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Digital Trend | Project Life Journaling Cards

The digi stores are absolutely bursting with new Project Life journaling cards in both 3×4 and 4×6 sizes. Let’s go take a look at some of the newest ones I’ve found! They are so numerous I will probably be back with even more in the next week or so.

Designer Digitals

At Designer Digitals, Katie Pertiet, Ali Edwards and Cathy Zielske all have brand-new journal cards. Katie’s two sets include a fun and bright set of eight travel-themed cards and a gorgeous krafty set of weekly journalers. Cathy’s cards feature grids and diagonals and phrases in a mustard/gray color set. Ali’s cards are heart and love themed and some include her signature handwriting.

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Digital Trends | Snowflakes

With the winter weather upon many of us, digital scrapbooking designers are making sure that we have a lot of new fun products to play with. There are some gorgeous new snowflake-themed products out right now and I can’t wait to show them to you. Let’s go take a look at some of them!

The Digichick

Guest designer, 2am Designs, has just released two beautiful new products at The Digichick. The first kit includes five gorgeous papers with an artsy flair and wintery motif with numerous falling snowflake scenes, plus 2 painted base papers. The second kit includes 34 versatile and fun elements, including numerous lovely snowflakes that will help you add a touch of color to your winter pages.

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Digital Trends | School Kits

School is starting all across the country and digital designers have been very busy making sure that we have new back-to-school kits. I’m not sure when I’ve seen this many new school collections at one time, and they are all fantastic! Let’s go take a look at just a few of the newest collections.

Designer Digitals

At Designer Digitals, Katie Pertiet has just released two new school-themed collections, one classic bright collection and one for vintage fans. Her “School Mates Kit” includes bright primary colors and loads of fun and whimsical stickers and characters. Her “Lesson Book Kit”  includes an old schoolhouse collection of papers, flowers, frames, labels and oodles of other embellishments. Both of these kits are just part of larger collections that you can find at Designer Digitals.

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Digital Designer | Krista Sahlin

Meet the Designer | I am happy to introduce you to a wonderful digital designer – Krista Sahlin. Krista is the designer behind Sahlin Studio. I have admired Krista’s work for a while now, and I hope you enjoy getting to know her too!

Krista’s Life & Scrapbooking History | Krista lives in Minnesota with her husband and two children. Her husband is an “IT guy” – which really helps in her line of work as a digital designer. Her children are “wonderful and rambunctious kiddos” and you can almost feel her smile as she describes them. Krista considers herself  “an avid memory keeper” and has combined her love of digital scrapbooking with her newer love of designing. She loves designing and finds it “incredibly surreal and such an honor that people use my designs to help capture their most treasured of memories.” Continue Reading →

Digital Trends | Summer Word Art

With school out and summer in full swing everywhere, it’s no surprise that digital designers are busting out their summer best. Summer-themed word art is everywhere right now – in so many colors, designs, and styles. Come and have a look at just a few of the newest ones in the digital world!

Sweet Shoppe Designs

Eva Kipler at Sweet Shoppe Designs has just released a new “Be Defined” collection of word art. Both of her new sets include eight digital scrapbooking definition word art stamps. Each title is fully customizable, and can be resized and recolored to coordinate with any layout.

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Digital Trends | 3 x 4 Journaling Cards

As we get closer and closer to the mid-point of the year, Project Life continues to be everywhere. And 3 x 4 digital journaling cards are the hot item right now. New offerings keep the interest level high and there are some great ones this week. Check these out!

Designer Digitals

Designer Digitals has multiple new journaling cards out this week, including releases from Katie Pertiet, Studio Double D, and Cathy Zielske.

Katie’s newest addition to her Rainbow series includes 32 3 x 4 journal cards labeled with the days of the week and adorable stitching.

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May The 4th Be With You

May 3 & 4 – Movie Marathon

In 9 locations across New Zealand all six films from the epic space saga return to cinemas in Digital 2D. Tickets now on sale, there are prizes for ‘best dressed’, including the chance to win a trip for two to the Star Wars Celebration in California next year. Check out facebook.com/StarWars.AUNZ for more details on how to win and to purchase tickets.

On Saturday, May 3rd:
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

On Sunday, May 4th:
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

May the 4th kicks off a season of celebration, particularly since the month of May has always been important to Star Wars fans. The six live-action movies of the Star Wars saga debuted in May (starting with the original Star Wars on May 25th, 1977) and this year, principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII will commence in May. The month also includes George Lucas’s birthday (May 14, 1944), and had been the traditional start date of the popular Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World Resort.

For more information on the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, April 16-19, 2015, head to: www.starwarscelebration.com

Movie Marathon Locations:
Auckland: Event Cinemas Albany, Hoyts Cinemas Sylvia Park.
Hamilton: Hoyts Cinemas Te Awa
Wellington: Event Cinemas Embassy Theatre.
Christchurch: Hoyts Cinemas Riccarton
Dunedin: Rialto Cinemas
Tauranga: Bay City Cinemas
Palmerston North: Downtown Cinemas
Nelson: State Cinemas Nelson

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NZ feature for multiplatform release

Stray Cinema, 16 September 2014: In a world first, the feature film SUNDAY will open across Cinemas, Television, the Internet (VOD), DVD and Airlines at the same time. This will enable everyone in the world to have the choice as to when, where and how they want to watch it, without restrictions.

Usually access is restricted to cinema before slowing being released onto the other platforms.

“Everyone likes to complain about piracy, but instead of joining in, we want to do something about it” says Michelle Joy Lloyd, Director, Producer and Distributor of SUNDAY.

The filmmakers are crowdfunding on SparkMyPotential.co.nz to support this world first distribution strategy.

“We are committed to letting you watch this film when you want, where you want, on whatever platform you want. Actually we think people should be able to watch all films in that way, but they currently can’t” says Michelle.

SUNDAY is an independent feature film set in Christchurch, New Zealand one year after the devastating earthquakes.

It is a story about a couple who are having a baby, but are no longer together. After years of history and months of separation Charlie (Dustin Clare) and Eve (Camille Keenan) have 24 hours in Christchurch to find out whether they have a future together.

There will be cinema screenings in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland on the day of release, with a live Q&A where viewers around the world will be able to tweet in their questions. The filmmakers will also participate in Q&A’s across the country to add value to cinema screenings.

“We want to hand the power back to you our audience and push the boundaries of a distribution system we feel is broken. We want to prove what is possible for an independent film release, but we need your help to make it happen.” Says Michelle.

Supporters can pledge via http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/sunday


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On Jellyfish

Submitted by Catherine Schmitt on Fri, 07/18/2014 - 09:35

News media and Sea Grant’s coastal correspondents (a.k.a. the Marine Extension Team) have been reporting jellyfish sightings along the coast, from Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay to Frenchman Bay.

I saw them, too—a parade of moon jellies moving up the Damariscotta River.
The tide was going out and the jellies were coming in, one after another pulsating toward head of tide.

Learning about river herring in Downeast Maine

Submitted by Chris Bartlett on Tue, 07/01/2014 - 12:42

 I had the pleasure of assisting the town of Pembroke, Maine with monitoring alewife and blueback herring this spring. These two fish species are jointly known as river herring. They migrate from the ocean to spawn in Maine’s freshwater lakes and rivers during the months of May and June. Alewife and bluebacks are primarily harvested for lobster bait as well as for human consumption and currently sell for $25 per bushel.


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King Jewelers in International Plaza, Florida

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Gregory J. Nickels (former Mayor)

SUBJECT: Weatherization program keeps low-income residents warm

1/14/2009  1:30:00 PM

Weatherization program keeps low-income residents warm
HomeWise improves energy-efficiency, saves money and reduces carbon footprint

Weatherization  program keeps low-income residents warm, January 14, 2009

SEATTLE – Mayor Greg Nickels today highlighted a city program that helps low-income Seattle residents improve their homes’ energy-efficiency, saving them money while keeping them warm. The effort also helps shrink the city’s carbon footprint.

“Some residents, particularly the elderly living on fixed incomes, feel the impact of high utility bills more than others,” said Nickels. “These weatherization services ensure folks don’t have to suffer through the cold days because they can’t afford to heat their homes.”

Administered by the Office of Housing, the HomeWise Weatherization program offers qualifying residents free services, including: air sealing, insulation, venting, weatherstripping, and other energy conservation-related repairs. These improvements can translate into safer and healthier homes, as well as lower energy bills.

In 2008, the city of Seattle committed $2.72 million to weatherize 877 Seattle low-income homes through the weatherization program – saving Seattle City Light 2.32 million kWh – enough electricity to power 232 average Seattle households. The energy savings also reduced CO2 emissions by an estimated 1,393 metric tons, equivalent to taking 255 cars off the road.

This year, the HomeWise budget is about $4.7 million – almost double the 2008 budget, thanks to increased investments from the state and federal government. HomeWise hopes to reach 1,000 homes this year.

A broad range of people, from retirees living on fixed incomes, to grocery store clerks, nurses and those working in the retail sector, are eligible for weatherization services.

Income limits vary depending on household size and whether the home has gas, oil, or electric heat. For example, the annual household income limit for a home with electric heat must be below about $43,000 for a single person, or about $49,000 for a two-person household. Income limits for homes with gas or oil heat are much lower.

Today Nickels visited the home of 80-year-old Evelyn Wong. Last summer, Wong received much needed improvements to the home where she’s lived for 50 years.

“I'm so pleased with the services of this program. I hope other seniors will take advantage of it, too,” said Wong. “The temperature in my home used to stay in the 50s. Instead of leaving the heat on to stay warm, I would just wear two pairs of pants and three tops at a time. Now, even without the heat on, all of the rooms in my home remain above 60 degrees.”

Using state-of-the art equipment, HomeWise property rehabilitation specialist Barry Henderson conducted an energy analysis of Wong’s home, then recommended a conservation package.

A private contractor completed the improvements to the home, including insulation, a new fan in the bathroom to eliminate excess moisture and prevent mold, weatherstripping of the doors, two carbon monoxide monitors, CFL light bulbs, and a new replacement for her 60-year old freezer. These services, totaling over $9,000, were completed at no cost to Wong.

“While a properly weatherized house provides a safe and healthy environment for the current residents, it also preserves our housing stock, ensuring future residents will have a healthy home,” said Adrienne Quinn, director of the Office of Housing. “Plus, the increased energy efficiency is a benefit to our environment and our entire community.”

Interested homeowners should call the Office of Housing at (206) 684-0244 to talk to an outreach representative.

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Health Care Costs Examined at Capitol

AUSTIN - The Finance Subcommittee on Rising Health Care Costs heard today that new demands are being placed on the Texas budget .

Don Gilbert with the Health and Human Services Commission briefed the committee on the increasing demands on the state's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He said that each month, more than 30 thousand new children are enrolled, creating a higher caseload than originally anticipated. Assuming that costs remain constant, he estimated that the program is 40 to 50 million dollars short. He added that they are looking for other sources of revenue for the program and is optimistic that they can be found and that there are no plans to change the enrollment process or benefits.

Sheila Beckett, Executive Director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, spoke on how ERS is administering its health programs for state employees, state retirees, and many higher education employees. More than 500 thousand participants are in those plans. She also briefed the senators on the details of the current state health plan, including the problems the state's HMO, HealthSelect Plus, is having. Like others, it currently loses money.

James Sarver, of the University of Texas and Steve Hassel, from Texas A&M, spoke regarding the costs of employee health insurance at the two largest state university systems. Both institutions are asking employees to pick up a larger share of the costs through higher copays rather than higher monthly premiums. Other problems include the ever-increasing cost of prescription drugs.

Charles Dunlap of the Teacher Retirement System spoke on the challenges facing his agency administering the new statewide health care system for teachers approved by the 77th Legislature. Applications are now being received for this program, with about 20 thousand accepted by the system so far.

The Texas Senate Finance Subcommittee on Rising Health Care Costs will have one more meeting for public and invited testimony at a date to be announced later. The subcommittee is chaired by Senator Robert Duncan of Lubbock. Members include senators Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin, Troy Fraser of Horseshoe Bay, Steve Ogden of Bryan, Todd Staples of Palestine, Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi, and Judith Zaffirini of Laredo. The subcommittee recessed subject to call of the chair.

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Ethics and Transportation Legislation Passed, Session Ends with Filibuster

Austin -- An ethics bill previously thought to be dead was revived and passed unanimously by the Senate. Houston Senator Rodney Ellis said that the conference committee's version of HB 1606 is stronger than the version the Senate approved on Thursday.

Among the provisions added by the Senate-House conference committee is the mandatory disclosure of legal referral fees by state officers and employees based by dollar amount ranges. Another provision would require certain municipal officers, school district trustees, and trustees of all port and sports authorities to disclose personal financial statements annually.

Additionally, anyone filing for state political offices would have to report all cash on hand under HB 1606. The conference committee on HB 1606 agreed that candidates for office should have to disclose the names of all contributors who donate more than $500 to their political campaigns, that's down from the current limit of $1000.

The Senate also approved transportation legislation presented by Bryan Senator Steve Ogden, which would create the Trans-Texas Corridor. The 4,000 mile transportation corridor would consist of toll and non-toll roads, passenger and freight lines and public utilities designed to reduce road congestion.

Today's fifteen hour session ended with a filibuster by Dallas Senator Royce West.

A filibuster is a delay tactic enabling a Senator is able to speak endlessly on a bill without yielding the floor. Senate rules dictate that a member must stand upright at his/her own desk and remain on topic while speaking.

West spoke on SB 86 for the last two and a half hours because he did not agree with amendments the House added to the bill by San Antonio Senator Jeff Wentworth.

The original version of Wentworth's SB 86 required students in the top ten percent of their graduating class to take a recommended high school curriculum to be eligible for automatic admission to a state university. An amendment to the bill would have allowed universities to deny admission to any of those students once sixty percent of the spaces allotted for incoming resident freshmen were filled.

Several of West's colleagues assisted in suffocating the legislation, including Senators Eliot Shapleigh, Rodney Ellis, Leticia Van de Putte and Juan Hinojosa. The bill died at 12:01 a.m.

The Senate will reconvene Monday, June 2, 2003 at 10:00 a.m.

Session video and all other Senate webcast recordings can be accessed from the Senate website's Audio/Video Archive.


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Desert Heights (Twentynine Palms, California, US - 92277)
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medical technology – SheBytes Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:03:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Technology in Hospitals: “Smart” Surgery is Possible with iKnife Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:16:17 +0000 iknife

Could a new smart surgery tool called the iKnife help save the lives of patients with cancer?

Surgery and other medical processes are getting more advanced by the day, but a new knife takes the cake when it comes to “smart” tools in a hospital setting. According to reports on Mashable, and inventor at the Imperial College London is developing a tool known as iKnife, which is able to detect if a surgeon is cutting cancerous cells. As far as technology in hospitals goes, this is pretty cool because doctors will get real-time feedback instead of having to wait for biopsy results.

In many types of cancer, patients are treated initially by a surgeon removing cancerous tumors. However, it can sometimes be difficult to tell what is tumor and what is not.  The typical process is to send the removed tumor to a lab to analyze the edges so doctors know if they got all the cancerous cells or missed some, but this process takes at least 30 minutes, all while the patient is open on the surgical table. Doctors often remove more tissue than necessary to ensure they get it all the first time, rather than having to wait an addition 30 minutes to study a second piece of tissue. With iKnife, doctors get feedback in about three seconds. How’s that for smart surgery?!

And keep in mind that the 30 minute time frame is the best case scenario. When is the last time you saw a doctor for any reason and they weren’t running late? From personal experience, I can tell you that hospitals are usually backed up, so unless your appointment is first thing in the morning, you’re probably going to wait. The same thing happens in the labs–work gets backed up and patients are open on the table a lot longer than they should be.

The iKnife works by analyzing the smoke that all electrosurgical knives produce. It will tell a doctor when to keep cutting to remove the cancer and when to stop to minimize remove of healthy cells. In an initial test of 91 tissue sames, the iKnife was right 100% of the time. The university is now seeking to do clinical trials to move this tool one step closer to mainstream use in hospitals around the world.

The biggest downside of iKnife is the cost. At approximately $380,000 per unit, these aren’t cheap. However, the iKnife technology has applications outside of just detecting cancer cells. It also has the potential to tell the difference between different types of meat, identify bacteria types in tissue, determining if a tissue has bad blood supply, and more. This means that the technology could be commercialized in the near future–and if that is the case, the price tag will likely drop.

Of course, with any new medical technology, there’s a good chance this project will hit some bumps on the road before ever making it to the market. More testing has to be done before it can be deemed significantly effective enough for hospitals to make the purchase, even at a lower price point. But this is a project worth watching if you’re interested in healthcare technology. With any luck, the iKnife or projects like it will be helping surgeons save lives in the not-too-distant future.

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terabyte – SheBytes http://www.shebytes.com Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:03:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 SheBytes Bytes: Breaking Down the “Byte” http://www.shebytes.com/shebytes-bytesbreaking-down-the-byte/ http://www.shebytes.com/shebytes-bytesbreaking-down-the-byte/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:45:47 +0000 http://www.shebytes.com/?p=1908

SheBytes on Bytes.  We break it down!  The world around us is filled to the brim with techie jargon. It’s hard to have a conversation today where someone isn’t talking technology.

Common phrases include:

  • “Do you think BBM is better than iMessenger?”
  • “I just got VOIP!”
  • “Is Google + still in Beta?”
  • “You can now get one gig for next to nothing”

It is beyond the scope of this sole post to inform and explain all of these different areas of technology; which is ultimately the goal of all of SheBytes. That being said, one of the most crucial things to have a firm grasp of, to have an intelligent tech conversation today, is the concept of memory storage.

Incidentally, the blog you are reading right now; SheBytes itself is closely related to memory:

The Bytes portion of SheBytes is more than just a cute and clever play off of the word bite. A byte is “a unit of digital information, in computing”.

An awesome article from Jamesshuggins.com breaks down the most important measurements of memory. I highlight the cool and crucial facts with an example of storage capability for each, below:

  • Byte: One character
  • Kilobyte (kB): 1 thousand (1,000) bytes: One joke
  • Megabyte (MB): 1 million (1,000,000) bytes: One small novel
  • Gigabyte (GB): 1 billion (1,000,000,000) bytes: One broadcast quality movie
  • Terabyte (TB): 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes: 50,000 trees made into paper and printed on

So, the next time you hear somebody talking about the rapid developments in memory storage, don’t be afraid to chime in!

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Kamella, Kamella

Poem by Shira, Artwork by William M. Smith

Kamella, Kamella,
The camel so fair
Had lovely long lashes
And beautiful hair.

Oh, all the male camels
Fell into a trance
Enthralled and absorbed
At the sight of her dance.

She danced through the desert,
Her hump it did sway,
And wiggle and shimmy--
Throughout the long day.

The music, it made her
So light on her feet,
You'd think she was floating
In time to the beat.

Her eyelids were lined
With the blackest of kohl,
And her hump undulated
With her belly roll.

Kamella was graceful,
And slinky, and sleek,
No wonder she captured
The heart of the sheikh!

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Which came first--the picture of Kamella or the poem? Read on, and be enlightened!

Shira's beloved husband, Bill Smith, indulged a request from her by drawing a cartoon of a belly dancing camel. Shira was delighted, and decided to put it somewhere here on this web site. So she scanned it, and as she was doing the touch-ups her friends Morocco and Mara Of The Nile urged her to add the headdress, lipstick, and earring. Now that the camel was ready to put online, she needed a name, and Morocco suggested "Kamella".

A few days later, out of the blue, Shira turned to Bill and started to recite, "Kamella, Kamella, the camel so fair..." Then she thought a moment and added, "Had lovely long lashes and beautiful hair." He then responded with, "She danced through the desert, her hump it did sway." Of course, Shira immediately had to grab pen and paper so she could write all of that down! A couple of days later, on April 28, 1998, Kamella came fully to life in the form of this final poem.

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About The Poet and Artist

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Shira, also known as Julie Anne Elliot, has been writing poetry ever since she was about 12 years old. Her poems have been published in several "small press" poetry journals. At age 21, she wrote her first French-language poem: Le Voile De La Nuit.

Every now and then, she feels the uncontrollable urge to write something that's utterly silly, and she has found that when that happens, the safest thing to do is go with it. Hence, this little specimen of doggerel.

Shira first started learning Middle Eastern dance in 1981. Dance has been her inspiration, her avenue to making friends in a new community after relocating, and her escape from her "day job" of being a professional Silicon Valley computer nerd.

Bill Smith, who would probably prefer not to be called Mr. Shira even though he is married to her, is a mathemagician. (Imagine someone who has a Ph.D. in mathematics with a sense of playfulness and humor about it....) He likes to pass time in restaurants waiting for his food by doodling. He used to doodle cartoons of snails to please his favorite wife (yes, there's a story behind that!), but recently she asked him to try a camel, and this is the result.

Unfortunately, Bill doesn't share his wife's passion for belly dancing, and sometimes feels like a belly dancing widower. He'd much rather cut a rug with her doing just plain old social dancing at a local club.

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268Qiagen (QGEN), about 9%. >> VENLO, The Netherlands , November 28, 2011 /Ptuck-12/5/2011
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263Amgen (AMGN) 2% all from R&D. Not clear yet if other divisions will also setuck-10/19/2011
262Array BioPharma Announces Restructuring Aligning Resources with Clinical Prograsim1-6/13/2011
261<i>Cancer drug companies SuperGen, Astex to merge in cash, stock deal</Steve Lokness-4/7/2011
260Another much deeper swing of the axe at Myrexis (MYRX): 41% investors.myrexis.ctuck-3/29/2011
259Roche to lay off 6300. They also terminate their partnership with ALNY. ALNY spgo-neil-11/21/2010
258>> But how much experience does Scangos have in restructuring a company antuck-11/10/2010
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It is often said that the pathway to hell is paved with good intentions. The Welfare State was intended to insure everyone against ill-health and destitution throughout sickness, unemployment and old age. Unfortunately when the Labour Party set up its scheme to look after everyone from the cradle to the grave, it introduced a fatal flaw.

Welfare payments and especially State pensions were never intended to be gratuitous hand-outs from the government, but rather, were meant to be a "right", purchased week by week by a stamp or contribution collected directly from all wages in the form of taxes or National Insurance.

The big mistake the Labour Party made was to include all these stamps and National Insurance contributions in general taxation to pay for the here and now rather than the dim and distant future. The sums collected were never allocated to be invested and to accumulate to look after the needs of the contributers in illness and old age. Instead it was fondly imagined that general taxation would always be able to pay the costs of each generation's demands from the Welfare State.

Unfortunately, successive Labour and Tory governments did not calculate for a generation game where the numbers of sick, disabled, disadvantaged and aged exceeded the numbers of young healthy adults who were destined to shoulder the burden.

The Labour Party faced a stark choice, either to organise a complete socialist revolutionary re-distribution of wealth from the rich to the poor, to deal with community need, or to dismantle a Welfare State that the Anglo-British State could no longer afford. The Labour Party in debt to rich backers and corporate interests decided to destroy the Welfare State.

Already, Tory Blair and the Labour Party are back-paying the business interests that bankrolled his party’s victory in the last General Election. No one should therefore be surprised by the extraordinary number of business leaders heading up Labour government-backed committees and working parties. Small wonder that Peter Davies "The man from the Pru" is in charge of the Welfare to Work Task Force, and Martin Taylor, Chief Executive at Barclay’s Bank is Chairman of the government's review of the Tax and Benefit System. In theory, the Tories are out of power, in practice, the same Tories are as much in control under New Labour as they ever were under the Conservative Party.

Siol nan Gaidheal will thus continue to highlight the betrayal under trust that characterises the modern New Labour Party. A party which once protected the poor and weak in our society, but now drools with the same acquisitive power-lust as the old totalitarian Tory hierarchies with their rich-bitch, public school, sleaze-filled fantasies.

The Labour Party in Government has quite voluntarily been corrupted by the champagne-swilling financial speculators that make up the City of London. This cancerous cosmopolitan growth, loyal only to the acultural and usury-obsessed global elite, feeds like a leech on the wealth and energy of all parts of the British Isles, oil-rich Scotland being foremost amongst these. Small wonder then that there are no resources left for social welfare in New Labour’s "Brave New England".

Scotland must cut itself free from an England riddled with the liberal capitalist sickness of so-called Third Way "realism" and do so before the Scottish people become an under-class in a country still rich in natural and human-developed resources.

Scotland, unlike over-populated England has the essential elements for prosperity with a small population and a sustainable oil-rich, agricultural and technology-based economic infrastructure. There is no need whatever in an Independent Scotland to follow the New Labour Party doctrine of dismantling the Welfare State.

Scotland under devolution is, unfortunately, likely to list badly, if not sink altogether in the ocean of unfettered economic competition, if we do not take full control over macro-economic, fiscal and social welfare matters in our country. Until we break free in the lifeboat that is Independence, we in Scotland will have to look after the welfare of the most disadvantaged sections of our society within unnecessarily limited parameters. We must take back the means to realise our full potential, including that of supporting responsibly and compassionately those among our people most vulnerable to the vagaries of a wholly self-serving and indifferent global economic system.

Siol nan Gaidheal is thus pledged to encouraging Scottish self-help and national self-reliance. We will therefore continue to campaign for the re-establishment of State responsibility relinquished by the traitorous Labour Party for the care of our elderly, our sick, our unemployed and all the helpless and forgotten sons and daughters of Scotland. Let the cynics sneer at the model of clan and filial solidarity alluded to here. Their constituency invariably goes no further than their self-obsessed selves, ours on the other hand unashamedly embraces the natural community of Nation.

No one in the potentially dark days of the coming millenium will look after anyone else save themselves. The future is increasingly likely to be an economic free-for-all without any real safety net for those unable to pay for basic health, housing and educational provision. It is therefore paramount that we in Scotlland bind together in patriotic organisations such as Siol nan Gaidheal to reassert national solidarity and obtain vindication of national rights in the face of inept government capitulation to tentacular, multinational liberal capitalism and all its ideological undermining of social solidarity. A creed which considers the most vulnerable in our country to be a mere set of "non-contributory" statistics. A state in which Siol nan Gaidheal plays a leading structural role will not tolerate such inequity towards valued members of our ethnic and cultural community. Welfare will therefore continue to be the State's prerogative and responsibility. As a society, we cannot let our own suffer poverty, illness or unfulfilled educational potential because of the insiduous dictates of faceless little accountants employed by multinational corporations which in the final analysis amount, culturally, to little more than terminally corrupt shopkeepers and sock-sellers.

Let them rest assured that we will not allow their squalid, market-stall writ run in the affairs of a fully independent, socially provident Scotland.

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'Gratitude' the @PoshLifeEvents Way

Saturday afternoon I made my way to The Grid for the Posh Entertainment "Gratitude" day party.

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As a way of saying thanks and showing their gratitude for all of the support, Posh nixed the cover so it was Free 99 all day. As we all know, anything that's free has the potential to bring out the goons, but Posh has managed to cultivate a nice crowd over the past year. Thus, while it was packed tight inside The Grid, it was crammed with the creme de la cream of young, black professionals.

As always, DJ Jay iLLa delighted on the 1s and 2s and I was pleased with the level of service The Grid staff provided. River North spots can be hit or miss with their treatment of minorities, and let's be honest.. they're usually wack, so it's always refreshing to get a nice level of service, as anyone should receive.

As the spring inches its way closer and closer, I think Posh will remain their tight hold on the day party scene. Their events always have the right mix of music, scenery, and organization... but they tend to draw a slightly uptight, stuffy crowd. The 'Gratitude' party gave me hope that everyone is taking strides towards loosening up a bit and having more fun.

I'll definitely be at the next event.

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For the 2nd time in a few days I’ve received a press release touting how a company is offering the “only solution”. Here’s a snip of what I’ve recently read:
This launch enhances COMPANY NAME’s unique position as the only provider of appliance, software and on-demand delivered security solutions for the SME market.
I’m sure the company and it’s PR team meant well. But when a company says they are the ONLY provider of such a solution I’m VERY, VERY skeptical. You should be too.
There are many times when a provider can say we are the only provider of this feature, this way and be right about it. When IBM first launched its Thinkpad that sensed a fast fall and would lock the hard disk to prevent damage, maybe they could have claimed they were the only provider doing so.
But when a software company says we’re the only one that offers this speed or something else, like the above press release it’s probably a HUGE exaggeration (or a lie).
If you get a sales pitch – listen to the sales pitch but ask hard questions and ask an object expert what they think.

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HP ePrint & UPS Combine To Help On The Road Business Professionals Be More Productive

I’ve covered HP ePrint’s technology enabling smartphones to print files to any ePrint enabled devices. These new devices (and upgraded devices) are directly connected to the Internet and have email addresses.

Today HP announced that more than 4,300 The UPS Store locations nationwide are now a part of the HP ePrint Public Print Locations. So you’re in Kansas City, Los Angeles or some small town in Oklahoma (nod to Becky McCray author of Small Town Rules) and you need to print a document that’s on your smartphone (or your notebook computer) simply EMAIL the document to one of the HP ePrint Public printers and pick it up.

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Customers can geolocate the nearest The UPS Store location and then submit a print job to receive a simple and secure retrieval code. Upon arrival at The UPS Store location, the customer provides the retrieval code to a store associate, who will print the documents. Users also can print documents multiple times over a seven-day period using the same secure retrieval code.

“By offering HP ePrint services through The UPS Store network, mobile workers now have the ability to be as productive on the road as they are in the office,” said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president, Managed Enterprise Solutions, Printing and Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP ePrint is a great example of the cloud enabling customer-driven innovation for greater access to information, no matter where you are.”

Here’s what I suggest? Download the HP ePrint Service app to your phone NOW, so when you need to print and you’re away from the office – you can do it.

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Delicious Southern barbecue and toe-tappin' bluegrass music. The two seem to go together like Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner did in the 1960s. You'll get plenty of your favorite down-home delicacies and roots music to boot at the annual Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival at Dollywood. The festival was traditionally offered in the fall, but this year, it will fit in nicely with the awesome spring we've been having this year. The dates are May 26 through June 10.

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Petition Village

In China, local governments can often be corrupt, but you can’t bring them to court. You have to go through a long, painful bureaucratic process called “petitioning.” Some camp for years in a makeshift “petition village”, awaiting their chance at justice. Qi and her daughter Juan, just two petitioners out of millions, give everything up to find justice. The audio from this story is taken from the documentary Petition, by Zhao Liang.

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author's note:This novel has a soundtrack.

The overall theme song for the story is Home In The Woods by Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons. Each main setting where events unfold has its own theme song from the soundtrack; some events and main characters also have their own theme song.
The soundtrack is the timeline – the chronology of events

the theme song from the soundtrack for the first chapter is Riddles & Lies by Danny Schmidt www.dannyschmidt.com

"When the light hits me just right and brings a smile to your lips, tell me …and let me taste it."

Vivien would gaze out the windows…the doors…the skylights…ever hopeful, ever watchful for the slightest glimpse of Lancelot’s distinctive shape and coloring in the skies above. So many shadows would swoop into view and her eyes would hungrily follow the soaring movement, only to reveal an imposter or an illusion.

She’d found the wounded osprey in a top corner of the nursery/infirmary at her parents’ wildlife rehabilitation center. Somehow, he’d managed to find his way into the building and up into the rafters, 30 feet in the air, with a broken wing. He was scared and would allow no human within ten feet of his corner yet somehow he knew this was where he needed to be.

Vivien nimbly climbed up the rafters and across the beams she used to play on as a young girl. She tried to bring help to him. His eyes never let go their lock on her movement. And it was his eyes, with an almost imperceptible but unmistakable fire that warned her when she got too close. Vivien would have to wait: she’d have to earn his trust. She returned his gaze, her eyes fixed on his. She’d talk out loud to him. He was hurt: his wing lay listless at his side, somewhat off kilter, askew. But not just his wing, his fierce spirit seemed wounded as well.

Their relationship began cautiously; each had the power to harm the other. Vivien would spend hours watching and talking with this beautiful bird as he watched her. She was so captivated by his beauty – an osprey is a stunning creature. He was so regal, so athletic, so capably built and so wild. His eyes seemed to penetrate her completely: they were piercing and fierce yet never threatening. One might think some of the smaller animals in the nursery/infirmary would be in danger but Lancelot never seemed to look at anything but Vivien yet he seemed aware of everything.

Vivien felt a kind of connection with him. She was also lost, her spirit wounded, she just hadn’t recognized it yet. The choices she’d made, the path she’d led her family…”maybe I was wrong…” she thought.

Vivien’s parents, Nora and Stan bought the sanctuary soon after they wed.

They had decided early on in their courtship that the new life they would start together would be one with purpose. Both naturalists by hobby, not profession, they decided that they would live on and sustain their life with and from the land. They’d made a list of revenue generating ideas: Christmas trees, fruit trees, bees, etc. Wildlife sanctuary had not once entered the conversations.

After having shown them every tree farm, orchard and mill that was available within a 600 mile radius, (and they had rejected each one for a slightly different reason), the exasperated realtor arrived at her weekly meeting with Nora and Stan carrying a folder containing the description and photos of a 225 acre wildlife sanctuary whose owners were searching for a buyer with “a calling to protect and serve the abundance that nature simply provides”. The young dreamers looked at each other and repeated out loud: “with a calling to protect and serve the abundance…” They smiled. They had to go see this sanctuary; they had to meet these owners.

The land was young and heavily manicured: “more domesticated than what we were hoping for”, was Stan’s first response to the realtor. Nonetheless, as young lovers beginning their new life together, potential not finished dream is what they really sought, whether they knew it or not and this sanctuary was rich in potential. It didn’t leave their minds. They called the realtor. The deal was done and Nora and Stan moved in within 6 weeks of the initial tour. They passionately embraced their new roles as stewards of the land, caretakers of the wildlife and romantically dubbed the sanctuary Avalon.

Nora and Stan began immediately, removing fences and other unnatural barriers and inviting the natural sanctuary to return. They fed the young oaks, walnuts and maples. They connected the small ponds by digging out the old creek bed, and planted willows along the banks. They encouraged the prairie and woodland of this land’s past to return; they nourished the roots that remained and added fruit and evergreen saplings.

Vivien was born on the full moon during their third spring at Avalon, on the wave of a forceful storm, the kind that inspires discussion about updating the country’s warning systems and energy grids, survival stashes and basement safe zones.

The storm that chased Vivien’s birth caused the destruction of much of the woodland habitats in the area. The tiny islands, exposed and vulnerable in vast oceans of plowed fields were no more: erased in a moment by the force of the storm.

And yet, there the young family stood, in the middle of a 225 acre sanctuary, virtually unscathed.

Nora and Stan put out a call and invited the authorities to bring the rescued animals to Avalon. They would rehabilitate the survivors of the storm. Within weeks of Vivien’s birth, her world was teeming with habitats and enclosures separating raccoons, coyotes, deer, ducks, owls and rabbits. The very air was alive and moving: nothing was still.

And this is where Vivien and her two brothers grew up.

All three of Nora and Stan’s children moved away for college, choosing institutions in different states. Each had at some point, moved back near Avalon during their young adult lives but only Vivien remained; though she had not been very involved in the sanctuary since before college. She graduated with an English degree and had enjoyed many of her various teaching roles. The English language fascinated Vivien. When her mother suffered an illness a few years ago, she began helping out more and more on the land of her youth, working closely first with Nora and later with her father when her mother’s health worsened, leaving her virtually incapable of physical activity outside the home.

For almost two years, almost every day, often more than once, Vivien traveled the 85 mile round trip from their home in the suburbs of Milwaukee out to Avalon and back again. It had taken almost two years but Vivien finally conceded and moved with her husband and three children out to the land of her youth.

Soon after, it became clear that in order for the rehabilitation center at Avalon to continue, Vivien was going to have to make a more full time, long term commitment. She did not submit her resume to be considered for a position the next school year and instead dove completely into the family land.

Vivien stepped in with a resigned determination to make Avalon safe, legally and financially speaking, long term. For almost forty years, Nora and Stan had kept the sanctuary alive and vital with their tireless passion for the animals and for the land. Vivien feared its vibrant role in the community would diminish in the future without the incredible dedication and passion of her parents.

…she decided that in order to solidify the value of Avalon in the community, the rehabilitation center should expand beyond raccoons, deer, coyotes and rabbits. Vivien felt that if they could add eagles, hawks and falcons to the list of animals they could help, more funding would be available and more community interest generated. The sanctuary needed more people, both physically and financially.

And now it’s today…

Mom had always been resistant to the idea of bringing in large birds of prey. She said they would endanger the other animals…(even when I pointed out that the coyotes didn’t eat the deer, raccoons or ducks) she felt there was way too much red tape for the raptor rehabilitation licenses…Mom always preferred to fly just below the radar…or maybe that was Dad?

…she also thought it was a “selling out” – the large birds of prey garner a lot more public interest – they’re sexy, dangerous, exotic (when compared to the common deer, coons and ducks) – splashy/flashy…like a museum bringing in a King Tut exhibit in order to attract the people and hope they may also notice the less flashy but equally important exhibits.

I knew this. I stood firm and made my case about preserving the legacy and its place in the community.

My husband, Jason is an academic by nature and was only mildly enthusiastic about the sanctuary: “a place for poets to wander, not live” he was fond of saying. The idea of raptors, however, certainly intrigued him. He began reading everything ever written about raptor rescue, thrilled by the challenge of learning something new. We both volunteered at regional facilities: zoos, parks and arboretums; we took classes and attended lectures. Together, late at night, we studied the rules and regulations and procedures. Together, we applied for the required permits to add raptors to the animals we could accept at Avalon’s rehabilitation center. Together, we worried and speculated on the day the inspector was scheduled. And together, we popped the champagne and celebrated this new chapter after the anxious inspector, a rare smile on his face, shook our hands in congratulations and proclaimed: “With the authority vested in me by the state of Wisconsin, I now pronounce Avalon a wildlife rehabilitation center fully licensed and certified to accept hawks, falcons and eagles, in addition to owls, raccoons, coyotes and deer.”

But not long after, we began drifting apart...

December 16, 2014 @09:49 am I enjoyed the first chapter. Write on.... Alice Fox

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