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Grilled sausages with a frittata made with mushrooms, tomatoes, and chives. The market had so much more to offer: Olive Bars Gorgeous Seafood How can you not love a stand where they wear this? Stumbling across great restaurants and tapas bars were easy and fun. Two of our favorites: Taller de Tapas was a little yuppie, more upscale than most of the other tapas places in Barcelona. The menu was also in English, prices slightly higher to match the nicer environment than most tapas bars here. Still, we loved the food and the ease of ordering at this restaurant. Fried Baby Squid Chickpeas stewed with pancetta and spinach- I've never had chickpeas this flavorful or creamy before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, when do you panic? As an investor in many startups, we are always dealing with a major crisis in one of our companies. The reality of startups is that it is actually part of the normal process to have an occasional crisis. 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The sooner you deal with issues and face them head on, the better your chance of recovery. I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, when do you panic? As an investor in many startups, we are always dealing with a major crisis in one of our companies. The reality of startups is that it is actually part of the normal process to have an occasional crisis. In fact, I use “crisis measurement” as one way of monitoring startups. Without over-generalizing, I think it is normal for a startup to have one crisis about every six months. Within a couple of years, it may go down to once yearly. More than one crisis every six months probably means that the company is being too aggressive/ too reckless and less than one crisis every six months probably means that the company is not taking enough risks/ pushing the envelope hard enough. The type of crisis I am referring to can range from market or customer issues all the way to existential crises where the company needs to completely question the path it is taking. The success of a startup often depends on just how well the team, CEO, investors, board and employees manage the crisis. The worst way to manage any one of these crises is to ignore them or hope they go away. They don’t go away. They just get worse. The sooner you deal with issues and face them head on, the better your chance of recovery. I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups &lt;a href="http://irobotposters.botmatic.com"&gt;i robot posters&lt;/a&gt; have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://refurbishedpcs.pcspros.com"&gt;Click Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just left Dave Balter's very cool office at Bzzagent. One highlight: the work of his artist in residence . 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I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had originally planned on using my Think Outside Keyboard with my TX to take notes at the Leadership and Management Course today, but for some reason, the keyboard refused to connect to the TX...so I had to grafitti it, which of course resulted in reduced note taking. I also &lt;a href="http://northcarolinaspeedway.speedawy.com"&gt;north carolina speedway&lt;/a&gt; took a gamble and downloaded the latest Agendus right before I walked out the door. I'm glad I did and will be upgrading shortly...the projects management and daily journal proved to be invaluable. I can't wait to apply Agendus to my new Treo 755p. The only problem is the Treo is still on the shelf at the Sprint store because my Treo fund is sitting at a paltry 22 dollars at this point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Spencer, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam , continues to make the case that Islam is at war with infidels, has been at war with infidels, and will always be at war with infidels. Today he cites 20th Century (C.E.) Iraqi historian Khalid Madduri: The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God’s law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant reigning ideology over the entire world. It refused to recognize the coexistence of non-Muslim communities, except perhaps as subordinate entities, because by its very nature a universal state tolerates the existence of no other state than itself. 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I also took a gamble and downloaded the latest Agendus right before I walked out the door. I'm glad I did and will be upgrading shortly...the projects management and daily journal proved to be invaluable. I can't wait to apply Agendus to my new Treo 755p. The only problem is the Treo is still on the shelf at the Sprint store because my Treo fund is sitting at a paltry 22 dollars at this point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;studies &lt;a href="http://artdice.wwwdice.com"&gt;art dice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, when do you panic? As an investor in many startups, we are always dealing with a major crisis in one of our companies. The reality of startups is that it is actually part of the normal process to have an occasional crisis. In fact, I use “crisis measurement” as one way of monitoring startups. Without over-generalizing, I think it is normal for a startup to have one crisis about every six months. Within a couple of years, it may go down to once yearly. 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I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just left Dave Balter's very cool office at Bzzagent. One highlight: the work of his artist in residence . Seth goes to work and makes paintings. The paintings hang throughout the offices, and in May he's doing a show. What a great idea for a mid-sized or big company. What a great idea for a real estate agency... put the paintings in houses for sale, put them &lt;a href="http://installmodem.pcuninstall.net/installdslmodem"&gt;install dsl modem&lt;/a&gt; in your offices, have regular shows. Give the community (and your staff) some art and the benefits are significant. Why not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had originally planned on using my Think Outside Keyboard with my TX to take notes at the Leadership and Management Course today, but for some reason, the keyboard refused to connect to the TX...so I had to grafitti it, which of course resulted in reduced note taking. I also took a gamble and downloaded the latest Agendus right before I walked out the door. I'm glad I did and will be upgrading shortly...the projects management and daily journal proved to be invaluable. I can't wait to apply Agendus to my new Treo 755p. The only problem is the Treo is still on the shelf at the Sprint store because my Treo fund is sitting &lt;a href="http://irobotposters.botmatic.com"&gt;i robot posters&lt;/a&gt; at a paltry 22 dollars at this point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Spencer, author of The &lt;a href="http://refurbishedpcs.pcspros.com/refurbishedcomputers"&gt;refurbished computers&lt;/a&gt; Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam , continues to make the case that Islam is at war with infidels, has been at war with infidels, and will always be at war with infidels. Today he cites 20th Century (C.E.) Iraqi historian Khalid Madduri: The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God’s law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant reigning ideology over the entire world. It refused to recognize the coexistence of non-Muslim communities, except perhaps as subordinate entities, because by its very nature a universal state tolerates the existence of no other state than itself. Although it was not a consciously formulated policy, Muhammad’s early successors, after Islam became supreme in Arabia, were determined to embark on a ceaseless war of conquest in the name of Islam. The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state. . 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Granted, our homecooked dinner ended up being devastatingly simple- frittatas, sausage, and fresh bread, but the fact that we got to handpick everything made the meal taste that much better. Mushrooms that stained our hands yellow... fresh eggs from the "egg lady"... and pork sausage... ...became dinner! Grilled sausages with a frittata made with mushrooms, tomatoes, and chives. The market had so much more to offer: Olive Bars Gorgeous Seafood How can you not love a stand where they wear this? Stumbling across great restaurants and tapas bars were easy and fun. Two of our favorites: Taller de Tapas was a little yuppie, more upscale than most of the other tapas places in Barcelona. The menu was also in English, prices slightly higher to match the nicer environment than most tapas bars here. Still, we loved the food and the ease of ordering at this restaurant. 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The type of crisis I am referring to can range from market or customer issues all the way to existential crises where the company needs to completely question the path it is taking. The success of a startup often depends on just how well the team, CEO, investors, board and employees manage the crisis. The worst way to manage any one of these crises is to ignore them or hope they go away. They don’t go away. They just get worse. The sooner you deal with issues and face them head on, the better your chance of recovery. I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Spencer, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam , continues to make the case that Islam is at war with infidels, has been at war with infidels, and will always be at war with infidels. Today he cites 20th Century (C.E.) Iraqi historian Khalid Madduri: The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God’s law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant reigning ideology over the entire world. &lt;a href="http://tripcancellationtravelinsurance.tripster.net"&gt;trip cancellation travel insurance&lt;/a&gt; It refused to recognize the coexistence of non-Muslim communities, except perhaps as subordinate entities, because by its very nature a universal state tolerates the existence of no other state than itself. Although it was not a consciously formulated policy, Muhammad’s early successors, after Islam became supreme in Arabia, were determined to embark on a ceaseless war of conquest in the name of Islam. The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state. . 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I keep reminding myself and our startups that one of the biggest advantages startups have over “real companies” is their ability to make changes easily and quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just left Dave Balter's very cool office at Bzzagent. One highlight: the work of his artist in residence . Seth goes to work and makes paintings. The paintings hang throughout the &lt;a href="http://uniquewaystoearnmoney.readysetearn.com"&gt;unique ways to earn money&lt;/a&gt; offices, and in May he's doing a show. What a great idea for a mid-sized or big company. What a great idea for a real estate agency... put the paintings in houses for sale, put them in your offices, have regular shows. Give the community (and your staff) some art and the benefits are significant. 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The legislation before the Senate today would ban torture, but let Bush define it; would allow the president to imprison indefinitely anyone he decides falls under a wide-ranging new definition of unlawful combatant; would suspend the Great Writ of habeas corpus; would immunize retroactively those who may have engaged in torture. And that's just for starters.... The people have lost confidence in their president.... Bush remains deeply unpopular... mistrusted... out of touch.... But he's still got Congress wrapped around his little finger. Today's vote will show more clearly than ever before that... the Republicans who control Congress are in lock step behind the president, and the Democrats -- who could block him, if they chose to do so -- are too afraid to put up a real fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De lokale politie van Aalst verwacht zaterdag 15.000 mensen op de Osbroek. 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Serve immediately. * * * * * I like to relieve the unrelenting chocolatiness of this dish with a dollop of whipped cream, a little vanilla ice cream or, more exotically, a small scoop of coconut, raspberry or mango sorbet. [Illustration from Wagner-Stephens ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Mimikatz By now the Senate may have passed the detainee bill. Most of the focus of the bill has been on interrogation techniques, but the really insidious thing is that Congress is poised to give the President to power to "disappear" people, the hallmark of the most heinous regimes of the recent past. We have now come full circle, because the first post I ever wrote for The Next Hurrah, a little over a year ago, was on bearing witness and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. How is this so? 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The legislation before the Senate today would ban torture, but let Bush define it; would allow the president to imprison indefinitely anyone he decides falls under a wide-ranging new definition of unlawful combatant; would suspend the Great Writ of habeas corpus; would immunize retroactively those who may have engaged in torture. And that's just for starters.... The people have lost confidence in their president.... Bush remains deeply unpopular... mistrusted... out of touch.... But he's still got Congress wrapped around his little finger. Today's vote will show more clearly than ever before that... the Republicans who control Congress are in lock step behind the president, and the Democrats -- who could block him, if they chose to do so -- are too afraid to put up a real fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Idol is at an end for another year--the 4 months sure do seem to have flown by now that they're over. There's been a lot of grumbling about this season, and the decline in ratings have led many to wonder if the bloom is off the rose permanently (never mind that ratings for almost all veteran shows have fallen in 2007). I think the off season had a few causes, some of which were the result of poor choices made by the producers. The one thing that I do not think the show can be blamed for is the number of singers who seemed very promising early on who simply didn't deliver in &lt;a href="http://nasdaqsmallcaps.wwwnasdaq.com"&gt;nasdaq small caps&lt;/a&gt; he Top 24 phase. Most of the weakness of the male field this season can be attributed to the failure of 3 performers who came out of the audition looking like the primary male contenders: Sundance Head, Chris Sligh, and Brandon Rogers. All were gone before April Fools' Day. Plus, a lot of time was spent with Antonella Barba, who was never a real contender. 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Today's vote will show more clearly than ever before that... the Republicans who control Congress are in lock step behind the president, and the Democrats -- who could block him, if they chose to do so -- are too afraid to put up a real fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Mimikatz By now the Senate may have passed the detainee bill. Most of the focus of the bill has been on interrogation techniques, but the really insidious thing is that Congress is poised to give the President to power to "disappear" people, the hallmark of the most heinous regimes of the recent past. We have now come full circle, because the first post I ever wrote for The Next Hurrah, a little over a year ago, was on bearing witness and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. How is this so? 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Wow flink e han! Bare se her hvor flott det ble med panelet rundt!!! FLINK bestefar harry! Tar seg endelig en pause og kikker på mesterverket! Men det gikk tomt for panel - har fått 100 meter for lite... &lt;a href="http://babyformula.inbabysteps.com/similacbabyformula"&gt;similac baby formula&lt;/a&gt; ET var ikke bra - så veggen der måtte avsluttes a Garasjen ser i alle fall bedre ut nå enn den noensinne har gjort før! JODA - ble nok panel til fronten! Både framme og bak! Og i DAG - TIRSDAG - kom lekterene helt på, avløpsrenna ble NESTEN ferdig (fikk for lite av den også) og taksteinene skal på i mORGEN! Nå er det snart ferdig!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little visit to Texas is a kind of incitement to recall or to reflect on remembering. In part there are personal reasons: my mother died 10 years ago and I went by the house where she lived. My folks moved to Texas while I was in college, so I never lived in that house. My father moved into the home owned by his new wife, so that is not my home either. So, when I remember, it isn't clear what exactly I would be or am recalling, what the relation of the past is to some sense of home, identity, and continuity. There is a placeness to the memories, but it isn't very strong. I wonder, then, about the relations between memory, identity, continuity, and democracy. The University of Texas at Austin has statues of Jefferson Davis (former president of the confederacy) and Robert E. Lee (confederate general). The Alamo does not include a confederate flag as one of the flags that has flown over Texas (and &lt;a href="http://medicalinsurancebilling.recurringbilling.com"&gt;medical insurance billing&lt;/a&gt; e've debated whether this was because Texas was not a state during the civil war). 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We also sponsor a site for MRSA Activists who are seeking to combat this infection in their locality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evangelists from all religious traditions get asked this question a lot. If someone is inviting you to learn more about God, it’s the most obvious question to ask. I try to be a good person, isn’t that enough? As an evangelist myself, I instinctively resist answering yes &lt;a href="http://arizonadetectiveagency.pcdetective.com/lawenforcementdetective"&gt;law enforcement detective&lt;/a&gt; o this question. But why? Continue reading "I Try to be a Good Person, Isn’t that Good Enough?" »&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evangelists from all religious traditions get asked this question a lot. If someone is inviting you to learn more about God, it’s the most obvious question to ask. I try to be a good person, isn’t that enough? As an evangelist myself, I instinctively resist answering yes to this question. But why? 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Unfortunately because of a thunderstorm Tuesday that interrupted power at their studio, much of the recorded audio from these programs has been lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(image 1: ART STREIBER FOR TIME. December 18, 2005. People Who Mattered. Time.com. &lt;a href="http://costofsavingsindex.intersavings.com"&gt;cost of savings index&lt;/a&gt; image 2: WILLIAM MERCER MCLEOD FOR TIME. December 18, 2005. People Who Mattered. Time.com.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the indie-pop haven of Austin, Texas emerges our next Tune In victim, Tacks, the boy disaster . They remind me of a mash-up of Brendan Benson and Of Montreal at their most subdued. From the Austin Chronicle, after rating TtBD's Oh Beatrice as the number one album out of Austin in 2006, "To be sure, the indie-pop foursome seemed to emerge as if from nowhere, garnering local attention, praise from a universe of blogs and even some Austin-area radio play. 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The artist Candy Jernigan subscribes to this school of thought, her book Evidence a testament to "objects lost and found". With self imposed restraints, the world is observed differently. And the collection of what you notice is the evidence of seeing through a particular filter. I love that. I like collage as a thinking process too. I've used it as an art form, but I've also used it as a way to work through ideas and feelings. Its a great way to see the intuitive outside of ones own head. And it's a great tool to get others to do the same, if you're working with people or focus groups or teams. Pictures and stuff circumvent the intellect and the story becomes visual and visceral. Which is very immediate and pure. I love what is revealed in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(image 1: ART STREIBER FOR TIME. December 18, 2005. People Who Mattered. Time.com. (image 2: WILLIAM MERCER MCLEOD FOR TIME. December 18, 2005. 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Unfortunately because of a thunderstorm Tuesday that interrupted power at their studio, much of the recorded audio from these programs has been lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a big, big fan of collage as an art form. I love the energy that occurs when disparate things come together to create a whole new thing. There is an sense of randomness and magical clash in collage that sometimes is true and sometimes not. Great collage like any art form, &lt;a href="http://sharedhostingplans.sharedster.com/dedicatedserverhosting"&gt;dedicated server hosting&lt;/a&gt; an be the result of very deliberate thought and selection. I think Joseph Cornell's assemblages feel that way, so stunningly beautiful and considered in their organization, structure and story. Collage can also be the result of some kind of "scientific" exercise the, like picking up all the stuff found on the way to work everyday and then cataloguing it. The artist Candy Jernigan subscribes to this school of thought, her book Evidence a testament to "objects lost and found". With self imposed restraints, the world is observed differently. And the collection of what you notice is the evidence of seeing through a particular filter. I love that. I like collage as a thinking process too. I've used it as an art form, but I've also used it as a way to work through ideas and feelings. Its a great way to see the intuitive outside of ones own head. And it's a great tool to get others to do the same, if you're working with people or focus groups or teams. Pictures and stuff circumvent the intellect and the story becomes visual and visceral. Which is very immediate and pure. I love what is revealed in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGIC land deal in the news... October 2005: NGIC's Expansion Announced 10/20/05 * Daily Progress: NGIC plans for expansion with $85 million facility May 2006: The vote on the land deal 5/3/06 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio and PDF download of resolution 5/4/06 * Daily Progress: County Adjusts for NGIC March 2007: C-Ville Weekly's Jayson Whitehead starts a series of articles on the land deal 3/20/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Let’s Make a Deal 5/1/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Army keeps Wood's secret: Government refuses to disclose value of NGIC land 5/7/06 * Daily Progress: Conflict delayed land deal: County vote to aid NGIC, area developer 5/15/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Citizen presses for NGIC info: Accuses Supervisor Boyd of lying about land swap May 2007: Planning Commission takes Wheeler parcel off the table 5/29/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Pantops land will remain in growth area: Supervisors respond to impact on NGIC resolution 6/5/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio of Planning Commission discussion about Wheeler parcel 6/6/07 * Daily Progress: Planning Commission eyes Pantops site 6/19/07 * WINA AM 1070: Clara Belle Wheeler interview 6/23/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow's in-depth report (this posting) WINA’s talk radio programs have drawn some added attention to the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) &lt;a href="http://vampirespictures.0uu.com"&gt;vampires pictures&lt;/a&gt; and deal this week. 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October 2005: NGIC's Expansion Announced 10/20/05 * Daily Progress: NGIC plans for expansion with $85 million facility May 2006: The vote on the land deal 5/3/06 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio and PDF download of resolution 5/4/06 * Daily Progress: County Adjusts for NGIC March 2007: C-Ville Weekly's Jayson Whitehead starts a series of articles on the land deal 3/20/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Let’s Make a Deal 5/1/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Army keeps Wood's secret: Government refuses to disclose value of NGIC land 5/7/06 * Daily Progress: Conflict delayed land deal: County vote to aid NGIC, area developer 5/15/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Citizen presses for NGIC info: Accuses Supervisor Boyd of lying about land swap May 2007: Planning Commission takes Wheeler parcel off the table 5/29/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Pantops land will remain in growth area: Supervisors respond to impact on NGIC resolution 6/5/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio of Planning Commission discussion about Wheeler parcel 6/6/07 * Daily Progress: Planning Commission eyes Pantops site 6/19/07 * WINA AM 1070: Clara Belle Wheeler interview 6/23/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow's in-depth report (this posting) WINA’s talk radio programs have drawn some added attention to the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) land deal this week. 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I like collage as a thinking process too. I've used it as an art form, but I've also used it as a way to work through ideas and feelings. Its a great way to see the intuitive outside of ones own head. And it's a great tool to get others to do the same, if you're working with people or focus groups or teams. Pictures and stuff circumvent the intellect and the story becomes visual and visceral. Which is very immediate and pure. I love what is revealed in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGIC land deal in the news... October 2005: NGIC's Expansion Announced 10/20/05 * Daily Progress: NGIC plans for expansion with $85 million facility May 2006: The vote on the land deal 5/3/06 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio and PDF download of resolution 5/4/06 * Daily Progress: County Adjusts for NGIC March 2007: C-Ville Weekly's Jayson Whitehead starts a series of articles on the land deal 3/20/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Let’s Make a Deal 5/1/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Army keeps Wood's secret: Government refuses to disclose value of NGIC land 5/7/06 * Daily Progress: Conflict delayed land deal: County vote to aid NGIC, area developer 5/15/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Citizen presses for NGIC info: Accuses Supervisor Boyd of lying about land swap May 2007: Planning Commission takes Wheeler parcel off the table 5/29/07 * C-Ville Weekly: Pantops land will remain in growth area: Supervisors respond to impact on NGIC resolution 6/5/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow Includes audio of Planning Commission discussion about Wheeler parcel 6/6/07 * Daily Progress: Planning Commission eyes Pantops site 6/19/07 * WINA AM 1070: Clara Belle Wheeler interview 6/23/07 * Charlottesville Tomorrow's in-depth report (this posting) WINA’s talk radio programs have drawn some added attention to the National Ground Intelligence Center &lt;a href="http://smallbusinesslongdistance.wwwbusiness2.com"&gt;small business long distance&lt;/a&gt; NGIC) land deal this week. 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Collage can also be the result of some kind of "scientific" exercise the, like picking up all the stuff found on the way to work everyday and then cataloguing it. The artist Candy Jernigan subscribes to this school of thought, her book Evidence a testament to "objects lost and found". With self imposed restraints, the world is observed differently. And the collection of what you notice is the evidence of seeing through a particular filter. I love that. I like collage as a thinking process too. I've used it as an art form, but I've also used it as a way to work through ideas and feelings. Its a great way to see the intuitive outside of ones own head. And it's a great tool to get others to do the same, if you're working with people or focus groups or teams. Pictures and stuff circumvent the intellect and the story becomes visual and visceral. Which is very immediate and pure. I love what is revealed in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a good gadget lust article on the BBC today which I enjoyed reading. "Gadgets used to be about functionality, but are becoming as much about style as substance, with a growing and ever more fanatical legion of image-conscious followers. Like pilgrims who have come to see something sacred, you can see them in shops &lt;a href="http://zonediet.dietgroups.com/thezonediet"&gt;the zone diet&lt;/a&gt; cross the country, looking longingly at something they want to possess. These are the gadget gazers, the tech touchers, who hang around the sections in department stores where they stack up the electrical stuff - sleek computers, must-have music players and outsize televisions that are the home entertainment version of a smoked-glass Hummer." 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The artist Candy Jernigan subscribes to this school of thought, her book Evidence a testament to "objects lost and found". With self imposed restraints, the world is observed differently. And the collection of what you notice is the evidence of seeing through a particular filter. I love that. I like collage as a thinking process too. I've used it as an art form, but I've also used it as a way to work through ideas and feelings. Its a great way to see the intuitive outside of ones own head. And it's a great tool to get others to do the same, if you're working with people or focus groups or teams. Pictures and stuff circumvent the intellect and the story becomes visual and visceral. Which is very immediate and pure. I love what is revealed in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a big, big fan of collage as an art form. 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