Matt Said, Jay Said AK-47

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtucsF33lkWxHyOWI6a9Dwk21bVcHnGRApWgUL4WTjmHxm_rlQu6zyQYG0Xc4Dvd0mA5SurqMOqg_S48W7USY6gp9GZxH2GvtdSvWWg-itQC5ServuIU6mF3Kqi_jVvq8VueTFzsN9GQ/s1600/msjs+signing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtucsF33lkWxHyOWI6a9Dwk21bVcHnGRApWgUL4WTjmHxm_rlQu6zyQYG0Xc4Dvd0mA5SurqMOqg_S48W7USY6gp9GZxH2GvtdSvWWg-itQC5ServuIU6mF3Kqi_jVvq8VueTFzsN9GQ/s320/msjs+signing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Matt: *sigh* hello?<br />Jay: HOWDY MATT! HOW THE HELL ARE YA!! <br />Matt: Must you be so positive all the time. <br />Jay: YES! <br />Matt: Could you be positive without yelling?<br />Jay: Well, I guess. <br />Matt: That would be much better. <br />Jay: Really? Doesn’t sound like much fun. <br />Matt: It sounds fun enough. <br />Jay: Fun enough is never fun enough though. <br />Matt: Well … What? <br />Jay: Party pooper! <br />Matt: Hey now! I’m a great partier. <br />Jay: Okay that’s true. <br />Matt: I can party you under the table. <br />Jay: Let’s not get carried away here. <br />Matt: Bring it big boy! <br />Jay: You’ll be napping before I get warmed up. <br />Matt: I’M AN OLD MAN! <br />Jay: No need to yell dude. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkyU3y58xOxjNOMTkUzKYzr53ciorUr47dKPzdgRzjeublEJ_ryIr8YAJPV2Js3xzR8OuTcTcWQLPbBx8Ul4FzKFXk81m3J7HIuyH0x95GQPX7oOmLOAWHGXy6RaS_0HGxML0HTTKQQQ/s1600/Emmy-Rossum-Nude-Bed-Sexy-Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkyU3y58xOxjNOMTkUzKYzr53ciorUr47dKPzdgRzjeublEJ_ryIr8YAJPV2Js3xzR8OuTcTcWQLPbBx8Ul4FzKFXk81m3J7HIuyH0x95GQPX7oOmLOAWHGXy6RaS_0HGxML0HTTKQQQ/s400/Emmy-Rossum-Nude-Bed-Sexy-Hot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Matt: Did you fix that virus problem on the Jaymom’s computer. <br />Jay: Well, maybe. <br />Matt: Maybe? I’ll take that as a “no.” <br />Jay: Well, the Norton people did their best. <br />Matt: That’s a ringing endorsement. <br />Jay: Well, their antivirus didn’t protect her computer. <br />Matt: Totally unacceptable. <br />Jay: Exactly! <br />Matt: So what did you do. <br />Jay: Well, first there was a lot of cussing. <br />Matt: That’s a good plan!<br />Jay: Then I tried various antiviruses and cleaners and shit. <br />Matt: All were shit? <br />Jay: Well, they didn’t fix MY problem. <br />Matt: Only a doctor can. <br />Jay: Hey-OOOOOO<br />Matt: Thank you. <br />Jay: Anyway, I finally used the Kaspersky Rootkit. <br />Matt: I think I used that to start my Russian Flower Garden. <br />Jay: Hey-OOOOOO! <br />Matt: I’m on a roll! <br />Jay: You’re on something. <br />Matt: Don’t be jealous of my quick wit and comedic timing. <br />Jay: I’m not. <br />Matt: Hurtful! <br />Jay: Only a little. <br />Matt: I’ll be okay. Did the Kasperkersery or whatever work?<br />Jay: Well, I used it and rebooted and it’s been working for 8 hours now. <br />Matt: That sounds pretty good. <br />Jay: I guess. Just hope it keeps working. <br />Matt: Me too! <br />Jay: Yeah, that sounded sincere. <br />Matt: It was. Why do you hurt me so? <br />Jay: Keeps you tough and hard. <br />Matt: Oh I’m hard alright. <br />Jay: Okay … moving on. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAKoBypexlcmaoHE29c1hL-HB_xMnryU03bvhQWW0Hxvlm5eZljsKW-LbANfGJKRAsAqPGQhyphenhyphenegY4gVLTe-mqQ9p8qWCk0_Knjahs7IImiHeuDZDmbMJ_jD3cH3_4fVI1QByhyTwr9P4/s1600/Computer-Babe-Hot-Asian-Chick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAKoBypexlcmaoHE29c1hL-HB_xMnryU03bvhQWW0Hxvlm5eZljsKW-LbANfGJKRAsAqPGQhyphenhyphenegY4gVLTe-mqQ9p8qWCk0_Knjahs7IImiHeuDZDmbMJ_jD3cH3_4fVI1QByhyTwr9P4/s400/Computer-Babe-Hot-Asian-Chick.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jay: What’s the show topic this week? <br />Matt: There is no show this week. <br />Jay: Wut? <br />Matt: The R-Man is graduating. <br />Jay: And? <br />Matt: Well, I kind thought I would go to that instead. <br />Jay: Really? <br />Matt: Yes, really? <br />Jay: Well, I guess that is probably the right thing to do. <br />Matt: You seem surprised. <br />Jay: No, not at all! <br />Matt: Yeah, right. <br />Jay: No, you are a decent, upstanding man. <br />Matt: Damn right I am! <br />Jay: Hell yeah! <br />Matt: Wooo-Hoooooo! <br />Jay: What was that? <br />Matt: I think I caught your positive attitude. <br />Jay: Wow. Through the phone?<br />Matt: That’s pretty scary. <br />Jay: This is how civilization will end. <br />Matt: Totally. <br />Jay: Okay, have fun at the graduation! <br />Matt: I will. I plan on embarrassing the hell out of Ryno! <br />Jay: You’re such a great dad. <br />Matt: I try. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, there you go! Genii in action once again! Be sure NOT to join us this week on I<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid" target="_blank">’m With Stupid</a>, but don’t forget that we’ll be back next Sunday hotter and more hilarious than ever! <o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

Matt Said, Jay Said AK-47

Matt: *sigh* hello?Jay: HOWDY MATT! HOW THE HELL ARE YA!! Matt: Must you be so positive all the time. Jay: YES! Matt: Could you be positive without yelling?Jay: Well, I guess. Matt: That would be much better. Jay: Really? Doesn’t sound like much fun.…

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Today's archidose #682

Here are some photos of the "<a href="http://www.lexus-int.com/design-events/">Amazing Flow</a>" installation by <a href="http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/">Toyo Ito</a> and <a href="http://www.hao.nu/">Akihisa Hirata</a>, as part of Lexus Design Amazing 2013 in Milan, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/">SomniaArchitectura</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8902696088/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8533/8902696088_7f440769c3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8902635330/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/8902635330_019056fd00_c.jpg" width="646" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8901907443/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2882/8901907443_72e272cf68_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8902576384/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/8902576384_bce02d51c0_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8902366906/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3696/8902366906_33b23f2b74_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somniaarchitectura/8902448286/" title="Amazing Flow by SomniaArchitectura, on Flickr"><img alt="Amazing Flow" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/8902448286_17b3e24e54_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />A video from Lexus on "Amazing Flow":<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1OEGlPI7Jo0?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #682

Here are some photos of the "Amazing Flow" installation by Toyo Ito and Akihisa Hirata, as part of Lexus Design Amazing 2013 in Milan, photographed by SomniaArchitectura.A video from Lexus on "Amazing Flow":To contribute your Flickr images for consid…

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Sr. Network Engineer/Architect (Routing | Switching | Networking | CCIE) (# 109292)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Sr. Network Engineer/Architect<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seeking a talented, motivated and self-driven Senior Network Engineer to join the Global Network Services Organization in KLA Tencor. The candidate will be a SME in Cisco Routing and Switching technologies and responsible for creating strategies, policies and standards for building high performing WAN and LAN services to improve user productivity. In this role, candidate will be responsible for analyzing new technologies, leading projects, as well as influencing technology strategy around the company. The candidate will interpret business requirements into technical network solution framework, liaise with systems, unified communications and architecture teams to ensure alignment across technology portfolio.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1. Expert level SME in the areas of Cisco Routing and Switching technologies to produce technically excellent network solutions architecture in alignment with business needs<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2. Technical lead to execute projects in the area of WAN and LAN<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3. Assist in scoping and costing of projects<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4. Work closely with SME's from Systems, Storage and Unified Communications team to maintain a high performing and robust infrastructure landscape<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5. Research new technologies, products, tools and protocols to transform global network landscape to consume cloud services<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1. Prior working experience as Sr. Network Engineer in a global company with ~10,000 user's<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2. Expert level hands on knowledge in Cisco Nexus, IOS, Routers/Switches<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3. Expert level knowledge with design and administering global WAN (MPLS, DMVPN), LAN (Wired and Wireless) networks<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4. Experience with test tools, traffic generators and simulation tools<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5. Industry certifications such as CCIE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">6. Project management skills, certifications or experience is a plus<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 to 10 years of experience or equivalent experience working as Sr. Networking Engineer in a global company. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to </span><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div>

Sr. Network Engineer/Architect (Routing | Switching | Networking | CCIE) (# 109292)

Position: Sr. Network Engineer/ArchitectLocation: Milpitas, CADuration: Full timeJob Description:Seeking a talented, motivated and self-driven Senior Network Engineer to join the Global Network Services Organization in KLA Tencor. The candidate wil…

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Click Espresso Protein Drink Review and Giveaway!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHm_nu0i2hysl13MpOcnW3VhyphenhyphenR1DFecwxDDBGPmbIt_ap_qbaa0KIe5Wzdv7lvX_fKMA6g3gkAH-EDk-3i811oHqlkcplKVPR6eg5nI0rfju4bsFpo6ousGNAivqPHgSz2FN6L984jFQ/s1600/mocha+click+drink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHm_nu0i2hysl13MpOcnW3VhyphenhyphenR1DFecwxDDBGPmbIt_ap_qbaa0KIe5Wzdv7lvX_fKMA6g3gkAH-EDk-3i811oHqlkcplKVPR6eg5nI0rfju4bsFpo6ousGNAivqPHgSz2FN6L984jFQ/s320/mocha+click+drink.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I am a 2 cup of coffee a day kind of woman and just need my coffee especially in the morning!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I love flavored coffees such as vanilla and mocha and when I came across these protein drinks by a company by the name of  <a href="https://drinkclick.com/">Click Protein</a> I just knew I had to review their products!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I mean like hello it's coffee and all you need to do is scoop it into the blender bottle (which they sent me) and add 12 ounces of water and shake and you've got yourself the most delicious coffee drink ever and you don't even need to add any cream or milk!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNqCwDlJDCGaluNeO0PPM9FedFMSEWtk7VJo5A92OWcKY2XJ-8HlDK6rVrkHzLx9oYvZpWzz-JeZGn4bsT1ICPVtXOjJfaCcPpz2zTqZm2T_5R0q4S5oyghJ9J-w5hR2N4lk-GCOcpGM/s1600/click+protein+display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNqCwDlJDCGaluNeO0PPM9FedFMSEWtk7VJo5A92OWcKY2XJ-8HlDK6rVrkHzLx9oYvZpWzz-JeZGn4bsT1ICPVtXOjJfaCcPpz2zTqZm2T_5R0q4S5oyghJ9J-w5hR2N4lk-GCOcpGM/s320/click+protein+display.jpg" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I haven't really ever tried protein shakes or drinks either and was skeptical at first especially with my favorite thing in the world which is coffee, but I tried it and loved it!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Did you know that this protein drink will help with energy, nutrition and weight loss?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All you do is just replace a meal such as breakfast with one of these delicious drinks and it will leave you feeling full.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_THTtMkk6S5KVgpunEsbjBmc8je6O-m7FlKWjK6Li6MTKuxD07r7DdB5WbFLeYP8Ba8o13K7iIyaTQRjIEYcxbVYWh2KCJ4CMQvWP8aweB-lP5Kw1M4DKTqMGACPl96kXd7-Q16oBIEQ/s1600/Click+protein+with+apple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_THTtMkk6S5KVgpunEsbjBmc8je6O-m7FlKWjK6Li6MTKuxD07r7DdB5WbFLeYP8Ba8o13K7iIyaTQRjIEYcxbVYWh2KCJ4CMQvWP8aweB-lP5Kw1M4DKTqMGACPl96kXd7-Q16oBIEQ/s320/Click+protein+with+apple.jpg" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>First time I tried the drink I also ate an apple with it because I know myself and would know that I would be a bit hungry, it worked great and kept me going half the day!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mocha:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0kf2gzkbhQLSC7Kk-eQvhBIs8MfgNVjO6tGXBRZo88BpB4SKZNxAglFomrPDBb3o29qsJohyBhv_fj29smI1duEIlRSAVDiKIxplp_n0HXcbzE4pHOiQwu7xlgOFfA2m1P30vAYVEJU/s1600/mocha+click+protein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0kf2gzkbhQLSC7Kk-eQvhBIs8MfgNVjO6tGXBRZo88BpB4SKZNxAglFomrPDBb3o29qsJohyBhv_fj29smI1duEIlRSAVDiKIxplp_n0HXcbzE4pHOiQwu7xlgOFfA2m1P30vAYVEJU/s320/mocha+click+protein.jpg" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A rich bold mocha flavor and it didn't taste watered down at all, it was creamy, frothy and delicious!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Also added in some ice as well for an iced coffee feel to it!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sure was good!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vanilla Latte:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJuiish83p2hl7aaHl9XJhlhdYKE67AJIqsicFoCzzQ8jCevrgSirEToWDt0QT5D8KQgdOv1mM6hrK_Z8dmlxLNkA_mqoYQTuVI6HcS9L2x39K4gwJwukmi2JjIwUofRUhkW5yvS6Nac/s1600/Vanilla+latte+click+protein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJuiish83p2hl7aaHl9XJhlhdYKE67AJIqsicFoCzzQ8jCevrgSirEToWDt0QT5D8KQgdOv1mM6hrK_Z8dmlxLNkA_mqoYQTuVI6HcS9L2x39K4gwJwukmi2JjIwUofRUhkW5yvS6Nac/s320/Vanilla+latte+click+protein.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Great vanilla flavor and worked great with some yogurt and blueberries on the side!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I absolutely loved this flavor, it was just what I needed to start my morning right!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>*Click Facts*</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMmWOjpozcJ0JEC-Xo4lYBbM0VeEpQTps5td54KFwD3RPq0AtKMoPB-v4RQO2pU60svhKVx7saMdslr4XkiO0xDLy5oFG7zT4ZVsXYa99n-jrzsv5QphYSrK1qT530Zr5SGS9f6et_7k/s1600/Vanilla+latte+protein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMmWOjpozcJ0JEC-Xo4lYBbM0VeEpQTps5td54KFwD3RPq0AtKMoPB-v4RQO2pU60svhKVx7saMdslr4XkiO0xDLy5oFG7zT4ZVsXYa99n-jrzsv5QphYSrK1qT530Zr5SGS9f6et_7k/s320/Vanilla+latte+protein.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>only 120 calories</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>15 grams of lasting protein</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>great espresso flavor!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>23 vitamins and minerals</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>no chalky aftertaste</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>helps curb cravings</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>works great for a post workout snack</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>or as a meal replacement</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>You can even add your own twist to these drinks and serve them up hot or cold, even add some cool whip!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Here are some Click Protein recipes as well!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://drinkclick.com/category/recipes-fan">https://drinkclick.com/category/recipes-fan</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, 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Click Espresso Protein Drink Review and Giveaway!

I am a 2 cup of coffee a day kind of woman and just need my coffee especially in the morning!I love flavored coffees such as vanilla and mocha and when I came across these protein drinks by a company by the name of  Click Protein I just knew I had to…

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Feeling Guilty (plus lots of random rambling)

When I started this blog just a short time ago, I thought it would be basically private.  Yeah, on public display but in the unlikely event that someone stumbled upon it, they'd never know it was me, nor would it be interesting enough to interact with. <br /><br />It started out as a cathartic pouring of my soul.  My inner thoughts.  My diary.  And I enjoy writing, I enjoy telling a story, and some of the things that happened - like with my kids for example - I wanted a way to look back and remember it. My inner workings, I thought I'd look back and appreciate how far I have or haven't come... but I hate much of what I was thinking or feeling and no intention of going back to it.  Maybe years down the road, don't know, not sure I care.  It's a diary for all a diary is worth.<br /><br />No sooner did I put the first thing or two on here did I start getting comments.  No clue how <a href="http://bottomsmarts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bonnie</a> found me in a matter of days.  How in the world does she do it?  Then I had people reading that stumbled here from her site.  And it's all good, really it is. <br /><br />I thought y'all were this tight knit little group of spankos and DD'ers and masochists of whatever sort and that you somehow all know each other personally.  Almost like an exclusive club.  One I wasn't welcome in, I'm an outsider and don't meet the requirements for admission.<br /><br />Can you tell I have lifelong issues with acceptance and fitting in?<br /><br />But it's not like that.  I've found an enormously supportive group of people who I feel really comfortable sharing my innermost thoughts with.  People who already understand the weird inner workings of my brain even though they probably cannot fathom why I am most at peace while I'm shoveling horse shit.<br /><br />And yes that's true. There's no smell other than the glorious smell of the horse's body.  Horse poop doesn't stink unlike people, pets, and other farm animals. I'm alone, alone with my thoughts, yet focused on making sure I've got every corner picked out perfectly so it'll be a soft clean bed when they come in.  Sometimes I have some company with warm breath on my neck or nibbling on my hair.  Whether it's the 1250 lb horse, a a little pipsqueak of a pony or somebody in between, there's no intimidation and a mutual sense of trust and comfort and love.  I think it's the combination of a detailed task, a bit of a workout, and being alone to think... it's almost hypnotic and I love it.  Yeah, I'm weird, right?  <br /><br />So what I'm getting at, I guess, is it's odd to feel such a connection with a person who doesn't know you and who you don't know in return.<br /><br />I'm 5'2" and comfortable in my newly slimmed down to size 4 body. I have dark hair midway down my back and I wear size 7 1/2 shoes.  My eyes are brown and I'm told they twinkle when I smile.  My Italian heritage is evident in my appearance, quite a contrast to the blonde hair and blue eyes I married.  Despite growing up in NY and moving here at 19 with a hefty accent, my voice sounds like every bit a Southern lady.  I watch too much TV and am the queen of procrastination.  I eat Little Debbie honey buns and Lays potato chips together, alternating bites.  And I put hot sauce on nearly everything.<br /><br />Know me now?  Nope.  I'm still a chickadee, the little bird that earned that nickname eating baby food for the first time.<br /><br />Do I know you?  Nope, you're a flower, a tattoo, a design, a piece of nature, or a tv character... Though I'm giddy that some of you have shared your real name with me. Do I want to meet you?  YES!  Do I want to physically see you, hug you, laugh and cry with you?  YES!  <br /><br />But that's not what this is... <br /><br />To come full circle back to the point of this endless ramble, I have perhaps gotten too comfortable with the idea of emptying every inner thought in this judgement-free zone of blogland.  <br /><br />I have written previously that I didn't care if hubby found this blog.  It's the truth, at least from my point of view.  I'd be embarrassed, probably, but more from a viewpoint of being afraid to express my desires.  So I thought...<br /><br />I've been thinking a lot about this lately.  I don't want him to see this.  He'd be upset that I'm presenting his less-than-positive qualities as his norm, when the norm is truly wonderful and amazing.  I think he'd be disappointed that I've shared more intimate things.  He would be uncomfortable with mention of the kids, especially identifying things like their ages or hijinks.  I think he'd be uneasy learning about my openness here while I'm shut like a clam who is *FINE* at home - even though it "gives him a headache" to talk about stuff I unload here.  I know I'd hurt his feelings.  I'd hear things like "That's not what I meant and you know it" or "It wasn't really that bad" or "That's totally out of context"  Every story is one-sided.  Though I make great effort to separate feelings from fact, it's still one-sided.  <br /><br />A diary - yes, that would be okay.  All diaries are supposed to be one sided expressions of one's mind.  Anybody who opens the diary of another is subject to harsh things on the pages.  You'd know that going into it, and it was your conscious decision to snoop or be respectful.<br /><br />That what hubby thinks this is.  Just a dairy.<br /><br />Problem is that it's taken on a life of its own.  Not so much this blog itself, but in the connection I'm feeling with y'all.  I feel like this has become a part of me.  I have a deep wish for good to come for every one of you and I feel your pain when things aren't so good.  Maybe I'm just too sensitive, but I cry actual tears from some of what I read.  Though I'm not commenting most the time, I feel like something is missing if I go to bed without having peeked at your blogs.<br /><br />I've let you become a part of my life.  I like you here.<br /><br />I feel horrible for keeping this thing that is now part of my life a secret from the person I love most.  I cannot do this anymore without telling him what I've done -not that it's wrong, he just needs to know.  I have fears of him finding out years down the road and can only imagine the hurt he'd feel.  To find out I essentially had a secret life from him.<br /><br />So I'm going to share it.  Not only the blog itself, but also what it means to me.  This IS my emotional support system right now.  It's not my only venting source, but it is THE place that I can truly express the root of what's going on and how I want to fix it.  Honesty is extremely important to both of us.  While I'm not outwardly lying to him, the omission of fact is essentially a lie.<br /><br />This leaves me with a dilemma.  I've said things that I would <u>never</u> dream of telling a person in real life.  I've placed myself in a difficult position by the evolution of this diary-turned-support system.  Even without any aspect of DD in our lives, I truly think he'd contemplate tearing my ass up if he heard (read) the way I'm speaking (writing) - both in the crassness of my words and the things I'm sharing.  It's not like I'm having an emotional affair or anything.  But it's become a secret part of my life.  <br /><br />I want this to be a comfort zone, a place where I can continue to unload.  I also doubt he'd visit often, if at all. As it is now, it's pretty much like being eavesdropped on during a girls' night out.  Only somebody (me, grrrr) was laying out the transcripts for him to peruse at his leisure. <br /><br />I am just now left wondering if I should just go ahead and delete every post and start from scratch.   Use this place going forward as a place that I can still express myself fully, while being more respectful to myself and my family.  <br /><br /><br />

Feeling Guilty (plus lots of random rambling)

When I started this blog just a short time ago, I thought it would be basically private.  Yeah, on public display but in the unlikely event that someone stumbled upon it, they'd never know it was me, nor would it be interesting enough to interact wit…

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Transformational IT Integrator: Theresa Allen @tdallen5 #edtech

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO4oefS7H_tKhkTqJ_CV8NLf8JW4qOFV-1P0SKRWFbfmAyRX-_-BStlNeh6Sgml3p9PRPMgReYctO_ZCFT1ZBGzWo-eeEwIq882Rhga0eWFMtnKFP6Myd2apkPkpCcbsyPeXLuLIV9hHE/s1600/theresa-allen.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO4oefS7H_tKhkTqJ_CV8NLf8JW4qOFV-1P0SKRWFbfmAyRX-_-BStlNeh6Sgml3p9PRPMgReYctO_ZCFT1ZBGzWo-eeEwIq882Rhga0eWFMtnKFP6Myd2apkPkpCcbsyPeXLuLIV9hHE/s1600/theresa-allen.png" /></a></div>Theresa Allen (<span style="background-color: white; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 15px;">@</span><a href="https://twitter.com/tdallen5" style="background-color: white; color: #97467f; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tdallen5</a>)  is an amazing IT Integrator from Illinois. In the last three years, she's helped her school connect on a global basis from kindergarten through middle school.<br /><br />She inspires me with how she works with teachers at her school and her ability to facilitate change in such a short amount of time.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"You can do this, I can help you, let's go." says Theresa. </blockquote><br />She shares her philosophy of IT integration at the end of the show. As I look at what I'm trying to do in IT Integration, I've got to be more like Theresa.<br /><br />Theresa is a Flat Classroom certified teacher and will be with Julie Lindsay, me, Frank Guttler  in the <a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/hawaii---flat-classroom-live.html" target="_blank">Flat Classroom Live Event</a> in Hawaii. She is an inspiring example of how much one good IT integrator matters in the life of thousands of students. IT Integrators can help teachers so much. Please follow Theresa, she's amazing<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1053:jackstreet54&catid=91:every-classroom-matters&Itemid=259" target="_blank">Listen to the show</a><br /><h2>Show Notes and Links:</h2>Hello Little World Skypers (mentoring group for teachers): <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/skypershello/" style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">https://sites.google.com/site/skypershello/</a><br /><br />Quest Atlantis (junior high): <a href="http://atlantisremixed.org/">http://atlantisremixed.org/</a><br />Digiteen and DigiTween: w<a href="http://ww.digiteen.org/">ww.digiteen.org</a><br />Kidlink: <a href="http://www.kidlink.org/">http://www.kidlink.org/</a><br />Flat Classroom K-2 "Building Bridges": <a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-building-bridges.html">http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-building-bridges.html</a><br />A Week in the Life: <a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-in-the-life-project.html">http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-in-the-life-project.html</a><br />Kerpoof: <a href="http://www.kerpoof.com/">http://www.kerpoof.com/</a><br />Voicethread: <a href="http://voicethread.com/">http://voicethread.com/</a><br />Edmodo: <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">http://www.edmodo.com/</a><br />Skype: <a href="http://www.skype.com/en/">http://www.skype.com/en/</a><br />Educator Virtual PD: <a href="http://educatorvirtualpd.wikispaces.com/">http://educatorvirtualpd.wikispaces.com/</a><br />Theresa's Mentor Mob Playlist: <a href="http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/interactive-whiteboard-resources/sheppard-software-fun-free-online-learning-games-and-activities-for-kids" style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/interactive-whiteboard-resources/sheppard-software-fun-free-online-learning-games-and-activities-for-kids</a><br />Diigo Lists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrO1xBL5tiU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrO1xBL5tiU</a><br />Global Monster: <a href="http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/">http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/</a><br />The Writers Club: <a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/tag/writers-club/">http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/tag/writers-club/</a><br />Global Heroes: <a href="https://globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com/Hero+Voicethread+Project">https://globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com/Hero+Voicethread+Project</a><br />Crazy Crazes: <a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/new-project-announcement-crazy-crazes-grades-4-7-june-2012-june-2013/">http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/new-project-announcement-crazy-crazes-grades-4-7-june-2012-june-2013/</a><br />Student blogging challenge: <a href="http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2013/03/03/so-the-10th-challenge-begins/">http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2013/03/03/so-the-10th-challenge-begins/</a><br />Flat Classroom Certified Teacher: <a href="http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/">http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/</a><br /><br />Full Bio:<br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theresa</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Allen</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> is the Technology Teacher and Coordinator for the Cathedral of St. Raymond School in Joliet, IL.  She is Flat Classroom certified and manages the Digiteen Project, a digital citizenship project for junior high and high school students.  She is a global educator, involving her students from Kindergarten to 8th grade in many global projects including Flat Classroom projects:  Building Bridges, A Week in the Life and Digiteen, and also projects from Kidlink (Global Monster Project, Draw/Describe), The Global Classroom Project (Edmodo Pen Pal Project, Crazy Crazes, Global Hero Project), Blogging Challenges (Student Blogging Challenge, Quadblogging, and The Writers Club), and virtual worlds in Quest Atlantis.  She presents about these projects face to face and virtually including topics about:  Building Your PLN and How to Utilize Technology in the One Computer Classroom.  </span><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theresa</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> is also a life-long learner, working towards a Masters in Technology Education and attending workshops throughout the year.  Recently </span><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theresa</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> was awarded the Joliet Area Great Teacher Award this March 2013, as well as Technology Teacher of the year in 2011.  She is passionate about connecting, communicating and collaborating with students and educators around the world.</span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">To find out more about this podcast go to <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/p/every-classroom-matters.html" target="_blank">my Podcast page</a>.</span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">------------------------</span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclosure of Material Connection:</b> I am the co-founder of Flat Classroom Projects, the company offers the Flat Classroom Certified Teacher course, K-2 project, and a Week in the Life projects. I'm president of the non-profit organization that manages Digiteen and am a leader of the Hawaii conference mentioned in the opening. Regardless, I only recommend products and items that I have personally used and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</span></span></span><br /><br />

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Reason behind Apple which made it the world's most innovative company

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnHaYpRBPJCCQ3RJ-OYcB5WFHC5XzlQLewjFR9sH-Ve02EcfL5NgZ70gyJDR01LH6fcCQ5nv12oCr2fhUv86Ef2shPEs1jqf5HDQWDXhhVxb0rG4HE36_Vb2oIw9crKUQlDpDWKmuXNc/s1600/apple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnHaYpRBPJCCQ3RJ-OYcB5WFHC5XzlQLewjFR9sH-Ve02EcfL5NgZ70gyJDR01LH6fcCQ5nv12oCr2fhUv86Ef2shPEs1jqf5HDQWDXhhVxb0rG4HE36_Vb2oIw9crKUQlDpDWKmuXNc/s1600/apple.jpg" /></a></div>Apple Employers Revealing that how apple made it the world's most innovative company. Apple employers say something about own experience in apple that They hide information to other vendor companies .<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">i couldn't tell something about company deals to my wife . She work at IBM company so I did not want to know any move our company to the vendor.She would never know what I'm on project. said <b>Robert</b> <b>(Employer at Apple)</b></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I worked many years for Apple .You know that if you want to complete your project then hide secure information to other people or companies So <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/2013/03/does-windows-phone-need-some-virus.html">Security</a> team applied on project employer .if you break any type of rule then you lost you job. <b>said Brian joshi</b>  <b>(Employer at Apple)</b></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob lefore</a></div>

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Apple Employers Revealing that how apple made it the world's most innovative company. Apple employers say something about own experience in apple that They hide information to other vendor companies .i couldn't tell something about company deals to m…

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aim of turning “the regions into a zone of peace”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNASUR has said that the idea behind the project is to “eliminate outdated visions that have formed our military, with manuals and taxes from foreign powers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The goal is to start from scratch and consider a defence doctrine, without starting from the premise of opposing countries. It is important to define our role in the military, to assume responsibility for prevention, border control or emergency responses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We want to create a body of higher and postgraduate education to create a regional identity for civilians and our military, and to avoid interference of other countries or geopolitical zones,” a UNASUR spokesperson said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The ESUDE proposal paper will be presented at the next meeting of the executive body for the SOUTH AMERICAN Defence Council in Lima, PERU. Members who attended the meeting in Quito will meet again during the second week of July in Buenos Aires, to define the Esude proposal.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the issues that is expected to be up for debate in the following meetings is the level of participation in the armed forces from each country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initiative already has the support of other member countries, including ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, PERU, VENEZUELA, GUYANA, SURINAME, and URUGUAY.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span>

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Have you ever had one of those weeks? Those weeks where you feel like you are behind on everything and no matter what you try to get done, more things just pile on top? What do they say in Alice in Wonderland?<br /><br />"The hurrier I go the behinder I get."<br /><br />Yep, that's me this week sister. No worries though. I'll have met the bulk of my deadlines by the time Monday roles around and then I'll start myself fresh. I've never been so excited for a Monday.<br /><br />So I'll stop by bellyaching and leave you with this beauty.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WLbVVgaNhemjoWgDXNbiOA0sc94yUjSnbfa_vgwmhVrZ2kFrqFHxW_Go8mxQt00zhKsyRj6vlTWBQpVsF72llkA6Js12VPR7dSjt37fGx4q-gwQAjqHZ6usJFvkkMB0AS7yLTI_HV6lI/s1600/531316ff35064acb4d33a496ba9c5933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WLbVVgaNhemjoWgDXNbiOA0sc94yUjSnbfa_vgwmhVrZ2kFrqFHxW_Go8mxQt00zhKsyRj6vlTWBQpVsF72llkA6Js12VPR7dSjt37fGx4q-gwQAjqHZ6usJFvkkMB0AS7yLTI_HV6lI/s400/531316ff35064acb4d33a496ba9c5933.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />A bouquet for you.<br /><br />Because flowers always make me happy, even the virtual ones!<br /><br />But on the bright side, make sure to <a href="http://babycafe.com/2013/05/30/blogparty7/" target="_blank">stop by Simply Baby this week, I'm talking nurseries</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAK0ou_ARhpIX2yGFFDlbnWKpHpEe3jy_8Z8lerVtbyCrU7ZDF7qM9vcPXAeWx-IEfAqLF7gSk5z198wwdyOlSm6AJ5-kLQ6vO7Y62sTUPTkkHKKZZoWPKv1q_j0nA5Uu969tFB1HU3m2/s1600/Mom-Blog-Party-Badge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAK0ou_ARhpIX2yGFFDlbnWKpHpEe3jy_8Z8lerVtbyCrU7ZDF7qM9vcPXAeWx-IEfAqLF7gSk5z198wwdyOlSm6AJ5-kLQ6vO7Y62sTUPTkkHKKZZoWPKv1q_j0nA5Uu969tFB1HU3m2/s320/Mom-Blog-Party-Badge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />

calgon, take me away

Have you ever had one of those weeks? Those weeks where you feel like you are behind on everything and no matter what you try to get done, more things just pile on top? What do they say in Alice in Wonderland?"The hurrier I go the behinder I get."Yep…

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For a Boomer, Sunscreens Came Late and Cancer Too Soon - NYT

<blockquote type="cite"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">In retrospect, I should have taken a last look at the nose I was born with. This was on the first Wednesday of November in 2011, the day of a scheduled appointment with a dermatological surgeon for Mohs micrographic surgery, the purpose of which was to carefully remove some previously discovered skin cancer from the lower left side of my nose. But it was also the fourth day after a surprise autumn snowstorm that had left our home in north central Connecticut without heat or electricity and the surrounding landscape devastated by thousands of fallen trees. On the morning of my procedure I washed my hair and sponged my body with a few quarts of water heated in a stockpot on a gas barbecue grill outside the house, threw on some clothes and rushed out the door. The entire exercise felt like an inconvenience. Looking back, taking proper care of my freckled, reddish skin, descended from somewhere on the moors of Ireland, had always felt like an inconvenience.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">There was scarcely time to squint at my reflection in the near-darkness and run cold fingers over the contours of a nose that over the course of my five and a half decades on earth had been broken, punched, cut, slapped, tweaked, swollen, nuzzled, kissed, blown and sunburned (boy, had it been sunburned), and, unbeknown to me, would be roughly half gone in a few hours. I was in a hurry. The appointment was at eight in the morning, so I plotted out the rest of the day as I drove through a snowy, battered moonscape en route to the procedure: Home by 10, cut up and stack tree limbs until early afternoon, scarf down some lunch, work until darkness. No problem. This was the norm for me: to schedule my hours aggressively and resent any intrusion on my plans, whether for a day, a week or the rest of my life.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Mohs surgery involves progressively removing sections of cancer-afflicted tissue, microscopically examining the tissue and, if cancer is found, taking yet another larger and deeper slice. This process is repeated — in "stages," according to the language of the profession — until the cancer is gone. It's even more primitive than it sounds but it almost always leaves the infected area cancer free (though disfigured to varying degrees). The statistic quoted reassuringly by the surgeon's scheduler was that 80 percent of their patients are out of the office after one stage. Because my tumor (a basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer) was in the thin, alar wall of the nose, and near the bottom, I had been warned that some plastic surgery might be needed to smooth out the cosmetic damage (would it ever). In fact, removal of my cancer required 6 stages, 8 hours and 29 shots of Novocain. Office assistants who had been cheerful in the morning were averting their gazes by late afternoon. One of them blinked back tears when she gave me a phone charger to use.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">A plastic surgeon was brought in from a neighboring office suite and tipped his head to the side as he assessed the damage, which I had not seen and would purposely not examine for another five days. "You know,'' he said, "there are some great prosthetic noses out there.'' Hence the first of many decisions was made: That guy wasn't getting near me with a scalpel or a rubber nose, which I imagined would look like Bozo's. I walked into the fading daylight with a bandage the size of a throw pillow taped to my face, very much in need of a skilled facial plastic surgeon and with no conventional Internet access to find one. I tapped out e-mails and texts to college and professional friends on my phone, looking for advice. The local guy was prepared to operate in two days, and with my nose a wasteland of exposed tissue, cartilage and bone, the clock was ticking. Two hours after the last stage of cancer was removed, I had made an appointment with a New York plastic surgeon who was recommended by a family friend with high standards. In truth, my decision was based almost solely on my long-held belief that the best of almost everything is in New York, especially doctors and pastrami.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">The reconstruction would take place in three surgeries over six weeks, during which a chunk of tissue from my forehead would be used to build a new nose. This sounds medieval, but it's older than that: the Mayans had used forehead flaps to repair warriors whose noses had been sheared off in battle or by torture. Two days before the first procedure, my surgeon, Dr. Adam R. Kolker, insisted that I look at the damaged area so that I would understand the starting point in this process. I had avoided looking beneath my dressings, fearing that I would become emotionally engaged when I needed a clear head to make decisions. I looked in a hand-held mirror for less than 10 seconds. A notch the size of the first joint of my pinkie was entirely gone, extending from the rim into the middle of the nose; a much larger area, probably a little bigger than a quarter, was an open wound, dark brown in color, with flecks of white cartilage. Frankly, it was disgusting. And deeply dispiriting. Dr. Kolker explained that my "defect,'' (a technical term that seems to imply some sort of manufacturer's error) was in the upper 5 percent of skin cancer damage, in terms of size and severity. (The good news: basal cell carcinomas rarely metastasize, so this was a cosmetic issue, albeit a significant one). I would later learn that damage of this variety is usually seen in patients in their 70s and 80s, whose faces have already undergone many Mohs procedures.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Many in my generation resent the inconveniences of aging, injury and illness and regard them as if they are optional. This is delusional, but there you go. I had long expected that with enough vigorous exercise and attention to popular music tastes I could live indefinitely as I had in my 20s. I would be the cool dad to my kids (they would debate that this was ever true) and later drink tankards of beer after winning a road race trophy in the 80 to 84 age group. The reality is that life changes in a heartbeat. Mine changed when I looked in that mirror. (At the time I told Dr. Kolker to save me a photograph of the "before'' nose. He told me I would never want to see it, and he was right. I don't want to see it).</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">How did I get myself into this mess? The same way that Hemingway's Mike Campbell went broke in "The Sun Also Rises," "Gradually, then suddenly.''</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">The damage that led to my skin cancer was almost certainly done in childhood and adolescence, when I was sunburned frequently. I could blame my mother for this, but in truth she took care to keep me in hats and T-shirts and slathered me in white, goopy suntan lotion, which was the standard of care in the 1960s and '70s. But she wasn't always there. I once spent the afternoon at a friend's pool and was burned so badly that my small town doctor made a house call and bathed me in ice water cooled with rubbing alcohol because I was covered in water blisters and running a dangerously high fever. There were other occasions: at daylong high-school track meets, on beaches in Florida and Cape Cod during college breaks and countless times on golf courses. Sun protection was an annoyance. (How could I approach that girl at the ocean with white gunk on my nose?). As a professional journalist, I incurred many surprise sunburns, like the time when an N.F.L. player decided he would prefer to do our 45-minute interview out on the field, rather than in the locker room, and I hadn't worn a hat or applied sunscreen. Through much of this, skin cancer was a distant echo. I denied its existence, I suppose, like a smoker pretends he is not destroying his lungs (though I'm guessing at this, because I've never smoked).</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">In my 40s, I began getting annual skin checks from a dermatologist, most of which resulted in dozens of precancerous keratoses being frozen with liquid nitrogen. (This was around the same time that my sister was found to have a serious melanoma, a far more dangerous form of skin cancer, although I was already getting checked by then). In the fall of 2009, I noticed what looked like peeling skin on my nose and made an unscheduled visit to the dermatologist. He froze the area and sent me along. The peeling returned, and bled when disturbed. The dermatologist froze it again and again it returned. Eighteen months passed before he elected to perform the biopsy that turned up the cancer. By then I could feel what seemed to be a pea-size lump in the wall of my nose, and was, in fact, a basal cell tumor. It's pointless to wonder if I should have pushed for a biopsy earlier, but I wonder nonetheless. I take some solace in my plastic surgeon's assurance that my outcome would have been similar, "18 months earlier or later,'' because skin cancer cells grow slowly.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Through the reconstructive surgeries, I spent six weeks with my nasal tissue graft tethered to its original home on my forehead by a tentacle of flesh and arteries, providing it with a blood supply to grow in its new home. It looked deeply weird. If I tapped the graft on my nose with my index finger, I would feel it on my forehead. I went out in public only to see the surgeon (and once for an emergency visit to my dentist; you should have seen the look on his face). In late December of that year, the graft was separated and allowed to live on its own, in essence giving me a new nose.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">It is not a perfect nose. We get only one of those, and we get it at birth. The procedure has left me with a vertical scar from my rapidly (and naturally) disappearing hairline to the inside edge of my left eyebrow, which is a little asymmetrical from the cutting. The nasal graft itself is slightly different in texture from the rest of my original nose, because forehead tissue is the closest match to nasal tissue, but it's not exactly the same. The graft is slightly enlarged where cartilage was transplanted from my left ear. There is a parabola-shaped scar line where the graft was sewn into my nose to cover the defect. The entire ensemble often feels strange; part of me, yet not fully mine. My surgeon will tinker some more before we're done, and nature will continue to blend the new into the old for years. Yet, the nose works fine now — I can breathe through it, blow it and sneeze with it. I have begun a collection of sun hats and bought a supply of sunscreen that costs more for three ounces than a bottle of decent wine. The truth is that given where I started, I am very fortunate.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Yet not a day passes that I don't wish I had stayed indoors more often as a kid, or worn a dorky, wide-brimmed hat as a college student. This regret accomplishes nothing useful, but I find it inescapable. I am keenly aware that I could have drawn much worse numbers in the cancer lottery; I never worked a day for the editor who gave me the most important break of my career 25 years ago, because he was given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer right after hiring me and was gone in 13 months at age 50. I have a very healthy heart from lifelong exercise, a reasonably good diet and solid genes (the same ones that gave me red skin; DNA giveth and DNA taketh away). There's nothing I could do before the surgery that I can't do now, except possibly reprise my stirring cameo in the movie "Secretariat."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">I am a sports journalist by trade, which means that much of my work revolves around one-on-one interviews in which I'm trying to earn a subject's trust with my intelligence, preparation and, not least, appearance. My profession has a reputation for slovenliness, and I've always tried to defeat that stereotype. I had been a high school and college athlete and ran until age 50 before arthritis (more inconvenience!) forced me to become a cyclist, all in the name of staying lean and vibrant. I would dress professionally. Now I find myself wondering what subjects think of my face, and the only way to get past that worry is to focus more intensely on the substance of the interview. Paradoxically, it's made me better at my job.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Vanity is a complex partner. "Fortunately," I would tell people, "I wasn't attractive before the surgery." That's half true. Like most humans, I also wasn't unattractive. Now I pause to look at my reflection in mirrors, car windows, elevator walls and pretty much any reflective surface, trying to convince myself that others' assurances of my normalcy are sincere. (My wife and grown children are exhausted with this exercise, presumably, because one can only say ``You look fine,'' so many times before giving up). I study people's noses, coveting some and drawing strength from the imperfections of others, of which there are many.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">There is a constant energy in all of this. Life relentlessly doesn't pause for earthquakes and hurricanes, so it sure doesn't wait for a sportswriter to mourn the loss of his old nose or become accustomed to a new one. Family and friends thrive and grow or suffer and struggle. Seasons shift. Games are played and articles written. Lives change, but life surges forward.</p><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><em><br></em></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/booming/for-a-boomer-sunblocks-came-late-and-cancer-too-soon.html?ref=booming&_r=0&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/booming/for-a-boomer-sunblocks-came-late-and-cancer-too-soon.html?ref=booming&_r=0&pagewanted=print</a></blockquote>

For a Boomer, Sunscreens Came Late and Cancer Too Soon - NYT

In retrospect, I should have taken a last look at the nose I was born with. This was on the first Wednesday of November in 2011, the day of a scheduled appointment with a dermatological surgeon for Mohs micrographic surgery, the purpose of which was …

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