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OK! Magazine, a leading celebrity magazine kicked off Oscar weekend with their highly-anticipated, star-studded, Pre-Oscar party in celebration of the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony. Attendees lined up at The Emerson Theater in order to kick off the weekend into high gear. The OK Magazine Pre-Oscar party was sponsored by: Sexy Hair, Hydroxycut, Le Vian, Vaseline Spray & Go, and UV Vodka. Guests were dancing the night away while getting their hair tossed and primed for the remainder of the evening while sipping on delicious 'Oscar' inspired cocktails.
Stars gathered on the red carpet and gushed about big plans for the weekend, while of course wearing head turning ensembles and glamorous make-up. Dressed to the nines, attendees were anxious to get inside and let loose on what makes this 'Oscar' weekend so grand! Attendees include: Kendra Wilkinson, Red Foo, Taylor Armstrong, Brittny Gastinaeu, Farshad Farahat, Kristin Cavallari, Stephanie Pratt, Golnesa "Gigi' Gharachedaghi, Masi Oka, Draya Michelle, Derek Hough, and many more. We got a chance to get up close and personal with a few favorites to get the low-down on their weekend plans, parties, and of course which movies they were rooting for!
"Its nice to partake in these events this time of year…even though we don't' actually go to the Oscars- we are in the spirit,' says Katie Maloney of the hit reality show 'Vanderplump Rules on Bravo, 'this whole weekend is just exciting." When asked of plans for the big day Kristen Doute of the show responded, 'I'll be working at Sur! [laughs]'
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203 W Valley Boulevard
Alhambra, California
My family congregated for dinner. After a lengthy debate over what and where to eat, we decided... Chinese food! We (well, I had no opinion) all agreed on NYC Seafood Restaurant. The restaurant was pretty busy but we got to our table after passing through the tanks of fresh seafood.
It's interesting to have Chinese food with different people. I find my immediate family always tends to order the same things so this was my chance to try new things! First, we had the mixed seafood with beancurd soup. It was quite satisfying with large pieces of fish, seafood and tofu. I sat next to my cousin's little man B who was so amusing. Every time a dish came out, he would say "Try!" and wanted to taste absolutely everything!
B is really digging the seafood soup!
We also ordered the salt & pepper squid (which my family likes to order too) and shrimp walnut. The squid was hot and crispy - we had to dissuade B from digging in right away. The shrimp, coated in a mayo sauce, isn't something I would order but my cousins seemed to really like it. The shrimps were big and sweet.
Salt & Pepper Squid and Shrimp Walnut.
For the vegetable, we settled on pan fried string beans. I actually really enjoyed the beans because they were perfectly cooked and still had some crunch, and were very well-seasoned. I want to try to recreate this dish though I know I would never be able to use as much oil.
Pan fried string beans.
Like my mother, my aunt V also really likes fried rice with salted fish. Surprisingly, the rice was rather un-seasoned. I didn't feel I got the salty bites of fish I was expecting.
Not so salty salted fish fried rice.
We ordered two other dishes I was not familiar with. The first, the Cantonese style sizzling steak, was really good. I was really worried about eating a large piece of beef but it was amazingly tender. Great for beef lovers! The other dish was crispy deep fried bean curd, that was served with a spicy soy dipping sauce. This seemed to be a favourite among my cousins too!
Cantonese style sizzling steak.
Deep fried bean curds.
Finally, you can't go to a seafood restaurant without some lobster! We had it two ways: with ginger and scallions, and over noodles. My cousin K had been raving about lobster over noodles all day! She said she'd be happy just eating the noodles. The noodles weren't as expected and were thicker than I expected. By then, I was really full but managed to eat a little and it was good!
Lobster two ways.
A Chinese meal cannot end without a complimentary dessert. We were served a large plate of oranges that offered a sweet ending to our meal. I was way too spoiled on my trip!
Sweet orange slices.
For my other California posts:
* Bánh Mì Chè Cali & Tea Station
* Nem Nướng Ninh Hòa
* Quang An Duong Herb Store & Kim Ky Noodle House
* Oomasa Restaurant
* Fish tacos at Señor Fish
* Mario Batali's Pizzeria Mozza
* Crawsfish at The Boiling Crab
* All-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Road to Seoul
* Rehearsal Dinner at La Grande Orange Café
* Wedding Banquet at Capital Seafood Restaurant
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Lyzasoft has announced Lyza 2.0. This version lets groups within an enterprise synthesize data from many sources, visually analyze the data, and socialize their findings among the workgroup via a self-serve model. New features include micro-tiling, improved user format controls, ad hoc visual data drilling, n-dimensional charting, advanced sorting controls, and a range of functions for adding custom fields to charts. Lyza 2.0 also introduces new collaboration features, letting users interact with content in the form of blogs, charts, tables, dashboards, and collections.
"Lyzasoft's concept of bringing social networking and Web 2.0 models together with BI in one solution has significant potential," said Allen Bonde, managing director at Evoke CRM Partners. "This unique approach will turn the traditional BI model inside out, where a community model facilitates sharing of ideas, influence is the new currency, and relevant information and insights are available more quickly to a much broader audience," Bonde said.
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AUTHENTIC SOUNDS. COMPLETE VERSATILITY. ZOOM B3n Intuitive Multi-Effects Processor for Bassists
The Zoom B3n lets you create your own original sound, no matter the kind of music you play. This bass pedal has countless amp, cabinet, and stompbox effects that you can use on stage or in the studio. Plus, its editing features are simple enough that you can tweak your sound even when you're on the road.
67 Built-In Stompbox Effects for Monster Tone
The B3n is pre-loaded with 67 high-quality stompbox DSP effects, including 19 dynamics and filter effects, 15 overdrive and distortion effects, 17 modulation effects, 11 delay and reverb effects and more. (Download a list of the B3n pre-loaded effects)
Faithful Bass Amp and Cabinet Emulations
The B3n's newly created emulations include five classic bass amps and five matching cabinets that have been modeled to sound and respond like the real thing. To adjust the sound of each model, simply use the B3n's parameter knobs just as you would with analog gear. You can also download even more amp/cabinet combinations via ZOOM Guitar Lab software.
NOTE: Manufacturer names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The names are used only to illustrate sonic characteristics and do not indicate any affiliation with the Zoom Corporation or Zoom North America.
Create Custom Effects Chains
Chain up to seven effects, amps, and cabinets together simultaneously in any order you like to experiment with and create new sounds. You can also store up to 150 of your custom effects chains as patches.
FEATURED: Frank Bello (Anthrax), ZOOM Creator - B3n Patches
Master Your Sound
The B3n's simple layout and controls make for
faster and more intuitive editing. Its
three independent LCD screens display your entire
effects chain at a glance, and its tactile knobs
and switches give you effortless control over
adding, editing, deleting, or changing the
order of effects.
FEATURED: Stu Hamm, ZOOM Creator - B3n Patches
Just Plug It In
and Play
and Play
There's no complex setup with the B3n—just
plug in and start playing. Thanks to its 68
built-in rhythm patterns, the B3n is great for
both practice and solo performances. With the
onboard looper, you can record and overdub
phrases up to 80 seconds long, creating textured
layers of sounds using the effects of your choice.
The looper, rhythm patterns, and delay effects
can all be synchronized using a tap tempo function.
And a built-in chromatic tuner lets you bypass the
currently selected patch while tuning, or mute
the signal altogether.
FEATURED: Eric Abert (The Life and Times),
Connect, Perform, and Record
It's easy to integrate the B3n into any live performance or studio rig. In addition to a standard 1/4" input, there's an auxiliary 1/8" stereo input for connecting smartphones or music players. There's also a dedicated headphone jack for practice, and dual outputs for mono or stereo L/R connection to bass amps, PA systems, and audio interfaces. Add the ZOOM FP02M expression pedal via the dedicated control input for real-time control over effects parameters.
ZOOM Guitar Lab Software
With the new Guitar Lab app for Mac/Windows, you have access to Zoom's library of amp models, effects and patches. A one-stop shop for effects management, users can easily edit effect parameters, build effect chains, and backup/organize their patches. Guitar Lab's advanced UI monitors your CPU usage while you edit for maximum efficiency. For user convenience, the new Clipboard function memorizes up to four effects with custom parameters, so you can copy and paste them onto other patches. Finally, the NEWS section contains newly added effects and patches, as well as demo sounds, all available for download directly from the app.
Features At A Glance
- 67 high-quality stompbox DSP effects
- 5 amp emulators plus 5 cabinet emulators
- Free ZOOM Guitar Lab Mac/Windows software
allows for downloading of additional effects
and patch management
- Use up to 7 effects simultaneously, chained
together in any order
- 3 stompbox switches allow effects to instantly
be brought in and out
- Intuitive user interface with 3 independent
editing displays
- Onboard chromatic tuner with dedicated footswitch
supports all standard bass tunings, including open
and drop tunings (tuner range of 435 - 445 Hz)
- Stereo/mono looper allows recording of up to
80 seconds of phrase recording
- 68 built-in rhythm patterns that can be used in
conjunction with the looper
- Tap Tempo with dedicated footswitch
- Auxiliary stereo input jack for connection of
smartphones and music players
- Dual output jacks for connection to bass amps
and mono or stereo PA systems
- Dedicated stereo headphone output
- Control input for ZOOM FP02M external
expression pedal
Here's what comes included with the B3n:
Optional B3n accessories:
FEATURED: Cory Osborne (Lightfoils, Panda Riot),
Learn all the basics of the Zoom B3n Multi-Effects Processor for Bassists.
Check out Eric Abert's new custom-created patches for the Zoom B3n Multi-Effects Pedal for Bassists.
Check out Stu Hamm as he demos the all-new patches he created for the Zoom B3n Multi-Effects Pedal for Bassists.
|Effect types (Ver.2.0):
|Number of simultaneous effects :
|Number of user banks/patches:
|Sampling frequency:
44.1 kHz
|A/D conversion:
24-bit with 128x oversampling
|D/A conversion :
24-bit with 128x oversampling
|Signal processing :
|Frequency characteristics :
20 – 20 kHz +1 dB, -3 dB (10 kΩ load)
128 x 32 dot-matrix LCD (x3)
Standard monaural phone jack
Stereo mini jack (3.5 mm)
|Output R:
Standard monaural phone jack
|Maximum output level:
Line +5 dBm
Standard stereo phone jack
|Maximum output level:
Line +5 dBm
|Equivalent input noise:
-119 dBu
|Noise floor (residual noise) :
-100 dBu
|Control input:
Zoom FP02M
AC adapter DC9V (center minus plug), 500 mA
Connector: USB2.0 Micro-B
Guitar Lab
Power can also be supplied through the USB port.
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xen and qemu virtuallization has this problem alot. SELinux requires that images used by xen be labeled xen_image_t, and images used by qemu/libvirt be labeled virt_image_t. virt_manager currently does not do this by default and it creates the images in the current directory by default, which I hope they change. However there are directories where the image files will automatically get the correct label.
Fox xen we have the labeling
/xen(/.*)? system_u:object_r:xen_image_t:s0
/var/lib/xen/images(/.*)? system_u:object_r:xen_image_t:s0
With /var/lib/xen/images the preferred location
If you don't have a /xen directory, you need to create it and then reset the labeling.
# mkdir /xen
# restorecon /xen
For qemu/libvirt we have the labeling
/var/lib/libvirt/images(/.*)? system_u:object_r:virt_image_t:s0
If you were to store the xen images somewhere else, you would need to set up the labeling to that place. SELinux uses regular expressions to map files to file context so at the end of the directory specification you need to add (/.*)? which tells SELinux to label everything labeled in the directory and its subdirectories xen_image_t.
# semanage fcontext -a -t xen_image_t 'PATHTOIMAGEDIR(/.*)?'
# restorecon -R -V PATHTOIMAGEDIR
Note: If you are creating a whole new directory structure, you make need to label the entire directory tree xen_image_t. SELinux requires that a confined domain be able to list all directories in the path of the image. New directories created in / get either labeled default_t or root_t, default_t directories are not usually allowed to be searched. If you create the image in a directory tree that xen or virt are not allowed to list, you might need to build some custom policy.
If you were to store your xen images in /myxen/images/
You would execute
# semanage fcontext -a -t xen_image_t '/myxen(/.*)?'
# restorecon -R -V /myxen
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I accumulated a few acorn squashes during the end of October, and I decided that today they'd met their match. I've never actually prepared acorn squash before, so after some poking around online, I found a few recipes that inspired the concoction below. It was a great mix of flavors that you don't usually find on my table- the roommates loved it!
Moroccan Stuffed Acorn Squash
2 acorn squash
1 pound lean ground beef
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 red onion
5 cloves garlic
2 cups couscous
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup parmesan, shredded
Half acorn squash and remove seeds. Place in a baking dish face down and cook in a 400 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from heat and scoop out flesh and place in a large bowl, keeping shell in tact.
While squash is cooking, heat a large skillet on medium heat and cook beef until cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and set aside in the bowl with the squash. Warm oil in the same skillet and cook onions and garlic about 5 minutes. Cook couscous to directions and add to bowl. Stir in pecans, basil, cilantro, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and pepper.
Add mixture into squash shells and top with parmesan cheese. Bake another 5 to 10 minutes. then serve.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
3 pounds sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Salt to taste
Place in inch of water in a large saucepan and place a steamer basket in it; bring water to a simmer. Peel potatoes and dice into 1 inch pieces. Steam about 20 minutes, then drain. Add potatoes back to warm pot and add in remaining ingredients and mash to desired smoothness. Enjoy!
I served with a grape salad that included about 4 cups red seedless grapes, 1 ounce crumbled feta and 4-5 torn basil leaves.


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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 836 miles of stream in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska as critical habitat for the endangered Topeka shiner.
Included in the designation for the Topeka Shiner are stream segments in the Raccoon River, Boone River, and Rock River watersheds in Iowa; the Big Sioux and Rock River watersheds in Minnesota; and the Elkhorn River watershed in Nebraska. Almost all of the adjacent lands are in private ownership.
Areas designated as critical habitat for the Topeka shiner are occupied by the species or provide critical links between occupied habitats. Topeka shiner habitat in Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota, as well as habitat on the Fort Riley Military Installation in Kansas, was excluded from the final designation.
"We originally considered critical habitat for the Topeka shiner in Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota," said Ralph Morgenweck, Regional Director of the Service's Mountain Prairie Region. "Since that time, conservation plans for this species have been completed that we believe will address its conservation needs in these states."
Lands in the States of Missouri, Kansas, and South Dakota were excluded from critical habitat designation because those states have management plans that provide comprehensive conservation measures and programs necessary to achieve recovery of the Topeka shiner. These state management plans were evaluated and satisfied the following three criteria: (1) they provide a conservation benefit to the species (i.e., the plans must maintain or provide for an increase in the species' population or enhancement or restoration of its habitat within the area covered by the plan); (2) they provide assurances that they will be or will continue to be implemented; and (3) they provide assurances that they will be effective (i.e., the plans must identify biological goals, have provisions for reporting progress, and are of a duration sufficient to implement the actions and achieve the goals and objectives).
In addition, the Endangered Species Act requires the Service take into consideration the economic impact and any other relevant impacts when specifying any particular area as critical habitat. State programs in Missouri, Kansas, and South Dakota include conservation actions, such as partnerships with state agencies and private landowners that could be adversely impacted by the designation. The Service determined that the benefits of those actions to promote the conservation of the Topeka shiner and its habitat exceed the benefits that would be provided by designation.
The Fort Riley Military Installation in Kansas was excluded because it has an integrated natural resource management plan that provides adequate management and conservation benefit for the shiner.
The critical habitat rule is published in today's Federal Register. The rule, news release, and questions and answers, are available on the Service's web site at http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/fish/shiner
The Topeka shiner was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act on Dec. 15, 1998. This small, silvery minnow is 3 inches or less in length. It is found in small to mid-size prairie streams with relatively high water quality and cool to moderate temperatures. If this fish is to survive and flourish, the form and structure of the streams where it lives must be safeguarded, so that the habitat and the balance of fish species in these streams is not significantly altered. While the Topeka shiner can sometimes live in streams with degraded habitat conditions, its long-term survival in these streams is at risk.
Many of the streams where this species is found flow year round, although some become intermittent during summer or periods of prolonged drought. The Topeka shiner's historic range includes portions of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The species continues to exist in these States, but in most areas its range is greatly reduced.
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In almost all cases, recovery of listed species will come through voluntary cooperative partnerships, not regulatory measures such as critical habitat. Habitat is also protected through cooperative measures under the Endangered Species Act including Habitat Conservation Plans, Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements and state programs. In addition, voluntary partnership programs such as the Service's Private Stewardship Grants and Partners for Fish and Wildlife program also restore habitat. Habitat for endangered species is provided on many national wildlife refuges, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife management areas.
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|Robert Rock
Rock, of course, won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by a stroke on Sunday by shooting a 2-under 70. Tiger Woods, who shared the 54-hole lead with the journeyman from Staffordshire, England, could manage no better than an even-par 72. I know Tiger put a nice spin on this missed opportunity, but it has to be disappointing.
As Alistair Tait wrote for Golfweek, "Tiger was a child prodigy. Rock was a child nobody."
Not to take anything away from Rock, but he was ranked 100 and change in the world and openly admitted he might soil himself because of the pairing. He hardly slept and grew a beard over night. (OK, he already had the beard.) Still, Tiger losing to a Rock would not—could not—have happened a few years ago, right?
Tiger made two early birdies and momentarily looked like The Man we all remember. But Rock didn't crumble. (Sorry.) He made two birdies of his own. Then Tiger carded back-to-back bogeys at holes 4 and 5, and that was pretty much it. Balls were flying into the rough and missing the greens. It was a grind all the way to the clubhouse.
I saw some of the Rock-Tiger duel live in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It wasn't planned. There were five teenage girls at the house for a sleepover. (Isn't it funny how they call it a sleepover? They should simply call it an "over." Sleep—that's a joke.) I awoke at 2 a.m. When I realized I wasn't going to immediately get back to sleep, I turned on the Golf Channel. I watched the first six holes of the final round and turned back in at 4:30 a.m.
Tiger's performance does represent progress. It's a process, as he likes to say. His swing and his game are definitely improving. But they weren't as solid as a Rock when it counted on Sunday, red and black day. For me, that was a bit surprising. And for Tiger, perhaps a bit troubling.
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The Satin guinea pig is so named because it has a glossy, reflective coat that is fine and silky. Its distinctive feature is its hair type, it has a hollow hair shaft which allows the light to pass through it and give it its unique sheen. The Satin is another relatively new breed, being first imported from America in 1986.
The Satin gene is a recessive gene, and Satins should never be bred to each other, but mated with a solid colour, or a solid colour carrying the satin gene. Satins do not tend to be as long-lived as other breeds of guinea pigs, but they are popular as they are so attractive.
Almost every self colour has now been satinised. Attempts have also been made to satinise other breeds too, such as the Agouti and Dalmatian.
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Beautiful but very sad - Catherine,
Satin guinea pigs often carry a disease - fibrous osteodystrophy, which appears to be a type of kidney disease. This can leave them often in lots of pain and discomfort. And is a life-limiting disease.
I love mine - Jess,
I have a satin guineapig, and have had him for 3 years now. No health problems so far (touch wood). He's very friendly and social and is fearless around the house. Loud noises will startle but he often investigates after he makes sure it's safe to do so. My guinea pig lives in a hutch in my room and has a play pen in my office as he lives alone. He did have a hutch mate but continued to fight viciously with him. So for the safety of both the other was given back to the breeder. If you have a lot of time and love to give, these critters love are social and will talk to you all day, they love being brushed and are happy to sit on your lap so long as they are given regular pats and treats.
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I Love this satin Guinea pig! because its hair is soo shiny!!!" XD
a pet good for kids 9 and up - Britteny,
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So I'm catching up on my reading of industry news and I noticed that, since the DOJ pretty much laughed off the anti-settlement brigade's rhetoric, the tone in some circles has gotten even sharper, more filled with doomsaying than it was before, and it was already pretty severe. Personally, I found a lot to like about the DOJ's response to comments, which is something I very rarely say about any government agency. I especially appreciate that they weren't swayed by the 10 to 1 ratio against that the traditional publishing backers' letter writing campaigns generated.
I still believe there was a fatal flaw in their logic. In encouraging people to parrot the anti-Amazon party line, it created a raft of letters that failed to address the principle matter of law in the case, worse yet, it may have vindicated it. Very few, if any, of the letters substantively refuted the claims of collusion, instead using unsubstantiated claims of Amazon's predatory pricing as justification for the publishers' actions. In this way, many of the comments, while attempting to defend the publishers, essentially admitted collusion took place. It's like saying, "Yes, your honor, we did it, but we've got a really good excuse."
It doesn't surprise me in the least that this kind of approach carried no water with a group of prosecutors. If anything, the arrogance of it seems to have further emboldened and entrenched the DOJ in its beliefs. This could end up being extraordinarily bad news for Penguin, MacMillan and Apple if they actually force an annoyed DOJ into court.
But that's an issue for a later date if the holdouts don't come to their senses and settle before they end up spending absurd amounts of money defending a pricing scheme likely to be obsolete before the first witness is ever called.
I've got two articles I read this week that, I think, illustrates both the attitude of superiority and the over-the-top, end of days hyperbole that's making the rounds now that the industry seems to be realizing Uncle Sam isn't going to do their bidding, no matter how many campaign contributions they make to Chuck Schumer. It's a sad commentary on the state of things these days when buying a congressman is an easier accomplishment than competing in the market.
I've taken five points from each of these two articles to discuss. The first is a particularly single-minded post by Dennis Johnson, co-founder of the publisher Melville House, a staunch traditionalist.
Before I begin, let me say that I find it odd that such a virulent supporter of publishers founded a company named after Herman Melville, a man who largely had a tenuous if not outright bad relationship with publishers. Most of his books had to be published in London initially because American publishers wouldn't touch them, and even then, they were never able to generate significant sales despite the fact he wrote some of the greatest works in the English language. Rather infamously, Melville was paid a grand total of less than $600 for his masterpiece Moby Dick. I'm sure if he were to rise from the grave today, Melville would have more than a few choice words for publishers, particularly considering his actually burnt the unsold copies of an epic poem he wrote after he couldn't pay for them. Comforting to see some things never change, like publishers' contempt for writers.
1. "At the start of agency, for example, Amazon controlled 90 percent of ebook sales. There's nothing "highly speculative" about calling that a monopoly."
Except for the fact that Amazon's large share came about because they took a then-under utilized ebook market and drug it into the mainstream essentially by themselves. No major publishers paid much heed to it at the time, very few competitors showed any interest in jumping in before Amazon charted a course, and certainly none on their scale. Once Amazon started making real money, though, that 90% share dropped significantly, just as you'd expect a trendsetter would when a previously empty playing field started filling up. It wasn't like Amazon entered a thriving ebook market and swiped that giant share of business from others. They essentially created the market when almost no one else had the interest, desire or the balls to do it. He's right, though, partly. It's not "highly speculative" to call Amazon a monopoly in that instance, it's outright bullshit to do so.
2. "The Sherman Antitrust Act, and its descendent the Robinson-Patman Act, clearly define loss-leader under-pricing as a predatory tactic rather obviously intended to "drive out competition and obtain monopoly pricing power."
So when does the DOJ actions start up against every retail business in this country? Loss Leader pricing is so commonplace we barely even notice it any more. Its use is far from being "rather obviously" about driving out competition, either, far more commonly used on a day to day basis virtually everywhere things are sold, as a means of bringing customers into your store.
On the other hand, what the publishers did with the agency scheme was retail price maintenance, which up until 2007, was illegal in essentially all its forms. A Supreme Court decision (which overturned damn near a century of precedent, by the way) granted a limited allowance for the behavior under the "rule of reason" which Apple and the publishers flaunted by colluding pretty much in public and gloating about how their plans were going to screw Amazon, inhibit the ebook market and raise prices on ebooks. The publishers are only in legal trouble today because of their egos, stupidity and total lack of discretion. That and, unlike Amazon, they actually broke the law.
3. "The DOJ cited arguments from David Gaughran, writing on behalf of 186 self-published authors who thanked Amazon for 'creating, for the first time, real competition in publishing by charting a viable path for self-published books. But when was it, exactly, that publishers prevented authors from self-publishing?
Is he kidding? Certainly, anyone with the money could publish a book, but getting that in book stores or retail outlets dominated by traditional publishing was an entirely different story. Publishers' entire business model was one of dominating the channels of distribution. What good was publishing a book if you were essentially locked out of the principle sales channels?
Preventing writers from having any access to the market was their stock in trade, creating a ready supply of material they could pay as little as possible for, which is why writers get such a low portion of revenues today when they are principally responsible for the product. And, really, anyone who thinks there was anything close to a viable path to self publish pre-Amazon is either dangerously ignorant of reality or purposely being disingenuous.
4. "The process of public involvement was, apparently, meaningless. But there are better things to remember right now. For one, take this for what it is: The DOJ has found its own case sound. The good guys, meanwhile, have yet to have their day in court."
So the DOJ was supposed to take a vote and ignore the law because a large number of traditional publishing's disciples said so? The truest thing in the DOJ's response was that the overwhelming majority of anti-settlement comments came from people and businesses profiting directly from the price fixing scheme. Like I said, I'm actually impressed they saw through it.
In truth, I think the public involvement stage was very useful. It illustrated the biases of those supporting the publishers who, despite their numbers, produced no compelling arguments for a lessening of terms. It also showed that the truly independent voices who, not coincidentally, are finding success without the need to break the law, were heard even though they could have been swamped by traditional publishing's comment generating machine. If anything, unlike many other areas of life these days, this looks like the powerful corporations flaunting the law will be held to task while consumers, innovators and legitimate competitors in the market will win the day.
5. "The ludicrous charges, the fact of such paltry and pitiful support for them, the wide variety of opponents — the entire industry and then some — roused to speak out — all provide reason for hope."
Yeah, reason to hope you guys hurry up and go bankrupt. Seriously? Ludicrous charges? Pitiful and paltry support? No and no. The charges look pretty damn sound to me. And evidently, those of us who choose to disagree don't matter. Hell, we're not even in the industry, apparently, despite selling books professionally. For money. To actual readers. See, it's not that public input didn't matter, it's that public input he disagreed with didn't matter, and it certainly shouldn't have mattered enough to beat back their superior numbers and unsubstantiated inflamatory rhetoric. How dare the DOJ side with the law and actually aggreived parties who have paid tens of millions more for ebooks than would have been possible without collusion! They sent 800 carbon copy, Amazon-is-evil letters, didn't the DOJ get the memo? Won't somebody please think about the culture?
Shortly after reading that piece, I read this one by John Barber of the Globe and Mail. The hits just keep on coming in this one, including cameos by everbody's favorite bitchy traditional writers, Ewan Morrison and Scott Turow, proving that even the Atlantic Ocean can't keep arrogance and stupidity apart.
1. "Authors are losing income as sales shift to heavily discounted, royalty-poor and easily pirated ebooks. Journalists are suffering pay cuts and job losses as advertising revenue withers. Floods of amateurs willing to work for nothing are chasing freelance writers out of the trade. And all are scrambling to salvage their livelihoods as the revolutionary doctrine of "free culture" obliterates old definitions of copyright."
Being as he made several points here, I'll address each in order. First, ebooks are only royalty-poor because publishers want them that way. And, to be fair, print books are pretty damn royalty poor in most instances, too. Next, do you know who's not seeing pay cuts and job losses as advertising flees newspapers? The CEOs, who are "suffering" with giant bonuses and golden parachutes for all those job losses they've instituted while simultaneously playing the fiddle on any kind of digital transition as their industry segment burns to the ground.
Third, as conglomerates bought up any and every publication they could find during the acquisition rush years ago, many publishers began getting tight with freelance budgets. Even at the height of profitability before the bottom fell out, prices paid to freelancers were stagnant or negative. Once the advertising revenue started to fall, they used it as a convenient excuse to put the screws to writers even more than usual. The flood of free content he refers to was largely spurred on by publishers looking for ways to spend as little as humanly possible on content, quality be damned. The issue isn't that there's work out there available for free, it's that publishers refuse to pay even modest wages for quality writing despite the fact that content is the only reason they have the ability to attract any advertising at all.
And, finally, who's perverted the concept of copyright more, the "free culture" people, as he calls them, who advocate sharing and the rights of consumers or the media companies, who lobby for laws like DMCA and SOPA, and push through things like the Mickey Mouse rule that now has copyright extended to life of the creator plus 70 years?
The extensions and increasingly stringent punishments for even minor infringement has created an atmosphere where it makes a lot of sense to argue that copyright needs to be looked at anew. The parts of copyright law that support derivative works and allow creators to build off of the progress of those before, fair use and the first sale doctrine, and the public domain and furtherance of culture have all been imperiled by the steady rights grabs of media companies who have been engaging in a systematic effort at maintaining copyright in perpetuity for decades now. If you're going to cry about copyright being broken, don't do so while advocating for those who actually broke it.
2. "(According to best-selling UK author Ewan Morrison) The result will be the destruction of vital institutions that have supported "the highest achievements in culture in the past 60 years." In short, he predicts, "There will be no more professional writers in the future."
I'm sure when Morrison uses the term "professional writers", he's referring to people like himself. We can only hope for a future with as few of those kinds of "professionals" as possible. It's not his writing talents I have issue with, I've never actually read any of his work, it's that he has some ridiculously backwards, elitist ideas along with a generous helping of contempt for anyone who circumvents the traditional getekeepers.
Morrison has said some pretty crazy stuff, for instance, this piece in the Guardian where he argues against social media but makes some larger points about traditional and self publishing. Be sure to read the comments because he has numerous additional points there, including a rather entertaining discussion with Joe Konrath. My favorite part is when he excoriates Konrath for daring to encourage others to eschew traditional and embark in self publishing by saying, "It is unfair and cruel to propagate a model for others which can only ever work for the few." After I stopped laughing and wiped the tears from my eyes, the full audaciousness of that comment really sunk in. After all, Konrath has a long, long way to go to rate with traditional publishers in propagating models that only work for the few. The sad part is that it seems Morrison doesn't even get the rich, creamy irony.
These statements are what I'm talking about when I say the rhetoric has gotten more severe. The highest institutions of culture will crumble and working writers will totally vanish. Talk about self-important! Publishers largely gave up their mantle of cultural protectors, if they ever had one in the first place, when they became little more than profit engines for larger conglomerates. It's pretty obvious, too, yet Morrison seems to believe that writers should willingly accept lousy royalties so these publishers can keep exploiting them to the benefit of their parent company's bottom line. Being self published and actually keeping a fair share of what your work earns is selfish, according to Morrison. Of course, he just might see it that way because more and more writers earning outside of traditional may jeopardize his next advance. Besides, if publishers weren't portrayed as purveyors of culture, then there'd be no moral argument for their survival, and that would make for even more specious rants, if that's possible.
3. "(Author Scott Turow) has drawn heavy criticism from digital partisans for defending the diminishing rights of "legacy publishers" currently under U.S. Justice Department investigation for allegedly fixing ebook prices."
Diminishing rights? I wasn't aware publishers had the right to colluded and fix prices. Didn't know they had the right to rip off authors through shady corporate finanglings like Harlequin just got sued for. Wasn't aware they had the right to snatch digital rights from contracts signed 30 years before anyone had ever heard of an ebook. Most of all, I didn't know they had the right to operate largely free of genuine competition.
If publishers are diminishing, it's likely for two reasons; writers have other choices now and are sick of being treated like chattel and paid slightly worse; and they're clinging to a business model that is servicing a shrinking percentage of their customer base. But that's the common denominator in the anti-Amazon camp, the stark refusal to admit publisher's culpability for their own problems because it's so much easier to make excuses for your own failings when you can pretend to be a victim.
4. "Nor is self-publishing profitable for the majority of authors, according to a recent British survey. It found that half of the writers – many no doubt lured by well-publicized tales of spectacular success achieved by a handful of fellow novices – made less than $500 a year for their efforts."
No one was ever lured into traditional publishing by the tales of success of other writers, right? I'm sure that's never happened. And let me just reiterate an earlier point: Herman Melville made less than $600 in total on Moby Dick. Using dollar figures in this way, especially with no context in comparison with traditionally published writers, makes for compelling soundbites while providing very little actual insight. Besides, there are a whole lot of self published writers. That survey means half of them made more than $500 a year. I'd be willing to bet that percentage isn't far removed from traditional but I'm sure we'll never hear about it.
5. "The livelihoods of serious writers will continue to depend directly on the health of traditional publishers, "the venture capitalists of the intellectual world," according to Turow."
So only writers with traditional contracts are serious? The rest of us are just dicking around out here then, huh? Writers like Turow and Morrison may have their livelihoods depend on the health of traditional publishers, but there seems to be a large and growing infrastructure that's circumventing their control. That means the health of said publishers isn't really a major concern in that segment. In fact, it may be just the opposite.
With fewer market obstructions from the traditional end, and less product from that side, it could well increase opportunities for success amongst those who aren't dependant on them. But that doesn't matter because those people won't be serious, of course. Everyone knows you can't be a serious writer unless you give up most of the proceeds, all creative control and any conceivable rights to your work until your great, great grandchildren are old and gray. It's just crazy talk to say otherwise.


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A government office that�s supposed to protect consumers issued a credit wake-up call last week.
About a quarter of Americans had mistakes on their credit reports that could leave them paying more money for purchases.
The message that sends, says the Federal Trade Commission, is that everyone should check the all-important credit report.
Car, phone, home all involved
If you didn�t already know about your credit report�s capacity for affecting your life, merchants would be around to remind you.
�No good credit needed,� promises a highway billboard.
�Bad credit OK,� promises the painted window of a car dealership.
�Establish your credit here,� prompts another.
Credit comes into play not just when you buy a house or a car, but when you sign up for a cell phone or Internet plan, when you apply for a growing number of jobs, when you rent an apartment or shop for car insurance.
How to get your report
The FTC and other consumer groups won�t go so far as to say the TV and radio commercials with their snappy jingles are rip-offs. But most of those aren�t free, regardless of the company name. How would they pay for all that advertising if they gave away the product?
The best way to get that free report once a year � and you get it from all three reporting agencies � is to go online. One site, AnnualCreditReport.com, gives you instant access.
No Internet? You�ll have to wait a little longer but here�s the phone number to call so you can have the report mailed to you: 1-877-322-8228.
You can request all the reports at the same time or you can space out requests to monitor credit throughout the year.
And you can get two of the same reports free within a year�s time if that history is haunting you. Any time your credit report causes you to pay extra � say you get turned down for a loan, you�re offered higher interest rates or you have to pay a higher-than-normal deposit � the reporting agencies have to pony up an additional credit report.
How to get your score
This is the thing you normally have to pay for. But there are some ways to get the actual score without shelling out the cash.
It�s the same way you get multiple credit scores from the same agency. If a lender looks at your credit score and decides you�re not getting a loan, you can request the lender to show you the score.
That also goes for the lending officers at car dealerships or the utility company that boosts your deposit because you�re considered a risk.
Often, consumers have to ask for the score.
But some people who work with lenders hand it over without a special request.
That�s the case at Fred Caldwell Chevrolet, says General Manager Martin McKinley. For every car with financing that goes through the dealership, the buyer gets a piece of paper stating the score and explaining how that score compares with the best and the worst.
McKinley thinks most buyers have a pretty good idea how they�re going to rank.
�It�s a very educated consumer out there today,� he said. �It makes for very few surprises and we like that.�
Credit primer
When you�re talking about the interest rates you can get on loans or the deposit you might have to pay for services such as mobile phone plans, two things come into play.
1. The credit report
This is basically a breakdown of money you�ve borrowed and how good � or how poor � your track record has been for paying it back. The report is the part of your credit profile you can get for free once a year from each the major reporting agencies.
Those are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
2. The credit score
This is the thing you usually have to pay for, although seeing the actual number is less important than the report used by agencies to come up with the number.
Called FICO scores, the numbers range from 300 to 850. The higher the score, the better your credit. The things it measures:
- How long you�ve been obtaining credit
- What kind of credit lines you�ve received
- Payment history
- Amounts owed
- How many new credit lines you�ve received and in what period of time (numerous new cards or applications in six to 12 months and you�re likely lowering the score)
Source: Better Business Bureau
And the survey says �
- One in four consumers identified errors on their credit reports that might affect their credit scores
- One in five consumers had an error, which was corrected by a credit reporting agency after it was disputed, on at least one of their three credit reports
- Four out of five consumers who filed disputes experienced some modification to their credit report
- Slightly more than one in 10 consumers saw a change in their credit score after the credit reporting agency modified errors on their credit report
- Approximately one in 20 consumers had a maximum score change of more than 25 points and only one in 250 consumers had a maximum score change of more than 100 points.
How to fix a mistake
If something is wrong on your credit report, definitely dispute it, say consumer advocates.
You�ll want to contact the company that keeps track (remember, it�s either Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) AND the company that has you listed as owing what you don�t believe you owe.
In dispute letters, make sure to include account numbers related to your challenge and clearly explain mistakes, along with a request the mistake be removed or corrected. Include copies (not originals) of any documents that support your position.
Here�s how to contact the reporting agencies:
Online: www.ai.equifax.com/CreditInvestigation
By mail: Download this form and mail with your letter to: Equifax Information Services LLC, P.O. Box 740256, Atlanta, GA 30374
By phone: Phone number provided on credit report
Online: www.experian.com/disputes/main.html
By mail: Address provided on your credit report
By phone: Phone number provided on credit report
Online: www.transunion.com/personal-credit/credit-disputes-alerts-freezes.page
By mail: Download this form and mail it with your letter to: TransUnion Consumer Solutions P.O. Box 2000, Chester, PA, 19022-2000
By phone: 800-916-8800
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau


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Dysthymia is a mood or affective disorder. It is a chronic, mild depression that lasts for a long period of time. The word dysthymia comes from Greek roots meaning "ill-humour." Dysthymic disorder has less of the mental and physical symptoms that a person with major depressive disorder experiences.
The condition usually starts in early adulthood, and the disorder can last for years or even decades. Later onset is usually associated with bereavement or obvious stress, and often follows on the heels of a more extreme depressive episode. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from dysthymia, in a similar ratio to that seen with major depression.
In the past, dysthymia had several other names: depressive neurosis, neurotic depression, depressive personality disorder, and persistent anxiety depression.
The exact cause of dysthymia is not known, but a combination of factors are thought to play a role in its development. Heredity (genetics) can play a role, and people with family members who have depression or dysthymia are more likely to experience dysthymia, especially when it starts early in life (teens to early 20s).
Changes in neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in the brain may also precipitate dysthymia. Chronic stress or medical illness, social isolation, and thoughts and perceptions about the world, can all influence the development of dysthymia. Other mental health conditions (e.g., borderline personality disorder) can also increase the risk of its development.
About 1 out of 4 people with dysthymia develop the condition in midlife, known as late-onset dysthymia. Symptoms usually follow a particular depressive episode, related to some shock or loss a person has experienced.
Signs that a person may be suffering from dysthymia include:
The severity of these symptoms varies and depends on the individual. Some people can still deal with the basic demands of life, while others undergo significant distress, making it difficult to cope with work, school, or social situations.
A doctor will diagnose a person with dysthymia when he or she has a chronically depressed mood for most days for at least 2 years. For children and adolescents, the mood may be irritability that lasts for more than 1 year. The person must also not go for more than 2 months without experiencing 2 or more of the following:
During those 2 years, there will have been no major depressive episodes, though there might have been a bout with major depression in the past that has since resolved. A doctor will also want to confirm that symptoms aren't a result of a substance use problem or due to other medical or mental health conditions such as thyroid problems, anemia, or anxiety.
Recognizing and diagnosing dysthymia isn't always simple. People with the condition may not think of themselves as depressed, and they often visit doctors with physical rather than psychological complaints. Mental health professionals aren't always consulted until more obvious symptoms are noticed. When dysthymia goes undiagnosed, there's a danger that it can lead to substance abuse or even suicide.
Dysthymia is treated with a similar approach to that used for depression – with medication and psychotherapy. The most effective treatment is a combination of strategies.
Antidepressant medications, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; e.g., fluoxetine*, citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline), may be used in the treatment of dysthymia.
Short-term psychotherapeutic approaches to treating dysthymia are quite effective at treating the symptoms of depression. Effective psychotherapies include cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, and peer support.
The herbal preparation St. John's wort may also be helpful for mild depression. Although several studies have shown some benefit, results have been inconsistent. Caution must be advised before people self-medicate to treat dysthymia. Just because a remedy is available without prescription and is herbal doesn't mean that it's safe. Adverse reactions to and drug interactions with herbal remedies are increasingly reported. Before turning to St. John's wort or other self-medication to treat dysthymia, it's vital to discuss this option first with a doctor or pharmacist.
It is an unfortunate myth that dysthymia is not a treatable medical condition. It is treatable and many people do recover with treatment.
*All medications have both common (generic) and brand names. The brand name is what a specific manufacturer calls the product (e.g., Tylenol®). The common name is the medical name for the medication (e.g., acetaminophen). A medication may have many brand names, but only one common name. This article lists medications by their common names. For information on a given medication, check our Drug Information database. For more information on brand names, speak with your doctor or pharmacist.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2019. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/Dysthymic-Disorder


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The Fox network said Monday that the cast of the Golden Globe award-winning show about a high school glee club will hit four cities in May.
"Glee Live In Concert" kicks off May 18 in Phoenix and will visit Los Angeles and Chicago, then wrap up in New York on May 29.
The hit comedy series recently won Screen Actors Guild and People's Choice awards.
New episodes begin April 13. Tickets for the tour go on sale March 12.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 18, 2013) – Two U.S. women's beach volleyball teams qualified for the FIVB Rome Grand Slam on Tuesday in Italy.
The U.S. teams of Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) along with Jennifer Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) will both begin pool play in the main draw on Wednesday.
Fopma and Sweat, seeded No. 3 in qualifying, defeated Switzerland's No. 14 Tanja Goricanec and Tanja Hüberli, 21-11, 21-13 in 27 minutes. Day and Pavlik, seeded No. 10 in qualifying, beat Poland's No. 7 Kinga Kolosinska and Monika Brzostek, 21-17, 21-18 in 35 minutes.
The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Nick Lucena (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and John Hyden (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), seeded No. 11 in qualifying, fell in the first round to No. 22 Petr Benes and Premsyl Kubala of Czech Republic (15-21, 21-14, 15-10 in 46 minutes).
In women's main draw, pool play the U.S. women's team of April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Jennifer Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) is seeded No. 7 and will open play on Wednesday against Canada's No. 26 Jamie Lynn Broder and Kristina Valjas and then Finland's No. 23 Emilia and Erika Nystrom. They will conclude pool play on Thursday against Spain's No. 10 Liliana Fernández Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo McMillan.
No. 19 seeded Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) will open pool play against Czech Republic's No. 14 Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova before playing No. 3 Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel of Netherlands. On Thursday, they will complete pool play against Canada's No. 30 Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley.
Fopma and Sweat are seeded No. 24 in the main draw and will open play against Brazil's No. 9 Maria Clara Salgado Rufino and Carolina Solberg Salgado before playing Italy's No. 8 Gioria Daniela and Laura Giombini. Fopma and Sweat will finish pool play on Thursday against Germany's No. 25 Jana Köhler and Anni Schumacher.
Day and Pavlik are seeded No. 28 in the main draw and will begin pool play on Thursday against Brazil's No. 5 Talita Da Rocha Antunes and Taiana Lima and then Netherlands' No. 12 Sanne Keizer and Marleen Van Iersel. On Thursday, Day and Pavlik will conclude pool play against Switzerland's No. 21 Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré.
In the men's bracket, Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) are seeded No. 3 in the main draw and will start against Spain's No. 30 Pablo Herrera and Adrián Gavira on Wednesday. On Thursday, they will play Australia's No. 19 Isaac Kapa and Christopher McHugh. On Friday, the U.S. pair will conclude pool play against Netherlands' No. 14 Alexander Brouwer 2 Robert Meeuwsen.
Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.), seeded No. 4 in the main draw, will play Spain's No. 29 Francisco Alfredo Marco and Christian García on Wednesday. On Thursday, they will face Netherlands' No. 20 Daan Spijkers and Christiaan Varenhorst. On Friday, the U.S. team will complete pool play against Germany's No. 13 Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif.
The U.S. team of Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.), seeded No. 18, will begin pool play on Wednesday against Kazakhstan's No. 15 Alexey Sidorenko and Alexandr Dyachenko. On Thursday, they will play Brazil's No. 2 Pedro Solberg Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt. The U.S. team will conclude pool play on Friday against Italy's No. 31 Matteo Cecchini and Federico Morichelli.
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Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification, by David Waldstreicher is reviewed in the Boston Globe. The Globe also reviews THE GI BILL: A New Deal for Veterans by Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Slavery's Constitution, a cultural history of the Great Depression, and more in the book pages
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- THELOUISIANAEXPLORER said...
Things were bad, real bad in the 20s and 30s and history does have a way to repeat itself as we see many of the conditions and attempts to correct the problems facing us today. There was a man that sacrificed everything to support the laboring class in Louisiana and across America during the Great Depression. He took on the Roosevelt administration and fought the Bankhead act and called for the removal of Hugh Johnson as the head of the NRA. When he finally dismembered Governor Leche's former Long organization he became too controversial for Roosevelt. As a Law Partner of Huey Long he fought for the laboring class, as a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission he took his fight to the state level and as a Federal Prosecutor he took the fight to the national level. Harvey G. Fields was a four time delegate to the Democratic National Conventions and was famous for his floor fights. Ironically he critized both the Long administration and the Roosevelt administration when he thought they were wrong however he still maintained their respect and support. It wasn't until he broke up the deep rooted Roosevelt support base of Richard Leche that he was finally removed as the Federal Prosecutor for Louisiana. His private political papers have recently surfaced after forty-five years and names such as Long, Roosevelt, Farley and Leche appear throughout. More can be found about Fields at www.thomastfieldsjr.com
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American public schools are known for having some generally pretty terrible food. High in fat and sugar, low in most other things. This leads to childhood obesity. Not good. So some Texas cafeterias are taking a high-tech approach to health.
The $2 million trial system, implemented in San Antonio elementary schools, uses cameras to scan cafeteria tray barcodes that identify the contents of a student's meal: what they're eating, and how much. More french fries than green beans? The school will know it—and a whole lot more: over 100 nutritional attributes will be pulled from each tray, allowing the schools "to determine whether current programs that are aimed at preventing obesity work, and whether they are really changing students' behavior," explains a doctor behind the project. The more data schools have on what kids are eating, the easier it'll be to make healthy food that won't get tossed. At least, that's the hope. A $2 million camera system might sound hefty, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to (and a worthy investment against) the economic harm caused by epidemic obesity.
And no, there aren't any privacy concerns to be had here: students' faces won't be see, and they'll need parental permission to be included in the system. The only tin foil here is the one wrapped around the baked potatoes. [Reuters via Boing Boing]
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Friday, March 13, 2009
I Want to Eat My Marker Roll
I first saw the gorgeous patchwork colored pencil rolls in back around Christmas time, I think...
How long it can take something to stew in one's head before it comes to fruition: This doesn't follow the book's instructions step-by-step, but back when I read it I studied it until I figured out how the most striking construction elements worked, and so I imagine that my own marker roll has some very close similarities.
In particular, I copied the idea of the matching color patchwork-- --and the up-and-down, back-and-forth quilting: I like this, in particular, a LOT better than the other ways I've seen discussed of constructing crayon rolls, which is to sew up only to the edge of the pocket and then backstitch to hold the stitch, and then move over to the next place the pocket needs to be sewn and sew up to the edge there, etc. When I made my own crayon rolls with that method, I was bored by the constant stop and start, and I disliked the look of the obvious backstitch.
This quilting method is quicker and cleaner looking.
I figured out the width of each pocket by measuring the length it took for a fabric tape measure to go from the tabletop, over the marker, and then back to the tabletop, adding a half-inch seam allowance. I measured the length of each piece as twice the length of my marker, then folded the whole thing up at the bottom to form the pocket, leaving space between the top of the marker and the top edge of the marker roll.
The marker roll's only flaw, as it pertains to my personal method of crafting, is that it requires some pretty specific color choices. Crafting primarily with recycled materials, I'm very used to working with what I already have or can cheaply obtain second-hand or from the recycling center. I'm NOT used to buying new fabric, and frankly, I was a little uncomfortable with it--consumerism isn't really the goal of my work, you know, although maybe you wouldn't know it if you saw all this fabric I bought just for these rolls:
I am going to look for some cotton button-down shirts at Goodwill tomorrow (50%-off storewide sale!) to use for this type of sewing, but I did make my peace with the new purchases a little by choosing that my outside fabric for these rolls be recycled blue jean denim. Makes it extra sturdy, I think.
Next up--a Micron pen roll, just for me!
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- Lisa said...
These are beautiful! I need to make one, maybe the girls will put their markers away then, with the caps on!
- March 13, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- cake said...
really nice, and seems like it was fun to make.
i cannot believe i missed the 50% off store wide sale. i was thinking about it last week, wondering when it was. i wanted to ask you, but thought you wouldn't tell me! tee hee. hope you got some good materials. well, i know you did.
- March 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- julie said...
Oh, my goodness, you'll never believe it, but they MOVED THE DATE!!! I usually get the list of storewide sales online, so imagine my surprise when I walked into Goodwill bright and early on Saturday morning, no crowds, ample parking, even got my own shopping cart without a fight, and discovered that sometime in the meantime the storewide sale was changed to March 21!
So you townies are in luck.
And yep, I'm kind of obsessed with roll organizers now. They are REALLY fun to make, and while when I first saw them I thought they were kind of a fussy way to organize, as opposed to, you know, the pencil case, but I have to admit that the girls also love them and they do travel really well thrown into a bag with a couple of sketchbooks.
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Mr Lancashire Food picked a large quantity of Rhubarb from the garden this weekend, so rather than just freeze it I decide I would experiment. After making a tray of honeyed rhubarb, the ice cream mood took hold, so I came up with a frozen yogurt alternative using items I had readily found in the fridge. This will satisfy any cravings for a sweet cool dessert you have , it would also be great served with hot puddings or fancied up with shortbread or other biscuits.
Honeyed Rhubarb
- 1 kg Rhubarb, cut in small pieces
- Honey - 4 tbsp
- Orange / lemon - grated zest and juice
Just place your rhubarb in an oven tray, drizzle with the honey and the zest and juice, bake in a 150C oven for about an hour or until soft and slightly golden
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1/2 pot of low fat creme fraiche
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1 ramekin of honeyed rhubarb
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- Stir in the honeyed rhubarb
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BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland senior goalkeeper Kerry Stoothoff made a point-blank save on a shot by the University of Pennsylvania's Meredith Cain with just under 20 seconds to play, and Hannah Schmitt scored the game-winner with 3.2 seconds left in overtime to lift the sixth-seeded Greyhounds to a 10-9 victory in the NCAA Championships First Round on Sunday afternoon at Ridley Athletic Complex.
Loyola (14-5) will face the University of Maryland in the NCAA Quarterfinals next weekend in College Park, Md. It will be the Greyhounds' second-straight trip to the Quarters.
Penn (9-8) took an 8-7 lead with 4:32 left in regulation when Caroline Bunting scored to break a scoreless stretch of nearly 13 minutes for both teams, but Sydney Thomas responded for Loyola 50 seconds later, scoring on a low-to-low bounce shot as she curled around the right side of the crease.
The Quakers struck first in overtime, as Cain scored with 21 ticks left in the first three minutes of the extra frame.
Loyola evened it up, however, when Kara Burke was fouled with less than three seconds remaining in the first part of overtime, and she converted on a free-position shot with 0.3 ticks left on the scoreboard.
The teams switched sided of the field, and Penn won the draw to start the second three minutes, and the Quakers held the ball in their end of the field to run as much time off the clock as possible.
Cain came down the right alley and caught a pass from behind, but Stoothoff turned away her attempt, her game-high 10th save of the game.
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Loyola cleared the ball to its offensive end, and Thomas raced to the goal before passing to Schmitt who was crashing from the right side. Schmitt shot low and past Penn's Emily Leitner for the game-winner.
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The Psychology of Motivation
By Bret Fitzgerald
April 10, 2006
Bret A. FitzGerald is a 27-year veteran of the health club industry. He is vice president of corporate communications for Las Vegas Athletic Clubs in Las Vegas, NV, and publisher and editor of LVAC Magazine. He was recently awarded a master of education degree in health promotion from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
When the prospective club member you are sitting with announces, "I need to lose 25 lbs., but I'm just not motivated to start or stay with it," they are really saying, "Please help me find my true incentive and my emotional reward that will drive me to take action toward that goal of losing weight." In other words, get busy helping them identify their exact motivation (in emotional terms) and they will, almost always, take action.
When it comes to taking action, motivation--more specifically emotional reward--is at the core of exercise adoption into one's lifestyle. That being said, motivation is defined as follows: the process that initiates, directs and sustains behavior to satisfy physiological and psychological needs and wants according to the book, Mastering the World of Psychology.
In the science of psychology, the process of motivation is broken down into three subprocesses: activation, persistence and intensity.
Activation, or the initiation of motivated behavior, involves taking the first steps in order to achieve a goal. An example might be the moment at which a prospect picks up the phone and calls your club for information. Or, it might be the day the prospect agrees to join his or her friend for a workout. In either case, something motivated the prospect to initiate or activate toward a particular goal. Those behaviors are rarely initiated without some end in mind. Find the emotional reward, that warm, fuzzy feeling, that is delivered by the "end in mind" and you will have a sale.
Persistence is the faithful and determined effort put forth to achieve a particular goal. This motivational subprocess is most commonly exhibited by high-achievers.
Intensity refers to the focused energy and attention applied by an individual to complete the work that will help them achieve their goal. Common to health club members is the notion of activation with intensity but lacking persistence. This is the member who joins after New Year's but disappears by March 1.
In most cases, the motives you are looking to uncover will be either intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motives are those who give one pleasure in and of itself. Taking a relaxing steam bath or sitting in a bubbling whirlpool are examples of a person experiencing intrinsic motivation. The reward of relaxation is perhaps secondary to the pleasure of the warmth hugging your body.
A friend I've known for two decades, Eli Borax, continues to exercise simply because he feels better about doing it. Eli is intrinsically motivated.
Extrinsic motives are those that inspire actions that lead to a reward or the avoidance of an undesirable consequence. A great example is the overweight woman who starts exercising because of her impending nuptials. She is looking to avoid the harsh judgment of family and friends as well as the embarrassment and shame she may feel for letting herself become overweight.
I know a banking executive who lost weight, decreased his blood pressure and cholesterol to save $500 a year on his life insurance policy. The extrinsic motivation, or reward of saving money, encouraged this executive to become healthier.
There are four basic theories of human motivation: Instinct Theory, Drive-Reduction Theory, Arousal Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (MHN) is the most developed theory. MHN is a graduated, five-step pyramid. First, one must satisfy their physiological needs. The need for shelter, water, food, sleep and oxygen are the most basic of needs. Once those basic needs are achieved, humans are then motivated by safety needs, which include a feeling of security and absence of danger. Once a person has been motivated to achieve the basic needs and feels no imminent danger, they are now stimulated to attain love/belonging needs. These middle hierarchal needs revolve around the need to be accepted and loved. This is a common, yet difficult to uncover motivation for most health club membership salespeople. Most prospects won't say they need to be accepted or loved, but if you can paint a picture with words addressing acceptance, you will convince them as to the benefits of your club. You might say, "I've noticed that people who work out are usually very optimistic and energetic. And people with those qualities are very well liked."
Once a person feels loved and accepted, they are then motivated by their esteem needs. Esteem needs include the requirement to feel competent, respected and accomplished. Esteem needs motivate humans to high levels of achievement and recognition. A prospect at this level is probably married with a family. His/Her career is going well and he/she almost certainly holds an advanced academic degree.
The final step is self-actualization or the desire to become more and more of what one is; To become everything that one is capable of becoming." People who have everything can still maximize their potential by seeking higher knowledge, peace, esthetic experiences and self-fulfillment. Helping others often motivates these people. They start foundations and charities and exercise to increase their health not their appearance.
Abraham Maslow studied people who he felt were using their talents and abilities to the fullest, thus achieving what he termed, self-actualization. Self-actualization, the top rung of MHN, is when an individual is motivated by realizing their full potential. Maslow identifies Presidents Lincoln and Jefferson, as well as Albert Schweitzer and Eleanor Roosevelt as individuals who were motivated to achieve their full potential. Examples within the health club industry are Augie Nieto, founder of Life Fitness; Don Wildman, founder of Health & Tennis Corp. (now Bally Total Fitness); Rudy Smith, chairman of Las Vegas Athletic Clubs; and Mark Mastrov, chairman and CEO of 24-Hour Fitness.
The psychology of human motivation is an interesting, yet complicated subject. However, understanding the theories of this crucial human behavior can provide you with insight into why people act the way they do, and in so doing, assist you and your team of sales professionals with a new perspective on how to make sales that might otherwise get away.


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