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Story: Kami no Kodomo, or God's Child in English, is the story of a sociopathic serial killer. It's starts with before his birth and shows the span of his life, growing up and going to school and all of the trials he's faced with and all of the sick, twisted acts he accomplishes in his later years. The course of the story contains all manner of... icky and stomach-turning things. Defecation, consumption of said defecation, forced sexual congress, homicide... Okay, enough fancy talk. Poopin', poop eatin', rapin', and killin'. Loads of all of them. He gains a sort of cult of younger boys to please him in a variety of ways, and the cult eventually turns to be his downfall. The story is told simply and directly, from first-person point of view. Matter of fact, no emotional monologues to get in the way of what's happening. Art: The art is very simple. A good deal of it is kind of like zentangle, repeating patterns to grey out areas that you're not supposed to be paying attention to. It's never really pretty, but it gets the point across in a neat way. It's probably for the best, really. It keeps the stomach turning scenes from being stomach turning because of gore but because of what's going on. Characters: Only about four people get any sort of focus, because everyone else is lost in the crowd. Those people are the main character, whose psyche we are delving into into in his auto-biographical tale; a girl he knew when he was younger; a girl he met soon after; and a boy from his cult later on. Each of the girls are only in the story for a chapter and have few lines. The boy from the cult gets a little more focus, but because the story is told from the point of view of someone who lacks emotions and doesn't try to understand people, no one else develops at all, except in the physical sense he observes as he moves from elementary school to middle and high school. Overall, it's not a waste of time, but you have to like the sort of thing that puts you ill at ease or have a strong mind towards it. It's a very dark story, but it is interesting, especially if you've wondered what it's like to be a sociopath. It feels almost like you're in his shoes, and the basic idea is interesting. If it lasted longer than one volume it might have been more suspenseful, but as it stands it's a good, simple story.
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INTERVIEW: Dry The River Take Over The U.S. One Tour At A Time
By Gianna Hughes on November 20, 2012
For as uneventful as suburbia may seem, it certainly tends to spark the flame for various artistic inclinations. Perhaps that is what happens when you grow up safe and without stimulation—you may begin to question everything, and you may turn to the music that holds the answers you are seeking. For myself, I turned to punk music. It literally and figuratively screamed at me, breaking through the wall of comfort. It taught me to question politics and relationships. And most importantly, it taught me to share my voice and to never apologize for doing so.
Dry the River were raised under similar circumstances, although thousands of miles away in the suburbs of South London. They grew up listening to punk, post-punk and metal—and they still do—but you might not assume this while listening to their debut album, Shallow Bed. However, when you watch their live show their influence becomes clear. It is not rare to see band members jumping off of a kick drum or spinning around the stage. And, believe it or not, they will be releasing Shallow Bed in an acoustic format on December 17. Although they could be considered folk music, it is as though Dry the River are challenging themselves to create something completely out of the ordinary.
Earlier this year, I saw Dry the River perform at the Troubadour in Los Angeles when they opened for The Bowerbirds. And only months later, they returned to the same venue to headline their own show. And although they come all the way from London, they have seen more of the United States than most Americans ever will. And not only is their music accessible, it is evocative because they're able to channel their rebellious energy into their performance. When you combine that with the desire to work harder than everyone else, you have a recipe for well-earned success.
I had the chance to speak with Dry the River's frontman Peter Liddle and bassist Scott Miller while they were in Los Angeles, and when watching them perform, it was clear that it won't be long before they're back in the States selling out even larger venues.
You seem to be in America often, especially for a band that lives overseas.
Scott Miller: We honestly just love touring out in the States. There's just something about it. It's really exciting for us as a British band with the dream we had as kids driving across America and now getting to do it and exploring all these cities. It's such a big place that even though we've been out here five times it's tough to break. You've really got to come out here and work at it if you want to make a name for yourself.
But mainly it's just that we love it. All the crowds are super accepting of new music and seem to be into discovering new bands, which is something we need. We're able to come play awesome prestigious venues like the Troubadour here and all the other ones we've done on tour in different cities.
Peter Liddle: Plus the food!
Miller: Yeah, the food. The 24-hour culture with food and diners and truck stops.
Liddle: And everyone's way more attractive here than in Europe.
Miller: There's a whole list of stuff as to why we love to tour here. Don't tell anyone back home, but I actually prefer touring in the States to continental Europe.
How does playing here compare to playing overseas?
Miller: We're still a bit behind here. We've toured more in Europe and in the U.K. for the last three years. This is the first time we've really come out here, so the crowds are in slightly smaller rooms than we'd play to in places like Holland or Germany because we've hit those places so many times already. But it seems to have picked up quicker here, actually.
Liddle: I think we had more label support by the time we came here, and in Europe we were a fledgling band. We were still learning a lot of stuff ourselves as well, like all kinds of little things you'd never think of. Even simple things like how you set up your instruments and all the different gear we had when we started. It took us awhile to figure out what we wanted to sound like live and we didn't have our own sound engineer or anything like that when we started touring. Gradually in Europe, it took us a long time to get a foothold, whereas over here we already had a tour manager and an engineer and a label behind us and promos set up for us to do. Things seemed to pick up a little quicker.
Miller: I think the accent helps as well. You go on stage and you're like, "Hey! We're Dry the River and we're from London!" And half the room is like, "Wow, your accent is so cool" So we kind of win that battle without having to play a song.
Did you guys feel like you were starting over a bit here since you had a little more success overseas?
Miller: Yeah, I think so.
Liddle: Some of these rooms do remind me of our early days of touring. It's really nice actually. In the summer we did some nice—for us—quite big festivals to like ten thousand people. We still do a mixture of different size venues in Europe. We're just about to go back to our U.K. tour. I guess those rooms are mostly 600 capacity, so coming here doing like 200-capacity rooms is kind of different. You can see everyone's face and you can really read their reactions and you can talk to people off the mic and you can do stuff that's fun to do. And on this tour, a couple of times, we just got off the stage and walked into the crowd and played some songs acoustically—stuff you can't really do in a festival environment. It's fun because it gives us a different option and you can play in a different way, so it keeps you interested.
Miller: It takes me back to when we were kids growing up playing in our little hardcore bands and rock bands. You play in a local, small 100-cap room opening for some touring band, so it kind of takes me back to that. It just has that sort of nostalgic feeling of playing in these small rooms. I love it.
Your story reminds me of my own. When I was in high school I was into hardcore and punk, and now I'm more into the style of music you play. It's funny seeing that transition. For me, I grew up in a suburb and it wasn't too rare for kids to get into punk music. Why do you think you were so interested in that kind of music living in a suburb?
Liddle: For everyone in the southeast of England, either you were into football and dance music, or you were uncool and went to grimy punk clubs and tried to skateboard.
Miller: It's that thing about being trapped in suburbia. You grow up bored, so you want to find some sort of rebellion.
Liddle: You're all from pretty comfortable families and everyone's very affluent. We come from areas not with super wealthy families, but safe areas with very little excitement. We definitely opted into trying to find a way to…
Miller: Relieve teen angst or whatever it is.
Liddle: To be honest, we never really made that transition in terms of what music we listen to and what stuff we follow. We still only really listen to hardcore and rock. Less pop punk, but lots of classic rock and prog; lots of Led Zeppelin, King Crimson and Pink Floyd.
Why do you think the music you play is so different from that?
Liddle: I don't know really. I definitely listen to that stuff as well. If these guys were left to their own devices and I wasn't in the band it'd probably be a lot heavier because I write of a lot of girly acoustic songs.
Miller: It's fun though. I never sang before I joined this band. We do these three-part choral harmonies all the time. This just feels cool when the voices all come together. Something about it just really works for me. I really enjoy playing it. Plus when we're playing live shows we do get to rock out a little bit and jump around and pretend we're in a punk band, so we get the best of both worlds. We get to sing these soft harmonies and then rock out like we think we're in Iron Maiden or something.
If you didn't listen at all you would think you were a metal or hardcore band.
Miller: Listen to a different track and watch us play. There's a tendency to just stand there and play the songs because for a lot of folk music that's the traditional way. Because of our background this is just so much more fun. It's more enjoyable to jump around and have a bit of a laugh onstage.
Liddle: I don't think it really occurred to play to us any other way. When we started out, people would tell us, "We listened to your EPs and they were really quiet and folky. And then we saw you live and you were jumping around and rocking out and we were surprised."
Miller: But what else would you do?
I remember being 15 and growing up in a suburb. Everyone was middle class and conservative. And then you found this music that's angry and political—but not the politics or religion your parents followed. Do you think how your parents raised you influences what you write about?
Liddle: My dad is slightly more conservative than my mom. My mom is more chilled out. She's very liberal and supportive and she was always cool. I remember hiding Rage Against the Machine records from my parents because I was worried they'd be upset. I wasn't worried that they'd be angry, but I thought they'd think I'd gone off the rails. That music was a bit edgy and as I grew up I realized my dad has a pristine collection of everything Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd ever did. And my mom was really into a lot of rock music when she was growing up, so I don't think I ever really had to hide it. I just think I did it because I wasn't sure how they were going to react.
But, certainly, mum gave me a very good musical education. She had me listening to Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon and Bob Dylan—songwriters that anyone in the world should listen to. If you're trying to be a songwriter, that's a really good place to start.
Again, I never really had anything to rebel against. My parents were really nice and supportive, so it's not like I was tortured or had a troubled youth particularly. The only one thing was that we traveled a lot because my dad is in oil, so I grew up in a lot of different places, so I think maybe a lot of the songs talk about community and belonging. I think possibly some of that is because we don't have a nuclear family based in one part of the world. My family is scattered all over the world and I like the idea of being able to say that 10 generations of my family lived here.
Is the band all in London now?
Liddle: Yeah.
Do you think it influences you in terms of community?
Liddle: Where we live in East London there is a pretty vibrant community. Where we all came from originally, west of London and those various satellite towns, we played in bands there for six, seven, eight years and that's where it really all happened. We formed a band in London and within the first month we had a record label come to shows and had magazines writing about us. We did a thing with Black Cab Sessions in London, and before we knew it there was all this press and people offering to manage us, and it really is that different in London, and especially East London. Someone forms a band and instantly labels will come trying to find the next thing to sign. I think that's how you learn things.
Miller: It's competitive as well, which is good for a band. There are shows every night and we're there with four or five bands that you've never heard of and they're all from within a 20-mile radius of where you live. It's just crazy how many are constantly coming up. You really have to work at it. It's really one in a million that gets a chance to do what we're getting to do. If you're willing to put the effort in and the hours in to be able to make that happen.
Liddle: I think we were really lucky.
Miller: And now we're getting to live the dream.
Liddle: People keep asking, "What advice would you give other bands?" Well, just move to London and play shows every day. And then it's just basically luck. You can give yourself a better chance, but at the end of the day it just comes down to what the labels want, what the market wants, and what's going on at that particular moment.


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If you've been waiting to see more of Claire and Jamie Frazer's adventures, you may be wondering how to watch Outlander Season 4 online. This article will discuss how to live stream Outlander in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and other countries. It will also discuss how to watch Outlander if you are traveling abroad and which are the best VPNs for streaming Outlander.
If you have a US credit card, subscribing to STARZ direct is the least expensive and simplest way to get access to new Outlander episodes. If you are traveling outside the US, the best VPN to use is ExpressVPN. For users that cannot obtain a STARZ subscription, W Network, Amazon Prime, and the Watch Foxtel app and website are options where available.
Outlander Season 4 will premiere November 4 at 8 p.m. EST in the US on STARZ. It will have 13 episodes.
This article will only cover official sources. Although there will probably be websites that carry pirated streams of Outlander, they may contain malware or have other security problems. In addition, unofficial streams often have low resolution or are prone to buffering and crashing. We do not recommend using unofficial sources to stream Outlander.
Best VPN for Outlander: Express VPN
While there are many official options for streaming Outlander online, all of them block users who are located outside of particular countries. For example, STARZ direct is only available in the US and W Network is only available in Canada. If you subscribe to one of these networks and then travel outside of the country it is located in, you will be unable to watch Outlander.
The solution to this problem is to use a VPN to hide your IP address. This will allow you to enjoy Outlander episodes throughout the world. A VPN will also help to protect you against man-in-the-middle attacks, ISP snooping, ISP speed throttling, and other violations of privacy.
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If you have a credit or debit card that was issued in the US, the easiest way to watch new episodes of Outlander is by connecting to the official website of STARZ. The STARZ stand-alone streaming service is available for $8.99/month with a 7-day free trial.
Some over-the-top TV services also offer STARZ as an addon channel. If you already have one of these services, you may want to add STARZ to it instead of getting STARZ direct. Here are a few popular TV providers that offer STARZ:
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- Hulu with Live TV ($8.99/month)
- YouTube TV ($9 per month)
- DIRECTV NOW (included in $75/month "Gotta Have It" package or for $8 added to other packages)
If you have a cable or satellite service, you can watch Outlander on STARZ.com using your service's login credentials.
In Canada, Outlander is available on W Network. Each new episode airs at 10 p.m. EST, one hour after it finishes airing in the US. To watch online, navigate to the official W website and log in with your TV provider. W hasn't said what day or time each episode will be posted to the website. But the usual practice for most networks is to post new episodes either the night they air or the day afterward.
In the UK, new Outlander episodes are available the day after they air through Amazon Prime. UK residents can sign up to Amazon Prime Video at a cost of £7.99/month, with a 30-day free trial. If you don't want to subscribe to Prime, another option is to rent Outlander episodes the day after they air for £2.49 a piece.
In Australia, Outlander is broadcast on Foxtel every Monday at 12 p.m. AEDT, beginning with the premiere on November 5. New episodes can be viewed online through the Watch Foxtel app and website. A Foxtel subscription costs $30 AUD/month for the least expensive option.
How to stream Outlander abroad with a VPN
You'll need to have a payment method located in the country where you plan to view Outlander. For example, you will need a US credit card to subscribe to STARZ direct and an Australian credit card to subscribe to Foxtel.
If you travel outside of your country's borders, you will run into a problem. The service you paid for will be in one country, while you will be accessing the Internet from another country where that service is blocked.
You can solve this problem by using a VPN to hide your IP address. Here is how to stream Outlander and other programs abroad with a VPN:
- Decide on which VPN provider to use. We recommend ExpressVPN, but NordVPN and Cyberghost are also good choices
- Navigate to the VPN provider's website and install the software
- When the software loads, select a server from within the country of the service you are subscribed to. For example, if you have a subscription to Foxtel, select an Australian server. If you have a subscription to STARZ, select a US server
- Connect to your service's website and click on the episode you want to watch
Can I stream Outlander with a free VPN?
Instead of charging a subscription fee, free VPNs record data about what customers are doing online. They then sell this information to advertisers. This practice raises concerns about privacy.
Free VPNs also have data limits that are usually too low to allow for streaming video. And they have thousands of users trying to connect to poor infrastructure that is hardly ever upgraded. Their limitations and privacy concerns make them a very poor option for most activities, even web browsing.
We only recommend VPNs that have high speeds and robust privacy protections. Unfortunately, no free VPNs that we know of currently fit that description. However, many excellent VPNs offer subscriptions as low as $3-$7 per month if you sign up for a long enough term. Here is a list with more information.
What is Outlander?
Outlander is a TV drama based on the series of books by Diana Gabaldon with the same name. It was developed by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica, Helix). It stars Catriona Balfe as Claire Randall (later Claire Fraser) who finds herself transported back in time after visiting Craigh na Dun. She ends up in the 18th century, where she meets some Scottish highlanders being chased by British troops.
Claire falls in love with one of the highlanders named James Frazer. In the process, she gets caught up in the Jacobite rebellion as it spreads into France. Fans of Outlander love the way it weaves historical facts into the plot of the story. There is information about the Scottish-British wars of the 1700's, the Jacobite rebellion in France, and many other events in European history. They also enjoy the complex plot twists, gory action scenes, and strong characters of the series.
If you want to catch up on the previous seasons before watching the new one, the entire series is available on the STARZ app and website in the US and Amazon Prime in the UK.


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Pumas UNAM 2 Independiente del Valle 1 (3-3 agg, 3-5 on penalties): Hosts suffer shoot-out heartbreak
Independiente del Valle continued their remarkable run in the Copa Libertadores after sealing their spot in the semi-finals with a penalty shoot-out win, despite losing 2-1 to Pumas UNAM in Tuesday's second leg.
After winning the first leg 2-1, 10-man Independiente found themselves 2-0 down away to Pumas and facing elimination from the last eight.
However, a 66th-minute goal from Junior Sornoza tied things up on aggregate, before Arturo Mina slotted the decisive penalty in the 5-3 shoot-out triumph.
Pumas were cruising in the first half of the contest, with two goals from Ismael Sosa in the space of three minutes putting them ahead 3-2 on aggregate in front of their home crowd in Mexico City.
Things went from bad to worse for Ecuadorian outfit Independiente in the second half, after defender Luis Ayala was shown a straight red card for a late foul.
But the small club from the outskirts of Quito, whose stadium has a capacity of just over 7,000, managed to pull the tie back level thanks to Sornoza's free-kick magic.
Both sides could not find the back of the net in the closing stages, meaning the quarter-final would be decided on penalties.
And it was Independiente who managed to hold their nerve from the spot, converting all five of their penalties as first-half star Sosa saw his effort saved by Daniel Librado Azcona.
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We're back at it! This Friday, July 19, HillyTown Presents brings you Peter Squires, Hey Anna, and Mission Drift at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY!
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We're back at it! This Friday, July 19, HillyTown Presents brings you Peter Squires, Hey Anna, and Mission Drift at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY!
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For the second year in a row, we put together an official showcase as part of the Brooklyn-based Northside Festival. This time, we teamed up with our friends at StereoActiveNYC (full disclosure: HillyTown was sort of an offshoot/Maine-companion of SANYC in the beginning) and had some help from BreakThruRadio to put together . . . → Read More: 2013 Northside Festival Showcase Recap
We know that this is a pretty busy weekend in Portland, so we decided to give the Maine music fans in NYC a little excitement too. This weekend, The Rattlesnakes are heading south, hitting NJ, NY, and MA (check out their tour flyer below). This Sunday, August 5, they're stopping at Union Hall in . . . → Read More: HillyTown NYC Presents: The Rattlesnakes + Troubled Sleep + The Split!
This will be the last one for a little while.
Tonight's show at Cameo Gallery (located in the back of the restaurant The Lovin' Cup Cafe on N. 6th) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been in the works for a while and we couldn't be more excited to present this one. Things start off . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presents NYC Tonight!
Wow. Another awesome show with Maine and Brooklyn bands last night. Sometimes we feel like we're getting away with something having this much fun. A great turnout and top notch performances from Field Mouse, Great Western Plain, and Shark? (plus some killer jams from the WHAT DJ?! team . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented in Brooklyn [2.22.12]
Two masks, two duos, a dance contest, and flowers? Yup, sounds like a HillyTown Presents show. At least on Tuesday night at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY it was. A Severe Joy came down from Maine to play a show along with locals Genghis Hans and Mitten, and Poingly kept things fun with jams . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented (in Brooklyn) Again [1.31.12]
This year, HillyTown will celebrate its 4th year. In the coming months, you'll see some other names regularly popping up on the site as contributors, hopefully a new design and features, and more HillyTown Presents events in both Maine and New York. Thanks for sticking with us as we sort things out.
Coming up . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presents in Brooklyn: Jan. 12 @ Union Hall
When The Milkman's Union were in town to record with and do a short tour alongside Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, I stopped by the studio to make this quick single shot video with frontman Henry Jamison. The track, "Bright and Future," was recorded during a break on the Lady Lamb project at Let 'Em In . . . → Read More: Henry Jamison video – "Bright and Future"
Noticing a theme here? On Wednesday, December 15, Lady Lamb and The Milkman's Union (who have been recording together in Brooklyn) kicked off a brief tour at Union Hall in Park Slope along with their local pals Cuddle Magic. All just a couple days before Brenda hit the borough to play a diy show. . . . → Read More: Lady Lamb and The Milkman's Union Played Brooklyn [12.15.11]
This is how the internet and music discovery works now: over the past few months we've noticed the words Coke Weed popping up every so often thanks to Facebook's slightly creepy stream-of-consciousness system and our fine network of Maine musicians ranging from bedroom poppers and diy noisenicks to arena rockers. It took a minute to . . . → Read More: Coke Weed Interview
It's totally just a coincidence that 75% of our live music coverage here on HillyTown lately has been about Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and o'death (that other 25% apparently goes to Astronautalis – a trend that will likely continue), but we happen to love both of those acts so no complaints here. This weekend, . . . → Read More: Lady Lamb and o'death Played Brooklyn [10.9.11]
One of the first acts to really land on our radar at HillyTown and make a big impact was Lady Lamb The Beekeeper. It's been a couple years now since that first show we caught at Slainte, and Aly Spaltro has since toured extensively, gotten amazing press, and moved to Brooklyn. This week, I . . . → Read More: Lady Lamb Brooklyn Studio Visit, SPACE Saturday!
That was pretty much all I wanted to say. Thanks to everyone involved.
Ready for tomorrow night at Trash Bar? For now, I'm heading out to see more bands. Full photo galleries/videos/etc from all of this fun nonsense at some point in the future, . . . → Read More: HillyTown CMJ Day Party Was Awesome.
I told you I had some news coming. Let's start with the first ever (that I've heard of) Portland, Maine Official CMJ Music Marathon Showcase.
Featuring 7 bands from Maine (and involved in the Portland scene), this showcase will take place on Saturday, October 23rd at Trash Bar (256 Grand St.) in the Williamsburg . . . → Read More: CMJ Announcements! Portland Showcase + Day Party + Compilation


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Primarily, the net present value (NPV) concept for new projects is paramount for bringing new and greater revenue streams to the education department. With the government's total budget deficit of 6.40 percent as of 2015, Cameroon's education department is not in a financial position to freely choose new projects (Cameroon Government Budget, n.d.). This will force the education department into hard rationing of their budget. When choosing between mutually exclusive projects, the one with the highest NPV is the best option (Brealey, Myers, & Marcus, 2015, p. 241). Some projects may have higher internal rates of return; however, these rates can be deceptively high while still providing a lower NPV because the internal rate of return may simply look better for smaller and shorter-lived projects. It is also important to consider all available projects simultaneously so that the NPV of each can be compared when selecting subsequent projects to fund. A set of two or three projects with lower individual NPV may provide a higher aggregate NPV than a single project higher on the list that has a lower profitability index (Brealey et al., 2015, p. 251).
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2013 Investment Climate Statement – Cameroon. (2013, April). Retrieved June 25, 2017, from https://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2013/204615.htm
Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., & Marcus, A. J. (2015). Fundamentals of corporate finance. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
Cameroon Exports. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2017, from http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/cmr/#Exports
Cameroon Government Budget. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2017, from https://tradingeconomics.com/cameroon/government-budget
Circular flow. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2017, from https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/economic-lowdown-video-series/episode-6-circular-flow
Pei, A. (2017, June 24). Gartman: The oil bear market has turned crude into a 'worthless' commodity. Retrieved June 25, 2017, from http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/24/gartman-the-oil-bear-market-has-turned-crude-into-a-worthless-commodity.html


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That lady there in the middle probably shouldn't even be alive right now, but her strength and faith has given her more life to live. The other reason she is her is that baby bump you see over on the right...that would be Ms. Carlee Claire Whitten, aka "peanuts" and she is coming very soon and making me into a grandmother! {it's really weird to type that!}
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App Annie 'Capptivate' Conference Lures Execs from Google, Coca-Cola, Amazon
App Annie's big deal industry event — called "Capptivate" — is coming soon and the news is that highly placed execs and marketers from major companies — including Google, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Snap, Twitter, and others — will be making a beeline to the event.
A mobile app data and insights company, App Annie hosts Capptivate. The confab will address the fast growing app market with keynotes and sessions on topics like how apps are drastically transforming consumer behavior and businesses, best practices for growing a mobile business, and App Annie's own vision for the year ahead.
Capptivate is set for June 4-5 at Pier 27 in San Francisco. Mobile industry leaders and companies view the event as the place to learn best practices and get information helpful to successful strategy-building.
Building on its extensive data assets and advanced market models, App Annie will reveal its vision for the app economy through 2021 — highlighting the growth across app stores, in-app advertising, and commerce, according to event organizers. Bertrand Schmitt, the CEO and co-founder of App Annie, will also share his vision for the company for the upcoming year.
A popular headliner will undoubtedly be Nate Silver, the Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight and author of the bestseller "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don't." A well known pollster and commentator, Silver's prognostications were a major story in the 2016 election.
"App Annie is thrilled to present Capptivate as the premier forum for pioneering mobile leaders to learn from one another," said Schmitt. "As the mobile industry evolves, apps are increasingly woven into consumers' lives — making them the most powerful way for mobile-first and traditional companies to reach and engage with customers."


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Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.
Today's top gossip:
Lady Gaga was reportedly thrown out of the New York Yankees' clubhouse after a recent game because she appeared drunk and started coming onto various players, despite their wives and families being nearby. Photographs of the singer show her wearing a Yankees shirt unbuttoned to the waist, revealing a black bra and matching knickers (The Sun).
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Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding says she's swapped her partying ways for gardening and growing organic vegetables (The Sun).
Dannii Minogue has reportedly signed a £1 million record deal with Ministry Of Sound (various).
Shakira says she's addicted to chocolate (Daily Record).
Kylie Minogue says she likes to test her boyfriends by taking them on the road with her. Those who don't stress her out get to carry on seeing her (The Sun).
Madonna is adding a new floor to her £22 million mansion in New York (Daily Mirror).
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My Favorite Senior Living/Retiree Links
I've been busy studying all sorts of websites and blogs for useful information to pass along and there are a number of sites that are outstanding. They aren't necessarily focused on jobs or working for yourself, but they're filled with good information that will tweak your imagination…even if you're just now exploring the idea of retiring,
I'm listing them in no particular order, actually.
Small Town Retirement.com – A site to explore if you're considering a move. Here's a quote in their own words:
This site is a great resource for 55+ adults exploring the advantages of small town living. We display the best retirement towns. Get ready to start living the small town life you want and deserve.
A list of the 10 Best Cities for Retirement on the Bankrate.com website range from warm climates to cold climates and are spread all across the United States. They've also listed the 10 worst cities! Worth checking out, for sure.
US News has another list worth a look: Best Countries for a Comfortable Retirement. Ireland, Australia, Italy, Canada, Spain and Sweden are just a few.
Retirement – Only the Beginning – The link I've posted here gives 10 Tips to Stretch Your Retirement Savings. Dave Bernard is the blogger. He has written more than 300 posts for the US News and World Report blog and has written I Want to Retire – Essential Considerations for the Retiree To Be.
Marc & Angel Hack Life – Marc and Angel are not anywhere near retirement but their popular personal development blog is chock full of great information.
When you click on the link to their blog, you'll be pulling up one of their posts well worth bookmarking. It's 12 Dozen Places to Educate Yourself Online for Free. If you can't find one that is perfect for you…well, I give up!
Jobs for Boomers – 9 links for possible employment for retirees. I haven't checked all of them out, yet so if you do, please leave a comment for me.
AARP Member Discounts – If you haven't checked out this link, yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. Many of these discounts aren't advertised so it's a good idea to check the link from time to time.
Freelancers Union – Did you know there are 53 million independent workers in the United States? If you're a retiree who is launching a freelance business, you should do yourself a favor and join this amazing group. Sara Horowitz founded Freelancers Union in 1995 to give independent workers a voice and support in so many areas.
Sara recognized that one of the biggest challenges independent workers face is their lack of access to affordable health insurance. To help solve this problem, Sara in 2008 launched Freelancers Insurance Company, a social-purpose business wholly owned by the union providing independent workers with high-quality, affordable, and portable health insurance.
The union's National Benefits Platform, launched in 2014, now helps freelancers across America access benefits like health insurance, 401(k), and life, liability, dental, and disability insurance.
I'm still researching websites that are specifically geared toward the pre or post retirement lifestyle. I'll be adding to this page from time to time. In the meantime, please let me know your thoughts on this post. Do you have any websites that you particularly like? I'm happy to add them to this page.
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Christo IT continues to grow and expand our VOIP services to better serve our clients, who mean the most to us. Christo IT's small business clients are important to us because as a small business ourselves, we understand what goes into running a successful smaller to medium-scale company. When it comes to voice over IP services, the latest service offered by Christo IT, we want to ensure that our clients understand the overall nature of this helpful technological tool for their business. Voice over IP is a way to use a high-speed internet connection for their phone service. No longer does your business need to pay costly phone bills for the standard packetswitched telephone service (PSTN). Your small business can conveniently talk to clients using this system as if it was a standard phone line, with the additional value of added services and benefits that go above and beyond the traditional phone line. Those days are way in the past.
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- Remember to separate the voice and data connections at every desk in your office. It is not advisable to daisy chain the computer and the phone because it will result in poor voice and data quality.
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As a VOIP service provider, Christo IT understands the ins and outs of this complex advancement in technology. When it comes to your small business, just know that Christo IT will be there to help install, manage, and monitor your voice over IP system. Voice over IP is a great way to not only save money, but to broaden your small business's communication horizons. The standard telephone lines are a thing of the past and it's time that your business makes the transition to voice over IP services. For more information about Christo IT's voice over IP services for small businesses contact us today at 215-256-7901.


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The Supervisor, Safety Process provides leadership and resourcing to Midstream EHS Safety Specialists working in the areas of physical risk management & control and environmental stewardship and will primarily have a deep understanding of OSHA/PSM and safety/risk control management practices as it applies within the context of the oil & gas industry. This position provides leadership for a team of professionals that provides EHS subject matter expertise across the organization. Likewise, the Supervisor, Safety Process will have a working knowledge of the teams' respective SME areas and must work with the EHS SMEs & Midstream leadership to identify the appropriate level of supporting Tier III resources, coordinating their interactions and results. The Supervisor must ensure that the SME team provides timely, relevant, and accurate information to the MS organization.
- Establish, implement and continuously improve processes by which a team of EHS Subject Matter Experts (SME's) support the Midstream organization.
- In conjunction with Midstream GM and OPG EHS leadership, determine appropriate staffing and competency levels for ESH SMEs necessary to support Midstream operations.
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- Lead a team of SME's and provide translation of current and proposed EHS regulatory requirements, applicable consensus standards, and leading edge practices in the areas of physical risk control and environmental stewardship into workable actions for the organization.
- Provide guidance and recommendations to the Midstream organization as to how to respond to Agency actions and Notices of Violation (NOVs), and support the preparation of the appropriate response.
- Create and maintain effective and productive relationships with those federal, state and local agencies, as well as industry work groups that support Midstream operations.
- Provide oversight in identifying and developing the next generation of SRs within Williams.
- Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Physical Risk Management or related discipline preferred.
- 10+ years EHS management experience with some time in a formal leadership position preferred, previous Oil & Gas experience desired.
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Martin Guptill's strokeful 72 helped New Zealand notch a series-levelling 19-run win over India but the Kiwi opener said it wasn't a fluent knock as the conditions were tough for batting once the ball got old at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi.
Guptill's innings set the platform for New Zealand as they posted 260 and then bowled out India for 241 in 48.4 overs to win the fourth ODI in Ranchi.
"It wasn't as fluent as I would have liked. But at the end of the day, I'll take 72 any day of the week. It was tough," the senior New Zealand opener said in the post-match news conference.
"Early on the ball came on a bit more and you were able to hit through the line better but once the ball became a bit softer the scoring became a lot tougher and you had to work for your runs, you had to grind it out a wee bit. I was happy to get through that little period."
Guptill hit 12 boundaries in his 84-ball innings to match his score in the third and final Test in Indore and he said that's his style of play.
"It's just the way I've played my one-day cricket in the last one year to 18 months. I enjoy hitting the ball over the top when I can. So I just tried to make use of the hard ball when it was hard and I got away with it," he said.
Guptill said opening the batting was the toughest place to bat.
"As an opener you're going to get a ball, you're going to nick off early on and things like that happen. But you know you just got to fight through that because you're going to come out the other side, you can score some runs," he said.
The pressure is now back on hosts India with the series locked 2-2 ahead of the final one-dayer in Visakhapatnam on Saturday and Guptill said a win would boost their confidence.
"The last game in Mohali I started to get some old touch back and today while I wasn't as fluent as I would have liked you know I was able to bat for a period of time," he said.
"So going forward to Vizag hopefully I can spend a bit more time in the middle and then create a few partnerships with the guys I'm batting with. Hopefully we can score some big runs.
"Everyone fought right to the end. The bowlers did a fantastic job up front getting rid of Rohit early and then they had a partnership together and Ish came on and broke that," he said about Kohli's dismissal for 45.
Kohli edged one behind the stumps trying to cut Sodhi way outside the off-stump in a sloppy dismissal.
Showering high praise on their spinners, Guptill said: "I think the way Ish and Mitch Santner bowled was top draw and absolutely world class bowling to arguably the best players of spin in the world.
"The wickets suited them and the boys bowled really well and fielded extremely well as well."


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Croatia is the type of place that is filled with millions of carrots dangling in front of us outsiders, and always just a bit out of reach, causing us to push ourselves forward. Inch by inch, we keep reaching towards those carrots, and are forced to stretch ourselves in ways we never thought possible. But those ethereal carrots keep moving just slightly out of reach. And after several years, the constant effort of stretching and stretching coupled with the constantly moving carrot can deplete the energy stores of even the most enthusiastic and energy-filled person.
This constant stretching didn't just make my arms sore....they fell off! (metaphorically speaking)
So I need some time to hunker down, analyze, lick a few wounds, charge up my batteries, and then get back on the horse with some sort of plan that does not involve carrots (or any other vegetable dangled in front of me). For the first time in my life, I have absolutely no idea what to do next.
I'll still be here in a sort of zombie-like form. But I'm gonna need some time to think 'bout all this. So I know y'all will understand if I take a bit of time off from updating this blog. I'm as interested as you are in what new ideas I come up with.
Until then, send me some positive energy, if you have some to spare...and if you don't, then let me send some your way right now.
As someone said once: onwards and upwards.
19 September 2013
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I'm not sure how well this translates from listening to a sequence of numbers to reading descriptions of dangerous places, but it seems to me that if the texts started out with a boring intro paragraph ("Eastasia is a largely agrarian nation...") before delving into the gory details, that might well be a factor as people would tend to remember the boring intro to country A and the gory details of country B.]]>
OK, but *how much* stronger is the response? Not very much at all, actually. Van Boven et alia's actual results for this study are given are given on page 10 (numbered 377) in study 5 in this paper:
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Participants were asked to score the perceived risk from 1 to 7; the second risk had a mean score of 4.59 with a s.d. of 1.24, while the first risk had a mean score of 4.32 with a s.d. of 1.35. This tells us two interesting things:
1. The differences *within* these groups are around 5 times larger than the differences *between* these groups. In other words, while immediacy has an effect on risk perception, it is a very small effect that is dwarfed by other, non-assessed factors. Similar results apply for all the other statistical tests performed in this study: on a 7 point scale, a fraction of a point difference is seen in samples with spreads of well over a point.
2. Despite the fact that both of the countries used in the study had actually suffered multiple and on-going serious terrorist attacks, in some cases causing hundreds of deaths, very few participants ranked the countries as "very dangerous" and most put them close to the middle of the scale, with quite a lot putting them lower.
Only it's not really a conflict. Gut usually wins. This is an evolutionary shortcut that allows our limbic systems to react and save us. Frontal lobe doesn't get a say.
I used to fear bees, they moved fast and erratically I know they would cause pain. As a child pain was bad.
After driving cows for a while I learned to do what cows do, that is, a casual switch of the tail...(the hard part was growing the tail).
I now live in the woods with bees, wasps, hornets, woodpeckers and bears. I drink my beer on my deck and yes it attracts bees and wasps. It's thier world and a casual wave discourages them. They don't want the beer ... what are they going to do, pollinate it?
Point is it took years to overcome the gut "It's a bug! Kill it!" reaction and let head "calmly" react.
This study doesn't explain clowns though. That is missing from a lot of these studies.]]>
Well, in the light of this topic this probably is the best thing to do facing general threats as well.
Will it directly and outright harm me?
* if "no": get on with whatever you are doing
* if "yes": shift focus to the imminent threat
Wasps, for example, are generally not interested in stinging me. They might be interested in my beverage, well, but that is something to be dealt with. (Put something on the drink and the wasp needs a little more force than it can muster to get to the drink.)
"Stay calm", there is a reason why this is the first directive in every emergency instruction.]]>
Minor problems with quick and easy solutions tend to get dealt with in prefrence to major problems with either slow or difficult solutions.
Infact this even over rides common sense on many occasions.
For instance you are sitting outside with your chosen after work bevarage and a wasp flies towards you, what do you do?
Some people try to frighten the wasp away which is actually more likley to get them stung.
The real solution is not to drink bevarages that attract wasps where wasps are likley to be, or to a lesser extent put something more attractive to wasps down wind of you.]]>
@Tom Welsh
"a wasp just flew in my office"
Run! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!]]>
In threats you can take action for -- it makes perfect sense to act on the most recent, the most salient, threat. In that case, our emotions are a fairly good approximations of a good risk assessment.
This is not an ancient and decrepit brain system -- but a vibrant system relevant to taking action. You first take action on immediate problems, whether or not they are "more important". Your emotions lead you to respond where your response is most efficacious -- not at the "greatest" risk, but the "current greatest" risk.
The problem is when unactionable data comes in. That 'information' displaces real data -- it's just distracting noise.]]>
This is interesting because, in his book, Kevin Mitnick explains what it always did when performing social engineering on a victim: after obtaining the valuable info, he made sure to always end the conversation asking for some inane information. He knew that the victim would remember the inane last questions -- and not the crucial ones.]]>


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It's been a long 3 months away but I'm excited to share about my most recent adventure. Cake decorating class! I'm taking the class through Party Favors in Brookline and I couldn't
be more excited about it. It's a three week class where we learn everything from basic frosting, to flowers, to fondant! And the best part of this class is that I don't have to make the cake or frosting to bring with me. Less prep!
Last Wednesday was my first class and it was a ton of fun but I have to tell you I was a little deflated after. I walked into class all confident thinking I'd be the star. I mean how couldn't I, right? Well making pretty things with cupcakes isn't as easy as it looks. Sure I can do all sorts of swirls on my cupcakes but that doesn't transition over into frosting animals and flowers apparently.
The first class was on cupcakes and we started with a few different kinds of flowers. Let me tell you, getting the right pressure and movement of the frosting is tough. After flowers we move into animals. Penguins, pigs, and dogs to be specific. The penguin wasn't too bad, it's pretty basic. But as you can see my little piggy isn't as cute as he could be. And don't even get me started on the dog. It looked like a turd and I couldn't get the shape I wanted so I scrapped it for another penguin since those little guys are pretty cute.
Clearly I need to practice a little more. I'm nervous that we're going to be working on roses this week because my attempt to teach myself was disastrous. Keep your fingers crossed that with some one-on-one teaching I'll get a little better at this!


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Viewers and businesses were invited to pledge their support via the Crowdfunder website. In the end,£367,000 was raised by the deadline. An additional £22,000 was raised after the deadline, bringing the total to £390,000, £90,000 over the target. The money was sought in order to help the channel become independent as a Community Benefit Society (designated as an organisation that conducts business for the benefit of the community).
Since the beginning of June, the not-for-profit station had been appealing for donations from viewers, promising them a stake in the channel if they pledged £50 or more. It even threatened viewers with the closure of the channel. As the original end of June deadline loomed with the channel far short of the amount needed, an extra 17 days of fundraising was announced. One of the major donors was Sky, who donated half of the £300,000 needed.
Within hours of the 17th July deadline, anonymous donors came forward, with two unknown donors pledging £10,000 or more during the last two hours of fundraising. Other major donors included the Big Lottery Fund and the Barrow Cadbury Trust.
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The Fair Isaac Corporation, creator of the FICO score, offers a range of FICO scores from 300 to 850. As recently as 2009, FICO stated that over 58% of scores in the United States are 700 or higher. Only 15% of the U.S. population has a credit score of 650. A mere 27% of Americans have scores of 649 or lower.
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In fact, a FICO score between 699 and 650 marks you as a moderate credit risk, and you can expect to pay higher interest rates than those with scores above 700, which is the dividing line for lenders between low credit risk and moderate credit risk candidates. Why is this important? Over the life of a car loan, you may pay hundreds of dollars more in interest. Over the course of a home loan, you could easily pay thousands of dollars more.
Liz Pulliam-Weston of MSN demonstrates this in a post, Lifetime Cost of Bad Credit $201, 712. She compares two friends who behave identically financially in terms of the debt they carry over the course of 40 years, but one has a credit score of 750 and the other has a credit score of 650. In her examples, Emily, the friend with a FICO score of 750 pays 10.99% on her credit cards while Karen, the friend with a 650 credit score, pays 19.99% interest. At that rate, it is harder to make payments on the principal and pay down the debt quickly if you are only paying the minimum or slightly above the minimum. Even more shocking, on a 30 year mortgage for $400,000, Emily pays 4.84% interest and pays $359,004 in interest over the life of the loan, while Karen pays 5.66% interest, which doesn't sound like a dramatic increase, but over the life of the loan, she pays $432,221, a difference of $73,217 compared to what Emily pays with a 100 point higher credit score.
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The good news about having a credit score of 650 is that you are not that far away from the cusp of what constitutes low risk credit, a score of 700. If you make a conscious effort to improve your credit score, you may be able to get it up over 700 and join the 58% of the American population that has low risk credit and access to lower interest rates.
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- Read articles such as How to Improve Your Credit Score to learn the basics of what comprises a good credit score and how to achieve it yourself.
- Get free credit scores online and monitor how your score is improving with the steps you are taking.
A score of 650, while once not a serious hindrance, has become one in this current economy. However, there are steps you can take to improve your credit score and begin to benefit from lower interest rates available to those with credit scores of 700 or above. Now is the time to improve your score, before any large purchase.
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The strength of the welds is due to the process itself. SAW uses a continuously fed wire electrode and the weld metal to create the weld pool. Flux is poured directly into the weld pool where it becomes molten and conductive and acts as its own shield protecting the weld site from contamination and the operator from spatter, sparks, UV rays, and fumes. Excess flux gets recycled back into the hopper where it can be reused.
SAW is usually a fully automatic process, but it can also be semi-automatic. Since operators can't see the weld and make adjustments, they must rely on machinery and parameter settings to manage bead shape, depth of penetration, and chemical composition of the weld metal.
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#Personal finance is a very wide subject. Here I just want to simplify the basics, why we need to take care of our money, why the inflow and outflow of funds need to me managed.
Every person has their own perspective about life, income and expenses. However, we can start with the 5 constants of personal finance apart from the regular aspirations of education for your children, marriage and buying a home.
1. You are going to grow old
2. Prices will go up
3. Value of money will decrease
4. Financial markets will remain volatile
5. There will be unplanned emergencies
Now, what do we do? Start stacking up cash/ gold? Putting in Fixed Deposit? Buy stocks? Mutual funds? Insurance? What?
We need to simply the relation between the goals and financial needs. We need to come in terms with the purpose of the investment so that we allocate funds and plan in a right manner.
How to go about it?
Start as soon as you feel it is important; don't wait for emergencies to teach you harsh lessons.
Chalk out your financial goals based on the event and the expected timeline. For eg
Own marriage/ buying property/ vacations/ children's education and marrage/ second home/ retirement planning etc.
Keep in mind
1. Keep goals clear
2. Time in hand
3. Risk taking ability
4. Avoid mixing asset classes
Based on your age, current financial situation, priority and timeline you can plan your finance.
First, prepare an Emergency fund, ideally the most liquid investment like savings account/ Fixed deposit/liquid fund.
Your financial liabilities and dependants should determine the life insurance cover. Chose term plan, stay away from endowment and ulips. See Post to know more.
Health insurance is also a significant part of financial planning. A medical emergency can erode a significant portion of your wealth if not planned for emergencies.
Few goals which are 5 – 10 years away and more, a significant kitty can be built with a monthly investing a small amount into equity mutual fund. See post on wealth creation
Younger the age, risk taking capacity is more. Equity based mutual fund investment can yield maximum return in long term. Thumb rule of equity investment is (100-age)% of total savings can be kept in equity. With increasing age/ nearing the goal gradually shift the investment into debts or fixed instruments like Fixed deposits.
Retirement planning is one more aspect one need to start early. As, the value of money decreases with passing time, maintaining the same lifestyle as today will cost you much higher 20 years later. Hence, investing for retire is important. See post
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There are two street/pavement artists who I think are amazing. I've only just found out about this guy, Edgar Mueller. The images below are © Edgar Mueller and his website is http://www.metanamorph.com/
Here are a couple of his shots.
The first time I came across street/pavement art was when I saw some scenes done by an English artist, Julian Beever. The following images are ©Julian Beever and his website is HERE
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15 or so more day's til Valentine's Day 2012. What to get your loved one? Chocolate, dinner, flowers, lingerie, oh the list goes on and on. Many of us have traditions with our loved one's, like a very special dinner? A picnic? etc…
I prefer wine, OK I know no surprise here. But why do I prefer wine? Wine is to be shared with great company. Have you ever shared a special bottle with that perfect person? Sharing is caring and wine just oozes sexy, sultry, passion, and LOVE!
Wine & Chocolate, why not just remember, the lighter the chocolate, the lighter the wine and the darker and more bitter chocolate fuller bodied wines usually pair better. Strawberries dipped in dark chocolate? Oh yes please why not pair it with an elegant Brachetto D'Acqui or a beautiful Rose Champagne.
Or maybe you are having dinner at home or going out. Here are some suggestions:
Why not a Gewurztraminer paired with an Asian dish.
A Super Tuscan, Barolo, or Brunello di Montalcino paired with a pasta dish with meat or chicken.
Pinot Noir paired with a gorgeous piece of Salmon or Grouper.
How about Duck? Oh yes please a nice Burgundy pairs beautifully, play's off the gaminess.
Chicken pot pie, quiche or a shrimp scampi try it with a Chardonnay.
Pork or Mushroom risotto, try a Riesling.
The most versatile wine is Champagne. You can start with Champagne and finish with it. Starters like oysters, raw shrimp, cheese, and sushi. Dinner have it with Lobster, shrimp, scallops, chicken. Then finish with a dessert like fruit puddings, tarts, or cake.
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