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He said Saddam Hussein had "reconstituted nuclear weapons." He said Saddam was working with al-Qaida. He predicted U.S. troops occupying Iraq would be "greeted as liberators." Six months in to the occupation, after things went bad, he said there was nothing wrong with our postwar strategy. In 2005, he said the Iraqi insurgency was "in its last throes."
If Dick Cheney were a student, he would have flunked the course. But he's proof that if you rise high enough, some people will listen to you no matter how many times you prove your stupidity and dishonesty.
Dan Quayle, who was vice president eight years before Cheney, had a reputation as an intellectual cipher. But Cheney makes him look like Henry Kissinger. Spiro Agnew was a felon, but his crimes were minor compared to the damage Cheney did.
Conservatives love him anyway, partly because he was the Bush administration's great champion of torture, which he claims was critical in getting information that prevented terrorist attacks. But when FBI Director Robert Mueller was asked if "enhanced interrogation" had disrupted any plots -- any at all -- he replied: "I don't believe that has been the case."
Still, I feel as though I should read Cheney's new memoir, if only to see how far he can sink. If I go to a book store, I'll look under Fiction.


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Please don't take this as a rant, nor as a (negative) review. As usual, the main purpose of the post is to document the experience and eventually help others troubleshoot similar problems they may have with the Arduinix shield kit.
The first issue I had was not getting the high voltage (180V) required by the Nixie tubes. For some reason, the provided schematic and assembly instructions are ambiguous on the exact value of the C3. This made me look at other HV power supplies, with the conclusions captured in this post. Anyone taking a closer look at the Arduinix HV schematic will notice at least 3 differences compared to others using the same 555-based design:
- the very important capacitor C3 has unusually small value (only 47pF, compared to 2.2nF, a much better value, according to the calculations);
- pins 6 and 7 are connected;
- transistor Q5 is shown as PNP (though correctly marked as MPSA42, an NPN transistor).
The assembly instructions, showing 2.2nF for C3, say that the value of this capacitor varies "the most", "as we make slight modifications and improvements to the kit". What improvements in a standard, proven and tested schematic?
What else was there for me to try? Most of the components around the oscillator, of course: the inductance, the resistors, the capacitors. The highest voltage I got was about 80V. So I decided to revert to "the standard". I cut (top side) and re-routed (bottom side, see photo) the PCB traces around pin 6, 7 and R14/16, I replaced C3 with a 2.2nF, and, unsurprisingly, I got the long desired 180V.
Next step was the software. After I uploaded the sample sketch using Arduino 1.0, only 2 digits were lit.
Three hours and a lot of effort and frustration later (even wondering how everybody else got this sketch working), I realized that Arduino 1.0 itself was the problem. Even the simplest test sketch, tried on multiple Arduinos, failed, incredibly, to work!!! (And you can try it and confirm this too.) Here it is:
void setup()
Serial.println("in setup");
void loop()
Serial.println("in loop");
Switching to Arduino 1.0.4 solved it. My Arduinix shield is now functional. Making it into a clock is going to take a few more steps though, including hardware (adding RTC, probably by resurrecting Wiseduino+), writing the software (with functionality to set up the time from buttons), and of course, the most challenging of them all, making a proper enclosure.
A few more observations:
- the INS-1 neon lamps are too tall to be used as dots between the IN-17 Nixie tubes;
- it seemed that the little Nixie PCB could be placed at the same level as the Arduino board (and under the shield, as opposed to on top, as it is currently, see the photo above); it has holes that align with those in the original Arduino 2009, but the ICSP connector is in the way though;
- all photos on arduinix gallery show the Nixie board attached to the shield by ribbon cables; I wondered a bit if my solution, using regular headers, was proper;
- this is the cheapest open source Nixie-kit out there.

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The federal judge hearing a Massachusetts file-sharing case has struck down a proposal to send all defendants a notice urging them to contact the plaintiff to work out a settlement. The move is yet another sign that federal judges are growing skeptical of the mass copyright litigation strategy.
The case involves the film Big Butt Oil Orgy 2 and a group of 39 Massachusetts residents who allegedly shared it with one another via BitTorrent. Critics of these lawsuits have long argued that even innocent defendants may be forced to settle simply to avoid the legal expense of a trial and the public embarrassment of having one's name publicly identified with a pornographic film, regardless of the case's merit.
The plaintiff's attorney, one Marvin Cable, filed the lawsuit last month. Armed with IP addresses, he sought to subpoena Internet providers in order to learn the identity of the defendants. As part of the discovery process, those providers will send defendants a notice informing them that their information may be disclosed to Cable. Cable suggested the text of a notice that would be sent to each of the 39 "John Doe" defendants. In addition to explaining the subpoena process and offering advice on finding a lawyer, Cable's proposed letter included the following paragraph:
The movie studio may be willing to discuss the possible settlement of its claims against you. The parties may be able to reach a settlement agreement without your name appearing on the public record. You may be asked to disclose your identity to the movie studio if you seek to pursue settlement. If a settlement is reached, the case against you will be dismissed. It is possible that defendants who seek to settle at the beginning of the case will be offered more favorable settlement terms by the movie studio. You may contact the movie studio's representatives by phone at (xxx) xxx-6500, by fax at (xxx) xxx-6500, or by e-mail at [name removed]@marvincable.com.
The implied threat is clear: if a defendant doesn't call now and pay up, his name could "appear on the public record" in connection with the film "Big Butt Oil Orgy 2" and he would be forced to fight an expensive legal battle.
Sending this paragraph to all the defendants would have made Cable's life easier, since his goal appears to be getting as many defendants as possible to settle without a fight. But Judge William Young nixed Cable's scheme, crossing out this particular paragraph before signing off on the proposed notice.
While defendants could still track down Cable's office and offer to settle with him, the letter doesn't suggest the possibility, nor does it provide recipients with Cable's contact information. Cable can still contact Does directly once he receives the subpoena information, however; he just has to wait longer and do a bit more work.
Judge Young's action is not as forceful as a New York judge's recent scathing denunciation of copyright trolls. But Judge Young's actions are another sign of growing skepticism in the federal judiciary about the litigation strategy of copyright trolls.


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Monday, February 27, 2012
Barielle Unraveled Rust Gets Rusty...
This is the inspiration image, which I found here. I love the colors in this. Really wish I had the right blue to make it stand out. Guess there is always room on the wish list for more colors...
Polishes Used:
Maybelline - Summer Spice
LA Colors - Current
Essie - Braziliant
Color Club - Almost Famous
Barielle - Unraveled Rust
China Glase Crackle - Crushed Candy
LA Colors - Sea Siren
Avon - Gleaming Gold
I hope you like this manicure and I would love to know what you think of it!
Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)
27 comments:
Wow! This turned out really great! I would love to have this on my nails!ReplyDelete
wow! that is gorgeous! It has so much depthReplyDelete
This looks incredible! I love it!ReplyDelete
Totally cool!!!!! I love this manicure!! U nas kogda-to na dache stoyal bak dlya vodbl tochno takogo je zveta!!! :)ReplyDelete
Super pretty!ReplyDelete
So creative! What an incredible mix :)ReplyDelete
Oeh.... they look really arty-farty! Nice job!!ReplyDelete
Hi there,ReplyDelete
This is Jane's daughter, my English is a little better than my mother's =). I will try to explain what she was trying to say. You have to use common nail polish instead a polish special for stamping. What she did was: Apply the polish over a coin and scrape off the excessive nail polish very well. Use a new coin for this, with the grooves well defined.
I wish you good luck!
WOW! This is stunningly beautiful! Great color combi! I love it!ReplyDelete
Wow! This looks great! It is a design I may have to try to duplicate, though like you said it may be impossible! lolReplyDelete
These are gorgeous--would love to see the step by step process!! So cool!ReplyDelete
I must try this soon, really nice!ReplyDelete
Love this! They're gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much everyone for the wonderful comments! I appreciate all of them :)ReplyDelete
@ritterbraten, mne tak ochen' nravyat'sa tsveta rzhavcheni kak i na vashem bake :)
@Jane, thank you for your response! I understand :)
@Meredith, normally I would love to make a tutorial, however, this is not one I can replicate. I just kept adding colors using a sponge, brush. I kept adding until it looked "right." Sorry :(
Lovely! really looks like a work of artReplyDelete
Genius! Love this mani! :)ReplyDelete
this is so creative! just might try it :)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much girls! I'm glad that you like it :)ReplyDelete
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Thank you! I'm so glad you like it :)ReplyDelete
I'm in awe of your talent.ReplyDelete
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I love your blog and your nail art. You are so talented !!!!ReplyDelete
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Få råd til flere LEGO klodser!
CHI-up and build the ultimate Fluminox!
Fly into combat with Fluminox – the Phoenix tribe's agile leader transformed with CHI power into a magnificent buildable warrior! Flap the wings to soar into the sky and launch an aerial attack with the awesome firing flame crossbow. Adjust FLUMINOX's super-flexible limbs to create a variety of fearsome battle poses, and outwit enemy tribes before they can grab the valuable CHI from his chestplate.


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Today's the day our album Sidereal Time is released on Circle Into Square! Go get it.
Today's the day our album Sidereal Time is released on Circle Into Square! Go get it.
Hey all, since we've got a new album coming out on October 9 called 'Sidereal Time', I (that's Hiram) put together a mixtape of songs that aren't necessarily influences, but have the same feel as the album. Although, that's not necessarily true. So here's the file to play:
and here's a download link:
Sidereal Choices (a mixtape)
Oh, and here's the playlist:
Stay Awake–Julie Andrews
Long, Long, Long–the Beatles
Theme from a Broken Heart–Jack Nitzsche
Nothin'–Townes Van Zandt
Somewhere Over the Rainbow–Ferrante and Teicher
Guardian Angel–Harpo Marx
Bulent Ortacgil–Kediler
Kangaroo–Big Star
Perpetuum Mobile–Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Waking Up–Monroe Mustang
Enjoy it…
Today's been weird because of a bout of insomnia leading to 3 hrs sleep, but here's the good thing.
When I was a kid and sitting through an HBO summer (see here for an explanation of HBO summer) I watched a cartoon with these two little kids talking little kid stuff involving toilets. I saw it two or three times. I thought it was really funny. It's been over 20 years–maybe over 25–and all this time I thought the cartoon was called "Cockadoodie". I've searched for this cartoon a couple of times with alternate spellings on the Google and never found it.
So, this morning I'm listening to Soundcheck on WYNC and John Schaefer is talking to Jesse Jarnow about YLT's album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One and how it's been 15 years since it came out. Jarnow just published a book on YLT, so that got my interest well piqued. I check his website and find this page and there it is, a youtube video of "Cockaboody". There was a B in there! Turns out that Georgia Hubley's parents had created the cartoon in 1973 and that one of the kids voices is that of Georgia (the other is her sister Emily, a fine animator/artist as well). I had known that the parental Hubley's were animators, but here it was, the damn cartoon I've been looking for forever. So, here it is, "Cockaboody"
I should thank YLT, not only for all of the great music but for finally leading me to the cartoon I've been looking for for so long. So, uh, thanks YLT and all the rest who led me down a strange path today.
I'm gonna go sleep now.
We've been doing lots of things lately (involving electronics and working and dealing with health issues), but have been ignoring everything web related. That should change soon… we've got a new album coming out in October! It's called Sidereal Time and will come out as electronic files and a limited edition CD. So, there's that. Talk to you soon. (Oh, and our old computer with most of the pictures of the things Hiram's been building, died this weekend, but there may be posts about those soonish as well.)
Hello all. We hope that the end of the year finds you in good spirits and good health.
We decided to continue the sound collage/mashup project that we started way, way back in 2008 called A Very Big Delicious Christmas and place them all in one spot. So you can listen to/download all six parts of A Very Big Delicious Christmas at our soundcloud page:
(edit: the songs have been deleted from soundcloud. sorry. you can check it next christmas!)
There may be more coming… it depends on how the ghost of Jacob "Bob" Marley wants us to continue. At the end of the year, we'll stick all of these on our site for safekeeping.
We wish you the happiest of holidays.
Lots of love,
Melissa, Hiram, Mushi Mushi Gila Monster, and The Big Delicious
Hey, we've re-released our EP Declinate over at Circle Into Square. And it's free. Go, get it.
Here's a video while you wait for the download:
Night Time = Right Time (59:19)
A couple of years ago Ian Manire asked us to make some "influence mixes" for his blog Musicophilia and we being the overachieving music geeks we are, we sent him three. The third one never made it to his site because he became busy with other stuff (and, honestly, that's a whole lot of Harvey Girls). So this afternoon I was doing some cleaning of hard drives and I found the third mix! It's called "Night Time = Right Time" and, of course, followed "Good Morning" and "Afternöön Röck Blöck" (links are to Musicophilia and contain download links for the mixes as well as the essay posted below and track listings). Did you catch the diurnal conceit? Yeah, we figured you did.
It's one continuous track at a little over 59 minutes and the track listing along with an essay I wrote that discusses the unknown connections that bring people together and that we gather to create our tunes are below. This is also cool because the album we're working on right now is decidely mellow and will have our own night songs.
Anyhoo, thanks again to Ian for asking us to do this and the wonderful things he said about us (click the above links to the other mixes). We hope he's well.
Night Time = Right Time
1 "Blabber n' Smoke" Captain Beefheart *The Spotlight Kid* 1972 [0:00]
2 "That's How Strong My Love Is" Otis Redding *The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads* 1965 [2:46]
3 "Block of Wood" The Bats *Live on WFMU* 1993 [5:02]
4 "Sunshower" Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band *Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band* 1976 [7:47]
5 "Don't Answer Me" Alan Parsons Project *Ammonia Avenue* 1984 [11:43]
6 "Let Me Come Closer to You" Colin Blunstone *One Year* 1971 [15:46]
7 "Garden Song" Bill Fay *Bill Fay* 1970[18:03]
8 "The Way Love Used to Be" The Kinks *The Great Lost Kinks Album* 1973 [21:09]
9 "Never My Love" The Association *Insight Out* 1967 [23:20]
10 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers *Everly Brothers Best* 1959 [26:25]
11 "Swinglargo" People Like Us (single) 2000 [28:44]
12 "Northern Sky" Nick Drake *Bryter Later* 1970 [33:58]
13 "Little Sparrow" Dolly Parton *Little Sparrow* 2001 [37:36]
14 "Baby That's Me" The Cake (single) 1967 [41:45]
15 "Francesca" Roy Harper *Flat Baroque and Berserk* 1970 [44:28]
16 "The Man With the Child In His Eyes" Kate Bush *The Kick Inside* 1978 [45:25]
17 "'Cause I Love You" Johnny Cash *Hello, I'm Johnny Cash* 1970 [48:02]
18 "Putting the Fountain to Sleep" Mike Seed *Songs For The Wintering Show Troupe*2005 [49:43]
19 "Desperado" Sheila Behman/Hans Fenger *The Langley Schools Music Project: Innocence and Despair* 2001 [52:17]
20 "Llorando" Rebekah del Rio *Mulholland Drive Soundtrack* 2001 [55:48]
Reconstructing Unknown Connections
"Construction tears the elements of reality out of their primary context and transforms them to the point where they are once again capable of forming a unity, one that is no less imposed on them internally than was the heteronomous unity to which they were subjected externally."
–Theodor Adorno, Aesthetic Theory
When Melissa and I first started dating, I had just finished a long term relationship with three guys. We were called Teriyakis and had been together for something like 10 years playing music that was a cross between Can and Captain Beefheart. We never officially broke up, someone just moved and we never completely finished the last album we were working on. It happens.
I still received e-mails from different magazines and people about the band for a long time afterward. One from a national magazine said that we could have a song on their latest comp for $500 or something ridiculous. I sent an e-mail to Melissa saying:
"I always thought that music was an art until I ran a very, very small label and get e-mails like this, which always make me feel a little sick.
I guess I'm too sensitive."
She wrote back:
"Music is an art. It can be commodified, appropriated, poisoned, stolen, burned, and ripped like any art, or for that matter anything good. But it's funny — someone gets a cd like this, hears a song by some obscure band, and doesn't hurt anymore. Or makes something beautiful, that no one else ever hears. The obscure band never knows this, is never any less obscure, and most of its members end up bitter and depressed because of all the money and time they lost. One hundred years from now all the connections created by these circumstances create a child who can play pianos filled with flames. The universe is built out of little closed circuits like this. The biggest book you'll never read is The Book of Unknown Connections. You never know how the beauty you create changes the world. But it does. So you keep doing it.
And yes this is an allegory."
For the most part that's been the working principle of The Harvey Girls (and the title of our first EP and also why I love Melissa a whole hell of a lot).
There are connections on these three mixes of influences and songs we love, "Good Morning", "Afternöön Röck Blöck", and "Night Time = Right Time". Some of these connections are good for music geeks: Colin Blunstone sang on some Alan Parsons Project tunes; The Cake sang backup for the song "Why Are We Sleeping?" from The Soft Machine's first album, a song written in part by Robert Wyatt and The Cake's tune on this mix, "Baby, That's Me" was written by Jack Nitzsche, arranger and conductor for Phil Spector; Truck Stop Love and Zoom were two amazing Kansas bands from the early 90s that we used to see play all the time. Some of these connections are relevant to the band: we've covered "Don't Answer Me" and "Burning for You"; we wrote an entire album based on and named after the Captain Beefheart song "Blabber n' Smoke". And some of these songs are connected to us personally: "Block of Wood" was a song we used to dance around my little house to; we listened to "Mr. Blue Sky" every morning for about three months straight (more on that later); "Come to Me" by Bjork was the last song on the first mix that Melissa gave me; we agree that "Fateful Pavement" by Dsico is the greatest song about do-nothing twits ever constructed; and that if there's a god, then (s)he was Led Zeppelin.
We share music equally in our house. Melissa pointed out how great the songs of Elliott Smith and Rufus Wainwright were to me as well as the absolute beauty of Kate Bush. I showed her how funky Germans could actually be with my Can collection as well as how amazing turntablism could be in the right hands.
There's a few things you can gather from these songs. We like rhythm and we like solitary sounding singer/songwriters. We have an inexplicable love of British pop from the 60s to the 80s. We love noise and sweet sounding pop in equal measure. We freaking adore the girl group sound. And, finally, we've got a thing for strings. Strings are proof of a higher power inasmuch as music is our religion. And there's a lot more stuff we've left out: no delta blues, no religious choirs, no Fela Kuti, no John Fahey, no Bollywood soundtracks, no Archies, not enough dub, not enough country, no Alton Ellis, no jazz, no kids records, no classical… you get the idea.
If you'll forgive, here's another anecdote about why we're a perfect match musically. I wrote this for the blog "sing us your favorite tune" (which seems to be down at the time of this writing) about "Mr. Blue Sky", but it's relevant here.
"I spent my early childhood in the late 70s and early 80s, so my brain doesn't really see what's wrong with androgyny, polyester (as long as I don't have to wear it), or overly-dramatic and completely overblown pop songs. I love Black Sabbath as much as I love ABBA. I can listen to a lot of proggy goodness in the way of Guru Guru and then turn on the sixth Beatle Jeff Lynne and his bubblegumilicious candy-prog band ELO. But it hasn't always been that way.
You see, I have a problem with nostalgia. It's a game for losers and advertising firms and I really had worked hard on getting rid of it in my life. Around 2002, however, I had a small change of heart. It was around then a lot of things ended for me and I was stuck in a horrible job and living in a three-room house in Lawrence, KS, with holes in the floor; I couldn't even pace back and forth because there was no room. I had begun hanging around my friend Melissa a lot more, because she saw that I wasn't doing well at all. We watched movies together and went out to dinner. We had drinks at local bars (even though she doesn't drink) and talked about books and music and art and our past lives. We both came to a few conclusions: H.I.'s words in Raising Arizona, "Sometimes it's a hard world for small things," are some of the truest spoken by a film character in recent history; no one should read a novel by a man written from '65 to now in which the main character comes to terms with his father through sports/cars/art/women; love is bolder than hate; and literature degrees are kind of worthless.
I had planned a trip to New Mexico in early spring to camp by myself for a few days, but a huge snow storm was coming directly in the path of my trip, so I couldn't go. Getting ready for the trip, I heard "Mr. Blue Sky" on the radio or in a shop or something and had flashbacks to my older cousins' rooms with posters of the Bee Gees and Olivia and John in Grease and that weird flying neon ELO jukebox symbol. What was that thing? It wasn't as cool as the spaceship on Boston albums, that's for sure. I thought about how much I wanted a vocoder and that the song was actually really good, even if it was a complete Beatles ripoff, and then it left my head. Anyway, in lieu of New Mexico, Melissa decided that we should go a couple of hours north to Omaha and spend the weekend. I'm all like, "Omaha? Yecch!" and she said, "No, it's great. Let's go!" So I relented.
We get to Omaha and it is great and we have a wonderful few days. On our last day, we step into a book store with a record store in the basement and an art gallery upstairs called The Antiquarium. While walking around the art exhibit we accidentally walk into an NA meeting. Whoops. We slowly backed out as they said their prayer and we made our way to the record store downstairs. There we met the older man and twenty-something working the register (named by us Dinosaur and Dinosaur Jr. for their record store crustiness—they were nice fellas, though). We looked around and I noticed ELO's Greatest Hits for $3, so I pick it up and debate. "I'm really not sure if I should get this," I tell Melissa, "it's pretty corny and it just brings back feelings of nostalgia more than anything."
"Nostalgia, shmostalgia. If you like it, get it. If you don't get it, I will," she said and smiled. So I walked it up to the counter with the other purchases, which D. and D. Jr. liked and commented on even as they balked and frowned at my copy of ELO's Greatest Hits, and we walked out of the store.
Soon Melissa and I's occasional being together became being together all the time and not wanting to spend any time without one another. I also became obsessed with the song "Mr. Blue Sky," and its second-rate Beatles progressions, so much so that every day when we'd wake up together for about three months, I'd play it on the stereo. I'd play it loudly. Sometimes I wouldn't even wait for the gratuitous ending before I would pick up the needle and start it again, dancing off to the shower. I no longer had ghosts of the late 70s drifting through my thoughts whenever I heard it, just how happy I was to have Melissa around. Now when the song comes up in a commercial or movie or on the radio, I remember how it feels to be loved enough by someone that they would offer to buy an album that I liked but was too afraid to buy because of nostalgia—to be loved by someone who knows me better than I know myself and doesn't care—and that makes me infinitely happier than anything else in the world.
I honestly like Supertramp as well. Journey, not so much."
Oh, and that Adorno quote at the beginning? Well, I was going to go into how our influences in art–including literature, movies, music, painting, sculpture, nature, food, love–have come together in the construction of our own music, tearing bits from reality to form them anew to our own liking. We take what we think are the greatest parts of something and place it into what we create. We write songs that don't sound anything like the other one you just heard. Not in a Beck sort of way (because he has this thing where there's the dancy cosmic joke Beck and the serious singer/songwriter Beck, and we find that kinda contrived and lame), but in a living, living, living, living, living life sort of way, to quote Daniel Johnston. Theory is boring, though, so let's just say we're about the unknown connections that bring people together. It's the biggest book you'll never read.
live, lo-fi recording of a new tune!
Speaking of YouTube, all of the videos from our last album "I've Been Watching…" are there now along with a few that aren't on Vimeo. You can find 'em on The Harvey Girls' channel.
We've been running a series on our facebook page called "Random Youtube Video of the Week". Basically, it's other people's videos with our songs on them. Here's a few to get you started.


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Apr 8, 2010
How do you feel about school fundraisers?
7 comments:
- Amy on April 8, 2010 at 10:46 AM said...
As a middle school teacher I hear you--it is a waste of our time but unfortunately in this era it is the only way for schools to make ends meet. Our best is our team does Butter Braids--BEST IDEA! People love them and we sell them right before Thanksgiving.
- Evonne on April 8, 2010 at 11:40 AM said...
Fundraiser are a pain, especially when they're all back to back!
Anything food or holiday related, like wrapping paper, usually sells and is used. My personal favorite fundraiser - Girl Scout cookies :)
- Emmy on April 8, 2010 at 6:13 PM said...
I had to do so so many of these growing up. I would be all excited and pumped up until about my third rejection. I did have one advantage tough, I was the papergirl for our street and I did a good job and so most people knew me, so that helped increase their guilt and they would usually buy something from me. :)
But yeah, I don't know if I would want my kids to go door to door anymore.
- Amanda on April 9, 2010 at 11:38 AM said...
I pick and choose which ones we participate in. My son does participate in Jump Rope for Heart each year. Yes I know the funds go to the American Heart Association, and not his school, but it's a worthy cause.
- Jennifer on April 9, 2010 at 3:03 PM said...
Oh gosh -- I hated the school fundraisers and dread them even more once my daughter starts kindergarten next year.
- Heather on April 9, 2010 at 8:56 PM said...
I had three kids going to the same school. What the heck am I supposed to do about that? I told them to just let one sibling sell to everyone and they could share but my step-mom thought that wasn't fair and bought from each kid. We don't do them anymore. Sorry, as a middle school teacher I feel I'm already doing my part. I love my neighborhood and would totally allow my oldest three go door to door but really, I don't want my neighbors to hate me. I'm sure their kids are selling the same, overpriced stuff.
- MommieDaze on April 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM said...
I hated the fundraisers as a kid, and I'm dreading my kids having to do it. I remember one year a kid in my class won a bike for selling the most. But then we found out his parents bought most of it.


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Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Review: Low Yau Kee Porridge
I haven't touched Low Yau Kee Porridge for more than 10 years, no thanks to some road work back then along Jalan Silang that made Metro buses halt right in front of Low Yau Kee Porridge stall. It's no fun smelling in the black fumes, hence I abandoned any ideas of consuming one of the best porridge in town. My stomach is weak but thank goodness my nose was stronger, so no go!
I was glad though when I pass by Soong Kee Beef Ball Noodles one day recently and found a stall operating in front. Upon closer look, my tummy was jumping with joy! It was Low Yau Kee Porridge stall! I can now savour the porridge inside Soong Kee with the comfort of air-conditioning minus the bus soots and honks :p
I've asked for a bowl of plain porridge. The rice is boiled till "meen" (that's in Cantonese but not sure what's the proper word in English - perhaps disintegrated?) with chicken stock and they serve watery porridge here instead of thick version but of course you could request them for a thicker one. I loved how the chicken stock enhances the porridge flavour, not many stall does this.
I was very "tham jiak" (greedy) that evening, I asked for sliced fish which came in a plate topped with julienne ginger, spring onions and cilantro (yin sai) with a drizzle of sesame oil; and a serving of steamed chicken breast. I swirl the fish slices ala shabu shabu style in my bowl of porridge and slurp them down. Nice especially on a rainy evening.
The steamed chicken is smooth, well good enough. Can't compare with capon chicken though :p
Other than fish and chicken porridge, I also loved mixed pork innards (chu chap jook) especially the crispy deep fried intestine! Oh yum.
I was one very happy and satisfied person that evening indeed!
Low Yau Kee Porridge (Stall in front of Soong Kee)
3 Jalan Tun Siew Sin
Kuala Lumpur
8 comments:
- thule a.k.a leo said...
Well, as a matter of fact going all the way to KL city centre for a bowl of good porridge is tiring.. but the famous Honkee (petaling st) has opened its door in Uptown PJ.. thanks to the owner's sons who have expanded their operation. now I can satisfy my craving for porridge without having to drive far far away
- 8 December 2009 at 14:59:00 GMT+8
- J said...
I luv porridge! :) :)
Perfect for the gloomy, rainy weather.....
- 8 December 2009 at 19:39:00 GMT+8
- Ciki said...
capon.. yarmie! but urs looks great too.. when u gonna invite us for dina:P
- 9 December 2009 at 09:49:00 GMT+8
- Jon said...
This brings back memories of when I was working at Dayabumi and used to frequent this stall for dinner. Yes, the exhaust fumes were part of the experience. I wonder if the taste would be any different without the fumes ???
And to have it at the same place as Soong Kee is like having the best of both worlds. I wonder how beef tripe and tendons would taste with porridge ? Can't wait to give it a try.
- 9 December 2009 at 14:11:00 GMT+8
- Kong-Kay said...
looks yummy. will it try next time, next year.
- 9 December 2009 at 18:59:00 GMT+8
- Nancy said...
Love porridge. I've been watching a K-drama series (Boys Over Flowers) and the two main characters work a porridge shop. Makes me hungry... and wonder why we don't have porridge shop here in the USA!? Your post is awesome. Great cookins.
- 10 December 2009 at 05:50:00 GMT+8
- UnkaLeong said...
Wah...the chok looks as smooth as a baby's behind!
- 10 December 2009 at 17:44:00 GMT+8
- Babe_KL said...
leo, this porridge tasted diff from Hon Kee. give it a try!
C&C, anytime you wanna smell the fumes!
Jon, it tasted better w/o the fumes hehe and yes can order a bowl of beef balls to go with it
;-) kong kay
Thanks for dropping by Nancy
wahhh you know eh Unka!
- 11 December 2009 at 09:02:00 GMT+8


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I have had Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) since March 2002. Both of my sons also got ME/CFS at ages 6 and 10. Our younger son fully recovered after 10 years of mild illness. Our older son still has ME/CFS and also has Lyme disease plus two other tick infections. This blog is about how our family lives with chronic illness, with a focus on improving our conditions and enjoying our lives in spite of these challenges.
Friday, May 04, 2012
Jamie's Slow, Gradual Improvement
So, today, I thought I'd finally share some details about my son Jamie's very gradual improvement and what we think is helping him. It's always a guessing game, of course, but a few things seemed to have made a definite difference.
As many of you already know, Jamie has been mostly bedridden for the past year or so, due to a severe herx reaction from his treatment for Lyme disease, bartonella, and babesia (two other tick-borne infections). We tried everything to lessen the herx reaction, but nothing seemed to help. Our Lyme doctor explained that Jamie's severe worsening over such a long period of time indicated that his body was having trouble getting rid of toxins properly (toxins in this case meaning the dead bacteria being killed off by the antibiotics he's taking for his tick infections). He said it meant that Jamie's methylation process was blocked. As I mentioned in a previous post, I recalled reading about this problem in CFS, so I did some research.
Three different doctors have studied the methylation process in people with CFS and have worked to come up with protocols for treating it. This article by Rich Van Konynenburg explains why this process is blocked in people with CFS and how to treat it. I read that article, as well as this Q&A by another doctor, Dr. Nathan. I ordered some of the supplements recommended for Jamie, but we didn't see any effect at first. Both doctors warned that treating the methylation block can itself cause a herx reaction, so our goal was to try to help improve this process for Jamie without making things worse, which is of course a real balancing act!
We started with sublingual B12 pills and the recommended folate supplement, Actifolate. Jamie's CFS doctor was interested in this approach and suggested switching to B12 injections and to a prescription type of folate (L-methylfolate, brand name Deplin) which would both be better absorbed by the body. Again, we saw no improvement. Finally, I e-mailed one of the experts, Rich Van Konynenburg, to explain our approach and ask his advice. It turns out that he is another CFS Saint, like Dr. Rowe, who took the time to not only read my lengthy story but to also reply in detail to every one of my questions.
He said the B12 injections were indeed the better choice, so we stuck with those (once a week), but that the prescription-strength folate was often far too much for CFS patients. So, we switched back to Actifolate, I cut those in half, and only gave Jamie one half every other day. We saw an almost immediate (though mild) improvement! Lesson 1: you can have too much of a good thing!
About that same time, Jamie started taking Immunovir (I have described my own good experience with Immunovir here). Jamie showed some improvement at the lowest dose (2 pills a day) but seemed to get worse when we started building the dose up, as recommended (I take 4 pills a day). Once I noticed the pattern (it can take a while sometimes to tease out cause and effect!), I reduced his dose back to 2 Immunovir a day, and he has continued to do very well at that dose. In fact, I believe that is what got him off the couch and back into school. Lesson 1 again: you can have too much of a good thing!
Just last week I e-mailed Dr. Konynenburg again and told him what other supplements Jamie's been taking, including SAMe, which was recommended by our Lyme doctor to help with the herx reaction (SAMe is a supplement often used to treat depression but it is also effective for liver function which ties in directly with helping the body to get rid of toxins). Interestingly, he told me that people with CFS often do not tolerate SAMe well; that it was originally a part of his own protocol but he removed it. So, I took it out of Jamie's pill boxes immediately, and...this past week without SAMe has been one of Jamie's best weeks in over a year! Lesson: What's good for some people can be bad for others.
So, that is where he is now. He is at least functioning now, after that horrible year of being completely incapacitated. He goes to a class or two a day most days, has been able to work on his enormous pile of make-up work a bit at a time, and has even been able to take part in a few social activities. In fact, he is resting right now in preparation for his senior prom tonight! As you can imagine, we are all ecstatic that he is able to go! He may not make it very late tonight, but he has a date, and a tux, and just drove himself to pick up the corsage. Normal, healthy people just can't understand how big and amazing this is for him! We are so very grateful.
When I e-mailed him, Dr. Van Konynenburg sent me a copy of his revised simplified methylation protocol which I have copied into another blog post (I didn't know how else to share it!). This morning, as long as I was stuck in bed, I ordered the rest of the supplements listed there, and we will add them to Jamie's regimen, to see if they can help him to further improve and better tolerate his Lyme treatment. Even though he is doing better, Jamie is a long way from well with very limited stamina and is still only able to tolerate 1 doxycycline pill every 2 days (Lyme treatment), so he still has a long ways to go.
But, he is making progress, one baby step at a time...
3 comments:
- Elaine said...
Wow! So good to hear there is hope for him and for the rest of us!!!!! I also can NOT tollerate Sam-e. It tears my stomach apart and gives me horrible indigestion. (Not the kind that goes away with treatment):(
I look forward to reading all about the methylation. Interesting....
So happy that he's doing so much better. Hope and pray it continues.
Hope you get better soon too. I also get sore throats when I'm overtaxed....
Blessings and thanks for all your hard work here!
- Harry said...
I would look into Pyroluria as a cause for your families symptoms. It is hereditary. I suffer from it, it took me 8 years to work out this was the cause of all my symptoms. Taking the recommended supplements have turned me back into a normal person.
I blog about Pyroluria now at: http://pyrolurialife.com
- Baffled said...
Glad Dr. Van Konynenburg's protocol is helping. I tried it myself for a while with no noticeable results but I had already brought up my B12 levels by using sublinguals for a year. Strange how what works for one person doesn't for another. Currently I'm having great results with sun exposure to boost vit D levels. It is weird how I no longer burn since switching to grass fed meats and eliminated most grains from my diet. Keep us posted on the protocol results. I've been curious how others have done with it. I might try it again once I stabilize my diet.


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Like the old joke about anti-social behaviour in a lift, what is happening at Cardiff City is just plain wrong at so many levels.
The root causes of the problem lie in Sam Hammam's decision to build a new stadium, the resulting deep financial difficulty that Cardiff got themselves into with Langston and the Damoclean debt hanging over the club as a result, and Peter Ridsdale's decision to involve the club in what was, from the first, described as a 'strategic marketing alliance' with Malaysian investors (1). As he said at the time, "It will be a long-term alliance. It will include youth development, it will include the opportunity to explore the whole fan base. It will certainly include sponsorship. We are already talking to them about shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights without any definite conclusions at this stage. We are also talking about their assistance in trying to put this club on the sort of financial footing that we would have liked to dream of when I first arrived at this football club."
Needless to say, there was no public talk of the shirt sponsorship involving what has just been announced.
Indeed, as recently as 10 May Dato Chan Tien Ghee said, in an open letter to fans, wrote:
"The new club crest and home colours which were being discussed were intended to demonstrate the symbolic fusion of Welsh and Asian cultures through the use of the colour red and the predominant featuring of a historical Welsh dragon under the Cardiff City FC name. This would have been a springboard for the successful commercialisation and promotion of the club and its brand, driving international revenues and allowing us to fund transfers and success locally, thereby giving the club the best chance of competing at the higher reaches of competition.
This was not meant as a slight in any way shape or form on the club's traditions or history which we recognise are the lifeblood of any club. It was intended as a positive change to allow us to adapt and embrace the future. Notwithstanding a number of rumours there were no further plans to turn the stadium red or make other radical changes. " (2)
His use of "were being discussed" and "would have been" must have suggested to many, including myself, that the rebranding of club with a change in shirt colour and change in logo were now a dead duck, a not unreasonable understanding as he continued "In the light of the vociferous opposition by a number of the fans to the proposals being considered as expressed directly to our local management and through various media and other outlets, we will not proceed with the proposed change of colour and logo and the team will continue to play in blue at home for the next season with the current badge."
He kept his word for less than a month.
In his open letter he also alluded to the current instability in the club's business model thus: "It is clear to all concerned that the club simply cannot continue to function and exist in its current state, effectively losing large amounts of money each month, while acquiring more and more debt." No one can reasonably disagree with view.
In the debate that has broken out in the last couple of days since the announcement of the decision to do a U-turn (3), or to use the language you might expect from someone engaged in a 'strategic marketing alliance' – "Following a comprehensive review of wider supporter feedback via email, letters, media coverage and polls run via the official Supporters Club and Media Wales and as a consequence of the above commitment, Cardiff City Football Club will also reactivate rebranding proposals with a view to exploiting and maximising its brand and commercial revenues in international markets" – attitudes seem to have become polarised into two camps. On the one hand, what is happening is a Faustian pact which involves selling the soul of the club. On the other, the club's survival depends on a business plan that will result in untold wealth pouring in from new fans in the Far East. As is so often the case, it is difficult to engage in debate regarding the relative merits of these two views because they are based on different meanings of the word 'club' (4). The present attempt at debate assumes that these are two mutually exclusive and opposed views, and that there are no other possibilities, no room for overlap, and no possibility of compromise. That certainly seems to be the view of the Malaysian investors. Which raises a number of issues in itself.
It suggests that the future of the club hangs on the fickleness of future supporters in the Far East who a) would support a club in a red shirt but not one in a blue shirt, and that b) providing the club's shirt is red and has a dragon on it they will support in sufficient numbers to pay off the rest of the 'Langston debt', reinvigorate the club's fortunes (in both senses of the word), and allow the investors to see a return on their investment. As to a), I think this is simplistic and over-stated. As to b), I can understand the Malaysian investors looking to the marketing success of Manchester United, but they might better have a word with Balram Chainrai, or those behind the K&K Shonan Management Corporation (5), erstwhile 'saviours' of Plymouth Argyle.
What is happening at Cardiff is little short of seeing owners who view a club as a commodity which can have some brand value spray-painted onto it to make it stand out from the rest. A simple question to Dato Chan Tien Ghee – if the key to your success lies in owning a red club, why didn't you buy a red one? If the answer is simply 'Well, Peter hadn't got a red one in his briefcase to show us', God preserve us.
Others have tried this drastic rebranding, with some commercial success. An obvious example is that of SV Austria Salzburg, which Red Bull bought and rebranded as FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2005, complete with change in club colours and logo. The new club has enjoyed considerable success since the takeover, but the old club had also, and that is where the comparison begins to break down. Red Bull bought an already successful club and turned it into an even more successful one. But in doing so they alienated fans to such an extent they started a new club, which they called SV Austria Salzburg, and which has already climbed, Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester style, from the seventh tier of the Austrian football pyramid to the third tier.
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Elite Riders Face Suspensions
The Belgian cycling federation handed out 4 suspensions yesterday to professional riders, road racers Johan Museeuw, Chris Peers and Jo Planckaert, and mountain biker Filip Meirhaeghe. The Colombian federation sanctioned Tour of Colombia winner Jose Castelblanco for six month because of testosterone.
Museeuw, Peers and Planckaert never tested positive for banned substances, but an investigation into the veterinarian Jo Landuyt (who admitted to supplying performance enhancing products to numerous riders) concluded that there was a enough evidence for them to be sanctioned. All three received a two year ban from cycling and a 10,000 Chf (Swiss franc) fine. Museeuw has already retired, however, he will not be able to take a position as a team manager during the suspension. For Peers and Planckaert it almost certainly means retirement, since both are in their mid-30s.
Meirhaeghe tested positive for EPO after a surprise test conducted in Canada around the time of the Mont Ste Anne World Cup, and subsequently retired after admitting usage of EPO received a 15 month ban and a 5000 Chf fine. Meirhaeghe was the world champion at the time, and was leading the World Cup series. In addition, he was one of the favourites to win the Olympic gold medal in Athens. His relatively short suspension means that he will be able to resume racing in 2006, and Meirhaeghe has stated that he may reconsider his retirement. The "light" sentence was imposed since it was his first offence and because he had shown "remorse" for his actions.
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Join the "Chicks" for an afternoon of fun and lots of interesting information geared towards the training needs of female cyclists. Everyone welcome - the clinic is open to both women and men. Coaches of female athletes are encouraged to attend.
Presented by the Dizzy Chicks Sport Health / Sport Science Team, sessions will include sports nutrition, mental training, strength & conditioning, physiotherapy and video performance analysis.
More information coming soon to the Dizzy Chicks website or phone Judy Latoski at (604) 872 8571.
*** Saturday, November 13 ***
Abbotsford Indoor BMX Season kicks off!
That's right - it's INDOOR!! No rain outs, no excuses... Never raced BMX before?? No worries, come along and get started ˆthere's practice nights, coaching nights and races all lined up. For info see www.abbotsfordbmx.ca or call Gary Harder (604) 302-3639.
*** Cyclo-cross Fall Races ***
Oct 17 Adidas Bayside Cyclo-cross Race, Crescent Park, South Surrey www.geocities.com/baysidecycling
Oct 23 Vanier Park Cross Classic, Vanier Park, Vancouver www.teamsoliton.com
(Intro to Cross Clinic also available)
Oct 30 BC Cyclocross Championships, Jericho Park, Vancouver www.teamsoliton.com
2nd Annual Fredericton Cyclo-Cross Event
Courtesy Eric Hadley
October 24, 2004, at Hugh John Fleming Forestry Complex, Top of Regent Street, races start/end near greenhouses. All welcome, come try it out! Mountain bikes are allowed in some categories. Info on "What is Cyclo-Cross?" and rules at veloNB website.
Two races:
- 12:00 pm will last 30 minutes plus 2 laps -for men/women in novice and senior sport, junior women, and Master B/C/D (40+).
-1:00 pm will last 50 minutes + 2 laps -for junior men, Master A (30-39) men, men/women elite categories.
Registration on-site (check for signs) 10:00am to 11:45 am (or 1 hour before each race).
Cost $10-15. $5 late fee on race day. Bring your VeloNB race plate if you have one. Racing license or purchase of $20 Velo membership is required.
Race goes rain, snow or shine, course will be marked during Saturday. Prizes/cash dependant upon number of entries. Awards at 2:30 pm or earlier. Information contact Eric 506-474-0422 firstname.lastname@example.com or Matt at firstname.lastname@example.com or 506-474-0422
Sponsor: Radical Edge -- Event sanctioned by VeloNB
Flyer and Registration form will be posted on VeloNb Web site on October 13. www.velo.nb.ca
Ontario Cycling Celebration
Courtesy OCA
Mark November 20th down on your calendars! On that night, the OCA will be hosting the 5th annual Cycling Celebration. This year, it will be held in conjunction with the CCA's Annual General Meeting (taking place from the 19th to 22nd in Toronto). This event will be a great opportunity to celebrate the year and meet and mingle with Ontario and Canada's cycling community.
To date, the OCA has received confirmation that Olympic silver medallist Marie-Helene Premont will be attending the festivities at the Olympic Spirit in Downtown Toronto.
Tickets for this evening will be going on sale in two weeks and will be sold through the OCA office. All proceeds from the night will be going towards the development of the OCA's Junior Racing and Sprockids programs. Curt Harnett will be the master of ceremonies.
Employment Opportunity
Courtesy Steve Lund, InternationalCyclingCoaches.com
Cycling Coach / Ride Leader, Victoria, BC
Ride your bike, make some $, have fun....and change the world!
The TeenSpeed Cycling Club is looking for enthusiastic ride leaders and coaches who care about providing positive leadership and fitness opportunities for youth. If you can facilitate a fun environment for kids aged 10-18 to learn how to ride their bikes better and participate in regular exercise activities you can help fulfill our mandate of developing future bike racers and getting kids off the PlayStations and on the trails.
Please contact Steve Lund: email@example.com
PacificSport National Cycling Center NCCP Coaching Courses
Nov. 27-28 Level One MTB Technical PacificSport Canadian Sport Center (commonwealth pool) Registry deadline Nov 23rd NOON
Dec 4-5 Level One Road Technical PacificSport Canadian Sport Center (commonwealth pool) Registry deadline Nov 30th NOON
Dec 11-12 Level Two Road Technical PacificSport Canadian Sport Center (commonwealth pool) Registry deadline Dec 7th NOON
Jan. 15-16 Level Two MTB Technical PacificSport Canadian Sport Center (commonwealth pool) Registry deadline Jan 11th NOON
Jan. 29-30 Level Two Methodology of training, PacificSport Canadian Sport Center (commonwealth pool) Registry deadline Jan
25th NOON
Course Instructor: Houshang Amiri
Minimum Registry 5 coaches by the registry deadline
For registration please contact Cycling BC
Cost $150.00 including manual
Michael R. Rabe UCI cat.2 Cyclocross Race Report
by Nathan Chown
On Saturday (October 2nd) I decided to head down to Michigan and try to get some UCI points . I went down with St. Catharines CC rider Lesley Honsberger who was racing the women's race at 11. So we packed up the car and headed out at 6 am in the pouring rain for 4 hours, not a very exciting ride down. However, It stopped raining just as we got to the course and the sun came out and the course actually dried up very quickly, due to the 30 kilometer plus winds.
The course was wide open and with one barrier run up, one unrideable sandpit and one natural log barrier, which to my dismay some of the top elite riders could bunny hop at good speed. Even though it was fairly flat and grassy it was quite rough and really beat you up.
The gun went off for Lesley's race and she got a good start and was sitting in a chase group of 4 behind 2 leaders. As the 4 chasers realized they were not getting up to the leaders thier pace fell a bit and the cat and mouse games started. They rode the rest of the race together with no real attacks, until a half a lap to go when Lesley attacked on the uphill barrier and held a 5 meter gap for around 2 mins. until the three gave up thier chase and started to set up for the sprint for 4th. Lesley rolled to the line for 3rd and some well earned UCI points. Up front the two leaders battled it out for 3 laps until 1st place Christine Vardaros (Velo Bella) finally broke away for he solo win with 2nd place Anne Schwartz easily holding off the chase group of 4.
The elite race started quite fast with 25 riders at the line and with some solid racers it was a dog fight to the first corner. I did not get called to the line but got a good holeshot from the 2nd row and managed to get into 2nd place and ride with Jeff Wienart (Cane Creek) for a lap until we hit the log barrier and he did a nice bunny hop over it and got a good gap I could not close. After 2 laps I was riding with Ben Turner (TIAA-CREF) and we were making good time and had a solid gap on the chasers behind but I hit a corner a little too fast and went down hard. It took me a while to get my bearing and by then I sat in 5th but just could not put any power on the pedals for a lap and when I finally got my bars bent back down and my senses functioning I was in a group of 4 fighting for 7th.
There was big gap between our group and the others up front so we just rode a good tempo. I tried some attacks with 2 laps to go, but I would get nailed back after a minute or so. By the last lap of the race I felt a lot better and just followed any attacks and sat 2nd wheel going into the last km. I attacked hard with 800 m to go on a 180 and held on for 7th. The winner of the race was Jeff Wienart who looked extremly good and smooth on the day. Ben Turner diesled his way up to 2nd with Phil Noble (Airborne) rounding out the podium.
It was a great race put on by Tailwind Enterprises and the day cooperated with only the 2 early races not getting sunshine.
Elite Men
1. Jeff Weinert (Cane Creek/Tailwind.net) 1:04:48
2. Ben Turner (TIAA-CREF)/Clif Bar) at 1:04
3. Phil Noble (Airborne.net) 1:51
4. Jed Schneider (Alan Factory Team) 2:04
5. Jacob Stechmann (Subway-Express) 2:34
6. Bjorn Selander (Alan Factory Team) 4:22
7. Nathan Chown (Gears Racing/Fuji) 4:37
8. Ryan Myers (PBF Cycling) 4:45
9. Jer Walker (Cane Creek/Tailwind.net) 4:45
10. Jeff Bannink (Bike Fit) 5:09
11. Mark Hekman (Wolverine Sports) 6:02
12. Al Senft (Nuvo/Bap) 6:04
1 lap behind
13. Vince Roberge (AAVC/Team Bikesport)
14. Nathanael Ziccardi (Wolverine Sports)
15. Steve Mlujeak (U.S. Armed Forces)
16. Jason Lummis (Bells Beer/Trek)
17. Joe Bellante (Biowheels Racing)
18. Billy Holmes (Intense Factory)
19. Nathan Griffith (Ford/Giant Bikes)
20. Todd Turner (Airborne.net)
Elite Women
1. Christine Vardaros (Velo Bella) 0:45:29.41
2. Anne Schwartz (Flying Rhino CC) 0:52
3. Leslie Honsberger (SCCC)
4. Liz Gentner (WSC)
5. Rachel Steele (Saturn of Toledo)
Blizzard Bike Club - Fort St. John, BC
Courtesy Pat Ferris
Oct 7, 2004
Michael Heintzman continued his winning ways as he won the third cyclo-cross of the season, Thursday night. He completed 9 laps in the 30-minute time limit. Pat Ferris was second, Gary Hilderman third and Sam Keats 4th, also at nine laps.
Darren Guliov was 5th at 8 laps in the 30-minute time. Adam Currie was 6th and Barb Polehoykie 7th. Mike Hientzman leads the series with a perfect record of three wins and 15 points. Sunday is cyclo-cross race # 2 at Beatton River Flats at 2 p.m.
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First of all, a big thank you to Gavin and Bertram for inviting me to contribute to Guitarz. I've been sending in odd bits and bobs - mostly from the wonderful Aladdins cave known as eBay - over the months and now it's official. I'm now one of the family. Don't forget my birthday. You know what I want.
In keeping with Guitarz's venerable traditions, I want to kick off with a few Ebay treasures that I've uncovered just this very evening. In case anyone thinks it sad to be blogging (even on Guitarz Blog) on a Saturday night, we are heading out later to catch a live band. Don't fret.
So, where to start?
OK. A Teisco Tele Star. It looks in great nick, the colour is a superb rich red and it has four pickups and a set of block rocking rocker switches. No! No! No! No! What more could you want from a guitar? The aluminium scratchplate is brutally simple and the headstock has more than a hint of (one my favourite guitars) Microfrets about it. I guess the hole in the tailpiece plate is for a, long lost, tremolo arm. I'd have though it would get in the way of the strings...
According to the seller "This 20 fret, trussrod adjustable, 4 pickup truly awesome rockin' guitar is perfect for both the collector and player". Who am I to disagree?
PS. The link below is my Soundcloud page which has a little about me. One day I'll get a proper blog of my own going.
guitarz.blogspot.com:Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 9th year!


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Here is my paternal grandfather, Roy Jesse Brown. He died when I was a toddler so I must rely on family members to learn what type of person he was.
Roy Jesse Brown
8 March 1902 MS – 12 May 1956 MS
My Paternal Grandfather
|The Roy J Brown family
Roy was one of 9 children of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. He was born in Osyka, Pike, MS. In 1910 his father was a farmer on a 'home farm.' His mother was the mother of 9 children, all of whom grew to adulthood. Roy was just 8 years old that year.[1]
Roy and his siblings went to school in Pike Co., MS. We know he went to school until he was 17.[2]
In 1920 Jasper, Rose and children were in the Simmonsville Precinct of Pike Co., MS. Jasper owned his farm. Four children were still living at home: Hubert, Roy, Mildred & Thelma. Both sons worked on the farm with their father.[3]
Roy's first wife was Mary Thelma Ellzey, daughter of William S. Ellzey & Amanda Adarene Fortenberry. Their daughter was Sylvia Rayleen Brown, b 20 Mar 1921 in Washington Parish, LA. This marriage did not last. They were divorced in December 1925.
Family stories tell us Roy hopped on a train and headed north. He got off in Ohio where there was a job available in a paper mill. Roy found a place to stay in a boarding house. He met Ivy Regina Mark, daughter of Thomas K. Mark & N. Regina V. Gruissy. Roy & Ivy were married 2 August 1927 in Seville, OH.[4] My grandmother (Ivy) told me they were married in her parents' parlor. She said they just stood up and were married. She was just 19 years old. Roy was a 25 year old mill wright. Like his father, Roy was handy with tools and machinery.
My father was their oldest child. Delbert K. Brown was born 27 July 1928 in Rittman, OH.[5] He would become the oldest of 7 children: Leo, Genevieve, Jeanette, Larry, Robert & William. In 1930 Roy was still a mill wright, working and living in Rittman, Wayne, OH. My Dad was just a year old.[6]
Roy worked for Ohio Boxboard. In Arise Wild Land by Lindsey Williams, the author writes that the Ohio Boxboard developed the square 'kitchen match' box and the round salt box. It produced corrugated boxboard shipping containers. When it opened in 1904 one machine was over 200 feet long and the entire plant ran by electricity of 15,000 horsepower.[7] During the Great Depression Roy was one of many men who did not keep their jobs. According to his son, Leo D. Brown, Roy worked in the Ohio Boxboard but work got slow, "and the mill was just about shut down. He and Curly Hawkins and another guy … got a job building this big dam in Ohio. What happened was my father worked there one day a week. Curley Hawkins would work one day a week and then the third guy so everybody worked a little bit."
Roy and Ivy lived in several different locations while in Ohio. While living in Rittman they lived at 64 Grant Street (1927), 51 Salt Street (1930), and 53 Grant Street (1939). They also lived in Creston and Sterling (1937), Ohio. At one time they lived out in the country on a farm. According to Leo Brown, "my mother said my father liked to move. "
In the early 1930's Roy took his family to Mississippi to visit his family there. They took pictures of the Mississippi River. They visited relatives. There are pictures of Roy's sons, Delbert and Leo, with their Mississippi cousins. Leo Brown remembers the heat. Leo's sister, Genevieve also remembers that trip. She said her Grandmother's house smelled like tea and lemons. Her Grandma [Rose Ella Brumfield Brown] put big, soft feather mattresses on the floor for the children to sleep on.
In 1941 Roy moved his family to Columbia Co., NY where he worked for two mills. One was the Midvale Paper Mill in Rossman. In Midvale he was a master mechanic in charge of repairs for the entire paper mill with a staff of eight men. Leo Brown said his father "did some blacksmithing things working at the mills." He was the operational manager. The other was a mill in Stockport, locally known as the String Mill.
One day, in the early 1950's, Roy was in a local pub having a drink. There was a fire at the mill. Roy rushed to the mill. He thought someone was inside the mill and he tried to get in to save his friend. It took three men to hold him back and prevent him from going inside. Roy's son, Leo, believes the stress of that day led to Roy's heart attack in 1953.
About 1954, Roy went back to Mississippi. He died there in 1956.[8] He is buried in Silver Creek Cemetery. Nearby are his parents and his brother, Hubert.
A newspaper clipping from a newspaper in Hudson, New York has an obituary for Roy:
"Roy J. Brown, formerly of Stockport, died Friday in Tylertown, Miss., where he had been spending the winter with relatives. The funeral was held there Monday with interment in Tylertown. Mr. Brown, 54, was a native of Tylertown. He had been a resident of Stockport since 1941 and had been employed at both the Stockport paper mill and Bonafide Mills. He was a member of the Stockport Fire Department. Survivors include his wife, who resides in Cobleskill; five sons, Delbert of Germantown, Leo of Schenectady, Larry of the United States Army, Robert and William of Cobleskill; two daughters, Mrs. Carlton Wieland of Hagman and Mrs. Elmer Sparks of Cobleskill; four grandchildren; several brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces."
[1] 1910 United States Census, Pike County, Mississippi, ED95, Sheet 11; Line 15; Federal Archives, Pittsfield, Mass., T1269 Roll 13 (Soundex) T624 Roll 756. Jasper Brown and family.
[2] Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike County, Mississippi School Census, 1912 & 1920.
[3] 1920 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Mississippi; 1920; Vol 48, ED 99, Sheet 6 Line 61; National Archives, Pittsfield, Mass., M1570 Roll 14 (Soundex) T625 Roll 891 (Report); NOTES: Jap P. Brown & family Simmonsville Precinct, Pike, MS.
[4] Marriage Certificate for Ivy R. Mark and Roy J. Brown, 2 August 1927, Certificate #2534, State of Ohio, Medina County.
[5] Certificate of Birth for Delbert Keith Brown, 27 July 1928, Reg. Dist. # 3451, File # 157, Reg # 29 , State of Ohio, Dept. of Health, Div. of Vital Stats, Wayne County.
[6] 1930 United States Census, Rittman, Wayne County, Ohio, Roll 1888, Page 28A. ED 23. Roy J. Brown and family.
[7] Williams, Lindsey. Arise Wild Land. Wooster: Atkinson Printing, 1982.
[8] Certificate of Death; 1956; Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records; 7729. NOTES: Roy Jesse Brown, died 12 May 1956 MS.
This prompt comes from Amy Johnson Crow at her blog, No Story Too Small. She suggests
we "write once a week about a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, a research problem — any that focuses on that one ancestor." Thanks, Amy for the suggestion!
- Census Sunday - Jasper P Brown
- Census Sunday - The Roy Browns in 1940
- The Browns; A Quick Look at the Direct Line


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The Letter U: Umbrella Puppet
The Letter U: Umbrella Puppet
Teach and practice important phonemic awareness and emergent reading skills with the help of this simple puppet pattern! Young children love making these creative, cute puppets and learning each letter's distinctive sound.
Printable Details
- Grade: Pre-K - 1
- Subject: Alphabet Recognition, Phonemic Awareness, Early Reading
- Theme: Weather
- Number of Pages: 1
- Type: Cut and Pastes, Arts and Crafts
- Common Core: RF.K.3.A


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© Music Box Films, 2011
We missed this stunner the first time around in theatres last year. But just caught in on demand and it is, without question, unbelievably gorgeous. Directed by Terence Davies and based on the Terence Rattigan play, this beautiful swoon of a film starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russel Beale will transport through its sheer loveliness (with Cinematography by Florian Hoffmeister, Film Editing by David Charap, Production Design by James Merfield, Art Direction by David Hindle and Costume Design by Ruth Myers). But this is not an uplifting evening in the making. Plan on a stiff cocktail or two and an episode of 30 Rock or the Daily Show as a much needed chaser. Lovely!


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Arvell & Company offers an outstanding wide range of musical variety including the hits from Motown, popular songs from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, plus current music of today. Tribute shows featuring such artists as Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind and Fire are a specialty. Its seasoned group of entertainers and musicians can fulfill almost any musical request you have. You name it.... Arvell and Company can provide it!
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Your wedding, party or corporate event will shine brighter with Arvell and Company providing your entertainment.


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Sorry but it is above my level.
I tried installing Riven on my desktop but scummvm cannot play it.
I get two messages,
1- One saying that Riven is not supported
2- I said "start Anyway".
3- I get a debugger error window and it said "error: Could not find a "rmap resource with id 0001!.
Type exit
Btw, I did a small check on the GOG forums and saw many windows 7 & 64 bit bugs.


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Hi guys!
We got news!
Thanks to our member Serap E. who posted this info on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimcarrey.forever/?hl=en
Jim Carrey sang with Alice Cooper at a performance benefitting for Maui Food Bank on the last day of the year...
And there's video!
I found these two one Youtube. I think one of them is the same you posted Serap E.
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The first episode was shown on Channel 4's opening night, November 2nd 1982 at 8pm. Initially screening twice weekly, it created hysteria in its opening months as bad-language and poor acting meant the series was panned by critics and viewers alike. However, after its first year, Brookside became extremely popular and was Channel 4's top rated series for the rest of the 1980's. High points from the early years included the terrifying siege from 1985 in which 3 characters were held hostage in Number 7 by a crazed gunman. The following year, perennial favourite Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) was sexually attacked and the writers of 'Brookside' sensitively handled the issue with admirable restraint. It was also during 1986 that Brookside's most long-running and popular character Jimmy Corkhill (Dean Sullivan) first appeared. It was at the turn of the 1990's that things started to change. A third episode was added to the schedule and to accommodate this extra air time, a new shopping parade was built and new characters and storylines tended to revolve more around Brookside Parade than good old Brookside Close. Perhaps Brookside's most remembered storyline came in 1993 with the arrival of the Jordache family. Mandy (Sandra Maitland), Beth (Anna Friel)and Rachel (Tiffany Chapman) were the victims of a hard-hitting domestic & sexual abuse storyline which climaxed with them murdering violent father Trevor (Brian Murray) and burying him under the patio! Here, 'Brookside' celebrated its highest ever audience figures of 8.5 million viewers. However, the need to shock and create sensational storylines is what ultimately killed 'Brookside'. 1996 saw the soap at its most contentious with the new, posh Simpson family. Viewers were subjected to incest as Brother and Sister Nat & Georgia jumped into bed together! And, with the re-appearance of Clair Sweeney as Lindsay Corkhill, the soap descended into gangsters, guns, murders and a good 3 years of explosions and carnage that wasn't all that well executed and viewers switched off in their droves. An attempt to take the show 'back to its roots' in 2002 completely backfired with the addition of the hideously mis-cast Gordon family. In 2002, just as the soap was celebrating its 20th Birthday (with yet another siege involving armed drug-dealers, culminating in a Police helicopter crashing on Brookside Parade!!), Channel 4 announced it was relegating its flagship soap to a 'graveyard' Saturday afternoon slot after viewing figures dropped to below 1 million. It was here 'Brookside' became unwatchable. During its final year, characters left with little or no explanation, storylines became repetitive and boring and it was literally only when Channel 4 then decided to screen the soap in a new 10.30pm late-night slot that things improved. The addition of vile drug-dealer Jack Michaelson (Paul Duckworth) saw 'Brookside' return to its hard-hitting core but it was just all too late... The axe fell and the remaining characters left one by one as an incinerator plant was due to be built on the demolished Brookside Close! We never did see the Close being flattened! After the demise of 'Brookside' a DVD was released wrapping up some open-ended storylines. It was called 'Unfinished Business'. BROADCAST HISTORY 1982 - Tuesday & Thursday 8pm-8.30pm Jan 1983 to Nov 1984 - Tuesday & Wednesday 8pm Nov and Dec 1984 - Monday & Wednesday 8pm Jan 1985 to July 1988 - Monday & Tuesday 8pm Aug 1988 to July 1990 - Monday & Wednesday 8pm From July 1990, an extra episode was added screening: 1990-1994 - Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8pm 1994-2001 - Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 8pm 2001 - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8pm (NB Channel 4 moved 'Brookside' around the schedule from around 2001, sometimes screening 2 episodes back-to-back) 2002 - Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8pm November 2002 - Saturdays 4pm-5.30pm September 2003 - Tuesdays 10.30pm-12.00 November 4th 2003 - Final episode. 2915 episodes altogether were made.moreless
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Dave Burns [2000-]
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Stripes, the home decor accent of the year
Thick or thin, monochromatic or bold, horizontal or vertical, on-trend stripes can be used in any room in the home and in accessories, rugs, furniture, lampshades -- even ceilings -- creating either an elegant or a one-of-a-kind look.
Port Washington-based designer Keith Baltimore says he enjoys the consistency of stripes.
"Stripes work all the time, because it is a pattern," he says. "People get stripes. They may not get paisley, but they can certainly get a stripe. It is decidedly modern with its basis in tradition. It can go contemporary, transitional or traditional and can fit in any interior."
The words he uses to describe today's stripe are bold, colorful, important.
"These stripes are not fuzzy. They are not wishy-washy. They are clean and stiff, and definitely have a statement on what they want to say," he adds.
Duly noted.
Manhattan-based designer Libby Langdon says she likes to use striped accents in many of the homes she decorates. In fact, several of her own upholstered pieces in her furniture line boast stripes.
"Stripes are very popular these days," she says. "It is a way to bring something interesting into your space that is not as overpowering as a larger, intricate pattern might be."
But color selection is paramount with the look you are trying to achieve.
"In blue and white, stripes can look beachy and fresh. In gray and white, they can look sleek and modern," she says.
One of Merrick designer Marlaina Teich's strategies is to alternate two compatible tones in 18- to 24-inch stripes running horizontally around a room on all four walls or on three walls, and then popping in a bold, contrasting color on the accent wall. A perfect place to execute this look is in a dining room, where you can use this application to make a bold statement and encourage a spirited vibe around the dinner table.
"Never be afraid to play with stripes," says Teich. "Classic stripe patterns are vertical, but to freshen it up, try running horizontal stripes in a room."
For those who are not as daring and may want to step delicately into the striping waters, Teich suggests layering a striped area rug in a family room as a start.
"Bold stripes are perfectly on trend in area rugs, so they are available in every price point," Teich says. "The striped area rug will instantly update and energize the room, and when the trend cools or you want to change out your look, an area rug is easily and affordably switched out."
As stylish as they are, one can go overboard.
Huntington-based designer Kate Singer has a "less-is-more" approach to pattern. "I like to use stripes in moderation in a room," she says. "I think the key is to combine stripes with other complementary patterns in similar tones for a harmonious balance."
Singer says that stripes are a great way to infuse a room with color. Tone-on-tone stripes are perfect for a softer look with a bit of dimension, and bold contrasting stripes provide more of a dramatic look and an instant color palette.