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rushy needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 69 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We need a brand new logo and website for our newly launched mobile phone advertising product.
Easy Blue
Mobile Advertising Systems
Desired Color Scheme:
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Professional, Corporate to attract other business customers.
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Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We are looking for something easily recognisable and something that reminds people of how 'easy' our system is to use. The company name is 'Easy Blue'. An associated line of text with the logo is 'Mobile Advertising Systems'. I have in mind some sort of radar signal 'blip' lines but also some sort of smiley or half-crescent shaped circles around something that resembles a mobile phone?
Having said that, you have creative licence to use your own imagination to come up with something that depicts the message we want to portray which is: Easy Blue is easy to use, and it allows you to send adverts to mobile phones. it must also have some sort of technological edge to it, to show that we are a fast paced company too - this is where I thought of the radar lines or mobile phone signal lines to bring in elements of the technology we work with.
I have no preference on colours but would like to see logos in both colour for white backgrounds and its alternative logo for dark backgrounds. They must also be vector too (Adobe illustrator etc.) obviously the colour blue springs to mind immediately but this is not neccessary if you think you can achieve the message otherwise.
The website must first and foremost look professional and clean. I prefer lighter background colours to help achieve this. Some examples of comepting sites in the niche:
Of them all I like the bloozy one the best as it instantly directs people to the relevant product pages with the box-prompts to the right of the main image. Ideally I would like to have a similar setup, with our own unique look of cours, for the homepage. For the product page/description/content page, I would like a clean background so that ext can clearly be read.
I will need a navbar along the top that I can use html text in. I will also need the usual footer text present (copyright/sitemap etc.)
Navbars can use either rollover images or rollover colours (colours would be preferred for SEO purposes) but in whatever case, I need at least one example of the rollover on the .psd so I can see how it willlook.
I would also like to have good layer names so that when it comes to slicing, we know what we're supposed to slice out etc.
Overall, I'd like a professional, unique layout that has an edge of technical presence about it but still manages to come across as easy to navigate and easy to use Easy Blue!!!)
Thank you, if you have any other questions I will try and answer as best I can, sorry I can't give more guidance, this is why I need creative people like you to help me :-)
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Web Page Design
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"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain." Henry David Thoreau
"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain." Henry David Thoreau
"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth." Rachel Carson
"One day if I go to heaven…I'll look around and say 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco'. " – Herb Caen
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
"The worst is not death but being blind, blind to the fact that everything about life is in the nature of the miraculous." – Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch." Unknown
"Be who you are because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." FDR presidential advisor Bernard Baruch
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -- Anais Nin
"Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries."- Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet. Cherish them." – Spanish Proverb
"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together." Jack Kerouac
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." - Ernest Hemingway
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand, And Eternity in an Hour." William Blake
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." Desmond Tutu
"Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography." - George Eastman
"Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting." ― Richard Paul Evans, The Gift
"It is not the light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake." - Frederick Douglass
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — God, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." Steve Jobs


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JustRunOut.Com needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
We are a BRAND new stationery company looking for a fresh logo that will be used on our website and letter heads so usual formats will be required.
We are looking for a logo for our busines - comsumer/ business internet site. We are looking for something semi-coparate that will apeal to a broad market.
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The Brothers at Mepkin Abbey have followed the discussion about the fate of Cainhoy Plantation over the past three months. We are hopeful that a positive outcome can be achieved for this important property, and with that in mind offer a message of patience and hope.
Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery at the confluence of the two forks of the Cooper River, played a role in the conservation of the historic Cooper River corridor. Mepkin was originally the estate of several historic families including Sir John Colleton, Henry Laurens, and thereafter the well-known publisher, Henry Luce. In 1949, the Luces donated a large portion of the property to the Trappist Order. It was then that we accepted the hallowed role of stewards of Mepkin, a place we believe to be set in one of the most beautiful and sacred landscapes in America.
Our goal has been to respect the historic and ecological integrity of the property and be good members of the Cooper River community. Leading a monastic life, traditionally our community involvement is of the quiet kind.
In the mid-1990s, however, development pressures were soaring and land prices escalating, leaving the future of the Cooper River corridor uncertain. Sensing a tipping point, Father Francis Kline, then Abbot of Mepkin and now deceased, and his long-time colleague, Strachan Donnelley, then director of the Center for Humans and Nature and also now deceased, proposed a series of meetings loosely called the "Cooper River Forum." The purpose of the forum was to bring all of the community interests to the table to develop a common vision for the corridor. What was it that we all - fishermen, hunters, foresters, industrialists, landowners, historians, recreationists, and monks - valued? Over the course of several meetings we all resolved to move forward slowly and with controlled growth. On Mepkin's part, in August 2006 we placed the abbey under a conservation easement. In turn, our neighbors, the Meads, the Royalls and many others, including industries, placed easements on their properties.
Of course, there were instances of temporary conflict. For example, the remains of Childsbury, a colonial town established in 1707 on a high bluff along the river, was threatened with development. The community took the time to come together to find a solution. Today, Childsbury is protected in perpetuity for the public as a South Carolina Heritage Preserve.
Likewise, there was Bonneau Ferry. Then-owner Mead-Westvaco announced that it was selling 10,000 acres of its prime Bonneau Ferry holdings to a private developer. Again, the community worked together for an alternative. Bonneau Ferry was saved and given to South Carolina's Department of Natural Resources. Altogether some 30,000 acres have been protected.
Cainhoy Plantation is part of the Cooper River corridor. It anchors the southern end of the river much like we at Mepkin anchor the north. For good or for bad we are all connected. Like Childsbury, Bonneau Ferry and Mepkin, Cainhoy has enormous historic, cultural and ecological wealth and has irreplaceable strategic value given its place in this immensely complex and intricate system that includes the Francis Marion National Forest and the Cooper and the Wando Rivers.
We at Mepkin Abbey believe Cainhoy deserves a plan that accurately reflects its historical, cultural and ecological sensitivity as well as allowing smart development. Further, we believe we can arrive at a plan for Cainhoy that benefits all parties. Such a positive outcome cannot happen overnight and without the sincere collaboration of all interested parties.
And surely it cannot happen if the City of Charleston moves forward with its current fast- track approval process.
Some have coined the first of the Cooper River Forum meetings the "Miracle Meeting" as it set the stage for abundant good will and solid cooperation. In truth, at work then was not a miracle but inspired leadership.
In the spirit of Father Francis Kline and the many leaders who labored with him to protect the Cooper River, I humbly suggest that the City of Charleston slow down the approval process and that we convene another Cooper River Forum, again at Mepkin Abbey, to help the community focus on the shared values of this unique and treasured landscape and plan for its development and conservation.
Cainhoy is a jewel that must not be lost.
And it will not be lost if we agree to move forward together slowly and with grace.
Abbot Stanislaus Gumula was elected the fourth abbot of Mepkin Abbey in 2006.


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2012 Report Card will have new look
The state Report Card, issued by the Department of Education, will have a new look this year, due to a new vendor and the transition to a new accountability system.
Education Reform Advisory Council named
The legislature has appointed the South Dakota Education Reform Advisory Council, one of six work groups outlined in House Bill 1234. Appointments were announced last month.
Dakota STEP results now online
2012 Dakota STEP results are now available on the South Dakota Assessment Portal (old eMetric site).
South Dakota receives grant for longitudinal data system
South Dakota has been awarded one of 24 state-level grants from the Institute of Education Sciences. The three-year, $3 million grant will support ongoing development and implementation of a statewide longitudinal data system for the states K-12 schools.
Principal Standards & Evaluation Work Group meets
The Principal Standards & Evaluation Work Group met for the first time June 19-20 in Pierre. The group is charged with developing standards and a statewide evaluation system for principals.


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Facts, artifacts, and counterfacts: theory and method for a reading and writing course
Boynton/Cook Publishers, Apr 16, 1986 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 226 pages
This is a book about reading, writing, and teaching and the ways each can be imagined as composition. The authors bring together eight years of teaching and research connected with the integrated basic reading and writing course developed at the University of Pittsburgh. The approach offered here--widely discussed in professional journals--has been tested at several universities, as well as at the high school level.
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Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Shinji Kagawa will enjoy a more fruitful second season as a Manchester United player than his inconsistent first, after conceding the Japan international has struggled to adapt to the rigours of the English game.
Kagawa signed for Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer window having played a prominent role in a German league and cup double success, but his form has not been translated this term.
The 23-year-old has struggled with injury during his time at Old Trafford, having only recently returned from a 10 week layoff following a knee complaint, which has contributed to an unremarkable maiden campaign with Manchester United.
Kagawa, though, showed promise in last week's encounter with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, with the forward producing a relatively threatening performance in an advanced attacking role before being replaced by Ryan Giggs.
It was a display that pleased the Manchester United manager, who expects an extended run of matches for Kagawa in the final months of the season will harden the Japanese in preparation for 2013/14.
"The difference between German and English football is that in Germany you can't foul," Ferguson said, as reported by The Telegraph.
"You are not allowed to touch anyone in Germany, so he [Kagawa] has come from that environment to the Premier League which is totally different.
"There is a physicality to our game which is different from Germany, but next year he'll be better. I thought in the first half-hour [against Real] he was terrific and he was making some great runs through them."


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The Lipscomb Bisons played their second home non-conference match of the year Friday Feb. 13, losing a close match to the University of Tennessee-Martin by a 4-3 score.
"We actually played UT-Martin in the Fall, and lost (7-0) -since we came back this match and lost 4-3, I think it's a sign we're getting better," said coach Andrew Harris.
The Bisons started off clinching the doubles point to secure a lead. James Murrell and Chad Pierron defeated Alfredo Krywacz and Matt Harris 8-6. Joe McArdle and Andy Mizell defeated Peter Markos and Shanto Tsukiwama 8-5.
Lipscomb had a tough time clinching their singles matches. Singles winners for the Bisons were Bruno Melibeu, who defeated Matt Harris 6-3, 6-2. Josh Cummings defeated Tsukiwama 6-1, 6-0.
"This match was more of us just learning how to win, said Harris. "We just have to learn how to finish off opponents."
The Bisons will travel to Dayton, Ohio this weekend for the Dayton Collegiate Tournament.
Lipscomb's next home match is Feb. 26 versus Abilene Christian. Match location and time are to be announced.
1) Mario Hernandez / Daniel Hangstefer vs. S. Brewer / A. Yesipov (DNF)
2) James Murrell / Chad Pierron def. A. Krywacz / M. Harris 8-6 LU
3) Joe McArdle / Andy Mizell def. P. Markos / S. Tsukiwama 8-5 LU
1) S. Brewer def. Joe McArdle 6-2, 6-4 UTM
2) A. Krywacz def. Daniel Hangstefer 7-6, 6-3 UTM
3) A. Yesipov def. James Murrell 6-3, 6-2 UTM
4) Bruno Melibeu def. M. Harris 6-3, 6-2 LU
5) P. Markos def. Mario Hernandez 6-2, 6-2 UTM
6) Josh Cummings def. S. Tsukiwama 6-1, 6-0 LU


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Welcome to the world of MÜHLHÄUSER, one of the world´s most recognized brands for machinery solutions under ground. MÜHLHÄUSER has a leading position in the development, production, distribution and service of railbound and trackless tunnelling equipment as well as machinery solutions for concrete and chemical applications.
"High quality solutions for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of tunnels and mines" is our guiding vision. Our success has been based on a set of clear values. MÜHLHÄUSER is an engineering and manufacturing company that lives its values.


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Montevideo Mayor Debra Lee Fader and the Convention and Visitor's Bureau are gearing up for the second year in a row to fill main street with a little more color.
Montevideo Mayor Debra Lee Fader and the Convention and Visitor's Bureau are gearing up for the second year in a row to fill main street with a little more color.
The effort started last year when the Montevideo City Council agreed to allow the city's baskets to be used to hang flowers across main street, if enough money could be raised to pay Heather Floral and Greenhouse to fill, hang and water the baskets daily.
Putting flowers up along main street was previously a task the city took on, but when it became clear the city was going to have to make the budget stretch further and further, funds were no longer available for the hanging flower baskets.
"The cost of the baskets is one thing (about $50 each), the worst cost is the daily watering that needs to be done," Montevideo City Manager Steve Jones explained at the time. "To keep them watered entails overtime by city staff on the weekends. If you miss one day, you will lose your investment in the baskets."
So, just like last year, there is $5,200 to be raised. Fader said she hopes to have the money collected by April 15 so there is plenty of time to get the baskets up for spring and summer.
"We're looking to do the 26 baskets again. We'd love to increase it to 52 baskets, but if we can just get to the budget we had last year it will certainly be beautiful. We can always go for the larger order later," said Fader. "Everything again will be handled through Heather Floral ... the baskets will be the same as last year. It comes out to $250 a basket. That includes the every day watering of each basket."
Fader said she thinks keeping the hanging flower baskets on main street each year is an important effort for Montevideo.
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The mission of Rachel's Table is to distribute donated and specially purchased foods, without charge, to agencies feeding hungry families and individuals in greater Worcester, Massachusetts and to reduce the waste of nourishing food. The Children's Milk Fund purchases milk for needy children.
In support of this, Rachel's Table is committed to:
A Program of the Jewish Federation
We are one of the many programs of the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts. For more information about Rachel's Table, see our Mission page.
Hunger in Worcester, Massachusetts
Rachel's Table is feeding an increasing number of hungry people in the Worcester area. In addition to current economic conditions, a serious lack of affordable housing, increased heating costs, cost of gasoline, medical costs, childcare costs, mortgage foreclosures, and the increased cost of food in the area have contributed to what agency administrators have termed a "critical" situation. Cuts to the SNAP (Food Stamp) Program have had a huge impact.
Even families with two working parents are struggling to feed their children once all their expenses are met.
Last year, all of the area food pantries and soup kitchens serviced by Rachel's Table reported an increased demand for food assistance. All pantries and soup kitchens saw an increase in the number of families with children requiring food aid. 57% of pantries saw an increase in demand for emergency food from elderly persons.
In all of the social service agencies helped by Rachel's Table, clients needing food aid increased by 21% in 2017.
People must often choose between paying for heat, medicine, or food.
In the past 29 years, Rachel's Table has distributed over 12 million pounds of food, at no cost, to 33 local shelters, pantries and soup kitchens.
Even so, hunger and the need for food continues to rise. With today's economic conditions, the situation has only become more critical. We anticipate more cuts to the nutrition programs and social services from the federal government. This will have a tremendous impact.


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Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
General Jack D. Ripper, commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, is obsessed with keeping his precious bodily fluids pure -- especially from the Commies -- and has ordered B-52s to bomb the Soviet Union unprovoked. His commander on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Turgidson, is almost pleased, but the appalled U.S. President does everything he can to warn the Russians and either bring the planes back or get them shot down and save the planet from total d...


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Police this week released surveillance photos of a man suspected of stealing three iPhones from a T-Mobile store in Chino.
The man walked into the business at 12130 Central Avenue on June 10 at 12:14 p.m., used a tool to remove three iPhone 5s from a display case and left the store, police said.
Detectives have exhausted all leads and are looking for assistance in identifying the man.
Anyone with information may call Chino police, 909-628-1234.
Reach Melissa via email or call her at 909-386-3878.
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9th April 2013, 03:59 PM
Maybe this was covered in the past but I'm going to give it a whirl anyway. Since Winston has had his surgery & is never allowed to wear a collar again how do I get the message to people approaching us walking not to touch his head? We have a boat & will be traveling a lot with it. Winston is always walked on a leash but his cuteness draws a lot of attention. People want to pet him. Already just going back & forth to the vet is see people reaching for his head to pat & I scream "DON'T TOUCH HIS HEAD". They are taken back but oh well! I ordered a new harness & I was thinking of having a sign sewn on that says "don't touch my head" but I didn't know if there is something already made like this. What does everyone do on here???? Anybody please???


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Get your fix for politics and learn what everyone's talking about with veteran journalist Chris Jansing, as she discusses today's most important issues with informed guests from all over the political spectrum. Known as one of the hardest working women in television journalism, Jansing also takes her viewers abroad - most recently with coverage on the selection of Pope Francis and the birth of the royal baby. "Jansing & Co" launched on October 4, 2010 and she has been honored... read more


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Today the New Orleans Aviation Board (NOAB) approved the sale of $53.7 million in Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) bond financing to support an ongoing terminal modernization effort at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
The NOAB priced its $53,640,000. Gulf Opportunity Zone PFC Bonds Series 2010 A (Non-Amt) and Series 2010 B (Non-Amt) through a pair of underwriters consisting of Melvin Securities LLC and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. The proceeds of the bonds will be used for Phase II Concourse D Extension, Interior and Exterior Terminal Improvements and an In-Line Baggage System to automate and upgrade outbound bag screening. The improvements are part of a $417 million capital improvement program to modernize Armstrong International.
New Orleans Aviation Board Chairman Dan Packer stated "The Board is pleased at the market receptivity to this latest bond issue. The positive response shows the market's continuing endorsement of Armstrong International's terminal modernization program which we're calling New Beginnings, Greater New Orleans. We are very excited about the forward momentum for the Airport and for the region as additional improvements get underway."
Construction of the Concourse D Extension and Interior and Exterior Improvements began this Spring and are expected to be completed by late Summer 2011.
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Red Bull's Shoot to Thrill's world premiere was on Nov 20th 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. Shoot to Thrill is a film contest featuring ten skateboard teams with filmers and photographers and three skaters each. The contest is ten rolls of 16mm film with three days to shoot and edit your entire film piece.
Photos: Mikendo
Visit the teams here.
Some of the people involved were France's French Fred, Rick McCrank, Paul
Machnau, Ryan Decenzo, Mike McDermott and Magnus Hanson.
The winning film is featured here.
To view the other films (including French Fred's film), click here.
For more updates on this go to: redbullskateboarding.com/events/redbull_shoot_to_thrill/


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RayGo needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
See here for a quick visual description http://www.2k2inc.com/AniSeal/main.html
This is to put on a website and add into html emails
Because this will be used in emails, need a format that will maintain a good resolution at smaller sizes
- PNG and TIF versions at highest resolution possible
- Any other format that would help in maitaining clarity at varying sizes
- As realistic as possible of a texture (shapes, embossing and shadows) and colors (gold looking)
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Hello, in this thread I will tell you how to properly care for a leopard gecko.
A list of what you need for your gecko:
- 10 gallon or larger enclosure
- A solid substrate
- Under tank heater
- Thermostat
- Three hides
- Food dish
- Water dish
- Calcium dish
- Calcium with D3
- Calcium without D3
- Lizard multivitamin
- Insects
Leopard geckos are terrestrial, so the enclosure needs more floor space than height. You can house one leopard gecko in a 10 gallon tank, however, a 15 to 20 gallon tank is ideal. Today, many people want to house leopard geckos together. In my opinion, there are too many risks!
Substrate (the flooring of the enclosure)
I do not recommend loose substrates such as Sand, Calcium Sand, Vita-Sand, Bark, Aspen, and Gravel. These substrates cause impaction, the blockage of the digestive tract, which can be fatal. Safe substrates include paper towels, newspaper, reptile carpet, or tile.
I do not recommend heat sources such as heat lamps or heat rocks. Leopard geckos only need heat pads. Heat pads can get too hot, so a thermostat is needed to control the temperature. The warm side (where the heat pad is at) should be 90-94° Fahrenheit. The cool side (where the heat pad is not at) should be 75-78° Fahrenheit. You can measure the temperatures with a temperature gun or two digital thermometers with probes. Note: You need to measure the floor temperature, not the air temperature.
You need at least two hides per gecko: a reptile hide and a humid hide. Humid hides, or moist hides, are extremely important. Without them, leopard geckos cannot properly shed their skin.
You can feed many different types of insects, such as mealworms, crickets, superworms, etc. Do not feed wild caught insects because they carry parasites.
Gutloading is the process of feeding the insects a healthy meal 12 to 24 hours before you feed them to the gecko. I use apples, strawberries, carrots, and quaker oats.
Provide a shallow dish of fresh, clean water. Change the water daily.
You need three supplements: calcium with D3, calcium without D3, and a lizard multivitamin. Have a dish of calcium without D3 in the enclosure at all times. Coat the insects in calcium with D3 and a lizard multivitamin once or twice a week.
Spot clean daily. Clean the food and water dish daily. Once a week, replace the substrate. Once a month, disinfect everything.
Provide a humid hide so the gecko can shed properly. Mist the humid hide daily.
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Nashville Vacation Packages
Nashville vacation packages have been created with our visitor in mind. Choose your hotel, the attractions you want to see and the tours and events you want to do. Customize your trip and get total access to Music City with great discounted package deals. Browse trips by theme or take a look at them all and start planning your visit to Nashville today.


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Find the fault or restore the service
a perennial problem with support...you know that switching off/back on again makes a problem go away but doesn't really fix it but the guy who knows how it really works is on extended leave because he wasn't allowed to take time off. Come year-end he had to use up his leave so he was out for a few weeks but now he is back he can look to see what the fault really was and everything will be unicorns and rainbows.
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September 30, 2011
Emigration Presentation: The View From Hamburg
Rebekka Geitner a historian at the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg, Germany will be in the Twin Cities area giving three presentations at three locations during the period of 22, 23, 24 October 2011. She will then travel to St. Louis, Missouri to be a presenter at the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's - Genealogical / Cultural Conference to be held from 26-29 October 2011. This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events. Date / Time: Monday, 24 October 2011, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Presentation Title: Emigration and Public History: The View from Hamburg Location: Room 308 / 311 Elmer L. Anderson Library Univ of Mn. 222 - 21st Ave South, Minneapolis, MN Parking: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/EALib/ Host: Immigration History Research Center - University of Minnesota More Information: https://events.umn.edu/015062 Cost: Free
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A 44-year-old electrician has been arrested for allegedly installing a hidden camera in a water heater he had fixed in his neighbour's bathroom.
The electrician, identified as Reghunath, installed the miniature camera inside the heater's altometer box to capture images from the bathroom, police said.
The house, at Muttada near here, belonged to his long-time neighbour.
The camera had a small radio AV transmitter which sent the images from the bathroom to the computer-linked receiver installed at the electrician's house.
The man had allegedly been viewing the images from the bathroom for the last eight months. Police have seized the hard disc of his computer for cyber forensic examination.
Two married women, both sisters, whose husbands are working abroad, were living in the house with their children.The camera was detected by one of them and police were informed.
Police said they were verifying whether he had fixed similar devices in other houses where he had installed water heaters.
The man, who was arrested yesterday, has been charged with outraging the modesty of women, violation of Information Technology Act, privacy intrusion and trespass, police said.
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FaceySpacey.com needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 460 designs submitted by 126 freelance designers.
Ok, as usual with my contests, I'm going to vigorously work with you to come up with the perfect logo with tons of Feedback. I'm about to share several concrete concepts we want to actualize. We're happy with you attempting whichever one you want or making up your own concept. The logo must be undoutdetly WEB 2.0. "Web 2.0" can actualize itself as many things--there are many styles of "Web 2.0" logos. So by "Web 2.0" I mean we're looking for a current 2008 logo--which again, can mean many things--but the point is simply that if you don't have the eye for current design style and you submit a print logo or something or something for 1999, it's going to be extremely obvious to me and you're not going to win.
Ok, so before I tell you our concepts, allow me to point out and explain the logos of other sites and why they are the quality level we are looking for:
NOTES: So that's 2 contests I did to get the logo and homepage for SweetSubmit.com. The reason this is high quality and current is because of several things: it's all vector based; it has bubbly/cloudy layers (i.e. the layers of light blue outside the lemon); we made a relationship between the title of the site and a known item (i.e. a Lemon), and used that as the icon; then we slightly modified the lemon to represent "submitting" with the arrows aiming into the lemon. Otherwise, the text is somewhat simple, but of course with a nice subtle gradient.
NOTES: SO we're 99% sure we want an icon of sorts as part of the logo. Styled text will not be good enough. We need something that has some sort of graphic as part of the logo. The graphic/icon can be next to the logo, around the logo, or part of letters in the logo. It doesn't even need to be something really big. Vamay.com is an example of a siate that takes a letter or part of a letter and makes a relationship with the concept of the icon and the shape of the letter to form the icon as a whole. Observe how the flying airplane is a perfect part of the letter "Y." Reqall.com is another example--although I can't figure out what that "power" button means for their company. Propeller obviously does it as well.
These logos nicely fit the icon around the logo.
Ok, so let's discuss our 2 ideas (use the current logo at http://mybodysite.com for reference for each point):
1) to create a universal person icon like the bathroom ladies and gentleman icons. http://myspace.com has done this, and http://madkast.com as well . This is actually a little less Web 2.0, but more of a timeless logo that will forever put MyBodySite.com at the top of all Fitness/Health/Welness/Workout sites. However, we could get a little more Web 2.0 with it, kind of like http://www.gyminee.com/ . But since we're in the same market as them, we can't do something too similar.
2) The second idea might be a little closer to what we want, but we'll need to see it in a simple header layout for the site, so we know it will fit in a site. The idea is a man and a woman standing next to each other to make the "M" in "My" + Y as either a letter or a maybe an exercise tool (e.g. a bench press). The next part is to put the text "BodySite" above the man and woman as if they are holding it up. I'm thinking something kind of like the friendfeed.com logo for the style of "BodySite." But it should make sense that the man and woman are holding it up. It should look heavy.
3) The 3rd idea is to make the "my" kind of small and focus on the word "body." If we keep "body" lower case, you will notice that the "b" and the "d" could maybe be people. Maybe one is a man and the other is a women somehow.
4) The 4th idea is quite cool. If you look at the "i" and the "t" it looks like it could be a man running on a treadmill. The line through the top of hte "t" would be the man's arms kind of holding on to the rails of the treadmill, and the bottom of the t where it curves into the L would have to make the bottom of the tread mill. Maybe the whole word site could be made into a guy running on a tread mills.
5) Another idea is to make the "bod" in "body" prepresent the bar bell in a bench press...Also, with the bench press idea, I've been seeing the "y" as a bench-press--maybe that's a possibility.
So overall, I like #4 the best. I think the word "body" would be in somewhat of a simple style right next to the word "site" and the word "site" would look totally awesome as a guy running on a treadmill, but wouldn't be too different than the word "body." The word "my" wouldn't need to be very prominent and could be very small. In this idea, it's all about the phrase "Body Site." MY FINAL IDEA FOR #4 IS TO SOMEHOW MAKE THE WORD "Body" look like a guy out of shape, and use the letter "y" to make an arrow somehow" and then show the guy working out on the treadmill in the word "Site." Maybe you could use the word "My" with "Body" to make the out of shape guy...In general, though, the idea is to show a 2 step process of somebody getting in shape from left to right by using the text in the logo to create the right graphics. This is kind of like how man evolved from a monkey to a human: http://www.detectingdesign.com/imag…%20Man.jpg
That is a crazy idea, but could be possible. I'd love to see someone attempt that!
LAST THING: Our preferable colors are Blue and any secondary colors. But don't feel limited by that--you can do any color you feel strongly about, as well as any logo concept you feel strongly about. THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS + IDEAS!!!!!!!!! DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
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Possibly a little bit of the header of the site around the logo to show that it will work. You only need to do this if you do idea #2 and create a really large logo that might have a hard time fitting into the header of a site. But feel free to do this with any concept you do if you want. Seeing the logo in the header will definitely sell it better.
- a logo that uses custom universal icons for fitness
- a logo that stands out by using graphical icons to represent the letters in the site's name.
- just stylized text
- a logo mainly for print
- logos that are obviously just not current and high quality and Web 2.0
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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare inherited genetic disorder. There have been 34 subtypes of ALD described. X-linked ALD is the most common category. ALD results in degeneration of:
- Myelin sheath—fatty insulation covering on nerve fibers in the brain
- Adrenal gland and surrounding adrenal cortex—produces vital hormones
There are six subtypes of X-linked ALD:
- Childhood cerebral ALD
- Adolescent ALD
- Adrenomyeloneuropathy
- Adult cerebral ALD
- Adrenal insufficiency-only
- Symptomatic heterozygotes
ALD is caused by an inherited defective gene.
In people with ALD, the body cannot properly break down fatty acids. This results in a build up of saturated fatty acids in the brain and the adrenal cortex. This causes damage of the myelin sheath in the brain and the adrenal gland.
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your chance for X-linked ALD include:
- Having a mother who carries the defective X-linked ALD gene
- Age: Childhood to young adult
- Sex: Male, although females may be affected
Symptoms can vary within the types of ALD.
X-linked ALD (Childhood Cerebral ALD)
This form is the most severe. It only affects boys. Symptoms usually begin between 2–10 years of age. About 35% of patients can have severe symptoms during the early phase. On average, death results in two years. Some patients may live a couple of decades.
Initial symptoms include:
- Behavioral changes
- Poor memory
As the disease progresses, more serious symptoms develop. These include:
- Vision loss
- Seizures
- Hearing loss
- Difficulty swallowing and speaking
- Difficulty with walking and coordination
- Vomiting
- Fatigue
- Increased pigmentation ("bronzing") of the skin, due to adrenal hormone deficiency ( Addison's disease)
- Progressive dementia
- Vegetative state or death
X-linked ALD (Adolescent Cerebral ALD)
This type is similar to the childhood type. In this type it begins around 11-21 years of age. The progression is usually slower.
Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)
This is the most common form. Symptoms of AMN can present in the 20s. It progresses slowly. They can include:
- Weakness, clumsiness, weight loss, nausea
- Emotional disturbances or depression
- Motor/movement problems (eg, walking problems)
- Urinary problems or impotence
- Adrenal gland dysfunction
X-linked ALD (Adult Cerebral ALD)
With this type, symptoms usually do not appear until young adulthood (20s) or middle age (50s). It causes symptoms similar to schizophrenia and dementia. It usually progresses quickly. Death or a vegetative state can occur in 3-4 years.
Symptomatic Heterozygotes
This form is only seen in women. Symptoms may be mild or severe. It usually does not affect the adrenal gland function.
The doctor will ask about symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The doctor may suspect ALD from its symptoms. To confirm the diagnosis your doctor may order:
- Blood tests—to look for increased amount of very long chain fatty acids
- Genetic testing—to look for gene mutations
- MRI scan of the brain —may be done to look for brain involvement
There is no known cure for the brain damage of ALD. However, the adrenal deficiency can be treated with cortisone replacement. ALD often causes death within 10 years of the onset of symptoms.
Some therapies can help to manage the symptoms of ALD. There are also some experimental treatments.
Therapies to help manage the symptoms of ALD include:
- Physical therapy
- Psychological therapy
- Special education (for children)
Some treatments that are still be investigated that you may want to talk to your doctor about include:
- Bone marrow transplantation —this procedure may be most helpful when given early to boys with X-linked child-onset ALD
- Dietary therapy, which includes consumption of:
- A very low fat diet
- Lorenzo's oil—dietary supplements of glycerol trioleate and glycerol trierucate (oleic and euric acid)
- Lovastatin —an anti-cholesterol medicine
- Medicines that affect interactions between DNA and other proteins
There is no way to prevent ALD. If you have ALD or have a family history of the disorder, you can talk to a genetic counselor when deciding to have children.
Early recognition and treatment may prevent the development of clinical symptoms. This is especially true in young boys who are treated with Lorenzo's oil. New technologies may soon allow early identification through newborn screening.


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Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? After delays of the bad kind (an inability to find a certain rum without special-ordering it) and of the very, very good kind (more on that, I hope, on Wednesday, 9/16), I finally had the chance to run a couple of El Presidente recipes through their paces. Verdict? One recipe is excellent, and the other, not so much.
First, a reminder: the El Presidente has four ingredients–rum, curacao, dry vermouth, and grenadine. I've been using Martini & Rossi dry vermouth, and my grenadine is home-made. Those two ingredients are the same in both drinks. (I may in the future try a different vermouth; if so, I'll note that in my writeup.)
Proportions will vary from drink to drink as I try various permutations.
photograph by Jennifer Hess
Version 1
Let's start with the Not So Much recipe and explain what might have gone wrong. I started here, with the classic recipe. For the rum, I used Myers Platinum, as Paul Clarke recommends in that link. It was this rum that I had to special-order. I have no idea why; every liquor store I've been in in Providence carries the Myers Original Dark, but not one of them carries the Platinum. I wanted the Platinum for three reasons: first, I like the way Paul describes how it tastes in the drink; second, I'm not a huge fan of Puerto Rican rums, and even less a fan of Bacardi; third, and most important, one major point of this project is to get me trying new rums.
And the Platinum is good enough for mixing, I think. Let's back up. Myers's Platinum Rum is a white rum (obviously–platinum should give that away), pot-distilled, aged in oak, and charcoal filtered. The aroma's not complicated, I'd say–tones of vanilla and caramel, of course, from the oak aging, plus a hint of chocolate. The flavor's light and crisp, without the chemical aftertaste of some white rums. Some say it's a bit flat; I don't agree, but then I don't have the experience with rum tasting that others do. This is a rum for mixing, though, not a rum for sipping.
For the curacao, I went with Grand Marnier. (Yup. If you have experience with this cocktail, you're starting to see why this version didn't work for me.) Orange curacao is strangely hard to find around here, so I decided to grab something from my shelf rather than getting a special bottle. And I had a feeling the Grand Marnier might not work for me, but I thought I would learn something about building rum drinks by trying anyway.
At the classic proportions (2 parts rum; 1 part each of vermouth and GM; and a dash of grenadine), the drink bombs. The Grand Marnier gallops over every other ingredient. You can taste the rum, but it's not the centerpiece that it should be. You cannot taste the other ingredients, or at least I couldn't. A Platinum Presidente merits further exploration, but it certainly needs work.
Version 2
The second version was built precisely according to Matt Robold's comments and specs, left here in a comment:
One thing on the El Presidente.
I've been playing around with the recipe a bit, and I find that the orange liqueur seems to dominate the drink a tad [gee, Matt, ya think?]. My current favorite approach is:
1.5 oz gold rum (I've been using Mount Gay Extra Old)
.75 oz dry vermouth
.25 oz orange liqueur (using Clement Creole Shrubb)
1 tsp grenadine
I've even been playing around using a lemon peel twist instead of orange, which oddly enough was working beautifully last night.
Now this is a much better drink. Delicately balanced and crisp, this version lets every ingredient express itself.
A note or seven on the ingredients: Mount Gay Extra Old is a brown rum, with aromas of caramel, toffee, warm spices (cloves, allspice, nutmeg). On the palate, it's spicy and almost peppery. A great sipping rum, this one also mixes well, as this cocktail demonstrates. Rhum Clement Creole Shrubb is among the drier of the orange liqueurs, a little more subtly orange, and generally less of a hit on the palate. There's a reason Grand Marnier is often sipped neat after dinner: it's so viscous and sweet that it coats the tongue and palate, easing them to sleep after a great meal. The Creole Shrubb isn't like that; I wouldn't say it's an eye-opener or an aperitif, but it's certainly peppier.
I'll be working through other variations in the next few weeks, but it's safe to say, Robold's version is the one to beat.


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The Xbox 360 came out in November 2005, yes that 2005 from nearly 8 years ago. Over time, the Xbox 360 continued to improve with software updates and hardware refreshes that only changed the external look of the device. The Xbox One is coming sometime this November and with it the next generation. Microsoft has a cool sample showing the difference in voice quality between the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One. Let's check it out.
Xbox's Major Nelson, aka Larry Hyrb, has a cool post with two audio samples from the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. As you can probably guess, the Xbox One sample sounds heaps better than the one from the Xbox 360. Listen for yourself and
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So what has Microsoft done to improve the voice quality? Besides 7+ years of technological advances, they've integrated the Skype audio codec. Skype, as you can imagine, knows a thing or two about voice quality with their billions of hours of service.
The new and improved audio quality for voice will work on Xbox One whether you're talking in-game or through party chat with Skype.
Little samples like this from the Xbox One will surely be released from Microsoft as we get closer to launch. We'll share all the interesting ones with you folks.
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(CNN) — Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died peacefully at his home on Monday, Dartmouth College said. He was 96.
Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
He was outspoken on public health issues and did much to raise the profile the office of the surgeon general.
He died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, the college said in a news release.
"Dr. Koop did more than take care of his individual patients — he taught all of us about critical health issues that affect our larger society," said Dartmouth President Carol L. Folt. "Through that knowledge, he empowered each of us to improve our own well-being and quality of life. Dr. Koop's commitment to education allowed him to do something most physicians can only dream of: improving the health of millions of people worldwide."
Koop, who was called "Chick" by his friends, was perhaps best known for his work around HIV/AIDS. He wrote a brochure about the disease that was sent to 107 million households in the United States in 1988. It was the largest public health mailing ever, according to a biography of Koop on a website of the surgeon general.
He was also well-known for his work around tobacco, calling for a "smoke-free" society. His 1986 surgeon general's report on the dangers of smoking was seminal, the biography said.
Prior to his appointment, Koop was surgeon-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was a pioneer in the field of pediatric surgery. He was also the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Dartmouth said.
Koop was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dartmouth, Weill Cornell Medical College and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was the author of more than 200 articles and books and the recipient of various awards. In 1991, Koop won an Emmy for a five-part series on health care reform, Dartmouth said. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.
Known for wearing bow ties, suspenders and a clipped beard, Koop is survived by his wife, three children and eight grandchildren. His first wife, to whom he was married for nearly 70 years, died in 2007.
"Dr. Koop was not only a pioneering pediatric surgeon but also one of the most courageous and passionate public health advocates of the past century," said Wiley W. Souba, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. "He did not back down from deeply rooted health challenges or powerful interests that stood in the way of needed change. Instead, he fought, he educated, and he transformed lives for the better."
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My point in all of this is how do you view your home when you return from vacation? To me everything looked so warm and inviting and I think I was seeing some things with a new "eye" and what the possibilities might be to improve. I had just finished staining my porch floor when we left, a major task and one I might share later after I recover. I had put a few things out on the porch the week before we left because I was having company from out of state and wanted things to at least be presentable.
This sweet potato vine is doing well and I love the new orb I picked up at the floral wholesaler a couple of weeks ago. The candle is a faux one that has an auto timer on it from QVC, Flameless Candles, I love to look out in the evening and see the candles flickering on the porch.
I had a box filled with old chipped Blue Willow that was sitting in the basement, I brought some of it up and filled a wicker planter with it then added a few flowers in some of the cups. Hope this qualifies for Susan's Metamorphosis Monday!


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Young Conservatives make the case for reforming the GOP platform in Iowa
August 12, 2014
EDITORS' NOTE: This post was written by Rek LeCounte, Leadership Committee member for Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry
I just returned from Iowa to talk to elected Republicans, GOP leadership, and reporters from local and regional media to discuss Freedom to Marry's campaign to "Reform the Platform" by removing anti-gay language from the 2016 national GOP platform. This is my second trip as a Young Conservative for the Freedom to Marry (the first was to New Hampshire earlier this summer) and once again, it was an incredible experience traveling with other Young Conservatives to promote this exciting campaign to remove hostile LGBT language in the GOP platform and replace it with more inclusive language that embraces all the views of Republicans.
In Iowa, along with my colleagues, we started the day on the air with conservative WHO radio DJ Jan Mickelson, filled the day with meetings with key reporters and ended our 12 hour plus day with GOP activists and legislators in Des Moines. In each conversation, we talked about the importance of adding more inclusive language in the platform in order to build support from young Republicans who support the freedom to marry. Time and time again, our voices were heard with positive results.
Listen to the WHO broadcast with DJ Jan Mickelson here.
Our time spent in both New Hampshire and Iowa, first-in-the-Nation states, has allowed for important conversations on reforming the national platform to become more inclusive of LGBT people and their allies. Starting with the seacoast of New Hampshire and now traveling to the Iowa State Fair, Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry will continue to make multiple stops across the country as we look ahead to the National Convention in Cleveland in 2016.
I am excited and optimistic for the next legs of this campaign in other early primary states like Nevada and South Carolina. I realize there is still a lot of work to do, and I look forward to working with an expanding coalition of enthusiastic young conservatives to speak out to reform the platform and for the freedom to marry.
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I just won the Association of British Science Writers' Best Newcomer award!
What a night.
Tonight, during the gala dinner of the World Conference of Science Journalists, I won the Association of British Science Writers' award for Best Newcomer 2009, collecting a certificate, an award and prize money in the Natural History Museum's central hall. In front of me: hundreds of international science journalists and Dippy the Diplodocus. Behind me: a statue of Charles Darwin. If that isn't reward for efforts in writing about science, I don't know what is.
Anyway, the award was a result of popular vote from members of the ABSW, so my heartiest thanks to anyone and everyone who voted, to Natasha for a lovely introduction and to everyone who came up and said congratulations. It's a superlative honour and it was a pleasure to have met you all. Memo to self: winning an award makes networking, an activity I loathe and dread with a fiery passion, remarkably easy and passive.
I find it incredibly interesting that amid the unsaid conference themes of saving journalism, the rise of new media, and what actually qualifies as journalism, that this award should go to someone who freelances as a journalist but also works in science communication and blogs. I'm going to start describing myself as a triple-reassortant science writer.
Anyway, a couple of amusing things are worth noting. Firstly, my name is spelled wrongly in different ways on both the certificate (Ed Wong) and the tube it came in (Ed Young). A lovely lady from the ABSW took my address down to send me a corrected version, but I may try and see if any particularly wealthy Ed Wongs would like to buy the original.
The book I was given is this, and I have a history with it. I wrote about 2% of it as one of my first ever freelance gigs about two years ago. The cheeky publishers never sent me (nor any of the other contributor, nor indeed the editors) any copies so it's great to finally have one (and amusing to hear screams of, "I never got a copy either!" throughout the evening.
And finally, the setting was really special. I first came to London almost 20 years ago to the day, and the Natural History Museum was one of the things that made me fall in love with the city and, indeed, the country. It was where I saw my first dinosaur skeletons. It was where I first heard of some guy called David Attenborough and bought something called Life on Earth. I go back every year for the photography competition and a spot of ice-skating. The NHM is one of my favourite places and the fact that this happened there just made it that much more special.
If there's one thing I regret, it's that later on in the evening, they played Carmina Burana through the speakers. Not exactly the music-of-choice for a relaxed chat over wine, but also why couldn't they have played it while I was climbing up to get the award? That would have been awesome.
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Hey, that's great. Well-deserved. Congrats.
Congratulations! And I give you my own personal award. I print out many articles for further reference and study but when I come to your blog, I never stop to examine whether what you present is worth having. I know it will be and I print it out automatically.
Congrats, Ed. It's good to see your talents recognized. In my book, you're right up there with Carl Zimmer in presenting science to the curious layman.
Congratulations, Ed! I cannot think of anyone who deserved it more. Thank you, as well, for your continued coverage of the events on Twitter. Your work is truly science blogging/writing at its best.
Congratulations again Ed. Hope you get the corrected certificate soon!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!!!!!
Yay Ed! You totally deserve it. I also hate networking, perhaps I just need to win something…
That is awesome. Congratulations.
Congratulations Ed whatever-your-name-is
Congratulations, Ed! There's no science writer I'm aware of who is more deserving than you. Keep up the outstanding work!
Congratulations Ed!
Congratulations, Ed! That's spectacular!
let me say again: Bully for you, Ed! Well-deserved — and clearly well-enjoyed. Wish I could have been there to shout a huzzah! But when I next get to London, will do my best to buy you a cold one and raise my own in your honor.
Yay, Ed! Congratulations! I cannot believe you don't enjoy networking – you totally have the wit and sense of humor for it. Anyway, congrats again on an award well deserved!
Well done, Ed – hopefully will be able to congratulate you in person today!
I'm not at all surprised by that news. I stumbled upon this blog a few weeks ago and I am blown over by the range, depth and quality of the writing. I don't know how you do it Ed, but please keep it up.
Congratulations- it's well deserved.
Hoorah to you Sir! Well deserved, chip chip and all that.
Seriously, nice to see there are others out there with good taste who know a Talent when they read him. Sounds like a wonderful and at the same time surreal evening.
I'm not sure what it says when a journalism award so spectacularly misspell your name twice! Hilarious.
Keep up the great work.
Congrats Edmundo! It's great to have your talent radiating through the office ;o)
Ummm, congratulations again. Wish I could think of something original to say. Fried numerological triage. I guess that'll have to do.
Congratulations ED, it's nice to see that we're not the only ones who think that your writing is great!
Well deserved award. I loved the background information that you shared. It put the award into sharp perspective and provide a couple belly laughs this morning. I hope this award is a being of a life long trend. Keep writing!
You earned it, Ed!
Congratulations Yong sin sang! When's the TV series?
Well deserved!!
Congratulations! I can certainly sympathize with the name mistake. My name (Young) has been changed into your name (Yong) a few times, although I get Jung more often.
Absolutely deserved. Congratulations x 10!
You didn't just win it. You earned it.
Hearty Congragulations. You deserve it.
Well done, Ed! You certainly earned it–NERS is one of my favorite Scienceblogs.
Congratulations! 😀
whether yong, wong, or young, much deserved congrats
The look on your face as it dawned on you you'd won… priceless. Congrats dude – chuffed for you. H
Congratulations and well deserved!
Congratulations, it couldn't have gone to a better guy.
Look at you, Mr. Big Shot! Couldn't have been a better selection. Congratulations.
congratulations, ed: we are a lot, all over the world, to begin each day by reading your blog and wandering how you do so much work. françoise from paris
"Behind every great man is a great woman."
Congratulations and thank you, Alice, for providing Ed with the inspiration and support to bring his gifts to us.
Well done and well deserved, Ed.
This is awesome, and really very well-deserved indeed. Congratulations!
I had just recently recommended you to a press officer as an awesome blogger-journalist – I think I may have to email him again and say "see? I told you this guy was good!"
you certainly do deserve it. congratulations.
You continue to be one of the most accessible writers of science around, and I am always touting your work with my kids and other science teachers. I'm looking forward to going home the UK for a break next week and reading it in paper form.
Great job, well earned.
Wow – Great News. I recently came across NERS so still got loads of previous entries to read Your blog is interesting and easy to read, with a great variety of subjects. Congrats from South Africa
Congratulations, Ed! It's well deserved. My father has your book and has enjoyed reading it.
As a blog reader, I am readily on the lookout for information that are both awesome and pleasing to read and I must say your blog passed with high honors. Thank you so much for the wonderful content you have created! Will be coming back soon!


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If Christ is not a peaceful leader (as I was taught in Sunday school as a kid) then all of Christianity unravels. If you can't trust Jesus' words to help bring peace and tolerance then I guess I should become the atheist I've been thinking about becoming for a while. It was Jesus' teachings that helped me not be an angry guy my whole life and I try not to do bad stuff to others because of that.
If it turns out that this was all a lie then it just unraveled the Bible. If the son of God's words of peace were hypocritical or false then the most major character in the Bible just was negated. Therefore the Bible would have to be a lie and therefore you have to let gay people get married. If he's not the son of God then there can't be a God to have told people that he has problems with gay people.
Also if we followed everything the Bible said word for word there would still be slavery, child murder, murder in the street like in the Middle East over any minor infraction, and above all NO DEMOCRACY. Democracy was created by the pagan ancient Greeks and the Bible puts so many restrictions on freedom that it's pretty much anti-American and anti-human. We would all be living under a hideously corrupt theocracy where a hierarchy of religious leaders could claim they could do anything because they are holy men (men being the operative word as there aren't many women saints in that book versus all of the men that most of the books are named after). It would be a Hell on Earth courtesy of God and his unquestioned book.
I try to remember what Jesus taught and that is all pretty liberal stuff (free health care for poor people - he musta been a Commie!) It's important to remember that stuff these days, but as I get older I just see the Bible becoming a terrible obstruction to any kind of progress. Gay marriage is the least of our problems, but was made into a big deal by conservatives to distract people. Remember the two wars we're going to lose?
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Quote from: judge death on August 10, 2010, 08:14:49 PM
Quote from: indianasmith on August 10, 2010, 07:56:06 PM
It's a pretty strained interpretation for anyone to think that Christ ever meant His followers to take up the sword in anything but self defense! But then again, Christians are pretty famous for straining Biblical truth. As far as I am concerned, sticking as close as possible to the most plain and obvious meaning of the words is the best way to go.
This has been a most interesting thread, even if it has wandered a bit from the original topic.
Which words, exactly? Unless you read aramaic you're reading a trasnlation, and translations usually get "flavored" by the personal experiences and judgements of the translators.
Then you'd need to know what version of the bible to follow. A lot was left out of it by the council of nicea because it didn't fit their idea of what the bible should be and say, or it didn't fit constantine's desires.
Then of course there's the king james version of the bible, or some other version....
I think you nailed it, AllHallows. Now - for your comments, Judge - The New Testament was originally written in Greek, not Aramaic. Odds are Jesus spoke both pretty fluently, as most of his disciples were bilingual. Please don't buy into the "Da Vinci Code" myth about the Council of Nicea arbitrarily choosing which books would or would not be in the New Testament. They did no such thing - we have most of their minutes on record. They were charged with creating a creed all Christians could agree to, deciding whether Arius of Alexandria was a heretic or not, and producing 50 copies of the New Testament for the Emperor Constantine, who did not even attend the Council except to welcome its members. So they wrote the Nicene Creed, which nearly all Christian churches still agree to, produced 50 copies (of which two, the Codexes Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, still survive), and, after intense debate, decided that Arius was indeed teaching heresy.
A generation later, the Council of Hippo created the first "official" list of the New Testament canon, but all they did was recognize the books that had been universally accepted by the church for over 250 years! Four of the very short books - Jude, II and III John, and II Peter - were not as widely known and had to be debated. Three other books - I Clement and the Shepherd of Hermas, and something called the Didache - were declared to be profitable for devotion but not Scripture, since they were not written or linked with the Apostles of Christ.
The books that are commonly said to have been "kicked out" of the New Testament were actually never a part of it. The Gnostic gospels and epistles were all written from about 150 to 400 AD, long after the Apostles were dead. They are historically inaccurate, doctrinally screwy, and in every other way inferior to the material that actually made the canon, aside from the fact that they are forgeries with the names of long-dead apostles tacked onto them in an attempt to win acceptance.
As far as the various versions and translations, if you take the time to read them you will find that most of them say pretty much the same thing. We have over 6,000 Greek manuscripts to work from, so it's easy to go to the original sources, or at least pretty darn close. As a matter of fact, textual critics say that the New Testament has been passed down with a textual purity of 99.8%. And of the handful of questionable passages that remain, not a one affects a major doctrine of the faith.
Pennywise, I never said Christ was not a peaceful leader. Let your faith rest in peace. What I am saying is that He loved people - enough to sacrifice Himself to save them from the sin that enslaves them. Tolerating sin is not love, but preaching hate against its victims is not love either. Christ calls us to walk a line between those poles.
Again, the Bible has a natural flow of interpretation. The laws that most people get so heated up about were created for Israel 3,000 years ago and were never meant to apply anywhere else. The Greeks did have a form of rough democracy, but they also had slavery and pedophilia and lots of other things we won't tolerate today. Several authors have argued quite successfully that it is Christianity that took the best aspects of Roman and Greek philosophy, gave them a guiding morality, and created Western Civilization as we know it today.
For both of you, I recommend James Kennedy's WHAT IF JESUS HAD NEVER BEEN BORN and Dinesh D'souza's WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY? They answer several of your questions and comments far better than I could. Lee Strobel's THE CASE FOR FAITH is also exceedingly excellent.
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Quote from: judge death on August 09, 2010, 01:38:25 AM
Well, I assume you were talking about me, judge death, and all I can say is that I do regard anyone opposing gay marriage as a homophobe. I just can't see them any other way.
I'm sorry, but that's just name calling.
If someone opposed illegal immigration does that make them anti-immigrant? If someone opposes affirmative action does that automatically make this racist? If someone thinks Israel is in the wrong about certain military actions they've taken does that mean they're anti-Semite?
I mean, never mind that many people who oppose gay marriage have no problems with civil unions which give gay couples who want them all the legal benefits of marriage (which is, supposedly, what they're after to begin with.)
And for that matter, what about the GAY people who oppose gay marriage? (And yes, they do exist, although probably not in great number.)
And THEY homophobic? Or are you gonna say that they're not "real" gays?
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Quote from: BTM on August 11, 2010, 12:58:33 PM
Quote from: judge death on August 09, 2010, 01:38:25 AM
Well, I assume you were talking about me, judge death, and all I can say is that I do regard anyone opposing gay marriage as a homophobe. I just can't see them any other way.
I'm sorry, but that's just name calling.
If someone opposed illegal immigration does that make them anti-immigrant? If someone opposes affirmative action does that automatically make this racist? If someone thinks Israel is in the wrong about certain military actions they've taken does that mean they're anti-Semite?
I mean, never mind that many people who oppose gay marriage have no problems with civil unions which give gay couples who want them all the legal benefits of marriage (which is, supposedly, what they're after to begin with.)
And for that matter, what about the GAY people who oppose gay marriage? (And yes, they do exist, although probably not in great number.)
And THEY homophobic? Or are you gonna say that they're not "real" gays?
Well, there are blacks who think segregation was OK and would reinstate it if they could, so I guess we can break out the "whites only" signs grandpa had to put away a long time ago, huh?
As to comparing gays marriage to illegal immigration, no dice. Illegal immigration causes harm to america in lowered wages for american workers and in an influx of mexican drug gang activity here. GAY MARRIAGE HARMS NO ONE AND NOT ONE SINGLE IOTA OF EVIDENCE THAT GAY MARRIAGE CAUSES HARM OF
Lastly, in america people are guaranteed rights even if the majority doesn't like them. That's the difference between american and other countries, especially in it's founding principles: The majority does not have the right to crush an unpopular minority.
If calling people homophobic because they oppose gay rights without offering any valid cause that can be interpreted as anything but homophobia is "name calling" then I'm a name caller because I call such people homophobes, or when I'm pressed for time, bigots.
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