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Phantasm: The Sequels (1988-1998)
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I keep telling myself that lumping the three Phantasm sequels into one review isn't an admission of failure; it's a desperate act of necessity. For reasons as compelling as interview prep and as gross as the stomach flu, my critical output for these movies has been positively glacial in the week-and-a-half since I watched them. Besides, the hard reality is there's not enough original content in each film to warrant more than a couple hundred words apiece. So, without further ado, I present Kicking the Seat's first Mega Review!
Nine years after writer/director Don Coscarelli unleashed his original fantasy film on the world, he teamed with Universal Pictures to bring us Phantasm 2. I don't know what was in Hollywood's drinking water circa 1988, but that was a banner year for horror sequels. Franchises great (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th), small (Halloween), and questionable in size (Sleepaway Camp) all received follow-ups, and everyone's favorite death-sphere-flingin' Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) even made the cut.
If resurrecting the late-70s cult hit was meant to cash in on the horror craze, the powers that be--and maybe Coscarelli himself--made a critical error in putting part two together: whereas the brand-name slasher series were built largely on the draw of iconic maniacs creatively butchering a cattle-call of interchangeable victims, Phantasm was a dream-like, imaginative journey into darkness. Sure, the execution was often goofy, but the ideas were heady, and far more complex than most of the genre's elevator-pitch storylines. "Zombie stalks teens at camp" lends itself to repeatability far easier than "Mortician shrinks and re-animates corpses for use as slave labor on interdimensional red planet".
Yet, Phantasm 2 feels uncomfortably like a conventional slasher in that it largely rehashes the first film, while hardly bothering to expand on the mythology. In this way, it's as much a big-budget remake as it is a sequel--probably more so.
We pick up just after the final moments of Phantasm, with Michael (A. Michael Baldwin) facing down The Tall Man, and Reggie (Reggie Bannister) squaring off against a horde of hooded munchkin-creatures. Following an explosion that takes out Michael's house, the evil undertaker presumes his mortal enemies dead. Fast-forward seven years. Michael (now played by pouty powder-keg James LeGros) is released from a mental institution and embarks on a quest to destroy The Tall Man once and for all. He's aided by a reluctant Reggie and a psychic pen-pal named Elizabeth (Paula Irvine).*
Much of the film is comprised of a road trip across a burnt-out Middle America that has been largely destroyed by The Tall Man. Like The Borg, he and his minions sweep through small towns, taking out their populations quietly before moving along. The story switches between Reggie and Mike driving their sleek Hemi Cuda through various wastelands, and Elizabeth realizing that something evil is afoot in her own small town. The big-studio budget makes for delicious eye candy in the form of expansive, gothic cemeteries, fetishistically rendered embalming labs, and grotesque, ear-slicing special effects. But for the already initiated, the film may come across as "Previously, on Phantasm..." (or, worse yet, car porn).
Still, Phantasm 2 narrowly pulls off one of the great reversals in genre-movie history. Some films are slow burns, but the filmmakers don't even light the match on this one until it's practically over. With twenty minutes to go, the story's tone takes a daffy left turn into Sam Raimi territory, infusing comedic action with really disgusting chills.**
The good times come to a screeching halt at the end, though, when Coscarelli repeats the first film's closing scare. Greater than the crime of not actually being scary, the final scene's ultimate sin is reminding us of every other repeated element in Phantasm 2. Instead of learning more about The Tall Man's mysterious homeworld or using the relatively gargantuan production budget to realize weirder, darker dangers, the film devolves into Phantasm for Dummies: a geekgasm for fans who'd waited so long to see their beloved characters on the big-screen again, and a disposable afternoon at the movies for everyone else.
I can't speak for anyone involved, but Phantasm 2 smacks of risk-aversion--which may explain why the second sequel, Phantasm 3: Lord of the Dead debuted six years later by slinking onto home video. This movie is notable for three things: a bizarre Home Alone-inspired micro-plot; the return of both A. Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury; and the realization that, yes, a Phantasm drinking game is not only possible, but possibly crucial.
Much like Jim Gaffigan's bit about all Mexican food being nothing more than differently named combos of beans, meat, and cheese, Phantasm 3 proves to be a simple rearranging of events and themes previously covered in the other films. Luckily, Coscarelli tosses in some truly weird ingredients to make Lord of the Dead feel different, if not authentic. Michael awakens from a coma and teams up with Reggie to hunt down The Tall Man. This time, the spirit of Mike's older brother Jody (Thornbury) shows up to help them out. In a bizarre altercation, The Tall Man appears, turns Jody into a burnt-out flying sphere, and kidnaps Michael. Reggie and the ball hit the road, and run afoul of a group of cartoonish thugs.
Said thugs steal the Hemi Cuda, shoving Reggie and Jody-ball in the trunk. When they stop at a house in an abandoned town, they discover little Tim (Kevin Connors), a loner who'd managed to survive The Tall Man's scourge through stealth and resourcefulness. His five-minute introduction is the highlight of movies two through four, showing a mind-bending gutsiness and imagination not seen since Michael first found out what was between those cosmic tuning forks. Tim gruesomely and hilariously kills off the would-be squatters and frees Reggie--thus becoming the new kid sidekick on the series' nine-thousandth cross-country road trip.
In another deserted town, they encounter Rocky (Gloria Lynne Henry), a jive-talking, nunchaku-wielding bad girl who becomes the requisite third wheel and hopeful sexual conquest for Reggie (in the previous movie, it was a hitchhiker named Alchemy, played by Samanth Phillips). Once Rocky slips into the back of the Cuda, you can either check out for rest of the movie or line up your shot glasses.
Let's assume you're feeling frisky and decide to go with option "B"--keeping in mind that this only works when marathon-ing the series in one sitting. Toss one back every time...
- A car explodes
- A car flips over
- A car flips over, and then explodes
- Someone jumps out the back of a moving hearse
- Reggie cons a girl into sharing a bed with him
- The girl turns out to be evil (in fantasy or in reality--double-shot for both)
- The Tall Man steps out of the shadows and hisses something about being ready to begin
There's probably a sphere-shaped mixology book's worth of additional material here, but you get the picture. The movie ends in another dank mausoleum with The Tall Man getting the upper hand at the zero hour, and yet another little kid being yanked through a mirror by grubby little munchkin hands before a sharp cut to black. The longer the sequels drag on, the more apparent it becomes that Coscarelli is sketching an epic on film (revising and erasing, revising and erasing) in the hopes that, one of these years, his budget will match his yet-to-be-realized grand vision--or vice versa.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Phantasm 4: Oblivion. Reggie meets a new girl he wants to screw but can't trust, and Michael wanders the desert with Jody's laconic spirit guiding him on a vision quest through the Tall Man's origin story--like Jacob Marley on some killer holly-wreath weed. The genius of the fourth and ostensibly final film is that Coscarelli weaves in the unseen history of Mike, Jody, and Reggie's initial encounters with The Tall Man, by way of cutting-room-floor footage from 1979's Phantasm.
It's a fascinating device that, combined with the revelation that the series' Big Bad started out as a frustrated Civil War doctor, promises to cover new territory--a welcome relief from two movies whose original material could have been rolled into either of the bookend entries with zero confusion for the audience. Sadly, the film ends with more questions than answers, such as:
- Why, when Michael was a kid, did he cut The Tall Man down from a noose trap?
- Why did The Tall Man need to be cut down from a noose trap, when his main weapons are flying spheres with retractable razors and an army of vicious, resourceful dwarves?
- How was Jody able to help Michael out, when he was ostensibly part of whatever transdimensional goo that The Tall Man controlled? And if he was, in fact, just tricking Michael into becoming a pawn in The Tall Man's game--why the ruse? Why not just either kill Michael or zap his brain with whatever dark magic seduced the pre-Tall Man Tall Man?
Perhaps Oblivion's biggest blue-balls frustration is the tease that we'd finally learn how The Tall Man came to be. We get some mysterious glimpses of him working on soldiers in the midst of battle, scribbling notes in a cluttered study, and offering Michael lemonade (?). Then he walks through a rudimentary version of the transdimensional portal and re-emerges a few seconds later as an evil bastard. Sorry, gang, that's neither an origin story nor a way to end a series built on mystery; that's the kind of sliced-and-diced narration that requires an origin story and Usual Suspects-style wrap up. I'll give Coscarelli this much credit: he pre-saged Lost by more than a decade.
I come here not to bury Phantasm but to praise it. At its core, Don Coscarelli's vision is full of innovative, cinematic potential. For whatever reason, he's never been able to expand on that promise beyond the first film. The sequels are littered with neat ideas that go nowhere, and lame ideas that get stretched into bland taffy before our weary eyes. It's great that the series has a fanbase, and that this family of actors and crew members have found the celluloid equivalent of a high school reunion. But as a viewer, Phantasm has become less enjoyable than watching an over-the-hill jock wistfully stir punch.
That's why I'll welcome the day when Coscarelli gets the budget, time, and creative freedom he deserves in order to give Phantasm a proper re-launch. Hell, it doesn't even have to lead to a sequel: I'd just love to see a modern-day take on this material with the advances in filmmaking technology and storytelling that have made trippy movies so cool in the last thirty-four years. I realize that day may never come, and that the writer/director may simply move on to different, and more interesting projects. I'm okay with that, too. John Dies at the End has more of the original Phantasm's spirit in its opening fifteen minutes than films two through four have in their entire run-times.
And, yes, I firmly believe that a bigger budget--and perhaps some collaborator or studio influence--is necessary for a Phantasm re-launch to be successful. True, Coscarelli's had some rotten experiences in the big leagues, but the projects he's tackled most successfully since Oblivion have been those he's adapted and/or been hired to do--such as Bubba Ho-Tep and the premiere episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror. With a bit of gentle, informed nudging, he moves fluidly in the right creative direction; without it, he spends years traipsing around the California desert with friends, filming things that smack oddly of lesser Puppet Master entries.
*Yes, '88 was also the year of mental institutions and psychic teenagers in horror (see Hellraiser 2 and Friday the 13th Part 7).
**The cue for this transformation, fittingly, is a sight gag involving a bag of cremated remains marked "Mr. Sam Raimi". And before you accuse me of not paying attention, know that I did catch the opening sight gag with Reggie encountering one hooded munchkin who, through the power of comic editing, became five. But there's a good hour-plus where that kind of humor goes missing until our pony-tailed hero starts mixing sulfuric acid with formaldehyde in a Bugs Bunny-esque plot to dupe The Tall Man. Everything in between is bizarrely self-serious and, consequently, heart-breakingly dull.

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IT 037: The Girl-Boss-Next-Door Personality Checklist (Do You Have What It Takes?)
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Hi gorgeous souls, it's Mona Lisa and it's Intuitive Tuesday, the radio show helping intuitives, introverts and empaths manifest the conscious and abundant life that they desire.
If you're here, chances are, it's important for you to live a fulfilling, soul-centered lifestyle where you get to just be you and show up in service to the Universe.
You dream of having mornings where you can ease into your day, have a nice hot cup of tea, and maybe do some yoga, before you start working with clients or writing your blog.
And you also think, hmmm… it would be nice to also make enough money to get you out of your full-time job, or out of financial fears. And maybe you're warming up to the idea of having a lot of money, so you can do things you secretly desire to uplevel in your life, like being able to buy the really good tea from Teavana, or the Egyptian cotton thousand thread count sheets you've been eyeing for awhile. Elevated every day essentials.
You've thought about it – maybe you've even started a website, or ordered some business cards.
But, once you get past the initial excitement and dreaming, you might realize something along the lines of... oh, crap, but I'm not the entrepreneurial type. Maybe I'm not cut out for this. (insert your illogical fears here)
I can't do this – network all day? Go to business cocktail mixers every night? Be on video? Put myself out there?
Uh-uh. Not going to happen.
And then, you start to get discouraged and lose steam, because you don't see how you can make it happen as YOU.
And I hear you – you worry that you don't have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, because you're introverted, intuitive, or too soft-spoken.
So, to eliminate the confusion, today, I want to share with you the personality traits and characteristics that make up the successful girl-boss-next-door.
Think of it like the ingredients to making a really good soup… you've got to have it all there in order for it to work.
I hope that this checklist inspires you to see that you have what it takes to make this your reality. Or, that it shows you where you're missing the mark, so you can adjust your sails and get back on track. Or, that it shows you that this whole entrepreneur thing just isn't your thing!
So let's get into it!
To be successful as a powerhouse girl-boss-next-door, you need the following:
A deep, burning desire to create a service-based business, beyond it just being about the money (the money is there, but it can't just be about the money or else you'll jump off the wagon at the first bump in the road). It's gotta be something you love. If you don't have this ingredient, you might as well jump off the wagon until you get it – it'd be like trying to make soup without water or stock.
Next, you're crystal clear on your why, or you're ready and willing to find this out ASAP! You know your core desired feelings, your vision, and your mission, and it's really important for you to live the life you envision – priority #1. Again, this ingredient is super important, because if you're starting a business with "it would be nice to have a business that makes me money on the side, that I don't really have to work on" it ain't gonna work. Business needs some serious fire, especially in the start up days!
A fierce willingness to go deep, transform your limiting beliefs, relationship with money, and old stories that need to be thrown out. Having a heart-centered business forces you to grow and develop yourself inside and out, and you've got to wanna grow.
You hold yourself up to a high standard, and are committed to your success, no matter what. Failure is simply not an option because see 1 + 2.
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Stumbled across this article today, about the story of Kerryn Harvey who was a triathlete that suffered a bike accident during a cycling trip in 2013.
She has the terrible misfortune of landing on a patch of road that had the nasty flesh-eating bacteria on it and this caused the subsequent amputation of her arm and shoulder.
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On Thursday, September 15, I coordinated an Equity Training session at Pioneer Elementary school in New Haven Unified School District in California. Equity is understood here to mean doing what it takes to undo or redress the inequities of schools and society to ensure equality for everyone. Equity is the Approach. Equality is the Goal.
Usually the participants in these training sessions are classroom teachers and administrators. But this time the participants represented all grades and all roles: kindergarten to 5th grade classroom teachers, paraprofessionals from general ed and special ed, custodians, lunchroom supervisors, the principal, and family service assistants.
The mixture of staff provided varying perspectives that helped us in our understanding of equity. We learned about the sometimes hidden or ignored assets and strengths of our colleagues and how to use those assets to help all students succeed.
For example, there's one particular student that some of the traditional classroom teachers find challenging at times. A few of the support staff members shared that they've known this student for most of his life and have a good connection with him. They also speak his native language.
In fact, when I asked how many of us in the room speak a language other than English, most of the people who raised their hands were ________. The traditional classroom teachers saw this disclosure as an opportunity, and the topic of English language learners drove our discussion and conversations about equity. This diverse group of professionals began to see each other as allies who, working together, could do more to influence students.


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ReviewThe Good
Durable and powerful V8 engines, plenty of seating configurations, a sizable cargo area, and nearly limitless customization options are hallmarks of the 2010 Ford E-Series Wagon.The Bad
Beyond-retro styling, not-always-accommodating road manners, tepid interior surfaces, a dearth of basic comforts, and cramped rear seating will never allow the E-Series Wagon to be confused with a luxury touring sedan, and its fuel economy is depressing.
The CarGurus View
Purposeful and steady, the 2010 Ford E-Series Wagon gets people from here to there in an inelegant yet effective manner. A higher roofline, all-wheel-drive availability, spiffed-up styling, and fold-down seats would make this a world-class wagon. Additionally, the return of the turbodiesel V8 might also bring some gas-pump respectability.
At a Glance
To get a lot of passengers from point A to point B, the 2010 Ford E-Series Wagon, with up to five rows of seating, will do the job effectively, if not especially stylishly. Essentially unchanged since the Ice Age, at least as far as exterior design, this people-hauler has been updated enough over the years to keep the Dodge Sprinters, GMC Savanas, and Chevy Expresses of the world on their toes. A choice of three V8 engines, as well as two transmissions, ensures potent performance, though many reviewers and owners regret Ford's decision to drop the efficient and torque-laden turbodiesel V8.
The E-Series Wagon is available in three trim lines, the E-150, E-350 Super-Duty, and E350 Super-Duty Extended (Ext). Each trim line includes a base and basic XL and a somewhat more plush XLT version. All have split-opening or sliding cargo doors on the passenger side as well as rear split-opening cargo doors. Cargo area is a spacious 237 cubic feet for the standard-length trims, and a downright enormous 275 cubic feet for the E-350 Super-Duty Ext. Overall length for standard-length E-Series Wagons is 18 feet, with the E-350 Super-Duty Ext. versions stretched to nearly twenty feet. All-wheel drive (AWD) is, alas, not available for any of the E-Series trims.
Interestingly, the E-Series Wagon's two bigger V8 engines are both slated for a bit of tweaking to allow them to burn either compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. These over-the-top flex fuel tweaks are rumored to be available on trims manufactured later in the 2010 model year.
The base powerplant for the 2010 E-Series Wagon lineup, standard in the E-150 XL and XLT trims, is a 4.6-liter Flex Fuel (FFV) V8 that, with its standard four-speed automatic transmission, puts out 225 hp and 286 lb-ft of torque. Capable of burning E85 ethanol-based fuel, this small eight can tow 6,500 pounds when properly equipped.
Next up on the drivetrain list is a 5.4-liter FFV V8 that, along with its standard four-speed automatic, claws the pavement with 255 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. This combo will tow up to 7,500 pounds of trailer, again with the proper equipment. The 5.4-liter V8 is standard in the E-350 Super-Duty and optional for the E-150 trims.
Finally, an option with the E-350 Super-Duty trims is a 305-hp, 420-lb-ft/torque 6.8-liter V10 and its accompanying five-speed automatic transmission. Able to tow over 10,000 pounds when properly equipped, this oversize engine is obviously far from the most economical powerplant in the auto world, with one reviewer claiming an average of 11.8 mpg under ordinary driving conditions. EPA fuel-efficiency figures are unavailable for any of the E-Series V8s, though rest assured that none are especially frugal.
Most reviewers note that the 4.6-liter V8 is underpowered, less than economical, and suitable only for light-duty applications. The 5.4-liter V8, on the other hand, is recommended by virtually all reviewers as the engine of choice for most common tasks assigned this versatile wagon.
Ride & Handling
The entire 2010 E-Series Wagon lineup rides on a twin-I-beam front independent suspension with front stabilizer bar. The rear suspension is a solid live axle design that's common to the breed, though not especially passenger friendly to those seated in the two rear rows, where bumps and road imperfections are more pronounced. All trims roll on 16-inch steel wheels and all-season radial tires, with forged aluminum rims available for the XLT trim levels.
Handling characteristics for these bulky wagons are described by professional reviewers as considerably less than nimble, with pronounced corner lean at anything beyond a sedate pace. Maneuvering these lengthy leviathans in city traffic and crowded parking lots, as most reviewers have also noted, requires dexterity and patience. Steering is solid, if a bit heavy, while stopping power on standard four-wheel disc brakes is powerful and true, though obviously not quite up to minivan status.
In short, most reviewers agree that the E-Series Wagon is no worse and no better than most of the competition handling-wise, while ride comfort may be just a shade less than the Express or the Savana. Additionally, the E-Series Wagon, with its tall stance and boxy design, leads reviewers to preach caution when driving these rear-wheel-drive-only wagons in windy weather and to note that traction is somewhat degraded on wet pavement without a significant load.
Cabin & Comfort
Neither plush nor luxurious, pampering nor cozy, the 2010 E-Series Wagon is a utilitarian vehicle with limited garnishing, but a few elemental amenities. The base XL E-150 and E-350 Super-Duty trims are delivered with standard vinyl front bucket seats, three, four, or five rows of rear bench seating, tilt-wheel steering, manual air conditioning, an AM/FM stereo with six speakers, and phone pre-wiring. Ext. trims for the 15-passenger E-350 Super-Duty also feature standard rear heating and air conditioning outlets. Upping the ante, all E-Series XLT trims add power windows, doors, and mirrors, front captain's chairs, cloth upholstery, cruise control, front and rear air conditioning units, front floor mats, and a single-CD player, still with six speakers.
Options for the XL trims include virtually all the XLT's additional standard items, while DVD navigation, satellite radio, rearview camera, Bluetooth communications technology, step running boards, and an in-dash computer with wireless mouse and printer are available for both trims. An additional Premium Package, including leather-trimmed upholstery, front- and second-row captain's chairs, electronic vehicle monitoring center, Ford's SYNC infotainment system, and forged aluminum wheels, is available for the XLT versions.
Reviewers, to a person, find the E-Series cabin to be downright minimalist, but gauges are easy to read and controls logically placed and well-marked. A significant re-design for 2008 resulted in a dashboard that more closely resembles 21st-century ergonomic thinking, while optional equipment creates at least an illusion of cabin comfort. Seats, however, have been noted by many reviewers as not-so-agreeable, and passenger legroom is at a premium in all rear rows of seats. Additionally, reviewers are hard-pressed to find any positives regarding the fact that the non-folding rear seats in all trims must be physically removed, a daunting task, indeed, to access this wagon's capacious cargo area.
The 2010 E-Series Wagon lineup depends on its significant size and weight to keep passengers safe, while standard four-wheel disc ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution, along with recently standard traction and stability control also help considerably safety-wise. Daytime running lights, a remote anti-theft alarm system, and a dash-mounted passenger airbag deactivation switch are all available safety options.
Tested only for rollover protection, the 2010 E-Series Wagon received three stars for passenger safety from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). No testing data at all for this versatile passenger wagon is available from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
What Owners Think
Though impressed with the 2010 E-Series Wagon's spacious passenger and cargo area, owners are less than overwhelmed by its dismal fuel economy, dated exterior, and low-end cabin surfaces. The lack of all-wheel-drive (AWD) availability also hampers efforts to garner owner appreciation kudos.
Owners do, however, appreciate the hefty towing capacities of this V8-powered rig, and such niceties as the available DVD navigation system and the Ford Work Solutions in-dash computer also draw praise and salutations. Finally, an almost unlimited number of customization configurations have this sizeable wagon earning its keep with transportation companies, ambulance services, tour guides, and surfers worldwide.CarGurus https://www.cargurus.com
Have Laptop. Will Travel. I'm retired and travelling the country in a 34' motor home. I'm really digging meeting people . . and sometimes their cars . . . getting a sense of what makes this nation tick. The plan is to visit all the national parks in the continental US, then cruise to Alaska to visit Denali, and to Hawaii to check out Haleakala and the Hawaii Volcano's national parks. Anyhow, when I'm not horsing the motor home around the roadways, I'm tooting around in the 2012 Ford Focus that we tow behind, or making runs to Home Depot and various malls with the 2004 F-150 that just won't die.
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You've earned your stripes, now let's put them to good use. We hope you have enjoyed the "Tag-a-licious Tuesday" series. Today is our final project for November, and is a fun way to use up any left over bits and pieces of papers you may have in your craft room. After all, you've earned the right to hoard every last bit of scrap paper, so now is your chance to use them up and get ready for the holidays…
Happy Holidays Tag
Stripes are a timeless trend in fashion, design, and paper crafting. You can reinvent stripes many different ways: chevrons, zig-zag, wide, thin, racer – we could go on for days, but today we are focusing on diagonal stripes.
We took a sheet of Simple Adhesive and chipboard, cut them down to the size of the tag die cut, and set them aside. We then took scrap strips of Dare to be a Diva Red and A Blanc Check cardstock, trimmed them down to thin strips. We removed the sticky backing from one side of the Simple Adhesive, then laid the strips down alternating the colors until we covered the entire area. Next, we removed the remaining sticky backing and adhered the entire panel to the chipboard panel.
The entire piece was then die cut to create a tag. The penguin image was stamped in PerfectLittle Black Dress ink on A Blanc Check cardstock, colored with Copic Trio Marker sets, cut out and adhere to bottom of tag with dimensionals. The sentiment was added to a diagonal strip in Perfect Little Black Dress ink.
To finish the tag, we added Designer Mix Twill ribbon threaded through the hole, and secured it with a Clothesline button threaded with linen thread tied into a bow.
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Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp
Lee Farkas, 30 years in prison for $3 billion fraud involving fake mortgage assets.
Jacksonville, Florida Bankruptcy
Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 24, 2009, in the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division and is assigned to The Honorable Jerry A. Funk under case number 3:09-bk-7047.
Attorneys for the Debtor are Russell Blain, Edward Peterson, and Amy Harris of the law firm of Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, PA. Their office is located at 110 East Madison Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33602 and telephone number is 813-229-0144.
The case manager responsible for this case is Cathy Perkins. Her telephone number is 904-301-6522.
Proofs of Claim are not docketed or maintained by the Clerk's Office. BMC Group currently handles the processing of all claims in this case. Proofs of Claim are required to be filed in paper and forwarded to:
c/o BMC Group
Claims Processing
P. O. Box 302
Chanhassen, MN 55317-3020.
Electronic case filing is mandatory in the Jacksonville Division. If you are an Florida attorney who is already registered to file electronically in another bankruptcy district and you wish to obtain a password in order to electronically file in the Middle District of Florida, you must complete an on-line Out of District ECF Registration Form which can be found by clicking the Registration link located on the home page of our court's website.
If you wish to view the docket of this case, the claims register, or obtain a proof of claim form, go to BMC Group's website.
United States Trustee
Elena L. Escamilla, Trial Attorney
Office of the United States Trustee
US Department of Justice
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The following informational excerpt is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor,_Bean_%26_Whitaker#cite_ref-TB.26W_Shuts_Doors_1-0 It has been edited to update information and provide more information.
Taylor, Bean & Whitaker was a top 10 wholesale mortgage lending firm. Taylor, Bean & Whitaker closed $35 billion in residential mortgage loans in 2007. It employed about 2,000 workers and was the fifth largest issuer of GNMA securities.[1] On August 3, 2009, FBI Agents raided the company's headquarters in Ocala, Florida in connection with an investigation related to the company's acquisition of a majority stake in Colonial BancGroup. Taylor Bean & Whitaker had signed a deal on March 31, 2009 to become the majority owner of Colonial BancGroup in a $300 million equity stake. The next day, the Federal Housing Administration suspended the company from issuing FHA mortgage loans and Ginnie Mae mortgage backed securities.[2][3]On August 5, 2009, Taylor Bean & Whitaker ceased business operations and terminated all employees at its headquarters.[4]
On April 19, 2011, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia convicted Farkas, the majority owner of the company, of 14 counts of fraud. According to the government case, the fraud began in 2002 when Taylor overdrew its account with Colonial BancGroup by several million dollars. Taylor Bean then promised to cover the amount by the end of the day in a process known as sweeping. When the overdrafts grew to over $100 million midlevel Taylor Bean executives sold Colonial BancGroup $1 billion in mortgages that it did not own. Taylor Bean also operated a subsidiary, Ocala Funding, which sold $1.5 billion of worthless commercial paper to several banks including Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas. [5]
During his sentencing hearing on June 30, 2011, Farkas read a statement saying that he "strived to be a good person." However, Federal District Judge Leonie Brinkema replied that she did not observe any genuine remorse and sentenced Farkas to 30 years in federal prison.[6]Farkas is currently serving his sentence in a medium security facility at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina, and is scheduled for release in 2037.[7]
- "Top GNMA Issuers". US Banker (Source Media, Inc). 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- "Taylor, Bean & Whitaker shuts its doors". Susan Latham Carr (Ocala.com). 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- "FHA SUSPENDS TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. AND PROPOSES TO SANCTION TWO TOP OFFICIALS". Brian Sullivan (U.S. Housing and Urban Development). 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- www.taylorbean.com/
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110420/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tarp_case_trial
- Protess, Ben (2011-06-30). "Mortgage Executive Receives 30-Year Sentence". The New York Times.
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Transportation policy fest in D.C.
[This post has been updated]
It's the transportation equivalent of Lollapalooza.
Ten thousand people with an interest in transportation -- from journalists to government officials and academics -- are descending on Washington this week for the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, a division of the nonprofit National Research Council.
The event, which is being spread out over three hotels -- the Marriott Wardman Park, the Omni Shoreham and the Hilton Washington -- will feature about 650 workshops flowing from the theme "Transportation, Livability and Economic Development in a Changing World." Sessions are scheduled through Thursday, Jan. 27.
Some highlights include:
-- A panel Monday on automated traffic enforcement with panelists from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Howard County Police Department and the National Coalition for Safer Roads.
-- A session Monday on pedestrian safety and ways to improve walkability.
-- Sessions on bicycling planning, policy and infrastructure.
-- A discussion Monday on transportation issues confronting major cities in the United States.
-- Leaders from the Department of Transportation are expected to discussion nationoal transportation funding, programs and policies in a session on Tuesday
-- Deborah A.P. Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), will deliver an address during a luncheon on Wednesday.
Full information is available on the Transportation Research Board's Web site. Registration is available by day or for the entire meeting and the cost varies according to how much of it you plan to attend. We'll provide updates next week from some of the sessions.
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| January 22, 2011; 12:00 PM ET
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How has this escaped your attention? Gunman storm orange line train and beat and rob passengers, and this is a just run of the mill event, no need for any coverage?
Why has the apparent lack of investigation by DC and Metro law enforcement not been brought to light?
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Dust off your Dutch oven and put this on your meal planner for Sunday afternoon: Cuban Ropa Vieja Stew!
It is cold as all heck outside and the after-Christmas blues are slowly creeping in to the house. To banish my less-than-positive attitude about the winter weather, I let this succulent, spiced stew slowly simmer on a Sunday (holy alliteration, Batman!) while I
folded laundry watched Dexter for 12 hours.
My house smelled amazing by the time it was done and both the husband and I were very happy to cozy up on the couch with a bowl of this hearty beef stew.
The more traditional version of Ropa Vieja typically follows a similar cooking method, but calls for shredding the beef once tender and returning it to the pot. I prefer a little more textural variety in my meals, so I adjusted the recipe and method to make a hearty stew.
It's a cinch to make, and just requires a bit of prep work and about 20 minutes of active "cooking" time. I used my very favorite enameled cast iron Dutch oven to make this stew, but you could use any heavy-bottomed pot you happen to have lying around:
Once you brown and saute the meal and vegetables, the stew happily simmers for a few hours to tenderize the beef and develop the flavors.
The flank steak just melts in your mouth. Mmm.
This dish reheats really well and makes for excellent leftovers. We had so much leftover that I used some of the meat and vegetables to make burritos. Score!
Here's the Recipe!
Cuban Ropa Vieja Stew
- 6 oz. bacon, roughly chopped
- 2 lb. flank steak, cut into 1 1/2 inch strips
- Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp. cumin
- 1 tbsp. dried thyme
- 1 tbsp. dried oregano
- 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 oz. tomato paste
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1 16-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes
- 1/2 cup halved, pitted green olives
- 1/3 cup sliced jarred pimiento peppers
- 1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro
- Heat a 6-quart or large Dutch oven (or other heavy-bottomed pot) on a burner over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, about 5 minutes, until the fat has rendered and the bacon has cooked. Remove the bacon pieces with a slotted spoon and set aside on a plate.
- Season the sliced steak with salt and pepper. Working in batches, add steak to the hot Dutch oven in a single layer and cook until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate and repeat with the remaining steak pieces.
- Add the onion and peppers and cook about 4 minutes, until soft. Add the cumin, thyme, oregano, garlic, bay leaf, and tomato paste and cook for a further 3 minutes.
- Pour in the wine and use a wooden spoon to scrape the fond up from the bottom of the pot as it deglazes. Return the bacon and steak to the pot.
- Add the stock and tomatoes and continue to cook over medium-high heat until the contents come to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and let cook 2 hours or until steak is tender.
- Stir in the olives, pimientos, and vinegar. Let cook uncovered a further 30 minutes, then taste and add salt as needed. Serve topped with fresh cilantro.
Nutrition InformationYield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per ServingCalories 541 Total Fat 26g Saturated Fat 9g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 14g Cholesterol 148mg Sodium 1165mg Carbohydrates 17g Fiber 4g Sugar 8g Protein 56g


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LAKELAND, FL - The Florida Southern College Esports Rocket League squad has been busy over the past two months, playing in 17 matches since the beginning of October. After a slow start to the season, the Moccasins have gone 12-5 over the past two months to improve to 17-11 on the season. Florida Southern has won 10 of its last 12 Rocket League outings, including a 2-1 record in its most recent competitions on Nov. 18.
The Mocs defeated Maryville (2-0) and Rowan (2-1) while falling to Northern Colorado (1-2) in its most recent round of play. Those matches mark the end of the Rocket League Open Season, as the Moccasins turn their attention to a League of Legends Tournament at Florida Poly on Dec. 1. Below is a recap of FSC's most recent Rocket League contests.


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Luke Nelson is the Lead Pastor at Melbourne West. Luke is married to Evanna and has three boys - Fynn, Jude and Tate. Luke used to love playing sport, now he loves watching it ... He also loves playing Lego with the kids and rearranging furniture with his wife!
Luke has a Graduate Diploma in Ministry and is working towards completion of his Masters of Ministry, having previously being awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Melbourne University. Luke is an ordained Anglican minister in the Diocese of Melbourne.
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Guy Mason
Guy Mason is the Lead Pastor and founder of City on a Hill.. He is a passionate communicator, deep theological thinker and someone who is able to take the message of the bible and apply it to contemporary culture. If being a Pastor doesn't keep Guy busy enough, he is also the husband to Vanessa and the father to Summer, Zach and Jacob and Lilly. He is a member of Acts 29, an ordained Anglican Minister, and a long suffering Melbourne Football Club supporter.
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Andrew Grills is the Lead Pastor at Geelong. He is married to Danna and has 5 children. He loves travel, the outdoors, military history and attending the innumerable sporting activities of his children.
Andrew has an Masters of Divinity from Ridley College Melbourne, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of New South Wales and an Masters of Philosophy in International Relations from Oxford University. Andrew is an ordained Anglican Minister in the Diocese of Melbourne.
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Daniel Hannan On Cyprus: "Greece And Spain Are Next"
'Cyprus should leave the Eurozone.'
British MEP Daniel Hannan on Cyprus. Start watching at 1:30.
"Who's next? Now that we've set this precedent where governments can come after your bank accounts, what country in the Eurozone is safe. If I were in Spain, Greece or even Italy I would be thinking about moving my money. As Mervyn King said, it's irrational to start a bank run, but it's perfectly rational to join one once it's started."
New links on Cyprus:
- Cyprus capital controls could blow the euro apart
- Stock Market Falls 2.5% After Opening For First Time In 2 Weeks
- 7 reasons Cyprus is more important than you think - Satyajit Das
- Four trends point to Eurozone collapse – UBS
- Cyprus bailout terms rooted in secret German letter from the 1970s
- Cyprus Parliamnet President calls for exit from Euro


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Edge Risers - Snowboarding accessory to improve how you ride
The Edge Riser is a unique snowboard binding accessory which changes the way you ride forever!
Edge Risers - Snowboarding accessory to improve how you ride
The Edge Riser is a unique snowboard binding accessory which changes the way you ride forever!
Check out some of the other videos below to learn more about the process to machine a mold, how to put the risers on, and other useful information about the Edge Risers.
What are the Edge Risers?
Key advantages:
- Our Edge Risers provides 20 mm [apox. 3/4 inch] of lift which give you, the rider, significant toe and heel clearance to avoid drag when edging.
- The Edge Risers are made of high strength polycarbonate plastic, which is also used in creating bullet proof walls.
- Edge risers increase leverage properties which allows pressure to transfer more directly to the edges for more responsive carving.
- They are very light weight, weighing in at only only 5 oz.
- They have a unique cross hatch ribbing pattern to better strengthen the design.
- Edge risers smaller platform surface allows a more natural board flex.
- Using our Edge Risers allows people with larger feet to get the most out of their board.
- On top of all this, the edge risers were made entirely in the United States of America.
How to use them
The risers are easy and fast to install. No drilling or modification of board or binding. It takes only about 5 minutes for you to do the actual installation yourself. All the hardware is included. Simply sandwich between deck and binding bottom using the longer binding screws provided. These screws work on all regular bindings produced today. (See a video below to see how it's done)
We will be making both standard 4 bolt pattern Risers as well as Burton 3 bolt pattern Risers.
Who We Are
Val Strals is the proud owner of the plastic injection mold machining company Horizon Precision Machining Inc. Val has been machining parts and making molds for over 35 years. He works with a range of clients, ranging from large aerospace engineering companies to local inventors needing help getting started with the machining and molding process.
Eriks Strals is a creative software engineer and technologist who has been working in the tech and games industry for more then 6 years.
Togther, Val and Eriks have been snowboarding for over 20 years and working on the Edge Risers for the last 5 years, trying to get them out to the world and in the hands of the snowboarders who need them.
How we are going to do it
With the help of Horizon Precision Machining we have molded a working version of the Edge Risers which is ready to be used for manufacturing the Edge Risers. Upon success of the Kickstarter, we will first check over the mold and make any changes required to the mold and replace the tools used for molding the part. Then we will be sending out the mold to a mold manufacturer, thus the injection molding cycle begins. We then check over all the molded Edge Risers and make sure everything looks good. After this, we will need to order the correct screws and shipping materials. Finally, we will package up the Edge Risers and ship them out to you!
For more information about the mold making process, here is a video describing the process we go through in machining the mold and manufacturing the Edge Risers
The challenges in molding and machining
There are many challenges and high costs to machining and manufacturing a mold. We have already spent a lot of money in tooling costs and molding materials, along with hundreds of hours machining and designing prototypes, field testing the risers, and making sure everything is perfect before even being able to start the manufacturing process of making the Edge Risers for the general public.
This is a screenshot of the actual 3D model used to machine the mold. This is after many iterations done to the model.
Where your pledges will go
Even though we have already done a lot of this work for making sure the Edge Risers are ready, we still have a lot of work ahead of us in getting these out to you and the rest of the snowboarders out there. This includes paying for the costs associated with machining the parts (tools, etc), manufacturing the parts (including paying for the materials and work required to do this), and packaging and shipping out the parts. On top of all this, we need to make a new website and pay for the costs in making an awesome brand for our Edge Risers to allow the world to know who we are and how useful the Edge Risers are.
Stretch goals
If we make it to 8,000$ we will be able to make special requests for Colored Risers! Right now they are being sent out in black, but if we make it to 8K we will takes votes for what colors people might want their Edge Risers to be.
Future innovations
If things go well for the Edge Risers Campaign, we have major innovations and exciting new ideas in mind for the Edge Risers. For example, imagine LEDs in the Edge Risers, lighting you up as you go down the hill in colorful ways! I really want that to happen, but until then, I want to make sure things go well with this campaign :)
Here's a picture of the of the current Edge Risers being used with boots and a board:
Our awesome Edge Riser logo done by Vincent Iannone. This will be on the stickers.
Video Editing and design, Antonio Gussenhoven http://www.elucidly.com
Logo design, Vincent Iannone https://www.facebook.com/VincentIannone
Camera man, Dan Cote http://enhanceye.com
Photo Credits:
Faceplant picture http://www.flickr.com/people/laurentbolli/
Graphic designer picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/benswing/
Risks and challenges
There are a few main challenges that must be faced after successfully getting funded here on kickstarter.
The first challenge is making sure the Edge Riser mold is checked over in the machine shop to make sure everything is perfect.
After that, we need to send the mold to the plastic injection molders. The risks and challenges here are that everything needs to run smoothly and cleanly as each Edge Riser is being injected and ejected from the mold in a safe manner. Everything should run smoothly, but if something were to happen to the mold during this process, we would have to stop the machines and repair the mold.
After that, assuming everything goes well there, we will be taking the molded Edge Risers and shipping them all out ourselves, packaging them up and checking over each mold making sure everything is in order, including packing up the screws with the risers.
Val Strals has been working in the plastic injection mold industry for over 35 years. While there are always risks in the machining industry, we are very confident that we can deliver the Edge Risers and easily overcome these challenges in a timely fashion.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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My name is Kate Grigg and ever since I was a small child I had a fascination with nature. I would find myself wanting to learn as much as I could about the natural world and the more I read and learnt, the more I wanted to know.
In the last 20 years I have been lucky enough to forge a career in the Horticulture and Conservation industry, opting to be hands on and on the ground rather than stuck behind a desk.
Over the last few years (mainly due to Social Media) I have been approached by many people asking if I would teach them some of what I know and my answer to them is absolutely!


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If Mark Consuelos had his choice, he would have shaved his head to play a mental patient on American Horror Story: Asylum.
That idea may have been nixed, but it's a testament to how willing and eager the former All My Children star was to physically transform for his role as Spivey, a patient at Briarcliff Manor, the institution at the center of this season.
In fact, it was creator Ryan Murphy's desire to change up the actor's look that made him even more excited to take on the role. "I said, 'Yes, I'll do it. You had me at dark and demented,'" he recalls. "Kelly [Ripa, his wife] was with [us] and she said, 'No you don't understand. [Murphy]'s really dark and demented. More than any other person.'"
He threw his wife's caution to the wind and dove into the part — greasy hair, a set of blackened teeth, a scarred face, and aged features included. "Any time you get a chance to do something different or get away from your appearance or get away from what people are used to seeing, I think it's always good," says Consuelos. "That's whats been part of the fun of going to work there, you know you're going to have fun and completely transform your look."
Of course, it's a look fans of the show haven't seen much of — yet. Almost three episodes in, Consuelos has been seen in only a few scenes so far, but he assures the truth about Spivey will eventually be revealed. But unlike Sarah Paulson's Lana or Lizzie Brocheré's Grace, who seemingly have no business being patients at the asylum, Consuelos suggests Spivey may belong there. "I think in his mind, he absolutely thinks he's there unjustly and he should be out. But I think it's fair to say he deserves to be there," he says with a laugh.
And, argues Consuelos, every actor deserves a chance to step out of their comfort zone. "I've done some theater and played some dark characters and have always had a good time. But in this business, [you don't always] get the opportunity to do it."
American Horror Story: Asylum continues its season tonight on FX.
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James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is a gameday consultant for the Indianapolis Colts, and former collegiate football head coach at both the Ohio State University from 2001 to 2011 and at Youngstown State University from 1986 to 2000.
Tressel is most notable for his tenure at Ohio State. He was hired by the Buckeyes before the 2001 season to replace John Cooper. During his tenure as Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, Tressel's teams played in three BCS National Championship Games. His 2002 squad won a national title and achieved the first 14–0 season record in major college football since Penn went 15–0 in 1897. Tressel finished his Buckeye career with an official overall record of 94–22 (.810) at Ohio State, including six Big Ten Conference championships, a 5–4 bowl record, a 4–3 mark in BCS bowl games, and an 8–1 record against the arch-rival Michigan Wolverines. Tressel's eight wins against Michigan place him second in school history to Woody Hayes, who had 16. He is the only Ohio State head coach to win seven consecutive games against the Wolverines. Tressel resigned as the Ohio State football coach in May 2011 amid an NCAA investigation of rules violations during the 2010 season; which, in turn, led to Ohio State self-vacating their 2010 season. In September 2011, he was hired as a consultant by the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.
Before coming to Ohio State, Tressel was the head football coach at Youngstown State for 15 seasons (1986–2000), where his teams won four NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships.


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The Will of the People/
HAVE YOU NOTICED how many TV news interviews with politicians take place in front of the statue of Will Rogers in the Capitol building?
I'm glad this is the interview spot of choice. I wish that at the end of the interview each interviewee would look up at Will and ask themselves what Will must be thinking about what they just said.
For those that don't know of Will Rogers, here are a few quotes from him on the topic of politics:
This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.
Congress is so strange; a man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees.
Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, they don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.
I wish the POTUS would have been sitting under Will's don't-BS-me-gaze when he read that prepared statement trying to explain his crush on Vlad Putin.
Remember how Mr. Trump explained to us how easy it is to get confused when you have to choose between "would" and "wouldn't"?
Here's one for you to ponder Mr. POTUS, regarding your speech,
What WOULD Will say?
What WOULDN'T Will say?
Maybe this (an actual quote from Will himself): "No man is great if he thinks he is."
Or this: "America has the best politicians money can buy."
By the way, if you wondered why the shoes of Will's statue are polished smooth, tradition says rubbing Will's shoes brings good luck. There must be a lot of superstitious folks in the U.S. Capitol
What would Will say?
"Erected in 1939, this statue of Will Rogers represents the state of Oklahoma in the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building." —The White House Historical Association
I hope that persona of Will, hands in pockets, a knowing grin, and a no BS look still represents Oklahoma. May we be the people who can see through the piles and piles of the stuff and find people of integrity, humility and character.


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Can't start the day without tea
Almost every person on this earth, begin their day with a hot cup of tea. Some people go for coffee while some go for milk, but the tea is on the high toast of majority people on earth. People say that reading newspaper with a cup of tea on the breakfast table with their family makes their day fresh and happening. However, few people get up with the bed tea and then began their daily routine. It go with the taste and mood of the people, but the one thing is common everywhere that is, tea.
The tea that we get in the market is actually grown on the plants. In India, maximum tea is grown in Assam. These are pricked up and then processed. The pricking and processing is the very hard work, which involves thousands of hands. However, the packaging of the tea is the most difficult and major part of the tea industry. The freshness and taste of the tea is to be maintained, and with the same freshness it should reach the consumers. But, maintaining the taste and quality is not as easy as it seems to be. However, tea bags make their work very easy. The processed tea is filled in the tea bags, made of foil, paper or even polymer material.
These bags provide extra security to the tea which keeps them very safe and intact. This bag is sealed and vacuum is created inside it. The moisture level of the tea is also to be maintained, so adequate amount of temperature and humidity level has to be carefully checked. But, with the processing of the tea, it becomes very resistant to some of the variations. Once the tea bags are opened, then it became the duty of the buyer to carefully close it so that it cannot come in constant contact with the atmospheric air. To enjoy the taste of the tea till its last bit, this much sincerity is very essentially needed.
In the packaging
field, the plastic was the most widely used material. However, plastic was not so easily recycled,
because it is petroleum based polymer and requires a great amount of man work
and money. Also, it was not safe to the
environment. Thus, whey protein packaging was employed into
the system. Whey protein is actually a
byproduct of cheese production, and the scientists of Barcelona were the first
one to use it in the packaging field. Whey
can be easily recycled and not only that, it has same flexibility and strength
as that of plastic. Whey protein
packaging has brought a great change in the field of packaging, and has got a
new improved method with the motto of green earth.
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Nokia has officially finalized its $190 million deal to acquire smart health and fitness device maker Withings, according to TechCrunch.
Withings' main products include fitness trackers, a connected blood pressure monitor, a connected scale, and a device that monitors home security.
Nokia plans to build a new Digital Health business unit, and Withings CEO Cedric Hutchings will lead the division. The unit will mix 200 Withings employees with Nokia's current patient care team that is developing patient monitoring solutions, according to a press release.
The purchase should enhance Nokia's presence in the surging medical technology industry. The company recently sold most of its phone business to Microsoft and is working to carve out a piece of the med tech market.
Global spending on medical technology is expected to reach $537 billion in 2020, up from $398 billion in 2015, according to McKinsey. This would mark a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6%.
Nokia is wise to enter this market, as the health sector is the most promising area for wearables adoption. Several emerging consumer and professional healthcare trends, which dovetail with advances in health technology over the past five years, are driving interest in wearables. And where wearables are most commonly used for fitness-tracking purposes at the moment, they show great potential for widespread adoption in the healthcare sector.
Will McKitterick, senior research analyst at BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report entitled The Wearables in the Healthcare Sector Reportthat examines the use cases for wearables in health, ranging from consumers collecting fitness data to healthcare providers and insurers using wearables to improve health outcomes.
The report also explores barriers to widespread adoption of wearables in healthcare and how tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Samsung, are developing devices and platforms that will help bridge the gap between fitness tracking and actual medical care.
Here are some key points from the report:
- While adoption levels are growing, the wearables market is still in the early phases of expansion. We estimate global shipments will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8% over the five years, reaching 162.9 million units in 2020.
- Emerging consumer and professional healthcare trends are driving interest in wearables. For consumers, interest in quantifying personal health metrics is translating into demand for fitness tracking devices and smartwatches. Meanwhile, businesses in a variety of industries have been quick to sense the opportunities for harnessing health data from employees, consumer, and patients to help drive efficiencies and enhance services related to healthcare.
- Barriers remain blocking the widespread adoption of wearables in the healthcare sector. Device accuracy and regulation are two major sticking points for device makers and technologists to address. Concerns surrounding privacy and a lack of utility must also be addressed.
- Consumer-facing products will eventually be used for more advanced medical care. Tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Samsung, are investing significant resources into developing devices that will help bridge the gap between fitness tracking and actual medical care. Future products will serve both consumer and professional markets.
In full, the report:
- Looks at areas of the healthcare sector where wearables may have a tangible impact in years to come.
- Examines what broader trends in healthcare and technology are driving wearables adoption.
- Discusses how major tech players, including Apple, Google, and Samsung plan on transforming consumer wearables into powerful healthcare devices.
- Identifies the top hurdles to wearables adoption in the healthcare sector.
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AirPop: Air Pollution Smart Mask
AirPop approached Enlisted to develop a fashionable smart mask that measures air quality both outside and inside the mask to provide comfort and peace of mind.
Industrial Design | Brand Identity | UI
Wearable Technology
functional and fashionable
Masks to date were associated with unfavorable features - disposable, unattractive, and inconvenient. To develop the best mask for the target market, Enlisted conducted research to gain a deeper understanding of needs, uncover pain points of current mask solutions, and identify fashion trends.
Form and material were crucial aspects in developing a mask that would provide protection while looking fashionable. After an exploration of forms and materials, a prototype was created and tested to inform the final form.
durable and unobtrusive
A digital sensor was created to measure breathing and air quality. Soft and durable materials offer a pleasant experience, perfect for everyday use.
Shortly after launch, AirPop won the 2017 Red Dot Product Design award for its stylish construction and high functionality.


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Project Cars
Other Stuff
Completed Vehicles
1974 Ford Bronco
Watch us completely restore this classic and get it back on the open road!
This 1974 Ford Bronco is in for a complete restoration. Body damage is minimal and there is not a large amount of rust considering its age and that it only has one coat of paint!
The rust is mostly around the cab floor, rocker panels and the hinge jamb.
We are able to salvage the windshield and most of the glass in the topper.
Tear Down and Repair
The doors are in good condition. There is very little damage, only some cosmetic rust which we patched right up.
The rocker panels on each side were replaced along with the hinge jamb and the firewall behind the jam.
All major components of the vehicle were salvageable with the exception of the tailgate and some glass in the topper.
At this point we have fitted the doors and topper back on. The removable body panels have been stripped and primed.
At this point the body has been removed from the chassis and is bolted to a rolling stand. We are going to sandblast the body, replace the floor pans and repair any tears or dents in the body.
With the body removed, we examine the chassis to find that no major repairs are needed. The next step is to power wash the frame, sandblast, prime and paint it. Suspension components will be replaced.
At this time, the owner is considering installing a 3" lift kit and 4 wheel disc brakes.
Lifted, new brakes, engine over haul, big tires.
Looking more stout everyday!
With the engine compartment painted
the body goes back on its chassis.
......and the body work resumes.
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Bedliner make a great floor finish in these little trucks.
Body,Chassis,Motor and Floors done, time to assemble the rest of the truck.
More to come!
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