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For most players, finishing 12th for 100,000 AU$ in an event in which first place is 1.6 million AU$ could be a little frustrating. By going so deep yet coming up short, a player must be in the mindset that their chance to hit a massive score just vanished. It's not easy to go deep in large-field events, regardless of who you are. Your "one time" just ended and it must be devastating. All that said, after a major cash like this, most players would be content with the payout and spend at least the next day enjoying the victory for their bankroll.
Phil Ivey does not fall into the category of "most players."
After becoming the first casualty on the penultimate day of the 2012 Aussie Millions main event, Ivey didn't collect his winnings and head home, dejected after the close call. Instead, he took that 12th-place 100,000 AU$ and immediately sent it back to the cage, with an additional 150,000 AU$ to complete his buy-in for the second most expensive tournament that will be held this year -- the Aussie Millions 250,000 Challenge. Ivey was one of 16 individuals who participated in the event, the majority of them household names for all poker fans. The four that aren't were potentially the reasons for many of these players to enter; they're simply businessmen looking to play in the biggest games. Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Jason Mercier, Tom Dwan, Erik Seidel, etc., decided that a quarter million dollars would be best spent in an event that Negreanu likened to "flipping coins" based on the lucrative turbo structure.
One by one the icons of the game fell until it was Ivey, sporting a rare smile, sitting behind a stack of chips, holding the winning hand, a plaque, bottle of champagne. In addition to the 100,000 AU$ he earned for his main event finish earlier in the day, Ivey pocketed 2 million AU$, the biggest single pay day of his career. The cash moved Ivey into third on the all-time tournament money list.
For most of the lengthy one-day tournament, Negreanu was in control, but given the high blinds, it was simply a goal to get the chips in good and hope that the hands held. Unfortunately for Negreanu, the big pot didn't fall his way, and he would ultimately be the bubble boy of the event, going all-in with A-8 and unable to overcome the J-J of Antonius.
"Slightly disgusted 4th on an 800k bubble," Negreanu wrote in a Twitter post.
Ivey eliminated Hansen in third after flopping two pair with J-4 against Hansen's top pair (holding K-8). Hansen was the bubble boy in the 100,000 AU$ buy-in last week and was pleased that this time around he'd be taking home something for his effort.
"After all is said and done I am happy to cash in a big buy-in event as I felt I was going through a minor dry spell in those events," Hansen said on his blog.
Heads-up play began with Ivey holding a small chip lead over Antonius. That small lead quickly became a big one and with Ivey holding nearly a 7-to-1 edge, he'd call Antonius' all-in with A-Q and in a strong position over his opponent's K-3. Antonius did hit a three on the flop, but a queen on the turn gave Ivey the win. Antonius earned 1.2 million AU$.
Welcome back Mr. Ivey.
Oliver Speidel wins Aussie Millions main event
It's rare that any other tournament could steal the headlines from someone who wins 1.6 million AU$, but unfortunately for Oliver Speidel, that really is the case. Speidel won the 10,000 AU$ buy-in Aussie Millions main event, defeating a field of 674 players to win one of the most prestigious events of the year. Turnout was down from 721 players a year ago, but to achieve this number given the current poker economy should be viewed as a victory for the Crown Casino.
The victory for Speidel came after two previous final tables during the 2012 Millions. The Melbourne native finished second in the 1,000 AU$ shootout and sixth in the 1,500 AU$ bounty event before his second career Aussie Millions victory. This one, worth the 1.6 million, far exceeds the $99,491 he earned from his victory a year ago in a 1,000 AU$ event.
According to PokerNews, Speidel entered the final table second in chips behind Bjorn Li and would take the chip lead after his elimination of Yann Dion in seventh place. Mohamad Kowssarie eliminated Li in sixth, then handed most of his stack to Speidel a short time later. From that point on, Speidel had the tournament within his grasp and ran over each of his competitors in very quick fashion. Patrick Healy (fifth), Kowssarie (fourth), Mile Krstanoski (third) and finally Kenneth Wong (second) fell to Speidel in short time and one of the biggest events of the year ended with a local at the top offering a huge smile as he sat behind the bricks of cash.
Here's a look at the final table results from the 2012 Aussie Millions:
1. Oliver Speidel (1.6 million AU$)
2. Kenneth Wong (1.0 million AU$)
3. Mile Krstanoski (610,000 AU$)
4. Mohamad Kowssarie (405,000 AU$)
5. Patrick Healy (300,000 AU$)
6. Bjorn Li (230,000 AU$)
7. Yann Dion (170,000 AU$)
2. Kenneth Wong (1.0 million AU$)
3. Mile Krstanoski (610,000 AU$)
4. Mohamad Kowssarie (405,000 AU$)
5. Patrick Healy (300,000 AU$)
6. Bjorn Li (230,000 AU$)
7. Yann Dion (170,000 AU$)
Small blinds: The WSOP Circuit main event is underway at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. A strong turnout of 662 entries created a prize pool of $963,210. First place in this event is worth $197,451. … The $3,500 Borgata Poker Open main event began on Sunday. The event offers two starting days. Day 1A featured a field of 243 players. … More from the Borgata: Brock Parker won the $2,150 Bounty event for $76K, Chris Reslock won the HORSE event for $14,045 and Kevin Saul won the $400 bounty event for $25,473. … The Isle Casino Pompano main event began on Saturday with 173 players entering the $2,500 event. … John Dolan, Joe Tehan and Jonathan Little were some of the big winners from the Beau's Million Dollar Heater. This tournament series was previously a WPT-sponsored stop. Dolan won $336,105 as champion of the $5,000 main event. … The next edition of "The Nuts," ESPN.com's poker rankings, comes out this week. Where should we rank Ivey? Weigh in below with your thoughts.


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Anonymous says
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I really cant decide whether this is worth it or not. I got the natural and it isnt anything crazy as it had to be.
Joses says
Because it is a scam, motherfucker!
oli says
Yeah it's true. They use fraud-like marketing strategies to make us think we need this digital products and spend a lot of money on it.
Tmoney says
Il agree to this.
Derek aka DerekIsCool akDROCKAFELLA says
this is click bait max. but you got to do what you gotto do, i clicked on it.
how is it free?
in the sense that your adding more VALUE to it and that OUT WEIGHS the initial cost/ investment ? i guess thats what your selling a deeper way of looking at value.
do you like dragons?
youtube channel "DCROCKAFELLA" <— i go scrapping cans on my biycle and edited the video down over the course of 3 days please sub max i love you
Mort says
This Max guy is definitely losing his mind and you can clearly see by the way he abuses clickbait that he is money hungry to the "max".
The poor guys that fall for his fraudery ..there is NO money back guarantee, there hasn't been ONE person who got his money back despite this "guarantee".
Also, I can promise that you won't be losing your "fear" after this program. How can people fall for this crap?!
Joses says
BBB / Better Business Bureau awaits!
Postpartum erection says
Can I see where you saw that nobody got there money back when they tried to get a refund…thanks and also I've fucked I've fucked a bunch of girls and got a few blowjobs since watching these guys…and I bet you could too…if you just…you know…FUCKONG KILL YOUR SELF CUNT!!! Lolol
Joses says
Oh amigo, tons of people have complained. Read the comments better! Me included. LOLOLO
Joses says
Prove it.
Lenny says
To all of you losers: Joses, Anonymous, Mort…
After the insane amounts of free content Max has posted, I personally would take this as a way to repay him. Also making an investment into his program might actually make even somebody like you actually dedicate themselves to changing their life. Not to mention the fact that his program is over 10 times cheaper than a lot of self-development programs on you find on the internet. With Max you know that you are not getting summaries of someone's self-help book, but someone with deeply honest intentions of helping you, throwing everything he has at you in a structured and effective way.
Do you need this program? Well, of course you can take someone's advice and "get over your fears". Awesome, I wish I could. Can you just watch Tyler rant about fear? Sure, if you can implement it. I'd say learn from someone who has been where you are and is currently where you want to be. Max might be that person for you.
Of course the program works. How is that even….. Whatever. Of course it's also all up to you to take action. I believe Max has a very practical approach to things and he knows how to make you take action.
Btw, nohomo. Just pissed at these ungrateful pricks for taking your hard work for granted.
Joses says
Esé, Maximillian has lots of mierda coming from his lips. You say content, content is someone else's BULLSHIT! Get it right jackass, because people like uu make mee sick. We work all of us from 9-5 or hav our own business and have families or personal budgets to spend. This bulshit leaves people with bad taste in their mouthes and people who work NORMAL JOB get fool by this shit ALLLL the time!!! maybe u go out grow some balls, grab bull by the horn, and get over your fear without spending money on someone else's mierda mouth.
Lenny says
Awesome reply. I believe a lot of people will find it entertaining. The whole point of where you invest your extra money(and time) – perhaps wrong investments are the reason you are struggling? Ironic.
I'm not saying Max's content is the best investment for you, not even saying that RSD content is the best investment for you. (although after reading your comment I do believe you need to get laid)
I personally was a deeply anxious and introverted kid before RSD, living in a small town, following a path forced on me by my parents. A few years later I'm living abroad, in the top uni around here, running my business and still can't believe my own success with women.
Point being, the content is not the issue. For me their content is invaluable. I think we all know where the issue is though.
Lenny says
Although as I mentioned earlier, learn from people who came from where you are and are where you want to be. I completely understand why his ideas don't resonate with you. Working 9-5, spending another few hours with your family, being married etc… Much less implementation oppurtunities for RSD content in general I suppose? Not saying there's none, but you have chosen a different path. That's no reason to spread hate here because of that though.
Joses says
You don't speak any English, man. People who do this shit are and were losers and always will be branded one. They poach every nickel out of ur wallet(s) to get to be where they are. u could have done all this stuff without him. Have some balls, gringo!
loveyou says
I tried to reach these haters in Max's "I cried" post, so I feel your wish that they could enjoy what we have experienced. Maybe one day for them. Sometimes it takes some a very, very long time, perhaps years, to bad for them. For us, holy fuck, what euphoria, to know, to move to higher levels, fucking gratitude RSD 😀
Sick Rick says
Max just cares about the momey.
dan says
Max do you have an in-depth video guide on useing statements of empathy ?? (Maybe in the natural ??)
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U.S. Arms Sales to India Are a Key Question For U.S. Strategy in Asia
The rise of China and the challenge that China poses to the United States is the defining trend around which American strategists orient their thinking about Asia. In Canberra, Delhi, and Tokyo, national security policymakers view China as the foremost national security threat facing their nation. This shared focus on China underpins the idea of the "quad," a proposed security partnership between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, which would represent a democratic bloc against Chinese hegemony in Asia.
The first manifestation of the quad concept was a 2007 assistant secretary-level meeting between the four countries on the sidelines of an ASEAN regional forum meeting. Chinese objections to any formalization of the quad relationship stymied its maturation, but increased concern in recent years about bellicose Chinese behavior has injected new life into the idea. In 2015, Japan became a permanent member of the Malabar naval exercise, of which the U.S. and India were formerly the only permanent members. In March 2016, PACOM commander Admiral Harry Harris raised the prospect of reviving the quad, saying "We are all united in supporting the international rules-based order that has kept the peace and is essential to all of us."
Analysts looking to assess the status of the "quad" tend to focus on joint military exercises and overlook the arms trade. But arms sales can be a useful indicator for the level of strategic trust between countries. Four of the top ten buyers of U.S. arms from 2005 to 2015 are U.S. treaty allies and the United States' network of defense partners around the world is closely related to the network of countries to which it sells arms.[1] An arms sale indicates trust on the buyer side (in the efficacy of the product and that subsequent support will be rendered) and on the seller side (that their technology will not be used against them or shared with others). Militaries using the same platforms are also more interoperable, meaning they are better able to fight side-by-side. In short, arms sales, like joint military exercises, can be viewed as an indicator of the strength of the military relationship.
Data on the arms trade between the quad partners suggests that India is the outlier of the group, as it buys only a small fraction of its arms from the United States, whereas the United States is the primary supplier of imported arms for Australia and Japan. U.S. policymakers seeking to advance the quad concept and secure a closer relationship with India, something many U.S. strategists view as critical to countering Chinese primacy in Asia, face a choice about whether to attempt to integrate India into the de facto arms network of the United States. Were India to change its primary arms supplier from Russia to the United States, it could be a boon for the U.S. defense industry and a striking symbol of U.S.-India cooperation. But the difficulty of effecting such a change should not be understated, and, in addition, there may be a strategic rationale for the United States to desire that India continue to rely on Russian arms.
Arms trade between the quad partners must be considered in the context of each country's overall arms imports and exports. Over the period 2005 to 2015, India was the world's leading arms importer, Australia was 7th, the United States was 9th, and Japan was 18th. The value of arms imports from 2011-2015 in comparison to imports from 2006-2010 went up 90% in India, up 26% in Australia, down 9% in the U.S., and down 37% in Japan. To summarize, India is the world's biggest arms importer and its imports are trending up, Australia and the United States are both significant arms importers whose arms imports appear relatively stable, and Japan is a relatively small arms importer whose imports appear to be trending down.
In terms of arms exports, over the same period 2005 to 2015, the United States was the world's largest arms exporter, Australia was 23rd, India was 31st, and Japan was 53rd. The biggest two arms exporters, the United States and Russia, export many more arms than their nearest competitors. Together they accounted for 56% of the total value of arms sold between 2000 and 2015, and the value of U.S. arms exports in 2014 and 2015 was nearly twice that of Russian arms exports. The value of arms exports from 2011-2015 in comparison to 2006-2010 went up 83% for Australia and up 27% for the United States. They went down 6% for India, and Japan did not have a single arms export deal between 2011 and 2015. To summarize, Japan and India export almost no arms, Australia is a small arms exporter but its exports appear to be trending up, and the United States is the world's largest arms exporter by a solid margin, with over 30% of the value of all arms exports originating from the United States.
If one assumes that the quad partners enjoyed a close arms trade relationship, then based on their respective overall arms imports and exports one would expect the arms trade between the quad partners to have three features: 1) the United States and Australia trading some number of arms with each other; 2) Japan importing a small number of arms from the United States and perhaps Australia; and 3) India importing large quantities of arms from the United States and some from Australia. Putting these hypotheticals up against the actual data highlights where the United States stands today in terms of the quad partnership as it is measured by the arms trade.
United States-Australia Arms Trade
There is a robust arms trade between the United States and Australia. Though Australia sold no arms to the United States between 2005 and 2010, it has sold the United States a steady stream of arms since 2011. Two-thirds of the total value of all Australian arms exports between 2000 and 2015 were from the sale of ships, a fact that is reflected in Australian arms exports to the United States. Australian shipbuilder Austal has been the vendor for the Joint High Speed Vessel program, through which the U.S. has leased and purchased catamarans designed as commercial ferries for military sealift. Austal has also been involved in the production of Independence-class littoral combat ships. However, the U.S. appetite for ships is limited—it only focused about 4% of the total value of its arms imports between 2005 and 2015 on ships.
In terms of weapons flows in the other direction, Australia spent over 50% of the total value of its arms imports between 2000 and 2015 on aircraft. About 60% of the total value of U.S. arms exports over the same period was for aircraft. It should not be surprising therefore that the sale of U.S. military aircraft to Australia has been substantial, headlined by the 2007 purchase of 24 F/A-18E Super Hornets. The full list of U.S. arms sales to Australia is robust, ranging from sensors to ship engines to SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles and M-1 Abrams tanks. In total, over half of Australia's foreign arms purchases are sourced from the United States.
Japanese Imports from the United States and Australia
The strength of the U.S.-Japan security relationship is demonstrated by the fact that more than 90% of Japan's arms imports between 2005 and 2015 came from the United States. Of the total value of Japanese arms imports, 50% was spent on aircraft, followed by (at roughly 10% each) engines, sensors, and missiles. Between 2000 and 2015, Japan bought more than 100 Blackhawk and Seahawk utility helicopters, dozens of Cobra and Apache attack helicopters, 42 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, six KC-130Hs (tankers), three Global Hawk UAVs, four Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft, and 17 V-22 Ospreys. In terms of engines, Japan purchased GE turbines for its destroyers and helicopter carriers as well as GE turbofans for its jets. Its missile purchases have focused on SM-2 and SM-3 ship-based surface-to-air missiles designed for ballistic missile defense, as well as TOW anti-tank missiles. The volume of Japanese arms imports from the United States over the last decade has been more or less stable.
The history of Australian arms sales to Japan is much weaker. In 2014, Japan made its only purchase of Australian weapons since 2000—four Bushmaster armored trucks for troop transport. This speaks to a broader issue: Japan's arms independence. It buys and sells many fewer arms than other countries with defense budgets of a similar size. South Korea is a useful point of comparison in demonstrating this since its defense budget is about 90% the size of Japan's. Between 2005 and 2015, Japan spent less than half as much as South Korea buying arms from abroad. This suggests that Japan manufactures more of its own arms than South Korea, although data to verify this is not publicly available.
The story is similar when it comes to Japanese arms exports. Japan ended a self-imposed ban on exporting weapons only in 2014. Despite having the world's 8th largest defense budget, the value of Japan's arms exports between 2005 and 2015 was less than countries like Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Slovakia, and Syria. Over the same period, South Korea exported arms worth more than fifty times the value of Japan's arms exports. It could take many years for Japan to become a major arms exporter and recent developments have not been especially promising. In April 2016, Japan lost an Australian contract for new submarines to France, and Japan has been haggling with India about selling it US-2 seaplanes for over two years. To what extent Japan is successful in becoming a major arms exporter is a trend over which the United States will probably have limited influence.
As U.S. policymakers consider actions that would encourage or discourage this trend, there are tradeoffs in both directions. Europe is a useful point of comparison. On the one hand, the defense industries of the UK and France, among the most substantial in Europe, compete with U.S. companies for global market share. But on the other hand, France and the UK have some of Europe's most capable militaries (arguably thanks in part to their more developed defense industries), meaning that they are partners of greater potential military utility to the United States than a partner with a less capable military. On balance, the latter would seem to carry more weight.
Indian Imports from the United States and Australia: The Missing Link
Between 2005 and 2015, India bought roughly the same value of arms as the second and third (China and the UAE, respectively) largest arms importers combined. About one half of that went to aircraft, followed by roughly ten percent to armored vehicles, ships, and missiles. India acquired nearly three-quarters of the total value of its arms imports early over this period from Russia, making India the largest recipient of Russian arms over this period. The United States was the second largest source of arms for India, but accounted for just 9% of the total value. Australia's arms sales to India between 2000 and 2015 were limited to a few patrol craft for the Indian Coast Guard, and Japan sold no arms to India. All of this means that India is the largest arms buyer of the three quad partners, but it buys far fewer of them from the United States than Australia or Japan because it buys so many Russian arms.
Why does India buy so many arms from Russia and so few from the United States, Australia, or Japan? Possible explanations include a higher level of strategic trust with Russia, cheaper equipment, and a greater willingness by Russia to furnish offsets and technology transfers, due in part to a closer relationship between their arms producers and the government. Another major factor is inertia. Bureaucracies tend to return to the same buyers, military operators prefer a stable supplier of military hardware and major weapons systems take many years to procure. The inertia argument implies that India buys Russian arms today because it has bought Russian arms for more than fifty years; SIPRI data indicates that India made its first major purchases of arms from the Soviet Union in 1961.
India's arms imports are the biggest divergence from what one would expect if the quad partners enjoyed a close arms relationship and the reality of their arms trade today. As mentioned, less than 10% of India's arms imports between 2005 and 2015 came from the United States. For Australia and Japan, those figures are 64% and 92% respectively. This poses an important question for U.S. policymakers: as the U.S. pivots to Asia to balance China and looks to strengthen its relationship with India, the other major continental power, should the United States attempt to integrate India into its network of U.S.-supplied militaries?
In the last few years, the United States has sought to do just that, by strongly encouraging arms sales to India. The most prominent example of this is the Defense Trade and Technology Initiative within the Department of Defense, which is specifically tasked with looking for opportunities for U.S.-India defense trade. Companies have also hinted at a new willingness to make concessions in order to tap the Indian market. Lockheed and Boeing have offered to potentially move F-16 and F/A-18 production, respectively, to India. Because of how long arms sales take to manifest, a judgement on the success of these efforts cannot be rendered from SIPRI's data, which goes only to 2015. But media reporting suggests that US efforts have been modestly successful at best. While it is still possible that India will make a major purchase of US-made fighter jets in the near future, the botched Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft competition demonstrates both the difficulty of working with the Indian procurement bureaucracy, as well as India's reluctance to choose the United States as a supplier of major weapons systems.
U.S. efforts to sell arms to India in the coming years may also be made more difficult by trends in the global arms market. The rise of China as a major arms exporter threatens Russia's position as the world's number two arms supplier. India is the most important market for Russia's arms exports—nearly one third of the value of Russia's exports from 2005-2015 went to India—and Chinese competition could exacerbate this, making Russia even more keen to retain its share of the Indian arms market. On the other hand, Russia has begun selling arms to Pakistan, which could undermine its close arms relationship with India. But even if India reduced its purchases of Russian arms, this would not necessarily result in India buying more U.S.-made arms. Competition by European nations is fierce, and Japan and Australia could try to sell more arms to India. Most importantly, India is desperate to start producing more of its arms indigenously. Revitalizing India's anemic arms industry is a key goal of Prime Minister Modi's recent "Make in India" initiative.
Becoming India's main arms supplier would be a difficult, possibly impossible, challenge, and this may not even be in the best interest of the United States. Modern militaries and intelligence agencies expend enormous resources to learn about adversary weapons systems to devise countermeasures to defeat them. China does so in preparation for possible fights against Japan and Taiwan, whose arsenals contain mostly U.S.-made arms, and India, whose military is equipped mostly with Russian-made arms. The fact that China must be ready to fight militaries whose arms are from two different sources may impose greater costs on China (and therefore be preferable from the perspective of the United States) than if India were also using US-made arms.
Actions that impose costs on China serve the basic rationale for the quad partnership: to compete with China. Therefore, while the first instinct of U.S. policymakers has been (and likely will continue to be) to attempt to integrate India into the U.S.-led arms network, they should reconsider to what extent this is realistic and whether the status quo better serves U.S. interests. On the latter, the key question is whether an Indian military with U.S.-made arms, therefore more interoperable with the United States military, is more of a challenge for China than an Indian military with a suite of arms different from China's other competitors. This question should be at the forefront of U.S. strategists' minds as they continue to pursue the advancement of the quad concept in the Asia-Pacific.
Ben Lamont works for the American Academy for Strategic Education in Washington, DC. He studied South Asian Studies and Government at Harvard College.
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[1] The following is based on data from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database. The database uses trend-indicator values (TIV) that "represent the transfer of military resources rather than the financial value of the transfer."


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Tinashe's Nightride
Tinashe has finally released an overdue project this November. For about a year and a half fans were awaiting for the release of her sophomore album Joyride but she released this mixtape as the first part for her second album and to please the fans.
Tinashe's Nightride takes you on a ride (literally) through her love life. This tape is moody while also delivering a sexy vibe. Lucid Dreaming opens up the album with a dreamy and smooth production. Sunburn is a grimy track with a jazzy vibe to it, her cockiness flourishes in this song with Tinashe singing about nobody is going to cloud up her blue skies. Tinashe teams up with Metro Boomin to create the fifth song on this album, Sacrifices. This sexually driven song might possibly be the best on this album, especially for those late night hours. "Ice in my hair cause I'm a cold bitch" comes from Soul Glitch packed with a haunted sounding production and elusive vocals. Tinashe cries about being cold and closed towards a lover. Spacetime projects a more romantic sense of love rather than the casual love experiences sung about in Company or in Sacrifices. Spacetime has a sense of nostalgia "don't act like you don't know me", reminds of a Mariah Carey's banger "Don't Forget About Us'. The last section of this tape has songs that have been released as singles earlier this year. Ride of Your Life, Party Favors, and Company were released as singles during 2016 but put onto this tape because I'm assuming they didn't fit the aesthetic or sound of Joyride. Touchpass & Ghetto Boy ends the album leaving the listener (me) thirsting for more music from Tinashe.
Top 3 Songs from Nightride
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To my loves,
All 3 of you....this is a big month. Its the month our family of five becomes a family of six. In two days time your new baby sister will be born. Can you believe it? I cannot. :)
Your Dad and I always talked about having 4 kids, and now its happening. This may be a big adjustment for all of us, Little O - you are still such a baby to me, just turning 2 a couple weeks ago. The milestones you are reaching lately are awesome and we love watching you grow and learn new words and express yourself in some funny ways that make us laugh. You watch your big sister and brother like a hawk, mimicking everything they do.
Speaking of, Big O - watch what you are doing! When you jump off a couch, your little bro will too! When you say a bad word (not that you really ever do), so will he :). You know this, we don't need to remind you! You are excited for a new sister you say, and I know we keep telling you how much more responsibility you will have being the oldest. Mom and Dad are both the oldest too so we get it, buddy. It can be frustrating, but always fun to be the "boss". Just don't take advantage of it too much. I promise I will try hard to not put too much on you and remember you are still young and my "oldest" baby too. I appreciate all you do to help and I hope you know that.
Now Miss M - you are a natural Mama Bear, and I know how excited you are for a little sister to play with. Maybe now you will stop dressing your brother in dresses in tiaras :) Likely not. Now you will just have 2 little playmates instead of one. Dont worry, Little O loves getting dressed up with you! Its amazing how much you have grown and matured in the last few months. And you just only turned FIVE...five!!? Thats just nuts to me. You are so helpful and caring and nurturing that I cannot wait to see you with the baby. I know you will love on her so much and protect her and be a big help to Mom and Dad.
I am so excited (and nervous) to see how our family unfolds with a new addition. Yes, it will be a change, but a good one and we can say our family will now be complete. As Daddy said the other day "Our family will begin".
I love all 3 of you to the moon and back. Here are a few film scans I recently got back showing all your cuteness and fun we had over the winter. Just some random snapshots, but they make me happy. :) (This is a photography blog after all!)
xoxox Mom
Images shot mostly on Kodak Portra 400 35mm film, black and white with Kodak Tri-X - Pentax 645n
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"The Beauty of Great Landscapes, not in miles but in inches"
Shimoda prefecture: Landscapes Inches Away published in Deep Sleep Magazine UK- a magazine dedicated to fine art photography.
"The Beauty of Great Landscapes, not in miles but in inches"
Shimoda prefecture: Landscapes Inches Away published in Deep Sleep Magazine UK- a magazine dedicated to fine art photography.
October 10, 2011
New York Magazine writes:
"Compelling, unusual photographs of the shoreline in Japan's S Prefecture explore how the randomness of nature masquerades as abstraction."
Marsha Owett: "Landscapes Inches Away" Opens at MUSECPMI
"I am drawn to the randomness of nature that masquerades as abstraction. As opposed to my paintings, where I must do the abstracting myself, in photography I am nature's curator. I do not disturb or rearrange what I photograph. I photograph still life in its truest form— life, still and undisturbed.
The series "Landscapes Inches Away" consists of photographs taken along the shoreline of Shimoda Prefecture, Japan. It represents my first immersion into capturing nature, specifically beaches and shore areas, and representing them as abstract works. I did the study in the fall of 2006 over a concentrated two-day period. Each shot became more compelling than the last. Inspired by the great landscape photography, but not feeling compelled to replicate it, I found instead the beauty of great landscapes, not in miles, but in inches. And like great landscapes viewed in full breadth, I discovered that the micro was different, but no less fascinating than the macro. The Shimoda series thus started my exploration into landscapes up close."
GARBAGE & GRUNGE, Work of Marsha Owett and Scott Kilgour, Exhibition Opening
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Broken secrets – where now for Rowling lawyers?
When your reputation relies on trust, where do you go when it is so publicly broken?
In every walk of life, in every business, trust and reliability is an important issue.
All of us want to know that we are working with people we can trust.
That is nowhere more important than in law, where client confidentiality is paramount.
The news last weekend that Robert Galbraith, a new and highly regarded writer was actually Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, caused something of a sensation.
All of a sudden, a critically acclaimed but low selling crime novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, was in such demand that the publishers had to issue a new print run.
PR stunt perhaps? I doubt it. JK Rowling does not need the money that a new book would generate and she is not the first writer or composer to see whether she could be successful again without the burden of her reputation standing before her.
It turns out that the story found its way to the Sunday Times via an indiscreet revelation to a journalist from a friend of the solicitor.
As Calacus tells its clients all the time, nothing is ever off the record where a journalist is concerned. We tell clients not to start telling media something they don't think will be used because tapes have stopped running or cameras have been switched off.
I was a journalist myself and if someone told me something, I would try and prove it from other sources so as not to betray who told me in the first place. It is common practice. In the highly competitive world of journalism, we live and die by the stories we get.
You could argue that something of professional confidentiality should not have found its way to a friend of a friend in the first place.
Rowling was justifiably unhappy that the truth identity of her pseudonym had been revealed.
"I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced," she said. "To say that I am disappointed is an understatement."
Thankfully, there is little harm being done in this instance.
Rowling's book sales have increased and the publisher will also get more revenue.
As for Russell's, they should recover and it was a credit to them that issued a statement admitted culpability.
Of course, as a legal firm, they will not want to become associated with breaking confidentiality again even if it was through Chinese whispers from an unlikely third party.
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Crisis communications manuals often explain how the way a problem is dealt with is almost always more of a barometer of reputation than the crisis itself.
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Archive for January, 2013
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If you are charged with a DUI in Texas, you can be fined for as much as $500, and be placed in jail for 72 hours. These and other charges are matters that criminal attorneys in Houston may be able to assist you with, which can be important if you want to get a fair hearing and protection of your rights in a court of law. With the assistance of the best houston criminal defense attorney you may be able to help to fight back against charges which have been filed against you.
There are 30.3 rapes reported per 100,000 people in the state of Texas, which makes it the 27th state in the country for that rate. Every accusation must be taken to a court of law so that the evidence may be examined, testimony reviewed, and so that defendants can get a hearing. With criminal attorneys in Houston you may be able to get the defense that you will need if you find yourself involved in this, or any other type of criminal case in the state. Criminal attorneys in houston texas may be able to provide you with felony defense as well; felonies are categorized as violent or non violent, and have many different punishments associated with them depending on which are accused of. With the assistance of criminal attorneys in Houston you may be able to fight back against these felony charges and protect your freedom in the process of doing so.
There is also a zero tolerance law in Texas for any underage drinking, and any alcohol detected on an individual below the age of 21 will face criminal charges. The variety of crimes that criminal attorneys in Houston may be able to help you with is impressive, when you consider just how many there are. A DUI attorney Houston residents work with may be able to provide qualified, experienced legal assistance when you need it the most, whether for yourself or for a loved one. With criminal attorneys in Houston you may be able to fight back against cases where your refusal to take a breath or blood alcohol test could be used against you in court. Protect your license from being suspended by working with criminal attorneys in Houston who know how to fight a case. Houston criminal defense attorneys may be able to start helping you right away.


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Have you seen the Ford Explorer lately? The current model shows just how far the once vaunted SUV has plunged, while the new Explorer America Concept is a vision of where sport utilities and Ford may be headed in the future.
The Explorer concept, which will be shown at the Detroit Auto Show next weekend, is different with backseat doors that open like minivan doors, a navigation "globe" and considerably more fuel efficient engines than the current 6 and 8 cylinder models. Keep in mind it's a concept. Many of its features will never see the light of day, but others could be incorporated into future Explorers.
As intriguing as the Explorer's future is, its decline since the Firestone tire controversy in 2000 and 2001 has been just as stunning. Ford once sold more than 400,000 Explorers and it was in many ways, America's SUV. Wherever you drove, it seemed like the Explorer dominated the road.
Not anymore. Last year, Ford sold 138,000 Explorers, a drop of 26 percent. The shift in demand from SUV's to crossovers and a slew of new competitors, have cut into Explorer sales.
Last year, Toyota sold 181,000 Prius hybrids. 50,000 more than than the Explorer. A sign of just how much things have changed at Ford and in the auto world. Now we'll see if the changes exemplified in the Explorer America concept can revive an SUV no longer riding as high.
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I always like to take a 'cover all' round the pool for the little ones as they have the attention span of gnats and inevitably like to go to the park area or for an ice cream after three minutes! This little dress (1) by brand Souris Mini off kids fashion site Melijoe is perfect and compliments the little cute sunglasses costume (3) also off Melijoe from Sunuva. The palm tree one piece is from Primark and comes in at just £3!
For my little boy I like long shorts as he is still in swimming nappies and they tend to hold it all in. Number 4 is a basic pair of shorts from Primark. Which would be good round the pool or running around the garden. For the beach when it is super hot I like to have a trunks that also come with a top so the dreadful job of spreading on sun tan lotion is just limited to arms and legs! So 5 is from Next and perfect for that. Melijoe to a great range of designer brands on their site so this red Ralph Lauren pair would be fab for the pool, the garden or combined with a nice shirt for the evening. My boy is currently OBSESSED with dinosaurs so this Kiwi pair from Melijoe would be his dream!
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Today's REI Classroom Lesson
John Martinez talks to us today about how to make an offer more attractive, without changing the offer at all.
REI Classroom Summary
If they're comparing your offer to a retail price, they're going to be disappointed. Be sure to listen in as John shares a tip how to reset the price they're comparing your offer to.
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Mike: Welcome back to the flipnerd.com REI Classroom where experts from across the real estate investing industry teach you quick lessons to take your business to the next level. And now, let's meet today's expert host.
John: Hi. My name is John Martinez with Midwest Revenue Group and this is REI Classroom. And I want to talk to you today about how you can make your offer for property more attractive without changing really a single thing about your offer.
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John: So when we're picking up houses, especially houses at a discount or a deep discount, our offer is really where we make our profit. The offer, the lower we can pick a house up for or property up for, the more we're going to make on the back-end when we sell it. So this is a really important topic. Lots of times we really don't have a lot of wiggle room in our offer. Our offer is what our offer is. So is there any way we can make our offer more attractive, make a seller more likely to sell us their property without actually changing that dollar figure?
Well, the answer is yes. There's actually about a half dozen ways but let me give you one. And this is the easiest because it's just simply rephrasing the way you actually make the offer. So we use what we call anchor pricing or an anchor offer. I'll explain the concept first and then exactly how you're going to use it to make your offer more attractive. So we compare and we value something. We value certain things based on what we compare them to. So I'll give you an example.
If you go to a retail store and you pick up a t-shirt or a pair of pants and you look at that tag and it says $99 marked down to $15, that's a heck of a deal, right? Not because $15 is a great deal for a pair of pants, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but compared to the $99 it's a heck of a deal. So how many of you out there have ever uttered the words or had a spouse or is there a significant other that came home and said, "Honey, let me show you how much money I saved you." Pull out all these garments or whatever they bought and said, "This was a $400 purse marked down to $99. What a deal?" That's the power of setting a price anchor.
We value that product based on that first number we see or anything that comes after it. So it's the same thing in real estate, okay? Now when you walk in and you're wanting to buy a property, someone might value that property at, I think it's worth 100 or I'd like to get 80 out of it. So any offer that comes after it, it's going to be compared to that 80 or 100. So if it's less than 80 or 100, it's going to seem like a really bad deal. So what we do is we do what's called resetting the price anchor and we can do it by simply throwing out a lower number.
Now the lower number doesn't even have to be our offer. We just want to reset in our prospect's head what we're going to compare our actual offer to. So in a situation like this, you can say, "You know what, I was looking at some of the comps on what house is sold for in the area. Would you believe that in the last year or two, properties sold for just under 30,000 bucks." Now that didn't do a thing to your offer. That is not your offer. But now whatever comes next, your actual offer is going to be compared to that $30,000 as opposed to the 80 or the 100 the prospect has in mind.
So when you reset that price anchor and I'll say based on this and this and you actually end up however you make your offers, end up at 40 or 50 or so, that $40,000 or $50,000 is compared to your price anchor of 30. You reset the price anchor and that's going to seem a whole lot more attractive than at that $40,000 or $50,000 came right after. They told you, "I want 80 or 100 from the house." So that's the way you can make your offers more attractive without changing a single thing about them.
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What Is Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer starts when cells of the lung become abnormal and begin to grow out of control. As more cancer cells develop, they can form into a tumor and spread to other areas of the body. To learn more about how cancers start and spread, see What Is Cancer?
Types of lung cancer
The 2 main types of lung cancer are:
- Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), which is sometimes called oat cell cancer. About 10% to 15% of lung cancers are SCLC.
- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which makes up about 80% to 85% of lung cancers. The 3 main types of NSCLC are adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and large cell carcinoma.
Small cell and non-small cell lung cancers are treated differently. The information here focuses on small cell lung cancer. See Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell) for information about that type of lung cancer.
Other types of lung cancer and tumors
Lung carcinoid tumors: Less than 5% of lung tumors are carcinoid tumors of the lung. Most of these grow slowly. For more information about these tumors, see Lung Carcinoid Tumor.
Other lung tumors: Other types of lung cancer such as adenoid cystic carcinomas, lymphomas, and sarcomas, as well as benign lung tumors such as hamartomas are rare. These are treated differently from the more common lung cancers and are not discussed here.
Cancers that spread to the lungs: Cancers that start in other organs (such as the breast, pancreas, kidney, or skin) can sometimes spread (metastasize) to the lungs, but these are not lung cancers. For example, cancer that starts in the breast and spreads to the lungs is still breast cancer, not lung cancer. Treatment for metastatic cancer to the lungs is based on where it started (the primary cancer site).
About the lungs
Your lungs are 2 sponge-like organs in your chest. Your right lung has 3 sections, called lobes. Your left lung has 2 lobes. The left lung is smaller because your heart takes up more room on that side of the body.
When you breathe in, air enters through your mouth and nose and goes into your lungs through the trachea (windpipe). The trachea divides into tubes called the bronchi (singular, bronchus), which enter the lungs and divide into smaller branches called bronchioles. At the end of the bronchioles are tiny air sacs known as alveoli.
The alveoli absorb oxygen from the inhaled air into your blood and remove carbon dioxide from the blood. This leaves the body when you exhale. Taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide are your lungs' main functions.
Lung cancers typically start in the cells lining the bronchi and parts of the lung such as the bronchioles or alveoli.
A thin lining called the pleura surrounds the lungs. The pleura protects your lungs and helps them slide back and forth against the chest wall as they expand and contract during breathing.
Below the lungs, a thin, dome-shaped muscle called the diaphragm separates the chest from the abdomen. When you breathe, the diaphragm moves up and down, forcing air in and out of the lungs.
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We here at Nachonomics are pleased to announce our first physical work of writing, The Field Guide to Nachos, which we hope to launch via Kickstarter. A website is all well and good, but what happens when you're out at a restaurant and encounter a strange order of nachos? Enter The Field Guide to Nachos, a pocket sized reference to the history, types, and background of the greatest of Mexican delicacies.
- READ... The true story of how Ignacio Anaya created "The Nacho" in 1943.
- LEARN... How nachos moved from Mexico and spread across America like shredded cheese melting across a pile of chips.
- KNOW... the real difference between natural cheese versus pasteurized processed cheese product. It's terrifying.
- DIFFERENTIATE... between kinds of popular nachos that are to be found in our modern restaurants.
Yes folks, combining the wisdom of Ignacio Anaya, the first hand accounts of Federal Writers Project Author Rexroth Chalmers, and the madness of the Mad Mexican Raul Alhazredo this is the ultimate guide to nacho knowledge throughout the years. Now we do need your cash dollars in order to fund this, but we are willing to offer fantastic rewards for helping out, from copies of The Field Guide to shirts to your very own replica Nachonomicon.
So if you could just go to our The Field Guide to Nachos Kickstarter page and donate away, I don't know a better feeling you could possibly feel. Plus we'd really appreciate it, and it's cheaper than an order of nachos.


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"Got this for my husband for his Valentine's gift. And we love it. Looking at getting another. Would recommend to anyone."
Priority Processing allows you to skip to the front of the line. Within 24 hours: we will laser-engrave your product(s), pack, and ensure your order leaves our doors (a process that typically takes 3-5 business days).*Please, allow an additional 2-3 business days for travel time with the carrier.
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A baseball bat wine glass? EXACTLY!
This one-of-a-kind wine mug was designed for die-hard baseball fans. Crafted in North America from solid birch wood, and is truly a work of art.
This wine mug is perfect to sip from on the patio, sitting poolside, while watching the "big game", or even tailgating. WARNING: Without being a show off, be ready for people asking you where you got this mug from.
The mug is hollowed out of a mini baseball bat barrel, double sealed with a water based sealant, so that you can pour 6oz your favorite drink directly into it. Making you feel that much closer to the game.
As for the logo, it is engraved with laser precision. And no, this isn't a metaphor - it's literally engraved with a laser.
After the laser engraving takes place, each baseball bat mug is personally inspected by one of our team members, so only the best of the best leave our Dugout to arrive at your door!
The ULTIMATE Gift for Baseball Fans - Guaranteed conversation starter!
There is no better way to put a smile on their face than give them such a thoughtful and unique gift such as this.
A quality gift that combines their love of baseball and beer into one stylish, yet functional mug they can show off to all their friends.
Ships within 1-3 business days.
We aren't rookies anymore, and even though we are working with real wood, we still get packages out the door within 1-3 business days. Once your order is mailed, the package will arrive within 3 days. Have a deadline to meet? You can reach out to our customer service team with any rush orders. We do have expedited services available for all of you who waited until the bottom of the 9th to order!
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If for whatever reason you (or the person you gifted it to) isn't impressed with any of our Dugout Mugs® products, we are happy to return or exchange the item. No questions asked! Let's be honest though, who wouldn't want to drink from a bat mug?
We understand a love affair with baseball lasts a lifetime, so we craft our products to last a lifetime. Dugout Mugs® products carry a lifetime guarantee, so you can feel confident that you are gifting smiles for life! Do us a favor and try not run over it with a truck, burn it in campfire, put it in the dish washer, or blow it up, but even if you do, we are happy to replace it!


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Welcome to our January 2017 newsletter!
After a refreshing break, it's back to business as usual at Soundbeam. We are busy shipping out orders to Canada, Singapore, Taiwan as well as closer to home. It's fascinating to hear about how Soundbeam is being used in these countries. We hope you enjoy our first newsletter of 2017!
Here's to an exciting year ahead,
Cindy, Tim, Adrian and the Soundbeam team
A short documentary film about music therapy by students from the University of the West of England. Soundbeam is featured, but the star is Big Jeff!
A new website called Inspire-music.org has been launched. It's a a place for everyone involved in music education – school based, community based, formal, informal, non formal - to be inspired and to think about what really works. Inspire-music has been created by a National Working Group chaired by Professor Graham Welch, supported by Programme Director Katherine Zeserson, and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
On the website there are case studies drawn from a wide range of contexts, including school classrooms, early years settings and community locations. There are examples of inspiring work with children and young people, led by classroom teachers, community musicians and other practitioners. they are examples of effective learning and teaching – they tell local stories in which positive outcomes are achieved. They are not meant to be comprehensive of all effective practice across the country, but rather to offer examples that illustrate the likely nature of this effective practice. The cases represent an initial set; over time we hope to add and expand these to illustrate further the rich diversity that characterises effective music education in England. Below is a case study using Soundbeam
Soundbeam in the Classroom
Using accessible technology in classroom curriculum music making.
In this residential project, Soundbeam was used alongside traditional instruments to engage and motivate students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to be more creative in their music making, increasing attention and concentration spans and nurturing working more collaboratively.
Top tweet this month from Enrinco Zanella
Orchestra Scia Scia plays #Hallelujah with #Soundbeam! Amazing!!!


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Bookforum has a fine piece by Ed Park on my favorite reference book, The Chicago Manual of Style.
Only connect: As I clocked—over months, years—the recurrence of certain names, hints of plot tantalized. There was the elliptical story of the powerful Porkola clan, with their Toronto roots (5.65), diplomatic legacy (5.96), and interest in Finnish design (15.151). Meanwhile, I learned that "Babs had gone to Naples with Guido, and when Baxter found out about it he flew into a rage" in 5.35; in 5.41, the free-spirited Babs "was seen entering the Villa Sorrento, where Tom was staying."


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Meet Your Millennial Manager, Part 3 - Performance Management/
This is the last in a 3-part series on Millennials as managers. Part 1 covered Millennials as hiring managers. Part 2 offered strategies for communicating with Millennial managers. This post address Millennial managers and performance management.
Millennials see the conventional annual or semi-annual performance review as static and one-directional. As managers, they will replace existing performance management processes with real-time goal setting and feedback loops using technology that allows for multi-directional, multi-level, and often transparent comments about the performance of an individual, team or manager. This will be challenging for both staff and HR professionals from older generations, who will have to adapt to new performance metrics, collaborative feedback channels, and different compensation and advancement protocols.
Millennials also believe that the 9-5 construct of work is dead. The workplace of the past is one where productivity is measured by the number of hours you sit at your desk. To Millennials, the future of work requires a high degree of flexibility – from the employee and the manager. This means fluid working hours, technology that enables remote work, and relationships that extend beyond the office. For Baby Boomer and Generation X employees who have spent their careers conforming to fixed hours and mindsets about performance, this will take an enormous adjustment in thinking and scheduling.
Millennials now comprise the largest generation in the U.S. workforce and are rising in rank. The world of management -- and all of its conventional wisdom -- is about to be turned on its head. For more insight into this sea change, download my new white paper Meet Your Millennial Manager – A Survival Guide for Older Generations, or contact me directly.
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For 35 years The BridgeWay has been connecting with communities throughout Arkansas and beyond. The BridgeWay offers a continuum of services designed to help children, adolescents and adults who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or addictive problems that can lead to fractured lives. Our team of professionals includes board-certified child/adolescent and adult psychiatrists, master's-level clinical therapists, nurses and mental health associates who are here to help people reconnect with their families, friends and employers so that they may lead productive lives. Tucked within the wooded hills of Central Arkansas, The BridgeWay is just moments away from the major highways that unite Arkansans throughout the state. Founded in 1983 and accredited by The Joint Commission, our quiet campus has retained much of the cozy charm and character that existed then. The BridgeWay is part of the UHS network which is on the list of Fortune 500 for "World's Most Admired Companies". UHS benefits program offers a diverse range of healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits to help meet the needs of UHS employees and their families. These benefits include medical, dental, vision, insurance/income protection, retirement/savings plans and flexible spending accounts. UHS has been transforming healthcare for nearly 40 years.
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Mid-Century Residence
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California
When we expanded this "mid century" post and beam house, we researched the best examples of the style for characteristics and authentic materials to lift the old house from the mundane to the sublime. Economy, convenience, privacy and horizontal style were highly-valued after WWII, along with new materials; aluminum, plywood, glass and cork. We applied these to our new "start of the century" split-level addition while making dynamic use of the sloping site, capturing a level inner courtyard where a wild, steep sloped had once been.
The result is all in the details, with stepped concrete block walls at the garage, locally made aluminum windows to replicate the original details, with operable clerestory windows to capture canyon breezes. Inside, tongue and groove ceilings, a cork floor and cherry cabinetry pay homage to the original house. And in a seldom-seen nod to the Japanese roots of this home, the roof plan resembles unfolded origami, with subtle roof planes directing rain into interior downspouts.
Construction: TNT Simmonds Construction
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A month from today, NASA will make its final delivery of a space shuttle to become a museum display, and the public is invited to celebrate the journey.
On Nov. 2, space shuttle Atlantis will be transported from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the nearby visitor center. The 10-mile (16 kilometer) road trip will take about 11 hours, including a three-hour stop to give the public a chance to walk around the spacecraft.
When it opens in July 2013, the Atlantis exhibit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will showcase the shuttle and its 30-year history. Guests will see Atlantis as it looked during its 33 spaceflights, its payload bay doors open and (replica) robotic arm extended. Surrounding the shuttle will be more than 60 exhibits spanning two floors, including a full-size replica of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Next month's move will mark the last stop for Atlantis, and NASA's final time overseeing the transport of a shuttle. In April, the space agency ferried Discovery by jumbo jet to the Smithsonian in Virginia, and the prototype orbiter Enterprise to New York for the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The final airborne delivery was last month, flying Endeavour to Los Angeles for the California Science Center. [Photos: Rare Last Look Inside Space Shuttle Atlantis]
Space news from NBCNews.com
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- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
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Since August, Atlantis has been in Kennedy's last active Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), one of the three large hangars previously used to service and prepare the shuttle and its sister ships for their next launches. Now it is where Atlantis is undergoing the final steps in its transformation from a space-worthy vehicle to a museum display.
Early last month, a mockup of the space shuttle's external airlock was mounted inside Atlantis' payload bay. Then on Sept. 20, the 60-foot-long (18 meter) doors to the cargo hold were closed in preparation for the upcoming transfer.
On Oct. 17, Atlantis is scheduled to depart the processing hangar for the last time and be rolled the short distance to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where, while it was still flying, the shuttle was mounted to its rocket boosters and external fuel tank before leaving for the launch pad. Here, it will sit temporarily parked and visited daily by busloads of tourists, as it waits for its Nov. 2 trip to the visitor complex.
Atlantis will make that move on top of NASA's 76-wheeled Orbiter Transport System (OTS), a flatbed vehicle that for decades moved shuttles between the processing facilities.
Were the orbiter the size of a car or even a small truck, its trip to the visitor center would be rather straightforward. But as Atlantis has a 78-foot (24 meter) wingspan and a 58-foot-tall (18 meter) tail, its route needed to avoid roadway overpasses and large structures, such as guard shacks.
As such, instead of just heading down State Road (SR) 3 and hanging a right at the ramp to SR 405, also known as the NASA Causeway, Atlantis will take the more "scenic route" to the visitor complex.
Exiting the VAB at about 7 a.m. EDT, the shuttle, atop the OTS, will still proceed south on SR 3 but rather than turning toward the complex at the Causeway, it will head east to pass Kennedy's Headquarters building before looping back to the site of NASA's new Exploration Park along Space Commerce Way. There, Atlantis will be parked for three hours, as visitor center guests are bused in to view and photograph the shuttle.
By 3 p.m. EDT, Atlantis will be on the road again, continuing down Space Commerce Way to SR 405 and then heading north to the visitor complex. Rolling up to the center at around 6 p.m., Atlantis will move into its new six-story exhibit building through the still-partially-open back wall that will be completed soon after the orbiter is inside.
Celebrate the Journey
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering the public the chance to be there for Atlantis' delivery.
The "Celebrate the Journey" packages range from $50 per adult and $40 for children to see Atlantis as it rolls up to the complex, to premium tickets upward of $90 per adult and $80 per child to also view and photograph the shuttle in 360 degrees at Exploration Park.
Other ticket packages offer a bus tour of Atlantis' previous launch pad and mobile launch platform.
By coincidence, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation will be holding its Astronaut Autograph and Memorabilia Show at the visitor complex on Nov. 2. The event includes the participation of more than 30 former astronauts who span NASA's history from the original Mercury program through the International Space Station (ISS). Several of Atlantis' former crew members will be there, including John Blaha, Eileen Collins and Norm Thagard.
Click through to collectSpace to see a map of the expected route space shuttle Atlantis will travel on Nov. 2 from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the visitor complex.
See shuttles.collectSpace.com for continuing coverage of the delivery and display of NASA's retired space shuttles.
To learn more or to buy ticket packages for the Celebrate the Journey Atlantis viewing opportunity, see the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex website. For more about, or to buy tickets for, the autograph show, visit the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's website.
Follow collectSpace on Facebook and Twitter @collectSpace and editor Robert Pearlman @robertpearlman. Copyright 2012 collectSpace.com. All rights reserved.
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