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David Arquette didn't have the magic to escape elimination on "Dancing with the Stars."
The veteran "Scream" actor and pro partner Kym Johnson were voted off ABC's dance competition on Halloween Week, despite having scored second from bottom on the leaderboard.
Arquette, 40, dressed as a magician vampire Monday for a cha cha cha judge Len Goodman said had transformed him into a dancer. But it wasn't enough to earn him another invitation to the ballroom when judges' scores were combined with viewer votes.
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"This whole thing has been incredible," Arquette said after learning his fate. "I've loved it."
"But there must be a mistake because this is my show. I can't be going home," he joked.
Joining this season's "Dancing" cast allowed Arquette to "face my fears" while also learning how to hoof it, he said.
Arquette's exit spared week 7's leaderboard laggard, Nancy Grace, from getting the boot. The HLN host predicted with confidence earlier in Tuesday's broadcast that, "it ain't over yet."
She'll keep dancing in week 8 with partner Tristan McManus.
Others returning next week for a shot at the mirrorball trophy are: Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy, J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff, Ricki Lake & Derek Hough and Rob "Dark Horse" Kardashian & Cheryl Burke.


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Suggested Application Timeline for Fall Semester Admission
The Fall Term (August) is the recommended term for international students to begin their studies at CSB/SJU. Applicants for Spring Term (January) are accepted on a space available basis. Check with Alex Schleper at [email protected] for Spring Term openings.
Applications are reviewed on a "rolling" process meaning our Admission Committee will review the applications within 2-3 weeks after we receive all required forms and information. By submitting the Application for Admission (using either the Common Application Form or the CSB/SJU GET INspired application form), students are automatically also applying for our International Student Scholarships. Of course, both the International Student Certificate of Finances Form and the International Student Financial Aid Form also need to be completed to be considered for admission and for scholarships.
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Cook the Book: Baby Artichokes, Sicilian Style
Eating seasonally and locally wasn't a completely alien concept to me when I first arrived in Sicily but my first few trips to the local market drove home this concept immensely. In the tiny town where I lived, out-of-season specialty produce wasn't flown in from all corners of the world—locally raised fruits and vegetables were the only option.
When it was time for artichokes, we incorporated them into every meal. These weren't the woody and pricey artichokes typically on supermarket shelves—they were tender and thistly baby artichokes that grew in gardens all over town and on farms throughout the countryside. We enjoyed them in everything from pastas and frittatas to cold antipasti.
We bought armfuls and when we had finally had enough, we prepared them in a manner very similar to this recipe for Baby Artichokes, Sicilian Style, adapted from The Southern Italian Table by Arthur Schwartz. This way, even after spring turned into summer we were still able to enjoy these tender little artichokes.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Craft of Baking to give away this week.
- Yield:4 to 6
- 1 lemon
- 1 pound baby artichokes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large cloves garlic, finely minced (about 2 tablespoons)
- 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 10 fresh spearmint leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Have ready a bowl of water with several ice cubes and the juice of 1 lemon. Save the spent lemon halves.
Break off the tough outer leaves of the artichokes, cut off about 1 inch of the top, and rub them with the reserved lemon halves. Add the artichokes to the ice water. (They can stay in the water for several hours, refrigerated. When you are ready to cook them, halve them and, as you do, put them back in the water to prevent darkening.)
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Since I started writing about Mantras, I've received countless emails and sometimes phone calls asking me about the right intonation of a mantra. I know for people who have just been recently introduced to the power of Mantras, it may be a little daunting because some of the Mantras can be mouthful like the Medicine Buddha Mantra – TADYATHA OM BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE RADZA SAMUGATE SOHA – or the Prajnaparamita Mantra – TADYATHA OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SOHA. The truth there are other mantras, such as the Cundi Avalokitesvara Mantra – NAMO SAKTANAM SAMYAKSAM BUDDHA KOTINAM TADYATHA OM CALE CULE CUNDI SOHA (I'll write about Cundi Avalokitesvara soon), that are way longer than the mantras that I've talked about on this blog.
I realize that this might be causing a little worry to some of you thinking that your wish might not happen because you are not pronouncing it properly. Also, because you might be agonizing too much on the proper pronunciation that you tend to forget to concentrate on the intent why you're saying the mantra.
'A Hermit and A Monk' is a story that was shared by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the most revered monks of high status.
Lama Zopa Rincpoche is considered as the one strongly propagates Buddhism to people who otherwise wouldn't have heard of Buddhism. His work with Lillian Too also helped bridge the gap between Buddhism and Feng Shui, which was largely considered to be a Taoist practice. He is also task by the Dalai Lama to lead the Maitreya Project. A very ambitious project that hopes to build the largest Maitreya Buddha – the Future Buddha, in the world.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche first shared this story with the members of the 'Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition', it was since then shared with other groups like the Amitabha Buddhist Center (a sub-center of FPMT), and he also shared this with Lillian Too.
A monk visited a hermit, who lived alone on an island doing retreat. The hermit had given himself three years to complete chanting ten million of the powerful six-syllable mantra of the Compassionate Buddha. The hermit had been told that attaining this level of practice would awaken his yogic powers. The mantra was "OM MANI PADME HUM".
The monk listened as the hermit did his mantra and, with the best intention in the world, leaned over to him and whispered:
"I think you have got the pronunciation wrong. This mantra should be chanted this way…" and he proceeded to demonstrate. The hermit listened attentively and then watched as the monk walked back to his boat to leave the island.
Ten minutes later when the boat was halfway across the river the monk heard his name being called, and looking around, he spied the hermit and heard him call:
"Listen to this, have I got it right now?" and the hermit proceeded to chant the same mantra but with the monk's intonation. Astounded, the monk turned around and saw the hermit walking on the water next to his boat. In that instant he realized that the hermit's faith and sincerity had given his mantra recitation far more power than he had realized.
As you will see, the story state that what counts more is the faith and sincerity in reciting the mantra. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't strive hard to do our best to recite them properly, but let's not agonize about it. If you have faith and sincerity then it's simply impossible for it not to work!


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My team :
QBs : Matt Ryan, Trent Edwards
WRs : Greg Jennings, Roy Williams, DeSean Jackson, Justin Gage, Kevin Walter
RBs : Chris Johnson, Cedric Benson, Leon Washington, Donald Brown
TE : John Carlson
K : John Carney
DEF : Chargers, Raiders
So ? Should I trade this enormous bust right now and pry that some Homer in my league can't see his lake of skills ?
Seriously, I can believe you if you tell me that R. Williams is skilled but, it just doesn't work with Romo (but with WHO Romo manage to throw correctly ?)
In week 2 I started Jennings, R. Williams and Gage. I bench DeSean Jackson. F**k myself but thanks god I had Chris Johnson and Cedric Benson.


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Pity the poor Tyrannosaurus. With those teeny little arms and that great big body, T-Rex is incapable of doing things that come easily to you and me.
Hugh Murphy draws the series "T-Rex Trying..." which shows a T-Rex stuck in the modern age, trying (and usually failing) to do things no short-armed creature was ever meant to do: play tetherball, paint his house, win an auction, and work baggage loading at LAX. It makes me both sad for the T-Rex and grateful for the invention of the ukelele.
I'll be shocked if "T-Rex Trying..." doesn't have a book deal by summer.
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Clint Eastwood's most recent film, "Hereafter," with its all-too-real scene of a tsunami wiping out a seaside resort town has been pulled the film from theaters in Japan.
The movie, which opens with Cecile De France's being swallowed by a massive wave, was "not appropriate," Satoru Otani, an official at Warner Entertainment Japan Inc., told The Associated Press.
The film follows a man who can speak with the dead, played by Matt Damon, a woman who comes back from the beyond, De France, and a young boy, Frankie and George McLaren, whose twin brother is killed in a car accident.
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3D Truck Cake
This is my grandson's 16th b/d cake. He inherited his dads truck. I studied for 2 yrs. on mike mccary's car dvd, wishing to do this cake . I fell and broke my right arm in 3 places 4-4-11. His b/d was 5-30-11.My tears when i fell, was for thinking i would not be doing this special cake for my grandson. God is good. With the help of my sister and my special friend that also decorates cakes. we got er done!!! lol!!! I used my knowledge from the car dvd to cut the truck cake.We were all really proud. My grandson was the proudest. I started on it a month before it all came down. , making the tires,freezing the cakes, making the icing, and anything i could to make this happen. Just using my left hand was really hard, but worth it all. Please enjoy!!! The orange and yellow lights on the cake , front and back, did not show up good. I did everything i could to make it happen. It measured 17" long, 7 1/4" wide and cab about 6" tall.


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A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer. Dear Esther is a ghost story told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional gameplay, the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly triggered by moving around the environments, making every telling unique. Features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack. Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it's because it may just be all a delusion. What is the significance of the aerial - What happened on the motorway - is the island real or imagined - who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here? The answers are out there, on the lost beach and the tunnels under the island. Or then again, they may just not be, after all...
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This important announcement was delivered by lawyer David Coombs on prime-time US television the morning after his client, Pvt. Manning, was sentenced to 35 years detention in a military prison.
As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back.
Thank you, Chelsea E. Manning
As Amy Davidson of The New Yorker put it, "In becoming Chelsea, Manning seems to say that life doesn't end with a long prison sentence–which in itself is brave."
Allowing for time served and deducted, David Coombs predicts that his client will be able to apply for parole in seven years' time. (This interview, conducted by Alexa O'Brien yesterday, is well worth watching in full). In the meantime, Coombs has pledged to fight for his client's right to receive hormone therapy at Fort Leavenworth.
Yesterday, the Private Manning Support Network and Amnesty International launched a campaign for a Presidential Pardon for Chelsea – or, at the very least that her sentence be commuted to time served. I encourage all those reading this blog to sign that petition.
A note on names
It is important that all supporters of Chelsea Manning recognise her wishes and I wanted to say a few words about how this blog intends to do that. From now on, this website will have a home at www.ukfriendsofchelseamanning.org. Its masthead has also been changed.
The blog now called UK Friends of Chelsea Manning was set up in January 2011 to campaign for Chelsea Manning's release from the inhuman conditions of solitary confinement imposed on her in the Quantico marine brig. It sought to do this primarily by involving the UK Government in her case. This was achieved in early April 2011.
As such, this is largely an archival site. Within its archives are an almost day-by-day account of what happened during that busy period. The blog also details early developments in the Manning support campaign, especially as they happened in the UK. External links to this site dating from that period redirect to either blog.ukfriendsofbradleymanning.org or the underlying wordpress.com address ukfriendsofbradleymanning.wordpress.com.
For reasons of continuity and preserving that historical record, I have decided to maintain both these addresses and mentions of Chelsea's historical name as they appeared before today's announcement. References to Chelsea from this point on will always use her preferred name and the female pronoun.
Update (26/8)
The Private Manning Support Network have made a formal announcement about their change of name here. Note that PVT Manning will remain correct style until her sentence has been served and she is formally discharged from the military.


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In its academic component, CAI trains law students and attorneys to be effective child advocates throughout their legal careers. Its Child Advocacy Clinic gives USD Law students three distinct clinical opportunities to advocate on behalf of children and youth, and its Dependency Counsel Training Program provides comprehensive training to licensed attorneys engaged in or contemplating Dependency Court practice.
CAI's research and advocacy component, conducted through its offices in San Diego, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C., seeks to leverage change for children and youth through impact litigation, regulatory and legislative advocacy, and public education. Active primarily at the federal and state levels, CAI's efforts are multi-faceted—comprehensively and successfully embracing all tools of public interest advocacy to improve the lives of children and youth.
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Student Defense Summit: Protecting College Students from Unfair Practices and Predatory InstitutionsThursday, January 7, 2021
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The Miami Dolphins have traded an undiscolsed draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs to get QB Tyler Thigpen, the Miami Herald reports.
The news comes less than 24 hours after Chad Pennington was lost for the season due to a shoulder injury. Chad Henne is expected to continue to be the starter for the team, but his performance in relief duty against the San Diego Chargers couldn't have grown much confidence in the coaching staff.
Thigpen, who started much of last seasin for the Chiefs, becomes the Dolphins most experienced NFL quarterback despite only being in his third season. He joins rookie Pat White on the sideline, but it's unclear who will be Henne's backup.
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It's not often that a player with a 1-10 record as a starter is an upgrade, but Thigpen might be that exception.
With one eye on the future, the Dolphins all but closed the door on its past by placing Pennington on injured reserve. Pennington's last snap in a Dolphins uniform may also be the last of his career after what will undoubtedly be his third major shoulder surgery soon.
Thigpen may give an added dimension to the offense because he has the ability to run effectively. He ran for 386 yards on 62 carries last season for an average of 6.2 yards per carry. Thigpen also has a good arm, but has only completed 54 percent of his passes so far in his short career.


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The holiday season is the most anticipated time of year for businesses because along with the festivities, it also happens to be the time where they make the most amount of sales and profit for the year. It all starts with "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S., which has been the undisputed busiest shopping day of the year since 2004.
If you're wondering where the name "Black Friday" comes from or what the holiday is all about, you've come to the right spot.
Black Friday marks the transition of retailers going from operating a financial loss ("in the red") from January through November to being ("in the black") and showing profits on their financial statements.
Consumers go crazy for Black Friday
It has become such a craze amongst consumers that they're often willing to wait out in the cold all night for certain stores to open to get their hands on the advertised bargains. Whereas in the past retailers would open doors as early as 6:00 AM, the opening time began to creep back to 5:00 AM, then 4:00 AM, with some retailers even going so far as to opening up at midnight, often with line-ups for as far as the eye can see.
Here are some Black Friday stats to showcase just how big the holiday really is:
Walmart reported 22 million shoppers came through its stores in a 4-hour period on Thanksgiving night.
Brick-and-mortar sales were as high as $12.3 billion, up 2.3% from the previous year (source: CNN Money)
Online sales on Black Friday also reached a record high at $1.96 billion, up 18.5% from 2012 (source: TechCrunch)
The importance of going omnichannel
However, over the years, online sales during Black Friday have continually being increasing year-over-year, with shoppers preferring the comfort of sitting and making purchases at home on their computer, tablet, or mobile, rather than standing in line and having to deal with the crowds. For example, here are some stats that paint the broader picture:
51% of consumers said they'd be shopping online on Black Friday (source: Marketing Land)
19% of consumers will make purchases using their tablets and 18% using their smartphones, compared to 15% and 14% in 2012, respectively (source: Marketing Land)
Online sales made from a mobile device climbed 16% in 2012 (source: Marketing Land)
This means as a business, it's becoming increasingly important to pursue an omni-channel strategy where consumers can purchase from you both online and in-store. Pursuing an integrated and multi-channel sales strategy will not only benefit you this coming Black Friday but will be imperative and consumer habits shift along with technology over the years.


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July Foodie Penpal Reveal Day July 31, 2012Posted by ToYourHealth in Public Health.
Tags: Diet, Foodie penpal, Personal Health, Plant-based diet, vegan
This is not within my realm of public health posts, alas I have signed up with Foodie Penpals and must reveal the contents of the box I received this month on this, my only blog.
And I'm excited to share it with you!
Foodie Penpals is a fun foodie exchange initiated by Lindsay of The Lean Green Bean blog. Lindsay will pair you up with a sender and a recipient, minimal rules, and tons of fun if you like sending packages to and receiving them from complete strangers.
This month, my Foodie Penpal was Chelsea from Troy, NY. I was surprised with a big box stuffed with goodies tailored to me. Yes, it's true!
Chelsea went to her local Farmer's Market where she finds Flour City Pasta from Rochester, and generously sent me 2 packages of unique pastas: chipotle shells and bon vivant orzo.
Here's the bon vivant orzo prepared with the included recipe. This uses mushrooms, pine nuts, shallots and snow peas which I harvested from my garden, and a splash of lemon juice. Delish!
She also included 2 organic, vegan snack bars. Recently vegan, believe me, I have tried numerous vegan bars just in the hopes of saving a few hours of chopping and chewing. I haven't found one that was actually palatable. But when I tasted and then gave my kids a bite of these bars, I heard, "Yumm-o! Let me have the rest of that awesome bar!" I had to reply that no, it was really just for me. That's how fantastic the chocolate and peanut butter bars are. I will be on the lookout for Good 'n Natural Fruit, Nut & Seed Bars to keep all of us happy.
It takes some moxie to send coffee to a Seattleite, but it's like she already knew me inside and out. Chelsea sent Mocha Java from her fave coffee shop and nailed it. Totally my complete order. And it is perfect. She included a coffee-to-go mug and 2 reusable canvas bags for groceries as she knows we like to keep it green here in the Emerald City.
Chelsea was a sweetheart to stick to my dietary preferences and I loved having a bite of Troy right here in my own kitchen all the way across the country. Her lovely letter explained her choice of items on a personal level. Thank you, Chelsea!
Comment to let me know if you decide to sign up to be a Foodie Penpal. It'll bring a welcome, quaint, yummy box to your door every month.
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I've definitely used it successfully over a gloss glaze in the past. I think I still have a piece like that, I'll try and look it out and take a pic. From the other topic " and trying to not mix the glaze too far in advance seems to help too.", I'd wondered about that myself. Looking at that logically (well, economically anyway) you won't be making a large batch of this glaze, so it must be brushed or sprayed rather than dipped. I've got a test tile (brushed on) in a friends glaze firing today and also a test (with some underglaze and some ^6 glaze on a pot) in my own bisque fire today to be glazed in a few days time.
I don't have the same wheel as you, (mine is a Cowley Double Drive) but it has a reverse switch: it takes a lot longer than just the wheel head stopping before you can switch direction, you can hear the motor (or something) still spinning down, only when that has completely stopped will it change direction on command from the switch. If you switch it too soon, although the switch position has changed the wheel rotation won't have
Joseph, thanks, I'd been following that topic with interest, although I've not had many problems with the glaze flaking from vertical surfaces. I do remember it happening once, but that's all. I've used crawls sparingly but am never sure how it's going to turn out and am unsure of the best method of application. The formula I started with was taken from this website (istr:) Soda spar, 30: Mag. Carb 30: FF3134, 10: Talc, 10: EPK, 20. When this has been successful the cracks between the eventual blobs of glaze have opened up as it dried. This hasn't always happened. I'm trying a different formula now:- Nepheline Syenite, 75: Mag, Carb, 20: Ball Clay, 3: Zinc Oxide, 2:. On application with a brush (my usual method) this has gone on just like a normal dipping glaze would with a brush (i.e. not looking as though it's the best application method). It's stayed there but hasn't cracked up at all. I've been told that crawl glazes are likely to work best over a bisque fired underglaze, (or even a bisque fired ^6 glaze) and will give that a go. The Magnesium Carbonate requires much more water than I would usually use for slaking down dry ingredients before sieving but I've tended to leave it like that as it gives a good thick coat with a brush. My worst result ever was on a plate rim which was over a black satin matt glaze, the effect ended up not unpleasant, but in no way resembled a crawl glaze, (pic below). I'm really wanting to know the best method of application and what the consistency of the glaze should be. I mix most of my glazes on the thin side which allows me to use both an airbrush and a larger spray gun. I rarely dip pots to glaze them as with my limited output I can't justify making glaze in large enough quantities, (storage space also enters the equation as well) but I do know the correct consistency for a dipping glaze.
Crawl Glazes.
ayjay posted a topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkCrawl glazes or beading glazes or Lichens or Reticulating glazes, whichever you prefer to call them, anything with a high Mag Carb content is what I'm referring to. I like the effect of these (in the right circumstances) but am never sure if they are going to work or not. What sort of consistency should I be aiming for with the mixed glaze and what is the best application method and thickness? Dipping is rarely possible in the circumstances I like to use them. Do they work better over a gloss glaze (they appear to to me) and is there a way to make them work better over a matt glaze or even just underglaze on bisque?
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ayjay replied to oldlady's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkSnoozing Fox in the garden. Plenty of these around in the garden too, (although this one is rarer being an aberration, with extra spots).
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ayjay replied to oldlady's topic in Equipment Use and RepairIf you have almost exactly what you want but without the "roundness underneath" - can you *solder blob* the item or possibly add a small dab of epoxy to create the roundness?
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ayjay replied to Mark C.'s topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingI think people normally celebrate joyous occasions, not suicide of national proportions. I'm not biting, (not very hard anyway): time and place, etc.etc. ...........and I'm just about discussed out via UK based forums. The fact remains, I voted to not go in in the first place back in the 70s and I've since loathed every twist and turn of the breathtaking corruption in Brussels. We were fine before the Common Market and we'll be fine long after the EU is dead and buried.
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ayjay replied to Mark C.'s topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingJust a normal day here: maybe some time in the future we'll celebrate 23rd June, Brexit Referendum day, (and my birthday).
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ayjay replied to What?'s topic in Equipment Use and RepairI use both standard spray guns and airbrushes, being in the UK we seem to have different equipment available (and unavailable) to the US and I've never been able to find the Paasche guns mentioned here and in previous posts. I tried a couple of airbrushes, with the largest needle I could find, but even though all my glazes are passed through a 100 mesh sieve I still suffered annoying blockages. I've eventually settled on a Badger 250-2, this doesn't use a needle for delivery, it operates by the same method as a Critter spraygun, it will still suffer the very occasional blockage (far less often than a needle type airbrush) but the clean out process is so much simpler and quicker.
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ayjay replied to Benzine's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI don't even like to make tea in a cup or mug that isn't white inside, I am only a very occasional and very amateur painter but I also couldn't use anything but a white palette. It's like how glazes appear different on different clay bodies, if the paint is going onto a white ground it has to start on a white palette.
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There's a couple of web-pages worth a read which might help you out - links below. Lots of recipes on the first link and the second is more of a brief *how to* http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery/oxidewashes.html http://www.fireverseceramics.com/using-oxides.html
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ayjay replied to NawaeClay's topic in Clay and Glaze Chemistry1) That would be considered normal/standard - but you do whatever you want, the Amaco Velvets for example have a pleasant finish when unglazed, and if the clay is correctly formulated and fired to maturity it shouldn't need glaze. 2) All the underglazes I've used can be watered down, often they benefit from it, although you would then need more coats to achieve the advertised colour, they are very much like watercolours in that respect. 3) The clay and glaze need to match: a ^5 clay needs glazing with a glaze that's formulated to fit the clay when fired to ^5. A ^10 glaze won't have melted properly at ^5. Most underglazes nowadays will fire to ^6 without washing out - the destructions ought to tell you. 4) I use compressed air to blow off the pots if I'm spraying the glazes, it only takes a moment to change the sprayer for a blower, (be wary of breathing the dust), I will have already given them a wipe over with a damp sponge. The pots can be made quite wet before glazing if you have a reason to do it - the main reason would be so that they take up less glaze, or you can wash them and leave them to dry. No-one here minds what may seem to you like trivial questions - I'm sure I've asked a few myself over the time I've been here.
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ayjay replied to RPMpottery's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryIt depends: , (as usual). https://digitalfire.com/4sight/education/reducing_the_firing_temperature_of_a_glaze_from_cone_10_to_6_101.html
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ayjay replied to Simon Heath's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryI've tried it once, (but later I accidentally broke the piece and binned it), mine came out alright in most respects but it was just a dull beige, fairly matt in comparison to the pic below and no crystal growth at all. https://glazy.org/recipes/4602 It may need a slow cool down programmed in after reaching ^6. I'll give it another go some time, but my output is not prodigious so it will be a while.


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Monday, 15 November 2010
Absinthe Cocktails: one more for the road!*
2010 may well be seen as the year that absinthe moved from niche towards (and maybe into) the mainstream. In the USA, competition has stepped up with more companies and brands seeming to get serious about the category, while outside the US more high quality brands have been moving into some new markets.
The growing popularity of good absinthes has been mirrored in the publication of three new absinthe books in the USA. I reviewed The Little Green Book of Absinthe (and the Swiss publication, the Absinthe Cocktail Guide) in March. Then I reviewed A Taste for Absinthe in September. And now, Absinthe Cocktails from Imbibe USA's Kate Simon has been published, this time in both the USA and in the UK.
There are strong similarities between this latest book and Guthrie's A Taste for Absinthe. Both books combine classic cocktails with modern creations. Both books feature cocktails made by many well-known mixologists: Simon includes several cocktails made by some of Europe's mixologists too. As an example, Ales Olasz (who I met last year at London's Montgomery Place) makes a great Reverse Sazerac Sour:
Both books are beautifully photographed: I love this photo from Simon's book showing the Attention as made by Seattle's Jamie Boudreau:
Both books contain an Absinthe Buyers' Guide (as did the Little Green Book of Absinthe). It is very interesting to note that just four absinthes are recommended in all three US guides: La Clandestine and Kübler from Switzerland, Lucid from France, and Obsello (hitherto produced in Spain). Even more interesting to note that Simon's book completely leaves out of her recommendations some of the "absinthes" that were heavily featured in Nathan's Little Green Book. It seeems that the quality message is getting through! And Kate Simon also includes a useful guide to "How to go green without going broke," noting that you could make all 50 cocktails in her book with just one bottle of absinthe.
Absinthe Cocktails and A Taste for Absinthe are clearly the best absinthe cocktail books on the market. I can see A Taste for Absinthe as being a great coffee table book, but it's almost too nice to put too close to the worktop when you're preparing a cocktail. Absinthe Cocktails is more compact and you could take it out with you when bar-hopping. I can imagine going into a bar, pointing at a photo, and saying, "I'll have one of these, please!"
Absinthe Cocktails: 50 ways to mix with the Green Fairy by Kate Simon, is published in the UK by Chronicle at £12.99. All the books mentioned (except for the Swiss book) are available from the major online sellers in both USA and UK. A Taste for Absinthe tends to be more expensive in line with its coffee table appearance; The Litte Green Book is now much cheaper than the others and is also available for the Kindle. Absinthe Cocktails is keenly priced between these two and represents very good value for money, whether you are a long-term absinthe drinker or an absinthe virgin.
It's coming to the end of the working day as I write this ... what better way to mark that than with this from Simon's book: the My Oh My Ty from Brian Miller at Death and Company in New York:
Nice book, Kate! Santé to you and to all those who contributed to it!
* The Real Absinthe Blog wants you to savour your absinthe(s) and to drink responsibly at all times. Good absinthe is made to be savoured and enjoyed ... just like these books!
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- bar tram-trench said...
The last picture , coconuts and absinthe ... I wonder what is inside. In Brazil it is popular drink whiskey with coconuts water ice cubes . I would like to try once a absinthe with coconuts water ice cubes and see how it taste .
- 25 November 2010 at 06:31
- Alan said...
Hi Rogerio,
1 oz aged rum
1 oz white rhum agricole
1 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Clement Creole Shrubb Orange Liqueur
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
1/4 oz absinthe verte
1/8 oz simple syrup
Garnish: mint
Shaken with crushed ice, then served over ice.
Hope that helps!
- 25 November 2010 at 06:37


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|Source: beltwayfinewine.com
According to Greg Byrne (Wine surges in popularity ..., Santa Fe New Mexican, 7/15/09), in the 1970s and 1980s, many Napa wineries picked too early in an attempt to emulate the wines of Bordeaux. The standard practice was to harvest grapes based on sugar ripeness -- pick at 23.6 degrees Brix in order to yield 12.6% alcohol in the fermented wine. After many years of pursuing this path -- a path, according to Byrne, littered with overly tannic, underripe, harsh wines -- Joe Heitz (Heitz Cellars) began to agitate for producing wines based on what the climate allowed rather than what Bordeaux was producing. In the early 1990s, then, hang time became the buzzword as winemakers pursued riper fruit and the wine style changed for the better.
Writing about this same period, John Gilman (California Classicism, The World of Fine Wine (TWoFW), Issue 35, 2012) saw two waves of winemaking which, by the end of the 1970s, had placed California winemaking squarely on the map:
1960s 1970s
Heitz Joseph Swan
Ridge Sterling
Mayacamas Chateau Montelena
Mondavi Clos du Val
Chalone Joseph Phelps
Schramberg Stag's Leap Wine Cellar
The two men agree that Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall but disagree as to the forces that dislodged him. According to Byrne, the lack of rain in Napa in September and October allowed for much longer hang time and phenolicly ripe fruit. It also brought along, however, higher sugar levels, lower acidity, darker color, and richer flavors. By marrying this style of wine with young oak, the Napa winemaker was now promoting power and exuberance over elegance and finesse. Byrne feels that too many winemakers went too far down this path.
While Bryant saw viticultural practices, as it related to phenolic ripeness, as the Napa problem, Gilman sees the problem as the industry's pursuit of cellar-based technology solutions aimed at closing the "Bordeaux gap" (and the creation of winemaking superstars who, from time to time, read their own reviews). In addition, phylloxera had caused widespread replantings in the 1990s and cellar manipulation was used to paper over resulting problems such as young juice in the mix, improperly sited vines, and the pursuit of high yields by the growers in order to meet high demand.
Adding fire to the flame was Robert Parker assigning high scores to these wines and an indolent, self-centered, unquestioning public snapping up the wines at every turn, based exclusively on these scores. This created a vicious cycle with existing wineries adjusting their wines in pursuit of points and new entrants applying the formula from day one.
Regardless of the proportions, these factors had combined to push the industry to a "bad place" by the end of the 1990s. Gilman has characterized that place: high-alcohol wines made from late-picked fruit, vinified with residual sugar, sprinkled with winemaking additives, and matured in expensive new oak. "Phenolic ripeness became the mantra behind which this was all concealed." Alcohol levels had gotten so high that a number of post-fermentation mechanisms were created for mitigation purposes; likewise, technical solutions were employed to address acid deficiency.
A number of factors point to a sea change but, before we address those, let us take a look at the winemakers who did not respond to the siren song of imbalance. The figure below is a compilation of wineries who continued to make wines the old-fashioned way, with words like balance, elegance, finesse, and food being their north stars. The winemakers on this list, plus some others he refers to as "neo-classicists" (James Johnson Vineyards, Philip Togni, for example), remain today, according to Gilman, "at the top of their games and are currently fashioning some of the greatest wines in their illustrious histories."
A number of writers have been making the case that California winemakers are beginning to see the light and are moving to more balanced wines. The writers mentioned in this article definitely fall into this camp. Byrne sees the pendulum as swinging back to finesse, acidity, and varietal character. Gilman views the wines being crafted by the old-liners and the neo-classicists as "classic, old-school wines crafted for the cellar and destined to evolve gracefully." You can also add Alice Feiring to the mix. In a June 2012 article in the Daily Beast (Big? Jammy? Not Anymore! California ...) she cites examples of winemakers who have, for one reason or the other, made the switch from powerful to more food-friendly wines. She makes the point that grass roots organizational activity is also forcing the industry to re-examine its position. Case in point, the In Pursuit of Balance initiative spearheaded by Rajat Par (celebrity sommelier and winemaker) and Jasmine Hirsch, Director of Marketing for Hirsch Vineyard. Hirsch is quoted in the article as saying that one of the drivers of the move to balanced wines is a maturing of the American wine palate and an associated quest for greater subtlety and complexity.
The perceived waning influence of Robert Parker is cited as another reason for this shifting wine style. Parker preferred the style of wine which came to be characteristic of Napa and winemakers and customers heeded his cry. With the financial crash, collectors who pursued this type of wine were wiped out and began looking for less expensive alternatives. They even started looking in places like Chile and Argentina, for crying out loud. Paralleling the fall of Parker's traditional base was the rise of the Millenial's as serious players. In contrast to Parker's traditional base (i) their tastes' were eclectic and (ii) they did their own research , drawing on friends, acquaintances, blogs, and critics who had been laboring in the shadows. Parker's pronouncements still move product but the echo chamber is becoming smaller with the passage of time.
How does a winemaker get on this train? According to Gilman: (i) steer clear of high alcohol; (ii) keep ripeness in check; (iii) keep new oak in check; and (iv) produce structured wines with balance and complexity.
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text: Robert Atkinson Tattoo Artist Magazine #30 Article Preview Interview By Jojo Ackermann Jojo Ackermann: I love pre-Internet how-to-make-it-work stories. It's putting the footwork in that makes you appreciate what you've got down the road. Robert Atkinson: I was a totally different game, man. It really was. But it wasn't until after the L.A. earthquake in '94 that I moved down to Redondo Beach. I was painting houses with a friend to pay my rent and doing tattooing on the side. I really wanted to get into a shop and this friend of mine knew this guy (that had a lot of work from Kari Barba. He had a bodysuit of all these clowns and shit, remember him? He bought Melrose tattoo from Kari... He gave me my first real job tattooing. I worked there with Stephanie Suhm. She had done a real apprenticeship with Kari. She taught me how to mix colors, make needles and make stencils. I hadn't ever made a stenciled tattoo before that. When I was at Melrose Tattoo I met Clay Decker. I met Dan Dringenberg there, back in '94. Then in '95 I got a big panel from Pote Seyler. Pote had tons of work from the Leu family... battle royal on the back, a Hardy design tattooed by Felix and Filip, rib panels from Alex Binnie, Eddie Deutsche had done huge snakes on his upper legs... He started Body Electric on Melrose. He was Swiss and learned a lot from the Leus... No one was doing tattoos like he was in the early to mid 90s... not around here... Riley Baxter, Jesse Tuesday... Running Bear... that was Body Electric back then... Pote did the big koi on my rib and did my upper arm. Corey Miller tattooed me in '93 before I was tattooing professionally. I had a girlfriend who had a bunch of work from him so she took me down there and introduced me to him. And he was always really cool. And I remember being intimidated by Corey too, because I thought, "Ahhh man, this guy's going to give me a hard time because I'm not tattooing professionally." I was nervous about that, but he was cool as can be. He had unbelievable tattoos from Jack Rudy on his forearm. Nice. It still looks great. Yeah, it does. It's pretty fucking wild; it's almost 20 years old. I had never even stepped foot in Spotlight Tattoo because I was way too scared of Bob Roberts. Everybody had stories about him and especially being the wannabe tattooer that I was, I was way too intimidated to go down there, which is kind of funny, because I was at Bob's house a few years ago, talking about art, smoking all his cigarettes and eating microwave tamales. I remember the first time I ever met you and we hung out one night and it was brief, but it was at the National Convention in Tucson, Arizona outside the bar by the pool. That was in 1996. Yeah, and I remember hanging out around there for a little bit and everybody had a couple of drinks and it was getting pretty obnoxious out there and we had a pretty good time. And the next day I was just kind of trying to feel around and see who this dude, Robert Atkinson was, and I was checking out the work and found out you worked in Hollywood and then you fucking disappeared! You went to Europe. And you came back a totally different tattooer, man. What happened? Well, if I back up maybe eight months before that, I had met Henning, and he was a friend of Stephanie Suhm, who I worked with at Melrose Tattoo. This is '95 I guess. Later on I wrote him that I'd always dreamed of going to Europe since I was a kid. The idea of going over there and tattooing was just out-of-this-world for me. So I wrote him a letter and it was four or five months later and about a week-and-a-half before that convention in Tucson that he came in the shop -this is before we were e-mailing or doing anything else. He just walked in and was like, "Hey man do you want to come to Europe? I'm inviting you and you can come in six weeks." So it was pretty fast, like, "Wow man, I've got to get a passport and I've got to figure all this shit out." I was going open-ended. For me it was really exciting because here I was following my dream of going there and working with somebody that was really experienced and getting some knowledge. So he was real cool about me coming over. I went to Sweden and stayed there for a week, then I went down to Helsingør and it was total culture shock for me. I remember the first day in that shop when he was showing me the appointment book, and I was used to doing one or two tattoos a day, which for me, in Hollywood was busy. And being not booked, never booked. I'd have an appointment for tomorrow and hopefully somebody came in and got an appointment for the next day. I could really take my time and be really creative and artistic and all that shit -trying to figure it out. And since I had never served an apprenticeship like you -you came up with a lot more structured way of learning things than I did. I was tattooing professionally for two years before I went there [Europe] and then two years on my own before then, which… Well it counts, but it wasn't under any sort of supervision. But when I got there, I remember thinking the first day, "Man; I'm just not going to be able to hack this. I'm not going to be able to keep up, I'm not experienced enough to be here." And he was doing bodysuits on people all day, everyday. Sleeves, backs, fronts -big, thought out, super elaborate drawings. Things I wanted to do -I'd always dreamed of that stuff from the Tattootime books from Ed Hardy, which was pretty much the beginning for me... (Robert Atkinson is featured in Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #30 and can be found at The Dolorosa Tattoo Company in Studio City ,CA.) Click on TAM #30 to purchase your copy:


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Just as alternative rock was signaling the death knell for many of the "guitar shredders' of the late '80s, a few instrumentalists were able to sneak in under the radar, such as Gary Hoey -- who attracted some attention via his 1993 debut, Animal Instinct. Hailing from Boston, MA, Hoey was first a music fan before picking up the guitar -- following such renowned rock bands that hailed from the area (Aerosmith, J. Geils Band, Boston, etc.). It wasn't long after that Hoey decided to give the guitar a try, initially inspired by the usual guitar greats (especially Jimi Hendrix, whom he dug initially because of his "cool clothes"). Hoey was not entirely self-taught, however, as he would often hang around outside of Boston's renowned Berkelee School of Music, make friends, and then offer to pay them for lessons. Sensing that he should devote all of his time to music, Hoey dropped out of high school and began playing Boston's local clubs, making ends meet by teaching guitar to others.
Hoey's big break appeared to come his way in 1982, when Ozzy Osbourne began looking for a replacement for his recently deceased guitarist, Randy Rhoads. Despite a series of auditions (including Hoey being asked to fly out to Los Angeles), Hoey failed to land the gig, but in the process, he decided to relocate permanently to the West Coast. Packing up all his belongings into a U-Haul, Hoey arrived with $17,000 in his pocket (saved from his playing and teaching gigs). Years later, Hoey eventually came to the attention of manager Dave Kaplan, who helped get the guitarist's career moving forward. Although it wasn't the best of times to launch a career for a "guitar hero" in 1993 (with Nirvana and Pearl Jam being all the rage), Hoey did just that and, surprisingly, scored a sizeable MTV/radio hit with his cover of the early-'70s prog rock gem "Hocus Pocus" by the Netherlands-based group Focus. The album it was taken from, the aforementioned Animal Instinct, also featured contributions from a few notable names of '80s hard rock -- bassist Tony Franklin (ex-Firm), keyboardist Claude Schnell (ex-Dio), and drummer Frankie Banali (ex-Quiet Riot).
Hoey never managed to scale the same heights commercially, but it didn't prevent him from carving a niche for himself, as his albums got progressively more surf-based and rootsy. A friendship with surf guitar great Dick Dale soon blossomed, with Dale going as far as declaring Hoey as one of his all-time favorite players, alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and Andrés Segovia (in Guitar Player magazine), which led to the two working together. The two talented guitarists went toe to toe on a remake of "Miserlou" (titled "Miserlou '97") for the 1997 benefit album M.O.M., Vol. 2: Music for Our Mother Ocean, which also saw Hoey produce and play on another track for the collection, "V-12 Cadillac," by a then still unknown Jewel.
Hoey continues to issue solo albums on a regular basis (including a series of Christmas-themed releases), as well as being a regular guest on several nationally syndicated radio shows (Mancow, Mark & Brian, etc.). He also has worked with various musical instrument and electronics companies creating his own signature gear for retail. In 2006, Hoey released American Made on Surfdog Records.
Power trio instrumental electric guitar rock to accompany footage of surfers, ranging from raging metal to wailing ballads. Jimi Hendrix lives again, and this time his name is Gary Hoey.


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Life Explored is an exciting new way to share the gospel in today's highly visual culture. Developed by Christianity Explored Ministries, the seven interactive sessions are based on stunning videos shot all over the globe. Life Explored will help people uncover what they're really living for, and shows that the greatest pleasure in life is enjoying God himself. Life Explored can be run before or after Christianity Explored or Alpha, and is perfect for anyone looking for answers to life's big questions. The Leader's Kit contains a code, enabling you to download the films to your tablet, laptop or phone, giving you flexibility to run it one-to-one, in larger groups, in homes, or in churches.
"At a time in the Western world when basic knowledge of the Bible is increasingly rare, it is a pleasure to recommend Life Explored. This is one of the best of the rising number of evangelistic tools addressing men and women in the twenty-first century."
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More information is on www.ceministries.org


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Torn Paper Decorated Tag
Instructions: This torn paper technique is a great way to use leftover paper scraps. Simply tear strips of contrasting patterned papers and glue them overlapping each other on the tag. Cut a brown lace border from aqua chevrons paper and foam tape it even with the bottom edge. Re-punch the hole at the top and ink the edges brown. Apply the VersaMark™ pen to the edges, then add Aged Gold embossing powder and heat to melt. Change the look of the kraft butterfly by covering with paper, then ink the edges brown. Apply the VersaMark™ pen to the edges and center of the wings for a body. Sprinkle with Aged Gold embossing powder and heat to melt. Now sprinkle the butterfly wings with Aged Silver embossing powder and place the butterfly on scrap paper. Carefully direct the heat underneath the paper and butterfly to melt the embossing powder. Zot™ the butterfly on a pin and add to the tag as shown. Ink the edges of a Kraft ticket with brown ink. Mat a small photo on white cardstock and ink the edges brown. Glue the photo centered on the ticket. Glue to the tag. Add ribbons as shown.
Supplies: (Find these supplies and more at www.paperwishes.com)


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Last Updated: Sep 30, 2016
Steps to activate your Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Hands free activation
If this is the first time activating your device, hands free activation automatically starts when you power it on for the first time.
Note: If hands free activation fails, continue to the next guide.
Update the data profile
If this is not the first time activating your device, or hands free activation did not complete successfully, update the data profile.
If you are having trouble activating your Apple iPhone 7 Plus, make an appointment at a nearby Sprint Store for assistance getting your device programmed.


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Last Wednesday, BT carried an article in which the CEO of SPH (its parent) explained the thinking behind an SPH-led consortium winning bid to build a mall in Clementi. Its partners with 20% each were NTUC Fair Price and NTUC Income.
BT giving the background said, "Its winning bid of $541.898 million was the highest of six offers that HDB received for the mall. The winning bid is nearly 42 per cent more than the next highest offer of $382 million." Analysts were amazed at the price paid.
"Winning bidders looking ahead at rentals upon lease renewal" was the screaming headline. BT went on quoting SPH's CEO, "'[W]hen we do our calculations, we are not using the rentals when we start operations. We are actually using after rental renewal cycle, whether it is after three years or six years,' said SPH chief executive officer Alan Chan."
"Had SPH used the typical strategy of real estate investment trusts (Reits), which assume say a 5-6 per cent return based on rents when the mall starts operating, it would have led to bids in the $300 million range – where four of the six bids came in for the mall at the close of HDB's tender last Tuesday," BT continued.
What I liked about the CEO's comments is that he gave analysts a time frame on which he can be judged. I'm surprised that the PR/ IR spin doctors allowed him to make these hostage to fortune statements. I hope he will continue making such statements, that help anlaysts.
The usual practice when the winning bid is way above the next bid (known as "winner's curse") is for mangement to mumble something about corporate long term values without going into details.
Long-termism is often used as an excuse for avoiding tough but necessary short-term decisions, or for covering up mistakes. Remember Temasek's Merrill Lynch investment was "long term"
So it is refreshing to see a CEO give a time frame of 3-6 years on which analysts like me can judge the bid.
If you are wondering why this piece took so long to appear — I wanted to ensure that the article reflected correctly the CEO's views: there would be no retraction, correction or clarification.
Remember the AWARE bun fight (where "Anal sex is normal" feminists fought "Crucify the weirdos" X'ians. OK I exaggerate wildly the positions)? There were a lot of ponticating nabobs in the MSM and online who rushed into "print" talking of the implications on civil society of the government's non-intervention, allowing the analists to retake control of AWARE from the "family values" X'ians.
Well a few days later, the government stepped in and said that AWARE's sex manual did not conform to society's standards on anal sex and homosexualism, giving the X'ians a famous victory and making the pontificating nabobs who rushed to judgement looking decidely stupid.


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Explore planet Earth in near-real time
ESA PR 43-2006. Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has created a website, MIRAVI, which gives access to the most recently acquired images from the world's largest Earth Observation satellite, Envisat.
MIRAVI, short for MERIS Images RApid VIsualisation, tracks Envisat around the globe, generates images from the raw data collected by Envisat's optical instrument, MERIS, and provides them online within two hours. MIRAVI is free and requires no registration.
"ESA designed MIRAVI so that the public could have access to daily views of Earth. Naturally, scientists are already familiar with these data, but we thought these images would be interesting to everyone. Seeing the most recently acquired images of the planet will allow people to witness the magnificent beauty of Earth and become more knowledgeable about the environment," ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes Volker Liebig said.
To enjoy the service, simply visit the MIRAVI website - http://www.esa.int/miravi - and either browse the very latest images by clicking on the snapshots to the left, or view a specific location by either selecting an area on the world map or entering its geographic coordinates. MIRAVI also provides archived images since May 2006, searchable by date.
Although the images are fascinating and provide the marvellous feeling that users are 'onboard the satellite', they are not suitable for scientific use. Scientists use MERIS products that exploit the instrument's 15 spectral bands and are generated with sophisticated algorithms. MIRAVI images use only a few spectral bands processed to appear the way the naked eye would see them.
ESA's Envisat Mission Manager Henri Laur said: "The Envisat mission is a great success for Europe as a major source of information on the Earth system, including insights into factors contributing to climate change. Since its launch in 2002, Envisat continuously monitors the Earth's land, atmosphere, oceans and ice caps, thanks to its ten sophisticated instruments."
Envisat circles the Earth in a polar orbit at an
For further information, please contact:
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|Doherty, Robert
Submitted to: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/4/2004
Publication Date: 4/1/2005
Citation: Phillips, K., Wunderlich, K., Holden, J.M., Exler, J., Gebhardt, S.E., Haytowitz, D.B., Beecher, G.R., Doherty, R.F. 2005. Stability of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in frozen fresh fruits and vegetables. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 97:587-595.
Interpretive Summary: A large variability in folate values is often found for food samples. This study was undertaken to determine the variability in folate values due to sample handling during the measurement process. Six fresh fruits and vegetables from the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP), representing a range of food matrices and folate concentrations, were selected for study. Edible portions from the foods were homogenized and stored at -60oC until ready for analysis of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5MTHF). Control materials used were a commercial reference material with an indicative value for 5MTHF and a canned spinach composite. The produce samples were analyzed for 5MTHF after 0, 1, 2, 7, 30 days and at 3-month intervals. The results of the study indicate that fresh fruits and vegetables may be homogenized and stored frozen under the conditions typical of NFNAP samples for up to 12 months with no loss of 5MTHF beyond the limits of analytical variability.
Technical Abstract: The stability of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5MTHF) in homogenized fresh fruits and vegetables representing samples for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP) was evaluated. Samples were homogenized in liquid nitrogen, and 5MTHF was measured after 0, 1, 2, 7, 30 days and then at 3-month intervals for a total of 12 months storage at -60±5oC, utilizing extraction by a tri-enzyme treatment, purification by anion-exchange solid-phase extraction, and quantification by reverse-phase HPLC. Method validation included analysis of a reference material and inter-laboratory analysis of selected samples by HPLC and LC-MS. A canned spinach composite was assayed in each analytical batch to monitor inter-assay precision. No change in 5MTHF content was detected in any of the samples after 12 months. Concentrations ranged from <10ug/100g in bananas to >100ug/100g in spinach. Relative standard deviations were generally <7% within assay and <11% between assays.


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Sack Sulfates to Preserve Sewers
Sewers are a marvel. They allow us to live close together without cities turning into smelly, disease-spreading swamps.
In a sewer's anaerobic conditions, common sulfate compounds are reduced by bacteria to hydrogen sulfide—the source of that rotten egg smell. And hydrogen sulfide when exposed to air forms sulfuric acid. Which eats away at concrete. The result: crumbling sewers.
The response has been to try to remove sulfide from sewage water. But researchers in Australia asked a different question: where does the original sulfate come from?
Turns out much of it is from drinking water treatment. Aluminum sulfate is added at most Australian drinking water plants tested to coagulate solids out of the dirty water. That process is the source of more than half the resulting sulfates in the sewage. Numbers are similar in the U.S.
The scientists say that by switching to nonsulfate-based coagulants, governments worldwide could save a billion dollars a year in sewer repair costs. The research is in the journal Science. [Ilje Pikaar et al, Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management]
Today, drinking water is managed separately from sewage treatment. A related editorial [Wolfgang Rauch and Manfred Kleidorfer, Replace contamination, not the pipes] calls for a holistic approach to water management that looks at the entire water cycle, and helps save sewers in the process.
—Cynthia Graber
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Angel's soon to be released, Sexing the Transman, takes a look at the sexuality and intimate relationships of a handful of transmen. In interviews, Angel focuses on the effect hormones have had on their sexuality — whether in sex drive, sexual behavior or sexual orientation. Angel has already released a teaser — a triple X version of the documentary, which includes interviews with transmen as well as solo masturbation scenes.
As the editor in chief of Original Plumbing, a quarterly magazine about the lives of transmen, Amos Mac sees all kinds of sexual behaviors and orientations among the trans male population. But Mac acknowledges that happening of suddenly becoming attracted to men after hormones always garners discussion.
"I remember once I was at the gym with three other transmen who were pretty hetero, but then one of them casually said 'so I hooked up with this guy. Do any of you ever do that?' I remember thinking it was so cute, the way he brought it up. I'm much more gay identified, so for me it is not hidden. I am more in your face when I talk about it," says Mac.
It seems an inevitable part of the discussion is the why — why or how does someone who perhaps once identified as a lesbian, suddenly like men after taking testosterone? There have been some studies on the happening, but not enough to warrant any sort of consensus, let alone general cultural knowledge about what is going on. In his documentary, Angel initially points to the power of the hormones for explanation. And definitely, the effects of testosterone are intense.
In Angel's adult version of the film, many of the men describe feeling like teenage boys after starting testosterone — many talk about the need to masturbate multiple times a day. Some admitted suddenly enjoying and craving vaginal or anal penetration, items previously "off the menu." The consensus was that taking "T" brought a rocket-like increase in sex drive.
Daniel says it was the sudden increase in sex drive that drove him to Craigslist. He was bored at work one day and put up an ad: Transman looking for lunch hour hook-up. He got a response from a guy near his office. He owned a wood-shop, and during Daniel's lunch hour, the two hooked up in a spare closet.
He isn't alone in his Craigslist hunting — "I've seen other transmen on the site. They say things like, FTM transguy wanted to get plowed! Or FTM guy wants first time with a cis dude! Or Transboy student seeking older guy! Looking for a Silver Daddy $$$!" he laughs. "And there are gay men looking for transmen. Maybe they are interested in their bodies or they are interested in them emotionally. Or maybe they just wanna have their first time too!" says Daniel.
But there is some worry about focusing on this happening as something of a "phenomenon." "In the early days of prescribing hormones to transgender folks, there were definitely physicians and researchers who saw it as a "cure" for homosexuality. Luckily that is not a prevailing opinion in the US any more, but it certainly does still occur in other regions, such as the Middle East. I do worry though, that reporting on trans sexualities could lead to the unsubstantiated conclusion that hormones "cause" homosexuality, and as of right now, there are no studies that prove a causative relationship between hormones and changes in one's sexuality" says Dr. Tamar Carmel, a, medical doctor who specializes in M to F trans issues.
While Angel's documentary focuses on hormones, he does not deny that the transition is rife with social and psychological changes as well. Especially with regard to sexual orientation, there is a lot of weight emotionally and psychologically.
Psychologist, Ami B. Kaplan writes on her blog Transgender Mental Health, of the shifting orientation phenomenon: "Perhaps what is really happening in these cases is that individuals are choosing partners more for the complex array of factors that help the individual feel confirmed in their authentically felt gender rather than for their desirability based on their maleness or femaleness."
And passing in the world as a man, the transman's relationship to other men has changed completely. "I remember when I began passing fully, and I started getting checked out on the street by men...that was interesting," says Mac. "You become invisible to the queer girls who checked you out before. Suddenly everyone is ignoring you, except for gay men. I remember really liking their attention, I always wanted that attention. Before, when I would work the door at gay clubs and hang out with gay men, all I wanted was to be accepted by them, I hated being seen as a girl by gay men," he says.
So, perhaps these transmen are choosing partners who mirror their new male-ness, who accept them — and this takes precedence over gender. Or perhaps, as Angel suggests, they are attracted to the bodies they want, and are spending so much time on getting. "Maybe they are more comfortable with themselves and their bodies now, making them more open to more things they wouldn't have been before," says Angel.
The whole thing is still sort of shocking to Daniel, who had a serious girlfriend when he began his transition. "She had it rough. People, who didn't know I was trans, would say to her — this is your boyfriend? Um, he is clearly gay!" At the same time, he realized, his attraction to women was just fizzling out. It was scary, but he knew this was something that sometimes happens — there was already a path cleared.
Lou Sullivan was a transman and activist who founded FTM International, the first FTM trans organization. Sullivan also dated men. He had problems even getting hormones from doctors, because of his gay orientation. Sullivan was the first activist who pushed that gender identity and sexual orientation are separate concepts. He was sadly, was also the first transman to die of AIDS.
According to Angel, who has ties to researchers in Seattle, some unpublished findings show that AIDS is rapidly growing among the trans male population. "Much more research needs to be conducted in this area before we can make any substantial conclusions about the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS in the FTM community. Regardless though, we need to increase HIV/AIDS education, outreach, and prevention efforts in the FTM community" says Dr. Carmel.
The amount of studies on transmen and their health — let alone on changes in sexual orientation — are lacking. "Unfortunately, we don't have a long medical history on transmen. And we don't know all the long-term effects of transitioning with hormones. This is the first wave of discussing it. But the more we are documenting this history, the better it will be for the next round" says Mac.
At the colorful parties Mac throws with the Original Plumbing gang in Brooklyn, party-goers identify in all kinds of ways — gender neutral, gender queer, drag queens who like trans boys, gay trans boys who date trans women, plain old LGBT is so last decade. Truly, among the younger set, all of this just seems to matter less. Daniel, too, says that maybe he will go back to liking women again, and that wouldn't be a big deal. It all jives with Angel's take-away — "Well, you know what I really think. It's just that sexual orientation and sexual behavior is way more open to change than any of us want to admit." While Lou Sullivan taught us that gender and sexual orientation are separate, perhaps the gender queer generation and these trans men are teaching us that sexual orientation — as well as gender —can also be fluid.


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There are a lot of insulation types available today. However, when it comes to attic insulation Johnston, blown-in is the most commonly used. It is estimated that the majority of homeowners spend around $700 up to $1,900 to have an average size or 2,500 square feet attic insulated. If you plan to save costs on labor, you can have your attic insulated by doing it yourself. Expect to spend around $500 to $1,000 for a blown-in insulation that has an R-30 value, $100 to $200 for the equipment needed, and $10 to $25 for the sealant. A DIY Johnston attic insulation can cost you approximately $600 to $1,300 all in all.
Estimated final cost for attic insulation
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|Attic Insulation Labor
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GIOVE missions serving as Galileo's radiation watchdogs
Many experts forecast the space weather to be stormy. After years of inactivity, the Sun is waking up, perhaps profoundly affecting Earth's space environment and the satellites orbiting through it – including the imminent Galileo constellation.
Problems of a stormy Sun
Our parent star makes its presence felt in a variety of ways, from the solar radiation all life relies on to the steady stream of the solar wind, made up of ionised nuclei and electrons.
Then there is the sudden eruption of billions of tonnes of highly energetic charged particles during solar storms – two of which occurred last month.
It typically takes a couple of days for these solar streams to reach our vicinity, where their interactions with Earth's magnetic field can cause spectacular low-latitude auroras, sometimes damaging electrical infrastructure. One 1989 event caused major power outages across Canada.
The uppermost layers of the atmosphere making up the electrically charged 'ionosphere' are also perturbed.
"The frequency of solar storms varies with the 11-year solar cycle, reflected by the amount of sunspots visible," says Stefano Binda, an ESA engineer in the Galileo project.
"Right now we are in the upwards phase, with maximum solar activity predicted between 2012 and 2014.
"This is an issue of concern for all satellites and therefore also for Galileo, as we begin launching this October and are scheduled to begin operations by mid-2014, right in the heart of the 'solar max'."
Effects on satellite navigation
Solar storms affect satellite navigation in various ways, starting with the satellites themselves.
Components can be unexpectedly upset and gradually degraded by the particle bombardments. Galileo's medium orbit at an altitude of around 23 200 km is less protected by the geomagnetic field than other orbit regimes, like low orbits.
This orbit also takes the satellites through the outer Van Allen radiation belt, one of the two toroidal regions where incoming charged particles are funnelled by the magnetosphere – meaning they will actually have more lifetime radiation exposure than their higher-altitude geostationary equivalents.
Satnav users on the ground, along with the terrestrial infrastructure overseeing the constellation and producing navigation signals, will also experience unwanted effects.
"Propagating through an energised ionosphere leads to signal delay," explains Stefano.
"Ordinary telecommunication systems can just boost through broadcast energy but satellite navigation uses the signal delay to calculate the user's position.
"Just a billionth of a second's delay can cause a 30 cm error, and the ionosphere can cause errors in the order of several metres."
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Do the results not depend on successful practice? What if I am not able to meditate successfully?
Do I need to change my lifestyle in order to successfully learn Transcendental Meditation?
If this technique works so well, and if you really want to create a better world, then why do you not give this technique away for free?
How reliable is the scientific research around TM?
There are so many different meditation techniques available on the market that promise dramatic improvements, how is TM different?
Do people sometimes stop practicing TM after they have learned it?
How do I learn TM and how much does it cost?


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MUTED TONES - Alpha fringe earrings
These handwoven beaded earrings with fringe are made with Japanese delica beads.
1.25" wide, and 4.5" long
Tracked shipping now available in "ADD-ONS" section.
All items are still made-to order by me all by myself, and are ready to ship within 4-6 weeks. WAIT DON'T PANIC! Rush deliveries happily accommodated on request at no extra charge when possible. (Additional charge for express shipping) Thanks for your patience.
Proudly made in traditional Coast Salish territory.