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Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Omega Silvertip Badger conversion
Soap: Porarso Cream
Razor: Frankenrazor (Canadian #77 New Gillette Head with Probak Handle)
Blade: Dorco ST-301
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
I had a few days growth because I have been working on a knife again and the finish sanding seems to really get me focused on what I am doing and I loose track of time. With the growth I figured it was perfect for the open comb razor. Normally I get a couple of weepers from this razor, but today it was like a dream. It was chopping down the excess beard like there was nothing there, and when I had finished my 5 pass shave there was no sign of a weeper or nick any where I did get a little irritation on my neck but a cold rinse and the Musgo cleared that up in seconds. Right now my face is silky smooth and irritation free. Gotta love these old Gillette razors, almost 80 years old and still kicking butt
After a week or so of using the Musgo Real balm I can say it's good stuff that isn't overbearing. I find it to be pleasant smelling with a hint of lime at the beginning even though I don't think there's lime in it.
It doesn't leave my face feeling quite as soft and supple as the Nivea sensitive balm but very nice still. It has a little thicker feeling after absorbing but it definitely smells nicer as the Nivea is just kind of "clinical" smelling if that makes sense.
I actually took a small container and mixed some of both to try getting the best of both.
Considering the Musgo cost me $18 and I can get the Nivea locally for around $6. I doubt I'll be buying the Musgo again, probably experiment with something else when the time comes.
Thanks for the info. As I'm in Europe it should be easier to get the Musgo Real (is it from Spain or Portugal?) The Nivea is OK stuff but I'd like something different and the L'Occitaine Cade is almost out.
Today, used the Merkur Traveller, a fine small razor that delivers an outstanding shave and is really compact break down for travel.
Feather (none better or even near in my book I'm afraid)
Badger brush
Vulfix Old Original Sicilian Lime shaving cream. Didn't like this at first, bit drying I thought but the secret is to whip it up a bit longer in the mug. The smell of limes is sharp and refreshing, almost start drooling and want a drink! Good stuff but costly even in Europe.
Ice cold splash and a dab of Nivea. I'm ready!
wow! yall into shaving! cool.
this is how i do it for a few years now.
i pretty much shave only on week days. i hit the gym, every week day morning, so after my work out, i sit in a dry sauna for about 20 minutes, really pouring out the sweat at this time, rinse off in the shower, go into the cold plunge pool for 10 minutes, rise off in the shower, go in the whirl pool for 15 or 20 minutes, rinse off .....go into steam room for 10 minutes or so. i come out, and use a soap dispenser for a shot or 2 of soap, break out my disposable gillette, thats usually about a week old and been tumbling around in my work out bag, and shave.
no nicks and always comes out smooth as a babys behind.
didnt work...i was posting a pic off ebay of a 1956 gillette super speed dubble edge, says "like new condition" for 25 bucks...i choose that year because it matches my birth date. i seen a few for less thou, for different years. 56 a good year? decent price? thx
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It depends on the condition, and where you are located. The most I have paid for a razor is $35 + shipping for a Slim Adjustable. I am holding an $8 average for the razors I have if I take out the ones that were gifted to me. I just recently bought a lot of 5 razors that contained a cased Fat Handled Tech, 2 Ball End Techs, 1 New, and a 1920s Single Ring for $55 shipped. So the deals are out there as long as you aren't looking for a specific razor and year.
The Superspeeds are great razors, from what I hear. I don't own one yet, but I do have a couple of Rockets, the British/Canadian equivalent, and they are among my favorites.
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Omega Silvertip Badger conversion
Soap: L'Occtaine Cade
Razor: Edwin Jagger 89L
Blade: Dorco ST-301
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
After some reading and responding in here that last couple of days I realized that I have been neglecting my EJ89L since my little 7 day razor comparison, so I broke it out again. It had been long enough that I actually forgot what good shaver this razor is for me. In comparison to the vintage Gillette's I have been using, this is one hefty razor. The extra weight makes it easy to plow through any stubble that is in the way. Even with the extra weight it is still a mild razor so it would make a great beginner razor, well it is a great beginners razor.
Oh and it look pretty too
I really enjoy the DE89L. I can get 3 passes in 10 minutes with no irritation at all. The Israeli reds are wonderful too.
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Fendrihan Silvertip Badger
Soap: Porarso Cream
Razor: Frankenrazor (Canadian #77 New Gillette Head with Probak Handle)
Blade: Dorco ST-301
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
Just a quick 4 pass with the Franken razor, no nicks, no weepers. Not the perfect shave experience from a few days ago, but still a nice shave. I am hoping the lot of razors I bought comes in today, it has been 10 business days since they were shipped to me so some time this week
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Fendrihan Silvertip Badger
Soap: Nivea For Men Cream
Razor: Gillette New (Deluxe?) Short Comb
Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
So the New that was in my recent purchase was the first up to bat, and my first try with a Shark blade. I am unsure if it is a New Deluxe or not I am still doing a bit of investigating on that. I do know that it came with a Red and Black case so that gives me an idea that it is 1933-34 time line.
I am not overly impressed with the Nivea shave cream, it is a little flowery scented for my taste. It does the job ok, but not as good as my Proraso soap/cream or the other soaps I keep in my stable. the new New razor kind of reminds me of Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers movies when he is asking to eat Mini Me. the razor/blade combo begs to cut down facial hair. while aggressive I think with a better soap or cream it would just glide along with zero irritation and still keep mowing down hair.
End result, a DFS with a bit of irritation on the neck. Tomorrow I will try them with some Proraso cream or soap maybe some L' Occitane soap to see how it goes.
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: TGN Silvertip Badger
Soap: Proraso Cream
Razor: 1921 Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Dorco ST-301
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
I was going to wait till the weekend to use this one, but the draw was to great so I loaded it up this morning, filled up the sink dropped my brush and mug into the hot water and jumped in the shower. As an added bonus I qued up some modern jazz (Lee Aaron's Slick Chick album) on the computer.
I was a little nervous about shaving with the Single Ring, not because I was scared that I may damage it or rip up my face, but because I had read mixed reviews on the aggressiveness of this razor and I wasn't sure what to expect. Some say it is aggressive, others say that it is mild because of the thinness of modern blades as compared to old blades. Well for me it is and aggressive razor with a modern blade. Not rip your face off aggressive, but firm and authoritative. It cleans my face with ease, but you can feel that it is ready to bite if you step out of line.
For some reason the mix of jazz and a old type razor seemed to go very well for me. Don't get me wrong I am not a jazz fan, my taste in music leans more towards punk and metal, but every now and then I like to change it up, hence the LARGE music library.
I also like the idea of including a picture of your tools for a shave of the day post like bigmo66 did, so when I get home tonight I will need to polish up the razor again and try snap a nice picture of today's tools.
Got a few new things and samples..
Vulfix Luxury Sandalwood Creme sampler
New Semogue 1305 Brush
Personna Red
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
Conk's Bay Rum sampler
3 passes and got a darn good ATG, followed by a witch hazel rub and finished with a splash of Conks Bay Rum.
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Omega Silvertip Badger conversion
Soap: Proraso Green Soap
Razor: 1949 Gillette Rocket
Blade: Israeli Personna Red
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
Oh My God, I think I have finally found the blade to knock my beloved Dorco ST-301s off the top of the heap
In the batch of razors I bought I got a few blades to try out too. Among them were 2 Israeli Personna Red blades. As much as I want to try out all my new razors, I also wanted to try some of the blades that I haven't tried yet. to keep the variables to a minimum I went with a razor I know I like, and a soap I can trust to perform every time, leaving the only new factor as the blade. I thought I had died and gone to heaven, smooth can't describe how well this combination worked for me. Mind you this was a first shave with a new blade and I still need to see how long that great shave performance lasts before I run out to the nearest online dealer to make a bulk purchase, but if I can get 3-4 good shaves out of a blade I will be making a bulk (100) purchase in the near future. I don't know what I will do with the better part of 100 Dorco blades and 100 Personna blades, but needles to say I wont be buying blades any time soon and will be quick to offer up a sample pack to new wet shavers
Oh if you couldn't tell I had one of those great shaves today, BBS, no irritation, nicks or weepers
And yes the razor is that shiny, no polishing, just a wipe down with a damp cloth
Last edited by unky_gumbi; 02-19-2011 at 10:10 PM.
The Musgo Real aftershave balm is really growing on me. I actually look forward to putting it on at the end like icing on the cake.
I like it better than my Gentleman's Refinery Standard Balm, I prefer the sent of the GR Standard better but the feel of the Musgo wins hands down, it just makes your face feel buttery smooth no matter how bad the shave was, and the scent isn't that far behind the GR.
Haha, I know that feeling. Sometimes when I'm having a bad shave I think "Well, at least the Nivea and Musgo will make it feel better when I'm done."
I've actually been applying a mixture of the two first, then allowing it to absorb while I put all my stuff away, then do another application of just the Musgo. It's one of life's luxuries for sure.
Preshave:Hot shower
Brush: Frendrihan Badger
Soap: Proraso Green Cream
Razor: 1934 Gillette Short Comb New
Blade: Israeli Personna Red
Aftershave: Musgo Real Aftershave Balm
Hands down the smoothest shave I have had including a paid for straight shave, it knocked my socks off. Pictures of the set up to follow later today. The actual shave you will have to take my word for
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Investors are almost as excited as fans about Friday's release of 'The Hunger Games' movie.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Teenagers love "The Hunger Games," a hot trilogy of books about to hit theaters. But the biggest fans may be from an older generation -- investors.
Shares have soared so far this year for the companies best positioned to benefit from the opening of "The Hunger Games" movie this Friday. And analysts are saying they're all poised for further gains from the series.
Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF), whose Lionsgate studio is releasing the film here and in many major overseas markets, has probably gotten the biggest lift from the post-apocalyptic story of teenagers forced into a life-and-death competition for the entertainment of others. Shares are up 74% so far this year after a gaining more than 9% this week. On Tuesday, the stock closed at a record high of $15.27.
Analyst David Joyce of Miller Tabak, who Tuesday raised his price target for Lionsgate to $17 from his previous $14 target, estimates this weekend's domestic box office sales between $70 million and $90 million. Eventually he expects it to bring in at least $300 million in domestic ticket sales.
"That's not quite Harry Potter, but I think it's going to be impressive," said Joyce. The final Harry Potter movie last year brought in $381 million in domestic box office for Time Warner (TWX, Fortune 500) on its way to global ticket sales of $1.3 billion.
Joyce said that much of the run-up in stock is due to the company's recent acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the independent studio that has the Twilight movie series. The fifth and final movie in the Twilight series, which so far have averaged $270 million each in domestic box office, debuts this November.
"I can't split how much of the gain is due to Hunger Games and how much is due to the Summit deal," he said. "But having Hunger Games helped Lionsgate get Summit to the table and get the deal done."
The performance of Lionsgate shares so far this year would suggest financier Carl Icahn could be the big loser of the Hunger Games stock rally.
Icahn and his son sold 44 million shares of Lionsgate last fall for $7 each, dropping a long-running battle for control of the studio.
The buzz around the movie also helped lift sales of the books, which last week allowed publisher Scholastic (SCHL) to beat forecasts and its own sales target for the most recent period. Shares of Scholastic are up 25% year to date after gaining more than 4% this week.
Company officials said even if last quarter proves to be a sales peak for the books, they expect good results from the franchise going forward. Analysts agree the first film and additional planned movies should help the book sales for years to come.
"Unlike the Harry Potter series, for which the book release event drove sales, in this case, 'The Hunger Games' movie appears to be driving book sales," said Drew Crum, analyst with Stifel Nicolaus, in a note last week.
"The Hunger Games" was first published in hardback in September 2008. The second in the trilogy, "Catching Fire" came out the next year, with the final book in the series, hitting bookstores in 2010. Between them there are 24 million copies of the three books in print in the United States alone.
Shares of theater operators have all had strong performances this year, as hopes for "The Hunger Games" and some other widely anticipated titles later this year like "The Avengers" "Dark Knight Rises" and the final "Twilight" movie have lifted hopes of a rebound after a down year in 2011, and some early missteps this year, such as Walt Disney's (DIS, Fortune 500) now historic bomb "John Carter."
James Gross, analyst with Barrington Research who follows the sector, said that "The Hunger Games" is almost certain to have the best opening so far this year and might end up No. 1 for the year, given the pre-sale demand for tickets.
"It was selling out the midnight shows a month ago," he said.
Carmike Cinemas (CKEC) has been the best performer in the group, rising nearly 90% year to date, after gaining 15% this week.
Shares of large screen theater operator IMAX (IMAX) are up 38% so far this year, while shares of the two other major publicly-traded theater chains -- Cinemark Holdings (CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) -- have achieved more modest gains, but both are up nearly 19% so far this year.
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(MARANA, Ariz.) -- Tiger Woods and Rory McIlory were ousted from the opening round of the WGC: Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.
Charles Howell III eliminated Woods, 2 and 1, with a birdie on the 16th hole followed by a par on 17. The 14-time major champion has won the event three times, but hasn't advanced past the second round since winning his last title in 2008.
McIlroy, the tournament's number-one seed, was bounced after Shane Lowry made a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole.
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Nice apartment,close by the sea,parking
Size50 m²
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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- Parking available
- Towels
- Baby cot
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Address | Via molinelli, 19016 Monterosso al Mare, Italy |
Property type | Apartment |
Property ID | 9EB2JFVI |
Acceptance rate | < 50% |
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My apartment is the ideal base for Your stay in 5Terre and to enjoy the typical 5 terre's life
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In case of a later check in please let me know before making the booking to see if it is possible or not find an agreement as I am at the apartment for the check in from 10 am to 4 pm
It is suitable both for families with small children and baby stroll, couples and quiet friends who love to discover and enjoy Monterosso and the Cinque Terre area.
It is a comfortable 1st floor plan in a condominium where local families live, there are only 5 steps to get in so it is very convenient.
It is located in the new part of the town, in a nice peaceful residential area, off the main street and therefore quieter but at the same time very convenient to all amenities and to the sea and beach that are at only few steps (3 minutes walking flat street)
In the same street of the apartment there are grocery store, bakery, nice restaurants-pizzeria, bars, laundry.
Immediately at the end of the street (via Molinelli) where the apartment is located, at only few steps from the apartment, there is the beautiful promenade on the sea and the village's small square , beautiful beaches and the sea, souvenier shops and a children play area.
The apartment has a private courtyard equipped with table and chairs for relaxing yourself after spending the day hiking the 5 terre footpath, lying on the beach.
The apartment is at only 5 minutes walking from the train station.
I also provide a free parking space, for 1 medium size car, long at maxium 4 meters and 30 cm. At the moment of the reservation please inform me if you desire the parking space.
The apartment is well equipped, clean, kept with care and spacious.
It can accommodate comfortably up to 4 people as it is possible to add 2 single beds in the spacious living room.
It has 1 comfortable double bedroom, large living room with TV , table and chairs , private courtyard, equipped kitchen, spacious bathroom with shower
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Was mich etwas verwirrt, ist die Zusendung des italienischen Energieversorgers ENEL mir einer Rechnung von Mai bis Juni über 545,65 EURO.
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Subject: | [TenTec] RE: [Orion] ORION PERFORMANCE |
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Date: | Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:17:05 -0500 |
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Eric you accidentally posted this to Ten-Tec instead of Orion, so I'm copying your post below for benefit of the Orion reflector. Your settings are quite similar to mine for SSB contesting, so I'll just note differences: a. Agree. b. Agree. I've even gone to 1600 Hz at times. c. Agree. I also set RIT -100 when doing S&P to compensate for rapid zero-beating when I typically undershoot on USB. LSB would be opposite (+100). I also set Audio RX EQ -15dB which "processes" received audio to have enhanced highs (like a Heil HC-4 in receive). d. Mostly agree. Threshold for my 10m stack is typically 4uV or higher. On the low bands, Threshold would be MUCH higher. I set Decay a bit lower (30 uV) and vary Hang depending on conditions, typically 0.30 (default) to 0.04. e. Agree except I've found the HW NB improves S/N noticeably when the band is almost dead (early AM and late PM). Of course it should never be used when there are strong signals present (which is never the case at the times I mentioned). f. Agree. AN is sometimes useful for CB carriers or intentional QRM on 10, but I would turn it off as soon as possible. I'm amazed how similar our SSB setups are for contesting! 73, Bill W4ZV >Well, I'm going to stick my neck out on the reflector and describe what I have been using for SSB contests. Probably some other people can point out how my settings can be improved. a) In the "Filters" menu, turn off auto-select and force the use of the 1.8 kHz filter. (Don't forget to revert back to auto for CW - hi!) b) Set bandwidth to ~2000 Hz, according to degree of band crowding and your taste. I've run the bandwidth all the way down to 1700 Hz in horrible crowding. On a less congested band like 10m, I'll open it up to 2100 or 2200. c) Set passband tuning +150-200 Hz. This shift compensates for the narrow filter choice to improve intelligibility. d) AGC: use "prog" setting with parameters like these: AGC Hang: I tend to keep this short, <0.20 seconds, in a contest on a crowded band, where I want to be able to at least hear the presence of a weak caller in the gaps between loud signals overlapping my listening frequency. 0.12 seems OK, and I've even used 0.00. This is certainly not a good setting for conversational QSOs. AGC Decay: I run pretty fast decay, again to allow the AGC to drop down quickly to catch a weak stations. ~50 dB/s seems OK. This is definitely NOT a conversational setting! AGC threshhold: I start with this value at its maximum (191.48 microvolt), and reduce it until I start to hear band noise just come up on an empty frequency. Tune outside of the band if no empty frequency can be found. On a very crowded band like 40m, I will use an even larger setting. There is no value, and some harm, in setting this parameter too low on a band full of loud signals. Set it just low enough to reliably copy the weakest signal detectable among the QRM or QRN. This value is the most variable -- it depends on conditions, local noise, and your antenna in use on the band. e) NR and NB: off unless absolutely necessary. Why do more processing on the signal than one needs? f) AN: I leave this off unless I encounter a situation where a notch filter is needed. Same idea: do the least amount of processing on the signal for the conditions. I'm looking forward to hearing others weigh in... 73, -- Eric K3NA -----Original Message----- From: Eric Rosenberg [mailto:wd3q at starpower.net] Sent: 2004 November 3 15:54 To: <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec>eric at k3na.org Subject: RE: [Orion] ORION PERFORMANCE Eric -- Can you be more specific about your changes? As I said in my email, I lose track of my expectations... and then get messed up trying to figure out if the radio sounds as good as it should! Parameters like NR (which was great on the Omni-6+) just didn't seem right to me; I haven't gotten the hang of the AGC, nor do I really understand the HW NB and the H vs L in re: PBT. I suspect I'll eventually get there... Eric _______________________________________________ Orion mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/orion |
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Former Radcliffe rowers
Caryn Davies '05 and Esther Lofgren '08-09 will race in
the U.S. women's eight in the 2012 London Olympic Games,
USRowing has announced.
They join former Harvard oarsmen Henrik Rummel '09 and Will
Newell '11 on the U.S. squad. All told, six former Harvard
and Radcliffe rowers will compete in the Olympics. Rummel and
Newell will race in the men's heavyweight and lightweight
fours, respectively. Malcolm Howard '05, meanwhile, will race
with the Canadian men's eight and former Crimson heavyweight
teammate Brodie Buckland '06 will represent Australia in the
men's pair.
The rowing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games will take place
at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake, about 25 miles
west of London, July 28-Aug. 4. The U.S. women's eight is the
defending Olympic champion and six-time defending world
Davies is one of six athletes returning to the U.S. eight after
helping the boat win gold at the 2008 Beijing Games. The Ithaca,
N.Y., native is competing in her third Olympics, having helped the
U.S. eight place second in 2004 in Athens. She has earned four
World Rowing Championships gold medals. She and Lofgren helped the
eight set a world record on the way to gold at the 2012 World
Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Riese & Müller Delite e-bike features dual batteries, belt drive, and full suspension
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Circular logic: Round runways could save a lot of land, reduce fuel consumption and cut noise
This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.
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Some tornados and severe thunderstorms can be seen approaching, while others hit without warning. It is important to learn and recognize the danger signs and to follow the listed procedures.
A Watch is an indication of where and when the probabilities are highest that severe weather or a tornado could occur. A Watch is a statement that severe weather/tornado conditions are present and could occur. The National Weather Service will issue a Watch bulletin to local authorities as well as to the local radio and TV stations.
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I love most the figures in this line. Hordak is my fav so far!
I love most the figures in this line. Hordak is my fav so far!
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Did anyone happen to get the Secret of the Sword DVD? I'm looking for the variant that was sold at He-Man.org....I can't freaking find my damn copy of it.
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Ordered 2 of the Man-at-Arms figures...hopefully will be able to trade one for a Hordak
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Anyone going to be able to snag me a He-Ro figure at the He-Man booth at SDCC?
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
I take it no one is going to do the subscription deal?
It doesn't really seem worth it as you'd still have to go to Matty.com every month for the bonus figures, many of which may be more popular and desirable than the "regular" figures.
I wasn't really going to collect the line - I only have Skeletor and missed out on Hordak, but I figure with a movie on the horizon and the obligatory toy line in support of it, I'll probably be better off with Classics figures. Who knows how the movie designs will turn out? Accelerator suit He-Man on robot Battle Cat fighting against Skeletor in movie Megatron styled armor???
I did one subscription for the end of this year. And two for next year. Some Bonus figures I'm sure I can live without.
Frigin Bran, I might have an extra Hordak. You can PM if you want.
I also have an extra He-ro
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I had wanted to get into this line so bad, the figures all look great, but I just can't do it. I had even gotten two Man-at-Arms figures, but ended up just selling them. Just can't see myself dropping $20 a figure every month which doesn't sound like a lot, but is when I need to pay off some CC debt.
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
I ordered Webstor this morning with seemingly little site traffic. Looks like the subscription program is helping to minimize that.
I ordered a sub so I wouldn't have to deal. And luckily I'm on vacation this week and didn't even remember that he went on sale!
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I broke down and picked up Webstor based on the fact that with He-Man and Skeletor getting a re-release that I will hopefully be able to take advantage of. That, and he was always one of my favorites. Now if I only I could be sure they were planning on re-releasing all the rest that I missed out on...


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I often talk about how the gold trade is really two separate trades. There's the Fear Trade that buys gold out of fear of war or poor government policies. This crowd sees the precious metal as a safe haven during times of crisis, such as when gold rose over the fear of a war in Syria, but eased when a much more limited military action became likely.
However, there are other factors beyond Syria this week driving gold. That's the Love Trade. This group gives gold as gifts for loved ones during important holidays and festivals. This is the time of the year that we are in the midst of right now. Historically, September has been gold's best month of the year. Looking at more than four decades of monthly returns, the precious metal has seen its biggest increase this month, averaging 2.3 percent………………………………………..Full Article: Source


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New to the mortgage origination business on Tuesday is Discover (NYSE:DFS), as it introduces Discover Home Loans, perhaps filling a void as Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) writes one out of three domestic mortgages and banking coin, due to a dearth of competition.
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ING (NYSE:ING) was in a world of trouble with the Justice Department and the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (plus other authorities), but a deal is reached so that the company will see no further action taken if it meets certain conditions. It seems that ING breached United States sanctions on Iran and Cuba by assisting clients from those countries move billions of dollars though New York bank from the early 1990s until 2007. The firm is the fourth large bank to get caught with "stripping" wire transfer information to hide the illegal transfer of money, and then have to settle with authorities subsequently.
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Thought I'd start a seperate discussion on the STO Duty Officer system. I've been testing this on the TTS and enjoy it a lot. STO has been missing a strategic element and the new Duty Officer system brings that to the game.
I haven't worked on any missions since acquiring the Duty Officers. I want to see how soon I can make CMDR just using the DOFF system. If anyone is interested in trading DOFFs, I'm looking for these: Prisoner (Klingon or Nausicaan, the more gnarly the better) Refugee (I mistakingly sold one and now I'm short for the assignment) Doctor (Uncommon or higher) (I can probably trade an uncommon or higher EMH for this) Colonists (always need these as they are used up on the relocation assignment) Assault Squad Officer (Rare or higher)
Seems like not many are discussing the DOFF system, so I'll just use the regular discussion. http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=147305
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Abby, U.S. start Olympic qualifying late Friday night
After last summer's great TV ratings for the World Cup, I'm stunned that the United States women's soccer team's qualifying matches aren't on a network better than the Univers Sports Network. Honestly, I've never heard of it. I don't even know if I get that at home with my over-priced Time Warner cable package. But nontheless, the Americans, including Pittsford's Abby Wambach and Western New York Flash forward Alex Morgan, play play their first Olympic qualifying match Friday night at 10:30 in Vancouver. The matches are for the first time indoors. The U.S., gold medalists in 2008 but runners-up in last summer's World Cup, face the Dominican Republic. They'll also play Guatemala (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.) and Mexico (Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.) in Group B play. The top two from the four-team group reach next Friday's semifinals and the winner earns a spot in the Olympics in London. Matches can be seen on Universal Sports Network and online at www.UniversalSports.com.
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The Sendik's Food Market at Mequon Pavilions shopping center has completed its expansion, according to shopping center owner Centro Properties Group.
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Nearly 300 nonproduction and production databases are virtualized, increasing resiliency while lowering costs.
• Increasing business agility by accelerating provisioning: Fulfilling requests for new Oracle databases on standalone servers often took 12 weeks or longer. To increase business agility, Cisco IT wanted the ability to fulfill urgent requests in a few days.
• Increasing resiliency: Cisco uses Oracle databases for revenue-generating activities, including customer support. "Previously, if a server failed, restoring the database on another server generally took several hours, and people were concerned that virtualizing production databases would increase downtime," says Todd Glenn, Cisco IT service manager. "Today, database failover is actually faster in a virtualized environment, improving the user experience and reducing lost productivity."
• Lowering costs: The fewer the servers, the lower the space, power, cooling, cabling, and management costs. When Cisco hosted its Oracle databases on bare-metal servers, utilization was only about 25 percent. Other sources of high costs included high availability requirements and the need for specialized servers requiring scarce management skills. These servers also required expensive, dedicated network interconnects for clustered database hosts.
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• Each Cisco UCS has multiple blade servers. If one server develops issues, Cisco IT can quickly move its virtual machines to any other available blade server, with a few clicks.
• Cisco IT enabled the Oracle Data Guard Fast-Start Failover feature. If all the nodes in Oracle RAC cluster fail, services automatically fail over to another location in the metro virtual data center (MVDC).
• In the event of a regional disaster that takes down production, Cisco IT can use VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) in conjunction with Oracle Data Guard for push-button failover to the disaster recovery data center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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• I/O wait not exceeding 30-40 percent
• Recovery from destructive failure tests
Note that the following results are specific to Cisco IT's environment, and other organizations may experience different results.
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Figure 2. CPU Utilization for NFS (Left) and D-NFS (Right); Near Linear Performance Increases
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Figure 3. I/O Results for NFS (Left) and D-NFS (Right)
Figure 4. D-NFS Performed Better than NFS in Cisco Environment
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• Disable the hang-check timer for standalone instances. The hang-check timer is required only for Oracle RAC instances, to monitor the Linux kernel for extended operating system hangs that could affect the reliability of the RAC node and corrupt the database. Before Cisco IT disabled the hang-check timer, VMware ESX host kept rebooting because the vMotion load-balancing process introduced just enough temporary latency to trigger the timer.
• Be prepared to change the Oracle System Global Area (SGA) size. "On bare metal servers, all RAM is available for a single host," says Rajesh. "But when we migrated to virtual machines, high SGA caused host hangs." Cisco IT overcame the issue by resizing SGA to match VM reservation. In the Cisco IT environment, the optimal settings were shmax at 50 percent of RAM and shmall at 75 percent of RAM.
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Moles - Misconceptions & Wives Tales
When it comes to gophers and moles, there are plenty of misconceptions and old wives tales regarding how to prevent and remove moles without hurting or killing them. But for the most part these methods don't work, if they did we would be happy to use them. In other words, quit pulling your hair out and putting it in the mole tunnels. It doesn't work. Moth balls, chewing gum and ashes don't work. "Mole ridding plants", vibrating contraptions and killing grubs don't do any good either. These methods are all a waste of time.
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Most people choose to have lethal mole and gopher trapping and poisoning done because it is the most cost effective method. Our company offers the below mole and gopher removal options but once again they are expensive and most people choose to have them killed.
Our company does offer the two mole and gopher removal methods listed below, but because they are expensive, most people choose to call companies who offer lethal control.
- Castor oil applications to the lawn every other week, 12 months out of the year. As a taste deterring repellent we would utilize a hose end applicator and apply castor oil to your entire lawn and flower bed heavily every other week. Personal and professional experience with castor oil applications have certainly proven it very effective but also very messy and expensive. problems with castor oil applications include oily foot prints onto driveways, carpets and hardwood floors, not only from humans, but pets too. Castor oil applications when it is freezing cold outside are not only fun to do, it takes quite a while for the castor to penetrate the surface.
- Metal barriers to forbid moles and gophers from entering your yard. Steel is not inexpensive but if 16" of steel is installed 12" into the soil surrounding your entire property, it will greatly reduce if not totally eliminate their activity. Although there are tasteful ways of installing 16" of steel in your lawn, it does require totally re-landscaping in most cases. These projects would generally start out at a few thousand dollars.
Although we've included information below on live traps, in the case of gophers and moles we believe there aren't any humane, cost effective alternatives at this time other than landscape modification and barriers.
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If you live in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area and you want lethal mole or gopher removal, and you fully understand that we are referring you to somebody who is not an employee or associated with our company, please call The Gopher Girls at 405-313-3963.
The "Kill All the Grubs and
Your Moles Will Go Away" Myth
It's a lie. Don't buy it, don't believe it. If you went to the store and bought that expensive bag of poison to kill those grubs in your lawn thinking it would do you any good whatsoever, you're wrong.
Sticking a twenty dollar bill in the mole tunnel would be more effective than killing the grubs, as the human scent on it might scare them away for a little while. In our opinion, somebody invented a chemical that kills grubs in your lawn and found a way to make a lot of money off of it.
In fact, moles are not after your grubs, they are after your earthworms. True, if you were to dissect a mole, you would find inadvertent pieces of roots, foliage, and grubs in their stomachs, but you would mostly find earthworms. The thing is you don't want to, or cannot get rid of all of your earthworms. But, you can water your lawn less, which will keep the earthworms deeper down in the soil, therefore, you will not see as much surface mole activity or the resulting damage.
If you want to invest your money in something that will decrease your bad lawn grub population, we would recommend properly applying a live organism on your lawn. This is called beneficial nematodes. These will not only consume your bad grubs, (there are actually are good grubs), but they will also consume your ants, termites, fleas, army worms, and anything else they can get their microscopic teeth into. There are many different types of beneficial nematodes on the market. You will want to choose which beneficial nemetodes are best for your specific situation. To the best of our knowledge, the company with the best variety of beneficial nemetodes available on the market to the general public is called Gardens Alive!
Other Useless Home Remedies And
Mole Removal Wives Tales
Vibrating windmills, mole wheels, battery operated contraptions, thorny rosebush branches, fox urine, broken glass, human hair, razor blades, moth balls, lye, bleach, whistling bottles (bottles upside down on sticks), the mole plant, the gopher plant (euphorbia lathyris) as a repellent, electrical shocking devices, playing a radio with the speaker pointing to the ground, ultrasonic devices, castor beans, explosives, nuclear devices, car exhaust pumped into the mole tunnels, the "sit in a rocking chair and wait for them to move and then shoot them with a shotgun or handgun" method, pickle juice, red pepper, human urine, and flooding moles out with water are all worthless. When you're done trying these useless methods, at first it may appear as though they worked, but this will be only temporary. If these methods worked, the guys making big bucks to remove moles from your yard would use them too. Basically all of the above methods are useless. And there is more bad news - there are no humane methods for removing moles at this time.
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Classical Music as Mood-Setting Device in Cinema
Sunday, February 19, 2012
As a rule, classical music in films is used as a shorthand: Handel or Vivaldi indicates that the stuffed shirts have arrived, Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" announces that Armageddon may be just around the corner and Wagner is a safe bet that trouble is brewing. Anytime an aria by Verdi or Puccini is heard, it's likely someone will be stabbed, raped, murdered or obsessively stalked.
Now a five-CD box set, "Classical Hits of the Cinema," reminds us that classical music has long been intrinsic in helping filmmakers tell stories, create characters and add atmosphere. And most tellingly, the art form is not simply used to exude class, luxury or sophistication.
Among the set's highlights: We're invited to remember how the cannibalistic killer Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins) pursued his grisly work amid the measured piano notes of the 25th of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Or recall how the hooligans in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 "A Clockwork Orange" pursued their agenda of ultra-violence to the strains of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." And there's 1979's "Apocalypse Now," where the "Ride of the Valkyries" is played over American helicopter-mounted loudspeakers during their assault on a Vietnamese village.
There are also plenty of scenes where classical music sets the stage for heroism and epic sentiments. There's "Philadelphia," the 1993 drama about AIDS, with its prominent use of "La mamma morta," the rapturous aria from Andrea Chenier. More recently, "Of Gods and Men," the 2010 French tale of Christian monks peacefully coexisting in Algeria until the arrival of fundamentalists, has a pivotal scene marked by the second movement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony (right). And "The Pianist" (2002), the story of a Polish Jewish musician who struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II is made personal through Chopin's Nocturne No. 20 and Ballade No. 1.
The set features classical highlights from a mix of independent and blockbuster films, plus a full CD of cues by actual film-score composers, from Enio Morricone to Howard Shore. It should be noted that most of these performances were not drawn from the original soundtrack albums to these films, but the connections are clear and numerous nonetheless.
What's your favorite movie scene using classical music? Tell us about it below and join WQXR hosts and producers for our live Oscar chat during the Academy Awards on Sunday night. The chat starts at 8 pm at WQXR.org.
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Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor. As the wife who has become a dope fiend begins to descend the stairs The Emperor Waltz begins to play (without the introductory section). One could see that as heavy handed and obvious. Or one can see it as a moment of cognitive dissonance. But I loved it. The lugubrious lifting of feet to descend the stairs and descend the throne.
A couple of more thoughts --
I've read several comments around the net noting the irony of the King's announcing war against Germany underscored by the music of a German composer.
Another film that makes wonderful use of classical music is John Boorman's exciting 1980's retelling of the Arthurian legends, Excalibur. It's pretty much Camelot without the songs but there's plenty of music and it's all Wagner, much of it classic recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Having a secret rendezvous of Guinevere and Lancelot accompanied by the Tristan love music, for example, may be a little obvious but it's still tremendously effective. And the use of Wagner's music is also more than a bit appropriate since it is well known that Wagner seriously considered the Arthurian legends a potential music drama, although the associated tales of Lohengrin and Parsifal are as close as he came to realizing that idea.
The most hauntingly effective use of classical music in film for me is Visconti's use of Mahler in Death in Venice, particularly the Fifth Symphony Adagietto as the camera follows von Aschenbach over the water and around the city and then the Third Symphony in the final sequences. Unforgettable.
One of my favorites is the use of the "Blue Danube" in Stanley Kubrick's "2001; A Space Odyssey". It really brings home the idea that 2 space craft docking is a kind of dance.
@Carlos: After noting the use of Beethoven in that movie, a friend of mine pointed out how the director probably was trying to point out a parallel between Beethoven's struggle with deafness and Edward's struggle with his stutter.
I recently saw "I Love You Phillip Morris," which used the "Sull'Aria" duet from Marriage of Figaro. Since the movie is about a con man (and his lover), I thought it was fitting to use a piece of music where Susanna and the countess are planning to trick the Count into revealing his infidelity.
Just for the sake of accuracy; Alex and his droogs pursued ultra violence to Rossini's "Thieving Magpie" overture, and "Singing in the Rain". Lovely, lovely, Ludwig, was used in his radical aversion therapy, and so was used to first drive him nuts, and then indicate he was "cured". The "hogs of the road" scene is still brought to mind if I am driving and "the Thieving Magpie" comes on the radio; though with no ultra violence, just a knowing smile.
One of the best scenes and the ones I have enjoyed the most recently, was the ending of THE KING'S SPEECH, when the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony is heard while the King gives his first war speech. Great moment, and great emotions!! Also, THE BLACK SWANN, although most of the movie is based on the ballet, but anyway, beautiful.
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Rachmaninov used in David Lean's "Brief Encounter"
Handel {Serebande] from Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon"
J. Strauss [Blue Danube] & R. Strauss "Zaeathustra" from Kubrick's "2001"
Mozart in "Elvira Madigan"
I observed most filmmakers jumping on the band wagon of classical compositions in their films after "2001," "Barry Lyndon" and "Elvira Madigan."
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Tired of the same ole same ole?
Outdoor music concerts and festivals are beginning to be a bore. Sure the music's good, often great, but look what you have to put up with. Stoners OD'ing, then begging, "Hey, man! Got a joint? Acid? X?" Drunks falling on you, throwing up, sometimes on you, a guy on your left, another on your right, one in front and back, all yelling in your ears so loud you can't hear the music. Don't forget the mud, the ripoff pricing on everything from water (which you can no longer even bring in!), to $2-3 hot dogs, etc, and the lousy, next county parking (which you also have to pay for). And all that's before you even have a place to stay, or figure out the best way to get there. And lest we forget, planes get canceled, there's the government-certified groping, the extra charges for a carry-on bag, extra for a stowed bag, extra for an empty bag, or extra for no bag. It's a wonder they don't charge you for the air you're breathing. And how 'bout those seats? Very comfortable, if your under five feet tall and weigh less than a hundred pounds.
So how about broadening your horizons? Get outta that rut! Add some adventure to your music festivals. Recently there have been some very interesting concerts going on. Most of them are outside the US, which to many in the US is a non-starter. But if you're adventurous, get yourself a passport and haul ass. You'll not be disappointed. And if you're not adventurous, get a life! As Mark Twain wrote in Innocents Abroad, "Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
Right now, you could be attending a music festival above the Arctic Circle! If that doesn't pique your interest, you're dead, dudes and dudettes. At this festival, sure, there's plenty of music, but the real headliner is nature. You take a plane to Norway, another to the port city of Bodo, and then ride on a boat for roughly (and sometimes rough; it's the ocean, remember?) five hours, to an island that has the Arctic Ocean as a backdrop, Traena. Temperature is usually right around 50 degrees day and night this time of year, so it's not unpleasant. And think of the bragging rights! While your friends are going on and about Bonaroo, or Pukearoo, slip in a subtle, quiet, "Well, I went to a festival in the Arctic!" That'll shut 'em up. Check out Wikipedia and Vodka Soda Magazine for details.
On the other end of the spectrum, you just missed this year's STARMUS Festival. And where was that held? In the Canary Islands, just off the North African coast, which is Spanish territory, for you woefully ignorant non-world travelers. Think about it, five days (with a weekend on both ends to stretch it out) of, as the website says, "recreational and informative activities in a popular, appealing and dynamic way."
Getting to brass tacks, the STARMUS website goes on to say:
Astrophotography, space-art exhibitions, documentaries, star parties, talks and conferences are some the endless activities that will delight music fans and astronomy aficionados alike. A stellar cast of musicians, including the band Tangerine Dream will give a concert at the Magma Arts & Congress Hall. The Festival will be topped by trips to the unforgettable observatories on La Palma and Tenerife.
Man, if all that sun, sand and surf (and Tangerine Dream) doesn't ring your bell, you ain't got a bell.
And finally, how about the psychedelic, and American, rock group, The Flaming Lips, headlining a gig at the UK's largest steerable radio telescope? The giant, satellite-dish-shaped Lovell Telescope is the centerpiece of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in Manchester, England. In addition, Live From Jodrell Bank was a smashing success.
Doesn't any one of these just beat the crap out of the mud, the blood and the beer?
When you go, skip the snarling American air carrier desks, with their typical air hostess courtesy where the underlying subtext to every request is, "One more question and I'll break your fucking neck, sir." Give British Air, Lufthansa, Swiss Air, or Virgin a try. You'll get a look at what a pleasant flying experience used to be like in the US.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
A Study In Black
What comes to mind when you hear the word? There are so many connotations to the word. It's been something that I'm keenly aware of everyday of my life as a black person. There are so many common sayings involving the word, many negative. I hate it when that is even first word that comes to my mind. I hate to use the word blackmail even though it's the common one. I prefer to say extortion. But there are some positive ones too. I've made it a point over the years to look for them.
I've always written poetry, though it's not something that I've shared a lot on this blog, except for this one. Over the last few days, I started thinking about different words and sayings involving black. I took out "black" and put them all together into something like a poem. I've left out many. Are there any you would like to add?
A Study In Black
letter law
as night
men in
the dahlia
history month
the death
in the
little dress
little book
pot calling the kettle
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- Asha said...
I think it's just in America they think black as negative.
Growing up in India,I didn't see many "blacks" except few (most handsome,tall and dark!)African students in our Indian Engineering colleges and we always called them Africans, never as "Blacks"!
Here,I don't like it when they are called "African Americans" either, as if they are all just landed here recently from Africa!! - 7/22/07, 3:40 PM
- Sai said...
I love Black....it is my favorite color. Philosophically it absorbs all colors and doesn't relfect anything.....so hence it is kind and all encompassing to me.
I own so many clothes in black and even own quite a few sarees in black. - 7/22/07, 3:40 PM
- Sai said...
In Hindusim....the name Krishna means "Black" and is the name of a Hindu God and also decribes his complexion. The other name is "Kali" a Hindu Goddess which is the feminine of "Kala" which means "Black or dark colored"
THese are the two other things I think of when I hear the name Black. - 7/22/07, 3:46 PM
- Mosilager said...
During some pilgrimages in India the most devout wear black sarongs - not sure why - and mourners wear white.
It's interesting to see how many pejorative uses 'black' has been put to in western society, never quite noticed it before. - 7/22/07, 5:09 PM
- Susan said...
This is a thought-provoking post, Anali. It is indeed shameful how many words with "black" in it have negative connotations. Thank you so much for pointing out the positive ones as well. Here's one more:
tie event - 7/22/07, 8:18 PM
- barkfoot said...
Many of the negative connotations of common sayings involving the word black are wrongly interpreted as being something to do with being black. A 'white elephant' just happened to be white, nothing wrong with white, just a colour. Same with 'whiteout', white feather' and 'whitewash', no one ever saw it as an attack as being a white person, but they are all negative. Descriptive sayings involving black, are only using the word as a colour or the difference between light and dark, rarely does this refer to the person in a derrogative manner.
- Tera said...
- Suldog said...
In some European countries, a black cat is considered lucky, not unlucky.
"Pot calling the kettle" - I always wondered if there was a racial meaning to that or not?
For what it's worth - very little, probably - I always wore nothing but black on-stage when I was in bands. - 7/23/07, 12:36 PM
- Nance said...
looking at it from a creative writing teacher's perspective, this was a really cool exercise to do with any color. i think i'll steal it for an idea to use with my class.
suldog--i don't think its origin is racist. here is a discussion of that very topic: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-64828.html. it begins with this explanation:
"The pot calling the kettle black" comes
from Cervantes' Don Quixote. It means that
one should not criticize another if (s)he is
guilty of doing the same thing. A pot and a
kettle both become black from cooking. The
pot can only see the kettle is black, not that
itself has also turned black.
I, however, am not entirely certain that Cervantes' use is the first. - 7/23/07, 12:56 PM
- jennifer said...
interesting. I liked tera's black beauty suggestion. I loved black beauty as a girl. Some of the most gorgeous creatures in nature are black - black swans, black bears, black panthers -- but there is a way that even with something generally accepted as beautiful...say black diamonds or black dahlias...the word black, while not negative, carries at least a feeling of mystery. But black as a concept is not the same thing as black as a word for the color black. so i think the thing is when, why, and how people link them. I would be curious to know the associations that the color /concept black has in African countries.
- Suldog said...
Thank you, Nance!
- CapCity said...
Alright, Sistah Anali! U KNOW I'm loving this thought provoking topic!
I gave my Dad a Black Dog shirt and we laughed at the fact that the Black Dog is now a "symbol" of prestige:-).
I too find alternatives when I read negative uses of Black. - 7/24/07, 2:39 AM
- Sanjay said...
Nice list and I can't add to it really. But I sure would love to read some of your poetry if you chose to share?
- CapCity said...
speaking of poetry, Miz Anali...do u dabble in prose? Every time I come to your site I'm in a Like Water For Chocolate type state of mind;-)...I think u could write an amazingly sensual novel/short story w/food as a focal point...
just something i've been wondering about for awhile... - 7/24/07, 3:31 PM
- Angela in Europe said...
Wow, you have a lot of words and sayings there. I guess I have never really noticed the amount it is used in English. I wonder if those phrases are similar in other languages.
- BipolarLawyerCook said...
as the ace of spades
dog on your shoulder
Although I'd say "whitewash" could lend itself to negative connotations, i.e., "society's" wish to clean up negative events in the past so their own self-image isn't tarnished. - 7/24/07, 9:44 PM
- Anali said...
asha - I guess it is an American thing in a lot of ways. Interesting, but what would I be called in India? I'm not African. I like the term African-American, because it is the closest that I can get to showing my heritage.
sai - I don't think I've ever seen a black saree! It must look really elegant. I wear a lot of black clothing too. It goes with everything and you can dress it up or dress it down.
Thank you for telling me about "Krishna" and "Kali!" I really like the name "Kali!" It's so pretty!
mosilager - Good ones! Very interesting how black is far more revered in India. I had no idea.
susan - Oh, I like that one! ; )
barkfoot - There definitely is an "edge" to some terms, but honestly I don't know that I would notice it if it weren't for being black myself. Sometimes it's just a "raw" feeling that I get the way certain words are said. - 7/25/07, 12:45 AM
- Anali said...
tera - Oh I like this one too!
suldog - I do think there is some racial connotation to it, because many people who would be considered black by others and would call someone else black, didn't want to be called that themselves. It took many years before black people were proud to be called black. They could be fighting words before. Some still don't like it. Maybe this is just usage within the black community. Or I could be totally wrong.
nance - It would be cool to do with a bunch of colors. I may try this again! ; ) I hope your class likes it. And thanks for the explanation of the saying.
jennifer - I do think you're right that there are many different ways to look at the word. I guess the night is always seen as more mysterious than the day, because so much is hidden, because of the dark. So the ideas of dark and black become intermingled. Like when someone says they are "in the dark", but meaning they don't understand something. When they understand, then the "light was turned on" or their thoughts are illuminated.
And I do agree that so many things that are black are beautiful. In the 60's people finally started saying that black is beautiful. I have a funny little story. I wear a lot of black and a guy that I used to work with, who was black too, commented about it. I said black is beautiful and smiled, because of the double entendre. He got all uncomfortable and did not seem one bit amused! He didn't like that one bit! - 7/25/07, 1:12 AM
- Anali said...
capcity - I thought you would like this one! I've done some short stories, but they are still in progress. Actually so far, none of them are really about food. My nonfiction stuff is more about food.
sanjay - Did you see the poem? If you click on where I mention it or the poem label, you can find it. I may share some more at another time. We'll see!
angela in europe - It's interesting how usage of the word seems to vary across cultures.
bipolarlawyercook - I don't think I've ever heard of the "dog on your shoulder" one. Interesting! - 7/25/07, 1:17 AM
- So Simple said...
Just another slant on this subject.
Well google are excited about black. Google is my homepage and they have devised Blackle apparently designed to save power. How about that?
I have changed and it stunning opening up on a black page.
I'm often wearing black as well
Cheers - 7/26/07, 2:07 AM
- Lotus Reads said...
Not really adding to your poem here, Anali, but I thought I'd share that blindness is the first word/thought that comes to me when I think of black. Weird, huh?
- Anali said...
so simple - I have heard about blackle. Interesting idea, but it could make it hard to read the font. I'll have to check it out.
lotus reads - Not weird. It makes sense. I guess if you're blind, black is probably what is always there. - 8/1/07, 1:19 AM
- amisha said...
this was so interesting to read, both your posts and all the comments here. so much to think about, to notice in language. thank you for pointing out some more positive associations in our culture with black... i tend to notice the negative ones (and the corresponding associations of white with purity/ goodness) and get really frustrated. i guess it is not a surprise that the language reflects the bitterness of our racial history... it gives me great hope when language-reclamation like the black is beautiful movement happens. claiming the once-pejorative word and making it powerful.
- Anali said...
amisha - I'm glad that you liked it. I may do another color in the future. Color is such a vital part of life, just the words themselves or how looking at it or being surrounded by it makes us feel.
- Momish said...
This was a thought provoking post. I would tend to agree with you that the word black is often tied into the connotation of being marred or bad or dark. I always thought it had to do with night time when scary and evil things are said to come out. White, on the other hand was always associated with daylight and heaven.
Red is another color that gets a bad rap with being related to sexy, firey, etc.
On a personal note, black is also my favorite color when it comes to clothes. I also had a black cat named Kali :)
adding to the list:
beans and rice
licorice (sp?)
Friday & In the
("in the black" would one example of a good connotation - being financially ahead is nothing good, good, good!
- Anali said...
momish - Welcome! I love your food additions! I'm also with you on "Friday" + "In the" as well. "In the" is one of the positive sayings that I have on my list and that I've definitely appreciated over the years!
- Mama Luxe said...
Growing up, my mother was (and to some extent still is...she stopped sunbathing as much) always much darker than I was. She has very dark olive toned skin.
I thought that darker was more beautiful than my pale skin.
Now I understand both are beautiful...but that is the way I felt then.
Jennifer--You raise some really interesting points. I think that the mystery has to do with night but also, to some extent, with exoticizing the other. Not always negative, but it can be if you have one group stereotyping another as "exotic." That adjective, too, can diminish real achievements and feelings. - 8/8/07, 5:13 PM
- Anali said...
mama luxe - Welcome! I agree that we have all have appreciate the skin we're in. No matter what the color!
- Julie Pippert said...
Oh Anali, this is AMAZING.
With a simple list of words you made my brain and heart freeze...then restart, with more.
It is a cultural implication, this concept of dread of dark. Many horror stories begin with "black night" descriptions.
But all in all you really bring forward an intriguing concept. So glad you joined in.
I can't think of any to add right now but bet my brain will be working on it.
Quincy Quinzy!
We moved here from Beverly!
(Err not to distract from your point but I saw MA and got all excited LOL)
Ravin' Picture Maven - 8/9/07, 12:50 PM
Here through Julie's link. This was fantastic. Here's two to add, magic, and ball.
- Anali said...
julie pippert - Welcome! And thank you for hosting this wonderful event! I really appreciate your comments. It's great to know that my words and the idea caused such a big reaction.
It's amazing how so many people from around the country have some sort of MA connection. And you know how to pronounce Quincy! ; ) LOL!
kim - Welcome! Thank you so much and those are great additions! - 8/15/07, 12:55 AM


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Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has termed the civic body elections in Patiala as "the murder of democracy by the ruling alliance". Amarinder alleged that the ruling SAD-BJP alliance indulged in mass booth capturing in all the municipal wards across the city.
He asked that if chief minister Parkash Singh Badal was so desperate to capture Patiala, why did he conduct elections in the first place.
"The ruling alliance has reduced the municipal corporation elections to a mere farce," said the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president.
"When they had already decided to capture the booths and not allow anybody to cast his vote, what was the purpose of holding these elections?" he asked.
Amarinder said that Badal can forcibly capture the Patiala MC house, but he can never win it over. "No matter how much power and force they use, the people of Patiala would not vote for them. They have time and again proved it as was seen in the assembly and parliamentary elections when the elections were held under the neutral control of the Election Commission of India."
Amarinder said that masked youths with support from the police, and under the guidance and patronage of the local maverick Akali leader Prem Singh Chandumajra, were freely roaming all over the city capturing booths and preventing people from voting. He said they did not even spare the media persons as two photojournalists of the leading daily newspapers were injured in the attacks.
He alleged that the policemen watched as mute spectators while the booths were being captured, and in certain case they only facilitated it.
Amarinder said that all the cameras installed on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court were smashed or damaged to ensure that nothing got recorded. "This defeated the very purpose of recording the elections," he said.
He said the entire exercise was pre-planned as the Akalis came covering their faces. He also said the fears of the local Congress leaders were vindicated on Sunday.


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November 15, 2012
Benedum stages 'War Horse'
"War Horse," winner of five 2011 Tony Awards, will premiere today in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center.
Performances will be held at 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
For tickets, call 412-471-6930 or visit TrustArts.org.