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The leader of a Buckinghamshire union has put out a call for help from activists
Steve Bell, branch secretary for the Bucks Health Branch of Unison, will hold a meeting a week before a planned protest by the English Defence League in Aylesbury.
Mr Bell said: "The EDL, whileclaiming not to be racist or fascist, has on previous demonstrations been giving Nazi salutes and shouting slogans that could be considered racist. BNP (British National Party) and other fascist activists have also been witnessed at these events. It is also clear that if their ideas are not challenged then the local community in which they are active, will see a rise in racist incidents.
"That is why the Bucks Health branch of Unison believes that we need to challenge their ideas and organise to defeat them, so that the ideas they represent do not get a toehold in the Aylesbury area. These ideas are not welcome and are divisive and will set back our struggle to defend the public sector and the terms and conditions of our members."
Mr Bell has invited members of the Labour movement and the local community to work out how to challenge EDL's ideas. The meeting will take place on April 26 at 7.30pm at the Multicultural Centre.
The Bucks Herald
March 31, 2010
Don't give them a toehold in Aylesbury
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Scrapbook Valentine Template
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This great Valentine's Card template lets you make a great impression this Valentine's Day. Grab an image of his or her website, or a picture of you and put it somewhere handy. Write a verse or two of poetry and clipboard it. Then click on the template and follow the prompts. Yes, it's THAT easy not avoid getting unlaid this Valentine's Day. Permalink to full story.

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Tea: Individual choice today! Mom was too tired to make a pot.
Books: We're continuing our poetry discussion in lit class; today was an aural exploration of some different poetry techniques–I should have taught rhyme scheme this way at the high school level!
- Narrative poem: Casey at the Bat
- Free verse poem: "Knoxville, Tennessee" by Nikki Giovanni (we used to live there!) contrasted with a couple of Silverstein samples that had great rhythm (but no rhyme scheme)
- Rhyme scheme: selections from Florian's Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars; Prelutsky's Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant; "Green" from Hailstones and Halibut Bones
- (these were totally off the cuff, as it were. I just grabbed a handful of the books we had from the library for our poetry unit and winged it)


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The letter A of Fitness!
Your life or fitness journey could be defined or refined, however you take it, by the following 3A's:
Acknowledgement & Acceptance
Action, Amendment & Adapt
Achieve and Affirm
The first and foremost thing that defines anyone is one's Attitude. Attitude, not towards the outside world, but your attitude towards your own self, towards your own life. With the right attitude, comes the acknowledgment of the state you are in. Admit that you need to do something in order to bring about the necessary changes in your life. We are often in self denial or in the very common phase of procrastination. It is also worth noting that with acknowledgment, should come acceptance. It's no big deal if you acknowledge that there is a problem and don't allow it to bother you beyond that. Acknowledge that there is an issue that needs to be addressed and accept it. We come across many situations in life where an acquaintance, friend or family member makes a personal comment on our state, be it something like,
"Hey, why don't you do something about your weight?. You must join the gym or there's this excellent Yoga teacher who can help you lose that flab.
Oh! You have diabetes! You must cut out sugar and go for a walk or start running every day.
Oh ho look at those tandoori thighs. Why don't you do something?" and the list can be endless.
What do we normally do when we face these personal comments either laced with concern or scathing and critically scornful. For someone who has acknowledged the problem and accepted it, it's a matter of fact thing but for someone in self denial, the first reaction to these situations is an instant vitriolic response often backed with a self empathizing portrayal of one's own state.
"It's easy for you to stand on the other side and make those disparaging remarks on my state or appearance but you only need to step into my shoes to experience the pinch.
Advice is easy when it's not your life.
People make it their personal business to butt in to someone's personal space. How can anyone be so insensitive. Don't they realize that I am suffering with a medical condition that doesn't allow me to do anything?" and this can just go on.
Acceptance along with a realization of your personal situation is key to the right attitude for the next Letter A in life.
Once you acknowledge your situation and accept it, you should be ready to take the plunge! Take action! Acknowledgment and acceptance are not enough. Understand that you have been gifted this one exclusive life and it is totally up to you to make it or break it. Just sitting on the couch and blaming the poor godforsaken hereditary genes is not going to take you anywhere leave alone resolving the problem. Sedentary behaviour is emerging as the root cause of most health issues, particularly a rise in cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Stop whining and start shining! Take action and bring about the necessary amendments in your current life, be it dietary changes or finding some form of workout that works for you. Adapt to the changes just like animals, birds or plants adapt to their natural environment in order to survive. Adaptability is pivotal to your personal success especially more so in this journey of self improvement.
Once the journey starts from acknowledgment & acceptance, you take the necessary actions , make amendments and adapt to the changes, is there anything that can stop your progress towards achieving the goals you set for yourself? If the foundation is right, the building will stay upright. Fitness is like a castle in the air if it's not built on a solid foundation. Work progressively towards your personal achievements and affirm your life!


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The Wizard of Lies *** ½ / *****
Directed by: Barry Levinson.
Written by: Sam Levinson & Samuel Baum & John Burnham Schwartz based on the book by Diana Henriques.
Starring: Robert De Niro (Bernard Madoff), Michelle Pfeiffer (Ruth Madoff), Alessandro Nivola (Mark Madoff), Hank Azaria (Frank DiPascali), Nathan Darrow (Andrew Madoff), Sydney Gayle (Emily Madoff), Lily Rabe (Catherine Hooper), Kristen Connolly (Stephanie Madoff), Kathrine Narducci (Eleanor Squillari), Steve Coulter (Martin London), Michael Kostroff (Peter Madoff).
Before talking about The Wizard of Lies, a fine HBO docudrama about Bernie Madoff, allow me to say aloud that I find it odd that HBO, who in many ways helped invent so called "prestige TV" with The Wire and The Sopranos and Oz (among others), and has continued to innovate (both successfully, and not so much) in their shows since then, has essentially been cranking out the same type of made-for-HBO movie for decades now. I don't say this necessarily as an insult – I like the type of docudramas they've made over in the years – with films like Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995), Don King: Only in America (1997) and Path to War (2002) being particular favorites. Yet, while on the series side, HBO is taking chances, on the film side, they continue to make these historical docudramas – some very good (You Don't Know Jack), some bad (Phil Spector), some somewhere in between (All the Way). The Wizard of Lies is essentially a good movie – it contains two great performances, and does a decent job of recounting the life and crimes of Bernie Madoff – yet I cannot help but wonder why HBO hasn't done a better job filling in the gap of the disappearing middle class of movies – like say Netflix and Amazon have. But I digress, that really isn't The Wizard of Lies fault – it was just a thought I had while watching the film, and thinking that aside from the time period, you could have made this exact film in 1995 on HBO.
In the film, Robert DeNiro plays Madoff – the well-respected financial guru, who it turned out had been running the largest Ponzi scheme Wall Street had ever seen, scamming billions of dollars out of his clients, none of whom ever had a clue. I do wish that the film had perhaps dived a little more into how Madoff did it, but I also understand I'm probably in the minority who wanted more details about financial transactions, so perhaps director Barry Levinson and company were right to basically stick to the family story. This is not a film about Madoff's victims – it's about how his crimes effected those closest to him, who the film takes at face value in that it never questions their own story that they didn't know what was going on.
DeNiro is undeniably one of the greatest actors of all time, but also undeniably, hasn't always seemed that interested in doing great work in the past, oh, two decades or so – with the occasional great performance (Stone, Silver Linings Playbook or his great directorial effort The Good Shepherd) being lost in a sea of mediocrity. Here, he is quite good, and makes an interesting choice with Madoff – making him into a blank faced, mostly bland psychopath. He doesn't raise his voice very often, he isn't giving "Greed is Good" speeches like Gordon Gekko, or going insane like Jordan Belfort – he just calmly, rationally steals all your money. You cannot even say he's doing it for his family, because he screws up their lives as well – he says he did it all himself, and they knew nothing, but as we see in flashbacks, even when his sons wanted to leave his company, strike out on their own, he berates them into staying – essentially sealing their fate. This is not a deep dive by DeNiro – who keeps his understanding of Madoff on a surface level, but he implies that the surface level is all there is to Madoff.
That does leave the emotional heavy lifting in the film to the other characters. As his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer is excellent – she isn't a typical trophy wife (for one thing, she's been with Bernie since they were poor teenagers), but she clearly didn't want to know anything about what Bernie did at work or why – her priority was her family – and the money – and when she loses it all, she has nothing left. Pfeiffer is so good here, it really makes you wish she'd work more often (this is the first time I've seen her since 2013). Also quite good is Alessandro Nivola as their younger son – the one who admires their father more than anything, who takes all of his crap, and is destroyed by the revelations. Nathan Darrow isn't as effective as the older Madoff son – mainly because he has a more reserved role.
The Wizard of Lies was directed by Barry Levinson – the Oscar winning filmmaker of Rain Man, and other fine films of the 1980s and 1990s (my personal favorite is probably the Iraq War satire Wag the Dog with DeNiro from 1997). Levinson has always been a smart, middle of the road filmmaker – and there's no difference here. The Wizard of Lies knows precisely what it is, and what it wants to do – and it delivers. It's a little strange to me that HBO continues to churn these films out, with seemingly no real ambition to grow, but they know what they're doing, and they do it well.


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The following are property transfers collected from the Spencer County Clerk's office for June, 2014:
June 9, 2014: Goebel Crossings, LLC of Taylorsville to Anthony Earl Risinger Jr. of Thomas Trace, Fisherville, lot 94 and lot 95 of Goebel Crossing, phase III as shown in plat cabinet 4, slide 81 in the Spencer County Clerk's office, $50,000.
June 11, 2014: Arthur R. Watson and Ronda L. Watson of Yoder-Tipton Rd., Taylorsville and Kyrstin D. Manning of Yoder-Tipton Rd., Taylorsville, property located at 1279 Yoder-Tipton Rd, $71,000.
Open Door Christian hosting Vacation Bible School
Open Door Christian Center at 2345 Taylorsville Road in Bloomfield is hosting Vacation Bible School July 21-24 from 6-8 p.m. Children through ages 12 are welcome and the event is free. This year's theme is God's Backyard Bible Camp.
Adult Summer Reading comes to a close
Spencer County Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Program is coming to a close. Participants are invited to come to the library July 26 for coffee and pastries from 10 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. to commemorate the end of the program.
The Spencer County Fiscal Court continued discussing the status of Karen Spencer's position with the county's recycling center with Magistrate Jerry Davis and Judge Executive Bill Karrer taking opposing positions on the issue.
City, county and 911 officials met last week to try to iron out an arrangement on the 911/dispatch services contract, which was recently put out for bids by the Spencer County Fiscal Court.
After several hours and two rounds of formal interviews, the Taylorsville City Commission named Phil Crumpton as its new police chief by a 5-0 vote pending an agreement regarding salary and benefits Friday afternoon.
Crumpton, who is currently a major/operations officer for the City of Wilmore Police Department is no stranger to Spencer County. Crumpton said that he began his career with the Kentucky State Police as a patrol officer working in Spencer and Shelby counties in 1991.
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January 7, 2011
Nearly 175 years ago, the fledgling Emory College was chartered 40 miles west of Atlanta—a decade before the settlement called Marthasville was even named Atlanta. The school's mission was to mold character, even as it honed proficiency in such arts as Latin and mathematics among a corps of 15 young men paying $135 a year.
Centuries and miles removed from its natal home, the Emory of 2010 is much larger, immeasurably more diverse, and vastly more accomplished—numbered among the Top 20 universities nationally, according to US News & World Report, and located in the top third of the Top 200 globally, according to the 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
How has this long arc of growth and maturation been sustained and even accelerated over the past five years, as Emory began to implement the 10-year strategic plan forged by upwards of a thousand faculty, staff and students in 2004-2005?
With dollars, decisions and daring bets, according to the University's senior leadership.
"The past five years disclose steady progress in quality, productivity and external recognition for our faculty."
-Provost Earl Lewis
"The past five years disclose steady progress in quality, productivity and external recognition for our faculty, as we pursued a Faculty Distinction Fund strategy that balanced the recruitment of academic stars with the ethical commitments we have to our existing talent," says Earl Lewis, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. "From named chairs to mid-career associate professors to junior arrivals, Emory today has a richer, deeper professoriate than we did even at the turn of the 21st century."
In a period when external research funding has increased to $535 million a year, the University also nearly doubled its faculty membership in select national academies, from 17 to 33, and added 138 net new tenured and tenure track faculty, for an overall growth rate of 13 percent. New PhD tracks have been added in areas such as biomedical informatics and religion, conflict and peacebuilding. New master's programs have been launched in bioethics; computation and statistics; and development practice.
Mike Mandl, executive vice president for finance and administration, says the campus has been in some important measure transformed by major investments in the special residential educational experience that the top universities deliver. For instance, the administration has continued to grow on-campus housing for undergraduates, in the belief that the digital, networked world of the 21st century will retain a place for institutions offering a personalized collegiate experience at the heart of a world-class research university.
"Some of the most provocative and important initiatives generated by the strategic plan have at least one foot in the health sciences, but they span other divisions, creating new interdisciplinary pathways for the benefit of faculty, students and society alike."
-S. Wright Caughman,
interim head of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center
A campus map shows no fewer than 15 major construction projects since 2005, representing one of the most active periods of building in Emory's history. Importantly, all were designed to enhance elements of the strategic plan and foster the intellectual community. Projects ranged from the environmentally "green" Freshman Village (whose build-out continues apace); to major academic and research facilities such as the Candler School of Theology, the Center for Ethics, and the Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies Building; to major campus enhancements such as the new front entrance and nearby Oxford Road Building, with its upgraded admissions space and community-facing retail and social spaces.
"We are particularly proud of the recognition Emory has earned in the past several years as an excellent place to work," Mandl says. "This is a reflection of the character of its people and environment." Examples include repeated recognition by The Scientist magazine and The Chronicle for Higher Education.
S. Wright Caughman, interim executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, points to construction of the James B. Williams Medical Education Building and the Claudia Nance Rollins Building, along with the acquisition of the Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, as examples of the continuing vitality of the health sciences enterprise. Equally important have been the new directions in research and scholarship forged by the strategic plan.
"Some of the most provocative and important initiatives generated by the strategic plan have at least one foot in the health sciences," says Caughman, "but they span other divisions, creating new interdisciplinary pathways for the benefit of faculty, students and society alike. We are particularly proud of the signature work done by Jeff Koplan and his colleagues in the Global Health Institute, which quite simply defines Emory in many far corners of the globe. The new global health minor almost immediately became the most popular minor for undergraduates in Emory College."
"Even beyond that," says Caughman, "strategic initiatives in the neurosciences, in computational biology and life sciences, in predictive health, and in the relations between medicine, public health, nursing and religion, have created novel conversations and programs whose full impact may not be evident for years. New ways of understanding old disciplines, even new disciplines entirely, are in the process of being born right now."
He acknowledges that one still-missing piece in the University's 10-year plan as it was envisioned five years ago is the deferred hospital construction on Clifton Road. Plans for a new Emory Clinic and associated patient bed towers, across the road from Emory University Hospital, were put on hold in 2008 as the worldwide economic downturn deepened.
Caughman says he expects Emory Healthcare's needs for expansion and revitalization of patient care facilities in the Clifton Corridor to be addressed in the coming year.
Among the University's boldest wagers was its decision to commit to a public launch of Campaign Emory, the $1.6 billion fundraising campaign, in a state that had never seen any institution raise $1 billion, and in the face of a rapidly escalating economic crisis.
"To say that September 2008 was not an auspicious time to go public with the University's first named campaign in 15 years—and with a goal this large and this unprecedented—would be to put it mildly," says President Jim Wagner.
"The fact that we have been able to raise approximately $300 million since then, and $1.1 billion in all, gives us the heart to believe we made the right decision. Our own faculty and staff have already exceeded their ambitious goal for MyEmory. This is especially gratifying, because it suggests that those who know Emory best, support it the most strongly."
Strategic Plan: "Where Courageous Inquiry Leads: 2005-2015"
More from the Strategic Plan Update issue
Distinguished faculty drive excellence
National academies tap Emory faculty
External recognition on the rise
Students stand out in classroom and community


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NYT Vs Guardian
I came across this ad for the New York Times on their website.
At first glance I thought it was an ad for British newspaper The Guardian.
That's a clever media buy I thought to myself.
Then I took a closer look and saw it was in fact an ad for the New York Times.
The similarities are uncanny.
Here's a screen grab of two Guardian ads if you're not familiar with their campaign.


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Monday, December 12, 2011
Roasted Squash and Tomato Barley Salad
I bring to you a super easy, super simple recipe.
I adopted another Food Network Recipe for this one.... A few changes were made to fit my likes and this little dish was born.
I am still obsessed with squash but I switched up the type this time.
All you need for this is:
2 cups squash cubed ( I used Dumpling Squash)
1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
1 cup Barley (or farro)
Olive oil
red pepper flakes
bay leaf
1 1/2 TBSP parsley flakes
Place squash and tomatoes on a baking sheet. Toss with Olive oil and salt. Roast at 425 until tender (about 20 min)
Meanwhile place Barley in a large pot with about 2tsp red pepper flakes (less or more depending on your taste) and a bay leaf. Cover with water by 1 inch. Bring to a simmer on high and then reduce to med-low and cook uncovered until al dente. Drain and remove the bay leaf.
Toss with squash and tomatoes, olive oil (1/2 to 1TBSP), and parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.
You can serve this right away while its warm or serve it as a cold salad
I made this Sunday night so I would have a quick go to lunch during the week. I tossed mine with some chicken and in the lunch box it went. You can also add cheese if you would like.
Ciao and squash love
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Although I´m getting a flue, should sew things for 2 current swaps and getting insane from waiting for invitation to an Accenssment Center, I finally managed to sew something using the purple fabric with the tiny golden stars and the striped one you see in the picture above.
I wanted to use both together but didn´t know for what kind of project. On the other hand I wanted to try out the tutorial, Kelly from dragon[knit]fly wrote for her box bag, in awhile too. I thought over it the last days and finally decided it would be fun and the fabrics could work for this project.
This morning I started, because our weekend trip starts on friday and I realized that I don´t have any bag to put my tootbrush into *sigh*. Buying a new toilet bag was not to be at issue, cause my pride as a DIY freak doesn´t allow me to buy things you can make yourself. And the toilet bags you can find in the ragular german shops are boring, ugly or made for visits at the hospital. nothing colorful and not ugly at the same time :(. So I used Kellys tutorial, added an inside pocket to it and worked up my left over xmas fabrics, black cotton fabric for the bottom, red ribbon and a bag named DIMPA.
OK, I used only a part of her, but for a good reason: Dimpa is made of some kind of canvas cover, which makes the bag leakproof inside.
Oh my, I don´t want to bore you ;), here are some pictures of my first selfmade toilet bag:
I think, I like it and, cause it was my first time (another ;) ) I´m a little proud of the result, too. What do you think? Should I sew more bags like this? While planing and sewing I realized, that Kellys pattern also is perfect to make a huge travel bag. I just would have to add some strap handles and perhaps a divided pocket inside. Guess what else is missing for our trip ... *grin*
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Granddaughter was sent to "time out" and Nanny Leah (daughter and God Mother to Renee, wanted to go visit her. That didn't go over with Renee's mother – so Leah was naughty and got sent to "time out" too! Renee felt so bad for Nanny Leah. It was rather cute, as Leah almost couldn't stop from giggling, and Renee knew they'd both be in BIG trouble if there was any giggling!
We've been enjoying our granddaughter and mommy Jessica and daddy Floyd. They have been here from Louisiana since Dec 27th, and will be flying home on Sunday, Jan 6th.
Had a great get together on New Years Eve, and the house will be really quiet next week after they go home. Hope you all had a great New Years!


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We are seeing a frenzy of buying along with a 2008-like rise in listings.
A very odd situation. When listings rise so much, buyers generally feel less anxious to dive in, and take their time to asses and bid wisely on their purchases. But this does not seem to be the case. By all accounts the buyers are in a rabid condition. Of course the areas of high excitement have narrowed down.
The Fraser Valley hasn't been invited to the party, which fits in with the 5th wave theory I posted about several weeks ago.
Why the frenzy?
There are several possible reasons for this:
1) We have the April 19th CMHC changes which we have discussed before. Note that the government did it's usual miscalculation. It noticed that housing was on fire, due to their stupidly low rates and 'no-skin-in-the-game' CMHC mortgages and decided to do something about it. OK - so far so good. So they come out and announce the changes to take place over two months later!
That gave time for all those with vested interests (you know who they are - from local media to real estate types) to panic buyers into the market.
It would be like saying to your kid..."I know you are spending most of your allowance on drugs , so in two and a half months I am going to cut you off!" Huh. What do you think the kid is going to do?
In fact the new rules for self-employed borrowers already took effect on April 9th.
2) rates are moving up and borrowers have their pre-approveds in their back pockets. If they don't pull it out and drop it on a house asap, the next one will be at a higher rate, or for lower loans. So BUY NOW! Price be damned.
3) This is the normally busy buying season.
This is it folks. The stars are all aligned. If the market doesn't even wobble with higher inventory, higher rates, HST on new homes, new CMHC rules, Provincial cuts, Olympic bills..............


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Friday, February 18, 2011
Spinach Feta and Sundried Tomato Strudel
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MMmm that looks so good!ReplyDelete
I think pumpkin, spinach and feta would go lovely with this.
My Mike would love Olives mixed in with it. Sounds delish. You know I'm going to have to make it!!ReplyDelete
Oh yum, this sounds and looks so good!ReplyDelete
- veggiemamaAugust 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM
yes!!! pumpkin!!! Roasted wtih some honey.... yum xReplyDelete
- veggiemamaAugust 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM
I'm with Mike! Olives would definitely be a welcome addition xReplyDelete
Nice and simple and delicious! Live this one, thanks xxReplyDelete
I'm so happy to have this here. Will be scouring through all of your recipes. My 9 year old son decided yesterday that he would like to become a vegetarian (says he can't in good conscience justify eating meat anymore. I almost cried. I was a vegarian for years, and am so proud of him). We'll go through and pick recipes out together. I'm going to do it with him, and he realises that the only way I'll support this is if he tries new foods, things he's previously resisted so that he stays healthy. This will, I suspect become a wonderful resource for us both.ReplyDelete
Will be starting with THAT up there!
Oh that's lovely! How wonderful your son has such compassion at that age. I hope you find some new favourites and tell him I think he's great :)ReplyDelete


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A FORMER Liverpool councillor today appeared in court charged with downloading indecent images of children - some said to be of the worst type.
Ben Williams, 34, of Norris Green appeared at South Sefton Magistrates Court and spoke only to confirm his address.
The history tutor, who was supported by family and friends at the hearing, did not enter a plea to the 12 counts of making indecent images over a year-long period.


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Big Up'z to Notorious, RIP.
Archive for March, 2009
No Biggie
Breakfast: The Worst Meal to Increase Your Immune System
I have not been sick for three years. [Knock on wood for me, please.] I am confident that this is not a coincidence. I agree with Early Retirement Extreme's (ERE's) post on proactive health care: eat healthly, exercise regularly, and welcome germs from the local environment. In the health care post, ERE makes the following statement:
I don't touch my face around sneezing people, but otherwise I don't worry about germs. In fact I welcome them. I'd like my immune system to do some low intensity battles.
In the past three years, I took this one more step. I started eating out of the trash. Yeah: gross, have-you-no-shame, etc. I've heard it all. The crux of my airport travel actually centers around trash cans. I've come up with a relatively "low key" method to dig out of airport garbages in airports. It amounts to carrying around a piece of trash, from one container to the next. So, throw something out, look into the trash like you didn't mean to throw it out, and then pick up something new. Optimize by going for weight.
Now from my experience, I find breakfast the hardest meal to find food. I think there are two factors at play for this phenomenom.
- Breakfast portions are small compared to lunch/dinner. For example, check out the McDonald's Nutrition Facts on a Egg McMuffin (300 calories) versus a Quarter Pounder (410 calories). It would be interesting to see a frequency chart. If you actually follow that link, you can make an easy argument against this because I lack frequency data.
- People are hungrier in the morning, and therefore are more apt to finish the whole breakfast meal.
So, I lack data from the interwebs. However using my empirical data, I would much rather dig for buried treasure at noon than in the morning. In case you cared, I thought of this post after I paid $0.50 for a "refill" on a cup of coffee this morning at Starbucks. 😉
Rethink the paradigm of scavenging and Freeganism, if not for financial benefits for the health advantages.
Riding a Horny Bike
I had a dream! . . . I thought of the idea in this post in a dream. Crazy? Fun? Cool!
Dreams occur right before awakening. Leaving a light on makes you sleep less efficiently. So a few years ago, I left a light on with a "dream notebook" right next to my bed. I did this for about a week, with so-so results, until I woke up soaked in sweat, full of adrenaline, and freaked out that my 2nd grade teacher figured out that I never dug up my time capsule after the 10 year period. There was never a time capsule from my 2nd grade class, but such a ridiculous awakening easily puts a kibosh on an experiment that doesn't seem promising. I digress.
I read the Bike Commuters' The Well-Tempered Cyclist post shortly before bed one night. Before falling asleep that night, I reflected on my agreement of the past five years of riding. Riding with other members of the Purdue Tri Club, we started smiling and waving at angry drivers, who often like to honk at us. The waving and smiling often confuses drivers, which makes it enjoyable. Plus, what's the point in continuing the anger? It doesn't solve any problems, and some of us believe in karma!
Ironically after thinking about how relatively calm of I rider I am, I had a dream including the opposite behavior. My dream involved me trying to get a semi-truck driver to "Honk it!" This is another cycling hobby of mine. However, I didn't notice that I drifted over into the middle lane, while riding my bike. The truck driver did end up honking it, but he also cut me off in traffic, too! Somehow, I had an airhorn mounted on my bike, so I honked back!
I talked about my dream the next day at work. Within a few hours, I was at West Marine in Newport Beach. Here, I learned that employees do not like when you test out horns in the store. More interestingly, I found an Eco Horn. This horn is 115 dB, marine grade, and sustainable! The air power comes by pumping it up from a Schrader valve, common to cycling (and even car tire) pumps. The 80 psi charge, on full volume, lasts several miles, even on liberal use. I do not have any more data other than that information, for now. And for a frame of reference, 115 dB is slightly louder than a loud yell.
Additionally, the pump fits nicely into a water bottle cage. I mounted a water bottle cage to my 2001 Lemond Buenos Aires, as shown here.
I've had the horn for about 150 miles of bike commuting, now. The horn provides gratification by communicating to drivers that I can honk louder than they can, on average. The drivers, for the most part, are confused. I look forward to future social experiments, including a zip tie to hold the horn in "honking position," honking back at semi-truck drivers :-), and my new road rage outlet, in general.
Babe Ruthing Karma
This is a guest post from that budding, pretentious Eastern religious scholar in me. . or in all of us??
I like
- coffee.
- making coffee in a French Press.
- having roommates.
- avoiding anger.
- time.
What recipe do you get when you combine the aforementioned ingredients? A new food processor!
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I have had three French Presses, all made from glass, during my time on this earth. I have kept each French Press on top of the fridge. Three different roommates have broken my French Presses. Each time, I acknowledge that the failure is bound to happen with the French Press stored at such a place. I think during each failure the French Press is left hanging on top of the freezer door. So, just enough of the door catches the bottom on the French Press, and the press plummets to its death, impact with the floor.
After the third death, we had a raffle at work. The winning prize was a coveted Black and Decker Power Pro II Food Processor. I just knew it was my time. I told everyone I was going to win the food processor. I was due. I was calling my shot, just like Babe Ruth.
I realize this is risky to mess with higher powers. However, sometimes you have to follow your intution.
Here is a picture of me, 24 hours after calling my shot.
I predict that this event will be in my 2009 Top 3.
Approximating Pi in a 3.1415 Run
At the beginning of March, I realized the string of March holidays in 2009 would have an additional to pre-game the celebration.
That's cool.
My upcoming running A-Level race is the Old Goats (OG) Ultramarathon. I signed up for the SJT 50K on Pi Day to help train for the OG. I jokingly said that I was going to go for a 7hr 29min finish time, so I could finish at 3/14 1:59pm, i.e. pi is aproximately 3.14159. My goal for the SJT 50K was to cruise, to have fun, to check out the Candy Store Loop (a section of trail), to be in great company, and to enjoy quite possibly the most entertaining race directior, Baz.
The race start was actually 7am, not 6:30am, like I thought. My time for an Absolute Record, as opposed to a PR, shifted from 7hr 29min to 6hr 59min for a 3/14 1:59pm finish, which is actually closer to my real PR, 7hr 11min. My absolute record and personal record could jive that day!
I still didn't really think anything of it. I just ran, munched on some food (including Pop-Tarts), talked to some people, saw some great views, etc. I was just going for miles, so I didn't even have my Garmin set to read out a pace or the actual time. I just had mileage on my read out.
Nearing the finish, I checked to see what time it was. . I did have a barbeque later that day to attend. No way! It was 1:24pm, and I had 4.5 miles to go! Some days you have to take the cruise control off. It was on.
I can't believe it; he's inspired by math!
Fellow SCTHz, E-Rod, said the quote above after I reminded of him my 1:59pm goal. . . I told him, "I think I can do it!" After getting to the last aid station, I told Keira, who of course was excited. She told me, "You are going to do it!" You kind of have to know Keira's personality, but her positive spirit is so easily catched by all around her.
Off I went; I didn't look back. Unfortunately, I went too fast. I just couldn't bear to stop and wait three minutes. I sucked it up, and I finished at 1:56pm, with an absolute record finish time, 3/14 1:50 ish, 3.1415.
Leaving 2 or 3 more decimals on the plate, for some continuous improvement goals. It's what we do.
Thanks to jeff smith, my co-pilot that day, who influenced me to record this amazing event.


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Elon Musk deserves better
I've been closely following an interesting set of events that followed a review of the Tesla Model S by a New York Times reporter and I'm sure enough people know about it. The issue by large lies with the electric car technology, it … Continue reading
At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX
It's exciting times for Space Exploration, after NASA retired the shuttle program. Private companies like SpaceX will now be crucial players in the Human spaceflight program.
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- a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
- segregation on grounds other than race
Here is an example:
Israeli bulldozers flattened a village inhabited by the ancient Palestinian Bedouins, a tribe that has lived on the land for thousands of years. Israeli authorities have systematically run the indigenous Bedouins off of their land to pave the way for Jewish-only settlements.
Source - http://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-demolishes-palestinian-village-114th-time-seven-years/228991/
Fortunately, Israel is no longer the UN's "punching bag", so these Bedouins will just have to disappear ... up in smoke, perhaps.
By the way, did I mention that Nikki Haley is an idiot?


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It's not too often I use our blog as a public whipping post but today is such a day. And today's target, Webmaster and owner of PPC engine SearchPronto.com (URL purposly not hyperlinked for obvious reasons) Matthew Rankin.
Now, why would I come out and name a person and a site that are ticking me off? Because he's stealing from us, that's why. Basically since the time we first started publishing articles and I've been tracking where they're being picked up I've seen the name Matthew Rankin noted as the writer of our works. Today I again came across an article titled, "Choosing Effective Keywords" and when I visited it I found that it was exactly the same as the first of our 10-part SEO series "Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website: Step One – Choosing The Right Keywords".
I've emailed the publishers in the past and many have changed the reference or removed the article(s) however it's just become too big a job to keep up with. I'm sure he's stolen from others too. I can't be that special. 😉
So Matthew Rankin: you've managed to tick me off and get yourself a special, personal mention in our blog. Unfortunately it's more in line with Steve Wilson than Jim Hedger.


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Check this out, it's what Steven Phillips and I have been talking about. Please keep your fingers crossed and prayers and energy coming our way. I see Dr. Paolo Macchiarini when he's in VT at the end of the month.
Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene left a Stockholm hospital Friday, breathing through a man-made trachea that was built with his own stem cells.


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Conte leaves Juventus by mutual consent
Head coach Antonio Conte has left Serie A champions Juventus by mutual consent.
The former Juve captain led the club to three straight Scudettos during his time at the helm as well as securing back-to-back Supercoppa Italiana successes.
Conte also agreed a new deal with the Italian champions in May that would have kept him under contract for a further year until 2015.
However, the club confirmed on Tuesday that the deal has been mutually ended, stating he had become tired with Juve's dominance.
"There was a path, a journey. I matured a lot, I grew a lot. But at a club like Juventus, you must always win. And that is tiring," he said.
"I must thank all my players, they helped me become a winning coach. I thank the club and [president] Andrea [Agnelli], who selected me three years ago."
Conte, a former Italy international, has regularly been linked with taking up a coaching role with the Azzurri as a successor to Cesare Prandelli.
However, he quashed suggestions this was behind his decision to quit, adding: "I'm living in the present, I'm thinking about this decision I just took."
Conte has had to deal with plenty of speculation regarding the club's star players in recent months, with Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba both linked with moves away.
Vidal is reportedly a target for Manchester United, while Pogba is said to be the subject of interest from Chelsea.


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On Thursday we picked my brother and his fiancee up from the airport. They had been visiting some of her family in the Philippines.
Check out these teensy monkeys they saw in Bohol:
We are so glad they had such a fantastic trip – and that they are safely home again.
The very next day my Aunty brought this little one home.
Meet Sadie.
She is a Silver Chinchilla Persian – and she is a heartbreaker!
We went over to meet her today and she is just a bundle of personality. It was a little hard to get pictures of her – she was pretty interested in the camera. Or rather, the strap of the camera.
Mostly gift knitting going on these last few days so…no pictures.
I did finally update the 2007 Reads page…check it out. Link at the top left hand corner of this screen.
eta: It is snowing, snowing, snowing here – so beautiful!


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We are pleased to announce that Shannon Okey is coming to HCW! Shannon, a super crafty person, has written a number of books including our perpetual favorites for beginner knitters: Knitgrrl 1 & Knitgrrl 2, Spin to Knit, Felt Frenzy (co-authored with Heather Brack), How to Knit in the Woods, Alt Fiber, and a couple sewing books: AlterNation (with Alexandra Underhill) and The Pillow Book. Her newest book The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design is the first-ever book targeted to designers of all experience levels who want to create, communicate and sell their work professionally. Shannon also runs her own publishing venture (Cooperative Press), owns and operates Knitgrrl Studio.
Designer Bootcamp
Friday March 11, 2-5 pm
Whether you've just published your first pattern or you've been doing it for years, learn to maximize your efforts and your profits with Shannon's systematic approach to the pattern business. We'll discuss opportunities for selling your work, pitching to magazines and publishers, common dilemmas facing designers and much more.
Book Signing
Details to be announced!
Sweater Map
Saturday March 12, 10 am - 1 pm
Learn Shannon's 'treasure map' technique to design your own dream sweaters, sized to fit you, working with the yarn and knitting techniques you like to use. We will discuss top-down raglan and bottom up one-piece fitted sleeve construction, and related topics such as measuring and fit, choosing appropriate styling and features, and making gauge work for you.
Saturday March 12, 2-5 pm
$45 plus fee for materials kit
Learn to dye yarn the easy and fun way with acid dyes!
Sunday March 13, 9:30-11:30 pm
$35 plus fee for materials kit
If you want to start designing your own patterns but you don't know where to begin, learn how to take an existing sewing pattern and adapt it for knits. We'll learn how to measure paper patterns and alter them for knit-fit.
Sunday March 13, 12:30-2:30 pm
Yes, you can cut your knitting without fear. Learn how to knit cardigans in the round and easily open them up with crocheted steeks, and other applications for this needlessly-terrifying-yet-amazing knitting technique!
Provisional Flexibility
Sunday March 13, 3-5 pm
Provisional cast ons have more uses than you may know! We'll explore how to use them even in patterns that don't call for a provisional cast on, how to create openings for patch pockets, improve raglan underarms and much, much more.
On Monday March 14 Shannon will teach a class at Common Thread Fabric Store! Stay tuned or contact Common Thread for more info.
Take 3 or more of Shannon's classes at HCW and get $5 off EACH class!
For more information visit the classes link at http://www.hillcountryweavers.com


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Why the Annapolis Peace Talks are a Joke
The Prerequisites set by Israel and accepted by the US define the limits of the so-called peace talks to the bantustanization of Palestine and the permanace of an ethnic state. The demand that Palestinians not only recognize Israel (again) but recognize its legitimacy as a specifically Jewish state means a recognition and acceptance of apartheid and by implication, second class citizenship for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Once again, the unacceptible demands of their "generous offer" will be presented as Palestinian intransegence but the reality on the ground is just the reverse.


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A recent study conducted by the University of Missouri found that college students who struggled to define their sexuality tended to abuse alcohol more heavily and experience more negative consequences than those students who could strictly define their sexual orientation.
The study was conducted over four years and followed 2,000 students of various sexual groups, such as exclusively heterosexual, exclusively homosexual, mostly homosexual, bisexual and mostly heterosexual. The students reported on the frequency of their alcohol consumption, it's consequences and their motives to drink.
Amelia Talley, MU assistant professor of psychological sciences in the College of Arts and Science, said in a release that students who are in a sexual minority group -- such as mostly homosexual, bisexual, and mostly heterosexual -- may feel unfairly branded by those in exclusively heterosexual or homosexual groups, often resulting in higher levels of anxiety or depression.
"Exclusively homosexual and heterosexual persons drank at roughly the same rate and reported drinking to enhance enjoyment of social situations," Talley said. "The other sexual minority groups tended to report more alcohol misuse. This suggests that it may be the stressful process of developing one's sexual identity that contributes to problematic drinking, just as people in any difficult situation in life may turn to alcohol to alleviate stress."
The research further substantiated a claim that women possess a more fluid sense of sexuality.
"....[Women] were able to admit a certain degree of attraction to the same gender without defining themselves as completely homosexual," Talley said. "Women may be more open to admitting to same-sex attractions because women are more likely to be objectified as sexual objects in our culture; hence, women are accustomed to assessing the attractiveness of other women in comparison to themselves."
The data also showed that men experienced greater anxiety over their inability to neatly define their sexual orientation. Talley speculated that this may be linked to the prevalence of masculine gender norms in society, and said she hopes the study could help young people who turn to alcohol by providing relevant information and a support network.


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The Hard French Crew modernize, takeover, revamp, trick out, revive, and do up the outdoor afternoon dance party experience. This is a party for everyone – where drag queens mingle with lesbians, leather daddy's soul dance with Cholas, sharps share hot dogs with activists, jocks make out with twinks, brown meets white meets purple meets gay guy meets ladies meets q and everyone leaves excited to come back next month. The party is DJ'd by resident and soul music wizards DJ Carnita and DJ Brown Amy and has featured some of the best soul DJs in SF and beyond including Primo (Oldie's Night), Dick Vivian (Rooky Ricardo's Records), DJ Bus Station John (Tubesteak Connection), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & the Angry Inch/Shortbus), DJ Shannon Action Slacks, DJ Lucky (Soul Party!) and more.
Hard French promises a truly unique experience with DJs on the patio, their infamous photo booth, tasty bbq, hard dancing and hard cruising. Hard French hit the road in 2010, throwing successful parties at Fabulosa Fest in Marin County, The East River Bar in Brooklyn, the Bring Your Own Queer Festival in Golden Gate Park and The Augusta House in Toronto, ON. Hard French has been named Best Place in SF to get cheap beer and BBQ by Broke Ass Stuart's Guide to San Francisco, has been included in the BUTT Magazine San Francisco Fag Map and has been featured in SF Weekly, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, SFist.com, The Village Voice (NYC), MissionMission Blog, Daily Candy, The New Gay and All Shook Down.


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Life is a summation of a series of choices and decisions that we are often asked to make. One of the most familiar of these, is the choice between quitting and carrying on.
When you have tried too many times and produced undesired results, the temptation to throw in the towel and close shop on your dream can be so enticing. What's sad though is that too many people quit when they are right on the brink of a breakthrough.
Do not give up on a dream that you hold so closely in your heart. It may delay in coming but it will surely come. Keep working on it and in your due season you will surely reap a harvest.
Habakkuk 2:3 says, "For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfilment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.
Every genuine dream has its appointed time in the order of things and surely this is not the time to quit on your dream. Quitting is never an option after all!
God bless you all.
The writer is a Motivational Teacher
He can be contacted on firstname.lastname@example.com or Whatsapp: 0715348044


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In past difficult times, some Marxist analysts have made dire predictions of imminent economic depression, world war and fascism that proved to be wrong or at least decidedly premature. Famously during the time of McCarthyism in the early 1950s, such predictions overlooked the complexities and remaining potential of capitalism. As well, they underestimated democratic influences and the underlying capacity for popular struggle for civil rights and liberties and against war.
Would it again be crying "wolf" to sound the alarm of fascist danger in today's political environment?
The term "fascism" should not be used lightly. It's not a label that describes the capitalist system in general, even as its evils in this time of crisis spread extreme inequality and misery everywhere. History has defined fascism in all its brutality as dictatorship that destroys democratic rights and institutions, including trade unions and opposing political parties. Where there is fascism, there is a direct alliance of the ruling political party with the most reactionary sections of corporate and financial power.
Taken as a whole, politics and government in the United States have moved to the right in this new century. That is the reality despite the hopes that came with the historic election of Barack Obama in 2008. Not to overlook some hard-won progress in health care, Gay rights, and (to a lesser extent) immigrant rights, progressive gains are outweighed by the assault on jobs, education, unions, social services, and civil liberties. Even as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan approach a messy ending, executive powers have been seized for waging CIA wars and assassinations anywhere at the President's command. Against the backdrop of the "Great Recession", futile wars in the Middle East, and the decline of "superpower" control in world affairs, Wall Street's multi-billionaires are more aggressive than ever in using unlimited financial power to corrupt politics, the media and "public opinion."
While big money influence taints the political process at all levels of government and in both major parties, something special is on the horizon that does indeed raise the alarm about nascent fascism. It is possible that the GOP, powered and controlled by the most extremely reactionary moguls of finance capital, could take over the presidency and the Congress. They already dominate the Supreme Court and most courts, most governors and state legislatures.
This is not just the traditional back and forth exchange that has characterized elections under the two party system. The GOP has moved to the extreme right, further even than under Reagan, Nixon and the Bushes. Above all, the Koch brothers, Adelson, and other fascist-minded oligarchs are wielding their colossal wealth to control and advance the fortunes of the GOP. With the injection of the Tea Party into its midst, there is no tolerance for even "standard" Republicans like Bennet, Lugar, and Snowe. Within the fold, there is room only for those who agree to fall in line. Empowered are race haters, gun idolizers, science deniers and warriors against women, unions, the poor and the elderly. The centerpiece of the agenda is to demolish Medicare and reverse every social gain ("entitlement") achieved during and after the New Deal.
The point is not that the results of the November election could usher in fascism. Democracy cannot easily be destroyed, and the more it is under assault, the more certain is a rising struggle to preserve civil liberties and constitutional rights. It's no small consideration, however, that the type of reactionary political and financial alliance characteristic of fascist regimes would have unprecedented control over the levers of power. That's scary in this period of turmoil, imperial decline, and deep economic insecurity. Brutality is the hallmark of fascism, and recent history affirms that popular uprisings often meet ruthless police, military and vigilante violence.
Even a defeat for the GOP in November will not produce a fundamental progressive change of course. That can only happen as millions of people embrace struggle for their vital interests, against the greed and privilege of the 1%. It would be no small step, however, to thwart the fascist-prone alliance that aims in November to complete an historic monopoly over all branches of our government.


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Messi: The best is yet to come
He may no longer be No.1, but it's far from the end of Leo Messi's career: as FFT's Andrew Murray notes, 2014 could be his zenith
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I can understand why Cristiano Ronaldo sits atop FFT's 100 best players in the world list. The Portuguese has had an amazing 2013, scoring unfathomable goals with apparent ease and has been the standout individual talent. Yet for all his brilliance, something still eluded CR7 this year: a trophy. As barometers go, silverware is as good as any.
Lionel Messi was an omnipresent orchestrator as Barcelona strolled to a fourth La Liga title in five years. He was the league's Pichichi (again), scoring his 46 goals at a quicker rate (1.43 per game) than the barely credible 50 he managed in 2011-12.
Those 46 goals also won him the European Golden Shoe, again, for the third year in four - making him the only player ever to get a hat-trick of wins in the continental goalscoring trophy. And people say he's lost it?
No chance. Yes, 2013 has brought three separate injuries, but Messi is still only 26. He's entering his peak. He scored eight goals in his first six league games this season and a record fourth Champions League hat-trick against Ajax.
Messi was about 25% fit against when he came off the bench to rescue Barça in the Champions League quarter-final against PSG, yet he still definitively changed the tie's complexion with a jinking run for Pedro's deciding equaliser. Barça may have been humbled by Bayern Munich in the last four – but if that was a nadir, it means the only way is up, especially regarding Messi's state of fitness.
No longer will they patch the little Flea up and hope he dances. When the hamstring twanged again at Real Betis in early November, the club told him to get properly fit, so he can face the latter stages of Europe injury-free.
He's the most naturally gifted footballer since Maradona and I have a sneaking feeling he might just show it next year and win the one trophy that's missing to consecrate his true greatness.
Lionel Messi, World Cup winner: now that has a certain ring to it.


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Loop Attachment Co. is a Chicago-based design firm with a mission: to create accessories for those Apple products we're "attached" to. The three creative professionals involved in the company started off with a low-cost silicone alternative to the overpriced iPod nano 6G/7G watch bands that were flooding the market, and now moved on to a fun and functional iPhone case called the Mummy. Let's take a look at the Loop Mummy iPhone 4/4S case (US$25) and the Loop Nano watchband ($20), and then you can have a chance to win one of these accessories.
Loop Mummy iPhone case
In case you're wondering where the name for this case came from, it's because of the "strips of cloth" look on the back of this silicone case. Combined with the colors that are used in the construction -- black, white, graphite, neon green, neon blue, red, magenta, powder blue, orange, purple -- those strips prove to have quite a visual impact against the natural color of your iPhone 4/4S.
The strips also provide a useful function; while silicone is naturally easy to grip, the strips provide a bit more friction to prevent dropping your phone. If I had to guess, I'd say that the designers have suffered through more than one hot, humid summer in the Second City, and they know how easy it is to drop a mobile phone from a sweaty hand.
The case is a piece of cake to install and remove. The silicone material stretches just enough to make it easy to slide on and off your iPhone. The Mummy case is so inexpensive in comparison to some other cases I've reviewed that it's no wonder Loop Attachment sells them in combos -- you can buy 3-packs that contain a variety of colors. My personal favorite? The "Good 'n Plenty" combo of purple, pink and white, as it reminds me of my secret vice...
Loop Attachment's Mummy iPhone 4/4S case is a fun, colorful, inexpensive, and attractive silicone iPhone case.
- Inexpensive compared to most iPhone cases
- Silicone provides good protection against accidental drops
- Unique "mummy cloth strips" design provides additional gripping surface to prevent drops
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Who is it for?
- Anyone who wants a strikingly attractive, fun, and low-cost way of protecting their iPhone 4/4S
Loop Nano Watchband
The second product I'm looking at today is the Loop Nano watch band. Like the Mummy, it's made out of a single molded piece of brightly-colored silicone. Like the Mummy, it's available in a spectrum of colors -- black, white, graphite, blue, green, pink and red.
Some of the iPod nano watchbands that I've reviewed in the past have been ridiculously expensive, like the Deckster Re:Class iPod nano watchband (CAD$165). Most have added a metal backplate to the watchband to clip the nano to, which ends up creating an absurdly thick watch. The Loop Nano resolves both of those issues. It's downright inexpensive at $20, and you can even order them in a three-pack combo. It is also designed so that the iPod nano clips directly to the band and is cradled in the silicone, making the band quite comfortable and thinner.
Like many people, I no longer wear a watch, using my iPhone as a timepiece instead. But the Loop Nano is the first of these watchbands that I've felt was comfortable enough to actually wear on a regular basis.
Have an iPod nano? Want to wear it as a watch/music player? Don't have a lot of money to waste on a pricey watchband? Get the Loop Nano ... or get three. A trio of these will only put you back $50.
- Inexpensive
- Comfortable
- Thin
- Colorful
- Easy to install the nano into the watchband
- The area under the watchband can get a bit sweaty quite quickly as the silicone doesn't "breathe"
Who is it for?
- Anyone who'd like to use an iPod nano as a watch but would rather not spend an arm and a leg
We have a pair of Loop Mummy iPhone 4/4S cases (one neon green, the other red), and a pair of Loop Nano watchbands (one graphite, the other blue) to give away. Four prizes, four winners! Here are the rules for the giveaway:
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
- To enter, fill out the form below completely and click or tap the Submit button.
- The entry must be made before Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Four winners will be selected. Two will receive a Loop Mummy iPhone 4/4S case valued at $25, while two will get a Loop Nano iPod nano watchband valued at $20.
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By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer Nov 3, 2010
Rival teams from Lockheed Martin and Austal USA have been waiting all year to see which of their designs would be chosen for the Navy's littoral combat ship competition. Now, if the Navy gets permission from the lame-duck Congress, the winner could be both...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Inside Look at the New Littoral Combat Ship Plan
...The new plan to build 10 of each hull type is said to come as an opportunity. Apparently the competition has produced favorable contract prices from both contractors, and as such it is either cost neutral, or potentially cost saving, to buy 20 ships under these two contracts over the entire Five-Year plan instead of 19 under the old plan.
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There are a few hurdles to the new plan though.
In order to go with the new plan, the Navy needs Senate and Congressional approval to change the acquisition strategy. There are already statements up on both Alabama Senator websites, Senator Shelby and Senator Sessions. As a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Sessions appears to have spoken to Ray Mabus about this plan on Wednesday morning and filled in on the details, because the statement implies he has thrown his full support into the plan. Senator Shelby has yet to learn the details, and finishes his statement by having concerns he hopes to work out with the Navy as he learns more details. Neither Senator Kohl nor Senator-elect Johnson has posted a statement on this news.
Both shipyards would have to agree to the new plan, and it appears pretty obvious both would do it happily. On just the details as reported in the press, Austal shares soared up 20% and trading had to be halted. Fox11 in Wisconsin quoted Richard McCreary, the President and CEO of Marinette Marine, the deal "would be a very positive event." I also thought is was noteworthy that Tim Colton, a highly respected shipbuilding consultant well known for his very clever commentary on Navy shipbuilding responded tonight by saying "Amazing, and somewhat hard to believe!"
I agree with Tim Colton that this is very hard to believe, particularly when I started looking at the details of the plan. This plan clearly comes from somewhere, and I believe it comes from way up the civilian chain of command - and by that I mean it almost certainly comes directly from the White House. There is way too much industrial and political consideration in this acquisition strategy for it not to be politically driven, which suggests to me this approach represents the Obama administrations shipbuilding jobs program. Only by accepting it as an Obama administration jobs program can you explain the enormous and obvious flaw in the plan.
The Big Flaw
My primary problem with the new acquisition strategy is how the plan to build both ships does not address the problem of each ship class having a unique combat system. Prior to the Milestone B review, the Navy told Inside the Navy (subscription only):
The Navy will draw up total life-cycle cost estimates for both the Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics versions of the Littoral Combat Ship before the program goes before the Defense Acquisition Board this year for its Milestone B. review.In the September 16, 2009 statement that announced the downselect acquisition strategy, the Navy stated the plan "reduces program ownership costs, and meets the spirit and intent of the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009." With each class having unique combat systems, this statement is no longer accurate. By building both designs but not choosing a single combat system, the Littoral Combat Ship program builds a dozen orphan ships rather than just two for some future CNO, SECDEF, etc... to retire, sell, or sink early as a cost savings measure.
The service included the announcement in a response to a Government Accountability Office report that criticized LCS life-cycle estimates.
The qualification standard for a "hybrid sailor" is higher on the Littoral Combat Ship than on other vessels in the Navy, and the qualifications necessary for one combat system has nothing in common with the other combat system - meaning if the Navy buys both - "hybrid sailors" are not interchangeable among the two classes of Littoral Combat Ship without undertaking a new set of extensive (and expensive) qualifications. Building both hulls with different combat systems will cost the Navy a lot more in the long run than choosing a single combat system in a competition, and spending a little bit of money up front to standardize the combat system on both ships.
The Navy can afford to do this, because there is a dirty secret here that must be addressed anyway. You know that 30mm gun for the surface warfare mission module? Word in the CIC is that it does not work for either combat system right now on either ship, in fact it may not work well with the combat system on the LPDs either, as we discussed the other day. In order to integrate new weapon systems into the Littoral Combat Ship, for each new system extensive work will be required to insure the new system works with both of the combat systems. It will not take long before the Navy spends more money maintaining and integrating new technologies into both combat systems among 2 fleets of 12 ships than it would cost if the Navy just bit the bullet now and selected a single combat system for both ships.
Selecting a single combat system would still allow the Navy to proceed under the plan to build 10 copies of both versions of the ship, although the Navy would probably be forced to get out bids for a new contract to one of the shipbuilders. If the Navy was to select, for example, the AIS combat system from General Dynamics for both hulls, the Navy could then proceed by building the 2 ships in FY2010 and 2 ships in FY2011 as Austal versions while the combat system on the Lockheed Martin version of the ship was converted to the AIS system. With an Austal build rate of 2/2/2/2/1/1 over the next 5 years, the Navy would begin funding the Lockheed Martin version of the ship with Marinette in FY 2012 under a 2/2/3/3 acquisition plan. Such a plan would allow the Navy to build at the same rate 2/2/4/4/4/4 between FY10 - FY15 as under the new plan, but would standardize the combat system.
Failure to standardize the combat system will result in early retirements of one class of Littoral Combat Ships, because it will cost too much before the end of one of the ships hull life to maintain both classes, and some future DoD/Navy leader absolutely will retire ships early to save costs - that's a fact. How do we know? Because the expense of maintaining unique, uncommon systems on ships is the same criteria ADM Roughead and other Navy leaders have used to retire ships over the last decade!...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
LCS choice 1 or 2? Navy answers, "Yes!"
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The long-awaited decision on which competitor will win the Navy's littoral combat ship competition is expected to be revealed Wednesday afternoon, and the answer will surprise most people.Really? Really?
The winner? Both teams.
Sources said the Navy, rather than selecting one team to build 10 ships, will instead award construction contracts to both Lockheed Martin and Austal USA to build 10 of their ships, for a total of 20 new LCS hulls.
One source said the ships will continue to be built with separate combat systems, rather than go through a time-consuming effort to install a common system on all the ships.
I don't want to hear any more from these people about configuration control, systems commonality or gains from economies of scale. I don't want to hear them tell one more Commanding Officer that he needs to make hard choices.
LCS - a dog's breakfast of intellectual fail from CONOPS through production. Almost as bad as sending an XO to Court Martial for failing to implement something that doesn't exist.
If this pans out - it is only one thing; full-spectrum systemic fail.


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The inauguration of the District Transport Office new office building in Tuensang was held on July 23 with parliamentary secretary, transport and communication P. Dako Phom as chief guest.
The Chief Guest in his inaugural speech said the new office building was an accomplishment of the government as well as of the department, which was meant for welfare of Tuensang people. The chief guest while exhorting the staff of transport department said, "Work is worship and said that one should discharge their duties sincerely and honestly since worshipping God and neglecting duty, is neglecting worship." He added that serving people was serving God and performing one's duty can bring blessings. He also said that Transport department is the revenue earning department and the Government was ready to give help based on departmental achievements. He urged the staff to obey their superiors and extend co-operation to one another.
According to an official bulletin Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang, Y.L. Jami in his speech said the achievement of constructing a new office building is the government's vision for welfare of the people and also the purpose of the transport department. Therefore, the duty of the department is to utilize the opportunity and generate revenue for the government since people themselves are the government. He also encouraged the people to change their attitude and mindset and reform themselves for a positive change and betterment of the district. The programme was chaired by Secretary, Transport & Communication, M. Yanthan, IAS, while a brief report regarding the new building was presented by Executive Engineer, Akuto Wotsa. The welcome address was proposed by Joint TPT Commissioner, H. Achumi while vote of thanks and presentation was rendered by DTO, S.Y. Sanglee while the new building dedication prayer was pronounced by Pastor, TTBC, Sangket.
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From New York Times bestselling knitting writer Clara Parkes, comes a new collection of essays and stories drawn from the yarn-loving, stash-collecting, close-knit community of knitters. This addictive-to-read anthology celebrates yarn—specifically, the knitter's reputation for acquiring it in large quantities and storing it away in what's lovingly referred to as a "stash." Consider contributions from knitting and teaching luminaries, including: Stitch 'n Bitch co-founder Debbie Stoller Meg Swansen, daughter of master knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann Knitting blogger and author Susan B. Anderson alongside offerings from knitting greats Amy Herzog, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, and Franklin Habit—plus, stories from a romance novelist, an illustrator, a PhD-wielding feminist publisher, a globetrotting textile artist, a licensed clinical social worker, and the people behind the world's largest collective online stash, Ravelry.com. The pieces range from comical to earnest, lighthearted to deeply philosophical as each seeks to answer the question of how the stash a knitter has accumulated over the years reflects his or her place in universe. The stories in A Stash of One's Own represent and provide validation for knitters' wildly varying perspectives on yarn, from holding zero stash, to stash-busting, to stockpiling masses of it—and even including it in estate plans. These tales are for all fiber artists, spinners, dyers, crafters, crocheters, sheep farmers, shop owners, beginning knitters to yarn experts, and everyone who has ever loved a skein too hard to let it go.
Clara Parkes is the founder and publisher of KnittersReview.com, an email newsletter that explores the pleasures and subtleties of yarn. Described by Folio Magazine as "[for knitters] what Cook's Illustrated is to foodies" since its May 2000 debut, Parkes's Knitter's Review newsletter boasts 35,000 subscribers. Parkes herself has 17,000+ Instagram followers and 13,400+ on Twitter, and an international host of fans. She lives in Portland, Maine.
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A philosopher once had the following dream.
First Aristotle appeared, and the philosopher said to him, "Could you give me a fifteen-minute capsule sketch of your entire philosophy?" To the philosopher's surprise, Aristotle gave him an excellent exposition in which he compressed an enormous amount of material into a mere fifteen minutes. But then the philosopher raised a certain objection which Aristotle couldn't answer. Confounded, Aristotle disappeared.
Then Plato appeared. The same thing happened again, and the philosophers' objection to Plato was the same as his objection to Aristotle. Plato also couldn't answer it and disappeared.
Then all the famous philosophers of history appeared one-by-one and our philosopher refuted every one with the same objection.
After the last philosopher vanished, our philosopher said to himself, "I know I'm asleep and dreaming all this. Yet I've found a universal refutation for all philosophical systems! Tomorrow when I wake up, I will probably have forgotten it, and the world will really miss something!" With an iron effort, the philosopher forced himself to wake up, rush over to his desk, and write down his universal refutation. Then he jumped back into bed with a sigh of relief.
The next morning when he awoke, he went over to the desk to see what he had written. It was, "That's what you say."
An enjoyable joke, if I do say so myself. However, I do think it reflects a misunderstanding that many people have of philosophy that makes them dislike it.
In my experience, it seems that many people don't like philosophers because they think philosophers are very egotistical. Philosophers just spout out their own beliefs about everything and look down upon those who disagree.
But this is not the case, at least for good philosophers. Good philosophers won't usually just rant about their own beliefs, but will instead look at the beliefs of who they are talking to and try to make sure their beliefs are consistent and what other beliefs should perhaps follow from what they currently believe.
For example, a good philosopher won't generally argue something like..."I think that Socrates is a man and that he is mortal. You should to!" Instead, philosophers will instead argue like..."Oh, you think that Socrates is a man? Oh, you also think that all men are mortal? Well, given your own beliefs, you ought to think that Socrates is mortal, and why you ought to think this has nothing to do with what I, the philosopher, thinks about Socrates." So it's not like good philosophers will try to have others believe certain things just because they themselves believe it. That would be a mere appeal to authority, which philosophers themselves even recognize as being a fallacy.
Oh, and one other quick point that this jokes also brings up that other people seem to erroneously think: "That's what you say" is not a counter-argument.


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After getting some more bug reports about Garinheim, I had to fix a lot of buggy tile collision issues, including being able to walk through certain portions of houses, being able to hop stair well where you shouldn't, and other wall clipping weirdness.
I should have fixed all of this.
I also got a complaint about how it looks how some landings make it look like the character is walking on the landing railing, not the floor, and I tried to fix this the best I could, but the tile art and the fact I have a 2D engine make some of this perspective weirdness unavoidable, and since I had to pay for the assets I used for the Garenheim town art, I'd have to contact the artist or someone with the same DLC pack I paid for who would be willing to modify it, as my own art skills are not that good.
I also made a few minor overworld map adjustments, nothing major, just shaved down the Hauksness and Rimuldar overworld areas a little bit.
I'm still awaiting more bug reports, but while I await them, I did make a minor story change.
Sarah is supposed to be a soldier who was detached from regular duty for personal reasons to help you, but because she's not officially on the clock, she can't use her authority as a soldier to help you until she resumes her regular post. I was informed I didn't make this entirely clear, so I extended her introduction a little and gave the player a choice to tell her you're okay with that and just grateful for the help or that you find it disappointing, both of which will modify the relationship value system I built in to the game a little bit.
I might as a few more of these altered dialogues in other areas as well, but this is the only one I've done out of necessity so far.


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India is currently facing the hottest season ever recorded in the nation -- the hottest since record keeping began in the late 1800s. And the heat has been disastrous: Hundreds of people have died already, and many more are seriously ill. Hospitals in one region in the north have been receiving 300 people a day. And it looks like it's going to get worse.
The Guardian reports:
The death toll is expected to rise with experts forecasting temperatures approaching 50C (122F) in coming weeks. More than 100 people are reported to have died in the state of Gujarat where the mercury topped at 48.5C last week. At least 90 died in Maharashtra, 35 in Rajasthan and 34 in Bihar ... Officials admit the figures are only a fraction of the total as most of the casualties are found in remote rural villages.
This tragedy is especially brutal for India due to those large swaths of Indians who don't have proper access to medical facilities.
Livestock and wildlife have been suffering as well, with deaths of animals being reported all across Northern India.
And 50C, or 122 F, is hot. The highest temps that I've ever endured have been in the 105-110 F range, and that was pretty unbearable. I can't begin to imagine what 122 F feels like -- especially without access to cold running water or A/C.
But the fact remains that this record-breaking hot summer in India is unlikely to be an anomaly going forward. As Matt reported earlier today, the record breaking high temps have continued to outpace record breaking lows by a ratio of around 2:1 -- and that this past April was the hottest on record, globally. And the Guardian reports that according to the Indian Meteorological Department, "Mean temperatures for both March and April were the highest in more than 100 years."
Which means there's more of this devastating weather on the way, as climate change causes temperatures continue to rise over time.
A train passenger quenches his thirst in Allahabad as temperatures in the Indian city soared above 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images. Photo courtesy: Guardian
Record temperatures in northern India have claimed hundreds of lives in what is believed to be the hottest summer in the country since records began in the late 1800s.
The death toll is expected to rise with experts forecasting temperatures approaching 50C (122F) in coming weeks. More than 100 people are reported to have died in the state of Gujarat where the mercury topped at 48.5C last week. At least 90 died in Maharashtra, 35 in Rajasthan and 34 in Bihar.
Hospitals in Gujarat have been receiving around 300 people a day suffering from food poisoning and heat stroke, ministers said. Officials admit the figures are only a fraction of the total as most of the casualties are found in remote rural villages.
Wildlife and livestock has also suffered with voluntary organisations in Gujarat reporting the deaths of bats and crows and dozens of peacocks reported dead at a forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh.
"Because of the heat, lakes and other water bodies have been reduced to parched land, making dehydration common in such birds," said Neeraj Srivastava, a wildlife campaigner.
Even India's northern hill stations – historically a refuge from the heat – have not escaped. Temperatures in Shimla, recorded a peak temperature of 32.4 Celsius, eight degrees hotter than the seasonal average.
After a drought last year, India's farmers are now impatient for the arrival of the monsoon, which irrigates 60% of India's fields. National meteorologists have forecast "normal" rains for this year, a relief in a country where prices of basic foodstuffs have rocketed in recent months due to growing shortages and structural problems with agriculture.
Forecasters have predicted that the south-west monsoon could arrive over the southern state of Kerala as early as today, but it is unlikely to reach the parched north before the end of June.
"It's too long to wait. We'll all go mad before," said Sanjoy Kumar, who sells dumplings from a stall in south Delhi.
The capital has sweltered under intense heat for weeks though, having endured temperatures of around 45C last week, dust storms and scattered rain brought some relief over the weekend. The new air-conditioned metro has seen record numbers of passengers as travellers abandon buses, taxis and auto rickshaws.
Parts of the city have suffered prolonged electricity blackouts and, in outlying suburbs, water shortages. In upmarket Mehrauli village, residents were forced to buy from private suppliers plying door to door with tankers. In the new town of Gurgaon, entire apartment blocks have run short. In the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, petrol pumps ran dry after railway wagons which normally carry fuel were switched to supply water.
The Indian Meteorological Department attributes the record heat to lack of atmospheric humidity, hot dry winds blowing across the south-western Thar desert and the effects of last year's El Nino cycle.
Mean temperatures for both March and April were the highest in more than 100 years.
Columnists have wondered why, given that scorching temperatures in India are inevitable, the heat has become the centre of every conversation. For Jug Suraiya, a well-known writer, the answer lies in the concept of karma and rebirth.
"That's why we moan and bitch and bellyache," Suraiya explained in The Times of India newspaper. "Because by doing so we hope in our next incarnation, life will, in all senses of the term, be cool."
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Jim Zorn interviews for Montreal Alouettes job, report saysBy Cindy Boren , Updated: January 30, 2013Former Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn has interviewed for the Montreal Alouettes' head coaching job, according to an NFL Network report.Zorn was 12-20 in two seasons (2008-2009) as the Redskins' coach, then spent the 2010 season as a Baltimore Ravens assistant and the last two seasons as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs.Marc Trestman, who won two Canadian Football League championships with the Alouettes, recently was named head coach of the Chicago Bears, replacing Lovie Smith.
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The south Longford village of Lanesboro is in a state of shock this week as it mourns the passing of one of its well know citizens John Fayne who died last week. John, who was in his early fifties was described by close friend and owner of O'Brien's Cornershop in Lanesboro, Joe O'Brien as "a rock" and a "great help to everyone", was involved in a number of activities in his local community.
A father of two daughters and one son, Lisa, Ashling and Barry and loving husband to his wife Mary, Joe says John will be sorely missed throughout the community. "I know John for a very long time. He was a very unassuming and helpful person. If one person mentioned it, a thousand would that he was a rock to everybody he knew."
Joe also spoke of John's involvement in all that happened around Lanesboro, commenting: "Anything that was going on around the village, John would always lend a hand and ask nothing in return.
"To lose one so young is tough and it has affected the whole area very hard."
John joined Lough Ree Sub Aqua in 1987 and straight away became involved with both body searching and boat rescue.
He also assisted in saving lives, responding to countless amounts of search and rescues across the country. He was presented with a Medal for Excellence by then President of Ireland Mary McAleese in honour of his heroics on the water.
A representative from the organisation said that the club had "lost one of its greatest members" and acknowleged John's unique ability to make everyone feel welcome.
John's life was remembered with Funeral Mass which was held in St Mary's Church in Lanesborough on Saturday evening last.


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Friday, January 6, 2012
JOHO car stickers (New Series)
Will be at DESARU Monsoon Mayhem on the 8th of January. Special to those yang pernah dapat the previous ones..so ni tak leh nak miss.
After Monsoon Mayhem you guys can get it ONLINE only by emailing us at email@example.com and be friendly with our Brother Collar Pop. :)
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
CarBoot Sale : Monsoon Mayhem Jan 2012 - The Booters
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Date: January 8, 2012
Time: 10 AM till ends
Venue: Desaru Public Beach
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Here are the list of booters that will take part for this 1st edition of CarBoot Sale 2012:
1. Fashionb4passion
2. Pretty Please
3. Boomslang
4. Hand Expressions
5. The Label's
6. Mak Itam
7. 27th Fridays
8. FNS surf Shop
9. Gobok buku
10. Reexit collection
11. Stooky Design X Kedai Cetak
12. Imperio House
13. The Scandalist
14. Psychedelic
15. The Good Old Things
16. All About Vintage
17. Grab Yours
18. NNRM Collections
19. Bigfoot Bunt
20. Anip Panjang
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monsoon Mayhem 6th International Surf Challenge teaser
From 6th to 8th of January there will be an awesome Surf, Skate and Music event at DESARU Kota Tinggi Johor. We would like to invite EVERYONE to come!
and GOOD NEWS to JOHOlovers! on the 8th of January JOHO CarBoot Sale will start our first kick-off for 2012.
Dont you dare to stay home this weekend eh :)
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Monday, January 2, 2012
JOHO CarBoot Sale at Monsoon Mayhem 6th International Surf Challenge, Desaru
Happy new year guys!!For this first edition of Car Boot Sales in 2012, JOHO is proud to bring you guys to Desaru Beach this Sunday in conjunction with Monsoon Mayhem 6th International Surf Challenge. So lets shopping sambil bersantai di tepi pantai!!
Date: January 8, 2012
Time: 10 AM till ends
Venue: Desaru Public Beach
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sit and Valdespin
Last night, the Mets newest hero surfaced, in the name of the sparkplug that is Jordany Valdespin. Many in the casual Mets audience might not have heard of Valdespin, short of his 0-for-6 stint in his first cup of coffee, but those in the know have known he's been around. I first saw Valdespin last year in Spring Training, where he hit the ball all over the place and played with the kind of abandon generally reserved for Jose Reyes. There was talk of some character issues. But attention was paid, and by time this Spring rolled around, Valdespin was probably worth a serious look, which he received, although nonetheless he was sent to AAA. But you could see the energy and the attitude he played with, and you knew it wouldn't be long before he'd be back in the Majors.
Even when he was going 0 for his first 6 in the Majors, you saw a little bit of that energy out of Valdespin. He often looks like he's ready to just jump out of his shoes and fly around the field. The arrogance is there as well. Before his pinch-hitting appearance, he was standing in the on deck circle, casually flipping the bat back and forth in his hands. Perhaps he's the perfect type to be interjected into the Mets/Phillies rivalry, which seems to include all sorts of posturing and attitude.
He certainly showed his flair for the dramatic last night. In the perfect storm of a situation, Valdespin's first Major League hit was also his first Major League Home Run, and also a game-winner in a game where the odds seemed completely stacked against the Mets.
With the Mets going up against Roy Halladay, this was basically a one-ear game. I had it on TV from the outset, but once the Phillies took the lead on Niese, you figured that was probably that. Halladay would cruise, and at some point I'd just flip over to the Rangers game. But then Wright doubled and the game was tied, and then Shane Victorino was getting called out for interference (a sure sign—a few years ago, this kind of call always went against the Mets, particularly when it involved Victorino), and then I was cooking dinner, and then Ty Wigginton was flattening Josh Thole at home—but still being tagged out, and then it was still tied, and it was the 9th inning.
But, again, this game's funny. Instead of holding to form, and the Phillies winning on 2 walks and 73 feet worth of singles, Valdespin came up and gave everyone in Philly a nice big Shitsteak, short circuiting any potential Philly rally before it could even start and giving the Mets one more surprise victory in what seems to have been a season of surprise victories.
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On Tag Tuesday this week the theme is EGGS.
For my tag I have taken two images from The Graphics Fairy, one of a Victorian nest, the other from a page of European birds' eggs. I added vintage braid to the top and bottom, and printed card for the side borders. I stamped Eggs and EGGS onto the border, and finished off with floral beads.
Happy Easter to you all!