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"A lot of teams say they play all 27 outs, but I've never seen a team actually do it as well as we do, I mean, there's really no score in the ninth inning we don't feel we can come back from."
--Brad Lidge, Phillies relief pitcher, who struck out the only two batters he faced in the ninth inning and earned the win — his first of 2009.
The Philadephia Phillies are one win from advancing to their second consecutive World Series after edging the Dodgers, 5-4, at Citizens Bank Park with a ninth-inning rally. Down 4-3 to the Dodgers, Jimmy Rollins delivered the game-winning hit, a two-out, two-run double off Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton.
"It's one of those situations where I wasn't afraid," Rollins said. "I've faced him a number of times before."
In three of their six postseason victories, the Phillies have scored the winning runs in the ninth inning. During the regular season, the Phillies led the National League with 43 come from behind victories.
"Like I said before, we play the whole game," Manager Charlie Manuel said. "We play 27 outs, we think we can win."
Perhaps no player utilizes mental conditioning techniques as effectively as the Phillies' Ryan Howard. In preparation for his turn at bat, Howard begins his mental routine. He sits on the Phillies' bench with bat in hand, head bowed, eyes closed. For these few seconds, Howard is in a quasi-meditative state. He is letting go of his last at-bat, putting it out of his mind. He is channeling positive, upbeat thoughts.
Howard is visualizing results and getting them. No one has driven in more runs this major league postseason than Howard. He set a major league record Sunday by driving in a run for the seventh consecutive game in one postseason. After a home run in his first at-bat in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night to extend that streak, he had 14 runs batted in this postseason, more than he had in 17 playoff games the past two years. After Monday's 5-4 victory for the Phillies, Howard was batting .379 with seven runs scored and two homers in eight postseason games.
"He goes to his quiet place," the Phillies' hitting coach, Milt Thompson, said. "When he's there, he's ready to hit."
Thompson said Howard had been using visualization techniques all season, as a way to focus on the present, to enjoy the moment. When players see him meditating on the bench, they know not to interrupt.
"I've noticed it," Manager Charlie Manuel, who is an advocate of positive thinking, said. "I haven't talked to him about it because it's something I think — that's his own thing."
Howard is in a zone, but it is simply the continuation of his impressive regular season, in which he had 45 home runs, with 141 runs batted in.
"I think it's more just the experience that I've gained from last year to this year, just the entire feel of the playoffs and just kind of taking a step back and looking at last year, at what kind of happened last year," Howard said. "I just kind of gathered that experience of just being more relaxed, going up there and being loose and having fun playing the game."
"For some reason, I just went up there and just started seeing more pitches," Howard said. "Just told myself to relax and try and see as many pitches as I can and just wait for a mistake."
"You never know with our guys," Lidge said. "They're capable of some amazing things."
The Phillies are one win away from consecutive trips to the World Series.
Excerpts from the New York Times (October 20, 2009).
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Tom Cruise appears in the first movie clip for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol. The video shows Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) encouraging Brandt (Jeremy Renner) to risk his life jumping into a moving industrial fan.
I really don't think this movie is going to suffer at all. I love the MI films anyway and Tom Cruise although he's not my favorite actor, he is very good in these type of movies. Also the action is alway tops in these and that's what I like to see.
This movie looks awesome. I think this movie will succeed further without J.J. Abrams in the director's chair.

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Prince Mohammed, who fought for the World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title here last December, is now King Mohammed. Mohammed's father, King Issah Mohammed, ruler of a Ghanan tribe, died Dec. 4, and when the Prince returned he was made king by the kingmakers, the tribe's elder statesmen.
"He is very confused," said his manager, Nmadi Moweta. "But the kingmakers have decided he should not fight, he has to be king in Ghana. He might change his mind but I don't know." Moweta hotly disputed a report from the State Athletic Commission that Mohammed had retired because of detached retinas. "No truth," he said.
In any event, Mohammad's new line of work would seem to diminish the ranks of African fighters in Los Angeles by one, except that Moweta reports the upcoming debut of Proud Kilimanjaro, a heavyweight from Zimbabwe. He fights Stan Ward April 21 at the Forum.
Meanwhile, J.B. Williamson, the man who beat Mohammed for that vacant WBC title, is scheduled to make his first defense April 30 at London. He'll fight Britain's Dennis Andries.


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We spent this weekend in London :)
It is so lovely to visit your favourite city in the world (at least so far, I may change my mind with various holidays in the future, TeeHee). We were visiting friends who have just purchased an apartment so we didn't get to do many tourist things but for the first time just before we were about to cross the river Thames through the Tower Bridge, they opened it up for a ship to cross! I was so excited as I hadn't seem it in action before so I took a few photo but they didn't come out that great. We also took a walk at sunset along the river on the south bank looking at the skyline & it was breath taking :)
I have found a video on youtube that shows the London Tower Bridge opening, so if you wish to check it out please click HERE.
The photo follow the Tower Bridge as we drove through it, hope you enjoy them 7 hope that you have had a lovely weekend.
|You can just about see it in the distance opening up.
|Tower of London & the famous modern glass building is the Swiss Re Building ( referred to as the gherkin)
|The highest sky scraper in Europe being built, the Shard.
|River Thames at sunset, on the left you can see the Shard & to the right of it you can see the Gherkin!


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"I am 62 years of age and have always participated in sport. I love running and have completed 5 marathons. I have been diagnosed with a calcaneal spur on my left heel. It started about December 2014 and is very uncomfortable. I can run on it although it is sore, and for a couple of days after very sore which causes me to limp. I ice it after running and use ibuprofen. I use gels in my trainers and everyday shoes.
I have been told it will eventually heel although I am unsure when. Am I make it worse by running on it? When I have rested it for a week or so it reverts back to its previous soreness when I resume running."
Reader's email to Matt Phillips, in-house Injury Specialist for UK magazine Running.
Heel pain is something that many runners find themselves struggling with. I would like to start by pointing out that even if heel spurs show up on an X-ray, they may not be the underlying cause of your heel pain. Research shows that heel spurs can exist even in pain free runners.
The presence of heel spurs is more likely to indicate an overloading of the plantar fascia – the thick connective tissue found on the bottom (plantar side) of your foot that stretches all the way from your heel (calcaneus) to your toes. You may already be familiar with the term plantar fasciitis? That's essentially what we're talking about.
Persistent overloading can cause a partial tearing of the plantar fascia from its origin at the calcaneus which in turn can lead to new bone formation (heel spurs) at the site of the injury in an attempt to make the area stronger and more able to deal with the load. In other words, heel spurs are created to help the situation. They can obviously sometimes add to the pain, but recovery should be directed towards initially reducing the load on the plantar fascia and then increasing its ability to handle load.
The ice and ibuprofen you have been taking may well provide short term relief (although plantar fasciitis is today thought to be a problem of degeneration of tissue rather than inflammation) but they will not increase the ability of the plantar tissue to handle more load. Resting for a week will obviously help offload the tissue, but once you resume running the issue will return (as you have discovered). The gel cups may likewise help reduce pain but they won't be dealing with the underlying issue.
I would suggest you see a professional and get a suitable strengthening program put together. Once you have increased the ability of the plantar fascia to handle more load, you will hopefully find you are able to slowly return to running without pain. Slow and gradual will be key.
Watch out for other scenarios that could be overloading the plantar fascia: excessive standing during the day, being significantly overweight, having limited range of ankle dorsiflexion (can you squat to 900 without lifting heels off the floor?), wearing old or flat footwear. You may find a shoe with more arch support (or use of an insert) could help alleviate symptoms, as well as heel lifts.
Daily stretching of calves and the plantar fascia itself can sometimes also be effective. Take hold of the heel with one hand and pull the big toe back with the other. You should feel a stretch in the inner sole of the foot. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat a few times a day. For a variation, pull try pulling all the toes back at the same time.
Do you have any tips on dealing with heel pain? Whether you are a therapist or a runner, we would love to hear from you in the Facebook Comments section below!


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If you're looking for a unique way to add personal touches to your home décor, look no further than your garage. Many people have a décor gem stored there: pallets. Wood pallets are incredibly versatile and can lend a hand in projects that are DIY-friendly but look professionally done.
Upcycling a wood pallet – or using it for something new – is a great way to recycle used materials.
Here are five creative ways to upcycle pallets for your home décor:
1. Book Shelf
It seems like there's never enough space for book lovers to store all their favorite reads. Pallet bookshelves are a great addition to any room, and can be made to be the perfect size for housing and organizing thick novels, magazines or children's stories. Plus they make a great conversation piece.
2. Towel Rack
Tired of wet towels on the floor? A pallet towel rack – easily made from one piece of wood sanded down from a pallet – is the perfect solution. You can customize the piece with hooks and a coat of paint to turn it into a truly one-of-a-kind – and functional – part of your bathroom or kitchen.
3. Coffee Table
Finding the right coffee table for your décor may be as easy as stepping into your garage and grabbing an old pallet. All right, so it may not be quite that easy, but you'll have a good jumpstart on the materials needed. The project can be as simple or as elaborate as you'd like, but this double-decker pallet coffee table is a perfect meeting point. With enough storage for electronics, magazines and books, you can't go wrong adding this piece to your home furnishings.
4. Pallet Wall
For small spaces that could use a little texture, a wall of pallet boards can be just the right touch. The wood can be stained different colors to warm up a cool-toned room, and you can easily add pegs to give it just a little more function for hanging up hand towels, washcloths or even pictures. This project may need a little assistance since an indoor renovation of your walls can be tricky.
5. Bench
If you're in need of some additional seating in your living space or outdoors, try putting together a pallet bench. There are so many different styles and types to consider, depending upon how the bench will be used. A pallet bench propped up against a wall in a mudroom, for example, would have no need for a back to be built on, as the wall would support the person using it. A bench outside, though, may need a back, so it's readily available for lounging.
Pallets are an excellent asset to have around, as they can be used in many home décor projects. The options are nearly endless. Try tackling one of these five upcycling projects, and bring an old pallet back to life.
Note from Mike, here in San Miguel, there's even a very good restaurant whose walls are made from pallets.
BIO: James White works in construction and blogs in his free time at Homey Improvements. He also enjoys hiking, photography, and buying new gadgets. Follow him on Twitter @DIYfolks.
BIO: James White works in construction and blogs in his free time at Homey Improvements. He also enjoys hiking, photography, and buying new gadgets. Follow him on Twitter @DIYfolks.


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Well, I'm not sure about you but my skin has been driving my crackers since it's started to get really cold. I've been feeling like an exfoliate is necessary more than a few times a week, I need oil and then more oil to help with the dehydration and I'm upping the anti with hydrating and energizing products. It's not helping that I'm spending time flitting back and worth to hot climes, and spending hours in a dry air conditioned space so I'm really focusing on what my skin needs right now. I've put together a few new products in with some old faithful bits to create a winter skincare routine that's doing wonders for my skin right now.
I've been using the Origins Original Skin Clay Mask since it's launch back in early summer and it's been so good on my skin. I use it twice weekly as standard and maybe a third time for an extra pick me up. Over the last few months of use, I've found that my pores look a lot smaller, which is a massive concern for me and my skin feels fresh and so smooth. Not only is the rose pink colour of the clay so pretty, it smells gorgeous. It's packed full of Canadian Willowherb, Mediterranean Rose Clay and exfoliating jojoba beads and it's bringing everything to the surface to leave my skin clear. I'm a huge fan of this and I'm so glad that I started to look into the properties of clay masks again, as with previous experience I had some stinging and redness, yet the Origins mask tones down any kind of redness and is mild on my skin.
I can't go a day without using a toner, and I feel such a difference if I've ever skipped it from my routine. I've been delving more into the independent brand Chidem Beauty, and after falling in love with the Moisture Therapy Cleansing Beauty Balm, which sadly I've used up, I have decided to try the Beauty of Youth Energizing Firming Toner. Each Chidem product is handmade locally to myself and has gone from strength to strength since I first discovered the brand last winter. The toner reduces redness, which is ideal for straight after a clay mask, although my redness has rarely appeared and it fills skin with moisture so it immediately looks plumped up. The toner stimulates the production of collagen and elastin so it's suitable for my early 30's skin, and as it is 100% pure, it really does give maximum benefits once applied. Rose petal, Frankincense and aloe vera tone the skin whilst Ginseng and Pomegranate leave a radiant looking skin tone.
After toning, the next step is to apply a good serum that will boost hydration as well as help fight signs of ageing. I started using the Merumaya Iconic Youth Skin Serum after I received a travel size bottle and I was blown away by just how it made my skin feel. It was inevitable that a full sized bottle was going to necessary in my life. The Iconic Youth Serum works to improve lines and wrinkles, hydration and elastin whilst leaving skin looking fresh and radiant. After I have applied the serum, I sometimes don't need to follow up with any other product as my skin looks amazing. Echium Oil soothes sensitive skin and as it is a source of Omega 3, 6 and 9 it has anti inflammatory properties so blemishes are reduced and diminished before your eyes. With the travel size, I have been using it whilst away with the Merumaya Melting Cleansing Balm and Youth Preservative Moisturiser and they work so well, hand in hand.
If I feel that I need a moisturiser straight after my serum, I've been reaching for my Claudia Louch Hydrating Mango Face Cream. Again, a new-ish brand to me but one that has really made me want to try more. Although it is quite pricey, the natural, hypo-allergenic and non comedogenic skincare is worth it. The Mango face cream smells good enough to eat and looks amazing in its luxurious packaging. Packed full of hyaluronic acid, it also contains olive, almond, avocado, sunflower and grape seed oils to intensely hydrate skin. I use it twice a day and when I use it in the morning it doesn't leave my skin feeling greasy or slippy, so make up application isn't an issue, whilst at night, I like to pack on a lot so it almost feels like a mask and leave it to soak in overnight. I wake up looking refreshed and with bright glowing skin.
I am an absolute convert to the use of facial oils and after a Clarins consulation it was decided that my skin would benefit from the treatment of the Clarins Blue Orchid Facial Oil. Suitable for dry and dehydrated skin, I use this when I have been flying to put moisture back into my parched skin. Since using the Clarins, and this is now my second bottle, I have found that not only is it good for my face but I've been adding it into my hand cream and foot cream for an extra boost of hydration. For my face, the Blue Orchid facial oil also contains Rosewood and Patchouli to balance the skin with it's aromatherapy principles and Hazelnut oil to prevent moisture loss. Again, it's a brilliant product to pack on of an evening and wake up where your skin looks like it belongs to someone else. It's definitely a night time product as oil and make up don't mix particularly well but I look forward to the nights where I know I will be using it. As the scent is so calming and relaxing, it also helps me drift off into a deep sleep. Winner.
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Bass of the Week: Jerzy Drozd Soul IV "Matisse"
Tim Cook sent us a few pictures of his bass, and we were drooling. The Jerzy Drozd Soul IV "Matisse" is a real piece of art, which is fitting since it was inspired by other pieces of art.
"Jerzy Drozd monikers his work as 'Jerzy Drozd, the Bass Art Company' and fittingly a search for a description of this bass leads to its inspiration being short story/poem and a painting by Henry Matisse," Cook explains.
The poem is entitled "Matisse Blue" by Lorenna El Mar (Translated by Luis Murillo Fort):
"There was this lady we spotted among the stones, at the bottom of the sea, and she was made of blue wood. She looked frightened somehow at seeing us, and she turned into a cat. We set this cat's skin with pearls, borrowed some red from the sea coral, then stole a layer of black from the night sky. And paired with pearl white, coral red, and night black, that Matisse blue wood feigned to be the landscape of a dream."
Drozd took these pieces and interpreted them into his Soul IV model. The "Matisse" bass exudes blue with its swamp ash body finished in a high gloss blue while its maple/ash neck and birdseye maple fingerboard are finished in a satin blue. It really pops as the body's wood grain is accentuated with a White Pearl finish.
Another accent is in the padouk pickup covers and controls. The covers house a pair of Drozd's JeD4XS single-split coil noiseless neodymium pickups, while the knobs control an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp. The controls include a 3-band EQ with a mid-frequency selector, an active/passive switch, and a passive tone knob. The bass is rounded out by the luthier's two-piece bridge and Hipshot Ultralite tuners. All in all it weighs 7.7 pounds.
And how does it play? "I own a couple of Jerzy Drozd basses but one in particular is something special," Cook says.
Jerzy Drozd Soul IV "Matisse" Bass Specs:
|Deep-set bolt on neck
|Swamp Ash
|Body Finish:
|High Gloss Matisse Blue With Accentuated Wood Grain in White Pearl finish
|Maple and Ash
|Birdseye Maple
|Fingerboard and Neck Finish:
|Satin Matisse Blue
|Pickup Covers:
|JERZY DROZD proprietary JeD4XS Single-Split Coil Noiseless Neodynium Pickups
|Aguilar OBP-3 Preamp With Mid-Frequency Selector, Active/Passive Switch and Passive Tone
|JERZY DROZD two-piece bridge
|Hipshot Ultralite tuners,
|Mother of Pearl Headstock Logo
|7.7lbs (3.5kg)
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OBD II is an evolving technology, in that what may be true today may not necessarily be true tomorrow. Because of these changes, it's easy to make some false assumptions that may affect technician acceptance. Understanding how OBD II works is the key to avoiding major frustration with the system. Let's cover a few examples that affected me; you may very well encounter similar problems.
We've been told that a catalyst-damaging misfire will always cause a car's MIL to flash. I assumed, therefore, that creating a constant ignition misfire would result in a flashing MIL. To prove my theory, I pulled a plug wire on a Ford V6 and proceeded to go for a drive. No flashing MIL. Pulling more wires and taking multiple trips produced similar results. Surely, multiple misfiring cylinders had to create a catalyst-damaging situation! Negative. This Ford shuts off the injectors to the misfiring cylinders, so the misfire is not catalyst-damaging and thus won't illuminate the MIL.
When it comes to OBD II systems, it's important to use common sense and experience to avoid "code dependency." It's critical to look up the specific vehicle enable criteria for the codes that are set, as well as for those you think should have set. To sit in a vehicle with an obvious misfire and declare that it can't be misfiring because there's no MIL light on is insane. The OBD system is there to assist you with diagnostics, but OBD is driven by politics and policies that sometimes diminish its diagnostic effectiveness.
OBD II is designed primarily as an emissions monitor, and the MIL is required to light if tailpipe emissions exceed 1.5 times the Federal Test Procedure (FTP) standard. Failure records and pending codes may be available in the PCM with no MIL illumination.
Technically, if a misfire does not cause emissions to exceed 1.5 times the FTP standard, then the MIL need never light, as was the case with the Ford noted above.
Now let's look at a 1998 2.4-liter Chevy Malibu that sets a MAP sensor code. This was a rental car on which I connected a wire to the MAP sensor signal connection. I pulled the signal low (false high manifold vacuum) by grounding the wire while driving.
Without looking at the code enable criteria, I assumedthat a MAP code would set when the signal was railed at the bottom of its range for some predetermined period of time. Fig. 1 at left shows my second test drive at freeway speed lasting just over 900 seconds (time scale at top). I used the cruise control to maintain a steady speed. The mph trace shows that the cruise system did a pretty good job despite my shorting the MAP sensor signal. As you can see, I started shorting the signal intermittently in the first 0 to 150 seconds of the test drive. With the signal shorted, I felt an instant reaction in the engine, which seemed to recover as it ignored the bad signal. Note the fuel response in the injector pulse width parameter (bottom graph).
At 160 seconds into the drive I shorted the MAP signal for 20 seconds, hoping to get the MIL to illuminate. No luck. At 225 seconds I shorted the signal for about 25 seconds more. Still no MIL. I thought perhaps a more drastic approach was necessary, so from 300 to 400 seconds I rapidly shorted and released the signal with dramatic fuel system responses. Still no MIL! At 610 seconds I shorted the signal again, this time for a 70-second duration. No MIL...again!
Checking for codes after the first test drive showed none in computer memory. Remember, though, a trip is not completed until the key is cycled off, so many codes may not set until a second drive. At the end of the second drive, a pending code P0106 did set for the MAP sensor circuit. Checking the timing on the code, and looking at the Freeze Frame data, as well, I noticed the code set in the decel portion of the test drive, not during the long shorted times as I would have assumed.
Fig. 2 on page 24 is the third and final test drive. This time, I got the vehicle to run so poorly at 75 seconds that the engine almost stalled. Injector pulse width went to zero, manifold pressure went to 14.7 psi (atmospheric) and the rpm dropped to zero, as well. Still no MIL. Finally, when I slowed down at about the 500-second mark, the MIL came on and a hard MAP code was set.
The conditions for setting this particular DTC are that:
1. The engine speed must be greater than 900 rpm.
2. The MAP signal must be less than 54.6 kPa (about 7.5 psi).
3. The throttle position must be less than 50%, with changes greater than 8%.
4. The MAP signal will not change, as expected, when the throttle position changes.
Looks like the conditions to set the code, as described in the manual, were right on, except there's no mention of it being a two-trip code. According to the manual, the code should have set on the first failure.
Note that this vehicle had very noticeable driveability symptoms every time the MAP sensor signal went in and out. Yet it took three test drives to finally set a code. If the problem had been more intermittent, the chance of a bad signal occurring during the enable criteria would have been that much smaller.
Under OBD I, a MAP code would have set when the sensor railed at the bottom for more than 20 seconds. In many respects, OBD I is more sensitive than OBD II. With OBD I, it was often reasonable to make a repair and clear codes, then test-drive to confirm the repair (no code or MIL light). OBD II systems have more enable criteria, so this approach may not always work.
Monitor suspected circuit signals for abnormalities when doing OBD II no-code diagnostics. When a customer comes in with a code, record the Freeze Frame and failure records, then do the repairs, clear the codes and take a test drive. Monitor the signal of the circuit you repaired during the entire test drive. And do a wiggle test on that circuit while monitoring the signal. If you want to be code-dependent for confirmation of a repair, you'll need a lot of patience and time, both of which are usually in short supply today.


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Touche Amore Won't Play Warped Tour And Why I Don't Care
Gather round my children we need to talk. There is a brand new (old) wave of alternative (common) mindset happening and I don't want any of you looking like tools by hopping on this bandwagon.
There is a clique of bands coming through that are 'too punk rock for you' In this class are bands like Ramshackle Glory, Touche Amore and maybe their mirror La Dispute. These band are intentionally avoiding major opportunities so as not to 'sell out' Ramshackle have to be the best example of idiotic punk- seriously guys man up about your bass player. you fucking posers.
Way way back before your egg started splitting there were bands who played shitty dives for nothing while shitty kids sat around them and all was well. Not one of these punk bands who changed the world were so arrogant that they wouldn't perform wherever there was a opportunity. Nothing was really beneath them as a matter of fact playing a mainstream event was a huge opportunity to preach your cause. It was a love of music and although there was ego- it was not so idiotic (most of the time). I was very close with a very political band who used the mainstream offerings (and submissions) to absolutely horrify the crowd and promoters- did they get yanked off tours? Hell yes, but they didn't sit back and bitch and refuse as Touche Amore is doing in their statement regarding Warped Tour.
Jeremy Bolm spoke to the OC Weekly and said the following about his refusal to play Warped
"No way, not at all. Nothing against our friends who have done it. Last year, Title Fight; this year, Defeater is doing it, which is fine. I appreciate that there are honest bands that are on it.
"There are kids who have no idea about this world, who if they see a band like Title Fight or a band like Defeater that maybe it will open their eyes a little bit to our world as opposed to a world with misogyny and ignorance and nothing to offer any-body which is what 95 percent of what Warped Tour is."
"our world", that's the idiotic line here. "Your' world should be hopping up on every stage and fighting and promoting what you believe in. Not sitting like bitchy little girls complaining about the biggest event in your genre. You feel Warped it filled with 'misgyny and ignorance'? Get on one of their stages and proclaim it. Do you really think Kevin Lyman would censor you? Your a moron.
One of the greatest comments on the topic was posted on Lambgoat and I swear if I could find this person I would buy them a drink and a high five
I like Touche Amore (LOVE La Dispute), but this is ridiculous. If you have an issue with Warped Tour, cool, I understand. It's a festival marketed toward young kids. They aren't Touche Amore's market. That being said, shut up, let the people who enjoy it do just that, and continue playing dive bars and 250 max capacity clubs.
There is nothing wrong with playing 250 capacity clubs and supplementing your life with being a Walmart cashier. That's totally fine should you chose to do so. But back in my day punk meant shock and awe and fighting for your beliefs not this on your ass snub. That was what the elitist did- that's what the punks fought against. You're too good for it? You're idiots.
Defeater is doing it, which is fine. Defeater, who are on Bridge9 Records need to do more than show up on Warped, they need to find a better marketing team, they're an amazing band with really shitty management. But maybe Touche' has really shitty management too? Maybe this group of young bucks are using music to score bitches and have no real intention of longevity. That's fine too- but c'mon lets stop the holier than tough bullshit.
You all load your own gear- until that stops and your rider includes Petron shut the fuck up.


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Research @ KICP
Projects Archive: Greenland Neutrino Observatory, GNO
We are planning to deploy a new array of radio detectors for UHE neutrinos near the surface of the ice at Summit Station in Greenland, a year-round NSF station that sits atop 3 km of ice at the height of the Greenland plateau. The full array will have the sensitivity required to discover neutrinos produced through the so-called GZK process (the interaction of the highest energy cosmic rays with cosmic microwave background photons) even in the most pessimistic of models and will detect ∼10 events per year at the high-energy portion (E >10^15eV) of the observed IceCube astrophysical neutrino spectrum with sub-degree pointing resolution. We will deploy our first module in the summer of 2014.
The University of Chicago is leading this effort of 5 collaborating institutions.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Remembering the election of 1968..One of the worst years in the history of the United States
Oh how I remember that election. It was fraught with confusion, anger, and the press not sure who was the winner. That election was confused. What had happened that year was horrific from the Democratic Convention in Chicago with the mass beatings of protesters and the break up of that party to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. There were riots all over. The war in Viet Nam was terrible. The death toll was always on the news. I grew up with the image of Viet Nam on the news. From the early 1960's onward it was a focal point of our lives and the stories of many soldiers coming back in body bags.
I watched the news that night till I fell asleep. It was said by many on the news that night that Humphrey would win. That Nixon would be defeated again for the office. This was the first election I really was focused on. We had a black and white TV with a 12 inch screen. Of course we used rabbit ears on the top of the TV to get the best reception. But our reception was always very snowy. People today do not understand what it was like on old TV's.. That you not only changed the channel by hand, but, after changing the channel you had to adjust the antenna to catch the signal. After that you needed to fine tune it. Often the best reception was when you were holding the rabbit ears. I saw this technology come into use during and after 9-11 when most of the stations were knocked off and Peter Jennings was transmitting on UHF.
I had figured when I went to bed that Humphrey had won. I kind of liked Humphrey and was looking forward to his presidency. I was not too impressed with Johnson, but I found him rather boring to watch. I did watch him make the statement that he would not be a candidate for office in 1968.
I went to bed and woke up to the news that Nixon would be the next President. I felt sorry for Humphrey. He was always a little short of a win for office...A prize he truly wanted, but would never have.
It is a little hard to conceive what it was like back then..It was a very different time and a very disrupted and divided country. That was truly on the brink of exploding. Within a few years it would all change.
1968 was one of the worst years in our countries history.


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"The introduction of the new PRA underwriting rules for portfolio landlords has impacted the buy-to-let market across the UK"
Paragon is expanding its buy-to-let mortgage offering in Scotland to include mortgage products for portfolio landlords.
Available from today, Paragon's portfolio range is designed for landlords with four or more mortgaged properties, as well as those operating in limited companies and limited liability partnerships.
The portfolio range can be used to finance single self-contained units, HMOs and multi-unit blocks, with products available for purchase as well as remortgage.
Paragon plans to announce a new regional sales manager dedicated to the Scottish market in the near future.
The private rented sector in Scotland has more than doubled in size since 1999, and now accounts for more than a seventh of all homes in Scotland. It is estimated that the number of private rented properties in Scotland has increased from 224,000 in 2006 to 394,000 in 2016.
John Heron, director of mortgages at Paragon said: "The introduction of the new PRA underwriting rules for portfolio landlords has impacted the buy-to-let market across the UK and we're delighted to extend our portfolio range into the Scottish market.
"Demand for portfolio lending is on the increase in Scotland and with fewer lenders choosing to offer suitable products for this segment, we have a unique opportunity to bring improved choice and competition for those looking to invest."


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Nivi · December 30th, 2009
David Anderson, VC and supply chain master:
"Billy is perhaps best known for his Oxi Clean commercials, where one softball size ball of detergent, chucked into your washing machine and forgotten, will do 25 loads of laundry. Simple messages, great customer testimonials and products that really worked were Billy's forte. He rejected perhaps 99% of the hundreds of inventors/companies that approached him, choosing only those products that met his three key metrics. And he and his inventors made millions in the process…
"Address clear customer needs: Billy wanted products that anyone could use, not just a select market segment–who does not have dirty clothes (Oxi Clean)? Needs a knife to cook (Samurai Shark)? Want shiny clean floors (Orange Glo)? or, my favorite, who has ever wished they could permanently cement their mother (or father)-in-law to a chair (mighty putty)?
"Have believable customer testimonials: Billy did not use actors, but recruited users who were true believers. Who could not like the housewives who had orgasms over their newly waxed floors?"
(Italics mark my emphasis.)
That's a great set of requirements for picking startups: simple messages, great customer testimonials, and products that really work — that anyone can use. (You can also take the opposite approach on the "products that anyone can use" requirement.)
Bonus: Also see David's post on Hiring the Right Sales Guy:
"So what's the best type of sales guy for a start up? To be honest, none of the above. The founders are the best sales guys, supported by the correct marketing and sales support technology, processes and people. They know their solutions and vision best and should be the one who lead the charge in the marketplace.
"Instead of hiring a very expensive super sales guy, for example, use your board members to get introductions at target customers. That's a prime role for board members and should be a key criteria in choosing them. Want C-Level introductions? Try cold calling at 8am in the morning when the C-levels get in early to check their emails. Need a group of specialists to sell the solution? Assemble the team from current employees to make the pitch. Everyone should be a sales person in a start up."
This is consistent with Steve Blank's advice that founders should be on the customer development team and, if necessary, complemented by a 'sales closer'.


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Eddie Botes recently presented at our annual conference. Our theme was "Growing in the new world" - Moving on from the days of double digit growth and harnessing the technologies of today for tomorrow. His insights into the evolving world and the societies we now live in, coupled with an informative vision of the future of our world, proved very beneficial. His relaxed presentation style, thorough research of subject matter, interlaced with his dry humour, set the scene for our conference. If this was on Facebook, it would get a big, "Like".–Steve Hight - Director of gaming - Tsogo Sun
I would like to convey my sincere thanks and gratitude towards Eddie and the manner in which he facilitated a Leadership/Morale session at a recent departmental function. The brief to Leadershift was to discuss self-awareness and the direct correlation to morale and the general state of well-being of staff. We had reached our half year stage and the staff were really feeling the pressure of mounting financials and targets. We needed to reflect and Leadershift was the perfect solution. Eddie brought a fresh and insightful look at Emotional Intelligence but in a manner that appealed to his audience. The key message was that we all choose how to react and he gave practical tips on how to take the learning's further. Feedback afterwards was overwhelmingly positive and I am sure we will be seeing Leadershift in the future.–Len Faul - Santam legal
It was our privilege to have Eddie Botes at our yearly Sanlam Group Secretaries Conference in Cape Town. His presentation: "Achieving greatness through a shift in thinking", was very informative, interactive and engaging. He kept the ladies glued to their seats with interesting facts whilst challenging their current paradigms about how they see their work, life and success! He gave us a fresh view on how your thinking is key to achieving greatness in your personal and professional life.–Sonja de Wet - Sanlam SPF
I have heard Eddie speak twice and both times I have been struck by his deep insight into the subject of leadership, as well as his knowledge, wisdom and intellect. Eddie has also co-facilitated a discussion group with me and is able to strike the perfect balance between listening well, imparting knowledge and gaining trust. He is intuitive and sincere and his well rounded learning gives delegates an immediate sense of his sincerity and intuitive teaching abilities. I can't wait to work with him on more workshops and presentations.–Kathy English Brower - Kathy English Brower consulting


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- LadyoftheLabyrinth
- 5 years ago
I am so embarrassed to be posting this!
I purchased my dress only a month ago and it fit pretty much perfectly. Not long after I got the flu for 2 weeks, which meant lying in bed most of the time eating and slouching around. I mostly drank water and soft drink during this time because I had such a sore throat. I rarely drink soft drink, but while I was sick I had it almost every day. The weight I put on is noticeable, mostly around my waist more than my tummy.
I tried my dress on today and although it will completely zip up, it is satin and looks stretched across my middle. I am so embarrassed and my tummy looks really bloated. I know if I don't lose some weight my dress is barely going to fit on my wedding day, which is on the 30th of August! Do any bees have some healthy suggestions for losing weight in such a short amount of time? I got a gym membership today and I am really keen to get back in shape.


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Yorkshire and Humber – A Low Carbon Economy Leader
Yorkshire and Humber's vision for a Low Carbon Economy, the journey to this and the work being carried out by Yorkshire Forward to support this, is outlined in a new prospectus launched today.
'A Low Carbon Economy Leader - The Challenge is the Opportunity' looks at how the region is working to make the Low Carbon Economy a reality, bringing together businesses, dedicated public agencies and world class expertise, turning the problem into profits and obstacles into opportunities.
Across the region there is huge scope to expand clean and renewable energy generation and to help businesses use energy efficiently. There are major opportunities to exploit growing markets in environmental technologies.
Yorkshire and Humber was the first English region to set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions and its actions have been guided by groundbreaking research which has been backed by investment and action, including; CO2 Sense, a company set up to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint and improve resource efficiency; and The Centre for Low Carbon Futures, a £50m partnership with Yorkshire universities to create a world-class research Centre.
Local authorities and their partners are also leading innovative low carbon action at the local level, and the prospectus highlights examples and opportunities, such as work to use biomass for heating and schemes to improve the housing insulation – cutting fuel bills, creating jobs and helping the environment.
The document also outlines the region's potential to become a world leader with low carbon future developments and opportunities, ranging from Carbon Capture and Storage, the Offshore Wind Opportunity, the Nuclear Energy Supply Chain and Cleaner Power Generation and Biorenewables.
The region's designation as a national Low Carbon Economic Area for Carbon Capture and Storage and for the Civil Nuclear Supply Chain reflect its real strengths in these areas and provide an excellent platform for further innovation and achievement.
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward commented; "Yorkshire and Humber has the potential to become a genuine world leader in the Low Carbon Economy. Leaders from Yorkshire Forward, local government and business back this vision. The region has natural and distinctive advantages, coupled with the skills, ideas and the determination to seize the opportunity. Doing so will turn inherited problems into new opportunities, help the nation to hit its climate change targets, and open up huge economic, employment and export potential in the process."
Yorkshire Forward
- Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency behind the economic regeneration of Yorkshire and Humber. It aims to make a positive difference by investing in jobs, improving towns and cities, and in supporting businesses throughout the region.
- Yorkshire Forward's investment across the region is maximised by attracting European Regional Development Funding.
- For further information, images or to arrange an interview, please contact Laura Scholey, Press Manager on 0113 3949540 or email email@example.com


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We are competitive library employees who are using this blog for our reading contest against each other and Missouri libraries up to the challenge.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
How it went down
Tariq Johnson is gunned down in the street. He is a black teen, the shooter is a white man. In the aftermath, the community is struggling. This book is told in a variety of viewpoints from people who witnessed the shooting to others who knew Tariq. Everyone has an interesting perspective but none of these accounts agree. Was Tariq armed? Was the shooting justified? Had Tariq finally joined the gang that had been recruiting him? Even his best friend is unsure how it went down.
This is the second book of alternating viewpoints that I've read this month and I loved both of them. This book has many narrators and it is really possible to see all of their viewpoints. The book really captures the struggles of each person. Yes, Tariq's shooting is central event of the book but everyone has things going on in their life beyond the shooting. Powerful writing from an author that is new to me.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2015
One man and his.....
16 comments:
- Rainey's Craft Room said...
A terrific male card Pinky, a great image and design.
- June 10, 2015 8:50 pm
- Marie-Louise said...
Fantastic male card Pinky.
- June 10, 2015 9:42 pm
- Sue said...
This is fabulous Pinky, I love the image and great design.
Sue xx
- June 10, 2015 10:07 pm
- Marianne's Craftroom said...
Great fun card, love the embellies. Been dull and cool here today
- June 10, 2015 10:09 pm
- As.I.Do.Rodos. said...
A very eye catching card gorgeous image . Thank you for joining us at I♥Promarkers challenge good luck Ginny x
- June 11, 2015 9:11 am
- Annie said...
Wow stunning use of colour and a great card.
Annie xxx
MTTC Guest Designer
- June 11, 2015 2:27 pm
- Aurora Aurelia said...
Awesome card for male.. Thank you for joining our Anything Goes Challenge #33 at Art by Mi Ran Blog.. Hope to see you again in our next challenge.. and good luck at the draw ;)
- June 11, 2015 3:44 pm
- Lorraine said...
A brilliant mans card Pinky, fab image and design
Lorraine x
- June 11, 2015 8:23 pm
- Hellen Pearce said...
Fab design and great male card! Love your blue tractor - thanks for joining in at Mo's Challenge :-) Hellen
- June 12, 2015 7:15 am
- Kim Heggins said...
What a wonderful card...love that tractor, so fun. Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too.
- June 13, 2015 3:55 am
- Loopylou. said...
oh I love this!! Thank you for playing along with us over on the PFP challenge blog and at DP2 too!!
hugs Lou xx
- June 13, 2015 9:16 am
- The Crafty Den said...
Gorgeous card Pinky. I love the fab image and your colouring is perfect. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week for our masculine challenge. Hugs, Denise x
- June 14, 2015 8:12 pm
- Marie said...
Fabby happy card! Lovely design and I love all little details. Thanks for joining us over at PFP this week.
Love n hugs
- June 15, 2015 7:56 pm
- coops said...
So stunning Pinky.Really love your fab design and details and your image and colouring are fabulous.
Thanks for joining in my masculine challenge this week at PFP :D
xx coops xx
- June 15, 2015 8:06 pm
- Tanvi Shah said...
Such a fabulous male card! Perfect! Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion#265.
- June 16, 2015 4:29 am
- coldwaters2 said...
Brilliant male themed card Pinky great image and wonderful colours.
lorraine x
- June 19, 2015 7:28 pm


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Devoted to poetry in Canada
Farming districts, factory villages, ghost towns, bedroom communities, alternative societies, touristic hamlets, and shtetls: Poetry is Dead wants your poems and creative nonfiction on the subject of small town life.
by Charlotte Zhang
I'm not like that. I would
never be like that even though I
talk to people like that
every day and I don't say anything
because it makes me
feel awkward.
We've got some new items for sale in our shop, and we've made it easy to pick up some back issues as well!
Our fourteenth issue, guest edited by Shazia Hafiz Ramji and Sheryda Warrener.
Poems that "shirk" adult responsibility and experiment into those "youthful" feelings of infiniteness, earnestness, and angst.
In the "Youth [Culture]" issue of Poetry Is Dead, Dani Couture provided one of her Poetry Fortune Tellers available to download and print.
Featured in the Youth [Culture] issue of Poetry Is Dead is The Braille Project, which explores the incidental beauty of a language system not meant to be seen, placing emphasis on texture and touch.
"I do not like these patients [with schizophrenia] … I feel them to be so far distant from me and from everything human, Sigmund Freud wrote in a letter at the beginning of the previous century. For such a colossal figure in mental health matters, this callousness is jaw-dropping, but what it illustrates is the extensiveness of prejudice towards people suffering from illnesses of the mind. These days we try to pluck the stigma that's so deeply rooted in our history from our daily thoughts and actions. We work at dismantling preconceptions through art.
Our tenth issue of Poetry Is Dead is weird as fuck, and we love it.
The chapbook has taken on a variety of forms in the digital age. Produced by Poetry Is Dead and curated by the magazine's founder Daniel Zomparelli, Sixteen Pages presents a series of sixteen-page digital chapbooks from around the world that visitors can view using a smartphone or tablet.


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Loaded Bagel & Lox Strata Recipe
This loaded bagel & lox strata recipe is the People's Choice Grand Prize winner in our Eggs for Everyone recipe contest.
Servings: 8
Active time: 25 minutes
Total time:
- 8 Davidson's Safest Choice® pasteurized egg(s)
- 1 1/2 c 2% milk
- 3 everything bagels
- 1 4 ounce package lox or smoked salmon, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 1/3 c shredded white sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 Tbsp finely chopped red onion
- 2 Tbsp snipped chives
- 1/2 c reduced fat cream cheese with chives and onion
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 2-quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In large bowl, whisk together eggs and milk; set aside.
- Cut bagels into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces; measure out 3 cups. Arrange in single layer in baking dish. Place half of lox pieces over bagels. Sprinkle evenly with cheese, onion, and chives. Top with remaining lox and pour egg mixture over top.
- With melon baller or small cookie scoop, make 10 scoops of cream cheese and place over top of strata.
- Cover with aluminum foil that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Refrigerate at least 4 hours, or as long as overnight.
- Bake 30 minutes; remove foil and continue baking 10 to 15 minutes or until top is golden and strata is cooked through. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
by Donna McSoley on 09/28/15
Delicious! All the flavors of a Jewish delicatessen into one dish! LOVE!
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|430mg (18% DV)
|23g (8% DV)
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Bingo90 2013 for iPhoneFree
Free Flashloft iOS Version 1.5.0 Full Specs
Publisher's Description
From Flashloft:
90 Ball Bingo is a game traditionally played in the United Kingdom, Australia and other countries of the Commonwealth. The game is similar to the American 75 Ball Bingo, where the cards include a pattern. Players just try to be the first ones to complete the winning pattern. In 90 Ball Bingo, cards have three rows and nine columns. Five squares in each row contain numbers ranging from 1 to 90, while the rest are blank. Players buy strips of tickets at the beginning of each game. The maximum number of tickets you can buy is 48. Unlike 75 ball Bingo, the 90 ball game is played with only 3 patterns. Each of the 3 patterns has a prize associated with it. The patterns are called One Line (first part), Two Lines (second part), and Full House. Random numbers from 1 to 90 are called on the Bingo Call board. The first player to correctly cross off a horizontal line, then Two Lines, and finally all of the numbers on a ticket (Full House), wins the prize for that pattern. The prizes increase in value. Where the One Line prize will buy you a few extra tickets, winning the Full House prize most likely means a profit for the night! A strip is a set of 6 tickets containing all 90 numbers, distributed throughout in a Dab-All format. When a strip of six tickets is played in one bingo game, every possible number from 1-90 is covered and therefore, a number is crossed off at each bingo call.
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Jus Burgers is already quite established in Perth, and have fairly recently opened up shop in Melbourne. They are all about promoting locally sourced ingredients, that is all fresh and delicious, and in my opinion it definitely makes a difference to the food they serve up.
We could not go past the famous onion rings - cut and battered fresh daily. I am so glad we got to taste these - they were simply amazing. The batter was so crunchy and flavoursome, and the onions were finger licking good, with a great sweetness to them. Such a classic combination brought to life again simply by freshness and lots of love. The chips were also a hit, cooked to perfection, but I would definitely recommend tasting the onion rings.
For the main event, I ordered The Pommy Burger - '100% hormone free, grass fed beef from the Gippsland region' – char grilled and served with cheddar and bacon, as well as lettuce, tomato, spanish onion and housemade aioli and relish. To that, I added (I was hungry) a serve of balsamic onions.
This burger was massive. But even more importantly, it was mind blowingly delicious. Everything was so fresh and juicy, and the balsamic onions were a delight. I was in burger heaven. All the elements of the burger came together to create a juicy perfection. I would order this again in a heartbeat.
I find it kind of fitting that this place is called 'Jus' Burgers, as in french, jus means juice - and these burgers were so so juicy.
E's burger was pretty impressive. Towering over everything, the Wagyu Beef burger was made up of 'Hormone free, fully traceable, full blood Wagyu' with wasabi mayo. E also decided to add bacon to that, as we both believe life is better simply because of bacon.
We were both so happy about these burgers. The vibe at Jus Burgers was also great. It was a real relaxed, positive environment and the staff there were all really friendly.
While we rolled out of Jus Burgers, almost entering the food coma stage of fullness, I reflected. This had been my favourite part of the burger adventure so far. Big call! But I know the burgers here will back me up - Jus Burgers, highly recommended!


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New IMA portfolios available SAA from State Street Global Advisors
October 24, 2016 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Please join Katie Gill (IP) and Mark Wills (SSGA Head of Investment Solutions Group, Asia Pacific ex-Japan) for further details of the launch of the SSGA SAA models within the IMA service.
During the webinar we'll cover:
– How the SAA models will work within the IMA service
– Pricing, documentation and IMA functionality
– SSGA Investment Solutions Group
– The investment process and asset allocation methodology
– Model construction and underlying assets
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Meet Monica ... set of 6 cookies. Monica is a cute character who loves the 60s & 70s, shes got her little modette dress on in this pack with platform boots and makeup to match, she looks stunning. .. All 6 different poses. Full size with the tallest around 2000 pixels and created in 300dpi. CU is permitted. CU4CU is NOT permitted sorry.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Monica Cookie
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The History of Punk Show 92: moreCORE
We continued our exploration of punk "cores" on show 92! A little bit about what Steve Albini thinks about hardcore, some thrash, and even a pinch of positive hardcore too!
Here's the playlist:
- Big Black (Evanston) – "Steelworker"
- Slates (Edmonton) – "(I Got A) Catholic Block"
- Golden Years (Edmonton) – "Amp"
- These Estates (Regina) – "I Can't Wait"
- Void (Columbia) – "Dehumanized"
- Subhumans (Vancouver) – "Refugee"
- Gang Green (Braintree) – "Kill a Commie"
- Bad Brains (DC) – "Big Take Over"
- Dead Kennedys (San Francisco) – "Buzzbomb"
- Misfits (Lodi) – "Mommy can I go out and Kill Tonight?"
- Slayer (Huntington Park) – "Raining Blood"
- Suicidal Tendencies (Venice) – "Institutionalized"
- Short Lease (East Michigan) – "Life is Suffering"
- Youth of Today (Connecticut) – "Positive Outlook"
- Unity (Orange County) – "You are One"
And here's the show!
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AMES — Jamie Vanderbeken hasn't had much to feel good about these last few months.
That changed Sunday when the Belleville, Ontario, native watched Canada beat the United States, 3-2, in overtime of the men's Olympic hockey final. Vanderbeken, who is being witheld from competition and seeking a medical redshirt for next season because of a variety of injuries, was signing the Canadian national anthem walking off the practice floor Monday morning.
"I'm so proud, especially being around all Americans who don't know anything about hockey," he said. "We honestly care."
Cyclone players were lifting weights Sunday during the gold medal match, and keeping one eye on the TV.
"When I heard it was 2-2 and they tied it up I almost cried," Vanderbeken said.
A nation — and an ISU basketball player thousands of miles away — rejoiced when Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal past U.S. goalie Ryan Miller.
A loss would have been difficult for Canadians to swallow.
"There would be a lot of depressed people," Vanderbeken said. "It's our game. We invented it, we mastered it and we've got (gold) again… You (Americans) are getting there."


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The Prussian army in the later Napoleonic period wore a variety of uniforms. The reserve regiments were to wear the standard Prussian Reserve uniform a simple grey tunic cut in a style similar to the Line regiments but without any "tails". However due to the influx of men and little materials some regiments wore uniforms purchased from the British or some even still wore the uniforms they wore when fighting for the French. All uniforms were modified by the wearer to look more "Prussian" such was the strength of the national pride unheard of pre-Napoleon.
The two main styles of uniform were the Kollet and the Litewka. The Kollet is often associated with the Line infantry. Its a solid tunic made from a dark blue cloth for everything except for Jaegers who wore green. Turnbacks were always in red. The collars and cuffs colours denoted what region the unit was from. The straps were white except for the Fusiliers who wore black cross straps.
Here are some examples from my 28mm Army for Lasalle:
Mounted Jaeger Officer his red collar denotes he is from a West Prussian Regiment. He is wearing the Kollet.
Note the black straps for the cartridge box for light infantry and the red turnbacks.
2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 1st West Prussian. This unit is a West Prussian unit but didn't have the traditional red collars. They wore a light blue Litewka with white facings.
The horse has a uniform as well, light blue and lined with white just like the rider.
Standard Kollet for this line regiment, Red collars and cuffs.
Note the white straps and the coat tided across the chest. This is a universally Prussian thing and common in both line, reserve and landwehr.
Landwehr wear the Litewka, note the West Prussian red in the collars.
White shoulder straps denotes 1st squadron. The horse also has red facings. White and black pennons denotes landwehr.
Landwehr infantry did not wear the covered Shako instead they wore cap lined with the regiments facing colour. This is the first battalion of the Westfalen regiement. The wear the Litewka.
This is a foot artillery officer. While it looks similar in style to the Litewka it is made from a much nicer cloth to the uniforms issued to the Landwehr.
While I don't have any Uhlans in my collection they wore the Kollet even though they were issued with the warmer Litewka. It is believed that they refused to wear the Litewka because it would make the look identical to the Landwehr cav. Something that those proud lancers would need want to be mistaken with.


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I've dated various, unsuitable, characters in my past.
But I don't wish to personally dwell on them too much.
"You've got to find someone with the same values and upbringing," my mother used to tell me.
Oh she must have frequently felt exasperated by my choices, and concerned about my future. I expect I gave her many a sleepless night.
Sorry mum.
Until I met Mark and it all clicked into place.
And my mother was right. (They often are, aren't they.) It's so important to hold the same values, and (preferably in my case) experience similarities with upbringing.
Our pasts mold us, our aspirations motivate us. And if they clash, conflict and divide, well it can be game over. With a bunch of stress and heartache along the way.
I feel as if I've finally found my tribe.
Mark and his family are the mirror images of my own. And it's a breath of fresh air, as it hasn't always been this way.
Stories of mark's childhood often remind me of my own. His parents and brother I can totally relate to, and I love the fact he too is close to his cousins, aunts and uncles, not only in bonding but in distance.
Mark's cousin's daughter married her significant one a couple of weeks ago.
We had both looked forward to the occasion. Knowing it would be another momentous day, with family, champagne, cake, and a new outfit.
Mark and I even booked ourselves into a hotel to vacate to, after the fish and chips and chardonnay.
Plus a hairdresser's appointment on their wedding day, for a hair up and down. I have never done this before, sat in a salon whilst my hair was styled for a big day. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Our room for the night.
Quintessential English church, the bride and her father. Otherwise known as Mark's cousin's daughter and husband.
Beautiful venue and grounds. Tommy made friends.
Lawn games.
Secret doors. Well they weren't that secret but I told Tommy they were secret gardens with adventures to be discovered. Just look at him run.
Pondering about life.
The three of us.
Dessert. Delicious.
Top table.
Mark and I messing about in hotel room.
Cheesy, I know. But I'm glad I found him. Finally.


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J. Bradford DeLong
An (early) draft of a column for Fortune.
It is not that productivity growth is extraordinarily rapid. Measured productivity growth is no faster than in the 1960s. The gap between true and measured productivity growth may be larger today than in the 1960s, but it may not--in its day the coming of TV was a very big deal--and we have no reliable speedometer with which to tell. High rates of return on investments in technology are not guaranteed, for high profits persist only if sustained by strong barriers to entry--and the new economy brings reduced barriers to entry and increased competition as part of its new technological capabilities.
What is truly new and special about our "new economy" is the new business ecology--the pattern of organizing the business of launching new technologies--that has grown up in Silicon Valley over the past generation. Even after the end of the current cycle, even if the current cycle ends in a full-blown stock market crash, much of research and development will still be handled in a new way: the business of commercializing new technologies will still be rapidly spun-off into new companies, engineers will still be motivated by stock options, venture capitalists will still trawl for good ideas, and new technologies will still be launched into the marketplace in a small fraction of the time that product development cycles used to take. As Venture Law Group principal Tae Hea Nahm has argued, the organizational capabilities and modes of thought that have been created will still be vibrant and useful even if Wall Street ceases to be so eager to snap up IPOs.
We often tend to forget how different this new business ecology is from the way things used to be. But the executives and innovators who grew up under the old system remember. Michael Hiltzik's book _Dealers of Lightning_ reports on Adobe Systems' cofounders John Warnock's and Charles Geschke's days at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. As Warnock remembers it: "Chuck Geschke and I had a conversation in his office and said, 'You know, we need to go do something else, because we've spent two years of our lives trying to sell this thing [internally] and they're going to put it under a black shroud for another five.'" But at the time the bureaucratic system of Xerox had its rationality. With long product development cycles, little in the way of channels for testing new products, and high costs of ramping up to full-scale production, even a Xerox could not afford to introduce many new technologies. So it made sense to pit ideas against each other internally in a bureaucratic tournament, hoping that the fittest would survive the gauntlet.
Moreover, at the time the bureaucratic system at Xerox had--and this was not clear to me until I read Clayton Christensen's brilliant _The Innovation Dilemma_--a necessary irrationality as well. A strong, competent, successful organization It was also a place where the launch of a disruptive technology was likely to be hobbled. Such a technology means that old divisions shrink and old customers are told to buy new products. But the more competent are the engineers and managers running the old divisions, the greater is the number of reasons--good reasons--they will think of that the new technology won't work. The more the company listens to its customers, the less will it be open to engineers proposing radical shifts. The things that had made Xerox successful made it hard for it to adopt disruptive technologies.
Warnock's and Geschke's company, Adobe Systems, came in the early days of our new business ecology. They were in perhaps the second generation of development of what we now see as the Silicon Valley System: rapid prototyping, short product-development cycles, early test marketing, options-based compensation, venture funding, early corporate independence, and so forth. It seems to be a highly successful system for launching new technologies into the marketplace.
How much of this Silicon Valley System could have been developed at more or less any time in the past half-century? I am becoming convinced that the answer is "not much." The late nineteenth century railroad would have been next to impossible to manage without the telegraph, and the pre-telephone investment bank of the original J.P. Morgan could only function if all the partners worked in one big room where they could talk to each other.
In a similar manner the decentralized venture-startup system of today's Silicon Valley is an extraordinarily heavy user as well as a creator of our modern information and communications technologies. Their ability to peer inside firms--and the ability of firms to communicate their detailed needs and practices to others--relies heavily upon the technologies that have been developed. Thus it is hard to see how this particular system could have been possible before their invention.
But now that this model is possible, it'll likely endure. That's because in the last analysis the Silicon Valley system doesn't rely on making a short-run killing off of a successful IPO. Instead it seems likely to be a better business ecology, and a more productive set of processes for rapidly developing and commercializing new technologies, in the long run. Amid all the hype is something truly new.
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For what it is worth, most of my friends who are not residing in NYC generally seem to feel that a Fortune column has more impact than a New York Times Business Section column. I am still uncertain, but I thought I would pass it along.
Contributed by Anonymous (email@example.com) on April 13, 2000.
Dear Brad,
I enjoy your e-mail column and found your recent article Speculative Microeconomics in First Monday very useful. In your column today you refer to Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma; disruptive technologies......but I think the real enabling power is disruptive ideas, for these have a different time dimension and we are moving into a virtual world where space is not limited. This changes organizational relationships with consumers and markets. Organizations must now focus on facilitating the evolution of markets. Organizations that mediate space or seek control of closed data-mines will fail.
Thus I've recently had a go at a possible new ecology; one in which communities of consumers take control of their personal information assets. The knowledge economy is changing information asymmetries in favor of consumers. I've captured this in "The COMsumer Manifesto", published at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_5/h enshall/index.html I've had some very positive feedback and looking for both new opportunities, ways to test it and input into COMsumers.
I'm not an economist, but a marketer. I'd certainly appreciate any thoughts / comments you might have.
Best regards
Stuart Henshall GBN Global Business Network 510-547-6822
Contributed by Stuart Henshall (email@example.com) on May 13, 2000.
At 03:19 AM 5/11/2000 +0000, you wrote:
What Is Truly "New" About Our "New Economy"? An (early) draft of a column for Fortune...
***... High rates of return on investments in technology are not guaranteed, for high profits persist only if sustained by strong barriers to entry--and the new economy brings reduced barriers to entry and increased competition as part of its new technological capabilities.***
Actually, this is only true about the *relative* rate of return on tech investments vs. other investments. It is possible, though I admit far from likely, that tech returns will be so huge as to drive so much capital into tech on the margin all investments get the same high return.
***How much of this Silicon Valley System could have been developed at more or less any time in the past half-century? I am becoming convinced that the answer is "not much." The late nineteenth century railroad would have been next to impossible to manage without the telegraph, and the pre-telephone investment bank of the original J.P. Morgan could only function if all the partners worked in one big room where they could talk to each other.
In a similar manner the decentralized venture-startup system of today's Silicon Valley is an extraordinarily heavy user as well as a creator of our modern information and communications technologies.***
This doesn't fit with my experience in silicon valley. The reason it is a valley and not a nation is that people have to live near each other for it to work, so they can meet a lot and talk a lot in person. I'm not sure new comm techs have that much to do with it.
Contributed by Robin Hanson (email@example.com) on May 24, 2000.
Dear Dr. Delong: June 10, 2000
I read your article on p.36 in May 29 Fortune magazine and had a few comments about your "business ecology" construct. As in most "macro" systems, they are made up of "micro" events which, taken together, tend to define the whole. The underlying reason for the competitive advantage of start-ups over large public companies (or small public companies) and their respective abilities to take risks on new technologies, i.e., research (not development), is simply an accounting and earnings expectations problem. For public companies, research funding is expensed in the current quarter (even though the pay-off may be years away) and directly subtracts from reported net income. This negative pull on earnings impacts the P/E of the stock and all the unfortunate consequences that follow from that, mostly stimulated by stock analysts waiting to make their next upgrade or downgrade. In other words, the fear of change you mention which existed in a Xerox isn't the real issue. I have been doing R&D for large public and small private technology-based companies for 25 years--and the risk-averse behavior of the large public companies could always be traced back to what effect on earnings a new research initiative would have. At the small private company the research funding was much more available for "outside the box" projects and real research was possible--the kind of research which leads to truly breakthrough products. Venture capital-backed technologies at start-up companies have a much better chance of success since the process is very focused and fully funded unfettered by net income imperatives which exist at public companies. If you doubt my view, I was personally told by a vice-chairman of a very well known medical device firm (public) for which I worked 6 years (as my research project was about to be canceled), "If you can figure out a way to get your project funding off the P&L it will be funded". In other words, the selection of research projects had more to do with accounting than with merit (my project concept is now being pursued by at least a half-dozen start-ups presently).
A possible solution? What abount the option of capitalizing research (not development). Would that help public companies be more risk tolerant? I think it might help. The current venture-capital "ecology" is largely an artifact of a structural disadvantage of public companies based on their accounting principals. I am not hopeful things will change. The tail is wagging the dog.
Contributed by Eric P. Berg (firstname.lastname@example.com) on June 19, 2000.
To: thomas b patterson From: Brad De Long Subject: Re: Summers San Fran. speech Status:
>Dr. Delong,
>Great website, thanks a lot! I was wondering if you know how to get a transcript of Larry Summers speech "The New Wealth of Nations" he presented last month. The topic was covered in today's WSJ (6/9) and sounds very interesting. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the speech anywhere so far.
I found a version of it at:
I also heard Larry give a version of it that seemed to me to be more interesting than the official text. My notes from his talk are attached below:
Five points on the new economy:
1. In the information age, big markets are the best markets 2. In the information age, our best resource is our people 1. Resources for education 3. Needed: a proper system for innovation 1. As important as IP protection is... 2. As important as VCs are... 3. ...knowledge is a sequential process of discovery 4. ...you can't build new knowledge on top of old if old knowledge is closely held and guarded 5. ...hence the critical importance of the public role in research and development 4. Markets need to be adequately regulated so that they serve customers 1. Competition policy 2. New technologies bring new challenges 1. Privacy 1. I want people to know I'm a tennis player so they can try to sell me tennis stuff 2. I don't want people to construct a detailed personality profile of me based on all the checks I've written over the past decade
3. Need to make sure there's no "race to the bottom" in the use of new technology 5. Include everyone 1. No excuse for not including everyone today, when in this economy we don't have people looking for jobs, we have jobs looking for people. 2. Inclusion not just necessary for the nation, but good for the nation's businesses 3. 25% of Black American families don't have bank accounts, and spend $15,000 over their lifetimes in check-cashing fees
Contributed by Brad DeLong (firstname.lastname@example.com) on June 19, 2000.
Dear Brad:
My old graduate school classmate Dave Mowrey recommended that I check out your work when I asked him who was writing good stuff on the "new" economy. I downloaded and read "Tools for Thought" and enjoyed it very much. I have passed it on to several of my colleagues as one of the most thoughtful pieces I've seen on the subject. I had been looking for someone to put the current situation in historical context, which is what prompted my original question of Dave Mowrey.
I do have one very minor suggestion on the text of "Tools for Thought", in the usage vein. As one who grew up in Hawaii, my understanding is that "tsunami" is, literally, Japanese for "tidal wave." If so, that puts the usage "tsunami wave" in the same class as "Rio Grande river" and "Sierra Madre mountains."
Regards, Peter Jaquette
Contributed by Peter Jaquette (email@example.com) on September 1, 2000.
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The last bit of the beach....
{I use the term "beach" but it was hard to find much sand with all the seaweed on shore... But hey---we made the most of it!}
This next picture? So very him.
And that, my friends, is the end of the 2014 road trip from Dallas to San Antonio to Galveston to home.
The next morning we packed up and checked out and headed home. There was another stop at Buc-ees, and I remember a stop for Cinnabon. Then, we were home! While it's fun to go and see other places, it's also good to climb into bed at HOME!