One Mix 2 Yoga mini laptop with a 7″ display and an Intel Core M3-7Y30 Kaby Lake processor launched almost at the same time as the One Mix 2S Yoga mini laptop with the same features except it got upgraded to a more recent Intel Core M3-8100Y Amber Lake Y-Series processor.
The company has now introduced a limited edition of the device with One Mix 2S Yoga Platinum featuring the most powerful Amber Lake processor so far: the Intel Core i7-8500Y dual core / four thread processor also with a 5W power budget.
Beside the upgraded processor, you'd also get 512GB SSD storage instead of just 256GB SSD for the original model. One Mix 2S Yoga Platinum comes with Windows 10 Home 64-bit Home, and ships with a charger, and an English user manual. An optional 2048-level stylus is also offered.
This mini laptop would cost you $1,199.99 shipped however, and this can't really be justified by the extra CPU performance, as Intel Core i7-8500Y is basically the same as Intel Core M3-8100Y except for slightly higher base and turbo frequencies. It may make sense if you really need to extra storage, or for bragging rights. For reference, you'll find One Mix 2S Yoga laptop with Core M3-8100Y processor and 256 GB storage for $669.99 on the same GeekBuying page.
It's amazing, the price of a mid-range professional PC with the performance of an Atom and the usability of a smartphone. I doubt it will find a public considering that there isn't even any apple-like logo on it to justify the extra thousand dollar.
It is a good question, who are the customers, what's the market and what means they need this form factor, hardware for their job?
The CPU is right in the uncanny valley between a dumb terminal/typewriter and a development box. You can't really play games on it and it's not even about the performance, but you kinda need a mouse, better, with a keyboard and, even better, with a display. You can't type properly, as there's no palmrest and the layout is weird and you kinda need a 9-10″-sized keyboard to type somewhat efficiently. And there's no support, the drivers are stored on dropbox and goodix touchscreen drivers are from 2015 and get flagged by at least Symantec.
It's an impractical expensive toy.
I look at my Mix 2. It's a bit scratched and dirty from traveling in the back pocket of my jeans, in my coat or in my backpack full of other things. I see I somehow learned to type using my thumbs, while holding the laptop in both hands. I observe a number of dev suites and sdks from old projects I probably need to clean up. I even have some games installed. Obviously I use it a lot, but I can't quite exactly point out, for what.
I think, it's my personal computer. Not my huge 14″ work laptop, not my gaming desktop at home, but my personal computer, for better or for worse.
> I think, it's my personal computer. Not my huge 14″ work laptop, not my gaming desktop at home, but my personal computer, for better or for worse.
One Mix 2 is about 600 EUR which is still a bit too high to my liking (though I bought it anyway), but on par with comparable 7″ laptops (I don't count GPD Pocket 2 version with a dual-core Celeron as comparable).
If you're ok with bigger pockets, well, a tablet-like EzBook X1 with a comparable N4100 and not comparable storage setup (64 eMMC + 64 SSD) and even less comparable 4Gb soldered is about 250 EUR before shipping and taxes.
8Gb and a more or less proper 128 SSD in 11.6″ like on Teclast X4 will set you back 370 EUR.
Even 13.3″ is treated like some kind of a luxury formfactor as N4100 with 8Gb of RAM and with some kind of storage and serviceability and under 300 EUR are all 14.1″ or 15.6″.
So yeah, the price of Mix 2 with 7y30/8100y is, unfortunately, in line with the current market conditions. With 8500y it's completely out there.
Definitely above the performance of an atom though, bit sure where that claim comes from?
I agree this model is a bit overpriced, but I'm very happy using the model with the 8100y as my main work computer on Linux. Unfortunately, the pen isn't supported, but otherwise it works fine for me. Obviously using it on a dock in the office, but when traveling I can just pack it in my bag with just 500g extra weight and hardly any bulk.
Of course, it won't work for everyone, but this condescension is a bit over the top.
As you found, this comparison is old and considers a quad-core CPU vs a two-core atom. Here it's the opposite, this CPU is 2-core only while most atoms are quad-core and can sustain mostly decent frequencies. I'm not saying that Atoms are fast, just that I'm having a hard time imagining getting anything significantly better from this one.And yes, probably that it perfectly fits your use case, but how many people are there willing to spend that much money and lose a decent keyboard just to save a few centimeters compared to a small and cheap netbook ?
Compared to four-core Cherry Trail Atoms, yeah, you're getting something overwhelmingly better. Kaby/Amber Lake Y cores are more than twice more performant in single-core at the same base clock and TDP and hyperthreading allows them to maintain a huge lead in multicore as well.
Now, compared to modern Goldmont Plus of the same Bonnell lineage as Atoms, yes, a quad-core Celeron like N4100 will successfully trade blows with 7y30/8100y, as twice more real cores compete with a 20-25% single-core advantage quite well.
Theoretically, 8500y as a better-binned m3-7y30 can provide small, but noticeable (like 30-40 minutes) improvement of battery life.
Also in some exceedingly rare circumstances 8500y's support of TXT may be important (though I can't figure out how a TPM module from a third-echelon Chinese manufacturer can be trusted).
Oh, and, I guess, you can have 15-17% better fps if you're into multiplying very small numbers.
Other than that, it looks like the same Mix 2 as usual, with buttons touching the touchscreen when the lid's closed and with drivers conveniently stored at dropbox.


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Бродец () је насеље у Северној Македонији, у северном делу државе. Бродец је насеље у оквиру општине Чучер-Сандево.

Бродец има велики значај за српску заједницу у Северној Македонији, пошто Срби чине значајну мањину у насељу.

Географија
Бродец је смештен у северном делу Северне Македоније. Од најближег града, Скопља, село је удаљено 25 km северно.

Село Бродец се налази у историјској области Црногорје, на јужним висовима Скопске Црне горе, на приближно 900 метара надморске висине. Од села се пружа поглед на Скопље и Скопско поље.

Месна клима је планинска због знатне надморске висине.

Историја
Ту је 1899. године, као и ранијих година, прослављан Св. Сава као школска слава. У месном храму је чинодејствовао поп Михајло Богићевић, а старац од 83 године - Милош Радевић био је школски домаћин (кум). Светосавску беседу је након резања славског колача изговорио учитељ Стева Младеновић. Током весеља Неша Караџић је свирао на гајде; око њега се развило коло од омладине.

Становништво
Бродец је према последњем попису из 2002. године имао 3 становника.

Већинско становништво у насељу су етнички Македонци (67%), а мањина су Срби (33%). Почетком 20. века Срби су били искључиво становништво у селу.

Претежна вероисповест месног становништва је православље.

Види још
 Општина Чучер-Сандево
 Срби у Северној Македонији

Референце

Извори
 Попис у Македонији 2002. - Књига 10.

Спољашње везе

 www.cucersandevo.gov.mk Званична страница општине Чучер-Сандево

Насеља са српском мањином у Северној Македонији
Општина Чучер-Сандево
Насељена места у Северној Македонији
Википројект географија/Насеља у Македонији

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Headhunter LLC "A Family Man" torrent lawsuit filed in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Oregon, PA
Posted by Steve Vondran | Aug 20, 2017 | 0 Comments
Bittorent Defense IP Firm – Overview of Headhunter LLC Copyright Infringement Case
This blog deals with Headhunter, LLC lawsuits and the move "A Family Man". These cases involve use of "" to download and share videos which are the copyrighted products of the Plaintiff. If you received a subpoena from your ISP (ex. Comcast) or a copy of a lawsuit that you are being asked to respond to, call us for a free initial discussion. We are an experienced Torrent Defense law firm. As we like to say, You CLICK We DEFEND.
Where have lawsuits been filed and what law firms have filed these cases as Plaintiff attorney?
Virginia – Case 1:17-cv-00793-CMH-TCB
Dale Jensen, PLC 606 Bull Run Staunton, VA 24401
Texas – 4:17-cv-02352
Fischman Law PLLC 710 North Post Oak Road Ste 105 Houston, TX 77024
North Carolina -3:17-cv-00342-RJC-DSC
Lynch Van Sickle, PLLC 201 Shannon Oaks Circle Suite 200 Cary, NC 27511 919-469-5685
Oregon – 3:17-cv-00900-SI
Crowell Law 943 Liberty St., SE P.O. Box 923 Salem, OR 97308-0923
Pennsylania – 2:17-cv-02985-PBT
CREATIVE RIGHTS LAW GROUP PLLC 426 E BALTIMORE AVE MEDIA, PA 19063 610-891-6500
Sample allegations in Copyright Lawsuit
Here are some snippets from one case filed by headhunter dealing with their copyrighted movie. Allegations may differ depending upon your complaint.
Plaintiff Headhunter is a Nevada Limited Liability Company with principal offices in Los Angeles, California and an affiliate of Voltage Pictures, a production company with a notable catalog of award winning major motion pictures. Plaintiff is the owner of the copyright and/or the pertinent exclusive rights under copyright in the United States in A Family Man, which has been unlawfully distributed over the Internet by Defendant
THE DEFENDANT
The Defendant identified herein as Doe 71.236.186.17 is currently known by their Internet Protocol ("IP") address 71.236.186.17 that was observed by Plaintiff's investigator, Maverickeye, (www.maverickeye.de) as distributing Plaintiff's motion picture. Exhibit B. Through geolocation, the IP address used by the Defendant has been traced to the State of Virginia and this judicial district. The Defendant has been observed and confirmed as distributing Plaintiff's motion picture and other copyrighted content persistently and consistently on hundreds of occasions over an extended period of several months. In addition to Plaintiff's motion picture A Family Man, the Defendant has been observed and confirmed to be actively distributing:
The Cobbler (2015);
Good Kill (2015);
Wild Horses (2015);
Pay the Ghost (2015);
London Has Fallen (2016);
I am Wrath (2016); Cell (2016 );
Septembers of Shiraz (2015);
Criminal (2016);
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016);
USS Indianapolis, Men of Courage (2016);
IT (2017);
Boyka: Undisputed (2017);
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017);
Vengeance: A Love Story (2017); and other copyrighted titles.
The Defendant's IP address has been observed associated with the distribution of over 50 other copyrighted titles.
The volume of activity and titles associated with the Defendant's IP address indicates that the Defendant is likely the primary subscriber or someone who resides with the subscriber as such activity indicates the Defendant is an authorized user of the IP address with consistent and permissive access.
The volume of activity and titles associated with Defendant's IP address indicates that the Defendant is not a young child.
More than 30 days prior to filing the present suit the Defendant was sent multiple notices pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(a), a/k/a DMCA Notice, informing the Defendant of the wrongful nature of their conduct and requesting they terminate their infringing activity. Despite such notice the Defendant persisted in infringing the rights of Plaintiff and others, including the repeated selection, download and distribution of new content in violation of the Copyright Act and continues to do so as of the filing of this Complaint.
The Defendant's IP address was at that time of observed infringement managed by Internet Service Provider ("ISP") Comcast, who on information and belief generally assigns an IP address to a single party for extended periods of time, often for months, and provides Wi-Fi systems with notable pre-installed security and passwords.
Defendant's ISP provides notices and information to its customers about the importance of security, informing them that they are responsible for the activity associated with their account and cautioning subscribers against allowing third party or non-authorized access.
The records maintained by the ISP should be able to identify either the Defendant, or the subscriber who contracted with the ISP for service who in turn is likely to have knowledge that will lead to the identity of the Defendant. Plaintiff intends to seek discovery, including issuing a subpoena for records from the ISP to ascertain the true identity of the Defendant.
The true name of Defendant is unknown to Plaintiff at this time. Defendant is known to Plaintiff only by the Internet Protocol ("IP") address assigned by his or her Internet Service Provider and the date and the time at which the infringing activity of each Defendant was observed. Plaintiff believes that information obtained in discovery will lead to the identification of Defendant's true name and will permit Plaintiff to amend this Complaint to state the same. Plaintiff further believes that additional information obtained will lead to the identification of additional infringing parties, as monitoring of online infringement of A Family Man is ongoing.
A Family Man is a motion picture set for theatrical release in July 2017 about a man torn between his profession as a corporate headhunter and his loyalties and love for his family. A Family Man, produced under the working title A Headhunter's Calling, is protected by the Copyright Act and registrations including Oct. 16, 2015 and PA 002039392, January 27, 2017. Exhibit A. Under The Copyright Act, Headhunter is the proprietor of copyrights and related interest needed to bring suit. A Family Man contains wholly original material that is copyrightable subject matter under the laws of the United States. Defendant had notice of plaintiff's rights through general publication and advertising and more specifically as identified in the content of A Family Man, advertising associated therewith and copies, which bore a proper copyright notice. Headhunter comes to court seeking relief as the motion picture A Family Man, is being pirated and trafficked in the BitTorrent network and is being illegally downloaded and distributed countless times worldwide with many confirmed instances of infringing activity traced to the Eastern District of Virginia. The Defendant is currently known by an assigned Internet Protocol ("IP") address that was observed by Plaintiff's investigator, Maverickeye, as distributing A Family Man. Through geolocation, the IP addresses used by the Defendant has been traced to the Commonwealth of Virginia and this judicial district.
PEER-TO-PEER INTERNET PIRACY IN GENERAL
BitTorrent, also known as peer-to-peer file sharing, has become one of the most common systems for users to illegally dispense and share huge amounts of data in digital format, including motion pictures. The BitTorrent protocol enables computers to exchange large files (such as motion pictures) without creating a heavy workload for any individual source/computer. It allows users to interact directly with each other to:
(1) make files stored on a user's computer (e.g., motion pictures) available for copying by other users;
(2) search for files stored on other computers; and
(3) transfer exact copies of files from one computer to another over the Internet.
The use of BitTorrent requires multiple intentional acts. A user must load specific software, use the software to join the network, search for a file, and then select the file they wish to download. As each user or peer joins the network and requests a copy of a file, they form a type of social contract to not only download the file, but to be a part of the network to allow the file to be downloaded by others. Each new peer requesting the file receives pieces of the data from each peer who already has downloaded the file, and then in turn makes that content available to others.
Since the BitTorrent protocol also generally limits a peer's ability to download unless he or she also uploads or shares, there is substantial incentive for each peer to remain online and continue to make files available for other peers to download because this will maximize his or her download speed and access to additional content. The Defendant in this action has been observed as making A Family Man available to others in furtherance of the BitTorrent network.
Typical relief that may be sought in a "John Doe" lawsuit
PRAYER FOR RELIEF IN THE COMPLAINT – The complaint filed with the federal court may ask for the following types of remedies:
A. For a finding Defendant willfully infringed Plaintiff's rights;
B. For entry of permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from direct, indirect or contributory infringement of Plaintiff's rights, except pursuant to a lawful license or with the express authority of Plaintiff. And further directing Defendant to destroy all unauthorized copies of A Family Man;
C. For entry of permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from supporting the BitTorrent economy of piracy by enjoining each Defendant from
direct, indirect or contributory infringing file sharing in violation of U.S. copyright law;
D. Damages pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504;
E. For Plaintiff's reasonable costs and attorney fees pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 505; and
F. For such other and further relief as the Court deems proper.
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I've always dreamt about going to Paris during the holiday season. Seeing the famous lights being turned on on Champs-Élysées, visiting the Christmas markets, skating under the Eiffel Tower and of course admiring the magical window displays of the legendary department stores - all that was on my list for numerous winters. Last year this dream finally came true. My best friend (who I haven't seen for 2.5 years) and I headed to Paris in November to enjoy the festive atmosphere, wander along the streets, chat a lot and drink countless gingerbread lattes.
Last year's theme at Galeries Lafayette was Noël Monstre and the displays blew me away. Hundreds of people, kids and adults alike, were glued to the windows of the iconic store. Furry monsters in shocking pink were rolling inside the clear glass balls, playing with the fairy lights, painting each other's nails and generally being naughty (but oh-so charming!). The window dressers managed to strike a perfect balance between fairy and fun, and even a year later a mere look at the photos I took back then makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. And that upside down tree? Breathtaking to say the least.
This year the decorators turned Galeries Lafayette into une autre planète, "an intergalactic world that it full of cheer and humor", and from what I see on Instagram, it is heavily inspired by the Star Wars: The Force Awakens which will be released in mid-December. The saga holds a very special place in my heart, but the windows... They just aren't Christmassy enough for my liking.
Оля, спасибо за добрые слова!) Буду и дальше стараться радовать постами.
У меня между первой и второй поездкой перерыв был аж целых 8 лет) Причём в первую поездку - в рамках большого и суетливого автобусного тура по всей Европе в составе туристической группы - я, конечно же, так и не прочувствовала город и не смогла понять, почему им все так восхищаются.
Зато вернувшись в 2012-м году (совершенно случайно и даже нехотя, так как планировали путешествие в Барселону) и вдоволь нагулявшись по улицам, самостоятельно составив себе программу, влюбилась без памяти) И вот теперь с нетерпением жду возможности снова съездить в Париж и прогуляться по его прекрасным улицам.


Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and something I look forward to as soon as I wake up. I try to avoid coffee or tea at the start of the day, so I am always on a lookout for healthy breakfast recipes.
Overnight oats is my favorite form of having oatmeal. Along with being healthy, I love the fact that it's a make-ahead recipe and saves me time during my rushed and busy mornings.
Oats – I love the texture of old-fashioned rolled oats and steel-cut oats. Instant or quick oats make the oatmeal mushy.
Chia seeds – Lot of recipes have chia seeds as optional, but I think they are a key ingredient. I love the way my base has a pudding-like consistency, thanks to chia seeds as they soak the milk and are nice and fluffy by morning. Also, chia seeds are loaded with fiber and Omega-3.
Nut butter – This gives a creamy texture to the oatmeal which I not very fond of. So, I usually skip the nut butter and have this as optional on my ingredient list.
Milk – My personal favorite is home-made almond milk but if I am out of it, then I use dairy milk.
Yogurt – I love a tangy flavor in my oatmeal so I add some yogurt but this is optional.
Strawberries – Again, I like a tangy flavor so I loved the version when I added finely chopped strawberries to the base itself.
Fruits and nuts – I did not like the batch when I added fruits and nuts at night. Instead, add them in the morning just before eating so that they are crunchy and nice.
Chocolate chip surprise – Adding chocolate chips is a nice surprise sometimes, specially if you want to entice kids to eat.
First step is to create the base for your Oatmeal. For the base, combine together oats, milk, yogurt, honey and chia seeds in a mason jar or a bowl. Give a nice stir.
I like a tangy taste blended into the oats so I add about 1tbsp of finely chopped strawberries to this base. If you like a creamy texture, you can add any nut butter to the base as well. Then close the lid and store in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning, this base is of a pudding-like consistency and creamy, if you want some liquid consistency you can add some milk here.
Top with blueberries, sliced strawberries, bananas, chopped walnuts, chopped almonds and chocolate chips. Here is the healthiest breakfast ready!
Like, I mentioned there are many variations you can make your oats. You can top with any fruits and nuts of your choice.
Wish you healthy and fun mornings!
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Loved the twist given to the basic boaring oats.
Loved the twist given to the basic boring oats.
Yes, and the best part it is they are raw oats, and loaded with ton of fiber.


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Gail Michel de Guzmán's El Angel boutique was an Ajijic landmark in the 1960s and 1970s
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Gail Michel, as she was then known, arrived in Ajijic in 1961. Her talents as a businesswoman and dress designer, enabled her to start a store, El Ángel, close to the Posada Ajijic, that became so successful it was featured in the pages of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue Paris. Alongside her boutique, Gail continued to develop her own art and was a regular exhibitor in local group shows. Seventeen years and four children later, she moved back to the U.S.
Born Julia Gail Hayes on 3 March 1935 in the small South Dakota town of Wasta, her university education at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, was interrupted by falling in love with a fellow student, Frank Clifford Michel, a psychology major. The young couple were married in Pullman on 12 December 1955 and had a son, David, but the relationship did not last. Gail, a competitive swimmer, gave swimming lessons to help finance university, completed her degree, obtained a divorce and, in 1961, after receiving a letter from a Colorado friend about the beauties of Ajijic, traveled to Mexico with David to start a new life.
Gail Hayes. 1955. (University Yearbook photo)
In Ajijic, she quickly found employment at Los Telares, Helen Kirtland's handlooms business which had begun operations in the late 1940s. She also soon made many very good friends and decided to stay in the village, starting a serious, long-term relationship with a local contractor, Marcos Guzman, with whom she had four children.
During her time in Mexico, Gail was usually known as Gail Michel or Gail Michael (sometimes Michaels) before she opted for Gail Michel de Guzmán.
Gail credits Jane and Sherm Harris, the then managers of the Posada Ajijic, with persuading her to branch out on her own in 1964 and open a store selling her embroidered, hand-loomed dresses, original jewelry, paintings, and select Mexican handicrafts. The Harrises even provided the fashion boutique's first venue: a room in the Posada. Its name, El Ángel, was in honor of her oldest daughter, Angelina. (The title of Al Young's 1975 novel Who is Angelina?, set partly in Ajijic, is apparently purely coincidental.)
Periodic fashion shows ensured that the El Ángel boutique quickly outgrew its temporary residence in the Posada. In April 1966, it moved a short distance away to the building (occupied later by La Flor de la Laguna) at the south-west corner of the Morelos/Independencia intersection. The boutique's opening was attended by more than 250 people, an impressive turn-out given the size of Ajijic at that time. The store remained in that property for more than a decade before returning to its roots in the Posada Ajijic shortly before Gail returned north.
Veteran journalist Jack McDonald opened his informative and enthusiastic profile of Gail Michel in 1968 for the Guadalajara Reporter by describing her as "One of most creative, versatile gals in all Ajijic."
"Her enchanting place offers passing tourists and permanent residents a variety of items such as art works, jewelry, rugs, bright hand-woven mantas, colonial furniture and antiques in stone, wood and metal.
And dresses. As an outlet for her creative energies, which include her own paintings on rice paper with ink, she employs a dozen seamstresses and a staff of wood and stone carvers who cut anything from small figurines to water fountains."
The El Ángel boutique, described later by long-time Ajijic resident Kate Karns as "the most beautiful of Ajijic's three shops" at the time, was featured in Vogue Paris and recommended in the August 1970 issue of Harper's Bazaar.
By December 1969, Gail, now described as "a well known expert on Mexican arts and crafts" was also managing the gift shop at the Villa Montecarlo in Chapala.
In 1974, Gail was one of only four "members of the Ajijic business community" invited to participate in a program for Guadalajara TV Channel 6 to celebrate the first anniversary of the state's "Conozco Jalisco" ("Know Jalisco") campaign. (The other invitees were Jan and Manuel Ursúa of the Tejabán Restaurant and Boutique, and Antonio Cardenas, the owner of La Canoa boutique.)
[Aside: Jan Ursúa, better known as Jan Dunlap, recently published her first novel, Dilemma, set in 1970s Ajijic.]
Everyone I've interviewed who knew Gail Michel de Guzmán in Ajijic has expressed their fond memories of her. Many have also shared favorite anecdotes. Eunice Huf, for example, recalled Gail as a young blonde girl with freckles who designed both jewelry and dresses with simple, elegant, lines. She chuckled as she told me how Gail had once dressed her up in a crocheted top that was so sexy it made even their fellow artist Abby Rubenstein jealous!
The late Tom Faloon openly expressed his admiration for Gail's art, and then laughed as he remembered how on one occasion Gail, on learning that Marcos had a new girlfriend, had once deliberately driven her car into the girlfriend's vehicle. The next day, a contrite Gail went to the police station to admit her wrong-doing but found, to her pleasant surprise, that the police had no interest whatsoever in this or any other "crime of passion"!
As an artist, Gail participated in numerous shows during her time in Ajijic. One of the earliest was the Posada Ajijic's Easter exhibit in April 1966. Other artists on that occasion included Jack Rutherford; Carl Kerr; Sid Adler; Allyn Hunt; Franz Duyz; Margarite Tibo; Elva Dodge (wife of author David Dodge); Mr and Mrs Moriaty and Marigold Wandell.
In January 1968 Gail's paintings were shown in an exhibition at El Palomar in Tlaquepaque, alongside works by Hector Navarro, Gustavo Aranguren, Coffeen Suhl, John K. Peterson, Don Shaw, Peter Huf, Rodolfo Lozano and Eunice Hunt. The following month, a group of Ajijic artists (Gail Michel and the members of "Grupo 68" – John K. Peterson, Eunice Hunt, Peter Huf, and Don Shaw) were reported to be exhibiting weekly, every Friday, at El Palomar, and also most Sunday afternoons at the Camino Real hotel in Guadalajara.
Gail Michaels. ca 1971. Photo by Beverly Johnson. (Reproduced by kind permission of Jill Maldonado.)
An appliqued wall-hanging by Gail was shown in a collective fine crafts show at Galeria Ajijic (Marcos Castellanos #15) in May 1968. Among the other artists at that show were Mary Rose, Hudson Rose, Peter Huf and Eunice Hunt (with their miniature toy-like landscapes complete with tiny figures and accompanying easels), Ben Crabbe, Joe Rowe, Beverly Hunt and Joe Vine.
Not surprisingly, Gail's art was included in the large group show, Fiesta de Arte, in May 1971 at the private home of Mr and Mrs E. D. Windham (Calle 16 de Septiembre #33, Ajijic), along with paintings and sculptures by Daphne Aluta; Mario Aluta; Beth Avary; Charles Blodgett; Antonio Cárdenas; Alan Davoll; Alice de Boton; Robert de Boton; Tom Faloon; John Frost; Dorothy Goldner; Burt Hawley; Peter Huf; Eunice (Hunt) Huf; Lona Isoard; Michael Heinichen; John Maybra Kilpatrick; Robert Neathery; John K. Peterson; Stuart Phillips; Hudson Rose; Mary Rose; Jesús Santana; Sloane; Eleanor Smart; Robert Snodgrass and Agustín Velarde.
In March 1975, three Ajijic painters – Gail Michel, Rocky Karns and Synnove (Shaffer) Pettersen – held a group show at the Villa Montecarlo in Chapala.
These three artists joined with Tom Faloon, Hubert Harmon, John K. Peterson, Adolfo Riestra, Sidney Schwartzman, to form a new group known as Clique Ajijic, a group of eight artists who formed a loosely-organized collective for three or four years in the mid-1970s. The group's exhibitions included two in Ajijic – at the Galería del Lago (Colón #6, Ajijic) in August and at the Hotel Camino Real in September – as well as shows at Galeria OM in Guadalajara (October 1975); Club Santiago in Manzanillo (October 1975), the Akari Gallery in Cuernavaca (February 1976) and at the American Society of Jalisco in Guadalajara (also February 1976).
Gail's first solo show of artwork was at Ajijic's Galeria del Lago in April 1975. In February of the following year, the same gallery hosted an invitational group show – the so-called "Nude Show" – with works by Gail Michel, Guillermo Guzmán, John Frost, Jonathan Aparicio, Synnove (Shaffer) Pettersen, Dionicio Morales, John K. Peterson, Georg Rauch, Robert Neathery and others.
Gail's work also formed part of a Jalisco state-sponsored show entitled "Arte-Artesania de la Ribera del Lago de Chapala" in October 1976 at the ex-Convento del Carmen. In addition to Gail, exhibitors on that occasion were Guillermo Gómez Vázquez; Conrado Contreras; Manuel Flores; John Frost; Dionicio Morales; Gustel Faust; Bert Miller; Antonio Cardenas; Antonio Lopez Vega; Georg Rauch; Gloria Marthai and Jim Marthai.
In December 1976, Gail also had work in a group show organized by Katie Goodridge Ingram for the Jalisco Department of Bellas Artes and Tourism, held at Plaza de la Hermandad (IMPI building) in Puerto Vallarta. The show ran from 4-21 December and also included works by Jean Caragonne; Conrado Contreras; Daniel de Simone; Gustel Foust; John Frost; Richard Frush; Hubert Harmon; Rocky Karns; Jim Marthai; Bob Neathery; David Olaf; John K. Peterson; Georg Rauch; and Sylvia Salmi.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and copies of Gail Michel de Guzmán's original dress designs can still be found in some Ajijic stores.
Sincere thanks to Gail Michel de Guzmán for her help compiling this profile of her time in Ajijic, and to Judy Eager, the late Tom Faloon, Katie Goodridge Ingram, Peter and Eunice Huf, and Enrique Velasquez for sharing with me their personal memories from that time.
Guadalajara Reporter: 2 Dec 1964; 2 April 1966; 13 Jan 1968; 3 Feb 1968; 25 May 1968; 22 Jun 1968; 6 Dec 1969; 12 Sep 1970; 24 April 1971; 15 May 1971; 18 May 1974; 20 July 1974; 14 Dec 1974; 15 Mar 1975; 12 Apr 1975; 12 Apr 1975; 31 Jan 1976.
El Informador (Guadalajara): 25 Oct 1976.
Kate Karns. 2010. "Old Ajijic", Lake Chapala Review, Volume 12 #1, February 14, 2010.
Jack McDonald. 1968. "Ajijic Woman Carved out Business for Herself …" (a profile of Gail Michel), Guadalajara Reporter 22 June 1968, p 15.
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Illustrator and painter Frank Ward Kent lived at Lake Chapala in the 1970s Talented visual artist Sidney Schwartzman influenced an entire generation of Ajijic artists


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One of my favourite quotes this past year came from Arthur Sulzberger (Owner, Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times). In one of the most provocative moments in the publishing industry's history, he said: "I really don't know whether we'll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don't care either,â€? at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland this past February. Granted, he has since back-peddled on this statement, but at its core we all understand his reasoning. It's not that Arthur does not believe in the power of paper, he is simply following the money. And, if the money comes from the online channel, the mobile channel or whatever channel the Consumer demands, Arthur wants to be there… and get his fair share of the advertising cut in the process.
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Arthur is following the money.
While many in Digital Marketing question the power (and longevity) of online display ads (the cool new saying for "banners"), NYTimes.com generates tons of traffic, and this move will open up the inventory and enable them to stockpile some ad cash in the short haul. Sulzberger and his team may not be looking at the next four years to stop the presses, but there is no doubt that they are testing the model of "content as media" in a very unique way.
Typically, when I discuss the idea of "content as media" it is more with an advertorial spin to it: engaging consumers by providing them with relevant and valuable content that your brand is powering. I'm thinking about what Whirpool has done with their The American Family Podcast. In this instance, the New York Times is realizing that people would love access to their content, and the real money might be in letting them at it (sponsored) versus making them pay for it.
I'm very curious to see what new Advertising and Marketing opportunities arise out of this shift in strategy.
This site is so beautiful I feel I need to take my shoes off before I comment 😉 I saw the news and rejoiced. Giving away the content will allow for a broader conversation with readers and yes, advertisers will benefit from it. Not to mention that we will link to the paper more often and spread the NYT brand further.


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For one split second Anna's heart soared in spite of everything. Then she saw the empty crib.
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Nikos's expression was stark, almost savage. The man who'd laughed with her in New York and Las Vegas, drinking ouzo and singing in Greek, had disappeared. In his place was a man without mercy. Even in the dim light she could see that. Olive-skinned and black-haired, he was as handsome as ever, but something had changed.
The crooked nose he'd broken in a childhood fight had once been the only imperfection in classic good looks. Now his face had an edge of fury—of cruelty. He'd always been strong, but there were hard planes to his body that hadn't been there before. His shoulders were somehow broader, his arms wider, as if he'd spent the last four months beating his opponents to a pulp in the boxing ring. His cheekbones were razor-sharp, his arms thick with muscle, his blue eyes limitless and cold. Looking into his eyes was like staring into a half-frozen sea.
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I was and still am very sad! I have one mouse left called Raisin. I suspect she has a tumour as well. Sigh. She is very lonely. Should I buy her a friend or would she/the new mouse bully her?
Thank you! I want the best for my pet.
Hi HawkEagle and welcome to the forum.
If Raisin is quite frail, a younger mouse could easily be too much for her to cope with, however if she is still quite lively then it might be worth trying her with some new friends. I would definitely get more than one new girl otherwise when Raisin goes you'll be left with a lone mouse again.
I've introduced new mice to oldies before and it's gone well - I prefer to have a mixture of ages in my female mouse groups as I like the dynamic this gives.


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PyMOL is an open source visualization program. It's one of the few out there that is freely available and of good quality. Definitely worth downloading. Use it to study, use it learn, use it to visualize and illustrate, or just use it to play with molecules—if you're into that sort of thing.
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On March 23, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a one-hour public webinar on the report The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States. The event included a presentation on report highlights by committee members B. Ned Calonge (co-chair), Helene D. Gayle (co-chair), Carol J. Rowland Hogue, Jody Rae Lori, Eva K. Pressman, and Alina Salganicoff.
To view or download the presentation slides as a PDF, click the "Presentations" drop-down and then "Webinar Slides" at the right of the page.
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Since national legalization of abortion, a great deal of scientific research has been conducted on the safety and quality of legal abortion services in the United States. In December 2016, at the request of six private foundations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine appointed an expert committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the state of the science. The committee examined a series of eight research questions related to the types of abortions that are appropriate to women's different clinical circumstances; approaches to pain management; abortion's short- and long-term physical and mental health effects on women; the characteristics and safeguards that clinical facilities require to safely provide abortion services; the skills, competencies, and types of clinicians who can safely perform abortions; and research gaps related to safety and quality of care.


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Friday Four: Smartwatch Hype, Blackberry Z10 launch and more
Posted by Experts Exchange · March 22, 2013 12:12 pm
The smartwatch is officially a trend before it's even on the shelves. Apple was the first to hint at their next splash in the mobile device game. They were followed by Samsung just a few days ago as we reported in the EE tech news podcast. Now Google is rumored to have something in the works, and LG came right out an announced they are developing a smartwatch as well as a device that is more like Google Glass. Wearable tech already exists in the form of sports and health related devices. Motorola, now owned by Google, released an Android-based watch called MOTOACTV, featuring a GPS tracker, mp3 player, heart rate monitor, and Bluetooth music player. But the forthcoming smartwatches and glasses products will integrate smartphone technology.
Yesterday, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell announced that he'll be resigning, and today Chairman Julius Genachowski said he is alsois stepping down just from his position. Genachowski is just four months before the end of his term. He was appointed by President Obama in 2009. The exit of both was "expected" since the President's re-election. The Federal Communicatiosn Commission is made up of five members, with no more than three from any given political party. No replacements have been named yet. Mashable notes that Genechowski's legacy will be his push for net neutrality and rejecting the T-Mobile/AT&T merger in 2011.
Google Fiber expanded to another town in Kansas. This time the town of Olathe will receive the benefits of 1 gigabit per second internet service.
"Today, another city in the Kansas City area is getting the chance to join the growing Silicon Prairie," said Community Manager Rachel Hack in a blog post.
Hack said that after seeing the result of Google Fiber in nearby Kansas City, MO, thousands of people have expressed growing their communities with the same positive outcome of the service- a great startup scene and an inventive community. The expansion will not alter the schedule of the current rollout. Olathe is home to companies Honeywell, Garmin, and Husqvarna.
Blackberry's much buzzed-over version Z10 smartphones went on sale to less than exciting reception today. RIM's stock price shot up since the announcement of the new phones in September, but today's launch hasn't had much effect. The Q10, which has a physical keyboard AND touchscreen, is expected to be released in late spring. The Q10 may have more of a splash for Blackberry users who have held out all this time for the last remaining smartphone to feature buttons.


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It's a glorious autumn day in Sydney today, so I'm going to share a recipe that's magnificent enough to match the weather – pomegranate ice cream! I love this recipe for so many reasons. Let me count the ways!


Education today is no longer driven by the public sector as this has fallen off the way with its turtle like response to changes that are faster than the system's response rate.
So, today, many people enrol not in public schools or formal educational institutions as we have known them but rather take courses online on platforms we have not even dreamt of before.
Public systems with no obligation to respond to the market can now be at the very bottom of the quality heap regardless of the billions spent.
The shift toward digital education is building stem and it is already massive. Even students enrolled in lock-step public schools compliment their school work with online information. Newer teachers even suggest it. But when given a choice by a College to take a course in class or online, many opt for online. Digital education is responding to the variability of their clients and making education more affordable, interesting and responsive to the particular needs and learning styles of students.
Digital education is often personalized to what the person needs at a particular moment in time, can be learned wherever they are and offer new skills that are needed by today's industry and can be JIT timed with job requirements. There are often no prerequisites so even those much younger but with strong interest are able to learn more advanced skills and knowledge that schools don't teach at their level.
But it is not just that. With the world becoming more digital, kids who are born into a digital world take for granted knowledge and skills that many of us running education systems have yet to learn. Pity though that schools are becoming irrelevant to their learning. They are learning digital skills to live in this world and to enjoy what these new technologies offer and it offers so much. They can get all the history information they want and in the platforms they want.
Even if a student has a disability in one form of learning, there are other platforms and styles where information are offered. Any kid who wants to learn a new language can do that online much more effectively. The learning can be in a cartoon format and spoken by a native speaker of that language not by a teacher who has not even been to that country.
But what about credentials? They are now offered by many online schools. Besides, credentials are becoming irrelevant as recruiters want to find out if you really can do the work you're applying for.
This is true of new technologies where new skills are required. Often, these companies recruit people with multidisciplinary learning and those who have done simple engineering work even as kids.
Recruiters go to see the results of many science competitions and we are aware that many of these projects are done by young people in their garages or homes which are better equipped and where they have access to tutors other than teachers in schools.
I have to say that there are teachers who are able to encourage students to do projects which are challenging because they themselves know. But sadly, these teachers are often recruited by international companies or by the private sector in their area, lured with higher salaries.
Most of the time, kids who want to learn the most advanced skills and knowledge don't go to school for that. In fact, some of them leave school to hang out in shops where things are experimented or they do it themselves in their basement or garage getting all the information they need online. Most of this information is for free and is available to them anytime and anywhere.
Schools no longer provide the knowledge or skills for good paying jobs. Often, graduates can't find jobs even if many jobs go unfilled because the skills are not there. Remember the old days when you learned how to fix cars by hanging around a garage after school or working on a beat up wreck with older kids? Hands on teachers. Talk informs.
What are the implications of digitization to TVET? If there is any system that will truly benefit from the digital economy, it is TVET. Students who go to TVET do not see degrees as more important than the skills they need to get jobs. Unless they have digital skills they will only get jobs as nannies, security guards or drivers of these highly paid digital geeks.
Meanwhile, many TVET institutions are empty. With resources being poured into them, they have the equipment they need. In fact, many times, this equipment is not used because the teachers are university graduates with no idea how to actually use the hardware. Learning is hands on. Imagine trying to learn to play the piano by talking about music!
These public institutions can seldom recruit students even if their courses are free and they even offer accommodation and yet, in the same city, computer schools are full and students are prepared to pay for the courses they enrol in. Students are smart and know where the jobs are and what training is available.
Can government planners not see this? Can funders not see this? Why are resources still put in areas where no students are interested? The Market is not there. Ok, in some cases, the employers are unaware of what is offered in some TVET institutions but usually employers prefer to train new entrants themselves but they need to have the basic digital skills which are not taught today in many TVET institutions.
But certainly a shift is imperative if the resources aren't to go to waste. Where does TVET start?
2. Apply new technologies to improve institutional administration and instruction by moving courses online as an example, so interested individuals can take them while at work or at home.
3. Hire a teacher from the private sector. This will mean flexible scheduling to suit the teachers hours. Regular teachers can be placed in these classes to learn the new sets of skills.
4. Give institutions the freedom to act to offer short term courses and take some of the revenue from these to support electrical and supplies costs. Hire professionals who can teach the courses. This was how many of the Colleges in Canada started to move towards the digital economy. When these courses were offered by private sector professionals, teachers attend the courses because of the awareness that this is the way in the future. These teachers eventually became experts in these areas and took over the teaching. In fact, many of them also became consultants to the private sector thereby providing much needed skills for the economy.
5. In teacher promotion, give points to digital knowledge and skills as incentives for teachers in the system now to enhance their knowledge and skills.
8. Arrange apprenticeships in private sector for qualified students. Pay industries to train to their entry skills standard and award credit for this learning.
9. Partner with private sector trainers who offer digital learning platforms. Some of them require physical space for training that the public sector can provide. Arrangements with these private sector providers can bring up the level of skills of both faculty and students. Faculty will get training from these providers.
Sometimes, government and parents are unaware of what is happening when the country is not as competitive because it does not give skills to the young who could be employed by growing companies. Companies often complain of the lack of skills in the countries in new markets and they give up, bringing back the jobs to the home country or just abandoning the new market.
The best point of intervention as far as we can determine is the teacher. There are computers in many institutions but many of the teachers are not able to provide the knowledge and skills as they are often just learning the pedagogy of 2000 while the students want technology of 2020.
In many of TVET institutions, the teachers have no incentive to learn the new technologies. A few who do, often learn new skills so they could move on to higher paying jobs in the private sector. So, what intervention can be done? Relevant skills in the computer application sector must get points for promotion. If they are assigned the same points given to courses towards a Masters Degree, teachers will start doing something.
I am sure in your own specific environment, you can think of other incentives to move TVET towards the new economy. TVET must be linked to employment in the new digital economy or it will be abandoned as a useless investment by governments and students alike.


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The North Face Unveils 2018 Olympic Uniforms
By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
November, 1 2017
ALAMEDA, Calif. (Oct. 30, 2017) – The North Face, official U.S. Ski and Snowboard partner, and the founding partner and official uniform supplier of the U.S. Freeski Team, today unveiled the official competition uniforms to be worn by the U.S. Freeski Team at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.
It will mark the second straight time The North Face has designed and manufactured the U.S. freeskiing competition uniforms for the Olympic Winter Games. The 2018 U.S.Freeski collection again provides athletes with the pinnacle of performance to help them compete at the highest level – and reflects the unique, personal style that is endemic to the culture of freeskiing. With more than 63 pieces, each athlete can customize their "look" based on their personal style and preferences.
"We have worked alongside the freeskiing community since the beginning, and we embrace both the sport-specific needs and artful expression of athletes," said Tom Herbst, VP of Marketing for The North Face. "Our mantra is Never Stop Exploring, which is the essence of the freeskiing movement. We are proud to continue our commitment to the sport – and its athletes – by outfitting the U.S. Freeski Team."
"The North Face has been a strong partner of our organization and the sport of freeskiing for many years," said U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Tiger Shaw. "It developed world-class uniforms that helped our team make an extremely successful debut at the Olympics in Sochi. The 2018 uniforms possess a level of innovation and individuality that will allow our athletes to perform their best come February."
Olympic gold medalist and four-time X Games gold medalist Maddie Bowman, Olympic silver medalist and two-time X Games medalist Devin Logan, and Winter X Games halfpipe gold medalist Aaron Blunck, all part of The North Face's roster of elite athletes, played a key role in the design. Their input helped influence aspects of the overall design – and ensured the new U.S. Freeski competition uniforms meet the needs of today's elite freeskiing athlete.
In freeskiing, your personal style – from tricks during a run, to the apparel you are wearing – is such a huge part of the sport," said Maddie Bowman. "No one knows this better than The North Face. They have been a part of the sport since the beginning, and a part of my own Olympic journey to gold in Sochi. The new collection celebrates both the team aspect of the sport and the individuality of the rider, and I am proud to wear it as I work to defend my gold."
Inspired by the athletes and the cultural heritage of freeskiing, the collection includes outwear, base layers, accessories and footwear, that is both technically advanced and style-aware. The colors, style and design celebrate the sport's humble beginnings, expression of individuality and spirit of exploration. This notion comes to life in the brand's "Legacy Starts Here" creative campaign, which is live on TheNorthFace.com.
Key technical elements include The North Face's Ventrix and FuseFormTM technologies; Ventrix helps regulate body temperatures through dynamic venting technology and Fuseform reduces weight via an innovative weaving process. The seminal piece of the collection is the Outerwear Hoodie – an iconic piece of apparel that epitomizes the spirit and style of the freeskiing community both on and off the mountain. The most innovative hoodie on the slopes, the 2018 version is waterproof and transforms the streetwear pieces many athletes wear on the mountain into a technical performance piece.
In addition to these technical upgrades, the uniform collection also has a unique and personal design aspect – a collage that is transferred onto the print in the interior of the jackets. It incorporates personal photos and artwork of the places and people important to each athlete, shared by the team's families and friends. These images pay homage to the sport's small-town roots and remind the athletes that home is never too far away.
The competition uniforms were designed stateside with the athlete outerwear assembled in the United States of imported components; The North Face has a local development center near its headquarters in Alameda, Calif., to keep technical prototyping and assembly close and to celebrate the United States in the athlete uniform manufacturing process.
"There is nothing like the pride an athlete feels when they represent their country on the world's biggest sporting stage," said Ruth Beatty, Design Director, Snowsports at The North Face. "We feel a similar pride in assembling the uniforms in our backyard. The uniforms are also inspired by the humble beginnings of these American athletes and the patriotic red, white and blue of the American Flag – this year in more natural, organic tones that embody embodies Freeskiing culture and gives each athlete the opportunity to wear their style of America."
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As I return back to my store with more knowledge, confidence, and HAND PICKED items 💰 💰, I want to give a big shout out to Lynn Hudziak and Laura Bauer Wojewoda for facilitating such a wonderful thrifting class!!
I hesitated to drive 6 hrs to CHI to attend because I wasn't sure what to expect. Let me tell you, I had a better time than imagined! If you want to reduce your thrifting anxiety and know exactly what to look for this class is for you! It's 💯 hands on, steered by two experts to get you selling and sailing. I strongly urge anyone and everyone to sign up for this unique thrifting adventure! Invest in yourself and learn to thrift smarter not harder! Happy Thrifting!!


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Nightmare Before Christmas Oogie Boogie LED Mood Light - $24.99
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See, The Nightmare Before Christmas Operation game is a great example of why I want to help eradicate this COVID pandemic. With ICUs full, healthcare workers stretched thin and rundown, and getting into a hospital becoming about as hard as getting into a Trader Joe's, I can just see myself falling down the steps or getting attacked by this squirrel in my mama's backyard that has it out for me, and ending up just like Oogie Boogie in the Operation scene. Splayed out on a table, cut open up and down, and hovered over by a gaggle of 7-year-olds trying to "extract the hurt" because there aren't any doctors or nurses left to help.
And on that note, what better gift for your kid this year than The Nightmare Before Christmas Operation game? Or, if they're not into Halloweentown, they can practice the skills they'll need for the healthcare apocalypse on Chewbacca instead.
Muchas danke to The Awesomer.
Star Wars Chewbacca Operation Game
Welp, one look at the Star Wars Chewbacca Operation Game, and there's no doubt where Hasbro stands on the question of whether or not Chewie ate a Porg in The Last Jedi. Sure, they try to make it out like the "pesky critters"...
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Foosketball is the tabletop game hybrid I never knew I always needed. Foosball meets basketball, baby. It's right up there with the Pizza Hut Foosball Pizza Box, but maybe a little under it because the latter incorporates...
Hnefatafl Viking Chess Set
Vikings, Valhalla hopefuls, Beth Harmon of The Queen's Gambit, Hnefatafl has one question for you: are you ready to fight for your king?...
Desktop Tiki Toss
Ah, a little Tiki Toss game for me, myself, and I. This hook-and-ring design is sized for the desktop, and freestanding with a wood base to make it easy to set up on the coffee table, bar, or as a toy on your actual WFH...
Do You Look Like Your Cat? Memory Game
Do you look like your cat? I don't think I look like mine. For example, my cat, Zanzibar, has a bushy tortoiseshell coat of fur that covers his entire body, while I myself am almost entirely hairless (thanks, Remington...
Mindcrushers Ridiculous Conversation Cards
Mindcrushers isn't just a set of Ridiculous Conversation Cards, it's a set of Ridiculous Conversation Cards created by 2 of the creators of another beloved set of ridiculous cards: the ones Against Humanity. Further...
Jumbl Puzzle Board Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Table
What, you can't finish that 1,500-piece jigsaw puzzle of a color gradient in one sitting? Sigh. Why'd you open it then? Now it's going to be cluttering up the dining room table for the next 3 weeks! Shoulda bought the...
Jizz the Game (NSFW)
Huh, an 8" pink penis called Jizz the Game. I wonder how you play that. Maybe some of you bachelorettes out there prepping for your buttery-nipple- and dick-straw-filled parties as we head into wedding season can test...
Hot Ones Truth or Dab the Game
Hot Ones fans have been putting together their own DIY hot sauce challenges ever since the First We Feast YouTube show and its eternally poised and chill host, Sean Evans, gained popularity a few years ago. Hot Ones'...
Boob Cube
The Boob Cube is for idiots. And for geniuses. And for idiots who want to convince people they're really geniuses. And for geniuses you want to make feel like idiots. So, yeah, pretty much an ideal gift for any person...
Porn: The Game!
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One time I read a book willingly and it was called The Average American Male. The entirety of its plot basically consisted of the narrator thinking about what it would be like to have dirty sex with every woman he saw...
The Best Jigsaw Puzzles to Do When You're Stuck at Home
If you weren't into jigsaw puzzles before, maybe these enthralling jigsaw puzzles will change your mind. Or maybe being stuck at home, antsy, bored, anxious, and unable to leave, will be the thing that gets your ass off...


"The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted July 16-26, 2012, among 2,508 adults, including 1,956 registered voters, finds that, in keeping with his favorability advantage, Obama continues to hold a sizable lead over Romney in the election contest. Currently, 51% say they support Obama or lean toward him, while 41% support or lean toward Romney."
I earned an 'A' in college statistics but I don't understand this polling.
If Democrats outnumber Republicans nationally wouldn't that explain the different party sample sizes?
Example: Democrats outnumber Republicans in Queens by probably a large number. If I conducted a random telephone poll of 1000 likely voters in Queens, wouldn't I have more Democrats in my population compared to Republicans? If I conducted a similar poll in Texas wouldn't Republicans be higher than Democrats?
Or is the 459 Republicans, 813 Democrats, 599 Independents intentionally skewed away too much from Republicans?
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It is amazing. They even skew the pols to favor Dems. I think they are trying to cater to human nature liking to be part of a winner. So if they show people that Obama is winning, they think more people will want to vote for Obama. People like to be on the winning team.
Thankfully there are people fighting the good fight and pointing out the injustices.
Presidential election Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 7%.
Why does it change? We have down years and up years for political parties. 2008 was a major down year for Republicans. Eight years of Bush alongside the financial meltdown was a perfect storm of negativity. Many Republicans stayed home and the marginal ones may have jumped over to the other side. In addition in 2008 we had a surge in turnout by minorities and young people (18-24) that were sucked in to the Obama hope and change hype.
Current polling evidence suggests that this time will be different. The enthusiasm just isn't there for Obama anymore. Four years of "you didn't build that" politics have turned many people off. Unemployment has hurt young people and minorities disproportionately as well.
I still think the election will be close because incumbents tend to win. We've only had two incumbent Presidents get voted out of office in the past 70 years or so. One was Carter who was an awful president not unlike Obama. Even then its hard to compare because he ran against Reagan. Who knows what would have happened there if someone else challenged Carter. The next was Bush Senior. His situation was unusual because Perot came in and basically got 19% of the vote handing the election to Clinton.
The American economy almost certainly shed more than a million jobs last month, just as it does every July. But that's not the "jobs number" that will get most of the attention when the Bureau of Labor Statistics speaks Friday morning.
Every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the number of jobs based on a survey of businesses. Then it adjusts the number to eliminate recurring fluctuations — such as from teachers going on summer break — so long-term trends are more visible.
In June, for example, the bureau estimated that the economy added 391,000 jobs. But the headline number, after seasonal adjustment, was just 80,000 jobs.
This is a good and important idea. But right now we have a problem: Some economists believe economic turbulence has disrupted the calibration of those adjustments, undermining the accuracy of the bureau's estimates.
Federal Reserve officials have cited doubts about the accuracy of the monthly jobs number as one reason for their uncertainty about the health of the economy.
The issue will loom particularly large on Friday, because the report for July is annually adjusted by a larger amount than for any other month save January, when holiday workers lose their jobs.
In the last 10 July jobs reports, dating back to 2002, the agency has added an average of 1.33 million jobs to its original estimate. Last year, for example, the agency estimated that payrolls declined by 1.3 million jobs in July, but it reported a seasonally adjusted increase of 96,000 jobs.
That places a huge premium on the accuracy of the adjustment: A 5 percent error in the adjustment would have shifted the reported total last July by two-thirds.
And even in the best of times, the bureau's estimates are rarely that accurate.
The government has estimated an average change of 149,700 jobs in the last 10 July jobs reports, but it has since revised those estimates by an average of 92,900 jobs per year. In other words, the initial estimate is generally off by about 62 percent.
In three of those 10 years — 2002, 2003 and 2007 — the agency wasn't even correct about whether the economy gained or lost jobs.
So take Friday's report with a measure of caution.
And one more thing: The other headline number, the unemployment rate, is derived from a separate household survey. It's also adjusted seasonally. And it has its own problems. But that's a blog post for another month.
November can't get here soon enough.
Obama is a dog period!
There's a question that keeps popping up in CBS/New York Times polls, and the recurring answer should frighten President Barack Obama and his supporters.
The question goes something like this: Do you think Barack Obama's policies on the economy are improving it now; will improve it if given more time; or will never improve it? And the answer that has come up all four times — in a national poll and in polls of three swing states — is that Obama's policies will never improve the economy.
It first came up in a mid-July CBS/NYT national poll, in which 46 percent of those surveyed said his policies would never help the economy.
The results were even more damning in a Quinnipiac/CBS/NYT poll of the swing states Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado. In all three states, the majority of voters chose that option. In Colorado, a majority (51 percent) said his policies would never help the economy.
Americans will vote head-to-head in November, and a large part of their decision will come on Obama's existing economic policies vs. Romney's planned policies.
The polls show that Obama still has some advantages on handling the economy — for example, voters think his policies favor a more even spread of income groups, compared with 51 percent that think Romney's favor the rich.
Obama's policies also still get less of the blame than George W. Bush. Moreover, a Reuters poll Wednesday found that voters still think Obama would do a better job than Romney creating jobs and boosting the economy.
But after three-plus years and with a still-sluggish economy, voters have lost a lot of optimism in those policies.
My totally SUBJECTIVE take on this election.
I am conservative and dislike Obama a great deal.
BUT, he will be re-elected with some ease. It pains me to say it but Romney is not strong enough to sway the middle ground.
Most importantly, the American people (who are not that bright as a group) are getting used to freebies. Almost half pay no tax and want to beat the more well to do. They want their laziness to pay off.
Further, health care. A good sized segment will get health care because "if you can't afford it, don't worry, the gov will pay".
Unemployment doesn't matter. 8.3% is nothing. Most of those couldn't care less. If it was 13.3% - another matter.
Plus Obama is a rock star. People like that. Plus someone who will take care of them because they are not able (willing) to get it done on their own.
I don's see that happening PD. Most people don't know anything about Romney at the moment. They haven't tuned in to this election. By contrast everyone knows what Obama is about. He is polling in the 46-47% range. That is the baseline bottom for any Democrat. The question at the moment is who will grab the 9% of undecideds.
The numbers are tricky. I have been analyzing each poll as it comes out. The biggest issue for Romney is with Hispanics. Barack's pandering alongside some hard line positions taken by Romney in the primaries have skewed Latinos away from Romney. He needs to recapture some of those votes. Regardless the race is tied right now and Romney should get a bump from the GOP Convention and VP pick.
On the plus side when you analyze the polls we find that Romney is up by 10 points with independents. Democrats and Republicans are both 90-10 for "their guy". The math is simple from there. Add in a move by undecideds to Romney and there you have it. It seems to me that anyone planning to vote for Obama would have already made that decision.
Where do you see that chiefs?
Like I said, my opinion is a subjective one based on nothing but FEEL and frankly my increasingly negative impression of our people.
I hope I am wrong for the country's sake. Financially Obama is a catastrophe. From a "character" perspective he is also bad. He is encouraging laziness rather than hard work.
When you go to realclearpolitics for poll data there is a link in the poll to the methodology and the statistics. Look at some of the national polls and go click on the name of the pollster. I also check there for the ratios of R to D to I in the polling. For example there is a Fox News poll that came out today. The results were far out of line with most of the recent polling. Odd right. So when I clicked for the detailed report it showed a D+11 sample. In 2010 the national electorate was R+1. In the 2008 election, a very down year for Republicans the electorate was D+6. In 2012 it will likely be somewhere between 2010 and 2008. I expect a range of D+ between 0 and 3. When I see a D+11 poll you can basically toss the results in the trash.


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===Experiment files=== This file must be tailored on the experiment the user is going to run. In the given environment there are some documented examples suitable for each possible usage of the Tracking System. Each of those files is structured as follows: In the ''arena_state_tracker'' section the user can add as many cameras he needs, by editing a new ''camera_state_tracker'' entry and providing camera state tracker id, grabber id, tracker id and camera view id. It is best practice to keep the id of each item related to the camera as CST (camera state tracker) or HC (grabber) or C (camera view) and the number of the camera. By changing tracker id'' you can try different marker models. The default marker model for footbots is ''FBD01'', and the default marker model for epucks is ''EPD02''. In the ''experiment_record'' section there are two flags to allow image storing and directory overwriting, and the path to the directory you want to store the images. '''WARNING:''' remember to create the directory you are going to save the results in before running the experiment.


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Home Newswire Just When You Thought "Russiagate" Couldn't Get Any Sillier …
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April 20 is cannabis culture's high holiday, and the Democratic National Committee celebrated it with fervor this year: Blaze up, get silly, file a bizarre lawsuit accusing the Russian government, Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and transparency activist group WikiLeaks of conspiring to steal an election.
The suit confirms that after more than a year, special counsel Robert Mueller still hasn't amassed the evidence required for a successful criminal prosecution, requiring proof "beyond a reasonable doubt." A civil suit lowers that bar to "a preponderance of the evidence."
But even that's a long shot. The only credible evidence produced so far implicates only the Trump campaign, not the other two defendants, and only to the same extent that it likewise implicates the Clinton campaign.
That is, both campaigns admittedly tried to tap "Kremlin-connected" sources (defined as "anyone who's ever been in Moscow") for dirt on their opponents. Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer in hopes of getting the goods on Hillary Clinton. The Clinton campaign commissioned a British former spy to work his Russian regime sources for salacious tidbits on Trump the Elder.
Central to the suit's claims is alleged "Russian hacking" of the DNC's servers, followed by an embarrassing release of emails showing, among other things, attempts by DNC to rig the 2016 primaries in favor of Clinton and against her main…


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Samson Young - Sonata for Smoke at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Dates: Sep 16, 2022 through Apr 09, 2023
Samson Young: Sonata for Smoke at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Video may be viewed in Gallery 301. Admission is FREE! See website for more info.
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St Louis Art Museum | 314-721-0072 | Website
The St. Louis Art Museum is located in Forest Park in St. Louis Missouri and admission is FREE every day. The museum holds pieces of art from almost every time period and culture and is considered to be one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museum. Special exhibits are featured throughout the year. On Fridays, the Museum has extended hours and admission to the featured exhibitions is FREE!
Daily Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-5pm; Friday, 10am-9pm; Closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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This album shows some of the loose opals I've produced here at Petros Rocks. Each thumb-nail below will open up a gallery for that particular stone. The paragraph by the side gives it's ID (the PR…number) and a little information about the stone. If you'd like more info about the opal, please feel free to contact me with the ID of the stone and any questions. Thanks.
Weight 2.3 ct, size 15 x 8 x 3mm solid opal.
From Diggers Gully, Coober Pedy, rolling red flash, mainly reds, some orange, yellow, green and blue.
Crystal rainbow opal doublet with black agate back.
red and green doublet with black agate back.
Weight 1.65 ct, size 12 x 10mm and between 2 - 1.5mm deep solid opal.
This piece of Coober Pedy crystal opal I did enjoy working on. It's around 14mm x 6.4mm, 2 - 1.6 mm deep and weighs 1.1 carats.


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I can't recall a time in which I ever anticipated a MAC collection so much. RiRi ♥ MAC Summer is a fairly small collection which consists of five items-a rose gold lustre drop (Barbados Girl), a powder blush duo (Hibiscus Kiss), and three of the most scrumptious lip colors I have ever laid eyes on (RiRi Woo, RiRi Boy, Heaux).
I decided to skip on the lustre drops and the powder blush duo, even if they were undeniably gorgeous and highly coveted. It was really the lipsticks I was after. And even though the online ordering process was one I hope to never relive again, I dare to say it was well worth it because the RiRi Woo, RiRi Boy, and Heaux lipsticks are everything, and more!
L-R: RiRi Woo, RiRi Boy, Heaux-Loving the signature on the lipsticks!
RiRi Woo: Cool Red. I originally missed out on this lipstick when it first debuted a couple of months ago, and I am really glad that I got another opportunity to obtain it. If you are a fan of crisp and clean classic reds, RiRi Woo won't disappoint. Since it's release, RiRi Woo has been highly compared to MAC's Ruby Woo lipstick, which I happen to have in my collection. Although they may look similar-and perhaps they are, I think each lipstick has it's own unique attribute that differentiates it from the other. For starters, texture. RiRi Woo has a much smoother texture than Ruby Woo's stiffer one. And in my eyes, RiRi Woo is much cooler tone whereas Ruby Woo is warmer.
RiRi Boy: Cool Lavender. I have always admired the beauty of a purple lip color, even though they are usually out of my comfort zone. But when I first laid eyes on RiRi Boy, it was then and there that I decided to finally break out of my shell and give purple a try. Surprisingly enough, I think RiRi Boy is actually quite a flattering color on me, and I really enjoy it. Along with the dominant purple tone, I also see that this lip color contains a subtle pink hint, which makes it a bit more easily wearable for me. I can honestly say that this lipstick has given me a new-found confidence to rock a purple lip with pride, and I can't wait to experiment with other purple lipsticks.
Heaux: Deep Berry Red. I don't think I own a berry red that's as beautiful and striking as this one. The berry red color is super rich, and it definitely makes me feel glamorous when I have it on. I am really going to have a lot of fun sporting Heaux in the cooler months, as I think it makes for a gorgeous autumn/winter lip color.
All three lipsticks contain a retro matte formula, and besides the little bit of tugging I experienced, application went fairly well for the most part. These lipsticks went on nicely, and they each provided a beautiful and opaque color payoff. I have to admit though, my lips have been going through a really good stage lately. They are much softer and not as dry like they usually are. But if your lips do happen to be on the drier side, I strongly recommend properly exfoliating and moisturizing lips prior to application to obtain the smoothest looking results.
I really like that these lipsticks don't feel heavy on, or are extremely drying on the lips like most mattes are. So refreshing! Because of their matte texture, these lipsticks do very well when it comes to longevity. I can get 5-6 hours of full on lip color wear, before I start to see some fading happen.
Did you pick up anything from the RiRi ♥ MAC Summer collection? What do you all think of RiRi Woo, RiRi Boy, and Heaux?
RiRi Boy is arriving at my doorstep today. It looks great on you! I hope it is as flattering on me.
Thanks, CC! I hope you enjoy RiRi Boy as much as I do. It's gorgeous!
OMG WOW!!!! These shades are really gorgeous! i don't think I've been this excited about a MAC lipstick collection in awhile! The shades look awesome on you!!


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Jan Frans Simons (Antwerpen, 5 september 1855 – Brasschaat, 21 februari 1919) was een Belgische kunstschilder en etser van genretaferelen, stadsgezichten, interieurs, figuren en portretten.

Levensloop
Jan Frans Simons kon als jongeling het tekenen niet laten en droomde ervan om kunstenaar te worden.  Als 14-jarige maakte hij zijn eerste portretje in olieverf, namelijk van zijn vader.  Met overtuiging en karakter maakte hij in het Museum voor Schone Kunsten te Antwerpen een kopie van 'La vierge au perroquet' van P. P. Rubens. In 1879 debuteerde de toen 24-jarige kunstenaar op een tentoonstelling te Antwerpen met 'Jo, haar lieveling', een werk dat een jonge boerenvrouw voorstelt die een kalfje te drinken brengt.  Het werd zowel op bittere kritiek als op zeer verdienstelijke complimenten onthaald.  Met een verscheidenheid aan anekdotische volkse taferelen is Jan Frans Simons het meest gekend.  Wij vermelden onder meer: De Ossenkoers, De Processie te Brasschaat, Het Werkongeval, De Varkensslachter en De Congolezen.  Zijn oeuvre bevat met De wilden, De beschaafden en De dieren ook een drieluik.

Het doek 'Onverwachte verfrissing' werd in München wel gesmaakt, en genoot zoveel bijval dat het in tal van kunstuitgaven werd afgebeeld.  Jan Frans Simons was lid van talrijke kunstkringen, en behaalde met zijn werk ook talrijke prijzen.  De werken van Simons, waaronder verscheidene van ontegensprekelijk kunstwaarde, verschenen op allerlei tentoonstellingen en medailles volgden elkaar op.  Het Geschot - medaille in Parijs, Zien of Jan niet liegt - medaille in München, De Wijnoogst - werd behoorlijk in Barcelona onthaald, Korenbloemen en de Overwinnaar van de Ossenkoers behaalden medailles in Port-Adelaîde.  Op 28 april 1906 werd hij als Ridder in de Leopoldsorde gehuldigd.

Literatuur
Vlaamsch en Vrij, 21 juli 1895
De Ware Vriend, 1 september 1923
Van en over de 'XX' en 'La Libre Esthétique', 1966, Koninklijk Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
De Graef, Nos Artistes de Anversois
Oeuvrecatalogus, februari 2019

Musea
Antwerpen Letterenhuis (AMVC)
Antwerpen Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Antwerpen Stedelijk Prentenkabinet
Doornik Museum voor Schone Kunsten

Naslagwerken
Bénézit 1966
Berko 1981
Piron 1999

Belgisch kunstschilder