kicker Lauri Heiskari boots ($220), Forum Grudge-S 154 JP Walker board ($550), and Forum Platform 1.8 bindings ($210).
The current contest look makes sense. Think about it-you're trying to get noticed. What better way is there to draw attention to yourself than a bright, matching outfit? This year you can even find gloves and bindings made to match your kit-that's right, top to bottom. Okay, that doesn't explain hiding behind the bandanna, butt whatever …
Luke Mitrani steals the spotlight in a Ronin 2L jacket ($280) and Ronin Transition pants ($200), both in Day-Glo green snakeskin print, his R.E.D. helmet ($70-$250), and Oakley A Frame goggles in marble ($120).
Also pictured: Burton Shaun White boots ($250), a Burton Custom board ($500), and Burton Mission bindings ($180).
The Unconventional
Who said dudes can't wear pink pants? Who decided snowboarding was this big serious sport? Nah, do it your own way. Blast some Airblaster, throw down some neon-slash, jib, poke, stall, spin, and have way more fun than anyone else. You win.
Zac Marben takes the not-so-obvious way down in his Volcom Swerve jacket ($230) in black herringbone and Volcom Passport pants ($180) in petal. He's also draped in a Volcom Zack featured-artist slim tee, a baggy ol' Neff Joey beanie ($26), and Dragon Mace goggles ($95).
Also pictured: CAPiTA Outdoor Living board ($399) and Union Force bindings ($199).
Nima Jalali takes to the streets in Levi's 504s ($27), a Seditionary Movement T-shirt ($24), a thrift store leather jacket, and American Apparel 2×1 Rib Tank ($15).
Also pictured: ThirtyTwo Lashed boots ($190), his M4 Nima Jalali Heartbreaker 146 ($425), and Flux Super Titan bindings ($210).
Hint: Those Levi's aren't going to fit over your boots. Get out the scissors and cut up the material, not the seam.
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Beyonce spends fortune on festival dinner
Pop superstar BEYONCE spent more than £1,444 on fast food dinners for her entourage prior to her performance at V Festival over the weekend (17-18Aug13).
The singer headlined the event in Chelmsford on Saturday night (17Aug13) and placed a massive telephone order with a local takeaway joint.
The bill from the Nando's restaurant, which included 48 whole chickens, 28 platters of wings and 48 portions of fries, came to more than £1,444 and was paid for in cash.


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Shula Burger
14917 Lyons Road, Suite 114, west of Delray Beach, 561-404-1347, ShulaBurger.com
An offshoot of its steak-house chain, this fast-casual concept's fourth branch — its first in Palm Beach County — has opened in the new Delray Marketplace.
"All the growth is out west. Shula Burger is really poised to service families out here," says Delray Beach resident Carrie LaNoce, a three-year company employee who's become the first franchise owner. "The community really needed something like this."
Fresh burgers are molded from premium chuck, short rib and brisket. A bestseller is the French Onion with caramelized onions, gruyere, garlic mayo and garlic croutons ($7.99), and The Don stacks a burger and hot dog ($9.99). The Beach Burger with fried shrimp and chipotle crema is exclusive to this location ($8.99), and create-your-own starts at $6.79 for a single and $9.49 for a double.
Alternatives include a turkey burger ($7.99) and three salads ($6.99), such as the Santa Fe, greens with roasted corn, black bean salsa, tomatoes, green onions, tortillas, jack cheese and honey-lime dressing. Unconventional odds and ends include fried banana peppers and fried pickles (both $4.59).
Lunch and dinner are served daily. There's free Wi-Fi, a red-tiled open kitchen, acrylic pop-art images, TVs and a 4-foot illustrated cutout of Don Shula as a Cleveland Browns player. An iPad at the counter suggests wine and craft beer pairings, and the patio beckons with yellow-and-black chairs and umbrellas.
Sybarite Pig
20642 State Road 7,¿west of Boca Raton, 561-883-3200, SybaritePig.com
This 6-month-old pint-sized gastropub has kicked off lunch service from Tuesday to Saturday and is expanding its kitchen setup to offer finger foods such as croquetas.
Favorite lunch choices are gazpacho ($6), salad with free-range chicken ($12) and the veggie tart ($5). Butternut squash puree is made with duck stock, thyme and garlic ($4.5). And hits from the dinner menu appear as well: piggy pinwheels, a rift on spiraled Venezuelan bread stuffed with bacon, olives, capers and raisins ($5), Hellswine II sausage with spicy-sweet purple slaw on a pretzel bun ($10) and tri-tip duck-fat burger with shallot jelly ($12) with possible upgrades of cheddar, bacon and/or a fried egg.
To craft the burger, co-owner and executive chef Daniel Naumko cuts the fat off the beef and adds duck fat left over from making sausages.
"Our goal with lunch service is to provide a natural, locally sourced, and interesting menu to everyone who is tired of having to eat at chain restaurants," says Naumko.
A new chef, Suzanne Cochard, brings a background of Hawaiian and Peruvian cooking, so expect to see her flair as well.
"We are creative people who run with cool ideas and like to try new things continually," Naumko says.
Fifty bottled craft beers round out eight on tap that change frequently. Up next: A deli case to sell their super-moist, flavorful sausages and pinwheels by the loaf to go.
New River Pizza and Grill
701-1 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-618-7000, NewRiverPizzaOnline.com
Nearly two years after expanding across the street from its takeout spot, this 12-year-old eatery has added about 25 items to its all-day menu, updated its lunch menu and launched weekend brunch.
"Some of my new items are leaning toward New American and departing from the strictly Italian cuisine," says new managing partner and Klime Kovaceski.
New standouts are signature pan-fried shrimp cakes ($11.95), turkey, cranberry and brie panini ($8.95), New River pizza with fig, prosciutto and blue cheese ($13.25-$21.95), seafood risotto ($19.95) and grilled butcher steak ($16.95). An expanded wine list caps prices at $40.
Takeout/delivery until 4 a.m. is still the backbone. "But all of our focus is to triple the business in the dining in," Kovaceski says.
Brunch features breakfast sandwiches ($10-$11), pancakes and raspberry French toast ($8-$9) and eight egg dishes from $9 up to $12 for the shrimp Benedict. The lunch menu of burgers, wraps, pastas and pizzas will change weekly, but don't miss the four-cheese grilled sandwich served with tomato rosemary bisque ($9.95) if available.
Monthly art exhibitions featuring a local artist along with a cocktail networking event will debut in July. Also coming soon is live music Friday and Saturdays with happy-hour specials.
Blue Moon Fish Co.
4405 W. Tradewinds Ave., Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, 954-267-9888, BlueMoonFishCo.com
This 17-year-old landmark on the Intracoastal Waterway has brought back its summer wine series and unveiled a small-plates bar menu with new cocktails.
Wine tastings, held at 6:30 p.m. the last Thursday of each month, include four American wines, passed hors d'oeuvres and live music for $30. If you stay for dinner, you get $25 off the check. The lineup: tonight , Ferrari Carano; July 25, Beringer; Aug. 29, Kim Crawford; Sept. 24, Cakebread.
The next "Winemaker's Dinner" will feature Darioush wines paired with four courses at 6:30 p.m. July 11 for $125. Castronovo Vineyards will host the last one Sept. 12 for $99.
Fountain of Youth with Absolut Berri Acai vodka, blueberries and pomegranate juice ($11) and The Moon Infused Colada with strawberry-coconut vodka and house-infused pineapple ($10) are front-runners of 10 new cocktails. As accompaniments, eight new small plates include curry-dusted firecracker oysters ($7) and pan-seared sea scallops ($11).
New highlights on the lunch menu are Maine lobster bisque ($15), herb-roasted salmon chopped salad ($18), soy-glazed turkey burger ($17), short-rib burger ($17) and sauteed shrimp pasta ($25).
"We are constantly trying to expand and revamp our menus and introduce new dishes," says chef and owner Bryce Statham.
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Reading fairytales to children
I'm going to take today's story in the Daily Telegraph, about how parents no longer read old-fashioned fairytales to their children, with a grain of salt. Firstly, the Telegraph loves to lambast political correctness and, secondly, it was a PR-generated survey (and being a PR person I know all about those). A third of parents […]Read more


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When passing through metal detectors you're always asked to empty the change from your pockets, but do security personnel really look through your coins? Probably not, which is why this fifty cent piece with a hidden knife blade could be really useful.
Whether you find yourself in the trunk of a car bound and kidnapped by baddies, or in need of some easy way to peel a particularly thick-skinned orange, the sharp steel blade stashed inside this fifty cent coin is endlessly useful. And as long as no one stops to closely examine the $39 coin and the obvious seam where it splits in two, you don't have to worry about it ever being confiscated. [Shomer-Tec]


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Ubuntu is the Linux Usability Leader
More Opinions Than People
With the first release in 2004, Ubuntu established itself as one of the most user-friendly GNU/Linux distributions available. Since then, each release has reaffirmed this reputation, although recent versions have coasted a little.
The fact that Ubuntu should be the distribution where this issue arises seems inevitable. Admittedly, a GNU/Linux user's experience these days is usually determined by changes to the GNOME and KDE desktop rather than the choice of distribution. However, you only have to compare Ubuntu to its parent distribution Debian to see how much Ubuntu has made usability issues their own.
Debian is perfectly usable on the desktop (partly because many of those who improve Ubuntu also work on Debian), but Ubuntu is far ahead in support for multiple languages and keyboard locales, and offers desktop tools like Computer Janitor and Software Sources for tasks that in Debian usually require the command line if they are available at all.
And while some other distributions like Fedora and Mandriva also have an interest in usability, few have such a long and extensive history of desktop improvements, nor such an apparent hurry to improve the user experience.
In many ways, Jaunty continues this usually uncontroversial history. Nobody is likely to complain about Jaunty's faster boot time, its more reliable suspend and resume, or its increased support for wireless cards. Nor is anybody going to question the availability -- but not default use -- of the ext4 filesystem, or Eucalyptus, the roll-your-own cloud computing application.
But notifications -- the messages about events in the system that appear near the system tray -- are another matter. Neither users nor developers appear to have been complaining about their existing conventions, and the change in how they operate is due largely to the insistence of Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, its corporate face. And while users might not notice the changes, much less complain about them, developers seem less certain about them.
Where the Changes Come From
The changes in notifications are directly traceable to Shuttleworth's challenge last summer to make the free desktop rival OS X's by late 2010.
"If you have a grand vision, where do you start?" Shuttleworth said in an interview a few weeks ago. "Notifications were very carefully chosen as a starting point. We wanted something which affects multiple applications. . . . We also wanted something that would be slightly controversial. We wanted to make some tough choices, like removing actions from notifications, and we knew that would trigger discussion and debate about the design process. . .it is small enough that we believed we could do it in a single cycle, but meaningful enough and visible enough that it would draw attention to the work that we're doing."
With these perspectives in mind, Shuttleworth set to work with the Canonical team and announced the proposed changes on his blog in February, pointing readers to a description of the new notification standards.
These standards depend on the exact message being transmitted. If the message does not require any action by a user and can wait, then the message should display within the application it applies to. There is no need, for instance, for a desktop notification when Firefox crashes because Firefox has its own system for displaying messages. However, if no action is needed but the user should read the message immediately -- for instance, if a new USB drive has been plugged in -- then the message should go in a notification bubble (so-called for its rounded corners) near the system tray.
Conversely, messages that require actions but not immediate ones, such as a message about a lack of system space, use a standard alert button. Those messages that require immediate actions, such as the expiry of a laptop's battery, go into a morphing alert box that changes shape and background color to call attention to itself. All these standards are strictly enforced, apparently without exceptions.
These changes immediately sparked discussion on the ubuntu-devel mailing list, including some questioning of the power of Canonical's Design team to impose them. They were similarly discussed on the gnome-desktop-devel list, where reception of them has been reluctant enough that Jaunty was released with a package called gnome-stracciatella-session, which allows users to press F10 when they login and get a GNOME desktop with standard notifications. In addition, an alpha release of Jaunty included a configuration tool for notifications, but was omitted from the official release. However, Jaunty does include an Indicator applet for the panel that signals that something on the desktop requires your attention.
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PhotoKin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
I need a logo for a small group of photographers: two males (myself and my son) and a female. We do mainly wedding, event, and portrait photography. We also love to photograph children, pets and landscapes. We work independently or together, depending on the assignment... so it's not a company just yet, just an association of friendly photographers.
PhotoKin Family Photographers
This logo will be used on the main Web page and also on each photographer's gallery and on a blog. Only one of us has a gallery at this time. The photographer's gallery would display the PhotoKin logo and "<photographer's name>, A PhotoKin Photographer." The logo would also be utilized in watermarks on images, business cards, stationery, and presentation materials. You can disregard the existing graphic on our site at http://www.photokin.com. It's just a place holder. I'm planning to throw out the whole site and buy or commission a new one.
- A color palette and overall look that would appeal to brides, as they will be our target clients... but won't look silly when handed out by the men in the group.
- Try to convey professional service by fun, friendly and caring people.
- This is about the photographers, not the photography or gear.
- I would like to see a graphic that can be used with or without accompanying text beside or under it.
- Delivery as Photoshop file(s) that can be easily re-sized as appropriate. I have CS4. I do not have Illustrator.
I do not want a vertical design.
I do not want a metallic or reflective look
I do not want cameras or equipment in the logo
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gicman needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 14 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
This will be a full color two piece kiosk. The top portion is a small rectangular piece and the bottom portion is a wrap around.
This is the first kiosk when you click on the link. (pronto post)
This kiosk will be for an insurance agency at an insurance convention in the summer. this purpose of the kiosk is to show other agents and representatives the ease of doing business with us online. Whether its quoting or contacting us for customer service, its quick and easy.
- I want a rectangular piece on top that included the text GIC ONLINE. ( the GIC portion will be the logo itself) (http://www.gicunderwriters.com)
- That rectangular peice should have a splash water design to it.
- The theme of this kiosk deals with water. "jump in" or "make a splash".
- You can use pictures or create your own modern water design splash-like image.
- Dont want busy picture.
- Dont want too busy of design.


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STATHAM – Edna L. Johnson, 77, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013.
She was a member of the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. She loved her family, her church and church family, and was happiest when baking and doing for others. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her parents, John J. and Sally Wigley Collins; husband, Marion L. Johnson; sisters, Estelle Baxter, Beulah Anderson and Jeanette Johnson; and a brother, James Collins.
Survivors include a son, Steve Johnson, West Palm Beach, Fla.; daughter, Marie (Ted) Cannon, Statham; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother, George Collins; and sister, Mandy Baker.
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 27, at the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ with the Rev. Tommy Baker and Bro. Steve Roberts officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, was in charge of arrangements.
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asitsur needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Hello All,
We are third generation jewelry manufacturer.
In the last few years we make the Name-Necklace jewelry (with material -Gold, Silver, plated gold and etc') to our clients.
We do very professional name necklaces (to compare to other manufactures)
Now we need a new logo and next we would go for design a new web-site
We think that mostly the target audiences are woman, and It could be also a guys that buys the Name NeckLace to a girl,
There is no exact age of the target audiences,
It can be a 16 y/o teenagers that buy the Name NeckLace to her friend or a 60 y/o lady that buy the Name NeckLace to her granddaughter.
We want to have the best looking logo as possible to our new web-site.
It needs to have a prestigious look and unique style.
(Myself, I like bright and clean logo, with unique element or some letter can be sparkling..)
You can look at our competitors web-sites (and logos) :
Our website is going to be named: YourNameNeckLace
We upload some of pictures we have at this moment (the pictures would be placed on the web-site, to show our work), the necklace can be also on a white or bright background as well.
The winning designer might get the budget to make the whole web-site !!
Good luck to all,
Thank you
Asi Tsur
YourNameNeckLace stuff
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Quiznos Manual: An Answer For Everything
Browsing through the Quiznos operation manual last night, it was interesting, though not surprising, to see codified instructions for every possible employee action.
The time standard for the Baser, Finisher and Wrapper positions is 20 seconds or less at each station per sub. After you slice your onions, you must verify that the lengths of the onions are no longer than 2 inches and 1/8 inch thick. Bacon should never be broken or cut in half. Never let the phone ring more than once. Don't shout across the restaurant with the phone line still open. In the event hostage taking, do not attempt to capture the abductor or free the victim.
The manual says this is to ensure the delivery of a product that confirms to official standards. Undoubtedly, it does, as well as reducing costs and making it easier for the average person to open up a Quiznos.
But maybe there's something else….
(Photo: Media Guru)
Maybe by having a numbered headline for every single movement, an answer for every decision, it makes it that much easier for the corporation to ensure the franchises' obedience. Like only buying from approved vendors selling at a markup, which are owned by The Quizno's Master LLC, as several franchise owner's lawsuits allege.
Even when Quiznos franchise owner Bhupinder Baber shot himself three times inside a Quiznos, he did it in the bathroom, away from the customers, in an easily moppable area. — BEN POPKEN
Quiznos Manual: Natural Disasters Are Good PR Opps
How A Quiznos Owner Shot Himself 3 Times In The Chest
We Have A Quiznos University Training Kit
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Okay, yesterday was operation spin the bird, as I took my first stab at rotisserie cooking on the grill, and without wasting time on modesty, I have to declare the outcome an unqualified success, as the bird was spectacular. Actually, modesty doesn't enter into it, as the chicken did all the work, just as advertised. I brined the bird for a couple of hours, stuffed some garlic in the cavity and under the skin, added some salt and pepper and some herbs, and let him spin on the spit for a little under 90 minutes, so the chicken really cooked itself. The hardest part was getting it trussed, since I had never done that before, but it's a simple process that will get easier with practice. I could not be more excited at this new addition to the exports of Manstovia.
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House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) was joined by 182 Democrats on a letter sent today to Speaker Boehner, opposing Republicans' inclusion of partisan policy riders in must-pass appropriations bills:
"The American people expect us to work together to create jobs, grow the economy, and reduce the deficit -- not take the government to the brink of a shutdown by including partisan, ideological policy riders in appropriations bills," said Whip Hoyer. "That's why Democrats are sending a letter to Republicans asking them to live up to their pledge to not use must-pass legislation to advance a partisan agenda. We note that not all policy riders are objectionable, and ask that controversial policy riders be removed from these bills. I hope Republicans will work with us on this issue, and focus on getting Americans back to work."
Below is the text of the letter and the full list of Democrats signing the letter:
Dear Mr. Speaker:
We write with deep concern about the inclusion of policy riders in FY2012 appropriations legislation. As you know, there is longstanding precedent not to use appropriations bills to enact major changes in national policy, and the bills being reported from Appropriations subcommittees this year violate that precedent.
While not all policy riders are objectionable, many of those included this year are not only controversial but blatantly partisan. Included riders would block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, roll back important clean air and clean water protections, and place new restrictions on women's access to a full range of medical and health services, among others. These appropriations bills appear to any knowledgeable observer as an attempt to push through both chambers an extreme, partisan agenda outside the regular order you so strongly advocated in the Pledge to America, which declares an end to "the practice of packaging unpopular bills with "must-pass' legislation to circumvent the will of the American people."
As appropriators continue working to meet funding thresholds in the Budget Control Act, it is important that Republicans not risk a government shutdown by playing politics with appropriations bills. Democrats oppose the inclusion of controversial policy riders, which are unlikely to pass the Senate, and we urge you to see that they are removed. The American people expect Congress to take the necessary steps to create jobs for the middle class, spur the growth of our economy, and lower our deficits, and it is our hope that Republicans will work with Democrats on a bipartisan path forward that will meet these expectations as well as the obligations set forth in the Budget Control Act.
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Recombinant DNA Technology Problem Set
Problem 7 Huntington's disease 1
The data below shows the results of electrophoresis of PCR fragments amplified using probes for the site which has been shown to be altered in Huntington's disease. The male parent, as shown by the black box, got Huntington's disease when he was 40 years old. His children include 6 (3,5,7,8,10,11) with Huntington's disease, and the age at which the symptoms first began is shown by the number above the band from the PCR fragment.
What is the prognosis for the normal children 4, 6, and 9?
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Shirley Ann House got a job at a Pensacola nursing home in 1996 despite a rap sheet with 31 criminal cases. A year later, an 84-year-old patient died after being hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage and multiple bruises. House admitted finding the patient on the floor three days earlier and said she "put her back in bed without telling anyone," a lawsuit alleged. House was charged with elder neglect. The nursing home, Palm Garden, had a copy of her criminal record in her personnel file, said Clay Mitchell, a Pensacola lawyer who sued the home on behalf of the patient's family. "The director of nursing stated at the time she learned of the criminal record, she told the administrator she needed to be terminated, and she wasn't," Mitchell said. "The administrator said he didnt recall the conversation." The nursing home also failed to check House's previous employment, according to the lawsuit, which was settled out of court. House had been fired from another nursing home because of a confirmed abuse report, court records say. House served two years in prison and was released in 2002. She could not be reached for comment. Records obtained by the Sun Sentinel show House applied to be a home health aide at Granny Nannies in the Panhandle in 2006. Linda Hyland, the agency's human resources director, said House signed a sworn statement saying she had no disqualifying criminal offenses. She attended a three-hour orientation, but did not visit any patients, Hyland said. "Once that background check came in, she was terminated."
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We do not need more bars in downtown Huntington Beach ("ABC officials approve license," June 9). Our crime and DUI rates are off the charts. The taxpayers have to pay for the law enforcement costs. So, why did these folks protest the license? It's not because they had nothing better to do, but because they recognize the following pattern downtown:
1) Open a family/neighborhood restaurant.
2) Acquire a liquor license.
3) Realize most of the crowd on Bourbon Street (Main Street) are there to drink.
4) Restaurant begins to fail because it is not the "nightclub" hot spot.
5) Owner acquires an entertainment permit to improve business.
6) Restaurant morphs into a bar/nightclub to make ends meet.
7) Restaurant owner doesn't like running a club and sells the business to an experienced nightclub operator.
8) New owner acquires both the liquor license and the entertainment permit in the purchase and turns the site into a full-fledged nightclub.
How do we allow good restaurants to open downtown and prevent them from turning into a nightclub? Our policy makers need to place restrictions on the licenses to prevent this from happening. The 195 people killed or injured in HB in 2009 from DUIs is unacceptable. A policy change is in order here to allow restaurants to open but to prevent the nightclub morph from taking place.
Angela Rainsberger
Huntington Beach
Blame visitors more than vendors
Regarding "ABC officials approve license," June 9:
A few weeks ago, Mayor Joe Carchio sent a letter to downtown bars and restaurants with "proposed" and "voluntary" suggestions that he strongly suggests they "consider." However, we need Carchio and the voting majority of the City Council to take real measures to change the mindset of downtown patrons.
As downtown residents will tell you, the restaurants and bars are a small part of the problem. In reality, it is the patrons who come to party in our neighborhood who cause the problems. We need action, not lip service intended to make it sound like he is doing something.
Here are a few things that will impact the mindset of visitors:
1) Set up alcohol checkpoints on main thoroughfares exiting the downtown area on a regular basis.
2) Deploy a pair of police officers on bicycles to patrol the neighborhood on Friday and Saturday nights.
3) Work with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to conduct sting operations on restaurants and bars for overserving, free drinks and other violations of their licenses. There are restaurants that appear benign; however, they are breaking the rules. There should be unilateral testing of all alcohol establishments' practices regardless of whether they appear to be creating problems.
David Rice
Huntington Beach
Bolsa Chica still not pristine
In regards to Chris Epting's article "Wetlands indicate where we're headed" (In the Pipeline, June 16), we at the Bolsa Chica Land Trust applaud the attention he is giving to the issue of law enforcement of the reserve.
It is this community that saved Bolsa Chica from rampant development, and it is up to this community to continue to work to restore it, protect it and educate the public on its importance. This is the mission statement for the Bolsa Chica Land Trust and our guiding principles. The situation with the homeless setting up camp, abuse of the natural and cultural resources and disregard for the rules of the reserve are an unfortunate result of the stressors our society places on all of our remaining open spaces.
We are working with the Department of Fish and Game to keep Bolsa Chica safe for visitors and wildlife alike. The Land Trust's restoration plans for the mesa will bring more responsible eyes to the mesa and hopefully a decrease in these types of unwanted activities. At times, it is hard to look beyond the ugliness that people can inflict, but none of the work this community has done, and is continuing to do, to save Bolsa Chica is in vain. Of this we are assured as we revel in the natural beauty that is there. Bolsa Chica has come a long way, and the journey is far from over.
Carrie Thomas
Huntington Beach
Editor's note: Thomas is the vice president of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust.
Too many interests in this community
I am writing as an elected and reelected public school trustee in a public school district that covers Seal Beach, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Midway City and Huntington Beach. And I am writing on behalf of myself and nobody else to express my grave concerns about the recently published redistricting maps being proposed for our communities ("New district lines would combine areas," June 16).
I believe in the legal precedent for redistricting of "communities of interest." School districts are bound by the historic geographic land boundaries of communities served; congressional districts carry no such underlying requirement. Instead, the law suggests that "communities of interest" be identified and bound together into congressional districts that best represent those communities. I believe that the communities of Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Huntington Beach, Westminster and Fountain Valley possess broad and comprehensive common interests best represented by the same congressional seat.
As an elected public official serving the citizens of Fountain Valley, I do not believe Fountain Valley has a "community of interest" in Santa Ana and Garden Grove. The proposed "Orange County Coast" district stretching from Laguna Niguel to Seal Beach also stretches the limits of "community of interest" to the breaking point. Huntington Beach has far less in common with Laguna Niguel and far more in common with Fountain Valley. I strongly oppose the proposed redistricting map most recently promulgated by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
And I strongly endorse a compact district in the northwest corner of Orange County that includes the "communities of interest" of Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Stanton, Westminster, Midway City, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley and Rossmoor.
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Spring Break Means Immersion Learning• February 29, 2008 Share:
Students arrived in Germany, Spain, and Washington D.C. Saturday with more reaching their Immersion Learning destinations on Sunday. The groups have started blogging. Click this story to check on all the trips.
Sunday afternoon the more-than 20 football players arrived in Botswana, Africa. Check the One Way Ministries' journal above, labeled Botswana, to see photos and keep track on their progress.
EDITOR'S NOTE: On home page, Luke Bielawski is about to totally submerge in the Jordan River in Israel where Jesus was believed to have performed Baptisms. On other homepages throughout the site, German students visited a concentration camp - note the words on the gate translated: 'Work Makes Free.' Also, members of the Glee Club at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Nearly 150 Wabash men will be off this weekend to serve humanity, learn about different cultures and languages, and enhance their liberal arts education. It's Spring Break immersion learning week. Each of the trips will be documented by web blogs.
We expect daily updates from nine or 10 of the trips. So visit the Wabash website regularly throughout the week to read about the students' learning, work, and adventure. You can visit each of the blogs by clicking on the appropriate link at the upper right in this story.
"Among the many diverse and rich ways students engage faculty at Wabash, immersion learning trips really stand out." Dean of the College Gary Phillips said. "The close faculty/student interaction centered around course work is translated from the campus to locations across the country and, indeed, around the world. These trips with faculty, staff, and students gathered from across the campus bring to life the work of the liberal arts. They provide opportunities to engage the world. And they make it difficult to return to campus unchanged and unchallenged.
"I know of no college anywhere in the United States that makes the financial and educational commitment we do to make such opportunities happen for our students."
The immersion learning trips are tied directly to courses the students are taking. For example, advanced Spanish language and literature students are now in Madrid; German students are doing research in Berlin; and political science students studying the politics of the Middle East are in Israel.
One of the trips is tied to a combined physics, Spanish, and history course. Wabash men who have been learning about ancient Mayan culture are in Mexico to see first-hand how the Mayans based much of their civilization on the rotation of the earth and the position of stars and planets. The students are visiting ancient Mayan ruins and meeting with both archeologists and anthropologists who are experts in the field.
But many other students traveling for different reasons. The Glee Club is in Northern California for a series of concerts. Advanced biology students are in the Everglades and Florida Keys studying unique ecosystems. We've also got students in Washington job-shadowing Wabash alumni, and men traveling around Indiana to learn about business and marketing.
More than 40 students will be doing mission work, both here and abroad.
About 20 Wabash football players each raised nearly $3000 to travel to Botswana in order to work with the young people in poor villages. The players will conduct sports camps all throughout the region, while teaching the children about Christianity.
Almost as many Wabash students are traveling with Professor Jon Baer to Louisiana to continue to rebuild homes destroyed by hurricane Katrina. The trip is entirely voluntary, and is being done in conjunction with the First Christian Church in Crawfordsville.
"While we do an excellent job with immersion trips — which are fabulous learning experiences — I think we haven't often had opportunities for people to serve men, women, and children in need," Baer said. "I think that's an important part of the education process here and something to which we want our students and our graduates to be committed."
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PASADENA >> UCLA, if you believed the talking heads, had reason to look past visiting California on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.
The state rivals arrived in Pasadena on opposite sides of the spectrum. The Bruins had won their first four games and entered the Pac-12 encounter ranked No. 11 by The Associated Press, with the Bears off to one of their worst starts in recent memory.
But UCLA coach Jim Mora said earlier this week the Bruins, who have barometer games at Stanford and Oregon the next two weeks, take nothing for granted, and it wasn't about to start against the Golden Bears.
Bruins quarterback Brett Hundley, regarded as the savior of the program when he signed to come to Westwood three years ago, made sure of it Saturday. The redshirt sophomore threw for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bruins to a 37-10 victory over California before 84,272.
Devin Fuller had six receptions for 98 yards and touchdown for UCLA, which improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in conference play. UCLA defensive lineman Cassius Marsh was ejected near the end of the second quarter after he pushed California left guard Jordan Rigsbee in the face after a referee's whistle.
Jared Goff threw for 215 yards for California, which slipped to 1-5 and 0-3.
Hundley, who has inched his way into the Heisman Trophy hype during the first month of the season, completed 11 of his first 12 passes before finishing the first two quarters 21 of 25, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Duarte for a 14-point lead with 40 seconds left in the half. He was 31 of 41 for the game.
Hundley led UCLA to scores on three of its first four possessions. The first, keyed by a 43-yard pass to Jordan Payton to the California 13, ended with a Kaim Fairbairn 22-yard field for a 3-0 advantage. The Bruins pushed it to 17-0 early in the second quarter.
Hundley tossed a pass 18 yards to Fuller for a 10-0 advantage at 4:57 of the first quarter before an 18-yard pass to Duarte set up a 1-yard run by Paul Perkins with 13:29 left in the half.
California, which was outgained 188-19 in the first quarter, rallied to close the deficit to 17-10 late in the second quarter.
The Bears drove 28 yards to set up a 51-yard field goal by Vincent D'Amato at 9:13 before Daniel Lasco scored from the 6 at 2:35.
UCLA put it away, going up 30-10 after three quarters following field goals of 22 and 27 yards by Fairbairn. Randall Goforth set up the first score, returning an interception 27 yards to the Bears' 16. The drive stalled inside the 5 after three incomplete passes.
Hundley made it 37-10 with a 22-yard pass to Shaq Evans with 4:41 left in the game.
California, trailing 30-10, had a chance to slice into the lead early in the fourth quarter, but gave up the ball on downs after Goff fumbled at the UCLA 2 on a fourth-down draw play.


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California Crime Down 15 Percent in First Half of 1999
(San Francisco) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today reported that preliminary figures show the number of crimes in the most populous cities and counties in California dropped by 15.3 percent during the first half of 1999 when compared to the same period in 1998.
The preliminary report, "Crime In Selected Jurisdictions, January through June 1999," compares crime counts for six major offense categories during the first six months of 1998 and 1999 for 76 jurisdictions with populations of 100,000 or more. These jurisdictions represent about 65 percent of the state's population. Within these jurisdictions, crimes tracked by the California Crime Index dropped 15.3 percent, with all categories showing declines:
* Homicides decreased 6.0 percent;
* Forcible Rapes decreased 3.0 percent;
* Robberies decreased 12.8 percent;
* Aggravated Assaults decreased 5.1 percent;
* Burglaries decreased 21.9 percent; and
* Motor Vehicle Theft decreased 16.5 percent.
"California's falling crime rates are good news for our citizens and a credit to the hard work of law enforcement," said Lockyer. "It means that fewer people will be victims of crime and that the state is an even better place to live, work and raise a family."
Crime rates have fallen steadily for most of this decade and these preliminary figures indicate that trend will continue through 1999. Lockyer cited several factors that have contributed to the decrease in crime rates. California's tough sentencing laws enacted in this decade have removed a large number of repeat criminal offenders from our streets. An array of innovative crime prevention techniques including successful community oriented policing programs have lead to increased involvement by citizens and law enforcement in their communities. Improvements in technology essential to crime fighting and analysis of evidence have helped to prevent crimes and ensure that those responsible are caught and convicted. And, the booming economy and record low unemployment have also contributed to the reduction in crime.
"In order to sustain this important trend into the next century we must remain vigilant. Economic booms have proven to be cyclical and a new generation of young people is about to become part of that troublesome crime-prone demographic as early as next year," said Lockyer. "We must continue to build on our current successes to ensure that crime rates do not increase in less favorable conditions. That means improving crime prevention programs, taking more meaningful steps to help troubled kids avoid a life of crime, and improving crime-fighting technology to send the clear message to criminals – 'You will be caught!'"
The preliminary report is available on the Attorney General's web site at http://caag.state.ca.us/cjsc


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SALISBURY, N.C. - The Pfeiffer men's tennis team won four of six singles matches and two out of three doubles matches to defeat Catawba Monday afternoon, 6-3. The win improves the Falcons record to 3-1 on the young season and with the loss the Indians fall to 6-7.
In doubles play the duo of freshman Axel Woerner and junior Stephen Miller were victorious, winning their matchup 8-6. The veteran partnership of junior Orlando Castillo and senior Bret Williams doubled their opponents' score defeating them 8-4.
Pfeiffer won over 60% of their singles contests for the day, nearly dominating the home team. The Falcons got singles wins from Woerner, sophomore Loic Minery, junior Sebastian Wernecke, and sophomore Jimmy Molina. Three out of the four singles winners swept their competitors, with Minery taking his matchup to a third frame before pulling out the win.
Today's outcome bears a striking resemblance to the last time these two squads met when the Falcons defeated Catawba 6-3 on September 26, 2013.
The men's tennis team returns to action on February 27th when they take on Brevard on their home court. Match time is set for 2:00 p.m.


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Breaking News"American Idol" winner Kris Allen and his pregnant wife Katy were in a head-on collision car crash on New Year's Day.
Allen, Katy and their dog, Zorro, were all in the car. Kris suffered a broken arm. Katy suffered some injuries. The dog is fine.
It's unclear how far along Katy is in her pregnancy, and there's no word if the accident had any impact on it.
Kris sounds optimistic about the baby though -- he tweeted, "Thank you @Ford for equipping me with a car that kept my whole family safe ... and the little one we have on the way safe."
Kris's mom, Kimberly, says Kris is in a lot of pain and may not play guitar for awhile.


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