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PELLETIER, ALEXIS, Roman Catholic priest, educator, and polemicist; b. 26 April 1837 in Saint-Arsène, which was attached to the parish of Saint-Georges de Cacouna, Lower Canada, son of Louis Pelletier and Sophie Michaud; d. 25 June 1910 at the convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Angers) in Montreal
Having entered the Séminaire de Québec at 13, Alexis Pelletier did classical studies from 1850 to 1859 and theological studies from 1859 to 1863; he then embarked upon a teaching career there. He proved one of the most faithful disciples of Jacques-Michel Stremler. A priest from Lorraine, in France, Stremler fervently supported Mgr Jean-Joseph Gaume's view that a Christian reform was needed in the teaching of the classics since pagan writers were overemphasized. Under Stremler's guidance and in collaboration with a few other professors at the seminary, late in 1864 Pelletier published some articles in Le Courrier du Canada that provoked vigorous reactions in the seminary and the archbishopric of Quebec. Forbidden to use the newspapers as a vehicle, Pelletier carried on his crusade by bringing out two anonymous pamphlets in 1865, Mgr Gaume, sa thèse et ses défenseurs: les classiques chrétiens et les classiques payens dans l'enseignement and Situation du monde actuel; coup d'œil sur l'origine et la propagation du mal dans la société. . . . When his colleague Abbé Thomas-Aimé Chandonnet* entered the debate, Pelletier was prompted to produce a third pamphlet that year, La question des classiques en présence des rectifications et des critiques de M. l'abbé Chandonnet, which he signed with the pseudonym Un chrétien. To end the dissension agitating the seminary, the superior, Abbé Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau*, got rid of most of the Gaumists. Pelletier twice received written admonitions for "his excessive and rash zeal" and on 21 May 1866 thought it wise to resign and take refuge at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, which was then under the direction of his uncle, André Pelletier.
In his classes, the fifth form (Belles-Lettres) and the sixth (Rhetoric), Pelletier was a competent and dynamic teacher who roused the enthusiasm of his pupils. Teaching, however, formed only a small part of his activities. For several years the college had been disrupted by fierce confrontations between partisans and adversaries of Abbé François Pilote*, its bursar and former superior; Pelletier soon made a scapegoat of him and in 1870 went so far as to denounce him as dishonest or else mad. Furthermore, in utter secrecy and under the pseudonym George Saint-Aimé, the young professor published three pamphlets. The first was quite didactic, La méthode chrétienne considérée dans ses avantages et sa nécessité et réponses à certaines difficultés (1866); the polemic nature of the other two is revealed by their titles, Lettre à Monseigneur Baillargeon, évêque de Tloa, sur la question des classiques et cornmentaire sur la lettre du cardinal Patrizi (1867) and Réponse aux dernières attaques dirigées par M. l'abbé Chandonnet contre les partisans de la méthode chrétienne et commentaires sur des documents authentiques qui dévoilent les machinations de MM. les abbés Chandonnet et Benjamin Paquet (1868). The personal attacks and malevolent insinuations brought condemnation of these writings by Archbishop Charles-François Baillargeon* of Quebec, and the threat of suspension ipso facto if the unknown author failed to make amends for the outrage within 30 days.
On the advice of his friends Stremler, Gaume, and Mgr Luigi Filippi, Pelletier lay low, meanwhile continuing to publish in La Gazette des campagnes. From 1868 to 1871 he wrote the "Revue de la semaine" for it, pursuing in a trenchant style and impertinent tone liberalism in all its forms and such liberals as Bishop Félix Dupanloup and Joseph-Édouard Cauchon*. He drew ripostes from six newspapers, various anonymous correspondents, and even Archbishop Baillargeon and his vicar general, Charles-Félix Cazeau*, at whom, in passing, he had taken a dig. To protect the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and its school of agriculture, Pilote, who had become the superior again, did everything in his power to have Pelletier dismissed. Upon his return from the first Vatican Council Baillargeon dealt severely with Pelletier, appointing him assistant priest at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce. In Pelletier's view, such an appointment, before the end of the school year (he left the college on 20 May 1870) and for what parish priest Louis Proulx* called a "penal colony," was a stigma and he immediately denounced it to Rome. While waiting for a reply he found refuge for a time with curé Joseph-Elzéar Michaud at Saint-Onésime, and then with curé Louis-Napoléon Cinq-Mars at Saint-Fidèle.
Another problem concerning Pelletier was under discussion in Rome: the question of his belonging to the diocese of Rimouski, where he was born. Although the authorities at Quebec "for more than one reason" were ready to let him go – Archbishop Baillargeon even wrote to him that he belonged to Rimouski – Pelletier had insisted upon a decision from Rome. When it finally arrived on 2 Sept. 1871, it put him under the authority of Bishop Jean Langevin* of Rimouski, provided that Langevin offered him a post or a suitable means of living. On the basis of this condition Pelletier refused all the bishop's proposals; he would not agree to be missionary at Natashquan or Moisie, or parish priest at Rivière-au-Renard, and in the end requested his exeat from the diocese. For the sake of peace Langevin assented, so long as Pelletier found a bishop who would accept him and would send a priest in exchange. Bishop Louis-François Laflèche* of Trois-Rivières showed interest but had to give up in the face of his clergy's hesitations. The discussion between Pelletier and Langevin became heated, each interpreting in his own way a new reply from the prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda; in March 1872 Pelletier even accused the bishop of providing him with only an abbreviated version of the reply and committing "errors that are not wholly unintentional." Presented with "such an outrageous" letter, Langevin said that he "could no longer have any personal dealings" with him and gave up on this talented priest once and for all. He granted him his release from the diocese on 5 Aug. 1872, warning Bishop Ignace Bourget* of Montreal in confidence that he considered Pelletier "an arrogant and wildly excited mind, capable, particularly in certain situations, of doing great harm to religion by sowing discord among the clergy and undermining the foundations of episcopal authority." None the less Bourget incardinated him on 8 September.
In his new diocese Pelletier at first was assistant priest at Saint-Henri-des-Tanneries (Montreal); he served as curé of Saint-Bruno in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville from 1873 to 1878 and of Sainte-Cécile in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield from 1878 to 1891. But he did not give up polemics. On Sunday, 27 Oct. 1872, at the beginning of the celebrations marking the golden anniversary of Bourget's ordination, Pelletier delivered a sermon in the chapel of the bishop's palace and in the presence of Archbishop Taschereau and Bishop Langevin that offended the two prelates with its scarcely veiled attacks. In November of that year he became a regular contributor to the ultramontane newspaper Le Franc-Parleur; in the period up to 19 Jan. 1877 he wrote 186 articles for it on doctrinal matters or political questions. Using various pseudonyms (Abbé Ste. Foy, Luigi, Un conservateur, Un collaborateur du Franc-Parleur), he scathingly denounced such modern errors as liberalism, Gallicanism, moderantism, and naturalism, and he continued to promote educational reform along Christian lines. In 1881, under the pseudonym Un catholique, he wrote a pamphlet entitled La source du mal de l'époque au Canada, a confidential paper which was reserved and intended solely for the authorities in Rome but which none the less circulated in Canada and was censured by several bishops.
However, Pelletier had had to face reality some years earlier. To acquaint himself more fully with the implications of the Holy Office's judgement in 1868 concerning the pamphlets signed George Saint-Aimé, he had applied to Rome in 1876, disclosing that he had written them and that he had taken no heed of the sanctions imposed by his bishop. After seeking some explanations from Archbishop Taschereau, Prospero Cardinal Caterini wrote to the bishop of Montreal that Pelletier had been justifiably and validly censured by the archbishop of Quebec, had been delinquent in not respecting the judgement, had engaged in irregular conduct, and could receive absolution only by humbly recognizing his errors and forgoing for all time writing on the question of the classical authors. Bourget's successor, Bishop Édouard-Charles Fabre*, maintained that Pelletier had fulfilled the conditions imposed by Rome in apologizing to the archbishop of Quebec and that the matter was closed, but Taschereau firmly insisted upon a public declaration of submission; published on 19 Jan. 1877 in Le Franc-Parleur, it was reprinted in all the newspapers under the signature "Luigi, alias Alexis Pelletier, priest."
With the exception of two or three instances of "forgetfulness" that were quickly curbed by his superior, Alexis Pelletier ceased engaging in polemics and devoted himself to parish ministry. In 1891 he left Salaberry-de-Valleyfield to take a rest in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon until 1895. Then he was appointed chaplain to the provincial convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Angers) in Montreal [see Marie-Elmire Cadotte]. He died there of throat cancer on 25 June 1910 and was buried in Saint-Arsène, his native parish. Despite his intransigent convictions and excesses of language, in his milieu Alexis Pelletier was a talented writer and an unrivalled polemicist who could take criticism – and return it with interest. Apart from intellectual disputes, he was a pleasant person, a pastor of whom Archbishop Paul Bruchesi* in his funeral eulogy said, "Let us ask God to give us many priests as learned, as pious, and as kind as Monsieur Pelletier."
From 1865 to 1881 Alexis Pelletier published 17 pamphlets, all of them anonymously or pseudonymously. He was a regular contributor to La Gazette des campagnes (La Pocatière, Qué.) and Le Franc-Parleur (Montreal), and wrote occasionally for Le Nouveau Monde, La Minerve, and L'Étendard, all of Montreal. A list of his pamphlets and articles may be found in Thomas Charland, "Bibliographie de l'abbé Alexis Pelletier," RHAF, 1 (1947–48): 463–68.
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I strongly believe that that the fitness component most important to success is soccer-specific endurance: a good aerobic capacity to speed recovery from fast running.
What I haven't addressed is the "fast running" part of that statement: speed. It's a topic that University of North Carolina men's coach Elmar Bolowich suggested that I address.
In his travels, he sees many teams that make little attempt to develop speed, and he thinks players and coaches want ideas of how to improve speed.
In the mid-1950s the nature of the game changed forever when the great Hungarian national team destroyed, dismantled and wholly embarrassed England 6-3, in Wembley; a game that was not as close as the score indicated. Observers of that game commented on the remarkable speed and work rate of the Hungarians.
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More: Technical Speed: A Complete Practice on Passing
The Hungarians had four or five players who could run 100 meters in 11.5 seconds or less! I first started paying really serious attention to the World Cup in 1974 and read that all the field players from the former East Germany could run under 11 seconds for the 100 meters. From four or five players under 11.5 seconds to the entire team under 11. Nowadays, 11.5-second speed might not be fast enough for a good high school soccer team.
The game I see today is played so much faster than the game I played. Is that a result of a better athlete, better coaching, or something else? I would like to think it is the first two, but I also see coaches using the free-substitution rule to encourage players to run as fast as they can get tired and then be pulled for a rest.
More: 4 Ways to Make a Fast Soccer Team
So players have the mindset to sprint whenever they are on the field. If you have watched recent NCAA men's finals, you have seen teams that try to play at a high pace all game versus teams that play a more controlled pace and use speed selectively, like past winners Wisconsin, St. Johns and North Carolina.
Speed is an elusive creature. Is it innate or can it be developed? What goes into the concept of speed? The first player to the ball may not be faster than the opponent; some people just consistently get there first.
The great Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics was never to be confused with a sprinter, but he always seemed to be in the right place. Was it speed afoot or speed of thought, or both?
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It's hard to put yourself out on a limb. At least it is for me, so I don't do it very often. But over the years, I have entered my quilts in various places, and sent pictures of quilts to various publications, with varied success.
The first quilt (and my first original design) I submitted was for a magazine design contest (circa 2004), called "Trip Around the Backyard."
C&T Publishing put out a call for Amish or Amish-inspired quilts to be included in a book they are publishing. They are celebrating their 30 years in publishing and also the first book they published, which was a book about Amish quilts by Roberta Horton. This book is in my library and I'm really looking forward to the new one.
Dear Cindy:
We are so excited to tell you that your quilt will be included in our new book. We were absolutely stunned by your use of color, your precision piecing and the beautiful quilting which exquisitely set off each and every block. In addition, we are happy to inform you that your quilt has been chosen to be on the cover.
A girl can dream, right?
Here is the actual letter I received:
Dear Quilters,
So...a mass rejection letter. And the email addresses of all the "losers" were included!
Of course I'm disappointed. Still, I'm glad I entered. The way I look at it, the worst that can happen is someone will say "no." On the other hand, you might get a "yes."
Besides, I really enjoy spending time with my Granny, so I'm glad she isn't taking an extended trip any time soon.
How about you? Have you submitted anything you have created, to a magazine, to a show? I would love to hear about it!
Have a fun and creative weekend.


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WASHINGTON, PA—With the 2012-2013 academic year beginning this week, longtime James G. Blaine Elementary School teacher Suzanne Pomponio, 39, expressed her astonishment Wednesday at how much fatter her second-graders keep getting.
"I honestly didn't think it was possible for this year's kids to be any fatter than last year's, but boy, was I wrong," Pomponio told reporters, explaining that her students have grown noticeably chunkier in each of her 15 years as an educator. "When they all came in on Monday morning, I really couldn't believe how huge they were. The first thing I thought was, wow, each student must be 8 to 10 pounds heavier than anyone in my 2011 class. And everyone in that class was pretty fat, too."
"The short ones are fat, the tall ones are fat—they're all just so fat," she added. "I didn't even know 7-year-olds could get that big."
Though she's only been back in her classroom for a few days, Pomponio said she has already witnessed nearly all of her young pupils struggle to hoist their overweight frames out of their desks when called upon to approach the blackboard. She also stated that this year's students wear sweatpants and oversized T-shirts almost exclusively, and seem to prefer sitting on benches or playing in the dirt at recess instead of running and climbing.
In addition, Pomponio admitted she had recently looked at the class picture of her first group of students from 1997 and noted how trim they were by comparison, claiming that any single member of her current class would have been considered "the fat kid" back then.
"Sure, there were one or two overweight children in each class when I started teaching, but now every single kid I have is, I hate to say it, just alarmingly obese," said the teacher, explaining that when her students raise their hands to answer questions, the amount of fat hanging off their arms startles her every time. "Most of these kids can't even walk to the bathroom and back without sweating and getting all pink in the face. Eight of my students are on cholesterol medication."
"They also grunt more," she added. "It doesn't matter what physical activity they're engaged in, they grunt when they do it."
As she recalled the round, jowly young faces she sees whenever she looks up from her desk, the veteran educator identified several students as especially rotund. In particular, Pomponio noted a 7-year-old named Keegan who reportedly has to wedge himself into his chair each morning, with a portion of his stomach bulging over the top of his desk.
Pomponio also confirmed that her students are so large they cannot even breathe properly, and said that when the children read silently, it's as if the entire class begins wheezing in unison, with almost every student laboring with each inhalation.
Moreover, Pomponio stated that as her students have gotten fatter, an indistinct but foul-smelling odor in the classroom has gotten more and more pronounced.
"I don't know how to describe it, but it smells like a mixture of sweat and meat of some kind," said Pomponio, adding that while one of her students is no doubt "the jock" of the group, it's impossible to tell whom, given their size. "These kids are only 4 feet tall, and I swear to God, they've got to be pushing 100 pounds, easy. Maybe 120."
"They don't eat their lunches," she continued. "They inhale it. They wolf it down. They're finished eating within five minutes, and you can tell they want more."
Citing such concerns as the astonishing speed with which they fatigue while standing for the Pledge of Allegiance and how winded they become just banging wooden blocks together during music class, Pomponio said she has grown increasingly worried about her students' health.
"I'd really like to address the value of eating healthy during parent-teacher conferences next month, but I'm afraid the message won't even get through to these families," Pomponio said. "The truth is, the parents keep getting fatter every year, too."


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Dynamic functional imaging of the cervical spine in an open MRI system
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Objective: Cervicobrachialgia is often misinterpreted as a symptom related to disk herniation, while actually the "pseudoradicular" pain sensation has to be attributed to a "functional instability" of the vertebrae.
Methods: This study compares conventional functional lateral X-ray of the cervical spine (reference) to sagittal functional-dynamic imaging under in- and reclining stress in an open MRI (0.23*T Magnetom-Open (Siemens) in a spinal phase-array coil. The functional sequence was a T2-GE-FLAH-2D (0.8/45/15°)-sequence.
24 patients with a mean age of 43 years (21 - 68y) and meeting the criteria of cervicobrachialgia, "pseudo"-radicular pain sensation and symptoms lasting for >3 months were included into the study. Seven diagnostic parameters were evaluated: 1st vertebral sliding, 2nd functional instability, 3rd ventral/dorsal widening, 4th height of disc space, 5th spondylar & uncovertebral arthrosis, 6th neuroforaminal width, 7th disc herniation & spinal canal stenosis.
Results: In 7/8 patients functional MRI revealed cervical vertebral sliding (=Meyerding I-III°): 1x C3/4, 2x C4/5, 3x C5/6 + 1x C6/7. In 4/4 patients MRI also showed a functional instability in the sagittal plane, ranging from 2–5 mm. In 2/3 cases of ventral and 3/3 cases of dorsal widening MRI could prove the instability in the axial plane. In 11/12 (osteo-)chondrotically altered disk spaces MRI demonstrated reduced disk height (>2 mm).
While MRI revealed cortical sclerosis (T2+T1: SI<) in just 10/12 segments, only MRI visualized alterations of the subcortical spongiosa (Modic I–III°). In 168 examined cervical segments (24 pats.) conventional X-ray and MRI discovered 43 vs. 38 segments with degenerative sclerosis with corresponding findings in 36 small vertebral joints.
Functional MRI discovered 19 relative (diameter <4 mm) and 11 absolute (diameter <2 mm) neuroforaminal stenoses. In 9 and 7 cases of foraminal stenosis inclination and reclination respectively triggered an intraforaminal root compression. X-ray depicted 2 older, partially calcified disk herniations, while MRI showed 9 DHs and 11 protrusions, respectively.
Conclusions: Dynamic functional imaging in an open MRI-system (1) reliably demonstrates a functional instability of the cervical spine, (2) allows for precise delineation of the cervical nerve roots in the neuroforamina, especially under in- and reclining stress, and (3) reveals disk herniations as well as spinal canal stenosis induced by spondylar and uncovertebral arthrosis.


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A child is a source of utmost joy in a parent's life but not one that comes without challenges. With a young child, each day is a unique experience coupled with a cocktail of emotions, surprise and anticipation. Well, a child is completely dependent on its parents especially its mother to ensure its nutritional needs are taken care of. This is also another reason that initially an infant is recommended exclusive breastfeeding. As the child grows older, this becomes a bigger challenge as children can be fussy eaters. Also, most children veer towards unhealthy food choices as today they have access to information from all quarters – whether television, the internet or friends! And perhaps the easy availability and accessibility coupled with the convenience factor of instant or ready to eat foods make them extremely popular.
This, however, can take a big toll on the nutritional requirements of children resulting in frequent illnesses and below average growth. And naturally when the kids do not meet their height and weight milestones, parents naturally tend to worry. It is definitely a great source of tension and anxiety for the parents. Hence, catching up on lost growth is of vital importance and in fact imperative for the physical and psychological well being of the child.
So how do you ensure your child is getting the right nutrition and supplements that can not only aid his or her healthy growth but also catch up on lost growth?
Well along side nutritious home cooked food, one choice you can make is to add Horlicks to your child's diet. So why Horlicks? Well for starters, this is a clinically proven formulation that has shown visible growth in 6 months among children who have a regular intake of the same. It is recommended that the child takes two servings of Horlicks Growth+ per day as it contains as much protein as 1¼ cup of cheese, Vitamin C as much as 2 medium sized lemons, calcium as much as ⅔ of a cup of milk, phosphorus as in 2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds, iron as much as 2 bowls of spinach, as much zinc as in ½ a cup of cow peas and as much Vitamin A as in 2 medium sized carrots. So getting important vitamins and minerals that is essential for growing years in children naturally gets addressed by using Horlicks.
Additionally, the importance of a balanced diet can hardly be over emphasized. And if there is one element that falls short especially in a vegetarian diet it is protein. Children need 1.2 times the protein adults need to make sure their growth is as per milestones and 80% of the protein consumed is used by the body for growth and development. This is where Horlicks Growth+ with its special formula that uses high quality whey protein that can be easily digested and quickly absorbed helps. In fact you can start the child soon after he or she turns three for the best benefits. This works well for children till the age of 9. The combination of essential amino acids Arginine, Glutamic acid, Leucine and Lysine11 apart from Calcium, Iron, Vitamin D, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Zinc help children grow well.
Designed by international pediatric experts for children in the age group of 3-9 years who are lagging behind in height and weight, Horlicks Growth+ is definitely a blessing. And with two delicious flavours – vanilla and chocolate, the healthy choice just got one bit sweeter and easier!


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Thug nicknamed '˜Bin Laden' fails to get sentence reduced
Craig Lister, 34, was jailed at Bolton Crown Court on August 4 last year.
He was ordered to serve an extra three years on licence following his release after the judge condemned him as a public danger.
Lister, who has the gangland nickname of Bin Laden because of his lust for violence, admitted three burglary conspiracies, two of them aggravated, as well as a robberies plot and handling stolen goods.
Between November 2013 and March 2014, Lister was part of a "highly-organised criminal gang" operating in the Merseyside area, Judge Eleri Rees told London's Appeal Court.
Goods valued £250,000 were stolen including high-value cars, cash and jewellery.
Some of the break-ins "clearly targeted the Chinese community" looking for jewellery, watches and other valuables. Machetes, knives and meat cleavers were used in some of the crimes.
In March 2014, Lister and others smashed their way into the home of a 78-year-old man and his wife on Dicconson Lane near Westhoughton's border with Aspull, said the judge.
Lister, of Gleneagles Road, Childwall, Liverpool, held a knife to the man's throat and threatened to kill him unless he told him where the money was. Cash, jewellery, watches and lawfully-held firearms were stolen and the couple were locked in the bathroom.
Lawyers for Lister did not dispute that he is "dangerous" but argued that 22 years was far too tough tough and he did not get enough credit for his guilty pleas.
But Judge Rees, who was sitting with Lord Justice Simon and Mr Justice Nicol, said the appeal was "without merit" and the "grounds are not arguable."
She concluded Lister's jail term "cannot be viewed as anything other than a proper response to the serious criminality involved in these offences."
Two other men involved in the Merseyside crimes also failed to get their jail terms cut.
Jack Hunter, 21, of Castlefield Road, Liverpool, admitted a burglary plot and was convicted of an aggravated burglary conspiracy. He got 16 years' detention in a young offenders institution. Daniel Jackson Challinor, 22, of Croxdale Road, Liverpool, got 12 years for his part in the offences. He admitted involvement in conspiracies to commit aggravated burglary, burglary and robbery as well as handling stolen goods.
Among Lister's accomplices in the Westhoughton attack was Shaun Gaskell, 35, of Maple Crescent, Leigh, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and was jailed for six years. Wayne Duckworth, 33, of Park Road, and Raymond Dallimore, 59, of Church Street, both in Westhoughton, were found guilty after a trial and sentenced to nine years and 12 and a half years respectively.
After that hearing Det Sgt Richard Castley from GMP's Serious and Organised Crime Unit said: "Whatever the motive there can be absolutely no excuse nor justification for subjecting this elderly couple to a terrifying ordeal within the sanctity of their own home."


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It's The Detonator! What is The Detonator you ask? Well, for Maker Faire Milwaukee we build a fire poofer, which is a device that shoots flames into the air. Workmate John McGeen started the poofer build and we finished it up at Milwaukee Makerpace. Along the way we experimented with a torch, candles, and grill igniters, until Dan the Blacksmith finally added a pilot line and some steel wool.
The Detonator went through a few revisions, but I'll walk through the construction of it for this blog post. We brainstormed a few different ideas to trigger the poofer, but in the end I went with something simple than I knew would work reliably for the entire weekend. (And it did!)
I started by using MakerCase to design a box I could laser cut. I used 3mm black acrylic because I have a lot of it, and I made the box the size that worked with the acrylic I had. The image shows the acrylic (gray parts) and one piece of 1/4″ wood (which is tan in the image.) The wood piece went on the inside, right under the top acrylic with the hole for the button.
Since I wanted The Detonator to withstand being pressed, slammed, and pounded on by hundreds of people over the course of two days, I also built a wooden box that fit inside the acrylic box. This added strength and weight to it.
I didn't just want a plain black box, so I added some bright yellow vinyl to it. I cut the vinyl with a Silhouette Cameo. The image above shows how I determined wrapping the vinyl around the edges.
Here are the vinyl pieces I cut. I added cut outlines around the pieces so I'd be able to line it up correctly. It worked pretty well. (I didn't take time to measure or mark things, but that would be a recommendation.)
Above is my final "pretty" illustration of The Detonator. Below is a very black photo of The Detonator. I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out, especially since it was a rush job to build it.
There are four connector posts, but only two got used in the end. I originally had just the two in the center, but ended up splitting them and adding extra posts so I could split power between 12 volts (well, 18 volts, sort of) for the solenoid, and 4.5 volts for the grill igniters. We ended up ditching the grill igniters, so in the end I only needed one pair of connectors. Oh well!
Here's the inside! There's a Pololu A-Star 32U4 Micro mounted on an Adafruit Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB with some screw terminal connectors, which is connected to a relay board. The board I used had four relays, but since we didn't use the grill igniters I could have used a two relay board. (Also, relay boards are super-cheap on ebay.) There's also a relay controlling a beeper that beeps a countdown. (See the video below.)
Overall The Detonator was a quick build. and there's a few things that could have been a bit more polished. For instance, I cracked the acrylic a bit when I drilled more holes for the connection posts. In an ideal world I would have laser cut a new piece, but I didn't have time. I also could have made the code a bit simpler after removal of the batteries for the grill igniters, but hey… The Detonator turned out good for a quick fire poofer controller!


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Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik to Play the Line 6 NAMM Room
Just confirmed! Goo Goo Dolls' frontman John Rzeznik will play the Line 6 NAMM demo room using some of the latest Line 6 gear! Accompanied by Brad Fernquist (Goo Goo Dolls), John will treat the crowd to a few songs from his multi-decade catalog of chart-topping songs.
No stranger to Line 6 gear, Rzeznik has become one of the most globally respected and influential forces in popular music history, selling more than 10-million albums since 1986 with his band, the Goo Goo Dolls.
If you're at NAMM this Saturday, January 21, be sure to swing by the Line 6 demo room (#212 A/B, level 2, above Hall C) at 3:45 to see the show! Can't be there? Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages for pics and more!


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This one is simply outrageous. Corporations currently owe up to $700 billion in unpaid, "deferred" taxes. The country needs the money – partly because these companies owe so much in taxes. Which of the following choices should the country make?
1. Tell the companies to pay up what they owe, bringing us hundreds of billions to use now and tens of billions a year more from now on.
2. Let them off the hook from ever paying most what they owe, if only they please would let us have a little bit of it now.
Who Is The Boss Of Whom?
The choice depends on who you think is supposed to be the boss of whom. If you believe that We the People are in charge of this country, then obviously you'd say these corporations should just pay the taxes they owe. But if the corporations are in charge of us they'll tell us they aren't going to pay these taxes unless we give them something.
Not surprisingly, Congress appears to be working toward option '2.' It's called a "repatriation tax holiday." They are proposing to tell the companies that moved jobs, factories and profit centers out of the country that it was the right thing to do. Unfortunately that will tell companies that didn't do these things that they were chumps.
What Is A Tax Holiday?
Here is what's going on. Giant, multinational U.S. corporations owe our government up to $700 billion in taxes on about $2 trillion in profits they have made (or made it look like they made) outside of the country. But there is a loophole that lets them hold off on paying those taxes owed until they "bring the money home." So of course, many corporations have been engaged in all kinds of schemes to make it look like they make their money elsewhere – and/or move jobs, factories and profit centers out of the country.
Why is this important right now? In a New York Times "politics" story Tuesday, "Plan to Refill Highway Fund Stokes Conflict in Congress," this nugget:
[Sen. Harry] Reid and [Sen. Ron] Paul are quietly pressing for a one-time tax "holiday" — a special and lucrative tax deduction — to lure multinational corporations to bring profits home from overseas, producing a sudden windfall.
Instead of telling these corporations that it's time to pay up, it looks like Congress is preparing to just let them keep much (85 percent) of the money. It's called a "tax holiday."
What is the "conflict" the headline talks about? It isn't a conflict between those who want to hand corporations hundreds of billions of dollars and those who do not want to. The conflict is over how to hand them the money!
Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, the Finance Committee chairman, and Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the ranking Republican, want that money to help smooth passage of a broad rewrite of the tax code.
So if Senator Reid is on board for a tax holiday and Senator Wyden is on board for a tax holiday, it looks like the idea of giving this huge amount of cash to these corporations is baked in to the thinking in the Senate. And we're talking about Democrats here. One side wants (Reid) to give them a tax holiday and get a little bit to use to pay for infrastructure, the other side (Wyden) wants to use it as a bribe to get these giant corporations to let the U.S. government "reform" the tax laws. Both sides are conceding that they'll accept a tax holiday.
But no one in this discussion is just saying, "Hey, we'd get up to $700 billion and tens of billions every year from now on if we just told these companies to pay the taxes they owe."
The cost: At Least $95.8 Billion
The idea is to give these companies an 85 percent deduction – the "tax holiday" – on their foreign profits and only taxing 15 percent of the profits. In other words, instead of taxing $2 trillion of profits being held out of the country they'll only tax $300 billion. If these corporations "bring the money home."
Bloomberg News looks at the cost of this, in "Repatriation Tax Holiday Would Cost U.S. $95.8 Billion." The "holiday" would bring in a quick $19.6 billion, but would cost $95.8 billion of tax revenue that would come in anyway over the next decade with no changes – not even making these companies just pay up. (Note: This calculation assumes Congress won't just tell these companies to just pay their taxes. That would bring in up to $700 billion at the top tax rate of 35 percent and tens of billions a year from now on. Companies can deduct any taxes already paid elsewhere, so "up to" means $700 billion minus taxes paid elsewhere.)
An Engineered "Crisis"
That's right, after all these years of propaganda about budget deficits and the hostage-taking and the "fiscal cliff" and the "debt ceiling" and the sequester and all the resulting budget cuts in essential services and "austerity" and how this has held back the recovery ... it looks like Congress is going to just let companies off from paying hundreds of billions of taxes they already owe. This is not about passing another tax break/subsidy, etc. These are taxes that are due and payable on profits that have already been made but that these companies are keeping outside of the country (and away from their shareholders).
Why would Congress even consider letting these corporations off from paying the taxes they owe? Because of rules about not increasing the deficit Congress "needs" the money. This is a "realpolitik" deal, recognizing that the companies have enough power to keep Congress from just making them pay up what they owe. The thinking is they can appease the corporations with an 85 percent tax holiday to get them to pay at least 15 percent of that they owe.
This is another engineered "crisis" where the country is made to believe that deficits are keeping us from doing things we need to do. We need to fund transportation infrastructure, we can't borrow the money to invest in things like this that make our economy more efficient, hence the need to "incentivize" the corporations to please bring home some of the money they owe us.
They Did This In 2004 And It Made Things Worse
In 2004 corporations ran the same scam on Congress, except that time they promised to use the money they brought back to "create jobs." So what happened?
In 2011 the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) looked at the results of the 2004 tax holiday and found that "their holiday didn't just fail to create the promised jobs. Their holiday enriched corporations that actually destroyed jobs in the months right after they received their tax windfall." IPS found that 58 multinationals who used the "American Job Creation Act of 2004″ tax holiday not only immediately laid off tens of thousands, they continued laying off, and laid off close to 600,000 workers between 2004 and now. From the IPS summary of the study,
One government study looking at the first two years after the repatriation windfall found that 12 of the top recipients laid off more than 67,000 American workers. These firms collectively brought back home more than $100 billion …
According to IPS, the companies that gained the most from the tax holiday actually cut jobs, on top of that they used the tax gift money to buy back their own stock, increasing its value, and pay out dividends, both thereby enriching executives and shareholders.
(This is from 2011. Another half a trillion of profits have been shifted offshore since then.)
From the Times story,
In 2004, when Congress approved a similar holiday, lawmakers vowed never to do it again. If it became a habit, they reasoned, companies would keep their profits overseas waiting for the next tax holiday. That, the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation explained, is the idea's "moral hazard problem."
The 2004 tax holiday only made things worse because companies realized they could get out of paying taxes entirely if they moved profits offshore and held out until the next holiday season. If we do it again, every company will be compelled to move jobs, factories and profit centers out of the country to stay competitive.
They are going to try to sneak this through under the radar. Maybe We the People can stop it if we make enough noise.


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Jesus, your Son – the Son of God.
You abandoned yourself completely
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Modern sculpture is created with high-quality white porcelain ceramic and applied textural matte finishes. Complementary shapes and colors look especially striking when displayed alone by themselves, with cut flowers, or arrangements. Cut-out centers divert fresh or dried stems on an eye-catching slant.
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Ex-CEO Who Pled Guilty to Domestic Abuse Proudly Launches New Startup
Over the weekend, Gurbaksh Chahal, the former RadiumOne CEO who was fired after pleading guilty to domestic violence, published and then deleted a blog post (printed below). In it, the raving solipsist and serial deleter revealed he would launch a new startup.
In two days and 13 hours, according to the website's countdown clock, the world will witness Gravity4, "the world's first high frequency marketing OS." He plans on hiring 50 new employees in San Francisco and New York City. Candidates might want to check out allegations from Chahal's former personal assistant before applying. However, Chahal's previous success—he sold his company BlueLithium to Yahoo for $300 million—seems to have elicited at least a couple resumes.
To those who want to define their legacy, 50+ positions in SF & NYC open. Send your cover & resume to email@example.com. @Gravity4 T-4 Days
— Gurbaksh Chahal (@gchahal) July 13, 2014
This weekend's deleted blog post was in classic Chahal form. The ex-CEO blamed everyone but himself for the actions that unfolded after he was charged with 45 felony counts for allegedly hitting his girlfriend 117 times in half an hour. He also continues to spin conflicting narratives that make Chahal sound like the real victim.
Chahal has previously claimed that the District Attorney's office was politically motivated and that he was "cornered" into accepting a plea. Then he said his board, who didn't seem put off by the charges until public sentiment turned, forced him to take a plea in order to ease the process of RadiumOne filing for an IPO. Now Chahal is blaming the media for his father's recent heart attack:
This was especially troubling given that the negative media attention was predicated on a misunderstanding of the facts of my political witch hunt: a strong statement by the Company that I was not convicted of any felonies, and, in fact, was placing the Company's interests ahead of my own, would have defused the story. Instead, by terminating me, the Board actually fueled this general misconception. The media had a field day. This turned from local news to international news shortly after. My father even got a call from India, and by the time the story had traveled there, the media printed that I was sentenced to prison. He immediately had a heart attack. This now became extremely personal, since this was my father's third heart attack and I could have lost him this time. Those newspapers have since, issued apologies and redacted their story.
Chahal does not say which newspapers have issued apologies or redactions. The San Francisco Weekly article implying that Chahal paid off his victim and that his powerful lawyer helped him evade jail time is still in its original form.
After the guilty plea, Chahal has repeatedly maintained his "innocence" and does so again in the deleted post, adding his "integrity" and "values" into the mix:
First, and foremost, I don't condone domestic violence and I wouldn't expect anyone else to either. And, I apologize to anyone that I hurt in this process. This year has affected me greatly, both personally and professionally. I have not only maintained innocence but also transparency with my board since the beginning. This incident tested everything in my life. I at least had my integrity, my values and the truth. After the events that unfolded with RadiumOne, and the storm of horrible press, all three of these were publicly in question.
Chahal insists that he launched two previous online advertising networks for "the creativity," and is not starting Gravity 4 for the money:
I never build companies for financial gain. I've been blessed with a great family and the success thus far. I build them for creativity, jobs, and the thrill of making magic happen over and over again. It's a sad thing, since all RadiumOne really needed to do was apologize to my family and I and take some accountability to help remedy the situation with a public apology. Although an apology can't reverse what has happened, it would've helped clarify the distorted situation and help us all move forward – integrity intact.
Chahal—who, again, keeps maintaining his innocence after his guilty plea—just wants "accountability" from his former company. He says he's moving past his fight with RadiumOne's board . . . by pursuing his lawsuit against RadiumOne's board:
I have no other option but to pursue litigation. But, at the same time, I am closing this chapter of RadiumOne by exposing the dirty politics involved.
In the upcoming litigation there will be hundreds of other documents providing perspective on the greed, deception, and betrayal behind my termination. It will also shine light on how corrupt the human soul can become.
What are the chances that mountain of evidence will include security footage of the domestic violence incident dismissed by the judge?
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Better late than never? I have been so busy this week that time just got away from me. I didn't forget though - here's the freebie for this week:
PNGI will have a card using this sentiment tomorrow. There's a blog hop going on with a theme of Words of Encouragement and I think this sentiment totally fits the bill.
I will also have the cards we made at today's Sassy Chic Stamp Camp in Longmont, CO. This is our 7th birthday, so all the cards are birthday themed cards and I can't wait to see what the other demos have created.
See you then!
Thanks for visiting!
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Prince Edward Island
Miles of sandy beaches (many of which are local secrets), green pastoral hills, and red sand cliffs combine on this 139-mile-long island on Canada's eastern coast. A farming community at its heart, in recent years the country's smallest province has been embraced by celebrity chefs who recognize the value of its agricultural bounty. Atlantic breezes mix with heavy meals to slow your usual pace. So much so that you may not realize until you're home how still you'd become. "It's a hard thing to understand if you haven't come here," says local hotelier and eighth-generation islander Rob Shaw. "To have a vacation and to go back home not feeling like you still need a vacation is a rare thing in other places, but not here."
When to Go: July to October you'll find water warm enough to swim in; September, celebrate the fall harvest at the Food Network chef-led Fall Flavours festival and the oysterpalooza that is the PEI International Shellfish Festival.
How to Get Around: Anything outside of the capital city of Charlottetown will require a car to explore. Designated coastal routes around the province will help you decide which way to go. Car rentals are available in Charlottetown and Summerside and at the Charlottetown airport.
Where to Stay: Built in 1931, the Rodd Charlottetown hotel maintains its historic railway hotel feel. A grand lobby, vaulted ceiling, and marble floors help preserve the old-world charm. Just outside Charlottetown, the oldest family-owned hotel in the country offers a more personal historical perspective. Shaw's Hotel in Brackley Beach, established in 1860, borders the national park and has cottages where back doors open up onto 1.7 miles of sand dunes and beachfront.
Where to Eat or Drink: In 2012, Zagat named PEI the second best foodie getaway in the world. Test the theory at any of the spots on the culinary trail, including a stop at the island's first artisan distillery, which still sells the area's once-famed moonshine. Leaving the island without sampling a Mooey Gooey cone from Cow's Creamery is a recipe for regret.
What to Buy: The sample-then-buy jams at the PEI Preserve Company. From a simple strawberry jam to the savory lemon, ginger, and amaretto marmalade, you'll find plenty of reasons to pack a few for home. Collectible pieces ranging from jewelry to paintings can be found on the Arts and Heritage Trail.
What to Read or Watch Before You Go: The Anne of Green Gables series of classic books by Prince Edward Island native L.M. Montgomery; Anne of Green Gables (1986) and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), Emmy Award-winning Canadian television productions based on the books and filmed entirely on location in PEI.
- Nat Geo Expeditions
Helpful Links: Prince Edward Island, National Geographic's Guide to Prince Edward Island National Park
Fun Fact: Abegweit, the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, often is interpreted as "land cradled on the waves." The name's a perfect fit since nowhere on the island is farther than ten miles from the ocean.


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Monday, 29 August 2011
London Fashion Week AW 2011...Chantal
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London Fashion Week...Before Acne
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London Fashion Week AW 2011...Natalie
Natalie Hughes on a gloomy, grey London morning wearing the most delicious hot pink jumper.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
A Day Out in Brighton, January 2011
On a very cold day in January, I ventured to Brighton for the day (around an hour on the train from London). It was one of the few non-grey days in January and I spent it wandering around Brighton, chatting to people, taking photos, having breakfast at Bill's Cafe, coffee at Taylor St Baristas and watching the sun go down while sitting on the beach. A nice way to spend the day by the seaside :)
Monday, 22 August 2011
Paris Men's Fashion Week Spring 2012...Kamilya
Paris Men's Fashion Week Spring 2012...Caroline
Paris Men's Fashion Week Spring 2012
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New York Fashion Week AW 2011...Alexandra
Alexandra O'Neill, one half of the sisters behind super cool label Porter Grey. February was the first time the girls had shown at NYFW and they are back again this season!
New York Fashion Week AW 2011....Before Alexander Wang
The little droplets of snow on her head make me yearn for winter....even though I know that when winter falls, I will long for summer.
That is just the way it is :)
That is just the way it is :)
Friday, 12 August 2011
Behind the Scenes.....MiH Jeans Spring/Summer 2012 Lookbook Shoot
Behind the Scenes at the MiH Jeans Spring/Summer 2012 lookbook (studio) shoot. The lovely founder of MiH Jeans, Chloe Lonsdale, and her awesome team invited me to Sola Studios in West London to take some behind the scenes photographs documenting the first day of their studio shoot with gorgeous Lithuanian model, Beegee.
Disclaimer: I LOVE the MiH brand. I adore the jeans, the campaigns (I have seen a sneak peek of the campaign for SS 2012 and the photographs are beautiful... they feature one of my fav models!) and the history behind this British brand. Chloe inherited the Made in Heaven brand from her Godfather (who started it in 1969) but Chloe's parents were also in the denim business: her Dad started the Jean Machine stores and her mama was a top 70's denim model.
Thanks so much to the MiH team for having me out for the day!
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The service station trade was slow.
The owner sat around,
With sharpened knife and cedar stick.
Piled shavings on the ground.
No modern facilities had they,
The log across the rill
Led to a shack, marked His and Hers
That sat against the hill.
"Where is the ladies restroom, sir?"
The owner leaning back,
Said not a word but whittled on,
And nodded toward the shack.
With quickened step she entered there
But only stayed a minute,
Until she screamed, just like a snake
Or spider might be in it.
With startled look and beet red face
She bounded through the door,
And headed quickly for the car.
Just like three gals before.
She tripped and fell — got up,
and then In obvious disgust,
Ran to the car, stepped on the gas,
And faded in the dust.
Of course we all desired to know
What made the gals all do
The things they did, and then we found
The whittling owner knew.
A speaking system he'd devised
To make the thing complete,
He tied a speaker on the wall
Beneath the toilet seat.
He'd wait until the gals got set
And then the devilish guy,
Would stop his whittling long enough,
To speak into the mike.
And as she sat, a voice below
Struck terror, fright and fear
"Will you please use the other hole,
We're painting under here"


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NAPA, Calif. – For the first time in more than a decade, the Raiders head into the final stages of training camp uncertain who their punter will be.
When seven-time Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler bolted for Houston as a free agent in March, it created a huge void on Oakland's roster. With less than three weeks remaining before the season opener in Indianapolis, the Raiders aren't any closer to filling it.
Marquette King, whose booming kicks have made him a fan favorite at training camp, and quirky but consistent veteran Chris Kluwe have gone back and forth throughout the preseason with neither able to gain the upper hand.
The two alternated halves in Oakland's first two preseason games and will likely share time again Friday when the Raiders host the Chicago Bears.
"We've got two guys that are NFL-caliber punters," Oakland coach Dennis Allen said Tuesday. "Any time you're in that situation, that's a good problem to have."
It's a problem the franchise hasn't had to deal with since 2000, when the Raiders drafted Lechler in the fifth round. Over the next 13 years, Lechler broke nearly every team punting record, and he's still the NFL career leader with a 47.5-yard gross average.
Lechler signed with the Texans after not receiving an offer from the Raiders. General manager Reggie McKenzie, who has spent the last two years slashing millions from Oakland's bloated payroll, figured it would be too costly to re-sign Lechler and let the veteran walk.
King, who spent all of 2012 on the Raiders injured reserve list, was the logical choice to replace Lechler, but Oakland signed Kluwe in May shortly after he was cut by the Vikings following an eight-year stint in Minnesota.
The two men have engaged in a friendly but spirited competition since camp began. They frequently talk and share tips. Mostly it's been the 31-year-old Kluwe serving as a mentor to his younger teammate.
"You can't look at it like I'm here in this spot competing for this job. You have to look at it like I'm competing for one of 32 jobs in the NFL," Kluwe said. "Because you could beat out the guy at your spot on your team but if neither of you is punting better than a guy on some other team (who is let go), they're going to cut both of you and bring in that other guy. That's how I started in this league. Minnesota claimed me off waivers."
Statistically, there hasn't been much difference between the two punters.
Both punted four times in the first two preseason games. King, the more powerful of the two, has a 55.5-yard average with a 49.0-yard net. Kluwe, who holds every significant Vikings punting record, is averaging 46.0 yards with a 37.5 net.
"I'm not competing against anybody but myself," said King, who went undrafted out of Division II Fort Valley State in 2012. "True enough, it's a competition (with Kluwe), but I'm competing against myself and I'm pretty sure he's competing against himself."
King is the more outgoing of the two punters, smiling and laughing his way through practice and interviews.
He politely thanks reporters for their questions, and after one recent meeting with the media, the 24-year-old asked a Raiders public relations intern if his answers were good enough.
Kluwe is a bit more colorful.
A very outspoken supporter of gay rights, Kluwe wrote an open letter to Maryland delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. in 2012 after Burns had written to Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti urging him to keep his team from making comments in support of same sex marriages.
Kluwe's letter went viral on the Internet and he became an instant celebrity on the talk show circuit. He made an appearance on the Conan O'Brien show in June to talk about the letters and his views on subjects such as politics and the art of swearing.
Early in camp, Kluwe wore Google Glass to give fans a player's perspective of practice. He's also a huge fan of the online game Warcraft and regularly tweets about playing it.
Like King, Kluwe downplayed talk of a rivalry between the two.
"For me it's always been that I'm going to go out and do the best that I can," Kluwe said. "That's all I know how to do. And really, that's what coaches and player personnel guys are looking for. They're looking for somebody who isn't counting bodies next to them, they're going out to compete."
NOTES: DT Pat Sims made it through his first full practice after missing nearly all of camp with an undisclosed injury. ... LB Kevin Burnett also returned to the field. ... WRs Brice Butler and Travonte Sessions were hurt in practice and did not finish. ... Allen said he expects to have second-round pick Menelik Watson back on the field Wednesday. Watson, the 42nd overall pick in the draft, has practiced just once this preseason because of a calf injury he sustained in July. ... The Raiders will hold their final practice of camp on Wednesday.


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There are often big marketing opportunities written into headline news.
This week, it was McDonald's (MCD) turn. The company said it would "be in touch" with Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who helped rescue three women and a girl just after eating a Big Mac. What the company will do -- whether it means free burgers for life or just a simple congratulations -- remains unclear, given Ramsey's criminal past.
But there is a history of companies glomming on to news of the day.
"It's a fairly easy and common tactic," said Robert Passikoff, founder and president of brand research consultancy Brand Keys. "Brands look to get some of the credit indirectly."
Also read: McDonald's and the Cleveland hero: It's complicated
Last year, the shoe brand Skechers (SKX) donated 50 pairs of shoes to a New York homeless shelter. The gesture came after a photo of police officer Larry DePrimo giving a pair of Skechers to a barefoot homeless on a freezing night got half a million likes on Facebook in four days.
Kraft (KRFT) tapped Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice who hit YouTube fame in 2011, to be the voice of its popular Macaroni & Cheese ads. He also used his silky baritone to read love messages on Kraft's YouTube Channel in a 2012 Valentine's Day campaign.
Lynne Galia, a Kraft Foods spokeswoman, said that Williams was a "great fit" and continues to use his voice today.
"Kraft Macaroni & Cheese was moved by Ted Williams' story...and we've been thrilled to help Ted on his journey to re-establish himself," she said.
Also read: World's Most Admired Companies
In a similar vein, Wal-Mart (WMT)gave a $250,000 store credit to Mia and Rozonno McGhee, whose photo of their tiny sextuplets went viral in 2011. The McGhees told Oprah Winfrey that they went through 36 diapers and about 25 bottles per day. Winfrey surprised them with the Wal-Mart check.
And New York City hero Wesley Autrey, who jumped onto the subway track to save a man from being hit by a train in 2007, got a brand new Jeep Patriot on the set of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" from Chrysler. Disney (DIS) offered his two young daughters a trip to Disney World, according to reports.


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Country Gentleman Crooners (Horrors in Wax #2)
Gentleman country crooner Wax Roy Acuff, front and center, tries to attract attention from his better dressed friends Wax Webb Pierce, Wax Carl Smith and Wax Hank Snow. Webb Pierce is the one in the spider web outfit.
Wax Museum Post Card C. 1965 Collection Jim Linderman
Labels: Dull Tool Dim Bulb, Horrors in Wax, Jim Linderman, Museum, Wax
Mob Hits Oswald in Wax (Horrors in Wax #1)
The FIRST in my new series "Horrors in Wax"
Wax Lee Harvey Oswald, the only "lone nut" who worked for American Intelligence in at least four countries meets his old friend Wax Jack Ruby, who had more connections to the mob than Carlos Marcello.
Wax Museum Post Card circa 1965 Collection Jim Linderman
The Last Word in Sewing Cards
The most primitive, my favorite, and proof sometimes little brother helped. See following posts.
Primitive hand-sewn card, c. 1900 Collection Jim Linderman
Leaf Sewing Cards
Same thing as the post following, but secular and much more fun! Milton Bradley invented the paper cutter (!) but his endearing quality was quality toys. I can't date this set, but each represents a different leaf, thus teaching the child understanding of the world around them rather than the one only available to those who follow. These splendid cards would easily date to the late 1800's, but the company continued producing them in various versions, such as farm animals, well into the 1950's.
Leaf Sewing Cards and box c. 1880 Hand-Stitched Collection Jim Linderman
Labels: Craft, Dull Tool Dim Bulb Jim Linderman, Sewing, Toy, Toys
The Law of Love Temperance Lesson Sewing Card
A "stitch by hand" religious card. Most commonly known as "sewing cards" these were primitive pre-printed versions of 18th century samplers. Their function was to encourage a young woman to learn a proper home skill with a bonus moral lesson. "For God and Home and Native Land" was a slogan of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the white ribbons printed on the thread frame represent purity. The Reverend W. F. Crafts had a long career arguing for censorship, "blue laws" and such, his wife advocated Sunday School and wholesome pursuits as this card. Dated April 1903, one could subscribe and receive four cards a year. Publishers Ward & Drummond printed Mormon books among other religious material.
The Law of Love Temperance Lesson Hand-Stitched 1903 Collection Jim Linderman
Chess McCartney the Goatman
Forgive me for recently forgetting the birthday of Chess McCartney, the Goatman, who settled in Georgia after decades of travel across the country with goats pulling his wagon. By all accounts, his approaching town was announced by clanging pans and bleating animals, followed soon after by his pungent odor.
Free Thinking Christian Mission Headquarters of Chess McCartney The Goatman RRPC c. 1957 Collection Jim Linderman
Vintage Erotic Photography Site SSSSH!
NOW PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM! Link HERE
NOTE: Shy Shamed Secret Shadowed Hidden blog was closed by the provider. Too Hot for the Web!!! Sample images, the essay and other material from the site is posted HERE
Tiger Woods and Backyard Putt Putt
In light (and in honor) of Tiger Woods rejoining the PGA tour after grueling physical therapy on his power knee, thereby giving meaning to my Sunday afternoons again...I thought it appropriate to provide instruction for your OWN course, no greens fees required. By the way, Tiger has donated over 22 million dollars of his winnings to charity, and his Foundation has distributed many millions more. He won't tell you, but I will. There ARE heros today, and one of them can hit a 300 yard drive any time he wants to.
Backyard Golf Course instructions c. 1960 Collection Jim Linderman
The Large, Light Airy Room Where Your Order Is Filled
Well, here are 30 Cincinnati jobs taken away by digital film. (Not to mention the fellas who worked in the dark, stuffy room where your orders were developed) We might also mention the folks who took your negatives to the post office, the folks who sold you stamps, the folks who filed your pictures by alphabet on their return to the shop (possibly sneaking a look at one or two of them) the check-out clerk you paid and on and on. When I see unemployment figures, I'm not so sure digital photography is such a good thing. When I see dwindling piles of the physical object to sort through at the flea market, I'm sure of it. (Univex film was popular around 1949, Bantam from the late 1930's to the late 1940's)
Photo Developing Inc. Advertising card c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman
Bill Alexander African-American Artist of Vintage Sleaze (Part One)
Bill Alexander was an African-American illustrator about whom virtually nothing is known. He did have some famous friends, I hope to write more about them later. A new CD release from the wonderful Acrobat label in the UK offers scarce images of his work in "Roy Milton's Miltone Records Story." I had known Alexander for his striking, colorful but inept fetish paintings done for the covers of vintage sleaze paperbacks (five from my collection shown here) after he moved from LA to NYC in the late 1950's or early 1960's. These books were published in 1967 and contain not a swear word, much less any graphic sex. Vintage Sleaze paperbacks are a wonderful, affordable hobby. They LOOK filthy, that was the idea after all, to attract consumers with lurid, tease covers, but the actual sex was no more graphic than in any romance novel. However, I had only seen a few of his drawings done for Miltone. The incredible new CD comes with a small 34 page book illustrating many of the illustrations Alexander produced for early 78 rpm "Picture Discs." Like the music, they were hip, urban, swinging, rocking and raunchy. Acrobat releases tend to sell out quickly, so get on your friendly provider's website and purchase soon. They have a wonderful back catalog and have been documenting many small independent R&B labels, all worthy and all beautiful. But this one, while offering no more information about the illustrator I love, does provide great illustrations which fit the music to a T. A great package and a wonderful introduction to an unsung Black Artist who deserves more research. I intended to link to the Acrobat website but seems to be a broken for now, and I read a recent blog posting which says the label may be in financial duress. They may continue as a download company only. If so, too bad. In the meantime, search your suppliers for this and all their previous releases!
Five"Vintage Sleaze" Paperback books Illustrated by Bill Alexander c.1967 (Private Pose, Pen Pals, Fair Choice, Be My Guest, Bath House Peeper) Collection Jim Linderman
Frank Wendt Serpent Queens Snake Women Sideshow Carnival Freak Photographs Frank Wendt
Harlot Herpetologists of the Victorian era. I can not explain the popularity of snake women other than a mixture of revulsion tinged with eroticism. It started with Eve, I suppose, but carnival performers in the earliest days were nearly always male, a fake snake charmer "from the East" who would perform with a basket, a cobra and a flute. When promoters learned it would be easier to squeeze coins out of the local townsfolk if a dame was involved...presto, the Serpent Queen! Snakes were easy to transport, a small box did it, and there was certainly no shortage of mice for food. Any female member of the crew could put on a wig and lure rubes into the tent where a usually harmless snake would curl seductively around the performer's waist. Always popular, I am sure there are still plenty of strippers out there working with a snake. (Text overlay to prevent folks from swiping the images and selling them on Ebay, a more up-to-date and just as effective technique of separating coins from rubes)
See THE WONDROUS WORLD OF FRANK WENDT for more Photographs by this artist.
Original Cabinet Card Photographs, circa 1880-1900 Collection Jim Linderman
House of Blue Lights Juke Joint
The once splendid "House of Blue Lights" nightclub outside of Athens, Georgia circa 1993. Seemingly a textbook example of African-American Architectural Iconography, there was nary a right angle to the place, and a good deal of it was intentional rather than from "settling." We knew the approximate location, but stopped at a fire station for directions, the fireman told us we were looking for "the old whorehouse" and directed us straight there. I do not know who built it, who owned it, who operated it or who shut it down, but I would have waited in line to hear the Rhythm and Blues when it opened, and I doubt you would have found a finer Juke Joint. Anyone with additional information is welcome to provide it. The last picture is your intrepid reporter trying to figure out why there are hundreds of nails pounded into the remarkable door in back.
House of Blue Lights Athens Georgia c. 1993 Original 35mm Photographs Collection Jim Linderman
Livelystone Church
Academy Awards
Needle Books
The point here? Anything is collectible and everyone should collect something. Even an object as mundane as a book of sewing needles has some merit, and these usually cost less than a hamburger.
Group of Early 20th Century Sewing Books Collection Jim Linderman
My Big Brother Jesus
Mail for the kids from Jesus, 1960 style. One even has a mirror so the offending heathen can't avoid seeing their own guilty mug.
Three "gentle reminders" circa 1960 Collection Jim Linderman
Labels: Church, Dull Tool Dim Bulb, Jim Linderman, Postcard
"TAKE YOUR TIME"... "That looks nice son"... "Well, that was a short birthday"... Pressman Toys was founded in 1922. As unlikely as it may seem from this astoundingly underwhelming toy, they remain in business today.
Nail-O-Gram Box and finished product c. 1930 Collection Jim Linderman
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Jumbo takes delivery of first DAF CF Electric
DAF Trucks has delivered its first fully electric truck to Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo. The CF Electric has been developed in a joint venture between DAF and VDL, and will be used by Jumbo to supply its supermarkets in the south of the Netherlands. Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd was handed the keys to the DAF CF Electric by DAF Trucks President Harry Wolters alongside Willem van der Leegte, President and CEO of VDL Groep.
The first DAF CF Electric to enter in-service operations represents a significant milestone for DAF Trucks, VDL and Jumbo. Delivery of the fully electric DAF commercial vehicle marks the start of a series of long-term field tests using both fully electric and hybrid trucks.
Electric trucks for urban areas
"The transport sector is about to undergo a major transformation," says Harry Wolters, "Electric trucks look set to become the norm for deliveries in urban areas. Not today and not next year, but definitely within the foreseeable future. I am particularly proud that today marks the beginning of a large-scale field testing project that will see DAF working in collaboration with VDL and Jumbo. This project," he adds, "will allow us to gather useful data and experience in relation to both the technology and the operational aspects. We can then use our findings to ensure that the final series-production model provides the ideal solution to future market requirements."
The next step towards sustainability
"Introducing this new electric truck is the next step towards our goal of implementing a sustainable strategy for our vehicle fleet", says Frits van Eerd. "Our business puts us right at the heart of the community, and our ultimate goal is to be using electric vehicles to supply 45% of our shops. By 2020, we hope to have reduced CO2 emissions from Jumbo's vehicle fleet by 50% compared with 2008."
Emission-free and low-noise Willem van der Leegte from VDL Groep explains, "It is truly wonderful to see three companies from the Brabant region come together in this way. Today's events put Jumbo, DAF and VDL at the forefront of work to develop emission-free transport and reduce noise levels. We are working on the basis that this approach will become the norm in urban areas. The DAF CF Electric featuring E-Power Technology from VDL provides transporters with the ideal solution to their needs and represents a major step forward in terms of achieving sustainability in goods transport and distribution."
VDL and TNO assess potential for green charging
The DAF CF Electric is capable of deliveries within a radius of about 50 kilometres with zero local emissions and with minimal noise pollution. A charging station to charge the truck has been installed at the Jumbo distribution centre in Veghel. V-Storage, a joint venture between VDL Groep and Scholt Energy Control, is working with Dutch research body, TNO
The DAF CF Electric
The DAF CF Electric is a 4×2 tractor unit developed for road haulage at up to 37 tonnes in urban areas, for which single-axle or dual-axle trailers are standard. The vehicle is based on the DAF CF—named 'International Truck of the Year 2018'—and is electrically operated using VDL's E-Power Technology. The centre of this intelligent powertrain is a 210-kW electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack with a current total capacity of 170 kWh. The CF Electric has a range of approximately 100 kilometres, making it suitable for high-volume transport in the urban distribution market. The battery has a 30-minute quick-charge feature and a full charge takes just 1.5 hours.


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It seems to me that Hilbert modular varieties (forms) are generalization from Q to totally real fields. While Siegel modular varieties (forms) are generalization from 1 dimensional to higher dimensional abelian varieties. But they should both be some kind of Shimura variety (automorphic forms), right?
According to Milne's note of Shimura varieties, Siegel modular varieties are Shimura varieties coming from the Shimura datum (G, X) where G is the symplectic similitude group of a symplectic space (V, \phi). So what is the corresponding Shimura datum for the Hilbert modular variety? Or am I asking a wrong question?
Also, in the definition of Shimura varieties G(Q)\G(A_f)X/K, why we only consider Q and its adele group? why not general number fields and their adeles? (again, maybe a wrong question)
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You know, there is something to be said for creative inspiration born of necessity. And I have wanted to make an advent calendar but I was unsure how or where to put it. But my criteria was to make it, find a place for it, and use what I have but still try to make an impact.
I am IN COMPLETE LOVE WITH IT!
Each numbered box is a take out box leftover from my Fortune Cookie Thanksgiving Favors.
The boxes contain an assortment of Christmas goodies like little chocolates, ornaments, stickers, or activities which I coordinated with my calendar. Those activities could be baking cookies, doing a Christmas craft, or our family tradition of getting in our pj's, and driving in our car to look at Christmas lights while drinking hot chocolate and eating popcorn. The girls literally talk about that one all year long. :o)
amazing idea from Milk and Cookies and you can find a printable included with it which is what I used inside my boxes. I am really excited to do this with the girls!
Those little snowflakes back there are popped in a random bottle with sugar.
I am all for an "anything goes" mentality with free decor. :)
Whew. Box #17 made it back up. ;)
Some takeout boxes and ornaments bravely lost their lives during this project.
I think I love the randomness of it best of all. Like using ordinary objects such as spools of twine or a mitten gift card holder to make the color scheme work.
I'm also rather smitten with how some boxes are hung high, attached to the back of the bookcase or elevated by a candlestick or something. The varying heights make it look interesting and fun although I think I should have backed the bookcase with a red fabric or wrapping paper or something. It looks too washed out up close but as a whole I do think it looks very pretty. It is simple and fresh with the red and white.
I was going to do a separate post on these white trees but I wondered if y'all might be "treed" out by now. But if you are interested, I used felt, yarn, and paper flowers for those and used straight pins for all of them so I could reuse the cones at the end of the season.
Oooh...the final box. Are you supposed to do Christmas Day on an advent?
I see it both ways so I just went for it.
Merry, Merry & Fa La La
my sweet friends!
linking to:
clean and scentsible: the creative spark
the 36th avenue
southern lovely: show and share
tatertots and jello: weekend wrap up
what you want wednesday
crafty soiree
just something i whipped up: the girl creative
a sassy christmas: advent calendar link up
linking to:
clean and scentsible: the creative spark
the 36th avenue
southern lovely: show and share
tatertots and jello: weekend wrap up
what you want wednesday
crafty soiree
just something i whipped up: the girl creative
a sassy christmas: advent calendar link up


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by David Crane
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On June 20, 2005, DefenseReview broke the story on the U.S.-made Milkor USA MGL-140 multi-shot grenade launcher (6-shot MGL), after we handled it at International SOF Week /APBI (Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry) 2005 in Tampa, FL (To our knowledge, we were the first to report on it and show pictures of it.). The article was titled New Milkor USA MGL-140/MEI Hyper-Lethal 40mm Combo/Weapon System for Infantry. At the show, we also got the chance to view and handle Martin Electronics, Inc.'s (MEI) special-purpose 40mm ammo (HELLHOUND, DRAGO, and HUNTIR rounds), and discussed those in the article, as well. Although we didn't get to actually test-fire the MGL-140 at the event, we were confident it would work as advertised, based on the fact that it was simply a modification of the most battle-proven multiple grenade launcher (MGL)/multi-shot grenade launcher in the world, the Milkor MGL Mk-1S/Mk-1L series, which we originally reported on in January, 2002.
testing the MGL-140 (made by Milkor USA, Inc.) for possible adoption/procurement. Then, within the last several months (I can't remember, exactly), we received information that the U.S. Marine Corps had just agreed to purchase an updated/product-improved/further-developed version of the Milkor USA MGL-140 developed to the USMC's specific requirements.
The Marines have designated the new weapon the M32 Multiple shot Grenade Launcher (M32 MGL, or M32 MSGL). Milkor USA, Inc. also manufactures the M32 MGL right here in the U.S. According to Jane's Defence Weekly (January 11, 2006), the U.S. Marine Corps has purchased approx 9,000 units of the new (updated/upgraded) weapon system. Milkor USA, Inc. could not confirm this number. However, they did confirm that an unspecified number of of M32 MGL 40mm multiple grenade launchers was purchased by the USMC.
Now, we've been a little busy over here, so we hadn't yet gotten around to reporting on all this, yet, when Marine Corps News recently beat us to the punch. On March 09, 2006, Marine Corp News published an article on the the Milkor USA M-32 MGL, titled Marines carry six-pack attack. The article's written by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva, and it's definitely worth reading. The article also contains lots of great photos of the weapon being handled and fired by Marines.
If you'd like more information on the M32 Multiple-shot Grenade Launcher (M32 MGL, or M32 MSGL), Milkor USA, Inc. can be contacted by phone at 817-917-1477, by fax at 877-844-5671, and by email at [email protected]. Ask for Richard Solberg.
Click here to view the Milkor USA MGL-140 multi-shot grenade launcher fact sheet/spec sheet. As we've reported, the new M-32 MGL is an upgraded/product-improved version of the MGL-140, made to U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) requirements/specifications.
Click here to view an AFJ Blackwater Shoot-out video clip of the MGL-140 being demo'd.
Blackfive has republished the Marine Corps New article, and titled their version Marines Fight With "Six Packs".
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