Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Mad Men, Season 6

Have you ever hung out with people rolling on a triple dose of Adderall? It feels a lot like you?re rocketing down a highway in an Impala, blindfolded, with a loaded handgun and cackling fiends on either side. It feels, I would venture, a lot like this episode.

I don?t know if the concoction in that syringe was vitamins or amphetamines or something in between. But from the moment Jim Cutler called in Dr. Feelgood to ?get everybody fixed up,? the SCDPCGC office melted into a fever dream. Result: a whole lot of dreamy symbolism, including whores, doctors, and doors. By the end, it appeared that Don?after he crashed to the carpet?had found some new footing.

When not a time-compressing blur, this episode was all about vulnerability. There was sickly Dick Whitman, at the mercy of a prostitute who has her way with him. Stan needs some nursing from Peggy after he?s punctured by a wayward X-Acto knife. But he in turn punctures Frank Gleason?s young, grieving daughter. Poor Ken Cosgrove tap-dances for those jerks at Chevy until he?s left bruised and limping. And Sally Draper is abandoned in an unsecured apartment, battling an intruder.

(I?m pretty sure I?ll be having fever dreams about Grandma Ida. The menace in those scenes felt like something out of Grimm?s.)

But perhaps most emotionally vulnerable of all was Don. Let?s retire the theory that last week?s dominatrix routine was a calculating, bank-shot plan meant to drive Sylvia away. Don?s still mooning for her as this episode begins. He?s loitering in the hallway outside her apartment, awaiting a moment to jam his foot in the door and ambush her with one or two perfect sentences.

I?m trying to remember if we?ve ever seen Don so discombobulated by a woman. And I?m left wondering how Sylvia, in particular, was able to reduce him to a puddle of confusion. Did she simply arrive at a wobbly moment in Don?s life? I?ve not glimpsed deep enough into her soul to understand what she provides him. Is it succor? Escape? Punishment for his sins?

In any case, what could Don?s endgame possibly be? There were no promising outcomes here aside from, as Sylvia notes, getting out unscathed. Did he really want her alone in that hotel room forever, naked and waiting? (For those of you still keeping track of Inferno references, note that nether realms, nether regions, and the Sherry-Netherlands all seem entwined in the shady underworld of Mad Men Season 6.)

There were doctors and prostitutes, stethoscopes and bosoms, at every turn. Hospitals and whorehouses provide different sorts of comfort, don?t they? And it seemed every time a character submitted to a wholesome healing force, things veered darker. That sweet-faced woman in the Granger?s Oatmeal ad??Because you know what he needs??looked suspiciously like the opportunistic prostitute who first coddles Dick but then corrupts him. Stan gets Peggy?s best ?bedside manner,? but it just opens the door to an awkward sexual advance. Dr. Feelgood?s syringe injects a nice boost that gives way to a nasty crash.

This is the delicate, double edge of vulnerability. You must open the door to let in lovely things. But then scary things (like Grandma Ida, and sadness, and loss) can find their way in, too. Overworked metaphor alert: Don frets that Sylvia will ?close the door? on him; he swears there?s ?an answer that will open the door?; and when his vulnerable home is robbed, he apologizes, ?I left the door open. It was my fault.?

As the episode closed, it felt like Don had slammed and deadbolted all the doors to his heart. He?d been desperately searching for words to win Sylvia over, but in the end he goes silent on that elevator ride, letting the door close behind him. This new resolve spills into his professional life. He?s tired of ministering to Chevy?s needs, so he?s closing the door on them, too. ?Every time we get a car this place turns into a whorehouse,? Don grumbles. He?s done pimping out Joan to Jaguar and Ken to Chevy.

A few questions for you two:

?Was the amphetamine clockwork of the episode?skies flickering dark then light, days whirring together?meant to evoke the frightening velocity of the era? It must have felt in summer 1968 like the world was hurtling, spinning frantically out of control.

?Did something horrible happen to Roger? He gets a syringe-full, despite disclosing his heart problem. A lot of portentous references to broken hearts and heart attacks throughout the episode. I confess I?m concerned about my favorite accounts guy?s ticker.

?Amid his speedy, sweaty declarations, Don claims to have invented something ?bigger than ads? that will succeed even if people reject the ?bargain? of content interrupted by commercials. Did he just invent non-display, native marketing? (Someone prep Harry Crane to lead the digital strategy team.)

?Have we been witnessing Don?s midlife crisis? Recall that Episode 1 of this season began with the opening lines from Inferno: ?Midway along the journey of our life, I woke to find myself in dark woods.? Has Don emerged from those woods? Is the dark interlude over?

?Seriously, though, have you ever tried to collaborate with someone who?s overdone it with stimulants? This is the kind of work product you get. I loved when an exasperated Ted marvels that even ?Chevy? is spelled wrong.

The timbre of my voice is as important as the content,

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PFT: Pre-draft fears about Gronk coming true

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At a time when the NFL wants to get more people from other countries interested in pro football, the best strategy could be getting more people from other countries playing pro football.

As recently explained by Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com, the NFL has seen a gradual increase in the addition of foreign players, with 10 players born outside the U.S. drafted last month.? Five of them, including fifth overall pick Ziggy Ansah, were picked in the first two rounds.

Since all played college football in the U.S., it means the NFL found these players in the traditional way.? At some point, the NFL could be at the front lines of searching for players beyond our borders.

?We may be at the tip of the iceberg with this,? Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff told Marvez.? ?Some very talented athletes from other countries as they learn our game and nuances will begin to excel more than others have in the past.

?I think we?ve become a lot more open-minded to the fact we will invite players outside of our country where there was once a stigma attached about not having a true understanding of football.? We now say that while they may not have a true understanding yet, the potential athleticism and phenotype suggest there?s some serious upside.?

The goal becomes finding large men who can do what NFL players need to do, and then teaching them how to do it.? ?There are big, fast, strong athletes with upside to grow into NFL players,? Dimitroff said.? ?These guys may someday be coming in waves.?

Of course, getting more people in other countries interested in football will result in more NFL body types finding the game, instead of the game having to find them.? As more foreign players make their way to America, more will become aware of the path.? Also, as more NFL football is played in places other than America, more will become aware of the game.

One major step in that direction would be the recognition of football by the International Olympic Committee.? Per Marvez, a ruling on the International Federation of American Football?s pending application is expected by June.? Eventually, a seven-on-seven version of football could become the global version of the game.

Whether it?s seven or 11 or any other number, the more exposure the game with the uniquely shaped ball gets in other countries, the more potential NFL players can be found from other places.

Of course, those who balk at the NFL taking ?our? game to other countries will surely complain about players from other countries taking NFL jobs.? But the obsession with winning will take coaches and General Managers anywhere for potential players, proving once again that a system based exclusively on merit is the best way to ensure diversity and inclusion.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/18/pre-draft-gronkowski-concerns-could-be-coming-to-fruition/related/

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community

LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) ? Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape.

"It was a little box, a very ornate box, to hold a prayer. She needed God to look over her," Connell said, recalling the 2008 lunch when she gave Ylen the jewelry. "Sara was visibly touched."

Connell now can't help but wonder whether Ylen was showing gratitude or simply perpetuating years of jaw-dropping deceit.

Ylen's community, which had come to admire her as the subject of a newspaper's award-winning 2003 series about surviving a rape, rallied when her cancer diagnosis became public. Churches sold Super Bowl sub sandwiches and auction items to raise money. Friends cut her grass, bathed her at her modest home and provided hot meals. An insurance company paid nearly $100,000 for hospice care.

Now the 38-year-old is charged with fraud, false pretenses and using a computer to commit a crime after state police found no doctor who diagnosed cancer. The charges come as those who regularly helped Ylen reel from the news that the man who spent nearly 10 years in prison for her rape was released last year, after newly discovered evidence cast doubt on whether she'd ever been attacked.

"The fact that she's lived this long is a miracle. But maybe it wasn't a miracle after all. ... I'm just baffled. Is she the biggest con artist in the state of Michigan or the victim?" Connell said.

The fraud case isn't Ylen's only concern. In a neighboring county, she is charged with making a false report of rape just last year, even using makeup to create bruises.

Ylen (pronounced WHY'-len) and her attorney, Dave Heyboer, have not returned phone messages seeking comment. The Associated Press went to a Lexington address listed in court documents, but she no longer lives there.

The two cases against Ylen come years after she first emerged in the public eye in the Port Huron area, 60 miles northeast of Detroit.

In 2002, Ylen told police she had been raped in broad daylight in a Meijer store parking lot more than a year earlier.

There was no surveillance video, physical evidence or witnesses. James Grissom, an off-duty Meijer employee with a past sex-related conviction, was charged after Ylen said her attacker, like Grissom, had a skull tattoo. He was found guilty in 2003 and sentenced to at least 15 years in prison, an enhanced punishment because Ylen said her attacker gave her a sexually transmitted disease.

Next, Ylen told her story to the Port Huron Times Herald. She said she wanted people to see her as a "victor," not a "victim." Readers inspired by "Sara's Story," as the series was titled, started a fund to send her to community college.

But it didn't take long for Ylen's story to start unraveling. Authorities learned she claimed to have been kidnapped and raped while visiting her parents in Bakersfield, Calif., just months after the alleged parking lot attack back in Michigan. No charges were filed.

"My daughter likes to have a lot of attention," her father, Dale Hill, told Bakersfield officers in a 2001 police report that wasn't uncovered until after Grissom's trial. Hill told the AP this week that he hasn't spoken to his daughter in years and didn't know anything about her recent claims.

After years of appeals, a judge in 2012 ruled that the police report could have changed the outcome of Grissom's trial and ordered a new one, saying Ylen appeared to have "concocted incredible stories" in California.

Prosecutors dropped the case without a second trial, and Grissom was freed in November.

As Grissom's appeals were moving through the courts, Ylen was telling people she had developed cancer from a disease transmitted during the assault. She was back in the newspaper, supported by friends, including a state police sergeant, who believed she was on the verge of death in 2009.

"Job of the Old Testament had nothing on Sara Ylen," wrote Times Herald columnist Mike Connell, who is married to Carol Connell, referring to a pious man who repeatedly suffered misfortune.

Just about a year ago, Ylen was in a wheelchair at a Croswell Wesleyan Church auction and spaghetti dinner that raised $10,800.

"I thought I was doing something good for someone who had cancer. It's like a bad 'Lifetime' movie," said event organizer Sue Birtles. "I've heard that some people want their money back. ... I'm working on forgiveness."

Mercy Hospice, which visited Ylen at her home, declined to comment on her care but said in a statement that any terminal illness typically "must be certified" by a patient's doctor before services are provided.

Ylen's ex-husband, Jim, declined to comment on the criminal charges against his former wife, but divorce records indicate he had long doubted her tales of woe. The couple were married in 1993, separated in 2007 and divorced in 2011.

The marriage "broke down due to the wife's complex lies and deceit involving fictitious rapes, kidnappings, pregnancies and illnesses ? all attempts to control others by complaining of physical symptoms," Jim Ylen's attorney, Aaron Cassell, said in a court filing.

Sara Ylen told her husband the name of her cancer doctor, but he later learned there was no physician by that name in Michigan, Cassell said. And she wouldn't let him join her at medical appointments, even after driving hundreds of miles to Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Ill. The clinic says Sara Ylen never was a patient there, according to records reviewed by the AP.

Psychologist Daniel Kachman evaluated Ylen as part of the divorce case and told the judge: "Often feeling dependent and dejected and fearful of rebuff, she may either withdraw from painful social relationships or decide to adapt the role of martyr."

Mike Connell, the newspaper columnist, said he regrets not treating his own doubts more seriously.

"Sara is innocent until proven guilty, but if she did pull off an elaborate con, consider what genius it required," he said in an email. "She has a brilliant mind. I recognized that straightaway."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-rape-fraud-case-bowls-over-mich-community-174226869.html

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Battle of the 13-inch MacBooks: Which one wins?

If you're shopping for a new 13-inch laptop, you may have noticed that Apple's product line in that category is a bit more crowded than in other spots. The company has three distinct 13-inch models - the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Which model should you get? Let's compare, but let me warn you at the outset: I think you should wait.

On the weekends I work at a local Apple Specialist. Anecdotally, I see more 13-inch MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs go out the door than any other model. They're all compact, lightweight and powerful machines, so it's little wonder that they hit the sweet spot between features and price.

Once you scratch below the surface, though, there's a lot of diversity there. At $1,199, The MacBook Air occupies the low end of the 13-inch price range, but it's a well-rounded performer: a dual-core 1.8 Ghz Core i5 processor doesn't tell the full story of the machine's performance, thanks to the use of Solid State Disk (SSD) storage. With 128 GB storage standard, the MacBook Air may not be big enough for digital pack rats. Apple will double the storage for an additional $200. Four GB RAM comes standard, with 8 GB also available.

The MacBook Air is terrific for portable convenience. It weighs less than three pounds and measures a bit more than half an inch thick with the screen closed. Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 ports make peripheral connection easy, and Thunderbolt's flexible enough to work with high speed storage, Gigabit Ethernet and external displays, using the right attachment.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro is yeoman model of the bunch, priced the same as the thinner, lighter MacBook Air. Its more conventional technology appeal to people looking to maximize storage (500GB hard drive comes standard; SSD is a pricey additional option) or who might still need a DVD burner. The machine also sports a faster processor - 2.5 GHz. Options like a faster processor and more RAM are available -- a well-appointed model runs $1,499.

The downsides of the standard 13-inch MacBook Pro include a heavier weight - 4.5 pounds - and a thicker frame. But that thicker frame also permits this workhorse to have dedicated Ethernet and FireWire 800 connections, along with Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 connections.

Positioned next to a conventional 13-inch MacBook Pro, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display shines. The stunning display with its 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, rich color and fantastic detail make it easy to differentiate, and its sleek chassis retains many of the benefits of the MacBook Air like SSD storage and a thinner and lighter design (almost a full pound lighter, and less than an inch thick). It's also priced at $1,499, though storage options can drive the price higher (upgrading SSD storage isn't for faint-hearted or those planning on keeping their warranty intact.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display wins for performance and usability - an elegantly designed machine that's flexible enough to handle everything that's thrown at it. And with SSD options stretching to 768 GB, plenty of space for big files.

If there's a downside to all three models, it's that the integrated graphics processor - the Intel HD Graphics 4000 - can get overtaxed especially when the Retina Display is driving scaled, higher resolution modes. Also, these machines are all based around Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture, which is about to be supplanted by something else that could be a really big deal for Apple's mobile Macs - something that's as applicable to the 15-inch models as it is to the 13-inch ones.

Intel's Haswell microprocessor should start shipping in quantity by the same time Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference happens next month. Haswell sports much greater power efficiency and a significant improvement in graphics performance. Even if Apple doesn't change the form factor or feature list of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro significantly, the smart money is to put off any purchase until we see how Apple's roadmap with Haswell plays out.

Are you pining for new 13-inch hardware from Apple? Besides Haswell processors, what else do you think the new models are likely to have? Tell us in the comments.

    


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Google outs new Maps and Location APIs: geofencing and low-power location services

Google outs new Maps and Location APIs: geofencing and low-power location services

Maps is one of the most useful features in Android, and today at Google I/O 2013, Mountain View announced a trio of new location services APIs to help devs to better leverage that strength. Fused Location Provider is the first, and it brings faster, more accurate location signals and delivers a low-power location mode that sips less than 1 percent of your battery while in use. Next is Geofencing, which will allow devs to set up to 100 location-based triggers for app events. The third API is called Activity Recognition, which uses accelerometer data and machine learning to figure out when you're walking, cycling or driving.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

SolarCity Raises $500M From Goldman Sachs to Finance Solar ...

SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY), a provider of distributed energy, just announced a $500 million lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). That translates to more than 100 megawatts of solar power.

The combined lease is the largest of its kind for U.S. residential rooftops.

SolarCity allows consumers to get electricity from grid-tied solar rooftops at lower rates than the utility through leasing or power purchase agreements (PPAs). SolarCity specifically mentions the goal of opening up solar to consumers with lower credit scores in this release.
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Jimmy Chuang, SolarCity?s VP of structured finance, said, ?We expect to be able to expand our offering to a broader customer base by lowering the credit requirements even further in future financings," according to a statement.

Nicole Litvak, a researcher at GTM Research, notes that SolarCity, as discussed in its recent earnings call, is "delivery-constrained." She adds that SolarCity didn't raise its 2013 guidance even though it beat Q1 expectations -- so this fund won't help SolarCity install any more than planned unless the company can scale up its installation operations. Litvak's research finds that SolarCity is number one in California but has surrendered the market leadership role in Massachusetts to upstart Vivint.

Scott Burger of GTM Research adds, "When SolarCity says it is delivery-constrained, it is saying that it has more business than it can deploy boots to install. This goes back to the statement about wanting to decrease its backlog (i.e., projects booked that it can't install at the moment). Raising a fund like this will presumably continue to drive down Solar City's cost of capital, which in turn increases the retained value of any lease or contract."

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SolarCity (SCTY) announced its Q1 2013 financial results earlier this week, in its first full quarter as a public company.?

Here's a transcript of the call.

Highlights:

  • Investments in solar energy systems of $138.2 million, bringing the cumulative total to date to more than $1.14 billion
  • Deployed 46 megawatts, up 12 percent from Q1 2012 and exceeding guidance of 41 megawatts
  • Cumulative 333 megawatts deployed
  • Customer base grew 106 percent year-over-year to over 57,400
  • Increased long-term contracted cash flows to $1.22 billion?


SolarCity continues to attempt to educate investors on the SolarCity business and value proposition, noting in its release, "Due to the long-term nature of operating lease contracts -- of up to 20 years -- [SolarCity] believes GAAP income statement accounting does not accurately reflect new sales activity." It views the following operating metrics as a better representation of its business outlook:

  • Estimated nominal contracted payments remaining of $1,222 million at March 31, 2013, up 10 percent from $1,109 million at December 31, 2012
  • Retained value of $569 million at March 31, 2013, equating to retained value per watt of $1.25 per watt at March 31, 2013


The income structure of a company like SolarCity, with a business model based on solar leasing, power purchase agreements, and bank funds for rooftop solar, is complex. Here comes some accounting:

SolarCity defines "Retained Value" as the forecasted net present value of estimated Nominal Contracted Payments Remaining and estimated performance-based incentives allocated to SolarCity, net of amounts the firm is obligated to distribute to its fund investors, upfront rebates, depreciation, renewable energy certificates, solar renewable energy certificates and estimated operations and maintenance, insurance, administrative and inverter replacement costs. This metric includes Energy Contracts for solar energy systems deployed and in Backlog. SolarCity's calculation of retained value assumes a discount rate of 6 percent.

GAAP figures have SolarCity with these Q1 outcomes:

  • Total revenue up 21 percent year-over-year to $30.0 million
  • Gross profit margin of 42 percent?
  • Loss from operations was $21.8 million versus $14.6 million in Q1 2012


For Q2 2013, SolarCity expects to deploy between 48 megawatts and 53 megawatts. The firm stayed steady on its 2013 guidance of 250 megawatts with Q2 Lease and Solar Energy Systems totaling $21 million to $28 million at a gross margin between 40 percent and 55 percent.

The company anticipates being net-cash-flow positive by Q4 2013, as well as having a positive net cash flow in Q2 2013.

When confronted with some technical slide-related issues at the beginning of the call, CEO Lyndon Rive said, "It's a good thing we're not selling software and we're selling energy."?

Here's a history of SolarCity revenues:

But losses also surged to $91.5 million in 2012.

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Andrew Krulewitz, a Solar Market Analyst at GTM Research, provided this analysis of SolarCity's performance earlier this year:

SolarCity by the Numbers

For 2013, SolarCity announced that it expects to deploy 250 megawatts of new generating capacity, with an increased focus on the residential market (190 megawatts). The following figure charts the company?s quarterly installations, both residential and non-residential, and its relative share of the U.S. market according to GTM Research forecasts and company figures. Q4 2012 is the only quarter for which the company has released installation figures by market segment; it also reported full-year 2012 installations by market segment. By combining this information with project-level installation data?from nine start markets (which accounted for 78 percent for all U.S. distributed PV demand in 2012), we were able to estimate SolarCity's quarterly installation totals. Assuming a similar growth pattern and that SolarCity achieves its megawatt goal in 2013, the company's relative market shares will be an impressive 27 percent of the national residential market, but just 4.9 percent of the non-residential market, which is down from 2012. Of all new distributed PV, market share will climb to 12.9 percent.?

SolarCity Installations by Market Segment & Relative Market Shares, 2012-2013E

Source: SolarCity, SEIA/GTM Research U.S. Solar Market Insight report, GTM Research U.S. PV Leaderboard

Expanding Residential Presence

SolarCity offers residential solutions in fourteen different states. In the two largest residential markets, California and Arizona, SolarCity is far and away the leading installer (not to be confused with the financier category, as detailed in the GTM Research U.S. Residential Solar PV Financing report). In growing residential markets, such as New York and Massachusetts, the company has quickly expanded its presence, and if it isn?t already the top installer, it?s in the top five and likely to move up. The only major residential market in which SolarCity is not a leader is Hawaii; there, local installers have performed better than national firms. The company?s expanding East Coast presence also allows it to take advantage of smaller pockets of demand, such as Maryland and Washington, D.C., and nascent markets such as Connecticut.

SolarCity Residential Installer Market Share and Rank in Select State Markets

Source:?SEIA/GTM Research U.S. Solar Market Insight report, GTM Research U.S. PV Leaderboard

Decreasing Non-Residential Focus

In the company?s 2013 guidance, SolarCity expects non-residential deployments to be 60 megawatts on the year. This is down from 71 megawatts in 2012. GTM Research predicts that the non-residential market will continue to grow in 2013, so why is SolarCity shying away from opportunity here? Potential reasons include:

  • The non-residential market is significantly more volatile than the residential market and project timelines are much longer compared to a 5-kilowatt project on a single family home, making financial planning more difficult.
  • Compared to residential customers, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers are often subject to different electricity rates and rate structures, which can alter SolarCity?s value proposition and profitability significantly.
  • Large public projects, particularly schools and municipal sites, are often put out to bid; winning RFPs is a time-consuming process, increased competition drives down margins, and many systems are financed with bonds, so it?s often a cash sale.
  • SolarCity?s business is based on owning and operating systems, but the non-residential market has not seen the same steady growth of third-party ownership as the residential market. In California, where the company installs the most non-residential capacity, SolarCity?s cash sales have increased dramatically since the end of 2011 (see figure below), and according SolarCity?s S-1, direct system sales are less profitable than leased systems (15 percent vs. 68 percent gross margins).


SolarCity Non-Residential Installations: Leased vs. Direct Ownership in CA, 2011-2012

Source:?GTM Research

Ultimately, however, 60 megawatts is not an insignificant figure. SolarCity has announced its intentions to continue installing projects with important commercial customers such as Wal-Mart. We expect the company to beat its own estimate in this regard.

Outlook

SolarCity has been in the right places at the right times. The firm rode the California solar wave to build its business. It has honed its costs enough to remain competitive in Arizona, where the residential market has limited incentives and low retail electricity prices (though all 1603 installations reportedly cost $4.98 per watt-DC regardless of location or system components, but that?s a story for another day). It has entered East Coast markets as attractive incentive programs have been introduced (New York, Massachusetts) or are sobering up from SREC insanity (New Jersey). Now, it?s working to generate more sales via non-traditional avenues, including a recently announced partnership with Honda, as well as sales representatives stationed in Home Depot stores.

With lease revenues recognized over twenty years, cost of goods sold over 30 years, and operating expenses in year one, it is tough to distill the company?s true financial performance into one number. Thus, it might be better to look at it this way: if SolarCity achieves its 2013 goal of 250 megawatts, according to GTM Research forecasts, it will have been responsible for the deployment of 12.9 percent of a $6-billion-plus market.?

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Installation data presented in this article is drawn from the SEIA/GTM Research U.S. Solar Market Insight?report, and company-specific market share data can be found in the U.S. PV Leaderboard.?

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Dell Precision R7610 and T1700: Smallest Footprint, Highest ...

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Dell Precision R7610 and T1700: Smallest Footprint, Highest PerformanceDell just introduced two new workstations that address very different?areas?of that market. First, the Dell Precision R7610 is the company?s most powerful (2U) rack workstation has been designed to handle up to four users working on very demanding graphics tasks. It works through Citrix XenServer 6.1.0 and XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro in a shared environment. For the most demanding setup, it is possible to install four Workstation-class graphics cards like the NVIDIA Quadro K2000 or the AMD FirePro W5000. This setup is compatible with NVIDIA?s Grid GPU virtualization. The Precision R7610 is powered by up to two Intel E5-2687W 8-core processors (150 Watt SKUs) with up to 256GB of RAM ? this workstation one costs $2179+

Dell Precision R7610 and T1700: Smallest Footprint, Highest Performance

The Precision R7610 Workstation

Secondly, the Precision T1700 is a workstation that comes in either small form factor (SFF) or mini-tower format. It has been designed to be easily manageable by IT departments, while still being certified as a workstation when it comes to software. It can be ordered with a single workstation GPU from either NVIDIA or ATI and is powered by a Xeon? processor E3-1200, which will be replaced by Intel?s next generation processor when available (codename: Haswell). Called T1700 MT and T1700 SSF respectively, their pricing won?t be announced until June 4.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Start your engines! Asphalt 7 - Heat the App Store free app of the week

The App Store free app of the week often throws up some great apps, and this week is no exception. Gameloft's Asphalt 7 - Heat is this weeks selection to be had for no outlay, and fans of racing games should definitely go take a look.

Asphalt 7 features more than 60 different vehicles, from some of the worlds leading prestige manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Perhaps, more importantly though, one of the most iconic cars of all time is there to drive too. The DeLorean! There's 15 different circuits set in different, real world cities all over the globe, multiplayer, and pretty spectacular graphics.

Download Asphalt 7 - Heat now for free from the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. If it's your first time playing Asphalt 7, drop into the comments and tell us how you like it.

    


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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Sarah Polley Talks Stories We Tell

 Interview With Sarah Polley On Stories We Tell

We have all come to love Sarah Polley as an actress in films such as The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and Zack Snyder?s remake of Dawn of the Dead, but in the past few years she has proven to be as big a talent behind the camera as she is in front of it. While many actors can have an awkward time going from acting in a movie to directing one, Polley made one of the most confident and assured feature-length directorial debuts with Away From Her, which earned its star Julie Christie an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Polley then went on to direct last year?s Take This Waltz which starred Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a married couple that wonders if they?re truly satisfied with the state of their relationship.

Polley?s latest film as a director is Stories We Tell, and it also marks the first documentary she has ever made. In the film she explores the life of her mother Diane who died from cancer several years ago, and she talks to various family members about their memories of her. As the documentary goes on, Polley ends up making some startling discoveries about her mother, her own family and even about her own existence.

We got to sit down and have a nice chat with Polley at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills recently. While there, she spoke about tackling a new genre as a director and of how Stories We Tell deals with the same themes her previous films dealt with.

Check it out below.

We Got This Covered: When you set out to make this documentary, what sort of value did you see in this project to get this narrative out there?

Sarah Polley: The story itself wasn?t enough for me to want to make a film about it. I remember thinking these events that happened in my own life were really impactful for me and the people in my life, but as a story or a film I felt like I had seen it many times. I think what was exciting for me to explore and maybe want to make a film about this was the fact that we were all telling stories about it.

We were all writing about it or talking about it, and the story was changing as it got told more and more. It was coming back to me third and fourth hand from friends of friends as a totally different story with sometimes inaccuracies but sometimes it was the same story, just a totally different emphasis placed on various parts of it based on what really resonated for people. So that became fascinating to me; why we tell stories, why we want to create a narrative arc out of these messy events in our lives and how that is sort of a basic human need.

We Got This Covered: What was most important for you to get right when it came to this story?

Sarah Polley: I wanted to make sure that nobody who participated in the film would feel really misrepresented. So even though nobody has their entire version in the film and nobody else has a film that they would?ve made, I wanted to make sure that I wasn?t taking things too out of context in ways that were intentional. I mostly wanted to feel like everybody was heard to a certain extent.

We Got This Covered: It seems like it was one of Harry Gulkin?s big concerns in this documentary as well. When we see him onscreen, he says that this is his story and it?s going to be tough to write about Stories We Tell without giving too much away. Has Harry seen the movie and what were his thoughts on it?

Sarah Polley: Yeah and he?s been really supportive. It obviously isn?t the film he would?ve made and he?s pretty clear about that in the film, but I think his point is valid when he says ?the part of the story that has to do with my relationship with your mother is really only mine to tell because she?s not allowed to tell it, and we?re the only two people there for it.?

In the film he actually is the only person who tells that part of the story and I think that his arguments for that are quite eloquent and helped me develop this whole other part of the film that?s kind of a critique of the film itself. I think he certainly has some reservations and some comments about the film, but he?s been very supportive and has come to premiere. Ultimately he gave us four days to be interviewed for a film he didn?t agree with, so I think that?s a pretty generous act in itself.

We Got This Covered: How did you feel about this film once it was completed? What did it do for you?

Sarah Polley: It was a really hard process to make it. I never felt completely at peace that I was making in the first place, and yet I felt compelled to keep going. It was an amazing collaboration especially with my director of photography Iris Ng and my editor Michael Munn and my producer Anita Lee. I had amazing people in all departments, but it was a really incredible thing to collaborate so closely with people and let people so far into the process of figuring out the film together. It?s a very interesting experience to get feedback from other people and see what completely different films they were seeing. There?s a few reveals in the film and people seem to get those reveals at totally different points, so it?s really interesting to watch how subjective the watching of the film is because it?s what I tried to make a film about; how we perceive the same story and how it means something different to each person.

For me, a really important part of the process was to include multiple perspectives and to not just make it one version or another. Whether everything in the film is fact, I don?t know. Nothing in the film is intentionally taken out of context, and I think that everybody that?s interviewed in the film is being truthful about their memories of events. Whether they are truthful memories of events or are actually fact, I have no idea. I don?t think anybody can know that about their own life.

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Revealing hidden fungal species using DNA: The importance of recognizing cryptic diversity

Revealing hidden fungal species using DNA: The importance of recognizing cryptic diversity

Monday, May 13, 2013

Our ability to assess biological diversity, ecosystem health, ecological interactions, and a wide range of other important processes is largely dependent on accurately recognizing species. However, identifying and describing species is not always a straightforward task. In some cases, a single species may show a high level of morphological variation, while in other cases, multiple morphologically similar species may be hidden under a single species name. Cryptic species, two or more distinct species that are erroneously classified under a single species name, are found in all major groups of living things.

As an alternative to traditional morphology-based species delimitation, an international research group, including scientists from Germany, Iran, Spain, and the USA, describe five new species of lichen-forming fungi from what was traditionally considered a single species using differences in DNA sequence data. The authors state that "the effective use of genetic data appears to be essential to appropriately and practically identify natural groups in some phenotypically cryptic lichen-forming fungal lineages". The study was published in the open access journal Mycokeys.

They also provide a reference DNA sequence database for specimen identification using DNA barcoding, making specimen identification more accessible and more reliable at the same time. The application of DNA-based identification can potentially be used as a way for both specialists and nonspecialists alike to recognize species that are otherwise difficult to identify.

Lichens are commonly used to monitor ecosystem health and the impact of atmospheric pollution. In addition, some lichens are potentially valuable sources of pharmaceutical products, including antibiotics, antioxidants, etc. In spite of their occurrence in all terrestrial ecosystems and overall ecological importance, lichens are commonly overlooked. DNA barcode identification can be performed in a variety of ecological, pharmaceutical, and biomonitoring studies in order to quickly sort specimens into the correct species.

The authors argue that the use of molecular sequence data in identifying species will likely become increasingly important and routinely applied. Other disciplines such as ecology, conservation, and physiology will benefit from a more objectively based species circumscription, enabling us to interpret distribution and ecological patterns more precisely, while more accurately monitoring environmental disturbance and climate change. The authors predict that this approach will prove to be an important tool in making critical conservation-related decisions.

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Leavitt SD, Ferna?Lndez-Mendoza F, Pe?Lrez-Ortega S, Sohrabi M, Divakar PK, Lumbsch TH, St. Clair LLS (2013) DNA barcode identification of lichen-forming fungal species in the Rhizoplaca melanophthalma species-complex (Lecanorales, Lecanoraceae), including five new species. MycoKeys 7: 1, doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.7.4508

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Basic Details Concerning Plastic Surgeons | Jackie's Women's ...

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Based on my own realizing, cosmetic surgeons is the professional in restoring and correcting of function and form of humans body part. And if you are trying to find a good result of any surgery, it will be best to select the best physician to do business with. Many of them may be good but some of them might not. Therefore, be smart to ensure great results.

Cosmetic or plastic surgeons are like fairy godmother. Their aim is to grant their client?s wish. To improve the way they look and feel is the primary aim of people consulting a surgeon. It might not happen quickly but it will right after the surgery. Simply follow the plastic surgeon?s request and also everything will likely be looked after.

The very first procedure the plastic surgeons require is always to have a consultation. They need to talk to the patient so that they will be comfortable with each other that the client can easily open up about the things he want to do in his body. Clients should say something about the problems that they are having. After these methods, the surgeon can now pick the best remedy and operation to the client?s concerns. For instance, you?ve a trouble with your own breast. It could not be the size of breast that you would like and it may sag. Your doctor can help you in your problem and give you solution.

Another thing that plastic surgeons want is their clients to be genuine. They must be open regarding their concerns. Client may be worried about the outcome of the surgical treatment. Obviously, the client is also curious about the outcome of the procedure. However, cosmetic surgery is also similar to any other surgical treatment. Anything you do to your body, you have to let it recover. You should take time to rest and begin seeing the outcomes. Be also aware of the negative effects that the surgical treatment could produce. If there?s any, ask your own surgeon if there?s a future procedure for this. The main point is, will that operation eradicate your trouble? The more realistic you are, the more things you know and the more prepared you are.

A genuine surgeon may also help in having an authentic patient. One thing they look after is the fact that cosmetic or plastic surgeons needs to be board licensed. They must have a medical permit to practice the surgical procedure. Having experience and also adequate training makes a doctor more reliable. For sure, clients will be comfortable working with them since they are professionals.

For the field of surgery, modern apparatus are also used to display advancement within it. Clients are aware about the latest technology plus they want to make the most of it. But are you aware that? It is still less risky to work with the conventional methods. It has been established and also tested by cosmetic or plastic surgeons. The simple truth is, this most advanced technology could be simpler to perform and can even be cheaper. But the important thing here is that when client is looking into plastic surgeons, they need to check what is available to use. By doing that, you could compare and choose what you want.

The customer is always right in any situation. Nonetheless, it?s still better to study the history of the cosmetic surgeon that you are dealing with. You could do an investigation about them. Web is added on now to our everyday life so use it. Before selecting a surgeon you can check out the surgery web site for more information. Compare the results being presented. You may select the one that will meet your requirements and you will feel safe.

Plastic cosmetic surgery is not a thing to be ashamed of. You can gain self esteem after you have one. Apart from this, you?ll feel beautiful and you can be happy with what you have. You only have one life. Don?t waste it speculating on how you should look if you just tried the plastic surgery. Finally, do yourself a favor. It is not only one?s body that?s sculpted in cosmetic surgery yet your perspective in life also and It starts with your decision of having one.

Click here should you like to learn more about plastic surgeons in Houston. There are pros and cons to surgery so make sure that you find out about everything before your enhancement.

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Cosmetic Surgery for the Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonCosmetic Surgery for the Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonAlthough many surgeons have already expanded their practices to include cosmetic procedures, this straightforward how-to manual is the first book to situate cosmetic facial surgery fully within the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery. The authors guide the reader step-by-step through each procedure, from preoperative evaluation to surgical technique to postoperative concerns, and finally conclude with expert caveats on how to avoid complications as well as the essentials of how to manage them when they do occur. In addition to before and after photographs, each chapter features a series of full-color anatomical illustrations that detail precise surgical techniques for addressing the eyes, nose, ears, forehead and brow, face, and neck. A discussion of adjunctive therapies, including dermal fillers, botulinum toxin treatment, laser resurfacing, chemical peels, and prescription skin care systems, rounds out the comprehensive presentation of cosmetic procedures. Ideal for established surgeons, residents, and for board examination review.

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1. Rhinoplasty - R. Caloss and K. King

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3. Forehead and Brow Lifting - D. Johnson

4. Rhytidectommy (Facelift) - M. Manolakakis

5. Cosmetic Management of the Neck - C. Caldemeyer and E. Ferneini

6. Minimal Incision Facelift - J. Griffin and K. King

7. Blepharoplasty - T. McGuire

8. Dermal Fillers and Botulinum Toxin Treatment - R. Haigney II, K. Kim, and J. Griffin

9. Facial Skin Rejuvenation - K. Kim and A. Downey

Cosmetic Surgery For DummiesCosmetic Surgery For DummiesCosmetic surgery is one of today?s hottest topics. From daytime talk shows and popular magazines to conversations at the salon, it seems that almost everyone has had it, is thinking about it, or knows someone who is getting it. Statistics show more and more women?and men?are having cosmetic surgery. And with all the options now available, it?s important to be fully informed before you make any decisions about having a procedure.

Now, Cosmetic Surgery For Dummies is here to guide you through today?s top procedures, candidly addressing both the benefits and the risks. R. Merrel Olesen, MD, the medical director of the La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, and Marie B.V. Olesen, a nationally known cosmetic surgery consultant, give you the tools you need to:

  • Decide if surgery is right for you
  • Find a qualified surgeon
  • Set realistic expectations
  • Evaluate the costs
  • Enhance your recovery and results

This plain-English guide shows you how to take advantage of all the advances in cosmetic surgery while avoiding the pitfalls that could compromise your safety or the quality of your result. From implants to liposuction to Botox, you?ll understand the right questions to ask your doctor, how to prepare for surgery (both physically and financially), and the best ways to influence the healing process. You?ll also:

  • Discover the latest surgery techniques and medications
  • Understand the different surgeon specializations
  • Sort through the various non-surgical facial treatments
  • Evaluate your post-op care options
  • Cope with complications
  • Deal with family, friends, and coworkers before and after surgery

Complete with lists of questions to ask before surgery and top Web sites for cosmetic surgery information, Cosmetic Surgery For Dummies is a practical, friendly guide that will help you say hello to a new you!

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Using more than 250 full-color illustrations and photos, and clear, concise text, Cosmetic Surgery teaches you how to perform the latest and most in-demand surgical and non-surgical procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Each chapter includes patient selection and preparation, technique, complications, outcomes assessment, and references, and many illustrations that have been prepared specifically for this book.

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ElectraCard: data in fraud compromised outside its environment

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's ElectraCard Services said on Sunday that a data breach in a series of ATM fraud attacks in December appears to have happened outside of its "processing environment."

According to a U.S. official and a bank employee, who both spoke on condition of anonymity, ElectraCard Services was the company that processed prepaid travel cards for National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah PSC (RAKBANK). RAKBANK suffered a $5 million coordinated heist at ATMs around the world on December 21 last year, according to the U.S. indictment.

ElectraCard (ECS) said investigations show that "the PIN and Magnetic stripe data seem to have been compromised outside the ECS processing environment."

It added in a statement: "As already reported in the media earlier this year, there were fraud attacks which affected several institutions worldwide, including ECS, in December 2012."

(Reporting by Tony Munroe; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

GOP's Rand Paul raises profile with eye on 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? Rand Paul opened his presidential exploration tour Friday with a splashy set of speaking engagements in Iowa designed to broaden his tea party brand into something more mainstream and, perhaps, viable.

The Kentucky senator, the son of former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, was the headliner at a marquee Republican dinner and was expected to meet with key voting groups in eastern Iowa. In coming weeks, Paul will reintroduce himself in early voting New Hampshire and South Carolina, using his father's base of libertarian supporters as a starting point in hopes of bridging the wide divide between the GOP and traditionally Democratic voters.

"I am traveling to a lot of states that just coincidentally have early primaries," Paul said during a Thursday interview with Radio Iowa. "But part of that is to grow the Republican Party as well."

Paul wasn't the only 2016 GOP hopeful introducing himself in early voting states only a few months into President Barack Obama's second term. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was scheduled to headline a Republican state Senate fundraiser in New Hampshire Friday.

All of the prospective GOP candidates face the challenge of uniting a party without a definitive leader after election losses last year. Key voting blocs_women, blacks and Hispanics? voted overwhelmingly for Democrats. Republicans lost seats in the GOP-controlled House, failed to capitalize on a once-promising shot at winning the Senate majority and the party's presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, failed to unseat Obama.

With a tiny staff, Paul began his outreach to traditionally Democratic voters with a speech at Howard University, and by saying he'd "find a place" for people in this country illegally who want to live and work here. And he's even risked alienating some in the GOP by opposing any federal ban on gay marriage.

Now he's reaching out to Republicans in early voting states to make the case that he can unite the party and broaden its appeal. Paul, 50, starts with a key advantage: the base of more than a million supporters of his father, a libertarian Republican who sought the presidency in 1988, 2008 and 2012.

On Friday, the senator was speaking at the Iowa state party's annual Lincoln Day dinner in Cedar Rapids. He was to meet with a Republican women's group in the afternoon and speak at a county GOP breakfast Saturday.

After Iowa, Paul is slated to deliver the keynote address at a party banquet in New Hampshire. He'll cap May's busy travel schedule with a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on May 31.

Then it's back to Iowa next month to court influential evangelical pastors. And on June 28, Paul attends a fundraiser for Republicans in South Carolina, another early primary state in presidential nominating campaigns.

Among the challenges Paul faces is explaining his opposition to a federal gay marriage ban to influential cultural conservatives in Iowa and South Carolina. Paul says he would fight gay marriage at the state level, an explanation that suffices for Tamara Scott, among Iowa's leading Christian conservatives.

"He's trying to strategize where we can keep marriage as God designed," Scott said.

But some Iowa Republican activists are wary of Paul's views, many of which they see as in line with his father's libertarian ideals and at odds with GOP orthodoxy. Paul said last month Republicans "need to be the party that is reluctant to go to war," and the strong national defense he supports should be for "prevention of war," not for intervening in conflicts around the globe.

"He has a few ideas that maybe would be exactly mine. That would be national security," said Gwen Ecklund, a Republican county chairwoman in conservative western Iowa.

Ron Paul's outsider 2012 presidential candidacy stumbled when his GOP rivals pressed him on his opposition to using military force to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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Associated Press writer Ken Thomas contributed to this report.

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Old-fashioned Network Marketing vs Network Marketing Internet ...

If you?re aware of one of the longest established MLM businesses called Mary Kay, back when that company started there was no Internet, everything was conducted on a face-to-face basis. Distributors would ask people into their houses, hold makeup demonstrations, possibly have one or two cups of wine making the whole process a particularly social and personal affair.

Network marketing Internet business appears to be a slightly impersonal process, but here?s where most new network marketers are hanging out. Folks fail at Internet network marketing, because they do not understand that old concept of private service. It?s superb that millions of men and women can be reached thru the Internet, where off-line network marketing was terribly limited, but sadly few new Internet promoters understand the thought process of old-fashioned belly to belly marketing. They have never been in a face to face sales situation and accordingly they have no clue what the term ?attraction marketing? means.

It is not scary, it?s really quite easy. If somebody is keen on you and trusts you they?re going to buy from you. And that?s precisely the same way as it was done with Mary Kay, Amway and all those other network marketing businesses that have survived the test of time. The Mary Kay representative driving around in her pink Cadillac is pleased with her achievements, and you can be assured she did not get that Cadillac by selling her acquaintances and family 1 or 2 bags of eye shade!

So how can this old skool thought process of attraction marketing translate into the Internet?

The principle behind attraction marketing is to help people. Folks are on the Internet searching for information. They are trying to find this information because they want something or have a problem. The Internet has made an extraordinarily educated purchasing public, they?ll research everything before they purchase anything by going on social media sites, posing questions in forums, reading articles and finding acceptable internet sites.

This is absolutely the way your business should be. You must be where those future clients are. It doesn?t mean going on Twitter and posting ?buy my product? each and every 10 minutes. You have to gain people?s trust by proving that you are an expert, and you truly would like to help the struggling people unscramble their problem. That is online attraction marketing.

If you?re new to the entire Internet network marketing business concept, the great thing about the Internet is there?s many places you can publicize, and after you get your first few sales you must reinvest your revenues into your business by paying for advertising, maybe on social media sites like Facebook but do not rush off and do it now. Get a system in place first and follow it. All successful Internet network marketers have followed a proven system.

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Lyz Lenz: How to Raise a Kid Who Isn't Whiny and Annoying

In a recent TODAY moms survey, 42% of mothers say that they "sometimes suffer from Pinterest stress." According to Today.com, "Symptoms include staying up until 3 a.m. clicking through photos of exquisite hand-made birthday party favors even though you'll end up buying yours at the dollar store, or sobbing quietly into a burnt mess of expensive ingredients that were supposed to be adorable bunny cookies for the school bake sale."

This is what I like to call, first-world problems. Mad because those Valentines you spent two weeks making for your kid's party were outdone by another mom? First-world problems. Your teen refused to wear a coordinating shirt for your carefully-crafted family pictures? First-world problems.

I'll admit it: I've been sucked in by the radiating allure of Pinterest and the joy it promises. My DIY bangs turned out to be a hack job. My super-easy gingerbread men on a stick looked like the walking gingerdead. And that awesome no-fail dessert everyone was pinning failed on me. It turned into soup. And our guests, because they are Midwestern, politely insisted on sampling it and sipping their cake from their bowls like stew.

"Well, it tastes like pudding," our friend kindly said. They haven't been over since. I think Pinterest is trying to kill me. But you know what? First-world problems.

I tell this to my daughter. She is two and blonde and beloved by a whole host of wonderful people. So, when she cries because her strawberry pancakes have too many strawberries or because I turned off "Mickey Mouse" -- and not just cries, but throws herself to the ground in a righteous rage -- I have three words for her before I walk away: First. World. Problems.

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Right after I got married, "The Today Show" ran a segment on post-wedding depression, a condition where brides sink into a malaise because they are no longer the center of attention. "You know what I call that?" My dad said when I showed him the article, "Whiny girl disease!" Now, I'm a mom and we're all whining over mommy wars and Pinterest stress and all those things that well-fed, middle class people with iPhones have to worry about.

Mommy wars? You know who has mommy wars? Women with enough time and disposable income to bemoan the fact that others are "judging" them for how they feed their kids? Pinterest stress? That's what you get when you need a problem.

I'm raising children in a privileged world. We have food. Money to save for an education. At 2, my daughter has a room that is bigger than any room I've ever occupied in my life. We can afford the fancy Easter dress. When we have a bad day, we can afford to get a special treat. I'm glad I'm raising a child in this environment. In fact, my husband and I waited to have kids just so we could do things like take vacations to Florida. But now that we are here, I wonder if we really are doing things the right way...

I remember as a teenager, I was upset because my parents promised to let me see a movie and then back-pedaled at the last second. I was like North Korea with a missile. "That is so unfair!" I whined. "At least have the decency to live up to your promises."

My dad lost it. "You know what's unfair? Having to make funeral arrangements for your older sister who died at 17 because your parents were too grief-stricken to handle it."

I should have stopped. But I didn't. "That's hardly the standard we should apply to this situation..."

"GET TO YOUR ROOM!"

I lost that fight and I'm glad I did.

And while I don't ever want my daughter to feel the pain of real trouble, I wonder just how I can raise a human in this blessed environment, where she is completely inoculated against such petulant, whiny diseases. Pain, of course, is relative. And having financial security doesn't protect against real problems. But how do I teach my children that petty problems aren't worth their time? That failure makes you stronger and that social media-induced ennui means you should probably shut the computer and read a book -- a real book.

I'm not saying this to be cruel. I love my children. I want what is best for them with every fiber of my being. But every temper tantrum over the fact that I bought off-brand Goldfish Crackers makes me see the bigger picture.

I don't know the answer to how to raise a kid who isn't whiny and annoying and who doesn't think that Pinterest stress is really a thing worth lamenting. But I do know that as a parent, it begins with me. I set the limits. We won't do Elf on the Shelf because mom has enough trouble getting cookies baked over Christmas. The tooth fairy only brings a quarter. There is no adjustment for inflation. Your birthday cake will probably always come from the store, as will your Valentine's cards for school. I didn't buy baby moccasins because the ROI on that investment was one good Instagram picture. Your food won't be all organic. Yes, I used formula. Walk to school. There is no second breakfast or special dinner for you. I don't do grocery cart covers or antiseptic wipes. I don't care if that kid took your toy, get it back yourself, that's street justice. I don't care if the neighbor sneezed on you, the flu happens. Time out occurs at anytime or anywhere, so be on alert.

This is where we begin.

My refusal to compare myself with the other mother I see on the Internet and to build a life that embraces the important and repels the petty. And I only hope that lesson extends. If not, I am building a backlog of "Oh, you want to see not fair?" lectures. Just in case.

This post originally appeared on LyzLenz.com

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via Reasons My Son Is Crying

  • We would not let him drive this Porsche.

  • This cat is helping him finish his mashed potatoes.

  • I wouldn?t let him demo (destroy) all the items in this Apple Store.

  • We took away his baby powder.

  • We introduced him to his older brother for the first time.

  • He is shopping for mango juicers at Bed Bath and Beyond. With Fabio.

  • I sneezed.

  • I wouldn?t let him get a tattoo.

  • Her mother didn?t pick her up quickly enough.

  • I wouldn?t let him play in the knife drawer.

  • He is done with lunch.

  • We let him play on the grass.

  • He wasn?t allowed to scald himself with hot tea.

  • I wouldn?t let him play with the knife I used to cut the sandwich?that he threw on the floor.

  • We gave him delicious pudding.

  • I made him the jam sandwich he wanted.

  • He was thirsty. I shared my juice with him.

  • The neighbor?s dog isn?t outside.

  • I washed the dirt and sand off his pear.

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