Docking Station / Port Replicator

Notebook Docking stations and port replicators are accessories that you keep at your desk. Your laptop fits snugly into them and receives additional functionality, making it more like a desktop computer when it’s used at your desk. Most fullsize/desktop replacement laptops today come with enough ports so that you don’t need these things. If you are buying a very small, ultra-portable laptop, you may want to consider such devices, but with the availability of speedy FireWire and USB ports that can connect to pretty much anything with the right adaptors, docking stations and port replicators are typically not as necessary for home/lap use nowadays. If you have a desk at the office or your home office with a second monitor, one of these things will be handy as you can connect your desk keyboard, mouse, monitor, power and speakers to the docking stations for notebook and then can just pop the laptop in and out as needed instead of hooking up 5 connections. These things are good in the office or home office, and not so useful for the wandering low-tech computer user.

Sterling Silver Jewelry – Keep It Clean!

Sterling silver jewelry comes in an amazing variety of styles and textures over its 4,000 year history. Ever notice how your sterling silver jewelry sometimes just catches your eye and casts a spell on you? It’s not just your illusion. The hypnotic power of a sterling silver jewelry flows from its highly polished surface that reflects the light in a way like no other jewelry can. Another finish applied to sterling silver rings is rhodium that gives it a slightly darker finish. As you know, sterling silver jewelry tarnishes. Keep a soft cloth and silver polish and handy to keep your sterling silver jewelry shining bright.
Sterling Silver Jewelry – Keep It Clean!

Ca yest je suis un pro du blog, je vais pouvoir vous raconter ma vie de merde :

mes vacances dans le Gers :

Ma petite copine :

(From a victim of the corporate rat race. Er, ex-victim, thankfully.)

I’d spent the last five and a half years married to The Deadline. Sleeping with it. Sleeping over it. Pacifying it. Threatening it. Ignoring it. Trying to make it last. Teasing it. Squirming out of it. Crunching it. Stretching it. Getting stretch marks over it. Telling it to go fuck itself. Fucking myself over it. Hating it. Hating it. Challenging it. Pleading with it. Getting over with it. Getting over it.

It was one of those roller coaster relationships, and one of us had to leave. So I packed my bags last December and came home, to my husband and the rest of my family.

I've been an Oregonian almost my entire life. I was born in Idaho but we moved to Eastern Oregon before I could walk. And with the exception of an 8 year stint in the Puget Sound area, I've always lived in my beloved Oregon. This is my home.

I know the governmental system here. I'm engaged in politics. I read the papers, watch the news on TV and try to stay tuned in to what's going on.

I also consider myself a reasonably intelligent woman. I have a bachelor's degree so I'm also (at least somewhat) educated.

So why am I having such a difficult time getting the low down on some of these ballot measures?

By "low down", I mean the money behind the measures and the real effect they'll have if they become law in our state.

I've previously recommended Our Oregon as a great place to get some of the information. And it is. But the information is limited to make it readable and accessible to the average person.

In order to get the real skinny on who is paying what and how much, we have to go to the Oregon Secretary of State--Election Divison's website. The campaign contribution and expenditure reports are all there, available in the PDF format.

I have no complaint with what these guys have done. The information is all there.

My gripe is with the PACs and organizations that put together the initiatives and then get the money. Its quite deliberately convoluted, as far as I'm concerned. And it looks very much like legalized money laundering.

I'm going to get into this more indepth in future posts, but here is a basic example:

1. Group A gets donation from individual.

2. Group A gives donation to Group B, keeping a small amount of money for itself OR

3. Group A gives loan to Group B, which is consequently almost the exact amount as the donation. And

4. Group A has a seemingly open ended repayment schedule for the loan to Group B.

I don't profess to know a lot about the mafia...but this looks like it could be a draft script for The Sopranos to me.

What motivates individuals and groups to do this sort of money scheming? I'm not entirely sure yet. Perhaps its so that contributors can hide who they're really giving money to.

Or maybe its just a way to pay the people that work for the PACs. Some of these loans and contributions are for substantial amounts: tens of thousands of dollars. If people are working for multiple organizations they could be skimming salary/expenses from several different places. That could potentially total up to a tidy amount.

And as far as I can tell..its set up to make it deliberately difficult to sort out exactly who is paying what..and to whom.

I really love this state. Its my home. But this system of funding ballot initiatives is really murky and honestly..I believe it undermines our ability as citizens to make informed decisions.

In my view, that undermines my ability to take good care of the home I love.

The State Highway Patrol in conjunction with the FBI has issued a warning advising all dog owners to keep their dogs indoors until further notice. Dogs are being picked off one at a time on an almost continual basis throughout the city. They are falling in great numbers. Police in the city advise all dog owners not to walk their dogs - KEEP THEM INDOORS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

This a New blog

Hello. This my new blog