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Celtic Calendar/Trees

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:18:35 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: From JK Rowling's site.

December 24 - January 20 = Birch (Beth)
January 21 - February 17 = Rowan (Luis)
February 18 - March 17 = Ash (Nion)
March 18 - April 14 = Alder (Fearn)
April 15 - May 12 = Willow (Saille)
May 13 - June 9 = Hawthorn (Huath)
June 10 - July 7 = Oak (Duir)
July 8 - August 4 = Holly (Tinne)
August 5 - September 1 = Hazel (Coll)
September 2 - September 29 = Vine (Muin)
September 30 - October 27 = Ivy (Gort)
October 28 - November 24 = Reed (Ngetal)
November 25 - December 23 = Elder (Ruis)

Tags: celtic, folklore

African-American authors

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:31:15 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: from a comment in Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Clip Source: www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com

Zane: top erotica author
Noire: urban erotica author
Beverly Jenkins: AA Romance historicals
Francis Ray: AA Romance
Donna Hill: AA Romance
Niobia Bryant: AA Romance
Steven Barnes: Sci-Fi/Spec
Tananarive Due: Spec/Horror
Brandon Massey: Horror/Suspense
L.A. Banks: (Great Vampire Huntress series)
Sharon Cullars: IR Romance
Kimberla Lawson Roby: Urban Comtemporary
Carl Weber: Urban Contemporary
Eric Jerome Dickey: Comtemporary

And my personal favorite: Octavia Butler.

Tags: books

Accademia dei Lincei [Academy of the Lynx-Eyed] (1603-1630)

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:34:01 GMT

clipped by: arresi

Clip Source: eee.uci.edu

The Lincean Academy desires as its members philosophers who are eager for real knowledge, and who will give themselves to the study of nature, and especially to mathematics. At the same time, it will not neglect the ornaments of elegant literature and philology, which like graceful garments, adorn the whole body of science.

Clip Source: www.care2.com

Italian scholars (including Galileo) formed the Academy of Lynxes in 1603, dedicated to searching for truth and fighting against superstition. Their symbol was a lynx battling with Cerberus, the gatekeeper of the underworld, the implication being that clear vision would triumph over lack of consciousness, ignorance, and suffering.

Clip Source: eee.uci.edu

founded by Prince Federigo Cesi (1585-1630)

Cesi (Il Celivago--the heaven-wanderer)

Johannes Van Heeck (L'Illuminato--the enlightened one)

Anastasio Di Filiis (L'Eclissato--the eclipsed one)

Francesco Stelluti (Il Tardigrado--the slow one)

Galileo Galilei

Tags: lynx, sym, symbolism/associations, animal, reference

Multi-cultural Symbolism of the Lynx

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:24:41 GMT

clipped by: arresi

Clip Source: www.care2.com

The very name of the lynx is related to the idea of sight, and indeed, the animal’s sharp vision has been considered almost supernatural. As a result, the lynx was credited with the ability to see error and falsehood.

The ancient Greeks, among others, believed it could see through solid objects.

In northern mythologies, lynx were sacred to the goddess Freyja, in charge of love, fertility, battle, and death, and drew her chariot.

For Native Americans, the lynx is a keeper of secrets and occult knowledge, a revealer of mysteries.

The image of the lynx can symbolize vision, particularly the kind of inner sight that is associated with shamanism.

Adapted from Animal Life in Nature, Myth and Dreams, by Elizabeth Caspari (Chiron Publications, 2003).

Tags: lynx, animal, symbolism/associations, reference

The Barbary Treaties : Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tripoli November 4, 1796

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:40:31 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: Musselmen = Muslim; Mehomitan=Mohammedan, or Islamic. Signed into law under the administration of President and Founding Father John Adams. Some debate remains as to the exact nature of this article, but this is the version that was ratified by the US Senate. Treaty was broken in 1801 by the Pasha of Tripoli.

Clip Source: www.yale.edu

ARTICLE 11.

As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,-and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

Tags: history, diplomacy, us-muslim

Strangest Land by Tom McRae

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:54:37 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: Lyrics to the song "Strangest Land" by Tom McRae, from the album "All Maps Welcome" (2005).

Clip Source: www.searchanylyrics.com

Another dead dog highway
The road to paradise
Is littered with your saviours
The lines are growing faint

Another paper saint has put us all in danger

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart

We'll hide there in the dark

I catch you in my lights
I'm reaching for a knife
For halo girls and dreamers
A statue comes to life
Another roadside shrine

For hypocrites and bleeders

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart

We'll hide there in the dark

A bullet from a stolen gun
How much I'll miss you when you're gone

But now I think it's time you went away

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
In the dark
In the dark

Tags: strangest land, tom mcrae, lyrics

The Changing Workplace: Smashing the Clock

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:42:43 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: Part of an article on Best Buy's radical new policy on employee schedules.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

At most companies, going AWOL during daylight hours would be grounds for a pink slip. Not at Best Buy. The nation's leading electronics retailer has embarked on a radical--if risky--experiment to transform a culture once known for killer hours and herd-riding bosses. The endeavor, called ROWE, for "results-only work environment," seeks to demolish decades-old business dogma that equates physical presence with productivity. The goal at Best Buy is to judge performance on output instead of hours.

Best Buy did not invent the post-geographic office. Tech companies have been going bedouin for several years. At IBM, 40% of the workforce has no official office; at AT&T, a third of managers are untethered. Sun Microsystems Inc. calculates that it's saved $400 million over six years in real estate costs by allowing nearly half of all employees to work anywhere they want. And this trend seems to have legs. A recent Boston Consulting Group study found that 85% of executives expect a big rise in the number of unleashed workers over the next five years. In fact, at many companies the most innovative new product may be the structure of the workplace itself.

But arguably no big business has smashed the clock quite so resolutely as Best Buy. The official policy for this post-face-time, location-agnostic way of working is that people are free to work wherever they want, whenever they want, as long as they get their work done. "This is like TiVo for your work," says the program's co-founder, Jody Thompson. By the end of 2007, all 4,000 staffers working at corporate will be on ROWE. Starting in February, the new work environment will become an official part of Best Buy's recruiting pitch as well as its orientation for new hires. And the company plans to take its clockless campaign to its stores--a high-stakes challenge that no company has tried before in a retail environment.

Tags: business, best buy, work environment, rowe, schedule

Cornish Surname Elements

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:16:29 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: Common elements in Cornish surnames and what they mean.

Clip Source: members.ozemail.com.au

Tre = Homestead, Pol = Pool, Pen = Head, Ros = Heath, Car = Camp, Lan = Churchyard

Tags: surnames, names, cornwall, reference, etymology, onomastics, writing

Cornish Surnames

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:14:29 GMT

clipped by: arresi
clipper's remarks: A list of common Cornish surnames

Clip Source: members.ozemail.com.au

Ahearn
Andrewartha
Angove
Anning
Annear
Arthur
Baragwaneth
Bastian
Bell
Berryman
Blamey
Boden
Bolitho
Bonython
Bosanko
Bray
Brock
Burrows
Cass
Causley
Collis
Chegwidden
Chynoweth
Climo
Clews
Colenso
Colley
Connor
Couch
Craddick
Crago
Crocker
Curnow/Kerno
Deane
Dobell
Drew

Eddy
Endean
Ellery
Ellis
Elliott
Evans
Faull
Fenton
Frayne
Fry
Gay
Geake
Gee
Glasson
Godden
Goldsworthy
Goninan
Goss
Grose
Grigg
Gundry
Hain/Haines
Hale
Hancock
Hannaford
Hart
Hannah
Harvey
Hawke
Hellyer
Hendry/Hendy
Hocking
Hosking Hoskins
Hutchens
Inch
Isbel

Jago/Jacka
James
Jewell
Johns
Joliffe
Jolly
Jory/Jose
Julian
Keast
Keen
Kemp
Kent
Kersey
Kinsey
Kirby
Kitto
Laity
Lander
Lawry/Lowry
Lean
Leggo
Lock
Lyon
May
Mayne
Menadue
Moon
Moyle
Mundey
Nance
Nankervis
Negus
Nicholls/Nicholas
Odgers
Otes/Oates
Olver

Pascoe
Pawley
Perrin
Phillips
Prowse
Quick
Richards/Rickard
Roach
Roberts
Rogers/Rodgers
Rodda
Ruse/Rouse
Sara
Sanders
Skewes
Symons/Simmons
Stevens/Stephens
Tangye
Teague
Terrill
Thorne
Tonkin/Tink
Truscott
Tyack
Uren
Veale/Vial
Vivian
Vosper
Voss
Warren
Warne/Wearne

Tags: surnames, names, cornwall, reference, writing

Google’s Gmail: Still far from perfect

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:59:33 GMT

clipped by: mingkymomo

Clip Source: blogs.zdnet.com

Google’s Gmail: Still far from perfect

Does Google’s new “Mail Fetcher” signify that Gmail just “became perfect,” as Michael Arrington gushes? NO.

Why not? Because nothing has changed in Google’s fundamental “your data is Google’s data” philosophy, which I put forth in “Free Google Gmail: The high price you pay”:

Do you believe the contents of every personal and business email you ever write or send should be recorded and permanently archived on third party servers located in countries throughout the world, to which you have no access?

If you are one of the millions of Gmail users, you have indicated to Google that you most certainly do.

Arrington describes the new Mail Fetcher feature:

Allows users to access non-Gmail email accounts from within the Gmail interface. If you have a Yahoo email account, and a work email account, etc., you can simply access that email from within Gmail, using POP settings.

What does that mean? Google has access to more of your data, to make their data, forever!

TAKE THE POLL: MICROSOFT vs. GOOGLE: WHO WINS?

Tags: google, gmail, mail, email, internet, technology

F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:53:40 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Useful info for web developers.

Clip Source: www.useit.com

Summary:
Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe.

F for fast. That's how users read your precious content. In a few seconds, their eyes move at amazing speeds across your website’s words in a pattern that's very different from what you learned in school.

In our new eyetracking study, we recorded how 232 users looked at thousands of Web pages. We found that users' main reading behavior was fairly consistent across many different sites and tasks. This dominant reading pattern looks somewhat like an F and has the following three components:

Users first read in a horizontal movement, usually across the upper part of the content area. This initial element forms the F's top bar.
Next, users move down the page a bit and then read across in a second horizontal movement that typically covers a shorter area than the previous movement. This additional element forms the F's lower bar.
Finally, users scan the content's left side in a vertical movement. Sometimes this is a fairly slow and systematic scan that appears as a solid stripe on an eyetracking heatmap. Other times users move faster, creating a spottier heatmap. This last element forms the F's stem.

Heatmaps from user eyetracking studies of three websites. The areas where users looked the most are colored red; the yellow areas indicate fewer views, followed by the least-viewed blue areas. Gray areas didn't attract any fixations.

Implications of the F Pattern

Users won't read your text thoroughly

The first two paragraphs must state the most important information

Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words

Tags: web, content, internet, reading, patterns, technology, study, information, eye tracking, eye movement, tools

Clipmarks | arresi's clips

Celtic Calendar/Trees

African-American authors

Accademia dei Lincei [Academy of the Lynx-Eyed] (1603-1630)

Multi-cultural Symbolism of the Lynx

The Barbary Treaties : Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tripoli November 4, 1796

ARTICLE 11.

Strangest Land by Tom McRae

The Changing Workplace: Smashing the Clock

Cornish Surname Elements

Cornish Surnames

***Google’s Gmail: Still far from perfect***

Google’s Gmail: Still far from perfect

F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

Implications of the F Pattern

Google’s Gmail: Still far from perfect