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I got my first Radiohead album when I was sixteen, having asked for it as an Easter gift. When I got the album, I had just broken my leg skiing and was in a cast up to my hip. Because I couldn't climb the stairs, my dad moved my mattress and stereo into the living room. I spent a couple of weeks in bed in the living room, doped up on Tylenol 3, listening to Radiohead's album The Bends and reading every Margaret Atwood book my mom found in the Grande Prairie Public Library. I couldn't shower and my mom had to wash my hair in the kitchen sink.
It was a weird time but the music was fantastic.
Even since then, I have been hooked on Radiohead. Their tunes are the soundtrack to a lot of wonderful (and of course, angst-ridden) memories. Last week, Kyle and I went to Vancouver to see them play live. I have wanted to see them for ages and was not disappointed. They were incredible live and even though we were soaked with rain, I was absolutely over the moon at the concert.
A few months ago when I was planning this trip, I booked a "hotel room" at UBC. Our plan was to splurge on a hotel room after a few days of camping on the way to Vancouver. The photos I saw on the internet looked pretty good. Spartan, but good. In person, it was a horrible, tiny, sweltering dorm room. It was 20 degrees outside and the thermostat in the room had maxed out at 30. When we walked in, Kyle said, "This is why you should do more research into these things."
Figuring we'd be better off sleeping in our car, we turned on our heels and got our money back. After phoning five hotels with no vacancy, we decided to drive down Broadway and stop at the first hotel we saw.
Inside the hotel, the receptionist asked, "What's your budget? We have one room left but it's the Executive Suite". While Kyle and I paused and looked at each other, she must have been moved to pity by our post camping greasiness and backpacks. She offered us the best room in the hotel for only $80 dollars more than we would have paid for our awful dorm room. It was beautiful with two bathrooms, kitchen, living room, and a lovely view of downtown.
Aside from when we locked our keys in the car in Golden on the 10-hour trip home, we had an absolutely fantastic trip.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Love that Thom York!
I got my first Radiohead album when I was sixteen, having asked for it as an Easter gift. When I got the album, I had just broken my leg skiing and was in a cast up to my hip. Because I couldn't climb the stairs, my dad moved my mattress and stereo into the living room. I spent a couple of weeks in bed in the living room, doped up on Tylenol 3, listening to Radiohead's album The Bends and reading every Margaret Atwood book my mom found in the Grande Prairie Public Library. I couldn't shower and my mom had to wash my hair in the kitchen sink.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Patriotic scrunchies = gold!
I've spent more than a few hours this week watching the Olympics and have been left with some burning questions regarding women's gymnastics.
1. Did the Olympic Committee proclaim an edict requiring female gymnasts wear a scrunchy?
2. Must regulation scrunchies be co-ordinated with said gymnast's national flag?
3. Is there a relationship between bringin' it scrunchy style and Olympic glory?
I've done some intensive on-line research and found compelling evidence indicating that the answer to these questions is yes.
Posted by Jamie at 10:56 p.m. 7 comments
Thursday, August 7, 2008
I Heart Bowness
Kyle and I live not too far from the neighbourhood Bowness. I like Bowness. Bowness has a dodgy small town feel - with a lovely park along the river, a cool bike shop, a trendy breakfast joint, cute little houses from the 1950s, and a plethora of seedy apartment buildings with old mattresses on the balconies.
Sometimes Kyle and I drive to the Safeway in Bowness to do our grocery shopping (where guys in the parking lot sometimes try to sell you art made with sharpie pen). Outside Safeway, there is a tiny patch of spruce trees dividing the parking lot from busy 16th ave. Last week as I was hauling the groceries back to our car, I spotted a pregnancy test mixed in with the wood chips beneath the trees. Yikes. I didn't get close enough to the test to see the result but I sure am crossing my fingers and hoping the best for the woman who took a pregnancy test in the Safeway parking lot.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
And we're back!
As you may have noticed, I took a bit of a hiatus from blogging. This whole employment thing has really been cutting into my internet exploring.
I've been enjoying my job very much. I have always had the blessing of finding wonderful mentors wherever I go and my new workplace is no exception. The psychologists there are brilliant, passionate, and have been teaching me tons. I could say that I love learning but that wouldn't be entirely true. What I really love is being awesome at things. Unfortunately for my ego, there is a lot of learning that must take place before I can be anywhere near awesome at my job. So in the mean time, I'll endure the awkwardness of feeling fraudulent, bumbling my way through daily tasks and asking obvious questions.
Aside from working, I've been walking barefoot, eating ice cream, hanging out with family, going to barbecues, sleeping without blankets, having slushy drinks on patios, playing with our dog at the river, and taking in local festivals. Last weekend we had a great time at the Folk Fest. I'm posting the song Imitosis by Andrew Bird who played on Friday night. He was absolutely wonderful.
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Grooveshark Loses Latest Round In Court, In A Ruling That Could Gut The DMCA's Safe Harbors
from the letter-and-spirit dept
The last big news in the ongoing fight between Universal Music Group and Grooveshark (and its parent company Escape Media) came back in July, when a New York court rejected UMG's argument that the DMCA's safe harbors didn't apply to pre-1972 sound recordings, because, technically, those recordings are not covered by federal copyright law. This was in keeping with the ruling in the fight between EMI and MP3Tunes, and seemed most consistent with the intent of DMCA safe harbors.
Naturally, UMG appealed, and in doing so made some compelling arguments about the wording of the law. The appellate court agreed, and has now issued pretty much the opposite decision: pre-1972 sound recordings are not covered by the DMCA (pdf and embedded below) and thus Grooveshark has no DMCA safe harbors for such songs.
There are a few different parts to the ruling, but the core argument is straightforward: section 301(c) of the Copyright Act explicitly states that no "rights or remedies" under common law copyright on pre-1972 recordings shall be "annulled or limited" until 2067, and it's pretty hard to argue that the DMCA doesn't do that:
Initially, it is clear to us that the DMCA, if interpreted in the manner favored by defendant, would directly violate section 301(c) of the Copyright Act. Had the DMCA never been enacted, there would be no question that UMG could sue defendant in New York state courts to enforce its copyright in the pre-1972 recordings, as soon as it learned that one of the recordings had been posted on Grooveshark. However, were the DMCA to apply as defendant believes, that right to immediately commence an action would be eliminated. Indeed, the only remedy available to UMG would be service of a takedown notice on defendant. This is, at best, a limitation on UMG's rights, and an implicit modification of the plain language of section 301(c). The word "limit" in 301(c) is unqualified, so defendant's argument that the DMCA does not contradict that section because UMG still retains the right to exploit its copyrights, to license them and to create derivative works, is without merit. Any material limitation, especially the elimination of the right to assert a common-law infringement claim, is violative of section 301(c) of the Copyright Act.
For defendant to prevail, we would have to conclude that Congress intended to modify section 301(c) when it enacted the DMCA. However, applying the rules of construction set forth above, there is no reason to conclude that Congress recognized a limitation on common-law copyrights posed by the DMCA but intended to implicitly dilute section 301(c) nonetheless.
Under such circumstances, it would be far more appropriate for Congress, if necessary, to amend the DMCA to clarify its intent, than for this Court to do so by fiat.
Take note of that last bit, because this ruling has made it more true than ever. And that's where the problems come in. It seems pretty clear that there is some sloppy drafting in how the DMCA is written (which isn't a surprise), in that what you have is wording that can be read this way, even though it clearly goes against the intent and purpose of the DMCA. If the DMCA's safe harbors don't apply to pre-1972 recordings, then the DMCA's safe harbors no longer apply at all to any service that includes music. That can't be what Congress intended, even if the wording of the law can be read that way.
Thus, if you go strictly by the wording, while ignoring the intent, the logic of the decision is sound, but the implications are disturbing: as Grooveshark pointed out in their defense, this interpretation would gut the DMCA. One of the key purposes of safe harbors was to prevent online services from needing to proactively scan for infringing works, since that would drastically and unfairly limit their growth, and we wouldn't have things like YouTube today if that were the case. But if pre-1972 recordings (which is plenty of material) are not included, then user-generated content sites do have to scan everything. And while it might be somewhat easier to identify pre-1972 recordings than it is to identify infringing uploads, it would still be insanely prohibitive — not to mention the massive loss to our culture from having a huge chunk of music history mostly vanish from the internet.
It's a little unclear just how far-reaching this ruling will be (it's at the state level, and it is in itself explicitly contradicting the earlier MP3Tunes ruling, which it declares to be "wrongly decided") but the potential implications are huge. Exempting all pre-1972 recordings from the DMCA would impact all corners of the internet in a bad, bad way. The only optimistic thought is that perhaps it would force congress to revisit the law, and we could finally push for a Digital Millennium Copyright Act that actually works in the digital millennium.
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Companies: emi, escape media, grooveshark, mp3tunes, umg

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**CLOSED** Flapjack Pantry
ALL LOCATIONS ACROSS ULSAN ARE NOW CLOSED. Ulsan has been getting a lot of great restaurants over the past few years but one area that seems to be lacking is the brunch-style restaurants. While these restaurants have been popular for years in Seoul, they have yet to trickle down this way. While there are "brunch cafes" most have no idea what a good brunch is besides including an egg and some premixed salads from Costco covered with balsamic dressing....Read More
Bombay Brau
Recently there was a lot of discussion on our Facebook page about Bombay Bau, an upscale Indian bistro and brewpub in Samsandong. Located across the street from the Up Square Mall and right above the Starbucks, Bombay Brau certainly has a great location. I decided to check out the place to see what all the talk was about and to find out for myself if the rumours were true. The main reason to come here would be if you are...Read More
**CLOSED** Tool Box Revisited
We don't often go back to the same restaurant to review it again (old review here) but when I heard that a great restaurant was about to close it's doors for good, I had to jump into action. Good restaurants like Toolbox don't come around that often and when they do, we have to do our best to make sure they stick around. We have a great thing going in Ulsan and I certainly don't want to see a...Read More
Bongchu Jjimdak
We tend to review a lot of foreign restaurants here, as Korean food is pretty easy to find, and the majority of restaurants sell pretty decent nosh. Every once in a while, however, we review a Korean place that stands out from the crowd, or serves something just a little different than every other bar-be-que place. Just across the side street from the Lotte Hotel is one of these little jems. Bongchu Jjimdak is a small restaurant with clean,...Read More
Cafe Melrose
Su Eun Go's bakery made waves in Ulsan for having the best pie in Ulsan. Now she has moved to Ok-dong and has rebranded her bakery as "Cafe Melrose" Located near the East gate of Ulsan Grand Park, Cafe Melrose is perfect place to start a picnic in the park. If you are like me, then you don't care how pretty a cafe or pie looks, just as long as to tastes great. Cafe Melrose serves up some great...Read More
Microbrewery – Jango
By Robert Landon, May 18th, 2014 Who'da thunk it? All of a sudden there's real beer in Ulsan! The latest addition to the list of watering holes is in Seongnam-Dong. Jango Micro-brewery – just across the street (Jungang Gil, 중앙길) from Sarojin or Tool Box – depending on your point of reference – and up the stairs on the 2nd level. It's a bright, airy place, with exposed brick and wood décor, and a relaxed, modern,...Read More
Actual Chinese – Gugugu
As far as I know, this is the only authentic Chinese restaurant in Ulsan. No jjajangmyeon or kimchi, it's the real thing. There are some other lamb skewer places around and small restaurants, but here you have a big selection and no apparent attempt to Koreanify the food. If you know Chinese food at all, you know that there is huge regional variety and the very term 'Chinese food' is kind of useless. This restaurant offers dishes from all...Read More
北京(북경)양꼬치: Beijing Lamb Skewers
Lamb Skewers and Authentic Chinese food in Seongnamdong. "If you want jjajangmyeon, get out." So it turns out there's a restaurant that serves traditional northern Chinese food in Ulsan. It's apparently been around for years. On my way back home, I was taking a side road when I saw this place and decided that I just had to stop by. I only know of a few authentically Chinese restaurants in Ulsan – most are more typically Korean-ized Chinese...Read More
Cheese Galmagi-sal in Taehwa-dong
If you did a search for the Korean word "갈매기" in a Korean dictionary you'd find a shocking translation of "Seagull" However, you will not find any seagull meat here. 갈매기살 (pronounced "Galmagi sal") is roughly translated as bits of pork skirt steak and it is delicious. This regular looking restaurant located along Taehwa-dong's "Bulgogi Street" seems normal enough. However, if you read the sign in Korean you will see a word that does not belong "Cheese" That...Read More
베테랑 – Fusion BBQ at its best
I was introduced to this restaurant a while back, but I hesitated reviewing it for the site, as it's already quite busy, and I didn't want everyone rushing out to try it, making it impossible for me to get a seat. But I've decided to not be so selfish, and to let you all in on this secret (which I'm sure some of you are familiar with already). Beh Teh Rang (literally "Veteran" or "Expert") Barbeque (베테랑 바베큐) is...Read More


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Friends honor the memory of John Sweeney '87 via a scholarship. by Terry Sweeney, John's sister
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1. July 1, 1991, RZA belly-flops as a solo artist
In the early '90s, an unheralded new act named Prince Rakeem lamented his woeful fate on the single and video "Ooh I Love You Rakeem." The problem? It appears women just couldn't get enough of Rakeem's rugged charm. He had too many ladies, and he needed to learn to say "no." What pimply, virginal rap fan couldn't relate? Yet somehow "Ooh I Love You Rakeem" failed to find an audience. Prince Rakeem disappeared, only to be reborn, Phoenix-style, as RZA, the diabolical producer and mastermind behind Wu-Tang Clan. The rest, as they say, is history.
2. November 9, 1993: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) marks a new era in hip-hop
The Wu-Tang Clan's monster debut hit hip-hop and pop culture with the impact of a dozen atom bombs. It introduced not just a radically different new sound and style, but an entire universe for listeners to get lost in, complete with a dazzling array of larger-than-life characters, an elaborate mythology, and geek-friendly nods to comic books, martial-arts flicks, blaxploitation movies, and black pulp fiction. Hip-hop and the world at large were never the same again.
3. 1995: Wu-Tang goes pop, part 1 (ODB and Mariah)
In 1995, pristine pop princess Mariah Carey was hungry for hip-hop credibility. So she hooked up with a producer who epitomized glossy slickness (Diddy) and a rapper who embodied scuzzy rawness (Ol' Dirty Bastard) for the remix to "Fantasy." As ODB unforgettably screeched, he and Mariah did, in fact, go together like babies and pacifiers; the Ol' Dirty dog was no liar, and kept the fantasy hot like fiya.
4. 1995: Wu-Tang goes pop, part 2 (Meth and Mary)
Love songs don't get much darker than Method Man's "You're All I Need To Get By," a track that embraces romantic love as a bulwark against a hostile outside world. For the remix, Diddy once again lucratively fused grime and pop by adding superstar R&B songstress Mary J. Blige to the mix. Blige's contribution to the song made sense both commercially and creatively: Few artists convey pain and longing as movingly. But it nevertheless marked the beginning of a debilitating embrace of the mainstream on Meth's part, leading inevitably to deodorant commercials, cheesy sitcoms, supporting roles in Soul Plane and My Baby's Daddy, and musical obsolescence.
5. August 1, 1995: Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx marks the apex of Wu-Tang's golden age
After the release of Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), RZA holed up in a studio lair where he produced damn near every track on every Wu-Tang solo album. The result was a sustained burst of creative brilliance, a mad rush of ingenuity and invention that led to a string of Wu-Tang classics. RZA's beat mastery reached its pinnacle with Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, which combined Wu-Tang grime with Raekwon's fetish for Godfather flash, while solidifying Raekwon and Ghostface's standing as one of rap's most dynamic duos.
6. June 3, 1997: The golden age ends with the release of Wu-Tang Forever
Wu-Tang Forever is the textbook disappointing follow-up to a seminal debut. It's bigger without being better, and bloated with self-indulgence and filler. Moments of brilliance remain, but the focus and hunger of the group's first album is lost. The two-disc set was still a monster commercially, but Forever marked the end of Wu-Tang's golden age. RZA adopted a more hands-off approach to Wu-Tang solo albums, farming out production duties to a succession of sound-alike producers. Quality control suffered. Wu-Tang members like Raekwon, who triumphed with their debuts, released follow-ups that were ignored at best, and mocked at worst.
7. February 28, 1998: Ol' Dirty Bastard upstages Shawn Colvin
For a while, ODB was the soul not just of the Wu-Tang Clan, but of hip-hop as a whole—a beloved court jester who represented the id run joyously amok. During the 1998 Grammy Awards, ODB proved his genius for making a spectacle of himself was unparalleled when he interrupted Shawn Colvin's acceptance speech to drunkenly rant about how "Wu-Tang is for the children!", a statement seemingly at odds with the parental-advisory labels affixed to damn near every Wu-Tang release.
8. March 3, 2000: Birth of a film composer: Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai drops
While RZA's career as a rapper and producer gets less interesting with every passing year, his composing career got off to a rousing start with his atmospheric score for Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai, a film whose central culture clash owes much to RZA's loopy oeuvre. The disc's soundtrack somewhat surprisingly crossed over to the NPR demographic, paving the way both for RZA's sample-crazy Kill Bill score and for his unforgettable appearance alongside GZA and Bill "Groundhog Day Ghost-Bustin' Ass" Murray in Jarmusch's Coffee And Cigarettes.
9. February 8, 2000: Ghostface releases Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah's 2000 Ironman follow-up was the first Wu-Tang Clan solo album in ages to generate the kind of fevered buzz that greeted nearly every pre-Forever release. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, and RZA streaked out of the gate much faster, but Ghostface Killah is the only Wu-Tang member who's exhibited staying power.
10. December 18, 2001: Wu-Tang responds to 9/11
On "Rules," a standout track from the Clan's indifferently received fourth album, Iron Flag, Ghostface Killah defiantly proclaims, "Together we stand / Divided we fall / Sit down, Mr. Bush, I'm in charge of the war!" In spite of Ghost's bold announcement, Bush ultimately chose the safe route, appointing the usual brigade of generals and advisors to head up the war effort rather than eccentric rappers/bathrobe enthusiasts.
11. November 13, 2004: Ol' Dirty Bastard dies
After a marathon stint of flamboyantly bad behavior that included being arrested in a McDonald's parking lot, escaping a drug-treatment facility only to show up at a Wu-Tang gig, and enduring an extended prison stint, Ol' Dirty Bastard died of what was later revealed as an accidental overdose of cocaine and prescription painkillers.
12. March 28, 2006: Ghostface releases Fishscale
After hooking up with powerhouse label Def Jam and releasing 2004's stellar but strangely Wu-Tang-free The Pretty Toney Album, Ghostface Killah inspired Cuban Linx flashbacks with his fifth solo album, Fishscale. It's a masterful tour de force that combines the rugged, grimy, cinematic essence and ultra-vivid storytelling of early Wu-Tang with the dusty beat mastery of wizards like Just Blaze, Pete Rock and MF Doom. Suddenly, The Wu-Tang looked like it could be ascending all over again.


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Sharp increase in Tommy John surgery in young patients concerning
Upside to 'epidemic' surgery: 83 percent successful in return to play, new research finds.
Eighty-three percent of athletes who had "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery were able to return to the same or better level of play, according to a study released today at the 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting at JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes. While reassuring to athletes, the study authors find the trend of more and more young athletes requiring the surgery, alarming.
"Before 1997 this surgery was performed on only 12 of 97 patients who were 18 or younger (12 percent)," said co-author E. Lyle Cain, MD, fellowship director for the American Sports Medicine Institute, Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. "In 2005 alone, 62 of the 188 operations performed, were on high school athletes, a third of the surgical group. The reality is that this surgery is successful and that's good. But a disturbing trend of younger kids needing the surgery is troubling. This should be a wake-up call to parents and coaches that specialization in baseball where kids don't get adequate time off is very dangerous."
"Tommy John" surgery is a procedure where a damaged elbow ligament (Ulnar Collateral Ligament or UCL) is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body. The surgery is named for Hall of Fame pitcher Tommy John, who was the first person to have the surgery in 1974. John returned to the major leagues and went on to win 164 games after the surgery. Prior to this historic surgery, a UCL injury was a career-ending injury.
In the study, 743 patients who had the Tommy John surgery were contacted for follow-up evaluations and completed a questionnaire about their recovery. The majority of the patients were baseball players (94.5 percent), the remaining 5.5 percent were involved in track, football or other sports. The study found that 622 patients (83 percent) returned to the previous level of competition or higher. Of the major league players, 75.5 percent returned to the same level of play. For minor league players 56 percent returned to the same level or higher. The average time from surgery to full competition was 11.6 months after reconstruction, according to study results. Additionally about 10 percent of the patients had complications, mostly minor.
"The increase in the number of UCL reconstructions being done now can be attributed to many things: improved diagnostic techniques, heightened awareness, increased chance of positive outcome with current surgical techniques, but most importantly, the overuse of young throwing arms," said Dr. Cain. "In the past 10 years, year-round baseball leagues have proliferated. So the best young pitchers are throwing many more pitches and learning to throw more difficult pitches. It's great that the surgery is successful, but prevention of the injury should be the goal. Kids should be urged to rest and be careful about saving their arms, rather than leading to long-term problems at a young age."


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Hello, I am new to programming and new around here. I simply cannot figure these two things out. i haave been trying for a while.
I need to know how to sort the rates r variable for the arrays in descending order using selectionsort. i think it would involve some kind of for loop.
I need to use reduceDebt to "request an amount from the user to be used to reduce the debt. reduce the debt starting with highest interest rate. the remainder is the amount left after reducing the debt. Again, I have no idea where to go with this any help is appreciated. below is my code
public class sortparallelarrays { public static void main (String [] args) { String [] card = {"Disney Rewards" , "Amazon Rewards", "Chase Sapphire", "Marriott Rewards"}; String [] rates = {"14.24", "13.24", "15.24", "14.20"}; String [] owed = {"4500.00", "1300.10", "3200.80", "775.00"}; double amount; } public static void displayHeader() { System.out.printf("%8s %9s %10s %10s %16s \n" , "Card", "Rate of Interest", "Amount owed", "In one year, you'll owe"); System.out.println("==================================================================="); } public static void displayValues(String [] c, double [] r, double [] owed) { System.out.printf("%8s %18s %25s \n", c, r, owed); } public static void selectionSort(double [] r) { for (int i=0; i< r; i++) { for (int j=i+1; j< r; j++){ if (x[i] > x[j]){ int temp = x[i]; x[i] = x[j]; x[j] = temp; } } } } }


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'Treasures of the Hard Rock' brings music gold to Pittsburgh
Exhibit on display at Hard Rock Cafe from March 27-31
There was Pete Townshend's smashed guitar, a Jimi Hendrix gold record and the signature jacket of U2's Bono. These pieces of music history are part of three exhibits at the Pittsburgh Hard Rock Cafe this week.
Sales manager Roy Smith said, "Hard Rock has been around since 1971, and it has built the idea that Rock n' Roll history is important."
The traveling exhibits include "Music Gives Back," which includes five artists who have given back to the community through charitable works.
The other part of "Treasures of the Hard Rock" is "Gone Too Soon."
Smith said, "Artists that have passed too young. Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Elvis. A lot of these acts that were too young to leave us. "
There is Michael Jackson's studded leather jacket worn throughout his Bad tour and the eighth-grade yearbook from Cobain.
There is the permanent collection at Hard Rock Pittsburgh, and some new pieces have been added. One of them is the fedora that Jackson wore on the Victory Tour.
There are also reminders of the rich Rock 'n Roll history in Pittsburgh. A new room highlights acts that played in Pittsburgh's great venues that include The Decade and the Stanley Theater.
Smith said, "Bob Marley played his last show ever in Pittsburgh at the Stanley Theater and we have a Bob Marley piece."
The Pittsburgh Hard Rock has also managed to keep another important piece from traveling around the world to other Hard Rock Cafes. It is an Andy Warhol painting of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger. It is signed by the artist and Jagger.
Hard Rock Pittsburgh manager Gary Marasco said, "There was going to be a wrestling tournament to make sure that one stayed here."


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Last Tuesday's (30 March) strike in defence of education at King's exceeded all expectations. More than 250 people joined loud and vibrant picket lines on all four King's campuses. Security guards at one campus indicated that numbers entering their building were as much as 75% down. At the main building on the Strand only a small trickle of students and staff went in.
Support for the strike was boosted after the latest hapless intervention by senior management, who refused to allow non-UCU staff to take annual leave yesterday. This prompted more than sixty of those obliged to work on the Strand to sign a card expressing solidarity with the pickets. Members of other unions on all sites brought refreshments out to colleagues on strike and stood with them during breaks. Local cafes displayed UCU material explaining our reasons for striking. Students brought cakes for pickets, played musical instruments, set up stalls and hung a huge banner over the entrance to the Strand: 'Education massacre: do not enter.'
Messages of support have flooded in from King's alumni, students and non-UCU staff, as well as from universities and colleges across the country. Colleagues brought solidarity greetings and donations in person from UCL, Westminster, QMW, London Metropolitan University, the Institute of Education, Southwark College, City and Islington College, Tower Hamlets College, the University of the Arts and the London Nautical School. Supporters also came along from local workplaces, including the National Theatre and the National Gallery, and from other unions, including the NUT, PCS, Unite and Unison.
Around 50 people attended a lunchtime rally at Waterloo, while more than 200 students joined pickets for a rally on the Strand, which took place in an electric atmosphere. The huge crowd heard speeches from UCU representatives at King's and elsewhere, from members of other unions and from a Sussex student who told of their struggles with their own management. Many students heard for the first time of the appalling treatment of our colleagues in Engineering by King's management. The 'We Support our Teachers' campaign was a lively presence throughout the day. Dozens of students expressed their disdain at the way the College's senior management addresses them in Orwellian 'Newspeak'. Many have written to the Principal and Vice-Principal complaining that they feel patronised by senior management.
Our campaign in defence of education at King's is partly about our colleagues' livelihoods, and about the lack of regard shown to them by senior management. But it is clear that it is also about much more than this. The creeping culture of managerialism in universities is also an issue. The support we have received from students, and from colleagues who are either members of other unions, or not yet members of UCU, is an indication that this campaign is also about defending the values that underpin education at King's and elsewhere, which include collegiality, respect for individuals, cooperation, intellectual integrity and academic independence.
The verve, humour, creativity and imagination of yesterday's pickets offered us all a glimpse of the potential that exists within this institution for staff and students to make education at King's more rewarding and more enjoyable. All too often this potential is either stifled or by-passed by the dead hand of senior management.
Our thanks and congratulations go to all who took part yesterday, and to everyone who showed their support for our campaign. Senior management teams across the country are offering no resistance to government cuts. They are determined to follow the example set by King's and impose redundancies and department closures on their staff and students. The magnificent collective response to these attacks that we have seen at Leeds, Sussex, Kent and King's is a powerful reminder to all that if we stand together we can defend our education system from the ministers and managers who want to turn it into a marketplace.
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Party Panache, Gearing up for Mardi Gras!
People along the Gulf Coast are very serious about Mardi Gras. You might be surprised to learn that the very first Mardi Gras celebrations were in Mobile, Alabama, not New Orleans~
Decorations go up on King's day Jan. 6, 12 days after Christmas, the feast of the Epiphany. It celebrates the three kings, bringing their gifts to baby Jesus.
King's day marks the beginning of Mardi Gras season. From Jan 6 until Fat Tuesday, March 4th this year, locals stay busy with parties, parades and celebrations. Schools are even closed for vacation the week of Fat Tuesday in many places, because of all the festivities!
One of my good friends is on the court of the Krewe, Bon Temps Cabrix. This is one of the local Krewes in Orange Beach. So exciting! She asked me to paint a platter for King Robin~ and glasses for her court
The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple [justice], gold [power], and green [faith].
Bon Temps Cabrix is French for good time kids [goats]! They have some wild and crazy parties!
There are lots of wreaths and fun decorations everywhere
This isn't really the French Quarter, it's a little shopping plaza nearby in Fairhope, Alabama
There is even a Mardi Gras tree in our local grocery store!
Balloons and cakes galore!
The traditional food all season is King Cake. There are many versions and I have a new recipe posting in a few weeks, but in the meantime I want to re-share an easy peasy version I made last year. It's, well, it's fit for a King! The cakes were made circular to represent the route that the kings took to get to the Christ child.
Originally the cakes were baked with a small pea or coin. The person who got the piece with the token was said to be blessed with good luck for the coming year. The tokens have been replaced in modern times with a small plastic baby, representing Jesus. Whoever gets the baby is expected to host a King cake party in the next year
I bought this cake at Publix for us to nibble on, but my version is almost as easy as buying one at the deli~
It's easy because you use crescent rolls. You don't have to make the colored icing either, it's just as good with a little white drizzle and a sprinkle of sugar.
Crescent King Cake for a printable version click here
1 can crescent rolls
2 Tbps of unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup of chopped pecans
1/4 cup of light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
powdered sugar
almond extract {the secret ingredient}
yellow, green, purple food color gels
NOTE: this is just as good with plain white sugar icing, drizzle or glaze!
sparkling sugar or colored sugars
Unroll crescent rolls and press to seal all perforations. Mix vanilla in with the melted butter. Spread butter and vanilla over crescent rolls. Mix pecans with cinnamon and brown sugar. Top butter with pecan mixture. Starting with the long end, roll up jelly roll style and form into a circle. Pinch edges together. Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes (until golden brown).
After the cake has cooled, mix together powdered sugar and milk and almond extract to make an icing. For each color start with 1/8 cup powdered sugar. Add 1 T milk, 1/2 tsp almond extract to a tiny bowl with a few drops of desired food coloring and stir. Once color is mixed add it to the sugar and stir. Continue to add sugar {up to another 1/8 cup or so} until glaze/icing is the desired consistency. Add more milk if it gets too thick. Top cake with icing and sprinkle with colored sugar.
We will be celebrating all through February so stop by any time!
You can see more photos of hand painted tableware at my gallery, JMdesignsGallery.com
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Jenna, Your hand painted plate and glasses are lovely. I know your friend is proud of them.
I have just learned about a king's cake recently and I liked your more detailed explanation. I might try your recipe for King's Cake.
Gosh, being raised in the northeast and living in So. CA, I never knew that Madri Gras was such an extensive holiday. I knew there was a parade and celebrations in New Orleans, but didn't know that there were house decorations and food traditions in the surrounding areas as well. How fun! Your painted plates and glasses are beautiful, and sure to be appreciated. Enjoy the festive holiday. It's a great way to welcome spring! Rosie
Jenna, it all looks like so much fun. How lucky that your friend had such a talented friend to paint the platter and stems for her. They turned out great! What a great recipe for the King Cake. Thank you for sharing it.
I loved all of the clever ideas on your wine tasting table and was happy to post it on my blog. I'm glad it was ok with you. laurie
How fun! I love all of the great decorations-party on:@)
What a wonderful recipe! Oh my, what fun traditions and I'm looking forward to checking in to see what else you have in store for us in February!
Love the platter and thanks for sharing that recipe.
Wow, I am so surprised to find out the meanings of some of the celebration. I had no idea! Your cake looks tasty too! Thanks for posting on the Four Seasons Blog Hop! Sandra from Scrumptilicious 4 You!


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Few celebs hit White House dinner for Africa
Are they dancing on the ceiling yet at the White House?
The White House dinner tonight for 50 African leaders (and their spouses) in Washington for a summit is underway.
The guest list is out, and the number of boldfaced names recognizable to celebrity trackers is sparse.
Lionel Richie is booked to perform at the shindig, taking place in a tent on the South Lawn, and is expected to deliver some of his past hits, such as All Night Long and Say You (Say Me).
Plenty of the usual crowd of Washington poohbahs are expected, of course: President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama lead the list that includes top administration officials, members of Congress, lobbyists, journalists and business titans.
The biggest star among the guests is double Oscar winner Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower De Niro.
Also there is British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, nominated for an Oscar for his role in 12 Years a Slave, which won the best-picture Oscar earlier this year.
A newcomer to the boldfaced crowd is Uzo Aduba, the American-born actress of Nigerian descent who plays "Crazy Eyes" in Orange is the New Black.
The hundreds of guests are dining on such delectables as chilled tomato soup, chopped vegetable salad, grilled dry-aged beef, crispy plantains, braised summer greens, sweet potatoes, cappuccino fudge cake, and white and red wines, though many of the Africans do not drink for religious reasons.


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Bryce Floyd�s only competition in Saturday�s state 2A indoor track meet may have been the clock but it didn�t matter. The fact Floyd was propelling his wheelchair down the 55-meter course was fulfilling enough.
It also turned into a pair of title-winning medals.
DEEP RUN � Bryce Floyd�s only competition in Saturday�s state 2A indoor track meet may have been the clock but it didn�t matter. The fact Floyd was propelling his wheelchair down the 55-meter course was fulfilling enough.
It also turned into a pair of title-winning medals.
Floyd, a freshman at South Lenoir who�s spent most of his life in a wheelchair following injuries he sustained after being struck by a car as a child, won a state championship in the 55-meter wheelchair dash and in the shot put Saturday in Winston-Salem.
Floyd may have been the only participant in the two events, but that didn�t diminish what the teenager had accomplished.
�It was one of the greatest feelings that I have had because of Bryce and his personality and how he is,� Blue Devils track coach Fred Kennedy said.
�With the work that he has put in, it was a great feeling.�
Floyd, who was 3 years old when he was hit by a car in front of his family�s home in September 2001, has overcome severe brain and spinal cord injuries to become the first from Lenoir County to win an individual state indoor track championship, according to the NCHSAA.
The vibrant teenager wheeled his wheelchair down the 55-meter course in 20.35 seconds, and threw the shot put 10-feet, 10.5-inches to capture a medal in that event.
All said, Floyd�s work ethic and attitude have been second to none since he was able to leave the hospital following the accident.
�He�s always thinking about how he himself can improve and he tries to work on it every day in practice� Kennedy said.
Both of Floyd�s marks in the state championship meet were better than those he qualified with during a regular season meet last December.
In that meet, Floyd completed the 55-meter dash in 21 seconds flat and sent the shot put flying 9-feet, 2-inches.
Floyd�s determination to never give up gave him more than a half-second difference in the dash and more than a foot-and-a-half farther in the shot put.
He also plans to participate in spring track and field in the shot put, discus, 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, Kennedy said.
�He�s always upbeat and ready to go,� Kennedy said. �That�s just how Bryce is.�
Floyd, who has trouble speaking clearly following the accident and has endured more than 30 surgeries, was excited about qualifying for the state meeting when he met with The Free Press in December.
He even predicted who was going to win.
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One of the challenges in working with Merge Replication is handling conflicts since writes can occur at any node in a topology. In an earlier post I demonstrated how to handle conflicts using the business logic handler framework - now I would like to show how to create Merge Replication conflict alerts based on the Performance Monitor counter SQLServer:Replication Merge Conflicts/sec.
Ideally proper planning would be done in an application to minimize the chances of conflicts occurring, whether that is achieved through column-level tracking, partitioning the writes, filtering, or some combination. However sometimes application changes can introduce conflicts and having alerts in place is a smart precaution to take.
To setup a conflict alert - identify the Performance Monitor counter SQLServer:Replication Merge Conflicts/sec instance name to monitor. In the Add Counters dialog in Performance Monitor the instance name can be identified for the Merge conflicts counter for a publication:
For this example the instance name that I will monitori is WS2008R2_1-AdventureWorksLT-TestMergePub1-WS2008R2_1-49.
From here sp_add_alert can be used to specify a merge conflict performance condition using our instance name to alert us when a conflict arises. This can be done with the following bit of T-SQL:
USE msdb GO EXEC sp_add_alert @name=N'Merge Conflict Alert', @message_id=0, @severity=0, @enabled=1, @delay_between_responses=0, @include_event_description_in=0, @category_name=N'[Uncategorized]', @performance_condition=N'SQLServer:Replication Merge|Conflicts/sec|WS2008R2_1-AdventureWorksLT-TestMergePub1-WS2008R2_1-49|>|0'
This can also be modified to raise alerts only when a certain threshold is met to suit your needs. An alert response can be set to send an email when the conflict performance condition is met which would give a much needed heads-up when things start to go awry. I hope this provides a technique to detect precisely when conflicts occur and a head start on tracking down the culprit.


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DETROIT – The familiar face of Chuck Gaidica brought you the latest weather reports every weekday at 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m. on Local 4 News for 27 years, but in August 2014 he transitioned to a new role at Local 4. Chuck is now heading a community-based effort we're calling Force 4 Good.
In his new role, Chuck will bring you special reports on the good work being done to make southeast Michigan a better place to live. Chuck plans to travel around the metro Detroit community to shine a spotlight on the people and programs that are truly acting as a Force 4 Good in our neighborhoods.
Chuck began at WDIV as Director of Meteorology in 1987. He's been voted the top weathercast in town year after year in the "Metro Times - Best of Detroit" edition and has won 3 Emmy awards.
Chuck says that doing the weather on NBC's "Today Show" ranks as Chuck's proudest professional accomplishments. Chuck is also proud of his inventions -- including the always popular "Cuddle Alert!"
Chuck is an adventurer. He has flown through the eye of a hurricane, chased and "caught" a tornado and been on several adventures.
Chuck accompanied Dr. Bob Ballard who discovered the Titanic on two 10-day expeditions. Chuck lived and broadcast from the Amazon jungle where he lived in the rain forest. He also spent 10-days in Hawaii and broadcast from the top of Mt. Kilauea. Chuck has also lived and studied in Israel and Jordan for nearly a month.
Even though Chuck is a private, instrument rated pilot, he says the best flying adventures have included the hurricane trip, aerobatic flying, flying a B-25 bomber over Pontiac and flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels to 20,000 feet in 20-seconds.
Chuck has been to The White House for a conference on climate change. He is a member of the National Weather Association and the recipient of the Silver Circle Award from the national Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Tidbits you might not know about Chuck:
- He doodles by sketching cars.
- He started out in college to be a doctor. I was enrolled in pre-med at Loyola University-Chicago. Nothing against doctors, I changed my mind. It worked out fine!
- While working at CBS and NBC in New York, Chuck worked with anchors Diane Sawyer, Maria Shriver, Bob Shieffer, Phyllis George, Bill Curtis and others.
- Chuck loves Girl Scout cookies, especially Thin Mints.
- Chuck's favorite coffee is Tim Hortons
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The economy is improving, but the average European is not noticing the improvements yet. Survey indicators about the European economy continue to strengthen as conditions in the Euro Area are stabilizing.
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area continued to rise in August. Several important economic factors have not yet improved, indicating that the economic environment remains recessionary.
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'Parks and Recreation' Season 6 Spoilers: Rashida Jones' Ann Being Replaced?
The future of 'Parks and Recreation' season 6 remains something of a question mark after learning that series stars Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe would depart the show midway through the upcoming run. We've heard about Jones' post-'Parks' plans, but what of the NBC series itself? Will someone new be brought into to replace the character, or will the show limp on to its final season?
According to TVLine, 'Parks and Recreation' Showrunner Mike Schur previewed that the NBC comedy will "position different people to fill in parts of [Leslie Knope's] emotional world. It won't be just one person." That isn't to say that anyone might arbitrarily arrive in Pawnee to fill the the role, as "we're not just going to suddenly pretend that a new actor can come in and be, like, Leslie's new best friend. It's going to be people she already knows and relies on and cares about."
In particular, Schur previewed that Donna Meagle (Retta) would step up to the plate as Leslie's new bestie, saying "Donna and Leslie will have some good connections and some good screen time together."
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Well, what say you? Will you miss Rashida Jones' Ann Perkins any more than Leslie herself when 'Parks and Recreation' season 6 starts up?


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- fat18.4g
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- sugars6.4g
- fibre3.8g
- protein21.5g
- salt1.2g
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Cook the tagliatelle according to the pack instructions and scoop out a cupful of cooking water. Drain the tagliatelle and tip into the frying pan with the bacon and courgette. Over a low heat toss everything together with the crème fraiche and half the Parmesan adding a splash of pasta water too if you need to loosen the sauce. Season to taste and serve twirled into bowls with the remaining Parmesan scattered over.


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My friend Elizabeth recently did this test for all the people who read her blog where she listed 7 truths and 3 lies about herself to see how well people knew her. Well I thought that was a great idea, so I decided to do it. Hopefully the people who actually read this rambling thing will think it's interesting too....
It was kind of an interesting exercise in self reflection though to even figure out 7 things about myself. Because I of course could write I'm a girl which is true, but basically as boring as the socks I'm currently not wearing. So being the scientist I am, this was an experiment in Heidi-land.... and awaywego.
- My favorite thing to do as a child was to climb trees.
- History is my favorite subject in school.
- I have been known to eat entire cheesecakes, rolls by the dozen, and bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
- I graduated Magna cum Laude from ASU.
- My favorite activity is watching movies with friends.
- I am an avid cake decorator, bead-er, and jewelry maker.
- I have never lost a game of air hockey (I don't count games where the table cheats)
- I am the youngest of four.
- My favorite thing to take pictures of are people.
- My favorite place to visit is Washington D.C. (am I supposed to put two periods here??)


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Ramayana Ballet Performance
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RAMAYANA BALLET at Purawisata – Jogjakarta – Indonesia, has held the record for every-night stage without ever being off for 42 YEARS, and received an award from The Indonesia Records Museum (MURI) in 2001.
Ramayana story is taken from Walmiki's epic and created into an enchanting performance with mixed variety of elements from the art, dance, music, drama, lyrics and song, make-up, specially selected costumes, stage and lighting. All put together, they create a piece of art performance that is favored and priced by both domestic and foreign tourists.
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Things Have Changed
As these words are tapped, the President of the United States is en route to Madison in Air Force One with The Boss in tow.
Tonight we'll wind our way to the Alliant Energy Center, aka The Coliseum, to catch another tourist passing through: Bob Dylan, the Jewish kid from the Gogebic Range who became a cultural legend. He'll be strumming his six-string and growling his beautiful poetry.
Some days our little town can be pretty interesting.
With all these famous folks dropping by, it seems the perfect time to muse about someone who won't be here tonight.
Neil Young.
For whatever reasons, Neil's plaintive tenor has always haunted.
For folks of a certain age, "There is a town in north Ontario" is a sure heart toucher. From burned-out basements to harvest moons, the guy has said interesting things in interesting ways for five decades. To many he has had every bit the impact as Dylan.
That's why a recent news piece caught my eye. Neil Young, rock poet hedonist of the first order, was told by his doctor in "pretty sincere" terms to quit his smoking and drinking and such.
Wait. What? Neil Young, runningmate of rowdy hippies Stephen Stills and David Crosby, is going to quit drinking, smoking and getting high? How can this be? Hell, Crosby gave his entire liver to our generation, the rock and roll equivalent of falling on a grenade.
Neil, however, is unbothered by his retirement from buzzness.
Said he (in a Parade interview, if you can believe that), "I think I'm pretty high from the last fifty years, but I certainly don't miss it at this point."
Young's news came at a wistful time. YouTube has made it easy for a person to visit his past.
On a quiet Sunday morning sipping coffee, I searched YouTube for Poco singing "Heart of the Night," which led to The Eagles, then Henley, then Joe Walsh, which in turn lead to Tom Waits and Ol' 55, which then recommended Neil inducting Tom into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a hysterical, beautiful intro.
It was a wonderful digital memory trip, though it came with some sadness.
So many of these artists had such beautiful voices and vices.
But now they are aging. It is difficult to witness, and to experience oneself. A line I heard in a movie this weekend puts a button on the vague emotion. "The worst thing about aging for a man is that you are no longer dangerous."
So true.
But the YouTube memory tour revealed something interesting: The self-destructive ways that accompany earlier years can be replaced by other things.
One of the Poco clips shows the band in concert today: heavier, balder, grayer, but still singing wonderfully. Richie Furay walks onstage and exclaims with glee before singing "Kind Woman," "Wow. Can you believe we've been doing this for thirty-eight years?"
He didn't sound sad. Or depressed. He just sounded happy.
So does Young. And he sounds driven. "I want to be a better guitar player and I want to sing better."
The Bob Dylan we'll see tonight is now seventy-one years old and still writing, recording and touring.
Perhaps he'll sing my favorite song of his, "Things Have Changed," a more recent cut from the droll, smart film Wonder Boys. In the song, Bob sounds weary, diffident and old. "I used to care, but things have changed." But then, in an instant he becomes playful and boyish, longing to wheel the next woman he sees down the street in a wheelbarrow.
Does he sound dangerous? Nope. But he does sounds crazy, good and wise.
Which, if you think about it, might be better than dangerous.
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While creating and building Shale Oak we kept a keen eye on sustainability in every facet, striving to make the smallest impact possible on our surrounding environment. Studio2G Architects and In Balance Green Consulting both helped us achieve some of our goals.
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As he set out to begin building Shale Oak Winery, it was imperative that owner Al Good first find an architecture firm that matched his goal of building a winery and tasting room that took the natural elements of his site into consideration. He found just that in Studio2G.
Dedicated to providing a quality product, Studio2G strives to find a harmonious balance between a design aesthetic, the client's intentions, the workings of the built world, and an understanding of the natural environment. As they got to know Al and to better understand his vision, an avant-garde architectural style was proposed, as well as LEED Certification with a goal of achieving "Silver" Certification. Special care was taken to design the buildings and the site with great sensitivity to the existing environment. So much so, that the project was awarded "Gold" Certification.
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Brought on board to manage the complicated LEED Certification process, In Balance also provided energy modeling and daylight analysis. They worked closely with Studio2G, as well as with Thoma Electric and Brummel Myrick Engineering, in the early stages of the design process to best optimize the buildings' performance.
Windows, insulation, lighting, and mechanical equipment were meticulously researched and selected for energy efficiency. Solar photovoltaic panels generate about one third of Shale Oak's energy needs. Daylight modeling was used to design both the winery and tasting room buildings; windows and sun tubes almost completely eliminate the need for electric lights during the day. Additionally, the sun tubes have dampers that block daylight into the winery when the rooms are not occupied.


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Thursday, April 30, 2015
"Eternally 29" - "Age of Adaline" Review
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Many women wish that they could remain young forever. In fact, it is why the cosmetic industry continues to rank in millions, based on its promises of having "fountain of youth" like abilities. But deep down, we know it is all a fantasy, one that could never occur unless some magical spell fell into our laps. In the new film, The Age of Adaline, we are asked to believe in such wizardry, and enjoy a whimsical ride down a Vogue approved road.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Happy 20th Anniversary "A Goofy Movie"!
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20 years ago today, one of my favorite movies in the whole world was released. Though I don't remember the specifics, I'm pretty sure I saw it close to its opening weekend, and from that moment onward, it has made my life just that much better in every way possible.
A Goofy Movie is a strange film in the world of Disney. It takes liberties with one of the most beloved Fab Five characters, gives him an angst filled teenage son, and them throws them into a pretty grand, yet mature, road trip adventure. There's romance, Big Foot, even a Michael Jackson inspired pop star, all wrapped up in a glorious, 90's package.
In celebration of this anniversary, here are a few of my favorite little things from this gem of a movie:
Probably my favorite thing from this movie as a whole, is the music, specifically anything that Powerline sings. As I mentioned above, Powerline is sort of the Disney certified love child of Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, and Prince, in the body of a humanoid dog.... man? Yeah we'll go with that. Regardless, Powerline is one of the coolest characters, even without having any dialog in the movie. His songs (performed by Tevin Campbell) are some of the most addicting, clearly 90's produced, songs to ever be created. They never get old and give me a surge of nostalgia that is pure, amazing, and ridiculous. If I had to pick one song to be my favorite, probably I'd go with Eye 2 Eye, just because it is and will always be catchy. But no matter what the tune, you can't go wrong with Powerline.
Jason Marsden
When I saw A Goofy Movie, one of the things that stuck out the most to me was the vocal performance of "whomever was the dude" that voiced Max Goof. He did a really good job, five year old me felt, and had a "cute" sounding voice. I then eventually discovered that the guy who voiced Max, and many other beloved characters (Binx from Hocus Pocus, Haku in Spirited Away) from my childhood, was named Jason Marsden, and he is one awesome guy. Aside from voicing nostalgic favorites, he also voices a lot of current shows, and seems to sing on occasion too (in Nashville of all places!) Talented, cute, and cool (just like Max), finding Marsden through A Goofy Movie was one of the best treasures to ever discover.
Max and Roxanne
Though, at five years old, I wasn't exactly an expert in the romance department, I knew that for some reason, I really liked Max and Roxanne together. Maybe it was because it was just a simple, down-to-earth, teenage crush sort of scenario, or I just really dug the voice acting (reference above), but something about Max and Roxanne's relationship was really lovely, to me, at a young age. The two of them are sort of awkward outcasts in their own right, with complicated parents that have their flaws, which was refreshing for a kid who was overloaded with old Fairy Style style romances. Neither of them were perfect, and that was cool, especially for me with all my childhood issues. So with all those charms and more, I can say I am a lifelong fan of these two, forever and always.
This Scene....
The feels are strong here. Don't even need to explain it.
So, if you can't tell, I love the heck out of A Goofy Movie. It's a movie that might not be as popular as the fairy tale Disney flicks, but it will always remain one of my favorites for the rest of my life. It might not be your movie, but it sure, will always, be mine.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
I'm Back!
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Why hello there, friends!
I know, it has been quite some time since I've written anything on Magic a'la Mode. But don't you worry, I have officially (in a slow manner) returned.
But you might be wondering, where the heck have I been all this time? The answer is quite fun. Me and a group of fabulous individuals have been hard at work on a site called The Daily Geekette. Many of my reviews for film, theater, and the like, have all been posting on there since last year, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences a girl could ask for.
If you're curious to check out my work on there, click here.
But, what about this blog, you ask? I have big plans on the horizon folks! Even one you might notice in your URL bar on your browser. What does it mean? You'll just have to wait and see.
Until then, keep staying sparkly and amazing my readership!
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When is it worth it to spend more for something?
- Upgrading to professional caliber products can be a smart move
- Consider usage time when making a purchase such as a mattress or cell phone
- Ask yourself%3A Does it make you feel like a million bucks%3F
Sometimes we feel good about spending, and sometimes we don't. Striving for quality not quantity is a good general rule. Here are some interesting things to consider and tips on when it may be worth it to spend more on an item.
1. Upgrade to professional-caliber and commercial-grade versions of products and services. Pretend you're buying for a business. What hammer would a carpenter buy? Where does a lifeguard buy a bathing suit?;Where do interior decorators go antiquing?
2. Consider usage time. The average American sleeps roughly a third of their lifetime. That's eight-and-half hours a night, or more than 3,000 hours a year.From that perspective, a top-of-the line memory foam mattress for $2,000 to $3,000, seems like money well spent. DealNews.com suggests looking at it this way: "That's roughly the same as a daily coffee for 10 years." Based on this reasoning, bed sheets you adore are another sound investment.
A similar case can be made for not skimping on smartphones. The average American now checks their phone 150 times a day -- about once every six minutes. On a cost-per-usage basis, they're a relative steal.
3. Does it make you feel like a million bucks? Some things just do – a perfect little black dress, a throw pillow, a nice piece of art from a favorite vacation destination, even a designer purse. The intrinsic value can make something exponentially more valuable.
Purchasing one designer purse every five years could make every outfit look and feel better. Plus, it holds its value. At the end of five years, you can trade it in and get some money back from a consignment shop. One $500 purse (assuming you are not financing it with credit) that yields $100 re-sale five years later equals a $400 investment. That's the equivalent of purchasing a new $39.99 purse every season for 2 and half years. Know thyself and don't compromise – the compliments alone could be worth it.
Men might be able to use the same concept with cars. A used Ford F150 is better than no Ford at all.
As Mark Twain said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment."
Make purchases you truly need or truly want. Avoid impulse buys and costly compromise.
Regina Lewis is a national television contributor and host of USA TODAY's "Money Quick Tips" videos. Follow her on Twitter: @ReginaLewis.
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The upper echelon of popular Twitter pics this week dealt with cuteness, beauty and even some truth. And in between, there were reminders that all was not as it appeared.
As the new month began, protest pictures found their way to Twitter, and as the week progressed, comedy took over.
We certainly had no shortage of pictures from which to choose, sifting through 42 million to select this week's top 10.
Check out the full analysis for this week's pics from our partners at Skylines, who created a custom algorithm to allow us to find these needles in a haystack the size of this planet. Gracing us with her insight is Skylines' writer and analyst Julie Donders (@IkbenJulie), who makes sense of these sometimes chaotic selections with her spot-on captions.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- President Obama was declared the winner of the final presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., several post-debate polls indicated.
CBS News, CNN, Public Policy Polling and Google Consumer Surveys online poll all registered wins for Obama after Monday's debate on foreign policy at Lynn University, a review of post-debate polling by The New York Times indicated.
The CBS News poll of undecided voters who watched the debate indicated 53 percent said Obama came out on top, 23 percent gave it to Republican challenger Mitt Romney and 24 percent declared it a tie. The margin of error was 4 percentage points.
A Public Policy Polling survey of voters in 11 swing states who watched the debate indicated Obama won, 53 percent to 42 percent. The margin of error was 4.4 percent.
A CNN poll of registered voters who watched the debate put Obama ahead, 48 percent to 40 percent for Romney, but the results were much closer after factoring in the 4.5 percentage point margin of error.
An online poll by Google Consumer Surveys indicated participants said Obama won, 45.1 percent to 35.3 percent.
Averaging results from the CBS News, CNN and Google polls, all of which surveyed viewers after all three presidential debates as well as the vice presidential debate, puts Obama's margin at 16 percentage points, the Times said.
The Times noted snap-polls after the second debate indicated an average of 10 percentage points for Obama, smaller than Romney's average 29 percentage-point win in Denver after the first face-off.
An average of post-debate polls indicated Vice President Joe Biden had a 6 percentage point margin of victory over GOP rival Paul Ryan.
The first presidential debate netted Romney a nearly 4 percentage point bounce in head-to-head polls while the second debate didn't bring an appreciable uptick for Obama, the Times said.
Obama could see a 1- to 2 percentage-point bounce following the third debate, but there are some intervening factors, including the debate's pace, the subject (foreign policy) and competing sporting events on other networks, the Times said.
Historically, the Times said, any lift from a third presidential debate was smaller than a bounce following the first two tilts.


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Today there will definitely not be anything Christmas related on my blog for a change. Instead let's jump into some digital scrapping...
[Supplies: Busy Boy - Amy Martin, For The Love Of Love - Allison Pennington, Love Letters The Pieces - Allison Pennington, Love In My Lens - CD Muckosky, Big Ol Tags 4 - Lauren Reid
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I have of course kept up with my CT work for the digital scrapping teams while still working on my Christmas album (maybe a little reason why it took me quite a while to complete my album...?) and above is a layout which I really enjoyed doing for the Lilypad.
I love the colours I was working with for this layout. The stitched hearts at the bottom is one of my favourites. In fact I'd love to try something similar on a paper layout some time. If my sewing machine would actually behave. But I guess I could always do some sewing by hand... :)


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Ohio to seek expansion of Medicaid
- 19 states%2C District of Columbia say they will take advantage of federal money for Medicaid expansion
- Most states that have said yes or are leaning toward it have had Democratic governors
- Among the other GOP-led states%3A Arizona%2C Nevada%2C New Mexico%2C North Dakota
Medicaid coverage will be expanded to nearly 600,000 low-income Ohioans now left out of the program as part of the state's two-year budget Gov. John R. Kasich proposed Monday.
The move positions Ohio among a contingent of Republican-led states including Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and North Dakota that are leaning toward extending coverage, an option given to states under the federal Affordable Care Act.
"I don't believe in the individual mandate," Kasich said. "But I think that this makes great sense for the state of Ohio."
His contention: If Ohio doesn't extend Medicaid, federal tax dollars will be used to expand health coverage in other states and give businesses elsewhere a competitive advantage by creating a healthier workforce.
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have said they will participate in Medicaid expansion, according to consulting firm The Advisory Board Co. Five other states are leaning toward participating while 15 states have either decided against the expansion or are leaning that way. The remainder have not committed.
The proposal, now up to Ohio's Republican-dominated legislature to decide, will extend coverage to adults living at 138% of the federal poverty level, or about $32,000 a year for a family of four and $15,400 a year for an individual.
The Medicaid expansion nationwide is intended to cover about half of the 30 million uninsured people expected to gain coverage eventually under the health care overhaul.
Ohio's Medicaid program now covers adults and their dependents at 90% of the federal poverty level and does not cover single individuals or childless adults. A family of four earning $20,745 or less qualifies for current coverage.
As with all states choosing to expand the program, the federal government will cover 100% of the program for three years for the newly qualified individuals. After that, the federal government would cover 95% and phase down to 90%.
Ohio will see $2.4 billion in federal money in the next two years beginning in July to cover those who are newly eligible, the Kasich administration said.
One wrinkle in the governor's proposal: Ohio will roll back the expansion if the federal government changes its commitment.
Medicaid, as it has been in the past, consumes the largest chunk of Ohio's budget with $21.46 billion in spending proposed in 2014 and $23.64 billion in 2015.
If the legislature approves, the extension would be put in place by January 2014.
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Let's jump on a number 73 bus and take it to the end of the line…Stoke Newington, London N16.
Jowe Head, of the equally fabulous Swell Maps and TV Personalities, was an early supporter of The Lines, and when he moved down to Stoke Newington he became a good friend. He started a band called the Palookas with local brother and sister Wall of Sound merchants Paul and Trudi Holt. With guitar and Roland Juno 60, their amps on each side of the stage, these two put out a head spinning barrage of strangely melodic noise. This was underpinned by the angular bass of James "Elvis" Rowbottom and the pounding drums of Richie Rich.
I started working with them in 1984 but it took a couple of sessions to capture them on tape; well, I'm not sure we ever really did, certainly not the raw power of their live presence, but we did our best. I'm happy to say that I'm still working with Paul Holt, and betimes Jowe Head, to this day. Here I present the Palookas debut single.


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So, the recovery of Derby weekend has finally occurred. I know you've heard a few tales of the time, but here's how my night went down…
On the eve of the Kentucky Derby 138, I was cast into the constellation of stars– know simply as, The Julep. Celebrities and the who's who of Louisville joined in an evening in support of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. The Galt House was filled with love, laughter and of course, great fashion as guests filed in to party with a purpose. But before anyone could enter the grand ballroom, they had to first pass me. Dressed Behavior took this opportunity to style stalk and loved what we saw! We welcomed them graciously into Wardrobe's Winners Circle.
First up was Louisville's Football Savior, Charlie Strong. He wore a simple black tux, but was amazingly accessorized by his lovely wife — in a monochromatic, fuscha look by designer, Nicole Miller. The couple was a class act.
Following behind, the Kentucky Derby Princess sparkled and shimmered their way down the red carpet in an assortment of colors. They weren't shy as all five posed and worked the cameras like professionals. And keeping it in the family of royalty–Miss Kentucky herself, Lee Ann Herring-Olvedo stopped and chatted about her look by designer Zahahd Shokhi. I'll admit, it was a daring choice, but beautiful nonetheless. She shared that she opted for something that was more modern and not as "pageant like." When asked about her standard go-to look, Jessica shared that she loves "day to evening looks that can be transformed with a simple adding or subtracting of a piece."
I was particularly pleased with the gentleman. All classic in black tie, but some with a twist. Actor Jonathan Kite wore an ivory dinner jacket with a pink shirt in his support of breast cancer. While Project Runway designer, Christian Siriano dressed his look down. He revealed that he never likes to work to hard on his looks. He simply throws on what he loves! However, he admires the look of 70's rock stars like Jagger.
Another favorite of mine were actors David Arquette, Vanessa Bell- Calloway and attorney turned television personality, Star Jones. All who shared on commonality — they had no clue as to who they were wearing. Ms. Jones shared that her techni-colored dream dress was a Paris original, although the name on the designer escaped her. When asked about her go-to style, she explained that she "wasn't into fashion," she wears clothes that reflect how she's currently feeling. I expressed that she was OBVIOUSLY felling sexy when she got dressed! Given the low neck line, even lower back and above knee length of the cocktail dress.
I asked Star's best friend, Mrs. Bell-Calloway, to turn around as I looked at her tags to reveal that she also wore a design by Nicole Miller.
While Arquette searched his tags as well, unable to say for certain who's name was etched on the label. However, it was a classic, black 3 piece, slim fit suit — completely flattering to his slender build.
Needless to say, the event was a success. Good food, good music and good fashion. Thank you Julep — mission complete!