TECHNOLOGY: Edge Walk

Sunday, August 7, 2011

http://picocool.com/travel/edge-walk–cn-tower-toronto-1

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Edge Walk | Cn Tower Toronto

EdgeWalk at the CN Tower, has become Toronto’s most extreme attraction. Thrill lovers will walk on the edge of one of the world’s tallest buildings, 356m/1168ft (116 storeys) above the ground. Visitors will walk in groups of six, while attached to an overhead safety rail via a trolley and harness system.

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This is one of those pictures that will make you wonder if they have lost their minds.

It’s one of those that makes me sick!

I’d need more than a safety harness.

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TECHNOLOGY: TED is interesting thinking

Sunday, August 7, 2011

http://blog.ted.com/2011/08/02/ted-books-hit-apples-ibookstore

TED Books hit Apple’s iBookstore

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Great news: TED Books are now available on Apple’s iBookstore. It’s an exciting time for publishing, and we’re glad to work with Apple to make TED Books available to as many readers as possible. TED Books, which launched earlier this year, are an imprint of short nonfiction works designed for digital distribution. Shorter than traditional books, TED Books run fewer than 20,000 words each–long enough to explain a powerful idea, but short enough to be read in a single sitting. They are $2.99.

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The Happiness Manifesto: How Nations and People Can Nurture Well-Being by Nic Marks; Weekday Vegetarian: Finally, a Palatable Solution by Graham Hill with Alex Estes; Media Makeover: Improving the News One Click at a Time by Alisa Miller; Beware Dangerism! Why We Worry About the Wrong Things and What It’s Doing to Our Kids by Gever Tulley; Make Love Not Porn: Technology’s Hardcore Impact on Human Behavior by Cindy Gallop; Homo Evolutis: Please Meet the Next Human Species by Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans; and Aftercrimes, Geoslavery, and Thermogeddon: Thought-Provoking Words from a Lexicographer’s Notebook by Erin McKean.

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TED is interesting thinking about technology.

Three bucks is cheap!

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MONEY: 10 reasons not to use credit cards

Saturday, August 6, 2011

http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/family-money/10-reasons-im-cancelling-my-credit-cards-1310065287880

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10. Cash helps people I want to help. The money goes to the merchant and his suppliers. When I go into my local credit union to cash a check, I’m keeping a couple of local tellers in work. Credit cards? I’m helping finance bank executives, marketing teams and call centers in India. I am sure they are all fine people, and I wish them well. But if I had to choose, and I do, I would rather help my local merchants and credit union staff.

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Interesting take on the value of using cash.

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FUN: Immortality wish

Saturday, August 6, 2011

FROM MY OLDER FRIEND’S DAUGHTER

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I met a fairy today who said she would grant me one wish.

“I want to live forever,” I said.

“Sorry,” said the fairy, “I’m not allowed to grant wishes like that!”

“Fine,” I said, “then I want to die after Congress gets their heads out of their asses!”

“You crafty bastard,” said the fairy.

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ROFL!

(She knows my warped sense of humor. As if Congress could actually accomplish anything, like getting their head place anywhere, in the first place.)

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FLASH: 31 Americans killed in crash

Saturday, August 6, 2011

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Aug 6, 8:33 AM EDT

Afghan president: 31 Americans killed in crash

By SOLOMON MOORE

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan commandos, the country’s president said Saturday. An American official said it was apparently shot down, in the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.

The Taliban claimed they downed the helicopter with rocket fire while it was taking part in a raid on a house where insurgents were gathered in the province of Wardak late Friday. It said wreckage of the craft was strewn at the scene.

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Sadly. It’s time to come home. Even before this. This just is another avoidable tragedy.

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QUOTE: “… simply because it is right.”

Saturday, August 6, 2011

“Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it political? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, nor popular – but one must take it simply because it is right.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

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JOBFINDING: Texas trainer

Friday, August 5, 2011

We have another new opportunity in the Dallas area for a very large Fortune, global manufacturing company.

They are looking for a Technical Trainer to develop, train, and do continuous improvement for 4000-6000 employees world wide,

The focus will be on Business Objects(BOBJ) Oracle Data Bases, and Data Warehousing.

This is an exciting new job with a dynamic international company.

Please let me know if this is something for you or if you could recommend someone that we could present.

Thank you.

Dan

Dan Spencer, CPC

Senior Partner

ProFound International Search

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POLITICAL: Who is a libertarian?

Friday, August 5, 2011

http://ncc-1776.org/whoislib.html

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Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle (“Zap”)

“Zero Aggression Principle”:

A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor will a libertarian advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else.

Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.

— L. Neil Smith

Formerly called the “Non-Aggression Principle”, or “NAP”

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INTERESTING: Is there a baseball rule for this situation?

Thursday, August 4, 2011

FROM LUDDITE

http://www.shoonsports.com/switch-hitter-vs-switch-pitcher-pat-venditte/

So what is the rule?

Wish Frau Reinke was here; she’d probably know!

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QUOTE: “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Tiny Wisdom: When Good Times Come to an End

Jul 29, 2011 02:50 am | Lori Deschene

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss

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Maybe the Universe is sending me advice?

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