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This document is part of my 4th great-grandfather John Hamilton, Jr's (ca 1810-1860) Republic of Texas claim.
No 246
This is to certify that John Hamilton has appeared before us the Board of Land Commissioners for the county of Bastrop and proved according to law that he arrived in this Republic in April 1836 as a Vol and has served a tour of duty in the Army of Texas and has an honorable discharge and is a married man and entitled to one League and Labor of land, upon the condition of paying at the rate of five dollars for each Labor of usable land and two dollars and forty cents for each Labor of pasture land which may be contained in the survey secured to him by this Certificate. Given under our hands this the 2nd day of April 1838.
Attest S B Patton, Pres
R B Craft, Clerk Moses Gage, Asst Comm
The Republic Claims series of Comptroller's records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846. The files include supporting documents such as vouchers, financial accounts, military records, receipts, notes, or letters.
A league of land equals 4,428 acres and a labor, 177 acres, combined they add up to 4,605 acres [19 km²]. This was the
amount of a headright (first-class) granted to "all persons except Africans and their descendants, and Indians, living in Texas
on the day of the Declaration of Independence… if they be heads of families… and if a single man, 17 years or older, one-third
league" (1,476 acres).
A special headright was issued for military service. Soldiers who arrived in Texas between March 2, 1836 and August 1, 1836 received the same amount of land given to original colonists in a first class headright (4,605 acres for the head of a family).
On 15 Dec 1837, in accordance with the provisions of the Land Law, Samuel B Patton, Moses Gage and R B Craft were elected officers for Mina (later Bastrop County), Texas.


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a series by WolfCoder (January 2010)
Welcome! I think it would be fun to write a series of tutorials on console game programming. No, not those old text games, I'm talking about home entertainment consoles such as the NES or GameBoy Advance. While this series will work with the classic Nintendo Entertainment System most of the time, I'll include some sections about the PC or other consoles. All you need to follow along is some basic knowledge of C, but you might have to get your hands a bit dirty with ASM on some platforms if you need even more performance. I'll organize the things I assume you know how to do beforehand so you can get yourself ready.
- Get yourself refreshed/learned in C. I suggest the K&R book which is practically the bible of C programmers.
- You just need notepad to edit program code, but you can open these files one-by-one in Microsoft Visual Studio to get the syntax highlighting and all. There's also the Programmer's Notepad which is neat when working with toolchains like we will use.
- We will be working with pictures. Nothing more than simple image preparation and pixel-art, so you don't need Adobe Photoshop. Try the GIMP or Paint.net out if you want a free option, but I strongly urge you to NOT use MS Paint.
- I might not even cover it, but a good way to play back tracked music files (like MIDI) is to convert it to an easy-to-read format like the Triton XM. MODPlug Tracker is a great program to convert from MIDI to XM or something else. MOD files are like a cross between a WAVE and MIDI. Anyway, don't worry about music too much as it's pretty complicated and I'm afraid it might overwhelm most of my readers.
Introduction to the NES
Do I really have to introduce you to the most revolutionary console ever made? It's one of the consoles that defined the way consoles should be made today. The cartridges were well made, the controllers could be swapped, there were simple hookups for video and power, the console itself was very sturdy, and it had an impressive set of hardware (for the 80s). There was also a gigantic library of NES games you could literally fill a library with! Don't believe me? Just watch this video. Say what you want about Nintendo now, but they really nailed the market with their wonderful gray box.
If you want to hear someone talk about the NES and the games, you should watch the Angry Video Game Nerd (who used to be just the Angry Nintendo Nerd). His videos make a wonderful companion to this series of tutorials as he does his angry comedy routine to explain everything wrong with NES games and what not to do when making a video game. However, I'm here to tell you about what is inside the NES.
The NES has a modified version of the 6502 CPU which was also inside the Commodore 64 and Atari (to name a few). It's clocked at ~1.78Mhz and, of course, is 8-bit. It also has this weird video card known as the PPU (Picture Processing Unit). The unit supports a background and 64 particle sprites (8x8 or 8x16 pixels), four background and four sprite palettes, a 64-color master NTSC palette, and... That's about it. The screen is 256 and 240 pixels big but the top and bottom is cut off a bit because the NTSC standard is smaller. As for the sound, you have two square waves, a triangle wave, a noise wave and some other primitive sound channels. Oh yeah, and you have two controller ports. I'm not going to get into all the exotic and Japanese hardware you'll find as we're going to make standard games.
The 6502
Something like this thing, right here
The 6502 is a primitive processor. I mean primitive! It doesn't do very much and you have to 'stitch' together several instructions to handle numbers bigger than 8 bits wide. It's a general rule of thumb to stick to addition, subtraction, logical operations, and bit shifts on 8 bit numbers wherever and whenever you can. The other features of the C programming language can really start to slow it down.
The Compiler
Pretty simple
Now, for the important part. The compiler we are going to work with is known as the CC65. It contains libraries to develop applications for many devices that implement the 6502 including the NES. You can download the latest version from here. You will also need the NES libraries which is in a different download from the compiler itself.
Now, let's set up our compiler environment. You should have these two files downloaded (if you are using Windows) and ready to extract:
Downloads folder
First, extract the compiler itself into a directory, and then the nes libraries into that same directory. It's very important to extract the compiler first and then the NES libraries last. You should get something like this:
Installed directory
Now go into the folder labeled "bin" and you will see this:
Make careful note of this current directory. We are going to make it so that the environment variables point to this directory. It really depends on your operating system, but the end result will allow us to type cl65 from the terminal from any current directory. In Vista, right click on computer, then advanced settings, click on the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables. Modify the "Path" variable and add the path to these .exe files with a ; at the end. If you run cmd and type cc65 and it tells you there are no input files, you did this step correctly. If not, you should look up how to change Environment Variables for your version of Windows. If you want to use the not-so-clever-and-messy approach, just copy these into the system32 folder under C:\WINDOWS\. This option can be messy and dangerous though, I highly recommend the variable option.
What you should see in the console
The Libraries
Alright, I know this is annoying and it might take a little fiddling to get the compiler running from the command line, but bear with me. We will have our "Hello, world!" program up and running in no time~ OK, you will want to make some basic folder (I did C:\NES\) and copy the lib and the include folders there from the cc65 installation directory you made earlier. You'll have a folder that is like this:
Full view of my window
You can see the path I used. I suggest you use the same path because that is the path I will use when compiling all the programs found in this tutorial.
Whew... We're finally ready to write our "Hello, world!" test program, are you still with me? You sure? Alright, in that case, make a folder where you will put the program code in. There are many details with getting text displayed on the screen including the actual pictures of the font and everything, but thankfully every game made with cc65 has the Commodore 64 default graphics set in two banks of VROM so you can draw text right from the start. VROM is the part of the program that has some picture data in it. Write the following program and save it as a .c file in the folder you just made.
/* Hello, NES! writes "Hello, NES!" to the screen written by WolfCoder (2010) */ /* Includes */ #include <nes.h> /* Writes the string to the screen */ /* Note how the NES hardware itself automatically moves the position we write to the screen */ void write_string(char *str) { /* Position the cursor */ /* We only need to do this once */ /* This is actually 2 cells down since the first 8 pixels from the top of the screen is hidden */ *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x20; *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x41; /* Write the string */ while(*str) { /* Write a letter */ /* The compiler put a set of graphics that match ASCII */ *((unsigned char*)0x2007) = *str; /* Advance pointer that reads from the string */ str++; } } /* Program entry */ int main() { /* We have to wait for VBLANK or we can't even use the PPU */ waitvblank(); /* This is found in nes.h */ /* This is a really strange way to set colors, don't you think? */ /* First, we need to set the background color */ *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x3F; *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x00; *((unsigned char*)0x2007) = 1; /* Then, we need to set the text color */ *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x3F; *((unsigned char*)0x2006) = 0x03; *((unsigned char*)0x2007) = 0x30; /* We must write our message to the screen */ write_string("Hello, NES!"); /* Set the screen position */ /* First value written sets the X offset and the second is the Y offset */ *((unsigned char*)0x2005) = 0x00; *((unsigned char*)0x2005) = 0x00; /* Enable the screen */ /* By default, the screen and sprites were off */ *((unsigned char*)0x2001) = 8; /* Wait */ /* The compiler seems to loop the main function over and over, so we need to hold it here */ while(1); return 0; }
Now in order to compile this, let's write a batch file. Batch files are ugly, but I don't have a red hat distro of Linux and I don't want to install some RPM installer on my Linux machine to install the Linux version of CC65... OK, OK, in any case, I assume you're at least familiar with windows. The batch file you need to write is really easy, actually. Take a look:
@echo off cl65 -L C:\NES\lib -t nes -I C:\NES\include *.c -o hello.nes pause
There you go. That's it. The other two lines are there just to make it clean and for the window to remain open in case of errors/warnings. Unlike countless tutorials I have seen, I will actually explain this entire command to you.
-L [path] : This loads the .lib library files from the directory given. This is where nes.lib is found and we copied them in an earlier step to C:\NES\lib.
-t nes : Now that we referenced those libraries, this command tells the compiler we are making a NES game. It links the nes.lib and does all the necessary things.
-I [path] : This adds a path to look for the .h we include. That include folder we copied earlier has the nes.h file with a whopping two functions! It's important to have a good "Wait for the VBlank" function, so there's no complaints here.
*.c : Easy, this means to compile every file ending in .c.
-o hello.nes : This is the name of the output file.
The above file ends with a .bat extension. These run like programs. Have it right next to your .c files and double click on it to do the magic. Nothing but the press any key prompt should show up if the compiler has no problems. Out comes the .nes file! Wasn't that easy? Well... Not always. If you are having problems with this, I strongly urge you to look up how Windows Batch files work. I mean it, nothing is worse than trying to make NES games when you're trying to wrestle with the file system on Windows.
Run Program
Alright, so go ahead and run the program you just wrote. Wait, you don't know how? Well, you can test play these programs with an emulator of course. FCEUX is the perfect emulator for the game developer. It has a disassembler, PPU viewer, Name Table viewer and other functions. Don't go asking me for ROMs now, we're here to make games, not play them. Although... I suggest you play some of your favorites on the NES. If you have the original hardware, nothing beats it. If it doesn't work, then go find the ROMs yourself. Don't worry, if you want to stay legal, just get images of games you physically own. The emulators themselves are legal, they were not written with knowledge that wasn't already available and do not contain any BIOS code or anything from an actual NES. The NES actually has a fun history with knockoffs and tricks 3rd parties did to make games for it, it's a good read on your own if you're interested in this stuff.
Right now, go ahead and open the .nes file and the following should happen:
Classic test program output
Interesting. I'm sure you have a half a dozen questions about the program as it looks really, really weird if you've never written a first-order program that runs straight on hardware.
The program is mostly spacing and comments to make it easier to see. Here's a step-by-step explanation of the hello world program up there:
First, you don't need command line arguments to a NES game, obviously. We just have a main function that returns an int and even that is a little excessive.
In order to get anything to happen, we must write values directly to the memory. You can see this by all the casting of numbers into pointers, and then using them. In a normal program on a PC, this usually causes tons of problems and makes your program crash due to memory protection and all that.
Before we mess with anything that has to do with the video, we must wait until the NES is in something called the VBlank period. This is when you can modify the PPU and update the picture to be drawn for the next frame. When you are done, you then process the logic for the next frame while the screen is being drawn by the hardware. You need to be very quick about setting the PPU before the VBlank ends and the system begins drawing things as it locks you out of the PPU.
The PPU has its own memory, so we first have to write two values to tell the NES where we want to write data, and then write the data. We write the blue color of the background to the first color, which makes blue the background color for everything. Then, we write white for the text color.
Next, there is a helper function to write the contents of ASCII strings to the screen. Thankfully, the default text font is aligned with ASCII in the video memory.
After we put the text on the screen, we have to position the screen so that the text is in the place we expect it to be.
Since we are done, we then turn on the image so that it will be drawn in the coming picture.
The program then gets stuck in the while loop and does nothing, otherwise the program would repeat itself over and over, messing things up.
There is much you still don't know about NES programming, and I will explain it in depth for every subject we cover. In the mean time, try looking up information about the 6502, the NES hardware specs, and any other information you could use and try things out. Also, focus on your favorite NES games and try to think of how they did things in the game. Pay close attention to things such as little 8x8 pixel tiles, the colors used, and how different games behave. We're going to have ourselves lots of homebrew fun later, so stay tuned~


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LAKE MARY, Fla. – Lake Mary police say they cited George Zimmerman on Tuesday for speeding in Seminole County.
[READ: Zimmerman ticket]
Zimmerman, who was acquitted of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, was driving 60 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone, according to police.
Police said he was pulled over driving his on Rinehart Road and given a citation for $256.
Zimmerman has made headlines since his July 2013 acquittal after he was pulled over in Forney, Texas for speeding in July. Zimmerman was given a warning in the Texas incident, where police say he was legally armed.
Zimmerman also helped rescue a family of four off State Road 417 from an overturned Sports Utility Vehicle just four days after being found not guilty of murder.
Last month, Zimmerman was also spotted at the Kel-Tec weapons plant in Cocoa, but it's not clear if he bought a gun.
Watch Local 6 for more on this story.


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Closing More Sales by Asking the Right Questions
By Sonia Ricotti
July 10, 2006
Sonia Ricotti is a consultant and the president of Club Training Forum. She trains staff in health clubs throughout the world focusing on sales, leadership, member retention, and customer service. She offers her services on site, over the phone, and online through her training products. She has more than a decade of management and sales experience and has worked with health clubs throughout North America, winning many leadership awards throughout the years. Sonia can be reached via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (416) 804-1974.
One of the most important questions to ask during the sales process is "why is that so important to you?"
Many sales representatives today are so focused on selling a club's features, believing that the club and its unique features will sell itself. The truth is, no matter how beautiful your club is, no matter how great your club's programs are, or how great your promotions are, people usually do not buy based on these reasons. If they did, wouldn't every prospect entering your club be joining on the spot?
In my experience, the tour of the club is actually the least important aspect of the sales process. The most important part of the sales process (other than asking for the sale), is finding out what is driving your prospect to get on a fitness program (the driving want). I am not referring to the usual fitness goals people have like losing weight, toning up, gaining muscle mass, or even de-stressing themselves. These are important to know, but you must probe further and find out why this is so important to them. This driving want is what will drive them to take action and get on a fitness program. While a fitness goal is logical (i.e. I gained 20 pounds so I need to lose 20 pounds), a driving want is emotional (I need to lose 20 pounds because I want to look and feel great on my wedding day). Once you know their true driving want and have triggered an emotional response, only then can you cater the sales process to the prospect.
The Important Questions. After you have greeted the member, take them to a quiet area of the club and explain to them that you would like to discuss their fitness goals and discover what areas of the club they are interested in. Although there is a long laundry list of questions that could be asked to find out as much as possible about the prospect, the four most important questions to ask to find out the true driving want of a prospect are:
1. "What brought you into the club today?"
2. "What are your fitness goals?"
3. "Why is that so important to you?"
4. It is also important to get them to verbalize how achieving those goals will change their lives by asking the question:
"Once you achieve those goals, how do you think you will feel and how will it affect your life?"
By verbalizing how they will feel and how it will change their lives, the prospect will mentally visualize what their life will look like once they achieve all their fitness goals. This will trigger an emotional response, which will motivate and drive them to take action and join your health club.
The Important Statement. Once that emotional response has been triggered, then you should take the prospect on a tour of your club. Before you go on the tour, however, it is crucial that you make an important statement:
"I will take you for a tour of the club and show you the areas that are of interest to you. When we finish the tour, I will review all the different membership options and then you can decide whether you would like to join today."
This statement sets the expectations in advance. It is telling her that you are going to be asking her to join today. This psychologically prepares the prospect in advance and gives her lots of time throughout the tour to decide if she would like to become a member or not.
The Tour. Once on the tour, you must constantly remind the prospect how the club's features will get them to achieve their fitness goals and their driving want. For instance the conversation would sound something like this:
"Mary, you mentioned that one of your goals is to lose 20 pounds. This state of the art elliptical trainer will help you burn calories and lose body fat; so when your wedding day arrives in September, you will look and feel fabulous!"
This statement ties in both her fitness goals (lose 20 pounds) and her driving want (look and feel great on her wedding day) with the club's features. Do this several times throughout the tour. By the time you finish the tour, the prospect will be excited and emotionally charged about achieving her goals and how it will positively affect her life. She will be driven to take action and join.
By asking those simple but important questions, triggering emotional responses, and catering each tour to each individual's driving want, you will dramatically increase your closing percentage and take the sales process to a new level of success.


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, July 15
And we're back.
So how'd you spend your summer vacation? Finally visited that aunt
whose house smells like soup? Finally got around to mowing the backyard
grass in one of those lawnmower golf-cart things from Forrest Gump that
look awesome?
Good. You deserve it. Each and every one of you.
A few things before we get our knees dirty and get down to business:
? I, along with fantasy guru Ian Kay, started a blog called "The Fantasy Goodness".
It's pretty much a one-stop shop for all things fantasy baseball, it's
updated pretty frequently and I know you all are just thirsting for
another outlet to read my stuff. Well cotton mouth no more, click here
for your oasis of liquid information. We've tackled a list of
second-half breakout hitters, all first-half value teams, the Yunel
Escobar-Alex Gonzalez deal and we'll have a full real second-half mock
draft coming up later today. Who doesn't love mock drafts? Exactly. Oh,
also, if you ever have any fantasy questions or are looking for some
advice, leave them in the comments section of a post or just email me
at email@example.com and I'll write up a full post for you guys.
I'm just that kind of a guy!
? In the spirit of the All-Star Game (and boredom), I wrote up a blog post unveiling the Beat the Streak All-Star Team. There will be a few surprises in there. LEAVE ICHIRO ALONE!
Alright, alright, time for Thursday's picks
Oh, hello there …
? Ichiro Suzuki: 13-game hitting streak.
? Rafael Furcal: .431 AVG last 14 games; .357 AVG (5-for-14) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter.
? Michael Cuddyer: .500 AVG (18-for-36) lifetime vs. White Sox starter John Danks
? Vladimir Guerrero: .435 AVG (10-for-23) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield
? Alexei Ramirez: .417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. Twins starter Kevin Slowey
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Jamey Carroll: .375 AVG (6-for-18) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter
Utility infielder vs. All-Star pitcher? Thanks, but I think I'll pass.
You'll thank me later …
? Brian McCann: .091 AVG (1-for-11) lifetime vs. Brewers starter Dave Bush
? Marlon Byrd: .183 AVG (2-for-11) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Jaime Moyer
? Paul Konerko: .176 AVG (3-for-17) lifetime vs. Twins starter Kevin Slowey
? Ian Kinsler: .154 AVG (2-for-13) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield
Leaderboard time!
Our fearsome leader starting off the second half is "respy", who
is currently rocking a 32-game streak. May your second half be full of
hits, Jamba Juice smoothies and advice from Dick George.
Top MLB streakers
? Miguel Cabrera: 19 games
? Ichiro Suzuki: 13 games
? Jonathan Herrera: 11 games
? Jon Jay: 11 games
? Aaron Cunningham: 10 games
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What's up everybody. I'm glad that baseball is back first and foremost and here are my picks for today. My pick in BTS will turn some heads and have people wondering why but I love the pick and I will tell you who it is. I have chosen Omar Infante as he is facing Bush of Milwaukee and he is hitting .464 over the last 7 days with 13 hits so I love the pick. That's a sleeper for ya today. I have Braves in Survivor and Hart in HR BTS.
hoo hoo baseball is back! vinny i like your pick – good luck. going with ichiro today. that will be me sitting on the couch with the "i believe" sign. 🙂
@Vinny. Looking at Omar also only if he bats in 1st 3 of order. Vlad also a consideration. P.S. Omar kills righties too & Bush's stats are not impressive. Vlad has hit Wakefield every time they met; going back several years. Have time to mull it over
I like Vlad the Impaler for tonight. He definitely has Wakefield's knuckleball figured out and the green monster will give plenty of help for those long singles.
Hey hey, made it back into service ( more importantly my 3G) (it's weird not using my cell for 3 days, thank goodness it was break.) and picks have been made. Hope you all had a nice relaxing couple days break. I know I did.( I've got an ideas let's do a 10 mile hike to cross the border, sounded like a better when we thought of it. But the boy loved it and made a friend from TX)
Back to baseball, was the A.S. game even worth watching?
Nice to see the leader reads the blog too.
GL to all tonight, I'm hitting the Sox-Rangers game.
Woo hoo. Michael takes me to a dozen. GL to the rest of you.
Changing my pick as Infante isn't starting so not taking any chances. Going to Prado.
Last minute Charlie here……not sold on Prado and although Vlad's numbers are impressive keep in mind that out of his last 4 games (17 at bats), he's only gotten 2 hits. Got that off ESPN. His last 7 day avg is .118. Good luck everyone!
first i must say this is my first post but i read your guys stuff all the time nd it helps alot…cuz i do know alot about baseball but its always great to hear a tip u werent aware of..but i think ima pick hamilton for myself and my bro is talkin prado!! But im a huge braves fan like my bro so lets say how bout b-mac? gettn all star game MVP..i love it!!
Today's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 89 batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki, 678, 27.12%
Vladimir Guerrero, 343, 13.72 (Leader)
Josh Hamilton, 219, 8.76
Martin Prado, 204, 8.16
Alex Rios, 110, 4.4
Albert Pujols, 84, 3.36
Justin Morneau, 58, 2.32 (DL)
Kevin Youkilis, 48, 1.92
Michael Cuddyer, 47, 1.88
Dane Sardinha, 44, 1.76 (Optioned)
No Selection, 42, 1.68
Rafael Furcal, 41, 1.64
Highest "No Selection": Page #23 with a streak of 14 now reset to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
LaVolpe, 16, pg11, A.Rios
Deb23, 14, pg15, R.Braun (25x by Top2500)
dalywalker322, 14, pg22, I.Suzuki
00Liber, 11, pg47, M.Young (32x by Top2500)
RIP2TheCompetition, 11, pg49, I.Suzuki
dragbunt104, 9, pg87, I.Suzuki
leeungaretta, 9, pg99, I.Suzuki
champion_88, 9, pg100, J.Hamilton
Schenk015 @ 9 reset by A.Beltre
I feel so honored to occupy the 2,500th slot of 2,500 active players!
Has anyone here ever occupied that final slot before?
And Hamilton had a 2nd inning double, so I finally broke through the double-digit barrier!!!
I went with Hamilton too. It was either him or VG but it looked like VG might be slumping. One thing that concerned me is the knockerball and they're playing on the road.
Lav, I don't understand why u chose Rios as he stinks at night but we will see what happens.
@Vinny. Gut feeling. He's hitting it well, just came up twice with Pierre on 3rd & 1 out; so 2 sac flies. Problem is that Slowey may not make it to 5th when Rios due up again.
The numbers only tell so much. Rios has been one of the most consistent players on the best team in the MLB for the last month. I didn't pick him tonight, but day or night, I'd put my money on him after watching him as much as I have this year.
"Problem is that Slowey may not make it to 5th when Rios due up again."
Don't worry. The Minn ballpen is lot worst than Slowey so you have to hope he gets maybe 6 ABs if it turns out to be a blowout.
"Rios has been one of the most consistent players on the best team in the MLB for the last month."
What? He has been consistently divergent in his hitting. Every month. Kills day. Suck night.
Rios Night time stats:
Mar and Apr Chicago White Sox 14 55 5 14 3 1 1 5 22 3 10 4 1 .293 .400 .255
May Chicago White Sox 17 61 11 16 6 0 4 11 34 4 6 4 1 .313 .557 .262
June Chicago White Sox 18 72 7 17 2 0 1 9 22 4 13 2 2 .295 .306 .236
July Chicago White Sox 8 31 4 8 0 0 1 5 11 1 4 2 1 .273 .355 .258
Only logical explanation with Rios is he needs his eyes checked out. Even just out of curiosity. I played tons of stickball @ church parking lot growing up and we even had flood light @ night time. It was much easier to see the ball during the day time for me but the disparity wasn't that much.
Then there is Jose Reyes. If a team can platoon Jose Reyes and Rios as a DH, they would get .450 avg. out of that spot.
Well a 250 average is all I'm looking for: 1-4 is good for me 😉
Rather be lucky than good! Only time this streak so far, had to wait for 1st hit off a reliever. Don't like that anxiety. But if Pierre didn't go from 1st to 3rd two innings in a row, I think Rios would have had a hit off Slowey vs 2 sac flies. Got ChiSox in Survivor too; so could be a bonus day 🙂
I went 3 for 3 in all 3. Prado got a hit, Hart hit a HR and Braves won. I see my luck changing.
@Vinny: I had Howard for HR BTS & he got 2. But I don't hold my breath for that game.
@btsplayer Okay, follow the laws of numbers and accumulate the best players possible. But a lot of people here do that and no one has one this contest yet. If you think those lines you posted are bad, to every man his own, but when a majority of your season is played at night and you're still hitting .310, you're usually doing just enough at night to not be written off instantly. At the least, let's agree to disagree?
@lavolpe: My experience has been don't go against a heavy wall. You can only do that few times before the odds get you. I considered Rios many times but as soon as I saw that it was @ night, I just let it go. Not worth the risk.
Its the same with top notch pitchers. Sure you may get away with one or two games here & there but in the end they get you. Avoiding all that barely increases your odds just a bit more. Then you have to avoid #6 starter suddenly throwing a 2 hitter.
@btsPlayer: Rios avg is crud @ night; no doubt. But it stays lighter longer in summer :). Anyway, I was convinced he'd get a hit in 1st 2 ABs vs Slowey — almost cost me!
I was thinking Alex Rios for most of the past 2 days, last night I decided to go with Ichiro though, almost thought THAT was gonna cost me.
"@btsplayer Okay, follow the laws of numbers and accumulate the best players possible. But a lot of people here do that and no one has one this contest yet. If you think those lines you posted are bad, to every man his own, but when a majority of your season is played at night and you're still hitting .310, you're usually doing just enough at night to not be written off instantly. At the least, let's agree to disagree?"
Doesn't Rios tend to cluster his hits though?
So why would you take his worse split?
His cluster issues is why I am skeptical in using him during the day.
I had Rickie Weeks for July 15th. I thought he went o for 4 because they originally charged the hit with an error. When I woke this morning I looked at the box score for the heck of it and noticed that they changed the error to a hit. I had a 16 game hitting sreak and it went to 0. This hit would have made it 17 because they haven't yet changed it on the hitting streak. I just want to put pressure on MLB to give me my 17 game hitting streak which now should be 18 because vernon Wells got a hit. Did anyone else have Rickie Weeks for the 15th?


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FBI Directly Spying On Prominent Muslim-American Politicians, Lawyers And Civil Rights Activists
from the because-of-course-they-did deptFor a little while now, Glenn Greenwald has been promising the next big scoop from the Snowden files, and it came out last night, with detailed reporting on how the FBI was directly spying on a bunch of prominent American politicians, lawyers and civil rights activists... who happened to be Muslim.
- Faisal Gill, a longtime Republican Party operative and one-time candidate for public office who held a top-secret security clearance and served in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush;
- Asim Ghafoor, a prominent attorney who has represented clients in terrorism-related cases;
- Hooshang Amirahmadi, an Iranian-American professor of international relations at Rutgers University;
- Agha Saeed, a former political science professor at California State University who champions Muslim civil liberties and Palestinian rights;
- Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country.
The individuals appear on an NSA spreadsheet in the Snowden archives called "FISA recap"—short for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Under that law, the Justice Department must convince a judge with the top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that there is probable cause to believe that American targets are not only agents of an international terrorist organization or other foreign power, but also "are or may be" engaged in or abetting espionage, sabotage, or terrorism. The authorizations must be renewed by the court, usually every 90 days for U.S. citizens.Reading through the report, it becomes quite clear that the main reason these individuals on the list is solely because they're Muslim. Of every lawyer who has helped represent defendants in terrorism-related cases, the only one on this list just happens to be Muslim. As the article reminds us, a few years back, Spencer Ackerman did some great reporting, revealing how the FBI was being trained to believe all Muslims were "violent" and "radical" and the impact of that ridiculous training appears to be clear in what this latest report finds. Perhaps the most chilling example of this anti-Muslim attitude is found in a training document revealed in this new report, showing intelligence community members how to "identify" targets for the FISA court. The "placeholder" name says it all:
The spreadsheet shows 7,485 email addresses listed as monitored between 2002 and 2008. Many of the email addresses on the list appear to belong to foreigners whom the government believes are linked to Al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Among the Americans on the list are individuals long accused of terrorist activity, including Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, who were killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen.
But a three-month investigation by The Intercept—including interviews with more than a dozen current and former federal law enforcement officials involved in the FISA process—reveals that in practice, the system for authorizing NSA surveillance affords the government wide latitude in spying on U.S. citizens.
A former Justice Department official involved in FISA policy in the Obama Administration says the process contains too many internal checks and balances to serve as a rubber stamp on surveillance of Americans. But the former official, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about FISA matters, acknowledges that there are significant problems with the process. Having no one present in court to contest the secret allegations can be an invitation to overreach. "There are serious weaknesses," the former official says. "The lack of transparency and adversarial process—that's a problem."Much of the rest of the story involves a detailed look at the men listed above, all of which is worth reading, demonstrating just how ridiculous it was to be spying on their communications. The video of Faisal Gill is really worth watching:
Indeed, the government's ability to monitor such high-profile Muslim-Americans—with or without warrants—suggests that the most alarming and invasive aspects of the NSA's surveillance occur not because the agency breaks the law, but because it is able to exploit the law's permissive contours. "The scandal is what Congress has made legal," says Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU deputy legal director. "The claim that the intelligence agencies are complying with the laws is just a distraction from more urgent questions relating to the breadth of the laws themselves."
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John built us a compost tumbler this year. It sits near the back door by our kitchen and has been so handy. We've been wanting one for awhile, but they can be pretty expensive. So, naturally, John decided to build one himself using one of these big barrels.
We've had other composting attempts in the past, but they never seemed to work out. We had compost piles that were far from the house - which mean we'd fill a bucket for awhile in the kitchen that got too gross, plus it would be inconvenient to carry it to the pile, so we'd often forget. I've learned that for composting to work for our family it needs to be convenient and avoid the yuck factor.
John's barrel by the door is pretty convenient. I don't keep a compost bucket inside, I just put scraps in a dish while I'm cooking, so I have to take it out after every meal. This helps avoid yuckiness inside. Of course, the composter is still a bit yucky when you open the lid, but we try to throw in grass whenever it gets too buggy, and keep it rotated.
He built it so that he could roll a wheel barrow underneath it to empty the compost, and I think the height also makes it convenient for throwing things in. I don't have a step by step on his process or anything, but I think there are plenty of ways you could easily make something like this.
Yay for dirt!
4 comments:
- Butterfly Vintage said...
Nolan built one for us last year. We love it and it we used the compost in our garden this year. You will LOVE it!
- Martha said...
That is really great. My husband built one very much like that...only BRIGHT blue (I wish mine were black) 3 years ago (it was my Mother's Day present, I'd really wanted one for a while): http://thescrumptiouslife.blogspot.com/2009/05/olivia.html
- Laura said...
Marfa - ours was a blue barrel, too! He spray painted it black to help it heat up.
- mtnman said...
I like it. I made one last year. The bugs have been quite disgusting & we had to move it so far away because our dog kept messing with it. I need to move It nearer to the house since the dog went hitchhiking.
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text: I understand the theory of trying to present a case to reverse a Pardon (in theory) it just bugs me that they have to stay in jail while waiting to see if the state (which should be the one carrying the burden of proof to overturn) will reverse it or not. In a Parole hearing sure, but I see it as a violation of Due Process. I guess it just shows truth to the old laymen saying "possession is 9/10 of the law" If they possess your ass still, they still can act like they own it, untill they chose not to. Easier to justify a "not released" then a "brought back in". Easier for the TV news viewing audience to digest I guess. To me baloney is baloney whatever the flavor, but when politicians(oops I meant judges and attorney generals) who are elected or appointed by those elected want to stay in public favor........well, don't you know that court cases should be held on American Idol commercials for vote ins between the parts of our society that really matter?


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As you may have noticed, I am a follower of many blogs, but for working with genealogy software, Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is on my list. He had a posting on Research Logs in Genealogy Software
I made an attempt to respond: FTM2012 Research Log I wasn't really happy with that post. Today I thought that I would take a little closer look at FTM2012 for a Research Log. I haven't really used this before, but I was doing some research finding a lot of Negative results. In that past, if I didn't find anything the first time, I would probably go back and research again. Today was one of those "but I already looked there and didn't find anything". So, I went to the People Workspace, Person View, Note Tab, but selected the 2nd ICON, which is the Research Log for that person. Here is what I entered:
I entered the Date, the Website and how I did the search, with the results. Although this example was all negative, I did have some positive results which I also recorded.
That's the input, but how does that help? What does the output look like?
Went to the Publish Workspace, Person Collection, Notes Report. Selected All Individuals and put a check mark in the Research Notes item on the right.
The blue box shows the positive result, and the red box the negative. I will save this report as a Research Log and refer to it from time to time.
Lesson Learned: This is a Research Log in FTM2012.
Thank you Randy for the Challenge.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington


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Chocolate, fruit, nuts, brandy, and ice cream...oh, my!
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Extra Time: 6 hrs
(for standing; or overnight, for freezing)
Yield: 24 x 1/2 cup servings
In a bowl, combine dried fruit, cherries, mango, and orange zest. Let stand for 20 minutes.
Soften ice cream a little. Add fruit mixture, chocolate chips and pecans.
Line a pudding bowl or cake pan with plastic wrap. Spoon ice cream mixture in, press down firmly. Cover with plastic wrap.
Freeze overnight or up to six months if well wrapped. When ready to serve, cut into wedges or scoop into your favorite serving dishes.
Can serve ice cream with low-fat chocolate sauce. For a lighter dessert, substitute non-fat vanilla ice cream (see recipe links below).
Serving suggestions are not included in the nutritional analysis.
If fresh cherries and mango are not available, especially during the winter months, can substitute frozen or jarred unsweetened fruit.
Note: This recipe's ingredients have been adjusted from the original Australian measures to the US measures.


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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday challenged the leaders of Myanmar to continue and expand reforms. She offered the isolated country a small package of rewards for steps it has already taken but made clear that more must be done, including breaking military ties with North Korea.
She said the U.S. was ready to further improve relations with the civilian government in the Southeast Asian nation — also known as Burma — but only if it stays on the path of democratization. In a series of modest first steps, she announced that Washington would allow Myanmar's participation in a U.S.-backed grouping of Mekong River countries; no longer block enhanced cooperation between the country and the International Monetary Fund; and support intensified U.N. health, microfinance and counternarcotics programs.
On a historic visit, Clinton offered the country future incentives, including the prospect of upgraded diplomatic ties, in return for steps that include releasing political prisoners and ending ethnic violence with aggressive efforts at national reconciliation.
"I came to assess whether the time is right for a new chapter in our shared history," Clinton told reporters after meeting Myanmar President Thein Sein and other senior government officials in the capital of Naypyidaw.
"The United States is prepared to walk the path of reform with you if you keep moving in the right direction," Clinton said. After decades of repressive military rule, she said President Barack Obama was willing to explore improved and expanded ties "to reward reforms with steps to lessen (Myanmar's) isolation and improve the lives of its citizens."
In an ornate room at Naypidaw's grandiose presidential palace — a monstrous-sized building with 40-foot to 60-foot ceilings replete with gold gilt, giant teak doors and white marble floors that lies off an enormous but empty 20-lane highway — Thein Sein appeared eager to embrace the opening with the United States. He told Clinton her visit was a "historic milestone" that would "enhance relations and cooperation."
A senior U.S. official said Thein Sein had outlined his government's plans for reform in a 45-minute presentation in which he acknowledged that Myanmar lacked a recent tradition of democracy and openness. He asked for U.S. help in making the transition from military to full civilian rule, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private diplomatic exchange.
Clinton replied that she was visiting because the U.S. was "encouraged by the steps that you and your government have taken to provide for your people."
Yet, she also made clear that those steps must be consolidated and enlarged if the U.S. is to consider easing near-blanket economic sanctions that block almost all American commercial transactions with Myanmar. "While measures already taken may be unprecedented and certainly welcome, they are just a beginning," she told reporters.
"We're not at the point yet where we can consider lifting sanctions that we have in place because of our ongoing concerns about policies that have to be reversed," Clinton said. "But any steps that the government takes will be carefully considered and will be matched."
She called for the release of political prisoners and an end to brutal ethnic violence that has ravaged the nation for decades. "We believe that any political prisoner anywhere should be released. One political prisoner is one too many in our view," she said. Clinton was meeting later Thursday with opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a longtime political prisoner who has said she will run in upcoming elections.
Clinton also warned the country's leadership to break suspected illicit military, nuclear and ballistic missile cooperation with North Korea that may violate U.N. sanctions. "Better relations with the United States will only be possible if the entire government respects the international consensus against the spread of nuclear weapons ... and we support the government's stated intention to sever military ties with North Korea," she said.
In his presentation, Thein Sein vowed that Myanmar would uphold its U.N. obligations with respect to North Korea, according to the senior U.S. official. He also told Clinton that Myanmar was actively considering signing a new agreement with the U.N. nuclear watchdog that would allow unfettered inspections of atomic sites in the country, the official said.
Clinton rejected the idea that the U.S. outreach to Myanmar was partially motivated by the growing influence of China. "We are not viewing this in light of any competition with China," she said. "We are viewing it as an opportunity for us to re-engage here."
"We welcome positive constructive relations between China and her neighbors. We think that is in China's interest as well as in the neighborhood's interest," she said.
Recalling Obama's mention of "flickers of progress" in Myanmar when he announced that Clinton would visit the country, Clinton urged the leadership not to allow them to "be stamped out."
"It will be up to the leaders and the people to fan flickers of progress into flames of freedom that light the path toward a better future," she said. "That — and nothing less — is what it will take for us to turn a solitary visit into a lasting partnership."
Despite the historic nature of Clinton's visit, enthusiasm has been muted within Myanmar.
Chan Tun, a 91-year-old veteran politician and a retired ambassador to China, said: "This is a very critical visit because U.S. will understand Myanmar better through engagement. U.S. engagement will also help Myanmar's dependence on China."
But Clinton's presence has been overshadowed by the arrival Thursday of the prime minister of Belarus and his wife, to whom two large welcoming signs were erected at the airport and the road into the city. No such displays welcomed Clinton.
The Belarus Prime Minister made the front page of Thursday's edition of the government-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper. Clinton's visit was mentioned in a two-paragraph story on page 2.
Still, some in Myanmar welcomed the attention from the U.S. "I watched the arrival of Ms. Clinton on Myanmar TV last night," 35-year-old taxi driver Thein Zaw said. "I am very happy that Ms. Clinton is visiting our country because America knows our small country, whether it is good or bad."
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
Clinton challenges Myanmar on reforms
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday challenged the leaders of Myanmar to continue and expand reforms. She offered the isolated country a small package of rewards for steps it has already taken but made clear that more must be done, including breaking military ties with North Korea.


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Letter, Husband [Joseph H. Trego] to My Dear wife [Alice Trego]
Author: Trego, Joseph Harrington
Date: January 9, 1858
Joseph Trego wrote from Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, in Illinois. Trego reported that the mill was finally up and running, leaving them to occupy themselves with housekeeping and construction of outbuildings near the mill; he had decided to delay building a new home for his family until the spring. Trego responded to his wife's concerns about free state and proslavery skirmishing in the area, conveying his confidence that "truly there is no probability of the people here at Sugar Mound being molested" by them.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Joseph Harrington Trego Collection, #523, Box 1, Folder 1
Item Number: 102625 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Construction; Daily life; Domestics; Linn County, Kansas Territory; Mills and mill-work; Skirmishing; Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory; Trego, Alice; Trego, Joseph Harrington
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Greetings, strangers:
Yes, you be strangers. Strangers be you, yes. Because: Absent Crabmmomy am I. I am Crabmommy, absent.
Okay, enough piffly feeble attempts to write what I once called a palindrome. In my previous post, that is. Entitled "Hot Dang It, It Dang Hot!" And I called it a palindrome. And someone corrected me in the comments and pointed out that nay, a palindrome must incorporate not mere words mirrored back and forth in a phrase, but actual letters. Like "Hannah." Or "Lisa Bonet ate no basil."
And so I mea culpa'd. And blamed it all on heat stroke. Which seemed fair enough at the time, it being 106 degrees here in Portland, which is a typically anemic sort of place when it comes to hotness. or heat. Or whatever they call it. See? The woman who once dared called herself Grammarmama has gone mushy in the head. The warmth has penetrated the soggy tissues of my brain and cooked them up.
Thankfully my good friend Fall From Grace corrected my anonymous correcting poster, who corrected my use of "palindrome" and suggested instead that what I did with that dang title was an anagram. Which of course it wasn't. Or isn't.
But the question, my chums, regarding the previous post's title is, IS IT, while not (obviously) an anagram, a palindrome of any sort? At first glance, one would say, NO. Because the back and forth patterning isn't of letters, but of whole words. Which is sort of cheating, innit? But still, fun.
The question of whether I can actually get away with calling this half-baked mirroring a palindrome or not has been peeping away at the back of my mind all through the day, as I set upon my mighty intellectual tasks of packing small people's lunches, frolicking in public swimming pools (which they CLEARED, because of a purported sighting of a TURD, I might add).
Anyhoo. Back to the topic at hand: I went and did what any graduate of literature and language from a top-notch university would do. I went to Wikipedia. And this is what it says:
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing.And I deduced from this esteemed Wikipedian writer (and we all know these Wiki-writers need no pedigrees nor lofty graduate degrees, but anyway): my phrase isn't a palindrome...or is it?
Let's take another look. Because there is this nugget lodged in the Wiki entry that makes me feel justified in calling anything I do a palindrome. Check it:
The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots palin (πάλιν; "back") and dromos (δρóμος; "way, direction") by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s. The actual Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikê epigrafê (καρκινική επιγραφή; crab inscription), or simply karkiniêoi (καρκινιήοι; crabs), alluding to the backward movement of crabs, like an inscription which can be read backwards.In case my bolding was not enough for you, the point of the entry is to state, unequivocally, that the Crabmommy can use the dang word "palindrome" whenever she dang feels like it. Because whatever I do on this blog is, quite literally "the backward movement of crabs," given that everything I write is a reflection on time spent, a rumination, crabby in more ways than one.
And as for the actual back-and-forth of phrases, unless someone comes up with a real figure of speech for it, I will coin one myself: the "Crabmommy Palindrome" is any phrase that reads forwards and backwards in whole word parts, because the writer is too dim to conceive of an actual letter-for-letter palindrome, but wants to show off anyway.
Does that satisfy you all, my discerning literate readership?
Back to the turd in the pool: Seriously, when one has paid one's public pool fare to frolic with one's tot of a hot day, one does not appreciate being kicked out of said pool after only an hour and all because of some purported turd, which they combed the pool for with a net...and even the second pool (our one, the deeper one) was closed on account of this chimeric, supposed, probably-hearsay turd in the shallow pool. Could Americans be more serious? You should have seen the faces of the lifeguards as they shut the pool down! They even had special purple turd-catching gloves. TURD AHOY! Me, I say, meh. A storm in a teacup. Or, more accurately, a drop(ping) in the [heavily chlorinated] ocean, if you will. If it were really out there, it would have floated to the top. Then you catch it, dispense with it, and let the kids back in. Don't you? That's my personal preference. Mind, I am the mom who took her tot swimming in a sewage stream.


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This was published 7 years ago
Crews get Wallan fire under control
A grassfire that threatened homes in central Victoria has been contained.
An emergency warning was in place for parts of Wallan as the blaze approached the Darraweit Road area, 50 kilometres north of Melbourne, this afternoon.
The warning was later downgraded and the fire is now listed as contained.
Kilmore deputy incident controller Greg Murphy said 35 fire trucks and three aircraft had battled the fire, which had burned about 40 hectares.
He warned residents north of the fire to stay vigilant to ensure spot fires did not threaten their homes.
• The smoke haze that greeted Melbourne on Monday morning is expected to clear as crews continue backburning in the state's bushfire zones.
The fire in the Gippsland region has now burnt out 59,000 hectares.
And the weather is expected to heat up again later this week, with temperatures in Melbourne forecast to reach 37 on Thursday and 29 on Friday. Similar temperatures are forecast for Gippsland.
"The size of the fire if it was in Melbourne would be from the airport to Clayton," a spokesman for the state bushfire control centre said.
Several homes and properties have been destroyed in the fires, which began in the Baw Baw National Park on Thursday.
One man was killed in his car in Seaton on Friday while the fires raged.
The Bureau of Meteorology expects the smoke haze across the city to clear by Monday afternoon.
Ambulance Victoria operations manager Paul Holman advised Melburnians to avoid outdoor exercise and for those with respiratory illnesses to remain indoors as much as possible.
''It could affect people who do not normally have respiratory problems,'' he said of the bushfire smoke.
The Country Fire Authority has reminded people to reduce speeds when driving on smoke-affected roads.
Fire crews are focusing on a 180-hectare backburn south of Glenmaggie.
The control centre spokesman said that the haze from the backburn would be visible across several communities.
Residents from Seaton, Glenmaggie and Glenmaggie Point have been allowed to return home.
The previously cut-off Licola Road has also been opened up from the Heyfield to Kellehers road intersection to local residents.
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Lincolnshire MS patient aims to walk again
Using his one workable arm to maneuver his battery-operated wheelchair to the shelf holding photos of him triumphantly sprinting across finish lines at marathons and triathlons, Bob Gregory beams at the proud memories of what he has accomplished and the determined hope of what he might do again.
"I am ready," the 55-year-old Lincolnshire man says defiantly, "to get out of this chair."
Multiple sclerosis put the affable Gregory in a wheelchair in 1995. Next Sunday, May 6, will mark his 18th annual charity walk to raise funds for the research needed to get him back on his feet.
"It typically hits people between the ages of 20 and 40, just when your families and careers are starting to take off," Gregory says of MS, the mysterious and unpredictable autoimmune disease that attacks the nervous system and can leave its victims with everything from mild numbness and fatigue to debilitating paralysis, blindness and the loss of brain function. Gregory was diagnosed at age 33. He had married his wife, Pat, six months earlier and was enjoying his career as marketing director for Baxter International, the global health care company headquartered in Deerfield. An MS flare-up sent Gregory to the hospital.
"The day he came out of the hospital was the day I found out I was pregnant with Christine," says Pat.
By the time their daughter Christine had mastered the ability to walk, her father had lost it.
"Mine was just a freak of nature," Gregory says of the disease's quick progression that had him dependent upon a wheelchair within five years of his diagnosis and just a decade after he broke the four-hour barrier in the Chicago Marathon.
Not an athlete during his high school days in Emerson, N.J., Gregory was golfing, skiing, running marathons and even finished three triathlons when he noticed little signs of the devastation on the horizon.
"I started tripping up around mile 12 or 13. There was weakness and my foot would drop," Gregory remembers.
During a long bike trip, friend and former boss Ron Anderson of Glen Ellyn noticed that the younger Gregory suddenly was having difficulty keeping up. Flying home from a ski trip with Anderson and other buddies in Lake Tahoe, Gregory noticed numbness on his left side.
"I thought I slept on it funny," Gregory remembers, thinking maybe he had pinched a nerve. "I had trouble tying my tie and fastening the little buttons on my collar."
His sports doctor sent him to a neurologist who, using the then relatively new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology, found evidence that Gregory's autoimmune system was out of whack and attacking the myelin that protects a body's nerves in the same way insulation protects an electrical wire.
"They did an MRI and the plaque showed up in my brain like a Christmas tree," Gregory remembers, who was sent home and told to get his rest and eat healthy. He could work, even run a bit, but the symptoms got worse.
"Every morning you'd wake up, and it was like, 'What did I lose last night?'" remembers Gregory, who soon went from shuffling at work to a cane to a scooter to a wheelchair. "There was nothing they could really do."
Once "untreatable," MS effects now are diminished by an ever-growing number of treatments developed during the past two decades, says Arney Rosenblat, vice president of public affairs for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Through the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Rush University Medical Center and director Dr. Dusan Stefoski, Gregory says he got the unconventional chemotherapy treatment that stopped his disease's progression.
"I've been steady as a rock. I've been stable for 12 years," says Gregory, who still takes an injectable drug weekly. "We're almost on the verge of saying it's a manageable disease. Now people like me, we're ready for repair."
While Parkinson's disease has gotten a publicity boost from lovable celebrity Michael J. Fox, the most famous person with MS might be potential First Lady Ann Romney. Gregory notes that many people think of MS as the disease comedian Richard Pryor used to say was his comeuppance for all his drug use.
He might not have celebrity cache, but Gregory is an active fundraiser for the Myelin Repair Foundation, an innovative nonpartisan, not-for-profit charity based in California that has revolutionized the funding for research projects.
"To do his walk 2,000 miles away from our headquarters is really wonderful," says Helen Solinski, who has MS and works as manager of donor relations for the Myelin Repair Foundation. "I am truly inspired by Bob."
That first walk in 1995 was modest.
"There were five of us and we raised $350 and we walked in the rain," says Gregory, who rolled in his wheelchair alongside Pat and their friends from Glen Ellyn, Ron and Judy Anderson and their son Darby. While brainstorming over glasses of scotch, the group came up with the team name of The Johnnie Walkers. Since then The Johnnie Walkers have raised more than $200,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and for the past three years have sent money to the Myelin Repair Foundation.
"Last year, 60 of us raised more than $30,000," Gregory says, noting neighbors, friends from Stevenson High School and The Village Club of Lincolnshire all have been huge supporters of the walk.
Two of those walkers in recent years are leading MS researchers and doctors: Stephen D. Miller, a research professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Brian Popko, director of the University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy.
"He has a great attitude," says Miller, who, with his wife, Kimberley, has become friends with the Gregorys. "He's always grilling me on the latest things in the field."
Stopping the advance of MS is one problem over which doctors do have more control. But the "remylination" to repair the damage done by the disease is still a challenge.
"That's a very different thing to do, but we've really made a lot of strides," Miller says.
Gregory remains so confident of a cure that "he resists settling into that life" of a person with severe disabilities, says his friend Anderson, adding that his enthusiasm is contagious. "I've know Bob for so long, I almost overlook it (MS). I tell people, 'He's as healthy as you and I,' and then I think, 'Oh, wait.'"
With his mind, mouth and sense of humor at full strength, Gregory seems to forget his disabilities at times. A mention that he hasn't "gone downhill" in the past decade, draws an instant rebuke.
"Oh, yes I have," Gregory says, launching into a story about zipping down a ski run in Colorado while sitting on specially designed skis.
"I know his limitations, but I don't think of him as a limited person. You don't feel sorry for Bob," says Pat, whose job as a commercial real estate lawyer with her firm of Pachter, Gregory and Raffaldini in Deerfield generally allows her the freedom to come home if her husband needs help. "His optimism is really inspirational, and it's gotten us through some very tough times, some scary times."
For more information on the four-mile walk on May 6, which starts and ends in the Gregory's backyard, visit http://msjohnniewalkers.blogspot.com/.
"This is not naive optimism. I will be walking again," Gregory says, refusing to rule out another marathon finish someday after he accomplishes his more pressing goal. "I want to walk up to everyone's door and personally thank them for donating. That's my reward."


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Larry & Mary Ann plan to arrive at Q 1/20, tentatively departing the 29th. Possibly arriving earlier, since we plan to be at Indio, too.
Im sad to say we wont be making it to the rally this year. Bob's health is not good. They are trying to get him more balanced.... good luck with that. Hes never been balanced his whole life.
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This weekend we did some shopping (a great thin wool turtleneck and Tahari snakeskin print blouse for me, a couple of new suits for the Mr.), went to Kitchener-Waterloo for dinner with my grandmother, a major house clean, laundry, groceries, a relaxing pain-au-chocolat and coffee out, a really nice long walk, and even a little painting project that was drummed up over a bottle of wine during dinner on Sunday! (don't worry, we waited until this morning to do the project :) ). It was a really nice, relaxing weekend - just what I need to get through February!
PPS - the Mr. is currently making a prime rib roast on the bbq, with carrots, roasted potatoes, and bread as sides. Heaven.


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Pastina + big news!
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Today we're going to make pastina, or as my bolognese host mother Adele called it, stelline ("tiny stars"). Modern Italians don't always have time for the languid multi-course dinners of the old days, but Adele always made sure that the evening meal was separated into the distinct courses of primo (pasta or starch), secondo (meat), contorni (sides), and a little sweet treat or an end of cheese for the dolce, always with a clean plate in between courses, despite her dishwasher that was about the size of an American toaster. Stelline was one of her go-to dishes for the starch course: quick and easy, warm, comforting, familiar. Continue reading


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CD review: Spoken-word work
gets right to the point
By John Ziegler, Duluth News Tribune
He can come on like a freight train. Words are his medium. He will make you laugh. He will make you cry. He will make you think.
His name is E.G. Bailey and his brand-new release "American Afrikan" combines spoken word, poetry and music to explore what it is to be an Afrikan in America today. It doesn't just skim along the surface in that exploration, it heaves from below like a bulldozer churning up slabs of concrete, tree roots and old asphalt in its quest — Bailey leading the narrative charge.
Using language like John Coltrane used the tenor or soprano saxophone, Bailey — together with friends such as Aimee Bryant, Katrah Quey, Sha Cage, Hipgrosis, D.J.Limbs, plus African poets Ibe Kaba and Sankaradjeki; Dubai jazz ensemble Abstract Collision, and Mankwe Mdosi, the singer from Atmosphere — uses bits of pre-recorded sound, field recordings (including Liberian work songs from the Mano Tribe) and jazz. He rails, he whispers, he implores, he exhorts and subtly weaves his spell.
"K Street Blues: The Bailout Plan" sounds like it could have been Sonny Rollins captured on the Williamsburg Bridge in 1952 talking to the skyline with his horn.
"America" is Bailey (with Abstract Collision giving an eerie, angular backdrop) holding a mirror up to our own country with all its actions and how they have morphed over time. "America with your varicose veins and Catholic guilt, I fear you and I love you … America, it's getting harder to defend you."
Aimee Bryant's stirring multi-tracked version of "Motherless Child" is a riveting take on this black spiritual.
"Afrikan is the New American" has an almost Prince-like groove smothered in chicken grease.
Bailey is the real deal. He has created spoken word dynamics in film, theater and recordings during his travels through this country as well as England, South Africa, France and Serbia. He is the founder of the MN Spoken Word Association, Tru Ruts Endeavors and the Spoken Word and Hip Hop Institute at the University of Minnesota. He's been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in the New York Modern Museum of Art.
"American Afrikan" is not just a journey but an adventure that, during February's Black History Month, explores identity, history, culture and what it means to be black in America today.
The CD release of this wonderful piece of art takes place Saturday evening at the Bedlam Theatre in Minneapolis and should not be missed.
E.G. Bailey / "American Afrikan"
Genre: Spoken word/Poetry/Jazz/Hip Hop/Electronica
Label: Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records
Web site: http://www.egbailey.com, myspace.com/egbailey
Produced by: E.G. Bailey and Ben Durant
Upcoming show: Saturday at 9:30 p.m., the CD release party at the Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis. Cost $5. Ages 18 and older. Includes special guests Guante, Sha Cage, Mankwe Ndosi, Ibe Kaba and more.
John Ziegler has worked in the music industry for the past 35 years as a radio host, interviewer, record producer and professional musician.


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April ARMMS Attracts Attention
The programme for the April ARMMS Conference, which was held at Milton Hill House, Steventon, UK, covered a rich diversity of subjects in the RF and microwave sector, presented by speakers representing leading players from both industry and academia. The two-day event was sponsored by The Technology Academy, a training company specializing in the RF and telecoms sectors.
The spectrum of papers was particularly wide. Guillaume Pailloncy of NMDG began by describing an add-on kit for network analyzers that can be used to accurately characterize nonlinear RF and HF components in the time and frequency domain. Louise Foote, from Surrey Satellite Technology, presented a low-cost compact anechoic chamber for testing satellite antennas, alleviating the need to rely upon external and expensive external test house facilities, while Steve Nightingale of Cobham considered a radio system design for RF interference suppression in a jamming environment.
There was significant content from research facilities and universities too, with Martin Alexander of NPL presenting the virtues of a technique for characterizing low reflectivity antenna supports for electrically small antennas and pattern measurement via optical fiber to eliminate common mode current errors. Hugh Sasse of De Montford University outlined a Feature Selective Validation (FSV) method to enable RF measurement comparisons to be quantified, while Qing Lu from the University of Northumbria described the optimum design of a probe fed dual frequency patch antenna using a genetic algorithm, which made timely references to Darwin's theory of evolution.
The award for long distance travel would have to go to two speakers from the USA – Tim Reeves of The Mathworks, who considered the behavioral modeling of digital pre-distortion amplifier systems, and David Williams from Teledyne Microwave in California, who described a new frequency synthesizer for commercial satellite communications in Ku-band.
The accolade for Best Paper presented over the two days, which was voted for by delegates, went to Janice Hendry of Roke Manor Research, who presented a paper on surface waves, describing what they are and to what uses they could be put.
The conference programme was organized to enable the most effective interaction between speakers and delegates. There was also a technical exhibition that provided the opportunity for delegates to get hands on experience as well as the ARMMS dinner on the first evening, which provided a convivial and enjoyable networking environment. Dr. John Crute from The Technology Academy acted as Programme Co-coordinator for the conference and Roger Hopper of Roke was Chairman.
To read detailed abstracts of the papers and to view details of the 2009 conferences, visit: www.armms.org.


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Emma Watson Is the New Face of Lancôme
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Get ready for some beauty magic: Emma Watson is the newest face of Lancôme. The Harry Potter star, 20, announced the news via Twitter Monday morning after leading followers through a series of clues over the weekend. "Thanks to her charm, romanticism and her incredible modernity, Emma Watson has become the icon of her generation," Lancôme president Youcef Nabi said in a statement. "We are delighted by the new collaboration with Emma, who brings a fresh spirit to Lancôme." Watson follows in the footsteps of such pretty women as Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Anne Hathaway, and is the brand's youngest ambassador to date. The partnership comes at a good time: Watson recently shared that she's taking a break from her studies at Brown University to focus on her "other professional and acting projects. I will still be working towards my degree … it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought." Tell us: What do you think of Watson's latest collaboration? —Kate Hogan


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Crap, no 'Melo. I can't see how we're going to get enough scoring. Who do we start? Novak? Sheed? JR? I say if we keep it within 10 we'll be doing great
I'd rather Melo long term than having a Melo with nagging injury.
Wanna blame some blame his teammates. Our star player is hurt because the *****s on the bench wouldn't catch him.
Amare, where are you when we need you? :/
Melo's out? No problem!
Oh, wait...
I have faith in J-Kidd and the vets. Although I think our scoring will suffer a little, defense should be just fine.
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I don't even care about the outcome of this game at this point to be honest with you. I'm very disappointed in Melo.
Felton playing with an extra gear right now.
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I love his coat!
It was nice to meet you the other day Scott. Enjoy Paris!
He looks so glad he's got his picture taken. Really like the duffel coat.
Let's grow up later
Such a fantastic classic outfit. I like it when men wear turtlenecks.
i love the coat
i love the colors and textures of what he's wearing! plus it looks like it was a beautiful day - so jealous!
i really like this a lot. something about the comfort, the nonchalance, and that fabulous grey coat.
How fabulous...I love the hooded toggle coat. The neutral pallet suits him
Love that jacket...I'd buy it for me in a smaller size!
I don't even really know what I love so much about this, but it feels just perfect. So...cohesive! And personal. He feels like a very nice teacher.
don't you just love when men know how to dress!!! and he looks so fabulous!!!! beautiful jacket!!!
Love his smile. I like the texture mixing of the sweater and the coat! xo
One handsome dude....smiles.
what a handsome devil!
I'm totally in love with the coat ! so chic !
i'd love to offer one like that to my man. Does anyone know the brand?
Beautiful jacket, love the combination of good-quality, well-made woolens.
beautiful jacket.
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Just looks warm
I love that coat! What a classic outfit.
I'm partial to Gentleman designers who worked their heels off to earn a place in history. Mr. Jeffrey Banks is a Classicist: the cool (tone) of the heather toggle coat, creamy turtleneck, and chocolatey trousers.
-Leonard E. Taylor,
man i love turtlenecks! love the cable sweater and toggle coat.. great combo. THose camel gloves go perfectly!
So jealous of his gloves! And the coat is fabulous as well.
That stylee coat could make any outfit work. Classic.
this is the epitome of handsome casual!
Excellent coat and attitude. The brown of the toggles paired with the pants is a great touch.
Healthy Gentleman
Leaves me thinking.. have you ever considered to come to south america as well? I'm from Argentina and will love that you come visit us in Buenos Aires! No doubt there are plenty of men and women with strong sense of fashion in the streets. Anyway.. you are personally invited!
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beyond spectacular! the smile, light grey heather and soft natural fisherman knit. the slight shot of color in the gloves. And, again the smile--it shows kindness and spirit. And the paperwork... he looks smart not just stylish... one of the best shots EVER!
His smile is as adorable as his outfit!
His smile is as adorable as his outfit!
Iconic. Jeffery is always on point.
Simple and classy, a perfect match. I love it!
i love the coat!
Coat envy.
the look on this man's face is so mellow. He looks like such a nice person.
And his coat is awesome too.
my o my o my...
I love his coat...
the leather button loop (I don't know what's the name for it) were amazing...
Love details...
Mr. Banks looks cosy warm. Even his eyes and smile are warm!
I LOVE the pumpkin gloves!
What a jovial looking man is such a nice coat! :)
i'm enjoying the reminders of style. They're trad. representations but still, the pieces - the coats, shoes, gloves sweaters, bags- are lovely. Well chosen
love the white sweter! need inspiration for this cold winter....fiuuu
I love the toggle coat. you will always look classic when you have one of these on.
Well, at least he's dressed for the weather. Nice coat, better smile.
a gentleman! yes
Just shows what fashion is all about. He looks so easy-going in that beautiful coat and the pull-over. Cool dude.
Very nice jacket and gloves, casual class, i love it!
oooo love the peachy gloves!
There is nothing better than a duffle coat to keep you warm in winter. I love the colour of this one.
I have a duffle coat from Burberry that is over 20 years old and still looks great. I wear it every day in winter. Looks great with jeans or with a short skirt with boots.
Un vrai bonheur de revenir par ici et voir tous ces looks.... Merci
He looks like a jolly fisherman, a very good look!
He looks like a teddy bear. Cute, cuddly and this smile of him, soooo nice. And his style is nice too.
Fantastic picture, Scott.
Cheers, San
Nice!, a classic
I <3 his coat!!
I am, in general, very happily surprised by the style of New Yorkers in your pictures. They seem to have a way of dressing which is harmonious and relaxed without being over the top or too sophisticated. This picture is a great example: the man has find a combination of colours, shapes, textures that looks effortless ! Thanks for sharing.
I like his gloves with his coat
I don't know who Mr. Banks is, but he sure looks great!
Mr Banks. Soo beautiful!! Very pleasant, indeed!
Jeffrey looks as chic as ever! Love the toggles on his coat and the soft cashmere gloves that match the cashmere sweater.
he seems to know exactly what hes doing.
I love the coat, you can almost feel the textures of the different pieces (coat, sweater, gloves).
What a lovely photograph Scott. This gentleman looks so comfortable and stylish. I love his winter coat and the ease of the beautiful turtleneck underneath. His entire outfit "works". I love it.
Crisp look. He looks very comfortable and well dressed. Nothing like the little details to pull a look togeather. Love that leather trim on his toggle coat.
I love it when people look warm and comfortable in their clothes. He does.
Love this - beautiful colour/texture combinations, and a beatific expression on your subject's face. His outfit makes him look like someone it would be a pleasure to meet.
When I was in college, '82-'86, I regularly saved money to buy Jeffrey Banks shirts and ties, elegant and colorful takes on the classics that always drew compliments. Glad to see him still around.
My kind of an outfit...! Great...
he reminds me of the mr. banks from "fresh prince of bel air"...lol...very nice
Love the toggle coat!
mm looks warm
Great photo! I like how comfortable he looks in this outfit. Way too many people think that comfortable equals sloppy.
he looks like he's a joy to be around - and the orange gloves are superb!
favorite part of this outfit...the HOOD...he has adjusted it to be propped perfectly up against the back of his neck..it's not flat nor falling prey to one side or the other..LOVE this look.
Jealous of those gloves, gotta get me a pair!!
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Mr. Jeffrey Banks. Always classic.
what a beautiful coat - perfect shade for him - gorgeous!
I agree wholeheartedly with Davidikus's comments (6:34 AM). What a wonderful photo.
Love his coat and his smile.
Nice parson, great coat!
I just love seeing Mr. Banks, let's face it most people in the fashion industry take themselves far too seriously and oftentimes forget to smile! He always looks approachable even if not smiling - GR8 shot!
I bought a similar one from Burberrys women, same color, and has been the sucess of the season. So classic but always in.
Very nice - a great looking man!
Great coat & sweater. Love the smile!
I love Mr Banks friendly attitude!
You have ramped it up a notch with this photo, Scott. Very artistic. As is the case with great photographs it is the slightly odd or incongruous detail that makes it so interesting....note the almost feminine quality of his footwear-so sharp, so attenuated. The subject is also very enigmatic-he draws you in, you want to know who this fantastically stylish man is, what he does for a living, who he loves...
hey, it's nice to see a familiar face - he has always worn those clothes and that smile, that's jeff! wonderful photo.
The best melt-in-your-heart smile
coupled with the best jacket~!
A tweedy hoodie is the kind of man-chic the defies pretension. Very hip.
He looks so nice
Very nice duffle coat.
It's nice to see a normal person here who just owns nice things, throws them on and goes about their day because they actually have something to do.
I have a coat just like that. One of the best buys I ever made: got it at a deep, deep discount too.


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Band will release 'Ordinary' and 'Breathe' on 10-inch vinyl
by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone
U2 will release two new songs, "Ordinary Love" and a new version of "Breathe," on 10-inch vinyl as part of Record Store Day's "Back to Black Friday" event on November 29th, according to Billboard. The cover of the 10-inch features a painting of Nelson Mandela because the group wrote and recorded "Ordinary Love" for the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which is based on the South African president's autobiography and comes out the same day. "Breathe," which originally came out on U2's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon, is listed on the Record Store Day website as the "Mandela Version." The vinyl is limited to 10,000 copies.
The band members befriended Mandela years ago and, according to their website, they were inspired to write the songs after seeing early cuts of the film. The movie stars Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther) and Naomie Harris (Skyfall, 28 Days Later . . .) and was directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl). The song appears in the trailer for the film.
"When I asked them to consider writing a song for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, it was the fastest 'yes' I have ever received," producer Harvey Weinstein is quoted as saying on the band's website. "The band saw various cuts of the film over the summer and worked diligently to write a song that truly reflects Nelson Mandela. I think they did a brilliant job honoring the man and the leader they have known for over 20 years."
U2 are also working on the follow-up to No Line on the Horizon. "I think it's a bit of a return to U2 of old, but with the maturity, if you like, of the U2 of the last 10 years," bassist Adam Clayton recently recently said. "It's a combination of those two things and it's a really interesting hybrid." He added, "We're in the studio. We're trying to get these 12 songs absolutely right and get them finished by the end of November, and then we can kind of enjoy Christmas."
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I'll be honest, I don't wear eyeshadow all that often to need a huge brush collection, but when I do try out an eye look I used to find myself scrambling around for some blending brushes (you can't beat a good blending brush, can you?!) I do have some great brushes from Nanshy (cruelty free and synthetic - see my review here), but I like having a few variations. The thing is, brushes can be really expensive! I know they can be a great investment, but they're not for everyone's budget. I initially saw some cheap brushes on Makeup Savvy's blog I think, and I've seen numerous bloggers shouting their praises. So I had to give them a go!
I was a bit apprehensive of the quality, but honestly I was blown away when they arrived! They seem sturdy, the quality is great and they look pretty nice. I got the black set, however you can also get them in rose gold or pink. You can pick them up from this seller for £2.98 here or £2.46 here!
The brushes included are:
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A (slim) crease brush - This is PERFECT for precise crease work, or even just blending a colour through the crease. Definitely one of my favourites!
A pencil brush - I was looking for an affordable version of one of these for ages! It's a bit too firm to blend with, but it's just the right size (around half the size of my pinky fingernail to be exact) to apply some colour to the lash line, and then you could use the crease brush (or any of the blending brushes below) to smoke it out.
The Blending Brushes - These four blending brushes features two that are slightly flatter (the centre two), whilst the outer two have more of a domed shape. However, the tops of these are all quite dense, making them perfect to blend as you go along. They really are amazingly soft (infact all the brushes are), and they're so versatile! Definitely a great addition to anyones collection.
An Eyeliner Brush - This is actually my favourite kind of eyeliner brush to use as I have small lids, so it allows me to get a precise line close to the lash line. I use this with powder and gel liners.
An Angled Brush - I guess you could use this to fill in your eyebrows, but I don't really fill mine in. The bristles are actually more flexible than I expected, it's not too firm at all. You could use this to apply winged eyeliner but again it's not a look that I think suits me. Plus I ended up poking myself in the eye so won't be doing that again in a hurry!
A Large Dome Brush - I just had a hellelujah moment! By now my face was full of blue eyeshadow, and just by going over everything with this brush, all the harsh lines were gone and the fallout across my cheek has been swiped away effortlessly. This is an AMAZING all over eye blending brush for that final touch! Or even a concealer brush.
A Small (flat) Dome Brush - This is another brush that's perfect for blending out the crease or lash line.
A Flat Shader Brush - This is another brush that's good for a general wash of colour. It is quite dense and firm, so will probably work well with cream eyeshadows.
A Synthetic Flat Brush - This is great for packing on pigments and glitters. The synthetic bristles are quite flexible, but it retains it's shade for a precise application.
Overall, these brushes are worth every penny, and probably much more! They're super soft, and I've washed them around 2-3 times each and haven't noticed any shedding. Also, from the listing I brought it from, it said they were made from synthetic fibres (rather than animal hairs), however some of the listings say wool (which is strange as it's the same product, there's hundreds of these listed on ebay). Also, if the links don't work for you, just search for 12 piece eye brush set.