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Neurontin Loss of Taste, Sense of Smell
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Loss of taste, increased sense of smell
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Griders3 - I have been on Neurontin for 3 years. I take it for severe neuropathy in my legs. It has caused me to have memory loss. I am also having trouble with my taste buds and my sense of smell. All of these things have been noticeable for about the last 6 months to a year. It makes me kind of confused sometimes as well. I only take about 600mg a day. I do take the pills before bed. I used to take them during the day and would forget to take them most of the time. Since I take them with the rest of my meds before bed, I am taking them on a regular basis now. That is probably why I am noticing more of the side effects now. I had gastric bypass surgery in 2008 and it almost killed me. That is how I ended up with the severe neuropathy in my legs. I have to take Coumadin for the rest of my life because I got blood clots in both legs that traveled to my lungs. I was in a wheelchair for 6 months because I couldn't walk at all. I was in the hospital so much from that surgery that my muscles atrophied in my legs. I could go on and on...don't ever have gastric bypass!!


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Obviously I'm very disappointed about Dynaste missing Cheltenham. It's a blow whichever way you look at it but there's not a lot you can do, so you've got to just pick yourself up and get on with it. He's got an injury that he'll recover from and we can look forward to getting him back next year. But I'm very disappointed for his owners and for the person that looks after him in the yard. I'm in the lucky position along with David that we've got enough horses in the yard to look forward to that we can just try and put it out of our mind and focus on our other chances. But I feel sorry for the owners and the person that looks after him as they can't do that and will be missing out this year. That said he's giving us some fantastic times already and I'm sure he'll bounce back. It's definitely going to leave a hole in my Cheltenham book of rides.
When David told me I was at home and my first thought was one of big disappointment. But what can you do? Being angry or being cross about it just isn't going to make any difference. From my point of you I've just got to get on with it. He's not going to be there. That's it.
I ride Shotavodka in the 1.50 at Newbury. He's got to bounce back. He's been a bit disappointing this season. He'll like the three mile trip, he likes Newbury. He's won round there before. He's creeping down the weights gradually, but there's a reason why he's creeping down the weights. He hasn't been running well enough. It's probably more of a watching brief. He's got the ability to go and run well. He has the talent. He had a great season last year and a great season the year before that, but this year for whatever reason it hasn't been happening for him.
I'd be disappointed if Sire De Grugy doesn't win the Game Spirit in the 3.00 and I still think he'll win the Queen Mother Champion Chase. That's based on what I've seen of the main contenders and how bullish Jamie Moore is about him. Sire De Grugy is a very popular horse but I don't think he quite got the credit he deserved for what he achieved. It's a shame that Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy didn't both meet in their prime. I'm looking forward to watching him tomorrow and I still think he's the one they've all got to beat come March.
In the Betfair Hurdle at 3.35 I ride Balgarry. He ran a cracking race last time. He didn't bounce after his run at Ascot which was his first off a long absence. Indeed he stepped up on that effort. He is going to have to step up again to win this as my main concern is that he's gone up 5lbs for finishing second. That's never a good thing. He couldn't win off his mark before and he's then got raised 5lbs for it. He's got to improve 5lbs before we start. Having said all that I think Newbury will really suit him and if he can improve from his second to third run, as much as he did from his first to his second, he has a shot. There aren't many miles on the clock so we go in there realistically with a cracking each way chance. You can pick holes in all of his opponents. He's a better horse than he showed in the Ladbroke and I do think he's got a good chance of finishing in the money. It is a wide open race. The wind operation may have made a big difference to Calipto. But all last season's juveniles have lines through Tiger Roll and that's not looking such good form now. They've all been struggling. The big field's not going to bother us, the ground's not going to bother us and the way the race will be run will suit us. They're going to go a good gallop, there are twenty four runners, and it's going to be fast and competitive.
Swing Bowler has a good record in this race. Second and fifth off similar marks. She's been competitive off this mark and you know what you're going to get with her. If things fall right for her and the blinkers eek out that little bit more improvement I see no reason why she won't run very well. It wasn't a straightforward decision to pick Balgarry as the blinkers could improve her 3 or 4lbs and suddenly she's bang there. But I just felt that Balgarry, after his last run, was the better of our two but I have been wrong before.
I always look forward to riding Kings Palace. It's a small field and that's the way it is. We've scared opponents off but we've still got to go and do it. It's all very well having the best form. It will be nice to get back on him. I'm just going to keep it simple, concentrate and not leave anything to chance.

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The other day, we posted about natural makeup. Finding the right cosmetics is one thing, being able to afford them is another! We've uncovered some FAB beauty buys for eyes that are under $10. Continue reading to see our picks.
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You can't turn on the TV without seeing Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo eye-shadow commercials every 5 minutes. Other bloggers have given it high rating, and Temptalia gave it an 'A'. The shadow claims to last for 24 hours, although the golden rule is to never sleep in your makeup! It is available at drugstore.com for $8.
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Fallout 4's first major story expansion is smooth sailing for the most part and recommended for fans.
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 25th, May. 2016 Under Article, Reviews
Far Harbor, Fallout 4's first proper content expansion and one that reportedly rivals Oblivion's Shivering Isles in terms of scale, is finally here and doubts about the value of the Season Pass can be put to rest. Honestly, value is as subjective as the price you're willing to put on it. In terms of story-telling and writing, Far Harbor is a stronger tale than the base game, even if the narrative tools powering it are skill-checks mixed with the old exploration and questing. Again though, from our perspective, is Far Harbor worth your time? Should Fallout 4 fans return to the game for it? Well, yes.
"It may not represent the most morally traumatic experiences in gaming but it does offer a good amount of variety, especially in how you choose to handle some objectives."
Interestingly, you're on a quest to search for a missing woman – Kasumi Nakano, who suddenly up and travelled to Far Harbor to rendezvous with a colony of Synths in a place called Acadia. Upon arriving in Far Harbor, you'll find plenty of trouble plaguing the island. The citizens of the dock-town are busy fighting back the horrors of the mutated wildlife while also combating a radioactive fog that's slowly consuming everything. If that weren't enough, the Children of Atom are on the prowl, praising the fog as the will of the Atom and looking to convert all non-believers in the process.
But wait, there's more. Traveling to Acadia puts you face to face with an old Synth named DiMA. What are his plans? How do the other factions factor into it all? More importantly, which side will you choose and what consequences will you bear?
Many felt that Fallout 4 didn't really do consequences all that well, especially when it came to the ending. Far Harbor remedies that by quite a bit – the Children of Atom and Far Harbor's folk are directly in contention with each other but even Acadia has stakes in who could potentially win. You can take on quests for each faction and try to improve life for the folks in each town. However, you'll also come across instances where your direct decision influences how things can ultimately play out. Do you ultimately travel to the Children of Atom's submarine base and retrieve those valuable memory banks? Do you sell of those tools that the Mariner in Far Harbor asked you to retrieve for the sake of Caps?
It may not represent the most morally traumatic experiences in gaming but it does offer a good amount of variety, especially in how you choose to handle some objectives. For example, you can choose whether to hack into Faraday's computer or simply eavesdrop on a meeting by unlocking a door (failing to do so prompts the hunt for a key, which again requires a skill check with regards to your Charisma) to discover DiMA's plans. How about when you track down that missing Synth into a den of Trappers who've cannibalized his body and use your own cannibal perk to appeal to them? It's a nice change of pace from the base story.
"From the noble Captain Avery, the no-nonsense Mariner and the sardonic Cassie in Far Harbor alone to Acadia's DiMA who poses perhaps one of the more solidly written moral dilemmas in the series, there's no shortage of interesting people to meet."
Far Harbor itself is an intriguing location, smothered in fog – constantly nagging at your radiation meter but never really plunging you into danger at a moment's notice. The fisherman culture pervades every aspect of the island, from ruins of ships to nets and discarded tools lying around. Its uniqueness is further enhanced by the enemies roaming about. For the traditional foes like Ghouls and Wolves (essentially the wild dogs from the Commonwealth), you'll come across Anglers who fire incendiary blobs at you by condensing the radioactive fog around them. The most frightening enemy has to be the Fog Crawler, a mantis-like creature with heavy armour and who are best dispatched with heavy weaponry.
While combat isn't any more tactical than the base game, there's a decent balance between the traditional enemies you've fought before and these new monstrosities. It also offers ample opportunity to try out some of the new weapons. Go for the Harpoon Gun first as it launches a massive harpoon into your foes, annihilating them quickly, as opposed to the lever action rifles which suffer from an odd glitch whereupon you reload all bullets individually (even if you only fired one).
Of course, it wouldn't be Bethesda DLC without your routine "go here, do this, collect that" variety of side quests. To be fair though, such quests aren't usually a problem if they're backed by solid writing and interesting characters, something which Far Harbor has in spades. From the noble Captain Avery, the no-nonsense Mariner and the sardonic Cassie in Far Harbor alone to Acadia's DiMA who poses perhaps one of the more solidly written moral dilemmas in the series, there's no shortage of interesting people to meet.
It certainly helps when you're directed to a place to simply murder a target or collect some missing tools. You may still find yourself annoyed with the standard cookie-cutter nature of many side quests but there's enough unique content here to keep you coming back. That being said, for all the interesting characters, the newest companion – Old Longfellow – is kind of boring. Maybe it's just the monotone speaking pattern or the triteness of his personality but suffice to say that you won't be using him for much more than learning about the island's history.
"Fallout 4 has needed something like Far Harbor for a long time. It's needed a fresh injection of fun content in a new area with new things to do."
Also, for the interesting mechanics that Bethesda does introduce into the game, there's one puzzle sequence that will doubtlessly annoy many a player. It's not game-breakingly stupid but it really does make you ponder as to why it was included.
Far Harbor is a beautiful place and unique in its layout but the fog itself may begin to wear on players after a while. I know, I know, it lends a unique atmosphere that you won't find in the rest of the game and not every area is a slave to it. Regardless, the fog's main appeal is to nag you with radiation throughout. The radiation itself isn't enough to overwhelm you and honestly, I'm wondering what impact it could have in Survival Mode. For now, it simply feels like a means to add something special to the area rather than having any real impact on gameplay.
Fallout 4 has needed something like Far Harbor for a long time. It's needed a fresh injection of fun content in a new area with new things to do. Far Harbor accomplishes this task for the most part even if it faces a few issues along the way like animation glitches (fortunately, I haven't encountered the case of missing face textures just yet). I'm loathe to tell Fallout fans if this game is really "for" them though. Will Far Harbor get you into Fallout 4 if you didn't enjoy the base game? Is it a "true" role-playing experience like Fallout 4 apparently wasn't with the freedom it offers? Has it "fixed" Fallout 4?
Honestly, those are completely different questions. If you enjoy an open world RPG/FPS with a good story and writing, decent characters and some fun quests to complete, then Far Harbor will probably be up your alley. It may not be the shining beacon in Bethesda's long-running collection of awesome DLC packs but it's still a pretty entertaining and wholesome voyage to embark on.
This game was reviewed on the PC.
New features like skill-checks coincide with decision making that actually feels impactful. Wide expansive region littered with side-quests and interesting characters to meet. New enemies offer new challenges with mostly awesome new loot and weapons to use.
Animation glitches and other bugs tend to break immersion. Side-quests still fairly routine. New companion is perhaps the weakest and most uninteresting of the lot. Radioactive fog doesn't have any significant impact on gameplay. That one annoying puzzle sequence.
Far Harbor doesn't reinvent the wheel but it does add some compelling gameplay and a good story to Fallout 4. Take the trip up north - you may find a reason or two to hang around.
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May 27, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
3rd January 2014
As the British economy got itself back on track, UK property prices soared by 8.4% during 2013 with all regions witnessing rises according to new numbers from Nationwide writes Philip Scott.
As a result of the upswing the average UK house price is now £175,826, the highest level since April 2008 and just 5.5% below the record high of £186,044 seen in October 2007.
But with the South East leading the charge, prices in London are now 14% above their 2007 peak, where the price of a typical home in the capital is now £345,186.
Notably the Bank of England also reported that mortgage approvals rose to a 70-month high of 70,758 in November, an increase of 32.6% year-on-year.
The report, based on Nationwide's own mortgage market information found that house prices jumped 1.5% between November and December, the strongest month-on-month increase in house prices since August 2009.
For its part Northern Ireland enjoyed a 7% year-on-year rise in house prices while Scotland saw a 3.7% increase over the same period, and prices were up 6.1% in Wales.
Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, says: "The UK housing market followed the trajectory of the wider economy through 2013, gaining momentum as the year progressed. The average monthly increase in house prices rose from 0.4% in the first half of the year to 1% in the second half of 2013. Overall, prices increased by 8.4% in 2013, though they remain around 5% below the all-time highs recorded in late 2007.
"The upturn also became increasingly broad based over the course of 2013. For the second successive quarter, all thirteen UK regions saw positive annual house price growth in fourth quater, though London and the South East continued to record the strongest pace of growth."
Gardner attributes a large part of the pickup in the sector to further improvements in the labour market and the brighter economic outlook, which helped to bolster sentiment amongst potential buyers."
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Insight believes the latest house price figures can only fuel concern that a new housing bubble could really develop in 2014, especially as the strength in house prices is becoming widespread.
He adds: "We expect house prices to increase by around 8% in 2014 with gains across the country. Furthermore, there is a very real possibility that this could prove to be a conservative forecast.
"We believe that it is very important that the Bank of England has indicated that it is prepared to take further action to rein in the housing market if prices continue to rise markedly amid ongoing strengthening activity."


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By boat, by car or by bus, Ottawa awaits discovery. However, the best way to explore the capital city is by foot; many of its attractions are within easy walking distance.
Start at Parliament Hill. You shouldn't have trouble finding the most recognizable sight in Canada! The impressive Gothic Revival buildings house the Senate and House of Commons. Tours of the government buildings and grounds are available year-round; at the very least, climb up the Peace Tower for a stunning panoramic view of Ottawa.
Walk west down Wellington Street. Immediately on your left is the Bank of Canada, where corridors of vaults store our nations gold. The banks Currency Museum, just behind on Sparks Street, provides a fascinating view into currencies that Canadians used in the past.
On the right are three must-sees in quick succession: the Supreme Court of Canada, the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada. The Supreme Court, as its name suggests, is the highest court for all legal issues. The National Library has two copies of everything, including sheet music and sound recordings, published in Canada–one to be preserved, and one to be lent. And if you can't find what you are looking for there, the National Archives preserves unpublished documents like diaries, letters, photos, maps and computer discs.
Turn right and cross over the Portage Bridge to French-speaking Hull. Along the way, you walk over Victoria Island, where aboriginal peoples of Canada used to set up camp in summertime. Hull, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario make up the Capital Region, and more than 40 per cent of residents speak both French and English.
As you walk east on Laurier Street, pause and admire the Ottawa River. Paths bordering each side of the river offer outdoor enthusiasts the chance to walk, jog, blade or cycle amid beautiful scenery.
That bizarre-looking building up ahead on your right is the Museum of Civilization, home to archaeology, ethnology, history and folk culture collections as well as the Canadian Postal Museum and an IMAX cinema.
Before heading back to Ottawa, you might want to take a half-day steam train excursion from Hull along the Gatineau River up to Wakefield. The 1907 locomotive affords picturesque views of the glorious Gatineau Park.
You can now go back to Ontario over the Alexandra Bridge, taking notice of the old tracks where trains used to pass over. Back in Ottawa you'll find yourself on St. Patrick Street. Look left–that impressive building is the National Gallery of Canada. From the Group of Seven to relatively unknown Canadian contemporary artists, this gallery has it all. Its a peaceful place to take a break and admire world-class exhibits.
Kitty-corner to the gallery is the Peacekeeping Monument. Designed to commemorate the Canadians who have served and continue to serve with the United Nations, this is the only monument in the world that celebrates peacekeepers.
Turn left down Sussex Drive. Although there hasn't been a war in Canada since 1812, you can still see a tank right next to a gallery. Its the Canadian War Museum, where you can check out the historical war displays–from New France (now Quebec) to modern missions abroad.
Beside the War Museum is the Royal Canadian Mint, where you can nip in to see loonies and twoonies being made.
Keep strolling down Sussex Drive. On the right is the Lester B. Pearson building, home to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. There are more than 100 diplomatic missions in Ottawa, so keep your eyes open for red diplomatic license plates and the various flags flown at embassies and diplomatic residences.
The Queens representative in Canada, the Governor General, lives in Rideau Hall at 1 Sussex Drive. It is meant to be a symbolic home for all Canadians; feel free to picnic on the grounds or enjoy a guided tour of the residence. Right across the street, the Governor General has a famous neighbour–the Prime Minister lives at 24 Sussex Drive. Sorry, no tours!


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HENDERSON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The national campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, runs through Labor Day weekend with the goal of reducing deaths and injuries caused by motorists driving impaired, either by alcohol or drugs.
Statewide, during the 2015 Labor Day holiday, there were seven fatal collisions resulting in the deaths of ten people on Kentucky roadways. Four were either alcohol and/or drug-related.
The 2016 Labor Day holiday enforcement period begins at 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 2 and continues through Monday, September 5 at 11:59 p.m.
In addition to statewide DUI enforcement, KSP will conduct statewide traffic safety checkpoints in an effort to enforce all traffic laws of the Commonwealth. Special attention will be paid to occupant protection (seatbelt/child restraint usage), vehicle safety, insurance compliance and registration violations.
KSP will be partnering with local law enforcement agencies to conduct traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 16 District. The KSP utilizes traffic safety checkpoints to promote safety for motorists and to provide a deterrent for those who violate laws contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes. For traffic safety checkpoint locations in your area, please refer to the web site: www.kentuckystatepolice.org
Citizens are encouraged to download the new KSP mobile app that allows individuals to report criminal activity confidentially or utilize the KSP toll-free number, 1-800-222-5555, to report impaired or erratic drivers. The mobile app is available in both the Apple© and Google Play© stores free of charge and is titled 'KSPOLICE'.


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A Newcastle playwright and dancer has died aged 70.
Osa Omorogbe, one of Tyneside's most colourful characters, was born in Benin City, Nigeria, but lived ion Newcastle for more than 45 years.
Osa was a playwright, actor, story-teller and dancer who was a familiar and popular figure about town, always attracting attention whether he worn traditional robes, colourful dashikis (tunics), his trademark cap or a suit with bow tie.
A prominent member of the African community in the area, Osa was one of the founding members of the Community Relations Council in the late 1960s which brought together all Tyne and Wear's new communities.
Osa was founder and artistic director of 'Shakers and Movers' – an association set up to promote understanding and celebration of our cultural diversity through the presentation and performance of the arts.
He shared his African roots and culture in local schools, and Shakers and Movers Training presented drama-based equalities training in the workplace, as well as showcasing local artists from the black and minority ethnic communities at venues such as Northern Stage, Newcastle Arts Centre and Dance City.
"Osa was a creative, warm and charismatic character," said Newcastle City Councillor David Faulkner, who helped him run Shakers and Movers.
"He was naturally proud of his African roots but saw himself as a Geordie first and foremost, and he loved Newcastle and the North East."
As chairman of "Freedom Think Tank", he helped commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of enslavement in 2007.
Osa's works and contributions to art were mainly in theatre - Everybody Needs Somebody (1974), When Darkness Falls (1990) and Over My Dead Body (1992) were all performed at regional venues.
His play No Sex in Paradise was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1998. He contributed as scriptwriter of the television programme From Kingdom to Kingdom, and he had a supporting actor role in The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999), one of the films of Carlisle-born and Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis, alongside Julian Sands and Saffron Burrows.
Osa's good friend Kelechi Dibie said "Osa won over everyone he met with his charm, his positive approach to life, and his huge, beaming smile. He was a leading figure in the African community in the North East for decades, and was a wonderful advocate for diversity and equality".
His children are scattered around the world, in Nigeria, Austria and the USA. Son Owen lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, and his daughter Jane, who now lives in Belgium, is a former star of television's Gladiators - she was Gladiator "Rio" for four years and also made an appearance in the film Gladiator starring Russell Crowe.
In his later years, before the onset of poor health, Osa was also a tutor of African dance and movement at Dance City. He enjoyed just talking to people about African culture in local cafes in the city centre and around his home in Jesmond, and writing down script ideas in the battered A4 diary that he always carried with him.
His last year was spent in Cestria House care home in Jesmond where he was well looked after and happy, with a stream of regular visitors to enjoy his multitude of stories.


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PIX: Priyanka, Ileana Dazzle Marrakech Film Festival
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who was recently named the sexiest Asian woman of the year, accompanied costar Ileana D'Cruz for film's screening.
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Anurag Basu, Ileana D'cruz and Priyanka Chopra
Director Anurag Basu accompanied the leading ladies on the red carpet.
While Priyanka wore an ornate Manish Malhotra lehenga for the occasion, Ileana looked glamorous in her Tarun Tahiliani outfit.
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Priyanka, who recently launched her music career with the single In My City, has reportedly been nominated for the World Music Awards 2013.
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Lead actor Ranbir Kapoor may have missed the film's screening but the trio more than made up for it with their charming presence.
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Priyanka at the closing ceremony
Priyanka later attended the closing ceremony of the film festival.
Dressed in a stunning Ritu Kumar sari, the actress gave Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri The Golden Star award, the festival's grand prize, for his film The Attack.
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Analog Synth Gallery (Dec 11, 2000 - 656 hits)
Various analog synths in this gallery. Also a synth glossary.
Virtual Drum Machines (Dec 11, 2000 - 3715 hits)
Virtual Drum Machines made with Flash technology (works !). Funny...
Technical informations (Dec 10, 2000 - 431 hits)
Usefull technical informations (MIDI, sysex, disk formats, Developer Hints/Tips...) about the following synthesizers: Alesis QS 6/7/8/R, Quadraverb 2, Casio CZ, Ensoniq EPS, EPS16, SD-1, VFX-SD, Mirage, SQ80, Korg wavestation, SR, Oberheim Matrix 6/6R, Matrix 1000, Roland MT32, S series (12-bit Samplers), W30, Yamaha TX16W.
Drum Machine Museum (Dec 6, 2000 - 1904 hits)
70 classic vintage drum machines. SPECS PHOTOS SOUNDS CHRONICLE. Front Back view for all the drum machines. Sounds are both RealAudio and MP3. Useful music related LINKS and live visitor FORUM.
Music Synthesizers (Cave Studio) (Nov 29, 2000 - 743 hits)
Rare photos of old synthesizers including : PS-3200, MS50, MS04, WAVE, uWAVEs, uW programmer, EML100, EMS Vocoder2000, CS20M, Countryman 968A Phase Shifter, K150, Crumer DS-2, Roland GR300, GR300 voice card, Oberheim Prommer, TR77 Rackmount, MPU101, SPV-355, SIEL Expander 80, Minipops 120P, MXR Drum Computer, Prophet-10, Synergy II+, Kaypro 2X computer, Moog System 55, Vestax PMC20SL, AKAI Remix16, Odyssey MK, Emulator II+HD, EIII & EII+HD, CS80, Arp Solina, SCI Model 842, Syntecno Tee Bee MKIII
Vintage Analog Synthesizer Repair Keyboard Parts (Nov 28, 2000 - 246 hits)
Rebuild kits for the Pratt-Read keyboards used on many ARP and Moog synthesizers.
Anders Sponton's Cloned Analog Gear web page (Nov 27, 2000 - 1655 hits)
Shematics, manuals, electronic of various synthetizer and vovoder inckuding Elektor, PAiA, ETI, Practical Electronics, Digisound, Electronic & MusicMaker. ALso manuals of ARP2500, Krog MS10, SQ10, Roland System 100.
Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990 (Nov 27, 2000 - 172 hits)
120 Years of Electronic Music: learn more about all these legendary synthetisers.
Cheetah MS6 Resource Center (Nov 25, 2000 - 284 hits)
Information on the Cheetah MS6 synthesizer module: Six-voice subtractive digital/analog hybrid (digitally controlled oscillators, analog filters), fully programmable multitimbral analogue synthesizer in a 1U rack box.
Ricard's Cheetah MS6 page (Nov 25, 2000 - 219 hits)
personal page on the Cheetah MS6.


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At the risk of sounding like a Marxist I can't help noticing that the struggle between capital and labour over the value in the economy is becoming more pronounced every day.
While the economy was growing, politicians could conceal the fact that, since the heady days of the 1970s, they have responded more and more to the concerns of 'business' and less and less to those of 'ordinary people'. The pie grew larger, the environment was more stressed, but even those who had the smallest slice tended to get a slightly larger slice each year. Inequality was ruled irrelevant, in spite of evidence showing that it is intrinsically very bad for a nation's health. The fact that the labels 'capital' and 'labour' have been replaced by those of 'business' and 'hard-working families' has not changed the essential power dynamic in the economy.
But with the recession, the fighting over the spoils is beginning to intensify. Unusually, although unsurprisingly, it is the leaders of the trade unions who are speaking up (finally) on behalf of their members and asking very reasonable questions. Such as why should energy companies like British Gas see their profits rise by 500% while bills soar and a significant minority of poorer people will struggle to keep themselves warm.
I'm enjoying what the unions are up to just now. Campaigning for a windfall tax on energy profits to be given out as winter fuel payments is a good start. So is there persistent campaigning to close the scandalous loopholes around the tax treatment of private equity companies. Longer term the attempts to build international unions is the only serious political resonse to the globalisation of production and the way this has reduced the power of organised labour in the West.
Once, while I was giving a talk, a woman got terribly excited and clapped her hands together squeaking 'Oh, this is just like the Sixties!' I'm feeling rather that way about the return to the 1970s. Actually they were a grim decade with Glam rock and playing scrabble by candlelight, but at least there was some honesty about the struggle over economic value.


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Currently, Yahoo! offers marketers who advertise on its network of sites data about online ads--such as how many times users were exposed to ads. But with this new deal, MMA will offer marketers the opportunity to assess return on investment based on econometric analysis, or calculations that attempt to measure the relationship between seemingly unrelated variables. Marketers will have to pay an extra fee for the new service.
John Nardone, chief client officer of MMA, said the model looks at marketing as well as all possible factors that can have an impact on sales. "That changes from business to business, brand to brand," Nardone said.
JupiterResearch's Sapna Satagopan saw the announcement as a bold move by Yahoo! to show marketers in big-spending industries like consumer packaged goods and auto manufacturing that they mean business. "Yahoo! is saying 'This is what you should expect from us,'" said Satagopan. "'We deserve your bigger budgets.'"
According to Yahoo! Research Vice President Michele Madansky, marketers have expressed a strong demand for greater ROI assessment and accountability. "Marketing executives are interested to know what effect their online campaigns are having," said Madansky.
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Mulpuru speculated that while marketers were indeed pressuring Yahoo! for cross-channel accountability, the Internet company was probably happy to oblige. "In their mind, they might be thinking they're not getting what they deserve."
And, Mulpuru said, Yahoo! has little to lose with this service. "The worst case scenario is that online advertising shows no lift to a marketer's sales. Then they'll get no credit for driving offline sales, which is just how much credit they're getting now."


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Bread Baking Babes (BBB) November 2010
Yup. The Babes are crazy. We've made bread without flour and ridiculously slack bread. And for November's task, set by Susan, we were to make decorative bread that wasn't really intended to be eaten.
How could I, a child of people who had been children during the great depression make something edible that is designed to be merely looked at? And not eaten! It just goes against the grain (no pun intended).
And then once I looked at the ingredients list and saw butter and milk powder and reasonable portions of other ingredients, as well as the instruction that the left-over dough could be used to make bread sticks or buns, I wondered why we weren't supposed to eat the cornucopia.
So I decided I'd make a little cornucopia to fulfill the November Babe task, just in case it wasn't edible. And I'd make LOTS of things to spill out of the small basket. Then it would really be a horn of plenty! I even purchased a small stainless steel cup to use as a form.
My sister was already coming over on Monday to spend the day making Vina Terta; just a day before the deadline for making cornucopia. I told her I'd be making it after we finished together and she got very excited and begged to help. How could I say no?
She was thrilled and kept babbling happily about the grapes she wanted to make to fill the cornucopia. I would NEVER have thought of filling it with grapes! I was just going to make little buns to be spilling out.
We mixed and kneaded the dough for the cornucopia and made the vínarterta and had lunch.
Once we'd finished baking the cake, the cornucopia dough was almost doubled and we started putting things together for shaping it.
me: Here's the mold. Isn't it cute?
she: That's WAY too small!!
me: Really? I think it's fine.
she: But there's no way that the grapes will fit.
me: Sure they will. Cornucopias are supposed to be too small for all the stuff going into them.
she: [firmly] It's way too small.
me: No no. It's fine.
Of course, you know who prevailed here, don't you?
I rummaged around through various cupboards and found a larger steel cup – the kind used for making milk shakes. My sister still thought it too was too small but finally conceded reluctantly that it would have to do.
I covered the cup with parchment paper. Susan suggest oiling the form but because I know everything there is about everything, I made an executive decision that oiling was unnecessary. And we started molding the dough.
I made a 4 strand braid and looped it around the mouth of the cup.
me: [hysterical giggle] that's horrible!!
she: [laughing] I like it
me: No. 2 strand will be better. [disentangling 4 strands and turning the rope into a 2 strand rope]
she: [magnanimously] You're right. That's better.
After some argument about the placement of the ring on the cup – whether it should be flush with the edge or at an angle, once again, I bowed to my sister's superior judgement to make a wider mouth for the basket.
Then we started to make single strand rings to stack up on top of the double strand lip.
she: Whoa. That's not nearly festive enough.
me: I think it will look great.
she: too ordinary
me: one of the other Babes wove her dough (see Lien's fabulous cornucopia)
she: let's do that!!
me: I don't know. It looked REALLY hard. How about if we just roll out a sheet of dough and drape it like this [wrapping sheet of dough around form]
she: No… that's too ordinary too. Let's make a lattice.
me: [reluctantly] okay…. if it doesn't work, we can always scrap it and start over.
We made the lattice. Naturally, because we didn't actually measure anything first, it was only large enough to cover half the cup. And getting it onto the cup was a whole other interesting -+cough+- exercise. (Thank goodness for our superpeel!)
We made a second lattice and laid it down under the cup then joined the horizontal strips as best we could. Near the top, we wove strips into the leftover long pieces, then munged them all together into a curvy point.
Ha!! It looked a little messy but hey! We thought it might just work. And into the oven it went.
We immediately began to form the filling for the cornucopia. I was just planning to make little buns but B really wanted to make grapes. When I saw her grapes, of course, I made grapes too. And then I saw that she had made some plums. "Monkey see, monkey do". I made a couple of pears. She made some carrots. And then she took a piece of dough and started pinching it together – WHAT IS THAT???
me: Is that garlic?
she: No!! It's a fig!
me: Hmmm. I guess. But it looks like garlic….
We decided (okay… my sister insisted and I agreed that she was right again) that we should glaze some of the fruit. We used milk wash, apricot jam or beet pickle juice (remind me to rave about the beet pickles I made after reading fellow Babe, Katie's recipe!!)
After about 25 minutes, the fruits were ready to go in the oven. We took the cornucopia out of the oven to see that it was a beautiful golden brown. It looked done. I was sure it was done.
Naturally, I had forgotten to read in Susan's recipe that the form was to be removed half way through the baking. But luckily my sister was there and knew intuitively that the bread on the inside was not yet baked. She said we had to remove the form.
We were a little concerned that it might break the basket but happily, the form slipped out very easily. (Isn't parchment paper great?) We then covered the basket with aluminum foil tent (ha!! I remembered reading that part) and put the basket back in the oven to continue baking so the inside would get done.
Finally, all the bread was baked and cooled. (It took no time to cool.) We began to assemble the cornucopia. We'd just finished laying it out when our neighbour dropped by. We dragged him into the kitchen to show off the cornucopia.
Neighbour: Wow!!!! That's amazing. Oooh look! Carrots! and a Pear! Hey!!! Cool Fig!
This is beyond my wildest dreams!!
I have to confess that I didn't really think it would work. But (as usual) I was wrong wrong wrong. This was insanely fun.
And the best thing is that the whole thing is indeed edible. Even the basket. It was DELICIOUS with coq au vin. The basket part is perhaps not the best bread (a little tough) but the "fruits" are really delicious. I particularly liked the tang of the beet pickle juice on the "red grapes".
Thank you, Susan, for a splendid afternoon and equally splendid dining that evening!
Of course, I know that you will want to make cornucopia too! Here's the recipe we were to have followed.
And here is what I did to it:
based on Susan's take on the recipe for 'Light Yeasted Decorative Dough' in "Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes" by Jeffrey Hamelman
makes one 12-inch cornucopia, several little buns and a small round loaf
- 81 gm lukewarm water
- 3 gm active dry yeast
- 400 gm boiling water
- 44 gm butter
- 44 gm instant skim milk powder
- 20 gm sugar
- 800 gm unbleached all-purpose flour
- 75 gm atta (durum flour)
- 13 gm kosher salt
- Mixing Pour lukewarm water into a small bowl; add yeast and whisk well. Set aside.
- Put butter into a large mixing bowl and pour boiling water over top to melt the butter.
- Whisk in milk powder and sugar.
- Stir in flour and salt. Check that the temperature is "baby-bottle" temperature before adding the yeast mixture. Stir to combine. The dough should be pulling away from the side of the bowl. Don't worry if there is still a little flour in the bowl.
- Kneading Dump the rough dough on a board
- Hand wash and dry the mixing bowl. (Yes, this step is important. It prepares the rising bowl, gets your hands nice and clean AND allows the dough to rest a little.)
- Knead the dough by hand 10 to 15 minutes til it is smooth and elastic. Use your dough scraper to keep the board clean. If necessary, add a tiny bit more flour if the dough seems sticky but try not to add too much. For me, this dough was on the stiff side.
- Proofing: Put the kneaded dough into the clean bowl. Cover the bowl and leave in a non-drafty area of the kitchen to rise until the dough is about doubled.
- Shaping the Cornucopia: Cover a steel cup with parchment paper to form a cone. Pull a small amount of dough from the bowl and put the cover back on to keep the dough from drying out.
- Turn the oven to 350F
- Form two long ropes and twist them together to make the rim of the cornucopia. Wrap it around the wide part of the cup and press the ends together to form a ring. Make sure the seam of the ring is placed on the bottom of the cornucopia.
- Remove a little more dough and roll it out relatively thinly. Use a pizza cutter to cut it into strips. Form a lattice and place it under one side of the cup. Roll out another piece of dough to make another lattice. Drape the lattice over the top side of the cup. Trim and pinch the horizontal strips of the lattices together. Weave a strand through the top part of the lattice and pinch it together into a curvy point. Make sure that the parchment paper is kept free so that it will be easy to remove. Make sure the 2-stranded rope is flush with the lattice all the way around.
- Baking the Cornucopia Place the cornucopia bottom side down on a parchment covered baking sheet and put on the second to the top shelf of the oven to bake for about 25 minutes.
- Shaping the Fruits: Use the rest of the dough to make small buns. Shape them into grapes, plums, etc. Place them on a parchment covered baking sheet. Glaze them with milk wash, jam, beet pickle juice, or whatever strikes your fancy.
- Baking the fruits After the cornucopia has been in the oven for 25 minutes, remove it from the oven. Carefully remove the form from the center of the basket. It should pull out quite easily. Cover the cornucopia with a foil tent to prevent it from browning further and put it back in the oven along with the "fruits". Bake for about 25 minutes until the bread is light to lift and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
- When the bread is done, remove to cool onto a footed rack. Wait until the bread is completely cool before assembling the cornucopia (the bread is still baking when it's hot out of the oven).
* Susan's recipe has about twice as much sugar. Because this was to be served with dinner, I decided to halve the sugar.
* Susan suggests shaping the cornucopia immediately after mixing the dough. But because we were planning to eat it, I allowed the dough to rise to double first before shaping it.
* If you wish to serve warm bread, reheat it after the loaf has cooled completely. To reheat UNsliced bread, turn the oven to 500F for 5 minutes or so. Turn the oven OFF. Put the bread in the hot oven for ten minutes.
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Initially, I imagined that I was going to make the cornucopia in time for Canadian Thanksgiving. But that got nixed because I had the plague on Canadian Thanksgiving so we had to postpone our Thanksgiving feast to the end of October.
I thought that the cornucopia was going to be really really hard to make (it's NOT at all difficult to do! In fact it is one of the easiest breads to make) and so decided that it would just be too difficult to pull off along with roast stuffed chicken, cranberry sauce, etc etc. So I once again postponed making the cornucopia again until the last minute.
I actually made the November bread one day before the BBB deadline. And I imagined that I would post it on time. Ha. But it's still 16 November somewhere in the universe, isn't it??
The cornucopia and its contents are all demolished now. We finished it off for breakfast yesterday. It was delicious!
Thank you once again, Susan!
Susan (Wild Yeast) is the host of the November 2010's Bread Baking Babes' task. She wrote:
Since November is Thanksgiving month here in the US, […] I am asking you to make a cornucopia, a symbol of bountiful harvest and giving thanks, from slightly-yeasted decorative dough. […] Because it's a "horn of plenty" and not a "horn of gaping emptiness," a cornucopia does need to be filled.
If you'd like to bake along (of course you do!!) and receive a Baking Buddy Badge to display on your site, bake the cornucopia and post it before the 29 November 2010.
For complete details about this month's recipe, the BBB and how to become a BBB, please read:
- BBB Kitchen of the month: Susan (Wild Yeast): Cornucopia November 2010
- BBBuddy guidelines
- about the BBBabes
Please take a look at the other Babes' results:
- Karen, Bake My Day BBB bake: Merlin's hat or Cornucopia! / Hoorn des overvloeds van brooddeeg
- Katie, Thyme for Cooking: Bread Baking Babes make Cornucopias
- Lien, Notitie van Lien: Bread Baking Babes in November
- Natashya, Living In The Kitchen With Puppies: The Bread Baking Babes Make Bread Dough Cornucopia!
- Pat (aka Elle), Feeding My Enthusiasms: The Babes in Harvestland
- Sara, I Like to Cook: Bread Baking Babes – Cornucopia
- Tanna, My Kitchen in Half Cups
- Susan, WildYeast: Cornucopia
BBBabes' Anniversary
Please remember that the BBBabes' anniversary is coming up in February. We'd like you to pick the Anniversary Bread recipe for February 2011.
- What's your favorite bread?
- What bread haven't you ever been able to get to turn out the way you want?
- What bread scares you the most?
- What's the bread recipe you've baked the most?
- What bread do you dream about baking?
- What bread do you…?
Scour your bread-baking cookbooks, recipe boxes and bread-baking sites to make your choice. We'll ask you to submit your desired recipe soon. And after we've narrowed the list down to a manageable number of choices, we'll ask you to vote on one for us to bake and post for our anniversary in February.
Each week, Susan (Wild Yeast) compiles a list of many bread-specific recipes from across the web. For complete details on how to be included in the YeastSpotting round up, please read the following:
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Happiness at work has long been researched and examined, and I believe experience has backed up these later results. We now have a pretty clear picture of what factors do bring and keep an employee happy with his or her job. In the following paragraphs though I would like to point out how to achieve happiness at your job, as an employee.
Let's find out what are the intrinsic motivational factors first, then how to apply them in our job in order to be happy and productive there as well.
Motivational drives
Some years back I have read Daniel Pink's book "Drive". I remember being so impressed with the new things I discovered back then, in 2011. Now, the things he mentions about what motivates us (at work or in our personal life) are quite well known, and very true in my opinion.
Below there's an animation going through the motivational factors. Shortly, they are autonomy, mastery and purpose. Autonomy means to be able to do things on your own, to be self-directed. Mastery refers to the possibility to improve and get better at the thing that matter to you. And purpose is the sense that what we produce serves something bigger, beyond ourselves.
Happiness at work
You guessed, in order to achieve happiness at work what you need is at least some degree of autonomy, mastery and purpose. Of course, these come in place once the money is enough and the time spent at your job allows for personal time as well. Happy employees are 12% more productive at work, and in many occasions their work in this case is much more valuable to the company and its customers.
Salary should be an amount that is satisfactory to you and is helping you keep the money worry off the table. If money is always an issue for you and it doesn't cover your decent needs, it will always be on your mind, keeping you away from doing work that really matters. Here is an article detailing the level of salary that would assure employees happiness and satisfaction. Seems like $82,000/year would be the amount around which, if salary would be increased, it wouldn't produce a higher happiness level.
Definitely, happiness at work is dependent of the salary level. So one of the first things you should achieve is having a salary that meets your expectations and puts the money thoughts off the table.
Number or working hours
While the 40 hours week is the norm by which most people on this planet work, there are many who work overtime. This is one of the causes for employee unhappiness. Recently, Sweden tested out a 6 hours/day working week. Also, there are companies trying out 4 hours/day or a working week of 4 working days/week. These tests are intended to see whether the time spent at work is proportional with the employee efficiency.
What actually matters is how productive you are at work. If you have enough time to relax as well, and you are happy with the amount of time you can dedicate to your passions and personal life, then these will definitely increase your productivity at work. So, are you happy with the hours you spend at work vs. the ones for your own? If not, do your best to change that. Long term, it will lead you nowhere close to being happy and productive.
Knowing the end results, are you allowed to do things on your own in order to achieve the desired outcome? Or are you supervised all the time, micromanaged and given indication on how to do things on a constant basis? Studies have proven that employees that are given more autonomy at work are happier and definitely more productive.
If you are given more autonomy, you also get more responsibility. But in the same time, you improve, you do your best, you research the best ways to do things. All in all, you are given confidence you can do a great job, and you live up to these expectations. Of course, it's normal to have a lower level of autonomy when you are a junior or just starting a new job. That's when you need advice and coaching. But once you grow into a more senior position, you need more and more autonomy in order to be satisfied and happy at your job.
Happiness at work comes as well if we see that we become better and better at doing the things we love every day. On the opposite, if we feel stuck in the same routine boring tasks, our motivation slips and we might start looking for different options. That's why the sense of mastery is so important for any employee and company in the same time.
More and more organisations understand this and start applying things like guided mastery. It means that the tasks you receive fit your set of skills but are also meant to challenge you at each step of the way. In doing these tasks, you also have a very skilled individual next to you that is able to guide and help if you need to in order for you to successfully master the challenge.
Mastery at work also refers to your professional development and staying up to the latest trends. You benefit of training (internal or external one) constantly and you feel your skills are progressing continuously.
A sense of purpose, of contributing to something bigger and greater is the factor that leads to the deepest motivation to do work that matters. This is how the greatest inventions happened. People believed they are going to change the world to be a better place to live in. And that's why they invested day and night into putting the work to achieve great things.
As an employee, you should understand how your contribution is making the world a better place, or you should see the purpose of your work and you should love it. This way, you'll easily tackle the biggest problems, solve the bottlenecks and therefore making a relevant contribution. On the opposite, if you just do your job, you'll just stick to what you are given as tasks and nothing more. And sooner or later you'll need, find and go to a place where you can find purpose. Do you think you can find it now, at your current job, or should you already start looking for purpose in another place?
I hope these lines gave you an idea of what are the things that contribute to your happiness at work. If you don't have them and you feel dissatisfied, start looking for these things. Start talking to your managers to try and change things for yourself. Look for autonomy, mastery, purpose and decent working conditions. If you've given it all and reached nowhere, by all means, start looking for these in another place. There's no point in investing 1/3 or more of your life in something that is not bringing you happiness.
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Apartment Arancio
Apartment Arancio is located in via dell' Arancio just beneath the historic Torre delle Ore (one of Lucca's climbable mediaeval towers and key tourist attractions). It is in a quiet and elegant side street just off the bustling via Fillungo. Located on the first floor above ground (second floor American style) this apartment is tranquil and quiet, but close enough to be only seconds from via Fillungo, Lucca's most famous shopping street.
The apartment is entered directly into the sitting room which is huge. There is ample space for a large and comfortable lounge suite comfortably positioned from a TV, DVD and everything to keep you entertained. This room also houses a large antique dining suite and the new, state of the art kitchen. The all white and stainless steel kitchen has the latest SMEG appliances and everything conceivable to create memorable gourmet meals. The blend of old and new continues as the room houses a stunning 19th century sideboard alongside halogen lighting and contemporary original artworks.
Two sets of French doors open onto the amazing terrace which is truly the feature of this apartment! This pair of doors enhances the flow between indoors and outdoors as well as flooding the apartment with natural light when closed. Enormous by any standards (30 square metres or 300 square feet), the terrace plays host to a large outdoor dining table and chairs and a range of terracotta pots brimming over with colourful flowers.
The outlook from the terrace is amazing as it overlooks a small piazza and a one story building on the long side allows extensive views onto the typical Tuscan townscape. It is hard to imagine that you would move far from the terrace for the duration of your stay.
The bedroom also overlooks the terrace. It is very spacious and features a 19th century Tuscan bedroom suite and the best of luxury superfine linens and thick, large towels.
Leading off the bedroom is a study / office which is fitted out with a beautiful antique desk as well as a single sofa bed. There is high speed internet connection as well as a phone point. It is the perfect spot to combine a bit of business with pleasure. There is a large triple window that looks out onto the terrace.
The apartment has 1.5 bathrooms both of which are brand new and only installed in January 2007. The main bathroom features a glass enclosed shower. There is also separate utility room which has the washing machine and ironing facilities.
The apartment is fully air conditioned and heated. It is spacious, light, bright and is a comfortable apartment for a couple and can easily accommodate a family. There is a sofa bed in the sitting room, so it is possible to have up to five adults share the apartment.


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What: Fresh baked breads from a baker with military precision.
Jerry Shawn never dreamed of being a baker. He happened upon it, quite literally. Shawn started baking -- or at least trying to bake -- when he was in the Marines, stumbling upon an Italian cookbook while weaving through a garage sale. The book featured a glorious-looking recipe for pizza, and on a whim, he gave it a try. He loved it: the gathering of ingredients, the assembly, the baking process, the delicious outcome. Jerry channeled his love into a few culinary classes at the CCA in San Francisco, where he learned that what fascinated him most was bread -- The yeasts, the pastries, the dough, the science. But a growing family of five cannot live on bread alone. Or so he thought.
His service complete, Jerry tried the 9-5 thing. He tried, and he tried, but baking was calling him, and that's when the little oven light went on. He used his GI benefits to finish his baking degree, turning his passion into his career. He made the rounds at various restaurants and bakeries, where he perfected the art of the almond croissant, and then four years ago Shawn and his wife Angela started a bakery of their own: Angela's Oven. Since then they've gone from a few breads and croissants to dozens of varieties at seven markets around town...and as of this week, a storefront.
Shawn loves being a local vendor for the sheer fact that he can truly know his customers, interact with them, and find out what they like. With local vendors, he says, "You have the advantage of meeting the actual person who participated in making your product -- not someone who took the product out of a box and put it in the oven or on the shelf. We put our heart into every loaf. It's something that you just can't get when you go to the grocery store." His passion is obvious through both his words and his products. Shawn's croissants and fruit pastries are a glimpse of divinity, while the croissants and baguettes are his best sellers, though his recent favorite is the Country French loaf.
Jerry Shawn has worked tirelessly to get where he is, and he till does so each day. He is a military man, tried and true. And his favorite thing to do when he gets home from a long day at work? Sit down with a pastry, a cup of coffee, and a table full of family.
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Where: You'll find Jerry Shawn and his Angela's Oven breads at many of the farmers' markets around town: Urban Harvest, Rice University, Clear Lake, Grogan's Mill, Humble, Kingwood, Spring Branch. And great news: This week Jerry and Angela Shawn opened their new storefront at 204 Aurora in the Heights.


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Tuesday, 23 December 2014
CASology 127 - Light
This week's CASology Cue Card is Light. Actually, this one's a two-week challenge.
A perfect cue-card for this time of year when our days (at least up here in the northern hemisphere) are so short! But I decided to use a different meaning for light.
I created a frame for my Inkadinkado sentiment with a Creatiate feather. It's very easy to keep one-layer cards CAS. I used only two stamps and two colours and left plenty of white space.
Now it's your turn. Over the next two weeks, create a card with a 'light' theme and link it up. There's lots more inspiration from the rest of the DT, too:
24 comments:
- Julia Aston said...
Love the soft look of your feathers framing the THANKS!
- 23 December 2014 at 09:24
- Diana Nguyen said...
Love it!
- 23 December 2014 at 09:39
- Tracey McNeely said...
Beautiful Ardyth! I love your design. Merry Christmas!
- 23 December 2014 at 09:45
- Becca Cruger said...
That off-white stamping onto the stark white background is really lovely.
- 23 December 2014 at 10:25
- Meghan said...
So pretty!! Happy Holidays Ardyth!
- 23 December 2014 at 10:37
- Sarah G said...
Clever take on the cue card as always! Love the CAS design with the subtle stamping of the feathers. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, Ardyth :)
- 23 December 2014 at 12:36
- Lynn said...
Love it! Perfect creatively take on the challenge as always Ardyth! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
- 23 December 2014 at 15:47
- Bobby said...
Clean and simple and gorgeous as usual, Ardyth. Merry Christmas to your and yours!
- 23 December 2014 at 20:11
- Kim Heggins said...
Wow...just so clean and stunning all at the same time. I love your feathers, just so perfect. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas.
- 24 December 2014 at 00:19
- Laura Norris said...
Love your take on 'light' Ardyth!! Merry Christmas to you!
- 24 December 2014 at 00:42
- lostinpaper said...
Such a fabulous idea and wonderful card! Have the best Christmas Ardyth, Hugs Therese x
- 24 December 2014 at 01:09
- Sheila H said...
Lovely take on the cue word!
- 24 December 2014 at 08:12
- Vicki Dutcher said...
Fabulous! I so look forward to your outside of the box thinking!! Merry Christmas~
- 24 December 2014 at 09:44
Really love the "Light" Feathers, Ardyth! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hugs and keep smiling...
Sunshine Sharon
- 24 December 2014 at 14:02
- Brenda said...
Oh my I am loving this card Ardyth! I love your take on the challenge and you have "light" in two ways! Love that the feather are stamped in a light grew color and of course feathers are light! lol Great job! Merry Christmas! Hugs, Brenda
- 24 December 2014 at 23:26
- wienerhoneymooners said...
Exquisite!!! Merry Christmas my Friend!!!!!
- 25 December 2014 at 04:48
- Anita in France said...
Perfect, Ardyth ... postively perfect! Wishing you and yours a blessed and Merry Christmas, my friend! Anita :)
- 25 December 2014 at 05:29
- Chriss Blagrave said...
What a great take on the cue! Love this Ardyth...Merry Christmas to you and family!
- 25 December 2014 at 19:59
- Joyce said...
Brilliant take on the challenge. I did not think of this definition at all. Love your card, and how the entire feel of the card really echos the lightness of the feathers. Happy Holidays, teammie!
- 26 December 2014 at 13:45
- Jen W. said...
Awesome! I had feathers on my mind for this word too but glad I left it to you because this is gorgeous! :) Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
- 29 December 2014 at 19:42
- Deepti said...
This is awesome :) I would have looked light in this perspective :)
- 31 December 2014 at 14:51
- Kim M said...
Ardyth, regarding your comment on my feather card: too funny! Your card was probably the catalyst for mine. LOL. I love your card! You really know how to make a CAS great! :-)
- 3 January 2015 at 12:20
- Kelly Griglione said...
Not only did you use a light feather, but I love the light gray you chose. Perfect!
- 3 January 2015 at 16:08
- Gillian R said...
A lovely card Ardyth and I love your take on the cue card
- 4 January 2015 at 07:21


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I worked for quite some time with at-risk children in a school setting. School was skipped, homework left incomplete, and defiance, aggression and "back-talk" abounded. Did the kids' smart mouths and disrespectful attitudes ever make me want to hit them?
Hell to the no. Because I'm a fucking grownup with fully-developed self-regulation skills. And because there are always reasons for negative behaviors. Seeing only the behavior without considering its underlying cause is a short-sighted and ignorant way to handle the situation.
When I see the teenager on the now infamous video, I see a girl in pain. How about we discuss the fact that she was in foster care due to issues at home? That she was asked to leave because she glanced at her cell phone (and apologized for it at the time)? That her "defiance" was her stating that she had done nothing wrong? (Another girl agreed, and was also arrested.) Does it matter that the officer in question had a history of violent behavior? Does any of that matter?
The sad fact is, to many, the circumstances leading up to her beating do not matter. And when I see people disregard this, I see broken people. I see deep-rooted issues. I see the little children they used to be hearing, "Don't whine, there's no excuse for that behavior." I see dysfunction in the masses.
This girl needs help, not violent repercussions. Not abuse. And in the video I saw, the officer was most certainly abusive. Violent. Scary. The adolescent brain is a little unstable and labile as a rule. But the cop is not a child. He showed a gross lack of self-regulation. He lost control. He himself is broken, very likely another victim in the ongoing cycle of abuse endorsed by our society. He needs serious help, not high fives.
The Importance of Self-Regulation
Here's where things might get a little controversial, but I've seen too many ignorant comments on this issue to pretend that it isn't a real problem. Some of these comments include:
"She was being disrespectful."
"She should have just listened."
What I hear in these comments are people parroting back what they heard as small children, perhaps as a justification for spanking or other in-home violence.
I hope I'm wrong, at least for some of these commenters, but the numbers are not pretty. Hitting at home is common. I'm not even going to address the fact that spanking is a very real trauma no matter how much we try and downplay it. I won't discuss lowered IQs, altered brain regions or increases in anxiety and depression for those who were hit as children. Today, let's just stick with a broader idea: that the modeling of spanking changes how we interpret this video.
Spanking normalizes the idea that when someone disrespects you, it is okay and even justified to hit them in response. There are many watching this video saying, "She was disrespectful." But regardless of disrespect, there is never an excuse to hit another human being. It's fucking bullshit to assume that because you say something I don't like—or attack my integrity or insult me—that I have some right to go after you. You cannot physically assault someone because they happen to have an opinion you dislike, even if that opinion is, "You're a dick." It only demonstrates a lack of self-regulation on the part of the attacker. Moreover, the premise that "I got hit and turned out fine," is never true. For those who were hit, the way they see the world is forever altered unless they address and question their belief system. Those who were hit are generally more likely to think that hitting can be justified. That abuse can or should be tolerated. That pain is an acceptable behavioral deterrent.
This is a common ideal. It might even be "normal." But it is NOT okay.
Part of the confusion here might be based on a misunderstanding of what respect actually is. Respect isn't just listening to people who are bigger than you. Respect and compliance don't necessarily go together. And none of those things equal trust.
Compliance and the Mistrust of Authority
Let us not kid ourselves: real respect begins with trust.
As a little review:
- Hitting does not beget trust.
- Aggression does not beget trust.
- Fear does not beget trust.
- Throwing a fucking child over a desk DOES NOT BEGET TRUST.
Part of what we saw in that video is the propagation of an environment of mistrust. If you watch abuses of power growing up, you are unlikely to trust, on a deep visceral level, those who propagated these abuses. This is not to say that all police officers are bad: Cops are people too. There are good ones and there are bad ones. But those who have seen abuse at the hands of cops are less likely to assume that they are going to have a good experience with one.
Despite my straight As, nerdy, "not-doing-shit-wrong" nature, I learned not to trust the police very early. I saw them do things they should not have done to friends of mine. I witnessed racial profiling. I was on the outside looking in for much of it: white privilege is a monster and not a subject I can do justice to here, though we should recognize that these injustices occur more frequently in minority populations.
I do not purport to have experienced what my friends did; I have not experienced more constant and poignant injustices related to the color of my skin. But the injustice of what I did see has never left me, even if some of it did not happen TO me. And today, though I am compliant when I get pulled over, it is out of fear and not respect.
For many, compliance is the goal. But compliance is not in and of itself a measure of success. Having a child hide things from you out of fear does not make them more likely to succeed in life; in fact, the opposite is true. Having people comply when officers are present and flip them off when they walk away does not create a healthy environment for anyone, including the police.
Part of this is a matter of biology. In harrowing situations, the brain reverts to bottom up processing: body responses first, before logical reasoning, as opposed to logical reasoning leading to bodily responses. Fight or flight or freeze, baby. And when this happens, we need a way to calm down, a person who can step in and defuse the situation, a person we can ACTUALLY trust. Officers aren't likely to be that person for those who have witnessed abuse. Instead, it is more expected that stress levels would soar ever higher with the presence of an officer or other authority figure, triggering self-preservation behaviors like defensiveness or fleeing instead of "well, maybe I need to just listen." The presence of an officer might even trigger shutting down, possibly making one sit stock-still at a desk while waiting for the threat to pass. There will always be a familiar tingle in my chest when I am forced to deal with the police, even though I am not statistically likely to be harassed. But none of us can completely leave our pasts behind. And all the children in that classroom are now less likely to trust the police based on what they saw that officer do, regardless of how good and compliant they are.
Today I can see my mistrust of authority for what it is and address the issue logically when it arises. But in grossly undeserved neighborhoods where mental health treatment is unavailable, fostering this introspection is more difficult. It is also more difficult when you are continually witnessing abuses of power like the one seen in the classroom in South Carolina.
And, make no mistake, it is abuse. It is a continuing cycle that reinvents itself every generation when we value compliance over understanding, the infliction of pain over conversation, fear over trust.
Condoning the behaviors in South Carolina is a disservice to all the good cops out there. It is a disservice to children who need some discussion and someone to trust instead of a beating. It is a disservice to a humanity that did not evolve to harm those we care for.
Violence is never the answer. To argue otherwise shows how broken we truly are.
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Pay attention at these 9 hot spots
It's nearly a guarantee that when you visit a major landmark, it's going to be safe even the most selfie-happy, oblivious tourist will likely go home unscathed. But it's a different story for these nine tourist hot spots. Add them to your list if you dig a little adventure (just remember to use common sense).
Trolltunga, Norway
Trolltunga, or "Troll's Tongue" (picture on top), a rocky outcropping in Norway, has exploded in popularity, thanks to all of the nerve-wracking photos people post online. In fact, this hard-to-reach spot (the hike takes around 10 hours round-trip) now regularly sees 20-minute lines of people waiting to grab a photo op at the tongue's tip. Plenty of crowds, a small space, no barriers, and a sheer vertical drop is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, a tourist recently died when she slipped off the edge here.
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Signs near the sides of the official pathway at the Irish Cliffs of Moher politely ask visitors "Please do not go beyond this point," but most tourists walk straight past them and out to the edge for the best views, as no one will stop them from venturing out. Even if you think you're staying far enough from the edge, nature is unpredictable, people have been swept off the edge by high winds, and the cliffs themselves aren't exactly guaranteed stable.
Huayna Picchu, Peru
Although the hike to Machu Picchu is much more grueling (and famous) than the climb up Huayna Picchu, the latter is definitely more dangerous. This lesser-known mountain is the one towering behind the site of Machu Picchu in all of those pictures you've seen online. The journey to the summit is steep (and often slick after a rain), and there may only be a handrail (or nothing at all) to stop you from plunging off the narrow pathways and into the void. Descending the uneven stone steps on the way down is precarious and will test the nerves of anyone with even an ounce of self-preservation.
Skellig Michael, Ireland
We can't imagine this happening at a tourist attraction, after two visitors died at Skellig Michael (2009), a review of the island's safety conditions was held. The verdict? Adding railings to the steep, uneven, slippery 1.000-year-old stone stairs would destroy the natural beauty of the site (and also lull people into a false sense of security), so the only safety precautions taken at this former monastic site were adding signs and giving out pamphlets that warn of the dangers of climbing the 600 steps to the top.
Mount Huashan Plank Walk, China
Following a number of fatalities on the vertigo-inducing Mount Huashan Plank Walk, hikers are now required to wear a safety harness while crossing this series of extremely narrow walkways suspended nearly 1.525 meters up a side of a mountain. Think those pathways look small? Keep in mind that they're for two-way foot traffic, which means you might be sharing that board with someone going in the other direction. And, just because you're required to bring a harness on the walk, there's no one there to stop you from going without once you're out there.
Running of the Bulls, Spain
There are almost too many reasons to list as to why an event like the Running of the Bulls would happen in any region of the world, outrage from animal rights' groups, massive and uncontrolled crowds, the danger of being impaled by a bull or crushed under hundreds of other runners…yet this iconic tradition continues every year in Pamplona. We recommend watching this event from the sidelines, rather than running the course yourself.
North Yungas Road, Bolivia
Somehow, one of the most dangerous roads in the world (North Yungas Road) has become among the most popular stops on Bolivia's adventure circuit. The road used to be the only way to get between La Paz and the jungle region of the Yungas, but in 2007, a new paved highway connected the two, leaving the "Death Road" mostly empty of vehicular traffic but attracting thrill-seeking cyclists instead. In fact, according to one of Bolivia's largest bike tour operator, bike traffic on the road has increased by about five percent every year, despite the cyclists that die during tours every year.
Volcano Boarding, Nicaragua
Visit the top of an active volcano? Why not. Slide down the volcanic stones all the way to the bottom, at speeds of over 65 km/h on a wooden sled? Sure, as long as you pay Euro 27,00. With Tierra Tours, you can sled down Cerro Negro, an active volcano outside of Leon Nicaragua, on a wooden board, while wearing a protective suit and goggles. No brakes and no fear allowed.
Maho Beach, Saint Martin
Get too close to a runway in America, and you'll be in serious trouble. Stand on a beach directly under a flightpath of jumbo jets approaching the airport a mere 30 meters above your head? Only at Maho Beach in Saint Martin, where beachgoers have to be warned that standing too close to aircraft can "result in serious injury and/or death", as the jet blast can literally blow away tourists.