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Following these principles helps to make animations feel more energetic or alive. You can use them to different degrees depending upon the style of animation you are using. It's the sort of thing that is worth brushing up on every now and then.
The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren't old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney's desire to use animation to express character and personality.
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N.J.S.A. 2C:17-3b(8)model jury charge
Count ____ of the indictment charges defendant with committing the offense of criminal mischief by (insert allegation of the indictment).In pertinent part, the indictment alleges that
(Read material part of Count ____ to jury)
Defendant is charged with violating a provision of our law that provides that a person is guilty of criminal mischief ifhe/shepurposely or knowingly breaks, digs up, obstructs or otherwise tampers with any pipes or mains for conducting gas, oil or water, or any works erected for supplying buildings with gas, oil or water, or any appurtenancesor appendages therewith connected, or injures, cuts, breaks down, destroys or otherwise tampers with any electric light wires, poles or appurtenances, or any telephone, telecommunications, cable television or telegraph wires, lines, cables or appurtenances.
In order to convict defendant of this offense, you must find that the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following three elements:
1.That(name/description of damaged property)is:
a.a pipe or main for conducting gas, oil or water;
b.works erected for supplying gas, oil or water to any building or anyappurtenance or appendage therewith connected;
c.electric light wires, poles or appurtenances; or
d.telephone, telecommunications, cable television or telegraph wires,lines, cables or appurtenances.
2.That defendant:
a.broke/dug up/obstructed/or otherwise tampered with:
i.a pipe or main for conducting gas, oil or water,
ii.works erected for supplying buildings with gas, oil or water [or
any appurtenance or appendage therewith connected].
b.injured/cut/broke down/destroyed/or otherwise tampered with:
i.an electric light wire/pole/appurtenance,
ii.a telephone/telecommunication/cable television/telegraph wire/line/cable/appurtenance.
3.That defendant acted purposely or knowingly.
The first element that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that(name/description of property damaged)is a[pipe or main for conducting gas, oil or water] [works erected for supplying buildings with gas, oil or water or any appurtenance or appendage therewith connected] ORis[an electric light wire/ pole/appurtenance] [a telephone/telecommunication/cable television/telegraph wire/ line/cable/appurtenance].The term appurtenance means something that belongs or is annexed to a more substantial structure (e.g., a porch attached to a house).[1]The term appendage means an accessory or subordinate part of something else (e.g., the arm on a body).[2]
The second element that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that defendant[CHARGE AS APPROPRIATE]:
a.broke/dug up/obstructed/otherwise tampered with(insert name/descriptionof property damaged).
b.injured/cut/broke down/destroyed/otherwise tampered with(insert name/ description of property damaged).
The third element that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that defendant acted purposely or knowingly when he engaged in such conduct.A defendant acts purposely with respect to the nature ofhis/herconduct or a result thereof if it ishis/herconscious object to engage in conduct of that nature or to cause such a result.A defendant acts purposely with respect to attendant circumstances ifhe/sheis aware of the existence of such circumstances or believes or hopes that they exist.[3]In other words, for you to find that defendant acted purposely, you must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that defendants purpose or conscious object was to:
(1)break/dig up/obstruct/otherwise tamper with:
a.a pipe or main for conducting gas/oil/water
b.works erected for supplying buildings with gas/oil/water or anyappurtenance/appendage therewith connected.
(2)injure/cut/break down/destroy/otherwise tamper with:
a.an electric light wire/pole/appurtenance
b.a telephone/telecommunications/cable television/telegraph wire/ line/
cable appurtenance,
whenhe/sheengaged in the conduct alleged.
A defendant acts knowingly with respect to the nature ofhis/herconduct or the attendant circumstances ifhe/sheis aware thathis/herconduct is of that nature, or that such circumstances exist, orhe/sheis aware of a high probability of their existence.A defendant acts knowingly with respect to a result ofhis/herconduct if defendant is aware that it is practically certain thathis/herconduct will cause such a result.[4]In other words, for you to find that defendant acted knowingly, you must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knew whathe/shewas doing, and that defendant was aware that the nature ofhis/herconduct and the attendant circumstances were such as to make it practically certain thathis/herconduct would:
b.works erected for supplying buildings with gas/oil/water or any
appurtenance/appendage therewith connected.
(2)injure/cut/break down/destroy/otherwise tamper with
b.a telephone/telecommunications/cable television/telegraph wire/line/
You should understand that purpose or knowledge is a condition of the mind.It cannot be seen.It can only be determined by inferences from conduct, words or acts.Therefore, it is not necessary for the State to produce witnesses to testify that defendant stated, for example, thathe/sheacted with purpose or knowledge whenhe/shedid a particular thing.It is within your power to find that proof of purpose or knowledge has been furnished beyond a reasonable doubt by inference which may arise from the nature of the acts and the surrounding circumstances.The place where the acts occurred and all that was done or said by defendant preceding, connected with, and immediately succeeding the events in question are among the circumstances to be considered.
If you find that the State has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any element of the offense, you must find defendant not guilty.On the other hand, if you find that the State has proven beyond a reasonable doubt every element of criminal mischief, you must find defendant guilty of that offense.
[1]SeeBlacks Law Dictionary(rev. 4thed.).
[2]SeeBlacks Law Dictionary(rev. 4thed.).
[3]SeeN.J.S.A. 2C:2-2b(1).
[4]SeeN.J.S.A. 2C:2-2b(2).
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|Robert Eymael (owner)
Robert Eymael & Volker Besch (winemakers)
|Robert is currently the 6th generation
Estate founded in 1177
|20,000 cases
|20 Hectares
|Ürziger Würzgarten (10ha)
Erdener Treppchen (5ha)
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Erdener Treppchen - Blue Slate
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Mönchhof "11" Riesling (medium-dry)
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60% Sweet
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30% Wood (1000 liter barrels)
Barrels ~ 20-30 years old
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Formerly a possession of the Cistercian Abbey at Himmerod it is one of the oldest estates in the Mosel region. As early as 1177 documents from Pope Alexander III show the Abbey owned vineyards in and around the village of Ürzig. After secularization the Eymaels in 1804 purchased the estate from Napoleon at an auction in Paris. The estates top vineyards are comprised of the very steep Ürziger Würzgarten, Erdener Treppchen and the "filet" piece in one of the prized jewels in the Mosel valley – the Erdener Prälat. All the vineyards are planted 100% to Riesling (all with original rootstocks).
Terroir breakdown in the vineyards follows:
Ürziger Würzgarten – bedrock of reddish or iron rich slate materials similar to the Kastanienbusch at the Rebholz estate.
Erdener Treppchen – compact weathered clay / slate, very stony, gravely
Erdener Prälat – a composite of both the Würzgarten and Treppchen; in addition to being well protected from rock formations on both sides; it is also the best solar collector.
Robert Eymael, the owner, has been charge since 1994. The estate produces primarily fruity style wines but is showing signs for taking a turn towards drier styled wines. The estate also formed the backdrop for Moselbrück, a German soap opera about a German wine estate.
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You can easily spot The Little Friends of Printmaking in a crowd—their inky hands and clothes are a dead giveaway. Their work is just as distinctive. Husband-and-wife team JW and Melissa Buchanan first made a name for themselves by designing and printing silkscreened concert posters, but soon branched out into further fields, designing fancy junk for whoever would pay them money.
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I've seen you both at various local events and conventions. Do you have a favorite?
DesignerCon is our hometown fair and the crowd there is just so smart. They know what they like and they're so excited to see new stuff. CatCon, on the other hand, has cats. Advantage: CatCon.
I loved your 'California Forests' piece for our California Love show. What is the best thing about California?
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How do you manage work/life balance?
We don't! We live in a live/work space and our life and our work are as mixed and muddled up as you could get. Thankfully we love what we do so it doesn't seem to be too much of a problem for us.
What is the best advice you've ever received?
The piece of advice that we're always trying to live up to is "Learn to Say No." As illustrators, our default setting is to say yes to everything regardless of whether it makes sense for us. You have to learn to treat your time as valuable or no one else will.
What upcoming project are you most excited about right now?
We're getting ready for a pop-up event in Tokyo this February! We've never been and we're so excited.
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Skip to comments.GOP defies Boehner on special Benghazi panel
Posted on 05/14/2013 3:56:13 AM PDT by markomalley
House Republican members are defying Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and five committee chairmen by endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
A growing number of members on the committees with jurisdiction over the Benghazi matter Intelligence, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services and Foreign Affairs have signed onto Rep. Frank Wolfs (R-Va.) resolution.
Boehner and the chairmen of those committees do not support the legislation. Instead, they have worked together to investigate the Obama administrations handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 assault.
Despite that resistance, Wolf has garnered a sizable majority of the GOP Conference as co-sponsors since introducing the measure in January. It has 146 GOP co-sponsors, with more than 80 Republicans backing it over the last month.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has also embraced a special committee and attempted to pry the GOP-led House to schedule a vote. That would put pressure, McCain has pointed out, on the Senate to act.
According to a review of the House co-sponsors, a majority of GOP lawmakers on the Armed Services, Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees and half of the GOP lawmakers on the Foreign Affairs panel have endorsed the Wolf resolution.
Former Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) signed on to the resolution Monday, while former Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) endorsed it during a television interview. Late last week, former Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) became a co-sponsor.
Two of the Intelligence Committees 12 GOP lawmakers, Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Tom Rooney (Fla.), have signed on.
Not one Democrat has co-sponsored the Wolf resolution.
President Obama on Monday dismissed GOP charges that his administration covered up the truth about the attacks in Benghazi, calling them a politically motivated sideshow that does dishonor to the nations diplomats.
He added: The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. The fact that this keeps getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations.
Wolf told The Hill in an interview, I think you want to bring together the very best minds, you want to focus like a laser beam ... bring an outside counsel to coordinate, direct and unify ... bring it together in 90 days.
Should Boehner not seek a vote on Wolfs resolution, the Virginia congressman revealed he might have several opportunities to offer the measure as an amendment on the House floor during the appropriations bill process in June.
I would look for a way to offer an amendment on the floor. Appropriations bills are coming. There will be opportunities, Wolf explained.
Detractors say that creating a select committee would be counterproductive to the work that has already been undertaken by the five committees of jurisdiction.
They maintain that the 90-day timeline would allow for administration stonewalling, and with only 19 members on the committee 10 of which would be the committee chairmen and ranking members of the panels with jurisdiction said it would be difficult to appoint standout questioners to the select panel.
On Sunday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) dismissed the idea of a creating a select committee: ... it needs to be investigated. Our committee can investigate.
Last Thursday, Wolf sent a stinging letter to Boehner, citing the support for his select committee cause the day after Oversight and Government Reform held a high-profile hearing on Benghazi.
The revelations at [last weeks] hearing have raised serious questions about the administrations efforts to respond to the Americans under fire at the annex in Benghazi. What remains to be seen is whether the House will be complicit in that failure, or if we will pursue the truth wherever it may take us to ensure that we continue to deserve the sacrifices made by the men and women who serve our country, Wolf wrote.
Boehner last week remained firm in his commitment to follow regular order and allow the committees with jurisdiction to continue to share the workload.
He highlighted the Oversight and Government Reform Committees performance in questioning State Department whistle-blower Gregory Hicks.
I thought that Chairman Issa and the members of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee ... did a fabulous job in a very long day of hearings of eliciting more information that, frankly, we havent had for the last eight months, Boehner said.
A senior House Republican aide said, It should be pretty clear after last week that there is already a committee leading the overarching investigation, and that is Chairman Issas committee. After last weeks hearing, there is growing concern, even among members whove advocated the creation of a select committee in the past, that throwing all this to a select committee now instead of letting Issas panel continue to do its work would actually impede the investigation.
Since the hearing last week, seven House Republicans have formally co-sponsored Wolfs legislation, including Deputy Whip Tom Cole (Okla.).
On Monday afternoon, Issas committee sent out a notice that it would be taking testimony from Ambassador Tom Pickering and retired Adm. Michael Mullen, who led the State Department investigation on Benghazi. Issa gave notice during recent media appearances that he might subpoena additional witnesses. Former Vice President Cheney last week suggested the GOP should subpoena former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
It needs to be done. Unfortunately, the GOP "leadership" (HA!) is more focused on the minor issue of the WH putting out BS talking points, and not at all concerned about the fact the Obama administration left these guys to twist in the wind. The GOP is going after the shiny beads, or more to the point, they're only looking at treating the symptoms and not curing the disease. Then again, why should they? They're as much a part of the disease as the Democrats.
Am I the only one who who agrees with Victoria Toensing that a "select committee" is a bad idea? The fact that McQueeg wants one ought to tell you what you need to know about how good an idea this is.
Special prosecutor time.
The IRS thing is a ruse to get the focus off of the real game. It's real and it's a problem, but was tossed in the fire to divide Congress. And it's working.
The AP phone tap is, in my opinion, an act of collusion between the AP and the WH to give them something to print ahead of everything. This morning, it's all that the press wants to talk about. "Oh, we are the REAL victims!" FUAP
Obama has dirt on him, just like Petraeus. He need to step down, McConnell too. I wish WE the people could choose the leaders.
I have been complaining to people that it appears he is totally incompetent, as he has no knowledge of the things going on in his administration. Seems to work better on low information. They hear about the main topic, but don''t quite get it. Incompetence they nod their heads. Too much golf and vacations. No handling of their lower staff seems to resonate.
Agree...0 speaks in opposites.
Obama has dirt on both of them count on it...
How long until Obama wraps himself in the Flag?
The GOP House needs to call a special caucus to elect new leadership...
This country is so done, its too late to save it.
PC, illegals, hyphen names, freebies, IRS, google, obamacare, wars, arab spring, islam,stock market manipulation, food, energy, on and on. Everthing is corrupt! Everything...
Wake up America!!!
The Weeper has Zero's back - HE DEFINATELY MUST GO. I said it back last Dec before the 113th was seated. Michele Bachmann had said she was going to challenge him and then lost her spine also.
I'm sure you're right but sheesh right now all we are asking is to get to the truth. I don't think boehner can handle the truth. Then he would get pressure to impeach Obama and he hasn't the stomach for that. Boehner wants to gently put this stuff to bed and then hide under the bed.
What you mistake for Michele's spine is actually her mouth
I think we all knew from the get-go that Boner didn't have what it takes to be the leader of Congress. The GOP RINO club sure knows how to pick loser leaders. Time to outflank them on the right.
Agree. I smell a rat. I see muddied waters, and failure to control an expanding herd of cats. It's NOT just the McCain thing, but the who's on first question will become the Democrat talking point.
It appears they want to create chaos from order.
Spot on!
Boehner needs to be primaried. I wish I lived in his district so I could vote for his primary challenger.
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"Tort Reform" Hurts People We All Want to Help – Not the People We Don't
I recently read a statement by a physician who was the tragic victim of medical malpractice. He was enraged by the fact that a very preventable form a cancer had not been detected by a physician he was treating with. The doctor was furious that he is going to die unnecessarily because another doctor made such a mistake. The negligent doctor who missed his cancer had a history of committing malpractice, but had been allowed to continue practicing medicine. Worse yet, this man has come to understand that Indiana's arbitrary cap on medical malpractice damages is going to leave his family with an uncertain future, especially his minor children.
We hear about cases where juries award huge sums of money to someone who was injured and we don't always stop to think that the jury must have had some reason to make its finding. We don't always realize that the money award has to go to pay medical bills and lost wages and court costs and whatever other expenses have been incurred as a result of the injury. Instead of trusting the jury in civil cases, we listen to law makers who want to enact limitations on what a jury can award in the form of monetary damages.
A true, tragic story of the impact of tort reform happened just recently when a judge in California was forced to divide up the damages that were capped by federal law in the Amtrak passenger train wreck that happened in Chatsworth, California on September 12, 2008.: In 1997, Congress passed a law capping Amtrak's liability in any one crash at $200 million. This sounds like an incredible amount of money, until you read the facts of this particular case — 24 people died and over 100 were injured, some of them horrifically, when the Amtrak conductor was texting on his phone, switched tracks, and collided with an oncoming freight train. The judge was forced to make choices about which catastrophic injury was greater than the next catastrophic injury, and why one horribly injured person should receive a little more than the next – all the while leaving nobody with full compensation. Likewise, the judge had to choose which child who just lost a parent deserved more than the next child who lost a parent, leaving neither child's future appropriately secured. The reason these horrific decisions had to be made was because the Judge could not award the full value of all the claims. Instead, he was forced to fit the all of the claims inside the arbitrarily legislated cap on damages.
You see, when arbitrary caps are implemented in civil cases, it is the valid claims that are impacted, not the frivolous ones. There are already rules in place for frivolous lawsuits to be dismissed. In fact, that's part of a trial court judge's job. Therefore, Indiana's arbitrary cap on malpractice cases will not prevent a single frivolous lawsuit. But, it will prevent the doctor in Indiana I mentioned earlier- who will die due to malpractice- from leaving behind enough money to care for his family, just as the victims on the Amtrak train won't receive the full value of their losses either (It's worth noting that the damage cap in Indiana has not been raised since 1998 – nearly13 years.)
Tort reformers want to limit the access of the individuals to the courts. They start with the assumption that most lawsuits are frivolous and that most people are out to turn their injuries into lottery tickets. They don't trust the law to sort out the legitimately injured from the malingerers of the world. And because they don't trust the courts, they don't want people to have access to the courts. They also never think they will be the person who needs justice as a result of someone else's negligence.
In general, we all just want to know that the products they're using aren't going to hurt us. No one wants contaminated food items, improperly constructed cribs, or cars that don't stop. As a society, we rely on companies to sell products that are safe for use and consumption. If there is an error or problem, we expect those companies to admit the problem and take every step to correct it and to fix whatever damage has already been done. And, if the harm is bad enough and/or pervasive enough, our third branch of government, the Judiciary – the branch that is supposed to be free of political campaign money's influence, is supposed to be there to allow a jury of our peers to decide if our claim is valid and, if so, what harm was caused by the negligent behavior. Unfortunately, it is exactly this Constitutional premise, the right to trial by jury in a civil case, that "Tort Reformers" want to take away.
There is a great documentary film on HBO right now called "Hot Coffee." The movie starts with the truth about the now infamous McDonald's hot coffee case, and how the plaintiff actually received horrible injuries due to McDonald's clear malfeasance. Yet, her story was spun completely out of context by a planned media effort by "Tort Reformers" in order to get the general public to believe that juries are out of control and frivolous lawsuits are a big problem. The same tort reformers also had a strategic plan to pass caps on damages through state legislators, and even change state constitutions when the legislation was struck down as unconstitutional. At one point in the documentary the story was told of a man from Waco, Texas who admitted to voting for the constitutional amendment to cap "frivolous" lawsuits, only to become the victim of medical malpractice himself. He told the lawyer, "I thought we only capped the frivolous ones."
We trust juries with the duty and responsibility to decide guilt or innocence in criminal cases. Jurors in a capital murder trial have the power of life and death in their hands. It is only in civil litigation where we no longer trust the decision of a jury. Instead, we have allowed insurance companies and other large corporations to convince us that we cannot trust a jury. People forget that the right to a jury trial was, literally, mentioned in the Declaration of Independence as a reason why American was breaking away from Great Britain. The right to trial by jury in a civil case is the basis of the 7th Amendment to our Constitution.
Not every company has the integrity to own up to its errors or omissions. It is because of these companies that the courts must remain available to everyone. It doesn't make sense to have the law bent to the whim of the powerful at the expense of the individual. If only corporations have justice, none of us do.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ansley Smith's body language told the whole story Sunday afternoon.
The UK junior clenched the face guard of her helmet with both hands as she stared at the dirt.
She staggered over to the dugout railing in disgust, both hands holding her head.
First base umpire Danny Bowman had ruled that she went around on an 0-2 pitch from Florida ace Lauren Haeger. It was the final out in Kentucky's 1-0 loss to the Gators in Game 2 of the Gainesville Super Regional.
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Just like that, the Cats' bid for a second consecutive Women's College World Series appearance was over, derailed by their SEC rival.
For the second time in as many days both Haeger (28-1) and UK's Kelsey Nunley (14-16) took the circle.
After managing just two hits in Game 1 against Haeger, the Cats (32-26) tried to play small ball by manufacturing runs with aggressive base running and pushing the defense of Florida (55-6).
On Saturday, the Cats didn't have a runner on first with one out until the sixth inning. But UK was able to do that in both the third and fourth innings on Sunday.
After Sylver Samuel reached base with a one-out single in the third, Lawson called for a hit-and-run with Griffin Joiner at the plate. Joiner hit a rocket to left field that was corralled by Nicole DeWitt as she crashed into the wall. DeWitt's throw to Kayli Kvistad at first base got Samuel as she tried to scramble back.
In the fourth, Maisie Steed reached base on a one-out walk. Lawson asked the next batter, Erin Rethlake, to bunt Steed over. Rethlake's attempt popped up midway between Florida catcher Aubree Munro and Haeger. Fully extending herself, Munro made a diving catch and got to her knees to throw Steed out.
Both were momentum-killing plays. But they were risks Lawson was willing to take.
"The bigger the game, the bigger the risk (especially) when you are the underdog," Lawson said. "On the ball Joiner hit ... (Samuel) was (attempting) a steal. That was just a risk we were taking to get a run in. She hit it on the nose. ... It was a gamble we took because Samuel has such great wheels and Joiner's a very good situational hitter.
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Macro (BULLISH)
Retail sales (March 2017)
by US Government Census
This was a bad report that looks even worse after significant downward revisions to prior months' data; despite the sequential deceleration, yoy growth remains firmly above trend GDP, although we're still in the midst of easy yoy comps due to energy's low base, which is offsetting the weakness in brick & mortar retailers…
– Core (ex-autos): -0.7pp @ +5.0% yoy, unch mom (miss +0.3e)
– Headline: -0.5pp @ +5.2% yoy, -0.2% mom (miss unch exp); prior month revised significantly lower
Retail sales account for ~31% of US GDP (~45% of the Consumption component).
[Previously: Consumer confidence remains extremely bullish signal & Income/consumption remain bullish signals]
#Bullish $XLY $XRT #tailwind
Inflation: Consumer Price Index (March 2017)
by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Prices fall in a big surprise relative to consensus; energy's still lapping its low base for yoy comps, although sequential declines weighed on headline data; regardless, inflation is right around the Fed's 2% target, and Yellen has said she'd tolerate higher run-rates, so don't expect too hawkish of a tightening cycle from the Fed…
– Core CPI (ex food & energy): -0.2pp @ +2.0% ttm, -0.1% mom (miss +0.2e)
– Headline CPI: -0.3pp @ +2.4% ttm, -0.3% mom (miss unch exp); down from highest run-rate since 2/2012
[Previously: Yellen's "Optimal Control Policy" could have Fed target 2.5% inflation]
#Neutral #Dovish $TIP
Credit (NEUTRAL)
Loans & leases in bank credit, all commercial banks (2017.03.01)
by St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED)
Lending growth continued to decelerate deeper into multi-year lows, although econometrics suggest that this is a lagged effect of last year's industrial production slowdown…
– Weekly loan growth: -14bps wow @ +3.81% yoy (below 7.3% historical average); lowest level since 4/2014
This is a key indicator; although the Fed's rising rates & Trump's deregulation increase NIMs, I'd expect continued credit expansion due to household & corporate balance sheets being more deleveraged than at any point since the 1970s.
[Previously: Consumer indebtedness remains a bullish signal, Banks' future credit supply & demand fundamentals expected to remain neutral & Households remain extremely deleveraged]
#Neutral #Releveraging? #Credit cycle $XLF $KBE $KRE
Sentiment (BULLISH)
Retail investor sentiment survey (2017.04.13)
by The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII)
Sentiment remains at extremes, historically a sign of outperformance (SPX +6.3% average over next 6-months)…
– Bull/Bear ratio: +7bps wow @ 0.78 (below both 1.30 historical average & between 1.00 – 1.80 extremes)
– Bullish: +0.7pp @ 29.0% (below both 39 avg & 30 – 45 extremes)
– Bearish: -2.2pp @ 37.4% (above 30 avg, but between 25 – 40 extremes)
– Neutral: +1.6pp @ 33.6% (above 31 avg)
Measures respondents' expectation for equity performance over next 6 months (through 9/2017).
[Previously: Retail allocations remain neutral, Institutional allocations are barely neutral & Quantifying the "wall of worry"]
#Bullish! #Contrarian
Technicals (NEUTRAL)
Technical study: S&P 500 long term regression & standard deviation (March 2017)
by Doug Short (dshort)
The inflation-adjusted SPX is still resting right above the 2 sigma threshold (relative to its LT trend) — a level that has historically marked a market top…
– Historical variances:
Currently: unch mom @ +98%; remains at a cycle high
Panic of 1907: +85%
Great Depression: +81%
Tech Bubble: +149%
Great Recession: +88%
– Mean: +1.8% average annual real return
– Standard deviation (σ): ±40.6%
Uses $SPX real (inflation-adjusted) prices with exponential regression starting in 1871.
#Bearish #Mean reversion #Secular
Fundamentals (BULLISH)
Valuations (NEUTRAL)


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The NASSCOM – DSCI conference concluded on 15th December, put forward an ambitious target for themselves to achieve close to 1 Million cyber security professionals in India and close to Cyber Security product based startups in next 8 years.
If we assume that the current number of cyber security professionals in our country is 1 Lakh, (a modest yet believable number) then by simple mathematics, we need to add almost 1.2 Lakh cyber security professionals per year to the workforce. Speaking about the security product companies, adding 125 security startups every year is nothing short of an impossible task.
To achieve this feat, DSCI constituted the Cyber Security Task Force (CTF). Ironically, they have partnered with the one of the most expensive cyber security course in the world to offer cyber security training to a nation where the per capita income is roughly a quarter of its prices. When you talk about cyber security professionals, it includes everyone: from a fresher with an M.Tech IT security degree to seasoned professionals with over 20 years of experience. The estimates do not differentiate between various competency levels of IT professionals. From a professional standpoint, this is a blunder. We need entry level IT security professionals as much as risk assessment officers and CISOs. There is a need to divide the multitude of 1 million into various categories and target skill development programs accordingly, to meet the existing workforce shortage. You cannot start training newbies into IT security and expect them to act as the CISO or Risk Assessment Officer of an E-Commerce giant.
Considering the negligence of cyber security in India, DSCI is not the only one to blame. Various technical institutes have been running legacy courses on cyber security from a long time. Despite this, there is a critical lack of cyber security awareness in the country and even amongst the technocrats of the country. They merely see cyber security as yet another discipline of Computer Science, yet another course in their academic curriculum. We are yet to talk about cyber awareness of the 462 Million (35%) people of our country who use internet and internet based services. Kratikal has worked tirelessly to spread awareness about cyber security and trained close to 10,000 people, not just the technocrats, but also other stakeholders like bureaucrats, government organisations, law enforcement agencies and academicians.
Coming back to where we started the discussion, the requirement of cyber security professionals cannot be met unless the industry and academic stakeholders play active part in it. There is also a need for creating a customised version of cyber security training module catering to Indian scenario. As has been our experience during the Kargil War, indigenous solutions are our best hope. At Kratikal, are working to achieve the same. We are dedicated to creating a skilled and efficient workforce in IT security. We also offer services like Web App Testing, Mobile App testing and Infrastructure testing for various vendors to test the security of their services. The rate of cybercrime has risen more 300% in the past 5 years, CERT-In itself registered about 50,000 cybercrime incidents in the past year. Cybercrime is a problem which will increase manifold unless we decide to act upon it. Currently, there is a need for increased participation of stakeholders in developing standards, norms, and regulations that are our own and thereby ensure a free and fair market to domestic players. We have an urgent need to shield ourselves against espionage from foreign countries and companies. If the recent news about backdoor in WhatsApp encryption is any indication, we can no longer depend on foreign players to protect our data. It is simply not possible to trust foreign vendors with our confidentiality and privacy.
Lastly, we should also praise our professionals at C-DAC for developing BOSS, a Linux based OS customised to Indian environment. The fact that India is the biggest contributor to the bug bounty program of Bugcrowd shows the potential India has. We have dominated the IT market and we can dominate the Cyber Security Domain. We just need to provide more focus on the same. Even the government has launched projects in the form of CERT-In and ISEA to promote skill development in this sector. Together, we can scale the mountain and achieve the target.


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Issue No. 2, Article 8/April 9, 2010
Looking at the Wheat Crop
The spring so far has been reasonably good for bringing the wheat crop along, but many questions remain about the potential for many fields to produce high yields. After what was the worst fall for planting wheat in at least three decades, and a reduction of about 60% in acres planted from the previous year, wheat prices remain low enough that we need to assess the crop carefully to see if it's worth keeping. Crop insurance considerations also are in play for many producers.
The wheat crop in Illinois is currently rated at 9% very poor, 21% poor, 23% fair, 28% good, and 1% excellent. In contrast, the early April rating for the crop in 2009, which was perhaps a little above average, was 3% poor, 23% fair, 64% good, and 10% excellent. Having less than a third of the crop rated as good or better is very likely to mean that some of the current crop will not (and should not) be kept to harvest.
The first things to evaluate in a struggling wheat field are the stand and stand uniformity. This evaluation requires that stand counts be made in enough areas of the field to provide a good picture of both numbers of plants and variability. Low, drowned-out areas will be a factor in many fields, and decisions will have to be made about whether to keep the field based on the extent and distribution of such areas. If drowned-out areas are large but the rest of the crop is good, it may work well to plant another crop in the low areas. The fill-in crop would likely be soybean, but it could be oats in northern Illinois, though it's already time to plant oats and these areas are probably still wet. Keeping weeds down will be helpful, even if these areas remain without a crop until the field is double-cropped in June.
Complicating the stand count this year are the delayed planting and small size of wheat plants coming into the spring. I suggested back in the winter that a crop that had barely emerged before dormancy or would emerge in the spring may need 30 to 35 plants per square foot to compensate for the likely reduction in tillering. This drops to 25 to 30 plants per square foot if plants covered about a third of the ground area at green-up, or 20 to 25 plants if half the ground area was covered at green-up. We have normally suggested keeping stands with counts as low as 15 to 20 plants per square foot, but that works only if plants make normal fall growth and cover two-thirds or more of the ground area by the time they green up in the spring.
It's the tiller count that is really needed to assess yield potential. At this point in the season it should be possible, at least in the southern half of the state, to get an idea of how many tillers might form and to use that information to make decisions about keeping a stand. Our normal rule of thumb is that one head per square foot means about one bushel per acre. So if we set 50 bushels per acre as the threshold to keep a stand, you will need about 50 heads to form per square foot. It takes a tiller to make a head, of course, but not all tillers form heads. It's difficult to predict which tillers will form heads until into jointing (Feekes 7), or when plants are about 8 inches tall. By then you can start to see which tillers are growing vigorously enough to win the race and form heads. Before then, you can only guess at likely head numbers. Assume that the small tillers hidden beneath the rest of the plant are not likely to form heads. More tillers form on plants in low stands, but not always enough to compensate for low plant numbers.
The length of the tillering period, which lasts up to the start of jointing, varies with temperatures; above-normal temperatures like we've had the past week improve crop color and growth, but they can also hasten the end of tiller formation and result in lower head numbers. The expected return to more normal temperatures this week may give a small boost to tiller and head formation, but we can expect jointing to begin within the next week or 10 days in southern Illinois, and we should be able to assess yield potential more fully after that.
Late planting and cool March weather mean that most of the crop is well behind normal in development now. This means that heading is likely to be late and harvest is likely to be later than normal. The only way this may not happen is if temperatures average well above normal from now into June. Because wheat is a cool-season crop, above-normal temperatures may well reduce yield, especially if rainfall is normal or above normal. But if temperatures stay normal, the delay in harvest will result in a delay in double-crop planting. This may be a factor in the decision to keep a marginal stand, especially if double-crop is necessary to make the system profitable. Most double-crop in 2009 was planted as early as full-season soybeans, but we hope that will not be the case in 2010.--Emerson Nafziger
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First up, Happy 4th of July to those who are celebrating it today. I hope you have a wonderful day today! In other news, I've decided to create a brand new type of post on my website to show penguins how to accomplish certain achievements with their blog. These posts will usually be centered around the questions I get asked, so if you have a question; feel free to ask, and I may cover it in the next Frosty's Tips issue. For my very first Frosty's Tips issue, I'm basing it on Auto-Updating Banners. I get asked quite often how I update my banners, and how they could do the same. In this post, you'll learn how I update my banners so that you could use the same technique for your very own blog!
Step 1 - Signing In or Signing Up! I use a website named "Webs" to update my banners. It's easy, free, and a great way to update any image you upload onto the website. You can access the website at Webs.com. To get started, you'll need to sign into your account VIA Webs.com. If you don't have an account with Webs yet, fill out the information under "Create an account for free!" with your parents/guardians' permission, then click "Get Started." When done filling out the information and submitting it, you may need to check your email address for an activation link to activate your account. If so, you'll need to activate your account in order to proceed.
Step 2 - Uploading Your Image! The next step to creating an auto-updating image is uploading the image you'd like to update to a page or a post. I recommend uploading it to a page, but uploading it to a post can work as well. To create a page, click " + ADD A NEW PAGE" on your Webs Site Manager. When filling out the information for your page, use a blank page template. It does not matter what you name the page, though. Once you create the page, you will automatically be taken to it. You'll then need to add a Content Box. Click the "Content Box" button to create one. To upload your image you'd like to auto-update, click on the "Photo" button. Then click "Upload A New Image" then click "Choose File" in order to search your computer files for the image you would like. My image is titled "IMG01". After uploading your image, click the "Publish" button, then click "Publish All Pages" so you will be taken back to the Site Manager. On your Site Manager, in order to edit the page again in the future, click the pencil button next to the page you would like to edit.
Step 3 - Creating the New Image! Onto the important step of creating an auto-updating image. In order to update it correctly, the image you'd like to update it with needs to be exactly the same. The image doesn't need to look the same, it just needs to have the same file name and file type. Since my image I uploaded to Webs is titled "IMG01" and is a .PNG file, I will need to name the image I'd like to update it as "IMG01" and save it as a .PNG file as well.
Step 4 - Deleting Your Webs Photo! Now that you have an image to update your Webs photo with, I'll teach you how to update your Webs photo with your new photo. You'll need to head back to your Webs Site Manager. At the Site Manager, click "File Manager" and find the image you want to update. I will need to find "IMG01" in my File Manager. Once I find the image, I will need to click the red minus button for that file. This will delete the image completely off of your Webs account, allowing you to add a new photo with the same exact name and file type causing the image to act as an auto-updating banner.
Step 5 - Adding Your New Image! Now that you've removed your old image, head back to the page you originally uploaded it to, and upload your new image with the same exact name and file type. Your image will now be updated and will automatically update on every website that exact photo is on, as long as they have not altered the image coding. Once you've uploaded the new image, be sure to save the page once again. You will have successfully auto-updating a photo. This process can be repeated as many times as you'd like. If your image does not update immediately, give it some time. It will update no matter what given time as long as you have followed my guide properly.
If you are in need of coding so that others can add your auto-updating image to their website, don't worry! I've got you covered. Below is the HTML code you can fill out so that your auto-updating image can update on any website it's properly added to.

I hope you enjoyed this guide I've created! Have fun creating as many auto-updating images you wish to have. If you have any questions you'd like me to answer in future Frosty's Tips issues, be sure to: comment below, send me an email at email@example.com, or send me a tweet containing your question. My Twitter account is @FrostyBadge.
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"A Pagan delight. Very useful sachets, fill with ritual herbs for bathing or use for protection sachets around the home.
"Light blue is the colour for peace and harmony in the home. Fill the sachet with magical herbs and hang at windows and doorways. Use for ritual bathing for wisdom, harmony and peace.
"Green is traditionally the colour for prosperity, fertility and success. Fill with magical herbs and use in ritual baths, or hang around the home.
"Yellow is the colour associated with clairvoyance, communication and learning. It represents the element air and the cardinal direction East.
"Purple is the colour for psychic and spiritual developement. A very good colour for ritual bathing and hanging around the house for Samhain.
"Use black sachets for clearing negativity, protection, banashing and uncrossing. Fill with the appropriate herbs and crystals during a ritual.
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Ok, I actually sat down to post earlier but just couldn't think of anything worthy of blogging. Sure, lots of things are going on with us but I just felt it was either not blog worthy or I'm just too tired to remember it all. Also, I haven't been taking many pictures lately so nothing there to post either. UNTIL......
So, the whole family was nestled all snug in their beds and I decided to take a long, hot, bubbly and relaxing bath. I check on everyone and all seems calm. I get the water ready and get in. I'm enjoying my time to myself thinking about all kinds of random things and getting lost in the peacefulness of it all. Suddenly I hear a weird scratching sound. I sit up a little bit trying to figure out where it came from. Ok, I decide that maybe it was nothing. I get all relaxed again and there it is again. I'm listening and it hits me that it's my dog, Kelsey, scratching at the bathroom door. This is very WEIRD b/c she never does that. So I get up and let her in the bathroom thinking that for some strange reason she wants to be with me. I tell her to lay down and then it happened. I want you to picture it ok. All chaos breaks loose.
Kelsey, is panting and acting kinda strange, she then positions herself on my nice bathroom rug and yep, she poops! And let me tell you it was not the poop of a happy dog if you get my drift. I'm looking in horror and jumping out of the bathtub as fast as I can. I sling open the door and run her out our back door. At that Alex gets up and checks on her too. She obviously has an upset stomach. I go back and get the nasty rug and sling it out the back door. Have you kept the image yet?? You guessed it. I did not grab a towel as I ran out of the bathroom. I mean my dog had diarrhea for Heaven's Sake!! So as I'm standing in the living room discussing this situation with my husband I realize that well, we have no blinds on our back door or our front door. All I find is a Disney Princess blanket to cover up with. Kelsey comes back in and seems to be ok now. Not sure if my pride or modesty is anymore but it is kinda funny now. It was not funny a little while ago.
I hope I have amused you again and reminded you why I call us the Hicks Circus! If it's not your child its your dog!!!
Kelsey is fine now and I did not finish my bath. Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode when you'll probably hear my mom say, "Hey what's your bath mat doing on your back deck?"
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
So much for a warm bath....
Posted by hicksfamilycircus at 9:35 PM
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
What an picture! Too bad we weren't looking out the window then :o)
- April 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Joy said...
It just gets proven over and over again....Moms are not meant to get a long hot bath!
Aunt Joy
- April 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Kim Lawson said...
That sounds like something that would happen at my house. Really, if it isn't the kids, it's the dog!
- April 23, 2008 at 11:06 AM
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The quantity of energy that one can burn throughout sexual exercise has been lengthy debated. Listed below are a number of positions to strive so as to up your sport within the bed room and get a exercise in as nicely. Everyone knows that intercourse makes you are feeling good, now it might probably provide help to look good as nicely.
The Biped
When you lack room or simply need to strive one thing new, participating whereas standing up advantages the glutes and the core muscle group. Holding on tight includes the arms and higher physique additionally.
Also read:Significant Facts You Must Know About Workouts
Put Some Bark into it
One of the crucial common positions, "doggy model" heightens the pleasure of each events. It additionally improves muscle tone within the legs, glutes and core of each companions for an additional advantage.
Save a Horse
"Lady on high" or Cowgirl engages stomach muscular tissues, particularly the pelvic flooring in girls. Not solely does it improve the probabilities of orgasm in girls, nevertheless it improves stamina and quad power.
Over Troubled Waters
This yoga place requires a larger health and adaptability degree to tug of, nevertheless it does have nice sexual and health advantages if you're keen to strive it. The bridge yoga place for the girl works the arms, abdominals and higher leg muscle teams together with the glutes.
Attempt a Wheelbarrow
Sure, it appears to be like identical to you might be pondering. It takes some added arm and leg power on the a part of the person to help the girl, however it may be enjoyable to try to packs a wallop for max calorie burn.
When Plain Outdated Can Be Helpful
The best, most generally used sexual place can serve to supply added health advantages whether it is executed appropriately. The following you end up within the temper for missionary, contract the glutes throughout sexual exercise. It will add to the probabilities of orgasm for the girl and can sculpt the general gluteal muscle group. Barely lifting the decrease again will even work the core when you are "working it."
A Nice Leg Train and Extra
You'll by no means take a look at lunges the identical method once more after you do this one. The lunge place does all the identical issues that it could do for you as an everyday train besides you have got a spotter beneath you, so to talk. You'll obtain a killer burn in your quads and glutes and hopefully have a happy glow afterwards.


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Self: 100% cottonLining: 100% polyPadding: 100% polyurethane. Hand wash cold. Unlined. Bow accent at neckline. Hidden back zip closure. RVAL-WD46. LR3MJ03I2GS. Designed to bridge the gap between high fashion and everyday wear, Red Valentino is a delightful mix of skirts, dresses, tops, bags and shoes. This stylish extension of the iconic designer, Valentino never sacrifices style but designs at a price point that is equally as appealing as the pieces that make up the seasonal collections. After all, red is the color of desire and who doesn't want a piece of Valentino hanging in their closet?


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Kala Spruce Ovangkol Concert Ukulele
The solid spruce top projects a clear and bright sound that works in perfect harmony with the solid and resonant Ovangkol body.
Ovangkol is an African relative of Rosewood, and shares many of its tonal qualities. This uke sounds rich, bright, and articulate.
These models feature beautiful mother of pearl inlays, gold tuners, Paduak binding, and a lustrous gloss finish.
KA-ASOV-C Solid Ovangkol/Spruce Top Concert Ukulele
Body size: Concert
Top: Solid Spruce
Back and sides: Solid Ovangkol
Trim: Paduak
Headstock: Mother of Pearl Fruit of the Vine Artichoke inlay
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard material: Rosewood
Fingerboard markers: Mother of Pearl dots
Side markers: White dots
Bridge: Rosewood
Tuners: Grover Vintage Style Gold open gear
GraphTech NuBone XB Nut and Saddle
Strings: Aquila
Finish: Gloss
Scale: 14-7/8"
Overall length: 21-3/8"
Body length: 11"
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Dear Patriots,
something is bothering me since last night. What is the role of Donald Trump?
Let's talk about President Obama's birth certificate. President Obama is either born in the US or is not.
If he is, Trump is ruining himself completely and appears to be a fool (and you must wonder why a successful businessman would do such a thing).
If he were not, and Trump has the evidence, why talking about it and not denouncing the impostor right away? Maybe because he has an ace up to his sleeve. Certainly it is not because he loves his country.
I have heard many hard working good Americans that are looking at Trump as a tough businessman, or a person like us, who can restore Washington D.C. from its madness. Be aware. He might be another Ross Perot, a false Republican conservative that divides conservative to re-elect president Obama. After all, president Obama is raising 1 bilion dollars for his campaign … why does he need so much money? Where and how is he going to spend it?
Washington politics today are at an ever low level. We can expect anything and be naive about nothing.
Our Constitution says "We the People"; we are the employers and we did a heck of a terrible job checking and keeping online our employees. Employees who are chosen among us.
It is time to change and to be vigilant.
It is time to change ourselves in the people we admire and want to be, and to help others to do the same.
It is time to shake off our apathy, and to take back into our hands, once again, our Res Publica (the public thing, as you translate republic from Latin)
It is time to transform ourselves again into virtuous and moral people, because only from virtuous and moral people come virtuous and moral leaders. Benjamin Franklin said: "Only virtuos people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." (Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 9:569)
Samuel Adams said: " But neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. … the trust friend to liberty of his country … tries most to promote its virtue … and will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man (Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, 1:22)
Proverb 29:2 says: "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
It si time to question and test everything and dig for the truth, not just sit back and passively listen to something that sounds good, reasonable, and helpful. "Question with boldness" thundered Thomas Jefferson.
Finally, President Lincoln warned us: " that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Fellow Americans, let's help this nation, under God, to have a new rebirth, starting with our hearts.
Fellow Americans, Be Aware of Wolves dressed like sheep. Be Aware of the many Donald Trumps.


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The Silver Lake couple who commissioned artist Phil Lumbang to paint a mural on the front of their home had until today to remove the artwork, which city inspectors had determined was illegal. But the happy woodland creatures get stay – at least for one more month – as city officials try to figure out if there is a legal way to keep the mural following a request by Councilman Eric Garcetti. "The deadline on the bear mural was extended to April 1," said council district spokeswoman Julie Wong.
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Interactive Show for Very Young Children Rolls into San Francisco November 11
Interactive Show for Very Young Children Rolls into San Francisco November 11
The Wheels on the Bus, an interactive, theatrical experience created for children from six months to four years old by the Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) and Children's Fairyland, opens Friday, November 11, at the Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
The Wheels on the Bus is the newest production in the Theatre for the Very Young series designed by BACT Executive Director Nina Meehan and Doyle Ott, director, Children's Theatre Program at Children's Fairyland.
The Wheels on the Bus invites babies and toddlers to use their eyes, ears, hands, feet, and imagination to explore things that go round and round. With actors leading the way, the audience will climb aboard an imaginary bus, explore the gears that make the bus go, visit a carnival Ferris wheel, explore an airplane, and bike home to enjoy . . . a pizza.
"The show will be very hands-on, in an intimate, child-friendly space," Meehan said. "Our actors understand that children this young will want to move around, and they will gently encourage them participate, if they wish, as they follow the action."