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Don't you hate it when you apply to a job and you never hear back? Me too!
In today's highly competitive job market, overlooking one of the most basic and simple parts of the recruitment process can reflect negatively on you, your company and your employment brand. Essentially, it will annoy and frustrate candidates and they'll be less likely to want to work at your organization in the future. Additionally, you also miss out on the opportunity to build your network and promote your employment brand
Ever since the early days of my recruitment career, I've made a special effort to differentiate myself from other recruiters and do my best to provide as much feedback as I can to applicants of my jobs. Admittedly, I haven't been perfect in this area and there have been candidates that fell through the gaps, but over the years I have experimented with, developed and tested a number of simple ways to improve my feedback rate and here's a couple of easy tips that may help you:
1) Implement a system to respond (and thank) every candidate applying to your job.
As well as a personal touch, this gives the candidate confirmation that their resume has been received. Thanking them for their application is polite and a good way to start the relationship. This might sound like a lot of work if you are receiving hundreds of applications for a specific job but there are many quick and automated ways to do this depending on the technology of your recruitment process. Most Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and job board software products will have a customizable auto-reply function for new applicants coming in. If this isn't available to you, then a simple email auto signature will suffice and only takes a couple of seconds to do. Here's one I've used in the past:
"Thank you for sending your application to us. We will review your application over the next few days/week/end of month and will be in touch via email or phone with some feedback."
Many ATS systems and job board products will offer a standard response, but I recommend customizing this message to reflect your personality and the employment brand of your organization.
2) Let every candidate know the final outcome of their application.
This seems obvious for the successful candidates, but what about the 'rejected' ones? Remember, they might not be the right fit for this job but they could be a great fit for another role that comes up in the future (or might be able to refer someone to you). Also, remember that candidates talk to each other and you could quickly get a bad rep around town.
Again, many ATS systems will have a customizable function that will allow you to do this with the click of a button. If you don't have an ATS system, then you can use another quick email auto signature to respond to the candidate. Here's an example of one that I have been using recently:
"Thanks again for your interest in this postition. Although you have gained some great working experience throughout your career, your profile isn't close enough to match the needs for this particular position and so we will not be proceeding with your application. We will hold onto your details in case something more suitable becomes available and please keep an eye on our website email@example.com"
This message is polite and complimentary to the candidate and gives a clear indication of whether they are successful or not. It also lets the candidate know what you'll do with their information and promotes your career page. It can also be another chance for you to promote your employment brand.
This has been extremely effective for me and I have received hundreds of replies to this message from candidates thanking me for my time and for actually getting back to them. This small step reflects positively both on me as a professional as well as the company I'm working for. It also keeps the door open for future relationships as I continue to build my network.
By using technology and a little bit of thought and planning, everyone should be able to respond to all candidate applications. Instead of viewing feedback as a burden and cumbersome to give, try viewing it as a great way to promote your employment brand and build networks in the talent market. By responding to every applicant that has shown interest the opportunity, you are creating a good first impression and taking the first few steps towards building a relationship with the candidate.
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Steve White, the vice-chairman of the Police Federation, claimed some officers were being forced to work 14 days straight due to numbers being stretched.
His comments came ahead of the publication of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's latest report on the effects of the Government's austerity measures on the police.
Asked if the police could deal with a wave of unrest on the scale of that in English cities in 2011, Mr White told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I don't think they could.
"Recently we have seen deployments of police officers out in Northern Ireland for the G8 and indeed for the problems that they had over there, and our officers did extremely well.
"But what you've got to remember, when you lose a large number of officers to a large operation, whether it be in this country or anywhere else, you have got to backfill in order to maintain the service.
"In fact only this week I was being told by representatives from around the country that they have got officers who are having to work stretches of 10, 12, 13, 14 days without a rest day because there simply aren't the numbers there."
He added: "We are not people who will turn round and say 'no, we can't do that,' because we are quite often the line of last resort."
But Julia Mulligan, the Conservative police and crime commissioner for North Yorkshire, told the programme Mr White was making the public "unnecessarily concerned".
She said: "The police officers are getting on, doing a good job. Crime is coming down and services are getting better and that's the bottom line."

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The final installment of our "Painting In Oils" series.
There are probably as many ways to approach painting as artists. In this post I attempt to show how I paint portraits.
First, you need to gather your supplies:
- Mineral Spirits
- Rags (Or Paper Towels)
- 12X16″ Stretched Canvas
- Linseed Oil
- Oil Paints (Utrecht)- Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Cadium Red. Naples Yellow and Dioxazine Purple
- Paint Brushes (Utrecht) – Round #00, #2, #3, Filbert #4
- Small Mirror
Step One:
- Use mineral spirits with burnt umber oil paint to create a wash and lay in the basic shapes.
- Use only the larger brush during this step.
- Do not use any linseed oil or other medium at this point.
- Push and pull the values to work out the composition, working from big to small shapes.
- Use the small mirror to check your work. The mirror helps you to see problems in proportion etc…
- You are not committed at this point. If it not working just wipe off the thin paint and start over.
- Only concern yourself with getting the basic shapes and forms at this point.
- Make sure you keep with the traditional placement of the features in mind as you work.
- Remember the more white you add the slower it will dry so use it sparingly.
Take a brief break and step away before beginning step two. So you have a fresher perspective.
Step Two:
- If the paint is dry to the touch, oiling out will help with the paints flow and correct use of color.
- Correct anything that may not look correct from Step One.
- Begin to lay in the basic colors of the flesh and develop the values further.
- Keep the strokes loose and fresh as you can. Be sure of each stroke before you make it.
Step Three:
- Deepen and enrich the colors of the flesh further. Work with smaller brushes only if necessary, but keep the freshness of the strokes. Do not become too tight.
- Develop the clothing further and at least lay in the basic colors.
- Darken the background and play with the push and pull of edges of the figure.
- Notice the flesh here has blue in the shadows.
- Continue checking your work with a small mirror to be sure you are making the progress you think you are.
Step Four:
- Build up the shirt area with equal looseness you have in the flesh tones.
- Touch up detailed areas of the features, still trying to not be too tight.
- Reinforce the texture on highlighted areas of flesh.
Step Five:
- Be sure to include highlights on iris and pupil.
- Fill in the rest of the dark background.
- Develop edges of figure with the background so they are cohesive and not seen as being in two totally different spaces.
- Sign into the wet paint at this point. Or, try to wait to sign the work until the paint is dry. This way if you make an error it can easily be wiped off without disturbing what painting has been accomplished.
At this point I could continue building the piece with more and more detail. Instead I have chosen to stop here and leave it with the loose brushstrokes.
- Be sure to take regular breaks. I tend to do so every hour. It just happens that Pandora internet stations play approx ninety minutes before pausing.
- Clean your brushes well at the end of each painting session.
- To keep oil paint wet from one work session to another consider placing it in the freezer in a closed container.
Part Five – Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Part Four – Facial Proportions


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By the mid-1990s, we had expanded out of the office building into both floors of the apartment building behind it, as well as the guest house behind that, which housed the Stereophile Guide to Home Theater office. The small extension the right is the anteroom to what was then Stereophile's dedicated listening room.It was JA's office 1994-1997, giving him a great view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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text: Thanks to a suggestion from The Globetrotter Girls website, on Tuesday I made the 45 minute long Metro and Light Rail journey from the Centro Historico to the southern area of Mexico City. The purpose of this journey was to see art from Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. The artwork presented did not disappoint. I was especially impressed by Frida Kahlo's pieces. I was honestly unfamiliar with her art and was duly impressed. What further impressed me was the garden of the museum. The gardens made for a pleasant stroll between the exhibit buildings. Accompanying me on these strolls were what must have been dozens and dozens of peacocks throughout the grounds. In addition to the peacocks there were also about 10 Mexican Hairless Dogs. I'd never seen dogs quite like these before.


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Your vehicle has two air filters, and each plays an important role. The engine air filter cleans the air for your vehicle's engine, while the cabin air filter cleans the air that you and your passengers breathe.
They must be changed at least according to the manufacturer's schedule. However, the scheduled maintenance is timed for optimal conditions, so if you have driven under dusty conditions or through harsh winters and road salt, you may need to inspect and change them more frequently.
Inspecting your engine air filter
Your engine air filter cleans the air that your engine uses to burn fuel. If the filter is dirty, impurities may make combustion less efficient. If the filter is dirty enough, gas mileage will be decreased. An extremely dirty filter will cause a vehicle to stop running.
To inspect your engine air filter, you can consult your owner's guide, or look for a plastic rectangular compartment with metal clips on either side. It will be located near the top of the engine.
Older vehicles will have a round metal compartment atop the engine, with a wing nut on top, but most recent vehicles have a rectangular air filter.
When it is located, push the side clips down and out. Lift off the lid, and pull out the filter. If it is dark, and dirt falls out when it is shaken or tapped, then it must be replaced.
You must buy a new one according to the year, manufacturer, and model of your vehicle. They can be found online, in auto parts stores, and in discount stores in limited styles.
Be sure to install it according to the directional arrows on the side. Simply place it in the compartment, and replace the top and side clips.
Inspecting your cabin air filter
This filter removes contaminants from the air that enters your vehicle through the vents. It removes road dust, salt, and allergens that would otherwise build up inside your vehicle. This could cause breathing issues in sensitive individuals.
Inspecting and replacing your cabin air filter is a bit more difficult, because it is close to the interior of the vehicle. Many cabin air filters can be accessed through the glove box, but it must often be removed.
This will entail removing everything from the glove box, pushing the side hinges inward, and unhooking the hydraulic rod (resembling a small storm door closer) from the side of the glove box.
The glove box will pull out, and you will then look for a small rectangular compartment that is capable of holding a filter the size of a thick book. There will be a small door that can be removed from the front.
Pull out the filter, and if it is dark or dusty, buy a new one using the same methods as the engine air filter.
If you can't remove the glove box, or can't find the either filter compartment, you should take your vehicle to an auto repair shop. It may be more expensive than doing it yourself, but it is absolutely necessary for the health of both you and your vehicle. Contact local shops, like Express Tune & Lube, with any questions.Share


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Earvin "Magic" Johnson greeted every anxious hand, photo request and plea for an autograph with a firm shake and humble smile during a recent visit to Howard University.
"When I come back to D.C. and I come on the Howard University campus, it's always a great experience for me," the NBA Hall-of-Famer said. Hundreds of people were screaming his name, applauding and rushing his 6-foot-9 frame.
Johnson spoke with business students, hospital staff and the local community about his transformation from Los Angeles Lakers star to multi-millionaire entrepreneur and how he has lived with HIV for the past 22 years.
"There was a good reason for there to be lots of chaos," said Evelyn Apugo, an administrative assistant at Howard University Hospital. "Say he didn't come out in the community and share his story. Then a lot of people would still try to hide their statuses and not try to get the information they need to maintain healthy lives."
"Because it's not just about the money, it's about maintaining your health and taking care of yourself and that's what he's about."
At the height of a successful career in the NBA, the three-time MVP retired after being diagnosed in 1991 with HIV. He has since owned more than 125 Starbucks restaurants, which he sold back to Starbucks for a handsome profit, and shares in the Los Angeles Lakers, which he also sold back at a sizable return.
He currently owns movie theaters and radio stations in major cities from New York to Phoenix. He is the majority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, making him the first African-American majority owner of a Major League Baseball franchise.
Johnson also created a national contract food service with Sodexo USA called Sodexo-Magic in 2006. Two of those properties are at Howard, including a Magic Johnson Championship Sub Connection in the hospital cafeteria. His many business ventures employ more than 45,000 people, he said.
Johnson had lots to share with the 200 people crowded into the hospital auditorium.
He entertained the crowd with jokes and laughter between giving advice to those looking to become entrepreneurs.
"I had to find out what I wanted to do with the money I earned and saved," Johnson said. "I wanted to invest my money so I wanted to make sure I started a business I could build and that was in demand."
As he walked around the auditorium, he answered several questions about overcoming business obstacles and handling his HIV-positive status.
"People are only going to treat you how you treat yourself," he said. "Twenty-two years for me and my walk hasn't changed. I'm still walking, head up, happy guy. I had to educate people on the fly and at the same time I had to educate myself on the fly about this disease. I'm cool with my status, and I take my meds. That's it."
Following his time at Howard, Johnson was scheduled to visit President Barack Obama to discuss funding and government advocacy for HIV and AIDs.
"President Obama has done a wonderful job when it comes to addressing HIV and AIDS and bringing it to the forefront and providing funding for it as well," Johnson said. "What we want from our great president is for him to look at the HIV and AIDs crisis and the programs and just give us funding so that we can care for people around the United States."


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ESPN's Eleven Biggest Position Battles....Sox Number One On Their List!
I just came across this article at SI dot com. It listed the top eleven position battles/question marks for major league baseball teams. And heading the list, at the top, number one with a bullet? The Boston Red Sox, and, of course, their search for a closer. Here's what SI had to say. And it's a great article....click on the title for the entire piece. And I'll be back with a word or two, even though the 2007 Sox bullpen has been a topic of interest and verbage here at PRSF for a long time. Read on, from SI.....
"Spring training lasts a scant six weeks, so it's a tad unreasonable to expect that teams come up with all the answers before Opening Day. Simply figuring out what needs to be figured out is hard enough to do.
Still, there are teams with deficiencies so glaring (and, possibly, so damaging) that addressing them at the start of spring training, head on, is the only chance these teams have at ever finding the right answer. Here are 11 potholes on 10 different teams that need some urgent attention as teams begin their first full-squad workouts this week: (Peter here...and I'm printing only number one. Click on the title of this post for the entire informative article)........
This is the most high-profile position battle on any roster. With last year's closer, Jonathan Papelbon (35 saves in '06), pegged for the rotation, the Sox are searching for a capable replacement. This spring, they'll be looking hard at veterans Brendan Donnelly, Mike Timlin, Joel Pineiro and Julian Tavarez. But if either Craig Hansen or Manny Delcarmen (or longshot Devern Hansack) can pull a Papelbon, the Sox will have a deep, dangerous 'pen. Hansen, a closer at St. John's with a mid-90s sinking fastball and a nasty slider, projects as the closer sooner rather than later."
Peter here...earth shattering news? No...for every up-to-date Red Sox fan, it's almost old news. But the if's and the who's are so important to our '07 chances. As SI said, "deep and dangerous." With our rotation, that combination would be irresistable and lethal for other AL teams, catapulting us into the post season as a favorite on ANYONE'S list of teams to beat. And yes...it's going to happen! I have a feeling someone will shine out in the 'pen, and with our 6 guy (right now) rotation and the set-up men already in place, that's the ONLY missing piece....the "shut 'em up and then we'll shut 'em down" guy who will take care of any ninth inning woes.
Thank you Bruce Springsteen for your words, 1978 words, from the song RACING IN THE STREET. You'll find it on his DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN album. A revelation, and his first after his 1975 nationwide calling card, BORN TO RUN. Enough about Bruce.......this is about our Sox!
Enjoy this warmer (yes!) Tuesday, my friends. FAITH! Sox faith!


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I'm at my locker, powdering my feet and cursing the gym for not having a blow dryer, when I notice a forty-something hottie undressing for his workout. He peels off his Calvins and reveals... a red jockstrap. Now let's be honest. Jocks are a playful, sexy costume, like wearing a harness to a leather bar.
I mean, really. The man dons a jockstrap for 20 minutes on a stairmaster. What in the name of Richard Simmons is he protecting in there?
Sports bras make sense. They have a functional purpose. But somebody explain to me what a jockstrap accomplishes that my tighty whities can not.
Resentment may play a role in this. I have a flat ass. When I put on a jock the straps just kind of hang there. Rather than being stretched around melons, they flutter from the slightest breeze and suffer from an existential crisis of purpose.
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Guaranteed bronze medals for Ireland's Joe Ward and Ray Moylette at the European Championships in Ankara but no luck for the other four Irish fighters in the ring in today's quarter-finals, as Michael Conlon, John Joe Nevin, Willie McLaughlin and Darren O'Neill all lost.
The 2008 AIBA Youth champion overcame the much more experienced Italian Fiori Simeno 15:13. For Ward, the Moate BC light heavyweight, it has been an astonishing rise to fame as this was but his eight senior bout.
In Thursday's semi-final he will meet Hungary's Imre Szello Thursday's semi-final . Szello you may recall lost 10:2 against GB's Tony Jeffries in the Beijing Olympics Quarter-Final.,so another tough fight in prospect for Ward. But he is improving with every fight as he showed when defeating Kenny Egan in the Irish elite final.
Ray Moylette, the St Anne's Westport light welterweight guaranteed his 'minimum bronze' with a 14:13 defeat of Russian, Maksim Ignatiev in their quarter final.
Moylette, who struck Gold at the 2008 AIBA World Youth Championships in Mexico, showed his class, and great future promise, by coming from behind to beat the Russian titleholder in their 64kg contest.
The Mayo man was 6-3 and 10-9 down after rounds one and two but put in a great third round to surprise the Russian,and delight the Irish camp . His 'prize' is a meeting in Thursday's semi-final with Hajiliyev Haybatulla of Azerbaijan.
Welterweight Willie McLaughlin from the Illies Golden Gloves BC in Donegal lost out to Zaal Kvachatadze of Georgia 28:21 in their 69kg bout. The Georgian took round one 6:5 and the second 12:10 en route to his overall 28:21 win. It was however an excellent performance even in defeat from McLaughlin.He has had two good wins before today's defeat and will have learnt a lot from this trip.
Another wily campaigner, Italy's Vincenzo Picardi was a deserving winner over Belfast flyweight Michael Conlon on a 26:20 score line. Full marks here to young Conlon as the 19 years old was only competing in his ninth senior international bout here and up against the bronze medal winner from the 2007 AIBA World Championships and 2010 European Championships.
IABA Director of Boxing, Dominic O'Rourke later paid this tribute to Conlon:-
"Michael was in against a very experienced opponent and he gave it 110% and we couldn't have asked for anything more. This is his first major international tournament and he has a big future in the sport".
John Joe Nevin narrowly lost ( 13-12 ) to former European Junior champion Dmitry Polyanskiy at bantamweight. The Russian is seen as one of their best hopes for a title here and was one of nine Russians who reached the quarter final stage.
Paulstown's Darren O'Neill, whom you will recall won a Silver medal at these Championships a year ago in Moscow, and captains the Irish squad in Ankara, was today on the losing end of a 17-10 decision to Dmytro Mytrofanov , the Ukrainian champion, in their middleweight clash.
2011 European Senior Championships :
June 21st – Quarter-finals:
52Kg: Michael Conlon (St John Bosco) lost to Vincenzo Picardi (Italy) 20-26
54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Cavan) lost to Dmitry Polyanskiy (Russia) 12-13
64Kg: Ray Moylette (St Anne's) beat Maksim Ignatiev (Russia) 14-13
69Kg: Willie McLaughlin (Illies GG) lost to Zaal Kvachatadze (Georgia) 21-28
75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Paulstown) lost to Dmytro Mytrofanov (Ukraine) 10-17
81Kg: Joe Ward (Moate) beat Fiori Simeno (Italy) 15-13
Wednesday is a "rest day" for the boxers in Ankara.


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Head lice are small parasitic insects. They live close on the human scalp, a few inches from the hair shaft.
Anyone can get head lice. Head lice does not discriminate, and there is no shame in getting lice. Head lice are spread by direct contact with the hair of an infested person, or by sharing hats, combs or other hair accessories. Head lice cannot hop or fly.
Head lice have three forms: the egg (also called a nit), the nymph and the adult. Nits (eggs) are NOT WHITE, they are brown. But they can also be light colored on blondes like camouflage. Lice, and in particular, nits, are incredibly small. Use the following photo as a guide:
- A metal, fine-toothed nit/lice comb, available at most drugstores
- Bottle of thick white hair conditioner
- Baking soda
- Paper towels
- A bowl of water or alcohol to rinse the comb periodically
- In a bowl, mix together a paste made of 2/3 conditioner and 1/3 baking soda. Set aside a stack of paper towels.
- Make sure there is good light. Daylight is best.
- Part your child's hair into at least 4 equal sections. Apply the paste mixture to one section at a time, and comb with a nit comb. Start with the teeth of the fine comb touching the skin of the scalp at the top of the head. Draw the comb carefully towards the end of the hair.
- Every time you draw the comb through a section, wipe the comb on the paper towel, cleaning off the paste mixture and any loose hair. Check the paper towel for lice or nits. Head lice are little insects, about the size of a pinhead, with legs. Nits are very small and droplet-shaped. They are attached to the hair shaft an inch or two past the scalp, and do not shake off like dandruff.
- Repeat this process over and over again from the top of the head to the ends of the hair in all directions, working carefully around the head until you have combed through the entire head of hair. Comb back to front, front to back, and side to side.
- After combing half the head, comb those two sections together. Clip that half up and move on to the next side. When all sections are done, comb all of the hair together. The point of this is to be sure to comb through the areas where the hair was parted.
- Dispose of used paper towels properly, preferably in sealable plastic bags.
- It is important to check every family member. Afterwards, and between each usage or person checked, wash the comb in soap and warm water, and sterilize it in boiling water for 10 minutes.
- Continue the comb out process daily for 5-7 days, as new nits may emerge over a week's time.
- Remove all bedding, towels, clothing and anything else that has been used by anyone found with nits or lice. Wash and dry on high heat.
- Remove all pillows in the area and dry on high heat for 20 minutes.
- Remove any stuffed animals in the area, put them in a sealed plastic bag and put the bag in a different location for one week.
- Boil for 10 minutes, or put in the freezer for 24 hours, any combs, brushes and hair accessories used by anyone found with lice or nits.
- Be persistent about checking your child's hair. Because nits and lice can be hard to detect with the naked eye, we recommend doing a comb out every 7-10 days.
- Be vigilant about the "Hot Spots" on the head. Behind the ears, nape of the neck, crown of the head, and bangs.
- Tie long hair up in ponytails, buns or braids.
- Educate your children on activities that spread lice – e.g., sharing hats, combs, headbands or other hair accessories, whispering in ears, sleepovers.
- Some evidence suggests that applying herbal conditioning sprays or repellents, or garlic drops, may keep lice at bay.
The following websites provide additional information about lice:
- The Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/index.html.
- The NYC Department of Education: http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/health/pediculosis/default.htm.
- The National Pediculosis Association: http://www.headlice.org/index.html.
Virtually all professional companies recommend a metal lice comb. Here are a few:
If you are having trouble getting rid of lice, or don't feel like doing it yourself, the following professionals can help.
- Lice Consultants – www.liceconsultant.com
- o Abigail Rosenfeld – 718-435- 2592 or 917-968- 0627
- o Shayna Brown – 718-851- 2844 or 347-581- 9894
- o Tzipora Rosenfeld – 718-854- 5423
- LiceDoctors – 800-224- 2537 or www.licedoctors.com
- Lice Free Noggins Lice Removal Service – 347-460- 1669 or wwww.licefreenoggins.com
- Lice Out – 718-451- 6855 or www.nyliceout.com
- Sara Hamberger – 718-837- 7443
This is not an exclusive list of providers, nor is PS 32 recommending any of these providers. We urge you to call around and do your research, as prices may vary greatly among the providers. And, feel free to look around for additional providers. If you find anyone you like, please let us know email firstname.lastname@example.com !
We can't do it alone. If you have any additions or corrections to this page, please let us know email email@example.com.


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I'm excited to share another fab shoot I did with Ryan Chua Photography. This shoot took place in the Arts District (in LA obvi), and it was my favorite location in SoCal. The artwork was absolutely incredible, and I found myself taking pictures left and right. Prior to this shoot, Ryan and I had a light breakfast at The Pie Hole – a super cute cafe with delicious pastries (savory + sweet) and amazing coffee.
I had a really nomtastic leek + swiss quiche, and Ryan got a cornbread chicken pie. I regret not taking pics of the food so I guess that means I need to go back soon. To be honest, I was hangry at the time, and I didn't have the patience to take a pretty shot of it all! I just wanted it all in my belly. I'm one of those people who can't function on an empty stomach. I don't know how people skip breakfast because I'm hungry within the first 15 min. of waking.
Anyways, let's take a look at my OOTD! Here's A full body shot for you guys. I was getting dim sum with other bloggers later for lunch, Christine (Kkarmalove) & Julia (LifesJules), so I wore a comfy dress to hide my future food baby. I scored this dress at Charlotte Russe for $5 during their Memorial Day blowout, and I was stoked because you guys know how much I love sales.
Because the dress is super simple, I styled it with fierce gladiator sandals to elevate the otherwise "basic" look. My embellished sunglasses + bag matched so of course I had to wear them. I'm definitely sporting a lot of favorites in today's look! These Kristin Perry Inc. sunnies are so on point, and they're available for purchase HERE for $28.
Here's a close-up shot of my sunnies! Aren't the floral embellishments cute?
Although I don't have a dress link for here, here are other fabulous striped dresses for your shopping ease:
Here's one last full body shot for you guys! The people behind me were having bratwursts, and I kind of wanted to jack someone's sausage. That sounds awful on so many different levels, but lucky for them I was already full. Have you ever been to LA? If yes, let me know what your favorite spots are so I can visit them the next time I go! Also, if you want to browse more casual outfits, click here.
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#MIDEM Michael Schneider: 2011 – The Year of Mobile
We keep saying that, and it just might be true this time, says Mobile Roadie's CEO
Do you prefer Microsoft Word or Google Docs? How about Mac Mail or Gmail? The question of "apps" vs. "websites" has been around for quite some time on the desktop.
The same question has now gone mobile. Should you get eBay's iPhone app or go to m.ebay.com? Most major properties today have both an app presence and a website. Why do they need both?
Users don't care if they're using an "app," a "website," or any hybrid of the two. They care about a clean, well-designed, engaging experience that lets them do whatever they want as quickly as possible. Right now, the best user experience – by far – is a native mobile app.
Like many of you, I'm a big fan of openness, and believe in the long run the mobile web is likely the future. However, we are a long way from mobile websites acting and feeling to users like native apps. That key difference means real money.
eBay did $2 billion in mobile commerce sales in 2010. 70% of this came from their app, 30% from their mobile website. Even more interesting, users of their iPhone app spent an average of $65/week, and iPad users spent $85/week, which is 50% higher than the average desktop web user. Think about that – the same customers spending 50% more for the same products. Why? It's a better and easier experience to buy. To put it another way, in 2010 eBay did $400M more on their mobile app than their mobile website.
A few predictions for mobile in 2011:
1. Android (Google) will become the biggest mobile operating system in the world, surpassing Symbian (Nokia) and iOS (Apple). The combination of great user experience, every major device manufacturer, and every carrier on board will overwhelm others
2. The current gap between mobile advertising rates compared to the amount of time we spend on mobile will narrow, increasing mobile CPMs and giving publishers more value for their content. This will lead to a shift in advertisers paying more for ads on mobile, and shifting more of their spend to mobile overall
3. Apps will continue to explode and be a key factor in driving growth for any smartphone OS
4. By the end of the year, there will be three major mobile smartphone operating systems; the world simply doesn't need more. The rest will be consolidated and/or fizzle out
5. Tablets will continue to find their place in our busy lives; the future of a 7-inch tablet vs. 10-inch remains to be seen
6. Mobile commerce will explode across the board; iTunes remains the best way to sell digital content easily, requiring users to only enter a password. Other properties selling both digital and physical will continue to play catch up to this gold standard. Two things to watch out for are increased carrier billing and more built-in Paypal integration
7. Near field communication (the technology that allows short range exchange of data, wirelessly between two devices) will explode into the mainstream and be built into cell phones. It's already built into Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" and rumored to be built into the next major release of iOS. Using our phones to pay for everyday things (think "paypass" on credit cards or London's "oyster" card) via our phone will be commonplace.
Michaeel Schneider is CEO of Mobile Roadie, notably makers of MIDEM's official mobile apps. He hosts a special "How to Make and Monetise your Artist's Mobile App" session for managers at MIDEM, January 23, 12.00.


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And apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Sloan's recent post has 131 comments and counting, most of them from angry would-be visitors. Like this one from Charles R: "Perhaps we should stop clogging your pockets with money as well and just stay away!" Or this bit from Thai Big Foot: "Don't go to Bermuda. Are they happy, now?" Or my current favorite, from XULA 96: "The folks on that island must have brain damage from all the sun and salt water. Don't they realize just about all of Bermuda's revenue as an island nation comes from tourism?" Um, yeah, well, I guess not all of us realize it (elected officials I'm talking to you) but thanks for pointing out the obvious! In the government's defense, a spokesperson told Bernews that "there are also special shuttle buses that are used to supplement the regularly scheduled service. These go directly to Horseshoe Bay Beach and back and are for the cruise passengers only. Each of these buses leaves when completely full." Fine, but let it be known: If I was visiting a country—one where I couldn't rent a car, where taxis cost a whopping $4.15 just to open the door and the only other mode of transportation was a rickety 50cc scooter—and someone told me that I couldn't board an empty public bus because its seats were reserved for locals, I'd say thanks and take my hard-earned tourist dollars elsewhere. Hear that Sounding Board?
What do you think? Should the government deny tourists seats on public busses in favor of locals? Lemme here your thoughts in the comments section below!


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WASHINGTON — Three months after the United Nations Security Council enacted its harshest sanctions yet against Iran, global nuclear inspectors reported Monday that the country has dug in its heels, refusing to provide inspectors with the information and access they need to determine whether the real purpose of Tehran's program is to produce weapons.
For several weeks the Obama administration has argued that the sanctions are beginning to bite, cutting off Iran's access to foreign capital, halting investment in its energy sector and impeding its ability to send its ships in and out of some foreign ports.
While there are strong indications that Iran is beginning to feel pain — largely from additional sanctions imposed by the United States and European and Asian nations over the summer — the report on Monday from the International Atomic Energy Agency indicates that so far they have failed to force Iran to comply with longstanding requests.
The agency protested that Iran had barred two of its most experienced inspectors from the country. They were barred only days after the Security Council passed its latest sanctions, part of a longstanding pattern of reducing access in retaliation for United Nations action. Iran has, however, permitted some other inspectors to enter.
The report also reiterated that for two years, since August 2008, Iran has refused to answer questions "about the possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed nuclear-related activities involving military-related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile." The report said it was "essential that Iran engage with the agency on these issues" because evidence can degrade with "the passage of time."Continue reading the main story
Iran has argued that it has the right to throw out inspectors it does not trust, and said in case after case that the agency, a unit of the United Nations, had "no legal basis" to make its requests.
The Obama administration said the report demonstrated that Iran "continues its effort to expand its nuclear program and move closer to a nuclear weapons capability," an acknowledgment that, at least so far, the sanctions have not forced Iran to change its direction.
A White House spokesman, Tommy Vietor, added that "the United States is applying unprecedented and growing international pressure on the Iranian government," and that "so long as Iran continues on its current path, its leaders will deepen Iran's isolation and the price it is clearly paying."
In recent weeks, top officials in the Obama administration have said that they believe it would take Iran at least a year to convert its stockpiles of nuclear fuel into weapons, giving the United States, Israel and others considerable time to react to any effort at a "breakout" — converting stocks of low-enriched uranium into weapons-grade material.
That estimate, officials acknowledge, assumes that Iran does not have any hidden production facilities. Little work has taken place at one such facility, near Qum, since its existence was revealed last year, the I.A.E.A. report indicated. But Iran is still refusing to lift the veil on the origins of that plant, declining to give inspectors the design plans that they have demanded to understand its true purpose.
"The information requested is essential," the report said.
In areas that inspectors have been allowed access, the report indicates slow but steady progress in the production of low-enriched uranium. Inspectors said that Iran had now produced 6,108 pounds of low-enriched uranium at its main facility at Natanz. That represents an increase of 15 percent in the country's stockpile over the past three months. With further conversion, that is enough to produce roughly two weapons.
The new report cited case after case of Iran's continuing defiance in providing information, material and access to inspectors, as well as its failure to halt its increasingly aggressive program to enrich uranium.
The report also faulted Iran's refusal to provide details of its projects to develop a plant for the production of heavy water, as well as a new reactor. Iran holds that it had renounced any legal obligation to give the agency such details.
On Monday, the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington, stressed the military peril. It said the growing opaqueness raised the risk that "Iran may seek to increase its capability to divert nuclear material in secret and produce weapon-grade uranium in a plant unknown to the inspectors or Western intelligence agencies."
In surprisingly blunt language, the report strongly criticized Iran's barring in June of two agency inspectors from entering Iran. The government said it did so because of their connection to "false and wrong statements."
But the agency insisted that inspectors had done no wrong. "The agency has full confidence in the professionalism and impartiality of the inspectors concerned," it said.
The report also criticized a previous shutting out of inspectors in early 2007, saying the agency needs "inspectors with experience in Iran's nuclear fuel cycle and facilities." The repeated bars, the report charged, "hampers the inspection process."
The report noted that Iran had refused to disclose information about its operations to manufacture centrifuges, which are used in enrichment, and for another path to produce nuclear fuel, called laser enrichment.
Nor did Iran provide information on its mining and milling of uranium, the agency said. The report said that Iran, in addressing these issues late last month, "did not provide the agency with the requested information but reiterated that it was 'continuing to cooperate.' "
A European diplomat called the report's language about the barring of the inspectors "quite strong." Iran's actions, he added on the condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic rules, are slowly blinding the agency and undermining its ability to conduct inspections with the kind of freedom it needs to dig beneath official denials and disavowals.
The report, in its conclusion, declared that Tehran "has not provided the necessary cooperation to permit the agency to confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities."Continue reading the main story


text: Share: Comments Print August 9, 2013 at 10:02 AM A modest vacation experiment Posted by Jon Talton [NOTE TO READERS: My online column will resume on Aug. 26th. After this Sunday, my print column will return on Sept. 1st.] Back in the 20th century, vacation had a different meaning. When I worked as a paramedic, it meant no calls with lives in the balance, no random gunfire coming my way and a time when I didn't even pay attention to a siren. In the theater, August was the break, a peaceful month after the intense repertory of the summer. Later, as a journalist, I might come in the day before I was officially set to return — the better to thumb through letters that had arrived and not be unpleasantly surprised by what was ticking in the in-house mail envelopes. In every case, work was set aside. This has all changed with the digital age. It happened gradually but has not reached a manic level. Even when I am technically off, I check email, send tweets, watch Facebook and write in my personal blog and the blog of the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism. The rise of smart phones and tablets has completely broken down the walls between private time and work time. Not this time. I am going to try to go off the grid. I won't be checking my email accounts or reading online. No tweets. No Facebook. It will be the first time I've tried it. The downside: A huge in-box waiting for me, including emails such as one I received last week with a P.R. person pitching an author who had graduated from "the Walter Kronkite School of Broadcasting." I'll be in Seattle and my bosses can phone if big news breaks. Otherwise, I am going to read books on paper, get my news exclusively from physical newspapers, reflect, re-create and enjoy small daily moments. The digital world is addictive. We are constantly connected. It's changed the way I get news. It's rewired my brain. Wish me luck. Read on for some of the best economy and business stories of the week and the haiku: This Week's Links: • The magical world where McDonald's pays its employees $15 an hour | The Atlantic • U.S. companies thrive as workers fall behind | NY Times • The problem with 401(k) plans | Baseline Scenario • Uncertainty isn't killing the recovery | Matthew O'Brien • Amazon founder says he clicked on Washington Post by mistake | The Borowitz Report • The political and economic battle for water | Project Syndicate • Questioning the underlying structures of poverty and power is 'off the table' | Naked Capitalism • How corporate giveaways suck the lifeblood from your community | Middle Class Political Economist • More on sequestrations effects on the private sector | NY Times Today's Econ Haiku: The Dow falls, wars start Stuff that happens in August Stuff before the fall Comments | Topics: Internet


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The application process seems to become increasingly complex with each passing semester. There are more options (early decision, early action, regular decision), more dates and more requirements for students to understand. By adding more options colleges are attempting to make the application process more student friendly. Unfortunately and converse to the desired effect, many students find themselves overwhelmed by the number of options available. In order to take advantage of these application methods and their benefits, it is critical that students educate themselves about the pros and cons associated with each method of application. Colleges and universities use fairly standard definitions to describe each form of application which makes it easier for students to learn about the methods available and understand the differences between each university's programs.
The early decision option is a binding application that gives students who have selected a specific institution as their first choice a chance to show their interest in the school and express their commitment. Binding applications require that students withdraw all other applications if admitted by the university. Early decision applications are accepted as early as junior year at some institutions and as late as December of senior year at others. Notice of acceptance is usually received within a month of application.
One of the best features of early action applications is the fact that they afford students a chance at priority consideration without requiring them to attend the university upon acceptance. While students should only submit one early decision application, they can submit early action applications to as many universities as they choose. Typically students receive all the advantages of early decision without having to commit to one specific institution.
For students who are anxious to find out their acceptance status it is worth noting that early action applicants are not notified as quickly as early decision applicants.
As far as writing well goes, proofread (at the very least, check spelling and grammar and take out notes to yourself or your parents before submitting) but don't adopt such a formal style that all personality is lost. Remember, your essay is a way for the college or the scholarship provider to get to know you, so you want it to be as much in your voice as possible. While you still want to avoid well-known grammatical faux pas, such as ending a sentence in a preposition or using "there" instead of "their" ("they're" should be right out, as contractions should be avoided in formal writing), you can easily go overboard. If you don't even use semicolons in your normal writing, don't try to overuse them in a scholarship essay. As long as an essay is written well and isn't offensively informal (avoid slang, cursing, and stories of sex, drugs, and bodily functions), your essay is probably professional enough for many admission offices and scholarship essay contests. While some competitive colleges or academic scholarships may require a more formal tone, the same essay-writing advice applies. Even when you're applying for a law scholarship, writing like a lawyer isn't necessarily the recipe for success.
While you will likely want to take your entire application packet and toss it over a cliff by the time you're done assembling it, taking the extra step to show your application essay to people and get feedback can make all the difference. This step can be terrifying—what if they hate everything you wrote? What if you have to redo the whole thing? But just think about what might happen if nobody reads your application essay aside from you and the admission officer or scholarship reviewer. What if you've misspelled your own name or address? What if you haven't clearly made the point you wanted to make? What if you inadvertently offend the person you are trying to impress? These are all real possibilities, and might get your application tossed in the reject pile without a second glance, especially if you face stiff competition.
If you're still feeling apprehensive about application essay writing, there's more help available in our "Resources" section and on the Scholarships.com blog. If you feel ready to conquer the world, head over to our college search or our scholarship search to start finding places to submit that application essay.
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Terry Hollenbeck, M.D., is an urgent-care physician in Santa Cruz County. A doctor with 34 years' experience, health-related questions are welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Terry Hollenbeck, M.D., is an urgent-care physician in Santa Cruz County. A doctor with 34 years' experience, health-related questions are welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Posted in Colds and Flu, Swine Flu, tagged Swine Flu, swine influenza on May 2, 2009| 1 Comment »
Swine influenza (aka swine flu) is most commonly a respiratory infection caused by a virus that up to now has been confined to pigs. There have previously been few reported cases of transmission of this disease to human beings.
The swine flu virus is similar, but not exactly the same, as the more commonly known influenza virus that affects humans during the flu season. Both of these viruses attack the respiratory tract — the nose, throat and lungs.
Symptoms are characterized by sudden onset of fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose and generalized body aches. However, unlike the regular influenza, the swine flu is also sometimes associated with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
So far, reported cases of swine flu in the United States have been mostly mild, as has not been the case in Mexico. Most people can expect to recover within one to two weeks without requiring medical treatment. As with regular influenza outbreaks, the very young, the very old and those with chronic illnesses could be at more serious risk of severe complications.
Influenza such as swine flu is easily passed between people through the air in tiny droplets from an infected person when they sneeze or cough. The virus found in these droplets gains entry into a susceptible person through the nose and mouth. People may also become infected by touching something with flu virus on it and then touching their mouth or nose.
It then takes one to four days of incubation before a person develops symptoms. A person with swine flu is contagious from at least one day prior to the onset of symptoms until the symptoms have cleared up.
Laboratory testing to confirm swine flu can be done, but at this time only those with influenza symptoms who have traveled to an area with known swine flu cases in the past few weeks, or who have been very close to someone who has been in those areas, should be tested. If the swine flu is confirmed in our county, then as a precaution everyone with flu symptoms will be assumed to have it and treatment will be determined by severity of those symptoms.
The question of how and when to treat swine flu can be difficult. Although there is no vaccine yet to prevent the infection, there are antiviral medications to treat it. This is an hour by hour developing situation, and there will be advisories regarding the need and availability of medications. At this moment, the only people who would benefit from treatment are those with flu symptoms and have been to areas with confirmed swine flu.
It is imperative that we all do as much as possible to prevent the spread of swine flu. I recommend the following measures:
If you develop symptoms of fever, cough aches and sore throat:
See your doctor if you have the following symptoms:
Posted in Children's Health, Eye Conditions, tagged children, eye, pink, pinkeye on May 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Pinkeye, medically known as conjunctivitis, is an inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva, the transparent thin tissue covering the surface of the eyeball and inner eyelids. This condition causes the affected eye or eyes to appear pink or even red because the tiny blood vessels on the surface of the eye become swollen, thus causing the pink color.
There are several causes of pinkeye. The most common form is caused by a virus infection that is often associated with a head cold. Virus pinkeye is highly contagious and passed on to others by direct contact with the patient and his or her secretions or with contaminated objects or surfaces. Patients usually report awakening in the morning with a crusty mucous in their eyes and perhaps a small amount of mucous during the daytime. One may have the sensation of grittiness, burning or just irritation. Usually both eyes are involved. Virus pinkeye will cure itself, so no treatment is necessary. Over-the-counter eye drops such as Naphcon-A may provide some relief from the symptoms. It has to run its course and is usually gone within one week but may take up to two weeks.
Another form of infectious pinkeye is caused by a bacterial infection. This is usually not associated with the common cold and is more common in children than in adults. It is also very contagious and is spread as mentioned above in virus pinkeye. Patients with this infection often have just one eye involved and it is usually "stuck shut" upon awakening. The affected eye or eyes usually produce a pus-like discharge throughout the entire day, which helps to differentiate it from virus pinkeye and only has mucous upon awakening. Bacterial pinkeye is treatable with prescription antibiotic eye drops, which will usually clear up the infection within a few days.
Another form of pinkeye is due to allergies. This is usually caused by airborne particles such as pollen or cat dander to which a person is allergic. A patient with this form of pinkeye usually has both eyes affected, has an itchy feeling and also can produce some crusting upon awakening. Prescription allergy eye drops from your doctor are available for more severe symptoms.
Contagiousness seems to be the greatest concern about pinkeye. As mentioned, the infectious varieties caused by either virus or bacteria are highly contagious from contact with the discharge from the eye. Children who are too young to understand the concepts of hygiene are the most contagious. That's why it is so prevalent in preschool and kindergarten.
It is generally believed that a child who has been placed on antibiotic eye medicine can return to school after 24 hours of treatment. Although there is no scientific proof to support this concept, it does seem to work. My personal bias is that a person with infectious pinkeye is contagious as long as there is discharge from the eyes.
Practicing good hygiene is the best way of limiting the spread of pinkeye. Once you have symptoms of an infection, I suggest the following:
If you have any of the following symptoms, see your doctor immediately:


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For forty years linguists have talked about idiolect and the uniqueness of individual utterances. This article explores how far these two concepts can be used to answer certain questions about the authorship of written documents—for instance how similar can two student essays be before one begins to suspect plagiarism? The article examines two ways of measuring similarity: the proportion of shared vocabulary and the number and length of shared phrases, and illustrates with examples drawn from both actual criminal court cases and incidents of student plagiarism. The article ends by engaging with Solan and Tiersma's contribution to this volume and considering whether such forensic linguistic evidence would be acceptable in American courts as well as how it might successfully be presented to a lay audience.
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Marguerite brings a powerful mix of leadership theory, disruptive innovation strategy, corporate experience, and advanced neuroscience, behavioral economic and neuroeconomic study that helps leaders use Creative Disruption to stimulate innovation and create value within their teams and across their organizations.
Marguerite holds an MA (Leadership) from the University of Guelph. She is a graduate of Change Leadership and Executive HR Leadership programs at Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and a recent student of Harvard Business School's Clayton Christensen, the world's foremost authority on disruptive innovation. She is also a CTI® certified coach, with Results Coaching System™ Certification from the NeuroLeadership Institute™, and Licensed, Specialty-Certification as a New Life Story® Wellness Coach.
Marguerite has extensive experience in and a deep understanding of the corporate environment, specializing in Human Resources. A former pharmaceutical company executive and business consultant, she has advised leaders at every level in industries ranging from pharmaceutical and financial services to manufacturing, IT, and entertainment.
Marguerite believes in the importance of unplugging from work, which is why she volunteers within her community to help others and build relationships. Marguerite is on the board for the Women for Stem mentorship program at Ontario Tech University (UOIT). Marguerite leads the Rotary Club of Oshawa Youth Exchange Program, and has leadership roles within Brooklin United Church.
Marguerite is also the host of the weekly podcast Creative Disruption, featuring interviews with the thought leaders and CEOs who have broken beyond "status quo thinking" and brought new innovations successfully to market.
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Way back in April, I asked readers who wear pajama-style baseball pants to tell me why they go low-cuffed. The responses were extremely informative, and I'll finally be making use of them next week, when I'll have an ESPN column about the evolution of baseball pants.
But here's a question I have: Back around the early to mid-1990s, I started seeing — or at least I thought was seeing — players wearing shin guards under their long pant legs. I'm not talking about catcher's shin guards, natch, or even the shin protectors worn by some hitters at the plate. I'm talking about something more like these.
It seemed to me that many players — mostly pitchers but also some infielders — were wearing these types of shin guards under their pants. Look at Scott Erickson's left leg in the photo shown above, for example. And look at both of Michael Tucker's legs, Bobby Jones's left leg, Robin Ventura's left leg, Luis Lopez's right leg, or John Franco's left leg (sorry for all the Mets examples, but that's the team I'm most familiar with).
I've always thought this was an overlooked but important reason for the move toward long pants. If you're gonna wear a shin guard — and I can certainly see why a player would want to wear one — you'd want your pant leg covering it, right? (Yes, soccer players just cover their shin guards with their socks, but that would look really bad on a ballplayer).
But lately I've been wondering if I was wrong about all that. For one thing, none of the people who responded to my initial "Why do you go low-cuffed?" survey mentioned anything about shin guards. For another, I feel like I don't see the outlines of the shin guards so much nowadays, and I'm beginning to question whether that's what I was actually seeing back in the 1990s.
So: Have any of you low-cuffers ever worn shin guards under your pant legs? Do you know of any ballplayers who've done so? Or am I just way off the mark here? Please fill me in. Thanks.
Last call for Wilco tix: Today's the final day to enter the giveaway for the two pairs of Wilco tickets. Details here.
Collector's Corner, by Brinke Guthrie
Here's our latest selection of eBay items:
• Remember the Cleveland Barons? Sender-inner Andrew Mocella does. He also found a great batch of Expos merch.
• I hope this beer stein wasn't supposed to resemble Jim Bunning.
• Never liked the big plain white cap look!
• On the other hand, I always liked this Niners logo.
• Johnny Bench used to have two restaurants: Home Stretch in Northern Kentucky, and Home Plate (which I ate at) north of Cincinnati.
• If you've ever wanted a big old box full o' stuff, here it is. I see a World Football League sticker in there.
• Speaking of the WFL, I always liked the name "The Hawaiians."
• Remember when the Cowboys had their double-star rollout (on a Thanksgiving, I think). A pal at Apex sent me one of these.
• From Ryan Connelly: a set of game-used Pirates bumblebee pants!
• From Eric Cernech: a nice assortment of big MLB signs.
• Finally, this Mr. Met tee screams, "Lukas." [Or it would if I were about 50 pounds heavier. — PL]
Seen something on eBay that you think would make good Collector's Corner fodder? Send your submissions here.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Yesterday I linked to this Buffalo Braves card, which prompted Matt Beahan to send along a much better view of the jersey in question. "That was a one-year design, used for the inaugural season," he says. "The home jerseys had a similar script that said, 'Braves.' I've only ever seen half a dozen pictures of these unis, most not in color. For the 1971-72 season, the Braves changed logos, colors (to black, burnt orange, and white) and unis, switching to the awesome set with the diagonal stripes." What this discussion really shows is how desperately we need a decent NBA uni resource. "¦ While looking for something else, I found a 2008 photo of Pedro Martinez wearing those annoying Phiten-branded socks. "¦ Kevin Hastings has found what may be the most subtle logo creep ever in Umbro's new kit design for the EPL team Sunderland. Look at the second photo, with the close-up on the crest — looks like little Umbro logos on the border between the stripes, no? "¦ Just in case you're already looking ahead to the 2014 World Cup, here's its logo. "¦ An Arkansas high school is getting the smackdown for poaching the Florida Gators logo (with thanks to Allen Pointer). "¦ The WNBA has released its list of top-selling jerseys. "It's notable that the top three jerseys and the top two teams in apparel sales feature logos of corporate sponsors," says Kevin Brown. "Since the corporate sponsorship appears to have had no negative impact on sales, I suspect the NBA and other larger leagues will view this as one less argument against sponsorship in higher-profile sports." Yeah, except that the top "top-selling" WNBA jersey only moved about 17 units. "¦ Not as good as "A-Rod Goes Deep; Wang Hurt," but reasonably close (with thanks to Terry Duroncelet). "¦ Now there's a good NOB (with thanks to Jake Hannah). "¦ Jerry Wolper found an old 1982 article about a guy who devised a new football uni-numbering system. "¦ Saw Phosphorescent last night, and I strongly recommend that you do the same if you get the chance. "¦ I've been a fan of Rob Ullman's tremendous sports-themed pin-up illustrations for years now but have never met him. That will change this evening, when he comes over to Uni Watch HQ for a small dinner party being thrown in his honor. Welcome to town, Rob — see you tonight.


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As Monday marked the declaration of SSC results, Maharashtra state witnessed a 1.3 percent dip in the success rate of class X students. From recording the best SSC performance in the year 2015, the performance rate has fallen for the first time in five years. An overall success rate of 86.4 percent was recorded, one percent down from 87.7 percent recorded last year in the SSC examinations, reports The Times Of India.
The Mumbai division in particular — comprising Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar, noted a dip in the class Xth success rate to 85.7 from the recorded 86.1 last year.
In terms of pass percentage, out of a total of nine divisions, the Konkan division took the lead with 96.56 percent, Kolhapur followed at 92.89 per cent and Mumbai ranked fourth, as reported by Mumbai Mirror. The report further says that girls, once again, fared better, with a pass percentage of 89.48 percent, 5.56 percent more than their fellow male peers.
While the number of students scoring in the nineties rose across the state, in the Mumbai division, it dipped from 12,100 to 11,416 this year, reported by Hindustan Times.
As the high-scorers club gets bigger across boards, and the competition gets tougher, the Mumbai divisional board has decided to look at why certain schools recorded a poor pass percentage.
Dattatreya Jagtap, Chairman, Mumbai Divisional Board, said that the drop in the percentage was because students were not prepared for an external examination of their science practicals,reports The Indian Express. However, school principals do not agree. "The poor pass percentage has nothing to do with practicals. It's because some students do not take exams seriously owing to the no-detention policy," said Jean Gomes, principal of Michael High School, Kurla. "The board should be stricter about promoting students till Class IX."
According to Mumbai Mirror, state school principals have expressed the opinion that state board students will be in for tough competition due to high scores of the other boards.
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Nang Gin Kui Pop-Up @ Feinkost Kaefer 2017
For the 3rd time since 2015 we have been invited to cook up our 12 course set menu in collaboration with the amazing kitchen and service team at this esteem establishment! We brought with us roughly 60 kg of special ingredients from Thailand and ordered meat, vegetables and fruits locally. The planning started months back and the preparation of the menu, the decoration of the guest room as well as the development of the evenings went as smooth as each previous year. A big thanks to the wonderful Kaefer team and everybody's support throughout!!


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E-cologies & High Resolutions
Grooming one's social ecologies is no small task — in the real or the virtual. At least the real is bounded by the unities — you can only see so many people at once — whereas the virtual, with its asynchronous multitudes and embarrassment of data, can easily swamp a surfer.
I became acutely attuned to the importance of different information/interactional ecologies recently while getting used to Twitter.* I don't know what made me finally decide to enter another one of these little cyberworlds, but I succumbed back in October and I quickly — despite the somewhat odd mix of friends and acquaintances I found there — grew to appreciate the distinctive little conversational channel it was (a function, in part, of the exacting economy of a 140 character limit).
I started to get a sense of my ideal Twitter ecology when certain folks I was following would suddenly clog up my feed with a dozen or so "tweets" in a row. This was especially annoying when done via a third-party client, like blip.fm, which seem to encourage prolific posting. But individuals can easily violate social media etiquette on their own and succumb to what @emynd has aptly dubbed, "twit[ting] the bed."
Bless his vlogging rapper heart, but @noreaga can occasionally get downright prolix. Even so, I've decided, as with @THE_REAL_SHAQ, that there are enough gems in the rough to keep following the guy. Take these two recent tweets by N.O.R.E., for e.g. —
My new years resalution( don't know how 2 spell it) is 2 only do business with out any feelings
which was followed by
I will no longer have any feelings with this business. I will proceed as close 2 a white person as much as possible!!!!!!
As you can imagine, there are some tough decisions to make sometimes in order to make room for the hit-or-miss musings of N.O.R.E. and Shaquille. So please don't take it personal if you start following me and I don't follow you back. I'm minding my twitter ecology, you see. At the moment, I'm finding that following 60 or so people is producing a pretty good feed. You never know what's gonna throw off the natural balance.
To be honest, I don't really know why anyone who doesn't know me, relatively "personally," would be interested in the fairly banal if occasionally pithy things I might share on Twitter. But that's the nature of the beast, I s'pose. I don't mind making my twitterings public. I am, however, resisting integrating them into this blog.
Which brings me to the question of annual resolutions and some ecological changes here at w&w.
Cribbing a year-old note from /rupture, I'm declaring 2009 the year of
Self-explanatory mantras, I know, but to explain the implications for this here blog: I've decided to put an end to the "linkthink" posts that have been appearing regularly here for the last year or so. I'm not giving up on linkthink, per se, since I conceive of blogging as having linkthink quite often at its core. But what I mean is that I'm stopping my practice — adopted earlier this year to compensate for blog-time lost with the arrival of Nico — of posting semi-daily linkdumps from my delicious account.
In a recent riff (well worth a read for other reasons), Nick Sylvester notes that "bloggers have two basic options — write original content or become a central link warehouse," and while that's something of a false dichotomy — indeed, I think of blogging somewhere in the middle — I definitely want to err on the side of the former ("original content," whatever that means).
But the truth is, farming out blog posts from my delicious bookmarks has simply become too constraining on my actual tagging practice. I find delicious eminently useful, but if I'm thinking just a little too much about how to frame/excerpt something I stumble upon, the service begins to lose/change its value. Blogging my delicious notes has started to put too much pressure on them, so I'm moving all that activity back to delicious, which you're perfectly welcome to continue following if you like. You can even subscribe!
The corollary to that change is that I'm resolved to post more frequently here in the year to come. I know that pledging such a thing is a little like signing a blog's death warrant. Earnest promises to update blogs are like a sad subgenre of blogpost. But I'm for real. You'll see.
* I can't quite tell you why I'm on something like Twitter but not Facebook. I get a sense that Facebook's status messages are pretty similar to Twitter, and I do appreciate that — literally — nearly everybody and their mom is on Facebook. But Facebook has long weirded me out, both because of the number of my own students I'd encounter there, blurring social-school lines I don't always like to blur, and — perhaps more important — because of its radical and sometimes shady reshaping of privacy norms. I know that not being on Facebook makes me, in a certain sense, invisible — and blind. On the other hand, given its ubiquity, at this point it almost feels cool NOT to be on Facebook. I mean, I don't have any tattoos or piercings either, so there you go. Still, I eventually joined MySpace for the p2p music networking, so it's probably a matter of time before I cave.
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1. jace | December 31st, 2008 at 1:15 pm
"Earnest promises to update blogs are like a sad subgenre of blogpost." great observation. i'm planning on facebook suicide in 2009. its starting to freak me out.
2. shane | December 31st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Happy New Year! I look forward to the new content. I'm torn about the linkthink posts, I thought they were great, but I found myself almost avoiding them because I got caught up in such tangents following them (links) all. Good or bad thing ? , I don't know but some great gems there so thanks.
3. Boima | January 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I have to say I'm loving your shared items from Google Reader. I usually drift in that direction as far as linkthink.
4. wayneandwax | January 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Thanks, y'all. Always appreciate feedback.
Boima reminds me to note that my Google Reader shares are always on the sidebar here (under "FeedThink") or viewable (w/ comments!) here —
Also, I'll be re-adding a delicious feed on the sidebar.
5. giessel | January 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
6. kevin | January 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
re: Facebook and student-teacher interactions, big up Kanye because i just have two words: "Limited Profile."
re: Auto-tune Karaoke: YES! Holmes Wilson has used auto-tune at least a few times at his weekly radical karaoke night in Worcester. Of course, he also makes his own karaoke blends, beat-jacks, and videos so it should come as no surprise that he'd mess with the formula. :)
7. Laurent | January 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I follow you on twitter and while I dont know you personally as you said it's the nature of the beast, a weird nature maybe but it also makes for some interesting 'experiences' I guess you could say. I noticed your tweets on e-cology a while back and it got me thinking, so thanks for that. Happy new year and good luck with the blog input this year.
8. Birdseed | January 3rd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I don't know, both twitter and the (non-xposted) delicious feed are so unidirectional. I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole "broadcasting random things into cyberspace" aspects of blogging as it is, a lot of the most interesting stuff turns up in conversations and comment sets I think.
It all reminds me of that old communist era Czechoslovakian joke:
The president of Czechoslovakia is showing off his office to a visiting foreign dignitary. "This red phone is for getting in touch with the Hungarians, this green one for the Romanians and this one for the Poles."
"And how do you get in touch with Moscow, comrade president?"
"Oh, I just use these headphones here."
9. wayneandwax | January 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Good points, Birdseed, though I do think that Twitter is more conversational than you give it credit.
I hear you about the "broadcast" quality of such things, though on the other hand, all of these conversations can become interlinked (hyperlinked) eventually, which isn't quite the same as a comment thread but is something (and is part of the nicely egalitarian quality of links). The blogosphere itself, despite being made up of individual broadcasts (some w/ comments, some w/out), is one big conversation, if one wants to play that way.
I really wish that Google Reader provided more opportunity for conversation around the items people share — like a history of comments or some sort of back/side-channel for further discussion.
Delicious is primarily how I bookmark things, so I'd rather not think of it as a broadcast medium (which is why I've stopped posting such things here), but I'm fine with — indeed, happy about — its networked dimensions.
10. wayneandwax | January 5th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
For Birdseed, this may suggest some promise for Twitter becoming even more "conversational" — i.e., integrated into other webby discussions — than it currently is. (h/t lo-la)
11. wayneandwax | January 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Facebook suicide now for the sake of the open net! Sez Doc Searls —
"Much of the activity that used to happen out in the wild unfettered Net, over email, open (XMPP-based) IM and blog posts is now happening inside the Facebook silo. It is AOL 2.0."


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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
via Bello:
Saturday Dec 4th is the Christmas Parade and we are hoping for a big turnout so decorate your bike and yourself and join us @ 11:30am at the parking lot K across form the Clinton Street Post Office. The ride will be less than 3 miles so bundle up.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Gap Goes PUBLIC with Pop-Up Bike Shop at San Francisco Flagship
(Courtesy PUBLIC and James Mueller Photography)
Since resolving its brand identity crisis, Gap has been busy expanding its horizons. In recent weeks, the mega-retailer has opened its first wholly-owned stores in China (two in Beijing, two in Shanghai) and Italy (on Milan's Corso Vittorio Emanuele) and announced plans to enter South America next fall. But the Gap store we're most excited about is a temporary outlet right down the road from the company's San Francisco HQ. It's a seasonal pop-up shop (above) that features the covetable steel-framed bikes and gear of PUBLIC, the enterprise started in May by Design Within Reach founder Rob Forbes.
"I've been watching the growth of city bikes in Europe for almost ten years and seeing the changes here, such as the Bloomberg initiatives in New York," Forbes told us. "I'm passionate about urban design and mobility, and want to help us get over our car addiction." And so PUBLIC was born. The San Francisco-based company specializes in practical bikes designed for cities. Its classically styled models come in a growing range of gorgeous hues—a tangerine inspired by the '68 Vespa that is a fixture in the PUBLIC offices, a pale blue purloined from a vintage Porsche—and boast frames that are guaranteed for life and "ride like butter."
Word of snazzy urban bikes travels fast in the Bay Area, so it was only a matter of time before Gap came calling. "Their team visited our South Park space, liked our vibe, and asked if we'd work with them on the pop-up," explained Forbes. "They are developing a bike share program with their staff also, and we align with their internal mission." The deal was sealed by PUBLIC's new more affordable models (the recently launched Public A7 and J7 each sell for $495, compared to the $550 to $890 price range of other models) and its quirky assortment of non-bike merchandise, including pretty air pumps, art, antimicrobial striped socks, and wooden deer heads.
Forbes describes the pop-up shop, which will be open through the end of January at Gap's San Francisco flagship on Market Street, as a mix of "rustic wood floors and clean walls and bikes of lickable colors." And for customers who'd rather not ride their purchases home, there are desks imbedded with iPads for ordering PUBLIC products online. With the holidays around the corner, we asked Forbes for advice on what to put under the tree for the design-savvy bike enthusiast. "Definitely a Belgian Moose Bust," he said, before offering another stimulating option. "Actually, we're now selling the best espresso machine in the world. There is not a biker alive that does not have a serious coffee habit."
original story here: Media Bistro
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
I was talking with an old friend about a custom bike project coming up and a lot of the features he wants kept reminding me of Geekhouse. This video is not brand new but it's so well done (Marty is awesome) that I had to share (possibly reshare) it:
Also, because of the holiday craziness, we are going to do a Weds Night Ride instead of Thursday and then a few of us are going to the Daikaiju show after 'rita's. The ride will be short and sweet - hitting up the bulk of downtown's parking garages. Get up!
Geekhouse Movie from Geekhouse Bikes on Vimeo.
Also, because of the holiday craziness, we are going to do a Weds Night Ride instead of Thursday and then a few of us are going to the Daikaiju show after 'rita's. The ride will be short and sweet - hitting up the bulk of downtown's parking garages. Get up!
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Czech Mix
bored? check out this and other pics of pro cyclist Lucie Macikova over at Pro Cycling Women. Photos by Michal Pudich, courtesy of Michal Frantik
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270 Miles
Miles from Pietro Malegori on Vimeo.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
We're All Equal But Some Are More Equal
as seen at the NY Times (and Anthony)
Cyclists Condemn Prosecutor's Decision
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
Last week The Vail Daily News reported that an Eagle County, Colo., prosecutor had declined to press felony charges against Martin Joel Erzinger, a financial manager who allegedly fled the site of a crash with a cyclist in July.
"Felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger's profession, and that entered into it," Mark Hurlbert, the prosecutor, said of the manager, told the paper. "When you're talking about restitution, you don't want to take away his ability to pay."
Mr. Erzinger, a money manager for wealthy clients at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has $1 billion in assets under management, according to his Web site. He now faces two misdemeanor traffic charges related to the incident, which left the victim with brain and spinal cord injuries.
Cycling advocates around the country have decried the ruling.
"Even with an appreciation of the legal complexities, what Erzinger is accused of absolutely warrants a felony charge and it's shocking that his profession and net worth has even entered into the equation," wrote Jonathan Maus, the editor of BikePortland.org, a cycling blog.
Bob Mionske, an attorney who specializes in representing injured bikers, said the district attorney's decision not to press felony charges was unusual given the circumstances. According to court records, Mr. Erzinger did not stop after the accident, but drove several miles to a nearby town and called a roadside assistance service to request a tow for his Mercedes. He did not call law enforcement, the records say.
When the local police arrested Mr. Erzinger, he was allegedly placing a broken side mirror and a damaged bumper in his trunk, the records add.
"He doesn't really seem to have a defense," said Mr. Mionske, a former Olympian who writes a column on cycling and legal matters for Bicycling magazine. "This guy is clearly fleeing the scene. All the elements of the crime are present."
But Mr. Erzinger's lawyers say that he may suffer from sleep apnea that affected his actions at the time of the accident, the Vail newspaper said.
The victim, Dr. Steven Milo, a transplant surgeon who according to his attorney suffered brain and spinal cord injuries in the collision, has objected to the prosecutor's decision.
"Mr. Erzinger struck me, fled and left me for dead on the highway," Dr. Milo wrote to the judge overseeing the case, according to The Vail Daily News. "Neither his financial prominence nor my financial situation should be factors in your prosecution of this case."
In an interview with a local news station, Mr. Hurlbert, the prosecutor, denied that Mr. Erzinger's financial prominence played a role in his decision, and said that if convicted of the misdemeanor charges, he would face up to a year in a county jail.
Mr. Mionske, the cyclist's rights attorney, called the case a particularly striking example of the difficulties cyclists face when seeking justice after being struck by a vehicle. For example, after many bike-car collisions, the injured cyclist is taken to the hospital, while the statement from the driver is to be an authoritative account of the incident, he argues.
"The police, they show up at the hospital and hand the guy a ticket without ever asking him for his version of the accident," he said.
"Over all, there's an amazing amount of injustice that occurs to cyclists," he added.
Another article here.
And another here.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
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Mini Drome
Red Bull Minidrome from Eyeball Moving Image on Vimeo.
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