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Angela headed back down the stairs and into the apartment. The floor still needed vacuuming and the air was still stale, but it was a start.
The bathroom door opened. Genesis stepped out in shorts and a tank top, drying her hair with a towel. Angela looked away instinctively.
"I just called my doctor," Angela said. "He's going to ask around and find you a therapist. I'll let you know as soon as he calls me back."
"Great," Genesis said flatly.
She leaned against the back of the couch, draping the towel over her shoulders.
"You haven't changed your mind already, have you?" Angela asked.
"No, I'm going to see this through," Genesis said. "Just… can you promise me one thing?"
"Sure, what?" Angela said.
"No matter how bad things get," Genesis said, "no matter how tempted you are to just drop everything and take care of me, don't let me lean on you too hard. I don't want to be a burden."
"You don't have to worry about that," Angela said. "I'm the helpless one in this relationship, remember?"
Angela froze, caught off-guard by her own choice of words. She could feel her face redden. Genesis chuckled and walked forward. Angela stared at the brown toes sinking into the thick carpet with every step.
Genesis said, "Close your eyes."
Angela closed her eyes.
And they kissed.


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My friend Paul is going to be 50 soon, so I was asked to make him a card from everyone in the office - as he is interested in moths and butterflies, this was fairly easy to make!
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Spots and Flowers
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Cards for Charity
Like many of you, I make far too many cards then I personally need! I have advertised on my local freecycle website and 40 cards are now each going to help Myeloma UK, riding for the disabled and a local church group with their fund raising.
I now have a very good excuse to make some more cards!!
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The Bin Ladin Killing: Extrajudicial Execution and Incarceration in Jewish Law
|Law; Jurisprudence, Capital Punishment, Crime & Criminal Justice, Terrorism
|Law; Jurisprudence, Capital Punishment, Crime & Criminal Justice, Terrorism
Executing Bin Laden
Killing a man for our own protection during a just war is not murder; it is consistent with our right for self protection against someone who has sworn to murder us.
The United States and the entire Jewish People were engaged in a just war with Bin Laden and Al Qaida who had sworn to kill us.
Killing the leader of one's sworn enemy during a just war is, in my opinion, entirely sound.
I do not rejoice at the death of any man, but I felt great relief at Bin Laden's death, and gratitude to President Obama for succeeding where President Bush had failed.
excellent true message..
Great Lecture!
According to Rabbi Yaffe's talk, the Talmud states that a sovereign nation should not, under any circumstances, permit a foreign entity to invade it's space. To succumb to the demands of the invading entity for the sake of a perceived "peace" will just make the invaders more emboldened to further disregard the invaded nation's sovereignty. As Rabbi Yaffe correctly points out, an invaded nation should not yield to an invading entity.
I think this can also apply to one's own private life. What if one person who is hostile towards another demands things of that person that he or she is unwilling to do? It is clear to me from this talk, that one should not, under any circumstances yield to that hostile persons demands! To do so would just embolden the hostile person in much the same way the hostile nation is emboldened!
Though there was much more said during this talk, this is the main lesson I took away from the Rabbi. Chai and Shalom for everyone, if we respect each other.
Excellent explanation !!!!
It is a MUST for every one involved in a judiciary system, if an honest man, to
listen carefully many times in order to understand !!!!


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Solar eclipse on June 1 & 2 at night time in India
This is about partial Solar eclipse that is going to be taken place on June 1 & 2 at night time in India and across Asia, Solar eclipse can be visible latitudes in Europe, partial Solar eclipse on 1st June.
Partial Solar eclipse
As per sources, there will be partial solar eclipse would be taken place on 1st June 2011 wherein it can be visible only to those are with high latitude in Alaska, Northern Hemsiphere, Iceland area etc. it can't be visible in and around India and Asian countries as Solar eclipse will be happened at the night time.
When Solar eclipse happens?
Solar eclipse taking place when the moon's reflection misses the earth but passing close to earth, this is the time particular place resident can view at least a part of the Sun that is blocking the Moon.
For more detail on Solar eclipse, please visit the resource online.


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A service at Grace City LA will have a time of singing, announcements for upcoming events, and a relevant message based on a Bible passage (aka expository preaching). All the message are taught with truthful integrity, with a graceful spirit, and with points on how to put the principles into action!
We are community of imperfect people, but one seeking to love God and to love other people! The friendships here are genuine, down-to-earth, and relatable. If all of these describe you, then Grace City LA is a perfect fit!
If you are a newcomer, we have a simple connect card that you will have an opportunity to fill out, and you get an awesome newcomer's gift!
We cultivate and empower Christians to bring the good news of the gospel to people in Los Angeles through community evangelism and outreach. We are a church of not just words, but action! Find great opportunities to serve with us and to make a difference in the lives of others.
Grace City LA was founded in 2017 by Steve Cha, a man well known for his evangelism and teaching ministry linked to his book, Hollywood Mission: Possible. Steve graduated from The Master's Seminary (M. Div) in Sun Valley and from the University of California Los Angeles (B.A.) in Los Angeles. Steve's life passion is to bring the truth of God's word to people in Los Angeles. He is excited to lead a vibrant new church devoted to reaching a new generation with the life transforming power of the gospel.


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One day after criticizing the performance of the umpiring crew in Boston's three-game sweep at the hands of the Nationals, Valentine said he thinks the game asks too much of its umpires
MIAMI -- Bobby Valentine doesn't dislike umpires. Just the calls they make.
One day after criticizing the performance of the umpiring crew in Boston's three-game sweep at the hands of the Nationals, Valentine said he thinks the game asks too much of its umpires.
"I think they're very well trained, and I think they're very good at what they do. I think it's almost impossible to do what they do, so why do we ask them to do the impossible?" Valentine said. "If in fact you can't see the ball the last five feet, and now pitchers are throwing pitches that are moving in that zone, cutting and splitting and moving in the zone your eye can't see what's happening. Your lens doesn't snap that photograph and register in the time the ball is moving the last five feet. So if you can't see it, why are we asking them to call it? They can't see it. They're humans. We're asking humans to do a feat a human can't do."
Valentine said his frustration with umpires crystallized when he was broadcasting the Little League World Series for ESPN, seeing the heartbreak of 12-year-olds he felt wronged by poor calls. He argued against the familiar refrain that human error is part of the game.
"I know it's part of the game, but I say it shouldn't be," he said. "I want a ball called a ball and a strike called a strike. That's what the game is. It's not Eric Gregg's strike zone. It's not what our game is. I don't care what anyone says. I could get fined for it every day of my life. It's my belief. Our game is not somebody else's strike zone. Our game is what the book says. That's how it should be played from Little League to Cooperstown, to make it fair, to make it right."
Pressed for a solution to the dilemma, Valentine didn't offer specifics. But he did think a technological solution could be found.
"I don't know how the Internet works. How about a fax?" he said. "If they can do that, they can figure out how to call a strike and a ball. Are you kidding me? That isn't tough. It's whether or not they want to do it.
"I think everyone agrees that getting it right is what we want. This comment about them not being perfect, that's cool. Let's get a perfect system."
Valentine figured he would be fined for his comments Sunday, in which he said the umpiring crew had a "real bad series, and it went one way. There should be a review." He talked about the possibility sarcastically.
"I probably will, right?" he said. "Doesn't everybody love that when that happens? When they fine you and take your money and reprimand you as though I did something wrong? It's a great system. I love it."
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Wow! See what Sophia Grace and Rosie look like now
The kiddie stars have grown up very fast - by New Idea
They shot to fame as two sweet little girls who just wanted to have fun all the way back in 2011, but Sophia Grace and Rosie have seen a lot of the world and done some serious growing up since then.
After finding fame online, they became favourites on Ellen DeGeneres' show. Now, judging by these recent images from the pair's social media accounts, they've got their eyes firmly set on more mature stardom.
Sophia Grace, now 14, is pursuing a pop career, while Rosie, 10, is a big fan of yoga.


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The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
What explains the variation in the democratic institutions of contemporary European and North American societies?
The implications of electoral rules and legislative institutions for social and economic outcomes are well established. For example, proportional electoral rules are associated with more extensive social policy in cross-country data sets, and within countries, the representation of regions in upper chambers of legislatures help explain fiscal flows.
Yet explanations linking institutions to social and economic outcomes are incomplete without an account of the historical origins of those institutions. It is possible that institutions do not "cause" outcomes if these institutions are mere reflections of deeper, underlying patterns of political geography or interest group politics. For instance, proportional representation may have been an institutional response to the presence of a strong, mobilized leftist movement in the early part of the 20th century.
In order to shed light on this class of issues, we propose a workshop focused on a crucial period of institutional choice in Europe and North America beginning in the late 1800s and culminating in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and draw comparisons to contemporary questions about institutional choice in Eastern Europe. Some of the central questions that will be addressed include:
Some of the papers will combine theory and applied empirical research from the late 19th century and early 20th century, perhaps with special focus on archetypical country cases including Scandinavian countries, Germany, France, and the United States. We also hope to include papers addressing contemporary institutional choice in Central and Eastern Europe.


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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Tonights Video: Homeless, Drunken Robot
Christmas Party Time
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How to Be the Perfect Party Guest
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:36 PM CST
The season for parties is currently in full swing. For the party guest, the event is a chance to kickback and have a good time. But for the host, throwing a party can be a stressful endeavor. A host must worry about the decorations, the food, the entertainment, and whether their guests are getting along, having a good time, and behaving themselves. Take one worry off the host's list by being a winning and polite guest. Not only will you help your friend's event be a success, you'll find more invitations to parties in your mailbox.
1. Always, always, RSVP. "RSVP" stands for "Répondez s'il vous plait," French for "please respond." When you receive an invitation that asks you to RSVP, the host or hostess is kindly requesting that you let them know whether or not you will be attending their function. Today the RVSP has come to be seen as optional. Some men believe you only need to call if you are coming; some think you only need to call if you are not coming; and some do not think you have to call either way. Sometimes RSVPing is avoided because you do not want to face the awkwardness of telling someone you are not coming and making up an excuse about why.
However, not RSVPing is rather rude. The reason you must RSVP is that the host or hostess needs to know how to plan his or her party. They must pick the proper venue to accommodate a certain number of guests, the proper amount of party supplies, and perhaps most importantly, the right amount of food to serve the guests. By not RSVPing you keep your host completely in the dark as they attempt to prepare for their function. The host is forced to guess and may then buy too much or too little food, causing them to overspend or experience embarrassment, respectively.
On that note, do not RSVP and then pull a no show. Again, the host will have allotted for too much food and party favors, and these things will go to waste.
If you cannot attend an event, simply express to the host your appreciation for the invitation and then apologize and say that you unfortunately have other plans. This excuse is always true-whatever you will be doing instead of the party are your alternative "plans." If you like the host, make plans to get together another time. If you do not like the host (and this may be why you are not attending the party in the first place), simply leave it at that.
2. If you are attending a dinner party, offer to bring something. Cooking up a tasty meal for several guests is no easy task. Take some of the burden off the host by offering to bring the salad or dessert.
3. Always arrive on time. Part of the pressure of throwing a party is timing your food to come out exactly when the guests arrive. If you're 20 minutes late, you will significantly add to the cook's stress by having them worry not only about the taste, but whether the food is getting cold. If the food is not ready by the time you arrive, you simply have more time to mingle.
If the party is a large, come and go as you please type of shin-dig, being "fashionably late" is acceptable.
4. Bring the phone number with you on the way over. If you get lost or have an emergency, you will need to call the host to keep them abreast. Don't keep the party waiting without any word from you.
5. Bring a gift for the host. A bottle of wine or a bouquet of flowers are excellent choices. This is particularly appropriate for dinner parties.
6. Come prepared for conversation. Don't be a party dud. On the way over, think of a few things you can talk about-movies you've seen, funny stories from work, and interesting news about yourself and your mutual friends. Think about the host and the other guests; what are they interested in and what kinds of questions can you ask them? Remember, you should almost always avoid controversial subjects such as politics and religion.
7. Eat and drink responsibly. Don't come to the party famished, ready to devour anything and everything in sight. At a party in which hors d'oeuvres are being passed around, don't put a ton on your plate. You'll look like a hog. And no double dipping! Finally, don't become inebriated.
8. Compliment the host. Tell the host what great food or what a great party it is at the midpoint of the night and then again when you are saying your goodbyes.
9. Help wash the dishes or clean up. Not all etiquette guides would approve of this, but we have made it a personal rule concerning dinner parties with close friends. If someone is kind enough to slave away in the kitchen making us a meal, we don't think they should have to wash the dishes too. We always step in and do them. Your host may initially protest, but they will be inwardly grateful.
10. Don't overstay your welcome. The appropriate time to leave is something you just have to feel in your bones. Things will be winding down, and conversation will hit a lag. At this point say, "Well, we've had a wonderful time tonight. I think we should get going. Thank you very much for having us."
11. Write a thank you note. Within a few days of the party, always send a note of thanks to the host or hostess.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tonights Video: Nuking Jingle Bells
Day Dreaming to a Better 2009
If You Had A Fresh Start, What Would You Do?
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:46 AM PSTToday I'm going to take you through a daydream (you might call it a "thought experiment"). So grab a mug of your favorite beverage, get yourself comfy, and read on...
A genie appears to you and explains that he's going to take care of everything for you for three months. The bills will all be paid, your job will be done expertly, your dependents will be looked after, your house will be kept clean, your goldfish will be fed. For the next three months, you're free. When the three months are up, you have the option of starting a new career, moving to a new city, or even leaving behind friends and family.
The genie has just two conditions:
- You have to try at least one thing you've never done before (but have perhaps always secretly wanted to do) during those three months
- You have to spend the three months doing things that you want to do, rather than things you feel you should do.
What Do You Do During The Three Months?
Grab a piece of paper, and write or draw a few things that indicate what you'd do with three completely free months, to do whatever you want with (remembering that at least one thing has to be something you've never done before).
Your list can be absolutely anything you like. It'll probably include some things where you've said "If I won the lottery, I would..." or "I wish I had the time to..." or "If I started over again, I'd..."
Here's some examples, big and small, of things you could write on your list:
- I would travel around Europe for a month.
- I would read a bedtime story with my children every night.
- I would finally start to get fit.
- I would learn a foreign language.
- I would take a computer science class.
- I would start writing a novel.
- I would volunteer at a homeless shelter.
- I would get back in touch with some old friends.
- I would visit all the art galleries in my home city.
- I would go to the theater every week.
What Would You Do Afterward?
Once the three months are up, would you go back to your job?
Would you go back to your home city?
Would you stay with your family and friends?
Of course, your experiences during those three months would have a strong bearing on those questions. For example, if you're currently in a strained relationship with your partner and children because you rarely spend much time with them, you might find that you all get along much better after they have three months of your unstressed presence! If you've never traveled outside your country, you might find that you want to live on the opposite side of the world.
Even so, if you know that you would hate to go back to your current job, or dread returning to your house, then write that down.
Making It Real
You may be wondering what the point of this is. After all, there is no genie. No-one's about to come and take care of your life for you while you swan off for three months...
But, think about this. What would it take for you to be able to have a three-month sabbatical - or even a month off? It might mean saving up for a while, either cutting back on spending, or working some overtime. It might mean some tricky negotiations with your boss. But don't rule it out as a possibility.
I read Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind a few months ago. I'd already made the decision to leave my job and freelance then, but for anyone with a "traditional" job - especially if they have kids too - this is an excellent book. There's also a blog, Escape 101. If you think that taking a career break, or designing the lifestyle of your dreams, is impossible, try seriously looking into the possibilities.
Look back at that list of what you'd like to do: you can start on some of them right now. If you want to write a novel, how about finding just a spare hour, twice a week, to get started? If you want to go to the theater or to museums more often, how about picking one to visit this weekend?
It's easy to put off chasing our dreams because we become so busy with the things we think we should be doing, or worse, with the things we've just somehow ended up doing - without any conscious thought about it. Start taking control again today.
What would you with your three free months? How can you make your daydreams real?
|Written on 12/11/2008 by Ali Hale. Ali runs Alpha Student, a blog packed with academic, financial and practical tips to help students get the most out of their time at university.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tonights Video: Jammin Santa
Prepare for 2009
Get Prepared to Streamline Your Life
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:56 AM PSTLet's face it, most of us have highly hectic lives. We juggle our work life, our home life, our family life, our personal life, etc. It's enough to make you feel like an actual juggler in the circus, however the balls aren't balls - they are blackberrys and iphones.
Before I learned to slow down fast, this was my life.
As a business owner, I've learned about several effective tools needed to run an efficient business. I utilize systems, strategies, and support, to keep my business running smoothly and profitably. And I've seen how if I apply some of these same tools to my personal life, I can streamline it as well.
So whether you have your own business, work for a company, or run a household, if you manage your life like a business, I can guarantee you'll be surprised at the results. Here are some tips taken from my experience that can be valuable for streamlining your life:
- Keep a calendar
I'm amazed at how many people don't keep calendars. You know the ones--they're always late for appointments! And when you ask them how they remember anything without a calendar, they say, "Oh, I have a great memory." Whether you use an old fashioned paper calendar you write in, or you use a computer based one like Outlook or Google, or you use a high-tech hand-held piece of equipment, you must calendar your life if you want to keep it streamlined.
- Set goals
Most of us have goals in all areas of our life. If you don't, you're just drifting through life, accepting whatever comes. With goals, you can measure every choice you make for how you want to spend your time and money against your goals. A streamlined life has room primarily for the activities and acquisitions that help support you in reaching your goals. This doesn't preclude an occasional diversion from the path, doing or buying something just for the fun of it, but don't clutter your life with too many diversions.
- Learn to prioritize
With so many choices being thrown our way on a daily basis, learning to prioritize is a skill that will keep your life streamlined. When you know your goals, you'll be able to prioritize the choices that move you toward your goals. Say you have a goal to improve your golf game so you sign up for a series of lessons. But on the day you have a lesson scheduled, a buddy calls with a last minute invitation to a football game. You love football almost as much as golf, however, if you have prioritized your goal to improve your golf game, you would choose your golf lessons.
- Learn to say no
Following along with the last scenario, you have to learn to say "no" to some things some times. If your life is full to overflowing, I'm sure a lot of choices come your way. The golf lessons, the football game, and your best friend's backyard BBQ all fall on the same day. In order to streamline your life, you have to master the art of when to say no. Of course, you can say it in a way not to hurt someone's feelings. I coach my clients that when they take responsibility for their choices, the other person will, in most cases, not take it personally.
- Delegate
Look around your life and see what you can delegate. You might think if you hire people to take over some chores, how is that streamlining of you have to manage them. Delegating doesn't have to be hiring a house cleaner, gardener, or personal assistant. Start by having family members share tasks. On child is responsible for pet care, another for watering the yard and mowing the grass. Split other tasks with your spouse and you won't find yourself doing more than your share and resenting it.
- Set up systems
Setting up systems for household activities would make delegating those chores go smoothly. Some of my coaching clients keep a chart on the refrigerator for family responsibilities that get checked off when done. As in running a business, you also want to set up systems to keep your important papers filed, for bill paying and record keeping, for family health check-ups, and anything else you can think of that is a recurring activity you can create a system for.
- Clean out your space
Make this a fun, family event. Put it on the calendar and once a month clean your car. Twice a year, clear out unused items from the garage, the closets, and other areas in the house. Donate your recycled items to a local charity.
|Written on 12/04/2008 by David Bohl. David shares the viral message Slow Down FAST and helps people raise the roof on all facets of their lives without risking implosion. Get some must-haves here.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tonights Video: The Christmas Pickle
How to Stay Married
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Posted: 15 Dec 2008 11:35 AM CST
Back in your grandpa's time, a man was just expected to bring home the bacon and was excused from being too hands on in the child rearing department. Today's man is expected not only to be a provider, but also a highly involved parent. These two demands can burn out even the strongest of men. Here are a few suggestions on how to be a corporate warrior and a super dad at the same time.
Have family dinner. Studies have shown children from families that have meals together do better in school and are less likely to get involved with drugs. Make it home each evening to have dinner with your family. If this means getting to work extra early in the morning, so be it. If you can get home early enough, cook dinner with your kids. At mealtime, ask about what's going on in your kid's life. Pose questions designed to stimulate genuine discussion. Dana Perino's father would expect her to come to the table prepared to discuss and debate one current event each night. First she had to argue from her personal bias, and then she had to argue from the other side's perspective. This tactic apparently paid off; Perino and her dad still enjoy a close relationship, and she currently serves as the White House press secretary.
Leave work at work. Obviously, this is not always going to be possible; sometimes you'll need to continue your work at home. But during dinnertime, bath time, storytime, and any other time in which you are focusing on your kids, turn off the cell phone and Blackberry.
Take each kid out once a month for dad time. Each month, set aside a "date night" for each kid. Take them out individually and do something they enjoy. It's a great way to get one-on-one time with each kid and ensure that jealously between siblings remains in check.
Limit work on weekends and holidays. Devote your time off from work to your family. Sure, you'll have to spend time doing chores and running errands to get ready for the next week, but try to get your children involved with those tasks. Six hands pulling weeds are better than two.
Use your vacation. Many American workers are taking less and less of their vacation time. Don't be one of these men. Use your two weeks and take your family on the Great American Road Trip or on a camping adventure in a National Park. Don't bring along your laptop or Blackberry. Family vacations will be some of your kids' best childhood memories. Don't deny them these experiences by being a work-a-holic.
Take your kid to work with you for the day. You'll get to spend some quality bonding time together. Your kid will see what Dad does all day, and will better understand why he can't be home all the time.
Make it to all your kids' activities. Even if this means bringing some work with you to do during the timeouts and halftime of their football game, at least you are there. I knew an attorney who worked for a high-powered law firm and yet he made it to each and every one of his four kids' activities. He was there with legal pad in hand, but he was there. It will mean a lot to your kid to see their dad in the stands rooting them on.
Schedule a weekly Family Night. Make this a non-negotiable date, and schedule all other activities around it. Play board games, watch a video, or go out and get some ice cream.
Tuck your kids in bed and read them a book. Bedtime routines aren't just for tykes. Even when your kid gets older, make it a tradition to read to them. You can move on from "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to "Treasure Island" as they grow up.
Don't forget the Mrs. While the focus of this article is about balancing work with your kids, make sure to focus time on your wife, too. One piece of advice that I hear over and and over again from people is if you want to be a good father, then be an awesome husband. Call a babysitter, and take your wife out on a date. Make time every day to talk to each other. Right before bed when the kids are asleep is a good time. And don't let work or being a dad get in the way of your sex life with your wife.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tonights Video: Giving Back
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In the year 2013
Have No Regrets In Five Years: Advice From Your Future-Self
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:27 PM PSTOne common meme online is for bloggers and forum users to discuss what they wish they could tell their "past self" – perhaps five or ten years ago. Common examples are things like:
- Take better care of your teeth.
- Don't start a relationship with…
- Change your major to…
- Eat less junk/exercise more
- Don't flunk your exams
(You can just think this through, but it's much more powerful to write it down.)
Here are some areas where your future-self may need to have a firm word with your present-self:
Can you see yourself in the same career in five years' time? If that thought makes you think of five long years of stress and boredom, it's time to start researching a career change. If you'd like to be in the same career but at a higher level, are you actively working towards a promotion, or just assuming that it will happen? Will your current actions put you in the position you want to be in, or will they mean that you never progress from where you currently are?
If you're in school or college, are you truly investing in your future – or are you just enjoying yourself and blowing off classes whenever you can? Alternatively, are you taking on so many extra credit courses that you're risking burnout? Whatever your attitude towards your education, stop and think about where you're likely to be in five years time if you carry on as you currently are doing. Will you be in the position you want?
Are you currently in debt? Do you have the level of savings that you'd like – maybe an emergency fund, or a bigger pot of cash for traveling? Consider how the way you're treating money today will impact you in five years. If you keep buying on credit, leaving bills unopened and refusing to get on top of your finances, you're going to make things very hard for your future-self. But if you start saving just $10 a week today, that's $2,600 (plus interest!) in five years time.
What good habits would you like to have in your life? What bad habits would you like to get rid of? Unless you're taking active steps to build the former and conquer the latter, you're unlikely to make any progress. If you want to cut down your coffee habit or quit smoking, don't keep putting it off until next week, next month, or next year. Because five years down the line, your future-self is looking back and wishing that you'd started working on those habits today.
Do you eat a healthy diet? Do you exercise on a regular basis? Is your body in good shape and likely to survive the next five years without any significant health problems? Be honest with yourself: if you're overweight, why not start taking action now? Even if it takes you five years to reach a healthy weight, those five years are going to go by anyway. Just ask your future-self (who wishes you'd start your healthier lifestyle right now).
Something many people regret in life is not taking advantage of the chances that they have. Are you missing out on any opportunities at the moment? Is your future-self looking back and telling you to sign up for that course, take that class, reach out to that potential new friend, or volunteer for that big project at work? A good place to look for the opportunities you're missing is to think about anything you're afraid to try, or afraid to start. Those are the things that future-self wishes you'd do!
|Written on 11/17/2008 by Ali Hale. Ali runs Alpha Student, a blog packed with academic, financial and practical tips to help students get the most out of their time at university.
|Photo Credit: superfem
Monday, December 15, 2008
Tonights Video: Crunch Time
Before you go
10 Awesome Websites To Check Before You Travel This Holiday Season
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 12:33 PM PSTChristmas is ahead and so is the holiday season. This is the time when people start packing their bags and gear up for a nice holiday with family and friends. And this is also the time when almost everyone of us finds it hard to plan and organize things in the right way. Whether it is finding the right hotel, booking flights or making a checklist of things to carry, everything seems to take too much of time and effort.
Keeping that in mind, I decided to list ten pretty cool websites which help you in planning and organizing things in a better manner, thereby making your travel hassle free and enjoyable. Previously, I've mentioned a list of seven general travel websites which could be of great help to any traveler. But this list, as you will see, is different. It's comprised of cool, free, mostly unusual websites which not everyone knows about. I hope you enjoy reading about them and then trying them out.
Tripeedo is an amazing site which makes finding airfares an easy task. It has a simple search bar where you can type the destination and date and it does the rest. It gives you a preview of information it has gathered from different travel providers like Kayak and Travelocity and then you can choose the one you want and check the fares immediately.
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush is another cool website which makes the task of making a holiday checklist a cakewalk. You can just check the items you want and easily print out a holiday checklist without the need to type long sentences. It also allows you to set email reminders for important stuff.
Traveas allows you to track information such as the status of your flight and other related information on your cellphone. It alerts you by sending an SMS in case your flight gets delayed or canceled. Hence it's another nice app to save you time and frustration during the hustles and bustles of your journey from home to airport.
SeeYourHotel uses Google Maps to locate the hotel you want and then get a glimpse of its rooms. When you find a hotel on the map, just click on it and you get a box with various options including the option to book the hotel. Great app to find and locate good hotels.
Travel Guides Free
As the name indicates, Travel Guides Free (US and Canada only) provides free travel guides which can be received free by mail or downloaded to your computer. It certainly could be of great help to those traveling to and within the US and Canada.
Wanna get the best and the most comfortable seats on your next flight ? Then SeatGuru is just for you. As they mention, it is " the ultimate source for airplane seating, in-flight amenities and airline information. " Another tool to make your journey a pleasurable one.
ATMLocator helps you locate cash dispensers in almost every country and location. It is a service provided by Visa, can be accessed from your cellphone and you can even get a map view of the location of ATM. So next time you run out of cash in a location which is not familiar, then use this service to locate an ATM nearby.
World Taximeter
World Taximeter gives you the estimate of the fare of a taxi ride in major cities around the globe. So if you want to prevent yourself from getting duped by a greedy cabbie then make sure you check the fares beforehand if you are travelling to a destination listed on the site.
Sleeping In Airports
A perfect site for travelers on a budget (I'm sure a lot of you would be considering the recession) and plan to have an overnight stay at the airport. SleepingInAirports provides airport sleeping tips and the best airports to consider for the free overnight stay.
Drive Pricing
Drive Pricing does a good job calculating the gas cost if you intend to go for a road trip in the US. Hence you can use this site if you can't decide between a road trip and air travel and want to find out which one would cost you less.
|Written on 12/10/2008 by Abhijeet Mukherjee. You can catch him at Jeet Blog where he blogs about different Web 2.0 apps a nd online tools and how they can help you become more productive.
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The One Investment that Always Grows
I got a head start in life by skipping school. Let me explain.
In 1978, when some of my high school peers were off experiencing their freshman year of college, I was starting my radio career experience.
4 years later a friend of mine, took the same job I had 4 years earlier. She was earning just over minimum wage, she had 4 years of college debt and she was 4 years behind me in her radio career.
She quit and left the business a few years later.
What matters most, a degree or experience? I've seen plenty of college grads that were unable to do the job that they studied for. And I've seen many non-grads held back because they didn't earn any letters behind their name.
My suggestion is do both.
My son graduates in the spring of 2009 and then will be going on to law school. However he is also getting lots of experience along the way in related fields. My son-in-law took an internship while in school, they hired him and helped him finish his education, so he did both too.
My step-daughter, in her second year of college has been doing work that is related to her career path and will be doing a paid internship that includes an excellent wage. For an Internship!
Even if you didn't finish college, or never started, never stop learning, adding to your experiences.
Harvey Mackay wrote about this last week:
The 10,000-hour investment
For years I have preached the importance of hard work, determination, persistence and practice—make that perfect practice—as key ingredients of success. A nifty new book seems to support my theory.
Malcolm Gladwell has written a fascinating study, "Outliers, The Story of Success," which should make a lot of people feel much better about not achieving instant success. In fact, he says it takes about 10 years, or 10,000 hours, of practice to attain true expertise.
"The people at the very top don't just work harder or even much harder than everyone else," Gladwell writes. "They work much, much harder." Achievement, he says, is talent plus preparation. Preparation seems to play a bigger role.
For example, he describes The Beatles' rise to fame: They had been together seven years before their famous arrival in America. They spent a lot of time playing in strip clubs in Hamburg, Germany, sometimes for as long as eight hours a night. John Lennon said of those years: "We got better and got more confidence. We couldn't help it with all the experience playing all night long." Overnight sensation? Not exactly. Estimates are that that the band performed live 1,200 times before their big success in 1964. By comparison, most bands don't perform 1,200 times in their careers.
Neurologist Daniel Levitin has studied the formula for success extensively, and shares this finding: "The emerging picture from such studies is that 10,000 hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert in anything. In study after study of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, and what have you, the number comes up again and again. Of course, this doesn't address why some people get more out of their practice sessions than others do. But no one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems it takes the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery."
Two computer giants, Bill Joy, who co-founded Sun Microsystems, and Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, also were proof of the 10,000-hour theory. Their years of hard work paid off, don't you think?
As Gladwell puts it, "Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good."
My purely unscientific observations support all that he says. Our sales reps at MackayMitchell Envelope Company seem to hit their prime after several years of hard work. And I believe it's more than getting comfortable in the job, because I've also seen sales reps that seemed like naturals at selling who couldn't peddle water in the desert. Why? They thought they could get by on their good looks, their winning personalities or their pedigrees. The notion of investing 10,000 hours didn't apply to them—or so they thought. I wouldn't know, because they aren't working for us anymore.
Consider these thoughts from successful folks in all walks of life:
- "A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."—Larry Bird, basketball star turned coach/team president.
- "No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius."—Anna Pavlova, poet.
- "I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."—Frank Lloyd Wright, architect.
- "The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already."—Mark Twain, writer and humorist.
- "Things may come to those who wait. But only the things left by those who hustle."—President Abraham Lincoln.
Do you detect a theme here?
The abilities these people possessed were far-ranging, yet the formula for success was the same: hard work and lots of it. I don't know anyone who has succeeded any other way. Some people just make it look easy. Of course, you probably didn't see the first 9,999 hours of hard work. And you don't just have to work hard; you have to work smart too.
Mackay's Moral: Some people dream about success, and others wake up and do something about it.
Miss a column? The last three weeks of Harvey's columns are always archived online.
More information and learning tools can be found online at harveymackay.com.


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I am a tad worried that you are all getting fed up of me spouting on about how Antony & I went travelling for a year?! Well here I go again =D today we have been back two years! OMG I am in shock that it has been two years.
|Horse painted like a Zebra.. why? Because the kids will never see a real Zebra.. Obviously.
On one hand it seems like just yesterday we were living out of our backpacks and off instant noodles. Things have slightly changed, no more instant noodles, and we are now literally about to buy our 1st house. With plans to go away again and live off the rent from our house in the future, frequently popping up in conversation.
|Thai Tuk Tuks
With people telling me left right and centre about how they want to go travelling the only thing I ever say is GO (with a massive smile on my face) the skills and experiences you will learn and gain on your trip will be invaluable and the memories will stick with you for a life time.
|Argentina to Chile boarder crossing
From my travel experiences I feel that I have become more grateful and aware of how lucky I am to be born British, for the free education to health care and of course freedom of speech. I realised this from seeing unbelievable poverty where poor families can barely eat let alone afford to buy the school uniform required to send their children to school, creating a cycle of poverty with no escape. I have become more determined to take every opportunity I have, to try my hardest and work hard to achieve my goals. To appreciate the ability to have and voice my own opinions and thoughts, a reason I started this blog, and to express them through styling work and to a certain extent how I dress myself.
|Yurimaguas Port! Peru
Would I have realised this if I had not gone away? I don't think so with out 1st hand experience its hard to relate to something that we have not experienced. I also gained confidence in our ability to get ourselves around continents where we didn't speak the language to plan very route where few backpackers go and just do it, I almost even realised how brave we were… until I feel our of a hammock lol =D
|Big Sur California USA
All I am really trying to say is that you will gain and develop skills that are not just important for every day life but also you career. The ability to communicate, flexible attitude and the ability to plan and budget. Whilst this all might sound quite serious you will see thing that you can't even imagine meet all different sorts of people and think about all your adventure when your grey and old. By then you might even have great grand kids that haven't heard all you stories and seen all the photos before! =D… JUST GO!


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It's that daily work. It's waking at dawn to take five hundred jump shots. It's left and right handed layups and hitting twenty straight free throws before you go to class. After class, it's an hour of lifting and an hour or running.
It's getting back on the court after dinner. Another five hundred jumpers, left and right handed layups, twenty straight free throws.
It's the fourth quarter and there are three seconds left in the game. It's the tournament and it's your senior year and your team's down by a point and coach calls a play to get you open. It's a shot you've made thousands of times before, but this time you miss.
It's getting up the next day and taking another five hundred shots if that's still what you want to do. It's looking in the mirror and knowing they'll never all go in. It might not be jump shots next year, it may be something else. But it starts early and ends late and it means something to you, whatever it is.
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You'll have to forgive me here Richard, are you talking baseball? I'm confused with terminology - Whatever it is I enjoyed reading it ^_^ I guess sometimes when everyone in your team is depending on you it can be a hard thing to live up to.ReplyDeleteReplies
Maybe it was basketball?Delete
Something to be said for doing things for yourself first, that has to be enough for you. But I was a little confused about the sports as well, thought maybe it was comparing several in order to show the same driving spirit in each one. :)ReplyDelete
Practice, practice, practice, but you still have to get it right when it really counts.ReplyDelete
Perfect accompaniment to March Madness Richard.ReplyDelete
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25+ Awesome Jobs to Have With a PsyD Program
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the field of psychology is expected to see increases in job availability across the spectrum of psychology-related jobs. This optimistic outlook is partly due to the ever-expanding use of psychologists and similar professionals to assess and interpret behaviors and systems in order to bring about improvements to all facets of human life.
SEE ALSO: Online Accredited PsyD Degree Programs
The following are examples of the forecasted increases in employment in the following fields through the year 2020:
- Psychologists 22%
- Counselors and family therapists 37%
- Rehabilitation counselors 28%
- School counselors 19%
- Substance abuse counselors 27%
- Social workers 25%
These positive expectations are one reason why the number of students going into college degree programs that produce skills needed to get these jobs. Of the best jobs to get, the following 25 are some of the most awesome and have brief descriptions of the kinds of job duties involved.
- Clinical Psychologist – these professionals must complete a supervised residency and pass licensing exams to be able to work with clients. They deal with the multitude of factors that contribute to mental illness, both in diagnosing and in treatment. They deal with clients with more severe issues. See also Clinical Psychology Salary Outlook
- Counselors – operate very similarly to clinical psychologists, but with patients with much less severe complications. These professionals work in various capacities depending on the kind of organization they work for. Their main goal is to help their patients to find resolution and relief from their problems.
- Social Workers – seeking out and assisting those in need is the primary goal of a social worker. Different positions in different agencies are seeking varieties of peoples, but the goals are consistent. Usually, these professionals are challenged to connect those in need with the various government resources for aid that are available given their circumstances.
- Educational Psychologists – for those looking to understand learning and how it occurs in educational settings, this is the profession. They study differences in gifted students and design supplemental work that can foster their interest in the school work. They use research derived from cognitive and learning science to pinpoint the best way to develop learning abilities.
- Rehabilitation Counselor – for those interested in assisting those with emotional and physical disabilities, this job would be a good one to consider. These patients need help in overcoming the obstacles related to their disability, related to living independently or working independently.
- Parole Officer – these professionals work with people who have been involved in criminal activity. They meet with these people regularly in order to establish responsibility and to discourage future wrongdoing. Their meetings are court-mandated and are normally a required element of a court sentence.
- Vocational Rehabilitation Provider – enabling those with physical or mental disabilities to find and maintain employment is the goal of these workers. They can do this through training, preparation, or arranging accommodations with the employer to normalize the clients' ability to perform on the job.
- Psychiatrist – these positions can be in a wide variety of different facilities and purposes. These must complete medical school and complete a residency, and act in various capacities with client situations.
- Psychosocial Specialist – working with the social element of human behavior is the goal of these psychology professionals. It can be through natural or man-made disasters, cross-cultural adaptations, and how they play out with child development and communication for both children and adults.
- Experimental Psychologists – conduct research, teach courses at universities, and work to continue the forward progress of the field of psychology. Usually, their particular research is focused on a particular section of the field and their own interests drive their initiative and motivation for breakthroughs.
- Applied Psychologists – solve real-world problems based on the theories and research conducted by those in the science sector of the study of psychology. This is often done by being involved in clinical practice and applying those very ideas to real-world situations that their clients are faced with.
- Psychometrics – study and develop psychological assessments, measure intelligence, aptitude, personality or educational achievements, using surveys and questionnaires. Those who work as psychometrics are completely involved in developing and maintaining these types of tests and assessments for their validity and relevance.
- Forensic Psychologist – the ways that the law and psychology interact meets in this field. Coming up with criminal profiles, dealing with child custody disputes, and various practices between the law and those involved with the law. They can provide expert testimony in trials, investigate child abuse, and other relevant issues.
- Communications – for those interested in the way that messages and information are understood and comprehended by the brain, a career in communications could be a good fit for a doctoral psychology graduate. By understanding more of the way people learn and digest types of information, a person would be better suited to tailor a message to be more likely retained by the desired consumer.
- Sales – For those interested in sales, a more thorough understanding of the way individual consumers process appeals for business could be a big benefit. In addition, sales work could still be related to psychology. Perhaps as a counselor works their way up through their organization, they find themselves needing to find more agencies and groups to refer their clients to this clinic.
- Engineering Psychologist – these engineering psychologist professionals work within the private sector and work to improve workplace productivity. This can occur through their study of ways to accomplish better efficiency, productivity, and in a way that eliminates potential sources of injury.
- Cognitive Psychologist – these cognitive psychologists are often involved in researching their field as well as working with clients on those subjects. They can also focus on one or the other. Their primary interest is in determining how different people perceive information and how learning takes place from that. This can be used for teaching in universities, continuing research, or staying in practice with clients.
- Addiction Counselor – these professionals are specially trained to deal with the types of issues that people with addictions face. They are best equipped to help the patient through the process of working out the issues in their life creating the addictive behavior and then guide them through the process of discovering freedom from the addiction.
- Mental Health Evaluation Specialist – often times these people are the first that a patient sees when seeking professional help for their mental health. They conduct assessments and try to determine where their primary issues reside, and try to match their needs with the available professionals in that facility.
- Psychotherapist – using their specific training in therapy, these professionals use the same psychology studies and apply them to their clients' life issues. Similar to an applied psychologist, the purpose is not just to diagnose and qualify a person's problems, but to use psychological knowledge to help them find a resolution.
- PTSD Therapist Specialist – within the field of counseling and therapists is a specialized study of post-traumatic stress disorder. There are many factors in people suffering from this, and those trained specifically in this disorder are better equipped to get to the heart of the problem as well as arrive with some real solutions.
- Neuropsychologist – study the brain and the cognitive science behind its activity. They also assess the impacts of injuries, drugs have on these brain functions, using scans and testing to draw conclusions.
- Sports Psychologist – look into the ways that athletes perform, studying motivations that can help and hinder them. The use of psychological theories and practices are utilized in order to provide the greatest benefit to the athletes.
- School Psychologist – working in the school setting, the majority of work is comprised of diagnosing and treating behavior and learning problems with the children at the school. Often times, these work very heavily with others, such as teachers, parents, and doctors.
- Career Counselor – for those people having a difficult time finding a position for employment, they can turn to career counselors for help. These professionals use a battery of tests and assessments to look for true matches between your abilities and desires versus the types of positions your experience is suited for. They can also develop additional training, prepare for interviews, and to help find relevant job openings in their area.
SEE ALSO: 11 Most Lucrative Career Paths with a PsyD Degree
These 25 awesome jobs show just how many options there are for employment to those graduating with a doctoral psychology degree. In every choice, there are options and usually differences between those interested in following the clinical path versus those interested in the science of research and assessments.


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Wisconsin School Cuts Crime By Changing the Menu
photo: J. Novak
Whether we like it or not the food that we eat doesn't just affect our waistlines, it affects the way that we feel. If you're mindful of the way you feel after munching on a Hershey bar and a coke then you're less likely to eat junk food because the highs and the lows become too hard to bear. But in a move that may seem slightly more controversial, one school principal in Appleton, Wis., changed the school menu to cut crime at the school. According to a recent story on WELL Said, LuAnn Coenen, the principal at a high school, reduced fighting, weapons-carrying, and general lack of focus and discipline in the school by changing the menu.Christina Pirello wrote on her blog WELL Said about the Wisconsin school that took an innovative approach to fixing crime and discontent. According to the story, vending machines were the first to go, replaced by water coolers and processed burgers and fries became fruits and vegetables.
"With the departure of junk food, she also saw the departure of vandalism, litter and the need for police patrolling her hallways. The students were calm, socially engaged and focused on their schoolwork. Problems were minimal. And all Ms. Coenen did was change the menu."
In fact, Ms. Coenen's initiative was part of a larger pilot program called "Education for Healthy Kids," which was initially funded with Wisconsin tobacco settlement money. For the past eight years Johnston Elementary School, and more recently, Madison Middle School became involved. Today, the entire Appleton School District is a part of the program.
Additional funding for the initiative came from Natural Ovens of Manitowoc owners Paul and Barbara Stitt, who donated $100,000 to fund the addition of a healthy, natural breakfast at Appleton Central Alternative High School.
According to Appleton Area School District:
"Researchers know that chronically undernourished children must use their energy for tasks in order of importance: first for maintenance of critical organ functions, second for growth, and last for social interaction and overall cognitive functioning."
According to a story in Ode Magazine. The brain is an active machine. It uses a whopping 20 percent of our energy. In order to generate that energy, we need a broad range of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and unsaturated fatty acids that we get from nutritious meals. These nutrients aren't provided in the host of processed junk food that many of us call food.
The board's adopted nutritional standards say that all foods for sale at the school may have no more than 30 percent of calories from fat (except for nuts and seeds), no more than 10 percent of total calories can come from saturated fats. Candy is not permitted for sale on school grounds either. You can look at the complete list of standards here.
Read more about the program on WELL Said.
Appleton's pilot program was featured on Good Morning America, Good Housekeeping and the staff at the school was even interviewed for the film Super Size Me.
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If you're a solopreneur and your boss isn't treating you right, this episode is your intervention. Better hours and more vacation ahead…
It's not easy to be both the world's best boss AND your company's #1 employee. But that's the magic trick all soloprenuers try to pull off.
And it can be royally unpleasant if your boss tracks every move you make, constantly reprimands you for all your bad habits, and instead of acknowledging all you're doing well, just keeps insisting you aren't doing enough.
You'd probably report any other boss who treated you that way to the HR department.
But when you're doing it to yourself, it's easy to just keep on taking that kind of treatment.
You already know that's a recipe for stress.
You might not realize that it's also the sure road to losing out on lots of business.
In this episode, you'll see why your inner boss needs to take a breather, and your ability to build a thriving business that makes the impact you are here to make may rest on your willingness to pamper and reward yourself a whole lot more.
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- Why treating yourself well is crucial to the health of your business
- Would you do business with someone else who treated you the way you treat yourself?
- Would you treat your clients the way you treat yourself?
- The dangerous trap most entrepreneurs fall into of making self-care an afterthought
- The person who most needs your love and compassion
- How and why you should redefine "a good day"
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Inside Out - "Burning Fight" from Toe Jam's, Long Beach CA, 6/1/1991
Honestly, we had no intentions of turning this Inside Out entry into a three day piece, but I really couldn't help myself. I had noticed a link to a video posted in the comment section and after I took a look at it, I realized that I absolutely had to get it up here. A lot of people that have seen Inside Out live have talked about their legendary energy and stage presence and I think these three videos are a good representation of just that. Hopefully you enjoy these as much as I did. -Tim DCXX
Inside Out - "Sacrifice" 1990
Inside Out - From The Rat in Boston Ma, 1990
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Inside Out - Live
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Great article about a great band. Got to see them in CT, MA , and NJ . Went to see them in DC but the show was canceled. This article is starting to bring back the memories.
Does anyone remember the band Statement. Not the Hardline band. They had a demo that was heavy as hell for the time. I think some of them went on to form Slag. I think the demo was called Soul Sacrifice or something like that. Keep up the good work DC !
- March 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM
That is definitely me with the red shirt and the white hat at about age 15 or 16 on the side of the stage.
- March 4, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Zach's stage antics always seemed a bit contrived, and still do to this day. He never seemed humble at the popularity of his band. Inside Out was great, but sorta over-dramatic. I was at many west coast shows they played but could only listen and not watch so much or the idiot shivers would take over.
Sorry, someone had to say it.
- March 4, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- D. Sine said...
That second video is from a really great show which was also one of the last shows for Hard Stance and the first for Farside. It took place a church in Irvine which made it a bit surreal. Against the Wall, Pitchfork, and Reason to Believe also played. I'll try to make some prints from the show for you guys in the near future.
- March 4, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- SFader said...
Anon 2, You're right, and I touched on it in the first part of this trilogy. Those videos still don't do the live set justice though.
Dave, that would be cool. That was a really fun show, I don't think I ever saw pics from it. Sundahl was barefoot in the pit all night and I accidentally caught one of Brett Page's forearms to my head hahahaha
- March 6, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Total energy. Wish I had seen them. I definitely liked Inside Out way, way better than RATM which I really didn't like at all.
Andrew Strife! Is that your store in the link? Pretty cool. I think I asked Tim for a story on Strife a while back....maybe you can write it!
- March 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- SFader said...
Anon 1, If you mean the Statement that was from CA and like a mix between Inside Out and Statue, yes I remember them they were F-ing amazing I was always bummed they never did anything else. WOW that just brought back another memory!!
- March 7, 2009 at 2:45 AM
I was at that Toe Jam show and it was amazing. There were alot of good shows at Toe Jam and this was one of the best.
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Tigers Win in Graceland Pool Play
Doane rebounded from their loss to Hastings with a convincing 30-15, 30-17, 30-17 victory over Culver-Stockton College.
The Tigers were paced by Kari Hochstein and Allison Weaver's 14 kills.
Doane posted a .350 attack percentage compared to Culver-Stockton's .011.
Rachel Hagerman notched 37 assists while Weaver had a team high 18 digs.
Doane will face No. 8 Dickinson State in their final game of pool play at the Graceland Invite.


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The last of the white walls in this great room are gone.
The color Harmonic Tan by Sherwin-Williams, on the right, goes into the entry way and down the stairway.
The color Lion's Mane by Pittsburgh Paints, on the left, brings in a warm, golden color to the livingroom, diningroom and kitchen.


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All Hallow's Eve Gathering 2017
We are at the end of a busy summer so it won't be long until Boscastle's annual celebration of winter's beginning: the fantastic and now world-famous All Hallow's Eve event on Saturday 28th October.
The village will be visited by the Mari Lwyds or 'Grey Mares' – traditional hobby osses – there will be the Dancing of the Dark Morris, the traditional pwnco ceremony outside the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic, and a Candle Lit Evening in the Museum.
But this year will be bigger and better than ever. An exciting troupe called Mr. Fox will perform a torch-lit dance and the Mari's will also process down Old Road (let us know if you want your house to be visited!) In addition, there will be a work-shop for kids (and adults) at the top of the Village in the Village Hall near Gunpool Lane, where you can make your very own miniature Mari Lwyd! We will also have traditional Cornish songs sung in the Harbour by Boscastle Buoys.
We are very happy to have the full support of the National Trust and the Boscastle Chamber of Trade & Commerce, and hope that as many locals as possible can attend. If you live in the village and want to come to the Museum, then please do, it is free to residents! Also – residents and businesses of Old Road – if you would like the Mari Lwyd's to knock on your door and 'bless your home' for the year (as is custom) then email the Museum at email@example.com, or ring Peter on 01840 250 111. It is customary to give the Osses a Soul Cake (google it!) and a drink. It is like trick or treating, but better!
The Mari Lwyd workshop will commence around 10am until the early afternoon, dancing in the Harbour from about 3pm. People are encouraged to assemble at the main car park at 5.45pm to accompany the Osses to the Museum. This is a celebration of the end of summer and the start of winter and everyone is welcome – come down in fancy dress, bring a carved and lit pumpkin or turnip lantern as these will be displayed along the Harbour and outside the Museum. The Candle Lit Evening in the Museum will be from 8pm.
We are also looking for volunteers who can help steward the event. Please get in touch if you could spare us a few hours on the day, email email@example.com or telephone 01840 250 111. We had huge crowds last year and many businesses in the village reported that it was their busiest day of the season. Hopefully this year will be just as good and we hope to see you there!


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Back again, as you can see from my last post I am doing a set of 3 tags for 5 things I can't live without. This is for my Body. I'll be uploading make-up shortly although I think that one may take me a little while to chose all the products!
As I said before, I hope some other people will try this tag even if its not on YouTube but on your blogs. I'd love to see what other products people can't live without! If you do try this TAG/Challenge, please post me a comment or message so I can see what your Top 5's are.
Lots of Love,
Mel xxxx


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CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2013, Brufa di Torgiano, AP 15
Field control efficacy of bio-organic fertiliser fermented with antagonists to tobacco bacterial wilt and its biocontrol mechanisms
Guizhou Tobacco Institute, Jinyang District, Guiyang, P.R. China
An organic fertiliser made of rapeseed meal and dairy manure with proportion of 1:1 (w:w) was then solid fermented by two antagonists, making it bio-organic fertilizer (BOF). Field experiments were conducted in Anhui Province for two years to...


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The Form plaques for the Forms of 1993, 1998, and 2008 are now hanging in the Lower and Middle dining halls. The Form of 2012 plaque will be on display in Middle dining hall in the Upper on Saturday, June 1st, at 1:30 pm, as part of the Anniversary weekend festivities. It will be hung in it's permanent place next week when the finished date panels arrive from Art Swanson, who also is the carver of the name panels.
I'm looking forward to meeting members of the Forms of 2012, 2008, 1998 and 1993 on Saturday – be sure to stop by the Upper to see your new plaques!


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How is Your Electricity Generated? Mapping the US Energy Sources
Visual News, AUGUST 4, 2015 BY BENJAMIN STARR
For many of us, our electricity comes to us through power lines on the street. However, where that journey started is often a mystery. The Washington Post recently released an excellent interactive map, plotting the nation's many different power plants and their location around the US.
Coal and natural gas (shown in grey and orange) easily dominate the electricity generation sector:
While coal and natural gas are currently the most common sources of electricity in the nation, coal will probably be seeing a major decline in the coming years. The new Clean Power Plan sets a goal of reducing carbon pollution from power plants an average of 32% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. When you consider that the energy generation sector produces 31% of the nations greenhouse gas emissions, that's a significant cut to pollution.
The Clean Power Plan largely targets carbon dirty coal-powered plants, and that means big changes for states like West Virginia, which generate most of their electricity from coal. Learn more, and see the full interactive, at the Washington Post.
This graph, showing the share of electricity from each power source, reveals the dominance of coal in many states:


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It's bus week at CC, so how could I not show you Eugene's most famous bus, Further. It's not the original 1939 Further, the prototype of all hippie buses and the one that Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters drove to NYC in 1964. That was one of the seminal events of the sixties, and the basis of Tom Wolfes "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". The original is in terrible shape and awaiting restoration at the Kesey farm nearby. But in the eighties, Kesey bought this one to replace it, and it's not an unfamiliar sight around town. On this occasion, it was outside the MacDonald Theater, where the premiere of the movie "Magic Trip" was about to take place, made from the many hours of film footage shot during that 1964 cross-country trip. Couldn't miss that; when in Eugene, do as the Eugenians.
Local boy Ken Kesey was the celebrated author of "One Flew Over The Cokoo's Nest" and other books, and was a volunteer subject of numerous LSD experiments at Stanford University in the fifties. He apparently took a shine to it, and his rural place in the hills above Palo Alto became a cradle of the counter-culture.
In 1964, he bought the 1939 International school bus for a trip to New York City for the publication of his latest book, "Sometimes A Great Notion" as well as dropping in to the 1964 World's Fair. The bus got a wild paint job, beat-legend and speed-freak Neal Cassady signed on to "drive", and the rest is history.
Hundreds of hours of 16mm film was shot of the original trip, but nobody was up to the task to go through it all and edit it until Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Allison Ellwood took it on and created the documentary "The Magic Trip" Here's the trailer. It's a glimpse into a moment of history that had an outsized cultural impact.
Further made a few more trips, but was retired after returning from Woodstock in 1969, and was left to rot in a swamp on the Kesey farm outside Eugene. The Smithsonian wanted Further, but the Keseys didn't want to give up the icon.
Recently, efforts are underway to raise the $100k needed to restore it, and it was pulled out of the swamp. It's going to take a lot of acid to get it cleaned up again.
Kesey passed away in 2001 (bio here), but his son Zane is keeping the legacy alive. Aging hippies ride around in it (and on it), trying to recapture some of the old magic.
Here's a statue of Ken reading from one of his books in downtown Eugene's "Kesey Square", a misnomer if ever there was one. And appropriately enough, an old VW bus is behind him, although not sporting a psychedelic paint job. Eugene: love it or leave it. Or in Kesey's words: You're either on the bus or off.


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Did they get it right?
Sunday was like Christmas to college football fans. The four team college football playoff was announced and set in stone. The first three teams were no brainers with Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia all winning their conference titles and having one loss to gain entry. However, that fourth spot was up for debate between Alabama, a one loss team that didn't even play in their conference title game, and Ohio State, a two loss conference title winner.
In 2016, 'Bama head coach Nick Saban stated that a team who can't win their conference shouldn't be allowed in the playoffs as Ohio State failed to win the Big 10 that year and gained entry to the playoffs. This year the shoe went to the other foot as the Crimson Tide got in over the Buckeyes. The question has been why. Why did a team that couldn't win their own conference get in over Ohio State that did.
The answers are pretty simple.
First up, Alabama only lost one game this year, to Auburn, in the Iron Bowl. Auburn is a top 10 team currently. Ohio State had two losses on the year. One in the non-conference slate to Oklahoma which isn't a terrible loss and happened early in the season. That other loss though, wow, I seem to forget who beat the Buckeyes by 31 points?
Oh, right, a seven win Iowa team that's headed to the Pinstripe Bowl. That loss, that one loss to an Iowa team that Ohio State overlooked, has kept them out of the playoffs. First and foremost, Iowa, like Iowa State did a few years ago, ruined a school's national title hopes. Had the Buckeyes beaten the Hawkeyes, there is no doubt they would've been in over Alabama. You handle your business on the road against a team you should be able to beat.
But then again we saw Iowa State hand Oklahoma their only loss this season, it's been a weird year for college football.
The second reason why Bama got in over Ohio State? The rubber game against Clemson. The Tigers and the Tide have put on two classics in the past two years for the national title. While not for all the marbles this year, the third game between the two schools will allow them to gain the right to play for that title they both want. With ESPN suffering from declining ratings, they need a huge draw in the playoffs. Clemson against Alabama gives them that ratings draw that they crave.
Those are the two reasons why Alabama got in and Ohio State didn't. It all boils down to Iowa whipping on the Buckeyes and the ratings draw of Clemson and Bama. Shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out. I'm sure the tears of Ohio State fans could end a national drought right now, but it's not the first time a team thought they deserved to be got left out. It's how it worked in the BCS and it will continue to be this way until they either define what a great team should be or expand their current playoff system.
The FCS runs a playoff system that works. We've seen it work for how many years upon years now? All the teams that get in seem to be deserving of their spots in these games. It allows for non power five schools to see how they stack up against the big boys of college football. Imagine a 16 team playoff this year with Central Florida, the only undefeated school in FBS by the way, getting their shot at a Clemson or Oklahoma.
Sure they could get wiped out but they could also devise a game plan and win that contest. No games are won on paper. The old saying is on any given day, any team can beat anyone. Just look at Iowa State on the road against Oklahoma with a third string quarterback. Tell me that UCF couldn't hang with an Alabama.
Remember when Utah, led by Urban Meyer, beat Alabama in a BCS bowl game? I sure do. Anything can happen. LSU lost to Troy State at home this year. Teams can lose. Expanding the playoff would make sense, however, they won't.
Bowl games, all 10,000 of them, rake in too much money and ratings for them to go to the wayside in order to create a more fair and balanced playoff system. Four teams isn't enough. Imagine if March Madness was suddenly decided between four teams while every other team with a good record had to play for a little bit of money for their school and no reason to care.
People would riot in the streets without all of those wonderful, insane games to watch. The David's beating the Goliath's of the word gives ratings. Who honestly cares about two mediocre teams in the Dollar General Bowl? Will anyone outside of Iowa State and Memphis' fan base care about the Liberty Bowl? Are Iowa fans all that excited for the Pinstripe Bowl in the middle of winter in the Bronx?
Expanding the field would give fan bases and people outside of those bases a reason to watch. There could be football playoff bracket challenges like there are for basketball.
Bottom line? They didn't get it right this year by not including Central Florida in the discussion for that fourth spot. They haven't really gotten in right for the four team playoffs, however, they have done a better job on the New Year's Six bowls.
I was joking around with a friend Sunday night saying that it's only a matter of time until the playoffs get what they want. Nothing but SEC and ACC teams in the playoffs. Nothing else really matters to ESPN, it seems like, than those conferences for football. Maybe that's why they're having issues.
Regardless, expand the playoff or dissolve and keep trying to figure out a way that makes it fair for every school despite how big their conference is to get a shot at that national championship. Then, and only then, will they have gotten it right.
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In Canada a weaker dollar is akin to an interest rate cut discouraging spending in that country.
In the mining industry, weaker gold and silver prices cut into profit margins last year, leading to weaker results (eight of the world's tens largest gold companies reported a drop in earnings last year).
Weak jobs numbers in the United States affects the world's biggest consumer market, making companies involved in the clothing industry riskier investments, and now bank stocks could be hit as a result of ongoing uncertainty in Cyprus. Confiscating people's bank accounts will undoubtedly cause many in Europe to keep their money out of banks since many of Europe's largest financial institutions are based in Italy and Spain, two countries that could follow Cyprus's example if the Troika's new bailout rules are instituted elsewhere. Will banks like Banco Santander allow money from client account to be taken in order to pay down national debts ?
But Grocery Stocks Are Different!
Grocery stocks have grown nicely over the last year despite the inability of many to hike prices in step with price inflation (Tesco for example reported +1.8% increase in same-store sales for the three months ended January 5, 2013 despite lower market share and lower sales of frozen food). Also in the UK: grocery industry market growth +3.7% lags general inflation +4.3%.This month, Empire Company Limited (emp.a) reported a drop in gross profit margin (24% to 23%) and a 32% decline in cash equivalents as well as 6% decline in net earnings but the stock remained in positive terroritory despite that (+12% last three months). The food division, Sobeys profited 8% more but that was because the food division includes gas stations (236 Shell gas stations purchased last year). Sobeys is the second largest grocery retailer in Canada but third largest in Canada's biggest market, Ontario.
Carrefour Group (euronext:ca) is another example of a solid growth stock. In 2012 the food retailer profited 3.3 times more than the previous year (€1.233 billion) despite a sales increase of just 0.5% and a decline in ebit of -1.6%. It turns out the company's assets are more valuable that people think ! CEO Georges Plassat has been been busy steering the company in a more profitable direction. He thought that operating in 30 countries was too demanding and so Carrefour started selling off assets, starting with Greece. Competition in the countries Carrefour has been exiting is high and that makes its businesses attractive to potential buyers. Colombian operations were sold for $2.5 billion which represents 20 times enterprise value/ebitda, investors liked the return and the stock moved higher. In 2012 Carrefour pulled out of five countries. The money from the asset sales helped the company pay down net debt (€6.9 billion to €4.3 billion). The next country Carrefour is contemplating leaving is Turkey and you be sure the return it will get for assets there will be at a premium.
Carrefour also has an insurance division that has exposure to South America (35% of 1b net banking income is from Argentina and Brazil). Carrefour stock price +10.85% last three months, +32.31% last six months.