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Jason Sudeikis wraps his arm around his fiancee Olivia Wilde as the two go shopping together on Saturday (June 1) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old actress carried with her several bags from some stores with new clothes inside!
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Press release from the issuing companyAs of September 6th, 2004, Dr. Mark Wössner will take over from Dr. Klaus Sturany as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heidelberg. Dr. Wössner has already been elected as the new Chairman by the Heidelberg Supervisory Board Committee. He was appointed as a member of the company's Supervisory Board on July 30, 2004, directly after this year's Heidelberg Annual General Meeting. Wössner, currently Chairman of the Advisory Board and Chairman at Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG & Co KGaA, served as Chairman of the Management Board of Bertelsmann AG from 1982 to 1998 and from then until 2000 as Chairman of the company's Supervisory Board. Wössner is also a member of several other Supervisory Boards, including that of DaimlerChrysler AG. Sturany, CFO at RWE AG, will remain a member of the Heidelberg Supervisory Board.
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Beef Peppers and Onions Burritos has been a favorite recipe at our house for years. Especially during football season.
As I headed out to Riley's Jamboree (opening day of football) yesterday, it was a reminder that first day of school is around the corner. I quickly realized this would be my last Jamboree, Riley will be in High School next year. So many memories came flooding back after 17 Jamborees and Football Seasons. It all began when Alexandra was in Kindergarten and wanted to be a cheerleader. Ron and I sat in the stands watching our little pumpkin cheer after the 5,6,7,8 and along with every other parent, thought she had the most beautiful toe touch at five years old. That day, Ron knew sitting in the stands wasn't for him. He volunteered to coach one of the football teams. And so it began… championships, heart breaks, celebrations and disappointments. We have laughed, we have cried and we are grateful for many life lessons our four children have learned on the football field.
Who could have predicted that on this weekend for the next 17 years, we would be doing the same thing every year. I am looking forward to Riley's last year of youth football and enjoying another season full of memories. Next year will start a new chapter for Riley and most likely for us as a family.
Back to School time and football season is always crazy at our house. I look back at years when we had four football games every week and wonder how we made it through the week. Quick and easy meals have been key for us. This recipe for Beef Peppers and Onions Burritos has been an old favorite at our house. Everyone loves the crispy outside and the delicious filling. One thing for sure, your house will smell amazing when you make this recipe.
- 5 teaspoons olive oil
- ½ pound ground beef
- 3 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 2 peppers, sliced
- ½ red onion, sliced
- 8 slices of provolone or american cheese
- 4 flour tortillas, 8 to 10 inch in size
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Heat a large skillet on medium high and add 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Stir in the ground beef and garlic. Continue to stir until the beef is cooked all the way through and is no longer red.
- Remove and set aside. This can be made ahead, if you prefer.
- Add 2 additional tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet.
- Stir in the peppers and onions and sauté until the onions are caramelized and the pepper are soft.
- Combine the beef with the peppers and onions.
- Add 2 slices of provolone or american cheese and stir until well blended and melted.
- In a separate skillet add one tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle the outside of a flour tortilla with garlic.
- Add the tortilla to the skillet and add ¼ of the beef mixture to the middle of the tortilla.
- Roll and fold the tortilla. Fold the opposite sides in and over the filling.
- Cook on all sides until the outside is crispy. Approximately 5 minutes.
- Repeat with all four tortillas.
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Three of India's four wins in 42 Tests in the Caribbean have come at the Oval, including the famous one in 1976 when they chased a then record 403 to romp home by seven wickets.
India also clinched their only one-day series in the West Indies at this venue in 2002 under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy when they triumphed 2-1 against Carl Hooper's team.
They have also never been short of crowd support at this venue because of a large number of people of Indian origin.
Rahul Dravid's Indians looked impressive in winning both of their World Cup warm-up matches against the Netherlands and the hosts, but have yet to solve their batting problems ahead of the main competition.
Virender Sehwag's form is a major cause of concern as the hard-hitting opener has scored just one half-century in his last 13 one-dayers.
He also failed to regain from in practice games, scoring 28 against the Netherlands and a duck against the West Indies.
Dravid said he was confident Sehwag would soon return to his big-scoring ways.
"He (Sehwag) missed out on warm-up games and we would like him to get more runs," the Indian skipper had said after the practice matches.
"He's a player who has done well here in the past. He will have a big role to play here in the tournament and hopefully he will fire and be a dangerous batsman."
Sehwag, the only Indian with a triple-century in Tests, has so far scored 4,833 runs in 167 one-day internationals with seven hundreds.
India are in Group A with former champions Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and first-timers Bermuda, with the top two sides advancing to the next Super Eight stage.
Dravid said that finding a right pair of openers would not be a major problem as his team had plenty of options.
"We have the option of four guys who can open the batting -- Sourav Ganguly, Sehwag, Robin Uthappa and Sachin Tendulkar. They have all opened the batting, and some have done it longer than others," said Dravid.
"We have the options. We just have to see who is in form, who is playing well, and what the pitches are like before we decide what is the best combination for the side."
Most of the pitches in the Caribbean have been re-laid for the event, but the Indian captain said only the performance would matter in the end.
"It's going to be same for both the sides and it will come down to the team that perform better on the day, and the team which do this will win," said Dravid.
"We do not talk about pitches too much in our team meetings because what we are focussing on is the performance. We are confident that we have the team that can perform on any type of pitch."


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(2001), ISBN 0-07-069639-X, Hardcover, $79.95. (Phone: 800-352-3566)
David Bednar
The Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology covers a wide variety of topics for helping the hydrogeologist understand groundwater flow dynamics. As its preface states, the book is useful for the practicing hydrogeologist to be able to read up on a topic in field hydrogeology without having to wade through hundreds of pages. The authors have performed this task remarkably well.
The Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology should be required reading for every professional entering the field. The authors presented the material as seen through the eyes of a senior hydrogeologist mentoring a new employee. The book stresses that errors do occur in the field and provides ways to minimize errors. Additionally, the authors include examples from their own experiences that provide a real world flavor to the book.
The beginning of the first chapter, Field Hydrogeology, introduces the reader to the hydrologic cycle, details the approach for conducting a water budget analysis, and identifies numerous sources of hydrogeologic information needed to determine site geologic and hydrogeologic characteristics.
Chapter 2, The Geology of Hydrogeology, is a reference on geologic topics and how they are specifically applied to hydrogeology. This includes the geologic properties of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks; geologic structures caused by folding, faulting or tilting of bedrock; karst topography and groundwater flow within karst; and a short discussion on epikarst, paleokarst and fieldwork in karst areas.
Chapter 6 emphasizes the importance of understanding groundwater and surface water interactions. Understanding these interactions is crucial to understanding the complex nature of groundwater flow in fluvial plains, which helps in conducting water-resource management and watershed assessments and restoration. An example of a mass balance approach is presented that is used to account for mixing of groundwater and surface water based on water chemistry.
Water Chemistry Sampling and Results is covered in Chapter 7. This summary provides the reader with guidance on how to collect groundwater samples and water quality measurements correctly. Other noteworthy items include discussions on evaluating laboratory results, guidance on the use of field equipment, and insight on groundwater flow direction based on water chemistry.
Chapter 8 provides detailed information on Drilling and Well Completion. The chapter begins with an indispensable but short discussion on getting along with drillers. Without a good relationship with your driller, a project can seem to last forever, especially in very cold weather.
Chapter 12 describes the vadose zone. The reader, Weight and Sonderegger say, must understand the distinction between the vadose and saturated zones, and the strengths and weaknesses of vadose-zone monitoring. This soil zone has received considerable attention in past studies due to its limiting factor for recharge, because it contains stored water used by plants, and because it is the most accessible horizon and easiest to instrument.
Although no book is all-inclusive, two areas of the book, I believe, could have been expanded to provide professionals entering the field of karst hydrology.
First, the section about karst in Chapter 2 provides a concise discussion on karst effects. Adding a brief description of other types of karst settings and a discussion on discrete and diffuse recharge zones would have been beneficial.
Second, the authors could have referenced The Ozark Underground Laboratorys Groundwater Tracing Handbook by Thomas Aley (1999) and Tracing Technique in Geohydrology by Kass (1998) as being comprehensive sources on water tracing in surface water and groundwater.
Bednar is a Senior Environmental Scientist for Michael Baker Jr., Inc. in Shreveport, La.
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Air-Sea Interaction: Laws and Mechanisms by G.T. Csanady. Cambridge University Press (2001). 239 p. ISBN 0-521-79680-6. Illus. Paperback, $34.95.
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences edited by Raymond Jeanloz, Arden L. Albee, and Kevin C. Burke. Annual Reviews (2001). Volume 29, 2001. 616 p. ISBN 0-824-32-0298. Illus. Hardcover, $75.
Astronomy and Earth Science by J. Michael T. Thompson. Cambridge University Press (2001). 237 p. ISBN 0-521-80537-6. Illus. Paperback, $24.95.
Catalogue of Meteorites by Monica M. Grady. Cambridge University Press (2000). Fifth Edition. 689 p. ISBN 0-521-66303-2. Hardcover and CD-ROM, $150.
Holding Back the Sea by Christopher Hallowell. Harper Collins Publishers (2001). 265 p. ISBN 0-06-019446-4. Illus. Hardcover, $26.
Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard by Edward Bryant. Cambridge University Press (2001). 350 p. ISBN 0-521-77799-X. Illus. Paperback, $27.95.
U.S. Geological Survey
I-2619. NEW MEXICO. Geologic map of the Tularosa Mountains 30 x 60 quadrangle, Catron County, New Mexico, compiled by J.C. Ratte. Prepared in cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. 2001. Scale 1:100,000. One color sheet accompanied by 13 pages of text. $7.
I-2674. NEW MEXICO. Geologic map of the Tularosa Mountains 30 x 60 quadrangle, Catron County, New Mexico by B.R. Johnson and G.L. Raines. Prepared in cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. 2001. Scale 1:100,000. One color sheet accompanied by 11 pages of text. $7.
I-2713. MONTANA and IDAHO. Map of normal faults and extensional folds in the Tendoy Mountains and Beaverhead Range, southwest Montana and eastern Idaho by S.U. Janecke, J.J. Blankenau, C.J. VanDenburg and B.S. VanGosen. 2001. Scale 1:100,000. One color sheet. Available free at: greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/mf-maps/mf-2362/
MF-2364. ARIZONA. Geologic map of the House Rock quadrangle, Coconino
County, northern Arizona by G.H. Billingsley, J.L. Wellmeyer, and D.L.
Block. 2001. Scale 1:24,000. One color sheet. Available free at: geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/
MF-2366. ARIZONA. Geologic map of the Cane quadrangle, Coconino County, northern Arizona by G.H. Billingsley and J.L. Wellmeyer. 2001. Scale 1:24,000. One color sheet. Available free at: geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/map-mf/mf2366/
MF-2367. ARIZONA. Geologic map of the House Rock Spring quadrangle,
Coconino County, northern Arizona by G.H. Billingsley and H.M. Hampton.
2001. Scale 1:24,000. One color sheet. Available free at: geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/
To order USGS maps: contact USGS Information Services, P.O. Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225. Phone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747).
Peter Lyttle compiles the Maps section and is acting coordinator
for the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.
E-mail: email@example.com
The Wyoming Oil and Gas Resource Mapper is a printable, GIS-style, interactive map of Wyoming. The map includes the usual cities and roads, and also irrigated agricultural land, golf courses, precious metal deposits, geothermal energy, oil and gas wells, faults, bedrock geology, and limestone quarries. Be warned though. The site is a bit unwieldy. The map takes about 30 seconds to redraw itself between each modification, and some colors are hard to see against the background. Still, if youve got a fast Internet connection, a good monitor and an interest in Wyoming, its a fun site.
This is a site created along with a summer 1998 PBS television series on natural disasters. It is divided into three sections: tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes. Each section gives a brief overview followed by links to specific event information and clips of disasters-in-action Quicktime is required. The site sometimes overdoses on verbal hype (tsunamis: waves of destruction) but makes up for it in the close-up pictures of erupting volcanoes and earthquake damage and the informative earthquake maps and diagrams of plate motions at work. Put your kid at the monitor and let her loose.
Select a day of the year and this site tells you what major earthquakes happened on that day. When I typed in my birthday, I got the New Madrid, MO quake a 7.9.
Last month the United States Geological Survey launched the National Water Information System (NWISWeb), a site containing 100 years of archival and real-time streamflow data. The USGS has been providing water data on the Web for several years, but the new system is meant to improve information transfer and help users integrate it with other data: historical and real-time water-quality, groundwater levels and precipitation. At 1.5 million surface-water and groundwater sites ranging from wells to rivers, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics including water level, flow, pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen. Uses for this information include forecasting floods and droughts; flood control; evaluation of water quality and supplies; monitoring the possibility of hydroelectric power; and safely fishing, canoeing or kayaking. You will have better luck with NWISWeb when looking for particular information instead of casually surfing. Start your search by specifying a data type and location (the nation, a state, a town). Then choose a data format: graphs, tables or downloadable files. You can also create your own bookmarks when you want specific information again and again.
Emily D. Johnson
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{Irish coffee mugs remind me of my favorite cafe in Schaffhausen, Switzerland - they are fun to drink from and they make for great pictures!}
So we searched online and all of the new clear tea/coffee mugs were either very expensive or very fragile (neither one good for me). I just gave it up for then.
To my surprise, the other day I saw these sitting at a thrift store - 2 for $1.98.
I'll take those, yes please.
These two are replacing a set of 4 I thrifted - which have joined the garage sale pile.


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Locating Proxy Servers with BorderManager Logs
Novell Cool Solutions: Tip
By Daniel Griswold
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Posted: 20 Jun 2007
I needed an effective way to locate proxy servers using BorderManager logs.
Cygwin provides a Win32 port of the GNU grep pattern matching command. What I have found is 95% of our web traffic is GET requests based on a user typing in a URL or clicking a link. When a user fills in a form/field and submits, it is a POST request. The user enters a URL into a webproxy and then POSTs the value to the server.
One caveat is the search engine. Users are constantly POSTing to these sites. The grep -v parameter specifies a pattern match to exclude.
grep POST logfile.log | grep -v google.com | grep -v yahoo.com | grep -v ask.com > newfile.log
The result is a log file of URLs that are POSTed to. I then look for URLs that appear to be random (e.g., /cgi-bin/1.php?=8392ksudowUJSD98wyh3sd87SJDHEused89usU2Je39slf). The pseudo-random string is an encoded URL to pass through the filter.
A second pattern that I grep for is c.myspace.com. Even though a proxy is used, something in MySpace hard references that URL. (It may be a javascript that is not being stripped.) Since we block *.myspace.com/* via ACL, I know that an request for c.myspace.com was obtained via proxy. What are the chances a student would enter c.myspace.com as a URL?
A third pattern that I grep for is proxy itself. Be careful when you view this report because legitimate websites often use proxy in the URL. For example, ESPN uses proxy.espn.com extensively, but it is not an anonymizer.
I have also subscribed to the mailing list at www.peacefire.org. When a new proxy site is added using their software, they email the URL to the mailing list.
When running in transparent proxy mode, I configure BorderManager to listen on ports 80 and 443. This is the most practical way, without causing issues with non-HTTP traffic on a monitored port.
The better suggestion is to use the proxy settings of Windows and the browser. We allow BorderManager to talk through ports 80, 443, and 1024-65536. This will allow you to log non-standard port traffic while still allowing the traffic to pass. We do not allow our workstations to access the Internet via NAT; all is proxied (HTTP, FTP, RSTP) and therefore logged.
Novell Cool Solutions (corporate web communities) are produced by WebWise Solutions. www.webwiseone.com


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BLINK and you might miss your dream home in Allenby Gardens, Lower Mitcham, St Morris or Toorak Gardens.
These are SA's fastest selling suburbs, where homes are going after a lightning 18 days on market — far faster than the statewide average of 59 days.
Latest CoreLogic figures show three more suburbs, all in the blue chip east, are selling in 19 days, namely Clarence Gardens, Goodwood and Daw Park.
Allenby Gardens was the only non-eastern suburb to make the list those selling in less than 20 days. It is in the Charles Sturt council area, about 5km from the CBD in Adelaide's west and has a median house price of $570,000.
Lower Mitcham, St Morris and Toorak Gardens meanwhile have median prices of $668,110, $655,500 and $1.2 million respectively.
Real Estate Institute of South Australia chief executive officer Greg Troughton said all the suburbs on the list offered "great infrastructure into the city" and allowed homebuyers "suburban living with easy access to the CBD".
He said the hot property market was positive sign for the state.
"I think it shows at the moment it really is a sellers' market," Mr Troughton said.
"In those suburbs in particular, for something to be on the market one day and sold the next, it shows that not only South Australians but also investors from interstate are recognising that Adelaide has the ability to invest in good quality property but also have access to the city."
Mr Troughton said it was also great to see a western suburb topping the list
"It's great to see Allenby Gardens in the west do as well as that," he said.
"I think people are starting to see that Allenby Gardens has come back over the last five to six years and realising it is offers great value for money," Mr Troughton said.
Ouwens Casserly operations managers Alice Scott said Allenby Gardens has been popular with young families and first homebuyers with buyers looking for their second home in areas like Lower Mitcham and St Morris.
"The areas that are selling quicker are a little less expensive but they are still really close to the city," she said.
"St Morris for example is just over the road from the Beulah Park and Kensington Park, both traditional blue chip eastern suburbs. So it is still close to the city but it's more of an up-and-coming area.
"Areas with zoned schools also tend to sell quickly and I think many of the suburbs also have decent sized blocks and character homes, which haven't been developed."
Other suburbs which recorded the shortest days on market included Warradale and Forrestville, both with an average of 20 days on market, and homes in Kensington Park and Clarence Park which were snatched up in an average of 21 days.
NOTE: Data used in this story has been collated by CoreLogic. It comes from properties listed and sold between September 1 and February 28. Suburbs with less than 10 properties marked as sold have been excluded from the analysis.


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Live Life Like Grapes. . . Excellently
Use the power of your subconscious mind and daily positive affirmations to create your own version of a happy and fulfilling life. Your LiveLifeLike word for today is:
- Excellent: Exceptionally good of its kind.
Build your own positive internal dialog by repeating, silently or aloud, the following affirmation:
· My Positive Affirmation: I Live my Life Excellently, creating an exceptional life through Divine Grace and Goodness.
Ponder the meaning of today's LiveLifeLike word:
· My Personal Guidance: I allow excellence in my Life. I am Greater than my little me realizes. I open my Spirit to the Excellence of which I Am!
Use the power of today's positive affirmation to create your own Best Reality Today!
· My Personal Call to Action: How will I Live my Life Excellently today?
Release all negativity and access the endless resources of positive energy that are within you!
A Comment from Carolyn. . .
As any vintner will tell you, a wine is only as good as the grapes from which it was fermented. The vintner will hand pick and choose only excellent grapes. A grape must be in exceptionally good condition to be worthy of the time, money, and effort it takes to create an award-winning wine.
The concept of "survival of the fittest" exemplifies how Mother Nature picks and chooses only the "best of the best" of Her children. Think upon that. Because you are here on this earth in this place and time, you were chosen because you are the "best of the best." Each successive generation of human beings improves upon the shortcomings of the previous generation.
You have a choice. Will you live up to your exceptional goodness?
Today. . .choose to live your life like these exceptionally good grapes, and live your life. . .Excellently!
Thanks for sharing this journey with me. . .
Many Thanks and Smiles. . .Carolyn
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The version of Modularization that was made public for last call was the 20000105 version. While the 20001004 was a public version, I felt that the most useful diff was with the last, externally reviewed document rather than the version from a few days ago. The diff is supposed to be between the current version and the "last" version. You are correct that the diff seems to be wrong. I'll check on that. Robert Adams mailto:email@example.com MS JF3-212 2111 NE 25th Ave Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA phone: +1.503.264.9424; cell: +1.503.709.3259; FAX: +1.503.264.3375Received on Monday, 23 October 2000 13:02:50 UTC
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Cincinnati King
Celebrate Cincinnati's rich music history in this world premiere musical about the groundbreaking rise of King Records.
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Generous contributions to the Playhouse's annual fund build sets, purchase props, bring theatre to schools and community centers, and put extraordinary artists on our stages.
Each year, the Playhouse connects 57,000 students and their families with the power of live theatre. Browse this section to learn more about the programs we offer for schools.
If you're new to theatre, or new to the Playhouse, we know that it might be a little intimidating at first glance. We've put together this newcomer's guide to help you navigate your first trip here.CONTINUE READING>
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There is no need for a special independent commission on Russia and the election
Washington Examiner:
A top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee said that a special independent panel isn't needed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election because the FBI is already doing a probe.The so-called independent panel would be politicized in a matter of seconds after being formed. The Democrats are desperately looking for a scapegoat for their election loss and it does not matter what the composition of any panel is.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said on Face the Nation on Sunday that the FBI probe negates the need for the independent panel, which Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had called for earlier in the program.
Gowdy said that the FBI is the world's "premier law enforcement agency."
"It doesn't get any more independent than that," he said.
FBI Director James Comey briefed the panel earlier this week that the agency is conducting an investigation into the Russian interference.


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The How To's of Machine Embroidered Applique
If you love the look of machine embroidered applique but haven't had much success just follow the steps below to learn how to properly stabilize a knit fabric (tee shirt) and how to use an applique file designed for your machine.
Knit Tee Shirt
Poly Mesh Fusible Stabilizer by Floriani
Light Weight Tear Away Stabilizer
Applique Design from a *reputable supplier
Applique Scissors
Polyester Embroidery Thread
White Pre-Wound Bobbin by Gunold
75/11 Schmetz Embroidery Needle (no ball point)
Water soluble marker
505 Temporary Spray Adhesive
Flower Head Quilting Pins
Choose your design and hoop your tear away stabilizer. Mark Center of your hoop using a water soluble marker.
|Step 1
Fuse the poly mesh stabilizer to the wrong side of the tee shirt, use a piece that is about one inch larger than the applique design. This stabilizer is soft and pliable but can support a knit fabric indefinitely, it is necessary for good quality embroidery on knit tee shirts. Mark center of your design onto the poly mesh stabilizer.
|Step 2
Spray the tear-way stabilizer with the 505 temporary spray adhesive (being sure not to spray near the machine-this stuff is sticky and not good for embroidery machines).
|Step 3
Match the lines on stabilizer in the hoop with the lines on the tee shirt, just line them up keeping the shirt centered and lines even. We are doing a pin and baste method for embroidery, this is the easiest and most effective way to embroider a tee shirt. We used quilting 'flower head pins'- they are 2 inches long and bend very easily allowing you to pin the tee shirt to the stabilizer thereby removing the difficulties of hooping the actual shirt. Please make sure you use enough pins so that the shirt is secure and the sleeves and excess fabric are out of the way. This is the best way to work with knit fibers and embroidery designs because hoops cause 'hoop burn' when you actually hoop knit fabrics-and those burns are sometimes not removable.
Once the shirt is secure and there is no 'walking' (run your fingers across the area pinned in the hoop, if the fibers move you have not secured your shirt with enough pins, smooth and check again). The first time you attempt this it may be difficult but I can assure you it gets easier and still is far simpler than attempting to hoop the whole shirt.
Begin first part of the applique design, the first stitching should be a placement stitch.
|Step 5
Lay the first applique fabric on top of the area that has the placement stitch. Let the machine stitch down the fabric, this is called the 'tack down stitch'.
|Step 6
Using good quality applique scissors trim around the excess fabric, being careful not to snip the shirt or the actual design. Place hoop back into machine and let rest of design stitch.
|Step 7
Once design is completed stitching remove the shirt from the hoop and tear the tear away stabilizer away and then lift up the poly mesh fusible stabilizer from around the design and trim as needed.
|Step 8
|Step 8
Spritz the design with water from a spray bottle to remove the water soluble marks.
|Step 9
Enjoy your design.
*You may be wondering what a 'reputable applique dealer' is…A reputable applique dealer is a digitizer or company that provides good quality applique designs. As an embroidery educator I often see new embroiderers struggling with the process of applique, and the issues they face are not their own but a flaw in the designs they are using. The complaint of designs lifting from the tack down stitch and lifting from the tee shirt are due to poor placement of the inset stitch, or lack of using a double inset stitch.
The inset stitch is the stitch that runs prior to your satin stitch, but it is not your tack down stitch as a tack down stitch has only one row of stitching. An inset stitch should have two parallel rows running side by side and is stitched just prior to the final satin stitching.
If you look at the design above you'll notice we used black thread to feature the tack down stitch and the two red lines of parallel stitching are what is called a 'double laid inset'. The double laid inset stitch is imperative to good quality applique designs as the double rows of single stitching serve three purposes, all very important;
- One line inside and one line stitched outside of the tack down stitch keep the applique fabric from pulling and lifting (some digitizers do not understand this process so they will tell you that you need a fusible product such as Heat-n-Bond Lite to make your applique stay stuck to your shirt). This is actually ineffective and not the way to solve a lifting problem, with a good design you will never have any lift. If someone tells you that you need Heat-n-Bond Lite or Wonder Under for good applique they are mistaken.
- The second purpose for this double row of stitching is to build a foundation for the final satin column of stitching. These two small rows of stitching help the satin stitch stand up bold and proud, giving a rich full look to your applique design.
- The third reason for this double stitch is for good quality stitching after washing and drying, this stitching strengthens the satin stitch giving it optimal durability throughout the life of the garment.
Having said all of that I recognize that you may not be familiar with where to locate good applique designs, or you are using a site that sells applique designs but not having much luck. If any digitzer tells you that you need a fusible product to 'tack' down the design to the tee-shirt then you can rest assured that they are not applying the 'double inset' rule, and you can bypass that site and locate a digitizer that does follow proper digitizing rules.
I am often asked why there are so many sites with so much misinformation about the process of machine embroidery and so many poor quality designs. I believe the issue to be that the automated digitizing and embroidery software available today is truly affordable which can be good and bad.
The ability to draw a design and have the software create it automatically can be very magical…that is until the design is stitched out. Without any formal training many of these home grown digitizers really don't understand the process fully. As most professional digitizers know, what you see on the computer screen is not always an exact replica of what will stitch out.
If the person using the software has had no formal training then they will not understand what needs to be changed to make for effective stitching. The consumer then purchases the design and is told to use other products such as fusible Heat-n-Bond to make the design stay in place.
As a professional textile designer I can tell you that you do not need these products, it is an extra expense and step that is not necessary if you have a good applique design in the first place.
I hope this tutorial helps you in purchasing and completing your applique projects.
Nicci Brazzell
MaEd, M.F.A.


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Lifting The Lid Off The Iraq Mosque Dome Debacle ...
Forced to the flamin' floor, fast - with only the faintest flick of that fabled feather duster -- that's what we were this morning [virtualy speaking of course], when the pair of us paid our daily visit to peruse the blog pages of Wolcott.
Especially, since several hours earlier we'd been engaged in rather heated international, online discussion regarding the top recently being blown right off much more than a mere mosque in Iraq. And maybe more to the point, we'd wondered [much more than aloud] who the hell had been low down dirty enough, to have dunnit.
Now enter Wolcott and scroll south to 'Shattered Dome,' to see some more.
Shattered Dome
Posted by James Wolcott
Here's what I don't get about the Golden Dome mosque bombing. That, once overtaken, the guards were tied up.
That eats up the clock when you're in a hurry and it spares lives, not exactly the M.O. of Al Qaeda, which tends to be more throat-cuttingly swift and savage. Al Qaeda and its affiliates are also not shy about claiming bragging rights for their crimes and atrocities, yet no one so far has taken awful credit for this desecration.
Most odd ......
Hmmm. Hardly anything thing there we'd want to argue with - although, to we two old ombres, 'odd' appears almost an understatement in this incidence.
However, J.W. then proceeded to point the pair of us, along with thousands more of his faithful followers, in the direction of Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches.
But before you bugger off from here to there, here's one of our traditional teasers.
The horrific attack which destroyed much of the Golden Mosque generated sectarian outrage which led to attacks on over 50 Sunni mosques. Many Sunni mosques in Baghdad were shot, burnt, or taken over. Three Imams were killed, along with scores of others in widespread violence.(snip)
This is what was shown by western corporate media.
As quickly as these horrible events began, they were called to an end and replaced by acts of solidarity between Sunni and Shia across Iraq.
This, however, was not shown by western corporate media.
"It was not the Sunnis who attacked the shrine of Imam Al-Hadi, God's peace be upon him, but rather the occupation [forces] and Ba'athists…God damn them. We should not attack Sunni mosques. I ordered Al-Mahdi Army to protect the Shi'i and Sunni shrines."Hmmm, yet again. And that's our own understatement for the day.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, urged Iraqi Shia not to seek revenge against Sunni Muslims, saying there were definite plots "to force the Shia to attack the mosques and other properties respected by the Sunni. Any measure to contribute to that direction is helping the enemies of Islam and is forbidden by
sharia."Instead, he blamed the intelligence services of the U.S. and Israel for being behind the bombs at the Golden Mosque.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that those who committed the attack on the Golden Mosque "have only one motive: to create a violent sedition between the Sunnis and the Shiites in order to derail the Iraqi rising democracy from its path."
Well said Mr. Blair, particularly when we keep in mind the fact that less than a year ago in Basra, two undercover British SAS soldiers were detained by Iraqi security forces whilst traveling in a car full of bombs and remote detonators.
Before we forget, it's only fair to say that our own suspicions, discussions and conclusions as explained at the outset, finally ended with both This Old Brit and his dear Dr Watson wannabe Richard, agreeing unanimously.
We had previously put together all the puzzle pieces -- and quite correctly, we claim. All the clues were already there of course. Just as they are right now, peppered about this page, in pictures. But for the benefit of any still struggling to see 'the big picture' we'll simply say what lays below, then leave you to sort it out for yourself.
So, let's list our own cryptic little pics, kind of like like crossword clues. Okay?
U.S.A. -- Black Ops -- ( Seals? C.I.A.?)
Israel -- MOSSAD -- ( I.D.F.? )
And for our parting shot -cum- last clue -- did you ever read that other old Brit Agatha Christie's book [or see the film] 'Murder On The Orient Express'? You know, that's the one with the truly terrific twist in the tale -- the one with the super-surprise ending.
Remember? It turned out -- they ALL damned well dunnit.


text: New portrait drawing that I finished the other day of Jessica. This drawing was a bit of a struggle, I actually had to start the whole thing over on a new piece of paper, which is pretty rare for me. When I do a drawing of someone I know and I want to to look just like them, I spend a lot of time trying to get the likeness as perfect as possible, and I wasn't sure if I had the likeness. I think the reason why I was unsure, is that she is a friend of a friend, so I am not as accustomed to her face as someone I would see more often. At the end of the day though, everyone knew who it was, most importantly her. With likeness aside, I have to say this may be my best portrait yet, as soon as I was done with it I wanted to frame it. I was trying to play around with edges more and not be so literal, I know I can push it a lot further still. Also if you haven't noticed, I like to design hair, its tough, but fun.


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Mad Women
The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and BeyondBook - 2012
"Mad Women is a tell-all account of life in the New York advertising world of the 1960s and 70s from Jane Maas, a female copywriter who succeeded in the primarily male environment portrayed by the hit TV show Mad Men. Fans of the show are dying to know how accurate it is: did people really have that much sex in the office? Were there really three-martini lunches? Were women really second-class citizens? Jane Maas says the answer to all three questions is unequivocally yes. And her book, based on her own experiences and countless interviews with her peers, gives the full stories, from the junior account man whose wife nearly left him when she found the copy of Screw magazine he'd used to find "entertainment" for a client, to the Ogilvy & Mather agency's legendary annual sex-and-booze filled Boat Ride, from which it was said no virgin ever returned intact. Wickedly funny and full of juicy inside information, Mad Women also tackles the tougher issues of the era, such as equal pay, rampant jaw-dropping sexism, and the difficult choice many women faced between motherhood and their careers"--
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Characteristics: x, 228 pages :,illustrations, portraits ;,22 cm.
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jjoliebergman Apr 17, 2013
I suspect Mad Men fans would like... I am not a Mad Men fan...
ssteph_peregrine Jun 22, 2012
Did this need to be a whole book? Probably not. Jane Maas has already written an autobiography (which I'm now curious to read, although apparently it's less dishy), and this often feels like it's blatantly cashing in on Mad Men's popularity, with frequent references and comparisons to the show. It's a pretty fluffy read overall, mildly entertaining but not a must-read or a serious study of women in advertising.
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Scientists have tried to harness nuclear fusion - the same process that powers the Sun - for commercial uses but this goal has remained elusive.
The new device is expected only to have small niche applications, such as in fine-control thrusters on spacecraft.
Full-scale fusion is a key target because it would provide an abundant source of relatively clean energy.
It works on the principle that energy can be released by forcing together atomic nuclei - rather than by splitting them, as in the case of the fission reactions that drive current nuclear power stations.
But controlling fusion reactions is technically very challenging. And although a large fusion power station is thought to be feasible, its realisation could still be many years away.
Gentle heating
There are claims, too, for so-called "desktop" fusion devices. However, these have proven highly controversial.
The latest claim, though, seems to have convinced scientific peers.
In the Nature study, Brian Naranjo and colleagues, from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), initiated fusion of heavy hydrogen, or deuterium, using the strong electric field generated in a pyroelectric crystal.
Materials like this crystal produce these electric fields when they are heated. The researchers concentrated the field at the tip of a tungsten needle connected to the crystal.
In an atmosphere of deuterium gas, the field generated positively charged deuteron ions and accelerated them to high energy in a beam.
When this beam struck a target of erbium deuteride, the team detected neutrons coming from the target with precisely the energy expected if they were generated by the nuclear fusion of two deuterium nuclei.
The neutron emission was about 400 times stronger than the usual background level.
"This is true 'hand-held fusion'," said co-author Seth Putterman.
"I believe that we could build an egg-sized device, where inside the egg is the crystal and the right proportion of deuterium gas; and by plunging it into ice and warming it with your hands, you can generate a reasonably large fusion signal," he told BBC News.
"What we have done is nowhere near the efficiency needed to use it as an energy source. What we have done is produce highly compact neutron generators which could conceivably be useful for handheld cameras or tiny X-ray sources that could be put into the body to deliver X-rays locally to destroy tumours."
Small devices that emit neutrons could also be used as microthrusters in miniature spacecraft. Such fine control would be employed in certain experimental set-ups in space where precise positioning of a craft was essential.
Collapsing bubbles
In 2002, Rusi Taleyarkhan at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US, caused a sensation when he claimed to have made hydrogen nuclei fuse by blasting tiny bubbles in acetone with sound waves, forcing them to implode.
Taleyarkhan and colleagues argued that as the bubbles collapsed, the temperature inside would rise to millions of degrees, hot enough for two deuterium nuclei to fuse.
But measuring neutrons on a small, laboratory scale has proven notoriously difficult in the past because neutrons also occur naturally in the Earth's environment.
The claim met with deep scepticism from many of the key researchers in the field.
One attempt to re-run the experiment by Mike Saltmarsh and Dan Shapiro, then colleagues of Taleyarkhan's at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, found no evidence of fusion.
In March 2004, Taleyarkhan published further evidence for his fusion claims. Despite being thoroughly reviewed and published in a respected scientific journal, the study did little to convince the sceptics.
On the subject of pyroelectric crystals, Saltmarsh told BBC News: "It's a great way of producing fusion reactions but you are guaranteed to use more energy than you ever produce through fusion because the incoming ions hit atoms in the target and they lose most of their energy in non-productive ways - as heat. Only a few of them produce fusion neutrons."


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A Mirror for England
If clearly marked personal style is one's criterion of interest, then few British films reward the concern given to such directors as, say, Dreyer, Buñuel, Franju and Renoir. But other criteria of interest exist, whereby many of the subtlest meanings behind a personal style may be related to the collective vision of a particular tradition, period, background or `school'. It's logical and usual to consider even impersonal and anonymous artworks as an expression of a general consensus (A Mirror for England, p. 4). 1
RAYMOND DURGNAT' S A Mirror for England: British Movies from Austerity to Affluence, which deals extensively with British films of the 1950s, was written in the mid-1960s and was published in 1970. Given the shifts in attitudes over the past thirty years — in society generally as well as in the little world of film studies — one might expect the judgments expressed there, the choices of what is important, to have become dated and irrelevant. If one reads Roy Armes's A Critical History of British Cinema, which was published in 1978, one is propelled into a time warp where academics with long hair wore tank tops and flared jeans, and had posters of La Hora de los Hornos on their walls. Armes draws inspiration from a deadly cocktail of Althusserian Marxism and the languid snobbery of C. A. Lejeune to take to task an industry which `has never created an adequate working____________________
I am Professor in Film Studies at De Montfort University. My first teaching experience was a one-term class at Morley College in Lambeth on British cinema in the 1940s. The students were refreshingly enthusiastic and most of them enrolled for a second term on British cinema in the 1950s. Unfortunately this was a period I was weak on and I will remain eternally grateful to one of the students — Richard Dacre, who runs the Flashbacks shop in Soho — who agreed to teach it with me; and to Raymond Durgnat's A Mirror for England which proved to be a mine of useful and inspiring information about a period of British cinema no one else seemed to take seriously. My most recent book is British Cinema and the Second World War (Continuum, 2000). Robert Murphy.


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This week has been spent frantically beavering away at some freelance projects, including chatting to the lovely Carol, Scottish Ballet's head of wardrobe, and assisting on a few shoots for The Herald again... Sneak peek time!
ALSO, on Thursday I was kindly invited to a swanky event at ROX in Argyle Arcade, to celebrate
jewellery designer Shaun Leane's latest collections - Horn, Tusk, Cherry Blossom and Couture Took My Heart...
Recognised internationally as a designer who pushes the boundaries of convention, yet still has an aptitude for creating classically romantic jewellery, Shaun Leane has created some of the most ground-breaking and trend-setting collections of jewellery currently on the market.
The uniqueness of Shane Leane jewellery is what makes it such an in-demand range, and it is this designer's distinctive attitude to jewellery-making that has made him a favourite in the industry.
To be honest, I'd never heard of Shaun Leane before the event - which is pretty bad considering he was responsible for all the jewellery at Alexander McQueen under the late, great man himself, who was also a close personal friend of his. Ooopsie.
BUT actually, turns out I DID recognise some of his most iconic pieces like the brooch he designed for SJP at the AngloMania exhibition in 2006 and the bespoke collar for Bjork's 2001 album cover:
Some of my favs from his current collections include the spikey, jaggy pieces in the Horn and Tusk collections. Check em oot:
This gold Vertebrae Ball bracelet is actually from his earlier Serpent collection but is still available to buy at ROX online. It's my total favourite ever! At over £1,000 I'm sure you could probably find something similar in Topshop, but there's something about a solid gold, perfectly-crafted piece of bling that just sends me weak at the knees. Creepy, Gothic but utterly beautiful and delicate at the same time - jings, can SOMEONE please buy me it?
Queen Michelle from Kingdom of Style was there to quiz Shaun on his inspirations and his future plans. He told the rapt audience he'd love to work with Cartier, reinventing their signature pieces from the1920s and bringing them up to date with a contemporary twist. Cue mass swooning! CAN YOU IMAGINE? Seriously...
Much of the chat also centered round his collaboration with fashion oddball/genius Daphne Guinness entitled Contra Mundum or Against the World. To you and I that's basically a bespoke, priceless glove designed to fit Daphne's hand perfectly, made up of more than a thousand grams of gold and set with over 5,000 pavé white diamonds... So, like, pretty dope.
Here she is modelling it pretending to be a corpse. Obviously.
Shaun told us it took him over four years to make - that's some intense dedication right there. I would've loved to have seen it up close but it's probably guarded in a Gringotts-style safe somewhere, guarded by vicious fashion harpies...
Anyway, aye, twas a fabo night. I didn't take any photos cos I'm rubbish like that, but Amanda did so check em oot. Thanks to Toni and ROX for taking such good care of us! Here's a pic of me and my pal Kirsten on the left getting papped on the way in - such SLEBS!
Not that you can really see but I'm wearing a vintage snakeskin blouse, Toppers Ambush boots, H&M pleather skirt and Acne leather jacket. Kirsten is wearing Urban Outfitters top and Vero Moda breeks (I think). I pure love that Acne jacket but it does tend to bulk me up a bit since it isn't fitted. I'm looking a little who ate all the pies here...
See? Swanky.com/pureclassy. Anyhoo, back to the grind this week so expect a few more lunchtime blogs :)
OH, almost forgot, I was at Bon Iver last night at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. BEST. GIG. EVER. Do yourself a favour and watch this...
Ni-night y'all.


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Whether you do a full set of projections to compare players or put your rank lists together by gut feel, every cheat sheet can be broken out into tiers. The process is simple and the rewards are many. Breaking your rankings into tiers forces you to crystallize your opinions on players. It naturally lends itself to helping you make good strategic decisions during your draft. The process helps you stay on the right side of runs, shows you which positions can be sloughed a round longer than you thought or need to be targeted early. Perhaps most importantly, tiering and then running a few mock drafts leave you prepared for every contingency during your draft and will keep you from scrambling when you're on the clock in those all-important middle rounds.
This series will walk you through our tiering process position by position this summer, including IDPs, and offer our strategic insights along the way. We'll have thoughts on whether you should go with a top quarterback or QBBC, whether you should target a top tight end over your RB3 or WR3, whether you should prioritize defensive linemen over linebackers again this year and whether there are any defensive backs worth drafting early.
Note: We are assuming a 12-team league and PPR scoring when discussing draft round estimates and ADP data.
Bloom: Tight Ends of the Gods
Jimmy Graham Rob Gronkowski
Absolutely worth a first-round pick, especially Graham, who could shatter the tight end receiving records again this year. He's only in his third year as a pro and really, as a full-time football player. I'm not worried about Gronk's ankle or the "too many mouths to feed" argument in New England. Talent creates production.
Draft Outlook: If you can't stomach some of the riskier running backs in the late first/early second, and you want to wait on quarterback, either of these guys are perfect options for you.
Bramel: As I noted in the other installments, taking one of these players in the first two rounds will bring very good relative value. But it likely means that you won't be able to fit an elite quarterback on your roster without losing significant ground at the RB2, RB3 and WR3 roster slots. Plan accordingly.
Bloom: Elite with Moderate Risk
Antonio Gates
Gates could and should put up numbers just off of Graham/Gronk as long as he's healthy. All indications are that he is 100% and last year showed us that no one knows his body better than Gates.
Draft Outlook: With a late 4th/early 5th ADP, Gates is tough to pass on in the fifth round, and very viable in the fourth. He could have second round value if he plays 16 games.
Bramel: I'm totally behind this mini-tier. So much so that I may break from plan and draft Gates if he's available in the mid-fourth round or later and I've already rostered a QB. He's one of the most undervalued players at any position right now.
Bloom: Strong TE1
Aaron Hernandez Vernon Davis
Hernandez is in a terrific passing game, but he won't be higher than the third or fourth option in New England, and he does tend to get banged up. Davis came on late last year and could finish among the elite this year, but Alex Smith is the worst passer throwing to any of the top eight tight ends.
Bramel: I think Hernandez is much closer to Gates than Davis, but I'm not willing to take Hernandez at his current ADP. I'd combine these two players with the next three on the list (Finley, Davis and Witten) and plan on drafting the best value sometime after the sixth round.
Bloom: Mid-Strong TE1 with Risk
Jermichael Finley Fred Davis
The quarterback, talent, and targets should all be there for Finley and Davis to contend with all but the Graham/Gronk tier in terms of production. Finley had all of those same factors in his favor last year, but failed to come through, so there is risk here. Davis was actually producing at a top five clip last year before his suspension, but he is having a "quiet" camp.
Draft Outlook: Davis is the much more attractive proposition here in the late 7th round. Finley is going in the mid-6th, but worth taking if both are on the board in the 7th. If you draw a mid-round pick and you are torn about taking Graham in the first, let Davis's ADP make you feel better about passing the Saints tight end.
Bramel; I love Davis this year and am quietly pleased that his ADP isn't increasing thus far in the preseason. We know Shanahan will use his tight end and Robert Griffin is a perfect match for the bootleg � play action offense in which Davis will thrive. If you choose not to draft an elite tight end, Davis is a very strong value target.
Bloom: Strong TE1 with High Risk
Jason Witten
The Cowboys issues at number three wide receiver and relative strength at offensive tackle made Witten an excellent tight end to target outside of the top four, but all of that has changed now that he has a spleen injury that could threaten his status for the opener, or even longer.
Draft Outlook: He was going late 5th, but who knows where his slide will stop now. If Witten is still there in the 9th or later, it is hard to pass on him, just make sure you get one of the strong TE2's with TE1 upside.
Bramel: There's a chance we won't see Witten until after the Cowboys' Week 5 bye. Those drafting late in the preseason will have the benefit of more information, but I'd pass on Witten until at least this range for now.
Bloom: Steady TE1
Tony Gonzalez Brandon Pettigrew
An unexciting duo, Gonzalez and Pettigrew will give you good baseline production at 60-80% of the top 3 tight ends, but they are highly unlikely to threaten to do more.
Draft Outlook: With Pettigrew going around the same time as Fred Davis, there is just no reason to consider him. Gonzalez isn't a terrible pick in the 8th/9th, but you might want to pair him with a tight end who has more upside in the next 2-3 rounds.
Low-end TE1 with Strong TE1 Upside
Brent Celek Kyle Rudolph
Celek's offseason surgery is still keeping him on the sidelines, but he finished like 2010 Celek once Michael Vick got on track last year. Rudolph has been the talk of Vikings camp and he could be the breakout tight end of 2012.
Draft Outlook: Celek is available in the 11th and Rudolph in the 13th. If you don't love the tight end value through the first 10 rounds, no worries, Celek and Rudolph are there to save you. They are even worth bench picks in deep leagues after a Graham/Gronk start to your draft for their trade value, or possibly freeing you up to trade Graham/Gronk.
Low-end TE1 with Steady TE1 upside
Jermaine Gresham Owen Daniels Jacob Tamme
This group presents some value and they can save your bacon if you wait too long to take a tight end while Celek and Rudolph go far earlier than ADP, but they won't flirt with the top 5 in any scenario. Gresham could help fill a vacuum at WR2 for the Bengals, Daniels was still productive with Matt Schaub last year, but he is getting up there in years, and Tamme just isn't that talented, no matter what kind of previous chemistry he has with Peyton Manning.
Draft Outlook: Word has gotten out on Tamme and he is going in the ninth round. Just take Fred Davis two rounds earlier. Gresham is going in the 9th/10th, which is not a deep discount. Daniels is the most attractive in the 11th/12th, but I still can't recommend him ahead of Celek or Rudolph.
Bramel: These three tiers morph into one big tier for me. All have TE1 upside, but the list of elite players above is deep enough that I'd prefer not to get caught with one as my every-week starter. Based on ADP and value, I've been drafting Rudolph or Daniels as my TE2 frequently, mostly because Gresham � who I think thrives in a joker role as Cincinnati's nominal WR2 this year � has just barely been out of reach with his TE12 / 10th round ADP.
Bloom: Theoretical TE1 without Trust
Jared Cook Dustin Keller
The talent has been there for both of these guys all along, and the role has been there for Keller. Yet they are still just teases who end up being a waste of a roster spot, at least thus far in their careers. You can't count on anything from them even though it's easy to convince yourself that they can solve your TE situation.
Draft Outlook: Cook is going in the 11th and Keller in the 12th. If you need an upside TE to go with Gonzalez/Pettigrew and Celek/Rudolph are gone, I wouldn't blame you for taking a shot here.
Bramel: The stat lines and game logs often look pretty for both of these guys, but I don't trust them either. If you get shut out of preferred targets, look to Cook if you like risk, Keller if you want a safer option.
Bloom: Rookies with Promise
Dwayne Allen Coby Fleener
Andrew Luck is going to throw a lot, and he could be looking to his rookie tight ends in the middle of the field to keep the chains moving. Allen will be on the field more (think Alge Crumpler), while Fleener is the better red zone threat and Luck's college teammate from Stanford.
Draft Outlook: Fleener is going in the 11th and Allen is not even getting drafted. No reason to take Fleener with the other options available around that time, but Allen could become a hot waiver wire pickup in week 2.
Bramel: I'm not investing in Fleener either and I very much agree that Allen could be an early must-have waiver pick. I'd feel strongly enough to recommend rostering Allen before the season if the Colts had poorer receivers than Reggie Wayne and Austin Collie.
Bloom: Not Gonna Fall For it Again
Greg Olsen Heath Miller Lance Kendricks
In terms of raw talent and situation, the potential is there for TE1 production, but each of these tight ends have promised that in the past and failed to deliver. Olsen is inconsistent and disappeared late last year, Miller is stuck blocking at the line of scrimmage too often, and Kendricks had hands of stone. It's not impossible that any of these three break out, but I wouldn't tie up an initial roster spot waiting for it.
Draft Outlook: Olsen still has his believers in the 13th round. I wouldn't take him over Rudolph, I know that. Miller and Kendricks are going later than the 15th round. Both are definitely worth picks in TE premium leagues.
Bramel: I still think there's upside in Olsen and it won't surprise me if he's consistent enough to be considered a borderline TE1 in a few weeks. But I'm higher on Rudolph, too. If I miss out on my preferred TE2 targets, Olsen and Kellen Davis are my fall back upside bets.
Bloom: Boring Bye Week/Injury Filler
Scott Chandler Marcedes Lewis Kellen Winslow
This group will get their share of targets, especially in the red zone. They will be a threat to put up top 10 numbers in any given week, and they will be the perfect one-week pick-ups to fill in for your stud on bye.
Draft Outlook: I don't love carrying limited upside players on my bench, so I still wouldn't take them at their 17th or later ADP.
Bramel: I never bought the Lewis hype, but the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction now. I think he's undervalued but there are still targets I like better.
Bloom: You Never Know
Kellen Davis Tony Moeaki Julius Thomas Joel Dreessen Craig Stevens Jordan Cameron
Davis could click now that Martz is gone in Chicago. Moeaki could stay healthy. Thomas could assert himself as the clearly superior pass-catching talent at tight end in Denver. Dreessen could produce if Tamme is inconsistent and become a favorite of Peyton Manning's. Stevens could surprise as a two-way tight end in Tennessee. Cameron could be Jimmy Graham lite in his second year removed from being a basketball/football player. I'm to the possibility of minor breakouts here.
Draft Outlook: Don't draft these guys, but keep them on waiver wire speed dial in TE premium leagues and other deep formats.
Bramel: I'm willing to draft Davis as noted earlier. The presence of Brandon Marshall and the absence of Mike Martz could very much open the middle of the field and red zone for Davis. If he's left undrafted, watch him very closely in Week 1. Moeaki and Cameron fit a similar bill, particularly Cameron. If the Browns offense stalls and the receivers don't get on the same page with Weeden quickly, Cameron could be a 100 target player.
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-John Coltrane
It might seem like difficult music -- and it is -- but to us it's like we're just having a good old time. I mean it's serious and we're digging deep. It's not light, it's not trivial. I wouldn't say serious, but it's to the depth of the soul and the height of the universe -- that's the scope.
-Kurt Rosenwinkel
Star Of Jupiter is Kurt Rosenwinkel's first small-combo studio album of new compositions since Deep Song (2005). In that time he's been evolving a different approach to the guitar and the combo format. Since at least 2009 the guitarist has played in quartet format, most often alongside pianist Aaron Parks. At about that time I began to see his quartets on a regular basis, in New York and Boston, and it was those quartet performances that inspired me to begin writing about jazz in the first place. While the performances were exciting and inspired, one could also see that the guitarist was after something new. As he remarked in a March 2012 Wall Street Journal article,
I went through a phase where I was frustrated... Then I decided I was going to make a push and get to a place where I really enjoyed playing the instrument, and it's worked. I've re-evaluated everything, from my attitude to my physical technique.
Star of Jupiter is the product of this re-evaluation, and proves that Mr. Rosenwinkel has refined and rediscovered his core musical principles in a new way, and remains at the forefront of innovation of the jazz, just as he has been over a decade and a half. The material on this album presents a bold and stunning new vision of his identifiable compositional language within the context of his "New Quartet" (Aaron Parks, piano; Eric Revis, bass; Justin Faulkner, drums).
There is a vast world of sonic meaning and knowledge in Star of Jupiter, and this is what makes the album so compelling. From the inner-most depth of the self to the outer-most regions of the cosmos, there is a spatial transcendance and ominpresence in theme. A look at the titles makes evident that the music encompasses, literally, the spectrum of subject matter "from the depth of the sould to the height of the universe," as Rosenwinkel says in the quote above. "Under It All," "Gamma Band," "Welcome Home," and "Deja Vu" embody the earthbound, introspective, emotive theme. They examine experience, the inner-most depth of the self. "Hommage A Mitch" and "Mr. Hope" are two great tributes to the jazz lineage. And finally, "Star Of Jupiter," "A Shifting Design" and "Heavenly Bodies" are celestial in inspiration. (Although I was speculating that "Heavenly Bodies" could be a double entendre.) Then there are songs like "Kurt 1" which are vehicles for grooving and having a good time, yet are equally compelling as the others.
This review will focus on the album and the band as a whole, specifically the fascinating facets of their approach to building grooves. My individual analyses of each composition on Star of Jupiter can be found here, in a review of several sets of the "New Quartet" I saw during the tour that coincided with the recording of this album.
The most apparent characteristic of Rosenwinkel's new vision is the important role of open groove space. Open vamps, spacious mantra-like layerings, and soulful R&B type grooves make up much of the record. In open groove spaces, much of the harmonic duties are cleared away and allow the bandmembers a chance to improvise and become part of that space. As the guitarist states in the press release, "I've never had a band that really wanted to do that and I really love the fact that that's something we do... immerse into and experience the warmth of the groove." In these moments the band's unique cameraderie, and their most intense improvisational expression, comes to the fore. Rosenwinkel and Parks speak a beautiful musical dialogue, for example, at the fading end of "Heavenly Bodies." In other instances, like the enrapturing finale of "Homage A Mitch," Rosenwinkel takes over himself, and ceaselessly shoots a building array of fretboard-stretching lines.
But there is a groove concept that stretches far beyond the presence of drawn out vamps and subtly developing grooves. There is never a point, for example, where the groove breaks down entirely -- where the intensity peaks in a kind of collective mayhem, as is often heard in contemporary jazz, including some of Rosenwinkel's earlier work -- and there is always a thread of groove present at each moment, whether it be Faulkner's meticulously constructed and precisely maintained beats, or a guitar-piano ostinato and bassline during Faulkner's solos.
The groove is not only continuous time-wise, but also band-wise; the groove components of a song are often not confined individually to the drums but collectively in each member of the band. "Kurt 1," "Heavenly Bodies," "Star of Jupiter," and "Gamma Band" incorporate layers of ostinatos and create a rich rhythmic atmosphere. The sound on this new album is broad and expansive, thanks in part to the construction of complicated grooves. These grooves also create a stimulating dynamic between the soloist and the rhythm section. Textures and cruves of the band's groove combine with the rhythmic contour of the soloist at hand. This combination creates an effect where the rhythmic line of a soloist's phrasing is intimately interconnected with the groove as a whole; and through this the band achieves a sum greater than its parts. It's fascinating to hear the fluctuations of Rosenwinkel's elongated phrasing ebb and flow against the myriad rhythmic textures created by the rest of the band in the oscillations of 5/4 in "Gamma Band." In this track, as well as "Star of Jupiter," it's the contrast between steady groove and fluid rhythmic tapestries makes the music rhythmically thrilling at every second, it creates a novel dimension of speed and momentum that is unique to Star of Jupiter. Additionally, the fact that a continuous groove is maintained makes for a sound that builds to intensity without obstructing the beat throughout the music.
One needs to acknowledge the tremendous contributions of Revis and Faulkner in this regard. As far as anchors go, few bassists hold gravity in a fluid rhythmic environment better than Revis, and he does so while simultaneously being musical, swinging and funky with his lines. Wherever the music goes, his thick tone and melodic undertones keep the foundation. As I head Johnny O'Neill once remark, Revis is the "heartbeat" of the band.
Mr. Faulkner's sound and approach to percussion is also a departure from drummers who have been a part of Rosenwinkel's earlier bands. These drummers -- such as Jeff Ballard, Paul Motian, or Jorge Rossy -- favored a more talkative, interactive, gestural, free and spacious swing. They would sometimes sacrifice time-keeping for a more involved conversational style, and perferred to develop intesnsity through the frequency of drum and cymbal activity. Faulkner, on the other hand, favors tight and consistent beats, and sees maintaining -- and buildilng -- the song as the essential role of the drummer. As Faulkner said in a New York Times article: "My approach isn't cymbals-and-drums. It's just music. Servicing the song." That doesn't mean, however, that he is less interactive, inventive, or involved in the development of the music; rather, the interaction happens in a different way. He follows Vernell Fournier's groove ethic, one of steady devotion to a simple repeating groove with deliberate changeups added over a long period of time. The fills are nuanced, minimal, but effective. He keeps a simple, pure groove as the core, but develops groove variations that allow him to be present and interactive with the band. Keeping a constant center of time, he simultaneously orchestrates new variations of groove ("adding some little piece to make the music build") to interact and blend with the rest of the group and constantly develop the song. Thus he takes the music to awesome heights, in many new directions, all while keeping present the cadences and hits, the marks and turns of the song. It's almost as if he acts not on top of, or in addition to, but through groove itself.
The immersive quality of the band's sound is also achieved by the way it is mixed. Listen with a good pair of headphones, and it becomes apparent that the sound is arranged spherically. The feeling is like being immersed in a world of sound, as if you're standing in the source of the music, looking at the music from the inside outward, hearing it happen all around you. Rosenwinkel is centered above, with the his guitar and voice equally present in both left and right speakers. He hovers above at the zenith, and his sound -- through reverb and an interesting effect which sounds like delay with a subtle ripple -- his sound emanates outward in all directions. The rest of the band, which is mixed with a very immediate sound, without much reverb, fills in the sides of the speakers. Parks and Faulkner are panned out in a circle, so that when they travel their insturments the source of sound travels as well. This adds a kind of roundness to the overall feel.


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I was honoured to be asked to fill in for someone who couldn't make Collabor88 this month. The theme is "shindig" and it's got a groovy retro vibe. So I decided to make some rigged mesh dresses with oh so scandalous short skirts (in the 60s they were!)- 8 patterns for Collabor88.
As they are rigged mesh, they cannot be edited to fit your avatar shape, so you may need to make some adjustments to your shape to fit them properly. There are 8 sizes included- the 5 standard sizes, a size for child avatars (the skirt's a bit longer as well!), and 2 versions using the new deformer under development, one for women, and one for men. The deformer may change before it is implemented officially, but if it doesn't, these will change shape with your avatar, not the other way around. For now, it requires a specific test viewer to use the deformers- otherwise they will only fit the default male and female avatars (which, if your shape isn't too far off in any of the wrong places, might fit you anyway). There are demos, please try them first!
These dresses are to be found exclusively at Collabor88, which opened this morning, and will run through the month of June, closing July 7th for the next round.
Also: I'm in the process of moving the elephant, from Lloyd, which is up for sale (those interested in purchasing a full sim, please contact Apatia Hammerer), to Twomoons Island. Some older things are NOT making the move- most of those are simply being retired to the marketplace, but some things are being retired entirely.


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Core Spices and Flavorings-
Two 1 inch long pcs. fresh ginger peeled
2 cloves garlic
2 fresh green chile peppers
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbs coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
Secondary Spices-
1/2 tsp paprika
Other Ingredients-
1 pound fresh or frozen, thawed spinach, chopped
1 cup water
2 tbs oil
1 medium red onion, finely chopped
1 pound red potatoes, skin on, diced
1 tsp salt
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
lemon wedges for serving
In a food processor or blender, add the ginger, garlic and green chiles, blend until minced.
Add the spinach and water, process again to make a coarse puree.
Heat the oil in a large, nonstick saucepan with a lid over medium high heat and add the cumin seeds.
Quickly add the onion and saute, stirring until golden for 2-3 minutes.
Add the potatoes and cook, stirring for 3 minutes.
Mix in the coriander, garam masala, paprika and salt.
Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring for 5 minutes. Mix in the pureed spinach and cook stirring until it comes to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, until the potatoes are cooked 15-20 minutes.
Stir up the potatoes from the bottom every 5 minutes. If the sauce seems a little thin, leave the cover off for the last 5 minutes to reduce.
Adjust salt to taste and serve hot with lemon wedges.