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"Comics" Is Hard: On Domains and Databases
A talk by Ben Scofield at Windy City Rails 2009
About the Talk
September 12, 2009 7:00 AM
Westin Chicago River North, Chicago, Illinois
Westin Chicago River North, Chicago, IllinoisIt sometimes seems like all domains easily map onto relational database like MySQL and Postgres — that we live in a happy land where all Employees are People, and all People are Mammals. Unfortunately, however, there are many domains that just don't map so easily onto a standard relational schema. In this session, we'll look at three general alternatives to the familiar model, as illustrated by some specific examples. We'll also see how some alternative databases provide a better fit for specific domains.
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5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO
Adam Sherk
I was invited to contribute a column to an upcoming social media guidebook from Media Industry Newsletter and Folio. I thought I'd share it here along with some links to additional resources. It is intended to be a general overview for publishers. Hopefully you'll find it useful. How does social media activity impact search engine optimization? Annotations in the Search Results.
Get LinkedIn or Get Left Out: Using LinkedIn Effectively
You hear a lot of hype about the benefits that Facebook and Twitter can bring to your business, but these social networking sites can often overshadow the even greater potential LinkedIn has for virtually every department within the organization. What makes LinkedIn so superior to alternative social networking sites is its exclusively professional audience and no-nonsense atmosphere. Sales.
Five Things Bacon Can Teach Us About Content Marketing
Spin Sucks
Today's guest post is written by Jason Miller. The widespread fascination with bacon is for good reason; bacon makes everything better. For example, Google just released a Chrome extension that can un-baby your Facebook newsfeed by replacing all of those "annoying" baby photos with pictures of bacon. Necessary? Useful and entertaining? Absolutely. Bacon is nostalgic. Bacon inspires.
Only 17% Of Businesses Measure Social Media ROI; 12% Have A Realtime Analytics Solution
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Two-thirds of business managers agree that it is "important" or "very important" for their business to "analyze and glean insight from large data sets from social interactions happening in real time." " But the majority (53%) say they don't know when they will be investing in solutions that support big data analytics. What do you think?
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I admit it…I'm a channel flipper. Combine 300 channels in my cable package, with an extremely short attention span and you have all the ingredients necessary for an evening of click…click…click… Are you changing the channels too quickly when it comes to social media? And my channel changing doesn't even have a reasonable pattern. " But wait.
PR Pros Not Keeping Up with What Journalists Want
Spin Sucks
I'm sure most of you remember when the plane went down in the Hudson River. Do you also remember the photo that accompanied most of the news reports? It was the image to the left, which was tweeted by one Janis Krums , who was on the ferry crossing the River when the plane landed and he tweeted a photo of it. " What Journalists Want. And the Web Influencers Survey by D.
Social Networking Stats: LinkedIn Is Most Important Social Network for B2B Marketers, #RLTM Scoreboard
The Realtime Report
The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 955 million active users. via CNET. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Twopcharts. Qzone: 576 million active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 300 million users. via Bloomberg Businessweek. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. LinkedIn: 174 million members. via CNET. via Tumblr.
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Puzzle Marketer
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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media
Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.
Survey: Pinterest a Great Source of Links for Publishers. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?
Adam Sherk
As Pinterest continues to grow in popularity and usage it is becoming not only an important source of traffic and engagement for publishers but also a good source of links. What types of sites get the most links from Pinterest? I spend a lot of time auditing websites which means I am regularly in the Google Webmaster Tools profiles for a variety of sites. Average Links Average Linked Pages.
Monitor Your Brand's Instagram Activity with New Reporting Tool
In my blog post How to Boost Your Number of Followers on Instagram , I wrote about the importance of monitoring your activity on photo-sharing application Instagram at the same level as you monitor your other social media presences. Simply Measured just made that task easier with the launch of a new Instagram reporting tool. Similar Posts: Use Instagram to Create Visual Engagement.
33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resoures of 2012 So Far
Webbiquity SMM
Given the widespread adoption of social media marketing practices, the "if" and "when" questions seemed to have now been resolved by most midsized and larger companies (and a lot of small companies as well). However, as the posts and articles highlighted below show, plenty of questions remain, such as how much should we budget for social media? by MarketingProfs. Get a dog.
Marketing is Dead?
Spin Sucks
We live in really interesting times. Technology is coming at us more quickly than ever before. It took the following technologies to reach 50 million users : Radio – 38 years; TV – 13 years; The Internet – four years; iPod – three years; Facebook added 100 million users in just nine months; and iPod app downloads hit one billion in nine months. SEO is Dead! Public Relations is Dead!
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One Tweet from a CEO is worth 100 Tweets from Staff
I spoke last week at the Council of Manufacturing Associations, to an audience of 200 CEOs. My panel was with Christopher Gahan, Chief of Staff for Senator Toomey of PA, and Shana Glickfield of Beekeeper Group, a digital public affairs agency we work closely with. The topic was Twitter and Advocacy. He had thrown his hands up in frustration and decided not to bother. Don't believe me?
Hey Sports Teams Quit Telling Me to LIKE your Facebook Posts
Adam Sherk
Lately I've been noticing a lot of Facebook posts in my news feed with a specific request to "LIKE" the post. Sports teams are among the biggest offenders: Now don't get me wrong. As a marketer I appreciate the use of a call to action to increase activity and engagement. It is an effective tactic and there are plenty of good ways to do it. Here are some more recent examples.
The Demographics of Twitter Users [Study]
Tweet Twitter has more than 500 million users and is continuously growing, but who are all these new tweeters? Pew Research Center has released an Internet study that focuses solely on Twitter and includes some great user demographics. The study is based on the findings of a survey on Americans' use of the Internet. Twitter is soaring among young adults. 15% of all online adults in the U.S.
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The Use of Animation in Digital Marketing
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
This is a guest post by Manroop Takhar. It's pretty clear from the buzz around them that this is the year of the web video. You've probably seen statistics claiming as much. According to YouTube's vice president of global content, video will soon account for 90% of Internet traffic. Videos in universal search results have a 41% higher click-through rate than plain text results. million. Summary.
50 Tips to Make Your Company's Blog Rock
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I'm taking a few days of vacation time (before Patti Knight kills me) so we went through the 2010 most popular blog posts and updated a couple to run here again. Enjoy! It's interesting to go back and look at both what I was reading two years ago and where I was getting blogging ideas. 50 Tips to Make Your Company's Blog Rock. Ask your readers what they want you to write about.
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What Twitter's Rate Limit Changes Mean to You
Janet Fouts
Twitter recently announced new rate limits on how many "hits" to the API it will allow. Now before your eyes glaze over wondering what that means, let me put it into English. Twitter is changing the number of times the application can do that from 350 per hour to 60. In this diagram taken from the Twitter developer blog they break Twitter's ecosystem up into 4 quadrants.
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Jason Yormark
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Pink Tulips in Antique Vase, Oil on 5"x6" Linen Panel SOLD |
Pink Tulips Still Life, Oil on 4"x6" Linen Panel SOLD |
Thank you for your visit and your wonderful compliments. I am a full time Spanish teacher. I paint late at night when my kiddos are in bed and in the weekends between lesson plans, laundry, cooking and all the other family things. Small pieces allow me to complete work in those times. If they are too large, by the time I come back to them I would be tired of it.
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Another Vanessa butterfly, American Lady, was also active in good numbers. This one was photographed at the state park.
I saw a few Mourning Cloaks at the state park. The day after I photographed this one, I saw a Mourning Cloak around the same group of plants. I am not sure if it was the same individual.
The skipper I saw most frequently was the Fiery Skipper. This species has a few variations. While most are bright orange, some can be very dark, as in the photo below. The undersides of Fiery Skipper wings are spotted, almost as if they have a pox.
I also saw a few Gray Hairstreaks around Cape May. This individual was photographed at Brigantine, but I saw a few in the state park as well.


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Big Winner, Sierra Madre
this wiki
Big Winner, Sierra Madre is an unmarked quest in Fallout: New Vegas.
Quick walkthroughEdit
You need to play the games that the casino has to offer (Blackjack, Slots and Roulette) until you are banned from gambling in the casino. You can be banned by winning too many games and getting too much money from the casino. During this process, you will be receiving three different prizes from the casino. Each prize will be given after you win a certain amount of money while gambling. These prizes are usually given by the table manager of the casino.
Detailed walkthroughEdit
Before you manage to start gambling in the casino, you will need to re-open it. You can re-open it by disabling the security holograms and by activating the dealer holograms. As you win the games in the casino you will receive the following rewards, collected from the casino cashier:
- 2,500+ chips: One wine and one Scotch
- 5,000+ chips: pre-War parkstroller outfit and a pre-War hat
- 7,500+ chips: Complimentary voucher
After winning 10,000+ chips, you will be banned from playing games in the Sierra Madre Casino. You can still use its other functions, like the bar, but you cannot gamble on its tables anymore. This ban is permanent.
- If the player breaks the house limit before getting any comp gifts (by getting a large win) they will not receive any comps they have missed.
- Unlike other casinos, the Sierra Madre will exchange chips for Pre-War Money at a 1:1 ratio. This is a useful way to generate a large amount of weightless goods, to sell once leaving the DLC.
- Receiving a complimentary voucher (worth 1000 chips) unlocks the means to redeem the vouchers at vending machines. This MUST be done if you want to be able to redeem the vouchers you'll receive at the abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker upon completion of Dead Money.


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Terry Maher, the former head of the Pentos retail chain, constantly claimed he was about to breach the NBA and so slay it. He never did, but he garnered an outrageous amount of free publicity for his Dillons book chain.
The NBA was about to die when the major publisher Reed International announced it was publishing all its titles non-net. That was two years ago and was supposed to open the floodgates.
Sir Bryan Carsberg's decision to challenge the NBA in the Restrictive Practices Court had the obituarists out again, despite the fact that a judgment could be three years away. And last week Hodder Headline's decision to follow Reed again had the hearse revving up.
The NBA is an archaic piece of nonsense. Only cynics who believe books are commodity items bought on the basis of price alone can seriously fear its demise. People won't stop reading T S Eliot because the latest Jeffrey Archer is a few quid cheaper.
The NBA will eventually wither away, and we'll wonder what all the fuss was about. But don't hold your breath.
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The Snake River runs through here and begins not far North.
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No feeling. Shocks too weak to be felt by humans, registered only by seismographs. |
Not felt unless shaking is felt by the body, even when a hanging object is seen to be slightly swinging or some rattling is heard. |
Slight. Extremely weak shocks felt only by persons at rest or by those who are very sensitive to earthquakes. |
Shaking is slightly felt when a person is quiet, but the duration is not long. The shaking is not frequently felt when a person is standing. |
Weak. Shocks felt by most persons, slight shaking of doors and Japanese sliding doors (shoji). |
Hanging objects are seen to move, and slight shaking is felt even when a person is standing, but it is generally not felt when a person is moving. Occasionally a person can be awakened. |
Rather strong. Slight shaking of houses and buildings, rattling of doors and Japanese sliding doors (shoji). The water surface of a vessel can be seen to ripple. |
Felt to be slightly surprising, and sleeping persons wake up, but they do not run outside or feel afraid. Many people outside feel it, but some pedestrians may not. |
Strong. Strong shaking of houses and buildings, overturning of unstable objects, and spilling of liquids out of vessel. Felt by walking people outdoors, and many people inside rush outdoors. Considerable swinging of hanging objects such as light bulbs. |
Sleeping people jump out of bed, and feel afraid. Electric poles and trees are seen to shake. Some roofing tiles of general houses may slip out of place, but serious damage does not occur yet. Slight dizziness is felt. |
Very strong. Cracks in the walls, overturning of gravestones, stone lanterns etc., damage to chimneys and stone fences. |
It is considerably difficult to remain standing. In houses, slight damage is generally sustained. A soft ground can split or break. Unstable furniture falls over. |
Disastrous. Collapse of less than 30% of all houses, landslide, and fissures in the ground. Most people cannot stand. |
It is difficult to walk, and one has to crawl to move. |
Very disastrous. Collapse of more than 30% of all houses, intense landslide, large fissures in the ground, and faults. |


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Wieticzka Salt Mine in Poland.
From the outside this mine looks very well kept but ordinary. It has been closed for 10 years. Over 200 meters below ground it holds an astonishing secret. This is the Salt mine that became an art gallery, Cathedral and under ground lake. (More pictures to follow. My son sent me these, and the series is amazing)


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The Economic Data calendar for the week of the 4th of April through the 8th is full of critical releases and events. Attached below is a snapshot of some (though far from all) of the headline numbers that we will be focused on.
Conclusion: We're seeing some notable divergences within the flurry of economic data coming out of Asia over the past few days, all of which are analyzed in the callouts below. In addition, we update our intermediate-term outlooks for each major Asian economy, as well as how to play our views across asset classes.
Perhaps the most bullish data point we've seen out of China recently was today's positive inflection in Manufacturing PMI, which accelerated sequentially in March to 53.4 vs. 52.2 in Feb. The report also showed that Input Prices ticked down in March, and, while still elevated, this is positive on the margin and rewarding of Chinese efforts to rein in inflation over the intermediate term.
Analyzing consensus' recent moves, we see that an interest rate hike is expected in 2Q and more signs of the sell-side getting positive on China. We remain long Chinese equities as inflationary headwinds have become consensus and no longer carry the same level risk they did when we first called this out back in January 2010. Further, we think the Chinese economy has entered a bottoming process and is poised to reaccelerate over the intermediate term.
The release of the March Manufacturing PMI data confirmed that the recent natural disaster had a pronounced effect on the Japanese economy, ticking down to 46.4 vs. 52.9. With only 5% of the average number of replies (indicating a natural survivor bias), the extent of the quake/tsunami's impact might have been understated and we expect further near term weakness in Japanese economic data. History and our quantitative models continue to support our view that it's much too soon to get long the Japanese recovery trade.
Keep an eye on the BOJ; they will be growing pressure to monetize government debt in the coming weeks and are already hinting at an unprecedentedly large lending facility to prevent a wave of bankruptcies from sweeping the nation. Both history and empirical studies suggest this will ultimately end up in perpetuating structural inflation – an outcome that will be equally negative for the Japanese economy as it will be for the Japanese government and its bond holders. This remains a major TAIL risk for the global economy.
The latest weekly inflation report was essentially a wash on a wk/wk basis; prices still remain up double digits on a YoY basis, defying government efforts to cool the economy with the recent rate hikes. Credit growth continues unabated and, as we pointed out in a previous note, the subsidy and tax increases in the upcoming budget will be accretive to current inflationary pressures.
While the RBI continues to ratchet up its typically wildly inaccurate inflation projections, consensus has started calling on the bank to do more to slow the rate of price increases. Inflation is likely to remain a significant headwind for the Indian economy over the intermediate-term TREND, and the RBI's poor response imposes significant risk of it needing to implement ultra-aggressive tightening measures in the latter half of this year.
The bulk of Korean economic data continues to go the wrong way, with the notable exception of today's positive trade report. March Export growth accelerated and the 1Q Trade Balance widened on a YoY basis, which is accretive to Korea's GDP growth. What's dilutive to growth is accelerating inflation, which quickened to +4.7% YoY in March.
As we called out in November, Korea's negative real interest rates continue to fuel inflationary pressure, which is only mitigated by recent strength in the won. That said, we think Korea's relative passiveness in addressing the country's growing inflation concerns increase the risk of the Korean central bank having to slam on the breaks later in the year. That's a big negative, particularly given that PMIs (both Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing) and Industrial Production were all going the wrong direction in the Feb-March period.
Despite all of this, the Kopsi Index has ripped to the upside and is now bullish from a TRADE & TREND perspective. We think the fund flows have rotated on the margin to Korea from Japan, as investors anticipate Korea picking up what used to be Japanese production and export orders. There's a great deal or risk speculating on Korean equities at current prices, particularly given the trajectory of its domestic growth, as well as global growth (both are sloping down).
The story here is undoubtedly the Aussie dollar, which continues to rip alongside rising commodity prices and rising expectations for the Chinese economy (Australia's largest export market). It doesn't hurt that Australia will eventually be called upon to ship larger amounts of materials to its second-largest export market (Japan). Australia's terms of trade haven't been higher since the 1950's, according to the Austrian government, and those very terms look to continue onward and upward over the intermediate term.
That said, we do see a few major risks to chasing the Aussie dollar beyond its current all-time highs: 1) Dr. Copper isn't confirming a reacceleration in Chinese or global growth; 2) Australia's near-term trade data stands to roll over alongside its manufacturing data (PMI rolled over in March); and 3) Glenn Stevens and the RBA stand ready to actually cut rates if the global economy falters over the next 3-6 months – which we anticipate. Needless to say, there is a definite air-pocket under the Aussie dollar and any reversal of price momentum carries significant downside risk in our model.
As an aside, the global FX market might be sniffing out a potentially lucrative opportunity for Aussie-based purchases of US Treasuries on a rolling-hedged basis. We urge caution here, as it remains to be seen whether the US Treasury market can withstand the end of QE2 and the upcoming debt ceiling debate. Stay tuned.
We're getting more constructive on both the Indonesian economy and equity market here, aided by decelerating inflation (March CPI slowed to +6.7% YoY), which is boosting Consumer Confidence (107.1 in March vs. 106.4 in February). A widening Trade Balance further augments the case for Indonesian GDP growth coming in above consensus expectations. We continue to be bullish on the Indonesian rupiah and the currency's recent strength limits the central bank's need to continue hiking rates, though we do think they will continue to be hawkish over the near-to-intermediate term.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong economic data continues to go the wrong way in February: CPI accelerated to a 30-month high, Trade Balance contracted, Money Supply (M2) growth slowed, Retail Sales growth decelerated, and the Government's Budget Balance deteriorated. Despite this, the Hang Seng Index looks like it wants to go along for the ride and join China on a bullish breakout. Aided by the yuan appreciation story and its own inflationary headwinds, we remain bullish on the Hong Kong dollar.
CPI on both a Headline and Core basis ticked up in March to +3.1% YoY and +1.6% YoY, respectively, and we think the subsidies currently being handed out by the government in advance of this year's elections ("buying" votes) will only add to the current inflationary pressure over the intermediate term. We remain bullish on Thai interest rates/bearish on Thai local currency bonds.
Thai equities are now bullish from an intermediate-term TREND perspective – a sign that growth expectations are reaccelerating and a leading indicator that the upcoming elections are likely to go off without any major hitches. Given the scope of last year's political protests, we find such expectations to be hopeful at best. Last, but certainly not least, there is a lot of mean reversion risk in owning Thai equities right here and now – particularly given the amount geopolitical risk that could flare up any given moment. In addition, inflation looks poised to break out to the upside over the intermediate-term.
We've remained bullish on the Singapore dollar since last July on the strength of robust growth and accelerating inflation. Now, both factors are starting to go the wrong way for the currency. Industrial Production growth slowed in Feb to +4.8% YoY vs. +11% YoY in Jan. Non-Oil Export growth slowed measurably in Feb to +7.8% YoY vs. +20.7% YoY in Jan. CPI decelerated for the first time since October in Feb to +5% YoY vs. +5.5% in Jan.
While it appears the strong currency (+10.8% over the past 12 months) is starting to weigh on exports, we can't help but point out its positive impact on the Singapore consumer: Retail Sales growth (ex-Auto) accelerated in Feb to +15.6% YoY in Jan and we look for that trend to continue with unemployment hovering near a two-year low. Further, PMI data continues to look healthy, accelerating in all but one subcomponent in Feb. Despite this economic health, we remain cautious on Singaporean equities, as their export and manufacturing growth looks to suffer from Japanese supply constrains, as well as a slowdown in US and European consumer demand.
Darius Dale
POSITION: Short SPY
I've decided to come out of retirement. Short selling is too much fun.
The risk management setup here is getting as interesting as it was on Valentine's day. We've effectively seen a -6.5% correction all but recovered on low-volume, slowed fund-flows, and an almost complete collapse in volatility.
Top-down, our view remains that market expectations that hang in the balance of what a few humbled men in the Keynesian Kingdom do next are going to perpetuate Price Volatility. We can't get upset about that – we just need to deal with it – and one of the most obvious ways to capitalize on that is to manage risk around the inverse correlation between the SP500 and the VIX.
The VIX has a ton of immediate-term TRADE support between 16.36 and it's long term TAIL level of support at 15.29. So the highest probability risk management decision I can make from here is to sit tight and Wait & Watch for that volatility zone to be realized on the downside as 1 is tested on the upside. We're inching closer to these key zones today.
Inasmuch as it was a great call to cover most of our short positions at SP/VIX 29.40, it's been a bad call coming back to the short side too early. I think I've thought about the setup better than I've executed on it – and, again, that doesn't make my being short the SPY here right – but it does provide a healthy reminder that the discipline of patience is what will really drive performance in Q2 of 2011. The next few months will not be for the faint of heart.
Cover low, short high – and stay transparent, my friends.
Keith R. McCullough
Chief Executive Officer
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April 1, 2011
Japanese Retailers Down Double-Digits in March - Uniqlo, Isetan Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya reported Friday double-digit drops in March sales, providing the latest indications of how much Japanese consumers are holding back in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster. Uniqlo's corporate parent Fast Retailing said that same-store sales at the fast-fashion chain slid 10.5 percent last month. The comp figures refer exclusively to Uniqlo's Japan operations. Isetan Mitsukoshi said preliminary March sales at its nine Isetan stores dropped 28.4 percent and those at its 14 Mitsukoshi stores fell 22.8 percent. Similarly, Takashimaya said sales at its 14 stores in Japan slid 17.3 percent in March. J.Front Retailing, which operates 21 Daimaru and Matsuzakaya department stores, said March sales dropped 9.6 percent. Matsuzakaya branches in the Tokyo neighborhoods of Ueno and Ginza saw their sales drop 29.6 percent and 28.9 percent respectively. <WWD>
Hedgeye Retail's Take: Uniqlo is actually fairing surprisingly well given the circumstances and the fact that 2/3 of the month's sales were post quake.
Hermes in Discussions to Sell 45% Stake in Jean-Paul Gaultier - Hermes International (RMS) SCA, the French maker of Birkin and Kelly bags, is in talks to sell its stake in the Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion house less than a year after the designer relinquished his role at the luxury-goods maker. Hermes received "an expression of interest from potential buyers" of the 45 percent holding, the Paris-based company said today in a statement, without elaborating. PPR SA is one candidate that may study the sale of the stake, French daily Les Echos said today, without citing anyone. Gaultier stepped down last year as the artistic director of Hermes's women's ready-to-wear unit after seven years in the role and was replaced by Christophe Lemaire. The designer has had a relationship with Hermes since 1999, when the company bought a 35 percent stake in his fashion house for $23 million. The stake was later raised. <Bloomberg>
Hedgeye Retail's Take: Following the death of former Hermes' Chairman Jean-Louis Dumas who recruited Gaultier last summer, the designer's relationship with the firm has been tenuous. First he lost his position and now the brand is looking to sell its stake in the fashion house completely.
Google Updates its Site Search Tool for e-retailers - Google Inc. this week updated its site search tool, giving retailers the ability to show consumers local product inventories and more flexibility in setting online promotions. With the launch of Google Commerce Search 3.0, the search engine also says it will test a product recommendation feature that retailers can install on their e-commerce sites. This release builds on the last update to Commerce Search, released in June, and includes a tool similar to Google's Instant Search. Google introduced that feature to its search in September, enabling consumers to see search results on the page as they type search queries. The Commerce Search update enables shoppers using a retailer's site search feature to see more product information with every keystroke. <InternetRetailer>
Hedgeye Retail's Take: Another tool from the dominant search provider. Innovation will remain key to Google's ability to maintain its steady 65% share of the search market.
New Balance Signs Kevin Youkilis - Boston-based New Balance announced Wednesday it has signed hometown third baseman Kevin Youkilis to a multi-year endorsement deal. New Balance will be the Red Sox player's official on-field footwear brand, as well as provide shoes and apparel outside of the game. This season, Youkilis will wear a special makeup of the New Balance 1103 baseball spike. The athletic company also will sponsor Youkilis' charity, Youk's Kids, which supports existing community-based children's charities and medical research programs in New England. And New Balance will support a new Athletes for Heroes program, providing financial support for children who have lost a parent or have a parent who has been severely injured in military service.<WWD>
Hedgeye Retail's Take: Great fit for the Boston-based brand, which up to now hasn't allocated any money towards athletic endorsements. Do we expect a flurry of new signings – no, but the move reminds consumers NB is still in the game.
Magazines Eye E-Tailing - Vogue and Elle have long influenced what clothes and handbags image-conscious consumers buy. Now, in a bid to reverse flagging sales and stay relevant, fashion magazines may sell the products they feature in their articles. As Apple Inc. iPad and other mobile devices change the way people stay informed and shop, e-commerce is creeping onto editorial agendas. Fashion magazines that have gone as far as to add links on their websites to online vendors such as Yoox SpA, may integrate the reading and buying experience, a move that would transform the likes of Vogue and Elle from just trendsetters into virtual shopkeepers. "Gone are the days when consumers want to flip through the back of a magazine to find an index," said Shannon Edwards, European director of online shopping portal ShopStyle. Combining retail and editorial "is natural from an economic standpoint and natural from a consumer standpoint." <Bloomberg>
Hedgeye Retail's Take: The only surprise here is that it's taken this long.
March closed on a very strong note.
Incredible results from the last four days of March (~HK$750MM daily table revenue) propelled Macau revenues to a new monthly record of HK19.5BN, representing 48% YoY growth. March's average daily total revenue was HK$629MM. We'll know next week how much hold impacted results. The Asian operators continue to do well, while US operators lag.
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Positions in Europe: Long British Pound (FXB); Short Spain (EWP)
We've been calling for some of the high frequency data in Europe to slow on the margin. Today's release of Manufacturing PMI from the 16 European countries that reported is quite telling: only 2 countries saw an improvement in the number month-to-month, while 14 declined (see chart below).
We remain long the British Pound via the etf FXB and short Spain (EWP) in the Hedgeye Virtual Portfolio. We continue to like countries such as Germany and Sweden due to their fiscal strength and strong export base, but remain generally cautious on the region due to ever-present sovereign debt contagion threats.
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Vacuum and pressure tight cooling-ventilating device for thermoforming stations
Vacuum and pressure tight cooling-ventilating device for thermoforming stations
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De Nichilo
Date Issued:
September 24, 2002
January 19, 2000
De Nichilo; Giorgio
(Milan, IT)
GAM Impianti S.A.
(Croglio, CH)
Primary Examiner:
Silbaugh; Jan H.
Assistant Examiner:
Heckenberg; Donald
Attorney Or Agent:
Hedman & Costigan, P.C.
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A vacuum and pressure tight cooling or ventilating device, specifically designed for thermoforming stations, comprises a shutter element for opening and closing respectively the cooling and ventilating device, the shutter element being mounted on an air inlet section of the ventilating device which, in turn, is completely arranged outside of its related thermoforming station.
What is claimed is:
1. A vacuum and pressure tight-cooling ventilating device for a thermoforming station, wherein said device comprises an autonomous cooling unit to be operatively operativelycoupled to said thermoforming station, a scroll body defining an air inlet and an air outlet, air flow linearly reciprocating shutter plate disk means arranged at said air inlet of said scroll body and a driving motor-fan assembly arranged at said airoutlet of said scroll body, and piston means for reciprocating said shutter means from a first opening position, opening said air inlet of said scroll body, to a second vacuum and pressure closing position, tightly closing said air inlet.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said scroll body comprises, on a side of said air inlet, top and bottom support plate means coupled respectively at a top and bottom portion of said scroll body near said air inlet, a plate disk supportnear said piston and top and bottom rod guide means coupling said top and bottom support plate means to said plate disk support and reciprocatingly, slidably supporting, through a top and bottom sliding bushing, said shutter plate disk means.
3. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises moreover sealing gasket means for sealing said shutter plate disk means at said air inlet closing position thereof.
4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said piston is coupled to said shutter plate disk means by anchoring element connecting one end of said piston to a substantially central portion of said shutter plate disk means.
5. A thermoforming station, comprising of a thermoforming-bell, at least a cooling ventilating unit according to claim 1, coupled as an autonomous cooling ventilating assembly to an outside of said thermoforming station.
The present invention relates to a vacuum and pressure tight ventilating or cooling device, specifically designed for thermoforming stations.
The invention also relates to a thermoforming station provided with the mentioned device.
More specifically, the thermoforming stations the invention is related to are conventionally provided for molding a sheet-like (or plate or coil-like) plastic material by drawing this material inside a bell assembly arranged at a positionopposite to a mold bearing assembly, so as to be closed on the latter.
In particular, in such a thermoforming station, the sheet-like plastic material is brought at first to its plasticizing temperature and then it is locked, in a molding position, by closing the mentioned bell assembly against a perimetrical edgeof the plastic material.
Then, the inside of the bell assembly is evacuated to draw the plastic material into the bell assembly, in order to provide said plastic material with a pre-stretched ball configuration.
Then, a mold is arranged under the thus formed ball, and the vacuum direction is reversed so as to cause the plastic material to be pressed against the mold to receive the desired molded pattern.
Then, the plastic material as molded is allowed to cool, the bell assembly being constantly closed on the mold to hold the plastic material on the mold itself.
By the above mentioned molding method a lot of article of manufactures are made, such as bags, car components, cells and counter-doors for domestic refrigerators, bath articles and the like.
In the above mentioned method, the cooling step represents the most critical processing step since the outer surface of the molded article must be evenly cooled. In fact, if the outer surface would not be properly evenly cooled, it could retaininner stresses which could deform the molded article which would be rejected.
Moreover, the cooling step represents the longest operating step of the thermoforming process and, in order to increase the thermoforming process yield it would be indispensable to make the cooling stage as short as possible.
Accordingly, the main object of the present invention is to provide ventilating means specifically designed for aiding air to easily circulate inside the mentioned thermoforming stations.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the above mentioned object, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a cooling ventilating device which comprises a vacuum and pressuretight-cooling ventilating device for a thermoforming station, wherein said device comprises, operatively coupled to form an autonomous cooling unit to be coupled to said thermoforming station, a scroll body defining an air inlet and an air outlet, airflow linearly reciprocating shutter plate disk means arranged at said air inlet of said scroll body and a driving motor-fan assembly arranged at said air outlet of said scroll body, and piston means for reciprocating said shutter means from a firstopening position, opening said air inlet of said scroll body, to a second vacuum and pressure closing position, tightly closing said air inlet.
The provision, on the inventive device, of a shutter element arranged outside the thermoforming station, provides the advantage that an air jet can be easily directed and oriented in the thermoforming station.
Moreover, said outer shutter element will facilitate the assembling operations, and will reduce the operating noise (since said shutter element will break the air flow) while reducing the size of the device, to allow a desired number ofventilating devices to be easily arranged about the bell assembly.
The device according to the invention, moreover, provides the additional advantage of easily shutting off or closing the ventilating device, and this by the mentioned shutter element operating with a return force directed in the direction of thevacuum formed inside the bell assembly.
Thus, the negative pressure formed in the thermoforming station will facilitate the closing of the shutter element, while properly holding it in this closing position.
Thus, the bell assembly evacuation time as well as the cooling time will be reduced to a minimum. In particular, the cooling time can be reduced, owing to the inventive device, to total time less than 20 seconds, thereby easily overcoming athreshold of 120 cycles/hours as conventionally provided in processes designed for making domestic refrigerators, cells and counter-doors.
Advantageously, moreover, the inventive device further provides a sealing action against a possible air. overpressure generated in the thermoforming station for aiding the thermoforming process.
The invention will be disclosed hereinafter with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawings, given only by way way of an example of a preferred embodiment of the invention.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 illustrates the cooling ventilating device according to the present invention, with the shutter element or body being shown in a longitudinal cross-section;
FIG. 2 is a broken away view illustrating the thermoforming station of the invention, during an evacuating operating step thereof to which two cooling ventilating devices have been applied; and
FIG. 3 illustrates the thermoforming station of FIG. 2 during a cooling operating step thereof.
The cooling ventilating device of the invention has been generally indicated by the reference number 1 in FIG. 1. Said device comprises a scroll body 2, on the front of which the air outlet 3 has been provided.
An electric motor 4 for driving the v entilating fan is coupled on a side of the scroll body 2.
At the air inlet 5 to which air inlet is formed on a side of the scroll body 2 opposite to the side of said scroll body 2 where said electric motor is coupled, the body 2, the ventilating device 1 is provided with a shutter disk plate 6, whichcan be driven from an open position (shown by a solid line in FIGS. 1 and 3) to a closed position (FIG. 2 and dashed in FIG. 1)
The shutter disk plate for element 6, the shape and size of which have been specifically designed for fully covering the air inlet 5 to the ventilating device 1, is slidably mounted on top and bottom rod guides 7, which are in turn mountedbetween top and bottom support means 8, on the air inlet 5 of the scroll body side 2, and a corresponding plate disk support 9 spaced from said top and bottom plate support means by said top and bottom rod guides.
The support plate disk 9 supports moreover a piston 10 cylinder 11 assembly, which comprises an element 12 for anchoring the piston 10 to the shutter element 6. As shown the anchoring element is coupled to one end of said piston 10, passingthrough a central hole of said support 9, and to a central portion of said shutter 6 to be anchored.
A gasket 13 is moreover provided for air sealing the shutter 6 on the support 8 (and, accordingly, on the ventilating device body 2, at the level of the air inlet 5 of the latter).
The sliding of the shutter 6 on the guides 7, driven by the piston 10, is aided by bushings 14.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the disclosed ventilating device forms a ventilating unit or assembly which can be coupled for example in pairs to the thermoforming station of FIGS. 2 and 3, to form an integrating part of the latter and providecooling at any intended locations of said thermoforming station.
The thermoforming station comprises, in particular, a bell assembly 15, having a cover 16 which can be raised and lowered along guiding pins 17 through driving means (not shown).
Starting from its open position (shown by the solid line in FIG. 1), the shutter 6 is brought to its closing position against the air inlet 5 by a displacement in the direction of the arrow F1 of FIG. 2.
This displacement is driven by the piston 10 and is aided by the vacuum formed inside the thermoforming station for thermoforming the sheet material 18 on the mold pattern 19.
The generated vacuum, moreover, will facilitate the abutment and holding of the shutter 6 on the edge of the air inlet 5 thereby providing an efficient sealing of the latter.
During the cooling operation (FIG. 3), as the vacuum is released from the thermoforming station, the cover 16 of the bell assembly is raised and the shutter element 6 is driven by the cylinder and piston assembly in the direction of the arrow F2.
Then, the cooling ventilating device 1 is driven to cause cooling air to circulate in the direction of the arrows F3 and F4 of FIGS. 1 and 3.
The invention, as disclosed and illustrated, is susceptible to several modifications and variations, without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.
In particular, the thermoforming station could also be of a single piece bell type, i.e. devoid of the openable cover.
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Hon. John Brademas, Chairman
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Thank you for the opportunity to testify before your committee.
I am delighted by the spirit behind your Environmental Quality Education Act (H.R. 14753) and depressed by every measure in it.
I'm a former ecology student, and I can report that ecology as a science is pretty boring. Definitely not for everyone.
Ecology as a movement, as a religion, is tremendously exciting, and everyone can get a piece of the fervor.
However, this voluntary mass education could be poisoned by Federal "help", as highly-intentional over-specialized application of fertilizers and perticides has damaged other natural growth processes.
In my experience, the whole apparatus of application, approval, and funding commonly introduces a dishonesty into an operation that can never be eradicated. And if the operation is educational, dishonesty is the death of it.
I see that the bill provides for preparing information specifically for mass media use. Involvement of Government with mass communications in this manner strikes me as dangerous as re-joining Church and State.
If Federal funds are to be spent on environmental matters, let them go to:
1) The space program which has given us the anti-environmental perspective to see our planet whole and alive and in hazard.
2) The World Game of Buckminster Fuller's. This computer operation is planned to perform for the Earth as NASA's computers did for Apollo 13. (Inventory resources, assess damage, compare alternative "futures" select the most promising, constantly.)
3) Contingency planning for environmental disasters comparable to long-range planning in the military.
4) A "wet" NASA to investigate the sea and treat it like Antarctica, as a fragile, trans-national environment. (Use of the oceans must be governed from a strictly environmental standpoint by an international body with a great deal more power to act than the U.N. has.)
5) Rehabilitation for ecological disaster areas such as Lake Erie and Appalachian strip mine country.
6) Ecology Action-type groups, but only for services rendered. Do not fund them, do not tax them, do not pass laws about them. When they perform a service to Government, such as investigation of environmental crimes, pay them for the information.
7) Follow-up reports by independent groups of Federal actions affecting the environment. Do this as a built-in part of initial funding. Appropriations for a dam or a war would include money to go the the National Science Foundation or the Audubon Society or whoever to study the environmental effects of the project and report on them.
I realize that practically none of the above are the province of an Education Subcommittee.
John Holt has suggested that if we tried to teach infants to talk, they would never learn. I suspect it is the same with ecology. It must be learned. It is being learned. If you try to teach it to people, you will only teach them to hate it.
Let it be.
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Whole Earth Catalog
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September 30, 2010 The Importance of Corporate Identity and Branding
Show Summary | Posted by NaTaaSHaa 2369 days ago | Category: Identity & Branding
The success of any business is assembled around its identity. Both, corporate identity and branding, are decisive as they exemplify the perception of the business and the way the products and services are observed by the consumer.
Corporate Identity is what defines you as a company and it is the starting point of differentiation that separates your business entity from the competition.


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1. | Terms. Define TWO (2) terms from those we have studied so far: cognate/s, derivative, doublet/s, etymology, definition, root/base, affix, prefix, assimilation, euphony, vowel gradation, acronym, back formation, aph(a)eresis. To receive full credit, you must render the exact definition given in class (or a very close approximation thereof). Then give an example of the term. (8 pts.; 4 pts. @ [3 pts./definition, 1 pt./example]) |
2. | Linguistics. Question/s based on linguistics, drawn from the Introduction (Ayers, pp. 1-14). (10 pts.) |
3. | Bases. Identify and define the FOUR (4) BASES in words of Latin derivation. (16 pts.; 4 pts. @ [2 pts./BASE, 2 pts./definition]). Any proper form of the BASE listed in the book will receive full credit. |
4. | Prefixes. Identify and define the FOUR (4) prefixes in words of Latin derivation. (16 pts.; 4 pts. @ [2 pts./prefix, 2 pts./definition]). Any proper form of the prefix listed in the book will receive full credit. |
5. | Sentences. Analyze and define the BASES and prefixes in FOUR (4) words of Latin derivation. These words will be presented on the quiz in sentences which you have not seen before. Then give each word's part of speech (i.e. noun, adjective, verb, etc.) and its definition in context. (50 pts. total): |
NOTA BENE: Throughout the quiz, you must use the proper format in identifying word elements: CAPS followed by a dash for BASES, and lower-case letters plus a dash for prefixes. |
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Techmeme recently added an events section to their website – see techmeme.com/#events – that lists upcoming (and newsworthy) events focused on the tech industry. It's a pretty useful list, curated by Techmeme editors, and includes tech events around new product launches, upcoming conferences, earnings calls of tech companies, webcasts, and related events.
The Techmeme blog has more details on how event organizers can get their own event listed on Techmeme. If you are organizing a Tedx or a BarCamp in your city, Techmeme may not find that very interesting but if you are doing a WordCamp that people like Matt {Cutts|Mullenweg} are attending, your event will probably make it to the Techmeme events page.
Subscribe to Techmeme Events in your Calendar
The Techmeme Events page currently doesn't offer an ICAL / ICS feed so it is difficult to keep track of upcoming tech events in your Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal or Google Calendar. There's however a little workaround.
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You can use either of the above links to add Techmeme events directly to your web / desktop calendar. These are standard ICS files that should be compatible with most calendar application across all platforms.
Thus, if Apple is scheduling an event during the first week of March, it should automatically pop-up in your calendar courtesy Techmeme. [Picture Credits: Wired]
The Source Code
The above ICAL/ICS files for Techmeme are generated with the help of some PHP and web scraping. The script basically downloads the Techmeme events page, extracts all the event related DIVs and formats everything in the iCalendar format. Should you be interested in enhancing / modifying the script, here's the full source code:
<?php $url = "http://www.techmeme.com/events"; $day = date("Ymd"); $file = 'techmeme.' . $day; $feed = 'calendar.ics'; //Grab the Techmeme Events page once per day if (!file_exists($file) || !file_exists($feed)) { $html = file_get_contents($url); $fp = fopen($file, 'w'); fwrite($fp, $html); fclose($fp); //Declare header for Google Calendar $header = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Techmeme//Events v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Techmeme Events X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC X-WR-CALDESC:Upcoming Tech Events curated by Techmeme"; $events = ""; $next = false; $year = date("Y"); $html = file($file); //XPath for Event DIVs foreach ($html as $line) { if(preg_match('/

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Base commander: Sailor killed on Norfolk ship was 'heroic'
By CORINNE REILLY | The Virginian-Pilot | Published: March 27, 2014
NORFOLK, Va. — He was a good kid from a humble family who seemed always to want to please his teachers and coaches. He got decent grades and played football and wrestled while in high school in Hagerstown, Md. He wanted to be a cop.
After graduation, Mark Mayo chose his path. He enlisted in the Navy, left home and trained to become a master-at-arms - a military police officer.
Soon he was in Bahrain, then Spain, then Norfolk.
He died here, at age 24, doing a job he loved.
The Navy on Wednesday identified Mayo as the sailor who was killed late Monday by a civilian truck driver who passed through security at Norfolk Naval Station, boarded the pierside destroyer Mahan, and wrested a gun from a female sailor standing guard on the deck.
Mayo, who was assigned to the base's security department, saw the struggle and rushed to intervene. He was shot while pushing the guard to the ground in an effort to protect her, said Capt. Robert Clark, Norfolk Naval Station's commanding officer.
"It was incredibly extraordinary," Clark said. "He gave his life for hers."
As other sailors came to help, the civilian was shot and killed.
"Petty Officer Mayo's actions were nothing less than heroic," Clark said. "He selflessly gave his own life to ensure the safety of the sailors on board."
Among other new information, Clark said the assailant - whom officials have identified but not named publicly - should not have been on the base that night. At the gate driving a tractor-trailer cab, he used a valid credential called a TWIC card, issued to transportation and maritime workers. But Mayo's shooter also should have had a legitimate business reason for coming in, and Clark suggested he didn't.
"On this particular evening," Clark said, "he did not have authorization to be on my base."
Clark said the Navy is launching a second investigation - on top of one being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service - that will examine how the shooter made it through the gate as well as another checkpoint before the pier.
Mario Palomino, NCIS's agent in charge, said investigators haven't determined a motive. They don't think the assailant, who Palomino said did not work for the Defense Department, knew anyone on the Mahan.
And they don't think the attack was planned.
"We have been able to rule out any additional threat to the Navy," Palomino said. "We have ruled out any link to terrorism."
He said that before Mayo died, he shot back.
In all, Palomino said, "numerous pistol rounds were fired."
The Mahan's commanding officer, Cmdr. Zoah Scheneman, made brief statements Wednesday near the ship, with yellow police tape in the background.
"The events of Monday affect us all," Scheneman said.
Navy officials informed Mayo's family Tuesday.
Speaking to the Herald-Mail newspaper in Maryland, Mayo's mother, Sharon Blair, said her son was born in Washington, D.C., and moved with his family to Hagerstown in 1998.
She said he always wanted to work in law enforcement.
Randy Longnecker, Mayo's former guidance counselor at Williamsport High School, recalled Mayo as a kind, easygoing student who rarely missed class and earned good grades.
Eric Michael, a former Williamsport assistant principal, said coaches and teachers appreciated Mayo's good attitude and liked to call him by the nickname "Marky Mark."
"He always wanted to make sure he was doing the right thing," Michael remembered. "He liked athletics and being part of a team."
Said Longnecker: "He must have fallen in love with the Navy."
Mayo enlisted four months after graduation, in October 2007. He'd been in Norfolk since May 2011. He was a petty officer second class.
Devrine Jones, a former Navy master-at-arms, or MA, served with Mayo in Bahrain in 2008.
He said sailors liked to work with Mayo because he was fun, easy to be around and happy doing his job - duties such as standing guard and inspecting vehicles coming onto the Bahrain base.
"He never had an attitude," Jones said. "He loved being an MA."
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark A. Mayo, 24, was killed in a shooting at Naval Station Norfolk on Monday, March 24, 2014. He was assigned to the base's, naval security forces.


text: The Duke Spirit Frontwoman Leila Moss Talks Flowers, Farts And Female MasturbationSlut Machine2/14/08 6:20pmFiled to: ClipsTopfartsidolatorleila mossMasturbationthe duke spiritValentine's Day182EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkLeila Moss, lead singer of British rock band The Duke Spirit, sat down with us to discuss the pros and cons of Valentine's Day and what really goes on in a tour bus. (Seriously, any girl who speaks so casually about passing gas and playing with herself will always have a special place in our hearts.) Clip above, and check out their video for their new single "The Step and The Walk" from their album Neptune, due out in April.Reply18 repliesLeave a reply


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Braten-Berg, Mazur and Willemark - Stemmenes skygge - CD
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Kirsten Bråten-Berg, Marilyn Mazur and Lena Willemark
Stemmenes skygge (Shadow of Voices) (Heilo)
Norwegian Kirsten BrÕten Berg (vocals, jew's harp), Sweden's Lena Willemark (vocals, violin, viola), and Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur join together for is going to be one of the great Nordic recordings of 2005. 'Voices' Shadow' is a pure trio recording, unadorned and yet ornate in structure, deeply rooted in tradition and yet almost avant garde in performance, and a total joy to listen to.
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Press and bio info from the record label:
Norway's foremost ambassador of traditional music, Kirsten BrÕten Berg, and Sweden's Lena Willemark are two of the most prominent performers of vocal folk music in the Nordic Countries. Together with the leading Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur they have made a recording which crosses far more borders than mere geographical ones.
Stemmenes skygge is based on Nordic medieval ballads, and an intense relationship between its contrasts characterizes this journey in music, moods, and changing folk rhythms.
The CD was recorded at Sun Studio in Copenhagen, August 2003, and was produced by Asle Karstad with technical assistance from Bjarne Hansen and Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Lena and Kirsten have been close friends for nearly fifteen years and have worked together on many courses and concerts. The idea grew to create a joint project featuring the voices of both. Stemmenes skygge developed from a common Nordic heritage and tradition. The regional Norwegian dialects in Alvdal and Setesdal have retained much of their old Norse roots. Nordic songs and medieval ballads provided the basis for the project, and were coloured with Marilyn's wonderful playing. A chance encounter with the dancer Ingrid Lorentzen was decisive; she had long wished to dance to medieval ballads!
Stemmenes skygge became a performance embracing mysticism and longing, love and suppressed emotions. A dance about life, to songs and ballads addressing the major existential questions.
KIRSTEN BR┼TEN BERG was born in Arendal, Norway, in 1950, and is known first and foremost for her unique style of singing, though she also runs a silver workshop in Setesdal where she has lived since 1973. Over the years she has presented traditional music in new contexts, and has been instrumental in developing and passing on local music traditions.
Kirsten BrÕten Berg has won many prizes, performed in Norway and abroad, and released a great number of recordings. She has collaborated with, among others, Hallvard T. Bj°rgum and Arild Andersen, and has been involved in Scandinavian and African projects. She has contributed invaluably to renewing folk music traditions in Norway ¢and the rest of the world, reminding us that folk music exists across the boundaries of language and culture.
MARILYN MAZUR was born in New York in 1955 and has lived in Denmark since she was six. Her musical career has been highly varied: as pianist and composer she started her first band, Zirenes, in 1973, and has been part of innumerable line-ups since. Marilyn has worked with other leading international musicians in many different genres, though she has developed her own unique style. Since 1991 Marilyn Mazur has been a regular member of the Jan Gabarek Group, and in addition to her work with this and other projects, she is an active composer.
LENA WILLEMARK is one of Sweden's leading interpreters of traditional folk music. She was born in the small village of Evertsberg in 1960; the folk music heritage is at the root of her music-making. Her encounter with jazz at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm led to a fusion of these two distinct styles, giving her the unique artistic voice she has today. Together with Ale M÷ller in the Nordan project she was awarded a Swedish Grammy and the German Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 1994. Following a recording with Frifot for ECM Records, contributions to a number of other critically acclaimed recordings and performances on radio and television, Lena Willemark is acknowledged as a world-class singer and musician.
It all began as a concert with dance premiered at the Molde International Jazz Festival in 2000. Five years later brought the CD release of Stemmenes skygge ("Shadow of Voices")
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Blomberg's Luxury Mulled wine extract is based on an old Swedish recipe. The extract contains all the traditional spices like cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla, which provides just the right Christmas flavour.
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