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|22nd March 2011, 18:25
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Rusty Springs Ry Module
Our local club has three railroad projects - an indoor HO layout, an outdoor 24 inch gauge park railroad, and an HO modular layout. Unfortunately the modular layout has been unused for some time. But with a new club president, I guess we're going to dust off the modules and try to get them running again.
I tore my modules apart many years ago, so I have nothing. I've been thinking of a small entry for the project. It's called Rusty Springs Ry, the Irn Bru Line
The blue line is the mainline shared by all modules. The brown line would be mine exclusively.
It will be HO standard gauge, I'm thinking code 75, with a 6 inch minimum radius and a maximum grade of 4%.
I'll be running little 4 wheel cars, with small 4 wheel locomotives. I have a brass Joe Works 0-4-0 porter, and a Grandt Line 4 wheel box cab diesel. I also have an old SPUD unit that I intend converting into a railbus. These all should have no problem with the 6 inch radius. My trains will probably be no more than two cars and a caboose, so the grade shouldn't be a problem either.
Why the Irn Bru line? I was reading the history of this Scottish beverage - I guess before WWII it was called Iron Brew, but after the war the government called them on it saying it didn't have any iron and it wasn't brewed, so they changed the name.
I decided to solve the problem by providing an iron mine, and brewery - but I'll keep the new name.
In the lower left is a station platform between the two lines. Since the RS Ry is 2 inches above the mainline, it will be a two level platform served by a small two story depot. On the other side of the track is the brewery. Up on Irn Mtn. is the mine and another platform. Also there will be the ore tipple and the pumping facility that takes water from Rusty Springs - all to be delivered to the brewery below.
Inside the mountain will be something of a small fiddle yard where I can stage and remove trains. There will be no shunting or switching on the visible portions of the line. I wanted to keep this simple and show-friendly. I've had similar layouts before at shows that simply ran round and round, and they've always drawn large crowds. I believe it is a winning formula.
It will also give me a chance to model small and varied scenes.
I'm still building the Ffarquhar Branch - this will be done in off times, so progress will be slow. But I would like to have it up and running by the next show.
|22nd March 2011, 18:55
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I like the idea of a self contained operation independent of the modular layout's main line.
A six inch radius though? That's not a lot more than the length of a 40ft boxcar, are you going to hand lay the track so the gauge can be eased out a bit on the tightest curves? They're gonna squeal!
"Irn Bru, made in Scotland, from girders" used to be the advertising for the sickly sweet brown liquid. When my sister worked in Fort William I stayed with her for a weekend and we went out for a meal with one of her work colleagues. He introduced us to silver birch wine, a deliciously dry white made from the sap of the tree. "Silver Birch, made in Scotland, from trees".
Looking forward to seeing this one develop.
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|23rd March 2011, 00:49
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I appreciate your concern Bob, but I've run these little trains on curves this tight before. I plan to use flex track which has worked before without a problem. (I am considering a curved trestle on that bit at the front of the layout which would be handlaid.)
The wheelbase of the cars run 1.2" with a total body length of 2". The Joe Works loco has a 0.8" wheelbase but a total length of 2.5" (vertical clearance is 1.8").
I've been studying the mini-layouts on Carl Arendt's site and it seems a 6 inch radius is fairly common. You just have to be a little thoughtful about clearances.
The Irn Bru I've seen here is a bright orange. I wonder if they've changed their formula?
Also, I discussed this project with the household manager and she thinks it's a good idea. So I may actually get a start on it fairly soon!
|23rd March 2011, 03:34
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"It's Scotland's other national drink!"
One of my friends went to school with the son of the owner of Irn Bru. He hasn't said anything about the orange colour.
|23rd March 2011, 04:03
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Looks orange to me
|23rd March 2011, 12:21
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You want to see the alcoholic versions sold to kids who are (in some cases) old enough to drink but not yet wise enough to drink beer. It looks disgusting. The bright blue version is even worse.
Maybe orange is a better discription of the colour than brown. But there's certainly no relation to the fruit of the same name.
I recently saw an advert for the alcoholic version which said it's the same colour as a footballer's wife.
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|23rd March 2011, 14:55
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I had no idea there was an alcoholic version. I've only seen it at Scottish Games in the US, and of course, when I was in Scotland in 2005. I've only just had a small sip - didn't really care much for it (too sweet) - it's a favorite of my son. In the pubs I generally bought Guinness.
I checked with our local importer and they carry it - so I may bring some to the shows and offer small paper cups to the kiddos so they can try it.
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Hey Rick
Just spotted this layout concept. Like your ideas for it. Have you taken it further?
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It turned out the club I belong to abandoned their plans for doing module shows. (I haven't decided yet if it's worth staying in this club.)
Anyway, I still like the concept, so I am thinking of a small shelf switchback layout based on the Gum Stump & Snowshoe Ry. When that layout first appeared in Model Railroader, I was so taken with it, I built a version - my first HO layout. It was a lot of fun and I would like to recapture that. It would be small enough to take to shows, if the opportunity arises.
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Good News! A good friend of mine has accepted the position of Module Coordinator in our club. He is very much into doing shows (he has two show layouts - HO & N - that he currently takes to shows) so the module effort is back on.
I have some work to do cleaning up the family room which is also my model room, and then I'll be starting work on this again.
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Arni Jagir is situated in North Arcot District in the Presidency of Madras (Chennai) in South India. The extent of the Jagir was 180 square miles. The city of Arni (or Arnee or Aarni) is about 20 miles from Vellore. There were two palaces situated 3 miles from Arni .There were also Palatial residences for the Jagirdar of Arni in Poosamalikuppam (a forest resort very close to Arni town),
Arni Jagir was originally acquired in the early part of the 17th Century by Vedaji Bhaskar Pant, who accompanied Shahjee (the father of Sivajee. In 1640 Vedaji Bhaskar Punt was awarded the Jagir of Arni in consideration of his military services to Shahjee.
The Jagir has remained in the possession of the Jagirdar of Arni and his direct descendants since then (even during British Rule) till it was after enacting the Zamindar Abolition Bill 1948. (This was the first amendment to the Constitution). My father was the 12th and last Jagirdar and he died in 1989 The Jagir of was taken over by the Government on 3/1/1951 and now all that remains is the Municipality of Arni and tattered palaces.
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A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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BEFORE: Back in time to another classic, Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd (last seen in The Blues Brothers) makes it's way to the marathon. While not necessarily one of the biggest films ever, I do consider it one of those films I should have seen by now.
AFTER: This is a film about polar opposites, and more importantly, a reversal of roles. Dan Aykroyd plays snobby rich man Louis Winthorpe and Eddie Murphy plays the easy-going homeless guy Billy Ray Valentine. What comes out of this pairing is not only a funny film, but one with a great story.
The best thing about Trading Places is that there aren't any jokes per se. You laugh because of who these characters are and what they do. And the reason this film succeeds is because of it's simple objective: show two differing people and then switch things up. Winthorpe, and the rest of the rich elite, are introduced as the stereotypical greedy, heartless men that are often seen in film. Part of me even thinks that this portrayal is a bit of an exaggeration, almost satire-like, on the idea of rich people (more on that in a moment). At the complete opposite is Valentine, along with a few lowlifes introduced later on, who are depicted as beggars and crime-driven. Again, perhaps a bit exaggerated, but accomplishing it's goal. Both characters, Valentine especially, are instantly identified and therefore can start entertaining us quickly. Much of the humor comes from our associations with both types of people, what we expect to happen, and what does happen. One example also serves as a major plot point early on in the film. Winthorpe accidentally bumps into Valentine on his way out of members-only club, and after Valentine apologizes (unnecessarily) and picks up Winthorpe's suitcase for him, all Winthorpe can do is accuse him of harassment and assault primarily because he's black and looks sketchy. It's funny because it's outrageous, yet something that would happen in real life.
Keeping with this theme of exaggeration, there are some places where it's too… exaggerated. Most places it works, and in fact, without it Aykroyd and Murphy's characters wouldn't be nearly as great as they are. But every once and a while, it seems out of line and gives the film a falseness that is otherwise nonexistent. All examples I can think of relate to the rich people, the Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) in particular. The way they act just doesn't feel right and it feels forced. In the member's-only club when Winthorpe arrives with payroll checks, Randolph Duke's desire to perform his experiment and his fondness towards Valentine, and the reveal about the Dukes' bet. All are examples of not necessarily bad scenes, the reveal about the bet is quite amusing (especially with what happens after), but they don't match the genuineness of the rest of the film. Characterization and plot points alike don't fit with the rest of the film and it forces you out of an otherwise engrossing film.
Trading Places has the look and feel of an old-time comedy. But it's also a film that's withheld the test of time. Despite an antiquated style and a story that's been done many times since (the basic role-reversal that is, not necessarily the trading places aspect), this film holds your attention throughout and feels fresh. Some parts are overdone (something that may be attributed to this old-style, or even been on purpose) and these feel out of place. The good news is, these are few and far between and the overall feeling you'll be left with is one of amusement and amazement - amazement at some great characters placed in exciting situations.
RATING: 4 out of 5


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I've been reading with interest the series that Todd Defren, Paul Roberts, Lou Hoffman and Steve Farnsworth have been doing on communications issues. On Wednesday each has been posting the answer to a critical question around the communications industry. Today the question is, "To Stay Relevant How Do Communications Professionals Need To Evolve?". An excellent question. And here is my answer. To evolve, I believe communications professionals need to continue to do exactly what they have always done. But, but, but … what about Twitter, and Facebook and blogs you may be asking.
Those are tools, plain and simple. And those tools enable the communications professionals do their basic jobs. Helping clients communicate successfully with their target audiences. Helping clients build messages for those audiences. Identifying the right vehicles for delivering the messages. And finally, helping to identify and build the channels to disperse that message. The key word in the last sentence is "build". Today communications professionals have many more ways to deliver their messages. And so today building Twitter channels, Facebook pages, videos or blogs have been added to the tool box.
But, of course, you need to know how to those tools work. But then every new communications tool requires that you learn how to use and appraise it for its place in the communications arsenal. And communications professionals have always done that, right? I'll admit the tools change more quickly than ever before, but that is impacting all industries.
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I couldn't let today pass without a few words about the planet Uranus. This is a special day for this planet as it is stationary, at a standstill, today, before resuming direct motion. When a planet makes its station, it is particularly powerful.
I can really feel it, can you? I'm writing this at about 3:14pm and it is exactly stationary at 3:27pm. When I first sat down to write I was following my usual routine – review what my teachers have to say, examine a few charts with prominent Uranus energy, and then apply my findings to business life. However, I couldn't concentrate at all! In one ear and out the other, no retention whatsoever. I was also interrupted more times than I can count, and even interrupted myself to take care of a matter I had forgotten.
Yes, disruptive, chaotic Uranus. Haven't you felt the times when your normal thinking processes just aren't working as they should be? It's like your mind is too open, the usual boundaries and limitations just not in their places.
What limits us?
We're used to thinking of Saturn as the boundary of the conscious ego, that point of contraction that protects us against the onslaught of the unknown. However today it occurs to me that the Jupiter energy is also limiting. Jupiter represents the part of us that is wise and generous. How can this be a limitation? Can knowledge be a limitation? Yes, when what we know closes us off from what we don't know. Have you ever had absolute conviction about something, and then discovered you were wrong? Have you ever known for sure the correct path to follow and then found yourself lost half way down it?
Can generosity be a limitation? I'll let you think about this one, but I'd say yes, when it bars someone from their independence, or causes them to doubt their own abilities.
Saturn restricts and limits based on fear and Jupiter restricts and limits based on knowledge and generosity. They both try to protect us against Uranus and the other outer planets, Neptune and Pluto – these alien energies that are so unlike our normal, day-to-day reasoning.
The moment of Truth
Uranus has been called the planet of Truth, and it often brings a moment of truth that breaks through our social conditioning and opens a vista of new possibilities. Today is such a day and this moment is such a moment.
Uranus will be making its station until December 6. Try tuning into the unknown, discover, experiment, attempt something new. Take a risk. Listen to an original beat. Try not knowing.


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No Ticket, No Start---No More!
Single Industry Unions
Joe Thompson
Australia is in an economic mess of great magnitude; unless firm and positive steps are taken, the future looks very bleak indeed.
Paul Keating's statement to the effect that we are fast becoming a 'banana republic' is not only true but in many ways an understatement of the real position.
One area in drastic need of major surgery is our system of industrial relations. Without a doubt, we have the most self-destructive system n the free world---more destructive even than Great Britain, which is now in the process of ridding itself of many of the restrictive practices which led to the extinction of so much of its manufacturing industry.
Initially, the establishment in Australia of a legal-type court system, to set minimum or award rates, did have overall beneficial effect , and was, in that time, in the national interest. We were spared much of the excesses of serious labour disputes, which in many countries, particularly the United States, led to bloodshed and violence to a degree never experienced here.
However, Australia's conciliation and arbitration systems at both State and Federal levels are now no longer working in our best interests and are the cause of many of our economic problems.
We are now on the verge of a major national wage blow-out, the effects of which will ultimately be felt by the whole community and cause further damage to our fragile economy. This in turn will lead to further government economic restraint, with most of the hardship being placed on those in the community least able to manage.
To put it simply, the so-called benefits of the Accord have been little more than a mirage and have actually worsened our economy in the longer term. In the short term, the major winners of the Accord have not been the ordinary trade unionists but the employers; and in the longer term, neither employer nor employee has really gained.
With the collapse of the Accord imminent, we obviously cannot continue to rely upon a system of industrial relations which has failed.
The time has arrived for moving away from compulsory arbitration to a system of direct negotiations with employers at industry or enterprise level, with a single union having complete coverage and negotiating exclusively on behalf of those employed in that industry---in other words, a single industry union.
This would enable agreements to be made between parties which would apply only to that industry or enterprise; flow-ons to other sections of the economy should not occur.
This would mean that there would be no lowest common denominator of remuneration as we now have in Australia; industries or individual enterprises would, depending on economic or other circumstances, have varying pay rates and other conditions.
With a single union having complete coverage of an enterprise or industry, it would be in that union's interest to ensure that the enterprise prospered, as this would lead to stability and greater rewards in the future.
Incorporated in a legally binding contract between union and company should be a no strike/no lockout clause and , most important, an agreed method of settling disputes during the life of the contract.
This industrial relations system has been in operation in both the United States and Canada for many years and is snow rapidly spreading to the United Kingdom.
Take the latter country, for instance. While the Electrical Trades Union has been expelled from the Trade Union council for entering into an agreement for one-union coverage of a major section of the British newspaper industry, a number of other unions have also singed single industry agreements, most of which include some type of no-strike clause.
The pressure to enter into single industry union agreements in Great Britain has become so strong that the TUC now requires a union to advise it before entering into such a contract.
There can be little doubt that, irrespective of the attitude of the TUC, it is only a matter of time before a system evolves, of which the cornerstone will be a single industry union negotiating for the whole business.
Returning to Australia, the instability and irresponsibility of much of our trade union movement cannot be allowed to continue, particularly as we are now no longer insulated from the rest of the world.
A typical example of the irresponsibility of some sections of our trade unions can be found in the recent strike at CSR in Victoria.
Four major unions and a number of smaller ones served a wage demand upon CSR, and the dispute which followed had serious national consequences for our confectionery and food processing industries.
That a company employing less than 400 people in its sugar-processing plant would have at least seven unions, highlights the need for an industrial relations system of single industry unions.
The majority of unions in the CSR dispute were in maintenance, with no real interest in the sugar industry.
If the factory was to close permanently, the members of these unions would, as maintenance tradesmen, have little difficulty gaining another position and the effect of their respective unions would be negligible.
Attempts to protect sugar supplies led the Federal Government to lift a long-standing embargo on the import of sugar; this, in turn, was criticised by the Queensland Government which was concerned that it could lead to problems for that State's sugar industry.
The combined unions at CSR treated the Arbitration Commission with contempt and defied its orders, particularly in relation to picketing, and it was only the threat of civil action which really led to the settlement of the dispute.
The CSR dispute is a classic example of the type of industrial anarchy which crippled so much of British industry in the past, and the reason why many British companies are demanding and getting single industry unions with a contract of employment.
Britain is now coming into line and adopting an industrial relations system comparable to most other nations in the free world. It is vital that we revitalise our manufacturing industry to ensure that extraction and allied industries can compete on international markets. Our current reliance on rural industries to earn export income is extremely dangerous. A major national drought, which occurs with monotonous regularity, would be extremely serious at this time in view of our disastrous balance of trade figures.
Put simply, we allow our present chaotic industrial relations system to continue at our peril.
Finally will union amalgamations assist in bringing some stability to our industries? The answer is a very positive NO! There is little doubt that such amalgamations will worsen the position and lead to better and bigger industrial disputes.
The proposals are for amalgamations across the whole broad spectrum of industry which would defeat the concept of single industry unions. Imagine what would happen with an amalgamation between the Storemen and Packers Union and the Transport Workers Union. This super union would have an interest in almost every enterprise in the nation and could bring Australia to its knees, with little more than a telephone call.
Existing amalgamation proposals feature a number cf
similar propositions and must be viewed wit h grave
concern. No doubt the ACTU would become stronger than
ever, but there is little doubt that, in our national
interests, amalgamations would be disastrous. Australia's
future lies in having a responsible system of industrial
relations based on a single industry union concept
and a freely negotiated contract of employment between
employer and union.


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6/9 – 3:00 p.m. New York time
In today's trading outcomes, I exited GLNG , FL and AMBA for losses and entered NVDA as a direction neutral position.
MSFT's price declined suddenly on news reports of a possible lawsuit. Although it expires a week from today, I intend to hold the position in anticipaton of a rebound on Monday that would, best case, return the position to profitability or, less bad case, mitigate the loss.
6/9 – 12:45 p.m. New York time
I have exited GLNG , FL and AMBA for losses and shall update their analyses with results shortly.
I have decided to delay an exit of THO until next week. Elliott wave analysis suggests that the trend is down, toward profitability.
6/9 – 10:45 a.m. New York time
I have exited PAY for a profit and shall update the analysis shortly with results.
I shall be looking at losing exits on GLNG , FL and AMBA as they approach expiration, and possibly on THO, which is also near expiration but remains within reach of a profit.
6/8 – 9:40 p.m. New York time
I have no earnings plays as prospects for entry on Friday. I'll scratch around and see if I can find something without an earnings announcement to trade.
As the week draws to a close five losing positions are candidates for clean up: GLNG , FL and AMBA with losses large enough to be beyond the reach of recovery, and PAY and THO, which are close to becoming winning trades. As always, in deciding when to exit losing positions, I shall use Elliott wave analysis to try to understand the directional bias.
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"The hardest thing about life is accepting your limitations, work with what you have and don't worry about what you don't have." David Alan Binder
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There is no "right way" or "best way" to live your life. Do not listen to others about the choices you should make. It does not mean they do not have good advice but it is up to you to make the decisions. Since you made the decision then you face the consequences; good or bad. If others make the decision then they do not face the consequences for those decisions; it is you and you alone. So if you must face those consequences then it is up to you to make the hard decisions and live with it. Don't look back and say "shoulda, woulda, coulda" like so many others just suck it up and face it and make the best of it. Those good and bad decisions build your character, and it makes you an individual that you can respect and admire for the determination to be your own person.
I've known an individual that has tattoos all over his face. It looks like hell in my humble opinion but I have to admit that it makes him extremely unique and he stands out in any crowd. On the other hand my looks are so common that many do not remember me since I do not stand out. Those actions he took reward him in some way and whether they do or not he has to live with it and look in the mirror.
So look in the mirror. You are the reflection of your decisions and be proud of them and how far it has brought you. You may be older but you are so much wiser than others who have not made the same decisions. Your wisdom belongs to you and each is built upon just like the atoms and molecules that make up your body those decisions make up your intellect.
You are an individual and unique and that belongs to only you. The only things that make us unique are our differences so revel in them.
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When we create events we do so with the thought of providing space that we really want to be a part of. San Diego is a beautifully progressive city with a huge population of plant eaters. We love that!! We want to provide space for the herbivores to gather, eat, dance, sing, and connect with others. On June 30th we did just that. The Eco Lounge was held at The Center for a Healthy Lifestyle in Solana Beach. This center has been estabilished for the children at the Boys and Girls Club to come and learn how to garden and grow food. They have done a wonderful job. The ambiance at this "house" is inviting. There's a huge garden in the back filled with fresh food that you can grab and eat, and the front yard has a large deck patio with a fountain of running water. Inside the center is a large open kitchen which was perfect for Organic Blood/Planet Fuji chefs to create their magical delights. In the kitchen Chef Matthew Purnell and Fuji Love served up RAW and Vegan food ready to order. Amongst the delights we had black bean tacos with macademia nut sour cream and pineapple salsa, a black and brown rice melody with garlic herb mushrooms on top, and asian stir fry. On our RAW food menu we had Summer Solstice Sun Burgers with fresh made ketchup, Pesto Spaghetti, Smokey Ginger Kale Salad, and 7 Layer Dip with Purple Corn Chips. Of course everything was organic and most of the produce was purchased at our local farmers market. We had a bar going all night long serving SUPERFOOD Tonic Elixirs. Some people were a bit tired from their day so they chose a tonic to give them energy, some people wanted to feel more mellow so they chose an appropriate tonic, and some people wanted to get in a love mood for after the party so they chose their elixir 🙂 We brought in THE BEST DJ we could find and of course, he's a plant eater just like us. DJ Dash Eye of the Tribe of Kings spun reggae music that really set the tone for the night. We were able to serve over 100 people throughout the night and the energy in there was inspiring. Everyone got to connect with old friends and meet new friends. We had about 5 different Meet Up groups representing including members from our own www.meetup.com/organicblood Once the night started to wind down and everyones bellies were content, an impromtu open mic session started. We had live poetry and rhymes and laughs. It was difficult to get everyone to leave, people simply didn't want to disconnect from the vibe we collectively created. Even after all the crew had packed up and shut down the spot, there was still people hanging out totally engulfed in conversation lol. Thank you to everyone who came and don't worry, there will be more. Look for the Eco Lounge to be open at least once a month and as we grow we will open it more frequently. For the next one we are planning to incorporate yoga, more open mic time, and low lights for dancing 🙂
Category Archives: In San Diego…
Organic Blood presents with LoVe: The Eco Lounge
Organic Blood's celebrating 2 years with NUG Magazine
NUG Magazine is distributed monthly throughout San Diego and supports local arts, creativity and they of course keep the city updated and educated on the cannabis and hemp culture. Tiffany Janay contributes monthly columns on holistic lifestyle living. Her column has become a favorite amongst the Twitter community specifically. The magazine is growing at a strong and steady pace which is inspiring considering they are a grass roots company owned by a husband and wife. Couples in business together are great!
Organic Blood was proud to sponsor their celebration.
Malik and I brought some of the Bloodline out with us to join in the celebration…
Kron & Venus of 420Products.com came out to support
Aaron of Green Brothers & Fuji Love
Gio Blitz from NUG holdin the staff down always
Look what she did to her shirt. Fresh!
We were so excited to see OUR LOGO all over the screens throughout the club!
Found some Organic love at SPIN night club, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. Fuji Love got excited when she seen it in the bathroom, she said "yea we can wash our hands tonight!". We don't use the hot pink soap they usually give out in the bathroom, what is that?! What goes on the skin goes in the blood and we gotta keep it organic. Thanks Dr. B for sponsoring the event and holdin down us OB's.
Thank you NUG for a great 2 years of personal expansion and for allowing me to fulfill my goals. Now let's get ready for national distribution!!
Organic Blood Presents with LoVe: THE HEMP EDIBLE & WEARABLE FASHION SHOW VIDEO!
Organic Blood in conjunction with The Hemp Industry Associations National Hemp History Week campaign, brought to the city of San Diego a Hemp Edible & Wearable Fashion Show. The event was held at Queen Bee's Cultural Center and featured DOPE fashion from designers such as Livity Outernational, Satori, Dime Bags, Sativa Bags, Jungmaven, Hemp Hoodlamb, and Hempys.
Our guests got to taste many different hemp flavors from companies such as Nutiva, Manitoba Harvest, Ruths Hemp Food, Rejuvenative, Kombucha 2000, and Natures Path.
The event was created to educate the people about the fact that as U.S. citizens we are federally prohibited from growing hemp for industrial purposes which is causing the funneling of millions of dollars to be spent boosting other countries economies.
Help us spread the word and be apart of our momentum in getting the government to DECRIMINALIZE HEMP!!
Hemp Edible & Wearable Fashion Show
MAY 8th 2011:
Organic Blood presents The Hemp Edible & Wearable Fashion Show in honor of National Hemp History Week!
Special guest speaker David Bronner (President of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap)
Hemp Foam Shower in the parking lot-check out the video to know what to expect!
Vegan food vendors, free giveaways, education, full catwalk, Dubstep, 3D art walls, good vibes, raffles, free spiritual readings…. COme discover the new standard.
For more info email love@organicblood or call 619-320-8483
Sponsored by:
Nutiva, Dr. Bronner, Bova Dosa, Nug Magazine, Ecotopiia, Hemp History Week
The Benefits of Acupuncture
Check out our newest Organic Blood TV episode. Tiffany Janay has her first treatment of acupuncture. Also, be sure to pick up a Nug Magazine to read the article that goes with this video. Have you ever had acupuncture? What was your experience?
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If you are in San Diego, this weekend we are hosting a raw food dinner to showcase the culinary art of our friend, Chef Fuji. The dinner is in La Mesa Sunday March 6th from 4-6. Here's the details. Hope to see you there:
Take your mouth for a tasty trip down south of the border. Join us for a private lunch and experience a fresh fiesta of flavors with a twist of raw soul.
Chef Fuji will be taking traditional flavors and recreating gourmet culinary art. All the food will be ALIVE upon serving.
We will also share our tips on how to incorporate more living and healthy foods into your lifestyle to achieve optimal health and wellness.
This will be outdoor seating so please plan accordingly.
We will be eating as a group so arrive on time.
$25 per adult.
Must prepay. RSVP with number of guests and a link to pay via Paypal will be sent to you.
(subject to change slightly)
Agua de Jamaica
Cilantro Jicama Ensalada
Heavenlayer Dip with Corn Chips
Spinach Enchiladas with Mexican Rice
Flan covered in Caramel Sauce
Chef Fuji found health and well being in Living Foods upon birthing her first child, now 5 1/2 years old. At 23, believing the peak of living was supposed be at this time in her life, she felt unnaturally heavy, tired, and unmotivated to move. After discovering various cleansing techniques, raw nutrition made an appearance in many articles and books. The repetition of cleansing with live foods also made sense to optimize life everyday, for her and her family. Now with more life, light, and energy Chef Fuji brings her amazing Life invoking Foods to the table, for happiness, togetherness and just real deliciousness!
For questions or further info please email email@example.com or call 619-320-8483.


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The Luddite in me
18 March 2014
Last weekend I was playing darts in a pub with a few friends of mine. The game that we engaged in was 501, whereby the objective is, dart by dart, to reduce your score from 501 down to exactly zero, ending in a double or the bullseye. This can be done with nine darts.
In a pub setting, the scorekeeping is usually done with a chalk and blackboard, and can be tricky to do in your head (quick: what's 387 - 119?). This is especially so under the influence of the refreshments served in a typical pub setting. This time, however, my friend offered a novel and smart solution developed for this exact problem: a smartphone app dedicated for the sole purpose of keeping score in a game of 501. At that point the Neo-Luddite in me woke up.
Luddism was a movement that gained popularity among artisans in England during the Industrial Revolution. Fearing that the cheap bulk goods produced with the newly invented machinery would replace their handcrafted products, the Luddites destroyed manufacturing and agricultural machinery such as spinning frames, mechanical looms, and thrashers. Nowadays Luddism refers to the philosophy of resisting technological progress more generally.
Here's what the Neo-Luddite in me was saying at the dartboard: of course we would be able make the subtractions ourselves and didn't need the help of the scorekeeping application! What's more, the glare of the screen would ruin the delicate atmosphere of laughter and chatter that had already built up around the pub at that point of the evening (as if not half of the people there were holding phones in their hand at that moment anyway). If I wasn't going to practice my math and logical reasoning skills now, they would slowly erode away, atrophy like an unused muscle.
In fact, that evil piece of technology was about to make me dumber! I needed to fight against it!
The thinking that technology is making us less skilled and able than we were just a few decades ago comes up also in many other contexts. Our capability to do math in the head or with a pen and paper is worse than it used to be because now the computer does the math for us. We are a lot less able to remember phone numbers than just a few decades ago because now every number is stored in your contacts list and there isn't a need to dial them. Our handwriting is probably not as pretty as it used to be before we started producing text mostly through keyboards. We are probably less able to navigate in an unfamiliar city based on street signs, sun position, and asking strangers because now we always have that blue dot available on our smartphone screens that can put us back on the map. Damn you, technology, for making us idiots!
While it may be true that we don't remember as many phone numbers as we used to, it also pays to appreciate the way in which technology is making us more skilled, able, and smarter.
While our capability to do math in the head might be worse than 20 years ago, our capability to solve mathematic problems is much better because of technology.
While our capability to remember phone numbers might have gone down since the digital contacts list, our capability to make a phone call to a larger number of people is much enhanced because of technology.
While our capability to hunt down a woolly mammoth with our bare hands might have gone down when the stone spear was invented, our capability to feed our family with mammoth meat was greatly improved because of technology.
I'm by no means saying that you shouldn't learn math because the computer can do it for you or that you shouldn't learn foreign languages because soon you will have an earbud with live voice translation in it. These skills build up our thinking and also help us to deal with the new technology.
But I am saying that cultural evolution will go on despite the Luddites that live inside many of us. If a technology is going to make us smarter, faster, more productive, or better off in any other way, there is always someone to adopt it. The wheel, fishnet, bow and arrow, printing press, spinning frame, computer, 501 scorekeeping app. All part of the same continuum. And all probably abhorred by the Luddites of their time.


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Now that the winter months are upon us and the days are much colder, it's time to start thinking about ways to protect our hair from the damage that winter elements can cause. Here are a few tips that will help you maintain healthy, beautiful hair this season:
- Static can be a real problem when conditions are cold and dry. A great way to combat static is to use a good heat styling product for blow drying, such as Moroccan oil treatment, which can be used on dry hair before using a curling or flat iron.
- During the winter months, it's a great idea to treat your hair once a week to a deep conditioning regimen. This will help to replenish the moisture which tends to get depleted from things such as dry heat in your home and cold winter air. I recommend Kerastase fusion treatment to fit your hair needs or bumble & bumble quenching masque. These products provide a quick and easy way to lock moisture back into your hair.
- One alternative to consider, depending on your specific hair type, is to use a hair oil like Oribe Gold Lust Hair Oil after shampooing. It is like a liquid gold that nourishes dehydrated or color-treated hair and can be used on wet hair to blow-dry, or as a smooth and shine treatment on dry hair.
- I also find that if you can keep hair-washing to a maximum of two to three times a week in the winter months, this will prevent your hair from drying out too much. Also, make sure to dry your hair well before leaving the house. Not only will you help yourself avoid catching a cold, but the moisture in your hair combined with the cold air can add further damage to your hair by making it more brittle and dry.
- A regular trim is a great way to keep your hair healthy during the winter months. A light dusting of the ends every 4 to 6 weeks will help reduce the chance of dry splitting ends.
- Finally, one unexpected secret to keeping hair looking good in the winter is to invest in a humidifier. I know you're thinking that humidity equals frizzy hair, but when you have the heat on, the air in your home becomes very dry. I find the humidifier helps stop your hair and skin from feeling dry and staticky.
The bottom line: Be good to your hair, especially during these months when you can't stop dreaming of that sun-drenched beach...anywhere!
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Sorry it's been a while. :)
First off, I'm very appreciative for all of the comments and e-mails that I received after my last post about my Dad passing away.
It was pretty devastating when I received the news from my mother. I was out in Vegas and had been up for two days at the time. We had gone out on the Friday night and carried on all the way through to the Saturday night; when we went to the Calzaghe Vs Hopkins bout. I finally got in around 5am on the Sunday morning which is when I received the phone call from my mum. I think the fact that I was so exhausted and drunk made the news even harder to deal with at the time. I have never cried so much.
Everything went very smoothly back in England. The funeral went very well, and our family, and extended family, has become even closer as a result.
When I returned to poker around the middle of May I decided to move my action over to Pokerstars. It's hard to believe just how poor the service was that I was receiving from Full Tilt Poker. I was bringing in well over $150,000 a year to them in rake yet they couldn't be bothered to reply to my e-mails. And if they did eventually respond then it was some generic response informing me how I could earn an extra $25 by introducing a friend to the site. I mean, what the fuck is that all about!?
I use my eldest daughters name (Narena) on Full Tilt. On Stars I use my yougest's, MeleaB.
I only had about $200 - $300 in my Pokerstars account. I didn't want to re-deposit, and I didn't want to play lower than 200NL (I never have done, other than a few hands of 100NL when there weren't enough tables running of 200NL at Full Tilt on the odd occasion during the early hours.) So I bought in short at 200NL on about half a dozen tables until I had enough to open up a few more tables. Then I opened up some 400NL until I soon had several hundred dollars, and enough to play some tables full stacked.
By the middle of June I had reached Supernova Status, and I began to wonder how viable it would be to attempt SNE status. I kept detailed daily notes of my poker P&L and VPP earnings so it wasn't hard to project what rate I was going to have to maintain through until the end of the year. I was used to playing 6-7 hours a day anyway, but I was going to have to increase that rate for nearly 6 months.
On Full Tilt, I ran at 2.75ptBB/100 (5.5BB/100) over a sample of about 2,000,000 hands playing the max number of tables (12, then 16 when they increased the cap.) Now, I have no problem playing 24 tables on Pokerstars but it does take it's toll when you have to average around 10 hours a day! There were two or three days early on where I had to question whether it was likely that I would reach SNE. After considering all the factors each time (e.g. time commitment Vs reward) I decided that it was worth the effort.
However, in order to be able to maintain the pace I needed I decided to switch from full-stacking to experiment with short-stacking. Despite a significantly lower win-rate while short-stacking it did enable me to complete the required number of VPPs each day. When I was fresh I would revert back to full-stacking, and I would never rathole, so often my long sessions started as short-stacking but finished as full-stacks on many of the tables.
I played 1,380,000+ hands (11,400/day) (620k VPPs) during the last 4 months. I only made around $9,000 in winnings but I still made $62,000 during that time with bonuses, plus the pro rata portion of SNE tournamnet value and increased 2009 earnings (due to the increased FPP multiple.)
www.tableratings.com shows me as break-even during this period, although they only have around 80% of my hands mined:
Here are my results for the six full months on Stars:
Jun-2008 $22,387
Jul-2008 $15,143
Aug-2008 $10,750
Sep-2008 $15,091
Oct-2008 $20,275
Nov-2008 $12,393
Dec-2008 $14,017
+ tournament entries (WCOOP + Monte Carlo Package) worth around $20k or so.
Having played many hands while short-stacking during these last few months, my conclusions on this "controversial" topic are:
*It really isn't possible to have a win-rate too much higher than break-even at 200NL (before bonuses) simply because of the rake. If a full-stacker wins a $400 pot, he pays $3 in rake; just 0.75%. Whereas if a short-stacker wins five pots of $80 then he pays $15 in rake; 3.75%. Obviously full-stacker win smaller pots too, but this increased rake fee (in terms of a percentage of the pot) is significantly more for short-stackers. Obviously as you increase in stakes (400NL and above) then this becomes less of a factor due to the cap of the $3 rake. If I was to have to repeat my SNE quest in such a short time span, then I would probably spend the time at the NL400 tables.
*Most short-stackers at 200Nl are not very good, and most lose a fair bit of money due in part to the high rake that is paid. Despite that, most of the regulars would still see a profit once bonuses are taken into account.
*It's probably the best option for full ring cash players desperately trying to reach SNE status (or some milestone) by the end of the year, rather than playing higher stake limit cash, unfamiliar (to cash players) SnGs, or 6-max cash games. Many good, profitable players took a big hit in the final month or two of the year in their attempt to reach SNE.
*I don't think short-stackers are really anything for people to make a fuss about for the most part. Obviously I'd rather have a fish sitting down with a full stack, and- admittedly- I do find myself mumbling "Fucking useless short stack" when I'm playing with a full stack, but a fish is still a fish. It's better to have him at the table with $40 than for him to be elsewhere. I don't like players that rathole though. It's like playing a game of football, the other team scores first and then they declare "OK. That's the end of the game!"
I decided that I would keep my screen name to myself for the first few weeks while playing on Stars. Later on I decided that I would wait until I made SNE and updated my blog in the new year before I gave out my screen name (not that it's a big deal anyway.) I also started posting as ROM Amnesty (which is an anagram of Smart Money) on the Two Plus Two poker forums.
Going forward I will be playing less hours per day so I intend to play full-stacked 200NL for now. I may step up in stakes at some point, but I've been saying that forever. It's just too easy and comfortable to mindlessly play 10,000+ hands a day where I am. I may also experiment with some short-stacking on NL400 just to see how profitable that can be. (The bonuses alone will be worth around $80 an hour as a SNE.) I also hope to play in Monte Carlo this year, and possibly the WSOP Main Event, but we shall see.
Anyway, all the best to everyone at the tables, and Happy New Year if it's not too late for that!
19 comments:
- Gerv said...
So how did you created your shortstacking strategy? Like giving yourself a max range that is profitable against someone else or how do you do that? Is this shortstack attempt also a manner to know what the weaknesses are of this pesty shortstacks?
- 7:26 am
good to see you back blogging..
can i ask what kind of table layout/scripts you use to 24 table the stars games.
- 7:59 am
- Smart Money said...
I just played it by ear really, making some adaptions as I went along. Obviously you have slightly different ranges for stealing/ re-stealing against different opponents. I sure the experience will help me a little as a full stack against short stacks in the future.
- 12:50 pm
- Smart Money said...
Cheers. I spent most of the time stacking my tables, playing on my laptop (because it is less taxing for mammoth sessions.) The only script I use is Stars Assistant for the auto time-bank.
Going forward, I'll revert back to tiling on the 3 x 30" monitors that I use.
- 12:52 pm
Smart Poker
Its fantastic to have you back in the blogosphere.
Happy New Year to you and daughters.
- 4:21 am
- EvertonYorkie said...
Awesome that you are back blogging, I missed reading about it before.
Never knew you were ROM on 2+2, I always thought you had another account?
Anyway N1 on achieving SNE and good luck this year. I'm going for standard SN, but would never be able to put in the volume needed for SNE.
- 11:30 am
- poker outings for a confused mind said...
sweet blog. check me out/add me too.
poker outings for a confused mind:
- 8:59 pm
- damn ringer said...
welcome back man.
hope all is well and you definitely work your ass off.
- 12:54 am
- Prinzessin said...
very nice to see thats you blogging this year also i really like to read your blog
- 10:20 am
hi, nice to have you back buddy, ignore my ignorance but what does sn, and sne mean? what do you have to do etc...to achieve these!
- 4:17 am
- dobieatwar said...
Welcome back.
- 2:18 pm
- Amatay said...
Welcome back mate
- 2:29 pm
- Amatay said...
Welcome back mate
- 2:29 pm
crazy i just happened to click on your link...good to see you back! Truly inspiring man!! Good luck in 09 not that you really need it!
- 6:43 pm
- Goldseraph said...
wow hell of a story, you are a sick grinder man..
- 2:48 am
Awesome! Welcome back.
- 5:06 am
- seanb said...
Just found your blog was back online again, welcome back! Your numbers are still pretty stunning too, good luck for the rest of 2009.
- 4:34 pm
welcome back!
nice to hear you're still crushing
- 11:17 am
March 1 update?
- 11:02 pm


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... was the official school breakup service and leaving ceremony for the Year 8 class.
No more kindy (ever), no more school for 6 1/2 weeks, am grateful that I have a job where I can spend the summer holidays with the kids, and just enjoy them and have some fun getting out and about. Gets better each year as they are older now and able to do a bit more.