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The Regions #1 Tourist Attraction

Thinking of booking your next vacation or weekend getaway? Take a look at Blue Mountain Village; a holiday haven that is perfect no matter what the season. Haven’t heard about Blue Mountain village yet? Well, let us introduce you to one of Canada’s best-kept secrets for the ultimate vacation destination. Looking for the best accommodations in the Blue Mountains? Contact Blue Mountain Lodges.

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“I recently visited the Blue Mountains and stayed at a brand new townhome on Delphi Lane (property number 6420) hosted by Blue Mountain Lodges. It is a very spacious and well maintained 4 bedroom and 3.5 bath home. Very good patio area with a BBQ grill overlooking the mountains and with a gorgeous lake view in the front. My family and I will definitely be staying there again in our next visit!”
– Adrian Chan
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1. What is the Blue Mountain Village

The Blue Mountain Village is located in the beautiful Blue Mountains of Collingwood, at the foot of the Niagara Escarpment. The village is home to a lovely collection of turn-of-the-century Ontario architecture which you can leisurely explore on its pedestrian-friendly streets. Blue Mountain Village offers a delectable choice of fine and casual dining options, sure to please every taste. It also boasts a wide variety of unique and one-of-a-kind boutiques, shops and art galleries for your vacation shopping enjoyment. Throughout the year, your family can enjoy the many festivals and performances hosted in the village as well as spending some fun time cooling off in the indoor-outdoor water park. If you enjoy the nightlife, the Blue Mountain Village will not disappoint you as it has a great selection of clubs, pub and bar for a truly exciting night out on the town.

Looking for economical and spacious accommodations while visiting the Blue Mountain Village? Contact Blue Mountain Lodges. Not to be confused with the Blue Mountain Village itself, Blue Mountain Lodges has many condos and lodges for rent that are conveniently located right outside of the Blue Mountain Village and are much more affordable than similar lodges found in the Village. .

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Extensive Choice of Lodging Options: Blue Mountain Lodges offers you the widest choice of fully furnished vacation rentals in the Blue Mountains to suit your particular needs and tastes. Take your pick from over 150 different lodging options in a wide selection of sizes and unique layouts including:

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Spacious Retreats: If you are looking for more room to spread out or if you want to enjoy time together with friends or family in a spacious accommodation, you will find that our chalets and condos offer you more square feet than similar lodgings in the Blue Mountain Village. If you are looking for the most space for your money book one of our 3,000 to 7,000 square foot rentals.

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Pet-Friendly: We are proud to be pet-friendly so you don’t have to leave your furry friends at home. Bring them along if you like to be a part of your next getaway with us.

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2. Shops

Bright’s Gallery: If you appreciate Canadian Fine Art, then take a browse through Bright’s Gallery. There you will find an amazing collection of Canadian artists’ work with price points from $900 to $9,000, which are sure to appeal to both first-time purchasers and serious collectors.

Columbia Sportswear: Columbia is known for its high-quality sportswear which is now available to purchase right here in the Blue Mountain Village.

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Crock A Doodle Studio: At the Crock A Doodle studio, people of any age can drop-in and hand paint their own beautiful pottery piece. They will then professionally glaze and kiln-fire it to a brilliant durable finish that will last. They also do children’s birthday parties, ladies nights, kids programs and corporate events.

Envy Eyewear: Envy Eyewear offers a wide selection of quality fashion and sports sunglasses as well as ophthalmic eyewear collections, accessories and watches at competitive prices.

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Georgian Christmas: Open all year round, Georgian Christmas is a small boutique holiday gift store that creates the feeling of Christmas all through the year. Their selection includes unique ornaments, holiday decor, gifts, and a recently added souvenir line.

Glama Gal Tween Spa: Why not take some time to get pampered during your visit to Blue Mountain. The Glama Gal Tween Spa is a great place for a mom and daughter girls’ escape. They offer a wide variety of spa packages and they always welcome walk-ins.

Go Fish Go: If you are looking for a unique gift store that is definitely different from all the rest, take a look at Go Fish Go. You’ll discover modern, quirky and fun novelty items sure to please even the hardest person to buy on your gift list.

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The Great Canadian Gift Company: Whatever type of gift you are looking for, you are bound to find it here at the Great Canadian Gift Company. Choose from a wide selection of products; from Canadian souvenirs, First Nations items, corporate gifts, bath and skin care, stationery, accessories, and so much more.

Hillside Outfitters: Hillside Outfitters is the perfect place to purchase all of your downhill skiing accessories in the winter, and mountain biking gear in the summer.

Jack & Maddy: Your kids will love a trip to Jack & Maddy where they will find a wonderful selection of toys to delight and keep them entertained for hours.

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Lifted: Lifted is the perfect place to find quality clothing for any season and for any sport including skiing, snowboarding, skating, cycling or hiking.

L’occitaine en Provence: For an amazing selection of natural beauty products and to talk with expert beauty advisors, come visit L’occitaine en Provence.

Madison Clothing Boutique: Madison Clothing Boutique offers top name brand clothing from all over the world. For designs that are truly unique, come in and take a look. Find that perfect outfit for your next night out on the town.

The Olde Stanton Store: Visit the Olde Stanton Store’s newest location in the Blue Mountain Village for lovely souvenirs, gifts and home decor.

Oomf Activewear: If you are into Yoga or you just love the comfort of Yoga wear, come to Oomf Activewear. It’s the only store in Blue Mountain that specializes in unique yoga clothing, athleisure lifestyle and activewear apparel.

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3. Things to do in Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain is an amazing downhill skiing destination, but downhill skiing isn’t the only thing that this awesome vacation area offers.

Do you and your family love outdoor adventures? Then these are just a few of the activities Blue Mountain has available:

Do you and your family like to take in cultural events? Then the following are a few more of the activities Blue Mountain has for your enjoyment:

Does your family include little ones? Then also make note of these amenities that Blue Mountain boasts:

At Blue Mountain, there are always many fun things to do!

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4. Dining Options

There are many great fine and casual dining options to choose from during your stay in the Blue Mountains. Some of these include:

Thonburi Thai Restaurant
If you are a guest at the Blue Mountain Lodges, you will receive TWO $10 Lunch and Dinner vouchers!
For reservations call – 1 705 446 2167

C&A Steak Company  – For an excellent selection of award-winning wines and a fine selection of steaks served with only the freshest ingredients.

Copper Blues Bar & Grill  – Enjoy steak and seafood in a beautiful setting overlooking the Blue Mountains.

Firehall Pizza Co. – For the best pizza in the Collingwood region, come to the Firehall Pizza Co.

Kikaku Sushi Bar – If you love sushi then you will have to check out the only sushi bar in the Blue Mountain Village.

Oliver & Vonacini Cafe Grill – For a diverse selection of delicious menu options including seafood, steaks, chops, ribs, pasta, and gourmet burgers try Oliver & Vonacini Cafe Grill.

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5. Local Tips & Tricks

Tip #1: For the widest selection of accommodation options and best prices for lodgings, book your vacation with Blue Mountain Lodges.

Tip #2: To get the best prices when staying with Blue Mountain Lodges, call us directly at our front desk and speak with one of our front desk associates for the best price on our properties.

Tip #3: If you have stayed with Blue Mountain Lodges in the past, come again and enjoy an additional 10% off our already low prices.

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Tip #4: There are many beautiful hiking trails besides just the top of the mountain. Check out other hiking options such as Osler Forest and Lorie Forest for a truly amazing outdoor experience.

Tip #5: If you are coming during the ski season, you should rent your equipment from Alpine Sports rather than the Blue Mountain Resort rentals. This is because Alpine offers the best prices and service. They will also let you get fitted with your equipment the night before so that you won’t lose any time hitting the slopes the next day.

Tip #6: If you want to take advantage of some amazing deals in the village’s restaurants, visit Blue Mountain during Springlicious or Fallicious. You can sample the specialty menus of the majority of the wonderful restaurants in the village at incredibly discounted prices during these off-seasons.

Tip #7: Plan to visit the Scandinave Spa on a Wednesday as they offer 15% off the Baths on this day.

Blue Mountain Lodges – A Vacation to Remember

For a vacation you will never forget, plan to come to the beautiful Blue Mountains and stay at Blue Mountain Lodges. Contact us today to book your next unforgettable holiday.


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Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Icelandic Diet; for "REAL" men only...

During both our trips to Iceland my son Johan and I lost about 5 pounds in two weeks. So although Kristina (16) wasn't the least bit interested in birds, nature, hiking or wilderness, the prospect of losing weight that easily had her sign on for the first family trip to Iceland.

The diet is easy:

  1. Get up at 4 AM, have toast and coffee for breakfast.
  2. Don't bother making any lunch or snacks. Just bring along your dehydrated trekking meals and your Primus stove.
  3. Photograph anything that moves or sits still until 2PM
  4. Enjoy your trekking meal in the Icelandic countryside. Maybe take a nap.
  5. Keep photographing until 8PM.
  6. Enjoy another trekking meal, or if you happen to find a restaurant or grocery store try the local cuisine.
  7. Take some more pictures until 10:30
  8. Go to bed and repeat.

    (On second thought maybe I should call it the photographers diet?)
The only problem with the diet was a schoolteacher named Lena who also happens to be mother to Johan and Kristina and insisted that this would simply not do and instead provided us with a two week plan that included always having a supply of sandwiches or snacks.
A great meal in Reykjavik

Needless to say the diet failed miserably, and we weren't allowed to wake the ladies up at 4AM either. I'm not sure how the vikings made it work on Iceland, but I'm pretty sure they didn't have any Swedish school teachers along...

The geyser Strokkur

During two weeks we traveled the entire perimeter of Iceland along the Ring-Road. We made 3 stops at geothermal springs to bathe, including the Blue Lagoon outside of Reykjavik, the community bathhouse in Myvatn.

Now I just have to see if I can convince the family to join me to see the Northern Lights during the winter...

Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon

Think you're having a bad day?

An Arctic fox in the West Fjords
The road to Myvatn
Johan Gehrisch, enjoying a fantastic dinner in Isafjordur
Dinner on Flatey Island; going hungry was not allowed by Lena...
Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik
More of my images from Iceland can be seen at

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InDrive 1.4

We have removed the trial period in InDrive: Custom Car Home, so this app is now free to use. We have also fixed the issues with Poweramp API and weather forecasts. However, we are sorry to report that we will no longer support this app and there will be no further updates in the future. Some of the features of InDrive will be incorporated in a new version of SpeedView, which is planned to be released in the next few months. Thank you for your understanding.

Download: Google Play

InDrive 1.3

InDrive - Night mode

  • Swipe up/down to scroll through shortcuts
  • New display modes: Day, Night and Auto
  • Auto switch between modes at sunrise/sunset
  • Quickly change songs by swiping up/down
  • Improved track recording
  • Added option to clear the log file
  • GPX files now contain track segments
  • Fixed: Pandora shortcut does not work
  • Trial period increased to 30 days

InDrive is now on sale.Â We are lowering the price of the InDrive Unlocker to justÂ $0.99. Moreover, 20 randomly selected people who place an order over the next few weeksÂ will receive the Pro version of SpeedView as a gift. Winners will be notified by email, and their names will be posted here.

This is a limited time offer, so act quick!

InDrive 1.2

  • Run in the background
  • Enable track logging
  • Min distance between points
  • Min time between points
  • Disable Poweramp integration
  • Mute notification sounds
  • Vibrate on press
  • Quickly view album info
  • The app now remembers the last used screen

Note: If you are experiencing the issue with the app randomly closing without any errors, try disabling integration with Poweramp in the app settings. This is a confirmed problem in Poweramp that unfortunately affects InDrive when integration is enabled. It should be fixed in the next Poweramp update.

InDrive 1.1

  • Minimum accuracy
  • Filter the GPS speed
  • Clear individual data
  • Hide the action bar
  • Two more shortcut pages
  • Better screen space usage
  • Improved Poweramp integration
  • Fixed: Force close when direct calling

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Note for Android 4.2.x users: Unfortunately, it appears that Google has removed dock home support in Android 4.2. Pressing the Home button will now return you to the launcher screen instead of InDrive or other car home app of choice. If you would like this feature back, please vote for this issue.

InDrive: Custom Car Home 1.0

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Android application that may appeal to everyone who uses their phone while driving.

InDrive is a unique application that combines superior car home functionality with an advanced trip computer and deep Poweramp integration. The app makes it very easy to launch your favorite applications, directly dial numbers, view your trip information and control music playback*. It will auto launch when placed in a compatible car dock. If you don’t have a physical car dock, InDrive provides an option to force the phone into car mode, in which it will override the Home button.

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* The music screen is designed to work in conjunction with Poweramp. Without Poweramp installed, you will only be able to do very basic controls such as switching to the next song in the default Android music player. Support for other media players is not guaranteed.

Please download the app from Google Play and tell us what you think. Your feedback is much appreciated.


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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Warning dont deal with www.HomeCenter.com

Whatever you do dont deal with http://www.homecenter.com/ i placed an order with them for a Grohe tap part on Jan 5th.

When it still didn't turn up by the 19th of Jan I called them to query what had happened.

Apparently their website has an issue with the google checkout on orders less than $100 (so why offer google checkout is my first question) and didn't automatically add the handling charge of $7.50..... of course when i asked why didn't they contact me their answer was we sent you an email...... hmmm sorry dont think so all my emails get archived and even after searching no email exists (so even though my credit card was charged they were waiting for me to query them about this before informig me they wanted to charge another $7.50? ....hmmm )

When i still hadn't received it today I called to ask where it was.....only to be told the item was a 4 week ship piece and that it wasn't due to be delivered until the 16th of Feb!!!!! this sucks bigtime considering they charged my credit card on the 5th of Jan.

http://www.homecenter.com/ sux's hopefully this post will save someone else some frustration.

P.S. Would also be interested in knowing what Groehe and Google Checkout think about their products being rubbished on and blamed for problems by their sales channel partners.

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Friday, November 09, 2012

Oppo BDP-103

Wow Oppo have released a blu-ray player that can now upscale to 4k hi-def video
The BDP-103 incorporates Marvell's Kyoto-G2H video processor with the latest generation Qdeo technology.
Enhance the home theater experience with four times the resolution of Full HD 1080p "by up-scaling all video sources to 4K (3840 x 2160) output resolution".

Wow!! now does anyone reading this have a tv to take advantage of this? I'd love to see how well it does this as for $499 its a pretty sweet deal....i'm thinking Santa might be visiting this christmas.

Also note that as your home theatre amp almost definitely isnt capable of 4k switching that the Oppo BDP-103 comes with 2 hdmi out so you can run one to your 4k video to your tv/projector and then your audio seperately to your amp.

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CSS Mixed Signal ASIC Solutions

From Concept through Production,
your Mixed Signal ASIC Solution.

Custom Silicon Solutions (CSS) was again invited to attend the ON Semiconductors Executive Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona.   This annual event provides an opportunity for ON’s major customers to meet one-on-one with ON Executives and discuss how to work together more productively.

The event began Tuesday evening (January 29) with the ON Semiconductor Executive Overview & Dinner Meeting.  Speakers included Keith Jackson, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Bob Mahoney, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, and David Somo, Vice President, Corporate Marketing.

The Customer Breakout Sessions (one-on-one discussions between ON Semi and Customer Executives) began on Wednesday.  CSS (now merged with Chronicle Technology) was represented by CSS Executives John Cheng and Mike McDaid.   ON Semi Executives included Rocke Acree (Custom Foundry Business Unit Manager), Mike Kenyon (Sales Director, Western US), Chip Brakeville (Regional Sales Manager, Southwest & Central US and South America) and “Abdi” Afshar (Field Application Engineer).

At the meeting, John Cheng discussed the benefits of the CSS/Chronicle Merger, including the significantly increased engineering staff and the additional production & testing capabilities of the combined companies.  Another topic of special interest was the development of EEPROM technology for the ON Semi ONC18 process (180 nM process at the ON Gresham facility).  CSS is developing this technology (design & evaluation) with ON providing silicon fabrication.   Test structures for EEPROM cells & associated circuits have been completed and are soon to begin fabrication at ON.  This will be followed by development of a complete EEPROM memory and the required on-chip programming circuits.

As a special treat following these meetings on Thursday, ON hosted the opening day at the Phoenix Open at their corporate tent on the 9th green.  John and Mike from CSS attended and were able to enjoy refreshments at the tent and then follow Phil Mickelson around the course in his near record breaking round.

Phil Mickelson Wins the Phoenix Open


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Overheard at the Nurse’s Station

Nurse 1: “Oh no, I ain’t going in there to check that alien’s bandages.”
Nurse 2: “Well, I’m not going. They don’t pay me enough.”
Nurse 1: “You think they pay me enough? I heard the red head one chops out people’s livers.”
Nurse 2: “Yeah, well, the brunette slammed Wimble so hard against the wall she got knocked out.”
Nurse 1:  “At least she got to keep her liver.”
Nurse 2: “Yeah.”
*pregnant silence*
Nurse 1: “So, wanna draw straws?”
Nurse 2:  “I want a transfer to obesetrics.”
Nurse 1: “Haha!”

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Forcing Spring for the Holidays

Every year my sister Judy tells me about her forced paper whites.

It's not that this is a new idea for me. I just haven't done it in years. In the past, it's been disappointing because the beautiful long narcissus always flopped over and looked messy. Or I buy the ingredients and never get around to it!

Not this year. Judy has discoverd that if you plant the pre-forced bulbs in long vases -- that you can pick up in various sizes and shapes at TJ Maxx for a song -- they will grow tall and peak their heads out the top. No flopping! All gorgeous and delicious.

Put them a top about 3" of colored glass you can get at a craft store, tie it with a big ribbon, and it makes a very dramatic effect.

If you only have a shorter container, Lloyd Traven of Peace Tree Farm, the "king of cool plants", swears by vodka. He says, "If you water them once with vodka, they will stay much shorter and sturdier----not kidding. Actual research."

Now the next step is to get these beauties delivered. One down. Seven to go. They're already sprouting roots!

Now Stacey and I are off to the Martha Stewart Show tomorrow with Lloyd decorating Martha's set for the holidays.

Happy Spring - a little early.
Suzi GMG

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

1-Day GoldSim Workshop September 2016

Posted by Jason Lillywhite

GoldSim Technology Group is collaborating with the Arizona Hydrological Society this coming September to provide a 1-day software training workshop as part of their annual conference. The training workshop is only $75 per attendee and a great opportunity for networking and learning more about water resources issues in the Southwestern U.S. Net proceeds from the cost of the workshop will be donated to AHS to support scholarship and internship programs.

The workshop is split into 2 sessions:

Monday, June 13, 2016

Using Arrays in GoldSim

Posted by Ryan Roper

Monthly cumulative flow results (see webinar 'Introduction to Arrays')
One of the most powerful features of GoldSim is its support for vector and matrix data types, or arrays. Whether you are modeling different age cohorts in a population dynamics model or you need to calculate monthly and/or yearly flow totals in a water resource model, the use of arrays can reduce complexity in your model and help you calculate useful results. If you are developing a contaminant transport model, using arrays is unavoidable since species properties are stored in vectors.

Proficiency with arrays in GoldSim is essential for many applications. Gaining a rudimentary understanding will require that you at least know how to create and use array label sets (named and indexed) and how to reference values in an array. I would definitely encourage you, though, to go beyond a basic proficiency and take advantage of the advanced capabilities that GoldSim provides. This blog post will point you to resources to help you get familiar with and start using arrays in GoldSim. I will highlight some example applications that range from very basic usage of arrays to sophisticated applications involving the use of array constructors.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Annual Recurrence Interval of Reservoir Spills

Posted by Jason Lillywhite

Models are built to better inform decisions. Unfortunately, the numerous disparate outputs of statistical models are often difficult to make sense of for the decision makers and/or stakeholders. Compiling the risk of specific events potentially occurring in the future into a single variable can considerably assist the decision makers into comparing the various trade-offs between different scenarios.

One of our long-time GoldSim users, Simon Chambert of Macroscopia submitted a model to our Model Library that is helpful for those looking for the recurrence interval of an event like a pond overflowing. Both the recurrence interval and exceedence probability are computed and displayed for a given set of input parameters that describe the pond design and constraints. This example can be used for other models that need to compute an annual recurrence interval.


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In early 2011, the Ku Klux Klan released a letter applauding young black males for their efforts, and thanking them for their contribution to African American communities.
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Here’s the letter:
“The KU KLUX KLAN would like to take this time to salute and congratulate all gang bangers for the slaughter of over 4,000 Black people since 1975. You are doing a marvelous job. Keep killing each other for nothing. The streets are still not yours nigger…it is ours. You are killing each other for our property. You are killing what could be future black doctors, lawyers, and businessmen that we wont have to compete with. And the good thing about it is that you are killing the youth. So we won’t have to worry about niggers in generations to come. We would further like to thank all the judges who have over sentenced those niggers to prison. We are winning. Pretty soon, we will be able to go back to raping your women because all the men will be gone. So you gang bangers…Keep up the good work. We love to read about drive-by shootings. We love to hear how many niggers get killed over the weekends. We can tolerate the nigger’s jungle fever (for now)… because that further breaks down the race. To all gang bangers across the world: we don’t love you niggers, but we can appreciate you gang bangers. You are doing a wonderful job in eliminating the black race. Without the men…your women cannot reproduce…unless of course, we do it for them. Then we will have successfully eliminated a race thanks to your help and commitment to killing each other. If most of you nigger gang bangers cannot read this letter, it is ok. Go pull a trigger and kill a nigger.”
As shameful as this is to say, they are absolutely right.
In Chicago alone; 49 were shot over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, 53 were shot over Memorial Day weekend, and this past weekend, 43 were shot. That’s three times in the past SIX weeks that at least 40 plus people were shot over a weekend in Chicago alone.
We are destroying ourselves with guns more effectively then they ever could with a rope. Over the past 86 years, the Ku Klux Klan has murdered approximately 3,440 blacks. Blacks are killing about the same amount of blacks every six months.
The saddest part about those lives that have been lost is that every time someone is murdered, two lives are ended. The victim who lost the most precious gift that can be bestowed to anyone, and the shooter, who will likely spend the majority if not the rest of his/her life inside of a prison cell. They both had the potential to be the next Barack Obama, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, or Russell Simmons.
Instead they were buried six feet beneath the dirt, or placed behind six inches of bulletproof glass as they watch their loved ones shed tears for a man who they will never be able to embrace again, unless of course they end up in the penitentiary as well.
While my Editor-In-Chief Michael Skolink is in Sanford consoling the family of Trayvon Martin, there are 43 grieving families in Chicago whose loved one’s names will appear on a tombstone – not trending topics, or international news headlines.
We have all expressed our outrage over the tragic death of Trayvon, and rightfully so. He could’ve easily been any one of us. He was killed in cold blood for no justifiable reason. Well, there are literally thousands of young brothers who look just like Trayvon, who just as well could be anyone of us being slaughtered on a daily basis. Not by men who look nothing like George Zimmerman, but men who look just like you and me.
If we were able to unite and rally for justice for Trayvon, but are unable to band together to end this intraracial genocide, the message being sent is clear. It’s okay to murder young black men for trivial reasons as long as blacks are the ones doing the killing.
That’s similar to the stance that some of us use in defense of the word nigger. While I find this to be asinine in defense of a word, it as an utterly unacceptable when it comes to the destruction of a race of people.
If we can voice our opposition to cops killing us, whites killing us, and dictators killing their citizens in different countries, we are obligated to do the same for our own self-destruction. Read more:


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The Little Things…

17th July 2013

I’m spending the week in San Diego, taking photos for San Diego Comic Con!!! Every time I go to a comic convention, I get super inspired by how resourceful and creative people are with their work.

I didn’t grow up on comic books the same way a lot of my friends did, but I still love the idea of building worlds and making characters. So for this SDCC, I gave my imaginary cat a name and made her a book to tell you a little bit about her!

Her Name is Heartvey, and she loves to tell you about the things that she loves about life! She made a list of these things for my to draw out and so there is not a little zine to show the little things that she loves!

Since she loves summer treats and googly eyes, we decided to make an entire tiny care package to hand out to people at Comic Con, this year.

I made the text on the bag with gold stamp ink and a Martha Stewart stamp kit that I am currently a little obsessed with. I used origami paper and pens for the treats, and a xerox machine and a very sweet assistant, helped me get 100 zines done just in time for the convention!I closed each one with some colorful washi tape, and made a stamp of Heartveys head to set as a base for a drawing of her on the back!Each zine has a unique and original drawing of the adventures that Heartvey has gotten herself into!

Oh Joy! Birds, Pups and other Monsters!

11th July 2013

 A friend of mine in New York wakes up before dawn to take the subway. He said that, one day, he sat on the sparse subway cart of early morning commuters, when he noticed a pigeon roam into his cart before the doors closed him in. He stood very still and patiently waited for the next stop, where he got off and found himself on a completely different outdoor platform.

The next morning, he took the same train and noticed the pigeon bobbling onto the cart again. At this point, my friend tried to shoo him out so that he didn’t get lost again. The pigeon reluctantly left only to rush into the nearest subway doors before they closed. My friend watched the pigeon that he thought was trapped on the subway, the previous morning, and saw him in a different light that day. He noticed the pigeons beak nearly touching the closed doors, waiting for them to open at his stop. He acted just like any other normal subway commuter in NY. As if no one would notice that he was just a little gray bird.

He got off at the next stop, that day. He got on at one stop and off at the next for as long as my friend took the same train.

I love the idea of animals doing human things. I love that pigeons really are just a little lazy and a little determined at the same time.

Heres some other things I love about life, lately:

 Jumping out of happinessohjoyGetting real mail Having lunch with friends When dogs breathe through their mouths, because it makes them constantly have a smile on their face Tiny everything; When you can follow plane shadows on a flight

 Coffee and doughnuts When dinner is made into a dessert Being humbled every so often East coast sunrises Getting coffee and lessons on how to create monsters from this handsome hunchback
 Getting prepared for Comic Con!!!

  • Watching episodes of Black Mirror for the first time. I wish I could see them for that first time, all over again!
  • My little Ikea striped throw blanket that helps keep me warm when AC feels a little too cold
  • Impromptu picnics under shady trees
  • Seeing how happy dogs get to put their head out the window of a moving car
  • Running around in my sprinklers, whenever I start to miss the rain
  • This quick lunch recipe. I have big plans on making it everyday, based mostly upon its simplicity
  • Alexs new movie poster
  • MT’s Scandinavian summer collection of some of my favorite illustrators work
  • Marinating every meal in miso paste
  • This fun beautiful classical Hungarian song

How Tuesday: Make Chia Seed Pudding

9th July 2013

How Tuesday

One day while drifting through Whole Foods I came across a free sample booth that had a lady handing out what looked like tapioca pudding and going on about all the things you can do with chia seeds. It was reminiscent to Bubba Blue giving that never ending speech on shrimp, in Forest Gump. I couldn’t get her to fess up on how she made this delicious pudding I was trying, so I grabbed a bag of these seeds, headed home, and began experimenting on how to make it. I’ve tried it using all different kinds of milks, sweeteners, and extracts and I think I’ve finally made my favorite one. I’ve illustrated the recipe so that you can make it too!

It’s best to leave this mixture in the refrigerator for, like, 12 hours to get the best pudding consistency. Right before serving it, I like to top mine off with a little extra teaspoon of agave.

Independence Night

7th July 2013

I love all of the different ways I’ve been able to spend this holiday though out my lifetime of being American.

Tumbling down grassy hills in Florida and itching my legs the entire rest of the day.

Listening to my Electric Ladyland cd over and over again as I rode in the back of an open truck through Massachusetts.

Catching fireflies in Riverside Park and naming each one before letting it go.

Hula hooping on my rooftop in Brooklyn, watching the fireworks surround NYC.

Trying to blow up solid object with bottle rockets in Atlanta.

Driving into Portland waiting for the perfect moment to ignite a tiny firework in the shape of a monster truck.

 I’ve spent many Independence days in many different parts of this country and am grateful for every year that I’m able to travel an experience something new. This year I spent it in my new home with some friends, a pup, and many sticks full of fun colorful smoke.

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*All other photos were taken by me with my Samsung NX300 camera!

Insta Grand Color Scheme

5th July 2013

Instagram Roundup

I struggle with the square format that Instagram wants their users to stick to. Basically, its what liquid eyeliner does for women and what salt does for foods. It crops many incredible photos into something that looks pretty ok, and it makes really crappy ones look pretty ok too.

What I do like about the formant is being able to use it to showcase something against a solid background. Its fun to have something to take a photo of, and look around my rather bland surroundings, in order to find any colorful thing to set it against.

Heres a couple of my favorite colorful photos that I’ve posted on Instagram, recently.

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September 18, 2012

last taste

On my last day in Paris, I decided to go wander around Montmartre and the Sacré Couer. I'd been before, but it's one of my favorite areas in Paris and seemed like a good idea for another summer-like day. I was on the hunt for a croque madame, one of my favorite dishes, but never found anywhere that looked and felt especially right for it. I wanted to find a "good" one. As usual, the park and steps in front of the Sacré Coeur were full of people and it was a festive atmosphere. Most were watching a seemingly endless show by this guy standing on a post doing tricks with a soccer ball. His performance continually escalated, and eventually he was climbing and doing Cirque du Soleil style acrobatics on the light pole - still with the soccer ball! I went to meet my friend Eric for a beer afterward. We were both hungry so we walked to get some food. He suggested a Chinese place we were in front of, but he must have seen me hesitate even though I agreed. He clearly had a new idea in his head and asked if I was up for going to a different part of town. Of course I was. We went and got bikes from the rental stalls on the street, and the next thing I knew I was on a bicycle riding through Paris traffic and across the Seine. We ended up at a place called Le Relais de l'Entrecote in the Latin Quarter on the Rive Gauche. They serve only steak frites. It has a few locations and is hardly hidden or secret, as there were clearly tons of tourists there. But the steak frites were worth the crowds and the wait, as was the ice cream and sherbert dessert he ordered for us. I may never have gotten my croque madame, but I did get a unique and adventurous taste of Paris on my last day.

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Andrew Djang said...

What's wrong with Chinese?! Racist! ;)


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The Healer and the Pirate

The Healer and the Pirate is available now on Kindle and Nook, and in print at Lulu and Amazon!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Busy Wednesday

I don't have much to say today, really. I'm going a little slower than I wanted for my work in progress "Flight from Endwood." I hoped to have it finished by the end of the month, and I'm a touch behind. Believe me, if it were a hard and fast deadline I would have worked harder to get it done, but it's more of a "I'd just like to be DONE and work on another project!" date.

But without a hard deadline, how could I turn down a get-together with co-workers at a pizza place? (Delicious, by the way.)

In fairness, a little of the procrastination is that I got a new phone! (I got my previous one in November 2009, and have been complaining about it since...November 2009 + 2 days.)

I think it's about as powerful as the first computer I bought. If I can get a working microSD card, it will have considerably more "hard drive" space. Even without additional storage it's working out decently so far. AND it has a place for a cell phone charm!

Yes, that is Silvermist the Disney Fairy. I had Fawn on my old phone (in memory of a wonderful trip to Disneyland in June 2010, when we happened to meet her and Tinkerbell). Oh, I love Disneyland.

I'm thinking about changing my background to black with two blue ovals and making my phone look a bit like EVE from Wall-E. What do you think?

Anyway, despite such obstacles as playing with my shiny new toy and trying to get its memory card to work in FOUR different devices, I'm nearly done with the second-to-last chapter of Endwood, and the last will be an epilogue. God willing, I'll be there soon.

Got some great (positive) feedback on my collaborative novel, so that's great news! I'm wondering if we should just buckle down and edit it, then start sending it out...

I don't know. If I don't have anything interesting for next week, maybe I'll just put up some ship pictures? What do you want to see, anyway?

  1. I like the idea of making your phone look like Eva! What a cute thought, and the charm is lovely by the way. :)
    Praying for you and your writing!

  2. Thank you so much! <3 I made the change on my phone; I'll post it next week though. Content can be hard to come by. ;)

    Praying for you and your writing too!

  3. Great phone choice! "She" is extremely lovable. Can you record voice messages to make her talk?

  4. Great question! I would think probably? I tend to just take MP3s on the computer and edit them there, though. I should do that to make next week's phone update more interesting, but we'll see. ;)


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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Daughter's request

My daughter is wanting a day out at the movies. I don't have the extra money for such an expenditure.

It's my responsibility, and I'm trying to use this as a teaching opportunity, but she's tired of hearing it.

So, if anyone would like to subsidize a "date" day with a Paypal donation, she would appreciate it. And so would I.

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4 Freelance Roles for UK-Based Bilinguals in 2017

The freelance economy is well and truly on the rise (no matter what tax changes Chancellor Philip Hammond decides to make) and, as a bilingual speaker in the UK, you are perfectly placed to join this growing army of workers.

In fact, the freelance economy is one of the great success stories of recent years, growing by 25 percent since 2009 and turning over an estimated £109 billion a year. This has added an estimated £30 billion to UK gross domestic product and contributed much to the growth in employment. Statistics from the Office of National Statistics show that a record 4.63 million, or one-in-seven of the workforce, are now self-employed.

However, regardless of what the figures might suggest, life as a freelancer is not for everyone. You lack the security you enjoy as a PAYE employee. There’s no sick pay, no paid holidays and no ‘training days’ spent nursing a cup of tea. As a freelancer, if you’re not working, you’re not earning. But that doesn’t stop freelancing being a land of opportunity, particularly for those with rare and valuable bilingual skills.

With that said, here are four freelance roles for UK-based bilinguals in 2017…

1. Translator

If you have some experience as a translator under your belt then you could access the potentially lucrative freelance translation market. With the right network of clients, marketing strategy and skills, you could earn more as a freelance translator than you typically would working in-house. Of course, you will have to work long hours to build your client base and it could take six months to a year for all your efforts to pay off. However, once you have a regular stream of customers, can keep them happy and make sure you get paid, life as a freelance translator could be pretty good.

2. Customer service agent

Customer service might not be a role you would typically associate with freelance workers, but there are an increasing number of companies that are looking for freelance bilingual customer service agents who can work from home. These positions range from sales and tech support to full-time roles dealing with inbound customer requests, whether on the phone, via email or through video calls.

3. English-as-a-second-language (ESL) tutor

ESL teachers and tutors are in high demand both here in the UK and overseas. In the UK, there are more and more companies looking for individuals who can get their foreign language employees up to speed. You can even teach English from home using a virtual platform. There are also plenty of opportunities overseas for ESL tutors who can find work in the country of their second language, teaching private and corporate clients. You will need some experience and a professional qualification to become an ESL tutor in the UK and abroad. A TEFL certificate is an excellent place to start.

4. Copywriter

If you have a way with words as well as fluency in two languages, becoming a bilingual copywriter could be a potential freelance route for you. There’s an increasing need for bilingual copywriters as UK-based businesses expand their offerings overseas. As a bilingual copywriter, you may have to write marketing messages in both languages, which can be a big ask. Alternatively, you could be charged with localising English-language marketing assets for an overseas market, or vice-versa. If you have the linguistic skills to fulfil this role, you will be well-rewarded.

Alternatively, if you prefer the security of a life as a PAYE employee, we have a number of exceptional bilingual roles for candidates across the English south coast. Please take a look at our latest bilingual vacancies or call 02392 987 765 to discuss your requirements today.


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Saturday, May 28, 2011

a portable, offline, distributed wiki setup

I’ve found recently, that I keep having need of somewhere to write stuff down and that works off line, with updates from different computers.

As I’ve been using git for this for code, and it works fine, thought I would see if I could apply it to a wiki. Turns out, it’s easy. Dokuwiki is a wiki that is packaged with Mandriva and happens to store it’s data in plain text files. It also does not store history in these files, so they stay nice, clean and easy to read with a text editor. They are also conveniently in just one standard place. So, with a minimal amount of work, I turned /var/lib/dokuwiki/pages/ into a git repository, added the pages to the repo, and volla. Now, I can push my wiki up to any remote git repo I want, or pull it from another computer. In my case, I have a main remote repo for git, so push it up to that main repo when I am online, then pull it down to all the computers I use.

Keeping my wiki up to date is now quite simple and easy, with git pull/push and the odd git commit. Merges will happen if I end up editing a page on two different computers before they both get to sync with my master git, but that should be fine as the wiki format is clean and simple text.

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François said...

Talking about VCS-backed wikis, ikiwiki is a really nice one. The developers behind it also offer a hosted version.


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Monday, October 8, 2007

A new chapter. - "The Universe Within"

Finished this print tonight and was so excited that I had to post it before I even erase the gripper marks.
This is a new beginnging and a new direction.
This is a black and white stone litho over which then I printed Offset reduction linocut.

I'm playing with the ideas of bloodline, bodyscape, the universe within every one of us.

Racheal Anilyse said...

first thing i thought when i saw it was "oooo bodyscape version 2?"

oh creating!
wait...what scape of body is this? hands?

Maria Doering said...

that's funny racheal! I am actually recycling the photoshoot of the bodyscapes.. we took somewhere around 5000000 photos lol so there is plenty to work with ;), the second one is in creation. no this is one of my back, the shoulderblades squeezed together.

Julie said...

Hi darlin, I'm glad I found this! I miss you hope youre doing well up there.

Maria Doering said...

hey julie, i'm good, how about you?.. just let me know which julie you are =). I know 4 different julie's =).

Julie said...

julie b! wheres my gunpowder tea!?

Maria Doering said...

haha!!! u need to visit me for some hardcore breakfast! i'm glad u told me which julie haha because i definitely thought u were the wrong one :p.


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Environmentally Conscious Product Packaging and Its Influence on Brand Image

Environmentally Conscious Product Packaging and Its Influence on Brand Image

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How Branded Retail Bags Help Convey Your Company’s Image

How Branded Retail Bags Help Convey Your Company’s Image

The value of shopping bags as a marketing tool cannot be overstated. A customer carrying a quality bag that commands attention acts as a billboard for the brands they love; they are telling the world “Shop here!” while conveying a feeling of specialness everywhere they go. With all the choices companies have to keep their marketing fresh, branded printed paper bags or custom plastic bags are a simple and strategic way to impact the customer experience and boost sales.

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The Good Ol' Days

There were no good ol' days.

The world has not gone to hell.

Things are not worse "now-a-days."

To what utopian past are the people who make these claims comparing the present? When people talk about how bad things have gotten on the floor of Congress, that politics have "gone down the drain," do they really not know United States History? Do they not know that Charles Sumner was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor?  I'm sure they are unaware that he was preceded in being beaten with a cane on the floor of Congress by Matthew Lyon, Horace Greely and Josiah Grinnell.  That didn't even include people like William Stanberry who was caned in the street by Gov. Sam Houston or the multiple fistfights and brawls that have broken out in Congress.  Those are just the canings.  Do these people, who look back to America's Glory days, back before we supposedly "lost our way," consider it glorious to shoot political rivals to death? According to Joanne Freeman, at the beginnings of our United States, losers in political elections would often challenge the winner to a duel. In total, counting petty and professional quarrels, more than twenty politicians were killed in duels, most notably former Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton killed by then Vice President Aaron Burr.

People talk of government corruption and, of course, about how bad things have gotten. Politicians certainly haven't gotten crooked. Have people forgotten Nixon already? It's somewhat understandable to forget that Warren G. Harding had the most corrupt presidential administration in our country's history, but Grant's was nearly as bad and no one seems to mention that. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, before either was president, committed what we would now consider treasonous acts by feeding confidential information to the French government. The aforementioned Aaron Burr was actually tried for treason after trying to steal land from the United States and create his own kingdom.  Eldbridge Gerry spawned the name "Gerrymandering" after manipulating the boundaries of his congressional district so much that it looked like a salamander. The last four men mentioned hold places on the roster of our revered team of Founding Fathers.

What time period was so crime-free that it now terrifies people to think about how much more violent the streets, schools and homes have become? It certainly hasn't been any time in the past 42 years. We have the lowest crime rate since 1969 (when hippies were putting flowers in gun barrels) and the lowest violent crime rate since 1975. America certainly wasn't low crime from 1882 to 1968, when nearly five thousand men, women and children were lynched to disenfranchise blacks. It's difficult to find an exact number of how many black women were raped during that time for the same purpose. It was a lot; virtually all unreported. I'm sure there aren't too many of the black community who look back and see glory days of years gone by.  It seems that only whites can look back and see the utopian past, but it's not like white people were unscathed by crime.  In the 1930s, eight FBI agents were killed by gangsters and outlaws. Oh, and wasn't that decade particularly high in crime because of The Great Depression? That doesn't sound so glorious. It was halted by the even less glorious attack on Pearl Harbor. If we go back further than 1868, we will find ourselves in the bloodiest war ever to wage on this continent, costing over a million casualties. Soldiers on both sides incessantly pillaged and looted. They sometimes raped and murdered civilians as they swept through towns. The people would just have to hope that armies didn't burn their whole town to the ground or use it as a war zone.  It had all the things that you might expect from a war. The streets sure weren't safer then.

Folks who reminisce about the Good ol' Days believe that issues today have bred a new type of criminal.  A bloodthirsty sociopath whose selfish desires have annulled his humanity. Only today could produce such a monster, they believe.  For some reason, old folks seem to think psychos are more prevalent now. Psychopaths are hiding in all the old people's closets waiting to rape, kill and rob them.  I guess they don't know about Baby Face Nelson, who fired automatic weapons into crowds of women and children as he literally cackled with laughter. He also killed three of the aforementioned FBI agents. Dick Hickock and Perry Smith broke into a Kansas house in 1959 and blew the heads off a family of four with a shotgun in a pathetic robbery.   Ed Gein killed women in the 1950s and kept their heads as bedposts and he wasn't the first, or the worst, serial killer. As near as we can tell, there hasn't been any change in percentage of serial killers in the population.

When people claim that scams are everywhere "nowadays," do they realize that Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme got its name from Charles Ponzi, a con man in the early 1900s? Con men used to mail instead of email, but the scams remain the same.  The Nigerian 419 scam used to be called the Spanish Prisoner in the late 19th century. Scam tactics date back to at least 300BCE when Ancient Greeks perfected insurance scams on Maritime vessels.

Like I said before, it seems that only white people talk about the good old days, and it mostly seems to have existed in 1950s and maybe early 60s. Think Mad Men. It amazes me that women say anything about any time other than the last 20 years as being anything but degrading, but they do.  Old women frequently accuse the world of going to "hell in a handbasket."  I guess they liked it when they were known as nothing but housewives and secretaries, and could be nothing but housewives or secretaries.  There were exceptions, yes, but not too many. During that same time, the richest were taxed 91% of their income, so it's not like Obama's tax hikes are anything but wimpy when compared to taxes under the Eisenhower administration. I suppose people didn't care about having their phones illegally tapped by Hoover and his FBI, having their first amendment rights trampled on, being ostracized or blacklisted for being communist or even accused of being a communist. Do these old white men not remember that the world almost ended during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962? We almost blew up the world. That is not an exaggeration. For two weeks, almost every American was glued to the TV, preparing, if necessary, to die, while the government lied and said school children could cover their heads under their desks to avoid serious injury from a thermonuclear explosion. Good Ol' Days indeed.

Looking back at writings from the past, we see that a group from every generation has argued this point. People are always fearing for the future and claiming that some great doom is unavoidable.  So far, for the past 250 years, we've managed to avoid this unavoidable doom. And while we were fending it off, we also improved every aspect of living.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Data Processing

Information processing tool to help define Budget and Days of a new project can be used.

It is available in the New Proposal, Job Edit and Proposal Edit pages.

Depending on the project type and classification, we obtain minimum, average, and maximum values, which allows us to limit the set budget and define the risks that may be taken by exceeding the budget limits, based on previous data.

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Friday, March 6, 2009 - The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog

Classification, Secrecy & The Transformation of Journalism

I've been catching up on Radio Berkman, the podcast produced by our friends at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and a great companion to the Technology Liberation Front's Tech Policy Weekly Podcast. There's been a lot of talk about government transparency on lately, including the TLF'sÂ TPW 40: Obama, e-Government & Transparency. But that conversation has been mainly focused on how to make "public" records accessible.

The most recent Radio Berkman episode, "Can you Keep a Secret?" explores the thorny questions about what should be deemed public in the first place, and what should be classified:

The government keeps secrets. We take that for granted. But should we? Some speculate that intelligence agencies and elected officials are a little bit trigger happy with the "Top Secret" stamp, and that society would benefit from greater openness. With the government classifying millions of pages of documents per year - in a recent year the U.S. classified about five times the number of pages added to the Library of Congress - a great deal of useful human knowledge gets put under lock and key. But some argue that secrecy is still crucial to our national security.

Radio Berkman pokes its head into a recent talkback with the directors of the film Secrecy, Harvard University professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss. They are joined by Harvard Law School professors Jonathan Zittrain, Martha Minow, and Jack Goldsmith.

I look forward to seeing the film (when it comes out on Netflix).

What I found most interesting was the discussion of the essential trade-off in the relationship between the media and the state has always been between the media's "independence" and its "responsibility" (~33:30 in). Even the staunchest critics of the national security state would probably accept that there are some stories in the media shouldn't publish because they'd jeopardize the safety of Americans. But we all want the media to blow the whistle on the bad stuff that goes on behind a veil of secrecy. Drawing that line is a terribly difficult task. But it becomes even more complicated with the decline of traditional professional investigative journalism and the rise of blog/amateur journalism.

I'm generally not very sympathetic to the chicken-littleism of those who bemoan the fact that journalism is being forced to evolve and innovate by technological change, but on this point, it does indeed seem more likely that the increasingly diffuse media will act less "responsibly" by running stories that really shouldn't be run. As one of the panelists points out, the problem is not so much that journalists (of whatever kind) don't want to be responsible; it's that they can't possibly know enough about the context of their story to appreciate why publishing the story might be damaging in surprising ways (such as exposing the capability of U.S. spy satellites by publishing a photo of a Soviet tank). In the "good" old days of media scarcity, the small number journalists whose beat touched on national security had the luxury of being able to think through their stories and having personal relationships with someone inside the government who could be relied on to tell them whether the story really shouldn't be run or, even more importantly, which particular aspect of a story truly deserved secrecy.

The panelists also touched on a separate danger: the "independence" of media will suffer from economic dependence on the government. Would a newspaper sucking at the teet of government bail-outs really have run photos of American soldiers torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, for example? Herein lies a secondary danger of the rise of Internet journalism--that traditional media will become less effective watchdogs as their bottom line suffers and government starts to supplement income once provided by advertising revenue. Were classified ads the very thing that kept newspapers independent? What will happen if newspapers cannot shed their physical distribution costs, or find new sources of revenue in the form of smarter advertising, subscriptions, micro-payments or donations? Adam Thierer has discussed these tough questions and others.

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Gopher Pest Control San Fernando

Gopher and Mole Control in San Fernando, CA

When moles or gophers are damaging your San Fernando landscape and you need Gopher Pest Control service call Rodent Guys to save your landscaping.  Our Gopher Pest Control service in San Fernando, CA is offered using pet friendly methods with well trained trappers.  Please dial us at 909-599-4711 to service Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

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A gopher control San Fernando Ca . needs is from the pocket gopher which is the same as a gopher. A large amount of damage is to new plants considering they are immature, un-established but it doesn’t require very much gnawing for that gopher to destroy or feed on it. Lawn is seriously effected by gophers with destruction from both eating on the turf plus the earth shoved at the top and staying on the grass which smothers it.

Giant trees normally takes chewing for a little bit so no worries. Smaller trees are usually killed by the gopher promptly because of the roots offering the life for the tree are immature. You will see particular limbs of trees or bushes start to die off as soon as gophers are destroying them. This is caused by the roots providing life for that portion of the plant is compromised or destroyed from the gopher and without any longer giving life for that section of the plant that you are raising.

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Gopher mounds with exit hole

Gopher Mound

Pocket gopher burrows are usually stuffed wth dirt like in the picture above. This helps to differentiate them from other burrowing rodents like  moles.  They can dig 1-3 mounds every day reason behind the fact of why you want to eradicate gophers right away on your yard.  Gopher removal (not gofer removal ) is normally done by a qualified pest control company with background in how to eliminate gophers for your lawn.  Always make sure they have an agriculture pest control license as required by California state law in and not just a license for structural pest control.

Destruction and why we need Removal

Gophers consume plants, tree roots, flowers and vegetables on your garden – if it’s a plant they probably will eatwll consume|like} it.  Most damage is to new plants because they are young, un-established and it does not} take much for a gopher to destroy or eat it.  Grass is also highly impacted by gophers with damage from both the eating of the lawn and the dirt pushed on top and sitting on the lawn which smothers it.

Mature trees can take chewing for a little bit so not to panic.  Smaller trees can be killed by a gopher right away because the roots supplying the life to the tree are young.  You will notice certain branches of trees or bushes begin to dry out when gophers are eating it.  This is caused by the roots supplying that part of the plant is damaged or killed by the gopher and no longer supplying life to that part of the tree you are growing in.

The best control methods for gopher extermination are burrow fumigants, poison, burrow blasting, Tunnel Fill, and trapping. Trapping, Tunnel Fill and baiting are methods that a property owner can use with some success. Burrow Blasting is usually performed by a company dedicated to gophers (we have a Varmint Getter for burrow blasting) because of the expense of the machine.

Burrow fumigants are extremely useful but are restricted materials in, only available to and used by licensed professionals like us. Burrow fumigants are not the same as the smoke bombs from the hardware store which are not very effective.

Poison baits available to agriculture pest control professionals are much higher concentration and effective than what is available to a homeowner.  The main reason to hire a gopher expert is the knowledge of what method to use for each property and proper placement of fumigants and or bait for effective removal of gophers.

Using water to wash them to surface

Flooding can be effective on farms where the entire field is flooded and there is nowhere for a gopher to go.  On your property you are going to try to flood the gopher with a garden hose down the hole.  The problem is the water usually never fills up the tunnel system and the gopher simply raises his head above the water line until you start to worry about the water bill in San Fernando and shut off the water off.

No repellents in San Fernando available at the present time that have been shown to provide good Gopher Pest Control. Several plants, such as gopher purge and cantor bean have been said to offer relief, but these claims have never been authenticated.   If they really worked to get rid of gophers you would not be reading this site.

Keep gophers out of your lawn using physical barriers can be effective for small areas. Any large project, such as placing fencing around the perimeter of your backyard would be cost prohibitive. Plus this would at best only offer short-term control. Eventually gophers find a way in.

Raised flower beds can be protected by attaching a 1/4 inch galvanized hardware cloth below the bed and securing it to the 2×6 wood frame prior to adding soil in your yard.

Calif DFG position

 When gophers are causing damage to you San Fernando property, they are allowed to be killed by any legal means. Allowable ways can include gopher traps and poison bait placed by the owner or tenant of the property. Any poison bait used to kill gophers must be labeld for gophers on the product label and follow the instructions carefully.

 Rodent Guys Gopher Services

We will come out to provide Gopher Pest Control services in San Fernando using the best ways based on each property such as fumigation.  Depending on tunnel locations poison baits are used instead of fumigation of tunnels.  Gopher Pest Control is a tough job for the beginner, we have a lot of experience with it.

Gopher Pest Control at it's best

Captured two Gophers

This is owner of Rodent Guys, Nick Nielsen, with 2 gophers, one caught in a gopher trap and one removed with poison.  Nick and his team of Gopher Pest Control experts will be holding trophies like these at the end of your project.

We Service Most areas in the following counties:

 Los Angeles County, Ventura, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County


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Country Convict Part Two!

Here’s the follow-up to the exciting and hot feature Busty blonde Summer Brielle, is taken to a secluded ranch and trained to be an obedient sex slave by James Deen. Watch Summer along with slave girl Gaia, live out their darkest fantasies with rough sex and bondage.

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Cute and blonde girl gets flogged, covered in clothes’ pins and is fucked by her doctor

Seeing these images just makes me want to see a doctor and fake an illness. If I were to be diagnosed with something it would have to be an invented illness like “surprisingly high sexual appetite” or “oral sex practice” or “anal sex addiction”. It is highly likely that I have these make-believe illnesses just like this blonde hottie over here that is in for a real round of bondage sex.

It seems that her doctor has a particular cure in mind for her that implies being tied to an  examination chair at first, then getting her pussy lips spread nice and wide and afterwards having a butt-plug inserted in her ass. What is he doing these tests for, I haven’t the slightest idea. So that he may have perfect silence during these tests he gags her mouth with a red mouth gag and after that he flogs her, turning her perfectly white skin into a nice an tingly red.

A very special, medical technique that is used in the training of sex slaves is wax play. As clearly seen in these kinky pictures, it seems to have some effect on this blonde, good-looking patient. She sucks this doctor’s dick like a professional cock sucker but still, she needs to be tied up during this procedure as well.

As a final procedure in curing this pale-skin blonde girl, the doctor decides that there should be some clothes’ pins applied on her skin just so that she can sense the delicate line between pain and pleasure. This, like so many other treatments should be repeated periodically according to the doctor’s orders.

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Blonde ward patient is fucked by her doctor and his stocking-wearing secretary

This mental institute is my kind of place if the secretaries are so sultry and the doctors so demanding and unmerciful. I think you will enjoy this rough sex video like never before because both the secretary and the blonde, lustful patient look incredibly hot and their sex drive is over the roof! Who wouldn’t want to see a blonde and a brunette fighting over which one can have the first lick or the first thrust from doctor Love over here? I bet you are anxious yourself to watch these two gorgeous women in action.

The blonde patient has an appetite for cock like no other and her brunette secretary is slowly introducing her to the secret and lovely games of pussy fisting. She does not spare her ass of any slaps, either, she considers that proper punishment must be applied in order to receive treatment from this medical doctor. The secretary on the other hand shows this blonde patient that ultimately she is the patient and her position in the ward is clearly above her and she should be treated with respect so she puts on a strap and fucks her pussy while shoving a plug up her ass.

To fully make the blonde patient understand the secretary’s position in the ward, she smothers her face and makes her eat her cunt while doctor is performing a fucking on her. The ropes holding her seemed to be rather old-school and mundane for a mental institute so doctor decides that she should be bound to the examination table instead. That way things are more authentic and she can have extreme bondage sex without struggling too much.

Such a treatment is applied only to special, good-looking patients that suffer from lack of forced sex,  the majority of them relapse and need to repeat treatment but that’s a good thing, right?

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Braid Game

Here at SF we find no greater joy than when we’re able to put together a perfect outfit for you.   Whether you’re shopping for a first date, an interview, or a night out with your best gals, we love dressing you for the occasion.  However, as your handy dandy girl-gang, we’re here to remind you that “the perfect look” isn’t limited to the clothes you don on your body.   We want you to feel fab head-to-toe!  Your look stretches from the tip-top of your head all the way down to your Russian Navy pedi.

Let’s start at the top.  While our girlbosses, Tess and Ashley, have been away at market they’ve been rocking some major braids.  Chunky, tiny, loose, tight- a good braid (or braids) is the best way to amp up your hair game.  We love the juxtaposition in pairing a messy braid with a super sleek getup.  While Tess and Ash have been roaming the LA streets, they’ve been sporting messy side braids and milk-maid braids that would make Disney princesses swoon.  Here are a few snapshots from their trip plus some of our favorite inspo braid ideas!

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Different classifications of leather sofas

When you are dealing with leather sofas, one thing that you should know is that they have a lot of different categories. You can categorize them into more than 5 types but based on the popularity the ones mentioned in this article are considered to be a major classification.

On the surface, sofas look like a simple object. It is but who would have imagined that even it can be categorized based on the material being used and on top of that again divided into other small categories based on the different types of the material that was used. Sounds complex?

Let us boil it down to a smaller subcategory so that it is easier for you to decide on what you should buy if you were thinking of buying leather furniture.

     1. Top Grain Leather

As the name suggests, top grain is a type of leather that comes from the top segment of the hide. This is considered to be the highest quality type of leather. Why? It is because the skin of the animal is the strongest in the top surface. From top grain leather, we can also derive a full-grain leather. Full grain leather would not be buffed or sanded. Along with this corrected grain leather can also be obtained. This one is quite contrary to full grain leather. Corrected grain leathers are buffed and sanded. This removes the natural markings from the leather.

Now, when it comes to the level of quality both of them have a same level of quality but the major difference is that corrected grains are smoother and a bit more uniform in comparison to full grain leather.

     2. Split Leather

When we have a hide the uppermost layer of the hide goes for making the top grain and the lower layer for the split leather. This layer actually has a less number of natural markings when compared with a top grain layer. This layer is not as thick as the top grain layer thus a little less durable and a bit cheaper. Top grain leathers usually provide a covering for itself but for the split layer coated split leather is used to add a protective coating layer. This makes this layer a bit stiffer than top grain layer.

     3. Nubuck

So this type of leather is from different parts of the hide. Whenever we are referring to a nubuck, suede is also involved. So basically nubuck leathers are of higher quality leathers when compared with suede. The reason being it (nubuck) is the top portion of the hide. Again now since it is from the top portion of the hide it tends to be more durable when compared with suede. But what is suede?

So when you take split leather from the bottom portion of the hide and buff and sand it, you get suede. Both nubuck and suede are treated with chemicals to improve the resistance. This resistance helps to deal with the stains and water.

     4. Aniline Leather

Aniline leathers are the most natural looking leathers in the market. What makes this leather unique is the surface that is like pore scars. Aniline leathers are dyed as well but are not coated with additional polymers. For dying they are immersed in a transparent dye bath. A point to note is that still the look of the surface is retained.

Aniline leathers are also referred to as naked leather, this has to do with the only 5 percent selection of hides being used and the rest of the surface still being visible. These kind of leathers are comfortable and soft to touch.

     5. Pigmented Leather

This type of leathers is the most durable types of leather. This layer is also called a protected layer. This is because the surface of these types of leathers is coated with pigments that make them very tough. Since they are considered to be very strong, these layers are used for manufacturing furniture and automobile upholstery.

These were the different types of leather. It is very important to have a background idea about the material that you are going to invest in. A detailed furniture list is provided at Bradington Young leather furniture. From here you can choose from different types of leather furniture. Now that you have a general idea about different types of leather, it would be an easy pick.


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3 Big Myths That Can Hurt Your Credit

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Let's face it, there is a lot of bad information floating around the internet about the subject of credit. Credit myths abound and blindly following information or advice from someone who is not truly qualified to give credit advice can cause some serious damage to your credit scores - not to mention it could cost you a lot of money. Even many financial "gurus" give alarmingly bad advice on their television programs, radio shows, and in books which can backfire on the consumers who follow the bad advice. Here are 3 big credit myths which you need to be aware of in order to avoid getting burned.

Myth #1: Closing Unused Credit Cards Will Help Your Credit Scores

Closing unused credit cards can potentially cause your credit scores to take a nose dive, though perhaps not for the reason you may think. You may have heard the idea that closing a credit card account causes you to lose the value of the age of the account, thus lowering your credit scores. Thankfully for consumers, this idea is a complete myth. Closing credit cards does NOT cause you to lose the value of the age of the card (at least not until the card has been closed for a full 10 years). In fact, closed credit card accounts even continue to age on your credit report.

However, closing a credit card account does have the potential to have a negative impact upon your balance to credit limit measurements - aka your revolving utilization ratio. When you close a card you no longer have access to the credit limit on the account. Therefore, especially if you owe a balance on the card which you close, it will appear to the credit bureaus that you owe more than you are authorized to use on the card which will have a very bad impact upon your credit scores.

Even if you do not owe money on the card you close it could still very likely harm your scores to close the account. Credit scoring models also care about your aggregate revolving utilization ratio (the relationship between the balances on all of your credit cards and the limits on your open credit cards). Closing an unused credit card will cause the limit on that account to no longer be included in the calculations for your aggregate revolving utilization ratio thus raising your aggregate utilization ratio if you have a balance on any credit card account. If your aggregate utilization ratio goes up, your scores will almost certainly go down.

Read next: Building a Credit Score from Scratch

Myth #2: You Should Carry a Balance On Your Credit Cards

Many people believe that it is wise to carry a balance on your credit cards from month to month in order to earn higher credit scores. This is another stubborn credit myth which simply refuses to die. In reality, credit scoring models reward consumers who do not carry any debt, especially those who carry zero credit card debt.

Having open credit cards on which you do not revolve balances from month to month is a huge plus in the credit score department. Consumers who only charge what they can afford to pay off on a monthly basis show the credit scoring models that they are responsible and a low credit risk for future lenders. Plus, as an added bonus, consumers who pay off their credit card balances every month do not waste a lot of money on interest fees.

See also: Who Is Allowed to Check Your Credit Reports?

Myth #3: Checking Your Credit Reports Will Lower Your Credit Scores

Whenever you or anyone else obtains a copy of your credit report a record of the credit pulled, known as an inquiry, is placed on your credit report. Some inquiries do have the potential to lower your credit scores, but when you pull a copy of your own credit report it is impossible for that inquiry to harm your scores. In fact, if you wish you can check your own credit reports and credit scores 500 times a day and it will not harm your scores in anyway whatsoever.

It is wise to be very selective about allowing a lender to pull your credit reports so that you do not have an excessive number of "hard" inquiries which do have the potential to lower your scores. However, you should never feel nervous to check your own credit reports and scores. Don't forget, every consumer has the right to access a free credit report from each of the 3 credit bureaus annually at annualcreditreport.com. If you want to access your credit scores from it though, it will cost you a separate fee from each credit bureau.

Are you looking into your credit score in preparation for applying for business funding? After considering your financial needs and reasons why you may need funding, it’s time to look at what types of financing are available. We take a deeper dive in this ebook, “The Basics of Small Business Financing.” Learn more specifics about how to get a small business loan, how to open a business line of credit or get government contract financing.

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This communication is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be an advertisement, a solicitation, or constitute professional advice, including legal, financial,  or tax advice, nor is StreetShares providing advice on any particular situation.

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