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VANCOUVER — Making as much noise as they could to protest a process they say is undemocratic, several hundred activists from a broad spectrum of movements rallied Monday night against the first of Vancouver's public hearings into Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.
The protesters — from those concerned about the environment to aboriginal Idle No More activists — oppose the planned pipeline and say the hearings at the Sheraton Wall Centre hotel limit public comment.
Suresh Fernando, one of the protest organizers, said presenters at the hearings "can't make reference, for example, to the oilsands and the bigger picture."
"You can only speak to issues relating to Enbridge," he said of the public portion of the National Energy Board (NEB) joint review panel hearings that are wrapping up in several weeks. "They're constraining the dialogue."
About 330 people registered to make oral statements in Vancouver to the review panel this week and for three days at the end of the month, according to NEB spokeswoman Kristen Higgins. (The break in hearings is because the panel works for two weeks on and one week off, she said.)
"They've got about 19 people that they will be hearing from tonight and they're looking at making sure that they can hear from those people without disruption," Higgins said Monday evening before the hearing. "(Whatever) information is on the public record is the information the panel can use to write their reports and make their recommendations."
Higgins said the panel was prepared for the protest as "this isn't the first time that there has been a protest around this project or these hearings."
The panel cancelled a day and a half of hearings in northern B.C. last April when their plane was greeted by about 200 protesters at the Bella Bella airport.
A separate public viewing site — with a capacity of about 250 people — was set to live stream the hearings from the Westin Bayshore Hotel this week, Higgins said.
Earlier Monday, activist Zack Embree and a group of other artistic environmentalists built a pre-fabricated art installation called Hope the Whale. The nine-metre-long white whale was set up at the northwest corner of the Sheraton property and after dark started projecting Twitter posts, videos and photos onto its skin.
"I see Hope the Whale as a place for people to gather, make conversation, connections and consider the risk that pipeline and tanker expansion poses for our communities, our coast and future generations," Embree told The Sun in a Facebook message.
The NEB panel is canvassing communities throughout B.C. and Alberta on the proposed 1,173-kilometre pipeline, which begins north of Edmonton and terminates at Kitimat on B.C.'s northwest coast. Bella Bella is about 175 kilometres south of Kitimat.
The pipeline is meant to open up new markets in Asia for crude from the Alberta oilsands. Virtually all of Canada's oil exports are now shipped to the United States.
B.C. First Nations and some northern communities, as well as environmental groups, are opposed to the project because of the risk and effect of oil spills from the pipeline and tankers. Enbridge contends the pipeline can be built and operated safely, and will be an economic boon to Canada.


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Sexiest Man Alive 2009 Articles
Sexiest Man Alive 2009 handicapping and predictions.
Johnny Depp: The Sexiest Man Alive 2009
Johnny isn't selling this year. But the magazine picked him anyway. And it's the best choice, on so many levels. Because only Pitt and Clooney (before today) have held the title twice. JD belongs in that league. His selection however actually demonstrates that People Magazine is capable of critical thinking. Full Story
His farewell lap
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You have been a good and just King. A deserving Sexiest Man Alive. A kind, compassionate, generous, and gracious Monarch. Your reign has been peaceful, full of humour and humility, wit and Wolverine. Today you are running but tonight you will sleep with your crown one last time. Your successor will be less than you. Full Story
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People Magazine will reveal its annual Sexiest Man Alive tomorrow and while many of you have been sending me this cover all day, please know… it's FAKE. This is NOT THE REAL COVER. The real cover will be unveiled tomorrow. Who? Well if you revisit the list posted a few weeks ago – click here Full Story
One more argument for…
Have to give Lorella credit for this. She reminded me: One more argument in favour of Colin Firth as Sexiest Man Alive. I forgot about this video. And if you haven't seen it, well, it's the only way you should start your weekend. Bridget Jones, esteemed journalist, interviews Colin Firth. Full Story
I'm sorry. How could I have forgotten my RDJ? Your RDJ. Our RDJ. He's been very, very quiet lately. Arguments for: He's the coolest cat ever He is FUNNY. He is style. He is charm. He is the best. A sexy motherf-cker if there ever was one Everyone loves a comeback. His has been a spectacular comeback. Full Story
Alexander Skarsgard SMA?
I hear you. I want him to be too. But this is a prediction. And the prediction is based on a magazine serving a very specific demographic… Alexander Skarsgard, along with Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, and Michelle Forbes were in Paris yesterday promoting True Blood as the show is now being pushed internationally. Full Story
Colin Firth SMA?
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Many of you wrote yesterday pointing out, quite rightly, that he at least deserved to be included in the analysis. I apologise for the oversight. This is Colin Firth last night at 2 events in LA – first a screening of A Single Man and then at the BAFTA/Brittania Awards wearing a tux and, sigh, my favourite smile. Full Story
Prediction: Bradley Cooper
This is not the sure bet. But I like the underdog. Arguments for: The hair. The sex. The way he looked in that suit in The Hangover. Please Currently one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors who can boast of a rumoured romance with everyone's favourite Jennifer Aniston and a current romance with Renee Zellweger The Hangover was a MASSIVE hit, now established as the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time Coop has Man Cred. Full Story
Robert Pattinson
This is the sure bet. This is the PROBABLE choice. If you were forced at gunpoint to bet your mortgage on a candidate, it would be him, it would be the safest. People Magazine likes pleasing people. Pattinson is the Goliath. It's his to lose. But I am a gambler… Take it easy Twi-Hards, it's not because I don't like him. Full Story
Gerard Butler
Arguments for: I don't know… supposedly he's a ladies' man and horny women want him and they would cut each other for the right to stuff money in his 300 diaper He sings. So this must mean he's the true Phantom of the Opera. Fake romance with Jennifer Aniston = MiniVan approval because she is THEM. Full Story
George Clooney
Arguments for: He is George Clooney. He is Mr Hollywood One of the top 5 names in the world and socially active, substance behind the celebrity George has a new girl. People Magazine has been trying to whitewash her to gain favour with him. And an attached George always gets the MiniVan talking George hasTHREE films in rotation: The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Fantastic Mr Fox, and yes, Up In The Air, expected to have a strong presence come nomination day. Full Story

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Does this mean that pole-axed though some of these economies remain, things are about to change for the better?
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but regrettably not, and for this reason. The roots of Europe's problems lie not in the credit crunch of 2008-9 – for Europe, the banking crisis is a mere symptom of an underlying illness – but as far back as 1995, when preparations for the euro caused interest rate convergence across what had previously been structurally very different economies.
This in turn created a credit bubble in the periphery; in some countries it was more a private sector phenomenon, in others a public sector one, and in at least two countries it was both. In any case, wages and prices in the periphery began to diverge from the core. There was stagnation in Germany and strongly rising prices in the periphery, making the periphery progressively less competitive. This misalignment in prices led to a rising trade surplus in the core, but ballooning deficits in the periphery.
And that's what the eurozone maelstrom is about – it is a classic, uncorrected balance of payments crisis. Normally, such crises are stemmed through the natural market mechanism of exchange rate movements, which both restore price competitiveness and, through devaluation, haircut the debt overhang in deficit nations.
There is no such automatic stabilisation mechanism in monetary union. The result is a debt standoff, with creditor nations demanding their pound of flesh from debtors forced into self-defeating penury in an attempt to provide it.
To regain competitiveness, debtor nations have no option but to counter the misalignment through cuts in nominal wages and asset prices, an exceptionally painful process socially and politically. Democracies struggle to achieve internal devaluations of this sort. So is there any sign of progress?
Apologists for the euro draw encouragement from two sets of data. One is that previously yawning current account deficits are indeed narrowing sharply. Ireland is already back in current account surplus. According to the IMF's World Economic Outlook, Spain (with an astonishing 10pc deficit at the height of the credit bubble) and Italy will also be in surplus by the end of this year. Even bottom of the class Greece, with a current account deficit of 15pc in 2007, struggles back into surplus next year on these forecasts.
On this measure, then, Berlin is succeeding in transforming Europe into a regimented series of German look-a-likes.
The same is true of unit labour costs, the second yardstick that eurozone policymakers like to judge their success by. These have begun to converge with the German core since the crisis began, so you might argue that the price correction is well under way.
Yet look beneath the bonnet, and neither of these phenomenon can be counted a success. True enough, some deficit nations are doing well on exports – certainly better than Britain, with its apparent "advantage" of currency devaluation. But in most cases exports still remain below pre-crisis levels.
No, the primary reason that current account deficits are closing is that internal demand has collapsed, and with it, consumption of imported goods and services. Much the same dynamic underlies the apparent success with unit labour costs. What improvement there has been – actually in Italy it has been pretty marginal – is driven primarily by rising unemployment, or fewer workers producing the same amount of goods and services.
What's more, the primary focus of wage adjustment has been in the public sector, because that's where it can most easily be achieved. Nominal wage reductions in the traded goods and services sectors have been far less marked. Many Spanish exporters, for instance, are already relatively competitive, so why should their workers accept less? We've also seen the development of a highly bifurcated labour market, with employers offering temporary, low-paid work to new workers while retaining strong protection for existing permanent jobs. Labour market reform has been patchy and inadequate.
Internal devaluation of the sort demanded by membership of the euro in any case comes at a high fiscal cost. By cutting wages, the fiscal position is made worse, both because tax revenues are reduced and because it shrinks the size of the economy, thereby increasing the relative size of the existing debt burden. Internal devaluation makes the task of achieving debt sustainability virtually impossible, unless accompanied by massive debt restructuring.
Raising taxes to plug the deficit, meanwhile, only worsens the competitiveness problem further. If, on the other hand, the fiscal adjustment was halted, it would slow the return to competitiveness. There is an element of Catch 22 in the periphery's efforts to get out of the mess it is in.
The task could plainly be eased if Germany were to accept higher inflation, but German industry is never going to make itself less competitive for the purpose of helping a southern Europe which today accounts for just 10pc of its exports. German exporters have seen growing success in emerging markets even as their once buoyant European markets shrink.
Nor even if Germans were prepared to accept higher inflation would they be likely to agree the European Central Bank actions necessary to bring it about. ECB plans to ease credit conditions in the periphery by buying asset backed securities were last weekend condemned by Wolfgang Schaeuble, the German finance minister, as "covert state financing".
He also seems fast to be backtracking on banking union. Joint resolution would necessitate treaty change, he said, a lengthy process requiring referendums in many eurozone member states. Nations such as Spain, still hoping the creation of a banking union will solve their banking crises for them, have got a very long wait ahead of them.
To work, internal devaluation has to be accompanied by debt restructuring. Creditors have to accept that their assets are worth less, in the same way as workers have to accept a pay cut. Yet there remains little recognition of this truism on the Continent – as I discovered in a volley of nationalistic abuse at the weekend after blogging that Spain was insolvent.
When the principle of private sector bail-ins was established with the Greek sovereign debt write-off, the high command said this was the first and last occasion. Then came Cyprus, admittedly rather different, since this was a banking bail-in rather than a sovereign one, yet the underlying principle was the same. Again, they said Cyprus was unique. The sad reality is that it is not. If the euro survives, there will be other much bigger ones; more confiscation is inevitable. The dream has become a nightmare, yet still they want to keep it alive.


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I read somewhere that Goolrick actually had the bazooka tree idea executed for him when he was a child. How cool is that! Hopefully he didn't get injured though. When I mentioned it to my kids, they wanted one although with Kit Kats :)
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The Bazooka tree was a unique idea. Kids would love that. Great during a party. However, adults must make sure the games in a party or activities for kids are safe. When the gum was put up so high in the tree encouraging Sam to climb to get them was dangerous. I knew some type of injury was going to happen before it did.
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Dolly — believed to have been named years ago after a colonial Dutch madam — was supposed to have closed June 18, but on the main drag, young women in skin-tight miniskirts and heels continue to lure guests into rooms lit only by faint red and pink lights.
Pimps made no attempt to hide as they stood outside, greeting potential customers. When a sex worker in a karaoke parlor spotted journalists walking past, she ran out with a raised fist and shouted, "Dolly will stay open!"
Surabaya's reformist mayor Tri Rismaharini has vowed to shutter the area, and the government is offering $425 to each of the estimated 1,500 sex workers to help them get out of the business.
Rismaharini plans to ease the women out of the work, and gave them until Monday to collect the money. She has not attempted to use force but said she wants the entire complex closed down by the end of the holy month of Ramadan in late July.
But the sex workers, pimps and local business owners have taken to the streets in protest, saying the city is offering too little compensation for yanking them away from their livelihoods.
"The government just doesn't care about us," said Suyatmi, 43, a prostitute who uses one name like many Indonesians. "We need a more permanent solution. They can't just solve the prostitution problem by handing out money to prostitutes."
Prostitution rings operate openly in all major Indonesian cities despite opposition from Islamic conservatives, some of whom want to replace the country's secular system with one bound by Islamic law. Most of Indonesia's 246 million people are Muslims.
Rismaharini, the first female mayor of Surabaya, has pledged to shut down all brothels in the city.
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The final tour sees Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, & Mick Mars going out big, performing glam-metal hits with special guest Alice Cooper
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Durham Records Online consistently gives one of the best updates to their holdings. The latest offering includes:
Auckland St. Andrew baptisms 1820-1851 & burials 1821-1850
- a large data set from Auckland St. Andrew
5,815 baptisms covering 1820 through June 1851
- 4,295 burials covering 1821-1850
1841 Census, Auckland – Bishop Auckland – Fore Bondgate (HO 107 307/10 – Folio 9 – Page 11 & 12)
Hartlepool Old Cemetery (Spion Kop) burials 1870-1889
7,047 burials at Hartlepool Old Cemetery, also known as Borough Cemetery, Hart Warren, and Spion Kop), covering 1870-1889.
Sunderland: Robinson's Lane Presbyterian Chapel baptisms 1727-1797 modified
Modified the earlier transcription of 2,258 baptisms at Robinson's Lane Presbyterian Chapel in Sunderland covering 1727-1797.
Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Circuit baptisms 1838-1975
8,366 baptisms on the Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Circuit from November 1838 to March 1975.
Marriage bonds 1765-1769 updated with full details
Replaced the index to marriage bonds in the years 1765-1769 with full details, so those 2,073 records are now instantly available, including 2 new bonds that missed the first time around.
Marriage bonds often provide ages, occupations, and place of residence for the bride and groom (and sometimes a parent of a minor) during a period when marriage registers did not provide that information. Please read the Marriage Bonds section of the Transcription Samples page for a description of what information is found in bonds, allegations, and associated documents, and how they present that information.
Marriage bonds cover the entire Diocese of Durham i.e. Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire. There are a few licences in the collection that were issued by the Diocese of York. Because bonds cover the whole diocese, there is no way to limit your search of bonds to a single district. If you select a district from the District menu, your selection will be ignored when the marriage bonds database is searched.
Jarrow marriage witnesses added 1816-1817
Added 471 witnesses to 228 marriages at Jarrow St. Paul in South Shields district, covering 1816-1817 plus the first 3 months of 1818, and corrected a few minor errors.
- 4 May 1816 George Huntley, of this parish married Anne Bell, of this parish, by licence
Witnesses: Robert Bell, Susan Bell
Coming soon:
- Penshaw baptisms & burials 1831-1835
- South Shields burials 1763-1797 and 1816-1819
- Washington baptisms 1600-1767
- Wallsend baptisms 1901-1930
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Inaugural teen shot dead in Chicago
A Chicago teenager who performed at inaugural events was shot and died on Tuesday.
Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was shot in a South Side Chicago neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago's CBS affiliate. She died less than an hour later, the report said.
"It's a terrible tragedy any time a young person is struck down," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said at a press briefing on Wednesday. He added, "The president and first lady's thoughts are with the family."
Carney deflected questions about whether Obama would attend the funeral or call the family.
Pendleton, a majorette and volleyball player, performed at inaugural events with her high school's band and drill team and attended President Barack Obama's Inauguration, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The shooting occurred in the Kenwood neighborhood, about a mile from Obama's Chicago home, reports said. A 16-year-old boy was also wounded and taken to the hospital. The attack is one of the latest incidents in a wave of gun violence that has rocked the Windy City, which confronts a soaring death toll — more than 500 last year and at least 40 homicides in 2013, according to reports, despite tough gun regulations there.
Carney on Wednesday said violence in Chicago shouldn't invalidate those laws.
"If we can save even one child's life, we have an obligation to try," he said at one point during the briefing.
Also Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off hearings on gun control.
"It was the highlight of her young, 15-year-old life," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), speaking at the hearing, said, referencing Pendleton's participation in inaugural activities. "Yesterday in a rain storm after school she raced to a shelter. A gunman came in and shot her dead. Just a matter of days after the happiest day of her life, she's gone."


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He's the one that deserves the bright lights and accolades.
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We Try: New Sriracha Popcorn
PSOI (Put Sriracha On It) is a club of which many of us are proud members. Actually, I'm not that proud. I get a little frustrated with myself when the Rooster Sauce ends up on practically everything: on eggs, on mac and cheese, on toast, on noodles, on Sriracha popcorn (more on the last one in a second).
It's just too easy; it's just such a reliable panacea for whatever is entering bland territory. Sure, there's a more interesting option out there—spices and oils and all the rest—but no. Out comes the Sriracha, waiting for us so dutifully in the fridge.
So how could we not try the new Sriracha-flavored popcorn ($6 per bag) from the (Sriracha-obsessed) web comic The Oatmeal and the creators of BaconSalt and Baconnaise. The Oatmeal's blob mascot is pictured on the bag stuffing his face as fiery flames fly from his mouth. This is a bit misleading; the popcorn isn't that spicy, but there is a slow-building tingle if you stop shoving handfuls into your mouth for a second and let it build.
The trademark Sriracha sweetness is there with plenty of butter, a cheese-like tang from the buttermilk and hints of garlic powder and paprika. Each popped kernel is red-coated from all the seasonings. The popcorn turns even redder when you pull out the bottle of Sriracha and decide that it needs to be dipped. Sriracha on Sriracha—yeah, that happened. But the Sriracha-dipping felt necessary because the popcorn wasn't as Sriacha-ly intense as I hoped it would be.
That being said, it's still popcorn which, for any popcorn person, means it's easy to put away six handfuls without even realizing you did.
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Days after voting again to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, congressional Republicans have tapped Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland to deliver their weekly address.
"As a physician for nearly thirty years who helped mothers and their new babies get through childbirth, I have seen what is good and what is bad about America's health care system, and ObamaCare makes our system worse," said the Baltimore County Republican, an obstetric anesthesiologist. "Instead of lowering costs like Washington Democrats promised, ObamaCare is leading insurance companies all over the country to raise their rates by double and triple digits."
House Republicans voted this week for the third time to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act. They have held 37 votes since they took the majority in 2011 to repeal the law in full or in part.
Their legislation has no chance of getting through the Democratic Senate or being signed by Obama. Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House minority whip, called the vote Thursday "a waste of our time."
"Apparently the Republicans are opposed to Obamacare," the Southern Maryland Democrat said before the vote. "I know that comes as a shock to America, so we need to tell them one more time, or 37 times, or maybe a 38th or 39th or 40th or 100th time. …
"There was an election in which this was one of the principal issues. And the proponent of health care for all Americans was elected by most Americans."
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Often the most memorable recipes are those inspired by friends who share their delectable offerings at casual get-togethers or leisurely weekend pot luck feasts. My friend Suzanne served this delicious low fat Artichoke Parmesan Spread as an appetizer during cocktail hour at a friend's annual Bridge cottage weekend in Muskoka this summer. A heart-smart update of the holiday entertaining classic, this Hot Artichoke & Parmesan Spread delivers all of the rich flavour with far less of the usual fat, for a tangy and delicious hors d'oeuvre that tastes naughty but it's not!
Hot Artichoke Parmesan Spread
Makes 1 1/2 cups
1 14 oz can artichoke hearts, drained
1 cup plus 1 tbsp freshly grated parmesan
4 tbsp reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
dash of cayenne pepper
salt & freshly ground white pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 400°F. Pat the artichoke hearts dry in paper towel. In a food processor or blender, combine the artichoke hearts and remainder of ingredients and process until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as required. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread the mixture in an even layer in a small ovenproof baking dish, and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon of parmesan. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Serve hot with low fat crackers or thin slices of toasted pita or baguette.


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According to Pentagon officials, China's military has begun testing of a new ultra-high speed missile vehicle, which is designed to deliver warheads through US missile defenses.
The Washington Free Beacon reports that test of the new hypersonic glide vehicle—referred to as WU-14 by the Pentagon—were carried out last week on January 9th. The aircraft was detected "traveling at extremely high speeds" over China, and was apparently "designed to be launched atop one of China's intercontinental ballistic missiles," before it glides at speeds over 10 times the speed of sound.
If the story is correct, it would be huge leap forward in terms of China's aircraft arsenal. Indeed, it sounds like it's a rival of the US Military's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle, pictured above, which is also undergoing testing; the fact that China is catching up so quickly is a big deal.
All in, if the sources at the Pentagon are right, it's another sign that China is seeking to build its defense infrastructure apace. Though quite what it plans to do with it remains to be seen. [Washington Free Beacon]


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SCENE | 1930s Parisian Street Photography
Photos by The Séeberger Brothers, via Miss Moss.
I waited about three seconds after seeing this post on Miss Moss before I purchased the book Elegance: The Séeberger Brothers and the Birth of Fashion Photography ($9+ used, $108 new), a book that The Sartorialist also blogged about a few years ago, noting the timelessness of the imagery and the outfits. Some say this series, which captured French society women in the 1930s and 1940s, is the first true example of street fashion photography. I can't wait until the book arrives, how perfectly chic are these women?
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haha, awesome! let me know if it's worth it :)
- May 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Great photographs.
Looks like an interesting read, will definitely check it out.
- May 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM
amazing! yes, let us know how it is Lizzie! love your blog!
- May 13, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- callywally said...
i have this book and absolutely love it...endless inspiration!
- May 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Claire said...
The picture on the left is my idea of perfection. It could be a current editorial featuring Celine - coat, clutch, and Prada - shoes... I must get this book!
- May 14, 2011 at 3:19 AM
- Soleil St. Fleur said...
Talking of books, I look forward to yours Lizzie. Such a fantastic subject! I admire the women that are posted here. xx from Soleil
- May 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Anna said...
I love these photographs. I did a little post on them a while back. so much inspiration to find from the past.
just found your blog. diggin it!
- May 19, 2011 at 10:50 AM


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First off, a quick apology for missing last week, and thanks to Augusto for noticing! On to the links:
- Unbelievably the BRCA gene patents were upheld by the lower court despite the Supreme Court coming down pretty unequivocally against patenting correlations between metabolites and health outcomes. I wonder if this one will be overturned if it makes it back up to the Supreme Court.
- A really nice interview with David Spiegelhalter on Statistics and Risk. David runs the Understanding Uncertainty blog and published a recent paper on visualizing uncertainty. My favorite line from the interview might be: "There is a nice quote from Joel Best that "all statistics are social products, the results of people's efforts". He says you should always ask, "Why was this statistic created?" Certainly statistics are constructed from things that people have chosen to measure and define, and the numbers that come out of those studies often take on a life of their own."
- For those of you who use Tumblr like we do, here is a cool post on how to put technical content into your blog. My favorite thing I learned about is the Github Gist that can be used to embed syntax-highlighted code.
- A few interesting and relatively simple stats for projecting the success of NFL teams. One thing I love about sports statistics is that they are totally willing to be super ad-hoc and to be super simple. Sometimes this is all you need to be highly predictive (see for example, the results of Football's Pythagorean Theorem). I'm sure there are tons of more sophisticated analyses out there, but if it ain't broke… (via Rafa).
- My student Hilary has a new blog that's worth checking out. Here is a nice review of ProjectTemplate she did. I think the idea of having an organizing principle behind your code is a great one. Hilary likes ProjectTemplate, I think there are a few others out there that might be useful. If you know about them, you should leave a comment on her blog!
- This is ridiculously cool. Man City has opened up their data/statistics to the data analytics community. After registering, you have access to many of the statistics the club uses to analyze their players. This is yet another example of open data taking over the world. It's clear that data generators can create way more value for themselves by releasing cool data, rather than holding it all in house.
- The Portland Public Library has created a website called Book Psychic, basically a recommender system for books. I love this idea. It would be great to have a recommender system for scientific papers.


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Fáilte go Scoil Chócaireachta an Daingin.
Dingle Cookery School is located in the beautiful seaside town of Dingle, a town well known for its food and hospitality and the school adds to this on many levels. Mark Murphy and Muireann Nic Giolla Ruaidh run this amazing business and both have a love for Irish food and are passionate about hospitality.
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The school offers a vast variety of activities from Sunday Brunch to Fermentation, from Sensational Seafood to Sourdough Bread Making and many other unique culinary experiences. One of the most unique, and most popular, is our 'Catch and Cook' experience where participants get to go out on a fishing boat, bring back their bounty then learn how to prepare and cook it, and of course to enjoy it all at the end of the class.
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A Minor Assignment
Yesterday afternoon was almost awesome for the Yankees, in their series finale vs. the Los Angeles Angels. But what's that old saying? "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades."
With the tying run on second base, the potential winning run on first base, and two outs in the ninth, Alex Rodriguez had a chance to channel his inner 2007 and walk off the Yankee Stadium field a hero. Instead he came up short, popping the ball up behind first base; the cowhide falling into waiting glove of Albert Pujols for a 10-8 loss.
Nonetheless, the Yankees still own the best record in baseball at 54-34, and remain in first place in the AL East, a cool eight games ahead of the second place Baltimore Orioles.
While the Yankees were taking two games out of three from the Angels this weekend, I had the opportunity to cover the same minor league team I interned for in 2010, the Hudson Valley Renegades, who are connected to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Since the high school sports scene is obviously voided for summer vacation, my editor thought it might be fun for me to cover some Renegades games, just to give me some work and a chance to cover some professional baseball.
Saturday evening I made my way to up Dutchess Stadium, much like I did every game day two years ago, to cover the Renegades' game vs. the Mahoning Valley Scrappers – a minor league team affiliated with the Cleveland Indians.
It was a different feeling on the way to the ballpark, however, knowing I'd be sitting up in the press box rather than setting up for the game and handling all the oftentimes unpleasant tasks interns have to do. Like this…
When I walked into the Stadium, it felt surreal. Not having been there in two years and having so many memories – and all those memories coming back to me in that moment – was a little overwhelming. All of the players (including Robinson Cano's cousin Burt Reynolds) and interns who were there in 2010 have moved on; it was so strange looking around and not seeing all the familiar faces.
Wearing my press pass, I made my way up to the breezeway, past the luxury boxes and into the press box, where a number of MiLB personnel and beat writers were.
A group of them were conversing about the recent draft, and speculating about which players were going to make an impact in the future. They also shared with each other some stories about traveling, going from city to city following their respective teams. It was a little intimidating for me, knowing these reporters are the real deal; not that I'm not the real deal, but they are writers that get to experience professional baseball on a daily basis.
I guess it was only natural to feel intimidated; me being just a fresh, relatively new high school sports reporter who was given an assignment – they being writers with years of experience in the business. I'll admit I was nervous – nervous, but not scared. Believe it or not, a Tweet from one of my former co-workers at the Renegades put my mind at ease.
Thanks, Dan.
The other writers eventually left though, and took seats down the left field line in a designated area for press members. I elected to remain in the press box with another reporter, the official scorer, and the girl who runs the Renegades' Twitter page. The group of us shared a lot of laughs and banter throughout the game.
Before the game started, I kind of soaked it in; took in the view.
The Renegades led off the bottom of the first with a home run from their center fielder Joey Rickard. They then took a 2-0 lead after two innings when their left fielder, DeShun Dixon, led off the bottom of the second with a home run.
Dixon would knock in a run on an RBI single in the third after an RBI single off the bat of Renegades' shortstop Ryan Dunn (Yes, Ryan Dunn. I'm aware he shares the same name as Bam Margera's late friend).
Leading 4-0 heading into the fourth, the Scrappers put up two runs on back-to-back RBI doubles off reliever Brandon Henderson. Renegades' starter, 19-year-old Taylor Guerrieri – who was Tampa Bay's top pick out of Columbia, S.C. a year ago – left the game after three innings, using up a lot of his pitches.
Following the back-to-back RBI doubles, the 'Gades bent but didn't break. They held the score until the seventh when second baseman Tommy Coyle blasted a two-run homer, the Renegades' third round-tripper of the night.
Trailing 6-2, the Scrappers threatened in the ninth. Mahoning Valley loaded the bases with nobody out, but again, the Renegades refused to fold. Reliever Ryan Garton induced a 6-4-3 double play, which allowed a run to come home, before notching the last out.
Final score: Renegades 6, Scrappers 3
It marked the Renegades' eighth win at home this year, and they are only a game out of first place in their division behind the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' farm team.
I left the press box and went to the clubhouse where I caught up with Jared Sandberg, the Renegades' manager, ex-Devil Ray, and nephew of famed Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg. I had to ask him what makes his team so good when they're playing at home.
"We get the last at-bats, we make it exciting, and we get the chance to put on a show for the home crowd," he said.
"The crowd comes out and supports us every night, with 4,000-plus, and it's fun to play in front of a big crowd. They get behind us and it's good energy."
I then questioned him about the home runs, seeing as how a power surge led to the win. He admitted the long ball raised his eyebrows.
"We haven't hit many homers this year, so it was a little bit of a surprise," he said.
"It was also good to see because guys aren't trying to hit home runs and they're hitting home runs. Any time Joey Rickard can lead off the game with a homer and give us that boost, that's nice, and then DeShun Dixon hits a two-run homer with a flick of the bat. Then obviously Tommy Coyle's late home run gave us some breathing room."
With the top pick on the mound, and a decent job from the relief corps, I inquired about how well the Renegades' pitching has been anchoring the team.
"The pitching is keeping our season going in the right direction," Sandberg said.
"We can lean on the pitchers right now because they're throwing strikes and competing extremely well. The team is playing relaxed but we're going out there competing every night and that's what a manager wants."
Overall I was extremely satisfied with how it went. My editor thought I did a great job with the story, and I hope this is just serving as a warm-up; the start of what I pray is a long career covering pro baseball.
Perhaps I'll be one of those beat writers in the press box, talking about the new draft picks and sharing stories about life on the road, covering pro baseball teams.
Maybe someday. Until then, I have this story: getting the chance to cover a pro baseball game for the first time.
Bottom line: I loved it.


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Hey guys! Just wanted to update this page with the link to our new family blog, The Larson House.
Be sure to update your bookmarks and you can follow via Bloglovin' too.
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I've put this off for far too long. For now, I've decided to stop posting here and focus 100% of my energy on A Beautiful Mess. Our brand is growing by leaps and bounds and it takes everything I have right now. I don't like to do anything halfway. I'm looking forward to Autumn it's always an extremely friendly and inspiring time in the blog world and I have a million and a half ideas for ABM.
In lieu of a personal blog I'll be over on Instagram and Pinterest sharing our everyday life and things I love. Naturally, I'll probably share a bit more personal life on ABM as well since God knows I can't put the camera down.
Life is good. Thanks you for reading Everyday Elsie. It was a fun season for me. I'll be leaving the archives as they are till the end of time, or whatever. See you over on ABM. xo!
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It's the summer of 2013 and here's what we're into at the moment: night walks... we've been taking a long walk through the neighborhoods almost every night, Breaking Bad... currently "marathon-ing" it, goal making... we have a long list, cleaning out... I repent of my hoarder ways (again!), Dots (iPhone game- it's fun) and morning runs... SO much better getting our workouts done in the morning even though we're not really "morning people"... it's worth it. Oh, and a couple more things... breakfast for dinner, ginger and staying home. That's it for now!
ps. thanks for snapping our photos, Laura!
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Our dear friend, Candice Stringham, joined us in Austin a couple weekend ago and took these beautiful photos. It was so good to spend time with her. She's one of those amazing people who I can always pick back up with no matter how many years (yikes!) we go without seeing each other. I'm thankful for this.
I'm so thankful we have these beautiful photos to remember our weekend with. Love you, Candice! You're a gem. And SO talented.
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Despite being an original sponsor of the OLPC project, AMD processors will not be used in the upcoming XO-2 touchscreen netbook. Instead, in an interesting move, ARM chips will take on the computing load.
OLPCs CTO Ed McNierney said in an interview today that the 5 watts of power used by the XO is too much for them. By switching to an ARM processor in the XO-2, they could get that number down to under a watt. This would benefit factors such as battery life considerably.
But on the other end of the spectrum, Windows doesn't really work without an x86 processor, which means that in all likelihood, the OS will be some sort of Linux variant. Not that's necessarily a bad thing: the upcoming Touch Book from Always Innovating also uses an ARM processor, and puts down some serious battery life in addition to rendering 3D graphics in OpenGL.
But we're still to far away from the late 2010 release of the XO-2 to start talking specifics. [PC World via Electronista]


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Who would win in a fight between Mystique from X-Men: First Class and Katniss from The Hunger Games? The answer: Jennifer Lawrence. While 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate studios were busy scheduling the shoots for their respective mega-franchise sequels, they got in a bit of a tussle over Lawrence's availability. I'm sure the bankable young lady loves to have movie studios fighting over her, but luckily the conflict has been resolved. The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, will shoot with Lawrence this fall; after that, she will film the sequel to X-Men: First Class the following January. Hit the jump for much more on both projects.
Heat Vision reports that, although the studios have managed to get along this time around, if another Hunger Games project interferes with a 20th Century Fox film which involves Lawrence, Fox can exercise the option on the young star's contract. Let's hope that doesn't happen as both of the franchises are off to a great start and I, for one, welcome every opportunity to view Lawrence on the big screen. While it's obvious that Lawrence will return as Katniss for Catching Fire, director Gary Ross' job is not quite as secure. Although the first film was a big hit and will continue to rake in the cash until another movie knocks it out, we will have to wait and see whether or not Ross will return.
In related news, Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, doesn't share Ross' worries as Vaughn will be returning to helm his own sequel. Written by Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes), the sequel may pick up with the assassination of JFK, according to an interview with Vaughn last year. If you're not caught up on either of these projects, be sure to check out all of our continuing coverage on The Hunger Games as well as X-Men: First Class. Also, look for Lawrence in the horror/thriller, House at the End of the Street, which opens September 21st.


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A hilarious game where you gather up a bunch of your friends and go knocking on peoples doors and run
away. This really makes the victim mad. Want something more thrilling (and funny)? See Donkey Kick but my definition, not the perverted ones.
Hey lets go play Nicky Nicky Nine Doors on McCullagh, she gets so mad.


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The programme is made by 12 Yard Productions and filming for the 20th series begins in October.
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I can't tell you how many pieces of clothing in our house have been ruined with acrylic paint spills (especially in the case of my kids). Claudine Hellmuth shares a quick method that she says works to remove acrylic paint from clothes about 99% of the time. I like those odds, and will be sure to try this the next time we have a spill!
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Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
young adult
release date August 31, 2010
ARC courtesy of publisher
Infernal Devices Book 1
- This series is a prequel to Mortal Instruments and takes place in 19th century London. In an interview you can see on Amazon, Cassandra Clare is seen talking about the year she spent researching by reading books set in Victorian England and taking several trips to London. It is certainly reflected in the setting of the book!
- While checking links on this review, I very happily discovered that the cover for Book 4 of The Mortal Instruments will be released December 2010, with a book release April 2011. I mistakenly thought The Mortal Instruments was a trilogy. Who knew there was going to be another book in the Mortal Instruments series, much less a 5th and 6th!? I also found a Publisher's Weekly Article I had missed. Happy news!
- I happen to love the Mortal Instrument inspired jewelry on Etsy that I found through a link on Cassandra Clare's blog or website.
In Clockwork Angel, the main character Tessa Gray, has traveled to England to meet up with her brother. She is unwittingly kidnapped by the Dark Sisters, an evil of an unknown variety. Against her will , the sisters begin to teach Tesaa about her power-one she never knew or suspected. She can transform into another person. The Dark Sisters are intent on Tessa perfecting her power, so she can be married to The Magister.
Much to Tessa's good fortune, she is rescued by Shadowhunters, Will and Jem and through their protection, is rescued from the Dark Sisters. England is not what she thought it would be, and Tessa finds herself reliant on the protection that Will and James are able to provide her through The Institute. The other occupants, Charlotte Branwell, Jessamine Lovelace, Henry, and others all become key to Tessa learning who she is and what she is capable of.
As the group work together to try to find Tessa's brother and to get to the bottom of Dark Sisters, The Magister and The Club, Tessa finds herself torn between James, the handsome warrior who keeps a dark secret and appears physcially fragile on occassion and Will, angry, unpredictable, and extremely handsome.
I loved seeing a few characters from the Mortal Instrument Series are blended into the story. It was like coming across an old friend and learning even more about them. Mundanes, Nephilim, Vampires, Warlocks. This book has it all in a breathtaking adventure story.
Don't wait, go read Book One of The Infernal Devices for yourself!


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BODRUM, Turkey — On a white-hot day in this seaside town, a gaggle of onlookers gathered at the marina, snapping shots with their camera phones. Behind them hulked a 15th-century crusader castle straight out of a medieval dreamscape, and yet they'd trained their cameras on my seven traveling companions and me. It's a heady moment when you realize you've trekked thousands of miles to a tourist destination like Bodrum only to become an attraction yourself.
But who could blame them for gaping? We stood aboard Regina, at 170 feet the largest private charter sailboat in Turkey. With its sweeping, scimitar-like profile, lustrous mahogany woodwork, and towering masts, it's a megayacht born to draw goggle-eyed stares. And while Regina has been turning heads on the Aegean since its maiden voyage in 2011, this fall it dazzled an international audience of millions as the backdrop for a steamy encounter between James Bond star Daniel Craig and co-star Bérénice Marlohe in "Skyfall," the newest 007 film.
Trysts with movie stars may not be in the cards, but anyone hankering to step into the Gucci shoes of the world's most iconic secret agent can charter Regina — for $15,000 a day.
The good news for those on humbler budgets: Southern Turkey is brimful of charter companies offering cruises aboard sailboats modeled on traditional wooden gulets at a range of prices. Most provide the same amenities: a tailor-made itinerary, skilled captain, cook, and small crew to tend to guests. But if you do land a berth on Regina, count yourself blessed. As our boat manager, Nihal, told me, "This is for people who want something once-in-a-lifetime."
Our plan for this pampered odyssey was to take in a balanced diet of beauty spots and heritage sites — but, above all, to unwind. So it was a relief to steam out of Bodrum and put the buzziness of Turkey's answer to Saint-Tropez behind us. Sails hoisted, we glided past untamed coastline and mountain faces seamed with goat tracks. Before I could finish my first glass of champagne, the world of strategy meetings and deadlines was ebbing into memory. I had my first inkling then of what I'd realize time and again during my nine days at sea. A cruise aboard Regina is so much more than a hedonistic romp. The cushiness serves a larger purpose — blotting out modernity's white noise, the better to immerse you in the ageless beauty and rich history all around you.
Fitting, then, that our first port of call was the ancient settlement of Knidos, where we overnighted in sight of a well-preserved amphitheater. Whisked ashore in the morning on tenders, we picked our way among the sun-bleached ruins of this remarkably intact Greco-Roman archeological site, one of dozens strewn along Turkey's southern coast. Our only company were a family of goats cropping the grass and a British couple whose young daughter gazed, stricken, at the ruins and asked, "What happened?" How to explain to her that history in this global crossroads is a tapestry as intricate as a kilim rug?
From there, we sailed to the stunning resort town of Bozburun, a sweep of sugar-cube villas fringing a dramatic bay. Hills reared up to dizzying heights, forming a deep bowl that amplified the five daily calls to prayer. But even in this sheltered idyll, the past made its presence felt. Among the gulets and motor launches berthed around us, one yacht was so huge that — with Bond on the brain — we surmised it could only belong to a power-mad villain. We weren't entirely wrong. Although it had belonged to Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, it had briefly passed into Adolph Hitler's hands after the heroic statesman's death.
Our days by now had settled into a relaxing groove: breakfast, a brief sail to some secluded cove, and a spell of energetic frolicking in clean, lapis-hued water. The Regina came equipped with a full complement of toys — two kayaks, a paddle board, snorkeling gear, and a jet ski. Then it was back on board for lunch, which we took at one of three canopied dining areas. Our growling stomachs were silenced by a chef who conjured delicious variations on the staples of the Mediterranean diet — squid, octopus, fish, and eggplant, and platters of sliced fruit.
The six cabins, decked out in mood-lighted mahogany and marble, ranged from lavish to off-the-charts opulent. The two staterooms stretched across the boat's 31-foot breadth, with white leather furnishings set aglow by backlighted panels of honey mousse onyx.
For all the frills aboard, the main attraction remained off Regina's bow. At no point during the journey were we out of sight of land. According to our captain, Yusuf, this is the siren song of yachting in Turkey. "People come for relaxing and sun," he said, "but mostly they come for this," gesturing at the vista of unspoiled promontories and haze-shrouded islets fading into the horizon. Sure enough, for hours at a time we sat on deck in silence, transfixed by a landscape unchanged since Odysseus's day.
Sailing into Rhodes Town, the capital of the Greek Dodecanese islands, made for a hard landing back in modernity. But our distaste for the cruiseliners and high-rises crowding the shoreline — the only colossuses left in Rhodes — didn't last long. Old Rhodes Town, a UNESCO world heritage site, was once the stronghold of the crusading Knights Hospitaller. Later conquered by the Ottoman Turks, it's an intoxicating brew of East and West — a fantasia of ramparts and minarets, sandstone masonry and geometric tiling, dotted with ancient excavation sites. Strolling its medieval streets, we could feel the place casting its spell.
Rhodes was a hard act to follow, but our final destination, Symi, more than managed. We put into this jewel of an island just as the sun was beginning its final descent. Wreathing the harbor's steep hillsides was a riot of candy-colored neoclassical villas, their pastels aglow against the arid terrain.
Tickled by the whimsy of it all, I leapt ashore — only to be waylaid by a gung-ho salesman eager to school me in the art of sponging. "Symi was built on sponges," opened his well-honed sales pitch. This splendid harbor town, he explained, owed not only its prosperity but also its very survival to the soft, sea-dwelling tufts. In his reign of terror, the Owttoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent
vowed to spare Symi in exchange for a yearly delivery of sponges to his concubines. Sold, I forked over 18 euros ($24) for one — a bargain, factoring in the free history lesson.
Later that night, after a hike to the spectacular Byzantine monastery overlooking town, we gathered on Regina's foredeck for ouzo. A light wind sighed through the rigging of countless small crafts ringing the intimate harbor. Stirred by drink and the magic in the air, we recited poetry. Arguably a silly flight of romanticism — and probably a bit touchy-feely for Bond's taste — but we couldn't help ourselves. With the wraparound lights of Symi twinkling like so many eyes in an amphitheater, the least we could do was put on a show for this landscape that had served up such a feast for our senses — not to mention our souls.
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PowerPoint uses slides with a horizontal or "Landscape" orientation. The software was designed as a convenient way to display graphical information that would support the speaker and supplement the presentation. The slides themselves were never meant to be the "star of the show" (the star, of course, is your audience). People came to hear you and be moved or informed (or both) by you and your message. Don't let your message and your ability to tell a story get derailed by slides that are unnecessarily complicated, busy, or full of what Edward Tufte calls "chart junk." Nothing in your slide should be superfluous, ever. Your slides should have plenty of "white space" or "negative space." Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas on your slide with your logo or other unnecessary graphics or text boxes that do not contribute to better understanding. The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become.
Your presentation is for the benefit of the audience. But boring an audience with bullet point after bullet point is of little benefit to them. Which brings us to the issue of text. The best slides may have no text at all. This may sound insane given the dependency of text slides today, but the best PowerPoint slides will be virtually meaningless with out the narration (that is you). Remember, the slides are meant to support the narration of the speaker, not make the speaker superfluous.Many people often say something like this: "Sorry I missed your presentation. I hear it was great. Can you just send me your PowerPoint slides?" But if they are good slides, they will be of little use without you. Instead of a copy of your PowerPoint slides, it is far better to prepare a written document which highlights your content from the presentation and expands on that content. Audiences are much better served receiving a detailed, written handout as a takeaway from the presentation, rather than a mere copy of your PowerPoint slides. If you have a detailed handout or publication for the audience to be passed out after your talk, you need not feel compelled to fill your PowerPoint slides with a great deal of text.
We'll talk more about this in the delivery section below, but as long as we are talking about text, please remember to never, ever turn your back on the audience and read text from the slide word for word.
Use high-quality graphics including photographs. You can take your own high-quality photographs with your digital camera, purchase professional stock photography, or use the plethora of high-quality images available on line (be cautious of copyright issues, however). Never simply stretch a small, low-resolution photo to make it fit your layout – doing so will degrade the resolution even further.Avoid using PowerPoint Clip Art or other cartoonish line art. Again, if it is included in the software, your audience has seen it a million times before. It may have been interesting in 1993, but today the inclusion of such clip art often undermines the professionalism of the presenter. There are exceptions, of course, and not all PowerPoint art is dreadful, but use carefully and judiciously.
I often use images of people in my slides, as photography of people tends to help the audience connect with the slide on a more emotional level. If the photographic image is secondary in importance, then I decrease the opacity and add a Gaussian Blur or motion filter in Photoshop. If the photographic image is the primary area I want the audience to notice (such as a picture of a product), then the image can be more pronounced and little (or no) text is needed.
You clearly need a consistent visual theme throughout your presentation, but most templates included in PowerPoint have been seen by your audience countless times (and besides, the templates are not all that great to begin with). Your audience expects a unique presentation with new (at least to them) content, otherwise why would they be attending your talk? No audience will be excited about a cookie-cutter presentation, and we must therefore shy away from any supporting visuals, such as the ubiquitous PowerPoint Design Template, that suggests your presentation is formulaic or prepackaged.You can make your own background templates which will be more tailored to your needs. You can then save the PowerPoint file as a Design Template (.pot) and the new template will appear among your standard Microsoft templates for your future use. You can also purchase professional templates on-line (for example: www.powerpointtemplatespro.com).
Always be asking yourself, "How much detail do I need?" Presenters are usually guilty of including too much data in their on-screen charts. There are several ways to display your data in graphic form; here are a few things to keep in mind:
Used to show percentages. Limit the slices to 4-6 and contrast the most important slice either with color or by exploding the slice.
Used to show changes in quantity over time. Best if you limit the bars to 4-8.
Used to compare quantities. For example, comparing sales figures among the four regions of the company.
Used to demonstrate trends. For example, here is a simple line chart showing that our sales have gone up every year. The trend is good. The arrow comes in later to underscore the point: Our future looks good!
In general, tables are good for side-by-side comparisons of quantitative data. However, tables can lack impact on a visceral level. If you want to show how your contributions are significantly higher than two other parties, for example, it would be best to show that in the form of a bar chart (below, right). If you're trying to downplay the fact that your contributions are lower than others, however, a table will display that information in a less dramatic or emotional way.
Color evokes feelings. Color is emotional. The right color can help persuade and motivate. Studies show that color usage can increase interest and improve learning comprehension and retention.
You do not need to be an expert in color theory, but it's good for business professionals to know at least a bit on the subject. Colors can be divided into two general categories: Cool (such as blue and green) and Warm (such as orange and red). Cool colors work best for backgrounds as they appear to recede away from us into the background. Warm colors generally work best for objects in the foreground (such as text) because they appear to be coming at us. It is no surprise, then, that the most ubiquitous PowerPoint slide color scheme includes a blue background with yellow text. You do not need to feel compelled to use this color scheme, though you may choose to use a variation of those colors.
If you will be presenting in a dark room (such as a large hall), then a dark background (dark blue, grey, etc.) with white or light text will work fine. But if you plan to keep most of the lights on (which is highly advisable) then a white background with black or dark text works much better. In rooms with a good deal of ambient light, a screen image with a dark background and light text tends to washout, but dark text on a light background will maintain its visual intensity a bit better.Learn more:
Fonts communicate subtle messages in and of themselves, which is why you should choose fonts deliberately. Use the same font set throughout your entire slide presentation, and use no more than two complementary fonts (e.g., Arial and Arial Bold). Make sure you know the difference between a Serif font (e.g., Times New Roman) and a Sans-Serif font (Helvetica or Arial). Serif fonts were designed to be used in documents filled with lots of text. Serif fonts are said to be easier to read at small point sizes, but for on screen presentations the serifs tend to get lost due to the relatively low resolution of projectors. San-serif fonts are generally best for PowerPoint presentations, but try to avoid the ubiquitous Helvetica. I often choose to use Gill Sans as it is somewhere in between a serif and a sans-serif font and is professional yet friendly and "conversational." Regardless of what font you choose, make sure the text can be read from the back of the room.
According to the Segmentation Principle of multimedia learning theory, people comprehend better when information is presented in small chunks or segments. By getting out of the Slide View and into the Slide Sorter view, you can see how the logical flow of your presentation is progressing. In this view you may decide to break up one slide into, say, two-three slides so that your presentation has a more natural and logical flow or process. In this view you will be able to capture more of the gestalt of your entire presentation from the point of view of your audience. You will be able to notice more extraneous pieces of visual data that can be removed to increase visual clarity and improve communication.


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Remember the early months of this year when Gov. Jerry Brown and much of Sacramento were boasting about frugality?
Brown took away state employees' cell phones and cut other perks. A citizens' commission even declared it would take away the allowance state legislators receive for their cars.
The supposed savings from these changes were peanuts given the scale of the state budget problem.
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But wise folks in Sacramento said they were a crucial step in the effort to fix the budget -- since they would give the public confidence that things were under control. That would make it easier to raise revenues and make the other difficult cuts necessary to preserve core public problems like schools.
As we approach the end of the year, it's clear that this strategy failed.
In three ways:
1. Californians still lack confidence in their government.
Somehow, Sacramento's rooting out of waste hasn't convinced Californians that the government is frugal; if anything it's reminded them of it.
2. The penny-pinching didn't make the budget any easier.
Republicans blocked tax increases because that's what California's budget system allows them to do. That resulted in a budget made up of cuts to vital programs and gimmicks. In two weeks, another $2 billion in cuts, hitting schools and universities particularly hard, are likely to be triggered because revenues fell short of overly optimistic estimates.
3. It's not clear that the cutting of perks saved money.
The LA Times reported that the effort to take away lawmakers' cars may end up costing taxpayers more money.
That's because lawmakers would still have to be reimbursed at 55.5 cents per mile for official trips they make in their own vehicles. It turns out that such reimbursements would cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the auto allowances did.
The lesson? The real waste in California governance is all the time and energy devoted to small, confidence-building measures.
It would be much better to fix the budget system itself.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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I've noticed that many of the forum discussions that TA has tweeted lately have contained glaring grammatical and spelling errors. I find this disappointing and even personally embarrassing as it inevitably reflects not only on the original poster but on the forum as a whole and, by extension, the larger atheist community. I know written communication isn't everything, and it certainly isn't a high priority among the public generally, but we should try to meet a higher standard. Given the unlikelihood that individual posters will suddenly take more care when writing, I think the operators of the site's Twitter feed should consider not tweeting discussion titles with serious errors.
That's one poster's opinion, for whatever it's worth.
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Nope I am not Irish I am Dane and I am proud :D
Just my warped sense of humor, Lars, welcome to TA.
Start to doub if your mind is right :D
The jury is still out on that --
I speak:
Danish (Nativ) (Three different dialects)
British English (Second)
German (Third)
And then a very, very small bit of the following:
Hebrew, Spanish, Japanese
And thanks ^_^
Wouldn't that be lysdexic, then?
Do not think so :)
Lars, has anyone every told you that you are very literal-minded? You don't see that a dyslexic might spell/write/read/say "dyslexic" as "lysdexic"?
OR, and here's a thought Unseen - maybe you just don't know how to tell a joke --
Wouldn't that be lysdexic, then?
You've got my vote!
Amen, and god-damn!
(But I do find paragraphs easier to read when they're broken up a bit.)
(: <--- smiley faces, in good humor, despite of poor gramma ---> :)


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Have you ever considered the value of voluntary work?
A lot of events and arrangements depend on voluntary work, especially in Scandinavian countries where the cost of labour is extremely expensive. These events can simply not be a reality without the work power of volunteers that put in hard work to keep the wheels running.
What defines the concept of voluntary work is that there is an employer that often caries the title of "Project Manager". The Project Manager is not really an employer since the employees (volunteers) is not really employees and do not have any legal obligation in connected to the job being carried out.
I have been involved in voluntary work up to several times and have experienced successful and less successful projects. I have tried to evaluate on what made the difference between a successful and less successful event and I will try to highlight some of the factors that any project manager working with volunteers should have in mind.
Let's make it clear that people do not do voluntary work just because they do not have anything better to do. People do voluntary work with the expectation of being enriched in some way. This expectation of enrichment is the project managers' greatest job to discover and then fulfil.
Some of the success factors that have made a good experience as a volunteer have been the feeling of team spirit. When I was volunteering for Scandinavia's larges event for young entrepreneurs Emax Nordic , all the volunteers had a whole extra day before the event for team building games and socialising. It was very obvious that the management team had clear goals of making us as volunteers perform as a team and by that perform our absolute optimum. We all know that being a part of a group and the feeling of belonging, makes us confortable and that was what the Emax team successfully succeeded in making the volunteers feel.
Another important factor that makes voluntary work interesting is the potential of gaining relevant work experience. Some project managers believe that voluntary work should exist of easy or maybe even brain dead tasks. However this might not be the optimum way to attract voluntary staff. Volunteers are for the most people involved in many different challenges on many different levels. This also means that these people are likely to be well educated and have so much energy that they are willing to share it with others. Therefore do not underestimate the quality of your voluntary staff and challenge them with difficult tasks that take effort to complete.
One last factor that I would like to highlight is the power of appreciation. I have for the past two years been living at a sports academy for one of Denmark's greatest sports teams and have daily been surrounded by professional athletes that are the best in their league. A part of the package is food served every evening. To keep the academy at float, a team of volunteers is working every week to serve food for the athletes. They are doing a great job and the whole concept of the sports academy would not be possible without them, therefore is it also important that they feel appreciated. Often it does not take much to make people feel appreciated and a little comment and praise is often all it takes.
To sum up: It takes team spirit, challenge, and appreciation to make voluntary work successful. Try to have in mind how you can contribute to make volunteers have a good experience and consider what difference you could make joining as a volunteer for any kind of event. One thing is sure; we all need to be better at showing our appreciation for volunteers that work hard for giving us all a great experience.
Remember without volunteers a lot of things we take for granted would simply not be possible.


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Splinter Cell Conviction can be played through in 12 hours, creative director Maxime Beland has told OXM. "I want people to play my games and finish them," Beland said. "We're going to ship with difficulty levels, at least a normal mode and realistic mode – like we did on Rainbow Six Vegas. "And realistic is […]
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