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Artist David Ilan is creating a hand-drawn portrait of Michael Jackson completely compromised of dots. The dots are only added to the drawing if people sign up on the tribute website. Signing up for a dot is free, and every person who signs up gets their own individual dot number that will be added to the drawing. The tribute is endorsed by a lot of celebrities including Jermaine Jackson, and Diana Ross.

Being the dedicated Michael Jackson fan that I am, once I heard about this I immediately signed up for a dot. I’m always up for anything that’s free, and has to do with Michael Jackson. I encourage other fans to sign up for their dots, it’ll be done at one million dots.

Check Sarah harding out here on Jonathan Ross talking about the future of Girls Aloud etc. You may or may not have heard but Sarah’s been working on a bit of solo material and she just leaked out a new record of hers called ‘Too bad’….wonder if there’s an album coming…

MG

….je suis complètement gaga de mon chien

Petite séance photo improvisée chez mon pote Brice, le meilleur photographe de Vancouver.

Je fais sa promotion, d’ailleurs si vous êtes intéressés par la photo voici son site:

http://www.briceferre.com/Site/index.html

Je suis son agent, donc pour ceux qui souhaitent des photos faudra passer par moi, je deconneeeeeeeeeee

Merci encore Brice pour ces magnifiques photos.

C’est qui le maitre?

Pour la petite histoire, Brice devait effectuer quelques réglages avant une séance photo avec une pro, Melanie, Ross et moi avons donc joué les mannequins le temps d’un après-midi.

Je pense contacter la Redoute pour leur prochain catalogue hiver 2010.

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This morning I was sharply reminded of how difficult life on your own can be.  Ross was injured while playing out in the yard right before I was to leave for work.  He was bleeding a fair bit, and I couldn’t immediately tell the extent of his injury.  I brought him in the house and checked him over, and gave him some homeopathic arnica.  The bleeding stopped almost immediately and once I cleaned him up it did not start up again.  My assessment was that he was going to be ok and did not need to see a vet, but I was not comfortable leaving him unattended in case I was wrong.  I called into work and told them I needed to stay home for the morning.

I spent the morning catching up on some housework and a few odds and ends, keeping a close eye on Ross.  He was quiet but seemed totally fine.  He ate his breakfast, followed me around the house, chased the cat, flirted with Kestrel, and instantly showed up in the kitchen when I opened a package of cheese.  If I hadn’t seen the blood earlier, I would not have even considered there might be anything wrong with him.  Needing the money and knowing how busy things are at work right now, I decided to go in for the afternoon.  I left the dogs with peanut butter kongs and headed out.

Despite my head telling me very clearly that Ross was fine, my heart was very shaken.  I couldn’t help but worry that perhaps I’d assessed things incorrectly.  Should I have taken him to the vet?  No, I was pretty sure that wasn’t necessary.  But I started second guessing my decision to leave him home alone.  If he had started getting worse (even though I watched him for nearly 4 hours with no sign of any problem), he would have no way of letting me know.  No one was at the house and I don’t have any neighbours I could call to have check in on him throughout the day.  I work one hour from home and by the time I was driving back at 7pm at night, I was on the verge of throwing up I was so worried about him.  Why, oh why, did I leave my poor boy alone?

When I got back to the house I jumped out of the car and started whistling as loudly as I could.  True to form, the dogs started barking from within the house.  Mira?  check.  Hannah?  Yep, that was her howling.  The gruff bark?  Kestrel.  But where was Ross’s voice?  I whistled again, and again, all the while fumbling in the dark with my keys.  Then, to my immense relief, I heard Ross.  I almost burst into tears.

I opened the door and ran up to my room and allowed the dogs to jump all over me in greeting.  I gave them each a hug, especially Ross.  He was full of beans and wanting to go and play.  He was totally, 100% fine and was looking at me like I was nuts as I hugged the daylights out of him.

I have quite a bit of experience assessing injuries and illness in animals and I knew in my head that I had made the correct assessment of Ross’s situation.  If I had thought for one second that he was in any danger, I would have never gone into work and taken him straight to the vet.  But once away from home, my imagination got the better of me.  And since I had no one to support me, no one I could ask to just peek in on him, I let my paranoia take over.  I really need to establish a better support system around here. I’ve never had to work so far from home before and I am liking it less and less every day.  I will definitely make a change for next year.  Maybe I could look into getting a video cam in the meantime!  Fortunately I only have 1.5 weeks of work left before I go on Christmas break.  That will mean a good 6 weeks of working strictly from home. I can’t wait!

Parade Ice Gardens might be our home rink.  Or it might be the home rink of the Storm B1 team.  No one (that I talk to) seems to know.  The parents of the B1 skaters observed that they had played there infrequently.  The same is true for us.  That’s too bad, because both the North and South rinks are great places to watch a hockey game.

The rinks are also among the best for shooting hockey photos. Both Mike and I shot from the penalty boxes, which provided an unobstructed, ice-level view of the action.  Mike got some really terrific photos, naturally emphasizing the B1 skaters as much as I focus on the B2 Black team.  Since many of you know the B1 skaters, you should definitely check out Mike’s photos on his blog.

The action on November 22 continues in the photos below.  There’s likely to be one more post on the game after this one.  Just maybe.

Wyatt reaches to stop the puck

Ross catches a pass

Opponents are wary of Jack

Andrew controls the puck just outside the opponents' zone

Defending the zone, Robert eyes an opponent

OK, you’ve read this far, and seen the many photos of the action in the game against the Storm B1 team. Now I’m just wondering…

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The B2 Black team played a tough defensive game against the Storm B1.  The B2 Black netminder, Johnny, did a great job blocking the frequent shots from the opponents.  Even so, every once in while one got through.  In this photo, the puck is visible against the white pad that covers the center support in the back of the net.  It’s about eight inches off the ice.

Johnny watches the puck hit the back of the net

Jacob looks for the pass in front of the opponents' goal

Our offense and our defense were busy all game long.

Wyatt eyes the puck

And once in a while, there were a few infractions of the rules.  The B2 Black team had only one penalty that I remember, but the Storm B1 players were in and out of the penalty box all night.  OK, OK, that’s an exaggeration.  But they did end up in the box 3 or 4 times, and at least once the player kept repeating, “I did not hook anybody.  I did not hook anybody…”

Ross sent to the penalty box for tripping

An opponent checking Jack

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10 serii… S-au terminat! Timp de vreo 2 luni am urmarit aproape zilnic povestea celor 6 prieteni (Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, Joey). In unele ipostaze ma recunoasteam (bine, asta mi se intampla la multe filme), altele ma amuzau teribil. Aseara, cand se apropia de sfarsit, parca imi venea sa plang. Ma gandeam: la ce ma mai uit eu?! ce o sa ma mai faca asa sa rad?!

Frumos serial, te “rupe” de problemele cotidiene, iti aduce zambetul pe buze inevitabil, ba chiar te face sa razi in hohote uneori. Sunt povesti de dragoste, povesti care iti umezesc ochii, povesti care te tin cu sufletul la gura.

O sa imi lipseasca serialul, noroc ca il am pe dvd-uri si pot sa il revad oricad caci: “You can never have enough Friends!”.

The grudge match turned out to be a pretty good game. There was action, drama and justice, as the stronger team won with a score of three goals to none. Unfortunately for the B2 Black team, the B1 team lived up to its status as the more exclusive team.  But there were no hard feelings, as we’ll see much later in the final post.  For now, here’s some of the action.

Henri faces off

Ross handles the puck

Marco focused like a laser beam

Sam passing to Andrew

Drew clears the zone with Willy in the wings

Everyone loves a bike check with Aaron Ross, so this should come as a treat. As perusual he’s running his signature sunday frame with a full house of odyssey products, but head over to ride to check out the full spec list.

There’s always something about a one-sided game that gets a team going–if they’re on the right side of it.  On Wednesday, November 17, the Storm hit Irondale in a way they won’t soon forget.  When the sun came out again on the Irondale team, they found that the Storm had taken 6 goals to their none.

Luke sees his chance

Max in position

Luke takes the puck past center ice

Marco nets the puck with a backhand shot

Ross about to take a shot

Ross taking a second shot off his own rebound

Paris was once agen hammer time

This Summer we Filled up the Pug to the max with twats camping gear (minus tent poles) and skateboards and hit up the Relentless Ride with us 2009 tour. In total we did over a 1000 Miles in just under a week.

Our stops were:
OXFORD
SHEFFIELD
DEWSBURY
WAKEFIELD
LEEDS
BIRMINGHAM
CORBY
SAFFON WALDEN
MILE END
HARLOW
KENT
CRAWLEY
NASS

Was a Mental Time

NASS FEST

Some Partying and top Skating went down

Heres an Edit me and Neddy Did

Mehr als fünf Monate reiste Berthold Baumann mit Bus, Bahn, Auto, aber vor allem mit dem Kanu sowie zu Fuß kreuz und quer durch die Wildnis des Yukon Territoriums in Kanadas Nordwesten. Heiter-ironisch und mit knorrigen Kommentaren versehen, schildert er äußerst lebhaft seine Eindrücke von Land und Leuten. Spannende Erzählungen von abenteuerlichen Begegnungen mit Bären, Wölfen und Elchen, einsamen Kanufahrten fernab jedweder Zivilisation und schweißtreibenden Wanderungen in den entlegensten Regionen wechseln sich mit witzigen Begebenheiten ab, wie etwa dem nächtlichen Kampf mit einer Mäusehorde im Auto. Die Wanderungen führten ihn hauptsächlich durch den Kluane Nationalpark und den Silver Trail, während die Kanutouren über den Teslin, Yukon, Ross, Pelly und McQuesten River gingen. Mit dem Auto nahm er jeden Highway des Yukons und einige Straßen in Alaska unter die Räder sowie zahlreiche Nebenstraßen. Dabei verbrauchte er drei Autos. Mehr oder weniger durch Zufall kam Baumann dabei an ein Grundstück und eine Hütte – wobei die beiden zuerst über 500 Kilometer von einander entfernt lagen. Der Clou: Die Geschichten, die er Verwandten, Freunden und Bekannten per E-Mail aus Kanada geschickt hat, wurden um deren lustigste und interessanteste Antworten ergänzt. Ein quasi interaktives Buch.

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Berge können nicht Kanu fahren (Abenteuer-E-Mails aus dem kanadischen Yukon Territorium)
184 Seiten, 53 SW-Bilder, 2 SW-Karten
Größe: 17×22 cm, Einzelpreis: 11 Euro

Willoughby Amos, Willoughby Abram, Willoughby Bertram, Willoughby Barnabas,

Willoughby Bramwell, Willoughby Christian, Willoughby Cash, Willoughby Dashiell,

Willoughby Elliot, Willoughby Ezra, Willoughby Frank, Willoughby Grant,

Willoughby Isaac, Willoughby Ira, Willoughby Joel, Willoughby Jacob,

Willoughby James, Willoughby Jago, Willoughby Leo, Willoughby Lewis,

Willoughby Miles, Willoughby Matthew, Willoughby Micah, Willoughby Benjamin,

Willoughby Noam, Willoughby Oliver, Willoughby Rufus, Willoughby Reuben,

Willoughby Ross, Willoughby Rune, Willoughby Steven, Willoughby Thomas,

Willoughby Homer Rex, Willoughby Bruno Steven.

Diddy and the Dirty Money Crew drop two new remixes one for Love Come Down Featuring Jim Jones, Fabolous, and Red Cafe + A remix for Angels featuring Rick Ross…….

Dirty Money Feat. Jim Jones Fabolous and Red Cafe-Love Come Down Remix …::LISTEN::…

Dirty Money Feat Rick Ross-Angels Remix
…::LISTEN::…

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When I first learned that there was a pole dancing studio on campus I immediately became interested. I thought it was so cool and I wanted to check it out. Outside Story #2 gave me the perfect opportunity to do so.  I was excited, however, the task was not easy. When I first went to the studio it was locked. I called the number on the door and no one answered. I went to the business next door only to have the lady working there be extremely rude and tell me to call the number on the door. I then went to another business nearby and they were not able to help me. After leaving that business I tried one more nearby and was told that the owner of the studio owned a restaurant nearby as well. I had already checked this restaurant and they knew nothing but I went back anyways. They confirmed that their owner and the studio owner were two different people. I started to become discouraged. Not only was I getting nowhere, but the nearby businesses had said that they had not seen anyone going in or out the building in a long time. I began to think that the business was maybe closed. The next day I tried giving the owner a call and low and behold she answered! I immediately perked back up. I was able to set a time to do the interview. After I had done the interview I really became interested in the class. Who knows maybe I’ll take some lessons one day! Through this whole process I learned a couple of things. First, you can’t give up just because things aren’t easy and they aren’t handed to you. It actually made me feel good to run around looking for the info that I wanted. And second, hard work does pay off.  I’m proud of myself for trying and not stopping. In the end I got my story and that’s all that really mattered.

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1. A great piece from @smashingmag : Getting Clients Approaching The Company http://ow.ly/AEYh (via @lammiia)
   7:07 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
2. RT @dollars5: Five Years Of Firefox (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/3jMSQC (via @BryanCWebb)
   7:08 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
3. After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges http://bit.ly/34JlDS (via @ruhanirabin)
   7:54 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
4. Personal Branding:”You’re doing a good job branding yourself when self-impression is equal to perception.” @danschawbel (via @BrandMyCareer)
   7:54 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
5. Enterprise 2.0: Change in Corporate Culture is at hand http://bit.ly/2piptI Lessons Learned from Paranormal Activity (via @rossdawson)
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6. RT @danschawbel: My Blog / 10 Personal Branding Predictions for 2010: http://bit.ly/bcfHy (via @myreinventure)
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7. Tags, Time and Location — WhiteAfrican http://bit.ly/3Tppil (via @socialpinhead)
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8. Ecommerce Know-How: Four Keys to Twitter, Facebook Success http://bit.ly/1G017c (via @socialpinhead)
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9. Social Marketing Comparison: Toyota Yaris vs Ford Fiesta, two approaches, the shotgun vs laser. http://bit.ly/3VO7Ns (via @jowyang)
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10. RT @mashable I’ve Got Nothing: Crowdsourced Song Created by YouTubers [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/1CvKbN (via @SarahSturtevant)
    8:58 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
11. Too Big To Fail – riveting account of the people/story behind wall street financial crash http://bit.ly/leuQM (via @nfellers)
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12. Pls let me know if you hear some recommended sites for this> Anyone know where to make nice business cards online? (via @donreisinger)
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13. CrowdSourcing. “Southwest Airlines & GM Turn to Customers and Social for new Ideas” via SunTimes http://bit.ly/zblmG (via @HermanoGeoff)
    9:00 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
14. @kidehen > Linked Data and the Semantic Web are officially in the Trough of Disillusionement http://bit.ly/14tW4r (via @gregboutin)
    9:01 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
15. How to Use Twitter: Enterprise 2.0 http://bit.ly/1DGmru via @BlancandOtus @captic @kBstuart (via @aponcier)
    9:02 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
16. Enterprise 2.0 The Search Principle blog http://bit.ly/34zzVP via @blogtothebanks (via @aponcier)
    9:02 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
17. As an organization grows and succeeds, it sows the seeds of its own demise by getting boring http://ow.ly/AGCp (via @lammiia)
    9:03 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
18. @mrdatahs take care
    9:04 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
19. Tim Berners-Lee: Machine-readable Web still a ways off http://bit.ly/33VKka …trashed for saying it, glad TBL admits it (via @gregboutin)
    9:05 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
20. @donreisinger advice from @BryanCWebb re: online cards > @rlavigne42 Try VistaPrint.com or VistaPrint.ca (in Canada) – Thanks Bryan
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21. The Enterprise is Dead. Long Live the Enterprise! http://bit.ly/E9Ae5 (via @jeffdachis)
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22. 5 Ways To Improve Your Motorola Droid http://bit.ly/1FUu4c You got it, you love it. Now make it better. #Droid #verizon (via @LanceUlanoff)
    9:09 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
23. “Master List (A Wiki of Social Media Monitoring Solutions)” ( http://bit.ly/2Ue0Qy ) (via @kfeighery)
    9:24 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
24. The Anatomy of a Website: Which Pages Should Be on Your Website? http://bit.ly/4CQeP5 (via @davesaunders)
    9:24 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
25. 16 WordPress Sites to Help You Build a Better Blog http://bit.ly/mgwaA (via @davesaunders)
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26. @kidehen That is the beauty of a crowdsourced way of thinking isn’t it @GregBoutin is very much in your knowledge space> good follow BTW
    10:34 AM Nov 9^th from web
27. RT @marciamarcia Twitter lets learners update learners before trainers can update training #L2009 (via @Mary_a_Myers)
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28. The system does not incentivise collaboration. Single authors encouraged. Per John Abele #L2009 (via @jwhiting)
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29. #l2009 john abele says adhd and curiousity makes social learning fascinating .. thought controlled games? wth? cool! (via @jonll)
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30. microblogging extremely more accessible than pc’s. 4B devices. #l2009 (via @runbobo)
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31. #l2009 abele says academia rewards the silo, system doesn’t incentivize collaboration (via @jonll)
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32. There are terrific private microblogging tools. See our report at http://sn.im/enterprise-microsharing #l2009 (via @marciamarcia)
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33. RT @AICC: RT @fionaleteney: #L2009 Disney Corp converted all content to @aicc from #scorm to stop java runtime issues!! (via @hybridkris)
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34. Surprised I’m not distracted by the projected tweets. Who knew I could read, tap, & listen at the same time #l2009 (via @marciamarcia)
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35. @marciamarcia listen with your ears, scan with your eyes, talk with your thumbs. I am amazed too! #L2009 (via @randomdazzle)
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36. #L2009 definitely gonna own the ADD thing…and proud of it. (just means i can multi-task) (via @scurry747)
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37. Elliott Masie is the Oprah of the learning world #L2009 (via @hhuntley)
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38. News Bits: Major Brands Struggle to Take Back Twitter Accounts http://bit.ly/FcjPJ (via @glfceo)
    11:11 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
39. Lean IT in financial services in this latest piece from Smart Enterprise http://bit.ly/2CJFJH (via @dpotterton)
    11:11 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
40. A great fundraising idea from Cadillac that uses local influencers. http://fb.me/3AV6mpR (via @SocialMediaGo)
    11:12 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
41. The classic “ask and you shall receive” mantra lives on> Recently I got the best advice of my career:”Just ask” #socent (via @melissaricher)
    11:13 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
42. Last call: Webinar on Enterprise 2.0 Business Value by @rwang0 and @jowyang #e2conf http://bit.ly/4Dj2Vw (via @Ross)
    11:13 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
43. Enterprise 2.0: 5 Trends to Watch http://bit.ly/KFP8J #e2conf #E20 #ECM (via @webtechman)
    11:14 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
44. 8 Key Ingredients for any Enterprise 2.0 Initiative http://bit.ly/3Llz8u by @JamiePappas (@20Adoption) from #e2conf (via @webtechman)
    11:14 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
45. Posted:Lessons Learned at the E2.0 Conference http://bit.ly/18Nv1z #SCRM #e2conf #e20 (via @ekolsky)
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46. #e2conf Is #E20 a Savior or a Charlatan? How Strategy-Driven Execution can pave the path” http://bit.ly/3n325o (via @nenshad)
    11:15 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
47. EA Acquires Facebook Game Maker Playfish For Up to $400 Million:If you needed proof social gaming http://bit.ly/FSPVV (via @TheCommonHoster)
    11:16 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
48. 7 Ways to Get More Out of LinkedIn: Sharlyn Lauby, president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) http://bit.ly/3qMNJr (via @TheCommonHoster)
    11:16 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
49. Key List> Yes, @pistachio and I work with internal microsharing tools including Yammer, Socialcast, Socialtext Signals (via @eugenelee)
    11:17 AM Nov 9^th from Tweetie
50. Ron Garrow. Get comfortable with the speed of business. #L2009 (via @jwhiting)
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