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Enter: debilitating hangover. Not the kind you can talk yourself out of with pancakes, Gatorade, and fresh air. The kind where you wake up with your contacts in and eye makeup smudged on your pillowcase. The kind where you're still wearing your shirt from last night, complete with uncomfortable push up bra. (One boob is mysteriously out of the bra.) The kind of hangover that oozes doom and damnation like pus from a festering wound.
It's 6am, and you only know one thing for certain: you're going to puke.
On your way to the bathroom to hurl, you bump into your five-year-old daughter. What day is it, you ask yourself. Is it a school day? And then you realize...today is Saturday, Daddy's working, and you have hired a babysitter to watch your two-year-old so you can take your older child out for a special outing: Seaworld.
Oh fuck.
"It's Mommy & Marley day!" announces your daughter with glee. "We are going to SEAWORLD!" And she gives you the biggest, most genuine hug ever.
You're not getting out of this. You're going to Seaworld. You're going to Seaworld HUNGOVER.
Now, there are a lot worse places to go hungover, but Seaworld is towards the top of the list. It's crowded, there's not a lot of shade, and it smells like fish.
I don't like to suffer in vain, so I'd like to pass along a few nuggets of wisdom.
Top Ten Tips for Surviving Seaworld Hungover
1. Assuming you've managed to puke a few times and purge the toxins from last night's wine binge, you'll need to refuel. Head to your nearest taco shop and order up a bean, cheese, rice and guacamole burrito. If your kid is cool, she will think that eating in a dicey taco shop is a fun and unique experience. She'll even split your burrito with you, saving you like a million carbs.
2. Do not go to Seaworld if the temperature exceeds 70 degrees. Do not go when it is 95 degrees like Dumbass over here. (That means me.)
3. Beware of the shows. It seems like it would be relaxing to watch Shamu frolicking about in the water. But in reality, you're just sitting there, baking in the sun like a crusty, dried out scab. And watching that chick dressed up like a bird flying around and doing acrobatics can make you really dizzy.
4. Do not under ANY circumstances enter Elmo's Bay of Play. And for God's sake, don't let your kid climb up the rope stairs and enter the complex network of overhead tunnels and descend into Satan's Labyrinth of Lost Children. Whoever invented that should be shot. Unless you want to be one of those wild-eyed parents scanning tunnels for their kids, climbing up the rope nets, dropping their keys and frothing in fear. They're probably hungover too.
5. Don't forget your bottle of water. Duh.
6. DO head to the Shark Encounter, Turtle Reef and Aquariums. These areas are dark and air conditioned and only smell mildly of fish.
7. If you think you're going to puke, go to the Penguin Encounter immediately. The super cold air works wonders.
8. Avoid the tall spinning tower. First, it spins around. Second, if you think you're going to puke, there's nowhere to go. You have to wait for that damn thing to come back down.
9. Don't let your kid buy the fish to feed the sea lions. Obviously.
10. If you really get into trouble, Seaworld does serve beer. Just sayin'.
In case you're wondering, I did manage to pull myself together and have a great time with Marley at Seaworld. On the way home, I asked her which "Marley and Mommy Day" was more fun...last month, when we went to go see Flight of the Butterflies at IMAX and the science museum when I was spry, organized, and well-rested, or today. She answered defiantly, "Today!"
So yeah, I'm not winning any awards here for Super Mom (as far as I know Super Mom doesn't get hungover because she has super powers) but at least I got my shit together and was able to enjoy my sweet little girl. Peace out.


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.This punch makes quick work of making fun flowers for any card design. If you partner it with the stamp set Bold Blossom, it is a great card.
I used the colors Daffodil Delight,Melon Mambo and Old Olive. See how easy this card was? I punched out once with Daffodil Delight and once with Melon Mambo and layered them together to make a super quick flower. I used one part of the punched shapes to create a border for my stamped piece and accented with some retired Melon Mambo pom pom trim. (It is so fun! I miss it.)

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The long and slippery slope
Pigs and bearsIf one of the kids wants Peppa Pig for her birthday be careful about promising anything. It will cost at least £1bn, for that is the bid already rejected for Peppa and the rest of her drove. Mind, before the EU referendum that would have been $1.5bn: today it is only $1.3bn.Since Brexit Eve the pound has fallen by an average of -13.1% against the other dozen most actively-traded currencies and as yet shows no sign of bucking the downward trend. Sterling was not quite the weakest performer on Friday but it only beat the Australian dollar and the South African rand by a nose.
Data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed sterling net short positions rising to a record 90,082 contracts last week, equivalent to a nominal £5.6bn that investors have sold on futures exchanges in anticipation of a further decline for Cable. If that bearishness is matched in the much bigger cash market the world is indeed exceedingly negative about sterling. In theory that sets up the prospect of a short-covering rally but it is difficult to imagine such a rebound being sustainable.Dollar wobblesThere was an example of a short-term bounce on Friday when the American retail sales figures came out. Sales were flat in July and down by -0.3% when motor cars were removed from the equation. Sterling popped nearly a cent higher but did not take long to fall back to earth.The retail sales data came as a bit of a shock initially but investors were less bothered by them after they had taken into account upward revisions to earlier months. On the day the US dollar lost no more than a couple of dozen ticks to the euro and it was up by half a cent against the pound.
The commodity currencies were alongside sterling at the back of the field while the Japanese yen led the way, strengthening by 1.1%. There was a risk-off flavour to the whole thing, though weekendular position squaring probably also played a significant role. Assumption DayThe religious holiday in large chunks of southern Europe means a dearth of €Z data and there are only very few from North America either. Britain's sole contribution is the Rightmove index, which came out at midnight and showed asking prices for UK residential property falling by -1.2% this month.Also appearing overnight was Japan's gross domestic product for the second quarter. Growth was a disappointing 0.0%, where a 0.2% expansion had been forecast. The news did no harm to the yen, which is flirting with psychological resistance at ¥100 per US$1. Data from the States today cover the housing market, manufacturing activity in New York and long-term international investment flows.
It will be the calm before the potential storm for sterling, which will must cope with the first hard post-Brexit-vote economic data this week. Tomorrow it's inflation, Wednesday is jobs and Thursday brings retail sales.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24623504.post7571707916978666102..comments2018-06-07T21:30:49.629+10:00Comments on Cameron Shorter: The elusive "Open Business"Cameron Shorterhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24623504.post-79968420601033158102016-12-13T23:30:27.860+11:002016-12-13T23:30:27.860+11:00A very comprehensive story of open (spatial) sourc...A very comprehensive story of open (spatial) source development.

I would like to add that open source (OS) disables vendor lock-in only if there are sufficient commercial providers of development & implementation services and - last but not least - SLA's available.

With the dissemination and adoption of OS it cannot be expected that all users are are technically proficient enough to scratch itches and actively join communities. As end-users they just want to benefit from the functionality at their fingertips. That is where commercial service providers with sufficient organisational and financial acumen, which provide continuity of service, come into play.

Therefore, I would like to have more emphasis on the value add of a technical-commercial eco-system: the combination of technical communities (of individual developers) with commercial organisations (multinationals and local businesses). Combined they provide end-users the desired quality of code ('eyeballs') and continuity of service (SLA).

My 2cents.

Marc VLOEMANShttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24623504.post-85262462142740079462016-11-27T15:51:42.163+11:002016-11-27T15:51:42.163+11:00Great run-down of 'Why FOSS" - standing o...Great run-down of 'Why FOSS" - standing on the Shoulders of Giants.
Loved the Daniel Pink video: life & work aren't only about Profit at any cost.

longer version at: http://stevej-on-it.blogspot.com/2016/11/why-open-source-google-facebook-amazon.html

Humans in groups benefit more from general co-operation than competing fiercely all the time.
Competition creates 'challenge' and prevents complacency and laziness - it's not a bad thing in itself.

Competition comes with downsides:
 it's economically 'inefficient', re-inventing the wheel repeatedly.
 In Engineering terms, everyone reinvents the wheel, repeating some, not all, mistakes
 and no one group ever learns all the 'good' things. Until they merge or are bought up...

Monopolies, or Oligopolies, actively suppress competitors, reduce diversity and multiply costs to consumers.
They may be 'private', but they are anti-competitive and economically disastrous for the markets they hold captive.
Think "Too Big to Fail" and the 2008 global financial crash to understand it's more than just goods affected.

Open Source actively prevents the worst outcomes & encourages the best that Capitalism has to offer: competition of ideas, sharing of Information and knowledge and building on the work of others.

Open Source scales, encourages invention, diversity, novelty & rewards innovation, hard work & risk taking.
It actively prevents asymmetric rewards and 'winner takes all'.

This is capitalism in action. It's mass competition within truly free markets.

Open Business _is_ risky: you can't be complacent or stop Putting the Customer First.
A simplistic analysis might brand Open Source "socialist", but it is the precise opposite.
Open Source underpins fierce, wide-spread competition, while allowing customers needs to be met.
Open Source truly levels the playing field, allowing anyone to earn money based on merit not an inherited position or privilege.

Open Source is an unfamiliar model to many:
 it's fierce competition, that embraces sharing, egalitarian market access and equitable rewards for work.

It's the Epitome of Adam Smith's Free Market, not anything else.
Sharing source code removes information-based market distortions: all sellers and buyers have full market information.

Google, Facebook and Amazon got huge on the back of Open Source and actively contribute their work back.
Notably, not _all_ their work, but key parts.

These big Internet companies have huge turnovers, have made their shareholders rich and are known for being fiercely competitive. Their success is based on Open Source & they know this: actively supporting developers & projects.

To characterise their commercial success as solely due to Open Source, or within the reach of every 2-person start-up is wrong. For every super-large Open Source business, there are tens of thousands of failed startups, thousands of short-lived businesses, hundreds of sustainable mid-scale businesses and a large community of individuals that share and benefit in the work over time.

IBM, HP, Redhat & Canonical/ubuntu, even Intel and Microsoft, collectively spend billions each year on software & testing they seemingly 'just' give away. For them, this is not philanthropy, it's a hard-nosed business investment that repays itself many-fold.

If large Corporations at the heart of the US economy think Open Source makes financial, business and marketing sense, then what is everyone else missing?

Money makes the world go round and Open Source generates stunningly large sales and profits for those smart enough to embrace it and realise it confers a competitive advantage.
It's just good business.Steve Jenkinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Rewards are indeed relative, and now there's brain research to prove it. In the figure below, researchers found that reward centers were activated depending on the context, not the size of a reward. So in a gambling task, a "win" was the best outcome, whether it was winning the most money or not losing any money under a "lose" condition.
Of course, rewards are relative under non-monetary conditions, too. We really should remember to celebrate our break-evens as well as outright victories.
Rewards are Relative and fMRI
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Working Towards Hanumanasana/Splits (James Brown Version—Gotta Go Up To Go Down)
Hanumanasana (henceforth to be called the splits in this post) is a pose to work towards with caution.
It looks so impressive most people's egos get the better of them.
Or, perhaps it was just my ego? As I tell my students, when I first started yoga I injured myself with over-zealous practice of the posture.
Actually, the practice was not over-zealous. This was a case of pure ego. I actually practiced mindfully and diligently. The day I made it into the pose after many months of practice I was so pleased with myself that later on (several hours after my practice and we could almost call it the next day) I met a friend and said 'Look, I can do the splits!'
I proceeded to do the splits right there and then, with no preparation.
Well, let's say I managed the position but did something to my butt that had me limping for a month!
These days I can do the pose almost first thing in the morning as I have been practicing for many years. However, most people will need quite a bit of preparation.
Hopefully my previous posts should have lead you towards an understanding that the splits should not feel like too much stretching.
It is not about splitting apart.
Using active movements means the pose is actually about coming together again.
If you are working towards this posture I recommend you work with an experienced yoga teacher to guide you. Do not confuse flexible with experienced and also, I think it is better to make sure your teacher can do any pose they are trying to instruct you in.
In the photos below I have shown one progression. Watch the video above to see the movement in action. The video at the end of the post shows advanced variations of the posture (intended for demonstration not for practice).
You remain at whatever stage you feel comfortable in (feel like lengthening and relaxing, not stretching and tugging).
There are two key things I am doing in each stage. The first thing also has a little subplot.
First, my front thigh is rolling out and my back thigh is rolling in.
This means the thigh bone of the front leg feels as though the side butt (near the crease) is firming slightly. What you see is that the knee might roll away from the centre line of your body.
The back thigh is rolling in, which means you might feel the inner thigh firming a little. If you could turn around and see your knee is trying to move so it is more towards the centre line of your body.
The subplot here is that I am also trying to move the side of front hip back and draw side of back hip forward.
If you are not mindful the opposite tends to happen. That is, when you roll the front thigh out it can often bring the side of front hip forward and when rolling the back thigh in it can often send the side of back hip backward. So you need to watch out for this.
The second key thing I am doing is to try to suck my legs or feet together.
Yes. I am not actually trying to split them apart.
Sucking them together could be likened to someone at foot trying to push your legs back together (what I am doing).
Whereas most beginners just try to let their legs come apart, almost as though there is a person at either foot pulling them in a tug-o-war. Actually, they do not even do that so much as let the weight of their entire pelvis and torso just hang and sag in the middle.
Ouch! It is obvious when put that way that it would not be a pleasant feeling.
Sucking it up is key.
This is where I put in the James Brown analogy in class. He was a guy who sort of did a type of a split while on-stage singing but leapt straight back up again. It looked really cool as a dance move.
In our yoga practice of this pose we need to be thinking of trying to draw our feet back together again (while they move apart).
This makes the posture active rather than passive.
It will help make you stronger and more mobile.
|A standing lunge. Stay here. I am trying to pull my feet together. No need to go further unless comfortable.
Step 2
|Kneeling lunge. Be soft on the back knee by being active in the legs and feet. I am drawing front heel back and back knee forward. You can stay here. No need to go further.
Step 3
|I start to move the front foot further away. I go slowly so I don't elicit a stretch reflex. You can see the back knee slightly raised. I try and draw my feet together as though trying to stand up. I am not sinking into my shoulders or hands at all.
Step 4
|That front foot just keeps moving slowly forward.
Step 5
|I have come all the way forward. I have moved my torso back while trying not to arch my lower back (tummy firm but calm). I am reaching forward and up through my armpits to lengthen my spine.
Of course, there is really no reason you need to do this pose. It is fairly extreme.
One of the benefits (which is not going to make you a happier or healthier person by any means) is that if you are coming into some other inverted postures like pincha mayurasana you can tap into the pose with greater ease.
Below is a video of me coming into active hanumanasana with a variation.
Some additional points you might notice from the videos:
- I am not sinking into my hands or shoulders at any point. I am trying to cultivate lift and length and freedom in the spine through the actions of my legs. This is clearly shown in my fuller versions of the posture where I take my hands off the ground, arms overhead, and reach for the sky.
- I am using my back foot strongly. You can do a top of foot down version if you like. I just prefer this one.
- Most people think of this posture as something to do with hamstrings. As soon as you practice you should get an appreciation that the front of the thigh of the back leg needs to be lengthened. If it is not you can squash your lower back.
- You can see that in my versions I begin to move the whole spine back over the pelvis, trying to lengthen my spine while coming into an upright position. This is actually a pretty tough back bend and you need to monitor that the spine is not squashing. I am firm in my tummy in a way that I can still breathe into it, which helps.
- I am reminding myself periodically to relax my face, my tongue, my lips.
- I am breathing naturally.
- I am enjoying the sun on my face, the chirps of the birds, the call of loud children in the background playing with their dog. I am feeling radiantly alive! Firm but calm. Delighted with where I am and what I am doing, whatever that is. I am connected to my body but not so inward looking that I cannot sense others and I smile and nod as they pass by.
This is the type of thing we workshop in classes, and in our retreats in Bali and Sri Lanka. Hope to see you there. (www.artofliferetreats.com).
Happy and safe practicing!


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My abs and pvc tests/ valve tests
Ok,the people on this site have been bothering me about this.
I have pressure tested 2in cellular core abs up to 85 psi. (sch 40)
I have used cellular core 3 in and 2 in abs in a combustion.(sch 40)
I have tested sch 40 pressure rated pvc up to 140 psi in 120 degree weather.
They work fine.
I dont reccomend abs in pneumatics.
I have tryed clamp in style schrader valves and snap in.
The results: Clamp in work without fail and are more reliable.
Snap in tire valves are less reliable. made of rubber with a chrome sleeve.
Clamp in tire valves are all metal with a rubber bulb, and have a tightening nut on top.
I did a hammer test with brand new abs and pvc. both sch 40.(2 in)
So those of you who say abs sucks or pvc sucks. Both have their strenghts and weaknesses.
For me personally. Pvc for pneumatics. Abs or pvc for combustion.
The ultimate solution: Sleeve your pvc with abs for added protection in case of drops or bursts.
2" cellular core abs to 85 psi? Doesn' seem likely to me. Are you sure it was cellular core and not just dwv?
Controlled insanity = Genius
Life flies when you're being dumb.
Not nessecarilly retarded. He could have done it safely. Especially because it was abs and not pvc. No big shards flying at your face.
Controlled insanity = Genius
Life flies when you're being dumb.
Hmm,I think it was cellular core. Im not with my garage right now so I cant check right now but I will check tonight.
No I am not retarded. I tested it in a steel box. If it did break, I am perfectly fine. I tested it so you dont have to. Like I said. I dont recommend it for pneumatic. Actually just dont use it for pneumatic at all.
Frick'. Act more mature on this forum by not resulting to tossing insults like "you are retarded". K he might be wrong, but we cant even discuss spud related subjects because we get caught up in these little playground fights. For the love of god, please stop!
That aside. frankrede, to better your testing possibly you could leave these vessels charged for long periods of time to see if the time would degrade the integrity of the vessel. Also subjecting the vessels to dropping and such to see there effects. If this could be documented and presented in both a nice and sceintific way such infromation could be very useful. I dont particularly like the hammer test since its not going to expericence that under normal conditions, its better to replicate possible means of failure such as dropping on different terrains (concrete, dirt, grass, wood, etc). If your intrested ill try to think of some tests, and better define there perimeters. Also thanks for the testing so far.
We all know that pipes are made with huge safety factors, since a flaw in manufacturing could lessen the integrity, so they protect there self by issueing a max pressure way beyond the bursting pressure. It is also to compensate for such things as time, the sun, etc. Id belive such testing shouldnt be used to determine if you can use ABS for your pneumatic, rather to see what safety factors we are working off, to better determine and compensate for things such as DDT or whatever...
ABS may take pressure just fine, but it would never stand long against a piston. So NEVER use ABS in a piston cannon.

Gort: ABS may take pressure just fine, but it would never stand long against a piston. So NEVER use ABS in a piston cannon.
Ok, if abs took the pressure fine like you said, it would be perfectly fine to use for a piston cannon. PVC is very brittle and can break very easily, ABS is flexible and has a very high tensile strength, It can handle powerful impacts a heck of a lot better than pvc can.[/quote]
COuld you explain that a bit better?
Just don't use abs in a pneumatic. Or use it only as a sleeve.
Eeek! Just don't use abs in pneumatics. If you must use it use itl like a sleeve for superior protection.
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Instead of relying on a steel box, just fill the things with water.
COuld you explain that a bit better?"
He means that if you fill the chamber with water and then pressurize it there is less energy to be released if the chamber was to fail. Pressurized air holds more energy than water.
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(for PM1D and PM5D users)
The Auto-store function enables you to press the "STORE" button twice and directly store the information into the scene you are working on. If the key is depressed only once you will not store information into the scene you are currently working on.
(Find this option in PM5D PREFERENCE1 screen, or PM1D PREFERENCE screen)
Note 1 (PM5DV2 Owner's Manual, p.91)
"Note that if the STORE CONFIRMATION button is turned on in the STORE/RECALL area of this PREFERENCE 1 screen, a window will ask you to confirm the Store operation even if Auto Store is enabled. If you don't want any windows to appear, turn off the STORE CONFIRMATION button as well."
Note 2 (M7CL Owner's Manual, p.126)
"You have the option of making settings so that the Store Confirmation dialog box does not appear (→ p. 198). In this case, pressing the SCENE MEMORY [STORE] key once will display the SCENE STORE popup window as usual, and pressing it once again will execute the Store operation.
Alternatively, you can rapidly press the SCENE MEMORY [STORE] key twice to store without seeing the SCENE STORE popup window."
M7CL doesn't have Library linked to a Scene Memory and it doesn't need the "AUTO STORE" option. LS9 doesn't have [STORE] key on the panel, but when you assign the Store function to one of the User Defined Keys, the key behaves in the same way as the M7CL STORE key does.


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A nice walk in a very well made apocalyptic world. The graphics are very good. I don't understand what is the bs around about those being bad like I said in my impression. The graphics are one of the best I've seen so far.
But the game have problems and I think I can say this game has not been debugged and finished enough. There is bugs and stuff that does not work very well. For example, the trading system has no categories and this make no sense. Than equipping the stuff is not that good either; I could do a lot better. But wait maybe all this is because the game have been made for console: It's a bad port; Not catastrophic but I'm sure I can say it's a bad port.
I did not finish the game and I played 3 hours and I think I can write this review because the rest will look the same. Of course I'm sure there is plenty of more stuff but I think I've seen enough. The reason why I'm writing this review now is because I believe I won't play this game anymore because it give me no fun. And as a side note for my readers, I'm loosing interest in games. I think I could quit unless maybe mp games appear and I get some fun. I have no fun playing major games and things are not like in the past when I had a lot of fun playing games.
So anyway, I think it's a good game. And if the theme and the idea of the game please you, it could bring a lot of fun. The idea of the game is:
A nuke hit the town and you get in a bunker. You than go out because the rad is all over and discover a very primitive advanced world. You can be a cops or be a crook. You gather stuff all the time and there is plenty of guns and stuff to use. All this in a first person shooter that make sense but does not reach the best of the best which is imo New Order. And all this in a open world full of interesting quest or mission to do.
I finish this review by saying that if the game would have stealth kill aspect like in New Order maybe it would have been more interesting and a better game for me and for all.
So no as great as New Order in term of shooter but still a very good game.
If God force me to play, I'll add edit here...
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Flavor of the week:
When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.
Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She's seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one.
Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she's spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude's fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas?
Jude tells herself it's strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude's defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she's speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong?
Jude may have taken an oath, but she's beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.
Other releases this week (Click on title links for Goodreads):
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So what is everyone excited for this week?
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Greenpatch | Part I
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Here is Part I of Greenpatch travel diaries, for those unfamiliar with the area 'south of Sydney', five hours from the New South Wales capital there is a little slice of paradise called Booderee National Park. It is here that you will find a frame to capture "Australian" iconography (beach, roo's & bush) This first post will feature bush sights of Greenpatch and those in the Jervis Bay area and the second post will highlight the beach.
I spent a few nights in February camping with my sister and grandma close to Bristol Point. We chose to camp at Greenpatch this time of the year because it was a uni break, my employers excused me from my work duties and the weather is a little cooler. Camping is an experience easily forgotten, whether it is my body's mechanism of convincing me that nothing went wrong last time, and camping will be a alternative summertime pastime than to binge watch tv shows. I personally believe it is similar to the memory loss that mother's suffer when recalling childbirth; overall the outcome outweighs the burden of suffering.
List of things I always forget about camping:
+birds are loud
+there is a 99% chance that your air mattress will deflate
+the way the tent becomes a fiery furnace courtesy of the blazing morning sun
+camping food isn't the healthiest diet and won't be featured on a morning tv program anytime soon
+sunburn will sting and one application of sunblock will not make you tanner quicker, just stupider
+the smell of open air campground bathroom facilities
+children cycling by (at all hours) 20cm from your tent/face is the perfect alarm for your contraception
+birds are LOUD
+what people did pre-internet times after the sun sets at 8pm?
+alcohol is okay with/after lunch
+erecting a tent isn't all fun and games
+birds are bastards
My personal highlight reel of this mini-vacay includes chasing possums out of my tent and away from the Cocopops at midnight & the cozy blanket fort vibes. Greenpatch is guaranteed to provide the answer to whatever you are looking for. Whether that might be the answer to someone asking you to join in on a outdoor activity; the vitamin d will do you some good
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If Daenerys Targaryen is the mother of dragons, Kettle Black is the mother of pancakes. This cafe was first on my Melbourne 'to-do' list and it did not disappoint. I will admit Instagram lead me to this cafe, however not even the most photogenic filter can capture it's chic hybrid atmosphere of resort spa meets contemporary cafe.
Kettle Black diners are welcomed by a heritage terrence house exterior yet the modern design interior is 'contemporary industrial chic'. Subway tiling, clean lines, circle patterns, white marble and gold trimmings is everything this architecture and room styling nerd could dream of.
I am more of a savoury gal but I knew from the recommendations that the signature hotcake was the way to go, and boy did I consider ordering seconds. The menu description reads "Hotcakes with house made ricotta, blueberries, maple syrup, double cream & seeds." They were especially delectable in both the flavours and presentation.
In terms of service we expected less wait on a mid-morning weekday and were surprised by the amount of diners. We were seated outside at the entrance and politely given a estimated wait for a table that was close to a coffee trolley. Our coffee was pretty dismal, it arrived and both our drinks were starting to cool, however waitstaff were polite and friendly. We were unimpressed with waiting, but what can you do? Despite the waiting, Kettle Black provided a beautiful sensory dining experience. I occasionally joke that I would drive ten hours to have this breakfast again. But sometimes I wonder if this is a serious statement.
In terms of service we expected less wait on a mid-morning weekday and were surprised by the amount of diners. We were seated outside at the entrance and politely given a estimated wait for a table that was close to a coffee trolley. Our coffee was pretty dismal, it arrived and both our drinks were starting to cool, however waitstaff were polite and friendly. We were unimpressed with waiting, but what can you do? Despite the waiting, Kettle Black provided a beautiful sensory dining experience. I occasionally joke that I would drive ten hours to have this breakfast again. But sometimes I wonder if this is a serious statement.
Monday - Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 8:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 8:00am - 4:00pm
Labels: australia, brunch diaries, melbourne, travel
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Surprise this blog post is l o n g overdue but here it is; my trip to Melbourne! For me, returning home from a holiday calls for a reflection on the past traveling experiences and maybe planning the next adventure. No better way than to throwback to this time last year when I had taken a short 2 hour domestic flight from Sydney down to Victoria for a tattoo booking and was accompanied by my close friend and sister. Melbourne is a beautiful city this being my third trip in two years, I was familiar with the city but we had a long list of things to return to and visit for the first time.
We spent four nights and five days at a beautiful AirBnB apartment located in the suburb of Fitzroy. I can't recommend this place enough! The friendliest host whom had great recommendations and had styled this studio apartment like it was out of a interior magazine I would read. I will try to keep this post short and simply list the favourites from this trip. Now keep in mind we aren't huge clothes shoppers and believe money is better spent on food.
/ / Favourite sights \ \
+ Gallery of Victoria
+ State Library of Victoria Le Mis exhibit
+ Rose Lane Markets
+ Dreamworks animation exhibit
+ Hoizer Lane
+ picnic with goodies from Queen Victoria Markets
/ / Favourite Eateries \ \
+ Breakfast Thieves
+ Pellegrinis Espresso Bar
+ Industry Beans
+ Vegie Bar
+ Yong Green food
+ Lord of the Fries
+ Kettle Black
+Italian on Lygon street
Labels: australia, melbourne, out & about, travel
Friday, 23 January 2015
Hello, I would like to say Happy New Year and I hope everyone is having a lovely start to 2k15. Here is the review of MMXIV (2014)
top life events
+Melbourne trip August/Sep new tattoo, good coffee (29/08/14)
+Arctic Monkeys live (06/05/14)
+Universal blessing of finishing tafe, uni, internship in the same week & getting a fancy new job (11/14)
Jan 14 - Sarah Blakso
Feb 4 - Daughter (Support act: vancouver Sleep Clinic)
May 6 - Arctic Monkeys (Support act: Pond)
May 16 - Vance Joy
June 1 - The Paper Kites
June 26 - Chet Faker
July 12 - Lorde
July 24 - City and Colour Solo
July 31 - Ben Howard
Aug 1 - Broods
Aug 21 - Velociraptor
Sep 13 - Andy Bull
Sep 15 - Angus & Julia Stone
Sep 19 - Kingswood
Sep 22 - Boy and Bear
Oct 4 - Yours & Owls Birthday festival (Bootleg Rascal, Dunerats, The Griswolds, Hockey Dad, High-tails, Lyall Moloney, Safia, Sticky Fingers)
Oct 7 - Altj
Nov 27 - San Cisco
Dec 6 - Joe Mungovan
tv shows I binged watched
+Orphan Black
+The Strain
+It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
+Broad City
+Twin Peaks
+Brooklyn 99
+Penny Dreadful
+The Following
+Mindy Project
+Orange Is The New Black
I've got some big plans for MMXV (2015) travelling to Europe for six weeks, which means learning Italian, fancy job applications & of course copious flutes of vino.
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Grand Budapest Hotel doppelgänger or what?! These pictures were taken on a detour when visiting The Blue Mountains in late July 2014. I spotted the candy pink exterior out my passenger window on the road trip and demanded a u-turn be made to explore the landmark. It is as if the fictional Wes Anderson set came alive before my very eyes.
Inside the absolutely gorgeous Hotel Grand View disclosed interior just sweet and delightful as The Grand Budapest; ruby red tapestry carpets, navy patterned chairs, burgundy stained wooden staircase, cream coloured walls the very likes features on Mendel pastries. Hotel Grand View happens to have vacancy to stay over night, operational restaurant & a function room to host your soirées. I practically weeped out of happiness when I entered the building, here a a few photos taken on our visit.
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The original, patented #1 selling Six-Pak Trainer.
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Sunday, 4 January 2015
Daily Lectionary in Poetry Wednesday 24th December 2014
Psalm 96
Praise to God Who Comes in Judgment
1 O sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be revered above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
tremble before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, "The Lord is king!
The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity."
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12 let the field exult, and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord; for he is coming,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
Sing to the Lord a new song
blessing his name
celebrating the earth
telling of his salvation
Sing to the Lord a new song
to all the peoples
of all the nations
praising his holy name
Sing to the Lord a new song
of his beauty
his strength
his majesty above all
Come to God all you peoples
bring offerings
come to his courts
tremble before him
Tell the nations
the Lord is King
let the heavens be glad
let the earth rejoice
Sing for joy
The Lord is coming
he will bring salvation
he is bringing truth
James 1: 17-18
17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
All the gifts we receive
Come from above
From God the Father
The word of all truth
The fruit for us all
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The 9th edition of the International Independent Film Festival IndieLisboa started today and will run until 6th May, offering a vast reportoire of independent cinema from all over the world.
Regarded as the main Portuguese film festival, IndieLisboa'12 seeks to bring to the public new films and new directors from the universe of independent cinema, focusing on the author's creativity and independence. This objective is complemented by a programme that includes a seminar, debates, master classes, special screenings and the chance for the public to meet the authors of their favourite films.
The younger audience was not forgoten. The IndieJunior includes screenings from a competitive section catered for children between three year-old and fifteen year-old, presented to school pupils and to the general public
IndieLisboa'12 also offers a video library comprising more than 3000 submitted films for the present edition, available in specially reserved booths to accredited professionals.
Worth mentioning is Viennale's 50th anniversary this October. IndieLisboa will honor the moment with a program showing five films, one for each decade, a selection based on what organizers feel to be the Viennale's essence.
During its exhibition, the public will have the chance to learn how creativity can overcome the financial budget and present a product that can compete with some major productions; if not in terms of marketing, at least in terms of quality.
Please refer to the Information section for useful info, namely on how to purchase tickets, contacts and accomodation.
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Vintage Ludwig Drums
Vintage Ludwig Drums is a rare vintage piece of equipment. It has a special unique sound that many other drums don't have. Vintage Ludwig Drums are my personal favourite. This Ludwig Drum is extraordinary, it can take you to a dimension like nothing before. Past or Present.
Vintage Ludwig, most famous name in drums. It's headed in the history of drums. I would say it established in 1920. This must really be vintage. It has a concise history in music.
Vintage Ludwig Drums executes its sound in extreme fashion, a rare vintage sound. It displays both visual and sound that represents a Vintage Ludwig.
What's so special about it? well everything is to be certain. Everything about the drum is special to me. It creates a sensitive feeling in me and is unique in every way.
I think this is a must have for someone who is really determined, serious and a drum lover to learn Vintage Ludwig.
Its special in every way. You have to be some person to use one of these sexy Vintage Ludwig Drums.


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"For this week's challenge, I want you to create your very own Best and Worst award list. The topic can be anything you want: best and worst movies, vacations, things about being a parent…feel free to get creative! The only requirement is that you include YOUR perspective. If you'd like to get someone else's perspective to compare, I'm totally for that but this page is first and foremost about you."
Dare Flair:• You must include at least 10 items in your list: 5 Bests and 5 Worsts. • Each of the 10 answers must be contained within it's own separate space - think journaling blocks, strips, charts…get creative! • You must include at least one warm color (reds, oranges, yellows), one cool color (blues, greens, purples) and one neutral (black, white, kraft) on your page.
Well, it's not the most exciting page I've ever made, but I think it gets the point across. When I was thinking about Earth Day I was trying to think of all the things we do well and not so well in reference to taking care of the environment. We try pretty hard.
The elements in this kit are partially from the mini kit, partially from the full kit (that I haven't finished yet) and partly from other random places. I realized when making this that I really need to work on journal spots. I haven't made many of my own yet.


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Isn't it funny the different ways each of us were all brought up? One thing that stands out about the way I was raised, that might be different than most people, is the fact that I never had jarred or canned spaghetti sauce until I went to college and had roommates cook for me. My mom always made her own spaghetti sauce. I figure this was one way she was able to save money with having 10 kids. Her recipe makes a lot more than one jar and tastes amazing too. I first made this on my own when I started cooking in college. I would make it for me and my roommates, then freeze leftovers to make goulash for another day. (What is goulash? It's like spaghetti but you mix the sauce and any noodles together in a 9x13 baking dish and top off with cheese and bake.) Anyways, I love this spaghetti, it's a little taste of home for me.
Throw everything together in a large pot or crock pot.
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
1 lb Ground Beef
Salt and Pepper
4 - 8 oz cans Tomato Sauce28 oz Canned Crushed Tomatoes
6 oz Tomato Paste
1 Spaghetti Sauce Mix Packet
Garlic Powder
Brown meat with salt and pepper and drain. Combine all ingredients in a large pot, bring to a boil on medium heat. Turn down to medium low and simmer for at least 20 minutes. Or, you can place all ingredients in a crock pot and cook on low for 3-4 hours. Serve over cooked spaghetti noodles. Enjoy!


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|Tommy, Pop Ryan and Rory in Yorkville on Christmas Day 1960
|Peter Calvert
Hope to see you at the Cafe on Tuesday, if not, it's a two month show (ends March 31st). Drop by the candy striped awning front at 29 Cornelia Street in the West Village, enjoy the fine food and drink while you view the scenes I record when I tour this beautiful city on my bicycle.
|Coney Island Baby
|Threshold at Cafe into the exhibit
|Laura Thompson multi-tasking
|Outside looking into exhibit
|Vinny Dreaming
|Peter Calvert and Melissa Perez-Halley
|Harry Potter meets the King of Central Park
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Here she is, enjoying a Maxwell House Moment! She was truly loved! Tina's the REASON I got more hens - because thanks to her, we realized the great taste of fresh eggs vs store bought varieties. And thanks to Tina we realized hens make fun and entertaining pets! She passed away at the grand old age of 6, due to an unknown cause. These photos were taken 3 days before she died - just after Christmas 2008. I still miss her and we talk of her often - she was a remarkable pet!
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Al Jazeera – Khaled Diab
"As the United Kingdom heads for the EU exit, a recent survey bestowed upon Britons the unenviable distinction of being the worst at foreign languages in Europe. Although this survey is based on perceptions and is, hence, subjective, it does confirm an enormous and damning body of previous research. Despite the UK being one of the most multicultural societies in Europe, three-fifths of people in Britain cannot speak a foreign language, according to a Europe-wide survey. In the rest of Europe, more than half the citizens speak at least one foreign language. This dire picture is backed up by anecdotal evidence. When growing up in the UK, I was often regarded as a curiosity, and sometimes even a marvel, for being able to be speak Arabic fluently. In later life, I have noticed how Britons and Americans, with the exception of an impressively polyglottic minority, usually have the greatest difficulty of any nationality I know in acquiring another language, no matter how desperately they want to."(more)


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A's 4 - Angels 5 (12 innings)
Angels starter Tyler Skaggs allowed four earned runs in six innings of work. Down 4-3 in the ninth, the Halos rallied to send the game into extra innings — their forth extend contest in six days. The Angels bullpen held the A's to just four base runners before Chris Iannetta blasted a first pitch, two-out game winning home run in the bottom of the 12th.
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It is homecoming weekend in Waco and it is perhaps the most important homecoming game for the Bears in quite some time. Baylor comes into the game against Kansas State with a 5-2 record, only one game short of bowl eligibility. With 5 games left, Baylor has its first realistic chance to go to a bowl since their last trip in 1994.
Sixteen years without a bowl, 14 of those in Big XII play, has been tough on Baylor fans.
We know Baylor can score behind Griffin III, but we have to stop the other team as well. It should be a great game. Come on Baylor, Rise Up! Lets go bowling!


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Diversity Expert Discusses Issues of Racial Sensitivity as Distinguished Donahue Scholar
October 03, 2012
Internationally recognized clinician and author Ken Hardy gave the annual Distinguished Donahue Scholar lecture to the Lasell community on October 2 sharing his thoughts on our culture's sensitivity to discussing topics around race and diversity.
Hardy, who is Director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York City, spoke to the crowd gathered in de Witt Hall about his examination of the significance and impact that race has had in every aspect of life and his thoughts on how to navigate conversation between varying cultures. Hardy's open discussion was sponsored by Lasell's Donahue Institute for Values and Public Life.
Hardy, a professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Department at Drexel University, talked to the group about why race is such a difficult topic to address.
"The reason why the eggshells still exist is because of differences in racial context. The realities of individuals are all are different. People of color tend to over endow race, however whites tend to under emphasize race," said Hardy, adding that this leads to a gap in understanding.
"The greater the differences the less conversation [there is]," said Hardy. He believes that the two properties required to successfully discuss race are skill and will. The difficulty comes when those with the skill don't have the will, and vice versa.
"Stakes always seem to be high when talking about race," he added.
Hardy has published extensively in the area of diversity including Psychological Residuals of Slavery and is the co-author of a new book with Monica McGoldrick, Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Class, and Gender, is a co-author of Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions for Breaking the Cycle of Violence and Minorities and Family Therapy.
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RUNWAY: Bottega Veneta FW16Though still slouchy, Bottega Veneta's latest collection was much more tailoring-heavy than previous outings. Gone were the luxe sweatpants and in are the double breasted suits with a retro vibe to them, in textured fabrics to give a country feel without losing the city utility that the label's Tomas Maier so often aspires to bring. Bonded leather was a big story here, many of which were unisex, and they added extra texture to the collection.
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My feline pal was always right beside me chasing leaves, digging in the dirt, "helping" me plant flowers, and sniffing the horse pucky. He was the best.
Back to the contest. I won for two main reasons; #1: I had about 200 pounds of horse pucky mulched into the soil and I watered twice a day. The plants loved it. #2: It's not that my garden is so great, it's that everyone else's either dried out due to lack of rain in these parts and they gave up, or they didn't have Bear helping them, or both.
Anyway, I won a $100 gift certificate to Wegmans. When I found out I had won, I was going to run out and get Bear more treats. Instead, I plan on fixing a buffet lunch for our wonderfully supportive maintenance and office staff on Monday in memory of Bear. Life is good.


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There may not be much snow left around the shores of the Lago di Bolsena in Marta, but just look at these photos of the ice taken in town this morning!
They look so much more impressive individually so if you are interested in viewing the rest of the ice photos in a larger format they can be found on Flickr.com in My Album Ghiaccio - Ice in Marta
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This is a series which I participate in from time to time and I have done so with this post. Welcome to News From Italy to anyone who has called by from Mosaic Monday at Little Red House and of course all my supportive readers who call by and leave comments both here and on my other blogs.
More photos and videos of the cold weather in Italy can also be found in the previous posts The Big Freeze in Lazio, Neve – Snow and the News From Italy Facebook Page


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Henna Sunflower Hand
Originally uploaded by SideShowMom.
I am more comfortable in my body than I have been in a long time. My belly is stretched and pouchy from having my two babies and I bare it proudly. I am a Mother.
The henna that stains my hand in this photo is a paste from a plant that grows in the Middle East and India and used to decorate hands, feet and bellies of women for Islamic holidays, weddings and pregnancies. Mehndi has become popular in the US also. I've been doing Mehndi for a while, a girl I knew in school from Pakistan gave me a tube of henna and I tried some designs with it. Now I use mylar cones to apply the paste and get very intricate designs this way.
A week ago, some friends and I met for a video/henna party and there was some left-over paste that I've been playing with...
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Usually when I bake cookies it's my hubby who wants them straight off the pan and I have to put a few aside just to make sure I get to taste a couple, but I baked a batch of these and I had to force myself to save some for him!
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These were so good, I think I might have to crush a few potato chips on purpose!
Find Sweet and Salty Toll House Cookies and more recipes here - Very Best Baking
Moneysaving hint - make sure to check the promotions and coupons section. You might find a coupon for chocolate chips!


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Bunge (NYSE:BG) got hammered in the second quarter, surprising almost everyone, as they missed earnings estimates by more than double.
Earnings for the quarter excluding charges came to a loss of 75 cents share, while analysts had been looking for a profit of $1.31 a share.
Some reports were based on including the one-time gain of $2.4 billion, which made it appear Bunge had exploded in earnings. Including items that would be true, as they garnered earnings of $1.8 billion, or $11.15 a share.
That was up from the $313 million, or $2.28 a share last year in the same quarter.
Most investors, analsysts and traders know that game though, and the quarter was a disaster for Bunge, as earnings are measured excluding items and charges.
Revenue was also diappointing in the quarter, coming to $10.97 billion, where analysts estimated $12.17 billion.
Earnings for the year was also downwardly revised by Bunge from a range of $5.30 to $5.80 a share to a range of $3.25 to $3.50 a share.
Traders punished the company on the news, with shares dropping to
$46.94, a loss of $7.03 or 13.03 percent as of 2:17 PM EDT.


text: pharmacy CVS-Aetna: What's In It For Patients? By Lynn Arditi • Dec 5, 2017 John Phelan / CC BY 3.0 CVS Health's chief executive says the Woonsocket-based company's $69 billion bid to acquire health insurer Aetna will be good for consumers – and Rhode Island's governor seems to agree. But health industry experts say there are reasons to be skeptical. CVSHealth To Lay Off 250 In Rhode Island By Kristin Gourlay • Nov 3, 2016 Rhode Island-based CVSHealth says it will be laying off hundreds of employees across the country. That includes about 250 positions in Rhode Island. Can Pharmacies Help Reduce Overdose Deaths? By Kristin Gourlay • Aug 6, 2015 Kristin Gourlay / RIPR Can pharmacies play a bigger role to prevent death from drug overdose? That's the question researchers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts hope to answer thanks to a new $1.3 million dollar federal grant from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The team plans to figure out how pharmacies can promote the use of a drug called naloxone (sometimes called Narcan). URI Pharmacy Dean: CVS/Target Deal Could Help Consumers By Kristin Gourlay • Jun 15, 2015 Kristin Gourlay / RIPR Woonsocket-based CVS Health says it's paying nearly $2 billion dollars to take over Target's pharmacies and walk-in clinics. The deal adds more than 1600 pharmacies and nearly 100 walk-in clinics to CVS's growing portfolio nationwide. CVS Health Acquires Nursing Home, Specialty Pharmacy Service Provider By Kristin Gourlay • May 21, 2015 file/CVS Health Woonsocket-based CVS Health has agreed to acquire a provider of nursing home pharmacy services. The acquisition of Omnicare expands a growing line of business for the pharmacy giant. At The Crossroads: CVS Inks Exclusive Deal With Gilead For Hep C Drugs By Kristin Gourlay • Jan 6, 2015 Gilead Sciences Woonsocket-based pharmacy giant CVS has signed a deal with drug maker Gilead to offer its hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni, exclusively, for treating hepatitis C. The deal covers patients enrolled in drug benefit plans managed by CVS. And the news comes on the heels of AbbVie's announcement of a deal with CVS competitor Express Scripts, which will offer AbbVie's hepatitis C treatment, Viekira Pak, exclusively. CVS Caremark Is Now CVS Health; All Stores Tobacco-Free A Month Early By Kristin Gourlay • Sep 3, 2014 Courtesy CVS Pharmacy corporation CVS Caremark has officially changed its name to CVS Health. The Woonsocket-based company announced the name change as a way to reflect its growth beyond a retail pharmacy chain into a multi-service health care company. Today, the $127-billion dollar CVS Health encompasses 7700 retail pharmacies, hundreds of walk-in medical clinics, a pharmacy benefits manager and more. CVS Health president Helena Foulkes says it made sense to re-brand now. CVS 2nd Qtr. Results Up Thanks To Specialty Drugs, MinuteClinics By Kristin Gourlay • Aug 5, 2014 CVS Health Second quarter financial results from the Woonsocket-based pharmacy chain CVS Caremark have beat analyst expectations. That's due in part to new specialty pharmacy business and the opening of more in-store clinics. MinuteClinics And The Future Of Primary Care By Kristin Gourlay • May 15, 2014 The Rhode Island Department of Health's recent decision to grant approval, with 22 conditions, to CVS to open seven retail health clinics in pharmacies throughout Rhode Island came down in the form of a 43-page document. In my humble opinion, it's a well-written, even eloquent ode to the importance of primary care and the challenges of regulating health care in a state where for-profit health care is no longer around the corner but setting up shop on it. CVS Gets Green Light To Open Retail Clinics In RI By Kristin Gourlay • May 15, 2014 Megan Hall / RIPR The nation's largest pharmacy chain has been given the green light to open seven retail health care clinics in Rhode Island. CVS pharmacies' MinuteClinics would see patients for minor illnesses and perform some routine health screenings. But state health officials' approval comes with several conditions. URI Student Rooms with Nursing Home Resident By Flo Jonic • Mar 18, 2013 A University of Rhode Island pharmacy student has just completed an unusual experiment. Twenty-four year old Emily Anastasia spent a week living in a retirement center, South Bay Retirement Living in South Kingstown, where her roommate was a 92 year old woman. Another RI compounding pharmacy shuttered By Kristin Gourlay • Jan 11, 2013 (PROVIDENCE, RI) Another compounding pharmacy in Rhode Island has been shuttered and the pharmacist in charge barred from practicing. And once again, cleanliness and record-keeping played a part. RI compounding pharmacy reopens, scrutiny continues By Kristin Gourlay • Dec 26, 2012 PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island health inspectors found that Bayview pharmacy had illegally distributed certain medications, failed to keep some records, and not properly maintained a sterile mixing area. A recent Health department order shows the pharmacy has been allowed to resume compounding as long as it follows procedures. But as public attention on compounding pharmacies continues, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy dean Ronald Jordan says he hopes any new regulations won't squelch patient access to the drugs they need.


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Rafael Radkowski
- Assistant Professor
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (Courtesy)
Main Office1620E Howe Hall
Ames, IA
Phone: 515-294-7044
- Doctor in Engineering: product design with evolutionary algorithm, Graduate School Automatic Configuration in Open System, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn, Germany. June 2006
- Dipl.-Ing. (equal to BS+MS degree), Mechanical Engineering, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. March 2003
Interest AreasDr. Radkowski's research interests address two areas of augmented reality technology: object recognition and human-computer-interaction for engineering applications with focus on object identification, tracking, pattern matching, and gesture/posture detection. His work relies on computer vision and includes fundamental research to explore the capabilities of methods such as Iterative Closest Points and Texture-feature matching for engineering use cases as well as applied research. Use cases for his research are manual assembly assistance, visual inspection, and virtual design reviews. Results of his research have been applied at companies such as Volkswagen, Rockwell Collins, and Boeing.
Current areas of research are:
- Iterative Closest Points for object identification and tracking.
- View-dependent rendering and depth cue simulation for CAD workstations.
- Probabilistic search methods for large-scale feature databases.
- Natural Feature Tracking in particular binary descriptors for rigid object tracking
Brief BiographyRafael Radkowski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He completed his undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Paderborn (Germany) with an emphasis on digital product development; he graduated in 2003 with first class honors. He was a scholarship holder at the graduate school "Automatic Reconfiguration in Open Systems" at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute from 2003 to 2006. Computer vision-based tracking for augmented reality applications was the core of his studies. He received his doctoral degree (with honors) from the University of Paderborn in 2006. After he graduated, he became an acting leader of a research group in the research team of Prof. Gausemeier at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as research fellow at the Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State University under the direction of Prof. James Oliver.
Selected Publications
- Radkowski, R., Herrema, J., and Oliver, J., 2014, "Augmented reality based manual assembly support with visual annotations for different degrees-of-difficulty," International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction [in press]
- Garrett, T., Debernardis, S., Radkowski, R., Chang, C.K., Fiorentino, M., Uva, A., and Oliver, J., 2014, "Comparison of Natural Feature Descriptors for Rigid-Object Tracking for Real-Time Augmented Reality," Proc. of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014, August 17-20, 2014, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Radkowski, R. and Oliver, J., 2014, "Enhanced Natural Visual Perception for Augmented Reality Workstations by Simulation of Perspective," IEEE Journal of Display Technology, 10(5), May, pp. 333-344
- Radkowski, R. and Oliver, J., 2014, "Monocular Depth Cues for Augmented Reality Applications to Enhance Spatial Perception Tasks," Proc. Tenth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE 2014), May 19-23, Budapest, Hungary
- Radkowski, R. and Oliver, J., 2013, "Natural Feature Tracking Augmented Reality for on-site Assembly Assistance Systems," Proc. of Human Computer Interaction International Conference, July 22-26, Las Vegas, NV, USA


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Here's the paragraph with the sentence in bold that caught my eye:
The classic refrain from Wall Street and the Republicans, in opposition to President Obama's $500,000 cap on the salaries of those bank executives who have so failed in their jobs that they required billions of taxpayer money, is that 1) the market should determine the salaries; and 2) the best get paid the best. Those two excuses are, of course, wrong. Banks were failing all last year, but the market did nothing to prevent those failed CEOs and executives from receiving hundreds of millions, if not billions, in bonuses that they did not earn. Indeed, some of the bonuses paid out had the feel of a literal robbery. And if these miserable failures in life did earn that money, if they were the best, then why are banks failing everywhere? Why did they need a federal bailout?
OK, I was poised to say (in my own, long-winded way, which would drive donviti nuts because I can spell all the words I want to use), Hey, wait a minute, this sentence just proves you don't have the slightest idea what a market is, or how it operates. Markets are non-sentient, complex dynamic systems. Markets don't have consciousness, much less a conscience or opinions about who should get what, or who should be rewarded. Markets are Darwinian.
Then, a funny thing happened. Scrolling down the comments I noticed that--wonder of wonders!--jason actually sort of made my point for me:
The Bottom Line is that banks need to fail. The people who ran those banks need to be fired and the people who invest in those banks (whether they are governments or individuals) need to lose money.
Exactly, jason: in markets, unsuccessful businesses fail, and people who invest in failure lose their investments.
Ironically, only a few lines down, somebody attacked jason for saying it:
This is an un-American statement.
Why do I find this ironic? Simply because jason spends about 10% of his vehement verbiage in his own posts accusing pretty much anybody who disagrees with his political or economic views of hating America.
But I digress....
Then liberalgeek jumped in to explain to jason's critic that it would only be un-American if jason had said:
Bottom line is that these banks cannot be allowed to fail. The people that ran those banks should be rewarded and the people that invest in those banks need to make money.
Except, of course, we live in a nation wherein banks and multinational corporations have become too big to fail, primarily because the Federal government is so inteventionist and hopelessly corrupt that it doesn't just attempt to regulate the market for fairness in competition, but also actively picks winners and losers for reasons that usually have very little to do with economics (and a lot to do with large envelopes of money and junkets to the Caribbean for the likes of Charlie Rangel and Sheila Jackson-Lee).
Bookend: during World War Two, President Roosevelt blatantly favored the corporations that had funded his (by then) three candidacies by mandating that unions must accept a wide-ranging wage freeze and adopt a no-strike agreement, but not capping the profits that could be made by the corporations for whom they worked. Result? By 1945 those corporations (in the same kind of massive government-induced transfer of wealth economist Paul Krugman would like to see repeated) had put away billions in record profits, and the wages of unionized industrialized workers (adjusted for inflation) had fallen below what they had been in 1938....
Bookend: today, in a misguided protectionist attempt to revive an American steel industry that died three decades ago and should have long been safely embalmed, President Obama wants to use his Bail-out legislation to force companies that receive government stimulus to only purchase American steel. Not only does this threaten to set off a trade war with our most loyal trading partner (Canada), but it also insures that new products will be more expensive than they need to be, because the American steel producers now have a protected market and no competitive dynamics to force prices down. Ironically, this attempt to save the jobs of American steelworkers will only transfer their unemployment to the American citizens who had jobs representing foreign steel manufacturers, and those put out of work when the products they produce become too expensive for the rest of us to buy.
The structural deficiencies in the American system today are the result of decades of uninformed tinkering by both liberals and conservatives who pretty much differ primarily in the particular corporations and market sectors they want to privilege.
The defense-industrial lobby has kept McDonnell-Douglass and Grumman and Raytheon in business long after market forces should have sent that capital in other directions, but since Raytheon lobbyist William Linn is now running the Pentagon, don't look for that to change.
Likewise, for all those liberals decrying the abuses of Blackwater in Iraq (and I happen to agree with them on getting mercenaries out of our foreign policy), the legitimization of military contractors began only very tentatively in the Reagan-Bush years, but hit full steam during the Clinton administration, when Bubba decided to compensate for the US military build-down by creating a whole new market sector with State Department contracts.
I could go on, but readers here generally fall into two categories: those who actually understand the technical defintion of the term market and those who think it means an extension of the government's authority tasked with insuring nobody ever loses a job or an investment, which should also correct social injustices and wash your car every other Saturday.


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Misty of Beloved Bows on Etsy, made my little Rachel a custom hairbow for the upcoming Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome that we will be attending next weekend in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The only design suggestions I gave to Misty was the colors royal blue, yellow (colors for Down Syndrome), and Rachel's favorite color PINK. I also let Misty know that the butterfly was a symbol for the Down Syndrome community and she could take these things as inspiration to create a bow for Rachel.
This is the adorable bow she came up with, I can't wait for it to arrive and to take pictures of Rachel wearing it!!!!
Misty is amazing and has so many cute creations, please check out Misty's shop Beloved Bows


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(written from a Production point of view)
Elisa Goodman is a casting director who worked as casting associate on the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In 1998, Goodman was nominated for an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America for Best Casting for Feature Film, Independent for the romance French Exit (1995) which featured Mädchen Amick and Molly Hagan. Beside her work on Star Trek, Goodman worked as casting associate on the comedy Born in East L.A. (1987), the drama Powwow Highway (1989), and the action film Renegades (1989). On all three films she worked for casting department head Junie Lowry with whom she also worked on The Next Generation.
As casting director, she worked on films such as the television drama Stranger in the Family (1991, starring Teri Garr), the television thriller Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (1993), the action film Quick (1993), the western Samurai Cowboy (1994), the action film Crackerjack (1994, with Christopher Plummer), the thriller Dream Man (1995, with Denise Crosby and Armin Shimerman), the action thriller Breach of Trust (1995), the action film White Tiger (1996), the thriller Underworld (1996), the television drama The Three Lives of Karen (1997), the comedy Air Bud (1997), the science fiction thriller The Invader (1997, with Ben Cross), the television drama Tricks (1997), the television drama My Husband's Secret Life (1998), the television thriller Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998), the thriller The 4th Floor (1999), the science fiction film Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000), the fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons (2000), the science fiction thriller Replicant (2001), the horror film Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001, starring Michael Reilly Burke), the action film The Order (2001), the television thriller Deadly Betrayal (2003), and the comedy Boxboarders! (2007). On all of her films as casting director she worked with fellow casting director Abra Edelman.
Star Trek credits Edit
- "Symbiosis" – "The Neutral Zone" (Season 1, 5 episodes) – Casting Associate
- Season 2 (22 episodes) – Casting Associate


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From: mebner,
2 years ago
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Types of e-learning
There are fundamentally two types of e-learning: synchronous training and asynchronous training.
Synchronous, means "at the same time," involves interaction of participants with an instructor via the Web in real time. Asynchronous, which means "not at the same time," allows the participant to complete the WBT at his own pace, without live interaction with the instructor. A new form of learning known as blended learning is emerging. As the name suggests it is an amalgamation of synchronous and asynchronous learning methods.
Asynchronous Methods.
Embedded learning Embedded learning is information that is accessible on a self-help basis, 24/7. It can be delivered to the place of work, or to mobile learners. Electronic performance support system (EPSS) is a type of embedded learning. The advantage is that embedded learning offers learners the information they need whenever they need it.
Courses The clear advantage of a self-paced course is convenience. Participants can get the training they need at any time. This can include just-in-time training where a participant gets exactly the training he or she needs to perform a task.
Discussion groups A discussion group is a gathering of conversations that occur over time. They are also called message boards, bulletin boards and discussion forums. Discussion groups can be used to support a group of participants taking the same class or can be used to support participants performing related tasks. A discussion group is a very competent way to supply expert answers to a large group people. A single answer to a common question can help many.
Synchronous Methods
Virtual classroom Virtual classroom duplicates the features of a real classroom online. Participants interact with each other and instructors online .instant messaging, chat, audio and video conferencing etc.
Blended Method Most companies prefer to use custom e-learning solutions of both synchronous and asynchronous e-learning methods according to their requirement.
All in all e- learning is here to stay and only you can decide the degree of involvement in e- learning your company may require and the best methods applicable to you and your employees


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St. John Medical Center is offering a new low-cost baseline balance and neurocognitive assessment for young athletes who participate in a sport with potential for head impact. Offered through Rehabilitation Services, the program collects objective baseline data regarding balance and cognition for the individual. In the event of injury, the athlete will return for post injury testing and complete the same assessments. By comparing the pre and post injury objective data, health professionals can make safer return to play decisions.
"There's a growing awareness about the damage that can be caused by repetitive blows to the head on the athletic field," says Pam Lanter, PT, DPT, NCS, Director of Rehabilitation Services. "If your child is injured playing sports, you want to make sure he or she is safe before returning to play, particularly when a head injury is involved."
Balance is a key indicator of brain functionality and can help determine when it's safe for your child to return to play following a concussion. Current recommendations from the NCAA® and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA®) have identified balance as one of three assessment pillars – along with a neurocognitive assessment and a symptoms checklist – for making safe return-to-play decisions following a head injury event. This is especially important in sports where pressure to return to play can be significant for injured players.
"Often young athletes return to sport too soon and that puts them at risk for future head injuries. Being able to compare pre and post injury data is of great value when determining return to sport." says Lanter.
St. John Medical Center is offering young athletes the opportunity to establish a baseline balance and neurocognitve assessment utilizing their NeuroCom balance technology and the ImPact cognition test. Taking this step before injury creates an invaluable reference point for measuring injury impact and provides objective data to help clinicians make safe return-to play decisions if a concussion occurs.
"Using the NeuroCom technology to establish a balance baseline is what sets our program apart from others in the community," says Lanter.
For a limited time only, the fee for this invaluable assessment will be waived if you schedule your baseline testing before January 31, 2013.
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One of the most intruiging and stand out of all the artists featured on the Girls in the Garage series, certainly one of the most racaus was a certain Linda Gayle....so naturally I had to dig deeper! Information, certainly in-depth information, on Ms Gayle is sadly none too forth coming - however I have mananged to collate a number of singles from her career during the 60's and now two fab videos of Linda herself have surfaced on YouTube - woop!
The two songs featured on GITG, Maggie's Farm and I've Got My Mojo Working, are the strongest faire, Stop, however another two singles, Stop, Look, Listen/Goodnight Irene, and Where Have You Been/Twist and Shout feat. the Duke of Coventry are certainly top pickings too. Her other records took a more mellow, slightly country pace - suiting the tone of her voice perhaps, and are well worth a listen too. Here's what's included in the bunch -
Baby Don't Go/Would It Make Any Difference To You (Columbia 44140)
Goodnight Irene/Stop, Look, Listen (CBS 43359)
Wishing It Was You/ (Columbia 43659)
Maggie's Farm/I've Got My Mojo Working (Columbia 43462)
Where Have You Been/Twist and Shout (feat. The Duke of Coventry) (Columbia 43854)
True Love Like Daddy's Love/The One That Stands By Me (Pompeii 66699)
Saturday, 28 June 2008
The Linda Gayle Collection
Pasted together by cinnamonK 'bout 13:57
File under: 60's, girl garage, video clip
9 comments:
- L said...
Thanks for this - great stuff.
- Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Holy smokes can this chick wail!
Thanks so much for this!
- Sunday, July 13, 2008
Linda Gayle sounds amazing. thanks!
- Friday, July 25, 2008
- esmenard.victor said...
Great great great entry ! Thank you very much.
Your contributions are always good, though not so frequent :-)
Have a nice day.
- Thursday, July 31, 2008
- Wizardofvoz said...
Hi. Linda is my cousin. She is well and lives the Dallas area. She long ago retired from the music business. Contact me for more, and thank you for caring.
- Thursday, December 11, 2008
"baby don't go" has a SICK bass and drum groove. brain was melted. whoa.
thank you!
- Sunday, December 28, 2008
any chance to repost Linda?
- Thursday, February 12, 2009
- rinso said...
Can we get a repost of this long lost
songbird? Much appreciated if you do!
- Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thanks for posting this she is a close family member and I lost her records years ago it is great to hear her sing again and happy birthday today Linda I love you
- Monday, October 31, 2011


text: As circumstances would have it, I had the opportunity just this morning to question statistics presented in a manner favorable to arguments that I have made. See here. Of course, whatever inaccuracies might present themselves in the table. I'm really thankful for Geoff Baggett's hard work in highlighting this phenomenon.


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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Cafe Chalk Art Masterpieces: Part Vl
Here`s the latest installment/highlights of our chalk art/advertisements featuring all our performers from the last few months.
Thanks to Nessa and Vicky for there creative chalky hands!
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Art Show: Lance Lindblom
Come check out new artwork from Kelowna based artist Lance Lindblom this Thursday, May 17th at Streaming Cafe! The event starts at 7pm and will feature several of Lindblom's drawings and paintings as well as musical performances from a number of local performing groups including the Canadian rock trio and
Youtube sensation The Lungpipes
The art will be displayedon the Streaming Cafe walls for all of May so come down and it out in person!
Lance Lindblom is a Kelowna based artist who's primary interest lies within spending long meticulous hours crafting portraits of various mammalian subjects and pop culture icons. This young scallywag's recent series of drawings showcases a number of past U.S. presidents alongside a variety of Lance's favorite animals. Besides being a dedicated visual artist Lance is also a member of the Canadian musical supergroup and YouTube sensation "The Lungpipes.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Pour Over Bar!
by Joel Thiessen
Anyone who has been anywhere near our Cafe at Leon and Bertram can see that we are undergoing some serious renovations - but don't let a 3 story office structure overshadow the huge improvements that are currently going on INSIDE the Streaming Cafe!
In an effort to further provide mind-blowing coffee to our valued patrons, the Cafe has been remodeling its bar flow and has introduced a few new gadgets...Now once you step through the front doors you will be greeted by two hourglass shaped works of art (and the standard glowing smiles from our Baristas). Invented in 1941
joins elegant design with precise coffee brewing and has been "one of 100 best modern devices" by the New York Times and has been inducted to The Muesum of Modern Art.
Similar to the Hario V60 that many of our customers have been raving about, the Chemex is a pour-over brewing technique that acts as an alternative to automatic drip machines, french press and many other methods. Each 12oz serving expresses aromas and tasting notes that are typically stripped away by incorrect or careless brewing - when brewed right coffee tastes delicious!
The pour over menu changes weekly and features roasts from
Phil and Sebastian Coffee Roasters
. So put away those creamers and sugar and pick up one of the best tasting cups of coffee you'll ever drink!
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Adaline - ethereal and wildly hooky
Beloved artist
is taking her brand of ethereal and wildly hooky pop to Streaming Cafe on June 2nd @ 10 pm. This is the first tour in support of the sophomore release Modern Romantics (Light Organ/Universal Music).
Recorded at Toronto's Canterbury Studios and produced by Adaline and collaborators/co-producers Hawksley Workman, Marten Tromm, and Tino Zolfo, Modern Romantics has received rave reviews from music critics, and features some uber-cool musical appearances by Shuffle Demon Richard Underhill (sax) and Hawksley Workman (guitar). Often compared to the likes of Fiona Apple, Bat for Lashes, and Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Adaline achieves near Judy Garland levels of melodrama on "That's What You Do Best", the stately electro-torch song that opens the album and stayed in the Top 30 on CBC Radio 3 for an impressive 12 weeks.
The music video for lead-off single "The Noise"
had its online world premiere in Andy Warhol's iconic Interview Magazine, cracked the Top 20 on MuchMore Music, and garnered over 100,000 Youtube views in its first week.
Hollywood has also taken note of Adaline. Shortly after the release of Modern Romantics, the song "Say Goodbye (I Won't Even)" was featured on Grey's Anatomy mid-season finale late last year. A couple of weeks later, Adaline's song "Sparks" was again featured on the hit series -- almost back-to-back episode placements. Other notable music features include 90210, Ringer, Royal Pains, Rookie Blue, Degrassi, Bomb Girls, Heartland and the upcoming Samuel L Jackson thriller The Samaritan.
Adaline will be joining CBC Radio 3/Green Couch Productions Tracks On Tracks, the ultimate Canadian rock 'n' rail adventure aboard VIA Rail, at the end of her headlining Western run. The cross-Canada, five-day-and-four-night trip and music showcase leaves Vancouver on June 8 – with stops in Jasper, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg – and arrives in Toronto on June 13 in time for the NXNE Music Festival.
Get tickets for
Adaline's Saturday, June 2nd (10pm) engagement at the cafe
online @
or at the Streaming Cafe
Here's a live clip from Adaine's show at SC During BOWF in Oct. 2010
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
May Performers | Video Overview
by Michael Donley
The hibernation of the winter has seemed fruitful for this months performers as the spring has brought the birthing of new albums. All four performers have just released new recording and will showcase their new material for the live streamed shows.
Streaming Cafe have just started some building improvements
(read the blog)
, so our May 12th show is tentatively cancelled, but check back for updates!
As always, check out video from
past shows
and if you can't make it out to the cafe for drinks and music, catch the shows streamed live @
- 7pm (pacific standard time)... it's free!
ZACHARY LUCKY w/ CARLY MAICHER - May 5th
Zachary Lucky
's music is a fresh take on traditional folk; a melodic and usually acoustic affair, with an accent on storytelling and a sparse, folky atmosphere. His new album
speaks to his prairie roots. The the last few years he has toured non-stop, and we are happy to have him back at the cafe. Zachary brings a new face for us with him,
Carly Maicher
Carly has just released her debut recording in which Zachary Lucky produced. The album was recorded in a cabin on the tiny island in New Brunswick called Grand Manan.
If you can look deep into the video darkness, you will notice two dark sharpes in the form of Zachary and Carly.
JON BRYANT - May 19th
Jon Bryant
launches his Canadian tour at the cafe straight from performing in Europe for the last couple months. Jon's new album
What It Takes
is officially releasedtwo days before the live streamed show at the cafe. He has been busy since the last time we had him at the cafe, with nominations from the East Coast Music Awards, Music Nova Scotia, and Covenant Awards.
JP HOE - May 26th
I first spoke with
JP Hoe
over two years ago and I'm very happy finally connect for a show. Catchy, melodic, engaging; some of the terms used to describe the tunes of JP Hoe. His new EP
is a must have...great tunes!
read a feature blog that we wrote on JP Hoe
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Building Improvements On The Way!
by Michael Donley
Streaming Cafe has a lot cool things on the horizon. Before I explain where we're going, it could be helpful to say where we've been...
In the Spring of 2009, a quaint downtown brick building found new life in the birth of an idea to merge the love of good coffee with the love of art and good, live, indie music. Over the last 3 years we are proud to have served the local downtown businesses & organizations on a daily basis and featured a number of local artist's works on our walls. Our live music shows have continued to grow and because of the great local support , the cafe has been established as a destination for touring musicians. We've live streamed over 250 indie artists and showcased those shows in over 400 YouTube videos.
Artist Rendering
All this info (and maybe a bit of bragging), comes from my excitement of continuing to move forward in our vision to create a great space for amazing coffee (have you tried a Pour Over?) art, music and helping to sustain downtown Kelowna as a place to be.
Starting this month Streaming Cafe will break ground in what is to be a three story adjacent office space that will take us out of our mobile van into a new production room. Scheduled for mid this summer we will be boasting a new patio, allowing our patrons to mix some good food and drinks with our warm Okanagan sun. Along with some small renos inside the cafe, this will allow us to host more people to our events and eager listeners for our weekend listening room.
Artist Rendering
The entire project is scheduled to take around 10 months, but we are planning on being open for business as usual (fingers are crossed).
Whether you come for the cafe your lunch meeting or make it down to for a show, we sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to what's ahead for us at the Streaming Cafe.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
One Music Fest. - a few pics
We held our One Night Music Fest on April 28th and it was a very memorable night.
Jordan Klassen
James Lamb
Cara Luft
Andy Shauf
each gave us amazing sets that seemed to cover the full "folk" spectrum.
Thanks to everyone that came out to cafe, watched online and sent questions to the artists during the show.
Here's a few pics incase you couldn't make it to the sold out show. Video highlights will be post in the next couple weeks.
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JP Hoe - catchy, melodic, engaging
by Malcolm Petch
Few things present one to the world like one's name. It represents you when you're not around, it marks your place in the phone book or on the concert poster, and, despite what we might want to think, it leaves an impression of who we are.
JP Hoe
has a quick, no-nonsense working name, with elements of down-to-earth and star quality mixed together.
Music – their music – is the next thing that presents a musical artist to the world. And JP Hoe's music jumps right out at you. Quickly and easily accessible, it doesn't demand deep pondering and multiple listens to become familiar: I clicked on the link that Michael sent me, and right off the bat I found myself thinking, "Hey, this guy is good". Then I read further in Michael's descriptive paragraph and saw his take on JP: "He is really good".
You've got to check JP's music out for yourself; there's no way I'll be able to do it justice with words. Catchy, melodic, engaging; some of the terms we've used for years serve very well to describe the tunes of JP Hoe.
JP Hoe will be in Kelowna at
Streaming Café on May 26
, fresh from stops in Victoria and Vancouver on the two preceding nights, and hot on the heals of the release of his new album Mannequin in Winnipeg on May 10.

Mannequin by JP Hoe

According to his website, JP started playing guitar in high school because he figured it was the best way for a shy kid to meet girls.
It musta done the trick, because he opened for
Jann Arden
on her 2007 Canadian tour. And she's a girl. JP also sold 2,500 copies of his EP, The Live Beta Project, through that show-opening gig. Some indie artists struggle to ever sell that many copies of any one particular album, so it certainly seems like Hoe struck a chord with the Arden audiences.
When JP built on the success of that EP and released his debut full-length project The Dear John Letters, the Western Canadian Music awards applauded his efforts in 2008 with nominations in the top pop recordings and top songwriting categories.
Besides the catchiness and accessibility of his music, JP's sense of humour comes through, too, in things like the title of his annual Christmas show (The JP Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Show) and in comments like this one on his website's 'news' section: "...the record is done. It's called Mannequin, and as you can tell from the album cover, even my pecs are bursting with excitement" (this said because the album cover shows his shirt stretched across his chest right at the pec level). JP Hoe obviously enjoys what he does, and he seems pretty relaxed in the skin of who he is. And his website is one of the cleanest (and actually up-to-date) sites I've seen for someone who does music for a living as an indie artist.
JP reportedly spent the first half of 2011 recording Mannequin, and it's only this spring that the album is finding release. It'll be interesting to watch/read reaction to the project, looking back at all the positive reviews Hoe received for his first EPs and album:
"His blend of melodies and lyrics make for solid and intelligent pop music." (chartattack)
"When he burst onto the scene in 2003 with his debut EP, The Here In Review, JP Hoe fast became a critical darling; and his 2007 live album The Live Beta Project only bolstered his next-big-thing status." (Uptown)
"…JP Hoe's original pop songs are like musical heroin; once you get a taste of that sweet, sweet smack, you'll be itching to come back for more." (stylus magazine)
So visit his website, or follow these links to some of his videos; I'm pretty sure you'll agree that this is music worth listening to. We can offer you something even better: catch
JP Hoe live in concert at Streaming Café on May 26
at 7pm Pacific – either in person at 596 Leon Ave, or online at streamingcafe.net; either way you'll be able to see and hear JP live, and you'll be able to ask him questions directly, one-on-one.
Check out the guy with the short name and the great music. Live on May 26.
Here's a great tune from JP's holiday show...
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