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5,16-Androstadien-3-β-ol, TMS
- Formula: C22H36OSi
- Molecular weight: 344.6061
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FTYHXXDHCTYORJ-KJINREDQSA-N
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|Brooks, Cole, et al., 1983
|25. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm; Program: 80 0C (5 min) 40 K/min -> 120 0C (2 min) 2 K/min -> 200 0C (for androstanes), or 80 0C (5 min) 40 K/min -> 190 0C (2 min) 2 K/min -> 270 0C (for sterols)
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Brooks, C.J.W.; Cole, W.J.; Lawrie, T.D.V.; MacLachlan, J.; Borthwick, J.H.; Barrett, G.M., Selective reactions in the analytical characterisation of steroids by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, J. Steroid Biochem., 1983, 19, 1, 189-201, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4731(83)80025-9 . [all data]
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Global Waste Heat Boiler Market Analysis, Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, Threats, Trends, Applications, and Growth Forecast to 2028
May 2023
"Global Waste Heat Boiler Market Analysis Trends, Applications, Analysis, Growth, and Forecast to 2028" is a recent report generated by MarketResearch.biz. The global artificial intelligence chip market report has been segmented on the basis of waste heat temperature, waste heat source, end user, and region.
Global Waste Heat Boiler Market: Overview
Waste heat boiler is type of steam boiler that uses waste heat to evaporate water into steam. It utilizes heat from hot waste air flow or combustion process. Waste heat boilers are used in combined heat and power units, and gas turbines. They are also widely used in nitric acid plants, sulfuric acid plant, ammonia plants, etc. Waste heat boiler helps to add process efficiency and decrease cost required for fuel and energy consumption. Steam generation is an ideal way to recover heat from gases.
Global Waste Heat Boiler Market: Dynamics
Growing demand for energy efficient solutions for energy conservation such as water heat boiler in industrial sector is a key factor expected to drive growth of the global target market over the forecast period. Increasing adoption of waste heat boiler as a cost effective alternative to limited non–renewable resources such as coal, oil and natural gas are also some of the major factors anticipated to fuel growth of the target market. Furthermore, growing industrial sector, coupled with government norms regarding emission limitations is expected to bolster growth of the global waste heat boiler market over the forecast period.
However, high installation cost of waste heat boilers is a factor that may hamper demand ad restrain growth of the global target market over the forecast period. In addition, increasing use of renewable sources for power generation is a challenging factor that could affect growth of the global market. Nevertheless, growing demand for energy and growing manufacturing industries in developing countries can create a lucrative opportunity for players in the target market.
Global Waste Heat Boiler Market: Segment Analysis
As per sensor type, the high temperature segment is currently dominating the global target market in terms of revenue and is expected to register a lucrative growth rate in the near future owing to increasing use of high temperature waste heat boiler in various industries such as chemical, cement, iron and steel, etc.
As per end user, the power generation utilities segment is expected to account for high growth in terms of revenue over the forecast period. Government regulations regarding carbon emission is a major factor supporting growth of the segment in the global waste heat boiler market.
Global Waste Heat Boiler Market: Regional Analysis
Market in the Asia Pacific expected to account for major share in terms of revenue over the forecast period. Growing construction and mining, energy generation plants, and various other industries and stringent government regulations in order to control and limit carbon emission especially in developing countries such as China and India is driving growth of the target market. Market in North America is anticipated to account for second-highest share in terms of revenue in the near future, followed by Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America.
Global Waste heat boiler Market Segmentation:
Segmentation by Waste Heat Temperature:
- High Temperature
- Ultra-High Temperature
- Medium Temperature
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Laser liposuction surgery can certainly turn out to be your best option in case you are serious about getting rid of your excess body fat in the shortest possible time. New innovations in laser liposuction surgery have ensured that you get many more advantages as compared to what you can expect from the traditional liposuction techniques. Before the start of laser liposuction surgery the patient needs to be anesthetized after which the cosmetic surgeon inserts a cannula into the skin that is used to suck out fat that has melted after coming into contact with the laser beams.
Quick And Easy
The best thing about opting for laser liposuction surgery is that often the procedure can be completed in less than thirty minutes; though, only if the affected area is of a small size. If however, you need to treat larger areas of your body or in case the laser liposuction surgery needs to be performed on several areas of the body then the entire laser liposuction surgery might last for as many as two hours.
Another notable benefit to using laser liposuction surgery is that the costs are less than you may have expected. In fact, to remove small amounts of fat the costs of such surgery may not exceed a few hundred dollars. However, to remove larger amounts of fat the costs can easily rise to thousands of dollars and a comprehensive surgery would even cost ten thousand dollars and more.
Of course, to get the best results from laser liposuction surgery it is recommended that you should be of almost normal body weight but at the same time you have a few areas where there is unwanted excess body fat that you need to get rid of.
Also, though anyone can benefit from laser liposuction surgery it is recommended that before opting for this solution that you ensure that your skin is sufficiently elastic so as to facilitate smooth contour formation after the surgery has been completed. An inelastic skin causes problems in re-draping the skin and so requires further procedures to tighten the skin.
Ideally, people that wish to remove fat from their cheeks and jowls as well as upper arms, breast, back, abdomen, hips, inner as well as outer thighs and from the inner knee are best candidates for laser liposuction surgery.
It pays to find out what the average liposuction cost is. The main determinant of the end costs of liposuction are of course the area where the procedure is to be performed and also the amount of fat that should be removed and obviously the cost of a light job is considerably lesser than for an entire body makeover.


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Entertaining professional extraordinaire, Rebecca Gardner just lately debuted her latest artistic concept, the Sugarplum Pop-Up on the St. Regis resort in New York. The official support channel is the Blogger Product Forum. 37 This online dialogue discussion board, delivered utilizing Google Groups, serves Blogger customers of various experience, and receives some monitoring from Google employees. "Top contributors" are neighborhood-members nominated by the Google workers who enjoy extra privileges together with managing discussions and direct entry to Google staff. There is prone to be a high contributor or other knowledgeable particular person reading the discussion board virtually on a regular basis.
Yes, adding extra homes, even medium-density ones, would annoy folks looking for much less crowded quarters. But the nation as a whole would most likely be better off, both in jobs and in financial safety. The money not spent on housing may circulate to different, possibly extra productive, investments — like shares in new corporations or bonds for infrastructure projects. I next revisited all Key West single family home sales in 2015. 46 houses sold for $1,000,000 or larger. The median gross sales value was $1,612,357 at a median of $683 per sq ft. In 2017 the number of single family houses sold in Old Town and Casa Marina (strictly enforced border patrol Mr. Trump) elevated to fifty two with a median price per sq. foot of $878.25. The median gross sales value was $1,525,000. The average gross sales worth per sq foot was larger – $2,018,756.
Winford knows he should find a way to remove the haunting with the intention to promote the home. His enterprise is promoting houses and he cannot let a ghost spoil a deal. He uses his real estate skills and clues from previous information, maps and antiques discovered on the home to track the lady's prior places when she was alive. As he's drawn deeper into this woman's tragic life, he begins to have real feelings for her. Now he needs justice for her loss of life. He talks to the police, title researchers and the ghost herself, trying to find out who killed her and why.
We're not used to seeing precise sunshine knowledge, extra usually simplifying the weather to "gosh it is sunny" or "oh it is uninteresting". This year we have enjoyed twenty days with over twelve hours of sunshine, all of them in the middle of the year as a result of the solar's not above the horizon long enough at other occasions. In the meantime 100 and forty days saw just one hour of sunshine or less, with over sixty days having no sunshine at all. December has been the month with the best number of completely overcast days, whereas February was the most uncharacteristically dull month. January turns out to have been the month which most exceeded seasonal expectations, certainly all these blue skies help explain how it managed to get so cold.
Maybe a better product for consumers can be a 7-year adjustable fee mortgage, and even higher, a 7-year ARM with a 20 year amortization time period. The 30 year mortgage arose as an affordability product when rates of interest neared and exceeded double digits, and was a good product for these instances. But in a world of very low interest rates, it may now not be the gold commonplace for customers. And so if we are to ever get to housing finance reform, perhaps the next model of housing finance needs to be very completely different from at present's.


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This was one of those baseball games where I don't even know where to begin, and one of those baseball games where I don't even want to begin because it was four hours long. This baseball game had an official duration of three hours and 59 minutes, making it the Mariners' third-longest game of the season, and the other two long games started much much earlier. This one ended entirely too close to 11, and even though it did end well, four hours is too long for baseball games between teams who aren't going to the playoffs. A game like this is draining, and so for lack of anything better I've opened with a Mitch Hedberg reference. Either you got the reference or we would probably make shitty friends.
How to go about this. See, this was just one baseball game. An ultimately meaningless baseball game, one petal on a rose bush. This is a package of 160 grape Jolly Ranchers for sale, and if you ordered the package, you probably wouldn't notice if there were actually 159 grape Jolly Ranchers inside. A game is a game and we'll move on tomorrow for another game. How long were people even still dwelling on the combined no-hitter? But then, this was a hell of a game, if something of a drawn-out game, and games are the whole core of the season. This was a game to be celebrated, because if you can't celebrate wins, even wins for a pedestrian team, why bother?
The Mariners beat the Diamondbacks 12-9, and it took them ten innings to do it. Yes, all right, let's see where this takes us. For the Mariners in the standings, this win doesn't mean very much, because the Mariners have gotten to the point where I kind of forget that there are standings. For the Diamondbacks in the standings, this was a missed opportunity to gain ground on the Giants and the Dodgers. And the Cardinals and the Marlins, too. So this was meaningful for them, because the Diamondbacks made the playoffs last season and they'd probably like to do that again this season. If only it weren't for those cursed Mariners. Also for the Mariners, this win might've meant something in something other than the standings, like in their heads, and now we're teetering on the edge of talking about confidence and momentum and developing a winning culture. I'll back away cautiously.
Ichiro came into this game with 2,499 career hits in the Major Leagues, and slump or no slump, odds were good he was going to reach 2,500 tonight. I expected that that would be the game's highlight. Ichiro would hit a single to turn a large number into a large rounder number, the assembled Diamondbacks crowd would give him a polite round of applause, and the broadcast would remind us that even though Ichiro's up there in years, he still got to 2,500 faster than almost anyone else. We'd savor the hit, maybe talk about how Ichiro looked like vintage Ichiro while delivering the hit, we'd reflect briefly on an outstanding career, and then we'd settle back in for the remainder of a forgettable game against the Diamondbacks.
Ichiro singled on the third pitch of the game. He got jammed and dropped a blooper behind second base. Gameday referred to it as a "soft fly ball", and that conveys the right idea. It wasn't vintage Ichiro at all, unless by vintage Ichiro you mean he hit the ball to where there weren't any defenders. Ichiro got his polite round of applause, we were reminded of how quickly Ichiro got to the mark, and then the rest of the baseball game happened, and so much happened in the rest of the baseball game that it was easy to forget about Ichiro's 2,500th hit. In no small part because he also delivered his 2,501st, 2,502nd, and 2,503rd hits.
Between the third and sixth innings, the Mariners allowed nine runs, and the Mariners still won this game, which isn't something anyone would've thought possible over the last week and a half. The lineup got back to hitting the longball, and even though I'm not sure Brendan Ryan's homer leaves Safeco, and even though I'm not sure Justin Smoak's homer leaves Safeco, Safeco doesn't make the rules on the road, and the Mariners' fly balls are entitled to a vacation. Additionally, Kyle Seager's homer sure as shit leaves Safeco, as long as we're worried about legitimacy. The Mariners hit three home runs that counted, and those home runs drove a combined seven people home.
The Mariners were up 8-5, and then they weren't, because Hisashi Iwakuma did what the whole coaching staff was afraid he would do back in March. The Mariners fell behind 9-8, because Lucas Luetge allowed his first earned run in 26 appearances, which sounds better than saying his first earned run in about 17 innings. The Mariners tied it, thanks in huge part to John Jaso, and then the Mariners went ahead in the tenth, thanks in huge part to Charlie Furbush and Casper Wells. This game was by no means fantastic for the Mariners all the way through, but it was sufficiently different from the norm to feel somewhat refreshing, and it ended so well that the earlier blemishes were forgiven and forgotten.
I don't know if it could've ended much better, in terms of execution. Between the eight and the ninth, Furbush faced and retired six guys, four by strikeout. There are so many moving parts in his delivery that at some point you expect him to wing the ball at Justin Smoak's face by accident, but tonight he was just toying with the hitters he saw. Tonight Furbush looked every part the dominant multi-inning reliever. Then in the tenth, Smoak worked a walk off a good pitcher, Munenori Kawasaki seemed to distract the good pitcher from first, Dustin Ackley singled off the good pitcher, and Brendan Ryan dropped down an absolutely perfect sac bunt against a side-arming righty. That set up Casper Wells against the same side-arming righty, and Wells clubbed the second pitch back up the middle. The Mariners didn't even need Ichiro to double Wells home, but he did anyway, and then minutes later Tom Wilhelmsen struck out the side while throwing 98.
Furbush was perfect. Wilhelmsen was perfect. The top of the tenth was perfect. They say it's not how you start, but how you finish, and the Mariners finished with flawless baseball. That helps to cover up the flawed baseball.
I am typing this right now through actively descending eyelids and I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to make it. As such, I'm going to write quickly about a few notes without bothering with the bullet-hole format because I have to think about the bullet-hole format and right now that would be wasted thinking. If my brain were a laptop it'd be begging me to plug it into the wall. I'm not going to do that, brain, because you don't belong in a wall. I need to use wisely what thought I have left.
Erasmo Ramirez started, which might've slipped your mind, and he lasted just four innings. The encouraging part was that he generated five strikeouts without an unintentional walk. Of 39 Diamondbacks swings, nine of them missed. The discouraging part was the rest. Ramirez allowed seven hits, five runs, and two homers, and though he hit for himself in the top of the fifth, he didn't take the mound in the bottom.
As has been the case for much of the time that we've seen him, Ramirez showed control without tremendous command. The homer he allowed to Gerardo Parra to lead off the fourth came on a 1-and-2 fastball that missed high in the zone. Parra turned on it with lightning-quick reflexes, which you don't expect many batters to be able to do, but Parra made no mistake and hit the ball out by some distance. The homer Ramirez allowed to Aaron Hill later in the fourth came on a 2-and-0 fastball that missed high, on the border of the zone. Hill didn't hit it out by much, but Ramirez didn't throw the pitch where he was trying to, and Chase Field is not a ballpark where it's recommended to miss up.
Erasmo has started two times in the Majors now, and he's racked up eight strikeouts and one unintentional walk. Textbook Erasmo. He's also allowed 11 runs in nine innings, against a pair of NL West opponents. Textbook, I don't know, late-career Aaron Sele. It's still very early in Erasmo's career, and working in his favor is that he's hardly the only member of the rotation having a rough go of it. Danny Hultzen can replace one of Erasmo Ramirez and Hector Noesi, but he can't replace them both!
The fifth inning alone, top and bottom, lasted about 50 minutes. Say that aloud to somebody and they'll probably reply "15 minutes? Is that long for an inning?" And then you say "no, not 15," and you pay careful attention to their face as you repeat what you said. At the very beginning of the top of the fifth, I wanted to go for a jog, but I didn't, because I didn't want to miss so much of the remainder of the game. My heart was in the right place.
The top of the fifth featured a pair of three-run homers, the first from Seager. He hit it beyond the pool to the right side of center field, and the ROOT Sports replay gave me maybe my favorite screenshot of the season:
Hitter starting out of the box, watching a ball in flight. Pitcher with head down, shoulders slumped. Location chart showing the pitch literally in the very center of the strike zone, such that it couldn't possibly be any more centered. I wouldn't change a thing.
The second three-run homer came from Ryan, and he pretty much sprinted the entire way around the bases. At first, it was unclear if the ball would keep carrying, so it made sense to sprint, but then the ball did carry enough and he kept on running still. It was as if Brendan Ryan wanted to get off the basepaths as quickly as he could so Craig Breslow wouldn't have to dwell on having given up a home run to Brendan Ryan. What's the opposite of showboating? Is it possible to do the opposite of showboating to such a degree that you're showboating?
Shawn Kelley pitched to one batter in this game, and he threw just six of the game's countless pitches, but that one batter was Justin Upton with two outs and the bases loaded in a tie game in the bottom of the fifth. Kelley got ahead of Upton with a good slider, survived a mistake on another slider, and then threw three consecutive balls. In a full count, in that situation, Upton would've been expecting a pitch in the strike zone. Kelley and Jesus Montero played on that, and Kelley threw a low slider just below the bottom edge. Upton whiffed, probably thinking it was a low fastball, and Kelley recorded an enormous out. I don't know if he actually intended to throw that slider as low as he did, but it looked genius.
That's all I can do. I don't really like any of this writing, but it gets the ideas across, and I'm not about to revise it. Jason Vargas and Trevor Cahill go at it tomorrow in a 12:40pm matinee. I think Chase Field should turn off the air conditioning and leave the roof open, just to see. I mean it's not like there aren't available paramedics. Where's your sense of adventure?


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The National Vehicle Leasing Association (NVLA) announced that its Certified Vehicle Lease Executive (CVLE) training program course in Legal and Legislative Issues and the Vehicle Lessor will be held April 24th – 27th, 2008 in San Francisco California at the prestigious Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel.
The Legal and Legislative Issues section of the CVLE program will cover Regulation M, doing business as a foreign Corporation, bankruptcy, collection issues and compliance.
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EVR: Where do horses shop? Old Neigh-vy!
The first ever 2 weeker overnight was a great success!
Yurts 1 and 2 played chubby bunnies in the barn and the winner got an impressive 9 marshmallows in her mouth! They all found it really exiting to sleep where the horses live during the day and listen to the sound of some of the horses walking around in the back paddock behind the barn at night to fall asleep to.
For yurts 3 and 5, we took a hayride down to the farm, crossed the cable bridge, and set up camp for the night in the woods under tarps. We had a campfire and sang songs and roasted marshmallows. We fell asleep to the sound of the stream running past us and the frogs croaking in the distance. I think the most novel part was that they had to use nature as their restroom!
Today in arts and crafts, the girls had so much fun making fairies. Their creative skills came out as some of them turned theirs into mermaids, little red riding hoods, and cowgirls.
Everyone trotted today! They are all working on riding independently and not following the leading horse. We have been trying each horse as a lead horse to see if the girls can fully control their horse's movements. All of the girls have been able to keep their horses control and we are so proud of them! It is amazing for our staff to see their determination and enthusiasm get stronger each day! This makes us love our job even more!
Hope all of our campers parents and friends are doing well and having a good summer!
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NCC Commends RMA for Timely Implementation of STAX for Cotton
The NCC commended USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) after RMA announced on Aug. 12 that the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) will be available to upland cotton producers through the federal crop insurance program beginning with the '15 crop year.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council today commended USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) after RMA announced that the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) will be available to upland cotton producers through the federal crop insurance program beginning with the 2015 crop year.
NCC Chairman Wally Darneille said, "We appreciate RMA's timely implementation of STAX and for making it available for upland cotton in all counties where federal crop insurance coverage for upland cotton is currently offered. This will provide our nation's cotton farmers with a solid risk management mechanism so they can continue producing safe, abundant, and affordable food and fiber."
In its announcement today, USDA said it wanted to make as much information available now to assist with farmers' risk management planning. It said STAX is one of several new risk management options created by the 2014 farm law that will help protect farmers from events beyond their control such as weather disasters.
USDA's announcement also noted that STAX is an area-based revenue policy that may be purchased on its own, or in conjunction with another companion upland cotton crop insurance policy. As a general matter, STAX may begin paying when revenue drops below 90 percent of the expected revenue for the area and a full indemnity may be payable when area revenue falls below 70 percent of the expected level. The amount of actual coverage and indemnity received by a producer will depend on the producer's choice of a trigger yield, coverage range and other elections made under the STAX and companion policy. Producers should consult with their crop insurance agents to find the coverage that best suits their needs. Producers may not cover the same acres in both STAX and the new Supplemental Coverage Option. STAX will offer practice-specific irrigated and non-irrigated coverage as data are available.
Information on STAX for 2015 crop year is available on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.


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Using four-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive has long been fitted to cross-country vehicles, such as Land Rovers, but in the last five years more and more manufacturers are offering it on road cars, where it brings the same advantages of improved road grip.
Two wheels or four
With most two-wheel-drive cars, if one wheel starts spinning, drive will be lost because the differential allows the engine 's power to find the easy way out through the wheel with the least traction .
If all four of the car's wheels can be driven and if the differentials can be locked, the car can keep going even if only one of its wheels is
gripping the surface. This feature is of obvious value to cross-country vehicles, but it also means that a four-wheel-drive road car will be able to keep going on icy or muddy roads.
Permanent 4WD
Some road cars are basically two-wheel drive with a four-wheel-drive option which you engage when the road surface demands it. But others are permanent four-wheel drive.
With permanent four-wheel drive, power is fed through the gearbox to a centre differential, usually mounted just behind the gearbox itself. This differential divides the power between the front and rear
wheels in such a way that it allows the front and rear wheels to rotate at slightly different speeds when necessary, for instance when the car is being manoeuvred at low speeds.
If this didn't happen the slight difference in rotational speed between the front and rear wheels would impose severe strains on the transmission - a condition known as wind-up. The wind-up would only be released if a tyre lost its grip.
From the centre differential, the power goes to the front and rear wheels via a prop shaft and drive shafts - the exact layout depends on whether the car was originally front- or rear-wheel drive.
Two additional differentials are required to make four-wheel drive work properly - one between the front wheels and one between the rear ones. As on an ordinary twowheel-drive car, these differentials allow the wheels on one side to turn
faster than the others, as happens when the car turns a corner.
4WD on the road
Four-wheel drive for road use came into prominence in 1966, when Jensen launched their FF model, which was based on the Interceptor bodyshell.
The FF (standing for Ferguson Formula after the company who designed and developed the system) had permanent four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes, but the idea did not catch on.
The effectiveness of four-wheel drive for road cars was proved by the Audi Quattro, which was subsequently developed into a successful rally car. Since then, four-wheel drive has appeared as standard equipment or as an optional extra on cars from Ford, Alfa Romeo, Toyota and Fiat, among others.
Diff locks
With permanent four-wheel-drive systems, there needs to be some means of locking the differentials, especially the centre one, or all drive could be lost if one wheel met a patch of ice.
Some systems have a self-energizing locking differential - the Ford Sierra 4x4 has a centre differential which incorporates a viscous fluid. When the difference in speed between the front and rear wheels increases, the fluid resists this tendency and locks up the differential so that power is supplied to both the front and rear wheels.
Audi's forthcoming quattro models will use a Torsen central differential. This device (Torsen is short for torque sensing) uses worm gears to limit the amount by which one of the car's axles can over-run the other.
Most other permanent fourwheel-drive vehicles, including the Range Rover, have a manual differential lock. When the driver engages this, power is directed to both the front and rear wheels, whether or not any wheel is spinning.
Some four-wheel-drive cars have a rear differential lock as well. Engaging both the central lock and the rear lock forces both rear wheels to turn even if one front wheel is slipping.
Part-time 4WD
Some four-wheel-drive cars have 'occasional' four-wheel drive for off-road use and for coping with ice, snow and other slippery surfaces.
These cars have no centre differential, just a transfer box or dog clutch to transmit drive to the other pair of wheels.
If the transfer box were engaged so that four-wheel drive were used for ordinary driving, the absence of a centre differential would soon cause wind-up. This doesn't occur if the system is used correctly because the strain is released every time a wheel loses grip.
Advantages of 4WD
For the driver who wants to cross muddy fields , there is no argument - two-wheel drive just will not do. But even for the ordinary road driver, there are some benefits to be had from four-wheel drive.
When conditions are bad, four-
wheel drive gives more traction Audi have calculated that the quattro system gives more than one and a half times the traction on wet roads and more than twice the traction on ice, compared with two-wheeldrive cars.
Even when the roads are dry, four-wheel drive enables the car to put the power down better. A tyre has only so much grip on the road, so the more grip that is spent in transmitting power, the less it has left to resist sideways cornering forces. Therefore, if the power is shared among the wheels, each one can contribute to both driving and cornering.
The disadvantages of four-wheel-drive systems spring largely from their complexity. The extra machinery that is needed for a four-wheel-drive system is expensive and heavy. The extra friction in the more complex transmission means a small increase in fuel consumption although tyre wear will probably be more even compared with a twowheel-drive car because all four wheels are sharing the work.
The other problem with four-wheel drive is that, although the system will keep you going in slippery conditions, it cannot stop the car much more quickly. For this reason, it should be used in conjunction with anti-lock braking.
The need for four-wheel drive on the road has only arisen since the development of powerful frontwheel-drive cars, when manufacturers found that the steering imposed a limit on the amount of power that could be put through the front wheels. From that point of view, four-wheel drive is perhaps no more than a fashionable trend for upmarket cars. Whether the trend continues, so that it becomes the norm on ordinary family cars, will be seen in the next few years.
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An alternative form of part-time four-wheel drive, as fitted to the VW Golf synchro, gives all-wheel drive automatically when it is needed. The car's driveline to the front wheels is identical to the normal front-wheel-
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In normal use the car has only its front wheels driven, but if the front wheels start losing traction and overrun the rear ones, the viscous coupling at the end of the prop shaft locks up to transmit drive to the rear wheels.
Viscous coupling
An automatic alternative to the locking differential is the viscous coupling.
The coupling consists of a drum which contains a number of slotted discs and some silicone fluid that is resistant to shear — that is, slicing between the discs. Half the discs are connected to one drive shaft and half to the other.
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In 2019, the Star Trek actor described the interior of the 1974-built home as "Italian '60s modern" in an interview with AD. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that curvy furniture is plentiful in the listing photos, as well as a playful use of color, striking polished stone, and tons of custom wood details.
Saldana, along with her husband of 10 years, artist Marco Perego-Saldana, included pieces by iconic Italian designers including Alessandro Becchi and Gio Ponti. "What we couldn't afford, we were able to design with carpenters either in Italy or here in Los Angeles that have the art history to get inspiration from a Vincenzo De Cotiis piece and create a piece of furniture for us that we're going to love to live with," she told AD.
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Despite her status as the only actor to star in four of the highest-grossing films ever released (Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and Avatar: The Way of Water make up the top three, with Avengers: Infinity War coming in sixth place), Saldana has kept a pretty low profile when it comes to real estate. Shortly before getting hitched in 2013, the Guardians of the Galaxy star sold a $1.15 million Los Feliz home and in 2016 offloaded her pre-fame co-op in the Kew Gardens area of Queens for $280,000. It's not clear where Saldana is headed now, but if the interiors of her Beverly Hills pad are any indication, her next property is sure to be full of inspiring design.
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Doki Doki Festival in Manchester on Sunday
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The Doki Doki festival will take place in Manchester on Sunday November 13. It will include talks, panels, workshops, film screenings and a cosplay competition. The full programme is here. According to its facebook page, the event has sold more than 800 tickets.
Doki Doki's daytime events run from 9 a.m. –7 p.m. at the Sugden Sports Centre in Grovesnor Street (scroll down for map). The events (on overlapping strands) include a manga drawing workshop with Sonia Leong at 2 p.m; a Lolita fashion show at 2.30 p.m.; a performance and talk by British idol singer Beckii Cruel at 2.45 p.m; a Lolita fashion show (3.45 p.m.) and a cosplay competion at 5 p.m. (registrations on the day). Visitors are encouraged to wear cosplay at the event.
The screenings are of the live-action Cutie Honey (10.30 a.m), Summer Wars (12.30 p.m.), the live-action manga adaptation Kamikaze Girls (3 p.m.) and Redline (5 p.m.). Redline is rated 15, the other films are rated 12.
There will also be video game tournaments at Kyoto Lounge, which is also in Grovesnor Street.
There is no age limit for the daytime events, but anyone under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a paying parent or guardian – the child will get in free. Early bird tickets, allowing entry at 9 a.m., are now sold out. Normal tickets bought on the day are £14 (entry after 10am); and normal tickets bought in advance are £10. There are also a limited number of £30 family tickets, admitting two adults and two children aged between 12 and 16.
There is also an evening cosplay party, restricted to over-18s, taking place at the Zoo nightclub in the same road. Tickets cost £2 or £4 (see here) and cannot be bought in advance. The party is organised in conjuction with the Manchester University Japanimation Society (MUJS)


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The age old saying "It never rains in Autzen Stadium" is a lie. It is a flat out lie. I've been to games at Autzen with some drizzles of rain and even been to a few games in freezing temperatures, but I have never been to a game in a monsoon. If it was hard to deal with the rain from the stands, I can't even imagine how Oregon and Cal could have effectively ran their offenses in those conditions. Was the rain the real deciding factor in the game, deeming the results practically irrelevant, or was the game a larger statement about Oregon being a truly complete football team?
To start, these wet conditions weren't just bad. They were horrible. Halfway through the first quarter, the sidelines were completely flooded. De'Anthony Thomas was injured on the opening kickoff thanks to the slippery turf, Byron Marshall fumbled the ball almost on cue on the opening possession, Jared Goff couldn't even bring the ball up to a throwing position, and both teams' receivers had even less of a chance to catch the passes. But, as the scoreboard dictated, Oregon dominated Cal while both teams were under the same conditions.
The rain was at its worst at the very beginning of the game, and as expected, that is exactly when the game was decided. Cal's first four possessions ended in fumbles and although Oregon only converted two of those four turnovers into points, Cal was facing a 20 point deficit with seven minutes left in the first quarter. At that point, Cal was forced to play catch up to such an extreme degree that an already incapacitated offense turned into chum for the excellent Oregon defense.
But what can we take away from this strange game? For one, it might not have been a good thing that this game was played at 7:30pm PST. It's very likely that many east coast media members just saved this game for the box score and went to bed early. In the morning, the box score will show that Cal might have turned the ball over a few times, but the Bear defense held Marcus Mariota and the Oregon passing offense down pretty well (if you want a better box score, you have to check out Football Study Hall for excellent advanced box scores). Mariota threw for just 117 yards and completed under 50% of his passes, both of which have to be career lows, but of course even Peyton Manning and Tom Brady would have been lucky to have numbers much better than Mariota's in that monsoon. If east coast voters don't do their homework, Mariota's Heisman odds may have taken a bit of a hit. Obviously, he'll have plenty of big stages to redeem himself, but it's worth noting if things come down to the wire in the Heisman race.
Second, Oregon's performance against Cal has convinced me that Mark Helfrich has his team composed and ready for a serious run at the national championship. Despite all of the outside influences on this game, Oregon took half of its offensive scheme into the game and proceeded to put up 40 points in one half and overwhelmed a team that actually put up a relative fight against its previous opponents, one of which was #4 Ohio State. The Buckeyes were able to take care of business on offense, but Cal was able to win a few battles against the Ohio State defense. Cal was no where close to winning any battles against Oregon's defense. The Duck defensive front dominated Cal's offensive line and Oregon's secondary manned up perfectly against the best group of receivers they've faced so far to this season. Yes, the rain was obviously a factor in pass defense, but Cal had zero big plays and was held off the scoreboard until the Ducks had the game well in hand. From what I've seen so far this year, Oregon is a more complete team than Ohio State, Stanford, Georgia, LSU, Clemson, and even Alabama. I'm confident Oregon can play with anyone in the country, and it's only a matter of time until the Ducks will validate my prediction with looming contests against premier opponents Washington, UCLA, and Stanford.
We're still a long way from BCS crunch time, but the Ducks appear to be right on pace for another shot at the SEC and the last crystal football.
Other random notes:
- It wasn't really a surprise to see De'Anthony Thomas held out of the game following his injury on the opening kickoff. Right from the get-go, it was pretty obvious to see that the conditions weren't the best for De'Anthony's skill set. Unless De'Anthony had ABS installed on his cleats, Thomas' dynamic speed and jump cuts would have either ended in some sort of ligament injury or him simply slipping and falling. Byron Marshall and Thomas Tyner spelled Thomas perfectly, and their styles came in handy with the inclement weather.
- Oregon's playmakers aren't just in the backfield. Bralon Addison looked spectacular as he returned two Cal punts for touchdowns, further burying the Bears on the scoreboard. Josh Huff and Johnny Mundt also had flashes of brilliances in the ground heavy game as well.
- Oregon's defense is developing exactly on schedule. Derrick Malone, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, and Rodney Hardrick led the way for the Ducks, showing that existing firepower in the secondary is still up to par, while the relatively green linebacking corps have grown up considerably since the start of the season. The defense was strong a year ago, but this defense might just be the strength of the team.
- The new matte black winged helmets were pretty sweet in the rain as well.


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Good news in Double pack for Dana Fuchs fans in Bonn. There is a new CD 'Bliss Avenue' due for release on July 9th and tickets will soon be onsale for her appearance at Bonn Harmonie on 23 September. Please check the Harmonie link on this pages left margin for confirmation and ticket details.
For those who can't wait for either the CD or the Concert there is a taster below.
Other good news from Bonn's best live music venue is the announcement of concerts from Royal Southern Brotherhood with Devon Allmann on 13 November and Hamburg Blues Band on 16 Jan 2014


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With all the rapid changes in digital commerce, coupled with the customer acquisition success stories you may have seen, it's easy to get excited by the potential of digital marketing in your business.
But for several years I've observed the pattern where digital marketing efforts start with a hiss and a roar, before running out of steam as you and your team get busy and and preoccupied with day to day operations.
I don't want this to happen to you.
So let's talk about two Digital Marketing Implementation Frameworks for ensuring your digital marketing gets done on a steady and consistent basis, all year round.
These are frameworks we deploy at Marketing Results for clients – but the concepts are equally applicable to an in-house team, or remote team.
Framework #1: The Expert Team Model
Framework #1 is the Expert Team model – because digital marketing is a team sport.
The same brain that is great at formulating digital strategy is not the same brain that is likely to be a gun at writing direct response copy, conversion-oriented web design, split-testing landing pages, implementing marketing automation systems or executing Google Ads or Facebook Advertising campaigns.
Yes, it's possible to hire a "generalist" who can do a little bit of everything, but they tend to be strong in 1 or 2 areas, average at many things, and weak in a few areas. So you end up with an inconsistent result.
That's not to say that generalists don't have their place. The best generalist role for a good generalist is the "Account Manager" or overall co-ordinator of your digital marketing activity.
So the implementation team ends up looking something like this:
- You have a digital strategy that you overhaul annually, and revisit quarterly (more frequently if you're growing very fast).
- You have an Account Manager function, responsible for co-ordinating your implementation team.
- And you have a team of specialist implementers who execute most of the "doing" work.
At Marketing Results, we provide our clients with the key people you need in the right quantities to execute your strategy on a turn-key basis. The most commonly leveraged combination of expertise at Marketing Results is a tight-knit team including:
- An Account Manager (the strategist and coordinator)
- A Paid Traffic Specialist
- A Direct-Response Copywriter
- A Direct-Response Designer
- A Technical Integrator (also known as a front-end developer or HTML coder)
This model is also good because it gives you access to very specialised expertise on a "part time" basis, that would otherwise be hard to access (e.g. high end web analytics experts, or sales funnel architects).
That said, you can also execute this same concept in-house if you have the time, expertise and inclination to "project manage" a team of providers from websites like Upwork or Freelancer.
So that's Framework #1 – get an expert team in place.
And here's Framework #2:
Framework #2: Implementation Rhythm
So let's say you have the right strategy… and you have the right team.
That's a great start! But the wheels can still fall off if you don't do the right things in the right order, all year round.
Because even the best strategy is useless without steady and consistent implementation. Conversely, myopic deliverable-pushing without strategic oversight can quickly get off track. You end up focusing on "activity, not results", which is the death-knell of Return On Investment.
Implementation Rhythm is a concept that bridges the divide between high- level strategy and day-to-day delivery. Here's how it works:
Tactical Delivery (1-5X per week)
"Doing" of deliverables by your Expert Team
Tactical Reporting (weekly)
One centralised, business-owner or manager-level report on a weekly basis that covers delivery progress, interim results, insights and next steps is a good way to feel like you know what's happening, without having to micro-manage everything. This is something your Account Management function should perform.
Dashboard Report and Strategy Check-in (monthly)
Approximately monthly, we recommend checking in with your Account Management function to review broader trends and provide a forum for re-alignment, if necessary.
3-Month Plan Formulation (quarterly)
Digital moves fast and the landscape can shift from one quarter to the next. Every 3 months we recommend locking down the next 90 days of specific deliverables in alignment with your overall strategy and based on the next best steps.
Strategy Review (half-yearly)
Every 6 months it is a good idea to really "zoom out" with your strategic hat on and consider key results and high-level opportunities. Doing this avoids the woods-from-the-trees syndrome that so often affects detail-oriented pursuits such as digital marketing.
Strategy Intensive (yearly)
This is where you set aside all your assumptions and take at least half a day out to review all key results, re-set your goals, and re-formulate your plan for making them a reality over the next year. A facilitated session is usually most valuable in order to get an impartial third-party perspective.
Putting These Frameworks Into Action
We developed these frameworks over more than a decade because we recognised a gap between really great strategy and ideas, and rubber-hits-the-road implementation.
In fact I quite often hear from prospects something like, "you digital guys are full of ideas with split-testing this and SEO-that, but the execution never seems to happen according to the plan".
That's a common gripe about the digital marketing industry, and I think a fair one. And it's one perception that I'm out to change.
So how would we do this if we were to work together?
Well, we give you access to an "expert team" of up to 10 individual specialists working on your traffic, conversion and automation campaigns… for much less than the cost of hiring equivalent resources in house.
And as a result, you generate a steady stream of inbound leads to power your business growth.
All the critical components of your online marketing function are taken care of, your time is freed up to finally work "on" the business and not "in" the business, and what you know should be getting done, actually gets done.
If the idea of that sounds appealing, and you're curious to explore further, then the next step is to set up a time to talk, normally via phone in the first instance.
And during that initial chat, we'll evaluate your business and work with you collaboratively to create an immediate plan to increase your sales and profits online.
If you enjoy the conversation and get value from it, we can discuss working together long-term. On the other hand, if what we come up with doesn't align with what you need, there's no harm done and we'll part as friends.
There's no charge for this and there's no catch… simply request your Online Marketing Growth Session and we'll go from there.


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Just sharing a little piece of my own development here. From the early 90's, until I finally submitted to the too-soft, you-don't-really-want-drums-on-this-gig-do-you craze of the mid-oughts, I played a 20" Gretsch bass drum with Remo Ambassadors on both sides, tuned wide open. In the 80's I had seen Art Blakey play with an obviously unmuffled drum, and Steve Smith came to the University of Oregon, with his shockingly wide-open 24" Sonor drums— he was still with Journey at the time, and had them tuned that way with them. But it was these two recordings that really got me using that as my thing all the time.
First, Roy Haynes playing with McCoy Tyner on an almost-lost tribute to Coltrane album from the late 80's— I used to listen to this track on cassette over and over walking from the practice annex on Figueroa to my apartment on Adams, when I was at USC:
And then the opening track on Where In The World?, a masterpiece Bill Frisell album from 1991. Coming at the end of the fusion era, Joey Baron's sound here, produced by Wayne Horvitz, was pretty extreme. Frisell had just moved to Seattle, and the Pacific Northwest was forming up in my mind as actually being a place, and as having some kind of regional aesthetic, and I gave up on LA, and moved to Portland:
Thursday, January 09, 2014
DBMITW: my fat bass drum
3 comments:
What do you mean when you say tuned "wide open"?
Thanks for all your work on the site, it's great.
- Robbie Bergamin Percussion Artist said...
i guess he means unmuffled....so no bedding or upholstery inside......
- Todd Bishop said...
Thanks Tommy-- yup, no muffling whatever. Usually with the batter side pretty loose, and the front fairly tight. You can get a really big sound out of a drum like that.
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In his opening keynote address at the 2014 European Investment Conference, Lord Adair Turner, senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, spoke to an audience of leading investment professionals about the shortcomings of "too big to fail" and inflation targeting. He proposed bold solutions to how governments, central banks, and regulators can work together to escape the excessive credit overhang in the real economy that has created a dangerous real estate boom and continues to depress global economic growth.
The economist began with an attack on the orthodoxies of pre-crisis central banking. "We need in future to develop policies which can prevent the buildup of real economy debt and leverage to excessive levels," Turner said. "And that requires a wide-ranging rejection of pre-crisis orthodoxy as to the objectives and the tools of central bank monetary policy."
Turner believes that the reason we are in such a deep post-crisis recession is not solely because of the impaired banking system and the supply of credit but the over-leverage of a real economy — in other words, a problem of credit demand. "It is not good enough to have a resilient financial system. We need to manage credit creation," Turner said, arguing that central bankers need to go way beyond inflation targeting.
Turner contrasted this with a pre-crisis orthodoxy in which growth in leverage rang few alarm bells. Rather, leverage was treated as either positively benign or simply neutral. Prevailing central bank models had surprisingly little or no role for the financial system and financial intermediation, the process by which leverage is generated and loans distributed. "Now central banks are taking an interest in where credit is allocated in an economy," said Turner, citing new policies at the Bank of England, the European central banks, and the Bank of Korea.
"The fundamental reason why the post-crisis recession after 2008 has been so deep and recovery so weak and slow," Turner said, "is not that we have an impaired financial system, important though that is. It is the increase in real economy leverage, which occurred over an entire half-century before the crisis." Private sector credit to GDP in the real economy increased from 50% in 1950 to 170% on the eve of the crisis.
Meanwhile, the central banks treated growth in debt as either positively benign or simply neutral. At the center of the central banks' indifference to leverage was a set of theories. The financial system was treated as a neutral "veil" through which monetary policy passed to the real economy but whose size and detailed structure were largely unimportant. Turner dismisses these theories as based on "a largely fictional account." Lending against real estate — something in inelastic supply — has powerful implications for financial and economic stability, which are not well captured by prevailing textbook orthodoxies, according to Turner.
Several related textbook definitions of credit need to be torn up, Turner argued. Mapping purposes of credit cannot currently be so precise because the ratio of actual real estate construction to purchase of real estate assets or equity withdrawal is not properly controlled. Turner cites the example of the United Kingdom, where lending to finance productive capital investment apart from real estate accounts for no more than around 15% of all UK bank lending, the remaining 85% being investment — a word Turner used carefully here — in existing property assets. That unbalanced pattern is mirrored across the advanced economies.
Turner isolates three factors that, together with the inelastic supply of real estate, are bound to make property increasingly important in modern advanced economies and a rising source of potential instability. First, as people get richer, they tend to devote an increasing share of their income to the purchase of housing services. Second, as investors observe this trend, they tend to regard housing as an investment asset class valued according to prospects of capital gain and income rather than for its utility alone. Finally, there is the amplifying effect of leverage.
Japan is the canary in the mine for Turner. Quoting economist Richard C. Koo, what Japan illustrates for Turner is that once excessive leverage has developed, it seems impossible to get rid of. Instead, it is shifted around from the private to the public sector. This was the pattern in Japan after 1990 and has been the pattern in many countries after the crisis of 2008, including the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States. At the global level, as a recent Geneva Report by the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies illustrates, we have seen no overall deleveraging since the crisis.
Having diagnosed an impressively concerning set of problems, Turner moved on to prescribe some solutions for the central banks. Traditional policy options, such as monetary finance of increased fiscal deficits, might be considered. But "we need to design policies which can in future lean against excessive credit growth, and in particular, against the growth of those forms of credit which cause most harm," he said. Public policy must focus on constraining some specific categories of credit growth. "We need to move beyond inflation targeting, and central banks and macroprudential regulators need to influence and manage the quantity and allocation of credit in the economy," Turner said.
Perhaps most controversially, Turner believes policy should not just seek to constrain the pace of credit growth but also limit the level of private sector borrowing freedoms, with authorities acting more aggressively to contain new credit. Alongside this, Turner seeks greater bank capital adequacy and higher counter cyclical capital buffers than currently agreed under Basel III. So, in Turner's vision, the whole focus of macroprudential policy should be not just the resilience of the financial system itself but the management of credit creation to avoid excessive leverage.
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With the new school year fast approaching, Simon®, a global leader in retail real estate, and Teen Vogue, the number one source of fashion, beauty and pop-culture news for trendsetting teens, are hosting a series of back to school events at more than 80 shopping centers across the country to get young people prepped to head back to class. The Shops at Montebello's kick-off "ABC's of Style" festivities take place on Saturday, August 2 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.in Center Court, helping families have fun while shopping for seasonal must-haves.
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- Exclusive Style Guide: ABC's of Style event attendees and back-to-school shoppers have the chance to pick up an exclusive Simon and Teen Vogue style guide, featuring fashion looks curated by style experts. Beyond the event, shoppers can also pick up a guide at The Shops at Montebello's Guest Services or access it online at http://simon-malls.publ.com/Fashion-Trend-Report.
- Mall-Wide Discount Offers & Samples: Event attendees can engage in free interactive activities and pick up a SWAG bag at the registration table filled with other goodies and offers (while supplies last) from St. Ives, Simple, Q-tips, and Fox's new fall series RED BAND SOCIETY.
"We are thrilled to once again be collaborating with Simon during the all-important back-to-school shopping season," said Teen Vogue Vice President and Publisher, Jason Wagenheim. "Through this alliance, we're able to bring relevant and authentic fashion content to Simon.com and into consumers' everyday mall experience—starting with Teen Vogue's Back-To-School Saturdays, but with much more to come. Simon's 'ABC's of Style' events are really the perfect complement to our BTSS initiative and we're looking forward to bringing the excitement to many Simon shopping centers nationwide throughout the month of August."
In addition to offering on-mall events, Simon will launch several digital-focused back-to-school elements that give students and their families the tools to gear up for school and stay connected to The Shops at Montebello. Shoppers can impress Simon with their Back to School look using the hashtags #foundationsimon and #contest to be entered to win a $500 Simon shopping spree. Entries must be received by December 31, 2014, and official rules are available here: http://www.simon.com/foundatsimon-bts.
Visit The Shops at Montebello on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram at www.facebook.com/shopsatmontebello, www.twitter.com/shopsmontebello or www.instagram.com/shopsmontebello to stay up-to-date on the latest events, trends and news.
For more information about Simon malls ABC's of Style events, visit http://www.simon.com/teen-vogue-style.
About The Shops at Montebello
The Shops at Montebello is a modern indoor super regional shopping center featuring four department stores and more than 160 shops, eateries, and restaurants—remaining the leader for shopping in the San Gabriel Valley. The Shops at Montebello is home to Macy's, jcpenney, Forever 21, Coach, G by Guess and more, with dining options such as BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, Hikari Sushi, Marie Callender's and Olive Garden. The Shops at Montebello serves communities in San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles including Montebello, Monterey Park, and Rosemead. With its modernized look and feel, The Shops at Montebello strives to provide the best shopping experience with its retailer and dining selections for the entire family. For a map and store listings, as well as directions, events and job listings, visit http://www.simon.com/mall/the-shops-at-montebello or call 323-722-8454.
About Simon
Simon is a global leader in retail real estate ownership, management and development and a S&P100 company (Simon Property Group, NYSE:SPG). Our industry-leading retail properties and investments across North America, Europe and Asia provide shopping experiences for millions of consumers every day and generate billions in annual retail sales. For more information, visit simon.com.


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The Most Accurate Way to Take Your Child's Temperature? Find Out! by Dr. Hannah Chow-Johnson
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating
Digital graphics are largely dependent on the software used to create them. Given the clean, pixel-perfect nature of Photoshop, artworks always risk looking too perfect therefore it's important to learn how to bring nature's random variations into our digital creations. In this tutorial we'll create an atmospheric poster for a dance party using the textured, retro look that's so popular nowadays.
Tutorial Assets
We will make use of a texture and a photograph. Here are the download links:
Step 1
Create a new document in the B2 format which is traditionally associated with posters. It measures 500×707 mm and of course you should choose the CMYK color mode and 300 pixels/inch since we're designing for print (1a). Fill the canvas with a medium blue-green solid tint (1b).
Step 2
Hit B to activate the Brush Tool and select a very large, round and soft-edged brush preset. Pick a light blue-green shade and start painting randomly across the canvas (2a). Keep going using different hues, both light and dark blue, and vary the brush's diameter to create a hazy pattern of swirls (2b). Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use a high enough value to smooth the pattern, eliminating any visible harsh brush strokes you might have (2c, 2d).
Step 3
Pick a light yellow color and create a small circle on a separate layer (3a). Double click the layer to open the Layer Style window and add a 1px Stroke in the same color (3b). At the same time reduce the layer's fill to 0 so only the stroke will be visible. Reduce the Opacity to 50% also (3c).
Step 4
Duplicate the circle three times and vary the opacity of the copies. The largest circle's Fill should not be 0 but 10% (4a, 4b). Group the 4 circles together and scatter a few copies across the top section of the canvas, scaling them and making them more or less transparent (4c).
Step 5
Duplicate the background layer by first double-clicking it (to turn it into an editable layer) then hitting Command+J (5a). Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and choose 2% (5b). Now click on the mask button at the bottom of the Layers palette to give the layer a blank mask (5c). Click the mask then hit B to activate the Brush. The foreground/background colors will be automatically changed to white and black. Hitting X will reverse them. Paint black strokes on the canvas with the big soft brush tip you used earlier to erase some parts of the noisy background (5d). The result is barely visible at this resolution but now the background transitions smoothly from polished to noisy (5e). It's a subtle effect that can be skipped but it adds some nice little variation.
Step 6
Let's create an interesting line pattern to add complexity to the background.
Draw a vertical line with the Line Tool (U). Keep using the light yellow from the circles (6a). Make evenly spaced copies across the entire width of the poster (6b) then duplicate and rotate them 90 degrees to create the horizontals. Add the necessary lines to cover the height (6c).
Step 7
You can collapse the horizontal and vertical lines by grouping them together then hitting Command+E. You should have two layers now. Select the vertical lines and go to Filter > Distort > Wave. Use the settings in image 7a to turn them into an interesting broken pattern (7b). Now go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates and make sure the first option, Rectangular to Polar, is selected and press OK (7c). Now the lines have been arranged into a one-point front perspective radial pattern (7d).
Step 8
Select the horizontal lines and apply the Twirl filter from the Distort group (8a). The lines now follow an uneven wavy arrangement that pulls slightly to the top right corner (8b). Reduce the Opacity to 50% (8c) then duplicate the lines. Rotate the new layer 90 degrees to create the vertical waves (8d). The circles may disappear under the grid so bump up their opacity to make them more visible (8e).
Step 9
Place the cardboard texture in the document and resize it to fit the canvas (9a). Switch it to the Multiply blending mode (9b). The shade looks good but it's a bit too dark. Bring up the Levels (Command+L) and move the center slider to the left to increase the overall brightness without changing the black and the white points (9c). Now the image is lighter (9d). The background is finished.
Step 10
Place the skyline picture at the bottom of the canvas (10a) and set it to Multiply (10b). Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (or the corresponding Adjustment if you're in Photoshop CS4). Activate Colorize and match the sliders to image 10c until the buildings have a retro brown tint. Beware that the Adjustment will affect all layers underneath it so click on the clipping icon to affect only the skyline (10c, 10d).
Step 11
On a new layer behind the "cityscape" create a tall red rectangle to extend the leftmost skyscraper (11a). Change it to the Lighten mode, 60% opacity (11b). By the way, here's a screenshot of our layers so far (11c).
Step 12
As you can see the rectangle doesn't match the skyscraper's perspective (12a). Correct that by hitting Command+T (Free Transform) and by selecting Skew from the right-click menu. Skew the rectangle to the right until it matches the inclination of the building (12b). Now hit Q to enter Quick Mask mode. Paint the top of the rectangle with a soft black brush (12c) then hit Q again. A selection marquee will appear: click the Mask button to add it as a mask (See Step 5). The rectangle now fades away at the top (12d).
Step 13
Add a Ripple filter from the Distort group (13a) to make the rectangle wavy (13b). Now add a Radial Blur (from Filter > Blur) (13c) to turn the rectangle into a smoke column (13d).
Step 14
With the same technique create three shorter smoke columns behind the right-hand skyscrapers, fading them at about half the poster's height (14a). Activate the Custom Shape Tool (U) and choose the crescent shape from the shape menu (14b). Draw a crescent around the first circles we created, using the previous light yellow and setting the layer to the Overlay mode (14c).
Step 15
The necessary typography should be added in Illustrator because it handles type better than Photoshop but for the sake of this tutorial we'll stick to one software. Add a line of text in orange in Overlay mode so the background shows through (15a). Add the rest of the text in light yellow, Overlay mode (15b). Finally add a Drop Shadow to the main text and the crescent moon (15c) to make them easier to read (15d). The poster is finished.


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991 Central Rd, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Cans are the perfect dish to bring to any summatime BBQ, pool hang or partay!!!
We very much appreciate your continued support of the Brew Pub!!!
Price Change!!
$7.00 Crowlers for Pre-Order Only!!
PSA: Weekend Beer Run Pre-Order June 25th, 2021!!!
Pick Up Times 06.25.21 – 4:00 till 8:00
ALL 32oz. CROWLERS $7.00 / PRE-ORDER CANS ONLY THIS WEEK!
Pre-sale ordering will begin RIGHT NOW!!!
Have Orders in by FRIDAY in By NOON 06.25.21
Email will be the only way that we will accept pre-orders for Cans.
Please do not call the Pub or Inn or send messages thru Social Media. Thank you!!
Can / Bottle Orders can be sent to:
Subject line:
"06.25.21 Weekend BEER RUN"
Your Name & Phone Number / Beer Name & Quantity
(Date: ALL ORDERS PICKED UP FRIDAY 06.25.21 from 4:00 till 8:00)
Beers Available on Tap:
Barn Dance Blonde Ale
Urban Abbey Apricot Wheat
Token to Hoboken Hefeweizen
What the Helles? Lager
Caddis Cream Ale
A Mid Summers Night Saison
60 Shillings Scottish Ale
Revelation Pale Ale
Inflategate New England I.P.A.
Urban Abbey Abandoned Sour Series: Berliner – Blood Orange / Mango (Subject to Change)
New On Tap:
– French Oak Barrel Aged Bohemian Grisette w/ Brettanomyces & Pinot Grigio Grapes ~ 2+ years
***16oz. Cans are IN STOCK***
Welcome to pre-order pretty much any of the above beers and we will have them ready in 16oz. cans – give us a little bit more of a heads up if doing a larger amount. We do keep the cooler stocked up as well to grab on the go!!
There is a limited number of styles available in the cooler by the host stand as well, but cannot guarantee availability of any styles other than:
Barn Dance Blonde / Revelation Pale Ale
We will not be selling these to distributors.
The Brew Pub will be the only place to get em!!
Thank you again for your continued support of local beer & business!!Please proceed to the downstairs, we are set up for takeout in there, to grab your order and to process payment.
We will still be more than happy to bring your order out to your car if you'd like as well.
Just give the pub a ring (570)387-8422 when you pull into our parking lot and let us know that ya placed an order,
the name its under and well either direct ya to drive up to the pink X or we'll ask for vehicle and
general location in the lot and we'll bring it out.
Please let us know if you have any questions
We appreciate your continued patience as we navigate this new environment!
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Pilot financial index for social investment unveiled
Friday, December 21, 2012
A pilot is underway to test the world's first financial index for social investment. Described as a potential "Bloomberg for social investment" by Sir Ronald Cohen, the index is backed by the City Bridge Trust, Big Society Capital, the Cabinet Office and RBS. Karl H Richter, co-founder of Engaged Investments, the organisation behind the pilot, explained that the ultimate goal is to create "a distinctive asset class" for social investment.
"Social investment has been happening for decades, but it is still very much a nascent cottage industry", said Richter. "So what we're trying to do is put in place a basic infrastructure that starts to connect information and data in a way that we can present as a capital market, and potentially an asset class."
The market for social impact investment is forecast to reach £1bn in the UK by 2016 (Boston Consulting Group), and $1tn globally by 2020 (JP Morgan), but its current lack of classification is a barrier for mainstream investors. "The traditional push back is 'we love the idea, but we are heavily regulated with fiduciary duties and compliance requirements and we cannot invest money without robust benchmark data'", said Richter. "So we're providing that data … a long-term aspirational goal might be to see index-tracking funds and exchange traded funds, based on the index."
Source: The Guardian (link opens in a new window)
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Auction catalogs
Umberto Melina, a phenomenally successful private art buyer, remarked recently: "My main education comes from auction catalogs." It is easy to see why. Auction catalogs provide a tremendous amount of information. The major houses alone publish several dozen different catalogs each month. Lavishly illustrated, often in color, they cover a wide range of collecting interests from paperweights to paintings, Japanese tea bowls, furniture, rugs, silver, watches, prints, and classic cars, to name a few. Descriptive detail commonly surpasses that in scholarly books and museum catalogs.
Most important, auction catalogs are the only reliable source of art and antiques prices. By comparing the descriptive detail, photographs, and prices, and by attending the presale exhibitions, you can help develop your eye for value.
On the other hand, it is hard to find an art or antiques dealer who posts prices. Dealers are not in a position to talk about prices after goods are sold. Descriptive in formation is also hard to come by in a dealer's shop -- too much bother, apparently.
Of course, auction catalogs don't tell you all you need to know. You must use your judgment or consult an expert to determine whether a particular art object is a good example of its type, a key factor affecting your ability to sell it later.
The auction catalogs also tell you little about condition. Plenty of condition problems go unnoted.When an auction house says something has repairs, it is likely to be in sad shape. If a catalog mentions restoration, expect a lot.
It is difficult to make color photographs match every color in the actual art objects, so you should not be surprised to discover that a blue is really a green, for example, or that a yellow isn't as bright as pictured.
Consequently, if you're thinking of buying -- at auction or from a dealer --there is no substitute for doing your homework and examining a work of art firsthand. Invaluable as catalogs are, they require some interpretation.
A good place to begin is the guarantee. If you buy a work of art and later discover is isn't as represented, you are entitled to your money back within a specified period --houses. Interpreting types of headings
The guarantee applies only to the bold-type headings that broadly describe each auction lot. Be sure you are familiar with the shorthand used in these headings.
For instance, if you see a painting headed "Winslow Homer," the auction house cataloger believes it is by him, and that is what the house guarantees. The words "attributed to Winslow Homer" mean stylistic analysis suggest Homer did the painting, but that there are other reasons to doubt he did it. "Circle of winslow Homer" means the auction house cataloger believes an associate of Homer's did it; here the auction house doesn't guarantee it is by Homer. "Studio of Winslow Homer": the painting seems to be by somebody who worked in Homer's studio under his supervision. "School of winslow Homer": by a follower of Homer. "Manner of Winslow Homer": by somebody in a later period. "After Winslow Homer": copy of a known work by Homer.
Similar shorthand is used to describe other works of art. "Style" means a later copy, not an original work. Thus "Chippendale" means that a chair, for instance, was made during the 18th century, the Chippendale period. But "Chippendale style" means any time after that, a 19th-or 20th-century copy worth a fraction as much as a comparable quality period piece. The effect of guarantee on headings
Because of the liability entailed by the guarantee, auction houses tend to be conservative in their bold-type headings. Many works described as "attributed to" or "school of," for instance, are actually by the named artist. Some people make money doing the necessary research to prove it. Auction house catalogers seldom have time for such research, since the outcome is uncertain, and they must process thousands of art works a year. If they tracked down every last lead, nothing would get sold.
No guarantee exists for errors that appear outside the bold-type headings.A few months ago a portrait by Eugene Delacroix, the 19th-century French romantic master, was offered at a major London auction house. The catalog said it was "signed." But the signature was phony. If somebody had bought assuming the painting was properly signed, he might have overpaid by a significant amount. There would be no recourse, since the word "signed" wasn't in bold type. Fortunately an astute dealer recognized the phony signature, and the painting was withdrawn before the sale. Price range estimates
As a convenience to the general public, the major auction houses publish an estimated price range for each work of art. Most of the time they turn out to be right on the money. when magazines report on sales, they commonly relate prices realized to the presale estimates. Even so, estimates must be interpreted.
The estimates can be high because an auction specialist is trying to attract consignments. A collector might take a work of art to an auction house and get an estimate of $2,000 to $3,000. The specialist at another auction house might say they could get at least $4,000, hoping the collector will go with what seems like a better deal. In fact, both auction houses might sell to a similar market and realize similar prices.
High estimates can also appear in a catalog when an auction house depends heavily on dealers for consignments. With overhead and other expenses to meet, a dealer might insist on high estimates to protect himself. On the other hand, a collector or estate executor, with works of art bought years ago at low prices , could be more flexible.
Estimates can be low when an auction house is tyring to develop a new market. This might mean a collecting field that hasn't been sold regularly at auction before or at least not in a particular city. Low estimates increase the likelihood that an auction can be spoken of as a success: prices well above estimates. How estimates relate to the reserve
Estimates relate directly to the reserve, the price below which an auction house agrees to sell to a consignment. Today most major sales are "reserved," reflecting the stiff competition among auction houses for consignments.
The reserve is kept confidential but is often said to be about one-third below the low estimate. This varies according to the policy of an auction house and a consignor's eagerness to sell. The more eager the consignor, the lower the reserve.
If bidding fails to exceed the reserve, the consignment doesn't sell and is returned to the consignor. This is called a "buy back." Usually it means extra charges for the consignor. Moreover, the consignment becomes known as having failed to sell at auction, and as a result it could be harder to sell later.
For catalogs and prices of what actually was sold at auction, it is easiest to begin with the international houses that devote entire sales to specific collecting fields like Americana or modern prints. Contact Christie's, 502 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Sotheby's, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021; Phillips, 867 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021. These also have offices in some major cities across the country. Estate sales
Regional auction houses tend to hold general estate sales, and you might have to pore over quite a few catalogs to find the kind of things that interest you. But the regional houses can offer good values and are well worth checking out. Contact Butterfield's in San Francisco, Freeman's in Philadelphia, Skinner's in Boston, Morton's in New Orleans, and C.G. Sloan & Co. and Adam A. Wechsler & Son in Washington, D.C. Helpful publications
Several publications can be particularly useful for auctiongoers:
"Art & Auction" lists coming sales and provides presale and postsale reports. Emphasis is on activities at international houses. It is published ten times a year at 250 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019.
"Antiques & the Arts Weekly" is a trade bible on country auctions. It also covers the international houses and antiques shows. It is published at Newtown, Conn. 06470.
"Collectibles Market Report," a monthly newsletter, publishes practical advice from experienced collectors, museum experts, and market specialists. They tell how to spot good buys, avoid fakes, evaluate quality. Its address: P.O. Box 5501, Newtown, Conn. 06470.
There is no mystery to buying well. Though developing an eye for value is often a tentative process, it is a rational process of making many comparisons. Your payoff: beautiful art and antiques at bargain prices. You're also sure to relish the pleasure of the hunt.


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