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You will quickly learn that I don't like to follow recipes much, I tend to change them often, and substitute what's in the 'fridge at the last minute. So, when I originally read about this, it asked (I think) for whole or 2% milk. All I had at the time was 1%, so that is what I used then, and pretty much have been using... although there was one time that, on a whim, I threw in a cup of cream...
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2T yogurt starter or store bought yogurt (Yogurt starter can be gotten at any health food store. As for the store-bought yogurt, it should be plain yogurt--no flavors, not even vanilla.)
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Place milk in saucepan and heat over low heat until bubbles form at edges and steam rises from the middle. Do not allow to boil. Transfer to large bowl. Allow to cool to 110-115F on a cooking thermometer. Don't have one? Nor do I--just get it to a temperature where you can stand to keep your index finger in the milk for 20 seconds.
Place the starter or yogurt in a small bowl, and add a few tablespoons of the warm milk. Stir well, and return to the rest of the warm milk a small portion at a time, stirring well with each addition.
Cover with a heavy towel and keep in a warm place at least 6 hours, or overnight. My kitchen tends to be cold in the winter, so I preheat my oven to 200F, turn it off and place my mixture in the oven for the allotted time.
Now, cover with plastic wrap, and place the yogurt in the 'fridge for at least 8 hours before serving. I like a very thick yogurt, so I strain it through a cheesecloth in a fine sieve suspended in a bowl for another 6 hours or so.
Yes, it takes a long time--about a whole day, but it is not at all work-intensive. And the reward is well worth it!! Now, you can eat your yogurt as-is, mix with marmalades, fresh fruits and cinnamon, place in crepes (mine is VERY thick), the possibilities are endless.
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Episode 1 The Kiss that Changed Their LivesTwo years ago as Kotoko played by Sato Aiko (Atsu-hime) is rushing through the school hallway, she accidently runs into Irie Naoki played by Kashiwabara Takashi (Hachimitsu to Clover, Orange Days) their lips meet and Kotoko has her first kiss while falls in love, with the boy that is top of the school, number one in marks, the highest IQ to ever attend their school and also the tops in sports. Two years later on her 18th birthday Kotoko writes a love letter confessing her love, she finds Irie and tries to present her feelings to him. While her two friends standby with cameras ready to photograph his acceptance. However Irie refuses the letter, saying that Kotoko is annoying and when she pursues he coldly states "I don't read letters from stupid people." Her friends try to console her, but she agrees with Irie. Later that night she discovers that her house has burnt to the ground, rejected and homeless it hasn't been a great birthday.
Kashiwabara Takashi character Irie is so cold, emotionally distant and annoying that this drama would have been terrible if it wasn't offset by the unbelievable Kotoko. She may not be very smart and she is definitely clumsy but she never gives up in her quest to win over Irie. She is also quite funny and almost all of the humour in the show is derived from either her physical humour or from her facial expressions, like her dreamy expression after the first kiss with the blood on her teeth. A seventeen year old Nakama Yukie (Gokusen, Musashi) has a small role in her second drama as Yada Sonoko. This 1996 drama is based on the 23 volume 1990 Itazura na Kiss manga by Tada Kaoru, the manga was never completed because the mangka passed away. The second season of the Taiwanese Drama adaptation It Started With A Kiss is currently airing. I haven't seen this version but I'd highly recommend Itazura na Kiss to fans of romantic comedies like Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Hana Yori Dango or Nodame Cantabile. I really found Kotoko to be as endearing as Nodame.
DoReMii fansubs released the final episode of the English fansub on November 27 but I didn't have time to watch it until this weekend however all the episodes are currently being seeded so download this soon if you want a chance to see this funny drama from eleven years ago. Download the bittorent files for all nine episodes here. Video quality improves dramatically after the first episode.
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Personnel Management Secretary John Kali and Agriculture and Livestock Secretary Dr Vele Ila'ava were given a tour of the rundown Highlands Agricultural College in the Wahgi Valley of Western Highlands.
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The next thing I finished is the dyeing for the upcoming Great Lakes Fiber Festival, which is in only 3 days. I dyed 8 "colorways" of yarn in varying amounts depending on the dyeing method, for a total of 45 skeins dyed. I can dye more skeins in the same batch if I am laying skeins out and applying the dye in a controlled pattern, so I usually do 8 of those at a time, but not always. For my kettle-dyed colors, I can fit only so many skeins in the dyebath at a time without crowding, so I will do only 5 or 6 of those at a time. I am pretty happy with how these all came out. All but 2 colors are repeats of colorways I have done before. Even taking good notes and trying to do things exactly the same, sometimes my results are quite different from one batch to the next.
All these skeins are now labeled and ready to take to the show this weekend. I still have a nice variety of 100% alpaca yarn and rovings and batts to sell as well.
I also added additional boxes to my 2 beehives. Never having started a hive with a nucleus colony before I was worried about when they would need room to expand, and I needn't have worried. They would have been fine for another week or 2 I think. But now they have lots of room to grow. Another thing I did when I went in was to open up the entrance a little more. For a new hive, I use and entrance reducer at first which makes it easier for the new hive to protect their home from invaders. As the colony builds up in numbers, they are better able to defend the larger entrance and they need more space to come and go. So I turn the reducer to a larger opening and eventually I will remove it altogether. You can see all the activity in front of the hives, but this was right after I went in and disturbed them. They did sting me. Twice. The very top boxes are actually feeder boxes. There is a quart jar of sugar water in there for the bees to eat. They went through a lot at first, but I think they are finding enough forage now that the sugar syrup consumption has dropped considerably. So that is another job done for now, though I will continue to replenish their sugar water a couple times a week and will open the hives again in a couple weeks to see how all is going.
Sam is still working on getting the trees cleaned up in my practice field. Most of the tree debris is gone now, but there are stumps remaining, which make mowing a chore. The other night he lit a stump and it was still smoldering in the morning. The air was redolent of pine smoke when I woke up. This weekend, he is planning to rent a stump grinder, which he has been told is tedious work, or "one stump per beer" as someone put it. I won't be here for that fun.
So now on to new things. First, we are still waiting for 2 crias to arrive. Both mothers-to-be look like they are ready to pop anytime. Both are bagged up, meaning their udders appear to be full of milk. But since I do not know exactly when they were bred (they were in a pasture with the male from mid-May to mid-June) it could be another week or 2 before they deliver. It is always a waiting game, though, even when you know the exact date of conception. We have had full-term deliveries anywhere from 11 months to just over a year of gestation. There is no hard and fast rule with alpacas.
Hay season is upon us. The hayfields have benefited greatly from hot weather followed by a couple good rains. Sam has spent a lot of time working on the big green tractor to get it to where it will work with the round baler he bought. He did not anticipate that it would be such a difficult process, parts for the Deutz tractor being hard if not impossible to acquire. But I think he finally has it about ready to go. Stay tuned.
And it is Festival Time! In just 2 days, Tari and I will be off to the Great Lakes Fiber Festival for 3 days of camping and fiber vending and shopping. I missed last year because Sam was on a fishing trip and I was waiting for crias to arrive. No fishing trip this year! 2 years ago Tari and I ended up sleeping in our van because the nights dipped into the 30's. I think this year will be much better. This was our booth that year. I am really looking forward to this weekend.
I have sent in entries for 2 agility trials so far this summer. I am attending one in Sharonville Ohio (Queen City Dog Training Club) in June. This is close to where I went to high school, so I hope to see some friends while I am there and Grover and I will be staying with Mom. And yesterday, I sent off an entry for the 4th of July weekend for a 3 day trial in Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. More details on that to come. Though for this one, we will be sharing a hotel room with one of my fellow dog club members and her dog(s). I am not sure if she is bringing one or two. I am sure Grover will love this arrangement. I am just wondering how the hotel room will handle Grover and 2 border collies, one of which is just a puppy! We shall see.


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I go to Catholic mass every Sunday morning. I get the liturgy every week in both Japanese and English. The Japanese has furigana. Perfect for Japanese practice!
So sometimes before mass I'll read them, checking in my dictionary the meaning of difficult words. It's good practice, but one problem is that the difficult words are often VERY difficult. Meaning that I won't see them other in N2, if even then.
Also, sometimes I'll try to decipher the Japanese and am totally puzzled, and then look at the English and discover that the English itself is quite difficult. The Bible isn't really easy to read. (This is one reason I'm reading a children's Bible in English to my son that is a retelling.)
Here are some words I have learned from this religious training of sorts:
Holy Spirit-seirei 聖霊
disciple- deshi 弟子
God's son–miko 御子 (be careful because the same word with a different kanji can mean "virgin consecrated to a deity")
blessing- megumi 恵み
baptism- senrei 洗礼
an elder–chyourou 長老
glory- eikou 栄光
rebirth- fukkastu 復活
to guide-michibiku 導く
a dead person-shisya 死者
flax- ama 亜麻
prophet- yogenshya預言者
a rule-okite 掟
the people/a nation-tami 民
satisfy/fill up-fill up 満たす
I wonder how many of these words will appear on my N2 test this July????????? Please, please, please! Last year the tax went up in Japan and it was big news, so I kept reading the word "Tax"-zeikin 税金 in the newspapers. I was really hoping it would be on the test……..but I didn't see it. Oh, well, here's hoping this year's test will be about blessings and prophets!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post721487833634823095..comments2018-04-19T09:34:26.263-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Report: Details emerge about the city's plans for HDFC buildings firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27200050923022452832017-03-08T11:48:16.372-05:002017-03-08T11:48:16.372-05:00"Neither of those stipulations apply across t..."Neither of those stipulations apply across the board to all HDFCs. Especially in the 70s and 80s, the details of agreements between the City and HDFCs varied a lot from co-op to co-op, as regards (a) and (b)."

The point was not that all HDFC coops have the same documents. They don't, as the poster correctly stated.

The point was that HPD endorsed the concept of profit by taking a 40% cut for very many buildings. Not all of them, but many. And, for many buildings, they were out from under much of the regulation after 10 email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55812488109562667492017-03-06T12:45:05.669-05:002017-03-06T12:45:05.669-05:00"Actually, HPD endorsed the concept of sellin..."Actually, HPD endorsed the concept of selling HDFC apartments for profit by (a) only having 10 year restrictions, and (b) forcing 60/40 agreements, which lasted for 25 years, whereby 40% of profit had to be given to the City."

Neither of those stipulations apply across the board to all HDFCs. Especially in the 70s and 80s, the details of agreements between the City and HDFCs varied a lot from co-op to co-op, as regards (a) and (b). email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-92192132335241502852017-03-03T22:22:57.197-05:002017-03-03T22:22:57.197-05:00Let me chime in as someone in a late-70s-era EV HD...Let me chime in as someone in a late-70s-era EV HDFC that is grappling with these issues and still has some original homesteaders in it. The fact is, the City was very lax both in crafting agreements in the past and enforcing them since. THe HPD manpower devoted to this for years has been something of a backwater, sparsely staffed. Deeds and Certificates of Incorporation vary wildly among the early HDFCs (up until say the 1990s). The City is retroactively emphasizing their 'this is supposed to be low income housing' aspect of the agreements, whereas the homseteaders themselves recall the City's 'for the sweet love of god please help us revive these burnt-out neigbborhoods' aspect most prominently. In line with this, there are some old agreements with language that appears to release their HDFCs from income restrictions after X number of years. The City, for obviously political reasons, is now saying that none that language matters, all that matters is Article XI language designating HDFC's as low income housing. Forever.

There are certainly HDFCs that are atrociously run, with poor shareholders and tenants suffering, and certainly HDFCs whose shareholders are grossly gaming the system, i.e., most of them moved out years ago while continually renting out their units for market rates, in some cases keeping all the profit instead of returning any of it the the Co-op. There are also ones that have been well-run from Day 1,have never let their building become rental/sublet/AirBnB hotels, and have sold units at market rate, or below (depending on the language of their agreements), enforcing a flip tax to return a portion of the proceeds to the Co-op. And there are many, many situations in between those extremes. The City wants to treat them all the same and rewrite history in the process.

New York City needs affordable housing. 'Bad' HDFCs need to be revamped so they serve their shareholders. The NY Post is not a 'friend' of either low-income buyers or current HDFC sellers; they're simply the enemy of De Blasio and any other liberal politician. But retroactively placing stiff income and sale price restrictions on a 5 unit walkup co-op isn't going to generate much affordable housing for anyone. The shareholders, some of whom have lived there for decades, will simply stay put as long as possible and they certainly won't sign a restrictive, intrusive new regulatory agreement just to gain some new tax benefits (and no, for small places in the EV, decades of tax abatements have NOT equaled the value of the units today). It's going to be a shitstorm if De Blasio's people don't start talking to actual HDFCs and hearing their different stories and accommodating their different histories.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85702397181611327672017-03-03T18:36:28.328-05:002017-03-03T18:36:28.328-05:00@10:57-myself Yeah, the price is $525,000 okay. ...@10:57-myself

Yeah, the price is $525,000 okay. I'm just trying to show how I've watched units in HDFC buildings flip multiple times and that it just continues. Also, once one unit shifts in this way then a whole bunch in the building seem to follow. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5256956002497172432017-03-03T11:55:25.948-05:002017-03-03T11:55:25.948-05:0010:57 Nobody is really standing up for HDFCs with ...10:57 Nobody is really standing up for HDFCs with those types of sales. Those buildings will either sue the city or they refuse to sign the new agreement and exit the program. A large majority of HDFCs sell units for actually affordable prices. Given all of the points that have already been made, particularly the point about no-strings tax abatements for market rate units, why should well run, honest, and affordable HDFCs be subject to these proposed email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20292279348329079422017-03-03T11:28:17.232-05:002017-03-03T11:28:17.232-05:00Have you lived for 30 years in a rent-stabilized u...Have you lived for 30 years in a rent-stabilized unit? Who subsidizes that? If you're saying nobody should be subsidized, why not start with the subsidies that market rate units are getting? Surely those people are the least needy when you consider the spectrum of people who get email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16599981601242747182017-03-03T10:57:28.701-05:002017-03-03T10:57:28.701-05:00This is what has been happening in the EV over the...This is what has been happening in the EV over the years. I've noticed lots of apartments in a particular building not just one flipping over and over. How is this different than buyouts. Isn't it changing the demographic and allowing for higher sale prices and restrictions.

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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56816736563260854632017-03-03T09:36:18.992-05:002017-03-03T09:36:18.992-05:00I have lived in the East Village for 30 years and ...I have lived in the East Village for 30 years and am tired of subsidizing these folks with tax breaks. They paint themselves as heroes. Who are they benefiting but themselves? They hit the housing jackpot. The vast majority of us did not. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49259220209116937082017-03-03T06:19:20.416-05:002017-03-03T06:19:20.416-05:00Grieve, I wish you would pin the two part response...Grieve, I wish you would pin the two part response at 11:14 or I wish I could up-vote it. It addresses all of the points that are coming up again. Flip taxes exist at every co-op, including market rate ones. Cash sales depress the sale price as most buyers need to borrow to buy. Even those who can buy with cash can buy more apartment if they leverage their cash as part of a loan. Being approved for lending in an HDFC is hard.

8:56 A few people have pointed out that market rate apartments get tax breaks without strings. Where is your concern about that tax break? If you didn't know and are now concerned, focus your energy there, as the elimination of that tax break will lead to much more revenue than with this email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3417597866624903872017-03-02T22:13:48.808-05:002017-03-02T22:13:48.808-05:00@7:15Many people don't want the flip tax now, ...@7:15Many people don't want the flip tax now, now they don't. This has become common to ask for a cash only transaction not an offer. The prices keep escalating and now there's a split between people who paid a fair amount of money for their units and long time owners and that isn'the perfect. No one in need of affordable housing will be housed if there isn'the a cap. It is what it is.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68093738275242219332017-03-02T20:56:26.943-05:002017-03-02T20:56:26.943-05:00Everyone is against capitalism until the governmen...Everyone is against capitalism until the government seeks to reign in their own form of capitalism. While the 421a abatements always have been nonsense, there last 20 years and deplete fairly quickly. There is no reason for any property owner to not have to bear the brunt of taxes, nor for people to earn market rate returns selling non-market rate properties. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39026633222153513692017-03-02T19:15:14.605-05:002017-03-02T19:15:14.605-05:00Perhaps the primary purpose of the flip tax is to ...Perhaps the primary purpose of the flip tax is to help HDFCs have money to repair their buildings and keep them from falling apart. Without the flip tax money that comes from sales, many HDFCs would be falling apart!!!
Cash sales? Well, yes, because many banks shut the door on you as soon as they hear the word HDFC! And if the HDFC is somewhat distressed by being behind on water bills or taxes, or other difficulties, banks won't touch the building and won't make loans to buyers. That is why cash sales are so common, and often such a sale literally SAVES a building!
Brokers will write ridiculous ads, but approval for new buyers is up to the board, and frankly, I would pick a buyer who offers less $ and can contribute to the building, than a student who offers more but has no experience with running a building and therefore doesn't have much to offer the coop in the way of skills.
A good board isn't looking for a "snotty young brat" with money, they are looking for someone who can pull their weight. Yes, that person might make a cash offer because they have savings and/or grandma died a few years ago. But remember: if the coop doesn't have enough money to keep the building in good shape, then NO ONE will be housed. Nothing is perfect. Most people in HDFCs are aware of the contradictions and they are doing the best they can. And it is a hell of a lot of work, to make it work! HDFCs may not be perfect, but if perfection is your standard, then you will rarely find anything that meets your standard.
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58088377429510268412017-03-02T17:30:24.349-05:002017-03-02T17:30:24.349-05:00Anonymous Anonymous said... Oh, so you think th...Anonymous Anonymous said...
 Oh, so you think that HPD and UHAB know how to manage HDFCs and will make things better? Read this:
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thank you anonymous
a very interesting read and 50 pages full of reasons why you should not get let housing non-profit groups and/or hpd control your building blue firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71231037656527460382017-03-02T16:28:25.893-05:002017-03-02T16:28:25.893-05:00@2:06 Well they are. With most of them now being ...@2:06 Well they are. With most of them now being offered for cash only and other marketing that targets kids, it's a better deal for parents than a dormitory. Perhaps its true that apartments in luxury buildings with elevators and gyms sell for a great deal more but comparable coops in non HDFC walkup buildings sell for essentially the same, although the HDFC coops maintenance is lower. The flip tax was put in place to deter speculation, but as it stands many of the units have turned over multiple times, creating more expensive coops with better amenities and low maintenance. It sounds like some HDFC shareholders believe that the apartments should remain affordable and some believe that they should be able to sell to the highest bidder. I think they have abused the system and contributed to gentrification. I don't think an affordable HDFC two bedroom should go to two snotty young brats whose parents give them the cash to buy the apartment just because they fit the bill for the income restriction. I don't think that hard working people should not have the opportunity towards home ownership because it's a closed firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85848444442218447642017-03-02T15:29:20.839-05:002017-03-02T15:29:20.839-05:00guys anyone have a few BEFORE pictures they can sc...guys
anyone have a few BEFORE pictures they can scan onto grieve -
i don't have a scanner, just pictures.

a picture is worth 1,000 firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40870804044106336602017-03-02T15:15:53.839-05:002017-03-02T15:15:53.839-05:00"These apartments were never supposed to be s..."These apartments were never supposed to be speculative investments to be traded on the open market period."

Actually, HPD endorsed the concept of selling HDFC apartments for profit by (a) only having 10 year restrictions, and (b) forcing 60/40 agreements, which lasted for 25 years, whereby 40% of profit had to be given to the City. There was no prohibition on selling in the "open market", but they couldn't be sold to anyone who was above the income limits. Finally, HDFC apts never sell for "market rate" because they are income restricted, hard to sell, and banks often don't want to give loans on them. Only market rate coop apartments sell for market rate...and market rate apartments go for 2x, 3x, 4x or more than HDFC apartments, which always sell for below market rate. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25095049128798317062017-03-02T14:06:26.478-05:002017-03-02T14:06:26.478-05:00@1:34 PM Nobody, not even HPD, is suggesting that ...@1:34 PM
Nobody, not even HPD, is suggesting that they email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-22896354577313544362017-03-02T13:34:09.067-05:002017-03-02T13:34:09.067-05:00These apartments were never supposed to be specula...These apartments were never supposed to be speculative investments to be traded on the open market email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45743524179449228242017-03-02T07:40:04.060-05:002017-03-02T07:40:04.060-05:00Well said and the heart of the matter poor people ...Well said and the heart of the matter poor people have property rights as well not to be trampled by Big Brother email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73877991893401269352017-03-02T01:13:38.762-05:002017-03-02T01:13:38.762-05:00Oh, so you think that HPD and UHAB know how to man...Oh, so you think that HPD and UHAB know how to manage HDFCs and will make things better? Read this: http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10550526701585267882017-03-01T23:16:01.976-05:002017-03-01T23:16:01.976-05:007. This isn't just about money. It's about...7. This isn't just about money. It's about fairness. Respecting HDFC shareholders as people, and honoring the deal that was made. The DAMP tax abatement was passed as law and runs until 2029. The City created it because it became obvious that lower income people needed to invest what little money they had to keep repairing the buildings, so it was a wise choice to lower the taxes on HDFCs. A failing HDFC means huge, costly headaches for the City, so the tax break was actually a good deal for the City.
8. It's also about being independent. We've earned our rights and we will fight for our self-determination. We aren't children. The City wants to create affordable housing. So, keep it affordable! Keep the taxes low! Why threaten to RAISE taxes on HDFC residents if we don't submit to having our property rights stripped from us by a "monitor" that approves our decisions?
 Are we to be treated as children because we aren't rich?
9. Some HDFCs do set price caps, because their building is now in better shape and they want to keep sale prices affordable. That's fine! But you don't need to sign a regulatory agreement and hand over control of your building to do that!
10. People almost never move out of HDFCs. They leave them to their children. But some people have discovered that, because their children now have jobs, due to antiquated formulas, they can't take over the family home, the one that their parents worked for decades to bring back to life!
11. Because people rarely leave HDFCs, the sales price isn't even the issue when we talk about affordability. Affordability is how much we pay per month to live there. But if we are forced to leave for some reason, shouldn't we be able to sell (not market rate, because HDFCs are income restricted and ALWAYS sell for less than an unregulated coop) and get back some semblance of the value of the apartment and what the years of sweat equity and personal funds that we invested? If we can't, we are trapped inside our buildings for live, perhaps for generations, because we can never afford to leave and have a fighting chance to get another place to live.
12. These buildings don't run themselves on utopian pipe dreams of how the world should be. They take money. The money comes from the people who live there. And sometimes, a sale happens and a flip tax brings in extra, and that money is used to finally do that repair that needed to be done many years ago. It takes everything we have to keep these buildings alive, and these buildings are affordable as they can be, but we have to be realistic. If the City is too restrictive, there won't be enough money to keep the buildings operating, and eventually, the City will be stuck with the bill, again, and the buildings will be winding their way to being torn down or becoming public housing.
The real problem isn't that HDFCs must do whatever it takes to survive, enough if that harshes the mellow of the dreamers. The problem is that the Federal Government has abandoned public and affordable housing for decades, so the City is trying to brainwash low/middle income people into thinking that they should hand over what little they have to other low/middle income people when they leave. Except, again, there is this one little detail...we aren't leaving. There is nowhere to go.
Again...if you want to express an opinion on the HDFC issue, perhaps you might want to first get to know the issue by learning it from the people who know it first-hand: the people who actually live in these HDFC buildings and struggled to bring them back to life.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80123419418535441362017-03-01T23:14:40.652-05:002017-03-01T23:14:40.652-05:00Well, hello everyone! Good to see such interest i...Well, hello everyone! Good to see such interest in this issue. My comments:
1. You might want to give some credit to the opinions of the people who actually live in the HDFCs, who actually took on a huge risk and challenge of taking a rotting carcass of what had been a building, and making it one again. This took decades. Do you think you really understand what it took to make that happen? And that they still work hard to keep their building together? Do you really understand that the City was in economic crisis and almost went bankrupt, and had suddenly become a slumlord with thousands of buildings, and desperately needed people to rehabilitate them, and the City was too broke to help much at all? It's easy to sit at your computer and imagine that these people were handed the keys to a brand new building, renovated by City tax dollars. In fact, the opposite was true. The building was abandoned, was dangerous, the City was not collecting ANY taxes from it, while liable for anything that happened in the building. The City let these people do the work, and then the City slipped in the 60/40 agreement whereby the City would get 40% of any sale for the next 25 years. Now that's the way to show appreciation!
2. Do you really think that you understand that these people not only did this work, but invested their own money, and had to deal with all kinds of red tape and awkward rules and regulations that frustrated them along the way?
3. Do you realize that the City was truly desperate to have people take over these buildings because the City couldn't afford to keep them, and the run down buildings were ruining whole swaths of the City? And do you realize that the City knew they were dumping expensive rehab projects on low income people, and that not all buildings would be successful, but handing off the buildings saved the City huge amounts of money because desperate people would try anything to have a home of their own and make it work? See this article from 1981: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/08/nyregion/city-struggling-in-attempts-to-sell-tax-delinquent-apartment-buildings.html?pagewanted=all
4. Do you realize that this was originally an urban homesteading program, and that most of the restrictions expired after the first 10 years? Would you expect any property owner to volunteer to be restricted any more than they already are?
5. Do you think that it is fair to entice low and moderate income people to take huge risks and invest what little money they have and work for decades, believing that they might work their way out of poverty, and then tell them that they started out poor, and it is better that they stay that way, because it would be wrong for them to benefit from all their decades of struggle, because other people who didn't contribute to the building should be able to buy an apartment there for cheap, because by God, it's best to steal from the poor to give to the poor! Hmm, er...right?
6. It is STILL a benefit to the City any time a group of people keeps a building like this afloat, and HDFCs do pay taxes! They just get a tax abatement (discount), just like market rate coops & condos get a tax abatement. But the market rate coop abatement comes with no strings attached, and HDFCs aren't allowed to get it! http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/landlords-coop-condo.page Think about that for a minute...
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58891904961997815002017-03-01T23:10:39.116-05:002017-03-01T23:10:39.116-05:00Look here: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefi...Look here: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/landlords-coop-condo.page The link shows property tax abatements for market rate individually owned apartments, not 421a or some other tax break for wealthy developers. Are you saying that they should only get tax breaks if they agree to monitoring and restrictions? There's your real slippery email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85115570262773566642017-03-01T19:34:21.874-05:002017-03-01T19:34:21.874-05:00It seems the only non-strident voices in this conv...It seems the only non-strident voices in this conversation are those of people who dare to suggest that there may be some merit to the notion that the City is entitled to place some reasonable restrictions on how these coops are operated in return for substantial property tax abatements. Yes, wealthy developers get away with all sorts of things but when that's your justification for condoning rampant abuses in a program that is trying to preserve affordable housing we are on a slippery firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2125642658802809042017-03-01T19:15:13.144-05:002017-03-01T19:15:13.144-05:00Blue glass they have paid an extremely reduced amo...Blue glass they have paid an extremely reduced amount of property taxes compared to what they would normally pay. In exchange for this benefit, what is so wrong with the City wanting some monitoring capacity. firstname.lastname@example.com


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|Reviews for Driven Insane redone
| Sekhem chapter 1 . 6/1/2012
Why does it not surprise me that Castiel has a lead foot? To say nothing of a fondness for screwing with the heads of the Winchester boys.
| Janneia chapter 1 . 11/21/2011
YAY! You wrote in Sam's reaction xD *cackles* Ever since I read the first/original one, I was ever so hopeful... [that you would]. *hearts*
| SARA1988 chapter 1 . 11/13/2011
when i read this i though cas would turn gab any sec. this was halarious!
| Difficult-notImpossible chapter 1 . 5/18/2011
Lol that was freaking hilarious! i loved it!
| Chen-ko no Renkenjutsushii chapter 1 . 3/13/2011
Oh. My. God. This is hysterical! Are you even going to do a story on the part with the cops? If so, that'd be amazing!
| smartcookie913 chapter 1 . 7/11/2010
rofl lmao hahahahah that was great!
| Sara Ines chapter 1 . 5/22/2010
SO FUNNY! Ahaha
Castiel Diesel! The best D
I loved the way that Cas wanted to scare Sam xD
| buyokitty chapter 1 . 5/14/2010
Ignore my comment from the previous story. I was not aeare taht you made a redone version.
| SlothKeeper chapter 1 . 5/14/2010
lol, aw, poor Sam. he's scarred for life now
| Yukimura Hina chapter 1 . 5/12/2010
Nice. _
| lovinolima chapter 1 . 5/11/2010
This was amazing! I adore Castiel in this and it was hilarious! lol, I laughed so much. xD I'm glad you added the Sam&Castiel part. I could see Sam flipping out and Dean setting it all up with Cas. I like how this wasn't a serious fic or a romance fic. It was simple, funny, and entertaining! So I Loved it. Good work
| DeanCasLover22 chapter 1 . 5/11/2010
LOL. Awesome update. The Fast and the Furious movies are awesome and Supernatural is awesome :D
| TheSightofYou chapter 1 . 5/11/2010
That was so adorable!
| Copper's Mama chapter 1 . 5/11/2010
much better ending, loved it!
love watching Sam freak out!
| Nvrmore chapter 1 . 5/11/2010
Hee hee. Loved it! Of course Cas would do well. :D
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Jodie messaged me this morning asking if I felt like my 'vacation' had lasted longer than four days. While I enjoyed the hell out of my long weekend, it doesn't really match my definition of 'vacation.'
I've already mentioned that sleep has been a precious commodity for me this past week. Last night I finally slept solidly more than four hours – six in fact and that leaves me feeling positively perky. By last night I was approaching incoherence. I could hardly focus long enough to complete a cogent thought, and yet sleep itself... the body just wasn't allowing it. Saturday we had a break of many hours between the sessions and the Skepchick party. I laid down, feeling utterly spent... nothing happened. I closed my eyes and waited... still awake. After about 45 minutes I gave up and went to hang out at the bar with Jesse, John, Rob and Jessica.
The non-stop schedule and the infamous timelessness of being inside a casino kind of screwed up my inner clock. If someone told me I'd only been gone a day – no make that two days, I'd be ALL over the lie if it were merely one day – or if they had told me I was gone a week, I'd be hard-pressed to doubt them.
The dryness... apparently the number one selling item in the casino giftshop is lip balm. I am really not a fan of the feeling of lip balm on my lips, so I eschewed it, but if I'd been there any longer I would have had to give in. I pretty much just met my limit. Other parts of my skin suffered as well.
Tandem to the dryness – which was caused in part by the ever present air-conditioning – was the heat. I had no idea that the Mojave desert is the hottest place on earth. I assumed it was the Sahara. I can't believe people live out there – it's truly not fit for human life, yet we wrestle it into submission. The two hottest experiences of my life straddled the temperature outside in Vegas while we were there. Going outside was hardly a pleasant trip. Wearing sunglasses and the hot wind whips around them creating tiny convection ovens between then and your eyeballs... it's awful. To say nothing of the dry nose... it's just this side of gross.
One thing that really surprised me was how much of a news bubble we were in. I had forgotten that Michael Jackson died until I got home and started listenign to four days of backlogged news podcasts. The South Point Casino was a Jacko-free-zone.
And there's still so much to really absorb. So many ideas that are developments on what I already knew; so many brand new bits of information that I didn't know yet; so many creative thoughts to sift through and choose to act upon.... I'm looking forward to going through all my media and refresh what I learned. Maybe I'll get it all done in time for TAM8.


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Concave/convex : for three or more instruments
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I knew that getting into anything in Las Vegas was expensive. I just never really went through the revenue model in my head. Had I done that, I would have realized that cash is exchanged at an unimaginable rate in Vegas:
Sources have been telling me that doormen at several clubs are clearing $8,000 to $10,000 a night before they share tips. So much cash is pouring in that some doormen are making $400,000 to $500,000 a year, several nightclub executives told me.


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Oct 06, 2016
Music sector satisfied with outcomes of CITES CoP17 re. cross-border movement of musical instruments
(Brussels, 6 October 2016) - We, the signatories of this statement – representing stakeholders in the music sector such as musicians, music ensembles, orchestras, concert venues, instrument makers in Europe and worldwide – wish to express our satisfaction as regards the outcomes of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17), which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 24 September to 5 October 2016.
The revision to Resolution Conf. 16.8 (under Doc.42) on frequent cross-border non-commercial movements of musical instruments will support the international goals on wildlife conservation while addressing the concerns expressed by the international music community.
The following changes are of key importance:
* The Recommendation that all CITES parties implement a personal effects exemption under the existing Resolution Conf. 13.7. Such exemption would make it much simpler for musicians to travel abroad with their instruments, either hand-carried or as checked baggage. In this context, it would also help orchestra musicians continue their travel from a tour for other solo work.
* The extension of the scope of the musical instrument certificate (MIC) to loaned instruments.
Doc. 42 also clarifies that both paid and unpaid performances fall within the scope of non-commercial travelling. In addition, Parties agreed that each MIC would be treated as a "type of passport" that allows the non-commercial movement of the identified musical instrument across their borders.
We call on all CITES Parties to implement the Recommendation of Resolution Conf. 16.8, in order to ease international cross-border movement of instruments in the context of live performances, exhibitions and competitions.
We urge them to harmonise such implementation, in order to provide the Music sector with the necessary legal certainty when travelling internationally.
With also call for the adoption of a set of uniform public guidance principles for the music sector, so as to ensure the best possible awareness and understanding of the music professionals concerned as well as their complying with CITES rules.
We stay committed to the goals of conservation of protected species and look forward to partnering with European CITES management authorities to ensure optimal domestic implementation of the musical instrument certificate.
The Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) is a European cultural and educational network that
represents institutions concerned with high-level training for the music profession. AEC was founded in 1953 and has around 270 member institutions in 57 countries. Higher Music Education (HME) Institutions from outside Europe together with organisations
whose main field of activities is outside HME complement the membership portfolio as associate members. AEC works for the advancement of European Higher Music Education and, more generally, of music, the arts and culture in contemporary society and for future generations. It aims to be 'the leading voice for European higher music education' and a powerful advocate for all that is best in it throughout the world.
The EILA, the International Association of Violin and Bow Makers and founded in 1950, represents the interests of some 170 members who have their workplaces all over the world. The Entente was established with the aim of bringing together master
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Entering the stage to a huge round of applause, the "Beauty and a Beat" crooner donned baggy jeans and a yellow and brown camouflage jacket as he joked around with the hilarious host.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Billboard Frame #2
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Dominion Sign Mockup
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Dominion Sign Poll
Dominion Building Update - Doors, Windows and Roof's oh' my
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Photo of the Day
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Photo of the Day
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Dominion Building Update - Part 2 - 011709
Dominion Building Update - Part 1 - 011709
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Steven's Hotel
The little yellow building I haven't talked much about, it is called A.M.Stern Storage. It is named after the architect Robert A.M Stern, he is one of my personal favorite architects working today. This is my first truly scratch built structure that I have built, and it shows. If you are wondering about the windows, I followed a prototype in New York that had all of the windows boarded up and painted black, because it had been converted for storage.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Man Behind The Curtain
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Photo of the Day
I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Photo of the Day
Sunday, January 11, 2009
HO scale music video
I know that this isn't something I usually post about on my blog, but could not resist. Other than model trains, a few of my other loves are music and movies, and this combines all into a nice little package. The band is Tokyo Police Club and they are actually a group I like and the video is cleverly done, and was made in 1:87 or HO scale, it cracks me up every time I watch it. Just know that this is not something for kids to see. Enjoy
The Dark Side of The Dominion
Friday, January 9, 2009
A HUGE Surprise!
I realized I have not posted much about the Steven's Hotel, in a little while I will talk about what I did to build it. There is still a little work left on the first floor, but nothing major.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Beginnings of The Gordon
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Rosenwach Wood Water Tanks
This company has built over half of the thousands of tanks in New York City. Its a good video ruffly showing how they are built. The basic form of construction hasn't changed in over 80 years, they are still using some of the original equipment to mill the lumber.
Also if you can find it, this same company was on an episode of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. It is a little more informative than this news report, and Mike Rowe is more entertaining. I believe it was Season 4 episode 8 "Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple".
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Water Tower Reference Photos
Water Tower pt. 2
More Dominion Pictures
Dominion Building Update
Before anyone says anything I already know that a piece is missing on the left up right, if you look in the second photo it was there, I think it was ripped off when I masked everything off for the windows.


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Diageo is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company. Diageo Russia is one of Russia's top five wholesale alcoholic beverage distributors, which is traditionally a low margin business where the bottom line is sensitive to the customer service level and high logistics costs. Diageo sought assistance from the consulting companies Logistics Field Audit (business and supply chain management consulting) and Amalgama (simulation modeling consulting) when they experienced an increase in sales volume, but failed to realize larger profits due to logistics costs per unit. Other mounting concerns for Diageo were customer service level and cost of goods sold, combined with an increased inventory and future plans of development including a new warehouse in Russia and expansion to Urals and Siberia. The consultants were also assigned to manage Diageo's big data with simulation-based decision support in order to show and prove ways to decrease logistics costs and choose a logistics configuration for the expanded client network.
The supply chain model includes three existing and one perspective factory, three border crossing points, three existing and five perspective warehouses, two customs offices and up to 300 demand points grouped into 45 service groups. In addition, the supply chain model contains a replenishment algorithm, order aggregation algorithm, load baring algorithms and delays at border crossing points. Demand and sales forecasting accuracy for all 280 Diageo products in 6 types of warehouses were also built into the model.
Logic built behind the simulation model included a replenishment algorithm concerning a segment of the supply chain that begins at the consolidation warehouse, with five days of lead time to the central distribution center and five days of lead time to the original distribution center due to Russia's large size and relatively slow transportation capacities. The replenishment algorithm takes into account a requirement diagram (planned sales diagram), current stock, lead time, and minimum order size, then generates the requirements for replenishment, identifies the coverage gaps, (time periods when stock will be lower than the lowest threshold), and takes action to prevent any gaps in coverage.
Model validation was imperative and began by comparing data from the previous year SAP ERP system data which assessment results gave less than 5% differential.
Initial value for Diageo included an increase in sales forecasting accuracy from 60%-80%, with a pay-off period of less than 2 years. This increase will allow Diageo to reduce their target stock level by 40% which will reduce logistic costs per unit by 7%, even with plans of sales growth. The research also denied the need for additional warehouse space, as the stock required to maintain the target service level was unreasonably high.
After running the simulation, the model provides the stock level forecast for each product (15 days ahead), a complete cost for each and every delivered product unit, and proves to the client what the target state of supply chain should be.
View Andrey A. Malykhanov's entire presentation delivered at the AnyLogic Conference 2013:


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Sharp was an early player in the flat panel screen market, but the Japanese company has decided to leave behind their TV business in the Americas, agreeing to license their name to a Chinese company, Hisense. Sharp sold its factory in Mexico to Hisense, which will presumably supply TVs to customers in North and South America alike. [More]
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Now Your Kid Can Enjoy A Disney-Licensed MP3 Player That's Older Than She Is
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This 9-Year-Old MP3 Player Is Ready For The Latest Tunes, Costs $300
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Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Can't Find Their Way Back From 2007
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Google's First Branded Retail Store Opens In London
Move over Apple and Microsoft, there's another tech company taking its products to the retail floor with its own branded store: Google. [More]
Should You Keep The Box For Your New Gadget? Maybe
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Group Of 20 Thieves Hit Samsung Factory, Grab Millions Worth Of Electronics
Like one of those heist movies starring a well-dressed, smirking George Clooney and his BFF Brad Pitt, a group of about 20 thieves overpowered workers at a Samsung factory in Brazil and managed to make off with about 40,000 phones, tablets, computers and other electronics. [More]
Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Must Wait Until January 30, 2007 To Sell This Computer
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Samsung Needs To Stop With The Sexist Marketing Already
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Dyson Bladeless Heaters Recalled Because A Fire Is Too Much Heat
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3 Years Is The Warranty Length, Not How Long It Should Take To Get Your Computer Back
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Stupid Shipping Gang Takes Over Newegg, Sends Cables In Huge Boxes
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The Crazy Ants Are Coming And They Want To Get All Up In Your Electronics
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How To Not Kill Every Rechargeable Battery You Own
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Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Find MP3 Player From 2005 Marked Down To Only $100
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In his book, The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism, A Quest for Purpose in the Modern World (1997), Charles Handy describes the problems he faced in determining his ideal self, in a passage that he calls 'Proper Selfishness':
"I spent the early part of my life trying hard to be someone else. At school I wanted to be a great athlete, at university an admired socialite, afterwards a businessman and, later, the head of a great institution. It did not take me long to discover that I was not destined to be successful in any of these guises, but that did not prevent me from trying, and being perpetually disappointed with myself. The problem was that in trying to be someone else I neglected to concentrate on the person I could be. That idea was too frightening to contemplate at the time. I was happier going along with the conventions of the time, measuring success in terms of money and position, climbing ladders which others placed in my way, collecting things and contacts rather than giving expression to my own beliefs and personality."
In a section that he calls 'Proper Selfishness' Handy goes on to describe the importance of a strong sense of self and the challenges of remaining true to oneself as the world throws up all sorts of opportunities for us to be someone who we are not.
I highly recommend a read of Proper Selfishness (pdf)


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Thurman v. Adams et al
Filing 23
ORDER appointing attorney Chet D. Dunlap to represent Plaintiff in all further proceedings in this action. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe on 1/13/2016. (lej)
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