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If you are looking to satisfy your sweet tooth, this is the place to go! On the corner of Capp, you'll find Copa Loca Gelato, (literally, the "Crazy Cup"). Evidently, while "bringing the old-fashioned Gelateria of Italy to the San Francisco" the flavors of the Mission fused their way into Copa Loca's "freshest ingredients and seasonal fruits undoctored with chemicals, artificial powders or coloring. " Look for: Spiced Mango Sorbet, Vanilla Mexico (also available as soy gelato) and Dulce de Leche gelato, Mamey, Piña Coloda and Avocado sherbert. They also offer exotic tropical fruit sorbet by the pint: chirimoya, tamarindo and guyabana were special the day we were there.
A few doors down, you'll find Mission Minis– cupcakes that, at $1/ea, allow you to give into temptation. Small enough so there are just about 2 bitefuls of amazing flavor: Aztec Chocolate has all the taste of a cup of Abuelitas Hot Chocolate (see Secrets and pleasures of Mexican cooking: Abuelita Chocolate)
Across the street, on 22nd a few doors off of Capp (heading away from Mission), there's Pan Lido. If you've never done this, stepped into one of the various panaderias or Mexican bakeries in the Mission, here's your chance! Its fun… you grab a tray, a pair of tongs and you walk around the shop picking from trays of freshly baked Mexican pastries know as Pan Dulce (translates as "sweet bread" but is really a food group all its own). Some resemble turtles or snails, others are less elaborate in shape but each has its own name and recipe. Don't even think about the price, they are all really cheap, from $.50 to maybe $2.50, if that much; so select any and all that tempt you and then you bring your tray to the cashier, just like they do in the bakeries in Mexico. They even have Tres Leches cake by the slice.


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The nice people at Harper Collins have kindly sent to me a copy of The Times newly published book – Britains Best Walks. To win a copy of this book all you have to do is tell me how many Long Distance Walks have I done in the UK. All the information is on my webpages at http://www.ramblingpete.walkingplaces.co.uk/
To enter all you have to do is leave a reply here or on facebook, stating the number of walks I've done – btw not all the long distance walks are on the main site, some are on the blog. The winner will be chosen at the end of December so you have plenty of time to search for the answer. In the event of a tie I'll put on a shirt. My last free giveaway included a mini hamper and only a few entered the competition. Have a go this time please.
It's a beautiful book to enjoy at your leisure. Postage and packing will be paid for in the UK. Good luck all - there are no catches, no gimmicks, it's free to the winner.
Christopher Somerville has covered the length and breadth of the UK on foot, and has written and broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife and people for over 25 years. Now, in this extensive new volume, he selects his top 200 routes from his hugely popular Times column, A Good Walk.
More than just a basic guidebook, this is a meditation on our relationship with the landscape and a celebration of all that Britain has to offer. From Cornwall to Shetland via Pembrokeshire and Borrowdale, this is the most comprehensive collection of walks in the United Kingdom available in one book, and features trails to suit all skill levels and preferences, whether you want a gentle ramble to the pub or something much more challenging.
Each of the featured walks contains:
- Detailed description as featured in The Times column
- Postcode and OS grid reference start point
- Instructions on how to get there
- Distance and grade so readers can suit walks to their ability, fitness and mood
- Simple step-by-step walk instructions
- Beautiful colour photograph for each walk
- Full colour, clear and up-to-date map
- Food and accommodation details for the hungry traveller
About the author:
Christopher Somerville is a Times journalist with over 25 years' experience writing and broadcasting about country walks and tougher hikes. He has also written extensively about life in remote rural and island communities from Scotland to Crete, by way of the Faroes, made music in Irish pubs and frequented festivals both locally and internationally. He is the author of Somerville's 100 Best British Walks, Where to See Wildlife in Britain and Ireland, Best Wild Places and The January Man.

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I was thinking about our Bill of Rights a couple of times yesterday, particularly the Second Amendment which allows us to bear arms (i.e. weapons, pistols, rifles, shotguns, assault rifles, etc.), . I thought about it when I read about the woman who hugged a policeman and was killed when his revolver accidentally discharged. I thought about it a second time when I read that a federal judge in Florida tossed out another provision of the new Florida gun statute (yes, the same statute receiving so much publicity recently when George Zimmerman, the self-authenticated watch dog, stalked a young black man and shot him to death). The provision rejected by the federal judge made it a crime in Florida for a doctor to ask a patient about gun ownership. I am not making this stuff up. That's what the law really said. A doctor couldn't have a conversation about gun ownership because, apparently, it might lead to a suggestion that the guns might be stored safely in order to prevent harm to a child. I would guess that the Florida legislature is probably considering a new law making it illegal to use a cautionery "Drive safely' to friends, family, children when they are going on a long trip. Nobody,particularly our government, should tell us what to do is the apparent motif of the politicians in that state.
This insanity prevails in Michigan as well. The Michigan legislature has recently passed a law no longer requiring mandatory protective headgear for motorcyclists, and I understand that the deaths in the first three months since its passage are three times greater in the helmetless, but free, group than those smart enough to protect themselves. A proposed bill under consideration by the Michigan State legislature would change the current law that prohibits people with concealed weapons permits to carry their hand guns in churches, bars, schools, sports arenas, etc. When I go to my church, the tendency is to hug a lot and hugging is not necessarily just among friends, but strangers who happen to be sitting nearby. We're all there for the same purpose, right? I ask myself, what if this stranger is carrying a firearm? What if his only purpose in attending my church is to show others that he has a weapon and can wear it in church? What happens if, like the unfortunate lady yesterday, that firearm discharges while he is being hugged by a fellow worshipper? Then, there's the combination of alcohol and guns. Do we really want to be around an angry person with a gun who is drinking heavily at a bar? How about a sporting event where the kid is sitting on the bench because he is not as good a player as the kid out in the field? Is it a solution to take the weapon to the event to have a little talk with the coach to guarantee some playing time? How about a nice little chat with the teacher who gave your kid a bad grade? It would seem to guarantee a better grade if the teacher noticed the gun sticking into your belt. If you think that's a good idea, please don't visit the schools where my grandchildren are students. But you can do something. A petition drive to prevent this bill from going into law is being led by Rev. Eric A. Stone – pastor at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Essexville, MI. You can sign the petition and forward it to all of your friends as well.


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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Just in time Pumpkin cheesecake
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I wish I still had some pumpkin at home....the cheesecake looks divine!ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving!
I wish we could get pumpkin in a can that didn't cost a fortune!!! Also can't get graham crackers - but never the less this looks great!!ReplyDelete
Cate just let me know and I would be happy to send you some!!ReplyDelete
Thanks Angie!!
Nice! We're going to have to do this yum dessert! I even found a gluten free graham option ... soooo... I can eat the whole thing without guilt right???? hahahah! Happy Thanksgiving you two!ReplyDelete
Yum! I found some gluten free graham crackers so I can make this and eat the WHOLE thing without any guilt right???? Hahah! Happy Thanksgiving you two! Thanks for this yum dessert recipe!ReplyDelete
This sounds so good! I wish we would have had this at Thanksgiving :)ReplyDelete
Lovely presentation for this delicious pumpkin cake. First time to this beautiful place, hope to come here more often for these lovely treats. Best wishes.ReplyDelete


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Ok, so this is now happening!! After a long search with very limited budget for something to toy with, here is the purchase!
Ok, well not really….that's what it looked like new…
The nitty gritty
1986 GSX550 EF, 4 Cylinders of underpowered, overweight Suzuki 'not'stalgia, served up as a rolling frame and buckets of spare bits and a workshop manual (worth it's weight in gold!!)
The aim is to see if we can get this old specimen running as a first course of action. If I think this can be done without too much expense then we will slowly go about deciding what we do with it, do we faithfully restore, or go custom…or go home. Only time will tell but we are looking forward to picking her up on Sunday.


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By Ellen J. Bartlett | Contributor to usnews.com:
Vermont ranks highly in "social capital," ability of people to work together to solve problems.
Touring Vermont in the wake of the devastating flood of 1927, President Calvin Coolidge gave a speech expressing his love for his home state, "because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people."
"If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of the Union, and support of our institutions should languish," Coolidge said, "it could all be replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave little state of Vermont."
The 30th president's stirring words – carved in marble in the statehouse – are often cited, most recently by two Vermont governors in an unusual joint statement in the wake of last November's election. "At this time of national discord," the outgoing Democrat and incoming Republican said, "Vermont can present a united voice urging compassion, commitment to community, and fierce dedication to equal rights and justice… Vermonters know how to weather the storms. When times are toughest, we always come together to focus on what's important – each other."
Vermonters' history of coming together, in times of trouble or not, is rooted in a colonial New England practice – Henry David Thoreau called it "the true American congress" – of town meetings. On the first Tuesday of every March, residents of most of Vermont's 237 towns have the opportunity to gather as citizen legislators. They approve town budgets, decide on local tax rates and make the decisions that affect their lives.
"There is strong evidence that the way we govern ourselves makes a difference," says Susan Clark, an author and moderator of the town meeting in Middlesex, in central Vermont. "You know that if there's something that is really important to you, you can go and have your say," she says. The result is that "sense of the commons, this web of connective-ness that makes us feel responsible for one another. . . If we see someone at the side of the road, we stop, even if we don't know them, because it's what we do."
It's what Frank Bryan, a retired University of Vermont professor, calls "human-scale democracy," a way of governing written into the state's genetic code from the time it was an independent republic (1777 to 1791), with a constitution outlawing slavery and allowing people (men, that is) without property to vote. It's what British general John Burgoyne complained about in his diary, as he sailed down Lake Champlain toward defeat in Saratoga in the American Revolution: "Vermont abounds with the most rebellious race on the continent and hangs like a gathering storm on my left."
It forms the basis of the state's reputation for economic conservatism, social liberalism and political tolerance, which in turn have produced some high marks in health care and education, low rates of poverty, unemployment and crime. And these successes are borne out in the Best States rankings which place Vermont as the No. 10 state overall.
Only 80 miles across and 160 miles long, fifth from last in area, the state's population of 626,000 is less than half that of the city of San Diego. Only Wyoming has fewer people. It is the country's second most rural state – edged out by Maine only in the last census – with the large majority (60.1 per cent) of its population still living in towns of 2,500 or less. It is also among the most racially homogeneous.
The state ranks No. 1 for its crime rate – lowest in the nation. It ranks No. 6 in health care – with among the lowest infant mortality and adult obesity rates in the nation (No. 8 in both cases.) And its public schools, pre-K through 12th grade, rank fifth in the nation in the Best States analysis. The state also ranks No. 8 in alternative energy consumption.
There is a correlation, Clark says, between the data and what is known as "social capital," a measure of a society's ability to work together to solve its problems. Vermont is "consistently in the top" of states with high social capital. "It's often assumed that because you have a good strong economy then everyone gets along," she says, but "the reverse is true. Social capital makes people healthier, wealthier and wiser."
Vermont's isolation, climate (the 7th coldest state), rugged topography and relative inaccessibility – with more than half the roads unpaved – saved it from the ravages of "progress" that came with the urban industrial revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, Bryan says.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the state ranks relatively low in road quality – though No. 17 in bridge quality nationally, in a state famous for its picturesque covered wooden bridges.
In a book of Vermont humor, entitled "The Vermont Owner's Manual," Bryan and co-author Bill Mares put it this way: "When you (citizens) own Vermont, you own something very special. Sometimes Vermonters lose sight of this. That's easy to understand. Mass American urban culture has bombarded us with big and fast and rich for so long that it is easy to believe we have fallen so far behind we'll never catch up."
"Guess what? We did. We won't. And who cares?"
It may be hard to believe, but the state that brought us the Brooklyn-born U.S. senator and erstwhile presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was for much of its history one of the most reliably Republican in the union, favoring the GOP candidate in every presidential election until 1960, electing only Republican governors until 1963.
The 1960s and 1970s changed all that, as educated urban professionals migrated from the cities of the east coast, mostly Massachusetts and New York, looking for the good life in the Green Mountains. Vermont's human population passed the number of cows in 1963 – the same year Vermont finally elected its first Democrat as governor, and it was then that Vermont started taking steps to preserve perhaps its most important asset, its natural beauty, banning billboards from its highways in 1968 (the ban remains today), and in 1970 passing Act 250, a landmark environmental law that remains in place, keeping development under control.
More recent measures to support the state's dairy industry and others who work the land recognize that Vermont is a working landscape. Its iconic farms, its fields and rolling pastures, its forested hills and valleys, will last only as long as there are people to work them, and laws to protect them.
The Green Mountain State is green in more than its landscape. Green industries are credited for contributing increasingly to the state's economy. Vermont is in the forefront of the drive to develop renewable resources for power generation. The health of its high-tech sector is reflected in the curious statistic that Vermont ranks fourth in the nation for the number of patents granted per million population. Greater Burlington, home of the University of Vermont, routinely ranks among the most innovative tech hubs in the U.S., with everything from scrappy internet startups to established biotechnology companies with global reach.
And yet Vermont is still a state divided. There's the new Vermont, politically progressive, the Vermont of craft beers and ciders and artisan cheeses, the state that is its own brand. It's such a valuable brand, in fact, that a marketing specialist, quoted recently in the local news website VT Digger, suggested merely affixing the label "Made in Vermont" to certain food products, could mean a markup of anywhere from 10 to 40 percent in the price.
And there is old Vermont, conservative, rural, economically struggling, especially in the three counties known as the Northeast Kingdom, a grand name for an "obstinate paradise," this "hardscrabble, begrudging Eden"–in the words of the photographer Richard Brown who has made a living documenting the region.
Vermont wouldn't be Vermont without the sort of Vermonters travel writer Jan Morris once described as charmless of manner and utterly without pretense. "Vermonters," she wrote, "give the salutary impression that they don't care ten cents whether you are amused, affronted, intrigued or bored stiff by them. Hardly anyone asked me how I liked Vermont. Not a soul said, 'Have a nice day!'"
Ellen Bartlett is a writer living in Peacham, Vermont.
Tags: data, education, energy efficiency, farming, health care, infant mortality, infrastructure, K-12 education, News, obesity, outcomes & evaluation, sector news, university of Vermont


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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
6. Break Away
Thirty minutes of frantic typing. Guilt and anxiety and flying through pages. This morning, the dogs ate half-bowls. Half. I'm sure their stomachs twist like mine, but this damned thing won't let me go. Won't let me free to slip on a pair of jeans and run to Tractor Supply for some kibble. I hate myself so much, and I hate this thing so much. This plastic and metal and electricity that sucks me in and bleeds me dry. This place that's so big, I lose what it means to be human. Here, I'm just a mind. No… not even. I'm just a piece of my mind, stuck in this half-sleep spider web while my body rots. Waiting for the guilt to build so much that bile rises in my throat and springs me from this trap.
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- make up a complete set of seafood boat
- Yummy~~you should try it!!
- Yummy~~you should try it!!
Today, went to eat steamboat at restaurant yosenabe ( if i spelled it correctly), had a seafood boat,really nice!!
- the seafood boat, which i already almost eaten all of it
- the soup, where i dumped in all the food
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Troy Ave likes to pop up every now and again with new music videos to keep his core fans well fed and on their toes. Tonight he revisits an older project to do so.
'Real Eyes Realize Real Lies' lives on the self-titled Roland Collins album which was released last year. Check out the visual below.


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Vol. LXVIII No. 16 5777
New York City
April 21 2017 – 25 Nissan 5777
7:23 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sabbath Ends: 8:27 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 8:55 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Weekly Reading: Shemini
Weekly Haftara: Va'yosef od David (Samuel II 6:1 – 7:17)
Daf Yomi: Bava Basra 89
Mishna Yomit: Shabbos 20:5-21:1
Halacha Yomit: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim 154:11-13
Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Korban Pesach chap 6-8
Earliest time for Tallis and Tefillin: 5:15 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sunrise: 6:08 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Latest Kerias Shema: 9:31 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sunset: 7:41 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Pirkei Avos: Chapt. 1
Sefiras HaOmer: 10
This Shabbos is Shabbos Mevarchim, we bless the new moon, and due to Sefira we say Av Ha'rachamim, however at Mincha we do not say Tzidkos'cha. Rosh Chodesh Iyar is 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday.
The molad is Wednesday morning, 48 minutes and 11 chalakim (a chelek is 1/18 of a minute) past 7:00 a.m. (in Jerusalem).
Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Tuesday evening at Maariv we add Ya'aleh VeYavo. However, if one forgot to include Ya'aleh VeYavo (at Maariv only) one does not repeat (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim 422:1, based on Berachos 30b, which explains that this is due to the fact that we do not sanctify the month at night). Following the Shemoneh Esreh, Kaddish Tiskabbel, Aleinu, Kaddish Yasom.
Wednesday morning: Shacharis with inclusion of Ya'aleh VeYavo in the Shemoneh Esreh, half Hallel, Kaddish Tiskabbel. We take out one Sefer Torah. We read in Parashas Pinchas (Bamidbar 28:1-15), we call four Aliyos (Kohen, Levi, Yisrael, Yisrael), the Baal Keria recites half- Kaddish. We return the Torah to the Aron, Ashrei, U'va Letziyyon – we delete La'menatze'ach – the chazzan recites half- Kaddish; all then remove their tefillin.
Musaf of Rosh Chodesh, followed by Reader's repetition and Kaddish Tiskabbel, Aleinu, Shir Shel Yom, Borchi Nafshi and their respective Kaddish recitals (for mourners). Nusach Sefarad say Shir Shel Yom and Borchi Nafshi after half Hallel, and before Aleinu they add Ein K'Elokeinu with Kaddish DeRabbanan.
Mincha: In the Shemoneh Esreh we say Ya'aleh VeYavo, which we also add to Birkas Hamazon as well as mention of Rosh Chodesh in Beracha Acharona (Me'ein Shalosh) at all times.
Wednesday evening: second day Rosh Chodesh, Maariv we add ya'aleh ve'yavo in Shemoneh Esreh.
Thursday morning: Shacharis and Mincha same as yesterday. Kiddush Levana at first opportunity (we usually wait until Motza'ei Shabbos).
The following chapters of Tehillim are being recited by many congregations and Yeshivos for our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael: Chapter 83, 130, 142. –Y.K.


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Via this thread on Flyertalk, Starwood has announced the list of properties that are moving up or going down in their redemption categories. The categories themselves are staying the same, but there are several pages of individual hotels that are changing categories. There are certainly more properties that are going up in categories (ie up in the number of points that will be required for a free night) than there are coming down, but at least Starwood was pretty up-front about that. You can book the hotels at their current categories until 3/1/12, so take a look at the list and see if it makes sense to lock in some award reservations before the change. Of course, some properties will require fewer points after 3/1, so keep that in mind, too.
I haven't had a ton of time to examine the list, but several NYC Starwood properties I have been eyeing are moving up. I will strongly consider locking in a reservation at the current rate before that happens.
On a side note, I got an email regarding an award reservation I had at the Sheraton Newark. They are leaving the SPG family of hotels. My award stay will still be honored – but frankly I am not sure I want it now that it won't count toward my quest for SPG Platinum status in 2012. Rats. 😉


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This is a summary of a conversation I had with someone.
I walked to Rite Aid before weight training and I saw this bum sitting on the sidewalk. He was asking for change, mumbling more like, with his head down as if he was ashamed to ask. People were stepping over him like he was a trash bag or something. That depressed me so much to see him like that.
I gave him what change I had, thirty cents. I offered him a cigarettes and he just said, "Sure." I asked him if he needed a light and he just said no.
I talked to my Dad about it and told him how frustrated I was. He just told me that I should tell him about a homeless shelter and take him there. But I told him that it's not like homeless shelters are in some secret place. Bums know where homeless shelters are. Is that what we do with bums? Take them to the homeless shelter like we take dogs to the pound? Too many of them on the street so we take them someplace else.
The thing is, I am no different than I bum. I beg people for change so I can buy myself a damn pack, or I beg people for cigarettes. But if that guy walked into Rite Aid people would watch him like crazy. People would be all worried, yet people trust me. Why?
Why does society treat them like they have no value, like somehow I have more value than that bum?
They are dehumanized.
I went to weight training after that and I couldn't do anything and I got really pissed off. I ran for 1:40 and I was tired. I couldn't lift anything. That's how I feel about this bum problem. I can't do anything. I am so damn powerless to change anything.
When I was in 7th grade there was this fraction that I really wanted to solve but no matter what I did I couldn't solve it. I couldn't get the right answer so I started crying. I was in 7th grade crying over a fucking math problem and everyone in the class was laughing at me. This is like the ultimate fraction for me. I don't know the answer and it frustrates the hell out of me. It makes me feel so damn pointless.
What do I do? I get an education and learn about why our system is so screwed up. Why there is poverty. And what do I do when I get out of college? I get a job and buy into the system and become a part of the machine that creates oppression. What the hell am I supposed to do? I want to do something but I don't know what the hell to do!
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Fraction
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On Monday, Caps traveled to Wakefield where the teams tied for singles but Wakefield won by one more doubles court, which gave them the win at 5-4. Freshman, Hardy Weatherspoon and Jackson Pace played very well and steady giving the Caps both wins in singles and doubles. Senior, Lucius Harvin had another great win at #4 singles, where he played smart. Next up is an away match at Leesville.
|Jackson Pace at #6 singles, giving his all for the win
B. Carter def. Joey Burroughs (BHS) 6-2,6-1
N. Grewe def. Gustav Jelert (BHS) 6-0,6-2
B. Hardwick def. Yates Kline (BHS) 6-0,6-0
Lucius Harvin (BHS) def. G. Felton 6-0,6-1
Hardy Weatherspoon (BHS) def. R. Hekig 6-1,6-0
Jackson Pace (BHS) def. J. Grewe 6-0,4-0 (Ret.)
Carter/Hardwick def. Joey Burroughs/Gustav Jelert (BHS) 8-2
N. Grewe/Felton def. Lucius Harvin/Ross Bechtel (BHS) 8-0
Hardy Weatherspoon/Jackson Pace (BHS) def. Fusik/Nguyn 8-1
Cap 8 Standing: 4-4
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Three-game losing streaks don't constitute a trend. Neither do zero fourth-quarter minutes in back-to-back games.
But both the Bulls and Eddy Curry weren't in a good place Saturday night as the team bus motored down Interstate Highway 94 back to Chicago, a 95-87 loss to Milwaukee in their rearview mirror, another benching clouding the fourth-year center's mind.
The Bulls collapsed at the most inopportune time, failing to score for seven straight fourth-quarter possessions over 3 minutes 58 seconds as Milwaukee ripped off a late 13-0 run. But all the on-court action paled in comparison to the off-the-court intrigue in the postgame locker room.
That's where a torn Curry alternated between voicing his frustration and compliance, stating publicly for the first time that Chicago might not be his ideal setting when he becomes a restricted free agent this summer.
"Eventually, you do have to take a second look at things and think if it's the right place for you and your family," Curry said. "You start questioning a lot of stuff when you're in the position I'm in. I'm a part of this team now.
"I'll try my hardest to do what I can to help us win. If that's cheering from the bench, then that's what I have to do. But it's definitely frustrating."
Don't forget that general manager John Paxson consistently has said the Bulls will match any offers for Curry, who finished with eight points and five rebounds.
Still, for the second straight game, Curry was yanked early in the third quarter.
Friday night in San Antonio, he played 63 second-half seconds and, overall, 15 minutes with zero rebounds. Against Milwaukee, he lasted 1:55 into the second half and logged 16 minutes overall.
"Four turnovers in 16 minutes was probably enough, coupled with a lot of the [Bucks'] activity around the basket [that] he was very slow to react to," said coach Scott Skiles, who turned 41 Saturday. "He's available. We're just choosing to go in another direction."
That included when Othella Harrington fouled out with 3:18 remaining and the score tied 80-80. Skiles opted for Tyson Chandler, who had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Still, Chandler isn't the low-post presence Curry is, who might have benefited from Kirk Hinrich (24 points) and Ben Gordon (20 points) stretching the defense.
"Who would that be?" Skiles countered when asked if he considered inserting a low-post presence. "In all of our charting of Eddy's post-up plays, that's not really where he scores. He scores on opportunity baskets, people penetrating and kicking to him and lobs. He has to be more productive on his touches."
Curry countered that sporadic playing time exacerbates that problem.
"It's tough to get my body going when you only play 16 minutes," Curry said. "I just hope this is something we can work through, especially at this point in the season so we can win some games."
Curry reacted strongest when questioned if he believes he has a shorter leash than most players.
"Oh, man, definitely," he said. "I try not to think that way because I realize we have a lot of young guys on the team. [Skiles] definitely gives them a little more leeway and he should because they are younger players. But for the most part, everybody should be treated the same on this team.
"I don't know, man. It's a tough situation. I don't want to start up any controversy. I love playing for this team and for coach Skiles. I just hope we can resolve this situation before it gets too bad. But I definitely feel I deserved an opportunity to get back in the game. I feel like a player should be allowed to make more than one mistake."
Desmond Mason led Milwaukee with 20 points. Joe Smith added 10 points and 16 rebounds and Maurice Williams had 16 points and 11 assists.
The Bulls, who have lost 14 straight times at the Bradley Center, the scene where they also made NBA history in 1996 with their 70th victory, committed 19 turnovers and allowed 17 offensive rebounds.
"It's tough to win when you do that," Skiles said.


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Today, we got one great news. We can go home at 5.30pm for Ramadhan. Yeyyy!! This is my 3rd Ramadhan with this company and FINALLY, we are given kelonggaran. Bagussss....Starting tomorrow, can go back early and prepare nicely for iftar. I like!
Tetapi today juga, I wont be able to iftar at home. Mummy's got event in Tarbush, Sunway Pyramid with the cover girls. And Mummy is also the emcee with Aunty Nana. Cold feet, cold fingers you name it, Mummy's got it. Yes dearies, Mummy is not superwoman or bionic..Hehehee..
So this morning, the girls said: "Mummy jangan balik siang, balik malam okay..." Adakah ia satu perlian atau dorongan? You tell me....
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An update to the tremendously popular EOS-1Ds, the new EOS-1Ds Mark II is a must-have for those seeking to capture huge, beautiful images fast. With an all new, full-frame 16.7 megapixel CMOS image sensor, combined with Canon's blazing DIGIC II Image Processor, the EOS-1Ds Mark II captures up to 32 consecutive shots at speeds up to four frames per second and has dramatically decreased startup and card-writing times in comparison to the EOS-1Ds. These improvements are complemented by Canon's renowned build quality for reliability in even the most rugged conditions. Compatibility with over 50 EF Lenses, in addition to the entire line of EOS accessories, including the new Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E1 accessory, easily makes the EOS-1Ds Mark II the most remarkable combination of resolution and speed in the history of digital SLRs.
16.7 Megapixel, Full Frame CMOS Sensor
Canon's newly developed 16.7 megapixel CMOS sensor captures more pixels faster, for no-compromise high-resolution photography. With a recorded image size of 4992x3328 pixels and low noise levels comparable to the EOS-1D Mark II, the EOS-1Ds Mark II can create images large enough for almost any purpose, whether on location or in the studio. With ISO ratings of 50-3200, there's almost nowhere this sensor won't perform. As with its predecessor, the EOS-1Ds Mark II's sensor is full frame, meaning no focal-length conversion-factor lenses will have the same angle of view as they would on a 35mm camera.
With RAW plus four JPEG file sizes available, from 16.7 megapixels down to 4.2 megapixels, the EOS-1Ds MARK II can be adjusted to conserve space on memory cards if large images are not the priority of the shoot.
DIGIC II Image Processor
Driven by the revolutionary new DIGIC II Image Processor, the EOS-1Ds Mark II is supercharged for unprecedented performance and image quality, no matter the situation. Thanks to the DIGIC II Image Processor, the EOS-1Ds MARK II is capable of shooting up to four frames per second for up to 32 JPEG or 11 RAW images. The information captured by the sensor is processed and assembled into images of exceptional clarity and resolution. For the first time, photographers can expect precise, natural colors with smooth, lifelike gradations, spot-on white balance, and speed in any number of lighting situations. By handling larger volumes of image data, the DIGIC II Image Processor also contributes to lower power consumption: up to about 1,200 shots can be taken on a full battery at 20 degrees C/68 degrees F, or around 800 shots at 0 degrees C/32 degrees F. With a startup time of 0.3 seconds, the benefits of the DIGIC II Image Processor are immediately evident.
Images can be recorded in the JPEG image format, the RAW image format, or both formats simultaneously, with unprecedented control over image quality. The JPEG format is ideal when reduced file sizes are desired, while Canon's newly developed proprietary CR2 RAW format offers higher image quality with rich 12-bit gradation and lossless image compression. Amazing results can be achieved when processing RAW images on a computer.
Fast and Responsive, EOS-1 Class Performance
As the "1" designation has always been used for the flagship models in the EOS line, Canon has made no compromises with the construction and performance of the EOS-1Ds Mark II. With shutter speeds from 1/8000 to 30 seconds and bulb, a 1/250 second flash synchronization, E-TTL II flash metering, ISO speeds of 100-1600 in 1/3-stop increments (expandable to 50 or 3200 using Custom Functions), as well as 100% viewfinder coverage, the EOS-1Ds Mark II behaves as a professional camera body should. Photographers can expect performance on par with every EOS-1 from the EOS-1V and on. Shutter lag is a paltry 55 milliseconds, focus is achieved with near-instant precision using a 45-point AF system, exposure is measured precisely with a 21-zone metering sensor, and the camera features 20 Custom Functions with 65 settings and 27 personal function settings (with the use of dedicated software) for the ultimate in customization.
Features Shared with the EOS-1D Mark II
Like Canon's other Flagship EOS, the EOS-1D Mark II, the EOS-1Ds Mark II features a number of improvements to enable better digital photography.
Dual Card Slots The EOS-1Ds Mark II comes equipped with two card slots, one for CompactFlash (CF) and one for Secure Digital (SD) memory cards. The camera can be set up to record images on either card for maximum storage capacity, or, for extra security, the same image can be recorded simultaneously on both cards. The card slot cover release knob has been redesigned to enable photographers to open the slot easily, even with their gloves on.
Settings Saved Reflecting the tremendous amount of customization possible with EOS digital SLRs, an entire camera's settings can now be saved to a memory card and shared with multiple cameras. If service is needed, personal settings can be stored and reloaded onto the camera, minimizing redundant settings work.
New Interfaces
Reflecting the wide range of viewing and image transfer possibilities available today, the EOS-1Ds Mark II has a new video OUT terminal, perfect for viewing images on a television screen. And in addition to the standard professional IEEE1394 (Firewire) port, the EOS-1Ds Mark II includes a USB port for connection to older computers or direct connection to PictBridge-compatible printers.
Rugged Build Quality
Like the EOS-1D Mark II, the EOS-1Ds Mark II has a rigid, well-coated magnesium alloy body, as well as improved dust-proofing and waterproofing for shooting in even the most inclement conditions. In addition, the shutter is designed to endure 200,000 cycles. With a newly strengthened accessory shoe, electromagnetic shielding to help reduce noise, and an elegant, comfortable-to-carry body, the EOS-1Ds Mark II is a pleasure to hold and use.
Improved Image Display
New Monitor
The EOS-1Ds Mark II's high-definition, 230,000 pixel, 2.0-inch color TFT LCD offers nearly twice the resolution of monitors on other EOS digital models. It displays nearly 100% of JPEG images, features a new, bolder typeface that simplifies reading of text menus, and five brightness settings. Users can choose to display one to nine images on the screen and can see all their image information when looking at a single image.
Expanded Zoom Displays
Displayed photos can be magnified from 1.5x to 10x in 15 stops, allowing users to check the focus and exposure of images with a new level of precision. Operation is simple: users press the Enlarge/Reduce button in combination with the AF point selector to zoom in, the AE lock button to zoom out, the Main Dial to scroll horizontally, or the Quick Control Dial to scroll vertically.
RGB Histogram
The RGB histogram is a unique feature newly available on only high-end Canon digital SLRs. This professional feature enables separate checking of color information for the red, green, and blue channels, as well as inspection of other color information such as white balance, color balance, saturation, and gradation compression. Available when viewing any recorded image in the Single (Info.) image playback mode, the RGB histogram is displayed as an alternate to the brightness histogram, which draws attention to white portions of the image that lack image information.
Auto Rotation of Vertical Images
To enable easier viewing, images shot vertically are automatically rotated when played back on the LCD monitor. Manual clockwise rotation of the image is also possible by 90, 270, or 0 degrees through the image rotation menu.
Compatible with Canon's Full Line of EOS Lenses and Accessories
EF Lenses
Canon's world-renowned lineup of professional EF Lenses includes over 50 models ranging from 14mm ultra-wide-angle to 1,200mm super-telephoto. All of these extraordinary lenses, except the EF-S series, are compatible with the EOS-1Ds Mark II.
Through Canon's advanced optical know-how and sub-micron precision engineering, EF lenses offer unprecedented capabilities that meet wide-ranging needs. Leading features include a high precision ultrasonic motor that silently drives the autofocus mechanism, an image stabilizer that automatically compensates for camera shake, advanced aspherical optics, fluorite lenses, ultra low dispersion (UD) lenses, and super UD lenses.
Canon's sophisticated electronic lens mount technology communicates with the camera as soon as the lens is mounted, transferring information about the lens type, aperture, and focal length, ensuring fast, precise control from the camera.
The EOS-1Ds Mark II is compatible with all accessories available for the EOS-1D, EOS-1D Mark II, and EOS-1Ds (except the DVK-E1, IFC-450D6, IFC-200D6). These accessories include the Ni-MH battery pack NP-E3 and Ni-MH battery charger NC-E2, DC coupler kit DCK-E1, various interface cables, a range of Speedlites, including the all new Speedlite 580EX, the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, and much, much more.
Speedlite 580EX
The new flagship of the Speedlite line, the Speedlite 580EX is optimized for use with digital cameras and is a perfect complement to the EOS-1Ds Mark II. With a higher maximum guide number, shorter recycle times, and compatibility with Canon's E-TTL II flash metering, the Speedlite 580EX is the perfect flash for professionals to advanced amateurs, who want easy, powerful, customizable control.
Data Verification Kit DVK-E2
While ease of manipulation is usually considered a key benefit of digital photography, officials involved in data verification considered it a liability until Canon's release of the DVK-E1, the world's first data verification kit for digital SLRs. This breakthrough was introduced as an option for the EOS-1Ds camera. And now Canon is offering a new improved version--the DVK-E2--as an option for the EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1Ds, and EOS 20D. Like its predecessor, this kit can verify whether or not a photo is an untouched original. But its use of a Secure Mobile (SM) card reader, instead of an IC card reader, makes it more compact and affordable than the previous version.
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E1
This new accessory allows photographers to transmit images from their cameras directly to a computer over a local area network (LAN). It is compatible with the EOS-1Ds Mark II, and with the EOS-1D MARK II and EOS 20D through firmware upgrades. Includes a mini-antenna and IEEE1394 cable.
Professional-level Image Software
The EOS-1Ds Mark II comes bundled with Canon's EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk (Version 9.0) and Digital Photo Professional (Ver. 1.5), a perfect combination of powerful, easy-to-use tools designed to seamlessly transform data captured by the EOS-1Ds Mark II into a spectacular digital file, perfect for any application the photographer may have in mind.
EOS Solution Disk
The EOS Solution Disk 9.0 includes EOS Viewer Utility 1.2, which provides dedicated support for downloading and simple RAW image adjustment. EOS Capture 1.2 is a remote capture tool for tethered operation, which offers improvements in both speed and usability over previous programs, and PhotoStitch allows for the creation of panoramic images from several different photographs.
Digital Photo Professional (Version 1.5)
Digital Photo Professional is a new RAW image processing application featuring a newly designed, dedicated image processing engine that is optimized to streamline the workflow demands of professional digital photographers. It enables high-speed RAW image processing and preview, support for sRGB, Adobe RGB and Wide Gamut RGB color spaces, and is CMS (Color Management System) compatible. In addition to numerous controls for exposure and color settings, it also includes a new cropping tool, a navigation tool, CMYK printer simulation, batch conversion, multiple image download, and download to applications other than Photoshop.
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Direct Photo Printers
For desktop large-format printing, try one of the Direct Photo Printers that allow you to print directly in one of two ways: plug the compatible PowerShot camera into the Direct Photo Printer using the supplied cable, or simply insert a memory card with supplied adapter. You can also connect the printer to your computer for more options. Print high-resolution borderless images in postcard size or 8.5x11-inch size within minutes.
Compact Photo Printers
Compact Photo Printers let you produce versatile, fun 4x8-inch greeting-card, credit card-size, postcard-size, or wide-size prints in just three easy steps: connect, press, and print. Control the printer right from your camera's LCD screen. Bordered and borderless options are available. Available paper types let you create mini- or credit card-size labels. You can even take the CP-330 printer to a party or outdoor picnic using its included rechargeable battery.
The Card Photo Printers CP330, CP220, CP-300, and CP-200 support PictBridge, a new print standard. This standard enables any digital camera that supports PictBridge to connect and print to any PictBridge-compliant printer.
What's in the box
Digital camera body, NP-E3 NiMH rechargeable battery pack, NC-E2 battery charger, DCK-E1 DC coupler kit, IEEE 1394 (Firewire) interface cable, USB cable, neck strap, EOS Digital Solutions 9.0 CD-ROM, Digital Photo Professional 1.5 CD-ROM, user's guide, 1-year limited Warranty
An update to the tremendously popular EOS-1Ds, the new EOS-1Ds Mark II is a must-have for those seeking to capture huge, beautiful images fast. With an all new, full-frame 16.7 megapixel CMOS image sensor, combined with Canon's blazing DIGIC II Image Processor, the EOS-1Ds Mark II captures up to 32 consecutive shots at speeds up to four frames per second and has dramatically decreased startup and card-writing times in comparison to the EOS-1Ds. These improvements are complemented by Canon's renowned build quality for reliability in even the most rugged conditions. Compatibility with over 50 EF Lenses, in addition to the entire line of EOS accessories, including the new Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E1 accessory, easily makes the EOS-1Ds Mark II the most remarkable combination of resolution and speed in the history of digital SLRs.
16.7-megapixel sensor provides sufficient resolution to produce files that convert to 50MB uncompressed TIFF at 24-bit colour depth
Powered by Canon's second-generation DIGIC II image processor
Features 2.0-inch LCD screen with 230,000 pixels and 1.5 to 10x playback zoom
Battery lasts for approximately 1200 shots at 20 degrees C, 800 at 0 degrees C
High-speed FireWire and video out interface offer complete connectivity; optional wireless adaptor delivers high-speed image transfer
Capable of firing at 4 frames per second for bursts of up to 32 frames in JPEG or 11 frames in RAW
High-speed FireWire and video out interface offer complete connectivity and optional wireless adaptor delivers high-speed image transfer
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I believe in the necessity of reconciliation and the power of acceptance.
My father-in-law lived well into his nineties. He loved his family, his religion, and his community. His community passion often centered on the Canadian Jewish community.
He adored the two children his marriage produced. His first child later became my wife. When the time came for her to attend college, he wanted her to attend is own alma mater, McGill University, the Canadian "Jewish" university. My wife insisted on coming to Brandeis University. The fact that Brandeis had a strong Jewish character and a large Jewish student population helped mollify that decision.
As my father-in-law entered his nineties, and his physical and intellectual health started to mirror his age, he frequently and repeatedly took me aside to tell me, in his halting but emotion-filled voice, that, "you know I am a convert and I only wish I had converted earlier".
I met my wife doing the tumultuous spring of 1970. She was just finishing her freshman year, I was about to graduate. As a German immigrant, I was noticeably different from the usual male suspects at Brandeis. She was full of energy and insistent beauty. I was exhausted from years of economic struggle. I was looking forward to graduating, working, and having a few bucks in my pocket.
A few months later I meet her parents and their reaction to our relationship was not surprising. They were visibly appalled that she was in the clutches of an "older" man, and worst of all, someone who had an obvious German accent and was not Jewish. My father-in-law did not hesitate to tell me to leave their house, stay away from his daughter, and never to show up again. He was not ambiguous about the consequence. As a judge in Montreal he had resources he would not hesitate to bring to bear on the problem.
My wife and I did not heed his advice and maintained our relationship secretly for the next three years. Following her graduation, I went off to Switzerland to graduate school and she soon joined me for an extended period of time. It was now time for me to come out off the closet.
With the hard-won process of acceptance that every parent has to master in their relationship with their children's choice and way of life, I became close friends with her parents and we learned to love each other.
Our oldest son later would describe his family background with a sentence that I will never forget. He wrote in his college application "while one of my grandfathers was racing across Canada raising money to help European Jews escape the impending Holocaust, the other grandfather was goose-stepping across the steps of Russian on his way to Stalingrad with the German Wehrmacht."
My father-in-law died a few years ago, lucky enough to see his oldest grandson's Bar Mitzvah and joyful in the knowledge that he had two wonderful grandsons. What he did not live to see, but which I know brings a smile to his face now, is that his oldest grandson was recently identified as a future leader of the American Jewish community with a prestigious fellowship, and his other grandson will go off in the fall to attend McGill University.
Reconciliation is just another expression of love.
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Friday, April 11, 2014
Our 5th Birthday present
Click this link to watch the video about flooding in Fort Worth and residents joining together to save lives and property.
WHO is in the background of the video shots?
Mary Kelleher.
A Tarrant Regional Water District Board member meeting with residents about flooding? With the Flood Plain Administrator? We couldn't ask for a better present.
Thank you to The Historic Randol's Mill Valley Alliance and Channel 11.
And to all our dear friends, here's to the next five!
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TGIF. Oil is back above $30 per barrel and that is pressuring mortgage bonds. Let me start by saying that on days when I don't write a blog post about the mortgage bond market and interest rates, you can always call me (702-812-1214 or 801-853-8720) or email me (email@example.com) to see what the market is doing and get my thoughts on locking or floating.
The FNMA benchmark bond closed down 8 basis points - not too big of a deal - but there is follow-through this morning thanks to rising oil prices. The bond is down 16 basis points so I am going to recommend locking to protect you / your clients to the down side. The RSI is no longer overbought so we don't have that pressure from this technical indicator. At a current price of 103.94, the bond is 12 basis points above the 1st support level.
As far as data is concerned, it was mixed with Existing Home Sales coming in strong at 5.46mil vs. expectations of 5.18mil and previous of 4.76. On the other hand, Leading Economic Indicators came in at -.2 vs. expectations of -.1 and previous of .5 - big miss here. Yesterday, Initial Jobless Claims came in at 293K, well above expectations of 280K and last week's reading of 284K and it's knocking on the 300K threshold - not good. The Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey, while bad at -3.5, was not as bad as expected (-5) or the previous reading (-5.9).
On a happy note, I have a client who was working with another lender for two months before they ended up turning her down. The listing agent asked her to contact me and two and a half weeks later we are signing loan documents today - this time frame includes getting a new appraisal and a holiday. The appraisal wasn't the issue but we just wanted to give her the best chance of success so we went with a new appraisal. Needless to say, the client is ecstatic and so are we. Our average closing time under TRID is about 3-3.5 weeks. We'd love to help you or someone you know who needs a mortgage.
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This is a landscape which has good light and shadows. I think that would be the attraction of this view. Also the endless path going somewhere gives a hope.
Personally, i love this painting a lot. because it brought me luck to get my loving better half,
that is my dear "vavachi".
So i am dedicating this to my vavachi.


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Sorcerers lazy under fur coat
- Forcemeat meat-300 gr.
- Piece potatoes-4.
- Luk-2 piece.
- Piece egg-1.
- Salt, pepper
- Bread crumbs
- Piece tomato-1.
- Sour cream or mayonnaise
- Syr-100 gr.
We salt forcemeat, we pepper, we add small cut onions, polished potatoes, and egg.
Well we mix. We create round cutlets, we coat with breadcrumbs and we fry to semi-readiness from two parties. We spread on the baking tray laid by foil. To oil foil a little the vegetable.
From above we grease each cutlet with sour cream or mayonnaise a little.
We put on onions ringlet.
Then tomato ringlet.
From above cheese slice.
From above we cover everything with foil and we send to oven approximately for 20 minutes.
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The photo at right was taken at Gino's in Philly a few weeks back. I was there on business and my bro-worker Brew and I made a side trip to Gino's and Pats to settle once and for all who makes the best cheese steak. I'm still and Gino's fan and Brew is still a Pat's fan; so I guess we'll have to hit them both again. :-)
In my last post I talked about my decision to give "vaping" a try, and even though I was hoping that my e-cigs would arrive in time for this trip they didn't. They were waiting when I arrived home so I waited no time in digging in.
The vapor is unlike smoke in many ways. For one thing it's lighter than smoke, so as it leaves my mouth and heads straight up. This was unexpected and a bit odd after 30 years of pipe and cigar smoking, but it's not a deal killer by any means.
Another difference is that while the vapor is in my mouth I can taste it; but the moment I blow it out I can pick-up all the taste. Weird. I called my son to see if he was experiencing the same thing, and before I had the chance to ask he said "Hey, did you notice how you don't taste the flavor until you exhale?"
The most surprising thing is that everyone has been lying to us. Everywhere you look on the web about e-cigs they always say that the vapor has no smell. Well, let's just say that their pants are on fire. Now, the smell isn't the same as smoke, and it's not unpleasant, but it does have a smell.
I've determined that vaping is no replacement for my pipe, but also that I like it for those occasions where pipe smoking is out of the question. I decided to shoot a short video for my Youtube channel, and what started out as a short vid became three vids. Here they are:


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Did anyone enter this flash fiction competition on the Flashbang blog? This is a blog worth following if you're a "flasher"!
Here, in no specific order, is our longlist. Many thanks to everyone who entered. We had 77 flashes to read, and it was a tough task to whittle the list down to these 15. Congratulations to everyone who made it through. Shortlist will be up on or by 18 April. Good luck.
- The Laburnum Tree
- Misunderstood
- Crime Seen
- Expectations
- No Big Deal
- A Bad Heart
- So Sweet
- Local News Quarterly
- No Going Back
- Final Demand
- Disassembly
- Ghost Chilli
- Head Shots
- Nightmare on Wall Street
- Corpus Delicti


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80's Stars Then and Now
80's Stars Then and Now
The 80's were aglow with glorious and incredible stars, including television actors, singers, and a whole new generation of movie stars. They were the cream of the crop then, but a lot of time has passed. Time has been kind to some of these stars and less on others. Where are they now?
The Coreys
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman were two of the most popular child stars of the 80s, but were unable to successfully transition to adult acting. Haim fell into a major drug problem and passed away in 2010, while Feldman has struggled to get a music career off the ground.


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During our visit to the Arabian House Restaurant recently, we noticed a place named Old Man II nearby. We have written about the Old Man Restaurant before and that place is located close by too. So we decided to give this new outlet a try and find out if the restaurants are related.
We were given a nice menu with an extensive selection. It reminded us of Esquire Kitchen. There were many one dish rice or noodle options as well as a la-carte choices. We decided to go with the latter and ordered some of their signature dishes:-
We found the cooks to be quite restrained in the use of salt (which I personally think is a good thing) and we assume not much MSG was used as well. Overall the results were rather mixed but it certainly warrants more visits. And yes, they appear to be under the same management as the Old Man Restaurant nearby as we spotted a couple of familiar faces here.
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Sunday, 24 June 2012
Old Man II
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- Anonymous16 August 2012 at 23:26
Old man ii was initially opened by the owner of the ori old man restaurant..with intention to sell roast pork, char siew, wanton noodle etc in the morning plus other stuff during dinner. But recently the original owner is no longer running the place.ReplyDelete
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Watercolor Muse
Cynthia Kukla
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Sun Spots over the Atlantic
Sun Spots 2.
4 x 6 inch watercolor
This is another watercolor from 30,000 feet. There were beautiful sun spots on the clouds so I made numerous 4 x 6 inch paintings.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Pacific Standard Time Extravaganza III
The San Diego Art Museum
LA has so many quintessential art movements and artists. The Getty Foundation masterminded the 'Pacific Standard Time' series and funded over 60 institutions to research and hang exhibitions about the west coast's contribution to contemporary art.
Ed Ruscha's Standard Station
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Pacific Standard Time Extravaganza II
It was not easy coming back to Illinois from my art trip to LA this winter; the traffic is easier than Chicago, there are palm trees, great art, ambience, driving across the many canyons connecting areas of greater LA, finding streets and areas rich with meaning from art and from movies.
Near this picture of me at Venice Beach is the street Ocean Park. Any painter worth her or his salt knows Diebenkorn's Ocean Park Series of paintings. Richard Diebenkorn had a studio on Ocean Park, and rather than look toward the seductive Pacific, he turned away and looked uphill at the geometry of the street rising upward from the ocean. This geometry and his particular California vision created the legendary Ocean Park Series of paintings, one of which was on view at the Getty Museum in its PST tribute exhibition. Now, an exhibit of Diebenkorn's seminal paintings
"Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series" opened Feb 24 at the Orange County Museum of Art.
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I found this album by Shinichi Mori (森 進) at a local record store. The cover is great and so is the music inside. Hardcore Enka that takes no prisoners. Mori Shinichi is a major singer in Japan, and is known for his downbeat songs about Tokyo bar life. The romance of the whiskey mizu/water or that glass of sake too many.
Perhaps Shinichi Mori's masterpiece? I found this vinyl yesterday. It's his blues album or is it a blue album? Nevertheless one gently goes into Shinjuku, with no hope of getting back.


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Blueberry Boy Bait
Fresh blueberry time!! We have a local farm where we pick gorgeous, pesticide-free blueberries for only $1.50/lb--amazing! I picked close to 10 pounds and so now have a wonderful stock of berries begging to be used. I did freeze a lot so I'll be able to enjoy them throughout the year as well.
I made a coffeecake today which is really nice from America's Test Kitchen. It is very tender and buttery, studded with sweet blueberries. It is topped with cinnamon and sugar which I really like--not as rich as a crumb topping, but just enough to give it sweetness and crunch on the top. Yum! Continue for blueberry recipe.Blueberry Boy Bait
The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008
16 T unsalted butter, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 T baking powder
1 t salt
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 cups whole milk
3/4 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen, tossed with 1 t flour
3/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 t ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
Whisk flour, powder, and salt in medium bowl.
With a mixer, beat butter and sugars on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 min., scraping the sides when needed.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until just incorporated.
Reduce speed to medium and beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture until incorporated; beat in 1/2 of the milk.
Beat in 1/2 of the remaining flour mixture, then the remaining milk, finally the rest of the flour.
Gently fold blueberries into the batter.
Pour the batter into the pan and smooth with a spatula.
For the topping, scatter the berries over the top of the batter.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl and sprinkle over the batter.
Bake about 45 min.
cool the cake in the pan for 20 minutes.
Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.


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- Posted June 25, 2009 by
- Rajiim
This iReport is part of an assignment:
Remembering Michael Jackson
The Day The Music Stopped.....Michael Jackson Dead at 50
CNN I-Report The Day The Music Stopped.....Michael Jackson Dead at 50
By, Rajiim Gross
Today will be a day remembered as the day the music stopped....Michael Jackson has died due to what appears to be a heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital after being found colasped in his home. With his heart stopped doctors worked to save his life....but the King of Pop, Michael Joesph Jackson age 50 died.
I know that there are many family, friends and fans who are mourning the loss of Michael, I would just hope that our society has enough respect within it to not post horrible things about him on the day of his death. Please keep your rude, crude comments to yourself. So some self control.


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Long time readers probably know that I have a serious case of "Bon Fiver" (pronounced "fee-vair" like "eee-vair"). I've always loved Bon Iver's breakthrough album For Emma, Forever Ago from first listen and after Justin Vernon's phenomenal Bonnaroo set, I finally was able to wrap myself around the self-titled album as well. It expanded his sound in ways that few bands whose name isn't Radiohead or the Beatles ever dare to do, particularly when For Emma attained such cult status among indie music fans. However, what made me fall "Arcade Fire" in love with Bon Iver was the aforementioned Bonnaroo set. It's the single greatest concert I've ever gone to and more of a religious experience than I ever had in a church. Justin Vernon and his collaborators make heavenly music and it just astounds in a live setting. You can truly grasp the magnitude of his lush and expansive music when you see it being made right in front of you. I'm diving into my vinyl collection for this one because I bought For Emma. It's ironic that I'm picking this song, "Flume," because Bon Iver didn't do it at Bonnaroo. It's my second favorite song on the record but I want to save "Skinny Love" for a special occasion.
Song of the Day: "Flume" by Bon Iver


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I Can't Believe What I'm Watching... Kevin Cheng's character (Aaron Chong Man Hei) is horrific. I was watching the scene where he killed Ching Ching (Gigi Lai) at 2 AM last night and I couldn't believe her life came to an end that way. Gigi's character is very innocent and sweet and to see that she was killed by someone she trusted like that was shocking. I knew even before watching the series that it was bound to happen but OMG... I anticipate the last few episodes will be very tense. Her death seems to have make a huge impact on most of the major characters in the series. Kevin's gay (or bisexual) psycho serial killer character Aaron is really one of the scariest I've seen in series.
I really like watching TUCF. I had doubts about it in the first 4 episdoes because I so afraid the entire series will revolve around Yuen Biao's psyhic abilities, but I'm glad it eventually faded almost completely out of the storyline. Once I got past the first 5 episode and it got alot better. This series somewhat reminds of series like the Justice Files. I want to see how everything will end. I heard Moses Chan's character makes a drastic change after Gigi Lai's death.
This series is very violent in the beginning. However, it died down towards the middle. And became more violent towards the end. I was so surprise to see TUCF got a NC-16 Rating ( No Children Under 16 are permitted to watch) in the U.S. My rental store would let this 15 year old boy rent it because of the warning DVD set came with. They were afraid they might lose their lincense to rent out DVDs.
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Discussion in 'Music Forums' started by enricosonic, Mar 24, 2010.
Double album with both live and studio recordings. A cover of She's Not There did really well.
I always loved their covers. Their cover versions too.
"An American Latin rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist."
Santana- Moonflower @onepixel
You got it. You're up!
Probably too easy for you dudes....
Yup. I'll let someone else join in.
I'm a little surprised it took more than 27,600 replies to this thread before a player posted this one.
Yes, it's a softball for us old cats, so I agree w/ onepixel: let's leave it for one of our younger players to solve.
This is this bands first complete concept album and the first album where a orchestra was used.
It's like you're playing tag and you're it and everyone goes home...
Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
Front and Back CD cover.
It reminds me of this....but I know.....no cigar.
I'm back. A 90s classic, re-whipping Herb's original:
Well, there you go!
Weird metal noise and odd lyrics from 2014, used to back French short films. Title obscured by my cheap beer.
A friend of Julian Cope and a band that recorded the heaviest song of all time.
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Herakles farms accused of illegally exporting timber
by Mumh Rogers in Yaoundé
The conservation group Greenpeace has accused the American company, Herakles farms of colluding with the Cameroon minister of forestry and wildlife to illegally export timber to China. In a report published on May 27 2014, Greenpeace reveals that Herakles farms' Cameroon subsidiary SGSOC was using another company Uniprovince, as a front company to export its stockpile of timber collected illegally in the course its forest clearing exercise that ran between 2010 and 2013.
The report notes that in January this year Uniprovince obtained a 2.500 ha logging permit (vente de coupe No 11-02-10) inside the Herakles farms concession but observes that the vente de coupe permit was granted in violation of the Cameroon forestry legislation as well as the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) that Cameroon signed with the EU, especially because it did not follow the procedure of a public auction as the law requires. Furthermore, the report suspected a deliberate attempt by the forestry minister to hide an illegal decision taken in favour of Herakles farms", as the vente de coupe did not figure in the most recent list of valid permits published by the ministry on March 10, 2014.
Greenpeace suspects therefore, that Herakles farms were in the process of laundering wood out of the country, through a cover up. It remarks further that the granting of an illegal permit to Uniprovince "calls to question Cameroon's commitment to respect the VPA and the credibility of the initiative as a whole" and notes that the illegal logging activities were happening at the expense of state treasury, apart from the local council and local communities that were supposed to receive forest royalties.
"Because of the illegal granting of Uniprovince's logging permit without a public auction, the company will pay 17 times less tax than the average paid by other logging companies with similar permits in 2014. Yet, Heracles farms will exploit a greater volume of timber than other companies since it will raze the forest to make way for its plantation," notes the report, which has therefore called for the immediate seizure by Cameroonian authorities of the entire stockpile of timber in the Herakles farms concession and the cancellation of the "illegal logging permit". It further demands that an investigation be carried out into the "numerous illegalities" surrounding the project.
Authorities of the ministry of forestry have debunked some of the allegations by Greenpeace as ungrounded. "How did they expect the minister to know whether or not Uniprovince was owned by Herakles farms?" wondered Jean Robert Onana, communications chief at the MINFOF, who remarked that the same minister who was hailed yesterday by Greenpeace and other conservation groups for suspending Herakles farms operations because of irregularities and illegalities is now the target of attacks by the same groups.
Onana said that the vente de coupe permit granted Uniprovince was valid and it was obtained following regular procedure. He said the list of valid logging permits published on 10 March 2014 were those obtained before January 2014. "Subsequent lists would be published and Greenpeace will see that Uniprovince's permit is valid and legal," Onana affirmed.
Meanwhile, Greenpeace says it has already seized the competent state prosecutor and provided him with proof of the resulting illegalities and the financial losses to the state.
It should be recalled that all of these started in 2009 when Herakles farms, fleeing tighter regulations in South East Asia, sought to obtain over 73.000 hectares of land to create oil palm plantations in Cameroon, notably in the Kupe-Muanenguba and Ndian divisions of the South West region. Suspicion of 'palms being oiled' came when Herakles farms was granted a land lease at 1 dollar/hectare a year, though company experts had valued it at 6.000 dollars per hectare. At this rate, Cameroon was to lose at least FCFA 53.1bn a year to Heracles for the 20.000 hectare leased out by presidential decree.
"As part of the deal, Herakles farms were to surrender all the wood in its concession to the government. Apparently, the American company did not take this kindly and so looked for another way of taking possession of the wood".
The Greenpeace report has however, noted that Herakles farms' plantation activity has not gone beyond an overgrown nursery, while its lumbering activity was blossoming with the attendant threat it poses to the existence of locals and endangered species.
Stop the palm oil industry's assault on the South West region of Cameroon. The wind has blown and the anus of the fowl has been exposed! http://betockvoices.page.tl/The-Voice-of-the-Voiceless.htm
The Voice of the Voiceless
The Farmers of the Manyemen Kingdom.
(Ndong, Betock, Ebanga Villages)
Email address – firstname.lastname@example.com
Web site - http://betockvoices.page.tl/
BetockVoices is on Facebook
In a few years time - "The inhabitants fled in panic into the far villages, crossing the palm oil plantation. Some of them are still missing. Since then, the entire plantation is surrounded by security folks, so the inhabitants cannot go back. No one can come out, no one can get in. No food - The devastation of existing farms and forest is here."


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Sunday 2nd April 2017
The news headlines:
New North Uist repeater with internet link
Mixed blessings for Dutch amateurs
Second YOTA vlog released
New repeater GB3EI is located on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides and it went on air last Thursday. It operates on 145.6125MHz with a 600kHz shift and 88.5Hz CTCSS. Details are on its website, www.gb3ei.co.uk
Telecommunication regulators in The Netherlands have scaled back considerably the country's formerly liberal 60m privileges. Since December 2015, amateurs in The Netherlands have had access to a 100kHz wide band at 5MHz, with a maximum power of 100W. Starting on the 1st of April 2017, the allocation has been changed to the global secondary 15kHz-wide allocation, 5351.5kHz to 5366.5kHz, with a maximum of 15W EIRP. On a positive note, the same Gazette notice also removed the cross-band and duplex restrictions on 50.45 to 52.0MHz and 70.0 to 70.5MHz.
The RSGB's second YOTA 2017 video blog, or vlog, features RSGB Youth Committee member Rebecca Hughes, M6BUB. She introduces one of the activities she's looking forward to helping with at the international YOTA 2017 week the RSGB is hosting in August. You can watch this and other vlogs on our dedicated YOTA 2017 web pages, www.rsgb.org/yota You can help the RSGB to make YOTA 2017 event a great success by becoming a financial supporter – anyone who donates more than £15 receives a supporters' pin. Find out more from the YOTA 2017 web page, www.rsgb.org/yotasupporter
US amateurs will get two new bands in the near future. On the 28th of March, the FCC adopted rules that will allow secondary amateur radio access to 472 to 479kHz and to 135.7 to 137.8kHz. The new rules become effective 30 days after publication in The Federal Register. More information is on the ARRL website www.arrl.org
The RSGB Board recently received a number of reports that postings to the Have Your Say web page were not being answered and tasked the Board Chair with investigating the position. A technical problem was identified that may mean a number of HYS messages weren't received and, therefore, weren't answered. However, we are only aware of one message specifically that didn't get a response. The technical problem has now been fixed. The Board would like to thank those who drew attention to this issue and trust that the actions taken will show that they listen and act when matters are made known.
In order to try to meet the 2015 Presidential Review aim of reducing geographical and other disadvantages, the B2 contest scoring method was introduced on a trial basis for RSGB VHF contests throughout 2017. Arrangements are now being made to start to review B2 use, based on scores during the first four months of the year. For details of how this will happen and the proposed wider consultation see http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/rsgb-notices/2017/03/30/vhf-contest-scoring/
The 90th RSGB AGM will be held at the Angel Hotel, Castle St, Cardiff CF10 1SZ on Saturday the 22nd of April, commencing at 12 noon. Details of those standing for elections, the accounts and the Minutes of the 2016 AGM appear in the April RadCom. Votes must be received by the ERS before 12 noon on Thursday 20 April 2017, as described in RadCom. AGM registrations are going well; lunch will be provided free of charge for Members who notify their attendance in advance using the form at www.rsgb.org/attendagm
The www.CQScotland.com Group will be will be coordinating a kit building and Micro:Bit computing showcase at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow G51 4BN on Sunday the 7th of May. The Group is being supported by the Radio Society of Great Britain and the Micro:Bit Educational Foundation. Radio amateurs, electronics enthusiasts or fans of the BBC Micro:Bit are invited to join the Volunteer Team. You will help guide a young person to successfully complete their electronic project in about an hour. Please register your initial interest at www.CQScotland.com
This year's Mills on the Air event takes place on the 13th and 14th of May. There is an award available for working the various special event stations. Please do remember to register at www.g4cdd.net or www.mills-on-the-air.net
And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week
We start with the unfortunate news that the Southern Electronics & Radio Fair, planned for the 6th of May, has had to be cancelled. Details can be found at www.serf.org.uk
Today, the 2nd of April, the Hack Green Hangar Sale takes place at Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, French Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8AL. Doors open 10am. It is a sale of amateur gear, electronic equipment, computers, military radio sets and vehicle spares. Refreshments are available on site. More details from Lucy Siebert on 01270 623 353 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com
The Northern Amateur Radio Societies Association Exhibition, otherwise known as the Blackpool Rally, will take place on the 9th of April in the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre, Blackpool FY2 9AA. There is car parking at the venue and a talk in station will be in operation. There will be trade stands, a Bring & Buy, special interest groups and an RSGB bookstall. Doors open 10.30am with disabled visitors gaining access 15 minutes earlier. More information from Dave, M0OBW on 01270 761 608.
If you have any rally or event information you'd like to appear in future editions of GB2RS News, in RadCom and on the RSGB website, please email full details to email@example.com.
And now the DX news compiled from 425 DX News and other sources
IOTA enthusiasts and prefix collectors should look out for PF38T on Texel Island, IOTA reference EU-038, operated by Hans, PA7HPH until the 9th of April. A special QSL card will be issued via PA7HPH.
Tim, NL8F will reactivate his T2TT callsign from Tuvalu in the Pacific, OC-015, until the 13th of April. He will be on SSB and JT65 on 80m to 10m. His QSL Manager is N7RO.
Tony, 3D2AG is on the air as 3D2AG/p until the 28th of April from Rotuma, OC-060, a Fijian dependency. Activity is on 160 to 6 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65 and FSK441. QSL via the operator's instructions.
Eliot, W1MJ will be on the air as CE0Y/W1MJ from Easter Island, SA-001 until the 4th of April. Activity will be holiday style on 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres using QRP CW and possibly PSK31 as well. QSL to home call.
YB3MM and YB3LZ will be transmitting as 4W/YB3MM and 4W/YB3LZ, respectively, from Dili in Timor-Leste, OC-148 between the 3rd and 5th of April. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands, using mostly JT65 and possibly other modes as well. QSL via operators' instructions.
Marc, ON5SM will be transmitting as DU9/ON5SM from Mindanao in the Philippines, OC-130, from the 4th of April to the 24th of May. Activity will be on 80 to 6 metres using SSB, SSTV and various digital modes. QSL to home call.
Now the special event news
GB8EGT will be on the air from RAF Eglington in Londonderry and GB8BKY will be on the air from RAF Ballykelly in Limavady, both until the 9th of April, operating holiday-style. Contact Paul Lewis, MI1AIB by email to firstname.lastname@example.com
A Canadian-led DXpedition-style event will activate the 100 hectare WWI battle site, Vimy Ridge, as it is the centenary of the April 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge. A commemorative amateur radio station will go on the air from the summit of Vimy Ridge on the 1st of April and continue until dusk on the 9th. Seventeen operators, drawn from the ranks of Canadian and French contesters and DXpedtioners, will run two stations 24 hours per day, using SSB, CW and digital modes on 160 through 10 metres. The radios will be Elecraft K3s and KPA 500s with Spiderbeams, verticals and dipoles for antennas. More information is at www.v100vimy.ca
South Kesteven ARS will put GB5ROC on the air today, the 2nd of April, from Post 62, Buckminster, the Royal Observer Corps Cold War Nuclear Bunker, operating as a part of Britain on the Brink.
French radio club F8KHW will be running a portable station from Wailly Les Arras on the 8th of April for the centenary of the battle of Arras city that began on the 9th of April 1917. They will be operating, on 2m FM and SSB, 40m and 20m SSB, CW and PSK.
Now the contest news
This weekend is a busy one. The SP DX contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today, the 2nd. Using 160 to 10m, the exchange is signal report and serial number. SP stations send their Province code too.
Today, the 2nd, running from 0900 to 1200UTC, the First 70MHz contest takes place. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
Also today, the 2nd, but from 1900 to 2030UTC, the RoLo 1, or Rolling Locators, contest takes place. Using SSB only on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is signal report and the locator you received.
On Monday the 80m Club Championships will take place from 1900 to 2030UTX. Using CW only, the exchange is signal report and serial number.
On Tuesday there are two 2m contests. The FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1900UTC, then the all mode UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. Both have the same exchange: signal report, serial number & locator.
On Wednesday it's the UK EI CC on 80m from 2000 to 2100UTC. The exchange is your 4-character locator.
Next Sunday, the 9th, it's the Frist 50MHz contest running from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and post code.
Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Friday the 30th of March.
Last week was a mixed bag. As predicted we had geomagnetic storming, thanks to the effects of a large coronal hole and its associated high speed solar wind stream, but we also had some good HF conditions at times. With the solar flux in the low 80s, propagation was dominated by the impact of solar material on Tuesday, with the subsequent rise in the K index to five and even six. The initial onset brought a pre-auroral enhancement, with many stations reporting good HF conditions. But this was soon tempered by poorer conditions later in the week.
Visible auroras were reported at higher latitudes and a UK-wide red aurora alert was issued by Lancaster University on the 27th. Next week, NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will decline into the mid 70s.
Geomagnetic conditions will remain unsettled until later in the week, with the K index likely to hit four at times. We may then get a bit of a respite, with more settled conditions on Friday and across the weekend of the 8th and 9th. You can then expect maximum useable frequencies over a 3,000km path to hit 18 or perhaps even 21MHz at times. We won't see any significant activity on 10 metres until the Sporadic-E short-skip season starts in a few weeks.
And now the VHF and up propagation news.
Two widely-used weather models are predicting a developing high just after the weekend. One has it starting today. For the VHF, UHF and SHF bands, this means a good week with the prospect of some useful Tropo once the unsettled weather at the start of this weekend has moved away. Most areas are likely to benefit from Tropo paths within the UK, across the North Sea and down to the south across Biscay.
There are often two temperature inversions in this type of pattern, one due to the high itself, producing an elevated duct somewhere between 1km and 2km in height. The second type is often found near the surface at the end of a night time of cooling. This one is less reliable, since it will often disperse after the sun begins to lift the daytime temperature. This tropo should make the 144MHz UKAC and FMAC contests very interesting on Tuesday evening.
Isolated heavy showers this weekend might have brought rain scatter, but they'll be gone by the start of next week.
The Sporadic-E season has not quite started yet, but it can't be far away.
The Moon is at high declination early this week, so long windows of moon visibility. We are past perigee, so losses will increase as the week progresses.
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Gary Harrington, an Oregon man, will be spending a month in jail, after being convicted on nine misdemeanor charges. His crime? "Illegally" collecting rain water on his own property.
Harrington, who lives in Eagle Point, Oregon, has been fighting for the right to collect rain water since 2002.
Now a decade later, he has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined over $1,500 for the man-made ponds he has built on his 170 acres of land. For filling "three illegal reservoirs" on his property with runoff water, Harrington has been convicted on nine misdemeanor charges in Circuit Court.
According to authorities, Harrington broke the law by collecting natural rain water and snow runoff, that landed on his property. Harrington said he stores the water mainly for fire protection.
According to officials with the Medford Water Commission, the water on Harrington's property, whether it came from the sky or not, is considered a tributary of the nearby Crowfoot Creek. Thus it is subject to a 1925 law, giving Medford Water Commission full ownership and rights to the water.
Due to this, prosecutors were able to argue in court that the three man-made boating and fishing ponds on Harrington's property have violated the law.For what it's worth, in this case (unlike this case) I can at least begin to understand what the original purpose of the law in question was (or may have been). But this isn't 1925 anymore, this guy obviously doesn't have any ill intentions, and this whole thing just doesn't make any sense.
Then again, this is 21st century America, where one class of people can rip everyone off (and even admit to violating federal law) all they want and just pay a small fine, but another class gets thrown in jail for collecting rainwater. Sounds fair. Does anybody care?
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First I'm sure you will all agree that if Chuck Hagel ate my baby he would not be a fit and proper person to be Defence Secretary, Agreed.
Then "ChucK Hagel clearly ate my baby".
In the Armed Services committee we must ask him to produce evidence that he ate my baby!! (I,m sure you will agree this is urgent).
If he does then it is case proven. If he doesn't then failure to produce the required evidence is non co-operation which he clearly would only do if he ate my baby.
In any case the fact that I said "Chuck Hagel ate my baby" means we have cause under the old one percent rule to invade Iraq, sorry I mean block his nomination.
Hell, it's a slam-dunk.
Chuck Hagels real crime is that he is relatively sane and by being sane he makes many of us all look a little mad.


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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Notice this new badge at the top right corner of my blog?
Now you can hire me to blog about you on this blog! (Isn't that cool?)
Currently I left the price at $5.00.
Maybe when I get more "famous" I would charge more. :P
Anyway the badge will be up there for all to notice. I'll leave it there for a while before I move it down to the rest of the badges.
Do consider me lah. I'm not bad mah.
and I'm not paid for this post lah.
I just feel like advertising for myself loh. :P
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