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"I like books about artifacts. I don't know if i can find enough of them :) this book starts slow although the storyline finaly picks up and draws you in. of course for me it was the wait to find the artifact or in this case a whole alien planet. i'm sure if you enjoyed most of Mcdevitts books you will enjoy this one. Its probably a unknown sleeper."
"Well here we are Book #3 of "The Lost Fleet". this book starts off slow and although i've been waiting to read this book it was almost to slow, the first space battle was quick, maybe a bit too quick. three or four pages for space battle and 60 or so meandering in hyperspace between planet systems. This book included a neat chart of all the ships in the Alliance Fleet, which give you a feel for how big the fleet is but it didn't include a short excerpt on what basiclly each ship could do, of course you can get a grasp of what they can do in the storyline but it would have been nice to include it. one thing that it does bring to mind is that in space there are different levels or planes that the battle can take place on. and Captin John "Black Jack" Geary is able to take advantage of this type of battleplan using specific formations that expound the resources he has at hand. Something that it seems both the Alliance & Syndics have forgotten how to do. One thing that would have been nice for the reader is a chart of systems and the jump points between them. So after the slow start the storyline returns to the normal pace of the previous two books and ends waiting on the next book addition. :) so onward we go :)"
"I picked this book because i've read several sci-fi military series , i love series and this author looks like he has a winner with The Lost Fleet. The book is original in that it is military sci-fi with character development and a plot that continues to expand. First throw in a Legandary Hero "Black Jack Geary" and his thoughts as he trying to adjust to his new surrounds are amusing and totally in character but as he comes to grip with having been thrown into command of a fleet trapped behind enemy lines with little hope of survival. This book is full of great space battles and a 100 year war with traditions that have been forgottem or thrown out in space, traditions that will soon be reinstalled to continue the traditions that have gone on before. This is a fun and interesting book that keeps the reader involved and waiting for the next book.... I look forward to reading the next book."
"interesting book , i had read another from the same author and thought i'ld read this one . it has an imaginative storyline and does at times shine but it has a bit of lackluster moments and gives the effect of a Sherlock Holmes meets ET . Its actually a quick fun read i just didn't give it a great rating. has some alien artifact story involvement but don't confuse this with anything like a mcdevitt series. A enjoyable read for 3 stars"
"I don't think i've ever written a bad review for McDevitt but this one will probably rate as one of my lowest for him. I have enjoyed every other book i've read from this author. I would rate it lower than Polaris & Seeker, but it does have a mystery storyline. The Storyline takes about 100 pages just to setup and from then it slowly developes. The story by far delves into the political dynamics of a distant planet Salud Afar, which stands outside the Galactic disk and whose night sky is dominated by only one star. it is a good story and i guess i'm being to cross when dealing with this author, or maybe he's setting us up with a Priscilla Hutchins type book next. Cause the mention of a world with a long gone civilization lies within 1200 light years from this planet "Salud Afar". This book is listed on several peoples' wish list, i just hope they can endure the slow story long enough to enjoy the book. Hopefully the author takes a hint and explores the above mention for his next book."
"This is the second book in the Lost Fleet series that follows the adventures of Black Jack Geary. The second book picks up where the first left off, a Fleet of ships trapped behind enemy lines trying to outguess the defenders and find their way home.Facing impossible odds and challanges that would cause a normal commander to surrender at the first possible chance. This commander continues on driving the Fleet toward ,or away as it seems, home. I enjoyed the first book and I loved this one, so much i went online and couldn't find the next book here so i bought it from amazon so i can continue the adventure. The story talks about jump gates (points) and super jump gates (points). Both are not new to Sci-fi but this author adds a twist that only starts to reveil itself in this book. The super gate technology might have been gained from an alien race , unknown to the Alliance or anybody abord the fleet and no records in the database describe this contact with an unknown alien race. The author leaves this avenue open i'm sure to add more to the plot further down the road in future books of the series.
Jack Campbells view of space travel and space warfare are realistic from a reader point of view and probably more "real like" to future space travel. I'm looking foward to the next book in the series and exploring the unknown alien race and their involvement in this series storyline."
"This is for book #2 of the Inheritance Trilogy. This book meshed a little better than the first but still had some problems, I still enjoyed it as i do most Military Sci-Fi. Like the first book the author has the ability to convey what it probably would be like being a Marine in the 25th Century, the equipment, the weapons, the battle placements were all spot on.
Ian Douglas has presented the Marine in a first person prospective and like Jack Campbell who also had marines in his "The Lost Fleet Series" presented those charaters in a second person prospective. Both authors did a very good job conveying to the reader what was going on but the first person feel sits right at home and lets you view into the soldier. The book flowed fairly well, and i didn't want to nit-pic at the writting but there are two or three places that you will get a deja vu feeling, it wasn't distracting but just added information that looks to have been added several times in the story.
Again (like the first book) If you like action , space battles, a background of what a marine would be like in the future this is probably a book you would want to read. The author continues to upgrade tech improvments to a fighting soldier of the future and to space faring ships. I gave it a 4 1/2 stars but i like Military Sci-Fi, going up against an unknown enemy, exploring the unknown type space series.The author has a lot of high tech ideas and they sound very interesting. The way this book ended it could very well be the end of this series but its called a Trilogy so there must be another planned in the future. Enjoy"
"Interesting book but somehow it left me wanting. Though the book is lacking sound character development and jumps right into the story. It could really used some build up or explanation of what was going on but fell flat in several areas. The Book has some really good ideas and probably could have expanded on the ending instead of leaving it like it was, so as a trilogy it would have probably fared better. At times the plot was confusing, some issues with the characters which at time were too vague, probably keeps the reading wanting more to develop. At the middle of the book it starts to pull together as the reader realizes what the story has evolved into. The story seems original but also seems like several other books that I've read. I do enjoy this author and intend to read another of his books. I did like it and gave it three stars although many readers will probably rate it closer to 2 or 2 1/2 . Enjoy"
"My first book from this author ( but a few more on the shelves). This one the storyline on the back cover sounds interesting. this inside story isn't a let down , although is my first read about clones used in this way. Shatterlings flying around the galaxy seeking information. although not a perfect book, i gave it 4 stars for detail and enjoyment. most readers looking for the unknown or searching for the truth , the author has presented a story that will stretch the imagination with this galaxy spanning saga."
This book was enjoyable! Started & finished quickly wanting more. Luckily its a series and i requested Books #2 ( Star Wolf) & #3 (The Sagittarius Command). Started out as a war between Two sides the US & Romans (Palatine Empire) while there are several other parties involved LEN (League of Earth Nations) several Alien planets. It Seemed Strange that after I read Book 1 and now i'm almost finished with book #2 I would have to say the book order almost seems backwards. If i were to start the series again or if i were to suggest this book to someone else i would say start with book #2 first and then read book #1.
"Slow starting but gained momentum quickly, tends to have a certain ups and downs but over all a good read. this book has some slight scenes with an unknown alien and also deals with an unknown artifact. main story revolves around the pre-industrial race of the planet "World" and their shared reality. Others who do not share this reality are called the "unreal""
"Book #2 "Probability Sun" The characters are well developed and most are continued from the first book "Probability Moon". The author also throws in characters on ship orbiting the planet, an alien enemy that almost nothing is known of and a artifact that might prove to be the boost the military needs to gain an upper hand in a war they are seriously overmatched in. The story is an engaging blend of military sci-fi and a First contact situation with a culture hard for Earth humans to understand. The Book is enjoyable and has enough detail to keep the reader involved with either unknown artifacts or a alien culture with moral dilemmas and suspense. The ending leaves the door open for a third book."
"This book takes place after The Hostile Takeover Trilogy (Profiteer, Partisan & Revolutionary) set 200 years after the fall of the Confederacy , but will stand alone and is considered book #1 of the Apotheosis Trilogy. The Author also has several other books out that might play into the story or the base of it. This book started slow and jumped into the religion side of the story and breaks down several sides / rivals of the human & Alien space. The future star-spanning human culture has three specific technological developments; AI's , genetic engineered humans and a hatred, almost to a fear of self-replicating nanomachines of which there is a complete and utter ban on. With this stand against nanotechnology, it allows the bringer of these advances to be seen as the devil. The Story finally speeds up midway through the book and is enjoyable enough to keep the reader interested. Although i didn't care for the ending of the book i'm sure it sets up the storyline for the next book of the trilogy. The story is good, but I couldn't decide between a 3 or 4 Stars so i settled on 3 1/2. I felt the author could have explained certain advancments later in the book , advancments that certainly should have happened just probably by other races in the story , and also my dislike for the ending."
"While the author presents a couple of interesting ideas he doesn't explain them much or explore the tech side much. The StoryLine is, overall slow and very drawn-out. The plot takes a long time to develop establishing two main characters reasonably well, but flounders on the background of any other characters. The Storyline involving alien lifecraft is vauge but could be expected when examining the unknown. Once inside the alien spacecraft, the descriptions and action, what little there are , are tiringly repititious and uninspired especially when dealing with the surroundings. The author doesn't convey a good sense of the surroundings and it seemed like to me it left the reader guessing on what the surroundings was like or at least wanting to know more so they could figure out what it would be like. The Story has kinda a "Chindi from McDevitt" feel but just didn't transpire enough information to the reader. with a little work and character background, some tech buildup & information this book could have easily been a 4 or 5 star book, but as it is i gave it a 3 Stars. took about two days to finish but this could easily be one of those book that you place on the may read but if you pass, you haven't missed the best book. Hopefully this author will continue until he reaches his 5 Star Book. There are so few writers out there that can write a book about artifacts and make it seem real, I hope he continues until he has a winning book with a unique feel of its own."
"Ok Book #5 of the Lost Fleet "Relentless" The story continues and at times it seem to slow or pause and during these slow times or pauses the author was going into deeper detail of things that going on or that had happened. I didn't notice that during the previous 4 books (or notice it as much). I wouldn't say that it cause the book to flow unevenly but it causes you to notice. I actually enjoyed the extra information. Its another good book by the author. I'm sure if you enjoyed the first 4 books of the series that you will enjoy this book too.
I still think Book #4 is the best so far in the series. But I was ready for this book and some will have noticed cause i finished it in less than a day. Although this book clears up most of the loose ends, I feel the author still has left the door open for another book or two or with a name change start another series and continue the story, Ending the long fought war with the Syndics and exploring the unknown aliens on the other side of Syndic space. Who are these aliens? Why have the Syndics keep them a secret? These are question I feel the author will explore next.
Look for more books by this author under his real name " John G. Hemry "."
"Very Good book for this author, lots of room to expand here. would enjoy the author to continue the story or even back date a book or to to explain / explore other storylines within this venue. I've always enjoyed artifact books this one has a Gateway effect with a twist .... lots of other alien races."
"I was introduced to this author with Ship of Fools, which for me a Sci-Fi / horror both, thrown together with strong characters, a look into religion and the idea of god in a dark and hostile place "Space". After I read Ship of Fools, I picked up this book looking to see if the author could continue delivering a good reading book maybe a bit less scary with the same intensity in the plot.
The author delivers a good story with a background in artifacts (I love books about artifacts) and being in a hostile environment on a backwoods planet. But his lack of attention to filling in detail in "Ship of Fools" where it helped to add to the sense of mystery and abandonment and lets the readers' imagination run a bit. Here with this story it just falls flat leaving you to feel shortchanged. Russo inserts intriguing ideas here and there in the novel trying to keep the readers interest, but he doesn't follow through in bringing them to the forefront. Mostly in dealing with discovering alien artifacts in and alien city mostly are left very vague.
The story for me never actually kicked in, it just got started and ran at the same monotone speed never giving the reader a spike in interest or climax and no low point's, just one speed.
I enjoyed several ideas in the book and felt it could have been better maybe longer and several areas could use some in depth background so the reader might enjoy delving into the story and ideals presented. This book of the two i read isn't bad but could use some work and falls 2nd out of two. I'll give it 2 1/2 stars (but its boarderline and could easily have been a 2 star book). Another one of those books that s an ok read but if you miss it you probably won't miss much."
"This is book three , it seemed a bit rushed and ran into serious problems that didn't transition very well but recovered shortly. Several venues weren't exploried and probably could have been and extended the series into 4 books. Overall it was ok and completed the series.If the Author was to revise the story line it would be good to expand on the journey to the heart of Hive territory and the hardships getting there."
"Ok This is book # 3 of the Inheritance Trilogy, I gave the book 5 stars but wait before you rush out and get it... I enjoyed the storyline of the first two books of this trilogy and waited for the third book, everything the first two books were..... this one isn't. This book starts off (or resumes the series) really slow, almost slow enough to loose my interest but i hung in there and the plot did play into the storyline but it sure took a long time getting there. Once there the author resumes the old "i know how to fight" even throwing out some new ideals about technology and the future.I liked everything about this author except how he sometimes throws it into neutral and seems like it gets stuck there. so After you get about 1/2 way the book kicks in and is mostly enjoyable, there are some informative points in the dead zone (or neutral).I did enjoy the ending and maybe look forward to something else from this author... Enjoy"
"Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
I haven't read anything from this author before but the back of the book sounded interesting. The first person narative is great with Bartolomeo, being unique in himself, and talking about everything around him.
I won't say the book is well written (and it could be me, this isn't usually my style of sci-fi and its a new author for me), but it draws you in and leaves you in the end with a chill down your spine. I'm not a big fan of horror but this one had a twist a "Sci-Fi / Mystery / Horror". The story leaves you with questions or maybe the author allows you to draw your own conclusions. Sometimes this is good and others leaves you wondering.
The book had kind of a creepy feeling about it, and at times an almost "Event Horizons" feel if i can compare it to that movie/book. The book has its internal power-struggles and unique personal situations, on a huge spaceship that has been in space for centuries.The ship has run into problems in the past and is tracking down signals. What they find might be more than what they expected. Enjoy"


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In case (like me before the trip) you don't know where Peru is....
The Incan city of Machu Picchu is located high (8,000 ft) in the Andes
Mountains, 43 miles northwest of Cuzco. It is on the top of a ridge, hiding it from
the Urabamba gorge below. The ridge is between a block of highland and the
massive Huaynac Picchu, around which the Urubamba River takes a sharp bend.
The area in and around Machu Picchu is called the Cloud Forest. You can see from the pictures how it got this name.
The city was hidden from civilization for around 400 years. It was deserted around the 1500s and not found again in 1911 by an explorer from Yale named Hiram Bingham. Word is that he was in the area looking for a different series of ruins. He met some local indegenious folks that took him to this site. There were a few indigenous families that lived near Machu Picchu at the time.
I asked our tour guide and his belief is that there was an Incan Civil War at the site which caused it to be deserted.
Machu Picchu (which means "manly peak") was most likely a royal estate and religious retreat. It was built between 1460 and 1470 AD by Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, an Incan ruler. After Pachacutiís death, Machu Picchu became the property of his allus, or kinship group, which was responsible for itís maintenance, administration, and any new construction.
View of Machu Picchu with Wayna Picchu in background
At 8:16am we climbed Wayna Pichu to get a better view of Machu Picchu...
View of Machu Picchu from the top of Wayna Picchu
Me on top of Wayna in the Cloud Forest (Machu Picchu in background)
My buddy Tony at Wayna
Alpaca at Machu Picchu (great for dinner)
On our hike down the mountain
The Andes Mountains from the Train from Machu Picchu
City of Agua Calliente at the bottom of Machu Picchu
Cuzco is surrounded by impressive archeological remains such as the citadel of Machu Picchu, the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, the Ollantaytambo compound and picturesque towns such as Pisaq, Calca and Yucay, which still preserve the traditions of their ancestors.
Other places to explore in this intriguing city include the Plaza de Armas. In Inca times it was not only the exact center of the empire but was twice as large as it is now.
El Balcon Hotel in Cusco
you can see the futbol (soccer) stadium in Cuzco
Fortress of Sacsayhuaman (probably fell in a Civil Wary)
The Sacred Valley of the Incas, is actually the Vilcanota/Urubamba River valley. It is located about 10 miles north of Cusco, and extends northwest through Pisac and Ollantaytambo. This entire region, highlighted by Cusco, was the heart of the Inca civilization from the 14th to the 15th centuries.
The Sacred Valley from the Hotel
My hotel room was in the attic and had the best view of the ruins.
Salt Mines (pans)
There was no salt on these during our trip. We are told that during the salt season
these are completely white and look like they are covered in snow.
Gold panning on the Tampobamba and Madre de Dios rivers, and the latex boom at the end of the past century, determined the foundation of the city of Puerto Maldonado., Today, Madre de Dios, the old Inca Antisuyo, is still what It has been -for centuries- for all adventure lovers: a virgin and frontier land full of mysteries.
Due to the fact that Its virgin forest covers 98% of the territory, Madre de Dios has the most varied bio-diversity of the world.
Puerto Maldonado right before sundown (taken from the boat)
The Lost Lagoon in Puerto Maldonado
Madre De Dios River
One of many wooden bridges over the swamp
Puerto Maldonado - view from the tree house
Do NOT look down.
This is sideways...We got water from the trees.
Giant Ants living in a tree. Our guide was bitten before and had
a fever for 2 weeks....
Giant Snails (not good to eat as too tough)
Tarantula in the Jungle
Island right across the river from our Lodge.
The island is very small (1KM by 500M).
About 35 monkeys live there, of which we saw about 20. They are pretty much domesticated.
Our guide yells out "platanos" and they come down from the trees for dinner.
Our guide handing a banana to a squirrel monkey (very small monkey).
Monkey reaching down for a platano
Karamundu that also lives on the island. Very dangerous animal.
The Lizard I shared my shower with.
The fiercest animal in the jungle
This puppy actually belongs to an indigenous family that lives 20min from our lodge.
Kicking Back in my hammock in my cabin
This is the only safe place from beetles.
View from my cabin (where caymans lived)
A few of the British girls we met on the trip.
In case you are wondering why there aren't more picture of Lima...it's because Lima is a strange city. Most of it is very dirty and poor. There are just a few pockets of nice buildings and restaurants (all surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by armed guards at night).
Main City Square
My hotel room (last night)
kitchen is to the back and right. Bedroom is next room to the right.
Great deal for only $40!!!!!
View from the hotel
Cathedral in Lima
Skeletons at San Francisco Catacombs
Miraflores Ruins in Lima
Sacrifice Victim at Miraflores (actual remains)
Guinea Pig (Cuy), must be ordered for dinner 24 hours in advance.
The remains of Francisco Pizarro in Lima
In 1530 Francisco Pizarro arrived with only 162 men and proceeded to dominate the Incas in military encounters due to the advantages of steel weapons, armor, and horses. Pizarro and his forces happened to arrive at a time when there was turmoil,epidemic disease, and civil war among the Inca with no dominating ruler. Pizarro deceived and captured the current Inca ruler named Atahualpa and demanded a huge ransom for his release. The Spanish after all had gone there not to settle or explore but to find gold and riches. After a room full of gold and silver was delivered to Pizarro, Atahualpa was still not released and was eventually executed. The Spanish still feared his potential leadership of the Inca people (after all Inca rulers were worshiped like gods). Pizarro went on to defeat the Inca army which was far larger in number but technologically inferior, and installed a new ruler under his own supervision. Eventually the Spanish quarreled amongst themselves and Pizarro's forces defeated his biggest competitor named Almagro and killed him. Later Almagro's family assassinated Pizarro in revenge.

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What this means is that "generic" medications can be used as a substitute of their brand equivalents with the comparable therapeutic results. There are a few exceptions (examples are outlined at the end of this page) and as always you should consult your physician before switching from a brand name medications to a generic or vice versa.
What differences are there between generic and brand?
While generics and brand equivalent drugs contain the same active ingredients, they may be different in the following ways:
- Appearance (e.g. the scoring or markings)
The color, shape and size of the medication come from the fillers that are added to the active ingredients to make the drug. These fillers that are added to the drug have no medical use and do not to change the effectiveness of the final product. A generic drug must contain comparable active ingredients and must have a comparable strength and dosage as the original brand name equivalent. Generic drugs can be more cost effective than purchasing the brand name.
Why do generics cost less than the brand name equivalents?
When a new drug is "invented", the company that discovered it has a patent on it that gives them the exclusive production rights for this medication. Once the patent expires in a country, other companies can bring the product to market under their own name. This patent prevents other companies from copying the drug during that time so they can earn back their Research and Development costs through being the exclusive supplier of the product. After the patent expires however, other companies can develop a "generic" version of the product. These versions generally are offered at much lower prices because the companies do not have the same development costs as the original company who developed the medication.
The main thing to realize here though is that the two products are therapeutically equivalent. They may look different, and be called something different.
How are Generic drugs tested to ensure quality and efficacy?
Generally speaking, the two most generally accepted methods to prove the safety of a generic version of a drug are to either repeat most of the chemistry, animal and human studies originally done, or to show that the drug performs comparably with the original brand name drug. This second option is called a "comparative bioavailability" study. During this type of study, volunteers are given the original drug, and then separately later the generic drug. The rates at which the drug is delivered to the patient (into their blood stream or otherwise absorbed) are measured to ensure they are the same. Because the same active ingredient is used the major concern is just that it delivers the common chemical(s) at the same rate so that they have the same effect. Please note that the methods that the manufacturers use may vary from country to country.


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Since its launch last month, the internet site Islandoo.com has spawned its own young and hip community with 18,000 profiles and 1.5million comments from users.
It is one of the first TV programme sites which allows photo and video uploading as well as messaging.
Explaining its popularity, Mr Lambert told the Financial Times: "With a chat room, there is mainly one public conversation with everybody. Here people get to know each other between themselves."
Sam Sethi of TechCrunchUK, the technology blogging site added: "The site mixes the social network aspect of MySpace, instant messaging of MSN and YouTube videos in a single applications."
Online social networks are big business with advertisers keen to cash in on their popularity among a young demographic. RDF Media, the television production group which launched the website is currently talking to advertising agencies.
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Mr Lambert wants to keep the website to audition contenders for other programmes and as a source of user-generated content.
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A judge in the Minnesota has ordered former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond and bicycle manufacturer Trek to attend a settlement conference on 28 January 2010 and thereby avoid what is expected to be a stormy trial between the parties later in the year.
We reported in detail last month on the background to the dispute, which arose from the contract Trek had with LeMond to manufacture and distribute the range of bicycles that bear his name.
Trek sought to terminate that agreement last year, claiming that LeMond failed to honour his part of the contract, including remarks he made in an interview with The Sunday Times in 2001 regarding Trek-sponsored Lance Armstrong’s links with the Italian sports doctor Michele Ferrari.
LeMond, meanwhile, claims that the range had not been properly supported by the manufacturer due to pressure exerted by Armstrong, who rode the brand’s bikes to his seven consecutive Tour victories and remains its leading brand ambassador today.
Suggestions are that if the case were to go to full trial, Armstrong would be called as a witness, but Magistrate Judge Janie S Mayeron is eager for the parties to reach settlement before that happens, according to the website of the US trade publication Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
Under an order signed by the judge, lawyers from both sides will be required to meet face to face by January 18 at the latest to undertake “in a full and frank discussion of settlement.”
Should they be unable to reach settlement as a result of their meeting, each attorney will need to supply the court with a confidential letter outlining progress made,the issues they consider to be outstanding, the merits and otherwise of their client’s case and an outline of testimony that will be provided by witnesses with respect to quantum of damages ahead of the January 28 settlement conference.
Should the case still be unresolved after that, a full trial is expected in the Spring, with a jury making the ultimate decision.
Born in Scotland, Simon moved to London aged seven and now lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his miniature schnauzer, Elodie. He fell in love with cycling one Saturday morning in 1994 while living in Italy when Milan-San Remo went past his front door. A daily cycle commuter in London back before riding to work started to boom, he's been news editor at road.cc since 2009. Handily for work, he speaks French and Italian. He doesn't get to ride his Colnago as often as he'd like, and freely admits he's much more adept at cooking than fettling with bikes.

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Everyone has secrets—even your Mac. And your Mac may be your friend, your best friend, or even your only friend, but there are still a few things it's not going to share with you no matter how close the two of you are. Did you know that your Mac can proofread—out loud? That it can help you create new keyboard shortcuts in most apps? Are you familiar with its security tricks? Its productivity skills? Come along as we uncover some of your Mac's more exotic capabilities. Some you probably already know about. But we're willing to wager that most will be new to you, though they've all been around at least since Panther (OS 10.3) and some have been a part of the Mac experience for as long as we can remember. Let's get started.
1. I Have Keyboard Shortcuts for Everything
Your Mac's mouse is great and all, but reaching and clicking can be a time sink. Luckily, Macs come with a riot of keyboard shortcuts just waiting to enhance your productivity. And if that weren't enough, creating almost any keyboard shortcut combination is dead easy.
Here's how: Open your Applications folder in Finder and scroll down to System Preferences. Open it up and choose the Keyboard & Mouse icon. When the dialog appears, click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab and then click the plus (+) sign at the bottom left. Another box will appear. Choose the application you want to create a command for from the application pop-up menu (for a global shortcut, leave the selection at All Applications), and then type the exact name of the menu command you want to add a shortcut for. Type the shortcut you want to use and click the Add button—you've just programmed your first keyboard shortcut.
2. I Can Make You More Productive than Edison
Well, that's an exaggeration. But if you're looking to get more from the day, here are a few of the tricks your Mac was taught—and which work regardless of the other apps you've installed—by the advanced minds in Cupertino.
You already know that your Mac can talk to you; what you might not know is how helpful its text-to-speech powers can be when you need to proofread a document. The reason this is so helpful is simple: Studies have shown that when we reread something that we recently wrote ourselves, we often skip over a double word or an incorrectly placed word because we read it the way we remember that we wanted it to be read. The solution: Have your Mac read your document to you. And with the improvement this text-to-speech feature saw with Leopard, the system voice (named Alex) is more advanced than any other system voice.
You'll need to set up text-to-speech in System Preferences. Click on Speech, then the Text to Speech tab. This is the dialog where you'll play around with the supplied voices. When you're done, place a check in the box marked Speak selected text when the key is pressed and click the Set Key… button. If you want to listen to your Mac read a Word document, simply select the text you want read, then press your chosen key command, and the recitation will begin. Press the key command again to stop. If you've written your document in TextEdit, you can either use the same method you would in Word or simply Control-click and choose Speech | Start Speaking in the contextual menu that appears. To stop, click Stop Speaking.
Stickies on deck:
If you're like a lot of really smart and good-looking people, you use Stickies a lot. No, not four million yellow sticky notes attached to the rim of your monitor, but rather the application called Stickies that comes preinstalled on every Mac. Just as in meatspace, sticky notes are great for occasional reminders, and they're much quicker than opening an app and saving a file. Here's a quick tip: If you'd rather a sticky stay in front of all open windows, simply click on the note and click Floating Window in the Note menu.
3. Even My Eye Candy Is Useful
The Dashboard. There are those who love to hate it. But who didn't want to grow up to be a weatherman, or maybe a stock market expert, possibly an astronomer, maybe a professional navigator, telephone directory operator, math professor, science wizard, air traffic controller, computer geek, time management professional, or yeah, maybe even an RSS reader? Dashboard brings all those capabilities—and more—to your fingertips. All it takes is a simple download of a dozen of the coolest widgets out there. Here are some favorites:
- Track down the best airfare with AirCompare.
- Never call 411 again. Check out the Business and People widgets that come preinstalled with every Mac.
- Frequently forget about important meetings or events? iCal Events is for you.
- Stay updated on all of your stocks with the Stocks widget that comes preinstalled with your Mac.
- Know your IP, memory usage, uptime, CPU strain and more with iStat Pro.
- Never be surprised to see the sun again with Earth View.
- Navigate like a pro with Google Maps.
- The cheat sheet to becoming a science wizard—Unit Converter. Preinstalled on every Mac.
- Check out Flight Tracker so you won't be waiting around like a chump to pick up your buddy from a delayed flight. Preinstalled on every Mac.
- Be in the know: Watch CNN live with the CNN widget.
- Enlarge your brain and learn calculus instantly with PCalc 3 Widget.
- Weather Channel? What weather channel? WeatherBug Local Weather.
4. I Have More than One Way to Eject a Disc
Got a shiny spinner stuck in your optical drive? You've hit the Eject button, dragged the icon to the Trash, and it still won't come out? Don't panic—just follow these escalating eviction procedures:
- Select the icon and press Command-E. If it's still a no-go…
- Launch Disk Utility (Applications | Utilities), select the recalcitrant disc from the volume list on the left, then either click the Eject button, press Command-E, or choose File | Eject Disk. If the disc is still being stubborn…
- Shut down your Mac or put it to sleep, then pry or slide open its protective door (including those on Power Mac G5s and Mac Pros), find the emergency-eject hole on the front of the drive (its location varies from drive to drive, and some drives don't have one at all), and poke a straightened paper clip into the hole—firmly—until the disc pops out. If you can't use this method because your drive is slot-loading or is missing that helpful emergency eject…
- It's time for your last resort (short of taking your Mac to an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Center). Try ejecting the disc using an Open Firmware command. But before you try this, know that this trick doesn't work on all Macs; in fact, it doesn't work on any Intel-based Macs. To access the mighty—and mighty bland—Open Firmware interface, restart your Mac. As soon as you hear the start-up chime, hold down Command-Option-O-F. A white screen will appear that'll either prompt you to release the keys or simply display an OK prompt. At this prompt, type eject cd (even if it's a DVD). Press Return, and in a second or two your disc should pop out of the drive and another OK prompt appear. Type mac-boot, press Return, and your Mac will resume its start-up sequence until you're greeted by a normal desktop.
5. I Have CIA-Level Technology
Whether you're a businessperson seeking the ultimate in security for an upcoming project or just a civilian wanting to impress your friends with password-protected encrypted files, your Mac can make it happen. Here's how to beef up security on your next top-secret enterprise:
If you have an important file that you're looking to sprinkle with a dash of security, encrypting the file with a password is quick and painless. Simply open the file you want to encrypt, select Print, then PDF from the bottom-left corner of the print window, and then Encrypt PDF. Confirm the password, and you're good to go.
Delete something these days and it can probably be recovered. Truth is, no matter what you do shy of incinerating the hard drive, there's no way to guarantee that someone won't recover a piece of information that you delete. But to increase your file's odds of resting in peace, there are a couple of things you can do.
First off and most simply, if there's a single item or even many things on the hard drive that you want to delete (but not everything), just place them in the trash, select Finder in the menu bar, and scroll down to click Secure Empty Trash.
Now if you're selling your Mac and want to make sure everything you've deleted from it is really gone, open the Disk Utility within the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder and select the tab that says Erase Free Space. Click the volume you're looking to modify in the left-hand window and depending on the security you need, choose a level of erase thoroughness. If you're selling your Mac to the FBI, go for the "35-Pass Erase."
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As the state recorded no new cases on Wednesday, Annastacia Palaszczuk said the two drivers who had travelled into Queensland from NSW and had initially tested positive in the southern state, had now been deemed negative. Chief health officer Jeannette Young thanked the two drivers, one from the Somerset region and the other from Sunshine Coast, who she said “did everything correctly”. “Even if they had been cases, they would have been very low risk because of what they’ve been doing,” Dr Young said, “So a big thank you to them and to all truck drivers.”Dr Young said on Tuesday that the drivers had not been of great concern because they had been doing their routine testing as required for all freight workers. Queensland is on tenterhooks as it tries to keep the Delta outbreak ripping through NSW, Victoria and ACT out. As of Wednesday morning, there are 13,765 cases linked to NSW’s outbreak, 522 in Victoria, and 167 in the ACT. No new cases were recorded in hotel quarantine either on Wednesday, but Ms Palaszczuk announced a major shake up to the system which will block people seeking to relocate to the state for two weeks. Southeast Queenslanders are tipped to enjoy more restrictions easing from this weekend, with an announcement coming on what rules will continue despite last months Indooroopilly cluster being contained. Masks are expected to continue to be required as the vaccination program continues. As of Wednesday morning, 47 per cent of Queenslanders have had their first dose of Covid-19.
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Another miniature book for my cubic foot of art project. about 3x2x3.5 inches
The 64 I-ching patterns cast in flax paper with walnut and fabric dyes.
Side-stab bound to suggest a Japanese binding, with bamboo covers cut from
scraps of bamboo flooring. I made a lot of these casting a while back, and gave some wall pieces in kozo to the Morgan conservatory. A larger book form in kozo is in 500 Artists Books (vol 2), but I don't have much left around here from that project.
I am revisiting a number of old themes and using up some of my excessive collection of old project leftovers , though I doubt (or hope) I will ever be able to use up everything. An artist without his junk collection is a poor man indeed.

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The Japanese television series GameCenter CX was somewhat ahead of its time when it first started airing back in late 2003, with its wacky video game playthroughs by Shinya Arino predating the Let’s Play craze that took video sharing websites by storm just a few years later.
The series did have something of a western presence eventually when one of its Nintendo DS adaptations was localized as Retro Game Challenge by Xseed to critical acclaim, though poor sales meant its two sequels never got brought overseas.
There may be a ray of hope, though, as Bandai Namco has announced it will be releasing remastered versions of the two Nintendo DS entries for the Switch! Check out the first trailer below:
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The dereliction of the beautiful observatory buildings in the old Downer Club has long been a tragedy. This morning it burned as recorded in these postings from the ESA:
- 5:33am Monday 27 September 2010 – Fire in Dickson The ACT Fire Brigade is responding to a fire inside an old observatory building in Haldon Place Dickson.
Initial reports indicate the building is well alight.
Update to follow.
5:50am Monday 27 September 2010 – Update – Structure fully engulfed in fire The first fire crew on scene has confirmed the dome shaped structure is fully engulfed in fire.
Three fire pumpers, breathing apparatus support van and district officer are on scene.
A large amount of smoke is being produced by the fire which is spreading over part of Dickson.
Residents are advised to keep their windows and doors closed at this time.
[Slideshow of the scene at midday below, and the intriguing police reaction] —
6:40am Monday 27 September 2010 – Update two – fire still burning Five ACT Fire Brigade pumpers, BA support and DO on scene.
Firefighters are continuing to extinguished the fire.
A large amount of smoke is still coming from the building.
7:20am Monday 27 September 2010 – Update three – Fire contained but smoke still covering nearby streets Firefighters have contained the fire but potentially toxic smoke still being sent over surrounding area.
Residents located between Hawdon Street, Cowper Street and Majura Avenue are advised to keep windows and doors closed. People with breathing conditions should remain indoors.
A search of the observatory building has confirmed no one inside.
ACT Fire Brigade Bronto and HAZMAT units also on scene.
7:53am Monday 27 September 2010 – Update four – Fire now being mopped up Firefighters have extinguished the main seat of fire with mopping up expected to continue for a few hours.
The smoke has now largely dissipated.
The cause will be examined by fire investigators and ACT Policing forensic officers but it is believed to be suspicious.
UPDATE: ACT Policing have had this to say:
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a fire that occurred at the old Canberra Space Dome (Planetarium) and Observatory in Dickson early this morning (Monday September 27).
Police were called to the dome shaped building around 5.30am today in response to a report of a fire at the location. The fire was extinguished by ACT Fire Brigade.
At this stage, the extent of damage to the building is unknown. The building has been vacated for a few years and was not in operation at the time of the fire.
As the building has been deemed not structurally sound AFP Forensic Services are unable to enter and conduct an examination.
Police are urging anyone who may have any information on the cause of the fire or who saw anyone in the area around the time of the fire to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or provide information via the website www.act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously.
So if you let the building get bad enough it can’t be investigated?


It’s been over a year since our beloved Nintendo announced that it would be partnering with Universal Studios to produce a theme park in Osaka, Japan. Since then, fans everywhere have been anxious for news, pictures — anything of the beautiful world that this Nintendo land is sure to be.
Well, we don’t have pictures, but we do have confirmation that the park will be ready to open by 2020; just in time for the Olympics, which will take place in Tokyo. Nintendo and Universal have together put almost ¥40 billion into the construction of the park, so rest assured that the hard work and dedication is being put in for turning it into the Nintendo haven we all wish to see.
Below is potentially a map of what the Nintendo park will look like, as revealed by Sankei.
Are you heading to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics? Take a detour — it’ll be worth it.


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The title of this documentary makes me angry. Of course you know why; here are these “bad girls” who swear and are neurotic loud-mouths who shouldn't display themselves so gracelessly. The director of these four documentaries should have known better, seeing as how she directed smut, but forgiveness can be given based on her choice of subjects. Director Monika Treut dips into the lives of four women who couldn't be more different than the average woman, and yet offer some amazing lessons in life. Camille Paglia, true-feminist and all-time eccentric, opens the documentary by revealing the fickle and dishonest reality of American feminism and gives her two cents on what is right and wrong with our view of women and their bodies. Camille's segment is followed by a short documentary on Annie Sprinkle, a notorious '80s porn star who worked with the likes of Jennifer Welles and now has a doctorate in human sexuality. Following Annie is a short on bondage, and one woman in particular whose life was forever changed by its introduction into her life. This particular short is a bit more on the experimental side, with less interview time and more artsy shots of skin against leather, etc. Following that is a documentary on Max, who's going through the expense and social hostility of a female to male sex change.
The first segment on Camille really blew my mind. As a woman who considered herself a feminist, I always found the idea of feminist theory as a whole to be very restrictive and a little contradictory. Camille is a fast-talking woman who always had issues with her sexuality. She flips from bisexual to asexual on a daily basis and could never understand why it was so difficult to find someone compatible. Her biggest issues come with women in the lesbian community who, for the most part, frown upon the idea of a partner who is still interested in men. I'm not sure if this reality is one that threatens their comfort or appears to be a false claim, but it's not unheard of for people in the gay community to disassociate themselves from those who leave the issue open. Camille also offers a more radical stance on feminism because she is pro-pornography and doesn't see it as something degrading for a woman, or a man. Many of her beliefs are compared to Freud and early masochistic arguments. This, along with her many other rants, have led many feminists to see her as the anti-feminist, or more amusing, the “Stalin of feminism.” Despite all of the negative criticism toward her, she's taught at and attended several prestigious universities and her book, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, broke publishing records for scholastic literature. While I didn't agree with her entirely, I enjoyed her fervor and engaging arguments. If you're a woman who could never understand why productions like The Vagina Monologues had such huge success, you'll enjoy listening to Camille's interviews.Continue Reading

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Ben Affleck defied all expectations with his directorial debut, cemented his reputation as a must-see director in his second film, and scored the Oscar for Best Picture with his third. The list of actors turned directors that have achieved such immediate success is small to say the least, and so it’s with a heavy heart I must report his fourth film, Live by Night, is the first misstep in this stage of his career. A proud homage to classic Hollywood gangster tales, Affleck’s nostalgia is just a few degrees too derivative, engaging the audience only when he steps away from genre conventions and explores the complex prejudices of a wild and colourful Prohibition era Florida.
Adapted by Affleck himself (from the book by Gone Baby Gone author Dennis Lehane), Live by Night follows Boston outlaw come Tampa crime lord Joe Coughlin, played by, you guessed it, Ben Affleck. Scarred by his experiences in the war and determined not to follow another man’s orders again, Coughlin runs around Boston with a ragtag group of criminals, pulling haphazard heists while trying to avoid getting dragged into the world of organized crime. Eventually his shenanigans come back to bite him, forcing him to make peace with a big-shot Mafioso named Pescatore (Remo Girone) who sends him to Florida to take charge of his fledgling operation in Tampa.
Unfortunately, this is not a prologue Live by Night feels compelled to tell succinctly. Our time in Boston starts with a whimper and drags us from one piece of dense exposition to another. Then another and another and another. Yes, many of the pieces introduced here play a small role in the film proper, but not enough to justify the tedious and unenthusiastic presentation with which you’re greeted, nor the time wasted waiting for the movie to start. Were the movie as a whole a little less hit or miss you could look past the plodding first act, but as it stands there’s going to be more than a few viewers who lose interest after these early fumbles and never get it back.
Which is certainly not to say that things don’t kick up a gear once Coughlin gets around to shaking up the southern establishment. It’s extremely satisfying watching your lead swoop into town, casually dismantle the status quo and crown himself king of the hill. It’s also more than a little fun to see a corrupt white gentry being told to take a hike as an Irish Coughlin builds his empire around the vibrant and diverse Tampa ethnicities. For all Live by Night’s faults, Affleck does a superb job presenting its world. Affleck revels in the white-suited hustle and bustle of his sweltering setting, painting his screen with the rich contrast and colours of a Floridian sunset and constructing each frame and sequence with a sharp (and very American) cinematic eye.
Sadly, Affleck’s work in front of the camera doesn’t have nearly the same personality as his work behind it. I’ve always had a soft spot for Affleck as an actor, and he can certainly hold his own as a lead, but the characters he plays under his own direction always come up a little wooden in design. Coughlin is an easy character to love whenever he flashes his Irish charm or out-maneuvers one of his rivals, but for far too much of the movie keeps him merely as the audience’s avatar (and sometimes little more than a vehicle for exposition) rather than an engaging protagonist. I wouldn’t go so far as to say this role feels like a vanity project, but Coughlin’s lack of depth starts feeling a lot more problematic when weighed against his general infallibility, Affleck also writing and directing, and a drawn-out and regrettably indulgent third act.
While the big villains of the movie are similarly underdeveloped and at times horrendously clichÃ© (save for Matthew Maher’s delightfully awful KKK activist RD Pruitt), the rest of Coughlin’s co-stars are much more fun to be around. Zoe Saldana is blessed with an effortless screen presence, commanding respect and admiration from all those around her as Graciela, Coughlin’s peer and wife (and very much in that order). Chris Cooper’s Chief Figgis proves a welcome addition to the film, describing himself as a man who knows he must rub elbows and make deals with corrupt men, but would never become one himself. Figgis and Coughlin’s mutual respect and willingness to work together despite being on opposite sides of the law makes for a wonderful chemistry. The same can be said of Figgis’ daughter Loretta (Elle Fanning), who Coughlin can’t help cherish and respect despite her being quite possibly the largest thorn in his side.
And he may not get more than a couple of scenes, but I’ll be damned if I pass up a chance to throw a little love to Brendan Gleeson, who’s as pleasantly brooding as always as Coughlin’s disapproving father.
As with the cast, it’s when the plot gets away from the generic gangster guff and into the town’s politics that the story is able to shine. While moments of greatness are rare, there are undoubtedly some to be found here. The aforementioned relationships Coughlin has with the two Figgises are chief among them, leading to some wonderfully understated dialogues, which carry a warmth and complexity that take you totally off guard. A little less delicate – but equally engrossing – is watching Coughlin deal with the deep-seeded racism that surrounds his new-founded community, in particular the blood-boiling shakedowns from the KKK.
As much as there is some great material to be found here, it’s just not enough to change the fact that Live by Night begins and ends a dull and unoriginal genre pic. When the final act comes around and you’re pulled away from Live by Night’s fun little take on Tampa to be dropped into an underwhelming Mafioso showdown, it’s hard not to feel disappointed. This is doubly true of the totally unearned and unnecessary epilogue. Where Affleck diverts from his mission statement, Live by Night has plenty of great character interactions and meaty ideas to toss around, but more often than not you’re subject to an overly familiar story that looks like it might have been more fun to be in than to actually watch.
THE REEL SCORE: 6/10


BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Hanover Street Bridge is open again.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation closed both spans of the bridge Monday morning in order to investigate a possible structural issue.
Engineers were looking into reports that an MTA bus may have struck something on the bridge.
They found a metal plate that was dislodged.
It was fixed and traffic is moving well again.
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November Board Meeting Speech
Board Notes 10-06-2015
President Kirkland, School board members, Superintendent McCormick, colleagues, and community members.
I would like to start off with an invite to our School Board to our annual CTA School Board Dinner on December 10th, the times and locations are on our invite. I think this is a great way to start mending our relationship.
Our teachers are tired. When you start a year with so much stress, it has a way of draining your energy. I would like the district and Board to recognize that and evaluate any new program to see if the amount of work and stress is worth the benefit. Anything we do should lower the stress and anxiety of our teachers while helping our students. Something new does not have to be stressful if it is rolled out right. I am glad that we are giving raises to our substitute teachers. Hopefully now our secondary teachers can use their prep time during their prep and elementary teachers can teach with less than 40 students in the class. Please help make this raise happen as soon as possible.
As we continue to work hard to collaborate and repair the damage from the beginning of the year we look forward to creating more opportunities for leadership for our members. We will continue the Leadership Institute and have a meeting on Monday to do just that. The Cal TURN conference in March will help us to continue to find ways to work together and become more collaborative. Like we have been saying as a district, we need those that do the work to lead the work. I want to continue to assure that we do just that.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak.


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How to Make It
Bring 6 cups water and wheat berries to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 22 minutes or until slightly chewy. Drain; rinse with cold water. Drain.
Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle lamb with 1 tablespoon thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 6 lamb chops to pan; grill 5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove lamb chops from pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Repeat procedure with remaining lamb chops. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon thyme over lamb chops.
Combine remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, oil, vinegar, shallots, and honey in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Rub sliced kale between your hands 5 minutes or until just slightly wilted. Add wheat berries and kale to vinegar mixture; toss to coat. Top salad with strawberries and cheese.
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A glance through the front window at Planet Florist in West Los Angeles reveals a flower shop packed with furniture, fixtures and flower vases.
The concrete floor has old paint spattered on it. Fluorescent lights beam down and a rusty, broken neon sign tops the bulky awning out front.
It's a far cry from the upscale design that owner James Underwood specializes in for clients that include the luxury Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica.
"I spend a huge amount of energy and creativity making space and flowers beautiful for other people and just never seem to have the energy and resources to make it happen here," says Underwood, 44, who bought the Westwood Boulevard shop a little more than a year ago.
He doesn't even use a photo of the store on his website, at www.planetflorist.com. Instead, visitors will see a generic shot of a flower shop.
"It's been an obstacle in that respect: What we do and how we look aren't matching," says the Pasadena native, who has worked at a meditation retreat, taught English in Brazil and served as director of a free healthcare clinic in Pasadena. He designed interiors and events and worked at a high-end florist in Pasadena before running across the flower shop for sale and making the leap into first-time business ownership in November 2007.
Underwood recently invested in a new graphic design for his business cards and painted and decorated his cash register area. But he says he's been stymied in overhauling his long, narrow shop. In addition to a lack of resources, he can't decide on a single style.
At the same time, he's determined to run a green business, so he has used cabinets from a client's home and bought used brass and glass display shelves and used chandeliers, which he admired for their beauty but now worries might be too energy-demanding. He's even hoping to move to local, organic flowers.
"One of the reasons that talented people end up hiring designers to help them is, when you run a business, it's just overwhelming to have to run the business and do everything, and design your space," says interior designer Jon Andersen-Miller, who co-owns Andersen-Miller Design in Culver City with his spouse, architect Matt Andersen-Miller.
After a visit to Planet Florist, both men were impressed with the quality of Underwood's floral design but underwhelmed by the retail space.
"When you walk in the door, you are just hit with tons of stuff," Jon says. "Things were a bit disorganized, the displays were chockablock full and you were just not sure where to look, where to put your focus -- that's the biggest thing."
The team created a list of low-cost, easy steps Underwood could take to create a retail presence that matches his design sensibility.
* Divide the space. "He wants a really kind of upscale, high-design look to sell clients on his talents and so he needs a kind of initial gallery space to show that," Jon says.
They suggest that Underwood divide the long, narrow shop into three bays: a front, gallery-like space; a middle section with flowers, merchandise and the cash register; and a back work space for floral design, deliveries and storage.
They recommend tall curtains as relatively low-cost, flexible room dividers. The right fabric could also support the "big Dorothy Draper, sort of dramatic hotel style from the '50s" that Underwood favors and that matches the style of his custom floral designs.
"Matt and I came up with this idea of making a huge curtain backdrop that separates the first bay of his shop from the rest," Jon says. "If you could do a big, white curtain, kind of like a stage curtain, and you could put a single, big spray of flowers or whatever his floral design is of that day or week on a pedestal in the middle of this window, it would just simplify the whole thing and give an immediate sort of communication that this is a high-end floral designer. "
Underwood could also use an existing marble-topped table in the front space to set the floral design on, and as a meeting space for clients, the consultants say.
Lighted at night, a single, beautiful floral arrangement framed in the shop's picture window would be a great billboard advertisement that would give people a concept of the type of work he does, Jon says.
"That's going to have the greatest impact and let the neighborhood know a real change has occurred," he says.
* Enhance shop's physical assets. The shop, a middle unit in an older Spanish-style building, has a large awning that the consultants recommend he remove.
"Aesthetically, it's a real negative," Matt says of the big awning. "We talked about taking it off and putting on a thinner, lower-profile awning."
All or part of the broken neon sign could be used as the basis of a new sign, Jon says.
The designers also agreed that Underwood should check with the landlord about painting a design on the stucco facade above the shop, possibly incorporating the iron balcony above and the shop door and window, to help highlight the store and extend its graphic identity.


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ORLANDO, Fla. — A former co-worker of the TSA worker who jumped from a hotel balcony at Orlando International Airport Is recalling not only working with Robert Henry, but also taking him into her home.
- Brenda Shearer described self as a 'mother-figure' to Robert Henry
- She said she didn't think he would take his own life
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Henry, 36, died after jumping Saturday morning from the Terminal A-side balcony of the Hyatt Regency hotel inside the airport, Orlando Police said. His death was ruled a suicide.
Brenda Shearer says she has been like a mother-figure to Henry for quite some time.
“He would give you the shirt off his back,” she said with a smile.
The now retired TSA employee referred to herself as a mother hen at work to Henry.
Shearer and Henry started working together in 2010, and that quickly led to Thanksgivings and Christmas’ at the Shearer’s home.
In 2015 he moved into a house that not only was on her property, but steps away from her home and front door.
“For a while I was on third shift, and he was on day shift, so I always knew he would be able to take care of my kids," Shearer explained. "I didn’t have to worry about the property because he was here.”
Shearer says she did not think that Henry would take his own life.
“I was not concerned -- he had been driving my son," she said. "Robert was driving my son back and forth to Valencia College all week for me.”
Shearer said Henry even told her son on that drive they were going to see Captain Marvel when it was going to come out.
According to Shearer, Henry had plans to eventually transfer to the Washington D.C. area so he could be closer to his family in Virginia. “All he wanted to do was transfer back to Dulles.”
Henry’s memorial will be held in Virginia, which Shearer says she will attend and wish she could give him one final bear hug.
Brenda believed the recent government shutdown affected Henry a little, but he had recently bought a new car and didn’t pay rent on Shearer’s property. He was only responsible for his electric and cable.
JetBlue airlines has reached out to Robert Henry’s family, offering free airfare to family members to attend his upcoming funeral.


text: Habitat restoration is costly and it is often necessary to justify the costs with evidence of benefits to society. These benefits are difficult to quantify because they are measured in terms of ecosystem services rather than currency. This paper introduces a somewhat novel restoration-related ecosystem service, a reduction in the risk of tick-borne disease, and incorporates it into a cost/benefit analysis of the restoration of a rare habitat. We use a cost-of-illness study to calculate the costs averted by preventing Lyme disease (LD), and a contingent-valuation survey to estimate the benefit of biodiversity protection. The restoration, removal of an invasive tree, reduced the risk of LD by approximately 98%. Cost-of-illness studies show that the restoration would be financially justifiable if it averted 75 cases of LD per year. Given the local LD rate and the visitation rate to the preserve, the habitat restoration can plausibly be justified solely on the benefit of LD cases averted. However, as we do not know how many cases of LD are contracted in the preserve, we also establish the perceived value of protecting biodiversity in a contingent-valuation survey. Results show that residents were willing to pay a significant fraction of the net cost of restoration to protect biodiversity. When these benefits are taken into account, the number of cases of disease that must be averted to justify remediation is reduced. This exercise spotlights an underappreciated ecosystem service that, when appropriate, can help establish the cost effectiveness of restoration.


Lancaster hardcore punkers Shitty Friends are now on hiatus. However, Shitty Friends guitarist Steve Taylor has formed a new band and moved to drums. The new band is called Mind Rot and also includes Joel Sanchez of Metalwülf on guitar and vocals and Malik Rhodes]] on bass and vocals. The new band has released two singles. "Flesh Hammer" and "Battle Ox." You can hear those below. Shitty Friends' final release was Crime Line [7-inch] in 2015.
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this phone could be a dream if is had SD820 and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. it is very beautiful and compact with best display but with such a weak chipset and without fingerprint scanner i must wait for a full-vision huawei phone ;-)
Ravikumar, 20 Jul 2017camera specs is less, wish it had 16 mp rear, 8 mp front, processor is bit slow, SnapDragon 6... moreThen Go for other brand . Having these specs surely 250$ ^^. I think it is good phone for price
Having FingerPrint Sensor is one way to design the phone and attract customers. I hate Full HD res for Chipsets that can barely handle FHD . I think Sd 430/435 will be more powerful if the screen is HD and 5.0-5.2 inch thus efficiency = Good enough phone FOR ME
I don't think that the Q6 variant is the mini version of the G6. Just look at the LG Magna/ LG G4c. Everyone thought that these individual devices were the mini version of the G4 when they first came out.
NON REMOVABLE BATTERY FAIL
camera specs is less, wish it had 16 mp rear, 8 mp front,
processor is bit slow, SnapDragon 625 would be good choice.,
Fingerprint sensor missing for better security,
as its quite bigger size phone, stereo speakers would be better instead of mono.
It looks remarkable specification. Finger print scanner is not essentially required bit the anti-vibration is required.
low price and high specification, it is must have item i think.
Im better of with Nokia 3.This one has nothing worth the price which we all know will be ridiculously high.
No finger print No buy... By now finger print Is top much confortable and mostly practical... Therefore It Will not succeed ..imho Is already dead
Why is everyone obsessed with fingerprint scanner? Were you not operating your phone before this technology?
Too good, Full vision display (insane screen to body ratio ), face recognition, 7000 series frame, wide angle camera, good processor & Rom,Ram options for day to day life & LG branding.
Whats the point for buying it bc it got lower processor and not touch available. And it got less battery, only 3000mAh
What's the point to buy this shit which dont have even fingerprint and even lower than midrange processor
Smirk :/, 14 Jul 2017LG seems to be forgetting what year it is. If LG REALLY wanted to sell this phone with Snapdra... moreActually flagships are especially not excusd not to have a removable battery, because it makes no sense to replace more expensive and more powerful phones more often than the cheaper ones.
Fessell, 17 Jul 2017I like LG phones. This is going to be a nice phone to LG family.yeah nice, will be better with infra red and removeable battery (G3 mini) because base on past experience samsung and LG battery not as good as Sony and Motorola (still flat after 3years)


Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part SoundInsights installment examining the new realities of the digital age—universal truths that stewards of corporate and non-profit brands should weigh when developing their integrated communications strategies. The second part will examine the best practices for capitalizing on the transformed communications landscape.
The decline of traditional communications channels, coupled with the rise of social media, have upended many of the longstanding tenets of reputation management. A company could once address issues affecting its reputation through one-way communications, often narrowcasting messaging to reflect the particular interests of individual stakeholder groups. Today, it can engage in two-way communications in a surround sound ecosystem in which various stakeholder groups hear largely the same thing.
The command and control playbook for reputation management is gone—and it’s never coming back.
For companies and non-profit organizations proactively attentive to enhancing and protecting their reputations, the digital age represents a potent opportunity. After all, never have they had a greater diversity of tools—many of them far more cost-effective than advertising—not simply to communicate to stakeholders groups, but to engage with them. Conversely, for those content with simply maintaining their reputations, the transformed communications landscape is not without its threats.
Of the realities to emerge in recent years, the following have the greatest potential influence on the relative strength or weakness of corporate and non-profit brands:
Most Americans see the world through the lens of social media.
Whereas both digital and print circulations of U.S. newspapers have declined for 28 consecutive years, social media is now a primary source of news for two-thirds of Americans. According to Pew Research Center (PRC), 68 percent of U.S. adults are on Facebook—roughly three-quarters of which visit the platform at least once a day. Moreover, the greatest users of the platform include milllennials, college graduates and those occupying the highest income bracket ($75,000+) tracked by PRC.
But that lens often provides a binary view of the world.
While many had initially hoped that social media would enable the democratic exchange of differing opinions, it more frequently resembles a standoff of opposing views. This is the result of several variables, not least the algorithms employed by Facebook to shepherd users towards content reflecting their ideological preferences.
In a recent big think article explaining how social media creates echo chambers, Orion Jones observed:
“…sociologists have concluded that social media often entrench people’s ideological positions and even make those positions more extreme. Witness the age of a bitterly divided America.”
People look to people who look like them.
From LinkedIn to Instagram, social media’s essential appeal is, well, that it is social. Whether they are sharing a Harvard Business Review case study or a restaurant recommendation, people do so with the expectation of reciprocity and validation from the members of their professional network or community of followers. The exchange is transactional, but not commercial, which is integral to the popularity of peer-to-peer communications.
This is no less true in a business context. Edelman’s 2017 Trust Barometer finds that an organization has no more credible spokesperson that “a person that looks like yourself” when formulating an opinion about a company—trumping the CEO, members of the board of directors and financial analysts, each of whom presumably has a profit motive for people to like a company.
People who didn’t used to matter now can matter.
Several factors—the expectation that businesses contribute society’s greater good, the rise of online activism and the global trend of people using social media to profess their personal values—have created an environment in which people that otherwise have no relationship with a given company can nevertheless assert themselves for the purpose of either helping or hindering that company.
Monsanto, a business-to-business company that sells seeds to farmers, was targeted by Greenpeace and other activist groups, as well as individual consumers opposed to GMOs. As a result, the company’s ability to gain regulatory approval of products in the U.S. and abroad was significantly undermined. Companies in the energy, pharmaceutical, financial services and retail industries have been similarly confronted.
In contrast, REI—a Seattle-based retailer of sporting goods and camping gear—closed its stores nationwide on Black Friday in 2016, the traditional start of the holiday shopping blitz, advocating that people instead spend time outdoors. #OptOutside became a bona fide movement not simply among outdoor enthusiasts, but also casual enthusiasts and even those who have grown disenchanted with the commercialization of the holidays. Government officials followed suit by allowing free admission in state parks throughout U.S.—and more than 150 business, like REI, paid employees to spend the day outdoors. The company’s brand was further strengthened and sales revenue increased.


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First Nations appeal for local high schools
Seven teens have died while attending high school in Thunder Bay.
In an effort to keep their loved ones close to home, elders, children and chiefs in remote First Nations are asking for their own high schools.
"We do not have a proper high school, and I will be there soon," 13-year-old Brennan Shewaybick wrote in a letter to First Nation leaders. "I want a big one where there would be a gym."
Shewaybick is one of several students from Webequie First Nation who wrote letters spelling out what they need to live healthy lives.
Twelve-year-old Nathan Spence asked for an indoor arena for hockey and broomball.
The requests from Webequie First Nation are especially poignant because they come from the place where Jordan Wabasse used to live. The 15-year-old died last year after he moved to Thunder Bay to play organized hockey and attend high school.
The school in Webequie doesn't go past grade 10 and there's only an outdoor rink.
Wabasse's death will be examined by an inquest that will also look into the deaths of six other First Nation teens who died while pursuing high school diplomas in Thunder Bay.
Nathan Spence's letter:
"Firstly we want an arena so we can have practice for hockey and broomball. All communities have an arena and we need an arena, not a rink. It is cold and we have to shovel so much snow if we want to skate. The ice gets bad, too, because of the snow."
'Thunder Bay should take a stand and tackle this problem too'
Keewaywin First Nation is another remote community that has to send its children hundreds of kilometres away for high school. The local school only goes up to Grade 8.
Two teens from Keewaywin — Robyn Harper and Kyle Morrisseau — died in the last 10 years while attending high school in Thunder Bay.
Chief David Thompson said he hopes the inquest will help "the government officials to try to grasp just how difficult it is to send our children out."
Thompson said he hopes it also sheds light on whether or not Thunder Bay is safe for First Nations students.
"If there is a problem in Thunder Bay, with all these number of deaths happening, then I think the city of Thunder Bay should take a stand and tackle this problem too," Thompson said.
"Thunder Bay needs to pull up their socks and do something. The mayor, and also the police force in Thunder Bay need to do a better job of looking after ... the citizens that are in Thunder Bay."
There's no date yet for the inquest to begin.

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Land Gift More Than Doubles Size of West Virginia Preserve< < Back to
DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) – A land donation will more than double the size of the Bear Rocks Preserve in West Virginia.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that near 2 square miles of land along the Allegheny Front, the eastern rim of the Dolly Sods plateau, has been donated to the Nature Conservancy of West Virginia. The gift was made possible through donations from the Ann C. and Robert O. Orders Jr. Family Foundation and Maryland resident Dan Montgomery.
The 1,143-acre tract will be added to the existing 477-acre Bear Rocks Preserve.
The conservancy’s state director, Thomas Minney, called the Allegheny Front property “a biologically important gem” that’s crucial to the state’s “ability to support and promote tourism, provide drinking water and clean air to the eastern United States.”


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ISSC M22... the .22 Caliber Police Training Pistol
A .22 rimfire may be the best way to teach shooting fundamentals to new shooters or improve the skills of veteran officers. With the mild .22 Long Rifle, there is no loud noise or heavy recoil like the centerfire duty cartridges. The .22 ammo is inexpensive – you can buy five times as much rimfire ammo as centerfire ammo.
ISSC recently introduced their M22, a .22 caliber training pistol. The M22 looks like a mid-size Glock Model 19/23, except it has an exposed hammer and an ambidextrous safety / hammer drop lever. While there are plenty of .22 pistols on the market for target shooting, plinking and training, ISSC saw the opportunity to create a rimfire training gun similar to the most popular centerfire police sidearm. The M22 feels a lot like a Glock, and points just like one.
The M22 is a direct blow back, single-action semi-automatic pistol, with a fixed Lothar-Walther 4-inch match barrel. A 5 ½-inch barrel is also available with an attached barrel weight forward of the slide. The slide requires very little effort to retract due to its lightweight recoil spring. The forward and rear cocking serrations provide a good grasp. The rear sight is adjustable for windage. Elevation adjustments can be made by swapping out the front sights. The M22 comes with three different heights of front sight.
The black frame is made of tough polymer and is smooth, textured and checkered in all the same places as the Glock. While the trigger looks like that of a Glock, it does not cock and release a striker. Instead, the M22 trigger just releases the hammer. The hammer has to be cocked by the slide’s rearward motion or manually by the shooter. The M22 has a trigger pull of 5 pounds, 8 ounces with no over travel.
A magazine disconnect prevents the M22 from firing unless its 10-round magazine is inserted in the grip. The standard-style magazine release and slide release were simple and easy to manipulate and empty magazines fall free from the grip when ejected. The slide locks back after the last round in the magazine is fired. This allows the M22 to function more like a duty gun than .22 pistols that do not keep their slides back after their last shot.
The cocked hammer can be safely lowered by using the decocking lever. It rotates downward to cover the red “fire” dot, which blocks the firing pin from being contacted as the hammer falls. If left in this down position, the decocking lever also acts as a safety that prevents the hammer from being cocked.
A decision has to be made concerning safety and realistic training. Before holstering, the safest thing to do is depress the decocking lever and safely lower the hammer. The decocking lever must be rotated back up to fire the gun. When drawn from the holster, the hammer has to be manually cocked.
The option is to holster the gun with the hammer cocked. The M22 is designed with a trigger safety tab (like the Glock) so it cannot go off by accident. The M22 fit in my Uncle Mike’s Tactical Pro-3 security holster with its hammer cocked. The thumb break was actually between the hammer and the firing pin, adding another level of safety.
Accuracy was certainly good enough to simulate combat shooting with rewarding hits and all brands of ammo grouped well. The ISSC M22 has an MSRP of $400. A quality .22 conversion kit may cost a little less, but with the M22, you get an entire pistol.
Steve Tracy is a 22-year police veteran with 20 years of experience as a firearms instructor. He is also an instructor for tactical rifles, use of force, less-than-lethal force and scenario-based training. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Published in Law and Order, May 2012
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text: There is a legend attributed to the origin of black tea: in the Qing Dynasty, an army passing through the Wuyi Mountains interrupted the Fujian farmers' tea production. Finding their tea leaves trampled, broken, and reddening through oxidation, they wanted to recoup the potential loss by expediting the drying process. Rather than the traditional bamboo to gently roast their leaves, pine wood was used. Thus, Lapsang Souchong, and thus black tea, was born. Since then, black tea has become the most popular tea drunk in the UK, Middle East, and North America, most familiarly imbibed with milk and sugar or over ice. Typically bold, sweet, and tannic, black teas fare a diverse range of flavors depending on their country of origin.