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It is known that on the Internet there are million of helpful aids for teaching languages. But not everything suits us and it's not always easy to quickly find again what we need. Not to mention when we have to skip from one web page to another one during the same lesson. For this reason I decided to create the blog La scuola con me (The School with Me).
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This Modified Mission/ Arts and Crafts table made out or red oak has pass through tenons. It is part of the several different pieces that I adapted to fit my needs in my collection.
I got the idea from making various pieces that I had come across in magazines and plans. I adopted and modified the design, measurements, and construction techniques to fit my methods and preferences.
It is made from red oak.
The top 3/4 inch thick and is made using the bread board side piece method of tongue and grove . The top is made from glued up equal pieces of oak using biscuits for alignment.
The dimensions are 24 inches deep 24 inches wide ( the top) and its is 26 inches tall. the drawer is 4 inches deep 16 inches wide and has a face rough opening of 15 inches. It is made using the dove tail method for joinery.
The legs are 1 1/2 square. The lower shelf uses a dado to fit in the side pieces and is notched around the legs for a tight fit.
The drawer pull is made from forged copper.
It is finished using my twelve step mission stain process.
-- Dusty
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#1 posted 03-04-2007 02:35 PM
After making this one with trough tenons, was it worth the extra work? Do you prefer this design? If so, why? If not, why?
-- Jesus is Lord!
#2 posted 03-04-2007 03:43 PM
That said and remembering I am far from a expert in this area. I'm your every day woodworking hack who drives bus and tries to build furniture on the side for my enjoyment.
I will try explaining why I don't like this method. I'm sure there are many more qualified woodworkers out there who could do a better job of answering your question.
I will try my best.
If I had all the time in the world and no deadlines and wanted to have that look- then I suppose I might say yes. I simply had way too many pieces of furniture to build and finish to furnish my restored house to make it practical.
If I did this work professional and relied on selling it I would think it would take a special type client who's willing to pay the extra money to make the piece using this method. I would guess most wouldn't be willing to pay what it takes to build it. That is what I have found is true where I live, in good oh frugal Minnesota. Most people here want to negotiate the cost of an ice-cream cone.
However that said, I know there are lots of clients and furniture makers who make their living doing this. My hat goes off to them.
I have done a lot of these types tenon in the past. Not only on these pieces but if have you recalled on my large dining room table. I find them very time consuming. I also find that they present a lot of other challenges, such as you know only to well, the end grain stains up very different, and uneven. Even though the mission staining process I developed with the use of the yellow dye as a base coat minimizes this, but is still is noticeable. I'm sure you noticed.
I know that a lot of "true" mission and Arts and Crafts furniture is made this way. I have done hours of extensive research on this style of furniture. I'm still not convinced it was part of the original intent of the designers of this style. I will, the save the lecture on this also because it's both history, and not conclusive. Further more you never asked that question.
I'm sorry to go off on some tangent, its my passion for furniture building that gets me going, I am sorry.
I hope I answered your question.
-- Dusty
#3 posted 03-04-2007 08:26 PM
Dusty, I appreciate you spending your valuble time to answer my questions. There is no need to appologize, you've done nothing wrong. Your work in the mission style is impressive and you passion for it shows.
-- Jesus is Lord!
#4 posted 03-04-2007 08:39 PM
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
#5 posted 03-04-2007 08:57 PM
The tenons are chamfered on the end to facilitate alignment and fit of the mortise.
I"m confused Dick, Are you talking about the TV show I did for DIY network . The shows that are currently running in Europe or "Look what I did" The TV show that is oh HGTV that is currently running now?
I am not sure what "I did it myself" is or what your are referring to.
-- Dusty
#6 posted 03-04-2007 09:02 PM
Dusty, you're a movie star, too!
-- Jesus is Lord!
#7 posted 03-04-2007 09:03 PM
My time is no more valuable than yours. I love to answer questions or help out when I can. Remember when I first started it was had to get any info and no one seemed to want to help and it was very frustrating. I just don't want to come off like I know it all or my way is the only way. I also know my passion gets long winded and not every one cares to have me go that in depth. I am trying to find a happy medium.
You ask what ever you want anything you want. I respect you am more than willing to pass on what I know even if its not that much. I learn by doing that and in return reading others thoughts and ideas.
-- Dusty
#8 posted 03-04-2007 09:05 PM
I am a bus driver who they asked to do a few shows.
I am a woodworker like all the rest of the lumber jocks in here.
No more no less.
-- Dusty
#9 posted 03-05-2007 05:22 AM
VERY NICE WORK, Dusty. Mike
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
#10 posted 05-09-2007 04:28 PM
you are indeed an amazing woodworker Dusty. I would enjoy spending time with you in your shop area. Your lamp is beautiful, is this really a lamp you can build in just three hours? There is no way I could. I would guess at the best 20 hours to do everything from concept to plugging it in for me to do it.
Great work, great projects, I'm a big fan of what you do and write,
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
#11 posted 05-09-2007 07:19 PM
Thank you.
I am humbled with your statement, coming from you, who I consider not only a master, but some one to look to as a mentor, You set the standard and bench mark for ever woodworker to strive to be like.
You are a very inspiring craftsman and artist.
If you note, this project featured the table, I didn't remove the lamp from the picture. I should of it wouldn't of been so confusing .
I did feature this lamp that I built in another project posting.
This particular lamp isn't the one that I designed and build in about four hours. This lamp is a lot more involved and took considerable more time.
This is the link to that project http://lumberjocks.com/projects/688
Quote "They are some what time consuming to build. I spent all of two and a half days constructing each one of them."
I really think it would be fun and a honor to hang out in each others shops. What a exciting way to exchange ideas.
-- Dusty
#12 posted 05-10-2007 07:16 PM
Nice work, Dusty. I enjoyed the above discussion and "love-fest". LOL
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.dpb-photos.com/
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We are baaaaack. I took a week off to transfer files to the new blog site. I bought a domain and I am still working on getting everything the way I like it. So, we are a work in progress. I may change the design but anyway.
I wanted to talk about this weeks feature. Etsy is a fasinating site and sometimes I get lost; by clicking on shops that look interesting. I find myself looking at shops that I might not normally cross paths with.
I found this shop while scrolling in Etsy Treasury and Boot Camp. Immediately I was drawn in by the use of colors and crispness of her designs. Even though this is a new Etsy shop, it looked very professional. The photos and descriptions are excellent. I read her profile and knew she would be a great feature for the Tuesday Feature section. But enough nattering from me. Please read all about:
How did you get started with Etsy?
One of my customers asked me if I had a website or brochures of my cards. Then, a friend of mine asked me if I sold my cards online and recommended Etsy. I joined Etsy and did a lot of reading about setting up a shop, Etsy rules, and just learning my way around Etsy.
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Many things inspire me. It could be my kids, my hubby, the weather or a particular song playing on the radio. Often, I will look at supplies, say, a piece of ribbon (for example) and then my mind goes flying into creating a card incorporating this ribbon.
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I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. After spending many years abroad, I was happy to settle back in Montreal.
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I love Montreal for its diverse culture. My kids have the opportunity to learn French, English and Spanish in elementary school. Montreal is a beautiful city with a lot of 'green' spaces and is a city which hosts a variety of festivals (Jazz, Comedy, Fireworks, to name but a few).
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I have been crafting for as long as I can remember. I have always been interested in anything hand made. I have tried my hand at knitting, quilling, needlepoint, embroidery, tatting, painting, drawing, cross-stitching and creating scrapbooks.
Around the time my son was born, the scrapbooking crazing took off. I was blown away with all the supplies and tools available. I created many scrapbooks and learned many techniques such as embossing, paper folding and 3-d decoupage. At the same time, I began creating gift cards for family and friends.
My network of friends, neighbors, and family encouraged me to sell my cards instead of simply giving them away. That is how Création Carte Atout was born.
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I am delighted with Etsy and all of its resources. Etsy makes it easy to set up a shop and manage transaction. There as so many precious articles and references available covering many aspects of starting a business.
As for other members of Etsy, well I only have good things to say. I have joined several forum threads and met a variety of artists and crafters. Everyone is so open, friendly and helpful. I do have a soft spot for my fellow Shopper's Paradise group. The list-masters /list-helpers and many current members have been most welcoming, patient and so helpful.
What advice would you give to a Etsy beginner?
Etsy is easy and user-friendly – it is packed with resources. Take your time to read about Etsy and get a feel of Etsy. Joining in the forum is a great way to meet people and learn.
Are you more creative in the morning or evening?
I've always been a night owl… there's something about crafting at night that is enchanting. With two young kids, crafting at night is the way I unwind and just spend time for myself…..besides, there are less distractions so my brain can zip away, creating, without interruptions!
What do you do for fun?
I love to play with my kids. We are often on the move; whether we're off on a bike ride, a walk, off to a sports game, or simply playing in our backyard. Also, going out for coffee with a friend or attending a cooking class, is good for my soul ….. AND …. shopping! I love a good sale!
Are you on any Etsy teams?
Not as of yet. That is my next challenge; to research and learn about various teams. I am, however, part of the Shopper's Paradise thread and have joined the Holiday Boot Camp blog.
Do you have other sites or blogs? Posts links if you like.
I only sell via Etsy, for the moment, but I am in the process of creating my own blog at www.creationcarteatout.ca.
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Most of my items are OOAK and once they sell, they are gone!
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By the end of the 1960s, several of the site's defining features had taken shape. A trolley line had been constructed along the periphery of the original property, and the Pinacate Station gift shop and a public/member restroom building both opened in 1968. In 1969 construction started on the first Carhouse, beginning the process of providing protective cover for the growing collection.
The 1970s were another decade of tremendous growth. In 1971, theSanta Fe Railway donated the historic 1892 Perris depot to the Museum. Although at the time the Museum could not yet operate its trains there, the building would later become a focal point in downtown Perris for both the Museum and the city's redevelopment efforts. Back at the main site, more adjacent land was purchased, completion of a continuous trolley loop occurred in 1973, and a second carhouse was completed in 1975. In order to combine the efforts of the site's two groups, the California Southern Railroad Museum was merged with the Trolley Museum in 1975 forming the Orange Empire Railway Museum. A major extension of the standard gauge mainline trackage in 1977 permitted a better demonstration of the growing collection of mainline railroad equipment. In 1978, regular steam locomotive operations began, together with the concept of holding a large Rail Festival event in an effort to draw more visitors.
The 1980s saw a continuing pattern of expansion in the area of physical plant. A third carhouse opened in 1983, and construction of an ambitious shop facility progressed significantly. Carhouse #4 opened in 1986, raising to about fifty the number of railcars in the collection with an indoor home (representing about one-third of the total collection at that time). This same year also saw electrification extended for several blocks over the trackage connecting the Museum's main line to the Santa Fe trackage in downtown Perris. As the decade drew to a close, the city of Perris was also changing dramatically. New housing was beginning to appear throughout the city, including a major new development adjacent to the rail right-of-way north of the Museum. This pattern of growth has continued into the present day, forever changing the once-rural feel of the area north of the Museum site. The good news in all this expansion was the city's continued interest in the Museum, reflected by the prominence of Museum operations in the city's downtown redevelopment plans.
The 1990s further accelerated the pattern of expansion. Most notable was the donation by Ward and Betty Kimball of their 3-foot gauge Grizzly Flats Railroad along with major funding to help assure its continued preservation. The four track Grizzly Flats Enginehouse opened in 1992, with additional related artifacts acquired by the Museum to help interpret a more complete history of 3-foot narrow-gauge railroads in the West. Concurrently, a major new system of water mains was started to help protect the entire Museum site from the ever-present danger of fire. In 1993, a landscaped park was added, connecting the center of the Museum with the new enginehouse. In 2001, Grizzly Flats was further expanded with the addition of a replica Southern Pacific gallows type turntable, built on site by Museum volunteers with financial support from the Kimballs.
For a period beginning in the mid-1990s, the Museum also operated excursion trains on the former Santa Fe Railway San Jacinto branch and began regularly calling at the historic 1892 Perris Depot, some 1.5 miles north of the main Museum site. As freight railway operations increased on the branch line, the Museum's excursions ended, but the goal of a rail connection between the Museum and the Perris Depot remained. When it was announced that the Metrolink commuter rail system would be extended from Riverside to Perris, the Museum and the City of Perris were able to establish an agreement that would finally permit a permanent presence for the Museum at the depot. Concurrent with the construction of the new Metrolink facilities in 2013-14, the Museum will construct a short extension of its track and overhead wire that will reach into the new Ward Kimball Transit Center located adjacent to the historic depot. Museum trains will arrive and depart directly across the platform from the new Metrolink service, although for safety reasons the two operations will be on separate tracks.
The Museum celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006, and soon after embarked on the development of a formal Strategic Plan for the organization's future. Recognizing the importance of providing financial stability for the future, the 2000s also saw the organization's endowment fund grow to over $1 million dollars. In 2007-08, the historic 1892 Perris depot, which had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, was completely restored by the City of Perris to become an improved home for the Perris Valley Historical Museum as well as a northern terminus for the Museum's railway operations.
Throughout the 2000's the Museum also made major improvements to its visitor areas, adding paved walkways and roadways and additional landscaping, as well as more restroom facilities and other visitor amenities. The Museum also made major improvements in its ability to care for its collections. In 2001, the Museum acquired 19 additional acres of adjacent property, which gave it the ability to site a major new collections storage facility. Completed in 2007, the 62,000 square foot Ron Ruffulo Carhouse has six tracks inside, each 600 feet long. This facility doubled the amount of indoor storage space for the Museum's collections, permitting a major cleanup and reorganization of the entire site.
The 2010's have continued the pattern of growth. In 2011, the main visitor parking lot was paved and the front entrance remodeled. Several generous gifts also allowed the Museum to begin a focused program of car and locomotive refurbishment using a contracted painter to supplement its volunteers. The program has turned out beautifully repainted railcars and locomotives at an impressive pace, encouraging additional donations to support a continuing program. In 2011, the Museum hired its first full-time executive director, and in 2012 moved to expand its Board of Directors through the appointment of Community Directors that will help to expand its outreach and fundraising efforts. In 2012, construction started on the Thomas F. Grose Archival Facility. This building, which houses the Harvey House Exhibit and the library, was dedicated in January, 2015. A recreation of an historic water tank is being added to the Grizzly Flats Railroad.
More than 55 years have now passed since the Museum's inception, and although a much smaller percentage of the population remembers riding on the Red and Yellow trolleys of days past, Los Angeles is again busy building one of the nation's largest rail transit systems. A new generation of Southern Californians is growing up with trains, and the Museum is in a better position than ever to continue its work of "bringing Southern California's railway history to life."
Working on the collection at Travel Town in Los Angeles, circa 1957. Don Brown photo
Museum site, 1958. The first trolley car is visible near the bottom center of the photo. Don Brown photo
The first carhouse, beginning the process of protecting the collection, 1970. Don Brown photo
In 1990, Ward and Betty Kimball donated their Grizzly Flats Railroad collection to OERM, adding a new dimension (and a third track gauge) to the Museum.
Completed in 2007, the Ron Ruffulo Carhouse (7) doubled the amount of indoor space for the Museum's railway collections
Why the name "Orange Empire Railway Museum"?
In 1912, $3.50 bought a ticket on the all-day 150-mileOrange Empire Trolley Trip from downtown Los Angeles into the far-flung Orange Empire along the tracks of the Pacific Electric. Leaving 6th and Main in downtown Los Angeles in the morning, highlights of the trip included stops in San Bernardino, Riverside (with lunch at the famed Mission Inn) and Redlands before return to Los Angeles in the early evening. The last Orange Empire excursion ran in 1929; by then, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world had taken this famous trip through the orange groves.


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Konvikt restaurant is located on Bartolomějská Street, in the very center of the Old Town of Prague — in the place where everything is saturated with stories and legends.
The restaurant has got its name after the Latin "convivere" meaning "to live together, coexist" and pays tribute to the epoch when Jesuit monks lived together and sat at one table every day. Like in those distant times, today you can share a dinner with your friends and colleagues at Konvikt, and order your favourite dishes of traditional Old Czech cuisine cooked according to old national recipes: pork schnitzel with home-made potato salad, genuine Pilsner beef goulash with baked bell peppers and bread and other appetizing Czech dishes.
At Konvikt restaurant they do not doubt that Pilsner Urquell is the best beer in the world, so it flows like water there.
the restaurant Konvikt does not accept reservations on Menute.com. By now :)


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President of SportAccord & Honorary IOC Member (2012)
SportAccord is delighted to have Muaythai, through the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA), as a member of the global sporting community. Since its inclusion in the SportAccord family, Muaythai has made tremendous progress in its promotion and practice across the entire globe.
Muaythai's participation in the SportAccord World Combat Games 2010 in Beijing, further increased the sport's popularity and clearly demonstrated Muaythai's significance as a cultural art-form as well as a competition sport. I am, therefore, excited and looking forward to Muaythai's participation in the 2013 SportAccord Combat Games.
I was honoured in 2006 to have been granted a private audience with HRH the Crown Prince of Thailand at which HRH thanked SportAccord for the inclusion of Muaythai.
Tonight, I am honoured again to be part of this historical event in which HM the King of Thailand has graciously donated the trophy for the winner of the Super 4 tournament and I would like to wish all of the four athletes the best of luck.
I would like to personally congratulate IFMA for all the successful work they have been tirelessly dedicated to in order to bring the sport to the highest level. They are doing brilliant work – not only with organising many high quality events and championships, but also in giving back to the community with charitable programs such as 'Muaythai Against Drugs' and, the new initiative, 'Sport Is Your Gang'. It is inspirational to witness the transformation that Muaythai, and indeed sport in general, can make in the lives of those in need of positive development.
This year is without a doubt one of the most significant years in Muaythai's history. I am delighted to be part of this event in Bangkok –the birthplace of Muaythai – to mark the occasion of the official submission of Muaythai's IOC and World Games applications. I extend my best wishes and support to IFMA and the sport of Muaythai. I look forward to a great future for Muaythai within the Olympic family.
Message from Hein Verbruggen (2010)
President of SportAccord & Honorary IOC Member
SportAccord is delighted to have Muaythai as a Member, led by the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA). Throughout this past year, Muaythai has made big steps towards its globalisation and has increased its popularity by participating for the first time in the SportAccord World Combat Games held in Beijing. 13 SportAccord Member combat sport federations took part in this event.
The last Muaythai World Championships were organized as the qualifying event to these Games and resulted in a huge success and the highest level of competition. I expect nothing less from these upcoming 2010 World Championships.
This year, Muaythai is taking its biggest event back to its roots in Thailand where the sport was popular already a thousand years ago. It has germinated from what used to be an exclusive hand-to-hand fighting technique used by Thai military and Kings, to having followers all around the globe. Today, Bangkok, the birthplace of Muaythai, is surely one of the most interesting places to visit in South East Asia.
The world's best athletes from about 100 countries will get together and make these World Championships an exciting and high-quality competition. They will show the world not only the great fascination of Muaythai but also the inherent traditions, culture and moral values.
Finally, I would like to send my personal congratulations for the successful work IFMA has been putting into organising major events all around the world, such as these World Championships.
We look forward to keep working closely with IFMA and on behalf of all SportAccord Members, I wish His Majesty the King of Thailand a good healthy and happy birthday.
2009 Message from Hein Verbruggen
On behalf of SportAccord and our 104 Members, I would like to convey my greetings and best wishes to all participants of the IFMA muaythai world championships held in Bangkok, as part of HM the King of Thailand's 82nd birthday celebrations.
Thailand is a country with a proud history and Muaythai is a very important part of this history. Muaythai is a very unique and ancient Martial Art, which combines culture, tradition, values beauty and strength.
Sportaccord is delighted to have muaythai under the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur as its member. 2010 will undoubtedly be another milestone in the history of Muaythai with its inclusion in the SportAccord Combat games in Beijing, in which the 13 SportAccord recognised combat sports will be sending there elite athletes. This year's IFMA world championships will be an official qualifier for the games and will therefore be of the highest standard.
I had the honour of having a private audience with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Thailand when the Kingdom received the news that Muaythai had been recognised by GAISF/Sportaccord. I had promised His Royal Highness to keep on working to assist in getting Muaythai to the highest sporting level, so the 2010 SportAccord Combat games are part of this promise.
I was privileged to preside over the closing ceremony of the 2007 IFMA World Championships in honour of His Majesty's 80th Birthday and we all took home so many memories of the beautiful background of Wat Pra Kaew, Wat Arun and over 100,000 spectators.
I must congratulate the IFMA organisers again and as the President of SportAccord and on behalf of the 86 SportAccord member sport federations, I wish His Majesty the best of health and a happy birthday on this special occasion.
2008 Message from Hein Verbruggen
President of GAISF & IOC Member
Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
GAISF is delighted to have Muaythai, under the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) as one of our members.
Muaythai is a unique martial art. Its culture, traditions, strength and beauty have set it apart. Muaythai has brought both culture and spectator appeal to the sporting movement which are important aspects.
I had the honour of being granted a private audience with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Thailand when the Kingdom received the news that Muaythai had been recognized by GAISF. In addition, I was privileged to preside over the closing ceremony of the IFMA World Championships, which were held in December 2007 to honour His Majesty the King of Thailand's 80th Birthday Celebrations. The event was attended by 100 member countries and the spectators were at an astonishing number of over 100,000.
On behalf of GAISF, I would like to extend my best wishes for success, in a spirit of fair play and friendship, to all the athletes participating in the Muaythai competitions included in the TAFISA World Sport for All Games.


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Alternative investment giant KKR is excitedly eyeing deals in China.
"We're seeing opportunities in private equity that really don't show up in the public markets," Scott Nuttall, KKR's global head of capital and asset management, said in an earnings call on Tuesday.
KKR has invested and cashed in on China's food sector in recent years, putting money in everything from chicken producers to dairy farms.
The firm is big on areas like food safety and environmental safety in the country, which is often mired in food scandals and hazardous levels of pollution.
This is a pressing problem in China, because the food industry there has to feed more than 1.4 billion people. The air pollution problem is so intense that officials have had to put caps on energy use.
"We've made several investments in things like dairy farms, pork producers, chicken producers, focused on food safety," Nuttall said. "Environmental safety has also been a big theme for us in Asia and in China in particular."
As Chinese citizens gain wealth, they're paying more attention to food safety. They are looking for healthier options, choosing white meat over red and taking cooking classes.
Nuttall added:
"I think looking at the public market, especially in places like China, really, what you've got us a lot of SOE, state-owned-enterprise-type companies that it's not really where we spend our time. I'd say one big theme has been for us investing in growth companies that are basically exposed to the growth of the middle class and the rise of the consumer. And we're finding a lot of opportunities off the beaten track. We have a big team in China where we see those opportunities."
His optimism is bolstered by KKR's Asia II private equity fund's latest performance, which saw a 36% gross internal rate of return as of June. That compares with a loss of 1% for the benchmark MSCI Asia Pacific.
It's no wonder Henry Kravis, KKR's billionaire cofounder, is a frequent visitor to China. He was even invited by the head of China's SEC-equivalent to give some tips to local private equity players, according to an interview with Bloomberg Markets. China's market is a tough one to navigate. Global investors have been taken on a crazy rollercoaster ride, and officials have tried to calm jittery investors while tackling other problems, including a mountain of debt and a shrinking working population.
In the call, JMP Securities analyst Devin Ryan asked if KKR is going to ramp up capital deployment in Asia, and if executives felt "a sense of urgency" as the markets are "off quite a bit" in the country.
"Hopefully, the valuation backdrop in the public markets will bring prices down further and give us opportunities. But we've been very focused on deploying capital in Asia where we see value and that will continue to be the case," Nuttall said.
Overall, the firm posted better-than-expected results for the second quarter, helped by an appreciation in its private equity portfolio.


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Beginning after Spring 2017, a minor in economics consists of 01:220:102 (with a grade of C or better) and 103 (with a grade of C or better), 01:220:212 and three additional economics (220) courses. 01:220:322 (Econometrics) may be used in lieu of 01:220:212 to satisfy the quantitative methods requirement. Students who have statistics and calculus are advised to take 322 rather than 212. Students must earn a C or better in 212 or 322. Among the three elective courses, only one course with a D can count towards the minor.
Students declaring the minor in Spring 2017 or earlier are not required to take 01:220:212 or 322, but must complete four additional economics courses. These additional electives can include Intermediate Micro 220:320, Intermediate Macro 220:321, and/or Econometrics 220:322. Such students may use 01:220:212 as an elective for the minor.
Engineering students may start with 220:200 with a grade of C or better, but they must take one additional course for the minor for a total of 18 credits.
Beginning Fall 2010, Engineering students cannot get minor credit for both 01:220:308 and 14:540:343
Please note: Accounting courses cannot be used toward the minor.
Only two courses outside the Economics Department in Rutgers-New Brunswick will be accepted toward the minor.
Lower level electives have only 102 & 103 as prerequisites while upper level electives have additional prerequisites. A total of 4 electives are required for the minor, and these may be either lower or upper level
The following list of elective courses includes all elective courses in the official catalogue but the department cannot guarantee each course will be offered every term or even every year
Lower Level Economics Electives
(only prerequisite is 102 & 103 or 200 unless otherwise indicated)
120 Inequality (no prerequisite)
300 International Economics
301 Money, Banking and the Financial System
303 Labor Institutions and Markets
305 American Economic History
307 Economics of Globalization (additional prerequisite is 300, 335 or 336)
311 Methods of Cost-Benefit (note: 311 taken prior to Fall 2016 counts as an upper level elective)
312 Economics of Sports
327 History of Economic Thought
331 Economics of Crime
348 Social Welfare Programs
362 Comparative Economic Systems
389 Public Policy towards Business
390 Choice and Strategy in Politics (no prerequisite)
395 Law and Economics
398 Independent Study
399 Independent Study
Upper Level Economics Electives
For the Economics minor, students must take a minimum of four economics electives, all of which may be lower-level, but upper-levels are fine as well, if you have the necessary pre-requisites.
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320) and Econometrics (322):
402 Labor Economics
403 Special Topics in Labor Markets
413 Financial Economics
417 Health Economics
430 Urban and Regional Economics
432 Environmental Economics
435 International Trade
440 Income Inequality
441 Industrial Organization
460 Public Economics
463 Economics of Taxation
464 Personal Economics & Public Policy
469 State and Local Public Finance
475 Women, Men and the Economy
484 Market Discipline
486 Operations Research I
Prerequisites: Intermediate Macroeconomics (321) and Econometrics (322):
412 Monetary Theory/Policy
414 Capital Markets (this course also has Eco 413 as a pre-requisite)
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320), Intermediate Macroeconomics (321) and Econometrics (322):
411 Global Financial Crises
415 Portfolio Theory (this course also has Eco 413 as a pre-requisite)
421 Economic Forecasting and Big Data
436 International Finance & Macroeconomics
439 Economic Development
443 European Econ. History
444 Financial and Monetary History of the United States
445 Advanced International Economics
470 Economic Growth
477 Economics of Population
485 Mathematical Economics
489 Advanced Topics in Economic Theory
490 Adv. Independent Study
491 Adv. Independent Study
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320), Intermediate Macroeconomics (321) and Econometrics (322):
400 Advanced Time Series and Financial Econometrics
401 Advanced Cross Sectional and Panel Econometrics (minimum grade of B+ in 322 and permission of instructor required as well)
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320), Intermediate Macroeconomics (321) and Econometrics (322) and co-requisite of Advanced Econometrics:
493 Honors Research Seminar
494 Honors Research Seminar
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320), Econometrics (322), and Calculus I and II:
480 Behavioral and Experimental Economics
487 Operations Research II
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (320), Statistics (960:211 or 960:285), Calculus I and II:
481 Economics of Uncertainty
482 Game Theory
483 Economics of Information


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Someone who is a great leader may not be a great communicator and all great communicators may not be good leaders. But if you're eager about becoming a true leader, why should you take chances? Try your best to pull yourself out from your comfort zone and learn how you can conquer your fear of speaking the public by making presentations and pitches which bring positive results. Here's good news for you as we'll discuss some of the good habits of some successful presenters so that you can bring out the genius in you. Go through them but don't try to include each and every habit at the same time.
Habit #1: Accept and re-evaluate
The skilful presenters accept the fact that getting nervous is normal and they always remind themselves that they're about to initiate a conversation with a group of people and that they're not going to give a performance in the public.
Habit #2: Concentrate on the audience
Intelligent presenters take off the attention from themselves and instead focus on the audience as it is important to make them feel the warmth of the conference. Unless you start focusing on the audience, you would never be able to make them feel confident.
Habit #3: Don't always strive to achieve perfection
Some of the greatest presenters will know that the anxiety will increase more whenever they strive to achieve perfection. Hence what you should learn from them is trying to be the best that you can and having the sole intention of making a huge difference among the audience.
Habit #4: Don't beat around the bush
Presenters who are nervous from within usually tend to tell everything that they know to the audience. But the greater ones will tell the audience only the things that they need to know. Don't forget the saying, 'less is always more'. Stick to the point and avoid beating around the bush.
Habit #5: Keep an eye on opportunities
The presenters who are nervous will see the presentation as some performance which has to be judged perfectly. On the other hand, the great presenters always look for the right opportunity to assist the audience and add value to their professional and personal lives.
Habit #6: Practice makes your presentation perfect
How about using GoTo Meeting Screen Share to share your screen with the audience? The presenters who are nervous are actually investing energy and time in unnecessary worrying about the event while the greater ones use their ample to practice in order to make their performance better.
Habit #7: Interact with your audience
If you earnestly want to become a better presenter, remember that there's no better way than engaging, involving and interacting with your audience. Allow them to talk to each other, permit them to use their imaginations and ask them questions and offer answers to make them feel that you're with them.
Therefore, if you're working in a company, make sure you inculcate the above mentioned good habits in order to turn yourself into a brilliant speaker and presenter.


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The latest and sweetest Android OS i.e. Nougat is now about to get delivered to different Company Devices. HTC, SONY and Motorola have already posted the road-map of Nougat update for their devices.
Now Australian carrier Optus has confirmed that LG is going to rollout Android 7.0 Nougat update for LG G5 in November. Since this is a carrier-branded G5, the unlocked version of the smartphone might get the Android 7.0 Nougat update slightly earlier.
Comparing other Smartphone companies, LG, Motorola and HTC has making good progress regarding Software updates. Unlike Samsung which is lagging behind!
Recalling again, Android 7.0 Nougat comes with many new HOT Features, Read them all here.
Source:- Optus


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The most common approach is the Guillotine. Available in single blade for value and convenience, and double blade for style and durability, guillotine cutters ensure a clean cut a good draw. They're good on the go and are generally easy to sharpen when the blades start to dull. But be careful: if you take too much off the top, the leaf can begin to unravel, resulting in the potential loss a fine smoke.
Fortunately, there are options that help avoid ruining the wrapper. One tool favored by many is the Punch. The tool does exactly what it sounds like. A sharp, round blade punches a circle in the cap on the head of the cigar. Prized for it's fool-proof ease of use, this method can sometimes result in smoke that is too hot and flavors that are too intense. My personal preference for most smokes is the V-Cut. It has the same convenience as a guillotine, except the single blade is shaped like a V, resulting in a perfect notch that both draws well and distributes smoke.
Spears are a more modern device that are growing in popularity. Usually about half the size of a pen, its sharp point pierces multiple tiny holes in the cap. It takes a little more time and care than the other methods, but the result is a great draw with cool smoke, and zero chance of the cigar falling apart.
All of these cutters, spears, and punches are available upstairs at 2 Union. Come find your favorite!


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The fees are a one off charge per profile, NOTE: please remember to add your Linkkle profile url to your order, we are working on automating this process currently.


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Like everybody else, a lot of my favorite things (or people, or places) are well-established in the worldwide "favorites" continuum: Springsteen and the E-Street Band live; Paris in the tentative bloom of springtime; piping hot homemade chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven; Casablanca (the movie rather more than the city, as I have experienced both, and in my estimation it looks better in black and white); seminal hard-boiled detective fiction (Chandler, Hammett, et al); looking down over the twinkling evening lights of Los Angeles from the foot of the Hollywood sign; a fine merlot with a hint of raspberry in the finish; the humor of a Bill Bryson or a Steve Martin. There is little or nothing I can say about any of the above that hasn't been said before, and probably better. It's a fair bet that there are entire blogs devoted to each and every one.
So, I try to turn my pen (okay, keyboard) to slightly more obscure faves, in hopes of turning one or two of you on to someone, someplace, or something that has slipped under your radar thus far. So, here goes:
Sungha Jung: this Korean finger-style guitarist, whose videos began hitting YouTube several years back, has become one of the 'Tube's major stars, with some 350,000,000 views as of 2011, most of those from Korea and Japan. He began playing guitar at the tender age of nine; here, you can see a very early video, of the budding virtuoso taking a run at "Pachelbel's Canon in D", when he had been playing guitar for less than a year (this is enough to make me hang up my finger picks; sigh…):
Nowadays, he has grown both in stature and ability, and he plays concerts all over the world. And he is still only fifteen! Here you can see a recent video of him playing Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved":
Oh, and get this: he learns his tunes straight from the music videos he likes, and he never took lessons!
Spanish Mike and Richard Shindell: there is a good likelihood that you are one of the 7,000,000-odd viewers of a major YouTube hit "The One Semester of Spanish, Spanish Love Song", in which a crew-cut fellow who has come to be known as "Spanish Mike" extols his love for a comely senorita using his limited vocabulary of only one semester's worth of Spanish lessons. If not, by all means check it out here; it's hilarious:
Now, there is a sequel, "The Second Semester of Spanish, Spanish Love Song", in which Mike enlists the aid of Erik Estrada to further his cause with the aforementioned comely senorita. Although Mike's Spanish has improved, he fares no better with the girl, sad to say.
Anyway, all of this serves as a lead-in to a piece about one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Richard Shindell, who recently composed his first song in Spanish, "Cancion Sencilla". Shindell, who has lived for a number of years in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, apparently felt some misgivings about writing in his adopted language, as noted in these lines (translated from the Spanish, which rhymes much better): "My love, I'm sorry not to have written you sooner. Even though I always wanted to, I could not. What can I say? I'm a little slow. It took me all these years to learn your beautiful language, and still not well enough…" He goes on to suggest "Let's spend our nights whispering, conjugating your beautiful verbs; let's begin, you have so many: I live, you live, we will live; I love, you love, we will love; to leave, to return, to stay, and of course, to whisper…"
You can check it out here, complete with the original text and its English translation; how cool is that!


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Garden Romp Crochet Along 2017
Welcome to my Garden Romp Crochet Along 2017! Please head over to Ravelry and add my Garden Romp to your favourites and if you are participating I'd love if you could 'hook up' your project on Ravelry. I'd love to see what you hook up!
Over the Christmas holidays with the kids home I decided to play around with some of my scrap yarn in hopes to make a new 12 inch afghan block but once I got going there was no way I could fit my work into a 12 inch block so I decided to just keep on going. I had absolutely no direction on what I was going to do but some how I started in the mud and ended up in the clouds.
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Garden Romp Crochet Along 2017..
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (Amounts needed are listed in the colour template section found ->HERE<-
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Hook: US I9/5.50mm
Size: 60 inch square
Special Stitches: check out my Garden Romp CAL 2017 Special Stitches ->HERE<-
Gauge: 3 sc x 3 rows = 1 inch (Gauge is as unique as handwriting, not everyone will match gauge the same so please take this into account when making your piece, it may come out smaller or larger depending on your own personal tension.)
I noticed that I work my TR-clusters a little differently than I have seen others being made, please make sure to follow the steps provided for these stitches in the special stitches section.
Garden Romp Crochet Along 2017..
(All links have been added but will only work once they become available)
- Part 1: June 26th 2017 - Rounds 1 - 11
- Part 2: July 3rd 2017 - Round 12 - 19
- Part 3: July 10th 2017 - Round 20 - 26
- Part 4: July 17th 2017 - Rounds 27 - 32
- Part 5: July 24th 2017 - Round 33 - 37
- Part 6: July 31st 2017 - Rounds 38 - 42
- Part 7: August 7th 2017 - Rounds 43 - 49
- Part 8: August 14th 2017 - Rounds 50 - 55
- Part 9: August 21st 2017 - Rounds 56 - 64
- Part 10: August 28th 2017 - Rounds 65 - 73
- Part 11: September 4th 2017 - Rounds 74 - 79
- Part 12: September 11th 2017 - Rounds 80
- Part 13: September 18th 2017 - Rounds 81


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Monday, July 03, 2017
20 comments:
- Jo Castillo said...
I like the hair color. Almost red, white and blue!
I go away for a while and you seem to sketch the world. I especially like N.W .
I'm smiling at all these….
- July 04, 2017 5:55 AM
- Anita Davies said...
LOL! Thanks Jo. Got a little carried away with the colour on this one, it was fun! Where have you been? Somewhere nice I hope
- July 04, 2017 11:36 AM
- Jo Castillo said...
We were traveling to Colorado and Montana to get out of the heat of Texas. Don't read as many blogs when we are traveling. I often look but don't comment… It was nice. We hope to go to NM in August for a month again. I always like your sketches.
- July 05, 2017 3:58 AM
- Anita Davies said...
Lucky you, all that travelling. I'm off to cornwall soon, can't wait, I'm so glad you enjoy my work, thank you for taking time to comment.
- July 05, 2017 10:33 AM
- Unknown said...
I love the picture you sketch you posted on this blog site. This is the reason why i want to have my own collections.
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- Zenith Hoffman said...
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- Mary Blomfield said...
I so love your work! It's cool to stare at this. Thanks for this beautiful artwork.
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- Bailey Collick said...
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- Unknown said...
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I have no idea how that feels, but I'm sure you'll be rewarded with lots of valuable experience and insight from all this. Keep working hard, as a med school hopeful I look forward to your posts a lot!
Sounds like neurosurg…
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I remember it was one of your bottom five for shortlist year 2 :]
I was so sure this was going to be Internal Medicine! Sounds like your experience is different from my bro's – he found surgery to be a "breeze" compared to IM in terms of workload.
Your experience on general surgery sounds much like mine. I have never minded working hard, as long as I've felt like I was getting something out of it, and that feeling was definitely lacking on surgery. I hated that I had to fight to get into the OR and get any sort of teaching, whereas on internal (my home now!) the residents and attendings loved to teach.
I guess everyone likes different things and finds a different place where they're happy (or happy-ish).
It's interesting how much the particulars of the rotation really matter; my OR experience was okay (they usually ensured I could do much of the closure at least), but my residents and staff used just about any downtime to teach, and made sure I was in on other procedures like doing I&D's in emerg. I guess we'll see how MTU/CTU goes…


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S'ka Motho (Just Like Man)
07.03.15 – 11.04.15
"Our duty is wakefulness, the fundamental condition of life itself. The unseen, the unheard, the untouchable is what weaves the fabric of our see-able universe together."
― Robin Craig Clark, The Garden (2010)
In his work, artist Colbert Mashile recalls the impact his rural upbringing in Mpumalanga had on his life – the rites of passage and ceremonies that informed and continue to inform his visual lexicon. It is this way of seeing, these moments of interaction with the unseeable notions of culture that bring a particular uniqueness to Mashile's vision.
In S'ka Motho (Just Like Man), Mashile made use of painting and drawing as a means to interrogate the spaces of our consciousness that house our fears and hidden hopes. Working in watercolours, gouache, charcoal, ink and bleach, he brings to life the creatures that inhabit the recesses of his mind and life. In his studio, Mashile, working with a sense of immediacy, fully engages himself in the process of calling forth his imagination in order to realise the subjects that are part of a long history of experiences and profound stories. The mysterious figures operate in way not dissimilar to the Jungian processes of accessing the veil between what is felt, what is seen, and what is known. Jung himself stated that "until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate" and it is this very act that Mashile engages in. The need to take into account the very things that occupy our minds in our daily lives, are treated almost as if they were folklore by Mashile.
The use of folklore permeates many aspects of African consciousness. Folklore in many discourses of African heritage and identity serves as cautionary, admonishing of errant behaviour, or in a didactic manner, as a means by which a sense of morality is established. Mashile's representations respond directly to this, but at the same time, shift the reading of his folkloric concerns to a contemporary and discursive forum – a forum that relies on individual interpretation. Mashile is in many ways challenging the static nature of this understanding of folklore. Through reconfiguring the role of the individual, the subject of folklore becomes a means whereby he can extend old readings of right and wrong, of fear and of history. Determined to not allow his subconscious to become part of his fate, he accesses a visual vocabulary steeped in the mythical – more so the contemporary myth.
In this way, as a visual artist, Colbert Mashile joins in the literary tradition of African Magic Realism, in the vein of authors such as the Nigerian poets and novelists Ben Okri and Chinua Achebe, and South African novelist Lauren Beukes. A glance, a voice or an specific action by an individual inspires within his mind, a symbolic response as a gesture that attempt to understand and furthermore convey a personal insight into what he sees and experiences. These fantastical creatures may contain seemingly political overtones but they do not necessarily reside fully within in that space.
The innate psychological interpretation of various characterisations of human nature, manifesting as carefully constructed half-human, half-animal beings, or therianthropes, has long been part of Mashile's visual vocabulary. It is this quiet reflection on aspects of culture, distinctly linked to Mashile's understanding of the socio-political world that he occupies that is profoundly effective in this body of work. Mashile is quietly observing and studying culture as it applies to his own subjective reasoning. There are moments in which he applies the keen mind of a scientist at work, applying the known to the unknown world, re-framing and re-contextualising particular notions, aspects and objects in ways that when newly combined, elicit readings of a deeper and more transformative nature.
Figures appear shrouded, mysteriously hampered by their garb, masked by their baggage and hampered by peculiar tools and appendages, and one must wonder from which reality these characters originate. In many of the works on this exhibition, Colbert Mashile also references the classic text by George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) not as illustrative of the events of the book, but more as portraiture of the various protagonists and antagonists of the book; a quiet and contemporary reflection and questioning on the nature of their being and the myth of their resolute characteristics.
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Colbert Mashile was born in 1972 in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga and currently lives and works in Johannesburg. Mashile received his Diploma in Fine Arts from the Johannesburg Art Foundation in 1994 and later continued his studies at the University of Witwatersrand where he obtained a BA in Fine Arts in 2000 and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Heritage Studies in 2002. Since then Mashile has presented ten solo exhibitions, with the most recent being Messages from our Ancestors in 2013 at the Art Eye Gallery in Sandton, Johannesburg. Mashile has participated in a number of group exhibitions both locally and internationally. His most important shows include A Decade of Democracy: Witnessing South Africa in 2002 at The Smithsonian, Boston and Gibbs Museum, Detroit, United States and New Painting in 2006 at the KZNSA Gallery, Durban; The Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg and the Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria. In 2000 Colbert Mashile won a Merit Award at the annual ABSA L'Atelier Competition and in 2005 he won the Brett Kebble Art Award. Colbert Mashile will be opening his next solo exhibition Beast of Burden at NIROX Projects, Arts on Main, Johannesburg in association with SMAC Gallery on the 15th of March.