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We all know emergency funds are meant to handle life's curve balls. But the term "emergency fund" is so broad that it leaves us pondering:
What constitutes an emergency – and what illustrates a pattern that could actually be planned for?
Most financial advice that broaches the topic of emergency funds fails to address this important question. The result? We build up our emergency funds only to dip into them more frequently than planned – and for "unexpected expenses" that were actually quite predictable.
If all we ever do is use our emergency funds and then rush to rebuild them again, then there's no way we can get ahead financially. An emergency fund is just the first of many important financial goals, so anytime we ping pong on our progress, we're getting set back on all of our financial potential. That's why it's so important to understand what an emergency fund is really for.

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Sometimes, but not often, I get to work on the counter. I like it. I like to sit. If you're not on the counter you're expected to keep busy, and if there's nothing to do, you're expected to walk around. Just walk around, round and round, waiting for somebody to a have a problem for you to solve. People get coins stuck in the machines, that's quite a common one. Quite often people think a machine should have paid out when it didn't, and I have to give the thing a shake to see if anything falls out. I try to do it in a way that customers won't notice though. We can't have them shaking the machines to see if anything falls out.
Sometimes that doesn't work and I have to go behind the counter and get keys, like, twelve keys, because over the years different machines have turned up with different locks, or locks have been replaced. I must waste ten hours a week trying out keys to get machines open, while a stranger stands by, and watches. If I ran this place I would order one huge batch of locks that all had the same key. I keep saying that I'm going to colour code them some day but so far, no.
If a punter says they're owed a payout it could just mean the hopper's empty, and once refilled, it will give them what they're owed. Most often the coins are stuck in the pipe, or just fell into the wiring because the machines are old as hell, and I have to root around. Pro-tip: always ask them exactly how much they're owed, because then if you find more, you can keep the extra. That's not arcade policy of course. Just something I do.
If a regular says that a machine owes them money I give them the benefit of the doubt, and I just hand it over, even if I can't find any evidence. I really have no reason to think that they would lie to me. I don't believe they would cheat, because they're not addicted to money; they're addicted to gambling. If they were addicted to money, they wouldn't be here.
Sometimes the regulars want a tip, what machines have paid out recently, which have been popular, that sort of thing. They like to think there's a pattern to follow, or some kind of code. There's really no useful information I could give them, even if I wanted to, partly because I'm not paying that much attention, but mainly because it's arcade policy. Come to think of it, I don't suppose it is a pattern or a code they're after; more like a superstition. When they ask me for a good tip, I always say the best tip is at the counter, and it's flashing right before their eyes. Nobody's figured out what that means just yet, but I like to be enigmatic.
Mostly the regulars aren't too bright. Easy to sound judgemental, me a student at the University and all, but it's the fair truth. The regulars are all addicts to some degree, mostly unemployed, some with real and noticeable learning difficulties. Some have young children who'll get bored over three or four hours in a pushchair while the parent plays the slots. If they cry or fidget they get told off, or, if the parent's doing ok, they'll give the kid some money to go and play one of the kid machines. That's the next generation of customers I suppose. In business terms.
People say it's rigged, and I hear the phrase 'daylight robbery' a lot. It is rigged of course, it's all rigged, but not in the way they seem to think. The house always wins right? That's how gambling works. The idea that we fiddle with the machines, or that… well, suffice to say, we just don't need to. Why would you rob somebody who's already giving you their wallet? When someone gets angry, gets convinced that there's something dishonest going on, I take them to the counter, and I point to the gambling license nailed on the wall. We'd lose that, I tell them, if we were ever caught breaking the law. We'd lose that and we'd never get it back. I'd be out of a job to boot. And that license, that costs £80,000 per year. They usually widen their eyes then, whistle through their teeth. They have a better idea of what they're dealing with, and they feel more comfortable in the arcade. They go back quietly to their gambling. Which confounds me. Didn't I just tell you, I think to myself, that this dingy little place makes over £80,000 per year? What else do you need to know?
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"Don't you get it? She's the house! She's the plain white shutters, the sparkling glass windows, and the perfect white picket fence. She's the ordinary stuff. But you...you're the red door. And when people come by, yeah, sure they see the house. But for some reason, they always end up looking at the door. It's always in the corner of their eye. You can't ignore a red door. And the house is nice, hell,the house is perfect. But then there's that door. It's almost painful to look at. You're the door."
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Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 | 4:46 p.m.
In the case of master guitarist Esteban, what you see is not entirely what you get.
With Esteban, you get more than what you see. You get more than the mere physical performance of an artist capable of performing any genre of music.
Sound ethereal? Inherently spiritual? That is the point.
"I've been in meditation for 40 years, and when you do it a lot, you understand the body isn't who you are," says Esteban, performing tonight and Sunday at Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. "Your soul is your essence. The body helps you play the guitar and get through life, but who you are is a step beyond that."
In the two performances, Esteban will be joined by his daughter, Theresa Joy, a talented violinist.
Born Stephen Paul and taught by the great Spanish classical guitarist Andres Sergovia (who used the Spanish version of young's Stephen's first name), Esteban is a forthright and spiritually fulfilled guitarist who gained national fame by selling multitudes of CDs on QVC more than a decade ago.
The term "go with the flow" would apply to Esteban's approach to rehearsal and adhering to any sort of rigidity in his stage show.
"What I'm doing is introducing a lot of love in my performance, and half the time I don't even know what I'm going to do up there. So (laughs) the secret's out," he says. "I don't even rehearse with the band. I mean, I'll do a basic rehearsal, just to get a format down. But I improvise 50 percent of the show. I just let it be guided, just let it happen. It can get very magical."
But there is no illusion in Esteban's aptitude. He studied with Sergovia for five years and became a fantastic classical player. He would have kept playing in that style if not for a near-death experience in 1980, when he was 32 years old and a renowned classical artist. While living in Phoenix and driving his mother home from the airport, Esteban was slammed head on by a drunk driver heading the wrong direction on a one-way street.
The guitarist suddenly couldn't play. He suffered nerve damage in his spine, left arm and left hand. The reason he wears mask-like sunglasses today is for the loss of vision in his left eye. He spent nearly a decade working outside the entertainment industry (for a time selling solar energy systems) while re-training himself to play guitar. Extensive acupuncture treatments finally returned feeling in his hand, but the speed and dexterity he possessed before the accident would never fully return.
"I was a straight classical player when that happened, and even 10 years later, I never thought I'd come back," Esteban recalls. "I used to be really fast on scales, and I still play fast, but not quite as fast as I used to. So I go into the heart a little bit more. I have more feeling than showmanship.
"I have a little less speed, and that's OK with me because I can go to a different place now."
Which would be love songs, which initially were easier for Esteban to physically execute in the early stages of his return to live performance. He played a version of "Unchained Melody" on the classical guitar and began working love songs, Flamenco, originals and rock 'n' roll into his suddenly blossoming repertoire.
"I play rock 'n' roll on an acoustic guitar," Esteban says, laughing. "What can I tell you?"
The artist lives in Florida but rents a home in Las Vegas. He hopes the Cabaret Jazz dates open an opportunity to play Reynolds Hall in the near future, and he also hints strongly at some sort of residency at a hotel-casino.
"I've been offered a couple of things, actually, that I've not accepted," he says. "But by October, I could be playing steadily in Las Vegas."
If it happens, expect a lot of soul -- musically and spiritually.
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Ann Arbor natives headline 12th annual Poetry Night extravaganza
But according to Adam Falkner, 27, a Pioneer High School grad ('03) and University of Michigan grad ('07) who will be one of three headliners at the upcoming 12th annual Poetry Night in Ann Arbor, things like the popularity of performance poetry, and the recent, risky (in Falkner's view) appointment of blue collar, Detroit native poet Philip Levine as the U.S. Poet Laureate would seem to affirm that the form is alive and well. (Falkner recently shared the spotlight with Levine at a reading in New York City.)
For Falkner, a life in poetry took root while in Jeff Kass' writing class at Pioneer, despite the former student's initial pull toward music.
"I probably would not have started writing poems, or I never would have found myself invested in poetry to the extent that I am now, were it not for hip-hop as an entry point for me," said Falkner. " I have a very particular attachment to music, and I remember even my first things I wrote for Jeff, in Jeff's class, were largely built around hiphop. And there are definitely similarities in terms of how I play with language, and a lot of the way that words sound, and the pentameter and the rhythm, and why all of that matters to me I think is rooted directly in my early infatuations and obsessions with hip-hop music."
Initially, using hip-hop as the basis for poems forced Falkner to harness his scattered thoughts into a compact structure; while this was initially liberating, in that it provided him with the means to focus his ideas, he eventually found the constraints too confining. Yet elements from the form—wordplay, sound, how the words fit next to each other—are still evident in Falkner's work, which often examines race. For an example, check out this video of Falkner performing his poem "My Father's Family."
"A lot of the writing that I do currently is about whiteness," said Falkner. "('My Father's Family') in particular is related to not ever being comfortable with what I was told about who I was and where my family comes from. I was doing the math as to why it was better to be left in the dark than it would be to explain what the potential or possibility of that might look like. It's easy to identify what underprivilege looks like, but that's a very different thing, for example, from identifying what it means to be privileged in this country, and where that privilege comes from."
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- What: 12th annual poetry event that features young poets from the Neutral Zone's VOLUME program and collegiate poets from Ann Arbor Wordworks, as well as three headliners who are all Ann Arbor natives: Adam Falkner, Molly Raynor, and Coert Ambrosino.
- Where: Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.
- When: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
- How much: In advance, $10 ($5 for students); at the door, $12 ($7 for students). VIP tickets, $35, include pre-show reception (at 5:30 p.m. in Rackham's 4th floor west conference room) with poets and refreshments and the newest Red Beard Press book; $25 VIP tickets are for the reception only. To reserve advance tickets, call Jeff Kass at 734-223-7443 or e-mail a request to email@example.com.
According to Falkner, the headliners' friendship "is part of what makes coming back on these terms, and in this context, really exciting."
All three poets had previously been part of the Neutral Zone's VOLUME program, and were co-founding members of Ann Arbor Wordworks, which primarily features performance poets at the collegiate level. (Young poets from both organizations will perform before the headliners at Poetry Night.)
These days, Falkner teaches writing at a public arts school in Brooklyn called The Academy for Young Writers, which emphasizes the importance of writing across the disciplines. And although his own work lives in the world of spoken word poetry, he studies poetry of all stripes, and encourages young people interested in performance poetry to read everything they can get their hands on.
"One thing that sometimes that gets left aside and kicked under the bus is the importance of developing relationships with writing on the page, and how (that and performance poetry) are very symbiotic," said Falkner. "One doesn't necessarily, or shouldn't, in my eyes, exist without the other. When I started reading, it changed the way that I wrote, it changed the way that I performed, and just gave me a more cerebral understanding for the understanding for how work sounds when it's in the mouth and an audience hears it, versus how it appears on a page, and how those two things ultimately are not exclusive."
Since Falkner's passion was first sparked in a local classroom, it seems only fitting that he now returns to perform with students who may be taking their first steps toward a life of letters.
"In Jeff's class, it felt like, for the first time, at least in high school, I could contain multitudes," said Falkner. "I could be an athlete, I could be in choir—I could be these different things all at once, and they would each fuel one thing I recognized myself as being good at, which was writing. Channeling that into performance was a powerful experience for me."
Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.


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- Changed thermostat
- Changed settings on refrigerator, freezer, water heater and washer
- Replaced at least one third of light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs
- Disconnected electronic devices when not in use
Wild Card Items
- Eliminated second freezer or refrigerator
- Insulated water heater
- Replaced appliances with green-certified products
- Hung clothes up to dry instead of using the dryer
- Sealed all of the windows and doors
At the Store (84%)
- Switched to organic produce
- Switched to eco-friendly cleaning methods
- Switched to locally made (non-produce) products where possible
Wild Card Items
- Cut use of disposable items
- Repaired or extended use of clothing items
- Stopped using wrapping paper for gifts
- Rented or borrowed instead of buying infrequently used items
- My own action: Got an eco-friendly mattress
Food (81%)
- Ate a vegetarian diet one day a week
- Cut down on take-away meals
- Limited daily intake of beef to 8 ounces
- Switched to sustainable seafood
Wild Card Items
- Started a food-based garden
- Ate vegan or raw for a certain number of days per week
- Bought grass-fed beef instead of conventional
- Gave up at least one processed food
- My own action: Bought local organic products when possible
Transportation (15%)
- Drove no faster than the posted the speed limit, avoided rapid acceleration or braking
- Removed extra weight from car, inflated tires
- Used public transportation instead of driving
- Reduced your planned air travel by one trip
Wild Card Items
- Bought carbon offsets for travel
- Carpooled or found a ride-sharing program
- Invested in a more fuel-efficient car
Waste Disposal And Reduction (0%)
- Recycled all glass, aluminum, plastic, batteries and paper
- Eliminated advertising mail
- Changed to paperless billing
- Eliminated the use of plastic and paper bags
Wild Card Items
- Began composting at home
- Used biodegradable bags for walking the dog
- Recycled old athletic shoes and clothes
- Recycled or donated old electronics
Water Use (45%)
- Gave up bottled water
- Turned off tap when brushing teeth, scrubbing dishes
- Shortened showering time
- Replaced shower head with a low-flow model
Wild Card Items
- Used xeriscaping for yard
- Installed a rain barrel to collect water for garden, lawn and plants
- Insulated water heater
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Starting work at National Geographic had an immediate impact on my carbon footprint that had nothing to do with this diet: my commute went from an hour-long drive each way to a 12-minute walk, or about 14,000 miles driven per year to about 800 miles per year. I loathed driving that much every day —…
For three years in my mid-thirties, I lived in San Francisco, California, which is sort of the mecca for sustainable food. Having been raised in the Washington, D.C., area on a diet that featured a heavy rotation of frozen meals (my family was partial to Stouffer's, especially the french-bread pizzas) and take-out, the ideas and…
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Jerry Harris' Azaleas
Michael McCullough
San Jose, California
Jerry Harris likes yellow and orange deciduous azaleas and has been hybridizing them since 1973. The primary aim of Jerry's hybridizing program is to obtain large trusses with many large flowers per truss in mainly yellow and orange colors.
Some time ago, Ev and Marge Farwell brought plants of a 'Knap Hill Yellow' x 'Klondyke' cross to a Monterey Bay Chapter meeting. Jerry obtained one of the plants, which even though it had smallish flowers, had many flowers per truss. This is the plant that Jerry has used as the pollen parent for many of his hybrids.
'Hotspur Yellow' x ('Knap Hill Yellow' x 'Klondyke')
Photo by Michael McCullough
He crossed the 'Knap Hill Yellow' x 'Klondyke' onto 'Hotspur Yellow', a yellow with large flowers, but only four to five flowers per truss. The result is what Jerry calls his "Queen" series. These plants have large yellow flowers in a ball-shaped truss. One of the Queens has a good round ball-shaped truss about eight-inches across, another, probably the best, has a six-inch truss. The Queens also have good fall foliage. They have done well at shows, even winning a trophy at the California Chapter show.
Some of the Knap Hill and Exbury azaleas that Jerry likes are 'Orangeade' (best named orange with good fall foliage), 'Rennie' (red, suffused with yellow, good fall foliage), 'Golden Eagle' (reddish orange), 'Gibraltar' (vivid orange) and 'Old Gold' (beautiful yellow).
'Rennie', 'Gibraltar' and 'Old Gold' have all been used in Jerry's crosses. The crosses with 'Old Gold' produced his "Princess" series. One of this series first bloomed when the plant was 16" tall, and now, several years later the plant is only 20" tall.
Another of Jerry's hybrids is R. occidentale GC4AK 'Mendocino Marvel' x R. prunifolium . 'Mendocino Marvel' was discovered by Allen Korth, on one of Gene German's R. occidentale expeditions, at the Spurlock Ranch near Point Arena, and is one of the best forms of R. occidentale . The flower color is pink with a large orange flare on the upper petal. It blooms in late May and the leaves turn red in the fall.
Many deciduous azalea species also grow in Jerry's garden. He has grown a number of these from ARS seed exchange seed. Some of his favorites are R. arborescens , R. calendulaceum , R. bakeri , R. roseum [syn. R. prinophyllum ], R. canadense , R. japonicum , R. speciosum [syn. R. flammeum ] and R. occidentale .
Michael McCullough is a member of all the California chapters and newsletter editor for De Anza and Monterey Bay Chapters. He has a special interest in rhododendrons in the wild, particularly R. occidentale .


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Australian PMI®: Manufacturing gains further ground in June
The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) edged up a further 0.8 points to 51.8 in June to remain above the 50-point level separating expansion from contraction.
The result completes a full year of continuous expansion - the equal longest unbroken period of growth for the Australian PMI®in a decade.
Ai Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, said: "The mild expansion of manufacturing in June capped a year in positive territory for the Australian PMI®. It was a year in which manufacturers took advantage of the boost to competitiveness from the lower Australian dollar both in the domestic market and in export markets. The metal products sub-sector, which has been heavily impacted by adverse global conditions in recent times, recorded its first expansion since September 2010. The important food and beverages sub-sector continued in positive territory although there are now signs of a slowdown and the machinery and equipment sub sector was weaker – in part due to the low levels of business investment across the economy and the gradual wind-down of auto assembly. The clear imperative for the sector is for a lift in investment both within the sector itself and more broadly across the economy," Willox said.
Australian PMI®: Key Findings for June:
- The Australian PMI® expanded for a twelfth straight month in June – the longest unbroken period of growth since September 2006 – edging up by 0.8 points to 51.8.
- Five of the seven activity sub-indexes expanded in June, with the strong performance of production (up by 3.5 points to 54.4), new orders (up by 1.9 points to 54.1) and sales (down by 2.2 points to 53.7) boding well for future months (see table below).
- Six of the eight manufacturing sub-sectors expanded (that is, above 50 points in three-month moving averages), led by petroleum & chemical products (up 2.2 points to 62.1) and non-metallic mineral products (up 6.8 points to 58.3). Wood & paper products (down 10.0 points to 57.7) and food, beverages & tobacco (down 11.6 points to 53.7) lost some steam, but remained in expansion.
- While metal products (up 6.4 points to 50.4) and printing & recorded media (up 0.5 points to 50.2) lifted out of contraction, machinery & equipment (down 5.8 points to 44.8) and textiles, clothing & other manufacturing (up 1.8 points to 48.9) remained in negative territory in June.
- The input prices sub-index increased by 0.6 points in June to remain elevated at 63.8. Wages growth continues to be volatile, with the wages sub-index dropping 5.8 points to 55.5.
- The manufacturing selling prices sub-index expanded in June, climbing 2.4 points to 53.0 – the strongest result since March 2011.
Full report: www.aigroup.com.au/policy-and-research/economics/economicindicators/
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CEREBRART - Astral Path
Posted by Leo Gerbilsky at 11:12 AM
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Well Anonymous, I agree with you that this picture can be seen in different ways perhaps even as "a Manifesto for the Ludic Century". But from a purely histological point of view there are 1. One migrating neuroblast presented as a futuristic cosmic vehicle 2. Multiple astral glial cells - astrocytes which are forming the microenvironment - "Astral Path" for this migration. And, of course, some blood vessels and extracellular matrix can be seen. But, of course, my CEREBRART can be interpreted in different ways by different people.ReplyDelete
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A devastated former fire chief took his beloved Porsche for an MOT and returned to find it a write off.
Peter Ludlow, 56, had expected to pick up his Boxster S from the garage but instead received a grovelling phone call to say his car had been destroyed in a crash.
The former fireman has since accepted £12,000 from the garage's insurers for the eight-year-old sports car which he believes was worth roughly £26,000.
Peter, who bought his Porsche for £46,000 when it had 110,000 miles on the clock five years ago, said: "That Porsche meant everything to me.
" After my divorce and having been estranged from my children it was all I had left."
"I gave it to them at eight in the morning and they were going to give it a full service and drive to the MOT station," he continued.
"They split it up the middle, it's dead."
Peter claims that the engineers at the garage in Marden, Kent, gave his car to the owner's 18-year-old son who drove it at 65mph into the path of a Ford Fiesta on July 25.
He said: "Why the hell would they give it to an 18-year-old who had only been driving for six months?
"He's the son of the owner and he has admitted to driving it down this dangerous road at 65mph," Peter continued.
"The car was a part of me, every part on it was a Porsche part and it was in tip top condition.
"It was all I had and I'm devastated. I am now without a car and whatever I buy next it won't be a Porsche driving experience."
The former fire commander , from Maidstone, Kent, said that during his 33-years' service he had pulled dozens of bodies from car wrecks on the stretch of road where his Porsche was destroyed.
After the crash, where the Porsche smashed into a Ford Fiesta and careered into a 4x4, Project Nine Engineering, who crashed the car bought it for parts.
Kent police are still investigating the smash, but have not made any arrests.
A spokesperson said: "Officers are currently awaiting information, which has been requested from witnesses."
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Stress play a big part when u dealing with sugar! Makes the heart pump more when everything show be at the same rate! Cause the blood pressure to go up, organs to not function they way they should take a wear and tear on the body
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|Antiques Digest
|Browse Auctions
( Originally Published 1922 )
IN the previous chapter we have discussed the Kuan yao, which has distinct affinities to the finer types of Chun yao. In fact the Kuan yao may be regarded as the aristocrats of a large clan, in which the Chun yao represent the working members. Though today the market value placed upon the humbler representatives of the family are as high or higher than that put on any other ceramic group, the Chinese connoisseurs of bygone ages did not regard specimens from the kilns of Chun Chou as more than work-aday companions.
In the T'ao Shuo, one page of Dr. Bushell's translation is all that is devoted to a description of the ware, and no major reference is made to examples of Chun yao in the recitation of typical specimens from the famous kilns. Such references as occur in the description of specimens are parenthetical in nature and of a disparaging character; thus the Po-tvu yao-lan says that " there are also incense urns and boxes of Chun Chou porcelain but they are made of coarse yellow clay and not good."In Hsiang's Album four examples are given, compared with twelve specimens of Ting yao, eleven of Lung-ch'uan yao, and ten of Kuan yao.
But posterity, both in China and in Europe and America, has set a different value upon the beautiful glazes executed in the Chun kilns, and a sum of four figures has to be given for a notable specimen of a Chun bulb-bowl. The factory was established at the beginning of the Sung dynasty at Chiin Chou in Honan, not very far from K'ai-feng Fu, where the earlier examples of Kuan yao were produced. There is no evidence that, when the House of Sung moved south of the Yang-tze to Hang Chou, the potters of Chun Chou went with them; and consequently we would not expect to see the differences of colour in the paste, which may characterise the Kuan yao of the Sung dynasty proper and that of the Southern Sung epoch.
Perhaps the practical Chin Tartars appreciated the Chun wares, and encouraged the continued production of bowls and flower-pots during the time they occupied Honan. When the Mongols overthrew the Southern Sung dynasty it is clear that the potters of Chun Chou were at work, for we have a considerable series of specimens from the factory which have been given the name Yuan tz'u,Which will be described later in this article
During the succeeding Ming dynasty the kilns were evidently still in operation, from the references made to their products in the K'ang Hsi Encyclopaedia (the Ku-chin-t'u-shu) in the section dealing with the t'ao kung (pottery industry). In that dynasty the name of the town was changed to Yd Chou.At the present time pottery is being turned out at Yd Chou; but, if the potters have inherited the estate, they have not maintained the traditions or retained the skill of their predecessors.
The Sung examples of the ware fall into two classes, one is known among the Chinese as tz'u t'ai (porcellanous paste) and the other as sha tai (sandy paste); among European and American collectors the two categories are generally called " hard Chiin " and " soft Chun."
We must here digress for a moment to get our minds clear as to what is meant by the adjective " porcellanous "; and by the phrase " porcellanous stoneware," which has been used by collectors since its introduction by Mr. Hobson. To an English potter, porcelain implies a bodypaste which contains certain ingredients and has been fired to a stage when vitrification has taken place to a considerable extent; as a result, the ware is translucent when held up to the light. Stoneware and earthenware, on the other hand, do not generally transmit light; though, where they have been turned very thin, they do so. Pottery pure and simple is not translucent.The Chinese, however, do not regard translucency as the test, and draw their line of demarcation between wares which emit a musical note on being struck, and those which do not.
" Porcellanous stoneware " implies a ware which answers to the Chinese definition but does not, as a rule, satisfy the English potters' requirements. Several of the Sung wares would be regarded as porcelain in the European sense of the word, since they are fairly translucent, e.g. the Ting yao; and the ying ch'ing ware is highly translucent. But in order to describe the finer and harder wares, which ring on being struck but which are opaque, the term porcellanous stoneware is a convenient one, though to Western minds it may imply a contradiction in terms. Or, to give another definition, porcellanous stoneware is a non-translucent pottery in which a certain amount of the essential ingredients of porcelain are proved or presumed to be present.
The tz'u t'ai is then what we call " porcellanous stoneware " of fine texture, and the sha t'ai a coarser body which tails off in the rougher specimens to a softish earthenware. As is only natural, the gradation is not very well defined, and examples may be found which can be classed at the bottom of the first group or at the top of the second.
The colour of the tz'u t'ai body is a whitishgrey and not very dissimilar from certain other Honan bodies, when examined at a broken or ground-down surface. Mrs. Williams 1 quotes Chinese authorities, with whom she has conferred, as stating that the finer Chun wares were made from tribute clay sent from the neighbourhood of Ching-te Chen in the province of Kiangsi; but the same authorities state that the tribute paid in kind thus was used at Imperial kilns and employed in the manufacture of pots and bowls for Imperial use. There is no literary evidence of the Chiin Chou kilns being, under the patronage of the throne and, if it had been so, Chinese commentators such as the writer of the T'ao Shuo would hardly have failed to describe at some length the type of article made for the palace.
The most gorgeous specimens of the porcellanous stoneware class are shallow bulb-bowls which stand on three small feet, and flower-pots pierced with drainage holes in the bottom, which were intended to stand in saucers to prevent the water soiling the table on which they were placed. Collectors will meet more saucers than pots, since obviously the latter stood in more danger of breakage. The bases of these vessels have, as a rule, a coating of brown or brownish green transparent glaze, and invariably have a numeral incised in the paste. These numbers range from one to ten and denote the size. A pot and its saucer should bear the same number and match also in regard to glaze colour; but the number of perfect specimens, which are so complete, is very small. The bases of the bulbbowls show, in addition, a circle of spur-marks on their circumferences marking the places on which the vessels rested in the kiln. The bases of the flower-pots do not show spurmarks, and apparently they were fired on a circular ring, the mark of which can be discerned.
The glaze colours employed in these Chun bulb-bowls and flower-pots need to be seen to be realised. They vary from a rich crimson, through shades of purple, to blues of different intensities and to lavender and grey tones. The insides of the bowls are generally either a fairly dark blue or a clair-de-lune colour. Though the T'ao Shuo speaks of specimens with a uniform colour as of first importance, and the four examples given in Hsiang's Album have a purple monochrome glaze, the bowls and flower-pots which have come into the Western market have variegated glaze colours. In fact, they represent the earliest examples of the transmutation or flambe glazes, which were so much exploited in the eighteenth century. The use of copper provides the reds, purples and blues by reduction or oxidation, though most of the blue colour can be accounted for by opalescence only.
The Chiin glazes are thick and lustrous, often ending in thick rolls as they reach the end of their downward flow. They are not intentionally crackled, but they exhibit a more distinctive feature in what are called " earthworm marks." These are generally most apparent on the insides of the vessels and look like tiny cracks in the surface of the glaze, taking the shape of a shaky V or Y : sometimes these "earthworm marks" are more rambling in their course, when the origin of the name is apparent. Considerable importance is attached to the presence or absence of these markings by the Chinese, though their occurrence is not mentioned in the short descrip tion of the ware given in the T'ao Shuo. Their presence, like the " tear marks " in the Ting yao, is regarded as a sign of genuineness.
Another characteristic of the Chun glazes is their pitting, which is due to bubbles of air being driven to the surface during the firing. When these burst, they leave tiny scars or pin holes in the glaze.
Apart from the shaping of the feet, which are usually ornamented with simple scrolls, and the addition of a double row of bosses on the bulb-bowls, the Chun wares, as we know them, have no other decoration. They depend for their beauty on the colour effects of the glaze. It is true that the examples figured in Hsiang's Album are ornamented with incised decoration, but no extant example of this embellishment on a Sung specimen is known to exist. Nor have we seen such an elaborate production as the oil vessel in the shape of a coiling dragon, which is one of the specimens depicted in the same work. As stated in the beginning of this chapter, all the wares produced appear to have been of a strictly utilitarian nature and were not designed to add to the mental satisfaction of the scholar in his library or to his ocsthetic indulgence.
The second category of Chun yao, which is termed " soft " Chun by Europeans and sha tai by the Chinese, differs from the type we have just described in two respects : the body is yellower in colour and coarser in grain, and the range of shapes is wider.As already mentioned, the line of demarcation between the two categories is ill defined, and several specimens which I group under this head may well be classified as " hard " Chun, owing to the porcellanous nature of their paste.
Specimens of " soft " Chiin are to be found with numerals incised in the base in a fashion similar to that described above in connexion with the " hard " Chun bulb-bowls.
The general characteristics of the glaze are similar to those displayed in the first category; it is thick and opalescent, and the prevailing colour is blue or lavender-grey. While specimens with a homogeneous colour are in some ways the most pleasing, those with streaks of red or purple are considered specially desirable. The glaze generally shows considerable crazing.
Before dealing with the various imitations of Chun yao of the Sung period, some description must be given of the class of ware which goes by the name of Yuan tz'u.I am not aware how the term Yuan tz'u originated nor does its genesis matter to us; its meaning is evident, and signifies the ware produced at Chun Chou during the Yuan or Mongol dynasty. The phrase would naturally embrace the ware made at any factory during those eighty-seven years, but, in point of fact, is only used in connexion with the Yuan products of the Chiin kilns.
There is no doubt that most, if not all, of the factories which were operating in the Sung dynasty turned out goods for their Mongol masters. As has been suggested in other chapters, the wares may have been of a rougher and less finished character, likely to furnish a good trading article; but it is not probable that definitely new types were created by the native potters during the Yuan dynasty, still less that new centres of ceramic production were founded. The imposition of a foreign rule for a period of less than a hundred years is unlikely to have done anything for creative art. On the other hand, the exactions of the Mongols probably hastened output to the detriment of quality. For these reasons separate consideration will not be given to the Yuan wares in this book, but they will be dealt with, so far as is necessary, under each centre of production. He would be a bold man who, at this distance of time, could say with assurance, " This is a Yuan specimen and that is a Sung one." He might fairly say " This specimen from its general technique seems to lack the finish and quality of Sung examples and inclines me to regard it as a Yuan piece," but that is the most a self-respecting collector can say.Most of us would prefer to say " Sung or Yuan," in the hope that we were within that range of approximately four hundred years.
We have already noted that posterity has placed a high value upon the artistic effect of the Chun glazes; their beauty was evidently appreciated at the end of the Ming dynasty, for we learn from the T'ao Shuo that " the new pieces made in the present day (i.e. Ming days) all have the body of Yi-hsing clay and consequently, although their glaze has some resemblance to the old, and the pieces are of good form, they do not wear well." Later in his commentary the author of the T'ao Shuo remarks: " We find again that during the Ming dynasty there lived in the province of Kiangnan, at Yi-hsing Hsien, a man named Ou, who made the porcelain called after him ` Ou ware.' He imitated the crackles of the ancient Ko porcelain and the colours of the Imperial (Kuan) and Chun Chou productions of the Sung dynasty. The colours employed by him were very numerous."
The Yi-hsing clay produces a hardish red stoneware, which is familiar to collectors in the unglazed buccaro ware teapots and other vessels. When, therefore, collectors come across specimens with a glaze resembling those of Chun Chou but with a red stoneware body, they are probably confronted with an Yi-hsing product made by Ou or more probably by one of his successors. The examples usually met with are of a dark blue or purplish hue flecked with red streaks, and bear a close resemblance to certain types of Chun yao.But comfort may be sought in the remark quoted above, " they do not wear well."The glaze seems to be of a softish nature and scratches and rubbings are often apparent, which, with the characteristic body colour, help detection.Mr. Hobson assists us further by suggesting that a concave base in place of a hollowed-out foot and foot-rim, together with a stoppage of the glaze just short of the base in an even regular line instead of a wavy line, are characteristics of Yi-hsing potting.
But we are not at the end of imitation Chuns.
The Kuangtung factories were early imitators of the Chiin glazes; in particular the factory at Fat-shan, which is close to Canton, produced wares which bear a family likeness. The deception is heightened by the bases of the specimens being often incised with numerals in imitation of the Chun Chou practice. But to my mind these copies are easier to detect than the Yi-hsing specimens : the Kuangtung body is distinctive with its dark grey colour, and the glaze has neither the fatness nor the kind of blue opalescence exhibited by the Chun yao.Some of the mottled glazed examples of Kuangtung ware, which have arrived in this country direct from China, have been styled Sung specimens. There is every reason to believe that the Canton factories were established at a very early date; in fact, they were operative in the Tang dynasty; but these reputed Sung Kuangtung wares are not in the least convincing to the Western eye, and they bear the closest resemblance to the seventeenth and eighteenth century products, of which a considerable number can be found without difficulty.Their shape frequently takes the form of baluster vases, which are certainly not typical of the Sung period. I may be thought to be giving too lengthy a description of these reputed Sung specimens from the South; but as the early Kuangtung wares do not form a sufficiently important group to merit separate reference, the present article seems a fitting place to dispose of them. One cannot meet repeatedly specimens of this ware attributed by the Chinese to Sung times, without taking the statements into consideration. No doubt the Chinese dealer puts a Sung label on his consignments to enhance their appreciation on this side in the eyes of the unwary or unscrupulous; but the statements are persisted in, despite scepticism from those whose opinions carry weight in China. Like the butterman of immortal memory,' the Chinese presumably know something about their own goods, and native opinion cannot be dismissed lightly. We may yet be convinced of the Sung origin of some of the Kuang yao, which at present is put to the credit of seventeenth and eighteenth century potters.
Lastly we have to deal with the imitations of Chun yao made at Ching-te Chen in the eighteenth century during the reign of Yung Cheng (I723-I735). The Imperial factories at Ching-te Chen no doubt made reproductions of the early wares from original specimens sent from the palace by various Emperors, but it was apparently in the reign of Yung Cheng that the best efforts were made in this direction. The lists of porcelains made at the Imperial factories about 1730 furnish full particulars of the different glazes made in imitation of the Chun effects, and the results are strikingly beautiful. There was no fraudulent intention in these copies; for, though the white porcelain which composed the body was dressed with ferruginous clay to give the " iron foot," the dressing was added to put the piece in keeping with its prototype. The fact that specimens often bear the nien hao of Yung Gheng in seal characters incised on their bases proves the bona fides of the potter. But while the original maker was not intending to deceive, subsequent owners sometimes have had that intention, for some of these Yung Cheng copies, on which the tell-tale nien hao has been inscribed, have had their seal ground off and the white porcelain redisguised by brown varnish.
Judged by glaze effect alone, these replicas are extremely hard to detect; there is a quality about the glaze of the best examples which is baffling: in fact, as articles of beauty they are highly desirable and approach more nearly to the perfection of the Sung glazes than do, perhaps, any other later imitations of the early wares. No great difficulty exists, however, in determining their provenance, for the body is never disguised to a degree which prevents detection.
More serious trouble is caused by imitations made on a pottery or earthenware body both in China and Japan; some of these bear such a close resemblance to the Chun wares of the sha t'ai type that collectors need to be cautious. The finish of the foot is often suspicious, and there is an unconvincing atmosphere about them which will help the collector, after experience of the real article and of the spurious.


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Following in the footsteps of several other specialties, cardiology now has a hashtag ontology page dedicated to facilitating social media use for providers and the wider health care community. The aim of the cardiology ontology page is to assemble and disseminate hashtags pertinent to cardiovascular diseases. This enables health care professionals, patients and family members to organize discussions surrounding cardiovascular medicine in an effort to keep the interest of the patient foremost.
We often hear, "Oh it's so vast and overwhelming, there's no way I could be on Twitter" when approaching colleagues about a recent fruitful encounter on one of the largest social media platforms in the world. Although cardiology only occupies a small fraction of the over 300 million viewers and billions of tweets generated daily on Twitter, the potential value cardiovascular disease providers can garner and large impact they can have on public health is beyond immense. However, just like any medication or therapy we suggest or prescribe to our patients, social media must be palatable and easily navigated in order to have broad uptake. One means by which this can be accomplished is by codifying a set of terms common in cardiology, and much like our colleagues in oncology, radiation oncology, and recently urology, providing a cardiovascular ontology around which patients and providers can easily identify specific entities within the world of cardiology. Continue reading


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LONDON, Nov 22 (IFR) - Mark Lynagh has been appointed as head of the corporate debt platform for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at BNP Paribas as part of a broader reshuffle at the French bank, according to a spokesperson.
Lynagh, who was head of investment-grade bonds, EMEA corporates, replaces Renaud-Franck Falce, who has been appointed as head of financing solutions, EMEA.
He will report to Falce and will also have a functional reporting line to Martin Egan, global co-head of primary and credit markets.
Falce will report to Bruno Tassart, who has been appointed deputy head of corporate clients, financing and advisory (CCFA) EMEA, a new position at the bank.
Tassart in turn reports to Yannick Jung, who is head of EMEA corporate clients, financing and advisory.
Lynagh's investment-grade bonds responsibilities will be taken on by Giulio Baratta, in addition to his role of head of investment-grade finance, EMEA.
BNP Paribas merged its loan and bond origination operations and created a separate corporate debt platform, encompassing loans and bonds, as part of wider changes to its corporate and institutional banking unit at the end of 2014. (Reporting by Helene Durand; editing by Sudip Roy, Philip Wright)


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One of HBO's Girls is reportedly in the running to star in Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.
Deadline claims that Allison Williams, who plays Marnie Michaels on the hit series, is "on the short list for the Fantastic Four reboot, which is in the very early talking stage."
It would stand to reason the role she's up for would be that of Susan Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, played in the previous films by Jessica Alba.
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How I stopped smoking
About 16 of us were shepherded into a tiny, tired room on the first floor. The ceiling had that yellowy tinge that comes from years of being occupied by smokers. The stench was almost oppressive. In fact, the first thought that passed through my mind was, if the stink of this room wasn't enough to make me quit smoking, nothing would be. We were presented with binfuls of cigarettes and lighters, which our therapist told us to help ourselves to throughout the day.
This was my initiation to Allen Carr's Easy Way Clinic in Rayne's Park, London. They are so confident that they can stop you smoking, they offer a money-back guarantee; apparently only around 6% of customers ever take them up on the offer, which points to a success rate of over 90%.
For me it's been an impactful way of 'curing myself of the smoking disease' in the words of Allen Carr. For that reason, I would like to run through the main points of the Easy Way method as I see them. This article is by no means meant to offer an alternative to therapy or reading Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life, merely an introduction.
The Easy Way is about the state of mind you need to achieve to be a happy non-smoker; focus on changing the way you think about cigarettes so that when you prepare to give up you are certain of success.
Credit: MorguefileThinking about smoking
- Get it completely clear in your mind; there is absolutely nothing to give up! This doesn't mean that you'll be better-off as a non-smoker. Every smoker knows this all of their smoking lives. It doesn't take a genius to know what a pros and cons list of smoking would look like (extremely imbalanced). It means that it has no positives at all.
- The feeling of emptiness and insecurity you know as 'I want a cigarette' is not relieved by the cigarette, but caused by it. Every time you replace the nicotine in your body your build up resistance to what is essentially a drug, meaning that your body needs more of it to counteract the withdrawal pangs. It is a never-ending chain, unless you break it. The whole business of smoking is like walking around with a pebble in your shoe, just so you can experience the relief of taking it out! Pretty pointless, don't you think?
- The very notion of 'giving up' implies you will have to make some sort of sacrifice. This simply isn't true. In fact, the opposite is more accurate. Rather than focusing on the reasons you shouldn't smoke (which are abundantly obvious - smokers have become experts at blocking them out though), think of everything you have to gain from stopping smoking. The gains include increased health, wealth, and energy, no bad-smelling clothes, breath or hair, self-respect, and confidence.
- Nicotine is a trap. How marvelous will it feel to escape that trap? Think of it as being released from a prison. There are no two ways about it, if you are a smoker you are a drug addict.
- When you stop smoking don't try not to think about it or worry that it is always on your mind. This is completely natural and normal. It's the way you think about it that is vital. Don't mope about it. Instead think 'Hooray! Isn't it fantastic that I no longer need to kill myself! I'm free!'
- Never use any form of substitute. If you chew gum, or use nicotine patches, or eat when you would have smoked, you are reinforcing the feeling of some sort of sacrifice. If something needs to be substituted, we are implying that there is some sort of loss or that we are giving up something that is genuinely advantageous.
- Don't keep cigarettes or a lighter on your person or around the house. Why put temptation in your way? In a weak moment, you are far more likely to go for the cigarettes if they are readily available. To actually leave the house and buy a packet requires thought and planning, in which time you can remind yourself why you wanted to stop in the first place.
- Don't avoid other smokers. Instead of envying other smokers and wishing you could join them, pity them. They are still trapped, but you are free!
- Don't change your lifestyle. There is no need. Everything else can continue as normal. Stopping smoking should not affect any other part of your life.
- When you commit to stopping smoking for good, make yourself a solemn promise that you will never, ever smoke another cigarette again and stick to it. Perhaps you are worried that you have made this promise to yourself before. Don't focus on the negatives, concentrate in the positives. There is no willpower involved in the Easy Way so there is no need to torture yourself. Why doubt what you know is the right decision?


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The British Film Institute is a charitable organization that supports the arts of filmmaking and television production through activities such as operating cinemas and film festivals, supporting film education programs in schools, and maintaining the world's largest film archive. The BFI also releases films on DVD and Blu-ray disc, publishes Sight & Sound Magazine, and produces television programs related to film.
The BFI National Archive collects and preserves films and TV programs from the 19th century through the 21st. The archive focuses most of its efforts on British works but also contains international material. The BFI also collects books, journals and other printed materials that deal with film, which are housed in the BFI Reuben Library.
The BFI also operates the London IMAX cinema, showing major first-run releases, and the BFI Southbank, a repertory cinema in London showing critically acclaimed films. Those venues host the BFI's annual festivals, which include the London Film Festival, the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and the Future Film Festival. The 2015 London Film Festival featured 240 films from 72 countries.
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I took my new camera for a spin today around Merryhill and I'm so bloomin' impressed with it. I picked up the Sony a5000 mostly for trips and things when my DSLR is just too god damn heavy (many times I've broke my back carrying it round London). We didn't take many pictures but it's fun playing around with it in different settings.
I picked up the Marc Jacobs clutch in the pewter black colour, I'm still desperate for the rose gold colour but I think there's probably only a few floating round in the dark depths of TK Maxx now. Dan bought me All Fired Up from the MAC retro matte lipstick range. I've looked for this so many times and it's always sold out, but Relentlessly Red is very similar if you're looking for it yourself. Lastly, I added a few of the Paperchase postcards to my collection that my lovely friend Amy got me when I left H&M in Telford. I intend (eventually!) on framing them all on the wall in my office. Now all I need are frames.
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