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249 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 431-1133
Water and Buffalo, on the Riverfront
in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. As for the food, chef Frank Ortleib, the current executive chef at Swig, is also over seeing the Water Buffalo team. Comfortable, casual food and a classy bar.
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Posted by CaptainMKE on May 19, 2008 at 2:59 p.m. (report)
Have always been pleased with Water Buffalo. Have been in for drinks and have been in for dinner. Yes it is a busy place but the staff seems to handle it well....cant wait to pull up in my boat!
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Posted by tersk on May 13, 2008 at 1:57 a.m. (report)
the entres are wonderful, and well worth the money if you like good food and are looking for it. the appetizers are not worth the money you are charged for them, portion wise. The sandwiches are nothing special and definately not worth what they cost. The shrimp poh boy's shrimp didn't even taste like shrimp and was constructed poorly. The atmosphere is great, the view is wonderful, but the service. The service of the waiters the total three times i have dined here has been terrible. the management needs to do something about this, it was simply unacceptable. i expect more from a chain like chillis or something to that affect. water buffalo as an establishment has potential, and is not meeting it yet, or even coming close.
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Posted by ej5986 on May 12, 2008 at 10:51 p.m. (report)
The food here is actually pretty good and for a good price. If you can put up with their terrible service, then you will be fine with the experience. I agree with the other reviewers, the staff is VERY inexperienced and disorganized. It took our waiter 25 minutes to "remember" to take our orders. This is unacceptable in my eyes. The food took another 45 minutes. I will probably only ever order take out from now on.
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Posted by serversweetheart on Feb. 28, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. (report)
I go back and forth about Water Buffalo. I have dinned there about 4 or 5 times and my experience has varied. The important thing about going to this place, is ordering the right thing, and not going when its too busy. The restaurant needs to be taken for what it is. Young, inexperienced staff, and most of the food is something you could create from a box in your freezer. The drinks are amazing, and the wine list is so-so. Get a signature drink, the chicken rolls, the wedge salad, and a sandwich and you will be just fine. Don't go during the rush. Water buffalo is currently doing more volume than any other privately owned restaurant in the city, and they don't take reservations larger than parties of 8 or more. It can be a good experience if your smart about it.
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Posted by islandfanatic on July 19, 2007 at 7:48 a.m. (report)
Our Water Buffalo experience was nothing to write home about! The bartender was a sullen man. He approached us and just stared......didn't say a word (verbally or facially)....stared at us with a blank look. Not a very nice way to start. After we were seated at a very nice table overlooking the river, it took about 10 minutes to be approached by our waitress (who also had no personality). I took about 10 minutes to get our bottle of wine and beer. (The beer drinker wisely ordered another one as she delivered the first. We then ordered three appetizers..........none of which were good. The lobster fritters from the recent review did not have any flavor of lobster or fennel ( the sauce was good, like eating a doughnut with nice syrup!) The ceviche had lots of shrimp (but they were the pre-cooked type....not marinated to take on the flavor of the lime and cilantro ceviche mixture). The crab cakes were just ok....the remoulade was the best part (also the source of the pepper flavor mentioned in the review) Then we ordered black bean burgers that had no trace of either the peppers or cilantro that they were supposed to be mixed with. Also the tortilla soup served with sandwiches was a thick looking cream soup. I have never seen tortilla soup as a cream soup. It is normally a tomato and broth base (cheese or sour cream is sometimes sprinkled on top) The roasted chicken with chipotle sauce had no flavor of chipotle, the waitress had to be reminded to bring a caesar salad and she did not bring me the side that I had ordered with my burger. None of these things would bother me on their own.... ( it is a new place after all), but all in all I have absolutely no desire to go back any time soon!
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Asteera is a young , enthusiastic physiotherapist who recently completed her community service in Ladysmith, at an outpatient clinic. She is motivated and has a passion for musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions. Her inspiration to become a physiotherapist was her childhood role model Natalie du toit , this was later consolidated when working with spinal cord injury patients during university and after.
She has completed a multitude of short courses since graduating from UKZN, in 2014, to further her skills in treatment of musculoskeletal ailments. Some courses include Ktape and dry needling. She has worked with many endurance athletes over the past year as well as spinal rehab patients both in Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
She has a keen interest in chronic pain syndromes and is currently training to use laser light therapy to treat these syndromes.


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From November 2-4, 2015, USAID's Southern Africa Trade Hub provided training in Data Harmonization to further develop the Namibian Government's understanding of National Single Window in readiness for implementation.
Participants for the course were drawn from various departments of Customs and Excise, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the National Statistics Agency, the Roads Authority, and the Office of the Prime Minister. The Trade Hub has analyzed, mapped, and catalogued over 1,000 different data elements required by the 33 Namibian trade documents so far identified. The Data Harmonization process has reduced the number to 216 data elements of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Data Set.
A key objective of the Single Window is to have the submission of one electronic document with the minimum amount of data necessary to fulfill the requirements of all cross border regulatory authorities.
Photo: Issy Murangi, Chief Customs and Excise Officer and Helvi Iyambo, Senior Customs and Excise Officer of Namibia Customs and Excise Statistics with trainer Karen Henderson


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by Surgery Center of Oklahoma | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Folks, if you want to see how the state collapses in the future, [observe how markets – that is, how human action – prevails over the coercive machinery of the government]. [State collapse] won't happen through politics. It won't happen by top-down reform. It won't happen even through seminars. It will happen through the trial and error of entrepreneurship, because the market will not sit still. Faced with the ghastly costs of the anachronistic nation-state, it will continue to find creative and surprising ways around the coercive apparatus, effectively inventing new realms of freedom that permit progress to occur.
Every act of entrepreneurship is revolutionary and rooted in the anarchist spirit. It strikes at the heart of the status quo. It dares to be dissatisfied with what is. It imagines something new and better. It brings about unexpected, unapproved, and progressive change by adding a new dimension of experience to how we understand ourselves and how we interact with others.


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[Originally posted March 10, 2012, this is a list of Code Names that do not appear in the first edition of Code Names (2005). This is a work in progress and more are being added over time.]
Accordian: 1. NSA produced cryptographic device related to nuclear weapons command and control.
2. Nuclear weapons subcritical experiment conducted at the Nevada Test Site. Accordian will be followed up by Accordian Prime.
Added Force: Joint rehearsal exercise (JRX) 4-06, September 2006.
Advance Trec: Joint rehearsal exercise (JRX) 2-06, March 2006.
Barnstorm: Navy submarine emergency procedure.
Blue Action: Spanish led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) air/ground interdiction event in Spain, May 2005..
Blue Dart: Anti-terrorism threat-warning program designed to rapidly disseminate threat information in a simple, easy to understand format. All services, combatant commands, components, defense agencies and DOD activities are responsible for establishing procedures to disseminate Blue Dart warnings. A Blue Dart warning must contain all of the following elements:
• Specific TIMING of a threat: specific near-time frame within the next 72 hours.
• Specific TARGET of a threat: exact unit, activity or location
• Specific TYPE or MEANS of threat: explosive/VBIED, bombing, small arms/drive-by, sniper, assassination, etc.
Originates with Navy Anti-terrorisim Alert Center (NAVATAC) reporting established in 1997.
Bow Warrior: Joint rehearsal exercise (JRX) 1-06, November 2005.
Brave Hero: Joint rehearsal exercise (JRX) 3-06, June 2006.
Bridge Troll: Joint rehearsal exercise (JRX) 4-05, September 2005, with NSA involvement.
Bright Star (additional information): Bright Star 03 was cancelled due to ongoing operations in Iraq. It is the most expensive exercise in the Middle East, using almost 20 percent of the total Air Force JCS exercise program funding, and many in the military believe that the cost greatly exceeds the training value. It has also been a "cash cow" for host Egypt. CENTCOM is now attempting to realign Bright Star to a global war on terrorism scenario or focus and is envisioning the next Bright Star to be centered around a lighter, more lethal exercise force package.
Brown Dog: Air Force Information Warfare Center project, 2004-2005.
Buggy Ride (additional information): STRATCOM plan related to emergency evacuation of bomber and tanker aircraft in a nuclear alert under OPLAN 8044. See also Dakota.
Cheetah: Air Force Information Warfare Center project, 2004-2005.
Cirrus Blue: Air Force Information Warfare Center TENCAP related project, 2004-2005.
Cirrus Orange: Air Force Information Warfare Center TENCAP related project, 2004-2005.
Code Silver: Air Force Surgeon General initiated tabletop exercise program centering on biological warfare defense medical consequence planning, preparation, and capabilities at the installation level, initiated in 2003.
Comet: Air Force Information Warfare Center project, 2004-2005.
Coronet Dance: Air Force deployment, 2004.
Creek Bridge: USAFE nuclear weapons related project, 2004.
Dakota (Dakota Force): Non-alert survival launch force consisting of bombers and tankers, generated during during a nuclear alert under OPLAN 8044. Dakota aircraft are sent airborne or moved to dispersal bases for protection. See also Buggy Ride.
Deep Sabre 05: Singapore led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) maritime/ground interdiction event in South China Sea, 15-18 August 2005.
Diablo Canyon: FEMA full-scale radiological response exercise, San Clemente, CA, 15 January 2005.
Diligent Endeavor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) sponsored interagency nuclear weapons accident FTX in preparation for Diligent Warrior 04, 17-18 February 2004, Washington, DC. See also Diligent Warrior.
Diligent Thunder: Army and Air Force related testing project, 2005.
Diligent Warrior 04: Office of Secretary of Defense directed, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) sponsored and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) supported national-level, nuclear weapons accident full-scale exercise (FSX), Malmstrom AFB, MT, 13-16 September 2002.
Dingo King: National level domestic US nuclear weapons and special operations exercise, 22-26 August 2005.
Distant Thunder: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) internal WMD command post exercise (CPX) to examine agency response capabilities under CONPLAN 0100, 18 February 2004, Washington, DC.
Dynamic Quarantine: Air Force Information Warfare Center project, 2004-2005.
Eagle Scout: Air Force commercial satellite imagery program. The FY 2005 Appropriation report 108-622, dated 20 July 2004, included a Congressional add of $1,500,000 to this program. No FY 2006 funding was requested.
Elder Prince: National level inter-service military working group related to operations security (OPSEC) and counter-terrorism.
Electric Eel: Air Force research and development project, 2004-2005.
Emerald (additional information): Counter-narcotics related intelligence program.
Exmoor: Air Force Information Warfare Center project, 2004-2005.
Falcon Nest: Air Force research and development project, 2004-2005.
Falcon Talon: Air Force research and development project, 2004-2005.
Firefly: NSA produced cryptographic device related to nuclear weapons command and control.
Fishwrap: Air Force research and development project, 2004-2005.
Gallant Journey 05: Classified intelligence or special operations exercise, March 2005, with DIA, NAS and CIA/OMA involvement.
Gauged Strength: DOD sponsored WMD-related interagency domestic response exercise, June 1998. The FBI participated in the "Gauged Strength" exercise in Norfolk, Va. and established interagency organizations, such as a
Joint Operations Center and a Joint Information and Intelligence Support
Element. State and local participation was limited by DOD classification
requirements. Likely a JSOC exercise.
Global Lightning: STRATCOM nuclear weapons exercise that rehearses operations during a tran-/post-attack nuclear environment, including reconstitution, redirection and targeting of STRATCOM forces, 19-28 October 2005.
Global Storm: STRATCOM nuclear weapons exercise, 8-12 August 2005.
Global Thunder 06: STRATCOM nuclear weapons exercise, 11-15 April 2005.
Grace (Project Grace): Foreign acquired MiG-29 live fire training and testing project.
Gridlock: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)-led Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) designed to provide an enhanced capability for kill-chain compression in time sensitive targeting by reducing the timeline needed to produce highly accurate target coordinates using imagery from sensors.
Gypsy Charlie: B-1 test series associated with satellite guided weapon employment in a degraded GPS environment.
Ibis Dawn II: Foreign material exploitation project, 2004-2005.
Ibis Munin: Foreign material exploitation project, 2004-2005.
Keesee: Cryptographic key generation (KOK-13) device or system, anticipated for funding in the FY 2007 budget.
Last Mile: STRATCOM command and control network upgrades.
Layman Teacher 05: Classified intelligence or special operations exercise, March 2005, with DIA and NRO involvement.
Limit Mustang: Navy Concept of Operations for OPLAN 5077 Weapons System. (added April 9, 2012)
Loyal Guardian: OPLAN published in July 2001 dealing with Army force protection. (added April 9, 2012).
Medley: NSA produced cryptographic device related to nuclear weapons command and control.
Minerva: Joint Information Operations Center (JIOC) information operations search engine that provides an indexed format of available intelligence related to information warfare (foreign adversary influence networks, decision making processes, information infrastructure and cultural considerations for information operations planning). Minerva provides hotlinks to IO-related information available on both the JWICS and the SIPRNET.
Neptune Shield: Coast Guard Operations Order (ORDER).
NINFA 2005: Portuguese led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) maritime/ground interdiction event in Eastern Mediterranean, 8-15 Apr 2005.
Noble Eagle (Operation Noble Eagle): Overall name for domestic military operations in response to 9/11, including surveillance and interceptor flights by NORAD and coastal patrols by the Coast Guard. Noble Eagle is the domestic counterpart to Operation Enduring Freedom, which is officially the overall name for the (overseas) war on terrorism.
North Star (Project North Star): Organization that respond to the needs of, and requests from, the Joint Coordination Group (JCG), a border (U.S. and Canada) law enforcement coalition. The primary emphasis is on counterdrug activities along the U.S. and Canadian border.
Olsina: U.S.-German-Czech Republic NATO PfP peacekeeping training exercise, Boletice training area in the Czech Republic, 12-20 September 1995.
Omaha (Task Force Omaha): Informal name for Task Force 626 (formerly TF 121) special operations activity in Iraq, 2004.
Outlaw Bandit: Navy ship board passive countermeasure system.
PatentHammer: National tactical integration SIGINT project (Project 168, JMIP, FY 2006 budget)
Pegasus: Army intelligence Trojan Classic SIGINT system.
Phantom Point: Ft. Hood, Texas deployment procedures.
Phoenix (additional information): AMC transport assistance to Middle East operations in 2003-2004.
- Phoenix Alkali (additional information): FY 2004 exercise
- Phoenix Birch
- Phoenix Calvin
- Phoenix Court
- Phoenix Maple
- Phoenix Master
- Phoenix Nitrate
- Phoenix Poplar
- Phoenix Rack
- Phoenix Shell
- Phoenix Sphinx
Phoenix Cedar: Contingency deployments, presumably to Jordan, beginning in December 1998 in support of Desert Fox.
Pontiff: Foreign materiel exploitation project, 2004-2005.
Power Geyser: Presidential-related contingency plan for continuity of government operations during an emergency, specifically a weapons of mass destruction incident, and thought to be involving the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) under JCS CONPLAN 0300.
Pluto New Horizons: Nuclear weapons accident or incident response related mission slated to be implemented in January 2006.
Project 9GH (additional information): As of 7 January 2005, this Project Code was revised and is no longer in support of OEF.
Project 9GL: EUCOM counter-terrorism operations in a classified country. See also Project 9GI/9GK
Quick Saber: OPLAN 5027 (Korean peninsula) response option (RO).
Saltpit: Informal name (aka "The Pit") for a military interrogation facility for terrorism high value targets, presumably in Afghanistan.
Scorpion: Joint US-Jordanian CIA/DOD detention facility, located in Jordan.
Sensor Chief: Air Force intelligence foreign material exploitation support, 2004-2005.
Sensor Ego: Former Air Force intelligence foreign material exploitation support, 2004-2005.
Sensor Shelby: Air Force intelligence foreign material exploitation support, 2004-2005.
Sensor Robin: Air Force intelligence foreign material exploitation support, 2004-2005.
Ship Rider: Procedure relating to the one-time or short duration installation of a communications security (COMSEC) cryptographic device during an operation or training exercise with a foreign government entity that does not have secure communications with the U.S.
Silent Watch: Navy submarine periscope mounted ESM upgrade, part of the Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS), installed aboard attack submarines (SSNs) and new cruise missile submarines (SSGNs).
Silver Fox: Small (22 lbs.) tactical UAV, originally deployed with four hour endurance, an off-the-shelf design able to carry infrared, black and white and color cameras and be controlled from a "pocket PC" like device. Used for surveillance relating to convoy escort and Navy special operations. Through 2004, 18 Silver Foxes had been deployed to CENTCOM.
Site 6250: CJTF-180/CTF-82 base in Afghanistan or an adjoining country.
Site 6251: Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) base in the CENTCOM region.
Steadfast Response: FEMA sponsored Region V interagency continuity of operations (COOP) exercise, 5 February 2004, Chicago, IL.
Stocktake: U.S.-U.K. nuclear weapons related technical exchange program administered under the authority of the Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group (JAIEG).
Swift Deflector: Ft. Carson, CO related OPLAN. (added April 9, 2012)
Talon (Threat and Local Observation Notice): Formated suspicious activity reporting done in accordance with Deputy SECDEF directive issued 2 May 2003 via the Joint Protection Enterprise Network (JPEN).
Tasmanian Devil?: NSA-related global war on terrorism related special access program
Venom x?: Office of the Secretary of Defense global war on terrorism related special access program?
Vigilant Warrior: OPLAN 5027 (Korean peninsula) response option.
Vital Archer 05: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed NORTHCOM and presumably Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) classified command post exercise (CPX) focused on sensitive special operations and homeland defense in the US. The exercise employs the NORTHCOM battle staff and Compartmented Planning and Operations Cell (CPOC) focused on implementation of sensitive CONPLANs.
Wasatch Rings: Multi-agency WMD field training domestic exercise cosponsored by the FBI and the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command in preparation for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Watchkeeper: Air Force ultra-wideband (UWB) unattended ground sensor perimeter defense demonstration.
White Angel II: B-2 bomber testing and evaluation program, complete 2003-2004.


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What is good hair to you?
Last week, someone (I won't name no names) told me that my hair was MBL because I had "good hair." Stop. Flag on the play. Rewind. Good Hair? Cue the heavy eye roll, hand on hip, no that heifa didn't curly hair flip. I absolutely despise when I hear that phase perpetuated. Everyone. Abso-friggin-lutely EVERYONE on the face of this planet has good hair. The hair that grows out of your scalp is good. Wait. Scratch that. It's GREAT. Do what you want to it. Let it grow. Cut it short. Loc it up. Flaunt your curls. Straighten it out. It's your hair. It's your choice. Just keep on loving yo GOOD HAIR. The folks over at Good Hair Salon understand this. They embrace it. They live, breathe, sleep it. They've even created a line of products based on this philosophy and specially formulated to allow you to style your good hair anyway you choose. Let's meet Good Hair In A Bottle:
Good Hair Is...Clean (Shampoo)
If you're looking for a super sudsy sulfate free shampoo, then this is the one for you. The scent is light, the consistency is super slippy, and this shampoo's formula cleanses without stripping your hair. I wouldn't consider this poo to be clarifying, nor do I think that it's super moisturizing. Its some where in between. I guess you'd call that balanced. Although, I'm not that big of a shampoo fan, but I could see myself using this again.
Good Hair Is...Nourished (Conditioner)
It's not a secret that I'm a conditioner snob. You get one chance to wow me. You have to be as good as or better than my current faves or you will not be invited to the #washdayexperience again. This conditioner is not only multi-functional (it's a deep conditioner, leave in conditioner, and co-wash all in ONE bottle) but it has some of the most amazing slip that a girl could ask for. And don't be scared if you rinse it but don't feel the difference straight away. Just let your hair dry and you;ll feel the softness. I liked it the best as a co-wash. I thought that letting it sink in with a little heat would make the results even better---but this conditioner doesn't need the extra time. Oh and I quick note for naturally curly chicas---if you struggle with getting your curl pattern just right, you'll enjoy this conditioner. It made my 6-7 inches of super curly roots spring up like nobody's business!
Good Hair Is...Resilient (Styling Foam)
Honestly, I had no clue where I'd integrate this styling foam into my regimen. I mean...real talk...have you ever even seen me talk about a styling foam before? Ha-ha. That's when I read the label and realized that this was the solution for preventing a curly set from drooping with the wind and frizzing from humidity.Expect to see it make a come back when I do more perm and flexi rod sets in the near future. If you're protein senstitve check out the label on this one. There are a a lot of proteins (like Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PGPropyl Silanetriol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer, Keratin Wowsers right?!?) floating in this one.
My suggestions for use:
Once/twice a month- lather up for a cleansing shampoo.
Weekly- grab the conditioner for a co-wash
Bi weekly- use the styling foam to set (and you can set on dry hair too) your braid outs, flexi spirals, perm rod curls, roller set or twist out.
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Normal Work Hours: 7:00am – 5:00pm, Monday-Friday
- Asphalt paving will occur in various locations throughout the project area.
- Installation of lighting and electrical wires will continue between Homestead and Edgewood. Traffic signal installation will also occur throughout the project area.
- Installation of brick pavers will continue on the northwest corner of Albany and Woodland (in front of Artists Collective); between Cabot and Edgewood (near Bank of America); and also on the west side of Homestead.


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A well-known saying attributed to Yogi Berra sums up the reasons why you should keep setting goals—
"You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going because you might not get there."
The target to shoot for in your search for success is the "there" referred to by the baseball Hall Of Famer.
Many of you drift through life, in and out of jobs and carers, following familiar daily routines without planning ahead to define goals. Most of us never pause long enough to ask, "what am I doing and why am I doing it?" When you lack personal career goals you also lack direction
You can provide your own personal direction. If you plan ahead before taking a trip, you can do the same in life when you plan ahead by setting goals for your job search and career.
How achieve career goals
Setting goals is all about having a clear idea of what you want or what you want a project to look like, then harnessing your will to move in the direction of whatever that clear idea is.
It helps to define goals by writing them down. But don't set your career goals in stone. Write them in pencil. Then you can erase when necessary to eliminate and replace or adjust goals as you review them periodically. I like to think about goals as works in progress. As situations in life change, so do goals.
Many spiritual advisors suggest focusing on a desire to make contributions and help others rather than on some kind of personal gain, recognition, or money.
There's a paradox here. You'll be more successful when you focus just on the joy of doing steps that lead up to the goal rather than on personal gain. It's true, you'll never be satisfied striving to accomplish something for personal recognition, gain or fame, or money.
As you focus on your wants, "notice how your desires form a pattern. The responses that repeat themelves can be highlighted—they are the job goals you need to investigate," quoting from my book, "Your One-Minute Job Finding Coach."
Four easy steps to setting goals and following them to completion
First, define a goal. Winners visualize themselves reaching their goal and picture the rewards they'll enjoy from accomplishing them. Losers visualize what they'll suffer by failing. My wife Ellie loves to say, "Take the T out of can't."
You'll seldom fail when you define career goals. I've witnessed this time and time again in my job coaching practice. To take one example, Doug was fired from his job at a major New York bank for approving a bad check. "I must have a job in three months," demanded Doug at our first meeting, "and I expect you to help me do it."
My response to the job canddate's demand was a silent one. I didn't have the heart to tell him it would be tough to land within a half dozen weeks because of the triple whammies he had going for him: Because Doug was fired, he couldn't be recommended or vouched for. He was over 50 so it would take him longer to find work. And this candidate made a high salary. This would add to the number of months it would take to find a new job.
But my client worked eight hours a day on his job hunt. He kept sending out resumes and phoning personal contacts which resulted in meetings and job interviews. Doug didn't know that his goal of finding a job in three months couldn't be done. Yet he did it during the third month of his search.
Doug proved an important theory about success: The difference between people who succeed and those who fail is not talent but perseverance.
The second step is to be committed to your goal. Motivational coach Mark Forster tells his clients about the difference between commitment and interest. In his book, "Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management," Forster says people have many interests and they keep getting in the way of each other. "There is no real upper limit to the number of things that someone can be interested in," writes Forster whose Website—http://markforster.squarespace.com—is one of my favorites.
So being committed to achieving a goal suggests that you're excluding other activities that conflict with your commitment.
The third step is to visualize your goal. Simply picture yourself achieving your end. Employ all of your senses. See yourself doing it and feel how good it feels having reached your goal.
And Step four is to find a mentor or two. As you work towards achieving a goal or completing a project, network with others who know more than you do. Then you can network with them, following whatever advice you find helpful. This lets you adjust and improve your goal or project as you move forward.
After reaching a career goal, don't stop. Many people tend to go no higher than the goals they set for themselves. That's why it's a good idea to keep going beyond your comfort zone by stretching to the next level and setting new goals.
RANDY PLACE is the author of "Your One-Minute Job Finding Coach," where techniques you can learn in a minute can be applied immediately to your job campaign and beyond. Order now.
Copyright ©2016 by Ransom (Randy) Place


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I am the first to extol the benefits of the virtual workplace. Our company, Complete Controller, has always been a virtual company and has grown into a nationwide presence over the past decade without ever relegating a single team member to a cubicle, requiring a time consuming commute, or insisting upon a structured 9 – 5 workday schedule. Our workplace is entirely 'in the cloud' and this structure has proven to be very effective. Here are some benefits of a totally virtual workforce and some things to look out for:
Keep Costs Down – One of the most obvious benefits of a virtual workforce is the savings on leasehold improvements and overhead expenses. As accountants we are always watching the numbers and the idea of improving an office space just so we could limit our talent pool by requiring our staff to be within driving range of that space, just doesn't seem practical.
Keep Morale Up – By keeping it virtual, we are naturally more concerned with work product than work-time. We already know how long it takes to perform the work, so we can easily determine if a staff member is struggling and provide them with the training or support they need in order to get up to speed. If their work product is excellent, they can have a job for life, no matter what life changes may occur.
Hire Smarter – A virtual workforce allows us to select from an entire nation – an entire world if you like – of talent. Our recruits are hired solely on their merit and abilities, we don't care how they dress, what ethnicity they are, or where they live. Because we are dealing with people's money and sensitive documents, we chose to hire only within the U.S. but other types of business can draw from an even larger talent pool.
Knowledge Share in Real Time – We are very comfortable with conversing and collaborating via email and we have learned to clean and extract that written knowledge quickly and make it available on the group level. This allows for quick evolutions of process and continuous knowledge share within the various roles in our organization. In order to support the quick identification of information as important and evolutionary, every team member should have an understanding of the organization's mission and core values – these will guide the way.
Build a Culture – One of our values is the promotion of 'Autonomy – Independence without Isolation'. By facilitating collaboration and knowledge share each of our team members is empowered to make smart decisions. We encourage exchange between team members on a technical as well as social level. Although some employers may view it as a waste of valuable time and resources, a great deal of bonding occurs during 'watercooler' or 'coffee break' time together – a loyalty is developed through these exchanges and our team is greatly enhanced by glimpsing one another's lives beyond the workplace.
I believe that entrepreneurs will continue to move in the direction of total office virtualization. It's the smart choice for most service businesses as our business 'community' becomes the web of interdependent experts that support each enterprise. Businesses today have unprecedented access to expertise outside of their geographic area at lower cost than ever before – be assured that they will move away from choosing the local alternative and begin to avail themselves of these resources.


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The American Library Association announced the winners of the Caldecott and Newbery Medals today, honoring the best books for children. (The ALA actually announced winners for a bunch of awards, but those two are the big ones.) The Caldecott, which recognizes picture books, went to This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen. It's the story of an ambitious tiny fish that steals a hat from a much larger creature, and it's sort of a follow-up to Klassen's popular — and droll and charming — I Want My Hat Back. The Newbery, for children's literature, went to Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan, a middle-grade book about a lonely, artistic gorilla living in a cage in a shopping center. You know, another one of those arty-gorilla stories.
2013 Caldecott, Newbery Awards Announced
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As promised, we're rolling out reader-submitted hangover cures all week, in anticipation of the Holiday Drink Guide appearing this Thursday in print. Our first submission comes to us alllllll the way from the nine-oh-five, courtesy Colleen Cole.
"The cure that has worked for me without question is a pint or two of chocolate milk," she writes. "Not white milk. That's a disaster, but chocolate milk works like a charm: liquid (you are dehydrated), protein (stops the spins), sugar (you need the energy), caffeine (see sugar) and those wondrous mind-altering effects from chocolate."
Colleen also added, "Bring on the Theobromine and the PEA endorphins," but we have no idea what those words mean. Is Theobromine a type of bitters?
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America, "My Back Pages". A Dylan song originally, of course, although best known in the version by The Byrds.
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These following words are personal and specific to me. Some people may read this and relate, may read this and empathise, may read this and feel familiar. However, these following words are about me.
I'm very aware of my feelings and my reactions. I know how I feel about things. I can tell you if I feel that I am feeling this emotion too much or not enough. I assess how I react to things and that's why I ask you in the politest way possible, please, please, don't tell me how to feel.
A few months ago, in the space of one week, I had three strangers put their hands in my hair. No questions asked, no hesitations.
To one person, I didn't say anything. I sat there fuming and ranting quietly; a volcano spewing ash. To the other person, I told her, point blank, not to touch my hair. To the third person, I assertively insisted and reiterated my point in a staccato form: DON'T. TOUCH. MY. HAIR.
To each person I addressed, and their neighbours, they all had something to say. They could justify their actions, they could apologise and then insert their buts, they would tell me they just really wanted to touch it, they would tell me it'd be okay for me to touch their hair. Each word bothered me. Each word was tugging on the strings of my last nerves. And then I was told, I was overreacting.
I'm overreacting about someone violating my space? I'm overreacting about someone touching me without my permission? I'm overreacting?!
Do you understand how I'm feeling? Are you familiar with what this feels like? Do you know my past experiences?
If you're okay with people just dipping their hands into your hair, that's fine. That's your prerogative. But you sure as hell cannot police my feelings towards the treatment of my body.
What makes you think that it's alright for strangers to outstretch their hands and put them into my hair? Please, explain to me why they get so confused when I tell them not to do it? Why don't you understand that it's a problem for them to put their hands in my hair? What stopped them from seeking consent before doing the dreadful deed?
I have never, nor will I ever just see a random person and decide to just touch their hair without their consent. The thought in itself would not occur to me. It's a matter of decency, it's a matter of not violating someone's personal space and body, it's a matter of respect. I'm not your possession or your object or your pet.
I'm tired and frustrated. I'm tired of feeling like I have to make myself quiet, I have to make myself smaller. I'm tired of fearing the angry black girl label. I'm tired of suppressing the effects of all these microagressions. I'm tired of getting that side eye from white peers, "Oh, she's off again", "She's started again". You've never felt my pain and you never will. So, you have no right, NO RIGHT whatsoever to tell me how to feel.
Whether it's about my hair.
Whether it's about my skin.
Whether it's about my blackness.
I live this every day and God didn't create my hair or my skin to be a burden to me. God didn't create me with controls and buttons to reduce the volume of my thoughts and my opinions and my experiences for people that can't deal with the reality of the world that they live in. I'm tired of black censorship. I'm tired of thinking whether this will offend or affect. I'm tired of making myself uncomfortable so that you can be comfortable. If you've never had to do those things around me, if you've never even thought of doing those things around me, why? Please tell me, why I should have to do those things around you?
I'm over apologising for who I am. I'm so over apologising for things that aren't my fault. And I'm over being quiet about my blackness.


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Digital denizens of the 90's, I come bearing great news; Homestar Runner is back!
For those familiar with the name, Mike and Matt Chapman – more commonly known as 'The Brothers Chaps' – have been slowly rebuilding and reworking their earliest project for years in-between other business; most notably Matt's writing, directing, and producing of the Nickelodeon children's show Yo Gabba Gabba and voicing the character of Alfonzo in the Disney XD series Star vs. The Forces of Evil. However, over the last few weeks, the amount of new content coming from their YouTube channel has sky rocketed.
For those unfamiliar, Homestar Runner is one of the most enduring artifacts from the days of the pre-YouTube internet when your options for getting visual media on the web were limited and less than ideal. The Chaps, like many early pre-YouTubers, found Flash animation to be a simple way to get seen.
But it didn't start with animation, the original Homestar Runner started life as a children's book. However, as time has gone on, the comedy has matured for older audiences and, occasionally, finds itself poking fun at its child-like origins. This turned out to be the right move for the series as the original website is still operating off of merchandise sales to this day.
I've naturally been going back through the back catalog of old episodes and almost all of them still hold up. In fact, some of the jokes actually got better and more relevant (remember when resident shopkeeper Bubs refused to violate net neutrality by "throttling down" download speeds… unlike Verizon?).
Still, there are problems with being a web series that has existed for so long that it may as well be the internet's Stonehenge. Technology and how we use the 'net has changed so much that many of the techniques the show uses are horribly obsolete. Even the cast recognized the danger in flash not being the universal animation standard anymore. It seems that they've finally caved and have gone fully to YouTube in light of the situation.
Part of me wishes they could continue with the format they have now because it means the loss of one of my favorite aspects of the original animations: easter eggs. Occasionally, you could click on things in the animation as it played and you could uncover hidden content. Some of these are preserved in ending stingers, but there's something rewarding about finding a secret ending that makes the experience special and encourages viewership.
There's also the issue with the flagship sub-series Strong Bad Emails (SBmails for short); namely that no one uses email as their primary communications medium on the web anymore. This wasn't as big of an issue thanks to SB getting an official Twitter account, but it does feel uncanny to someone that grew up with the classic. Plus Strong Bad Tweets (SBeets?) doesn't have the same ring to it.
Still, I remain hopeful. I want to see this great piece of internet comedy history rise like the Phoenix again. Also, I'd like to see them do more joint works with other artists like when they made music videos for They Might Be Giants. Hell, I'd REALLY like to see them continue their series of episodic point-and-click adventure games with Telltale Games.
At any rate, here's to the return of yet another of my fond memories from long ago.


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Monthly Archives: February 2011
The Tom Wesley and John Weston Review: February 26, 2011
Tom's Talking Points February 26, 2011
In Memory of Donna Kane
It seems that each week we start by saying, "Wow, what a week," and this week is no exception. The world still spins on its axis but it does feel as if it is wobbling.
Geo-politics and Geo-economics are clashing with an intensity that I cannot recall in recent history. All across the Arab world and into the heartland of America itself anger ferments. For the first time, the term regime change seems to apply equally to despotic governments in the Middle East as it does to our own State governments in Wisconsin and Virginia. It is Facebook versus dictator; union versus governor.
On Monday Colonel Gaddafi fled Tripoli and is desperately hoping to hold on to the eastern part of his country and wage a war with his own people to hang onto the power he has had for 42 years. Hundreds of Libyans have been killed by his own troops with no end in sight. Foreign nationals are evacuated by civil and military air and naval forces while our American citizens wait patiently for a ferry to dock. And President Obama dances to Motown in the White House; a far different response than that of President Reagan and the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981.
Tuesday saw oil increase 8 ½ percent in one day on the fear of oil interruption through Libya. And in Wisconsin, Tea Party and Union forces went chin to chin at the Statehouse while Democratic Party lawmakers remained outside of the State in order to avoid voting on limiting the collective bargaining power of public sector unions.
Four American Christian missionaries were killed by Somali pirates while negotiations for their release were being conducted on a nearby naval vessel.
U.S. Rep. David Wu (D-OR) apologized to his staff for his erratic behavior while wearing a tiger costume and taking prescription drugs given to him from a campaign contributor. Wu said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that it was "unprofessional and inappropriate" for him to send pictures of himself wearing a tiger costume to staff members. I finally agree with a Democrat.
Oil hit $100 on Wednesday as speculators feared the worst in the Middle East, and why not? And our own Congressman Michael Capuano let loose with a remarkably insensitive and politically incorrect statement that the unions ought to get into the street and get bloody. This comment made just weeks after his own colleague Gabby Gifford was shot by a maniac in Tucson.
Citigroup economists reported on Friday that the US economy would fall behind China by the end of the decade and behind India by 2050. They identified Global Growth Indicators to watch for and noted countries such as Bangladesh, Egypt and Iraq as economies to watch. The United States was not among them.
And Newt Gingrich cautioned the President that even Barack Obama cannot suspend the Constitution and become a one-man Supreme Count as he decided not to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996. He simply will ignore it. No, Mr. President, we have a procedure for that. It's called the Judicial System, the third branch of government.
The world is on fire and the President dances to Motown. I heard that through the grapevine.
Press on.
The Tom Wesley and John Weston Review: WCRN 19 February 2011
On the Federal Budget: WCRN Radio Essay February 19, 2011
There is no doubt about the fact that the economy is the number one issue facing the nation at this moment and what drives our economic condition today is the fate of the Federal Budget.
The numbers are staggering. So staggering, in fact, that I believe the average person can't even comprehend their magnitude. So, I am not going to talk in terms of annual expenditures, but monthly expenditures: annual numbers divided by 12.
And I will even be generous. The annual President's Budget is $3.8 trillion dollars. Divided by 12, that is roughly $300 billion dollars per month. By the way, that is 10 billion dollars per day. You may argue whether we spend all of that wisely. For the record, we do not. We borrow a lot of money, too. Every month, it amounts to $120 billion. That's almost a half a billion dollars per day.
Is it still too much to comprehend? Say you get paid, as I do every 2 weeks. Let's say you spend $3000 each pay period. That's a nice $78 grand per year. Here's where it gets funky. Following the Federal model, you would only be earning about $47 grand per year. You would be borrowing the difference, some $2400 each month. That's about $80 per day. Every day. And every month it keeps rolling.
But you make some assumptions that make you feel better. You'll work harder. Your boss will recognize you. You'll get a big fat raise of $10 per hour (up from about $6). You'll inherit something big. You'll hit the lottery. It's no use.
As the saying goes, you can't dig yourself out of a hole. You have to stop digging. You have to start changing behaviors.
As recently as 2008, our Federal budget was $2.9 trillion per year. Sorry, about $242 million per month. That's 24% less than today's budget. Now, ask yourself, "Am I earning 24% more today than three years ago?" In the words of John Boehner, "Hell no." So why are we spending so much?
We continue to spend because we cannot say, "no." Seemingly innocuous programs grow in size over time. No programs are sunsetted; none are eliminated. Our government pensions are defined benefits instead of defined contributions. Our fiscal house is in desperate shape and no one wants to give back anything. That goes for corporations to unions and homeowners and welfare recipients. But something has got to give.
With the sound turned down on my hotel TV this week, I watched unruly crowds gathering. I thought it was Egypt or Libya or Bahrain. Instead, it was Madison, Wisconsin! Schools closed, public buildings crowded with protesters, legislators on the run. And over what calamitous act were they demonstrating? Establishing contributions to their healthcare and pensions. The private sector averages a 20% healthcare contribution and about an 8% retirement contribution. The Wisconsin government unions contribute zero towards either.
No one is looking to balance the budget on the backs of public unions but it must start somewhere. We are not immune in Massachusetts. To fully fund our pension liability would require almost 3 annual budgets. That's 100% of three annual budgets. That's the hole we have dug for ourselves on Beacon Hill. It is worse for many other States and our appetite at the Federal level is just as voracious.
We are fortunate that the conservative movement has taken control of the House of Representatives. The power of the purse resides there. We have seen some tentative steps emanating from the House on fiscal leadership. We need to see more and we need to support them in their efforts.
I used to say that this is about our children's future and that is still true. What is becoming very clear now is that our immediate future is at stake. Time is short for all of us.
Cairo, Tripoli, Manama. Now Madison. Protest is coming soon to a city near you.
The gravy train has left the station. Press on.
The Tom Wesley and John Weston Review: WCRN February 12, 2011
On the Economy: WCRN Radio Essay February 12, 2011
It has been a very busy week in Washington and around the world. Events in Egypt have unfolded daily. At stake is not only regional political stability but, indeed, global economic stability. Who will lead the Egyptian government and for how long is paramount to determining the outcome of continued peace in the Middle East. Unfettered access to Egyptian oil pipelines fed from the producing regions of the Middle East and the flow of international commerce through the Suez Canal is critical to the slow but steady worldwide economic recovery. Oil price spikes will not aid in the recovery and will do much to disrupt daily life- especially in the West.
Still, the events in Egypt are secondary to the key issue facing the United States today: rebuilding the economy and restoring jobs. The recovery has been jobless so far. New entrants into the workforce require 120,000 new jobs every month just to keep pace with population growth. On top of that we need to reabsorb 6 to 8 million unemployed back into the fold. Depending upon what divisor you choose, that makes a full employment recovery, the type of recovery that we need to restore American economic preeminence, a very long way off. Our best month of recovery in recent history is 240,000 in May 2010. That optimistic prospect still places recovery in the 2016 timeframe. The Obama administration is talking more like 2018.
What is a country to do?
There are no silver bullets in the chamber, no magic arrows in the quiver. What has served this economy well over our history is capitalizing upon the robust nature of business itself. Our economy has been weighted down with regulations and taxes that promote agendas other than full employment. We are in crisis right now and should expect to be so for several more years. And when in crisis, we should review the rules of the game. Job growth in many companies, however meager, is often oriented towards expanding compliance with government regulation rather than innovation and growth. The effects of these regulations will be to make all US industry as responsive as a public utility. I can't imagine the electric company or the water company driving innovation.
The President has called, via Executive Order, for a review of regulations to ensure that they are not stifling economic growth. The EPA said that they routinely conduct such a review and that everything is just fine. That will not advance the ball. The only way that remains for the government to drive increased revenue is through economic growth and increasing employment. And that revenue growth must go towards reducing our deficit. No other issue, short of national security, can diminish our focus on fixing the economy.
The ingredients of this recipe are in our cupboard.
• Make corporate income taxes competitive with the OECD countries with which we compete; this will preserve jobs and possibly result in repatriation of jobs to the US.
• Allow US companies to repatriate foreign earnings into the US at this new reduced rate with the express intent of direct investment in capital projects or technology R&D
• Declare a moratorium on new regulations on business, especially from the EPA and FDA, if they are counter to innovation and productivity
• And, finally, let's commit to end our dependence upon foreign energy. Let's tackle the energy deficit slice by slice: nuclear, domestic oil, clean coal, solar and wind. No one solution will solve the problem but, taken collectively, we can begin to insulate ourselves from the tyrants who hold us hostage and influence our behavior due to energy dependence.
As with any recipe, the cook makes a big difference in the outcome. We hired some new Representatives and Senators to take the reins in DC this past November. We sent them there to drive change. To innovate the way we govern ourselves. They must be bold enough to drive the change we deserve for our country and demand for our children.
This is where you come in. Never underestimate the power of the people to affect change. One need look no further than the streets of Cairo to realize that an oppressed and repressed people can change the world.
Now, that is an interesting reminder.
This is Tom Wesley. Press on.


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In all walks of life, playing things by the book is always the easiest course. In some circumstances, however, it is not the wisest response. That lesson should now be reverberating around an embarrassed SkyCity as it licks wounds arising from the curious case of Tuni Parata and her Bible.
Ms Parata, a Sky Tower host, got into trouble because a manager spotted her with a small Bible in a toilet area. The fact that this was not even on the gambling floor was thought irrelevant by management, who immediately opted for a formula response. Ms Parata was deemed to be in breach of the company's uniform code, which bars the carrying of items such as cellphones and books that might interfere with staff members' "full engagement" with customers.
The dangers of this reaction were multiplied by SkyCity's apparent lack of anticipation of where it might all lead. The mere juxtaposition of a Bible and the Temple of Mammon should have offered reason for caution. Throw in a dignified woman apparently baffled and bemused by the actions of her employer of 16 years and fearful that her habit of carrying a Bible could cost her her job and the potential for a public relations disaster was complete. In any battle of claim and counter-claim, the company would never win.
No matter, SkyCity insisted on considering disciplinary action. Its only concession to a growing wave of criticism was to seek to assure Ms Parata that her alleged misconduct would not lead to dismissal. Through it all, the company never explained why it was employing such a strict approach, fuelling the idea that the public were not being told everything.
In the end, after a meeting with her bosses, Ms Parata was told she could carry the book with her at work - as long as it was not visible and she used it during her breaks. This was a sensible outcome. Yet even then SkyCity kept digging. It could not resist a self-congratulatory plug for the "flexibility" of its uniform policy. This served only to highlight the inflexibility of the management approach to Ms Parata.
The episode has added to a dire few months for SkyCity. A business that was once regarded as one of Auckland's foremost now has a problematic image. Not all of this has been a consequence of SkyCity's shortcomings. It could not, for example, conceive of five children, the youngest of them just 5 months, being left in the casino carpark while their parents gambled upstairs. Nor could it fully anticipate that the proposed deal with the Government, under which it would invest $350 million in a convention centre while gaining extra poker machines and an extension of its licence beyond 2021, would prove so controversial.
Equally, however, it has not helped itself. It was wrong of its chief executive, Nigel Morrison, to suggest that SkyCity's pokies were less harmful to the public than Lotto tickets, and that claims of their social harm were out of proportion to reality. Too much research indicated exactly the opposite. Now, the company has added to its problems by choosing not to let slide an issue that was bound to attract media attention and could deliver only bad publicity.
A company's image can turn on the smallest of misjudgments. Ms Parata's union, Unite, claims that damage has been done and SkyCity is "already seen as a den of iniquity". That is an overstatement. But the tactics employed in its brush with a Bible-carrying staff member, with its mishandling of other issues, have undoubtedly dented its reputation. If it is to regain its former standing, it will have to show a far keener appreciation of the consequences of its actions and utterances.


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Adware can be very unpleasant and can take over any browser – it doesn't matter if is it the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Explorer or some other browsing app. However, apart from the irritation it may create, you should not be very worried about this type of software. It is not as harmful as computer viruses, Trojans, Ransomware, Spyware and some other nasty forms of malware. In fact, it is nothing more than a harmless tool, which serves the online advertising industry in a somewhat aggressive way. Jungle Arcade "Virus" is one such piece of software, and you probably landed on this page, because you have been disturbed by its constant generation of ads, pop-ups, banners and different intrusive sponsored messages. In the article below, we will help you easily remove it and get rid of the nagging ads, but for that, you first need to gain some general understanding of the nature of the adware, as well as the specifics of Jungle Arcade "Virus" . Read the next lines to find out more, and once you have understood the basics, scroll down to the removal guide, which will help you safely uninstall this program and remove all of its related unpleasant activities.
Aggressive marketing is the main reason for Jungle Arcade "Virus" to exist
The main disturbance from an adware piece of software like Jungle Arcade "Virus" comes from the overwhelming amount of intrusive advertisements that constantly pop-up on the users' screen. They appear the moment the invaded browser is opened up and are usually very hard to get rid of, regardless of the attempts of users to close them. Oftentimes, clicking on the "X" button doesn't really shut the nagging advertisements but redirects the people to some other pages, new tabs, banners, and ads instead. This can create a lot of confusion and interruption of the normal browsing activity as well as much irritation to a lot of people. That's why many of them refer to the adware as potentially unwanted and seek for ways to uninstall it and remove its nagging ads from their screen. Some users even mistake it for a virus and get panicked. However, there is no need for such an overreaction because the general idea behind the adware and its ads is not to harm you the way that a computer virus or some Trojan-Ransomware based infection would do, but to generate money by exploiting remuneration methods like Pay-Per-Click and sponsored ads positioning. This means that basically, it serves as a tool for aggressive online advertising and revenue gaining from advertisements. For each and every click the users make on any of the intrusive pop-ups, the owners of the adware receive some money and this is what motivates them to flood the users' screen with dozens of ads every day.
Jungle Arcade "Virus" Removal
If you are a Windows user, continue with the guide below.
If you are a Mac user, please use our How to remove Ads on Mac guide.
If you are an Android user, please use our Android Malware Removal guide.
Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.
Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don't know how to do it).
Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab (the "Details" Tab on Win 8 and 10). Try to determine which processes are dangerous.
Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner:
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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.
Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn't flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections.
Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them.
Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:
Startup —> Uncheck entries that have "Unknown" as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.
Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:
If there are suspicious IPs below "Localhost" – write to us in the comments.
Open the start menu and search for Network Connections (On Windows 10 you just write it after clicking the Windows button), press enter.
- Right-click on the Network Adapter you are using —> Properties —> Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP), click Properties.
- The DNS line should be set to Obtain DNS server automatically. If it is not, set it yourself.
- Click on Advanced —> the DNS tab. Remove everything here (if there is something) —> OK.
- After you complete this step, the threat will be gone from your browsers. Finish the next step as well or it may reappear on a system reboot.
Right click on the browser's shortcut —> Properties.
NOTE: We are showing Google Chrome, but you can do this for Firefox and IE (or Edge).
Properties —–> Shortcut. In Target, remove everything after .exe.
Remove Jungle Arcade "Virus" from Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click —–> Manage Add-ons.
Find the threat —> Disable. Go to —–> Internet Options —> change the URL to whatever you use (if hijacked) —> Apply.
Remove Jungle Arcade "Virus" from Firefox:
Open Firefox, click ——-> Add-ons —-> Extensions.
Find the adware/malware —> Remove.
Remove Jungle Arcade "Virus" from Chrome:
Close Chrome. Navigate to:
C:/Users/!!!!USER NAME!!!!/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data. There is a Folder called "Default" inside:
Rename it to Backup Default. Restart Chrome.
Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Inside, press CTRL and F together and type the threat's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random
If the guide doesn't help, download the anti-virus program we recommended or try our free online virus scanner. Also, you can always ask us in the comments for help!
Is Jungle Arcade "Virus" related to any security risks?
As we already said above, Jungle Arcade "Virus" won't harm your PC in a serious way and definitely cannot be compared to the malicious effects of a Trojan horse, a virus or some other nasty threats like Ransomware, for example. However, this doesn't mean that you should completely trust the adware because despite not being made for criminal or destructive purposes, it can create a certain disturbance and perform some questionable activities. A lot of security experts refer to pieces like Jungle Arcade "Virus" as potentially unwanted and there are a few good reasons for that. Some of the issues you may face with this type of software are related to the ads that it displays. It is good to keep in mind that some of the popping messages might be compromised or misleading and if you happen to click on them, they may unknowingly redirect you to some insecure web locations or pages, which may hide security threats and computer viruses. That's why interacting with them is highly inadvisable if you want to avoid some dangerous infections. Also, you may notice issues with your browser – it may suddenly start to crash, freeze or become unresponsive because of the huge amount of banners, ads and notifications it is forced to display. Most of the times the adware can also extract data from it, such as your latest web searches, browsing history and bookmarks, and try to use it for its aggressive advertising campaigns, which most of the users may find disturbing. The only way to effectively get rid of all these issues and questionable activities is to fully uninstall the adware from your system. If you feel like doing that, then follow the steps in the removal guide below, as they will guide you through all the removal process safely and will help you remove Jungle Arcade "Virus" without any risk for your system.
|Jungle Arcade "Virus"
|Adware/Browser Hijacker
|Danger Level
|Medium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk)
|Huge amount of intrusive advertisements that constantly pop-up on the users' screen.
|Distribution Method
|Spam, emails with attachments, freeware platforms, torrents, software bundles, free downloads from the web.
|Detection Tool
parasite may reinstall itself multiple times if you don't delete its core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to scan for malicious programs. This may save you hours and cut down your time to about 15 minutes.
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This is an iPhone/Hipstamatic image that I love. Something from nothing? Maybe there is more here than meets the eye.
I love to take photos in art museums (almost as much as I love to eat lunch in them!). The atmosphere, architecture, people, and of course the art provide a splendid background for photography.
Sometimes I find the art lovers augment to works of art in a thrilling way. They posture, gesture and stare in ways that is often subconsciously consistent and/or complimentary with the art. They extend it or comment silently on it or create a new piece simply by being there.
Here are some examples of my art museum photos (I'll post more after a while):
The image above is simply a shot of the lobby in the Brooklyn Museum. It makes a great architectural image because it is a beautiful space.
This is one of my favorites from museums. I call it Phoning Motherwell — that's Robert Motherwell's Elegy to The Spanish Republic # 108 the art lovers are studying. In their intensity and body language they have created another work for my camera to collect.
The one above is less striking but the person has almost become another sculpture, a taller, more slender person in black would have worked as well or better. (If anyone knows the identity of the sculpture please let me know)
This has architectural elements but also attempts to capture some of the atmosphere — the spirit of the New York's Museum of Modern Art. Did I succeed?
Lee Lozano was discovered by me at the MOMA last week. I was there with my daughter Maria and we wanted to see the huge de Kooning exhibit — which we did and enjoyed muchly.
And I was intrigued by this Lee Lozano piece — musings about form and content. Mathematical and Escher/Godel like it causes the brain to light up a bit. In case you can't read it, here is what it says:
"I can't be interested in form for form's sake. Form is like mathematics: a model which might be applied to various sets of data. Form is seductive: form can be perfect.
But there's no justification for form (in the experiments and investigations) unless its used to expose content which has meaning. The result of an experiment is the meaningful content.
Information is content. Content is fictional. Content is messy, like the universe its unfinished and furthermore it becomes obsolete so quickly when multiplied by time.
Form is reduplicable, content is not reduplicable.
Fiction has meaning but only in a given instant of time."
Is form then the structure that we live in? We create messy, impermanent content information and it is fiction. Perhaps because it is impermanent? Fiction/content has meaning but briefly. Form is perhaps eternal.
Powerful, useful thoughts distilled into an 8 by 10 inch sheet of paper and hung in MOMA — I'm glad I saw it there on my visit with Maria.
I've been going through old magazines — Aperture, Doubletake, Leica Fotografie, and Provincetown Arts. I need to get rid of all but a few in a collection that spans over 20 years. Some of these magazines I hadn't read until now others are more dog eared. But almost all are in great shape because I tend not to read but to skim them.
This morning I came across a time capsule of a gem of a magazine — Provincetown Arts 1990. This is an annual magazine founded and edited by Christopher Busa — he is still at it today according to the new web site. http://provincetownarts.org/beta/
One of my photographic heros is on the cover, Joel Meyerowitz. Joel is still very active and his career and work just seem to continue to grow. The interview and photos in the magazine are magic. The issue is not as slick as the more recent ones. The paper is more pulpy and I must admit I like it. It has more heft. More weight. Mostly in black and white, making the color page pop & surprise.
Joel looks so happy on the cover. Now he seems more intense — might just be the moment, pose or photographer, of course. Then again it might be that he has matured — see his advice at the end of this post — maybe he took it. I met Joel a little later than 1990 at the DNA gallery in Provncetown. He was showing some work there and we bought a very large piece that he had scanned from street work he did in the 1970's then processed it in Photoshop — this was around 1995 — and tiled it printing the tiles to create and print something like 3 feet by 4 feet. He told me he had taken the time to master Photoshop — ahead of 90% of the photography world I believe.
Here is a bad scan of a bad photo I took of Joel when I bought the print in 1995. He is standing with two others (don't remember who they were) in front of the print.
The entire issue of Provincetown Arts is like a time capsule. Its great to read articles by John Grillo and Tony Vevers and to see ads for shows of their work back then. They are still active and John is in his later 80's now I believe. We always go to see his work at the Cove Gallery in Wellfleet when we are on the Cape. Once we move there (we are planning to do that this year now that we are both retired) we will be able to go to openings at times when we are not on 'vacation.'
Lots of great articles here — but I particularly like this one "Working Women of Provincetown" what great black and white photos! Here is a page from the article:
See what I mean. Its nice and pulpy.
The back cover is an ad for the Cherry Stone Gallery. It closed except by appointment a few years ago. Sall Nerber was the owner and what a great person she is. Her gallery had local artists showing for the first time as well as – well – Robert Motherwell. In the 2006 issue of the magazine there is a tribute to Sally and the Cherry Stone and I think it was the next year that it closed.
Finally here is a quote from the interview with Joel. His advice is good:
After he says that taking a photo is easy —
'you press a button' — Joel is asked if that's what he teaches his students. His answer:
"I tell them that if they learn to pay attention carefully enough and to be mindful of their own instincts, they might reveal something necessary to their own growth, and to their understanding if what the world's signals are, for the world is full of signs. Photography is a demanding and difficult form, yet worthy and profound. It takes the endurance of a tough personality to stick with it. It takes time to see the evolution of one's work. That is done through the discipline of doing it over long periods of time and believing that the work will teach you something about the medium., about yourself, and about life."
Joel has lived up to his own words for the last 20 years and for at least 20 before that. He is a modern master and we are lucky to have still working hard and paying attention. And I am very glad to not have thrown this magazine out. Its a keeper!
Woke up this morning to read that Jeanne-Claude, the partner of Christo has died of complications of a brain aneurysm after taking a fall. In the words of Manuela Hoelterhoff in Bloomberg this morning: "Like the projects she created over the decades with her husband, Christo, Jeanne-Claude is no longer here, but the memory of her will linger." They seemed to me to be a product of a former age — and now with this passing they are.
I came to think of the international public art creating duo as Jeanne-Claude Christo as if they were one person. They created art for public spaces such as the Gates, a 23 mile long installation of saffron-colored banners or gates in New York's Central Park, putting Rauschenberg's 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece to shame — at least in length.
Naturally they were far from one person because each is so distinct, so individual. She with flaming carrot colored hair, lipstick to match and a constant cigarette, he professorial, spectacles in place looking a bit like a mad pharmacist, must have had many heated, vibrant discussions regarding their projects as they called their creations.
Citizens of the world the couple lived in — of course — New York. But it took many years for then to find a Mayor willing to allow them to install the Gates in Central Park. Many of their projects were like that — taking many years and infinite patience before becoming realities. I often wondered how they supported themselves assuming at one point that they had inherited wealth. In reality they sold the artwork that were byproducts of the designs of their installations. This summer Aurora and I visited Easton Pennsylvania and checked into a fine establishment — the Grand Eastonian Suites Hotel. In the lobby we saw several beautiful design drawings of the Gates. The manager explained that the owners of the hotel were former MNew Yorkers who admired the Gates and therefore had purchased the drawings. They were large, colorful fantasies. But of course these were fantasies made real.
That is the accomplishment of Jeanne-Claude Christo — they made their fantasies real. In that regard and because of the public nature of what they do I am reminded of Philippe Petit, the Man on Wire who walked between New York's Twin Towers on a tight rope in 1974. And of course she too was French making Christo an honorary Frenchman I suppose (he was born in Bulgaria but had emigrated to France by 1958, the year that the two met)
The Gates was the only Jeanne-Claude Christo installation that I ever saw. Many of the works of Christo in the early days were wrapped objects, later he wrapped huge buildings and statues creating a new work on top of what was, perhaps, something quite ordinary. In 1993 the couple recognized Jeanne-Claude's contribution to Christo's efforts giving her equal billing from that time on. One of the couples most impressive and difficult projects was wrapping the Pont Neuf in 444,000 square feet of champagne-colored drapes.
You might ask — to what purpose is all this wrapping and draping. But to ask is to miss the point. As Gary Winograd famously said: "Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed. – Garry Winogrand Or — I take photographs to see how the thing would look in a photograph. Jeanne-Claude and Christo wrapped and draped things to show the world how they would look that way. For me the Gates provided and wonderful reason to stroll through Central Park on a chilly February day meeting people from around the world who were all with me in our amazed , puzzled and ultimately delighted frame of mind. We were drawn out of ourselves by the work of the artists who seemed to extend the New York of Rauschenberg, Dali and Stieglitz into the present time. Dada is not dead as long as people are interested in turning our world, for a moment, on its head. I hope Christo is able to continue the work he did for so many years with Jeanne-Claude at his side. I look forward to his next project.
Did we lose our innocence on 9/11/2001? What did we learn? Did we learn anything?
I was dazed by the event not reacting until much later. Did the bastards who did it even know what the impact would be? Did they care about anything but their anger, their own needs? Did they understand the death and horror they inflicted on strangers?
What should we care about now? Anger? Defiance? Revenge? Or should it have driven us to our core? Should we have learned what to care about? Yes but did we?
Should it have taught us that we are one with the terrorists? Reminded us that our nation has used terrorist methods against our enemies?
Why are we enemies with Muslim extremists? Must we hate them? Should we? Or is love the answer, all we need?
Our leaders tell us we were attacked because of jealousy and hate, because our enemies hate us for our freedom and are jealous of our life style. Is that it?
Are we too quick to defend "our interests abroad (oil)?" Too ignorant of the needs and lives of brothers and sisters around the world? Yes? But if so does it justify what was done?
Baha'ullah wrote that there must be a spiritual solution to the economic problem or words to that effect. But that leaves it up to us. What does it mean anyway? What are we to do, live for the benefit of others? Maybe that's the key.
Baha'i's, many of them wait for 'the calamity' foretold by Baha'ullah to teach mankind a final lesson and drive us all to God. But we have had calamity after calamity and yet we seem not to learn. And will some may have turned to God, others just turn away. Calamity seems not to be our salvation (for which I am grateful.)
So the West spends billions on space exploration and particle accelerators — we want to know where we came from. And the West spends millions on aid to the needy — we want to feel as if we are helping.
Don't we have our priorities backwards? Our interests come first, second our science and exploration, a distraction from work to feed and heal the poor — which seems to be our last priority — and build a safe, healthy world for everyone not just for Americans or ourselves.
Sorry this is a ramble. I will try it again if I ever have a moment of clarity. But right now I think the lesson is that we in the West are too selfish and cut off from the world. And that people are capable of anything — the holocaust and WWII should have taught us that.
The Twin Tower destroyers and their leaders were and are unspeakable bastards but we have been behaving like spoiled children.
Do you think we have learned anything from 9/11? If so please tell us what you think it is.
Elbert Hubbard was a prolific writer of the early twentieth century. He was a major figure in the Arts and Crafts movement having establish a hand crafted publishing house called Roycrofters, famous for beautiful, illuminated limited edition volumes, bound in leather.
His book "Hollyhocks and Goldenglow" is a collection of essays on topics from the Titanic to Abdul Baha. (I recently made an entry on the Talisman9 discussion forum about this and what follows was drawn from that post.)He writes movingly about the Titanic recounting the bravery, loyalty and love of Mrs. Straus who refused to leave her husband for a life boat. Ironically Hubbard and his wife, Alice perished three years later aboard the Lusitania. Survivors told stories of their courage, matching the characteristics of Mrs. Straus.
There is also an essay about Abdul Baha entitled "A Modern Prophet." The first sentence reads "A very great man has recently visited America." It continues: "So out of Persia comes Abdul Baha, who calls himself "The Servant of God." His followers are called Bahais. This man has diverted one-third of the population of Persia from Mohammedanism. …. This man is the modern Messiah."
I find this essay an engrossing report by a non-Baha'i. Particularly interesting is this:
"Christian Science interests Abdul Baha greatly. It is somewhat humiliating thing for us when we think that this new American religion was never heard of by Abdul Baha until recently. Now he has practically embraced it. He says it represents one arc of the great circle of truth, and that if he had learned nothing else from his trip to America but the truths of Christian Science, he would be amply repaid.He says he comes more as a learner than a teacher. Nevertheless, he is obliged to give out the light that has been given to him. He keeps the good by giving it away.He quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson freely, delights in Walt Whitman, and loves the memory of Tolstoy, and is on terms of great tenderness toward every good and noble thing that makes for human betterment.No man of recent times has shown such a magnificent affirmative spirit as this Abdul Baha."
Hubbard was a prolific writer who is not very well known today — not the household word one might think he would be. (The exception might be his "Message to Garcia" that I believe was read in grade or high schools years ago.)His contemporaneous account of Abdul Baha's visit is precious I think. There may be errors in the essay but it rings true. He doesn't say that he met Abdul Baha but I think he must have. Does anyone have knowledge of this possible meeting? I find the comments about Christian Science, Emerson and Whitman intriguing and perfectly consistent with my mental and emotional image of Abdul Baha and his approach to life.The book is available as a reprint or as an antique in its original leather bound form if you can find it.I love the idea that Abdul Baha quoted Emerson and loved Whitman but this is the only reference to that I know of. I think many Baha'is would reject the idea. If you are a Baha'i what do you think? And please let me know of other references like this that you are aware of.Many thanks,Frank
This is my best Canon G9 image yet. I'm very pleased with it.Shot in jpeg still it responded well to post processing in PS CS II. I'm working on my Westford Regional Art Event entries and of course next years Westford Conservation Trust calendar.The photo was taken in Westford's East Boston Camps conservation area. The pond is Burges Pond, a lovely one in the middle of the 300 acre conservation land. Its clear and clean and very natural despite use by boys and girls camps for about 40 years.Please let me know if you like this one. I really do.
(Nature, like politics can be very complex and confusing. Photo above taken in Westford conservation land)
Last night we watched the republican debate on CNN. It was worse than useless, Depressing and a waste of time.
The front runners McCain and Romney had at each other, partly because the questions set them up. The two others sounded a bit better but had trouble getting a word in edge wise.
CNN should be asshamed of itself for asking the wrong questions. McCain and Romney should be ashamed for falling into the trap set by CNN.
We will probably watch again tonight as the Democrats go at each other. But we don't expect anything better.