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Why They Spell It "Xmas"
Like a crazed shopper hurtling towards the last Star Wars Lego kit, Christmas is nearly upon us. So, for those of you celebrating tomorrow, allow me and John and Number 1 and Wrecky Minion Julianne to serenade you with a little seasonal ditty:
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I'm not sure if there is any other dessert that gives off the "friends gathered around a campfire enjoying food and conversation", like fondue. I suppose the only other dessert would be s'mores because, well, you gather around a campfire and enjoy friends and conversation when you make s'mores.
Unless you make those suckers in the microwave. And if you haven't microwaved a marshmallow yet, you should. Just keep and eye on it. You'll know what I mean later.
My mom made this fondue a year or so ago, and it became one of Justin's favorite desserts. It's mine too, of course, but I like almost any dessert. Justin is a little bit pickier with his sweet tooth.
It really can be considered a "pantry" dessert, since you probably have all the items for the fondue already. All you need to buy are some "dippin's".
Chocolate Fondue
1 stick of butter
6 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup vanilla ice cream ( I prefer Breyers Homemade Vanilla)
Melt butter in a saucepan over low/medium heat. Add chocolate chips and sugar, and simmer until chips are melted and the sugar has broken down a bit (just a few minutes). Add vanilla and ice cream. Stir until well combined and warmed through.
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Miami fills offensive needs without trading young arms
MIAMI -- Capping a two-week shopping spree, the Marlins were able to address all their major needs without parting with any of their surplus starting pitching.
In that regard, it's been a successful month for Miami.
MIAMI -- Capping a two-week shopping spree, the Marlins were able to address all their major needs without parting with any of their surplus starting pitching.
In that regard, it's been a successful month for Miami.
The front office was open to trading starting pitching if something made sense. But as things developed, that was easier said than done. When it came time to actually discuss potential trades, nothing tempted the Marlins to move any of their young arms.
"There's been numerous discussions throughout, going all the way back to the GM Meetings and through the Winter Meetings, lots of people were interested in our young pitching and some opportunities to potentially acquire third base candidates using that pitching," president of baseball operations Michael Hill said.
Through the Draft, and trades, the Marlins put themselves in an enviable spot of having 11 starters at the Double-A level or above, who potentially can contribute in 2014.
Considering their budget limitations, the depth will be essential to moving the organization forward over the next few seasons.
Jose Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi, Henderson Alvarez, Jacob Turner and Tom Koehler are frontrunners to be the starting five in 2014. But there is open competition for the fourth and fifth spots. In the mix are Brian Flynn, Brad Hand, Justin Nicolino, Adam Conley and Andrew Heaney. Anthony DeSclafani is another right-hander who also is getting closer to being ready.
Heaney, the ninth overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, is regarded as a future star. The lefty turned heads in the Arizona Fall League, and he has the potential to fit in nicely at the top of the rotation. It's just a matter of when Heaney will be ready. An estimated arrival date could be midseason. Spring Training may help decide.
Free agent signings allowed the Marlins to fill in four position spots -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia (catcher), Garrett Jones (first base), Rafael Furcal (second base) and Casey McGehee (third base).
Heading into the offseason, the Marlins felt they would have to deal at least one young starter to upgrade the offense. That hasn't been so.
Because of its free agent pickups, the organization completed all its major moves before the Christmas Break.
McGehee, who signed on Wednesday, was the final piece to the position-player puzzle.
"I think in the end, when we got an opportunity to really dig in on who Casey McGehee was as a player and a person, we felt it made sense for us to go in that direction," Hill said.
The Marlins did make two significant trades, but neither involved letting a pitcher go.
During the Winter Meetings, Miami agreed to a deal that sent Logan Morrison to Seattle for reliever Carter Capps. To close out the meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Justin Ruggiano was moved to the Cubs for Brian Bogusevic.
After a slow November, the Marlins were among the more aggressive teams in December.
They are basically done in terms of making another major move before Spring Training, Hill says.
"You never say never in this game, but where we're at right now, unless it's something major that's a major upgrade to this roster and to this team, I don't see any significant changes going on with any of our inventory," Hill said.
If possible, the team would like to add a veteran reliever to fill the role vacated when Chad Qualls signed with the Astros. Those adds could likely be veterans willing to sign Minor League deals with Spring Training invites.
All offseason, Miami's top priority has been to improve an offense that ranked last in the Majors in runs scored, home runs and batting average.
"All the way back to our initial planning meeting when I got with our baseball operations people, we just looked at areas where we needed to improve," Hill said. "You look at our roster as it ended with the 2013 season. It was obvious through discussions we wanted to upgrade third base and we wanted to upgrade behind the plate.
"We wanted to add more speed into the lineup and get more production offensively. Once we met and identified those areas of need, it was a matter of trying to execute our plan. Improving our offense was always an objective since we started. We still have some work to do, but we're very comfortable with the progress we've made this offseason."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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Why do bubbles accelerate when identified? The cost of not participating is too high as performance falls vs peers or benchmark. Timing the correction and its intensity is also much harder than participating, while I am sure a bunch of behavioral biases are at work (see James Montier books from GMO). The mad dash higher in bitcoins from 100 with multiple warnings of a bubble to 250 and back down is the most recent example.
You know you are in a bubble when the G20 expresses concerns about the consequences of ultra loose policy for too long. A Forbes survey shows money managers to be at their most bullish over the past 20 years. Gold coins are all the rage from India to Germany (why?). CFTC positioning confirms this view of extended risk taking (long commo and usd vs mainly jpy), while equity ETF flows shows that the US has been the clear darling vs the rest of the world and this for a while. In parlance discouraged by the Economist Style Guide, we are on Hopium squared.


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So—I'm supposed to wrap this shit up, right? No way, Jo-day.
I mean, (gender inclusive) guys, do you ever fantasize about being a movie critic? How many releases a year do they suffer through? Five hundred, something like that? Plus some righteous moaning about how the evil mothers at Miramax are holding up the new Kiarostami? Boohoo. When I was doing Pazz & Jop, more than 1,500 albums a year made some crappy critic's top 10 or other. I dip into something like 2,500 albums a year, and the 300-plus I write about pass through my earholes in their entirety three, five, 10 times—good or recalcitrant ones even more. Yet as Ann's London Times link indicates, those 2,500 would barely fill out a Manx's tail. And as all our musical musings have made clear, albums are only the most readily rationalizable part of our job. Do Girl Talk's dancing girls equal M.I.A.'s dancing girls? Is the proper study of indie changing the world a little or building its own little world? Is music meant to capture time or enrich human interconnection? Does Auto-Tune feel T-Pain's pain? Who listens how much on YouTube to what, and so what?
The good news is that we know the answer to all these questions and many others like them. The bad news is that in each case, the answer is some syntactically appropriate version of yes and no. It could be said that any closely examined art throws up similar conundrums. But not these conundrums. Although my life theory of why popular music is the greatest of the arts has its formal and thematic propositions, note that except for the music-and-time thing, which has assumed countless oft-incomprehensible guises over the years, these conundrums are not formal or thematic. They're social. No art has ever had as many social ramifications, especially post-recording. We can cite them. But it's just about impossible to get our minds around them in concise, journalistically plausible words. Albums are at least rationalizable. And should the critic so choose, they offer up critical images of the artistic images of social interconnection the music suggests. As an example, here's the Duds page from the November Consumer Guide, which excoriates the Bon Iver record Ann politely dissents from and merely lists the Pitchfork fave she gives the benefit of the doubt. (I should explain to those who read it that the Robert Creeley mention references a posthumous album featuring the poet and Ralph Carney that got an A-minus in that month's column.) So, I'm wondering, would it be possible to discuss the Girl Talk and Lil Wayne albums I counterposed to TV on the Radio and then left hanging last time in ways that address their social ramifications?
With Gregg Gillis d/b/a Girl Talk it's easy. Again I notice Ann being polite and wonder whether she shares my reservations about Feed the Animals, which my wife and daughter and I played with pleasure all during an August vacation that stopped at Ann's house—such pleasure that only these nagging reservations (and the aural displeasure they sometimes occasioned) kept it out of my top 10. I love Gillis' highhanded adoration of sacrosanct hooks, the way Procol Harum's claim to fame underpins the Youngbloodz' "If you don't give a damn, we don't give a fuck." But I see what Jody calls Gillis' "signature trick [of] juxtaposing melodramatic rock instrumentals with filthy hip-hop" as more than a gimmick. I see it as a pre-emptive normalization of filthy hip-hop. Gillis makes a strong case. But despite his pointed inclusion of female rappers mouthing priapic truisms, I'm not convinced that, statistically speaking, hip-hop's male-dominant carnality is normal—and if I'm wrong, I want to combat the normalization. Maybe this means I don't understand modern female pleasure. But it's just as likely UGK doesn't. In any case, I then extrapolate to the dancing girls at Girl Talk's shows and think spring break show-us-your-tits. M.I.A.'s stage-dancer shtick is almost as sexual—her own dancers are more sexual. But it feels more conscious and autonomous.
If Gillis is a comedian, as Jody quite reasonably says, he's a crass comedian—Don Rickles rather than Andrew Dice Clay, one hopes, but not Jerry Seinfeld or Richard Pryor. Musically he's crass, too—call it gusto if you like it, crudity if you don't. No TV on the Radio rock synthesis or DJ Shadow crate reconstitution here—just whomp-there-it-is, right down to a defiance of copyright law that makes this longtime sampling advocate wonder about economic morality. I don't think Procol Harum should be able to censor Gillis' blasphemous connections, his insistence that they're the Youngbloodz' secret sharer. But it's hard to argue that they shouldn't get paid—not as much as they think, but more than the other artists bricolaged into that track. Ah, economic justice. Wouldn't it be nice.
Economics are where Lil Wayne ramifies socially. Unlike Ann, I'm more bothered by Girl Talk's equal-time sexism than by Wayne's casual feel-'em fuck-'em—he's been using gangsta as a means to outrageous wordplay and untrammeled rhyme for so long that I don't take his sexual rhymes any more literally than I do his thug rhymes, and I doubt many of his fans do either. One of his achievements has been to turn hip-hop's pro forma it's-only-a-story defense into an emergent reality by shifting both those fields of hip-hop discourse toward fantasy and metaphor, so maybe that's social, too. But what he's done with mixtapes—which jack-beats as shamelessly as Gregg Gillis within the context of a back-scratching cooperative subculture—is even wilder, as big a challenge to biz capitalism as Gillis', though who else is talented enough to make it work is as yet unknown. The hang-looseness of his mixtapes at their best—especially Da Drought 3, which Jody jawboned me into exploring in this very venue just a year ago—is so seductive that for a week or two I was slightly put off by the pop moves and finished production of Tha Carter III. And, of course, Wayne—and his bootleggers, who as Wayne acknowledges in a recent mixtape, he'd be imitating himself if he were them—made plenty of money off these supposedly free items even as he primed the pump for 2008's best and best-selling new music.
Right, music. I'm enjoying that music right now, for many more than the 10th time. Social, schmocial—it sounds great. I'm a lucky man to own so many albums. I tell myself that even if music production sinks to nothing the way it did in the depths of the Great Depression (only a theoretical, I've already explained why that won't happen), even if no one will pay me to write about the new stuff anymore (much less a theoretical), there are all these wonderful records in my shelves just waiting for me. Some will lose their charm as social contexts shift in ways frightening to imagine. But just as sound, most of them will endure. Merry Christmas.


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Sun Peaks [1] is a municipality and ski resort near Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada. There is something to do year-round for just about anyone. In winter, there is world-class skiing, as well as numerous other winter sports. In summer, the area is transformed into a hiker's and biker's paradise, with mountain trails for adventurers of all levels of experience. There is also an 18-hole golf course, as well as numerous events and festivals, for those who wish to have a more "relaxed" vacation time. The official name of the Sun Peaks community is the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality.
Sun Peaks started as a ski resort on Tod Mountain. The resort was founded by Harry Burfield, and The Burfield Lodge and first chair-lift at Sun Peaks opened to the public in 1961. The resort has expanded significantly in the years since and now covers three mountains: Tod Mountain, Sundance and Mount Morrisey.
Residential construction began in 1988, when a 49 lot subdivision across from the Burfield Lodge began construction. There are now over 400 residents. The community was incorporated as a resort municipality in 2008.
Sun Peaks Resort was the first ski resort in North America and remains the only resort in Canada to receive the ISO 14001 designation recognizing its environmental policies and practices.
Sun Peaks gets an average annual snowfall of 220 in (or more than 18 ft) (559 cm / 5.5 m) The resort village is at an elevation of 4117 ft (1255 m) above sea level, and the top lift elevation is 6824 ft (2080 m). The yearly average temperature is 22F (-6C), with highs in the winter around the freezing mark and lows around 14F (-10C). In the summer, the high temperatures average around 67F (13C), but can reach up into the high 80's (F) (20's C). The resort is probably known as "Sun" Peaks because it averages over 2,000 hours of sunlight annually.
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By car[edit]
Sun Peaks is located on Tod Mountain Road, which is accessed from BC Highway 5 at Heffley Creek, north of Kamloops. The total driving distance from Kamloops is 50 km, or roughly 45 minutes. Other major centers nearby include Kelowna (2 1/2 hours away, via Hwy 97 and Hwy 5), Vancouver (4 1/2 hours away, via Hwy 1 and Hwy 5), Jasper (5 hours away, via Hwy 16 and Hwy 5) and Banff (6 hours away, via Hwy 1 and Hwy 5). For the more adventurous roadtripper with a reliable car, Sun Peaks can also be reached by back road from Chase, BC through the mountains north of the Shuswap. This road is closed during winters, but although it's more winding than the road from Kamloops, the overall distance is less so the journey takes the same amount of time.
By bus[edit]
It's easy to get to and from Sun Peaks by bus from Kamloops. There's a shuttle that runs every day of the year (except Christmas day and New Years day) that arrives at the resort by 9am and departs for Kamloops again at 4pm. The cost is only $10. There are no reservations available, and space on the bus is on a first come, first served basis.
There is also another shuttle that runs between Whistler and Sun Peaks.
By plane[edit]
Sun Peaks can be accessed easily from either of two airports:
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Get around[edit]
Sun Peaks is a pretty small town. There's no need of a car or taxi to get around. Everything is easily accessible on foot or on bike (in the summer).
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Aside from the skiing in the winter months, no one really does anything else in Sun Peaks from about October to March. There are a couple of art galleries nearby in Kamloops to visit that are open year-round though:
There is, of course, the splendid scenery in and around Sun Peaks to see year-round. Since it's right in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery couldn't be much more spectacular. In the summer, you can hike and bike on trails on the mountains, and in the winter, you can ski on them. What more could you ask for as far as beautiful views in and of the mountains?
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Sun Peaks has no shortage of activities for you to take part in. There are lots of things to do year-round, for people of all levels of physical ability, as well as just relaxing around a hot tub. Below, there is a list based on the time of year, as well as a few things to do at Sun Peaks year-round.
The most popular winter activity at Sun Peaks is skiing and snowboarding at Sun Peaks Resort [5]. The ski resort features 3,678 acres of ski runs and 2,891 vertical feet of downhill spread over three mountains. It has some of the best weather for skiing in Canada, with an average of over 2,000 hours of sunshine per year.
Aside from downhill and cross-country skiing and snowboarding, there are many other things to do. A short list includes:
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Sun Peaks, being a resort village, has many shops and stores that cover everything from clothing and sportswear to artwork by local artists, to gourmet chocolate, to gifts. There is also a new 3500 sq ft grocery store for your everyday needs while staying at Sun Peaks. It would be hard to list every shop at Sun Peaks here, so again, I suggest you Google "shopping at Sun Peaks" or visit one of the many sites devoted to Sun Peaks that will have lists of shops, and links to their websites.
Employment at Sun Peaks is mainly found at the ski hills, as a ski instructor, tour guide, hill groomer, etc. There are plenty of jobs at the hotels, and at local stores and shops as well as local services like firefighting, garbage collection, etc. Jobs at Sun Peaks are fairly hard to come by, as the competition is fierce among students. There are also Okanagan University College in Kelowna and Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, where one might find employment in the area. Sun Peaks resort also offers internships to those that are taking hotel management or hospitality courses at college, and apprenticeship programs in electrical, carpentry, plumbing, and mechanics; again, to those who are taking such a course at college already.
Eat & Drink[edit]
The official Sun Peaks Resort website [8] has a large list of places to eat and drink. I'd suggest visiting there first, to see what the resort has to offer. If you don't find what you're looking for there, you could visit the Owner Direct Vacation Rentals site, which has an extensive Sun Peaks travel guide, featuring Activities, Services, accommodations as well as restaurants and bars [9].
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There is no shortage of places to stay at Sun Peaks. Being a ski resort, there are plenty of hotels and lodges in the vicinity. Here's a short list of hotels and lodges:
If you're really on a budget, or prefer more of a rustic type of vacation, hostels are a good alternative place to stay.
Guest Ranch[edit]
If you're looking for something a little different, Tod Mountain Guest Ranch is only 15 mins drive from Sun Peaks Resort. Accommodation is in luxuriously furnished cabins and the guest lodge has superb guest facilities including fireside lounge, games room, TV lounge, internet access, guest laundry facilties etc. The ranch can accommodate up to 16 guest and for groups of 10 or more can be booked for your groups exclusive use.
Vacation Rentals[edit]
Vacation Rentals at Sun Peaks are another alternative to staying at a hotel. The price is almost the same, but the place you'll be staying at is more than just a room at a hotel, it can be a single-family home, or a condo or an apartment. Vacation rentals are a great alternative because you can generally find something to fit almost any budget.
10-digit dialling is mandatory in British Columbia, and the area code for Sun Peaks is 250, which is the same as Vancouver Island. The Greater Vancouver area uses the area code 604. Recently, the area code 778 was added to all regions of the province to make up for a looming shortage of phone numbers in the area.
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Stay safe[edit]
The resort is located in the Rocky Mountains and fairly isolated from any major cities. There is always the chance of an encounter with a bear or even possibly a cougar when deep in the mountains. If you are skiing or hiking or otherwise travelling off the beaten path in the backcountry, it is wise to take any precautions necessary to protect yourself in case of such an encounter. Always carry a cell phone or other radio device, so you can contact someone in an emergency, and never travel alone. Since this is a mountainous region, there is also the risk of falling and being injured badly enough to not be able to make it back to where you came from. Again, always travel with an experienced guide or group, and make sure you have access to a radio transmitting device in case of an emergency situation.
Skiing Safety[edit]
There are elements of risk that common sense and personal awareness can help reduce. Regardless of how you use the slopes, always show courtesy to others. Please adhere to the code listed below and share with others the responsibility for a safe outdoor experience.
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[Intro 1: Busta Rhymes]
Excuse me (Remix)
I think y'all need to bring a little bit
Of every type of liquor over here to the table, every bottle
We got Weezy, Bus, Pain and Jamie Foxx over here
[Intro 2: Jamie Foxx]
Blame it on the Goose, gotcha feeling loose
Blame it on the 'Trón, catch me in a zone
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
[Verse 1: Busta Rhymes]
Mami lookin good, mami see me
And now she step into the bar because she know she need me
Her favorite song's on, body so appealing
And she sipping on me because she know she need the feeling
I make her feel good, she call me 'Tron silver
Gotta have me in her body, no matter if it kills her
I get up in her body, I'm kind of like a coach, boo
Mami feeling proper, body's moving like it's supposed to
(LOVE) When I'm in it I make mami wanna dance more (Yeah!)
Now she dancing like she's f*cking on the dance floor
She moving like she wanna break 'em off
I keep her hot and sweaty till she wanna take it off
Baby girl you better sip slow
I'm dangerous when the bottle starts to get low
When shorty's knocked out from havin a ball
Just blame it on the al-al-al-al-alcohol
[Hook: Jamie Foxx]
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
Blame it on who? Blame it on me
She drink till she sleep when she drinkin' on me
I live in the cup, I watch the ice sink
She sippin' all night on some sh*t that's light pink
You know they say, you are what you drink
But baby I gotta be Louis The Thirteenth
And I could talk to her, but nobody hear
Her liquor so good she don't go around beer
Yeah! And shorty got class
Shorty got class when she pour me in the glass
Hey! Shorty take me to the head
One more shot of me shorty be dead
He heh! And shorty just love drunk
She need a designated driver cause she love drunk
Hi there bartender what's your name?
Let me buy this woman a bottle of Lil' Wayne, yeah
[Hook: Jamie Foxx]
[Verse 3: T-Pain]
Girl I know you feel good, just like you look
Couple more shots, you open up like a book
I ain't trippin' 'cause I'ma read ya
Shawty, I ain't trippin', I just wanna please ya
I'ma take a shot of Nuvo, shawty then you know
It's going down, we can go kick it like Judo
You know what I mean
Shawty got drunk, thought it all was a dream
So I made her say I, I-I-I
Now she got her hand on my leg, got my seats all wet in my ride
All over my ride
She look me dead in the eye, eye-eye-eye
Then my pants got bigga, she already knew what to figga
Had her lookin' at her boyfriend like, "f*ck, that n*gga"
[Hook: Jamie Foxx]
[Bridge: Jamie Foxx]
Now to my ballas poppin' bottles with there Henny in the cup
Screamin', "Money ain't a thang", if it ain't, throw it up
In the sky
Hold your drinks up high
And to my independent ballas who can buy there own bottles
If you're lookin' like a model, when them broke fellas holla
Tell 'em bye
And hold your drinks up high
[Hook: Jamie Foxx]


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Beyond the Backsplash
I just toured the newly opened San Francisco showroom for Heath Ceramics — the famous mid-century modernist tile factory based in Sausalito — and found it full of suggestive ideas for storage and display, not to mention the vast array of products, from field tiles to tea pots, in colors and finishes that look positively edible. Husband-wife owners Robin Petravic and Cathy Bailey have turned a former linen shop and laundry located in the city's Mission
District into an airy design lab and gallery. The building layout and renovation was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Hemminger; the showroom interior was done by the Los Angeles firm Commune. The palette of unpainted wood, concrete, glass, and tile evokes a spare Japanesque/Scandinavian esthetic, which seems very appropriate for the strong simple shapes and nature-based hues of the company's products. The retail showroom wraps around a
clerestoried atrium that will soon house tile-making operations and a Blue Bottle Coffee cafe (dishware manufacture will remain in Sausalito). So you
will be able to sip from a classic Heath "Coupe" line cup while watching the tile for your backsplash emerge from the primordial clay. But here
it's not only the tile that's alluring — as shown by sample panels that swivel so you can see the colorful glazes in different lights — but also the ideas for
flexible and built-in cabinetry. The kitchen island is especially suggestive, with butcher block counters flanking the range for easy food prep before cooking,
and open shelving for convenient pot and pan storage. The floating wall shelving (bolted to the studs) against the vivid blue tile backsplash creates a spacious uncluttered look. The unpainted wood makes a perfect foil for the
tile, ensuring its starring role. Setting the tile perpendicular to the counter edge so that it connects with the tile running up the wall creates visual continuity for a very clean and unified design. The display tables are on rollers
so they can be used to reconfigure the space or combine with other tables for larger arrays. Heath has also begun a program of rotating exhibitions here and is currently showing work by Japanese Master Akio Nukaga. In sum,
the space deftly combines art and commerce. In effect, everything in the space
is carefully curated to feed the imagination…Say, wouldn't these tiles look great in an outdoor shower on a house like this one by architects Braxton
Werner and Paul Field, Plan 491-2. I can see placing it around the corner to the left, not far from the pool. On that panel by the last window — a tall accent wall of blue-green classic field tile, don't you think?


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Studying Aquifers in Outcrop
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Following the panel meetings, the conveners wrote summaries of the panel discussion for each resource; these were transmitted to the creator, along with anonymous versions of the reviews. Relatively few resources were accepted as is. In most cases, the majority of the resources were either designated as 1) Reject or 2) Accept with major revisions. Resources were most often rejected for their lack of completeness to be used in a classroom or they contained scientific inaccuracies.
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This activity has received positive reviews in a peer review process involving five review categories. The five categories included in the process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
- Pedagogic Effectiveness
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For more information about the peer review process itself, please see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
This page first made public: Sep 7, 2006
This material was originally developed as part of the Carleton College Teaching Activity Collection
through its collaboration with the SERC Pedagogic Service.
Learning Goals
- Visualizing ground water flow
- Observation, sketching and description of outcrop features
- Correlating stratigraphic, post-depositional and structural features with groundwater flow
- Explaining a scientific phenomenon (groundwater flow) in layperson's terms
- Estimating rates of groundwater movement
Context for Use
This lab can be used to augment or replace more traditional outcrop descriptions. In a physical geology course, it might become a field lab on local stratigraphy. In an environmental geology course, it might substitute for a local stratigraphy lab.
I use this lab in tandem with a pump test exercise. Each works perfectly well on its own, too.
This lab can take between two and four hours.
Equipment needs:
- Meter sticks or staffs marked in decimeters or tape measures
- compasses
- bottles of water (optional)
Teaching Materials
Teaching Notes and Tips
Depending on how detailed you want the students' descriptions of the outcrop features to be, this lab can take anywhere from two hours to more than four hours. Three hours (about an hour at each of two exposures with travel time in between) is enough time for students to describe the rock features, do some sketching, ask questions, take notes and understand the major hydrogeological implications of the outcrops. It is not enough time to construct detailed stratigraphic sections of more than a meter, particularly in a rock unit as complex as the Jordan Formation (a major aquifer in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin). As an instructor, you will have to decide on your priorities and convey them to the students.
Because the concept of "aquifer" is a difficult one for both students and the general public, an interesting assignment based on this field lab is to have students write a commentary piece for the campus or town newspaper, describing how water moves through the ground, what an aquifer is, and why people should care about aquifers.
Students' sketches, detailed stratigraphic sections and writing based on this field lab can be assessed for understanding, clarity of diagrams and writing, and accuracy (both of concepts and of the specifics of the units). This lab also forms a good basis for written essay quiz and exam questions.


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Leveraging goldmine of untethered, unorganized information will drive organizations' success in 2013 and beyond. Despite the power of increasingly advanced databases, the overwhelming majority of valuable business information remains adrift in the form of unstructured knowledge – any information that is not captured or easily searchable.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in America, Ricoh Americas Corporation today predicts this untapped asset – unstructured knowledge – will be a key factor in the next five years and beyond. Unstructured knowledge consists largely of conversations, communications, unsearchable documents, processes, practices, strategies and cultural norms. Organizations are generally unable to harness these assets today, says Ricoh.
Those organizations with the ability to capture and provide structure to this knowledge will wield a huge advantage in the future. The challenge of seizing unstructured knowledge, already complex, will be further complicated by stark generational differences in work style and by the majority of baby boomers retiring by 2021 – taking valuable, undocumented information with them.
Terrie Campbell, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation said
Capturing unstructured knowledge is especially important as baby boomers retire and Gen Y turns first to the search window to attack every new business problem, and to create further complexity, the velocity of change in communication technology is unprecedented ... Organizations that don't adequately capture unstructured knowledge will risk the chance their customers will find more nimble companies with which to do business.
Ricoh believes this knowledge capture imperative will reveal itself in a compelling range of trends, technologies and practices. Among them:
The next big thing: Voice capture.
Ever notice how the details of important business meetings and conference calls start fading from memory the moment you step out of the room? And how it's virtually impossible to fully brief someone who didn't attend? Over the next five years, companies will use speech-to-text technology to capture, tag and organize the things we talk about in meetings, conference calls and customer support interactions. These conversations, which are unstructured knowledge, will all become searchable business information.
This use of voice capture will have legal ramifications as these recorded conversations become part of the "workflow," virtually everything will be "on the record." That means organizations will need legislation that permits this capture, and will need to negotiate consent from employees and partners. Expect litigation over what, if anything, remains off limits.
Technology-enabled Collaboration. Emerging technologies in communication will mean smart phones won't just connect. They'll create. Cloud boards and unified communication systems as well as virtual workspaces will add dimension to where knowledge originates. This technology will enable that content to be captured, searched and shared.
Security concerns mount. Gen Y has redefined "teamwork." Today, it may include vetting ideas on social networks, and the boundaries may be even broader in the years to come. Organizations will need reliable new ways of securing enterprise information without constraining the open access that spawns solutions.
New ways of working drive new architectures. New personal devices, mobility levels and social computing techniques will create the need for different architectures, many relying on the cloud. Security and access will be paramount – and more challenging than ever.
Bidirectional mentorship.
Gen Y will comprise over 50% of the workforce by 2020.[1] Baby boomers and Gen Y work quite differently, but each has much to teach the other. Decades of experience have given baby boomers a feel for what strategies, processes and approaches succeed or fail in business. Capturing their knowledge in searchable content that adds value to the organization is imperative. At the same time, Gen Y, however, has startling insights into the workings of social computing, which is well on its way to becoming synonymous with business. Baby boomers will mentor Gen Y, as might be expected, but smart organizations will enlist Gen Y to mentor boomers on the new ways of being effective.
The ultimate goal: Monetizing captured knowledge. Capturing the new goldmine of unstructured knowledge will be a good move for any company – and a great one if you can figure out early on how to process it effectively, and distribute the right output to the right worker at the right time to profit from it.
Campbell said
The vast opportunity that is unstructured knowledge is a big challenge for the next few years ... Successful companies will find a way to get their arms around it. Others will see their fundamental value erode. Information is our core focus at Ricoh, so we think we'll play a major role in helping companies exceed their goals. It will be exciting to see how all this plays out because you can roadmap technology, but you can't roadmap human behavior.
Ricoh's predictions are based on in-depth analyses of the major business challenges facing enterprises today, trends and emerging technology. Furthermore, Ricoh bases these predictions in part on its half century of innovation in America, during which time it delivered:
- The first high-speed digital facsimile machine for office use (1974).
- The first solar-powered SLR camera (1981).
- The first mass-produced CD-rewriteable drive (1996).
- The first biomass toner as a genuine manufacturer's supply item (2009).
- A 100-percent solar-powered electronic billboard, in New York's Times Square (2010).
Ricoh's Half Century of Innovation in America
Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD).
The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.
Under its corporate tagline, imagine. change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees. www.ricoh.com/about/
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There have been a lot of firsts at J&D's:
- First bacon-flavored seasoning salt to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.
- First giant strip of bacon to wrestle a giant jar of mayonnaise in 6,000 lbs of mayonnaise (for charity, of course).
- First company to trick TIME magazine into running a story about the development of the mythical product Bacon Air, a bacon-flavored oxygen inhaler made with 95% pure Himalayan oxygen.
But of all of our firsts, we might be most proud of this one – Bacon Lip Balm. It's portable, answers two questions at once (e.g. "How do I keep my lips from being so chapped?" and "What did I have for breakfast this morning?"). It also acts as a constant reminder of why bacon is the unquestioned king of cured meats.
But we didn't stop at Bacon Lip Balm. We als0 made:
- Bacon Shaving Cream – for the rugged MAN in your life that wrestles bears and likes a silky smooth shave
- Bacon-Flavored Mmmvelopes – taking envelope glue to a new and more bacony level. Currently out of production while we wait for people to start mailing letters again.
- Sriracha Lip Balm – it's like making out with tasty napalm
- Bacon Sunscreen – for when you want to sizzle in the sun
- Bacon Coffins – thought this was another April Fool's Day prank? The joke's on you – we really made them! For people that love bacon to death.
For the naughty ones out there, there's always baconlube. Did we go too far? Probably.


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KENT, Wash. — Three coyotes attacked a Kent man Friday, leaving him bruised and bleeding and his dog frightened.
Now, Faron Scarberry, who lives next door to a school, wants to get the word out about the frightening attack before the wild animals strike again.
"They were coming around the bush and I guess they were going after my puggle." Scarberry said.
Scarberry was walking his dog in in Kent near his home when the dogs approached.
"One of them lunged up towards me and I kind of pushed it away with my hand and its front claws scratched my hand and wrist," Scarberry said. "Then one of the grabbed me by the pant leg and started shaking my leg so I just started kicking and hitting at them to get them off of me and they ran back under the fence."
Scarberry limped away from the incident with bruised knuckles and a scratched left arm. He said one of the coyotes bit him in the leg and he received 26 shots for rabies.
A couple of days removed from the accident, Scarberry said he is a little sore. But most of all, he's worried about his neighbors.
"The elementary school is right at the back of our property and the kids walk here to and from school," Scarberry said. "I don't want any of the kids to get hurt."
Wildlife experts said this December is the time of year coyotes are out searching for their food. And coyotes eat just about anything. Wildlife experts said lids should be kept secure on trash cans to keep coyotes away. They also said coyotes typically scare easy with loud noises.
Claudia Johnson and her kids frequently walk the area near where Scarberry was attacked. She said her cat was attacked last year in the same neighborhood.
"We kept our animals in for quite some time after that," Johnson said said.
Scarberry said he will keep a closer eye on his dog, but the run-in with the local wildlife isn't going to scare him or his puggle away.
"I'm not a big city person so this is more my style," he said.


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Thomas MacEntee from our Facebook group GeneaBloggers and Destination: Austin Family has very graciously taken time away from all of his many activities and obligations to help me save an online video of my uncle Ladd Clark. Without his invaluable assistance, I doubt I would have this video safely tucked away on my hard drive!
Uncle Ladd was an eccentric and wonderful man. A brittle diabetic since early childhood, he still managed to live his own life and do things his way. As a young man, he was a bareback bronc rider, and as such took numerous trips to the hospital! He was also a gifted and talented craftsman, an artist really, and owned his own leather business. He made saddles, wallets, belts…everything by hand. This was his life's work.
Last summer, a local newspaper interviewed and videotaped Ladd and published the video on the newspaper's web site. It is a wonderful interview, with many still photos, and most importantly, Ladd talks about his life and his passion for leather crafting. In his early 60's, he looks much older, thanks to the diabetes and probably his wild younger days! He has become quite thin and frail-looking, yet still is able to demonstrate some of the techniques he used to create his beautiful saddles. His humor is also apparent, as he discusses his housekeeping skills!
Only a few months after this video was created, in September of 2007, Ladd died. He left a wonderful legacy of beauty and a life lived well.
Ladd was my Dad's youngest half-brother, about 15 years his junior, so he looked up to my Dad almost as an uncle. They were very close, and my Dad was devastated when he passed on. This video was very special to my Dad, and I have been afraid that it would disappear from the Internet before I could save it. Thanks to Thomas, it is now safe on my hard drive… but not safe enough…
As the video's format is as a flash video, I downloaded a free video converter program, converted it to a .mpeg file, created an account on Youtube, and uploaded it there for extra-safe keeping:
Again…THANK YOU, THOMAS!


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Toast to the Weekend: Manzana Cider Recipe/
Toast to the Weekend: Manzana Cider recipe As I strolled through the Farmer's Market earlier this week, my eyes fixated on several bold-colored apples. Their ripe peels came in an array of flawless greens and flashy reds. Fall is the prime season for these crisp fruits. This is when you will find the ripest, juiciest centers that lack the mealy, mushiness often found during off-peak times of the year. The fresh apples got me thinking about what kinds of dishes and cocktails I could stir up this weekend. A roasted chicken with my apple-squash fritters would make for the type of comforting meal this season calls for. To wash it down, I settled on this daring, yet sweet cider recipe that bravely incorporates some tequila, an ingredient in which I might also decide to braise my meat.
Manzana Cider: Fill a mixing glass with ice. Pour in 1 ounce of Reposado Tequila, 1/4 ounce of creme de casis (a blackcurrant-flavored liqueur), 1 ounce of apple cider, and 1/4 ounce of lemon juice. Shake the mixing glass to blend and then strain the drink into a Collins glass. Garnish it with a slice from those crisp, seasonal apples.


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Big sixth costs Pelfrey as Twins fall to Tigers
DETROIT -- It has been a forgettable road stretch for the struggling Twins so far.
It has featured two players sent to the seven-day concussion list -- third baseman Trevor Plouffe and outfielder Wilkin Ramirez -- as well as the club's Opening Day starter, Vance Worley, and highly touted outfielder Oswaldo Arcia being optioned to Triple-A Rochester.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- It has been a forgettable road stretch for the struggling Twins so far.
It has featured two players sent to the seven-day concussion list -- third baseman Trevor Plouffe and outfielder Wilkin Ramirez -- as well as the club's Opening Day starter, Vance Worley, and highly touted outfielder Oswaldo Arcia being optioned to Triple-A Rochester.View Full Game Coverage
And to top it all off, the Twins have just one win in seven games so far on their nine-game trip that concludes with two games in Milwaukee.
It was another defeat for the Twins on Sunday, as Mike Pelfrey could not get through six innings, and the offense was held in check by right-hander Max Scherzer in a 6-1 loss to Detroit at Comerica Park. It was the Twins' 11th loss over their last 12 games.
"It was a game where we were in there for a long time, but you don't win many when you only get three hits and score one run," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Pelfrey made some good pitches early but just couldn't finish them off, and all of a sudden it's 6-1. But Pelfrey deserved a better linescore than that."
Pelfrey pitched well early but ended up giving up five runs on five hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings to mark the eighth time in 10 starts he has failed to go at least six innings. The right-hander fell to 3-5 with a 6.85 ERA with the loss.
"I don't think I've come close to going as deep as I'd like in games," Pelfrey said. "And that's on me more than anybody."
He gave up a solo shot to Torii Hunter in the first inning but settled down until allowing an RBI double to Prince Fielder after Miguel Cabrera led off the fourth inning with a walk.
Detroit broke it open in the sixth, as Cabrera singled with one out before Victor Martinez added a two-out single to left field. Pelfrey then induced a pop fly from Alex Avila, but it dropped just past the reach of Pedro Florimon in short left field for an RBI bloop single.
"I thought I made a decent pitch," Pelfrey said. "It was inside and got the guy to pop up to the opposite field. But he fought it off and was strong enough to get it in there."
Pelfrey was removed for right-hander Casey Fien, who promptly walked Omar Infante to load the bases. Rookie left-hander Caleb Thielbar, making his third career appearance, came on in relief of Fien and gave up a bases-clearing triple to pinch-hitter Avisail Garcia on a 2-2 curveball. Two of those runs were charged to Pelfrey, with Fien getting the third for walking Infante.
"We were hoping [Pelfrey] could get through the inning," Gardenhire said. "He jammed Avila and he blooped one out there and it knocks him out. Casey didn't compete with the next guy, and the kid hung a breaking ball."
The Twins' offense was mostly quiet on the afternoon, as Minnesota did not get a hit off Scherzer until Chris Parmelee singled to left with two outs in the fourth. But the Twins did load the bases with one out in the second after two walks and an error from shortstop Ramon Santiago, but Aaron Hicks and Florimon failed to come through.
Minnesota finally got on the board in the fifth, when Florimon doubled down the right-field line and scored on a single from Jamey Carroll, who reached second on the throw home. But he was stranded there, as Joe Mauer struck out and Josh Willingham grounded out to end the inning.
It was the lone run the Twins scored against Scherzer, who gave up just three hits and three walks over six innings with six strikeouts to improve to 7-0 with a 3.42 ERA.
"I've got a curveball now," Scherzer said. "That's my big thing. For me, that pitch has really grown for me. I thought today was another test with it. I'd faced Minnesota a few starts ago and really pitched with it well then, so obviously they knew about it coming into today's start. And to still have success with that pitch against that lineup, it shows that pitch is very good."
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LOS ANGELES -- Traffic was flowing again on the city's busiest freeway following a weekend closure that was hailed a success by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa after it didn't result in the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams.
Bridgework that forced the closure of Interstate 405 was completed and lanes of the freeway through the Sepulveda Pass began reopening Sunday night, hours ahead of a planned reopening for the Monday morning commute. The first drivers allowed back on the roadway cheered and honked their car horns as news cameras rolled.
A similar closure occurred last year to demolish portions of the half-century-old Mulholland Drive bridge to allow construction of an additional freeway lane. The south side of the freeway was removed last year, and the north-side lanes stayed standing until the south side was rebuilt.
Like last year, city residents heeded months of warnings to stay off the road and weekend traffic was unusually light.
Villaraigosa said his hope for a "Carmaheaven" came true and he thanked drivers for their cooperation.
"The real stars of this sequel were the motorists who took advantage of a car-free weekend and stayed off the road," he said.
Like Villaraigosa, some drivers couldn't resist comparing the scenario to a movie.
"It's like that movie `Vanilla Sky,' ... where Times Square is empty," Sterling Gates told KABC-TV. "It's kind of like that. We're known for our traffic, and it's just nothing."
The closed, 10-mile section of the 405 carries about 500,000 motorists each day on a typical weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. California Department of Transportation officials said that in order for "Carmageddon II" to be a success, at least two-thirds of those drivers need to stay off the road.
The rare sight of a carless freeway attracted many onlookers, including seven people who were cited for sneaking onto the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said.
Last year, three people slipped onto the freeway at the crack of dawn and snapped photos of themselves enjoying a gourmet meal on an eerily empty freeway.