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My six year old never ceases to amaze me. Let me preface this with the reality that he is a typical six year old. He is disobedient frequently; he argues like a teenager; he is obnoxious; he lacks tact. However, he has one trait that I am particular found of...
COMPASSION! Does he always show it? No. He's six still grasping control of his emotions, and is aware of his incline to sin. Yet, when he executes this trait, I have to step back and watch it. It was really a beautiful thing. It is one of the main reasons I am so excited about him coming to Peru with my husband and I in October to meet one of our Compassion children, Smith.
If you read my blog you know that I have met Smith and his wonderful family. So, this reunion is going to quite a moment for not only me, but the rest of my family. We have a strong heart for Compassion, and their work for the nations.
Smith is our first family sponsorship:
As a youth group family we chose Pataso from Thailand:
Our last addition to our Compassion family was Abdou. Now, this was Luk's decision. He said to me one day as we were talking about different countries, "I want to be a missionary in Africa!" I stood silent for a moment. Then I asked if he would like to have a Compassion child from Africa that he can have a relationship with. Needless to say, he jumped on that really fast, asking for a boy.
That night I emailed a friend of mine that works for Compassion for a child that need a correspondence sponsor, and the next day we had Abdou.
Seriously, we have some handsome boys in my family! You see God carefully placed these three boys in our lives, and after meeting Smith the clarity in our decision of cutting back on luxuries to have these three in our lives has been several moments of impact for us.
There's a single moment of impact for us all, and I think it was the day that Luk got Abdou. He finally made the decision to be apart of each of these boys lives. Before he didn't really write Smith or Pataso, it was a picture here and there, but nothing that he started. I usually asked him to, and he would do it without complaint.
However, it was when he got Abdou that he took over. It wasn't me asking anymore. It was Luk saying, "Let's write Smith, Pataso, and Abdou!" OKAY!
The importance of letter writing to your Compassion is something that is hard to explain. It's when you go and visit and the children ask you, "Do you know my sponsor? They don't write. Do they love me?" My response was a huge hug. Hearing Smith say... "I have only three letters."
Shook me. I wanted him to have a better foundation than that.
I had a single moment of impact that almost broke me, but decided instead of being broken to embrace my shame and write. Write with more intent, with more heart, and giving more of myself in process. I'm excited to see it in Luk, now.
Here is his letter writing process:
1) I ask what he wants to say.
2) He tells me. (He responds to Abdou's current question.)
3) I write it on our board.
4) He copies it on his paper.
5) He draws his picture.
6) We look and remember just how far our friend is from us.
Luk has asked to meet Abdou. He knows that we are planning a trip by the time he 10 years old. He is actively reminding me when that will be. Countdown... 3-4 years...
Friday, May 18, 2012
A Single Moment of Impact
2 comments:
- Jill Foley said...
I love this! What a precious gift you are giving to your boys as you include them in this sponsorship journey.
- May 18, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Hez said...
I love it! My almost 5 year old nephew has his own boy from the Philippines who he writes to (a lot like you do with Luk) prays for, and often talks about. He too wants to meet John, and I think it was told him when he is about 10 or maybe a bit older, he too will get the chance :)
It's amazing when they put things into perspective at such a young age!
- May 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM
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Today was rough!
I came home from meeting Jon for lunch to see Lucy (Caitlin's little kitten) just laying in the road. I beeped my horn at her so she would move. Nothing. And then I knew. She was gone.
She'd always been slow moving, docile, and scared of nothing. Her getting run over by a car was a fear I'd discussed with the kids. Yet somehow I wasn't prepared for this.
I buried her in the back yard and cried. Then I had to go pick up the kids from school. And we all cried. Caitlin begged me to get her another Lucy. BEGGED! Since I know my daughter so well I'd already been looking around and found a litter of grey and white kittens.
By the time we were able to get over to look at them there was only one little girl left. We came home and I belatedly thought to check and make sure she was a she. She is not. She is a he. We have a little boy.
Meet Alex. Named after Alex T Smith, the author and illustrator of several children's books.
I'm still not sure how I feel about replacing our little Lucy so quickly. She was special. Caitlin carried that little thing around everywhere with her. It was so sweet. But she was heartbroken and wanted another kitten to comfort her. And I couldn't tell her no. And Alex is sweet too. It's just going to take a while for me to adjust.

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Halloween is almost upon us and Beatnik is fast becoming the place to buy masks of horror, powder of white, and lots of blood. It's great that we can sell or hire original clothes for dressing up. Even though our model had quite a sore arm she thankfully managed to avoid getting any blood on this pretty cream forties dress.
While having a bit of a gaze out of the shop window moment today, it dawned on me that we have the most amazing view. Well it didn't exactly dawn on me, I knew it anyway, but just for a few minutes I soaked it all in and looked on with relish at the autumn chestnut trees doing their autumn chestnutty tree thing, and what with Bobbie Gentry playing in the background it was all a bit perfect really.
I will hopefully be far too busy selling all things gruesome to sit and stare at autumn leaves, but I will if I get the chance, I mean who could resist?


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Well spring is here, I guess; but it's still soup weather, that's for sure.
This one uses our own dried tomatoes with someone else's nice fat parsnips (I think we have some, but we would have to squelch through quite the swamp to look for them). Onion, garlic and chile flavours take the parsnips in a direction they don't often go in - at least not around here - but it all works very well. As ever, be prepared to adjust the seasoning quantities to your own taste, and to allow for the fact that different chile sauces can be... quite different.
If you can't get dried tomatoes, use some canned crushed tomatoes instead. It will increase the final amount of soup slightly, but not exactly a problem.
4 servings
1 hour - 30 minutes prep time
500 grams (1 pound; 4 large) parsnips
1 large onion
4 to 6 cloves of garlic
1 tablespon mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cumin seed, ground
1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian Paprika
1 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted chicken stock)
4 cups (1 litre; 1 quart) chicken stock
1/2 cup dried tomatoes
OR 2 cups crushed tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon chile-garlic sauce
Peel the parsnips and cut them into 1/4" or so slices. Peel and chop the onion. Peel, trim, and slice the garlic.
Heat the oil in a large skillet along with about 1/2 cup of water. Add the parsnip slices and cook, turning regularly, until the water has evaporated and the parsnips are beginning to brown. Add the chopped onion, and continue cooking and stirring until the onion has softened and is slightly browned as well. Mix in the garlic slices, the ground cumin seeds, and the paprika, and cook for another minute or so, until the garlic too has softened, and the spices are well blended in.
At this point, you can add the chicken stock and tomatoes to the skillet if it is large enough, or transfer the vegetables to a large soup pot with the chicken stock and tomatoes if it isn't. Bring the mixture to a simmer and simmer until the tomatoes are tender, or about 30 minutes. Test the broth and add the salt if it is needed. Stir occasionally.
Purée the soup in a blender, and season with the sugar, pepper, and chile garlic sauce; adjust any other seasonings as seems necessary. Reheat the soup to serve.
Last year at this time I made Lentils with Rhubarb - things were definitely a little further along! - and Arugula Pesto.
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Spicy Parsnip & Tomato Soup
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Over the last two weeks, a number of significant arrests have been made of those involved in the wind-power industry. The most high profile of these was the arrest of Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC Energy Company and president of Italy's National Association of Wind Energy. The charge is fraud. Vito Nicastri, a Sicilian business associate of Vigorito, was arrested in Alcamo, Sicily. Two other men were arrested in Sicily and the Naples area, while 11 others were charged but not arrested.
The wind power industry is heavily subsidized. In the charge, it is alleged that the government subsidies were used to build wind farms that were not able to operate, with the owners pocketing large amounts of public funds while not returning any services to the public for these funds.
In the financial year 2007-08, UK electricity customers were forced to pay a total of over $1 billion to the owners of wind turbines. That figure is due to rise to over $6 billion a year by 2020 given the UK government's unprecedented plan to build a nationwide infrastructure with some 25 gigawatts of wind capacity, in a bid to shift away from fossil fuel use. Capacity is not the same as use. According to U.K. government statistics, the average load factor for wind turbines across the U.K. was 27.4%. Thus a typical two-megawatt turbine actually produced only 0.54 MW of power on an average day. The worst-performing U.K. turbine had a load factor of just 7%. These figures reflect a poor return on investment. This poor return is often obscured by the subsidy system that allows turbine operators and supporters to claim they can make a profit, even when turbines operate at very low load factors. They only profit from subsidy and a legal requirement for energy providers to use renewable energy.
Roger Helmer, the European MP who is skeptical about wind-farms, recently noted that all wind farms require back-up systems to provide energy when wind is low or power from the wind farms is intermittent. The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) suggests that some 75% of capacity needs to be backed up by coal or gas fired power systems. Generating industry players like E-ON say over 90%, while a recent UK House of Lords Report suggests that some 100% back-up will be required, effectively cloning the capacity. The back-up generation capacity will run intermittently, variably and sub-optimally to compensate for wind variation — and therefore run inefficiently, with higher costs and emissions than necessary.
Subsidy levels vary by jurisdiction. In the US, the Production Tax Credit (PTC), recently extended for another year, is a 1.8-cent tax credit per kilowatt hour for the first ten years of the wind turbine's life. Average electricity rates fall between 7 and 11 cents per kilowatt hour, so the credit amounts to a subsidy of between 16 to 25%. This is not the only subsidy that wind energy industry gets. Several US states offer tax breaks on operating revenue, and allow write-offs for capital investment. State laws that require a certain percentage of electricity to be produced by renewables guarantee that there will be a market, no matter what the cost. In the UK, subsidy levels are now at wind involves a total subsidy of as much as £60 per MWh, the entire burden of which falls directly on electricity consumers, whether they want renewables or not.
The two motives for encouraging wind-power are CO2 reduction and job creation. On the CO2 front, things do not look good. For example, Denmark, with the highest intensity of wind generation in Europe, has amongst the highest per capita emissions in Europe. The German experience is no different. Der Spiegel reports that "Germany's CO2 emissions haven't been reduced by even a single gram,"
In Spain, a report by a highly respected economics unit found the nation's push for huge expansion of alternate energy sources had no positive impact on job creation and instead appeared to have caused job losses by diverting resources in ways that hurt the overall economy. The jobs that were created required enormous subsidies – ranging from $752,000 to $1.4 million per position created – and often were only temporary. In Oregon, an investigation published in The Oregonian newspaper shows that a tax-credit program meant to spur the construction of solar and wind power plants in the state cost 40 times more than the administration told legislators it would. Lax oversight meant many dubious projects were given millions of dollars. Job gains were few.
So why is wind power so important? It is a sign that politicians can use to suggest that they are responding to the perceived threat of climate change. Fraud, subsidy, lack of impact and high costs together with the myth of job creation will not stop politicians committing to more wind-farms, with Alberta leading Canada's rush to look responsive. It is a shame that no one is looking critically at what this rent-seeking and grant-farming industry is really all about. Perhaps the Italian courts will help us see the reality of this industry.


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text: Farming or the act of growing crops for food, must be one of the oldest professions there is. Mechanical technology sure has taken the chore to new dimensions over the years…from loose stacked hay cut with a sickle scythe and a wagon to today's round and square bales that can weigh as much as 1800 lbs each with the help of tractors and balers. As a hay grower, I'm quite happy to see history evolve to make the work easier!


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Fronted by the world's greatest racing driver, Michael Schumacher, this exciting new game offers an incredible adrenalin rush, with the ultimate driver in the ultimate driving game. Having won the rights to global distribution of this unique partnership title, JoWooD is confident it will be a hit with racing fans everywhere.
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Split screen mode for 2 player mode
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Drivers of all abilities will find an exciting challenge. Choose from Training, Time Challenge, Career and Competiton modes.
Eight tracks in exotic locations around the world offering the chance to race both indoors and outdoors
Michael Schumacher World Kart Racing 2002 is out on the 30th August 2002. SRP £19.99


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It is the art form of sculpture made from wood that can be danced to rhythm Gondang.
According to history, several centuries ago, the only child of the King of Rahat who ruled Uluan fall ill. I've tried everything but her son does not tertolong. King mengakibakan this very sad and sorrow. To avoid the heavy, the King ordered the engraver and sculptor who called from all over to make a statue of wood as the embodiment of her son called Sigale-Gale.
To complement the statue and make it look alive and dancing, made braided rope that can be members of the body. And gale-siGale can dance to the rhythm Gondang reassure his father. Currently, dance attractions Sigale-gale still be entertainment, tours in several locations in Samosir.
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"PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: All those e-mails -- people have never seen what academic discussion looks like. There's not a single smoking gun in there. There's nothing in there. And the travesty is that people are not able to explain why the fact that 1998 was a very warm year doesn't actually mean that global warming has stopped. I mean, that's loose wording. Right? Everything is about -- we're really in the same situation as if there was one extremely warm day in April. And then people are saying, well, you see, May is cooler than April, there's no trend here. And that's what -- the travesty is how hard it has been to explain why that's bad reasoning."
I have seen academic discussions, I have participated in academic discussions, even with emails. At least at MIT, in the engineering department ,it is the facts and the logic that trumps all. You can present a theory but you better be able to back it up with facts. Macro economists have perpetually swung equations around with little prognostic effect. In fact I have seen better witch doctors. Just look at how they fight over competing theories none of which seem to work.
Even more so look at Harvard under the Summer reign, as described in today's Boston Globe. They state:
"Through the first half of this decade, Meyer repeatedly warned Summers and other Harvard officials that the school was being too aggressive with billions of dollars in cash, according to people present for the discussions, investing almost all of it with the endowment's risky mix of stocks, bonds, hedge funds, and private equity. Meyer's successor, Mohamed El-Erian, would later sound the same warnings to Summers, and to Harvard financial staff and board members....
In the Summers years, from 2001 to 2006, nothing was on auto-pilot. He was the unquestioned commander, a dominating personality with the talent to move a balkanized institution like Harvard, but also a man unafflicted, former colleagues say, with self-doubt in matters of finance."
This is the same team which is guiding us through the calamity we are in now. If I ever tried to hire any one of these characters as a CFO in a start up, the Board would fire me on the spot. When your own money depends on the decisions you make, you find people with a proven track record.
Now back to the Brits in that school somewhere in the hinter lands of the British Isles, East Anglia. Well its not Oxford or Cambridge, so what could one expect? The emails boil with petty anger and incessant ranting of their intents to control the facts, hide and or destroy anything which contradicts their theory, and they work as if driven by some religious belief. And for this they want another 20% of our economy to dry up! What right do they have, what stupidity does the scientific community have to allow this to occur. Yet it is the same scientific community supported by Government contracts, the community whose research is supported if and only if they tow the line.
One should look towards Karl Popper and his theory of science and his principle of falsifiability. The discussion of Karl Popper on the Stanford Philosophy web site, a useful summary, states this theory as follows:
"These factors combined to make Popper take falsifiability as his criterion for demarcating science from non-science: if a theory is incompatible with possible empirical observations it is scientific; conversely, a theory which is compatible with all such observations, either because, as in the case of Marxism, it has been modified solely to accommodate such observations, or because, as in the case of psychoanalytic theories, it is consistent with all possible observations, is unscientific."
One can thus simply state that, based upon what we know of these characters at East Anglia, that they have just allegedly been falsified by the Popper approach and the theory should be thrown out the window with last night's bed pot and its contents! Yet we have the apologist Krugman, for reasons that go well beyond any human reason justifying their actions. One truly wonders why this is done, yet as a macro economist one would suspect that reason and reality were never truly in reach.


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Two New Zelda Games 3DS Bound?
As the 25th anniversary year for the Legend of Zelda, 2011 is turning into quite the year for fans of Link and his forever unlucky princess. We have already seen Ocarina of Time 3D become the best game available on the handheld, and Skyward Sword is picking up fantastic reviews amid much hyperbole proclaiming it to be possibly the greatest game in the series so far. With that in mind, owners of the 3DS might be in for not one, but two more Zelda titles in the coming few years.
The series current producer, Eiji Aonuma, has told the Portugese site MyGames and translated by Nintendo Everything, "We are already preparing a new game, a game in the series for the Nintendo 3DS, but don't think that it is a direct sequel to the Zelda titles released on DS, we are talking about a new game, but it takes much of what has been done on previous consoles." Given that the gestation period for a console quality Zelda experience is likely to be up around the eighteen month to two-year mark, we may not be seeing much of this new title for a while however, but an early E3 or Tokyo Game Show reveal next year could be a big event.
That isn't all though, because all this talk of Zelda led Aonuma to also comment on the possibility of a remake of fan favourite, Majora's Mask. "It's something I'm asked about often and I assure you that it is something I've spoken to Miyamoto about. But recently we released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D as a remake. We are considering the idea, but it didn't seem right to launch a remake one after another, so the next Zelda game on 3DS will be original." This comment certainly sounds like a remake is planned after the all-new Zelda titles are released. My prediction? New Zelda 3DS for Nintendo's big summer 2013 release with Majora's Mask 3DS following on within 6-12 months. All we need now is a new F-Zero and Metroid Prime game for the handheld and its future popularity, at least in my corner of England, is confirmed.
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I have been on vacation from blogging in the past two months. I've been enjoying the hot weather and spending time with my family. Of course I've also been enjoying the new collections that came out during summer and I am so looking forward to the new fall collections, specially the Dior Fall collection. Have you seen it? It is all about blue! I can't wait to get my hands on those eye shadows and the blue nail polish. Anyway, today I am back with a big haul. These are the items I collected in the past two months. I hope you enjoy.
I picked up these two Jumbo Liners from Sephora. They are very comparable to the Urban Decay ones. They are very creamy, very pigmented and the best part is they are very water proof.
I also got this Smashbox blush/highlighter duo. A really nice product, specially the blush, it's such an universal color. It reminds me a lot of NARS Madly.
I went to MAC to check out the new Semi Precious Collection. I have to admit that the quality of the items were really good, but I honestly have many dupes for the majority of the shadows and blushes. I just picked up Golden Gaze eye shadow and only because I missed out on Gilt by Association from the Style Black Collection and they are very similar.
Swatches from L-R: MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Golden Gaze, Sephora Jumbo Liner in #5 Beige and #9 Kaki, Smashbox Blush/Soflights Duo in Under/Cover
I am still on the fence about this palette. It is the Bobbi Brown Bronze Palette. I really wanted to love it but it's just not working for me. The shades look wonderfull in the pan, but when I apply them on my lids, they are not as metallic and shimmery as I imagined. My total disappointment is the gold shadow in the upper right corner. I loooove gold shadows with glitter but this one leaves glitter all over my fave. For $60 I expected this palette to be luxurious but it is far from that in my opinion.
I picked up several Chanel products. This is my first Rouge Allure Laque and so far I am very impressed with it. I love how long wearing it is without being drying at all. I also love how bright this fuchsia pink is, but if you rub it in your lips very well it can be subtle, almost like a stain. LOVE IT!
I also picked up two Chanel Illusion D'ombre from the new fall collection. I am <3ing these!!! The formula is brilliant. The texture feels like gel and mouse at the same time. The pigmentation in phenomenal, the finish is very metallic and they stay on all day, no primer needed. I just wish they had a bigger color selection. These are a dream!
I am so glad the next product actually works for me because I started to loose my faith on Bobbi Brown products. I've tried her concealer, glosses, foundations and they didn't work for me either. I just think her line in general never worked for me. Does anybody else have the same problem? Is it just me? I am glad at last I found a product from her line that I actually love.
Swatches from L-R: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in #78 Phoenix, Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in Cabo Coral, Chanel Illusion D'ombre in #83 Illusoire and #84 Epatant.
And last but not least, I purchased a YSL Pure Chromatics Palette in #19. If couldn't tell already, I am in a shimmer kick and I can't have enough of it. They are just so fun and pretty. This palette is great. I will add swatches of these shadows soon. You can wear them wet or dry and they are gorgeous.
That is all for now. I will see you very soon.


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Biotech for non-biotech investors
Charts have nuthin' on me, baby
Tea-leaf-readers appear to be more concentrated at the 'Ville than the audiences that normally read our work. Since I have some familiarity with charting from the predecessor site to Biotech Monthly, I thought I'd take a quick detour and write about charts and biotech companies. This is a complicated subject with many, many facets, so my goal is not to give you hard and fast guidelines. Rather, my goal is to give you something to ponder the next time a chart scan leads you to press the buy/short button on a biotech stock.
About charting
Before I communicate my views on biotech and charting, I have to digress a little...
When I lecture to university undergrads and MBA students about technical analysis, the simple definition I provide to them is that charting is a mathematical representation of the relationship between volume, price, and time. While technically correct, that doesn't really get them anywhere and they retain that sleepy-eyed look inherent to over-worked college students. When I tell them it is a mathematical representation of investor psychology and a mathematical representation of insider information, then they get that bright-eyed look. I know I've got them hooked.
I would argue that Regulation FD has decreased the predictive power of technical analysis because it has reduced the number of people who get information ahead of the broader market. Where before an analyst, for example, could get a jump for his/her clients by being a favorite of the CFO or IR director, now that jump is more likely to require hard work and keen insight. The sad fact is fewer analysts posses the insight gene than the ingratiating gene. Without easy access to inside knowledge, under-the-radar buying in a stock is less likely to reach the critical mass necessary to provide chartists advance notice of a move.
Biotech remains one of the few (only?) areas in the market where Reg. FD is still broadly ignored. While nearly all companies hold to it religiously, their inseparable associates in the scientific community remain either ignorant of it or flat-out flaunt their ability to break the spirit of the rule. Hence, technical analysis of biotechnology stocks can actually provide more of a traditional technical picture than one generally sees elsewhere in the market.
The Minx is dandy at confounding people, and she's busy in biotech. Charting is about playing the odds. A good chartist is right about 60-65% of the time, but makes more money than those percentages suggest because he or she limits losses and lets winners run. It's all about stops - stop losses and trailing stops.
In biotech, you can get these beautifully predictive chart patterns. The patterns tend to become very clear just before monster bursts in the stock. To a die-hard chartist, these charts patterns are about the most beautiful thing going, with apologies to our own Miss Daisy.
The rhythm is gonna get you
I've already outlined how biotech investing is all about rhythm. The sector is extraordinarily news driven and that news shocks far more often than it delights. When either happens, the break in the stock is so violent that it runs through any reasonable, chart-based stops. That's fine if you read the chart in the right direction, but a monster (50% is not uncommon) move the wrong way can wipe out months of the typically incremental successes a daytrading or swing-trading chartist usually operates with.
Let's look at two charts:
This chart is for Discovery Labs (DSCO:NASD) up to November 21, 2003.
In the top window, you can see a decisive break of a support trend line. In the center window, you can see the break came on super high volume (2.66 million shares). In the lower window, you see two representations of money flow, both showing negative. This wasn't a perfect short setup since the stock closed in the upper half of the range on the 21st, but it wasn't bad.
What you didn't know on 11/21, unless you were very familiar with this stock, is the company was due to release news on a pivotal Phase III trial. On November 22nd, the stock opened at $6.19, got as low as $5.82, and closed at $6.78 on 1.2M volume. On 11/23, the first trading day after the news announcement, the stock opened at $8.46 (+25% overnight jump) and closed at $8.09, never trading lower than $7.76 on 9.9M shares
In retrospect, I can respect an argument stating the short would have been covered for an incremental loss intraday on the 21st or on the 22nd when the stock broke back above the trend line. What I want you to take from this, however, is a reasonable-looking short candidate went all kinds of wrong because the position was taken too close to a news event.
Chart number two is for Forbes Medi-Tech (FMTI:NASD):
Here we have a chart where the stock is rising on rising volume. The fast stochastics (daily 5,5,3 - not pictured) are slightly oversold and the money flow (bottom window) is green and gaining. This is a nice looking chart, captured here at Friday, April 2, 2004. Unless you closely followed the company, you probably would not be aware of an impending release of important Phase II trial data.
April 5th brought considerable nastiness, a decline of 79 cents on 5M shares to $7.06. News on the trial was released after hours on the 5th. The next day, the stock opened at $3.36 and closed at $3.33, never going above $3.56. This was a 53% decline on 7.1M shares.
Again, I could be persuaded by the fact the reversal day on Monday would have gotten you out of this stock. If you decided to hang around based on the good pattern from Friday, you were immolated on Tuesday.
At the least, these two charts should demonstrate the need to have a particularly short leash on short-term biotech trades based on technical analysis. They should also illustrate the explosive moves these stocks are capable of when positive or negative news is released. If you are going to trade biotechs based on chart patterns, take some extra time to understand if the chart pattern you see is in reaction to past news or imminent release of new news.
One obvious solution to the hazards of entering just before news is released is to play the post-news breakouts. But a breakout play in biotech is FAR different than a breakout play in any other stock. For example, good clinical trial news from a biotech company might cause a breakout. The next news for that company, however, might be in two years when the next clinical trial results are known. What will sustain that breakout in the meantime? Contrast that to a technology company that has a breakout because they beat Street EPS earnings. The next news for that tech company is in three months at the next quarterly earnings report.
You might argue this is a function of time horizon, but short-term traders of biotech breakouts need to realize longer-term biotech investors are well aware of biotech's rhythms. Some news is so broadly anticipated that it is faded mercilessly as big fundamental players cash in on their good fortune. Selling the news certainly happens in other sectors, but other sectors rarely have their news gestation periods measured in years.
What about rewarding good news?
Ah, yes. Rule #4. Those paying close attention probably just went "yeahbut... didn't you say successful biotech investing was all about buying rallies?
Thanks for the question, and yes I did. Look at any biotech chart over a period of years and they look a lot like stairs. When good information is released, the stock will step up to new levels. During that step-up period, the best value is often not immediately after the news is released (at the breakout). There is almost always a pullback. Those pullbacks are the place to add on the rally - or at least do the majority of any additions. Gauging the depth and duration of that pullback is, in fact, one of the best uses of charting for biotech investing.
There are as many ways to profit in the biotech sector as there are in any sector. Day traders, swing traders, and fundamentalists all do well in the sector I call home. If you're new to our neighborhood, however, I hope I've shed some light on the important differences you'll encounter. Now you know and, like GI Joe says, "knowing is half the battle."
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
White male speaks out about bias
The problematic topic is gender bias in the theatre. Yesterday I attended a breakout session on this topic at the Theatre Bay Area annual conference. The very engaging moderator, Valerie Weak, is an actor who has started keeping track of who has a penis and who has a vagina in various productions, from the author to all the production staff to the actors on stage. She does this tracking on her blog here, and while the stats don't paint a picture of complete insanity, it shines a light on some odd things that are going on. In general, women have less opportunity to take part in theatre than men, and that seems to apply at all levels, and it gets worse with the larger, more influential professional theatres in the country.
Most anybody would say that fits somewhere on the scale of wrong/bad/illogical/stupid/frustrating/crazy. Women are a heck-of-a-lot more likely to like, think about going to, and actually buy a ticket to see live theatre. So it makes sense that plays should be a heck-of-a-lot more likely to be written, directed and acted by women, right? That just makes business sense. And women are half the people in the world, right? So at least half the stories told on the stage ought to be written, directed and acted by women, right? That just makes every kind of sense.
What gets interesting is picking at that easily-cheered-for crust to see if there's some juicy bits of fruit underneath. For example, examine the question, "Why do women go to live theatre?" Do they go to see something that would be defined as "a woman's story?" (Some attendees in this breakout session seemed to have a clear idea of what this means but I don't.) Or do they go to see a human story? Or do they, like the two women next to me at a recent production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, go to the theatre to say oooh and aaaah at the bare chest of a particularly hot version of Brick. Broad classifications of people and their desires, motivations and natures, based on their ethnicity, sexual preference, age, or gender, always make me nervous. That's what happens when you're an old, white, hetero male that watches Glee. Pigeonholing feels uncomfortable.
Another juicy hunk of fruit there: one of the attendees in the session made a statement to the effect of "I have nothing against male writers - I love Tennessee Williams as much as the next person." This was said without irony, as far as I could detect. And yet Williams wrote some of the most compelling female roles in the American theatrical canon. In selecting plays, would a theatre be doing a disservice to women to choose a Williams play versus a play written by a woman? Granted, most of his plays have more male characters than female characters, but is that simple math the best calculation of value?
The same conference attendee spoke up on speaking out to theatre companies when they survey patrons for what they want to see. "Don't do Red!" she suggested as a survey response. "Don't do Art!" I'm keeping in mind that people don't always say what they mean in spontaneous conversations, but did she really think there's no place for a play like Red only because it's written by a man and has two male roles? Did she really believe Art should not be produced because it has three male roles, even though it is the kind of play about relationships that women allegedly come to the theatre to see? And would she want to diminish the achievement of the woman who wrote it?
Bottom line: I read and see plays because I want to feel something. I want to mainline a bit of distilled human condition. I want the joys and failures and pathos and agony and perfections of life to be played out for me with the kind of truth that's missing in "real life." I don't care if the play is written, directed and acted by women, men, women who identify as men, men who identify as women, hermaphrodites, trained fleas, or Catholics. I just want to feel something. If, along the way, I laugh, learn something, am compelled to raise my eyebrow or flare my nostrils in disgust, all the better. But at no point, whether the play moves me or not, will I be thinking about which people in the production chain have a penis and which have a vagina.
4 comments:
- Valerie Weak said...
Barry - thanks so much for attending the panel on Monday and for your comments here!
- May 17, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Valerie Weak said...
I'm sorry though that you don't want to think about who has a penis and who has a vagina and is working on the plays you go and see.
I want all the 'joys and failures and pathos and agony' that you're looking for at the theater. But, I also want to see different perspectives and different versions of those things. I feel that if I were to stop paying attention to the male/female representation in theater and sharing that with others, the homogeny would continue and I don't want that.
I am afraid that as a culture, by allowing certain voices to be louder than others, to get more attention than others, we are, as a culture, missing something.
And I don't want that to happen.
- May 17, 2012 at 5:01 PM
- Barry Martin said...
Valerie, I didn't say I "don't want to think about" gender. What I said, perhaps poorly, is I want to be moved by theatre and I don't care who makes that happen - meaning, bring me new viewpoints, other ways of thinking, that make up the human experience. That doesn't equate with not caring about fairness of opportunity.
I did not intend to minimize your effort to shine a light on disparity. What you're doing is eye-opening, and I'm glad you're leading the conversation.
It's also worthwhile to hear the back stories (such as with the Aurora.)In the small company I co-founded, we have been trying to get the rights to an Annie Baker piece for two years. She is our #1 must-do playwright. Sometimes you don't end up producing your first choice.
And BTW, our track record is good on most of your scales. We've done six productions in our history - 3 were co-directed male/female, 2 directed by a male, 1 by a female. The acting split is 14 males, 12 females.
- May 18, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- Valerie Weak said...
Barry - thanks for the clarification on your post. As you and your company move forward, please share the stats on your productions with the Counting Actors project.
- May 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM


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Monday, August 3, 2009
Room Remodel - Painting...oh my!
We have begun! We are completely redoing my 16 year old son's bedroom thanks to Walmart. Today is painting! (No..my son hasn't been sleeping on the floor without any bedding. LOL) We already carted out the the bunk beds that were previously in there. He did share a room with my step son. We have moved Drew down to the basement. {He chose it and is calling it his "man cave"}
We have already planned out the room on paper. We have purchased most of what we are going to use in the bedroom. I have a couple of things on order that Walmart does not have in the stores.
Now for the paint. My sister is an artist. She has such an eye for what looks right. So I consulted with her. We have decided to go with a very dark gray on 2 of the walls. I know it sounds really strange...but you will just have to follow along over the next couple of weeks to see how it is going to look.
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- ScrappinMichele said...
I can't wait to see what that looks like when it's done. Sounds very interesting.
- August 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM
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Thursday, 8 October 2009
Custard Apple
Actually, a cherimoya. Definitely and absolutely and undoubtedly the most delicious fruit I've ever eaten. Bought at the Salt River veggie market.
6 comments:
- Karen said...
Chirimoya is probably one of the fruits I enjoy most during summer! Maybe you would like to try our local version Chirimoya Alegre (Happy Cherimoya), that basically consists of adding orange juice to sliced chirimoya as a dessert. We even have a very popular popsicle combining these two flavours :)
I loved the ladies print!
- 6:06 pm
- L'Atelier said...
hmm i never tried it- been always admiring it and wondering
how do you eat it?
- 7:59 pm
- Anabel Fournier said...
In Costa Rica we call it "Anona"... don't knw where the name comes from.
It is absolutely delicious. Love the Chirimoya mousse.
- 8:40 pm
- Cate said...
So delicious! I used to get them in India. They were rounder, and more lobed, but very similar. The seeds are pretty, too. I haven't found them here (Mid-Atlantic, USA.)
- 9:02 pm
- Freshly Found said...
What an interesting day! Making the bed in my house also comes very low down on my priority list.
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- Sangeetha Narender said...
Hmm the ones we get here in India seem to be lil different. Here we have lots of seeds but they would be absolutely delicious..
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Our friend Portia is back with another problem for us. This time she puts her picture into one of three caskets and places the following inscriptions on them:
Gold casket: The portrait is in here.
Silver casket: The portrait is in here.
Lead casket: At least two of the caskets have a false inscription.
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5:30am - A teething D equals a not-sleeping-well D. He started getting some teeth around Christmas, first came 2 on the bottom center, and then 1 on the top left center. Just 3 teeth for awhile, but the other top center tooth has slowly made its way in. We know when he starts waking up in the middle of the night that another tooth is coming.
8:00am - His "normal" awake time is anywhere from 6:30 - 8am. D is now sharing a room with the two big boys, so that sometimes means awake time is earlier than his mama would like. We get him dressed and feed a bottle (one of 3 for the day), and then breakfast, usually applesauce + cereal or plain yogurt. D is wearing 12 month clothes, so pretty much right on schedule for sizes. At his last check-up, he was about 70th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for length.
As soon as D came to us, he started twice weekly visits with his bio mom and two sisters. A couple of months into it, they changed it to one visit with all 3 kids and one visit with just D (to help with the bonding). And then, a few months later, they dropped the Friday visit and kept the Monday morning visit with all 3 kids. It was quite the process: bio mom confirms the night before, case worker lets me know, case worker shows up at our house at 8:30am and we wait for the bio mom to show up at the DCS office. If she's not there by 9am, the visit is cancelled. If she does arrive (which happened only about 1/3 of the time), then the case worker takes D, picks up the sisters from their foster home, drives an hour to the visit, and D arrives back to us around noon. But just 3 weeks ago, visits were cancelled for good until the next court date. It's made Monday mornings so much less stressful!
10am - This is morning nap time. We still get a solid 2 naps from D and I hope to keep that up as long as possible. When he first came to us, D was not as interested in Bryce, a little unsure, but slowly he has warmed up (much slower to bond with "daddy" than the other two boys). We assume he had very little, if any, contact with men in the first 2.5 months of his life, so that may have something to do with it. But they are best buds now! And he's always excited to see the boys, and now his sisters. His face just lights up and scrunches into a smile--it's adorable.
We were finally able to trim his hair, after waiting weeks for permission from the bio mom. It was crazy-long and curly! With so many tangles and food plastered in it and people asked quite often if he was a girl. (Frustrations of the system--we are trusted to keep him alive and healthy but cannot make the decision to cut hair. As trying as it is, I try to see it with much mercy, since it is one thing the bio mom can have control over for her children.)
11:30am - Lunch time! D was a bit of a difficult eater at first. He had pretty strong affinities (no way to peas or banana!) and tended to choke/gag when it was something he didn't like or if it was too cold, etc. But we've come a long way! He ate homemade purees for many months (loved sweet potato, green beans, broccoli, tomatoes, peaches, applesauce, etc.) and now we're transitioning into more options and textures. These days I usually just blend whatever we're eating or cut up tiny little pieces and he's doing pretty well. He likes to clap at the table when we say "Yay!" and makes lots of noise to be heard over the racket of his siblings--he can be loud! D will grin and point his finger across the table at Bryce, wanting to touch fingers with him. It was a happy day when D started to pick up Puffs and feed himself--that way I could get him started on some food and not hear his yelling for more.
1:30pm - Afternoon nap time: turn on the sound machine, kisses, lay him down with a blanket and little animal friend, and then walk out the door. He usually fusses for a little bit when I first lay him down but calms down quickly; he is a good napper for the most part (barring sickness or teething). Speaking of sickness, we had the worst run of sicknesses from October to January, me and the boys. It started with really bad colds, a diarrhea sickness, and then Hand Foot & Mouth disease right after Thanksgiving. That last one was pretty rough and lasted a couple of weeks (JD's fingernails are still growing back in!). Around Christmas, we got a flu of some sort--cold symptoms and fevers, which morphed into ear infections/bronchitis for the younger two and a steroid inhaler for JD. Bryce got the Christmas cold really bad and still has a hole in his eardrum! It was a long couple of months but the warmer weather has arrived and, praise the Lord, we've all been pretty well for a while now.
3pm - D is awake and ready to play. He usually just makes his way around the living room, library, kitchen and dining room, playing as he goes, following the kids, saying hi to me in the kitchen. For a while we had a doorway jumper hanging in the library and he loved that, as well as the exersaucer. D first started pulling up on the step stool in the kitchen. For a week or two it was his favorite thing to do. Now he is cruising everywhere--so strong! Sitting on his haunches and bouncing. Going from laying on his belly to sitting and playing with toys. It's fun to see his motor skills progress! He still army crawls around for the most part since it's the fastest, but he is able to do a regular crawl, especially when he's pushing a toy car around. D likes to laugh and be loud and is starting to make a lot more sounds. There is definitely more inflection in his voice and he seems to "talk" but there are no real words yet beyond "dadada" and "mamama" and copying a "hi!" sound.
5pm - It's dinner time. When he's hungry, D usually crawls to find me and complain and pull up on me using my pants. Or he'll crawl down into the dining room to find the kids at the table. He goes down the step face-first: catches himself at the bottom with his hands and then slides down on his belly. It's pretty funny to watch people's reactions when they think he's going to fall but just slides down instead. He's the third child (and now the fifth!)...they pretty quickly figure out how to get to where they want to go on their own.
7pm - We still keep a pretty consistent 7pm bedtime for all of the kids, so after dinner it's clean-up time and sometimes baths (usually twice a week--if I can keep up with that, then I feel like we're winning). Then we read books and sing songs. One more bottle for D and change into a diaper one size bigger so that he can last through the night. And then prayers and tuck him in.
He's our littlest man and such an integral part of the family. We love his squishy-ness, the big toothy grins, and his happy & content self. We love you, Big D!


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The Surface Stereo Imager onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander observed clouds drifting across the horizon in the early morning on the 119th sol, or Martian day, since landing (September 25, 2008). Clouds were observed each night after Sol 80 (August 15, 2008) as the atmospheric temperature decreased.
But then again I have said there were clouds on Mars for many years after I came across this image. I had so many people calling me a fool that I took the post down and left it in draft status for years.


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Monday, 1 December 2014
Make My Monday - Use Sprays and Mists
8 comments:
Your bauble is beautiful hanging from the pine! It's hard to capture shine on these cards! My cards are sitting out on the table and I've started to match them up to my list. Slow going.ReplyDelete
Elegant and oh, so pretty!! Love the bauble!!!ReplyDelete
A lovely card Sue and a clever idea to use a misted panel behind the bauble too.ReplyDelete
Glad to hear you new fur babies are settling in.
Fliss xx
A beautiful card Sue, beautiful fur babies too - they are going to have fun with the baubles this Christmas! - Jacqueline xxReplyDelete
I think this is a lovely way to try something you don't usually use , like mists,by putting it behind the bauble shape - it looks great!ReplyDelete
Fortunately, we all have massive imaginations so we can imagine all the beautiful shimmer and sparkle which is impossible to photograph! I think this is really beautiful, Sue!ReplyDelete
I recently succumbed to the pull of the Brushos and have a box of them waiting unopened until after the holidays so I can have a play. The results, like for your bauble, just delight the heck out of me and I can't wait!! Hugs, Darnell
A beautiful card Sue. Love the gold accents!ReplyDelete
I love this shiny ornament hanging from the pine branch. The gold is so pretty and the twine is perfect with it.ReplyDelete
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So, when we last left off, we were all crammed into a car, with four kids under the age of 7 and 3 very tired adults. The Jedi had pooped his pants, and we had been driving for about 4 hours from Kansas City, Missouri to Greenville Illinois.
At this point, the kids (well, my kids anyway) had pretty much settled down in the back, and were doing pretty well. But The Roomie's poor sister was in the middle seat with her 2 year old and her 2 week old, trying as hard as she could to maintain her sanity and keep her kids entertained. She sang them songs, we listened to the radio, and she let all the kids play Angry Birds on her phone. What a saint. I don't think I've ever had 1/4 of the patience she showed on that long long drive.
Finally, at 10:30 that night, we rolled into Greenville and relief filled the van-or at least the hearts of every adult in that van. We were finally there. But, the first day of our trip was gone, and we'd spent it primarily in the car.
We came in, got hugs all around, introduced everyone to my very tired, very shy children, and put all the babies to bed. It had been a long day.
By the next morning when we woke up, The Jedi was being exceptionally crabby, cranky and difficult. Then, he peed his pants. Having accidents is pretty unusual for The Jedi, who has been potty trained for the last year, and at this point, with two accidents under his belt and a very bad attitude, I was getting concerned. When nap time rolled around, he asked to be put down for a nap. Now I know something is wrong. But what? He looked ok....maybe just tired? Maybe just the change of his environment? Maybe....but maybe not.
3 hours later, when he woke up from his nap, he woke up screaming. I mean, balling, screaming, crying his head off, and he had to pee. I took him to the bathroom, and realized his armpits were blazing hot. When he sat down on the potty and started going, he cried and said it hurt. Thats when I noticed how weird his pee smelled. He had a UTI, I just knew it. To be sure, I called Anne Marie, our naturopathic doctor and my preceptor, and she confirmed my suspicion. Lot's of Vitamin C, lots of water, bathroom breaks every half hour, cranberry juice, and baking soda mixed into his water or some ice cream to neutralize the acid in his urine. With any luck, we could get through this without antibiotics.
The next three days, from Friday to Sunday night were filled with a lot of sitting around with a sick, cranky and hurting baby, watching Harry Potter movies, reading, sleeping and keeping him hydrated. You'd think it'd be easy. Just drink this EmergenC all day, which he loves. Eat this ice cream with a tiny dash of baking soda in it. Nope! Any food or drink that you tell a child to eat or drink, even if it's their absolute favorite, you will be met with nothing but stubborn obstinance.
We couldn't go anywhere, and we couldn't do much with him because any physical activity would spike his fever up to 102 or higher, and he had to have constant access to a bathroom within 30 seconds of realizing he had to go. That pretty much rules out the fair in St. Louis, the zoo, hiking, nature walking, lake trips and anything else we had planned. For three days.
Finally by Monday he had turned the corner, and we were able to take him out for the 4th of July celebrations on the park nearby with the rest of The Roomie's family.
At the time, I wasn't much looking forward to going, to be honest. I am not crazy about 4th of July, and I think part of that is because it's my dad's favorite holiday, and he's always forced me to make a huge deal out of it, whether I wanted to or not, and if it didn't go the way he wanted it to, there was emotional hell to pay.
But, alas, there were about 10 other people who overruled me, and the kids wanted to go, so off we went. The park was something out of a movie. Some stereotypical, movie quality American 4th of July celebration. Admission was free, the park was beautiful, and we got a spot right on the edge of the lake, right across from where they shoot fireworks off the bank on the other side. The food was cheap, and delicious. About $10.00 to feed me, the kids and The Roomie. Not bad!
The kids got sparklers, and were so excited they were like horses twitching at the gate, waiting for fireworks. Finally it got dark. Everyone started cheering, and clapping, and they signaled the start of the show. We all lay down on our blanket, and there it was. Right over head, as close as I've ever been to fireworks, they started exploding in beautiful bursts of colorful light. They sparkled, and shimmered. They turned colors, from blue to green to red to gold. They made huge clouds of brilliant light, then faded into dust and smoke, leaving silhouettes of what they once were on the inky black night sky. The kids snuggled close, and I watched each explosion light up their faces. Halfway through the show, I hear Tiny sigh, and whisper, maybe only to herself "I am never going to forget this. I hope I never forget this."
And in that moment, all the flying, the driving, the pooped in pants, the peed on bedsheets, the fevers, the strange beds, the lack of privacy, all of it, was so inexplicably worth it.
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In my mind I go back and forth with how things are going
Do i keep your feelings first and continue to torture myself because I want more from what we have. I basically let us be what we are because I'm scared that if I push for more things will change 4 the worse and you will back away fron me like you did before. I don't want to force you to do anything but baby I do need some reassuring. It's tough to go forward when you are going forward alone, I get nervous thinking about confronting you with my issue. Do you really have my back or is it just a phase. Am I important to you like you say I am or am I just your favorite game to play? Are my feelings for you disposal to you, worth keeping close to your heart? Do you want me to stay off potential alone but what if potential never develops huh? What if you walk away and I stay? Does that ever cross your mind? Do I ever cross your mind? Sweetie I need to know
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By Kevin C. Tofel Mar. 26, 2012
"Over this past weekend, "The Hunger Games" set the highest opening weekend for a non-sequel, raking in an estimated $155 million at the box office. That's a ton of tickets and a chunk of them were sold online and on smartphones. Fandango, one of the first movie ticket sales sites, shared data from the weekend as "The Hunger Games" pushed its platform to new heights.
According to Fandango, its service accounted for 22 percent of all tickets for "The Hunger Games" this weekend. That tops the prior record-holder, 2011′s "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," at 19 percent of all ticket sales. Over the weekend, Fandango peaked at 17 ticket sales per second for "The Hunger Games" and on Sunday morning, the movie still accounted for 90 percent of all Fandango sales...."


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Artificial Grass Turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well.
The main reason is maintenanceâartificial turf stands up to heavy use, such as in sports, and requires no irrigation or trimming. Domed, covered, and partially covered stadiums may require artificial turf because of the difficulty of getting grass enough sunlight to stay healthy.
But artificial turf does have its downside: limited life, periodic cleaning requirements, petroleum use, toxic chemicals from infill, and heightened health and safety concerns.
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This report focuses on the Artificial Grass Turf in North America market, especially in United States, Canada and Mexico. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, countries, type and application.
Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers
Ten Cate
CoCreation Grass
Polytan GmbH
Domo Sports Grass
Mondo S.p.A.
ACT Global Sports
SIS Pitches
Beaulieu International Group
Saltex Oy
Edel Grass B.V.
Condor Grass
Victoria PLC
Garden Grass
LIMONTA SPORT S.p.A.
Market Segment by Countries, covering
United States
Market Segment by Type, covers
Tuft Grass > 10 mm Type
Tuft Grass < 10 mm Type
Needlefelt Grass Type
Market Segment by Applications, can be divided into
Contact Sports
Non-contact Sports
There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the North America Artificial Grass Turf market.
Chapter 1, to describe Artificial Grass Turf Introduction, product type and application, market overview, market analysis by countries, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the manufacturers of Artificial Grass Turf, with profile, main business, news, sales, price, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with profile, main business, news, sales, price, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;
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Chapter 5 and 6, to show the market by type and application, with sales, price, revenue, market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2012 to 2017;
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so i'm going to wrap this post around february and more specifically, valentine's day. come february and people start gearing up themselves for this particular day. gifts, flowers, chocolates, dates! although i'm not a detractor of valentine's day, i do know of cynics who regard this 45th day of the year as a complete sham and just a marketing strategy for many potential benefitting companies and merchants. is valentine's day really overrated? maybe.
but hoax or not, how can you not be affected by the festive spirit around you on this particular day? i guess you don't have to have a valentine to enjoy celebrating valentine's day, do you? it is, after all, a day that is dedicated to sharing love amongst people. it is true that sharing love should not be limited to only one pathetic day of the year, but since there is such a day in the calendar, why not fully
so while all of you are busy fussing over valentine's day, be it believers rushing to get gifts and tokens ready or non-believers snobbing their way through the "festive" mood, i'm gonna make little plans for valentine's day, my way, the way which makes me happy(while loving others, i have to love myself too right? and yeah, i do have the tendency to force things upon people sometimes. but i do make sure they are good things!).
should i tell you to get ready for my presents? or are you already rubbing your hands in excitement?


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The Tops' most memorable hits include "Baby I Need Your Loving," "It's the Same Old Song," "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" and "Bernadette" (WARNING: white people dance to "Bernadette" in this clip from John Larroquette's 1990 slapstick comedy Madhouse, but despite the gratuitous white guy dancing, it's a great scene in an otherwise dumb and forgettable movie and it shows why Larroquette has nabbed the Emmy so many times).
On the film music side, the legendary vocalist and his cohorts performed the catchy theme from Shaft in Africa, "Are You Man Enough?" (which is effectively used in Superbad).
Also, Stubbs lent his booming pipes to Audrey II, the carnivorous alien plant in the star-studded 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II killed more white people than Candyman.
The Mondo Musicals! blog notes that some critics found Audrey II to be an offensive black caricature (!). Stubbs responded to those criticisms in a 1987 interview and said, "Sure, a lot of black people have big lips, but this is a plant, for crying out loud! That attitude is stupid."
Edward Copeland is right: even though he never appeared onscreen, Stubbs stole Little Shop.


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We have fallen in love with the desert and enjoy creating our very own garden oasis! We love that in the desert you can garden all year round! Our favorites are roses, plants that have wonderful fragrance, and hummingbird attracting plants. As well and anything that's pretty and grows wonderfully!
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This is a wonderful little invention. I don't know what it is about me ordering all the small NYX products, but I don't really mind because this...this is super cute.
Here are some pics of the packaging (box it came in), the actual packaging, and some size comparison shots.
palette with Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush on top
side comparison
standing rather short next to an OPI nail polish
next to wet'n'wild's color icon palette in vanity
product net wt. comparison (nyx palette actually has more- .32 vs .25 of the wnw palette)
next to a computer mouse
in my hand
Now lets get up close and personal
quick overview: the colors in this pic are pretty accurate.
the first row is all matte
the second row has two shimmers and one matte with gold glitter
and the third row is the same as the second in textures
row one
row two
row three
surprise! a lipstick drawer...and some applicators. the lipcolors are cute, the spongie is standard, and so is the lipbrush (although the lipbrush does not compare to the power of the finger)
swatches with flash. these are mostly 1-3 layers
without flash
with l'oreal's creme shadow paint in Secretive as a base
lippie swatches. The first one is shimmery and the second is cream.
Overall this is a lovely palette. Small and definitely good for travel. The shadows are nicely pigmented, and there is also a nice sized mirror. Good value :)


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Wave of Spam Messages, Phishing Attack Expected As Epsilon Database Falls for Email Hack
Email service provider Epsilon has warned its customers of a massive email hack into its database as it detected an incident where a subset of "clients' customer data was exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system."
Hackers have successfully penetrated the database of Epsilon on March 30 that may lead to the exposure of the customers' data to possible wave of spam messages and phishing attack.
The email hack has affected customers of high-profile firms such as Barclaycard, Citigroup, Disney, JP Morgan Chase, hotel chain Marriott, bookseller AbeBooks, and sports apparel dealer Lacoste.
According to Sophos technology head for Asia Pacific, Paul Ducklin, the loss of email address to spammers would most probably result in a "surge of spam" in the customers' account.
And since these email addresses already belong to an email service provider, he went on, scammers and spammers could just easily identify what interests the customers and send them targeted spam and phishing attack in a more "believable" manner.
The email hack comes on the heels of the recent security breach into the cyber security system of Australia despite tight measures adopted by its parliament.
The security breach has compromised computers in the office of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and several other Members of the Parliament.
More previously than that, Bank of America's card security system was breached by believed hackers, where every single transaction of customers has been massively denied by the system.
The individual or group of individuals responsible for the email hack still remains unidentified. In the same manner, Epsilon remains clueless as to how its database was breached by the email hack.
InAudit notes that the hacked database contains only the e-mail addresses and names of the customers, excluding other personally identifiable information like card data and residential address.
Shortly after the breach, Disney and other affected firms have sent email notifications to all of their customers warning them of a massive data breach.
In an advisory posted on its website, Epsilon assures its customers that a "full investigation" is going on while "a rigorous assessment determined that no other personal identifiable information associated with those names was at risk."


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American atheists have been holding a "Rapture after party" in Fayetteville, North Carolina to highlight the false prophecy made by Harold Camping, an 89 year old "Christian" broadcaster, who claimed that Jesus would return yesterday, Saturday 21st May 2011, at which time all believers would be taken from the earth (raptured) to escape the coming judgement.
For anyone to make such a prophecy is foolhardy, especially someone who claims to follow Jesus. Jesus Himself said, "No-one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Of course, there are those who also scoff at the words of Jesus, but someone who accurately predicted his own death and resurrection, and even the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, needs to be taken seriously. Although Harold Camping got it wrong, the fact remains that Jesus promised to return and bring an end to wickedness and suffering in our ailing world. The question is: Will we be ready to meet Him when He comes?


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Intraday Price Action Setup | Oct. 19th
Hola Traders,
You may have noticed I've been out the last few days. That is because I did an all day video interview with fxstreet, which went really well, with the new CEO Carolina May joining us. It should be produced in 1-2 weeks and then we'll put it up as I discuss all kinds of interesting subjecting from trading, daily routine, HFT's, and more.
Today I wanted to share a trade I took on silver which was a intraday reversal/counter trend trade. More often than not, I like to trade with trend, but when I see these setups, I take them.
When you learn how to trade price action, you can spot these great setups, make a quick profit …... Keep reading


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East to West, the list mainly includes Louisville, Austin and Las Vegas.Portland and Charlotte come to mind for some sports, too.
Los Angeles football is a no-brainer. But let me guess the next chance for the others.
Atlanta: hockey won't be here (back again) soon along with the melt of Houston. I wish the Southlakes Predators would be their tag-team share.
Austin: it'll likely be MLS but damn if the NHL doesn't see the wisdom in this hip town over a large hot Houston one.
Baltimore: the ambiance of that town spells NBA. But I would lean for a MLS rivalry first. Rocket di Baltimore.
Buffalo: Two is good for you. But I love that big time baseball ready stadium.
Cincinnati: hockey or MLS. NHL or MLS??? Or NBA? There's a majorly renovated coliseum. I'm a hometown kid. I don't know! Going to say MLS or hockey. MLS or hockey.
Cleveland: NHL
Columbus: Damn. OHIO
Would the town of Toledo vie for MLS before Detroit would land it? "Ohio Divided" sound like a cool name? I've blogged about it.
Indianapolis: MLS. Why can't the Ohio hockeyless cities along with those in Indiana and Wisconsin have a Great Lakes NHL tag team?
Las Vegas: along with Quebec City, it seems like a sure bet for NHL play. Soccer is next.
Louisville: I believe the NBA will eagerly honor this void for the next two team expansion.
Milwaukee: NHL
Montreal: baseball
Nashville: tough one. Say baseball. But before Charlotte. With my model as demonstrated in previous post, yes. How awesome would FC Appalachian Bootleggers be?
Pittsburgh and St. Louis: Ummmm, Major League Soccer
Portland: I would go with the NFL soon, but Los Angeles is looking more like an expansion, so I'm actually seeing them for hockey, probably before baseball.
Salt Lake City: their best chance seems like a hockey ambiance.
Seattle: NHL, though it seems they'd be the sure-bet balance to a Louisville NBA expansion in the east.
Vancouver: beisbol
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Funtime with Dr. Zaius!
OK kids, it's time to make a decorative and creative Zaius Funtime word puzzle and art project! Just print out the image above and find the words that correspond to the eventual doom of your species! Afterwards you can color in the image of the future ruler of the planet Earth with your favorite crayons. Suitable for hanging! use it as a Zaius Funtime reminder that the hopeless and wretched destiny of your species is to someday become mute savages that are ruled by apes. Have fun, and have a swell day!


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First, let me tell you a little about the Optimum range. Made from borosilicate glass, the dishes are built to last! During manufacture, a key ingredient called Boron is added to the glass mix and then once formed, the glass goes through a process called Tempering, to make it extra strong. It will not stain or retain any odours or flavours from food and is scratch-resistant (use silicone tools rather than metal, it is kinder to the glass). Easy to clean - either wash by hand or pop in the dishwasher and they come back looking perfect every time.
So - time to step into my testing lab!
This may look like any old glass dish but it has features that deserve to be highlighted - and tested! Pyrex have thought long and hard about how to improve this classic range, making the dish deeper so ideal for everything from roasting a joint to constructing a lasagne or cottage pie.
I love the new larger easy-grip handle and found that is made is so much easier to remove the dish from the oven and onto the table with bulky oven gloves on which obviously are essential!
Pyrex Optimum is ovenproof up to 300°C, can be used in a microwave but also in a freezer to temperatures as low as -40°C, making this range very versatile indeed and will be used on a daily basis.
I wanted to cook several dishes to test the performance, so into the oven went a joint of beef surrounded by roast potatoes, followed by a full dish of roasted veggies, then a pasta bake with a thick tomato and cream sauce, Toad-in-the-Hole and finally a Summer Fruit Crumble.
Everything was cooked beautifully and although in some cases there was residue on the glass surface, a quick soak and a tickle with the washing up brush removed any traces and restored the glass back to beauty.
I poached 4 salmon fillets in the microwave, then followed this with a dish full of layered potato and onion slices covered in a rich creamy sauce. Perfect results.
To test the thermal shock resistance (temperatures up to 220°C), I took a dish of beef casserole from the freezer that had been in there for 2 days, so it was well and truly solid. Into the microwave it went to defrost it, then further cooking to heat it up. I could have also have put it straight into the oven as the borosilicate glass will withstand sudden heat changes. Similarly, if there are any leftovers, just put the dish into the fridge (covered) and it will be ready for when you want to reheat.
Of course, the brilliant thing about glass is that you can see the food cooking and when served at the table, you can see all the lovely layers and colours of the food, particularly the Roasted Veg.
The Optimum range comes with a 10 year guarantee, which speaks volume for the trust that Pyrex put in what I would say is an absolute kitchen essential. Treat them well and I have no doubts they will last many years, long beyond the guarantee period, much like the ones that your parents probably had, and still have in their cupboards!
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Summer 2009
A two week road trip that took us to some beautiful places in the desert southwest. Our travels took us from Riverside, California through Las Vegas, NV, three national parks in Utah and two national monument. Then to Colorado stopping at 4 corners and then Mesa Verde NP. Into New Mexico spending time near Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Heading home we went to the Painted Desert, Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon National Parks before reaching home by the 4th of July. All sketches were done on site. Only a few were done using photo reference and I will note that on those sketches.


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Happy Father's Day, Steve. You are an amazing father to Anne. I love you!
Happy Father's Day, Daddy!
Happy Father's Day to the great husbands out there who have children in their arms, to those who have lost children, to expectant fathers too and all the fathers in heaven! If you have a friend or family member who has lost a child or lost their father, please don't forget them today.
Father's Day is tough for some.
Here are a few pictures of Steve with his daddy's girl.


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Degrees of submission
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The first degree of submission to the will of Allah (SWT) is that the believer refrains from expressing dissatisfaction and do not show weakness against bitter events which may happen in life for a person. The second degree is the submission of knowledge to circumstance, submission of intention to discovery, submission of custom to truth. When a believer reaches from knowledge to wisdom and from wisdom to circumstance, cannot return to the past.
The third degree is the submission of inferior truth to the truth, noting that reaching the position of submission is a special favour from Allah (SWT) to the believer and through this noble position the believer reaches the truth and sees that all the existence are under the rule of the Almighty. Meaning through witnessing, they will understand that there is nothing in the sky or on the earth unless they are the obedient servants of Allah (SWT) [1].
[1] Ayah 93 of Surah Al-Maryam
Source: M. Beena, Maqamaat Ma'anawi, Vol. 2, Page 32.


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Don't forget to stop over to THE OLDE PRIMITIVE PEDDLER
to see what I've whipped up for my debut offerings!
What beautiful items Wendy. I especially love the Woodland Santa :)ReplyDelete
Fabulous creations Wendy!
Enjoy your day,
Oh, Wendy! They are all so beautiful! I love the sweet Santa faces! You are such an artist! I am sooooo happy for you!
Love and hugs, dear friend!
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Coming up this weekend, it's the 60th Anniversary of the Salem Art Association's Art Fair and Festival!
The first fair, called the "Art Mart", was held on the lawn of the Marion County Courthouse in August 1950. The event was the brainchild of David Duniway, past president of SAA, and it was described in the President's Report thusly:
"The artists congregated around the Court House grounds, brought their easels for work and had on display their own pictures to sell. The affair was most unique and highly successful and I doubt if a more foreign scene had ever been enacted in Salem. A small sum was netted from the sales."
Financial records indicate that this first Art Mart brought in $24. The event was relocated to the front lawn of the Bush House after SAA moved into the House in 1953.
By the early 1970s, the Festival had grown so large that it was moved to the portion of Bush's Pasture Park south of the Bush Barn Art Center, where it is still held today.
SAA is celebrating the Fair's history by inviting Art Fair aficionados to share your stories of this beloved community event. What's your favorite Art Fair memory? When you come to the Festival this weekend (July 17-19), look for a green flier and share your story with us. Stories will be read from the Main Stage every day, and fliers will be collected and saved for future historians.
For more information on the Art Fair & Festival, visit our website. See you this weekend!
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MFPSS Blog is having a challenge with an
easy fancy fold card--a gatefold.
I used images from On the Fly and a sentiment from Glad Glads
with ribbon, a tag, and designer paper
to create my gatefold card.
My gatefold card has an interesting twist.
The frame stays with the left side of the card and the
main image is attached to the right side.


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Well, only time will tell : but I've yielded to the blandishments of various friends, and created a Facebook account . . .
So : if you are interested, and have succumbed to the craze yourself, you can find me there as 'Dominic Mary', with the usual picture, and I shall, of course, be very happy to hear from you - though I don't promise to be able to spend as much time on it as some people apparently manage to !
Saturday, 17 April 2010
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Days of Prayer and Action - Colombia Advocacy - Public Policy - Lutheran World Relief
There are lots of ways to take action here. Get the bulletin insert to your church office for use in worship, e-mail and request postcards, make calls to your congresspeople, etc. LWR helps make advocacy relatively easy. You can make a huge difference!


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Former abortion clinic workers tell the dirty secrets you're not supposed to know
SAN FRANCISCO – The Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion 43 years ago created a new industry in America. A quiet giant rose among the hustle and bustle of daily life, and abortion became a business, a very profitable business. Women's clinics became scattered among the country, and the women who signed up to work at them often had no idea what they were getting into. Some of their shocking and harrowing stories are chronicled in former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson's new book, THE WALLS ARE TALKING: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories.
Johnson was a staunch supporter of abortion rights when she worked for Planned Parenthood, but it wasn't until she was asked to assist in an ultrasound-guided abortion that her eyes were finally opened. She watched in horror as a 13-week-old baby fought, and ultimately lost, its battle for life at the hands of the abortionist. Johnson has since become a pro-life advocate and leads a non-profit aimed at assisting former abortion clinic workers transition out of the abortion industry.
She is not alone in her conversion story. Women from all walks of life are coming out of the shadows to tell their stories. THE WALLS ARE TALKING is a collection of difficult-to-read but necessary testimonies of women who are former abortion clinic workers. During their time in the abortion industry, these women heard and saw unspeakable things that they can never forget. Young women were mistreated, profits and the almighty dollar often drove care, and, of course, tiny human beings were slaughtered, all under the auspice of "choice." These courageous women recognize their grave error, and are bravely recounting it to shed light on the darkness of abortion, and so that our nation will start to understand that abortion has many victims.
"In this riveting, compelling book, Abby Johnson tenderly holds out a loving hand of compassion to those millions of Americans who've participated in an abortion and takes a giant step toward healing our abortion-wounded nation," says Sue Ellen Browder, author of Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women's Movement.
For more information, to request a review copy or to schedule an interview with Abby Johnson or one of the other contributors, please contact Kevin Wandra (404-788-1276 or email@example.com) of Carmel Communications.
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Mixed Messages?
Source: seattlepi
Members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said "parents and children have nothing to fear."Well which is it? Yes, yes, we understand that "Most attempts by foreign nationals in the United States to acquire school bus licenses to drive them are legitimate." Which has what to do with members of extremist groups signing up to be bus drivers?
Asked about the alert notice, the FBI's Rich Kolko said "there are no threats, no plots and no history leading us to believe there is any reason for concern." . . .
It noted "recent suspicious activity" by foreigners who either drive school buses or are licensed to drive them, according to a counterterror official who read parts of the document to The Associated Press.
Foreigners under recent investigation include "some with ties to extremist groups" who have been able to "purchase buses and acquire licenses," the bulletin says.
But Homeland Security and the FBI "have no information indicating these individuals are involved in a terrorist plot against the homeland," it says. The memo also notes: "Most attempts by foreign nationals in the United States to acquire school bus licenses to drive them are legitimate."
Nothing? Oh, that's what I thought!
I can't speak for you but this babytalk from the FBI is really starting to chap my ass. Are they the nations premiere law enforcement agency or sensitivity counselors?
They can choose any one.
H/T Debbie Schussel
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We're just in the process of having some lovely fine art prints made from a small range of Alan's pictures including this one of Saint Patrick, which I've posted on here before. He's work a second look! Also, Alan's charming depiction of golfers at Turnberry with Ailsa Craig in the background.
The Scottish Home, on eBay. These will be signed prints. We haven't come to any firm decision about limited editions, yet, although with some of his future paintings, we'll definitely be going this way. But at the moment, we plan to hang onto this original of Patrick (unless somebody makes us an offer we can't refuse!) and sell the prints, which are very beautiful. Smaller than the original, but made with care by a company called Splitting Images, here in Ayrshire. Watch this space, since we're planning a few other interesting additions to The Scottish Home over the coming months.


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Friday, July 17, 2009
Plein Air at Bob's Point
Ragwort at Bob's Point
5 x 7
Right near my home is South Cooking Lake where I've been doing some plein air painting. The Marsh Ragwort is blooming and making a glowing golden display. There was a lovely little boat in the foreground but I decided to focus on the yellow flowers.
I admit to being a less than outstanding plein air painter but the experience of painting quickly before the light changes is such good practice that I keep at it.The fast brushstrokes of plein air paintings and my studies are slowing affecting my studio paintings making them livelier and juicier. Being an artist is very much a work in progress and a life long one at that.
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