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<title><![CDATA[Walking through Megapolis]]></title>
<link>http://richtersblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/walking-through-megapolis/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jo Richter</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[(You might feel like listening to this soundtrack whilst reading the impression.) Whenever I move, p]]></description>
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<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Whenever I move, perspective shifts. If it weren&#8217;t </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">for the muscular strain, I might as well be stationary in </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">a maze of multiplex walls and earphone acoustics. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">All the hair of green is trimmed to baldness. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Rectangular patterns wherever my eyes roam, stretching </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">place and time to suit the fittings. Concrete </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">chimes to celebrate the <em>Über</em>-ego, determined to consume </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">all my desire </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">and dispose it into urgent hands. Pet food, draped in cellophane linings. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">There is no human face on any such billboard. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Sidewalks clustered with garments, effigies of perfection. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Some say, the grizzlies have returned to empty trash bins at night. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Some say that we the people have been transformed into dreams </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">to haunt the bears when daylight zooms in on their </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">aluminium furs. </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">Never will I believe in any such token of apathy, </span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#333333;">spread by refugees from Atlantis, the empire drowned.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Mac OS X and Windows 7 Side By Side]]></title>
<link>http://pcprefer.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/mac-os-x-and-windows-7-side-by-side/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pcprefer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pcprefer.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/mac-os-x-and-windows-7-side-by-side/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been given the opportunity to really test out a Mac and compare it to my Windows]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve recently been given the opportunity to really test out a Mac and compare it to my Windows 7 PC and here are a few things I found.</p>
<p><strong>My First Impression:<br />
</strong>Wow this is hideous. I&#8217;m not one to really care about how an operating system looks as long as it works well, however, over the past few years, I&#8217;ve become more and more comfortable with my Windows Vista/Windows 7 look. The transparent windows and stunning Visual effects have really gained on me over time.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Dock/Superbar</strong></p>
<p>In past versions of Windows, Mac has certainly one-upped Windows with the Dock,however with the &#8220;Superbar&#8221; in Windows 7 (which may have been an idea stolen from Mac) Microsoft now has a chance in this race. It wasn&#8217;t long ago when I left my Facebook up in an Apple store and was quite surprised to see my status when I got home. I feel that I may have left it up because that window looked like nothing more than another icon on the dock. I imagine that this is something that Mac-users get use to, however, I MUCH prefer the Windows 7 method of organizing open windows and icons. If a window on the taskbar is open, it has a luminescent box around it. If a window is open on a Mac&#8217;s dock, it looks just like every other icon.</p>
<p><strong>Finder/Indexing</strong></p>
<p>One of my favorite things in Windows Vista/7 has been the incorporation of indexing into the start menu. This was another thing that was claimed to be stolen from Mac, however, I feel that that is a total lie. I have always been amazed with the search results found in the Windows start menu (like typing scarlet and finding every picture of my mom), however, I was overwhelmed with the search results I found in the search function in the top right corner of a Mac. It started out telling me a definition of the word for which I searched, then split all of the files into different categories by file types (which is also done in Windows). The only real thing that makes Mac&#8217;s finder better, is the definition, however, that is one thing that isn&#8217;t found in Windows, and small improvements like that really add up.</p>
<p><strong>Dashboard Widgets/ Desktop Gadgets</strong></p>
<p>Another thing claimed to be stolen from Mac (you may here me referring to that a lot in this article) is the incorporation of gadgets in windows. Gadgets are found on the desktop on Windows, and Widgets are found in the Dashboard on Mac. I find that it is much more convenient to have these tools on the desktop so that you can just minimize a window and get to them all. Plus, it&#8217;s really convenient to be able to use a window and a gadget hand-in-hand, which can&#8217;t be done in a Mac because you have to open the Dashboard, not just drag a winow beside the gadget like you can in Windows. Plus, a recent improvement in Windows 7 allows you to view all of your gadgets without even going to the desktop or opening something new. You do this by just hovering your mouse above the lower left-hand corner of the screen, which allows you to peek at all of your gadgets, which I find really useful, because I have an RSS, Twitter, and Facebook gadget on my desktop, and would like to see if anything catches my interest without minimizing any window. There are, however, less gadgets to choose from and download in Windows Vista/7 than there are in Mac.</p>
<p>One thing that I would never be able to get use to is the lack of third-party application support. I have so many third-party programs on my computer that if I removed them all, it would probably clean up about half of my hard drive. This is one thing that Apple will neverbe able to measure up on. I also would like to be able to replace a piece of hardware with whatever I want. Not necessarily something made by Apple.</p>
<p>As for Viruses, I pretty much have no comment. If there were NEAR as many mac-users as PC users, there would probably be more people to generate viruses (though I don&#8217;t have an eye to see into alternate realities). Also, I don&#8217;t get viruses, and I use a PC. Microsoft Security Essentials has really come through for me, and it is made by the &#8220;dreaded&#8221; Microsoft.</p>
<p>I use a Dell Studio 1555 with 4 gb of RAM, 2.1 gHz processor, a high definition graphics card, and 320gb of hard drive space. I&#8217;m fairly certain that my PC will run just as fast as any Mac out there once it starts up. If I decide I want to go out and spend a few thousand dollars on a PC, it will more than likely startup just as fast, if not faster, than a Mac, and it will probably zoom through everyday tasks.</p>
<p>As for features, Mac and PC are just about tied in the race, however, one thing that will always keep me on a PC is the simplicity of EVERYTHING. Mac has nice hand gesture capabilities, however with the help of third-party software, I have the same gestures on my computer. Aero features (snap, shake, peak, and flip 3-d) are now a necessity for my daily computing. I now use them on a daily basis. Any feature that is on a Mac, can be added in about 10 minutes by downloading on a PC. You can&#8217;t say the same for a Mac because of the poor third-party software support.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mon premier Thanksgiving à New York]]></title>
<link>http://thetravelingirl.fr/2009/11/27/mon-premier-thanksgiving-a-new-york/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetravelingirl</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok, Thanksgiving, c’est fait. Les Cainris ont jamais de jours fériés, mais quand ils en ont c’est pa]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ok, Thanksgiving, c’est fait. Les Cainris ont jamais de jours fériés, mais quand ils en ont c’est pas pour faire semblant. Résultat, jeudi 26, ils ont passé la journée en famille, à manger de la dinde et à célébrer la survie des premiers colons américains, face à un hiver super rigoureux (ils ont par la même, tué pleins d’Indiens mais j’imagine que l’Histoire se souvient plus de la dinde et du maïs qu’ils ont mangé à la fin, que du sang qui a coulé)&#8230; Dis comme ça, ça à pas l’air de faire rêver. Mais avec le temps c’est devenu une fête familiale super bon enfant qui donne l’occasion d’être thankful (je traduirai par reconnaissant, mais thankful j’trouve ça plus profond, donc je le laisserai tel quel dans le texte). Mon premier Thanksgiving s’est fait en 3 étapes. En résumé, ça à été une occasion pour m’en mettre plein la panse, pour me prendre une claque culturelle et pour remercier, remercier et remercier. Awesome! I mean like for real!<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mon expérience &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; a commencé dimanche dernier. Une amie m’a proposée d’aller à une &#8220;pré-Thanksgiving party&#8221; donnée par une de ses copines de fac (Harvard, whou yeah, ça fait rêver !). Moi j’ai dit : &#8220;bah euh oui, faut faire quoi ?&#8221;. A priori rien, juste ramener un truc à manger. Easy, en bas d’chez moi j’ai été chez le Cainfr’, j’a pris un poulet Yassa, du riz et des plantains. A la cool quoi ! Arrivée là-bas, tout le monde était déjà plus ou moins en train de grignoter, apéro en cours. Les plats s’amassaient dans la cuisine : purée, salade, soupe, tarte… Moi j’étais un peu hors sujet avec mon Yassa mais ça avait le mérite d’être exotique ! La soirée a été normale sauf qu’il y avait plein de bouffe et qu’avant de manger on a fait un tour de table pour que chacun dise de quoi il était thankful. Rien de très profond, ils étaient pour la plupart reconnaissant qu’on ait à manger. Ah euh, ok. Moi j’me suis affichée à débiter ma liste mais bon. Et si la soirée s’est faite avant le vrai Thanksgiving, c’est que tous ces jeunes vivent à New York mais sont originaires des 4 coins des States, donc ils allaient tous chez leurs parents pour fêter ça comme il se doit. Le p&#8217;tit plus de la soirée ? <a href="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/65.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-881" style="border:5px solid white;" title="pumkin pie" src="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/65.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="187" /></a>Une des invités d’origine italienne avait ramené des marrons à faire griller (marrons chauds marrons chauds – à lire en roulant les R). J’en avais pas mangé depuis des siècles et aucun des invités n’y avaient jamais goûté… Autre expérience : la pumpkin pie, autrement dit, la tarte au potiron. Rappelle moi de ne jamais en remanger. En fait, ça à pas le goût de potiron, ça a le goût de la cannelle. C’est un flan à la cannelle orange quoi. Dur. Bref. J’me suis rabattue sur les marrons. Les Harvadiens les avaient pas kiffés. Tant mieux !</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le fameux jeudi arrive. Après le pré-Thanksgiving, j’ai vécu un french Thanksgiving. L’objectif pour tous Français à New York est de se faire inviter par une famille américaine à célébrer cette fête avec eux. Mais ça reste pas évident. Histoire de rentabiliser notre jour férié et d’en profiter pour manger à fond sans scrupule, on s’est retrouvés en petite équipe francophone. J’étais chargée de ramener des desserts… Pas le temps d’aller à la bonne boulangerie de Brooklyn sur Lafayette tenue par des Marocains. Je m’arrête donc à Whole Food aka le paradis du hippie qui mange bio et du Français en manque de Petits Ecoliers et de tartes à la framboise (j&#8217;suis un peu des deux). <a href="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/9.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-884" style="border:5px solid white;" title="9" src="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/9.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="240" height="140" /></a>J’achète des pâtisseries trop opé (tartelettes au citron, chocolat, fruits, fondant…) et finis aussi par acheter des desserts américains bien gros, bien gras et bien plein de cannelle (berk) : un crumble aux pommes et une pumkin pie. En fait j’ai décroché une invitation chez ma pote Panaméenne le soir et je suis aussi de mission &#8220;dessert&#8221;. Arrivée chez les Frenchy à Harlem, bah encore une fois, le Thanksgiving prend des allures de get together plus que normal. On mange (du fromage), on rit (en français), on échange les bons plans (new-yorkais) et on tape des desserts (fins, savoureux et fruités). Idéal pour marquer le coup, mais rien de traditionnel à part la tarte au potiron sur la table que tout le monde évite soigneusement préferant de loin la tarte aux fraises. Sacré Français !</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/52.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-885" style="border:5px solid white;" title="5" src="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/52.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Puis vient le temps de filer au VRAI Thanksgiving à Brooklyn, East Flatbush… Je mange depuis déjà 2 heures donc l’idée d’aller dévorer d’la dinde me fait pas rêver mais j’ai très envie de voir ce que ça donne. Dans le métro le ton est donné, l’ambiance est très familiale, les gens ont des sacs de bouffe et des enfants dans les bras. Et peu importe les cultures, tout le monde joue le jeu… Arrivée à BK, je réalise que le quartier (que je ne connais pas du tout by the way) est super résidentiel. En fait, plus résidentiel que je n’en ai jamais vu. Maisons de ouf sur quatre étages. Rien d’autre à l’horizon. Après quinze minutes de marche et plusieurs hésitations, je trouve enfin l’adresse. J’arrive avec une heure de retard et 3 tartes dans mon sac en toile recyclable Whole Food. Ding Dong. « -Hello. I’m the French friend. -Oh hello, come on in, welcome ! »</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Quel accueil ! Dans le salon, 15 personnes sont assises en train de manger des petits fours et boire du vin dans de très gros verres. Je salue globalement le monde et mes joues virent au rouge… Ça semble être une réunion familiale assez…conséquente. Puis la jeunesse arrive, mon amie me présente… Quand elle dit que je viens de Paris, j’entends un « Ohhhh » général. Sa maman (qui parle 7 langues et qui a voyagé dans le monde entier) me dit que beaucoup d’entre eux parlent français. D’ailleurs, pendant la soirée, j’ai plus parlé français et espagnol qu’anglais. On me fait faire le tour de la maison, j’échange quelques mots avec un peu tout le monde, on peut clairement dire que l’ambiance est très chill. La cuisine me fait rêver, il y a des plats de toutes les couleurs, ça sent bon, la dinde est énorme, ça a un petit goût du Noël familial de ma jeunesse. Sauf que tout le monde est du Panama. Différence notable. Et surtout agréable. C’est toujours trop bon de rencontrer des gens d’ailleurs.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/72.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-898" style="border:5px solid white;" title="7" src="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/72.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="240" height="166" /></a>Puis, moment stratégique, la maman nous appelle tous. Grand cercle autour de la table, tout le monde se tient la main, et elle fait un discours. « Merci à tous d’être là. Personne ne vient des États Unis mais comme nous vivons là, nous avons embrassé leur culture et fait de cette fête une occasion pour se retrouver entre amis et en famille. Je suis thankful de partager ce moment avec vous, tout le monde devrait être thankful de&#8230; » Là, pendant 5 secondes, j’ai lâché le cours du discours. Quand je l’ai repris, elle disait « C’est le premier Thanksgiving pour notre Parisienne, peut être que tu veux dire un petit quelque chose à ce propos aux anciens. » Et là je me suis sentie seule au monde. J’ai bafouillé, haussé les épaules, et j’ai regardé ma pote avec des yeux de Help… Finalement, je suis passée à la trappe. Ouf. Pas que je sois timide mais j’étais pas super à l’aise à l’idée de faire un discours devant toute la famille quoi. (Fail !) Aller hop, ensuite on est passés à table. Le concept : les plats sont en buffet, tu prends ton assiette et tu te sers de ce que tu veux. Salades, légumes, pâtes, bananes plantain, rice and beans, rôti de porc (trop peu pour moi) et DINDE ! Ah la la, mon assiette faisait rêver à la fin. J’ai trop bien mangé, goûté une boisson de Trinidad au gingembre que j’ai pas kiffé (cannelle oblige) et parlé avec des jeunes tellement ambitieux. Toute sa famille a voyagé aux 4 coins du monde, son cousin a vécu au Nigeria et en Amérique Latine. Sa cousine, prise à Yell a vécu en Espagne, au Maroc et en France. Bref, j’me suis pris une grosse claque culturelle. Finalement, mon déménagement Paris/New York et mon bilinguisme partiel étaient plutôt ridicules. Jeudi soir, j’étais loin d’être la Travelin’ Girl. Du moins, on m’avait mis à l’amande puissance 10 ! Ensuite, les desserts m’ont achevée. <a href="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/42.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-887" style="border:5px solid white;" title="4" src="http://thetravelingirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/42.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="240" height="174" /></a>Surtout ceux à la citrouille en fait. Ça ne passe pas. Par contre, le flan vanille caramel et les cupcakes eux passaient très bien&#8230; Puis on a papoté encore un peu, tout le monde a voulu pratiquer son français &#8220;j&#8217;edowe Peris&#8221; avec moi, et j’étais super contente à l’idée de parler de mes pays d’origine (métissage oblige) avec des gens qui y avaient été, et pas qui surfaient sur des idées préconçues comme c’est souvent le cas. En bref, cette soirée a été un moment tout simplement chaleureux, plein d’échanges et de découvertes. Une agréable bouffée d’air dans une culture américaine étouffante. Quoi que, je pense que tout le charme de ce Thanksgiving tenait dans le fait que personne n’était vraiment Américain mais que tout le monde avait envie de célébrer la Reconnaissance. Tout simplement parce que c’est universel. En bref, j’ai kiffé ! En &#8220;pré&#8221;, en french ou en panaméen, c&#8217;est à faire les amis, c&#8217;est à faire…</p>
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<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Calvin for Armchair Theologians,&rsquo; by Christopher Elwood]]></title>
<link>http://atthebookshelf.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/calvin-for-armchair-theologians-by-christopher-elwood/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Particular Kev</dc:creator>
<guid>http://atthebookshelf.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/calvin-for-armchair-theologians-by-christopher-elwood/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have now started to read ‘Calvin for Armchair Theologians,’ by Christopher Elwood. I have to admit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">I have now started to read ‘Calvin for Armchair Theologians,’ by Christopher Elwood. I have to admit that I come to this book with a very doubtful attitude. The front cover illustration of John Calvin and the many ‘comic-like’ illustrations throughout the book worry me. I just don’t get a sense that this book is a serious treatment of John Calvin. That is the impression that presents when just looking at the book – I hope to be proven wrong for having ‘judged a book by its cover.’ The illustrations in the book are by Ron Hill, who is apparently a freelance illustrator and cartoonist.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">I have to admit that the ‘armchair theologian’ part of the title also gives me a poor impression of the book – it sort of gives me the picture of a guy who loves to watch sport on the TV while sitting in his armchair, while not really taking the sport seriously in his actual life – has nothing to do with it in reality, in that he doesn’t play sport. This is the idea that ‘armchair theologian’ paints for me, which is an approach to theology that is far removed from the Bible’s idea of involvement with the truth.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">But, as I said, I hope to be proven wrong for having ‘judged a book by its cover.’</font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Turkey Day]]></title>
<link>http://sweetvinyl.com/2009/11/26/turkey-day/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sweetvinyl.com/2009/11/26/turkey-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving, All! For Thanksgiving this year, I celebrated it with my boyfriend&#8217;s famil]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Being Judge-Mental]]></title>
<link>http://globalperception.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/being-judge-mental/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thenomad</dc:creator>
<guid>http://globalperception.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/being-judge-mental/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it. Despite all the claims about being non-judgemental and impartial, we ALWAYS ten]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PDF : éviter la surimpression]]></title>
<link>http://yvesdamin.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/eviter-la-surimpression-des-pdf/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yvesdamin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yvesdamin.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/eviter-la-surimpression-des-pdf/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dernièrement j&#8217;ai rencontré des soucis vraiment problématiques d&#8217;impression à partir de ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Dernièrement j&#8217;ai rencontré des soucis vraiment problématiques d&#8217;impression à partir de pdf issus de fichiers InDesign. Ces problèmes sont apparus aussi bien en production numérique qu&#8217;offset. En effet, après avoir exporté mes fichiers en pdf haute définition à partir d&#8217;InDesign (CS4), des zones de surimpression sont apparues.</p>
<p>D&#8217;une part lorsque des blocs étaient superposés, d&#8217;autre part avec des effets d&#8217;ombre portée sur des blocs de couleur.<br />
Avec mon imprimeur nous avons regardé en détail les paramètres d&#8217;InDesign, notamment bien sur tout ce qui concerne les options de surimpression, de densité du noir, mais rien à faire, à chaque test d&#8217;impression nous étions confronté au même problème. Nous avons lancé la production à partir des fichiers natifs .indd et également à partir des pdf générés.</p>
<p>Finalement, nous avons trouvé une astuce : nous avons exporté des pdf haute définition que nous avons cette fois ouvert dans Photoshop. Avec la pipette nous avons bien relevé les zones problématiques, et nous sommes intervenus dessus à coups de brosse et de tampons avec une valeur correcte de couleur.</p>
<p>Certes, la manipulation est vraiment tirée par les cheveux, mais au final l&#8217;impression était impeccable, et c&#8217;est bien sûr le résultat qui compte !</p>
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<link>http://parvisradji.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/first-impression-part-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Parvis Radji</dc:creator>
<guid>http://parvisradji.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/first-impression-part-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s my conversation with one of my colleagues. Another collegue of mine told me that i]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Mona Lisa" by L. K. Thayer]]></title>
<link>http://lkthayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/mona-lisa-by-l-k-thayer/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lkthayer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lkthayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/mona-lisa-by-l-k-thayer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Photo by Alexis Rhone Fancher he used to sing ‘Mona Lisa’ to me in the halls he was an art teacher a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_5496" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-5496" href="http://lkthayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/mona-lisa-by-l-k-thayer/image001-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5496" title="Photo by Alexis Rhone Fancher" src="http://lkthayer.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/image001.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="181" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Alexis Rhone Fancher</p></div>
<p>he used to<br />
sing ‘Mona Lisa’<br />
to me<br />
in the halls</p>
<p>he was an art teacher<br />
a gentle, creative force<br />
he liked sitting with us<br />
playing</p>
<p>Cat Stevens records<br />
with his</p>
<p>students</p>
<p>he was struck by<br />
lightening</p>
<p>while flying</p>
<p>a kite</p>
<p>he died<br />
young</p>
<p>but</p>
<p>still sent</p>
<p>his message</p>
<p>of  freedom</p>
<p>through.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Or is this the way to hide a broken heart?<br />
Many dreams have been brought<br />
To your doorstep<br />
They just lie there<br />
And they die there<br />
Are you warm are you real<br />
Mona Lisa?<br />
Or just a cold and lonely<br />
Lovely</em><br />
<em>Work of art?</em></p>
<p><em>Mona Lisa<br />
Mona Lisa&#8221;</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/mona-lisa-lyrics-nat-king-cole.html">Songwriters<br />
Jay Livingston<br />
Ray Evans</a></p>
<p>© 1950</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pE2tL-102">L. K. Thayer</a></p>
<p>All Rights Reserved</p>
<p>© 2009</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hood]]></title>
<link>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=115</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>simplecamera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=115</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Sandpaper]]></title>
<link>http://intotheannalsofjames.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sandpapered/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jamestoned</dc:creator>
<guid>http://intotheannalsofjames.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sandpapered/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Impression. Not even Tuesday afternoon was spared from the perception of multi-tasking without doing]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A november day]]></title>
<link>http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-november-day/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zimtgruen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-november-day/</guid>
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<p><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/g11-5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-182" title="g11-5" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/g11-5.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="421" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/g11-6-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-183" title="g11-6-2" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/g11-6-2.jpg" alt="" width="388" height="572" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">~~</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-184" title="n11-3" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-3.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="485" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-185" title="n11-4" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-4.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="485" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-5-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-186" title="n11-5-2" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-5-2.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="485" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-6.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-187" title="n11-6" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-6.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="485" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-7-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-188" title="n11-7-1" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-7-1.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="485" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-8.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-189" title="n11-8" src="http://zimtgruenphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/n11-8.jpg" alt="" width="388" height="572" /></a></p>
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<link>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=109</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>simplecamera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=109</guid>
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<link>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=105</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>simplecamera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simplecamera.wordpress.com/?p=105</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Impression Management]]></title>
<link>http://simpleimperfections.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/impression-management/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>storylinegirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simpleimperfections.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/impression-management/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[image from Fine Little Day My parents go through a frenzy of decorating and re-decorating the house ]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_9" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://finelittleday.blogspot.com"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9" title="quiet" src="http://simpleimperfections.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/quiet.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="205" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">image from Fine Little Day</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">My parents go through a frenzy of decorating and re-decorating the house in anticipation of guests. There is a whole exercise of cleaning the house, taking out the best linens, changing the drapes and buying special things for the guest. We were managing the impression.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Like all sick cycles, having formed the impression, we had to live to it at every visit. And we were by far the most gracious hosts and the most tired human beings in the planet.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I do get the idea of making things comfortable for the guest, of taking out the fresh linen and adding a vase of flowers by the bedside. But I don&#8217;t get the redecorating, the buying of new things, and the other &#8216;unnatural&#8217; things we put up when we have guests. It was the whole &#8217;script&#8217; we had to follow that bothered me. And yet, the best times I had when visiting other people were times when there was no outlandish show, instead people went on their business like you were part of the family.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It is different to be a consistently clean, fresh and chic in your house from being chic only when guest were around. I enjoy the new things, the decorations, and the beauty of the house when guests are expected, but it makes me wonder why it has to be this way ONLY when guests were around.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Through the years I realized we were managing an impression. We were trying to persuade people that we were intellectual, elegant and sophisticated; even though we were just plain average.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Now, I am learning to simply be consistent. To appreciate that who we are, how the house is, and all the other in betweens is okay and impressions need not be managed.  Simply be true.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-eM</p>
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<link>http://marketingmann.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/building-credibility-for-small-businesses/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aust1n</dc:creator>
<guid>http://marketingmann.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/building-credibility-for-small-businesses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Invest in Letterheads! Why should you? Well everything you show or give to a customer makes an impre]]></description>
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<p>Why should you? Well everything you show or give to a customer makes an impression. The better the impression you make &#8211; the better your chances of getting the business.</p>
<p>Having a letterhead may simply set you apart from other people in your industry or trade trying to win the same business. If you present yourself well and leave a printed or handwritten quotation on a letterhead then you look infinitely more professional than someone who seems to pluck a figure from the air and leaves a scrap of paper or better still nothing.</p>
<p>Giving a letter, quotation or estimate on a letterhead shows to your potential customers that you are serious about your business, serious about doing business and it shows that you are organised and professional. In essence it builds credibility.</p>
<p>Giving a customer information on a letterhead builds confidence. It is a legal document that shows your company details, address &#38; phone numbers, VAT number, company registration number or PPS number. It demonstrates that the customer will have some comeback and builds a buffer of security.</p>
<p><strong>Tip:</strong> Use your letterhead to provide invoices, statements, letters, instructions, estimates, quotes, information, recommendations, testimonials, notices and letter drops to other local potential customers. This way you can buy in bulk and make substantial cost savings and every piece of information you give a customer has consistency and is constantly placing your brand in the hand of your customer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Make It Stick.]]></title>
<link>http://cjignas.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/make-it-stick/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Christopher Ignas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cjignas.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/make-it-stick/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t begin this post by telling you what &#8220;not to do&#8221; because people tend to for]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I won&#8217;t begin this post by telling you what &#8220;not to do&#8221; because people tend to forget what they aren&#8217;t supposed to do and instead follow up by doing that exact forbidden action. So I&#8217;ll begin by telling you what I think would benefit you.</p>
<p>Be yourself. There are 6.5 billion people in this world. Why would you try to mirror someone else? Because it&#8217;s easier? Is it truly easier to be something/someone that&#8217;s unnaturally you? That&#8217;s preposterous to say the least.</p>
<p>Today in this day and age, the average human life expectancy is 66 years. This comes out to be 24,090 days. Take that into account. Soak it up. We all have ONLY 24,090 days to live. That doesn&#8217;t sound too much does it? That&#8217;s because it isn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>So ignore those people who snicker at you for doing the things you do and being the way you are. You should be the one snickering because for some odd reason, they can&#8217;t figure out who the hell they are.</p>
<p>Be different and be yourself. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s going to make you stick out like a sore thumb amongst those 6.5 billion people and you&#8217;ll be remembered.</p>
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<link>http://storiesfromhome.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/impressionism-in-the-forest/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Patterson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://storiesfromhome.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/impressionism-in-the-forest/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another wonderful Sunday morning spent wandering along the &#8220;Deer Trail&#8221; in the Bangor Fo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://storiesfromhome.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/forest_11-20-09.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1380 alignright" style="border:1px solid black;margin:5px;" title="forest_11-20-09" src="http://storiesfromhome.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/forest_11-20-09.jpg" alt="" width="230" height="346" /></a>Another wonderful Sunday morning spent wandering along the &#8220;Deer Trail&#8221; in the Bangor Forest, and a couple more impressionistic images captured moving the camera while the shutter was open.</p>
<p>Most of my images in this genre to date have been landscape oriented, but when I saw this scene I knew it was a prime candidate for applying this technique in a portrait orientation.</p>
<p>The leaves strewn across the forest floor added an element of color to the scene that I hoped would provide an interesting foreground, and the lines offered by the tree trunks would hopefully hold the viewer&#8217;s interest compositionally. The vertical shape of the image I think also accentuates the lines.</p>
<p>Though I realize that not everyone will like this type of image, I personally enjoy the color palette and find it very pleasing to the eye.</p>
<p>In the second image, I was drawn not only to the large tree in the foreground with the vertical patterns on the bark, but also to the layers of trees that you can see in the background.</p>
<p>As we wandered along the trail, the light would periodically break through the canopy of the forest, and at this time of year the sun is fairly low in the sky offering pretty dramatic side-lighting on the tree trunks. The shadows and highlights on the tree trunks add depth to this image that is crucial to its impact.</p>
<p>I love how the colors and shapes blend together while still maintaining enough of their original form to allow the viewer to understand what they are looking at. I enjoy how what are often complex and cluttered scenes become simplified and distilled to basic elements.</p>
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