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February 2016
By: Nora McGunnigle and Gwendolyn Knapp, Eater Nola
Coffee is a New Orleans tradition - not only is it drunk in large quantities, but coffee beans flowed the ports here, more than any other city in the country, at one point.
Recently, a bunch of what's known as "third wave" coffee shops have popped up around town, showcasing small batch roasted beans, passionate knowledge, and flawless coffee making technique.
Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee actually came down to New Orleans to assist pastry chef Kelly Fields in building the coffee program at this hot new bakery and cafe in the South Market District. There's a legit house blend and coffee cocktail menu too. Milk is sourced locally from Mauthe's Progress Milk Barn.


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Yoyo Kitemark
Being a yoyo school tells tells people that, as a school, all staff have been trained in EAF (emotionally aware feeding) and that you have made a commitment to following the EAF principles.
Taking a new attitude to food involves the whole school community – eating is an integral part of each and every school day and every staff member from the head to the midday-supervisors, needs to be on the same page.
The yoyo package includes visual aids for your wall displays and an electronic version of the kitemark for you to display.
Getting yoyo-accredited works really well in conjunction with offering workshops for parents because, as anyone who works with children will know, the most powerful way to bring about positive change is to make sure that the changes happening in school are mirrored and reinforced at home, and vice-versa.

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The Australian dollar is slightly higher after it was taken on a roller coaster ride over the past 24 hours.
On Thursday afternoon the currency dropped to an almost three-year low of 94.35 US cents, but in offshore trade on Thursday night it gained almost two US cents before backtracking.
At 1700 AEST on Friday, the local unit was trading at 95.04 US cents, up from 94.79 cents on Thursday.
"Currency markets have not been for the faint of heart this week with large intraday moves becoming the norm," CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said.
On Thursday night, after a European Central Bank meeting ECB president Mario Draghi indicated the bank had no intention of implementing further stimulus measures to support the euro zone economy at this stage.
Mr Waterer said the Australian dollar rallied on the hawkish ECB tone but it ran out of buyers during the local session on Friday.
He said the prospect of a Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut in July after weak economic growth figures are weighing on the currency.
It is also unclear whether the US Federal Reserve will wind down its economic stimulus measures, after a mixed batch of American economic data.
"Uncertainty seems to be what is hurting the Australian dollar at the moment with commodity prices unstable, possible further RBA cuts to come, as well as questions over the length of US easing measures.
"Overall the Australian dollar is just not as attractive to offshore investors as was the case a few months ago."
The key indicator of US employment, non-farm payrolls for May will be released on Friday night, Australian time.
At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was at 92.06 Japanese yen, down from Thursday's close of 94.03 yen, and at 71.69 euro cents, down from 72.25 euro cents.
Meanwhile, Australian bond futures prices were up.
UBS interest rate strategist Andrew Lilley said traders had previously thought that the falling Australian dollar would mean a cash rate cut in the near term would be unlikely.
"What we've seen over the past two days has been a re-pricing of those expectations around July and August," he said.
On Monday the futures market was pricing in a 15 per cent change of a cash rate cut in July, and on Friday Mr Lilley said that had increased to about 60 per cent.
"On that basis most bonds have been rallying," he said.
At 1630 AEST on Friday, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.745 (implying a yield of 3.255 per cent), up from 96.660 (3.340 per cent) on Thursday.
The June three-year bond futures contract was at 97.530 (2.470 per cent), up from 97.460 (2.540 per cent).


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12AX7 VALVO HOLLAND 1960's TO BUY 12AX7 Holland
12AX7 AMPEREX BUGLE BOY HOLLAND 1956-1962 (D getter halo) - Germino Club 40 - Victoria Regal 2007 - AC30 TO BUY 12AX7 Amperex Bugle Boy
12AX7 AMPEREX BUGLE BOY HOLLAND 1962-1968 (SMALL ROUND GETTER HALO, excellent sounding 12AX7, lively upper midrange) - ART MPA Gold 2 Channel Microphone Preamp - Torres Engineering Boogie Mite - Swart Amps Atomic Space Tone TO BUY 12AX7 Amperex Bugle Boy Holland
7025 HOLLAND 1960-1971 (WHITE or ORANGE PRINTING) - CAT JL2 amp TO BUY 7025 Amperex Holland
12AX7 AMPEREX HOLLAND and "ORANGE GLOBE LOGO" 1966-1972 (ORANGE or GREEN PRINTING) - Cementer Amplification TB - 2b Tube Direct box TO BUY 12AX7 Holland
12AX7 PHILIPS / PHILIPS MINIWATT / VALVO HOLLAND 1962-1969 (SMALL ROUND GETTER HALO, lively and punchy sound, good bass, great upper midrange) (white printing)(similar sound to Amperex Bugle Boy Holland) - Art Audio MPA Gold pre - Fender Tremolux 1963 - Jolida TO BUY 12AX7 Holland 1960's
12AX7 PHILIPS HOLLAND 1970-1972 (lively and punchy sound, good bass, great upper midrange) (white printing)(similar sound to Amperex Bugle Boy Holland) TO BUY 12AX7 Holland 1970's
12AX7 / CV4004 BRIMAR ENGLAND (Brimar tubes are excellent in the phono section. They are very balanced from top to bottom and have low noise and microphonics) - ORANGE AD30HTC - MARSHALL - BELLARI PHONO - EAR - McIntosh SONIC COMMENTS: -------------- "Brendan, you nailed it with this recommendation for my bellari vp129 phono stage. No tube previously tried was even in the same ball park. Better than I hoped for. thanks, Blake" TO BUY CV4004=12AX7 Brimar UK
CV4035 BRIMAR=12AX7 Type CV4035 made by STC/Brimar of England. Internally, they are identical to the Brimar CV4004=12AX7/ECC83, normal size and shape, but they don't have any pins! Instead, they have nine wire leads. I have read an old spec sheet on these and the story is that they thought these valves were so reliable that they would NEVER need replacing. CV4035=12AX7 Brimar NOS (flying leads you solder into circuit, tubes do NOT have pins) 1960's 1 tube $40) 1962 partially faded top getter 25) CV4069=12AU7 Brimar "Black Plates" 1969 NOS (flying leads) $40
Click here to see CV4035 and CV4069 BRIMAR FLYING LEADS NOS
12AX7 CBS USA (rare 12AX7, most made from late 1950's to early 1960's) TO BUY 12AX7 CBS
12AX7 EAST GERMANY (RFT) TO BUY 12AX7 East Germany (RFT)
12AX7 FIVRE MILANO ITALY TO BUY 12AX7 Fivre Italy
12AX7 / 7025 GE "TALL RIBBED PLATES" 1950-1965 (1950's - early 1960's GE 12AX7 with long gray ribbed plates have a warm musical presence, are balanced and sweet) TO BUY 12AX7 GE
12AX7 / 12AX7A / 12AX7WA GE 1965-1982 (Also see 5751, 5751 is a direct pin replacement for 12AX7/A, but mu is reduced from 100 to 70) - Fender Champ Reissue 1957 - Fender Deluxe Reverb 1964 - PrimaLuna ProLogue Five Integrated amp TO BUY 12AX7 and 12AX7A GE
12AX7 / 12AX7A JAPAN Hitachi / Matsushita / Toshiba TO BUY 12AX7 HITACHI JAPAN
Matsushita - same build as Mullard 12AX7: (Mullard tooling) ----------------------------------------- TO BUY 12AX7 MATSUSHITA JAPAN
Toshiba Electric (Tokyo Shibaura Electric): ------------------------------------------ TO BUY 12AX7 TOSHIBA JAPAN
12AX7 MULLARD "LONG RIBBED PLATES" 1958 (f91 series) (the long plate Mullards are one of the best sounding 12AX7 ever made; very sweet, great mids) (excellent for vocals, rich and harmonically textured) - Victoria - Bogner Ecstasy - Bad Cat - Sur SL-68 (hand wired) [ SUHR AMPS) ] TO BUY 12AX7 Mullard Long Plates 1950's
12AX7=ECC83 MULLARD "RIBBED PLATES" NOS 1960's (12AX7 Mullard 1960's vintage have great midrange tone and bass, an excellent 12AX7, 161 or 163 date codes) - Top Hat King Royale - Soldano SLO-100 (Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton) - Marshall 1959HW Plexi - Marshall JVM-210H 2007-2008 - Diezel Herbert head - Gibson GA-6 1957 - Trace Elliot C30 - Mesa Boogie Triaxis 2 preamp - Mesa Boogie Mark 2C+ 1984 - Goodsell Super 17 M.K. 2 head - Jolida CD player - Landgraff Custom 50W - Lexicon Signature 284 - Two Rock TO BUY 12AX7 Mullard ribbd plates 1960's
SONIC COMMENTS: -------------- "About a month ago I purchased a NOS Mullard and Brimar 12AX7's which are absolutely fabulous. You had tipped me off to your stock of NOS "Mazda" labeled Brimar 12AX7's. Since you recommended them if I liked the Brimars, I am interested in purchasing a couple in just a few days here. Do you still have some? I had to tell you that since I have gotten the Siemen EL34's and Mullard 12AX7 in V1 and Brimar in V2 of my Marshall as you recommended, the performance sound and feel of the amp have become simply amazing. On that note, I wish to by all of my future tubes through you. Thank you very much,
12AX7=ECC83 MULLARD "RIBBED PLATES" 1970's (12AX7=very detailed bass, musical mids and smooth top end, the older the better) - McIntosh - Prima Luna - Art Pro Audio MPA - Scott - Hovland - Audio Space Ref. 2 (2011) - Komet 60 TO BUY 12AX7 Mullard ribbed plates 1960-1975
Click here to see 12AX7 and CV4004 Mullard 1956-1981
CV4004=M8137 MULLARD BOX PLATES 1957 - 1981 (CV4004=balanced and smooth sounding with excellent midrange, recommended) - Line Magnetic 518 (845 SET) - EAR 834P - EAR 864 - Aestetix Rhea phono - Aestetix Calypso, Io phono - Art Audio phono - Audio Research linestage - Shindo linestage - Jolida 1000 CD player - CAT SL-1 Signature Mark III preamp - Fender Pro Reverb 1967 - PATHOS ACOUSTICS T.T. HYBRID INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER (INPOL) - Belari 129 phono TO BUY CV4004 MULLARD PAIRS
M8137=CV4004 Mullard: ------------------- TO BUY M8137=CV4004 MULLARD
Customer Comments on the CV4004 Mullards: ------------------------------------------- "The 1981 Mullard CV4004s you supplied last week sound fantastic. A quantum improvement over the Chinese Gold Aeros that they replaced in my Cal Alpha DAC. The Mullards seemed to take about 20 hours to do most of their break-in, but they sounded better than the old tubes from the first moment and may still be getting more effortless and yet more detailed in their sound after 30 hours. The upper treble is super-sweet -- reminds me of silver vs. copper cabling. Those 4004's seemed terribly expensive to me, but seemingly worth it, especially if they outlast me, as I hope they will. Many thanks for steering me in that direction in the baby-blue quadrants at the top of the 12AX7 page." "I can now understand why there is so much hoo-haa about NOS valves! In my EAR 834P phono stage, The NOS Mullard CV4004 box plates are simply sensational. They leave the stock Chelmer 12AX7's for dead, and elevate the musicality of an already musical phono stage to unbelievable levels. This is achieved via much increased warmth, weight, air and space. The midrange, particularly on female vocals is "to die for". And they haven't even burned in properly. Also, Brendan's level of service is lightning fast, and the quality of his products, judging by the music I am hearing, is second to none. This has been a real ear-opener, and money very well spent. Thank you! Richard, Australia"
12AX7WA=7025 PHILIPS USA (best value) (late production Sylvania; open extended highs, neutral, clear, nice headroom) - Rogue Cronos Magnum TO BUY 12AX7WA PHILIPS
12AX7 RAYTHEON USA BLACK AND GRAY PLATES - Cayin A-50T - Bad Cat 'Custom Shop' Cub II R 1 x 12 Combo Tube Amplifier - THOR phono stage - Rogue Cronus - Rogue Tempest Int. - Fender - CAT JL-2 amp - Broskie Aikido PH1 - Rogers High Fidelity EHF-100 2011 - Quicksilver - Aguilar DB750 bass amp - Carver 180 amp TO BUY 12AX7 RAYTHEON 1950's - 1960's
SONIC COMMENTS in EAR 834P phono pre: ------------------------------------ It's a funny thing about the 12AX7's. The preamp stock tubes were Chinese. They are specially picked by the the manufacturer for low-noise and are even labeled "Eastern Electric" on the tubes. They actually sounded good to me and I originally wondered if I even needed NOS. Upon installing the new 12AX7 Raytheon black plates I was immediatally struck by the improvements. The sound suddenly became more dynamic and three dimensional. It occurred to me that with the stock tubes the sound was like a flat picture with washed out colors. With the NOS tubes the picture was much more vivid and lifelike. But I only noticed how inferior the Chinese tubes were when I installed the NOS tubes. It makes me wonder how many people are listening to their tubed equipment, never knowing how much better it could sound.
7025 RCA BLACK PLATES 1950's / GRAY PLATES 1960's - 1970's (very dynamic, rich, silky and sparkly sounding with a tight bottom end and clear-warm top-end, these are the BEST 7025) (low noise, low microphonics, also see 5751 RCA for substitute. These are superb as input tubes in guitar amps) - Vincent CD-S6 CD Player - Dumble Overdrive Special clone amp - Fender Twin Reverb 1964, 1966, 1990 - compressor - Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature V1 TO BUY 7025 RCA
12AX7 RCA USA BLACK PLATES "D" GETTER 1950's (super 12AX7, outstanding upper midrange) - Fender Deluxe Reverb 1964, 1966 - UESUGI TAE-4 phono 2008 TO BUY 12AX7 RCA Black Plates 1950's
12AX7 RCA TALL GRAY PLATES "D" GETTER 1950's TO BUY 12AX7 RCA Gray Plates 1950's
TO BUY 12AX7 RCA Gray "LONG PLATES" 1950's
12AX7 / 12AX7A RCA USA GRAY PLATES (nice detail with a smooth and sweet sound, best sounding US made 12AX7 are RCA and Tungsol) - Fender Princeton Reverb - Fender Super 6 Reverb 1970's - Fender Champ 1972 - VOX AC15 - Fender '64 Vibroverb - SUPRO model # 1616T - Conrad Johnson MV60SE - Shanling CD-S100SE HDCD player - Universal 175 - Teletronix LA-2A Compressor/Limiter - Behringer T1954 Ultrafex - Conrad Johnson MV60 2002 - McIntosh C8 phono TO BUY 12AX7A RCA
12AX7=ECC83 RUSSIAN TO BUY 12AX7 Russian
12AX7=ECC83 SIEMENS Ribbed Plates 1960's (open and airy, rare 12AX7) - Fisher 400 CX-2 - Diva Audio M7 preamp TO BUY ECC83=12AX7 Siemens Germany ribbed plates 1960's
12AX7=ECC83 / E83CC SIEMENS WEST GERMANY 1960-1975 (ECC33=12AX7: clear/transparent, detailed, lots of inner-resolution, extended high-end, tight accurate bass and mids) (E83CC=Special Quality 10,000+ hour 12AX7, very low noise, highly recommended for phone stages) - AESTHETIX IO PHONO (the best possible tube for this phono, nothing compares) these SIEMENS will be at CES 2009 in the RUNNING SPRINGS AUDIO room in their AESTHETIX GEAR - Icon Audio power supply - EAR 834P - AESTHETIX IO PHONO TO BUY ECC83=12AX7 Siemens Germany ribbed plates
12AX7 SYLVANIA GRAY PLATES 1950's "The Sylvania 12AX7 gray plates 1950's are "out of this world"!!!!!!! Thanks again." TO BUY 12AX7 Sylvania
12AX7 / 12AX7A / 7025 SYLVANIA GRAY PLATES 1960 - 1970's - Clark Amplification Anthony Wilson Model 112 Combo TO BUY 12AX7A Sylvania
12AX7WA=7025 SYLVANIA USA 1960 - 1970's - Audio Note M2 phono balanced TO BUY 12AX7WA Sylvania
ECC803S=12AX7 TELEFUNKEN WEST GERMANY to see ECC803S TELEFUNKEN STOCK AND PICTURES
12AX7 TELEFUNKEN SMOOTH PLATES NOS (excellent preamp 12AX7, low noise, very smooth extended highs, very good in phono stages, low noise) Se Electronics Z5600a II Tube Condenser mic Veloce Audio Line Stage and Phono Amp Nagra PL-L preamp VTL 7.5 preamp MFA preamp Orange amps Conrad Johnson Premier 15 phono preamp Pilot SP-210 preamp Jadis preamp Aesthetix Rhea, Io, Calypso George Wright phono THD Plexi-50 MXL V69 Mogami Edition Tubetech CL1B Audio Thrills phono AKG mic Bellari VP130 phono TO BUY 12AX7 Telefunken smooth plates
12AX7/ECC83 Telefunken Diamond Bottom Smooth Plates used/tested: (the smooth plate 12AX7 has a more balanced sound than a rib plate and great upper midrange with good high-end detail and extension) TO BUY 12AX7 Telefunken smooth plates
Sonic Comments in Aesthetix Calypso: ----------------------------------- Tubes work just fine!!!! Listened to Dave Matthews with the old tubes and then popped in the Tele's and as they warmed up.....boy....what a nice difference. I heard a more smoothed and refined voicing... After that put on Tori Amos' Scarlet walk and the Tele's really started to shine!!! Highs were crystal clear, mids and piano were snappy and Amos' voice was just "right there". Thanks, Steve
12AX7 TELEFUNKEN RIBBED PLATES NOS (excellent preamp tube, nice resolution, balanced, quiet, articulate, not warm and fuzzy) - EAR 834P - LAMM amp - Coincident Statement Phono Stage TO BUY 12AX7 Telefunken ribbed plates
12AX7/ECC83 Telefunken Ribbed Plates used/good 1950's - 1970 TO BUY 12AX7 Telefunken ribbed plates used/good
ECC803S=12AX7 Tesla Rožnov Gold Pins (NOS STOCK, very low noise, special quality 12AX7) (XN date code = November 1989, 32=Prague?) - Allen Sweet Spot 2008 - Behringer T1953 Tube Ultragain Dual Microphone Preamp - Blackstar HT-5 (some people think these are rebranded JJ, but I am not sure of this, they are Czech made, test outstanding, and are very low noise) TO BUY ECC803S TESLA 1989
12AX7 / 12AX7A / 7025 TUNGSOL USA (one of the best US 12AX7 ever made, very dynamic and musical with superb tonal balance, better overall than RCA) TO BUY 12AX7 Tungsol 1951-1960's
12AX7 TUNGSRAM HUNGARY (these typically have very low noise and are under-rated 12AX7's, copper grid posts) TO BUY 12AX7 Tungsram
12AX7 VALVO, HAMBURG WEST GERMANY TO BUY 12AX7 VALVO 1950's
12AX7 WESTINGHOUSE USA / CANADA (recommended, very high quality 12AX7, best in stock for the money) TO BUY 12AX7 Westinghouse 1950's - 1960's
12AX7 / 7025 Yugoslavia / EI Yugo (smooth plates) (Telefunken smooth plates copy) TO BUY 12AX7 Yugoslavia (EI YUGO)
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A winter road trip sure is fun! Although I was supposed to be in Yellowstone this evening, I am hunkered down in Idaho Falls for the night hoping the Mormons won't take offense at the Darwin fish on my car. This morning I awoke to 14F temperatures and brushed roughly five inches of snow off my Subaru. Favorite accessory on the new car--windshield wiper defrosters!
After leaving Cedar City, it took me about an hour to drive out of the storm. Jim Morrison, Billy Collins, and U2 provided me with good company. Salt Lake City had clear skies--a brief reprieve. I met Shelly, YA staff and friend who was visiting her brother, for an enormous lunch at Marie Callendar's. I'm lucky that passenger vehicles don't have to stop at weigh stations or I would have been cited for a heavy load after my gluttonous meal (Shelly ate a lot as well).
Since my black car now appeared white from driving through miles of snow and dirt, Shelly and I decided to give it a makeover. What a smart idea--washing one's car in 25F weather! At least it stayed clean for a couple of hours, when I encountered the next snowstorm in Idaho. After passing three accidents, I decided to call it a night.
Perhaps I am just trying to psyche myself up for my new winter-centric existence, but driving past snow covered mountains and expansive valleys of white evoked a wonderful meditative peace. I had forgotten the sublime beauty of true winter.
Wish me luck tomorrow on the final stage--the forecast calls for 4-12 inches of snow in Idaho. My 'New England driving in crappy weather' upbringing will definitely come in handy.


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Eve, Martin Paul, 'Pynchon and Wittgenstein: Ethics, Relativism and Philosophical Methodology', in Profils Américains: Thomas Pynchon, ed. by Gilles Chamerois and Bénédicte Fryd (Montpellier: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2014), pp. 81–104
This piece presents a tripartite analysis of the relationship between the philosophical works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and the novels of Thomas Pynchon. This is broadly structured around three schools of Wittgenstein scholarship identified by Guy Kahane et al. as the Orthodox Tractatus, the New Wittgenstein, and several strands of the Orthodox Investigations (Kahane et al. 4-14). Moving from the earliest affiliation that Pynchon stages between Wittgenstein and Weissman, the underlying theme lies in Pynchon's relationship to ethical relativism as it pertains to Nazism. From this it will become clear that neither relativism of experience and representation, nor an unbounded relativism of non-committal ethics, are central to Pynchon's fiction.
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Tumor Heterogeneity: Mechanisms and Bases for a Reliable Application of Molecular Marker Design
Department Histopathology, King's College Hospital and King's Health Partners, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13(2), 1951-2011; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13021951
Received: 2 December 2011 / Revised: 23 January 2012 / Accepted: 1 February 2012 / Published: 13 February 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Pathology)
Tumor heterogeneity is a confusing finding in the assessment of neoplasms, potentially resulting in inaccurate diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests. This tumor heterogeneity is not always a random and unpredictable phenomenon, whose knowledge helps designing better tests. The biologic reasons for this intratumoral heterogeneity would then be important to understand both the natural history of neoplasms and the selection of test samples for reliable analysis. The main factors contributing to intratumoral heterogeneity inducing gene abnormalities or modifying its expression include: the gradient ischemic level within neoplasms, the action of tumor microenvironment (bidirectional interaction between tumor cells and stroma), mechanisms of intercellular transference of genetic information (exosomes), and differential mechanisms of sequence-independent modifications of genetic material and proteins. The intratumoral heterogeneity is at the origin of tumor progression and it is also the byproduct of the selection process during progression. Any analysis of heterogeneity mechanisms must be integrated within the process of segregation of genetic changes in tumor cells during the clonal expansion and progression of neoplasms. The evaluation of these mechanisms must also consider the redundancy and pleiotropism of molecular pathways, for which appropriate surrogate markers would support the presence or not of heterogeneous genetics and the main mechanisms responsible. This knowledge would constitute a solid scientific background for future therapeutic planning. View Full-Text
Keywords: neoplasm; tumor heterogeneity; topographic compartments; tumor microenvironment; tumor hypoxia; exosome; clonal expansion; cell segregation; tumor progression; metastasis
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Diaz-Cano, S.J. Tumor Heterogeneity: Mechanisms and Bases for a Reliable Application of Molecular Marker Design. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 1951-2011.
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R. Howe, I. Gonzalez-Hernandez, J. W. Harvey, F. Hill (NSO Tucson)
The GONG (Global Oscillation Network Group) program operates a worldwide network of six instruments, primarily intended to give continuous Doppler velocity images of the full solar disk for helioseismology. The instruments also produce images in magnetic field strength, total intensity and line depth for a 1Åband centered on the Ni I (6768 Å) line, all at 60 second cadence with a spatial resolution of around 2 arcsecond. The X10 flare of 2003 October 29 and the X8.3 flare of 2003 November 2 both produced clear signatures in the GONG images, with local 20 to 30 per cent enhancements in the total intensity and a 50 per cent drop in the line strength, indicating the presence of white light emission. There are also both transient and persistent changes in the magnetic field.
This work was supported by NASA and NSF.
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Ten years after its IPO, things are still looking up for Google
Google has come a long way since its debut on the public markets 10 years ago.
Since its stock started trading on Aug. 19, 2004, the search giant with the "Don't Be Evil" motto has morphed into a $396.3 billion company. That's almost 15 times bigger than its $27 billion opening market value. Google's (GOOG) current market cap also makes it the third most valuable U.S. company behind Apple (AAPL) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).
It's not just popular sentiment that has boomed: Google has the stats to back up the hype. The technology giant's revenue has grown over 1,640% since it went public, from $3.2 billion in 2004 to $55.52 billion last year. Over 90% of that income comes from advertising dollars.
Along with growing income, Google has brought on board almost 50,000 more employees since 2004. Today, the company has 52,069 workers compared with 3,021 when it went public.
Who are the biggest beneficiaries of Google's amazing growth? Not surprisingly, it's the founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together they maintain about 14% of the company's shares and 56% of the stockholder voting power, which helped them to achieve billionaire status from day one. At Google's $85-a-share IPO price, Page and Brin were worth a total of $6.5 billion. Today, they are worth a combined $27.1 billion. (Page owns slightly more shares that Brin — about 352,000 more as of April.)


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Borough Market/
Just a little south of the London Bridge is one of the oldest markets in England. The market was first mentioned in print in 1276, although the market itself claims to have existed since 1014. Borough Market caused such traffic congestion that in 1754 it was abolished by an Act of Parliament, but residents raised the funds to buy another parcel of land and reopened the market in 1756. The present Art Deco buildings were designed in 1851. (Thanks Wikipedia!)
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It was quite an incredible place, but given the hoards on a Saturday afternoon it won't be making any "best kept secrets" lists. The Saturday afternoon part was a mistake in hindsight, but I was on a tight schedule. It was difficult to move with all the people but once you got a sense of the place I could weave in and out of the stalls. There were the most exciting and varied fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood, and cheeses. Since I had no idea what I was getting into I didn't make a plan, so I decided to document rather than buy, but oh what a place to shop for a meal or a lovely picnic along the Thames (just maybe not in January).


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Is Trading the FED's POMO Schedule Profitable?/
I often consider the market's distortions that are or can be created by its participants. Arguably, the most important market player is the Federal Reserve. For years the FED as been injecting liquidity into the financial system through its Permanent Open Market Operations (POMO). I'm not going to delve into the purpose of these multibillion dollar transactions as others have covered this extensively. Instead I ask a simple question. The FED makes their tentative POMO schedule public beforehand. Can a trader simply buy the market open and sell the close each day the FED engages in POMO and earn a profit? The simple answer is 'yes'! To set up this study; I compared the FED"s historical POMO calender from January 2010 until August 3rd 2013 , to S&P 500 (SPX) returns for the matching dates. The return is based on a trader purchasing the SPX on open and closing the position at the end of day. I've provided the histogram of returns below along with an overlay of the density plot.
We can see that the returns have a slight negative skew with a couple >-4% days. Additionally the mode is just to the right of zero between 0 and 1%.. For context, the simple annualized sharp ratio is 0.51. Not great but slightly positive. I wondered if there could be a simple improvement to the strategy. What if the SPX trade was instead executed on the POMO settlement day which occurs the next trading day? The histogram below plots the return results.
To my surprise this strategy was a large improvement. First there were no days with negative returns in excess of -4%. The mode is clearly positive approximating 2.5% and there appears to be a slight positive skew. For comparison the annualized Sharpe ratio is 1.76-Definitely respectable. Looking at the performance summary helps to compare the strategies. The first panel is a wealth index based on the cumulative value of $1 over the period. Clearly the settlement date strategy blows away the transaction date strategy by 40+% with a drawdown not exceeding 10% over the testing period.
Let me emphasize that the strategy may or may not be tradable today. On a superficial basis the strategy appears to be promising, But further research and more indepth analysis would have to be done, analyzing actual transactions, portfolio size, scale, and so on.
To construct the charts and run my analysis I used R!'s GGPLOT2 and PerformanceAnalytics packages along with Moments, Scales, and Quantmod.


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While Postal Redux is played in the third person perspective, I never have felt that the game lacks a sense of immersion. Some may argue that the sequel, Postal 2, is much more immersive because it is played in the first person perspective. In general, many gamers would argue that first person perspective games are more immersive than third person perspective games because you can play from "inside" the in game character. In his article "Why Can I See My Avatar? Embodied Visual Engagement in the Third-Person Video Game", Daniel Black states that it is not the so much the perspective that creates immersion but how effectively the game can bridge the gap from physical reality to digital fantasy.
Black examines James Newman's "The Myth of the Ergodic Videogame" in order to make a case for his claim. Newman is arguing against the immersiveness of third person perspectives and how it creates a division between the player and the in game character. Newman states that "the primary-player–character relationship is one of vehicular embodiment" (Newman). Black argues back that this vehicular metaphor acts as Cartesian dualism, "with the player taking the role of disembodied cogito using the game character to act upon the digital res extensa of the game world" (Black). To explain, Black is saying that players use in game characters in order to perform tasks that they would otherwise not perform, kind of like a puppet. He continues saying that if this were truly the case, games would not be as engaging as they are made out to be. I agree with this statement because I believe in game characters are more than just a tool to be used, they are a digital representation of one's identity and behaviors. They encapsulate a secondary form of consciousness like no other medium can because they allow the player to perform whatever task said player wants to act upon.
Continuing on the vehicular metaphor, Newman describes a typical CoinOp racing game and how it is possible to be sitting in a physical representation of the in game car you are driving, yet view yourself driving from a third perspective (he suggests from a helicopter). He states that these type of games create "multiple and apparently contradictory presentations of the self"(Newman). Arguing against this claim, Black turns to how we view Hollywood car chase scenes:
"While we do not control the car in the Hollywood film, we identify with the driver, and perhaps flinch at a near collision as if we were physically located inside the car, even as we watch the chase largely from a viewpoint outside the car." (Black)
These car chase scenes often have multiple perspectives of the singular main driver- a first person perspective of the driver, a perspective of the passenger, an outside of the car third person perspective, and sometimes even a perspective from another driver. And while the film creates multiple perspectives and angles that we view ourselves in, we often can still maintain singularity with the main driver in order to create consistency inside our heads. Black states that if we are able to create consistency with films, we should be able to create consistency in videogames, which have much less switching of perspectives. I agree with this statement because even if there is a visual "division" between me and the in game character, be it the perspective or even the screen itself, I can still feel like I am inside the game. I am creating a mental connection to the character in order to create consistency for myself. Perspectives do not have to be one to one with the in game character, but they at least need to allow me to be able to create a simulated singularity.
Black finds problems Newman's argument against the immersiveness of multiple perspectives/representations of the self in order to strengthen his own argument for the immersiveness of third person perspectives. Even if a game is in a third person view, it can still be immersive and can allow players to feel like they are truly inside the game. Postal is a perfect example of this claim, as its third person view does not hinder its immersiveness or its ability to envelope the player's identity into a digital character.
Newman James (2002). The Myth of the Ergodic Videogame. Game Studies, 2.
Black, Daniel. "Why Can I See My Avatar? Embodied Visual Engagement in the Third-Person Video Game." Games and Culture, 13 June 2015, journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1555412015589175#articleCitationDownloadContainer.


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Dear Members,
As part of the HKIP's initiative to pedestrianize Des Voeux Road Central, a series of public engagement activities would be rolled out from late Feb to Mar 2016, as the "玩德節Let's Play in the Tak Festival", which would be hosted by Clean Air Network and Hong Kong Public Space Initiative. Let's play in the Tak (the first Chinese name of "Des Voeux Road Central"), aims to re-connect the community to the street! HKIP members and friends are welcome to join and support the fun street activities.
During the 玩德節 "Play in the Tak" festival, the street will be transformed into an experimental playground, where you are invited to play Jenga around the street corner, join a real-live gaming/walking tour on sidewalk, and discover the hidden gems in alleys and lanes to start an interesting conversation with strangers.
For more details: http://dvrc.hk/public-event/
Join us for the following events this weekend at the 玩德節 Let's Play in the Tak Festival:
1) Game on! @ Des Voeux Road Central
Presented by Clean Air Network and Walk in Hong Kong, an exciting, interactive and inspirational gaming/walking tour is rolled out on Des Voeux Road Central.
Date: 27th February, 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 10 am – 12.30 am (2.5 hours)
Fee: Free
Language: Chinese
No. of Participants: 16 pax
Register at:
(Deadline: 25th February, 2016)
2) Pop Up Giant Toy Workshop @ Des Voeux Road Central
Part of Des Voeux Road Central, near Western Market, will be turned into a pop-up playground where one can play with others with the human-scale Jenga and Solitaire! A little grassland will also emerge on the street where you can enjoy some reading and people-watching time.
Date: 28th February, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 2-5 pm
Fee: Free
No registration is required. Come whenever you want!
3) Breathing Life into the Public Realm – a DVRC exhibition at UABB
Date: Now to 28th February, 2016 (Sunday)
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) is being held at Kowloon Park & Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre from now to 28 FEB 2016. The DVRC Initiative is taking part in the exhibition with exhibit titled as "Breathing Life into the Public Realm: A Proposal to Pedestrianize Des Voeux Road Central".
The exhibition aims to raise public awareness on going beyond existing technocratic approach of planning, through the proposal of rezoning Central from a congested urban area with poor air quality, to a catalytic public space, in the form of pedestrian and tram precinct. University of Hong Kong and Columbia University GSAPP Studio-X has given great assistance to our involvement in this exhibition.
For more details: http://www.uabbhk.org/hk_biennale
4) Extended Events: Children's Workshop 'Urban Landscapes'
Following the theme of the exhibition, students from HKU led by Dr Eric Schuldenfrei and Jeffrey Johnson will work with schoolchildren to create an idealized urban landscape out of moss and other living plants.
Date: 28 February 2016 (Sun)
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: Activity Room, Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park
Presented by University of Hong Kong, Columbia University GSAPP Studio-X, DVRC Initiative
Enquiry: please call the Biennale Secretariat at 2805 7335
5) Seminar: 'Design and Technocracy: Rethinking Public Space in Hong Kong through Des Voeux Road Central'
Urban design and planning in Hong Kong are highly technocratic, driven in a large part by regulatory, bureaucratic and economic imperatives. Taking a current proposal to pedestrianise Des Voeux Road Central as a case study, this panel will discuss alternative approaches that might bring greater emphasis to quality of life, experience and innovation in the design of Hong Kong's public spaces.
Date: 28 February 2016 (Sun)
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: Lecture Hall, Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park
Presented by University of Hong Kong, Columbia University GSAPP Studio-X, DVRC Initiative
Enquiry: please call the Biennale Secretariat at 2805 733


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- 1. Who is this person? What might we do together as a team?
- 2. Wow, this is wonderful. I'll do anything for her/him.
- 3. Wait a minute. Is what I'm doing to demonstrate love working how it's intended? Maybe this needs a bit of investigation and adjustment so the demonstrations I contribute to create love in the relationship goes where there are intended. In return, what I allow them to do for me also constructively floats my boat.
- 4. Trades, offerings and tacit agreements evolve and are enjoyed.
- 5. A way to update these agreements becomes necessary. Whether agreements are made tacitly, verbally, as trades or as "standing" agreements - is everyone on the same page about what the agreement is? Who does what for whom and who gets to wait for their desires/needs to be met, and how long do they wait? Does the "waitee" ever get what it is they want/need? Can agreements-customs be changed or updated as various member's needs change? For instance, if one of the members of the relationship gets injured and needs care to heal from the other(s), can the relationship be flexible enough to provide that care and later re-establish independence after healing without breaking apart?
- 6. Over time, everyone's challenges, shortcomings, strengths and/or style or preferences become familiar. Can each member accept the person's intent to do their best in bettering their character flaws, or accept these flaws? How to support and/or encourage improvement of personal character development and learning? How does each member "help" one another? Do the agreements that have evolved merely adjust and compensate for shortcomings? Or is there a recognition of a process that improvement is also evolving? Can personal change be accommodated? The answers to these questions makes or breaks the relationship.
- 7. If a "break" is happening, character flaws are assigned the role of punishment. It would be so nicer for ME if the person improved - they must not love me enough to improve themselves and make it easier on both of us. Mountain out of molehill sensitivity develops, noting the most minuscule expression of these character flaws in spite of ongoing improvement. The relationship must end; the pressure of having someone so invested in your shortcomings or successes is too pressurized.
- 7. a. From my own experience, the way out of this is to re-prioritize the constant recognition of the objectionable behavior(s.) Make a specific time to express objections all at once, (without defense is best) instead of constantly having uncontrolled emotional reactions come up all the time. Meanwhile, constructively rebuild the relationship based on enjoyable, bonded experiences so the enjoyment of being together is renewed.
- 7. b. Of course, if you work this out, you can start new projects together. If you don't navigate this stage very well, the two of you part ways, with various clean-up work ahead. Or you get so damaged that making further agreements are impaired, but you keep going anyway.
- 8. I've heard after twenty years together, the partners change places in what their shortcomings have become. The shortcomings and complaints each used to have about the other swings in the opposite direction...sort of hilarious!
- 9. But by now, there's been some track record of getting past difficult times and hopefully, communication skills have increased well enough to continue indefinitely. Unless significant lifestyle changes intervene that make a liaison no longer practical or preferable for various reasons...
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Relationship Stages
An interesting view, that relationships have stages. Regarding the few intimate relationships I've had, would say the stages are:
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Muscle Conditioning Exercises Without Weights
Conditioning refers to the strength and endurance of your muscles and their ability to adapt to the stresses placed upon them. While most people embarking on a muscular conditioning program will head straight for the weights, it is impossible to improve your muscle conditioning without even touching a dumbbell, barbell or resistance machine.
Body-Weight Exercises
Your body weight is an underrated tool for increasing muscle strength, size and endurance, says trainer Ross Enamait in "Never Gymless." Basic body-weight exercises include squats, pushups, lunges and planks, which can all be highly challenging. Include reverse lunges, pullups, muscle-ups, hanging leg raises and decline pushups in your routine for an added challenge.
Plyometrics are a more advanced form of body-weight training. Plyometric workouts involve jumping, bounding and explosive movements such as squat jumps, broad jumps and clap pushups. They focus on building your power and force production. You should concentrate on rep speed and quality, rather than training to exhaustion, or the point where your technique breaks down, advises UK Athletics coach Brian MacKenzie. Perform one lower body and one upper body plyometric every workout for five sets of three to five reps each.
While you may not think of cardio as training your muscles in the same way as weights do, certain types of cardio will increase your muscular conditioning. High intensity interval training has a far bigger effect on your muscles than light, steady cardio, claims sports nutritionist Dr. Layne Norton in an interview with "SimplyShredded.com." Cardio drills such as hill sprints or interval training on the bike or rowing machine can increase your muscular endurance conditioning levels.
Perform three resistance workouts each week, hitting your whole body in each one. Start the sessions with your plyometric exercises, then move on to traditional body-weight moves. Perform two lower body, two to three upper body and one core exercise, each for three sets of eight to 12 reps. Once this becomes too easy, switch to more difficult exercise variations. Perform 30 minutes of high intensity cardio either after your resistance workouts, or on days in between.
- Never Gymless: Ross Enamait: 2008
- Brian Mac: Plyometrics
- Simply Shredded: The Nutritional Scientist: IFPA Pro Dr. Layne Norton Talks With Simplyshredded.com [Updated]
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Habits of the Wealthiest People in the World
The wealthiest people in the world didn't get there by sheer luck or by twiddling their thumbs all day. People like Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates have certain habits they do every single day that enable them to be so productive.
Like Benjamin Franklin once said:
So pay attention to what the wealthy do on the daily, it's never too late to start developing better habits and if they can do it so can you!


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Sometimes you shoot a video that's a bit too long and you need to chop it up a li'l bit. While there is no feature in iMovie that allows you to split and cut up clips into little individual ones, there are apps out there that do it for you effortlessly – specifically, Videoshop!
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- Launch Videoshop from your homescreen.
- Tap the + button in the upper right corner.
Tap Import Clip.
- Tap to select the video you'd like to split up and then tap Done in the upper right corner. It may take a couple of seconds to upload if it's a larger file.
- Tap Trim. It looks like a pair of scissors.
Tap Split at the top of the screen.
- Drag the slider bar at the bottom of the screen to select where you'd like to split your clip.
- Tap Done when you're happy with your selection. It may take a couple of seconds if you're cutting up a larger file.
Your Split clip will now appear individually from the original clip at the bottom of the screen.
If you want to trim (not split!) the clip even further, you can do so in the app, or import it into iMovie and do it from there!
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It's always important to go through the terms and conditions before buying any broadband package. This is where you will find information on essentials such as contract length, cancellation fees, data allowances and any hidden costs. It's always tempting to just skim through the small print, but read it all carefully to make sure you're happy with the details.
Why choose an EE broadband package?
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You'll receive a free wireless router from EE when you sign up. This will provide your broadband connection, enabling you to connect various devices wirelessly. There will be a set of instructions that will help you to get started.
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Decide which package is right for you
You can choose an EE package from the table above. By clicking on a package, you'll be shown a breakdown of what's included. This will give you information on channels, extra costs and pricing. Once you have decided, click on the blue 'See Deal' button, and you'll be redirected to EE's website where you can complete your purchase.
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Girls Hockey
Cassidy's Goal With 0.7 Seconds Left Lifts Darien To 1-1 Tie With New Canaan
Aselin's Save On Penalty Shot Spurs Greenwich To 4-1 Win Over New Canaan
New Canaan's Bruno, Darien's Fiore Travel Same Path To Remain Rivals
NEW CANAAN — Giana Bruno and Chrissie Fiore became rivals because of proximity, friends and teammates because of their shared talents, and will remain adversaries both due to that ability and the common mindset of taking the road less traveled.
"It's fun having that two-sided relationship," said Bruno, a two-sport star at New Canaan. "You step on the field and you're enemies. We never smile at each other."
Wilton's Thomas Winner Of Tutoring Club's Student-Athlete Of The Month Award
Greenwich's Growth Into Contender Evident In 2-2 Tie With New Canaan
Commentary: FCIAC Sports In 2016 Offered Welcome Reprieve From Outside World
If you have scanned your Twitter feed at any point during the past month, it is easy to see why there is a strong sentiment to give 2016 a swift kick into the rear-view mirror. Often this has been in response to the growing list of celebrity losses in the entertainment world; we have seen the deaths of an extraordinary number of performers with visionary talent, especially in the music world.
Cassidy's Goal Gives Darien Girls Hockey Team Dramatic 3-2 Win Over New Canaan
DARIEN — For 2½ periods it was a head-scratcher of a girls hockey game. But then, in the final minutes, two of the best players in the state did their best to make sense of it all in the latest rendition of this Darien-New Canaan rivalry.
Ninety seconds after New Canaan's Catherine Granito scored the tying goal, Darien's Georgia Cassidy netted the game-winner, giving the Blue Wave a 3-2 Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference victory at the Darien Ice Rink in a game they never thought would end up that close.
Video: Debut Of 'Inside The Glass' With The Darien Girls Hockey Team
This all started when Marissa Baker, a captain on Darien's girls hockey team, tagged me this week on an Instagram posting for an account called Inside The Glass. Baker wanted me to check out some fun that teammates Cassidy Schiff, Courtney Lowe and Emily Gianunzio started last season, intra-team postgame interviews. When Baker broke a stick in a game, the two pieces became microphones.
After watching the post, and some contact with Schiff and Baker, we decided to make Inside The Glass a new feature on The Ruden Report.
Granito The Latest In Recent Line Of Outstanding New Canaan 3-Sport Female Athletes
NEW CANAAN — Catherine The Great was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Her reign was called Russia's golden age.
A little over three centuries later, Catherine Granito is merely part of what has been an outstanding era for three-sport female athletes in New Canaan. Is this comparison a stretch? Let's just say Granito, who stands just 5-feet tall, packs greatness into every inch.
Consider: Granito started playing ice hockey when she was 2, save for one year played against boys until she was 14 and could graduate next year as perhaps the second-leading scorer in state history, surpassing one of her role models. Or that she never played field hockey until her freshman year, when she attended a "Meet The Coaches" gathering and was encouraged by a friend to come out for the team.


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blog envy
I am so in awe of other blogs, I feel like the dud. I am mildly addicted to reading Pip at "Meet Me at Mikes" and from her lovely read she has links to like a bazillion more. All of them much more fancier than mine. Thats ok, maybe I'm not a blogger, maybe I'm a reader. Which makes me ask; is anyone out there reading this?.. Maybe you have to approach it like some Jedi mind trick, you have readers if you believe you have readers. Or maybe you have readers when you don't think about readers? Pffft. whatever.
Lets see, what else am I mildly addicted/obsessed with and to?
- masterchef, i just can't help myself
- macaroons, those beautiful bright ones. im going to make design some fancy glass platters to serve them...mmmmm
- talking about buying myself new work clothes (but never doing it)
- melbourne, melbourne, melbourne....sigh.
- thinking about my exhibition...
- trying to be all cool and nonchalant about my birthday being next friday
Oh, and by the way I ate dinner at 5:30 like a senior citizen, whats with that?


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They are thieves. Yesterday, Peace Corps took us to Sodere, which is a hot spring resort. There was a really huge pool, warmed by the springs, and hot spring pools, which were apparently used as public baths and not quite up to my standards. The monkeys were cute. Gray things with long tales at the tip and adorable faces. Until Peace Corps brought out our lunches. Complete with bananas. The little monkey devils stole our bananas! They would jump on tables and snag them, knocking down drinks, and managed to grab our fruit even when we tried to fend them off. Thankfully I didn't have anything stolen, but at one point I tried to see how close to one I could get. I managed about a foot and a half before it retreated, only for it to gather up its courage and lunge towards me. I really had no desire to take it's banana peel though.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
A little warning about monkeys...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Vegetarians – Don't Read!
I came back to the compound two days ago to find a goat tied up to the laundry tower. It bleated at me pitifully, and I expected to see it on my plate for dinner the next day. Only...I got back from work/class (I'm learning language in the morning and as of this week have started teaching in mock classrooms in the afternoons) and found the goat still alive. While it was great fun to have it chase the kids, I couldn't help but wonder if it would turn out like the Missing Chicken.
The Missing Chicken is the most annoying animal on Earth. My host mom bought it with a friend, we ate the friend, but this rooster hung around for about a week afterwords. And it doesn't only crow at dawn. Though when it did...it was kept in the shower at night and so come morning it would crow and crow, the noise echoing down the hallway and waking me way earlier than I wanted to be woken. I was so looking forward to eating him, but then he went missing. I don't know if he was sold or escaped or was eaten by a hyena, but he never crossed my plate which is sad.
I was very worried I would wake up to bleats the next morning.
But yesterday, low and behold I came back after class to see a skinned goat hanging from the laundry tree and my host nephew cutting the fat off. There was less blood than I expected, even on the skin stretched out on the fence. And I couldn't help but watch as when trimming fat, the thorax cavity was exposed and intestines literally started falling out. The cavity was fully opened, and I watched him remove the stomach and organs, all of which took up more space in an animal than I realized. The carcass looked so big and meatfull before it was gutted, and then it seemed to shrink to half its size. It was also kinda amusing to see my host nephew pull on an end of the intestine from where he cut it and watch it unravel and straighten in his hands, as if he were winding around his hand a pile of yarn from the table. But when it came to pushing waste out of the bowels, I had to leave. That was not so cool to watch.
Also, I'm now a vampire, because I ate blood. (And it's better than brain). Apparently the lack of blood I saw was because they drained the goat, collected the blood, and then once it started clotting cooked it. It wasn't bad, and while it looked odd I thought it might just be liver at first until I was told else wise. Still, as odd as that is to eat, I think I prefer it to the jaw my host mom munched on tonight, complete with teeth attached. I'm okay with distancing myself from things, but it's hard to do when it's even slightly possible that I know what I'm eating.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Huruta - First Impressions
I have to say, I really liked the town. Apparently, even when people are successful and move, they still invest in the town. As such, Huruta is very pretty and feels somewhat resourtish at times.
While the main road is unpaved, it's separated by a median of trees. And those trees are surrounded by iron fences that are shaped into designs and painted. Plus, there are street lights, statues, lots of cafes and restaurants, and at night you can hear music blasting from several places. Which did get in the way of me sleeping a little bit.
There's a lot more amenities than I expected here, a full size soccer field with chalked lines, a public library, a flour factory, a juice bet. I checked out the schools in town too – the high school has a full computer lab and is putting the finishing touches on a new administration building, and has a basketball, handball, and soccer field. My school has a garden, a museum, several clubs, a tea room, three sports fields, a library, a science lab, and a special needs class.
It's in the foot hills of the mountains, and despite being only 14 km from Eteya is so much prettier. And slightly warmer. And not as rainy. The soccer stadium is on the edge of town on the side of the hill, and so from the top of the small bank around it you can see for miles all the rolling baby mountains covered in trees and farmland. There's a river nearby, with a gorge and a waterfall, but I didn't get around to seeing it.
Most of my days involved visiting places/people, break, lunch, break, afternoon visiting depending on when lunch finished, and then dinner. I liked the down time, I allowed me to spread out all my tasks and it was nice to have time to rest. I always felt weird during dinner however, and some lunches. Frequently, my counterparts didn't eat but rather just sat there with me as I did, there just to show me good restaurants and help with ordering and paying.
I felt like a foreign dignitary, meeting all the people I did in the government and school offices. And when I showed up at my school's closing ceremony, just to check it out, I was placed at the table of region education officials to stare at (and be stared at by) the students, teachers, and parents as well as was introduced. But as I also got a PO Box (note new address in one the support page) and opened a bank account, I also feel a bit like a resident.
Visiting the site, I came up with so many project ideas of my own and based on what people told me they would like to see. Girl Scouts, English clubs, summer sports camp, organize a library, help out at one of the three private English schools, actually teach, try to do something PTA related to get parents involved in the school. And while I was qualified for getting into Peace Corps, doing some of this stuff actually scares me a little because I don't know how much I'll be able to do and honestly for some of them I have no knowledge at all. If anyone has any electronic resources on any of those subjects, or teaching in general, I'd love it if you could e-mail them to me.
I also got a peak at what will most likely be my home for the next to years. It's really close to the school, library, mayor's office, and police station, so the location is great. The compound is a bit small, but my actually 'apartment' is wonderful. I'll have a small hallway that dead ends in a shower (completely covered in tiles and with a shelf for shampoo) and off that hallway are two rooms, both of with might be twice the size of what I have now. Unlike my school apartment, I'll have to furnish it myself. And there's no IKEA here. I have to order it and then it'll be made. And I'll have to get kitchen stuff. Not just plates and cups and pans, but a stove. And gas. Grills don't exist here, but I wonder if I could improvise one...
I really liked Huruta (the quarter day travel from Addis is nice too, some people had a 2-3 day travel to get to their sites) and I'm looking forward to moving there so I can set up my house and start on projects. There isn't much recreation wise (aside from the juice bet) and so I think keeping busy will help me stay sane, happy, and not go through all my movies and shows in the first few months. Especially since the cell network isn't stable and there's no such thing as wi-fi or Ethernet.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Site Visit
I've spent the past two days in Addis for a counterpart training workshop.
Counterparts can make or break your experience here. They're the ones who help you integrate and help construct and implement projects in the schools. As such, they're super important and I've felt pressured to get along with mine.
I met mine, and he's nice enough. We haven't clicked like some other pairs, but he's a good guy. And come tomorrow, we'll be hoping on a bus and going to Huruta together.
For most of next week I'll be in Huruta, my little future home town, to try to get settled. I have to open a PO Box (my address on the support page will change soon) and a bank account. I'll also use this time to get used to the town and try to meet important people.
I'm not entirely sure how smooth the week will go, I'm more nervous than anything. My counterpart and I do have language issues and Huruta is small, can I really have a week's worth of stuff to do?
This will also be my first taste of the true Peace Corps experience, and I hope that it'll be easier than it is in my imagination. Other steps in this process have been similar, I was worried about living with a host family but it ended up not being that big of a deal. Hopefully, settling in to Huruta will follow that pattern.
Wish me luck!
|A map of where all of G7 volunteers will be in Ethiopia.
I met mine, and he's nice enough. We haven't clicked like some other pairs, but he's a good guy. And come tomorrow, we'll be hoping on a bus and going to Huruta together.
For most of next week I'll be in Huruta, my little future home town, to try to get settled. I have to open a PO Box (my address on the support page will change soon) and a bank account. I'll also use this time to get used to the town and try to meet important people.
I'm not entirely sure how smooth the week will go, I'm more nervous than anything. My counterpart and I do have language issues and Huruta is small, can I really have a week's worth of stuff to do?
This will also be my first taste of the true Peace Corps experience, and I hope that it'll be easier than it is in my imagination. Other steps in this process have been similar, I was worried about living with a host family but it ended up not being that big of a deal. Hopefully, settling in to Huruta will follow that pattern.
Wish me luck!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Site Placement - Huruta
When we were interviewed about permanent sites, I requested a place with water, a small town, some place not too hot, and ideally somewhat close to Addis to minimize car sickness because the driving culture here is crazy. Last Saturday, were told where we were told our sites. They did it in location groups, and it wasn't until they had gone south of Addis did I even consider the thought of being in a CBT site and I thought, oh, I don't want to go to one of those. But of course, I am. Huruta is 30 min outside of Eteya, down a dirt road.
I'm very mixed about it. I liked the idea of going some place new. This feels like growing up in GI and then moving to Trenton, but the PCTs who live in Huruta for CBT training love it. Apparently it's green, has great juice, and has a few locations for day hikes. Nothing like Wellington of course, but it's nice to know there's that option. Plus, there's a soccer stadium. That would be nice, even for me to just run around in shorts and not scandalize the town.
What I'm nervous about is my location to my host family. Now, I feel kinda overwhelmed by the girls' recent displays of affections (they grab my head and move it to plant kisses, and try to feed me food), and being placed so close to the family means that they'll probably want me over a lot. When I told them where I was going, my host mom threw here hands up in the air with a cheer and her husband grinned. He's actually from there, and can't wait to introduce me to his family. Oh dears. There goes the space and privacy I'm hoping to have for the next two years.
But there people in my area seem to be good. Laura will be in Assella, along with Joe and Kelly who are an environmental couple stationed there, and there's a PCV in Eteya, as well as Lisa now (who I'll have to get to know), and Joe will be in Bekoji. Joe and Kelly said they host 'ferengi Fridays' and that people in the area get together about once every other week. Which will be awesome, since I'll be the only PCV in Huruta. Not the first, there was an environment PCV till a bit ago. He's a PCL now in Addis.
The school also kinda worries me. I'm at a primary school, which isn't what I wanted but what I expected. Other sites though have ideas of what they want, like help with a media program or help making the school more attractive. I can do that. What Huruta wants though, aside from the government goals of me to train their teachers and help the kids' English, is to help establish communication between parents and the school. I know nothing about PTAs, and all those lessons I was mentally building for a creative writing class will now never come to be. *sniff *
But I'll just have to make the most of it, because well I will be living there for two years. I can take trips to visit people, and I'll go into Assella a lot. (I'll have to, because Huruta doesn't have Internet coverage at all, and phones can be spotty). Communication wise, I'll be pretty isolated which I'm nervous about. Especially as the only PCV in town and this will be my first time truly living one my own, no roommate.
Gah, I'm nervous and excited and worried and hopeful and optimistic and biting my nails and for some reason what to cry and for others to laugh.
Sometimes I can't help but look forward to the next two years and see this hole of unknowns and struggles, though I'll know there'll be good times too (though I think it's sad I won't be able to travel to Christine in Askum to have a joint birthday party). It's a huge dark thing, and I guess above it all it makes me want to curl up and cry because I'll be surrounded by strange things and strange places and strange people and have to push and push to get things down and do it all by myself with limited contact with other PCVs and even more so with home and I'll miss so many things back in the states and man this is tough. Really, really tough.
*breathe *
But I only feel that way when I look ahead. So I'll have to try not to, and really only focus on things one day at a time. Or as Teri advised me – one hour at a time because some times days can be daunting too.
I used to think canyoning ( jumping off a 10ft cliff and being dropped down a waterfall and jumping into the narrow spot between the wall and rapids) was the scariest, but most awesome thing I've done. But really, at the end of these two years, it might just be joining the Peace Corps and living in Africa for two years.
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Experience Vardø
Birdwatching: Internationally, Vardø and Varanger are well known as one of the world's foremost Arctic birding destinations. The rich Barents Sea provides all of the components needed for an impressive birdlife. The birds in Vardø are also fishermen. Hornøya bird cliff is undoubtedly one of Norway's most unique nature attractions. Nearly 100,000 seabirds live around the nature reserve, which is only 5 minutes from Vardøya. You can land in the bird colony, and experience exciting species like Puffin, Guillemot, Shag and Razorbill in large numbers. Even with a mobile you can take great nature shots.
Learn more about Hornøya and it's birds on the website: www.hornoya.no
Timetable for boat trip to Hornøya in 2018: PDF
On the Hornøya Facebook page you will also find more news: www.facebook.com/Hornoya/
Read more about birdlife in Vardø and Varanger on the website www.varanger.net
The northern lights can be experienced in Vardø from September to April, but it's not until the nights get really dark that the best shows occur. Within walking distance of Vardø town you will find several small and simple wind shelters. These are great places to visit if you want to experience the Northern Lights. In general, it is important to get away from the street lights in the city, but the northern lights can appear everywhere. After a trip out in the evening you can warm up at Nordpol Kro.
Steilnes memorial (also known as the heksemonument) is a monument commemorating the trial and execution of 91 people for witchcraft between1060-1692. The monument consists of a memory hall designed by Professor Peter Zumthor and an installation by the French visual artist Louise Bourgeois. The memorial is one of National Tourist roads largest single projects and is an atmospheric place to visit. A path takes you to the memorial and around the area.
Blues in the winter darkness - the second week in November every year
Ever since 1997 this festival has developed and has become an annual big happening. To mark the darkest time of the year, Vardø bustles for 4 days with good music, a good mood and various cultural features throughout the city. In the evening, there is music in the centre. At Vardø's best and most cozy scene, Scene Nordpol (Nordpol Kro), the stage at Vardø Hotel and the hall at Vardø cultural house will be used during the festival. Having the festival in November was chosen because the whole island is coloured blue because of the contrast between light and dark. This is typical of the Arctic climate zone.
Yukigassen - March every year
Yukigassen is a snowball game from Sobetsu in Japan. This winter sport was developed in the mid-1980s and is today a major sport in parts of Japan where it is winter and snow. The game was presented to the locals in 1996, and the first championship in Vardø was organised in 1997. Yukigassen has come to Vardø and Norway to stay. Yukigassen Norway in Vardø has the exclusive right to develop and market this sport in Norway, and the game is now on tour to other places in Norway to show it off. Yukigassen is as much a winter festival as a competition. The whole city, including children and adolescents, marks that it is Yukigassen. Concerts and other cultural events are also taking place in different places in the city.
Gullfest - March every year
Gullfest is an annual Arctic bird festival in Varanger / Arctic Norway, set up by Biotope, which is based in Vardø. During this 4 day event, inspiring people from the international bird environment (from BBC movie folks to famous nature artists) are invited. Gullfest is about displaying the rich and unique birdlife Varanger has to offer, while focusing on global conservation, bird identification, bird art and much more. Gullfest helps to give Vardø and Varanger international recognition a birder's number 1 destination in the Arctic. Gullfest has a great mix of international bird experts who meet locals for conversations, exhibitions, tours, bird watching and much more.
Pomor Festival - last week in July every year since the 90's
We organise the Pomor Festival to commemorate the pomoric history and to maintain friendship with Russia. For 4 days, the city is filled with different events for young and old. Concerts, art exhibitions, sales stalls, bouncy castle for the kids and much more. This is the festival in which Vardø folk who have moved elsewhere come home to be with family. So this is a festival of memory and laughter. Pomor trade has been very important for the infrastructure in Vardø and not least in anchoring the city's place in history. The Norwegian-Russian trade has been an important contribution to the maintenance and formation of Vardø's city status and, not least, identity.
Nordpol Kro is North Norway's oldest pub, built in 1886. Vardø was the only city around the turn of the century that had a proper offer of accommodation. The Brodtkorb family who were based in Vardø begun with hotel operations in the house where Nordpol Kro is run today. Nordpol Kro was the last stop for Fridtjof Nansen before the FRAM 2 expedition continued towards the North Pole in 1889. Nordpol Kro has been run by the Bredesen family since the 60's and the current holder has been operating since 1985. The pub has a unique atmosphere and an English Style while there is also a small museum. Most of the objects and pictures hanging around the room are taken from Vardø's history. When you enter the Nordpol Kro door, you immediately feel the good atmosphere and the warmth, while giving deep respect to the place and its history in the walls. Nordpol Kro is Vardø's meeting place, concert venue and not least a centrepiece for most festivals in Vardø.
Wild Varanger is the company which offers the hottest nature experiences in Varanger. Based in Vardø harbour, they offer boat trips to Hornøya, where snorkelling with Guillemots is an experience you will never forget. Visit Wild Varanger's website to see more of their offers.
Vardø municipality also brings people to Hornøya bird cliff through Vardø Havn KF, see times, etc. at www.vardohavn.no On the website you will also find more of Vardø Havn KF's offers.
Animal life in Vardø and Varanger are known internationally for their unique and rich wildlife. Only in recent years have major TV and nature film productions been set in Vardø. The fact that famous companies like BBC Nature choose Vardø as a base for projects say a lot about the magnificent natural experiences that await you!
Hornøya Lighthouse is Norway's easternmost building. The building that was built after World War II is designated. In summer, the bird scientists work with the seabird colony on Hornøya. For the rest of the year you can rent rooms in the lighthouse. On the website www.hornoya.no you will find more information about everything from accommodation to transport and birdlife on the island.
The National Park Exhibition in Kiberg displays Varanger Peninsula National Park and adjacent conservation areas that were established in 2006. Varanger Peninsula, which is the most arctic influenced part of mainland Norway, has unique values n terms of landscapes and geology, plants and wildlife and Sami cultural monuments. In Kiberg you will find an exhibition with a 40m2 floor map where you can be inspired before you enter the National Park.
Komagdalen offers some of the finest nature in Varanger, from the tundra down to the Varanger fjord. The birdlife is especially rich in this part of Varanger, but beware, especially in spring and summer, that you do not disturb nesting birds. Komagvær is only 20 minutes drive from Vardø, but you should drive the bumpy dirt road up Komagdalen carefully. At the end of the road you will find a car park and the gate into the national park.
Hamningberg is located at the northern end of the carriageway which starts as Europavei 75 in Greece. This charming fishing village was vacated in 1965, but keen homeowners have taken care of the houses, which today are cottages for many Vardø families. The place is a favourite for visitors from all over the world, from campers to birdwatchers. In the summer, Riisbruket café opens. Hamningberg is located in the municipality of Båtsfjord, but is not connected to Båtsfjord by road. From Vardø, Hamningberg is easily accessible in 45 minutes by car. The road is spectacular and is mentioned by many as a highlight in Varanger.


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This post is sponsored by Ocean Mist Farms, but all opinions are my own.
As the weather warms up, I find myself snacking quite a lot. Fresh fruit, chips and healthy dips and lots of smoothies. So instead of a few heavy meals, I eat more little meals throughout the day. And I love that. I find it keeps me energized and ready for whatever adventures I may have planned for the day. And the foods I go for tend to be healthier in nature - fresh produce galore. We often think of "snacking" as a bad thing, but when you are choosing healthy foods and prepping a few healthy recipes (like today's dip!), snacking (or mini-meals) can be a great thing!
And one of my favorite snacks is a hearty, healthy bean dip! When most people think of 'bean dips,' they think of hummus. But today I am sharing a velvet-y, lemon-pepper-garlic dip that uses fresh artichokes as the secret ingredient.
This Lemon Pepper Garlic Artichoke White Bean Dip is easy and super flavorful.
Vacation anyone? And I'm also sharing an amazing online contest. Ocean Mist Farms and a few other produce brands are sending one lucky grand prize winner on a $4,000 tropical vacation. And a few awesome cash prizes for the runner up winners. Yes, please! I would be so excited if one of my blog readers wins one of these amazing prizes. Details ahead! Be sure to enter to win after checking out today's recipe...
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These Ocean Mist Farms artichokes are so big, beautiful and fresh. Love the colors of green and purple accents!..
Lemon-pepper dreaminess!..
Dip deliciousness, right here. I love basic warm crusty sourdough bread or a whole grain bread. This is quinoa bread from my local farmer's market.
Steamy artichokes. So luscious and magical..
Smart snacking is easy with this bean + veggie dip. This entire recipe has only around 500 calories. So you could totally share this with a friend and eat this entire thing. Beans and veggies and spices? Yes and yes.
Some optional ingredients you could add and still keep things healthy:
* raw hemp seeds
* nutritional yeast
* tahini
* fresh parsley
* spinach
* raw walnuts
* raw pumpkin seeds
White beans add texture, protein, fiber and vitamins...
Whipped perfection. I'm in love with this velvety texture
Lemon Pepper Garlic Artichoke White Bean Dip
Published 06/10/2017
This summer-y bean dip features garlic, lemon, pepper flavors with a velvet-y white bean and fresh artichoke dip base. Pair with crusty bread, veggie sticks or pita. You can even slather on toast for the best avocado toast ever!
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white beans
- 4 Ocean Mist Farms fresh artichokes - using the hearts and stems
- 1 1/2 small lemons, juiced
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp sea salt (or to taste)
- 2 cloves raw garlic
- pinch of fresh lemon zest
- a few splashes of water if needed to blend
- Topping:
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp vegan cheese (optional)
- 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast (optional)
- Prep your raw artichokes. Reserve those big tender leaves for eating on their own with a bit of lemon juice or melted vegan butter. Artichoke prep instructions in this post - with a how-to video!
- Add all the ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend from low to high until velvet-y smooth. Blend long enough so that the blender warms the dip.
- Pour the dip into an oven-safe bowl and top with the olive oil and vegan cheese.
- Place in an oven on BROIL for 1-3 minutes, just enough time to warm the dip and melt the cheese on top.
- Serve warm! Dip veggies, bread or spread on toast.
Yield: 5 servingsPrep Time: 00 hrs. 30 mins.
Cook time: 00 hrs. 10 mins.
Total time: 40 mins.
- Calories: 100
- Protein: 5g
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How-to video for artichokes:
Such a beautiful vegetable..
Tender artichoke hearts are so dreamy.
Prepping these feels like a meditative kitchen process for me. I just love unraveling the layers..
Enjoy everyone! Happy summer snacking..
Ps. Another favorite fresh artichoke recipe: Artichoke + Spinach Dip:
disclosure: This post is sponsored by Ocean Mist Farms, but all opinions are my own.


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Started off slow and a bit uncomfortable. It's about a cop that starts robbing banks as retalliation against his own goverment in South Africa. I almost turned it off by the time he started his crime spree. But I do love Thomas Jane, so I stuck with it and I'm glad I did. Once the action picked up, it was really good. All the clothing and hair was very 70s and 80s so stylistically it was great because it was so old-ish.
Slow to start but really picked up. Another true-story.


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There is no mirror more pure and clear as the one I go towards. I'm terribly natural, everything is written in my body: faith within my trembling muscles, supernatural strength is born through the belief that a choice is just ... the only proof of all of this is what I hold. I do not have any idea of the time has past. I am here and now, with you. Nothing more violent could be done. Neither for you, nor me. And I can not imagine releasing you. You must understand clearly, I am weary but why surrender? Despite my silence I am part of infinity.
I do not know how, but you must understand. I speak in your name.
I cover you like the ocean covers the earth. Your flesh wears the face of a storm to come.
Let us cross our gaze.
Silence will close behind us.
The installation consists of a clear and empty space, light, drawing and video projection. The technique of mapping is used to structure temporality in space and to make appear and disappear a drawing preexisting on the wall in two ways:
1. Creates an illusion of disappearance of drawing by projecting over it a negative version of the same drawing.
2. At the moment when the light rays passing over the space, 3d volume of before mentioned drawing has been formed as well as substance of the water/ ocean behind it. These light paths are used to construct the space and its temporality.
Combining traditional drawing and digital technologies, the project focuses on the light that appears, reveals things, and disappears. It's like an illumination of presence in which bodily questions as a human representative are central. The process of the present as a symbol of life and death. The death of the past and the imagination of an uncertain future, characteristic to every human being. It includes fear, it includes joy. But above all it points out that all that remains is to enjoy glimmers of present
Video installation Silence will close behind us, 2015
7'26 video, human size drawing, adaptable to space


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Jaspar Lepak:
Jaspar Lepak is a folk/Americana songwriter whose remarkable gift for melody is only surpassed by her poetry. A child of the Sonoran Desert, her songs are deeply influenced by the many places she has called home: Tucson, Minneapolis, Durban, and currently Seattle. Sweeping across landscapes with an emotional depth that is extraordinary, her lyrics expose a brave vulnerability while her clear, pure voice touches the heart.
Lepak started writing songs in 2002 while living in Minneapolis. Between 2004 and 2009, she recorded five albums, and in the fall of 2009, she moved to Durban, South Africa with her husband Kale. Her music found an enthusiastic audience, and in 2011, she recorded "Forgiving Wind" which Rolling Stone South Africa hailed as an album full of "beauty and original charm." Lepak became a Seattle resident in 2012 and released her seventh CD "Wide World" in April 2014. She tours frequently between her former homes and her new home in the Pacific Northwest.