Neel Vohra: Acceptance level is the key for investor. There is value in capturing the market and becoming a dominant force in the market like Facebook did.
Demand outran the supply for Facebook as they had to add more servers faster and hence needed more money faster. Facebook and Flipkart are examples here.
Niche markets have to grow to become big market. Facebook started with universities and many never expected it to grow the way it has grown. Google and Facebook didn't plan becoming ad marketing companies. Once they got the capture, they figured it out.
Market strategy has to fit with technology strategy. In software and app development, execution has to be flawless.
Q) Difference between strategic investor and VC investor?
Neel) VC always comes with exit in mind. Corporate strategic investor may not come up with that mindset.
Ramesh Rao: CISCO lets you spin with a technology. They fund but they let the tech owner drive independently. They pull the public money invested in CISCO and funded these offshoots. Intel Capital also puts the money in startups but their valuations are not as high as the ones by typical VCs.
Q) Are valuations overhyped in India?
Uday) Valuations were increasing in India as people were still figuring out the size of the market. Market acquisition cost is the game Uber and Ola paid and now increased the price.
Neel) SoftBank funds Snapdeal again because they have no choice. They take a hit on the valuation and invest again out of choice.
Ramesh Rao) Karl Icahn buys cocmoanird and restructured them and exists them at a premium.
Art of war is a good book.
Sometimes M&As happen to kill the competition. Intel goes to banking Guy with some strategy and structure in such a way that risk is mitigated for all.
I know unorganised paper as companies in elevators got acquired and consolidated by a guy and he sold that monopoly for $400M in China.
Q) Where do you invest now?
Neel Vohra) We are looking to invest $10000 to a $1MM early to pre-series and Series A. If it is deep tech, we are ok for no revenues. If it is ecommerce, we look for revenues. We give weight in promotor background. Deep tech companies end up selling to customers in the west.
Sunil) Getting money is a nice headache but still headache. Do due diligence on the investors. Pick the one that matches your industry. Rigor and Candor are key. Investors never know you and hence candor is the key. Domain specific knowledge of investor is the key.
In elevator pitch, 5 seconds and three statements and if they don't respond, leave them. 5 minutes and 10 slides into the full pitch presentation, they are off. Increase the odds by trying to do the right things.
Q) Does location make a difference in valuation? Delhi investors look for ROI. Bangalore investors look for technology.
Neel) I am biased for Telangana as we are from THUB. I don't see location drive valuations.
Uday) Mumbai being a financial capital, HNIs and bank heads look for Mumbai startups. They get wider audience. This is the reason perceptions com but idea rules.
Q) Does a syndicate give better valuation or two member investors?
If someone is representing the group, he knows what the group wants. He makes the call. Sometimes it is good for founder to deal with less number of investors. Alignment is the key. Strategic mentoring is also important. Don't just look for the money.
Sunil) It boils down to personalities. It can be trickier than wife-husband relation. Syndicate of angels is common. They hear the pitching and do voting based decision. They will have one person on the board. Single investors are better for better personal connection. Think from the perspective, can this investor help me through his network raise more investments in next rounds? If you don't make money, he will blame you. If you did, he will take decisions. Younger founders make stupid mistakes that elder investors keep things on control. If it is a syndicate, you may get two people on board. Think through. It is not money, it is management and strategy.
Neel) Brand of investor works for you. In the VCs phase, it is not just money. They have to pick and choose. Many VCs means, multiple agendas one gas to handle.
Q) Is it good to get funded through entrepreneur who turned investor?
Sunil) Early stage founders should seek such investor who can handhold. Early stage challenges are operational. Later stage challenges are to do with working capital and growth capital. In this fund if funds help you raise big.
Uday) Networks have entrepreneur and experienced people on board.
Q) How to value a startup with scientists?
Ramesh) What is it worth to whom? X is innovation, discovery and research. Y is markets and outreach. There is no correlation. Einstein died poor and Mark Zuckerburg is rich.
Collaborative work among scientists led to Netscape but it died. We can't say.
Problem solving ability is value to google so they bought kaggle.com.
How much you are monetising?
By when will you monetise the investment?
These are three questions I ask before investing.
Q) When do you raise?
Neel) When you know you will exhaust cash.
Sunil) If I am entrepreneur, I would never go for VC. Ideal situation is when VC helps you grow viral, good.
Uday) Stretch with your own funds. More miles you walk, greater valuation you get.
Q) How much to Part with?
Uday) Cofounders shall be clear on who brings what. They shall spell it out. They assume 50-50 split. When the company gets traction, founders disagree on equity.
Sunil) Founder owns shares. Founders have fiduciary responsibilities. First 5 employees are most important. Stock options changes from 5 to 10 employees. Lab prototype and production prototypes are key. Split equally and focus on releasing the prototype out. Tony Hsieh of Zappos figured out to build a shoe company that sells to women online and sold it to Amazon for a billion. Get it out.
Uday) The day one cofounder becomes, the rest of them gang up.
Demanding 51% means it is an indication that you don't trust others and it may work against you.


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2 | Maintain a firm hold on all personal items you place on the floor, and keep aisles and doorways clear of personal items.
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4 | Keep your children safe by either securely holding them or by keeping them seated during the ride.
5 | After boarding, move behind the yellow line to ensure the operator can see his right outside mirror and through the bus doors.
6 | Have a seat as soon as possible. If you must stand, hold on to the stanchion bars. The bus will begin moving once the doors are shut.
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According to Korean tipsters the LG G2 is about to arrive soon to one of the US carrier. The carrier in talks is Verizon Wireless. The report quotes an unnamed LG executive who claims the LG's newest flagship smartphone will arrive in the US on Verizon network. Right after official release on August 7th, the phone is scheduled to hit the shelves of Korea first in the same month. To be more exact speculations point to the 20th. Shortly after its landing, North America will be next receive the device in September, if things go as scheduled. Moreover another release will happen in Europe soon after, and by October. As we can see the LG G2 phone is hoped to be available all around the globe.
Rumored specifications and features to LG G2 at this point are genuinely impressive and innovative. The G2 is expected to feature a 5.2-inch full HD 1080p display, 1080 x 1920 resolution (FHD) that goes hand and hand with its 13-megapixel rear camera. In addition to that the G2 features a brand new volume rocker located on the back of the phone, 2 or 3 GB of RAM, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 800 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU.
Although all the details to the phone have not been revealed officially yet, what we have to go on does depict a great mobile device. Based on the above, the LG G2 is going to be a powerful and fast smartphone with good storage capability, also featuring a wonderful and efficient camera. Furthermore, the volume rocker in itself safely leaves one to wonder what other crafty features come with this phone.


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Washington, D.C., December 4, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production grew once again during October 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,636 homes in October 2017, a 20.7% increase over the 7,154 HUD Code homes produced during October 2016. Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 77,055 homes, a 14.9% increase over the 67,043 HUD Code homes produced over the same period in 2016.
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BoI Dsburses N2.8 Billion to MSMEs in Kaduna
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Bank of Industry (BoI), Mr. Olukayode Pitan yesterday disclosed that the sum of N2.8 billion had been disbursed to entrepreneurs in Kaduna State. He said over 280 small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and 20,550 MSMEs benefited from the intervention in the state. Speaking at the 20th edition of National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic in Kaduna, the MD said the move was part of efforts to boost ailing businesses. He said thousands of businesses had benefited from the agency's intervention. According to him: "As of today, BoI has supported thousands of SMEs across the country and is aiming to do more. In Kaduna State, we have disbursed to 280 SMEs and 20,550 micro enterprises to the tune of N2.8 billion. He said there were ongoing plans to establish shared facility in partnership with the federal, state government and other relevant agencies in the state where several MSMEs can take advantage for easy and enhanced productivity. The shared facility will be fully equipped with machinery so that the financial burden of buying equipment or renting space would be lifted off the shoulders of the entrepreneurs. Read More:
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When industrial automation begins to incorporate open source hardware solutions, like those provided by Industrial Shields, a new range of possibilities opens up. RS Components, together with Industrial Shields, wanted to demonstrate the advantages of open source hardware combined with the reliability of industrial standards.
Naturally, the field of robotics seemed like the perfect way to showcase what open source hardware can do, opening also to smaller companies the doors of robotics which has been so far accessible only from the larger ones.
The idea: to develop an open source motion control system suitable to be applied to a robotic arm.
The industrial integration: to transfer the motion control system to a real industrial robotic arm.
The next step: to move forward dressing the robotic arm with sensors and smart tools for further applications and developments.
For the first part of the project, we involved the Italian maker and tech guru Massimo Temporelli to help create an exciting robotics project using the world's first Arduino-based open source industrial controller, the Industrial Shields PLC, as the driving hardware.
Massimo Temporelli is President and Founder of The Fablab, a shared digital fabrication workshop and a central hub for maker culture in Italy. For 20 years he has worked at the intersection of science, technology, and innovation, bringing his expertise to universities, top museums, publications, and on television, radio, and the web. His latest book, Innovatori!, explores the mindsets and perspectives of the world's biggest innovators.
For this project Massimo was tasked with building a robotic arm capable of being used in sophisticated industrial automation applications. The complexity of a robotic arm with several components which have to be logically controlled to obtain smooth and precise movements was exactly the kind of challenge we were looking for to demonstrate the Industrial Shields PLC capabilities.
Thanks to open source hardware solutions like the Industrial Shields PLC and support from the maker community, it's easier than ever to build an industrial robotic arm. We started with an open source design from Ruc Fablab in the Netherlands, who provides all of the mechanical designs and Arduino code needed for the project. In the spirit of working out of a fablab we naturally wanted to make some slight modifications to the original design from Ruc.
All the modified designs together with the customised Arduino code and ready to be 3D printed STL files for this cool project are available for free download at the the end of this article!
The controller powering the robot will be the open source Industrial Shields M-Duino PLC.
When choosing the building materials for the robot, we thought it would be interesting to use a natural material like wood to provide a fun contrast with the technical nature of the project, making the robot appear bit more friendly.
Once we have selected our building material, it's time to go to the laser cutter to cut it into the shapes we need. In just a few minutes, the laser cutter cuts out all of the mechanical parts needed for the robotic arm.
Thanks to the clever design, putting together all of the individual laser cut pieces is remarkably quick and simple. In just 25 minutes Massimo was able to build the entire robotic arm.
Once the laser cut pieces are all assembled, it's time to insert the electronics components needed to power and drive the arm, including stepper motors and drivers, then of course the Industrial Shields PLC for piloting the robot.
After all of the electronic components are installed and wired, the next step is to transfer the instructions from the computer to the robot using a normal connection cable. Now the robot is all assembled and ready to work!
Of course, the real test of the project will be using the robotic arm in an industrial setting. For this second part of the project Massimo Temporelli will take the assembled robot to the RS Components warehouse in Milan to demonstrate its capabilities for real-world industrial applications.
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What are you using for limit switches? I did not see any listed. If you are not using them, what are you using to home the arm?
What is the graphic interface you used on the computer to control the robot arm?
Really cool . But not every one own a laser-cutter. It's much more expensive than a 3D printer.
thank you very much for your note. I didn't seen the attachments were no more threre.
Probably something went wrong with our new portal.
The files for lasercutting, 3D printing and programming are now back and they are available for download.
Regarding the webpage you can briefly see in the video, is a page from the Ruc Fablab from where we picked up the original project.
The link is in the article.
I do not see link to download 3D Printed parts. Please share. Also in your video you were showing a web page having details of Robotic arm cut outs. Please share the link also. Thanks in advance.
unfortunately there is not yet fully alignment between RS and Allied websites, that's why you are led to the home page.
You can go directly or clicking on "Other Countries..." and put there the RS stock numbers.
Hope this can helps you.
Do the component links actually work for anyone? Any time I click on one it takes me to a region selection page and when I select USA it dumps me on the home page of Allied Electronics. So, sure I can search by the number in the link text, but what is the point of the links if they can't maintain a search query through a region selection?
thanks for your note. CAD Files are now available for download.
Regarding the robot shape, you are right. This is a very common structure for pallettizing robotic arms thanks to the easy set of joints which keep the gripper always parallel to the ground.
Easy to build and effective. This has allowed us to focus more on the motion control system.
Side note: This looks almost exactly like a scaled up version of the uFactory uArm.
No idea who came up with the design first, but apparently that one was based on a pallet robot.
An out of the box build for the new MeArm robot deluxe kit from Mime Industries. See the build and understand how the little arm performed. The kit comes complete with all of the products needed together with a Me Brain controller board.
This is the fourth step of four project about how to apply an open source motion control system to a robotic arm. This time we brought the RobolinkD from IGUS into a real factory, www.gsconverting.com, for a working test.
Bench robots don't need to cost the earth. ST Robotics offer robotic arms that are flexible, swift and accurate. Discover how to get complex tasks at an affordable cost.


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Wrestlemania XX
Last nite was Wrestlemania 20. I had a bunch of people over for it and we all got pizzas. It was a fun time and overall a very good and entertaining show. I can't beleive that WM is 20 years old. My friend Rich and I went to see the first Wrestlemania on closed circuit TV (this was before they invented pay per view on cable!) at the Odeum in Villa Park when we were 14 years old! Some highlights of the show last nite:
John Cena vs. Big Show: This match was fairly short and frankly I am surprised that it was the opening match. I figured that one of the 4-way tag matches would have been first. Nothing overly special in this match aside from Cena picking up Show twice and giving him the FU. Picking up a 500lb man and holding him up on yr shoulders is an impressive feat in itself. Cena cheated and used one of his big gold hand rings to help win and he is now the new US Champion.
Raw 4-way tag team match for the titles: This match wasn't bad, but lacked any meaning. It was, and felt, thrown together like an afterthought. Booker T and RVD retained.
Evening gown match with Torrie Wilson/Sable vs. Jackie/Stacy Keibler: A total hot-slut fest. They wrestled in their lingerie. Lots of roll ups and boner-inspiring spots made it a fun match and drool fest. It was a bit short though. I would have been happy if they had a full half hour to roll around on each other.
Chris Jericho vs. Christian: A pretty solid match, these guys worked well together. Eventually Trish came out and "accidently" caused Jericho to lose. After the match, she heeled out on him and sided up with Christian. I saw it coming long before the show, as all the bitches will turn on you sometime in life 😉 It will be interesting to see how well Trish can be a heel.
Victoria vs. Molly (hair vs title match): I really like both these ladies, with Victoria being my current favorite in the WWE. The match could have been a little longer, but it was pretty well done. Much to my shock, Molly jobs to Victoria and has her head shaved. Bald! It didn't look like they gimmicked her head, it looked legit. It was disturbing to watch, Molly is a fine looking lady, who recently has been looking better than ever, and now she's bald?! I hope that I just wasn't able to tell and that they gimmicked up her head.
Smackdown 4-way tag title match: Rikishi/Scotty went over in this match and retained. This was much like the Raw match, it had no real build up and lacked any meaning but the guys put on a decent match nonetheless.
Brock vs. Goldberg: With the fans knowing Brock was quitting the WWE to try his hand at the NFL (idiot!) they were harsh on Brock with their chants of "sellout" and "na na hey hey goodbye". With Goldberg's contract being up, and his lack of ring skills, this match was a total suck-fest. This was the only match of the evening that I wish my basement wasn't fucked and I could have gone and played a game of pinball. After the torture was over, Stone Cold woke the crowd back up by giving a stunner to both guys and downing some beers. I know that working Goldberg is likely difficult since the guy can't sell, or have a meaningful match and its up to his opponent to try and bring a good match out of him, but I'm sure in this case, Brock probably didn't give a shit and didn't bother trying. Goldberg ended up going over in this match. I was betting there would be a no-finish since both guys are leaving, and Stone Cold would have just ended up beating the shit out of them. That's how I would have booked it, and how they should have too. Maybe the crowd wouldn't have been chanting "boring" throughout most of the match then.
The smackdown cruiserweight open: A ten man elimination style match. When somone is pinned or submits, a new guy can come in and fight. It should have been longer, it was a lot of fun to watch. Lots of cool spots, and one sick one where kidman damn near killed himself doing a shooting star press. Jamie Knoble actually came out of that match looking like a king, he was on last nite and kicked some ass. Tajiri was jobbed out way too fast, I wanted him to win. Chavo retained the title in a really well done match and one of the best matches of the show.
Undertaker vs. Kane: Taker came back as the much-missed "deadman" complete with Paul Bearer! I marked out for that. The match wasn't very long, and Taker squashed Kane, and finished with the Tombstone! The crowd popped big for that move as it has been ages since he used it. I thought he made Kane look bad, it was pretty much a squash. I think they should have had more back and forth and made it look like more of a battle. I felt bad for Kane actually but I was glad to see the Taker come out as he should be and not as that stupid biker.
Eddy Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle: A rock solid match by two very skilled and entertaining workers. Lots of back and forth in this match building up to Eddie outsmarting Angle by unlacing his boot so when Kurt tried to put him in the ankle lock, the boot came off, Eddy escaped and rolled Kurt into a small package (and hooking the ropes out of the referee's vision) to cheat himself a victory.
Chris Benoit vs. HHH vs. Shawn Michales for the heavyweight title: The best match of the evening hands down. Both HHH and HBK were bloody with HBK totally gushing. The Spanish announcer table was the victim of a double suplex applied to Benoit at one point of the match. Lots of back and forth, near falls, interruptions by the third party, etc made for a fun ride. HHH tapped to the crossface, thus putting over Benoit who is now the new world champion. It was a very emotional moment for Benoit as he's worked for this for years, and had a lifetime of people telling him he wasn't big enough to be a main eventer. The guy has mad-talent (think Bret Hart) in that ring and what he may lack in mic skills, he more than lets his ring-work do his talking. I was really happy to see him win, the guy totally deserves it, and I look forward to a hopeful fued continuing between him and Shawn Michaels, as those two would put on some stellar matches. All three guys were in top form in this match and all deserve props for the match.
While maybe not the best Wrestlemania of all time, it was a damn fun show to watch and well worth sitting in front of a TV for nearly 5 hours. Hats off to all the guys and gals who busted their asses last nite to put on an entertaining show and to Brock – have fun slapping asses in that gay sport of football, that is if you make it. Personally I think you are a shitfool for quitting when you are on top of your game and have become one of the top guys in the federation in only 2 years of being there! Some guys work thier whole lives in the business and never attain what you have in such a short time.
I damn near forgot
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Your tires need regular attention. They are the only connection between you and the road, and simple things like tire pressure become much more critical than the pressures in your car tires. Tire wear is the removal of rubber from your tire as you use it.
Valve stem covers are an important part of the sealing system. Use them! Replace them if they are cracked or missing. In addition to keeping out dirt and moisture, the valve caps help keep air in. The centrifugal force generated by wheel rotation can be enough to open the valve core, allowing air to leak out. Use valve stem caps with rubber gaskets in them.
There are obvious signs your tires are worn out…bald, or the wear bars are showing. In addition, your tires may become "cupped" or scalloped. What does it look like? Look at the tread off-center of your tire. Cupping produces a deeper valley at the leading edge (direction of rotation) of the tread, and a peak at the trailing edge of the tread, producing a scalloping effect. This doesn't mean anything is wrong with your bike, but it does mean the tires need to be changed. the picture below shows typical wear patterns. Click Here to see a picture of this type of wear.
You can also have flat spots. Look at your tire from the front (for the front tire) or from the rear (for the rear tire). Is the point where you'd be leaned over in a turn on your tire flattened out? Instead of a nice, even, rounded profile, is there a flat part off the center of the tire on either side? If so it's worn out.
Or, you could have a flat spot on along the center of the tire. This is where the center of your tire is flattened out from lots of straight line highway riding. It's also referred to as a "squared off" tire. If the center of your tire is flattened out, even if there is sufficient tread left, the bike won't lean into a turn properly. Time for a replacement. Click Here to see a picture of this type of wear.
How Old Is That Thing, Anyway?
Old tires may show signs of age by evidence of cracking of the sidewall of the tire, also referred to as dryrot. A tire that's barely been used can dry out just from age and exposure to the sun, so even if there's lots of tread left, if there is evidence of cracking, it's time for new ones. Generally, once tires are over three years old, they have probably started to get hard, even if the sidewalls haven't cracked yet. A hard tire won't conform and grip the road like it should.
When Was Your Tire Made?
DOT733AC297, means (looking at the last 3 digits 297) that your tire was made the 29th week of 1997. Or, the 29th week of 1987! Yikes! I think that's why they went to a four-digit code! Anyway, if your tires are much over three years old, consider replacing them.
120/70 ZR 17. The width of the tire is 120. 70 is the aspect ratio, meaning that the height of the tire is 70% of the width. Z is the speed rating. R is for radial, and 17 is the wheel size. There are several speed ratings for motorcycle tires: J, N, P, S, H, V, and Z are rated for 62, 89, 94, 112, 130, 149, and 149+, respectively. It's always a good idea to replace the tires with the same size as what came on them stock. You can usually go up one size in the rear, but much more than that will compromise the bike's handling characteristics. Or, it may not fit, and will rub on the swingarm. In this case, bigger isn't better.
When you have new ones spooned on, take it easy for several miles to scrub them in. New tires are coated with residual mold release which makes them very slippery. Easy on the throttle and brakes at first, and gradually increase your lean angle. This will allow you to wear off the slippery coating. Once all that shiny stuff is worn away, you're good to go!
Can I Plug or Patch it?
I just got a nail in my new tire! ##$%^(%^&!! You can plug or patch the tire long enough to get you to the shop for a replacement. This is a topic of great controversy. You'll get a different answer depending on whom you ask. Personally, I won't do it. I figure a couple hundred dollars for a new one is cheap insurance. Plugs sometimes don't stay put. Once a tire is plugged or patched, the speed rating is no longer valid. You ask a lot more of a motorcycle tire than you do a car tire.
The size of your tire's contact patch that's connecting you to the road is only about 2 inches wide! So make sure they are up to the task!


Each year we take to the woods, the field and the pond to survey the avian life overwintering around the Science Center, and each year, for the first three years of the survey, results have fluctuated. Such is the case with general annual variation. Once this study hits thirty years, then we can start talking trends. But as long as we have variability in whether or not the pond freezes, heavy spring rains affect the growth of seed- and berry-bearing plants, etc., we will see these numbers go up and down on a year-to-year basis.
On three days, counting from four points each day (the Sylvester Bridge, the Nelson bench, Woodchuck Field, the small island at Jacobs Pond), I heard or saw 176 individual birds of 19 species. In 2015, a year of heavy snowfall, I heard or saw 67 individual birds of 12 species. In 2014, the totals were 305 individual birds of 16 species. 220 of those birds were Canada Geese in one flock of 110, counted in two separate circles, one sitting on Jacobs Pond, the second as a flyover group. Birds seen for the first time in 2016 included Bufflehead, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Mallard, Mourning Dove, bringing our study to a total of 24 species thus far; birds missing from the 2015 counts included Brown Creeper, Dark-eyed Junco and Hairy Woodpecker.
Notes: The Black-capped Chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts, one of the most common birds in the state, and increasing in many areas. As we will see, White-breasted Nuthatches were not only frequent but abundant in 2016. American Robins are among the most widely distributed birds in the state. The dearth of any large woodpeckers (a total of 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers were encountered in areas 3 and 4, or in Woodchuck Field or at Jacobs Pond), shows that these woods are still young. Bigger woodpeckers need bigger trees. SSNSC forest communities are still reforesting from the farming era.
No birds on the 2015 "most abundant" list fell off that list in 2016.
Notes: The single high count for any species in any circle was 23 Canada Geese, seen on Jacobs Pond from Woodchuck Field on January 30. I counted 16 Canada Geese flying overhead once on January 1, and 12 House Sparrows on one occasion. Beyond that, on 1 occasion I counted 6 members of the same species in any circle; 5, once; 4, three times. Aside from the Canada Geese and the House Sparrows, the species listed above are among the most common birds in Massachusetts woods.
On January 1 as I was standing at point 3 (near the Nelson bench in the Old Field, I heard a scurrying noise I knew was too loud for a gray squirrel. I froze and watched as a Fisher ran up a short snag, surveyed its surroundings, locked eyes with me for about ten seconds, then ran down the snag and deeper into the woods.
On January 15 as I was walking to the first point, I heard a loud thrashing in Sylvester Swamp. I turned to the right and saw a Red Fox tangled in briers attempting to extricate itself, and then running deeper into the swamp.
The most surprising outcome of this year's study was the ubiquity of the White-breasted Nuthatch. The species were seen or heard on 10 of the 12 counts, and many times there were more than one. The results show that at least for the past three years, this was a bumper year for the species on Science Center grounds. Other variations between 2016 and 2015 were obvious due to the fact that the pond froze over completely in 2015, and not completely in 2016; Canada Goose numbers were up, and Mallards and Buffleheads were counted for the first time in 2016. The end of the 2015 winter count cycle also included a heavy snowfall that drove many birds off to better feeding grounds. I've now compiled "master lists" for frequency and abundance for quick reference of species diversity and population fluctuations.
This study is a companion to the SSNSC Breeding Bird Circle Counts, which I conducted in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and will conduct again in 2016.
The next SSNSC Winter Bird Circle Counts will commence around January 1, 2017.


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Important Information on the Biological Effects of Cell Phones and Wireless Technologies
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On the site linked below, you can listen to an interview with Dr. Karl Maret. Dr. Maret is the president of the Dove Health Alliance, a nonprofit foundation that focuses on the creation and promotion of global research and education networks in Energy Medicine.
Dr. Maret trained in both electrical and biomedical engineering before his medical studies. He has recently begun educating physician groups specifically on the biological impacts of communication technologies, such as cell phones and wireless technologies.
According to Electromagnetic Health, in this interview, Maret discusses:
"... the biological effects of electromagnetic fields. He offers especially valuable perspective given he has both an extensive medical background and a background in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering."
According to a new study, electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may affect bone strength. Men who wear their cell phone on the right side of their belts were found to have reduced bone mineral content and bone mineral density in the right hip.
Researchers measured the bone strength at the left and right hip in two groups of healthy men, half of whom did not use cell phones and half of whom carried their cell phone in a belt pouch on the right side. Their hip bones were assessed using a test called dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.
According to Newswise:
"... [M]en who did not use cell phones had higher [bone mineral content] in the right femoral neck (near the top of the thigh bone) ... The cell phone users also had reduced [bone mineral density] and [bone mineral content] at the right trochanter -- an area at the outside top of the thigh bone, close to where the phone would be worn on the belt."
Additionally, a separate U.S. government funded study by Nora Volkow et al published in JAMA unsettled many people when it reported that using a cell phone could alter brain activity, and do so at non-thermal levels of microwave radiation, levels which have long been argued by industry and regulatory bodies do not have enough intensity to create biological effects.
The report did not conclude whether the changes in glucose levels resulted in any negative, long-term health effect, but it had many people wondering what they can do to protect themselves, and also whether they can trust regulatory bodies setting exposure guidelines.
Dr. Michael Kundi, at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, commented:
"Since a brain tumor utilizes excessive amounts of glucose, changes in glucose utilization may be a key mechanism to support tumor growth."
The study's authors advise cell phone users to keep their phone at a distance by putting them on speaker mode or using a wired headset whenever possible. Even holding your phone farther away from your ear can make a difference, as the intensity of radiation diminishes sharply with distance.
According to the New York Times:
"Many cellphones emit the most radiation when they initially establish contact with the cell tower, making their 'digital handshake.' To reduce exposure it's best to wait until after your call has been connected to put your cellphone next to your ear.
During the ensuing conversation, it's advisable to tilt the phone away from your ear when you are talking and only bring it in close to your ear when you are listening ... radiation is 'significantly less when a cellphone is receiving signals than when it is transmitting.'"
In addition, texting instead of talking might be safer.
And if the Volkow study demonstrating increased glucose levels in the brain from cell phone radiation raised major concerns about cell phone safety around the globe, stunning new research from China is following on its heels, waking up people further to the evident very serious risks from cell phones.
The recent study, by Duan Y, et al , "Correlation between cellular phone use and epithelial parotid gland malignancies," published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxofacial Surgery, showed a dose-response relationship between cell phone use and parotid gland tumors, and as much as a 3,000% increased risk of parotid gland tumors with greater than 2.5 hours of cell phone use per day.
See ElectromagneticHealth.org post, "Important New Chinese Study Connecting Cell Phone Use with Parotid Gland Tumors," and coverage by Microwave News, "Chinese Put Cancer of the Parotid Gland on Center Stage."
"The authors found general indications of a dose–response relationship between cellular phone use and parotid gland malignancy.
In particular, duration of use prior to diagnosis, average daily number of calls, average daily duration of cellular phone usage, number of calls since first use, and total time of usage were positively associated with parotid gland malignancy."
Brain tumor analyst L. Lloyd Morgan, B.S., who was lead author of the landmark report, "Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern," says the risks of parotid gland tumors found in the Duan Y, et al parotid gland study were "as large, perhaps larger, than the risk of lung cancer from smoking."
Camilla Rees of www.ElectromagneticHealth.org says:
"It is not surprising we have never seen the full data set from the 13-country Interphone study, especially the data on parotid gland tumors and acoustic neuromas, tumors closest to where a cell phone is held against the head, despite the fact that the study was completed over six years ago.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the part of the World Health Organization responsible for the Interphone study, is planning to soon draw conclusions on risk of cancer from RF from cell phones based only on the 50% of Interphone results they have released to date,
Global scientists and activists are now actively protesting this decision and insisting it be held off until the full Interphone data set is released. The Duan Y, et al parotid gland study very strongly reemphasizes we must gain access to the full dataset of the Interphone study, and subject it to independent analysis."
The last thing anyone wants is to be diagnosed with a brain tumor or other permanent health damage 10 or 20 years down the road, only to find out that you could have avoided this fate had you had access to the truth …
The reason I started this newsletter was to communicate important health information to you long before it permeates the mainstream health agencies and media. In the time it takes for this information to spread, you can potentially prevent serious damage to your health that would otherwise occur from activities you didn't realize were harmless until it was too late.
So I urge you to take the following information to heart, and also to set aside one hour to listen to ElectromagneticHealth.org founder Camilla Rees' interview with Karl Maret, MD.
With both an extensive medical background and a background in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering, Dr. Maret is uniquely qualified to speak on the topic of electromagnetic fields, and he shares some of the most compelling arguments to date on why you must use extreme caution when it comes to cell phones, cordless phones, smart meters and other forms of electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
Remember Your Body Runs on Bioelectricity
You may not be hearing about the health risks of EMFs on the morning news, or if you do you may hear stories spreading confusion and doubt about the risks in support of commercial interests, but there is no shortage of research showing that they deserve some very real attention.
And when you consider that you are an electrical being -- your body produces electrons to keep an electrical current flowing, and inside every cell are mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cell that can be impacted by EMFs -- it makes perfect sense that disregulation would occur from EMF exposures.
As Dr. Maret explained, your body is a complex communication system where cells "talk", tissues "talk," organs "talk," and organisms "talk" -- it's a veritable "electronic symphony in your body."
At each of these levels, the communication includes finely tuned bio-electrical transmitters and receivers, which are tuned like tuning into a radio station. What happens when you expose a radio antenna to a significant amount of external noise? You get static from the noise -- and that is what is happening to your body in today's EMF-saturated environment.
If you have 20 minutes, you can listen to an important speech by Martin Blank, PhD, who spoke at the November 18, 2010 Commonwealth Club of California program, "The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields," co-sponsred by ElectromagneticHealth.org.
Dr. Blank speaks with deep experience and commanding authority on the impact on cells and DNA from electromagnetic fields, and explains why your DNA, with its 'coil of coils' structure, is especially vulnerable to electromagnetic fields of all kinds. It possesses the two structural characteristics of fractal antennas, electronic conduction and self-symmetry. These properties contribute to greater reactivity of DNA to electromagnetic fields than other tissues.
Dr. Blank is adamant when he says that there IS evidence of harm, and that the harm can be significant. He also points out that the science showing harmful effects has been peer-reviewed, published, and that the results have been replicated, evaluated and "judged by scientists capable of judging it."
The Research is Coming in Loud and Clear: Your Cell Phone Might Give You Cancer
I've written a lot about the dangers of EMFs in general, and cell phone radiation specifically, but appreciation for the critical importance of this science for humans as well as the environment is proving slow, with tremendous resistance from industries with commercial interests and potential liability.
This is most unfortunate, as the research we have to date shows that people are indeed putting themselves at risk by using wireless technologies that are mistakenly considered innocuous. The health risks are simply becoming too evident to deny.
In 2008, a study from Israel that was part of the Interphone project revealed that they found no increased overall risk of parotid tumors (your parotid gland is the salivary gland closest to where you hold your cell phone to your ear and cheek) due to cell phone use among the entire group of study participants.
This statement is misleading at best, as when the risk was broken down further, regular users, as well as heavy users in rural areas showed increased risk of parotid gland tumors, due to higher levels of exposure.
In 2009, Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, the principle investigator of the 2008 study, testified at a U.S. Senate Hearing that cell phones were identified as a contributor to salivary gland tumors.
The report by Hebrew University states that your risk of getting a parotid tumor on the same side of your head that you use for listening to the mobile phone increases by:
34 percent if you are a regular cell phone user and have used a mobile phone for 5 years (this was only borderline significant)
58 percent if you had more than about 5,500 calls in your lifetime (statistically significant)
49 percent if you have spoken on the phone for more than 266.3 hours during your lifetime (statistically significant)
And the brand new research from China shows that long-term, heavy cell phone use may raise your risk of malignant parotid gland tumors seven to 13 times! This is a major risk that needs to be taken very seriously. As Microwave News reported:
"The raw data -- that is, before being adjusted for other possible risk factors like sex, age, income, smoking status and the like -- point to cancer risks that are elevated 10-fold, 20-fold, and even 30-fold, depending on the type of tumor and how heavy cell phone use is defined …
For instance, those who had used mobile phones for over ten years had more than ten times the rate of epithelial parotid gland malignancies, the dominant type of cancer of parotid gland. The risk rose to 20 times that of controls for mucoepidermoid carcinoma, the primary subtype of parotid gland cancer.
Those who used a cell phone for more than two-and-a-half hours a day had a more than 15-to-30 fold elevated cancer risk. Previous studies have rarely pointed to a risk that is more than double or triple the expected rate."
A review of 11 long-term epidemiologic studies published in the journal Surgical Neurology two years ago revealed that using a cell phone for 10 or more years approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor on the same side of the head where the cell phone is typically held.
Professor Mild, lead researcher of that particular study, also cautioned that the danger may be even greater than what they found because cancers need a minimum of 10 years to develop.
Children are Most at Risk
Since children today are using cell phones at an earlier age than any previous generation, their exposure will be far greater over their lifetimes. Because children have thinner skulls than adults, and their nervous systems are still developing, children are particularly vulnerable to this type of tumor and should not use cell phones at all.
Australia has seen an increase in pediatric brain cancers of 21 percent in just one decade. This is consistent with studies showing a 40 percent brain tumor increase across the board in Europe and the U.K. over the last 20 years.
Brain cancer has now surpassed leukemia as the number one cancer killer in children. The BioInitiative Report also includes studies showing evidence for exposure to electromagnetic fields brain tumors, acoustic neuromas, and childhood cancers like leukemia.
Beyond Cancer: Other Health Risks of EMF
Scientists have found that microwaves transmitted by cell phones and other wireless devices can:
Harm your blood cells Damage your DNA Cause nerve-cell damage
Possibly accelerate and contribute to onset of autism May trigger Alzheimer's disease Damage your eyes
Cause sleep disruptions Cause decreased bone density in the pelvic region Lead to electromagnetic hypersensitivity
Affect your heart rate and blood pressure Lead to fatigue and headaches Cause type 3 diabetes
Earlier this year, a new study published in JAMA also revealed that cell phone use does in fact have a very real, and measurable, impact on your brain.
Just 50 minutes of cell phone use was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism (a marker of brain activity) in the region closest to the antenna. The researchers noted that this "finding is of unknown clinical significance," which means only time will tell what impact this may end up having on your brain health.
Cell Phones are Only Part of the Problem
Much of the warnings about EMFs center on the use of cell phones, and increasingly the use of cordless phones as well. And as Dr. Maret noted, these two items, along with smart meters, do deserve the lion's share of the attention, as they are likely among the most harmful in the short-run.
However, there are numerous other sources of EMFs that you are also bombarded with on a nearly 24/7 basis and we do not know the long-term consequences. Right now we exist in an environment that has never before occurred in nature, one that is teeming with varying levels of electrical pollution, or "electrosmog."
It started with the rollout of the electrical grid a century ago, and now virtually everyone in a developed country is being bombarded with electrical frequencies from electronic devices and microwave radiation from cell phones, wireless routers and computer equipment and cell phone towers.
Essentially, most all electronics will generate EMFs, including the wiring in your home, electric alarm clocks, electric blankets, computers and lamps, just to mention a few. EMFs come from wiring, compact fluorescent bulbs, and electronic equipment and microwave radiation from wireless technologies.
For more information on the primary EMFs to check for around your home, as well as how to lower your risks, listen to Camilla Rees interviewing Vicki Warren, the past executive director of the Institute for Bau Biology & Ecology.
Common Sense Tips to Lower Your Cell Phone Risks
You can't completely avoid radiation in today's wireless world, as even if your home is wireless-free, you can be exposed to microwave radiation from your neighbor's wireless devices or while visiting "hot spots" or traveling near cell phone towers. If you're ready to give up your cell phone, you can virtually eliminate that one hazard, however. This is important to consider, as we are talking about eliminating serious risk of harm directly to your brain.
If you're not prepared to take that step, you can minimize your exposure by heeding the following advice:
Children Should Never Use Cell Phones: Barring a life-threatening emergency, children should not use a cell phone, or a wireless device of any type. Children are far more vulnerable to cell phone radiation than adults, because of their thinner skull bones.
Reduce Your Cell Phone Use: Turn your cell phone off more often. Reserve it for emergencies or important matters. As long as your cell phone is on, it emits radiation intermittently, even when you are not actually making a call.
Use a Land Line at Home and at Work: Although more and more people are switching to using cell phones as their exclusive phone contact, it is a dangerous trend and you can choose to opt out of the madness.
Reduce or Eliminate Your Use of Other Wireless Devices: You would be wise to cut down your use of these devices. Just as with cell phones, it is important to ask yourself whether or not you really need to use them every single time.
If you must use a portable home phone, use the older kind that operates at 900 MHz. They are no safer during calls, but at least some of them do not broadcast constantly even when no call is being made.
Note the only way to truly be sure if there is an exposure from your cordless phone is to measure with an electrosmog meter, and it must be one that goes up to the frequency of your portable phone (so old meters wont help much). As many portable phones are 5.8 Gigahertz, we recommend you look for RF meters that go up to 8 Gigahertz, the highest range now available in a meter suitable for consumers.
Alternatively you can be very careful with the base station placement as that causes the bulk of the problem since it transmits signals 24/7, even when you aren't talking. So if you can keep the base station at least three rooms away from where you spend most of your time, and especially your bedroom, they may not be as damaging to your health.
Ideally it would be helpful to turn off or disconnect your base station every night before you go to bed.
You can find RF meters at www.emfsafetystore.com. But you can pretty much be sure your portable phone is a problem if the technology is labeled DECT, or digitally enhanced cordless technology.
Use Your Cell Phone Only Where Reception is Good: The weaker the reception, the more power your phone must use to transmit, and the more power it uses, the more radiation it emits, and the deeper the dangerous radio waves penetrate into your body. Ideally, you should only use your phone with full bars and good reception.
Also seek to avoid carrying your phone on your body as that merely maximizes any potential exposure. Ideally put it in your purse or carrying bag. Placing a cell phone in a shirt pocket over the heart is asking for trouble, as is placing it in a man's pocket if he seeks to preserve his fertility.
Don't Assume One Cell Phone is Safer Than Another. There's no such thing as a "safe" cell phone.
Keep Your Cell Phone Away From Your Body When it is On: The most dangerous place to be, in terms of radiation exposure, is within about six inches of the emitting antenna. You do not want any part of your body within that area.
Respect Others Who are More Sensitive: Some people who have become sensitive can feel the effects of others' cell phones in the same room, even when it is on but not being used.
If you are in a meeting, on public transportation, in a courtroom or other public places, such as a doctor's office, keep your cell phone turned off out of consideration for the 'second hand radiation' effects. Children are also more vulnerable, so please avoid using your cell phone near children.
Use Safer Headset Technology: Wired headsets will certainly allow you to keep the cell phone farther away from your body. However, if a wired headset is not well-shielded -- and most of them are not -- the wire itself acts as an antenna attracting ambient information carrying radio waves and transmitting radiation directly to your brain.
Make sure that the wire used to transmit the signal to your ear is shielded.
The best kind of headset to use is a combination shielded wire and air-tube headset. These operate like a stethoscope, transmitting the information to your head as an actual sound wave; although there are wires that still must be shielded, there is no wire that goes all the way up to your head.
Electromagnetic Health April 10, 2011
Newswise March 24, 2011
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery March 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp 706-710
The New York Times March 30, 2011
JAMA February 23, 2011; 305(8):808-13
Microwave News April 18, 2011
International Journal of Oral and Maxofacial Surgery April 5, 2011
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Q: Eigenvalues, Geo/Alg Multiplicity of a matrix filled with the same number I was working on a practice exam for my Linear Algebra final and was confused by this concept. I know that for a square matrix of all 1's, the eigenvalues should be 0 and n and the algebraic multiplicity should be 1 and n-1 (with n being the number of rows/cols).
How does this change for a matrix filled with the number 2019 (rather than a matrix of 1's)?
Also, I do not understand the difference between algebraic and geometric multiplicity and how that would be different for a matrix of all 1's vs a matrix of all 2019's.
Below is the question and the solutions.
Thanks!

A: Let $J$ denote the matrix with all $1$s.
If you have an equation $Jv = \lambda v$ then you have this equation as well: $(2019J)v = (2019\lambda)v$. So if $v$ is an eigenvector of $J$ with eigenvalue $\lambda$, then $v$ is still an eigenvector of $2019J$ and now with eigenvalue $2019\lambda$. (And as you said, the eigenvalues of $J$ are $\lambda = 0$ and $\lambda = n = 2019$.)
The algebraic multiplicity of an eigenvalue is the number of times it occurs as a root of the characteristic polynomial. Here, as you said, $\det(\lambda I - J) = \lambda^{n-1}(\lambda - 1)$ (algebraic multiplicites $n-1$ and $1$). Now consider $\det(2019\lambda I - 2019 J) = 2019^n \det(\lambda I - J)$ and you can make a substitution $\lambda' = 2019\lambda$ (and $\lambda = \lambda'/2019$ to get $\det(\lambda' I - 2019 J)$. If you put that all together you will obtain the characteristic polynomial of $2019J$.
The geometric multiplicity of an eigenvalue is the dimension of $\operatorname{Null}(A - \lambda I)$. That is, the geometric multiplicity is the maximum number $m$ such that there exists $m$ linearly independent eigenvectors $v_1,\dots,v_m$ (which will form a basis for $\operatorname{Null}(A - \lambda I)$). By the first paragraph, $2019Jv_i = (2019\lambda)v_i$ for $i = 1,\dots,m$. Or another way to describe this is $\operatorname{Null}(J - \lambda I) = \operatorname{Null}(2019[J - \lambda I])$.


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Pimp Cat Likes Fresh Box
Oh come on. Not that kind of box you dirty scumbag. Put those disgusting thoughts aways and listen up. Cat litter maker Fresh Step wants us to know their new carbon cat litter completely eliminates odors. Of course that causes problems for several felines in a video featured on this site hosted by Milos the Fresh Cat, a pimp-like dude who has a few tips cats on the prowl.
eefoof Monetizes, Bouncing Breasts Sell Candy
- A site with a strange name, eefoof, has launched and it's like YouTube except it's set up from the start with a revenue model to make money for both the site and the content uploader.
- If candy and top heavy Japanese girls bouncing their breasts in a bikini while shouting something that sounds a lot like "jerk off" is your thing, then this spot is for you.
- Here's some stunning news that actually needed a survey to convey it: According to Quepasa Market Intelligence, Hispanics prefer to read labels in Spanish. Who knew? (no link)
- These are really stupid in that good sort of way. They promote Kellog's Crunchy Nut, were created by JWT London and directed by The Perlorian Brothers.
Topic: Commercials, Good, Strange
Everyone At Mullen Likes to Eat In
Along with Google, UPS, Sprint-Nextel, Yum Brands and Heast, Mullen was named as having one of the top cafeterias by U.S. News & World Report. Having eaten at the Mullen cafeteria a couple time, I can tell the publicity is well deserved. The food there is great and nothing like you'd expect to see in or near, for that matter, any agency. Since the agency is located in a giant mansion on an estate in the woods north of Boston, going out for lunch is a bit of a trip so having a great place to eat in the agency is a necessity. The cafeteria, run Culinary Institute of America grad Liz Walkowicz, serves 420 employees with a staff of nine. Hmm. Maybe they'll invite us up there to sample the cuisine again. After all, it's been a while since I knocked on their door looking for a job.
Topic: Agencies
Strange Opel Click-to-Call Campaign Generates 300,000 Calls
While this click to call promotion for the Opel Astra Twin Top is Dutch, we're told it's good and when we visited it seemed to be so if in a very weird way. Somehow the car is being promoted by having people blown into the sky by a jet airplane and then landing on a billboard. Oh, and there's this weird scientist dude who mumbles into a phone and holds up a sign. Yes, it all has to to with the Estara-powered click to call feature but we'll leave it to our Dutch speaking friend over at Adland to explain further. At least we think she speaks dutch or whatever language this is in because, clearly, we are just a clueless, lazy American who can't get off his ass to learn a second langauge.
Anyway, if you want to check out the campaign, go here, enter your first name, last name and your telephone number. The campaign has generated 300,000 calls from 15 countries so we suppose "successful" would be a good label to give this campaign.
Topic: Good, Online, Strange, Viral
MansionPoker Campaign Brings Back Game's Elegance
Most ad campaigns for poker sites are cheesy and focus on the winning rather than the elegance of the game. MansionPoker.net came to LA-based 72andSunny to change all that. The agency created a six spot television campaign illuminating the game's strategy and James Bond-ish sophistication which feature narration from actor Dougray Scott and appearances by MansionPoker's pro player Erica Schoenberg. The campaign is tagged "Welcome to the Game" and highlights the wit and competitive nature of the game. Two spots, War and Shambles broke July 2 and four more will follow over the next few months. Recently, poker seems to have gone from Dom Perignon (not Cristal you hipsters) to Budweiser. This campaign aims to change that.
Topic: Campaigns, Commercials, Good, Television
White PSP Ad Stirs Racial Debate
Apparently, there are many people who feel the new Sony campaign promoting its new white PSP is racist because it features a white woman in a position of power over a black woman. Bells and whistles are going off over at Joystiq but there's also another image that's part of the campaign that shows the black woman getting her vengeance over the white woman. Can we all just relax? Sony and TBWA, of course, intended the ad to be controversial otherwise it'd sit there like all the other boring ads wasting our time every day. Racist or not, it's got us talking and that's half the battle any campaign faces.
Topic: Campaigns, Opinion, Trends and Culture
'Sex Sells' Blog Features Condom Ad Which Unsells Sex Without Condom
From AdArena, a blog with the tagline "sex sells" comes a couple of ads for Legends condoms which does pretty good job unselling sex. That is, sex without a condom. Using the fear of children many people have before actually realizing children can actually be a good thing, Legends has captured a few kids behind its condom material horror movie poster style.
The Holy And The Hot Keep Israel Away From World Cup
For years, Keta Keta has been creating great virals for various causes such as two videos promoting peace in the Middle East, one for an anti-spam company and one promoting Israel as a Holy Land of a different sort. Now, due to the success of Keta Keta's Holyland video which achieved 15 million views in the first three months, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has hired Keta Keta to create an "official" web video to promote Israeli tourism.
Riffing off the first video which twisted biblical connotations on their head, this first official video dabbles with football themes, the power of physical beauty and illustrates why the country didn't make it to this year's World Cup.
Topic: Good, Online, Viral
Solo Mobile Enables Mindless Blather
Sort of like the T-Mobile speed talking cheerleader, these two spots for Canada's Solo Mobile promoting its walkie talkie feature just reinforce the idiocy and pointlessness of the need to be connected at all times. OK, so they're kinda funny but that doesn't make up for the rampant display of mindless blather the cell phone has perpetuated. Oops. Credit where credit is due. Vancouver-based Rethink created the spot which was directed by Reginald Pike's Brian Lee Hughes.
Ashlee Simpson Chooses Victoria's Secret Over Playboy
Ashlee Simpson who sings like...oh...we're just not going to go there this time...will reportedly and instead of baring it all for Playboy become the face of a new line of Victoria's Secret clothing aimed at the younger, sluttier, high school...oh sorry...we're not going to go their either...the younger generation. Apparently, Kelly Clarkson was in the running as well but curves talk when it comes to Victoria's Secret and Ashlee has more of those than Kelly does. The new line of clothing may be called "Pink" and likely the marketing will, predictably, contain all the connotation-disguised-as-innocence that word implies. Oddly, this all just sounds like a rehash of the 2004 launch of a line of college hottie-wear fronted by Alessandra Ambrosio and "Team Pink."


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Access ban on online article about sexual abuse allegations 'violation of press freedom': Turkey's Constitutional Court
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Turkey's Constitutional Court has found a local court ruling banning access to an online article a "violation of freedom of press and expression," sending the case to an Istanbul court for retrial.
The top court's ruling sets a precedent for similar cases on online articles.
On Aug. 30, 2006 the online news portal Bianet published an article running the headline "It is harassment, not warm business relations," reporting on four women's complaints of sexual harassment they filed against their employer, the general director of the Istanbul-based charter airline Bestair.
The general director had then demanded an access ban to the news story, saying his personal rights were violated.
On June 23, 2015, the local court banned access to the news story, leading Bianet officials to appeal the decision, which was rejected. Bianet officials this time took their case to the Constitutional Court, the highest legal body in the country, in an individual application filed on Aug. 26, 2015.
In a verdict published on the Official Gazette on Dec. 4, the top court said the local courts' ruling amounted to a "violation of freedom of press and expression," sending the file case to the Istanbul court for retrial.
The top court also said a "violation of personal rights" regarding the Bestair general director was not the case, as "nude or obscene videos or images" were not released by Bianet.
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Turkey, El Salvador leaders meet to boost ties
Turkey, Armenia mull further steps for 'full' normalization: Çavuşoğlu
Atatürk's favorite food okra, not dried beans, says historian
FX protected deposit accounts reach 163 bln Liras: Erdoğan
Turkey-EU working on elements of positive agenda: Envoy
Turkey tells CoE Kavala case runs in due process of law
40,000 birds live in Meriç Delta: Officials
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine and warned President Vladimir Putin that his country would pay a "dear price" in lives lost and a possible cutoff from the global banking system if it does.
Turkey's central bank on Jan. 20 has kept interest rates steady on Jan. 20.


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I have been an avid reader all my life – I often joke I came out of the womb and grabbed a book.
When people talk about that theory that if you practice something for 10,000 hours you master it – that's my reading skills. (I can read all 7 Harry Potter books in 27 hours.) That's the thing I've mastered, and I love books. I read just about everything out there, although I gravitate most toward horror, young adult fiction, personal memoir, and magical realism.
I want to share my recommendations and responses with anyone who wants them, and is looking for their next book. I also appreciate competing opinions, and I'm always open to looking at a story from another perspective.
I found this work while I was dealing with the overwhelming grief of losing a close friend very suddenly. It provided me a sense of comfort. In regard to the blog – she was a person that I shared my book thoughts with. This blog, and it's name, are both things that remind me to honor her, and honor the person she helped me to be – a voracious reader, who loved to share her books. I am keeping her memory, and the stories I love, alive.


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Body of Missing Pennsylvania Mom Found in Shallow Grave After 2-Week Search, Authorities Say
Jennifer Brown was last seen on Jan. 3, authorities said.Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
By DEBORAH HASTINGS
First Published: 9:28 AM PST, January 19, 2023
Jennifer Brown was last seen on Jan. 3 and had been the focus of an intense search by law enforcement.
The body of a missing Pennsylvania mother has been found sheathed in plastic and partially buried in a shallow grave, authorities said.
Jennifer Brown, 43, was last seen on Jan. 3, when she dropped off her 8-year-old son for a sleep-over, but she failed to picked up her boy the next day at his school bus stop, police said.
Friends and neighbors said Brown was a doting mother who would never abandon her child. A massive search for the woman had been underway for more than two weeks. Friends said she was planning to open her own restaurant.
Her remains were found in Royersford, about two miles from Brown's home in Limerick Township, authorities announced Wednesday.
"I can't tell you how many people have worked through this and helped," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele told reporters. "We hoped and prayed she would be safe, and she is not."
A cause of death was not released. Authorities have not said whether there is a suspect in the case.
Brown's car was found parked outside her home and her keys, wallet, purse and work cellphone were found inside, authorities said. Investigators said her personal cellphone was missing.
"She is a doting, I call her, helicopter mom. She loves her son. She would never leave her son," Tiffany Barron, a friend of Brown's told NBC Philadelphia after the woman disappeared.
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Jay (Ed O'Neill) agrees to sub in on Cam's bowling team for the finals but Cam (Eric Stonestreet) was not fully upfront about it being an all gay league, which puts Jay in a precarious position. Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) have a surprisingly good time with unlikely dinner companions, their neighbors Ronnie (guest star Steve Zahn) and Amber (guest star Andrea Anders), and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) agree to go clubbing with Haley (Sarah Hyland) to prove they're still young and fun but they didn't anticipate the pre-party portion of the night. Oliver Platt guest stars.


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"During the 1960's and '70's several people of Marion had a dream- a dream for a Senior Citizens Center.
On March 22, 1966, the first meeting of interested Senior Citizens was held at Zion United Church of Christ.
Over time, the group grew and worked hard on many projects and in several places, in order to have a place for their gatherings. For a few years, they met at the Youth Center where their numbers continued to grow. There, a Nutrition Site was established with Williamson County Programs on Aging, and later moved to the Lion's Club Depot. Eventually the growing group approached Mayor Robert Butler and the City Council about a building they could call a Senior Citizens Center, a place they could call their own, and where their hard work and efforts would remain through the years for the benefit of all Senior Citizens.
In 1980, the City of Marion secured a HUD grant for the remodeling of the present location of the Center at 507 W. Main Street. It had previously housed a grocery store and an automobile dealership. The City Fathers appointed the original Marion Senior Citizens Council consisting of Walter Stahlhut as Chairman, Rev. W.E. Lynch as Vice-Chairman, Gertrude Craig as Secretary and Clifford Owen as Treasurer. Council members appointed were Roosevelt Greenwade, A.S. Dodd, Vivian Edmonds, O.P. Allen and Rev. Will Thomas.
Williamson County Programs on Aging conducted the activities of the Center until March, 1984, when Marion chose to "paddle their own canoe," in the words of Mayor Butler.
Since that time, the programs and activities of our Center have continued to grow and expand to the Center we have today, one that we are all extremely proud of."
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Mayor: Mike Absher
Commissioner: Doug Patton
Commissioner: Jim Webb
Commissioner: John Barwick
Commissioner: John Stoecklin
Marion Senior Citizens Council
Chairman: Don Tisch
Vice- Chairman: Orval Williams
Secretary/Treasurer: Jeannie Talbott
Cheryl Starns, Dan Dunn, Lester Emery, Larry Clayton, Earline Hendry and Alice Barnett
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Administrative Assistant : Beverly Daniel
Clerical Aide: Lisa Clendenin
Custodian: Nick Clark
Kitchen Manager: Kay Davis
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"The Yodler", our monthly newsletter, is dedicated to Elsa Flora Kaeser, who grew up in the Swiss Alps and was a strong supporter of the center. Mrs. Kaeser was the mother of the former center director Elflora Aikman.
The center is owned and operated by the city of Marion. Founding is received from: The Egyptian Area Agency on Aging, Older Americans Act through Williamson County Programs on Aging and the Marion United Way.
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Cadet Timothy Patrick Donnellon II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Donnellon of Emmett, completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy.
Donnellon entered West Point on June 29 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT. CBT is one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course of their four years at the academy.
Donnellon began classes Aug. 17. The West Point curriculum offers 37 majors balancing physical sciences and engineering with humanities and social sciences leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.
Donnellon graduated from Yale High School. He plans to graduate from West Point in 2019 and be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.


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Hello, my name is Jane Tucker Gentry and I have been bit my the genealogy bug! I started this several years ago and I know if I work at it everyday it will never be finished.
I grew up in Turner County, GA. I lived in the country until I was nine years old and then we moved to uptown Ashburn GA. I lived on West End Avenue and life was good. Then I found lots of new friends my age lived on the same street, life was even better! We all formed strong friendships that I cherish to this day.
I married David Gentry Jr. and we live in Irwin County, GA. we have a farm and a wonderful family. He shares my love for genealogy and we do our research as a team. He is interested in the pedigree and I could care less for that part. I love the family pictures and the stories about family. I have always loved history and this is our history.
Crystal Lake and my sis and my brother, what more could a kid want.
This our Frank Tucker Family picture taken in 1983 just about the time we found Mama had cancer, she only lived 6 months but they were precious months to us.
This is an old postcard Of Downtown Ashburn, Ga. circa 1940-50s, when Hwy 41 was the King of The Road with motels and cafes in every small town. No I-75 to route traffic quickly just a beautiful scenic trip to wherever you wanted to go. This was my hometown.
When I-75 came through Ashburn in the 60's, this new Motel was built.
Come on in and make yourself at home. I have just made some sweet iced tea and the tea-cakes are fresh out of the oven. We will chat about our families and all things Southern. My families were original settlers in Old Irwin County. I am proud of everyone of them and on these pages I hope to share that love with you.
Every family needs to have a few members bitten by "the genealogy bug". The only problem with this is that once bitten you are never the same. Cemeteries, old records, old pictures and memories fill your every waking moment. No amount of medicine seems to help this terrible afflection.
This is my husbands parents, at their 50th wedding anniversary.
Buddys mom and dad lived in Irwin County, good salt of the earth farmers. They were very frugal and lived a simple good life. They both died in their home cared for my family.
My parents lived in Turner County. My Dad farmed until I was 9 years old then we moved to downtown Ashburn, 402 West End Avenue. Daddy had a bait and tackle shop there. In my senior year he bought another shop in Tifton and after grduation Mama and I moved there.
Hey! Sign my guestbook and tell me what you think of my rebuilt site.
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