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Another wave of turmoil hits the Middle East like a Tsunami with an Anti Islamic movie that went viral and caused hundreds of tempers to reach boiling point.
I haven't been able to get my hands on the full film but the clip that I did see was a pitiful attempt at movie making to say the least. The quality of the cinematography was clearly of that of a rookie and the dialogue was so baseless and lifeless that I think a bunch of Elementary students could have done a better job. As for the content of the script and portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed (May Peace Be upon Him) was sick and twisted! The clip I saw portrayed him as a disoriented fool, who could be suffering from schizophrenia or was a junky of some kind that rambled on about none sense and didn't make sense. I can now see and understand how upset, insulted and appalled Muslims around the world were.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka"Sam Bacile" or Mark Basseley Youssef) the film maker who sparked the wave of rage has proven to be a man of many names and a sly con artist with a very long rap sheet from the reports that are coming out about him. I wonder if his (wrongful) depiction of the Prophet was based on his own troubled soul?
Nakoula, an Egyptian born national collaborated with a U.S. religious group called Media for Christ. In a humors twist, these so-called "Right Wing" Christians had their dubbed anti-Islamic film directed by a pornographer (thought I recognized the 80's style from somewhere). Forgive my ignorance…but, ummmm, doesn't pornography go against Christian beliefs? Secondly why would they dream of having a director who directs sinful media associated with their 'Media for Christ'? Surly, Christ himself wouldn't condone such a person to make a film on his behalf and secondly the Son of God (Prophet or Messiah depending on your belief ) who endured crucifixion for his love of humanity wouldn't want such a 'Blasphemous' film being made and have his name associated with it. After all aren't we all God's children?
Nakoula and the other right-wing people behind the making of this poor excuse for a documentary film knew exactly what would happen the moment his film was released to the public. He may have anticipated rage, which would then heighten the popularity of his poorly made and fact less movie but I doubt he could have known to what degree the anger would have reached and that blood would be shed. I do wonder if he ever for one moment put his own people, by own people I mean the Coptic community of Egypt into consideration? Did he not think that this could backfire and that people might turn violent on them and persecute them for his stupid actions?
The reaction to the movie I can understand. The actions that people took, I DO NOT and I certainly DO NOT and cannot justify in any shape or form. In my opinion it was over reacted, only to fuel media interest and popularity in the movie. The attacking of Embassies, Ambassadors and Embassy employees was uncalled for and barbaric. Reactions like these just fuel the false impression and misconception that the world has about people from Egypt, Middle East and Muslims. When we go out with hot heads and tempers blazing they are ready and waiting to catch it on tape to stream on their networks to make us out to be the crazed 'savages' that they have painted us to be. Fueling ignorance and making us out to be psychotic trigger happy ignoramuses ready to declare 'jihad' and kill at a drop of a hat.
I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing that we are all terrorists, uneducated, uncivilized….bla bla bla bla bla!! Violent reactions like these make those avid watchers of FOX network think that what they are watching and what they are being told is true. It makes them out to be right in the eyes of the public and we keep playing into the palm of their hands. We need to STOP, THINK about our actions before we react and the best way to shatter the public's image of us is to beat them at their own game. The best way I have found to beat bullies is to ignore them or to treat them nicely, (easier said than done, I agree. Then again nothing comes easy, but every time we resist the urge to fall into their trap and they find less to say to fuel their image would be well worth the effort. It takes a lot to bite your tongue and not want to slap someone, but it can be done. If Gandhi could do it, then by George so can we!)
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!! We have thousands of years of history, culture and ancient CIVILIZATIONS that WE originate from! The world of Mathematics and Science is what it is today because of OUR ancestors. Let us not forget that and while we are at it, let's remind them and show them who we truly are.
Let us not allow the minorities that are captured on film doing these acts be the source of people labeling us and the basis for their generalization of people from the region. They do not represent me, they do not reflect who I am and I know they do not reflect the majority.
We are all faced with situations at some time or other. There are times when we choose not to rise to the occasion and to let things slide or sort themselves out. I believe in my heart of hearts that 2011 has been a wake-up call to many of us. Especially those who have always chosen to be bystanders. This year I believe many of us have not only risen and stood up for our beliefs and rights as a nation but we have done so on an individual level too.
We have had to deal with situations and circumstances that we never thought or dreamed of occurring. The bombing of the Church in Alexandria on New Year's Eve, was a trigger of a series of events. The explosion blew off the blinds that had been pulled over eyes to the growing conflict of Muslims and Christians in the country. Many people prior to the explosion lived in the past, where at one time religion was regarded as a private and personal topic that should not be discussed or questioned. As a woman who has parents of two different faiths, I still believe that a person's faith is their business and no-one else's, but as the 'Wahhabi' traditions continue to migrate westward to northern Africa, particularly Egypt, our culture is evolving before our very eyes and is continuing to influence people's ideas, thoughts and practices. Which I believe is infecting the minds of many especially those who are not as well-educated or are below poverty level.
A couple of weeks after the Egyptian people erupted like a volcano that had lain dormant for decades. After the uprising in Tunisia, they smelt the winds of change and decided that they too should be shed of the shackles that had held them down and the muzzles that had been keeping them silent. The 18 days that followed were very scary and dark days, but the people stood up and showed that even in the face of danger they could rise to the occasion and face what was to come and what was meant to be. The world watched and held its breath as the reign of one of the longest-serving presidents in the region came to an end and then there was Libya, Bahrain, Yemen…and now America
I think the countries that stood out the most in my mind were Japan after the Tsunami and Earthquake hit the country in early March of this year. After a devastating force ripped through the nation and left devastated nation behind, I do not know if I could have found the will to pick myself up and try to rebuild the country after witnessing something of that magnitude. They are to be commended and held in the highest regard. I have never been a fan of 'Libya' and I think that my lack of interest in the country and its people was caused by its former leader, but hearing and following the harrowing accounts that came from the people on twitter and their determination to break free from the iron fisted tyrant who ruled its people through fear was not only brave but inspiring.
2011 seems to have been a year of not only a rude awakening but a year of reckoning for some. In addition to that, I also believe it has been the year where voices have been granted to those who felt they had no voice and a restoration to those who had been muffled or silenced for their ideas and opinions.
In the post Mubarak era a new chapter in Egypt's long history is beginning. This past November a parliamentary election was held and many of those who ran had probably never thought of a life in politics before. I was not only a witness to the event but a participant too. For the first time in the 20 years I lived here, I stood among my country men and women and cast my vote and voiced my opinion as to whom I would like to represent me. I was amazed at the people's resilience to stand for hours in the rain awaiting their turn. Old men and women who could barely stand or walk, would be helped in to the poll stations on the arms of strangers or carried in on chairs, just so that they could have a say. It was beyond moving!
Now we are faced with another challenge, which direction will the country go in? Will the adrenaline that the nation was injected with almost a year ago ware off and allow the nation to be run by conservative and closed-minded thinkers? Or will the liberals take a leap of faith and venture beyond the borders of their comfort zone and tear a page out of the Muslim Brotherhoods book, become more organized, proactive and get their hands dirty by going in to the more rural neighborhoods and making themselves known to try to counter act the decades of seeds that were planted years ago in the people's minds? Will the liberals rise?
I hope they will…
On a personal level, I never thought that I could be pushed or be challenged the way I have been this year. I had the choice to go back to Alexandria and be with my family just hours before the chaos of January 28th began, but I chose to stay in Cairo for a couple of reasons. One was, I had a very close and dear friend of mine who would have been in Heliopolis on her own and I didn't want to leave her during such a dangerous and unpredictable time in a country that was not hers and where she didn't speak the language. A small part of me also wanted to believe that things wouldn't escalate. Thirdly, if I am going to be honest, I subconsciously wanted to know how much I could endure before I would seek the shelter and comfort of my parents' home, while, a BIG part of me longed to be with them, in their warm embrace where I felt safe. I simply needed to know and discover what I was made of. My father whom I love dearly, has cast a very thick protective cloak over my sister and I and I needed to know my true inner strength.
I rose to the occasion and I did face danger head on but it did take a toll on my mind and my physical wellbeing. I lost days' worth of rest and sleep worrying, thinking, and recording the events. My main concern was getting my friend home to her family safely and then home to mine. During the days of duress, I learned a great deal about myself and what I am capable of. I am a lot tougher than I look and by God could I stand my ground if I needed to.
Once the uprising had passed and the President stepped down, I had to find a way to push the memories and events behind me to complete my Masters. The mind is an incredible thing; it is our best shield and weapon I believe. It can tune out and tune in on command. I was able to tune out long enough to finish my Masters and graduate.
After graduation, the events of the past few months and my true state of being came over me like a tidal wave… I had a lot of baggage that needed to be sorted through and a lot of releasing and making peace to do to. I am in a much better place than I was in May, but I still have a lot of 'cleaning house' to do.
I took a leap of faith and decided to accept a more challenging job in the field of education as well as in a more international environment. I had my doubts about my capabilities and how I would fit in, there are times when I still have my doubts and question whether the move was a worthwhile one or not, but I believe that I have risen to the challenge. It hasn't been easy sailing, it has taken a great deal of adjusting, patience and learning and there has been a great deal of struggling. A month after starting my new job, my mother had hip replacement surgery and my poor father was left to care for her himself, I couldn't leave my father to deal with it on his own, so I would travel back and forth every weekend so that he could get 2 nights of uninterrupted sleep, while I took over for the time I was there. It was very draining and tiring but I would not and could not, not be there for my family. In the beginning I felt as though I was drowning and doubted that I would make it through the three-month probation period for new hires, it's now December and I am still there and still standing. I think that I have proven to myself once more that I am capable of much more than I like to give myself credit for.
After four years of being a wall flower and maintaining my 'single status', I got back in to the dating game. I felt like a fish out of water, but the person whom I was seeing put me at ease and made it seem very natural. Unfortunately the relationship was not destined to last long; it ended before it had really begun. Breakups of any kind are never easy and it can sting especially when the person you were with moves on and has found happiness with someone else and you are left waiting for your turn to come again. Usually I would crawl back in to my hollow and hibernate for months on end until I am numb and can no longer feel the painful disappointment, but I have decided to be more outgoing and social. Why should I choose to mope and wallow in misery and self-pity when I could be out living, being proactive and being positive ?!
We have risen; I have risen, have you? Will you?
Diary Entry 7
Thursday 3rd of February 2011
I wake up early and stare up at the ceiling in bed for a while before I get up. I try to leave the room as quietly as I can so that I don't wake Meeza. I grab my phone and my diary and sit in the sitting room crossed legged on the couch in my PJs writing in my diary as well as typing another entry to post up on my blog on my lap top, while I follow tweets on twitter on my phone. (Multi tasking at it's best!)
Over the course of the past few days I feel as though the country and its people have awakened from a long sleep. The Spirit and the pride of our Great Ancestors that seemed to have died after the 6 day war has been reborn and re-ignited in not just Egyptians in Egypt, but around the world. It's as though the shades of 30 years have been lifted and everyone is seeing how deprived they have been of their basic human rights and the possibilities and potential that could be theirs if they call out and march for it.
In such a short time, the seed of rift and segregation that had been growing over decades had been ripped out of the ground. Muslim's and Christians, Rich, Educated and Poor have been standing shoulder to shoulder, side by side day in and day out as one force, united for the first time in a long time.
The Muslim vs Christian paranoia almost seems to have evaporated as they stand side by side protecting themselves and each other from the attacks and blows that the Mubarak supporter are landing on protesters.
Bec's wakes up and find me sitting deeply engrossed in my typing. He invites me to move to his room to continue working. I pick up my belonging and move to his room, claiming a place on the floor near an electric outlet. I get comfortable and resume typing while Bec's busies himself with editing his photos taken at Tahrir. (I will ask him if I may post the link to his photos)
Bec's father bursts in to the room urging Bec's not to go to Tahrir today, he'd just seen and heard on BBC Arabic that the area in Tahrir was now occupied by the Muslim Brotherhood and that the President of Iran spoke and supported Egypt's revolution.
My heart sank in to the pit of my stomach. Is this how it ends? Will this country of passion, history and potential fall and follow in the foot steps of Iran?
I call my mother and my friend Heba and tell them what had been relayed to me.
My mother exhales deeply and says,' If that is what is going to happen then we have no choice but to leave. We can't stay if it turns in to a state like an Iran' She closes with me and goes to watch the news.
I tell Heba the same info and her response is 'Oh boy…"
I left my laptop to go and listen to the news myself with my phone in hand (it goes everywhere with me) and yes…that is what the media was saying. For the first time since all this has happened all I want is to stuff face with comfort food, the craving for chocolate is at an all time peak! I resist … for now.
My mother calls back and says she's been flipping through the channels and none of the English news stations have been reporting that… could this be a propaganda move?, an attempt to cause chaos and panic perhaps? The only thing we can do is watch and wait.
After hours of watching the news, typing and editing we both need a break. We decided to take yet another walk in to Korba. The scene is a little different today, it's business as usual (some what). The hairdressers is open and taking clients up-until 2pm, cafes are open but not working in full capacity, but that doesn't matter people are still willing to stand in line to sit in a café for a few hours rather than in front of a T.V waiting for the inevitable.
While we are there, Heba calls to say that she's in the area. We meet up outside a very locked up Vodafone. Heba and I go in to Cilantro Cafe, while we wait for Becs to come back from the bicycle repair shop to exchange the tube we had bought yesterday for his busted tire. We sit and talk about how things are going politically and what direction we think it's going in. Becs comes back and joins us and as do a few other friends of ours. We huddle around a small table as, Heba a relative of one of the leading oppositions leaders and a big supporters of his. She tells us about her experience on Friday when she accompanied her relative on the 28th for Friday prayer, he wasn't allowed in to the Mosque and prayed outside in the street along with many others. Heba and her relative's wife stand back and the riot police inch forward encircling them almost boxing them in. They push them down hard off of the pavement in the back. As soon as Friday prayer is over, tear gas is fired in to the crowd for them to disperse. Her relative is ambushed and they have no idea where he was or where he had been taken until much later. He had been held in the mosque along with the Middle East's newest heart-throb, Al Jazeera's news correspondent, Ayman Mohydin.
Reports of reporters being detained or arrested under the emergency law are flooding twitter along with many other protesters! OUTRAGE!!!
My friend in Alexandria calls me to ask how the night was in Cairo last night. I tell him that it was quiet. He informs me that his night was far from quiet. He had a full scale shoot out right outside his building from 3am to 7am. He sounded exhausted and his moral was low. He told me that thugs (looters or theives) were armed with machine guns. The neighborhood were no match for them but luckily the army took action and returned fire. 4 of the intruders were killed, a couple captured and the rest retreated.
A very tall, handsome and strapping UN judge came and joined us, he brought an interesting new insight on to what could happen if the President was to step down and leave the country. When he spoke he reminded me of a University professor commanding his student's attention.
Closing time came too soon, we bid everyone farewell and stay safe before we went on our way. Before we continue on our way home, we stop and by two more boxes of cake mix. (I think I have turned Becs in to a Betty Crocker backing monster!)
He was so inspiring that when we got home Becs told his parent's that he was going to go to Tahrir tomorrow and that was that! I really want to accompany him, but I know if I go and if the battles between the protesters and the pro Mubarak mob continue and something happens to me, I would never be able to forgive myself.
Tomorrow is another day, tomorrow is 'Departure Friday'
A week a go today, in Zamalek, a solidarity concert was being held at the Sakkia El Sawy Cultural Wheel to raise money for the victims of the explosions in Alexandria.
It was organized and put together by the cast members of the newly released Arabic movie, Microphone, directed and written by Ahmad Abdalla.
The MC for the night was the very talented and well spoken Khaled AbulNaga. When he took the stage he spoke of the unfortunate event of New Years Eve in Alexandria and of the 'Egyptians' who had unjustly been taken from their families and lost their lives.
He asked all the attendees as a sign of respect to turn off their mobile phones and anything else that had a light and would be of a distraction while we gazed upon the faces that we had lost in a minute of silence, as their photographs appeared and faded off and on to the screen. It was heart wrenching to see the faces looking out in to the audience. When the minute had passed Abul Naga continued to talk to the crowd of supporters and said 'I hope that we can come together and stop this from happening again. This was a slap in our faces, a wake up call to stop the seeds that have been sown and growing over a long period of time. What happened was not God's will, it was the terrorists and their interpretation of God's will." As the actor spoke out in to the crowd he was greeted by a mix of reactions. Some people hung their heads in sadness; some had tears welling up in their eyes, while others nodded in agreement. "Egyptians have been around long before any religion came to be' he continued ' "I Am Egyptian" was a phrase used not only to identify where you were from, back then it was a feeling, it was a state of being" The brothers and sister's that we lost were Egyptians, they were one of us". This statement was received with applause, cheers and with members of the audience repeating the phrase 'Ana Masri", (which means, I am Egyptian).
He went on to explain that the money from the tickets and the half the price of the solidarity t-shirts were to go to the victims of the attack, he encouraged everyone to buy a t-shirt before the night was over.
From there the majority of the bands that appeared in the movie Microphone took turns coming on stage to perform in front of the Egyptians who came to stand in solidarity. I stayed to just before the end. I can tell you that the ambiance although relaxed was a roller coaster of emotions for the musicians and the viewers. The performances were well put together, but one song stood out the most. I didn't catch the singer's name, but he moved everyone to tears with the song that he sang and the emotion that he put in to it. He himself had tears running down his face as he sang out the words that there is no difference between Muslim's and Christians. When his song came to and end the audience had fallen silent and were just blown away by the lyrics as well as the performance that no one could speak. When they did come out of their trance like state they not only applauded, whistled and cheered they demanded an encore! The artist, although drained and out of breath, granted their request and sang it again, with even more gusto and emphasis than his first performance. It was, a moment to witness.
Between each band members of the cast or other fellow supporters from the entertainment industry took the mike to say a few words and to encourage everyone to help put an end to sectarianism. I just hope and pray that those attended took their words to heart and truly understood the fight that we are up-against, because if we do not stand as a united front, this will undoubtedly happen again and I fear the devastation will be on a much larger scale.
I would like to extend my gratitude to the cast of Microphone, for being so quick to respond to the aid of my fellow Egyptians and Alexandrians. I would also like to applaud them for taking the initiative and setting an example for their country men and women.
If you would like to see pictures taken at the concert, go to The Irish Alexandrian group on facebook;
World wide, people were making plans of celebrating New Year's Eve with friends or family, either at a party or in the comfort of their homes. Everyone was grateful that they had made it through the year that will most probably be remembered for H1N1 (swine flu), economic hardships, life's lessons and other personal turbulent affairs was a relief to everyone. They were ready to say good-bye to 2010 and send it off with a BANG and welcome 2011. Little did the inhabitants of Alexandria know that it would literally go out with not one bang but two fatal ones!
At midnight 2 car bombs exploded outside a church, in the Sidi Bishr area of Alexandria. Worshippers inside the church were attending a New Year's midnight mass when the explosion took place. In the blast 21 people died and there were several casualties. The Coptic Christians were enraged by the act that they went and attacked a nearby Mosque, which caused a clash between Muslim's and Christians.
In this past week in Alexandria, there have been protests and demonstrations over the decision taken by the Minister of Education to change 3 schools in to 'Experimental Schools' and now, a terrorist attack! As an Alexandrian and a human being, I can't help but ask, 'WHY?' What message or reason could possibly justify the act of rash decision-making, violence and the taking of human lives? Has the world gone completely mad? Have we as a species lost or forgotten the meaning or the acts of philanthropy, compassion and coexistence? I am not a deeply religious person, but from what I have read and what I have been taught. Religions don't promote, encourage or condone attacks on other people! Have we become so fanatic that we no longer understand the basic fundamentals of our religion(s) and can no longer comprehend the clear lessons and words of wisdom that we are meant to follow? Is it possible that lessons like 'thou shall not kill they neighbor' have been misinterpreted to, KILL?
If the answer is, 'YES'. then I am not only disgusted, appalled and enraged at the level the human race is sinking to.
This act has hit home with me for many reasons; The first reason is because this was a very close call for my family. My father had been to a church in Cleopatra twice yesterday,before the bombs had gone off. He, (a Muslim man), was there attending a funeral service and paying his condolences to his friend and his family on their families loss. It could have very easily been the church the mourners were at and where people paying their condolences were. When we first heard the news, we were told it was the church my father had been at, which made us wonder, If my father hadn't come home when he had done, he could have been among the dead or the injured. As an Alexandrian, this is an attack not just on Christians, but on our city and its people! This doesn't just affect us, it affects everyone in Egypt and abroad.
I come from a mixed ethnic background where both my parents come from different parts of the world and follow different religions. Throughout my childhood, teens and adulthood never once did I feel that either were different or better than the other. If my parents could coexist for over 35 years without killing one another and raised their daughters to be respectful to everyone and not be prejudice towards others, then I don't see why it can't be done.
I continue not to choose sides, I stand for humanity, I stand for life, I stand for people's right to practice their religion as long as it doesn't harm or offend anyone else. Earth is our home and if we don't change our ways and re-educated its people to learn to coexist the way we should, then we are going to have some trigger happy S.O.B blow the whole place up! I don't want that to happen, do you?
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Flowers, Farmhouses and Frappuccino. Now what does these words have in common? Well, they are what I've been stitching for the past week or so.
I've been eying this for the longest time, ever since I finished Cappuccino.
I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Yup, last weekend, I grew tired of fighting and gave in to the temptation...
Design: Cappuccino
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: Zweigart's Vintage Country Mocha (Marbled) 32 count Belfast linen
Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie
There are quite a number of French knots in this one. I'm happy that I've not forgotten how to make them. Here's a close up picture (a lousy one, I know).
I grew some flowers in my cross stitch kingdom too besides finishing Frappuccino. Roses, Daisies and pansies are now blooming in abundance though my pansies are pretty shy and are trying to blend into the fabric but as I can still see them, I'm not too bothered :)
Carol R, the design is Queen of the Needle by Just Nan (which is why I've been calling it my cross stitch kingdom). Helen, thank you for suggesting to change the butterflies into yellow. I believe there are yellow butterflies further down the piece and since Sally, Joysze and Nicola said they can see them just fine, I'll just leave them as they are. Kathy, maybe we can have a Barbabee's Quest SAL once you finish your presents and I finish QotN.
Besides that, I've also started a Told in A Garden design.
Can anyone guess which one it is? ~.^ The fabric is Silkweaver's Golden Promise which, I think is a very apt name to go with the design. I love how the gradually disappearing stitches at the bottom gave the illusion of gently rolling hills. My favourite part is the white fences.
Anyway, on to other things. I've been tagged by Chiloe. I've answered the Meme here. This is my personal blog where I keep all my photos and other stuff which is a more suitable place, I think, to post my Meme answers. You're welcome to take a look around there if you're interested. By the way, Chiloe, I forgot to answer your question last post regarding my Lilliput Village new start. Yes, it's an Anchor design but as far as I know, it can only be found in the January 2006 Issue 126 of Cross Stitch Collection magazine. I blogged about it back in January 2006. Hard to believe so much time has past!
OMG! Noreen, you play WoW too? /cheer /hug That's pretty cool. My main is a 70 feral druid (I love tanking) on Bonechewer. I have a number of alts too on the same server... 70 lock, 67 (I think) mage, 52 pally, 42 shammy etc. just to name a few. Sorry to all those non WoW players who have no idea what I'm talking about ^.^

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I ordered a gluten free meal on my recent flight just to check whether we can order it if someday my boy fly with SQ.
This is what I got on my first flight: Rice cake, Mashed Potato Fritters, Curry Sauce and Apple.
The rice cake was good and fluffy even though a bit tasteless.
The mashed potato fritters was great and goes well with the curry sauce
Unfortunately the curry sauce was spicy, not suitable for children.
The apple was ok
It would be great if they could add a strawberry jam.
On my second flight I got: Yellow Rice, Baked Dory, Stir Fried Eggplant and Panna Cotta.
The yellow rice and baked dory was good although a bit plain, suitable for children palate.
Suprisingly the stir fried eggplant was not spicy despite the looks, great!
I would love to add a beef/chicken floss for this menu.
It is safer to prepare something from home even when we order a gluten free meal, never know what the airlines catering will serve.


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I gave up coffee about three months ago. That may not sound like a big deal to some, but for me, it was huge. It was something I had been thinking about doing for a while for various reasons that I will get into, but never really thought I could accomplish. And you know what I learned through this whole process?
That I am more alert now, without drinking coffee, than I ever was when I drank it every day.
For a long time I wasn't a big coffee drinker. In fact, my parents never really were so it wasn't around my house growing up, and I somehow made it through college without ever really drinking any either. I just didn't know what life was like under the influence of a coffee-induced caffeine buzz, so it didn't even cross my mind to try. Plus I thought it tasted disgusting.
Fast forward to my mid twenties and the advent of the Keurig coffee machine. That is what got me hooked. Thankfully I didn't like sugar in my coffee so didn't get addicted to that sweetness so many need, but I loved my morning joe with a good (and I mean good) dollop of half and half. None of that drinking it black business. Yuck.
For the past five or six years I drank multiple cups of coffee a day and believed I would never be able to go through a day without it again. I believed that I was well and truly hooked on the stuff. In fact, when I would do cleanses that didn't allow me to drink any, my cravings flared and got pretty unbearable. No caffeine headaches per say (which led me to believe I wasn't addicted…), but just huge can't-stop-thinking-about-it cravings. Not addicted you say? Yeah, I know.
In all seriousness, I really thought I needed it. I have struggled with fatigue for many years as a result of imbalances in my thyroid and adrenals. Some days I literally couldn't keep my eyes open at my desk the fatigue was so bad. So, while I grappled with trying to understand why a normal thirty-something couldn't stay awake at her desk job, I reached for the coffee to jolt me back to life.
I had to be careful with how much I drank though. Too much and I would get heart palpitations. Too late in the day (my cutoff was 3 pm) and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep at night.
The fatigue issue aside, I began seriously considering giving coffee up when I thought about eliminating dairy from my diet. Dairy is a common allergen and can contribute to gas, bloating and acne, three things that I have struggled with. Also, I was worried that the non-organic half and half I was consuming in copious amounts at Starbucks would impact my health long-term as well (not to mention the sheer expense of coffee purchased at Starbucks). I tried the non-dairy creamers, which paled in comparison (plus many of them have added sugar). And those creamers at the office in little containers that don't need to be refrigerated? Not anywhere close to natural, so I avoided those too.
In addition, one of my health professionals told me that consuming coffee actually makes it even harder for my adrenals to function properly. Really? You'd think coffee would help our little adrenals to do their job, and while it does increase the stimulation of these glands, it may actually wear them out and increase vulnerability to a variety of health disorders related to inflammation and fatigue.
But I was so scared that I wouldn't be able to stay awake at work that I put all of these health concerns aside for a long time and just kept on drinking. Though it honestly never really helped too much, unless I drank enough and got right to the brink of drinking too much.
One day I upped and sold my Keurig on Craigslist. Not sure how I got the inspiration exactly, but it was my first step towards quitting the habit. Second step, going to black coffee. That took some getting used to... Then one day I decided my coffee just didn't taste good anymore and stopped. And I haven't looked back since. (Though, to be honest, I'm a little scared to even try it lest I get addicted again!).
Since that day in November when I said goodbye to my addiction, I have rarely had the same feelings of extreme fatigue that I had almost every day at work when I drank coffee. If I do need a pick-me-up these days, I turn to green tea, and occasionally black.
So is coffee the reason I was so tired? Perhaps. Maybe my adrenals were just so toasted from being pushed along for so long that they finally got to working right once they were one their own.
Whatever the reason, it has certainly been a learning experience and a positive step forward with my health. Now, I'm not panning coffee (though maybe all the sugar we add to it). I know plenty of people out there who drink it every day. It was just a positive step for me and my health. We are all different creatures and need different things in our lives to get us to our healthiest state. For some that includes coffee, for others like me, it doesn't.
But an even bigger moral of the story? I accomplished something that I never thought I would be able to do. Something I considered out of the realm of normal possibility in my life. All health gains aside, that is pretty freaking huge. If I can get over this obstacle, what's stopping me from tackling my next big task?
Absolutely nothing.
Peace, love and freedom,
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AT&T announced widened availability of its AT&T Business Fiber service across the United States. The service supports symmetrical 1 Gbps Internet in major cities in AT&T Fiber Ready buildings. The company said it has expanded coverage over the past few years to reach over 1 million incremental business customer locations in the US.
In just the San Francisco Bay Area, AT&T currently has over 1,600 multi-tenant office buildings and 97,000 business customer locations that are live with
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'Retirement City' game
Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust is adding an award-winning game to help America's workforce prepare for a better retirement.
Remember the games you played as a kid, in which you decided where you wanted to live and what kind of career you'd pursue as a grown-up? Now you can use that same play experience to help you plan for retirement.
Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust is using a similar idea to try to close the engagement gap workers have with their companies' retirement plans. The business is introducing its new "Retirement City" game to help America's workforce prepare, through play, for a better retirement.
The online game, which can be played on a computer, smartphone, or any connected device, is being released this month and is available to play at retirementcity.wellsfargo.com. It's part of Wells Fargo's overall effort to help people make meaningful financial changes to improve their financial health.
"Retirement City" blends quizzes, videos, mini games, scoreboards, calculators, an online resource library, and other elements to deliver financial wellness concepts focused exclusively on retirement. It recently earned first place for digital innovation in the Signature Award competition of The Plan Sponsor Council of America, a nonprofit trade group supporting employer-sponsored retirement plans.
"We know there are specific things people can do to improve their financial health outcome, and we continue to look for ways to expand our tools and engage our participants through our digital channels," said Jon Graff, head of participant services for Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust. "I hope 'Retirement City' will help people think about their own personal financial situation and encourage them to take the next best step to move closer to their goal of getting to and through retirement."
How to play
Players in "Retirement City" pick one of 40 avatars and move through five neighborhoods on a simulated journey to retirement. Along the way, they earn badges and rack up points as they learn retirement-saving basics, make choices (Pull-out-the-stops wedding or modest affair? New car or used car?) and see how life's curves (Your house has been damaged by a storm and now there are repair costs) affect long-term saving. Similar to levels of a video game, the questions get harder as players move through neighborhoods.
Tapping the sciences of behavioral finance and social norming, "Retirement City" also lets gamers see how other players answered the same questions. As they play, a navigation bar ticks off the years for gamers until they reach retirement age and see how their score compares against the top 200 players. Players earn a certificate showing their score and badges earned. Most players complete the game in less than 15 minutes.
Gamifying the retirement industry
According to the Entertainment Software Association, 70 percent of major U.S. employers now use games for training and other purposes. But Olivia Jack, an analyst for Corporate Insight — a firm that specializes in customer experience research in financial services — said "Retirement City" currently has few equals in the retirement industry, where there's a relative dearth of games.
Underscoring the need for games and other approaches to retirement plan education, she said one of the firm's reports, Satisfying Today's Retirement Plan Participant, found only 12 percent of about 1,500 survey respondents said they had accessed educational content on their company's retirement plan site in the past year.
"Hopefully," Jack said, "the emergence of games like 'Retirement City' and more innovative approaches like this will help to close the engagement gap."
According to an August 2016 study Wells Fargo released from Harris Poll data, only one-third of the workers surveyed reported consistently saving for retirement. So far, workers age 30 and over reported saving an average of $40,000. Read more Wells Fargo research about America's retirement readiness.
Before the game's release, Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust tested the game at 16 different companies, finding that:
- 72 percent of eligible, non-participating employees said they'd be more likely to enroll in their company's retirement plan after playing the game.
- 62 percent of participants said they'd be more likely to make a change to their account as a result of their experience.
- 80 percent of game players said they learned something new.
Jack Zaney, Wells Fargo's director of institutional retirement technology, said Retirement City began as the "Game of Retirement" developed by the Retirement Technology team in Wells Fargo's Wealth and Investment Management to shorten training time for new interns. When they spotlighted the game at the in-house iWeek expo of the Wells Fargo Innovators Club, the Participant Services team in Institutional Retirement and Trust took notice.
Mark Melendez, a Wells Fargo retirement educator in Minneapolis whose client companies range from technology to health care, travel and manufacturing, was one of those who tested the game in late 2016.
"As a retirement educator, I can suggest that participants play the game before the meeting and then use the results to better tailor my approach. Also, I like that participants can see how others answered the same questions," Melendez said. "Initially, I thought 'Retirement City' may appeal only to younger workers, but I tried it with my family and my 65-year-old father-in-law loved it. It's good information and a great experience that makes what can be a uniquely challenging and personal topic fun and informative for everyone."
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Born in 1993, Trenton Barboza is among the next generation of American filmmakers. From a young age, Trenton realized he had a talent for storytelling. He began writing stories for friends and family that pushed the imagination. As Trenton grew older he, like many other Americans, fell in love with the silver screen. The unique stories, personalities, and exotic locations was just what his young mind was searching for. Trenton began reading anything film related that he could get his hands on. He strived to learn as much as possible. At age 11 Trenton's parents bought him his first video camera and his journey into the world of filmmaking began.
"My parents were part of my inspiration. With my father being a radio broadcaster, the entertainment industry has always played a part in my life. I always knew that it was an industry that I wanted to go into, I just didn't know where. Then in 2000 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. The stories and situations around me pushed me to make films."
Trenton began shooting videos as a hobby using anyone and everyone he knew. After shooting Trenton would spend countless hours editing his videos. He became enthralled with post production, compositing, and CGI. For years Trent studied Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Blender.
"Up to this point, my 'film school' has all come from experience. What I mean is, each time I make a video, my editing and shooting skills improve. The best advice I could give anyone who wants to perfect their filmmaking style is, just make videos and never stop."
When Trenton entered high school his focus shifted from editing, and compositing back to storytelling. He enrolled in the school's video production class and excelled to new heights. The school began to take notice and Trenton became the school's videographer. He shot everything from football games to school debates. He continued shooting until his senior year when he decided to take a new direction. Trenton began working on his first screenplay.
"Ever since high school began I had the idea for a film floating around in my head. Each year passed and I realized if I never started the project it would never get done."
Trenton hopes to shoot the film and attend film school in the coming years.
"Filmmaking is my passion and I believe that everyone has a story to tell. There are great stories everywhere. One goal I have in life is to enlighten the world through movies. I know it sounds cliche but its true."
Trenton Barboza has shot and edited various projects for companies and individuals.
"I hope that one day I'll be able to make videos full-time for a living."
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DIY home improvement shows are awesome. I especially love the ones that feature some weekend-warrior attempt to build a dream bathroom, only to find him or herself hip deep in a major mess. In business, DIY advertising is worse than a home reno fail. DIY advertising is more like a DIY haircut. It never looks good. It's embarrassing. It will take a long time to fix. And, your next trip to the salon will be expensive. I've recently encountered several situations where advertisers were going to take a DIY approach. The most recent example involved a prospective client. After reviewing at.Read more
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In 2007, Michael Tolassi, the principal of Agio Brand Solutions, LLC, was searching for a personalized gift for a friend and decided that engraving his friend's logo on the shiny silver case of the most popular MP3 player of the time would be a great idea. Unfortunately, the manufacturer would only engrave text. Instead of throwing in the towel and accepting the status quo, Tolassi fell back on a key lesson he learned during his years of service in the United States Army: Adapt and Overcome. And so he did. "Almost immediately my business partner and I decided to rent a 50-square.Read more


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Marcos, A consistent preferences interface is crucial for widget interoperability; most of the widget platforms surveyed in the Landscape document [1] have a Preferences API - and have been pretty consistent in how they've designed it. Its not exactly radical standardisation practice to take 5 existing implementations and harmonize them in a standard - in fact, not doing so is downright odd! A weak "you can use storage if you're on HTML5 otherwise do whatever you want about user's settings" is not a good solution - for widget developers this means you're going to have to build your widget differently for each UA and its native storage system. In which case, there isn't really much point in using a standard in the first place, right? (Actually, what I'm sure many UA's would do in this case is adopt the approach taken by Opera, Nokia and Apple as the de-facto standard for Widget APIs.) As for XHR - I don't think anyone would want to seriously drop this in real life. Unless your UA really is only designed to run clock and calculator widgets :-) Besides, its only a SHOULD not a MUST, right? S [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-land-20080414/#apis On 6 Apr 2009, at 11:46, Marcos Caceres wrote: > I had a discussion with Anne on IRC about using the Storage > interface and XHR [1]. He recommended that we recommend support for > Storage only on user agents that support HTML5. With regards to XHR, > the same applies: it would be a property of the underlying document > technology. > > So, proposal are: drop "Asynchronous HTTP Requests" requirement [2] > and remove its support from Widgets 1.0: A&E. For Storage, specify > that only HTML-aware UAs support Storage interface. > > Kind regards, > Marcos > > [1] http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/webapps/20090403#l-36 > [2] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-reqs/#asynchronous-http- > requests >
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PAMACC News) - Sponsors of development projects in Africa, borrowers, lenders, and public and private sector investors meet in South Africa to accelerate the continent's investment opportunities in sectors not limited to energy, infrastructure, transport and utilities, industry, agriculture, ICT and Telecoms, water and sanitation and health and education.
According to a statement from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), the forum targets a total pipeline of 230 projects worth over US$208 billion.
According to the bank, 28 boardroom sessions will curate, screen and ensure the projects are bankable and reach financial close. A total of 61 deals estimated at more than US$40 billion will feature in Boardroom Sessions, while another US$28 billion worth of deals will be showcased to investors at a marketplace Gallery Walk.
Victor Oladokun, director of communications for the bank that each year, Africa has a deficit in investment funding worth US$130-170 billion, "half of that represents an infrastructure financing gap which we are trying to reach."
The Forum also includes a co-guarantee platform that will develop and deploy innovative instruments to de-risk private sector investments at scale, thus boosting investor confidence.
According to the AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the forum is a collective deal of the century for investment in and the development of Africa, focusing on advancing projects to bankable stages, raising capital and accelerating the financial closure of deals.
"I do not seek aid, I seek investment for Africa," said Dr Akinwumi.
To facilitate this, global financial institutions such as Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), Africa 50, Afreximbank, European Investment Bank (EIB), Trade and Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank, have come together to form solid strategic alliances around the new venture.
Ronnie Ntuli, the Executive Chairman for the Thelo Group described the forum as "a unique opportunity for Africans to partner with global capacity and the private sector. "It is an investor market…where all these partners converge to take advantage of tremendous opportunities," he said.
South African Deputy Director of the National Treasury Vuyelwa Vumendlini said that the investment forum provides a continental complement to the country's recent investment forum which successfully attracted more than US$14 billion in investments.
According to the AfDB, African businesses are rapidly growing in number and sophistication, presenting excellent investment opportunities with relatively high returns, but the challenge of positioning themselves for consideration in front of institutional investors and global corporate remains.
The forum, which takes place between 7 and 9 November, 2018 is hosted by the Government of South Africa, the AfDB and several multi-lateral development partners.
Discussions will focus on specific projects, sectors, investors, and themes. Others will have country or regional focus. Co-financing and collaborations between investors will also be a key focus area at this event.
The inaugural Africa Investment Forum will feature a session on Championing Investments− an investment conversation with African Heads of State to highlight concrete and transformative actions for a new business landscape in Africa, including collective efforts to facilitate private investments.


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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
International Women's Day 2016
Today, March 8th, 2016, is International Women's Day.
Since the world is still pretty much run by (straight white) men, and therefore pretty much every day is Men's Day, we are pleased to celebrate International Women's Day (observed since 1911!) and to celebrate mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, nieces, aunts, wives, and friends. After all, we all, each and every one of us, came from a woman. (Thanks, Mom! I miss you!)
To the women in my life, I love you all. I wish the world was a better place for you and treated you better. In many places around the world, even in developed countries where one would not expect it, women are still seen as second class citizens. Unfortunately, misogyny is alive and well... "feminine" things always take a backseat to what is masculine. Manliness is seen as a virtue while femininity is seen as a weakness, something to be avoided or discouraged. And unfortunately, misogyny is the basis of homophobia (an unnatural fear of what is perceived as feminine).
Of course there are countries around the world where women are still literally treated as second class citizens, denied the ability to drive, vote, live alone, own property, and work at a chosen career--or they are treated like property and beaten, raped, or mutilated because they are female.
As a man, there are many things I don't have to worry about like whether or not the clothes I am wearing are too revealing so as to attract the attention of a man who might attack me, being molested or raped on the way to my car at night or even in broad daylight, being sexually assaulted at work, and having my personal feelings and ideas discounted because I am "hysterical" or because it must be "that time of the month." I have heard many stories from my female friends about what clothing they could wear if they felt safe, and about how their thoughts or suggestions were passed over at work in favor of the exact same thought or suggestion from a man. This still happens. Not all the time and not to every woman, but enough of the time and to too many women.
Take the #PledgeForParity at the International Women's Day site. If you do these things already, as I do, pass it along...
International Women's Day and beyond, I pledge to ...
*help women and girls achieve their ambitions
*challenge conscious and unconscious bias
*call for gender-balanced leadership
*value women and men's contributions equally
*create inclusive, flexible cultures
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Here's what I've come up with for a newly wed couple who have just purchased a house. Here's to many many years of joy and happiness in their new home.
|Just 2 little bits of patterned papers from Wild Rose Studio "Wedding Bells".
|I embossed the background with D'Vine Swirls (Cuttlebug) and swiped it with some distress inks to bring out the design.
|The image is from HOTP's "Sweet Tweets" set and the sentiment is from WMS "Fancy Phrases". I had a go at the "out of the box" cutting technique for the image with the branch and leaves sticking out on both ends. And then I went crazy with the pearls!
|A few more elements from the photo inspiration: Some sheer ribbon and bow in pale blue and the scatter cushion finds it way in as that square Fleur de Lis die-cut.
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Tom Cricchi, CEO of SyCom Technologies, was very familiar with The Fahrenheit Group and its breadth of services, and he had a close relationship with the Fahrenheit team for many years. As his firm grew and expanded its geographic footprint, Tom recognized and acknowledged the need to review the structure of the executive team, specifically the finance organization, and SyCom's ability to establish best practices for scalability and further growth.


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This new Tourniquet song has some pretty wild production and a thrashtastic arrangement. It is from the new album Gazing At Medusa. Have you gazed at Medusa today? I guess if you did you would not be able to respond because you would've rightfully been turned into a statue. Oh man, my cat just farted. Jesus. Anyway, that cover art makes me want to smoke and watch those bad Clash of the Titans remakes. The old school Medusa was way cooler (compare HERE).
Drummer and songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick comments: "We're thrilled with the response to the first two singles. This album took considerably longer to record than expected, but we feel the fans will find it to be worth the wait. It's been great to work with Tim and Chris on this one."
The album is mixed and mastered by Aaron Pace. T-shirts are available, and pre-orders are up for both CD and vinyl at tourniquet.net


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Understand Design protection: based on the information published by the World Intellectual Property Organization
What is an industrial design?
An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. The design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of products of industry and handicraft: from technical and medical instruments to watches, jewelry, and other luxury items; from housewares and electrical appliances to vehicles and architectural structures; from textile designs to leisure goods. To be protected under most national laws, an industrial design must be new and/or original. Novelty or originality is determined with respect to the existing design corpus. An industrial design is primarily of an aesthetic nature, and does not protect any technical features of the article to which it is applied .
Why protect industrial designs?
Industrial designs are what makes a product attractive and appealing; hence, they add to the commercial value of a product and increase its marketability.
When an industrial design is protected, this helps to ensure a fair return on investment. An effective system of protection also benefits consumers and the public at large, by promoting fair competition and honest trade practices.
Protecting industrial designs helps economic development, by encouraging creativity in the industrial and manufacturing sectors and contributes to the expansion of commercial activities and the export of national products.
What is the grace period?
The existence of a grace period and the corresponding requirements can be provided by national or regional laws applicable in some countries. If so, the law can allow the filing of an application for registration of an industrial design after its disclosure, within a limited time period from the date of disclosure (generally six months or a year).
During the grace period, the product which constitutes the industrial design or in relation to which the industrial design is used could in particular be commercialized without destroying the novelty of the industrial design and it could still be possible to file an application for registration in the country concerned before the expiry of the grace period.
How can industrial designs be protected?
In most countries, an industrial design must be registered in order to be protected under industrial design law. As a general rule, to be registrable, the design must be "new" or "original". Different countries have varying definitions of such terms, as well as variations in the registration process itself. Generally, "new" means that no identical or very similar design is known to have existed before. Once a design is registered, the term of protection is generally five years, with the possibility of further periods of renewal up to, in most cases, 15 years.
Depending on the particular national law and the kind of design, an industrial design may also be protected as a work of art under copyright law. In some countries, industrial design and copyright protection can exist concurrently. In other countries, they are mutually exclusive: once the owner chooses one kind of protection, he can no longer invoke the other.
Under certain circumstances an industrial design may also be protectable under unfair competition law, although the conditions of protection and the rights and remedies ensured can be significantly different.
What cannot be protected by industrial design rights?
Designs that are generally barred from registration in many territories include:
- designs that do not meet the requirements of novelty, originality and/or individual character;
- designs that are considered to be dictated exclusively by the technical function of a product; such technical or functional design features may be protected, depending on the facts of each case, by other IP rights (e.g. patents, utility models or trade secrets);
- designs incorporating protected official symbols or emblems (such as the national flag);
- designs which are considered to be contrary to public order or morality.
Some countries exclude handicrafts from design protection, as industrial design law in these countries requires that the product to which an industrial design is applied is "an article of manufacture" or that it can be replicated by "industrial means".
What rights are conferred by industrial design protection?
When an industrial design is registered, the holder receives the right to prevent unauthorized copying or imitation by third parties. This includes the right to prevent all unauthorized parties from making, selling or importing any product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied. Because industrial design rights are territorial in nature, this right is limited to the territory for which the design is registered.
How extensive is industrial design protection?
Generally, industrial design protection is limited to the country in which protection is granted. Under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, a WIPO-administered treaty, a procedure for an international registration is offered. An applicant can file a single international application with WIPO. The applicant can designate as many Contracting Parties as he wishes.
How can you enforce your rights when your industrial design is being infringed?
In case of infringement, the holder of industrial design rights could, firstly, decide to send a "cease or desist letter" to the alleged infringer, informing him of a possible conflict between his industrial design rights and the alleged infringing product and asking him to cease said infringement. If the infringement persists, the holder of the industrial design rights could decide to take all appropriate legal measures against the infringer, as provided for by the applicable law.
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Show him the money: Eagles WR DeSean Jackson wants new contract
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson believes he deserves a new contract after having the best season of his career. Jackson just completed the second year of his five-year deal and is already ready to return to the negotiation table.
"I definitely feel it's something deserving," he told CSN Philadelphia. "We'll see how that plays out, and hopefully we can work things out smoothly and not have to worry about anything out of the ordinary."
Jackson finished the year with 82 catches for 1,332 yards and nine touchdowns. He, along with Riley Cooper, were favorite targets for Nick Foles.
He signed a $48.5 million contract with $18 million in guarantees in March of 2012, according to NFL.com. He's set to make $9.7 million in 2014. That's less than mega-deals held by Calvin Johnson ($16.2 million) and Larry Fitzgerald ($16.1 million), but still ranked seventh in average salary among receivers, reports Spotrac.com.
"I'm going into the third year of my deal. Just feel it's deserving. So we'll see," he said. "I feel like I've proved everything on the field. To do some of the things that top receivers in this league do, I think like I'm right there at the top. So we'll see how it goes."


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Dart is a new programming language for structured web programming. But the Dart project is much more than just that. It includes a language, libraries, a virtual machine, and even an IDE. All that while taking a look from a new perspective at DOM and HTML interfaces.
Mike West, a Developer Advocate with the Chrome team, will present us the Dart language and its motivations.
Date: Monday 19.03.2012, 17:00 Place: Rynek Główny 12, Kraków Language: English
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i've been telling people for about 10 years that they need to read Letter From a Birmingham Jail to truly understand and appreciate what Dr. King was about and what that means to America.
the letter was written on the margins of a newspaper with no resource materials. he later transferred it to a legal pad he got from his lawyers. the scope and ideas in the letter really nail down for me what Dr. King was about. it is amazing piece of literature that should be required reading. the points of this letter are what his life was about and still make a huge difference for so many people today. i'm thankful for his life. it was a life too short, and well lived. he lived life to the fullest, because he lived out his faith.
God Bless you Dr. King.
here is an excerpt from the Drum Major Instinct that i keep as a quote in my files. i hope it blesses you like it blesses me.
And so Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness.
And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.


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The idea of exercising can be daunting. Simply finding the time to exercise is enough to deter most people. This is especially true, considering the recommended amount of exercise is at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise most days of the week. Truck drivers may simply not have the time to get those 30 minutes of exercise all in one session. Between driving odd or long hours and home life, finding time to exercise may just not seem possible.
There is a solution. Several shorter workouts split up during the day are proven to be just as effective as one long workout. Working out for three to six shorter time intervals over the course of the day may be more realistic for a truck driver's lifestyle. The shorter sessions should be at least 10 minutes long and are recommended to add up to at least 30 minutes total by the end of the day.
In order to see the health benefits, drivers need to accumulate 150 to 300 minutes of exercise a week of at least moderate activity. This means performing at least 30 minutes of exercise five days a week. Examples of moderate exercise include walking briskly, gardening, and bike riding at a slow pace. Performing at a moderate level will have you sweating but still able to carry on a short conversation.
According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), one minute of vigorous activity is equal to two minutes of moderate. Examples of vigorous activity include jogging, running, hiking with a backpack, shoveling, and riding a bike at a fast pace. Performing at a vigorous level will have you sweating and only able to carry out one or two sentences.
Health benefits of moderate and vigorous exercise include:
If weight loss, weight maintenance, or getting healthier is a goal, then shoot for a total of at least 30 minutes on most days of the week.
Here are a couple examples to help you get started:
Exercising can be tailored to meet the driver's goals, interests, and availability. Be sure to consult your physician first to be sure exercise is safe for you and how to exercise safely to accommodate any current condition(s) you may have. Then talk with your CDL Wellness Coach for helpful tips and tricks to fit more exercise into your day!
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All-American Rejects, Mudvayne, Rise Against hit Rock Band 3 next week
Harmonix has announced singles from The All-American Rejects, Mudvayne, and Rise Against will be released for Rock Band 3 next week. The tracks will run you the usual, plus an additional amount for tracks with Pro Guitar and Bass upgrades on PS3, 360, and Wii. Here's what will be available: The All-American Rejects – "Gonzo"; […]
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Location: 3939 Duke of York Blvd., Hurontario St. and Burnhamthorpe Rd.
Asking price: $274,900
Selling price: $273,000
Previous selling price: $214,500 (2007)
Size: 700 sq. ft.
Parking: one underground space, one locker
Maintenance fees: $439.65 per month
Taxes: $2,002.23 (2011)
Bedrooms: 1 plus den
Bathrooms: 2
Days on market: 3
This one-bedroom plus den condo suite in central Mississauga sold in just three days for 99 per cent of the asking price.
"The building is located in the City Centre (Square One) area of Mississauga, which is extremely desirable for today's young professional buyer entering the market and for an investor looking to diversify their portfolio," says listing agent Tanya Crepulja. "Prices are more attractive compared to downtown Toronto, and the location is ideal as it's adjacent to all amenities and major highways.
"Citygate is a building that is high in demand. Buyers love the open-concept floor plans, smartly designed with nine-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and spacious principal room. The building, and its sister property, Citygate 2, boasts a complimentary shuttle bus service to and from Cooksville GO Station. These are the only two buildings in Mississauga to offer this service," Crepulja says.
Building amenities include a concierge, games room, guest suites, gym, indoor pool and party/meeting room.
Unit has: living room with wood floor and walkout to balcony; dining room with wood floor; modern kitchen with wood floor and breakfast far; den with wood floor; master bedroom with broadloom, double closet and four-piece ensuite; powder room.
Listing agent: Tanya Crepulja, Sutton Group Realty Systems Inc., Brokerage; www.TanyasHomes.ca
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Location: 2191 Yonge St., south of Eglinton Ave.
Asking price: $568,800
Selling price: $535,000
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Previous purchase price: $353,181 (2008)
Size: over 1,000 sq. ft.
Parking: one underground space
Maintenance fees: $467.16 per month
Taxes: $3,895 (2010)
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 3
Days on the market: 7
This unit, located in a highrise building known as Minto Midtown Quantum, has two bedrooms, both with four-piece ensuites and walk-in closets.
"This is a bright corner suite in an exceptionally well-built building," says listing agent Ira Jelinek. "The suite is spacious, open concept and in move-in condition. Situated in a vibrant midtown neighbourhood, it is steps to the TTC, schools, parks, theatres, great restaurants and 24-hour supermarket."
The building has many amenities, including 24-hour concierge, exercise room, guest suites, indoor pool, party/meeting room, sauna, whirlpool, theatre room and outdoor terrace with barbecues.
Unit has: foyer with hardwood, closet and powder room; living room with hardwood; dining room with hardwood; kitchen with granite counter, centre island and breakfast bar; master bedroom with hardwood, walk-in closet and four-piece ensuite; second bedroom with walk-in closet and four-piece ensuite.
Listing agent: Ira Jelinek, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
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Axial EXO RTR Unboxing Pictures
We recently posted the Axial news about the EXO RTR coming soon. Well today it showed up at the office, so here are a few pictures before we go beat up on it and start the review process. You can see the Castle system in a few of the shots.
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I am unable to hear background music in the form of mp3 on web sites in all my browsers. Music that is set as background music that auto plays in the background. Not in the form of playing them in a web based player. I'm also unable to hear background music in MS Frontpage for websites I have built using the preview mode within Frontpage.
Give us a link, so we can test.
Tried IE8, Mozilla & Chrome engined browsers. Only IE8 gave background music.
web site background music not working
Checking on one of my other computers I'm able to hear the music in IE 6, 7, 8, Firefox, Maxthon and Lunascape 6 . It seems the .mp3 files loads. But I just can't hear it on this particular computer. I'm able to play any and all audio & video files fine via a third party player. Volume levels are fine. It would seem to me that maybe the file association got messed up when trying to auto play .mp3 files in the background on a browser and via my MS Frontpage, MS Expression Web using the built in preview function etc. Thus it doesn't know what to play it with so nothing happens even though the files load via the browser. I have also lost the file association for links in my IE browser. Checking via the favorites folder under C:Documents and Settings\User\Favorites. Normally if you right click and check properties you can see that it says "Internet Shortcut. It no longer shows that and in order to even open links via the Favorites folder I had to re associate the files to IE.
I have fixed the not being able to hear mp3 back ground music on web sites. I ran my Norton Win Doctor as part of my weekly computer maintenance and it fixed it. I can now hear mp3 running in the back ground. It must have been some sort of file association or somthing. I'm still haing a problem with "Favorites" and my USB external hard drives not auto detecting/running when plugged in.


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What is a Western Australia Blue Book?
Blue Books were compilations of information on public servants gathered from details submitted to the Colonial Secretary's Office. Sometimes called 'Public Service Lists' or 'Civil Service Lists', these include details of people employed in the Western Australian Public Service for the year of publication. After listings of various appointed and elected Government officers and members and various statistics, these volumes record appointment by department.
About the information of this CD ...
This CD contains each year of the Western Australia Blue Book from 1871 to 1877. Each year is approximately 80 pages in length and lists many people in public service employment for that year. The information generally given for each entry is: Office, Name, Date of Appointment, By Whom Appointed and under What Instrument, Annual Salary and Date of First Appointment.
How can this information help me?
This is useful for genealogists, as it can verify when and where a person was, together with their occupation and even salary. Useful for social and local historians for numerous reasons. The entire text of each volume has been scanned and is fully searchable, which allows you to search for a name, place or occupation without having to page through each issue.
This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Vine, Twitter's six-second looping video app, just pushed another big update to its website, and it looks strangely familiar. It's got playlists, channels, trending tags, and a "popular now" curated feed. And you no longer have to be a Vine user to use it. In short, it looks a hell of a lot like YouTube, packed to the brim with GIF-like looping vids.
That last part is probably the biggest change—the channels and tags and other ways to discover new videos have existed in Vine's mobile app (and only in the mobile app) for a while now. Today, Vine's collection of six-second clips opens up to basically anyone on the internet. That's good if you want to peruse the whole of Vine's strange and wonderful contents without trying your hand at it. Just, as always, use responsibly. [Vine via The Verge]


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Tullamore Show at 20
THE 20th anniversary of the Tullamore Show is a fitting testament to the show's enduring popularity and success, which have earned it the title of the biggest agricultural show in the country, and a milestone in the rural and social calendar.
The figures alone speak for themselves, with an attendance at this Sunday's show expected at more than 55,000 people.
Up to 1,000 exhibitors, meanwhile, will display their businesses and products at the Butterfield Estate at Blueball.
An impressive and eclectic programme of events awaits the national and international attendance who will sample the best of what Ireland has to offer, along a broad spectrum of cultural, commercial and competitive interests and exhibitions.
These range from a flower show, dog show, horse and pony jumping and showing, vintage show, livestock, home industries, inventions, fashion, performing arts, and the best horticultural show in Ireland.
At the livestock end of things, the AIB National Livestock Show will include 45 titles, and is considered a flagship event, at which the highest standards pertain.
With a renewed appreciation of the value of agriculture in the economy it is apt that this national showcase exists, to show the full breadth of what the rural economy can and does produce.
Above all, the Tullamore Show has built a reputation as a family affair, with a very broad appeal. It hosts a number of attractions which the whole family can enjoy, with a strong emphasis on children's entertainment.
The Tulllamore Show has been one the great success stories of the past 20 years.
Since its revival in 1991, it has established itself as Ireland's premier and largest show, unequalled in terms of its size and excellence.
Over the years its antecedents as an agricultural show have been broadened out to reflect the wider community, and evolving social and cultural changes.
It has successfully merged the traditional with the new, with a continuing focus on our heritage, tradition and way of life.
The logistics of the show are immense, and all the more so considering that the planning, organsiation and execution of it is undertaken by the local community and a group of volunteers.
This is quite a feat, and one which does not always get the recognition it deserves, but which should be highlighted as an example of what can be achieved by people pulling together.
It is an example of Ireland at its very best, and the power and value of local communities and volunteerism.
In a time of economic and social hardship, its model and organisation is one that can be replicated as a model across a number of other endeavours.


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Lluís Barba
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BiographyLluis Barba's epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic background, and appropriated advertising imagery. They critique the collusion between art, wealth, and glamor, particularly in the context of museum and gallery spaces. "I get elements of a reality out of context in order to put them in another reality," he has said. "I use irony and implicit messages in the works such as the global integration of our society. I incorporate the bar code tattoo like a symbol of lost identity, alienation, and massive consumerism."
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Ruins with an obelisk in the distance, Hubert Robert, 2015
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Marist Students in Irish dancing Team Claiming First Place in Dance Championships
An eight-person team ,containing seven Marist High School students, recently finished in first place in The Irish Dancing Commission's World Championships in Montreal.
The girls study with the Lavin-Cassidy School of Irish Dancing, and competed in the senior ladies category. The team members are seniors Erin and Bridget Rickert , Keely Dolan of Hickory Hills, juniors Katie Ross, Bailey Donnelly of Oak Lawn, Martina Lee , and freshman Grace O'Brien. The eighth member of their team is Kali McEntee Graziano, a student at Oak Lawn High School. Ross said the team was practicing up to 10 hours per week leading up to the world competition.
Additionally, Marist alum Michael Putman, class of 2010, of Oak Lawn, took third place in the world in the category for men ages 19 to 21. Putman dances with Dennehy School of Irish Dance.
OLCHS Baseball and Softball Programs Set To Bring Community Together
When the Oak Lawn Community High School baseball and softball programs were thinking of ways to raise funds for their respective programs, many thoughts ran across the board. However, the two teams kept coming back to one idea – uniting staff, parents and alumni. The result is the Spartan Baseball and Softball Spring Bash.
The two teams will host a 21 years and older live music event tomorrow, Friday, from 7 p.m. to midnight at 115 Bourbon Street, 3350 W. 115th St., Merrionette Park. Tickets are $35, and the night includes food, open bar, and live music being performed by Friday Night Music Club, which features Oak Lawn English teacher Billy Denton as the lead singer. There will also be 50-50 raffles available.
For more information, contact head baseball coach Bill Gerny at firstname.lastname@example.com, or head softball coach Brian Frangella at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Saint Xavier University Announces 2015 Commencement Ceremony Speakers
Saint Xavier University will host several guest speakers at the 2015 Commencement Ceremony in May. The Commencement ceremonies will be held in the Shannon Center at the University's Chicago campus, located at 3700 W. 103rd Street.
President and Chief Executive Officer Ana Dutra of Executives' Club of Chicago, will deliver the Commencement address on Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. to graduates of SXU's Graham School of Management. Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Reynolds, Jr., of Loop Capital, is an honorary degree recipient who will also deliver the Commencement address on Saturday, May 9 at 10 a.m. to graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Jason Canner, physician and head of pediatric hematology/oncology at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, will receive an honorary degree and deliver the Commencement address on Saturday, May 9 at 3 p.m. to graduates of the School of Education and School of Nursing.
Dutra has over 28 years of experience as a global executive, consultant, and business leader in technology, manufacturing, and professional services. She began her career as an attorney in Brazil, then moved to Chicago and started working at IBM. She is the founder and CEO of Mandala Global Advisors, as well as the former CEO and chief executive officer of Leadership and Talent Consulting at Korn/Ferry International. She has two decades of experience helping boards, CEOs, and senior management identify and align around transformational and growth strategies. Dutra received a master's of business administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, as well as a master's degree in economics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica in Rio de Janeiro and a juris doctor in international law from Univeridade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, all summa cum laude.
James Reynolds, Jr. is founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Loop Capital, which has become the largest minority-owned financial services firm and one of the largest privately-held investment banks in the United States. Reynolds oversees all aspects of Loop Capital business – investment banking, brokerage and financial advisory services. He has over 27 years of experience in the financial services industry and began his career at PaineWebber where he established and headed the Midwest Municipal Bond Sales Desk. Reynolds later joined Merrill Lynch in the Corporate and Institutional Client Group department where he managed the municipal sales team responsible for the distribution of all tax-exempt products to institutions in the Midwest. He holds a masters of management in finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degreen in political science from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. He currently serves on the boards of buildOn, Chicago United, Skills for Chicagoland's Future and The University of Chicago Medical Center.
Dr. Jason Canner is a physician and head of pediatric hematology/oncology at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital. Canner is actively involved in research in conjunction with the Children's Oncology Group and has a specific interest in acute myeloid leukemia, survivorship and education for both families and health care professionals. In 2011 he founded The Cure It Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to winning the fight against childhood cancer by funding groundbreaking research and fulfilling the unmet needs of fighters, survivors and siblings affected by the illness.
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Elo Introduces Thin and Bright 55-Inch Touchscreen Solution
Elo, the original inventor of touchscreen technology, today expanded its interactive digital signage (IDS) portfolio with the new 5501L 55-inch touchscreen. Designed for retail, hospitality, education, corporate meeting rooms, office lobbies and other commercial applications, the 5501L interactive touchscreen combines a big, bright, and energy-efficient LED High Definition display with optical multi-touch technology in a slim, integrated package. Optional integrated Intel Core i3 or i5 computer modules running Microsoft Windows turn the touchscreen into a touchcomputer. The rugged design of the 5501L offers retail solutions providers a reliable, high-performance touchcomputing platform that is easy to deploy and maintain in public environments.


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Entertainment can make or break a wedding, and it can be jolly hard work finding something to please all tastes. Here are some tips on how you can save a small fortune, and keep everyone happy.
· Are you going to have a DJ, or a band? A worthwhile thing to do is to ask at music universities. Reception will usually let you display a sign/advert outlining your needs, with contact details and an email address so that potential artists can send you a demo. You can bag really talented musicians who are looking to start their careers. They are often a lot more enthusiastic, and you'll be able to negotiate a bargain price.
· While you're having your wedding photos taken, your guests will expect to be kept amused. Obviously, keeping the drinks flowing is a must, but have you considered hiring an entertainer? Ask around – you'd be surprised how many people will know performers personally. They might even be able to help you get a better price!
· Don't be afraid to ask in local pubs etc. to see if they've ever had an artist/band who's really impressed them. Remember, they are a business, and won't put up with musicians who aren't efficient. If you've already found an artist, try and find out where they have played gigs in the past. Don't be afraid to call the venue for 'a reference' as to how they operated – thus discovering positives and negatives from an indifferent source.
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