Lily's Sweets Review!

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aMll8Su33mI/UbpsjYjoINI/AAAAAAAAIUA/VtKXnt3fo1o/s1600/Lily's+candy+bars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aMll8Su33mI/UbpsjYjoINI/AAAAAAAAIUA/VtKXnt3fo1o/s320/Lily's+candy+bars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's so hard to stay away from things such as cookies,cake or anything with chocolate in it such as candy bars, so that's why when I eat something like that I eat them in moderation . </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I absolutely love these candy bars that <a href="http://www.lilyssweets.com/">Lily's Sweets </a>sent me for review .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These chocolate bars aren't your average at all they are made from real ingredients, chock full of flavor and works for the sweet tooth!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Goes great with a nice tall glass of milk or my favorite, which is coffee! </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why?</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweet & Chocolaty Facts:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweetened with Stevia</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All natural</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Delicious</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chocolate </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Full of flavor</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">USDA organic </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">NON GMO</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No Sugar Added </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dark chocolate coconut:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a coconut fanatic especially when there is delicious chocolate mixed in. I loved the taste of this particular candy bar because the exotic sweetness of the coconut worked perfectly with the bitterness of dark chocolate and made the perfect treat! You can also crumble some pieces up and add them to frozen yogurt or even mix it in with your favorite batter for baking! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Crispy Rice and Dark Chocolate:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved the snap crackle pop of this indulgent dark chocolate bar it was chocolaty and was the perfect treat! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Original Dark Chocolate:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almond Dark Chocolate:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I still have the other candy bars to review but I'm sure I will love them, why because its chocolate! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Website:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.lilyssweets.com/">http://www.lilyssweets.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Face Book:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LilysSweets">https://www.facebook.com/LilysSweets</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Twitter:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://twitter.com/lilysweettweets"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">https://twitter.com/lilysweettweets</span></a></div>

Lily's Sweets Review!

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Senior Software QA Engineer ( C++/ C# / SQC / Automated & Manual Testing ) (#109616)

<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div><b>Position</b>: Senior Software QA Engineer<br> <b>Location</b>: Milpitas, CA <br> <b>Duration</b>: Full time<br> <br> <b>Job Description</b>:<br> Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical inspection tools for inline monitoring of process defects in advanced semiconductor factories. WIN is seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer in our Milpitas, California campus to enhance our software team.<br> <br> <b>Responsibilities:</b></div> <div>The selected Software QA Engineer will join a world-class software team to plan, manage, execute, and report results for all testing activities for the team. He/She will be an effective team player and leader that will be responsible for the quality of all released products. He/She will be a strong process advocate with an acute attention to detail and desire to continually improve the testing process. He/She must be able to partner with other teams to resolve quality issues quickly.</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Responsibilities include but are not limited to:</b></div> <div>1) Develop test strategies and test plans for complex software, hardware systems.</div> <div>2) Developing detailed test cases covering all forms of testing (functional/requirements based, regression, performance, reliability)</div> <div>3) Executing manual and automated test cases.</div> <div>4) Represent SQC team in product life cycle and key program meetings.</div> <div>5) Work with global team members (India) on a daily basis.</div> <div>6) Factory Automation testing/ scripts.</div> <div>7) Test case automation (automating manual test steps)<br> <br> <b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div> <div>1) Experience with QTP/ CodedUI / Rational Products / Python and/or other test packages.</div> <div>2) Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project 2003/ 2010</div> <div>3) Experience with bug tracking software such as Rational Team Concert.</div> <div>4) Experience setting up and managing test environment and virtual machines.</div> <div>5) Passion for Technology and Software Quality.</div> <div>6) Results-oriented, with emphasis on attention to detail.</div> <div>7) Experience with large integrated HW/SW systems and semiconductor equipment applications.</div> <div>8) Should be willing to travel to customer sites/ global offices (5%-10% time)</div> <div>9) BS with 8+ yrs of experience or MS with 6+ yrs of experience in CS/CE/EE or equivalent field.</div> <div>10) Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</div> <div>11) Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.<br> <br> <b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div> <div>Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.</div> <div>OR</div> <div>Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.</div> <div>OR</div> <div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<br> <br> Kindly send your resumes to<font color="navy"> </font><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><font color="navy"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></font></a></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> </span></font>

Senior Software QA Engineer ( C++/ C# / SQC / Automated & Manual Testing ) (#109616)

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Key West Outfits

What I wore to dinner each evening<div><br></div><div>Day 1 - Dinner in Flaming Buoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKGsz-o4bL2NxU3kBawjK6trsCulL2DoNPuc5zP-XkUqMJBU9Ad1_uvXevKrioefmo815MWTgl4elNro4irCvzJi4iY1nigVJ1w5-0l0qoCvqByeHPUfjgTrqChiqbtu-pmxZJMsQUZh6/s640/blogger-image--1190982341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKGsz-o4bL2NxU3kBawjK6trsCulL2DoNPuc5zP-XkUqMJBU9Ad1_uvXevKrioefmo815MWTgl4elNro4irCvzJi4iY1nigVJ1w5-0l0qoCvqByeHPUfjgTrqChiqbtu-pmxZJMsQUZh6/s640/blogger-image--1190982341.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Day 2 - Dinner in 7 Fish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZEeSH2Ezpcl_ruRnEfumZUF94vXHujJGx6HmfqZjzaO7En9BiaLuu9gZYXc-yKOp7qVg4QfonK78KbSxlGer15fCGhOq20TxsmeKBNR0AWJa6GXXML7e7k6HS2yAbdWoDSq1UUiA8uWC/s640/blogger-image--563941968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZEeSH2Ezpcl_ruRnEfumZUF94vXHujJGx6HmfqZjzaO7En9BiaLuu9gZYXc-yKOp7qVg4QfonK78KbSxlGer15fCGhOq20TxsmeKBNR0AWJa6GXXML7e7k6HS2yAbdWoDSq1UUiA8uWC/s640/blogger-image--563941968.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Day 3 - Bar food in Solo then drinks in Green Parrott</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iVelBEm-1QtfaraWCgeUYf2BRhyZPhUUHvtPtogGUTeI4fvgMkfBXU4kt6bLVYkULXenSpRrqAmp1wZDg2x67xEr_RR7FljQR8fqVA12jmv3l1wBCQtdacNsJcQWFc5MAbsOvXHN1A1r/s640/blogger-image-110918494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iVelBEm-1QtfaraWCgeUYf2BRhyZPhUUHvtPtogGUTeI4fvgMkfBXU4kt6bLVYkULXenSpRrqAmp1wZDg2x67xEr_RR7FljQR8fqVA12jmv3l1wBCQtdacNsJcQWFc5MAbsOvXHN1A1r/s640/blogger-image-110918494.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Day 4 - Santiago's Bodega</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhni1aWOqfChBSq1rv9ta1A-2Uai-TvwcaEUDM70YSuOi02IC9cvW77GZj7mCeEImHA-62xCCX1r-G5HKp99rCWo_TH5MJK5hQwYsZFiM6KmeqQgjXBGmMBeGlTF7D-P7Zop8brAL72sAw0/s640/blogger-image-563530207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhni1aWOqfChBSq1rv9ta1A-2Uai-TvwcaEUDM70YSuOi02IC9cvW77GZj7mCeEImHA-62xCCX1r-G5HKp99rCWo_TH5MJK5hQwYsZFiM6KmeqQgjXBGmMBeGlTF7D-P7Zop8brAL72sAw0/s640/blogger-image-563530207.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbh_Llqa9eAxyI_5l2nMNFyJn2YUhMImVMJWNuZjIaomHq_wWkcV-Uk6ZPUB6nn33Ednui4SfxK_s5ITtRP-niSXTe66_C77dbf41zsb84Py1RAWj8doBpL2Pzo1zpB_gA5bCj973XR0l/s640/blogger-image-1751777537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbh_Llqa9eAxyI_5l2nMNFyJn2YUhMImVMJWNuZjIaomHq_wWkcV-Uk6ZPUB6nn33Ednui4SfxK_s5ITtRP-niSXTe66_C77dbf41zsb84Py1RAWj8doBpL2Pzo1zpB_gA5bCj973XR0l/s640/blogger-image-1751777537.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Day 5 - Sarabeths </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDrakryWjwQk2LHFIVTo5a-K9I5qDsYugeyzhxMLkAWoBH6gqX0rE2JZeYHkJvm3tWLtwliROoXOakckluDfaLhblafKSiZUdqLm4rxRCxFg6JvsyhXYdHRebmU3IG72xlBgbF95gs1D8/s640/blogger-image--771659627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Key West Outfits

What I wore to dinner each evening Day 1 - Dinner in Flaming Buoy Day 2 - Dinner in 7 Fish Day 3 - Bar food in Solo then drinks in Green Par...

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Sabotage

Sabotage - just now figuring out that's what I'm doing.<br /><br />I know how to stop.  I just stop. Problem is, I don't want to.  I'm upset with myself yet too stubborn to listen to common sense at the moment.<br /><br />Maybe this pneumonia-killing medicine is making me feel rebellious to every responsibility on the planet.  Three more days of one and another week or so on the other.  I hear brattiness is in the air.  Maybe that's all it is.  <br /><br />Somewhere in the last couple weeks, I started another attempt at ceding <u>all</u> control over our family.  I am in charge of decisions for the ones shorter than me only.<br /><br />That's a scary thing to do for anybody.  Even when you know somebody's got your back, even when you know it's all going to be okay, that's still a scary proposition.  At least it would be to me.  But when nobody's got my back, nobody's there to set the ship back on course... just sucks.<br /><br />We've been bobbing along in that captain-less ship again.  No meaningful decisions being made.  No direction to anything we're doing.  It's not like he doesn't know I want him to lead us.  We've been through this a few times now.  I'm probably delusional but somehow think that eventually he'll get there.  Maybe it's not in him, or maybe he just doesn't want that.  Not like I'd know, he's never said anything back in response.  All communication of this sort is a one-way street.<br /><br />This isn't about DD, this isn't about being spanked.  This is just about him being the one at the head of the family.  Then the letter included quite a bit about this.  The letter he hasn't acknowledged - and that's okay and I know it!<br /><br />I've heard I'm a wee bit passive aggressive.  It goes well with my happy easy-going demeanor.<br /><br />Something snapped in my head, and like I do, I made a ridiculous leap to how I was going to solve my problem.  A thing that only makes every problem worse.  A thing that is sabotaging not only myself but also the household and family in general.  Poor kids.  Poor hubby.<br /><br />I decided I wasn't going grocery shopping again.  At least until I was told to go shopping.  Or until the fact we don't have food gets acknowledged in some way.  Why am I doing this?  Why oh why oh why?  Wish I really understood... We have no food left.  A few slices of bread - <i>woohoo</i> kids get lunch packed again for tomorrow!  A bit of spaghetti but no sauce.  No fruit.  No meat.  Some frozen veggies.  <br /><br />It didn't help that I got so sick, but again that was the passive aggressive thing.  I justified it differently.  I know though.  I wasn't going to the doctor until he told me.<br /><br />The kids toys are everywhere.  I'm not telling them to clean it up.  Why oh why oh why?  If I step barefooted on one more train track I'm going to scream!  But no, I just kick them out of the way to keep a clear path.  If he tells me to make them clean up, I'd be on my hands and knees with them until the house was spotless.<br /><br />I know something's gotta give.  I know that something is me.  I know I'm being childish.  I know we're all suffering.  I really want to get pizza tonight though.  And we've got swim lessons and it's too hot and frankly <u>i don't want to</u>!  And yes, that was said with my hands on my hips and I'm now sticking my tongue out!<br /><br />He brought me lunch today.  Fast food, 'cause there's no food in the house.  He wanted to take me out and I said I was feeling guilty for not doing any work for a couple weeks.  We own the business so it goes unnoticed.  I thought maybe he'd react, nothing.  He just brought me a lukewarm burrito and then left.<br /><br />I really wish I understood how to pull his head out of the sand.  I wish I knew how to pull my own foot out of my mouth too.  I wish I could stop trying to make him mad at me.  Yet I don't want to.<br /><br />Grrr.... again, this isn't a DD thing.  I know that's going to take a lot of time.  I'm frustrated with always being the mommy to everybody and me always being the one who has to fix everything.  I'd tell him, but he wouldn't digest the words, just leave me to feel stupid.  Again.

Sabotage

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What keeps me long term interested in playing & coming back to ANY game?

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNgxXcSOlQJLtVsx0gtMFOM_GLQnKHEYW88ecBy8DKINDUSEMOpDtTLRcY1HmiiGhmKIwRL9kBhvBd7DM1E0j_qn72K6X52a8G-uJxVvivmN-jKFnc4YHViWBBZr38o6r5RhyeLfFPxlC/s1600-h/ScreenShot00015%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="ScreenShot00015" border="0" height="476" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6271Xe66qNw/UbnqQ6PtIHI/AAAAAAAAC90/ok5x-J7xVt4/ScreenShot00015_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="ScreenShot00015" width="844"></a> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">I’ve thought about this a lot recently and we will completely discount story for this posting because if any game doesn’t have a great story then there is no chance of keeping me interested for any length of time.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">Games must have housing and wardrobe appearance slots.  These two items alone make all the difference in my long term interest in any game.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">I played <a href="http://www.elderscrolls.com/oblivion/" target="_blank">Oblivion</a> eons and ages ago on the XBox 360, heck it was my introduction to the Elder Scrolls IP.  It may not have had the detailed customization options that <a href="http://www.elderscrolls.com/morrowind/" target="_blank">Morrowind</a> had, which my husband still laments to this day, but I knew I could log-in and my character had a house where she could catch a nap, brew some potions, or just spend the rest of eternity safely.  </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"><a href="www.everquest2.com" target="_blank">Everquest II</a> has done housing and housing customization the flat out best I’ve ever seen in any game.  The options for housing are seemingly endless and the developers, and now the community, continually add to the housing diversity.  All of my EQ2 characters share one house, which I must admit I love.  They’ve all got their alters to their particular gods and their trophies from questing.  I love the pillows strewn about the floor and the critters that roam the home.</font> </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J1NyNxM-DdVoeiK8pwyiYXVd_AlrhxebUmFiK6I13lJNdnzQ79RLcLdV5yIrhcFYXSzH0-WmUrzfTAZ9JtoQ4MNacvbLlTlf0y2xKyBxggwOMb-m9FmAVaC2uWnqC_rnJwaC-T99sd_d/s1600-h/EQ2_000013%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="EQ2_000013" border="0" height="476" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Uauz2zSn-cc/UbnqRlQWLFI/AAAAAAAAC-E/WmNSUCY2Wsg/EQ2_000013_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="EQ2_000013" width="844"></a> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"><a href="www.lotro.com" target="_blank">Lord of the Rings Online</a> has a good wardrobe system as does Everquest II (appearance clothing).  However, neither game does it perfectly.  Both have stunningly beautiful armor and clothing models that my characters drool over but they both suffer from the same flaw.  No game offers enough wardrobe space to make it expansive enough to switch outfits as often as I’d like.  </font><a href="www.thesecretworld.com" target="_blank"><font size="3">The Secret World</font></a><font size="3"> has a pretty good wardrobe system which is perfect for a game set in the modern world with modern clothing, but a lot of their clothing is geared to a much younger player and none of my characters particularly want to walk around in what I consider slutty clothing.  </font><a href="http://www.riftgame.com/en/" target="_blank"><font size="3">Rift</font></a><font size="3"> now offers a decent amount of wardrobe slots for in-game currency or real life cash.  Problem is none of my characters are that rich in-game and I’m not spending real life money on wardrobe slots.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m_fjHBrtWi4/UbnqSKhK_LI/AAAAAAAAC-I/4UY8EhsvmOI/s1600-h/EQ2_000124%25255B4%25255D.png"><img alt="EQ2_000124" border="0" height="364" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4y7YWZhAWlA/UbnqSozGe8I/AAAAAAAAC-U/LAX_BCb0Nnc/EQ2_000124_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="EQ2_000124" width="644"></a> </p> <p><font size="3">I love the look of this NPC in Everquest II.</font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5FCAPbDtrxll1vamAdiBCBMNWlCp_X27WN7zVpWOLVdRzj3p1z8xQedPrgd-_xNAGdlAcuBYFdP1aGmKJ9Zg8XUow0f-m_QbacJpn8AnAWL5em931DFrt2YsxVYXaNxgwMRPz5Mwpprh/s1600-h/ScreenShot00022%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="ScreenShot00022" border="0" height="364" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1JZWt6-fgHs/UbnqTedsaII/AAAAAAAAC-k/plmjso8brig/ScreenShot00022_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="ScreenShot00022" width="644"></a> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">My Guardian Hobbit in LOTRO never wears shoes but she does love a jaunty hat and on this fine day in Rivendell she was sporting her favorite hauberk.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">The one thing </font><a href="www.guildwars.com" target="_blank"><font size="3">Guild Wars</font></a><font size="3"> and </font><a href="www.guildwars2.com" target="_blank"><font size="3">Guild Wars 2</font></a><font size="3"> do better than any of their competitors, and the only thing in my opinion, is the dye system.  Collecting dyes and not having them be consumed on use is brilliant and perfect system.  Other games need to adopt this model.  Yes they might lose out on some revenue but they would undoubtedly make up that revenue from players like me that won’t purchase a single use dye. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">No game, to date, gets housing or wardrobe perfect.  Rift has a goodly number of wardrobe slots but dyes are consumed on use and they don’t have pink dyes.  Rift does have housing but it has yet to make an emotional connection with me.  The Secret World has a decent wardrobe closet but the clothes are too revealing and cannot be dyed.  Guild Wars 2 only has the dye system in it’s favor.  Everquest II has <em><strong>phenomenal</strong></em> and extensive housing but no dyes and limited wardrobe to one outfit.  My characters <strong><em><u>NEED</u></em></strong> many, many more wardrobe slots in </font><a href="https://www.everquestnext.com/" target="_blank"><font size="3">Everquest Next</font></a><font size="3">!  The clothing and armor in the Everquest franchise is so well done and so varied texturally that limiting appearance clothing to one slot is simply criminal.  Lord of the Rings Online has beautiful clothing but dyes are consumed on use and wardrobe storage and slots are too limited.  LOTRO housing is also lacking in comparison with Everquest franchise.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"></font> </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3353e5ee-7e96-4e8f-bb47-a725ef2d36e4" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; 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Library Office Assistant: Circulation Substitutes - West Hartford Public Library

<strong>Library Office Assistant: Circulation Substitutes - </strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">West Hartford Public Library</span></strong></strong> seeks customer service-oriented individuals to join our staff as on-call substitute circulation assistants. Duties: Charging/ discharging materials; answering phones and routing calls; collecting fines; issuing cards; assisting patrons in the use the self-checkout stations; placing holds and performing other duties as requested. Hours & Pay: Currently $ 17.77 per hour. Hours may include nights and weekends. Requirements: Excellent communication and customer service skills; previous library experience and knowledge of SIRSI is preferred as is availability during daytime. To apply: applications are available at the Noah Webster Library’s Customer Service Desk or online at <a _fcksavedurl="http://71.6.170.26/revize/westhartford/living_here/town_departments/support_services_to_town_departments/employee_services/docs/employmentapplication.pdf" href="http://71.6.170.26/revize/westhartford/living_here/town_departments/support_services_to_town_departments/employee_services/docs/employmentapplication.pdf" target="_blank">http://71.6.170.26/revize/westhartford/living_here/town_departments/support_services_to_town_departments/employee_services/docs/employmentapplication.pdf</a>. Completed applications may be dropped off or mailed to: West Hartford Public Library, 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, 06107, Attn: Ann Marie Salerno. Review of applications will begin immediately and applications will be accepted until a pool of substitutes is developed. EOE.

Library Office Assistant: Circulation Substitutes - West Hartford Public Library

Library Office Assistant: Circulation Substitutes - West Hartford Public Library seeks customer service-oriented individuals to join our st...

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Systems Librarian for Public Services - Library Connection, Inc., Windsor

<strong>Systems Librarian for Public Services -</strong> <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Library Connection, Inc.</span></strong></strong> (Windsor), a consortium of one academic and 26 public libraries, seeks an experienced individual to serve as a Systems Librarian for Public Services at its office in Windsor, CT. This staff member will initially manage the consortium’s migration to a new ILS. After the migration is complete, the position will transition into a full time Systems Librarian for Public Services. Migration Manager duties include planning, scheduling, and managing all aspects of the migration: database cleanup; simplifying and standardizing data categorization; accommodating transaction and fee data; data extraction; consortium and library staff training; testing and quality assurance; customization of library patron interfaces; and new member migration. System Librarian for Public Services duties include working with member libraries, committees, vendors, and Library Connection staff to support and enhance our shared Integrated Library System; troubleshooting, developing and enhancing system capabilities and consortia functionality that further consortium goals. This individual must possess general knowledge of all modules of an integrated library system. Familiarity with web development tools and the ability to write or modify scripts and programs is preferred. MLS or MLIS and 5 years experience required. See the <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.libraryconnection.info/pdfs/positionAnnounce.pdf" href="http://www.libraryconnection.info/pdfs/positionAnnounce.pdf" target="_blank">complete job description</a> for full requirements. Salary range is $60,000-$80,000. Applications, along with three references, should be submitted to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:gchristian@libraryconnection.info" href="mailto:gchristian@libraryconnection.info">gchristian@libraryconnection.info</a>. Applications will be accepted through <span style="color: red;">July 1, 2013</span>.

Systems Librarian for Public Services - Library Connection, Inc., Windsor

Systems Librarian for Public Services - Library Connection, Inc. (Windsor), a consortium of one academic and 26 public libraries, seeks a...

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So You Want to Learn About: Le Corbusier

<i>The "So You Want to Learn About" series highlights books focused on a particular theme: think "socially responsible architecture" and "phenomenology," rather than broad themes like "housing" or "theory." Therefore the series aims to be a resource for finding decent reading materials on certain topics, born of a desire to further define noticeable areas of interest in the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/books.html">books I review</a>. And while I haven't reviewed every title, I am familiar with each one; these are not blind recommendations.</i><br /><br /><i>With the exhibition </i><a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1321">Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes</a><i> opening Saturday, and the architect occupying much of my time and thoughts since <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2013/06/le-corbusier-atlas-of-modern-landscapes.html">seeing the exhibition</a> before the </i><a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=5806">Le Corbusier/New York</a><i> symposium last week, I've put together a list of books and essays by and on the architect. Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965) wrote more than 30 books, and the books written about him must be well over 100—not to mention the essays devoted to one of the most influential architects of the 20th century—so the list below is extremely partial, based on what I know and what's in my library.</i><br /><br /><b>Le Corbusier's Writings:</b><br /><img alt="about02-1.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/about02-1.jpg" title="So You Want to Learn About covers" /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/0486253325.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning</span></a></b> <br /><b>By Le Corbusier</b><br /><b>Dover Publications, 1987 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486253325/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0486253325&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><b>, originally published in 1925 as <i>Urbanisme</i> </b><br />Le Corbusier was not content designing houses; he wanted to rebuild cities. Many critics, even to this day, blame him single handedly for the urban renewal projects executed decades after he first published this classic treatise on the contemporary city. Necessary reading, if anything for recognizing how later architects and bureaucrats misinterpreted many of his ideas.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/0486250237.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Towards a New Architecture</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Le Corbusier</b><br /><b>Dover Publications, 1985 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486250237/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0486250237&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>), originally published in 1923 as <i>Vers une Architecture</i></b><br />Le Corbusier's first book (a compilation of essays from his magazine <i>L'Esprit Nouveau</i>) lays out many of the ideas that have persevered both in terms of his oeuvre and modernism as a whole, particularly the inspiration found in industrial buildings (grain elevators) and machines (cars, airplanes, ships). The book is required reading in most early-level architecture classes, so most architects have read it and are familiar with his "unvarnished opinions and innovative theories."<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568981536"><span style="font-style: italic;">Oppositions Reader</span></a> </b><br /><b>Edited by K. Michael Hays</b><br /><b>Princeton Architectural Press, 1998 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568981538/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568981538&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />Le Corbusier wrote plenty of other books that are well known (<i>When the Cathedrals Were White</i> and <i>Le Modular and Modular 2</i>, to name just two), but his essay "In Defense of Architecture"—a 1933 response to Karel Teige's 1929 "Mundaneum" dissertation—is recommended by architect George Baird as "one of the most touching and frank texts of his whole career." Baird translated the text for the fourth issue (1974) of the journal <a href="http://www.modernism101.com/eisenmann_oppositions_set.php"><i>Oppositions</i></a>.<br /><br /><b>Monographs:</b><br /><img alt="about02-2.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/about02-2.jpg" title="So You Want to Learn About covers" /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.phaidon.com/store/architecture/le-corbusier-le-grand-9780714846682/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier Le Grand</span></a> </b><br /><b>Edited by Phaidon</b><br /><b>Phaidon, 2008 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714846686/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0714846686&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />Le Corbusier receives the massive-Phaidon-book treatment, à la <i>Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture</i>. And what better way to take in the 2,000 images and documents, many unpublished? The 768-page tome includes an "insightful introductory essay by France’s most authoritative architectural historian and critic, Jean-Louis Cohen."<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/200493?rskey=snRIaE&result=19&q=corbusier"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier: Oeuvre Complete</span></a> </b><br /><b>Edited by Willy Boesiger, Oscar Stonorov, Max Bill</b><br /><b>Birkhäuser, 1995 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3764355158/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3764355158&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>), originally published 1929-1970</b><br />This eight-volume set of complete works, done in close collaboration with the architect himself, is the model for just about every monograph that has followed. Since 1995 Birkhäuser has published the books, available individually or as sets.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Le_Corbusier-9780810934948.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Kenneth Frampton</b><br /><b>Abrams, 2002 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810934949/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810934949&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a> / <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2003/10/05/le-corbusier/">Review</a>)</b><br />The first sentence in historian Kenneth Frampton's presentation of 16 completed Corbu projects is honest and telling: "We shall never finish with Le Corbusier." As the exhibition and crop of books here shows, that is certainly the case, particularly as people reconsider previous views and interpretations of his buildings and writings. Frampton's text is balanced by beautiful color photos in this coffee table book.<br /><br /><b>Historical Analysis:</b><br /><img alt="about02-3.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/about02-3.jpg" title="So You Want to Learn About covers" /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568989808"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier, Homme de Lettres</span></a> </b><br /><b>By M. Christine Boyer</b><br /><b>Princeton Architectural Press, 2011 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568989806/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568989806&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />Epic would be an apt word for describing this examination of "Le Corbusier's many writing projects from 1907-1947." When Swiss-born Le Corbusier became a French citizen in 1930 he indicated "homme de lettres" (man of letters) as the profession on his national identity card, rather than architect or painter. Boyer's clear text dissects the architect's evolution as an architect (and writer) through his voluminous written output—books, but also diaries, letters, sketchbooks, lectures, and essays.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890681"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Steven Park</b><br /><b>Princeton Architectural Press, 2012 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890681/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1616890681&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a> / <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/02/04/le-corbusier-redrawn-the-houses/">Review</a>)</b><br />This book of 2-D and 3-D drawings contributes greatly to understanding Le Corbusier's architecture, especially for students, but Park's book is even more valuable for collecting 26 of the architect's houses in one place, with orthographic drawings all to the same scale.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.artbook.com/9780870708510.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes</span></a> </b><br /><b>Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen</b><br /><b>Museum of Modern Art, 2013 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0870708511/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0870708511&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />The companion to the MoMA exhibition goes well beyond the drawings, models, and photos found in the sixth floor galleries, with roughly 30 essays contributed by historians and critics. Appropriately, the "atlas" takes the reader on a journey through space and time, tracing the output of the first international architect. Historian and exhibition curator Jean-Louis Cohen's ambitious project looks at Le Corbusier's architecture and urban plans through the lens of landscape, a tactic that addresses a deficiency in the architect's scholarship and offers lessons to those practicing today.<br /><br /><b>Essays about Le Corbusier:</b><br /><img alt="about02-4.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/about02-4.jpg" title="So You Want to Learn About covers" /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/mathematics-ideal-villa-and-other-essays"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Colin Rowe</b><br /><b>MIT Press, 1982 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262680378/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262680378&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />Three essays in this collection look in part or wholly at Le Corbusier's buildings: Villa Stein at Garches in the title essay; the same villa and the Palace of the League of Nations project in "Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal" (with Robert Slutzky); and one essay devoted to La Tourette. Dense but necessary reading.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.monacellipress.com/book/?isbn=9781580932707"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Scenes of the Street and Other Essays</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Anthony Vidler</b><br /><b>The Monacelli Press, 2011 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580932703/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1580932703&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />In Anthony Vidler's first published essay, "The Idea of Unity and Le Corbusier's Urban Form" (in <i>Urban Structure</i>, 1968, edited by David Lewis), he draws parallels between Corbu's architecture and urban planning and the writing of 19th-century social thinker Charles Fourier. In this, Vidler sees a continuity of earlier ideas underlying the changes in form and technical means of the modern era.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Essays in Architectural Criticism: Modern Architecture and Historical Change</span> </b><br /><b>By Alan Colquhoun</b><br /><b>MIT Press, 1985 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262530635/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262530635&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />Colquhoun's 1972 essay "Displacement of Concepts in Le Corbusier" (originally published in <i>Architectural Design</i>, vol. 43) looks at how Le Corbusier's "Five Points" and other design methods are a displacement of traditional architecture, rather than breaks from them. Colquhoun argues that all architecture and theory is part of a larger architectural culture, and he sees Corbu's approach as a way of carrying cultural meanings forward.<br /><br /><img alt="about02-5.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/about02-5.jpg" title="So You Want to Learn About covers" /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/projective-cast"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Projective Cast: Architecture and Its Three Geometries</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Robin Evans</b><br /><b>MIT Press, 2011 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262550385/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262550385&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br />A chapter on Le Corbusier's "Comic Lines" analyzes the geometries in the Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1950-55), particularly the roof. Those familiar with Evans will not be surprised by the rigor and the inventiveness of his examination, in this case of a sculptural building that would seem to defy geometrical analysis.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/theory-and-design-first-machine-age"><span style="font-style: italic;">Theory and Design in the First Machine Age</span></a> </b><br /><b>By Reyner Banham</b><br /><b>MIT Press, 1980 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262520583/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262520583&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>), originally published in 1960</b><br />A couple chapters in Banham's classic first book are devoted to Le Corbusier, one on <i>Vers une Architecture</i> and one on "town planning and aesthetics" as explored by Corbu in later writings. The former is a particularly thorough dissection of the book, chapter by chapter, but ultimately Banham find the writings of the latter "better-reasoned."<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568981536"><span style="font-style: italic;">Oppositions Reader</span></a> </b><br /><b>Edited by K. Michael Hays</b><br /><b>Princeton Architectural Press, 1998 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568981538/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568981538&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">Amazon</a>)</b><br /><a href="http://www.modernism101.com/eisenmann_oppositions_set.php"><i>Oppositions</i></a> published two special double issues devoted to Le Corbusier: 15/16 (covering the period 1905-1933) and 19/20 (covering 1933-1960). From those, three are collected in this reader: "Aspects of Modernism: Maison Dom-ino and the Self-Referential Sign" by Peter Eisenman; "Antiquity and Modernity in the La Roche-Jeanneret Houses of 1923" by Kurt W. Forster; and "Le Corbusier and Algiers" by Mary McLeod. Respectively these are an obtuse argument for a sign system in architecture, an analysis of one of the architect's classic houses from the 1920s, and a thorough documentation and analysis of one of his most ambitious projects.

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CBC News - Can you patent a disease?

The outbreak of a novel coronavirus in the Middle East is not only raising worldwide health concerns but triggering questions about the ability of organizations to patent the genetic sequences of diseases for profit.<br /><br><br /><br>The World Health Organization reports that there have been 53 lab-confirmed cases of infection with a new coronavirus called the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV). Thirty-one of the people infected with the disease have died.<br /><br><br /><br>Saudi Arabia has seen the most cases, but the infection has also been found in countries such as Tunisia, Jordan and Qatar, as well as in Germany and Italy.<br /><br><br /><br>The virus was identified in September 2012, three months after the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, acquired a sample of it. The centre has taken out a patent on the virus's genetic sequence.<br /><br><br /><br>While Saudi officials and the WHO have said the patent will impede the process of containing MERS-CoV and developing treatments, Erasmus has defended the move.<br /><br><br /><br>Albert Osterhaus, a virologist at Erasmus, told Bloomberg News that patenting the virus was a "normal thing to do."<br /><br><br /><br>Indeed, the patenting of genetically modified or isolated viruses is nothing new, says David Schwartz, a patent lawyer and partner at the Canadian intellectual property firm Smart & Biggar.<br /><br><br /><br>"You can't patent a disease condition per se, such as cancer or influenza," says Schwartz. "But if you're talking about patenting a lifeform like a bacteria or virus, if altered by man, the answer there is yes."<br /><br><br /><br>A patent is a form of intellectual property that allows the patent holder to control the use of a product or method of doing something. That control includes the ability to charge royalties for its use.<br /><br><br /><br>Schwartz says that obtaining a patent on a simple mechanical invention, such as a Christmas tree stand, in a single country might cost about $10,000. But getting a patent on a more complex technology - such as one involving chemical synthesis - that also covers multiple countries can run $200,000 or more.<br /><br><br /><br>While patent law differs somewhat from country to country, in the area of microorganisms most nations agree on general principles, says Schwartz.<br /><br><br /><br>You can't patent something that is naturally occurring, he says, but if an organism is modified in some way, it is patentable.<br /><br><br /><br>One of the most famous cases of biological patenting is the so-called "Harvard mouse," a type of laboratory mouse genetically modified by scientists at Harvard University to carry an "oncogene," which makes the animal susceptible to cancer. It was patented in the United States, though not in Canada.<br /><br><br /><br>"Ninety-nine point nine per cent of the mouse is God's creation, but in its totality, as you would claim it as the subject for a patent, it's a non-naturally occurring, man-made thing," says Schwartz.<br /><br><br /><br>In the case of a gene, modifying its information or removing it from its chromosome typically would be enough to warrant a patent, says Schwartz, because the snippet of chromosome would not appear in nature by itself.<br /><br><br /><br>This is a key point in the case of the novel coronavirus. To pinpoint it, Erasmus likely used what is called "deep sequencing," says Earl Brown, executive director of the Emerging Pathogens Research Centre at the University of Ottawa.<br /><br><br /><br>In this process, the infected sample would be run against databases of known genes and viruses to determine its genetic composition. Brown says the researchers would then typically remove the sequence from its chromosome and copy it in order to conduct further tests.<br /><br><br /><br>The rationale for patenting a genetic sequence such as the novel coronavirus is to be able to develop products, such as diagnostic tests or a vaccine, that could be marketed and sold, says Bernard Dickens, professor emeritus of Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto.<br /><br><br /><br>"Profit is what underlies the whole patent system," he says.<br /><br><br /><br>But as the science of biotechnology advances, people are taking a second look at some of the original patent decisions that helped set precedent.<br /><br><br /><br>The boom in biological patenting began with the identification of the gene for breast cancer, says Dickens.<br /><br><br /><br>In 1994, the University of Utah, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Myriad Genetics filed a U.S. patent on BRCA1, a gene that indicates a woman's susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. The patent was granted in 1997. (In 1995, the same consortium filed a patent on the BRCA2 gene, which was granted in 2000.)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>BRCA1 was recently in the news after Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy after learning that she had a "faulty" BRCA1 gene that greatly increased her risk of breast cancer.<br /><br><br /><br>The problem with the breast cancer patent, Dickens says, is that Myriad Genetics was charging exorbitant rates for the use of its diagnostic tests.<br /><br><br /><br>"They were prohibiting hospitals, including in Canada, from undertaking the test using their technique. They were imposing charges that were really at a prohibitive level," says Dickens.<br /><br><br /><br>The dispute over the BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents has sparked a legal challenge that is currently before the Supreme Court in the U.S.<br /><br><br /><br>Depending on the court's decision, the case could either strengthen or undermine what can and can't be patented.<br /><br><br /><br>Meanwhile, at the World Health Organization's annual conference in Geneva in May, WHO Director General Margaret Chan stressed that countries need to share information on the novel coronavirus.<br /><br><br /><br>"Making deals between scientists because they want to take [intellectual property], because they want to be the world's first to publish in scientific journals, these are issues we need to address," she said.<br /><br><br /><br>Albert Osterhaus, the virologist at Erasmus, has said that his organization is sharing this coronavirus "with everyone who wants to do public health research."<br /><br><br /><br>The aim of patenting, says Dickens, is to encourage organizations to pour investment into solving a specific problem.<br /><br><br /><br>"The balance, and it still hasn't been satisfactorily resolved in every case, is giving investigators an incentive to invest in research to produce products, which they can then license and receive results on," says Dickens.<br /><br><br /><br>Some universities patent particular inventions for the purpose of preventing commercial exploitation, Dickens says. They get the patent and then publish it widely, so it's available to all researchers.<br /><br><br /><br>"That's part of the mission of universities, of course: to make investments for the public good," says Dickens. "So it doesn't follow that [a patent] is necessarily going to be exploited for profit."<br /><br><br /><br>Schwartz says that while some may see biological patents like a hindrance to gaining a handle on potentially lethal organisms such as a coronavirus, they are ultimately intended as an incentive for researchers to find solutions.<br /><br><br /><br>"Perhaps there are also other ways of advancing industry and science, but this is the globally accepted system," he says.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2013/06/07/f-gene-patenting.html">http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2013/06/07/f-gene-patenting.html</a>

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Flaming Buoy Fillet Co.

For dinner on our first night in Key West we ate in Flaming Buoy, which is one of our favourite places to dine.<div><br></div><div>We had our choice of tables and we took what we think is the best table.  It is a little table wedged in to a very private area.<br><div><br></div><div>We ordered a really delicious Malbec -  tasted so good and went really well with the steak.  </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6ZXCgnUzv1jclDubz6Sa_BjKkJ8eQUoN9z4PQkoTxnpBSpkmpoiqbq_0N2IMLtRNjWkqBv_YlHL-9L31MWvxE4aLBGo0n3zuzjeBwrn36VdgAISB-Lva-mxDmICU51qK50hPwf_370zr/s640/blogger-image--1496389995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6ZXCgnUzv1jclDubz6Sa_BjKkJ8eQUoN9z4PQkoTxnpBSpkmpoiqbq_0N2IMLtRNjWkqBv_YlHL-9L31MWvxE4aLBGo0n3zuzjeBwrn36VdgAISB-Lva-mxDmICU51qK50hPwf_370zr/s640/blogger-image--1496389995.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>For starter, Ciaran had shrimp (or prawns as we call them in Ireland).  He enjoyed them!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHQKwrgApV6dZl1_tT8IRKIlHYNcUhuNOX_l8QLB0fvgYURDRM-KLZvsdB-nJrBwlkmugQJ8v_gQmsW-RuctpecmRPFIbRyuRyXm6sjE6abK_yKbjMC-Ovh19l_DfGkolqX3I-PT7DXFp/s640/blogger-image--1295230241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHQKwrgApV6dZl1_tT8IRKIlHYNcUhuNOX_l8QLB0fvgYURDRM-KLZvsdB-nJrBwlkmugQJ8v_gQmsW-RuctpecmRPFIbRyuRyXm6sjE6abK_yKbjMC-Ovh19l_DfGkolqX3I-PT7DXFp/s640/blogger-image--1295230241.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I ordered off the small plates menu (salad, 3 small plates + a dessert for $22 - bargain!!) and I chose the blue cheese wedge salad to start.  I meant to ask what type of blue cheese it was but I forgot to :-(</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiXvpcJ_92tLEyFba8Tlg_dPO4HFez_Egm-nV8xVJKb9NEu5Yzt0C0VEOnXP42hrpPWGvxYLRfXqf7PIRfGM53VQpO0eKG4gxPVx6JF5FUS4sZFqc3fPsSWK2pryQGCxDGCh3GBrnjmfm/s640/blogger-image--1836845837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiXvpcJ_92tLEyFba8Tlg_dPO4HFez_Egm-nV8xVJKb9NEu5Yzt0C0VEOnXP42hrpPWGvxYLRfXqf7PIRfGM53VQpO0eKG4gxPVx6JF5FUS4sZFqc3fPsSWK2pryQGCxDGCh3GBrnjmfm/s640/blogger-image--1836845837.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>For main, Ciaran had the NY Striploin which was huge!! He ordered it rare and it was cooked perfectly.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXXjXmddYr_nUeZU-0aPGwKMSFmUcq9spVOtmNjaFaHM_-UXUGXKWySf83FdtunwcVvaHZU47jEHr6jolS8hgHBb7DSwFqYQGmgydkoTi_hkW3fUdvHERawD46VWox0HtggXtFbyEsSH5/s640/blogger-image-982395402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXXjXmddYr_nUeZU-0aPGwKMSFmUcq9spVOtmNjaFaHM_-UXUGXKWySf83FdtunwcVvaHZU47jEHr6jolS8hgHBb7DSwFqYQGmgydkoTi_hkW3fUdvHERawD46VWox0HtggXtFbyEsSH5/s640/blogger-image-982395402.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy3WrCXijH_DLGIKMF09kbNz61AfAnVM1GGiSywSZR9ZS66p0R858hGlmGoE9Koe-i0PyNKFYzIljuZ2QuXX4_wLSq593AbDV7ky8DKwHuT4HfcqQmzPyjDc8qK-dlFszutl9e2imqynZ/s640/blogger-image--1265110231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy3WrCXijH_DLGIKMF09kbNz61AfAnVM1GGiSywSZR9ZS66p0R858hGlmGoE9Koe-i0PyNKFYzIljuZ2QuXX4_wLSq593AbDV7ky8DKwHuT4HfcqQmzPyjDc8qK-dlFszutl9e2imqynZ/s640/blogger-image--1265110231.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>My main consisted of their popular lobster & mac (divine as always), steak on crispy bread (yum) and a small bowl of chilli (which I wish I had ordered a bacon wrapped scallop instead) - I left off the sour cream.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFFnUY4PKaRfMhFDMvJtoy_wJzbP6eWOBAWn2wKdxKkfYIX7ZhR28kX3lJyRimo745KJV_j4DD2mkfE5r7FEraQRxAKyPt6KMKsGkAraIzXVB10hHMWMvMcD2ZGI0UURWJJRkm_yACB_R/s640/blogger-image--974471768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFFnUY4PKaRfMhFDMvJtoy_wJzbP6eWOBAWn2wKdxKkfYIX7ZhR28kX3lJyRimo745KJV_j4DD2mkfE5r7FEraQRxAKyPt6KMKsGkAraIzXVB10hHMWMvMcD2ZGI0UURWJJRkm_yACB_R/s640/blogger-image--974471768.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkDFv27vegVK2gGl4uaH4ANCEtOVNs7roUnHpce44bj3mL2eh3Ae2G-SqJdmIyw21LUyO7mbgp7vuIITsivqEsX57wtqfJkPyoQ90zhBVioRBmlsAP-6sJIEw79Ao2mlL_GlwB3UiOh2O/s640/blogger-image--1863371899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkDFv27vegVK2gGl4uaH4ANCEtOVNs7roUnHpce44bj3mL2eh3Ae2G-SqJdmIyw21LUyO7mbgp7vuIITsivqEsX57wtqfJkPyoQ90zhBVioRBmlsAP-6sJIEw79Ao2mlL_GlwB3UiOh2O/s640/blogger-image--1863371899.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPfr5x_WVbrTvujDTX-s9wyXaEFlBO1t5Soih4O2jVBtv7IncyhvnUvNZmVcfOSuxjmdmNnSigowxYkLB9Kadfb5Uh3ZRfaPNCO7pJrfdFTLxYWaVeFz378QYstW5hFPAew0f6Ytz4227/s640/blogger-image-1460900805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPfr5x_WVbrTvujDTX-s9wyXaEFlBO1t5Soih4O2jVBtv7IncyhvnUvNZmVcfOSuxjmdmNnSigowxYkLB9Kadfb5Uh3ZRfaPNCO7pJrfdFTLxYWaVeFz378QYstW5hFPAew0f6Ytz4227/s640/blogger-image-1460900805.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Then for dessert, on the advice of our server (Alberto from Queens), I chose the Banana Bread Toast with maple syrup & Tahaitian Vanilla Ice Cream from Flamingo Crossing.  All I can say is Wow!!  It was fantastic - I would return to Flaming Buoy in a shot for it!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wtiu-DDZcby4jcCsXNDs1j1rhG7pqR6_p0a99D_lEyVDftvcDQO36q6P1oWu0oK0SDg15BFtINEUDXh-qp35zDbQNGne2A3ZxKRKPqKyO0sBFwUt8_Z_1_T1salAGoCxqXei2BeexUes/s640/blogger-image--1397164736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wtiu-DDZcby4jcCsXNDs1j1rhG7pqR6_p0a99D_lEyVDftvcDQO36q6P1oWu0oK0SDg15BFtINEUDXh-qp35zDbQNGne2A3ZxKRKPqKyO0sBFwUt8_Z_1_T1salAGoCxqXei2BeexUes/s640/blogger-image--1397164736.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Flaming Buoy is a great option for a romantic meal off the beaten path.  It's a quirky KW restaurant that is so charming.  You will enjoy it!!</div><br></div></div>

Flaming Buoy Fillet Co.

For dinner on our first night in Key West we ate in Flaming Buoy, which is one of our favourite places to dine. We had our choice of tables ...

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Tablet are the future computing thatswhy anything will not be like as in future in place of computers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Not only India but also worldwide the tablet market is growing rapidly. In March 2011 Steve Jobs announced the iPad 2 tablets and said it's  a "post - PC device. He also said that one day the world do the work on it then it feels strange but it is changing because the PC has been with us a long time so it will happen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1IP55V9PXhoDiHblAq8UuMHTT-e9hs018yuUa8IMV4G-ZkvNQ-fSgEUr6Ab-nTgQYtV8qu7F9CNTEgMX0aSh8U4aPh1Brg42v_2XqK3UUYTZ_s7YFk4yuDIRDId-Blm_0wtczaOJac/s1600/tablet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1IP55V9PXhoDiHblAq8UuMHTT-e9hs018yuUa8IMV4G-ZkvNQ-fSgEUr6Ab-nTgQYtV8qu7F9CNTEgMX0aSh8U4aPh1Brg42v_2XqK3UUYTZ_s7YFk4yuDIRDId-Blm_0wtczaOJac/s1600/tablet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If we accept the knowledge data sources and expert advice then  Steve Jobs were right in their place. Because it  turned out to be changed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a report released in last year in U.S. Market research firm International Data Coprereshn (IDC) in March 2013, The sales of the tablets in 2012 is 78.4 percent. This year 12.8 million tablets were sold worldwide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to an IDC report , This is just the beginning in 2013 sales of the tablet computer sales will overtake. Moreover by 2014 sales of tablets will overtake the sales of portable PCs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to expert advice in place of centric board keyboard mouse. Indeed, Touch Computing 'Natural User Interface' is placed efficiently and attractive way. That means more natural way of using this method electronics, which is much simpler. That is believed to be the future of tablet computing. On the other side of the mouse and the software industry in the last 30 years - board software is designed primarily for the device.  Now the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="13d646fb-9e0d-4de7-9aa6-7703c618900d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="91ee389f-c312-451b-a858-86d4a46cfb46" grcontextid="focusTouch:0">focusTouch</span> computing has been on the platform. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because The future seems bright of Tablet computing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a>

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Window On the World: Back roads of Western Virginia

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Alert: Stay safe your smart phone from High Tech Threats or cheating in buying of smart phone in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">There are buyers cheating in India when they buy samsung galaxy s4  in they get half the memory space rather than paying full price. On this phone there 16 GB internal memory is given but its half memory is already full by the installed applications and softwares.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_k61HdyMZfbZPfbsEeEjERv8Mzqky4LeqVifn2ZPNQGjiLNTMxMxG4mgjMM2RW9q2PYlhk4weZqlsiLatm1JFAjBHAF3BI5jM1eMojKf67DIdJ6ngMNHX9N8boxeA599eF-ymIUccUQ/s1600/samsunggs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_k61HdyMZfbZPfbsEeEjERv8Mzqky4LeqVifn2ZPNQGjiLNTMxMxG4mgjMM2RW9q2PYlhk4weZqlsiLatm1JFAjBHAF3BI5jM1eMojKf67DIdJ6ngMNHX9N8boxeA599eF-ymIUccUQ/s320/samsunggs4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So the user can download new apps on the phone memory only 9.15 GB due to its already memory using<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b6f67019-928f-4a99-b5f0-bb30ce60c9f8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cbc4af69-cc38-4c10-88a1-174f0fc3ec4f" grcontextid=".:0">.</span>so this is the main drawback of samsung galaxy s4 smart phone but the company is going to plan to solve this problem  by update its software.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkTAl08ZsswDkFKZDTrUNl7CdKJWqtfHnbfdutdxpltzGFX-qNkO5x4m3iZ3Nd4Y7W6pUd2gGa9XpbWExm9BWwtCM-JP4Q7b6gR6wOW8vskcL3HJDkg6X2qYysQMg00HJNCUn-hKXb1E/s1600/smgpaa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkTAl08ZsswDkFKZDTrUNl7CdKJWqtfHnbfdutdxpltzGFX-qNkO5x4m3iZ3Nd4Y7W6pUd2gGa9XpbWExm9BWwtCM-JP4Q7b6gR6wOW8vskcL3HJDkg6X2qYysQMg00HJNCUn-hKXb1E/s320/smgpaa1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the software updated the apps can be shifted into the SD card <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="37ab1183-61d9-4686-81bf-bd4445f5e510" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0cdd9f6e-74ea-405b-994a-9e17e634e233" grcontextid="thatswhy:0">thatswhy</span> users can use the remaining 9.23<span style="text-align: left;"> GB memory space in this phone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmii2tV7J72pfN39LGvMJS93FIapoTKNHME0-em_6_WBQKRIxYquTnaqOZfInJ0Ybd5sIEqVudg427yHrpj1nrjJasQlHV0hV0GzKfM2nZ0KvLZmFvuOqCDrGUT58kDdT7eYGulmwOIIM/s1600/smgpass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmii2tV7J72pfN39LGvMJS93FIapoTKNHME0-em_6_WBQKRIxYquTnaqOZfInJ0Ybd5sIEqVudg427yHrpj1nrjJasQlHV0hV0GzKfM2nZ0KvLZmFvuOqCDrGUT58kDdT7eYGulmwOIIM/s320/smgpass.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the update, the phone will have a semi-Transparent notification bar from which user can easily make a smart pause ON or OFF.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMNCw0kYl8MNnf8FlAONsL21Apatp3V7Hlx47eoEU9qWhCLxp4JAULrS9zxyXbJR25pf77OYoEWYOCb3ainFCf2jeUN2yECij72EGz0WTUgDcdLVJ0x1kEcAaGqeXEjs6Jws5zN874Yw/s1600/smgs41.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMNCw0kYl8MNnf8FlAONsL21Apatp3V7Hlx47eoEU9qWhCLxp4JAULrS9zxyXbJR25pf77OYoEWYOCb3ainFCf2jeUN2yECij72EGz0WTUgDcdLVJ0x1kEcAaGqeXEjs6Jws5zN874Yw/s320/smgs41.png" width="252" /></a></div><br />This phone OS first update in Jerman Snapdragon phone and running  S4 users have to wait.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Creative Writing #14: Have you explored using Kerpoof for digital storytelling?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerpoof as a writing tool was brought to my attention by one of our SchoolNet members, Warren Sparrow from Rondebosch Boys Prep. He has a post about Kerpoof on his blog (<a href="http://wsparrow.blogspot.com/2013/06/kerpoof.html">http://wsparrow.blogspot.com/2013/06/kerpoof.html</a>) and he has even created the first part of his own fairytale.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is Kerpoof?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what it says on the Kerpoof website </span><a href="http://www.kerpoof.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.kerpoof.com/</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities while meeting a range of educational standards.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrWriKMBGJt6ix4jrQUtG41_HsBrz7KT-0OwrC2XG_z1qizkcSRPh2LtKmW9DudgPPa77TGQ-T-1hbKcl5fWo7cvbWe561WNXkYJimenQQFix13OBZLYkie04PsYchOccc5iCu_boMNu9/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></div><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What does a Kerfoof video look like?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what Warren Sparrow writes on his blog. “<i>Make your own animations. This is SUPER COOL and easy to use.Ideal for younger learners! Click below to see my start of a fairytale</i>”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wsparrow.blogspot.com/2013/06/kerpoof.html">http://wsparrow.blogspot.com/2013/06/kerpoof.html</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for this Warren. I have put this into a Screencastomatic video for easier viewing on the blog. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="498" scrolling="no" src="http://screencast-o-matic.com/embed?sc=cI16Q4VwjA&w=420&v=3" width="420"></iframe></span></div>

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Webinar recording from 12 June 2013 'Did you know that PowerPoint can do all this?'

<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/AVvXsEjF8VZF0t_z8Wpyj1YUcNRM1K5eokX-l3Qdre75AvUrrfozzpbSP9kF3ZcLHXIWWzu-kErcSoUBRlC35c4_awPvZNOEcV4Hf-CzUcpriCI-1-_uhaY8FwON9Y0LSbZqt1Og1hGLrSgu4Vs/s1600/flamingtext_22973154611741195.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8VZF0t_z8Wpyj1YUcNRM1K5eokX-l3Qdre75AvUrrfozzpbSP9kF3ZcLHXIWWzu-kErcSoUBRlC35c4_awPvZNOEcV4Hf-CzUcpriCI-1-_uhaY8FwON9Y0LSbZqt1Og1hGLrSgu4Vs/s400/flamingtext_22973154611741195.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday Our SchoolNet webinar was entitled 'Did you know that PowerPoint can do all this?'  (presenter Fiona Beal)  Our webinar quota was reached and consequently Adobe Connect excluded several people from participating in the webinar. We apologise for this and we are adding the presentation plus the recording to this post. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The webinar summary</span></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This webinar was the first in a two part series about Microsoft's PowerPoint. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Often one hears the words 'Death by PowerPoint' but in fact this programme has a HUGE variety of wonderful uses that you may not know about. There are many exciting ways to conduct presentations - Keynote and Prezi just to name two.  </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">In this first webinar we introduced some of the amazing things that can be done with PowerPoint other than just being used for presentations.  A subtitle for this webinar could be '<i>Ten things that you can do using PowerPoint apart from the normal use of making a presentation</i>'. But these amazing uses won't be all - next week we'll continue with more PowerPoint features that you might not know about. Join us!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Webinar recording </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(20 mins)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you to those who attended or wanted to attend. Here is the link to the recording. </span><br /><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p5ae57e6jn7/" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p5ae57e6jn7/</span></a><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The presentation used for the webinar</span></strong><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/22876939" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/did-you-know-powerpoint-could-do-all-this" target="_blank" title="Did you know PowerPoint could do all this?">Did you know PowerPoint could do all this?</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></strong> </div></div>

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Dr. Scholl's Footwear...Guilty of Malpractice!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGLsqpC7Zd2mww5r-NT3eg9Ec2SbPv7uUFwesUsBGXazzyMzXf83rCE-qlmmHk9Q-hPaSoHi6dojMEIBeFlATwsAqqP09dyX4-cZ9tBqu0c9dX9P_aa_ZhemIWxH3CxC-LimF8hgbXUU/s1600/Dr.+Scholl's+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGLsqpC7Zd2mww5r-NT3eg9Ec2SbPv7uUFwesUsBGXazzyMzXf83rCE-qlmmHk9Q-hPaSoHi6dojMEIBeFlATwsAqqP09dyX4-cZ9tBqu0c9dX9P_aa_ZhemIWxH3CxC-LimF8hgbXUU/s200/Dr.+Scholl's+Logo.jpg" width="200" /></a>Cheeeeers and Happy End in Sight to the Weekend Day!!<br /><br />I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thursday, a wonderful weekend, and if you’re a dad, I wish you a Happy Pre-Father’s Day Day, Day, Day.  Let’s see…<br /><br />Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday…yeah I got that correct, so…anyhoo.<br /><br />In early March of this year, I received my income tax refund.<br /><br />I was in desperate need of new tennis shoes, so I traveled five minutes up the road to one of the Wal*Marts here in Springfield, Ohio and purchased (along with some new underwear and a headset/microphone if you must know) this…<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvQEK6RqjQIGxWwiHVxTI1n_ShGOLAheTPLcQFWPdjSxEoLLlJtgAE7arM9OJK7p7VCGIsRni0usJP3U_KA8brKtidU38z37tJX5c0PgG_mGtdeBlgsApc4EalLqDWMNHpxn0cytuuMk/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvQEK6RqjQIGxWwiHVxTI1n_ShGOLAheTPLcQFWPdjSxEoLLlJtgAE7arM9OJK7p7VCGIsRni0usJP3U_KA8brKtidU38z37tJX5c0PgG_mGtdeBlgsApc4EalLqDWMNHpxn0cytuuMk/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />A shoe…Well, actually a <i>pair</i> of shoes, but this one in particular (it's the right shoe), is the subject of my post today, and is and has been the bane and pain of my ambulatory and fiduciary torment.<br /><br />You see folks…that above picture is that of the right side of right shoe that I purchased barely three months ago; the left side of my right shoe, after only three months as I reiterate, looks like this…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1C3IvA8aMmivaIYP0u4O2_KciCC-7ZUnxa17Paj2U4JPOQo8OaZXpBYcjXqlkIyHWTKUlkFnxgnSrx7dgq18t0TnyIx6MHHmlhiKlIXCjik8fQKSuRMiAlmiWOukQ5TgQEoFRGrntC4/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1C3IvA8aMmivaIYP0u4O2_KciCC-7ZUnxa17Paj2U4JPOQo8OaZXpBYcjXqlkIyHWTKUlkFnxgnSrx7dgq18t0TnyIx6MHHmlhiKlIXCjik8fQKSuRMiAlmiWOukQ5TgQEoFRGrntC4/s320/002.JPG" width="317" /></a></div><br />I Know, Right?  What the hell?<br /><br />As you can gather from the title of this post, the manufacturer of said show is Dr. Scholl’s, and I would like to have a word or two with them.  Here…Now, and yet…cordially.<br /><br />The shoe itself is, er was...quite comfortable, and I was initially happy with my purchase which was somewhere between 29 and 34 dollars as I recall.  They felt good as did I, and then?<br /><br />A couple of months into the life of the shoes?  Instead of walking on air, I began to walk on heartache, tarsal ache, and an ache associated with a quickly diminishing arch which resembled gout and Elephantiasis.<br /><br />Here’s another picture of said, sad shoe…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm6Eg8Zw61Pb8kaiFQcIQ_thlj0H3X-a5Ida-1hcNGA8IMsPdh4aERVscGMRNy_70hDCWbruSNPGcpJy42O4BcGTMLaPLza9jmVisKtAuUhMWQY8pNZX3xIn_WzPLEXz4aerMZnG9B7c/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm6Eg8Zw61Pb8kaiFQcIQ_thlj0H3X-a5Ida-1hcNGA8IMsPdh4aERVscGMRNy_70hDCWbruSNPGcpJy42O4BcGTMLaPLza9jmVisKtAuUhMWQY8pNZX3xIn_WzPLEXz4aerMZnG9B7c/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />It’s odd, but while the stitching of the shoe remains intact, the sole is completely divesting itself of the leather, and man-made material upper!!<br /><br />When I first noticed this some weeks ago, as I tied my shoes to go to work, I tied them in a double knot...of OUTRAGE!!<br /><br />In spite of my farcical sarcasm, I truly <i>am</i> somewhat pissed.  I mean c’mon.  I know 29-34 dollars isn't the national debt, but to me and for those with whom I live and help to take care of and contribute, it is not an insignificant amount of money.<br /><br />I don’t want to get nasty with Dr. Scholl’s footwear, I just want to get a new pair of shoes, because three months for the life of a pair shoes is unacceptable.<br /><br />Sure, it could have been an aberration...a rare substandard pair that I bought.  Perhaps this particular pair of shoes utilized glue from not only a losing horse, but one which never even made it to the gate.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD94d4pQFA0nmPgfVlZxQMXWpKW-q8OIa2UgOA55BJslnMnF2Toioudloeh5hRDiuWx2bJIBdpRJDT4ooDjAV291TujJUmYUiN7GiBV1XXHmFqZP8K6bS2SEMUdVR11oZjr_M5cpCQBI/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD94d4pQFA0nmPgfVlZxQMXWpKW-q8OIa2UgOA55BJslnMnF2Toioudloeh5hRDiuWx2bJIBdpRJDT4ooDjAV291TujJUmYUiN7GiBV1XXHmFqZP8K6bS2SEMUdVR11oZjr_M5cpCQBI/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />And of course, I am not the type of guy who wants to give a black eye to a fine American company such as Dr. Scholl’s who raises Old Glory everyday and salutes their offshore accounts while selling Chinese made shoes, however…<br /><br />I will contact them with a link to this post and voice my dissatisfaction, and I am sure they will recompense me with a new pair of shoes, and if they do that?<br /><br />I will loudly and proudly say, <i>“Way to go Dr. Scholl’s for doing the right thing!!”</i><br /><br />However, if they do not…<br /><br /><span id="goog_1921786784"></span><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>IWS Radio</i></span></a><span id="goog_1921786785"></span> will be all over them like a foot fungus, and they will quickly feel what Achilles felt, lo those many centuries ago.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a> </div>

Dr. Scholl's Footwear...Guilty of Malpractice!!

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