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I had some great pictures to show you today (treasure hunting was good to me this weekend), then I left my camera at Clark yesterday with the pictures still on it. Oh well, I guess I know what I'm posting here Wednesday!
With this flip, people keep asking me "how do you know how to do all this stuff?" Wanna know a secret?
I don't.
But I figure it out or make it up. That's why I absolutely loved this quote when I came across it on Pinterest.
In other news, did you know that Jonathan Adler now has a budget line for J C Penney?? I've swooned over his collections for a while, but that's all that my wallet would let me do. Like the amazing non-budget-friendly vignette below. I think I could die happy with that light in my dining room. It's only $395. Very reasonable considering…..
But now my wallet can be happy too! I still won't be getting that light (sadface), but I have my choice of amazingly budget-friendly Jonathan Adler "Happy Chic" pieces.
My office might need these curtains. It might need to happen in the near future too.
This lamp is kind of amazing. If my nephew didn't already have an awesome lamp, I'd require this in his room.
But, thanks to my darling sister, and my impending 29th birthday tomorrow (yes, actual 29th birthday), I am now the proud owner of these Jonathan Adler book ends!
I was originally thinking my office would be their permanent home, but I'm rethinking it. The white looks so good in the dining room!images: 1/2/3/4/5


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Jean-Michel Nicollett: Book covers
One of the most memorable and accomplished of the French artists contributing to Heavy Metal / Metal Hurlant in the late 70s and early 80s was Jean Michel Nicollett.
His distinctive style is showcased at this website, 'Neo' (the acronym for 'Nouvelles Editions Oswald'), which provides images of French paperbacks for which Nicollett did the cover art.
I'm not fluent in French, but I gather that Neo is a specialty publisher in the 'fantastique' genre. The paperbacks, all of which were issued in the 70s and 80s, reprint famous works of fantasy, sf, and mystery genres. Represented are well-known authors like Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, William Hope Hodgson, and Brian Lumley, among others.
Also receiving cover artwork from Nicollett are some of the 'Harry Dickson' ('The American Sherlock Holmes') novels by the Belgian author Jean Ray.
[Nicollett is apparently a big fan of the Harry Dickson stories, which remain tremendously popular in Europe but sadly, have never been widely translated into English, and given the wide dispersion for US consumption that they deserve.]
Needless to say, Nicollett's illustrations for these classics are equal (if not superior) to those of Frazetta, Vallejo, and other well-known artists.
Unfortunately, what few Neo editions that are available from US vendors are prohibitively expensive.

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'Tis the season for gathering with family and friends to celebrate and give thanks. Here at the Land Trust we are grateful for your support--it's the foundation for everything we do. We created this video, featuring some of the faces of the Land Trust, to send you this message of thanks. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We couldn't fit all our gratitude in a minute and a half video. Here are more reasons we thank YOU:
"I'm thankful for all the volunteers for the Land Trust, for all the things you do." -Collins Hemmingway
"I'm thankful for all the wonderful trails at Whychus Canyon. They give you such a great cross section of history all the way from 8 million years ago to 80 years ago." -Derek Loeb
"Thank you for protecting Indian Ford Meadow and those incredible views--one of the greatest views in Central Oregon." -Maret Pajutee
"Thank you for providing a place for steelhead to return and thrive." -Rod Bonacker
"Thank you for preserving the butterfly habitat at the Metolius Preserve." -Sue Edgerton
"Thank you for letting Whychus Creek go back to the way it was meant to be." -Larry Weinberg
"Thank you for protecting Rimrock Ranch." -Gayle Baker
Many thanks to Kirk Stock for helping us create this video!
Why are you thankful this year?


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This recipe is adapted from my friend Noorbanu Nimji's
A Spicy Touch cookbook series. While living in Kenya, she made thistraditional East African breakfast dish for her family. Pigeon peas are amember of the legume family, and are commonly used in African andIndian dishes. They are inexpensive, loaded with protein and fibre andcan help keep you feel full until your next meal.
1 cup (250 ml) dry brown pigeon peas or 1 19-oz. (540-ml) can blackpigeon peas (available at many Wal-Marts and Superstores)
2 tsp ( 10 ml) coconut or sunflower oil
1 Tbsp ( 15 ml) onion, finely chopped
1 small tomato, finely chopped
1 13-oz. (395-ml) can light coconut milk¼ tsp ( 1 ml) cayenne pepper powder
1/8 tsp (1/2 ml) turmeric
1 whole chili (jalapeño or serrano), slit down the sides but left intact¼ tsp ( 1 ml) garlic, finely chopped½ tsp ( 2 ml) sambal oelek (chili paste) (optional)
1 Tbsp (15ml) lemon juice
1 Tbsp (15ml) fresh cilantro, finely choppedIf using dry pigeon peas, soak in water overnight, rinse well and drain.
Add 2 cups (500 ml) of fresh water and peas to a saucepan and boilon high until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion until light gold;add the tomatoes and cook until soft. Stir in the coconut milk, chilipowder, cayenne pepper, turmeric, whole chili, garlic, chili paste andlemon juice and bring to a boil on medium-high heat. Stir in pigeonpeas, lower the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes. Add thecilantro and simmer for another 10 minutes. Serves 4.
BharaziFor breakfast,enjoy bharazi witha half slice of naanbread and freshlysliced mango. Forlunch or dinner,serve with brownrice and steamed orroasted vegetables.THE LOWDOWN
Using the Alberta Nutrition Guidelines, this recipe is:
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Per serving 1 cup: 270 calories, 8 g total fat ( 4 g saturated fat, 0 g transfat), 70 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 9 g fibre, 11 g protein.


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This is the forth installment in a world of exceptionally pleasurable sports games played with dice. In the to start with installment I taught you how to perform the school model of Dice Football. Then in the next you uncovered the Pro Football dice game and the 3rd dice game was, Dice Baseball. Now we are heading to understand the Dice Faculty Basketball Game. Not like the soccer games you will require 8 dice, notebook paper and a pen or pencil to perform dice basketball.
You will recall that in the school soccer game you received your box rating established up so that you can get started the game and just take turns for four quarters. In the dice basketball games you will have to make a box rating sheet that has two containers split in fifty percent. These two halves depict the home group and the site visitors. It does not make any difference who rolls to start with in dice basketball.
In the school model of dice basketball each and every group only receives two halves to roll for their scoring. In the coming pro model there are actually four quarters per group.
Scoring is very straightforward. Just about every group receives to get started their to start with fifty percent by rolling all of the 8 dice at the time. At the time rolled, depend up the overall of all 8 dice. As an instance enable us think that the House group rolled the next dice totals 4, three, one, six, 5, six, one, 2. In all, these overall 28 which would depict 28 factors. At most 8 dice would only overall forty eight factors per fifty percent. Which is a minimal improved than common, in terms of school basketball. On the other hand, 1 would have to roll 8 dice that all hit sixes in purchase to get to forty eight factors.
This is where by you can decide on what form of game you wish to perform. If you like small scoring games then continue to keep the rating as originally rolled. If you like a good deal of scoring then you can re-roll the decreased dice to realize increased scoring games. I like to use one, 2, and three as re-roll dice. So what we will do is take the four dice which are one, one, 2, and three in the over instance and re-roll them. All those four dice come out as the next 2, 4, 4, 5. This re-roll overall equals 15 factors. Now all we have to do is include the 15 factors to the unique 28 factors for a to start with fifty percent House group rating of forty three factors. Not poor at all. Keep in mind, you get to decide on what re-roll dice you want to use, if any at all.
Now the Visitors get to strike back again. Their dice totals are 2, three, three, 4, six, 4, 5, 4. This equals a overall of 31. Now the Visitors re-roll the 2, three, and three and come up with 4, 5, and a one for a overall of ten factors. The Visitors include this ten factors to their earlier overall of 31 for a ultimate to start with fifty percent rating of 41. So the to start with fifty percent basketball game finishes with the House group successful by a rating of forty three to 41 in excess of the Visitors.
The group who is at the rear of constantly goes to start with in the next fifty percent. If the rating is tied then the Visitors have to go to start with in the next fifty percent. So enable us say that the Visitors roll the next 2, 4, 5, three, three, 5, six, one. That is a overall of 29. Now the Visitors re-roll the one, 2, three, and three which benefits in 4, 5, three, and six for a overall of 18. They include the earlier 29 to the 18 and their next fifty percent rating totals forty seven factors. This rating is included to their to start with fifty percent overall of 41 factors. The game finishes for them with their rating of 88 factors.
The House group responds with a roll of three, three, three, 5, 5, 4, 4, and three for a overall of thirty factors. Then they re-roll the three, three, three, and three which benefits in dice totals of six, 5, 4, and six. That is a overall of 21 factors! When they include the 21 to their earlier roll of thirty we see that they have a overall next fifty percent rating of 51 factors. When included to their to start with fifty percent rating of forty three factors the House group has come back again to win the game by a rating of 94 to 88.
Now if a game finishes in a tied rating then equally groups perform an time beyond regulation quarter. For time beyond regulation, equally groups roll only four dice and the re-roll dice rule is similarly in perform. Once more, if the rating finishes in a tie then you just continue to keep participating in time beyond regulation quarters until a winner emerges.
Handicapping Faculty basketball dice games can be a snap. Let us say that you have the House group advantage. How this advantage can be enacted is to allow for the House group to get re-rolls on all one, 2, and three dice rolls. The Visitors will get to re-roll on the dice rolls of one and 2 only. This handicapping can be pleasurable if you have numerous groups in some form of event established-up. Attempt it and see for on your own what pleasurable event perform is. Primarily when an underdog knocks off a most loved.
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Here is the first of this year's conference breakout previews–sneak peeks into what we'll be talking about during the breakout sessions at Mockingbird's NYC Conference April 14-16.
Sometimes it seems like our culture sees its students as mythical creatures, glowing embodiments of youth and drive; they represent who we as a society will be "tomorrow." Often the social structures of our student bodies reflect the structures in society more generally, and no where is this more true than in the stress-inducing standards of performance-based living. For students, achievement is identity. Sound familiar?
Students currently live in a no-fail world where any misstep feels like a plunge off the cliff of college admissions and the good life after that. A 4.0 GPA is no longer enough. To get where they (feel they) need to go, they need extracurriculars, Advanced Placement classes, awards, and honors. Consider The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success, which encourages college-aspiring students to begin recording their achievements in an online portfolio–in ninth grade, four years in advance. One high school guidance counselor calls it an "arms race," while over at The New Yorker, Matt Feeney declares this lifestyle as "poisonous," saying that it not only affects students, but also parents: "I'm starting to resent the prospect of having my family life colonized and deformed by a system that, though it works through educational channels, doesn't serve educational ends, or exacts extreme costs in exchange for a meagre educational payoff." Ella Gonzalez, at The Huffington Post, writes: "If you happen to be entering your senior year of high school, first I'd like to say, congratulations and I am sorry," followed by, "You are not in control of anything." Various admissions blogs discuss suicide and the threat of it, post-rejection.
Some say, fear not: admissions reforms are in the works. But as discussions about limiting extracurriculars and AP classes occupy the news, Feeney asks: "What new and more exacting model of self, in other words, will colleges be urging their teen-age aspirants to approximate?" Reform of the law cannot fulfill it, and any attempts to do so will inevitably result in the high-pressure lifestyle of what we've come to call "performancism."
At this conference breakout session (2:15, Friday April 15), we are going to look at how fear and the need for control contribute to performancism, particularly among students. We'll talk about stress and how we cope with it. We'll point some fingers. And maybe, too, after all that, we'll find a cure.


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Artist: Maurine H. Smith (1922-2009)
Biography: Born in Tenaha Texas. During WWII met and married a man from Bear Lake Valley. Maurine and her husband came to Cache Valley about 1948 to attend USU. Maurine started painting in about 1965 inspired by the beauty of the mountains and skies of her adopted home. Studied with several local artists. She eventually returned to her hometown and died there in 2009 at the age of 87.
Notes: Gift (2012) from the Smith Family and Melanie Liechty, daughter of Maurine Smith and library employee
Description: Oil, 13x19, 1969-70
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Archive for the 'balkans' Tag
eyewitness Pristina, February 2008
One year ago, on February 17, 2008. . .
How often does a person witness a country's leaders declaring independence? I missed the American version by a couple hundred years.
The news reports had been hinting at a possible declaration of independence by Kosovo, and after following the reports for a couple of weeks, it became Europe's worst-kept secret that the weekend of February 16-18 would be the date. So out of curiosity and general fascination with the Balkans since my first visit to the region in 2002, I snagged a last-minute biz class ticket on my Star Alliance miles and headed for Pristina. And then I booked a room in one of the last hotels to have any space available, the Hotel Begolli, and I was set to go.
Friday night, I flew to Vienna after work, which was a short hop on Austrian Airlines, followed by a train that pretty much took me to within 100 m of my hotel. Not much to say for Vienna, except that it isn't my favorite European city, and that I've been there a few times and not really liked it so much.
Saturday, I did a bit of sightseeing in the morning, mostly around the old town and Stephansdom, and then headed for the airport again. As expected, it was rather chaotic near the departure gate for Pristina, with plenty of news crews, a lot of soldiers, probably some Kosovans, and a few regular folks like me. The gate agent was asking for volunteers to fly the next day, which was met mostly with chuckles from the crowd. They were certainly aware that it would be a historic weekend in Pristina.
I sat next to a fellow named David Phillips, who was working at Columbia University and serving as a Clinton campaign advisor for foreign policy. He was going to miss the actual declaration, which he surmised would be on Sunday, but said that he was headed to Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's place for drinks in the evening.
A celebratory mood greeted me when I arrived at the Pristina Airport. Now I should first mention that the plane's routing from Vienna was unusual, skirting all of Serbia and flying in a semicircle, first over Bratislava and Budapest, before turning towards Sofia, and finally arriving into Pristina from the south, passing over Skopje. I'm not sure if this is air traffic, or on purpose to stay over (mostly) EU airspace.
I stood outside the airport for a while, listening to an impromptu musical performance, punctuated by car horns, and plenty of Albanian flags waving around. I hooked up with a chain-smoking Dutch reporter, and we split the taxi fare into town. The road in was a surreal sight, a mere two hours from the hypermodernity and order of Frankfurt and Vienna was this corner of Europe, where a clash of cultures in this hotly contested piece of real estate, in this pregnant corner of the world, had caused a lot of misery. The most recent wars had been broadcast on CNN and the Internet, and so I had to see for myself what this place, mythical to many, a name synonymous with conflict, was like.
I made it to my hotel, located on the perimeter of the central city, on a battered street that was clearly still under construction. The driver manipulated his way between the piles of bricks and then stopped partially on the sidewalk. And so my trip officially began. It was already growing dark, and so I wandered around to try to get my bearings straight, unsuccessfully, before eating a simple meal in a nearby restaurant and then retiring to my hotel room. There were already celebrations going on, but I was exhausted and still jet-lagged from a previous business trip to California, and it was pretty darn cold out there.
I was up early the next day, which started with a prayer call from the mosque 50 meters down the street, and it turned out to be a sunny, although still very cold day. It began just like any other day, pretty sluggish in the morning, but with a steady stream of people walking around, and a huge gathering of reporters and news vehicles at the Grand Hotel Pristina downtown.
The crowd grew into a compress of people by mid-afternoon, with a celebratory air. There was no public announcement made, only a rough idea of the hour that independence would be declared. Amidst this massive crowd of people, I found myself pressed up against a couple in their 40's who had lived for years in Vienna before returning, and we ended up chatting for a while in German as I waited for the crowds to lessen a bit.
The partying went on clear into the night. I had some dinner at the local fancy restaurant and spoke with some Finnish reporters who were clearly jaded on the whole affair, while they were slamming down liquor shots. It was at least for the time being, Europe's biggest party, with folks from everywhere descending on the Kosovan capital.
The scene the next day returned quickly to normal in most of Pristina, except for the media circus at the Grand Hotel. The new Kosovan flag was raised next to the hotel, and I headed to the new sculpture unveiled the night before, reading NEWBORN in yellow. It had been signed wth thousands of names of people who were there the night before. And indeed, it was a fitting word for this part of the world, which saw the split of Yugoslavia into separate countries in the 1990's and 2000's.
There's plenty of very kooky stuff in Pristina. Buses with their destination signs in German. A Route 66 diner across from UN headquarters, where I had a hamburger, fries, and a Coke. A car with New York license plates. Bill Clinton Boulevard. And in a time when George Bush was one of the most reviled people in the world, tons of American flags adorning the buildings in town. Add to that a wacky, socialist-era library, an unfinished Serbian Orthodox church next to it, and a smattering of Ottoman-style mosques. And on February 17, 2008, it was the center of the world, where I could watch CNN coverage of events taking place a few hundred meters down the road.
It's hard to say how things will turn out in Kosovo, the road ahead remains unclear and uncertain, with a massive number of problems to be resolved. But at least on that weekend, there was plenty of optimism mixed in with a collective sobering memory of the conflicts of the 1990's.


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IT spending will increase at just half the rate previously predicted according to IDC.
In a newly revised forecast, IDC said worldwide IT spending should grow by 2.6 percent in 2009, down from its previous forecast of 5.9 percent growth. Growth in IT spending in the US will slow to a trickle to 0.9 percent in 2009, down dramatically from a 4.2 percent increase that IDC forecast in August, prior to the financial crisis that hit in September.
The company said that spending growth in Japan and Western Europe was also expected to be about 1 percent. Emerging economies should see some "healthy growth" but lower than the double digit increases that IDC had previously forecast.
Other analyst firms, such as Forrester and Gartner, in early October had also suggested that IT spending will drop due to the economic climate but that IT would be more resilient than some other economic sectors. Their forecasts for 2009 then were higher than IDC's revision, which reflects the impact of more declines in early November.
Even before the economic downturn became apparent in September, some analyst firms, such as Goldman Sachs had forecast IT job cuts in 2009. Some vendors of IT products such as Mitel Networks have announced layoffs based on predictions of economic decline.
IDC also forecast a "downside scenario" that is more dire than the slower growth rate, showing that IT spending could be barely positive, at 0.1 percent for 2009, if the current crisis becomes worse.
That downside scenario is designed to help executives plan for situations should the impact of the crisis grow more pronounced, IDC explained. In this most pessimistic outlook, IDC said global spending on goods and services could slow to 0.3 percent, worse than any year since World War II.
Despite the negative news, John Gantz, chief research officer at IDC, said in a statement that IT is still in a "better position than ever to resist the downward pull of a slowing economy." He explained that technology is already used extensively in mission critical roles and remains vital to making productivity gains for businesses.
Software and services will see solid growth overall, while hardware spending will decline in 2009, with the exception of storage, IDC said. No percentages were reported.
Despite $300 billion in lost revenues over the next four years in IT spending, IDC predicted a "full recovery" by 2012, with growth rates in the 5 percent range.
Stephen Minton, vice president of worldwide IT markets at IDC, said that even though the revised forecast and downside scenario reflect a "grim outlook" for growth for several years, IT spending should actually do better when compared with spending after the downturn that followed 11 September 2001.
At that time, companies were recovering from purchases they made during the dot-com bubble and to prepare for Y2K fixes, neither of which apply today, said Minton. As a result, he said there will be continuing pressure to make IT investments in order for companies to stay competitive.


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More than 30 Kuwaiti women have filed for divorce after they discovered that their husbands spent the New Year's Eve in Lebanon while claiming they were performing Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, a Kuwaiti lawyer said
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Mr. Sawyer is co-founder and President of Welkin Sciences, LLC and serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the company. Over his career as a radar and communications engineer, Mr. Sawyer has managed over $30 million of R&D and systems development efforts for several large radar, infrared, and SATCOM programs. Programs sponsored specifically by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for which Mr. Sawyer provided successful electronics instrumentation systems include: the Radar Nuclear Effects Corruptor and Simulator (RNECS) and its predecessors, the Wideband Channel Simulator (WCS), the Advanced Channel Simulator (ACS), and the Nuclear Optical Dynamic Display Simulator (NODDS). Other applicable programs include the Control Electronics System of the Dynamic Infrared Scene Projector (DIRSP), for the Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC); and the Cryovacuum Resistive Infrared Scene Projector (CRISP) program, sponsored by Wright Labs/AEDC.
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Mr. Wagner is co-founder and Vice-President of Welkin Sciences, LLC and serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the company. Over his career, Mr. Wagner has held key management positions for a number of multi-million dollar R&D programs for the Army, Navy, MDA and Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He has also served as a regional manager for both commercial and defense technology-oriented companies where he was responsible for growing and managing local operations from start-up to thirty employees. His technical background is in real-time software development.
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In four days, it will be the 10 year victory anniversary of the sexual assault that I survived. For the days leading up to the 9/4/10 celebration of the victory, I will publish post about God's restoration power. Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. The devil thought he had me BUT GOD!!
Regarding the format of the book, originally I was composing a women's testimony book and collecting testimonies surrounding several different topics. I thought that by collecting several different testimony topics, women all over the world could relate and be blessed. I promoted the books and requested testimony submissions and was blessed to collect 40 testimonies!!
Kim Brookes, author of several books including, He's Fine But Is He Saved, blessed me to go to The Anointed Pen Seminar earlier this year. At the seminar I met many awesome, anointed, talented and wise authors, including Versandra Kennebrew, author of Thank God For The Shelter. I signed up for Versandra to be my book coach and the rest is history! Kim and Versandra continued to encourage me to pray about narrowing down the topic of my book to make it organized and geared towards a more target audience. After praying and learning more about book writing and marketing, I have decided to focus my first testimony book on rape, attempted rape, incest and sexual abuse.
The purpose of the book will be to shed the light on the sexual assault epidemic. To educate, encourage and empower women. To let women know that they can and will get through the after effects of rape, incest or sexual abuse. To let women know how God sees them and that He is not to blame but He is there to heal and restore and rebuild. The book will be a Christian resource, self-help, and motivational book. Resources will be provided at the end of the book (websites, hotlines, books, healing ministries)
I want to explore stats, preventative steps and what to do if you or someone you know has been assaulted. I want to explore the importance of seeking counseling, medical and legal help if you have experienced any of the mention situations.
How you can help
Before the resource chapter, I want to include 5-10 short testimonies of women who have experienced, survived and overcome rape, attempted rape, incest or sexual abuse.
If you are a rape, attempted rape, sexual abuse or incest survivor and would like to have your story in the book (all testimonies will be brief and anonymous) please contact me with regards to further details. I have a few ladies already who are willing to write on these difficult topics. More women than you all care to know have suffered in silence regarding these topics and I say no more!! I want to shine a light on the truth and bring healing and wholeness by introducing people to the ultimate healer and restorer, Jesus Christ!!
If you or someone you know would like to share their short testimony to stump on the devil's head, give God ALL the glory and encourage other women, I ask that you email me at firstname.lastname@example.com All testimonies that are selected will be published anonymously to protect the identities of the survivors. The deadline for submissions will be 9/25/10 but please contact me ASAP to let me know that you would like to be apart of the book. Please share this post with other women that may be interested as well.
I have written out my new plan of action and I am praying, writing and meeting with Versandra. She is one of my accountability partners throughout this journey. I will keep you all posted as I go alone. I am sorry for not being able to include all of the testimonies in this first book but I feel that the book will be more organized, focused and affective this way. As the Lord leads, I would like to use the other testimonies for future projects and I would of course seek the permission of the writers before doing anything with their testimonies.
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It's the easiest way to shop for others, with recommendations for them, right on your own phone.
Danville, CA (PRWEB) November 19, 2013
Shop O Lot, a new personalized, location-based shopping app company, today announced the mobile app's updated version will now include a social sharing feature and enhanced purchase intent data for better in-store shopping experiences. Much like a personal shopping concierge who simplifies and takes the stress out of shopping, Shop O Lot's unique technology analyzes and matches a user's personal profile and shopping activity with a retailer's product catalog to provide the best deals and recommendations available in real-time.
The Shop O Lot app is completely free and available for download for Apple iPhone or Android smartphones. Users can access and use the Shop O Lot app at more than 20,000 stores including Macy's, Best Buy, Target, Nordstrom, Sears, ToysRUs, Kohl's, Crate and Barrel, Forever 21 and several other retailers nationwide.
Unlike other mobile shopping apps, Shop O Lot combines geo-location with personalization algorithms and a scoring methodology to determine the products a shopper is most likely to want and purchase. The app's unique technology gathers purchase intent behavioral shopping data from each user. This behavioral data is then rated according to importance by the recommendation engine, curating the best matching products and discounts for each shopper.
By analyzing the purchase intent data and shopping behavior in this manner, the Shop O Lot app can determine what a shopper is actually interested in, in real-time, and then deliver tailored product information for similar items along with product discounts and coupons.
"Most shopping apps use GPS as the only means for targeting a user or the user's actual purchases to determine future recommendations, forgoing the key component of personalization," said Bob Pack, Shop O Lot Founder and CEO. "Shop O Lot goes beyond mere geo-location to reach shoppers, focusing heavily on purchase intent information for real-time recommendations, before the purchase takes place."
Personalized In-store Shopping in the Palm of a User's Hand
Launch the Shop O Lot app, and a user can begin searching a retailer's merchandise catalog via various categories to build a personal shopping profile. If a user finds a product they are interested in, one click adds the item, including colors and sizes, to their profile. Users can also add and save items to the favorites page for viewing later.
While visiting a local mall or shopping district, Shop O Lot uses GPS to recognize when a user is in a store or nearby up to 100 feet, and will then send them an alert. The shopper can also manually check-in to the app. Instead of sending users random coupons, the Shop O Lot app delivers information and coupons catered directly to the shopper, while they are in a store.
While shopping the user can find a product or item that they are interested in, quickly scan the bar code using the app to get tailored recommendations in the same category of products, along with coupons and discount offers. At the point of purchase, the user can redeem the coupon by a simple swipe or scan of their phone.
Holiday Shopping the Social Way
Ideal for Christmas and Hanukkah gift giving, Shop O Lot helps take the guesswork out of shopping for friends and family. The app's profile sharing feature allows users to easily distribute their gift wishes to other Shop O Lot app users. Simply click on a friend or family member's name to receive personalized product recommendations, including sizes and color preferences, along with discounts for easy gift buying ideas. Shop O Lot users can easily click between their friends' profiles while out shopping, and can rest assured the app is secure keeping users' personal data and shopping decisions private.
About Shop O Lot
Shop O Lot was founded with the idea of providing a personalized mobile shopping app for consumers. Shop O Lot uniquely delivers tailored products recommendations and offers to consumers at more than 20,000 retail shopping locations nationwide.
Shop O Lot is available for free on iPhone from the App Store at http://www.itunes.com/appstore and for Android from Google Play. For more information, visit http://www.shopolot.com.
Shop O Lot is a trademark of Shop O Lot. All other logos and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.


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This is book is a horror story written with a lightness of touch about how packs of humans can make snap moral judgements and run campaigns that tear others' lives apart with no thought for the consequences aside from a snap judgement to a perceived wrong-doing glimpsed mostlikely in others' social media posts. Jonah Lehrer brought some of this on himself, but some others of Ronson's subjects were innocent young people who stepped a little over some boundary of "taste" and lost their livelihoods as a consequence of one tweet or post.
Part of Ronson's appeal is that he is aware that he is in trying to understand this. he is also adding to the pile of publicity. The book begins with the story of Ronson dealing with a spambot created with his name. Some academics created an algorithm that tweets in his name (at jon_ronson). And their seemingly confused justification for this (I only have Ronson's side of the story–I have made no attempt to out find more about these people.) that they are investigating the bots that bring down Wall Street by setting up a bot-Ronson is the launching point of the narrative. Ronson really tries to dig into the motive for shaming, the ideas about how crowds behave differently from individuals. He is funny, and has empathy for these real people brought to their knees first on Social Media and then in the real world. The final line of the book is perhaps the scariest: "We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside it." Many of us are very careful about what we post on social media, and it is, as it was described to me once by a workshop leader, who was the first person I ever followed on Twitter, "like speaking in a very large crowded party." Just as at a party. It is possible that only your friends will hear, but someone walking by, or someone who talks to one of those friends later, will hear what you said. Things can spread in human interactions, but the party is much larger, and the words you type are there for others to find for a very long time. What I hope is that people will realise that there are people amongst the relatively few (I hope ) bots out there, and think before they tweet something negative, but I would like to see that more in real life too. In cars. In stores. Everywhere. Twitter and Facebook are where real people meet and interact. They are public spaces, and out tendency to relish the downfall of others in books and newspapers and television where it is mediated by journalists (like Ronson) is now in our own hands. And a little mercy goes a long way.


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No.2 Forbury Place
Pre-completion brochure for No.2 Forbury Place, the second development in the landmark Reading Estate. While the brochure for No.1 presented the building as the newest, most prestigious development in the region, this time the aim was to portray the estate as an established business destination. Elements of the original brochure are drawn into this and reinvented; bronze ink and gloss foils lend an air of luxury, while bold typography is balanced against understated finishes. The brochure incorporates newly commissioned photography, CGIs, copy and interviews.


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Choosing your veterinarian is a complex. However, it is also a critical decision for your pet to live a long and healthy life. The tips for finding a good veterinarian st petersburg fl go a long way in keeping your pet healthy.
Your Veterinarian Should Be Comfortable to Talk and Available for Emergency Services
You should feel comfortable talking to your veterinarian. The veterinarian should have a kind disposition and should be able to answer any questions you might have. Your veterinarian should be able to communicate with you, and you should feel free to talk with the veterinarian you chose. If your veterinarian throws you medical terminology you do not understand, ask your vet to explain.
Ask Your Friends
What is the best way to find a vet? If you have friends, who have pets, ask which veterinarian they use? Ask yourself what they like about their vet and why. Before making your choice, go to the veterinarian's office and look before setting your pet's appointment.
Support Staff
One of the primary responsibilities of excellent support staff is ensuring a smooth-running clinic. The clinic's support staff should be kind, always courteous, and very knowledgeable. Make sure the veterinarian and the support staff are on the same page. The support staff is one who you will entrust the handling of your pet. Observe and make sure your pets are being handled with care.
Clean Facilities
The veterinarian faculties should always be clean and in order. The office and facilities should smell fresh. The waiting rooms should be clean. Sick dogs come in and out. The staff should always make sure diseases do not spread between patients. Ask for a tour of the veterinarian's hospital facilities before you schedule your pet's first appointment. Make sure the veterinarian's hospital facilities are clean.
The Veterinarian Should Answer All Cost Issues
Your vet should be able to answer all your questions. Most especially concerning procedures, alternatives, and costs. Unfortunately, medications for your pet can be costly. Have your vet break down the charges and explain in detail the fees and the benefits of the vet services and medicines administered.
Knowing Your Pet's Medical History
The vet you chose should have a good history of your pet, so a proper diagnosis can be performed. The details you share with your pet's veterinarian could be the difference between a pet's life or death. Symptoms such as vomiting, and diarrhea can indicate many possible illnesses, so it is best to be observant of any irregularities and give all relevant details to your vet.
Ask for Estimates
When you take your pet to the vet, your initial charge will be the exam fee. Exam fees can vary from $50 to $100. Once your vitals and history have been evaluated, your vet will then determine what tests, surgeries, or treatments are needed. Ask your vet for an estimate. Most vets should be more than willing to give you an estimate.
Once your vet has is familiar with your pet, the vet will sometimes prescribe medications over the phone. Medicines such as antibiotics for hot spots, sedatives, can be specified over the phone. This can only be done if the pet's blood work and examinations are current.


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It was one year ago today that my heart was opened to the world of homeless cats. August 22, 2011 sometime in the afternoon, I looked out the window facing the side yard and saw a black cat sleeping under a tree. He was trying to stay dry in the rain. I had seen this skinny cat before but never knew if it had a home. In that moment, I realized it was homeless.
Over on my Fourwhitepaws blog, I celebrated Oliver today and told the story of how he worked his way into my heart. It's a beautiful story. Oliver seems quite happy occupying a big piece of my heart, and I like it too!
As I celebrated this one year anniversary, I realized that Oliver introduced me to TNR. I had heard of it before but didn't really know much about it. Oliver was my first TNR cat. When he brought his family to my yard, I realized I needed to learn how to TNR if I was going to be taking care of community cats.
Trapping and getting Oliver neutered was stressful, I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't want to hurt him or do something that caused him never to come back. When his family came over, I realized I needed to learn how to do the TNR thing the right way. About that time, I read an announcement in the Purrfect Pals newsletter that they were going to offer a TNR class. The timing could not have been more perfect for me. Although the class was delayed several weeks due to a few snow storms, I started talking with Nancy on the phone about the process of TNR and she talked me through everything I needed to do. With her assistance I was able to TNR all three of Oliver's family members.
On this day of celebrating Oliver, I am grateful for him and his gift of introducing me to TNR. I still feel very new to the whole TNR thing and I know I have much to learn but thus far the experience has been intensely positive and life-giving for me. I'm so thankful for this opportunity to help so many community cats just like my Oliver.


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The Dole Valve Company, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Perfection Bar Equipment, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 419 F.2d 968 (7th Cir. 1969)Annotate this Case
Hill, Sherman, Meroni, Gross & Simpson, John D. Simpson, Lewis T. Steadman, Robert A. Stenzel, John T. Loughlin, Victor E. Grimm, William R. Carney, Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, The Dole Valve Company.
William Marshall Lee, Richard G. Lione, Gerald D. Hosier, Hume, Clement, Hume & Lee, George E. Hale, George W. K. Snyder, Jr., Wilson & McIlvaine, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Perfection Bar Equipment, Inc.
Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, KERNER, Circuit Judge, and GRANT,* District Judge.
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant (Dole) charges Perfection Bar Equipment, Inc. (Perfection) with infringement of the Wallace R. Kromer Patent No. 3,162,323 (323) owned by Dole. Perfection filed a counterclaim relating to various antitrust allegations. This counterclaim was severed for separate trial to be held at a later date.
Issued in 1964, the Kromer patent in suit covers a "method of and apparatus for carbonating, cooling, storing, distributing and dispensing beverages. * *"
The general subject matter of the patent in suit as well as the accused structures, concerns a continuously circulating soda water dispensing system of a type which is arranged to dispense a beverage from a storage receptacle by way of dispensing heads located at one or more remote stations. The cooling and carbonation of water takes place at one point and the dispensing of the carbonated water from the system takes place at a remote point.
Three soda dispensing systems which had been marketed by defendant were charged to infringe claims of the patent in suit. They were the "Strenger" system charged to infringe claims 2 to 6, inclusive; the Dunham-Bush "RB" system also charged with infringing claims 2 to 6, inclusive, and the "Richards" system which is defendant's current commercial system, was charged to infringe only claims 2 and 3.
The trial court held that both the Strenger and Dunham-Bush RB systems infringed claims 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the patent in suit. No appeal has been taken from this ruling.
The trial court also held that the Richards system did not infringe claims 2 and 3. Appellant claims the trial court was in error in this respect.
Appellant challenges the finding and conclusion of the trial court that the patent in suit was anticipated by German patents, Laubach No. 288,219 and Laubach No. 280,997, issued in 1915 and 1914 respectively. Appellant also challenges the finding that the alleged invention contained in the patent in suit was obvious at the time of the alleged invention and also the finding of anticipation by the prior art.
Patent 323 in suit was issued to Mr. Kromer on December 22, 1964. The patent is labeled a "continuation-in-part" of an earlier Kromer patent, No. 3,058,620 which, in turn, is asserted to be a "continuation-in-part" of a still earlier Kromer patent, No. 3,011,681. These two patents also are owned by Dole and were the only references cited by the Patent Office during the prosecution of the patent in suit.
Dole claims that in early dispensing systems, carbonated water in the pipe lines became warm and unpalatable because no carbonated water circulated through the pipe except when the faucet was opened. Dole says the problem was insuring that soda water drawn from the tank be both carbonated and cooled to the desired level when dispensed.
The soda water system disclosed in Figure 8 of the patent in suit comprises a continuously operating pump which circulates carbonated water in a closed circuit between a carbonator tank and one or more faucets from which water can be drawn. Two water level sensing electrodes are disposed in the tank for sensing respective upper and lower limits of water level therein. The two electrodes control a relay-actuated device for causing refill of the tank when the lower electrode senses a predetermined lower level of water and for stopping refill flow when the upper electrode senses a predetermined upper level. Refill is accomplished through a one-way check valve which opens to permit flow into the tank but closes automatically when the refill has been completed to prevent reverse flow.
Defendant Perfection claims all this was incorporated in Mr. Kromer's prior Atlas System which was sold starting in 1959 which was more than one year prior to October 5, 1962, the filing date of the patent in suit.
As pointed out by the trial judge, the earlier Kromer patents and others disclosed fluid systems which carbonated fresh water, stored and refrigerated it in a tank, circulated the water to dispensing faucets and automatically added fresh water to the system when needed. In those systems, water was circulated in a closed circuit, including a storage tank, by a constantly operating suction pump. When the level of the fluid in the tank reached a predetermined lower level, sensing electrodes actuated a second pump which then drew fresh water into the system. The water level of the tank rose and when it reached a predetermined upper level, a second sensing electrode stopped the intake pump. An ordinary check valve closed the fresh water line when it was not in use.
In the patent in suit, the circulation pump and the intake pump were replaced by a single pump and a control valve. To accomplish this, the fresh water is no longer drawn into the tank through a separate pipe. Instead, the patent in suit connects the fresh water inlet directly with the circulating system, joining that system between the control valve and the single pump. This juncture is upstream from the pump so that when the control valve is closed, the pump's suction pulls fresh water into the system, but when the control valve is open, the check valve prevents fresh water from entering. The pump then circulates carbonated water throughout the dispensing unit. Thus, the constantly operating pump performs both the intake and the circulation functions.
The trial court acknowledged the advantages of a single pump and a control valve as contrasted with a system using two pumps. However, the Court held "But utilization of one pump to perform the two functions of circulation and refill was not new." The Court also pointed out that control valves, check valves and electrical relays are old in the art and, in fact, that neither party contended that any of the elements in the patented system are new.
The trial court considered the 50-year old Laubach (German) patents as the "most relevant prior art." 35 U.S.C. § 102; Borg-Warner Corporation v. Mall Tool Company, 220 F.2d 803, 805 (7 Cir., 1955). Each Laubach patent clearly discloses a soda dispensing system of the single pump type employing a specific combination of means whereby soda water can be continuously recirculated and re-carbonated and wherein fresh water can be drawn into the system all with a single pump.
In appellant's brief at page 7 it is stated: "The Kromer invention defined by claims 2 and 3 which are at issue, pertains to a beverage dispensing system of a single pump type employing a specific combination of means whereby soda water can be continuously recirculated and re carbonated and wherein fresh water can be drawn into the system and carbonated as water is drawn from the system, all with the single pump."
Quite naturally, appellant attempts to deprecate the Laubach references. They were not considered by the Patent Office during the prosecution of the Kromer patent in suit. However, it is quite clear that these Laubach references were more pertinent than Kromer I and II which the Patent Office did consider.
There was sufficient testimony to justify the conclusion of the trial court that the claimed invention of the patent in suit was obvious at the time the claimed invention was conceived, 35 U.S.C. § 103; Gass v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 387 F.2d 129, 130 (7 Cir., 1967). True, appellant's counsel endeavored to limit the field to the beverage dispensing field, thus attempting to weaken the testimony of defendant's witnesses. However, the trial court held that experts in the more general field of fluid flow were qualified to give expert testimony in this case. We find no error in this ruling.
Defendant's witnesses testified that at the time of the Kromer alleged invention, his contribution was obvious to one skilled in the art. Specifically, that the level of ordinary skill at that time included an awareness of 1) the various elements comprising the Atlas system which was then on the market such as the carbonating, refrigerating, level sensing and circulating means, and 2) a knowledge of how to utilize suction pumps, control valves, check valves and three-way valves in combination with one another.
We also agree with the trial court's observation that " [U]nification of the intake and circulation lines, with concomitant replacement of two pumps by a single pump and a control valve was obvious to one skilled in the art."
We hold that the claimed invention of the patent in suit was obvious to one skilled in the art as of the time the invention was conceived. Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 86 S. Ct. 684, 15 L. Ed. 2d 545 (1966); Walt Disney Productions v. Fred A. Niles Communications Center, Inc., 369 F.2d 230, 234 (7 Cir., 1966).
The finding of the District Court of patent anticipation presents a closer question. "As a rule, in order to have anticipation, all of the elements of the patented device or their equivalents must be found in a single prior device. * * * But it is sufficient if the general aspects are the same and the difference in minor matters is only such as would suggest itself to one of ordinary skill in the art." Amphenol Corporation v. General Time Corporation, 397 F.2d 431, 438 (7 Cir., 1968).
Although we do not hold the finding of anticipation by the trial court to be erroneous, we prefer to affirm the judgment of the trial court on the question of obviousness.
We further approve the holding of the District Court of non-infringement by the Richards System of claims 2 and 3 of the patent in suit.
Judgment affirmed.
Chief United States District Judge Grant of the Northern District of Indiana, is sitting with this Court by designation


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The Canberra College Cares facility is a specialist education setting which caters to the needs of pregnant and parenting young people as well as their children within a school based setting.
The facility provides a supportive and collaborative environment for this unique group of students who are endeavouring to complete their schooling/training pathways. Within the overriding theme of 'belonging' the three core defining elements of the design are 'Caring, Sharing and Learning'. To engender a feeling of belonging the design utilised materials, scale, daylighting, lighting and colour to create a contemporary collaborative learning environment.


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Why REACH MORE™?
You Don't Need Another Program, You Need a Movement
The Evangelical Catholic created REACH MORE™ to help parishes and campus ministries with the crisis they face every day:
Mass attendance is on the decline and engagement is even more on the decline. The Church needs expert, in-the-field help!
What is REACH MORE™?
- A customized coach helps you wade through common challenges and those particular to your parish. Expert consultants help overcome roadblocks and design a site-specific strategic plan to draw staff and parishioners into life-changing encounters with Christ.
- An online learning management system with over 800 pages full of content, practical worksheets, and videos to help keep your staff motivated for mission as they learn the skills to accomplish it.
REACH MORE™ helps leaders seed a sustainable movement!
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How We REACH MORE™
REACH MORE™ mirrors the mission process of Jesus:
1. Training Group
REACH MORE™ guides pastoral leaders to identify faithful, available, and teachable Point People (PP) who can launch the movement with an initial training group.
2. Evangelization Small Groups
Called, formed, and trained laity from that first training group disperse to lead their own small group comprised of friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Every house represents a satellite of the Church where loving people attract others who don't attend Mass or wouldn't go to anything at a parish.
3. One-on-One Discipleship Mentoring
While shepherding the first small group leaders, PP discern and call a new training group. The PP shepherd, guide, and counsel these new leaders. Then the process repeats and multiplies.
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REACH MORE™ Campaign: developed for ministries who do not need such deep infiltration and/or already have invested in other programs, REACH MORE™ Campaign focuses on just launching the movement. EC consultants visit twice, first strategically working with the staff to lay a vision and second to launch a ministry-wide campaign for discipleship. We do the heavy lifting to provide some initial traction; the momentum is then carried forward by the ministry staff.
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14-year-old charged with making threats against Circleville City Schools
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – A 14-year-old was arrested and charged with a felony after Circleville police said a threat was made against Circleville City Schools.
Police said they learned of the threat at 3:30 p.m. Thursday but did not disclose any other information about the threat.
Police arrested the 14-year-old, who is in custody at the juvenile detention facility until an initial appearance in Pickaway County Juvenile Court.
The teenager is facing a second-degree felony charge of inducing panic.
Even though there was an arrest, police said there will be an increased presence of officers at the schools on Friday to make sure children are safe.
In a statement police said:
The Circleville Police Department takes all threats to public safety very seriously. Even with the arrest you will see an increased officer presence at the schools tomorrow dedicated to keeping our children safe and we are working closely with other agencies in this effort. We encourage anyone who comes across any type of threat to immediately contact the Circleville Police Department. The community is cautioned to refrain from sharing any uninvestigated rumor on their social media networks or by word of mouth to mitigate the spread of falsities.


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5. Do you see technology policy as a good area for Transatlantic cooperation? Why or why not?
The answer is simply yes.
The word technology can be defined in various ways, but all of them are intrinsically international. The most recent Internet technology knows no borders and cannot be contained in a nation state. I believe the recent developments in Northern Africa provide ample proof of that. Also, in terms of the more traditional technology, information and communication goods and services travel much more rapidly than some other goods. Technological developments and businesses go global immediately.
While I do not underestimate the developments in many countries, not least China, India, South Korea and Japan, I do believe that both the USA and the European Union play a leading role. The USA is known for its various billion dollar companies having grown from garages. European companies have led the way in touch screen technology and mobile communications. The European Union also boasts enormous developments in areas like eHealth, eGovernment and other ICT applications used in our every day life.
Transatlantic cooperation is not only a desire, it is a reality. Apart from the regular meetings that are organised between the European Union and the USA there are a couple of specific elements of cooperation that I wish to highlight:
Firstly, I signed a Memorandum of Understanding with my American counterpart last year on cooperation in the area of eHealth.
Secondly, last April the USA and the EU jointly agreed a set of ICT Trade Principles that will be used towards third countries to encourage them to establish a genuine open and global market.
Thirdly, under the direction of our political leaders the EU-USA Summit instructed me and my colleagues to set up an ambitious plan to enhance cooperation in the area of cyber-security.
Fourthly, intensive discussions are ongoing between the USA and the EU on the various issues revolving around Cloud Computing.
These are examples of the ongoing work. I believe they speak for themselves. Technology is a good area for Transatlantic cooperation.
6. How can companies best support the Digital Agenda initiative?
The Commission has been calling on all stakeholders to engage in projects supporting the Digital Agenda. During the Digital Agenda Assembly, thousands of participants gathered to put their ideas together and identify concrete projects that contribute to the Digital Agenda objectives. Europe needs healthy companies willing and able to invest. Sufficient scale and specialisation, achieved through a further consolidation, are overall market trends that Europe should encourage, in full respect of competition rules. Pan-European companies should help market integration and the emergence of truly pan-European services, which are not sufficient today. It is exactly those companies that buck the trend of the economic downturn by investing in their future that will be better placed to reap the benefits. And companies also need to be aware of their social responsibility, precisely in order to avoid a need for heavy regulation of the internet that could blunt innovation. For example, they need to act on their special responsibility towards children online, and I am approaching leading companies with concrete ideas on how to achieve this.
7. What are you doing to boost investment in new networks?
I must emphasise that infrastructure investment will be led by the private sector and our most important action is to create the right conditions to encourage private initiatives. This is at the core of the regulatory framework for e-communications, revised by the Commission in 2009 and complemented by the 2010 Recommendation on regulated access to Next Generation Access Networks. This framework has proved successful in the past as demonstrated by the rapid growth of basic broadband which produced the world's largest single broadband market in the EU. Now we must repeat it for Next Generation infrastructure but, as I noted in one of my earlier answers, the very high costs of doing this present an obstacle to achieving the Digital Agenda targets for superfast broadband networks.
Therefore, the Digital Agenda strategy will seek to encourage investment by cutting the costs of infrastructure investment. The Commission is also working with the European Investment Bank to develop innovative financial instruments to support broadband investment.
Lastly, I would say that boosting private investment will still leave some areas, particularly hard to reach rural communities, without adequate coverage and the Digital Agenda therefore also incorporates direct public support to connect them. State aid rules ensure that such public expenditure does not distort private investment and the Commission is currently having a public consultation to see if the State aid rules for broadband need to be revised in the light of rapid market developments.
8. How is cable doing as a Digital Agenda partner and what more can it do to bring its fibre rich offering to customers?
I appreciate the important ways in which cable in Europe can contribute to achieving the objectives of the Digital Agenda. Just over 50% of all EU households are currently within the physical reach of cable networks. This clearly could help reaching our target of 100 Mbps broadband connections for half of Europe's citizens. On top of this, cable has an important role to play in at least two respects. First, it can widely offer 100 Mbps at attractive prices incurring lower costs, and as a result also lower risk which provides a clear competitive edge. Second, by competing head-on, in particular – but not only – with incumbent operators, cable increases the sense other next-generation network infrastructure, such as fibre. This is why I hope that efforts to upgrade cable networks to provide high-speed broadband keep on making rapid progress, also beyond the existing reach of cable networks. In addition, should cable companies with upgraded networks decide to engage in greater price leadership, adding stronger competitive pressure on traditional telecoms networks, we would obviously welcome that!


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"No elevator for you in that outfit," the guard said. Well, not exactly in so many words. It was more his look, and his reach towards his sidearm that did most of the talking.
So yes, the clothes were going to become a problem soon, if they weren't already.
After all, I am on the wrong side of more than one locked door, and wearing an outfit that strongly suggests that I am in fact on the right side. At least by the lights of those who currently have the most say in my wardrobe, eating habits, and roommates.
And I'm not exactly happy about it.
But that's ok.
I'm biding my time, waiting for the right moment and while I'm waiting there's always the three squares and a cot provided courtesy of whoever pays the taxes in this gods-forsaken place.
When the time is right, I'll apply my talent to the weak spot. A little fire. A little luck. Possibly a tall tale or two whispered in the right ear or shouted in someone's left ear. I'm not picky, really.
And in the meantime, orange really does suit me.
In the fullness of time, it will become clear to all that there is no jail that can hold Loki.


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How To Bid Online
Many of our auctions have online bidding either with the whole sale, or with certain select items. Bidding online is a great alternative way to bid when you are unable to attend an auction. Let's walk through, from begining to end, how to bid online
Creating an Account
First you will need to create an account. From the Bid Online tab on our website, Click the Create Account link in the top right hand corner.
You can use your Google or Facebook account to create your account by clicking the corresponding buttons. To create an account normally, fill out the information rquired. You'll need a password, a username and an email. Once done click the box at the bottom of the screen, and a confirmation email will be sent to the email you provided. Click the link in the email to complete your account registration.
Registering To Bid
Once you have an account all set up, you'll have to be approved to bid. You have to be approved for each new auction.
Here you can see I am approved for the top auction, but not the others. To be approved to bid, just click "Get Approved to Bid" on the auction you are interested in.
Here you will need to add in your address, a phone number, and a credit card for your account. Once this is done, and as long as everything is in order, you'll be approved and ready to bid.
Timed Bidding
Let's go through how to place a bid and how bidding online works. First let's start with Timed Bidding
In an auction with Timed Bidding, there will be no live auction, and the auction is set to end at a specific time, and bidders can bid up to that point. To make a bid on a timed auction, you just go the item you want to bid, and put in how much you would like the system to bid on your behalf. The system will bid accordingly for you based on the other bidders.
You can see that on this item here, there have already been a few bids, and the item is already at $50.
Let's tell the system you are willing to pay up to $100. Remember, this means the system will bid on your behalf up to $100. This will be done by the increments set on the auction.
Now you are winning the bid at $75. This means the other bidder only set his bid to go as high as $70, and so was outbid by you. Other bidders will only see that the bid is currently at $75 not that you set your bid to go up to $100. The bidder we outbid will receive an email telling them they were outbid. If we were close to the end of this auction, more time would be added to give the other bidder a chance to respond. Once the auction is finished, the winning bidder would be contacted, and arrangements made for payment, and pickup or shipping of the item.
Live Bidding
To make a bid on one of our Live online auctions, there are two ways to make a bid, absentee, and live. Let's start with absentee.
An absentee bid in a live auction, works similar to a bid at a timed auction. To make a bid you just go the item we want to bid, and put in how much we would like the system to bid on our behalf. The system will bid accordingly for you based on the other bidders.
You can see that on this item here, there have already been a few absentee bids, and the item is already at $50. You can learn more information about the auction such as applicable fees, the location of the auction, how shipping and handling is handled, what the increments are, and if there is a buyers premium.
Let's tell the system you are willing to pay up to $100. Remember, this means the system will bid on your behalf up to $100. This will be done by the increments set on the auction.
Now you are winning the bid at $75, and willing to go as high as $100. This means the other bidder only set his bid to go as high as $70, and so was outbid by you. Other bidders will only see that the bid is currently at $75 not that you set your bid to go up to $100. The bidder we outbid will receive an email telling them they were outbid. This can be done right up to an hour before the live auction begins.
When the live auction begins, you will see the "Get Approved To Bid" Button change to bright red and saying that live bidding Is available.
You just click in, and as long as you are approved to bid, you will be brought to this screen.
Here you can communicate with the online coordinator running the live online auction, and prepare to bid. You will hear the auctioneer just like you are at the auction in person. If you have made an absentee bid, you can still bid online.
To bid online, just click the button to place the bid. The online coordinator will either confirm or decline the bid. If the auctioneer has already taken a bid on the floor, or if the item has sold, the bid would be declined, otherwise the coordinator will accept the bid, and the auctioneer will look for a higher bid.
Each item will begin at the point left off on the absentee bidding. Let's take our example from before. We would be starting at $75, with that absentee bidder willing to go up to $100.
The auctioneer would begin looking for $80. If he gets a bid for 80 either from another bidder live online or from the crowd, he would then start looking for $85. The system would immediately bid on the online bidders behalf for $85, the online coordinator would accept the bid, and the auctioneer would start looking for $90
when bidding online, it can be tempting to hold off on a bid and wait. This is not recommended. Because there can be a lag between the bidder placing the bid, the online coordinator receiving the bid, and then calling and accepting the bid. Trying to snipe an item can lead to your bid being missed. Instead, it's recommended to get your bid sent off as soon as you can to make sure it is taken. Let's say in our example, the auctioneer gets a $90 bid from the crowd, the system bids you at $95, and the auctioneer gets a bid for $100. Since you only told the system to go up to $100, the system would stop bidding for you, even though the bid is at the max you put in. You could still bid live however.
Once the auction is over, online bidder will be contacted shortly after either the same day or the following day to coordinate payment and pickup or shipping.
If the winning bidder would like there item shipped, we would present them with some different ways to have the items shipped out, dependant on where the auction is, and where the winning bidder is. The item would be packaged and shipped out. The winning bidder is responsible for these costs, which are not marked up by us.
If you have any questions or problems, please call us at (306)975-9054 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com


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How the StoryCatcher app came to exist in the world and on the Apple App Store. I hope you enjoy this short video I created for you using StoryCatcher for iPhone, the video storytelling app that prompts you with family history questions to ask. Don't miss some of the customer reviews posted below! Please leave a comment. Urs and I (the co-developers of StoryCatcher for iPhone) would absolutely love to hear from you!
"A must have! The beauty of this little app is its simplicity. As one who didn't grow up with technology, I wondered if I could achieve the things that were described in the video – but I did, and without any problems. Adding captions and photos is easy. I can see this being used frequently to record those snippets of information and stories that often occur on an impromptu basis when you are unlikely to run and grab a video camera. I'm hoping to make use of this as my son approaches his 21st birthday to get friends of his to record 60 second memories and their old photos – some have known him since primary school. Then I'll patch it all together for a birthday presentation. So if a (ahem) middle aged citizen can mange this, then anyone can. I'm hoping that they'll launch it on iPad soon. Top marks for making it user friendly." ~the latest ★★★★★ review posted on the Apple App Store by Kn23writer, a happy user in Australia. Thank you, Kn23writer!
"April, Got home, downloaded your app, and tried it out. Wow! It's just like the original iMovie: simple, clean, and does the basics well. Kudos and huzzahs! It's gonna be fun. Good demo, too. Best, Peter & Mary ps: The high rez version is very nice—displayed quite sharp full screen on my 27″ iMac." ~Peter & Mary Farquhar, Professional Personal Historians at Tombo Media ~in a note received after a group demonstration for the NorCal Association of Personal Historians
Note: Search under "iPhone Apps" in the Apple App Store when on an iPad or iPad mini and you can successfully download and use your copy of StoryCatcher on that device.
If you feel moved to, we would greatly appreciate your positive review about StoryCatcher for iPhone on the Apple App Store!


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Have bought another rare animal …
Reissmann 5 valve CC tuba. Height is about 40" and bell diameter 15". The horn seems to be handmade. It is very light and here and there you can see the stitches were the brass sheets are put together .All valves and slides are working fine and the horn has a full and focused sound.
It looks as the tuba was originally built with 5 valves. The 5th valve is operated by left hand and should be a long half step?
Due to the fact that it's written "Chemnitz" on the rim, I guess it's made before 1953. Between 1953 and 1990 Chemnitz was named Karl-Marx-Stadt.
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My exploration of Cambodia is only just beginning, but the best trip so far was going to see the bamboo bridge in Kompong Cham province.
For decades, the residents of Koh Paen island have built a kilometer-long bamboo bridge in the dry season spanning the Mekong River to link them to the town opposite. When the rains come, it washes away. Said to be the longest bamboo bridge in the world, its a huge draw for tourists and less than a three-hour bus ride from Phnom Penh. This year, however, could be the bridges last. Two kilometers downriver, a new concrete bridge is taking shape.
Standing by the river, looking at the sweep of bamboo stretching across the water was magical. Even better was crossing the bridge on foot, hearing the creak of bamboo with each step, as motorbikes, tuk-tuks and even a horse trapped by. Its free for pedestrians to cross and 18,000 riel, or about $4.50, if youre in a tuk-tuk. Afterward, I swam in the Mekong River.
Hurry before the heavy rains come. It could be your final chance.*
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Fated to Pretend
We've all heard a lot recently about how, among the Afghan Taliban, there is only a small hardcore of deeply ideologically committed members, and that most are there for a variety of non-ideological, expedient reasons.
This is not particularly unique to the Taliban. Research into criminal street gangs has produced a tonne of evidence that only a very small minority of gang youths are truly committed to the 'contraculture' values of the group. See L. Yablonsky (1959), 'The Delinquent Gang as a Near Group', Social Problems, Vol. 7, pp.1-8-117; and N. Gerrard (1964), "The Core Member of the Gang", The British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 361-371. For most youths, it is social (rather than ideological) sense that keeps them as active participants.
This also highlights, in my opinion, a peculiarity: when talking about groups we fight with military forces, we talk about ideology, but re. groups we face in our own societies that we tackle with police, we call it 'culture' or 'sub-culture'. I think we're dealing with the same thing here and we're limiting the potential of our research by not recognising this. We're going to be developing more on this at the CCN project. We'll keep you updated as things emerge.
But either way (and as an excuse to bring in some music to CCN), it seems most youths are fated to pretend:
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Jessica / Sep 25 2009 20:15
i heard that now NATO trains the
Afghan National Army which is supposed to be pretty good is it true?


text: The formerly ailing Hubble Space Telescope spied something remarkable earlier this year; a rapidly expanding jet around the massive galaxy M87. Dubbed HST-1, this blob of matter is the first object with a Hubble designation, and has been tracked for over seven years. Brighter than the galaxies' own core, the gas knot is 214 light years from the core and receding. M87 is visible in the constellation Virgo with a backyard telescope, and is part of the massive Virgo cluster of galaxies about 54 million light years away. The growth of the brightness of the jet expanded by 90 fold over the past decade, giving astronomers the opportunity to examine an active galactic nucleus in action. As the refurbished Hubble begins to strut its stuff, doubtless HST-1 will be an object of increased scrutiny!


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Do I have to read Middle English in class?
Yes, I do expect you to read Middle English aloud in class when asked to do so, and I expect you to do so in a reasonable approximation of a Middle English accent. Why? Two reasons:
- Middle Engish literature was meant primarily to be read aloud -- to be performed, even -- not to be read silently. Much of a poem's sense becomes clear when experienced aurally, and you'll find that your comprehension increases if you read it aloud to yourself when you're preparing for class.
- Along the same lines, you'll find that you recognize more of the words if you can hear them than if you only read them silently. Because Middle English is largely written phonetically, sounding them out will help you identify the word, particularly when the spelling is counterintuitive to our twenty-first century eyes.
(Besides, who wouldn't jump at the chance to say "k-nnn-i-ggit" as the Pythons do in Holy Grail?)
How do I learn and become comfortable with this accent?
I have several tricks for you:
- Start with my Guide to Reading Middle English -- it will get you started on what to pronounce, when, and how.
- In class, listen closely to my pronunciation.
- Out of class, there are many audio files online that you can listen to and practice along with. The Criyng And The Soun (at the Virginia Military Institute) provides audio files of different Chaucerian texts being read aloud by professional scholars. You can find more audio files on the Luminarium Canterbury Tales pages. (You might want to download these MP3 files rather than trying to listen on the oft-outmoded browser players.) The Chaucer Studio sells CDs/downloadable audio files of Middle English read aloud. There are others out there if you search.
- Go to Harvard's METRO: Middle English Teaching Resources Online webpage and use their online tutorials to sharpen not only your pronunciation, but also your understanding of grammar and prosody.
- Practice, practice, practice. If you've taken a Romance language (French, Latin, Italian, even Spanish), you'll find that your accent from that class will help your pronunciation of the Middle English (particularly the vowels, which still have continental values in the fourteenth century). I strongly recommend that you read your assignments out loud to yourself, your roommate, your dog -- whomever -- even if you think you're mispronouncing the Middle English.
If you find you're still struggling, Larry Benson at Harvard has designed a Teach Yourself to Read Chaucer page that you can use to supplement our practice in class.
Why do these audio files pronounce Middle English differently?
As you listen to the online audio files, especially if you listen to the same passage being read by different scholars, you'll hear different ways of pronouncing Middle English. Why is that? First, Middle English was written and prounounced differently in different times and places. So, just as someone from Savannah today pronounces English very differently from someone who grew up in the Bronx, different regions in medieval England had different accents. Second, keep in mind that there were no tape recorders in medieval England. All these pronunciation "rules" are linguistic reconstructions, and tend to be interpreted differently by different scholars.
In class, I will teach you how to pronounce the kind of Middle English that Chaucer would have spoken (that is, the Middle English of late fourteenth-century London) -- even when we are reading earlier romances, largely because this is not a historical linguistics class and the Chaucerian pronunciation is the easiest to learn. When you read to me as part of your grade, I expect a good faith effort and evidence that you have practiced and prepared for the exercise. If you end up sounding more like Larry Benson or Alan Baragona than myself, that won't affect your grade a whit.


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Winter for me means soup season! Right now I am totally obsessed with soups. They taste awesome, warm me up and are so easy to prepare.
Every Sunday night I make a huge batch of soup to keep me going for a few days. I try to make something different each week and this one is by far my favourite and it's definitely worth sharing the recipe with the world.
This soup is healthy, gluten-free, tasty and packed with nutrients. What else do you need?