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You can perform game titles utilizing the most straightforward tools, a one six-sided die, a pencil, and a piece of paper.
The game titles use straightforward game mechanics. You roll the die a selection of periods. After each roll, you history the selection rolled on the piece of paper. You publish the initial selection at the top of the sheet, and publish the selection from each subsequent roll beneath the final recorded selection forming a column of figures.
Then you evaluate the figures. Centered on these comparisons, you rating details.
There are a selection of game titles you can perform utilizing various comparisons.
1. Examine each roll to the preceding roll. If the figures match, you rating a level.
two. Examine each roll to the preceding roll. If the figures do not match, you rating a level.
3. Examine each roll to all preceding rolls. If the present selection matches any preceding selection, you rating a level.
4. Examine each roll to the preceding roll. If the present selection is inside of one particular of the preceding selection (the exact same selection, one particular selection greater, or one particular selection decreased), you rating a level.
five. Prior to each roll right after the initial roll, guess if the selection rolled will be greater or decreased than the final recorded selection. If you are appropriate, you rating a level. (If the selection is the exact same, re-roll the die.)
six. Prior to each roll right after the initial roll, guess if the selection rolled will be greater or decreased than the final recorded selection. If you make an unlikely guess (greater for 4 or five, decreased for two or 3) and you are appropriate, you rating two details. If you make a most likely guess (decreased for 4, five, or six, greater for 1, two, or 3) and you are appropriate, you rating 1 level. (If the selection is the exact same, re-roll the die.)
7. Examine each roll to the preceding roll. If the figures add up to 7, you rating a level.
8. Each and every time you roll the die, cross-off pairs of figures that add up to 7. (Use each selection as soon as only.) For each pair of figures that you cross-off, you rating a level.
9. At the starting of the game, guess what selection each consecutive pairs of figures will add up to. When they do, you rating a level.
10. After each roll, look for a series of 3 or a lot more consecutive figures, together with the final selection rolled, that forms a sequence. The figures can be in any purchase. If the final 3 figures ended up two, 3, 1, you rating 3 details. If the final five figures ended up 1, 4, five, two, 3, you rating five details.
Each and every game can be played as a solitaire game or as a team game for two to 4 players. For a solitaire game, roll the die ten periods. Start out a 2nd column at the top of the sheet to history your scores. Insert the details you rating to your preceding rating right up until the game finishes.
For game titles with a lot more than one particular player, use a one column for recording all of the rolls, and separate columns for each player's scores. Roll the die, and history the initial selection. Selected one particular player to start off the game. Then each player in flip, starting with the starting player and going clockwise around the circle, rolls the die. For each game, each player rolls the die ten periods. (For the 9th game, each player need to select a various selection.)
There may possibly also be game titles played with a penny, a pencil, and a piece of paper. But that's a various story.
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Performance Art in Honolulu
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 18, visiting artist Ernesto Pujol, as well as 19 local artists, will perform "Speaking in Silence." From sunrise to sunset, at 12 locations, the artists, dressed in red, will alternate between silence, and randomly reading from a list of English and Hawaiian word definitions.
The chosen texts reflect each of the historic location's past events and cultural significance, and maps will be passed out so people can follow the group around the city. The performance is a statement on "fragile indigenous histories and the cultural diversity of consciousness, in terms of its native Hawaiian, Christian, Buddhist, and secular components, both in the islands and across the globe," says Pujol. "By having a body be present there, walking that space, over and over again, ritualistically you start creating a space within the space. In so doing, you carve out a place for reflection, meditation, and memory—individual and collective."
You can see the performance at: Iolani Palace, the Hawaii State Library, the Hawaii State Capitol, the Mission Houses Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Oahu Cemetery, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Chinatown, Aloha Tower, the Natatorium, the Hawaii State Art Museum and Foster Botanical Garden. Pujol will be at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, near the museum's café, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free. For more information, click here or call 526-1322.
Pujol's multimedia exhibit, "Walking Ground" opened on May 27 at the Honolulu Contemporary Museum, and it will be on display until Oct. 2. It consists of photographs, videos, slide shows and other artwork developed by Pujol over the past 10 years.

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The only part I remember was kneeling at a bed examining this strange little lifeform about the size of a peach pit in the light of the sun shining through the window above the bed. The creature was either in my hand or on the surface of the bed.
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I was a Batman-like superhero in a city perpetually shrouded in shadow (not pictured). It was a massive maze of buildings that extended seemingly infinitely in all directions, including up and down. I glided downwards through a section of the city (that seemed like a pit make of buildings going infinitely downwards but occasionally curving around in different directions) and reflected on how safe and sound the city was in spite of the darkness.
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The zombie apocalypse was in full swing. I was a character in a sitcom and the rest of the cast of characters and I were coworkers trying to escape our workplace, which was some sort of walled compound filled with construction equipment, trucks and things, and some small storage silos. We wanted to make it from one end of the compound to the other, into a fenced in area, and up a tall tower of some kind.
One of our number, who slightly resembled a more ethnic version of Carla from Cheers, became zombified, but oddly did not behave fully zombie-like. She stumbled around as if drunk, but held beers or something in her hands and seemed to occasionally try to drink them. This confused the other zombies who would move towards her as if to attack and then lose interest when they got closer. She herself seemed to have little interest in eating us. Continue reading
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At some kid's house, watching cartoons with the kids before a big Thanksgiving-ish meal. The cartoon is about a hero of some kind who goes to another planet, a pock-marked thing of valleys and mountains with no atmosphere to speak of, searching for a base they had lost contact with under a black sky. So he's in his space suit and he finds and rescues a child or three from the base that had presumably been overrun somehow. This is all fine and good, but then it gets progressively more absurd.
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I was a teenager going to a Japanese highschool. Aside from being populated by Japanese people, and being vaguely foreign, it wasn't much different from American highschools.
One of our assignments was in game design. It had been assigned by what I believe was a French teacher, so I didn't expect that the game I made had to be any good. I was expected to make a game in HTML5, but since I didn't know how to do that and left it to the last minute, I instead plotted to use the teacher's naivete to use some pre-made template game, customize it with graphics, and then hand it in. Continue reading
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This dream had me drifting back and forth between sleep and semi-consciousness, so the lines between dream and daydream are blurred. Principally it was about me being a person in a highschool. My goal was to impress the girls, and I did this by challenging this bully (resembled a composite of two muscle-y jerks I went to HS with) to a fight one time when he picked on me. I did this at some sort of assembly/workshop thing and had shouted it across a crowded room at him, so everyone knew. There was some confusion over weather we'd fight right away or after school. It would be decided that after school made sense. (At this point he seemed to consider me an equal. The tone of our relationship changed entirely.) Continue reading


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Record-Breaking Results in 2013
This year Cable Congress welcomed over 850 senior-ranking attendees from 39 countries.
The high quality of attendees reflected a broad cross section of the industry, with 29% of delegates representing cable operators and service providers, 27% equipment and set top box vendors, 13% content providers. View the full attendee breakdown here.
Cable Congress 2013 came at a time of great activity within the sector and in a city where technology, media and entertainment are leading globally.
Both, Michael T. Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, and Neil Berkett, CEO of Virgin Media appeared at the event to talk about their views on the industry and the recently announced merger of the two businesses. Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, told CNBC about plans to enter one of the most competitive and dynamic markets in Europe in an exclusive broadcast interview.
Cable Europe announced fresh data from IHS Screen Digest that showed 5.5% top-line revenue growth across Europe, representing nearly €1bn in new revenues for 2012.
The upward trend is explained by a shift towards digital for customers increasingly relying on the high speed fibre-rich broadband connections for which cable is known as well as the trend of increasingly accessing video content over cable's high performance telecom networks. Guy Bisson, Research Director at IHS Screen Digest, broke down latest figures and leading trends in cable industry during a CNBC interview and explained why cable providers are extremely well-positioned to capitalize as the industry moves towards content provided over the internet.
For the Cable Congress TV's executive speaker interviews conducted by Digital TV Europe, visit the event website.
On the second day of the conference Cable Europe announced the Cable Europe Award 2013 winners.
The Cable Europe Innovation Award, voted on by delegates at Cable Congress, was awarded to Belgian operator VOO and SeaChange for their multi-screen TV solution VOO Motion.
Jose Pascoal, Planning, Engineering & Services Architecture Director, ZON Multimedia was honoured with the Cable Europe Fellow Award in recognition of his individual dedication, talent, consistent excellence and contributions to the cable industry. Read the full coverage of the awards ceremony here.
Cable Europe invites delegates and those interested in the event to make use of the following resources on the Cable Congress website:
- View the speaker presentations here
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Welcome to Dog Linux
DebianDog is very small Debian Live CD shaped to look and act like Puppy Linux. Debian structure and Debian behaviour are untouched and Debian documentation is 100% valid for DebianDog. You have access to all debian repositories using apt-get or synaptic.
All "DebianDog" projects (and deratives) are collected here, part of DebianDog Organization on Github
Our thanks to Daniel Baumann! DebianDog wouldn't exist without his work.
The DebianDog team also like to give thanks to Smokey and KazzaMozz for hosting DebianDog project, to Debian team for keeping Debian such flexible system, to the murga-linux Puppy forum for the opportunity to work on a project different from puppy linux.
And to our Puppy forum members working on DebianDog development: Toni (saintless), Fred (fredx181), Terry (sunburnt), William (mcewanw), Sergey (sklimkin), and for the valuable advices to: jbv, sfs, catsezmoo, big_bass, emil, dancytron, anikin from our forum and dzz from www.debianuserforums.org. And to Sickgut for his original idea that made possible DebianDog to exist.
Also big thanks ! to the Porteus developers, specially: brokenman and phantom.
04 Dec 2019, Sparky Bonsai 64bit, a mix of BusterDog and Sparky Linux / Forum thread
03 Nov 2019, BusterDog release / Forum thread / DevuanDog discontinued
28 Sep 2019, DevuanDog release (update 03 Nov 2019: discontinued) / Forum thread
11 May 2019, DevuanDog 'beowulf' build system / Forum thread
11 Jan 2019, DevuanDog based on Devuan 'beowulf', alpha version, for testing Forum thread
22 Apr 2018, BionicDog Updated: 2018-06-04 Update 2018-08-27: New! Cinnamon version
22 Febr 2018, A Debian-Stretch-Live Starter Kit
10 Oct 2017, StretchDog, a variant of DebianDog / Forum thread
27 Aug 2017, Create a Debian 9 (Stretch) minimal live ISO similar to 'DebianDog
19 July 2017, New! TrinityDog, a fork of DebianDog
24 June 2017, Licence added to all repositories in the DebianDog Organization on Github
22 Jan 2017, new ISO for both XenialDog 32-bit and 64-bit, see Here or Here
18 Jan 2017, XenialDog 64-bit is out! see Here and Forum thread
18 Jan 2017, XenialDog 32-bit ISO upgrade see Forum thread and on the XenialDog page
02 Jan 2017, DebianDog-Stretch with Deepin DE, see Forum Thread and Here (see Deepin)
20 Dec 2016, XenialDog with Deepin DE, see Forum Thread Update: 02 Jan 2017: Discontinued
16 Okt 2016, New forum thread started: DebianDog - Jessie - Continued
See also DebianDog-Jessie iso image - 2016-10-16 and DD-Jessie page
02 Okt 2016, MintPup has been discontinued
02 Okt 2016, DebianDog - Jessie thread -at murga-linux.com-) has been closed
06 Jul 2016, launched this website :) see About for Info


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Sunday, 18 November 2012
Go Watch Goliath Or I'll Zap You With My Heatray
War of The Worlds: Goliath
Not a Review.
Malaysia Boleh!
Well, sort of.
Eh, 70% Malaysian production ok!
And it's the most important parts too!
It's like a sequel to the original WOTW.
Yeah, after all those silly Martians died,
After catching a cold MUAHAHAHA.
So, after that, humans just sapu their toys lor.
And built their OWN awesome tripods.
Can someone PLEASE make a polystone statue of the Goliath Tripod?
The design is AWESOME.
It's all designed by Malaysians, BTW,
I loved the way they mixed steampunk and Martian tech,
The animation, the design were also pretty damn good.
Ok, now on to the story.
Er, ok, this is where it's a little flimsy.
Ok fine, it's a fairly simple story.
Martians came, killed, and ACHOOO! died.
Humans survived, and made AWESOME MARTIAN KILLING MACHINES.
Martians come again, TO KILL US ALL!
(This time after taking their anti-flu jabs).
Humans fight back valiantly!
(that last one's the heat ray)
Annnd.. you can guess the rest.
Yup, pretty standard story,
But don't let that stop you from watching this.
It's actually pretty entertaining.
Like watching Robotech or Gundam,
But without the complicated trippy stuff.
Well, at least it felt that way to ME.
I like how they set it in WWI though.
It was like a WHAT IF Martians attacked before WWI.
And how they put in all those historical figures.
Teddy Roosevelt, The Red Baron,
Adam Baldwin FTW!
Yeah, his character pretty much steals the show
Ok, he's only in it for a bit, but STILL!
The rest were not bad,
There's even a Malayan dude there,
Goes to a bar and drinks tea,
And he's got mad keris-wielding Martian-killing skills!
It's a bit slow in the beginning,
But once the tripods start kicking ass,
Then it gets pretty cool.
Seriously, if Tom Cruise's movie had him driving a tripod
And taking the fight to the MArtians,
Instead of just running away and hiding,
I bet it would have been SO MUCH MORE AWESOME.
Posted by Unknown at 10:00 am
Labels: Animated Features, Anime, Malaysia Boleh, Malaysian Movies, Movie Not-Reviews, Movies, Science Fiction
2 comments:
- KY said...
the amount of 3d film stuff done in Malaysia is actually quite amazing! Haze has quite a few friends in the industry
- 8:30 am
They cheated on the grass & trees! (though I only saw the digital 2D version) :)
Pretty standard stuff. But yeah, the tripods are cool.
Liked the way they did the intro.
1 question, how fast they were travelling to make it from Paris to New York in half a day??
- 12:21 pm
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There's a fine line between his business and her pleasure…
Devoted to Pleasure, an all-new sexy romantic suspense standalone from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shayla Black is available NOW!
Bodyguard and former military man Cutter Bryant has always done his duty–no matter the cost. Now he's taking one last high-octane assignment before settling down in a new role that means sacrificing his chance at love. But he never expects to share an irresistible chemistry with his beautiful new client.
As the star of a steamy television drama, Shealyn West knows fame well, but it has come at the expense of her heart. With a blackmailer watching her every move and the threat of career-ending exposure looming, Shealyn hires Cutter to shore up her security and keep her safe, never imagining their attraction will be too powerful to contain.
As Shealyn and Cutter navigate the scintillating line between business and pleasure, they unravel a web of secrets that threaten their relationship and their lives. When danger strikes, Cutter must decide whether to follow his heart for the first time, or risk losing Shealyn forever.
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"That and taking a bullet for you is my job. I do it well. You must believe that, too, or you would have hired someone else."
"You are one stubborn man. My grandfather's mules could take
lessons from you. I'll be out in ten minutes." She whirled around and headed for her bathroom in the back, then shut the door.
Cutter couldn't stop the smile from creeping across his face. Had
Shealyn just compared him to an ass?
He'd decided she had when she emerged in a gauzy white dress trimmed in lace that accentuated the hint of gold in her sun-kissed skin. The thin straps clung to the tips of her shoulders, as if threatening to slip down at any moment, and played peekaboo with her blond tresses. The garment stretched tight across her breasts, the three little buttons keeping the bodice shut threatening to pop if she made a too-
sudden move. The flimsy thing also ended well above her knees and, with her white cowboy boots, framed her sleek thighs.
Cutter felt his thoughts evaporate and his tongue go dry. The rest of him turned stone hard. He shouldn't think twice about Shealyn as a woman, but so far, that seemed to be asking the impossible.
"You're wearing that?"
She cocked her head at him. "What's wrong with it? Or are you suggesting this dress is somehow dangerous?"
Her challenge and sass turned him on even more. Hell, everything about her did.
But he was way out of line. The dress portrayed precisely the image she'd cultivated. It was sweetly sexy. Wearing it, Shealyn looked like a gorgeous siren with western flair… and a hint of innocence. The problem—and obviously all the lust—was his alone.
"I'm making you aware that you may attract unwanted male attention in public. But I'll handle it," Cutter promised, meeting her gaze and doing his best to shutter the desire burning through his blood.
She stared back, a hint of a smile playing at her lips. "You think I'll attract male attention, huh?"
Was she fishing for compliments? Her green eyes danced with something he couldn't put his finger on. Mischief? Flirtation? No. Why would she come on to him when she was already in a high-profile relationship? Shealyn didn't strike him as one of those women who got off on yanking a man's chain. Then again, he didn't know her well.
Whatever she was up to, he couldn't rise to her bait.
"Ms. West?" He kept his voice as inflectionless and polite as possible.
"Mr. Bryant." Another hint of playful dare rang in her tone.
"I told you, it's Cutter."
"All right. Cutter." She damn near sighed his name. "You going to answer my question?"
What the hell did she want him to say? Some reckless part of him he'd sworn he didn't possess itched to simply show her, cross the half- dozen steps between them, take that wisp of a garment in his grip, and tear it off. Once he'd exposed every inch of her body, he would love to put his hands on her, his mouth on her, so she understood what a dress like that did to him. Hell, what she did to him.
A sudden pounding on the door broke the moment between them.
"You ready yet?" Tower shouted from outside.
Despite the man's insistence, she didn't move to admit him or even answer. She just stared Cutter's way. "I'm waiting."
Cutter searched for a discreet reply. "The dress reveals more skin than it hides. It might give a man the wrong idea."
"What idea is that?"
The kinds of ideas racing through his head with juggernaut speed and jetting blood south to his cock. "That he can touch you. That he can have you."
"Is that what this dress makes you think?"
The flash of her eyes and the husky voice she used to ask the question torqued him up. She was definitely fishing for his reaction. Was she hoping he bit because she needed the ego stroke… or was she baiting her hook and tossing it his way because she was actually hoping to reel him in?
"What I think about the dress doesn't matter."
"Then why does it bother you? You saw me in less on set."
Oh, he'd seen her damn near naked. Hour after hour of exposed skin had taunted him with all the beauty a country boy like him would never have the right to possess. But this dress appealed to his deepest fantasies. She looked wholesome yet sensual, a woman aware of her appeal. A female who knew exactly what she wanted in her man…
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Reviewed by Emma-Louise on behalf of KFF
The trope in this book was one that has been used time and again; however, it was done within an entirely new scenario. Cutter Bryant a former military man turned personal bodyguard is completely selfless. Pledging to help his oldest friend in whatever way matters, knowing how small towns can be and that Brea isn't as strong as she could be.
Cutter is called away to L.A. to protect an up and coming actress by the name of Shealyn West, only things are not at all what they were originally described as. The romantic electricity zings back and forth right from the first page that these two meet. Both grew up in small towns in the American South, and both believe in living honest and decent lives.
'Yep, he was going to fall hard for Shealyn West and there wasn't a thing he could do to stop it anymore. At the moment, he didn't want to. He'd deal with the fallout later.'
Between scenes highlighting the hard slog of working on a night time soap in Hollywood, and the sexual tension between our stars; there is tension and mystery. Someone(s) is blackmailing the small town Hollywood star, threatening to release one of biggest regrets and ruin her life and her career. The mystery and action was hard and intense, bringing Cutter and Shealyn into near enough distance that they kept circling each other like a hunter looking for the death shot on their wounded prey.
As a lover of mysteries and thrillers, it takes a lot to pull the wool over my eyes. I'm more often than not correct when it comes to pinning the tail on the correct donkey. Only here I never saw half the pieces of the puzzle until Ms Black was ready for me to.
'Cherished it. Enjoyed the heck out of feeling her ecstasy.
And he climaxed to it, the heady. Dizzying, sizzling sensations burning him, disintegrating him, transforming him.
Yeah, no doubt. He'd fallen in love with the one woman h3e couldn't have beyond this assignment and didn't deserve forever.'
I've had several books this author has penned sitting in my TBR pile for such a long time. However, Devoted to Pleasure was too tempting to pass up. I just wished the beginning of this book wouldn't have been so hard to get into at first. I relished the character interaction and the realism to the story. I wistfully wished the evil paparazzi would just get sucked up into a vortex and leave these poor celebrities along, and I truly hoped for a happy ending. Thank you Ms. Black for such an incredible read.
Meet Shayla
Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty novels. For nearly twenty years, she's written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages.
Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She's thrilled that she's been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years.
Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her daughter, and two spoiled tabbies. In her "free" time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.
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DeviceLock® 5.71 is available for download
SmartLine Inc has once again expanded the DeviceLock® feature set to allow finer control over all the device ports and drives through which Windows users can upload and download from your network. DeviceLock®'s audit capabilities also continue to get better. And, we keep working to make it easier for network administrators to deploy and manage our software.
What's New in DeviceLock® 5.71 (versus 5.7):
- Responding to DeviceLock® Enterprise Manager customers who want to set different permissions and/or audit rules for different types of devices, we've added a new checkbox to the "Batch Permissions" dialog. Now you can select "Enable Individual Settings" in the "Set Permissions/Auditing" plug-in.
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Survivor Voices
Stephen (Steve) Adler was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930. He was the younger son in a middle-class, Jewish family. At age 7, he was forced to leave his neighborhood school and to enter a Jewish private school.
In the wake of Kristallnacht,* the SS and Gestapo arrested more than 30,000 Jewish males including Steve's father. On November 10th, 1938, the morning after Kristallnacht, he was arrested and taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp where he was held prisoner for six weeks before returning on December 23.
Over the next few months, conditions for Jews continued to deteriorate. In January of 1939, the Nazi government required all Jews to carry identity cards revealing their heritage, and danger became much more immediate for Steve and his family. In March 1939, three months after his father's release from Sachsenhausen, Steve was sent by train to Hamburg to join a Kindertransport,* or children's transport, going to England by ship. Steve arrived in England knowing only one sentence in English and was taken in by a kindly widow.
When the war started in September 1939, Steve was evacuated with his schoolmates to a small town north of London. In spring of 1940, Steve and his brother and mother were reunited in London during the London Blitz. His father joined them in the fall and they traveled by ship for twelve days across the Atlantic and settled with his family in Chicago.
Steve was an active member and speaker for Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut before moving to Seattle. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, an international educational and advocacy organization of child survivors. Steve is an active member of the Holocaust Center for Humanity's Speakers Bureau.
*Kristallnacht- Translated literally as "Night of Crystal," and also called "Night of Broken Glass," Kristallnacht refers to the organized acts of violence that occurred against Jews on November 9 and 10, 1938. People in towns all over the German Reich, which included Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia, were affected. Over 90 people died and homes, synagogues, and businesses were destroyed (USHMM).
*Kindertransport—Children's Transport. As the situation for the Jewish people worsened in Eastern Europe, Great Britain agreed to allow 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to immigrate to England. Private citizens or organizations had to guarantee to pay for each child's care, education, and eventual emigration from Britain. Parents or guardians could not accompany the children (USHMM).
Stories of Local Survivors - Stephen
Video Testimony
Video 1 – "Kristallnacht "
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Video 2 – "Kindertransport"
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Video 3 – "Arrival in London"
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This CHRISTmas season, just like the others, has been full of food, friends and fun. Each year varies slightly but the one constant has been (and I assume will continue to be) enormous amounts of food – translate "temptation to wreak havoc upon my body and gain weight." Year after year, since losing nearly seventy pounds thirteen years ago, I remain within the same five pound weight range.
As a personal trainer, many people often think that I mercilessly drive myself to workout two times a day or that I only eat rabbit food or "clean" food or "healthy" food. I honestly can tell you that I am not that zealous to chase a dream, an imaginary "perfect" body. Instead, I have found peace with my workouts and my body. I spend a fair amount of time in yoga practice and with my kettlebells, but I could do more (and sometimes I should do more). I eat healthy at times and try to stay away from fast food and fried foods because they're just not that healthy overall.
Aside from those two loosely enforced "rules," I pretty much eat whatever I want. I workout when I have time and inclination and can't remember the last time I took more than a week off without doing some kind of workout.
Amid all of this "go with the flow" kind of feel to my diet and exercise, how do I keep my weight off? Read on for my favorite tips.
Susie's Tip #1 – Eat When You're Hungry and Stop When You're Full
It's simple and true but not easy. The simplest, cheapest and most satisfying way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat within the bounds of hunger and fullness. The concept is profoundly simple and yet so challenging. Take a moment before you pop anything in your mouth, and ask yourself, "Am I truly hungry?" If your stomach is growling or empty, then please eat. If you are not physically hungry, then please wait. Distract yourself with something else for a few minutes until the urge passes.
***This tip could stand alone as a very effective way to lose weight and keep it off. This is also a pre-requisite for all of the following tips. If you do not follow tip #1, the following four tips will not be as effective.***
Susie's Tip #2 -Don't Limit Your Choices
Don't beat yourself up with rules. Rules mean that certain foods are "off limits." When you think that you CAN'T have something, you immediately want it! Think about that old boyfriend or girlfriend whom you didn't really like but wanted back as soon as he or she started dating someone else. It's human nature to long for the things we can't have! If you want a piece of chocolate cake, have a small piece and fully enjoy it!
Susie's Tip #3 – Don't Be Thrifty!
Don't save your favorites for last – eat them first. If you save your "best for last," you'll eat the least liked foods first. By the time you get to your favorite, you'll already be full. Eating your favorite last means that you won't enjoy it as much as when you feel really hungry, and you'll feel stuffed later. Go ahead and eat that favorite food first! When you're full, it's a lot easier to stop eating when the leftover food is not your favorite. Heck, sometimes I eat dessert first just so I know I'll have room for it!
Susie's Tip #4 – Demand the Best!
When you arrive for a holiday dinner party, take time to look over the food that's available before you line up with your plate in hand. Remind yourself that you have only a limited space in your belly and it's not that big. Make sure you choose only those foods that you really love and are craving. It's okay to demand the best when it comes to the foods that will satisfy you.
Susie's Tip #5 – Arrive Hungry
Whenever you attend a holiday dinner party, plan to arrive hungry. Don't eat before you go because you know that you'll eat at the party. Eat a small snack if the party isn't until later in the evening, but don't eat a full meal. In fact, for any meal, plan to arrive hungry or skip it. If you eat a huge snack in the afternoon and you're not hungry for dinner, put dinner in the refrigerator and have it for leftovers whenever you are hungry later.
Those are a few of my favorite tips for keeping holiday weight gain a thing of the past. I make mistakes, too, but I get right back on track as soon as I can.
Wishing you much joy and happiness this holiday season!


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Uncommon Objects: Articulation through knickknacks
Photos and Story By Alyssa Kang
In Austin there lives a mustached cowboy that rides a pale giant Jack Rabbit. With revolver slapping against his right thigh, he swings his lasso high above his head. Meanwhile, his peculiar steed's blue eyes gaze toward the city's skyline from its perch above a Christmas-colored doorway.
The pair are part of Uncommon Objects' signage, living on South Congress Avenue since 1991, an area that is now a hotspot for Austin culture. Uncommon Objects, an antique mall, diverts the flow of sidewalk traffic into its doorway especially during weekends. Should curiosity prevail, which happens in most cases, one will encounter the treasure trove of knickknacks within.
Inside the store, overwhelming colorful detail at every turn keep eyes delightfully busy. Things normally found in antique stores can be seen such as odd things, aged furniture, silken clothes, and uniquely crafted jewelry. However, there is a consistency here in the midst of distinct variety that is uniquely Uncommon Objects'. The place is a gallery of personalities, exhibiting the common, yet different styles of 25 vendors under one roof. This interesting sense of unity sets Uncommon Objects apart from other antique stores around Austin.
Every day, the cowboy watches overhead while vendors arrive as early as 8 a.m. to set up shop, scurrying in and out of the store, carrying bags and packages full of found things. These individuals are modern day treasure hunters.
Each of the 25 vendors is chosen by Steve Wiman, owner of Uncommon Objects, based on his or her style of selection. "The difference between us and other stores is that we curate our items," he says. Staff takes a look at what vendors bring. "Everything we bring in is from the 1960s and 1970s, or older – there is very little in the store that is contemporary." According to manager Kitty Buick, this method effectively brings the store into a cohesive whole because "a range of various people bringing in the same type of merchandise works together to create a seamless effect throughout the store."
Shelves are also constantly replenished to ensure newly found objects are always on display. Wiman says, "we try to keep things freshly merchandized and be responsive to what's sold and what needs attention." Considering the heavy traffic the store deals with and the constant need of a fresh inventory, it is easy to see that a treasure hunter's life is a very busy one. "Being a vendor is a big commitment," says Wiman. "This is more than a full time job and one must be completely focused and diligent." According to Wiman, vendors come to Austin from Dallas, San Antonio, Missouri, and even Kansas on a weekly basis to keep their spaces stocked and fresh. "The people who work here feel privileged to be a part of what we do because we are so successful," he says.
And sure enough they have been successful. Uncommon Objects was started in 1991 and has since become a prominent Austin tourist stop. "We were here before 'Keep Austin Weird' and before they gave this area the trendy name 'SoCo,'" says Wiman. The store is an antique mall in the sense that it is divided into booths that are rented out to vendors who in turn divide up the cost of the shop's rent space.
Uncommon Objects has taken advantage of this division, allowing vendors to vent their creativity into their spaces. Each space is given as much attention and care as decorating a home. Each item is placed with some amount of intimacy. Coming into the shop is like being invited in as a guest and this has captivated movie stars, politicians, television set designers, and interior designers alike.
"Everyone buys with a unique eye and pulls together things that they love." Wiman loves how customers are so unpredictable and finds it amusing to watch what someone would buy. He recalls the stylist from the remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre who "came through and picked out the weirdest and ugliest things in the store and put them together, and the result was pretty creepy."
Wiman, himself a collector and assemblage artist, graduated from the University of Texas art school in 1986. Working for Chili's restaurant décor for five years, he discovered his skills of recognizing things of value. This brought him to the realization he could make a living collecting antiques. "I look for the implied history of an object, not some story someone would tell," he says. He keeps his eyes peeled for objects with signs of patina, or, show of wear.
"Each vendor's personality and booths are very similar," says vendor Ryan Rowe, standing before his 1940s wartime-themed booth. "Everybody here is good at articulating themselves with things," he says as he explains how he himself hides messages within his booth. Rowe, from New York, attended the Savannah College of Art and Design and has been with the shop for three years.
Collecting antiques has been Rowe's life's joy, ever since he was a little boy lining up found things up on the windowsill. "Antiques have so much meaning. You can see the life of an object that someone used it and loved it. I like mystery. I know why I love something," he says. To Rowe, Uncommon Objects is also a place that reinforces the recycling initiative, a concept that he thinks is something people fail to see about the store.
Connor Sharp, calling himself a "loyal pawn," who studies environmental studies at St. Edwards University, has recently become an associate clerk at the store. Before jumping on board, Sharp was a customer who came by often enough that store staff knew him. "I came to Uncommon Objects to shop because there is something about the aesthetics of it all. The store is cohesive and different at the same time," he says. "It blew me away when I was a shopper how the merchandise is constantly fresh."
Max Tibbits, has been a vendor at Uncommon Objects for 20 years. Graduating from Texas A&M University School of Architecture, the theme of his booth is mid-century and his objects have a clean feel to them. "I am not interested in nostalgia at all but in interesting design," he says. "I have huge amounts of fun finding things beautiful or amusing," he says, "if not beautiful, what makes me smile in some way."
Uncommon Objects carry a little bit of everything, including exclusive vintage accents, unique publications, curious pieces and oddities. Items for all people of different interests are splayed out throughout the store for whoever takes a fancy to them. "I admit that this place is not for everybody," Wiman says. "But vendors and collectors who work here love what they do and we like being here," he says, "I hope that is what people feel when they step in."
"Uncommon Objects is not an antique mall," says Tibbits, "it is more of an art gallery of interesting things, interesting and affordable."
It's unfortunate that these vendors leave shop after setting up, as in the Elves and the Shoemaker, and customers don't get to see them most of the time. Nevertheless, their simultaneously different but collective views and fancies are what makes this antique shop uncommon. It is their hope that visitors walking through Uncommon Objects would also themselves become treasure hunters and, as Wiman puts it, "find the thing that speaks to you."
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WWE Greatest Stars Of The 21st Century – Wrestling DVD Review
Release Date : July 26th, 2011
Wrestlers featured on DVD :
Chris Jericho
Triple H
Kurt Angle
The Rock
Randy Orton
Brock Lesnar
Decade of the Divas
Jeff Hardy
Big Show
Eddie Guerrero
Shawn Michaels
Booker T
Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Undertaker
Rey Mysterio
John Cena
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Going into this I had low expectations. Its a short dvd and their idea of the 21st century is 2000-2009. The dvd just came out too so I have no idea why 2010 isn't on there. Also unless the wrestler was a huge name or a champion they get no mention in this. Their greatest wrestlers are all just the big money makers. Another funny thing is a good amount of these guys also appeared on their "Greatest Wrestlers Of The 90's" DVD so only some of the people in this were just from the 21st Century. It's also funny watching this knowing that a good amount of the wrestlers on here either don't wrestler anymore, have moved to a different promotion, or work behind curtains for WWE (Triple HHH). Overall though it isn't a bad watch its just a lot of stuff they've already shown and really seems to be just a quick money maker.
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BEHIND BUFFY SEASON 10: Christos Gage's "Return To Sunnydale"
As he's been writing the latest canonical "season" of Joss Whedon's legendary "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" TV show for Dark Horse Comics, Christos Gage has also been rewriting the rules of magic. Or at least, his characters have.
The major plot of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 10" has become the impact of the "Vampyr" book that featured prominently in the TV series opening credits. Since the world regained its connection to magic at the end of "Season 9," the whys and wherefores of demons and such are literally in the hands of the Scooby gang, and each cast member has been tested as to what they might want to do with that power.
With this week's issue #9, the new "Return To Sunnydale" arc kicks into high gear, so what better time for a new installment of BEHIND BUFFY SEASON 10? CBR News caught up with Gage to talk about where "Return To Sunnydale" is heading as Andrew steals the book in an attempt to resurrect Tara. We also discuss what actor Nicholas Brendan brought to the table in co-writing the adventures of Xander, and why this season is all about the Scooby gang confronting their younger selves and finally moving beyond high school.
CBR News: Let's start by catching readers up on what the first arc of "Season 10" really accomplished. While the headline for "New Rules" became Nicholas Brendon's return to Xander via his co-writing, the end result of the adventure is that Buffy and company have the "Vampyr" book which they can use to literally rewrite the way bloodsuckers function. Was this the big hook that you, Joss and the rest of the creative crew lit upon for the entirety of Season 10?
Christos Gage: Pretty much. When we had the Season 10 summit — which included me, Scott Allie, "Angel & Faith" writer Victor Gischler, Nicky Brendon and others not directly writing the comics this season as yet, like Jane Espenson, Drew Greenberg, Andrew Chambliss and my wife/screenwriting partner Ruth — plus, of course, the man who makes it all possible, Joss "The Boss" Whedon — we were talking, and it was almost like the notion materialized by magic. Nicky commented on it when we broke to get coffee. He was like, "Where did that book thing come from? It's great, and all of a sudden we were talking about it like it was always there!" Which, of course, is the beauty of a writer's room with awesome people and chemistry. With the Vampyr book, it's not just rewriting the way vampires function, it's that our guys are literally responsible for writing the new rules of how magic works, before some more sinister influence shapes it.
In a bigger thematic sense, I feel like the stories in this season have been about the characters reconnecting with their younger, "original" selves and finding a lot of conflict in looking back. Why was that the important thread to pull at across this year?
While I think you're right, I would take it a step further. Going back to Season 1, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" has always been about the characters going through life stages we all experience — adolescence, college/post-high school, etc. — with a supernatural twist. We saw Buffy go through high school and college, and now our heroes are coming to grips with adulthood. That point in all our lives when we have to decide what we're going to do, and really come to terms with the fact that we are responsible for the decisions we make, how they affect us and others. No one is holding your hand. You may not be ready, but you have to put on your grownup pants and try to act like an adult, even if you don't feel like one. That happens in our story both in the more universal aspects of jobs, relationships, finding a place to live, etc., but then we give it that Buffy spin by making our characters responsible for The Rules Of Magic. If you screw this up, the consequences could be huge, and horrible, you'll have ruined everything, and it'll be all your fault. I think we have all felt that way at one point or another. It's a life stage when you look back, then look forward, and decide on those first big steps that will determine the rest of your life.
The "I Wish" arc continues to push that idea forward. Issue #6 started things in a dreamworld where the gang lived life as they would have if they never came to Sunnydale. Buffy dreamed of a life as a dutiful daughter and sister free of responsibility, Giles dreamed of being free from his schooling. Which of the desires glimpsed of the cast do you think was most telling to where we're going in the future?
In a way, they all were, but more in the sense of depicting the past you can't have — and that, in most cases, never really existed. It was hardest for Giles, because he is the one character who had to pretty much become an adult while still just a really little kid — going to Watcher Academy, learning how to kill vampires at an age when he should've been playing with model trains. So he never got to be a kid, and now he is one…whether he likes it or not. But for many of the other characters, this issue was about looking back at their more youthful days, realizing they have to stop wishing for what might have been, and getting psychologically in a place where they are looking forward. Of course, even when you're looking forward, you can't fully escape the past…
Meanwhile, a growing factor in this season is the demon D'Hoffryn who seems very interested in influencing the rewriting of the book of magic. How much can we trust that he's going to be a help and not a hinderance?
I think the point is that you can't. We will see going forward that our heroes are being lobbied by many and varied interests throughout the supernatural community, including D'Hoffryn, and they all have their own agendas. There is no one who is going to tell our guys what to do — at least, not without significant ulterior motives. So our characters have to trust themselves. They have to listen to what everyone says, and consider it all, but in the end, they have to sink or swim on their own. Just like we all ultimately have to do in life.
We had one passing moment in issue #6 that mentioned Riley being off on some sort of secret mission. What can you say about whether Buffy's former flame will make it back to this series, and does he have a bigger role to play later on in Season 10?
That's actually being played out right now in the pages of "Angel & Faith"! Riley is missing in the jungles of Central America, and both Faith and his wife are looking for him…and hmm, doesn't Faith have some unresolved past interactions with Riley that could make this a very intriguing encounter?
Looking on to issue #7, we get another assist from Nicholas Brendan and another Xander-central story. What's it been like both having him to really give voice to the character, and shaping this arc as a series of solo adventures around the new San Francisco?
It's terrific. I always expected Nicky would be a help with Xander, and he definitely has been. He always says that Xander is basically him, except that Xander is into nerdy stuff like comics and D&D while Nicky was into baseball. (Luckily I have the nerdy side pretty well covered.) But I feel like he's also helped me grow as a writer in general, by bringing an actor's perspective to the storytelling. I've always said there's no sense in writers collaborating when they have the same set of skills. But having Nicky looking at it from the point of view of an actor has opened a lot of doors. For example, the idea of getting across that a character is lying by having them repeat the thing they're lying about a lot. He's shown me that you can bring performance-based techniques to a comic book story. Also, we have a lot of fun working together!
Of course, it's not all sunshine and rainbows for Xander. Even though it seems like he know messing with the rules in the magic book is bad, he also leans towards making another bad choice. At this point, who do you think he'd lean towards writing a rule about first — Dawn or Anya? And whether Xander does it or not, eventually someone's got to write a rule in that thing with dire consequences, right?
We're seeing that play out right now with Andrew having stolen the book to try to undo the thing he feels worst about: Tara's death. The ability to "fix" mistakes or things they regret is a key temptation for our characters, and we will see them all struggle with it in one way or another. And if a bad guy ever gets hold of it, watch out. For Xander, he has to balance the urge to fix things with Dawn or Anya with the fact that it's not what either of them wants, or what is necessarily best for them. We'll see how that goes.
The brand new "Return to Sunnydale" arc seems to be tying a lot of threads together for the cast. And as everyone is struggling to accept their place in the new team, we get a revenge-happy elder god as drawn by Richard Corben! What was it like to get the horror master to come in for the flashback in #8, and how does that Slithering Doom of a monster reflect the challenges the gang has back at the Hellmouth?
Ever since I started working with Scott Allie, I have been bugging him mercilessly about working with Corben. I know Richard writes a lot of his own stuff, and is very choosy about drawing other people's scripts, but I kept harping on it like a kid saying, "Are we there yet?" Finally Scott relented, and I think it pleased him as much as me to have Corben art in a Buffy comic. It was one of those situations where I didn't quite believe it until the art came in, and even then it was surreal. Richard Corben is, justifiably, a legend in comics, and someone I've been a fan of for at least thirty years, going back to his Warren stories and his self-published time travel/dinosaur miniseries "Rip In Time." He's a genius, like no one else out there. His art just seems like it's about to rise out of the page and grab you. So yeah, it's definitely a career highlight — one of those things I can cross off the bucket list. And the arrival of the Soul-Glutton (the Corben monster) is just the beginning of some daunting challenges for our heroes!
But the real sparks for this issue come from Andrew's quest with the Vampyr book. In particular, it was fun to see "robo-ghost Jonathan" as our most recently resurrected character. These guys remain fan favorites, but as we're seeing in the story, Andrew remains an untrustworthy member of the cast. Will this arc finally kind of settle his place in the Buffy world?
Wait and see. It will definitely be different coming out of it than it was going in.
And, of course, the last page reveal opens up the full scope of what's happening here: A potential return for Tara. After all the debate about who could be brought back via the book, I'm betting that for a lot of fans, she is the only real choice. Do you think that feeling could be mutual for the cast? What does Tara represent to the series overall?
Given the wish-fulfillment ability of the book, I wanted to go right for the biggest unfulfilled wish in the Buffyverse. The idea of the "Return to Sunnydale" story is to bring the characters face to face with the toughest parts of their past — Tara's death, Buffy's resurrection and unhealthy relationship with Spike, Andrew's villainous past. You can't grow as a person until you come to terms with things like this — although the way you try to come to terms with it can be disastrous in itself.
"Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 10" #9 is on sale now from Dark Horse.
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
A Stinging Tribute to an Apartheid State
A Stinging Tribute to an Apartheid State
An Open Letter to Sting Urging him to Cancel his Israel Gig
5 June 2006
Dear Sting,
Today, Palestinians commemorate the 39th anniversary of Israel's illegal occupation. At a time of unprecedented Israeli repression and violations of human rights, when Israel is relentlessly pursuing the construction of its colonial Wall and settlements, both declared illegal by the International Court of Justice at the Hague in July 2004, we, representatives of Palestinian civil society [1], urge you to cancel your planned performance in Israel. We feel particularly disappointed because of your otherwise bright record of supporting just peace and human rights in our region and in other conflicts. You are among those who refused on principle to perform in South Africa during apartheid. Isn't Israel's own form of apartheid as worthy of your boycott?
Mainstream Israeli and international media are reporting that Israel is launching a major public relations campaign highlighting its key place in the international arts scene. Your visit, and regardless of your intentions, will be viewed by Palestinians as contributing to the deceptive image of Israel as a "normal" state, thereby legitimizing its racism and colonial oppression. In fact, we view every international artist, academic or intellectual who visits Israel without condemning its illegal military occupation and colonization of Palestinian land as acquiescent in its oppression of the Palestinians.
For any art to communicate love, hope and peace, as yours does, it cannot float above a land of apartheid walls, racism, indiscriminate killings, uprooted olive trees, demolished homes and other horrific infringements of international law, pretending not to see, hear or touch the injustice beneath. Otherwise, it would become an art in collusion with oppression; an art that perpetuates injustice.
Just this last week, the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) in Britain and the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario joined the growing movement advocating effective sanctions against Israel until it fully complies with international law and fundamental principles of human rights. Increasingly, international civil society's opposition to Israel's occupation and other forms of oppression is inspired by and looking akin to the anti-apartheid movement that brought down the racist regime in South Africa. It is indeed high time for people of conscience the world over to isolate Israel, not to embrace it, in order to promote peace with justice and equality for all, irrespective of ethnicity or religion.
We sincerely hope that you shall cancel this performance in Israel. If contracts and other legal obligations render such a cancellation prohibitively difficult, we urge you, at the very least, to take a moral and public stand against Israel's occupation, denial of refugee rights and racial discrimination.
Please do not let your good name be associated with complicity in human rights violations. You -- and we -- deserve better.
Acting Steering Committee
Palestinian Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS)
Contact: PACBI email@example.com ---------------------
[1] The Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is endorsed by over 170 Palestinian union, association and other civil society organization. The Call and the list of signatories can be found at: http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=66_0_1_10_M11
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Google has launched its new app on the iOS Store an app that gives users the control to do Google Search and Google Share within the iMessages app itself. This new Google extension allows you to search and share within iMessages. You can perform Google search and open it without even switching to Safari or any other Google browser. This extension will allow you to use Google inside iMessages, which is like a perk for iOS users.
This Google extension can do so much more than what you think. You can just randomly search and send the location of the place with just a tap while chatting on iMessages. For example, if you are planning to grab a bite with a friend, you can quickly search for restaurants near you and send the location of the same to your friend within iMessages itself. iOS users are excited after this update and this app is going viral among iPhone users.
The most amazing thing is "GIF" Search. There is a small button on right top indicating GIF search, which allows you to do Google search inside iMessages app. This is really cool, but this GIF button on the top right opens up Google Search with a Share Button and options and details like phone number, Location etc. The Share button is present at the bottom left and if you click on the share button it automatically sends the same Google search query to the person you are talking to on the chat in iMessage App. So far, this is the best update Google has given to iPhone users and people just love it. Make sure you check out this new app by Google if you have an iPhone.


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Congratulations! You are the custodian of the Moorambilla Voices Regional Taiko Ensemble. You are entrusted to take care of and maintain these beautiful Australian-made taiko, and keep them in perfect condition for all children to learn and play on.
Before you start, please take the time to listen to ALL of these videos, which will show you how to look after them. Ian Cleworth, Artistic Director of Taikoz, shares his expertise on how to look after each taiko.
It's important to keep them tuned. After each performance you need to detune them to loosen the tension on the skins. Then before the performance you will need to tune them, or tighten them up again.


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Featured here is the PV for "Satori no Sho" by detune = the Ending theme for Japanese anime "Peeping Life TV", which employs the similar CG-rendered imagery.
The Opening theme is "HOTEL Alien" (HOTELエイリアン) by BRADIO, with the anime sequence featured below, and to be replaced by the actual MV when it gets released. BRADIO also performed the opening for "Death Parade", one of my absolute fav anime themes too!


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Season Overview
New York Polyphony
Appearing in Staten Island Bronx
Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 PM | Christ Church Riverdale
Sunday, September 25 at 5:00 PM | Trinity Lutheran Church
Virtuosic male vocal quartet New York Polyphony kicks off our 10th Anniversary Season with their stunning program Passions, featuring works by Compere, de Penalosa, Kreek and Andrew Smith.
Brooklyn Rider
Appearing in Queens
Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:30 PM | Flushing Town Hall
The genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider bring their dazzling artistry back to 5BMF with a program featuring works by Beethoven, Janacek, Glass and the ensemble's own Colin Jacobsen.
Five Borough Songbook
Appearing in Manhattan Queens
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 8:00 PM | DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM | Flushing Town Hall
5BMF presents the World Premiere and Queens Premiere of our newly commissioned Five Borough Songbook, Volume II: 20 brand new songs about New York City by 20 brilliant composers.
East of the River
Appearing in Brooklyn
Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 7:30 PM | Congregation Beth Elohim
East of the River explores traditional folk and sacred music of Morocco, Turkey and the Balkans in their program SULTANA: Music of the Sephardic Diaspora.
Appearing in Queens Brooklyn
Friday, May 12, 2017 at 6:30 PM | King Manor Museum
Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM | Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
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Macbeth Act 3, Scene 4
Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, and other lords and attendants are at the banquet in Macbeth's palace. Rather than sit at his place at the head of the table, Macbeth insists to sit among the lords while his wife sits on the dais. Macbeth bids the lords to seat themselves and insists that Lady Macbeth welcome their guests with a speech. She tells Macbeth to welcome them for her and he says that her heart welcomes them and their hearts return thanks for the welcome. He is too distracted to give a prolonged speech because one of the murderers has appeared in the doorway. He tells the lords that in a moment they will all drink together and then he walks to the doorway to talk with the murderer.
Macbeth is satisfied to see the blood on the murderer's face and learn that Banquo is dead. He believes that he can take care of Fleance in time, so he is not worried about the young man now. He tells the murderer that they will meet tomorrow. Lady Macbeth warns her husband that his lack of hospitality is ruining the banquet. She tells him that if the lords had wanted only to eat a meal, they could have stayed home to do that. They have joined him in the feast for his hospitality and the company of a host.
Rejoining the lords at dinner, Macbeth mentions that he wishes that Banquo were with them as he promised he would be. Lennox invites the king to sit with them, but Macbeth looks around the table and does not see an empty seat. Banquo's ghost is in the seat reserved for the king, and Macbeth doesn't realize that it is a ghost until Lennox again points to the seat as being empty. Macbeth asks who has brought the ghost and says that they cannot say that he did anything. He rambles on at the ghost while Lady Macbeth tries to play off his mutterings as a common illness that he has. She attempts to convince the lords that it is just a spell that will pass, telling them to wait only a moment and the king will be himself again. Then she tries to snap Macbeth out of his guilt-ridden panic so that he will not give them both away to the lords. She tells him that he acts like he is frightened by a superstitious ghost story. Macbeth rants on about the dead returning from their graves for only a moment more and then the ghost disappears. Macbeth is still bothered by the ghost and his own guilt, but Lady Macbeth convinces him to go back to the table with the lords and play off his outburst as an illness.
Macbeth resumes the feast and is explaining his illness to the lords when the ghost re-appears at the banquet. Macbeth speaks again to the ghost telling it to return to the grave and bother him no longer. The ghost vanishes again and Lady Macbeth tells her husband that he has ruined the light mood of their banquet. Looking at her composure he tells her that it disturbs him that she could look upon such sights (the ghosts of the people they have murdered) and maintain her composure while he is so afraid. When the lords begin to question Macbeth about what sights he means, Lady Macbeth sends them all away because she claims that her husband's health is deteriorating and their questions will only make his illness worse. The thanes leave Macbeth and his wife.
When they are alone, Macbeth tells his wife that the blood that has been shed at their hands will be avenged and their guilt will be discovered. Then he tells her that Macduff refused the invitation to dinner and he's not sure how to take the rebuff. He plans to send another invitation to Macduff tomorrow and also to visit the three witches to find out what his future is. He wants to know his fate, be it good or bad. He has schemes in his head that must be enacted before he is able to think too long on them and see the wrongness of his actions. Lady Macbeth tells him that what he needs more than anything else is sleep. He agrees that he needs rest because he has not rested well. The guilt of his actions keeps him awake because he is not yet an accomplished enough murderer to be able to ignore his conscience. They go to bed.


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Schulze Distinguished Professorship Program
The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation announces the establishment of a funded professorship program intended to further the field of entrepreneurship education by identifying the most capable minds in the discipline and providing resources for pursuit of their ideas and scholarship. Dick Schulze, founder of Best Buy and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation has a strong commitment to support entrepreneurship research and education. In so doing, his goal is to "meaningfully improve the odds of success for future generations of entrepreneurs."
The Foundation intends to further this cause of its founder by awarding funding to the country's most accomplished entrepreneurship scholars who are infusing into their teaching the results of original and meaningful research they are conducting. The work of these extraordinary faculty members will serve to enhance entrepreneurship education nationwide across a wide range of higher educational institutions and benefit students in the finest colleges and universities across the country who will go on to become the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Three Schulze distinguished professorships will be selected annually, based upon merit and accomplishment, by a committee appointed by the Foundation. The committee will consist of scholars who have been previously honored with Schulze Professorships and Ann Winblad, a trustee and very successful entrepreneur and business practitioner will will represent the Foundation. Distinguished Professorships will be awarded to mature academicians who are senior associate or full professors whose careers are flourishing and who are contributing significantly to their discipline.
Distinguished Professors will receive renewable awards of $50,000, annually, over a three-year term of appointment, and at the end of funding, will become permanent, emeritus members of the RMSFF Schulze distinguished professorship program. These awards will be announced at the annual EIX conference, sponsored by the Foundation. Each distinguished professor will be asked to publish the results of his/her thought leadership contributions through EIX before the end of initial funding and will be required to acknowledge Foundation sponsorship of that research in any way it might be used. Brief annual reports on the use of award funds will be due in years one and two and a more complete summary will be required in year three, at which time application for renewal will be considered.
The Foundation seeks to identify and invest in people, not specific projects. Schulze distinguished professors may use funds to support their various scholarly activities and research as they see fit. Award winners are supported in pursuit of their best ideas. Appropriate use of funds includes travel, equipment, supplies or technology and other expenses related to research; graduate assistantships; summer salaries; scholarships; and/or course release funding. Funding will typically result from a RMSFF grant issues to the university employing the Schulze distinguished professor. No university overhead or administrative expense is allowed to be taken from awards, but the Foundation will entertain proposals from institutions for an additional three to 5 percent administration fee when deemed necessary. Schulze distinguished professorships are awarded to individual professors. In the event an awardee changes institutions during the period of the award, the professorship and its funding shall remain with the recipient.
The Schulze distinguished professorship, along with EIX and its related programs, will continue to expand on a national scale the influence and goal of the founder as the University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship launches its quest for greater impact and national recognition.


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October 5, 2016
What makes the University of Oregon great are the diverse people in our campus community. This is especially important to remember as we see a rise in and normalization of white supremacist sentiments and rhetoric throughout the country. Latinas and Latinos (Latin@s), and Mexicans in particular, have been the target of much of this racism, with the presidential candidate of a major political party even calling them criminals and rapists at a press conference. While these controversies have highlighted the prevalence of racism in this country, they have also overshadowed the many contributions Latin@s are making to our country and society as a whole.
During Latino Heritage Month, we recognize and celebrate the contributions of those who came from and/or are descendants of people from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. In addition to honoring historical contributions, it is also a time for us, as a university, to examine how we can better serve the Latin@ students and faculty who are currently making their imprint on the UO.
Originally observed as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, the observance is now a month-long celebration that spans September 15 through October 15 every year. While the federal government recognized the designation as "Hispanic Heritage Month", the University of Oregon honors the culturally preferred and more appropriate term of "Latino Heritage Month." While one month is not nearly long enough to cover all the contributions of Latin@s to the United States, the month of observation is good reminder that Latin@ influence is all around us. For example, during this year's Latino Heritage Month, President Barack Obama will be honoring six Latin@s with the National Medal of Art and Humanities. As previously mentioned, Latin@s have and will continue to be a major factor in this year's presidential election, both as powerful politicians on both sides of the aisle and as a crucial voting block. Latin@ influence in higher education is no different, as evidenced by President Obama's recent declaration of September 12 through September 18 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
Up until 2015, Latin@s were the fastest growing population in the United States for decades. Latin@s are even the majority ethnic population in California. In Oregon, Latin@s are by far the largest ethnic minority, accounting for 12.1 percent of the state's population. This growing presence is very much evident on the UO campus. In the last several years, the number of both Latin@ students and faculty has grown significantly.
According to UO student demographics data, the number of Latin@ undergraduate students increased by 80.1 percentage from 2010-14. The same report also notes that the number of Latin@ graduate students has increased by 40 percent in that time period.
The increase in number of Latin@ faculty hasn't been nearly as dramatic but still represents a significant, growing presence in our campus community. According to the UO's tenure-related faculty demographics report, Latin@s accounted for 5.2 percent of the UO faculty during the 2015-16 school year. This was up from 4.1 percent during 2011-12. In the same time period, Latin@ faculty have increased from representing 23 percent of faculty of color to 39 percent. Additionally, the UO is making various efforts to institutionalize research and faculty recruitment in this area, especially with its support of the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies. While Latin@s have a presence of some kind throughout the different departments of the UO, it is clear that there is much work to be done in the areas of faculty recruiting and retention.
When it comes to building community and engaging others on campus with Latin@ history and culture, there are many people and groups doing this important work at the UO. These groups include the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS), MEChA, and the Latino Strategy Group. All three serve different, yet very much interconnected needs. CLLAS, for instance, facilitates collaborative research, scholarship, intellectual community, and community outreach. MECha, meanwhile, is a student group that provides space for Latin@ students to organize; host events like the Raza Unida Youth Conference; facilitate programming like after school tutoring, an offshoot women's group, and a publication that explores gender, sexuality, bodies, and communities; and simply build community with one another. Lastly, the Latino Strategy Group is a collective of faculty, staff, students, and community members who provide mentoring and advocacy for and with Latin@ students, both on campus and in the Eugene community. On October 10, 2016, the Division of Equity and Inclusion in partnership with other campus and community partners will sponsor 2016 Fiesta Latina from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Room 190 of the UO School of Music and Dance. Please RSVP at inclusion.uoregon.edu.
As we observe Latino Heritage Month, it's important that we recognize and honor the work these students, staff, faculty, and community members are doing to make the UO a better institution. It has come a long way, but the UO still has far to go. Use this month is an opportunity to not just celebrate the rich history of Latin@s, but to consider what role we're playing in the history that's being made right now.
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh
Professor of Political Science and Vice President for Equity and Inclusion


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CTA retires aged 'L' cars with a bit of fanfareBy Lee Bey
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CTA retires aged 'L' cars with a bit of fanfareBy Lee Bey
The last of the Chicago Transit Authority's 2200 series "El" cars — a mainstay of the system since Nixon was president and gasoline was 35 cents a gallon —will make their final runs today.
Best known for their corrugated sides and notoriously narrow double sets of folding entry doors, the trains were pressed into service in 1969.
The now-aged cars were a bit of a sensation when they were first introduced. Sleek, silvery and fast (the trains could go 55 mph), the 2200's were a modern step-up from the previous series, as the above 1970 CTA photo above of the new and old cars at the Belmont stop on the Blue Line shows.
Skidmore Owings & Merrill architect Myron Goldsmith — an under-heralded talent if there ever was one — helped design the cars to match his then-new architecturally modernist CTA stations on the Dan Ryan and Kennedy and expressway medians.
"We wanted to achieve a total design," SOM Managing Partner Richard F. Tomlinson said Wednesday. "New, modern and technologically-advanced rolling stock designed in conjunction with the most modern transit stations of their time in the U.S. This was the largest and most comprehensive expansion of the CTA rapid transit since it was first built."
The CTA is celebrating the cars' retirement with a ceremonial run of the last cars from O'Hare to Forest Park and back, making all stops in between, beginning at 11 a.m. The cars will have original decals and vintage advertising, the agency said.


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8 Reasons Women are Happy With Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation, or breast enlargement, is one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries. Though the number of breast lift surgeries is growing faster, breast augmentation is still by far the most popular surgery performed on women. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, over 300,000 women received breast enlargement surgery in 2011, and the number grows each year. This number shows that women want to feel confident about their breasts and their bodies.
Women get breast augmentation surgery for many reasons. Every woman has their reasons for spending the money and getting on the surgical table. Here are the Top 8 reasons women are happy with their breast augmentation surgery.
Top 8 Reasons Women Get Breast Augmentation Surgery
1. Having fuller, larger breasts will make the waist and hips look smaller. Bigger breasts means a few extra pounds won't show as easily. Getting breast augmentation surgery doesn't mean you can chow down on chocolate and fast food every day, but a larger bosom does well to hide a few diet mistakes.
2. Clothes often look better with bigger breasts. Sweaters show more curves, low-cut tops reveal more ample cleavage, and women look more feminine even when dressed in casual attire.
3. What woman doesn't look better in a bathing suit when her breasts are fuller and larger? Women are more confident going to the beach in a two-piece or a sexy one-piece when she feels good about the size and contour of her breasts.
4. Self confidence is increased in all aspects of a woman's life. Breasts don't make the woman and size shouldn't matter that much. But, size certainly does matter to some women and how they feel about themselves. Bigger is better for many women.
5. You can throw out those padded bras. It's certainly much better without all that padding beneath your blouse. After breast augmentation surgery, there will be no need for any extra inside your bra – there won't be room!
6. A woman will look and feel more youthful after breast enlargement surgery. Saggy, deflated breasts are often a sign of aging. Breast augmentation will take years off a woman's appearance.
7. Breast augmentation surgery can help a woman claim the beautiful breasts she may have had before pregnancy, but nursing can cause breast to flatten and sag. Surgery will give her the breasts she once had and make her feel sexy and attractive again.
8. Men like bigger breasts. It's not the only thing that matters in the world, but most women enjoy it when a man turns his head to look as she passes by. Bigger breasts make woman more attractive and desirable to the opposite sex. Besides, if you are with that special someone, you will feel more confident if the clothes come off!


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Steve Carell, Jim Carrey work magic in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'
Armed with his Mattel Magic Kit ("I loved it so much"), the very young Steve Carell would put on shows for other kids in his Acton, Mass., neighborhood. But, he admits, he wasn't a very good magician. "As soon as the show was over," he said, "I would tell everyone how all the tricks worked."
That's something he certainly can't do with "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," which opens Friday and stars Carell, Jim Carrey and Olivia Wilde in a comedy about egos, illusions and plunging necklines (on Carell). In an effort to avoid too much computer enhancement, the movie used a lot of real tricks that came courtesy of its magic adviser, the celebrated David Copperfield. But it meant the actors had to sign a confidentiality agreement. "Honestly, that was the coolest part," Carell said. "You really felt you were part of that world."
Worlds collide in "Burt Wonderstone," which is set in the magic capital of the world -- Las Vegas -- a place where "you go big or go home," as Wilde put it, and which she said seemed "ripe" for the kind of parody they were out to do.
"And the more I learned more about Vegas magicians, the more I said, yeah, this place is right for comedy.
"And the idea of competition between magicians? They really do dislike each other."
An edgier replacement
They certainly do in "Burt Wonderstone." Burt (Carell) and his partner, Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), have been doing turn-away business on the Vegas Strip for years (any resemblance to Siegfried and Roy is purely intentional). But their act is getting old, the seats emptier and the relationship so acrimonious they keep losing assistants and have to draft a techie named Jane (Wilde) as a last-second substitute.
Despite Jane's contributions, the act is in free-fall, and the team's boss, hotel owner Doug Munny (James Gandolfini), looks to replace them with someone edgier -- someone like Steve Gray (Carrey), a street "magician" and Internet sensation whose act is more about body-modification and pain than the kind of grand illusion in which Burt and Anton have specialized since they were boyhood friends.
While the idea of "extreme" magic reflects something going on in the culture at large, it wasn't something the filmmakers wanted "to hit with a sledgehammer," Carell said. But he hoped it wouldn't be lost on anyone, either.
"It's the idea that something that is classic and perhaps a bit well worn can casually be replaced by something that might not be considered art, but is new and shocking," he said. "I think that not only happens in magic but in the comedy world as well. I think there are lots of parallels, especially in television, in terms of what people are watching at this point. People are getting so much info on a daily basis, you need to do something ridiculous just to garner any attention."
The hidden-card trick
In one scene, Carrey -- looking remarkably buff, with a Mephistophelean beard and long, flowing locks -- does a hidden-card trick that involves Steve pulling the card out of a slice in his cheek. He also attempts to set the world record for staring, while having pepper spray shot into his eyes.
"It's an observation about what people want to watch, and what audiences seem to be demanding," Wilde said. "People want to be pushed to the brink, to see what they've never seen, It's interesting because it's happening in sports and in film as well -- horror, comedy. People want to be pushed to the edge. I wonder if that's a reaction to technology and what's available at our fingertips, or the demands made on entertainment that you pay for, because free content is so plentiful.
"If our film is a love letter to anything, it's to a classic style of entertainment."
Directed by TV's Don Scardino ("30 Rock," "2 Broke Girls") and written by six other people, "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" is less than a love letter to Vegas, or the performers who inspired the Burt and Anton characters. ("There were so many," Carell said with a laugh.)
To be a performer in Vegas, Wilde said, "both the performance and the personality have to be heightened, just the way the city's reality is heightened. Everyone's got to have more glitter, more sequins, more hair. I don't think I realized how spot-on our characters were till I came here. I mean, I really thought David Copperfield's show was just so funny."
Carell said he, too, discovered a few things about Vegas, perhaps the only city that can out-excess Hollywood.
"I found that I'm no gambler," he said. "It's not in my DNA, I'm not good at it and don't think I enjoy it. But what I really like are the restaurants. And the shows. My wife and kids came out this weekend, and we all had dinner and went to see 'O.' That's what worked for me.
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As parents, we all know reading to our kids is important. It's not only great for their development, but a good way to spend quality [cuddle] time with them. But finding a book that is entertaining to both you and your kids? That can be a challenge. Below are three books that will be just as enjoyable to you as they are for your kiddies.
I Am So Bored by Henrike Wilson
See You Later, Alligator by Sally Hopgood
That's Not the Monster We Ordered by Richard Fairgray, Tara Black, and Terry Jones
Monday, October 10, 2016
Reading with Your Kids: Children's Books You Will Enjoy Too!
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Color Psychology Defined: How to Pick the Best Color for Your Business in 3 Easy Steps
From flowers to fashion, color is all around us. And color plays a big role in business branding & identity, of course.
If you're building a personal brand — or the brand of a business or organization — the colors in everything from your logo to the clothes you wear can impact the thoughts, decisions and opinions of clients or customers. A small tweak in color could alter the way a customer clicks on your "buy now" button (or misses it) or even picks up your product from the shelf, be it virtual or within the walls of your brick and mortar store. You can stand out with color.
In three easy steps we can determine the best color for your personal brand, business or organization. Whether you're just getting started and have to pick brand colors for the first time, or you're about to go through a brand refresh, it's time to nail down the best color for you.
Here are three questions to consider:
- What's My Favorite Color?
- What's the Best Color for My Ideal Audience?
- What Does My Brand Color Mean? (We're talking color psychology.)
Time to dive into the first question. (We'll discuss the other questions — and share even more color tips and examples — in future posts in this blog series.)
What's My Favorite Color?
Start asking yourself this question. Or, go straight in the opposite direction to ask: What colors do I hate?
Hate is a strong word but let's face it. You might determine the best color for your brand is pink. You're target audience loves pink, and pink works for your industry.
But you hate pink.
You don't have to explain it. You just have a distaste for a certain color. Well, it might seem trivial, but whether you're building your business every day and just working a side hustle, you will be thinking about your brand a lot. You will be looking at you website and creating visual content for social media often… And, of course you'll be incorporating your brand color(s) a lot (if you're smart).
This doesn't mean you can never change or tweak your brand colors. Nor does it mean that everything rests on a color you may choose today. That's a lot of pressure!
But you'll be staring at your color a lot. You'll be using this color. And if you wear your brand color (not uncommon), you will have a wardrobe of it!
Even if your brand color is your favorite color, you will get tired of it before your audience does. You will tell yourself it's time for a brand refresh because your audience must be getting tired of it… But remember, they aren't looking at it as much as you are.
You should keep your logo and brand colors for awhile — possibly forever — for brand consistency and recognition. Can you imagine if Target stores dropped the red?
Bottom line? You have to live with what you choose. You have to love and like — or at the very least tolerate — your brand colors.
So while you don't have to pick your favorite color (please don't if it doesn't align with your customers and niche at all), you definitely should NOT pick a color you hate even if that color seems to be the perfect color for your brand.


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If you want to know which companies shoppers consider the greenest, look no further than a grocery store near you. Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Fresh & Easy, Publix and MOMs have all made the list of the 35 companies that are the greenest, the best investments and the most recommendable by shoppers across the country.
That is just one of the findings of a new report entitled "The Corporate Reality of Consumer Perceptions." The report, published today by GreenBiz.com and researched and written by Amy Hebard and Wendy Cobrda of the applied marketing firm Earthsense.
This report stems from Earthsense's Eco-Insights Survey, which polled more than 30,000 individuals, trying to sketch out how green they perceive familiar companies to be. Results were ranked along four axes: how much the company has incorporated sustainability into its operations; how green are the products they produce or sell; how good of an investment does the company appear to be; and how likely is a person to recommend that company to friends or family.
In addition to the high number of supermarkets or grocery stores, the companies that scored high across one or more of these categories include a number of green consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, including Tom's of Maine, Burt's Bees, Green Mountain Coffee, Odwalla and Kashi, among others.
In a podcast interview posted today on GreenBiz Radio, the authors explain that these retail and CPG brands likely scored so well because shoppers have up-close and personal relationships with them, and as a result feel more knowledgeable about their level of greenness.
But other companies in the Earthsense 35 -- those that scored at or near the top of at least one of these categories of question -- have earned that ranking through effective communication of their green initiatives. Google and Yahoo are both highly ranked in the survey, albeit largely on the axis of sound investment strategy, but both companies are also engaged with greening their own operations as well as helping their customers take part in the environmental movement.
The report offers an in-depth exploration of the four categories of green performance: Company Earthsense, Product Earthsense, Investment Attractiveness, and Advocacy. It breaks down both where shoppers place these companies on the green spectrum, and offers some baseline questions for companies to ask themselves to gauge where they stand.
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