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Bahamut Lagoon (バハムート ラグーン?) is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Nintendo Super Famicom on February 9, 1996. It was never officially released outside of Japan, but it was unofficially translated into English by DeJap Translations group. It is often called Bahalag (バハラグ) in Japan. Bahamut Lagoon was released on the Virtual Console in Japan on September 29, 2009 for the Wii and on February 5, 2014 for the Wii U.
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The Ultimate Veggie Chilli
I was always a fan of a spicy, robust and smoky chilli made with good-quality minced beef. But it wasn't until about a year ago that I found using the right veggies and a mix of beans can you give the same flavours and textures, with more fibre and less fat. Now, when I do make chilli it's usually a meat-free one - still with all the sides though!
- 200g uncooked washed basmati rice
- 1 small pot soured cream or plain natural yoghurt
- A small mound of grated cheddar cheese
- A handful (or a few) of plain salted tortilla chips - the supermarket own brand ones are my favourite!
For the Veggie Chilli
- 100g dried mixed beans, soaked overnight in cold water - I love Waitrose Love Life 10 Bean Mix (feel free to substitute with tinned beans instead, no soaking needed)
- 400g tinned plum tomatoes
- 2tsp cumin seed
- 1tsp ground smoked sweet paprika
- 1tsp ground cumin
- 1 bell pepper, roughly diced
- 2 portobello mushrooms, halved and then sliced
- 1 brown onion, peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 2 green chillies, sliced (seeds and core removed if preferred)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2tbsp good quality oil
For the best guacamole ever
- 1-2 ripe avocados, diced
- 1/2 red onion, finely diced
- 1 birds eye chilli, finely diced (seeds and core removed if you don't want it too hot)
- small bunch coriander, roughly chopped
- 1 lime, juice only
- Soak the rice in cold water at the very start
- In fresh cold water, cook the soaked beans according to instructions and ensure all the different beans are tender before draining. If using tinned beans, omit this step
- In a heavy-based pan, heat the oil and cumin seeds together until fragrant. Then add in the onion leaving to sweat until golden - keep it all moving on a medium-low heat so not to burn or catch the onion
- Once the onion is golden and sweet, add the chilli, paprika and ground cumin and mix through
- Add the pepper and mushrooms, gently cooking everything together and well coated in the spices
- Add in the tinned tomatoes, breaking them up with the back of the wooden spoon. The mixture can be left on a low heat to simmer for 15-20mins so it can get really rich and robust. Stir occasionally
- Meanwhile, cook the rice; this is my failsafe method for hob cooked rice. Add enough fresh cold water to cover about 3cm above the rice, bring to the boil with the lid on but a bit of a gap for steam to escape. Once boiling for around 4mins and it looks like most of the water has been absorbed, put the lid firmly on the saucepan and turn off the heat. Leave to rest for at least 10mins - don't peak!
- For the guacamole, add all the ingredients into a bowl and using a fork crush the avocado and stir really well. I prefer my guac on the slightly chunkier side so less crushing needed
- Back to the chilli, once the tomatoes have got rich and thick, add in the cooked beans and heat through. Add salt and pepper to taste, and if you want some extra smokiness, sprinkle a little
- Break up the cooked rice with a fork, and spoon onto a dish. Add the chilli, a good dollop of guac and soured cream. Sprinkle with cheese and add a few tortilla chips on the side. Voila!

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Day 82: Sentenced to 11 years!
On my hunt to find and introduce a female pimp, I located this article. This article does not discuss a female pimp, but it does introduce an Atlanta gentleman, and discusses what his life will look like for the next 11 years.
Name of Pimp: Johnathon Kelly
Age: 31 years
Location: Atlanta
Charges: Taking and prostituting a 17 year old girl runaway across State lines.
Kelly will be serving 11 years in prison! "Kelly pleaded guilty June 30 to one count of transporting a minor for prostitution. In addition to prison time, he must serve 20 years of supervised release, register as a sex offender, and pay the victim $7,500 in restitution."


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Brushing and flossing your child's teeth certainly helps reduce their chances of suffering from cavities and periodontal health issues. Their routine dental checkup also plays an essential role in helping them maintain a healthy mouth as their smile develops.
Their bi-annual appointment includes a professional dental cleaning and polishing treatment to clear away bacterial deposits and remove minor dental stains. It also includes our dentist performing a thorough oral examination to detect any early signs of tooth decay, gum disease and oral cancer.
Some children have deep pits and fissures in the tooth enamel along the biting surfaces of the molars and premolars. These areas can sometimes trap concentrated bacterial deposits which can lead to severe tooth decay problems.
If Dr. Lisa Richards or Dr. Andrea Miller notice a problem like this, they might recommend applying dental sealants, They are made from a special type of dental resin that our dentist carefully applies to the biting surface to create a durable barrier that preventing the bacteria in your child's mouth from direct access to the otherwise healthy tooth enamel.
After they have been hardened by a special ultraviolet light, the dental sealants can last for up to ten years. Their inherent durability means that they will not easily wear away when your child chews food or brushes their teeth.
If you live in the Mentor, Ohio, area and are concerned about the health of your child's oral health we invite you to call (440)266-1740 to schedule a dental checkup at Children's Dental Specialists of Lake County. Our caring pediatric team looks forward to treating your child with the care they deserve!


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A Lament
For America, upon hearing of another shooting in Baton Rouge.
A Lament.
"I follow Yahweh"
"I follow Self"
"I follow Allah"
And yet the sting of Death is felt
A mother cries
Another bomber dies
Police enforce corrupted lies
And the sting of Death is felt
"All lives matter"
Such narratives we sell
But turn and kill each other
And the sting of Death is felt
Assumed innocent if your skin is light
Who gave those officers such Divine Right?
But should justice kill all cops in sight?
Yes, the sting of Death is felt
Redemption promised: the Prince of Peace
But how can this hope be held?
When everything is broken
And the sting of Death is felt?
The Day, it comes
Injustice undone
Oppressors destroyed, the victory won
Only memory of Death will be felt
Oh trumpet, oh glorious,
When Death be cast to hell
When every wrong be righted
And joy be all that's felt
Until that day
We lament, we grieve, we pray
We follow our Savior's humble way
And let the sting of Death be felt
"For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable... THEN shall it come to pass the saying that is written, 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' 'Oh Death, where is your sting?'" 1 Corinthians 15:52, 54-55


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Last night the students of Spoleto were in for a treat with an amazing view of festival fireworks set to classical music and opera.
This morning students attended their classes in Italian and Arts and Ideas. Students were able to partner up and practice using new and helpful phrases in Italian. In Arts and Ideas, students had a thought-provoking discussion about how they defined art, and they were later tasked with challenging their own notions of aesthetic appreciation. Afterwards, students either attended Arts and Architecture or a class in their chosen major.
In their master classes, students were able to delve into the art they are passionate about. Visual arts students worked on sketching gesture drawings where they practiced sketching quickly and without looking at their work.
Creative writing students explored Spoleto by stopping in shops to meet local artists and restaurant owners, absorbed their surroundings, and tasted the flavors of gelato and granita as they wrote and later shared their observations and reflections of the town.
Vocal and drama students chose a keyword from their songs as an object of focus. They then had to create a silent scene to represent their keyword and perform it.
Violin students were joined by three Italian students and played chamber music together during their first class. Photography students walked around Spoleto during their lesson on architecture. They later edited and critiqued photographs together.
After a great day of classes, students were together again at Hotel Clituno for dinner before their team scavenger hunt around town.
A domani!


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Vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency, also known as hypovitaminosis B12 or hypocobalaminemia, is not uncommon, with potentially serious sequelae if not adequately treated.
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Clinical presentation
Vitamin B12 deficiency presents with a wide spectrum of dysfunction, from no symptoms at all (i.e. subclinical disease) to florid CNS involvement and myelosuppression.
Many cases initially present with mild non-specific symptoms e.g. tiredness, usually a manifestation of the associated megaloblastic anemia.
Demyelination is a feature of the condition with progressive neurological deficits, including peripheral neuropathy, loss of spinal reflexes, and poor vibrational and proprioception sense. End stage chronic hypocobalaminemic cases may exhibit dementia, and even frank psychosis.
Myelosuppression is a common sequela of hypocobalaminemia due to the key role of vitamin B12 in DNA synthesis. Megaloblastic anemia is the commonest result of this.
CNS disease is potentially the most serious manifestation, with the demyelination leading to subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord (SACD).
There are significant stores of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in the hepatocytes meaning that symptoms may not become evident for up to a decade after biochemical depletion first occurs.
The effects of insufficient cobalamin levels are the result of cellular inability to perform three metabolic reactions:
- methylmalonic acid to succinyl coenzyme A
- homocysteine to methionine
- 5-methyltetrahydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate
Insufficient intrinsic factor
- pernicious anemia: commonest cause globally of B12 deficiency
- atrophic gastritis
- gastrectomy: producing postgastrectomy syndrome
- genetic
Ileal malabsorption
- Crohn disease
- resection of ileum
- infective ileitis e.g. tapeworm
- transcobalamin II deficiency: transcobalamin is a carrier molecule for B12 in the plasma
- alcohol excess
- >75 years
- vegans/fastidious vegetarians
- H2 histaminergic antagonists (e.g. ranitidine) for >1 year
- metformin for >4 months
- proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for >1 year
Radiographic features
In established hypovitaminosis B12 the main findings are of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord (SACD).
Treatment and prognosis
The mainstay of treatment is vitamin B12 supplementation.
The neurological dysfunction starts to respond to treatment within seven days and there is usually complete resolution in three months. Unfortunately 6% of patients treated for subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord are left with permanent residual functional deficit 2.
See also
- 1. Langan RC, Goodbred AJ. Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Recognition and Management. (2017) American family physician. 96 (6): 384-389. Pubmed
- 2. Carmel R. How I treat cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency. (2008) Blood. 112 (6): 2214-21. doi:10.1182/blood-2008-03-040253 - Pubmed
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Sunday Times used one of my Apple Tablet concepts for the front page, as well as an insert of their InGear section on Sunday 16th of August.
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The best thing you can do for your stepkids? Gross them out.
Yup. You read that right. The more eye rolling, and "Eww!'s" you get, the better.
Kids with divorced parents spend years feeling the aftermath of a broken marriage. They are the ones whose world gets rocked the most while also being the ones with the least say in what happens. You can have the most civil divorce on the planet and have a successful parenting relationship with your Ex that allows your kids to thrive, and their minds will still be witnessing situations and forming their own opinions on love and marriage. They will be skeptical of a "happily ever after," and they may begin to doubt the entire sanctity of marriage altogether.
What can you do? As a stepparent, you cannot change the past and what happened before you entered the picture. But the future is a wide open space, ready for your influence and participation in your kids' lives!
How do you combat disbelief in marriage? By showing them a successful one. Kiss your spouse in front of them, hold their hand in the car, leave them post-it notes of love on the coffee maker. Gross them out and make them want to cover their eyes! It is the best way you can help them have a healthy outlook on love. Sometimes the wrong people get together, and it can have an awful outcome. But sometimes two very right people find each other, and the outcome can be spectacular.
My family knows I am not a morning person. My husband makes my coffee almost every day because he knows that is like gold to me. My stepdaughter has seen this act of love so many times that she has started to participate in it, and her tiny hands have handed me a warm mug of java followed by a high-five to her dad, as if to say "We did it. We showed her we love her." Language is a very strong communicator of love, but I believe actions speak louder, and she is starting to agree with that belief.
The next time you're cooking dinner, turn some Sinatra on and slow dance in your kitchen. I can't tell you how many times Stepdaughter has rolled her eyes at the sight of us swaying to the music with oven mitts on my hands. But after about a minute of her pretending to be grossed out, all of a sudden her little face will be pushed between our bellies swaying right there with us.
Showing your children the beauty behind marriage can be one of your greatest gifts as a Stepparent. I was lucky enough to have an incredible example of true love growing up, and my parents still act like two crazy teenagers on their first date every day. As I sit here writing this, I see my mom whipping up a dessert, and giving my dad the beater to lick. I see them overcome anything that gets thrown their way, including the world's most stubborn child (again, sorry about that guys…). Because of their constant attention to their marriage, and their desire to romance each other any chance they get, I grew up wanting that for myself. Thankfully, I found it.
So the next time you find yourself wanting to embrace your spouse and plant one on their lips, don't stop yourself just because the kids are there. Kiss them! The next time you catch them washing the dishes, smack their booty and tell them how handsome they look washing that spoon! Give yours kids an example in your home that they will want to copy. Their parents' divorce rocked their beliefs on "for better, or for worse." Show them second chances can be wonderful, and hopefully they themselves will build a first marriage that will last a lifetime.
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"After careful independent analysis, it appears evident that a public vote will not be needed for the tax provisions of the medical marijuana ordinance proposed by Mayor Filner for the City of San Diego," medical marijuana distributors' trade association the United Patients Alliance (UPA) said in a prepared statement.
The mayor's proposal contains a recurring fee of $5,000 per year for all medical cannabis dispensaries. Such fees are standard cost recovery fees, used to pay for additional public services incurred by business establishments
The proposal also contains a 2 percent tax on wholesale marijuana acquisitions made by medical cannabis collectives from members who cultivate. Additionally, if a dispensary provides its own medical cannabis directly, they will be taxed 2 percent of the wholesale value of the medicine they grow.
"Such taxes do not qualify as retail sales taxes, since they are placed on the business, not the end consumer, and, therefore, are exempt from public vote requirements," the UPA's statement reads. Excise taxes are most commonly placed on alcohol and tobacco.
"The medical cannabis industry is supportive of such fees," the UPA said.
"We providers wish to be responsible, contributing members of the community, and part of this is paying our fair share," said Bob Riedel, vice president of the UPA. "Medical cannabis distributors can contribute positively to the economy in many ways: through creating good paying jobs and lowering unemployment, through our rent contributions and lowering the building vacancy rate, as well as through our fees and taxes to the city and state."
"Those in need of medical cannabis have had to go to the black market," said Ken Cole, president of the UPA. "No one wins.
"This ordinance will provide patient protection and a safe environment," Cole said. "The city will have less of a burden and expense trying to eliminate the underground element.
"We have a Mayor that believes California state law allowing safe access to medical cannabis should be upheld in the city of San Diego," Cole said. "This is a good thing and we want to make sure that his efforts are realized.
"Regulated medical cannabis dispensaries will serve the needs of patients and their caregivers in the community, drive away black market street dealers, and will bring favorable economic development to our city," Cole said. "The UPA supports the vision of Mayor Filner in the recognition the potential of this industry.
"This ordinance will enhance public safety, quality of life of patients, positively impact the economy and to the city's revenue stream," Cole said. "We hope that the City Council also recognizes these positive impacts and works to enact Mayor Filner's proposal as soon as possible.
"Patients are in entitled to a low cost, low risk, pain medication and this city is in need of employment," Cole said. "This ordinance proposal helps the City's budget, helps patients and helps the local economy. It is a win-win-win."


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FOX40 VIDEO: Elk Grove Mayoral Candidate Continues to Speak Out About Own Sexual Assault Amid Kavanaugh Controversy
It's been 37 years since Stafford found herself in the shame tied to rape by a friend, a shame that would be recreated by that friend's brother.
"And I fought and I cried and I said, 'No,'" Stafford said.
By that time in life she was already a victim of child abuse and on her way to being a third-generation survivor of domestic violence as a result of her first husband.
In her family, private pain was kept private.
"All of that had taught me that being a woman was not safe," she said.
It's part of a disturbing message Stafford saw replaying as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was criticized for finally sharing what she says happened to her at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. A second woman, Debbie Ramirez, has stepped forward to accuse Kavanaugh as well.
Elk Grove Tribune: Stafford's Campaign Fundraiser a Success
From the Tribune:
Progressive Activist Kimberly Ellis, Mayoral Candidate Tracie Stafford, and Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin
Tracie's recent Breaking Barriers, Building Community campaign fundraiser was a success. The evening was filled with supporters, donors, and speakers. The three main guest speakers were Delaine Eastin, Kimberly Ellis and Milo Fitch.
Ms. Eastin is former State Superintendent of Public Instruction for California and supports Tracie Stafford. She said, "I've known Tracie for years and she will bring courage, vision and heart to the job of mayor. Local government is important because it affects individual lives, families, children's education and neighborhoods." She added, "Tracie can make things work for all people and is ethical and compassionate."
Elk Grove Citizen: Election '18: Fundraising Update
Unlike Ly, Stafford's 2017 contributions mostly came from individuals who donated amounts totaling less than $1,000. Many of those contributions were one-time $100 donations.
Stafford expressed pride in the campaign she is running.
"I'm extremely proud of my people-driven campaign, which consisted of primarily individual donations," she said. "We are in the process of building our professional team and fully expect the campaign to surpass all expectations in terms of finances and beyond."
Elk Grove News.net: Tracie Stafford Taps Small Donor Network, Raises Over $31,000 in Elk Grove Mayoral Campaign
Unlike incumbents who rely on big-dollar contributions from business interests, in her fundraising efforts, the overwhelming majority of Stafford's contributions came as relatively small donations from individuals. Stafford received over 83 separate donations, all but three were from individuals, and the amounts were typically in the $100 to $500 range.
Elk Grove Citizen: City Council reviews report on Elk Grove's race relations
Elk Grove mayoral candidate Tracie Stafford expressed concerns with how race relations issues are being handled by the city.
"You can't deal with an issue that you don't understand," she said. "So, what I'm hearing about all the work that's being done – and it's being done internally – if you don't have the lens through which to view the issue that really represents us and understands our experiences, then you can't possibly come up with outcomes that are going to be beneficial to us."
Elk Grove Citizen: Election '18: A look at the city, Congressional races coming this year
Stafford is not a newcomer to the mayoral race, as she was one of the seven candidates who attempted to fill Davis' vacated seat in 2016. She said that the main issues she plans to focus on during her campaign are crime, traffic and quality of life.
Stafford mentioned a need to reduce traffic congestion, increase sales tax revenues and bring higher paying jobs for people who are "underemployed," and are working at lower wages than they previously earned in their careers.
Stafford expressed a need to address domestic violence in Elk Grove, noting that, in 2015, 51 percent of violent crime in the city was domestic violence related.
SAC MAG: Powered by Women
Stafford is vice president of Ovation PR & Advertising. To get to her position, she took a route through the economic hills and valleys of the modern day job market. Her career began in data entry in the Silicon Valley, where she climbed the ranks until she was a senior manager. In 2001, while pregnant with her fourth child, she and her husband decided to move to Elk Grove in search of a lower cost of living and better access to good public schools. Visibly pregnant and encountering the effects of the dot-com bust, however, she struggled to find a job. "I basically had to make a job for myself," she says. "I never really wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I was overqualified for what was available." She founded Exceptional Events, a public relations and event management firm, and found herself "empowered as a small business leader."
She flourished so much as a business owner that she was elected president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, chairman of the Sacramento Small Business Board and communications chair of the California Small Business Board, among other roles.
ELk Grove Citizen: Mayoral candidate Stafford addresses crime, traffic, quality of life issues
Tracie Stafford, who will once again run for mayor of Elk Grove in next year's election, told the Citizen this week that she hopes to bring a different type of leadership to the city.
"Elk Grove is being governed as a small town rather than the large city that it has become and that is not sustainable," she said. "One official recently stated, 'We need to preserve the culture of the City Council.' The City Council should have no culture, but be a representation of the community that it serves."
Stafford, who earlier this month kicked off her campaign with more than 80 supporters at Lola's Lounge, said that the main issues she plans to focus on during her campaign are crime, traffic and quality of life.
On the issue of quality of life, Stafford said that there is a need for higher paying jobs in Elk Grove for people who are "underemployed," and are working at lower wages than they previously worked in their careers.
Elk Grove News.net: Stafford Kicks Off 2018 Elk Grove Mayoral Campaign Before Energized Supporters
In her presentation Stafford noted that Elk Grove is still managed as though it is a 20,000 person community even though it has over 170,000 residents.
"When you grow from 20,000 to 90,000, to 175,000 here in 2017, you are going to need to have more vision," she said.
Stafford went on to say that before Elk Grove expands, it should address several issues for existing residents. Among some of the needs mentioned were a vibrant arts and culture scene, better shopping and dining options, and the development of some defined city center.
"We need strategic, courageous visionary leaders to make sure that our quality of life does not suffer," Stafford noted. "Its time we start growing up instead of growing out."
Sac Bee: Racist note prompts Elk Grove town hall. Former candidate says site could deter minorities
A recent email to council members from former mayoral candidate Tracie Stafford sparked a lengthy online discussion after it was posted on the popular Elk Grove Laguna Forums pageon Facebook. Stafford, an African American, questioned the location of Monday's meeting at Elk Grove Regional Park, suggesting that "the location was chosen to deter people of color from attending" because the surrounding park setting at night could evoke images of lynching. She asked that the city move the location.
Stafford said in a statement that the concerns about the location were shared with her in confidence by residents she invited to attend the forum.
"I take my role as a community advocate very seriously and the email was intended to protect the town hall participants," she said. "The email was then shared and politicized for reasons unknown to me."


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Crosstable after RR11
The rankings haven't changed in RR11. With 7 games to go for each engine it would be highly unlikely that the top and bottom two engines will change in the last RR. The only undecided race is for 5th place. Andscacs with a very disappointing 1.5/7 score in the RR allowed Chiron to close the gap to only 0.5 points.
A few interesting games
Stockfish - Chiron: Chiron sacrificed a pawn to break Stockfish's center, then traded down to a QBN vs QBB position. The black king was completely exposed, Chiron thought the bishop pair gave some compensation but Stockfish's eval kept increasing. Stockfish traded down to an opposite color bishop ending, usually a draw but evals jumped over 2. Stockfish had a connected pair of passers that were unstoppable, Chiron realized this as well and the game was adjudicated before they actually moved.
Fizbo - Andscacs: On move 20 Andscacs started a series of sacrifices and exchanges that resulted in a very unusual BBN vs R position on move 32, with Andscacs 4 pawns up. Fizbo's eval started to jump, Andscacs realized it was losing a few moves later. After exchanging pieces Fizbo had only a bishop and a single pawn left, but the pawn was protectable by the bishop while Andscacs' king couldn't protect its remaining pawns.
Chiron - Andscacs: Chiron had an eval advantge from the start, evals approached 1 when it created an advanced central passer. Andscacs advanced its passer on the queen side, Chiron captured it on the 2nd rank. Andscacs then gave a rook for a bishop, and after a series of exchanges only RN vs NN were left. Chiron then captured a pawn and reduced to a winning knight ending. Two losses in a row for Andscacs, the gap to Chiron in 6th place is down to 1.5 points.
Komodo - Andscacs: Komodo was down a pawn early in the game. Andscacs locked the center and had a weak king side. Komodo concenterated forces and advanced pawns on the king side, when it opened a file the attack on the king was deadly and the game was adjudicated quickly. Another Andscacs loss, Chiron is only 1 point behind.
Stockfish - Fizbo: Stockfish had two strong knights in the center, which it traded in a pretty combination to get two pawns on the king side. Evals continued to increase, Fizbo got a pawn back but had to protect its exposed king. It gave its queen for two white rooks, leading to a QB vs RRB position with Stockfish up two pawns. A king side passer meant more material for Stockfish and another win. This is Stockfish's 10th win over Fizbo in 11 games, remarkable.
Houdini - Ginkgo: Houdini had an eval advantage of over 1 in a RB vs RB position but Ginkgo held the draw.
Fire - Komodo: In a closed position Fire was tempted to capture a pawn while opening files, one on each side. Komodo applied pressure with a queen side rook on the 2nd rank and attacked the king on the king side. Fire's defense collapsed and the game was adjudicated as it lost its queen for a rook.
Houdini - Andscacs: Houdini had an eval advantage that stayed under 1 for more than 40 moves. Material was balanced, Andscacs' king was exposed in the corner with an open file that Houdini's pieces could use to make threats. On move 58 Houdini created a central passer and evals were over 1.5. After exchanging queens only RBN vs RBN were left, Houdini captured a pawn and created a second passer. Andscacs started to lose material and the game was adjudicated when it was a piece down.
Ginkgo - Fizbo: Fizbo's eval was high early in the game, over 1.5, Ginkgo's eval was close to 0. Fizbo had more space but Ginkgo's position seemed solid. Fizbo gave a rook for a knight and opened the king side, and then evals started to jump. Fizbo traded down to a RN vs BN position, it was 2 pawns up with two king side advanced passers. Fizbo brought the king forward and captured another pawn to create a queen side passer. When the pawns started to march the game was adjudicated.
Fire - Houdini: Evals were close to 0 as the engines exchanged pieces gradually. Fire was a pawn up with most pawns on the board and the engines started to shuffle from move 40. 45 moves later Fire opened the queen side with a knight for pawns sacrifice. Evals jumped to 1.5 as Fire's passers reached the 7th rank. Houdini gave a rook to get rid of the passers, leading to a QR vs QN position. Houdini's eval was signalling that it was lost, but Fire couldn't find the right moves and Houdini managed to reach a draw.
Featured game: Stockfish - Fire
Premier division, round 76
Link to game on TCEC
After many early exchanges the game reached a RRB vs RRB position on move 27. A few moves later Fire captured a pawn and equalized the material. Each engine had a passer and the bishops were of
opposite color, it was not clear why Stockfish's eval was over 1.
Evals kept increasing slowly. After exchanging rooks and a pair of pawns, Stockfish brought the king forward. All its pieces active and centralized, Fire's pieces were mostly blocking and defending.
Stockfish captured the black passer and pushed its own forward. Fire used its pieces to block the passer, allowing Stockfish to capture a second pawn, creating another passer on the queen side.
The white passers were too strong, Fire soon lost its bishop for one of them and the game was adjudicated


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United Way of Northwest Arkansas and Walmart partner to "Fill the Bus" in Northwest Arkansas on August 2 and 3, 2019.
In partnership with Walmart, BIC, Crayola, Coca-Cola and Fiskars, Fill the Bus is an initiative that provides a step out of poverty for children in Northwest Arkansas. Fill the Bus is a school supply drive at the nine area Walmart Supercenters and supplies are entrusted to 13 area school districts serving children and their families. This program supports children in our community by helping them start school with confidence and gives them the literal tools they need to succeed.
United Way staff and volunteers will spend Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3 filling the bus with school supplies at all the Walmart Supercenters in Benton, Madison, and Washington counties in Arkansas and McDonald County in Missouri.
Yes, we are collecting monetary donations for the school districts. There are several ways to donate this year:
– Text FTB to 30306 to donate
– or you can send a check to our office, please mark on the memo line
FTB school donation.
United Way of Northwest Arkansas
100 Parkwood St.
Lowell, AR 72745
How can my child get school supplies?
If your child(ren) are in need of school supplies please contact your school nurse and or school counselors.
Where do the supplies go?
Supplies collected from the buses during Fill the Bus weekend will go directly to school districts – distributed by school counselors, nurses and other personnel. Supplies collected through corporate drives will be directed to help rural school districts.
How do I sign up to volunteer?
To volunteer text the code UWNWAFTB to 00-000.
I can't participate during the actual event but I would like to host a school supply drive. How should I do that?
Email Rhonda Bramell at firstname.lastname@example.com to request our Fill the Bus toolkit to host a school supply drive at your office.
What stores are participating this year?
– 406 S. Walton Blvd, Bentonville
– 3919 N. Mall Avenue, Fayetteville
– 2875 W. Martin Luther King Blvd, Fayetteville
– 121 Lee Street, Huntsville
– 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd, Rogers
– 2110 W. Walnut Street, Rogers
– 2901 Highway 412, Siloam Springs
– 4870 Elm Springs Road, Springdale
– 2004 S. Pleasant Street, Springdale
– 100 Commercial Lane, Pineville, Missouri
What supplies are most needed?
Older kid supplies! Most people think about crayons and glue for little kids but do not purchase supplies for older students. Backpacks, loose leaf paper, folders with brads, 3 ring binders, highlighters, scissors, etc. Lists of needed items will be provided at the Walmart locations during the event.
I'm REALLY passionate about helping kids start school with everything they need. How can I go above and beyond to help out?
Older student supplies! Most people think about crayons and glue for younger children but do not purchase supplies for older students. Backpacks, loose leaf paper, folders with brads, three ring binders, highlighters, scissors, etc.
Calling all local businesses, we are currently recruiting companies to host corporate supply drives in order to assist the United Way of Northwest Arkansas in their annual Fill the Bus campaign.
What supplies should you collect?
Typical school supplies needed are pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, markers, crayons, rulers, tape, glue sticks, and backpacks for children in grades K-12. Companies are welcome to focus their drive on certain supplies, such as crayons and markers, or hold a drive for all supplies.
When should the drive take place?
Corporate drives traditionally run a 2-week drive at their company location(s) during the dates listed below:
- Monday, June 3, 2019 to end Wednesday, July 17, 2019.
By investing in our children today, we are providing them a path to a brighter future tomorrow. Every child deserves a chance to succeed. To become a Corporate Drive Champion click the button below.
Fill the Bus raised enough supplies to impact 35,337 students ensuring they had the supplies they needed to start the school year off right. The estimated value of these supplies is $1.4 million.
Impact Quote
"The average cost of school supplies can be very expensive and difficult to fit into a family's budget. At the beginning of each school year, many parents have difficult choices to make as they juggle monthly expenses and back to school needs. Numerous families can afford one or the other, but not both. FPS is grateful for our partnership with the United Way and their support to equip our families with necessary tools for education."
Supplies distributed to 13 school districts in NWA and 1 in Southwest Missouri.
Bentonville – Decatur – Farmington – Fayetteville – Gravette – Huntsville – Lincoln –
McDonald County – Pea Ridge – Prairie Grove – Rogers – Siloam Springs – Springdale


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Does Size Still Matter?
- The exitence of the size premium – the idea that smaller companies tend to outperform larger companies – is disputed, but still expected by some investors.
- Small caps have not outperformed large caps for over a decade, with three possible explanations: the outperformance of tech, low interest rates and a weak dollar.
- The argument for holding small caps in your portfolio hinges on whether this 'perfect storm' is likely to continue – and how best to navigate the cycle.
In the 1990s, Nobel Laureate Eugene Fama and Professor Kenneth French established the 'three-factor model' as a way to better explain equity returns. Their research concludes that value stocks tend to outperform growth stocks, and small-capitalisation stocks tend to outperform large-capitalisation stocks.
The idea that smaller companies have higher risk-adjusted returns had been floating around for several decades. But this was the official birth of the size risk premium.
A risk premium could be defined as the above-average return that should compensate investors for taking a risk. Without a premium, no rationale investor would take the risk in the first place. Smaller companies tend to be a riskier investment than their larger counterparts for several reasons:
Research: It's usually more expensive to obtain information on less well-known, less-researched smaller companies than it is for larger ones. This 'information cost' should be reflected in the rate of return.
Liquidity: Stocks of small companies tend to be less liquid than those of large ones, warranting a liquidity premium as compensation for the potential costs of selling the stock.
Risk: Small companies tend to have higher business risk than large companies, as they commonly have fewer resources, are more concentrated and less diversified, and sell to the local market rather than overseas. Small firms are therefore more sensitive to economic downturn and falling demand. This risk of painful losses in bad times is theoretically offset by high returns in good times1.
That's the theory, anyway.
Figure 1 shows the cumulative performance of large stocks relative to small ones. Although small companies have indeed delivered an overall higher return than large companies since 1979, they have offered no such relative premium since 2006.
Figure 1: Performance of large versus small stocks
Source: T. Rowe Price and Bloomberg, January 1979 to July 2018. Large is represented by Russell 1000 Index and small by Russell 2000 Index.
We see three possible reasons for the breakdown of the small-cap premium: a strong rally in technology stocks; a low interest-rate environment; and general dollar weakness.
Looking at the sector exposure of large versus small caps, the most obvious difference is their relative exposure to technology stocks: tech accounts for a considerable 25% of large caps versus only 15% for small caps2. The tremendous outperformance of tech companies in the last decade – particularly Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (aka FAANG) – goes some way to explaining the recent strength of large caps.
Low interest rates could be another catalyst. Small companies tend to outperform in the aftermath of policy tightening, as rising interest rates usually correspond with periods of economic recovery (which, in turn, particularly bolsters small caps). However, the last ten years have been characterised by persistently low interest rates. What is more, this low-rate environment has also supported high-dividend-paying companies – which are usually large caps.
A final possible cause of the shifting paradigm is currency. Large companies tend to export more than smaller ones, and so a strong US dollar might hurt the competitiveness of large US firms as their goods and services are more expensive. Meanwhile, small firms – which sell domestically – are less sensitive to the dollar. Since the turn of the millennium, the US dollar has undergone long periods of weakness, making large caps more competitive.
While most portfolios are likely to have an exposure to large caps, it is important to maintain a strategic allocation to small caps too – not just for diversification, but also because small companies have the potential to grow faster than their larger peers. Some of today's small companies will invariably be tomorrow's household names. Small caps also bring exposure to risk factors and sources of returns that are less available through large companies, such as momentum and liquidity premium.
What's more, the next decade may paint a very different picture for small companies. Tech firms could wane due to rich valuations and regulatory headwinds, US interest rates are on the rise and the dollar has been on a strengthening trend since April 2018. Add to that the larger impact of tax cuts in the US on small companies than on large companies, and the environment could begin to support small companies.
The case for holding small caps is clear, but how best to approach them? In this universe, active management is key. The small-cap space – with its less-researched, less-known and less liquid stocks – is fruitful for security selection.
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1The returns of small companies are more volatile than those of large companies. The annualised volatility of monthly returns of Russell 1000 Index has been 14.9% while that of Russell 2000 Index has been 19.1% over the period January 1979 through July 2018.
2Source: T. Rowe Price and FTSE Russell. As of 31 July 2017.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Do You Get Your Feelings Hurt Easily?
No one has hurt my feelings lately--not in a long time. In fact, I often say, you can't hurt my feelings. I don't think that is entirely true, but they don't get hurt easily.
I guess that means I not overly sensitive, so I don't take offense or look for reasons to be offended. I think that's a good thing. However, that becomes a two edged sword. If I'm not easily offended or hurt, then I'm not always sensitive to what I might do that would offend or hurt someone else.
Case in point. Many years ago, a friend of mine had remodeled a house and moved in. When I saw the house for the first time, I went on and on about what a beautiful job she had done with everything. I talked about what good ideas she had for doing the things she had done, and was quite vocal about how pretty everything was. I found out several years later that I had offended her. Her comment to another person was that I obviously thought she had no taste and therefore was quite surprised that everything looked so good.
That wasn't what I meant at all, but that was what she perceived. It's very important that we be careful about the things we say and do, especially what we say. I wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings on purpose, but as usual my mouth does it for me.
"He who will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." 1 Peter 3:10
It's that guile part that gets me every time.
Have you ever hurt another's feelings without any intention of doing so? I'm thinking a lot of times, we don't know when we've hurt others, so we have to be really careful about what we say and how we say it.
I hope you've had a great Wedensday. Pray for our country. Love one another.
9 comments:
- Twisted Fencepost said...
I am very much like you.
And sometimes things I say in a positive note seem to be taken negative. I try to compliment as much as possible and it hurts me to think someone might have taken it in a negative way.
Over the last several years I have begun keeping my mouth shut for fear of saying something wrong.
Now I'm being taken as not too friendly. It seems I can't win. So I spend a lot of time by myself. I don't have to worry about hurting others if I'm not around them.
- Marge said...
I get my feelings hurt very easily. I wish that wasn't the case, but it is. I try to be more thick skinned, but it doesn't work very well. I'm working on just letting things roll off my shoulders, but I'm certainly not there yet!
And there are a couple of people that I hold in my thoughts in front of, as they both seem to take everything I say in the wrong way. So, I just keep my mouth shut! I don't like to hurt people.
We had a nice day here. I hope your day was lovely also.
Hugs and blessings.
- Amy said...
I seem to freeze under pressure when I need to speak - so I say the worst things - without intending to?
When I write, I have more time to process what I need to say and what is the most effectife way to say it, but when I'm speaking - well? It's anybody's guess what is going to fly out and how someone is going to perceive it. I work very hard on this, but sometimes I just slip!
- Debra said...
I'm very "plain spoken", so I have had to learn to be extra careful.
A work in progress, no doubt, that's me *sigh*.
Have a great weekend!
- Brenda S Okie in Colorado said...
I think you are blaming yourself for something your friend has turned around. I would have done the same thing you did in telling her what a great job she did. Her mindset at that moment was to take offence in whatever you said. I have a brother that does the same thing. Love him, but hard to communicate with.
Blessings to you.
- Tipper said...
Yes I have hurt others feelings without meaning too-and others have hurt my feelings when I'm sure they didn't intend too. I think it's just life.
- Lisa said...
I know that I say things that offend people. I don't every do it on purpose, but I know that it happens. I try very hard to be very loving, very thoughtful, and all that, but I also know that sometimes I am outspoken. As a police officer we come across kind of blunt at times and after all the years I spent in that field I know that it happens. But if someone really knows me, they know my love for people and that I just would not ever do anything to hurt someone on purpose. Sometimes I think some people just like being a victim too. Know what I mean? You just stay true to yourself.
- Brenda S Okie in Colorado said...
Memaw!!! Where are you my dear? I miss you. I pray you are well and just need a short break from us.
- The Park Wife said...
Memaw, Been a while, great to have time now to come by for a visit. My feelings get hurt easily, I have tried to be better about it, I don't want my kids to be like that. I think I have the best of intentions but sometimes the other person is at a place not able to accept it, that is why they get offended.
Arkansas wether is great today, loving it!!!!
The Park Wife


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Native Alloys is a three-piece rock power trio from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania made up of Bryan Lepri (vocals and guitar), Joe Pisciotta (bass), and Nick Kowalski (percussion). The band is a traditional rock outfit with their own interpretation of what rock 'n' roll should be: both celebrating its roots and evolving with the times and technologies. They make music aimed at to be relatable and make the listener feel good. Asked to describe the band, front man Lepri says:
"It's good rock and roll music, it's fun, it's dark, you can dance to it, you can rock out to it, you can sing along to it. If it were playing at a bar, people in the bar would like it. It's there for you, it's there to bring you in, not push you away. I think you'll like it. I'd be surprised if your initial response was a shrug."
The band was pieced together in summer 2014. Lepri and Pisciotta were working together in a band that would not congeal and was weathering roster changes. They played a show with an experimental noise band that featured Kowalski and knew right away that wanted him. Lepri and Pisciotta wanted to see what he could do in a band with more of a structure. Kowalski was glad to return to his traditional rock upbringing. The band meshed personally and professionally immediately. The first Native Alloys show was just weeks after the initial meeting in July of 2014. Since then, they have played venues and festivals throughout the Midwest and East Coast and in their hometown of Pittsburgh. Pisciotta remarked
"The lineup almost immediately was clicking together. It felt like each of us was complimentary to the other. It wasn't comfort per se, more like iron sharpens irons."
One contributing factor to the success of Native Alloys is the trust and respect the members have for each other individually and the band as a whole. They love what they are doing; they are proud of what they are doing and want to share that with listener both via recordings and live performances. Each member is considered an equal part in the band; in the song writing process, in the live show, in the record sessions, in the enterprise as a whole, it's a singular creative collaboration. Lepri explained
"We're all invested from the first note of every song we play. We create these songs together, we record them together, we release them together. So everyone has an opinion that shapes the record. It's a really collaborative band, and that's vital"
Native Alloys have released two albums: "Naked Light" and "Hallelujah, Baby!" The debut "Naked Light" was a 6-song EP released in 2015. The sophomore effort "Hallelujah, Baby!" was released in Summer 2018. Naked Light was a calculated, exacting romp. "Hallelujah, Baby!" was recorded live in a remote lakeside chalet-turned-studio over an intense 4-day session. The sessions were described by band members as "moody" and "dark" but the end product turned out up-beat and exciting, more so then the band thought.
The feature single from "Hallelujah, Baby!" is a blazing track called 'No One Cares.' It's a blunt, punchy, rocker that matches the vibe of the weekend they recorded. The band did not have high expectations for the song going into recording, but upon playback, they found it captured the essence of the project. Lepri says,
"The single is really fun, it's kind of brutal. but it's really fun... I think it's going to explode out of your headphones. We thought the whole album was going to be a brooding, slow record, but we heard … playback and (the songs) were pretty up beat. We're not nearly as depressed as we think we are… at least when we're playing music together,"
Naked Light was tracked individually in a studio setting. Each member was never in the same room or with another member when recording. The band felt they had lost a certain edge by recording that manner since a signature element of the group is creating together. Lepri says
"We're set up to continue to make records that are going evolve as we evolve. Every record we put out is going to be different. This record is completely different… this record sounds completely different then the last record. And were set up to continue to make our interpretations of what we think good rock and roll should sound like,"
"Hallelujah, Baby!" has a more signature feel. Members traveled to the lake chalet and lived and recorded together for 4 days. In that span, Lepri, Pisciotta and Kowalski recorded over 120 takes of 16 songs. Kowalski reflects:
"This style of recording is much more immersive… it captures the moment; Really working the craft and doing it in the right way. Sloppiness is more real, you can't go in and fix every little thing; it is more than just a record, it's an experience,"
Lepri described this recording process via metaphor;
"You can't make a good pasta sauce by putting things together after the fact. An authentic Italian chef would let it simmer; let it sit in the same pot together. You can't put your finger on why its better, but there is something about being in the same room together that makes it blow out of the speakers to hear it."
The band fights self-awareness and is conscience of trying to take themselves seriously as musicians but also still having fun. They want to be challenged musically and test themselves and each other to get out of their comfort zone. There is a communal desire to not stick with what they know and expand their boundaries. Says Lepri;
"We want to play music, put music out there, and play it in front of as many people who are willing to listen to it. That has always been our goal, but I think in this day and age there is expectation and almost requirement to do more"
Native Alloys want to the music to speak for itself, Kowalski pointed out
"We make a conscious effort to maintain artistic integrity. We try to follow a path of: 'Hey If you like it then that's great.' There is no target demographic, the target demographic is people that like the art... I don't think of our output as a consumable product, I think of it as art."
For the live show, the band wants it to be a big, loud, fun event. The albums the band makes hope to mirror that energy. As Lepri noted
"We are a loud band… you can feel the sound, feel it inside and out. It should be (a) physical (experience), right at or past your comfort level."
Each member's distinct musical taste along with the shared interest form a unique tapestry. The individuals cite acts ranging a 50-year span across multiple genres as influences: REM, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Television, Yo La Tengo, The Smiths, William Onyeabor, Bob Dylan and Blues Explosion. Collectively, they each cited Radiohead, The Kinks and David Bowie. The band also said they have woven together the sounds to The Replacements, Crazy Horse and Sonic Youth into their sound. Pisciotta summarized
"This is our view of the best music that we can conjure up ...we are proud of our work, we think it stands up on its own"


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13 Unexpected Locations You'll Want To Add To Your Hawaii Bucket List
Our beautiful Hawaiian Islands are notorious around the world for a few things: pristine beaches that stretch on for miles, lush tropical forests, panoramic views, and the Aloha spirit that you'll only find on the islands. That isn't all you'll find in Hawaii, though; the islands are home to countless unexpected and surprising – but simply amazing – locations to visit, many of which we've talked about here at Only In Your State. From snow-capped mountains to desolate deserts, you'll want to add these 13 unexpected locations to your Hawaii bucket list as soon as possible.
How many of these epic and unexpected Hawaii locations have you visited?
Looking for more places you wouldn't expect to find in Hawaii? Check out these 10 hikes that will make you forget you're even in Hawaii.


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in conversation: Matthew Sharpe and Sue Havens
I first encountered Sue Havens's work in 2002. She was not yet a ceramicist, but her aesthetic restlessness and omnivorous interest in human-made objects of all kinds—buildings and architectural details, cracked sidewalks, furniture, hats and dresses, toys, logos and signage—was already abundant, both in the not-quite-two-dimensional canvases and other objects she made, and in how she painted them. Havens grew up in Rochester, New York, came to New York City for college at Cooper Union, and received her MFA in painting from Bard College. During the 25 years she lived in New York, she worked as a prototype painter for the Danbury Mint and as a touch-up artist at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum ("I painted Picasso!"). She also wrote and illustrated the book Make Your Own Toys. She now teaches at University of South Florida in Tampa.
Havens told me that she begins a given piece with only the vaguest preconception, and then "I follow what the object is asking me to do." The poet Mary Ruefle writes, "metaphor is not idle comparison, but an exchange of energy, an event… it unites the world by its very premise—that things connect and exchange energy." In this expansive sense, Havens's abstract works are metaphorical, re-routing and re-combining the energy of the world's objects, amplifying it, transmitting it to the viewer.
She spoke with me on the occasion of her solo show of paintings, ceramics, and works on paper, Brick and Mortar, at Park Place Gallery in Brooklyn, in April of this year.
I want to ask you about the conversation between your two-dimensional work and your three-dimensional work. You told me you see a correspondence between this meticulously representational self-portrait you drew in 1988 and this new polka-dotted ceramic piece?
SH: There's a strength, there's a posture, and there's a wild costume element; there's a seriousness in the ceramic itself, in the weight of the stone, the history of stone and ceramic. And there's something that is smashed together with that, that makes it a contradiction. When you talk about 2D and 3D, I think about contradiction. If I think there is a limit to the 2D thing, I want to see how I can make it 3D, and vice versa: If it's a 3D object, I want to confuse that and challenge that. The ceramic piece is puppet-like, and it has four legs, it references a kitchen table—so it's 3D. And yet it's also very frontal, 2D. Also, if you look at the dot pattern, it suggests that, if you squint, it could extend off the wiggly edge. That, to me, is a fun moment, when the dot pattern defies the form.
The dots also suggest fabric.
SH: Yeah, that one is from a skirt pattern in a thrift store in Seminole Heights, Florida, in Tampa. I saw it on the day that I was going back to paint that object, and I didn't know what I would do. And then I thought about the skirt. I wanted to buy it, but I didn't want to spend money, and I knew I could have it if I painted it, which is a Georgia O'Keeffe thing. There was a mountain in her view and she said something like, "If I can paint it, I can have it."
In this case it's just a skirt, and the loss is not that great. But you told me you drew that self-portrait right after your brother died, and that that loss was present in the drawing.
SH: Well, I look at that drawing and I know that I made that right after it happened, and I can see it in the expression so directly. I wasn't being ironic when I was wearing the dress and the crown with the skeletons on it. That dot dress was my prom dress. I don't know how that happened, that drawing. I was just alone, dealing, in my room, making a self-portrait, being an intense teenager, and that was that drawing. I feel like this ceramic piece is similar, but 30 years later. It's a thing that's processed through a lot more time…. I mean, who knows? Why do we do what we do? But if I think about the tonal choices and the color, and the inclusion of cracks and decay and, ultimately, death in the materiality of the work, I think there's a choice of it being there.
Did you actually have that crown on while drawing, or was that imaginary?
SH: I sewed the crown. I wore the crown to school. I was crafting with my friend Nick, and I made the skeletons out of Sculpey—my mom had brought us to the Day of the Dead in Mexico, so that we could have that as part of our process. It's incredible she did that. Also, I was making a line of hats at the time—I sold them on Monroe Avenue in Rochester. So, fashion.
There's all this vernacular visual vocabulary that makes its way into your work, including fashion/textiles/fabrics, and—
SH: All kinds of things. The Schwinn logo, and collecting from thrift stores, piles of found packaging and ephemera. Stuff.
And your trip to Turkey with your husband…
SH: Yeah, this whole irregular wiggly line is from a Turkish embroidery motif of a flower petal, which I found particularly strange, in a beautiful way. That was a discovery in Izmir.
The wiggly line in so many of these ceramics?
SH: Yes, and it was a challenge to make the scalloped edge irregular. That was a discovery from Turkey—to not make a perfect scalloped edge.
It's not your natural inclination to make things irregular?
SH: I come from a family with inclinations toward precision and control. My dad is a machinist, and my grandfather made incredible wood block prints. And then I was a prototype painter for the Danbury Mint for 12 years, so that kind of miniature precision and control I've been trying to undo for a while.
SH: It's not something I wanted to see. I didn't want to make that and be around that result. Also, the precise line was crippling, physically, so I had to reinvent. You look at Matisse, what he had to do, when he became sick—cut-outs. You reinvent.
So maybe there's a correspondence between the mortal body and the work? Not only in an instrumental way—I can't make the precise line anymore—but also allowing mess into the work that resonates with the mess that the body is becoming.
SH: I think of that early portrait and the kind of time and space and ability I had then to do that in a few sittings. It's astonishing to me that I did that. And right after I had Wesley, my son—he's four years old—my energy was so different. I was too exhausted to cut paper with the X-Acto knife. So I started tearing paper because it was easier, and I discovered that ragged edge, and I made paper constructions using that.
What impelled you toward working in clay?
SH: I was on my way to the band saw in the wood shop at University of South Florida because I was thinking of making wooden forms, and I heard a student talking about the Clay Club, and I realized I had 24-hour access to the ceramics studio. This led to a very fast and breathless period where I was making, making, and then learning technical aspects of how do I build with clay.
Which leads us to raku firing. It's very hot—
SH: —and very fast. In electric kilns, you can control the rate of heat increase over a long period for a very safe firing. Raku goes from zero to 1,500 or 1,600 degrees within an hour. So it's a bigger risk, which is exciting.
You used the word "resurrection" to describe raku.
SH: It's hard to not see it that way. You take the piece with tongs from this big barrel where it's been fired, and you put it in a pit of sawdust, and it goes into flames. The thing is on fire and you can barely see it, and from the ashes, you pick it out and see what has happened to it.
Here, again, I see loss and recovery.
SH: It can take a couple weeks to build something, and another several long days of painting something. Three layers of paint on each stripe. Each one of those dots was, like, five layers, hand-painted. I would never do it again if I knew what I would have to do, but I usually just go pretty blindly into a thing. And you have to be willing to lose it.
Interview by Matthew Sharpe.
Photography by Sue Havens.
Matthew Sharpe is the author of the novels Jamestown, The Sleeping Father, You Were Wrong, and Nothing Is Terrible. He has a flash fiction blog, Very short stories r us.
Sue Havens is an artist based in New York and Tampa, and she is currently an assistant professor of art at The University of South Florida in Tampa. See more of her work at suehavensstudio.com.


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One time Oddfuture member has released his solo project, Fireplace:TheNotTheOtherSide and it is personal and spiritual at the same time. Hodgy's album, Fireplace:TheNotTheOtherSide, was dropped under the radar in 2016 and has a lot of qualty material from an artist that no one has heard from for awhile.
Stand out songs are "Barbell", "Dreaminofthinkin", "Tape Beat", "Reduction", and "They Want".
"Barbell" is the single that Hodgy provided for the masses. Very good song, bars on bars and meaningful. All of Hodgy songs on Fireplace:TheNotTheOtherSide are personal, you can hear it through the music.
"Tape Beat" has a feature feature from Lil Wanye, I'm not really too fond of him right now, but his contribution to the song is nice. Lil Wanye took it back to his mixtape days. Hodgy hops on the BADBADNOTGOOD beat with direction and honesty. I personally don't feel like Hodgy was over shadowed by Lil Wanye.
"They Want" is a DJ khaled relevant THEY when Hodgy spits on this song. In Hodgy's second verse he is trying to uplift the listener and possibly a certain person that he had in mind. Hodgy comes off strong as a person who has self-confidence and awareness in who he is as a person.
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When we had the perimeter and cross fencing done in spring of 2013 we had the company doing the fencing remove a lot of it. Ari the English Setter had given herself a nasty laceration on her chest two years before while she and I were walking the area of corrals. It was nice to have them agree to it as this was still in the middle of Geoffrey's 3.5 years of chemo treatment. So it was most certainly something he wasn't up to doing.
Over the years the pups and I have found more barbwire and old nails, coffee cans and other items. We have several rock walls not unlike the ones across the street at the Armstrong (Holiday) ranch. But not as wide or tall. The wall below is a visual lie as it is about 4 feet tall and about 4 foot wide. Ours are much smaller and not as numerous but attest to cowboy ingenuity and grit.
I have to make a run tomorrow to Red Bluff about 30 minutes south for provisions but plan to make it short and sweet. That is on the valley floor but they are calling for snow that far down tomorrow also. I find it irritating to deal with folks who don't drive weather well. They are dangerous to both themselves and the rest of us. So I will do only what needs to be done and come back up the mountain to wait it out until Sunday.
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Just wait until Jeremy Kyle sees this.
Snoop Dogg's son Corde Calvin Broadus has released a load of pictures of himself smoking bongs on Twitter, along with a load of captions that basically say 'Look how cool I am' over and over again.
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In one of the pictures Corde - aka Spanky Danky - uploaded on Twitter, Snoop appears to be enjoying drugs alongside his 18 year son.
While wearing very fashionable socks and flip flops.
In another snap, Snoop is seen showing his son how to roll skins (not that Spanky appears to need much help) in front of the cameras in their... bathroom? That appears to be a shower on the left there.
Writing a series of captions with the pictures, Corde (who calls himself a 'hippie') shared the informative 'I wouldn't mind living in Amsterdam fo a year' and 'I been on bongs since middle of high school jus started fu**in wit vapors and Js more'.
Good for Spanky.
It's thought that Spanky Danky turned down a sports scholarship to work on producing his own hip hop record.
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SHAH ALAM - The Government has awarded RM23.1 million (S$8.9 million) of New Deal incentives to school heads and teachers in 566 primary schools which exceeded their performance targets.
Under the New Deal, school heads receive certificates and RM7,500 while 5 per cent of the top teachers in the selected schools get RM1,800 and the rest RM900.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said these schools, making up 7.31 per cent of the number of primary schools, exceeded the performance targets set under the National Key Result Areas last year, which was above the 6 per cent target set by the ministry.
"The effectiveness of school management depends greatly on the capability of the school head in handling the challenges to ensure that all the available resources are utilised to fulfil the aspirations of the education system," said Muhyiddin in his speech at the incentives presentation ceremony here yesterday.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said that out of the 566 schools, 209 (36.9 per cent) were urban schools, 302 (53.4 per cent) rural schools and the remaining 55 (9.7 per cent) interior schools.
The schools were evaluated under the Malaysian Education Quality Standard in which the schools were ranked based on the combination of scores in the School Composite Score.
SK Tasik Chini, Pahang, is the only orang asli school receiving the New Deal incentives.
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The following recs are from my good friend Angela. Along with a few other friends, we spent an epic 4 days in one of the worlds most unique and incredible places. Below is her recommended itinerary. Click the links on each day to view her expanded recommendations.
Recently I cannot get online without seeing incredible pictures of Iceland. From Justin Bieber's music videos to every travel post on Twitter. It is THE place to go right now. With incredibly cheap flights from WOW air there is no reason not to go. Last year I took a trip with some friends to explore. Since then people have been asking where we went and what we did I thought I would share the details to inspire travel plans. I definitely cannot pronounce most of these places but I can tell you they are worth the trip.
*Click the links in the day for further details of the places listed
Land at 4am
Pickup rental car
Glymur waterfall (one hour north from Reykjavik) – Drive past Hvalfjörður
Snaefellsnes national park (2 hours, 41 mins from Reykjavik).
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Skogafoss (30 mins to Vik)
Night in Vik
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Blue lagoon
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Family History – Part Three
Part Three
Here's a sample of Joshua's writing, taken from his Preface:
About seven years ago, I started to write sketches of my Father's family history (including my brothers and sisters) and short biographies of each of his children. As I was the only surviving child of a large family of eleven children, it seemed to me that God had lengthened out my life and health for a purpose and had given me a family to train up in the way they should go, both by example and precept, and the six children who are living might prize a work of this kind from the brain and pen of their aged Father as one of his last acts of kindness that would remain with his children when his body is laid to rest in the silent grave.
I have to write under some disadvantages as some of the events I shall narrate took place many years before I was born and I got the facts orally from my Parents more than sixty years ago and stored them in my memory. My parents are dead over fifty years. As to the age of my grandparents, I had to suppose or guess their ages. I had my parents' age in a family record and that of all their children. I left my first family home at the age of twenty-nine years. My parents had died and I left in the year 1852 [leaving] three brothers and four sisters all in good health and in 1882 the last one died leaving me the only living child in my Father's family. It is wonderful how well the memory retains what it gained in childhood or youth. I cannot trace our Family history in the past further back than Grandfather.
As a strong inducement for me to undertake such a task now in my old age, my children have given me tangible proof of their sincerity in supplying me with blank books for me to write a copy for each of them (providing the task was not too much for my strength) as they would preserve it carefully as a lasting souvenir of my many acts of paternal kindness to my family. I make no promises as the future is all hid from me. My life and times are in the hands of my Heavenly Father. I have four blank books to fill; not a bad year's work for me to do. "I may die in the harness" and some of my children may complete the task. I feel better to be employed at something that may benefit those I shall leave behind. If I have blank pages to spare, I will give a short sketch of my mother's family (the Langfords) and the mothers of my children (the Walden and the Stewart families). They well deserve a page in this book of chronicles.
If these biographies and narratives and reviews give my children or grandchildren or reader of these pages the pleasure they have given the writer, I will be amply rewarded. I pray that God may preserve me in health to finish this volume which I will cheerfully present to my son Dr. C. W. Thompson of Clinton and his family to improve on a new edition.
I have written this introduction on Saturday the Sixth day of May, 1905. May Almighty God bless this last effort of your aged Father and Grandfather! Amen!
Joshua Thompson
St. Marys
[Updated September 10, 1910]
Part One |Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight | Part Nine
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October 9, 2013 at 9:19 pm
This is amazing, Larry!
October 15, 2013 at 7:03 am
Thought you'd like the last version "PREFACE"… now on two pages!
SOURCE: "A Sketch of the Thompson Family for the last 125
Years" by Joshua Thompson of St. Mary's now in his 86th
year, July 9, 1909
The author of these Biographies presents these
narratives to his descendants, with much diffidence,
and under a deep sense of his many imperfections.
About ten years ago, I commenced writing sketches of
my Parent's history, and short Biographies of each of their
children, on pad paper. It seemed to me that God had wisely
lengthened out my life for a purpose, and had given to
me a large family to train up in the way they should
go both by example and Precept.
Five of my children had died, and the six who remain
might prize a Family History and Record of past relatives,
and Events, and to none living as well known, as the present
In sketching the history of my Father's Parentage, and
for more than forty years of my Parents natural life. I
do it from memory, what I got Orally from my parents,
more than sixty years ago, and will not knowingly, write any
event, but what I believe to be strictly true, and I have
placed the dates as correct as possible.
30 Dec 1847 – My Father is dead over fifty eight years,
and he was in his thirty eighth year when I was born, and
if I count seven years for my Childhood, that would only
leave me seventeen years contemporary with my Father,
Insane – and about half that time he was mentally weak.
Apr 1851 -My mother is dead fifty five years. It is wonderful
how well the memory retains what it learns in childhood or
youthful years. I cannot trace our Family History further
back than my Grand Parents. and have to guess their ages
(turn over)
As a strong inducement to undertake such a task
for me in my old age, my children have given me
tangible proof of their sincerity in supplying me with
Blank books to write a copy for each of them, if the
task was not to much for my strength, as they would
preserve it carefully and prize it highly as a lasting
souvenir of my many acts of Paternal kindness to
my Family.
I make no promises as to the future, it is hid from
me. My life and times are in God's care. This is now
my seventh copy of Family History I have commenced
and I might be spared to finish and think it my last,
or nearly so. Each of these blank books cost two dollars
or over in Hamilton, and it takes me my spare hours,
over two months to write a copy, should I died with
pen in my hand, some one will finish the task.
I had my Parent's age, and all their children in a
Family Record, which they kept on a fly leaf, of
an old book in our family home, but not the age
of my Grandparents, or my Uncles or Aunts. I did
not forget their names or calling. I will record what
I know of my Mother's Family. Also a short Sketch
of my first wife's family, the Walden's and my present
wife's family, the Stewart Family.
I left my native home at the age of 29 years in Oct
1852 and three brothers and Four sisters, all in good
health, and 30 years after, in June 1882, the last living
one died, leaving me the only living child of my Parents.
If I am spared to finish this volume. I cheerfully present
it to my youngest daughter M. Gertrude Thompson St.
Mary's (now married to H. Pringle living in Victoria)
I have written this Introduction April 9th 1906, in my
eighty-third year.
Joshua Thompson
I am renewing and making additions –
March 1911 – J.T., St. Mary's
June 1910 – J.T., St. Mary's
Sep/Oct 1912 – J.T.
Nov 1913 – J.T.
Oct 1914 – J.T.
Aug 1915 – J.T.
1916 to 1948 – Gertrude Pringle entered some BMD dates.
NOTE: There was a 32 page history written by Joshua that appears in the back of his 2d Edition compilations, completed
on the 4th of Dec 1904:
"The Life of Christ" and
"Lives of some of the Apostles".
Joshua's last entry in the family section was at the birth
of his grandaughter Margaret Jean Lapum Pringle on
27 Aug 1912.
At some point, it was given to the Rev. Laura Butler of Metropolitan United Church, Victoria, BC
and she returned it to the family in October 1998.
I wonder if this makes for SEVEN copies, as he
has written above…
October 15, 2013 at 7:14 am
oh.. yes… both prefaces on two pages..


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A Karaköy institution. Fresh fish, and fresh fish only. Levrek en papilotte (sea bass wrapped in paper) is the speciality but the skewers also come recommended.
Upstairs is Grifin for fish in a more fancy setting.