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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Watchdog Death! The Shocking and Tragic Loss of Tom Schweich

Missouri lost an amazing leader and one of the greatest Taxpayer Watchdogs ever with the truely tragic Loss of Tom Schweich.
He aparently shot himself today while his wife was in the next room. Thus, while he certainly had many enemies emanating from audits passed and current, and also as an announced candidate for Governor in what was to be an ugly battle against former House Speaker Catherine Hannaway, foul play seems unlikely.

 The Missouri Net has the reactions from across Missouri which universally credit Schweich for his brilliance and integrity. In an interview on KMOX radio, veteran Missouri Capitol reporter Phil Brooks described Schweick to host Mark Readon as and amazingly rare politician whose door was always ope, literally. He then gave a most interesting insight wiht his personal assessment that Schweick seemed to lack the personal "thick skin" of most successful politicians he knew.
Perhaps the personal criticism that all politicians must endure may have in fact taken a toll on the heart of this amazing public servant.

 As a taxpayer watchdog, Schweick was second to none, and yours truly is in a unique position to assess as a 14 year lawmaker and even candidate for State Auditor (albeit a failed one). I am very familiar with what the job involves, from looking out for taxpayers and making sure taxpayers get the best value and efficiency from government agencies from the state and local agencies to public schools. Schweich not only took on anyone and everyone, he had the brilliance to take on the Mack's Creek Law. I voted for that taxpayer protection in 1995, so I was amazed that an auditor would have the foresight to take on the task of checking up on whether the policy is being followed almost 20 years later. It was another great Missouri invention, limiting the use/abuse of speed traps. Abusive locales like Macks Creek, MO could not gain more than 35% of their revenue from traffic tickets.

Tom Schweich's amazing ability is perhaps best noted in the way he came to power as the Establishment's pick for Auditor designed to defeat Tea Party favorite Alan Icet, but quickly won over the Tea Party prompting a tribute by St. Louis Tea Party founder, Bill Hennessy. Schweich had all of the trappings of the typical Ladue blue blood, from his Ivy League lawyer credential to Ambassdor appointment, author and scholar. He was so stunningly dynamic and genuinely curious that he won over everyone who got to know him. The real tragedy is the loss to his wife Kathy and two children left behind. I am certain that a man like Schweich made every preparation for them. May God bless them.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Rand Is Right and Jeb Bush Must Want Government Forced Vaccinations

The vaccine debate is one of the most troubling of our time. The Republican bashing from the media and from fellow Republicans is more troubling than the health questions.
The core issue that Senator Paul espoused and that is lost in all of the vaccine hot air is the critical principle of individual and parental liberty. It is repugnant that anyone outside of the duplicitous political progressives would undermine the Senator for the "sin" of expressing such a bedrock Republican view but that is exactly what is happening. Those who do this are behaving in the cagiest anti-family manner while promoting truly dangerous policy.
We expect statist hate-mongers like the petty school boy impressionist Rachael Maddow to work to spin sentiment in favor of liberty trampling Big Government, but what was especially loathsome was the way would be Presidential nominee Jeb Bush took his shot. With the controversy of the entirely made up measles outbreak pandemic raging (the last US death was 2003), and Rand Paul being forced to "defend" his honest position,
Bush used the timing of s speech in Detroit to throw one of his Iowa opponents under the Big Pharma bus. Taking a page from Hillary Clinton (expect two years of that from the conjoined candidates soon to be separated at the birth of the 2016 campaign) he echoed the type of woefully uninspired vacuous rhetoric we have come to expect from Establishment candidates boldly proclaiming, "Parents should vaccinate their kids".
Really? How about giving us a real position on real policy? The only conclusion from anyone who would distance themselves from Senator Paul's (and to be fair Governor Chris Christie's) absolutely clear statement that parents should control the matter, is that you must hold the opposite view. So when Hillary and Jeb say that parents ought to vaccinate their kids, the only conclusion in context is that they would subvert parental control for government control. I witnessed the tyranny of the Big Pharma oligarchy first hand when I tried to make a simple change in the law. My cautionary note to Republicans and anyone left or right who claims to care about liberty and the Bill of Rights is that our rights are worthless if we do not understand and assert them. Wherever you fall on the vaccine issue, the devil as always,is in the details and the vaccine details hold incredible treachery when you examine two things: !. Who gets to mandate the vaccines on the list? 2. What force is behind the mandate, from a ban from "public, private, parochial or parish schools" (Missouri), from military service, etc)
In Missouri, I was surprised when the chicken pox vaccine was added to the list of mandates vaccines. As I opened the State Statutes to review the relevant vaccine mandate section, I noticed that the varicella vaccine is not on the list passed by lawmakers and no bill had been passed to add it. That is when I learned that the power to add vaccines to the list rests not with elected lawmakers but is 100% in the hands of the appointed Director of the Missouri Department of Health. When I attempted to take back the power and put it with the people, I was shut down by both political parties and the Republican Governor. Virtually every lobbyist related to doctors, hospitals and leftist social service groups opposed me, while Big Pharma hid. My liberty-loving colleagues saw the writing on the wall and hid as well. As I sat there contemplating my own fully vaccinated children and surveyed the sorry state of liberty in the Heartland, my
biggest fear was not vaccine dangers, but the power of corporate America to get politicians to do their bidding. It should be hard to add to the list of mandated vaccines. All Big Pharma needs to do in Missouri to gain a huge new market for a product is to win the support of one appointed Department Director. That is a massive moral hazard. I was then truly dismayed and disgusted when Republican Governor Rick Perry added Gardasil (to prevent a sexually transmitted disease) to the Texas list.
Any debate that centers on whether vaccines are good or bad misses the point. The issue is about whether children should be forced by any government over the protests of their parents, to ingest a for profit product at all, especially in light of the fact that Federal Courts have allowed almost 4000 families to share over $3 billion in awards for vaccine injuries and/or deaths since the Vaccine Injury program was launched in 1988.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen: Gina's Book Launches Del Mar Horse Racing Opening Day

Ok, shameless plug for my best girl. Please link it, "like" it, tweet it or otherwise share it, because the fruit of Gina's labor of love is born today. When the publisher, AMG established today as the date, who knew there would be so much excitement in San Diego surrounding the opening day of the 75th anniversary of the races at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. So when the bugler plays "Call to the Post" at Del Mar, you won't see Seabiscuit, but you may see Gina, probably on her phone doing one of about 20 radio interviews today regarding the book she co-authored with Dr. Dathan Paterno, Ladies and Gentlemen: Why the Survival of Our Republic Depends on the Revival of Honor. Phyllis Schlafly says, "Dr. Gina and Dr. Dathan Paterno open a groundbreaking window to a world of chivalry, manners, and decorum that our younger generation has never visited and, indeed, has never even heard described. The feminists have repeatedly manifested a particular animosity toward the word “lady.” But this remarkable book puts male and female behaviors in proper focus, historically, biblically, and in contemporary relationships." Pamela Geller adds, "Gina Loudon and Dathan Paterno diagnose the political contro- versies of our age magnificently, rightfully perceiving them as symptoms of a much deeper malady. The unique and profoundly perceptive cures they prescribe are right on target. If the analyses in this book are heeded, our country will be on track to regain the position of preeminence that it once won not by force of arms, but by the power of ideas and the ladies and gentlemen who exemplify them." About the book: Ladies and Gentlemen studies the history of the terms that once elevated the ideal woman and man and illuminates how the structure of Western society established and maintained the virtues. In contrast, the book demonstrates how three movements—atheism, liberalism, and radical feminism—undercut these ideals, especially in the 20th Century. Rather than a dry history lesson, readers will understand the crucial contributions of government, family, literature/media, and churches in producing a culture that either esteems or debases the best of each gender. Ladies and Gentlemen draws aggressive battle lines in today’s culture war, pressing Christians and conservatives to value all people, cherish manners, humility, and graciousness, and esteem virtue above self. It directly challenges politicians and media personalities to honor and reflect a culture of honor, as well as calling all conservatives to reward public figures who exhibit these traits, while rebuking or rejecting those who do not. The book exemplifies several public figures on both ends of the political spectrum who engender the traits of the lady or gentleman, as well as several who clearly fail. Finally, Ladies and Gentlemen paints a portrait of modern civility, proving that women can be warriors without burning bras and men can be tough without smoking Marlboros on horseback. It instructs parents how to raise their own children to be ladies and gentlemen. Incorporating Biblical principles and an awareness of modern day challenges, it boosts parents’ ability to navigate the murky waters of today’s culture.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Breaking! Fired Fire Chief's Suicide Prompts Demand for Resignations

(cross posted on 24thState)

The favorite fire board candidate of Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder stands defiant. As related earlier, voters in West County have fought for years to first regain and then hold the Monarch Fire District away from control of the union felt betrayal when several Republican lawmakers endorsed the union-backed Swyers. While Kinder, Auditor Schweik, and State Reps McNary and Gosen insist they endorsed the right guy, the suicide of Chief Fred Goodson may have been an attempt to jog minds to see the horrible destruction the union is perpetuating in their blood coup.

Chief Goodson Attendees received the stunning revelation that the excuse for the firings pertained to the alleged mismanagment of the sexual harassment allegations is contradicted by the revalation that the firings were promised over a month in advance of the court ruling. So it appears that were the leaders who were not even accused, then fully vindicated, they still would have been fired. When all you have ever done is lead a fire house, how do you make that career change at 60 plus years of age, especially when you have been fired without so much as a hearing?

So let's recap the record of the "Republican," "Taxpayer Candidate,""independent of the union" Swyers.

1. He has voted with the union favorite Kim Evans in a perfect block against Robyn Harris on every major decison.

2. He successfully voted to pass a tax increase.

3. Swyers, the certified public accountant actually voted for the tax rate increase before he even knew what the budget would be. Standard procedure is to vote a budget and then set the rate to meet it.

4. Swyers, embarrassed by the backlash over the tax increase then voted to undo his tax increas while complaining publicly that the lower rate would make the budget complicated to design.

5. Swyers, again in a block with Evans voted to fire virtually the entire leadership of the Fire District and do so without even giving any of the accused the opportunity to have a public hearing.

Why were the accused not given the chance to defend themselves?

6. Finally, Swyers the CPA voted to install a new fire chief hand-picked by the union who is not even minimally qualified. I repeat, he does not even meet the qualifications to be hired as a private. He has zero experience in a multi-house department and does not even have the requisite college degree.

7. Almost worse than the offense of hiring a union shill for chief, Swyers and Evans voted to waste money hiring an outside search firm to look nationwide for a guy they knew locally. So what did the firm do? Did they come up empty?

The unfortunate reality for Swyers and Evans is that former board member Gans has decided to not quit caring. Gans went from active citizen in the early 90s, to union-endorsed candidate for the board, to union-opposed board member amassing incredible institutional knowledge and connections. He predicted almost before the search firm began, that Vinyard would be their choice. This would be laughable if not such a shameless abuse of the public trust.

The combination of these embarrassing revelations and violations of the public trust lead Director Robyn Harris to take the extraordinary step of asking his colleagues to resign. They refused. Perhaps the Republican lawmakers who endorsed the clearly union-corrupted Swyers will ad to the pressure and join the departed Chief Goodson and demand justice.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

St. Louis County Tax Hike

This from Lisa Payne Naeger. St. Louis County, now that "drive by" reassessments have been curbed, is contemplating a straight out property tax increase. You have to admire the honesty on the one hand. However, centrist Democrat Steve Stenger has expressed doubt about the need.

County Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 30. Show up and make your voices heard.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

The U.S. Debt Matrix - Are you ready for the red pill?

In the famous scene, the protagonist is asked by the Judas character, whether he regrets not having taken the blue pill of blissful ignorance. Those who pay attention have to endure the frustrations that come with knowing the painful truth. What we do with that information is what defines us.

We who take up political arms and fight risk everything. Our Founding Fathers knew they risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Those same risks are very real today. The next four links paint one of the scariest pictures imaginable. Once you see it, take the "red pill" if you will, you may never invest in equities again. You also may choose to join the fight alongside Neo.

By the middle of the Bush years, the great investment banks like Bear and Lehman no longer made their money financing real businesses and creating jobs. Instead, Wall Street now serves, in the words of one former investment executive, as "Lucy to America's Charlie Brown," endlessly creating new products to lure the great herd of unwitting investors into whatever tawdry greed-bubble is being spun at the moment: Come kick the football again, only this time we'll call it the Internet, real estate, oil futures. Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.

Is the Greek debt crisis the result of a socialist country being really irresponsible? Likely. Did a loan arsonist burn down the Reichstag?

Greek Debt Crisis, A Goldman Sachs Economic Coup?

Here is the piece that lays out how "naked short selling" became a death star laser that could be pointed at any company or worse, any country.

Next we have an article in the Riverfront Times, a leftist publication in St. Louis, that describes the Obama administration's cozy ties with the Wall Street pirateers.

Finally, we have someone who is taking these menaces to court. He has extracted millions in settlements from one crooked investment bank after another. His current target is Goldman Sachs. Here is his story in his words.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hey Boehner, Balance the Budget Yourself

One idea has nagged at me for years and Charley Reese elucidates it with this article. When our politicians come to us for help with their re-elections 94% of us say "sure we will help, you are doing a great job".

Like the willfully naive mother who welcomes her son home from school. He was a total delinquent and came home and defecated in the middle of the floor and told his mother to clean it up. She only sees her little man. "Ok Dear, we'll pretend that did not just happen." "That's right wench", "you got it".

For a generation, maybe longer, every successive Congress has allowed entitlements to grow and they have done nothing. We are the parents who have to clean up the $14.2 trillion deficit and figure out what to do with the $62 trillion (yes, that is TRILLION with a capital "T") of stinking unfunded liabilities. While Republicans rebuke Democrats for their intransigence, "The Architect" Karl Rove convinced the Bush White House and GOP Congress that adding an $8 Trillion unfunded Medicare Part D (free drugs for seniors plan) was the way to maintain Republican faith with seniors and therefore dominate the electorate for a generation. How did that work out?

Well, a two bit State Senator who abstained from nearly one half of his votes clobbered us in November. People smarter than me can give all kinds of excuse for electoral losses. I suspect the fact that when the GOP had nearly total control we maybe should have voted like Republicans and cut things. Had we cut entitlements and not added to them, maybe the independent voters would believe us now when we try to tell them there is a difference. Instead, we have a generation of Republican lawmakers who share culpability for the $62 trillion stinking pile on the floor. But we have a pivotal opportunity to capture the narrative.

As Charlie Reese points out in his famous last column entitled "545 vs. 300,000,000 People":

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

There is your road map to restoring faith in the Republican Party and, by the way, to saving the Republic. The House GOP needs to send a balanced budget to the Senate and steadfastly refuse to accept from the Senate Democrats, a conference budget that goes higher.

Now, there will be plenty of excuses as to why that is impossible. It may be tough, but nothing is impossible. Here is my list of cuts as to where to begin:

1. Cut all federal salaries by 15-25% or at least to a wage scale roughly equal to the average private sector or at least state government employee. If we lose too many highly specialized employees we can give limited latitude to executives to limit their cuts. Mail carriers, HUD workers, sorry. The gravy train is going to roll back for a while.

2. Eliminate all non-essential federal departments that should be handled by state governments, beginning with that loathsome US Department of Education. Zero it out of the budget. Before Carter created the huge new Cabinet level bureaucracy in 1980, Education was a minor "Office" founded in 1868 to distribute good teaching methodology. I think we can handle it now.

3. Eliminate the Department of Commerce. Any others?

4. Allow oil drilling and tax it.

5. Sell off a few million acres of government owned land. Enjoy the cash and enterprise while at the same time reducing the liability and maintenance costs of the land.

These ideas are just a start, but the principle remains the same. If the GOP, which Party controls the House, from which all spending bills originate, truly desires a balanced budget, they need to pass a budget that is balanced and refuse to blink when the Senate Democrats try to force a budget that is in the red. Simple.


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"Tales of" games have got a pretty decent following now outside of Japan but they definitely aren't everyone's cup of tea. So let's take a deeper look at their most recent release and try to help people understand this game a bit more. However it's safe to assume that if a person loves cats there's a good chance this is the game for them.

Tales games stand out because of a unique mix of visuals, humor and combat. These games can be both fun and funny but each is a different story with different characters so the mix is always different. However the most recent release is a sequel and continues the story of the Xillia group.

First off this is a long game. That said I wouldn't call it plodding or boring. The game has a mechanic based around the main character being hellishly in debt and the story, broken up into chapters, is kept behind a "paywall" so to speak. This means to get to the next story chapter the player needs to complete sidequests to make money for their next payment. If the player gets more than the amount of money required for their next payment on hand the game will force the player to pay of their debt in 10% chunks.

This can get really annoying but honestly it's a great system. The previous game had trouble keeping the player at an adequate level compared to the enemies the game would push at you. With the debt system players are kept in check. You can't really over-level because once you finish the side quests for a payment you really want to go back to the main story, as well you can't over-gear.

Tales of Xillia had an interesting system for gear, you payed materials to get new levels of gear unlocked and any shop would have the best gear from then on. Though this kept a player from having to backtrack to find specific gear or items it also meant you could get really good weapons and armor very early-as well building up the resources for these new levels of gear meant grinding which would over-level the player-which would make the game boring.

Xillia was not a bad game, it had a decent story and characters with a good combat system, but these other systems did a disservice to the game as a whole. Xillia 2 makes a very serious decision to not let players get too powerful and sticks to it's guns. Enemies level to you in new areas often so just because you get stuck and do too many battles in one area doesn't mean you have to be too powerful for the next zones and there seems to be some element of experience lessening based on level to enemies so even if you fight the monsters that drop loads of experience everything will even out over time.

This means you get more out of investing in learning the combat system.

There have been some big changes to how combat works in this game that bring out what already worked in the first game. Since you can't really over-level and crush your foes working out the combo system makes every fight something interesting. Fights are quick and fun, for the most part, with greater rewards for getting longer combos and loads of extra titles to work on at any time.

The first thing to look at is the affinity system. This game has a main character, Ludger, and when he links up with other characters in combat he slowly gains affinity. Affinity raises the affects of actions in combat as well as the chances of certain actions happening-like a character reviving him if he dies.

The problem is that the cast is really big, so it can be hard to recall which party might be best at a particular juncture, but linking with allies and performing linked artes give a lot of variety to combat. Add to this the fact that Ludger can actually change weapon types on the fly and any combination of Ludger plus three other characters can create dozens of options in an encounter.

To help with the large cast the game slowly introduces everyone to Ludger. The game is actually good about introducing everything this time around. Tutorials help explain this fairly complex combat system to players early on, but then move to after battle tips based on what the player is learning. Did you experiment with defense in a particular fight and do something new? The game will probably throw a tip up for you after battle. Did you accidentally switch partners while doing a linked attack? The game will probably explain more to you about what you just did.

I wish more games had this sort of system where players are not left without essential info but given a chance to find their style and then learn the deeper elements as the game demands it.

However the game also changes how characters gain skills using a new system where characters are set up with elemental ore absorbers: after battle everyone gets elemental ore and if someone is set to get fire from the element they'll gain points towards certain skills or artes. As the game progresses you get a lot of different absorbers that give you different elements and better rates(x2, x3, etc.). Where as Xillia's choices for learning new skills were not really choices about builds so much as what order you wanted to unlock everything in Xillia 2 pushes a bit more towards a strategic approach.

Though you will still unlock everyone's skills before endgame you do have a great deal more strategic choice along the way. But still, in the end it's not a huge change by the end of the game.

Beyond combat there's the elements of the story. This game has a silent protagonist....ish. Silentish. One might say JRPGs are finally attempting to work towards more player ownership like western RPGs, but this is not the case. Ludger will be like any other character in the story for the most part, he has a history and a relationship to the events, but every so often the game will ask you to answer a question with either L1 or R1. An either/or choice. Unlike in Mass Effect where these choices create a character over time Ludger remains empty, and unlike Fallout: New Vegas these decisions don't have larger connections to factions or events to really have depth.

The problem with the choices in the game is that they turned it into the worst part of all the Tales games: the ridiculous chase for "everything." Tales games have this problem where they just load the game with stuff, so much stuff you can't do everything or get everything in one playthrough. Not that a person should really try to do everything in one go but this style of game design is just problematic to me. Its a turn off that affects the series as a whole and causes me the most problems.

How it manifests in the choices in Xillia 2 is that there are clear right choices. Sometimes the game will let you know you made the right choice, sometimes it won't. While there are a few choices with no right or wrong, and a few that conflict along the way, this makes a game that can be clearly explained in a FAQ or strategy guide. To me this limits not just the character of Ludger as an avatar for the player to experience the world through but wastes an opportunity to actually let players feel like they're a part of a grand JRPG story.

While I know we aren't going to see JRPGs push into these areas of choice the way western games do any time soon with a real degree of success this element of the game stands out as being notably less well done than basically any other part.

This is strikingly opposed in the rest of the characters. Xillia 2 actually takes great advantage of it's setting to tell an interesting main story as well as character specific stories. While some of the characters stories aren't going to land for every player they all explore the lives of these people in this new world. I've heard people say the game is more Sci-Fi where the first was more fantasy and that does ring ture. This game feels like it's looking at these larger elements from how nations interact and capitalism to how people deal with the ones they care about and time's affect on us all.

Though a lot of this game is laid bare in a way the first game kept hidden this means you can see much more development in the world this time around. This is a world in conflict on it's most basic level and when the stories exploit this to their fullest the game works beautifully. Seriously though this game is great from a story perspective and as it picks up steam towards the later chapters you find lots to like.

As well the game has these "fractured dimensions" become a key point. A chance to see the world in a slightly different way as well as to find out truths that might have been lost in the prime dimension. For a bit of fun talk to all the people in the game world and compare their stories to their doppelgangers in the alternate dimensions. Some great shenanigans in there.

The last big points of the game are the elite monsters and the cat quest. After the player completes a new chapter several elite monsters appear and give out big rewards. These are a great chance to not just experiment more with the combat system but a good addition to the game as a whole that provide some much needed variety to a game where the majority of fights last less than 30 seconds. While a player might be able to just avoid these monsters until several chapters later completely fine the ability to basically always have a big fight waiting for you is a great addition and fits the "at your own pace" vibe the game is creating.

The cat quest is also an amazing game long side-quest where you try to find cats hidden throughout the game. Every new cat lets you search a new area with, well, the cats you've found to get items from that area. There is a whole series of rules and whatnot to go with this aspect of the game so I'll just say it's a lot of fun and approaching purr-fection.

I would recommend this game to basically anyone that likes JRPGs. And anyone who played Xillia should give this game a shot; I only got half way through the first game but still understood enough to appreciate the story and characters fully. The combat system is better this time around, and having Ludger able to switch weapons on the fly means that players who don't want to switch from one character to another can still have great control of the battlefield yet Ludger is decidedly a jack of all trades melee fighter.

Though I wouldn't advise someone to play the game that wants a game that they can push through quickly I'll say that the debt system isn't as bad as some reviewers are making it out to be and it helps to keep the gameplay fun throughout. Add to that the ability for a Tales game to give more than the usual amount of wit and humor and honestly it's a really good game to spend a few dozen hours with and if you think it sounds good not playing it would be a cat-astrophe of epic proportions.

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Microsoft doubles down on services in Windows 8.1

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Microsoft doubles down on services in Windows 8.1

Postby DaFoxx » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:09 pm ... 000016170/

The Windows 8.1 slow reveal has finally begun, with an official blogpost that details some of its user interface changes. What we've seen so far is a mix of new features and UI tweaks, with all the under-the-hood changes waiting until the Build conference.

But what we've been shown makes one thing very clear: the big bet that Microsoft is making with Windows 8 hasn't gone away, and it isn't pulling back from its devices and services strategy.

Despite what some pundits are saying, Windows 8.1 isn't a reversal of the Windows 8 changes. If anything, the Redmond giant is doubling down on that strategy, with new Bing services powering Windows 8.1's search, with SkyDrive powering its storage, with IE 11 using cloud sync — and with new devices rumoured to be following in the footsteps of the two initial Surface tablets.

There are also new Bing Windows Store apps as part of the standard install, and new features in the existing bundled apps.

Microsoft's transition from a software development business to a services company is set to be one of the biggest corporate changes we've seen, affecting everything about the way the company does business.

We're already seeing some of the fruits of those changes, with Office 365 gaining a million subscribers for its Home Premium consumer service (making it a $100m a year business straight out of the gate). And those changes are driving Windows, and the way Windows is delivered to users.

Forget the new start button (which is really just a different icon on the Windows 8 start tip) and backgrounds shared between start screen and desktop (ugly as that might be when you scroll sideways): it's clear that the most important thing about Window 8.1 is just how quickly it's arriving — and what that means for the way Windows is being developed.

During Windows 8's development we speculated that the changes Microsoft was telegraphing would mean a change in Windows delivery model, from a big bang release with many, many changes every three or four years, to an approach more like Apple's OS X and iOS model, with yearly, smaller releases that offered incremental changes.

That's what we're seeing with Windows 8.1; a significant update that adds new features and tools (and built in apps), as well as increasing links to cloud services. It's more than a service pack, but much less than a traditional, full new Windows release.
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Postby rapier57 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:10 pm

So, now Microsoft is an Apple wannabe.

Just so long as they get rid of that ridiculous breakdance ad. Geez!

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Postby SirDice » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:50 am

From the looks of it Windows 7 is probably the last Windows I'll ever use. I really don't like the direction they're heading.
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Television Business International

Imagina appoints sales chief

The distribution arm of Spain’s Mediapro has named Beatriz Setuain its new sales director.

She becomes director of Imagina International Sales, having been upped from sales manager.

In her new role she will report to International content director, Laura Fernández Espeso.

Before joining Imagina, Setuain was at Spain-based Boomerang TV, which is now owned by French conglomerate Lagardere.

Her hire comes as Imagina reorganises its sales department. Esther Agraso, another former Boomerang exec, has been promoted to head of sales under the new structure.

Mediapro said the changes were part of its wider efforts to bulk up its international business and that more hires will be made as that strategy takes shape.


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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Best Halloween Chocolate

Cute little corn-shaped sugar balls, and witch-shaped chocolates, oh my!
Halloween Best Chocolate - Teacher Ink
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Dark chocolate with less sugar is a start.  Halloween Candy, Halloween Chocolate Gift , Happy Halloween Solid Gourmet Dark Chocolate 8" (14 OZ) Big Witch Halloween Gift, Wrapped with Orange & Black Ribbon Ready for the Witching Hour!

If you absolutely must go eyeballs and pumpkins, at least go dark.  It's a bit healthier!  Dove Halloween Dark Chocolate Pumpkins and Milk Chocolate Eyeballs (Limited Edition Pack of 2)

Consider swapping the cheap eyeballs for gourmet organic dark chocolate.  Your kids will develop a taste for it, and they'll thank you someday...yes, SOME day...

Here are some of the best gourmet chocolates:

Endangered Species Wolf, Natural Dark Chocolate (72%) with Cranberries & Almonds, 3-Ounce Bars (Pack of 12)

 Equal Exchange Organic Very Dark Chocolate Bars, 3.5-Ounces (Pack of 12)

Both have a touch of chocolate liquor, and are amazingly rich--and not overly sweet.

Theo Classics 85% Dark Chocolate, 3-Ounce (Pack of 6)

And if you happen to live in New York City, Kee's Chocolates are some of the best anywhere.  I passed by this tiny hole-in-the-wall store front dozens of times before I noticed it.

Brooklynites swear by Mast Brothers in Williamsburg.

Some more wonders:

Pacari Ecuadorian Organic Chocolate Raw 70%, 1.76-Ounce (Pack of 5)

Amano Chuao Chocolate Bar

Chocolat Bonnat Chuao 75% Dark Chocolate Bar

There's no doubt that a little dark chocolate, in moderation, is very, very good for body and soul.  It also protects you from raiding the candy bin for sugary no-nos, for weeks after Halloween is over.

Have a spooky and fun Halloween!

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Pembroke School, Kensington Park

Name: Pembroke School
Type: Primary and Secondary School
Address: 342 The Parade
Town: Kensington Park
Postcode: 5068
State: South Australia
Region Adelaide
Phone: +61 8 8366 6217
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Pembroke School is a co-educational non-denominational, day and boarding school, from early learning centre to Year 12, offering the International Baccalaureate.

Pembroke School has a proud tradition of educating young people in a happy and collaborative co-educational setting. We offer a wide range of subjects and co-curricular activities and we celebrate a long history of excellence in many areas. Our teaching and support staff are very well qualified, enthusiastic and dedicated to promoting the personal attainments and pastoral care of students.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Taiwan Tea at Penn State's Robeson Gallery

The gallery's current exhibition is Taiwan International Watercolor. It's the first time Taiwan's International Watercolor Society exhibits in the USA. For this event, Teaparker and me helped the Tea Institute co-host 2 successful tea parties on April 7th.

The guests came to enjoy fine tea and art. We showed them that tea itself could become an art. We used Teaparker's Cha Xi - Mandala concept to link both worlds.

The Tea Institute's 4 brewers and myself set up our Cha Xi to make tea for the guests. We would brew a Spring 2011 Si Ji Chun from Nantou county. We chose to all use a gaiwan to brew this Oolong, because it is a learning tool, fitting for students who want to study tea.

For my Cha Xi, I chose the theme of 'spring flowers'. They are symbols for these young students. We wish them to blossom, to lead wonderful lives thanks to the knowledge they learn at Penn State.

Loose tea started to be brewed in the Ming dynasty, under Emperor Hongwu. He was born in a family of poor peasants and his switch from away from the complex Sung dynasty tea whisking technique was also meant to make tea more affordable and popular. So, for me, this unexpensive Si Ji Chun was also good choice to show that tea is for everybody, especially here in the USA.

For some of my American guests, this was the first time they saw whole tea leaves! And even a US-Taiwanese guest was surprised that my tea tasted so much sweeter than the Oolong she drinks at home!

Kevin said...

It was with great pleasure that I had the opportunity to travel to Penn State last week. The talented and remarkable artists whose watercolor paintings were on display are to be highly commended. Several of these were so exceptional, I found myself drawn back to the gallery for a second day of viewing.

As outstanding as the watercolors were, it was the artistry and dedication of Tea Master Teaparker and his students Stephane Erler and Paulina Chan, as well as those on campus involved with the Penn State Tea Institute and Gongfu Cha club, that especially lingers in my mind. For such noteworthy people to literally travel half-way around the globe to share their love and devotion to tea and its culture with others puts me at a loss for words to describe the gratitude I feel. Seeing the students hone their skills and put single-minded effort into preparing their best cups of tea, had me thinking on more than one occasion as I drove home that I wished I knew what these students know when I was their age. The analogies of seed planting and flowers blooming with regard to the continuation of traditional tea culture for future generations strike me as accurate and leave me with feelings of optimism.

To everyone involved - Well Done!

Jason said...

Dear Kevin,

Thank you for your support!

Please stop by the tea house (in 34 Ritenour) whenever your in town.

We will be sure to brew something special!

All the Best,
Jason M. Cohen

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Thank you for coming and meeting me at Penn State. I'm glad you enjoyed this visit.


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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Kristen at the Amazon Studios 'Cafe Society' Luncheon in Cannes - 12 May 2016

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Indiewire attended the press lunch. Some details from the interviews:

Woody Allen went way over budget.

This is the most expensive film he's ever made, more than Sean Penn-starrer "Sweet and Lowdown," admitted Allen. "I start with an $18 million budget," he said. "This went over a little bit, and more and more, I guess into the mid 20s. It cost me money. I never made a movie for $30 million in my life. I couldn’t raise $30 million if I sold my wife on the open market."

Budget concerns meant that when Amazon came to his producers, he had to say yes to their $20-million offer. "I was doing a TV series for them," he said. "'We would like to distribute your movie.' 'Well, we usually work with Sony Classics, I'm very happy with them. 'We'll give you this much' 'How do you say no to this?' 'OK, provided it was distributed the normal way, theatrically, otherwise we wouldn’t have done it. The money was so not just tempting, it was irresistible."

Kristen Stewart loves comfortable shoes.

While she loves rocking high heels, she thinks no woman should be turned away from the Cannes red carpet if she doesn't. And she only wears them for a short time.

"I thought the heels looked better with the dress," she said of her change from opening night glam to the after-dinner. "The flats looked better with the skirt; it was more comfortable to wear for several hours, I changed. Things have to change immediately, because it’s become really obvious, if we walked up to the carpet together and I wasn’t wearing heels —'excuse me, young lady, you can’t come in!' 'Neither is my friend, does he have to wear heels? You can’t ask me to do something you're not asking for him to do. You can’t ask him to either, you can’t do it anymore.' I get black tie thing but you should be able to do either version."

At the lunch she was wearing comfortable flats, too.

Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart are both nostalgic about making movies in the old Hollywood era.

"I watch TCM," said Lively. "It’s always on in our house. It’s the fun version of gossip, now most of it’s made up. If they can’t find out about you they make it up. There's a level of intimacy there that's nice because it's respectful. My husband [Ryan Reynolds]'s dream job is to be Ben Mankiewicz or Robert Osborne."

Woody Allen loves digital.

Oscar-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and Woody Allen are "both filmmakers and historians and pioneers," said Eisenberg. "They are both being saddled with technology most directors lament having to use. But both of them couldn’t care less. I asked them both. It seemed to work fine."

After working with Gordon Willis, Carlo de Palma, Sven Nykvist and Darius Khondji, Allen ran into Storaro at a restaurant, he said. "We were never on the same schedule. This time we were both at liberty. I called him. And I had the honor of working with this great cinematographer."

They choreographed the contrast between the "dingy, grimy New York like, and the California sun, it's beautiful, everything is waves and the streets are a golden glow." When Allen grew up in Brooklyn, "my parents were poor, we would read Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, see pictures of Ginger Rogers at the Mocambo and the Trocadero, Bogart on his boat," he said. "There’s a mythology. We'd see them at the movies, where heroes were never at a loss for a witty line, the women were gorgeous and the men handsome and dashing. This is what Hollywood represented. New York was much more lower class."

Woody Allen and Jesse Eisenberg have much in common.

Allen and Eisenberg have been engaged with each other ever since the 16-year-old Eisenberg wrote a play about Allen and got a cease and desist letter. "Woody comes to my plays," said Eisenberg. "He emails."

The actor missed the Cannes debut of "Louder than Bombs" because he was acting in the play he wrote, "The Spoils," in New York. And this year he's doing the same play on London's West End, flying back Thursday afternoon for rehearsals.

Back at the time of "The Social Network" Eisenberg told me how much he wanted to work with Allen. Then he did "To Rome with Love." It seemed inevitable that Eisenberg would eventually play Allen's alter ego, even if Allen insists the character is very different from him. But Allen checked on the actor's chemistry with Stewart, calling director Greg Mottola about their work in "Adventureland," before uniting them for a third time, said Stewart, who loves the "old Hollywood on-screen couples when two people work together a lot, like Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. That doesn't happen as much."

"'Café Society' is  a movie about a Jewish family in New York in the 30s," said Eisenberg. "It's the story of my family. My great uncle went to California and became rich in real estate, some people were gangsters like Corey [Stoll]'s character. Someone became an entrepreneur and successful. My family was like the sister, the Marxist intellectual. I think about this as a personal film about my family history...

"I'm third generation, while this movie is about recent immigrants who are hungry to make it. Each character is rising aggressively in their line of work, even if it's illegal mafia work. They're all ambitious. Jewish culture has assimilated so well that a laziness has set in. I'm reaching it in myself. My dad is a college professor in upstate New York. He has a work ethic, but doesn’t expect me to have it. My Dad says, 'you can be happy and still write your plays.' 'No, I can’t. I've never written anything while I’m happy.'"

And Eisenberg just wrapped his TV pilot "Bream Gives Me Hiccups," which is based on his collection of stories of the same name, for Jax Media. He wrote the project for Amazon, which optioned the book three years ago, but eventually he took it away and made it independently, directing his "Café Society" cohort Parker Posey ("Irrational Man"), who has been his favorite actress since was 10 years old, when he and his family used to binge on Christopher Guest comedies. "There is no one like her," he said. "She's like me, she's anxious."

When you audition for Woody Allen, you're in the dark.

"I didn’t know anything about the movie when I auditioned," said Lively. "They don’t tell you anything: time, period, dialect. You say 'yes' before you read the whole script. He writes fully realized women, always faceted characters. Of course I’d say 'yes.'

'Would you like to do the movie?' 'Yes.' 'Come in and read the script.' 'Yes.'

It's very casual, very easy, six pages. 'Here you go, take your time, six pages.' Five minutes later: 'How are you doing?' He he doesn't want to see people get too stiff or nervous. As specific as he is and his writing is, he hires people to bring what they have within them, he doesn't want you to see him." He likes long shots. "It's like a play. He’s very disciplined and knows exactly what he wants, it's more beautiful in one shot. People hop over each other, in natural conversation, they interact, you don’t lose energy by cutting."

Stewart had to audition as well, because Allen wanted to be sure she could play both the young sweet innocent and glamorous sophisticate sides of her character. "He genuinely hired me," she said. "I auditioned. We had no extensive conversations. He trusts you. He hired you for a reason. That gave me confidence to let it find itself and breathe."

Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood share something in common besides being over 80.

Both directors shoot a few takes, know when they've got what they need, and proceed. "One, mostly two to three, if it's a longer scene he’ll do six," said Lively. "It’s a lot for him, it doesn’t feel like a lot when it’s all one shot."

But Allen "won’t move on until he’s got it," said Stewart. "You have to trust him."

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Sunday, January 6, 2008

Look Who's 5!!!!!!!!

Honey made Princess Cupcakes, brought decorations, and helped
Avery feel oh-so-special!

Now that I'm 5 I can climb trees.
Uncle Jack and Aunt Jodi came to party too.
Princess Avery and her hand made by Honey card.

Avery lives up to her name...Avery JOY. She loves to laugh and is always ready to be with friends-new or old. We are so thankful for this girl. We can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for her. Our prayer is that she walks closely with Jesus, enjoys Him, and brings glory to His name.

Genny said...

Hey, Jamie,

Found your site through the Bowers' site. Your children are so beautiful and we miss having them in children's choir.

Reading your posts causes fond memories to resurface of our early homeschool days.

Peas on Earth said...

Happy birthday (late!) sweetie! We almost share a birthday - how about that! Only mine started a few years earlier .... :-)
Jesus loves you!


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We have a team of professionals that have examined each ingredient of the Thesis Theme and know exactly what it takes to create a masterful dish…or in this case a Thesis Skin.

Our professional designers are always experimenting with new designs and creating Thesis Skins that one would never suspect are built on the Thesis Theme. Once the designs have been created, our team of professional developers slice up that design and create an easy-to-use Thesis Skin that we will simply plug into your site and have you ready to go!

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One of the aspects that really sets Team Thesis apart from the crowd is our focus on people and taking the time to learn exactly what it is that our clients truly need. That culture was created by the two personalities that founded Team Thesis, Doug Cloud and Derek Semmler.

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Doug started drawing from the moment he could hold a pencil (or crayon). First it was just doodles, then stick men, then drawing Snoopy and other Peanuts characters on kids notebooks. Cartoons were a big inspiration for Doug while he was growing up – particularly the old classics like Quick Draw McGraw, Underdog, Top Cat, and Tennessee Tuxedo.

Doug first began doing graphic design work on the computer only a few years ago. Up until that time all his design work was done by hand with good old pencil and paper. He still likes to doodle and sketch the old
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Doug’s loves to create personality and character into everything he designs. As he often says, “For me it isn’t about flat 2D graphics, but about taking a person’s dreams, ideas, and inspirations and giving them life in a truly unique and memorable way.”

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Mindtree board approves Rs 270 crore buyback plan

The move comes at a time when Indian IT firms are opening up their coffers to return surplus cash on their books to shareholders.
Mindtree board approves Rs 270 crore buyback planMid-tier IT firm Mindtree said it would buyback shares worth Rs 270 crore, becoming the latest in the sector to approve a share repurchase to boost shareholder value.

The company will repurchase up to 43.2 lakh shares, comprising 2.57% of total paid up equity share capital, at a price not exceeding Rs 625 per equity share, it said in a regulatory filing. “The Buyback would be carried out via the tender offer route under the board approval route…,” the company said in the filing.

In March 2017, Mindtree chief executive Rostow Ravanan told ET that the company had set up a committee to evaluate a buyback and a decision would be taken in 3-6 months. Mindtree’s buyback decision comes after similar strategy by larger rivals including Tata Consultancy Service (TCS), Cognizant, Infosys and HCL Tech that have announced or completed buyback to boost investor returns.

TCS recently completed a Rs 16,000-crore buyback programme on May 31, while Infosys and Cognizant have announced plans of returning up to Rs 13,000 crore and $3.4 billion, respectively, through stock repurchases and/or dividends. HCL Tech in mid-May said it would buyback Rs 3,500 crore of shares.

Cognizant’s decision to return $3.4 billion to shareholders came after activist hedge fund Elliott Management asked the company to boost shareholder returns and soon others followed suit.

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Top 10 Best Technology from 2016

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Hey Heyy Heyy, Did you think fo what Technology have given in the year 2016, NO. Don’t worry I have a post for you to tell all the story. Well, we have listed the best technology gadgets and things which have bee popular in this year

1.snapchat spectacles

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snapchat has introduced spectacles with video recording facility after the failure of  Google glasses. These cool-looking camera spectacles. Instead of selling them online or in stores, Spectacles are cleverly sold through Snapbot vending machines.

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2.HTC Vivo

High-end VR headsets like the consumer versions of the Oculus Rift and HTC I’ve got launched.  The Vibe’s hand controllers provide a more natural and intuitive way to “touch” in VR world compared to the Rift’s Xbox One controller (Oculus Touch only launched in December), and its room-scale tracking lets users move in real 3D space, furthering the immersion.

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3.Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge

Samsung has introduced Galaxy s7 and s7 edge as an answer for the criticism of Galaxy s6/s6 Edge.The devices are Incredibly beautiful Android devices with blazing performance, long battery life (with wireless charging), class-leading cameras, and useful features like a memory card slot and water resistance.

Read: How to Control Internet Access in Specific Apps on Android?

4.iphone 7/ 7 plus

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The latest iPhone  7 and seven plus are the best of all the phones that are released yet.The removal of the headphone jack and new haptic Home button sent shockwaves around the globe. They’re  Apple’s best iPhones with the fastest phone performance on the planet, water resistance (finally!), longer battery life, better cameras (dual cameras for the 7 Plus), stereo speakers and iOS 10.

5.Google Home

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Google Home is both cheaper and prettier. Powered by the Google Assistant, Home works the same as the Echo: Speak to it, and it’ll control your smart lights, play music through its speaker or tell you the weather.

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 6.Samsung Gear 360

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Samsung Gear 360 is the most accessible one, provided you own a compatible Samsung Galaxy phone to connect it with. It is ridiculously easy to use, takes gorgeous high-resolution 360 videos and photos, and is water and dust resistant. If you’re going all in on 360 videos and VR, the Gear 360 is the GoPro of the category.

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7.DJI Mavic Pro

DJI Mavic Pro is the first DJI’s  foldable drone and one of the world’s first foldable consumer drones in this class — the Mavic Pro simply astounds. In addition to its compact size, the drone also has all of the smarts of the Phantom 4, including obstacle avoidance and subject-tracking, and the 4K video capture is nearly on par as well.

Read: 7 Cool Motivational Apps For Android

8.Apple Airports

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Apple’s AirPods are surprisingly powerful as they resemble a pair of EarPods with the wires snipped off. Like Beats’ Solo 3, the AirPods have Apple’s W1 wireless chip for easier pairing and greater battery life (up to 5 hours on a charge).

9.Amazon Echo( 2nd Gen)

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The Echo Dot second-generation is notable for its size and price. The hockey puck-shaped smart home assistant has the same technology that makes the full-size Echo feel like magic. With an Alexa voice command, you can get the weather, play music, get trivia answers, and control your smart home devices, just like with the Echo. The built-in speaker isn’t as powerful or loud as the Echo’s, but you can plug this baby into regular speakers with an audio cable or connect it wirelessly to a Bluetooth speaker. And since it’s only $50, you can get the six-pack for $250 and put one in every room.

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10.Razer Blade Stealth

The new Razer Blade Stealth raises the standard for ultra-mobility and powerful Ultrabook™ performance. The supremely portable and powerful Razer Blade Stealth is here to redefine PC gaming. It’s the perfect device for gamers on the go, measuring just 0.52 inches thin and weighing a mere 2.7 pounds.The incredibly thin CNC aluminum chassis encases the latest 7th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, up to 16GB of RAM and the most visually stunning 12.5” 4K or QHD high-resolution displays available.

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Hurry! – Nexus 7 Price in India is only Rs. 11,999 on Amazon India

There is a great news for all Nexus 7 Tablet lovers. Now you can buy Nexus 7 in India from Amazon India only for Rs. 11,999 the lowest price tag for any tablet with this specification. Earlier I have written review on many Chinese Clone Tablets which are priced in same price range but you can’t compare a Google Nexus 7 with any clone tablet. Recently Google has launched upgraded Nexus 7 Tablet but this will take some time to arrive in India. Users who hate to wait to get their hands on Google Nexus 7 can now buy the original Nexus 7 from Amazon India for Rs. 11,999 only which is a great deal.

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Google Nexus 7 Tablet Features and Specifications

In the earlier post I have already discussed the features and reviews of Google Nexus 7 and Asus Nexus 7 Tablet. You can read the complete details about Nexus 7 Tablet with reviews of features. In brief the technical specifications of Google Nexus 7 Tablet are as follows:

  • Screen Display : 7-inch IPS display with 1280×800 resolution
  • Processor : 1.2 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor
  • Memory : 16GB/32GB internal memory
  • Camera : 1.2MP front camera
  • Battery Capacity : 4325mAH battery providing standby time of 300 hours on 2G and internet browsing time of 10 hours
  • Operating System : Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (upgradable to Android 4.2)

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Shippabo Snags $1.8M For Global Freight Shipping Software

Los Angeles-based Shippabo, a developer of software used to help importers manage freight and shipping, including comparing quotes from freight forwarders, filing government paperwork, and other related functions, has raised $1.8M in a funding round. The funding, announced on Thursday, came from TenOneTen Ventures, Double M Partners, Slow Ventures, angel investor Joanne Wilson and others. Wilson and Wonder Ventures' Dustin Rosen both join the company's board with the funding. Shippabo is led by CEO Nina Luu. The company said its platform cuts costs and simplifies global freight shipping for importers and exporters.


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Facebook Wants to Be on Your Dumbphone, Too

While Facebook has definitely been able to expand its reach through its smartphone apps, there is still a signficant portion -- a majority, actually -- of mobile phone users who do not own a smartphone, or maybe even want one. The social networking giant seems determined to put itself in front of those consumers as well.

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On page 1 you can find the original Tectubi Raccordi venue in Podenzano and the other plants in the Piacenza province.

On page 2 you can see the “bending division” (Carbonara Scrivia), the “welded pipes division” (Schio) and the Chinese plant in Tianjin.

On page 3, there is an overview of the new plant in Castel San Giovanni.

TECTUBI RACCORDI - Podenzano, Piacenza, Italy - (area sqm)
Open: 35,000
Covered: 24,000
Total area: 59,000

TECTUBI RACCORDI - Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy - (area sqm)
Open: 255,000
Covered: 33,000
Total area: 288,000

TECTUBI RACCORDI - Calendasco, Piacenza, Italy - (area sqm)
Open: 4,000
Covered: 4,800
Total area: 8,800
TECTUBI TIANJIN FITTINGS - Tianjin, China - (area sqm)
Open: 33,000
Covered: 35,000
Total area: 68,000
OMP TECTUBI RACCORDI - Bending Division - Alessandria, Italy - (area sqm)
Open: 22,500
Covered: 27,500
Total area: 50,000
GIEMINOX TECTUBI RACCORDI - Welded Pipes Division - Schio, Vicenza, Italy - (area sqm)
Open: 28,000
Covered: 13,000
Total area: 41,000
Summary of Tectubi Raccordi - (area sqm)
Open: 349,500
Covered: 124,300
Total area: 473,800

This plant, built in recent years, is situated in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy, and occupies an area of 251,000 sqm. It is dedicated to the production of seamless and welded mandrel elbows in carbon and alloy steel up to 56”, reducing elbows up to 24” and all kinds of large size fittings up to 120” with a yearly capacity of 30,000 tonnes.

A mandrel machine, with a length of 66.5 mt, width of 7 mt. and the max. working force of 1,800 tonnes, is aimed at increasing production capacity by 60%. Unique in Europe, and probably in the world, this machine is able to deform a tube of 13 meters and to produce elbows with a diameter up to 56” and a wall thickness of 2”, with a heating capacity of 850° for 11.5 tonnes of material per hour.

The factory is conceived on industrial development, environmental protection and enhancement of the local community, accompanied by constant research and innovation.

Websites of the Group

Tectubi Raccordi S.p.A. – Sede legale / Registered office: Via Roma 150, 29027 Podenzano (Piacenza), Italy
Capitale sociale / Paid capital € 5.160.000,00 i.v. – REA PC 157708 – Reg. Imp./Cod. Fisc./P.Iva 01230470997 – VAT No. IT 01230470997
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From Word to KindleAaron Shepard‘s book, “From Word to Kindle: Self Publishing your Kindle Book with Microsoft Word,” is a short guide, or as the author describes it, a “lengthy article,” on how to prepare your book for Kindle Direct Publishing, “for intermediate to advanced users of Word.”

Similar guides are not uncommon, but are, as Shepard asserts, “usually less helpful than they could be.” Rather, he goes by the principle that “for an all-text book, Word’s HTML is almost perfectly suited to Kindle conversion with little or no change.” That said, Shepard continues, “supposedly, as long as you start with a properly formatted Word document, you’ll wind up with a well-formatted ebook. That is almost equally wrong.”

From Word to Kindle

Obviously, much of the value of a book like this hinges on the author’s personal credibility, and at points, Shepard leans substantially on this.

On the question of tables of contents, he says: “Just follow my instructions and you’ll be fine!”—cutting through much online debate on how best to do this. But he is not afraid to let the results speak for themselves. “This ebook was produced with the same techniques it describes,” runs the text, and although the book is workmanlike rather than inspired, it is certainly solid, and demonstrates the fruits of Shepard’s impressive knowledge of the ins and outs of Word, Kindle, and the conversion process from one to the other.

Shephard himself has a demonstrable track record as an author, self-publisher, publisher, advisor on self-publishing, and advocate for the discipline, all of which speaks as well in favor of his conclusions. Some will find bones to pick with the techniques he suggests, but first-timers in the field with sufficient knowledge to handle Word at the level he describes will not be led astray.

Shepard is very conscious of his medium’s limitations. “The Kindle’s typography is primitive—especially on the hardware Kindles—so your book is never going to look great,” he warns. Also, he focuses in this book purely on good text formatting and structuring for Kindle, leaving the questions of cover design and picture insertion for other times and other titles.

All the same, with the barrage of—mostly unfair—criticism being directed at the self-publishing community these days, self-published authors could do far worse than avail themselves of this concise and extremely cheap book.

Shepard doesn’t overcharge, and he has a lot to contribute. That’s a welcome thing in publishing, self or otherwise, now as ever.

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Paul St John Mackintosh is a British poet, writer of dark fiction, and media pro with a love of e-reading. His gadgets range from a $50 Kindle Fire to his trusty Vodafone Smart Grand 6. Paul was educated at public school and Trinity College, Cambridge, but modern technology saved him from the Hugh Grant trap. His acclaimed first poetry collection, The Golden Age, was published in 1997, and reissued on Kindle in 2013, and his second poetry collection, The Musical Box of Wonders, was published in 2011.

  1. Word’s HTML output will produce defective books on Kindle 100% of the time. While I wouldn’t expect the average author to understand that, I would hope that someone writing for Teleread would at least be able to evaluate those details before publishing an ad for such rubbish.

    From both the reading of Shepard’s book and various posts he’s made on Internet forums it’s pretty clear (as it is with pretty much every self-described eBook expert) that he’s a technical user of limited ability and doesn’t even know enough to realize that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

  2. Word’s “filtered” HTML output is pretty rancid stuff if you peek under the hood at what it makes. However, it’s good that self-publishers have the ability to DIY their books as this will lead to a more robust literary culture–much like CMS tools like WordPress and Blogger have made a more interesting internet.

  3. I just finished working with @Paul Salvette’s company to get my latest book formatted, and I just bailed off the DIY wagon in a big way. I’ll be writing a longer article on my experience over the weekend, but let me just say now that there’s a bit difference between DIY and working with someone who knows what they are doing. It’s worth every penny. (And I didn’t even have to spend that many pennies.)

  4. @Chris—I’m sure I speak for many of us when I say that I’d love to see a review of Hewson’s book. Please do consider tackling it.

    @Juli—On a similar note, I think it’d be good fun, and very use, to read a first-person account of your work with Salvette’s company. I’ll definitely look forward to it…

  5. Very recently, Calibre added the ability to convert MS Word to ePub. I would be keen to read about how good that might be.

    Regarding Word’s HTML export, there are two ways of doing that, at least on the Mac version. One is much cleaner than the other. To get the cleanest output from Word, do File > Save as web page and then select the radio button for “Save only display information into HTML.”

    The default “Save entire file into HTML” includes tons of unnecessary XML code.

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17 Products Getting Me Through 2017

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For me it is very easy to get overwhelmed. My anxiety is worse some days than others and I just need a little extra help making the day seem do-able. Especially since I had my baby girl, my brain has been a little off its game and things that were simple before are a little more difficult. Being sleep deprived about a third of the time and absolutely worn out from the things I do daily as a working mom make day to day life a little harder than it used to be!

I have a lot I plan to do with my family this year like moving with my fiance and daughter from South Carolina to Louisiana, finishing my cookbook, buying a fixer upper house and redoing it to look beautiful, and doing a lot more fishing with the fiance. So a few simple things I picked up off of amazon are really going to help me though this year.

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Time Management with a Newborn

Time Management With A Newborn | Ten at the Table

So you just gave birth to this little miracle and you put all you time and love into the precious angel. Then you look up and see your house is a mess, your fridge is almost empty, and you haven’t showered in a week or two. ( FYI My first week of having my daughter I constantly had to be reminded to shower and eat so no shame here momma!) Managing your time with a newborn feels nearly impossible. They aren’t on a set schedule ( Oh how I do not miss those sleepless nights) and I know from experience when they sleep you just want to cuddle up right next to them and take the longest nap possible. I promise you that you will sleep soundly knowing that everything is done.

Now from personal experience I bet you’re asking yourself where do I start? Do I choose getting groceries first or taking a shower? Is it even worth be putting pants on? The answer to all of those questions is they all are so worth it. I always was offended and confused as to why when an airplane is crashing they wanted the parents to put their masks on first. Why would I want my baby to be suffering while I could breathe? Then when I had my daughter I realized if moms don’t tend to themselves by taking showers, eating, cleaning, and getting a break even if it’s short one. They can not be the best mommy that they can be! So without a further a do here is some tips on time managing with a newborn!

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Breastfeeding 101

Being a new mother is the most incredible thing! You have this beautiful baby who you love more than anything. You want to give this baby the absolute best! So what is the absolute best? 81.1% of new mommies in the United States want to breastfeed their babies and end up quitting in the first 6 months. Why is that? Only 51.8% of mommies are breastfeeding to their babies 6 month mark, and less than 30% of babies receive breast milk to their first birthday.

The top 2 reasonings for mommies quitting are; the pain and reduced milk supply. You will have pain throughout your breastfeeding experience. Whether it’s from your first few weeks where your nipples are cracked, sore, and may even be bleeding. To the point in time where your little ones get their little chompers and think your nipple is a chew toy! (I know from experience) Reduced milk supply is a mommies worst nightmare! You have the perfect plan and you feel as if your body went in the complete opposite direction! No need to fear because I am here with 7 tips to be an successful breastfeeding mommy!

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10 Easy Ways To Get Healthier This Year (HINT: It doesn’t involve unicorn tears or placenta!)

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10 Money-Saving Cleaning Tips

As every homemaker knows, maintaining a clean house takes time, effort and money. While there’s no getting around the fact that it takes work to keep up with your home, there are ways to cut costs. Saving money in your cleaning routine is all about knowing where to trim costs — and how. To help you save a little green in your cleaning budget, here are 10 key money-saving cleaning tips.

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- I've been working various shift patterns at my bar job and trying to get some kind of routine for writing around that, with a little bit of success but also a fair bit of tiredness

- I started watching season 7 of Dexter and season 3 of The Walking Dead and both are brilliant

- I read 'Room' by Emma Donoghue and got what all the fuss is about, loved it

- I used the word 'season' twice when I should have said 'series'

- My wardrobe/closet rail collapsed and it sent me funny

- I've been enjoying my friend Anna's new blog - it's honest and funny, like she is

- I sent a short piece of memoir writing to the Lightship Awards, it's probably the most personal thing I've ever submitted

- I've watched loads of Italian horror films from the 70s

- I dreamt that Jack Bauer was coming round for tea

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