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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Dance To Smarty Pants...
Artie Smartypants, from BETWEEN THE LIONS, designed by Michael Frith. One of the most bizarre puppets ever to appear on TV. And considering that a lot of his shtick is pulling things out of his pants- on a PBS show, yet- that makes it even MORE amazing!
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Labels: Artie Smartypants, Between the Lions, Education, fanart, Frith, Pants, PBS, Public Television, puppetry, puppets
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Udder Nonsense..
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Labels: Art Imitates Life, bawdy, cartoons, comic strips, cows, DigBoston, Laugh
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Is Posting An Entry on St. Patrick's Day Considered Getting Your Irish Up?
Anyhow, Here's a Saint Patrick's Day Cartoon. Submitted this to both THE SALEM NEWS and DIGBOSTON. And face it, we get more of this every year. And it just seems to get viler.
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Labels: Beer, Blarney, drunk, Election, green, Holidays, Political, Presidential, Saint Patrick's Day
Sunday, March 11, 2012
A Late Valentine
My most recently published FOR ART'S SAKE from the COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1688, published Feb.2012. Yet the issue is marked APRIL 2012. I'll never understand why publications date themselves the way they do...
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Labels: Brent Frankenhoff, cartoons, Collecting, comic books, comic strips, cupid, For Art's sake, love, Maggie Thompson, Romance comics, Valentine's day
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Old Host, Old Hat...
A bit late, I admit. My take on the Oscars, published 02/24/2012 in THE SALEM (MA) NEWS. Yes, that's supposed to be Billy Crystal, based on a recent photo.
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More "ART"-Chives
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Labels: Brent Frankenhoff, comic books, Comic Buyers Guide, comic strips, For Art's sake, Maggie Thompson
Wasn't That Obama's Schtick?
Published in the SALEM (MA) NEWS 03/09/2012. Salem's trying to improve its school system, something I'm sure every city/town considers. But it's gonna take more than ideas.
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Labels: budget, Economy, Editorial cartoon, Local issue, mayor Kim Driscoll, Salem News, school. committee, Schools
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What are your opinions about golf's most critical issues? What topics should speakers discuss at this fall's Golf Inc. Conference? Sharing your views with other readers can win you and a guest free admittance to this fall's conference in La Quinta, Calif.
Golf Inc. is offering readers three chances in July to win a pair of passes to our Sept. 14-16 event. Post a comment in the Critical Issues Blog this month and be instantly entered to win two free passes to the Golf Inc. event at the historic La Quinta Resort & Spa.
Don't have an opinion about one of our critical issues? No problem: Simply tell us why you want to go and what you are looking forward to at the conference.
Editors will randomly select one winner a week during July. Deadlines to submit a comment are July 10, July 17, or July 24 to be entered to win. You must include your name, phone number and e-mail address in your posting to be eligible. Winners will be announced the following week and become ineligible to win for the rest of the month.
The Golf Inc. Conference is a three-day event that features over 90 speakers, 30 educational sessions and countless networking opportunities.
Take this opportunity, comment on this blog to enter yourself into the contest. What topics should speakers discuss at this year's conference? What are some of golf's critical issues that should be covered during the conference? Tell us what you think!
There are thousands of
Permalink Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 7/1/2009
There are thousands of golfers who are disable and the numbers are increasing everyday because of our solders returning from Iraq and Afghanithan who have lost their ability to walk but never lost their will to participate in a sport like golf. Your magazine and conference should focus on their needs and inspire how to help our heros to be a golfer with appropriate training and equipments.
Looking forward to attending
Permalink Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 7/6/2009
Looking forward to attending the event to learn about strategies to succeed in this difficult golf and real estate market.
I will be a Senior in
Permalink Submitted by Matthew Frey (not verified) on 7/6/2009
I will be a Senior in Eastern Kentucky University's PGA Golf Management program in August and will be graduating in December of 2010. As a future professional in the golf industry, I would love to learn about the pressing issues in the golf world today. I have already been exposed to a great deal, as I have worked two internships at private clubs and am currently working my third at The PGA of America Headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
I would love to attend the
Permalink Submitted by Douglas W Colli... (not verified) on 7/7/2009
I would love to attend the conference, attend some classes of interest and do some networking.
I am very much looking
I am very much looking forward to attending the golf conference; however in light of the economic pressures, I must win two tickets to do so. I would like to meet more people within the industry, network with many of the successful people who have been in the industry for a while and I'm always interested in becoming more educated about the industry. One topic I would like to hear discussed is: Where does a buyer find financing today if they would like to acquire a golf course?
"Critical" is a fair enough
Permalink Submitted by gerry kirkpatrick (not verified) on 7/7/2009
"Critical" is a fair enough description of this market! I have been following the golf market for a long time so I have a lot to say and have said for a number of years. My bottom line is - When the environment changes, you have to think differently. That's why I entered this business in the first place back in 2001.
This is a great idea for a
This is a great idea for a contest!
The last Golf Inc.
The last Golf Inc. conference I attended was very informative and I expect this one will be as well.
It seems as though private
It seems as though private memberships are declining across the nation. I would like to get a sense of how well daily fee or other semi-private courses are doing.
The past two Golf Inc. shows
Permalink Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 7/8/2009
The past two Golf Inc. shows have been very informative in regards to the environmental impacts of golf course construction as well as new and innovative ways to work with local, regional and federal regulators to ensure a successful project. I am sad that due to the economic stresses and being located so far from this show that I will not be attending.
We need to get the younger
Permalink Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 7/8/2009
We need to get the younger generation into playing golf. The game can be very expensive for them. How many golfers have 2 and 3 sets of clubs in their homes when they could donate them to a pro shop and the manager of the club could start a program to bring in students from various high schools and have these students out on the driving range and course when the course is not busy. If we make the game more inviting we can attract a new generation.
I attended the conference
Permalink Submitted by Tim January (not verified) on 7/8/2009
I attended the conference last year in Scottsdale and very much enjoyed the speakers in the development and operations seminars. Fun to see people you have not seen in a while.
There has been a lot of
Permalink Submitted by Kari Haug (not verified) on 7/12/2009
There has been a lot of discussion on this blog about how to "fix" the current problem of golfer attrition and how to recruit new players, but much of it is missing the mark. Although the issues of time, difficulty and cost have been mentioned as reasons golfers quit or don't start playing, these issues are the end-effects of much deeper problems that must be addressed before the industry will see a reversal of attrition rates. The golf industry is trying to put bandaids on bleeding arteries. I would like to participate a critical discussion that gets at the root causes for player attrition: 1) New technologies that outpace human scale (and endurance) in terms of distance, ie., the effect of "hot" clubs and golf balls, irrigation effects, and the long-distance "signature" course, 2) discrimination, and 3) USGA and R&A complacency. I would like to participate in a critical discussion about complacent USGA oversight in regard to equipment and new technology and how this has affected golf course design and renovation, and consequently the cost, difficulty, and time it takes to play a round of golf. Longer courses cost more to maintain, are more difficult to play, and take more time to play. I would like to participate in a discussion about how to cater to the beginner golfer, handicap players and accessibility, seniors and the aging population of golfers (I was a physical therapist for 19 years). Let's talk about the women's golf market and reasons why women are disinfranchised. I also would like to participate in a critical discussion about course design as related to golf for the higher handicapper. In particular, let's discuss the loss of the ground game (as it is often played in Scotland) and the transition to the aerial game – this is related to course design and irrigation effects. Loss of the ground game greatly affects approach shots hit by the higher handicapper because often the approach is hit from more than 150 yards with a wood or longer iron (try to stick a 3 wood), from a place on the course other than the designed "landing area" for a drive. The ground game issue can be addressed in many cases by "sustainable" golf course design. Finally, whose responsibility is it to "market" golf, the USGA? Do we have a solid and realistic strategic plan prepared by marketing professionals? And what should the message be? In this age of American obesity and overblown technology, can we create a message around fitness and health, inclusiveness, and the re-discovery of nature? I am interested in attending one of Golf Inc's conferences and these are just a few of the issues I would like to see discussed because in my opinion they truly are at the root of why the pro shop can't keep the tee-time sheet filled. My contact info is on my website.
As always, I am excited and
Permalink Submitted by Doug Long (not verified) on 7/13/2009
As always, I am excited and looking forward to the Golf Inc. conference. Each year, this event is well concieved, planned, and attended. Despite the current economic market that we all are facing in the golf industry, some lessons can be learned. I have always found that when adversity befalls you that trying to find a way around the problem exists despite the current obstacles. One way is to find another way, is to ask others what they are doing or what can be done. This is the main reason for attendance to the conference. Great Industry leaders that are extremely knowledgeable.
I enjoy reading Golf Inc's
Permalink Submitted by Kari Haug (not verified) on 7/24/2009
I enjoy reading Golf Inc's e-magazine online and am interested in attending the Golf Inc conference to meet others in the industry.

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Proceedings of the First International Conference on Genetic Algorithms and their Applications
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Book Description
Computer solutions to many difficult problems in science and engineering require the use of automatic search methods that consider a large number of possible solutions to the given problems. This book describes recent advances in the theory and practice of one such search method, called Genetic Algorithms. Genetic algorithms are evolutionary search techniques based on principles derived from natural population genetics, and are currently being applied to a variety of difficult problems in science, engineering, and artificial intelligence.
Table of Contents
Contents: J.H. Holland, Properties of the Bucket Brigade. D.E. Goldberg, Genetic Algorithms and Rules Learning in Dynamic System Control. S.W. Wilson, Knowledge Growth in an Artificial Animal. S. Forrest, Implementing Semantic Network Structures Using the Classifier System. T.H. Westerdale, The Bucket Brigade is Not Genetic. L.A. Rendell, Genetic Plans and the Probabilistic Learning System: Synthesis and Results. J.D. Schaffer, Learning Multiclass Pattern Discrimination. L.B. Booker, Improving the Performance of Genetic Algorithms in Classifier Systems. J.D. Schaffer, Multiple Objective Optimization With Vector Evaluated Genetic Algorithms. J.E. Baker, Adaptive Selection Methods for Genetic Algorithms. J.J. Grefenstette, J.M. Fitzpatrick, Genetic Search With Approximate Function Evaluation. D.H. Ackley, A Connectionist Algorithm for Genetic Search. L. Davis, Job Shop Scheduling With Genetic Algorithms. M.P. Fourman, Compaction of Symbolic Layout Using Genetic Algorithms. D.E. Goldberg, R. Lingle, Jr., Alleles, Loci, and the Traveling Salesman Problem. J.J. Grefenstette, R. Gopal, B.J. Rosmaita, D. Van Gucht, Genetic Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem. K.A. De Jong, Genetic Algorithms: A 10 Year Perspective. H. Zhou, Classifier Systems With Long Term Memory. N.L. Cramer, A Representation for the Adaptive Generation of Simple Sequential Programs. S.W. Wilson, Adaptive `Cortical' Pattern Recognition. A.C. Englander, Machine Learning of Visual Recognition Using Genetic Algorithms. D. Smith, Bin Packing With Adaptive Search. C.G. Shaefer, Directed Trees Method for Fitting a Potential Function.
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Ella & Olivia – Best Friend Showdown
Yvette Poshoglian
Danielle McDonald
Scholastic Australia
Age: 7+
Key Words: Family, Fun, Friends, Competition
Published: July 2012
Reviewed by: Kylie Calwell
Zoe is Ella's best friend in the whole world. They do everything they can together. Then their teacher announces a fund raising activity with a prize going to the person who sells the most chocolate. Will their friendship stand this test? Who will sell the most chocolate? Ella is about to give up when she finds out she has a secret weapon – her sister Olivia.
This is a really fun read and great for those who are ready to read a little more the the most basic of first readers. One of the appeals of this series is the fact that family is celebrated. There is a real joy in this book even as it deals with Ella's struggle in trying to win. A lovely series.


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Linda K (CA) is the winner of Love Arrives in Pieces by Betsy St Amant.
Sharon (SC) is the winner of Red Is for Rookie by Anne Greene.
Sharon T (AR) is the winner of A Promise of Grace by Lynette Sowell.
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Also, tell your friends about the book ... and this blog. Thank you.
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We recognise our corporate social responsibility for establishing high ethical standards of behaviour and corporate governance
Tamdown, as part of the Nexus Infrastructure Group, has policies in place including, but not limited to: health and safety; anti‑bribery; environmental protection; equal opportunities; equality and diversity; training and development; whistleblowing and modern slavery, to support our approach of conducting business in an open and transparent manner and which are in line with our core values.
Our employees are expected to conduct themselves in a manner which reflects the highest ethical standards, and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of bribery or corruption and have training and an appropriate procedure in place.


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Today is November 24. One month til Christmas! Time to buy presents. It's that time of the year 🎅 If you are unsure what to get your significant other, your siblings or your colleagues for Christmas, you can find some inspiration in this blog post.
Gin 🍸
Over the past years, Gin gained a lot of popularity! The world was looking for something new to drink. The botanicals of the Gin combined with the right tonic water and garnish like basil, mint or cucumber really tickle your taste buds. And being a lover of this juniper spirit is like being addicted to crossfit. The first rule is: always tell that to others and show them how to proceed when life gives you lemons.
Agile Minds 🔥
Nowadays almost every business is lean or calls itself agile. The reason is simple: There's an old-fashioned way to do things which is quite heavy and there's a new light-weight way of doing business (of course not applicable everywhere – or is it?). A shift in doing business requires new roles. Scrum introduced the Scrum Master or the Product Owner for example. Maybe you have heard the phrase that "Being Agile-minded is easy. It's like riding a bike… Except the bike is on fire, you're on fire, everything is on fire and you're in hell." So knowing agile is easy, being agile is not.
I bet you have colleagues, friends or relatives who are always on fire. Here is a nice present for them. 🙂
Of course you can also find some classical roles like being a Product Manager in the portfolio.
d.i.y. arts and crafts🕯🌶
Have you ever tought about making your own candle(s)? If you drink coffee from grounded beans (like prepared in a Bialetti Moka), you can add the coffee ground to the wax and heat it up. This candle will create a lovely coffee-scented mood in your home.
Another idea is to make your own Chili oil or Chili sauce. Like I did. My garden used to have about 10 different kinds of Chili pepper plants this summer, so I got a lot of Chili peppers for further usage in the kitchen. One of my favorite sauces is still the Blueberry Trinidad Scorpion Pepper Sauce. Trust me: It's hot!
Or check other fancy stuff on Redbubble. Be different.
What is Redbubble?
Redbubble is a free marketplace for thousands of artists to reach new audiences and sell their work more easily. You can look for a wide range of fancy products in high quality, just waiting for you to become a part of your home or workplace.


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Samsung Galaxy S4 mini was announced a month after the Galaxy S4 flagship hit the shelves worldwide. The mini version is powered by a less capable dual-core Snapdragon 400 chipset but still runs on the latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean skinned with Samsung's own TouchWiz and promises the same solid smartphone experience as the flagship.
We did an extended preview at the announcement day, but now we get finally to meet with the final unit and do a complete review.
So, Galaxy S4 mini features a smaller 4.3″ qHD Super AMOLED screen. Two 1.7GHz Krait cores tick inside accompanied by Adreno 305 graphics and 1.5GB of RAM. There is an 8MP camera as well.
The mini version has the same design and colors as the flagship, though it offers better handling due to its more compact body.
Galaxy S4 mini did lose a few software goodies as well – Air View, Air Gestures, Multi-View, S-Health and some camera modes are missing.
As the tradition goes, we've prepared a short demo video for you. Enjoy!
We are working hard on our in-depth review and you will be able to see it soon on our homepage.


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Building a business with a lot of hard work without putting terms of business on record through contracts can land you in disputes later. Litigating disputes at a later stage with the assistance of an attorney is costly, time-consuming, and therefore consulting Counsel at an earlier stage to get the agreement drafted/ vetted is surely a more logical option. Costs incurred on Contract Drafting are investment expenditures for which parties to contract get the benefits over a period of time to come, possibly by avoiding litigation. In case of litigation, clear setting of terms through contracts gives the right to aggrieved parties to try the suit in the court of law. As contracts form an integral/fundamental part of commercial litigation, the terms of the contract must be fairly negotiated, properly drafted, and reviewed to ensure that the intentions of the parties are covered by the contract.
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We realize our supported practices run only as efficiently as the dental assistants do their tremendously appreciated work. That's why we look for only the best, most exceptional people for our dental assistant jobs.
Are you interested in becoming an extern at Pacific Dental Services®? You will receive on-the-job training like no other!
What The Dental Assistant Does
Dental assistant jobs are the backbone of our affiliated practices. You make sure patient treatment runs smoothly. You prep patients for oral exams, assist dentists throughout procedures, assist clinicians in obtaining and maintaining patient histories, complete radiographic images and intraoral photos, educate patients in oral care, and ensure the sterility of instruments. (Whew. We're tired just thinking about it.) As both a patient and clinician advocate, you are a fundamental part of the Perfect Patient Experience®.
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We're looking for people who are quick thinkers, not just people who move fast. You must be an attentive listener who can address problems, issues and suggestions constructively. You have high moral and ethical character, such as the ability to maintain compliance with the American Dental Association and federal or state regulations. Essentially, we're looking for our hero.
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Good Stuff
I just got a box from our friendly, neighborhood UPS man. (He really is the happiest man I've ever met!) It's an awesome Citizen Pip lunchbox I won on Kellie's Greenhab blog. I was only expecting the lunch box itself, and lo-and-behold it's the entire kit (canteen, napkins, 5 containers, lunchbox with tag!)
My kids will be fighting over this. Maybe it's all mine!
My middle guy started group guitar lessons yesterday. I wanted to get him in something while we were waiting for E to get out of dance, and went in to ask. We ended up coming back in an hour and starting lessons! He really enjoyed it. There were 5 boys and they got to play Guitar Hero, talk music, and jam!


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|Mary Fielding McCleary, "Traveler," Chine collé a la poupeé polymer-gravure, edition of 24, 2012.
Mary Fielding McCleary is best known for her amazing yet puzzling "paintings." I wrote that with quotes because they are most often described as paintings, but in reality they are intricately built, dense collages made up of what I perceive as the flotsam and jetsam of contemporary living: discarded plastic parts, wooden coffee sticks, bits of string, bits of colorful paper all minutely configured to make up almost photo-realistic scenes that may (or may not) have narrative. They read like ancient tesserae works with content that may as easily come from the materials that make the work. Named Texas Artist of the Year in 2011 by the Art League of Houston, Mary's work has had international acclaim.
|Mary Fielding McCleary, "Between Darkness and Light," 2006
In 2005, Mary and I planned on working together for the first time. We floundered about as to how to transition her way of working into a printmaking technique without simply reproducing one of her finished paintings. Mary revealed that all of her large works begin with an underpainting worked out in a monochromatic method. Most often this is referred to as grisaille, and creating it helped her plan and shape the finished collage work. When she showed me an example of her grisaille, we decided to go forward with making a polymer-gravure etching using a specially created grisaille painting as its starting point. From that first collaboration came "Fallen, Fallen, Light Renew" and "Between Darkness and Light."
This year, Mary has returned to collaborate on two new etchings and we are now in the process of printing two editions of these images which were created in the same way. Mary chose two images that might seem radically different from each other, but I think of them as two movements from the same symphony that she is composing. Her work moves into the dark, mysterious realm at times and can turn and go into a space of lyric poetry. We are pleased to have these two new works underway, and want to offer them as pre-published works to her collectors.
The first, "Traveler," features a suburban male, perhaps a young teen, facing us with a full "war paint" face. He is defiant, and he is outside partially dressed in what appears to be winter. Suburbia is decked out in holiday décor but the decorations are askew and puzzling. Is he defiant to the culture and yearning for the primitive? Is he deluding himself that he doesn't belong to the times and place around him? Can we even side with him or the culture? What kind of separation has happened here?
|Mary Fielding McCleary, "Swan," Polymer-gravure etching, edition of 24, 2012.
Just when we have been drawn into this tumult, we look to her other etching, "Swan," and find a dark, watery world upon which a swan effortlessly swims. He is solid upon liquid. There are no questions, but there is reassurance that all is right and all is good.
If you are interested in either of these classic McCleary images, they are currently in production, and pre-publication prices will be available only until the prints are signed before Christmas.


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Christmas joy is timeless; so also is Christmas sorrow. For the grieving, the troubled, the bereft, the season enhances the void hidden in their hearts. Life affirming reawakenings are the stuff of Dickens; such miracles are few and far between. The sad truth in Christmas is that real life does not yield to the season. We do not live in a Hallmark movie. These are troubled times.
It was no different for those who came before us. For example, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow struggled with Christmas during a time of personal pain and societal upheaval. In July 1861, Longfellow's wife, Fanny, was fatally injured when her dress caught fire. Longfellow, too, suffered burns in his efforts to save her. In 1863, Longfellow's 18 year old son, Charles, enlisted in the Union Army without his father's knowledge. Not long afterward, Charles was seriously wounded in Virginia. Sensing hypocrisy in a season that preached good will toward men while citizens turned on one another, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned "Christmas Bells", a classic that is equally applicable today in our divided, troubled nation.
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet,
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of Peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A Chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
While season's greetings and pretty words do not lessen the sadness inherent in Christmas, please keep Longfellow's words in mind: God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, with peace on earth, good-will to men." That, too, is the truth in Christmas.
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A colleague texted me last month with a question that made doubt my early-adopter status.
"Are you on Peach?"
I was not. In fact, I didn't even know what it was. But a quick Google search told me it was a new messaging app from the man who brought us Vine, the popular video-sharing network that Twitter acquired in 2012.
I quickly downloaded it, registered my standard username and texted her back: "Of course."
Since then, Peach has been called both "the next best thing" and "completely dead." A handful of friends still post GIFs every now and then, but the social network's growth seems to have stalled. Considering the same has happened to Google Plus, Ello, Beme, App.net and countless others over the past few years, it's not surprising.
What was surprising were the handful of news organizations that adopted Peach early on. Fusion, CNBC, BBC and others posted fairly regular updates for the first month of the app's existence but have apparently since retreated to the proven pastures of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Even though Peach might not dethrone the big networks anytime soon, it was smart of them to adopt it early, even if just to squat on their usernames.
But for smaller news organizations, it can be tough to determine whether a new social network is worth trying. Here are five questions to consider when the next Peach comes around:
Does your audience use it? Fusion bills itself as a "media brand for a young, diverse and inclusive world." It makes sense for them to jump on new social networks that tend to gain popularity with young audiences first because appealing to youth is part of their mission. News organizations that focus on topics like finance or government minutiae are probably better off targeting interested parties on Facebook.
Audience goals can be aspirational, too. If reaching new, younger audiences is important to your news organization, adopting a social network early might earn you some important brand recognition. When The Wall Street Journal joined Snapchat Discover as a partner earlier this year, they increased their visibility among millennials.
Is it sustainable? Consider the following two questions: Will the new social network be around in a year? And do you have the staff to devote to it?
Doing a little reporting can help with the first question. Beme, a video-sharing app from a popular YouTube filmmaker, slipped from the charts since its launch last summer. But with support from angel investors with proven vision, you can expect it to be around for a while. And while its userbase might not be massive, its most engaged users might be a useful audience for your news organization.
When determining whether you have the staff to devote to a new social network, consider that some of them may already be experts. If your intern is absolutely obsessed with Peach, empower him or her to try it for a month for your organization. It'll be a good learning experience for everyone involved. Keep in mind that you don't need a big strategy from the start — that can come later.
Does it offer something different? With a combined total user count of well over a billion, messaging apps WeChat and WhatsApp are two of the most popular apps in the world. Newsrooms are exploring ways to use messaging apps in the newsgathering and publishing process.
But it probably doesn't make sense to use both. In this case, it's best to pick one that works better for you (WhatsApp is most popular in Africa and India, while WeChat tops the charts in China).
For other similar apps, it might work to simply double up on content. For instance, the 15-second videos you make for Instagram might also be a good fit on Facebook. Don't be afraid to capitalize on your work where it makes sense.
Is the learning curve shallow? Some social networks are tougher to break into than others. Between its jargony terms and lack of tools to make sense of the noise, Twitter is famously insidery. Attempts to shed that image have not been well-received. If you don't have any experts in your newsroom, or if everyone on staff is unwilling to learn, you're going to have problems with adoption.
Find people who will put in the effort, focus on easier-to-use networks, or seek out training.
Is it cost-effective? Without good photos to share, Instagram is useless. If you need to purchase a suite of expensive gadgets just to start using a social network, it may be outside of your wheelhouse. Your social presence should be a reflection of your newsroom's strengths and values. If it feels like a stretch to post and interact regularly, consider that it might not be right for you.
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The way projects are assigned within a company—making sure they go to the right people and that the projects themselves support the company's strategic goals—is critical to business success. Yet there is little research to show how to do it most effectively.
Another management puzzle is how to assess and integrate emerging technologies into project plans. Technology has become the backbone of almost every industry today, but effective management is required.
Daim's research and teaching revolve around creating roadmaps that organizations can use to integrate emerging technologies into their projects. He approaches the subject from both an academic perspective and his own experience. One of his last career steps before joining the faculty was managing a 300-person microprocessor development team at Intel, with revenues of more than $1 billion.


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IT was a memorable weekend for North West 200 record wins holder Alastair Seeley after he got back to winning ways during the third round of the Dickies Supersport championship at Donnington Park.
Seeley emerged victorious during the sprint race last Saturday before clinching his hard-earned double in Sunday's main event. The 39-year-old definitely did not have things all his own way as he was pushed all the way by ex-Moto 2 star Kyle Ryde on Saturday as Seeley's main championship rival, Dubliner Jack Kennedy, crashed out in the opening laps of the race after a high side on the exit of Robert's chicane.
Speaking after his success, Seeley admitted that he was delighted to get back onto the top step of the podium.
"It is nice to be back up here on the top step, it feels like it has been ages," he said.
"It was important for me to bridge the gap to Jack (Kennedy) because he was beginning to go on a bit of a Bautista run.
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By Lauren Selman | Bio
This was first published at The Life of Lauren with the title "Adventure Starts Today". It is kindly republished here with permission.
This morning, I woke up at 6:30am to get on the road. My lack of sleep over the past couple days is finally hiting me as I stumble out of bed, down the stairs and to the airport. I was blessed because my friend Melissa took me to the airport. (Thanks hun!)
I follow the signs for the Black Diamond Expert Traveler (because that's what I am) right? In my half asleep stupor, I forget that I am wearing hiking boots which do not result in Black Diamond traveling ease. Luckily I managed to take them off in line so my slumber went unnoticed.
Once through security, I head down the terminal to get a jump start to my morning and just as a I was about to order my typical Chai Latte, I remember that I am doing the 30-Day Vegan Challenge and I catch myself short, scan the menu, only to find that they had very few items that look up my alley and needless to say were without dairy. Not to mention, their alternative of course was soy which I am semi-allergic too. I walked away with a mango juice in my hand.
I waited in the gate which watching the latest about the Gulf. Families of the 11 killed men are talking with Obama today about how families should be more compensated for lost loved ones and that special attention should be given to health and safety, while in the same breath they supported continued offshore drilling in the Gulf. As I was befutteled by the comments, the report continued to say that it was the worst environmental disaster in my generation's lifetime. I looked down at my hand and felt the plastic in my hand. In that moment, I began to contemplate the environmental impact of travel but also the impact of "one makes a difference."
With the oil continuing to spill and the continuous environmental disasters all over the world, one makes a difference, but truly infrastruture (and habits) makes a difference. Take the example of my plastic mango juice in my hand. I was a traveler and although I had my reuseable waterbottle on hand, the coffee shop denied refilling it for health purposes and I had chosen to not consume animal products as an environmental stand so no go on the latte, yet there I was, still holding this plastic bottle, feeling guilty about the gulf and, yet, completely passionate and optimistic that I could do something to make a difference. My mind continued to race, "What are the other areas of environmental impact in an airport that I wasn't seeing?" Areas like the plastic cutlery, the sugar filled snacks at the news booth, the lights used, the overpowering AC and the list continues. The thoughts eventually get so heavy that I dose off until my flight.
After 2 stops between LA and SLC, I finally make it to the SLC Leaderhouse and was greeted by a familiar face. A fellow leader who I had the pleasure of traveling with in Thailand. I put down my bags and we talked on the doorstep about our lives, time that had passed and everything in between. The contrast between the anxiety around environmental disasters and the authencity and gem of connection I had with my friend outdoors reminds me that it is true the one makes a difference, and one of the biggest ways is the difference we make to one another.
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Jane Doyle has presented Adelaide's No. 1 Seven News in Adelaide since 1989.
Jane's media career began more than 30 years ago when she left the secure and relatively well paid job of schoolteacher for a newspaper cadetship on trivial money in a far north Queensland country town. Clearly things had to get better!
In 1981 Jane moved with her husband Ian to Port Pirie where he had been appointed Rural Officer for ABC Radio. Jane was immediately employed part time on The Recorder newspaper and managed to convince ABC Radio to give her casual work as an announcer. So was born her love of the electronic media.
Ian's transfer to Adelaide as a reporter on ABC TV's Countrywide meant another career u-turn for Jane – back to print journalism, with a two and a half year stint as the Adelaide Bureau Chief for TV Week magazine.
The radio bug had bitten however, and in 1986 Jane resigned from yet another secure and relatively well-paid position to take a six week contract with ABC Radio in Adelaide. That first contract led to a permanent position and a role as the chief morning newsreader for ABC Radio as well as many other reporting and announcing roles.
In 1987 Jane was seduced by television, firstly as a relief news presenter, and then in 1988 was appointed the Monday to Friday reader for ABC TV in Adelaide.
Jane left Aunty in 1989 and has now spent almost 26 years working for South Australia's number one television news service – Seven News.
Jane is Chair of Carclew, South Australia's only multi-art form and cultural organisation dedicated to artistic outcomes by and for people aged 26 and under. Jane is also co-patron of the Mental Illness Fellowship of South Australia, and is in constant demand as an MC and guest speaker at many charitable and corporate events.
Privately, Jane has a passion for her husband Ian, son Henry, gardening, cooking, eating and drinking, theatre, music and travel – all easily accommodated in the great state of South Australia.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed a top St. Louis judge to the state Court of Appeals.
Parson announced Wednesday that he had chosen Circuit Judge Robin Ransom to fill an opening on the eastern district appeals court. Ransom has served as a judge in St. Louis since 2008 and was chosen as the circuit's presiding judge last year.
She will succeed appeals court Judge Lisa Van Amburg, who retired in August.
Ransom previously worked as a family court commissioner and for the St. Louis County public defender's and prosecutor's offices.
The other finalists for the appeals court position were Circuit Judge Michael Gardner from Cape Girardeau and attorney John Torbitzky from St. Louis County.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
From Darkness Won
Okay, so it's really my fault, I'm not so brazen as to blame Jill for my own bad decisions (I'm willing to bet I'm going to pay for that choice throughout the day). But I simply had to know what was going to happen to Achan Cham and Vrell Sparrow.
Achan, the true crown prince of Er'Rets, continues to gather troops loyal to him to take on Esek, the man who tried to usurp his throne. But a new threat, a wizard named the Hadad, is asserting himself, making the battle that much more difficult. But throughout it all, Achan is distracted, because he doesn't know where Vrell Sparrow, the woman he loves, has disappeared to.
Vrell wants to join the fight as a healer, but as she tries to join the resistance, she is "stormed," her soul knocked free of her physical body. Achan must reunite her and make her whole, but after he does, she behaves oddly, as if she doesn't remember who she is or what she's been doing.
As long-time readers of my blog will know, I'm a huge fan of Jill Williamson's books ever since Marcher Lord Press published her first book two years ago. I've been looking forward to seeing how she would wrap up this series and I have to say, she did an excellent job (but I would expect nothing less). There's a lot of adventure, a lot of great humor, and some genuine gut-wrenching emotional moments. The action scenes were well-paced and, once again, Jill's world positively sparkled with detail. It's easy to tell that she's spent a lot of time crafting the history of each region. At the end of the book, there's a partial interview with the folks at Fiction Addict, and they asked Jill if we might revisit Er'Rets someday. She said it's possible. My reaction? "Yes, please!"
I was a little surprised at how much "winding down" the book did after we hit the climax. I'm not complaining about this by any stretch of the imagination. It was a nice reward to see how things worked out in the end.
That being said, I do have two minor . . . well, "complaints" is too strong of a word and I'm not really sure what word fits here. Anyway, here they are:
First, I was a little disappointed in what felt like a major change of character in Gren, Achan's childhood sweetheart. In the first two books, Gren was such a sweet girl that my heart just ached for her since she had an extremely difficult time. By the end of this book, though, my sympathy for her was pretty much gone. I wondered where the sweet girl had gone. She felt different. Maybe it's just me.
Second (and this is something that bugs me when it happens in any series of books) is the revelation of what the Hadad actually is, something that happens in the prologue of the book. Even still . . .
It's revealed that the "prime mover" in the plot against Achan and his family is a person called the Hadad, a wizard possessed by a demon called the keliy. It turns out that everything that Achan has experienced is because of the keliy's direction.
Here's my problem: there was no hint of the keliy's existence in the previous two books. This is a fairly major development that felt like it came completely out of left field for me. To get ready to read this final installment, I reread By Darkness Hid and To Darkness Fled to refamiliarize myself with characters and the overall plot. When I read about the keliy for the first time, I wracked my brain to remember if it had been mentioned or hinted at and I came up dry.
This whole situation reminds me of The DragonCrown series by Michael Stackpole. It's another fantasy series with a fantastic enemy, an evil sorceress who was awesome in her own right. Then, in the fourth book, Stackpole revealed that she worked for a group of powerful beings that were never mentioned or hinted at in the previous books. In his case it felt tacked on and off-putting. In the case of the keliy, it wasn't nearly so bad but it rankled just a little.
None of this was enough to dampen my enthusiasm or enjoyment of this book or the series as a whole. This is, quite simply, some of the best fiction I've read over the past few years and I'm a little sad that the journey is over.
But maybe I'm not quite done with this book yet. I actually have three copies of From Darkness Won that are looking for good homes. So here's what I'll do. Leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you between now and next Monday at midnight, CST. Next Tuesday, I'll put the entrants in a hat and have my son draw three names. Those three will win a copy of the book.
6 comments:
- Precentor said...
Wooooohhh! I want to read this book! :D Thanks for hosting the giveaway, Thank you!
- April 25, 2011 12:58 PM
- Rachel Kimberly said...
I loved By Darkness Hid, and I'm really looking forward to reading this book as well!
Here's my email (replace "at" and "dot" accordingly)
Evergreena (at) usfamily (dot) net
- April 25, 2011 4:15 PM
- Seth Skogerboe said...
Oh, YES! A giveaway of a book I actually WANT! :-D Contact me by leaving a comment on my blog.
> sjskogerboe.wordpress.com
Any post will do.
- April 25, 2011 4:46 PM
- Melissa said...
I really want to read this book!
- April 26, 2011 7:09 PM
- Rebecca LuElla Miller said...
Please add my name to the drawing, John. I'd love to have this one and will undoubtedly join you in making a stay-up=too-late-to-read decision!
You have my email address already.
- April 27, 2011 12:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Odds seem pretty good here. Throw me in too: Stephen (at) Speculative Faith (dot) com.
- May 02, 2011 5:15 PM


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We are in that phase of life where many friends have recently had a baby, or are expecting a baby. Preparing for the second baby is in many ways easier, because you have the essential baby gear and feel like you
kind of know to expect. However that second baby can feel like exponentially more work since you have a toddler to chase around (definitely not a linear relationship). I thought I'd share some items we found to be the most helpful during the transition from one child to two.
1. Nursery camera – we use this in lieu of a video baby monitor. We have a baby monitor we use for sound and temperature, then we use this Foscam to see what they are up to in their cribs. There's an app you download onto your smartphone and can access from anywhere. Of course, we use it a lot at home, but it's also nice to be able to see if they are napping while we are at work.
2. Baby Carrier – two words: hands free. Grocery shopping, family walks, playing at the park, getting through the airport, etc. I like the Boba 4G because it is super comfy, comes with an infant insert and sunshade, has handy pockets, and even has a little strap that snaps to secure your diaper ba
3. Backpack diaper bag – because you will need both arms for wrangling infant car seats, holding toddler's hand, etc. Bonus points for one that's not ugly. I used to clip my diaper bag onto the cart/stroller, but found with a sit and stand stroller (see #6 below) that the diaper bag would hit Noah in the face if I clipped it on the handlebar. So having a bag that could convert to a backpack became a must. I love this Petunia Pickle Bottom bag more than words can say. It doesn't show dirt, has a pretty quilted texture, and holds a ton of stuff. The backpack straps slip inside a pocket when not in use so it just looks like a cute tote bag. It stands up by itself when you set it down. I could go on and on.
4. Baby swing – Because you won't have the time or energy to carry baby #2 around all hours of the day. A swing will free up your arms (see a theme here?). We would swaddle Harper and put her in the swing with a pacifier when she would get fussy. It usually helped her fall asleep, and we would then turn it off to save batteries and also give her more restful sleep. Lifesaver.
5. Sit 'n Stand stroller – this Joovy stroller is the lightest double stroller on the market. It has a Universal car seat adapter so you can plop the infant car seat right in it. Your older child will love being able to sit, stand, and hop on and off when they want. The back bench also converts to a seat if you just want a tandem double stroller. When the baby gets older you can snap on the snack tray in place of the car seat adapter. The huge canopy and parent console are also convenient. Not to mention it's also a total bargain for a double stroller.
6. White noise machine – I could quote Happiest Baby on the Block and talk about the benefits of white noise to recreate the womb for a newborn, but the reality is you need to mask noise while baby sleeps. This isn't always easy when you have a toddler running wild through the house. The Dohme white sound machine is nice because instead of playing a recording on a loop, it just sounds like a fan. You can adjust it to be louder or softer.
Honorable mentions: We have used this sleep book as a guide with both kids, who now both nap well and sleep soundly at night (*knock on wood*). I also got good use out of my nursing cover since we were out and about a lot more with the second baby. And I know the Boppy pillow makes it onto every baby gear list out there, but for good reason. What can't you use that thing for?
I hope this list can be of some use to mamas out there expecting their second baby. And for mamas of more than one I'd love to hear: what items you found most helpful?


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How To Fight Crime With Pink Paint
Authorities in eastern India are painting a crime-infested town pink in the hope that an image makeover will lift the sagging morale of residents who are fed up with the decline in law and order, officials said on Monday.
The ancient town of Aurangabad in Bihar -- one of India's most backward and poorest states -- is a hotbed of crime ranging from killing, extortion, kidnapping and inter-caste wars.
Officials say the idea of painting the city pink originated from the dominant Rajput community, who migrated from the western state of Rajasthan where the capital, Jaipur is known as the pink city of India.
"Only a few buildings (in Jaipur) bear the pink color. Aurangabad will actually be the country's real pink city," said Arvind Kumar Singh, a senior government official overseeing the work who is also a Rajput.
With the city's two million residents complaining about poor quality of life and depression due to crime, officials said they had decided to paint the city pink ahead of the Hindu festival of light, Diwali, on October 21.
Local residents said they welcomed the new lick of paint to the town. "The town does not seem to carry any of its past look and we feel happy about it," said Santosh Kumar, a local businessman.
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Fabulous reasons why Champagne will never go out of style. Not to be mistaken for sparkling wines like Prosecco or Cava, a real bottle of Champagne, must be made from a combination of three specific grapes grown in the in Northwest Region of France called Champagne. A bottle has about 49,000,000 million bubbles!
A Sign of Luxury
Champagne is known as the ultimate luxury drink, and nothing says luxury more than Marilyn Monroe bathing in champagne. Yes, the blonde bombshell icon once filled her bathtub with 350 bottles of champagne and took a relaxing soak.
A Champagne Fact You'll Never Forget
Research in 2013 from the University of Columbia shows that champagne contains proteins that are beneficial for your short-term memory. A study by Reading University in 2013 said that three glasses of bubbles per week can help improve it.
Heart Health
Everyone says that red wine is good for your heart, but champagne (which is mostly made from red grapes) is just as healthy. Studies found that the sparkling wine contained high levels of polyphenols – antioxidants found in red grapes but less intensely in white – that can lower blood pressure and prevent heart problems. In fact, Reading's Dr Jeremy Spencer, a man who appears to have generously given his life over to finding reasons for us to drink more, suggested that two glasses a day will do the trick.
Say Goodbye to Champagne Poppin' and Say Hello to Champagne Sabbering!
Sabering is the act of opening a champagne bottle with an actual sword. The traditional technique includes slicing off the neck of a bottle with a single sword stroke —this is a cool party trick I personally have in my back pocket.
Vegan Friendly
Some Champagnes go through a process that uses fining agents like gelatin and casein to clarify the end product, but if you're looking for a vegan option then Moët & Chandon, Korbel Natural Champagne and Dom Perignon are your bubbles of choice.
"Middle Finger to my Old Life" – Jay-Z
In 2014, Beyonce's better half Jay-Z, a long time champagne fan, purchased Champagne Armand de Brignac from Sovereign Brands. A bottle retails for approximately $300. Fun fact- Hip-hop, rap and R&B concert goers are 94% more likely to drink Champagne vs the average person.
Move Over Mimosas
Sunday brunch has just been revolutionized! Champagne is no longer just for mimosas. Try this delicious Strawberry and champagne Pancake recipe and this hollandaise sauce with prosecco on your egg benedict.
Lift Your Spirits
For an instant mood booster, just sip champagne! This is thanks to the magnesium, potassium and zinc it contains.
"Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I'm tired." Brigitte Bardot
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A glass or two of champagne could possibly prevent the onset of dementia. Research in Pittsburgh found that the risk in studies were almost halved for those who drank 'moderate' quantities. More Champagne health benefits here!
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One glass(120ml) of Champagne has about 89 calories, 0.9 grams of protein, 1.6 grams of carbs and 0 grams of fat!
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Kyushu: Day 1 (Dec 31)
Posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2004 at 2:04am by Brett.
(Thursday, January 8th, 2004 at 4:04pm Japanese Standard Time)
For the next 7 days, I'll be writing about the trip I took to Kyushu with my tutor, Sei. Kyushu is the southernmost island of the Japanese archipelago. While I was there, I visited Sei's family and my relatives. Sei's family is in Ooita, which is on the north west side of Kyushu, and my relatives are in Kagoshima, which is on the southeast side.
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Our plans were to leave Tsukuba around 9:00, take the bus to Haneda airport, and then fly to Fukuoka. From Fukuoka we'd take the bus to Sei's hometown's bus station where his mom would pick us up. We were set to be there by dinner.
We got to Haneda airport on time around 11:30, but ran into some problems there. We were trying to buy our tickets but they were sold out. The soonest they could get us in was a 2:45 flight. That wasn't too much of a wait, so we grabbed some lunch and then went to the counter to buy our tickets.
No such luck. We were bumped back again. It was only to 3:15, so we waited by the ticket counter. We went to go buy our tickets for the third time. When we got up there, they were only able to take one of us onto the flight. Sei went ahead, and I stayed back waiting to take the next flight at 5:45.
The flight went well. My ticket has my name as "Blet Puroshut", but they let me on anyway.
Sei and I met up in Fukuoka airport, where we got on the bus bound for his hometown, Hita. It was about an hour ride.
We got to Hita where his mom picked us up and drove us back to their house. The only way to describe their house was that it was perfectly cozy. It was a traditional Japanese style house with sliding doors that separated most of the rooms. The main family room had a table with a pit below it where there was a heater, and everyone would sit around the table with their feet down in the pit to keep warm. Most of the rooms were tatami, there was an ofuro, and we slept on futon. There was also a few small shrines in the house.
Counting Sei, 7 people live in the house. Sei's mother and father, his grandparents, his two younger brothers, and Sei. His father wasn't there when we first arrived because he was working...he's a firefighter that was on a search and rescue mission somewhere in northen Japan, I think. His grandparents own a men's clothing store that's adjacent to the house. His mom is the Japanese version of a soccer mom. Yuu, Sei's 17 year old brother is a member of a Japanese punk rock band, and Shuu, his 15 year old brother is a really cool sports and video game playing Japanese guy.
We had a huge Japanese style dinner. I had been hoping to lose a bit of weight while I was in Kyushu. I thought that a week of eating Japanese food would be good for that, but I was fed SOOO much food I wouldn't be surprised if I gained weight...
After dinner, I went to take a bath in the ofuro. This was the same basic idea as the shared showers at Tsukuba, but not shared. I showered and decided I would venture into the tub part. There's nothing that makes you feel like a big fat American than displacing a significant amount of water out of a bathtub after several members of the family have already used it. Being Japanese, Sei's family is significantly small, and they're all runners. Even though, I'm moderately certain that my left leg weighs more than Sei.
After the bath, Sei and I went to meet up with some of his highschool friends. From there, we went to a couple temples. At one, we all rang this giant bell and made our new years resolutions. Mine are less caffeine, and doing something that doesn't involve sitting in a class room, in front of a music stand, or in front of a computer. And possibly making more of my own food instead of buying from 7-11.
After running around with them for a while, I was starting to get pretty tired. I think it was around like 2am or so? I can't really remember. Anyway, I was pretty much falling asleep, so we went back to Sei's place where I went to bed. Sei went back out with his friends.


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Tonight I went to dinner with Mike Schmidt, The 40 Year Old Boy. Mike is the host of this one man podcast. He's explosive, damn honest, funny as hell and speaking in a manner that is so quick that you are sucked into his dialog right away. Mike set up a KickStarter program to fund an East Coast Tour. One of the levels of donation gained you a dinner with Mike along with some of the things pictured above including that custom artwork by his friend David "Mex" Hernandez. I love how he captured my look and the "Zac Brown Hat" I had on my head. I even got a piece of art signed by Mike, David and Lili Lili VonSchtupp his producer. Mike records Wednesdays when all the planets are aligned and occasionally Tuesdays when they are out of whack. He often says that he's recording from a Stripper's Kitchen, which he is, as Lili is a Burlesque dancer and promoter of the longest running Burlesque show in LA,the Monday Night Tease. Mike is damn funny and he is that "id" inside that you wish you could get away with once in a while.
I've been listening to his show since the middle of year two. I might have gone all the way back to the beginning of that year but I don't remember. Anyway I like the show, it is not for everyone and if you have sensitive ears to colorful expressions and vulgarity then do not listen. His show is so opposite of everything else in my life that it is a little escape to listen each week.
I picked Mike up at his hotel. I was planning on putting up chairs at the venue and help out as much as I could and meet other fans but I had other duties, far more important duties. I was the drop box man for Mike's Boston T-Shirts. (Pictured above) they came out fantastic and I can't wait to wear mine. But not tomorrow night at the show as that would be weird. I got the delivery of T-Shirts and headed into Boston to catch up with Mike. I also had a bunch of Propel for him (his drink of choice) in a cooler with ice. Well, it had ice at 10am when I bought the ice and thought that I was going to set up chairs. I think there was one chunk of it left along with lots of condensation by the time I got it to Mike's place.
Now, I've talked with Mike a couple times on the phone and I've listened to him tell deeply personal stories for the last 2 1/2 years. I know Mike and what he is about, he does not know me, so this was as he put it "The TV come to life". It wasn't too awkward. Mike gave me all my KickStarter rewards including the Signed artwork, the custom painting and the T-Shirt and I got to pick a mystery CD. I had to close my eyes and pick one, I got OutKast. As I am such a huge rap fan. But I did give it a listen on the way home.
We headed out to dinner. We went to the top Italian Restaurant as voted by Boston Magazine, Rialto in the Charles Hotel. Yep, fancy with some extra schmancy rolled in. I so wish that my buddy Ken was with us because I think that I'd have died laughing at the funny quicks of both he and Mike. Mike took the menu and gave it that waiter's snap when he closed it. He was also suspect of the crumbing procedures of the restaurant. We ordered a couple of appetizers and then second appetizers and then our main meals. We shared everything except the avocados. I ate ALL of them and totally threw off Mikes Bib Salad feng shui. Allison can tell anyone, I am a terrible sharer. I knew that Mike liked to share food, tweet photos of his food and eat slowly. I tried to be on my best behavior but snagged that whole avocado and things were back to awkward for a while. But they did go back to comfortable as the meal progressed. We had some very delicious items including
- Bibb Lettuce… avocado, grapefruit, toasted almonds, fennel
- Salumi Antipasti… fava mustard, house made ricotta, walnut cheese bread
- Bucatini… lobster, green and red tomatoes, chilis, saffron
- Hand Rolled Garganelle… meatballs, tomato sauce
- Grilled Braised Porchetta… roasted spring onions, ramps, potato panzerotti
- Grilled Swordfish… couscous, almonds, artichoke, preserved lemon
- Spring vegetables… butter, thyme
- Crispy confit fingerlings
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We didn't finish everything so I took the leftovers home to enjoy later. The chef of the Rialto is Chef Jody Adams. She has a very beautiful blog at The Garum Factory. I love the photos and how the blog is set up. That is fantastic. After dinner Mike and I were talking comics and movies and things like that and Chef Adams was at another table taking photos with a group of people who bought some charity dinner. Mike asked a waiter later if he could meet the chef but they told him no. Apparently you have to win some charity dinner to get a photo and audience with the chef. We headed back to Mike's hotel and hung out in the lobby for a little while till Mike got hit with major sleep deprivation and I headed home.
Dinner with Mike was a good once. Excellent restaurant, good conversation, a few awkward moments and a few moments when I thought I'd snarf my drink out my nose from laughter. Thanks Mike, can't wait to see the show tomorrow night.
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Warcraft 4 easily counts among the most anticipated games of all time, but will it ever see the light of day? Warcraft 4 In this article, we will be taking a look at the news and rumors regarding Warcraft 4, as well as discussing some predictions as to what the game might actually be like vanilla wow release date.
It has been 15 long years since the release of the iconic Warcraft III – The Frozen Throne, an expansion pack for the base Warcraft III game, an RTS title so well-made that it remains popular to this day Warcraft 4.
The small-scale strategy game stood out mainly because of the way that it handled armies and heroes. Instead of focusing on vast numbers of units, Warcraft III switched the focus from quantity to quality, offering gameplay that focused closely on hero units and special unit abilities vanilla wow release date.
So why, despite this success and countless inspired games, did a Warcraft IV never see the light of day?
While Warcraft III essentially spawned the MOBA, it also popularized the MMORPG genre with the now universally-famous World Of Warcraft. But in the beginning, WoW was merely supposed to be a spinoff, a game that Blizzard never anticipated would become as big as it is today.
So, here we are, 15 years later. World Of Warcraft is going in circles, trying to keep itself afloat, and Warcraft IV is nowhere in sight. For a long time, the very idea of a new Warcraft RTS was as elusive as Half-Life 3, but some hopeful rumors are floating around warcraft 1 release date and vanilla wow release date…
Warcraft IV – Will We Ever See It?
There are no official announcements yet, but there are multiple factors that indicate an impending refreshment for Warcraft in the RTS territory.
The first general hint is that Blizzard has started releasing major new patches and updates for Warcraft III. Keep in mind that there had been no patches for the game whatsoever between 2011 and 2020, so why the sudden revival? This may not happen often, but sadly, it is still hardly indicative that an entirely new Warcraft game might be in the works warcraft 1 release date.
Instead, a far more likely scenario is that Warcraft III will be getting a remaster soon. After all, considering how popular the game is even today, there's no doubt that fans would jump at the prospect of a polished re-release of the beloved classic.
Warcraft IV – A Reboot?
Most can agree that the window for a direct sequel to Warcraft III is long gone. This is mainly because all the plotlines from the game have been resolved through World Of Warcraft and its numerous expansions, so it would be very odd if Blizzard were to just scrap all the events that took place there and just go back and pick up where The Frozen Throne left off.
So, how have overly complicated, overstretched plots been resolved in the past? Why, reboots, of course!
Let's face it, many original Warcraft fans did not look favorably upon some of their favorite characters being killed off. This goes for Illidan and Arthas, both of whom have faced their deaths as raid bosses in the second and third World Of Warcraft expansion respectively.
On top of that, many lost interest when Cataclysm came about. Not only did it go off on a tangent story-wise, but it also significantly changed the game's mechanics, bringing it much closer to a casual mainstream audience.
Truth be told, each expansion had steered away from the "hardcore" experience that the vanilla WoW was – a game that required a great deal of time and utmost devotion from players. However, Cataclysm was the first one to majorly revamp the game's mechanics in order to achieve the abovementioned goal.
Today, it is fairly obvious that WoW's glory days are over. That much was clear when Blizzard decided to stop sharing subscriber count information with the public, something that they were more than happy to flaunt back in 2010 when the game's popularity peaked warcraft 1 release date.
The bottom line is: would a new RTS title be content with picking up the pieces that WoW left behind? Unlikely warcraft 1 release date.
So, if we see do indeed see a new Warcraft strategy game, it is almost certain to just tear everything down and start rebuilding from the ground up. This would also make sense, considering that the first two Warcraft games definitely leave plenty of room for expansion when it comes to the story.
Our Thoughts
With everything taken into account, it's safe to assume that a remastered version of Warcraft III is in the works, or at least will be soon. This is mainly because of the game's popularity which persists into the modern era, as well as the fact that it had suddenly started receiving major updates after five years of no patches whatsoever.
On top of that, keep in mind that Starcraft got a remaster, so why shouldn't Warcraft III?
As for Warcraft IV, we simply can't tell. Perhaps a reboot would be the best way to sort out the lore mess created by World Of Warcraft, or perhaps Blizzard will try and work with what they have. One discouraging fact is certain, and it's that RTS games just aren't as profitable as they used to be.
With that said, the prospect of a new installment in the Warcraft strategy series remains as elusive as ever. Perhaps it might happen in the coming years if people show enough interest in a remastered Warcraft III, but considering the current state of the RTS scene, it seems highly unlikely that Blizzard would prioritize a high-budget Warcraft RTS game over other, more lucrative pursuits warcraft 1 release date.
While we wait for an official confirmation from Blizzard of any sort, here's some nostalgia in the meantime:
The original Blizzard crew split into two different teams, pursuing different projects. One team (called Team 1) stayed in the strategy space, and eventually delivered Warcraft III, something of a hybrid between conventional RTS and the action-RPG style pioneered by Diablo. The other team, Team 2, tested out a few different prototypes before landing on the idea of a massively-multiplayer online game, better known as an MMO. At the time, Ultima Online and EverQuest were the hottest new games in the industry, and their subscription-based business model offered bold new opportunities for studios.
Team 2 spent quite a few years developing their MMO, and at some point early on, the decision was made to set their game not in a brand-new IP, but in their established Warcraft franchise. This meant that, for a while, two separate teams within Blizzard were each making different games set in the same story universe. The resulting MMO was called World of Warcraft, and it would change Blizzard — and the entire industry — forever warcraft 1 release date.


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On a serious note, our programs are very similar and organizationally, we face many of the same challenges. We have worked very well together for many years and in hosting this event, the decision was made that all of the proceeds will be used to support families in need of financial assistance that will enable their children to participate in our youth sports programs.
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No, I'm not bilingual. But I really wish I had fought harder to enrol in more French courses after grade 11. If I ever decide to have kids, I'm forcing them to learn a different language. My parents bought collections of encyclopedias (remember those!); I'll opt to buy collections of Rosetta Stone.
Anyway, for those who don't know (which would be many, including my parents): I am seriously considering relocating in an effort to find a new job. I inquired with others, asking which cities deliver the following: 1. (Really good) Public Transit; 2. Walkability; 3. Single Life/Social Scene; 4. Liberal/Sex-Positive Attitudes; 5. Diversity.
After the collection of responses, and some considerable thought, I've decided that my job search will span across the following cities:
Chicago. I'm not sure why someone who is lactose-intolerant would willing choose to live in the city that brought us deep dish pizza, but there is something pulling my interest – and it's more than my nostalgia of Michael Jordan and the Bulls. I'll be heading to Chicago over the Labour Day Weekend to check out the city in person. This is the only American city I am considering and as far as I can tell it's fairly easy to land a work visa for the US. The thought of Mitt Romney becoming President scares the crap out of me though.
Paris. It hits all 5 criteria but, curiously, the reviews of the city have been mixed. Admittedly most of what I know about the city I learned in art history back in high school. And I hear it smells – but I'm thinking if people can live there, and be cool with the smell, it can't be that bad, right? And I know some French. Some.
Montreal. The little French I do know is Quebecois so I'd be remiss not to put Montreal on my list. I've been to the city and I LOVED it. It has a great vibe and it's foreign yet domestic at the same time! Landing a job that doesn't require bilingualism will be tough here – and in Paris – but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm sure I could find some weekend or evening French classes there to help me out.
London/Dublin. Up until yesterday, I thought Ireland was part of Great Britain. You learn something new everyday. Anyway, London has been highly suggested: no language barrier and hits my list of criteria. London kind of scares me though. Not sure why. Dublin has always seemed more like a city I can wrap my arms around but I've never been there so that could be my love of Guinness swaying my judgement.
Berlin/Munich. Ich möchte nach Deutschland gehen so schlecht, es tut weh! And the visa process doesn't appear to be as bad as I thought it was. Alas, this will likely be my least fruitful search – on account for the fact that the only words I actually do know in German are Bundesliga and lederhosen. Can't I just use Google Translate on the job? I'm serious – just until I pick up the language? I better keep my desperation in check when submitting cover letters.
I think the most difficult reality about wanting to relocate is recognizing that many employers would not want to take the chance of employing someone from another country (especially without a secured visa). I'm hoping my Canadian citizenship – the trusted Canadian brand – will work in my favour. Who doesn't like a Canadian? What government would not expedite a work visa for a Canadian – with no criminal record to boot? I haven't even gotten a cavity (despite how sweet I am)!
Do I dare take the leap and move to a desired city without job prospects? I don't think I could have typed that standing up; my heart is pounding with in trepidation just thinking about it. If Canada ever found itself in civil war – say if the Canadiens ever faced the Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Finals again – I'd consider it. So never?
Why relocate? Toronto is a great city – in fact, my list of criteria was based mostly on what I love about the Greater Toronto Area. The economy is good, and I am going to be applying to jobs here if the position is right.
It all comes down to wanting a new experience. Sure, I think Toronto is great. But what if Paris doesn't smell and is ten times better than Toronto? Or what if the men in Chicago are suffering from a shortage of me? I won't know unless I try. If I try, and fall flat on my face in the process, great. But at least I can say that I tried.
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