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Terry Pratchett (and many drunken travellers paraphrasing) once said; "Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." Truer words and all that. Another thing a fellow back-packer once told me is that it takes you the same amount of time as you spent in a failed relationship to fully process that same relationship and move on. The same is true of time after travel.
One of the worst things about returning after an extended period of wild adventure is responding to questions like 'what was it like?' 'Did you have a good time?' How do you summarise 18 months in a whole other world down to a few neatly palatable sentences? I know what things I miss the most from being on the road (although I don't doubt that I'll be back on it again one day), but I was curious about what got my fellow backpackers to yearning – so I thought I'd ask!
Of all of the, at least temporarily, retired backpackers that I surveyed, the most popular answer that they gave was people; the other travellers they meet on the road and the locals that they got the opportunity to spend time with. And how do you spend time with people? Why eating and drinking of course! In fact food made up a whopping 10% of all the answers given to the question 'what thing do you miss most about international travel?' Other top answers were finding out about new cultures, having adventures and the total freedom to be spontaneous and go wherever the wind blows you.
Now that I'm back in suburban Hampshire studying and working, there are limited ways that I can recreate any of those wonderful things for myself. If there's one thing I know I can do though, it's cook; so that's what I'm going to do, at least until I can begin a fresh adventure. I shall see my kitchen with new eyes and extra colours as I recreate every wonderful, nostalgic meal I've had on the road. Hopefully I'll even bring in some other people's stories and recipes too, so that I can share the trials and triumphs of being a vegetarian in, and all-over, a meat-eater's world.


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Hello sweet peas!! 😀
Today I want to talk to you about something that has been on my mind recently, and every time has worked out (yay!).
I'm talking about jumping in with two feet first, taking the bull by the horns, and stepping out your comfort zone and taking some risks.
Good risks – not bad ones!
In my year 11 speech last year I talked about the difference between risk and danger. Risk is when you are a bit uncertain of the outcome, and no matter the outcome it will have an effect on you. Danger is when you can pretty much guarantee something bad is going to happen.
My example last year was walking in front of a bus. If you walk out in front of a bus, and it is directly in front of you, I can pretty much guarantee its not going to end well. Thus its a danger. whereas, if you leave plenty of time, and space between you and the bus you are most likely going to get across the road in time, pretty unscathed – unless your teacher catches you doing that and you get a detention haha! (That's what happens at my school since we are next to a big road – I still demand that my friends hold my hand when I cross it!).
I don't know if that analogy clarified anything, but that's why I'll give you a few examples that have been very applicable for me.
- Talking to a boy!! Oh my gosh, this is the big one when you're a teenager! talking to someone you fancy is like standing next to Mt Cook (New Zealand's tallest mountain lol!) and being expected to make it to the top with no equipment! You'll be on unfamiliar ground, you don't know what will happen, and by the time you get there you'll be a sweaty out-of-breath mess! (lol, maybe not!). However, as soon as you have broken the ice everything is uphill from there. Once you know where you stand with someone its a lot easier to relax and enjoy yourself!
So, my tips!
- Don't overthink it. The greatest advice my swimming coach ever gave me – yes, I managed to overthink swimming! I know, I'm a special one.
- Don't wait for the "perfect moment" to do it – sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and go for it! Whenever I talk to someone new I always have that moment of hesitation, but I just have to tell myself to just push through it! 🙂
- Be resilient. Sometimes we don't get the outcome we wanted, but you just need to brush yourself off, and try again! Don't let one bad experience or person ruin something for you 🙂
So I hope I have inspired you to take some good risks! Remember if you genuinely don't think a situation is good, don't stay in it. Gut feeling is pretty amazing 😉 <3
It's being able to distinguish between risk and danger, nerves and fear, what we do and have yet know, that enables us to live our lives to the fullest! 🙂
I would love to hear your thoughts and stories about this, and of course any tips!! 😀
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend 🙂

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If you've run a team for a while, you've probably seen these:
These are indications that your orcs are tired (the red eye) or REALLY tired (the Z's). How did they get that way?
Whenever orcs play in games, go looting or train their skills, their fatigue level goes up. Whenever they rest, their fatigue level goes down. The pace at which the fatigue level goes down isn't very fast, though, so over time, this fatigue builds and builds to the point where the orc gets tired. A tired orc doesn't play as well, makes more mistakes in games, and tries to find his way to the bench more often.
There are some simple things you can do to manage your team's fatigue level. The first, and I think most important way is to fill your team out to 35 orcs! Get star players, yes, but give them a chance to rest once in a while. If you only have two lines of orcs, they're out on the field a lot more than they are used to, and will get very tired very quickly.
The second thing you can do to manage fatigue is to heal your players regularly. OrcAde and PureAde actually reduce the fatigue level of an orc by 1 and 4 points respectively. That may not seem like much, but it may be the difference between fatigue building up or reducing over time.
The third approach is to not send a tired orc looting! Looting happens in the middle of the night, and disrupts the orc's sleeping habits. If they are able to sleep more, they will shed some of that built-up fatigue.
There you go! Three simple things to keep in mind to help manage your orc's fatigue level.
- Brett
P.S. Feel free to leave feedback on this article right here in the forum.


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Stan Lee (1922-2018) was a famed comic book writer, editor, and the long-time face of Marvel Comics. Lee, in collaboration with such artists as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, was responsible for the creation of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and most of the other superheroes popularized by Marvel Comics. His distinctive promotional patter, in editorials and comic covers, exhorted readers ("true believers") to look inside, and often ended with the phrase "Excelsior!" In later years, he frequently narrated, hosted, or made cameo appearances in television and film adaptations of Marvel comics.
Lee appeared in the 1989 Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers." After Baby Rowlf and Skeeter enter the Spider-Man newspaper strip, Lee appears, hovering over a drawing desk, and takes the kids to task: "Don't you know there's only one Spider-Man?" Rowlf is apologetic ("Sorry, Mr. Lee"), but Skeeter accidentally releases a stream of webbing at Stan, coating his head with it.


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After improving album art in Perfect Tunes, the album art fails for Pioneer AVIC car stereo and a '?' is displayed instead of the image.
Is this a known problem? Can it be fixed in the Batch Converter?
After improving album art in Perfect Tunes, the album art fails for Pioneer AVIC car stereo and a '?' is displayed instead of the image.
Is this a known problem? Can it be fixed in the Batch Converter?
Which audio format? it is possible the pioneer will not show art over a certain size (KB and pixel).
I use MP3, and I tried to reduce size using the options available in the Batch Processor. I have not seen anyone instance where the album art is displayed.
Compare the ID tag for album art, they are all set to 'front cover' including the files which work. What created the files which work?
>> Compare the ID tag for album art
I checked one that do not work in Windows explorer, and it says: "Front Album Cover" (if I was able to read this correctly)
>> What created the files which work?
BlueSound Vault
Album art shows correclty in my iPhone
Can you upload 1 mp3 file which shows the cover art and one from CD Ripper, upload to dropbox and personal mail (on this forum) me the link please.
Thanks for the files, both are correctly tagged, all I can see is the PerfectTUNES file is 1400x1400 and 150KB, whereas the other file is 400x400 and 35KB, but you have already said you tried the lower art size.
What does Pioneer have to say about displaying album art on that device? FWIW, my high end Toyota system gets its art not from the files or tags stored with the music on my phone, but from Gracenotes, using up my phone's data in the process. The phone is connected to the radio with Bluetooth. Now, if I had the music app (Foobar or Poweramp) visible on the phone, I'd see my artwork there, but I have Waze open also for navigation, so the music metadata displays on the car display.
Unfortunately, many car "infotainment" systems are really poorly designed. Lacking features and not user friendly. If the car system manufacturers had gone the route of the phone manufacturers and let third parties develop "apps" for their systems, we wouldn't have this issue.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Trichotomy-The Gentle War(Naima 2011)
The album opens with Chase, a short, catchy song, almost pop-like but with some surprising time signatures. Wrestle features a deceptively simple melody and harmony that the trio twist and turn, much like it is wrestling with itself. Blues For The Space, is a beautiful piece, very still, meditative and reflective, and features a superb spontaneous improvisation from the trio. Cute, written by Parker for his son is a fun portrait any parent will 'get' and the visceral Shut Up aims its angry punch at reality TV. But it is the album's gripping title track, The Gentle War, that best encapsulates what Foran and his colleagues are striving for. It moves through three distinct sections, and explores some odd time signatures, but is also a really textural piece incorporating solo parts on bass and drums and always feels organic and natural. And it this distinct approach to their music, simultaneously thunderous and hushed...harsh but reflective, that makes Trichotomy so compelling.


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Anybody got their Koran handy?
I'm just dying to know which hadith covers this situation.
-- PARIS (Reuters) -- Sitting in a cafe near the Champs Elysees, the 26-year-old French-born woman of Algerian descent looks like any other Parisian.Who says you can't have your virginity and, um... eat it too?
But two months ago, she did something none of her friends have done. She had her hymen re-sewn, technically making her a virgin again.
This 30-minute outpatient procedure, called "hymenoplasty" and costing between 1,500 and 3,000 euros ($2,000-$4,000), is increasingly popular among young women of North African descent in France.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Digg Says Sharing Is Caring
According to Bob Buch, vice president of business development at Digg, sharing is caring. Or at least it is when it comes to being a successful Web publisher.
In a Wednesday presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, he advised content providers to harness the power of social-networking sites and use "share" buttons (such as Digg's, of course) to optimize Web traffic.
If you love something–and in this case, it's lots of page views–you should set it free, he said. The users you send to Digg or other social news sites will reward you with plentiful hits.
"One Digg is worth a lot of users coming back," Mr. Buch said.
He recommended hiring social-networking experts to help use sites like Facebook and Twitter to increase Web traffic. "If you don't know what an ROFLCopter is, I would recommend going to your local high school and hiring somebody who does know what that means," he quipped.


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Yog Kumbh – Day 4 of Week-Long Yoga Celebrations at the Parmarth Camp
A historic pledge to be the change we want to see in the world was led by Yogrishi Pujya Swami Ramdevji & Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji as the fourth day of the morning yoga session on the banks of the Sangam completed today at the Parmarth Niketan Shivir, Sector 18. It was joined by thousands of pilgrims at the Sangam and people from over 15 countries.
What a glorious day at the Sangam of Yamuna, Ganga and Saraswati on this auspicious day of Mauni Amavasya Snan. Let us all unite into one like this Sangam, and flow together. This is Kumbh!
.#holysnan #kumbh2019 #parmarthkumbh #mauniamavasya https://t.co/Xq7Itk9wIS
— Parmarth Niketan (@ParmarthNiketan) February 4, 2019
𝕐𝕠𝕘 𝕂𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕙 🧘🏽♀🧘🏾♂🧘♀ Thousands of people enjoyed an amazing #yoga session by Ram Dev Yoga (https://t.co/utYgp7MlNx) joined by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji – Muniji HH and Sadhvi Bhagawati… https://t.co/IW2qMlaMQI
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The bolts on the brakes can loosen, posing a crash or impact hazard.
Camso toll-free at 866-533-0008 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.camso.co and click on "service and support" for more information
Recall Details
This recall involves model year 2018 Camso DTS 129 and Yeti Snow MX kits that are used to convert off road motorcycles or dirt bikes to track and ski vehicles. The DTS 129 kits have a serial number starting with 9025ICEXXXX located on the conversion system frame. The Yeti Snow MX kits have a serial number starting with YE3XXXX located under the system. DTS 129 and the Camso logo or the Yeti logo are printed on the side of the product.
Consumers should immediately stop using bikes with the recalled conversion kits and contact an authorized Camso dealer for a free repair.
Camso has received two reports involving the DTS 129 brake disc bolts loosening and seven reports involving the Yeti Snow MX brake disc bolts loosening. No injuries have been reported.
Powersports dealers nationwide from August 2017 through May 2018 for about $4,800 for the DTS and $7,700 for the Yeti.
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Camso Inc. of Quebec, Canada
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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DNSChanger: FBI's Internet Blackout Postponed
March 06, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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NASA Unprepared for Cyber Attacks
March 05, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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The Cyber Arms Race: Casting Shadows on the Future
March 01, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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Antivirus Ban for Iran: A Controversial Penalty
February 20, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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Anonymous Now Interested in the Great Firewall of China
February 17, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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Nortel: From Bankruptcy to Industrial Espionage Victim
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February 14, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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KPN Hack: Why was Customer Notification Delayed?
February 13, 2012 Added by:Plagiarist Paganini
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DDoS Attacks: An Excuse to Talk About IPv6 Security
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The switchover from the existing address protocol IPv4 to IPv6 will give attackers a great opportunity. With the introduction of the protocol a huge quantity of new internet addresses is available, and those addresses could be used as sources for DDoS attacks...
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Syrian Drama and the Impact on Cyberspace
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Hacking Satellite Communications
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VeriSign Hacked - But Why?
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It's been fun seeing the kids imagination really start to come out with LEGO's. They have been building their own planes and spaceships. Such a great creativity going on. The other day Jack wanted to look at the Duel at Mustafar set online. They don't actually make it anymore so of course it's crazy expensive...like over $200 expensive. Plus it doesn't even look all that cool...not enough lava in my opinion! So Jack asked if we could look online for pictures. Of course other LEGO enthusiasts have come up with their own interpretations so there were a few to choose from. We found one that seemed reasonable to be able to put together. I took a picture of it with my phone and then we went upstairs to the LEGO table to get to work.
Here is our inspiration!
Jackson didn't really help with the building of it. He helped me find the LEGO's we needed and he told me where he wanted the platforms for Anakin and Obi Wan to be.
I am not a very creative person when it comes to building LEGO. I'm Emmett all the way...give me some instructions and I'm good, but just coming up with something on my own....I am no master builder!
It was fun working from someone else's and not having instructions and just having to wing it and make what I could with what I had. I will say my favorite part is the fact that Anakin and Obi Wan can swivel around and fight each other. That's super cool!
Later Jack added the hanging chain thing from Owen's construction set that he got at The LEGO Store recently. He liked the idea that Anakin could swing on it and then flip and land on his platform or the mountain side.
He was one happy guy...this is probably his favorite scene in the all the Star Wars movies. I'm not sure why since it's pretty sad that Anakin tries to kill his master an all. The dark side takes over him and he become Darth Vader. Maybe Jack is like me and just hopes that the scene will change and he won't choose evil over good. I remember watching Fried Green Tomatoes over and over when I was younger just hoping that the Buddy Threadgood's character would be able to untie his shoe fast enough so he could escape getting hit by the train. Silly I know! I guess I'm an eternal optimist!


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St. Peter's Parents and Teachers
SPPAT is a vital organization through which parents, teachers, and administrators build working relationships for the benefit of students and the school. Governed by a board of directors, SPPAT provides a structure, primarily through committees, that identifies volunteer opportunities for parent involvement. Raising funds to support operations and hosting special events such as Grandparents Day are representative of the various ways SPPAT supports St. Peter's.
All parents are members of SPPAT, and each family pays an annual membership fee of $30.


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When I relaunched NYNHB one of the whole points of it was that it was aiming to be a place for people who weren't confident about the whole fitness thing to get ideas and advice of ways to workout and enjoy it – and part of that is knowing what the heck is going on when you're exercising. After all it can be quite intimidating walking into an exercise class when you're not sure what to expect, to head into a gym full of strange machines or join a group of regular exercisers who seem to talk in code – and runners, I admit, do this last one a lot.
They have all sorts of strange running terms and running language like PB, Tempo Run or taper, that, at first sounds like their speaking in code.
As such, if you've started running and have maybe joined something like Parkrun (see below), a running club or, are just looking at running forums online, you might see a few terms banded about that you have never heard before (and so have no idea what they mean), or, maybe there's some things you think you should know but don't – and feel a bit embarrassed to ask (like how far is a marathon anyway?). So, here's what some of the most common running words and other bits of runner's lingo mean….
The Dictionary of Running Words.
Cadence – the amount of steps you take per minute. Apparently 180 is ideal . That's hard to count – so aim for 30 steps per 10 seconds
Cross training – exercise that isn't running. Useful to work other muscles
DLF – dead last finish – I did that in my first half marathon! DNS – did not start – means you didn't actually get to the start of the race. DNF – Did not Finish, showed up but for some reason didn't reach the end. When examining these three always remember the WISH motto below – DLF is greater than DNF which greatly trumps DNS.
Fartlek – means speed play in Swedish and it's a way of training where basically you mix up fast and slow bits however you feel like it. So, sprint to the next lamppost – jog till that tree – sprint till you see something yellow. Whatever your little heart desires.
Field – number of runners in a race. If you don't want to DLF it's good to check the average time of the field in an event. If they are all three minutes faster per mile than you and you don't want to come last, maybe try a different race for now (says the voice of experience).
Flushie – a real toilet close to the start line of a run. Generally less stinky than the Portaloos. If you find a secret one, never tell anyone!!!
Fuelbelt – a flat belt worn round the waist where you stash drinks, GU (see below), keys, phones, loo roll, phone and other essentials while you run.
GU – packets of sugary gel stuff that help you keep going during long runs. First rule of GU – only ever consume it close to a water station or you will end up with sticky paste in your mouth for ages – and possibly sticky hands.
Half marathon – a run of 13.1 miles (21km) – yes the 0.1 matters. Might also just be known as 'a half'
Hill work – training by running up hills. It builds strength and endurance – the trick to it is to focus your energy on running up, then recover down.
Hitting The Wall (also known as boinking or bonking) – when you completely run out of energy during a long run. Risk is avoided by good training and correct use of GU.
Ice baths – stupid idea that sees you sitting in a freezing bath after a very long run. Theory is that it helps your legs recover. Thankfully science says otherwise so we can stop this now.
Interval Training – mixes up fast and slow, like Fartlek does, but in a more structured way – so you might do 30 seconds running as fast as you can, then jog to recover for a minute – the key with intervals is to focus on working as hard as you can on the fast bit, even if you have to walk to recover.
ITB – iliotibial band. A band of muscle that runs down the side of the thigh – it often plays up in runners. Google ITB stretch to see how to avoid it.
Long Slow Distance – torture – sorry, I mean a long run where you're aiming to just get lots of miles under your belt without worrying how long it takes. Most of my runs fit this description – this is a bad plan as you never get faster using this approach!. Also known as an LSD.
Marathon – a run of 26.2 miles (42km) – yes that 0.2 matters too! Might also just be known as 'a full'
Negative Splits – trying to run the second half of a run, faster than the first bit. Brings great joy when achieved.
Orthotics – insoles you put in your shoe to adjust the position of your feet to counteract things like pronation (see below)
Pacer – some events have special runners you can follow that keep you running at a certain speed – they often carry balloons or sticks with a time on so you can spot them. V useful if you want to PB (see below)
Parkrun – a free nationwide 5k run. It's open to anyone, any ability and super friendly. Find out more at parkrun.org.uk
PB or PR – covering a distance faster than you've done before – stands for personal best or personal record.
Plantar Facitiis – ow, ow, ow, ow. Repeat. An inflammation of the tissue that runs along the bottom of your feet. Key symptom is a shooting pain as soon as you stand up in the morning. The University of Rochester stretch helps beat it.
Pronation – magic feet hit the ground straight when you run. Many people don't have magic feet – they twist inward or outward when they land – that's pronation. Overpronators roll inward, underpronators turn out.
Runstreak – running at least one mile (or another designated distance) every single day
Shin Splints – pains that appear up the front of your shin. Normally mean you've done a bit too much too soon – or your shoes need replacing.
Tapering – the couple of weeks before a long run like a marathon where you start to reduce your mileage so you are fresh on the day
Taper Madness – jittery, slightly manic feeling that occurs when you do this (see above).
Tempo Run – running at a pace that feels a little bit hard for at least 20 minutes. I don't do tempo runs. They are horrible. This is why I don't get any faster. Don't be like me, do your tempos.
Split time – the time you want to get to a certain distance in your run.
Ultradistance – anything longer than a marathon.
So, that's my list of runners terms… have I forgotten anything? Feel free to add any suggestions for other running terems or running language below and I'll add them to the dictionary.
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Minions. The little yellow guys from Despicable Me who have become a sensation for children and adults everywhere. Now you can discover their inside story…
Since the dawn of time, the Minions have tried to find the biggest, baddest, evilest boss they could work for. Finding these bosses is easy; keeping them is hard.
One day, however, three of the Minions decide to leave for America, where they hear that the Villain-Con, a gathering of bad guys from across the globe, is setting up shop in Orlando, Florida. Hitching a ride with the Nelson family, the Minions set out to find Scarlet Overkill – the 'greatest supervillain of all time', and try to become her proud minions (for lack of a better word). The ending of the film sets the scene for both the first and second Despicable Me movies.
Although I've never watched either of the Despicable Me films, I knew quite a lot about the Minions beforehand, due to seeing them all on kinds of merchandise from backpacks to bed covers, and of course the Internet. As soon as the movie began, I knew it would be a fun-filled laugh-fest which sharply contrasted with the psychological undertones of Inside Out. I could laugh at the sheer incompetency of the Minions in trying to keep up with their bosses, or their habitual verbal tics of "Banana!"
Possibly the funniest part of the film was when the Minions broke into the Tower of London to steal the Crown Jewels for Scarlet, so they can consider her their master. However, along the way, they are halted in their tracks by three guards. The Minions use the secret weapons given to them by Herb, Scarlet's inventor husband, to hypnotize the guards into dancing and singing, with hilarious results.
If, like me, you haven't seen both Despicable Me's, you should see Minions first. It'll be a good lead-in to those two films, and when you do see them, you'll know the back-story behind the Minions themselves.
I'd better get on to seeing Despicable Me 1 and 2 now…


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"We are exceptionally pleased with the interest in Presstek's technology at IPEX," comments Ian Pollock, EAMER Region, Sales Director, Presstek. "Attendees are eager to see the type of work that they can produce with the combination of an LED UV curing system and digital offset press. The results are quite astonishing."
ECO-UV Speed and Range of Substrates
The integrated LED UV curing system, branded ECO-UV, significantly increases the 34DI's scope of printing capabilities to now include nearly any offset stock. It easily accommodates plastic, vinyl, foils and metallic paper and board. It is ideal for short-run traditional printing and package printing, including plastic membership and loyalty cards, door hangers, table tents, and more.
The Presstek DI ECO-UV instantly dries substrates, further accelerating production and eliminating sheet marking or offsetting. Additionally, it offers lower energy consumption than standard UV, produces very little heat, and does not release VOCs. Presstek customers who already have a 34DI can have ECO-UV installed directly on-site.


text: Everything about Morag & Ranald's wedding was gorgeous. Morag in her stunning dress, the seaside, the light, the food (the food!), their little boy Logan. There was a double rainbow, and I even got pictures of it but you'll have to wait until their proper post. Just wanted to get this up before the weekend, as I have so many beautiful previews to share with you! Congratulations to Morag & Ranald!


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Related to Cakile: sea rocket
(sea rocket), a genus of plants of the family Cruciferae. They are branched, naked annual herbs. The leaves are succulent and rather thick. The lilac, purple, pink, or white flowers are in racemose inflorescences. The fruit is a two-segmented pod. There are 15 species, growing in Europe, Western Asia, North Africa, America, and Australia, predominantly along sandy sea-coasts. Four species are found in the USSR. Cakile baltica is found along the Baltic coast, C euxina, along the shores of the Black and Azov seas, and C. arctica and C. lapponica, along the coasts of the White and Barents seas. The seeds of the plants contain a fatty oil; the young herbs are used in food.


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German business confidence have risen more -than-expected in February indicating a renewed economic optimism in the country which is moving out of the debt crisis in the eurozone.
The Ifo institute for Economic Research in Munich noted that its index measuring business climate in Germany rose to 107.4 in February from 104.3 in January, the fastest pace since July 2010.
Economists expected the index to rise to 105.0 for the month, which is based on a survey of 7,000 executives, including manufacturers, builders, wholesalers and retailers.
An index assessing satisfaction with current business situation rose to 110.2 from 108.1, while another index showing future expectations increased to 104.6 from 100.6.
In manufacturing sector, the business climate indicator rose sharply with manufacturers expressing greater satisfaction with their current business situation and increased export expectations.
While the wholesalers reported improvement in business confidence, it remained unchanged in the retail sector.
The business climate index in the construction sector continued to rise sharply with the industry being more optimistic and satisfied due to the current business situation.
Earlier, Germany's Budesbank said that Europe's largest economy is expected to return to growth in the first quarter after contracting 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012 due to a sharp fall in demand from its European trading partners.
While other economies in the eurozone such as Spain, Italy and Greece are still suffering from the debt crisis in the region, the German economy continue to remain in good health.
Indicating an improvement in the economy, investor confidence rose to the highest in almost three years in February with the benchmark DAX share index gaining10 percent in the past three months.
"German GDP growth is expected to outpace the euro zone," economists at ANZ Research said in a research note on the Ifo survey.
"The improvement in momentum has likely been supported by domestic drivers, due to accommodative monetary policy settings. In particular, construction momentum has improved considerably and follows solid house price growth."


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A huge thanks goes to everyone who has joined our WINDWISE UK sessions over the last few weeks and weekends. Great work, good sailing and I look forward to seeing you soon to check on your progress and move you on to the next level!
We've been very busy with our Improver, Intermediate, Advanced and WaveWise courses with a real mix of conditions and some pretty determined action on the water. From super high wind control, waves, jumps, survival gybes and fine tuning the intricacies of hovering, positioning, tacking and helicopter tacking short boards, we covered a lot in a short space of time. We've also had some lighter wind courses, but have always made the most of the conditions with masses of skills training and sowing the seeds for higher wind mastery!
We have plenty more improver-intermediate and advanced intermediate courses lined up!
Improver-Intermediate (2 day Freeride course)
Thur 22nd & Fri 23rd August
This course is for those who are looking to sort waterstarts, tacks, gybes, stance, control, early planing and all the essential skills.
Intermediate-Advanced Freewave Course (2 day course - INCLUDING WAVEWISE SKILLS)
Thur 1st & Fri 2nd August
This course is for those who can watertstart and sail a short board and are looking to enhance their skills and increase their windsurfing repertoire. Gybe variations, faster tacks, quality control, jumps, feasible freestyle and entry into wave skills and your worst technique issues sorted!
UK SKILLS & DRILLS TOUR (1 Day Skills & Drills Freeride sessions - Gybes, Fast Tack & Essential windsurfing skills)
Sat 29th June Datchet
Sat 6th July Weymouth
Sun 7th July Exmouth
Thur 11th July Grafham
Fri 12th July Roa Island, Barrow-ini-Furness
Sat 13th July Grimwith
Sun 14th July Rother Valley
Wed 4th Sept Wimbleball Reservoir
Wed 11th Sept Stithians Reservoir


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We have been continuing to use our teddies in Maths this week.
Today we grouped them.
The Fozzie Bear group and I grouped them according to
- colour
- size
- doll or teddy
- clothes
- tags
- writing
- paws
The language we used was important, we sent about 30 minutes just talking about different groups and then we drew pictures of them.


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On the international arena I support his attacks on Afghanistan. Afghanistan was the succour for Al Qaeda and itself was ruled by a brutal stoneage regime that was highly oppressive, and treated all citizens, particularly women and girls, in virtually Old Testament biblical fashion. While Afghanistan could be have been undertaken better, Bush was a liberator and should be applauded by all liberals for that.
I supported the action against Iraq. It was justified for two reasons. Firstly, under international law Iraq had broken umpteen UN Security Council resolutions regarding inspections of its weapons facilities. This gave sufficient evidence, particularly given its previous nuclear and chemical weapons programmes (and use of the latter), that it was developing such weapons and would use them. The assurances of a dictatorship that there are no such weapons are as worthless as the piece of paper Chamberlain brought back from Munich. A nuclear armed Iraq would have changed the Middle East balance of power, encouraged Iran to do the same and threatened Israel. Iraq had been warned time and time again that action would follow words, so action was justified, after 11 years of breaches. Secondly, the Saddam regime was odious. It was murderous, barbaric and on its own back, was imperialistic. It started the war with Iran, regardless of US support at the time. Don't forget the current US administration is not the Reagan administration operating in the Cold War. It also had attacked Kuwait and Israel, hardly a peace loving regime. It executed thousands of citizens every year for opposing the regime or for getting in the way of the Hussein mafia that ran the place. There was no moral justification for the Hussein regime to claim it had the protection of international law, as it was not interested in peace with other states and it treated its citizens as subjects.
The overthrow of the Hussein regime is something to be celebrated, the commission of the occupation and institution of a democratic government has been a disaster. I could go on about how it could have been done better, and of course, the casualties since the coalition of the willing occupied Iraq. Few notice that the main source of deaths comes from Islamist insurgents, but apparently these are the fault of the USA, which should leave Iraq alone to be overrun by them.
Beyond Iraq, Bush called North Korea, Iraq and Iran part of an axis of evil. He was wrong to consider them in a way that appeared that the three countries operated in concert, as they do not. However he is dead right. The Iranian theocracy is evil, it completely denies freedom of religion and freedom from religion, it denies liberal democracy and free speech, it engages in imprisonment, torture and execution of political prisoners, as well as executing teenagers for crimes such as having consensual sex with adult men. It is a sponsor for terrorism in Israel and the occupied territories, as well as Lebanon and Iraq. Have no mistake, an Iranian style regime would deny many fundamental freedoms and be a dark deathly oppressive life. North Korea is worse. Kim Jong Il runs and essentially owns a slave state. A state with internal passes, with citizens classified according to loyalty to the regime, and where entire families are punished for crimes against the state, including children. Torture and execution are a matter of course, and there is no freedom of speech of any kind. Absolute control of the media and speech Orwellian style is life in North Korea. It is the closest to hell on earth.
So this is why I get absolutely incensed when otherwise reasonably intelligent people like Idiot Savant engage in the most stupid and despicable moral equivalency when criticising George W Bush.
I agree that there should not be restrictions on freedom of speech if Bush visits New Zealand or restrictions on protest, as long as these do not threaten the President. I also believe any state visits should minimise restrictions on freedom of movement, consistent with maintaining adequate security. However to say Bush is "a man who by rights should be in a cell next to Saddam Hussein" is absurd. Bush's greatest crime has been the use of torture and creeping restrictions on civil liberties. I would welcome the newly elected congress engaging in an inquiry about the use of torture and its use being terminated. However, Bush is not Saddam, Kim Jong Il or Ahmadinejad, not even close. He understands, more than most on the left, what the war against Islamist terror is about. It is not a clash of civilisations, because Islamist philosophy is not civilised - it is a war against people who want society to be a misogynistic stoneage theocracy. Bush is not the greatest defender against this threat, but his use of torture, while a graven and immoral mistake - does not justify him being seen as the likes of Hitler, Milosevic or Saddam.


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Manage your life with a mind map – Five steps to get started
I am always looking for ways to simplify my self management system. In the past, I used an excel sheet to manage my goals, but a few month ago, I started using a mind map to organize and review my targets.
For me, using a mind map is much more intuitive and flexible compared to excel sheets. I am really enjoying this very simple visual way of managing my targets and I would like to share this experience with you. Read more…
Smart Feedback Management: 7 steps to take feedback the right way
In business and also in private life, it is normal to get all types of feedback from time to time. Sometimes it is outspoken, sometimes you get it indirect. It does not matter if it is positive or negative feedback, the most important in my opinion is to take it the right way – a structured one – and to use it for your development.
This is what I learned and how I process feedback today:
1. Take the feedback without discussing it. Just listen, take the person serious, and say "Thank you!". If possible, try to write the feedback down to look it up later.
2. In case of negative feedback, do not defend yourself. Accept the opinion of the other person – this does not mean to agree to the feedback itself – and ask for ideas to improve from the other ones point of view. Try to benefit from the feedback without being offended.
3. Explain that you will think about the feedback to improve yourself and – again – say "Thank you!".
4. Take some minutes with yourself to lean back, breath, and think about the feedback. Try to filter the feedback, delete all emotions and identify the main points of the feedback. For complex feedback, I recommend to use a mind map to structure your thoughts.
5. Decide, if you want to do something about these main points. If yes, think about measures to improve and integrate these measures into your planning or your todo-list.
6. Think about a response to the person who provided the feedback. If you developed measures for improvement, the person might be happy to hear about it.
If you can not understand the feedback, decide if it makes sense to re-contact the person to explain that you thought about it but can not comprehend the given opinion. – This can be the starting position for a more detailed feedback to think about. But be careful to avoid an infinite loop. 😉
7. Finally, I recommend to archive the feedback. If you scan it, you can "dispose" the paper version of the feedback literally to complete feedback processing.
What do you think about this procedure? Can you provide me feedback to improve? 😉
Worldwide WordPress 5k completed
I found the article about the wwwp5k idea written by Sara Rosso on Tuesday after completing a 4.5 km run in the morning. – Just 500 meters missing. 😉 I really liked the idea of joining this world wide event and so I added the task of completing a 5k into toodledo and scheduled it for the weekend with due date on Sunday. – This might sound strange but this is how I did it! 🙂 And finally, two hours ago, I completed the 5k!
To be honest, in the past, I did not like to go jogging, but this year, I simply started and I am still doing it since end of February. Are you interested in how I achieved this? It was quite simple:
1. In December – during my yearly planning – I decided to return to the weight that I had three years ago until end of June. Thus, the target of losing weight was set and I had to choose a measure to achieve this. After trying to eat less or to do rope skipping (which killed my back), I ended up with running as my preferred solution.
2. To integrate this measure into my schedule and to create the necessary pressure to go jogging, I added a repetitive "go jogging" task onto my todo list in toodledo.
3. Most important: I downloaded a sports tracker software to my smartphone and I track my exercises with GPS data to evaluate my training progress. – I love this gadget! And it seems as if this enthusiasm about the software has a positive effect on my feelings about jogging. 🙂
Is there somebody out there who has had a similar experince? How did you start with jogging?
My practices how I manage my life in one pdf as download
I thought it might be value adding to put all my practices how I manage my life into one pdf to have everything in one compact document which can be printed out easily for example. – And if you are interested in sharing this paper with your friends or colleagues, feel free to send them a copy.
Download now: My practices how I manage my life (PDF, 81.1KB)
Tactical Planning – Plan the upcoming year
Subsequent to the strategic planning, I do the annual planning to structure the upcoming year. I use the strategic planning as basis and I try to select not more than three to five goals – maximum one per area – to focus on.
To ease the planning process, I use a table with the following columns:
Dream: Copy and paste the selected dream from the strategic planning. Again, let us use "visit all seven continents" as an example.
Measure: Copy and paste the measures to realize the dream that are assigned to the upcoming year. In the context of the dream "visit all seven continents" it could be a measure called "Travel to Australia".
Steps incl. effort: I brainstorm the steps to realize the measures and estimate the effort. For example "Plan journey (30 hours)" and "Perform journey (4 weeks)". I do not brainstorm all activities within these steps, I only do a rough estimation of the necessary activities and their effort.
Timeframe: I schedule these steps throughout the upcoming year as basic planning to know when I want to work on what steps. In the context of the Australia example, it would be possible to plan the journey from January to April and to perform the journey in May and June.
Selecting the measure and planning it helps me to make up my mind for the next year. This simple table is the reference that I use within the "Operational planning" during the year.


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Cassandra is a robust and highly scalable NoSQL datastore that usually consists of multiple nodes spread out across multiple datacenters. If you are the system administrator for a large Cassandra deployment then you might be curious as to how your cluster is doing. In fact your job probably depends on it! So how can you combine a great service like Monitis with Cassandra to make sure you cluster is buzzing along smoothly?
We have done a little bit of the work for you and created an open source Monitis-Cassandra project that can help you monitor your Cassandra clusters in style.Let's get started, first you need to grab the code:
git clone git://github.com/monitisexchange/Monitis-Linux-Scripts.git
cd Monitis-Linux-Scripts/cassandra
Next, you need to open the file, "settings.py", and insert your API key and secret (read up on their excelent Monitis API [here]). Then add your column families to the column families list, and you are ready to create your custom Monitis monitors by running the following command:
After the monitors are setup you can start to send data by running:
Set that to run on cron or any other scheduling agent, and you have yourself a fully functioning monitoring system for your Cassandra cluster! Check back in to the Monitis Web site to see all your fresh Cassandra metrics rolling in.
You can see how many nodes are currently running and how many are currently active. This is important, and you might want to set up a Monitis alert to let you know whenever one of your nodes goes down. (Keep in mind that Cassandra should still be running fine with a single node failure, but it is definitely important to stay in the know.)
Since Cassandra is a Java application, you can also get information about the size of the heap space. You might want to set an alert to go off if your Cassandra node is running out of memory, because once it does it will start paging to disk. Now there is nothing wrong with paging to disk if that is what you have to do, but keep in mind that it can be a significant performance hit.
Finally, there are some really fine-grained per column family metrics that come in through this open source tool. You can get read and write latency for each of your column families! This is great! If your read latency is moving above 200ms, then set an alert in Monitis to stay on top of the problem. You can set alerts on the write latency as well. Fine-grained monitoring of individual Column Families is a great way to make sure that your cluster is operating at peak performance.
Also, if you are Netflix then you may want to set an alert in case your permformance ever drop below [1 million writes per second] (http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/11/benchmarking–cassandra–scalability–on.html)! Until next time.


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Misterioso is a live recording from the summer of 1958 at The Five Spot Cafe in New York City. It features Johnny Griffin on tenor sax (listen to him fly in the incredible version of "In Walked Bud" included on this disc). And of course it features some amazing playing by Thelonious Monk. One thing I love is that Monk's playing is always surprising - to us, and, it seems, often to himself. So his music always has a great lively, youthful feel.
Most of these songs had been recorded by Thelonious Monk before and released on earlier albums. All of these tracks were written or co-written by Monk, with the sole exception of "Just A Gigolo."
This special re-issue contains three bonus tracks, for a total of more than twenty-eight extra minutes of music.
Misterioso kicks off with "Nutty," a strange tune that at first sounds a bit off, like it's not quite put together correctly. But quickly its unusual structure, its seeming disjointedness becomes part of its charm. I particularly like Johnny Griffin's work on sax. It seems he's the one who decides to take over and put the tune on track, and then goes a little nuts himself. When he takes a breather, the song becomes softer, with a steady rhythm by Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. And Monk takes the lead spot on piano.
"Blues Five Spot"
"Blues Five Spot" begins with just piano, seeming just the slightest bit hesitant. But the song very quickly finds a great, lively groove. And again it's Johnny Griffin who jumps in front, taking the lead, and after a few minutes, everyone else drops out for a moment so he can solo. His is a playful (and even a bit silly) solo. But my favorite part of this composition is when Griffin takes a break, and Thelonious Monk takes the lead. He then soon fades to the background so that Ahmed Abdul-Malik can take a lead spot on bass. Very cool. That leads to a drum solo.
"Blues Five Spot" is one of my favorite tracks. It has such a great vibe.
"Just A Gigolo"
The only cover on this album is "Just A Gigolo," written by Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer. This is also the only track that is Thelonious Monk playing solo. It's also the shortest track, at just over two minutes. You can hear a lot of the crowd noise at the venue on this track.
The album's title track, "Misterioso," is a song that Monk originally recorded a decade earlier for Blue Note. It's a wonderful tune, with a simple, yet catchy bass line by Abdul-Malik. It's one of Monk's excellent blues pieces. And this version features great stuff from Johnny Griffin. There is some interesting work on drums by Roy Haynes too - for a short moment his sharp hits on the snare seem like repeated attacks, gun shots. And then seven and a half minutes in, Monk takes the lead. And then the song eventually ends where it began.
Bonus Tracks
This re-issue has three bonus tracks. The first is "Evidence." This song, for me, feels tense at times, partly because of the forceful way it's played in conjunction with its quick tempo. Toward the end there is a drum solo, heavily favoring the snare, and with some interesting chops.
The second bonus track is "'Round Midnight," probably Monk's most famous composition, which he co-wrote with Cootie Williams and Bernie Hanighen. This is a wonderful rendition.
The final bonus track is a medley of "Bye-Ya" and "Epistrophy." Art Blakey plays drums on this track, and there is a great drum solo. By the way, according to my trusty dictionary, "epistrophy" means "in botany, a return to or toward a normal state from an abnormal." Hmmm.
CD Track List
- Nutty
- Blues Five Spot
- Let's Cool One
- In Walked Bud
- Just A Gigolo
- Misterioso
- Evidence
- 'Round Midnight
- Medley: Bye-Ya/Epistrophy
Thelonious Monk Quartet, at the time of this recording, was Thelonious Monk on piano, Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Art Blakey plays drums on the final track.
This special re-issue of Misterioso is scheduled to be released on May 15, 2012 as part of the Original Jazz Classics Remasters series. Also being released that day are The Bill Evans Trio's Moonbeams and Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powerll, Max Roach and Charles Mingus' The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall.


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Call it financial planning or private finance however the concepts are the identical. Finance & Accounting professionals sit inside our Controllers function measuring and accurately reporting the profitability of the agency's complex products, services, and businesses globally. We generally receive papers which might be properly-motivated and have fascinating outcomes, but the matter will not be the perfect match for a common-curiosity journal such as the Evaluation of Finance. Analysis partnerships between universities and corporations typically take 9 to 12 months to facilitate, but the brand new settlement will enable for collaboration on new ideas inside weeks, stated Regina Dugan, who joined the corporate in April to run the brand new Building 8 unit. Finance has rather a lot repetitive duties and what we name grunt work, so lots of people will get bored out of their mind. The Museum Store on the Museum of American Finance is the nation's solely finance-themed museum retailer.
Dr Shein announced the excellent news at the Amaan Stadium on Thursday when addressing a mammoth crowd at the climax of celebrations to mark the 53rd Anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution. Thank god now we have corporations like this which might be prepared to make sure that the presents are given to the best folks. Finance Wales helps Welsh SMEs by providing commercial funding starting from £1000 as much as £three million. Islamic finance is undoubtedly more suited to sure sort of initiatives than others.
Contemplating that the mammoth quantities of insanely low cost liquidity injected by central banks like the Fed or BOJ straight into the too-big-to-fail banks' coffers are what has made finance into the beast it is at this time, you'd think that might be, ya know, kinda vital to mention if one had been endeavoring to move judgment on the trade.
It is applied: One widespread theme across all my books is that I believe that monetary instruments are best illustrated with real firms in actual time. A strand of behavioral finance has been dubbed Quantitative Behavioral Finance , which makes use of mathematical and statistical methodology to understand behavioral biases in conjunction with valuation. The course is led by Dr Isaac Tabner, who's a senior lecturer in finance, a holder of the CFA Charter, a full member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of the UK and of the Personal Finance Society from which he and has a diploma in monetary planning (DipPFS). CalSTRS has already moved to divest from coal companies (see Reuters story here ), but groups corresponding to Fossil Free California are pushing them to remove oil holdings from their portfolio. Most individuals assume this is the main purpose homeless people do not get jobs and which may be true for many chronically homeless folks.
I am a Lawyer and found this lens having good and informative information about homeless folks.I hope homeless folks get jobs soon. Dangote Group of Corporations has commissioned the development of a US$ 100m truck assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria as an initiative to spice up its overseas change and create job opportunities. A relatively recent drawback associated with unemployment is the observe of credit checks for hiring functions unrelated to money handling or finance positions.


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Accelerate hosted "Patents 101" with special guest, Cynthia Gilbert, a patent attorney with a focus in software and technology. She is the Founder of Blueshift IP, LLC. On many occasions and as recent as 2013, Ms. Gilbert was selected in Massachusetts Super Lawyers/ Rising Stars Edition. With a strong technical background, she is one of the leading experts on intellectual property in software.
A crowded room of faculty, staff, and students listened diligently to Ms. Gilbert's presentation. The initial focus of Ms. Gilbert was to differentiate patents from copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. One distinguishing factor of a patent is that it is expensive and time consuming with broad rights while a copyright is easily attainable, but offers narrow rights.
Audience members learned everything from initiating a patent to what happens after it is approved. Ms. Gilbert emphasized that people often ask if they can patent certain products, but it's more important to ask if it is worth one's time and investment. A cautionary lesson is that a company filing has an obligation to inform the patent office if they received their idea or object from someone else. Such questions and lessons are heavily dependent on one's leadership, industry and competitors.
Accelerate was enthused by Ms. Gilbert's teachings on patents. When it comes to intellectual property, especially in a technical world, we can trust in Ms. Gilbert's advice. We were honored to have her in our space and grateful for her engaging learning experience.


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Zeoli Show Log 02.05.16Rich discussed who is the most electable Republican candidate, Mayor Kenney's live tweeting and the latest RomCom study. He also recapped the Democratic debate, the Superbowl and Hillary's Hypocrisy. Rich spoke with Dr. Mazz at 4pm. He also played the 'Real or Fake' game at 5pm.
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Have you heard of Full Figured Fashion Week? Launched in 2009, FFFWeek was amongst the first fashion weeks dedicated exclusively to plus size fashion! Inspiring many spin-offs throughout the US, FFFWeek is back for more- celebrating the latest in fashion, the fashion industry, and the plus size community!
To help get the word out and share in the excitement, Full Figured Fashion Week has just announced it's assembly of 17 international and US plus size fashion bloggers- dubbed The Fashion Front!
Below is the announcement from FFFWeek's Tumblr:
The Fashion Front serves as the full figured fashion force at the frontlines of Full Figured Fashion Week in New York- bringing the latest news, perspective, and exclusive access to FFFWeek™. For 2012, The Fashion Front includes an international eclectic mix of the plus size fashion community's bloggers- whose unique voice and position within the community is both recognized and respected.
The Fashion Front for Full Figured Fashion Week™ was created by plus size fashion bloggers, Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista and Johara Tucker of Luvin' My Curves.
With over 100+ applications, The Fashion Front for Full Figured Fashion Week™ welcomes 17 bloggers. From plus size fashion experts, stylists, outfit bloggers, femme fashionistas, bargain shoppers to the luxe fashion fanatics, The Fashion Front for Full Figured Fashion Week™ showcases and celebrates the diversity in plus size fashion with those whose voice and perspective is dominant throughout the community.
From the Netherlands, to France, down under in Australia, up North in Canada, back to the US, the Fashion Front definitely captures a diverse and enthusiastic selection of bloggers with a passion for fashion!
Meet The 2012 Fashion Front for Full Figured Fashion Week™:
- Belle-Noir Magazine
- Closet Confessions
- Curves and Chaos
- Curvy Canadian
- Danimezza
- Gorgeous In Grey
- Les Pitreries De Vanoue
- Life & Style of Jessica
- Little Lime Dress
- My Voluptuous Heart Loves Fashion
- Queen Sized Flava…Made in Montreal
- Swa-Rai
- The Curvy Fashionista
- The Curvy Socialite
- The Curvy Spot
- The Manfattan Project
- Too Many Sequins: A Fashion Blog
Did you notice? We are among those listed!
What this means is that for the latest news about FFFWeek, you can count on me (and my friends above!) to share it with you!
Kind of cool huh?


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The main street of the city of Niagara Falls, the one on the Canadian side of the famous falls, may seem as a scaled-down version of Las Vegas. A sparkling hub of neon signs, flashing lights, 3D, 4D and even 6D (!) entertainment complexes, diners and franchise restaurants that offer combo meals with supersizing options. Basically, everything that American entertainment industry is good at, condensed into one street. Affordable and accessible, no-nonsense, mass entertainment, packaged and sold to anyone who needs to lose his troubles away for a couple of hours.
The Rainforest Cafe, a chain restaurant themed after a rain-forest, is a perfect example of this. As you step into its dimly lit setting, you are met with dense, jungle vegetation on its ceiling and walls, voices of birds and the occasional roar of mechanical elephants that move their ears and gorillas that drum on their chests. The waiters are dressed as safari guides in khaki shirts and short pants. And the menu is full of dishes with exotic names. A great fun for kids, and those unburdened with refined tastes.
It's easy to be snobbish about it. Having just recently traveled to Berlin and Switzerland, the town feels like the epitome of what America has historically been known for in Europe: the marriage of large, loud and tasteless. As someone who prefers Ingmar Bergman and Umberto Eco to Michael Bay and Stephen King, my first impulse was to write the whole thing off as a proof of the inferiority of American mass entertainment to European culture. After all, a typical European restaurant boasts a dining experience that is based on centuries-long tradition, natural ingredients and an emphasis on a selection of wines, rather than quickly served fries and soft drinks in plastic cups. And unlike an IMAX movie that relies on quick gratification, an opera is an intricate art form that builds up emotion and drama slowly.
Does that mean that American mass entertainment is essentially "fake", while European tradition is "true" and "authentic"? That was certainly my first feeling. But the more I thought about it, the less obvious the answer was.
The American consumerist lie is so obvious that no one falls for it. No one is deluded into thinking that Wendy's is something more than a cheap hamburger, or that IMAX movies have more to them than an eye-catching, loud spectacle. Since the target audience is so broad, the illusion can't be more than only thinly concealed. When the restaurant's decor is from plastic, the waiters' uniform ridiculous, and the dishes have silly, made-up names, the truth seeps through the seams. And what can be more revealing than a slogan like "a wild place to shop and eat". All of this makes you starkly aware you aren't a jungle explorer, but a customer that gets a good value for his money. But you may play the game nevertheless, because it's fun.
But a French restaurant will have you believe you are getting more than just a nice meal – that you are partaking in something that is wholesome and pure. An evening in the opera house will make you believe that you are not just entertained, but also spiritually enriched. All of it deadly serious and "for real". But isn't that just a more elaborate lie, one that goes to far greater lengths to conceal the artificiality of it? Isn't a fine, eight-course meal's claim to be more than just a good food in a way more fake than a humble hamburger? Could it be that an opera house's claim to be a keeper of essential renaissance tradition, rather than just a sophisticated entertainment is a bigger lie than cinema owner's billboards announcing the newest summer blockbusters?
Lights and neon signs were lighting up when we were leaving the city in the evening. And in the back seat of a speeding car, I was finding its embracing invitation slightly more charming.


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There was a shooting in the Jokela school in Tuusula. The number of the people killed is not clear yet, but the shooter got caught.
There are very strong rumors as to the identity of the shooter, though. Here are the links that people post: a screenshot of his blog and his Youtube account.
According to the man himself, he is "a cynical existentialist, antihuman humanist, antisocial socialdarwinist, realistic idealist and godlike atheist". He is prepared to fight and die for his cause. He, as a natural selector, will eliminate all whom he sees unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection. He wants to start a revolution against the system. (Hmm... is it a coincidence that this happened on the 90th anniversary of Russia's October Revolution? OTOH this shithead was no fan of communists, he liked Hitler better.)
For all his dislike of communists he should have read somebody who has actually started a revolution, for example Lenin (that is not good for one's sanity, but the guy did not have much to lose). Lenin actually does give some advice on where to start. Note to the psychotic idiots: it's not Jokela school.
Reading HS forum on this topic was not good for one's sanity either. I read 2 pages, in which the participants tried to find the answer to the eternal question "whose fault was that?", and in those two pages they managed to accuse the US, the media, the firearm laws, the mental health services and the parents. I stopped reading before getting to George W. Bush, videogames, role-playing games, low blood sugar, high blood sugar, heavy metal, Osama, Ahmadinejad, and artificial colors in food.
But hey, I want to play a bit of blame game too: who is the most well-known misanthropic public figure in Finland? Who thinks that democracy is idiotic and regular people are trash? Who thinks that as many people as possible should die? Who thinks there was nothing wrong with Nazi Germany aside from losing the war? And finally, whose fan did the shooter's mother just happen to be?
OK, I know I sound as silly as the people who blame heavy metal, but seriously: why do violent movies get blamed more often than misanthropic writings?
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Who are we gonna blame this time?
Posted by Vera at Wednesday, November 07, 2007 Labels: crazy people
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Today's blog is all about getting away! If you are looking to really get away from it all this summer,
to offer you some destinations that you won't find at your local travel agency. The Internet can connect you to exotic locales that are truly out of this world. In this article we will explore a number of unusual vacation concepts including space tourism, the top five underwater hotels, an igloo village, a guided tour allowing us Paris' sewer and an ice hotel in Sweden, just to name a few.
Spring has sprung here in Florida -- although you wouldn't know it if you live in the Northeast as
its still cold up there. Soon another school year will be ending and families will be looking forward to summer vacation. Most people have already begun their hunt for things to do and places to go. While some will opt for more traditional destinations such as theme parks, national parks, beaches and campgrounds, others are interested in finding more out-of-the-way, off-the-beaten-trail destinations. Traditionally, travel magazines and Sunday supplements were renowned for publishing articles that can give you a peek at exotic locales. Nowadays, however, when it comes to getting away from it all, nothing can put you in touch with unusual vacation destinations quite like the Web.
Where Did Getting Away From it All Begin?
Pitcairn Island – Yes, this is the South Pacific island/nation first populated by the mutinous crew of the HMS Bounty.
Today Pitcairn Island is inhabited by the 56 descendants of that ill-fated voyage. It also has the distinction of being the least populous nation in the world.
Pitcairn Island was originally put on the map on July 3, 1767 by the crew of the British sloop, HMS Swallow, and was named after Midshipman Robert Pitcairn, the 15-year-old crew member who
first to sighted it. Fast forward 23years, and the isolated island was chosen to be the last refuge of the six men and eleven women who purposely marooned themselves thereafter they'd set fire to the HMS Bounty. While an act of desperation, the ploy worked, since it wasn't until September 14, 1814, that a British flagship landed a party on the island.
Today, tourists can venture to Pitcairn for stays of up to 11 days aboard the Claymore II, which also serves as the island's supply vessel. Private yachts are also invited to anchor in Bounty Bay. Not exactly a tourist mecca, the island only
averages visits by 25 yachts per year. Of course, this is precisely what makes it such a terrific destination for some. If you do arrive by yacht, a $35 landing fee per person is charged, plus a "taxi service" of $50 is charged for the trip in and out.
Once there, the island offers 14 choices of accommodation, including private two or three bedroom chalets or staying in the home of
local islanders. Rates range from $70-$120 per person/per day. Additional services such as telephone, Internet access, and guided walking or bike tours can be arranged. Fortunately for American tourists, the currency on the island is the US dollar. For more info, visit http://www.visitpitcairn.pn/
Wet & Wild
is Really Cool
While an excursion to a tropical island is just the ticket for some, others are looking for something a little more wet and wild. If you are a bit more adventurous and are not afraid of the water, why not check out the option of checking into an underwater hotel.
Check out Jules Undersea Lodge, Key
Largo Florida – Located 30 feet below the Emerald Lagoon, Jules' Undersea Lodge, named after "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" author Jules Verne, was originally designed to be an underwater research facility. Since 1986, when it was converted into a sub-sea lodge, accommodations for up to six paying guests at a time has been available. While patrons do not need scuba gear to move around inside the lodge, it is a requirement for checking in and out.
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Jules' Undersea Luxury For Two
Our JUL for TWO package is $800 and includes our world famous Papa John's pizza delivery dinner. Breakfast includes coffee or tea, orange juice, and your choice of cereal. There's plenty of water, soda, and snacks as well. Dive gear is included in your package.
Check in: 2:00 PM; Check out: 8:30 AM
Group Economy Packages
Group of 3-4: $350 per person
Group of 5-6: $300 per person
Group of 3-4: $350 per person
Group of 5-6: $300 per person
For more information: http://www.jul.com/Jules.html.
Just What is Sewer Tourism?
If staying underwater doesn't float your boat, there are a number of other subterranean destinations that can be had including
... touring Paris' sewers! Paris, also known as the City of Lights, has a dark underbelly to that you can tour. What I'm talking about is a tour of Paris' sewers. (I'm not making this up!) If you think that visiting such places as the Louvre, the Eifel Tower and Notre Dame is so outré, for less than 5 Euros per person, you too, can experience the underbelly of Paris in all its nefarious history through the centuries. The tour spends an hour winding through the tunnels beneath the French capital as well as taking you to the heart of the system, part of which has been converted into a museum. (You won't find this thrill ride at Disney World.) For more info: http://europeforvisitors.com/paris/articles/paris-sewers-museum-exhibits.htm.
Think Ice Sculptures are Beautiful? Look into these Cool Vacation Destination?
If you are looking for the ultimate in "cool", allow me to recommend an ice hotel. Located in such locales as Norway, Finland, Sweden, Romania and Quebec, these places are actually built from ice. With global warming now a hot topic, this is one vacation destination that could literally have a limited shelf life. For more information, go to http://www.theworldroamer.com/best-ice-hotels-in-the-world/
Icehotel, Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
The Icehotel in the Jukkasjarvi village in Sweden is THE ice hotel, being the first one in the world, opened in 1990 by Yngve Bergqvist. The hotel is
opened to public every year, from December to April and more than 1,000 tons of ice and snow are used for the construction that, in the end, features rooms for around 100 guests, a bar and a church among others. And at 64,000 square feet (6,000 square meters), it is widely recognized as the largest ice hotel in the world.
Now for a Trip That's Out of This World!
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Space Tourism is a term that was coined to describe those lucky few who have had the financial means to pony up between $20-$40 million to spend a few fun-filled months aboard the International Space Station. While these seats are hard to come by, the allure of outer space has also spawned something of a cottage industry that promises to take people to the its inky edge. This includes a venture by Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin empire, who has offered those with $250,000 to spend a sear aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two. However, while deposits are being taken, at the time of
publication there still has yet to be a launch date announced.
For those who don't want to wait, apprentice astronauts can currently experience what it's like to be weightless while aboard G-Force One for around 5,000. Although this thrill ride won't take you to the edge of outer space, it provides you what it's like to experience zero gravity aboard a specially modified Boeing 727. While it ain't exactly Buck Rogers, it
can save all you wanna-be spacefarers more than a few bucks.
How About a Virtual Vacation?
You say you can't afford a vacation. You don't want to unplug and you don't want to spend hours in airports, then a virtual vacation might just be the thing for you. A virtual vacation can consist of spending time visiting online sites that provide virtual tours to indulging yourself with virtual reality glasses where seeing these destination sites seem as if you were really there. Facebook just spent a pile of money to purchase Oculus to make sure you can go on virtual trips. If you have a big screen TV you can usually hook up your laptop
on tablet and spend the weekend visiting your virtual vacations, ordering in and disconnection (mostly) from the outside world.
Now more than ever before, for those who are looking to get away from it all, the best place to start checking out exotic locales, both near and far, is the World Wide Web. This article took you on its own virtual tour of fascinating destinations. May your real travels be blessed and adventurous!
In this article I covered numerous exotic vacation destinations you can find via the internet The World Wide Web has had a profound impact on the travel industry. Researching destinations are as easy as click, pick, pay, pack and go!
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