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Appleton Estate Releases 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum - Jamaica Independence Reserve
- June 22, 2012 |
- By Jack Bettridge
How do you age a spirit for 50 years?
According to Joy Spence, master blender of Appleton Estate, which has just released a commemorative rum with a half-century of maturation, you strive to retard evaporation, you do twice-yearly taste tests for quality, you perform a special filtration and, if need be, you chain the barrels to the floor of the warehouse to make sure they don't disappear.
Appleton Estate 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum - Jamaica Independence Reserve is a bottling that has been planned since before the island gained its independence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962. Spence was going to take no chances the spirit would reach its semi-centennial intact. "I felt like Atlas the whole time," she says, in reference to the Greek god fabled to have born the heavens on his shoulders.
We're glad Spence made the effort. The rum is of historic caliber with a range of flavors and overall gravity that befits its 50 years in oak, but without being too tannic.
Perhaps that's because it was planned that way from the beginning. With America's own 236th birthday coming on July 4 and the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 just having been marked this past Tuesday, it might have been easy to forget the coming 50th year of the island nation to our south. But Appleton, the oldest rum maker in Jamaica, didn't.
The barrels for this commemoration were laid down and specified for this purpose even before Jamaica officially gained independence. Twenty-four barrels were originally selected by Spence's predecessor and mentor, the master blender Owen Tulloch, under whom she did 16 years of tutelage.
Of the original casks—ex-Bourbon barrels, which had been shipped as staves to Jamaica and reassembled by coopers at Appleton Estate—only 13 made it through the process due to inevitable evaporation in the strong Caribbean heat. From that, 800 bottles were filled, which will sell for $5,000 each.
Spence says the barrels were separated from the general population not because they were seeking special aging conditions, but because they want to secure them and make sure the rum wasn't otherwise used in the ensuing half-century. At one point Spence actually made the decision to have the casks chained to the warehouse floor. She says that it was made very clear to her that "your tenure will be very short-lived if you lose those barrels."
The barrels for the 50-year-old held a combination of pot-stilled and column-stilled rums. Spence declines to specify what percentage of each made it into the final blend.
The master blender says that the challenge with such an old rum was to make it smooth, with a honey character, but to unsure that it didn't have an overpowering wood character. That was achieved by performing a double chill-filtration at the end of the aging process.
Rules for labeling aged rum are not standardized worldwide. The age statement on a bottle may reflect an average age of the rum inside or simply the oldest rum in the bottle. However Appleton adheres to the English standard—ironically the very country from which the island had gained its independence—in labeling for age. All of the rum in the bottle is as old or older than the age statement.
For your five grand, you also get a magnificent presentation in packaging that took about a year to formulate, according to Spence.
The bottle is a crystal decanter, produced by Glencairn Crystal of the United Kingdom and designed after the curvaceous shape of other Appleton vessels. The brass and cork stopper is finished in gold, and gold screen printing on the bottle reflects a host of national symbols of Jamaica.
The rum is presented in a black lacquered gift box with gold-finished brass hinges. It contains a commemorative booklet that outlines Jamaica's march to Independence and the journey of the 50-year-old rum.
(Cigar pairings on next page)
Appleton Estate 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum - Jamaica Independence Reserve (90 proof, or 45 percent alcohol by volume, $5,000)
APPEARANCE: Dense, dark amber, almost molasses color, with a hint of green-tinged copper. Chunky legs that take forever to make their way down the glass.
NOSE: Solid honey and molasses aromas are joined by banana, soft spices and a graham cracker note.
PALATE: Licorice hits the tip of the tongue and then explodes across the palate with hints of maple sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, more banana and honey.
FINISH: The finale is where this lovely rum distinguishes itself, insistently going on and on like a pinball game where the ball would rather continue to light up the bumpers (in this case the above tasting notes) again and again than to drop.
My Father Flor de las Antillas (90 points, Cigar Insider)
This medium-to-full-bodied Nicaraguan puro is full of leather, spice and nuts. Paired with the rum, it causes the Appleton's licorice notes to pop even more intensely. The rum returns the favor, coaxing rich wood flavors from the cigar
Juan Lopez Selección No. 2 (92 points, Cigar Insider)
This medium-bodied Cuban cigar features meat, toast, leather and coffee. With the rum, it develops some unexpected fruit notes. Once again the addition of the cigar evokes the licorice in the Appleton as well as some fruit (cherries) previously undetected. While both cigars made good pairings, this the winner of the tasting. You'll find yourself going back and forth, wondering whether it's the rum that makes the cigar so good or vice versa.


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Irondale, Ala. - Tennessee State used the long ball to earn a split on the second day of the Tiny Lassiter HBCU Classic. The Tigers endured wind chill temperatures of 28 degrees and snow throughout the day as they slugged their way past Maryland-Eastern Shore 11-1 in five innings before going dropping the night cap, 8-4, to Savannah State.
Audrey Sensing continued her hot weekend with her second straight three hit game as she blasted her first two collegiate home runs in the first contest. She added a double in her final at bat versus SSU and finished the day with five RBI and a stolen base.
Jayna Hanawahine hit her second home run of the season in the first game against UMES and just missed another by six inches in game two. Her second hit was good for a double.
Shea Morris (2-6) took to the circle in game one and allowed just one unearned run. Morris fanned six batters over five innings and was touched for just three hits and one walk.
The Tigers took full advantage of the pitching performance as they scored at least one run in each inning. Kiarra Freeman worked her way around the bases in the first inning by reaching on a single and immediately stealing second. After a wild pitch moved her to third, Freeman scored easily on a sacrifice fly by Kacie Daugherty making the score 1-0.
TSU would explode for seven runs before an out was recorded in the second inning. Jennifer Givens got things started with a ball into centerfield allowing Tayler Shimizu and Kate Morris to score. Two batters later, Kacie Daugherty hit a drive into left center that was cut off before getting to the fence. The speed of Freeman allowed the freshman to score from first, just behind Givens and Brianna Roberts. Sensing would cap off the inning with the first of her two blasts that pushed Daugherty home and an 8-0 Tiger lead.
UMES scored their lone run in the second inning, but TSU wasted no time getting it back as Givens would take advantage of a passed ball in the third inning to make the score 9-1. Hanawahine's line drive home run to left in the fourth and Sensing's towering blast to center in the fifth closed out the run count for TSU.
Savannah State used nine hits, seven walks and four Tiger errors to get the best of pitcher Olivia Gamache (1-5). The Exeter, R.I., product struck out two and was tagged with just two earned runs.
TSU found themselves down 5-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth inning. The Tigers would start to chip away at the lead as Hanawahine led off with the double off the fence in center and scored on a two out single off the bat of Lindsay Burgess. Sensing's two out double to right in the fifth brought home Roberts and inched TSU closer to Savannah State.
In the sixth, Kate Morris hit the first home run of her career with a hard line drive over the left field fence. The long ball cut the SSU lead to 5-3, but the comeback was put on hold as the orange and blue Tigers picked up three of their own runs in the top of the seventh to extend the lead back to five at 8-3.
TSU would mount another comeback in the bottom half of the seventh by loading the bases with no outs on a walk by Roberts and back-to-back singles by Givens and Freeman. Sensing notched her second RBI of the game bringing home Roberts on a fielder's choice to the shortstop making the score 8-4. That would be as close as the Tigers would get as Maddison Hedderly retired the next three Tigers in order.
Givens extended her hit streak to six games as she ended the day 4-for-5 with a walk, a sacrifice, two runs scored and two RBI. Freeman was 3-for-7 on the afternoon and upped her hitting streak to five games. The freshman outfielder was credited with a sacrifice and crossed home plate twice.
The Tigers will play the final two games of the classic on Sunday beginning at 11:30 am versus Hampton. The finale scheduled for 1:30 pm will pit TSU against South Carolina State. Both games can be heard live on tsutigers.com.

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If you thought 3D was hard, think again. Maybe a different point of view would help.
I recently had the pleasure of attending a seminar entitled "A New Dimension in GIS – 3D Analysis", hosted by the British Columbia Chapter of URISA, in which a half-dozen speakers shared their 3D GIS experiences and insight during this one-day event.
Convergence: The opening keynote presentation by Doug Eberhard (Senior Director, Autodesk) set the tone of this event by providing us with an eye-popping vision of the future in which the convergence of design, geospatial analysis, simulation and visualization are fuelling the emerging business of digital cities. According to Eberhard, at the heart of digital cities are models. These models range from model agencies and model designers to model contractors and model operators. These models allow us to examine our world in new ways –ways that can help us become a model planet.
New Perspectives: Dan Campbell (Manager, Graphics and Communications, City of Vancouver) discussed the City's experiences, gathered over the last 20 years, in working with 3D models. In fact, it was Campbell that said, "3D is Easy; it's 2D that's hard." His point was that we live in a 3D world and no-one needs to teach us how to interpret this 3D world. And yet, when we work with infrastructure designs, architectural plans and maps we force our 3D world into a 2D abstraction. According to Campbell, this 2D abstraction for the non-professional is equivalent to trying to read hieroglyphics - misinterpretation and lost meaning is often the result.
Integration: Dale Lutz (Vice President, Safe Software) explored the topic of integrating CAD, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and geospatial data and discussed the role of CityGML, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and LandXML in the creation of 3D models. Various integration scenarios were also presented including the use of 2D CAD buildings with LIDAR to create 3D extruded buildings and the use of 3D geo-referenced BIM.
Key Takeaway: For me, one of the key takeaways of this seminar was that 3D GIS is about making it easier for the users of the information and not the CAD and GIS gurus. It's about an easier way to analyze, visualize and communicate information about our 3D world. The boundaries between design, visualization and geospatial analysis are blurring. And yet, it's the people and processes and not the technology that remain obstacles in realizing the vision of 3D digital cities. Data integration and an open, non-proprietary approach continue to be at the heart of the solution.
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3D GIS is Easy
Posted by Michael Schlosser at 11:23 AM
Labels: 3D GIS, BIM, CAD, CityGML, design, Digital Cities, engineering, GIS, integration, LandXML
4 comments:
- Dale said...
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- February 22, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Dale said...
Great summary of the day Mike, I thought it was very informative and well done overall. I've linked my latest blog posting about 3D and geospatial over to your summary of the URISSA BC day.
- February 22, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Michael Schlosser said...
Thanks, Dale, for your feedback and link. I reviewed your latest blog entry and was interested to read your report about the two firms resorting to redrafting as a way of exchanging data between them - wow - talk about an interoperability problem!
- February 23, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- outofhere said...
Nice report. That is a beautiful image. Is that a Landxplorer model?
- October 18, 2009 at 12:48 PM
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I am using this blog to record my genealogy research progress. My research at this point is concentrated in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania records. Since many of my ancestors ended up in the Midwest and West my research sometimes takes me in that direction. I also research Irish records.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Committee Tree at Family Search
"A mule is a horse designed by a committee." The Family Search tree is a tree designed by a committee. It is a little awkward, like the mule too. One of my Facebook friends posted a link to the fancreate web page . It draws the information needed for creating the Fan Chart (see above) from your Family Search tree. When I created a chart from my Family Search shared tree (shared meaning it can be edited and changed by anyone) I found quite a few wrong family connections on the chart.
On the upside someone added to one of my lines and this addition may actually be correct!! I will check the tree at Family Search more often for possible extensions of some of my lines.
Some paperwork was generated by descendants of the family who were looking to inherit money from an ancestor who owned a glass factory in Belfast. An 1873 statement by a family member, Joab Brooks, gave some interesting details about the early family.
For some reason all of the corrections I made at Family Search never showed up on the charts I created. Some of my corrections would show up, but others remained uncorrected. I decided to just cross then out. One of these stubborn errors was the parentage of Andrew Forgey Sr.. His parents were given as Hugh Forgey and Sally Everman. Hugh Forgey was born about 1754 and his supposed son was born in 1732. Don't now how they became linked this way?
Another error occurred when Jesse McPike was entered as father of William McPike when Jesse was actually his grandson.
This 9 generation chart provides such a nice view of where my Family Search tree stands. I hear that many people aren't interested in charts, but I don't think you can know where you stand without them? I am finding the disinterest in this aspect of genealogy is leading to oddly formatted entries. You don't hear many people discussing how to properly enter names. I am finding entries like John Sr. Browning, instead of John Browning Sr.. When a mother or wife's name is missing I find, for instance, Mrs. Samuel Hicks entered when I think the space should be left blank.
I still have to verify some of the information I've found on the Family Search tree. These kinds of collaborative trees can be useful, as long as you verify the information using original documents.
2 comments:
- Nan said...
My Eleanor/Ellen Forgey's father is listed as "J. Forgery". Are you working on Archibald Forgey at all? If so, I'll stay away from it for a while. My Harvey line has the old, old information and is completely wrong. Elizabeth Rogers is still Rachel Elizabeth Rogers with wrong parents. I keep finding multiple duplicates of people, sometimes they show up and sometimes they don't. How will we ever get it all fixed?
- March 12, 2013 at 7:35 AM
- Annette said...
The tree at Family Search is too hard to correct. I hope they make some changes so the wrong info can be deleted permanently. It's really such a tangle it gives me a headache everytime I work on that tree. I think I tried to add Archibald as a child of Hugh and Catherine but couldn't. I might be able to now that the format has changed some. I'll try again.
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EISENBERG: And you've been doing Studio 360 now for how many years?
ANDERSON: Twelve, 13?
EISENBERG: Twelve, 13, and during that time, of course, you've talked to so many amazing people. You've had them on the show. Any - someone that's stood out to you as a true unexpected pleasure?
ANDERSON: Susan Sontag because she was truly my - a hero of mine, and the day before she was to come on, and we were going to spend an hour talking about war, as the war in Iraq was about to begin, and her assistant said to my producer Mr. Anderson should know that Ms. Sontag does not suffer fools. Like I wasn't scared enough already.
And so I tried not to be a fool, and it was lovely, and she is the single guest who ever sent me a written thank you note after an interview.
EISENBERG: Yeah, that means a lot.
ANDERSON: Yeah.
EISENBERG: How would you - what's the best way to deal with celebrity interviews?
ANDERSON: Establish an uncanny rapport?
EISENBERG: OK, so done, I see. I get it. This is pretty easy. Well, Kurt, it's no easy task coming up with a opponent for you, someone who could match your wits, your intellect, but we managed to find your perfect match. She is an author and coincidentally your wife. Welcome, Anne Kreamer.
ANNE KREAMER: Hello.
EISENBERG: Hi, you are a writer. Your books are going great, and it's always personal. If you were to write a memoir detailing your courtship to Kurt, what would be a good title for it?
KREAMER: "Best First Date Ever."
EISENBERG: Really?
KREAMER: Yeah, it was a blind date, and it really was fabulous.
EISENBERG: Kurt, ooh, good.
ANDERSON: It was back in the 1940s when, you know, a couple of dollars could go a long way, and you could really treat a dame right, you know what I'm saying?
EISENBERG: Anne, who do you think is going to win this game?
KREAMER: Kurt.
EISENBERG: Oh wow, interesting. Well, we'll find out. This game is titled Married, Not Married, and it's about famous fictional couples in literature. We'll describe each literary couple, and you have to ring in and tell us who they are, plus you get a bonus point by telling us whether or not they ever got married.
To give examples, as well as the occasional hint, and to keep score we have a special VIP puzzle guru, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's puzzle master Will Shortz.
EISENBERG: Will, could you please give our esteemed contestants an example?
WILL SHORTZ: Yes, he couldn't give a damn, but she thought tomorrow is another day. You would identify that literary couple as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara and that, yes, they were married in the novel "Gone with the Wind."
EISENBERG: And the winner of this round will not only have bragging rights at the dinner table, but he or she will move on to our Ask Me One More final round at the end of the show.
KREAMER: Yikes.
EISENBERG: Jonathan, you're going to help me with this game.
JONATHAN COULTON: Yes I am.
EISENBERG: Here's your first question: This star-crossed pair was depicted in the first film ever shot here in Central Park, way back in 1908. Everyone knows that lovers by any other names wouldn't smell as sweet. Who are they, and were they married?
EISENBERG: Kurt?
ANDERSON: Romeo and Juliet?
EISENBERG: Why that is correct. Are they - were they ever married?
ANDERSON: No.
EISENBERG: I'm sorry, they were married.
ANDERSON: Oh really?
EISENBERG: They were - it was just short of - just lasted five days, and then they...
ANDERSON: It ended badly.
EISENBERG: And then they died, yeah, exactly. That's how you get out of a prenup.
COULTON: She's smart and witty but tends to judge people at first impression. He's antisocial and aloof but stinking rich, and it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, sure. Who are they, and were they married?
COULTON: Kurt?
ANDERSON: I gave you time...
ANDERSON: Mr. Darcy and what's her name, Emma?
COULTON: No, I'm sorry, that's incorrect.
ANDERSON: Oh well.
COULTON: Anne, do you want to...?
KREAMER: Oh, I forget. I'm sorry.
COULTON: You don't have to apologize to me. The answer is Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy.
KREAMER: From "Pride and Prejudice."
COULTON: "Pride and Prejudice," that's right.
EISENBERG: Pride and Prejudice, by the way, are the names right now of two twin contestants on "Toddlers and Tiaras." Did you know that?
KREAMER: You're joking.
EISENBERG: I am joking, thank God.
ANDERSON: One of my favorite programs. It is one of my favorite programs, yeah.
EISENBERG: Well, then, you'll probably get this one. He was a scarred child with a great, horrible destiny. She was the smartest and cleverest witch of her age anyone had ever met. They had many misadventures in boarding school together. Who are they, and were they married?
EISENBERG: Anne.
KREAMER: Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, and they were not married.
EISENBERG: Yes, that is correct.
COULTON: Here's a little musical clue.
COULTON: (Singing) We're knights of the round table, we dance whenever able, do routines and chorus scenes with (unintelligible). We dine while here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and Spam a lot?
EISENBERG: Together, this pair basically ruined Spamalot, I mean Camelot, with their adulterous love affair. It turns out the round table was more like a love triangle. Who were they, and were they married?
EISENBERG: Kurt.
ANDERSON: Guinevere and Lancelot.
EISENBERG: Correct. And were they married, or were they not?
ANDERSON: No, certainly not.
EISENBERG: No, that is correct.
EISENBERG: Guinevere was married to King Arthur only, and Lancelot had a thing with Merlin, I think.
COULTON: Just a brief dalliance.
EISENBERG: He's an able French nobleman and a soldier with a nose for poetry. She was a beautiful mademoiselle with a soft spot for sweet talk. Who are they, and were they married?
EISENBERG: Kurt?
ANDERSON: Cyrano and Roxanne.
EISENBERG: That is correct. And were they married?
ANDERSON: Does it really matter?
EISENBERG: It doesn't really matter. They had a thing. Did it work?
ANDERSON: No.
EISENBERG: Correct, that is right.
KREAMER: Good job.
EISENBERG: Which is good because they were cousins.
ANDERSON: Yeah, yes, and...?
EISENBERG: All right, got it.
COULTON: All right, this is your last clue. In another Shakespearean play, he was a Roman who liked bacchanalias. She was an Egyptian queen with a thing for snakes. Who are they, and in the play, were they married?
COULTON: Anne?
KREAMER: Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
COULTON: Yes. Were they married? In the play were they married?
KREAMER: No.
COULTON: That's correct, well done.
COULTON: Mark Antony was married to Fulvia and then Octavia.
ANDERSON: And Eddie Fisher. One of them married to him, I think.
EISENBERG: Will, how did our contestants do?
SHORTZ: It was neck and neck, but Kurt won by one point.
EISENBERG: Congratulations.
KREAMER: I predicted this.
EISENBERG: By one point, Kurt, you will be moving on to our Ask Me One More final round, that is so exciting to me.
ANDERSON: I'm very excited, Ophira.
EISENBERG: That's going to be a great showdown. Thank you so much, Anne. How about a hand for Kurt Anderson and Anne Kreamer?
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redheadgrl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 82 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Independent business/side-project for sole owner. Littlemissbitch.com being develeped, trademark filed and currently pending.
Young adults/adults- female. Inspired in part by Angry Little Girls and Anne Taintor (*not* in style, but in the line of business - catchy quotes on bags, t-shirts, etc.)
**More compensation offered for creation of further illustrations if we can work together moving forward**
I am looking for the design of a saucy, cute, female character, Little Miss Bitch. Her image will accompany different witty and snarky quotes (10 in total to start) that will be imprinted onto canvas bags, t-shirts and other merchandise.
I'd like her to be along the style of the images attached. I had placed an ad for an illustrator who started with two designs and then completely disappeared. (I would like to work with someone and would, potentially going forward, offer more compensation for additional drawings, but I want to be sure my next artist won't disappear first.)
What I like from the initial drawings:
She is cute, relatable, appeals to young and old, cartoony but a little bit sexy.
I want as close to this image as I'm able without infringing on the original artist's work. I don't want her too stylized, looking like a run-of-the-mill graphic design you'd find online. I like how this image is obviously hand-made and rough. It appeals to the eye because it's unique, different from high-glossy pics all over the internet.
What I don't like:
She is frowning in these images when she should be smirking or smiling more often. She is more of a wink-and-a-smile kiind of girl, a little bit naughty.
Little Miss Bitch, in these images, is desgined around the quotes (edited out for the time being) and I prefer the words to be worked into the image, ultimately.


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- 1½ pounds ground beef
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 4 medium potatoes cut into chunks
- 4 medium carrots cut into chunks (or a couple handfuls of baby carrots)
- 1 large onion cut into chunks
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ tsp. vinegar
- ½ tsp. dried Basil
- Combine beef, salt and pepper. Mix well. Shape into 1-inch meatballs.
- In a skillet over medium heat, brown meatballs on all sides and drain.
- Place potatoes, carrots and onion in a slow cooker, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Top with meatballs.
- Combine the ketchup, water, vinegar, and basil. Pour over meatballs.
- Cover and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours (on low, 8-10 hours) or until veggies are tender.
- NOW - you get to decide if you love this perfectly seasoned broth, or you may stir in 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and let it heat thru.
- Still very well seasoned and yummy, but thicker and more sauce!
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Study: 80 Percent Of Gay Men In London Have Unprotected Sex With Strangers
A sobering study from London's University of Westminster reveals eye-opening stats regarding sex in the modern gay world.
After interviewing 160 gay men in London, researchers have found that:
- 8 out of 10 gay Londoners have unprotected sex with strangers
- 70 percent find bareback sex "more pleasurable"
- 94 percent of those surveyed said they're more likely to have unprotected sex with "a good looking guy"
Authors of the study (which was first reported at PinkNews) posit GPS cruising apps and the proliferation of bareback porn as culprits for the alarming statistics. "Although these apps are free, the price they pay might be higher than any presume," researcher Milan J. said in the study.
Jason, a 25-year-old HIV+ study participant, told researchers he's "addicted" to Grindr.
"I was constantly checking it meeting guys to have sex with," he reports in the study. "It became a habit and I spent all my free time and days off meeting and having sex, then going to group sex parties where I tried drugs and had long sessions of unprotected sex with guys often not aware of what was happening. I was recently diagnosed with HIV and I blame my lifestyle for it."
The new study was a catalyst for University of Westminster students, who've launched the "AIDS IS NOT DEAD" campaign in response.
"We call for the government to increase prevention funding for everyone," campaign spokesman Alex Filicevas told PinkNews," and make sex education an all-round informative and compulsory subject in UK education system."
Are you surprised by the study's results?
(Source: PinkNews)
Several things come to mind:
a. I'd love to see the percentage of heterosexual people who have unprotected sex with strangers. I mean: unprotected sex is what gives us babies, after all.
b. I'd love to finally see ho representative is a "focal group" of London gays in general. Somebody please, explain that to me.
c. Sometimes I wish everyone had unprotected sex, just to see everyone get hiv, and see everyone push for the cure together.
Well I don't use condoms. I only have sex with people I know, because I find bareback sex way more pleasurable than condom sex. I am very diligent about getting tested, and I do so every 6 months or even more often depending on how active I am. So I know my status, and I know my partners know theirs.
However, bareback sex with a stranger is insane. You never know about them, who they were fucking just yesterday, you'd be surprised. If I am hooking up with a stranger I always use a condom. Anytime I don't, I regret it deeply, because it is so destructive to myself and those of my friends who trust me.
And you do realize regardless of how well you know someone you are basically having sex with everyone they have had sex with when you have sex with your friends too. It does NOT matter how diligent you are about getting tested the simple fact is that unprotected sex REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS WITH significantly increases your chances of contracting STDs...and by the way more and more of them are proving harder and harder to correctly treat with our current arsenal of drugs.
I work in an environment where Statistical Powering plays an important part of what we do. Using anecdotal information and then adding the word "stats" does not provide sufficient support. The sample size is too small when considering the whole which will show a lack of precision in the results. Any Statistician with their salt will know, the larger your sample size determines the amount of error inherent in a test result. Other things being equal, effects are harder to detect in smaller samples. Increasing sample size is often the easiest way to boost the statistical power of a test. I would love to see the P values and CI
Making generalisations is not statistics.
I think it's bullshit.
For one thing, it would mean that only 20% of gay Londoners are currently in monogamous relationships, and that ALL the others are having unprotected sex.
So there's clearly something wrong here.. Whether it's in the methodology, the means of selecting the interviewees, or someone with an ax to grind, I won't try to guess.
160 gay man they found where? Through an ad? On Grindr? At the free clinic? This is a sensational headline with nothing to judge whether it's serious research. I suspect it's crap. It's amazing how often some "study" get "reported" without one second of critical thinking. Booo on Instinct for not providing any context.
This is absolute bullshit. You cannot take a study of 160 gay men and make a huge claim that 80 of all gay men in London have unprotected sex. There are 10s of thousands of gay men in London (if not more) and this is nowhere near a true representation or adequate cross section of the community.


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The Texas born, Jimmy Giuffre is sometimes a mythical figure even amongst jazz fans. He was classically trianed on clarinet--learned and perfected counterpoint (harmonic structure of two different musical lines which function together) which would be make his work standout high and above many of his contemporaries.
With well over 30 albums to his credit, he is widely known for his pianoless/drumless trios from the 50s/60s. These groups were unprecedented and highly inventive (saxophonist Gerry Mulligan also had a pianoless quartet) are recorded a series influential albums over the span of 10 years. The trio feature Jim Hall (guitar) and Ralph Pena (bass) and later a second trio with Hall and Bobby Brookmyer (trombone). The two trios performed some absolutely beautiful folksy and blues influenced jazz sessions during the mid to later 50s.
The bulk of these are extremely hard to find individually but Jim Hall/Ralph Pena sessions can be found on a great import collection entitled, The Origial Studio Recordings (Gambit). This contains some stellar material including the wonderful "Train and The River". The Brookmyer sessions can be found on a very expensive boxed set, The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings (Mosaic Records). This also includes some killer performances of "Blue Monk" and "Pickin' em Up and Layin' em Down". A later Giuffre trio featuring would create another influential trio with Paul Bley (piano) and Steve Swallow (bass) which would record series of even more influential records.
The most famous sets were 1961 (ECM) (aka the two albums Fusion and Thesis) and Free Form (Columbia). These were part of what Giuffre were early experiments in Free Jazz. Unlike what some would associate with Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy or even John Coltrane, these sessions were introspective yet adventurous for their use of space. It is a melodic session were Bley, Swallow and Giuffre each explore different aspects emotionally. This is a landmark recording in jazz history and well worth seeking out.
Giuffre would record and teach throughout the 70s and 80s but made a return to recording during the late 80s and 90s and even recorded two more sessions with Bley and Swallow which saw the three still in top form after a twenty year hiatus. Jimmy Giuffre's lineups may sound complete out of left-field for the uninitiated but when you hear them (jazz fan or not) you will be spellbound at how powerful and creative the groups could be.


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Allen1 needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Tempus Detail
Tempus Detail is a high-end hand car wash and detail services operation located in downtown Seattle. We are car nuts and we take our jobs and customer satisfaction very seriously.
You can find out more about us at http://www.tempusdetail.com.
Our customers are business professionals and residents of downtown Seattle. Target customers for the gift card are those willing to spend $100 or more for a gift card.
The gift card vendor needs an image file such as a Photoshop PSD, PDF, TIFF, EPS, Illustrator AI or EPS, or PDF, with a resolution of 300PPI or better. Also the image size needs to be 3.5" X 2.25". Please also refer to the artwork specification sheet attached to this posting.
Our company color scheme mimics that of the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team, namely Sounder Blue (Pantone 647C), Rave Green (Pantone 370C), Cascade Shale (Pantone 433C) and Electricity (Pantone 809C).
I also attach our logo as an EPS file and a sample gift card that I designed myself (using Microsoft Publisher), which is okay, but lacks snap.
Thank you.


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The 2018 E-Class Wagon
Countless innovations ahead. Endless possibilities in back.
For generations, no other wagon has been so coveted for its innovation, luxury, safety and style. In many ways, it's always been a masterpiece of intelligence. The 2018 E 400 4MATIC Wagon is simply the most masterful, and beautiful, yet.
It keeps its virtual eyes on the road, and the driver.
Standard E-Class safety systems keep a constant vigil. Radar-based Active Brake Assist helps mitigate forward collisions. Blind Spot Assist and a rearview camera watch your sides and behind you. And ATTENTION ASSIST can help sense a driver getting drowsy.**
It can look out for you in more ways. And move you farther from harm's way.
PRE-SAFE Impulse Side is an industry first that can help prepare you for an impending side impact. By rapidly inflating the front-seat bolster, it can move you further from an intrusion and help reduce the forces of impact.***
It evolves the benefits of opposable thumbs.
Two smartphone-like pads let you control many features without taking a hand from the wheel. Swipe and select from the central screen with your right thumb. Change settings on the screen between the gauges with your left.
When it hears a crash coming, it can guard your hearing.
Mercedes-Benz engineers are human engineers first. When PRE-SAFE Sound senses an impending collision, it emits safe "pink noise" via the audio system to pre-trigger your ears' natural defense against the loud noises of an accident.*****
Spacious, meet stylish. Sensible, meet sensuous. The E-Class Wagon cabin is a flowing sculpture where information flows seamlessly as well. From intuitive controls to aromatherapy and a hot stone massage, it's a sensation for all your senses.
Expansive, brilliant, and easy to reconfigure.
A panoramic 12.3-inch screen unites navigation, entertainment and many comfort settings. Animated and intuitive, it lets you personalize your E-Class to suit your needs. An optional second 12.3-inch screen includes a reconfigurable instrument cluster.
Flexible, spontaneous, and also easy to reconfigure.
With a 40/20/40 second row and a rear-facing third row, the E-Class Wagon can seat up to seven or carry an abundance of cargo. A parcel net, elastic side strap, vertical net and self-rising cover await you inside its power liftgate.****
Atmosphere, ambience, and an aura that adapts to yours.
Finely crafted finishes and sustainable materials surround you. Climate and sound systems immerse you. An E-Class cabin suits your style, and even changes to suit your mood with 64 colours of LED ambient lighting.
Only one wagon is an E-Class. With biturbo power, agile all-wheel-drive handling, standard load leveling and five selectable drive modes, you can enjoy space in the back and sportiness on a back road at the same time.
Two turbos, nine speeds, five drive modes
The E 400's 329-hp biturbo V6 is responsive yet responsible. Its advanced 9-speed delivers swift and smooth shifts. And DYNAMIC SELECT lets you fine-tune the drivetrain, chassis and more with the tap of a console button.
In the moment on any road, in every season
Standard 4MATIC® all-wheel drive responds instantly to the grip at each wheel. Available AIR BODY CONTROL handles curves and cargo with equal expertise. It's self-leveling, self-lowering, and driver-adjustable.
*National MSRP pricing is shown and is intended for information purposes only. Prices do not include taxes, levies, fees, freight and delivery charges, insurance and license fees, as well as any other products or services not listed that may be available to you through your selected Mercedes-Benz dealership. Vehicle prices subject to change without notice. Dealer may sell for less. These prices do not apply in provinces with total/all-in pricing requirements. Please contact your local dealership directly by phone or in person for exact pricing details and total prices applicable in those provinces.
** Even the most advanced safety systems may not be sufficient to avoid an accident. It is the driver's responsibility at all times to be attentive to traffic and road conditions, and to provide the steering, braking and other driving inputs necessary to retain control of the vehicle. Drivers are cautioned not to wait for system alerts before braking or taking evasive action, as that may not afford sufficient time and distance. See Operator's Manual for system's operating speeds and additional information and warnings.
***System cannot prevent a collision, and does not alert the driver of an impending collision or system activation.
****Unsecured cargo can become hazardous in a collision. Always secure cargo using the floor-mounted tie-downs.
*****Audio/multimedia system must be turned on for system to operate.


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Casey Cogut L'73
Lecturer in Law
Charles "Casey" Cogut is Senior M&A Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. For many years he has been a leader of STB's M&A and private equity practices. He specializes in domestic, international and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; the representation of special committees of boards of directors; and buyouts and other transactions involving private equity firms. Over the course of his career, Mr. Cogut often has been involved in coordinating teams of professionals in complex multi-jurisdictional acquisitions. In addition, he regularly advises boards of directors with respect to corporate governance matters and fiduciary responsibilities. Mr. Cogut joined Simpson Thacher in 1973 and was a partner at Simpson Thacher from 1980 through 2012. From 1990 through 1993, he served as Senior Resident Partner in the firm's London office.
Mr. Cogut is well recognized as one of the leading corporate lawyers in the United States. He has been named a "senior statesman" in the practice areas of Corporate-Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity/Buyouts in Chambers Guides He has also been named as one of "The Best of the Best" merger and acquisition lawyers, private equity lawyers and corporate governance lawyers in Euromoney's Expert Guides. In addition, he has been recognized by Lawdragon 500 as one of the leading lawyers in America. Mr. Cogut was named as a Deal Maker of the Year by the American Lawyer in both 2008 and 2010 with respect to transactions completed in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
Mr. Cogut received his J.D. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School after graduating summa cum laude from Lehigh University in 1969. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors of the University's Institute for Law and Economics. He has been an adjunct member of the Penn Law School faculty since 2012. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Dante Cunningham has spent the last four months in limbo with a domestic assault charge hanging over his head, his home fans booing him when he took the court for the Minnesota Timberwolves and several teams in need of a power forward on the free-agent market staying away while the legal process played out.
The news he was long expecting finally came down on Monday when Hennepin County authorities announced they were dropping the felony charge against him, enabling the free agent to start looking for a job next fall in earnest and start putting a difficult period behind him.
''In the deepest part of my heart, I knew what happened. I knew the situation and I knew I was going to be cleared,'' Cunningham told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Monday evening. ''I was hoping that all would've been done before the season ended. But God has a plan and here I am today and just ready to go forward.''
Cunningham was charged in April after he was accused of choking his then-girlfriend at their suburban Minneapolis home. The Timberwolves abided by NBA rules and continued to play him in games the rest of the season, and Cunningham routinely heard boos and heckles from the crowd about the allegations.
But Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman issued a statement on Monday saying that ''based on further investigation, there is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt for the charged offense.''
''I can remember walking into the locker room at halftime and at the end of the game looking up to my right, there was a guy there,'' Cunningham said. ''Every time he would yell, `Cunningham I can't believe you!' You're this, you're that.
''It really hurt. It's just what it was at the time. It is what it is now. Here we are.''
Cunningham spent the previous two seasons with the Timberwolves and carved a niche as a hard-nosed defensive forward with a solid mid-range jumper. He averaged 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds last year and was paid $2.1 million in the final season of his contract. Cunningham said he had preliminary talks with a few teams once the market opened on July 1, but didn't get any firm interest while the charge was being investigated.
''No team is going to invest in a player that is going to jail. I understood that,'' Cunningham said. ''At that time, it was tough because a lot of teams had interest, but had to sit back. Now at this point, they know the truth.''
Cunningham credited his parents, his attorney and Timberwolves director of security Bob Goedderz for helping him through the situation. He also thanked the Timberwolves organization for standing behind him and said he was looking forward to getting back on the court.
''Right now I'm just really ecstatic and ready to move forward in life and continue to play,'' he said.
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For one half, Penn State played like the team coach Pat Chambers envisioned he might have against a great program for all 40 minutes. The Nittany Lions made 3-pointers as if they were layups, outhustled and outworked the opposition, stormed to a double-digit lead, and made upset dreams close to a reality.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? For one half, Penn State played like the team coach Pat Chambers envisioned he might have against a great program for all 40 minutes. The Nittany Lions made 3-pointers as if they were layups, outhustled and outworked the opposition, stormed to a double-digit lead, and made upset dreams close to a reality.
"Look at what we can be," Chambers said. "Look at what we could become."
The wait goes on for the Nittany Lions to truly put all the ingredients together for an upset.
Branden Dawson scored 20 points, Keith Appling had 14 and No. 5 Michigan State clamped down on defense in the second half to beat Penn State 79-63 on Tuesday night.
Gary Harris added 13 points and Travis Trice had 12 for the Spartans (12-1, 1-0) in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Dawson keyed a second-half charge to help the Spartans rally from a halftime deficit and win their fifth straight game.
"Our halftime wasn't a lot of fun," Spartans coach Tom Izzo said. "What you always hope is that players respond."
Did they ever.
The Spartans were in total control in the second half, and hit 10 of 20 3-pointers overall to turn this one into a rout. They limited Penn State to 16 points on 5-of-20 shooting in the second half, a sure sign there's a still a huge gap between the programs.
"That's what their team has got to do now, it's got to grow," Izzo said.
No one knows more than Chambers.
"We are going to get there," he said. "Trust me, we are going to get there."
Brandon Taylor had 18 points for the Nittany Lions (9-5, 0-1) and D.J. Newbill scored 17. Newbill had three 3s and 14 points in the first half to keep the upset bid alive. But a second-half shooting funk for the Nittany Lions cost them against the preseason conference favorite.
Penn State failed to have an assist in the second half and made only 2 of 9 3-point attempts.
"I think we let missing shots dictate our effort," Chambers said. "It's unfortunate, because the team I envisioned played in the first half."
The Spartans needed Harris to drive the offense and squash Penn State's surprising seven-point halftime lead.
Harris, the preseason Big Ten player of the year, scored five quick points to open the second half and put the Spartans ahead. But he went to the bench with his third foul only 3� minutes into the half, leaving the Spartans without their second-leading scorer for a spell.
It didn't matter who was in the game for the Spartans, the Nittany Lions kept making 3s before they fell into a funk. Tim Frazier tied it at 52-all on Penn State's eighth 3 (on 14 attempts) ? a stout number after the team missed nine of 11 attempts in the last game against Mount St. Mary's.
Appling, though, sparked Michigan State's long-range game with consecutive 3s for a seven-point lead. Dawson got the job done inside, scoring eight straight points on three layups and two free throws, for a 68-55 lead, all but ending Penn State's upset hopes.
The Nittany Lions went cold from outside, and Michigan State used 3s and second-chance points off a whopping rebounding edge (45-26).
"We all rallied together as a team," Dawson said.
Izzo tied Indiana's Branch McCracken for fifth place on the Big Ten career wins list with 210.
Penn State had its best non-conference record in five seasons and played for 20 minutes like a team capable of kicking off conference play with a shocker.
"We know we're a good team," Newbill said. "We've got to become a great team."
The Nittany Lions sure were great in the first half, making their 36-percent 3-point shooting number worthless, hitting one after another to race to a 12-point lead.
Newbill made a 3, then followed with a four-point play on the next possession for a 17-9 lead. Taylor hit consecutive 3s for a 25-14 lead that had a small, yet wildly enthusiastic, crowd on their feet.
Michigan State appeared to establish its dominance with a 12-0 run to take the lead until Penn State got hot again from 3-point range. Donovan Jack hit PSU's sixth 3 of the half for a 32-29 lead and Newbill's third 3 of the half helped the Nittany Lions take a 47-40 lead.
The Nittany Lions connected on seven of 12 3-pointers in the half.
"They jumped on us," Trice said. "They had a game plan how they wanted to defend us and they executed."
Both programs had bigger concerns than the Big Ten opener: No. 4 Michigan State was in Pasadena, Calif., prepping for No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl and the Nittany Lions are in limbo as Bill O'Brien decides if he wants to stay loyal to his team or bolt for the NFL.


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Not all user preferences are managed through policy, typically because they do not need to be managed centrally.
If you are looking to set policies that should be editable by the user ("recommended policies"), you may want to follow bug http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=49941
Preferences vs. Policies
Preferences and policies are two different methods for controlling the browser's behavior. They have different purposes, however:
There are several notable preferences that are also policies, "homepage" being the most common.
Policies take precedence to preferences. If "homepage" is specified in both the policies, and in the "master_preferences" file, policies will always override.
Preferences are kept in a file named "Preferences", which every Chromium / Google Chrome user will have in their own user directory. This Preferences file is just a text file that contains JSON markup. Going through and editing every user's Preferences file to deploy a behavior change is really cumbersome, so there are easier ways to manage this:
The master_preferences file, like each user's Preferences file, is simply a text file that contains JSON markup, and will look something like this:
"homepage" : "http://www.chromium.org/",
"homepage_is_newtabpage" : false,
"distribution" : {
...more stuff here ...
Some of the preferences should be obvious, but some are not entirely clear -- they are described at the end of this document.
Moreover, you'll notice that some of these preferences are managed by policy. Note that no matter what is in the master_preferences or Preferences files, policy always takes precedence. Setting the home page in both the Preferences file and policy means that the home page in policy will be the one that Chromium / Google Chrome uses, and the user will not be able to edit it.
Should I use a Preference, or a Policy?
If you want to set some specific behavior that is accomplished by both a preference and a policy, and you're not sure which one you should use, simply answer: do you want users to be able to change this setting?
User cannot change policies at will, but they can change their preferences.
Preferences List
So, what preferences should you actually use? There are actually lots and lots of preferences, most of which you won't really care about.
Here is a sample master_preferences list that may be of interest (this is a fully-functional master_preferences file):
"homepage": "http://www.google.com",
"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,
"browser": {
"show_home_button": true
"session": {
"restore_on_startup": 4,
"startup_urls": [
"bookmark_bar": {
"show_on_all_tabs": true
"sync_promo": {
"show_on_first_run_allowed": false
"distribution": {
"import_bookmarks_from_file": "bookmarks.html",
"import_bookmarks": true,
"import_history": true,
"import_home_page": true,
"import_search_engine": true,
"ping_delay": 60,
"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,
"do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,
"do_not_launch_chrome": true,
"do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,
"make_chrome_default": true,
"make_chrome_default_for_user": true,
"suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true,
"system_level": true,
"verbose_logging": true
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Most of these settings should be self-explanatory. The most interesting settings are:
Pre-installed Bookmarks
To add pre-installed bookmarks, you have to create a file that contains all of your bookmarks, then give the right signals for a Chrome install to import them when a user runs Chrome for the first time.
To instruct an end-user's Chrome to import these bookmarks, include these elements in your master_preferences:
{ "distribution": { "import_bookmarks": false, "import_bookmarks_from_file": "c:\\path\\to\\your\\bookmarks.html" }, "bookmark_bar": { "show_on_all_tabs": true } }
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Never know what the shuffle mode will turn up on the old iPod.
Today a song by Kris Allen provided the fodder for today's devotional. The topic may seem a bit dark but it actually provides a blueprint for joy and peace.
We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying
Live like we're dying? What would that look like? Here are my thoughts.
Love your wife.
Most of us repeated something like this on our wedding day.
I, (Guy in Tux), take you (What Were You Thinking Beautiful Bride), to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.
If you lived like you we're dying you would take those vows seriously. The word cherish is a word that guys don't use much but it is one we should look up and learn the meaning. Dictionary.com defines it simply. To treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear. I wish I had cherished my wife more consistently over the years. If I lived like I was dying that would be at the forefront of my thoughts.
Love your children.
If you lived like you we're dying you would love your children for who they are and not what you had hoped to produce. Affirm them with love for who they actually are and the gifts God gave them. I hate disingenuouspraise. Every child is gifted in some areas and not so much in others. Tell them how they are special. Tell them when you are proud of them. Tell them you love them. Let them be kids now and then. Let them get dirty and break things once in a while. It's okay. They are kids. It is no reflection on you that they are not perfect.
Love your friends.
If you lived like we're dying you would forget the petty annoyances and let your friends know how much they mean to you and how much you love them. You would love them even when they fail to meet your expectations. In fact, you would ESPECIALLY love them during those times.
Love your life.
Sure life is hard. For some life is really hard. But we do have a choice in how we play the cards dealt to us. If you lived like you're dying you would accept the reality and live in the joy of the moment given to you.
Love to laugh.
Everyone who knows me at all knows that I love to laugh. I have adopted the philosophy that if an embarrassing moment is going to be funny in a year you might as well start laughing today. Learn to laugh at yourself. Laugh with your spouse and your kids and your friends. Laugh often and long.
Love to serve and give.
The happiest people I know are those who give their lives away. That would be a really good way to live like you are dying. It is so counter-intuitive to the messages we are bombarded with every day. I would probably work in a little bit from Philippians 2, Colossians 3 and Romans 12.
Love grace.
I probably wouldn't go off and die without putting in a plug for my guys at TrueFaced. Their treatment of grace changed my understanding and God used them to change my life. Here is a sample. In the room of grace, we grow up and mature into something that is already true about us: (we are) godly. God is not interested in changing the Christian. He already has…God wants us to believe that He has already changed us so that He can get on with the process of maturing us.
Love today.
I think Satan's strategy is devastating simple and effective. Cause us to live in regret of the past and fear of the future and that will rob us of the joy of today. Find something to love in each day.
Love learning.
I had some bad teaching in my early journey with Jesus but I have never stopped learning and pursuing the truth and what it means to be a disciple of Christ. I love to learn. About God, about life, about everything.
Love Jesus.
I talked to a friend of mine whose son just returned from a youth mission trip to Costa Rica. His main takeway was this observation.
"Dad, they aren't like Christians in American. They really love Jesus." I know that many people really love Jesus in this country. But what he saw was unashamed, authentic and complete devotion to Christ. It is often too easy not to live that life in this blessed land. Really love Jesus. Most of us are content with a Savior. Jesus wants to be Lord in our lives. The difference is profound in how we travel our Christian journey. Learn who you are in Christ. Forgiven. A saint with no condemnation who is adored by God. Trust Jesus. He is trustworthy. I think would be the best advice to live like you are dying.
The chorus gives a challenge for us to think about today.
Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given
If this is all we got and we gotta start thinking
If every second counts on a clock that's ticking
Gotta live like we're dying
Paul gave a little peak at how this surrender to daily living might look in his letter to the Church at Colossae.
Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.
Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. (Colossians 3, NLT)


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, January 13, 2006
That's Pete Hawley Too
I made a mistake in my previous entry about Coles Phillips. He did work for Janzten in 1921, but the example that's been printed in several places (including twice in Michael Schau's monograph "All American Girl") is so bland and unexciting that I became blind to its existence.
A more accurate statement would be that Phillips illustration for Janzten wasn't the risky, envelope-pushing illustrations elsewhere that so many artists later remembered. There's no mistake there. Phillips was quite the influence to those who came later, as was Barclay and Petty and all the rest who would work for Janzten, including Hawley.
What earlier artists were influences and subsequently informed another artist's work is fascinating stuff to all of us, but many times frustrating because how it shows up later can run the gamut from the plainly obvious to the absolutely invisible.
And there's no mistake that then Hawley was in mid stride and full bloom, early 50s, he was unique.
But that's not the way he started. The earliest examples of Hawley I've seen (before 1940) are very cartoony, more so than any other mainstream magazine illustrator of the time where naturalism ruled, closer to children's book illustration or perhaps comic strips, than it was to the few cartoon-style mass market illustrators of the era like Hurst (probably the most pronounced and who took a whole decade to loosen up), Gilbert Bundy (who came from humor magazine cartoons) or Frederic Varady (a former European fashion illustrator). Hawley did cartoon-styled propaganda that is not out of place with what the Disney and Warner animators were producing for the war effort. Where that came from in Hawley's background and training is anybody's guess.
Yet once he works for Janzten, the roots are more obvious and probably required. This 1943 Janzten ad for Hawley, like the previous billboard, the girl is so stylized in a Petty-Vargas manner she is almost unrecognizable as his work; as before, the guy is much easier to identify. Note too the slug signature rather than the personalized script signature he would use later on
Janzten had other illustrators work different aspects of their promotions. Post WWII, it often picked big name realistic illustrators like Parker and Sundblom to do the road side billboards in the suburbs and used fashion illustrators when the ads appeared in high fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. It seems Hawley became the bread and butter guy, the one whose work appeared in the mass market,the general interest magazines with the largest circulation of both men and women and sales catalogs because his work could cover so many bases. The Petty influence, the geometric construction of the figure and streamlined composition, the pronounced foreshortening of limbs, the face abstracted with closed eyes, generic wide open smiles, stayed with Hawley throughout his prime period, especially noticeable in the ads which stressed the detailing of the suit itself. I think some J.C. Leyendecker is there too. In ads where you can see the underpainting, you can see Hawley using Leyendecker's widely admired "open vibrant shadows" to model the figure.
Hawley could do the cartoons too, the simple boy-girl gags that Hurst, Hawley's immediate predecessor, had done for Janzten. As Hawley's tenure at Janzten grew, and the need for fresh ideas arose, you see him doing set ups that went further and further into fantasy and whimsy than Hurst had ever attempted—from simply guys watching a single girl approach or lie on a blanket to scenes of swimsuit naiads adorning buoys or riding dolphins, to catching a mermaid or seeing a domesticated mermaid set out bathing trunks to dry on a clothesline.
His last period at Janzten, say 1955 to 1959 (I've never seen a '60 ad myself), I think of as being his most "Hawley-stylized"—large open eyes with most of the pupil and iris visible, dark eyebrows and lashes that sell the expression, simple, solid forms with overlapping, exaggerated posing and outlines but only the simplest articulation to indicate bends and joints.
The 60s would be different for other reasons.
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Wow. This is great. Laying out a timeline helps me learn how he evolved better. It's not enough to just be able to see the differences and say, "oh yeah here he was just starting out and his strokes with stiff and unsure...and then he loosened up here."ReplyDelete
Thanks, this has a been a lotta fun!
- Jack Raglin3:37 PM
I think there is a definite streak of Enoch Bolles that runs through some of Hawley's work, especially the black & white Jantzen illos of women in outrageous poses (which certainly describes Bolles). The illo of the girl with a big hat looks a lot like some of his Breezy Stories and Film Fun covers from the late 30s and early 40s. It seems as if he is borrowing freely from a variety of sources in this work.ReplyDelete
Hhhmmm, that's an interesting thought, jack. I wonder if Hawley kept some Bolles art handy for inspiration? I never made that connection, because Hawley's women are so wispy, waifish while Bolles' girls are always so much more cherubic. But I do see what you mean about the placement on a stark white background.ReplyDelete


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Nicki Minaj Is the Cover Star for Fader's Fall Fashion Issue
From dropping new singles off her forthcoming album, 'The Pink Print,' to walking the red carpet to promote 'The Other Woman,' Nicki Minaj seems to be everywhere these days.
Despite her busy schedule, she had the chance to sit down for an in-depth interview with FADER magazine, where she is the Fall Fashion issue's cover star.
Dressed head-to-toe in Jean-Paul Gaultier, Minaj is looking strong and sexy on the cover of the magazine. The Young Money rapstress carries that attitude in the rest of the photos that go along with the interivew.
Known for her candidness, she addresses a number of topics including the health issues she alluded to during her BET acceptance speech as well as proving her hip-hop credibility.
"I felt like my pop music made me have to retell my story," Minaj tells writer Carrie Battan. "My credibility as an MC -- I never thought I would have to explain that," she says. "I thought it was so evident that I belonged here [in hip-hop]."
While Minaj is living the high life of success and fame, the 'Chi-Raq' rapper also reveals how hard it was leaving her family once she signed with Young Money.
"One day he asked my mother, 'Do you ever think there'll come a time we all live in the same house again, and Onika will be back and she'll have her room, and I'll have my room?'" she recalls. "And it just broke my heart." Before a tear can muck up any of her makeup, Safaree Samuels, Minaj's reported boyfriend, wordlessly pops up from the couch to nab her a tissue.
Minaj continued, trying to hold back tears, "I don't want to get emotional. I just miss them. Every time I talk about them, I get emotional."
While we're still waiting for 'The Pink Print,' check out Nicki's interview with the FADER before the issue hits newsstands on Aug. 26.


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The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Nov. 1 and 9.
Thursday, Nov. 1
•Military Road at Porter/Packard roads, arrest. A 20-year-old Grand Island man was arrested after the vehicle he was driving was stopped for speeding and going through a red light. He admitted to possession of a baggie of marijuana. Asked why he was speeding, he said he was "showing off for my friends" and that the car ran the light because it had bad brakes.
•Lockport Road, reckless driving. Patrol investigated a report of a gold Ford Explorer driving west on Lockport Road with a passenger opening the door and screaming. Nothing found.
Friday, Nov. 2
•2500 block of Military Road, burglary. Complainant reported that sometime overnight someone forced entry into the side door of the business and took about $600 in cash.
•8500 block of Porter Road, removal. Complainant reported her ex-boyfriend was at her front door and refused to leave.
Saturday, Nov. 3
•2900 block of Military Road, check situation. Patrol responded to the area of Laur and Military roads for a report of a strong odor of natural gas in the area. Negative results.
•Military Road, road blocked. Patrol cleared debris from Military Road and North Whitham Drive.
Sunday, Nov. 4
•2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, assist citizen. Patrol responded for a custody exchange standby.
•Military Road at Porter-Packard Road, arrest. A 46-year-old Sadlo Drive man was arrested after a traffic stop for aggravated unlicensed operation in the third-degree, operating without insurance, no inspection and driving an unregistered motor vehicle.
Monday, Nov. 5
•5100 block of Tuscarora Road, larceny. Complainant reported that, while bringing groceries inside the residence, someone took his wallet from the passenger seat of his unlocked vehicle.
•3200 block of Bellreng Drive, harassment. Complainant reported that his father, who is disabled and unable to talk, was harassed by a neighbor when walking by his house.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
•6600 block of Woodside Place, burglary. Complainant reported that, sometime between Saturday and Monday, someone broke the rear window of her garage and stole her son's golf clubs.
•1500 block of Military Road, aid assist. The Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported a 42-year-old Seventh Street man had fled into a wooded area to the north after committing a larceny at a grocery store. Patrol parked in an area where they believed the suspect would exit the woods, and captured the man at gunpoint.
•100 block of Expressway Village, arson fire. One motor home was a total loss and a neighbor's was damaged by a fire believed to be set deliberately at a vacant residence. Former residents reported they had moved out due to ongoing neighbor problems. Niagara Active Hose, Frontier and Upper Mountain volunteer fire departments responded.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
•3100 block of Sadlo Drive, vandalism. A 54-year-old 97th Street woman was arrested for criminal mischief after being seen on a video camera installed in a nearby tree spray-painting a car. The victim reports ongoing issues with the suspect for more than a year.
•2400 block of Military Road, false alarm. Holdup alarm. Accidental trip; employee set the broom handle on the panic button.
Thursday, Nov. 8
•2400 block of Louisiana Avenue, fraud. Complainant reported receiving an email from someone she knew asking for a loan of 2,000 euros, because he had to take a sudden trip to Spain to see a cousin who needs a kidney transplant and that his credit card wouldn't work in Spain. She contacted the person in Michigan and found out that the email was a scam.
•4700 block of Tindal Lane, Wildwood Acres, juvenile problem. Report of juveniles trying to break into mailboxes.
Friday, Nov. 9
•3700 block of Rhode Island Avenue, assist fire department. Patrol responded to assist Niagara Active Hose with a carbon monoxide alarm. National Fuel reported a positive reading. Two people were evacuated while the investigation continued.
•8500 block of Third Avenue, vandalism. Complainant reported someone egged his car overnight. He reported that this has happened two or three times in the past.