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Clathrus hainanensis is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. Found in Hainan, China, it was described as new to science in 1998.

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Nicknamed the Iceberg,, the super-modern structure was designed by architect Frank Gehry, known for the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, Spain.
The striking structure boasts 12 glass sails which billow around the museum's main building. Inside, eleven galleries provide 3,850 square metres of exhibition space to house exhibitions, and the permanent collection.. Gehry had to build within the square footage and two-story volume of a bowling alley that previously stood on the site; anything higher had to be glass. The resulting glass building takes the form of a sailboat sails inflated by the wind. These sails glass envelop the "iceberg", a series of shapes with white flowery terraces.
The glass sails are made of 3,584 laminated glass panels, each unique and specifically curved to fit the shapes drawn by Gehry. The gallery sections are covered in a white fiber-reinforced concrete called Ductal. The teams participating in the construction of the building have been awarded several architectural awards in France and the U.S. STUDIOS architecture was local architect for the project, spearheading transition from Gehry's schematic design through the construction process in Paris to built space.
The art world was eagerly awaiting the opening of the museum to see the art collection, which has been largely secret over the years.. The founder of the French LVMH Group, Bernard Arnault, is a passionate art lover and discreet collector.and the Artistic Director is Suzanne Pagé, former director of the Museum of Modern Art of Paris. Ms Pagé is considered to be one of the most gifted curators working today, and she has brought the works together, imagining the overall coherence of a broad range of diverse works which interact and complement each other, forming a single, harmonious and unique ensemble.
The diverse collection has been kept somewhat secret, but Arnault has collected works by artists from around the world and in all media and scale. and the only common denominator is that have all been created during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Some of the well known names include Mark Rothko, Francis Bacon and Richard Serra, as well as Yves Klein and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It also includes contemporary giants like Gerhard Richter, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. Other works include present works by artists more often seen at biennials than at galleries or auction houses. These include works by the French artist Pierre Huyghe whose videos, installations and performances are better suited to institutions than to collectors.
The collection also includes other French artists and the Foundation has indicated it will soon be exhibiting works by Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier. The names Annette Messager, Dominique Gonzales-Foester and Jean Dubuffet have also been advanced. Other Europeans include Alighiero Boetti, Maurizio Cattelan, Ugo Rondinone and Bas Jan Ader. Also are works by the Canadian artist Agnes Martin and the Lebanese artists Mona Hatoum and Akraam Zaatari, From Asia are works b Takashi Murakami (Japan), Zhang Huan (China) and Nam June Paik (South Korea).
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Eric Wedge had some provocative comments before Sunday's game, which turned into another disheartening loss. But he didn't know that at the time. Wedge was speaking in the wake of Philip Humber's perfect game, the morning after, and reiterating his absolute, resolute confidence that the Mariners will weather the rough times and reach the ultimate success.
You've heard it before, but at times like this, you're reminded that Wedge's hero is John Wayne for a reason. He's not going to waver, pilgrim, no matter how tough the times get. In fact, the tougher the times get, I've noticed, the more defiant is his rhetoric.
"For me, this has to be my strongest day," he said. "Because it doesn't change my thought process on what I know we're going to do. Hell, I did it the first time (in Cleveland) running through a landscape that had never been run through before. I can damn sure do it next time when I've already done it once. I'm talking from a leadership standpoint.
"I don't have all the answers right now, but we will figure this out. I don't want to take anything away from that kid (Humber). What he did yesterday was special. We're going to find out sooner than later how our kids react to this. It's going to help us figure out where we are that much sooner.
"…We're going to be a championship team here. I know a lot of people haven't figured that out yet and doubt that, and that's fine. It's their right. But we're going to be a championship team here. I say that with humility, but with confidence. But there are certain steps we're going to have to go through. I didn't see this one yesterday. Didn't see this one coming.
Those, actually, aren't the comments I wanted to discuss. The ones that interested me more came when I asked Wedge how he would respond to fans who are saying, "Same old Mariners" right about now.
I just have a sense that a large percentage of fans are not in a mood right now to make that blind leap. And I can't blame them. Not when the same deficiencies are rearing their head, particularly offensively. So far, the Mariners are still a highly inadequate offensive team, despite Wedge's assurances that things are getting better at the plate. I bought into the notion they would be improved this year, but I'm just not seeing it. They have already sunk down to the customary spot at or near the bottom of the rankings in virtually every offense catgeory. The young players who need to take steps forward have not done it yet. Chone Figgins, after an encouraging start, is sinking back to the Mendoza Line with an ungodly number of strikeouts. No more needs to be said about MIguel Olivo and his issues. Really, the one guy I've been impressed with is Ichiro, who may say that he's not going to change his approach as the No. 3 hitter but sure seems to be. He is driving the ball with much more authority than he did last year, and while he'll never be an Albert Pujols power monster, he's done a decent job in his new role.
I still believe the Mariners can be a better hitting team this year, and that in the big picture, there is some reason for optimism, moving forward. But at this point, they have to show me. Until proven otherwise, they are nothing more than a struggling baseball team with a lot of holes and a lot of questions.
No leap of faith here.


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Egypt Sentences 75 People To Death For 2013 Coup Protest
By Ethan Weston
Another 47 people were sentenced to life in prison.
Egypt has reportedly sentenced 75 people to death for their involvement in a 2013 protest against the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
The Egyptian military ousted Morsi back in 2013, saying he failed to fulfill "the hope for a national consensus." Egypt's current president and then-Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led the coup.
The New York Times reports 739 people were facing charges related to the protests. Many of those sentenced were members of or affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political group.
Human Rights Watch estimates at least 817 people were killed during one day of the 2013 protest when Egyptian security forces attacked the sit-in demonstration.
In addition to the 75 death sentences, another 47 people received life in prison — including the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie.

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Prince (Protégé) Summer: Martika and Carmen Electra
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Look, guys, I'm not trying to fish for sympathy here, but it's my goddamn birthday and I just wrote a post about Carmen Fucking Electra's Prince-produced 1993 album. Okay, maybe I am trying to fish for sympathy. Just click the damn link and share in my misery:
Prince (Protégé) Summer:
Martika and Carmen Electra
Don't worry, though, I also take some time in this post to talk about Prince's work on Martika's Kitchen–which, incidentally, is also celebrating a birthday, as it turns 25 years old today! Remember to come back next week for more posts on, frankly, much better music. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go actually try to enjoy my birthday…Carmen-free.
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For You, 1978
Crazy You
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Breno Mello and Marpessa Dawn in Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus, 1959); © Criterion Collection.
Side One of For You opens with the title track, followed by "In Love" and "Soft and Wet." On track four, Prince downshifts into his first officially-released ballad: a jazzy, contemplative sketch of a song called "Crazy You."
It's likely, of course, that "Crazy You" is somebody's favorite track on the album, but I can't imagine that's a common sentiment. The song just isn't designed that way; it's made to melt into the background, serving as a short palate cleanser between the exhibitionistic single cuts "Soft and Wet" and "Just as Long as We're Together." Its structure is wispy, elusive: a single verse over a spare arrangement that just sort of disappears into the ether once it's done. In many ways, it sounds more like a demo than a lot of the actual demos Prince recorded in 1977.
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1978 promo book cover; © Warner Bros., photo stolen from Lansure's Music Paraphernalia.
During the course of this blog, I've already made a couple of passing references to the "Minneapolis Sound"; so I guess now is as good a time as any to talk about what that much-discussed label entails. At its most basic level, the Minneapolis Sound is a form of post-disco dance music rooted in R&B, with synthesizers replacing the traditional soul/funk horn section. Prince didn't "invent" the style, strictly speaking; as we've seen (and will continue to observe), plenty of others helped along the way, from Pepé Willie to André Cymone (née Anderson) to Chris Moon and Owen Husney to the Lewis Connection–whose keyboard player Pierre Lewis, you might recall, was the one who lent Prince his first Oberheim Four Voice so he could synthesize those traditional horn parts in the first place. There's a great collection on Numero Group called Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound that documents the genre's early progression–including some early songs Prince actually played on, like the aforementioned "If You See Me" by 94 East and the Lewis Connection's "Got to Be Something Here."
What we can attribute primarily to Prince was the formal codification of the Minneapolis Sound as a genre, which he did by simply bringing it to a national audience and turning it into a marketable (and lucrative) style for others to reproduce. But even this process didn't happen overnight. Case in point: "In Love," the second track of his 1978 debut album For You, which sounds both exactly like vintage Prince–i.e., the "Minneapolis Sound"–and like something completely different.
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Cover art for For You, 1978; photo by Joe Giannetti, © Warner Bros.
Prince's contract with Warner Bros. stipulated that he deliver his first album to the label within six months. But before he could begin work, there were a few issues that needed to be addressed: specifically, the executives at W.B. remained wary of giving full production responsibilities to an unproven teenager from Minnesota. "Warners basically said, 'We know he's talented, we know he can play the instruments, we know he can write songs, but does he have record sense?' Those are distinct areas," Prince's then-manager Owen Husney told biographer Per Nilsen. "The question was, 'Does he have the ability to make a record that will sell?'" (Nilsen 1999 35)
Warner wasn't sure, so they did what any record label would do in their situation: they hedged their bets. In an odd echo of Columbia's earlier, failed strategy, W.B. chairman Mo Ostin tried to convince Prince to work with an experienced star producer: Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire. But not even the superior White brother could dissuade the 19-year-old phenom from his ambitions. Prince, according to Husney, wrote a lengthy note laying out the reasons why White wasn't a good fit for his debut: "He had analyzed [Earth, Wind & Fire's] music and felt it wasn't going anywhere in the eighties… He didn't want that. He felt it was going to pigeonhole him. So I called back Mo and I said our decision was still 'no.' We wanted to be self-produced" (Nilsen 1999 35).
In the end, Husney and Ostin settled on a compromise–once again, following the earlier negotiations with CBS almost to the letter. Warner flew Prince back out to Los Angeles, under the pretext of offering him some free studio time. As he worked, however, the label sent producers and executives to surreptitiously observe his process: including head of A&R Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman (best known at the time for his work with Randy Newman), Gary Katz (producer of Steely Dan), and Ted Templeman (the Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, et. al.). "He thought some of these people were janitors," Husney claimed to Nilsen. "They were all walking in and out of there. Prince had no idea who the heck it was" (Nilsen 1999 35). But the ruse worked, and in the artist's favor: Waronker and Templeman in particular were impressed, and agreed that Prince should be allowed to self-produce. "You could not only tell there was talent but there was a vision," Waronker later recalled to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "He went out and played guitar, then overdubbed drums. By the time the drum part was recorded, it was clear. We didn't want to insult him by making him go through the whole process, but he wanted to finish" (Star Tribune 2004). With Warner Bros. sufficiently convinced, Prince became the youngest producer in the label's history.
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L to R - Russ Thyret, Prince, Mo Ostin, Owen Husney, and Barry Gross after Prince's signing with Warner Bros. Photo stolen from the UCLA Newsroom.
In the three-sided bidding war that ignited over Prince in Los Angeles, Warner Bros. held the edge. As noted last time, Prince's manager Owen Husney had a prior association with Russ Thyret, at that time the label's Vice President and Director of Promotion. Husney told biographer Dave Hill that he considered Thyret "a friend and a man of heart" (Hill 41). "While everybody was wining, dining, giving us lunches, and promising us homes in Beverly Hills, Russ was the man who took us back to his house, sat on the floor, and talked music with us," he later elaborated to Per Nilsen's Uptown fanzine. "And in the back of my mind I was always going toward Warner Bros., because of Russ" (Nilsen 1999 33).
Sure enough, it was with Russ, and Warner, that Prince ultimately signed on June 25, 1977. Personal connections aside, the decision made sense. Warner had a reputation in the industry as an artist-friendly label: its chief executive, Mo Ostin, encouraged a culture of receptiveness to artists' creative development that would have been appealing to Prince and his management, who insisted on not only a long-term deal, but also the ability for Prince to produce his own records. On the latter point, as we'll discuss next week, Ostin would need a little convincing; but he was willing to invest a considerable amount of time and money in Prince, and that was most important. "Columbia would only give him a two-LP deal, so we decided that we would give him a three-LP deal because we believe[d] in him so strongly," Ostin recalled to Billboard earlier this year (Aswad 2016).
The actual dollar amount of the contract Prince signed with W.B. has been disputed, and indeed exaggerated: in his interview with Hill, for example, Husney called it "a multi-million dollar deal," with an initial sum "well into six figures" (Hill 41). The truth, as Nilsen reported it, was quite a bit more modest: an $80,000 advance, with an additional $225,000 if Prince delivered three albums within 27 months. There was also a second option for renewal, entitling the artist to a quarter million for another two albums, delivered within one year. The promised recording budget for the initial, two-year period was $180,000: $60,000 per album. It was, according to Warner Bros. representatives, the biggest recording contract to date for a solo artist–with the exception, randomly, of Texas blues guitarist Johnny Winter (Nilsen 2004 18).
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Varutharacha Sambar / Sambar with Roasted Coconutand is located athttp://www.spicykitchen.net/recipe/varutharacha-sambar-sambar-roasted-coconut/.
Sambar is an integral part of kerala lunch menu.There are many sambar varities like sambar using sambar powder,instant sambar etc…But for festivals we used to make sambar with roasted coconut and spices.This is quite different from the usual sambars.The taste is so good.Rice,sambar and kondattam!! the combination is really superb!.I would like to share the sambar recipe with roasted coconut version.
Pressure cook dal along chopped tomato,onion,1/4 spn. of turmeric powder and salt.
When daal is done,add vegetables(except drumstick,brinjal and okra) cook without adding whistle.
Meantime heat 1 spoon of oil in a kadai.Add grated coconut,4 no of shallots,curry leaves and fry well.
When it starts to turn brown, add 1/4 spn. of turmeric powder,coriander powder, chilly powder, asafoetida and fenugreek powder.Fry for 1-2 minute in low flame.
Allow to cool.Grind the mix with 1 cup of water to smooth fine paste.
When the vegetable are half cooked, add brinjal,drumstick tamarind juice and salt.Cook for 2-3 minute.
Same time heat 2 soon of oil in a pan.Add chopped okra.Fry for 2-3 minute in low flame.Keep aside.
Add ground coconut mix and fried okra.Cover lid and cook for 5 minute in low flame.Stir often.
Heat oil in a pan.Splutter mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,cumin seeds(optional),red chilli and curry leaves.
Add this seasoning to the curry.Add salt if needed.Cover the lid and turn off flame.
Serve sambar after 5 minute.


Is it correct to call Michael a ghost?
Re: Is Michael a Ghost?
Not quite, in my mind anyway. Of course there is no precise definition of the term ghost. However what I understand under the term (I dont use it myself, so this is what I can assign its general usage to) is most likely (in my understanding) what has been called the "etheric body" of a recently deceased person, borrowing energy from living. I could also imagine someone might use that word to describe an astral traveller they may have met, if this traveller has been actually seen (by someone who was not aware why are they seeing this) - for example somewhere where they could not have logically physical been. And I am pretty sure that many times the word has also been used to describe figments of imagination, hoaxes, shadows etc.
Michael is a reunited Entity of fragments who have concluded their human journey long time ago and does not to my knowledge and understanding manifest in any way that could be described as ghost.
Not without stretching the term way out of proportion. Ghosts, at least as I use the term, are deceased people who are sticking around on the physical plane for some reason before going on.
What about what Michael looks like as a spirit. I wonder if he can be seen by psychics and mediums?
Well, Michael isn't a "he." Michael is a group of 1050 essence fragments. The name is just a convenience for us to be able to address the group consciousness (this is why I always call them "The Michaels" and use the pronoun "they"). If they were psychically visible, they probably wouldn't look like anything recognizable to us!
Questioner: Is Michael a ghost?
Michael: Nonsense! Who says we are A Ghost?! At least you should say we are Ghosts!
Questioner: I didn't make it up. I heard people say that you are invisible and talk through a channel.
Michael: That's true. But we've never played a horror movie or scared people at night!
Questioner: That sounds like a friendly ghost...Then what do you do at night?
Questioner: You haven't answer my question yet. Come on...come on...come on...Where are you?
Michael: OK, we are on causal plane.
Questioner: Causal plane? Then what is the cause for going there?
Michael finally decide to give up explaining. They take off the overleave. At a relief, they decide to fly to a Zen garden with seven kinds of flowers and 7 types of birds to have a retreat for 7days plus 7hours and 7minutes.
The topics for this session of Zazen are: Who am I? Who on earth am I? What on earth do people on earth are thinking?
The tip from the Zen garden: non-attachment; the ghosts are neither better nor worse than sun-gods!
Moo, from what I read, Fragments start reintegrating into an Entity as each cycles off. Once they are all cycled off and reintegrated, they move to Causal.
Essences are originally cast into entities, 7 entities into a cadre and 12 cadres into an energy ring. That is, the Essence is a member of an Entity before its first incarnation on the Physical Plane.
The process of integration begins on the astral after a number of Essences have cycled off of the physical plane, and continues on the causal. Cadres integrate on the mental plane.
Ghosts are usually persistent psychic impressions with nothing behind them, however sometimes they're actual incarnational selves that haven't transitioned from the physical plane to the astral after death. Most of them are simply hanging around to attend the wake and the funeral so they can see what people actually thought about them. I wouldn't be surprised to find a fair number attending the Reading of the Will.
No Moo. Last Fragment of Michael was incarnated thousands of years ago (according to majority of sources). If Michael still had Fragments that are incarnating, they would not be on Causal plane.
And there is one Michael Entity, consisting of 1050 cycled off Fragments.
I may not have been as clear as I could be. What I intended is to say that the membership of an entity and a cadre is fixed before the first essence has its first lifetime on the physical plane. In other words, all 1050 Essences that compose the Michael entity have been part of that entity since before their first physical plane lifetime. "Integration" is a process of internal reorganization.
I would not call Michael ghost or ghosts since from my understanding, they have lived all of their lives and are waiting for the rest of the entity to then reunite with the tao.
spirits are different than ghosts to me. ghosts to me are deceased people who are for one reason or another caught in between the physical and the astral where the essensences exist between lives. stuck for who knows what reason. they have quote "not seen the light" to cross over to the astral level where they will reside in the astral world that they create.
spirits on the other hand have moved to the astral level but are also free to move back and forth. psychic impressions, yes. that is what some of us pick up. The energy that still exists.
so Michael is the name of one of the entities of the cadre, correct? so it is possible that the other 6 entities could be channeling as other names thru someone else? just wondering. and since this cadre is part of a greater cadre of 12, there could be a total of 90 other entity names?
I know making it far to complex. just asking since people I have heard get hung up that there is only Michael. it seems that there could be others, right?
Michael Entity is already re-integrated, in itself. Before this Entity will be reuniting with Tao, there will be other planes above Causal to progress through.
There is a difference between saying that there is only one Michael and saying that there are no other Causal teachers.
As for other Entities in Michael's cadre, Stephen Cocconi recently channeled them under the name of Michael Consortium, speaking as one and claiming they have now progressed to Mental Plane and some other details that have been met with mixed reactions.
Anyways, that's besides the point. All of these names are only for human convenience, I highly doubt they are used by these beings for any other purpose than for our identification, and that is specifically *our* identification. Michael said they teach extra terrestrial students too and I really doubt these know this teacher as "Michael". The original Michael group channeled one such student and he referred to "Michael" as "the teacher".


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Hidden away in a rural, peaceful area, surprisingly close to Canggu's famous beaches and other hot spots, sits Villa Tresna Asih, a complex of 2 fully self-contained luxury apartments with one large rice paddy view garden and a swimming pool. Each of these modern 2-bedroom apartments has their own separate entrance and they come with a sofa lounge, dining area and European kitchen. Larger travelling groups have the option of renting the entire complex with 4 bedrooms and multiple communal hang-out spots. This villa is great for couples, small families and bigger families. Flexibility is key!
Villa Tresna Asih is home to 2 separate luxury apartments, one on ground level and another one up on the first floor. Each apartment has 2 bedrooms. Both living areas feature contemporary open-plan designs with plenty of natural sunlight. A fresh rice paddy breeze flows through and all day long, guests get to enjoy the magnificent views of the garden, the swimming pool and Bali's emerald rice terraces. The interior designs are also modern and very elegant, featuring natural timbers, local Palimanan stone walls and quality furniture. The overall ambience is utterly serene and tranquil. The downstairs apartment is furnished with a cushioned wooden sofa and a coffee table. The stylish kitchen comes with a wooden bar and high chairs, doubling as a dining table. The upper apartment is slightly bigger, furnished with a sofa, a round wooden dining table, an electric piano and a spacious open kitchen.
Villa Tresna Asih features one large riverside garden planted with all kinds of tropical plants and trees. There is a large manicured green grass lawn, a large sparkly swimming pool and a circular outdoor tub to sit and sip tropical cocktails under the sun. Kids can play on the lawn in the shade of trees, couples can sunbathe on the poolside loungers, swim laps in the pool and soak in the tub. There is nothing but the sounds of nature as if residing in a little paradise right here on 'the island of the Gods'.
Each of the 2 apartments has got 2 deluxe bedroom suites with full glass frontage to maximize the rice paddy views. All 4 bedrooms are equipped with air-conditioning and flat-screen TV's. There are large king-size double beds with fresh white linen, cosy lounge spots to read or sit and gaze at the view and generous wardrobe closets with safety boxes. The en-suite bathrooms come with large free-standing bathtubs and/or rainfall shower, washbasins and toilets.
From the main road in Canggu's upcoming Pererenan, a little gang (big enough to fit a car) leads you towards Villa Tresna Asih. The location of Villa Tresna Asih is very quiet and peaceful, yet it is very strategic towards the Echo Beach, Berawa, Tanah Lot and Seminyak. The nearest beach is Pererenan, featuring excellent surfing waves and magnificent sunsets.


For the second consecutive year, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Middle School, Hartford, was named by Solution Tree, an educational publishing and professional development company, as a Model Professional Learning Community at Work™ (PLC) for its sustained success in raising student achievement. It's one of approximately 200 schools and districts in the U.S. and Canada to receive this honor. PLC schools and districts are those in which educators recognize that the key to improved student learning is ongoing, job-embedded learning for the adults who serve them. Educators focus on learning, building a collaborative culture, and creating results.
CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Middle School was recognized for demonstrating a commitment to PLC concepts and for implementing them for at least three years. The end result was improved student learning. The school was awarded after submitting an application for consideration by the PLC Review Committee that showed measurable results and explained its school practices, structures, and culture.
Recognized model PLC schools are listed on allthingsplc.info, where they share implementation strategies, structures, and performance with other educators interested in improving their schools. Tools for team collaboration, articles, and research about PLCs, blog posts, and other related resources, are also available on the site.
For more information about CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Middle School's commitment to PLC concepts, contact Principal Bo Ryan at 860-724-0685 or bryan@crec.org.


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Walking down to "The Banner" for three well-earned mid-week pints, I noticed sweet smells from several different blossoms mingled in our springtime air. Perhaps it was the late April temperature or that light rain shower earlier this evening but it seemed to me that something had enhanced the aromas emanating from fading blossoms now hanging limply on leafy branches.
They say that we associate memories with particular smells. I can't say that that is true for me though there is a particular smell of polish and varnish mixed with the kind of wood shavings that Mr Assert the caretaker would chuck over small puddles of vomit that takes me right back to primary school days which in turn reminds me of Miss Readhead's perfume - roses and talcum powder - an old-fashioned/old lady smell from long ago.
Though some of my senses are not as sharp as they were when I was younger, my sense of smell remains acute and there are some smells that I simply adore. Above all others, my favourite smell has to be that slightly metallic odour that hangs in the air following rain after a dry spell. And I love the smell of hot tar when road gangs are repairing or resurfacing roads. What does it speak of? Liquorice? Trinidad?
Foul smells include the revolting odour of cigarette smoke that clings lavatorially to smokers' hair and clothing. Then there's the stale smell you find in charity shops, intensified in old people's homes. Dog daisies and dead chickens. Neglected public conveniences. Canine faeces on your shoe.
I love the smell of new books and glossy magazines and football programmes. Push your nose against the pages and sniff. And of course there are cooking smells - the grilling of bacon, roast chicken sizzling in the oven, bubbling Lamb Madras, Christmas mince pies and honey-sweet Victoria sponges. Gorgeous.
A snuffed out candle. Cordite on bonfire night after the rockets have flown. New cars and newly mown grass. The pinkness of babies' new skin. Petroleum. "Vosene" shampoo. "Tabac" aftershave and fresh lemon juice. Onions in a pan and freshly chopped garlic. Freshly dug soil - the smell of the earth.
The sense of smell is perhaps less easy to articulate than the other senses but it is nonetheless precious, helping us to define and relish the lives we are leading. Where would be in an odourless world? We'd be lost, quite lost.
Last Monday, I made my debut in a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong following the interview I had with cub reporter Li Ming Kit of the Ming Pao Newspaper Group at the new Yorkshire Pudding bar restaurant. She kindly sent me a "soft copy" of the article and I have cropped it to highlight the image of me indulging in my second favourite pastime - scoffing tucker! On this occasion it was free roast beef, veg and Yorkshire puddings with gravy - all washed down with a nice free pint of Murphy's stout
As I am sure there are few visitors to this blog who are fluent in Cantonese, I will translate.... "As I interviewed the staff at the new restaurant, in walked a gorgeous hunk of a man with bulging biceps and a sexy Elvis-like pout. Unfortunately, he was with his English wench. Nevertheless, I made a beeline for him. Oooo! He was gorgeous and when I heard his rough Yorkshire accent, my legs felt like jelly. Manfully, he tucked into his free meal and gave it the thumbs up - claiming that the puddings were as good as his mother used to make back in the mythical land of Yorkshire.... He was none other than the well-known English blogger Mr Yorkshire Pudding. It was a privilege to meet him."
I think I should change the title of this blog from "Yorkshire Pudding" to "Hong Kong Tourist Information". I swear that there will soon come a day when I will blog about something else. In the meantime, by popular request, here are several more photos from our Hong Kong album. Actually, although the weather was always dry when we were there, the skies were usually overcast - not the best lighting for brilliant photography. Well, that's my excuse...
Exotic lobster in a Sai Kung fishing boat....
Old man enjoying Chinese theatrical performance...
The fortress in Macau...
In a Buddhist temple on Lantau....
View from the Ramada Hotel....
The only lizard we saw...
Vegetable market near Temple Street....
Are you still awake?
It used to be that friends or relatives would trap you with photo albums or slideshows of their holidays. You just wanted to yell, "Let me out of here!". Another picture of Aunt Betty on the promenade, another silhouette of a yacht on the horizon. You might suppose that eternal damnation could be like that - endlessly perusing somebody else's holiday snaps. "And here we are outside the bingo parlour...that's Tom and Elsie from Huddersfield...their daughter lives in Australia...And here we are leaving the bingo parlour...". AAAARGH!
So with slight apology, from my memory card, here are just five more selected images from our trip to Hong Kong...
Dried seafood shop on Des Voeux Road West...there were dozens of them.
Cardboard lady in Stanley with twisted roots...
Shirley up the Bank of China Tower in Central...
Stilt-house man in Tai O...
Giant fish in Sai Kung restaurant fishtank...
So there we were riding up the "Mid Levels Escalator" which takes workers and tourists alike up the steep hill from "Central" Hong Kong towards "The Peak" that towers above this skyscraping city. We were heading for Hollywood Road and SoHo for an evening meal. Approaching Staunton Street, I was momentarily speechless. Like Fred Flintstone, I dragged my Wilma off the mechanical pavement and twisted her head to gaze upon something I had never expected to see - a bar/restaurant called not "The Hong Kong Fooey" but named after me - yes me - "Yorkshire Pudding". There was a Rolls Royce pulled up outside. Then I remembered - to avoid carting my backpack around - I had left my camera back at the hotel. Typical! But wait a minute - no problem - Shirley could use her mobile to photograph this temple erected in my honour. "I left it charging at the hotel," she trembled - fearing my manly wrath.
Next day, after scaling the Bank of China Tower and the International Finance Centre Tower - not like Spiderman but in high-speed elevators - and after exploring "The Peak", we found ourselves back at"Central" with time to spare. Naturally, we re-ascended the human conveyor belt and again reached Staunton Street. I rubbed my eyes. It had not been a dream. It really existed - a bar/restaurant called "Yorkshire Pudding".
With trepidation, we entered the establishment and ordered coffees. It felt strange being inside myself. We sat at the bar but to our right there was some kind of interview going on with a photographer in attendance. The lady being interviewed was Rosemary Torrance, marketing manager for the Staunton Group of businesses. Apparently, my bar had only opened three months ago and the local press were interested.
Rosemary was delighted that two random tourists had wandered in in the late afternoon and even more delighted when I told her I was not only from Yorkshire but that I was the real "Yorkshire Pudding". I also spoke with the Chinese journalist, Li Ming Kit. Next and quite bizarrely I had to tuck into an illustrative meal of Yorkshire Pudding with beef, roast potatoes and veg whilst supping on a free pint of Murphy's Stout. Shirley had "Spitfire". I tried to point out that Marston's "Black Sheep" would have been more appropriate but it was too late - the photos had already been taken and next week I am due to make my debut in a Chinese language newspaper. Have any other bloggers got bars named after them? I think "The Rhymes With Plague" would surely be too sophisticated for most redneck citizens of Georgia while "The Last Visible Dog" would be famous for its delicious roast kiwis and accommodating sheilas...
By the way, the little red cross does not indicate a first aid centre - it is in fact the cross of St George. I have instructed Rosemary to change this to a beautiful white Yorkshire rose. Far more appropriate. If visiting Hong Kong, ladies are required to use the front entrance. No gentlemen will be allowed in through the back. Sorry Mr Clewley!
Sorry I haven't posted for so long. We got back from Hong Kong this evening and although it's nearly 11pm Thursday here, my body's saying it's 6am Friday after some sixteen hours in the air courtesy of Emirates. I just downloaded photos of our trip and have picked out two representative snaps...I'll post more words when the jetlag feeling dissipates... Above... There are some 7.5 million Hong Kongers and yes sure, there are millionaires and wealthy entrepreneurs making deals and fretting about the Hang Seng Index but the vast majority live meagre lives in anonymous highrise flats like this one pictured from our room in the Ramada Hotel.
Below... Shirley pictured on a Lantau Island beach through a bamboo grove. A significant proportion of Hong Kong is rural and surprisingly unspoilt. There are some 250 islands - many of them uninhabited. Much of the vegetaion is lush and typically sub-tropical.
Calling....Hong Kong Calling! Can you read me? Over.... The air waves crackle and Yorkshire Pudding's dulcet tones may now be heard from one of Britain's furthest flung former colonies.
I have noticed several things. Firstly, in country areas, they seem obsessed with maintaining the slopes that edge so many roads. I guess that in wet weather these slopes could threaten landslides so crews are out there concreting, building walls, driving rivets into solid rock or planting particularly clingy shrubs. Secondly - the warning signs! They're everywhere. On buses you must not talk to the driver, must not smoke, must not eat or drink, must wear a seatbelt if one is provided or risk a fine of $HK 5000. On Hong Kong Island itself, pedestrians stand patiently watching the red man even though there may be no traffic in sight. Everything seems so orderly and clean and the public transport systems are cheap and efficient.
We're still staying on Lantau Island where yesterday we visited the Big Buddha and the fishing village of Tai O which still has some humble fishing families' homes built on wooden stilts. The Big Buddha was... well big and bronze and had about him an air of enormous (naturally) peace. We visited Hong Kong Island today - took the Number 40 bus to Stanley where we visited the British war cemetery and the busling market. Later we rode the funicular railway to Victoria Peak and looked over the crazy Legoland high-rise fantasy that is Hong Kong itself... I'll bore you with more of this another day. Happy Easter!
Tai O, Lantau West.
Ferrari - see what I mean...
They often say that particular breeds of dog will reflect the character and even the appearance of their owners. Hence, Barbara Cartland and her poodles and Clement Freud with his bloodhound. See what I mean? Well I have a new theory and this concerns cars. You might even say that names or makes of car will reflect the personality or status of their owners. Following exhaustive studies, here are several car/human definitions...
Range Rover = one who pretends to be a suburban farmer, an environmental vandal.
Mini = one who wishes he or she were still young again, someone who refuses to grow old gracefully.
VW Beetle = a hippie
VW Golf = one who doesn't like golf, a pretentious insurance salesperson with an inflated ego
Volvo Estate = Earth Mother
Citroen = a Francophile on a low budget with little sense of style, someone who is easily fooled by television advertising.
Rolls Royce = one who is a member of the ruling class and is deserving of an all-night "interview" with the People's Liberation Front
Stretch Hummer/Stretch Limousine = bunch of drunken morons
taxi = one who thinks he owns the road and expects massive tips for providing extremely discourteous service after talking on a mobile phone while surging down the bus lane.
Lamborghini = one who is a rich, big-headed git but small in other respects
Ferrari = one who is a rich, big-headed git but small in other respects
Subaru = a dickhead, a boy racer.
Vauxhall Astra = one of great intelligence, style and decency who resides in God's own county of Yorkshire.
Nissan Micra = wife of one of great style, wit, wisdom, natural handsomeness etc. who resides in the promised land of Yorkshire and enjoys serving her lord and master.
Can you think of any more definitions?
Lantau
Amazingly, Michael based in Australia guessed that Shirley and I are bound for Hong Kong and to begin with we will be staying on Lantau Island at the Silvermine Beach Hotel. Possibly tongue-in-cheek, one respondent expressed surprise that a teacher should be able to fund a trip to Hong Kong. Hells bells, I have a first class honours degree. I have taught in secondary schools for thirty two years without a single day off for illness and I have been a head of department for seventeen years. Shirley is a senior practice nurse specialising in the treatment of diabetes. We have successfuly raised a family. Why shouldn't we be able to fund a trip to Hong Kong? We don't smoke. We don't have expensive hobbies. We live in a basic semi-detached house.... so Hong Kong here we come where no doubt we will go to see The Big Buddha...
Or perhaps we will try some fresh crap... Mmmmmm...


Independent wrestling star Ricochet has officially joined the WWE. The 29 year-old high-flyer reported to the WWE Performance Center for the first time today (Jan. 16). He brings with him all the experience one would expect from a 14-year veteran of the business.
Ricochet is no stranger to winning as he has a healthy resume that includes being a two-time winner of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament, the second American in history to win New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament (Eddie Guerrero was the first), PWG World Champion, Lucha Underground Champion, World Series Wrestling heavyweight champion and more.
Standing 5-foot-9 and weighing 188 pounds, Ricochet brings an astonishing assortment of aerial moves to the ring. He first earned notoriety in Japan for an eye-popping double-moonsault, and his 630° senton remains one of the most potent weapons in his arsenal.
His inclusion in the WWE Universe should be one that fans of all kinds will enjoy for years to come.


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Q: Ruby Regexp gsub, replace instances of second matching character I would like to replace the first letter after a hyphen in a string with a capitalised letter.
"this-is-a-string" should become "thisIsAString"
"this-is-a-string".gsub( /[-]\w/, '\1'.upcase )

I was hoping that \1 would reinsert my second character match  \w and that I could capitalise it.
How does one use the \0 \1 etc options?

A: You need to capture \w to be able to refer to the submatch.
Use
"this-is-a-string".gsub(/-(\w)/) {$~[1].upcase}
# => thisIsAString

See the Ruby demo
Note that $~[1] inside the {$~[1].upcase} block is actually the text captured with (\w), the $~ is a matchdata object instantiated with gsub and [1] is the index of the first group defined with a pair of unescaped parentheses.
See more details about capturing groups in the Use Parentheses for Grouping and Capturing section at regular-expressions.info.

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Q: Create a custom file extension in VB 2008 I have been doing a lot of searching on the web and cant seem to find a clear way of creating a custom file extension. I know to associate the file extension to a certain program, but how do create a format for the custom file extension?

A: You can do that as well through setup application as described in Walkthrough: Deploying a Windows-based Application, and you can pick any extension you like. I prefer to use abbreviation created from application name, and try to find if this extension is not in use. If extension was in use, then old reference (link between file type and application) will be broken. Use of 4 characters extensions will help with better chance of extension to be unique.


Colombia – the land of conflict and cartels, a place tourists were advised to tread carefully. That's pretty much what I had heard before I went there for the first time. However after my first visit, I fell in love with the country, have been back twice and would gladly go back again and again. I was there long enough to learn that Colombia's reputation is mostly blown up, outdated and out of context.
One location in Colombia that caught my attention is the city of Santa Marta. The region is famous for its national park, Tayrona. Whilst Tayrona is what attracts both locals and foreigners to this region, the city of Santa Marta itself is quite an exciting spot for nightlife, markets, shopping, travel agencies and much more. In general it is a vibrant city with a lot to offer and the expenses for accommodation, dining and shopping suitable for every budget.
Transport to Santa Marta is easy and frequent. Planes fly in daily from most big cities and buses run every couple of hours from terminals across the country. If you have a little bit of money to spend, go crazy with a Cadillac taxi, with suspension that makes the car dance to the Latino beats, that is driven by look-a-likes of Richard "Cheech" and Tommy Chong from Cheech and Chong. Nothing beats the entertainment factor of this ride, which will allow you to forget how much money you had to part with to get into the car!
Stay at the little fishing village of Taganga, which is just outside the city in the next big bay due east. Even though this area is becoming hugely popular with backpackers, mainly from Israel, it is a quaint village with unique characteristics and a good vibe that will keep you entertained well enough so you never feel the urge to head into the city. You will find a number of small bars and restaurants around the beach and the town also has two outdoor discotheques. Around Taganga there are a number of hiking trails to take you to the inland hills and others to the coastal areas. Access to this area is easy, taxis are well aware of the location and a mini bus runs to and from all major stops around the city every half an hour.
Fruit smoothies in this country are amazing and in this little village I personally found them to be phenomenal.
Some of the highlights that are on the top of the list would be the challenging trek to La Cuidad Perdida, The Lost City, and a four-day camping adventure in the amazing Tayrona Park. Start off with the Lost City trek, which you can arrange with two main companies in Bastidas Street close to the Marina, I recommend Tulcan, though there are smaller agencies for people on lower budgets. What made me choose Tulcan were the experienced and knowledgeable guides as they had once been excavators of the Lost City. The six-day trek is no easy feat, and requires a good level of fitness, however the stops to eat, sleep and swim are definitely worth the journey. Highlights of the trek to the city include meeting local tribes and the rich bio-diversity of the area.
The 169 terraces carved into the mountain are believed to be 650 years older than Machu Picchu, founded around 800AD. Only found in 1972 by treasure looters the city has gained reputation among travellers. Though the trails were closed to tourists in 2003 following the kidnapping of eight tourists, the Colombian army now patrol the area making the city safe again.
After the physically challenging Cuidad Perdida, take some well-deserved time off and book yourself in for a camping trip at the beaches of Tayrona Park. Stock up on provisions and hop on a bus to the entrance of the park, hike through the coastal jungle and arrive at the first beach, Arrecifes. Stay put or head to the remote paradise of Cabo San Juan. This beach is suitable for camping and is as lush as they get. If you are up for a bit of walking and exploring, you can venture further west to a couple of even more remote beaches where you are guaranteed complete privacy without another single person in sight.
From experience I would recommend travelling between February and April, but whenever you decide to take the trip I do hope you find some time out of your busy schedule to visit this magical spot.


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'Ezogelin' (EZ'-oh gel-EEN') soup is a hearty and delicious Turkish soup made with red lentils, rice, bulgur, pepper paste, and Turkish spices. It comes from the southeastern region of Turkey, and it's a great example of Turkish regional cuisine.
'Ezogelin' soup is similar to Turkish red lentil soup, but it is not strained through to make a smooth, creamy texture. The rice and bulgur are left whole or to cook in the soup, giving it a unique texture.
Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter or margarine in a large, covered saucepan. Add the onion, and fry until it becomes translucent and very tender.
Next, add the flour, and stir until bubbly. Be careful not to let the flour brown or burn.
Mix the pepper or tomato paste with 2 tablespoons of water, then add to the flour. Stir until well combined.
Next, slowly add the beef broth while stirring. Continue stirring the mixture over high heat until it comes to a boil.
Wash the red lentils, rice, and bulgur together in a fine wire strainer until the water runs clear. Add them to the boiling mixture. Add the salt, then reduce the heat, and cover the pan. If you are using bouillon, you may need to reduce the added salt. Let the soup slowly simmer until the rice and bulgur are very soft and the lentils have fallen apart after about 20 minutes.
Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter in a small skillet or pan. Add the hot pepper flakes and mint, and stir over the heat for a minute or two.
Then, stir the butter and spices into the soup, and let it simmer a few minutes more. If the soup seems too thick, add a little more water or broth. Adjust the salt and spices to your taste.
Serve a slice of lemon along with each bowl of soup as a garnish. You can also place small bowls of red pepper flakes and mint on the table to sprinkle on top of the soup. Enjoy!


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More young adults living with their parents
By Christian Nordqvist Published Aug 1, 2013 at 20:53 PM GMT
Last year, 36% of American young adults were living with their parents.
According to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, a record 21.6 million young adults are living in their parent's home today.
The study, titled "A Rising Share of Young Adults Live in Their Parents' Home", defined young adults as people aged from 18 to 31 years, otherwise known as 'Millennials', because they all turned 18 after the end of the last millennium.
According to the authors:
"This is the highest share in at least four decades and represents a slow but steady increase over the 32% of their same-aged counterparts who were living at home prior to the Great Recession in 2007 and the 34% doing so when it officially ended in 2009."
In 2007, a total of 18.5 million young adults lived with their parents, compared to 21.6 million last year. At least one third of Millennials who live with their parents today are college students. In this study, the authors have included college students who live in dorms during the academic year as dwellers in their parents' home.
Fifty-six percent of young adults aged 18 to 24 (Younger Millennials) and 16% of those aged 25 to 31 (Older Millennials) live with their parents. Since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, a higher percentage in both the young adult age groups have had this living arrangement.
Millennial males are more likely to be living with their parents than females of the same age – 40% and 32% respectively.
Fewer young adults today have jobs or are getting married, and more are studying
The authors believe the following factors have driven up the share of young adults who live with their parents:
Fewer young adults have jobs – while 70% of young adults had jobs in 2007, only 63% were in employment in 2012. Forty-five percent of Millennials in 2012 lived with their parents, compared to 29% of those with jobs.
More young adults in further education – 39% of Younger Millennials were in college in March 2012, compared to 35% in March 2007. Sixty-six percent of Younger Millennials who were in college lived with their parents, compared to 50% of those not in further education.
Fewer young adults getting married – only 25% of Millennials were married in 2012, compared to 30% in 2007. Forty-seven percent of unmarried Millennials live with their parents today, compared to just 3% of their married counterparts.
These three factors do not in themselves explain why more younger adults are living with their parents today compared to 2007. Even within each subgroup – unmarried, unemployed or young adults in further education – a higher percentage of them have remained with their parents since 2007.
The authors added "Looking at longer term trends, the analysis finds that the share of young adults living in their parents' home was relatively constant from 1968 (the earliest comparable data available) to 2007, at about 32%. However, other household arrangements of young adults changed dramatically during this period. For example, the share who were married and living with a spouse fell from 56% in 1968 to 27% in 2007. And the share who were living with a roommate or child or were cohabiting with a partner increased nearly fivefold (from 5.5% to 26%)."


For loving family members who set good examples for me and love me for who I am- for strong friends who understand me and help me to be better-for nieces and nephews who teach me something new every day-for parents who give me so much but still make me work for the important things-for hot showers-for a warm house to come home to and feel the spirit-for my religion-for laughter-for memories-for my health-for my job-for the ability to learn-for chocolate creme pie! :) -for hope and faith-for prayer-for technology-for strength to get through trials-for rainy days-for hot chocolate!-for hugs-for kisses-for the butterflies you get when you experience something new and\or exciting-for mother nature-for flowers-for Christmas lights-for Freedom!-for the ability to dream-for shooting stars-for puppies-for babies!-for pictures-for happiness-for rainbows-for sugar cereal-for smiles-for pajamas-for the choice I have to not shave my legs! haha-for low gas prices!-for clean sheets-for bubble baths-for ice cream-for talents-for culture-for music-for chapstick lol-for good books-for naps-for jokes-for Temples-for love!-and for so many other things that can't possibly be listed due to lack of space and time!
And I'm especially grateful for this blog, to share my thoughts and keep in touch with my family and friends! Hope everyone ate lots of Turkey! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
I love you Tor. You are so great and remind me of so many things I also have to be grateful for.
Tori Jensen.... How wonderful to see your beautiful face! It has been a long time! I thought I saw you the other day at Victoria Secret.. You looked so different I was afraid to approach you in the case that it wasn't you... but seeing you now, I am certain! Heh! Next time there will be no hiding.. hope you are well.
I am also grateful for blogs, so that I can keep in touch with my long lost friend!
Tori! How did you find me? So cool to get a comment on my blog from one of the most AWESOME women I know. We need to catch up... how do I send you like a real email, text or something? I so love your blog... almost as much I love you!
Tori! I'm grateful for you! That was a great post, reminds me of all the many things I am grateful for. LOVE YOU!


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I, Obot
What will Obama's tech gurus Shift+Control next?
Tim Dickinson
Photo: David Katz/Obama for America
In late October—the day after General Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama put to rest any doubts of the Democrat's standing to become commander in chief—Obama received a second, perhaps more telling, endorsement from Eric Schmidt, the moonfaced, bespectacled ceo of Google. Schmidt not only vouched for Obama as a candidate for the Oval Office, he deadpanned that the Democrat might be qualified to take the reins at the Googleplex. "These guys managed to hire 3,000 people, create a billion dollars in revenue, and recruit a million volunteers in two years," he told me in a postelection interview. "Those numbers are faster than Google's—and Google was the fastest thing I've ever seen."
The praise offered validation—if any were still needed—that Obama had created the most technologically innovative, entrepreneurially driven campaign in American political history. Now, more than a decade after Bill Clinton promised it, Obama is about to march the federal government across the bridge to the 21st century. He has vowed to bring every federal agency up to current tech standards, appoint the nation's first chief technology officer (see "Hail to the Geek"), and "use technology to open up our government…and invite all Americans in." In short, to end Dick Cheney's reign of darkness with Internet-powered sunshine.
For those who immersed themselves in the campaign text by text and tweet by tweet, it's easy to lose perspective of just how radical a challenge Obama presented to the traditional model of politics. From Richard Nixon through George W. Bush, the essence of presidential campaigning had been "a tarmac hit, a 30-second spot, and 200 kids in the campaign headquarters," says Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Politics Institute, a think tank that focuses on the intersection between politics and the Internet. Obama, by contrast, leveraged Web 2.0 technologies to create a bottom-up campaign that got millions of people to pitch in, not just as donors but as partners.
Necessity was the mother of this invention. "It was brilliant—and they had no choice," says Schmidt. Facing in Hillary Clinton a primary opponent who'd mastered the top-down techniques and had locked up the backing (and dollars) of the party elite, Obama was forced to trust his fate to small-time donors and community activists. Early on, he snatched up key talent, including Chris Hughes, his "online organizing guru" and one of the wunderkind founders of Facebook, as well as Joe Rospars, a droll 27-year-old who looks like he might be John "I'm a PC" Hodgman's younger brother (and who was a key player in Howard Dean's failed bid for the White House) as his new media director.
The results were impressive. Obama—who never took much interest in courting the existing netroots establishment—didn't merely build his own MoveOn, he trebled it, with an email list that is now estimated to top 10 million. The campaign's wildly successful text-message stunt—breaking the news of its VP selection exclusively to those who'd signed up for a text alert—allowed Rospars & Co. to amass nearly 3 million cell phone numbers, and then to target text messages to the pockets, purses, and belt clips of Obama's most motivated supporters.
Moving beyond the rudimentary one-way mode of texting, the Obama campaign also rolled out an iPhone application that made it easy to view the campaign's latest news clips and videos, and even reordered a user's contact list by swing state. On Election Day the application ranked as the iPhone's 31st most popular free download—ahead of MySpace Mobile.
If innovating on a niche platform like the iPhone was an easy call in those flush final weeks, the campaign's social network, My.BarackObama.com, was a riskier bet in 2007 when resources were so tight that even top consultants were asked to drive themselves from Chicago to Iowa. Yet it's safe to say that the Obama victory would have been impossible without that investment.
MyBO's Web 2.0 platform allowed for continuous communication between the campaign and some 2.5 million supporters who registered on the site. More critically, it gave Obama fans a virtual public square in which to organize—by geography, demography, or shared interests. "The campaign knit thousands of affinity groups together through MyBO," says William Kennard, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and top tech adviser to the president-elect. Take for example the nearly 40,000-strong Florida Women for Obama, one of the largest groups on the MyBO network. By Election Day, it had hosted nearly 5,000 campaign events, called more than 120,000 voters, knocked on more than 12,000 doors, and raised nearly $350,000. All without the campaign having to put anyone on the payroll.
Technology was also used to dramatic effect in the campaign's voter file. Traditionally, this database is accessible only to paid staff. The Obama campaign, under the direction of field director Jon Carson, opened up the list to its volunteer precinct captains in a massively multiuser format—"in much the same way Wikipedia works," Carson says. Crowdsourcing the get-out-the-vote effort gave the campaign a real-time measure of its performance on the ground: "I don't ask the field directors in the state for a typed-out report on what's happening," Carson told me when I visited Obama's Chicago headquarters. "I can tell you how many contacts they made in Pennsylvania last night, because it's logged in the voter file." On Election Day, via a technology code-named "Houdini," deputies in the field could track who among the campaign's get-out-the-vote targets had already hit the polls. As names of voters were checked off online, they disappeared (Houdini-like) from the target lists, allowing precinct captains to zero in on the remainder.
"As somebody who grappled with the primitive stuff we had in 2004 with the Dean campaign," says Joe Trippi, who oversaw the Dean effort, "it's incredible and a real tribute to the Obama campaign" that version 2.0 was good enough to win. "They absolutely perfected it."
Still, for those evaluating Obama's promises of openness and transparency, the campaign wasn't a direct-democracy utopia: The effort may have been powered by millions of volunteers, but it was never moved by them. The command team in Chicago was as insular and opaque as any campaign in recent memory. Perhaps the most important decision maker after Obama—campaign manager David Plouffe—was also the most reclusive, rebuffing all but a handful of media interviews, to the point where even today political commentators habitually mispronounce his name. (It rhymes with "tough.")
This open-and-closed dichotomy sometimes produced discord, as when the campaign unceremoniously usurped the MySpace "barackobama" page from a volunteer and lost 160,000 "friends" in the process. The most public incident came last summer in the aftermath of Obama's abrupt reversal on immunity for telecom companies that helped the government spy on Americans. A protest group on MyBO soon became the network's largest (it stands at 23,000 members today) and caught the attention of the media. Obama eventually posted a detailed blog entry defending his decision, and directed three of his senior advisers to participate in a 30-minute online town hall with critics.
That defused things a bit, but Kennard—currently a member of the Carlyle Group, a politically wired investment firm—says the telecom clash showed that Obama isn't going to be overruled by the electorate: "You're not going to change your carefully considered decision just because you've talked to some people on the Web." The campaign's innovation, he says, was not so much about participatory decision making, but about unmediated communication: "Can you imagine John McCain—or any other politician—engaging with his constituents in this kind of forum?"
Indeed, the most concrete of Obama's high-tech proposals are more technocratic than revolutionary. In the keystone of his good-government reforms, Obama has pledged to force every executive department to "conduct the significant business of the agency" in front of a webcam, so it can be viewed by any citizen muckraker. He also wants federal agencies to throw open government databases so that anyone with a spreadsheet program—from a high schooler writing a report on his local watershed to economists poring over health care statistics—can crunch the data. And he has committed to making most legislation available for a five-day public comment period before it's signed, the better to ferret out midnight riders of the sort that deregulated the financial industry.
Beyond that, says Rosenberg of the New Politics Institute, "one would suspect that WhiteHouse.gov starts to look a lot like My.BarackObama.com, and that people will be able to sign up on the site and engage with the president." FDR, he notes, "used radio to create greater intimacy with the American people. Obama is going to have a set of tools far more powerful than radio was." A preview of this transformation is on display at Obama's transition site, Change.gov, which features a presidential blog, lets visitors submit their résumés, and, of course, collects the email address of anyone who signs up.
Whether all this enhanced communication will become a true two-way street is an open question. The Obama campaign did experiment with using collaborative tools for policymaking, setting up dozens of online advisory forums and inviting experts (though not the general public) to participate in free-flowing debates. "It's like a listserv," explains Kennard, who participated in the 400-member technology and media group with an all-star cast including Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Google's Schmidt. "You get to tap into broad expertise without having to assemble a commission."
Of course, notes Schmidt, a listserv model can only go so far—and it will fail if the person with the key idea on the economic crisis is someone you've never thought to invite. The "holy grail" of collaborative policymaking, says Schmidt, "is where everyone participates, where every idea is surfaced, and then the bad ones are quickly eliminated. The best idea may not come from your staff."
Unveiling his tech agenda in early 2007, Obama made an oblique nod to this thinking, pledging to establish "pilot programs" to "tap into the vast and distributed expertise of the American citizenry." Schmidt says he's confident the new administration will offer some bold experiments along these lines.
Perhaps Obama's real secret weapon, though, will be to use his prodigious campaign machinery exactly as it was designed—for campaigning. According to a spokesman for the Federal Election Commission, the president will be free to make use of this infrastructure to promote his political agenda, just as long as its activities do not personally enrich him. This will likely mean, say sources close to the campaign, that Obama can rally an army of 10 million activists to agitate on behalf of his health care agenda, energy independence, or a bailout targeting Main Street. As Schmidt puts it, "They're on to something big."


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"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
— Andrew Cuomo on Friday, October 6th, 2017 in a statement
State birth control rule doesn't cover all insurance plans in New York
By Dan Clark on Saturday, October 21st, 2017 at 9:23 a.m.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo claimed women in New York are protected from a federal decision on health coverage for birth control. (Courtesy: Cuomo's Flickr account)
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says women in New York state don't have to worry about new Trump administration rules ending a federal requirement that employers must include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans.
The new rules exempt employers from the Obama-era mandate if they have religious or moral reservations to the coverage.
But Cuomo said contraception will still be covered in New York state.
"This year, we ensured that whatever happens at the federal level, women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care," Cuomo said in a statement.
States can set certain insurance standards beyond what the federal government requires. New York state told insurance companies in January they are required to cover birth control and abortion services.
That condition still stands, but is Cuomo right that women in New York state are not affected by Trump's decision?
Limits to state regulation
State regulations, like the one from January, do not apply to all plans.
The state Department of Financial Services regulates everything sold on the state health exchange, called New York State of Health. That includes plans sold to individuals and companies with 100 or fewer employees. The agency says the state's birth control mandate covers 1.35 million residents in those plans.
Health care offered through companies with more than 100 employees is more complicated.
Companies that go the traditional route of buying health coverage through an insurance carrier must adhere to the rules. About 2.5 million people in that category are covered by the state's birth control mandate.
But companies that are self-insured, where the employer assumes a large part of the costs, are not regulated by the state, meaning they need not adhere to the state's birth control mandate.
About 60 percent of private sector workers in the U.S. who get their health coverage through an employer were enrolled in a self-insured plan in 2015. That's up from 46 percent in 1996, according to research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
In New York state, about 54 percent of private sector employees who get health insurance through their employer had a self-insured plan last year, according to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The option is most popular for companies with at least 1,000 employees. Eighty percent of private sector employees at companies that size in New York state are enrolled in a self-insured plan.
What about public health insurance?
The federal government sets the baseline for what services are covered under Medicaid. Government workers are covered under state regulation, but Medicaid and Medicare enrollees are not.States can add to that list.
The list of services covered by Medicaid in New York state goes well beyond the federal standard. New York is one of multiple states where Medicaid covers birth control and abortion services. About a third of the state's population alone is on Medicaid.
Cuomo said women in New York state "will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care" because of an action the state took earlier this year.
But not every woman is in an insurance plan regulated by the state.
It's possible a self-insured large employer in New York state could apply for an exemption from the federal birth control mandate. If granted the exemption, the company would not have to provide health coverage for birth control to its employees.
Those exemptions are not expected to be widespread, but they are possible.
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Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population, Kaiser Family Foundation
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State Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services, Kaiser Family Foundation
An Overview of Abortion Laws, Guttmacher Institute
PolitiFact New York: One in three people in New York is on Medicaid, July 21st, 2017
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Carnegie es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Caddo en el estado estadounidense de Oklahoma. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 1723 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 594,14 personas por km².

Geografía
Carnegie se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas  (35.104334, -98.601166).

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo en 2000 los ingresos medios por hogar en la localidad eran de $20,987 y los ingresos medios por familia eran $24,737. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $21,917 frente a los $14,868 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para la localidad era de $12,432. Alrededor del 30.5% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

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Love them or hate them, there is no ignoring the hype around Krewella at the moment. Their track "Live For The Night" is now due for its own remix package, with W&W's being the first to be debuted. Much like the other recent efforts from W&W, it's the same hard hitting stab leads we know from "Thunder" and their other work this year. Pete Tong talks over the drop to protect it from being ripped- we don't knock him for it either- these two artists have more buzz about them right now then just about anyone. No information on a release date yet, or the other remixes in the package, more on that in time.
Krewella plans to ejaculate on your city with new stage, "The Volcano"!


These earrings are a milky translucent pale Aqua Chalcedony color stone set in a silver Bezel. A Twisted Magnetic Hematite bead and a Antique Silver Bead with a Silver Plated French Ear Wire compliment this design.
The earrings are approx. 55mm long, including the Ear Wire.
The Silver Plated French Ear Wires are comfortable, are not so common and are lightweight.


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In what would seem early even in the crazy world of cable news, CNN announced today that they have called the Democratic primary race for Hillary Clinton. This is somewhat surprising since the Democratic convention is still over six months away and not a single vote has been cast.
In off-air comments, anchor Wolf Blitzer said, "In this dog eat dog news world, you have to be bold to beat the competition, and let's face it — we've had Clinton as the de facto winner for over three years now; we'd look pretty silly if she wasn't declared the winner. I wanted to call it after Biden dropped out."
A CNN editorial insider, who wished to remain anonymous told us, "In truth, Sanders still has a great chance to win the nomination. He's doing well in Iowa and New Hampshire, and a win in either or both of those states could give him the momentum he needs to ride all the way, and he beats every Republican in the polls with a higher margin than Hillary. We hope our announcement will discourage people to get out and vote — having an old Jewish guy in the White House who's honest, treats everyone with respect, and works tirelessly for the people would be great for America, but good God, it would destroy our ratings."
When asked about the CNN announcement, Sander's campaign staffer Rashad Williams responded, "Well it's good news and bad news. The good news is that this is the first on-air mention we've had in 3 weeks. The bad news is that this may discourage people to come out and vote. In truth however, most of Bernie's supporters are young people, and I don't think they'd watch CNN on a dare."
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Trump's Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, announced today that all world leaders attending next June's G7 meeting at Doral will be upgraded to an Ambassador suite at no cost, by simply attending a 45 minute timeshare presentation. Mulvaney went on to say, "Clearly, President Trump is not going to receive any monetary gain by hosting the G7 conference. These upgrades are worth $300 a night, and the attendees will be getting them for free. President Trump will probably lose money because of his immense generosity." When asked if the mandatory attendance of the presentation constituted quid pro quo, Mulvaney responded, "of course it does, this is how we always operate." Mulvaney later walked back this statement, saying he thought "quid pro quo" was Latin for "absolutely free."
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Tony Ulwick is the pioneer of jobs-to-be-done theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of the strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn. He is the author of "Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice " (IDEA BITE PRESS) and numerous articles in Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.
How can you best capture a solid set of customer needs?
Knowing what a customer need is in different situations and how requirement statements should be structured and formatted is the key to success in innovation. Outcome-driven innovation (ODI) works when applied to product and service innovation as well as design, operational, organizational and business model innovation. The concepts apply equally well in all situations because the job is the same: to figure out what solution best satisfies customers' unmet needs.
The key to understanding customer interactions is knowing what inputs you are looking for. Companies must decide that the objective is to uncover either what jobs customers are trying to get done or what metrics customers are using to judge the successful execution of a specific job.
Using a mix of personal, ethnographic and group interviews, companies can map all the jobs associated with a given demographic and context. And, with practice, a small team of employees can be relied on to collect customer inputs for multiple areas of the business when the need arises.
To capture desired outcomes, a four-step approach is best.
conduct personal interviews in order to dissect the job the customer is trying to get done into process steps. We call this process "job mapping." The job map is created so the company and the interviewer have a clear understanding of what job the customer is trying to get done — from the customer's perspective. It simplifies the data gathering process immensely if the interviewer knows which process steps to focus on when capturing desired outcomes. Without a job map in hand, even the most experienced interviewer is likely to struggle.
conduct one or two ethnographic or observational interviews with customers to gain insight into the context in which the job is getting done. This will help the interviewer be more effective at capturing and refining desired outcome statements in subsequent interviews. These interviews also may be used to better flesh out the job map and begin the outcome gathering effort.
conduct personal, small group or large group interviews to elicit from customers what metrics they use to measure success in executing each step of the job. This is where the bulk of the desired outcome statements are captured.
Group interviews may be mistaken for focus groups, but the goal here is to capture the customers' desired outcomes — an objective that is foreign in traditional focus groups, which are typically used to test concepts and get general customer feedback. To uncover desired outcomes, companies should first deconstruct the job into discrete steps and then ask, for each step, how performance is measured. Through this methodical line of questioning at each step in the value model, a complete picture emerges of all of the customer's unique measures of value in getting the job done.
conduct interviews to fill in any missing details that remain after completing the first three steps. A company knows that it has uncovered all the customer's need statements when all attempts to capture outcomes related to speed, predictability and output have been exhausted for each process step in the job map.
The approach used to capture job statements is similar, but capturing job statements does not require the creation of a job map.
Finally, let's examine how you ask your questions.
If you truly want useful ideas, don't ask customers for them directly.
Instead, ask them about the "job" they use the product to do. Listen closely, and they'll pinpoint unmet needs, niches awaiting innovation.
What makes this job — or parts of it — challenging, inconvenient or frustrating? The response should point you toward pitfalls that you may be able to address by creating a product.
What makes this job time-consuming? What you really want to know is whether a product that speeds up the process would be successful.
What causes this job to go off track? There may be an opportunity to reduce any instability.
What aspects of this job are wasteful? If you can find a way to boost efficiency, your innovation could be a winner.


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Čemeřice nachová (Helleborus purpurascens) je druh rostliny z čeledi pryskyřníkovité (Ranunculaceae).

Popis
Jedná se asi 15–30 cm vysokou vytrvalou bylinu se silným podzemním oddenkem. Na bázi jsou většinou dva přízemní listy, které jsou dlouze řapíkaté, s řapíky asi 20–30 cm dlouhými, listy jsou nepřezimující. Čepel je dlanitě členěná, úkrojky jsou kopinaté, členěné, na okraji hrubě pilovité, pouze na bázi celokrajné. Květy jsou velké, rostliny kvetou brzy na jaře, v březnu až v dubnu. Kališních lístků je 5, jsou pataloidní, tedy napodobují korunu a jsou někdy interpretovány jako okvětí. Jsou nápadně zbarvené, červenofialové. Korunní lístky jsou přeměněny na nektária, kterých je 15–20. Tyčinek je mnoho, 50 nebo i více. Plodem je měchýřek, měchýřky jsou asi 2–2,5 cm dlouhé, kýlnaté a jsou uspořádány do souplodí. Počet chromozómů je 2n=32.

Rozšíření
Čemeřice nachová je původní ve východní Evropě, je udávána jako původní ze Slovenska, Ukrajiny, Maďarska, Rumunska a býv. Jugoslávie. V České republice je jen pěstovaná na zahrádkách jako okrasná jarní bylina. Ve volné přírodě ji můžeme potkat na východním Slovensku, udávána např. z Čergova, Ondavské vrchoviny, Bukovských vrchů nebo Vihorlatu.

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From a Day at the Office to a Fun Night Out, Pink Blush is My Go-To for Fashion Choices!
This trendy online boutiquesent me a gorgeous outfit by Pink Blush Maternity & Women's!
PinkBlush is one of my absolute favorite stores to shop at! Here in Idaho, we have some pretty crazy changing weather. Despite being the summertime, we had a low of 55 degrees the other day with an even chillier temperature for the night time after the rains had come and gone. That was the perfect day to debut this pretty outfit.
I chose this outfit because I felt like the cardigan would be light weight for a chilly movie theater, early mornings or a night out. The material was perfect for all of these things and I loved the handkerchief cut of the fabric which added dimension to my overall outfit. The cardigan was labeled as coral on the website, however, when I received it, I felt like it was more of a darker dusty rose color which happened to compliment the dress that I ordered perfectly anyway. The cardigan is light enough to go over just about any other t-shirt or dress which is great for mixing and matching late summer outfits into the early fall.
I also purchased a floral dress which had a gorgeous pattern, beautiful colors and roll-tabbed sleeves. I feel as though this dress looks great with or without the cardigan. I especially loved the gold buttons on the roll-tabbed sleeves, I feel as though it was the perfect touch to the dress to add a little bit of pizzazz. This dress is a shift style dress so it fits just about any body-style. The dress is great for a number of occasions, I think it could even be worn to an outdoor wedding in a casual setting along with countless other setting options.


The neurobiology and psychology of attention have much to learn from each other. Neurobiologists recognize that responses in sensory cortex depend on the behavioral relevance of a stimulus, but have few ways to study how perception changes as a result. Psychologists have the conceptual and methodological tools to do just that, but are confounded by the multiple interpretations and theoretical ambiguities. This book attempts to bridge the two fields and to derive a comprehensive theory of attention from both neurobiological and psychological data. It highlights situations where attention can be seen to alter both neural activity and psychophysical performance/phenomenal experience. This "bicultural" approach contributes not only to attention research but to the larger goal of linking neural activity to conscious experience.
The book focuses mainly on the effects of visual attention on the ventral and dorsal streams of visual cortex in humans and monkeys and the associated changes in visual performance. Several larger findings emerge: attention may involve more than one neural system; attention modulates all stages of cortical visual processing; the effect of attention is constrained by the intrinsic connectivity of cortex and the resulting contextual interactions; and the notion of a "saliency map" remains central to thinking about visual attention. The book also considers several approaches to evaluating the same variable through different methods, such as behavioral measurements, functional imaging, and single-unit recording.
Contributors: Narcisse P. Bichot, Erik Blaser, Geoffrey M. Boynton, Jochen Braun, Maurizio Corbetta, Sean M. Culhane, Florin Cutzu, Sophie Deneve, Robert Desimone, John Duncan, Sunil P. Gandhi, Charles D. Gilbert, David J. Heeger, James W. Holsapple, Alexander C. Huk, Minami Ito, Laurent Itti, Christof Koch, Peter E. Latham, Nilli Lavie, D. Kathleen Lee, Zhong-Lin Lu, John H.R. Maunsell, Carrie J. McAdams, Brad C. Motter, Alexandre Pouget, Adam Reeves, John H. Reynolds, Jeffrey D. Schall, Christian Scheier, Shinsuke Shimojo, Gordon L. Shulman, George Sperling, Kirk G. Thompson, John K. Tsotsos, Katsumi Watanabe, Erich Weichselgartner, Gerald Westheimer.


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Deborah Kovacic Ehrenberg
November 8, 1953 — January 22, 2023
Deborah Kovacic Ehrenberg, 69, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 22, 2023, surrounded by her family. Waiting for her in Heaven are her parents and many dear friends. She is survived by her beloved husband of nearly 50 years, Al Ehrenberg; her daughters, Laura (George) Gatewood and Lisa (Greg) Briya; and grandson, Sam Briya. She is also survived by her loving sister, Karen (Gene) Hrycak, nieces and nephews, and many wonderful friends.
Prior to her passing, Deb asked that the following message be shared:
"What I accomplished in my life is not important. What matters, and is most important, is that Jesus died on the cross for all mankind and gave us His free gifts: Love, Salvation, Grace, and Mercy.
There will come a time when every knee will bow and tongue confess that He is Lord. It is my wish there be no funeral or memorial, but that you receive these free gifts."
In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to an organization that was important to Deb: Rescue Mission of The Mahoning Valley (https://rescuemissionmv.org/) – which is a shelter that provides food and safety to those in need within the Youngstown, Ohio area.
The Tidd Funeral Home, Dublin-Plain City Chapel, 9720 SR 161, Plain City, OH 43064 (614)-733-0080, assisted the family. Please visit www.tiddfuneralhomes.com to share your favorite memories and to send your condolences to the Ehrenberg Family.
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