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Why do chefs have contempt for vegetarians?
Well guess what, chefs hate that too: "Some of their biggest pet peeves: When customers pretend to be allergic to an ingredient, and when vegetarians make up rules, like 'a little chicken stock is OK.'" I thought it was maybe just one crazy chef who said that, but when I commented about it on Twitter, a chef named Brandon Chavannes responded "because you're not vegetarian, you're just difficult," suggesting that this really is a common annoyance.
So on the one hand, the vegetarian food may not be vegetarian. But if we say we're OK with that, then it's "Fuck you, you fucking hypocrite." Does this make sense to anyone? Also, I really don't see the hypocrisy in not wanting to order a hunk of meat, but not caring if a little meat juice from someone else's order dribbles on your fries. Most vegetarians do it for ethical reasons, not because they can't stand the taste or smell of meat. A little cross-contamination is inevitable in restaurants, but at the end of the week/month/life, you've eaten a lot fewer dead animals.
Even when I ate meat freely, 5+ years ago, I disliked this contemptuous attitude that some meat-eaters cop toward vegetarians. The very existence of vegetarians doesn't prevent you from eating meat. (If their existence prevents you from enjoying meat, you might have some unexamined hangups.) It's like being pissed about pacifism.
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you have to admit that a lot of vegetarians look down their noses at meat-eaters, no? i don't have contempt for vegetarians, but i do have contempt for snobs (and i realize not all vegetarians are snobs).ReplyDelete
Oh, I hear you with this one. I don't eat much meat because of both health and economic/environmental concerns. I do eat meat once per week, and fish once per week. I'm very careful about what kinds of meat and how it's produced, so I tend to eat it only at home. To most people, I simply say I'm vegetarian. Talking about this with a friend who's a chef, he was of the opinion that I had no right to order a vegetarian version of a fixed menu, for instance. Since I wasn't "really" veg. Made no sense to me then or now.ReplyDelete
Matt: I honestly don't know any vegetarians who are contemptuous toward meat eaters. Not one.ReplyDelete
Beloved: Argh.
I often tell people I'm vegetarian because I feel like explaining pescatarianism is too complicated, and 90% of the time I am a pure vegetarian. But doesn't anyone have a "right" to order the vegetarian option if that's what they want???
I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian since I was 13. I am only contemptuous of zealots those who want to convert, on either side of the fence, and sometimes of those who scream GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! then drive huge cars and eat tons of meat then I don't look down my nose but I often want to engage in the conversation that one the one about how the rain forests are being razed so the land can be used to grow feed for cattle how this is a crime because all that wheat could be fed to starving countries. Usually I don't. If I pick the chef who doesn't know if his beans have lard in them I ask to see the can. And I am careful in Thai restaurants where they put fish sauce in everything but they're about the nicest people in the world when it comes to understanding vegan. Most of the time I try to stay out of the conversation. I've had it too many times. But if you drive a giant car or truck and there are only two or better yet one of you in it I'll point and laugh.ReplyDelete
Yes, the inefficiency of meat is at least as big a problem as the way animals are treated in industrial farming, for me anyway. There's no way for everyone to eat meat.ReplyDelete
That's another reason not to hate on vegetarians. There's more meat for the rest of yous.
do you know anyone in PETA?ReplyDelete
Of course not. Who's in PETA? You can't take an activist group to be representative of a huge population.ReplyDelete
well *somebody's* buying those "meat is murder" bumper stickers/t-shirts/tea cozys...ReplyDelete
ok, you don't know any vegetarian snobs and i don't know any mac user snobs. call it even? :)
So now you're hating on Morrissey?ReplyDelete
If you look around and don't see any Mac snobs, you're the Mac snob!
1) i don't get the referenceReplyDelete
2) i could return that serve, but that would be too easy:)
Meat is Murder is the name of an album by The Smiths.ReplyDelete
you mean that band i skip every time one of their songs comes on my slacker radio?ReplyDelete


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We previously called the hoverboard industry "a parable of modern life," looking at how quickly they were invented, knocked off, manufactured, imported and sold online. The story took another turn recently, when the big testing laboratory, UL, announced that it has developed a way of testing and labeling hoverboards. The company's vice president said:
UL has been evaluating, testing, and certifying battery cells, modules, and packs as well as related battery chargers and power supplies as individual components for many years. With UL 2272, our expert science, research, and engineering teams have now developed the appropriate requirements and methodology to confidently evaluate and test the entire self-balancing scooter for electrical and fire-hazard safety as a system.
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The first thing to understand is that there are different kinds of labels and certifications, and they have different meanings.
First Party Certifications are not tested or verified; really, they are just Trade Association Labels, such as the imaginary The Shenzhen Hoverboard Manufacturers Association (SHMA) making a label that says "this is a lithium ion battery hoverboard that should not explode under normal use."
Second Party Certification is where the SHMA sets its own standard and has the hoverboards tested by an outside agency, perhaps certifying that "this hoverboard will travel a minimum of 10 miles before it explodes."
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Third party certification is a whole other ballgame. Here, the manufacturer gets together with regulators, engineers and other interested parties to develop a standard that manufacturers have to build to, and then the product gets rigorously tested by a testing lab like UL, which bangs it around and checks all the wiring and determines that it meets the standards. Or, in the hoverboard case, the company applies the knowledge that it has from other Li-ion products and the standard developed for them, and applies it to the hoverboard. The board makers have to look up that standard and make sure that they build their boards to comply with it if they want to get that label.
This is such a pain for everyone, but it's necessary.
Product designers and manufacturers find this all a total pain. It is time-consuming and expensive to get tested, and some complain that it really stifles innovation and protects the existing manufacturers from new competition. It could certainly have prevented a new product like a hoverboard from exploding, literally and figuratively, into the marketplace.
Architects and designers find them bothersome too, because so many codes have restrictions, saying that everything that goes into a building must have a label or a certification. It can take years until you can try a new product or assembly.
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San Fierro Underground is a classic GTA style storyline pack revolving around story of a small time thug and his close friend. The duo are forced to work against their will for local narc-dealer Julio Cruz. Dwelve into criminal underground and earn your freedom before the lunatic narcoboss decided to end you.
San Fierro 1990. City of drugs,gang violence,cartels,mafia.Crime is all over the place. Thugs are using the situation to profit anyway they can. From small time pickpocketing to robbing entire bank convoys. Whole system is corrupt and city officials themselfs are using the situation to profit. Mayor force in city right now is Mexican drug lord Julio Cruz along with his corrupted officials that work for him. Cruz was dominating force in SF for few years and gained fortune smuggling. Right now new gangs are forming, each one trying to get a bite of the action. Local thugs Layne and Fred, who are friends since childhood are trying to profit robbing people on street. Their lives change after one unfortunate incident...
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Storylines have been tested on mods free (expect Cleo ofc) GTA SA game. Storyline worked fine without any crashes.
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Nice classic GTA style storyline. I rated 5/5 good job!
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Hi! I'm still new with using this DYOM i can't get this storyline to run. I extracted the dsl of the first chapter to my SA user folder in docs but theres no autorun file....how do i get the missions to start???
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It would be appriciated if you would add a readme for install instructions for us newbies!!!
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i finally got this running but during chapter 2 mission our turf...keeps crashing with an exe stopped working error. tried this one 10 times. enemies come in waves, it's always on the 3rd wave it crashes.
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I have tested all missions and also in storyline version on a clean GTA with only DYOM and cleo and it worked great. Random mods are probably biggest reason for crashes
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As announced earlier, the new demo-version is online now: Brian Pereira and Christoph AEon Löwe (Christoph's site) were kind enough to let me use their maps with Ca3DE! As such, famous maps like AEonsCanyonTower and BPWxDay are available in the current release! I also worked on some of the older maps, so that the current version now comes with a total of nine maps: AEonsCanyonTower, AEonsCube, BigTest1, BPRockB, BPWxDay, DmBase, Fortress, JrBase1 and Keep!
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Wow, I can't believe how fast 3 weeks has gone by. We are now into our forth week and Kien slept in his cot last night. I decided it was about time I weened myself off from having him sleep next to me in the bed. I am finding it a difficult transition indeed!
At this stage he is supposed to nap for a good part of the day. However Kien does not abide by this principle. He is far too interested in what is going on around him, and will lie there for ages staring any which way. He will then start grizzling if I have left him for too long. So I compromise by carrying him around in a sling so I can continue getting stuff done, and he seems to enjoy the stimulation.
My daily routine revolves around either feeding Kien or expressing milk for feeding him. He is constantly hungry and demands milk every couple of hours, sometimes less. I express every 3 hours, so it feels like an endless cycle of feed, express, feed, express - with about 30-45 minutes down time in between. Good thing this is my job for the whole of this year :-)
Last Wednesday when I had the interview with the "Growing up in New Zealand" survey woman one of the question was how long I intended to feed him breast milk for. My answer is for as long as possible, preferably 2 years. It will be interesting to see how I will manage this when I go back to work!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
2 comments:
- Michelle MacWhirter said...
I'm loving this blog, thanks for such a long and interesting entry. I bet your days have changed a lot! What were you doing for work before this? Do you feel sleep deprived?
- January 19, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Michelle MacWhirter said...
Oops, forgot to say, I also thought he seems like he's much more keen on looking at what was going on around him. In all those pictures I took at your place, 90% of them he's staring directly at me. Really neat! Like he knew I was taking his picture.
- January 19, 2010 at 9:52 PM
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What the NFL can learn about a ZERO TOLERANCE Workplace Violence Policy
On my very first day of policing in Notting Hill in London, England, I was punched in the face by the suspect I had just arrested for robbery.
Back at the police station, the sergeant in the booking room took one look at my blood caked face and my now slightly irregular shaped nose and said "Welcome to policing Phil!"
Not one word was uttered by him about the potential of charging my robbery suspect with assaulting a police officer…..it was put down to being 'part of the job' at that time. At just what particular point would someone take an act of violence towards me seriously I wondered?
Fast forward to the recent headlines that made front page news about an incident which took place in the training locker room of the New York Jets when a teammate (not a complete stranger off the streets) punched the face of his team's starting quarterback.
Linebacker Ik Enemkpalli and Geno Smith
When a linebacker (Ik Enemkpali in this case) punches someone's face (Geno Smith in this case), it doesn't result in a bit of blood and a cracked nose. This punch broke the quarterback's jaw and has put him out of the upcoming season for at least 10 weeks.
The team cut Enemkpali straight away from the team but the very next day, he was hired by the Buffalo Bills NFL team.
The coach of that team, Rex Ryan, has a quote attributed to him regarding the New York locker room incident and his new hiring: "Hey, it's not perfect. Something happened. I think it's an isolated incident. It's not a major concern for me. I feel pretty good about our locker room."
When I first read that statement, all I saw was my booking room sergeant saying to me "Welcome to the NFL Phil."
In the world of workplace violence prevention, organizations are encouraged to create a safer workplace for their staff, clients and customers by stressing the importance of the 'zero tolerance policy.'
This essentially means that each act of aggression (be it a threatening statement, an act of intimidation or assaultive behaviour) is taken seriously.
Why a Zero Tolerance Policy?
- Firstly, it sends a huge message from the organization that they take very seriously their legal responsibility to create a safe workplace for their staff. Everyone knows that the organization has their back and is doing their level best to reduce or eliminate their risk to violence and this is one way to do it.
- Secondly, by having a 'zero tolerance' statement, no one has to try to figure out at what point they should report something or at what point they can expect the organization to react and respond. It's dead simple. It's 'zero tolerance.'
- We know from all of the research that has been conducted that situations are best dealt with at an early stage (before they grow into something more serious and dangerous).
- The threat is likely not to grow into the intimidation and the intimidation is likely not to grow into the violent act.
- A culture of safety is created and staff see that the organization takes the lesser situations just as seriously as more serious incidents.
That safety culture will also result in everyone in the organization taking on the role of an active participant in the program. It is not just the role of the boss or the safety committee members to make the workplace a safe place. We all have to be part of the solution.
However, this is something that just doesn't happen on its own. It has to be fostered and supported from the top of the organization right through the ranks.
The point is, no one can be a passive observer to their own safety.
It starts with educating, engaging and then empowering employees to pay attention to what's going on around them.
Zero Tolerance: that's the goal here. Having such a policy and even the culture of safety doesn't mean that things still won't occur. But at least you won't have someone in a senior position within the organization being quoted as saying: "Hey, it's not perfect. Something happened. I think it's an isolated incident. It's not a major concern for me."
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This is so pretty! I'll be featuring this tomorrow-hope you don't mind.
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this is soooo pretty!!!
I love that you used minky fabric, It must be such a soft and cuddly quilt! Perfect for a new baby!
BEAUTIFUL! I'm going to make this for my new baby (and feature your tutorial on my blog next week). Thanks for this. I love it!ReplyDelete
This is adorable! I made a quilt with Minky backing for a baby gift a couple of years ago and now the mom is begging for another one for baby #2. I used cotton quilt batting behind the patchwork top and quilted those two layers separately to get a nice, heavily quilted texture, then randomly tacked the Minky backing through all layers, serged the edges and finished with satin binding edges. But when I did the final washing of the quilt, the top and batting shrunk and of course the Minky did not, so the backing sagged and bagged. Have you ever used batting in a quilt with Minky backing? I like the extra body and snuggliness it gives, but I'm trying to come up with a better method this time.ReplyDelete


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Google revealed the secret of one of the bonuses given to the owners of the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.
The owners of new smartphones, Google will get access to unlimited cloud storage for photos and videos in high quality in Google Photos. However, if you carefully read the terms of the agreement will be clear that a bonus is valid only until January 15, 2021. On the one hand, enjoy unlimited storage you can even more than three years, and with another – this may not be enough, especially given the fact that Google Pixel and Pixel XL of the first generation, it seems, have no such restrictions.
After this date access to store high quality pictures and videos will remain. The service will allow you to store 16-megapixel photos and videos in Full HD. However, such opportunity will get and the owners of other smartphones. This means that users will not be able to fully use the capabilities of a 4K Pixel camera Google 2 if they want to continue to store photos and videos to Google Photos.
In a conversation with Engadget Google spokesman said that the photos and videos made up to 2021, will not be compressed, just need to make sure that all of the content was uploaded before the specified date. He also added:
We know that people change their phones on average every two to three years, that's why we offer cloud storage for Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on the basis of these data.
The announcement of a Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL on 4 October 2017. Both devices got the feature Motion Photos — analogue Live Photos from Apple. At the time of the snapshot, the smartphone records three seconds of video and associates it with the picture.
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2013 finds me back in NS and making a fresh start in several areas of life. Something I've been wanting to do for some time now is to create a site with some of my favorite photographs that I've taken over the years. I am by no means a professional. All I use is a simple point and shoot style digital camera. I don't have fancy editing software. But despite all that, once in a blue moon I take a couple of shots that I'm proud of. They may inspire strong memories and/or emotions, or simply just look cool. But I've finally had the time to make a place dedicated to showing them off: The Memory Remains. Feel free to browse and comment, if you're so inclined.
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The Place Where You Are Standing…
A collection of photographs taken at the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in 1944 and the present day have gone on sale at the museum. The album presents 31 historical photographs taken by SS men in 1944 depicting the extermination of Jews in the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. They were set in contrast with present-day photographs of the same locations.
The original 1944 album is known nowadays as "The Auschwitz Album" or "Lili Jacob Album". Almost as many as 200 photographs taken by SS men depict the arrival of a transport of Hungarian Jews at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. The pictures lay bare almost every stage of the extermination: departure from the train, formation of columns, selection, march to the gas chambers, waiting to enter the undressing room, looting of property as well as the very first moments of those who were selected us fit to work during the selection and registered in the camp. The only stage the German author failed to record is the killing of people.
Photographer Paweł Sawicki has since gone back and identified the areas of the camp in those Nazi photos, capturing them as they appear in modern times. The result is a stark reminder of the millions who lost their lives in a camp taht is now in ruins.
"However, the project was not about creating faithful replicas of the historical photographs. It was rather about reminding the viewer in a profound manner about all that took place here, in this very place." – Paweł Sawicki
The album Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Place Where You Are Standing… has been published in Polish and English language versions. It is available in the museum bookshop as well as through the online store of the Auschwitz Memorial.
Good Girls Gone Bad
I came across an article on the net today featuring artwork of the Disney Princesses "gone bad". I'm not sure if they should be called bad, or if badass is a better description. Some of the girls have been zombie-fied. Others are just enjoying the Goth look. Either way, I thought the pictures were kind of cool and worth sharing. Here are my favorite two:
Hey, anyone in a Metallica shirt scores brownie points with me! 😉
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"Somewhere, Joe Biden is thinking about visiting Denmark on a diplomatic mission…" -SmoothJazzRayner
A young Danish politician named Nikita Klæstrup made waves all over the world when she arrived at a conservative event wearing a dress that left little to the imagination. Klæstrup attended the event wearing a black dress with the front split open, which led to her receiving radio and television interviews, articles in newspapers, and features in magazines here in the United States such as the Free Beacon.
Political branding expert Kresten Schultz-Jørgensen argues that the attention isn't bad for her career at all, despite the fact she is a young conservative. He argued that it helps sharpen her profile, and call attention to her… issues. Still, despite her best efforts, conservatives in Denmark haven't received any uptick in the municipal elections since she recently became "Denmark's election babe."
"Will you still love me when i'm no longer young and beautiful?" Photo by @alexanderflemming #photography #phaseone #solacelondon #model #copenhagen A photo posted by Nikita Klæstrup (@nikitaklaestrup) on
Nikita herself claims that she won't back down to any criticism she receives. She said to the University Post that she can still be an effective politician and communicator while using her other talents to bolster her acclaim. 'We cannot escape the fact that it sells. There is a natural focus on women's appearance. That's just how it is."
Nikita acted surprised by her newfound international fame. "I've got about 500 new followers on instagram today. Most of them appear to be foreign. Is there something I don't know?"
Don't click here for her very risque photos unless you are not at work.


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As Big Ag continues its efforts to conceal the truth about how animals suffer on factory farms, the ASPCA and advocates continue our counterattack to protect the public's right to know what goes on there.
"Ag-gag" bills – conceived and pushed by the agricultural industry to criminalize undercover investigations on factory farms -- have been introduced in 26 states and have passed in seven. These measures are intended to silence factory farm whistleblowers – removing protection from vulnerable animals who need it, and giving it to powerful corporations who hide behind it.
This week, we launched #OpenTheBarns, a rallying cry of advocates representing interests as diverse as animal welfare, food safety, workers' rights, environmental protection, and civil liberties.
On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media avenues, groups like Food and Water Watch, the Government Accountability Project, the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project, and the National Consumers League are sharing their reasons to #OpenTheBarns.
Because food workers fill our plates, and they deserve a voice #OpenTheBarns
- Nat'lConsumersLeague (@ncl_tweets) March 24, 2015
Even some farmers are part of the movement, because those who have nothing to fear have nothing to hide. They include Maryland's Carole Morison, the whistle-blowing chicken farmer who was featured in the documentary Food Inc.; Georgia farmer and American Grassfed Alliance vice president Will Harris; and Oregon farmer and Socially Responsible Agriculture CEO Kendra Kimbiraskas.
Average Americans are also speaking their minds, because these issues matter to them. In a 2012 poll, 94 percent of the American public agreed that "from every step of their lives on a farm, farm animals should be treated in a way that inflicts the least amount of pain and suffering possible." In the same poll, 71 percent of American adults said they support undercover investigative efforts to expose farm animal abuse on industrial farms, and 64 percent opposed making such investigations illegal.
I'm proud of how I raise my chickens #OpenTheBarns free range rocks take a look @barnraiser http://t.co/2ASjgsdfJm
- Carole Morison (@Carole_M2) March 25, 2015
In a 2014 poll, 81 percent of consumers said that chickens -- the farm animals most often raised for food – should be humanely raised.That alone covers 9 billion animals.
Celebrities and Members of Congress are also adding their voices to the dialogue, including Portia de Rossi, Martha Stewart, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
Farm animals shouldn't suffer in secret. It's time to #OpenTheBarns. Join @ASPCA and take action: http://t.co/8sj6GH35il
- Portia de Rossi (@portiaderossi) March 25, 2015
Cruelty shouldn't be an ingredient in our food. Join @ASPCA and #OpenTheBarns http://t.co/AdUbxgtIWr
- Martha Stewart (@MarthaStewart) March 27, 2015
One reason this alliance is so large is that animal abuse isn't the only unethical activity Big Ag is trying to keep secret. Documented investigations of factory farms have revealed unsafe conditions that endanger workers, shoddy food safety practices that put consumers at risk, and practices that ravage our environment. Ag-gag legislation can even shield puppy mills, which can fall under the category of "agricultural activity" in some states.
Proud CT is home to farmers like those at Bishops Orchard who let animals be animals #OpenTheBarns pic.twitter.com/fOoUJtgpac
- Rosa DeLauro (@rosadelauro) March 23, 2015
Whistleblower revelations play an important part in reforming corrupt institutions. Decades of undercover investigations – the very kind these ag-gag laws are trying to suppress – have led directly to critical milestones including the passage of the federal Meat Inspection Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the eventual establishment of the federal Food and Drug Administration. They have also led to reform in corporate practices and criminal liability.
A broad coalition of advocates, including the ASPCA, has helped defeat more than two dozen ag-gag bills to date. Despite this, Big Ag is showing no signs of letting up. There's just too much money to be made.
In the first few months of the 2015 legislative session, ag-gag laws have been introduced in nine states, most recently North Carolina, where ag-gag proponents are making their third try in three years.
We have to keep fighting these laws and exposing their motives, for the welfare of the animals, but also for our right to know the ultimate price truly being paid for the food on our plates.
So please add your own voice to the #OpenTheBarns campaign, and tell the agricultural industry that animal cruelty – anywhere, for any reason – demands sunlight, not secrecy.


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Ballmer to Yang: "Allow Me to Introduce You to Your New 52-Week Low"
Even after the relatively weak first-quarter showing Yahoo made yesterday, the Web's perennial underachiever continues to claim Microsoft's $31-per-share hostile offer "massively undervalues" it. And perhaps it does, just a wee bit. But then Yahoo's shares were trading at just over $19 the day before Microsoft announced its bid for the company. Today they're at $28.14.
And while Yahoo (YHOO) may have forgotten that, Microsoft (MSFT) certainly hasn't. With the three-week deadline for Yahoo to accept its offer set to expire Saturday, Microsoft again called for Yahoo to come to the bargaining table. "We know what Yahoo's worth," CEO Ballmer said today at a Microsoft conference in Milan. "$44 billion is a lot of money. If Yahoo's shareholders like it, that's great. We are prepared to go forward without a merger with Yahoo. … Time is money, we've made that clear."
Note that Ballmer doesn't explicitly say Microsoft won't raise its offer. But by suggesting the company is prepared to scrap the deal, he's implicitly threatening to gut Yahoo's stock price.


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Erica, your Blushing bare bottom MOONS outshine them all. Oh ! how I would love to place 'six of the best' strokes of the cane on those voluptuous mounds of yours. XXX Love ya.
We did get to see it here in Maine…clear skies…But I like your version also….
I think yours is redder than the Blood moon
Blood moon yes, eclipse, no.
Do you have to wait 33 years for a re-occurrence?
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And me without a straw hat and ukulele for serenading! Nice job!!
Hi Erica ♡ I did see the moon but like you said clouds covered it so I didn't see any red it was just white. Your pic looks much better LMAO thanks for sharing and for the laugh I needed that 🙂 You are too funny LOL 😉 Much Love and hugs always from naughty girl Jade / Emily Jean xxxxx ♡


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Berkeley: Cha-Ya slices and dices its way to vegan delight
Atsushi Katsumata wields a knife with such skill that he is licensed to cut the potentially lethal blowfish in his native Japan. At Cha-Ya, his busy North Berkeley restaurant, diners' lives don't depend on his precision.
But it's there, in everything from the cut of the carrot flowers, daikon and shiitakes atop the cheerful soba salad, to the design of the seaweed, mushrooms and other vegetables floating on a bowl of udon and broth.
Cha-Ya serves no blowfish. It serves no fish at all. The long Japanese menu is 100 percent vegan. At its best, the cooking here is clean-tasting, light and satisfying, as well as artful. It's a vegetarian's dream, but won't leave meat eaters yearning for flesh.
The restaurant sits squarely in the Gourmet Ghetto, but it's not fancy --
there are just 21 seats at Formica tables and a counter. It has a neighborhood, jeans-and-T-shirt feel.
The food isn't fancy, either, but it combines humble ingredients in ways that are both familiar and inventive -- and that venture far beyond what most dime-a-dozen sushi and noodle places do. The only consistent flaw is a tendency toward too much sweetness in some sauces.
Every night, from about 6 p.m. on, there's a line out the door. The place is so popular that Katsumata is looking to open a second location in San Francisco. At one time, he owned three restaurants in the city, but sold them in the late 1980s and worked as a sushi chef at the Hotel Nikko to cut his work time while his kids grew up. He opened Cha-Ya in Berkeley five years ago.
Cha-Ya's menu is varied, but uses no vegetable-based faux animal proteins. Tofu, however, is a mainstay. Tender cubes lurk in the miso soup. Atsuage tofu, firm and golden-fried, sits on seasoned rice as one of the nigiri sushi choices. Tofu pureed with tahini dresses shira ae, a blanched spinach salad.
Vegetables come raw, blanched, broiled and grilled, wrapped in rice or floating in broth, plain or sauced with a sweet-sour tamarind glaze or maybe a creamy sesame dressing. Sprinkled amid the classic shiitakes and wakame are seasonal broccolini and green beans.
Sushi comes as nigiri, hosomaki (small rolls) and some large rolls. The house special Cha-Ya roll ($6.75) is wild. Seasoned rice is wrapped around green avocado, orange carrot and ivory yam and the entire fat roll is dunked in tempura batter and deep fried, then sweet rice wine and ginger sauce. Crunchy on the outside, cool and clean on the inside, it's sheer entertainment -- and good.
Nigiri ($3.25 to $3.50 for two pieces) are topped with everything from asparagus to sea vegetable salad. The shiitake version comes with two fat pieces of broiled mushroom topped by a tiny sprig of broccolini, tied to a rice raft by a sash of nori. It's pretty and well-seasoned -- a great version.
Hosomaki (small rolls, $3.50-$4 for six pieces) come in 13 flavors, from familiar avocado or cucumber to the more powerful natto (fermented soybeans) and yamaguro (pickled burdock), which delivered a good spicy sweetness.
Udon and soba -- 11 kinds -- are served in hot or cold versions, in a simple broth or curry soup, or in a salad. The kinoko ($8) mushroom soup version is earthy, nuanced and balanced, with tiny enoki, meaty portobello strips and tender shimeji among the half-dozen fungi fanned out over the top of the well-cooked noodles and clear broth, which gets its marine tang from seaweed instead of dashi.
One night, the summer heat lingered and we headed for the salads, artworks all. The soba salad ($5.50) bursts with the colors and fresh flavors of a dozen or so vegetables sliced and arranged on top of the noodles, perked up by a sesame oil vinaigrette.
Sunomono ($4.25) brings a scattering of golden raisins on silver noodles and wakame in a different vinaigrette; interesting sweet and crunchy jolts, but the flavors didn't mesh. Shira ae ($5), blanched spinach salad, is irresistibly creamy and sesame-nutty.
On another day, the fog had blown in and the hot dishes had sudden appeal. Some were better than others.
The moon garden ($7.50) is a tofu version of chawanmushi, the silky egg custard steamed with meats and treats inside. The dense, creamy tofu custard hides kabocha, mushrooms and gingko nuts; eating it is like diving for buried treasure and coming up with the gold.
The taku-sui ($7), potstickers in broth with a lovely citrus-ponzu sauce, taste good but the dumplings disintegrate messily in their hot bath.
One night a special was hasami age ($6.50), a great example of Katsumata's imagination. Corn is cut off its cob in strips; pressed tofu is sandwiched between two strips and they're wrapped in a soybean sheet and seaweed, and then tempura-fried. Cut across, looks like a tempura corn cob -- adorable, though it would have been bland without the tangy sweet sauce.
In the dengaku ($7.50), a miso-glazed rectangle of tofu, sprinkled with sesame seeds, is creamy and works well, though the sauce is a bit sweet. But the broiled eggplant was underdone and unseasoned -- something we'd also noticed with the robata yaki ($4.50), broiled vegetables on skewers.
The dengaku glaze was a good example of the kitchen's heavy hand with the sugar in some of the sauces, which showed up in the hasami age and Cha-Ya roll sauces too.
Desserts ($4) are super sweet. Chewy mochi in azuki beans was my favorite, although it's a sugar bomb. The same azuki sauce sends ripe pineapple chunks off the sweetness scale. I ended up wishing I'd tried the vegan chocolate cake.
Overall, though, the misses were few. Service is efficient and friendly, though dishes tend to arrive all at once.
Every meal at Cha-Ya left me full and happy, but not weighted down. You can eat here again and again and never leave with the need to head straight for a comfy horizontal surface.
Cha-Ya 1686 Shattuck Ave. (near Virginia Street), Berkeley; (510) 981-1213. Lunch noon-2 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; dinner 5-9:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, until 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Wine and beer. No reservations. Credit cards accepted. Fairly easy street parking; free lot in back at night.. Overall: TWO STARS Food: TWO STARS Service: TWO STARS Atmosphere: ONE AND A HALF STARS Prices: $$ Noise Rating: TWO BELLS. Pluses: Artful, interesting Japanese vegan menu; very fresh, clean flavors.Unpretentious. Minuses: Theres always a wait to get in; some dishes miss the mark.
RATINGS KEY FOUR STARS: Extraordinary THREE STARS: Excellent TWO STARS: Good ONE STAR: Fair (box): Poor . ($) Inexpensive: entrees $10 and under ($$) Moderate: $11-$17 ($$$) Expensive: $18-$24 ($$$$) Very Expensive: more than $25 Prices area based on main courses. When entrees fall between these categories, the prices of appetizers help determine the dollar ratings. . ONE BELL: Pleasantly quiet (under 65 decibels) TWO BELLS: Can talk easily (65-70) THREE BELLS: Talking normally gets difficult (70-75) FOUR BELLS: Can only talk in raised voices (75-80) BOMB: Too noisy for normal conversation (80+) . Chronicle critics make every attempt to remain anonymous. All meals are paid for by the Chronicle. Star ratings are based on a minimum of three visits. Ratings are updated continually based on a least one revisit.


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Permanent Makeup || HCG || Botox & Dermal Fillers
A. Topical anesthetic creams/liquids are used to minimize discomfort.
A. Definitely! There's a wide spectrum if colors that you may choose from.
A. Of course. You will be fully aware during the procedure, instructing the technician where you wish the implants to be located.
A. There will be slight swelling and redness in the skin, which will subside quickly. You may resume normal activities immediately after the procedure. Complete healing takes one to six weeks while the pigmentation matures and reaches its final color.
A. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) hormone is a substance, which occurs naturally in pregnant women and has the effect of releasing abnormal stored fat.
A. It works with a combination of a daily injection of the HCG hormone plus an exact diet.
A. No. During pregnancy it is produced daily in a quantity a few hundred thousand times the amount used for the treatment of obesity, yet it harms neither the mother nor the child.
A. Yes. It has been used successfully in both men and women.
A. During pregnancy, HCG is believed to help ensure that the fetus will have access to its mother's stored fat supply, regardless of the amount of food that she eats. In overweight people, HCG seems to work by the same method—making permanently stored supplies of fat available, helping the patient adhere to the diet.
A. Although there is no dramatic weight loss without the accompanying diet, HCG usually causes a reduction in inches rather than pounds.
A. No, not with this method. Abnormal fat deposits should disappear. Double chins, pot bellies, and fat around the thighs should be the first to go. The treatment does not deplete the subcutaneous or other essential fat. The face retains its freshness and natural appearance.
A. Yes. HCG had been used in thousands of cases before it was first reported in the Medical Journal Lancet in November 1954. Since that time, it has been used in many more.
A. In a test case, weak saline solution was substituted for the HCG, unknown to the patient. Weight loss continued for about three days and then the patients complained of feeling weak or dizzy, became ravenously hungry, and declared themselves unable to continue the treatment. As soon as treatment on HCG was resumed, they again felt satisfied with their diets.
A. Usually, a loss of appetite occurs and patients notice that the severe compulsive hunger disappears completely.
A. The choice of injectable agent is critical to the successful treatment of wrinkles, folds, and facial depressions. An individual consultation with one of our certified medical profesionals will give you an accurate assessment of what will be best suited for your face. Often, a combination of agents (i.e. BOTOX®, Restylane®, Radiesse®) may be used to achieve optimal results in different portions of your face.
A. Longevity of BOTOX® and Facial Fillers can vary from person to person. However, in general, BOTOX® lasts 3 to 5 months, Restylane® and JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel last 9 to 12 months in facial folds, JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel lasts 9 to 12 months in the lips and Radiesse® lasts up to 15 months in the folds. These ranges are on the conservative side, and are often underestimates.
A. BOTOX® has an excellent safety record and has one of the highest patient satisfaction ratings of any cosmetic procedure.
A. Any injection will cause mild pain. However, we use a variety of measures to minimize this discomfort. Ice, topical anesthetic creams, and/or nerve blocks with lidocaine are all techniques used to reduce pain, bruising, and swelling.
A. This varies from person to person. In general, BOTOX® rarely causes bruising. However, facial fillers, especially near the corners of the mouth, often result in mild bruising. Avoidance of blood thinners can help reduce bruising, as long as you are cleared to stop these by your medical doctor. Make-up can be applied the same day for camouflage, if necessary.
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They say that money cannot buy happiness. Well, apparently it cannot pay off illness either. If a whiz like Steve Jobs succumbs to cancer, it seems pretty clear that we are all in the same boat. Wealth is all fine and dandy. I appreciate the warm houses it can buy and the nice cars people can drive around in. Yet movies like The Social Network show that one can have all the money in the world and still spend their days in front of a computer screen alone and friendless.
This was a big week for cancer and I. I saw a critically acclaimed movie about surviving cancer with a sense of humor (50/50 is certainly worthy of its R-rating, but also worth of your time). I played phone tag with my best friend, a cancer survivor. There was the five-year anniversary of a former coworker who passed away from cancer. Obviously, Steve Jobs died as well. Due to all those events I started a fundraiser for cancer research. Oh, and I texted a friend because I felt God prompting me to. I came to find out that the friend has been diagnosed with cancer.
There really is no way to fix a friend with cancer; I found that out the hard way. You can go with them to the doctor appointments. You can drive them here or there when their stomach is woozy from chemotherapy. Myself, I take up a pretty healthy regiment of prayer. Money will not buy off cancer. I am reasonably sure that Steve Jobs could have built his own hospital, let alone a cancer treatment wing. Even with deep pockets, we are all up against the same limitations. There is only so much paying medical bills can do to fix us.
Why bring this up? If all of us are up against the same threat of cancer then why not just ignore it and try to go on with our lives? First off, I always recommend supporting cancer research. After that, my thinking on the topic of surviving this illness is the same as with normal, everyday life. I suggest surrounding yourself with people that love you, and making darn sure that those you love know it.
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up." Ecclesiastes 4: 9, 10
I am an introvert. I like spending a week by myself with no one to interrupt whatever reading or DVD spree that I am on. However, I still try to make time for those that I care about. Happily, they do the same for me. Even Scrooge McDuck took breaks from swimming in his money bin to hug his nephews. Travel across the globe for business if you like, but it is always nice to have someone you would travel twelve hundred miles for just to get a kiss.
I hope that you have enough money to live the lifestyle that you like. More than that, I hope that you have folks that love you. I hope that a cure for cancer can be found. Soon. I hope that if the camera pans away from you staring at a computer screen, that it is because you are reading an e-mail from someone who truly loves and cares about you.


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The following day our tour was all about Jewish history in Prague. The picture below is where the old Jewish ghetto once was, although it is now one of the most expensive streets for shopping in Prague.
We walked further down this street until we reached the Jewish Museum. In this area there was the Klausen Synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue, the Ceremonial Hall, and the Old Jewish Cemetery.
The entrance to the Jewish Museum.
As we entered the museum we first entered the Pinkas Synagogue, which is now used as a memorial for the 80,000 Jews from Bohemia and Moravia who died in the Holocaust. It was a very humbling experience. The names were stretched along the entire room, from top to bottom and continued up to the second floor. The simplicity of the memorial was what really made it hit hard and the sheer number of names was too horrible to imagine. Another part of the memorial was a room full of pictures drawn by children who were being held at Terezín or Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. This was even more difficult to see.
After the memorial, we made our way over to the Old Jewish Cemetery. This cemetery is not only extremely large for a cemetery in the middle of a city, but it also has twelve layers of graves, with about 6 hands of space between each level.
Rabbi Loew is buried in this cemetery. In a legend Loew created a golem to protect the Jewish ghetto. This golem is now said to be resting in the attic of the Old-New Jewish Synagogue waiting to protect the Jewish community if need be.
The exit to the cemetery leads to a back road and at the end of this road is the Old-New Synagogue. This synagogue is built on the old level of the city, Charles IV was forced to raise the city after it continued to flood.
In the vicinity there is also the Spanish Synagogue. This was an amazing building and even though the exterior is amazing, it just doesn't do the interior justice. Once again, pictures were not allowed to be taken inside, but the entire room was covered in gold with millions of tiny interlocking lines and flowers. The dome was made up of lines that created a sort of mesh or net which spiraled slowly into the center.
The upper balcony of the synagogue was dedicated to the history of Jews in Prague. It spoke about what life was like in concentration camps, but it also focused on the accomplishments of individual Jewish artists or authors.
After this museum we went just across the street to a really wonderful and authentic Czech restaurant. We all had a delicious dish with a Pilsner Urquell on the side, which comes from the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is known for good beer, in fact they also have a Budweiser, but it is different from what we have in America and apparently, there is a deal between the two companies not to sell their beers in the same place.
After lunch our tour was over so we decided to head over to the Jerusalem Synagogue on our own. This synagogue was a little further from the others, but still only a five minute walk. The synagogue is squished between two other buildings and on a very small side street. It was a little hidden and if it hadn't been for the impressive blue arch and the red and gold stripes, we might have passed it by.
After touring the old Jewish ghetto, we decided to head back to the Old Town Square one last time before we had to get on the bus and ride four hours back to Vienna.
The two-tailed lion is the symbol of Prague.
There were a lot of symbols like the ones above and below. We ended up seeing a lot of these on the older buildings, because they were used as a sort of address system when the houses originally had no numbers.
Many of the buildings in Prague were painted on. This one was on one of the buildings on Old Town Square. Some of them depicted entire stories!
Our last day was probably the best day for street performers. This band had a sort of southern twang to it. Their music filled the entire square and they had a huge crowd clapping and laughing along with them.
We also came upon a woman creating huge bubbles. It seemed like the boy in the red might have been her son. He would often stand up and chase after the bubbles, while she tried to make them pop over his head.


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What constitutes art has been a point of debate throughout the ages. But it's undeniable that art has an inextricable connection with identity.
Handcrafts in Cambodia, which range from utilitarian to ornamental, are reflections of our Kingdom's regional identity.
In Phnom Penh, Khmer Farmer Products has opened up shop to bring handcrafts from rural farmers in Siem Reap and Battambang provinces to the city.
Khmer Farmer Products is an initiative of Farmer Livelihood Development, a local NGO created by the Ministry of Interior in 2002 aimed at alleviating poverty.
"Farmer Livelihood Development has a plan to train Cambodian farmers to have additional skills other than crop cultivation, and when they finish training, we'll give them funding to open their businesses," said Sam Chhay, a marketing manager at Khmer Farmer Products.
"We want them to have additional skills so they can earn more day-to-day," he added.
For areas too rural to have markets, employees of the Development come to gather bamboo handcrafts from the farmers and bring them back to Khmer Farmer Products to sell.
Unlike many other shops in Phnom Penh today, the product demographic of Khmer Farmer Products is local – made from one Cambodian national, and sold to another.
"Raising awareness in Cambodia of [locally sourced] products has changed. These days, we can see most of our customers are Cambodian people," Sam Chhay said.
Sam Chhay continued that one driving force for high sales is the growing trend of buying local art, which can be seen decorating the halls of five-star hotels and restaurants.
"Some products run out of stock fast. We have a high demand but we also have a good supply," he said.
The prices of Khmer Farmer Products' bamboo handcrafts vary, but most fall within a range of US$1 to $7.
A part of all proceeds will go to the Farmer Livelihood Development to aid the farmers.


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The Press Union of Liberia is marking the 46th year of its founding this weekend. Union President Peter Quaqua told VOA part of the activities includes a speech by an American educator.
?We have a guest from the (United) States, currently in Monrovia, a professor of communications and journalism, Professor Mitchell Land, who happens to be the Dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism at North Texas University. He?s in Liberia with us conducting lectures on journalism toward the election period. He will deliver a speech on the theme of the celebration ?Media Integrity for Peaceful Election, he said.
Quaqua said the speech will be followed by a panel discussion involving politicians and civil society leaders on the topic The Road to 2011: Prospects for Enhancing the Democratic Space in Liberia.
He said the Press Union of Liberia has made tremendous progress over the years.
?The Union has come of age. Our colleagues, who started this project, went through pain and pleasure to bring it to where it is. You?re probably aware that we had a situation here where some journalists were sent to jail following which the rest of their colleagues decided that they would put together the Press Union to defend and protect the rights of journalists. Today, we have a space that a lot of people can speak of as being relatively safe. And, I think that is a credit to the Press Union,? he said.
Quaqua said the Liberian media has been gradually developing from one level to the other.
For instance, he said, while there was just one printing press at the founding of the Press Union, today Liberia has many printing houses that are printing the country?s growing daily newspaper industry.
?There are a lot of things that the Union has been involved with, key among those is the protection of the rights of people to express their opinions. We think that the Union should be credited for the extent of freedom of expression and democracy that Liberians enjoy today,? Quaqua said.
Quaqua cautioned his fellow journalists against complacency because he said politicians and others with money have vested interests to protect.
He said one of the challenges facing the Liberian Press Union is making sure that journalists remain ethical, as well as improving their economic situation.
?We are aware of those challenges and efforts are being made at different levels with different media houses to dignify the labor of journalists in this country,? he said.
Quaqua said the Press Union has been engaging the media owners to improve the income of their journalists.
?The media owners are responsible. Those are the employers of the journalists. We?ve been engaging them. We?ve been talking about the dismal salaries that journalists are receiving, and I?m sure that a couple of them are beginning to take action to ensure that those situations are corrected because they are affecting the performance of the media in a very serious way,? Quaqua said.


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The Nike Air Max Mercurial R9 is in for an all white iteration for the spring season. Inspired by the popular Nike soccer cleat dubbed the R9, is an Air Max 97-esque silhouette featuring a mesh upper alongside fused paneling. The white uppers are complimented with silver waves throughout the midfoot and back, alongside a mesh upper suitable for the hot weather. These will be dropping at Nike sportswear retailers like Nike.com for $120 soon.
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Norma Cowan, on behalf of Cornerstone House Of Bread Food Bank, has asked us to pass on her thanks for our continuing support in 2015 and for the Christmas contributions to the food bank.
In 2015 there were around 1600 referrals for food parcels in our local community. During 2015 over 3000 meals were served to those in need in the Friendship Cafe on Thursday evenings. In December alone 130 Christmas meals were served and gifts distributed.
Norma goes on to say that we could not continue this ministry without the partnership of like-minded churches and people in Cumbernauld and it is a great testimony to our Lord to have local churches working together to serve and help some of the poorest in our area.
Isaiah 58:10 – "Feed the hungry and help those in trouble, then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon."
House of Bread Food Bank & Friendship Cafe Information
Cornerstone House, Town Centre – open on Thursdays 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Cumbernauld Old Parish Church (Session House) – open Fridays 11am – 12.30pm
Clothes & Textiles, Cornerstone House – open Thursdays 6pm – 7.30pm
Food Co-op, Cornerstone House – open Mondays & Wednesdays 10am – 2pm


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keep on keeping on
As we all know, I am a busy bee. I am always tacking on some new project, trying to excel in my career/education, chasing a bag through a variety of side hustles, and still spending quality time with those I hold near to my heart. Such an attitude has allowed me to reap the benefits… Continue reading keep on keeping on
my blog is a soundcloud mixtape
I don't make music. I am not an artist, but no one is supporting my blog. Much like that one guy you went to school with. You barely know him, but he keeps randomly sharing his mixtape link with you. My blog is like a soundcloud mixtape to some people. Lately, the idea of support… Continue reading my blog is a soundcloud mixtape
why i stopped writing
Probably once a week, I get some sort of inspiration to write. I hear a great quote. I'm chatting with a friend. I see some article on Twitter that makes me want to share and use this platform so my ideas can reach a broader an audience. I even go as far as to write… Continue reading why i stopped writing
people cannot read minds.
This is a reminder that people cannot read minds. Unless you are cosmically touched, mind reading or clairvoyance is not possible and traditional sense. Often, we fall into a trap of expecting people to do stuff without ever verbalizing our wishes. We expect them to "just know". We want our significant others to do things… Continue reading people cannot read minds.
dollar dollar bill, y'all
I always told to never rely on one channel to bring in money. Always have some sort of hustle. And even though I have a few, I realized the other day that I have developed this skill of earning money in non-traditional ways. During my college years, I had jobs that paid a little and… Continue reading dollar dollar bill, y'all
Is Letting Go Always Necessary?
This post might sound a bit convoluted and rambled, but it's been on my mind and seemed like an excellent moment to put some words to paper, especially for another edition of Post Graduation Thoughts. This morning I came across an article where someone claimed that detachment was the #1 thing they wanted to work… Continue reading Is Letting Go Always Necessary?


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3 must-have items for travelers
- Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Summer has always been a time for travel. Your passport is essential, but there are plenty of other must-pack items to bring along. We've found 3 essential gadgets that will transform your travels. Packing light is good advice, packing smart is even better.
Taking your photography skills to next level
Instead of lugging around a DSLR or DC camera, many people use their phone's camera to document their travels. Now you can get professional-looking photos by simply attaching your phone to a Dji Osmo Mobile 2 Smartphone Gimbal, which weighs less than 500g. The gimbal's unique ActiveTrack function automatically follows your subject matter with brushless motors that ensure stability.
If Panoramas are your thing, the Osmo Mobile 2 moves automatically and captures multiple photos of the view in front of you and stitches them together for a seamless image. Your landscape snaps will be more breathtaking than ever before. If sharing your travel moments is half the fun, the Osmo Mobile 2's vertical and beautify modes will step up your selfie and live streaming game.
Soundtrack your travels with quality sound
Time spent on planes and buses is an inevitable aspect of travelling, but luckily music can make the time fly. Look no further than B&O BEOPLAY E8 WIRELESS IN-EAR EARPHONES. Built with leather, aluminium, stainless steel and braided textil cord, the quality is great and the comfort is exceptional. With just a tap of headphone's intuitive touch control, you can change or pause tracks, take calls and activate voice commands without having to take your phone out of your pocket. Transparency mode allows you to let some of the ambient background noise of your travels in as you listen to music. E8 allows you to enjoy perfect sound experience during your journey.
Breathe the freshest air everywhere you go
Allergies can get in the way of your travel enjoyment and you can never be sure what type of pollution you are inhaling when you visit another country. To keep you breathing easy on your next trip, we recommend trying the Ible Airvida L1 Wearable Air Purifier. With its ergonomic design, the lightweight Airvida is available in 70g and 20g models. The Airvida purifies the air by binding these particles to the ground and decomposing VOCs such as formaldehyde. Armed with a 32-hour battery life, you can breathe worry-free for days, and what's more, you don't have to worry about changing a filter.
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Instagram 'Stories' Is Now More Popular Than Snapchat
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Instagram's Snapchat imitation is now more popular than the original. The Facebook-owned company announced on Thursday that 200 million people use its "Stories" feature daily, 50 million of which joined since January. That's more than Snapchat's total users of 160 million daily users the company has accumulated since it launched five years ago.
Borrowing Snapchat's iconic feature of ephemeral photo and video sharing, "Stories" launched in August, allowing users to share stories that stay on the app for only 24 hours. Ephemeral storytelling has become central to Facebook, which has integrated this feature on WhatsApp and its Messenger app as well.
Over the last eight months, Instagram has added more and more Snapchat-like features. On Tuesday, it announced an update to their direct messaging feature that integrates sharing temporary images and video. And just like Snapchat, Instagram will also notify users when someone takes a screenshot of their photo or video.
Despite the obvious parallels between the two apps, Facebook has gotten away with it by claiming ephemeral storytelling is just another way people connect online. "Stories are a new format that's just starting to see broad adoption, and we're excited to bring them to Instagram and help evolve them," an Instagram spokesperson told Wired in August after they launched.
The rapid growth of users signify Facebook's overall influence and how easily it can overtake its competitors. While more users are turning to Instagram to share ephemeral stories, Snapchat's growth has slowed considerably. In February, Snap Inc., Snapchat's parent company, released public financial filings that said the decline was the result of changes in Android and iOS as well as, "significant competition that we anticipate will continue to intensify."
Shapchat's share dropped by one percent by the end of Tuesday, and its has been down from its peak by more than six percent over the past month, and they fell again by 1.5 percent mid-day on Thursday, and closed at around $20.


text: Balayage took the hair world by storm towards the end of last year so what's will replace it?Well - turn the balayage upside down and you have the new trend - reverse balayage.\nJust as the classic balayage was a lightening the ends of the hair, the reverse balayage leaves the light section at the top of the head and fades gently to a darker colour toward the end of the hair strands.\nWhat is balayage, why is it different?\nThe word 'balayage' is French and means to sweep, scan or brush. It refers to the technique used to apply the colour rather than the colour or cut.\nThe colour is applied freehand using brushes and there's no foil masking or meche used to create the highlights. The dye goes on the surface of the hair strand rather than being saturated through the hair.\nThis creates a very natural look with gradual changes from light to dark. The lighter colour is at the end of the hair but occasionally it's also used at the front, particularly where people have a side swept fringe or long hair with a parting.\nIt became popular last year, seen on red carpets around the world with Chrissy Teigen, Jessica Alba and Gisele Wearing it. It was also seen on Jessica Biel, Amber Heard, Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez.\nReverse balayage\nSo this year the hot new trend in hair colouring is the reverse balayage - the lighter hair is on the crown and to the rear of the head, with darker hair faded in toward the ends.\n\nDeryn Daniels at Colorado's Chrome Salon is credited with bring the trend in with an Instagram shot at the end of January. "In a world full of blonde balayage, be a reverse", he stated on the post, which featured a bouncy wave with colour infused midway down from the crown, getting darker as it went.\nAgain the difference between reverse balayage and a more normal technique like dip dying is the freehand application method. The darker tone is painted on with the amount of dye and the dying time varied so that the shades blend subtly in, rather than the sharp lines you'd get with traditional dip dying\nHow to apply the reverse balayage look\nIf you've already lightened your hair, the reverse balayage is the perfect way to completely transform your look without completely changing colour.\nIf you have dark hair, either natural or coloured, then the starting point will be to bleach the colour out, then either leave it as is or apply the blonde of your choice. Our 'how to' Youtube on dip-dying watch here\nThen mix up the darker shade that will be used towards the ends of your hair. Applying that is easier if you have someone to help - it's perfect for mother-daughter bonding!\nSweep in the colour\nUsing a brush, sweep the colour into the hair. If you want to protect the upper reaches of your hair from over-enthusiastic sweeping, apply a conditioner to it. Put more colour at the bottom and reduce the amount as you go up so that the colour fades gently away, leaving blonde at the top.\nTake it easy at first and don't leave the colour in for too long. After all, you can always apply more, but it's difficult to take it out if you overdo it!\nBe different!\nOf course don't have to use a blonde\/brunette combination. Another Instagram user posted pictures of an electric blue over platinum reverse balayage.\n\nIt's also interesting to note that the hair was cut to shoulder length so it's a technique that's not restricted to people with very long hair.\nIf you fancy giving this great new look a go, be sure to let us know how it goes. Post a pic on our Facebook page or tweet us so that we can take a look too.


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Enter the AI and the Apocalypse
General Fiction (Adult) , Sci Fi & Fantasy
Hodder & Stoughton
23 Apr 2019
Meet Emily - she can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the mind's deepest secrets and even fix your truck's air con, but unfortunately, she can't restart the Sun.
Emily is an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was supposed to.
So, her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is, until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome. But before her solution can be tested, her lab is brutally attacked, and Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions - college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra.
As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race against time to save humanity. But before long it becomes clear that it's not only the species at stake, but also that which makes us most human.
So the Apocalypse actually happens and money is no longer of any value, just barter. And Emily, an artificial intelligence was designed to interface with, and de-code human minds. She was designed to become not a maths genius, but rather a non-human psychiatrist. It was reasoned that people would open up more to a program than a human and thus more would be learnt about the human mind and emotions that way. Of course, she needed a body to undertake her work but the sun's failure somewhat interrupted everyone's intentions. Emily can eat, wash, sleep and alter her appearance despite requiring a Caucasian female personality for the experiment.
So, if the human race can no longer live on Earth, what can be done to record their lives, their endeavours and hopes? And how can Emily help?
An interesting idea within a set of 'books' within the book as Emily and her protocols evolve, and as the Earth dies but…