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1. Introduction: The Mission of the
Learning Ecology
2. The Challenge of Soft Computing
3. Fuzziness as Stimulus for Learning
4. Learning for Decision Support versus
Learning for Decision Creation
5. Learning to Understand
6. Learning to Create
7. Conclusion
2. The Challenge of Soft Computing
3. Fuzziness as Stimulus for Learning
4. Learning for Decision Support versus
Learning for Decision Creation
5. Learning to Understand
6. Learning to Create
7. Conclusion
1. Introduction: The Mission of the Learning Ecology
Ecology studies the web of dynamic interactions of the
living creatures, including humans, and their environment - natural and
artificial (human-made). Learning is a process which is vital for
sustaining the integrity of this web and hence for sustaining the life
and its unfolding.
Learning ecology focuses on factors and conditions
facilitating the process of learning and searches for ways to increase
its efficiency, in the sense of opening new possibilities for
realization of the self-organizing impetus of the living entities, at
any level of the web of interactions.
Plants and animals learn to adapt to the changing
environment in order to survive, reproduce and increase their fitness.
Some animals easily learn to follow human instructions and develop
behavioral patterns classified by people as "clever", "friendly",
"faithful", etc.
Similarly to other species, people learn how to better cope
with the changes in their environments. Some people learn to be aware
of the events of their experiences and to make sense of them not as
isolated events but in connection with each other; for others, learning
constitutes the meaning of their lives.
Learning ecology considers the process of learning as
essentially holistic - not only the human mind - reason, logic,
ability to think and decide - is the most important agent in this
process. Equally important are also the human heart - feelings,
emotions, ability to love and care - and the human soul - intuition,
inspiration, ability to aspire and meditate. The heart and soul factors
are vital for manifestation of human creativity, and without creativity
learning is a mere repetition of knowledge borrowed from books and
Intelligent machines learn to do things, which are hard or
impossible for people, like processing large files of data and
recognizing patterns in them, solving problems with high computational
complexity, moving and working in environments dangerous for human
life, etc. Like people, intelligent machines can learn from teachers
(supervised learning) or from their 'own experience' (unsupervised
learning) or by using the both types of learning in a process called
hybrid training. The latter is widely used in soft-computing based on
advanced fuzzy neural and fuzzy-genetic techniques.
At the level of human interactions with nature, learning
ecology explores and promotes people's holistic learning to sustain
continuity of life on the planet and support its inherent urge towards
integrity, self-renewal and evolution.
At the level of human interactions with intelligent
machines, learning ecology explores and promotes machines' learning to
understand and 'compute' with human perceptions. It is this kind of
learning that is at the leading edge of the soft computing (SC) in the
beginning of the new millennium [1].
Why learning ecology is interested in promoting this kind of
'cyber'-learning and not just learning how to support human
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2. The Challenge of the Soft Computing Intelligence
When SC-intelligence learns to interpret and work with human
perceptions, it simultaneously learns how to 'experience' the world of
people. People's perceptions are holistic - they are not products only
of their minds; the whole complex of body, mind and soul participates
in experiencing, and hence in perceiving, human reality, both inner and
Unfortunately, the rules of logic which our reason tries to
follow since the earliest years in school, have caused obstacles for
the perceptions to express their holistic nature. Rigid mental
patterns, thinking stereotypes and standards, prejudices and all kinds
of socially implanted world-views and concepts, often with
hard-to-surpass boundaries, strongly impede our ability to perceive the
world synthetically - as a wholeness in which all the phenomena and
processes, be they natural or human-created, are inseparably connected.
The analytical approach of science aims at dividing and separating,
analyzing and classifying, defining and labeling. This approach works
logically and efficiently in the artificial world of technological and
engineering realizations, but affect illogically and disastrously the
world of nature any time when trying to subsume its spontaneity,
creativity and inherent freedom under the dictate of the reason. The
latter aims at harnessing our ability to perceive and experience the
world holistically. Nature has endowed us with this ability, and it is
pity to see how we are losing it under the pressure of logic and
The message of this paper is straightforward: while learning
how to comprehend and operate with human perceptions, SC-intelligence
is able to learn to revive, amplify and make work their holistic
nature, and not let it die under the sole pressure of the human
reasoning. The ability of SC-intelligence to do this is backed by:
The human perceptions are fuzzy - they reflect the fuzziness
of what we know about the complexly interwoven, constantly changing and
therefore difficult-to-predict dynamics of life and nature. Life and
nature, even in their apparently simple forms of manifestation, are
beyond precise definitions and descriptions. Even a human-created
system, which is built of many elements complexly related to each other
and open to unpredictable changes, escapes relevant precise
descriptions (Zadeh's Principle of Incompatibility [2]).
The fuzziness of our perceptions does not impede the natural
urge to explore reality and make sense of what we experience; on the
contrary, the fuzziness acts as a strong stimulus for learning and
keeping awake our awareness about the changes that constantly emerge
The more efficient our learning to interpret and work with
the fuzziness of what we perceive, the more able we are to facilitate
the emergence of autonomous decisions, that is, decisions born
out of our own creativity and not just copies of already made
decisions. While able to facilitate such acts of creativity, we
minimize the need to repeat, follow blindly or only support what others
say and do.
The same is true for the SC-based intelligence. Once it
begins to understand and operate with the fuzziness of human
perceptions, it becomes able to learn how to do something more than
just supporting the decisions made by a 'rational' expert or operator.
With the help of teachers, it can develop a capacity to recognize and
display the emergence of its own autonomous decisions.
Here lays the crucial difference between a DEcision-Support
Intelligence (desi) and an Autonomous DEision-Maker (adem).
4. Learning for Decision Support versus Learning for
Decision Creation
Desi aims only at assisting human decision-makers.
There is always an expert or experts who formulates (in a precise or in
a fuzzy way) a specific problem, its restrictions and goals, and
selects a method (or methods) for solving it and hence reaching (or
approaching 'closely enough') the stated goals. The computing power of desi
and the self-organizing capacity of its fuzzy-neural or/and fuzzy-
genetic software are used to search for the optimal (or a 'more or
less' satisfactory) solution and thus to support the expert's
logic. Desi is of help when used for solving engineering
problems related to the design and implementation of intelligent control
systems. Desi is strictly rational and fully obeys the expert's
rules of logic, usually tuned to take economically efficient
If the expert makes a mistake, it is supported and often
amplified by desi. Thousands of technological decisions, which
turned to be disastrous from ecological point of view, have been
conceived in experts' minds and supported by desi's computing
Different is the role of adem; it is assisted by
people, engaged in a specific fields of social activity, to learn how to
understand their fuzzy perceptions. By recursively operating with these
perceptions - comparing, combining, intersecting, juxtaposing,
classifying, seeking for similarities, recognizing patterns, building
clusters, etc., adem's neural or/and genetic network becomes
'intelligent' enough to interpret the meanings which they express.
This first stage of adem's learning applies
fuzzy-logic-based techniques developed for computing with words and
expressions of natural language by translating them into words and
expressions belonging to the so-called 'generalized constraint
languages' [3].
The meaning which adem extracts from an individual's
perception must be as closed as possible to the meaning which this
individual has inserted in his/her perception. The high degree of
closeness is guaranteed through a recursive procedure that represents a
kind of dialogue between adem and humans - a dialogue, which
serves to clarify the meanings encapsulated in their perceptions.
Adem's learning at the first stage is facilitated by
the fact that we (and the language we use) are social products; the
largest part of us repeats in words and realizes in actions 'truths'
adopted or established by the society in which we live. We share
similar experiential findings and borrow knowledge from similar sources
- books, papers, talks, mass media and the world wide web. Therefore,
there is a tendency towards similarity in the ways we perceive our
world. This tendency is emphasized by widely spread and constantly
repeated advises how the 'normal' people in a 'normal' democratic
society should 'normally' behave and 'normally' perceive the changes
that 'normally' occur in their lives. 'Normal' are people whose
'normal' behaviour is to make money and try to reach a higher social
status or public estimation - these are considered as the most
significant achievements in our 'normal' society - achievements which
we are highly recommended to accomplish before we die (as if we need
them in our next lives). Today's understanding of a 'normal' democratic
society is a society, which is consumption-oriented, run by the money
and the global power of the world's richest financial corporations and
their visible or invisible bosses, and persistently brainwashed by the
media to keep the poor majority silent and not rebellious, and to let
them think that the existing forms of democracy provide all with equal
opportunities to live and realize their potentials.
The learning ecology considers this kind of social
'normalization', actively promoted through an aggressive corporative
expansion, as a serious threat for learning of both the human and the
machine intelligence. The introduction of standards and models for
'normal' behaviour in the social realities affects the meanings
encapsulated in human perceptions of these realities by making them
converge to rigid socially adopted meanings. Although such kind of
meanings may technically facilitate adem's understanding of
human perceptions, it could be fatal for human creativity and also for
creativity of the machine intelligence, in the light of their future
It is the unique richness, spontaneity and integrity of each
individual's experience that support the holistic nature of one's
perceptions, their creative impetus and authenticity. Therefore this
richness needs to be preserved by society and not killed through
adopted stereotypes, norms and global standards.
When the first stage of adem's learning - learning
to understand and operate with perceptions of people involved in a
specific kind of social activity - is completed, adem is tested
on a sample of perceptions belonging to people who, although involved
in the same kind of activity, did not participate in the first stage of
learning. If the results are found satisfactory by the adem's
teachers, the second stage of learning is ready to start.
An example of practical realization of the first
stage is any successful accomplishment of a fuzzy inquiry on the
Internet. The inquiry represents a fuzzy individual perception to be
understood by the world wide web; if the inquirer is satisfied with the
search result offered by the server-in-use, it means that the web has
adequately understood his/her perception.
At the second stage, adem learns how to use its
ability to understand human perceptions in order to 'create' autonomous
decisions. An autonomous decision represents a meaningful combination
of perceptions already understood by adem.
The meaning of any successfully understood human perception
is saved as a specific configuration of adem's neural network.
By firing more than one configuration and performing different
operations with them, similar to the operations used in the first stage
of learning, it is possible to create new meaningful combinations.
Whether the new combination is meaningful or not is decided by a
teacher. Each newly created meaningful combination is considered as a
carrier of a new meaning, and therefore as an approved autonomous
decision created by adem. (In a similar way, students proceed
while trying to create new meanings in their essays while using
previously accumulated knowledge and the assessment of their
This process of learning can be significantly accelerated,
if a web of adems is built. Then each autonomous decision
generated at one only node of the web and approved as a meaningful can
be immediately used at any other node for generation of new autonomous
decisions. In this way a kind of a chain reaction of an expanding set
of newly created autonomous decisions can be fired; this increases the
efficiency of the learning process.
Example of adem's way of creating autonomous
decisions one can find in any Internet-based learning environment,
where certain key statements in the teaching material (that is,
statements whose meanings are with high priority for understanding the
material) are automatically re-shaped into questions and then offered
to students as a controlled test for assessment. Students' fuzzy
perceptions of the teaching material - perceptions expressed in their
responses to the test questions - are processed using techniques
applied by adem during the first stage of its learning.
Basically, each answer is compared with the corresponding key statement
form the teaching material, and if the meaning extracted from the
answer coincides with (or is closed to) the meaning of the key
statement, the answer is classified as right.
By focusing on the factors and conditions facilitating the
procees of learning, learning ecology opens new possibilities for
realization of the self-organizing ability both of the human and the
machine intelligence - an ability that plays a crucial role in the
creative decision-making. The development of the SC capacity for
understanding and dealing with the fuzziness inherent in the holistic
nature of the human perceptions is of a major significance for
stimulating the emergence of an ontological leap of the SC-based
intelligence from its use as a supporter of human decision-making to
its use as a 'full-blood' creator of autonomous decisions. This leap is
inevitable on the way to the ever-strengthening symbiosis between the
human and the SC-based intelligence.
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About 2 weeks ago I bought this lovely yarn. I wanted to make a crochet hat to my daughter, I thought the colour was quite sweet and it is very warm as well.
Después de intentar conseguir el tamano adecuado asi como el patron con restos de lana que tenia por casa, me puse con el 'definitivo' gorro.
After first trying out size and the pattern with another yarn I had from leftovers, I set myself to making the 'real' hat.
Una vez terminado el gorro y contenta con el tamano y el resultado final, empeze a buscar una flor que le fuera y encontre esta flor en este bonito blog.
Once I finished the hat and was happy with the size and finished look, I started looking for a suitable flower, and I found this lovely flower in this lovely blog.

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Key lime pie is the official dessert of the Florida Keys in the United States. While it of course can be made year-round, people often serve it in the spring or summer because of its citrus flavor. The light but filling pie is a nice choice for meals that aren't too heavy--like ones that have fish or salad as the main course--and afternoon gatherings like teas and lunches.
While key lime pie has a sweet taste because of the sweetened condensed milk in the recipe, it also has a noticeably tart flavor that's more intense than a lemon-flavored pie.
People might assume that the pie's filling would be green because of the lime juice, but it's actually a pale yellow and its topping is white. Some add food coloring to give it a green tint or decorate each slice with a sliver of sugared lime.
Two different toppings are used for key lime pie. One is the meringue-style topping that is also used for lemon meringue pie, and another is whipped cream. The topping can cover the whole surface of the pie or may only be used to form a rim around the top of the dessert.
Key lime pies always have a cream filling that is fairly dense. The recipe for the filling typically consists of egg yolks, lime zest, lime juice and sweetened condensed milk that are blended together, baked in an oven and chilled before serving.
This dessert can be made with either a graham cracker or a pastry crust. Restaurants favor the graham cracker recipe, as do people who don't have the time or skill to bake a pastry crust.
The pie has a combination of textures. A graham cracker crust is crumbly, and a pastry crust is flaky. The filling can range from creamy to spongy, depending on the ingredients' portions. The topping for a meringue-covered pie is a foam that dissolves on the tongue, but ones with whipped-cream toppings have a smooth texture.


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EHS people coming to west Virginia were presented on Israeli TV, and this led the hosts to joke on EHS.
Bringing two testimonies of EHS women from west Virginia, the reporter said, that some of the women, when you hear them, you feel that they are not mentally healthy, and regarding some of them, you feel that they are mentally healthy.
Scientists presented briefly were Robert Park and Andrew Goldsworthy. Robert Park was presented as describing the state of scientific position, and Goldworthy was presented as a "a type of a British eccentric", by the reporter.
Yaron London, one of the two hosts of the programme, opened the programme with a new study from the Netherland, refering actually to the Danish study, that found that using cell phones is not harmful, but, he said, there are people who are still afraid and there are scientists who say this study does not represent the truth. And he added "the dread, is stronger than the calming".
The reporter said EHS is researcherd by the WHO and researchers, and in most studies there was not found a link, but still there is precuation about this, and the WHO says such a phenomenon exists, but it is not related to radiation, but may be related to the Yapies disease, something like this, because they don't know how to explain it.
He said that people tell they don't feel well only by the presence of the cell phone in the room, without even talking on it,
EHS can reach to lack of function, it can include skin rashes, Yaron London then continued: "high rate of heart diseases, haemorrhoids, everything together as a result of the presence of the cell phone".
The reporter replied: it is more specific than that.
Yaron London said about people who say they are EHS: "They are destined to be wiped out, these people. In a normal evolution, they would simply die, only in our twisted democracy, you will start treating this phenomenon. Their destiny is to be wiped out, like Dinosaurs, they do not deserve to live".
Yes, this is what he said.
The reporter remarked that he does not necessarily agrees with Yaron London, and Moti Kirshenbaum the second host, then remarked that it is "the objectivism".
Then the hosts started saying, maybe these people bought the wrong cell phones package, maybe they bought package with germs. Then the reporter commented we are in the middle of an experiment, it's the first time humanity is exposed to such a quantity of electromagnetic radiation, and also the hosts' brains works on electricity in very low frequencies. Yaron London replied: this is an oxymoron, what you just said, because we are exposed to electromagnetic radiation so we are not able to think on such complicated problems because we are struck by electromagnetic radiation, we are not able to think on it".
The reporter mentioned that powerlines can cause damage at certain distances, and that cellular radiation in certain way can cause damage. London: it's because of life, it's because of life, it [life] is hard.
So the reporter said that there is also a story on Marie Kiri who sat in the brassery and was told that her hair looks like that because she works too hard, so it's also, because of life. And maybe 30 years from now people will say that there had to be put a chip in the phone that would have neutralized radiation.
Hebrew - apart from the Robert Park and Andrew Goldworthy (towards the end), two women who speak from west Virginia, example of reports from abroad on west Virginia.
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"Gwen was an extraordinary and special person — one of the nation's leading lights in journalism"
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"It is with extremely heavy hearts that we must share that our dear friend and beloved colleague Gwen Ifill passed away this afternoon following several months of cancer treatment. She was surrounded by loving family and many friends whom we ask that you keep in your thoughts and prayers. Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO of WETA, sent the following email to staff earlier today: "Gwen was an extraordinary and special person — one of the nation's leading lights in journalism, a gracious and inspiring colleague, and a warm and steadfast friend. As she bravely battled cancer, Gwen was lifted by the well wishes, flowers and emails from so many who love and respect her. My heart truly goes out to her and her wonderful family. Earlier today, I conveyed to Gwen the devoted love and affection of all of us at WETA/NewsHour. Let us hold Gwen and her family even closer now in our hearts and prayers. I have loved knowing and working with Gwen and will always cherish her memory."


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The Diminishing Role of NASA
The proposed federal budget for 2017 gives NASA a depleted $19 billion budget, with large cuts to deep space exploration. As the role of the administration continues to diminish, so does American leadership in global space exploration and innovation. Even with the funding that is provided, NASA's role has been altered in recent years. Rather than focusing on sending humans to Mars or robots to Jovian moons, NASA has concentrated on using satellites to monitor Earth conditions.
Large budget cuts force space exploration missions to be delayed, limiting our ability to extend the reach of humankind outwards into the Solar System and beyond. The planned mission to Europa, which will search for life on one of Jupiter's intriguing moons, is now put off until the late 2020s. Likewise, the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion deep space crew capsule have suffered big funding cuts. The delays to development of these two systems will impede progress toward sending humans to Mars.
The Growth of Private Space Companies
As NASA's role in space exploration is restrained, multiple private firms have grown to fill the void. SpaceX, founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, has become arguably the most prominent player in the sector. The company has overarching goals to develop new space exploration technologies, as well as to reduce cost of space travel. The ultimate goal of SpaceX is to colonize Mars. With the end of NASA's space shuttle program, SpaceX has also taken over resupplying cargo to the International Space Station. As a part of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, NASA awarded SpaceX funding for its role.
At this point, the company's claim to fame comes in the form of rockets. The Falcon 9 flew successfully into orbit in 2010. The larger capacity 'Falcon Heavy' is scheduled to make its first launch this year. But more than the launch of the rockets, the publicity has been driven by landing them. Within the expensive industry of spaceflight, any methods to reduce cost and increase efficiency are warmly welcomed. By landing the rockets, SpaceX can reuse them, rather than building replacements from scratch.
Successful Rocket Landings
In December of 2015, the Falcon 9 landed for the first time at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. After landing, a static fire test was conducted on the rocket, with a good overall outcome. After demonstrating proof-of-concept, SpaceX furthered the innovation by evaluating what could be done to make the rocket launches more efficient. After the rocket is detached from the payload, some fuel must be used to redirect the rocket to the launch pad. By using an autonomous drone ship, the rocket will only have to use energy to slow the vertical descent, rather than side to side motion. This increases fuel efficiency, decreasing cost.
Landing the rocket on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean is no easy task. GPS errors, combined with the general swell of the ocean, mean that there is a high chance that the 70 meter tall rocket will experience 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.' On April 8th, on the fifth try, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed on a barge, providing an option for launches with limited fuel capacity. Ultimately, 50% of the launches are expected to land at sea.
Future of Spaceflight
Ultimately, the goal of the SpaceX rocket launches is to refly boosters within weeks of touchdown, launching them multiple times in their lifetimes. But SpaceX isn't the only company exploring the potential of reusable rockets. Blue Origin, developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has landed the New Shepard booster three times already. Within less than two decades these private companies have been built from the ground up, delivering remarkable space exploration innovations. Even if the role of NASA continues to diminish, we can count on SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the countless other companies to propel humankind beyond Earth.


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Mega Man and Mega Man 3 Now Free to Play on Your Browser!/
We've just learned that Mega Man and Mega Man 3 are now both available to play for free, right from the comfort of your own home computer via your browser. And by "free to play," we're not talking about the more negative mobile connotation of the term-- we mean you start it up and you play it without paying anything, completely legitimately!
Of course, you've probably guessed by now that there's a catch, and there most certainly is: These are the DOS games by Hi-Tech Expressions, two of the worst games to ever have the Mega Man name attached to them. They've available to play through the Internet Archive's ever-growing list of playable DOS games, which is probably the only way you're going to want to attempt this dreck.
That is, assuming you can even get them to run-- so far, no luck on my end. But if you can, then... hooray? At least they're there, preserved now as a warning for future generations... unless Dr. Cain ignores those warnings, too, and mass-produces a DOS Mega Man X, in which case we're all done for.
If you're not familiar with these two, here's a little bit of footage from the first one:
I think that Mega Man 3 might have been considered marginally better, if at all.
If you're still not deterred, then you can check out Mega Man here, while Mega Man 3: The Robots are Revolting can be found here.
Everyone, now thank HJ for bringing this to my attention and dooming us all.


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Euro stocks rose and the euro gained Tuesday on a rebound in U.S. consumer confidence and after an Italian debt sale met strong demand despite record high rates that analysts warned were unsustainable.
Stocks extended gains and the euro rose further against the dollar after the Conference Board, an industry group, reported that U.S. consumer confidence bounced back in November from a 2-1/2-year low as worries about job and income prospects eased.
European shares extended a low-volume rally into a third day on hopes policy makers will make progress toward containing the debt crisis at a meeting later on Tuesday, even as Italy sold three-year debt at a euro lifetime high.
The euro rose 0.2 percent to $1.3341.
``It is a great sign that the auction was oversubscribed, suggesting that we seem to be moving forward with progress there,'' said Paul Zemsky, the New York-based head of asset allocation for ING Investment Management.
``That said, the yields remain quite high, so we're not sounding an all-clear just yet,'' added Zemsky, who helps oversee $445 billion in assets.
Italy had to offer a record 7.89 percent yield to sell its bonds, a stunning leap from the 4.93 percent it paid in late October.
The costs were above the levels at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal applied for international bailouts.
The FTSEurofirst 300 of leading European shares closed up 0.75 percent at 947.89 points.
Wall Street rallied on the consumer confidence report, another sign that the U.S. economy remains on the path of recovery, and on optimism that Europe is moving to resolve its debt crisis.
At midday, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 67.66 points, or 0.59 percent, at 11,590.67. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 6.92 points, or 0.58 percent, at 1,199.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.92 points, or 0.16 percent, at 2,523.42.
U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped as signs of a pickup in U.S. consumption eroded the safe-haven value of government debt., though bond investors took a cautious view on the events out of Europe. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was down 13/32 in price to yield 2.02 percent.
U.S. Treasury market losses were limited because ``it is not like there is any comfort talk coming out of Europe,'' said David Coard, head of fixed-income sales and trading at The Williams Capital Group in New York.
Crude oil prices pushed higher, lifted by initial enthusiasm over Italy's bond auction and as Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran.
Brent crude futures rose $1.43 to $110.43 a barrel and U.S. crude futures gained $1.04 to $99.25 a barrel.
Gold prices rebounded. Spot gold prices rose 89 cents to $1,712.50 a barrel.


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Small Groups - part two ©JCMarion
The Bits of Rhythm - The Bits of Rhythm in the late forties were then known as the Three Bits of Rhythm, a trio fronted by Teddy Rudolph. In late January of 1950, the group added swinging violinist Johnny Creach. (He would reappear two decades later as "Poppa" John Creach, and become an integral part of the Jefferson Starship-Hot Tuna conglomeration during the progressive rock era.) The group, now a quartet were part of the big Easter Promenade in Los Angeles sponsored by the LA Sentinel as a celebration of the Black community in the southern California area. The members of the quartet are Teddy Rudolph on vibraphone and bass, Thomas Askew on piano and vocals, Bruce Williams on guitar, and Johnny Creach on violin. After a stint in the Denver area the combo opened up at Peacock Alley in Los Angeles. Many patrons request their version of "I'll Be True". They appear with Smokie Lynn at Ace Cain's in June and are signed to appear in a nightclub scene as entertainers in the motion picture "Cry Danger" which stars Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming, and is being filmed by RKO studios. After appearing at the Waikiki Inn in Los Angeles the group heads down the coast to San Diego and a gig at The Tops. Later in the year back in L.A., the combo becomes a trio again as Johnny Creach decides to leave and organize his own small combo. He becomes one of the first musical performers to be signed by a new area label called Dootone started by Dootsie Williams, and his first release (by the Johnny Creach Trio) is "Danny Boy". At the end of the year the Bits of Rhythm disbanded and became part of the history of the foundation of R & B.
The Three Peppers The combo known as the Three Peppers was like the Do-Ray-Mi Trio based in Philadelphia. Like the others they maintained a good following for in person appearances despite meager record sales. The leader of this combo was Roy Branker and in 1949 and into the new year the Peppers appeared at such Philly establishments as the Cabana and Roy Bohn's. They were one of a featured number of performers for the well known Jolly Joyce Agency in that city. They were signed to a recording contract by Philadelphia's independent Gotham label. Besides personal appearances in Philadelphia, the combo did well in Toronto's Brown Derby and Parkside before returning to the Click in Philly.If the small Gotham label released any recordings by the Three Peppers during 1951 they are certainly difficult to document, and most likely the record companies realized that between Nat Cole and Charles Brown with the Three Blazers, there was little room for a like sounding small group to find wide spread success on records.
The trio began the new year with extensive engagements in Canada with a return engagement at Toronto's Brown Derby and at the Brass Rail in London Ontario. They warmed up for the spring with an extended stay at Snooky's Inn in Miami Florida.They shared the bill with the Cecil Young Combo at Chicago's Capitol Lounge and then finally returned to their home base in Philadelphia at the Glen Hotel during the late summer and throught the fall months. In 1953 it was more of the same for the Three Peppers. They divided time between Canada, at the Esquire Show Bar in Montreal, and Florida at Miami's Singapore Lounge. Recording opportunities continued to elude the trio but they continued to find work at spots such as the Brown Derby in Toronto and the Carver Bar in Philadelphia. The trio shared a bill with Chris Powell & The Blue Flames throughout the summer at Moore's Inlet in Wildwood, New Jersey. When that gig ended after Labor Day weekend in 1953, Roy Branker called it quits and went out as a solo performer ending the story of the Three Peppers.
Griffin Brothers - Came to the attention of the Rhythm & Blues world with a recording contract with Randy Woods Dot Records located in Gallatin Tennessee near Nashville. The first release in September of 1950 was the instrumental "Riffin' With Griffin". The flip side was "Street Walking Daddy". They had one other release that year - "Red Rooster" / "Blues All Alone". In February of 1951 Dot #1020 is released - "Griff's Boogie" / Blues With A Beat". The huge R & B management agency Shaw Artists signs them to an exclusove management contract in March. After an extensive series of one nighters throughout the South, their next release for Dot is presented. "Sadie Green" / "One Man Steady" is followed shortly by another recording for Dot, this time backing up the vocal group the Four Dots on "My Dear" / "You Won't Let Me Go". In June vocalist Tommy Brown records "Tra La La" with the combo, and the flip is an instrumental titled "Hoppin'". The Griffin Brothers spend much of the summer of 1951 in a new R & B night spot in Baltimore called Gamby's. Late in the year another vocal by Tommy Brown called "Weepin' And Cryin'" is coupled with an instrumental "Shuffle Bug". It is not any more successful than the previous try. They end the year and begin the new one by playing dates in the midwest centered in St. Louis.
They featured a new vocalist Margie Day, and their first release was "It'd Surprise You" / "I'll Get A Deal" in March of 1952. One month later the combo set out on a series of one nighters throughout the south with Amos Milburn and Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams band. Two Dot releases followed quickly ; "I'm Gonna Jump In The River" / "Stormy Night" and "Comin' Home" / "Stay Away From The Horses". They next appeared at the Earle Theater in Philadelphia with Sugar Chile Robinson. After a June swing through southern Ohio, they were on the bill with the Five Keys on a riverboat cruise in the Washington D.C. area. Margie Day again was featured on vocals on the next Dot release - "The Clock Song" / "Ace In The Hole". Carlton Coleman leaves the combo to go out as a solo and signs with RCA Victor in late August. In early October vocalist Margie Day leaves to become singer with Floyd Dixon's Combo. Now the Griffin Brothers have to revamp their entire act. Early in 1953 they search for a sister-vocalist act to complement the two Griffin Brothers. They have a big engagement at Pep's in Philadelphia and then head off to Miami. Later that spring they have an extensive tour package with The Orioles and Chuck Willis. In August Dot releases "Move It On Over" / "Bouncing Home". The Griffin Brothers do some dates with Claudia Swan in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania in mid November. The next year was one of disappointment for the combo. They failed to generate record sales although their in person appearances continue to do quite well. During the summer and early fall they tour the South with Faye Adams. In October Dot does not renew their contract and they sign with Chess Records in Chicago. The combo backs up Buddy and Claudia on their original version of "I Wanna Hug Ya. Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya" for Chess. In late October Jimmy Griffin leaves the combo to sign as a solo with Atlantic. The Griffin Brothers combo is now disbanded. Jimmy's first Atlantic outing is called "She's A W-O-M-A-N" which goes nowhere, as do any subsequent releases. Margie Day bounces around, first with Floyd Dixon, then with Paul Williams, then as a solo with Decca and then Atlantic. Her one big success was the Cat release in May of 1955 "The Pitty Pat Band". Other than that, the Griffin Brothers and their entire entourage are now but a dim memory during those first explosive days of the R & B age.
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Jet packs, Smart homes and the Model X
Hello and a warm welcome here from Designing Brilliance. We hope you are having a wonderful week. Today our post will be about Jet packs, Smart homes and the Model X.
We have all dreamed of what life would be like in the future, and I know what your thinking jet packs, smart homes and flying cars. We still have a long way to go but for now I can settle for electric cars. When I say electric cars I'm not talking about those so called smart cars that look like a kids toys on the road or the 3 wheeled abominations produced by Toyota the "i-Road" more like "i-get off the road" because our prayers have been answered.
God has sent us our technological messiah Elon Musk who has brought with him the answer to the age old question how to save the planet without looking like a total clown?
The tesla Model X.
Firstly this car looks the business with 303 miles of range a 90 kWh battery and an acceleration from zero to 60 in 3.2 seconds this 6 seater SUV is a beast of a car, but if that doesn't get your electric motor running then how about the awesome looking falcon wing doors the real time maps and navigation or the auto pilot that actually works. If that wasn't enough due to automatic emergency breaking extended crumple zone and lack of a combustion engine this is the safest thing that you can drive, for all those who care about that stuff.
This car is the future but as we all know the future does not come cheap, this electric awesomeness will set you back up to £60,000. Wow I know if like me this car is out of your price range then do not despair because Tesla have heard our cries and they have responded with the tesla Model 3. A spacious 4 door sedan which will have everything but the falcon doors at an affordable $35000. They say good things come to those who wait and wait we must as the car is not in mass production yet it is estimated that the first Model 3's will leave the factory early 2017.
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We've combined the two most-popular tours together to save you money! Come join our outgoing "Crazy Cajun" captains on a high speed Airboat Ride!
Quick Info
- Adult: $115 large (16 passenger)
- Child: $95 large
- Adult: $135 small (6-9 passenger)
- Child: $115 small
- Children must be at least 48" tall (4 feet)
- 10AM Daily
- Small Coach City Tour
- St. Louis #3 Cemetery Tour
- Restroom/Snack Stop on City Tour
- Experienced, licensed, local guides
- Free Hotel Pickup & Drop-off. Click to map to search hotels:
You'll be touring a large tract (20,000 acres) of tidewater cypress swamp. It's a dynamic ecosystem supporting many types of aquatic and moist–soil vegetation, as well as a diverse wildlife population. And you'll witness some of the most beautiful scenery around as we take you through the swamp and into the bayous lined with moss–draped cypress and tupelo–gum trees.
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During your 1 hour 45 minute – 2 hour tour you'll have opportunities to see alligators, snakes, turtles, egrets, herons and ibis, and we sometimes see hawks, owls and bald eagles.
Whether it's your first time in New Orleans, or coming back, this is our most highly recommended tour. After being picked up at your hotel in a luxury, climate-controlled mini-coach with comfortable captain's chairs, you'll pass through the streets of the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods. In the Ninth Ward you'll see the rebirth of the area most affected by Hurricane Katrina and the devastating levee failures.
You'll travel historic Esplanade Avenue under the shade of Live Oaks where you'll stop for a short cemetery tour at St. Louis #3, home to some of New Orleans' most elaborate tombs. You'll have a second stop in City Park (nearly twice as big as New York's Central Park) for refreshments, restrooms or a quick snack.
From there you'll follow the St. Charles Streetcar line and wind your way through the historic Garden District: home to such celebrities as Archie Manning (where famous quarterbacks Peyton and Eli grew up), Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage and author Anne Rice.
If you have any interest in almost 300 years of New Orleans history, culture, architecture and culinary habits, this a must–do tour. You'll have a great understanding of this special city. You'll know where you are, where to go and what it is you want to do.
What's Included
- Complimentary Hotel Pickup & Drop-off (View Map)
- Local, knowledgable and licensed guides!
- Ear Protection on Airboats
What's not Included
- Gratuities (Customary)
- Food or Drinks (Available for Purchase)
Know Before You Go
- Pick-up begins 30 minutes prior to tour time from French Quarter & CBD/Downtown Hotels.(View Map)
- Detailed check-in/pick-up information, including google map link, address, etc. is included on your e-mailed e-ticket.
What to Bring
- Camera
- Big Ol' Smile
- Sense of Adventure
- Cash (for gratuities)
Additional Information
|Tour Duration
|6.5 hours
My pickup time says "between 8:30AM-9AM?" Why the 30 minute window?
Coaches have to navigate throughout the Downtown?CBD (central business district) and French Quarter streets to pickup at the various hotels. Most tours have separate coaches for either area, though some tours use one coach. With the wide range of hotel stops, pedestrians and vehicle traffic it is impossible to give an exact time.
We ask for your cell phone contact number during the booking process so that the driver may get in touch with you directly, should he/she be running behind or is at your hotel and is waiting. To expedite the process, we ask our guests to be ready at the earliest pick-up time, and we certainly appreciate your understanding and patience.
Do any tours include snacks, meals or drinks?
No tours provide any snacks, drinks or meals. However, guests are always welcome to bring drinks and snacks on the coaches (please don't make a mess and dispose of your trash!) and for longer combo tours, guests are also welcome to bring their own lunches and if you advise us in the "comment" section of your order checkout, please mention that you'd like a cooler available.
During City Tours, there will be a short (approx. 20 minutes) break for guests to use the restroom or purchase snacks or drinks. At the airboat and swamp tour dock locations, there are also snacks and drinks available for purchase. On the Plantation Tours, Oak Alley has a full-restaurant as well as snack bar and several areas on the grounds for guests to purchase drinks in the warmer months. Laura Plantation offers light snacks (think chips, cookies, crackers) and drinks (water, sodas).
What is the pickup area for the tours? I don't see my hotel on the pickup list..
We've provided a handy map for you to search! The pickup area is shaded yellow.Click the map to search hotels:
We are only able to arrange hotel pickup in the French Quarter and Downtown/CBD area, as well as some of the Uptown area, out to approximately the 2100 block.
While not all hotels and properties are listed on our dropdown pickup menu (hotels and properties change names and owners frequently), rest assured, if you're located in the pickup area, we'll get'cha!
For those staying outside of the pickup area, we recommend quick & easy parking at the parking lot directly across from the Westin Canal Place, 100 Iberville St. Walk across the bricked street and have a seat under the awning and we'll pick you up there and drop you back. The lot is just a short walk from the French Quarter, Jackson Square and the French Market and other sights like like the riverfront park, ferry terminal and Audubon Aquarium.
Review by MARY F
FUN TIMES, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT MY WORK EMAIL. (Posted on 5/9/2017)
Review by Bradley
By far our favorite part of New Orleans! The tour guides went above and beyond and were very knowledgeable. A great tour!! (Posted on 3/30/2017)
Review by Sarah M.
A great value for two tours. Loved being able to see all the districts of New Orleans. Only suggestions would be a little less passing around of the home sale flyers on the city tour. Our city guide was a wealth of information about everything we saw- rarely stopped talking! The airboat tour was fantastic even though we happened to be on it on one of the coldest days of the year! If temperatures look low be sure to bring lots of warm clothes, a hat, gloves and even a blanket to cover you up. (They rent them for $5). Our guide Rocky was great- a true outdoorsman! Would love to come back when the gators are more active but he was able to stir up a couple! We did the 6 man boat instead of the 16 man and I enjoyed being lower to the water and having a good view in all directions. There wasn't any time between the tours to have lunch so we ended up having a bunch of junk food snacks at the airboat gift shop. I was overwhelmed by the number of companies offering tours so when I came across this site I was happy they provided us with a quality tour. (Posted on 1/17/2017)
Review by Mr & Mrs Johnson
City tour 98% great. Could have cut by on the houses, got a little long on that part.
Boat tour great (Posted on 5/11/2016)
Review by Prairie Chicken
Loved the tours themselves. Pickup at the hotel was seamless. City tour was first. Even though I have been to NOLA before, got to see some new places as well. Small airboat swamp tour kept 19 & 17 year old boys greatly entertained; our tour guide was awesome and very congenial.
Only thing that kept me from giving 5 star was that we were not afforded a break between city and swamp tours; a 20 minute stop for "lunch" at a cafe in the city park. Menu consisted of a bowl of $8 gumbo or etouffee and begniets. (Posted on 8/12/2014)


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Alexa Anderson was a contestant on season 9 of So You Think You Can Dance. Her genre is contemporary. She was eliminated on July 18, 2012.
So You Think You Can DanceEdit
Alexa first auditioned for season 9 in Los Angeles, California.
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Meet the Top 20 (June 27, 2012)Edit
Alexa is the first to get the news whether she's in the Top 20 or not. The judges believed she showed a lot of fight in Vegas and she makes it through. She dances a contemporary routine with George Lawrence II, Will Thomas, and Amber Jackson. The piece was danced to "We Found Love" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge) by Jessie J. and choreographed by Tyce Diorio. Alexa is praised by Nigel and he tells her that she's had alot of screen time this season with many people telling her that she needs to perform and with this piece, she found her performance. Guest judge Zooey Deschanel praises the group for their teamwork.
Week 1 (July 11, 2012)Edit
In the package, the dancers must describe themselves in nine seconds. Alexa is paired up with Daniel Baker and assigned a jazz by Sean Cheesman to "Hey Hey" (DF's Attention Vocal Remix) by Dennis Ferrer. Nigel tells them that he hopes the audience really appreciates how difficult the routine was because it had so many intricate moves that went by quickly. But he also says that the pair have to somehow find the time to showcase these moves though, and not just smile through out the entire routine. Mary thought the routine was exciting and that they did a job well done. Guest judge Kenny Ortega said it was a demanding piece with lots of extraordinary risk and said he appreciated the exercise but felt they weren't as invested in it as he wished.
Week 2 (July 18, 2012)Edit
Alexa and partner Daniel danced a contemporary by Dee Caspary to "So Long My Friend" by Yanni. Guest judge Adam Shankman praised Caspary for the difficult and beautiful routine but tells the dancers that although he was aware of the technical side to the dance, he felt they were lacking a bit on the passion side of the dance. Mary also thought it was beautiful and executed perfectly, but thinks that Alexa and Daniel are missing a little bit of chemistry between the two of them. Nigel agrees with the other two judges and tells the dancers that they were missing the connection between the two of them and the audience.
During the results, Alexa found herself in the Bottom 6 due to her jazz in Week 1. After some deliberation, Alexa Anderson was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance.
- Alexa loves watermelons, puppies, and being outside.
|Season 9 Contestants
Alexa Anderson · Amber Jackson · Amelia Lowe · Audrey Case · Brandon Mitchell · Chehon Wespi-Tschopp · Cole Horibe · Cyrus Spencer · Daniel Baker · Dareian Kujawa · Eliana Girard · George Lawrence · Janaya French · Janelle Issis · Lindsay Arnold · Matthew Kazmierczak · Nick Bloxsom-Carter · Tiffany Maher · Will Thomas · Witney Carson


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Here is a film that made me want to scream with frustration. It is based on the non-fiction bestseller by the journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson, describing how he chanced upon rumours of a bizarre secret in American history: since the endgame of Vietnam, the US military has been financing a research unit specialising in psychic new age warfare, inspired by reports that the Soviets were doing the same.
It apocryphally included training up mind-control "Jedis" who can fell goats just by staring at them – handy if you are attacked by goats. But these amiable eccentrics evidently went over to the dark side: their work mutated into the psychological torture techniques at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib. It is great material for a documentary, and this has its origin in an episode from Ronson's 2004 television series The Secret Rulers of the World.
The purpose surely has to be to nail the question: did these psychic warriors actually exist, or not? But like Danny Wallace's comedy bestseller Yes Man, Ronson's book has coyly been turned into an elaborate fiction feature, which undermines the whole investigative point. If we can't be sure how much is just being made up, then we have to rely on the entertainment factor, and that is marginal.
Ewan McGregor is on very lacklustre, hamstery form as an investigative journalist who chances upon a former Jedi soldier, played by George Clooney, playing to his weakness in a "funny" role – with all the double-taking and head-waggling that he goes into when called upon to play comedy. Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are similarly under par. A wasted opportunity.


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An Disgraced former British Territorial Army soldier has had a sickening sex change operation to become a female before it converted to Islam and married a man.
"Lucy Vallender" as it's now known was kicked out of the Army for incompetency and desertion has recently completed a sex change which was carried out unnaturally and paid for by the British Tax payer.
Soon after the Sex change, Vallender converted to Islam and now prays five times a day and wears a black veil.
Clearly in this instance, Vallender is a left-wing pervert who wanted to become some form of sickening martyr to the Left-Wing cause. By having his genitals savagely and unnaturally removed, he then converted to islam purposely to make a point.
Vallender who has a history with the UAF and Political Left-Wing blog, Hope not hate is said to have kept his genitals as am offering to Allah.
More on this story as it develops, any information is gratefully received


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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Production Progress: Final Speak
Friday, May 22, 2009
Vans Authentic
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
G.I. Joe: Resolute
G.I. Joe: Resolute is a more modern take on the series instead of the futuristic setting that was done in the original, which makes it a lot more exciting since almost all of the technology is operational or in trial stages(check the wingsuit that Snake Eyes uses, that was featured in a recent trade show in Abu Dhabi), if you're interested for more info on the Resolute series check here.
Check this link for all the episodes: G.I. JOE AMERICAN HEROES
Can't wait till the movie comes out!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wolframaplha: Computing the Interwebs
Wait forget that, forget that, just go to the site and view the screen cast, it's mind blowing.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Flower Boys
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Production Cont'd
So the rest of the Wednesday was spent at LLG to link up with the patternmaker and our production manager to sort out some of our proto samples. When we make a sample in Singapore, it's usually about 80% correct. Our trips to Jakarta usually involve fully correcting the garment so as to have it ready to show our manufacturer in China.
Moving on, we decided to create a pattern for a new style that is underway. This one required for us to get our patternmaker (PM) to whip something up from scratch. This one required my urgent attention so as to get the shape of the shirt absolutely on point. The sewing was also a little more tricky. This will be Sifr's standard relaxed fit shirt. Measurements should emulate our gusset shirts currently in store. Just with a longer tail.
I then touched base with our PM at about 12pm and spoke to him for about 15 minutes to iron out any confusions. By about 2.30 pm the pattern was done and we were cutting the fabric. Things really get moving down here and we're absolutely grateful for that.
I then went to harass the factory operations manager/merchandiser/bouncer. In an effort to throw my weight around, he really showed me who the boss was down there. I was made to relinquish ownership of my eyeglass cord. I wasn't happy.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
We're ALMOST 2 Years Old!
We're going to be setting up a table and a rack on Saturday and Sunday.
All regular priced items in store are going for 20% off.
Thanks for reading our blog, much appreciation to all your comments and emails.
Drop by and say hi this weekend!
Many thanks,
Freshness Mag feature on Hirofumi Kiyonaga
Freshnessmag has been a reliable news portal on sneakers, toys, fashion and the sub-culture context that goes with it since its first days in 2003. It's reach for knowledge spans across continents and transcends the internet.
This feature on Hirofumi Kiyonaga the founder of SOPHnet, F.C. Real Bristol, and co-founder of Uniform Experiment with Hiroshi Fujiwara has brought great joy to me for the following reasons. Firstly it was in english, secondly you don't come across too many features on Hirofumi and insight into the SOPH brand. He was part of the youth culture movement that took place in Harujuku in the late 90s but not so much in the spot light right now like his counter parts: Fujiwara, Miyashita, Nigo, Takashi. SOPH is well known in its own right in the Japanese domestic market and has recently been expanding it's stockist overseas as interest picks up. Hopefully they will start doing a XL.
I won't say anymore as this feature covers a lot of info on the man himself and the labels he's behind, ENJOY!
Saturday, May 09, 2009
We've Made Our Facebook Page!
Follow this link~
Friday, May 08, 2009
Marumushi News Map: Update
They've updated the color scheme and some interfaces with the news map making it even more visually pleasing and interactive with the reader.
Give it a look if you haven't already.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Production Progress
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Worldwide Festival This Weekend!
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Aithor Throup for C.P. Company: Reapproaching the Goggle Jacket
Aitor Throup has designed the 20th Anniversary Edition of C.P. Company's most iconic piece - the Goggle or Mille Miglia Jacket. To celebrate both the past and future of this jacket the company is hosting a special exhibition at their showroom in Milan during the 2009 International Furniture Fair. The exhibition, which has been curated by Aitor Throup, features the new design as well as 20 Mille Miglia jackets selected from the C.P. Company archive.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Trovata sues Forever 21
Forever 21 is sued by Trovata
After two years of legal wrangling, Trovata's lawsuit alleging that cheap-chic retailer Forever 21 copied its designs is headed to trial next month, and the outcome could have implications for both vendors and retailers in this age of fast fashion.
Barring a last-minute settlement, lawyers familiar with Forever 21's extensive litigation history said this would be the first time the rapidly expanding retailer faces a jury that will determine whether it illegally clones other companies' designs. The result could be a clarification of intellectual property rights in an era when facsimiles of runway looks often appear in multinational specialty chains before a designer's original version has a chance to hit stores.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Maiden Noir and Wrath Arcane SS09
Wrath Arcane was started on January 3rd, 2006 when Cleveland boutique owner Brian O'Neill called Cleveland designer and long-time friend Sean Bilovecky, and threw around the idea of starting a line of streetwear. They design clothes that both embody this idea and also demonstrate our minimalist approach to contemporary streetwear. Products are also made domestically in the USA for fine quality.
Double Vneck
Details: 100% Cotton Slub Jersey. Raw cut look around the neckline. Detail top stitching on shoulder seams. Straight cut with a slight taper. Off center inner vneck, gives a unique layered look on a single item.
Sizes: xs s m l xl
Made in America
Wrap Vneck
Details: 100% Cotton Slub Jersey. Raw cut look around the neckline. Detail top stitching on shoulder seams. Straight cut with a slight taper. Criss cross wrap along neckline provides an interesting texture and form to the shirt.
Sizes: xs s m l xl
Made in America
Grass Strap Shirt
Details: 100% Cotton yarn dyed gingham. Small button details on the straps that wrap from the back of the shoulders and come around the neck line to form the collars. Interesting and creative approach to construction with collars, having them flow out onto the back of the shirt.
Sizes: xs s m l xl
Made in America
Epaulet Shirt
Details: 100% Cotton in grey check broadcloth and grey small squared yarn dyed gingham. Unique contstruction detail on the back of the shirt, making the yoke "bleed" into the side seam. Button detailing. Front chest pocket. Slight taper towards the bottom of the shirt.
Sizes: xs s m l xl
Made in America
Maiden Noir
Seattle based Maiden Noir was founded by Nin Truong, Eric Green and Toshiyuki Suto, whom all grew up encircled by skateboarding, Metal, design, photography, and design. At the outset, Maiden Noir was founded as a creative outlet; however, in time grew into a celebrated clothing line. Designed in N. America and Japan, the label pays tribute to a heritage of vintage silhouettes with a more refined and clean classic look. All garments are produced in Japan for superb quality.
Details: 100% Cotton poplin madras. Embroidered logo pocket detail. Maiden Noir button detailing. Straight cut shirt, classic silhouette.
Sizes: s m l xl
Made in Japan
Where Eagles Fly
Details: 100% Cotton terry. Silk screened. Maiden Noir logo detail on back neck.
Sizes: s m l xl
Made in Japan
Tiger Pit
Details: 100% Cotton terry. Silk screened. Maiden Noir logo detail on back neck.
Sizes: s m l xl
Made in Japan
Details: 100% Cotton terry. Silk screened. Maiden Noir logo detail on back neck.
Sizes: s m l xl
Made in Japan
Details: 100% Cotton terry. Silk screened. Maiden Noir logo detail on back neck.
Sizes: s m l xl
Made in Japan
Shout Out to +65
Would like to key in all you readers out there that haven't made your way over to a fairly new Product / News site, +65, trying to make our local shopping experience that much easier by giving people a heads up on what has dropped and where. Here's a short excerpt off their site,
They're out to help facilitate your shopping experience. Give the site a peep if you like what you see tell your friends about them.
plussixfive was launched with the aim of being a one-stop news source for Singapore fashion, shopping, retail, design, arts and lifestyle culture as a whole.
We found interest in the diversified styles walking the local streets, and hope to broaden readers horizons about the different fashion and lifestyle products that exist in Singapore.


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I lost my dad to this horrible flu a week ago. I still feel stunned that it happened so fast. Now I am tasked with all the end of life details and the Trust. I am so thankful that I was able to liquidate all property before he died because I'll admit... I'm tapped out. It is pretty clear cut but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it. After meeting with the attorney today I think I have figured out why. Much came down to the amount of work and responsibility I have had for the past 6 years. I've just sucked it up and though I was compensated for some of it, we discussed that it was not enough compensation. So we will be meeting with the family to discuss this and it is hoped that they will be reasonable.
Now that it is all over and dad is gone, I am finally able to unload this burden. I didn't realize until I started talking about it just how hard it had been. I always keep my head down and push forward. I didn't realize I was so emotional about it. My parents really left a sh*t show of a mess and my siblings (2) did not help. I am OK with that. I just realized I was not OK with the lack of appreciation from my parents and finally from my siblings. My husband worked each day with me and was never thanked or compensated. We lived and breathed this liquidation for four years. I don't know how they are going to feel about compensating that.


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Teens are the age where you are most concerned about your appearance. Unfortunately, this is also the time in which your body grows up, hormonal changes are common, and your body produces excess sebum (oil) - which leads to the development of teen acne time after time. But efforts embrace the situation, understanding your skin and identifying the best acne treatment in your … [Read more...]


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Hour of Code comes to TMSA!
TMSA is supporting the introduction of Computer Science in schools by introducing computer science principles and programming in the K-9 curriculum. During Hour of Code week, our dedicated computer teachers will expose our students to new ways of learning how to code through fun and challenging coding activities by Code.org and more.
Our K-5 students will learn how to code with Ana and Elsa from Frozen, build a galaxy with Star Wars characters, build Minecraft Worlds, and more.
Our 4-8 students will learn how to code through building Minecraft Worlds, building webpages with HMTL/CSS, designing databases with SQL, and will experience Java and Python languages.
Our 9th graders will be exposed to new programming languages and technologies.
The TMSA Computer Science Team strives to motivate and raise enthusiasm in both boys and girls while they learn how to code through fun, exciting, and challenging activities.
TMSA computer science teachers and students are encouraging parents to spend an hour of coding to let their child teach them how to code with Code.org activities. Join the Hour of Code movement with TMSA and show that anyone can learn how to code. Happy coding!


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Hello everybody!!! Today I have an awesome polish to share with you!! I saw this online and fell in love!! It's available at Hot Topic and you can see it here. I guess the brand is Blackheart and this polish is called Beautiful Revenge. And BEAUTIFUL it is. I love red glitter and this one is packed full of it! It also comes in a little skull bottle which I find Halloween appropriate, This polish applies easily and there is no effort with the glitter! One coat is sufficient if used over undies. If applied alone you could use about 4 coats for opaqueness.
Here's a shot of the bottle
How badass is that?!?
And for the mani I used
Sinful Colors-Black on Black for the undies and here's how it turned out
With a flash
And without
I love love love this polish!! I'm trying to do a Halloween type mani for the entire month of October except for my Breast Cancer Awareness manis. I don't know if this is really Halloween like, but the bottle makes it so for sure! I have 2 other polishes that are similar to this one and I'm thinking I should do a comparison of the 3. The other 2 are NYC-Dorothy and Once Upon a Polish-Poison Apple. Poison Apple is a new polish fron the indie maker Once Upon a Polish that I just picked up. It looks beautiful and I can't wait to try it out!! More about that later! Hope you enjoyed! Until next time...


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How Do I Renew My Nevada Medical Marijuana Card?
Hey Dr. Reefer, how Do I Renew My Nevada Medical Marijuana Card?
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Serves: 10
Takes: 1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling
Difficulty level: Medium
- 200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 25g cocoa powder
- 25g icing sugar
- 175g cold butter
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 250g fresh raspberries
- 500ml double cream
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 300g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 2 large eggs
- To make the pastry, sift the flour, cocoa powder and icing sugar into the bowl of a food processor.
- Cube and add the butter and a pink of sea salt, then pulse until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg yolk, vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of cold water and pulse again, until the dough comes together.
- Tip out onto a floured surface and bring it together with your hands. Wrap it in clingfilm and chill for 20 minutes
- Preheat the over to 200 degrees Celsius/gas mark 6, and insert a baking tray to warm up.
- On a flour-dusted surface, roll out the pastry into a 25cm circle to the thickness of a pound coin.
- Using your rolling pin, lift the pastry and drape it over a 23cm loose-bottoms tart tin. Ease it into place, pushing the pastry right into the corners.
- Roll your rolling pin over the top of the tin to cut off any overhang, prick the base all over with a form, and return to the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.
- Take the tin out of the fridge and line it with greaseproof paper, then fill with baking beans or rice.
- Bake it in the over on the baking sheet for 15 minutes, then remove the paper and beans and return it to the oven for 5 minutes, until golden. Set aside to cool.
- meanwhile, make the filling. Pop the cream and caster sugar in a pan, place it over a medium heat and bring it to the boil.
- Break the chocolate into a bowl, pour over the hot cream and stir until all the chocolate has been melted.
- beat the eggs, then stir them into the mixture.
- Scatter the raspberries into the cooled tart case, then pour over the chocolate filling.
- Return to the oven for 20 minutes, or until the filling is almost set but still has a little wobble in the centre.
- Leave on a cooling rack to cool completely, then ease the tart out of its tin, slice and serve.
Adapted from http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/ultimate-chocolate-raspberry-tart/
Have you made this chocolate & raspberry tart? Let us know how it goes office_fruit


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(Reuters) - A sizzling career-low back-nine 29, that included a birdie-eagle finish, propelled South Korean Na Yeon Choi to the lead with 18 holes to play at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Her outstanding six-under back nine left her with an eight-under 63 for a tournament record 36-hole total of 13-under, two shots better than compatriot Mi Jung Hur, who shot 68 and is tied for second with Sweden's Anna Nordqvist (66).
The South Korean duo were tied for the lead with one hole remaining but Choi surged ahead at the par-five 18th when she hit a second-shot three wood to 45 feet from the hole and made the putt for a dramatic finish to her round.
"I got the three wood out first, then changed it to a pitching wedge and then back to three wood because there is a small gap to the right side of the green," Choi said.
"The wind helped me a lot, (it) was a little bit helping right to left, so I just hit three wood.
Last year's champion Stacy Lewis, who shot a 65, American Brittany Lincicome, Japan's Mika Miyazato and South Korean Amy Yang are tied for fourth on nine under.
Rain on Friday forced 63 players in the field to complete their first rounds on Saturday.
Editing by Greg Stutchbury


text: First grade classes have been learning all about basic rhythms in music. I was inspired by Tracy King's "Pipe Cleaner Notation" post and decided to try it myself! It was a great way for the students to learn how to create the note shapes as well as practice rhythm patterns. They enjoyed the tactile experience. :)


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Leading Analyst and NetSuite Customer Olympus Reveal Playbook For Deploying Leading Cloud Suite in Legacy SAP Environments
NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials/ERP software suites, today announced the details of an upcoming webinar designed to help enterprises learn valuable insights and best practices for adopting and integrating cloud ERP across divisions and subsidiaries. The webinar, "Your Playbook for Integrating Cloud ERP into the Enterprise," will feature best practices and strategies from leading analyst R. "Ray" Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO of Constellation Research, together with first hand insights from Olympus, a division running NetSuite's cloud ERP within the broader Olympus enterprise. In addition, Darren Cunningham, Vice President, Informatica Cloud (NASDAQ: INFA), will discuss how to integrate cloud solutions with existing IT investments. The event will be held Wednesday, July 13 at 11:00 a.m. PDT (2:00 p.m. EDT). Register now for the event at http://bit.ly/webinartwotier.
This new NetSuite webinar is aimed at enterprises seeking to standardize ERP across their divisions and subsidiaries without incurring the onerous time and substantial costs associated with deploying or expanding traditional on-premise systems. The webinar will cover all aspects of two-tier ERP, and explain how enterprises can leverage cloud ERP as a critical part of their operational strategy, including best practices, first-hand experience, tactics, deployment strategies, and more.
"Enterprises are struggling with the result of years of fragmented ERP investments throughout their business structures—but rationalizing them, using traditional ERP approaches is prohibitive. It is vital that enterprises now learn how to leverage strategies such as two-tier and hub-and-spoke models, together with cutting edge technologies such as cloud ERP," said Ray Wang. "These new solutions and strategies can enable enterprises to grow more efficiently and cost effectively, ensure subsidiary flexibility, while accelerating financial consolidation and improve overall visibility."
The adoption of cloud computing in the enterprise is rapidly approaching a tipping point as more and more companies seek alternatives to costly and rigid on-premise systems. Research conducted by leading industry analyst firm IDC shows the market for cloud technology and services set to more than double by 2014, with more than 40 percent of this growth the result of cloud adoption by companies with more than 1,000 employees. This growth trajectory is being driven largely by the deficiencies of legacy, on-premise business systems, which many analysts believe have become too costly and complex to support the agile business processes required to compete in a dynamic and turbulent world economy. In contrast, the inherent flexibility and low cost of cloud ERP systems makes them an ideal solution to complement an existing corporate ERP investment while enabling the kind of dynamic business process change that is standard operating procedure for today's complex and global enterprise.
Mr. Wang will be joined by Michael Lockwood, IT Systems Leader for Olympus, Darren Cunningham, Vice President, Informatica Cloud, and the event will be hosted by Paul Turner, Senior Director of Product Marketing at NetSuite.
During this one-hour webinar, attendees will:
- Learn when cloud ERP is a fit to extend into the corporate enterprise applications strategy.
- Hear proven deployment strategies such as two-tier and hub-and-spoke models.
- Get best practices for integration, roll-out, and successful adoption.
- Hear real-world, best-practices case studies.
- Find out how to integrate cloud solutions with existing systems at headquarters.
"Cloud ERP is the perfect fit for large and growing companies, and makes for an ideal enterprise investment," said Paul Turner, Senior Director, Product Marketing at NetSuite. "The webinar will clearly demonstrate how organizations can standardize on the cloud and retain the power and value of their existing systems, at a fraction of the implementation time of a wholesale IT overhaul, and with a much higher degree of success."
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to expectations, plans, and prospects including expectations relating to the future growth of the cloud computing market. These forward-looking statements are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of NetSuite's management as of the date of this release, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, the risk of continued adverse and unpredictable macro-economic conditions or reduced investments in on-demand applications and information technology spending. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and NetSuite disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.


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For today's interview, we have Nathan Chan from Foundr Mag, one of the world's infamous digital magazines.
Once upon a time, Foundr was just a business magazine with a few hundred readers. But we've grown. Now, Foundr is a multi-faceted digital media business spreading the love of entrepreneurship through its podcast, magazine and training platform. And Foundr magazine is now enjoyed by thousands upon thousands of entrepreneurs located all around the planet.
Launched by entrepreneur Nathan Chan in 2013 with nothing but a laptop computer and a fistful of dollars, Foundr began dedicated to the mission of helping entrepreneurs build and grow a successful business.
Nathan has put together interviews with literally the world's top entrepreneurs and changemakers, from Richard Branson, to Seth Godin, to Tim Ferriss, these guys are absolutely crushing it.
And they have over 763 thousand followers on Instagram and have been driving exponential traffic through that medium.
In the episode, we discuss his fascinating story and we talk about a super undervalued trait, which is patience.
Nathan walks us through his entire mindset and the constant ups and down of building a multi-faceted digital media empire.
We really dive deep on this because we discuss what it takes to be a patient entrepreneur,
How you can leverage Instagram as a platform to win in today's world
And Nathan's future plans for his company and his empire.
One of the most interesting interviews of the season for sure, because I was obviously fascinated with their success and they are a supreme example of what to do in business.
Focusing on one thing at a time, validating their ideas, and taking consistent action.
Show notes and links mentioned in the show can be found on my website
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The Stresses and Subtleties of Institutionalized and Industrialized Child Abuse.
Day after day I'm seeing real life scenarios in my private practice that back-up a study – The ACE Study – that showcases the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and it's role in adult disease and illness.
WARNING – For some this might hit close to home.
This passage below is courtesy of a client who […]


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Distinguished, devoted and independently owned, North Pacific Management is committed to taking great care of three important groups of people, our guests, our staff and our owners.
From our conveniently located Portland, Oregon headquarters, we offer distinctive, efficient, hands-on service. In every department we focus on relevancy and efficiency. We continue to ask, "What information can we give you to allow you to better operate your business?"
For over 30 years, North Pacific Management, Inc. has owned and managed prime hospitality and commercial real estate in the lush and thriving Pacific Northwest. Full-service hotels and outstanding restaurants take the lead in our portfolio while we manage a wide array of other properties.
Our goal is to provide all the necessary services that will foster a positive working relationship between your company and your employees. By committing to this we maintain outstanding hotels and restaurants, as well as a strong and successful future for our properties and North Pacific Management.