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An instant turns into the tragedy of a lifetime when a bullet tears a pinky sized hole into the forehead of the woman you love. It is especially painful when you've spent a lifetime ignoring her.
I allowed a single tear to follow the path of least resistance to the corner of my mouth, before wiping it with the tip of the tongue. Savoring the slight burn from the salt, I tried to remember the last time I wept. No luck there. I'm sure I've cried before. A man would have to be emotionally bankrupt to have never cried.
I've been such a jerk, but there's one thing I know for sure, this is the first time I've shed a tear of joy. Ginny is alive. I don't know how, but she is alive. Somehow she survived the gun shot and still looks radiant. By comparison, I feel like I've been kicked by an ornery mule.
Ginny doesn't need the clothes her company designs to make her beautiful. Even in a flimsy hospital gown, she is stunning. Tall and athletic, her flawless legs led the eye upward toward a tight little behind, while waves of soft dark brown hair fell gracefully onto her broad swimmer's shoulders spotted with a few freckles despite her olive skin tone.
Her eyes sparkle with life. Even though I've known her as long as I can remember, I find their color difficult to pinpoint. It is an unusual shade of blue or green that is best described as the color of a tropical sea.
The rest of Ginny's face is equally magnificent. She has an aristocratic high bridged nose set between wide cheekbones that narrow into a high forehead. It is a beautiful face that is enhanced with the flush of radiant good health. You might even say all true beauty is a reflection of good health.
As happy as I was to see her like this, I thought I might be hallucinating. The last time I saw her she was lying in a pool of her own blood, pale and lifeless. Yet now I find her in a hospital bed, the model of good health. How the hell is that possible?
"You're alive," said Ginny.
I shook my head as if that would wipe away any illusions. Still, there was no mistaking her musical voice. It was time to test the waters.
"You died," I murmured.
"I knew Slotter was going to pull the trigger before she did," said Ginny. "Everything happened so slowly. When the hammer fell I only had one thought…deflect that bullet. I knew, without a doubt, I could do it…but I failed."
Kim Slotter was a war hero gone bad. She had kidnapped Ginny and held her at an abandoned warehouse in the wrong end of town. I took a ragtag group and tried to rescue her, but the heroic deed went south and we were shot by the bad guys.
"You succeeded in deflecting the bullet, but that shot was intended for me, not you," I said.
Ginny absentmindedly massaged the spot just above her heart. Without thinking I mirrored her movement and felt the bandages covering the exit wound. I was lucky. If the bullet had been slightly lower it would have killed me.
"You're wounded," she said. "I failed."
She thought only of protecting me and damn near got herself killed doing it. Without thinking, I gathered her into my arms and held her tight.
I had never done anything so rash in my life and had a moment where I thought maybe I had overstepped a boundary between us. The moment of doubt passed when Ginny melted into me like she had been there a thousand times before.
"You did not fail," I said. "It wasn't Slotter who did this to me. I was shot in the back by one of her minions."
The brush with death opened my eyes to a few things. Introspection has an annoying way of doing that. The thing that hurt the most as we lay together in an expanding puddle of blood was the regret.
I couldn't understand why I had ignored Ginny all of those years. None of the reasons that once seemed adequate withstood the test of final judgment as we faced death together.
After the wave of grief passed, I wiped the tears from her shoulder and reminded myself that somehow she was miraculously alive and well. The grief was replaced with self-doubt. She couldn't still be alive. I must be dreaming, or worse, experiencing a psychotic break.
Neither was acceptable and I was thinking of giving myself a good hard pinch, when our tender moment was interrupted by a disapproving voice.
"What do you think you're doing?"
A young nurse with a fake smile plastered across her face stormed into the room. Her dirty blond hair had been hastily smoothed back, leaving a few stubborn strands that refused to comply. Instead, they curled around a flushed cheek, as testament to her refusal to follow the straight and narrow. On the opposite side of her face, a streak of dark mascara ran a quarter-inch from the corner of her left eye.
She was dressed in rumpled surgical scrubs and the buttons on her top were out of alignment. She smelled of sweat from a quick tryst in some dark corner of the hospital.
Her name tag identified her as Nurse Nightshade. She was trying hard to be perky, but failed miserably. I had the sense Nurse Nightshade was trained to be upbeat, but it didn't come naturally to her. It was obvious she wasn't pleased with me.
"This patient is in critical condition," she said coldly. "I'm going to change her bandage and afterwards you need to leave so she can get some rest."
For someone charged with patient care, she was shockingly unobservant. She hadn't once looked at Ginny and seemed content to glare at me instead.
I nodded toward Ginny. Nurse Nightshade followed my eyes. At first she didn't seem to register what was in front of her, but when it finally sunk in that Ginny was the model of good health, she muffled a small scream with her hand.
"That's impossible," gasped Nurse Nightshade. "She's at death's door and Doctor Wiemp doesn't expect her to make it through the night."
It irked me that she gave more weight to what the Doctor said than what her own eyes revealed about Ginny's condition. Clearly, she was not at death's door. Ginny was alive and well.
I wanted to point this out to her, but resisted the temptation.
Instead I asked, "How do you explain it then…a miracle maybe?"
Nurse Nightshade ignored my question. Instead she made the sign of the cross, as if that would somehow protect her from something she didn't understand. I can't be certain, but I think I also heard her whisper something about God's own miracle.
I wasn't serious about the miracle comment, but that didn't seem to matter much to her. Once she completed the religious rituals, her nurses' training took over and she busied herself with Ginny's bandage.
At first she seemed hesitant, as if she feared what lay beneath it. Her fear didn't last long before she made up her mind to do her job and began to slowly remove the blood crusted dressing.
While she fussed with the bandage, I turned to ask Pony Tail what he knew about Ginny's condition, but he was nowhere in sight. Weird, I thought. He had been dressed in nurse's scrubs and hovering over Ginny when I walked into the room a few minutes earlier. I sure didn't hear him leave.
"Maybe the other nurse knows what happened to Ginny," I said to Nurse Nightshade.
Her attention was on the bandage and I wasn't sure if she heard me at first. I was about to repeat it when she finally answered.
"I'm the only one working this shift," she said.
"There was a male nurse in here a few minutes ago," I said.
Since she ignored me, I added a description of Pony Tail to give her memory a boost.
"He's in his mid-twenties, medium height, brown skin, and blond hair," I said.
I still didn't get a response from her, so I lamely continued with the description in the hopes something would register with her.
"He wears his hair long, but tied back in a ponytail," I said. "You can't miss him."
Nurse Nightshade was rude, but she was also working so I didn't take it personally. Besides, her focus was on carefully removing Ginny's bandages and I didn't want to distract her. It almost felt random when she finally responded with a shake of her head.
"There's no one like that here," she said.
I gave up on Pony Tail and chalked it up as one more strange mystery to follow-up at a later time.
While the nurse fussed with the bandages I took a moment to look around the room. Hospital rooms are places where I put on horse blinders, since it's best not to see too much. The rooms tend to be stark and filled with unpleasant odors. For the most part, Ginny's room was no exception. However, it did have one interesting feature that drew my eye.
An odd picture hung on the wall next to the bathroom. Most art work in hospital rooms is virtually invisible, but this one caught my eye. It was a wreath, but I saw something odd hidden in its design. I could very clearly see a snake eating a bird. It appeared to be the same symbol vandals painted on Ch'ing's wall.
Ch'ing is my martial arts teacher who mysteriously disappeared a few days ago. When we searched his house for him, we found it had been vandalized. For some unknown reason, they had spray painted the snake eating bird symbol on the wall along with the message, "It has begun."
Nurse Nightshade removed the last of the bandages and gasped. Since she was obstructing my view, I craned my neck to see around her, but still couldn't see a thing.
I wasn't sure what to expect. I know I saw Slotter blow a hole in her forehead and a sick part of me wanted that hole to be there, so I wouldn't have to face the possibility I was crazy. The rest of me wanted Ginny's forehead to be as smooth as a baby's butt.
When Nurse Nightshade finally shifted positions, what I saw was a bit of dried blood that she wiped away. Where there was once a hole the size of my little finger, now there was only smooth healthy skin. There was no evidence Ginny had suffered an injury.
I was relieved for sure, but now I doubted my memory of the events at the warehouse. Was Ginny really taken by an ex-special forces renegade and held hostage in a warehouse in West Louisville?
A group of us went to rescue her, but all hell broke loose. I was shot. Ginny was shot. The only family I had left was trapped on the roof of a burning building. I don't know how Uncle Jim could have survived those flames. Oh…and my crazy macaw, Bird, went down underneath a tank of a man.
The only person I care about who managed to get through it unharmed was my best friend, Eric. When I awoke in the hospital, I found him sitting at my bedside. It should have been comforting, but Eric was behaving strangely. He seemed worried about more than recent events, but wouldn't say what it was.
Then it got even weirder when my attorney, showed up with a Marine Colonel in tow. The Colonel is in charge of some hush-hush military investigation involving Slotter, the special forces renegade who shot Ginny.
They offered me a deal to avoid prosecution for two murders I didn't commit. One of the dead men was my boss, John Biggs, who was found hanging from the chandelier in his posh corner office after he got a call from a federal prosecutor.
I'm a lawyer, by the way. At least I was before the firm placed me on unpaid leave. A spendthrift spouse and strangling medical bills for my mother's long term healthcare have left me broke. So, I took a job working as a body guard for a monk named Padma Ganesha.
He wrote a bestselling book about the happiest place on Earth. Ginny somehow persuaded him to travel to Louisville and speak at a lecture series called, "Ideas to Change the World." It was held in an auditorium on Louisville's waterfront called, the Center. When I arrived, I found the security guard with a knife buried in his chest.
The evening went from bad to worse after Pony Tail started shooting. Thirty-two hundred peace loving hippies fought their way to the exits, only to find themselves locked inside. They are all dead now. According to the news reports, there was a gas leak, but I was told by the Marine Colonel the gas leak is a cover story.
For some reason, the military wanted to cover up the truth and offered me immunity to keep quiet about what really happened. The deal was a huge insult to my intelligence. Even though I was in no mood to allow myself to be controlled by some military goon, I went along with it to get rid of them.
As soon as the Colonel left my room, I slipped out in the hopes of finding Slotter in the intensive care unit recovering from her own gunshot wounds. Following Slotter's arrest, a police detective stuck a pistol in her belly and pulled the trigger. The Jack Ruby moment was motivated by vengeance for the death of the detective's daughter at the Center.
Slotter had made a few enemies and we all wanted her dead, but it was beginning to look like she was under the protection of the same Colonel who was trying to hush up what really happened at the Center.
Instead of Slotter, I found Ginny alive and well in the intensive care unit. I thought for sure she was dead and now I was beginning to doubt my own memory of what happened. It was inconceivable that she took a bullet to the head and survived, let alone healed so quickly. At least it was inconceivable to a sane person.
I shook off the self-doubt. Something was amiss, but if Ginny survived by some unknown miracle, then maybe, just maybe, Uncle Jim and Bird also survived. I could only hope, but for now I wanted to focus on what was right in front of me. Ginny was alive and that was huge.
Neither the nurse nor I knew what to say in response to the sight of her perfectly healed wound. It was Ginny who broke the silence.
"My father is still alive and I'm going to find him," said Ginny. "Will you help me, Grant?"
Ginny's father had disappeared years ago. For some reason, Slotter thought he was still alive and that's why she kidnapped Ginny. In some weird way, it must have given Ginny hope. I didn't think for a minute the man was still alive after all this time, but I wanted to be with Ginny and she wanted to search for him.
"Of course I will," I answered. "Where do you want to begin?"
"Brazil…he was last seen boarding a small plane for a tour of the Amazon Rainforest," answered Ginny without hesitation. "We'll begin there."
"That's a long time for someone to be missing," I said.
"I've never given up hope that my father is alive," she said. "One of the many reasons I opened a factory in Brazil was to pick up where the police left off with their investigation into his disappearance."
"What did they tell you?" I asked.
"Only that he charted a small plane and it never returned," she said.
"Where was it chartered?" I asked.
"Manaus, at the mouth of the Amazon," she answered.
"The Amazon Rainforest is huge," I said. "Do you know where he was headed?"
She shrugged.
"Nobody seems to know," said Ginny.
Something was bothering me about this story, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. There were pieces of the puzzle missing and I had a nagging feeling I knew something about them.
"Do they know where the plane went down?" I asked.
"No," answered Ginny. "They spent a few days looking for the wreckage, but soon gave up when it couldn't be spotted from the air."
"Do you have plan?" I asked.
She nodded, but before she could answer, the nurse hit the emergency call button.
"You don't just walk out of ICU," barked Nurse Nightshade. "You're not going anywhere until Dr. Wiemp releases you."
Ginny stiffened. She looked like she was about to give the nurse a piece of her mind. I don't know about Ginny, but I don't like to be told what I can or can't do, especially by a stranger.
Still, no good ever comes from an unnecessary confrontation over something that is easily resolved. It was time for diplomacy, but before I could speak, Ginny snapped at the nurse.
"I'm not your prisoner," said Ginny.
Nurse Nightshade puffed her flat chest out as far as it would go.
"Rules are rules," she said. "You have to see the Doctor first."
"Not if she doesn't want to," I said. "As you can see, she's in perfect health."
The nurse shook her head.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my ICU outside of visiting hours?" she demanded.
Her attitude stunned me. It was time to kick it up a notch, so I extended my hand to her.
"My name is Grant Li, Attorney-at-Law," I said. "This woman does not need your permission to leave. Surely it's not your intention to hold her against her will."
Nurse Nightshade shrank from the extended hand, as if it held a poisonous snake. She opened her mouth to speak, but then abruptly shut it again. I think she was accustomed to patients following orders and our rebellion unbalanced her.
Between my martial arts training and law practice, I know a fighter when I see one. Nurse Nightshade was a fighter and wasn't about to lose a conflict with a couple of patients. She shifted her focus to the hospital gown I wore and somehow managed to regain her sense of power.
"You are a patient in this hospital and there is blood seeping from your bandages," said the nurse. "Let's get you back to your room before you hurt yourself."
I wasn't feeling my best and the bed rest she offered was tempting, but her tone annoyed me. I was about to say something I might regret when I heard footsteps outside of the door.
An arrogant voice barked a little too loudly, "This better be a real emergency."
A wave of relief passed over Nurse Nightshade's face. She could now pass the torch to someone else and that somebody happened to be wearing a name tag that identified him as, Jonathan Wiemp, M.D.
Dr. Wiemp was tall, but seemed much shorter thanks to a pronounced stoop. In addition to the stoop, he had a sag in the back of his neck that reminded me of a cartoon vulture I had seen one Saturday morning years ago.
In sharp contrast to an exceptionally pointed chin, he had a wide forehead with four rows of deep wrinkles spread across it. Thinning hair and grayish skin, gave him a haggard look.
It didn't get any better as you moved downward. A pot belly pushed the waist band of his slacks to the max. I didn't get a sense that the doctor took very good care of himself.
I guessed he was much younger than he appeared, but his clothes didn't help him look his age. They were old fashioned and added to his antique appearance. From the faded bow tie, to the heavily worn wing tip shoes, he looked like he had been wearing the same outfit since 1958.
Nurse Nightshade must have seen something different in Dr. Wiemp, because she never once took her doe eyed gaze from him. On the other hand, Dr. Wiemp hardly looked at her. My feelings about her softened considerably when I realized it would eventually end badly for her.
"This patient wants to leave, Doctor," said the nurse.
Dr. Wiemp scowled over the top of black rimmed glasses at Ginny. Leaving was not part of his prognosis. He expected her to be dead by morning. I saw something else in his face. This arrogant man disliked being wrong and found her recovery insulting.
"No one is leaving," said Dr. Wiemp in a raspy voice that told me he was a heavy smoker.
I had one of those random moments we all have from time to time. For some odd reason, Dr. Wiemp's statement reminded me of the title to Jim Morrison's biography, "No One Here Gets Out Alive." The disturbing comparison was all I needed to abandon diplomacy and shift into full blown lawyer mode.
"Unless you step aside and allow her to leave, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for false imprisonment," I said to Dr. Wiemp.
He looked me up and down before digging a hand into his pocket and pulling out a smartphone. He punched in a call and waited impatiently.
"We have a problem," he said into the phone. "Send security."
"Has everyone gone completely insane?" asked Ginny.
"This is ridiculous," I agreed. "We're leaving."
I took Ginny's hand and gently pulled her to her feet. At first, she submitted, but then looked down at her clothes. I followed her eyes. She was wearing one of those awful hospital gowns that invariably expose the patient's behind. In most instances, it's a behind I'd rather not look at, but as Ginny cut a path to the closet I enjoyed a lingering look at a backside that was flawless in a Barbie doll sort of way.
I had seen her in a bikini a few days earlier and hungered for more. I watched as she stuffed her things into a bag and grabbed my hand again.
As we headed to the door, I caught a glimpse of the nurse's hateful glare. She quickly cut her jealous eyes to Dr. Wiemp, who was standing in the door blocking our way. He didn't show any signs of yielding.
I looked straight into his eyes and with dead calm said, "You need to step aside, now."
Dr. Wiemp's arrogance seemed to dissipate. For the first time, he was unsure of himself. His eyes faltered and his gaze dropped to his feet as he stepped aside. I led Ginny into the hall where we ran smack into two huge security guards.
Dr. Wiemp's arrogance returned as he barked, "Take this man to the psychological services unit and put him in restraints."
Of all the things he could have said, Dr. Wiemp managed to say the only thing that could send me over the edge. Raw terror pushed me into berserker mode. In keeping with my training, I savagely attacked the biggest guard first, delivering multiple blows to his vital points within the first three seconds.
He was out cold and on his way to the ground when I disarmed the second security guard and pressed the 45 to his temple. I would have pulled the trigger too, but I heard something in Ginny's voice that pulled me from the brink.
"Oh, my God!" said Ginny. "Grant, no…please don't!"
Her voice saved the guard's life and it saved me from doing something that would have haunted me for the rest of my life. In the face of what might have been my hands started shaking uncontrollably. When I turned to Ginny, I was crushed by what I saw in her eyes. I wanted to explain and took a deep breath to gather myself, but felt something stab me in the neck and then I was out cold.


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Typical Late-Season Track: "Recurve"
Plotted above are the latest computer model forecast plots for Sandy.
Typically by late October, hurricanes forming in the central or western Atlantic Ocean have a good chance of "recurving", or being caught up in the polar jet stream, and turning away from the U.S. mainland. Those forming in the western Caribbean have a better chance of hitting the U.S. in late October, particularly Florida, as we saw 7 years ago with Hurricane Wilma.
However, as you can see above, the forecast models do not "recurve" Sandy, but offer a menacing track, hooking the cyclone northwestward toward the U.S. East Coast.
What's the reason for this strange track? Click here or the next button above for the "Met 101" on this bizarre pattern.

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Surveillance State: Ecuador Implements "World's First" Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System
December 18, 2012
The United States is often considered a world leader when it comes to deploying the latest biometric security and surveillance technologies. But it could have an unlikely new competitor: Ecuador.
According to Russian company the Speech Technology Center, the small Latin American country has successfully completed installation of "the world's first biometric identification platform, at a nation-wide level, that combines voice and face identification capabilities."
As I reported back in September, Speech Technology Center operates under the name SpeechPro in the United States. The company's controversial technology enables authorities to build a massive database containing several million "voiceprints" of known criminals, suspects, or persons of interest. When authorities want to ID speakers on an intercepted call, the recording is entered into the database, which provides a match with what SpeechPro claims is about 97 percent accuracy. The system that the firm says it has provided to Ecuador also allows authorities to accumulate a large image database of suspects, with a facial recognition tool that supplements the so-called "VoiceGrid." While facial recognition technology in the past has lacked accuracy, SpeechPro says it has invented algorithms which "deliver reliable results even when facial characteristics have undergone physical changes."
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Inside the 20,000 square-foot Omaha freezer
The 20,000 square-foot. main distribution freezer for Omaha Steaks stays at a chilly zero degrees year round.
During peak season, 80 people work inside filling orders and shipping them out. The conditions are a little harsh but Hill Nero, who has worked there for 12 years said you get used to it.
"As long as you're staying warm and moving around, it feels good," Nero said.
Omaha Steaks also has a flash freezer at a different facility that gets down to 40 below.
"I've been in there, and it looks like it snows in there," Rafael Maldonado, the manager of talent acquisition, said.
Workers are given special gear like insulated pants, jackets, hats and gloves for the conditions. The company also likes to thoroughly warn applicants about the working conditions before they accept the job.
"We try to expose them to it before we actually hire them so that they get a good experience of what it's like," Maldonado said.
There are perks to the job, of course. One of them being workers get to stay cool during the hottest week of the year.
"On days like today, I love working in there instead of out in the heat. When you're working comfortable, it's better than working in the heat and feeling miserable," Nero said.


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Dear Gianna,
This letter is hard, hard because you are not here to to know anything about me, or me to know anything about you beyond your 4 months of life. Loss is hard, debilitating, painful, gut wrenching. Over the years what I have learned through losing you is not only about physically losing you but also losing all the hopes and dreams a parent places on a child the minute they are known!
You were immediately my 2nd daughter, adored by your older sister who had waited years to be a big sister. We dreamed of who you would look like…who you would act like…me, Olivia, Daddy?!?! We prepared the perfect room for you, we searched for the perfect name for you, and we created dreams for you!
When I lost you I have never been the same. There is a hole in my heart that will never be filled, it's reserved just for you…I believe that hole will be filled in heaven when I am reunited with you. What I think most about today in regards to you is who would you have been? You were so laid back, so happy…would you have changed? Would you look more like your brother or perhaps 1 of your sisters? Would you have loved school, you would be in kindergarten right now. What pains me the most is wondering how our family would have been different if we got to still have you.
There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you over and over and when I watch your siblings interacting I think of how you would have loved them and they would have adored you. There will be an eternity to enjoy you, I know this.
I know God has an amazing purpose for you and for us in the midst of this loss. I know you are happier then I can even imagine and that is what provides me so much peace. But I long to see what your 6 year old face looks like, I long to hear your giggles, I crave your hugs and kisses, yet I am at peace with God's will for your life and mine. Time on earth is not the same as time in heaven…I know this life is temporary and where you are is eternal. The amount of time I am going to live on this earth without you, well that is nothing compared to the amount of time I get to spend with you in heaven.
I told Vida, Jagger and Rowan that it was your birthday today…Vida said to me "are we celebrating her birthday here (at the house) or at that other place (meaning the cemetery)?" She already knows all about you, and she loves your deeply. They all pray for you each night and they know you are their sister!
Happy Birthday dear Angel…your Mommy loves you so much and misses you something fierce. xoxo


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How to make your conference talk a sales pitch without making it a sales pitch
I suspect this is the number one complaint people have about conference talks. Not the lack of vegetarian meals, not the early sessions, but rather sessions billed as educational that turn out to be sales pitches.
What happens when a talk is a sales pitch? People tune out of your talk and in to something else like complaining about you on Twitter, choosing the next talk to go to, finding out what's for lunch, or checking the sports scores. In my case, I tweet about brownies.
The fortunate thing is that this problem is REALLY easy to avoid.
- Never say the name of your company or your brands. Audience members have the conference program in front of them. We can read about you and your company there. Besides, if you say things that are truly educational and intriguing, people will open that program to your page and circle your name a bunch of times. They'll probably even wait to speak to you after you're finished talking.
- Don't provide an explanation of your company even for context. Company context is irrelevant in about 99.99999% of cases. Even if it's a really cool video. I've yet to see one instance where a company video improved my understanding of the talk.
- Never say 'we' or 'our.' I KNOW who you are talking about. I KNOW the things you say represent you and your company. Instead of saying "We believe that mobile surveys are the most disruptive methodology you will see this year," try saying "Mobile surveys are the most disruptive methodology you will see this year." Besides, this phrasing offers a bigger and more memorable punch. And no, mobile surveys are not the next big thing.
- Don't describe YOUR tools. We don't care about YOUR tools. Your audience is there to learn about new theories and processes and tools beyond the bubble of your company. Teach them the generic ideas, which just so happen to be reflected in your tools and your business model. As you demonstrate your impressive knowledge about the broader industry, the audience will decide that you are worth talking to and they will whip open that agenda and circle your name to follow up with later.
- Don't answer questions about your product or company. Listen to questions and focus them towards industry knowledge so that everyone in the room will learn something from your answer. For example, you can say, "I'd be happy to talk about our pricing or features during the break but I agree with you that privacy should be designed into every piece of software from the beginning, not as an after thought."
- Put a compelling sales pitch in your bio. And by sales pitch, I mean offer an interesting and relevant bio that contains specific details about your offerings not dreams, buzzwords, and nondescript nonsense.
- Put your logo on every slide (if you're allowed to). Put your contact information on the first and last slide so that strong silent types can reach out to you privately afterwards. Put your twitter name on every slide and encourage people to tweet. I shouldn't have to say those things but I recently went to a conference where NUMEROUS speakers did not put their name on their presentation. I'm positive most of them lost out on potential follow-ups.
- Finish exactly on time. When you're late, conference organizers get upset, audience members get ansty, the speakers after you get annoyed, and you create a lot of bad karma. Respectful speakers generate follow ups.
- Deliver fabulous content full of actionable recommendations that people can implement immediately. Fill your talk with to-do lists and checklists and reference materials. Offer additional white papers and case studies to those who want more information. The best sales pitch is awesome content. Hands down.
Interesting infographic: How your brain sees a logo
Rob Marsh, the author of Logomaker, put together this infographic based on research results he found in a number of journals. I found the progression from vague shapes to shape descriptions to brand names and finally to value propositions quite interesting. Does your brand's logo trigger this response in 400 milliseconds?
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Moesia was a province of the Roman Empire from the time it was annexed by the emperor Augustus in 27 BC until the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD. Moesia was a border province for much of its time in the empire, and as such was under constant attack from barbarian tribes. After Adrianople, the empire was unable to keep the barbarians at bay and they overran the province. Although Moesia was briefly regained in the middle of the 6th century due to the efforts of Justinian, the territory was lost for good in 602 AD.
Moesia originally consisted of a vast swath of land just south of the Danube River. However, in the time of Tiberius the province was split into Moesia Superior, which consisted of parts of present-day Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Moesia Inferior, which consisted of modern-day Bulgaria and a small part of Romania. These two regions were situated awkwardly between the civilized world of the Greeks and the various tribes that inhabited the area north of the Danube.
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Rome was interested in Moesia for two reasons. The first was that the tribes north of the Danube, especially the Dacians, had proven dangerous and aggressive and the Danube was seen as an important and defensible border. Controlling the Danube was important not only for defense of the empire, but also for movement of supplies and communication. Secondly, Moesia was rich in silver and iron which were both in great demand at that time. In addition, although not an originally intended benefit, during its time as a province Moesia became a net exporter of grain.
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- MacKenzie, Andrew. A Concise History of Romania. London: United Printers and Publishers Ltd., 1985.
- Mocsy, Andras. Trans. Sheppard Frere. Pannonia and Upper Moesia: A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974
- Ovid, trans. Peter Green. The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
- Sherk, Robert(trans). The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. #64, #120 pp. 104–5, 161-3.
- Syme, Ronald. Lentulus and the Origin of Moesia. The Journal of Roman Studies, 1934.
- Wells, Peter S. The barbarians speak : how the conquered peoples shaped Roman Europe. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.
- Whitaker, C.R. Frontiers of the Roman Empire: a social and economic study. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.


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Kahr introducing new 'value' full-size handguns
While Kahr is generally associate with small handguns for concealed-carry and are widely used by law enforcement as backup guns, the company does make full-size handguns as well, their TP series.
Full size by Kahr standards, anyway. The TP series are single-stack pistols with 4-inch barrels; if they weren't Kahr pistols they'd be somewhere between a compact pistol and a sub-compact.
Available in 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP, these guns are still thin and light — less than an inch think and about 20 ounces unloaded — and can be carried concealed dress permitting, but the TP series also offers more for home defense as the guns have longer full-size grips and longer slides and barrels for improved muzzle velocities. They also have slightly larger magazines for a couple of extra rounds over the majority of Kahr's hanguns.
Kahr is also known for their high build quality, great triggers and ultimately steeper prices. The TP series, depending on caliber and configuration, has suggested retail prices in the $700 to $800 range, with real-world prices generally between $550 and $700 dollars.
The Kahr TP40 "full-size" handgun.
Ultimately that's not a lot of money for a self-defense pistol but it is still a couple hundred dollars more than many other popular and proven options on the compact handgun market.
In order to face their less expensive competition head-on Kahr is developing a new "value" version of the TP series, the CT series.
The new CT series is in many ways similar if not identical to the TP series. They have the same triggers, the same frames and the same magazines. But there are many small changes that, added up, allow Kahr to offer the new models for much less.
They have a different slide design that simpler and requires less machining. The slides sport pinnned polymer sights, as opposed to more expensive dovetailed metal sights. The slide is roll-stamped with the Kahr logo, not laser-engraved.
For the CT series Kahr uses an injection-molded slide-stop and takedown lever, not a machined part. Injection-molded parts are less expensive and may not necessarily last as long as machined parts; they're infinitely more replaceable.
The biggest difference is the use of a conventional button-rifled barrel. For the premium guns, Kahr uses hand-fit match-grade polygonal-rifled barrels, which is a big part of why they cost more.
This isn't the first time Kahr has developed a value version of their guns. A couple of years ago they introduced the CM series, a less expensive version of the PM series. All of the changes to make the CT series are the same ones Kahr uses to make the CM series.
In the end with the CT series Kahr can offer gun owners a gun that is just as reliable and just as shootable as the TP series but at a significantly lower price point. Kahr expects to be able to deliver these with a $450 MSRP, which means they ought to be available in stores for less than $400.
Kahr will launch with the CT40 and CT45 at the top of next year, with the CT9 in late 2014 or early 2015.


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- Title: Assembly - Building New Hope
- Premiered: 2010-08-30
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1. Place @ AniNite AMV Challenge 2010
.:ADVICE:. Listen to it with headphones for the full enjoyment of the song!
I didn't thought that this video will be that successful and such a crowd pleaser. Maybe it's just me and I don't have enough distance to my own work again. However I can say that I'm very pleased with this video even if there are quite a lot compromises in the video to not violate the amv challenge.
.:Speaking about the challenge:.
The AniNite AMV challenge is a quite unique concept. You register, get 3 categories to choose, you pick one tricky theme and you work on it. I took the classical challenge. I had to mix one classic song to anime. The catch was that there should be no humans at all in the video. This was quite hard for the storyline.
It's not hard to get it. Mankind is almost gone. There is nothing but a barren wasteland with ruins and a melancholic landscape. You only get one scene that tells you what could have happened. Anyway! Someone gets a strong idea and works it out. You see how it grows and gets stronger and how it finally gets worked out in a wonderful musical part. He build up an android to bring this wasteland back to life. Rebirth of mankind? No. Probably the rise of the post human androids.
It's quite simple, but very effective mood sync. This builds up on heavy atmosphere and the sync is very fine, but yet precise at important points. It took me around 2 weeks to make this video and I'm glad how this turned out! The colours are not really black and white. They are very dark blue and white. Gives it a more unique charme compared to simple b&w. The grain is alright and gives the video extra depth. Though you won't notice it in the streaming video edition.
Premiere Pro CS5 fucked up a lot of crossfades. It really took me a long time to figure out on how to fix it. >_>
Have fun watching it!
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Bank eyeing SMSF property investment in Sydney
One of Australia's biggest non-major banks has said it is eyeing Sydney property investment hotspots and monitoring patterns such as SMSF investment activity.
St. George Bank named the Sydney suburbs it is currently monitoring after experiencing significant volumes of home lending to residential property investors.
Rob Love, St. George Bank's head of credit, said the Sydney suburbs of Rhodes, Ryde, Epping and Eastwood are "real areas of interest".
Mr Love named the Sydney suburbs in a speech at the St. George Bank Flame Forum 2015, where his presentation included an internal ring in the western suburbs and a broader ring around the areas mentioned above.
One postcode highlighted in the presentation was 2137, which includes the areas of Breakfast Point, Cabarita, Concord, Mortlake and North Strathfield.
"If you had a very high LVR investment property loan in that postcode, it is probably a group of loans we would want to monitor over a period of time," Mr Love said.
"We are very interested in the volume of business that has been written in that area and we want to make sure we are writing to the right quality of customer going forward."
Rather than stopping lending in these areas, Mr Love stressed that the bank highlighted them for monitoring reasons to track their performance from a credit perspective.
"It is from a monitoring perspective to see how they perform. Looking at things like what is that group of customers' pre-payment rate compared to Sydney and across the board? We are certainly not saying we are going to slow lending in those geographies. It's an area of interest."
While St. George is unlikely to implement credit policy at a postcode level, Mr Love said the suburb analysis could help the bank understand more specific market trends.
"If there are more SMSF properties being purchased in particular areas, or if non-resident lending is driving unit sales, for example," he said.
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Celebrating 20 years of performing, promoting, recording and curating new music, Halcyon's last program for 2018, Shining Shores, collects together pieces inspired by the natural elements of water and moonlight. Taking time to reflect on the world around us, we wander beside the flowing Seine in Rosalind Page's Apollinairesongs, are transfixed by the life in rockpools or mountains reflected across the bay in Gordon Kerry's Three Malouf Songs and walk in the wet sand beside the seashore in Gillian Whitehead's Girl with a Guitar. The night sky appears – 'the sleepy stretch and dazzle of it' ablaze with stars 'like bees' – and the changing moon is 'like an apricot', 'honeyed' or 'silvering shores'.
In their 20th anniversary year, this program again features composers of outstanding vocal music with a deep responsiveness to the poetry that inspires them, many of whom have had long associations with Halcyon and includes works drawn from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA.
The program sees a return of a number of significant and quintessentially Halcyon works premiered by the ensemble over the years – Rosalind Page's Apollinairesongs (2002) for mezzo, flute, clarinet. viola, cello and piano (also featured on their first studio album, Cool Black) and Gordon Kerry's Three Malouf Songs (2015) for mezzo, violin, cello and piano.
Also featured are two Australian premieres: Hilary Tann's evocative Winter Sun, Summer Rain, whose musical aesthetic is heavily influenced by both the natural world and the traditional music of Japan and Gillian Whitehead's Girl with a Guitar, a through-composed work for voice, cello and piano, setting seven short poems inspired by nature.
A series of short duos fill out the program – Sadie Harrison's for voice and clarinet, Robert Lombardo's for voice and viola and Ross Edwards' for voice and piano, the last a small token acknowledging his 75th birthday this December.
On December 1, come and experience again the magic of Halcyon in performance and the artistry refined over 20 years of musical exploration.
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Obituary: Gerry Anderson
Obituary by Jack Foley
THUNDERBIRDS creator Gerry Anderson has died at the age of 83.
The man behind countless puppet superheroes, including Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Stingray, passed away on Boxing Day (2012).
His son, Jamie Anderson, announced the news on his website, saying that his father died peacefully in his sleep at noon. Anderson had suffered from Alzheimer's since 2010 and the disease had worsened in recent months, according to Jamie.
Born Gerald Alexander Abrahams on April 14, 1929, in London, Anderson was educated at Kingsgate infants school in Kilburn and Braintcroft junior and senior schools in Neasden before winning a scholarship to Willesden County Grammar School.
Although his ancestral name was Bieloglovski, this was changed to 'Abrahams' by a British immigration official in 1895, before Anderson's mother changed it again to 'Anderson' because she liked the sound of it.
At the advent of World War II, Anderson's older brother Lionel volunteered for the RAF and was posted to the US for training, during which time he wrote numerous letters home and described a USAF airbase called Thunderbird Field, which stuck in Gerry's memory.
Nevertheless, he began his career in photography and, after the war, secured a traineeship with the British Colonial Film Unit, where he developed an interest in film editing and moved on to Gainsborough Pictures to gain further experience.
He was conscripted for national service with the RAF in 1947 but returned to Gainsborough after completing his military service and then worked freelance on a succession of feature films, during which time he married Betty Wrightman. They had two children, Joy and Linda.
Anderson then took the first steps towards his future fame by setting up his own TV and production company, only to find work hard to come by, so when he was approached to make a puppet show called The Adventures Of Twizzle in 1957 he decided to accept.
A second puppet series, Torchy The Battery Boy, soon followed and the positive reaction to his wooden creations persuaded him to stick with marionettes.
A 1960 series called Supercar saw Anderson's trademark values of mystery and futuristic adventure begin to form, while also enabling him to perfect his production technique called Supermarionation.
Fireball XL5 and Stingray followed and were also hits before Anderson finally came up with the idea for Thunderbirds – arguably his best known and most enduring creation – in 1963 while listening to a radio report about a team of rescuers rushing to a collapsed mine in Germany.
Hence, International Rescue was born with characters and rescue vehicles that would continue to inspire generation after generation of children.
Anderson made the programmes with his second wife Sylvia, who provided the voice of the Tracy brothers' London agent Lady Penelope, and he filmed the episodes in a studio on a trading estate in Slough, Berkshire, thereby making a mockery of the international locations his characters often found themselves in.
The success of Thunderbirds led to two feature films and a toy empire and set Anderson up for life, giving him the creative freedom to pursue whatever he wanted.
This he did with Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons and Joe 90.
However, by the turn of the '70s bad investments and a number of stalled projects left Anderson himself broke and he also divorced Sylvia. But he never gave up on his passion for science fiction and adventure and was to enjoy a couple more successes, including his longed for live action.
Hence, he came up with the ideas for the series UFO, The Protectors, Space: 1999 and Space Precinct, all of which enjoyed varying degrees of success without quite managing to revisit the same level of acclaim and popularity as Thunderbirds.
He also returned to puppetry in the 1980s with Terrahawks but was not involved when Thunderbirds was transformed into a live-action Hollywood movie in 2004, which promptly flopped.
Anderson was made an MBE in 2001 and is survived by his third wife Mary and four children.
Tributes have been paid by countless contemporaries via Twitter.
Among them, Neil Gaiman wrote: "Gerry Anderson made my childhood better. (My favorite Thunderbird was 4, Gordon's, because I could legitimately play with it in the bath.)"
While Eddie Izzard Tweeted: "Sad news – Gerry Anderson dies. But what great creation Thunderbirds was, as it fueled the imagination of a generation."
And Brian Cox wrote: "Sad to hear of death of Gerry Anderson. Thunderbirds still regular viewing in our house, and I remember Space 1999 with particular fondness."
Anderson's son has also asked for donations in his father's memory be made to The Alzheimer's Society.


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A very interesting article from Sam Wilkinson on the 'Keep The Ball' Blog -
It always worries me when a 9 or 10 year old player tells me they are a full back – by no means am I demeaning full back as a position, but why would a young player that is being developed skilfully and has their whole career in front of them limit themselves to a specific position so early on?
I often watch English Premier League matches and find myself wondering………..Could a player like John Terry go and play comfortably and cleverly in midfield? Could a Micah Richards type player fill in as a right winger? Yet when watching Spain, Barcelona or the Brazil teams of a few years back I never questioned whether Dani Alves or Cafu could play higher up the field or whether Pique or Lucio could fit comfortably into midfield. Why is this?……..because first and foremost they were developed as great players not positions!
Are we concentrating too much on developing players to play certain positions or roles? At young ages are we too transfixed with the stereo typical criteria of positions – big tall centre back – pacey winger – workhorse midfielder? Players, and in particular young players should be developing the skill and understanding of the game style to go and play in any area of the field. By forcing players into specific positions too early they end up only developing very narrow skill sets and understanding, that is restricted to certain roles.
How often do players convert to new positions early in their senior career, Carlos Puyol – winger to centre back, Thierry Henry – winger to striker and Gerard Pique – central midfielder to centre back to name but a few. All of these players were able to make these conversions because their skill level and understanding was sufficient enough to cope with the demands of the game not just the demands of a position. It is very hard to tell at 12 years of age what positions a player will be playing at 25 years of age, so why try and make that decision so early?
Aside from the pitfalls of pigeon holing young players into positions too early there is also the limitations it can place on the game style at senior level. Skilful and Total football involving rotations and overloads requires players to cover and "fill in" a variety of different positions. How can your centre back get into midfield if your centre midfielder is not comfortable filling in for him? How can your centre forward drop and rotate back into midfield if your central midfielder cannot go and play up front for a spell? Why get your full back over lapping if they don`t have the skill and cleverness to be effective higher up the field? Great teams are made of great players that cope with the demands of the game in all areas of the field.
I believe our challenge as coaches is to equip players with the skill and awareness to be great all round players not specialists, to give players an understanding of the whole game style so they are able to play skilfully and cleverly regardless of where they find themselves on the pitch
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In your guide to what's British on American TV this week, Cat Deeley guest co-hosts Live with Regis & Kelly, and Starz's latest period drama, Camelot, launches, and Sir Elton John does double duty on this weekend's Saturday Night Live. Times are in EST and are subject to change.
Monday, March 28
Russell Brand is ramping up promo for his new comedy Arthur, which hits theaters April 8th. In one of his many appearances this week, he'll join The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening. Meanwhile, Sharon Osbourne trades in her daytime perch on The Talk for a late-night chat with Jimmy Kimmel.
Tuesday, March 29
Royal wedding aficionados, take note: BBC America is premiering the Katty Kay-hosted World News America special, Modern Monarchy: Do's & Dont's, at 10 pm this evening. Royal Wedding Insider contributor and BBC News correspondent Laura Trevelyan provides a look at royal etiquette and protocol both within Britain and in other monarchies around the globe.
Wednesday, March 30
Cat Deeley, queen of So You Think You Can Dance and host of BBC America's upcoming reality series Royally Mad, is the guest co-host of Live with Regis & Kelly today.
There's that Russell Brand again, this time on Jimmy Fallon.
On tonight's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (10 pm on NBC), Oscar winner Jeremy Irons plays a psychologist who is tasked with decoding the meaning of a totem left near a young girl's dead body.
Thursday, March 31
Sir Elton John (ahead of his Saturday Night Live appearance) and Duran Duran are guests on tonight's Jimmy Fallon.
That other Jimmy, Mr. Kimmel, has footballer David Beckham, who is sure to be gushing over his latest project, a fourth child (and first daughter) due this summer with wife Victoria.
Friday, April 1
In a truly bold programming move, Starz is premiering is premiering Camelot, its adult drama about the Arthurian legend, against Syfy's more family-oriented Merlin. The 10-part series Camelot stars Joseph Fiennes as Merlin, Jamie Campbell Bower as King Arthur, Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere, and ex-Bond girl Eva Green as Morgan. Here's a behind-the-scenes look.
Saturday, April 2
Sir Elton John is both the host and musical guest (alongside collaborator Leon Russell) on Saturday Night Live. Good luck to him.
Sunday, April 3
James McAvoy stars as a Scottish doctor opposite the Oscar-winning Forest Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland, airing at 8:30 pm on IFC.
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The Green Bay Packers will try to revive their flagging playoff hopes with their first road win of the season when they visit the Minnesota Vikings as 3-point underdogs on the NFL Sunday Thanksgiving odds.
Green Bay extended its current straight-up road slide to seven games with last week's 27-24 loss in Seattle as a 3-point underdog, and now takes a middling 4-5-1 record into Sunday night's game at US Bank Stadium.
The Packers opened the campaign as a solid +1000 bet on the Super Bowl odds despite falling short of a playoff berth last season. However, Green Bay has failed to record consecutive wins in 2018, continuing a trend that started with the three-game SU slide that closed out their 2017 schedule, and now sports -360 odds of missing the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 2006.
The Vikings also face a must-win scenario on the NFL Thanksgiving betting odds as they look to keep pace with the NFC North-leading Chicago Bears. With losses in two of three, the Vikings have fallen to 5-4-1, but maintain a slender grasp on the second NFC wild card.
Minnesota's recent outings have been somewhat low-scoring affairs, with the point total topping 45 just once in five home outings. The Vikings have limited visiting squads to 17 or fewer points on three occasions this season, but the total in the team's Sunday Night Football clash has held steady at 48 on the NFL Week 12 betting odds.
Panthers, Eagles Chalk on NFL Week 12 Odds
Earlier in the day, the Carolina Panthers aim to extend their lead atop the NFC wild card race as they host the Seattle Seahawks as 3-point chalk on the NFL Thanksgiving odds, while the Philadelphia Eagles try to halt a two-game SU slide when they welcome the suddenly surging New York Giants as 6-point favorites on the NFL Week 12 odds.
The Panthers have struggled to generate offense during consecutive road losses, averaging just 20 points per game while falling to defeat in Pittsburgh and Detroit. However, the Panthers have been dominant on the home turf of Bank of America Stadium, claiming 10 straight outright wins.
Carolina has regularly padded the score during their impressive road run, scoring 31 or more points on seven occasions, capped by a 42-28 win over Tampa Bay as 6-point chalk three weeks ago. That has generated an 8-2 ATS run, and four straight wins for the OVER in totals betting.
The Seahawks revived their playoff hopes with last week's win over the Packers, and have also covered three times during a 3-1 SU run on the road. Seattle routed the Panthers 40-7 in their last meeting in December 2016, and has held Carolina to just 9.33 points per game in three straight road victories.
The Eagles are at risk of becoming the second team in three years to follow up a Super Bowl victory by missing the playoffs after falling 48-7 in New Orleans last weekend as 7-point underdogs. Like the Packers, Philadelphia has failed to tally consecutive SU wins while compiling a 4-6-0 record, and has dropped three straight on home turf.
The Giants have won two straight after opening on a 1-7 SU run, but have lost eight of nine to the Eagles including four straight at Lincoln Financial Field.
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So it looks as though our Rainbow will be finally making his appearance soon. Originally we had intended to deliver him via VBAC however life doesn't always go the way you plan. At 37 weeks, my doctor ordered an additional ultrasound as I was measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule and he wanted to ensure that the baby was in the correct position and determine his weight. Well, boy oh boy, he is big!
At 37 weeks gestation, our Rainbow was estimated to weigh 9 lbs. already and was in the 90th percentile for babies of his gestational age. My doctor has been very supportive in our decision to attempt a VBAC, but after the last 2 check ups, things have changed. Turns out that our Rainbow is so big that he is unable to drop into my pelvis thus not engaging and triggering labour. Our doctor said that if we truly wanted to do a VBAC, he would let us go to 41 weeks, but he warned me that it would likely be a long, hard and complicated birth that may end up in a C-Section anyways. He also said that since our boy hadn't dropped yet, it wasn't exactly a good indication of things to come. So after much deliberation, we have booked a C-Section for next week.
I was hopeful that we would get to have a natural birth, but I also do not want any complications causing undue harm to myself or our baby boy. We have been through so much just to conceive him that putting myself and him in a situation that could cause complications, uterine rupture or him getting stuck and then having to make emergency decisions in the throe of things seems unnecessary and not in our best interests. I'm not overly ecstatic about the idea of a C-Section, but with all things considering, it's the very best option. Thankfully Hubby will be taking 2 weeks off of work to stay home and help me with our Rainbow and Princess as well as letting me recover. Also, by mere coincidence, Rainbow will be born on his due date. Now how often does that happen?


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Ah good catch I musta skimmed over it
Any updates?
Formerly: '01 Ebony VXSTLTH
Now: '08 Saab 9-7x Aero 6.0L
Unfortunetly, the tech working on this project is off for vacation this week. We will have more photos and updates next week!
[QUOTE=AutoPros;257660]Have a '99 that one of our customers wanted to remove the poor running 3.5L for a more popular motor to source parts for. Bring on the GM Performance 5.3L E-ROD! GM 4L60-E Transmission! GM Performance Supermatic Controller! Advance Adapters to Jeep Dana 300 Transfer Case! Retain A/C, Power Steering, 4WD, pretty much everything other than TOD. Still in fab process, but will update with photos as the progress continues.
Whats going on guys, I live out in Oregon and I just bought my first vx. I bought the car already planning on doing a v8 swap because I had a trooper a few years ago and know how weak these engines are. So I'm trying to basically figure out the best way to go. I see you guys went for the gm 5.3 but I was thinking more along the ford 5.0 and not sure what trans would a t5 fit? The dana case will be a definite. Also I would ideally love to keep TOD, I heard you can keep it if you use a smaller displacement v8, like a northstar or the oldsmobile 4.0. So what do you think is the best route the star or the 5.0? Thanks a lot.
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All the wiring, ECM, TCM, etc is being ran and plugged in. Flex-A-Lite radiator, Derale slim dual-stage fan and hoses from an H3 hummer are being installed for the cooling system. More photos to come as we switch out the mock a/c compressor, alternator and power steering pump for the new ones. Transfer case and adapters come in the beginning of next week.
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This HAS to be THE best new thread goin' on this forum! I've done a dozen engine swaps in my time, and it's clear to me that you guys are high-line pros! VERY tidy work, Boys! I've only got 87K miles on my VX, but I can already tell you that YOU guys WILL be seeing my VX for this engine swap! Hell, I might not even WAIT for mine to die...
I'm not trying to rain on your parade (all sounds very exciting) but....without full-time TOD is it really a VX, or a D-Max?
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Work In Progress: "Towers Of Bollox I"
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Work In Progress: "Towers Of Bollox I"
(digitally manipulated,multi-layered image of a tower block)
My work creates a catalytic narrative whilst reflecting the emotion evoked by the subject - or the art making process itself. It attempts to invite people to dig deeper; to look more than once, and think beyond the obvious or accepted 'fact', and take something from it that could be used to contribute to positive change.
My inspiration comes from many sources stemming from an interest in cultures, belief systems, symbolism and questioning what, how and why.
Along with many others, I consider that the human race is a very small part of the universe with a disproportionate view of its importance; that much of the world is wrongly fixated with the material to the detriment of our well-being; and that due to our limited understanding of how the universe works there is more than one way to view or interpret what we accept as given.
I consider feeding my mind an important part of the art making process for me, and thats why it's crucial for me to gain exposure to a wide range of work in different mediums and from different cultures. Immersing myself in this way - and in my own digital work - often induces an image in my minds eye which I then attempt to replicate in the physical space or digital studio. I like to think that I'm working with two brains - mine and the computer's. I find that with the help of both brains, my sketching and painting feeds into my digital work, which in turn feeds into my sketching and painting (as well as creating ideas for other mediums!). A project more often than not emerges from an idea that has been processed by both minds several times.
And then sometimes it's simply a set of photographs that hang together well, or a piece of writing I need to get on paper/screen.
Ally Clark
I don't really get artist's statements (more than likely largely because I find it hard to write anything beyond a stream of random consciousness far less something structured that succinctly explains what I do). But I'm not in a position to dismiss the notion that they are required, so I'll do my best. In short, my own experience taught me to embrace art as the soul of society, and I'd like to do my bit to keep it replenished, so that others may absorb its goodness. For me, creativity is the food that feeds the soul. I love cooking freestyle. I'm rubbish at following recipes and struggle to document them. Once I've made something, I might use text to describe what it is, explain the ingredients and how the dish came together - but I rely on my tastebuds to tell me if it's good enough to eat. Sometimes it needs some seasoning, sometimes it tastes better the next day, sometimes I'll freeze it for another day.....and sometimes I turn the leftovers into another dish. Nevertheless, here goes.....
I use photography, film, digital imaging, the written word and painting - either independently or in combination. I like to explore use of colour (or lack thereof), shape, form, movement and space (particularly the representation of 3D on 2D) and if possible, make my work part puzzle for the viewer. I feel it is important to create a strong aesthetic but in much of my work there will be part of it which doesn't sit right, is awkward or uneasy and pokes at the mind of the viewer - but if not that's ok.


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Happy New Year and Crazy 4 Challenges
Happy New Year, my friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous start of your new year. I don't know if you noticed my new blog name but yes, I changed my blog name to "Inspired and Unscripted". That's just part of the change I'll be making to my blog so stay tuned for more changes. It'll come in small doses so don't expect big changes all at once. This is going to be a long post because I'd like to explain the blog name change.
BUT. . .before I start yapping away, business first. . .let's get started on a brand new challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges! I'll be hosting the challenges there this month so I hope you'll stop by and play along! Are you ready to be challenged again! Just because the holidays are now behind us that doesn't mean that the celebrations should end. There are many things ahead to celebrate, don't you think? Well, this week the challenge is to "celebrate something", celebrate anything such as this fabulous new year, a birthday, a friend's promotion or why not life itself! The challenge is to create a card or project that has a celebratory theme.
I decided "celebrating life" is how I wanted to start my new year! Sometimes our lives are always so busy that we really don't live our lives the way we should. We sometimes need to just step back and embrace life. . .to live, to love, and yes to laugh. . .and laugh often! My card for this challenge says it all!!
I wanted to share a video that I listen to quite often. I hope you'll watch it. It's a beautiful song by "Addison Road" called "Change in the Making". I posted the lyrics to the song if you don't care to watch the video. Whenever I listen to the song, I'm inspired to be a better person in every aspect of my life. I may not always succeed but my heart always has the desire to be better.
But things are gonna change
Right now I'm a total mess and
Right now I'm completely incomplete
But things are gonna change
Cause you're not through with me yet
This is redemption's story
With every step that I'm taking
What I don't need
This is me under construction
This is my pride being broken
And every day I'm closer to who I'm meant to be
I'm a change in the making
Wish I could live more patiently
Wish I could give a little more of me
Without stopping to think twice
Wish I had faith like a little child
Wish I could walk a single mile
Without tripping on my own feet
But you're not through with me yet
And this is redemption's story
With every step that I'm taking
And every day, you're chipping away
What I don't need
This is me under construction
This is my pride being broken
Every day I'm closer to who I'm meant to be
From the dawn of history
You make new and you redeem
From a broken world to a broken heart
You finish what you start in everything
Like a river rolls into the sea
We're not who we're going to be
But things are going to change
I'm living redemption's story
With every step that I'm taking
And every day, you're chipping away
What I don't need
And this is me under construction
This is my pride being broken
And every day I'm closer to who I'm meant to be
I'm a change in the making
I'm not who I'm gonna be
Moving closer to your glory
This may not be a surprise but to some degree I have stepped away from rubber stamping and solely making cards, not completely, but considerably by comparison to how often I rubber stamped in the past. I have always wanted to expand on to other hobbies but through the years have stuck to rubber stamping and card making because it was easier to stick to something I can do quickly and sometimes easily. I still love rubber stamping and making cards but honestly, I love a lot of other crafty things and my passion for rubber stamping has dwindled quite a bit the past year or two. I've struggled with it and decided I have to do what I really want to do and that is just be "creative" and not stick to just one genre of arts and crafts. So with that being said, I hope you'll stick around and still visit my blog.
I created a matching paper wreath for my card. The wreath is quite big. It's about 12" in diameter. I actually started on a tutorial on this project but didn't have a chance to finish it due to all the festivities during the holidays and the New Year so I'll be posting it sometime this week. It's actually quite simple to create and don't take very long to complete so stop by later this week and check out the tutorial.
I decided to use pretty pearl beads for the center of my flowers. I've collected quite a few beads for my jewelry making projects so I could spare using a few on my paper crafting projects.
I'll end my post with the sentiment "Live, Love, Laugh". Be sure to live life today like there's no tomorrow!!!
Hope you all are having a Happy New Year!!!!


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Fasting gives the body a rest which allows it to put energy into healing and systems regulation rather than digestion and internal food processing.
Fasting can activate spiritual energy centers and give a Jedi a closer connection to the Force. It is actually a form of meditation. Like meditation it can be done once a week or once a day, depending on the goal.
Why has Nutrition been so complicated? This video tells the story about why 3 meals a day is unnecessary and how eating ONE meal a day can make being healthy much simpler
Why fasting bolsters brain power: Mark Mattson at TEDxJohnsHopkinsUniversity
Mark Mattson is the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging. He is also a professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University. Mattson is one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Fasting vs. Eating Less: What's the Difference? (Science of Fasting)
*NOTE* One of the key things in being able to fast in a healthy matter is entering the state of ketosis - that is, switching your metabolism from burning carbohydrate to burning fat. *Considering most people have been burning carbohydrate their whole lives* this can make fasting a challenge. Upton Sinclair recommends doing quite long fasts - 12 days, but you may want to work your way up to longer fasts. Unless you are relatively keto adapted (or have experience with fasting of course), it's important that you take precautions while doing a fast. Fasting isn't inherently dangerous, *but diving into fasting when your body is in no way geared for it can be.* I recommend doing more research before doing longer fasts. "The Complete Guide to Fasting" (http://amzn.to/2tQjxXa) is a good book to start with.
As Tim Ferriss puts it: Please don't do anything stupid and kill yourself. It would make us both quite unhappy.
Just in case I should also say that of course you need to balance fasting with eating - You need to survive off of something. I have been doing intermittent fasting the past year (22 hours fasted, 2 hours eating - you can widen it to 16/8, which still provides great benefits) and will fast for a couple days every other month or so. Several other people have recommend a routine like this - Tim Ferriss recommends doing a 3 day fast once per month and a 7 day fast once per year.
Also make sure you're getting enough fat, protein, micronutrients and fiber to maintain a healthy weight and healthy body - *excessive* fasting can be very dangerous.
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As I sit here amongst boxes and mess trying to bang out a post worth reading, I know one thing for a fact: this post is going to be short and sweet (my inner Jin rejoices).
We had a great experience with Motivated Movers, our first time ever using professionals for packing and moving.
Our 3 Bedroom 2 Full bath home was operating pretty slim after a sort/purge/store session, which resulted in a 5'x10′ storage unit of seasonal and non necessity items. Even our attic and under the house crawl space was practically empty, so it was not much of a surprise when it only took two hours for three guys to pack up our house.
We had an additional one hour worth of packing on our own to do for high security items and tools and such that we needed access to until the last minute.
On the day of the move, the guys arrived early to our storage unit, took care of the stuff there within an hour (lots of boxes and bins plus one shelf and a jogger) and then the rest of load in took two hours at the house.
We moved just a slightly over a mile away, so it only took an additional hour to unload and set up.
Derrick, Jason, Acky, and Michael were really easy to work with, extremely courteous, nice, and FUN. They clearly were veterans of the trade and managed both jobs with speed, and since nothing went missing, broke, or scratched, I'd give them two thumbs up for a job well done.
Moving is truly a most dreaded and grueling task. Motivated Movers made it less so by doing it all and with a smile and personality.
They have this internal bonus system based on a positive Kudzu.com review, but try as I may, I could not post my glowing remarks on their website. Methinks they did not care for my yahoo email account because it did not have any contacts filled in. It kept rejecting my submission, and call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think its because kudzu wanted me to use another account with more data to mine.
So, I did one better and dedicated this post to them–I appreciated the whole process of reserving the services with Jeff through getting packed up and moved with a great group of guys. Thanks for all of your help Motivated Movers!
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Moving: $155/hour for three movers with a three hour mimimum (total four hours for our move)
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