You Never Forget Your First Time

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal">It was the middle of the night and I was nervous as I had ever been. I had come close to this before, but something always happened to ruin the moment. This time though, it was GOING to happen. I lingered there in the darkness sweating in fear even though it was a cool evening with so many thoughts swirling in my head. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I had dreamed of this moment. Suddenly I started wondering if it would be like my dreams. Would it feel as good as I imagined? Would it be as satisfying? Would I feel like bragging? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And what about the consequences? Have I really thought this all the way through? Some people have all kinds of emotional problems after their first time. It’s especially a problem if you aren’t ready. But, I was pretty sure I was ready. I’ve been readying myself for this moment for a long time. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So, I settled my mind to make sure I could perform and not embarrass myself. I made sure I was ready and … <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I POUNDED ON THE CEILDING OF MY APARTMENT WITH A BROOM HANDLE! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">OOOOOOOH YEAH! IT WAS FANTASTIC!!! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And as soon as I pounded the ceiling my neighbors who had been playing their shitty music incredibly loud and had been running and jumping and knocking furniture over at 1 am suddenly stopped. Just like that it was all quiet. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">OMG! SO SATISFYING! EVEN MORE THAN I EVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvD2UnnDS01Y-cUMm108_dEj5lsoTZRdHrRN6ymhEAhaHxIJ97C3atgQMlztf9qfkFZOd9V8ntZD1TDwB7vKXYulva_z7X-SzbLvEMU7CNCQSWa08vARezGr0wSh14qVBWNE8yCx8p04/s1600/the-graduate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvD2UnnDS01Y-cUMm108_dEj5lsoTZRdHrRN6ymhEAhaHxIJ97C3atgQMlztf9qfkFZOd9V8ntZD1TDwB7vKXYulva_z7X-SzbLvEMU7CNCQSWa08vARezGr0wSh14qVBWNE8yCx8p04/s320/the-graduate.jpg" width="320" /></a>Sure, it was over quickly. Four, maybe five thrusts is all it took. But, I didn’t care cause it felt so damn good.<o:p></o:p></div>And let me tell ya, I was feeling like the King of the World this morning. Hell, I knocked on the ceiling of my car just after I pulled out this morning. I was just celebrating a bit. Braggin’. Letting everyone know that I had done some poundin’ last night. <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">People noticed it too. They could tell. I had that glow about me. The really cute blond at Dollar General almost blushed when I stepped up to the counter. She could sense the pounding vibe coming off me. Men in the store were giving me that knowing head nod as they looked at me and suddenly thought about the last time they pounded something. Hell, even the little old lady with the blue hair who waived at me to go first at the four-way stop giggled as I aggressively through the intersection while flashing a confident grin. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I plan on doing this again really soon. Hell, I’ll do it every day if I can. I’ll pound that ceiling in the morning, in the afternoon and anytime during the night. I’ll pound that bitch in the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom and most definitely in the bedroom. Now that I’ve discovered pounding the ceiling, I can’t get enough of it. I know I might never achieve that same amazing feeling as last night, but I knew that was one of the consequences and I’m fine with that.  <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you’ve never pounded before, be sure to make sure you’re ready. I know it sounds incredible, and it is, but if you’re not ready things could go horribly wrong. Also, the person on the receiving end of the pounding might get angry and feel violated. I took my time and made sure that I wasn’t getting the wrong signals or moving too fast. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When done right, pounding something is the greatest feeling in the world. And you’ll most definitely never forget your first time. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://facebook.com/Jayman68" target="_blank">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

You Never Forget Your First Time

It was the middle of the night and I was nervous as I had ever been. I had come close to this before, but something always happened to ruin ...

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New Firefox OS Besed phone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>FireFox OS</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTAc2McGh10SSogx3ihtzKAvR0bjcnWN48GZ4KRdWa-V2CwlZr9WDnM08JqU2UG9_mvRAfgQ76ssTKGb3cY8yXs_MwOMrXCZQ2sSRvUAYFiOcEfoVAhMTaCuLxHFewkavqd9lnsnphQA/s1600/firefox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTAc2McGh10SSogx3ihtzKAvR0bjcnWN48GZ4KRdWa-V2CwlZr9WDnM08JqU2UG9_mvRAfgQ76ssTKGb3cY8yXs_MwOMrXCZQ2sSRvUAYFiOcEfoVAhMTaCuLxHFewkavqd9lnsnphQA/s640/firefox.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> The first <strong>Firefox OS</strong> based phone manufactured by <strong>Spanish manufacturer</strong> for developer . Two phone one name as <strong>Keon</strong> and second one is <strong>Peak</strong> are launched . The company shipping this phone wordwide.<br /><br />The <strong>Keon</strong> Phone operate at <strong>1.2 GHZ</strong> Processor speed with <strong>512MB</strong> RAM . It has available in $119 . I am not sure that this phone available in stock or not. Because its high demandable phone in the world so every one  needy of this device. Actually this phone unveiled in January<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Device core specification at a glance</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong><br /><ul><li>Qualcomm Snapdragon 1Ghz processor</li><li>3MP Camera with High quality capture</li><li>4GB internal storage.</li><li>3.5 Inch HVGA multi-Touch Display screen</li><li>1580 mAh Battery Capacity</li></ul>Also the <strong>Peak phone</strong> is on  high demand. It has Available in $194 with high quality feature . Those people are very happy who is using Firefox. It is powered by 1.2GHZ Dual core processor with 512MB RAM. <br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Device core specification at a glance</span></strong><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">4.3-inch qHD IPS multitouch display </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1.2Ghz dual-core processor </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front camera </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">4GB ROM and 512 RAM </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1800 mAh battery</span></li></span><li></li></ul><br /><ul></ul></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Narendra Saini</a></div>

jacob news New Firefox OS Besed phone

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BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA - ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY.

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mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3f7FUiFMsz2l1IDDZPNLUf5SlK0rfFFmCZUzhbineYC0nFukdnMwebgBc3h5i6OIMbpaLBfut08Kw94AojFYpJMPmIyvQvLI5V9KKYxw81or_wwLrfP9egtpUFVPUrq5Bl9nZyGb8_Dr/s1600/austral-e190-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3f7FUiFMsz2l1IDDZPNLUf5SlK0rfFFmCZUzhbineYC0nFukdnMwebgBc3h5i6OIMbpaLBfut08Kw94AojFYpJMPmIyvQvLI5V9KKYxw81or_wwLrfP9egtpUFVPUrq5Bl9nZyGb8_Dr/s400/austral-e190-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BRAZIL INVESTIGATING SALE OF 20 EMBRAER E-190 TO AEROLÍNEAS ARGENTINAS, FEARING SURCHARGES</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Background Information</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">: See</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">CRIME AND CORRUPTION ARE TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MULTINATIONAL INDUSTRIES </span>at:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">and</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">ARGENTINA, BARELY 30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY, A YOUNG NATION TRYING TO FIND IT’S BEARING</span> at:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">ARGENTINA HAS NO LIABLE POLITICAL OPPOSITION, OTHER THAN SELF SEEKING INDIVIDUALS FROM WITHIN THE PERONIST MOVEMENT </span>at: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/argentina-country-without-visible.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/argentina-country-without-visible.html</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">IF A COUNTRY NEGLECTS TO IMPROVE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE</span> at:</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/if-country-neglects-to-improve-its.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/if-country-neglects-to-improve-its.html</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Via Mercopress</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BRAZIL’ aircraft manufacturer Embrear is again resurfacing suspicions regarding the sale of commercial planes to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aerolineas Argentinas</b> involving several million dollars in surcharges. The company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, that it is investigating companies from five different countries to which it sold aircraft allegedly in transactions suspicious of irregularities.</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="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2009 LIST PRICE FOR E-190 AMOUNTED TO 27.85 MILLION; ARGENTINA ALLEGEDLY PURCHASED THE BRAZILIAN AIRPLANE FOR 34.9 MILLION US DOLLARS PER UNIT</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaDm2a0B2Q8pWqTqrya_saaFHeInZGOb5a6GfXG5g_h2gQxyK4UGPhj-kLYm0tOXhC_3MQd8AtRJANOvMSunG885WI4dLBq1m56eaiwx1hZbjB9Qbj8f-1Tweb6ENm-lvJCdSbg8wLYWi/s1600/embraer-190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaDm2a0B2Q8pWqTqrya_saaFHeInZGOb5a6GfXG5g_h2gQxyK4UGPhj-kLYm0tOXhC_3MQd8AtRJANOvMSunG885WI4dLBq1m56eaiwx1hZbjB9Qbj8f-1Tweb6ENm-lvJCdSbg8wLYWi/s320/embraer-190.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2009 ARGENTINA signed an agreement for the purchase of 20 Embraer E-190 aircraft for government controlled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Austral</b>, an operation apparently involving 698 million dollars with a unit price of 34.9 million dollars. The E-190 is considered a mid range aircraft highly competitive and with a capacity of 100 to 115 pax.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However this sum is considered excessive by analysts if compared with what the going market price was at the time. The operation 80% financed by the BRAZILIAN Economic and Social development bank, BNDES, was signed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Federal Planning minister Julio De Vido</b>; then <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime</b> and then <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aerolineas Argentinas</b> president and currently <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Justice minister Julio Alak</b>.</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="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT HAD PAID 5 TO 6 MILLION DOLLARS IN EXCESS FOR EACH AIRCRAFT</span></b></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; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Magistrate Sergio Torres opened an investigation on suspicion that the ARGENTINE government had paid 5 to 6 million dollars in excess for each aircraft, which would add up to 100/120 million dollars. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aerolineas Argentinas</b>and the government rejected the claims arguing that in effect the original price was 30.6 million for each unit and the additional 4.3 million was the result of spare parts and pilot training.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The situation set off alarm bells in the aircraft industry and a warning from UNITED STATES SEC office to which the BRAZILIAN government responded by opening an internal investigation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And last month Embraer sent an update report to SEC on investigations so far: “We received a summons from SEC in September 2010 requesting about certain operations relative to overseas sale of aircraft. In reply and to consultations over possible breach of US legislation on foreign corrupt practices, we contracted a foreign solicitor for an internal investigation into transactions with three specific countries”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">COMMON AVIATION INDUSTRY PRACTICE IS TO GIVE CONSIDERABLE REBATES WHEN LARGE AIRCRAFT DEALS ARE SIGNED</span></b></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; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likewise Embrear says it is willing to expand the area of investigation and has done so including two additional countries and in close cooperation with the US Secretary of Justice and SEC. “In case authorities decide on measures against us or the sides involved reach an agreement to solve the issue, we could be obliged to pay strong fines or incur in other sanctions”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The case not only refers to market prices of the time but to the fact that when a big number of aircraft are involved, they usually are benefited with additional rebates.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the specialized magazine <i>Aircraft Commerce</i>, in November 2008, an E-190 was sold to Aeroméxico for 29 million dollars and in July 2009, TACA airlines paid 30.5 million dollars for an E-195. Air Europa in 2009 paid 31 million dollars, also confirmed by the Airline Fleet Management magazine. Finally Ascend Aviation Insight said that in 2009, the E-190 had a going price of 27.85 million. </span></b></div>

BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA - ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY.

BRAZIL INVESTIGATING SALE OF 20 EMBRAER E-190 TO AEROLÍNEAS ARGENTINAS, FEARING SURCHARGES Background Information : See CRIME AND CORRUPTIO...

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Tuesday, Tuesday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/23/dead-garden/">Dead Garden</a> in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Vasio S/A:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/23/dead-garden/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Apr13-22.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2011/07/18/285-montevideo/">285 Montevideo</a> in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Vazio S/A:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2011/07/18/285-montevideo/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Jul11-18.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/23/entre/"><i>Entre: Architecture from the Performing Arts</i></a> by Carlos M. Teixeira:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/23/entre/"><img alt="this week's book review" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/entre.jpg" title="This week's book review" width="500" /></a><br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-current-review/40868_roth_trailhead">Roth Trailhead</a> in Lawrence, Kansas, by Dirt Works Studio:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-current-review/40868_roth_trailhead"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/40868/images/900:w/rothtrailhead1.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Tuesday, Tuesday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features Dead Garden in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Vasio S/A: The featured pas...

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Starting my quilt

When I've made quilts in the past I used to just make it up as I went along. For this quilt I decided I would do it right. I've just bought some kit that one of the books said was essential.<br /><br />The green board is a cutting mat and there also is a special ruler. The yellow tool is a rotary cutter which seems a bit scary because I've only ever used a scissors a before.<br /><br />Wish me luck! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Cf0fhdObgextCiEXgz07qdCag_MhqTSJ9K6B81PODEr-0FESwAff8-vJGXYgbiTzjDor8d1uJwk1vNgLkZHD5oyMbYTjcNuIn6kBrt4luUKNR1sV46I8OLOeuC4DVzNM0SfRq1F3Ho8P/s640/blogger-image--2058332627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Cf0fhdObgextCiEXgz07qdCag_MhqTSJ9K6B81PODEr-0FESwAff8-vJGXYgbiTzjDor8d1uJwk1vNgLkZHD5oyMbYTjcNuIn6kBrt4luUKNR1sV46I8OLOeuC4DVzNM0SfRq1F3Ho8P/s640/blogger-image--2058332627.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFLb8BhjjxcheV62POuMa8vH-1v4ooUZd2aYNMtEijNyI2b3TSJEdPVbfdZvYXXuN-ElFBr6VxLUFHiWT4xS8Ud7_wbys6RxaQ-C-ruE9xp58BMItjtzmmWe9qD5TlWpMNZNRjlk8wl4A/s640/blogger-image--185317265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFLb8BhjjxcheV62POuMa8vH-1v4ooUZd2aYNMtEijNyI2b3TSJEdPVbfdZvYXXuN-ElFBr6VxLUFHiWT4xS8Ud7_wbys6RxaQ-C-ruE9xp58BMItjtzmmWe9qD5TlWpMNZNRjlk8wl4A/s640/blogger-image--185317265.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyxIkLhyhzVohdWZ35hxYsYo92Qv7JQC93NVpc7pqm0JSZmeut0GHkWxihnfPbRMN6a8ySLhfXvl-L5jVP7aYSPrV2LLGNPMdHu5rkT8Ig-hCX7yg3HekyiMikPH7kVcMloV1i61Zmzpr/s640/blogger-image-466850294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyxIkLhyhzVohdWZ35hxYsYo92Qv7JQC93NVpc7pqm0JSZmeut0GHkWxihnfPbRMN6a8ySLhfXvl-L5jVP7aYSPrV2LLGNPMdHu5rkT8Ig-hCX7yg3HekyiMikPH7kVcMloV1i61Zmzpr/s640/blogger-image-466850294.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HFENW_2f4Lx8H0PdLy9h0g8utUsLp2WmMAmZX7BSTpbzZFc8FjYKyL8KPNOiW4BIcQ8jRkD3jkkQ-pYo4C6F7bP440m7HcKPXcOuTUpX9CDWChlSPwqsDykxGKddj27WHIoGSYttrWmH/s640/blogger-image-1985708011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HFENW_2f4Lx8H0PdLy9h0g8utUsLp2WmMAmZX7BSTpbzZFc8FjYKyL8KPNOiW4BIcQ8jRkD3jkkQ-pYo4C6F7bP440m7HcKPXcOuTUpX9CDWChlSPwqsDykxGKddj27WHIoGSYttrWmH/s640/blogger-image-1985708011.jpg" /></a></div>

Starting my quilt

When I've made quilts in the past I used to just make it up as I went along. For this quilt I decided I would do it right. I've ju...

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Viral Voices

Last May was the <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2012/05/going-viral.html">Going Viral</a> panel discussion, which "explore[d] the impact that social media, technology and device culture are having on our design process, and ultimately the way we practice." This year it's <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=5700&rsvid=64733&msg=">Viral Voices</a>, a continuation of last year's discussion, with many of the same "voices" (Morpholio, GSAPP, ArchDaily).<br /><br /><img alt="ViralVoices.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/ViralVoices.jpg" title="Viral Voices" /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=5700&rsvid=64733&msg="><b>Viral Voices: Global Dialogues</b></a><br /><br /><b>When:</b> Thursday, May2, 6:30-10pm<br /><b>Where:</b> Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY<br /><b>Cost:</b> Free (<a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=5700&rsvid=64733&msg=">RSVP required</a>)<br /><br /><b>Viral Voices: Global Discussions</b> will explore the impact that social media, technology and device culture are having on our design process, and ultimately the way we practice. How do we shape a global conversation? How are we changing the relationships between academia and the profession? What is the impact of hyper information sharing and critique? Throughout the evening, the topics of communication, research, collaboration, and data distribution will be addressed and debated.<br /><br /><b>Mark Wigley</b>, Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University and <b>David Basulto</b> with <b>David Assael</b> of ArchDaily will come together for an evening discussing how these technologies affect the relationships between academia and profession. Following their talks, <b>Carlo Aiello</b> from eVolo, <b>David Fano</b> from CASE, <b>Jill Fehrenbacher</b> from Inhabitat, <b>Toru Hasegawa</b> from The Morpholio Project/the GSAPP Cloud Lab, <b>Tim Maly</b> from Wired magazine and <b>Cliff Kuang</b> from Fast Company will join the speakers for a panel discussion addressing the impact that social media, technology and device culture are having on our design process, and ultimately the way we participate in a global discussion. </blockquote>

Viral Voices

Last May was the Going Viral panel discussion, which "explore[d] the impact that social media, technology and device culture are hav...

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I have cancer

I had my total abdominal hysterectomy on April 11. After the surgery my oncologist surgeon told me everything looked good. She was sure I didn't have cancer. Since there was less than 1% chance that my fibroid was cancerous I felt confident that everything was good. <br /><br />The surgery went well, although the pain after the surgery was hideous. I have a six inch vertical cut from my belly button down to right above my pelvic bone. It's not pretty but it was necessary to remove my uterus and the fibroid intact. <br /><br />When I came out of the recovery room my three best friends were there waiting for me. I'm really lucky to have such great friends that care for me. I don't know how I'd get through this without them.<br /><br />My body parts, uterus, fibroid, cervix and one ovary (one was left inside of me) were all sent to the lab to be biopsied. On April 17th I received a phone call from my surgeon's associate (my doctor was on vacation) that I have Uterine Leiomyosarcoma. She told me it was an extremely rare and aggressive cancer. The conversation was short since I had a followup visit with my surgeon on April 24.<br /><br />After researching Uterine Leimyosarcoma (ULMS) online, I was very upset. This isn't the good uterine cancer, the one with a 90% five-year survival rate. This one is different. It's so rare that there isn't much known about it. It affects six in one million women.<br /><br />I called my doctor's associate back last Thursday and asked several questions. I'm in Stage 1B which sounds good, but even at this stage it only has a 50% five-year survival rate. Those aren't very good odds. Also, the larger the tumor is over 5 cm (mine was 12 cm) the more likely it will reoccur even if all of it was removed during surgery. I'm thankful I'm not in Stage II since that stage only has a survival rate of 0 - 20%. <br /><br />I stumbled across a blog by a woman that was diagnosed four and half years ago with Stage II ULMS. She's still going strong, but she had to completely change her life. From removing stress factors to changing her diet to all organic, natural foods and no sugar. Cancer feeds off of sugar.<br /><br />Cancer also feeds off of estrogen, which is why I have to have my second ovary removed as soon as possible. Even though I'm postmenopausal it's still producing a minute amount of estrogen.<br /><br />Fat also produces estrogen, so I'm on a diet. Not a crazy, starve myself type of diet, but a whole foods, healthy diet. <br /><br />Other than the cancer, the criminal trial is on schedule for June 11 and the divorce in November. Very stressful events that I'm trying to handle without making myself crazy. I can't wait for this to all be over. <br /><br />I will fight this cancer as hard as I can, and I'll do the best to change my life. It's not going to be easy, but it'll be worth it. <br /><br /><br /><br />

I have cancer

I had my total abdominal hysterectomy on April 11. After the surgery my oncologist surgeon told me everything looked good. She was sure I di...

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Physician-Assisted Suicide — NEJM

<div class="section case-vignette" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 id="articleCase Vignette" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 0.875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">CASE VIGNETTE</h3><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.813em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em; ">John Wallace is a 72-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic cancer. At time of diagnosis, the cancer was metastatic to his regional lymph nodes and liver. He was treated with palliative chemotherapy, but the disease continued to progress. Recently he has become jaundiced, and he has very little appetite. He has been seeing a palliative care physician and a social worker on an ongoing basis. His abdominal pain is now well controlled with high-dose narcotics, but the narcotics have caused constipation. In addition to seeing the social worker, he has also been seeing a psychologist to help him to cope with his illness.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.813em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em; ">Mr. Wallace has been married to his wife, Joyce, for 51 years, and they have three children and six grandchildren. He and his wife have lived in Salem, Oregon, for the past 23 years, and most of his family lives nearby. He understands the prognosis of the disease, and he does not wish to spend his last days suffering or in an unresponsive state. He discusses his desire for euthanasia with his wife and family members, and they offer him their support. The next day, he calls his physician and asks for information about physician-assisted suicide.</div></div><div class="section" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div class="section treatment-options" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 id="articleRecommendations" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 0.875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">TREATMENT OPTIONS</h3><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.813em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em; ">Do you believe that Mr. Wallace should be able to receive life-terminating drugs from his physician? Which one of the following approaches to the broader issue do you find appropriate? Base your choice on the published literature, your own experience, and other sources of information.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.813em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em; ">To aid in your decision making, each of these approaches is defended in the following short essays by experts in the field. Given your knowledge of the patient and the points made by the experts, which option would you choose? Make your choice and offer your comments at <a href="http://NEJM.org">NEJM.org</a>.</div></div><ul class="treatment-options-list" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="firstChild" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline;">Option 1</strong>: Physician-Assisted Suicide Should Not Be Permitted</li><li class="lastChild" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline;">Option 2</strong>: Physician-Assisted Suicide Should Be Permitted</li></ul><br><a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMclde1302615#t=cldeOpt2">http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMclde1302615#t=cldeOpt2</a>

Physician-Assisted Suicide — NEJM

CASE VIGNETTE John Wallace is a 72-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic cancer. At time of diagnosis, the cancer was metastatic to his re...

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Doctors describe "death with dignity" program for cancer patients - latimes.com

<p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORNPR0000040" title="NPR" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/economy-business-finance/media-industry/radio-industry/npr-ORNPR0000040.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; ">NPR</a><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/27/168150886/americans-support-physician-assisted-suicide-for-terminally-ill" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; ">-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll</a> last  year said they were in favor of legalizing physician-assisted suicide. A <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP001723173" title="BBC" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/economy-business-finance/media-industry/bbc-ORCRP001723173.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; ">BBC</a><a href="http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/677/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none; "> World News America/Harris Poll</a> from the year before found that 58% believed that physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for patients who request it.</p><div class="p402_premium" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It's one thing to endorse physician-assisted suicide in principle. But how should it be implemented in practice? That's a difficult question that doctors, social workers and public health experts in Seattle have grappled with as they set up the Death with Dignity Program at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, or SCCA. They describe their program in Thursday's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Washington and Oregon are the only states that allow physician-assisted suicide (though Pennsylvania, Vermont and Hawaii are currently considering it), and cancer patients are among those most likely to seek it. The SCCA -- which serves cancer patients being treated at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORNPR000145" title="Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/health-organizations/fred-hutchinson-cancer-research-center-ORNPR000145.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;">Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center</a>, the University of Washington and Seattle Children's -- is the only federally recognized comprehensive cancer center serving those states.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">So it was natural for leaders there to consider a death with dignity program after the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOVV0000221" title="Washington Legislature" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/washington-legislature-ORGOVV0000221.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;">Washington Legislature</a> passed the Washington Death with Dignity Act in November 2008.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The first step was to poll doctors to see if enough of them would be willing to help patients who wanted to end their lives. Among the 81 who responded to the survey, 50 said they would be comfortable consulting in such cases; among them, 29 were also willing to write the prescriptions for lethal medications. That was enough for the planners to move forward.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">After much discussion and debate, the planners set up the following rules:</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Nobody who works at SCCA is required to participate in the Death with Dignity Program.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* The program is only available to patients under the care of the SCCA, and patients may not begin treatment at SCCA just to gain access to the program.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* SCCA does not advertise the program, even in its own buildings.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Patients are eligible only if they are terminally ill and have no more than six months to live.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* They must pass a psychological assessment to insure they are competent to make a decision of this magnitude.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* All patients who request a lethal prescription are told that <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HETHT00000018" title="Palliative Care" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/health-treatments/palliative-care-HETHT00000018.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;">palliative care</a> and hospice treatment are available to them (although 54% of Death with Dignity patients are already in hospice care at the time they make their inquiries).</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Patients must agree that if they do take their lethal prescriptions, they do so only in a private place and in a private manner. (One patient was dropped from consideration for failing to agree to this requirement.)</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* After patients have met all the requirements, they must wait at least 15 days before getting a prescription for a lethal dose of <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682386.html" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none;">secobarbital</a>, a barbiturate.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Between March 5, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2011, 114 SCCA patients made at least initial inquiries about the Death with Dignity Program, according to the report. Among them, 44 -- or 39% -- went no further and 30 -- or 26% -- began working with a social worker but either changed their mind or died before they received a prescription.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">That leaves 40 patients who did get a prescription. All of them have died, but only 24 did so as a result of taking secobarbital.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For some patients, simply having the medication on hand and knowing it was available was enough.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Both patients and families frequently express gratitude after the patient receives the prescription, regardless of whether it is ever filled or ingested, typically referencing an important sense of control in an uncertain situation," according to the report.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There have been a few <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEISY000026" title="Hiccups" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/symptoms/hiccups-HEISY000026.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;">hiccups</a> here and there, including one patient who remained alive overnight after taking secobarbital. Considering that the drug is usually lethal in about 35 minutes, the patient's family became quite distressed. (It kicked in eventually.)</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Another hiccup is that 11 patients wound up living for longer than the six months they were expected to have left. In these cases, social workers have opted not to inform physicians out of fear that the doctors will wait until their patients are closer to death before they have a frank conversation about their prognosis.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Most of the patients who wound up receiving prescriptions for secobarbital were white men who had graduated from college. They were also more likely than Washingtonians in general to have jobs.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">When asked why they entered the Death with Dignity Program, 97% of patients surveyed said they feared the "loss of autonomy" that was sure to come as they deteriorated. In addition, 89% cited an "inability to engage in enjoyable activities" and 75% were concerned about "loss of dignity." Actual pain and fear of future pain were mentioned only 22% of the time, according to the report.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">You can read the study, <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1213398?query=featured_home#t=article" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none;">Implementing a Death with Dignity Program at a Comprehensive Cancer Center</a>, on the New England Journal of Medicine website. In addition, two doctors debate the merits of allowing a hypothetical 72-year-old man with metastatic <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000033" title="Prostate Cancer" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/prostate-cancer-HEDAI0000033.topic" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;">prostate cancer</a> to end his life with the help of his physician on the website <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMclde1302615" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</p></div><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-death-with-dignity-seattle-20130410,0,7934455.story">http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-death-with-dignity-seattle-20130410,0,7934455.story</a>

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Buildings That Lie About Their Age

In case you missed it last week, Christopher Gray's <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/classifieds/realestate/columns/streetscapes/index.html">Streetscapes column</a> in the <i>New York Times</i> used my <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=23058"><i>Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture</i></a> as a jumping-off point for a discussion of neo-traditional architecture in NYC. "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/realestate/buildings-that-lie-about-their-age.html">Buildings That Lie About Their Age</a>" questions the absence of neo-trad architecture among the 200+ buildings in my book. <br /><br /><img alt="streetscapes-hill.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/streetscapes-hill.jpg" title="Buildings That Lie About Their Age" /><br />[Screenshot from "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/realestate/buildings-that-lie-about-their-age.html">Buildings That Lie About Their Age</a>"]<br /><br />Here is a snippet from the beginning and end of Gray's article, where my book is mentioned: <br /><blockquote><i>John Hill’s book “A Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture” is filled with examples of the crazy new forms of the last decade, like Frank Gehry’s white wind-filled “sail” on the West Side Highway in Chelsea. They are startling, creative, amusing, sometimes even hilarious.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>And yet, the United States is in the middle of a great revival of traditional architecture — Georgian, neo-Classical, Arts and Crafts and so forth — that is almost absent from Mr. Hill’s stimulating and enjoyable work. So, what isn’t contemporary about traditional design?</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>...</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Mr. Hill includes a few neo-traditionalist buildings in his 10-year review, including Robert A. M. Stern’s 1920s-revival apartment house at 15 Central Park West, and George Ranalli’s prairie-style Saratoga Community Center in Brooklyn. But out of 200-plus projects, that’s it.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Does he have a bias against the neo-traditional movement?</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>He doesn’t think so. “I thought about including the Carhart town house,” he said, “but just didn’t get around to it.” As for the Ralph Lauren store, “it was being completed just as I was finishing the book” in late 2010. But he does include other projects scheduled for 2012 and even 2013.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>This suggests that there is probably space for a guidebook of neo-traditional architecture. At the moment, it might not be more than a couple of chapters, but it is sure to grow.</i></blockquote>The addition to the Carhart mansion can be seen on <a href="http://www.johnsimpsonarchitects.com/residential/residential_16.html">John Simpson's website</a>. As Gray mentions, for a long time I had that project in my book, as a means of discussing how "contemporary" has many meanings, one of which includes neo-traditional architecture. The project was eventually replaced by another one, also in the Upper East Side, more fitting with what's in the rest of the guidebook. There was also the question of, "If one project is in the book to point out that neo-traditional is also contemporary, then why not include more?" That's probably the stronger reason of why I did not include a project so overtly traditional.

Buildings That Lie About Their Age

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12 new Camera launches by Canon in India

<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/AVvXsEjvDocRr20K8UPp-1SvBBkso0F5lMl3LiBn9zIeH8fN7INh1bTDX-DCFRbQTnZs3kDRsgXNhZ8I38bUa62xrDAUb-D4HBGKCPrbH7KSSgdEOrQzjdbX4NwrRFuWBA-Gv9lh9BS21VRs7wA/s1600/CanonI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDocRr20K8UPp-1SvBBkso0F5lMl3LiBn9zIeH8fN7INh1bTDX-DCFRbQTnZs3kDRsgXNhZ8I38bUa62xrDAUb-D4HBGKCPrbH7KSSgdEOrQzjdbX4NwrRFuWBA-Gv9lh9BS21VRs7wA/s640/CanonI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>12 new Camera Prices</strong></span><br /><br /> PowerShot A3500 IS —  9,995 Rs<br /> PowerShot N — 20,995  Rs<br /> IXUS 132 —  7,995 Rs<br />PowerShot 2500 —  5,995 Rs<br /> PowerShot 2600 —  8,995 Rs<br /> IXUS 135 —  10,995 Rs<br /> EOS 700D —  53,995 Rs<br /> EOS C100 — 5,00,000 Rs <br /> IXUS 140 — 12,495 Rs<br /> IXUS 255 HS —  12,995 Rs<br /> EOS 100D —  48,995 Rs<br /> EOS-1DC —  9,00,000 Rs<br /><br />EOS-1DC —  9,00,000 Rs camera  best for Movie shooting . In all camera's   IXUS Series five camera are Wi-Fi enabled  such as IXUS 135, IXUS 255HS, IXUS 140 . IXUS 132 which is not Wi-Fi enabled.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"India is a prime market for Canon and it is imperative for us to keep introducing high-end technology to stay ahead in such a competitive market. Success of futuristic technology only adds onto the confidence to experiment and helps a brand to provide its customers with a promising and unusual experience" said Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon India stated</blockquote><br /> I am not saying that canon is the best but I believe on that because I use this .....its my opinion ...write your comment after buying this accessories..<br /><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Narendra Saini</a></div>

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12 new Camera Prices  PowerShot A3500 IS —  9,995 Rs  PowerShot N — 20,995  Rs  IXUS 132 —  7,995 Rs PowerShot 2500 —  5,995 Rs  PowerShot 2...

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Peter Zumthor: 1986-2013

The most recent monograph—the only one, actually—on Swiss architect Peter Zumthor was released in 1998. It's so desirable that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817660992/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817660992&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">used copies are being sold on Amazon</a> for around $1,500. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3858817236/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858817236&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">A forthcoming monograph</a> from <a href="http://www.scheidegger-spiess.ch/">Scheidegger and Spiess</a> may temper the desirability of that book, since it will cover Zumthor's work from 1986-2013 (the earlier one covers 1979-1997) and will be more than twice as big (800 pages versus 318). Sure, it comes with a $250 cover price and won't be released until September, but if anybody can find me a more anticipated architecture book I'd like to know about it.<br /><br /><img alt="zumthor1986-2013.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/zumthor1986-2013.jpg" title="Where Are the Utopian Visionaries?" /><br /><br />Book description <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3858817236/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858817236&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">via Amazon</a>: <br /><blockquote>Unquestionably one of the most influential and revered contemporary architects, Peter Zumthor has approached his work with a singular clarity of vision and a strong sense of his own philosophy, both of which have earned him the admiration of his peers and the world at large. Choosing to only take on a few projects at a time and keep his studio small, Zumthor has produced a comparatively few number of realized buildings, but they rank among the world’s most stunning: St. Benedict’s Chapel in Sumvitg, Switzerland; Therme Vals in Vals, Switzerland; Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria; and the Kolumba Art Museum in Cologne, Germany number among his most famous buildings. This collection, however, explores his entire body of award-winning work from 1986 to 2012 in five volumes, including his lesser-known but nonetheless critically acclaimed works such as the Field Chapel for Brother Klaus near Mechernich, Germany, and the <i>Steilneset. Memorial for the Victims of the Witch Trials in Vard</i><i>ø</i><i>,</i> Norway.<br /><br /><i>Peter Zumthor </i>presents around forty of his projects, both realized and unrealized, through Zumthor’s own writing, and with photographs, sketches, drawings, and plans. A complete catalog of his works starting in 1979 rounds out the book. Richly illustrated and beautifully designed, this book serves as both an introduction to Zumthor’s work and philosophy for the layperson and a required addition to any architect’s library.</blockquote><br />(Many thanks to Jim G. for the heads up!)<br /><br />Pre-order your pricey Zumthor monograph here:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3858817236/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858817236&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/3858817236/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858817236&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/3858817236/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858817236&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Peter Zumthor: 1986-2013

The most recent monograph—the only one, actually—on Swiss architect Peter Zumthor was released in 1998. It's so desirable that used copi...

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Mmmm!

Now this is my kind of soup!<br /><br />Carrot, sweet potato and coconut!!<br /><br />There is something spicy in there too that is giving a little kick to the soup. Yum, creamy and delicious! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmDQgGRgcxqxJKXfo8QbcbaIjduzsg83wBk4bOqGwIhlW4H8sdquN2tIhx8Btt4lmE8gfhbmuQXlfZw40IQFGMmMStY2e4_YU_ipsfUNCgCbg1Jd6gW5rNDy182dD5ig1p97HMnJI6-R5/s640/blogger-image--854051668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmDQgGRgcxqxJKXfo8QbcbaIjduzsg83wBk4bOqGwIhlW4H8sdquN2tIhx8Btt4lmE8gfhbmuQXlfZw40IQFGMmMStY2e4_YU_ipsfUNCgCbg1Jd6gW5rNDy182dD5ig1p97HMnJI6-R5/s640/blogger-image--854051668.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWOnL3WdMmvoh8R5XI2fHHhBk8Urnd4RvVPUEwZGWQnRsR10h0BF99K596xE8A-t3m-D_77HV18tIST8NbiaCtQnDX6F76al2i5wopw_xN9CTby5KIgsYVzIrFoCXVq5WArNZGZ3C4pqC/s640/blogger-image--1552848799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWOnL3WdMmvoh8R5XI2fHHhBk8Urnd4RvVPUEwZGWQnRsR10h0BF99K596xE8A-t3m-D_77HV18tIST8NbiaCtQnDX6F76al2i5wopw_xN9CTby5KIgsYVzIrFoCXVq5WArNZGZ3C4pqC/s640/blogger-image--1552848799.jpg" /></a></div>

Mmmm!

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Baidu Rejected in fake press release

<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/AVvXsEiV-QLlySJ6XJruEbNGN3dHAaOfIJyv2x7wmQqvG4OrifVI0EXyQQmls-wQK8s3uSICmBi_f0p8CMpoiOjgm7so6PS6nNeiLSiv33B1qh6YA3Qpbabt7ieX7s5tD-OBIUTv4cmP4ZHtx3s/s1600/baidu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-QLlySJ6XJruEbNGN3dHAaOfIJyv2x7wmQqvG4OrifVI0EXyQQmls-wQK8s3uSICmBi_f0p8CMpoiOjgm7so6PS6nNeiLSiv33B1qh6YA3Qpbabt7ieX7s5tD-OBIUTv4cmP4ZHtx3s/s640/baidu.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="hps"></span> In Monday fake press release rise 4% share of U.S. social gaming company Zynga Inc. In  news wrote that Zynga Inc company cancel deal with Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc .<br /> One website www.prurgent.com write something about baidu that it would offer $10 per share for the company.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> The statement was false. Zynga was not available for comment. said "Baidu's director of international communications, Kaiser Kuo".</blockquote>This news removed from  the prurgent website at since Monday mid morning.On that time Zynga  Inc company get high peak share in market.<br /><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Narendra Saini</a></div>

game jacob news Baidu Rejected in fake press release

 In Monday fake press release rise 4% share of U.S. social gaming company Zynga Inc. In  news wrote that Zynga Inc company cancel deal with ...

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indie mats winner and a feature

And the Indie Mats winner is...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.796875px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Albertina at Mimosa Lane!</span></b></span></div><br />Congrats Albertina, I'll be in touch shortly. And thank you to all who entered, I'll have another great giveaway soon, promise.<br /><br /><br />Also, I'm taking part in the <a href="http://bliss-athome.com/2013/04/23/great-reads-behind-that-little-black-door/" target="_blank">Great Reads feature</a> today over at Bliss At Home. <a href="http://bliss-athome.com/2013/04/23/great-reads-behind-that-little-black-door/" target="_blank">Check it out</a>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ4k5EkX-KkmTX7jhtPnGkUc2Rkf6s4JM_trjDDJAsJLsKb9v9w7mchPtQZzDs7Omk3lST5RkRENlXDd8a2xdsytS2XeYs0FYm7ZbFsK9glpbf7dy_O_Flwjcla1xsWXMSe81MhMSbbWm/s1600/a2b4de0054e9e2040be0334fdfb3b2d3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ4k5EkX-KkmTX7jhtPnGkUc2Rkf6s4JM_trjDDJAsJLsKb9v9w7mchPtQZzDs7Omk3lST5RkRENlXDd8a2xdsytS2XeYs0FYm7ZbFsK9glpbf7dy_O_Flwjcla1xsWXMSe81MhMSbbWm/s1600/a2b4de0054e9e2040be0334fdfb3b2d3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />

indie mats winner and a feature

And the Indie Mats winner is... Albertina at Mimosa Lane! Congrats Albertina, I'll be in touch shortly. And thank you to all who entered...

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9 Fine Reasons to Keep a Journal (and how to help kids do it too)

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23872901@N03/4310645750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Gratitude Journal" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="180" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4310645750_387884aca6_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center;">A Gratitude Journal <br />can improve your well being<br />more than winning a million<br />dollars in the lottery.<br />Why not start one today?<br />(Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23872901@N03/4310645750" target="_blank">limevelyn</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>Journaling is on my habit list every day. I keep 2 kinds of journals daily:<br /><br /><ul><li><b>Narrative journal.</b> Observations on life. God's blessings. Questions I'm seeking to answer.<br /></li><li><b>Joy Journal</b>. I aim to write 20 things a day I'm thankful for. <a href="http://happierhuman.com/benefits-of-gratitude/">Research studies</a> have shown that keeping a 5 minute a day gratitude journal will "increase your long term well being" more than winning a million dollars in the lottery. I started my joy journal this spring break as my eye was bandaged from skin cancer surgery. (See <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/04/11-ways-to-be-positive-when-your-spring.html">11 ways to be positive when spring break isn't all you planned</a>.)</li></ul><div>At first I just kept a journal because I think I'm just made to write. It is what I do. But I've been journaling now for 37 years and have shelves of them and a notebook in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.evernote.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Evernote">Evernote</a> and I'd like to share with you the ways that keeping a journal have improved my life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Keeping a daily journal has helped me:</div><div><br /></div><h2>1. Add meaning to the moments.</h2><div>There are times I look at my children when my heart overflows. I capture those emotions like a picture on the page of my journal. Other times, I'm frustrated, those pictures are there too. Life is a beautiful wonderful gift and it shouldn't be squandered.</div><div><br /></div><div>My son is graduating this year. It has been a joy to read my entries from when he was born. The prayers I prayed in writing when I found out I was pregnant with him. The struggles that we've come through together. My journal is a gift I gave to myself. Sometimes two sentences tell me all I need to know about a period of my life and blank dates scream out in sadness for the lost meaning.</div><div><br /></div><h2>2. Process emotions.</h2><div>When his wife died, <a href="http://flavorwire.com/367030/10-famous-authors-on-the-importance-of-keeping-a-journal/8">CS Lewis wrote</a>:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: CharisSILRegular, Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">“What would H. think of this terrible little notebook to which I come back and back? Are these jottings morbid? ...But what am I to do? I must have some drug, and reading isn’t a strong enough drug now.”</span></blockquote><div>When we<a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/11/10-ways-to-be-wonderful-happy-birthday.html"> lost everything</a> when our  pecan grove went under water in 1994 and as I became a stay at home Mom, I was full of emotions. Many <a href="http://www.writingthroughlife.com/why-write">advocate journaling</a> because of the <a href="http://www.writingthroughlife.com/why-write">catharsis</a>, or cleansing effect it has on your heart and life. I agree. Journaling keeps me emotionally healthy.</div><h2>3. Capture thoughts.</h2><div>It isn't always time to write, but it is always time to capture thoughts that you may want to write about later. I have a fantastic post drafted up on a stray page after I played paint ball the first time (when I turned 40.) I still read it and will at some point write it. I remember the event like it was yesterday because I captured it in ink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/102/Purple/v4/9f/2a/fa/9f2afa20-1acb-b7c8-69c9-ef434bdbac96/mzl.kdzryzio.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/102/Purple/v4/9f/2a/fa/9f2afa20-1acb-b7c8-69c9-ef434bdbac96/mzl.kdzryzio.320x480-75.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I use <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vjournal-for-evernote-free/id556818858?mt=8">vJournal</a> that links to <a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote </a>to journal daily. It creates a notebook by year and each note is a day. I snap pictures, add thoughts, put down things I need to do and review these as part of the daily review. </div><div><br /></div><h2>4. Gain clarity.</h2><div>When you're struggling and capture thoughts, you can gain great clarity by reading back through the days. The self-awareness I gain from looking back at moments and stressors helps me clearly make decisions. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why do I always mention that person when I'm upset? Why does that always bother me? In an emotional lather, what we think are our problems often aren't. As I goal set, scanning through the previous year helps me act with intention and purpose. Journals help you be more self-aware.</div><div><br /></div><h2>5. Leave a Legacy.</h2><div>I have special journals for each of my children. During times in their lives, I've gone into the journals and told them how I feel at that moment. When you're struggling with the tough teenage years or the terrible two's, telling your child that you loved them through it all is very affirming. </div><div><br /></div><div>My Mom has a journal for me that she's been keeping all my life. I'll get it one day. I'll do the same for my children. I want the last thing they get from me to be the words that I love them. In a legacy journal, you live on. I do tell them those things today but often, the words are missed amidst busy-ness.</div><div><br /></div><h2>6. Remember.</h2><div>There are things we all want to remember. For me, I want to remember the times when God has spoken very clearly to me on a matter I've been praying about. We all have important moments that we want to remember and use your journal for that, whatever they are whether they are dreams, Bible verses, or funny things that happen.</div><div><br /></div><h2>7. Develop your voice</h2><div>My voice wasn't developed on this blog, but in my journal over 37 years. There are times I played with words, rewrote things and tinkered. Journaling helps you find your voice and lets you write what you think without the pressure of anyone looking.</div><div><br /></div><h2>8. To Create.</h2><div>Journals are a great place to play "what if." I ponder on great leaders and ask questions about life. I write poetry and sketch silly things. I draft outlines for books I haven't written yet. My journal is a playground for my mind.</div><div><br /></div><h2>9. To Release.</h2><div>When I can't sleep because I keep replaying something or keep thinking about something, I grab my journal, head to the den, and write it down. Moments after getting the upset-ness on a page (usually combined with written prayers), I'm sleeping like I was hit with a brick. ;-)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Journaling has so many benefits. You may not be a fantastic writer but your life will be improved if you journal. </div><div><br /></div><h3>How can teachers encourage journaling and respect privacy?</h3><div>I had a teacher in middle school who taught me all of the beauty and excitement of journaling with daily prompts. The feedback she gave me encouraged me to write. Of course, there are things you won't write when you know a teacher is watching and she let us fold back pages that we wanted to keep private as long as she could see that some text was peeking out of the left margin, she would respect that. </div><div><br /></div><div>I would love to know how you journal and teach journaling in the comments. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, I read every comment. Sometimes when you comment the first time, there is a delay in posting it, but I review these and will approve you. This is to prevent spam.</div><div><br /></div><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=1fb1863f-590f-48db-8cd5-096a93ff27ea" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

9 Fine Reasons to Keep a Journal (and how to help kids do it too)

A Gratitude Journal can improve your well being more than winning a million dollars in the lottery. Why not start one today? (Photo credit: ...

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