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When working with iteratees, one notices a sort of dual between producer and consumer--for any given stream processing task (which pairs a producer of values with some consumer of these values), operations can often be expressed on either the producer side or the consumer side. For instance, if we want to square each value in a stream of integers, we can map over the stream (the producer), or we can map (contravariantly) over the values as they enter the stream's consumer (the iteratee). Here is an intriguing idea: what if we could programmatically translate stream processing tasks from one mode to the other? That is, write pull-based code, but translate to push-based for purposes of execution. It turns out this is actually possible and I'll show code in this post for doing the conversion.
Why is this desirable? Push-based APIs like iteratees are generally preferable for execution--data is produced and sent to its consumers, then any resources associated with that data can be freed. This model is simple and easy to reason about in terms of memory and resource usage. Pull-based execution is more problematic: resource lifetimes (and therefore space usage) are not deterministic since at any point in time, a function may choose to request "historical" data from the producer. The consequences of this have plagued some FRP implementations (though there are ad hoc workarounds that involve limiting access to history in various ways or only exposing certain "safe" combinators rather than the full pull-based API that forms the underlying model) and led many to reject lazy IO in favor of iteratees.
While iteratees address these problems for streaming IO, programming with them directly requires inverting your thinking, which is arguably somewhat unnatural. Likewise for other push-oriented APIs like arrows, which have used as the basis for FRP implementations that aren't as susceptible to space leaks. Honestly, I'm not sure what I think about the claims that push-based APIs are less "natural". What's most important is that whatever API you use composes, avoids code duplication, and gives you some reasoning tools. With those ingredients, I suspect you can get comfortable with any API. (I remember when I first started writing iteratee code, which we have a lot of at work, my brain nearly exploded when writing even the simplest of iteratees and HOFs for composing them... but after some practice it came much more naturally.)
Moving on, the key to converting from pull-based code to push-based code is to represent streams of data as a ListT, universally quantified over the underlying monad. I'll explain this in a minute. First, a
ListT is just a list that yields a monadic effect with each
uncons. Here is a
ListT implementation:
-- Skip nodes let us do filtering without lookahead
-- uncons is then a simple loop that removes any Skip nodes
data Step a s = Empty | Yield a s | Skip s
newtype ListT f a =
ListT { runListT :: f (Step a (ListT f a)) }
instance Monad f => Monad (ListT f) where
return a = ListT (return (Yield a empty))
(ListT s) >>= f = ListT $
s >>= \step -> case step of
Yield h t -> return $
(Skip $ f h `mplus` (t >>= f))
Skip t -> return $ Skip (t >>= f)
Empty -> return Empty
instance (Monad f) => MonadPlus (ListT f) where
mzero = ListT (return Empty)
(ListT s) `mplus` b = ListT $
s >>= \step -> case step of
Yield h t -> return $ Yield h (t `mplus` b)
Skip t -> return $ Skip (t `mplus` b)
Empty -> return $ Skip b
instance MonadTrans ListT where
lift fa = ListT $ liftM (\a -> Yield a empty) fa
empty :: Monad f => ListT f a
empty = ListT (return Empty)
cons :: Monad f => a -> ListT f a -> ListT f a
cons h t = ListT . return $ Yield h t
Now, consider a function of type
forall f . Monad f => ListT f a -> ListT f a. Parametricity guarantees the function cannot assume anything about
f other than that it's a monad. Substitute the identity monad for
f and we can see how any function
[a] -> [b] could be written as a
forall f . Monad f => ListT f a -> ListT f b. In other words, this API is just as expressive as the usual lazy IO style pull-based API.
The trick is that the caller of such a function can substitute another monad in for
f, namely the reader monad. This lets us push values into the
data Input a = Done | Await | Element a
prompts :: ListT (Reader (Input a)) a
prompts = ListT . reader $ \input -> case input of
Done -> Empty
Await -> Skip prompts
Element a -> Yield a prompts
prompts is a potentially infinite stream of
a, but with each step, we obtain a function from
Input a -> ListT (Reader (Input a). On the one hand, we can feed this to a
forall f . Monad f => ListT f a -> ListT f b and from its perspective it is pulling values from the stream. On the other hand, at each step we get to push a value into the stream (or signal termination, or whatever "instruction set" we wish to support).
We need one more ingredient, a slightly-reformulated version of iteratees. A well-behaved iteratee will always yield a result (rather than a
Cont) when fed
EOF. We can make this more explicit in the type:
type IsEOF = Bool
data Moore a b =
Feed b (Input a -> Moore a b)
| Stop b IsEOF
I've renamed this
Moore since it is essentially just a Moore machine supporting early termination (the
Stop case just encodes the fact that the state transition function always leads back to the same state from that point). With iteratees, it is really just a convention that intermediate
b values are not inspected (and hence not computed in a lazy language) until either
EOF is hit or the iteratee signals termination early.
We can now use this to perform the inversion of control programmatically. Note the signature for invert!
isDone :: Input a -> Bool
isDone Done = True
isDone _ = False
invert :: (forall f . Monad f => ListT f a -> ListT f b)
-> Moore a (Maybe b)
invert f = go Nothing (f prompts) where
go cur res = Feed cur $ \a ->
case runReader (runListT res) a of
Empty -> Stop cur (isDone a)
Yield h t -> go (Just h) t
Skip s -> go cur s
We can write very similar code for monadic iteratees:
data MooreT f a b =
FeedT b (Input a -> f (MooreT f a b))
| StopT b IsEOF
invertT :: Monad f
=> (forall t . (MonadTrans t, Monad m)
=> ListT (t f) a -> ListT (t f) b)
-> MooreT f a (Maybe b)
invertT = ...
Here is the full code. I haven't played with it much, but isn't it fascinating that this translation is possible? (I suspect there is some categorical connection here though I'm not quite sure what it is yet) It means we can write code using a pull-based API, where functions have access to the "full history" of the stream they are transforming, but translate to a push-based API for purposes of execution. The translation will discover and retain the exact portion of the history required to express the transformation, and it will retain this history for only as long as needed. I find it interesting to think about how different operations on
ListT will get mapped to the equivalent
Moore machine. For instance, a function that conses onto a
ListT results in a
Moore that "delays" the input stream by one step. And so on...
This trick of writing code which is parametric in the choice of monad is not really specific to stream processing and I suspect it has other uses. (Ed Kmett uses a similar technique in his recent searching infinity post and it's probably been used elsewhere) For any given function parametric in the choice of monad, it's fun to consider what sort of interesting structures can be built by substituting different monads.


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When Fayette's elementary school principal Dr. LuAnn Boyer visited Montpelier's school, she saw a display of the district's old buildings that preceded the new school.
With Fayette approaching a similar situation—the demolition of the high school and the possible sale of the Franklin building—she wanted to commemorate the Fayette school buildings somehow.
When she mentioned the idea in the superintendent's office, Molly Graf came through with the solution. Dr. Boyer thought the suggestion was the cat's meow.
Or make that Cat's Meow—the company that creates small, commemorative replicas of buildings.
Dr. Boyer moved forward with the project. She spoke with Jerry Schaffner about taking photos of the two buildings. She obtained the history of the Franklin building from John Winzeler. The orders were placed and the buildings are now on sale.
The wooden replicas are available for $15 each at either school office plus the Normal Memorial Library.
As with all Cat's Meow items, there's also Casper, the black cat trademark seen on every piece.
The back side of each model includes a brief history of the building. The Franklin school, for example, has been in operation for 70 years and first opened as a township school. New classrooms were added in 1958.
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Title: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Author: Fredrik Backman
Translator: Jia Effendie
Publisher: Noura Books
November 2016
496 pages
If you're tired with the political issues that spread almost everywhere, in the social media, on TV, lunch topic and many more, I really recommend you to read this book, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry written by a Sweden writer, Fredrick Backman. The writer with his witty way will take us meeting Elsa, a seven-year-old-unique girl and her 77-year-old Grandma who is 'crazy'.
Elsa finds difficulties in making friends, but lucky her, she has the best friend in the whole world, yep...her Grandma. Her Grandma will take her to some crazy adventures such as standing on the balcony firing paint ball guns at strangers. At night Elsa and Grandma will go to the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and no body needs to be normal.
Elsa's life turns upside down when Grandma dies. Although drowning in her sadness yet Elsa also found that her Grandma leaves behind a series of letter that must be delivered to other tenants that live in the same apartment building as Elsa.
The letters are apologies from Grandma to the tenants there. These letters become Elsa's greatest adventure. Through the letters, the lonely Elsa finally can build bonds of friendship with other tenants in the building. Moreover Elsa also realizes that the make-believe characters in her Grandma stories are all based on real people and real events.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Personal Branding IRL: Toy Story Faux Pas
Happy Thursday! The weekend is almost here, and I am so ready for it! So it appears that my trend here on EP will be about 3 pretty outfit posts a week and one thought-provoking post. After all, I'm tying my outfits into personal branding, but my closet can only take us so far ;) What do you guys think? I'd love your feedback!
Last week, I was watching a local news station while working out at my gym. One spot caught my eye: activists were protesting in front of the Times Square Toys R Us because of the use of PVC plastic in Toy Story 3 toys. The rally was made up by folks from the Teamsters Union, the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Clean New York, WEACT for Environmental Justice, and more. The small group of demonstrators wanted to bring awareness to buyers and hopes to phase out the use of PVC's in all children's toys.
As I watched, I took notice of who was part of the protestors. There was this guy:
|Picture courtesy of Zimbo.com
Mr. Mike Schade from the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. Very official looking in his suit and black framed glasses. He definitely looked the part of the expert. I'm listening, tell me more...
Then there was this group:
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NYC school students – innocent children who are sad that the toys from their favorite movie will poison them and their siblings. Well played, protestors… pull at our heartstrings and remind us that we're doing this for the children. At this point, I'm totally on board.
But then, this guy gets some airtime:
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Mr. Mateo Columbi, a Teamsters union representative. Yes, he's dressed up as Woody from Toy Story!!! Suddenly, the protest seems… silly. And funny, but this is no laughing matter. The Woody costume is hokey and quite unnecessary. What does dressing like this accomplish exactly? Mateo, your passion is obvious just by the fact that you're there. Why not wear a Teamsters shirt to represent their support in all this?
On the other hand, this was a small, controlled group of demonstrators. Crazy stuff happens in NYC everyday, but most of it doesn't end up on the evening news. So did they get media attention because of Mateo's outlandish costume? Or is it just the fact that they were in
Times Square, where they were certain to get noticed?
What do YOU think?
Labels: News, Personal Branding
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
My Kind's Your Kind
shirt: Zara ~ shorts: Anthro ~ shoes: ?? via DSW ~ necklace/earrings: DIY ~ watch: Fossil
Date: July 28, 2010
Ensemble message: Polished comfort was today's theme! The humidity has returned full-blast, and with no major meetings today, I didn't feel like getting super gussied up today. So I started with the shorts (my alternative skirt) and dug around in my closet for a top. Lo and behold – this Zara shirt! One of my faves, and I haven't worn it yet this summer!!! Done and done.
Too bad humidity = bitey bugs = serious cranky face on Nicole. I smile, I swear! ;)
Oh yes, I made the necklace and earrings. Last time I was in the craft store, the different mediums just spoke to me. I love the different textures and also wanted a larger turquoise piece.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
We Are the Innovators
dress: ?? (thrifted, store now closed) ~ t-shirt: Target ~ shoes: Aerosoles ~ earrings: Limited? ~ bracelets: bangle thrifted, guitar string bracelets via WearYourMusic.org
Date: July 27, 2010
Message ensemble: At this point in the summer, I tend to be sick of it. While I love how relaxed summer tends to be (at least in my world), I loathe extreme heat and humidity. And we've gotten way too much of both this summer! So, I am today I wanted to feel both summery and fall-like at the same time.
This sundress was the perfect solution... it's light and airy and shoulder-baring (without a tee underneath). But the colors are a bit darker: shades of purple, grey, and gold, which I usually reserve for autumn - at least, mixed all together.
What are your go-to's for transitioning from summer to fall?
By the way, I think I took pictures in 4 different spots today... my original intent was to take shots near a river, but apparently the sun doesn't really make its way there at 7am. Too dark and I prefer natural light.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Before They Turn the Summer Into Dust
shirt: Target ~ skirt: Fossil ~ shoes: Nine West Outlet ~ necklace/earrings: gift ~ wrap watch: NY&Co ~ rope bracelet: DIY
Date: July 26, 2010
Ensemble message: It was finally below 70 degrees this morning! I've had this out fit in mind for a couple weeks, but couldn't bear to wear ¾ sleeves in the heat. I feel like anything I wear with this striped shirt becomes a bit more nautical, but I'm ok with that!
The woods were cool and damp this morning (we had some pretty bad t-storms yesterday). It was the perfect start to a Monday morning because everything felt fresh and new.
I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I did a little DIY on Friday and will show it off later this week!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Interview Styles
We're going take a break from our regularly scheduled outfit post today. Instead, I wanted to post another tips/tricks/advice article. This week, I wanted to address a topic that unfortunately a whole lot of people are facing these days… interviewing!
Some may say that dressing for an interview is super easy – throw on a suit and you're done. But what sort of impression does that leave on the interviewer? Without any panache, probably not a lasting one. Of course it's your experience and skills that will help you get the job in the end, blah blah blah. I completely realize that a snazzy outfit is not always necessary, but it can differentiate you from the crowd. And, it will help your potential new employer understand who YOU are! A good real-life example of this is Meg over at Bow Ties Are Cool ... she pulled together a quick and simple interview outfit that was both professional and reflective of her personality.
So, for today's post I've created interview styles based around the simple black suit:
This first look is classic with a twist. Just because you love your pearls and preppy look doesn't mean you need to be boring. Bring out your fun side with ruffles! Or wear a ladylike print under that jacket and pair with an interesting necklace. Just don't pair ruffles with the necklace… they'll end up competing for attention and may be too much.
Interview Styles: Quirky by EmployedPanache featuring Old Navy
The second look is what I call quirky… mainly because this is how I lean and I'm not sure what to call my style at times :) Vintagey pieces will balance against the suit. Leave super cutesy prints at home though – they may give off a more childish feel (not the first impression you want!) Here is where the jewelry can shine and play up a more retro look.
Interview Styles: Edgy by EmployedPanache featuring Old Navy
Others may want to push the envelope a little more, which is why I pulled together an edgy but professional look. Depending on where you're interviewing, this may be completely appropriate and sometimes expected. Strut your stuff in bright, graphic prints. I love the blazer + dress look here, especially paired with the booties. Bold jewelry tops it all off!
Quick caveat – these looks are obviously based on my own personal style and preferences. There's no one "right" look, but there are several wrongs. For example, be sure that your skirt/dress isn't too short, or that too much cleavage is showing. And of course an unkempt look is never right for an interview (or regular work day, for that matter).
What makes you feel the most confident in while on an interview?
Finally, my 5 top tips for any interview:
- Research the company you're interviewing with. Meaning, go beyond the part of their website that provides the mission statement. Find out if the company has been in recent news. This will prepare you for tip #4, and may help you understand whether you actually want to work there.
- Prepare everything the day before your interview. Gather your resume, portfolio, entire outfit, etc. so that you're not scrambling and creating unnecessary stress for yourself the day of.
- Know your resume inside and out – in other words, don't put something out there because you know it sounds good. Be prepared to speak to each bullet point – realistically, this probably won't happen, but you'll be ready for anything.
- Prepare smart, thoughtful questions for the interviewers. This makes a really good impression because it shows that you have a true interest in working for the company. The questions can be around their personal experience with the company or something you found during your research. Don't do a quick Google search and ask super generic questions, this will be obvious.
- Follow up later that day or the next (at the latest) with an e-mail thanking the interviewer for his/her time. I don't think many people do this anymore, and it's a nice touch. It also opens up a line of communication that allows you to politely inquire about their progress in filling the role. This question should only be asked if it's been a couple weeks since you've heard from the company, or if they are several days beyond a promised decision date.
For those out there interviewing right now… good luck!!!
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Show Me the Sidestreets in Your Life
skirt: Xhilaration via Target ~ tank: Mosimo via Target ~ vest: Merona via Target ~ sandals: Nine West Outlet ~ watch: Fossil (gift) ~ necklace/earrings: gift
Date: July 21, 2010
Ensemble message: I swear I was in a good mood this morning, despite the pretty evil looks I'm giving the camera :) Definitely feelin' girly girl today, but with a twist. It's rare that I am comfortable with a 100% girly look – I hate being too cutesy, it's just not me. So instead of the predictable cardigan and demure heels, I tossed on the long sweater vest and gladiator sandals. Different, but still work appropriate!
I could also see myself easily transitioning this outfit into weekend wear… switch out the pearls for tougher silver jewelry and the maroon tank for a graphic tee. Viola – new look! Hmmm… if it wasn't going to literally be 100 degrees on Saturday, I'd probably rock that look for my sister in law's bbq :)
By the way… entire outfit via Target? Cheap or financially savvy?!?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
You Run Through the Forest, Settle Before the Sun
t-shirt: Target ~ skirt: RD via Century 21 ~ scarf: Lucky (gift) ~ shoes: Elle via Kohls ~ bracelets: all gifts
Please excuse the appearance as I work on a new layout!
Date: July 20, 2010
Ensemble message: Today I wanted to look and feel approachable. When I meet with my client groups, I work very hard to build that relationship so that they and their employees feel comfortable speaking with me and coming to me with questions. So many people view HR in a poor light… I work to overcome that on a daily basis!
Inspired by the talented Jessica of What I Wore last week, I recreated this simple but chic outfit. Only I wore a t-shirt for more coverage in the office. I love how a white t-shirt can make an outfit feel more down-to-earth!
Like the new backdrop? It was extremely centering to be in nature early in the morning. I felt like I could tackle the world when I got to work :)
Monday, July 19, 2010
Shake It Like a Ladder to the Sun
khakis: Express ~ t-shirt: Target ~ trapeze blazer: Ann Taylor Loft ~ sandals: UO ~ bracelets: bangle thrifted, guitar string bracelets via WearYourMusic.org ~ necklace: reconstructed from keyring
Date: July 19, 2010
Ensemble message: My intent was to go for a sloppy preppy look today (if that makes any sense). I saw this picture on Chictopia and was totally inspired, but I think I fell short. It all started with the rolled khakis and sandals, which was so casual that I wanted to add structure. In comes the cropped trapeze blazer, which in these pictures makes me a look a little frumpy*. I also would prefer a little more panache in the way of patterns, or an interesting texture.
Any one have suggestions on how I can re-mix the cropped khakis? Think I should go for total copy-cat look and wear a cardigan next time?
* I got a tripod over the weekend! Unfortunately, I took about 7 pictures total before my camera's battery died (hence no jewelry close-ups), so I'm not even sure this is the best angle I could have taken. I don't think I'm that frumpy IRL, haha! And I only say that because when I inspected myself in the office bathroom mirror, I appear more polished than in this pics. I think I need to explore different areas of my condo, or a new backdrop altogether…
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I Can Feel with My Sun Hands
shirt: Target ~ skirt: Necessary Objects via Century 21 ~ shoes (not pictured): Elle via Kohls ~ watch: Fossil (gift) ~ bracelet: thrifted from Beacon's Closet ~ earrings: yet another gift (my mom loves to buy me and my sister jewelry from local artists in Cape Cod :)
Date: June 15, 2010
Ensemble message: Let's hear it for remixes! You might remember these pieces from such blog posts as Training Gear and Sailor Stripes. Another hot Thursday, and I wanted a cute, casual, cool, and comfortable outfit for work today.
My friend Monica, owner of the other buddy skirt, told me that she wore hers yesterday. Instant inspiration! But I wanted to steer away from nautical. Browsing my t-shirt drawer, this green one caught my eye. And it pops so nicely against the navy/denim skirt.
Extra bonus: wearing the same bright green color as one of my directors - brownie points! ;)
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Class Trip To Chase Farms in Fairport, NY
If I was wishing for a perfect October day for an outside field trip, today would have been it. I accompanied my daughter's kindergarten class of 21 kids
along with several other kindergarten classes from our school to Chase Farms in Fairport, NY today. The weather was perfect and the kids were ecstatic that we
even saw a rainbow in the sunny sky, a beautiful site above the vast pumpkin patch.
Our area has a number of great farms to visit with school groups or as a family, and Chase Farms is definitely included in the must visit list. Chase farms was
a unique experience for myself and the kids because they are largely a potato farm. We learned a bit about growing and digging potatoes and the kids were
each given a bag to fill and take home potatoes they picked themselves.
Chase Farms also has a huge pumpkin patch, a garlic patch and a fantastic corn maze. The kids really enjoyed frolicking through the corn maze, where they were
rewarded at the end with apples to take home. Chase farms also has horses and two goats which the children were able to pet. This of course was a high point
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UNHOLY GHOST, the new band featuring DIABOLIC founding members Aantar Lee Coates (drums), Paul Ouellette (vocals/bass), and Jerry Mortellaro (guitar), along with original DIABOLIC guitarist and PESSIMIST founder Kelly McLauchlin, have set an April 20 release date through Olympic/Century Media Records for their debut album, "Torrential Reign". To celebrate the CD's release, the band have scheduled an in-store appearance at Splattergod Records in Tampa, Florida on the release date. Click here for more information.
"Torrential Reign" (view cover here) was recorded at D.O.W. (Diet Of Worms) studios in Seffner, Florida with producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez (MORBID ANGEL).
"Torrential Reign" track listing:
01. The Calling of Sin (mp3 clip)
02. Soul Disment
03. Eyes of Lost
04. Decimated
05. Cross Contamination
06. Denouncication
07. Entrenched in Warfare (mp3 clip)
08. Torn Apart
09. Under Existence
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On Wednesday, The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak announced the birth of her second son, Kash Kade Bierman. In a tweet, the reality start confirmed that she and the baby are doing great.
This is the second child for Zolciak and her husband, Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann. Kash's birth comes about a year after the birth of the couple's first son, Kroy Jr. Zolciak also has two daughters, Brielle, 15, and Arianna, 10, from a previous relationship.
The entire family tweeted their joy over the baby. Bierman wrote: "I'm so happy to announce that today we, @kimzolciak and I, welcomed our 2nd son Kash Kade, Mommy and baby are doing great!" Third-time big sister Brielle also shared the news: "BABY KASH KADE IS FINALLY HERE!:)"
The couple, who met while filming Real Housewives of Atlanta, wed in November 2011. A few months later, Zolciak announced her second pregnancy. Fans can keep up with the growing family on the upcoming season of Real Housewives of Atlanta.
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Jessica mixes it up with POM to create exotic cocktails
POM Wonderful and leading Sydney mixologist, Jessica Arnott, have teamed up to create five delicious cocktails showcasing the versatility of pomegranate juice.
Ideal for the warmer months this summer, Jessica's creations take you to exotic locations around the globe, offering fresh and creative alternatives to the tired old summer drinks menu.
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Jessica's first collaboration with POM Wonderful has been truly fruitful, resulting in five delicious cocktails that reveal the versatility of the pomegranate.
Her original creations range from refreshingly sweet, to rich and spicy, and include:
The Spice Trail
An aromatic cocktail that highlights wonderful spices and flavours from the pomegranate.
Harajuku Cooler
A refreshing and easy-to-make summer drink that incorporates POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice, Japanese plum wine and chilled Jasmine tea.
A poolside cocktail with the perfect balance of pomegranate juice, sourness and salt.
Punch al la Americano
Perfect for sharing and will get the appetite going with a clever combination of POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice, orange Campari and deep berry flavours.
Deliciously rich and spicy with notes of pomegranate, cinnamon and raisin.
"Pomegranate juice provides a unique and healthy alternative to the artificial ingredients found in many cocktail mixers, it's a truly flexible ingredient that compliments many different flavours," Jessica said.
The current Venue Manager of award winning Gardel's Bar in Sydney, Jessica previously managed The Victoria Room for three years and has accumulated valuable years of experience working London's cocktail bar scene.
She has also won numerous awards, including 'Overall Performer' at the Diageo World Class Cocktail Awards and was only the second female to be placed in the Top 10 for the Australian Bartender of the Year Awards.
More recently, last November Jessica won a place in the World Class Finals.
Her favourite cocktail, PomTiki, is on the menu of Gardel's Bar now.


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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Days: Such a Tease!
Julie warns Sami not to make the same mistakes she did.
Bo and Carly share warm memories of Alice (the late Frances Reid, pictured).
Chloe fears the truth will come out through Father Matt.
Bill reminds Kate of the person she used to be.
Nicole finds Brady passed out and realizes he's drunk!
Thursday – Kate is nearly caught by Madeline!
Friday – Chloe turns to desperate measures with Nicole.
'Bill' played by JOHN MARTIN – Air Date: 6/15/2010
'Laura' played by JAMIE LYNN BAUER – Air Date: 6/15/2010
'Melissa' played by LISA TRUSEL - Air Date: 6/18/2010
'Kayla' played by MARY BETH EVANS - Air Date: 6/18/2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Interview (Days): Ken Corday on the Days of His Life
Husband-and-wife team Ted and Betty Corday fulfilled a longtime dream back in 1965, when their soap opera "Days of Our Lives" first began airing on NBC. Unfortunately, Ted passed away eight months later, and Betty took the reins solo. She semiretired in 1985, passing the "Days" torch to son Ken Corday. She passed away two years later, and "Days" has been Ken's baby ever since. Ken recently wrote a book called "Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of 'Days of Our Lives.'" I spoke with Ken recently about the show, his books and the future of "Days of Our Lives."
Daytime Dial: What made you decide it was time to write a memoir?
Ken Corday: There were two concurrent forces; one was that none of my children knew my mother or father, and I wanted to write the story of my mother and father from their beginnings to their passing. The other force was that when Jim Reilly was alive, God rest his soul, he and I would talk. I would go back and meet with him occasionally. On one of those trips back, about three and a half years ago, I mentioned the story, which is actually the first two pages of this book, about something that happened to our family in New York when I was very young, and he said: "Well, it's dramatic, and it sounds like the first two pages of a novel. Why don't you write the story of 'Days of our Lives'?" So, as I was penning my parents' story, I realized there was more to it than that. This is my biography here, too, and it's all out there. That got me to where I am today.
DD: Now you will have more books coming out soon, correct?
KC: The deal with Sourcebooks was a three-year overall deal. November we are coming out with the 45th anniversary coffee-table book — a pictorial retrospective of the show from day one. The rest of the deal with Sourcebooks calls for extended romance novels based on couples who are not on the show today: John and Marlena, Shawn and Bell, Jack and Jennifer, Patch and Kayla. And then there will be two more books from me. One will be a work of fiction that I've had brewing for a while. And then, Lord willing, as the show gets closer to the 50th anniversary, there will be a continuation of this book.
DD: "Days" has always had very strong female characters. This might be an obvious question, but was it the strength of your mother that rubbed off on the characters?
KC: Well, as you know, I will never really know the depths of the difficulty because I was all of 15 at the time, but as I said in the book, my brother had gone off to college and I was there every night when she would come home, and the first three years of the show were difficult. Launching a new show, especially for a woman who is running a company as an executive producer in what was in the '60s really a man's world — it was a real test for her. It was also the strength of Irna Phillips, who was in at the ground floor. And later I give credit many times in this book to Bill Bell, who has had the same sense of formula on "The Young and the Restless." The women on that show are just as powerful if not more powerful than the men and are still very, very prominent. Nikki is still prominent; Kay is still prominent. It's a woman's medium, and women want to watch strong women — villains or not.
DD: In 1976, Time magazine had Susan Seaforth Hayes and Bill Hayes on its cover, which was a first for soap stars.
KC: Actually, I think that's when the light bulb went off for me. I was 26 at the time, in graduate school, walking through an airport in San Francisco looking for a book to read on the flight, and there was Time magazine with them on the cover. I realized after 10 years, my dad's dream and my mother's hard work put that show on the map. It was the beginning of soaps being in their golden years — say, from the mid '70s to the mid '90s — when everyone in college was arranging their classes around which soaps they wanted to watch. It was definitely a first.
DD: The Cordays really paved the way for breaking new ground in soaps. What are some of the "firsts" that they are responsible for that makes you most proud?
KC: Tough question. Well, obviously, from the first interracial couple; we also dealt with other social issues for the first time and would learn and sometimes get burned doing those, even though I was proud of them. You learn from them that people watch the show for escape and romance and not necessarily public service. We did a number of difficult stories; one with Mickey's insanity and the one where Marlena's baby died of crib death. We learned that even though they were firsts, the viewers didn't have a good time watching them. Those are like the three no-no's in telling a story on the soap. Mental illness, bad idea. Killing babies, bad idea. And child abuse and spousal abuse are just too difficult to watch.
DD: What are you most anxious for "Days" fans to learn about you and the show when they read your book?
KC: I am most anxious and excited to tell them the parallel between our family's lives and the show's life. Just because you own a soap opera that is successful, doesn't mean your life is a bowl of cherries. We had some difficult personal things to endure. First my father's death, then my mother had some very serious health issues. My brother was never well and committed suicide in 1990. The other anxiety was how close the show has come to having the ax fall, certainly since I've been there since 1980. We've had a number of times where either their hand was on the plug or one time my hand was on the plug. In the end, it's more important to keep the show on for a few million viewers a day than to appease the network or appease myself.
DD: Unlike many soaps, lately "Days" has increased its viewership, hopefully putting to rest questions about the show's future. What do you see for "Days'" future?
KC: Good question. Currently, it's very rosy. Our ratings are up 10 percent from last year. We're having the highest ratings, as we approached April, in three years. NBC, in two weeks, goes back to New York and sells the sponsor time for the next year. Based on these numbers, they should profit more than they have the year before. I believe it should, and I always say this old girl has a lot of life left in her.
DD: Through the years, "Days" has gone through its share of criticism from TV columnists. Does it bother you if critics pan the show, or does it not matter to you as long as the fans are happy?
KC: If I started listening to what the critics say or, more important, what all the disgruntled fans say, I'm going to start second-guessing myself. And that is the biggest mistake and certainly the most important lesson I've learned in 30 years: Do not second-guess myself.
DD: You have many loyal actors on the show who have been on for a while, or who have no qualms about coming back for guest appearances. What is it about "Days" that keeps them around and keeps them coming back?
KC: We're blessed. I've talked to a number of actors who are on other stations' soaps who've come and gone, and they say every time they come back to NBC Burbank, it feels like home. It's family. Perhaps because it's a family-run business, it's a feeling of family here. When you ask an actor to come back after a long period of time — Charlie Shaughnessy recently came back, and he's now a known prime-time commodity and a bigger star than he ever was when he was Shane, yet he walked right back into the role and played it better than ever. When Macdonald Carey died, and now Frances Reid is gone, my mother and father, and we've had a few other unfortunately young deaths of stars on the show, they kind of become our guardians, and I feel that presence when I walk into the studios every day. It's a safe place to take chances and to perform.


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Started in conjunction with the Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CAS-CIAC) in 1992
Connecticut was the first state to partner Special Olympics with the state high school sports association for a Unified Sports program. Only five other states have similar programs.
Athletes with physical or intellectual disabilities team up with partners to play various sports with an emphasis on inclusion and teamwork.
Sports: Basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, bowling, softball.
In 1992, there were two programs – Oswegatchie Elementary School in Waterford and John F. Kennedy Middle School in Enfield.
In the 2012-2013 school year, there are 90 high schools, 50 middle schools and 35 elementary schools in Connecticut with Unified Sports programs.
This year, 10 high schools, five middle schools and six elementary schools have added Unified Sports programs.
In the 2011-2012 school year, 2,422 athletes and 4,249 partners participated in Unified Sports in Connecticut.
At the Michael's Cup Unified Sports Award Banquet April 29 at the AquaTurf Club, there were 750 participants, up from 30 10 years ago.


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Did Gwyneth Paltrow have a little too much fun celebrating her birthday?
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"Nursing a horrific hangover at the jfk," the Oscar winner Tweeted on Wednesday. "Nothing like starting an overseas flight dehydrated. Where is the dog, I need the hair."
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The Iron Maidens Stay Strong Scholarship was created in partnership with the Iron Maidens Raw Open to send women without access to financial aid to college. In 2016 we raised over $30,000 and sent 7 women to college! We're returning for the second year to continue funding the students currently enrolled and to send more women to college.
The Iron Maidens Raw Open is an all-female powerlifting competition - one of the few in the country. It provides an approachable and competitive environment for women to test their maximum capacity in the Back Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift. Iron Maidens emphasizes community through lifting, and celebrates women of all ages and stages of training.
The Stay Strong Scholarship is operated by Grace Outreach, a South Bronx based non-profit that works with women to further their financial goals and gain financial independence. All of the money we raise supports a scholarship fund that pays for 80% of college tuition for undocumented students or women who have been victims of predatory for-profit colleges. Students in these financial situations have no access to financial aid dollars and the undocumented students are ineligible for most scholarships.
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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, May 24
The future is an amazing time because you can do anything from anywhere.
And ohbytheway: the future is now.
You can order Starbucks from your iPhone while sitting in a Wi-Fi-equipped blimp, or buy a Wi-Fi-equipped blimp from your iPad while sitting in a Starbucks. Can you buy an iPod touch while sitting in a blimp that's sitting in a Starbucks? The possibility cannot be ruled out.
Soon, Time will just be a tablet magazine and robot players will blast baseballs into space and you'll be able to submit Beat the Streak picks through nano-transmitters in your mind. It's called "technology."
But until those are invented — and we are hard at work — the next best thing is submitting BTS picks from your mobile device.
Introducing: Beat the Streak for iPhone and iPod touch.
The same Streak game you know and love is now fully playable on the go. Download the free app to make your daily selection by checking our Top Picks or browsing through the day's games. Analyze matchups, check your results and view your history, all from your mobile device.
Get the app now. We'll let you know when the nano-transmitter thing is ready.
Tuesday's picks:
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Oh, hello there …
B.J. Upton: .500 (6-for-12) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
Brett Gardner: .455 (5-for-11) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
Delmon Young: .444 (4-for-9) since '06 vs. Mariners starter Doug Fister
Ichiro Suzuki: .375 (6-for-16) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
Hanley Ramirez: .353 (6-for-17) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Carlos Villanueva
Feeling kinda spicy?
Jack Cust: .556 (10-for-18) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
Chone Figgins: .500 (11-for-22) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
You'll thank me later …
Rickie Weeks: .188 (3-for-26) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
Jose Bautista: .000 (0-for-11) since '06 vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
Justin Upton: .000 (0-for-10) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin
Prince Fielder: .118 (2-for-17) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
Robinson Cano: .172 (3-for-17) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
Leaderboard time!
Wyocathy, why oh did you pick Jacoby Ellsbury yesterday? He didn't get any hits! Your streak is kaput at 28 games and buddycrise remains our season leader at 30. Next challenger: brentellerbrock at 27 games. Hey Brent, have you checked our the new mobile app yet? The kids are tweetin' all over their Facebooks about it!
Top MLB streakers
Ryan Braun: 13 games
Buster Posey: 11 games
Josh Hamilton: 9 games
James Loney: 9 games
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Miguel Cabrera (8 HR this season) vs. Rays starter Wade Davis
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Highest no selections pages 3-4 with streaks of 17. They now have to go back to 0.
Wow it looks like everyone is either asleep or on vacation today. Well I'm wide enough awake to see that Josh Hamilton has given me a 1st inning hit to bring me up to 5! Welcome back Hamilton! 🙂
I also got a first-inning hit, from David Ortiz, to get me up to nine.
I took hamilton too.
No stats for today as when I went to pull the data I got an error that said permission declined.
I'm really Glad that Hamilton is back, otherwise I would have taken Braun who I had originally picked. He went 0 for 2 and got ejected after his 2nd AB/out. The rumor is that he threw his helmet down after being called out on a very close call.


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Ticketmaster rolls out 'dynamic' ticket pricing
(AP) -- Event tickets seller Ticketmaster said Monday that it is introducing new technology to let artists and sports teams raise or lower ticket prices to reflect demand during the initial sales period - a move it said will crimp the profits of scalpers and boost revenue for performers and teams.
The technology could push up initial prices for front-row seats while reducing prices on less-desirable ones that might have gone unsold otherwise.
Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., says the change should make it harder for anyone to send prices soaring by buying up all the best tickets and reselling them at substantial profit.
"When the fan experience is not clouded by scalpers grabbing seats, or when there's more options for fans to come to a better show, that has a great impact on our business," Ticketmaster Chief Executive Nathan Hubbard said in an interview.
The company already is testing the system, known as "dynamic pricing," with several professional baseball, basketball and hockey teams. Ticketmaster plans to roll it out at some North American venues in the middle of the summer concert season this year. A data analysis company called MarketShare helped create the pricing tool.
The San Francisco Giants baseball team started using a dynamic pricing system created by a company called Qcue Inc. in 2009. The team found that adjusting prices in real time to reflect sales data, league standings and which opposing team was visiting helped sell more tickets.
Qcue, which is not involved with Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing offering, now serves more than 20 teams in pro baseball, hockey, basketball and auto racing.
Its founder and CEO, Barry Kahn, said Ticketmaster's biggest challenge is bringing the system to the music industry, where there has been a "dysfunctional relationship" between artists, their promoters, and venues.
Since Ticketmaster's merger with Live Nation last year, however, the combined company now has all three functions under one roof, meaning the divisions should be able to work together, he said.
StubHub, the world's largest reseller of tickets and a subsidiary of eBay Inc., said dynamic pricing for sports events has not cut into its business. Tickets that command high prices on the initial sale tend to sell at even higher prices on the resale market because they're in limited supply, according to StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman.
And, when seats that aren't as good are priced even more cheaply, more tickets get sold, he said.
"Any kind of system that leads to lower prices, that is a good thing for fans," Lehrman said.
Live Nation's revenue fell 9 percent in 2010 as concert ticket sales dropped, even though it tried to get more people through turnstiles by cutting ticket prices. The company has said it expects global ticket sales to be flat in 2011, compared with an 8 percent decline last year, when it sold 120 million tickets.
Live Nation shares fell 14 cents, or 1.4 percent, to close at $9.73 Monday.
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MMWD will install new pipelines on Canyon Road, Pomeroy Road, Newell Road and Monte Alegre Road in the Town of Ross. This project replaces pipelines installed as early as 1903. The new pipelines will be better able to withstand an earthquake and improve fire flow capacity.MMWD and the contractor, Michael Paul Company, Inc. will take all measures possible to minimize inconveniences associated with this project, including noise and traffic delays. For questions about this project, contact the MMWD Construction Management group at (415) 945-1560.
About the Fire Flow ProgramMMWD will be installing a larger pipe in your neighborhood to increase the water volume available for fighting fires as part of Marin's Fire Flow Program. This program was developed cooperatively by fire chiefs, county and city officials, concerned citizens and MMWD representatives. According to local fire chiefs, water availability for firefighting is one of Marin's primary public safety issues. Fire flow improvement projects will continue for the next 14 years.
About MMWDMMWD is Marin County's largest provider of drinking water, serving a population of 189,900 in a 147-square-mile area of south and central Marin County. The district owns and manages 21,600 acres of watershed land on Mt. Tamalpais and in west Marin. The primary source of water supply is rainfall captured in seven reservoirs, providing 75 percent of the water consumed each year. The remaining 25 percent is imported annually from the Russian River through an agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency. MMWD also operates its own recycled water system. District operations are financed primarily by revenue from the sale of water.Media Contact: Emma DetwilerPhone: (415) 945-1592Email: email@example.com


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Plaxico's house was searched and guns, ammo and other objects were seized, police said on Christmas eve….
In our opinion, Pro Players should leave their ego and their guns at home an enjoy their cushy, highly paid life and perform as expected.
Plaxico may have ruided his NFL career by playing with guns….He wouldn't be the first "star" too risk everything…
From Michael Vick to Jim Brown there is a parade of "Bad Boys" from the NFL, other sports and Hollywood. We are not saints; just people. Now Plaxico Burress gets 15 minutes of fame not for a Super bowl touchdown but for shooting hemself in the foot, er, leg….
Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick(R) leaves Surry County Circuit Court after entering a guilty plea on two felony counts connected to dog fighting in Sussex, Virginia. Under a plea agreement, Vick, who is currently serving a term in prison for federal dog fighting charges, will serve one-year of probation for the state charges.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Geoff Burke)
The weekend self-injury of New York Giants star badboy Plaxico Burress, who sustained a personal injury gunshot in the leg when an illegally concealed weapon accidentally went off may have a few others in hot water.
In New York state, it is a misdemeanor for a hospital not to report a gunshot wound to the police, and according to reports, that is exactly what happened. It appears that several employees of New York-Cornell Hospital, who treated Burress, did not contact the police. The New York State Department of Health is investigating to see if information was deliberately hidden to protect Burress. Additionally the hospital itself has admitted it has suspended an employee for not following procedure. The hospital says it is their policy to contact the police in regards to all gunshot patients.
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, center, arrives in Manhattan Supreme Court in handcuffs, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, in New York. Lawyer Benjamin Brafman says Burress planned to plead not guilty to a weapon possession charge during a Monday afternoon court appearance. Burress accidentally shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub Friday evening.(AP Photo/David Karp)
Meanwhile Antonio Pierce, another New York Giant who was with Burress at the club Latin Quarter during the injury and aftermath, is being sought for questioning by police. It appears, however, that he ditched the cops yesterday in favor of a paid radio appearance. Pierce also is reported to have spoken to NFL security about the incident without a lawyer present which could get the league itself tangled up in the investigation.
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Above: Mug shots of Ryan O'Neil and son Redmond when they were booked by police on drug charges….
A 9 mm handgun, a rifle, ammunition and clothing were confiscated during a search of the home of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, police said Wednesday.
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Personal Comments from Customers
Hi Alexandra, One last mail from me! I want you to know that this second (kindof) shipment was a complet success! I've received it this monday (sunday for you) with all the items in perfect condition! It's awesome for me to get those kind of knives, specially the last one (Hoodlum). The waiting time was really ok for me, that last knife was out of order everywhere, I really wanted it, and you managed to get it right! It'll for sure be put in the harshest condition of use and it already proved to be awesome (even better than the Stell Eagle which I'll use on the heavy duty "stay there in this wonderful place, enjoy but manage yourself" camps). Awesome... just like you! Fell free to put this post in the review part (I don't have much time and knowledge of the Internet) and/or to pass it to your boss. It's really good to find some online sellers which make things happen the way you want. Thank you again, -Arnaud
Dear Alexandra, just want you to know your company is the most outstanding organization I have ever done business with. I'm a small time collector but I have ordered about 50 knives from the knifecenter and have never been disappointed. The service is wonderful. Thank you for your prompt response, -Bill C
Glade to see you're supervising my order again. You made a good job by sending the first part of the shipment (the steel eagle), I received it in perfect condition and it revealed to be a perfect tool for bushcrafting! It's very hard to find people who send goods to New-Caledonia (we love the American spirit and quality here) and you've been the one who did it the best (faster, won the race! =) Thank you again for your understanding, reactivity and kindness, you'r awesome! -Arnaud
I recently purchased the Coldsteel Survival Shovel and Sheath. I want to tell you about my experience. It was excellent. This is not my first purchase from the KnifeCenter. The product was delayed in shipping because of a back order but I was informed of that fact and as soon as the product was in stock the order shipped and was in my hands in a few days. I have always had the same experience in my dealing with your company and look forward to future purchases. The product is in a word excellecnt. What a well constructed piece of equipment. I am very, very please with the Knife Center and with Cold steel. Thank you, Wayne A. G -Wayne A. G
Just to inform that the order arrived today safe and sound. Thank you very much for your assistance. Your efforts to keep me informed and suggestions where appropriate left a good impression. As mentioned in an earlier message, it was surprising to learn that the best value for money offering was yours, even though I'm located in Europe and many of the items were made here. When I need to purchase items of similar nature in the future, there will be no hesitation to contact you again. Sincerely -J. Roselip
Dear Sir/Ma'am: I just want to say how pleased I am with the delivery of my Lansky knife sharpener system. I have never shopped at The Knife Center before so I was a wee bit nervous about shopping at a new store. To say that I was pleasantly surprised is a major understatement!!! Not only did I get exactly what I ordered, but it arrived without damage & in the most timely manor!! Rest Assured, I WILL tell all my friends & family about The Knife Center & how fast I received my delivery. Thank you for everything you do. Definitely a top notch company & one that I will shop again. Sincerely, -James J. R
After the balance of my third ever order from Knife Center was delivered today, I have to say I am very pleased with the service I received. Once my order was placed the other night, I realized the items would not arrive in time to give as a birthday present this weekend. I immediately sent an e-mail requesting a callback so I could see about expediting the shipment. Tom called me the next morning and we discussed the available options. He also told me one of the items I had ordered was out of stock. Being a FedEx employee, I wasn't comfortable with having my order being sent via UPS at a considerable cost to me and I requested it to be shipped via FedEx instead. Tom said that was not a standard procedure and he would have to get back to me to see if it was a possibility. Tom had an answer for me in less than 15 minutes and said he could honor my request, so I provided my personal FedEx account number and received my shipment the next day. To my surprise, I received the item that was out of stock the day after that and now I will not have to go to the birthday party this weekend empty-handed. This is probably not something the Knife Center would want to broadcast as a customer testimonial, but I realize no profit was made on shipping because the charges will be billed to me directly. What impresses me, in addition to the personal service I received, is the fact the Knife Center was willing to forego profiting from shipping charges in lieu of satisfying the customer. Not many online retailers are willing to do that. Tom was outstanding in his professionalism, timeliness and follow up. Overall, it was a great customer experience and I'll be a customer for life. A sincere thank you..
Thank you guys so much! Pleasure doing business with you guys! (and gals) You need to give Ally a raise! She is such an asset to your company! Always right on top of things! And the gentleman who processed this particular order was also extremely pleasant and professional! You can count on my continued biz and just an fyi, i ve referred a few friends to you that have ordered and are also very pleased with you guys! I also give you guys quite a few plugs on bladeforum! Thanks again! You guys rock!! Cordially, -Adam P
I just have to say thank you to Knife Center for your commitment
toward customer service. Please pass this message on to the team.
We've ordered a few knives over the last couple years through
Knifecenter and have never been disappointed. One order was even
goofed up a little (wrong color); the issue was handled with speed and
grace. (Plus it gave me an idea for a new color to order in the
When I'm talking my clients through what it takes to have great online
service, I hold Knifecenter up as an example worthy of emulation. A
lot of folks think that if they build a new website or an online store
it'll just run itself. Pure delusion. It takes real people and a true
commitment to serving your clients. You guys would have that whether
you were working out of an online store or the Goodyear blimp.
Thank you for your great service! Made my father's day and I'm sure a
few other dads as well. -Michael
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I just had to send this email to thank you all on a job well done. I have bought knives from other internet knife retailers, both here in Australia and the USA, and I must say that your organisation is way ahead of the pack.
From the initial exploration of your easily navigable website, the mind-boggling amount of stock that you have access to, the payment process and final delivery, is in a word, exceptional. There are many other internet retailers that could learn a lot from your organisation.
When I tell my friends that I have ordered, paid for, then had my delivery from the USA of my items in less than a week, they are disbelieving at best. I even had to show one of them my invoices, before he would believe me.
So again, thank you for a job well done.
It is this sort of professionalism, that will guarantee you my return business in the future.
Keep up the good work -Zig
Just a quick note to let you know what a pleasant experience it was doing business with your company. Last Wednesday, I called and ordered a Benchmade 812S, shipped to Dallas, TX. It arrived today, Tuesday. I am thoroughly impressed with the knife, and I will highly recommend your business to my friends. It always seems like a crap-shoot when you are doing business over the internet, and it really is refreshing to find one that lives up to its promises and reputation. Keep up the good work!
Dear Friends:
On Monday, March 10th, I placed my first order with The KnifeCenter and let me tell you...I'm Very Impressed. I received the order only four days later. Everything was delivered just right. I'm completely satisfied your service and products. I'm sure that we are going to do business real soon.
Keep up the good work!
Like I said before, this is one of the best website that I have been to. Just a note of appreciation for all the discounted merchandise. Keep up the good work.
Just a quick note to say thanks for the great service, my order arrived today exactly as ordered. This was my first attempt at ordering via the internet, and it will now certainly not be my last.
Received my Cold Steel Trail Master today. Thank you for the excellent price, great service, and fantastic selection.
These and other like comments really make the cutlery business on the web a very worthwhile pursuit. Thanks to all!
Howard Korn: Owner The KnifeCenter of the Internet


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Favicons should ideally be easy to manipulate, as easy as manipulating the web page's UI. (Favicons are the little website icons you see in the address bar, browser tabs, etc.) For example, a chat app like Meebo could signal that your buddy's trying to contact you, a mail app like GMail could indicate You Have Mail!
I've found surprisingly little info on this – is anyone doing it? Anyway, I've been wanting to play around with this for a while and having recently submitted the final book draft (post pending), I finally had some spare time to play with it. Fortunately, it turns out to be perfectly feasible – it seems that Firefox and Opera both use <link> tags to determine favico, and this can be changed dynamically to satisfaction. The only gotcha is that you can't try to be too efficient – if you reuse an existing link object and overwrite its href property, the browsers won't pay any attention. so you simply have to remove the existing link tag and add back a new one with the new icon URL. Unfortunately, IE and Safari don't seem to use the link technique at all – I think they just use the "favicon.ico" file. If you know of a way their icons could be dynamically manipulated, please mail me or add a comment here.
So I've created a library, favicon.js, that lets you manipulate favicons with a single call – changeFavicon("theIconUrl.ico");. You can also set the document title, changeFavicon("theIconUrl.ico", "Hi Everybody!"), which just sets document.title. There are a couple of demos and a brief FAQ:
- Type a letter, see the icon change.
- The icons cycle automatically, using a timer. So you can stick it in a background tab and see how it looks.
Implementation Details. Here's the favicon.js code as it stands, all 32 lines of it :-).
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- change: function(iconURL) {
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Crikey! Dugg and on Delicious Popular. And, well, Ajaxian too ;-). Digg is interesting … The last time I submitted my own story to digg, it got precisely two diggs (thanks to the other guy!). This time, I didn't bother. Is there a moral here?
New, improved, with animate(). Most people get dynamic favicons, but some people have said this whole thing is about animation, about as useful as a blink tag, etc. Okay, that kind of misses the main point, which is about notifying the user while a tab is in the background. The FAQ makes it pretty clear that animated icons was a kind of afterthought (actually, it only occurred to me after I created the cycling demo – changing according to a timer was simply the easiest way to update a background tab, since there's no chat functionality needed or anything like that). But, you know, when a simple idea like that causes seems so wrong to some people, there's probably wheels in it. And while I did say animated GIFs are possibly more elegant in the FAQ, it since occurred to me that it's a bit of a hassle for the casual developer to make an animated GIF. You also get the benefit of compatibility with Opera (and maybe others?). So I've added an animate() method, only 8 more lines in all, that lets you cycle through a sequence of images. I expect to post it over the weekend. Mmm…Eye Candy!


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Meditation is "making its way back
onto the yoga mat," proclaims a recent NY
Times article, following years of yoga's frenetic usurpation by the fitness
industry. The New York yoga community is cited as an example of practitioners
maturing in their practices, evidenced by an increased interest in seated
meditation. While an encouraging trend, the Times makes an unnecessarily rigid
delineation between asana (postures) and meditation. Some tantric and kundalini
yoga paths—for instance, Kripalu yoga—teach that asana may reflect and serve as
a path to higher states of consciousness. However, asana can be a hindrance and
source of mind disturbance if practiced in the absence of mindful,
compassionate awareness.
In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali defines yoga as stilling the waves of
the mind. In modern forms of yoga that hearken to classical lineages, yoga
is frequently viewed as preparation for meditation or a meditation unto itself.
But tantric adepts found another reason to practice: to celebrate the body as a
vessel of the divine, and in so doing, to invite kundalini energy to awaken and
rise upwards, thus imbuing enlightenment. In the throes of kundalini awakening,
Swami Kripalu would
frequently experience spontaneous yoga postures, dance, mudras, and meditation.
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Are the stilling of Patanjali's mind waves and Swami
Kripalu's deeply meditative, kundalini-saturated experiences one and the same?
Many tantric buddhists and hatha yogis believe kundalini awakening is necessary
in order to better integrate or transcend the ego, while others feel it's a distraction
that may foster more power and attachment, but not enlightenment.
It is important to remember that postures alone, taught and
practiced with the correct context, intention, and container, can serve as both
vehicle to and expression of awakening. Practiced in their absence, however, as
is done in many fitness-oriented yoga classes, asana may strengthen maladaptive
thoughts/behaviors (vrttis). Swami
Kripalu notes, "Regardless if you're worshipping
God or drinking a glass of water, it's all yoga, provided you act with
concentration of mind … we can choose whatever we want and that will be
meditation, but the type of action we choose should be sattvic or pure in nature so it doesn't create any disturbance in
our mind."
In our appearance-driven society, many struggle with body
acceptance, much less view the body as a vessel for divine expression. Yoga
asana is thus a double-edged sword; it can facilitate greater communion with
the sacred, conjoining body, mind, and soul, but the inability to twist into a
pretzel or becoming distracted by appearance-related goals may validate an
underlying sense of inadequacy. These represent opportunities to strengthen
your practice through observing inner dialogue, thus engendering mindful, compassionate
awareness internally no matter the type of yoga class you might be attending.
In so doing we begin to practice meditation—in motion.
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These pages are designed to give you a bit more information about our nappy manufacturers, how they started out, what their aims are and so on. We also highlight the products that they make that you can find here on Plush Pants. BUY BRITISH - to help you to buy British, here is a list of our currently stocked British brands: Nature Babies - all products manufactured in the UK. Tots Bots - all products manufactured in the UK. Mooncup - made in the UK. Moon Sponges - a UK company. Natracare - UK company. Wonderoos - UK owned, manufactured overseas. It's a bit of a work in progress at the moment so this is not an exhaustive list of the brands we have - if you can't find what you're looking for, please do phone or e-mail us and ask - see the contact us page for our contact info.
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Bloodletting for therapeutic purposes was at the height of popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries (Davis & Appel, 1979). Though many styles of tools have been used to extract blood (care for a leech?), above are two examples held by UT Health Science Center Historical and Special Collections – a scarificator and a spring lancet.
The brass scarificator has 13 blades and dates between 1833 and 1855. The label inside its box says "Geo. Tiemann & Co.; Manufacturers of Surgical Instruments & Every Description of Cutlery; No. 63 Chatham St.; New York." The scarificator is cocked by pulling the lever. Then a button releases the blades. Scarificators were developed as an accessory for cupping, the suction of blood from small cuts using glass cups. The procedure went something like this: the cups are heated and applied to the skin to create suction; the cup is quickly removed so the scarificator can be applied, creating in this case, 13 quarter-inch deep cuts; the cup is reapplied, pulling and collecting blood from the cuts (Davis & Appel, 1979). After about 1780, cupping sets were being exhausted by valves and syringes rather than heat.
While scarificators and cups were used to draw blood from capillaries, the lancet was a tool for venesection. This style of brass spring lancet pictured above was made during the 1800s. The blade was used much like a fleam or thumb lancet to puncture a vein. An internal ratchet and spring mechanism allows the blade to be cocked and then released.
Davis, A. & Appel, T. (1979). Bloodletting instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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Josie Anello, 93, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 11, but the obituary that followed was less serene.
On Feb. 14, a local newspaper ran Josie Anello's obit, which included a shocking line that went viral across the Web.
"She is survived by her Son, 'A.J.', who loved and cared for her; Daughter 'Ninfa', who betrayed her trust, and Son 'Peter', who broke her heart," the obit read.
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Angelo "A.J." Anello, who wrote and placed the obituary in the Tampa Tribune, penned the line because of a rift between he and his two siblings, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
A.J. Anello, 63, claims his sister, Ninfa Simpson, and her husband used their mother's Social Security checks to take vacations to Branson, Mo., and Alaska. Simpson, 65, claims her brother maxed out their mother's credit cards and spent all of her savings.
Both siblings deny the other's accusations.
"My brother is not telling the truth," Simpson said. "He's having his moment of revenge."
"They are so riddled with guilt, what they are doing is pointing fingers at me," A.J. Anello said.
Peter Anello, the eldest brother, has been estranged from the family for more than 25 years and could not be reached for comment by the Times.
Simpson placed another obituary — without any reference to broken hearts or betrayals—which appeared on Feb. 15. She said her family is crushed by her brother's public betrayal.
"I have never done anything to my brother, and I have never betrayed my mother in any way," Simpson said. "Everybody that knows me and knows the family is furious."
A.J. Anello said his mother died at home, in his arms, of kidney failure.
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Priddy Folk Festival
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th July 2020
The festival grew up from a PTA fundraiser back in 1992, and now attracts international artists and visitors from all over the country. Yet we still keep that village feel that has given us the reputation as "the friendliest folk festival".
Much of the entertainment outside of the main concert areas is free. If you have not been to the Priddy Festival to experience a great weekend away then we recommend you look at our website to see what happened last year and to buy your ticket.
Tickets for 2020 available now!
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Awesome mini-Maker, Sylvia, is back with a great video and tutorial for working with soft circuitry to create plush toys that light up over on MAKE!
I bet you didn't know that there's a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it's called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we'll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go!
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text: The Spa Sonic Skin Care System Face and Body Polisher is a waterproof device which is ideal for use in the shower, bath and sink. It operates with 4 attachments: a big brush for the body, small brush for the face, pumice for rough areas and a facial sponge for microdermabrasion. The Spa Sonic's dermal penetrating action promotes rapid absorption of skin care products. The Spa Sonic tested comparably to the Clarisonic® Plus Skin Care System in an independent study conducted by the leading consumer testing laboratory (STR/Shuster Labs 2010). The Spa Sonic has been exclusively sold in the finest Spas and Salons all over North America until now! The Spa Sonic is now offered to the general public, which allows you to "Bring the Spa Home" and treat yourself to a Salon level experience.