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Gold stars
At the time I was too busy being 13 to pay attention to the lessons that were being laid out before my seventh grade class, but in 1979 thirty of my classmates and I found ourselves learning enough about the social-emotional economic realities of the prepubescent classroom to write a doctoral thesis. Of course, we didn't really know what a thesis was let alone social-emotional economies.
What follows is not thesis, but it is a true story.
In 1979 Holy Redeemer Elementary school, in Portland Oregon got a male teacher. Somehow, that press release didn't make the 5 o'clock news but as a student that had never had a teacher that was neither a mother nor nun It was the biggest news of the year.
The school had found a man; we were so excited to not have a nun that he could have had two noses and we would not have noticed until Christmas. Mr. Antz was small, unassuming and serious about both his religion and learning but we liked him anyway. He treated us with respect, like the adults we wanted to be. Even his classroom was made us feel more mature than we were.
Like every classroom, the walls of Mr. Antz's room had pictures and posters, but for the first time, there was no alphabet strip above the chalkboard. There were none of those childish Frank Schaffer posters with round face cartoon kids explaining that a noun is a person place or thing. No, pictures of Jesus blessing a circle of multi-cultural children.
Mr. Antz had the traditional cross and a flag by the door, but the rest of the walls were covered with real art. Copies of classical works ripped out of old calendars. Posters of real musicians, living and dead that stood as a testament to a person's ability to honestly enjoy more than one kind of music. I also remember quotes that we did not understand, some of them in Latin, just written in marker and taped to the wall. I spent hours staring at those walls pretending to think.
The most interesting thing in his room was not his walls it was the calendar behind his desk. Because it was filled with gold stars. Mr. Antz graded himself every day. I had never heard of, or thought of such a thing. A teacher that graded himself.
He was quiet about it. But it was never hidden. As we packed up to leave at the end of the day he would look through his lesson plan from the music stand that held it, then pull the page of sticky gold stars from the paperclip on the back and filled in that days square. It was a 4 point scale.
I asked him about it once; He said, "I can only improve if I know how well I'm doing."
For his students, gold stars were hard to find and had real value. Even top star papers bleed the red ink of corrections and suggestions. When he thought we could do more he told us so. His rebukes stung because we wanted to earn his respect, it meant something and to have it was valuable. A four star paper was source of both strength and pride.
Mr. Antz was as tough on himself as he was on us, most months only found one or two 4 star days. I questioned him after one such day because he had yelled at a couple us. "Sometimes my job is to tighten things up, and sometimes it's to let it ride. I get that fourth one for knowing the difference."
In the first weeks of November, there were rumors that Mr. Antz was gay. By Christmas, he was gone.
In January 1980, Frank Schaffer was back on the walls explaining nouns, the gold star calendar was replaced a blank one from State Farm. Mrs. Morley, a former nun and our new teacher was tried and convicted of replacing Mr. Antz, then sentenced to serve 6 months hard time with a group of angry preadolescence.
The fact that Mrs. Morley was as innocent of the crime as she was guilty, was lost on us. We were angry 13 years olds functioning in an economy of emotion. We had been wronged, and would force someone to pay the price.
Like every teacher Mrs. Morley quickly found value in a colored star economy, so immediately tried to buy her way to a lighter sentence. The girls got two gold stars for every paper turned in, the boys two silver. We got another star for putting our name on our work. Soon, a 5 star paper was common place. Everything we did was "wonderful". She was flooding our emotional economy with fails praise.
Every third sentence Mrs. Morley spoke to us was tagged with a smiley face and the words "You're such a sweet class."
"You're such a sweet class, lets do some long division."
"You're such a sweet class I don't know why you keep forgetting your books"
"You're such a sweet class now stop that stupid chatter and get to work."
By February, gold and silver had no market value at all.
In March, all praise rang hallow, the word sweet left a sour taste in our mouths. Our once strong emotional economy founded on effort and reward had gone bust. Flooded with over inflated praise.
We finished out June proud of fact that Mrs. Morley would not be coming back. Somehow, that was a moral victory. Seventh graders are not known as a forgiving demographic in terms of emotional economics. They are also not known for their foresight. Giving up on learning because your teacher uses false praise is the special kind of stupid that is reserved for 13 years olds.
Eighth graders in September are not substantially different Seventh graders in June. That was fine for our teacher, Sister Magdalene, she was old school, an old school Catholic nun, the only one in our school that still wore her black and white habit.
The walls of her room were sparse, a saint picture or two, a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence and a couple poems written out, in perfect penmanship, on poster size paper.
On the first day of school, in the first hour of class, Sister Magdalene clarified her stance on gold stars.
"Paper stars are for little children. I teach young adults."
Golden stickers are an easy to understand visual representation of feedback and encouragement, they are the Frank Schaffer posters of the reinforcement world. …Every classroom has a social economy, with or without shiny currency.
Sister Magdalene's classroom social economy was as plain and clear as the walls for her room. If you worked hard, you earned praise. Generally in small personal tones. Like a "Well Done," "Smart Work", or a "Nicely Explained" On the bottom of a paper. She was not open and chatty like Mr. Antz, I don't think anyone hung out in her room after school to visit. But when you found yourself fortunate enough to earn a complement, either on paper or verbally it had real value.
Long before winter break every one of us knew the value of "well done". We knew that when sister Magdalene smiled with her teeth barely visible we had met her expectations, and when that same smile leaked into the corners of her eyes we had impressed her. That was better than money in the bank
By early spring, everyone in the class had established a source of social income. Some got small smiles daily but never the high payout; others would drain their bank dry and then try to score big on a test. Most of us worked hard, failed some and succeeded some. Our economy was expanding. A healthy credit with Sister Magdalene had high market value with other teachers.
We left school at the beginning of summer never to return as student. The social economy of high school was completely different. The cache of credits we earned at Holy Redeemer were nontransferable funds. However, I know from personal experience that their value carried some of us through 4 years of a social economic recession.

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Monster (2003)
Written and directed by: Patty Jenkins
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Aileen Wuornos was famously tagged "America's first female serial killer" when she murdered several men in Florida from 1989 to 1990. Aileen lived a torturous life of abuse and abandonment from a very early age from family, friends, and strangers. Monster is not an antihero redemption flick by any means, but it gives a lot of incite into a person's life who had so much hate thrown at her, that she finally threw it right back.
Jenkins knew when writing and directing that there was no making Wuornos a sympathetic character - she had killed people and ruined lives. Someone who had to rely on themselves for so long like Aileen did meant a certain level of detachment and self-preservation that Jenkins was aware. The voice over "was an incredible tool, and it really served the juxtaposition of how she would compartmentalize things in her mind." (+)
Charlize Theron transformed into Aileen Wuornos. It wasn't just the prosthetic teeth or 80s fashion - Theron perfected the large gestures, small facial tics, and of course the hair flip. Most actors would perform, but she embodied the antisocial murder (which earned her a Best Actress Oscar). Theron's ability to portray such an intense fear of abandonment but also an inability to maintain interpersonal relationships is heartbreaking when Aileen talks about her hope and love for her girlfriend Selby (Christina Ricci). Aileen desperately wanted companionship but when Selby eventually abandons her for immunity to all crimes, she understands that there's no hope for her.
The title of the film is not a direct reference to Wuornos, but a ferris wheel that she wanted to ride as a kid. When she finally did, her nerves got to her and threw up. This metaphor of wanting something so bad from the unfamiliar and not knowing what it costs reflects the decisions Wuornos took to stay alive and have a relationship with Selby. I have never seen such an outstanding personification from an actor like with Charlize Theron in this part – so subtle in her actions and choices to convey the inner conflicting emotions of a woman like Aileen.
The real Aileen Wuornos was executed via lethal injection one year prior to the film's release. In the documentary Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer by Nick Broomfield, some of Aileen's last words to the camera were "A raped woman got executed, and was used for books and movies and shit!" She was in contact with Jenkins during the last part of her life and knew about the film, and the writer/director said the day before Wuornos' execution, she sent other letters between her and her friends to Jenkins and Theron. (+)
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With the holiday season I haven't had as much time as much time as I'd like to visit Nandi the baby elephant at Tucson's Reid Park Zoo.
My last trip was in December on a Thursday morning before grocery shopping. Got there just as the gates were opened. She was jumping and hopping, taunting her brother Sundzu frequently, doing all kinds of crazy things with her trunk: flinging it about, putting hay in her mouth, only to spit is out, mimicking the adults as they flung dust or mud on their sides (though she doesn't fling anything — I don't think she has a clue what they're doing…) It's all fascinating and as always I loved it all.
This 30 second video was made back in October 2014. Nandi was just starting her thing for climbing over the logs in her enclosure. (Oh, and at the end, where she and another elephant are sharing caresses with their trunks — that's Mabu, her dad, with her. I didn't realize it the first few times I watched it. Until I noticed his tusk.)


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It may only be autumn, but winter seems to have well and truly arrived in our corner of Spain! Lots of rain recently and a biting cold wind has meant that my short sleeved tops have now been banished - unless I have a cosy cashmere cardigan over them! I recently visited London to see my family and friends, which also meant new additions to my wardrobe, as I took advantage of the opportunity to buy petite sizes there.
It is a month since I started Project 333 and the idea of having 33 items of clothing to wear over 3 months still seems like a good idea, as it means it is a lot quicker deciding what to wear in the morning! I have now added my new purchases to the original 33 - which obviously means removing some older clothes - and thought I would share this with you. What do you think?
As you can see, I am now wearing my autumn!winter wardrobe in earnest! I have added in my winter coat and new navy trench coat, plus a pair of grey winter boots. Please note too the new green satchel for when I go to my Spanish classes, which also adds a bright touch to the navy trench coat.
I admit that I probably do not need four bags however, apart from my new purchase, I have an everyday grey bag that goes with nearly everything, but I prefer a smaller bag for evenings out, and I also like a rucksack for those occasions when we go on long walks. Similarly I need boots for when the weather is particularly bad but prefer shoes for everyday wear and my ballerina flats are so comfortable indoors that they had to be included.
I have kept one short sleeved top and sleeveless top for layering under a cardigan or jacket. Observant readers (and those able to count) will say there are only 32 items above, and will wonder if I am counting my trouser suit as two items to make up my 33. The answer is no, because I have one more addition below. I will explain more about that in another post!


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A loft ladder is one of those investments that is going to be on your mind and it does hold merit. Many property owners make this simple adjustment and reap the rewards for years to come. It has a lot to do with the elegance, quality, and overall efficiency that comes with a new loft ladder.
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Trump's World Order Merkel Anticipates Frosty Relations with U.S.
Doubts are growing inside Angela Merkel's Chancellery that the incoming American president will mature and become a statesman. The chancellor is preparing for frosty trans-Atlantic relations while at the same time trying to pull Europe together. By SPIEGEL Staff
The hour-long video didn't exactly put the German chancellor in a cheerful mood. The footage was from Donald Trump's recent appearance in Pennsylvania during his so-called Thank You Tour and Angela Merkel, as she told the national executive committee of her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), watched the rally in its entirety. She recommended that her fellow party members do the same. "It is interesting to see the thought environment he inhabits," she said.
During his speech, Trump celebrated a landslide victory that was anything but; he blasted the press ("the world's most dishonest people") and in no way left the impression that he has matured into a statesman following his election win. But one passage really stood out in Merkel's memory and she quoted it verbatim: "There is no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency, a global flag. We salute one flag, and that is the American flag."
Merkel described Trump's speech as "culturally interesting," saying that it indicated the political direction the president-elect might take. Trump, she said, has announced plans for massive tax cuts and added that his primary focus is America first. Merkel made her comments in a calm tone of voice, but the extent of her concern was clear to all who attended the pre-Christmas meeting: She is preparing for the worst.
Merkel Critical of Trump
Merkel largely refrained from public comment during the US election campaign and she considered it a mistake when Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier publicly described the Republican candidate as a "hate preacher." That doesn't, however, mean that she doesn't share his opinion.
Internally, she makes no secret of what she thinks about Trump's campaign. No other presidential candidate in the history of the United States has ever violated the rules of decency to the degree that Trump has. That's how Merkel sees it. That helps explain why, in a brief statement given to the press following his Nov. 9 election, she held the kind of moral sermon that no previous German chancellor had ever delivered to a US president.
She said that "Germany and America are connected by values of democracy, freedom and respect for law." She then offered close cooperation with the next president on the "basis of these values." It was the language of a parole officer trying to get her charge back on the right track. Merkel didn't just say this publicly -- she also repeated it during an hour-long telephone conversation with Trump on Nov. 11. The future president remained friendly, but was apparently thoroughly unimpressed.
Trump Is No Second Coming of Ronald Reagan
The more optimistic minds in the Chancellery still held the view in the days following Trump's election that the real estate tycoon could become a second Ronald Reagan. Reagan too showed a weakness for crudity. The moment in August 1984 remains memorable -- when, during a sound check prior to his weekly radio address, he jokingly said: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." The recording was eventually leaked. By the end of his two terms in office in January 1989, however, Reagan had come to be seen as a leader who had led the US to several years of prosperity.
More recently, though, Merkel's Chancellery staff is coming to the realization that comparisons between Reagan and Trump aren't entirely accurate. Reagan didn't chart a collision course with his own party. And before entering the White House, he had spent eight years as the governor of California, a state that is larger than Germany and has a population of around 40 million people.
Every American presidential candidate must pursue methods during the election campaign that aren't ethically immaculate. But no one has stretched them as far as Donald Trump, and he is showing no intention of changing the style that resulted in him winning the Republican nomination and, ultimately, the presidency.
Merkel and her advisors were shocked that Trump refused to abandon his Twitter account, even after his Nov. 9 victory. How he, in all seriousness, suggested to British Prime Minister Theresa May that she should appoint Brexit populist Nigel Farage, one of her worst political adversaries, as her country's ambassador to Washington. Before then turning his attention to late-night television, issuing grades to actors who spoofed him on "Saturday Night Live." ("Not funny ... Sad.")
It's not Trump's ideology that worries Merkel most. His opinions, after all, morph quickly, something that Merkel has experienced personally. As recently as August 2015, he said the German chancellor was "probably the greatest leader in the world today." Then the refugee crisis came and Trump said, "What she's done in Germany is insane. It's insane."
It's Trump's character that worries Merkel most, his craving to be loved and admired and his fury against all those who refuse to do so. Merkel has been in office for 11 years and she knows very well just how unstable the world order has become. "Many have the feeling that the world has been turned upside down," she said at the CDU's annual party conference at the beginning of December. It was a tone that one seldom hears from Angela Merkel.
A New Berlusconi?
There is, of course, an element of self-interest in her words given that Merkel stands to profit during her re-election campaign this year if Germans see her as the last bastion of stability in a world gone mad. But there was more to it than that.
It was only with considerable effort that the international community managed to persuade China to sign the global climate agreement. How is that agreement going to take root in an environment where the U.S. president considers global warming to be the invention of a few crazed environmentalists?
The nuclear deal with Iran was one of the few diplomatic successes seen in recent years. Now Trump is pining for the days when Iran's economy was "choked" by sanctions, as he puts it. And what will happen with Ukraine if Trump sees sanctions merely as an unnecessary provocation of Russian leader Vladimir Putin?
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Merkel is no amateur when it comes to dealing with difficult men. In 2002, Edmund Stoiber, who at the time was head of the powerful Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's CDU, snatched the chancellor candidacy away from her. In 2007, Vladimir Putin took great pleasure in Merkel's angst-ridden face when his Labrador crept up to the dog-shy chancellor's feet. Sources in the Chancellery say the most accurate Trump comparison is former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- a man who, even at his advanced age, tolerates no doubts about his virility and, like Trump, doesn't spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about manners.
At a 2009 NATO summit in the city of Kehl, Germany, Berlusconi made hostess Merkel wait on the red carpet as he took his sweet time to finish a call on his mobile phone. That same year, a phone conversation conducted by Berlusconi was leaked in which he made extremely impolite comments about Merkel's figure.
But Merkel has a knack for dealing with a somewhat cocky charm. Within her party, people like to share an anecdote about how Berlusconi actually did fall into line in crunch time, as he did during climate negotiations. "Angela," he then asked, "is today the day I have to give in?"
Merkel Knows Little About Trump Administration
Will Trump ultimately fall into line? Merkel's problem is that she knows very little about the real estate mogul and his new administration. During the election campaign, there was only sporadic contact between the German government and Trump's people, which was also a product of the fact that few in Berlin believed the Republican candidate would actually win.
In April, Steinmeier's state secretary Markus Ederer met with former Air Force colonel Sam Clovis. The Iowa Republican sought to ease the German's concern about a possible Trump victory. But whenever Ederer probed deeper, Clovis was unable to provide satisfactory answers. Germany's Ambassador to Washington, Peter Wittig, had a similar experience when he met with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in spring 2016. Steinmeier even made several telephone calls to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, "but even he couldn't help us," the foreign minister told the German parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee the day after the election.
Since then, the German government has sought to intensify its contacts with the Trump camp. In early December, Andreas Michaelis, the director of the Foreign Ministry, and Thomas Bagger, the head of the ministry's Planning Staff, traveled to the United States. And in mid-December, the chancellor dispatched her foreign policy advisor, Christoph Heusgen, to New York.
It's Merkel's belief that Trump is only impressed by strength. She found it appalling to watch former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney beg Trump for the secretary of state as though he were a candidate on some TV talent show even though, during the campaign, he had described Trump as a "phony" and "fraud" whose "promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University." In the end, Romney lost more than just the casting show -- he also lost his dignity.
Merkel also had trouble understanding why Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unable to wait to set up an appointment with Trump, instead flying to New York only nine days after his election in order to ensure his good graces.
- Part 1: Merkel Anticipates Frosty Relations with U.S.
- Part 2: The End of the World Order as We Know It?


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The Intercept is the first in a "family" of digital magazines, Omidyar said in a video (below) explaining how First Look will unfold over 2014, each one to be focussed on a specific topic and led by "a visionary journalist" with their own editorial voice.
Glenn Greenwald, the first journalist to join the venture, will lead The Intercept alongside Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, initially in exploring the stories behind NSA surveillance and later expanding into further stories on civil liberties and justice.
But who else is involved in helping First Look to, in Omidyar's words, "experiment, innovate and overcome existing obstacles to make it easier for journalists to deliver the transformative stories we all need"?
Below is the journalist line-up so far, hover over the photos for more information:
The full, flagship website for First Look Media is due to launch later in the year, covering politics, news, sport, entertainment and a range of other topics. Until then, the video below serves as an explainer for what First Look will hope to accomplish.
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Pierre Omidyar: By Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Glenn Greenwald: By Gage Skidmore on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Jeremy Scahill: By Chatham House, London on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Jay Rosen: By Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Laura Poitras: By Kris Krug on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Eric Bates: Screenshot from video.
Liliana Segura: Image courtesy of First Look Media
Dan Froomkin: By yksin on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Marcy Wheeler: By ragesoss on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Peter Maass: By Larry D. Moore on Wikimedia Commons. Some rights reserved.
Andy Carvin: By personaldemocracy on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Bill Gannon: Image courtesy of Bill Gannon
Ryan Devereaux: Image courtesy of Ryan Devereaux
Murtaza Hussain: Image courtesy of Martaza Hussain
Andrew Jones: Screenshot from video
Ryan Gallagher: Image courtesy of Ryan Gallagher
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This post originally appeared on gamesandlearning.org.
Toca Boca has emerged as one of the most significant kids producer in the mobile app space. The Swedish-based company has about two dozen apps that have been downloaded 65 million times — and those are paid downloads.
The company has found a sweet spot building consumer-facing apps for children that can be sold across the world.
Despite their prowess in the App Store, the company is not eyeing the American school market.
"If I were to try and do it by the book at a state level, it would require four or five or six times as much work and I would be cutting off 50 percent of my total market. I would be losing all the other countries because Saudi Arabia doesn't teach the same way as Nevada does," Björn Jeffrey, the founder and CEO of Toca Boca, said.
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The following is an edited transcript of the conversation.
gamesandlearning.org: What are the big things you will take away from SXSWedu?
Björn Jeffrey: I think one of the big things that comes across at the conference is how many people have it as synonymous education and children. They are almost completely the same thing in this context almost ignoring the rest of childhood in a way.
They're a lot of references to education being the solution to all of children's problems in a way…
I would have thought there would be a bigger sort of take on how technology, or how adults in general, can help children develop, not necessarily only educate them…
gamesandlearning.org: Is that something that you run into even in what Toca Boca does. I mean, you get asked is what you're building educational, is it a learning game, is it just a game, is it a digital toy? It sounds almost semantic, but how important are these issues?
Björn Jeffrey: There's an element of semantics to it, but I also think the phrasing of it… It frames the question a lot. So when I say, "I make apps for children." Then they say, "Oh, you make educational apps." That's the first comment. And actually they're not educational necessarily.
The assumption here is anything for children would be educational and, if not, why not? Why wouldn't it be educational because that would obviously be better.
My argument would be: education is great and it has its place, but there are other things we can do for children other than just educate them. Just looking at learning from a broader sense, there are things you can learn, and that you can teach for that matter, that are not from a strict curriculum perspective — things like collaborating or using your imagination or being creative. There's a place for that in an educational context but they are also things that can be just learned from doing completely different things…
Even in the App Store, all the apps are in the education category because that is where parents look for children's products. Now are they, then, educational because they are in the education category? Not necessarily and looking at most of the apps, most probably not. This creates a very confusing environment for everyone. What am I actually getting?
I think most parents just look for – I want something that my kids like and I wouldn't mind if it were something that was good for them either. But distilling exactly what's what there is a very confusing thing and I think the labels of it is one part of the problem…
gamesandlearning.org: Have you seen an evolution in the way your customers think about it?
Björn Jeffrey: There are some who have been using apps for several years they are getting a little bit more used to what to look for…
It's quite difficult still with discovery broadly – how do I find a great app for my kids, no matter what I am looking for – educational or whatever? How do I find a filter or an editor or a curator or something like that that can point me in the right direction? And at the moment it is almost only the platforms themselves…
In general, if you are looking for great apps which are not awful – which seems like a reasonable question to ask – your options are pretty limited.
gamesandlearning.org: Is your strategy to say, "Rather than to have one or two giant hits, I want to build a regular audience that looks to me as almost like their curator because they know me as a producer, they know me as a brand?"
Björn Jeffrey: We made a bet on a brand as opposed to a single product which means we make smaller singular experiences that are under the same sort of umbrella. So they are all Toca something – Toca Hair Salon, Toca Kitchen, Toca Store. And now we have this wide portfolio of different kinds of themes and play patterns, but they're all under the same Toca Boca umbrella. They're named in the same way.
The reason for that is once parents find something that they really like, finding something new – again based on the discoverability issues – is really hard… A lot of them just search for Toca Boca and see what's new from them because that was good the last time and that solves a lot of it.
Searching for a brand and then finding a wide range of things, akin to how an uncle or an auntie are like, "I'll buy something from Lego. That will be great." What in the Lego catalogue is almost less important. It's more like Lego is normally good. That's a safe bet… I can trust it.
What's good about that is it's good for consumers because it is an easier way to distill what's good or not. It's good for developers because it keeps us on our toes because if you buy something from us or from Lego that's really bad than you are going to think twice before going back. So that means the pressure is on that every product that you make has to be as good or better than the expectations of your customers.
gamesandlearning.org: Did this strategy evolve or was it how you planned to operate?
Björn Jeffrey: This was actually planned. It was planned because we spent several months both looking at exactly what kind of product we were going to do but also studying the App Store.
So, Toca Boca is a company designed around the App Store which is different than a lot of others that had a product maybe on a CD-ROM before or had it on the web… and then decided maybe we'll make a mobile version of what we already have. Now we took that in a different direction to saying, "If we were to design children's products for the App Store today, how would they need to look? How would they need to be branded?" All of those sort of questions came up from an App Store perspective.
For me, complaining about App Store search is pointless because it is what it is. This is the environment I am going to place myself in and if I don't like it than I probably shouldn't be in there. So instead we tried to play that to our advantage.
gamesandlearning.org: Have you looked at freemium? Are there alternatives to the Toca Boca strategy?
Björn Jeffrey: We've looked at it because you have to. Everything is going to freemium, especially for adults. The perceptions of adults going to the App Store and buying something for themselves also highly affects how they view children's products. I do think parents are generally speaking a little more generous to their kids than they are to themselves – they are willing to spend more money for their kids apps than for their own. But when you know the level of quality app you get for free for yourself that changes your perception of what's worth paying for then?… The perception from parents changes things a lot so you have to be aware of what you are doing anyway.
I think there is a good and a bad way of doing freemium for children. I think it is possible to do it well. It is not something we are going to be doing but I think there are developers who are doing it in a nice way.
A few sort of guidelines for me anyway is not having consumables, so buying add-on packs as opposed to virtual currency. I think virtual currency is quite a deceitful way of playing with children's perception of money. Arguably a lot of adults have trouble deciphering how 100 gems is actually worth, but kids certainly do. So that is one thing: no consumables.
Placing sales outside of the game play and selling it in a separate store. And then having the right sort of parental locks and things in place.
So I think given those pre-requisites, it's possible to do but you need to know that being successful in freemium is something very different than being successful in the paid market. The people spending a lot of money in freemium – and given the caveats I just listed – how much is left? How much money can actually be made from freemium?
It's not you just add an in-app purchase to your app and the money starts flowing in… Being successful with freemium almost requires that you to design from the freemium model from the beginning. It's not something you can apply later. I'm starting with freemium and then I am building a game on top of the freemium business model. That's when you are really successful.
The mistake I have seen done many times is people have a game in the kids space or in the adult space and then they add freemium as an afterthought and then you are just left with basically no business model at all. It's free so you're making no money up front but you're also not selling anything in it. It's a very tricky thing.
gamesandlearning.org: Is too much being made of making educational games for the classroom?
Björn Jeffrey: …The difficulty with the original software or the educational software is although it is technically correct from a curriculum point of view, it's not very fun. The kids don't like it. Even if it does what it should be doing, if kids don't use it then there is no educating being done. It becomes almost a hypothetical idea then, if they were to play this game all the way through then yes, indeed, the outcome of that would be that they had learned X,Y and Z. But then you have to be a little more pragmatic. Well, do they play the game all the way through? Does anyone want to play this at all? Does this muster any enthusiasm?…
You've got to build a really, really good game or a really, really good toy for kids to really like it and engage in that. If there is not engagement and there is no usage than there is no educating anyway and that, I think, a lot of people here miss. They are so focused on the game being super correct from an educational standards that you almost forget about the kids…
I don't think it is a misguided discussion. I think it is a fair point to make, but if you are more pragmatic and you generally care about kids actually learning something you cannot reduce that component. If kids don't like it then it doesn't work. It's as simple as that I think.
gamesandlearning.org: How would you have to change if you were really going to embrace the formal school market?
Björn Jeffrey: I don't see us as an educational company. I see us as a company that makes apps for children or digital toys for children or more simply products for children, but it is about the children first. If they can be used in an educational context great, but that's not the intent…
If we were to take on education and do it that way, partly we would lose all our international business. That's number one. We sell in 160 countries and I am quarter Norwegian, a quarter Swedish and half English living in America. Trying to figure out the American educational system and realizing that even from state to state there are differences. It's very complex. If I were to try and do it by the book at a state level, it would require four or five or six times as much work and I would be cutting off 50 percent of my total market. I would be losing all the other countries because Saudi Arabia doesn't teach the same way as Nevada does…
We made some very intentional design decisions from the beginning in order to be an international company, for example reducing all language and all text so it's all based on gestures, symbols, animations to lead children from one place to another. That was also so we did not have to have a lot of extra localization…
As soon as you go into learning state capitals or learning algebra or things like that actually varies quite a lot about how you do it and also when you do it – when is it appropriate for kids of different ages? If we were to go down that road I would basically have to completely start from scratch.


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ABC's George Stephanopoulos went beyond challenging assumptions from Ann Coulter's newest book "Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America" on Tuesday, as he repeatedly attempted to correct her on historical facts. The former Clinton advisor interrupted her multiple times on Tuesday's Good Morning America to make a point that she was either wrong or lying about history.
You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, said the late Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Yet Stephanopoulos interrupted Coulter as she claimed that the Ku Klux Klan in the South was Democratic. "Started out Democratic, but turned very quickly," Stephanopoulos asserted.
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That depends on the meaning of "quick." The Ku Klux Klan advocated anti-Republican violence in the post-Civil War years, and its resurgence in the early 20th century was due to Democrats; in fact, the Klan had quite a large voice at the 1924 Democratic National Convention. The Southern Klan had strong ties to the Democratic Party, and the South was heavily Democratic into the 1960s.
Coulter replied that the Klan never turned Republican and Stephanopoulos abruptly changed the subject. He then hit Coulter for alleging that the Civil Rights movement was an unruly mob while defending violence for the pro-life cause. Coulter corrected him, saying that she was comparing the two groups and not defending violence.
Coulter later profiled civil rights icons Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall as at odds over the methods they used to achieve civil rights for African-Americans. Marshall made legal arguments and won court cases while King led street protests.
Stephanopoulos retorted the two figures "would see themselves as allies." Coulter replied "They did not," before backing up her claim by citing a letter where Marshall criticized King.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on June 7 at 8:15 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: So much to talk about this morning with the always-provocative Ann Coulter. She's had seven best-sellers, never shies away from a hot debate. And you can tell from the title of her new book "Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America" that she's ready for a few more debates. And Ann, welcome. I want to get to the book in just a second, but we've got to begin with Congressman Anthony Weiner. You almost predicted it last week.
ANN COULTER: Yes I did. Thank you for noticing that. In fact, he used almost the same terms in his press conference yesterday as I did in my column. He Twittered this by mistake, he thought it was a private tweet, sent it to his whole list, panicked, and claimed he had been hacked.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Now I think we might be able to agree on at least one thing, that sex scandals know no party.
COULTER: (Laughing) No that's true, but I would say, consistent with the theme of my book "the liberals behave like a mob," that conservatives respond to their sex scandals differently because we don't elevate our leaders. There isn't a sort of messiah worship, a mob characteristic. We're worried about being consistent. We aren't comfortable with contradictory thinking. The only Republican sex scandal where the Republican didn't resign or not run for re-election is Vitter down in Louisiana, and that was –
STEPHANOPOULOS: After soliciting prostitutes –
COULTER: – but that was seven years earlier. By the time it broke he had – he had apologized to his wife. It was over. It came out when the D.C. Madame releases her list. And by the way, everybody knew there were Democrats on that list.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina, held on as well for a long time.
COULTER: Well a brief time, but the basic Republican response is not to attack the person who just releases information. And by the way, congratulations to ABC – you guys owned the Weiner story, you did all of the reporting. But the way – I mean, all the reporting on this last week was to attack Andrew Breitbart, attack some random hacker – I don't know who broke the Mark Foley story. I don't know who broke –
STEPHANOPOULOS: Actually ABC was on top of that one as well.
COULTER: And by the way, we were upset about that, because I believe you guys – that's the only one where I remember the source at all, and the claim was that ABC had it but they held it until the day after Foley couldn't be replaced.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Oh, that's not true. Anyway, let's get to the book, "Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America." You write, and this – I think this is a fair quote to pull from the book. You say basically "Republicans are the party of peaceful order; Democrats are the party of noisy, violent mobs." And you say it's rooted in the Democrats following the French Revolution, Republicans following the American Revolution. Explain that.
COULTER: Yes. Well, the first part is sort of a psychological profile of the Left. So even liberals who are wondering why they behave the way they behave might want to read it, because it explains it, and it's all mob psychology from this French psychologist – or social psychologist, Gustave Le Bon, who is the father of group-think, and Hitler and Mussolini studied him to learn how to incite mobs. And as I was reading a lot of books on mobs and group-think, I mean everything just describes the behavioral patterns of the Left. And then the middle section, I go through the American tradition, which is to write arguments like the Declaration of Independence – that's what we celebrate, what the do the French celebrate? Bastille Day, where a bunch of lunatics stormed an empty prison, because they thought it was unsightly and it was based on rumors. And if you look at the history of the Left in this country – including the Klan in the South, which was Democratic, contrary to revisionist history –
STEPHANOPOULOS: Started out Democratic, but turned very quickly.
COULTER: Not to Republican. It was never Republican.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You take on the Civil Rights movement, and that's where it seems that you fall into some contradictions. You seem to suggest that that is part of the mob, yet this was a peaceful mob almost entirely, yet you seem to express some kind of understanding for anti-abortion protesters who use violence.
COULTER: No, no, no, no, no, I'm comparing the two, actually. I think they're very similar. And the reason I raise the Civil Rights movement is that gave mobs a halo, because that was the first time mobs were being deployed –
STEPHANOPOULOS: Because it was peaceful. It was civil disobedience.
COULTER: No, it was – the cause behind it. Up until then, from the beginning of the Revolution to the Shay's Rebellion to the draft riots here in New York City by Democrats lynching blacks, it was always – the Left, it was Democrats, it was the SDS, the Weathermen, mobs have always been a bad thing. The Civil Rights movement was the first time in this country it started to give street protests – I mean not all street protests are going to be a mob, but my point on this – well, two different things. One is comparing Martin Luther King to Thurgood Marshall who, sort of surprising to me, became a hero of this book because when I was in law school he was just signing on to all of the opinions with Justice Brennan, I just thought of him as a liberal. But his history – I mean, it is the tradition of the American Revolution. He's making arguments, he's bringing court cases, he is winning them. In 1954 he won Brown v. Board of Education. If there had been Republican presidents for that eight years, nine years, from '60-'68, you never would have had the Civil Rights movement.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I wish we had more time. I think Marshall and King would see themselves as allies –
COULTER: They did not. I quote Thurgood Marshall criticizing Martin Luther King.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Ann Coulter, thanks very much.


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Much Ado About a Dot. I couldn't possibly let this one go without a post. Reuters is reporting that uber-trendy Sprinkles Cupcakes (which bills itself as "The Original Cupcake Bakery") has sued the rapidly-expanding Famous Cupcakes for trademark infringement. Sprinkles alleges that Famous Cupcakes has infringed its federally registered trademark for a circle within a circle placed at the center of a cupcake. Without commenting on the merits of Sprinkle's claims (since I haven't seen the complaint), I will make the observation that the "modern dot" design appears to be quite the fad in graphic design right now, appearing on bedding, stationary, swim meet logos, and numerous other items I'm too lazy to look up. (I'm pretty sure that one of the current in-store displays at Caribou Coffee uses something similar to the "modern dot.") As for the cupcake battles, Famous Cupcakes gets extra points for shipping their cupcakes nationwide, although I must give props to Sprinkles for announcing plans to come to DC. (And if you want to know just how out-of-hand the cupcake craze has become, do a search of TEAS for marks registered and applied-for in connection with cupcakes and bakery services...) Now I really want a cupcake.
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One of the Original Kings of Comedy Steve Harvey is developing a comedy-based talk show inspired by his 2009 book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The show is slotted to air in syndication through NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Harvey is currently the host of long running game show Family Feud as well as a popular syndicated radio program and will be executive producing and hosting the show which will aim to cover a variety of topics including relationships, parenting and body issues. The yet-to-be-titled talk show is scheduled to arrive on television by 2012, the same year that the big-screen adaptation of his earlier mentioned best selling book is slated to be released in theaters.


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Johnny Knoxville has been rumored as one of the frontrunners for the Farrelly Brothers' long-gestating Three Stooges movie before only to be debunked the Farrellys themselves. And now Knoxville, apparently, has the role.
Variety says Johnny is on the verge of signing a deal with Fox that would have him as Moe, the lead in the Three Stooges movie. Their sources claim the part was offered to him and the Farrellys have been sitting around for awhile waiting on him to accept. So the question here is, were Peter and Bobby Farrelly lying or is something else going on here?
At the time the Farrelly's never said he wasn't involved exactly, they just said he wasn't a frontrunner. But if Knoxville has had this offer pending for awhile, he had to have been a leading candidate even back then. Could this be a case of Fox pushing him into the production over the Farrelly Brothers objection? He does seem like a complete departure from most of the other candidates up for the part, before the Farrelly's last movie flopped. Previously they'd targeted the likes of Benicio del Toro to take on the role. After the failure of their recently released comedy, Hall Pass, the latest in a string of Farrelly Brothers failures, you have to wonder how much pull those two actually have left.
Knoxville does have a talent for dishing out idiotic punishment to his friends. The entire Jackass franchise is basically built on it and, dishing out punishment to his friends is kind of Moe's role in the Stooges trifecta. The key point here is that this movie is finally moving again. The Three Stooges fell into development hell and clawed their way back out again. Maybe it'll even be good.


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Facebook users who used the same email and password on their Adobe and Facebook accounts have been offered a helping hand by Facebook in the wake of the recent massive breach at Adobe, which leaked account data for 38 million users.
Facebook users who used the same email and password on their Adobe and Facebook accounts have been offered a helping hand by Facebook itself in the wake of the recent massive breach at Adobe, which leaked private data for 38 million users – in the form of a block and forced password reset.
The social network now blocks such accounts, and asks additional questions before forcing a password reset, according to The Verge.
Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security reports that the social network has mined data leaked from the recent breach to secure user accounts. Data from the breach is already available online.
Users who employed the same combination of email and password across both accounts are automatically locked out of their Facebook accounts, and asked additional questions before being granted access. Users are then asked to create a new password, The Verge reports.
Users are greeted with a warning message headed, "Someone May Have Accessed Your Account," according to Engadget's report. The message continues, ""Recently, there was a security incident on another website unrelated to Facebook. Facebook was not directly affected by the incident, but your Facebook account is at risk because you were using the same password in both places. To secure your account, you'll need to answer a few questions and change your password. For your protection, no one can see you on Facebook until you finish."
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"We actively look for situations where the accounts of people who use Facebook could be at risk—even if the threat is external to our service," said spokesman Jay Nancarrow, speaking to Brian Krebs. "When we find these situations, we present messages like the one in the screenshot to help affected people secure their accounts."
Adobe has admitted around 38 million active users may have had IDs and encrypted passwords accessed by unknown attackers in a breach earlier this year.
Previously, it had been estimated that around three million users had data accessed. Others have speculated the number affected may be much larger.
ESET Researcher Stephen Cobb described the breach as "unprecedented" at the time, due to the fact that attackers also appeared to have accessed source code for Adobe's Acrobat software.
Krebs says, "It also appears that the already massive source code leak at Adobe is broadening to include the company's Photoshop family of graphical design products." The company now admits that "numerous" products were affected by the breach.
Many of the 38 million passwords accessed in the breach were extremely simple – and a security researcher claims that 1.9 million of these are the simple "123456", as reported by We Live Security here.
Half a million craftier customers chose "123456789", according to a report by The Register, quoting researcher Jeremi Gosni, a self-styled "password security expert" who found the passwords in a dump online.
"Our investigation to date indicates that a portion of Photoshop source code was accessed by the attackers as part of the incident Adobe publicly disclosed on Oct. 3," Edell wrote. The company's ColdFusion web application platform may also have been accessed.
ESET researcher Stephen Cobb says, "Access to the source code could be a major asset for cybercriminals looking to target computing platforms such as Windows or mobile operating systems such as Android."
"So far, our investigation has confirmed that the attackers obtained access to Adobe IDs and (what were at the time valid), encrypted passwords for approximately 38 million active users," said Adobe spokeswoman Heather Edelll.
"We have completed e-mail notification of these users. We also have reset the passwords for all Adobe IDs with valid, encrypted passwords that we believe were involved in the incident — regardless of whether those users are active or not."
"Adobe's security team recently discovered sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of customer information as well as source code for numerous Adobe products,"" the company says. " We believe these attacks may be related. We are working diligently internally, as well as with external partners and law enforcement, to address the incident."


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We knew that Mazda was planning a successor to the RX-8, and the engine, named alternatively 16X or Renesis 2, was going tobe much more efficient and produce 300 horsepower. We were pumped.
Now Mazda's new CEO, Masamichi Kogai, is saying that there will only be a new rotary engined car if they can sell 100,000 of them annually. Basically, there's not going to be a new rotary engined car. We understand that Mazda is a business, and that making money has to be the primary goal, but there must be a case to be made for this engine. Here's our suggestion:
- RX-9: Awesome rotary engined performance car.
- Mazdaspeed3: It hasn't been unveiled yet, so drop a Wankle in it. With this kind of power, AWD would be advisable.
- Mazdaspeed6: The new Mazda6 is dead sexy, and dropping the 16X in it would be incredible.
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This week has seriously flown by. So much so that I'm writing my week at a glance later than I expected and my brain is whizzing with stuff to do both at work and home!
We are now into August and the sun is still trying to decide if it wants to stay or if it wants to go. Thankfully last weekend had some nice weather and we managed to maximise our time as a family
Home wise, we have decided we really need to de-clutter. We've been in our current house for just over 3 years and have amassed a lot of stuff since moving in. Prior to leaving our old house we were pretty ruthless and practically started from scratch. I feel we need to do this again but it's pretty hard with a 2 year old in tow, and the energy is often lacking in the evening so we are currently talking about how best to do it
What happened in the week?
J and I have spent some real quality time together and she's been an absolute pleasure to be with. I absolutely love the age she is now and wish I could spend more time with her. She talks non stop (literally non stop) and asks "why" constantly, but there's some real understanding there. Although she is in that cute toddler stage still, she is starting to resemble a child and is such a sponge taking in everything we say and do
We went swimming in Guildford with my cousin and her family, and then went for a walk by the River Wey afterwards. It was a beautiful day and the swimming complex was one of the better ones in the South we've been to in terms of variety. I even went on a flume with her without a rubber ring. This sounds silly, but after an injury on a waterslide some 10 years ago I've been pretty reluctant to go on any form of flume, aside from rubber ring ones so it was a big thing for me.c J loved it and we went on it three times in total!
We've started a little Friday tradition of sorts, each week I'm on the nursery collection run and the weather is on our side I will take her for a bike ride at one of the local parks, she circles the park a couple of times before going on the swings and slides and then back on her bike. It seems to start the weekend off in a good manner and gets us both in the outdoors
On Saturday afternoon we were at a little bit of a loss as we didn't have anything planned and J slept for nearly 3 hours (!!!) so we decided to take her to another park for a bike ride. I mapped it afterwards on my phone and the little mite had ridden over a mile in total but was still going strong like a duracel bunny! The hubster decided to sit her on his shoulders for the route back!
The bedtime fairy is continuing until after we return from our holiday and this time she gave J swimming goggles which she was determined to take with her to Guildford (and had a bit of a meltdown when we were on our journey there and she realised she had forgotten them). We all had an amazing time swimming and it was great having my cousin and her family there
What else happened?
I've worked some pretty random hours this week and on Wednesday night I was doing quite a late shift. I usually listen to Annie Mac on Radio 1 and heard they were celebrating 20 years in Ibiza and she was playing loads of Ibiza classics and then announced that Pete Tong was presenting the Radio 1 Ibiza Proms. A mixture of an orchestra and dance classics, surely not?
After finishing work I listened to it in the car on the way home and just as I was about to turn into my road Faithless – Insomnia came on. One of my favourite dance classic (they are awesome live!) I continued driving to listen to it and must have looked like a mad woman raving along in my old estate with the music blaring out at 11pm (I so should have been asleep!) but I couldn't help it
As soon as I walked through the door I found the online link, excitedly telling the hubster who ignored me and fell asleep again while I watched the remaining hour, transfixed. I am often ridiculed by my colleagues for being an 'indie-rock' Snow Patrol and Kings of Leon fan, but I forgot just how much I love dance music and a good bit of drum and bass. I spent most of Thursday raving about it (excuse the pun) and proceeded to play it again on Thursday night whilst the hubster was out whilst bobbing around the house (it's on iPlayer for those who are interested)
I also took one of my favourite photos in a very long time of a dragonfly that happened to appear when we were by the river in Guildford. I absolutely love my bridge camera and I have not edited this. It might not be everyone's cup of tea but we may well put it on our wall
My favourite moment of the week was?
A surprise BBQ in the New Forest on Tuesday night. I had a really cruddy day at work, a really painful physio session and had a bit of a meltdown on the phone to the hubster at lunch. He told me that I was to drive straight to the New Forest to meet him, Lexi and J there (a serious break from routine) and as I arrived about an hour or so after them they had a BBQ ready and food was just about to go on
My hubster is so utterly thoughtful and tries every day to make me happy and smile, getting me outdoors usually makes me happy (unless I'm in desperate need for sleep) and on this particular occasion he hit the nail on the head


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2) Spend a day at the sea-side. Dip your toes in the water or go for a paddle. Build castles in the sand. Ride a donkey or fly a kite. Fun guaranteed.
3) Take up the summer reading challenge at your local library. It is a fantastic way to get the little ones to keep reading through the holidays.
4) Most towns and cities have museums with free entry. Education and entertainment all rolled into one.
7) The back garden is a treasure trove of exciting experiences if you know where to look and what to do. From outdoor messy play to nature trails to more boisterous physical activity, there is nothing you cannot do in your own garden. We love our mini beasts, so go looking for spiders, ladybirds and snails in our garden.
Disclaimer: We received free samples of McVitie's BN biscuits. All opinions are my own.


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Pentax MX (Portra 400)
Testing a Pentax MX with Portra 400 [Fall 2013]
Marcelo A. Quarantotto
My name is Marcelo Asher Quarantotto.I WRITE WITH WORDS, PHOTOS, VIDEOS, WEBSITES AND MUSIC.
I am a father of three beautiful daughters and husband to the most gracious, saintly creature I've ever met. (You'll find pictures of them here from time to time.) I am also a multidisciplinary storyteller.


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What makes you feel capable of doing the things you set out to do? Or do you just do it whether you feel capable or not? Many times, when your back is up against the wall, like a wild animal outnumbered by its aggressors, you attack a need. But is that what it takes to get you to act? And once you do, do you feel that it was not done well efficiently?
Wouldn't it work better if you acted, made mistakes, corrected them in a timely manner and continued until you got finished? "Attacking" the issue with a calculated fervor before it has progressed to the point of expediency?
The problem can be procrastination,…fear, …laziness, …you name it. It is something that is engrained in you and your psyche. To get past it, you need to fight the urge to "not do it". Like quitting smoking or eating junk or drinking, it is an urge that is just as destructive. If you don't do it, you are putting yourself at the risk of going into attack mode to get it done.
This is part of posterity thinking, you know. Remeber the chess game? What happens in a chess game when one player decides to wait, stall or just not move? Well, if it is a timed game, that player loses. But if it is not, the game stands still…the other player is at the mercy of the first…who is in control.
Do you see the issue?
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With the weather turning nice, we've been spending a lot more time outdoors with Wrigley. Our first hike up the canyon made us realize that a) our dog gets really thirsty, really fast and b) we need something better than an awkwardly sized tupperware container if we're going to be doing this with any amount of regularity. This travel bowl from Popware seems like the perfect solution. Not only is it collapsible (less than 0.5 inches thick!), but it easily attaches to a backpack or leash. And, at under $10, I might even consider getting a second one for the car!
Available in two sizes in either turquoise or pink.
Collapsible Travel Bowl by Popware: $7.99 / $9.99


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Since first posting about availability of the new Aastra MBU-400 SIP/DECT system I've seen considerable interest in the device, but no-one stepping up with any first hand experience with its use. The device is in fact vaguely related to the snom m3 SIP/DECT systems that I own and enjoy using. Both are based upon reference designs from RTX Telecom.
As an OEM product from RTX Telecom the hardware design is largely fixed, but Aastra has a lot of control over the firmware. I know that snom has made considerable progress with firmware enhancements for the m3 since it was introduced to the US about a year ago.
Unlike the m3 the MBU-400 has a single FXO port on the DECT base radio that provides analog life-line capability. Several people I know have expressed interest in this systems as they have VoIP accounts but also maintain a traditional POTS line in their home or small business. The FXO port would seem to make the MBU-400 the preferred option in such situations.
However, today I noticed a post to the VoIP Wiki at www.voip0-info.org by bbarnett. He tells of problems with the MBU-400 and also of trouble dealing with Aastra to get the problems acknowledged or addressed. That's certainly unfortunate as the device has considerable promise.
I don't know this person, nor do I have any first hand experience with the MBU-400. If anyone can offer up additional experience using the device I'd be happy to hear it. I'd buy one myself and give it a thorough review, but I already own snom's m3.


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Commercial wood floor cleaning Oxford
This job is some commercial wood floor cleaning and sealing in Oxford we did in a university dining hall.
As you can see from the before picture, the floor was very worn, tired and dull and in need of a new lease of life.
The client had a very tight turn around due to some important visitors they had coming the following week, and so the best and most convenient option for this floor was definitely this wood floor cleaning in Oxford. The job was able to be completed quickly with minimal disruption, and the finish was dry and ready to use almost immediately!
We stripped the wooden floor of any old seals and deep cleaned the wood. We then neutralised the floor and left to completely dry before applying the seal.
During stripping and deep cleaning – you can see a real difference here!
After stripping, deep cleaning and neutralising but before sealing.
The finished result! Beautifully restored wooden floors without the need for sanding! This wood floor cleaning process has left the floors clean, polished, brighter and looking like a different floor!
If you require wooden floor cleaning in Oxford and would like a FREE quotation and demo (if necessary) on your wood floors. Contact Floor Restore Oxford Ltd and we would be happy to help!


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We've done a post on Play Burger before, but they are so good, they deserve another one!
Click here for more info and directions.
And this time here is the menu so you can decide before you go...
Hey, guys! I love the blog and keep up the great work! I just wanted to let you know that PlayBurger is closed on Mondays for their 'day off', at least that's what the sign on the door said on October 11. I was really bummed because I rode my bike all the way out there from O-Jung Dong...so sad...I'll have to go sometime soon, though!ReplyDelete
Ah man...sorry Rob! I didn't even see that sign...guess thats a very NB thing to leave out :)
Trust us though, its worth cycling all that way out there *AGAIN* for their bacon and cheese burger!


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Carver County, MNHome Menu
The Carver County Child Care Licensing Unit, as an agent of the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services, DHS, is responsible to license and monitor In-home Family Child Care providers within the county.
Click on the links below for more information:
- Finding Child Care in Carver County
- Forms for Licensed Providers
- Legal Unlicensed Child Care
- Licensing Process
- Provider Rules & Regulations
- Required Training for Providers & Staff
- Resources for Providers
(Resources to help providers navigate the Emergency Preparedness requirements are listed under Resources for Providers)
Check out the
DHS Website
for Providers & Parents!
The Child Care Licensing staff is available to answer questions about the licensing process. By working together, we hope to get providers off to a positive and successful start in the child care field.
Contact Us:
Carver County Child Care Licensing
Health & Human Services Bldg.
602 East 4th Street
Chaska, MN 55318
Ph: 952-361-1600
Fx: 952-361-1660
*Child Care Centers in Minnesota are licensed through the Department of Human Services Licensing Division. For information regarding a child care center, call DHS at (651) 431-6550 or visit the DHS website.


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Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.)
Lavender is a perennial sub-shrub of South-European (Mediterranean) origin. It needs warmth and light, it tolerates droughts well, and in its original habitat decorates thin surface soils that are nutrient-poor and chalky.
The breeding of true lavender has long traditions in Southern Europe and because of its purple colour it is a symbol of penitence.
Due to its beneficent volatile oil composition, lavender is an effective analgesic, carminative, anti-inflammatory medicinal herb that also improves digestion. Its volatile oil is used externally in rubbing lotions to ease rheumatic pain; vaporised, in medicinal baths, it is used for nervous problems; and it is used internally to treat disorders of the digestive system. Tea made from dried lavender flowers is good for treating insomnia, and symptoms caused by stress, and its consumption also stimulates bile production.
Lavender and its volatile oil are used in many ways by the cosmetics and perfume industry. Lavender is known as a strengthener, cleanser, deodorant, its volatile oil is used as a strengthener. It is used in diverse skin care products because of its anti-inflammatory, refreshing, tightening, and bacteriostatic effects.
Inflorescence (Lavandulae flos) and volatile oil (Aetheroleum lavandulae):
- Volatile oil: 0,5-3 % (linalyl acetate, linalool, borneol, camphor, geraniol, citronellol)
- Tannins
- Coumarines
- Flavonoids
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As a sophomore, the past week or so my Facebook newsfeed has been littered with classmates' statuses, rejoicing their acceptance to study abroad in the fall. It has made me wonder: what is the real deal about going abroad? How do you pick which program to attend? If you were wondering the same thing, you are in luck. Thanks to the lovely student advisors at the Bing study abroad programs, who have volunteered to share a little bit about their study abroad experience in order the demystify it for the rest of us, I will be highlighting 2 programs every so often. So you will eventually get a peek into every study abroad program (except the Barcelona consortium cuz they don't have peer advisors). Soooo to all you students thinking about applying second round to go abroad in the fall and don't know if you should, this is for you!
Today's winners are: Beijing and Stanford in Washington (not really abroad, but hey, it IS super far from Stanford)!
On Beijing:
"I started taking Chinese language classes in high school, but I never though I would continue taking them in college. However, the first time I went to China I loved the experience so much I had a complete change of heart. As soon as I started Stanford I enrolled in language classes and already started planning my abroad experience in Beijing. Once I arrived on campus at Beijing University I was astonished to find how similar the conditions were to the conditions I was used to at Stanford. The dorms had comfortable beds, clean bathrooms, and easy internet access. In addition, the Stanford center even had a computer cluster and a TV for us to watch movies on. The whole adjusting experience was even easier than I imagined. I found almost no need to use Chinese to get around on campus (so don't be worried about the lack of a language requirement!).
The program also offers you great field trips to all of the hotspots in Beijing as well as a Bing trip to a different province entirely. But there's still plenty to explore on your own in Beijing. I would recommend spending at least three or four days bargaining your way through Silk Street, hitting up smugglers in San Li Tun for cheap drinks, and going to see Mao's body in People's Square (you'll be amazed at how many people start crying tears of joy when they see him). So if you're thinking about going abroad I definitely recommend going to China. I loved it so much I even studied abroad in Beijing twice."
– Kelsey Broderick
On Stanford in Washington:
"It's hard to describe the Stanford in Washington experience. Usually the
narrative falls somewhere between court life at Versailles and the life of robber
barons during the Gilded Age. I don't know how to say it except this: You'll never be
as pampered in your life as you were in Washington.
It's a combination of the very generous backing of our beloved Peter and
Helen Bing, an amazing program director and staff, and the company of some great
Stanford students that result in 'the best quarter of your Stanford career™. Nights
out at the Kennedy Center, trips to Gettysburg and Philadelphia, and packed lunches
that will be the envy of everyone at work. Technically you're in the real world, but
the Stanford bubble never felt more comfortable.
If you want an exotic experience, you could go abroad, where you'll have
your fair share of "One time when I was wasted…" stories. I was in Paris, I know.
But you won't know what happens to a congressional intern who hangs up on Rahm
Emanuel (technically, we don't either), what it's like to babysit for a certain Fox
News commentator (hint: she's blond), how magical it is to watch Bill Clinton (or
Sarah Palin, if you're into that kind of thing) speak. Things like that won't happen to
you on a daily basis, maybe never if you're unlucky, but that's why you live with 20
other students who work all over the city and have crazy stories to tell you over a
delicious dinner prepared by Chef Tate. Then enjoy a coffee from the ridiculous Van
Houtte coffee machine, maybe in the lounge with HDTV.
Washington isn't just a city where the social life revolves around fraternizing
with your politically inclined co-interns. Yes, you will run into a lot of them in
Dupont Circle, but if you are a political indifferent like I am, you will enjoy the
cultural offerings of areas such as the U Street Corridor, home to many a NPR-
loving hipster and the fantastic music venue at the 9:30 Club, just a 15-minute
bus ride away from the Stanford house. If you are over 21, stop by the Gibson, my
favorite bar. If not, you could go to some of the best museums in the entire world
at the Smithsonian, where entry is free, not to mention the monuments that are
EVERYWHERE. Spend two hours watching the pandas eat bamboo at the National
Zoo just up the street. If you really don't want to go anywhere that involves more
than 15 minutes of walking, walk over the bridge to Adams Morgan. American
University kids call it the Mog for some reason, but seriously, enjoy the jumbo slice
– Purun Cheong
That is it for this time's "Experiencing Abroad." Keep reading the blog to hear more!


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January 27, 2011
Scraper Bike Culture Provides Lessons for Sustainable Businesses
Oakland resident Tyrone "Baby Champ" Stevenson, inventor of the "scraper bike," may not have known how big his idea would become when he rolled out his first prototype. Or perhaps he did. His creativity led to a scraper bike movement that is not only gaining momentum in the Bay Area, but is quickly becoming a global phenomenon. By addressing the issue of scarcity in a way that was meaningful to him and his community, his innovation led to a more affordable, sustainable form of transportation and self-expression while also promoting non-violence. And these bikes are really friggin rad.The scraper bike movement is a microcosm of the larger sustainability imperative because they both share a common driver: Scarcity.
Adapting to scarce resources often requires tremendous creativity. The original scraper car phenomenon involved taking older cars with little market value and making them desirable through customization, offering a more affordable way to have a desirable car. This process was repeated in the form of scraper bikes, whereby kids that either can't drive or can't afford scraper cars can hook themselves up with a sweet ride. The scraper bike is an innovation that addresses scarce economic resources, turning old bike parts that may have ended up in a landfill into pieces of moving art that double as carbon-free transportation.
There is also a direct connection between scraper bikes and non-violence. Scarcity is often responsible for pushing communities towards violence. Scraper bikes provide those with limited resources a channel for creative self-expression. Young people can feel seen, empowered, and be a part of a community that is organizing peace rides for non-violence and advocating for sustainability.
What's the lesson for business and policy? Creating a more sustainable world means getting more done with increasingly scarce resources. It's going to mean non-violence and the equitable distribution of those scarce resources. It's going to mean empowering communities to become more self-sufficient, and coming up with policy, products, ideas, and services that create meaningful value within the context of a community's culture. In short, we're going to need a helluva lot of the type creativity and enthusiasm underlying the scraper bike movement.
(via triplepundit.com)
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