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Thomas Payne's Automotive Shop - Thomas Payne And His Journey Into The Restoration Of Automotive Soul
Restoring A '30s Shop Resulted In More Than Just New Brick And Mortar.
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Thomas Payne is the gearhead version of the Renaissance man. It was his goal to restore a '30s auto repair and welding shop that had long ago fallen into disrepair. The original owner, Virgil Johnson, ran the welding and repair shop for more than 50 years before his death. The children had moved away, althought Mrs. Johnson remained, and the five-acre property containing the shop, original family home, and multiple outbuildings was seriously overgrown. As a young man, Thomas had spent many long hours studying the old man's multilayered skills, motivating him to take on small mechanical projects, including a go-kart built in the Johnson shop. Years later, Thomas purchased the property and elected himself curator of this neglected museum, while allowing Mrs. Johnson to remain in her home before she passed away at 97 and after much of the work had been completed. Admittedly, Virgil was, as Thomas says, "organizationally challenged," the result of surviving the Depression era that drilled into that generation the belief that even the smallest scrap held value. Thomas' photos tell the physical story, and he was prescient enough to record the entire process from the weed-infested beginnings. Once the shop and grounds were rebuilt, he elected to share his accomplishments with the world on the Garage Journal.com website. That's where we stumbled across his forum post ("Restored 1930s Auto Shop" under the Garage Gallery heading), where a loyal following of garage-aholics has sustained the effort with 100-plus pages and more than half a million hits, attracting worldwide readers from more than 20 countries.
But this is far more than just a meandering thread documenting a cluttered shop that has undergone "an epic transformation." If that were all it was, the thread might have played out after a dozen pages. What is of far greater value is the undercurrent of a man's dedication to honoring and preserving the past combined with a Midwesterner's passion for sharing his good fortune with others. The sharing part might be simply small-town hospitality. Or perhaps this thread is just the digital summation of an undying faith in the tenet that hard work is its own reward. But all that still doesn't answer the question of what drives this full-time airline pilot to spend nearly every nonflying moment restoring some small part of his car guy Ponderosa. The payoff is how Thomas' adventure seems to motivate nearly everyone who falls into the trap of reading 100 pages of near perpetual motion.
We've attempted here to congeal a few of the most interesting portions of Thomas' archeological and restoration efforts into a cohesive story. But there are a couple of other gems you really should read on the website. If you don't come away from Thomas Payne's tribute to a '30s shop with the impetus to face-lift your own small workplace, consider hocking every tool you own in exchange for a renewed automotive soul. It will be worth it.
In the Beginning
Virgil originally built a two-car-garage shop near Philo, Illinois, sometime in the late '30s. Within a few years he added a Rotary center-post hydraulic lift alongside the original shop, which was later enclosed after the shop was lengthened. Virgil did a little of everything, including auto and radiator repair, welding, fabricating, go-karts, fixing auto radios, beekeeping, blacksmithing, and various other pursuits. After his death, and with no one maintaining the property, the cluttered five acres were soon overgrown. Thomas purchased the property in November 2005, complete with abandoned cars, tons of scrap metal, and a wilderness of jungle-like proportions.
Somewhere in the middle of the shop thread, a reader made the following comment:
"Looking at the final product, I can picture the completion of a long day of work, tools scattered about, and a rugged figure of an older man with hands of leather pausing by the workbench to sip a Pepsi before heading into the house for dinner with his family. It's more than obvious to me that you built this place to share with that old man, should his spirit decide to drop in and look over your shoulder as you skin your knuckle on a part clamped in the vise, just as he had done so many times before."
Thomas then told the following story:
"You might have more insight into this than you realize . . . I'm just going to retell the facts as they occurred.
"The property consists of close to five acres, which I have cleaned up over the last few years. The backyard behind the family home was full of material and overgrown, as was the other acreage. I've yet to post those pictures, but I think everyone gets the idea of what it was like. I've been all over that yard by now, literary hundreds of times, clearing and cleaning. For the last couple of years, especially around the house, I've had it all cleaned up and looking very nice. I've got grass there now that has been mowed for the last two to three years. Last spring I was walking the property as I do several times a week to pick up mostly small tree branches in preparation for mowing. On my way back to the shop by way of the backyard I was about 30 feet from the back of the family house when I spotted what at first glance was a small piece on paper I had missed while doing my cleanup. As I got closer, this is what I found lying on top of the grass, face up and not down in the grass, but right on top of it. It was a name tag from one of Mr. Johnson's shirts."
The Cars
Something easily lost in the story about the shop's restoration is that this effort began so Thomas would have a place to work on his cars. You have to be a fully dedicated car guy to take on a project like this, so it's important to not skip over the cars. In addition to three 327-powered '64 SS Impalas (two of which are four-speeds) and a'62 SS, Thomas races an original '66 Chevy II L79, four-speed car as part of the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Races (PSMCDR) organization.
Thanks, Dad
The following Thomas-penned piece also appears in this thread.
"I've never really mentioned my own father, but now might be a good time. He, without a doubt, instilled in me an appreciation for 'old' and high quantity and when working to always do my best. Be it tools, machines, furniture, or houses. He was a great caretaker of anything old and taught me to respect whatever it may be. He was a perfectionist of the first rank. Although his day job was in academia, he was a true Renaissance man. A skilled cabinet maker, jeweler, leather craftier, metal worker, there was almost nothing he couldn't do and do it to a very, very high degree. That the shop turned out as well as it did is a tribute to him. He took great interest in the restoration project and followed it, even though by then he was in his later years. On occasion I would float an idea by him or ask his opinion about some aspect of it. He was able to walk through the shop one last time about 21/2 years into the restoration. The interior was all done by then. As I explained details and showed him around he nodded silently. Then, when we were all done, he turned to me and said 'You've really done it right. I want you to know how very proud I am of you.' There is no way that shop could exist as it does without his guidance and teaching throughout my life. He passed away about six months after that, age 89. I just feel I can't take all the credit here. Dad is the one who made me feel there is nothing I can't do and by his example, do it to the best of my ability."
Things I Learned from Thomas Payne's Garage Journal Thread
The lost art of oil quenching surface treatment for old tools from ZRX61
Where to find hours of 8mm beekeeping home movies
The repair, care, and powdercoating of Rotary Lift hydraulic hoists
I should open a powdercoating store next door to Thomas' shop
A short history of the Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co. that built adjustable wrenches, eventually building tools for Snap-on
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Always wear a respirator when working indoors around moldy cardboard and raccoon droppings to prevent nasty respiratory infections
Wilton vises, tool-hoarding vices, and a recurring case of anvil envy
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The definition of omphaloskeptic
A flawed history of the monkey wrench
There will be an "open thread" test given by Thomas' wife, Chris, covering the entire thread
Don't leave even a faded, original repair sign out front of your shop unless you enjoy performing work for strangers at no charge
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Bob the Sperm
Bob The Sperm is a 1996 independent movie directed by Johan Gøtterberg, a Swedish medical student with much free time on his hands. The movie's storyline follows the life (and eventual death) of a sperm, named Bob, as he struggles through the hardships of life as a sperm.
The movie spans a full 30 minutes and was intended as an educational film for pre-teens. As such, the original plan called for bright colours, and cheerful stop-motion animation. However, the cost of several tens of millions of identical clay models and a threat of legal action from the creators of Bob the Builder forced Gøtterberg to re-think. The catchphrases: "Can we fertilize it?" and "Probably not but, providing we arrive at the ovum in sufficient numbers, there is a reasonable probability that one of us can" were quietly dropped.
Instead, Bob the Sperm was shot entirely under a light microscope. The monochrome lighting gave the film an unexpected air of poignancy, while Johan provided the narrative in English with a suitably amusing Swedish accent.
Movie Problems
The moving picture shows only an unspecified number of sperm forcing their way through semen to a score by Strindberg. By contrast, the opening credits play over a Busby Berkeley choreographed synchronized swimming routine. This scene was the subject of much controversy, because the sperm were to be shown nude. The FCC originally threatened to rate the movie X if clothes were not added, but director Johan Gøttenburg retorted that it was a sex flick anyway. The FCC agreed to leave the movie at R but had the entire Gøttenburg family taken care of by the local Mafia. Johan Gøttenburg retorted by legally changing his name to Johan Effseečeesucksdickburg. The FCC then told the Effseečeesucksdickburg family that they would no longer be taken care of and they would have to leave the Mafia-Nanny and beg on the streets. John Effseečeesucksdickburg then changed his name to Johan Efseeceemembersaremotherfuckers made his next movie an action flick where every FCC member is raped and killed. The FCC then killed the entire Efseeceemembersaremotherfuckers family and put a car bomb in Efseeceemembersaremotherfuckers's car. Johan Efseeceemembersaremotherfuckers survived and realized that this would make a much better movie than some stupid B movie about cum amd quit the film. The producers then hired a sperm to direct the film. The sperm was a brilliant director and had many great ideas. Unfortunately, the sperm had problems communicating and died anyway after 24 hours. The producers decided to hire a penis instead, who wasnt very good, and was just a dick to the actors.
The Plot
Synopsis- Dude blows a load and ends up firing blanks
Birth and Childhood
Bob is born in John's left testicle, to Kate The Secondary Spermatocyte. His identical twin brother, also called Bob, is born momentarily later. His extended family included several tens of millions of cousins. All called Bob. To avoid confusion, our Bob will hereafter be referred to as Bob; other sperm as Bob.
The director handles Bob's back-story delicately, showing scenes from a harsh childhood to develop the empathy of his audience. In a heart-rending scene Bob's mother, Kate, dies during delivery. He grows up never knowing his father in a featureless Semineferous orphanage along with hundreds of other sperm, all equally without the influence of a paternal figure.
Bob is not a success at St Sertoli Primary school, where he finds reading and writing extremely difficult (due to his lack of eyes.) Neverthelesss, he develops some talent at Gym, where he excels on the Golgi apparatus. As a young spermatid, his twin brother, Bob, dies from over-exposure to radiation. Bob watches in despair, as his brother's remains are phagocytosed by macrophages in black tuxedos.
As time passes it becomes clear that all is not well with young Bob. As others grow up around him, Bob begins to realize that he is suffering from a common but debilitating disease; he is a "dwarf sperm", a condition caused by exposure to radiation, the same that killed his brother.
As his friends mature and begin to talk about ova, his build remains smaller than average, and he becomes subject to much playground bullying at Epididymis High School. He rails against the injustice he received at the hands of his High School Gym teacher, who removes him from the school team he has been so proud to represent and insists that he exercise only with Bob the headless mutant sperm, Bob two-tailed sperm and the poor Bob who is prepared to eat beetles at recess in return for a molecule of Fructose.
Then the time comes when Bob's cousins and childhood friends, all named Bob, are drafted and sent to the penis. For the second time in less than a week, Bob watches in despair as his beloved ones' lives come to a senseless, premature end, their corpses disposed of casually in a torn Kleenex along with the flower of their generation. Bob screams in anguish as he realizes that John had been merely masturbating.
"Bloody wanker!" he thinks to himself, since Scandinavians have a rather impressive grasp of vernacular English.
And while it's an established fact among sperm that dwarfs seldom reach the uterine tube, let alone fertilize the ovum, Bob was determined. He makes it his life's ambition to avenge his friends, his dead brother, his mother who had vanished after meiotically giving birth to him, and the father he never had. Against all odds, he would fertilize an ovum, and produce a deformed baby to exact his revenge on Johan. He sets his mind to achieve full motility whatever the cost.
Hampered by his disability, Bob's life as a grown-up sperm is as harsh as a diseased sperm's life could be. Other sperm tell Bob that he's deluded (not orally since sperm lack vocal apparatus - but through the gift of dance, in a manner similar to that of bees). There is no way, they claim, that he could fertilize an ovum. But Bob has an idea no other dwarf sperm has had before (since most sperm also lack brains - though they do have big, funny looking nuclei and mitochondria big enough not to be embarrassed of in the locker-room). Bob's idea is to gain weight by binge-eating Fructose, then taking up advanced swimming (swimming 33% longer than other sperm) to jump-start his metabolism.
Bob's plan works (as evidenced by him becoming a normal sized sperm, then dancing what would translate into "I love it when a plan comes together" - though with a hint of Swedish folk dance.)
The End
Then finally, the time comes for Bob to be drafted. Inevitably, he too is sent to John's penis. This is the day he has been waiting for his whole life. Today he would fertilize an ovum and avenge his family. There is a air of excitement throughout the penis as sperm jolt for position close to the exits. Bob looks around at the millions of others all hoping for the same one shot at glory as himself. He knows the odds are stacked against him.
There is no alternative, he thinks, initiating the second part of his plan. Only this way could one small sperm increase his odds of ultimate success. When the call for volunteers to lead a reconnaissance group (code-named PRECUM) came, Bob is the first to dance his agreement. This would be it. First out, first to the ovum, he thought.
He thought wrong.
Bob's heart (haploid nucleus, actually, since sperm lack a heart) pounds hard and fast as he races through John's penis. The bright, strangely green light at the end of the tunnel rushes towards him. Any moment now and they'd arrive at the promised land of Cervix, West Vagina. It would be a long, hard swim from there to Fallopia, but this is the one battle he had trained for the last 29 hours of his life, and no one is more ready than Bob. Not even Bob.
"Geronimo!" he dances as he is ejaculated. Alas, he is far from his goal. The spermicidally lubricated condom around him cruelly allows him a glimpse of paradise even as it denies him access and threatens his very life. This is chemical warfare. Bob's life flashes before his (metaphorical) eyes.
"Damn!" he thinks. "Why didn't I go to college?"
Any other sperm would have given in, but not Bob. Around him many Bobs lay dying, but Bob gathers his strength, and dances. He dances vigorously and violently (the equivalent of screaming or shouting) to warn his undeployed comrades:
"It's a trap! RETREEEAAAT!"
There was no happy ending for Bob. His brief life, of little consequence to the wider world, ended in wordless agony. The end credits scroll over the tragic scene of a knot being tied in the condom. Bob's tiny body is entombed forever before being cast into a toilet alongside his slaughtered platoon and flushed, following several unsuccessful attempts.
The loss of one among many may go unnoticed, but the selfless heroism of one brave sperm spared the lives of half a billion of his comrades-in-arms (though sperm lack arms). There are no statues to Bob, for sperm lack the hands and the technology to sculpt one. No books honour him. Sperm do not sing of him - though they sometimes wiggle his deeds. But such an action deserves its spot in history's Hall Of Heroes. Every new sperm (and there have been countless trillions since) bears his name.
R.I.P. Bob. Gone, but not forgotten
This movie is a tribute to those people who have had their sexual experiences ruined by a self-aware sperm
Main Cast
- Bob as Bob the sperm, the protagonist.
- Johan Gøtterberg as the narrator. The protagonist, Bob, lives in his left testicle.
Supporting Cast
- Katherine Spermatocyte II as Kate, Bob's mother. She dies in the opening sequence right after giving birth to Bob and Bob.
- Bob as Bob, Bob's twin brother. He dies early on in the movie.
- Extras: 475,500,000 other sperms - all named Bob - as themselves. They have no specific roles. For a comprehensive list of their names, see here.
The script for a was written by Johan Gøtterberg in summer 1998. After his search for a director yielded nothing, he decided to direct the movie himself, with a budget of $19.58. Johan rented a televised light microscope from his college, and proceeded to shoot the movie, using his own semen. That, at least, was the excuse given to his girlfriend/sister, Ulrika Gøtterberg, when she found him preparing a sample.
Freed from the constraints of a big budget Hollywood studio and movie-star tantrums, the movie was recorded in a mere 30 minutes. Johan took the video tape and headed towards his local cinema. After some negotiation he sold the movie for $10, instantly recouping half his investment and guaranteeing him the unique opportunity of viewing his own "swimmers" on the bog screen. Though other Swedish cinemas were slow to request copies, "Bob the Sperm" made some inroads in the Russian market and was a surprise summer hit at the Vladivostok Porn-theater No. 4.
Johan Gøtterburg had initially planned for a simultaneous release with the movie "Orgasm", produced by his girlfriend/sister, Ulrika Gøtterberg. But as an inexperienced film-maker, Johan found the production process so stimulating that he could not contain himself and "Bob the Sperm" was released prematurely all across his neighborhood, in June 1998. Not for the last time, Ulrika was left to finish off her own "Orgasm" without Johan's further assistance.
If Johan had expected a critical triumph, he was to be disappointed. The film was panned by critics and scientists alike. Reviews were unremittingly negative, receiving an aggregate score of 0.4% by MetaCritic, placing it on the list of worst movies of all-time. The critic of British film magazine, Empire, commented; "This is an utter waste of time, effort and money. I want my 30 minutes back." TimeOut described it as "A feeble excuse to his girlfriend for his failure to ejaculate." New Scientist criticized the "Scientific inaccuracies that Mr. Gøtterberg should be lynched for."
Surprisingly, and despite the harsh critical reception, the movie was a financial success grossing $25 in Sweden's box office, a record that stands proudly unbroken to this day.
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We recently asked pilots on our Facebook page to share the story of their first solos. Here's the second entry we received, from a pilot who wishes to remain anonymous: My first solo wasn't really the exciting, giddy experience that I had imagined when I first started flying.
The trip to my first solo was a long and arduous trip, too long actually, way too long. It took so long that I had what seemed like hundreds of successful landings in conditions that to this day I still consider appalling. On one occasion coming into Austin Bergstrom Airport (AUS), Runway 35R, we battled a headwind so hard that on final our ground speed was less than 30 kts on the DME and I had to maintain the throttle at 2,200 rpm just to make the threshold. The yoke always cocked to the right, leaning the little 152 over so hard I thought surely we would scrap the wing tip. Even after landing, the plane wouldn't taxi at less than 1900 rpm.
When I finally taxied out for my first solo at Lockhart Municipal (50R) I did, of course, realize that if something did go wrong I wouldn't have anyone else to help me out, but I wasn't too worried about my ability to land the aircraft. I had made so many crosswind landings at that same airport that I wasn't even nervous about the experience — just relieved for the long belated opportunity to fly the airplane on my own.
I can still remember when I was at about 12 hours my instructor encouraging me to get my physical because I would be able to solo pretty soon. Little did I know that 18 hours later I would still be chugging away.
So, as it was, my first solo wasn't the happy celebration that most people talk about, but merely a minor stepping stone that took so long to get to I almost quit flight training several times while other students who soloed sooner were out wrecking the aircraft I was training in so that I had to wait even longer. It really makes you feel good to know that your instructor doesn't think you are good enough to fly the airplane, but they have trust in another person whose skills are "so good" that they break the aircraft after only a few hours of solo.
How about your first solo? Send your story to email@example.com with First Solo in the subject line for possible posting on our website.


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Gone Away is the New Bird, Here to Stay is the Old Bird
I've long suspected the Blue Jays might be changing their logos and uniforms, and now what's old might be new once again in Blue Jay land.
If you haven't already, make sure you check out Chris from Infield Fly's series of posts on the state of the uniforms ("Cheering for Laundry" and "Where's the Blue?")
I think Chris was really onto something, because Bob McCown made a comment last night on Primetime Sports about the possibility of the retro logo and uniforms making a full time return in 2012. (hat tip to @MrWenn for catching it.
"I am led to believe that if you like this current jersey, you better go get one. Because this time next year, they won't be available. I think they're going to go back to the original ones."
Now this might all be here say that McCown overheard in the luxury box at the Home Opener, but I don't think he's very far off base with his suspicion that a logo and uniform change may be in the works.
So it came as no surprise when Uni Watch reported last week that the Blue Jays are dropping the powder blue uniforms. Frankly, people either loved them or hated them; there didn't seem to be any middle ground on the powder blues.
So does this pave the way for the Blue Jays to return to their original logo and uniforms? In this humble blogger's incredibly speculative baseless opinion, yes.
Many share the sentiment that a team called the "Blue Jays" should really have some semblance of the colour blue in the uniform. Reverting back to the original home whites, road greys and alternate blues would certainly fill that requirement.
Now when I say "original" I mean the 1989-1992 home whites, the 1989-1996 road greys and the 1994-1996 alternate blues. To me, these are the classic Blue Jays uniforms and going back to these uniforms makes the most sense.
Visions of the championship winning teams wearing these uniforms are instilled in our memories, and thus could conjure up a lot of great memories for fans when they watch their favourite players in the retro jerseys.
The flaw in this all is it doesn't quite jive with the movement of the team trying to move away from events like Flashback Fridays, the Back2Back Reunion and everything looking backwards rather than towards the future.
I agree there's no sense in living in the past. However, to truly understand where you're going, you have to know where you've been. There definitely does need to be an appreciation for the Blue Jays teams who wore those uniforms.
In the land of logos, this is the eighth year in which the Blue Jays have used their current logo or "angry bird" as Stephen Brunt referred to it as. Eight years is a long time to stick with a logo and uniform that fans aren't all that crazy about.
I'm not an expert when it comes to creating logos for professional sports teams, but one has to think that the classic look is much more sustainable than a modern look. Ironically, the modern look becomes dated very quickly.
Sticking with a clean, classic logo is the way to go. In my opinion, it looks much sharper. In the Blue Jays case, that old bird is so iconic that it only makes sense to switch back to that logo.
Let me reiterate that this is all just speculation on Bob McCown's and my part, but one has to suspect that something is happening behind the curtain if the powder blues are being dropped by the Blue Jays.
Maybe the perfect solution in all of this is to combine the old with the new. Here's a little something I came up with below. What do you guys think?
Thanks to Chris from Infield Fly for the links and Chris Creamer's Sports Logos for the logos and links to the uniforms.


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I don't know why it has to be so hard. Anne Hathaway started the night off so strong: white dress, as is often her wont, cute hair, and the key to everything – Amy and Tina on her side with a joke early on.
For a girl like me, someone who tries to like Anne Hathaway very much, and often feels like she gets a bad rap for being earnest, instead of the insufferable most people paint her as, there starts to be a little bit of hope. You breathe easier because maybe this time Annie's going to pull it off.
And then she wins, and this happens.
"This blunt object which I will forever use as a weapon against self doubt"
"Thank you for the best string of yesterdays I have ever had"
Are you trying to tell me this business is heartfelt? Is that how her mind really formulates sentences? I was once an overdramatic 11-year-old so I know the answer was yes at one time, but has she developed no internal filter?
Then, when Les Miserables wins – you know, not the biggest surprise, but very nice – there are dozens of people who get up to accept the award. But only you, only YOU, Anne, who was in the movie for a mere 20 minutes, are compelled to come out in convulsing sobs and cling to Amanda Seyfried who, as Dean pointed out, was not having it.
What would happen if she played it down? Would she worry that people would think she cared too little? Has she been accused of coming off as uncaring? Why is she so resolutely overwrought? Anne Hathaway is a year older than Emily Blunt – doesn't that blow your mind right off?
I was even going to give her points for rolling with it when Sasha Baron Cohen talked about the world having seen her vulva, but then she had to go and ruin it all. Do you think Stephen Huvane calls her up the day after? "Our polls say take the gush way down"?


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Dr. Chantal Chiasson, Dermatologist
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Figurra Institute, formerly known as Dermalaser, the dermato-aesthetic medical clinic she founded and operated first in Moncton, then in Shediac and since January 2017 in Dieppe, N.B, provides the very best in aesthetic, laser medical and surgical care.
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A graduate of l'Université de Sherbrooke's medical school in 1991, Dr. Chiasson furthered her studies in dermatology at l'Université de Montréal's school of medicine, graduating in 1995. She founded the Dermatology Department at the Southeast Health Care Corporation in Moncton in 1999 and is also a dermatology consultant at l'hôpital Dr. Georges L. Dumont.
Dr. Chiasson pioneered the use of Laser medicine and surgery, BOTOX®, Restylane, Juvederm and other fillers in Atlantic Canada for the prevention and treatment of wrinkles, lip enhancement and the redefinition of the contours of the face and many more aspects of our bodies.
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- Degree in Medicine from the University of Sherbrooke
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- Member (full license with specialty in Dermatology) College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick (CPSNB)
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Thanks for the invite! I added your linky to my list and I'll be back week after week when I have a recipe to share :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for linking up, Desi!! Can't wait to see your posts. Nichi - The Mandatory MoochDelete
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Thanks so much, Olya. I really appreciate it. It is wonderful people like you that help make the party a success. Nichi - The Mandatory MoochDelete
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Thanks so much for the support. Your Freedom Fridays have been a big inspiration!! NichiDelete
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Thanks so much for visiting, Leslie. I'm having so much fun with my first linky party!! I will follow you back too. Nichi - The Mandatory MoochDelete
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Looks like your 1st linky party is going very well! I linked up my Healthier Chocolate Truffles and Haystacks!ReplyDelete
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Do Parisians need cheering up? Is glossiness the answer?
a pastry chef has achieved the Nirvana of pastry.
I attended the Lyon World Pastry Cup in '95. Those pastry chefs welded 10" wide bristle brushes of abricotage like it was the World Series. I was taking pictures but I missed that shot. 12 top chefs sat at a long table in full view of the audience, judging and tasting the various team's desserts. Was "gloss" was a factor in judging on a scale of 1 - 10?
Gloss/abricotage is on Pierre Herme's pastry palette.


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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
1:1 divers manners. The Old Testament Scriptures were all from God, but He used many different writers over the ages, and different manners of inspiration to write them. Whatever method was used, however—whether direct dictation or special revelation or the individual knowledge and ability of the writer—all were so guided and illumined by the Holy Spirit that the words finally written down were as though spoken by God Himself.
1:1 by the prophets. The epistle to the Hebrews is neither addressed to a particular church nor to a particular person (as are all Paul's other letters), but there are several reasons for believing Paul was the author, as follows: (1) its ending is a typical Pauline ending (Hebrews 13:25); (2) its author was associated closely with Timothy (Hebrews 13:23); (3) Peter implied that Paul had written an epistle to the Jews (II Peter 3:15-16); (4) it was written from Italy (Hebrews 13:24), possibly as one of Paul's prison epistles; (5) he had been prevented from giving his message to the Jews by his arrest in the temple and transport to Jerusalem, so he undoubtedly wanted to give a full exposition of the Christian faith to his beloved countrymen (note his testimony in Romans 9:1-3). Although he had written many epistles to the Gentiles, he had written nothing yet for his Jewish brethren, and may well have proceeded to do so in prison, after the Jews in Rome had rejected his spoken message (Acts 28:29-31).
1:2 by his Son. God spoke intermittently and partially by the Old Testament prophets, but finally and fully by His Son, through the apostles (Hebrews 2:3).
1:2 heir of all things. See note on Romans 8:17; also see Psalm 2:8.
1:2 made the worlds. The Son is the Creator of all things (John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16). Here the Scripture notes that Christ created the "space/time" cosmos. He is Creator of time as well as space, and all things. The Greek word aion, can be translated either "ages" (e.g., Ephesians 2:7) or "worlds" (e.g., Hebrews 11:3). It embraces the idea of time as well as space and matter, thus beautifully reflecting the scientific concept of the universe as a space/matter/time continuum.
1:3 brightness of his glory. "Brightness" is from a Greek word used only here in the New Testament, literally meaning "off-flashing." In context of both this passage and modern astronomy, it could well be understood as "radiation." As the "express image" of the Father, the Son of God is analogous to the life-giving rays from the sun. Just as the Father dwells "in the light which no man can approach unto" (I Timothy 6:16), so can no man gaze long at the sun without being blinded. Yet, physically speaking, as the sun's radiation provides both light and life to the world, so the Son is spiritually both the "light of the world" (John 8:12), and the "life" of the world (John 1:14; 14:6; Acts 17:28). See also notes on Psalm 19:1; 65:8; Micah 5:2.
1:3 word of his power. The eternal Son not only created all things by His omnipotent Word (Psalm 33:6; Hebrews 11:3) but is now "upholding all things by the Word of His power." Note the remarkable relationship here between "things" and "power," or in modern scientific jargon, between mass and energy. The atomic structure of our very bodies is being held together (or "sustained"—see note on Colossians 1:17) by mysterious nuclear forces or binding energies that keep the atoms from disintegrating into chaos. Scientists do not yet understand such energies or their origin—they merely name them! The fact is that we (and all things) are being upheld by the out-radiating energy of the Son of God, so that He is "not far from every one of us" (Acts 17:27), whether we believe in Him or not. "Where the word of a King is, there is power: and who may say unto Him, What doest thou?" (Ecclesiastes 8:4). This passage in Hebrews 1:2-3—like Colossians 1:14-20 and Romans 11:36—beautifully summarizes the past, present and future work of Christ in relation to the whole universe.
1:3 by himself. The purging of our sins was accomplished solely "by Himself;" we have contributed nothing whatever to His great work of saving our souls.
1:3 right hand. Out of the twenty-one references to Christ being at the right hand of the Father (the first being in Psalm 16:8), five occur in Hebrews (Hebrews 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2).
1:4 Being made. The Son, by His essential deity, is acknowledged as "being" (Hebrews 1:3), but in His perfect humanity, He was "being made." He created all the angels, but when He became man, He was made "a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death" (Hebrews 2:9), but now, having been "appointed heir of all things" (Hebrews 1:2), in His glorified humanity, He is forever better than angels, even in His humanity.
1:5 said he. This is the first of at least forty quotations in Hebrews from the Old Testament Scriptures. A perennial objection of the Jews to Jesus has been that God has no son, since He is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4), so Paul (assuming he is the writer) begins by showing that their own Scriptures prove God to be both Father and Son. This particular reference is from Psalm 2:7, referring not only to God's Son, but also to His coming resurrection, as the first begotten from the dead (Acts 13:33; Colossians 1:18).
1:6 And again. This reference to the coming Son is from II Samuel 7:14. The terms of that particular promise to David had a precursive fulfillment in Solomon, but its eternal terms could apply only to the coming Messiah.
1:6 he saith. From Psalm 97:7, where the angels are called "gods." In the psalm, the "gods" are evidently fallen angels who have promoted pagan worship of themselves. However, its citation in Hebrews indicates that all angels, whether faithful or fallen, are commanded to worship (which means, essentially, to bow down to the will of God) the true God of creation.
1:8 unto the Son. Christ is the Son of God by: resurrection (Hebrews 1:5a; Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4); human generation (Hebrews 1:5b; Luke 1:33); proclamation (Hebrews 1:6; Matthew 3:17); nature (Hebrews 1:8-9; John 10:30); eternal generation (Hebrews 1:10-12; Colossians 1:15); and inheritance (Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 1:2). In contrast to the eternal Son, angels are sons of God by special creation (Job 38:7; Psalm 104:4-5).
1:8 he saith. See Psalm 45:6-7.
1:10 in the beginning. See Psalm 102:25-27. Modern big-bang cosmology says the earth evolved about ten billion years or more after the heavens evolved, but God says He made the earth before the stars of the heavens. Also compare Genesis 1:1, 9, and Genesis 1:14-19.
1:11 wax old. This revelation, originally given in the Psalms and now doubly verified, as it were, by being quoted in the New Testament, makes it clear that the universe is not evolving, but running down. This revelation anticipated the discovery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which it illustrates, by almost three thousand years. Also called the law of increasing entropy, this law is considered one of the most certain, best-proved laws of science, specifying as it does the observed fact that every thing in the universe has a tendency to run down or deteriorate and eventually die. The universe as a whole is heading toward an ultimate heat death, with all the stars burned out and the whole cosmos at a uniform low temperature.
1:12 thou art the same. Although His creation is now decaying, the Creator and His Word remain the same forever (Matthew 24:35; Hebrews 13:8; I Peter 1:24-25; etc.).
1:13 Sit on my right hand. See Psalm 110:1. There are five references in Hebrews to Christ, the Son of God, at the right hand of God (Hebrews 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2).


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April 24: Evening Devotional
"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." — Son 2:12
Sweet is the season of spring: the long and dreary winter helps us to appreciate its genial warmth, and its promise of summer enhances its present delights. After periods of depression of spirit, it is delightful to behold again the light of the Sun of Righteousness; then our slumbering graces rise from their lethargy, like the crocus and the daffodil from their beds of earth; then is our heart made merry with delicious notes of gratitude, far more melodious than the warbling of birds-and the comforting assurance of peace, infinitely more delightful than the turtle's note, is heard within the soul.
Now is the time for the soul to seek communion with her Beloved; now must she rise from her native sordidness, and come away from her old associations. If we do not hoist the sail when the breeze is favourable, we shall be blameworthy: times of refreshing ought not to pass over us unimproved. When Jesus himself visits us in tenderness, and entreats us to arise, can we be so base as to refuse his request? He has himself risen that he may draw us after him: he now by his Holy Spirit has revived us, that we may, in newness of life, ascend into the heavenlies, and hold communion with himself. Let our wintry state suffice us for coldness and indifference; when the Lord creates a spring within, let our sap flow with vigour, and our branch blossom with high resolve.
O Lord, if it be not spring time in my chilly heart, I pray thee make it so, for I am heartily weary of living at a distance from thee. Oh! the long and dreary winter, when wilt thou bring it to an end? Come, Holy Spirit, and renew my soul! quicken thou me! restore me, and have mercy on me! This very night I would earnestly implore the Lord to take pity upon his servant, and send me a happy revival of spiritual life!
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Letters to the editor
Readers write in about women in the Olympics and in Iran, Christians in Iraq, children coping with failure, and right-wing rhetoric.
Iraq and women police
Regarding John Hughes's column "Female cops in Iraq? Arab women are seizing freedom.": To lump Iraq in with Saudi Arabia and compare women's experiences in the two countries makes it seem as if Iraq is as restrictive as one of the most conservative Islamic states in the world. This is false. Women in Iraq under Saddam Hussein (yes, Saddam) enjoyed posts in government, academia, and health services. They often worked outside the home. The state of women's rights around the Middle East is vastly different, and journalists, American military leaders in Iraq, and the American public should recognize this.
We must begin to understand the complexities of the region in order to develop better and more appropriate policies for US-Middle East relationships and joint development goals.
Heather McGann
Charlotte, N.C.
Right-wing rhetoric
Regarding "The dangers of revolutionary right-wing rhetoric" , Walter Rodgers should research and write an article on "The dangers of revolutionary left-wing rhetoric." He might start with the threats on Sarah Palin's life and the vicious attacks on her and her family. I know he will find a treasure-trove of contemporary material to work with. Though Mr. Rodgers does express a valid concern for racial relations in our country, he shows a mind-set that is the underlying source of our residual racial problem today.
We have taken many steps to help improve the opportunities for our black community, but have overlooked the one thing that could rapidly bring about the change we all desire and eliminate the need for most of the other programs: education.
Studies have shown that education can eradicate the differences in income between blacks and whites in our society, which would in turn lead to the elimination of other disparities.
Ironically our black population votes overwhelmingly for the political left that keeps them locked in a lifestyle of permanent subservience and dependence.
Meanwhile, the overriding lust for power in Washington trumps all other concerns. This is what I "rage" against.
Frank Keeney
Littleton, Colo.
Thank you for Walter Rodgers's commentary. I attended a tea party and was shocked at the call to refight the Civil War! I was also disturbed that many of the people I spoke with, the same people who carried flags and the Constitution, were unaware of the 16th Amendment. Too many Americans dismiss Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and the teabaggers as the fringe. The calls for the president's death are an immoral misuse of religion from the likes of the Rev. Wiley Drake or Steven Anderson. Religious leaders need to speak out against the incitement of violence.
Steve Jozefczyk
Franklin, Wis.
Iran's realpolitik
Regarding the opinion piece "The real reason Iran can't be trusted" by Mamoun Fandy: Iran is probably lying about its intent to build nuclear weapons, but it has nothing to do with its dominant religion.
First, every major religion allows lying under certain circumstances. Second, what country developing a nuclear weapons program hasn't concealed it? Third, the international system is anarchic, each state answers only to itself, forcing state leaders to act similarly in the ways they manipulate other states to maximize strategic interest.
Mr. Fandy also underestimates realpolitik by concluding that only when Iran "feels safe will it negotiate in good faith." In high stakes negotiations, skilled leaders use all the tools in their diplomatic arsenal, including "brinkmanship" and "mad dog diplomacy."
When my students choose to research a topic like "Islam causes terrorism," I advise them that it is extraordinarily difficult to tie religion to something as contemporary and practical as political activity, and unless they are theological experts, they run the risk of writing an ignorant paper based on stereotypes. That, unfortunately, is what Fandy has done.
Mike Lebson
Gettysburg, Pa.
Iran's foreign-policy decision-making is a very complex process, where different nodes of power debate and vie for influence with the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The continued political struggle in Iran over the June election is more to blame for a lack of a breakthrough than religiously instructed deception.
Daniel Robinson
Haverford, Pa.
Pressure to win
Brooke Williams's insightful commentary essay, "Let a child lose a game and learn to cope with failure" was welcome in this day when it seems our society is reluctant to let anyone – especially children – ever feel pain or even disappointment.
With the kind of pressure that's placed on winning in our society today it's no wonder that kids are afraid to lose. The current trend to shield them from failure is, perhaps, a reaction to this imbalance, which is also harmful.
Are they being taught that it's not whether we win or lose, but how we play the game? Or is our outlook now the famous "Winning is not the most important thing. It's the only thing"? Is that true for us, as adults? Is that how we are living? You can bet that the children are picking it up, regardless of what we say. If winning in life is more important to us than how we are playing the game of life, then the children are going to be terrified of losing.
We must begin to address these issues, and then we can also let kids fail on their own terms and learn to deal with it at their level – they can handle it.
Martin Wolf
New Milford, N.J.
Kurdistan cares
The article "In the Iraq war, Christians pushed to the brink" is right to highlight the plight of Iraqi Christians at the hands of terrorists and extremists. However, the accusations against the KRG are misleading.
In fact, the KRG has done more for the protection of minorities than any other entity in Iraq. Pope Benedict XVI praised our commitment to tolerance and peaceful coexistence when he met with Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani earlier this year.
The Monitor cites the KRG's "warm welcome" for Christians as a threat and a way of ensnaring vulnerable Christians. This ignores the fact that the majority of people from the ethnic and religious minorities in Ninevah Province welcome the presence of the Kurdish security forces and are grateful for the assistance provided by the KRG, especially during periods of intense sectarian violence and repeated intimidation.
The real problems in Ninevah governorate are the terrorists and the extremists, who are intent upon marginalizing minorities and also wish to marginalize the Kurds. If the KRG has intimidated and threatened Christians as the article implies, why would tens of thousands of Christian families flee to the Kurdistan Region to find refuge?
The article cites Christian resentment about a lack of jobs in one village of refugees in Dohuk. We acknowledge that internally displaced persons need jobs and healthcare as well as refuge, and this is a challenge that faces every government dealing with an influx of refugees.
The KRG is ready to look into every allegation made by HRW [Human Rights Watch], and to work on them under the legal framework of both the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, with the help of HRW and other reputable human rights organizations.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has welcomed thousands of Christians to its cities and provided humanitarian aid and other support in Ninevah Province, which is outside our direct administration.
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
High representative to the United Kingdom, Kurdistan Regional government
[Editor's note: The KRG's response to the HRW report came after the story in question was sent to press (the Monitor obtained an advance copy of the report). However, we could have mentioned it when we posted the story online Nov. 10, and we regret the omission.]
Women can jump
Regarding the Nov. 8 article, "Why women can't ski jump in the Winter Olympics": I was shocked to hear that there is still such gender discrimination [in ski jumping], especially at the Olympic Games. The Olympics should be an event where everyone is equally given the opportunity to display their talents.
Lucy Harris
Statesboro, Ga.
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|Oct 05, 2013
Nano-dissection identifies genes involved in kidney disease
|(Nanowerk News) Understanding how genes act in specific tissues is critical to our ability to combat many human diseases, from heart disease to kidney failure to cancer. Yet isolating individual cell types for study is impossible for most human tissues.
|A new method developed by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Michigan called "in silico nano-dissection" uses computers rather than scalpels to separate and identify genes from specific cell types, enabling the systematic study of genes involved in diseases.
|The team used the new method to successfully identify genes expressed in cells known as podocytes — the "work-horses" of the kidney — that malfunction in kidney disease. The investigators showed that certain patterns of activity of these genes were correlated with the severity of kidney impairment in patients, and that the computer-based approach was significantly more accurate than existing experimental methods in mice at identifying cell-lineage-specific genes. The study was published in the journal Genome Research ("Defining cell-type specificity at the transcriptional level in human disease").
|Researchers at Princeton and the University of Michigan have created a computer-based method for separating and identifying genes from diseased kidney cells known as podocytes, pictured above. (Image courtesy of Matthias Kretzler)
|Using this technique, researchers can now examine the genes from a section of whole tissue, such as a biopsied section of the kidney, for specific signatures associated with certain cell types. By evaluating patterns of gene expression under different conditions in these cells, a computer can use machine-learning techniques to deduce which types of cells are present. The system can then identify which genes are expressed in the cell type in which they are interested. This information is critical both in defining novel disease biomarkers and in selecting potential new drug targets.
|By applying the new method to kidney biopsy samples, the researchers identified at least 136 genes as expressed specifically in podocytes. Two of these genes were experimentally shown to be able to cause kidney disease. The authors also demonstrated that in silico nano-dissection can be used for cells other than those found in the kidney, suggesting that the method is useful for the study of a range of diseases.
|The computational method was significantly more accurate than another commonly used technique that involves isolating specific cell types in mice. The nano-dissection method's accuracy was 65% versus 23% for the mouse method, as evaluated by a time-consuming process known as immunohistochemistry which involves staining each gene of interest to study its expression pattern.
|The research was co-led by Olga Troyanskaya, a professor of computer science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton, and Matthias Kretzler, a professor of computational medicine and biology at the University of Michigan. The first authors on the study were Wenjun Ju, a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan, and Casey Greene, now at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and a former postdoctoral fellow at Princeton.
|The research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant GM071966 to OGT and MK, by NIH grants RO1 HG005998 and DBI0546275 to OGT, by NIH center grant P50 GM071508, and by NIH R01 grant DK079912 and P30 DK081943 to MK. OGT also receives support from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
|Source: By Catherine Zandonella, Princeton University


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Eastman has unveiled three new guitars that will be making their debut at Summer NAMM.
The new models include two additions to the 00 Series in the form of the all-mahogany E1000-M and the Red Spruce/Rosewood E2000. Both acoustics are based on pre-war designs, and are part of Eastman's tenth anniversary celebrations.
Acoustics aside, Eastman has also announced the Thinline T486-RB semi-acoustic electric guitar, a signature model designed alongside Ray Benson that features hand-wound Lollar pickups (including an El Rayo at the neck and a Low Wound Imperial at the bridge) and a transparent red finish.
For more information visit the official Eastman website.
Eastman press release
Eastman Guitars continues their 10th Anniversary celebration this July at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville. Eastman will be introducing several acoustic guitars from the new 00 Series models. Earlier this year, Eastman Guitars unveiled the new 00 Series guitar line introducing the E1000 and E2000SS-Slope Shoulder at the NAMM Show in January. Continuing to expand the series, Eastman is proud to introduce two utterly distinct models in the line - the all mahogany E1000-M and the Red Spruce/Rosewood E2000. Visit the Eastman Guitars booth during the Summer NAMM Show at booth #1016.
Inspired by the iconic parlor style and handcrafted from all solid woods in the spirit of pre-WWII designs, our smaller bodied 00 models feature a premium blend of Adirondack spruce, solid mahogany and rosewood tonewoods, ebony fingerboards, bone nut and saddle, diamond volutes and period correct open-gear tuners. The smaller upper bout coupled with a larger lower bout and thin soundbox makes the 00 a comfort to play and is favored by everyone from old blues players to folk and Americana, to guitarists of virtually any musical genre. The 00 transitions playing styles seamlessly from fingerstyle to strumming to a bottleneck slide. From the back porch to the stage to recording sessions in the studio, the 00 is a versatile guitar that fits into any player´s collection.
All solid mahogany! The E1000-M is lightweight and strong, with a big sound emphasizing clear, bright and airy trebles. The guitar features a solid mahogany top with hand carved scalloped-X bracing, mahogany back & sides, and mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard adorned with mother of pearl dot inlays. The small-bodied 12-fret acoustic has a 24.9" scale length from the 1 13/16" bone nut to bone saddle, atop the ebony pyramid bridge. Completed with an elegant white line rosette, black binding and chrome Ping tuners. D´Addario strings and hardshell case included. Learn more about the E1000-M online: http://www.eastmanguitars.com/e10oo-m
The E2000 features a solid Adirondack spruce top (aka Red Spruce), hand carved scalloped-X bracing for a powerful yet balanced and mellow sound, and solid rosewood back and sides for superb resonance, with a deep warm bass. The guitar is fitted with a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard adorned with pearl dot inlays. The 12-fret reduced 24 ¾" scale length body, from the 1 ¾" bone nut to the ebony bridge with bone saddle, makes for comfortable ease of playability. The slotted headstock is matched with a rosewood headplate and open-gear chrome ping tuners. The guitar is finished in a high-gloss and tortoise pickguard. D´Addario strings and hardshell case included. Learn more about the E2000 online: http://www.eastmanguitars.com/e20oo
Celebrating their 10th Anniversary in 2014, Eastman Guitars is highly regarded for creating some of the finest musical instruments, standing at the forefront of the music products industry with internationally recognized lines of archtop guitars, flattop guitars, electric guitars, and mandolins. Committed to a high standard of quality, Eastman Guitars use of premium tonewoods and fine appointments, alongside the talent and accomplishment of its designers, craftsmen, and company philosophy continues one of the most fascinating musical traditions the world has known. What humbly began as a company dedicated to hand-carving violins and cellos, to handcrafting mandolins and archtop guitars, Eastman Guitars has propelled to one of the preeminent guitar makers in the industry today.
For more information please visit online: www.EastmanGuitars.com. Eastman Guitars is a division of Eastman Music Company www.EastmanMusicCompany.com.
Thinline T486-RB
Eastman Guitars has collaborated with legendary guitarist Ray Benson on a signature and custom model guitar, the Thinline T486-RB, faithfully built to his exact specifications. A nine-time Grammy Award winner, founder and frontman of the revered country western swing band Asleep At The Wheel, Benson has released more than 25 studio and live albums over the last four decades. As a producer, Benson has worked with an impressive who´s-who A-list including Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Merle Haggard, Carolyn Wonderland, and Vince Gill. His latest project, a solo album titled A Little Piece, was released earlier this year.
Ray Benson will be visiting the Eastman Guitars booth (#1016) on Thursday, July 17 and Friday, July 18 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm during Summer NAMM in Nashville. Swing by and meet the man himself! Often referred to as a "Texas Legend" and an "American Treasure," long-time local resident of Austin, Texas; Benson was named the official Texas state musician in 2004 and Texan of the Year in 2011. Benson is currently performing with an Eastman Thinline T486 and AC420 jumbo acoustic.
The T486-RB Ray Benson signature model is a double cutaway featuring deluxe laminate top, back and sides, with ivoroid binding throughout the body, neck and headstock. The maple neck features an ebony fingerboard adorned with standard pearl block inlays. The guitar is a 24¾" scale length between the 1¾" bone nut and nickel Gotoh tunomatic bridge. Additional nickel hardware includes Gotoh tuners. Handwound Lollar pickups include an El Rayo at the neck with a Low Wound Imperial at the bridge. Nickel control knobs feature one volume, one tone, and 3-way selector switch. The guitar is completed with a custom-sized black pickguard and is finished in a transparent red satin with a custom designed "RB" logo branded between the trapeze style tailpiece. D´Addario strings and hardshell case included.
The T486 Ray Benson custom model includes all of the exacting specifications listed above, minus the "RB" logo brand.


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In a central processing unit, a register in which intermediate results are stored. Without an accumulator, it would be necessary to write the result of each calculation (addition, multiplication, shift, etc.) to main memory and read them back. Access to main memory is slower than access to the accumulator which usually has direct paths to and from the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU).The canonical example is summing a list of numbers. The accumulator is set to zero initially, each number in turn is added to the value in the accumulator and only when all numbers have been added is the result written to main memory. Modern CPUs usually have many registers, all or many of which can be used as accumulators. For this reason, the term "accumulator" is somewhat archaic. Use of it as a synonym for "register" is a fairly reliable indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or that the architecture under discussion is quite old. The term in full is almost never used of microprocessor registers, for example, though symbolic names for arithmetic registers beginning in "A" derive from historical use of the term "accumulator" (and not, actually, from "arithmetic"). Confusingly, though, an "A" register name prefix may also stand for "address", as for example on the Motorola 680x0 family.
2. A register, memory location or variable being used for arithmetic or logic (as opposed to addressing or a loop index), especially one being used to accumulate a sum or count of many items. This use is in context of a particular routine or stretch of code. "The FOOBAZ routine uses A3 as an accumulator."[Jargon File]
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CBS Trumpets Obama's 'Growing Lead' in Own Poll; Barely Mentions Republicans' Enthusiasm to Vote
Norah O'Donnell was ready to tie the toe tag on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Wednesday's CBS This Morning,
as the morning newscast hyped the latest numbers from the Quinnipiac
University/CBS News/New York Times poll, especially President Obama's
10-point lead in Ohio. After mentioning Romney's latest 60-second TV
spot, O'Donnell twice wondered, "Is it too late? The voting in Ohio starts next week."
Charlie Rose spotlighted the President's "growing lead" in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida, according to his network's poll. But it took the program more than an hour to mention only in passing that "Republican voters remain more enthusiastic about voting than the Democrats," without mentioning the specific numbers.
zeroed in on Ohio during her lead-in to correspondent Jan Crawford's
report on the poll numbers: "The poll shows...[in] Ohio - look at this - the President leads Governor Mitt Romney by ten points. And, of course...no Republican has ever won the election while losing Ohio." The CBS journalist pointed out that besides Obama's lead, "there are other troubling signs for Romney.
Voters in Ohio and the two other swing states we surveyed now give the
President the edge on the economy, the cornerstone of Romney's campaign.
And those voters also say they believe Romney's policies will favor the
After Crawford's report, Rose and O'Donnell brought on new CBS News political analyst Frank Luntz, who immediately affirmed the network's polling:
LUNTZ: ...[T]he Romney campaign's whole philosophy behind this election said this would be a referendum on Barack Obama. The Obama campaign thought that this was going to be a choice. Both of them are wrong. It has become a referendum on Mitt Romney, and because they didn't do the ads early enough. They didn't explain who Mitt Romney was early enough. It mean that all of the Obama attacks of the last three or four weeks - they're showing results. You see it in your own surveys.
The PBS veteran followed up by asking, "Looking at this widening gap, is President Obama winning, or is Governor Romney losing?" Luntz answered that "it has to be a combination of both,
but it is very easy for someone's perceptions to be destroyed if they
don't know anything about you. In the polling that we've done in some of
these swing states, still a third of Americans don't know what Bain
Capital actually does, and when you have that little awareness, that
little knowledge, it makes the negative attacks effective."
O'Donnell then chimed in with her doom and gloom, "is it too late" prodding about Romney:
O'DONNELL: So, I spent a lot of time last night talking to a lot of
Republicans and Democrats myself to, sort of, see what was going on. This 47 percent ad - that secret video from inside that fundraiser ad – the
Obama team was running it just in Ohio. Now, they've gone up in seven
other swing states with it. There are Republicans that I talked to – acknowledge
that ad is working, and that's why they went up, and that's why we see
these numbers in Ohio stretching out. What does Romney do now? I mean,
we see this morning he's got this new ad where he's speaking directly to
the camera for 60 seconds. But is it too late? The voting in Ohio starts next week.
LUNTZ: Well, two points: one is, the reason why that 47 percent is working, is because it's new information. We don't want to hear the same thing over and over again. And so, voters pay attention to it, to see what Mitt Romney is saying-
O'DONNELL: But look at this ad now. For the first time, Romney is now speaking directly to the people in a 60-second ad. Is that too late?
LUNTZ: Yes – in a simple answer, yes. That should have been done three or four months ago. Mitt Romney solidified his control of the Republican Party back in late April. Why is this ad only running now? I think, when we look back at this campaign, we're going to realize that you can't have the same impact in September that you could have in June, July, and August.
Luntz would later give a caveat about the remaining weeks of the presidential race: "These debates can and do make a difference. If there is a defining moment – and it won't be an issue - if there's a defining moment in the debate, it can still shift. But Mitt Romney has 90 seconds in the opening of that first debate to make a difference."
The CBS morning show anchor been in death watch mode towards the
Republican presidential campaign for almost two weeks. After Romney's
slam of the U.S. embassy in Egypt's reaction to a destructive protest
that stormed its wall, O'Donnell emphasized on September 13 that "Republicans...are saying that Governor Romney stepped in it." When the hidden camera video from the far left magazine Mother Jones emerged, she wondered, "Did Mitt Romney just insult many of the people who end up voting Republican?"
Crawford mentioned the enthusiasm gap at the end of her report recapping the poll results just after the top of the 8 am Eastern hour - more than an hour after her first report: "The Romney campaign says it is not worried. Their internal polling has these numbers much closer together. They say this is still a very tight race. And they also point to enthusiasm. That is actually reflected in our poll. The Republican voters remain more enthusiastic about voting than the Democrats."
CBS This Morning did something similar back on September 19, 2012. It took them over an hour to acknowledge that "this race is not over for Mitt Romney," based on the network's own polling. O'Donnell herself noted that "Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats about voting this year in general, and that enthusiasm has actually...grown since early August."


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Apple is investing in a vast solar plant in Northern California that will generate as much electricity as the company uses to power all its operations in the state.
Apple will invest $850 million in the plant through a partnership with First Solar, CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday. It will cover 1,300 acres—equal to about 1,000 football fields—in Monterey County, about an hour south of Apples Silicon Valley headquarters.
The plant will generate enough energy that it could power Apples entire operations in California, including its data center, retail stores and offices. That's also enough energy to power 15,000 California homes, Cook said.
It doesn't mean Apple's stores and offices will consume power directly from the plant. But the investment allows Apple to lock in a low, fixed rate for renewable energy, and probably also obtain renewable energy certificates to offset its carbon foot print.
Apple will receive energy from 130 megawatts of the solar project under a 25-year purchase agreement, in the largest agreement of its kind to a commercial end user, First Solar said.
It's Apple's latest effort to improve its green credentials by investing in renewable energy; it already operates two solar farms on the east coast and one in Nevada. Google and other tech firms have made similar investments in renewables, though perhaps not on this scale.
Were doing this because it's the right thing to do, but you may also be interested to know it's financially good to do it, Cook said at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. We expect very significant savings."
Thats because the investment allows Apple to lock in a price for the renewable energy that will compare favorably to brown energy, Cook said, meaning non-renewable sources like coal.
Construction is expected to begin in mid-2015 and be completed by the end of next year, First Solar said.


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Dancers join hands to form a circle, face slightly left or right as directed and move forward around the circle the distance directed. When left or right is not specified for circle, it is a circle to the left.
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|People Involved
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|. . 05. Swing
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|facing dancers
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|(a) LEFT ARM TURN: Dancers join left forearms and walk forward around each other the distance specified; e.g. half (180�), three quarters (270�), full (360�), etc.
(b) RIGHT ARM TURN: Like left arm turn except dancers turn with the right forearm.
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|square or circle or any position where dancers may conveniently turn 90� or less to face opposite sex, men facing counterclockwise, ladies clockwise.
|facing the dancer whom he/she started with
|(a) RIGHT AND LEFT GRAND: If necessary, dancers turn 90� or less to face opposite sex (men counter-clockwise, ladies clockwise) join right hands, if not already joined, and pull by. Each moves ahead, around the circle, and gives the left hand to the next, a right to the next and a left to the next until each dancer meets the person with whom he started.
(b) WEAVE THE RING: A right and left grand without touching hands.
(c) WRONG WAY GRAND: Like right and left grand, but men move clockwise and ladies move counterclockwise.
|. . 10. Star Family
|People Involved
|2 or more dancers
|facing dancers, facing couples, square, circle
| (a) LEFT HAND STAR, (b) RIGHT HAND STAR.
The directed dancers step forward and extend designated hands to form a left or right hand star. Dancers turn the star by walking forward in a circle around the center of the star. Turning distance of the star may be specified in fractions of one quarter, one half, three quarters, or a complete revolution.
|. . 11. Star Promenade
|People Involved
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The House Ways and Means Committee just approved a bill that pushes China to raise the value of its currency. It looks like the bill will go to a vote on the House floor next week. This is a very big deal because it is a "second front" pushing China to bring its currency to market rates. President Obama met with Chinese Premier Wen yesterday and most of their 2-hour meeting was taken up discussing this issue, and today he gets backing from the House. This tells China that we are serious, that it is more than just the administration talking, and they have to start doing the right thing.
China has been manipulating its currency to keep it low, which means goods made in China cost less in world markets. This, combined with other trade manipulations, has created a huge imbalance in world markets. It moves industries, jobs, expertise, money and power to China, and has created a huge "bubble" of imbalance that threatens the world's economy. Currently the interests in China and elsewhere, including here, that benefit from the imbalance have the upper hand. But this vote demonstrates that the rest of us, here, in China and around the world, that would benefit from a rebalancing are rallying and challenging the current policies.
Bloomberg: China Currency Measure Heads for House Vote After Panel Approval
The measure would let companies petition for higher duties on imports from China to compensate for the effect of a weak currency. President Barack Obama "does not take a position on this specific legislation," Jeff Bader, his director of Asian affairs, said yesterday.
"China's exchange-rate policy has a major impact on American businesses, and American jobs, which is what this is all about," Levin said before the vote.
The U.S. trade deficit with China widened to $145 billion in the first seven months of this year, from $123 billion for the same period in 2009. The expanding deficit, the unemployment rate lingering at almost 10 percent and polls showing Democrats' seats at risk heading into the elections have added support for the bill, which has been discussed since 2005.
China had agreed to start rebalancing its currency, but the currency has moved only 1 percent since the agreement – nothing near the 40% some claim it needs to move. Meanwhile our trade deficit with China has increased. China's Wen claims that China is still a poor country and needs this protection to help it build the industries that will help its people rise out of poverty,
China might now be the second largest economy in the world, but Premier Wen insisted at the UN General Assembly that the "real China" was still in the "primary stage of socialism" and remains a developing country.
Pointing out that 150 million Chinese people still live in poverty, Wen said many regions in central and western China were still very poor and this is the "real China".
"Taken as a whole, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and remains a developing country… These are our basic national conditions. This is the real China," he said.
The way to bring China, now the second largest manufacturer in the world, out of poverty is to trade fairly and work with its trade partners, not to manipulate the rules and create a huge imbalance that threatens the economy of the entire world.
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