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Since 24 June 2016 when the UK voted to leave the European Union, we have been working to create a unified voice for the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions, preparing for the risks and opportunities that Brexit may bring.
Here you can learn how we're working to ensure the best possible outcome for animal health and welfare, public health and the veterinary professions post-Brexit.
Latest news
- 9 November 2018 - Alternatives to current language testing arrangements being explored
- 2 November 2018 - RCVS Council approves plans for non-vets to support export certification
- 27 September 2018 - Statement on Defra proposal for Certification Support Officers
- 27 September 2018 - RCVS issues statement regarding no-deal Brexit
- 20 September 2018 - Statement regarding the migration report
- 13 September 2018 - Statement on Defra Brexit strategy
- 28 June 2018 - Over 1,600 EU vet professionals respond to second RCVS Brexit survey
- 5 February 2018 - Government asked to exempt overseas veterinary students in UK from immigration targets
You can find a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the impact of the EU referendum on our Registration page.
You can also view our leaflet summarising the key facts, and our principles and policies.
In November 2017 President Stephen May, Senior Vice President Chris Tufnell, and BVA Senior Vice President Gudrun Ravetz hosted a webinar to update the veterinary profession on Brexit work. You can watch a recording of this webinar for free through Webinar Vet.
Brexit Principles
We have now published our three 'Brexit Principles' which will serve to guide our relationship with Government during the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. RCVS Council formally adopted the Principles at its meeting on Thursday 2 March 2017.
They are:
- that vital veterinary work continues to get done;
- that high standards of animal health and welfare remain and improve; and,
- that the RCVS is a global force for good.
You can read more about the Brexit Principles on our dedicated Brexit Principles page.
Presidential Brexit Taskforce
On 26 July 2016 we held the first meeting of our Brexit Presidential Taskforce with the central purpose of putting the veterinary profession in charge of its future. The members of the Taskforce are:
- Amanda Boag - Vice-President
- Niall Connell - President
- Susan Dawson - Chair of Education Committee
- Julie Dugmore - Director of Veterinary Nursing
- Eleanor Ferguson - Registrar
- Ian Holloway - Director of Communications
- Lizzie Lockett - CEO
- Rachael Marshall - Chair of VN Council
- Stephen May - Vice-President
- Corrie McCann - Director of Operations
- Linda Prescott-Clements - Director of Education
- Stuart Reid - Council member
- Kate Richards - Council member
- Anthony Roberts - Director of Leadership and Innovation
- Kit Sturgess - Council Treasurer
- Chris Tufnell - Council member
Brexit roundtable
On 24 February 2017 we co-hosted a 'Brexit roundtable' with the British Veterinary Association (BVA) at the Palace of Westminster.
The event aimed to create a unified voice within the veterinary profession on shared goals, and to ask for the approval of our Brexit Principles from the BVA and its divisions.
Representatives from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and many other veterinary associations were also in attendance, and Nigel Gibbens, the Chief Veterinary Officer, thanked the RCVS for positively engaging with the Brexit process.
Brexit survey
In early 2017 the Institute for Employment Studies sent a confidential survey on our behalf to 5,572 veterinary surgeons registered UK veterinary surgeons who graduated from a vet school in the EU (excluding the UK), as well as around 100 non-UK EU-trained veterinary nurses.
The survey asked a wide range of questions about how these individuals felt:
- that the vote to leave the EU had affected them
- about their future working in the UK veterinary sector
- the College had dealt with the issue of Brexit
You can find a summary of the results in the full report.
Letter to the Prime Minister
On 18 October 2016 we and the British Veterinary Association sent a letter to the Prime Minister outlining how we want to work with the government to ensure the best possible outcome for animal health and welfare, public health and the veterinary profession post-Brexit.
You can read the full letter, as well as the response.
For more information please email Ben Myring at email@example.com.


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Avoiding impulse shopping and improving your finances
Published Date 9/27/2012
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First, Bankrate.com states that it's important that you never leave the house without a list. If you have a shopping list on hand before you head out, you can make sure you know what you need to buy and avoid everything else that may be considered an impulse.
Next, the Christian Science Monitor suggests using the 10-second rule to ensure that you're shopping wisely. Before putting anything in your shopping cart, count to 10 and use this time to think about whether you really need the item.
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Lawyer for protestors who blocked ambulance says it's not the protestors' fault
Lawyer: Police responsible for ambulance problems at protest
February 6, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An attorney representing protesters who blocked a Connecticut highway on Saturday says police are responsible for problems at the demonstration, including the delay of an ambulance stuck in traffic.
Saturday's demonstration in New Haven involved about 100 people protesting President Donald Trump's immigration order. Police said the protesters obstructed an ambulance, forcing medics to perform an emergency medical procedure.
Attorney Patricia Kane says protesters had asked police to inform them if emergency vehicles needed to get through — and that officers didn't do so. Kane says she has been told the patient was a woman in labor.
State police charged 66-year-old Norman Clement, of New Haven, with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, interfering with an officer and reckless use of the highway by a pedestrian. Kane says he is a long-time activist.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
For the last five years or so, I've been very interested in eating less fat. I also love to cook, so you probably have figured out my family has been subjected to many interesting dishes. Some were keepers, some went straight into the garbage!
Here's a recipe I tried yesterday that everyone loved! Of course, they ate it as a dessert with vanilla ice cream. I liked it just fine without.
1 c. plain nonfat yogurt
1 t. baking soda
1/4 c. applesauce
1 c. brown sugar
2 egg whites
1 t. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
Topping: 1/2 c. brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon
Lightly coat a 9 " pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, combine yogurt and baking soda; mix well and set aside (mixture will grow in volume). In large mixing bowl, beat applesauce with sugar until well mixed. Add egg whites and vanilla; beat well, about 2 min. In another bowl, combine flour with baking powder. Alternately add yogurt mixture and flour to applesauce mixture. Mix topping. Spread half the batter in the pan, then sprinkle with half the topping. Repeat. Bake in 350 oven for 45 minutes.
P.S. I added 1 chopped apple to the batter!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
You know it's bad when your better half is out of town and there's Math homework! I tried to help my son with his 7th grade Science work, which looked ridiculously like Math! He had to find the volume of a cube measuring 2cm x 3cm x 2 cm then convert it to milliliters! That was just one of the problems. (Didn't help that he missed 3 days of school last week for a family funeral and All-State concert practices) Might sound easy to you, but not to me. Give me memorizing the Periodic Table of the Elements! Let me identify 108 bones of the body! We finally figured it out. Or so we thought.
He reported to me today he made 27% because he forgot to put the exponent at the end of each answer! AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
isn't really about doing a family activity anymore. :( Not when your kids are 13, 17, and 19 years old. We did actually all eat dinner together plus one friend. I will say I think everyone enjoyed the down time. My husband and I walked together this morning. Son #1 ventured down to Bricktown with a friend and did some filming for some random project he will not reveal yet. Then they monopolized the family computer for the next 4 hours, editing and adding tunes to their video. Son #2 slept late, hung out at the church with a friend, and worked on his treehouse for a while. Our college girl didn't have a holiday today. I actually went with some friends to see a movie, which happens once in a blue moon, while my hyper husband rode around Lake Hefner on his newly acquired bike. With the newly acquired Christmas helmet, rearview mirror, and seat, using his newly acquired Craig's list purchased rack. Can you say obsessed?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I apologize. I really don't want to be married to a couch potato.
Oh the other thing I forgot to mention: Today I made the CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH BROWNIES WITH GANACHE FROSTING featured on Bakerella's blog this month. Trust me, they're good.
Oh the other thing I forgot to mention: Today I made the CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH BROWNIES WITH GANACHE FROSTING featured on Bakerella's blog this month. Trust me, they're good.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
So I've been waiting for a boring week to share with you one of the things my 17 yr. old did on Christmas break! Not once, twice, but three times he went with friends to the store and bought Diet Coke and Mentos. Have you ever seen a Diet Coke and Mentos bomb? Well don't tell the men in your house about it or they're sure to go try it. One of these "bombs" when shaken up and thrown down onto the driveway shot over our 2 story house! Spewing Diet Coke all over my house. We still haven't had a good rain yet! I'm not really complaining too much, though. If that's the biggest mess he ever makes, then, I'm okay with that.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
is watching your kids perform. Perform well. It is a wonderful blessing from God and reminds me that I need to do well and put a smile on my heavenly Father's face. It also makes me think that all those years of playing, singing in the car, reading, just trying to be a good parent, makes it all worth it.
Here's our miniature Sonny and Cher - our son and his 7th grade friend - the only boy/girl act in the school talent show! They sang "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in these wonderful 70's clothes rented from OC's costume shop (thanks, Darrel!).
If you are wanting some cheap entertainment, the show runs one more time - tonight, Friday, Jan. 9, at Santa Fe HS!
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Friday, January 2, 2009
So we did something we've never done before for New Year's Eve...went to Opening Night in downtown OKC! We went with some friends from church, and had 5 teens with us. It was very interesting...alot like the state fair...lots of good people watching.
Thumbs up: Edgar Cruz (guitarist), Crystal Bridge, fireworks at midnight!
Thumbs down: Roller Derby girls, Blue Devil something or other band, walking through some kind of private party with a banner proclaiming it to be a "Brown Suga" party, being stuck on the 4th floor of a parking garage in line to get out for a while!
I'm thinking it was an interesting experience and not one our teens will want to repeat on their own anytime soon!
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Makes 5 1/3 cups. One serving is 1 cup
Makes six and a half 1 cup servings
This actually is considered 1 whole serving, but I calculated it as five 1/4 cup servings.
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Delicious vegetarian side dish.
Very thick and creamy!!! Came from cooks.com
I made in a cake pan and cut in to 12 pieces. It is low enough calories where you can eat a few pieces for dinner and not feel guilty!
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This Is Russia's Very Own 'Top Gun' (And Chinese Pilots Are Taking Part)
Here is what you need to know.
Chinese and Russian fighter pilots have been testing their skills in an unprecedented series of maneuvers in southeast Russia. Some observers have billed the Aviadarts exercise as a Russian Top Gun—a reference to the U.S. Navy's fighter tactics schoolhouse, which the sailing branch established after losing a shocking number of pilots during the Vietnam War.
(This article by Thomas Newdick originally appeared at War is Boring in 2014.)
The reality is not as straightforward, but it's significant that Moscow is inviting foreign fighter jocks—the Chinese, namely—to test their mettle against the best Russia has to offer.
Russian air force units long have pursued advanced tactics and combat training, including a competitive element. Russian adversary units fly specially marked aircraft, like their U.S. equivalents do. There have even been occasions when the Russians—more accurately, Soviets—have flown captured Western equipment against Soviet designs, much like America's 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron flew captured Soviet jets.
Aviadarts is different, however, since it has been conducted in the full glare of publicity. Indeed, the Russian media has made much of this fighter pilot competition, in a bid to show off an air force that is now, finally, dragging itself out of the doldrums after years of under-funding and piecemeal re-equipment.
While it may serve to identify the most proficient combat pilots, unlike similar Western gunnery competitions, all branches of the air force have the chance to take part, including bombers, helicopters and even transports. Crews of the latter display their accuracy by dropping simulated payloads onto landing zones.
Should a competing pilot win in their category at the competition, they get an automatic place at the air academy at Voronezh, Andrey Zinchuk and Alexander Mladenov explain in their report in the current issue of Combat Aircraft. Entry to the air academy, equivalent to a Western air command and staff college, otherwise would require passing various exams.
Increasing importance
Aviadarts first took place in 2013, when around 50 pilots participated. This year has already seen two rounds of the competition. The first, which concluded in May, was an all-Russian affair, and involved around 50 aircrew flying from three different air bases.
In order to get a place competing at Aviadarts, Russian pilots first must prove themselves the best within their own units, and then within their military district—one of the four operational commands of the Russian armed forces. Physical fitness, tactical acumen and gunnery all count.
For the fighter pilots, a place at Aviadarts means heading to Lipetsk, the Russian air force's center for combat and conversion training. If there is an elite unit within today's Russian air force, then Lipetsk holds that mantle. Once at Lipetsk, competing fighter pilots have to demonstrate their skills in aerobatics, navigation, reconnaissance and evasion of ground-based air defense systems—including the feared S-300 surface-to-air missile.
Certainly, some of the aspects of Aviadarts would come as a surprise to a NATO or other Western flier. In the weapon-employment phase, the tactical jets only employ unguided ordnance. That is to say, on-board cannon, free-fall dumb bombs and unguided rockets and no precision-guided munitions or guided missiles.
This might seem positively antiquated, but Russian staff consider it the best way of assessing individual aircrew skill. For the air-to-air phase, fighter pilots utilize captive air-to-air missile rounds, equipped with working seeker heads but no motor or warhead, familiar their Western counterparts.
More surprising is the element of the competition in which aircrew swap seats with their comrades. After drawing lots, pilots get assigned to an aircraft they haven't flown before. After a handful of familiarization flights, they head over the gunnery range in their new mount, to dispense live ammunition.
Foreign contingent
By opening up Aviadarts to international participants, the Russian military is not only exhibiting the prowess of its aviators, but making efforts to build foreign relations at a time when Russia's foreign policy is facing harsh criticism.
Moscow had hoped that France, Belarus and Kazakhstan would join China in attending. While authorities never explained Kazakhstan's no-show, the French air force's failure to appear at Lipetsk was hardly surprising. With France among the nations helping to demonstrate NATO's readiness in the face of increasing Russian aggression in the Baltic and Black Sea, it would have delivered a very mixed message.
On the other hand, France has more experience than most of joint air exercises alongside Russia. Back in August 2013, a French air force Mirage F1 unit swapped Baltic air policing duties in order to go and train with the foe—taking part in a Russian air force live-fire exercise at Savasleyka. French and Russian pilots even took turns to test-fly each other's fighters.
The presence of Belarusian Su-25 attack aircraft was less noteworthy. Belarus and Russia already maintain cordial relations, enjoy a mutual defense treaty, and have previously undertaken joint exercises. A Russian air force deployment of fighters and early warning aircraft meanwhile is present in Belarus, with plans for the fighters at least to remain there for the long term.
The latest Aviadarts was conducted in late July and the Chinese presence comprised three People's Liberation Army Air Force Su-30MKK Flankers. The aircraft deployed to Lipetsk from their base at Cangzhou-Cangxian. Interestingly, this airfield is home to the PLAAF's Flight Test and Training Center, the equivalent unit to that based at Lipetsk.
While Russia operates similar derivatives of the two-seat multi-role strike fighter, China has considerably more experience with front-line operations with the advanced Flanker. Alongside the various different Flanker derivatives flown by the elite Lipetsk unit, also on hand were three single-seat Su-27SMs from their base at Dzemgi in the Russian Far East.
The Chinese jets apparently operated as a two-ship formation and undertook formation flying and navigation, reconnaissance, complex aerobatics and finally air-to-ground sorties using unguided rocket projectiles.
Public relations
Above all, perhaps, the high level of local media attention afforded to Aviadarts should be seen in light of Russian president Vladimir Putin's efforts to flex Russian military muscle to the watching world. It was not too long ago that Russian air force units were struggling to find the fuel and spares to maintain even the minimum level of daily operations.
In the last decade or so, Moscow has made significant efforts to address deficiencies, including delivering new and upgraded warplanes and making various attempts at reorganization. Above all, however, the high-profile aspects of the air force have received the most support—long-range bomber patrol missions, for instance, and now large-scale exercises.
A related press release from Beijing's state press agency carefully noted that the exercise "facilitate[d] the pragmatic cooperation between the air forces of China and Russia in the military training field. The military cooperation between China and Russia is not targeted at any third party."
"The Chinese pilots have demonstrated outstanding professionalism and superb training level, which is very impressive," Senior Gen. Bassin, Russia's deputy minister of defense, commented after the competition.
The fact that Russia's next-generation fighter prototype, the Sukhoi T-50, made a cameo appearance at Aviadarts in May had little to do with the need to test it under realistic conditions and everything to do with the presence of the press corps and high-ranking officers on the firing range.
That's not to say that competitive exercises like Aviadarts don't also have a vital role to play in maintaining the readiness of the front-line forces. Unlike a large-scale Western exercise—Red Flag, for example—Aviadarts saw individual aircraft types active over the range in allocated slots, with no mixed or large-force employments.
That meant in the days before the fighters took to the air from Lipetsk, Long-Range Aviation assets were also up range. The Tu-22M3 bombers involved included examples armed with what were apparently live versions of the Kh-22 cruise missile, their primary weapon.
In the long term, we can expect to see more visits by the Chinese to Aviadarts, and other such exercises. On the one hand, China's military is emerging from a long period of isolation, and the People's Liberation Army Air Force is eager to learn lessons from other air arms. Previous joint exercises have seen PLAAF fighters visit both Turkey and Pakistan.
For Russia, this kind of alliance-building is useful at a time when its leaders increasingly are ostracized in the West.
Image: Reuters.


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I followed this tutorial to the letter: http://jaredhocutt.com/server-configura ... sing-xampp
and not only did it not work, apache wouldn't even start.
I tried this one: http://www.offshootinc.com/blog/2007/12 ... localhost/
same results. I should mention my specs are identical to those in the first tutorial (windows 7, same xampp version, same path location) except I'm running a 64 bit version of windows. That said, the hosts file is still in system32 and i don't know that xampp even makes a 32 vs 64 bit version.
Anyway I'm pulling my hair out and I can offer more information as necessary. please let me know what I need to do to get this going.
Also if someone can tell me how to start apache in the shell, I can post the error messages. Thanks.


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Insurtechs present top trends and innovations at the Digital Insurance Agenda 2017
19. June 2017
850 decision-makers from more than 250 companies from around 40 countries came together at the second Digital Insurance Agenda in Amsterdam. Q_PERIOR's consultants represented the company at the world's largest insurtech event. The most important digital developments of the coming years were presented in exciting, short presentations by start-ups.
At the event, over 50 insurtech representatives pitched their innovative approaches for the insurance industry in 10-minute presentations. As the majority of the represented start-ups have achieved a high level of maturity, and many solutions are already being applied in insurance companies, the standard of the presentations was correspondingly high.
The need for integrating start-ups was addressed in keynote speeches
The keynote speeches were another highlight of the Digital Insurance Agenda. Mark Klein (CDO Ergo Group), Christopher Longo (COO & CIO AmTrust), and Lee NG (COO Metlife Lumenlab) discussed the integration of start-ups in insurance companies. They all agreed that companies must select carefully. Furthermore, they considered it essential to support young teams in the political environment of large companies, but also to demand more of them. Already during the selection process, the pressure should be high and an understanding of the particular and individual requirements of the company should be gained to guarantee a successful integration later on.
The presentations from Amélie Oudea Castera (CMO & CDO AXA Group) and Egbert van Acht (CEO Business Group Health & Wellness at Philips) also provided exciting insights. Both highlighted the need for companies to increase their relevance for customers. Philips, for example aligned their strategy to identify diseases early on and to treat these preventively. At Axa something similar is being tried: The idea is to not only gain relevance at the only touch point of an insurance policy, the event of damage, but rather in the entire life of the insured person. This starts by offering customers better experiences at the few touch points they have. For example, one possible starting point for Axa was the development of a policy for all risks with only a few easily understandable exclusions, without nasty surprises in the event of a claim and additional assistance services.
Innovations are becoming must-haves in the insurance industry
Whether keynote speeches or pitches by insurtechs – all presentations had one core message in common: Innovations by insurtechs are rapidly finding their way into insurance companies. Until recently, interacting with customers was considered as revolutionary. Today, this is part of any good solution. Furthermore, a noticeable number of start-ups were represented, who showed how to take out an insurance policy in under 60 seconds, including identification via smartphone and selecting payment terms, i.e. an actual new customer acquisition. This is mainly possibly due to the advances in image recognition. However, image recognition was not only used for reading data on ID documents or for the recognition of contractual information or faces. Today, many insurers already use this in claim reports, for example for assessing damages, fraud detection or the identification of objects.
Also, the analysis of data which are captured via wearables or smartphones or which are already available at the insurance company, was very popular at the Digital Insurance Agenda. Whether this is for the modeling of sales figures when increasing the budget or sales measures, for the development of approach concepts, offering incentives for good risks or the development of new (on-demand) products.
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Richard Kauzlarich was among the Washington energy policy watchers surprised by the Obama administration's 11th-hour halt to the Dakota Access oil pipeline, September 9. The contentious pipeline project reminded him of another energy era in a very different part of the world.
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December 17, 2015 13:46 UTC
Congress is scheduled to vote Friday on a massive government spending package with a provision to lift all limits on crude oil exports, a potentially landmark policy change which would give US producers unfettered access to the world market for the first time in four decades.
November 23, 2015 00:01 UTC
If Bill O'Reilly, author of such books as "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy" were to turn his attention to pipelines, his next book might be entitled "Killing Keystone."
It would be a tale full of twists and turns, conspiracy theories, missed opportunities, miscalculations and bad timing surrounding TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It would not, however, be a book about whether the now-notorious project would have been good simply on its merits.
May 1, 2015 00:01 UTC
Ever since US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz acknowledged at a Platts forum in December 2013 that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve merited a "re-look" at how it is structured, given the boom in US production and the resulting declines in imports and changes in crude flows, US officials have said they were studying the issue and would soon make recommendations on what to do about the 1970s era storage facilities.
So, last week's much anticipated release of the Department of Energy's Quadrennial Energy Review must have been a disappointment, then, for people who closely follow the SPR, as the report, which included a whole chapter devoted to the reserve, merely recommended … additional study.
April 14, 2015 00:01 UTC
The historic meeting Saturday between President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama may be a strong signal that over 50 years of trade restrictions will soon be eased, but don't expect US oil and gas operators on or offshore the island nation anytime soon.
May 10, 2013 17:41 UTC
A few random things at the end of the week:
March 4, 2013 13:56 UTC
Early Friday evening, just hours before $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts went into effect, the State Department released its 2,000-page draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Fundamentally, the pipeline and the sequester have little in common outside of the controversy and bipartisan vitriol they have attracted, but the fate of one issue may ultimately influence the other.
In theory, and I should stress that this is only a theory, the sequester could further delay the already-delayed decision to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, or at least give the Obama administration, facing staunch opposition from environmental groups, a reason to put it off.
October 17, 2012 16:50 UTC
The morning after the second US presidential debate, Republican hopeful Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment is getting the lion's share of online attention. But what is getting less attention is his attempt to use high gasoline prices to attack his Democratic opponent, President Barack Obama.
And there is a very good reason for that: voters care deeply about gasoline prices, but they are truly confused whether the president can do anything about them.
September 20, 2012 10:06 UTC
This week, a third-term congressman from Minnesota unveiled a bill that closely resembles a long line of unsuccessful legislative and budget proposals that have faced harsh opposition from the futures industry.
The bill would tax futures, swaps and other transactions and at least indirectly addresses two pressing issues on the minds of many voters this election season: the growing national deficit and the public's apparent distaste over the financial services industry.
"It's a tax that suits the times," said Carl Ginsburg, a spokesman for the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, a major supporter of the bill.
September 10, 2012 09:58 UTC
With much noise coming from all quarters that the Obama administration may undertake a release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the focus is inevitably on prices as the driving factor.
But one of the rationales for such a release could be that with US import dependence down significantly, the country doesn't need to hold as much oil in inventory as it once did.


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The review link in the Review Crew application process has been the downfall of many an applicant. So this page was made special to clear things up. If you do not know how to post a review at all, this short video will help.
This is an example of a good review link:
Notice how her review is the only one on the page? This is good. If you send me a link where it shows ALL the reviews of a certain book, how am I supposed to know which one is yours?
Here are some examples of links that will not work:
- HTML meaning . Please do not use the grab a review for your blog thing. The HTML will be cut off before it even show's the link to your review.
- A rating instead of a review. Or a rating with your review in the comments section.
- Writing the word: amazon, goodreads, instafreebie, etc.


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Easiest Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork or Brisket
1. Place the pork tenderloin or brisket in the crockpot.
2. Top with sauce, to taste. Add water. Place lid on crockpot and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
3. Pull tender-meat apart with two forks.
4. Serve in buns - top with coleslaw for true southern style.
5. Enjoy the goodness.


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Below is an excerpt from an article I found on experiencing the art of living in a state of mindfulness....
A friend was walking in the desert when he found the telephone to God. The setting was Burning Man, an electronic arts and music festival for which 50,000 people descend on Black Rock City, Nevada, for eight days of "radical self-expression"—dancing, socializing, meditating, and debauchery.
A phone booth in the middle of the desert with a sign that said "Talk to God" was a surreal sight even at Burning Man. The idea was that you picked up the phone, and God—or someone claiming to be God—would be at the other end to ease your pain.
So when God came on the line asking how he could help, my friend was ready. "How can I live more in the moment?" he asked. Too often, he felt, the beautiful moments of his life were drowned out by a cacophony of self-consciousness and anxiety. What could he do to hush the buzzing of his mind?
"Breathe," replied a soothing male voice.
My friend flinched at the tired new-age mantra, then reminded himself to keep an open mind. When God talks, you listen.
"Whenever you feel anxious about your future or your past, just breathe," continued God. "Try it with me a few times right now. Breathe in... breathe out." And despite himself, my friend began to relax....
While it takes practice to be able to live in a state of mindful awareness and experience the "now" moment, this is the best way that I have found to move out of the shadow of the past and allow the future to be just that - the future - instead of allowing it to consume my life, my moments, my now.


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Ceremony planned in Middlefield for 9-11 anniversary
MIDDLEFIELD >> The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company will hold a special ceremony to remember the victims of the September 11 attacks
The service for the 12th anniversary of the national tragedy scheduled for Wednesday, officials said.
According to Fire Chief Peter Tyc, the ceremony will take place at the firehouse on Jackson Hill Road. A memorial sits next to the firehouse that contains a piece of steel salvaged from the North Tower of the World Trade Center, which the fire company applied for and was later offered through the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the September 11 Families Association two years ago.
The piece has been well received around town since it was erected and serves as a constant reminder for people to never forget what happened on that tragic September morning in 2001, Tyc said.
"It's sad, but it's also a piece of history," said Tyc. "The idea of the members here was to make it a lasting tribute."
Tyc added that the company will also pay their respects to John Bruce Eagleson, a longtime resident who died in the attacks, and, starting this year, will fly a special flag at the memorial to honor the victims in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania.
Community members are welcome to attend the ceremony, which starts at 6 p.m., Tyc said.


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No one would ever call me a drama queen–at least, not in the figurative sense. Not in the literal sense either, since never once in my sixty years have I ever tried out for the elementary school play, the high school musical, the college a capella groups or the fourth year medical student end of the year shebang. I may do a good dog and pony show by tripping over a dog and flying through the air, or falling off a horse (and, again, flying through the air), but I am no song and dance man. Inspired by a high school sweetheart who sang and played guitar, I bought a used Gibson J50 acoustic in 1970 only to have my music teacher (who had guaranteed she could teach ANYONE to sing) pronounce me hopeless. The boyfriend is long gone, but forty four years later I still have that guitar as a souvenir of my high school longings and failings. And I still can't sing.
Today, however, I had the pleasure of attending the annual musical revue at La Costa Glen, the senior community where my father now lives. A few months ago, Dad told me that he was dating a "young lady." With some trepidation and with visions of the said "young lady" seeing the retired plastic surgeon as a meal ticket, I asked "How young, Dad?" He smiled and said, "She's eighty three." A few weeks later, I had the opportunity to meet his new "friend" Evelyne, who is by any definition what we oldsters would call a "hot ticket." Petite, and beautiful and French Canadian with a charming accent, Evelyne has travelled the world, had her own music school where she taught piano lessons, and when her first husband had a major heart attack and wanted to sell his beloved airplane, Evelyne decided to learn to fly it herself. And fly she did, all the way from San Diego to Montreal and back. When the movers and shakers at La Costa Glen decided that the annual play would be a musical entitled, Get Your Kicks On Route 66, Evelyne decided to learn to tap dance. My husband and I had tickets for today's matinee.
For an hour and a half today we got to see a very talented group of octogenarians light up the stage, telling the story of a group of seniors who decide to take a bus trip down the old Route 66, and gracing each stop along the way with song and dance routines and some wickedly funny storytelling, mostly poking fun at themselves– their restaurant ordering habits, their need for frequent "pit stops" and their own memory lapses. A retired physician gave a Broadway worthy rendition of "Old Man River" and a retired professional songstress hit the boards again with "My Kind of Town." Evelyne sang and square danced her way through "Cotton Eyed Joe" and tap danced her heart out to "One" during the last bus stop in New York City. By the time they headed for home with "California Here We Come", the whole audience was clapping and singing along—even tone deaf yours truly.
Which brings me to the idea that perhaps it's never too late to try out for the school play. One of my birthday presents this year was a ukulele, which I have sworn to master. I just won't sing. And I hear there's a North County dance studio that offers tap classes. Bill Robinson, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell—step aside! I figure I've got about twenty years to practice before I audition at La Costa Glen. Anyone care to join me in a little soft shoe?


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The Fund of Echoes of the Roma Culture in the Culture of the Major Society collects all objects that show traces which the Roma culture has left and continues to leave in the major society. These objects include products or works of art by non-Roma artists that are meant to represent typical Roma people or refer to the Romani culture (food, clothing style, promotional items, plates, embroideries, sculptures, puppets, masquerade masks, etc.).
The oldest and most valuable collections include various plaster or ceramic statuettes from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which represent typical "Gypsies" with their essential attributes. These are for example busts a "gypsy" woman and a man made of glazed pottery from the early 20th century. The woman is wearing a purple scarf decorated with shells, while her hair, ears and neck are adorned with silver and gold coins. A pack of cards is tucked in a white shirt. The man has got a long hair and a moustache and a hat decorated with a feather and silver and golden coins, wearing on a golden locket. He is wearing a purple jacket decorated with gold and a white shirt underneath it and a violin tucked inside it.
A specific range of materials relates to food. One example is a menu offering "a Gypsy roast" or cans with a variety of "Gypsy" meals ("Gypsy" sauces, spicy salads, paté, etc.). Moreover, the fund includes e.g. notes and note materials with songs by non-Roma authors about "Gipsies" or songs composed on motives of Roma music.
At present, the fund includes about 230 acquisitions. The fund is primarily used by student researchers and expert public. The fund was also presented to a wide audience at a temporary exhibition called "Black Country – White Bread / Kaľi phuv – parno maro" in the Museum in 2005.
Those who are interested can obtain more information from the relevant curator during research visits.
Curator: Pavla Břoušková
Contact: demus (at sign) rommuz.cz


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I am working on an exciting project. I am converting my Turnigy 9X radio to FrSky. In my other post I wrote about what parts were needed to do the conversion. Now I am trying to give a short summary of how I managed with the actual work.
As it turned out the DIY kit of FrSky is somewhat different of the one that RC Model Review tutorial uses. He used the old module, that was available by that time he made his review. The new kit has a switch for telemetry mode and firmware update.
I had to find some space for that switch. I drilled a hole on the back of radio under the metal support.
I faced some complication when I wanted to use my epoxy glue to fix the small circuit board with the bind switch and status light. The epoxy got wrong it the bottle, I had to discard it. Placed an order on new epoxy from local hobby shop but it will arrive only in a couple of days.
I followed the instructions when I installed the small programming board from Smartieparts. Rather easy to do. The small board that has USB connection has perfect fit in the radio back, in the battery compartment. Just slides into a cavity without glitch. This board enables even backlighting of screen, I haven't ordered that though. So far I haven't felt the need for lit screen.
Another important part was the battery upgrade. I left the original connector in the radio and cut the wire to the AA-battery compartment. Then I soldered on a servo connector to be able to use the matching connector on the Li-Fe battery pack. I not only double-checked but triple-checked the polarity. Did not want to perform inverse polarity failure.
I had the most trouble with the radio antenna. In the original review from RC Model Reviews that old FrSky module does not have a small washer on the antenna sleeve. The new one has. It is there for having a better mechanical connection. However it was more difficult to push through the plastic feature of my radio. I think the reason is that my radio was already modified once by its previous owner, so some of it parts were already altered. It should work most probably fine on a brand new unit. After some gentle violence I managed to get the antenna in place.
When I made the holes on the top of the radio to be able to get access to binding switch and status light I did not use any template. I just drilled one hole, put the small unit there and marked the next hole by eyeballing it. Then drilled it. And it went all right. I did not use a battery drilling machine, I only have a big machine, so was rather careful not to drill too deep into the radio. Went OK.
I received my glue so I can finalize the position of binding switch. I need to do the most tricky part of the build, the actual soldering of the DIY kit connections. When that is ready I can proceed as RC Model Reviews shows in his tutorial and build together the radio.
When all the building part is ready on the transmitter I need to refresh the software to er9X firmware as well. That will be a major leap for the radio software interface. Then I also need to change the radio receiver to FrSky on my Easystar plane. A lot of work is left actually.
As for today I checked if the radio can be turned on. It works, I did not make any fatal mistake yet. Good news, I was afraid that the "magical smoke" might get out of the radio… 🙂
With best regards,
Sir Crash a Lot


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The Tommy Hilfiger brand captures the all-American attitude with ease. With a fantastic variety of styles made from quality components, all of which embody the classic Tommy ethos, it's sure to turn more than a few heads your way.


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It took many weeks of deliberations and discussions, followed by three beta releases, to
finally release Ruby on Rails 5 and was a huge release from the Ruby on Rails community,
considering that it came after a gap of three years, after Ruby on Rails 4.2 was released. This
was about six months ago and the excitement of its highly impressive features and
distinctive modifications is yet to die down.
If you are not too familiar with Ruby on Rails, here goes a tiny brief from a leading
customized web development company in mumbai like us.. Ruby on Rails is a 10 year old
web development framework. Companies like GitHub, AirBnB and Hulu have used this
versatile framework to run their websites.
Rails, as it is commonly known as, is a powerful framework and is highly capable of
managing any number of tasks simultaneously without any hassle. It is a web developer's
dream framework due to its easy-to- learn quality and features that help to build apps, apart
from the fact that it is fun to use.
So what's new?
Rails 5 has incorporated a host of changes, big and small.
Rails makes use of Puma as its default web server, replacing Webrick
Rails now has a brand new welcome screen and logo which is seen when you create
your first app
It now has fresh built-in helper modes like "on_weekend" or "on_weekday" to check
if a particular day falls on a weekend or a weekday.
The upgraded Turbolinks 5 is touted to load pages at higher speeds
We are one of the best logo designer in mumbai and are excited to see these changes too.
Did we tell you that ActionCable adds many fresh features to Rails like Websockets which in
keeping open connections between the server and the user. It helps developers to transmit
data from the Rails server to all connected users and update all that is visible in their
It took many weeks of deliberations and discussions, followed by three beta releases, to


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Resumes and CVs
Basic tips for writing a resume
- Do not exceed one page (does not apply to CVs)
- Double and triple check for spelling/grammar error.
- Make sure your verb tenses match up.
- Stay away from referring to yourself in the first person.
- Sending your resume as a PDF insures that the receiver sees the same formatting that you do.
- Label your resume file name clearly with your first and last name.
- Format logically – chronologically is the standard.
- Stay above or at a 10-point font. Resist the urge to shrink your font more.
- Make sure the formatting is easy to read and separated into clear sections.
- Consistently format sections.
- Remember the contextual details – cities, dates, time periods, etc.
- Don't include references.
- Only list the work experience relevant to the job you want.
- Put yourself in the shoes of the person reading your resume.
- Don't be afraid to express a little personality.
- Find ways to subtly incorporate parts of the job description into your resume.
- Remember that this is the story of who you are.
Pro Tip
- There are many helpful online tools for crafting a resumeor CV. Try these useful resume/CV builders:
- https://www.livecareer.com/resume-builder (resume only)
- https://www.visualcv.com/ (CV and resume)
- Don't forget to name drop – reference things like the Japanese Ministry of Education, Gifu prefecture/regions, and boards of education
Word Lists
Action words: List of action words you can use to describe your previous job's responsibilities and duties.
Transferable Skills: Check list of the skills you used in your previous work experience that can easily be transferred to the job you're applying for.
Transferable Skills: Check list of the skills you used in your previous work experience that can easily be transferred to the job you're applying for.
- Choose wisely
- Do not include on resume
- Contact them first
- Tell them what to say about you
Using Your JET Experience
Selling your JET experience to potential employers is easier than you think. Below are some helpful links targeted to resume/CV building for JETs.
- Marketing Skills from JET – Contributed by Nick Jones (ALT Furubira-cho, Hokkaido, 2009-2011), Co-Chair of Toronto JETAA.
- Writing Resumes to Get Results... and Playing up Your Jet Experience – by Clair Solomon (CIR Tottori-ken, 1999-2001), who is now the Director of Career Services at NYU Law School.


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Make the most of your weekend — whether it's art, food, sport or music — with this week's choice events.
Jim Van Hoy
Van Hoy has an impressive photography pedigree, with more awards than we can attempt to list here. You may have seen his work at the Colorado Springs Airport, various Pikes Peak libraries and other local galleries. He draws inspiration from both natural and constructed worlds, taking stunning photographs in vibrant color and black-and-white. 5:30-8 p.m.; on display through June 24, G44 Gallery, 1785 S. Eighth St., Suite A, galleryg44.com.
Grill Cheese Fest and Craft Beer Pairing
This ain't your mama's grilled cheese — some awesome local chefs and craft brewers have come together for the perfect pairing. Chow down and drink up with live music provided by The LDK Band. What's more, proceeds go to Ascending to Health Respite Care, which — among many services — provides a safe place for homeless people to recover after being discharged from the hospital. 4-9 p.m., Catalyst Campus, 555 E. Pikes Peak Ave., $20, ages 21 and older, athrc.com.
Vintage Baseball Game
Baseball is all well and good, but baseball played by 1864 rules can be delightful, especially if the players are wearing 1860s-inspired uniforms. After their crushing defeat two years ago, the Manitou Springs Heritage Center Lungers have challenged the Denver & Rio Grande Reds to a rematch. Root for the home team! 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Roger Maestas Field, El Paso Boulevard and Beckers Lane, Manitou Springs, donations support the Manitou Springs Heritage Center, manitouspringsheritagecenter.com.
The Dear Hunter
The Dear Hunter functions as both the name of the band and the name of the character whose story they tell with each album. Their newest album, Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional, serves as the fifth installment in the hunter's tale. If you want a break from the story, check out one of their coolest albums, The Color Spectrum, a musical interpretation of all colors on the visible spectrum. That's prog rock for you. 7 p.m., Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., $10.39-$22, blacksheeprocks.com.
Bikepacking: Conquering the Great Divide
For five consecutive summers, Debra Ackley and Sarah Andrews have ridden a segment of the Great Divide Trail. To put that in perspective, The Great Divide Trail is about 3,100 miles long. These are the gals you want to teach you about bikepacking. Check out this special Adventure on Tap speaker series event to benefit from their expertise. 6-8 p.m., Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd., facebook.com/upadownaaot.


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Cisco Touts 'Zero-Loss' Video Transport
Cisco Systems is promoting a suite of features for its IP routers that it claims can let cable operators and broadcasters ensure HD video traffic never gets disrupted or degraded.
The features -- collectively branded as Cisco Internet Protocol-Next Generation Network (IP NGN) Video Optimized Transport -- are designed to ensure high-quality video from contribution source through primary and secondary distribution networks (e.g., service provider to customer).
Using proprietary techniques, the IP NGN Video Optimized Transport features let Cisco's ASR 9000 and 7600 routers work together to intelligently monitor traffic quality and network conditions, to reroute video around network congestion and failures.
"It's really the foundation for the next generation of zero-loss video delivery," said Biren Mehta, Cisco marketing manager for service provider routing and switching.
The multicast over fast reroute (MoFFR) feature is included with the latest Cisco IOS software release.
Cisco's VidMon feature, which monitors, detects and isolates video quality impairments, is licensed at $20,000 per node. On the ASR 9000 router, VidMon can handle 160 Gigabits per second per slot inline video monitoring without dedicated hardware appliance or network blades, according to Cisco. The company launched the ASR 9000 in November 2008.
The advantage of Cisco's IP-NGN Video Optimized Transport solution is that it's software based, Mehta said, whereas other solutions require hardware components and spare unused capacity.
Another feature in the suite, "hitless stream merge," can intelligently reroute a duplicate stream to an end user. Currently that feature is available in Cisco's DCM (Digital Content Manager) appliance but eventually Cisco expects to merge that into the ASR 9000 and 7600 routers as well.
India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the official telecom provider for the country's Commonwealth Games 2010 this past October, collaborated with Cisco and systems integrator HCL Infosystems to design, build and operate a high-quality HD uncompressed broadcast contribution network based on the Cisco IP NGN-Video Optimized Transport technology.
According to MTNL, the telecom provider delivered more than 300 Gbps of all-HD uncompressed video traffic from 25 Commonwealth Games broadcast compounds throughout the event, which was then streamed live for international broadcast over an NGN infrastructure,
More than 1 billion users worldwide will be watching online video by the end of 2010 and video traffic is projected to grow more than 500% to almost half a Zettabyte over the next five years, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index Forecast, 2009-2014.


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"Laurie, why break your silence now?"
"BECAUSE I BOUGHT A WII U and kind of regretted it for a minute or two but now I don't."
I'm starting a video game production master's program (an expensive master's program . . . ) at the end of August, so I'm feverishly playing through my backlog of "important" games from the past few years to make sure I have an robust vocabulary when it comes to talking about games in my upcoming classes.
Last week I saw an article with Kotaku and the powers that be at Nintendo at E3. The article was pleasant enough, but I was reading a "what are you gonna do when Nintendo fails" kind of vibe underneath all of the journalist's questions (maybe that's just me being defensive for what is essentially the embodiment of my childhood). In my indignation I started pricing out the different Wii U bundles available at the moment.
Buying a Wii U has been in the back of my mind since they debuted, and I always knew it was a matter of when not if. My most recent decision had been to hold off and if I were to make a big gaming purchase before school started, it would be a used PS3 to catch up on those exclusives that seemed to hold more critical weight than any Nintendo exclusive. And yet there I was on Thursday evening, standing around a Target electronics section, waiting for a minimum wage employee to unlock the cabinet for me so I could pick up the Mario Bros & Luigi games Wii U package.
Today I was reviewing my finances and realized that a $300 purchase was . . . not terrible but those $300 could've been applied elsewhere. And since I bought it, I have played it once, very unsuccessfully with my girlfriend. And it's not just like I didn't get around to playing this weekend, I actively chose to finish Tomb Raider (AMAZING GAME) on my PC, instead of sit down with Mario on my Wii U. Why did I just drop a good chunk of change on this console?
Because Nintendo. And at first I thought it was stupid to justify the purchase by that alone, but now I'm realizing that it's like doing a solid for a friend. I would do just about anything for the friends I've known since my single digit years, and Miyamoto is that friend. I'm positive (as are most industry analysts with a level head) that Nintendo's dark spell of sales will pass. Zelda will come out. Mario Kart 8 has come out and everyone loves it. The Wii U will continue and I'm positive in a few short years, Nintendo will come up with something else that no one has ever seen, like the Wii remote or the touchscreen gamepad.
And even if they don't, does it really matter? These are the pioneers of gaming as we know it today. I'm not suggesting that everyone should go out and buy a Wii U but I do know that my brief remorse of supporting a company that fostered as passion that has become my life has faded to nonexistence. After thinking of that, it's only natural that I throw Nintendo a bone and buy a cool system in exchange (that can control my TV like a remote! COOL!)
I started this draft awhile ago, and originally the title was "I will buy a Wii U for Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze." I am the ultimate sucker for anything Donkey Kong Country related. Have you guys played Donkey Kong Country Returns? Dat game! So good! I don't know what the critics ended up saying about it, but it had so much charm and the jammin-est tunes since the original Donkey Kong Country, I don't know how people have survived without playing it. And yeah, I'm being hyperbolic, but Donkey Kong Coutnry Tropical Freeze looks so good and a beloved video game company is doing so poorly . . . I just want to help somehow.
I've always been a Nintendo kid. My pedigree includes the NES, SNES, N64, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, and the Wii. I'm a sucker for all Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda-themed games. I'm constantly on the fence about splurging and jumping into the portable Nintendo world again, just for a taste of some more Mario Kart, Zelda, and Super Mario Brothers. My frugality has won out so far, but with all of the headlines Nintendo has been making recently about a deeper and deeper plunge into the red . . . my heart breaks a little as I acknowledge my bank account is desperately incapable of helping even the amount of the price of a new console.
I used to think Nintendo was invincible. Even when the 360 and PS3 started eclipsing the Wii hardware, I thought "No way – Nintendo still has something novel here." And even when the Playstation came out with the Move I thought "Too little too late, suckers." When Microsoft came out with the Kinect, I thought, "Whoa. That's pretty cool . . . but Nintendo will pick it back up shortly, they just need a few months." Time passed, there were more and more reboots of the same IPs and still Nintendo stood in the shadowy plane of 720p behind it's competition.
When they announced the Wii U, I thought there were some cool features (different functionality on the controller screen versus the main monitor, playing from the controller and being able to give up the TV on demand); unfortunately I knew deep down it would be up to developer buy-in to really launch Nintendo's console over the moon. People were worried about release titles, but I sagely remembered that no consoles have good titles at launch, so who cared? Then, the hardware specs came out. All so disappointing. All so subpar. All so definitely not next-gen. Was Nintendo losing its touch?
Time has shown . . . that perhaps they have. I'm not saying I won't still buy a Wii U at some point, but a Playstation 3 is definitely higher on my list, as are a lot of games. But where does that leave this title, and my favorite franchises? I don't know, to be honest. It's with a heavy heart and a hanging head that I doubtfully look at the Wii U price, and games available for it.
This is all very rambley and I know it. Grief is rambley. And of course this is all a little over-dramatic, a little tongue-in-cheek, but honestly at the end of it, I do feel anxious about Nintendo's future, and how little they're motivating me to help. I'm undecided if one classic title will be enough to make me pull out my wallet and jump to their aid.


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So not 10 minutes after I blogged yesterday, we finished loading up the car and when I went to start it, nothing, just clicking. Seems some idiot (me) had left the dome light on after he got done setting up the GPS the night before. I pulled our other car alongside and tried to jump start, but nothing, still just clicking. I was convinced it was the starter and so I proceeded to do what all mature, grown men do it that situation. I threw a tantrum :D. I called my good friends at Ameritech Tire and Auto and they said if I could get the battery up there they would test it and see if it was the battery or something else. I grabbed some tools and before I got started Ameritech called back and said the owner, Newman, was headed down with a HotShot to try to give the battery a boost. Well he got there, the hotshot worked and after a quick stop at AutoZone for a new battery, we were on our way.
By the way, if you're looking for quality work from good people, take your car to Ameritech. I really can't say enough about them.
I really have to thank Randy for letting us use his GPS. It kept us off the major interstates for the most part, we got to see some beautiful scenery driving through PA and NY and we avoided most of the tolls we would have paid if we had used the directions I printed from the internet.
Our room, is well awesome, we have had top notch service since we pulled in. Valet parking, the bell hop turned us on to some local restaurants and the internet techs were here within 5 minutes when I called about not being able to connect. The view is not the ideal one of the Falls but just being able to see them from our room is awesome. The pic below was taken from our room window.
I haven't been to Canada since the mid-90's and things are way more pricey then they were on my last visit. An example would be the two 1 litre bottles of Aquafina water sitting on the desk here that have a tag which says "Make Your Body Happy $9.95 + tax." I'm sure there's some fine print that says "And piss your wallet off." I just haven't found it yet.
That's it for now, I'll post more pics in another post.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
O, Canada
So not 10 minutes after I blogged yesterday, we finished loading up the car and when I went to start it, nothing, just clicking. Seems some idiot (me) had left the dome light on after he got done setting up the GPS the night before. I pulled our other car alongside and tried to jump start, but nothing, still just clicking. I was convinced it was the starter and so I proceeded to do what all mature, grown men do it that situation. I threw a tantrum :D. I called my good friends at Ameritech Tire and Auto and they said if I could get the battery up there they would test it and see if it was the battery or something else. I grabbed some tools and before I got started Ameritech called back and said the owner, Newman, was headed down with a HotShot to try to give the battery a boost. Well he got there, the hotshot worked and after a quick stop at AutoZone for a new battery, we were on our way.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Road Trip!!!
So in just a few minutes, Muffin and I will be headed to Canada for the weekend. Our very good friend Mamen hooked us up with 2 nights in Niagara Falls and we have been excitedly looking forward to it for the past 2 weeks. It has been a long time since we've had the chance to get away by ourselves and with the craziness of the past several months it is much needed. So the GPS is ready, we have a full compliment of MP3's and I am ready for a good ole fashioned road trip with the most beautiful woman in the world!!!
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
70 x 7
Part of me wants to understand why you do what you do
Part of me doesn't give a rat's ass
Part of me has to forgive you, every time
Part of me wishes it was optional and wants to punch you in the mouth, every time
Part of me cares about you and hurts for what you go through
Part of me hurts more for the people I see you hurt
Part of me wants you to see and understand exactly what grace is
All of me lives in and needs that same grace every day
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Song Lyric Sunday
To stand in the pouring rain and believe the sun will shine again
To know that the grave is not the end
To feel the embrace of grace and cross the line where real life begins
And know in your heart you've found the missing part
There is a hope, there is a peace
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy, and girl
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Happy (belated) Birthday, ya redneck!!!
Yesterday was my brother Dana's birthday. Dana is only 18 months younger than me so I don't remember a time when he wasn't part of my life. At times he's been a bit annoying and he's always, well, loud :D but if I could have picked a brother I don't think I would have changed him much at all. He's very quick with a remark and hilariously funny at times. He loves to hunt and fish and is handy with cars (all traits the skipped right over his big bro). He and his family moved to Tennessee about 5 years ago and have made quite the life for themselves. Since that move I have seen his faith grow in leaps and bounds and I know both Mom and Dad are very pleased with the man of God he's turned into. If you would have told me 5 years ago that Dana would be asking me about going to Promise Keepers with him I would have just chuckled at you, but we are planning just that for this August. The pic below is of him and my sister-in-law Sherry and does a great job of capturing his personality. So happy b-day BRO!!! You know I love you!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Prince Caspian
So as I stated in my last post Muffin and I went to see Prince Caspian. Overall I think it's a fantastic film, I'll try to give a fair review without spoiling it for anyone. I have few complaints, none of which are major. My biggest is the choice of Ben Barnes to play Caspian. The book is pretty clear that Caspian was a pre-teen or in his early teens at the oldest and Barnes is obviously much older. However this is forgivable and Barnes actually does an adequate job with the part. And for some reason the producers felt the need to add some romantic tension between Caspian and Susan that the book makes no mention of and really does nothing for the story line. I could nit pick other things but for the most part the movie is a faithful representation of the book. As for what I liked, oh my. where to start. Visually the film is absolutely stunning, the scenery is gorgeous and the effects are even better than the first film. Where LWW had at least one scene where the CGI was obvious, there were no such scenes in Caspian. The CGI animals are even more impressive than they were in LWW. Aslan comes across as even more life like and Trufflehunter the badger is done incredibly well. Personally it was awesome to see one of my favorite literary characters, Reepicheep the mouse, brought to life with incredible realism and personality that matches the one I pictured when reading the book. Even at over 2 hours, it was the type of movie that I was disappointed to see end and will definitely see again.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
At The Movies
If you know me at all, you know that I am a huge fan of C.S. Lewis. I won't say I've read everything he's written, but I have read a substantial amount and The Chronicles of Narnia are high on my list of favorite reads. So when I heard that Walden Media and Disney had signed on to make all the books into movies I was cautiously optimistic. Well I loved The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and have been anxiously awaiting the release of Prince Caspian. Well tonight my wait ends, we have tickets to the 12:01 am showing that starts in just under 3 hours. It's ok, go ahead, envy me :D I'll let ya know how it is later.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mothers Day
*NOTE: We're under construction, please excuse any messes!*
Today is the first mothers day in my life that Mom hasn't been here for. While I miss her and the day has had it's mixed emotions it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. Every time I want to allow myself to get down I'm reminded, in one way or the other, that mom is so much better off. I told my friend Sam this morning on the way out of church that's she's probably still saying "Watch this!" to my dad and taking off at a dead sprint across heaven, with Guilo right on her heels :D I had planned to take flowers to her grave today, but the weather turned rainy and I can just see her saying "I'm not going out in that mess!" and so I'll take some by later this week. Even after my father passed I never visited his grave much. Graves hold little symbolism for me as I know neither of them are actually at the graveyard and that I can talk to either of them whenever I want without going to their graves.
I have been blessed to have my mother-in-law Flo with us since the day after Moms funeral and it was a blessing to be able to celebrate with her. She got a dozen roses and corsage and we did lunch at Sonic. Now you have to understand that until recently the nearest Sonic was 3 hours away in Pennsylvania, well last month one opened in Winchester which is a mere 30 mins from here. So Muffin and Flo were more than eager to do lunch at Sonic. And above you will see a pic of our first meal there :D
And to all you mothers that frequent this blog. I hope your Momma Day has been everything you wanted and more. Happy Momma Day to Flo, Kate, Kirsten, Joanne, Becky H., Mara, Tina, Becky P., Angie and anyone else I've forgotten, charge the forgetfulness to my head and not my heart because I have much love for you all. Last but not least a special Happy Momma Day to Julie for spending her mothers day coming up with this great new template for my blog. Julie's a great friend who moved Texas a while back and I miss her a lot. If you don't already, be sure to check out her blog "The Clearing."
Congrats to Alex for getting last weeks lyric correct. I would have also accepted Larry Norman for the artist. Larry Norman wrote the song and is considered by many to be the "father" of Christian Rock. He went home to be with Jesus in February but left an incredible legacy that won't soon be forgotten. And here's this weeks lyric
Lovin you is like food to my soul
Youre always down for me
Have always been around for me even when I was bad
You showed me right from my wrong
Yes you did
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
Youll always be
You will always be the girl in my life
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Six Word Memoir
So my wife and several others have done this six word memoir thing and I got tagged to do it to. It's not as easy as it sounds but after some thought I came up with...
A work in progress, almost done.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Song Lyric Sunday
If you know anything about me, you know I love music. Music has been my confetti when I'm happy and my pillow when I'm sad. One of my biggest complaints about the church before I became a believer was that the music in church didn't appeal to me at all and if the church would get rockin then maybe I would be more inclined to go. Of course the way I phrase it at 38 is slightly different from the phrasing I used as 16 or 17. Well not long after my dad died in a car accident the president of our schools bible club brought me some cassettes by Amy Grant, Leslie Phillips and Mylon Lefevere and Broken Heart and not too long after that the schools metal head Tommy let me borrow a tape by the band Stryper. And I was honestly amazed, for a kid that had grown up with some very rigid rules of what Christian music could be I was a little overwhelmed and it actually took me several months to get my head around the fact that this music was "Christian." Well that music was instrumental in leading me to the Lord. It also lead to a friendship with Pete that is still strong to this day. I've mentioned in previous blogs that we actually had a pretty successful DJ service that provided a Christian alternative for those who wanted to dance without having to worry about what they were listening to. Well it's been several years since we have actually DJ'd together but several times a year my youth or a friend will ask me to do something and since I really do enjoy it I usually say yes if my schedule allows. Last night I got to do the local Home School Formal, which is basically a prom for the home school kids in the area. This is the second year I've done it and I really enjoyed myself. I was joking with my friend James that I have to be careful with what I play, because some of the stuff that I play 10-15 years ago that I like and is good music just doesn't appeal to today's teens.
I kind of wax nostalgic when I think about how far Christian music has come. Gone are the days of Pete and I traveling to the local Christian bookstores to stock up on all the latest music. Gone are the days of us filling up the back of his trooper with trays of CD's. I fit more music than we ever carried on a 150gb portable hard drive with tons of room to spare. And these days I buy more music at Wal-mart or off the internet and I honestly couldn't even tell you the last time I went to a bookstore. I miss the buy 5 get 1 free sticker promotions that gave an incentive to buy the music at a Christian bookstore. The fact was, before it became more mainstream, Christian music had sort of an underground feel to it and it was the neatest thing to be able to turn someone on to a band like The Prayer Chain, Sixpence None the Richer, P.O.D., Switchfoot and countless others and also get the chance to talk to them about Jesus. I'm not saying that the increased exposure for Christian music is a bad thing, it just makes me realize that things are different than they used to be and that time marches on. So in honor of that I'm gonna throw some retro Christian lyrics out there.
I ain't knocking the hymns,
Just give me a song that has a beat.
I ain't knocking the hymns,
Just give me a song that moves my feet.
I don't like none of those funeral marches
I ain't dead yet!
There will be another contest starting soon, so keep your eyes peeled.
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
I'm the birthday boy!!!
Today is Aslan's first birthday. A year ago today, this little guy had a rough start to his life. Because he was deprived of oxygen during birth, he was born blue and required CPR. He hasn't really shown any ill effects of this and just seems to take life as it comes. Aslan is all boy and loves to play, chew, bark and generally has a happy go lucky attitude toward life. He finally seems to be getting the whole potty training thing down and at least goes to the door when he needs to go out. Of course going out to him could mean just some time outside. Because, unlike Lilybet, he's just as happy to be outside as he is inside. He seems to fancy himself a watch dog, even to the point of barking at his own reflection in the living room window. He is very much a kisser and has learned to "lick Daddy's glasses" pretty much on cue from Momma, grrrr. He is also very content to cuddle up on the couch with momma or daddy and just be. So happy b-day lil man!!!
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Couple Quick Things
First, the Song Lyric for this week was from the song "So Wonderful" by the band Undercover, the lead singer wrote it after going to his grandmothers (if memory serves me) funeral. It's long been a favorite of mine and when my mom passed it was one of the first songs that came to mind.
With regards to David Cook being undiscovered; I was told tonight that he has released a single at some point? I can't find any verification of this anywhere so if anyone has anything on this let me know. Independent, myspace, youtube and American Idol iTunes downloads don't really count.
And I've already ranted enough in the past about my growing disdain for Paula that I'm just not even gonna comment about THIS MESS
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