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looking4artists necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 134 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
ZenHills Marketing and Consulting
We are a new SEM/adwords ppc management company.
Small to medium businesses which need help with online advertising
First off, I may need to be able to take off the "Marketing & Consulting" part of the logo in the future. My LLC is ZenHills, llc. But my company will be ran as ZenHills Marketing & Consulting for now.
So I would like to be able to have a logo which I could remove the "Marketing & Consulting" and still maintain the brand image.
Now... what were a looking for:
We want something simple, but not boring.
not too colorful
very easy to read
needs to be more horizontal than vertical
will signal trust but also edginess (we do internet advertising for small companies that might see this whole internet thing as being "edgy" itself)
Im not sure if it would be better to use "&" or "and" ... try either.. ill see how it looks and comment
we might go international in the future too... so you should include an area for a foreign language subtitle (which I could add myself)
I would also like included a kind of lightened larger version of part of the logo.. which would be used for a webpage header background
look at the designs here: http://99designs.com/contests/27846…#entry-459
that greyed larger version is what I am talking about (only I want it with the same color as the logo.. but just not as dark)
----another update:
I like the way this logo looks minus the very angled font
---Update 3
one thing to keep in mind is that I will need the adobe illustrator files when I select winner... not sure about the policy of that on this site, but just keep it in mind.
---update 4
keep in mind that the logo doesnt have to have some sort of hills in it... if you want to get creative, by all means do so.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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John Lorinc
John Lorinc is a Toronto-based journalist who covers urban affairs for The Globe and Mail, Spacing magazine, and The Walrus.
When he worked as the parks commissioner in Bogotá, Gil Penalosa helped trigger a quality of urban life revolution of sorts by promoting car-free Sundays – "ciclovias" -- on hundreds of kilometers of the streets around the Colombian capital. As this video shows, over 1.3 million residents each week would take to their bikes or participate in festivals and activities throughout Bogotá. In so doing, they boosted both their enjoyment of the city and their own fitness levels, thus creating a lively, low-emission sense of community for people from all walks of life, so to speak.
In his current gig as the executive director of Toronto-based 8-80 Cities, Penalosa travels the world with a trenchant question that arose out of those experiences: how do we create cities in which both 8-year-olds and 80-year-olds can move about safely and enjoyably? "We have to stop building cities as if everyone is 30 years-old and athletic," he says.
His 8 to 80 litmus test involves imagining a public space, but especially a busy city street or intersection, and asking whether it is suitable for young and old alike. In all too many locations – signalized crossings on wide suburban arterials, narrow bike lanes, over-taxed sidewalks, etc. – the answer will be no.
By way of solutions, Penalosa's group has advised cities like Seville and Guadalajara on the importance of more accessible surface transit, improved cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, and more programmable park space.
But in many aging societies, where the proportion of seniors will grow as much as four-fold over the next two decades, public space improvements alone won't make large urban areas, especially car-dependent suburbs, more suitable to the needs of older residents. Indeed, one of the most difficult questions facing urban areas is how they will go about making themselves more age-friendly.
Accessibility is obviously a big piece of the puzzle. In Japan, where the aging curve is further along, planning officials and architects have promoted "universal design" principles that can be found in such amenities as multi-generational housing meant to address the shortage of caregivers.
In a 2009 study of age-friendly cities, the Ontario Professional Planners Institute recommended that governments collaborate to develop community "hubs" that can house a range of services under one roof. The OPPI also urged government agencies to intentionally integrate, rather than segregate, age-related services, such as seniors' drop-in centers and child-care facilities, as has been done successfully in several Scandinavian countries.
The riddle of aging and cities has even attracted the attention of the World Health Organization, which in recent years has established an information-sharing network for age-friendly cities, as well an 82-page guide on a wide array of issues and potential solutions. As the report notes, "Population aging and urbanization are the culmination of successful human development during the last century. They also are major challenges for this century."
Top image: A girl walks next to an elderly woman selling plants at the entrance of a pedestrian subway in Kiev, Ukraine. (REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin)
The troubled coworking company is the largest office tenant in New York City. What happens to the city's commercial real estate market if it goes under?
Two new studies have revived the long-running debate over how police respond to white criminal suspects versus African Americans.
As WeWork crashes and Uber bleeds cash, the consumer-tech gold rush may be coming to an end.
The celebrated architectural theorist, who died this week, left a down-to-earth legacy: thoughtfully designed buildings and landscapes for people with cancer.
Pete Buttigieg's former chief of staff, James Mueller, is vying with a Republican challenger to be the next mayor of South Bend, Indiana.


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hoi.polloi wrote:Hilarious! Great digging, Critical Mass.
Critical Mass wrote:
The fact that this Mya Braker character is part of some bizarre & officially accepted hoax revealed only a few weeks after the 'attacks' is inconsequential I suppose.
Child who died in the New York inferno
ONE child is now known to have died in the attacks on the World Trade
Mya Braker, 6, is thought to have been on the 107th floor of the
northern tower with her mother, Mailene, who had been offered a job at a
bank on a lower floor of the building.
Mya's father, Alan Braker, tears running down his cheeks, told last
night of his horror when he learnt that a hijacked airliner had crashed
into the building after his wife and daughter had taken the lift to the
"The moment that I heard the news about the attacks I knew that they
were in there," Mr Braker, 41, said at his home in the New Jersey
commuter town of East Orange.
"I was terrified. Very, very afraid for Mya. I tried to call her mother,
who was about to start working in the tower and had gone in for the day
to show our daughter the building. I remembered Mya saying something to
me the night before about going up to the top floor to see the wonderful
view before her mum started working there.
"I tried calling the building incessantly but I couldn't get through to
anyone, so I left my office immediately and drove as close to New York
as I could. I was stopped at the Lincoln Tunnel by police who were
refusing to allow anyone into Manhattan, and the thought of Mya and
Mailene being in there broke my heart.
"I listened to the radio all night and moved through the tunnel
immediately the next morning when people were allowed to enter the city.
When I got to the barricaded area at 14th Street the police would not
let me pass through. I told them about my beautiful daughter, and the
guys were affected by it, but they couldn't let me pass."
Breaking down again, Mr Braker added: "Mya has always been a wonderful
little girl, with a fantastic smile on her face from first thing in the
morning until she went to bed at night. She was always waking me up
giggling. I couldn't have asked for a better kid. Everyone loved her."
Since the attack, Mr Braker, a systems management engineer, has been
wandering the streets of Manhattan putting up small posters showing
Mya's picture and appealing for information. Each day he calls at the
city's hospitals asking for news of his wife and daughter, but in vain.
"It is very distressing because there were so many injured people, and
there is such awful pain for all the other people searching for their
loved ones," he said.
"Since I think Mya was on the 107th floor I know that she was in great
danger, but I still have hope for her. The relatives of people who are
missing are all being very supportive of each other. Over the past few
days I have seen just how strong people can be.
"But I have not been able to go to my office since it happened. I have
been doing the poster thing, walking around and pinning them up, hoping
that somebody will call me and tell me that Mya and Mailene are OK."
Mr Braker, who has two other children, aged eight and 18 months, added:
"My kids have been a great source of support for me. Even my youngest
knows there is something wrong and has been very quiet this last week.
"My oldest daughter is utterly devastated, completely heartbroken. I
think she will need a lot of counselling after this because she and Mya
were very close. . . We would all give up everything just to see her
smiling face again."
Rob Fazio, 27, was looking for his father, 57-year-old Ronald Fazio. "We have Reese's peanut butter cups for you," read the son's flier.
"As every hour goes on, it just gets worse. But we're not giving up, because we know that means the end."
A year after the attack, Ronald Fazio's family held a wake with a coffin full of keepsakes, knowing his remains might never be found but needing the ritual to move on. Photos of the family dog, sand from the Jersey shore and Fazio's favorite treat, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, were buried in a cemetery near their New Jersey home.
"It might seem like an artificial type of wake, but people there were connected to what was in that coffin as if it was my father," Robert Fazio said.
He called her twice that morning. During the second call she heard a boom. The phone went dead. Fazio disappeared.
When the neighboring tower was struck by a hijacked jetliner, he called his wife and started to evacuate but returned when he realized employees on the other end of his floor were still at their desks.
He yelled at them to evacuate and held open the door as they made their way to the exit. On the way down the stairs, he cracked jokes, trying to keep people calm.
At some point, Fazio diverted from the stairs to the elevator. A co-worker remembers leaving the building with him. Ronald Fazio was last seen in front of a neighboring building.
He died like he lived — helping others. His wife, Janet, said "He went back in after he held the door for others to tell more people to get out." He was last seen on that terrible day, holding the door and guiding others to safety.
From what the family was able to piece together, Fazio was last seen handing his cell phone to someone in the lobby right before the south tower collapsed; he was killed by falling debris.
The sad and ironic thing is, Fazio wasn't supposed to be there that day; originally, he had a day off but went in for an important meeting, according to Ms. Labetti.
I just stood frozen. I didn't move. I couldn't move. I could see it coming closer and closer. I could see the AA on its tail. I could see the tinted windows of the cockpit. That's how close I was...
...You could feel the heat of the fire from across the tower...
... One girl was screaming she had to get her purse and he said "NO, there isn't time go now" and she lived!
SacredCowSlayer wrote:Incidentally there is a Douglas Abraham in Livonia, Michigan who is a law partner in a personal injury firm. The perps may have just picked his name and location to use, or perhaps he is a part time perp. It doesn't much matter I suppose. But as a lawyer I have to wonder how much it pays.
I'm still trying to decide whether to call him and what angle I might take should I get him on the phone.
Critical Mass wrote:SacredCowSlayer wrote:Incidentally there is a Douglas Abraham in Livonia, Michigan who is a law partner in a personal injury firm. The perps may have just picked his name and location to use, or perhaps he is a part time perp. It doesn't much matter I suppose. But as a lawyer I have to wonder how much it pays.
I'm still trying to decide whether to call him and what angle I might take should I get him on the phone.
I emailed him last year... he said it wasn't him posting tributes... which makes sense as there must be tens of thousands of tributes by 'Doug'. Either way the vicsim report shows that most of the tributes are likely computer generated.
brianv wrote:@CM Did Douglas Abraham indicate knowing another Douglas Abraham living on in Livonia? Has he ever inquired (or is it enquired?) as to why his name is being used?
brianv wrote:Doug Abraham transubstantiates into God Abraham
omaxsteve wrote:Hi,
I have been reading for a while but have not had a reason to post as of yet.
I firmly believe in TV fakery , no planes, and for the most part that many of the victims are pure simulations.
My problem, is what about those victime that in fact really did exist. My sister is visiting from Maryland, and she knows (or knew) a victim who supposedly crashed in the plane at the pentagon. His name was Todd Reuben. In fact two weeks before sept 11, she sat at the same table as Todd Reuben and his wife at a wedding reception.
"TODD REUBEN" - on the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial:
http://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/bio ... d-h-reuben
" Todd was an avid fan of all local Washington sports teams, particularly the Redskins, Capitals, DC United and Maryland Terrapins. His greatest sports commitment, however, was coaching his cherished 11-year-old twin boys, Jason and Jeffrey, in basketball and soccer, at which they both now excel. "
August 10, 2008
I was cleaning out my cabinets today and found the George Washington University National Law Center 1986 Entering Class Student Directory. For grins, I was checking to see how some of my former classmates had been doing. I don't remember Todd that well, but I recalled his face and thought I would look him up. I am so sorry that this is the site that it took me to. Years have passed since GW and 9/11. This site reminds me that the tragedy of 9/11 did not strike so far from home. I am so sorry for your family's loss. Please know that the losses of 9/11 will never be forgotten.
Bruce Haymes, Westport, CT
Goldblatt was one of approximately 700 people who attended a benefit soccer game at Bullis on Saturday night in an effort to raise money for two organizations: The Reuben Twins Trust and the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund. The game raised about $11,000 to be split 50-50 between the two causes.
Todd was a hero even more so than those among us who used his name for personal gain. There is good and evil and he stood with our good angels. There is not much difference from the evil actions of those who declared war on our way of life and individuals in our country again, that took advantage of this tragedy for personal gain.
He will be a hero for all time.
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If You Didn't Want to Be Poor You Never Should Have Celebrated Christmas
The Way We Live Now: Beneath the weight of a solid gold world. We're so wealthy that we are literally throwing money away. At least, those of us who aren't living in our cars. The point is, kill Christmas!
Puff Daddy accidentally threw his $20,000 diamond ring into the crowd at a 106 & Park taping, while he was on stage hurling "bundles of cash" to hype things up. Which is only fair, since the cash was fake, with "$25 to $100 in singles mixed in with the funny money." Had he not flung his diamond ring accidentally, the impoverished crowd would have been within its rights to sell his organs, for Taco Bell money, simply for being forced to endure a Puff Daddy performance.
We should think about this issue more: Rich people have problems too. Where is the sympathy for them? Diddy's finger is now exposed to the elements. Goldman bankers are in a "Public Relations Bind" because if the general public finds out how much money they made, they will be robbed and robbed and despised and later robbed again, and still despised, and then robbed. Everybody always wants to "feel sorry" for the 97 year-old woman who lives in a 1973 Chevy Suburban with her two sons and begs on the side of the road. But nobody wants to feel sorry for a 27 year-old Goldman banker who might have his Dom Perignon purchases embarrassingly cataloged on bottom-feeder blogs.
Redistribute your sympathy accordingly. Hey, poors, wish you weren't poor? Here's an idea: Cancel Christmas. You can thank the economists later.
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Exploring the Ancient Pyramids
From the ancient civilizations of the Near East to the native peoples of Central America, pyramid building has been a common architectural design for thousands of years.
What is so appealing about the shape of a pyramid? Ancient rulers liked these artificial mountains for their great height (allowing them to commune with the gods) and commanding visual presence over flat river valleys. On a practical level, a pyramid concentrates most of its building on the lower half, so fewer stones have to be hauled to the top. The lower stories act as scaffolding for constructing the upper ones. Tomb and temple, straight-sided and stepped, pyramids assume a variety of functions and forms.
Building an afterlife: Egyptian pyramids
The ancient Egyptians built, for their rulers, more than 80 pyramids along the banks of the Nile near modern-day Cairo from 2700 to 1640 B.C. The pyramids were designed according to three forms:
- Step pyramid
- Bent pyramid
- Straight-sided pyramid (the most common type)
Limestone for the pyramids was quarried on the east bank of the Nile, transported on boats, and then dragged from the river to the building site on wooden sleds with runners. No one knows exactly how the pyramids were built, but the heavy blocks were probably dragged up a straight or spiral ramp that grew as the pyramid rose in height. The exterior surfaces were covered with better quality stone and smoothed with copper chisels and stone hammers. The summit of the pyramid was often covered in gold.
The spiritual significance of pyramids
Egyptians believed that after death, pharaohs became gods and their souls traveled to the sky or sun. With their stepped or triangular sides, pyramids acted as staircases for this spiritual journey. The Egyptians also believed that the preservation of the body was essential to the immortality of the soul. They thought that if people needed the protection of buildings while alive, they also needed it after death. The pyramids protected the king's body and the goods that were to be taken to the next world. Some experts claim that the pyramids represented the rays of the sun that linked the reigning pharaoh to Ra, the sun god.
The pyramids were built on the west bank of the Nile by Egyptian laborers — not slaves. They were only too happy to work for the king, who fed and clothed them and promised to care for them in the afterlife. Some of the laborers were also given a funeral plot on the grounds of the pyramid that further guaranteed their afterlife.
Each pyramid was only part of a larger funerary complex arranged in a line that led from the banks of the Nile River. Along the riverfront was a temple (probably used to mummify the king), connected by a covered causeway to another temple (used for sacred rites) at the foot of the pyramid. Rectangular tombs for the king's family and courtiers, called mastabas, were built around the pharaoh's pyramid. The queens — pharaohs had many wives — had smaller pyramids of their own.
The pyramids of Giza
The majestic pyramids of Giza, near Cairo, have been a tourist attraction for thousands of years. When the Greek historian Herodotus visited them in the 6th century B.C., he gave them the names by which they are still known.
The largest pyramid is called the Cheops pyramid or Great Pyramid. It was built around 2550 B.C. for Khufu. The pyramid is surrounded by three small pyramids and rows of small tombs. This awesome structure stands about 480 feet tall with a square base measuring 756 feet on a side. (The Great Pyramid is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.)
The second pyramid, 9 feet shorter than its neighbor, is named Chephren, which is Greek for Khafre, who was Khufu's son or younger brother. It was finished in about 2520 B.C. Next to it stands the Great Sphinx, an immense sculpture representing the head of Khafre on the body of a crouching lion.
Smaller still, at 218 feet high, is the third pyramid built by Khafre's successor, Mycerinus or Menkaura in 2490 B.C. To the south are three smaller pyramids, including one covered in granite that may have been the tomb of Menkaura's favorite wife, Queen Khamerernebty.
What's so remarkable about these structures is the precision of their construction. The bases from which they rise are absolutely level, and the joints between the stonework are extremely narrow. Originally, the pyramids were covered in smooth limestone, most of which has been pillaged over centuries for other buildings, except for a small area at the top of Cheops.
By 2000 B.C., the Great Pyramids were abandoned by Egyptian rulers after robbers continually looted their tombs. Pharaohs went on to build tombs and temples in the rocky cliffs and hillsides of the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, not far from Luxor. The temples were not places for communal worship but a meeting place between a god and his or her representative on Earth, the pharaoh. These buildings were not pyramidal in shape, but instead were tiered into the hillside with sloping walls. Inside, the temples were divided into halls, courtyards, and sanctuaries. In some of the halls, rows of heavy stone supports, carved and painted with plant-inspired decorations, created the effect of a forest. Two of the most famous temples are the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak (begun in 1530 B.C.) and the Temple of Luxor (begun in about 1400 B.C.).
Pyramids in the Americas
Hundreds of years after the Egyptians mummified their last pharaoh, the Incas of Peru, the Mayas of Central America, and the Aztecs of Mexico built their own pyramids. Construction of these immense sacred structures began in the region around 200 B.C. and continued for another 1,000 years. In the Americas, pyramids were mostly used as temples and were built of stone and adobe with steps and terraces rising to a flat top. Priests climbed the stairs to altars on platforms where they conducted sacred rites and sacrificed humans to the gods. A few pyramids were built over tombs.
Monumental in scale, pyramids were a prominent part of early Mesoamerican cities. Dominating the ancient city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City is the Pyramid of the Sun (A.D. 50). This pyramid, rising from a 712-foot square base to a height of 187 feet, was the largest of several temples built in this city, which flourished from 200 B.C. to A.D. 750 as a major religious center.
The Mayas of Central America built some of the most magnificent pyramids between A.D. 250 and 900. Although many of these stone monuments were constructed during medieval times, they followed ancient forms and traditions. Here are some striking examples:
- The Temple of the Magician in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula was part of a large Mayan city called Uxmal that flourished around A.D. 600-900. The pyramidal temple is one of several stone structures built in the architectural style known as Puuc ("low hill" in Mayan). Lower stories are rather plain, while upper sections are richly decorated with ornate carvings and mosaics. Mayas would often build a new temple over an existing one, and in this structure, five stages of construction have been found.
- The Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque was dedicated to Mayan ruler Hanab Pakal, who has been called the "Mesoamerican Charlemagne." The 75-foot-high pyramidal temple was part of a city built from the sixth to the ninth centuries in the Mexican Chiapas highlands. The ruins of Palenque also include terraces, plazas, burial grounds, and a ball court — all with expressive stone carvings. In 1952, the tomb of Pakal was found in a crypt at the bottom of a staircase inside the pyramid.
- El Castillo (Spanish for "the castle"), a 98-foot-high pyramid, was built by the Itzas, a Mayan-speaking people, at Chichén Itzá (meaning "the mouth of the well of the Itzas") in Yucatan, Mexico, in the 12th century. Stairways rise on all four sides of the pyramid to a temple dedicated to the plumed serpent god, Kukulcán, at the top. Serpent motifs decorate the staircase and other parts of the structure.
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Apple released iOS 6.1 to the public yesterday which includes the ability to buy movie tickets with Siri, better LTE support, and more. Since the introduction of iOS 5, Apple has allowed us to update our iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches over-the-air instead of having to plug into iTunes.
Normally your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will alert you when an update is ready, but if it hasn't, we can walk you through how to manually trigger the over-the-air update.
Note: Apple requires your battery to be at 50% or better in order to install a software update over-the-air without being plugged into a charger.
- Make sure you have your iCloud password on hand. This update is different from previous ones and will ask you to provide your iCloud password upon completing the update. Make sure you have and know that before proceeding any further.
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Tap on General.
- Now tap on Software update.
- Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will check to see if there's an update available.
- You'll either have the option to Download and Install or Install Now if you're device has already downloaded the software. Tap on it.
- You may be prompted to plug your device in to save battery. Just tap Continue.
- Let your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch do its thing. It'll reboot and once it does, you should now be on the newest software version.


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Ahmed, Mohammed,
First and foremost happy to meet the real you.
Its asked whats in a name ? As you guys told it does have its own limitations as our name is our identity and cannot compromise with 🙂
Am currently using your mommy and me theme and quite impressed with it too. So shall i ask 'Whats in a name?'
Double happiness to know that you are from India.
Carry on the good work!


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"That's: brilliant. I mean, I can think of about a billion uses for this." -MobileCrunch
Why choose iDisplay over hardware display?
- Your Android can be your secondary display - Works with both Mac and Windows computers - Choose between WiFi and USB connection options: whichever is more suitable in any particular situation- iDisplay lets you interact with your additional display: move objects, draw, control playback - Zoom and Pan your desktop right on your Android- Easily switch between portrait and landscape screen orientations: simply rotate your device and it will adjust automatically - Perfectly fits for any Android screen resolution
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SINGAPORE, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Angela Stanford shot a bogey-free, 6-under-par 66 Thursday and has the lead after the first round of the LPGA's HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore.
Stanford had birdies on two of her final three holes in building a two-stroke lead over five players who are tied at 4-under 68.
That group includes Momoko Ueda who twice had strings of three consecutive birdies but also a double bogey and a bogey Thursday. Also at 4-under are Choi Na-yeon and Amy Yang, who each had five birdies and a bogey, and Kim In-kyung and Ryu So-yeon, who each had six birdies and two bogeys.
Seven players are 3-under after the first round.
Stanford, playing the second nine of the Tanah Merah Country Club first Thursday, opened with a birdie at the 10th hole. A birdie at the 16th allowed her to make the turn at 2-under.
She had back-to-back birdies at the first and second holes and capped the round with birdies at 7 and 9.


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Pepsi Goes The Whole Ten Years, Returns To Super Bowl Halftime Show
By Barry Janoff
July 24, 2012: Pepsi said it has signed a multi-year deal to become the title sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show, beginning with Super Bowl XLVII, to be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3.
Pepsi takes over from Bridgestone, which has sponsored the last five halftime shows. Pepsi last sponsored the halftime show at Super Bowl XLI.
PepsiCo is an official marketing partner of the NFL via brands including Pepsi, Gatorade, Doritos, Quaker and Tropicana.
After New Orleans, Super Bowl XLVIII will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and Super Bowl XLIX will be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The site for the NFL's historic Super Bowl L has not yet been determined.
Madonna's performance during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI this past February attracted a record 114 million viewers, according to NBC, which broadcast the game and halftime festivities. The talent for Super Bowl XLVII has not yet been named.
"Pepsi's deep-rooted heritage with the Super Bowl and with music truly makes this relationship a natural fit," Adam Harter, vp-consumer engagement for PepsiCo Beverages, said in a statement. "As the most watched and highly-anticipated entertainment event of the year, the Super Bowl halftime show is right at the heart of sports and music. We are excited to provide a fully integrated fan engagement experience for NFL and Pepsi fans."
Bridgestone recently renewed its deal as the official tire of the NFL, with plans to extend into the NFL Draft and other segments, but elected not to remain Super Bowl halftime sponsor. Bridgestone said it would continue to have a presence during the Super Bowl via TV ads and other activation.
The 2012 season will be Pepsi's 11th as the NFL's official soft drink and presenting sponsor of the NFL Rookie of the Week and Rookie of the Year awards. Pepsi also has 16 NFL team deals in place, including a partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers that was unveiled on Monday.
PepsiCo said that this deal "marks an important extension of Pepsi's 'Live for Now' campaign, which looks to capture the excitement of the moment and deliver experiences and content that is current in pop culture."
"On Super Bowl Sunday, the Big Game is at the center of the pop culture conversation," said Harter. "This is the perfect opportunity to inspire and invite Pepsi fans to Live for Now."
In addition to running ads during the Super Bowl broadcast on CBS, Pepsi said it would support through print, and radio advertisement, in-store retail activations, digital social media such as Twitter and Facebook and consumer engagement programs. PepsiCo said that other brands would also be part of the Super Bowl.
"As the most watched and highly-anticipated entertainment event of the year, the Super Bowl halftime show is right at the heart of sports and music."
"We are pleased to expand our relationship with Pepsi to include the Super Bowl halftime show," Keith Turner, the NFL's svp-sponsorship and media sales, said of Pepsi's decision. "The NFL and Pepsi have a history of bringing fans closer to the game through music. We look forward to working with Pepsi to develop new and innovative ways to engage our fans starting with the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show in New Orleans."
Previous Super Bowl halftime sponsors have included E*Trade, Oscar Mayer, Walt Disney World, Progressive, AOL, AT&T, Ameriquest and Sprint.
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Susan Brownmiller, Author of "Against Our Will"
Susan Brownmiller on breaking the silence surrounding rape and writing her famous dissertation on how men use rape as a means of dominating women, "Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape".
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Author, "Against Our Will"
Susan Brownmiller on her groundbreaking history of rape which helped transform attitudes and laws to finally protect victims.
Susan Brownmiller is an author and feminist activist, best known for her groundbreaking book Against Her Will: Men, Women, and Rape, which helped modernize attitudes towards the rape and placed it in the broader context of pervasive gender oppression. In 1995, the New York Public Library selected Against Her Will as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century. Brownmiller was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Cornell University for two years but did not graduate, instead moving back to New York City to become an actress. After appearing in a handful of plays she switched careers and became a journalist. Over the next two decades she wrote and edited at several of the country's most prominent publications, including Newsweek. By the mid-1970s she had also become a widely respected radical feminist. She organized the highly visible sit-in at the Ladies Home Journal. The publication of Against Her Will in 1978 catapulted her to the forefront of the movement and it became a widely-read classic. Today she is regarded as one of the most important American social thinkers of her time. In addition to Against Her Will, Brownmiller has written several other books—fiction as well as non-fiction.


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East Hampton control tower could open soon
The seasonal control tower at East Hampton Town Airport in Wainscott should be operating by this weekend, after the Federal Aviation Administration gave it the go-ahead.
"I expect it to open in the next 24 to 48 hours," East Hampton Town Councilman Dominick J. Stanzione, liaison to the airport, said Wednesday afternoon.
The tower, which is staffed 16 hours a day, was in use last summer, but because it went from being a temporary facility to a seasonal facility that is open from May to September, federal regulations required a new environmental review of its operations. It ran last year from June to the end of October, when air traffic slowed substantially.
The FAA approved the 378-page environmental report, which is posted on the town's website. "We're happy not only that the FAA accepted the document . . . but upon further review approved the town application for a permit to operate it."
The study concludes there will be no adverse environmental impact from putting the tower into operation, and that it will not increase noise in the area. It also concludes there will be no increase in airport traffic for the next five years.
"I can't agree with that," said Charles Ehern, vice chairman of the East Hampton Quiet Skies committee, which has been working to curb flights at the airport and find ways to reduce helicopter noise. "The traffic has leveled off, but that's after 20 years of steady growth," he added.
But Stanzione said the conclusions reflect actual airport use. He said "traffic is down substantially over the last five years," about 38 percent since 2007.
The report concludes the tower will not bring in more traffic because "summertime aircraft operations are dictated primarily by the demand of individuals coming to or leaving from their residences or local motels, not by the presence or absence of a tower."
Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, who opted not to run for re-election this year after facing a number of controversial issues -- including airport noise -- said he expects the report will do little to dampen the controversy over airport noise. "It will be forever a subject of election banter."
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Phil, some virus only delete pictures : files with jpg, bmp, gif types...
I hope it isn't, but to be sure you could scan your pc with an antivirus.
phil1908 wrote:bad day for me too...I lost all my pics from my Pc...how I don't know, certainly a mistake from myself, but in any case, what a pity!
before, you had the habit to use photos on paper in a book, from time to time, your forget or lost them in a removal... but now with the "stupid" idea to use digital camera, a single clic and everything can disappear...
hoping I refound some of them by friends or on survey copies, not sure
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You must think I work at a hospital, but I don't. I do see the public in my job and have to always be polite.
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Ante wrote:Do you know what is Juhannus? What about Midsummer Night? The same thing. It's on next week and I'm frustrated. See, everyone has a summer house or cottage and everyone is going to meet their parents on the country side or spend their Midsummer Night with their friends and I'm not invited. What I'm going to do? Stay at home - not an option, doesn't feel like a proper way to spend Midsummer Night. What else? Panic! I guess I figure out something.
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Chicago Illinois This project explores the issue of programmatic flexibility in the combination of a one hundred year-old masonry shell and its new interior construction, inserted like furniture, which might change many times over the life of the shell it inhabits. The existing coach house, untouched since it served horses and their coachmen, is flexible to support multiple programs: playroom, an office, a conference room, a media room, a party space, and a guest bedroom. Support requirements were subsumed into a series of furniture-like elements to preserve the existing character, enclosing space for toy storage, media equipment, coats, appliances, a fold-out bed and closet, and function is conditional upon inhabitation.


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These samples come from a Gakken SX-150, a small analogue synthesizer kit that was released in Japan 2008 as part of the Gakken hobby magazine series. The synth became very popular also outside of Japan, mainly because it's a low-cost analogue synth with a great sound that offers lots of possibilities for circuit benders.
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An Uprising of the Marginalized
On February 24, violent confrontations between Shia pilgrims and the Saudi religious police and security forces occurred at the entrance to the Prophet Mohamed's Mosque in Medina. The timing and location of the clashes may have serious repercussions for domestic security, if not for the regime itself.
Some 2,000 Shia pilgrims gathered near the mosque that houses the Prophet's tomb for the commemoration of Mohamed's death, an act of worship that the ruling Saudi Wahhabi sect considers heretical and idolatrous. Thus, the Mutawa'ah, the religious police of the Committee for the Preservation of Virtue and the Prohibition of Vice, armed with sticks and backed by police firing into the air, tried to disperse the pilgrims.
The pilgrims resisted. Three pilgrims died and hundreds were injured in the ensuing stampede. A large number of pilgrims remain in detention, among them 15 teenage boys.
Soon after, representatives of Saudi Arabia's Shia community sought a meeting with King Abdullah in an effort to free the detainees. Dialogue seemed like a promising strategy: just ten days earlier, Abdullah had announced a promising reform agenda for the country. But the King refused to meet the Shia delegation.
Royal obstinacy
The violence outside the Medina mosque has led to unprecedented demonstrations in front of Saudi embassies in London, Berlin, and The Hague, with protesters demanding independence from the Saudi state.
Such demonstrations are, of course, illegal in Saudi Arabia. But domestic suppression has only served to export and expand the problem. And now, the regime's policies of repression, discrimination, and antagonism directed at the Shia and other politically marginalized groups increasingly threaten the Saudi state with disintegration.
The Shia are a special case, constituting 75% of the population in the Eastern Province, the Kingdom's main oil-producing region, and identifying far more strongly with Shia across the border in Iraq than with the Saudi state. Indeed, the empowerment of Iraq's long-suppressed Shia has raised expectations among Saudi Arabia's Shia that they, too, can gain first-class status.
Countering Iran's bid for regional hegemony
From the regime's point of view, however, Shia Iran is now the most serious security threat. The Saudi authorities perceived the Shia demonstrations as an assertion of Iranian policy, as they coincided precisely with Iran's celebration of the 30th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution. Suppression of the Shia is thus a part of the Kingdom's strategy to counter Iran's bid for regional hegemony.
But this thinking is tremendously shortsighted. Only by transforming Saudi Arabia's currently monolithic Saudi/Wahhabi national identity into a more inclusive one will the Kingdom become a model that is attractive to its minorities. Today, the disempowered Shia are forced to seek political connections and backing from the region's wider Shia political movements to compensate for the discrimination they face at home.
So the choice for the Saudi rulers is stark: empower the Shia within the system, or watch as they increase their power through external alliances. The threat that this would represent is not abstract: the Kingdom's borders are very porous.
So far, King Abdullah has shown no sign of opting for a policy of inclusion – not even a token gesture, such as a Shia minister. Moreover, Abdullah is unable even to stop Wahhabi satellite TV stations from denouncing the Shia "heretics", or the hundreds of Wahhabi Web sites that call for the outright elimination of the Shia.
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But non-Wahhabi Saudis, mainly the Shia, continue to resist state dogma. Until the beginning of this year, they have not formed significant or open opposition movements, owing to a historically well-entrenched fear of repression. Shia unrest dates back to the Kingdom's establishment in 1932, and violent confrontations with the Saudi state began with the Shia revolution in neighbouring Iran.
The Iranian revolution prompted a Shia uprising in the Eastern Province in November 1979. Saudi Arabia's Shia, an economically and politically marginalized community, staged an unprecedented intifada in the towns of Qatif, Saihat, Safwa, and Awamiyya. Tens of thousands of men and women demanded an end to the politics of discrimination against the Shia.
Although, the Saudi security forces, the National Guard, and the marines crushed the rebellion, the domestic tensions that fuelled it remain. And Ayatollah Khomeini challenged the Al Saud's ideological monopoly and control of Mecca and Medina. Khomeini challenged the very concept of monarchy in Islam by declaring that "those with authority" are not Kings but religious scholars.
The Saudi religious establishment has long been on alert to this rival and threatening entity. Sefr al Hawali, a prominent Saudi Wahhabi cleric, warned of the dangers of the "Shia arc" following the Shia intifada in Iraq in 1991. But, since the war in Iraq in 2003 and the empowerment of Shia across the region, the Saudi regime faces sizeable, restless, and politically ambitious Shia populations in neighbouring Gulf countries, especially Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as in Lebanon.
The demonstrations at Medina show that Saudi Shia are now themselves emboldened. Indeed, they have formed an opposition movement called Khalas (Salvation), aimed at mobilizing the new generation of Shia in the Eastern Province. In light of widened regional and political cleavages, confrontations such as occurred in the holy mosque of the Prophet could increase in frequency, size, and violence.
Mai Yamani
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Mai Yamani, the daughter of the former Saudi petroleum minister Zaki Yamani, is currently a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
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On the one hand Saudi Arabia is, together with Israel, the most important US ally in the Middle East; on the other, Saudi Arabia lays claim to a leadership role in the Arab and Muslim world, where radical anti-Israel positions are widespread. By Guido Steinberg
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The Writer's Guild of America is one of the final Hollywood trade organizations to hand out its annual prizes, and with their awards ceremony happening last night, it means that movie awards season is finally, truly almost over. The winners in the top categories-- i.e., the ones we're likely to see reflected at the Oscars on Sunday-- were Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris for Original Screenplay and The Descendants, written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, for Best Adapted Screenplay. There was also a film prize that isn't awarded at the Oscars, a Documentary Screenplay award that went to Better This World.
It's worth noting that the WGA has some very, very strange eligibility requirements that eliminated a lot of contenders who will be a factor at the Oscars, notably Best Picture frontrunner The Artist. It's still very likely that Woody Allen will triumph in the end at the Oscars-- and, as always, not show up to receive his prize-- but it's just bizarre in general to have a major precursor prize that completely excludes one of the biggest contenders. On the Adapted side, The Descendants is also very capable of repeating its feat at the Oscars, especially since this once-frontrunner for Best Picture has gotten steamrolled, like everything else, by The Artist. The Academy will often spread the love around when given the chance, and since The Artist isn't eligible in Adapted, it's one prize they can safely give to somebody else.
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CISPA Authors Launch Twitter Account To Preach False Merits Of The Bill
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Still desperate to prove that they are in touch with the online community, the House Intelligence Committee has launched a new Twitter account apparently dedicated to talking about how totally awesome CISPA is. They haven't been at it for very long, but they've already blessed the hashtags #CISPA and #cyber (they really love that word, don't they?) with several disingenuous tweets full of misinformation and flat-out inaccuracies:
Firstly, how does a federal law that creates an internet security exemption to every other existing law represent keeping the "federal govt's hands off the Internet"? The entire point of CISPA is to give every federal agency that already has its hands on the internet more information and power. Similarly, while the bill itself does not have any provisions relating to blocking website access, it creates clear provisions for companies to give data to Homeland Security—the people who already seize websites.
Strong privacy protections? CISPA includes virtually no privacy protections, beyond a call for annual recommendations from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Meanwhile, it eliminates existing privacy protections, because as soon as a company deems its data "cyber threat information", it can turn it over to the government without worrying about any other laws. As for how CISPA "strictly limits" what the government can do with the data, that depends on your definition of "strictly"—and, of course, whether you're honest about what the bill says, which the House Intelligence Committee is not:
Maybe they'll blame Twitter's character limit, but they left out a very important part there. Information can only be shared with the government if it is related to cybersecurity, but it can be used by the government for the purposes of cybersecurity or national security. That's a much, much broader field, and the cybersecurity heading is already pretty wide open, when you remember how it's defined in CISPA—as anything relating to protecting a network from:
'(A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or
'(B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information.
Moreover, there are no limitations on how long the government can keep the data, or on how often they can come back and search it for whatever they want—as long as they can justify the search as either cybersecurity or national security. That's not what most people call "strict".
Resistance to CISPA is growing, and more flimsy misinformation isn't going to change anything just because the committee puts it on Twitter. We already wrote about how astonishing it is that Congress expected no resistance to the bill, and now it seems like they're finally waking up to the fact that they were wrong—but, as usual, they have no idea how to respond.
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With the hoopla over James Cameron's upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Avatar, you wouldn't expect a spanner to be thrown in the works at this stage in the game, less than two months from its release. But that appears to be the case, with the aforementioned trouble taking the form of an uncanny resemblance between Avatar's plot and the plot of a 1957 Poul Anderson novella called Call Me Joe.
Some sites - such as over at io9 where this story originated - are asking the question of whether or not Avatar is a rip-off of Anderson's sci-fi story from over five decades ago. It seems a bit strong to say "rip-off" but the evidence of the similarities between the two plots is undeniable. One of io9's readers, "Goldfarb," pointed them toward Call Me Joe - take a look at the plot synopsis for both it and Avatar, along with some artwork for both, and see if you think they bear more than a passing resemblance to one another:
Call Me Joe:
Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic - Ed Anglesey - who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey revels in the freedom and strength of his artificial created body, battles predators on the surface of Jupiter, and gradually goes native as he spends more time connected to his artificial body.
In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.
Pretty striking, eh? One of the big things about Avatar - which is one of the biggest selling points for me personally - is the fact that it's said to be a 'totally original work from the mind of Cameron,' the man who brought us such classic sci-fi classics as The Terminator, Terminator 2 and Aliens. There's no previous brand to build off of, which will make it all the more interesting to see how well Avatar does at the box office when it opens.
But now that there's a possibility that the plot might not be as original as we were first lead to believe kind of takes some of the wind out of the sails, at least for me. Of course, there are varying opinions on this matter, ranging from if Cameron was even aware of the novella at all when he came up with the story (i.e. it's just a coincidence); to some saying it's one influence but not "the" influence; and some are even going as far to say Cameron stole the idea and Anderson deserves a credit on the film.
io9 reminds us that Cameron doesn't claim to be totally influence-free when it comes to Avatar - he's cited the likes of Dances With Wolves, Rudyard Kipling and Edgar Rice Burroughs. But as io9 also says, it's strange that he hasn't cited Anderson's Call Me Joe amongst those.
This isn't the first time Cameron has run into a problem involving accusations of plagiarism: Back when he made The Terminator, writer Harlan Ellison sued the production company claiming the ideas were already in a couple of Outer Limits episodes. The matter was settled out of court, and Ellison got (and still has) a credit on The Terminator.
Apparently this isn't the first time Avatar has been compared to Call Me Joe, with /Film doing some research that turned up comments from readers that are months old, pointing out similarities between the two. For some reason it's taken this long for it to bubble to the surface and become a (semi-)real issue.
It's up in the air at this point in time what affect this will have on Avatar, Cameron or 20th Century Fox. My bet is that it will turn out to have been an influence of Cameron's all along, and they will have the permission to use some of the ideas. Kind of the way things turned out with the whole Pirates of the Caribbean 4 book source mess last month. I really don't think that with a film as huge as Avatar that Cameron, Fox and everyone else at the top haven't thoroughly covered their hindquarters.
Do you think Avatar is influenced or even based on the Call Me Joe novella? Are the similarities too great to ignore? What do you think this will mean for the movie, Cameron and 20th Century Fox?
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After some panic Friday afternoon, market players are feeling more optimistic about a fiscal-cliff deal this morning. The problem is that they have done a terrible job of anticipating a deal and even if the Senate can come up with a compromise, the big hurdle will be passing a bill in the House. We probably don't even have a time for a vote today unless something happens in the next hour or so.
I'm trying to focus on stock-picking rather than headlines as there has been pretty good action. My stock of the week, Qihoo 360 (QIHU), which I've mentioned a number of times last week, is up strongly on a report from Wedge Partners that it is close to a deal with Google (GOOG) in China. The stock broke out there the $28 level on strong volume.
Alon USA (ALJ) offered a good entry point this morning as it pulled back for several days and then moved out on a buy recommendation by Goldman Sachs. Uni-Pixel (UNXL) was a high-flyer a couple of weeks ago, but it pulled back after news of patent litigation. A ridiculously high price target published today has it moving again.
While I'm trying to knock out some trades, I'm concerned that there is a high probability of a quick reversal if the fiscal-cliff talks fall apart again. I have no confidence in the politicians, and I am afraid the market is so anxious for positive action that it may ignore how hard it will be to get something through the House.
As long as we stay flexible and manage positions closely we should be OK, but don't be overconfident. This market has seen too many negative news surprises lately.


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Today, we are lucky. For entertainment, we have television, video games, and the internet. Back in olden times, people had to be more creative with their diversions—make that, very creative.
Scholars at elite institute Waseda University posted images from an Edo-era proto-manga scroll "War of the Farts".
Manga's nascent beginnings are grounded in picture scrolls. Many of them depicted animals. This one depicted fart battles.
It's rather crude, yes, but silly and humorous—no doubt, the point.
Note that the scroll does feature butts, boob, pubic hair, hairy testicles, people farting in bags, people farting through screens, people fanning farts, and dual fart attacks. If you are sensitive to such imagery, be warned.
Many more images can be found in the link below.
屁合戦絵巻 [Waseda via @Matt_Alt via JapanProbe]


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Friday, 17 September 2010
Women who wear red glasses
Getting new glasses is rarely fun for me. I find it hard to get cool glasses that I actually want to wear. I have a heart-shaped face which means that only square lenses suit me, and because of my mousy colouring and light eye-colour, I can't pull off a thick 'librarian look' or dark coloured rims. They can't be red either. It is very limiting.
I have a thing about women who wear red glasses. Not on a personal level of course, but there is a bit of stigma attached, don't you think?
I mean, the women I see wearing red glasses are usually on the other side of their thirties. They seem to be making a personal statement with them, something like "I am sexy, interesting and, well, young". They either go for the brightest red, over-sized frames (like the lovely lady in the picture above) or those funky 'barely there' frames with a hint of red across the nose.
Their glasses are an entity unto themselves.
Red is the colour of passion. Vitality. Sex. Are these women reminding us that, despite what might seem to be a few crow's feet around the eyes, they are fabulous? Uber-fabulous even?
So when I found myself being kitted out in a pair of well-fitting red glasses by the lady who was helping me, I had to question myself. Am I ready to join this trend of women. Will wearing red glasses age me? Propel me into the forty-something?
Needless to say the purchase of new glasses was a torturous affair.
Even something as simple as buying glasses can have political connotations. If you look for them.
What do you think about women who wear red glasses? Am I being a bit mean?
29 comments:
- Maxabella said...
Did you get the red? I need to know before I comment... x
- 17 September 2010 at 08:33
- alliecat said...
You are so right! A friend of mine wears dark red glasses (they match her lippy) and always a trendy brand in very angular shapes. She is of a very particular personality type, and the age you mention. She is strong, opinionated, and you certainly know when she is around. It's that type of person I associate with red glasses!
I don't wear glasses, so I can't share your pain, but it must be hard to find something you like enough to add to your face every day. Plus not being able to see them properly when you are trying them on, because you are not wearing your (usual) glasses!
- 17 September 2010 at 08:36
- Gill@OurParklife said...
Can't say it has ever occurred to me! But now you mention it, I am sure there is a certain type that wears red glasses...
I can't imagine myself doing it, only because I don't ever like to stand out too much and yes, I guess red frames are kind of a stand out look...
So, DID you get the red frames in the end.....?
- 17 September 2010 at 08:55
- BabyMac said...
Interesting...I think that I would actually BE one of thoes people. And even more interesting, I think that it's because of all the reasons you say! It's nice to be able to put a little personality into something as boring as glasses no? Maybe no. And I am always trying to add a little fabulous into my day wherever I can. But thanks for letting me see the other side looking in...I don't think you are mean...we are all just different.
- 17 September 2010 at 08:56
- Nichole said...
interesting! i have never noticed women wearing red glasses! lol, i'll def have to keep an eye out.
i will say that i hate picking out glasses too! my face is round and glasses never look good on me! i wear contacts most days, but my best girl wears the cute dark librarian glasses often & i envy her! :)
- 17 September 2010 at 08:58
- Kelly said...
I need a new pair of glasses too, I was thinking about getting a pair with purple frames. Red frames sounds super cool, I say got for it. I don't think age matters, do want makes you feel happy.
- 17 September 2010 at 09:55
- So Now What? said...
The hardest thing I find is that I can't freaking well see myself properly when trying them out. Blind Betty here.
But yes, I always though red frames were for the "zany" ones.
But I've got to say, I've tried on a few of red and, gasp, purple and I quite liked them. I didn't buy them though.
Perhaps I'm just losing my marbles.
- 17 September 2010 at 10:13
- MandyE (Twin Trials and Triumphs) said...
When I saw the title of your post, my mind jumped right over to good ol' Sally Jesse...so glad to see you found a picture of her! :)
I had to quit wearing contacts when we were trying to conceive. I've only been back in the world of contact wearers since last fall...and thank goodness I am. All the girls want to do is pull my glasses off when I wear them!
When I started having to wear glasses, I bought three new pairs. No red, but I would put at least one pair in the really trendy camp. I figured, if I have to wear these, I might as well make a fashion statement. :)
I love having contacts as an option, but I still wear my glasses sometimes, too. I like to think that the trendy frames detract from the crow's feet. :)
And yes...you have to let us know...did you get the red???
- 17 September 2010 at 10:34
- Kamarine said...
If red looks good, it looks good!
pish posh to only older ladies wear it. Break out of the mould and be the young woman wearing the rockin' red glasses.
- 17 September 2010 at 11:25
- Busy Working Mama said...
Whatever floats your boat. In general I try not to judge b/c I don't want other to judge my (un-stylish) self. But if I had the need for glassed, I would prefer understated lenses. That's just me :) Seretly I envy women who can pull off bold looks!
- 17 September 2010 at 12:24
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- 17 September 2010 at 12:24
- Jacki said...
Yikes! I'm due to get new glasses soon and I know what you mean! I've only ever worn metallic or dark frames and I think I'll stick with that. I don't know about red. I guess it's just saying, 'well, if I have to wear glasses, I might as well make a statement about it'. They could be cool.
- 17 September 2010 at 13:10
- Lori @ RRSAHM said...
So true!! I totally see what you're saying here. But... my best mate wears red glasses. She's under thirty though, and more the trendy urban hippy type, with chunky librarian frames...
- 17 September 2010 at 13:23
- life in a pink fibro said...
I'm a redhead. We don't do red glasses. But as for the rest of it, you could say the same thing about red shoes, couldn't you? And I love red shoes. Say what you will about that. :-)
- 17 September 2010 at 13:40
- Mrs Woog said...
Red glasses? No problemo, especially of you are a brunette. Red eyes however are an entirely different issue....
- 17 September 2010 at 13:58
- Inspiring You To Save! said...
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- 17 September 2010 at 14:16
- toushka said...
I LOVE red glasses. I think it depends on the shape of the frames as too whether they look zany or cool.
I recently did some mystery shopping in a bunch of optometrists so I got to try on heaps of glasses and the coloured ones look great on me - especially purple or blue. I wanted red but they don't look that good on me. :(
- 17 September 2010 at 15:12
- MultipleMum said...
I don't have the same thing about red shoes LIAPF! I have about 4 pairs. Maybe that is why my new red glasses might be a bit much!
Yep! I went the red (not bright) and my second pair (Specsavers do a 2 for 1 deal) are a pair of chunky ones. So there you have it.
I think it was the fact that my prescription has improved (caused by my pre-presbyopia) got me thinking that maybe I am getting old and am I ready to release the red within?
I also want to add that men who wear red glasses exhibit the same traits as women. It is the glasses, not the person I am concerned with.
- 17 September 2010 at 15:54
- Nomie said...
Well, I'm typing this in my red framed glasses. They are square frames... I must admit when I got them I did think, next it will be a "funky" hair do with bright purple highlights, red lipstick, and I'll take to wearing lots of bright beaded necklaces and red shoes... then I realised I own at least 3 pairs of red shoes and lots of beaded necklaces... plus I'm brunette so red goes... but if I ever put on lippy to brighten my self up (and get bits of it on my teeth) I know I will have gone too far, and actually become my mother.
- 17 September 2010 at 18:21
- Emmak said...
I agree, actually I think red glasses look terrible on anyone not just a middle aged woman trying to hold onto the last bits of her youth. If I had glasses I think I'd go for the rimless ones.
- 18 September 2010 at 03:20
- Lolaferrola said...
I am your your nearly 36 year old, red glasses wearing girl and I love them. After a lifetime of wearing the sensible bronze framed glasses, bought to blend with my red haired complexion, I went for something completely different. I think that if you need something to give you that extra edge in your look, then why not? I didn't buy them for any other reason than they were so far removed from the NHS prescription ones of my youth. No ulterior motive behind the selection, they just look great.
- 19 September 2010 at 04:03
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- 19 September 2010 at 09:04
Ah the dilemma of glasses! I dread having to choose new frames - the store people always seem to be trying to con me into some fancy coloured pair! I just can't do it, same with lipstick. Love colour on other people, but not myself. I'll just stick to my silver frames and a bit of lip gloss thanks.
- 19 September 2010 at 14:02
- DancingInTheRain said...
I think glasses in general are becoming a bit more of a statement and much more colourful. They dont just come in the silver and gold rimmed versions, with or without some tortise shell (like my first pair!). When working as a frame consultant I remember a few women buying fluro purple plastic chunky glasses. Now what does that say about a person?
- 19 September 2010 at 17:11
- Zoey @ Good Goog said...
I realise this post is awhile ago but just had to comment! Because I have just gone to get new glasses (actually I bought two pairs) and one of them was bright red. Wondering if that makes me old by default. Luckily I have a black/green pair as well!
- 19 February 2011 at 07:40
I love red...I seem to pick silver/white or Pink/Red and always at cat eye or trendy! Each year I change my hair color at least three times Red, blonde, dark brown. All colors go with the Pink/Red. Age? I have never heard that old ladies wear the red. I believe it is confident/kind women that wear red :-)! Go for it!
- 16 May 2013 at 05:00
I have worn glasses since the age of 12. I've always hated wearing them. I changed to contacts at the age of 19 and wore them until age 43. I am now 47. I've found as my skin is ageing I have reverted to hide behind glasses again. And guess what....after trying countless numbers of frames it was the RED ONES that bought personality and brightness back to my face...it took confidence to wear them because I felt they stood out too much...but now I can't go back....hahaha....anything less colourful looks drab on me now....looking forward to fab 50's with funky glasses!!
- 18 August 2013 at 16:13
How would red glasses look on a man? Does it need to be a certain red, or is any shade across the board fine?
- 23 July 2014 at 18:40
Just taken delivery of my first pair of red glasses after years of sticking to "safer" colours and I love them. I am almost 53, with silvery hair and a fair complexion, and the red is a dramatic contrast. Who wants to look drab? I'm not trying to prove anything, I just wanted to wear something that looks fun and happens to suit me as well.
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Senior US officials said on Tuesday that they will enter peace talks with the Taliban at a new office in Doha "within the coming days", in what may be a significant step towards an end to the long-running war.
Senior US officials said on Tuesday that representatives will begin formal talks with the Taliban "within a few" days at a new office in Doha, Qatar.
The Afghan Taliban opened the office to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, saying it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign occupation.
Senior Barack Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the record, described the office opening to AP as a stepping stone to full Taliban renouncement of al Qaeda.
Karzai also on the cards
The officials said the US and Taliban representatives will hold bilateral meetings, then it is expected that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council will follow up with its own talks a few days later.
A senior Afghan official told Reuters that talks with the High Peace Council would go ahead.
"The peace talks will certainly take place between the Taliban and the High Peace Council," said the senior official, referring to the body created by Karzai in 2010 to broker peace with the insurgency.
Taliban representative Mohammed Naeem held a news conference from the group's new office on Tuesday, telling reporters that the Islamist insurgency wanted good relations with Afghanistan's neighbouring countries. The conference was broadcast live on Qatar's al Jazeera television channel.
The Taliban had previously said that they would not countenance peace talks with the Karzai government, which they consider a stooge of the United States and other Western nations.
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In early January, SunTrust Robinson Humprey's Neal Dingmann and Ryan Oatman predicted that Penn Virginia (PVA) would double by the end of the year, despite having gained already more than doubled in 2013.
Should we be surprised that the stock is already halfway there after surging today despite missing earnings forecasts? RTT News has the details on Penn Virginia's earnings:
The Radnor, Pennsylvania-based company reported a net loss of $4.07 million or $0.06 per share for the fourth quarter, sharply narrower than $56.13 million or $1.05 per share in the prior-year quarter.
Excluding items, adjusted loss for the quarter was $6.72 million or $0.10 per share, compared to adjusted loss of $11.76 million or $0.22 per share in the year-ago quarter.
On average, 17 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report a loss of $0.04 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
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Though Penn Virginia slightly missed 4Q estimates as some Eagle Ford wells were brought online later than forecasted likely due to abnormal weather and 2014 CAPEX has increased due to increased leaseholds, the key is that Eagle Ford well results continue to materially improve with the latest 23 wells averaging a 43% higher rate than the prior average. Stock may initially underperform tomorrow on the 4Q miss though we believe it likely more than recovers after the conference call when further positive operations details are described.
Shares of Penn Virginia have gained 8.5% to $14.01 at $3:08 p.m., putting it up 49% so far this year. Shares of EQT Corp. (EQT) have ticked up 0.2% to $100.23, while Devon Energy (DVN) has risen 0.5% to $64.54, EOG Resources (EOG) has advanced 0.6% to $179.84 and Gulfport Energy (GPOR) is up 0.1% at $64.87.


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Looking for a way to get warmer and up your assistive technology know-how? Well, sadly, you missed it– for this year, anyway. The Assistive Technology Industry Association, a non-profit organization that represents manufacturers and vendors of assistive technology solutions, held its 15th annual conference in Orlando, Fla., during the last week of January (right about when half the country was under a winter advisory). But it wasn't all about the weather; there was plenty of good information to be found. Two days were set aside for a selection of one- and two-day workshops, with topics such as Universal Design for Web Design and Digital Media and Technology Supported Evidence-Based Practices, The Changing Role of AT Teams and an iPad Boot Camp.
From Thursday morning to Saturday, shorter presentations ran concurrently, providing the more than 2,600 attendees with an overwhelming set of choices. For many, the problem wasn't which sessions to go to but which to miss due to clashes! Fortunately the handouts for all the sessions were available at the conference website so it was possible to ensure you took home all the information you came to collect.
Additionally there were more than 100 vendor booths showing the latest in software, hardware, and services available to the AT community. People tried out eye-gaze systems, tested screen-readers and magnifiers, saw hundreds of apps and software packages, met with people who use AAC devices, and generally had lots of hands-on experiences with a broad range of technological solutions.
And don't forget about social media. Attendee Karen Janowski (@KarenJan) is an occupational therapist and assistive technology specialist with Newton Public Schools in Boston, and is a regular at the ATIA conferences. This year she was instrumental in organizing a now familiar event at many events – the conference Tweet-up. As an advocate of leveraging new social media technologies, she says that, "The Tweet-up was a great success and provided an opportunity for people to connect with their Twitter colleagues. Meeting each other face-to-face helps to strengthen those connections that have been made virtually. People on Twitter seem to be on the cutting edge and always willing to share ideas and information. In fact, Twitter has become one of the best professional development tools out there, with hashtags being central to the power of tweeting."
As the host of a regular Twitter event, the #ATChat discussion group, Karen understands the growing role tweeting has in supplementing learning and interaction among the AT community. "In fact," she says, "Twitter can get your reputation 'out there' beyond the AT community, and this facility to reach outside of your field is important."
This was also the first year that an app was available on both on iOS and Android platforms to help people check on session and exhibitor information. The ATIA conference team estimated that over 2,000 copies of the app were downloaded, suggesting this will become a regular feature of future events.
The next conference is already scheduled to take place again in Orlando from January 27th-31st, 2015, (probably right about the time the second Nor'easter of the winter is bearing down) with the call for papers taking place between April 21st and June 20th this year. If you are interested in attending a great AT and AAC conference, put this on your radar. And for those of us living in the north, a week in Orlando in January is never a bad idea!
Russell Cross, MS, CCC-SLP, is the director of clinical applications for the Prentke Romich Company, a developer of AAC solutions. He is a member of ASHA SIG 12 and writer for the Speech Dudes blog.


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Follow Friday – Genealogy Education
Many of us start our genealogical journeys through self-education. Then we reach a point where something else is needed. We need to attend a local genealogy society's general meeting or workshop. Perhaps we investigate research library workshop offerings. We may go even bigger into the state and national offerings like state conferences, National Archives workshops, or national genealogy society conferences.
Angela Packer McGhie writes a blog called Adventures in Genealogy Education. Angela presents information about workshops, conferences, study groups, webinars, and new books related to genealogy education. Check out her blog and what is available if you are interested in taking that next step.
Harold Henderson writes a blog called Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog. He recently wrote an article about Genealogy on the Cheap that is worth a read.
Considering going for genealogical certification? The Board for Certification of Genealogists just launched a blog to help those going through the process and those considering that option.
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The Baltimore Ravens stopped trying to work out a new contract with quarterback Joe Flacco before the 2012 season began. In hindsight, Flacco should be very happy about that.
After a regular season that at times raised questions about whether the Ravens would be willing to even use the franchise or transition tag to hold Flacco in place for a sixth season, Flacco found a higher gear, with three straight games of triple digit passer ratings, a trio of wins, and road victories in duels against two of the best quarterbacks of all time: Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
The final punctuation was an exclamation point, avoiding the necessity of late-game heroics by blowing New England off the field in the second half with a 21-0 performance in the final two quarters.
So far in the postseason, Flacco has completed 51 of 93 passes for 853 yards, with eight touchdowns and zero interceptions. He has averaged 9.2 yards per attempt, and the cumulative passer rating is 114.7.
"I'm not going to go into the whole Joe Flacco thing," running back Ray Rice said after the game, via J. Michael of CSNBaltimore.com. "He's going to deserve every penny that he's going to ask for this offseason. It's not the first time he's done that at Gillette Stadium against Tom Brady."
Win or lose in 13 days, the Ravens need to give him a deal that falls in line with the top quarterbacks in the game. Because he has proven, despite the many doubters, that he is indeed one of them. And he's done it by consistently beating them.