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February 25, 2012
All the things plus that time I almost burned down the building with a pop tart
The first thing you should know is that I paid almost $300 to have someone professionally install the new version of this software on my server, because upgrading from 2004 MT software to 2012 MT software is just so far outside my bowling lane that I literally deleted the entire database, whoops. But I HATE this new software. HATE. Loathe. Bad feelings. I finally discovered what the problem was with the comments, by the way. The "spam filter" (in ironic quotes) filtered out only the real comments and left the spam comments to free-for-all and make spam sex in my comments section. I do not know how I plan to address this. Just a few weeks ago I deleted over 12,000 spam comments. And that was just the tip of the crazyberg, there are something like 50,000 more. So ennui descended -- cue French music! -- and I just avoided this website which seemed like a good option at the time.
Thank you in advance for the solutions you are going to email me but I also have not read blog email since October. There should be a better excuse here, but I went on vacation with my family in mid-October with no email access, and when I got back my account was so overrun it was impossible so I just got irritated and opened a personal email account somewhere else. How do spammers even make money? How is it possible that the presidential candidates talk so much about so little yet they never mention spam? Spam affects ALL OF US. It also especially affects me so I will only vote for the person who officially offers to make spamming a federal crime.
Today I have a new strategy. I am just going to turn off all comments and go back to the tedious work of spam deletion and then figure out a solution at a later date with wine.
In some ways I imagine the way I feel about this website is the way a young wayward 30-something feels when she turns up one day unexpectedly pregnant, gets freaked out then excited and then happy, changes everything about her life, only to wake up eight years later to discover the child she is raising is a sociopath who does bad things to caterpillars. She still feels love for the child, but she kind of wants to institutionalize it and pretend it isn't hers.
So that brings us up to date! Hello, readers!
ALSO. There is good new news but I can't quite share it yet since I'm superstitious. So that comes later. In the meantime, a few things:
1) Funniest Dialogue Ever, from 30 Rock
Jenna, talking about Liz Lemon's surprisingly rich acquaintance uber-nerd:
"I don't know a lot about business, but he did an internet, now the computers like him, and Wall Street is Google."
Sadly, I may never be Google that way. [For reference, see: entire complaining monologue above about my own website.]
2) Chicken Chili, not even chili, but I like it, I like it, I really like it.
I realize I have written about this chili recipe 437 times and yet it is not even real chili. Real chili, as all Southerners know, is made from ground beef. You can make your "chili" from tofu or turkey or chicken or scrambled iguana eggs but the mean-spirited quotation marks stand. It is not real chili. Real chili is all cow. (WOW, coincidentally, did I pick a great day to turn off comments or what! Sorry, vegans, no comments for you today.)
Southerners are so crazy about chili that entire families have been torn apart by the controversial issue of beans. Do beans belong in chili? My family from Texas says no, by the way, though I myself am partial to the more bayou side and I like some red beans in my chili. My father's chili is all beef, no beans and it is often spooned over enchiladas. Whole 'nother ball of wax.
So this chicken recipe is just crazypants, but that is why I love it. You can add any old thing and it's still great, though not traditional, and maybe that is what makes it so great. It's all improv! I start with a whole chopped big brown onion, more than the recipe calls for. I add it to the pot along with a whole chopped red bell pepper and a green bell pepper. Tons of fresh garlic. Then I add finely chopped chicken breast (tip: freeze the chicken a bit before chopping, it goes so much faster when it's a bit frozen.) Add all the spices and stuff like the recipe calls for. But you can switch up the beans, I usually add one can of white beans and one can of mixed-up beans, the Ralph's store brand has an organic version of black beans, red beans and pinto beans mixed together and they are great. I also add in about a cup of very finely chopped green stuff -- maybe kale or chard, whatever is on sale. You can't taste it and it adds some nutrition.
At the very end of the cook time I add a tiny dash of cinnamon. Sounds crazy but it adds some warmth and coziness to this totally not-chili chili. The recipe makes a HUGE pot of food so you have plenty to freeze for later. It freezes great, too. If you get your chicken on sale this dish adds up to about $7.00 for ten servings. Not bad, Chad!
3) The Chocolate Pop Tarts are the dangerous ones
I have this cheap toaster that I bought God Only Knows Where and since I rarely toast anything it's not a big life issue for me, like spam or chili or television. I have very strong feelings about those other topics, but toasting is not really on my worry list.
Yesterday I was at the store getting the ingredients for my chicken chili and I found myself alone in the pop tart aisle and I had the chocolate goodness in my basket so quick and downlow you'd think I was scoring heroin on an episode of Intervention. I got home and dug the toaster out of the cupboard and plugged it in and set my pop tarts to toast and they toasted all right. The plunger thingy just stayed plunged. They never popped up like in the commercial.
I'm pretty sure I haven't consumed a pop tart in about ten years so I wasn't paying that much attention to the pop tart protocol and I was distracted, you see, and dusting the weird little vent at the bottom of the fridge and I could smell the intensity of chocolate pop tart but I didn't know it was ON FIRE until the smoke alarm sounded and there were flames -- yes, flames! - inside my toaster.
Lest you think this is a story with a sad ending, may I remind you that pop tarts comes in boxes of pairs, and there was a reserve waiting for me. So I used the microwave to heat my backup tarts. I know when a machine cannot be trusted.
I have at least learned that much.
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Wherein I ramble about music, film, literature, sports, etc. As if you could care less.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Top 10 Albums: 2001
Moving on, 2001 was an interesting year -- this list features an eclectic list of solid releases from '90s stalwarts and early stuff from some of the new decade's finest. This is also the year I graduated from high school and started at ASU, so it was interesting to see how my taste in music started to diverge. Here's my top 10:
Honorable mentions: blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (I actually really like blink... a late scratch from the top 10 though), Green Day - International Superhits! (still my favorite Green Day album, if only for the inclusion of J.A.R.), Lostprophets - The Fake Sound of Progress (ah, remember nu metal?... this record is actually pretty good though), Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game (a pop-punk gem), 311 - From Chaos (this band is better than they get credit for), Weezer - Green Album (another late scratch from the top 10... "hip, hip").
10) The Strokes - Is This It
Produced by: Gordon Raphael
Standout tracks: "Someday," "Last Night," "Hard to Explain"
I know, I know. I just spent the entire intro to this entry trashing The Strokes. But what can I say, Is This It is a hard record not to like. It's actually a pretty excellent collection of toe-tappers and bar jams. The mood lifts when any of its singles come on the juke, and it's even kind of dance-y, so it's not entirely out of place in trendier uptown joints. It's even good driving music. It's just a fun, versatile record. They even throw a little Tom Petty homage in there. Okay, so they actually pretty much lifted the riff from "American Girl," but Mr. Petty is on record as saying he doesn't mind, so it's all water under the bridge. This *is* a good record... just don't try to tell me it's capital-g Great.
9) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Produced by: Jack White
Standout tracks: "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," "Fell in Love With a Girl," "I Can't Wait"
One of the great, underrated things about 2001 is the influx of "The" bands. The Strokes. The White Stripes. The Vines. The Hives. It seemed like every new, catchy, vaguely-garage rock band that came out was a "The" band. Lazy band-naming or homage to the British Invasion bands of the '60s (Beatles, Kinks, Byrds, Who, et al.)? You decide.
At any rate, The White Stripes were easily the best of the bunch, and a band that has a legitimate claim to being Band of the Decade -- and this was the record that introduced most people to them. While it's not their most accomplished record (that would be 2003's Elephant), White Blood Cells is definitely a highlight in their oeuvre. It's loud, raw, full of big, Zeppelin-esque riffs and concussive rhythms. "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is easily the best album opener of the year, announcing an album that's proudly, aggressively lo-fi -- simple, unfettered rock 'n' roll.
8) Rx Bandits - Progress
Produced by: Chris Fudurich
Standout tracks: "VCG3," "Analog Boy," "Babylon," "Who Would've Thought"
The Bandits' 1999 release Halfway Between Here and There was a fairly stereotypical (although pretty darn good) third-wave ska record, full of bouncy horn lines and songs about girls. Their very next release two years later, Progress, however, was a complex, genre-bending mini-masterpiece full of songs about technology, social injustice, and politics. Say what? In two years, the band went from an unremarkable Drive-Thru records band to a socially-conscious, indie-ska-jam band (I still don't know what to make of their live show). To put this into another context, it would be like The Beatles releasing Sgt. Pepper's immediately after Please Please Me. Rarely has a band transformed so drastically from one album to the next. Whatever the cause, I'm glad they did it. My iTunes is full of unremarkable third-wave ska acts, but there's hardly anything in it like Progress.
7) Incubus - Morning View
Produced by: Incubus and Scott Litt
Standout tracks: "Circles," "Wish You Were Here," "Are You In?"
There was a time (probably most of the early part of the decade) when Incubus was my favorite band. I'm not sure how I got into them (I just spent about 10 minutes trying to remember how I even heard of them... couldn't do it), but S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was the first record of theirs I got a hold of. I just loved its electro-funk-rap/rock craziness. This record was about as far from that vibe as I could have imagined when I played it for the first time. I didn't care though -- one of the things I've always loved about Incubus is their refusal to stick to one particular sound (although I think their newest effort, Light Grenades, is largely derivative of earlier material... namely, this record). Morning View, then, is their "mellow" record. It's full of deliberate, textured jams that play to the band's strengths -- Mike Eizinger's crafty guitarwork, DJ Kilmore's wonderfully subtle work on the turntable, and, of course, Brandon Boyd's unparalleled ability to not wear a shirt. Kidding... (not really, that guy can not wear the shit out of a shirt) but he's actually one of my favorite rock vocalists. Although it's not my favorite, or even the best, Incubus record, Morning View is still damn fine listening. "Wish You Were Here" (yeah, yeah, not nearly as good as the seminal Pink Floyd track) is one of my favorite songs of this year and one of many excellent love songs the band has written.
6) Tool - Lateralus
Produced by: Tool and David Bottrill
Standout tracks: "Schism," "Parabola," "Lateralus"
A couple months back, I had one of those legendary, 4:00 a.m. drunk conversations about music with a couple friends after a party had died down. These are always a tricky proposition -- tempers flare, the line between opinion and fact becomes skewed, and outrageous assertions are made. Sometimes, the police become involved (this seriously happened once). Fortunately, police involvement was not necessary on this occasion -- we all managed to agree that Tool would go down as one of the best, most important bands of our generation. Years down the line, they'll probably be remembered as one of the defining rock bands of all time. They'll probably be inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (whether or not they care is another question entirely). This record is a large reason why -- tribally powerful and artfully complex at the same time. It has everything from cat-squeezing ("Mantra") to the Fibonacci sequence ("Lateralus"). It also has some of the best drumming of all time, courtesy of Danny Carey. A true classic album. Does it get any more epic than "I know the pieces fit" over and over? The only reason it's not higher on the list is because, to me, it's just not something I can throw on any old time. I have to be in a specific mood to listen to Tool... that's not the case with the rest of the albums on this list.
5) Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Produced by: The Dust Brothers
Standout tracks: "Kielbasa," "Tribute," "Fuck Her Gently"
"Inward Singing." "Cock Push-Ups." "Drive-Thru." All classics.... and those are just the skits! It's not often that the so-called "filler" tracks on an album can be described as classics. But c'mon: "One is all you need." "A JUNIOR Western Bacon Chee. I'm trying to watch my figure." Eminently quotable and hilarious. And then there are the songs! Show me someone who doesn't know all the words to "Fuck Her Gently" and I'll show you a dirty, dirty liar. And do I even need to mention the genius of the line "Dianetics, your buttcheeks is warm"? Finally, there's "Tribute," which might actually be my favorite song of this year. A perfect blend of homage and hilarity. (There always seems to be one word that pops up too many times in a given entry... "homage" is it this time.) This album is just the perfect hybrid of laugh out loud comedy and balls-out rock. Literally.
4) Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
Produced by: Mike Sapone and Brand New
Standout tracks: "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad," "Failure by Design," "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys," "Magazines," "Soco Amaretto Lime"
The last four albums on this list are all important records to me for various reasons. They'd all be in serious contention for Top 25 of the Decade consideration. First up is Brand New's debut record, Your Favorite Weapon. I was introduced to Brand New by a girl in an English class my junior year of ASU, and the record she showed me at Hoodlums in the M.U. (R.I.P.) was Deja Entendu (which immediately blew my mind). What I'm trying to say is that I didn't hear YFW until after the fact. I was sort of leery, to be honest. From what I had understood, YFW was basically a pop-punk record, whereas Deja was (is) probably one of the most accomplished albums of the decade (sort of like the leap between the Rx Bandits albums). What I didn't know, and what I found out, was that YFW is one of the best pop-punk records of all time. Sure, it's mostly three chords of angst and songs about girls, but it has a certain panache and underlying current of genius that just isn't there is most (or any) pop-punk records. "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys" is probably the best, most authentic song about girl problems ever ("It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off / home on a Saturday night / With all my doors locked up tight / I won't be thinking about you, baby"). "Soco Amaretto Lime" is one of the best slow-jam, singalong album closers around. I could go on (I haven't even mentioned "Jude Law"), but I'll stop here. A *remarkable* pop-punk record that definitely anticipates Deja if you listen close enough.
3) Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Produced by: Mark Trombino and Jimmy Eat World
Standout tracks: "A Praise Chorus," "Your House," "Sweetness," "If You Don't, Don't"
Jimmy Eat World is one of my favorite bands of this decade. (I know, they've been around for a while, but they are definitely a product of the 2000s.) That much I know. What I don't know is what my favorite Jimmy record is. Clarity is their most iconic and perhaps most influential. Futures is their most musically accomplished. Chase This Light is their catchiest. What, then, does that make this record? Their biggest? That's obvious, but it doesn't really say anything about the songs not named "The Middle." Their best? That's a question you could ask four (or five) different people and get four (or five) different answers to. Too subjective. Honestly, I'm not sure how this record fits into the band's catalog or how it will be remembered, but it settles in on this list nicely at #3. The singles (you know them all, and know them well) are uniformly excellent, perfect pop rock masterpieces. The album tracks are the ones that make this album worth listening to again and again though. "Your House" is one of the most heart-rending songs I've heard... "I had you once / Oh, I can't forget that / Sometimes I wish / I could lose you again." Yikes. "If You Don't, Don't" is probably one of their most underrated songs -- so, so great, yet I never hear anyone talk about it. All I know is that it's gone on more than a few mixes I've made. "Hear You Me," "The Authority Song"... I could go on, but, again, I won't. Like I said, I don't know how this record will be remembered, but I know it will.
2) Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Produced by: Rob Schnapf
Standout tracks: "At Your Funeral," "Jukebox Breakdown," "As Your Ghost Takes Flight," "All I'm Losing Is Me"
I'll be honest with you: I have probably four other Saves the Day albums on my iTunes. I'll also tell you that I've can count on my fingers and toes the amount of times I've listened to them all *combined*. Why? Because I know, with complete, utter certainty, that they aren't -- can't be -- as good as this record. Again, why? Because none of them contain the song "At Your Funeral." Here's another Hoodlums story: My freshman year at ASU, I spent most of my time in my dorm, playing Madden 2002 or Final Fantasy X, drinking Pepsi by the 12 pack, masturbating to dial-up porn, having awkward roommate moments, and watching whatever college-oriented music video channel ASU had access to. Anyway, the video for "At Your Funeral" came on one afternoon. I was blown away. Hoodlums had one less copy of Stay What You Are by dinner time is what I'm trying to say. *That's* how good this song is. If you don't believe me, I've included the video below. Watch it. Love it. The rest of the album is almost as amazing as that song, full of quirky little three-minute gems about teenage tragedy, awkward silences, and obsessive (and perhaps murderous) ex-lovers. In short, there's something everyone can relate to. Now, watch this video:
I really do miss the old days sometimes.
1) Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Produced by: Ben Folds and Ben Grosse
Standout tracks: "Annie Waits," "Zak and Sara," "Rockin' the Suburbs," "The Luckiest"
Ben Folds is solely responsible for me being the person I am today. Okay, that's not exactly true, but if you buy into the whole hyperbolic "music is central to my being" shit that people post in their facebook interests, then the statement is pretty close to the truth. That is to say, Ben Folds is pretty much the reason that I'm not still listening to shitty nu metal and power pop. I somehow stumbled into a little record called Whatever and Ever Amen (I think I saw the video for "Brick" on this weird show on MTV2 where a bunch of parents would watch videos and decide if they would let their kids watch... I don't think "Brick" passed the test... too depressing) and I was not the same after that (get it??). I very much doubt there's a more influential record to me. At any rate, this is about Rockin' the Suburbs, Mr. Folds's first record after he dropped the Five (actually just two other dudes) responsible for Whatever et al. It's also the second best record in his catalog, after... oh, that should be obvious. Here, Folds shows the same combination of rollicking smart-aleck tracks (the eponymous track, "Zak," "Fired") and emotional, introspective compositions ("Still Fighting It," "Fred Jones, Part 2," "Luckiest") that endears him to his many legions of fans and irritates his many critics. He may never release a record as good as Whatever again, but I love him for trying (and this one comes close). This (along with many of the other records on this list) was the soundtrack to many a drive to and from Sedona. Oh, nostalgia. Mr. Folds has a lyric on one of his later records goes a little something like this: "[Kids today] get nostalgic about the last ten years / before the last ten years have passed." So true. Thank you, Mr. Folds, for the memories, and for saving me from nu metal.
Wow, I managed to keep this one under 3000 words... huzzah! Maybe some of these albums spark a memory or two for you as well... good ones, I hope! Good night, all... until next time.
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In other news, I completely forgot about System of a Down's Toxicity record. It would probably fall somewhere in the 8-12 range of this list. I may or may not rectify this tomorrow. Just FYI. Good record though.ReplyDelete
- CrimtorJanuary 6, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Yeah the difference between what we listened to in high school and where we're at now is amazing. Also F-U I still hate saves the day and Ben Folds while amazing definitely didn't make me stop listening to Power-Pop. Also YFW is my second favorite Brand New album, but I think you might agree. I think keeping Toxicity off is a good call, although it and Iowa (Slipknot) were pretty much all I listened to in 2001 as far as music goes they dont really deserve to be up there.ReplyDelete


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Behati Prinsloo Is Pregnant With Her Second Child To Adam Levine
Congrats to the happy couple!
Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo is pregnant with her second child to musician Adam Levine.
The model announced the news on Instagram with a bikini selfie showing her growing baby bump.
She captioned the photo simply: "ROUND 2....."
Behati and her Maroon 5 frontman husband welcomed their first child - a daughter named Dusty - in September 2016.
The couple has been open about wanting more children, with 28-year-old Behati once saying she wants 10 children to Net-A-Porter.
"I've always wanted a family since I was a little girl, a big family," she said. "I'm an only child so I wanted like 10 kids...for sure."
Congrats to the happy family!


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Brant Miller
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Brant is in the final stages of his PhD program in Science Education at the University of Minnesota. A variety of experiences inspire Brant's desire for exploration.
Prior to pursuing his PhD, Brant was an 8th grade science teacher at Douglas Middle School in Box Elder, South Dakota for 6 years. As an 8th grade science teacher in western South Dakota Brant continually sought engaging and meaningful experiences for his students. One example of this would be the design and construction of arguably one of the first ever disc golf arboretums. Through the generous support of a Toyota Tapestry grant for science teachers which was administered through the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Brant was able to highlight the natural flora and fauna in South Dakota by engaging students in the popular game of disc golf!
Providing unique opportunities to the classroom is a passion to Brant. In on-going collaboration with Pontifical Catholic University in Valparaiso in Chile, Brant is providing teachers with authentic science and engineering research experiences that immerse them not only in the fundamental research but also a cultural experience very different from what they are familiar with in the United States. Brant sees these professional development opportunities as invaluable to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers that seek to meet the needs of an ever changing and diverse student population. While in Chile Brant has also enjoyed climbing some Andean peaks and visiting some of the largest telescopes in the world.
Immersion in other cultures and the sharing amongst cultures is also key to another current project that Brant heads up. Taking a life of its own, Snow snakes is a highly coordinated effort to combine the culturally-based context of snow snakes with STEM content within an Adventure Learning environment. Snow snakes (shushumeg in Ojibwe) is defined as both a traditional American Indian game and a physical object. The game is played in tribal communities in the United States and Canada where the climate is conducive to such winter time pursuits. A snow snake (object) is a carved piece of wood that is said to emulate snakelike movements as it travels down an ice track. The game pits competitors against each other to see who can throw a snow snake the farthest. To learn more about this project and the game of snow snakes take a look at the website http://shushumeg.info.
The Alaska Native scholar Oscar Kwageley said that "the purpose of education is to die satiated with life". This is one of Brant's favorite quotes – to him it epitomizes the possibility of education, an education in which students can learn in a myriad of meaningful ways, not least of which is Adventure Learning!
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A decade ago smartphone did not exist. Three decades ago, no one was familiar with the computer use and its advantages. Intuitively, Technology is progressing faster than ever and the older technology gets substituted with the newly developed technology. There was a time when you required a map to get around.
Do you remember the time when the smartphone was new and it included the feature called GPS that you used to reach your destination step by step? You were not afraid of getting lost and you could reach the destination as the service provided the entire way with all possible directions to reach your destination. It also takes all the requirements like shortest path, low-cost and telling you in middle all nearby locations such as restaurants, library, bus stop, etc. Thanks to the Smartphone which let us know all about GPS and its functioning.
Technology contributed to the advancement of the dedicated motorcycle GPS unit. Now riders can easily use the designated motorcycle GPS unit to navigate around. You can also use the Smartphone and secure its place in motorcycle, using it for the same purpose of navigation. In some instances, a smartphone cannot hold up where a motorcycle GPS unit can. Everything comes with its pros and cons, we outline the pros and cons of motorcycle GPS unit and smartphone. GPS devices are designed depending on the application like Car GPS devices, truck GPS devices, handheld GPS devices & latest Smartphones. This way they ensure that the unit could do the tasks required efficiently.
The dedicated motorcycle GPS unit is built to last longer and its durability can withstand the vibration from the engine, different weather condition, humidity level, shock level, and different temperature ranges. The good quality product and the right material are required to handle the different environment. The conditions on motorcycle vary a lot and dedicated GPS unit is able to hold up in tough outdoor condition. Quality built GPS navigation units come with a high price tag. The smartphone is the alternative to the high cost of a motorcycle GPS unit. Many smartphones have the built-in GPS maps to give you the direction between two different points and also the apps specifically designed for smartphone GPS play a vital role in improving GPS accuracy. Using the smartphone and available apps is significantly cheaper than a dedicated motorcycle GPS unit.
Maps & Navigation
Specialized motorcycle GPS navigation units offer you preloaded maps which help you go through even without an internet signal. You can always install the latest map updates by connecting it to your PC whereas smartphone connects to the internet through the cellular network that gives you the choice to update while on the go. In case, you lose your cellular signal, you lose your navigation as well. On the other hand, motorcycle GPS navigation units have the SD card slot that gives you another option of downloading the map. Motorcycle GPS navigation units also give you an option to edit the route if you have accidentally found a shortcut. You can trace it back if you need it in future. These units have the subscription plans that enable you to download and should traverse new routes lacking in a preloaded list. It would be fair to say that Smartphone apps are also coming with an option to download new maps.
Manufactures claim dedicated motorcycle GPS units claim these units to be more accurate and versatile. In fact, it makes a perfect sense as it is called a dedicated device of a particular job. But in reality, it is not so. Test reports do not come in favor of motorcycle GPS units. It is hard to spot the difference as the smartphone GPS alternatives perform well in some test reports. It is hard to make any claim based on the accuracy tests.
Real-time traffic information
The best way to avoid delay on the road is possible only when you are able to access the real-time traffic information. Indeed, it is very important to access the real-time traffic information as this service saves your fuel, time, and your nerves. You never know what is ahead on the road, where the traffic is, and how long will it take to get through it. You also get to know about an accident, congestion, or maintenance work to plan the deviation accordingly. Both perform the task in a similar way. There is only an exception as the smartphone depends on the cellular network and the connection can break in a less populated area. The dedicated motorcycle unit receives the information all along the road.
You will find the major gap in durability as the dedicated units are built to withstand the toughest weather condition, dust, and heat. Many of them come with the touchscreen and you can operate with your gloves also. On the other hand, you will not find the smartphone sturdily built as the motorcycle GPS unit. You have to invest in protective cases and handlebar mounts. Smartphones are also prone to motorcycle vibration and could face the problem sooner.
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Cowboys Extra: Spotlight on Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald
Height: 6-3 Weight: 218
Season: 11th College: Pittsburgh
Strengths: For 11 seasons, Fitzgerald has been rated as one of the league's best. He has huge hands (10 1/2 inches) and long arms (34 inches each). He has rare hand-eye coordination, incredible concentration and tremendous ball skills. He makes the hard catch look easy. Fitzgerald uses his big body to his advantage, shielding receivers from the ball and going up and getting the ball in the red zone. He has great body control. His size makes him hard to tackle. Fitzgerald is a precise route runner, and he works hard at his craft. He is humble and likeable.
Weaknesses: He has never had game-breaking speed. Fitzgerald ran a 4.55 before the 2004 draft, and it likely cost him draft position. He has slowed down since. Fitzgerald has only seven catches over 20 yards this season. He occasionally drops a pass, but in 49 targets this season, he has no drops, according to STATS, Inc. His biggest weakness has been at quarterback. He has played with Kurt Warner and Carson Palmer but also with Drew Stanton, John Skelton, Kevin Kolb, Ryan Lindley, Brian Hoyer, Derek Anderson, Max Hall, Matt Leinart, Josh McCown, Shaun King and John Navarre.
Last week: He had seven catches for 160 yards and a touchdown in the Cardinals' 24-20 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. It was Fitzgerald's most productive day since 2007 and his first 100-yard game of the season.
Who has to stop him? The Cowboys rank 15th in pass defense. They have allowed only two 100-yard receivers this season as Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker had 142 yards against them in Week 2 and DeSean Jackson busted out for 136 yards on six catches for Washington on Monday night.
Notable: Fitzgerald has 30 catches for 443 yards and two touchdowns this season. … He has 876 catches for 11,810 yards and 69 touchdowns for his career. … Fitzgerald has six 1,000-yard seasons for his career but has not had one since 2011. … He has had five double-digit touchdown seasons, including last season when he had 10 scores.


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Upon arrival we where greeted by loads of babies eager to have a go at the massive play mat area Galt Toys have created for us:
As you can see from the pictures Molly-May throughout enjoyed her morning at the Event (whilst i listened to Dr. Miriam's talk) and took a particular liking to the Activity Centre which i think will be put on her Christmas Wish List this year.
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August 7, 2018, 10:00 AM - December 15, 2018, 5:00 PM @ Beach Museum of Art
Traveling exhibition of richly colored prints the first solo exhibition of Norma Bassett Hall's work since her death in 1957. Hall was the only female founding member of the Prairie Print Makers, Kansas-based organization established during Great Depression to promote American artists' work. Joby Patterson, Eugene, Ore., guest curator.
September 25, 2018 - December 22, 2018 @ Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Zhang Hongtu trained as an artist in Beijing, China, lived through the Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976, and emigrated to New York City in 1982. Having now lived as long in the United States as in China, Zhang produces works that embody his hybrid cultural roots. His knowledgeable mash-ups of Chinese and Western cultures are sometimes amusing and always thought-provoking.
October 5, 2018, 10:00 AM - June 1, 2019, 5:00 PM @ Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Scenic prairies, bucolic farms and the architecture of Kansas' agricultural industry, exhibition features more than 100 years of works by Kansas artists reflecting sense of place. Cornerstone for museum's popular "Picturing Kansas" school tour program which integrates art, history, environmental and agricultural science, and language arts.
November 2, 2018, 10:00 AM - December 29, 2018, 6:00 PM @ Strecker Nelson West Gallery
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November 3, 2018, 12:00 PM - February 3, 2019, 5:00 PM @ The Volland Store
Five rural and five urban artists exhibit their work. Feb. 3 closing reception, with 2 p.m. artist conversation.
October 23, 2018, 9:00 AM - November 19, 2018, 9:00 PM @ Manhattan Public Library
Riley County Historical Society/Museum exhibition highlights local connection to ground-breaking work in food exploration and food safety recounted in "The Food Explorer." RCHS/Museum also offering driving tour, "Where the Adventure Began: Touring the Home Town of the Food Explorers," which begins Nov. 7. Self-guided driving tour available at Rileycountyks.gov/museum. Visit locations connected to David Fairchild and Charles Marlatt, food explorers/innovators with connections to Manhattan/Riley County. Global Food Systems Initiative coordinates the effort.
November 3, 2018, 12:00 PM - December 24, 2018, 5:30 PM @ Manhattan Arts Center
Each year the exhibition and art sale includes dozens of participating artists. This event began in 1999 with the work of 35 artists on display. The intent was to showcase high-quality, affordable art for the gift-giving season. Wrap It Up has since expanded to include more than 80 regional artists with wide variety of work. Also, 35 percent of all sale proceeds benefit Manhattan Arts Center's facility and programming.
November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM @ First Presbyterian Church
Fall choir concert presented by Kansas State University School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM @ McCain Auditorium
Outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from film classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Roundtable as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences worldwide eat up Spamalot! Parental Advisory: Adult content and themes.
November 5, 2018, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Bramlage Coliseum
Wildcats get one final prep before season-opener in one week against Omaha. Farlington, Kan. native Amanda Davied is in her 15th season at Pitt State, her first as head coach. The Gorillas went 23-7 in 2017-18 season.
November 5, 2018, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Manhattan Public Library
Participants encouraged to read "The Food Explorer" in advance; no prerequisite for participation. Discussion facilitated by William L. Richter, professor emeritus of political science and formerly K-State's first associate provost for international programs.
November 5, 2018, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Cottonwood Room
Knowing improv fundamentals help you make faster connections and stay in tune with your present surroundings. All K-State grad students/faculty invited to free, 1-hour workshop. Learn to apply lessons of improvisational theater to your own presentations and professional interactions. Workshop hosted by K-State's own On The Spot Improv troupe (limited to 20 attendees). Post-workshop meal for participants; everyone invited to watch On The Spot Improv weekly show.
November 5, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Pool House Kitchen & Bar
Three-course meal inspired by Hamilton Rums. Each course showcases intricacies of these amazing rums and paired with cocktail featured with each rum! Craft Spirits expert Adam Clary joins the fun with insight into the world of rum.


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Posted on Wednesday the 18th April 2018 by Sewchet
With Summer just around the corner (she says, optimistically!) I had a quick look through my wardrobe and noticed a distinct lack of decent T-shirts. Plenty of basics, but nothing a bit nicer so, when I spotted this colourful Jersey Fabric from Minerva Crafts, I ordered a couple of metres.
The bright stripes scream "Summer" to me - think deckchairs and all things nautical. I'm not one to shy away from bright colours!
I've made Tilly's "Coco" Pattern several times, but usually as a dress, however, there is a T-shirt length option as well which is what I wanted.
With stripes this obvious, matching up is essential, so I was careful to line the front and back up at the same place on the fabric.
Although I planned to do most of the construction on my overlocker, I put a ball point needle in my sewing machine for the hems and neckline.
Hmmm - not what I needed! The zig zag was skipping stitches and pulling gathers, so I unpicked it, put a fresh needle in and tried again.
That's better.
I matched the thread to the colour stripe it was being stitched on, so I had several reels of thread on the go.
With the first fitting on my dressform, the beautiful draping quality of the jersey became very clear. It's a very fine, soft texture and feels beautiful against the skin.
Pattern matching at the side seams was made easier by the wide and obvious stripes. The fabric hadn't shifted at all whilst being cut out and was lovely to work with.
Sleeves went in next. I had played around with the pattern pieces until I had the stripes I wanted showing on the sleeves - cutting two identical sleeves out.
Again, I matched the top thread to the colour stripe it was being sewn on.
Finally, just the bottom hem and side slits to go, but then....
There was a fault in the fabric that I hadn't noticed when cutting out as it must have been on the underside. The black stripe hadn't been printed properly and was white towards the edge.
This is the other side split and what it should look like.
Unfortunately there was nothing I could do about it because there wasn't enough fabric left to re-cut the whole front.
Anyway, finally finished, here's a selfie taken in the landing mirror.
I'm happy with that pattern matching!
The husband came back in time to take a few photos, so here are a few full length ones for you.
I added a couple of inches to the length when cutting out, so the T-shirt would be just long enough to cover my bum.
All in all, it's a great top and I don't think anyone will even notice the flaw in the fabric - you can't see it in any of these photos.
Yes, bring on the sun - I feel all Summery with the white trousers and clogs!


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A historic mansion were legend has it that Jackie Kennedy spent her last day as a single woman before marrying JFK has been gutted by fire.
Stonor Lodge on Newport, Rhode Island, was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived on the scene. It took two hours to bring the blaze under control
It is one of a number of Gilded Age grand mansions in Newport, an opulent resort in Rhode Island where some of the wealthiest 19th century entrepreneurs – including the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts – built their summer residences.
The fire at the 9,100 sq ft property is under investigation, but there is nothing to suggest that there is any cause for suspicion.
Fire destroys Stonor Lodge (Rob Raffa)
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It was called Stonor Lodge after the Camoys family name.
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In 2012 the house, which had been in the Drexel family for generations, was sold in 2012.
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You could book a Caribbean cruise, or you could try this tropical treat. Rich, smooth coconut milk is simmered with sauteed chicken breasts, onions, colorful bell peppers and roasted garlic. Turn up the heat with a dash of red pepper flakes.
INGREDIENTS (for 4 servings):
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 onions, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped roasted garlic
1/2 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
salt and pepper to taste
1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
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On Dec. 17, I-mode, the Japanese carrier's wireless internet service, had 16.36 million subscribers, up from 15.94 million on Dec. 10. This suggests that 417,000 new subscribers signed up for the service during the one-week period, according to statistics posted on DoCoMo's web site.
The rate at which the service adds new users appears to be accelerating. During the previous week, from Dec. 3 to Dec. 10., 366,000 new subscribers were added, while 349,000 subscribers were added from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, according to DoCoMo's estimates.
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There's no denying the appeal of satellite radio. Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced another quarter of record results on Thursday morning, and the country's lone satellite radio provider thinks that this is just the beginning.
Revenue climbed 11% since the prior year's third quarter to hit $1.17 billion. Earnings, adjusted EBITDA, and cash flow grew even faster.
Sirius XM closed out the quarter with a record 29 million subscribers. It has roughly matched its net additions for all of 2014, and that's with another quarter left to go in 2015.
I wrote about three things to watch heading into this morning's report. Let's see how they played out.
1. Guidance did move higher
Sirius XM has been boosting its outlook with every passing quarter, making this an easy call to make. "It seems as if a quarter doesn't go by without the SatRad star bumping some if not most of its guidance numbers higher," I wrote last week, and we did see Sirius XM jack up its 2015 goals for net subscriber growth, revenue, and adjusted EBITDA.
Sirius XM initially targeted just 1.2 million net additions for this year. That became 1.4 million in April, 1.8 million in July, and as of this morning, we're up to 2 million net subscriber additions. Sirius XM's revenue target is now $4.53 billion, up from $4.5 billion. The adjusted EBITDA guidance is growing from $1.62 billion to $1.65 billion. Free cash flow and net self-pay subscriber additions remain at July's levels of $1.3 billion and 1.6 million subscribers, respectively.
2. Howard Stern's whereabouts come 2016
We have less than three months left on Howard Stern's five-year contract. The legendary talk show host is Sirius XM's biggest attraction, taking up not one but two entire channels on the Sirius dial. There is plenty of speculation about the future. Is Stern ready to hang it up after a decade on satellite radio? Will he pursue more TV opportunities?
Sirius XM didn't answer the question directly, but the comments were encouraging.
"The one question many of you ask me about frequently is Howard Stern, and whether he will be staying with the service in the coming years," CEO Jim Meyer said. "We certainly hope so."
He went on to say that investors should assume that both sides are negotiating, and that folks should tune in to Stern's show for any news on the matter in the coming weeks. This is essentially what then-CEO Mel Karmazin said five years ago nearing the end of his initial contract. Stern extended his deal a few weeks later.
3. SXM17 could raise the bar
The last thing that was worth watching was any news on SXM17, the next-gen platform that combines satellite broadcasts with the two-way interactivity of smartphones or mobile Wi-Fi.
"I am very excited about this platform," Meyer said, but once again pointed to next year -- likely January's CES expo -- for more details.


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"Congratulations! Outstanding! Bravo! This should do it. I can't wait to see the results. It's a pleasure working with such a prestigious professional. Congratulations on a Great Presentation Tonight! You knocked them Dead! Bravo and Kudos for your superb performance."
"I want to thank you for the wonderful program you presented. I knew from when I first talked with you that you that you would be fabulous and you did not disappoint."
"Your presentation was exciting and motivating. I have attended many workshops over the years and dreaded many of them. Your presentation kept me engaged and made the material even more interesting. Your high energy and stories were wonderful."
Achieve With Accountability – Cultivate a Highly Accountable Culture
Accountability is the catalyst to: Accelerated Change, Robust Employee Engagement, Intensified Ownership, Relentless Perseverance, Impeccable Alignment, and propels individuals, teams and organizations to intoxicating heights of achievement and success.
• Develop the agility, flexibility and resiliency to adapt to constant change.
• Foster collaboration, camaraderie and teamwork.
• Instill a can-do and resolute mindset in the face of difficult challenges, obstacles and barriers.
• Eradicate the blame-game that stifles peak performance.
• Vanquish excuse-making and foster a solutions focus.
• Shed feelings of disarray, discomfort, apathy and despair.
• Take control over your circumstances to achieve what matters most.
• Unleash voluntary contributions of discretionary performance that is often left untapped in individuals, teams and organizations.
With the world coming at us fast and furious every day, it's easy to feel like you've lost control of your own life, your team or your organization. By choosing to take and lead accountability you reclaim control and are able to direct your own destiny.
Accelerating Change – Achieve What Matters Most
Leading change – igniting the passion, spirit, and creativity that is often untapped in many teams and organizations, can be accomplished by applying some memorable and pragmatic concepts. Learn why some organizations achieve and exceed desired results with their change efforts while more than 75% fail?
• Learn why most change efforts fail and what you can do to avoid the 'change pitfalls.'
• Ignite a heightened sense of urgency, accountability and ownership at all levels of your organization.
• Discover the key concepts, principles and methodologies that produce sustained results.
• Embrace a common framework, language and understanding around the key principles for leading change.
• Learn the critical differences between "leading" and "managing" change and how to apply them.
• Develop essential skills to engage both the head and the heart of employees.
Acquire change principles that have allowed teams and organizations around the globe to accelerate their ability to successfully achieve change, with a greater degree of impact and to sustain the results over time.
Culture Shaping – Create Your Optimal Culture
An organizations culture is either an engine propelling it toward its desired results, or an anchor impeding progress and hindering performance. Corporate culture is the convergence of the way your employees think and act. That culture is producing the results you are achieving today. If you must achieve better results in the future, can you expect to do so if your culture continues to think and act the way it does today?
• Learn proven keys to create shifts in the way that your employees think and act.
• Identify the key cultural beliefs that are impediments to change, execution and top performance and understand how to eliminate those beliefs.
• Learn how to nurture beliefs and actions among your employees that will propel you toward your desired results.
• Understand the key principles to heighten employee engagement, ownership and accountability.
• Reduce confusion, misunderstandings, frustration and anxiety.
Your culture is your 'brand.' The experience your employees create for your clients (external and internal) is your brand. Are those experiences congruent with your stated brand promise? Your culture is a manifestation of the way your employees think and behave.
Flawless Execution – Accomplish Your Most Crucial Strategies
80% of the most crucial strategies fail, or produce only mediocre results. Driving a strategy that requires change in human behavior may be the most difficult challenge a leader will ever face. Think about your past 2 or 3 most important strategies initiatives. How many had enormous success? How many stuck? More than a dozen years of research into why execution breaks down has identified the primary culprits.
• Embed the key principles of flawless execution into your organization.
• Adopt a common framework and methodology to ensure all of your top strategies are achieved.
• Eliminate confusion, lack of alignment and ownership, communication breakdowns, and resistance.
• Create shifts in behaviors, beliefs and actions that often derail executing strategies.
• Maintain organizational focus on new strategies that assure future success, while maintaining the day-to-day operations that keep the business running
• Develop a culture where employees at all levels are highly engaged in their work and experience more job satisfaction.
As leaders, we often identify, create and rollout highly important strategies designed to transform our organizations for the better, then realize nobody is listening or acting on them. Learn how to change that and to execute flawlessly and sustain key strategies over time.
Create a Competitive Advantage: Capitalizing on Ideas, Talent & Leadership
In these tremendously ultra-competitive and turbulent times, how do we effectively tap into the enormous wealth of creativity, innovation, passion, energy and commitment of employees that is often left idle? How do we cultivate an environment where employees at all levels are engaged, energized and flourish?
• Grasp memorable principles that move employees from compliance to commitment.
• Develop a culture where employees 'bring more of themselves' to the workplace.
• Foster innovation and creativity to build and sustain a competitive advantage.
• Learn the pathway to differentiation and increased market share.
• Master practical and memorable leadership tools proven to increase levels of voluntary contributions of discretionary performance from those you lead.
Great service and quality are simply the price of entry. Learn concise, uncomplicated and easily implemented principles and concepts to engage, enlist and motivate employees at all levels to be all they can be. Engender a culture where employees at all levels define their 'job' as achieving desired results and not simply what is in their 'job description.'
Exemplary Leadership Practices – Developing Leadership Capacity at all Levels
Discover the practices demonstrated by exemplary leaders that result in others voluntarily choosing to follow them. Leadership is a choice. Leadership is the congruency between what you say and what you do. Leadership practices can be learned, nurtured and applied by employees at all levels.
• Learn proven tools, models and principles to heighten and refine your untapped leadership potential.
• Learn the foundational keys that through history have enabled exemplary leaders to excel.
• Discover that exemplary leadership skills can be acquired, developed and refined.
• Learn how to get the most out of your peers, colleagues, team, department or organization.
• Learn to influence, transform and achieve the change that is most important to you, your team and your organization.
Memorable principles that can be put into practice immediately. Whatever the desired results you wish to achieve or challenges within your organization – employee engagement, culture change, breaking down silos, improving collaboration, raising employee morale, merging cultures, doing more with less – it is through your people that you will either succeed or fail. The manner in which your people behave is a reflection of leadership.
What People Are Saying About Mike:
"Your work revolutionized me as a person. I spent hours last night sharing what I learned with people closest to me. Our executive team could not be more pleased with your ability to customize the agenda to meet our needs."
"Congratulations! Outstanding! Bravo! This should do it. I can't wait to see the results. It's a pleasure working with such a prestigious professional. Congratulations on a Great Presentation Tonight! You knocked them Dead! Bravo and Kudos for your superb performance."
"I want to thank you for the wonderful program you presented. I knew from when I first talked with you that you that you would be fabulous and you did not disappoint."
"Your presentation was exciting and motivating. I have attended many workshops over the years and dreaded many of them. Your presentation kept me engaged and made the material even more interesting. Your high energy and stories were wonderful."


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In This Week's Market Observer…
- NBF Monthly Equity Monitor
- Asset Allocation Strategy – Back to square one
- Gibson Energy – Proving Performance; Reiterating outperform on valuation catch-up
- Retirement Corner
- Week at a Glance
- Reads of the week
- Economic Calendar
- Earnings Reports
National Bank Financial Monthly Equity Monitor
NBF's sector rotation is unchanged this month. In NBF's view, stronger growth will cause a moderate rise in interest rates that will brake defensive sectors such as Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Utilities. These sectors will also benefit much less than others from weakness of the loonie in 2014. On the other hand, since that weakness is likely to boost the profitability of Energy and Consumer Discretionary companies, NBF is comfortable with its recommendation to overweight them. The Energy sector is also likely to benefit from surging natural gas prices and higher prices for Canadian oil, a cheaper currency and rising geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West.
- Market volatility abated considerably and most indexes resumed climbing after a rough January. At this writing the MSCI All Country index is up 3.7% in February and has essentially regained its January cyclical peak.
- For the emerging countries the economic surprise index is at an upside high unequalled since May 2011. For the developed countries it is at an eight-month downside low. In our view, the U.S. softness is temporary and can be laid to extreme weather. Reassuringly, the global economy shows no sign of widespread weakness at the moment.
- Chinese growth might be slowing, but even at a reduced annual rate of about 7% its effect on commodity demand is formidable. Volume imports of copper, iron ore and crude oil were all at all-time highs in January.
- With demand for commodities strong and sustained, it is hardly surprising that the S&P/TSX has been doing well after two years in which the Canadian benchmark index was egregiously outpaced by the global equity index. The current environment remains favourable to the S&P/TSX and it is not just the domestic investors that are buying. Net foreign purchases of Canadian equities have risen for four consecutive months, for a total of $22.6 billion. This is the best showing in a decade.
- We continue to think that global stock markets are likely to advance further this year, justifying our slightly overweight stance in equities.
NBF Asset Allocation Strategy – Back to square one
Market review
Stocks made a comeback in February as fears related to emerging markets and the U.S. weather-related slowdown abated somewhat. Although the month opened with a one-day loss of 2.3% on February 3rd following weaker-than-expected manufacturing data for January, the S&P 500 index managed to finish the month up 4.6%, offsetting the January pullback. In Canada, the S&P/TSX continued to do well on a relative basis ending the month up nearly 3.9%, thanks to a 8.8%-rise in gold mining stocks. Gold remained in vogue, appreciating another 6.7% in US dollar terms in February. Bonds were range-bound with yields on U.S. treasury notes finishing the month where they started, at 2.65%.
Asset allocation strategy
Fixed income: Yields are forming a base near the lower limit of their recent trading range. Keep a short duration with an overweight position in riskier issuers at the expense of government bonds.
Equities: Our biggest overweight position remains for the U.S. market which is expected to benefit from both the improving economy and an appreciation of the greenback. European equities are also attractive and should benefit from a significant amount of support from the ECB shortly. Emerging markets are probably the most under-valued, but the ongoing economic slowdown in many parts of these regions, combined with the scaling back of the Fed's easing program, leaves developed markets with higher expected risk-adjusted returns.
Commodities: Gold price, presently 5% above its 50-day moving average, could face headwinds should interest rates bounce back from the lower limit of their recent trading range.
Asset Allocation Strategy – March
Gibson Energy Inc. – Proving performance; reiterate Outperform on valuation catch up
Gibson Energy announced Q4 earnings this week that were in-line with consensus and increased the dividend by 9%, ahead of expectations and better than last year's 5% increase. The shares traded to an all-time high of $28.82 before pulling back to $28.30 at the time of this writing. Three reasons we would continue to buy GEI: Solid five-year volume-based growth track record, top-tier dividend growth company, attractive valuation and multiple expansion potential. Gibson Energy is owned in the JMRD DIG Basket.
Q4 in line + 9% dividend raise
Q4 in line + 9% dividend raise
GEI reported Q4 2013 AFFO/sh (FD) of $0.48, in line with our estimate of $0.49 and matching consensus on adj. EBITDA of $113 mln vs. our $110 mln (consensus: $108 mln). Meanwhile, GEI increased its dividend by 9% to $1.20/sh, ahead of our estimated 6% increase to $1.17/sh.
Hardisty crude-by-rail nearing arrival
GEI reiterated its 2014 and 2015 growth capex guidance of $340 mln and >$250 mln. Inside, we highlight major developments since our last update – most notably the ~140 mbpd, Hardisty Rail Terminal that is nearing its commissioning, expected in H1 2014.
Estimates intact – bumping divvy growth rate to 9%
Overall, our 2015e AFFO/sh (FD) is unchanged at $2.26 (payout ratio 56%; group avg.: 68%). On the leverage front, our 2015e D/EBITDA nudges down to 1.6x (was 1.7x). Meanwhile, we now forecast a 9% (was 6%) dividend increase to $1.31/sh commencing in Q2 2015.
Target up $1; reiterate OP rating on valuation catch up
Based on the higher dividend increase and lower debt levels, our target bumps up $1 (~3%) to $33. GEI currently trades at a 2015e EV/Free-EBITDA multiple of 9.8x (group avg.: 13.2x) – an overly wide discount, in our view, given the company's attractive volume-based growth profile, positive exposure to our widening / volatile crude oil differential outlook and a sub-60% payout ratio supporting attractive dividend upside. Combined with a 12-month total return opportunity of 25.9% (group avg.: 10.4%), unrisked valuation upside of ~9% and a stock price currently trading below our base 'sum-of-the-parts' valuation of $30.50, we reiterate our Outperform rating.
Retirement Corner
"With RRSP season gone, it's time to think tax returns" (Financial Post)
Week at a Glance
Reads of the week
- NBF Hot Charts: Canada: Why the BoC need not cut rates – The Bank of Canada (BoC) maintained its stance in March. While acknowledging geopolitical uncertainly as a new risk to the outlook, the fact remains that the Canadian economy has performed somewhat better than the BoC expected in recent weeks: GDP has been a bit stronger; inflation a touch higher, and; commodity prices have remained firm. Financial conditions have even eased a bit, courtesy of a cheaper currency. This development will improve the profitability of Canadian corporations, a necessary condition for a rise in business investment. Still, some pundits have argued that the CAD is still way too strong to entice corporations to increase their commitment towards Canada (we are a high cost producer). We disagree. As today's Hot Charts shows, the real effective exchange rate has already fallen to its lowest level in almost five years. Using KPMG's exchange rate sensitivity estimates provided in its "Guide to International Business Location Costs", we calculate that Canada will enjoy a cost advantage over the U.S. that will exceed 5% this year. As shown, this is a first in a decade.
"Money Pours Into Health-Care ETFs Spurred by New Drugs" (Bloomberg) The Healthcare Select Sector ETF (XLV) is held in the JMRD ETF Basket. Money is flooding into exchange-traded funds focused on health care at the fastest rate in at least six years, driven by booming biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors bringing new products to market.
"Will Warren Buffett's investment advice work for you?" (Reuters)
"No, Market Highs Are Not a Bad Sign" (Bloomberg)
"MIT's Liquid Metal Stores Solar Power Until After Sundown" (Bloomberg)
An In-Depth Look at Race to the LNG Starting Line" (Alberta Oil Magazine) Canadian and U.S. producers are jostling for first mover advantage in exporting liquefied natural gas.
"Can Water Under the Mojave Desert Help Quench California?" (Business Week)
Economic Calendar
Monday March 10th – Canadian Housing Starts
Tuesday March 11th – None
Wednesday March 12th – Teranet/National Bank Home Price Index, U.S. Retail Sales
Thursday March 13th – New Housing Price Index,
Friday March 14th – U.S. PPI Final Demand, University of Michigan Confidence
Earnings Reports
Monday March 10th – Alaris Royalty
Tuesday March 11th – None
Wednesday March 12th – Crescent Point Energy
Thursday March 13th – Bellatrix Exploration, WSP Global, Power Financial
Friday March 14th – Canexus


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We have added our first brand new Irizar Coaches to our fleet.
We are pleased to confirm we have ordered our very first brand new coaches. Ready for the Summer Season!
Our M.D Richard Telling visited the Irizar factory in Northern Spain last week to sign off the vehicles. Which have now arrived in Portsmouth to be PDI'd by Scania before being collected next week.
The new coaches are 53 seat Scania K360 Irizar i6s, a versatile high-end coach, which features an aerodynamic design and great attention to detail and comfort. Making the coaches ideal for tours, days trips and much more.
In order to ensure each customer is catered for, the coaches feature full Hispacold Climate Controls system and a Bocsh Professional Line Audio System with 2 Monitors as well as a Coffe Machine and Fridge for onboard refreshments.
We are planning an exciting launch event to welcome and celebrate this milestone in the company's short history, further news about this will be available shortly.


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Hi Zeitgeisters,
Just saw a movie on the old free-to-air telly (if I call it that, people think I have cable) called PLAYING BY HEART. It asked me to believe that Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands were the parents of three daughters, Madeleine Stowe, Gillian Anderson and Angelina Jolie. And these daughters hooked up with Denis Quaid, Jon Stewart and Ryan Philippe respectively. I couldn't accept this all-star family for even a nano-second. I can barely believe those people comfortably getting through the entrée at a dinner party.
In what Universe can Stowe, Anderson and Jolie be related? It's idiotic.
Hmmm, they're actors you say? And it's only a movie. And we have to accept the casting of unrelated actors as family members every time we see a film? Good point. (Although one of the few good things about ED-TV was casting Woody Harrelson and Matthew Mcconaughey as brothers. You bought it.)
Which brings me to this. As Chili Palmer turned his back on the evil world of the movie business for the wholesome world of the music business (in BE COOL the sequel to GET SHORTY), so must I.
As you all know, I've been in a concept band for some years now. We have been called many things (e.g. "Charge D'Affair", "Bonded Courier" and "Envelope Franking Machine") but for now, our working title is "To Be Continued".
The mission of the next month or so is to create a new sound. Something that will get the kids dancing in the streets while keeping Granny's toes tapping when she picks up the drycleaning for her daughter who is trying to move from her job in Real Estate to becoming a Life Coach. Maybe that's too much detail.
You know what I'm talking about, don't ya?. Maroon F—ing 5. For reasons unknown to science, Maroon F—ing 5 managed to transcend all age barriers with their album "Songs For Freaking Jane" (don't try putting that through a search engine, I added "freaking").
So I want to co-opt that wheedling annoying safe pop sound for the new band (see last post re:plagiarism) and shift millions of units of our debut album, "What is it with Women and Shoes?" I've even got the the cover image picked out. An old news photo of the former First Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos's famous wardrobe of 3000 pairs of shoes.
I'm working on a couple of songs right now. One is called "Issue A Denial" which refers to my theory that often it's better to issue a bogus denial for something one didn't do, rather than putting out a press release. Thus, "Mr Trivia denies that his new album "What is it with Women And Shoes?" contains satanic lyrics opposing the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court" – is more likely to get "To Be Continued" the attention we crave, than a straight forward media release, will.
Stayed tuned people. And get your iPods ready.
Elevate the Insignificant
Mr Trivia


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Story Background
"Nanny" was first published in Startling Stories in Spring 1955. Cited page numbers come from Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick (New York: Citadel), 383–397.
Plot Summary
Mary Fields is talking to her husband, Tom, about how much Nanny has helped her with their two children. She gets the ready for school, keeps them safe throughout the day, and puts them to bed at night. Nanny does not make dinners, but that task is completed by the automated kitchen. She begins to tell Tom about some strange things that she has seen happening with Nanny, but is interrupted by the kids coming in. It is revealed that Nanny is large sphere-shaped robot. When the children and Nanny leaves, Mary begins to voice her concerns again. She thinks they may need to repair Nanny soon because she is going out at night into the backyard.
That night, Nanny leaves the house and goes to the yard. Outside she sees a neighbor's Nanny, a large blue robot built by a competing company. They battled, but the blue robot was larger and more than a match for Nanny. In the morning, the Fields are shocked to find Nanny dented and damaged inside the house. They have no idea what caused it and call a repair shop. The repairman advises the Fields to get a new Nanny because the old damaged one will not be the same. Tom realizes at once that the repairman is trying to upsell them a new model and insists on the repair.
At the playground Nanny is with the kids, struggling to remain fully functional with all its damaged parts. Bobby Fields asks intimate questions of Nanny, such as how they are born or what happens to them when they die. Later they compare their Nanny to an orange one playing with some neighbor kids. Bobby and Jean Fields insist that their Nanny is a superior model. Soon the two Nannies start fighting.
Bobby, in tears, reports that Nanny was killed. Tom Fields goes out looking for a new one to purchase, from a different company. The clerk tries to sell Tom the Imperator Deluxe, which has all the new upgrades and will be a match for all other models out there. Tom confronts him on the constant upgrades, but the clerk offers some platitudes about improving quality and the necessity of staying ahead of obsolescence. Tom returns home and introduces the new Nanny to the children.
Meanwhile, another family finds their Nanny destroyed and begins thinking about a new model.
"Nanny" is a significant step forward in Dick's critiques of technology, consumerism, and the suburban family. Dick explores the dangers of automation in earlier tales, but not until "Nanny" was he able to nail down with precision the impact of automation on people's abilities. Tom and Mary Fields are biological parents of Bobby and Jean, but they perform none of the duties of parents, except paying the bills. The children are closer to Nanny than to their parents. They serious philosophical questions that all kids ask are directed toward Nanny, not their parents. The house is largely automated, meals are prepared for them in the kitchen, Nanny gets the kids ready for school and brings them home at the end of the day. The Nanny is also responsible for discipline. The reader suspects that Mary and Tom could not perform these duties. When Nanny is destroyed, they literally have no choice but to purchase another automated parent. This is not just keeping up with the neighbors, it is evidence of the atrophy of parental ability. We can list other talents that technology has atrophied such as spelling, arithmetic, or navigating roads.
This connects the Dick's developing critique of consumerism. The critique in "Nanny" runs two ways. First, we see the planned obsolescence pre-planned by the corporations designing Nannies. By programming them to be belligerent toward each other, and they provided upgraded models that can supposedly defend themselves from these attacks while defending the children, parents are forced to purchase new Nannies at an alarming rate. Even Tom's awareness of what is happening is not enough to change his basic consumer behavior. This can be accounted for by corporate machinations. More devastating is the attitude of the children toward Nanny. Nanny has replaced their parents at both a physical and intellectual/moral level. They love Nanny. They ask it the deep and profound questions of life. "Are Nannies born? Were there always Nannies? Maybe there was a time before there were Nannies. I wonder what the world was like in the days before Nannies lived." (391) They see Nanny as their real parents. Their biological parents are familiar strangers.
The parental aloofness that horrified Dick and is on display, as well as the rampant consumerism, can both be explained as byproducts of the suburban setting. Both the Fields and their children are obsessed with how the neighbors see them. They get their value from keeping up with them. This tendency toward conspicuous consumption is easily hacked by the corporations building, repairing, and replacing Nannies. Dick believed that the robotic Nanny was a mere extension of the parenting he saw among middle class and wealthy suburbanites. If you are willing to hire nannies to raise your children, robots are not that much of an extension. After all, the same affluent individuals made the transition from having servants wash their clothes to washing machines. One point that I will develop as this blog goes on is that Dick is a conservative in regards to family life. But he was not a stupid conservative. He did not blindly look to the past. He knew that the family was under deep strains from external forces. This strain made the family easily susceptible to exploitation by corporate power.
Here are some possible alternatives for what the Nanny robots could look like (scooped from around the Internet).
Wikipedia entry for "Nanny."
Are robotic nannies in our future?
Class dimensions of child rearing.
Documentary on planned obsolescence.
Dependency on technology undermining spelling skills.
*Note: I do not think this is necessarily bad. My skills at hunting animals is also atrophied by technology. If, however, technological dependence has other costs, such as damaging families, eliminating our autonomy, or destroying a knowledge base permanently it should be questioned and resisted. As long as we have dictionaries, I am not sure declining average spelling skills is a bad thing.


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Affordable Drug Rehab at PVRC
The Pacific View Recovery Center is an affordable drug rehab for men and women, aged 18 and older, located in the heart of Santa Monica, California. We offer what is sometimes referred to as a "social model" of rehabilitation, which emphasizes guiding our clients through the early stages of recovery, within the confines of a comfortable, community-based environment. We hope to provide residents with opportunities to make positive changes in their lifestyles, by learning one day at a time to make healthier choices and practice better self-care. The ultimate goal of the PVRC treatment program is to help clients achieve long-lasting, sustainable sobriety.
High Quality Care at our Affordable Drug Rehab
At the Pacific View Recovery Center, we are proud of the fact that we offer high-quality care at an affordable price. Unlike other California drug rehabs located in isolated, sterile environments, PVRC offers a warm, healing, intimate facility set in a vibrant, vital beach community. This allows our clients to experience a sober lifestyle in the type of real-world environment to which they'll be returning after their stay with us. PVRC offers a strong, structured, affordable drug rehab program, where the emphasis is placed squarely on providing our clients with all the care, guidance, and support they need during this challenging chapter of their lives. This means we focus on delivering the nuts and bolts of recovery, rather than the bells and whistles. Nuts and bolts, which include the basic principles, you'll develop while staying with us, and the staff resources available 24/7. Bells and whistles like infinite pools and tennis courts are lovely amenities, but they won't get you sober, or help you stay that way. What they WILL do is drive up the cost of treatment, something we're determined to avoid at PVRC.
PVRC's Facility Offers Affordable Drug Rehab
The brand new PVRC facility, located in the heart of Santa Monica, California, has been designed to promote healing from within. Our top-rated, Affordable Drug Rehab program features luxurious accommodations and a highly credentialed staff. But we remain steadfast in our aim to provide help for you or your loved one at a cost that is both reasonable, and often covered by most insurance policies. If for whatever reason we are unable to accept your insurance, we make sure to find another Affordable Drug rehab facility that does.
We know the treatment process can be stressful and anxiety inducing, and we hope to do everything we can to ensure a successful recovery process. If you're looking for treatment for yourself or a loved one, SAMHSA is one reliable resource (source: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/). PVRC's highly trained admissions specialists are standing by at 866-737-4962, ready to assist you with any needs which may arise as you prepare yourself (or your loved one) for treatment, including but not limited to travel arrangements, interventions, and exploring aftercare resources. Please call us today and find out if our affordable drug rehab is the right program for your needs. We'll be able to answer your questions, verify your insurance, and can often schedule same day admissions as well.