Geheugen Van Nederland

Geheugen Van Nederland, Digitalisering van het Nederlandse Erfgoed GeheugenVanNederland.nl - Geheugen Van Nederland - Thema's - WebExpo's - Onderwijs - Digitalisering - Nederlands Erfgoed - Over Over Geheugen Van Nederland : "Het Geheugen van Nederland is het nationale programma voor de digitalisering van het Nederlands cultureel erfgoed. Het programma wil de (verborgen) collecties van archieven, musea en bibliotheken digitaliseren en beschikbaar stellen op Internet. Al het digitale materiaal -afbeeldingen, maar ook geluid, bewegend beeld en tekst- is te bekijken en te beluisteren.. "(GeheugenVanNederland.nl)Bekijk de vele historische collecties of zoek gericht naar beeld(materiaal) over een bepaald onderwerp op deze site. Bronnen zijn afkomstig van collecties uit archieven, musea en bibliotheken. Del.icio.us Tags: geheugenvannederland historie thema archief Technorati Tags: geheugenvannederland historie digitaal archief thema BlinkList Tags: geheugenvannederland historie digitaal archief thema IceRocket Tags: geheugenvannederland historie digitaal archief thema Google Search: geheugenvannederland historie digitaal archief thema Beertjes Weblog by Peter Franken

GFC: Survival Tips and Business Opportunities

I missed Mong Palatino's third Global Voices post on the Global economic crisis last week. It's worth sharing what bloggers around the world have been saying:The global economic recession is spreading gloom and despair everywhere. But the human spirit cannot be easily defeated. Many are trying hard to cope with the crisis. Bloggers are offering survival tips to their readers. Businesses around the world are adjusting. They are adopting new strategies; some are even profiting from the crisis. In this post, I will try to mention numerous examples of individuals and companies exerting their very best to overcome the recession.Global Recession Survey: Survival Tips and Business OpportunitiesMong has also completed his fourth article in this series:This post focuses on the stories of the unemployed and migrant workers who are returning home to their countries.... There are many unemployed individuals who document their daily struggles by creating blogs.Global Job Losses and Returning Migrant Workers

Mike's 4 Park In 1 Day Challenge

So, the other day, my dear friend Flo and I were talking about what we could do on our upcoming trip that would be different and exciting. We tossed around a few ideas like trying new restaurants, or maybe a new experience like a tour, the Richard Petty Driving Experience, etc. Nothing really popped, if you know what I mean. Then fate stepped in when my AllEars colleague Mike Scopa posted a challenge in his blog earlier this week; a challenge that involves visiting the 4 major Disney parks in the span of 1 day. "Now there's an idea that pops!" I said to myself (yeah, I often have some most interesting dialogues with myself, I just can't help it...) I immediately contacted Flo and broached the idea, and she was also very excited about it. Mike's challenge is to visit all 4 major parks during one park operating day, park opening to park closing. We must experience three rides or attractions in each park, and Mike has made a list of eligible attractions in each park. Another requirement is to eat two meals during the day, but not in the same park. We think we're up to it. We're both veterans of dozens of WDW trips, together, separately, and with our families and friends. We like to think that we know just about everything there is to know about how to tour the Disney parks under any condition, during any season, busy or slow. We know the transportation system, we know the roads, we know the resorts. This will be our chance to find out just exactly how well we know them. Someone asked Flo why we'd even want to do this. "Because we can!" was her answer, and it's the truth! Call us weird, but we actually enjoy doing things like this. Neither of us can wait to try it! First things first: We set about formulating a plan of attack. We decided on Saturday, May 10, more or less by default because it's the only day during our trip that we don't have to be someplace at a particular time. I looked up the park hours, including any Extra Magic Hours we might be able to take advantage of. The only EMH that day turned out to be a morning one at Animal Kingdom, making it the park that opens the earliest. Woohoo! We have a starting point! I then looked at the other parks' hours, and as expected, the Magic Kingdom closes the latest at 11 pm. Now we have an ending point, and know how many hours we'll have to complete the challenge--15. Next, I looked at what crowd levels were expected to be that day, and which parks would be the most and least crowded. Our plan is tour the parks in a manner that makes geographical sense, but also makes best use of our available time. We decided to go in this order: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, mixing the predicted busiest parks with their physical location and operating hours. Whew! Lots of work involved here! Once we get into the parks, we also have a plan of action, but I'm not giving it away yet. Let's wait and see whether or not our strategy will work. We've adopted the motto "Semper Gumby" (Always Flexible) for this challenge, because let's face it, nothing ever goes exactly according to plan, does it? Rides go 101, the skies open up and pour, restaurant lines suddenly come to a standstill, etc. etc. We're making plans, with alternative plans, with other plans on top. We think we'll be ready! If you're in the parks on Saturday May 10 and you see two crazy women rushing around with a notebook, a camera and a wild look on their faces, it's probably us. Wave at us as we run by. I promise to report back on whether or not we can successfully complete Mike's Challenge. Wish us luck! Anita

What does Crazy Quilting have to do with "Snoop", the book?

It's no surprise to me that I love crazy quilting. I love anthologies and sampler packs and moda cakes and moda charms......and I birthed five children......I currently belong to far too many on-line social groups to keep up with them......Someone said, "Variety is the spice of Life". Yes, it is. Of course, this can be my downfall, too, because sometimes, you just have to make a choice, you don't get them all......"you can't afford to have them all---what would you do with them?" I always go for the variety pack, the Reader's Digest, the 64 crayons. What do you think that means? Currently I am reading a book titled, "Snoop" by Sam Gosling, Ph. D. The subtitle being, "What your stuff says about you". My husband gets frustrated trying to buy me things because I never like the same thing over and over......I change quite frequently. Contrarily, Sam says that everyone has a recurring theme about them, you just need to be able to decifer it from amongst all the decoys to throw you off........This new knowledge intrigues me as I search for more understanding of myself and others. Yesterday, I found myself sewing together a lot of scraps for me to ponder and decide how to make them into acceptable art......this is what you see today. In some ways, I think our creations may expose us more than we know.......I know it has got me thinking when I go to art shows and look at others' art. Often, I can easily see the person in their art.......sometimes, though, its a complete mystery....perhaps Sam can add some clues for me.....check it out, it's a neat study.

Fox 18 Charlotte on craigslistTrench Reynolds' Crime News

Charlotte blogger writes about Craigslist-related crimes: This past Thursday night I was 9on the Fox News at 10 of our local FOX affiliate here in Charlotte talking once again about the problems with craigslist. The video of the segment can be seen here. However what I want to talk about is the new team at Fox 18. In most cases with TV interview there’s a lot of footage that they didn’t show which is too bad because I thought the reporter that I spoke with, Lyra Manning, did the best job of interviewing me so far. She asked a lot of in depth questions that unfortunately did not make it to air. I think that she did a better job than th epeople at CNN and 48 Hours. I also have to commend the News at 10’s sister show Fox News Edge which is shown right afterward. The hosts on Edge, Morgan Fogarty and Brotha Fred, did a particularly excellent job discussing the situation with craigslist. That video can be seen here. Related Posts craigslist crime blotter 3/10/09 craigslist crime blotter 2/25/09 A puppy/rental scam? Buckmaster Blogs craigslist crime blotter 5/7/09 - Ruh Roh Rorge Redition

Sneck stop the thief

Work Pleasure

If you're an introvert like me, you may have spent some of your formative years (um, like, ages 13 to 25) imagining that someone, a big-name movie director or photographer, would someday happen upon you while you were reading in a cafe or on the bus and say, "YES! YES! THAT is the face I have been looking for ALL MY LIFE! Come with me now, and I will show you new things." And you would fit into this person's artistic vision in such a new and amazing way it would be revolutionary. I got a feel for what that must be like at the dentist the other day. I had been a little nervous to go to the dentist because it had been a couple years* since my last visit. I have never had a cavity and have generally had strong teeth, so I wasn't too worried about it, but with John's front teeth starting to cuddle with each other in an alarming fashion, and Maia showing a tendency for her permanent teeth to erupt behind her baby teeth, we figured a checkup might do us all some good.I used to hate going to the dentist, but now I love it. Remember that awful gritty tooth polish and huge rotary toothbrush they used to do for the cleaning? This guy has a baking-soda and salt blaster that took two minutes and felt rather like having my mouth scanned by a Cylon. But in a good way. There was very little picking, because the blast takes care of most of it. The TV tuned to HGTV was a bit much, but at least it was muted. **But the very best part was when the dentist, a so-wry-he's-dry businesslike man, took a look in my mouth for the first time. If you've never seen me, I will tell you that I have a big smile full of big teeth. I had seven years of orthodontia done, including tooth extraction and jaw widening with an appliance that looked something like this:So this dentist looks in my mouth and just about jumps in. "Whoever did your teeth...wow...it's like..." He's so impressed he can't complete a sentence. "Who did this?" he manages, reverently.I twitch my jaw to get him to move his hands. "I grew up in Omaha," I said. "I'm sure you don't know him. He died recently. Yes, I had a lot of work done.""The work he did...." he trails off, and opens my mouth again. I feel like he's found a previously unknown da Vinci in there. "This is beautiful. This is...this is amazing. And I never give compliments." He snaps straight up, as if I have accused him of saying something nice. Then he melts again. "But this is really something else."I was insufferable for the rest of the day -- despite the four cavities (my first) he then found my wonderful, perfect teeth.* Like, five.** Seriously, I love this guy; let me know if you're looking for a dentist and want his name.

“The Death of the CD-Release Complex” (Part 2)

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (Read Part One)At its peak, the CD-Release Complex drove sales and represented the symbiotic relationship between the fans and the specific mechanisms they relied upon to discover new music. Everyone involved benefited from the structure of the system that was in place and could be counted on to do their part. The Recording Industry financed and produced music that they in turn promoted through these particular mediums. Then, those who paid the closest attention to these mediums received crucial information relating to when the single, music video, and album would be released and were later rewarded with the music they had anticipated to receive. Quickly, the labels learned that if their music reached enough of the masses, human nature would take care of the rest. Inherently, it appears, individuals are hardwired to be curious about what everyone else is listening to. And, although they may be independent in thought, their buying habits and behaviors are susceptible to the influences of their external world. This was great for labels, since they were the sole gatekeepers and regulators of culture into people’s lives. From the radio stations to the best shelving space, even the copyrights to the creativity they financed, their interests were completely protected. “But the bigger and more profitable the industry became, the morethey realized that they didn’t have to make meaning to make money.” If fans wanted to hear a song or watch the music video, they had to wait. Succumbing to the programming schedules of radio stations and MTV was an understood and accepted circumstance for those whom were the most willing to participate in the system. In the beginning, ‘the machine’ that the Recording Industry created and the specific mechanisms that it used to circulate culture, operated within the interests of fans. Mostly because, those in the field were fans themselves. But the bigger and more profitable the industry became, the more they realized that they didn’t have to make meaning to make money. No, they could release just about anything and it would sell, as long as it was marketed the right way, but that didn’t mean it would stick. In order to make a small artist big, labels had to keep repeating the same process over and over again. Even if they were operating at a loss, one big artist could cover the costs of a dozen failed attempts. This ‘collateral damage until platinum’ approach to breaking artists was what they specialized in. With so much money risked on each investment, they almost had no choice, but push their content regardless of its merit, which resulted in an ever more convoluted and unreliable system. Thus began the systematic breakdown of the symbiotic relationship between the fans and the record labels that they actually relied upon to discover new music. According to Umair Haque of Havas Media, what caused this to happen, is that the record labels began funding music based on business efficiencies rather than listener preferences and pushing risk onto fans. These executives were willing to spend as money as it took to turn their artists into megastars, regardless of whether or not there was an audience ready to embrace them. Due to this, the opinions of fans throughout the world became insignificant, if not invisible. “Instead,” Professor Barry Schwartz illustrates, “the tastemakers and gatekeepers, constrained by both ideologies and economic realities, made decisions for everyone about what would be available.” These executives would decide, based on their platonic notion of what should be popular at the time, which kind of artist the masses were ready to embrace. Without question, they became the final say on what style of music should be produced. Thus, they were accountable for an artist’s success or failure. But as their companies grew, they had to be more conservative, because there was more money to lose. “Since organic growth consisting of constant touring was unpredictable and took more time,it was, in many cases, abandoned.” After awhile, they started growing the businesses faster than they could grow the artists. As executives of publically traded companies, they became pressured by investors to produce profit and measurable growth from quarter to quarter. In an attempt to synchronize their success rate, they began to focus heavily on sensation and commercial viability over talent. Since organic growth consisting of constant touring was unpredictable and took more time, it was, in many cases, abandoned. In its place, artificial growth through mass media and tabloid coverage of public drama was used, because it could be planned out. Once this publicity strategy was combined with using radio stations and MTV as their primary promotional tools, a new breed of artificially grown artists was born. This temporary solved their problems, it drove sales, and sometimes, success happened ‘overnight.’ But these executives would continue to create strategies based on moving units rather than producing moving music. With that, their flash in the pan success rate was able to please investors quarter to quarter. However, these actions catalyzed the turning point of the relationship between fan and medium, because the songs that were played most often radio stations and MTV weren’t necessary an accurate or even a close reflection of fan requests or votes. “It was no coincidence, then,” Steve Knopper speculates in Appetite for Self-Destruction, “that Napster, the free file-sharing service, popped up on the Internet at precisely this time.” Because, “All these companies did,” Lylor Cohen of Warner Music Group explains, “was try to find fabricated shit so they didn't go through having to let people go. Then, you go into an era of fabricated, highly advertise stuff—it’s very flimsy, it sells very quickly, and we’re also hurting our credibility with the long-term music lover.” Therefore, in a sense, for the long-term fans file-sharing became as Umair Haque further states, “as much about risk-sharing as it is about the 'theft' of value.” “At the end of the century, by contrast,” Robert Putnam writes in Bowling Alone, “the gradual merger of the massive telecommunications and entertainment industry had become the very foundation for a new economic era.” From this platform, artist’s careers were catapulted from obscurity to the next guests on TRL and the posing for the cover of Rolling Stone. In turn, due to this mass-marketed music, “We,” as Lawrence Lessig puts it in his book Remix, “live in a world infused with commercial culture,” it is all around us, “yet,” he continues, “we rarely see how it touches us, and how we process it as it touches us.” “this commercialization of culture may have broughtmusic to the masses, but it does not seem to coincidewith the participatory nature of the Internet” We largely forget that the environment the labels created is what has established many of the cultural norms they adhere to. That, “The twentieth century,” as Lessig explains, “was the first time in the history of human culture when popular culture had become professionalized, and when people were taught to defer to the professional.” And, while this commercialization of culture may have brought music to the masses, but it does not seem to coincide with the participatory nature of the Internet, because, as Henry Jenkins says most eloquently in Convergence Culture, “Convergence does not depend on any specific delivery mechanism.” “Rather,” he elucidates, “convergence represents a paradigm shift—a move from medium specific content toward content that flows across multiple media channels, toward the increased interdependence of communications systems, toward multiple ways of assessing media content, and toward ever more complex relations between top-down corporate media and bottom-up participatory culture.” In other words, “The Death of the CD-Release Complex” cannot be attributed to or solely blamed on file-sharing simply because those involved in the Recording Industry failed to account for the subtle, yet sophisticated changes in the world around them. It was the Internet, by its mere presence, that allowed music fans to create spaces online that would otherwise be enveloped by darkness. Forever shifting symbiotic relationship between the fans and the mechanisms they rely upon to discover new music, because the mechanisms that the fans control, would go onto greatly outnumber those that the Recording Industry could ever hope to influence. Read Part One — (Screencap taken from the Day of the Longtail video)

The Perfect Storm showing on BBC 3 by DigiGuide Staff

The Perfect StormThe Perfect Storm, showing Wednesday April 22nd on BBC 3 at 9:00pmThis seafaring action drama - starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg - is based on the true story of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail. In September 1991, the ship got caught up in one of the most terrifying storms of the 20th century off the coast of Massachusetts. Captain William Tyne - a sword-fishing boat captain - is determined to set sail despite the adverse weather conditions, but when the ice machine breaks down, his decision to brave the storm rather than lose his catch results in a battle against 100ft waves.Clooney and Wahlberg put in sterling work as Tyne and Robert Shatford - the youngest, most inexperienced member of the crew. And the freak storm conditions - caused by the confluence of two powerful weather fronts and a hurricane - are quite stunning. Highly recommended.Did you know? The families of certain crew members sued the film's producers, claiming that their names were used without permission and that facts were changed, but the case was dismissed. View the full reviewGet a reminder when The Perfect Storm starts... View a trailer of this programme

I am just a poor boy

How poverty passes from generation to generation is now becoming clearer. The answer lies in the effect of stress on two particular parts of the brainTHAT the children of the poor underachieve in later life, and thus remain poor themselves, is one of the enduring problems of society. Sociologists have studied and described it. Socialists have tried to abolish it by dictatorship and central planning. Liberals have preferred democracy and opportunity. But nobody has truly understood what causes it. Until, perhaps, now.The crucial breakthrough was made three years ago, when Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania showed that the working memories of children who have been raised in poverty have smaller capacities than those of middle-class children. Working memory is the ability to hold bits of information in the brain for current usethe digits of a phone number, for example. It is crucial for comprehending languages, for reading and for solving problems. Entry into the working memory is also a prerequisite for something to be learnt permanently as part of declarative memorythe stuff a person knows explicitly, like the dates of famous battles, rather than what he knows implicitly, like how to ride a bicycle.

Director of Development

The Tahirih Justice Center (Tahirih) is a growing organization working to protect immigrant women and girls seeking justice in the United States from gender-based violence through legal services and public policy advocacy. Tahirih is a Bahá’í-inspired nonprofit organization that offers pro bono representation to women and girls seeking protection from gender-based human rights abuses such as domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, female genital mutilation, honor crimes, and forced marriage. Winner of the 2007 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management, Tahirih has a staff of 27, and a budget of over $2 million. Tahirih is based in Falls Church, VA, and is in the process of expanding nationally, with an initial office opening in Houston in 2009. Position Summary: Tahirih seeks to hire a full-time Director of Development to help Tahirih significantly increase its capacity to raise private funds, while continuing our focus on grant awards, major events and fundraising appeals. The Director of Development provides overall direction, coordination, and implementation of the organization’s national fundraising and communications operations, reports to the Executive Director, serves as a member of the management team, works directly with individual Board members and volunteers, and supervises three staff. Primary responsibilities: • Strategically manage and oversee all activities of a diversified fundraising and communications operation, including the day-to-day functioning of the department, implementing overall development plans and budgets, and overseeing effective maintenance of all Development Team systems and procedures. • Create fundraising and communications strategies and develop annual and long-term income goals for the organization in consultation with the Executive Director, the Board of Directors, and Board Committees. • Serve as a member of the Management Team. • Manage the Development Team (which includes a Grants Manager, Special Events Manager, and Development and Communications Associate). • Oversee Special Events Manager’s efforts to execute events (including Annual Benefit, Pearl Sales Event, and attorney fundraising campaign) to achieve maximum results. Work with Executive Director to secure co-chair and major sponsors and follow-up with donors and prospects. Evaluate new event opportunities. • Expand and oversee the major donor program, including directly cultivating and soliciting individual and corporate donors; advising and coaching the Executive Director, staff, Board members, and other volunteers on solicitations; and with the Special Events Manager, oversee and advise the prospect cultivation and donor stewardship program. • Provide overall guidance on institutional funding strategy, develop grant proposal opportunities, and work with the Grants Manager to oversee existing grant revenue stream (government and foundation grants). • Oversee fundraising appeals, workplace giving (including United Way, CFC, and Tahirih’s attorney giving campaign), and online individual fundraising programs. • Manage fundraising efforts in field offices (with an initial focus on Houston), which will involve travel. • Develop a plan to organize and produce a National Expansion Capital campaign. • Oversee the content, production and overall quality of Tahirih’s fundraising communications and promotional materials, including the annual report, website, newsletters, and brochures. • Manage activities of Development and Communication Associate to strategically leverage our databases, relationship management tools, and website to reach out and manage relationships with prospective and new donors. • Recruit, motivate, and cultivate volunteers to help support and lead fundraising efforts. • Establish forecasts, monitor results, and conduct evaluations of fundraising activities to guide future courses of action. • Motivate, involve, and train the staff, Board, and volunteers in successfully raising funds. Annual salary and benefits: Salary depends on experience. Benefits includes: 15 days of paid accrued vacation during the first year (20 days of vacation after the first year), additional week of vacation between Christmas and New Years, fully-paid health and dental insurance coverage, 403(b) plan, flex-spending account, in-house training programs, professional development stipend, and staff enrichment retreats.

for faster torrent downloads

Utilities, Windows, Freeware, P2P, Windows x64 Many of you have probably been adjusting Windows' half-open connection limit since Windows XP. It's widely regarded as one way to help increase the speed of your torrent downloads.If you're running Windows 7 beta (or one of the plethora of leaked post-beta builds), Half-Open Limit Fix is a small, portable utility that is compatible with your OS and will patch your tcpip.sys in just a few clicks.Download the application, launch it, and click the button for your preferred language - nearly a dozen are supported. Most sites recommend using 50-100 and the program will default to 100. If you want to, change it - otherwise, just click add to tcpip.sys and reboot.Once Windows has loaded again you can head to your torrent app's configuration screens and adjust your connection preferences to utilize the new half-open connection setting (TorrentFreak has a good tutorial for uTorrent and BitComet).

It Will Meet With Argentina

By Bill FariesMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- Elliott Management Corp., the $12.8 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Paul Singer, denied a newspaper report that it plans to meet today with Argentine officials over a possible restructuring of bonds the country defaulted on in 2001. “We have not met and have no plans to meet with anyone, but our door is always open,” Elliott, which held about $1 billion of defaulted Argentine debt as of Sept. 30, said in an e-mailed statement. La Nacion newspaper said representatives from Elliott and billionaire investor Kenneth Dart were going to meet with Argentine Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa today to discuss a possible restructuring. Elliott and Dart are among creditors holding about $20 billion of bonds that refused to accept Argentina’s 2005 exchange offer of 30 cents on the dollar, the harshest restructuring terms since at least World War II. A message left by Bloomberg News at the office of lawyers for Dart’s EM Ltd. wasn’t returned. Officials in Massa’s press office didn’t return calls seeking comment. Elliott called Argentina the “poster child of rogue nations” in a Sept. 30 statement after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said she was considering a proposal by Barclays Plc., Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG to settle with the holdout creditors. Slowing Growth, Falling Commodities Fernandez is looking to regain access to international capital markets to meet financing needs that have swelled as commodity exports fell and growth slowed in South America’s second-biggest economy. Argentina has extended maturities on more than 18 billion pesos ($5 billion) of debt this year through two exchanges. The swaps reduced the country’s debt payments by 16.6 billion pesos over the next three years, according to a government official who declined to be identified in accordance with administration policy. Argentina’s defaulted dollar bonds due in 2031 traded at 12.5 cents on the dollar today, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. The price has slumped from 29.75 cents in mid-October. To contact the reporter on this story: Bill Faries in Buenos Aires at wfaries@bloomberg.n

How to become a software architect

Every year we run a series of architect forums for folk who are interested in getting some basic insights into developing their skills so as they can either become an architect or develop their existing architect skills. The sessions are being held in Auckland (April 23), Wellington (April 30) and Christchurch (April 21) and will last about an hour. This is a great chance to spend an hour in 'self development' so please take a look at the invitation below or encourage your staff / peers to do so. Please do use the appropriate RSVP link if you intend coming along. Title: How to become a software architect (or: What do software architects do?) by Amir Shevat Software architecture is a critical, complex and exciting role that bridges between business and technology. Software architecture is also one of the roles that arguably is less understood then other roles in software development. In this session we will talk about what it means to be an architect. We will understand how architects contribute to the business and to the development process. We will also review the major challenges and software aspects an architect is responsible for, and explore the ways one becomes a successful architect. About Amir Shevat: Amir Shevat is a senior architect in Datacom Systems in New Zealand with over 10 years experience in software development and architecture. Previously, Amir served as an Architect Advisor at Microsoft working with enterprise and startup companies, helping them to utilized and develop software over the Microsoft stack. Amir also held the position of a Software Architect in Comverse as well as several other technical roles in startups worldwide. Amir believes in the “keeping it simple” approach to software architecture and development rather than complex and cumbersome solutions. He tries to keep is designs as simple and as close to the business domain as possible. Venues and Dates – see Under Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington Christchurch - 1:00pm Tuesday April 21 2009 Where is the Event: Telecom Customer Briefing Centre, Ground Floor, Telecom House, 109 Hereford Street, Christchurch When do I need to RSVP by: Friday 17 April 2009; How to RSVP for Christchurch: To accept click on this accept email link and send the email created with the accept subject line. Auckland - 12 Noon Thursday April 23 2009 Where is the Event: Microsoft’s Auckland offices – MPC Room, Level 5, 22 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland (next door to Vodafone, the building is bounded by Halsey St and Viaduct Harbour Drive)) Where to Park: There is a Wilson car park which you can access from Halsey or Gaunt Streets (turn off Fanshawe at Halsey and head towards the harbour, Gaunt St is first on left) From Rail (Brittomart): Allow 15 minutes for the walk – Head down Customs St West towards the Harbour Bridge – Custom St West changes into Viaduct Harbour Drive – keep going until you see the large Vodofone sign just before Halsey St; When do I need to RSVP by: Tuesday 21 April 2009 How to RSVP for Auckland: To accept click on this accept email link and send the email created with the accept subject line. Wellington – 1pm Thursday April 30 2009 Where is the Event: Microsoft’s Wellington offices, Mana Room - Level 12 Vodafone on the Park (formerly Mobil House), 157 Lambton Quay (the building behind Midland Park) When do I need to RSVP by: Tuesday 28 April 2009; RSVP Details: How to RSVP for Wellington: To accept click on this accept email link for 1.00pm session and send the email created with the accept subject line;

J-Lo's Slimming Secret

As fabulous as we at That's Fit think this blog is, the truth is there are hundreds of wonderful blogs on healthy living to be seen all over the blogosphere. So in this feature, Fit Links, we'll introduce you to some that have caught our eye.Fitsugar reveals the interesting way J-Lo is keeping in shape these days -- and it looks kinda fun!It might be good for your bank account, but apparently, getting a promotion is bad for your health and waistline, according to Lemondrop.It seems like obesity is affecting more and more age groups all the time, but what about obese babies? Parentdish explains.Staying hydrated is important -- luckily, the experts at Love + Blueberries are giving us some great tips on how to do just that.Food safety is important -- which is why you should get food recall updates on Twitter.