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Bespoke Beer Bottles
March 5, 2012
In the Netherlands, all the major breweries use the same 300ml bottle to sell their beer in supermarkets and off-licences. These are deposit bottles, so when returned there is a small credit given towards the next purchase – just like deposit bottles in England, when such things existed. As all the breweries use the same bottle, they obviously accept bottles with any labels on, wash and remove whoever's labels were on the bottles, and reuse the bottles with their own labels. Grosche is the only exception in that they also use their 'swing top' bottle design.
In England, there is no such co-operation between breweries. Apart from beer in cans, (which appear to be fairly uniform in size) that I'm not discussing here, every brewery appears to have its own design of bottle. Over the past few years in particular, I have noticed that these bottles are becoming more 'bespoke', that is to say, the bottles used are commissioned by the brewery, and has some unique feature, for example the brewery company's name moulded into the glass (Shepherd Neame, Moreland (albeit as part of Greene King)), or a specific size (Newcastle Brown, which was until recently 1 imperal pint).
Some small breweries seem to have taken this a step further, and, sucker as I am for unusual packaging, this has interested me. I have mentioned the Meantime Brewing Company (Greenwich Brewery) before, due to their Coffee Porter and other varieties. My local supermarket has rung the changes, and currently only stocks a Chocolate Porter and a Raspberry Wheat in a 330ml size. But the unusual feature is the shape of the bottle, which is said to be a scaled version of a Champagne bottle (although in brown glass). Champagne bottles were originally made in England, as that was where the skill in making such bottles that could withstand the internal pressure could be made, but I doubt that any of these are the reason the shape is used here. Greenwich also use a more conventional cylindrical bottle for some of their brews as well as a huge 750ml wired-cork enclosed bottle – again, Champagne bottle shaped-ish.
Adnams of Southwold went for a slightly odd design a couple of years or so ago, which was said to cut down the weight of glass used, and therefore a 'green' design; however, it appears to have changed again recently – I guess too many got broken in transit.
St Peter's Brewery, Suffolk. When their bottle first came to my attemtion, it was because it was of oval (ellipsoidal) cross-section. A short time later, it had changed, being less ellipsoidal in shape, and instead of the original beautiful pea-green, a rather dull looks-recycled-brownish-green. The brewery maintained that these bottle designs were based upon an original 18th century example from America (American colonies, I imagine) which they had.
I wrote to them about this, arguing that while the two were obviously similar, the moulding around the bottom rim for example, they could not both be based on the same bottle shape, one had to be a change to the original design. I also commented upon the colour of the glass, preferring the older, but if the colour was to help keep the beer… Well, they answered, rather ducking those questions, although the change in shape was needed because of the filling machine. They did comment that I was the first person to raise the issue of the bottle!
Much more recently, I note that their ellipsoidal bottles have changed colour again, to a rather more agreeable green. Not so notible in the photos is that there is a 'St Peter's Brewery' in a roundal moulded into the front face of the bottle. In this most recent incarnation of the bottle, that roundal is much more ellipsoidal.
St Peter's also use more conventional cylindrical bottles for some of their ranges.
Newly available Beers
August 10, 2008
On Saturday, Waitrose in Richmond, and I came across their expanded range of Meantime Brewery's range – in this case 750ml bottles of London Porter and India Pale Ale. These are in larger versions of their 330ml bottles, and wired cork enclosured.
But my real shopping is Waitrose, Beaconsfield, on Sunday. They have a larger range of Beers here, although not Meantime as they are not "local". This branch even stocked Grolsch Weizen beer, in reused (standard) swingtop bottles and Dutch labels (sadly no longer).
However, to my surprise, there was Marston's Oyster Stout (which I used to buy in Sainsburys about a decade ago, and then disappeared), and Black Sheep Brewery's Yorkshire Square Ale.
If that was not enough, there were 750ml wired corked bottles of Duvel.
(I might try and post a picture of these in the next few days…)
Naturally I had to purchase a few samples for evaluation…


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- "These fools worship Transformers!"
- ―Astrotrain, "The God Gambit"
The community of Transformers fans is referred to as a fandom. While the term technically encompasses any group of kids coming together to talk about Transformers in a sandbox, it is commonly used to refer to the people from college-age and up who participate in the online fandom. The fandom has long played a role in the history of the franchise. Most notably, BotCon is their Mardi Gras, an official convention geared almost totally to adult fans.
Individually, or as a group, Transformers fans can be referred to as Transfans. This may raise eyebrows among the uninitiated, but it sure beats "Trannies."
Before the internet
The earliest form of interaction between Transformers fans that went beyond the usual schoolyard talks was the Letters Pages in the Generation One comics by Marvel. In addition, the S.T.A.R.S. fan club can be viewed as the first form of an officially organized "fandom", although interaction between individual members was still limited at best.
Unofficial fanclubs were formed as early as 1986. One of them, the Transmasters club, even got a shoutout in the letters pages in issue 79 of the Marvel US G1 comic (published in 1991), leading to a huge influx of new members, soon growing to 300 members globally. The original organizers of the club soon began to crumble under the weight, leaving matters to new members who would take over responsibilities. A British branch of the club was also formed. The club was even officially recognized by Hasbro in 1991, legally giving them permission them to use the Transformers likeness for non-profit purposes.
The early days of online fandom
As fans grew older, those few that did not outgrow their hobby (like most children do) eventually found a form of communicating with each other on the internet. Emerging from comic-centric bulletin boards such as the CCC (Comics Collectors' Club), a mailing list was created in April 1993, coinciding with early rumors about the impending launch of the Generation 2 toyline. Later that year, still before the Generation 2 toyline was launched, the mailing list was abandoned in favor of a text-only Usenet newsgroup named alt.toys.transformers (a.t.t.), which was launched on September 11, 1993. Many of the members of the mailing list and a.t.t. had previously also been members of the Transmasters fanclub, which was now rendered somewhat anachronistic by the internet.
Because Usenet is one of the oldest parts of the internet (dating from 1979), a.t.t. functioned as a central hub where all members of the then-small fandom interacted together. Indeed, it would not be unfair to say that for most of the 1990s, a.t.t. was the online fandom. Beast Wars showrunners Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio later also used a.t.t. as a means of communicating with the fans, and even recruited one of them, Ben Yee (who had also started out with the Transmasters club), to work as a consultant for the show.
Rise of the World Wide Web
During the late 1990s, the first individual fan sites were launched on the World Wide Web. Most of them started out as personal collector showcase/information sites, and while many of them have either disappeared from the web since then or not been updated in a decade, some still exist to this very day, such as Steve-o Stonebraker's site (launched in 1995, currently semi-abandoned), Dave Van Domelen's site (launched in 1996), Ben Yee's BWTF.com (originally launched as beastwars.net in 1997, currently under reconstruction), the Lukis Bros. Unicron.com (launched in 1997, moved to its top-level domain in 1998) and Rob Jung's site (launched in 1999, moved to its current top level domain in 2005).
The Transformers Archive was originally also launched as a private site in 1996 and eventually moved to its current top level domain in 1999. Its sister site, Transfans.net, was originally launched as Transfans.com in 1998. Both sites gained message boards in late 2000, but were mostly known for offering downloads of old cartoon episodes and scanned comic book pages for years, a practice Hasbro still silently tolerated at that time—until a cease and decist order in January 2003. Since then, TFArchive has started to focus mostly on comic and toy reviews, while Transfans is mostly known for interviews these days. Both sites have comparably small, but stable communities.
Aside from the British fandom, Scandinavian fans were among the most active non-Americans in the online Transformers fandom during the late 1990s. In 1998, several Scandinavian Transformers fans decided to form their own fanclub, the Nordic Transfan Association, which eventually got its own website, NTFA.net, in 2001. NTFA remains one of the largest European Transformers fan communities to this very day.
Early message boards and tensions in the fandom
Some of these early sites, particularly Ben Yee's, also featured message boards, which were used as an alternative to a.t.t. by some fans. While Ben Yee soon closed his board again due to frequent trolling and lack of moderation, another fan named Renaud Lefebvre launched his own site, Bigbot.com, in 1998, which also featured downloads and a message board, Bottalk.
Even though Renaud was in contact with Beast Machines showrunner Bob Skir, thus briefly making Bottalk the primary Transformers discussion hub during that time, his tight-handed way of moderating his board eventually led to mass bannings, coupled with a mass exodus to a newly created board, named The Allspark, in November 1999. To this day the reasons regarding the bannings have yet to be resolved. Many who are still present on Bottalk at the time say it was due to trolling and hate spam. Others who went on to join The Allspark and other Transformers message boards seem to have a vendetta against Renaud, and at times threatened him online. Some people have even been banned from other message boards for mentioning they are Bottalk members. Renaud still refuses to acknowledge the existence of some Transformers fansites on his own site and board. Bottalk continues as a small message board, however fellow moderators Bob Skir and Marty Isenberg haven't been seen on the forum for years.
The Allspark eventually encountered internal friction itself—when the community, under a new owner, moved to the new top-level domain Allspark.com in 2001, several members stayed behind and turned the old board into a second Allspark community (now also available under Allspark.net). The .com site remains the much larger of the two Allsparks to this very day, whereas the other board has faded into obscurity.
The Big Bang
In the early 2000s, the World Wide Web literally exploded with new Transformers fan sites. This coincided with the onset of the "nostalgia boom," when numerous properties from the 1980s were relaunched in various forms—in the case of Transformers, these were the Robots in Disguise and Armada lines and the Dreamwave comics. This caused a growth spurt for the fandom, with new arrivals eschewing the outdated Usenet and instead using web-based message boards.
Seibertron.com was launched in 2000, originally as an informational website, later expanded to include toy galleries and a message board. These days, the site views itself as one of the biggest Transformers fan communities.
Its biggest competitor is TFW2005.com, which was originally launched as a private fan site named Transformer World 2005 in early 2000. It first moved to its current top level domain in May 2000, added a message board and soon started to offer downloads of Japanese Car Robots episodes. In July 2001, TFW2005 merged with two other sites, Transformers News and the Matrix Magazine, to form a new super-site, Transfandom.com. The honeymoon didn't last long, as frictions among the merged site's staff caused TFW2005 (including its boards) to return to its old top-level domain in January 2003, while Transfandom (now with its own board) continued alternatively under the domains Transfandom.net and Transfandom.com again, ultimately fading into obscurity and eventually disappearing from the internet altogether in the fall of 2007. Meanwhile, TFW2005 is said to have close ties with Hasbro (albeit only unofficially), and is also often the go-to site for representatives of other official parties, such as screenwriter Roberto Orci.
Another site that would eventually become large was originally launched in 2001 as TFExchange.com. In May 2002, a hostile takeover by a URL sniper caused the site to move to its current domain, TFormers.com. These days, TFormers is part of the Entertainment News International network that includes Toy News International, Jedi Insider and Entertainment News International. Similar to Bigbot, TFormers also prefers to pretend that other fan sites don't exist. The biggest rival for TFormers is TFW2005, which dates back to Hasbro employee Aaron Archer blaming TFormers for causing his superiors to order Aaron to cease posting at TFW2005's boards.
In addition to these considerably large sites, there are countless smaller sites, some of them being mostly collector showcase sites run by individuals, while others have their own message board communities. Fan communities not based in the United States have also emerged in considerable numbers, with sites often concentrating on a single country, or at least a clearly defined area (such as the aforementioned Scandinavian NTFA), many of them also operating in other languages than English.
The large boom of Transformers fan sites on the World Wide Web also had an effect on the established Usenet newsgroup alt.toys.transformers. Activity on the group dropped off, leading many of its members to venture beyond its confines and into the message board world. Given the large number of different boards, the preferences of the users, and the enmities that formed between sites, it was no longer really possible to "know everyone," as it was in a.t.t.'s heyday.
The situation remains the same today, only more so, as the live-action movie has turned a perennially strong franchise into a runaway powerhouse, attracting countless fans young and old, new and nostalgic, across the globe.
Many references to the fandom have been made in official Transformers fiction.
Beast Wars
The story editors of the Beast Wars cartoon, Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio, interacted with the fandom via alt.toys.transformers, and worked numerous "shout-outs" into the series.
- In "Dark Designs", a loopy Waspinator declared that he was "Not wacko, Wonko! Wonko the Sane!" In addition to being the name of a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Wonko the Sane" was a screen name used by Ben Yee.
- In "Before the Storm", the Predacon computer informed Megatron of a "code A-T-T alert," and Megatron later initiated a "voice code A-T-T override," both references to alt.toys.transformers.
- Also in "Before the Storm", Megatron mused that "There is a storm coming. A storm of such power, such magnitude, it is beyond imagination!" This was a reference to the website of fan James Hooks, called "Beyond Imagination" (itself named after a tagline for The Transformers: The Movie.
- In Nemesis Part 2, Optimus Primal's line "encoding transmission M Sipher" refers to the screen name of Greg Sepelak.
- Also in "Nemesis Part 2," Megatron instructs Dinobot II to fire on "targeting grid 3H," referring to 3H Enterprises.
- Numerous locations throughout the series were references to the names (both screen and real) of fans:
- The Universe Ultra Class Onslaught toy's painted deco features a reference to long-time Transformer fan Monzo's screen-name and birthday. Jealousy sold separately.
- Acid Storm's bio personality and "Hyperion-3" blasters are also references to Monzo.
Adopted fan terminology
Several terms initially used only by fans have been adopted by writers of official Transformers materials, thus becoming a part of the canon.
- Darkside
- Gestalt
- Generation One
- Seeker (Technically, this one originated in a 1984 J.C. Penney catalog, but widespread usage within the fandom is what led to its official use.)
- Rainmakers (The term was actually used by Bluestreak in Divide and Conquer, but only as a colloquial description of their actions. As with "Seekers", repeated fan usage ultimately led to its adoption as an official group name.)
Fans gone official
Many members of the online fandom have gone on to contribute to Transformers in an official capacity. They include:
- Fumihiko Akiyama
- Adam Alexander (aka "Botch")
- Aaron Black (aka "Delta Star")
- Mark Bristow (aka "Bodycount")
- Josh Burcham (aka "DCJosh", aka "GodFireConvoy")
- Kris Carter (aka "Drivaaar")
- Jordan Derber (aka "Buster Darkwings")
- Doug Dlin
- Don Figueroa
- Tim Finn
- Bill Forster
- Andrew Frankel (aka "Swiper" or "Sideswipe")
- Rob Gerbracht (aka "Tengu")
- Guido Guidi
- Jon Hartman
- Karl Hartman
- Hirofumi Ichikawa
- Dan Khanna
- Shaun Knowler (aka "White Rabbit" or "Beachcomber")
- Matt Kuphaldt (aka "Jackpot")
- Joseph Kyde
- Joana Lafuente
- Chris McFeely
- Frank Milkovich (aka "Crobot91")
- Adam Patyk
- Raksha
- Daniel Ross (aka "Mouth04")
- Greg Sepelak (aka "M Sipher")
- Liam Shalloo
- Pete Sinclair
- Jim Sorenson
- Chris Tang (aka "Ravestrike")
- Brandie Tarvin
- Frank Todaro (aka "Broadcast")
- Trent Troop
- Josh van Reyk (aka "Richter")
- Graham Weaver (aka "Liquid Velcro!")
- David Willis (aka "Walky")
- Benson Yee (aka "Wonko the Sane")
and others....
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"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you."
– David Burns
This is a common complaint in romantic relationships: "He doesn't make me happy."
Well, of course he doesn't. Because he can't.
No one can "make" you happy.
You might feel happy when you're around your partner, but it is not their job to manage your emotions. In fact, no one in your life should have the responsibility for "making" you happy. (And vice versa.)
Think of what a burden that would be, to not only have to maintain your own well-being in life, but to also take on the task of managing the happiness of someone else. No matter what you do, it would seem like it's never enough. The other person is bound to have bad days, and it would be emotionally draining to blame yourself for their discontent.
Anyway, what we really mean when we say "he doesn't make me happy" is one of two things:
- I don't feel happy when I'm around him.
- I don't make myself happy.
"I don't feel happy when I'm around him."
If you don't feel happy around your romantic partner, it's a good idea to examine why. Do you do fun things together? If not, that's an easy one to fix. Plan a picnic at the park or a movie night. Have more sex. Are there trust issues between the two of you? If yes, seek to address them. There's no way you can be feeling happy as you're sneaking around to check his phone every night, looking for a text from her. Is your partner abusive (emotionally or physically) or manipulative? If so, you already know what to do. It's time to exit the relationship NOW.
"I don't make myself happy."
Sometimes, we blame other people for our own lack of self-care. It can be easier to point the finger outward instead of looking inward. You may be feeling unhappy because YOU haven't done anything for yourself in a long time. Sure, it would be nice for your partner to bring you flowers or pay for you to have a spa day, but it's not something they are required to do. Furthermore, if you're unhappy with your life, you can't expect anyone to be able to come along and fix it. It's best to go to the source and take the time to heal whatever needs to be healed right now. Just don't place that burden on your partner. It guarantees an unhealthy relationship that will only end up making your life worse than it was in the first place.
But, isn't that the reason we get into romantic relationships? So they can fill the lonely void within us? So they can address the unhappiness we've felt for so long, wondering if we'd ever find "the one?" Um…NO. Although, a lot of women seem to believe this. In a way, I think we've even been programmed to. The Disney princess stories and all that. But when we live our lives according to this fairy tale, we set ourselves up for disappointment.
That person you think will never let you down? They will. The one you said you would never hurt in a million years? You will. Not because they want to or because you intended to, but because we are all HUMAN.
And humans will fail you. Over and over and over again.
Let them.
Then, you will begin to see that you can't depend on other people for your own happiness. You will know the truth that at the end of the day, after all the painful yearning and bitter disappointment, you are still standing. You are still able to love and forgive.
You are still enough.
I owe this powerful life lesson to one of the books that completely changed how I approach my relationships, especially romantic ones: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie. If you seek growth in this area, I highly recommend it as a resource for your journey. Just be ready with a highlighter and some tissues, because the book goes DEEP.


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Japan Blog 4
I apologize for waiting a week to write one of these blogs but to be perfectly honest; I have been extremely tired after class to do anything, much less be witty on the web and write about the bad decisions I make while abroad. So, the past week has been a tough one. The pair of hakama that I bought turned out to be too small for me and I was out 40 dollars until someone in the class who did fit into them bought them off of me. My sensei also thinks that I am the best kotsozumi player in the men's group, so guess what I get to do this coming Friday…that's right; I get to lead the male group in playing the shoulder drum in front of an audience. Even better news is that I graduated from the Seiobo dance to the Takasago dance!
Here is a quick break down of the story for Takasago; Takasago is about a god who is a pine tree who disguises himself along with his lover as an elderly couple sweeping the pine needles around the pine tree that is his wife. The other main character; a Buddhist priest asks the old couple about the lover pine trees (two pine trees separated by a river who lean toward each other showing that they are in love with one another). The old man tells him the story of the two pine trees being gods and alludes to him and his wife being the two gods of the pine trees before disappearing. Takasago reappears in his true form as a young god and sings about the pine trees, his lover and everlasting love. I dance as Takasago in his true form, as a god. It is a quick dance, but there is a lot of singing which makes it kind of hard to perform, but I have picked it up relatively quickly and love this dance a whole lot more because there are quite a few stamps and it is a huge ego boost to be dancing as a young and powerful god.
I also have started memorizing a chant known as Gekkyuden, which I will perform on the main stage this coming Friday. It is a strong piece about long life and wishing the best for the emperor. Gekkyuden can be sung at weddings and it is considered very good luck if sung for the happy couple. If anybody would like this to be sung at their wedding, I am available for weddings and birthday parties…just email me, I charge 500 dollars for entertainment to be paid in cash up front…just kidding…but seriously, I am available.
I have been rehearsing really, hard and trying to memorize everything in a totally, different language. It has been really, really, rough and I have been able to do it, but it has come at the cost of me passing out at 8pm sharp every night. Later on in the week, I went yukata shopping and hakama shopping for my personal use. I found a yukata with a really, cool dragon pattern along with hakama that fit and complemented the color of the yukata, and a white obi which brings together the whole outfit. This yukata makes me look really intimidating and powerful when paired with the mask that Takasago wears for his dance in his true form.
The week flew by and before I knew it, it was Friday! As soon as class was over I went home took a nap and got ready to go to the gay district of Tokyo. Quick disclaimer; Legal drinking age in Japan is 20…I am/was 20 at the time I went out to the gay district. Needless to say I had a good time and I remember everything that happened, but I have to save some stories for my friends…let's just say it was a night I won't forget anytime soon, along with my classmates. We made it until 5 am when the trains started running again. As soon as i got home, I fell asleep and wasted my Saturday. On Sunday, I went to the Tanabata Festival.
The Tanabata Festival is known as the Chinese Star Festival.The Japanese adopted the myth and the festival into their own culture and it has become a big deal here. The Tanabata Festival celebrates the day that two stars are allowed to see each other. The story goes that there are two stars who are in love, but can never see each other because they live on opposite sides of a river known as the Milky Way. The gods decided that the two should be reunited on one day. So, on the seventh day of the seventh month the stars are allowed to cross the Milky Way to be with each other. The festival goes on to celebrate love and it is believed that during the festival you should write a wish and it will come true. Well, guess what I did at Tanabata…yup, I was selfish and wrote a wish down for myself…look, I have prayed for the world at a bunch of Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Temples, I thought it was time to look after myself now.
I am entering the last week of my class and I couldn't be more excited. I am going through an emotional rollercoaster, because in this week I will say goodbye to some really, good friends that I have made here as they travel back to their respective countries, while I explore Tokyo and the rest of Japan for the following two weeks. But, I am also excited, because I can't wait to perform on the Kita School's main stage and make Professor Dubroff as well as Oshima Sensei, Nagashima Sensei, and the two Awaya Senseis proud with how much I was able to accomplish in only three weeks. To put this into perspective; most professional Noh actors have their debut on stage at the age of three with beginning their training around age two. I would also like to point out that I am twenty years old and I have been doing this for less than three weeks. Actually, pre-professionals training in Noh, train with the senseis for months on one aspect of Noh, focusing on one piece and it takes them about six months or so to make the same progress I made in three weeks. I have studied two dances, three chants, and one instrument…I just can't believe how much progress I have made
I can't wait to learn even more this week, but I don't want it to end because I won't know what I am going to do with all my new free time when the class is over.
Another side note; sitting seiza is still killing me and I don't understand how people can do this for over an hour when a full length Noh play is being performed.


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Bare-root roses, which are roses sold without soil around their roots, may look dead because they're brown and leafless. But they're only winter-dormant, waiting to explode with green foliage and beautiful flowers, after you plant them and the temperatures start to rise.
Typically sold in fall or very early spring, bare-root roses are a great choice for your garden. They're often more economical than potted roses, and because they're in a resting state, they're less likely to experience transplant shock when you put them into the ground. Planting a bare-root rose is best done in early spring, when the ground can be worked, or about a month or two before the last frost in your area.
Skill level: Easy
Time: About 30 minutes per rose
Container for soaking
Hose or Watering Can
Step One
After you unwrap your roses, trim off any broken roots or damaged canes. Before you plant them, soak them overnight in a bucket of cool water placed outdoors. A garbage can can hold several roses.
Step Two
Follow the old saying about digging "a $20 hole for a $10 rose" and dig a hole large enough to accommodate the rose's roots when they are spread out. If your soil is compacted or poor, make the hole about 36 inches in diameter and 18 inches deep. To improve your soil, work in some peat moss or compost, in a ratio of 1/3 to 1/2 peat moss or compost to soil. Shape the amended soil into a small mound at the bottom of the hole.
Step Three
Lower the rose into the hole and spread its roots over the mound. If you live in a warm climate, keep the bud union at or above ground level. (The bud union is sometimes called the graft union, and refers to the knobby section between the roots and the stem, where the top of a rose was grafted onto the roots. If you're planting an old or heirloom garden rose, your plant won't have this union, because it grows on its own roots.) Gardeners in cold climates can put the bud union 1 to 2 inches below ground level. If you have trouble telling how deeply you're planting, place a broom or hoe handle across the hole, to compare the height of the bud union to the level of the soil.
Refill the hole about 3/4 of the way full. Firm the soil as you go, to eliminate air pockets. Fill the hole with water to help the plant settle. After the water soaks in, refill the hole with more water.
Step Five
Trim the rose canes to 8 inches high. Make angled cuts, about 1/4 inch above the outward facing buds. Keep the rose moist by mounding 6 inches of loose mulch or a mixture of soil and compost around the base. Water every three to four days. When the buds sprout, in about two weeks, remove the mound, and add 2 to 3 inches of mulch around the rose. Replace the mulch as needed throughout the growing season to help retain moisture and control weeds.
Wondering if your roses will survive during harsh winter weather? Learn how to protect your roses, so you can enjoy them again next spring!


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If you're in real estate… anywhere, you might want to try this quick test to see if you're a 'secret agent' and completely off the online search grid. more
Here's something a little different this morning team. Have an awesome Monday.
"Rise and shine. 6am and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock before the voices in your
head start telling you that it's too early, too dark, and too cold to get out of a bed.
For the last month I've been building a website to offer a DVD and Audio CD set following a major real estate coaching and training event we filmed earlier this year.
I'm the guy that comes up with the right copy, the right colors, the right images and the right way to package the recording of an event that took a year and cost $250,000 to bring together. So no pressure!
I have to level with you and tell you there were times (many times) I wanted to leave it and get on with other stuff I either wanted to do or needed doing and it made me think a lot about personal discipline and our own ability to achieve specific goals.
There were 11 speakers at this event including Eric Thomas, the hip-hop preacher from Detroit City and a fleet of other guys who make upwards of 1 million a year in real estate commission.
There was also Aaron Sansoni who is one of the most popular business coaches going around right now. A day with Aaron is $25,000 and he's booked solid!!
But it was the other Aaron, my long time business partner and million-dollar agent, Aaron Shiner who gave his audience the reality check they needed and I think it's perfect for this week's Monday Morning Jolt.
He told his audience: "You don't need motivation, you need discipline."
Here's a little of what Aaron said:
"There's a lot of talk about the help people get from being motivated. But isn't earning a huge income, which we can easily do in real estate, motivation enough? Perhaps what we need is more discipline. Discipline to build a plan. Discipline to make it happen and Discipline to stay the course and see it through."
After his session, quite a few people approached him and told him they agreed 100%. It was a memory moment.
There's a lot we need to do to create and build a great real estate career and most agents get distracted. In fact, I see it all the time.
Agents start fresh marketing ideas and drop them after a month or so.
They make a new commitment to call their contacts then lack the discipline to follow through and get the job done.
They make the commitment to prospect solidly for X days a week then drift off into something that's way less important.
They get distracted by B class buyers who suck their time like a leech sucks blood and leave the agent totally unrewarded at the end of the week.
I call it getting "stuck in the thin of thin things."
In fact, I believe distractions and a lack of discipline is the #1 real estate career killer.
So why not make today the day you're going to follow though and do what you planned?
Lock yourself into a personal commitment to move the 'big rocks' first and focus on the hard things MOST agents don't do that will make you money starting TODAY!
If you don't have a plan, get one.
Use a proven real estate success system, build contacts and your following by giving away awesome content (help, guidance and assistance), keep in touch and, when the time comes, deliver a stunning pre-listing kit followed by a killer listing presentation and expand your market share and business footprint.
This will not only give you exceptional confidence and momentum but also increase your power of focus as your personal discipline rewards you for doing what needs to be done. (When you experience this for yourself it's thrilling and liberating)
I believe exceptional personal discipline is the key to building and enjoying a great life… and isn't that what we're here for?
Discipline is your friend. Perfect it and will make you rich!
Have a productive (and highly disciplined) week!
Dream Big & Take Names, Ray


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|For the stock exchange, see Liberty City National Exchange.
Liberty City News (LCN), also referred to as Liberty News, is a broadcaster featured in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The broadcaster is based in Liberty City and provides radio and television news bulletins.
The program talks about the most relevant news from Liberty City. Their broadcasts can be heard on the radio after the completion of certain missions. The news segments typically feature stories relating to the actions that Toni Cipriani has performed in the preceding mission, as well as some other "miscellaneous" stories. These bulletins play only once, but will repeat if the player gets wasted or leaves the vehicle when driving. Strangely, the news bulletins can also be heard in law enforcement vehicles.
The reporter is voiced by Sharon Washington, who also voiced WCTR newscaster Lianne Forget in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. As the LCN reporter is never named, we can only assume they may be the same character. LCN shares the same slogan as the Liberty Tree newspaper: "Yesterday's News Today".
See Also
- Weazel News: The news program for Liberty City, Los Santos and Blaine County in the HD Universe.


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1xRUN Thru Interview
Merbabes of Marshmallow Cove by Rudy Fig
1xRun: Tell us a little bit about this piece, was it part of a recent theme or series of work you had?
Rudy Fig: I've been really in to mermaids as of late. This piece features two merbabes doing their hair. I was inspired by a John William Waterhouse piece as well as the Pastoral Symphony portion of Disney's Fantasia where the fantastical woman centaur creatures are doing their hair. Hair and getting ready are sort of a weird lady ritual and I like to think mermaids would go through something similar. I'm not sure what they are getting ready for, but its something magical. Any time I'm drawing mermaids, I think of the Neverland mermaids from Peter Pan who were lovely and whimsical but also a little bitchy. You never know with mermaids…
1xRun: What materials were used for this piece, is the original still for sale?
Rudy Fig: The original was painted using oil on panel, and it is spoken for, but I have some small framed drawings available.
1xRun: When was the piece drawn and created?
Rudy Fig: I started this piece when I was about 21 and I found it in my garage when I was moving, I got excited about finding it and finished it 4 years later so it is sort of special because of the funny time gap during its creation. I pretty much reworked the whole piece twice.
1xRun: Anything immediate you would like us to highlight?
Rudy Fig: Only that Mermaids are awesome.
1xRun: How long did the piece take?
Rudy Fig: This piece took about 4 years to finish because I set it aside for a long time. If I had worked on it consecutively it would have been much less time.
1xRun: What is unique about this piece?
Rudy Fig: This piece started out as a study and was left aside, when I found it again I was suddenly really into mermaids so I started it up again and couldn't stop. It is also a little different from many of my pieces in that it features two characters together rather than a solo portrait style piece. The mermaid on the left is a study from a John William Waterhouse piece that features a mermaid combing her hair. The dark haired girl on the right is.
1xRun: Why should people buy this piece compared to your other work?
Rudy Fig: Everyone needs some mermaid magic in their life.
1xRun: Describe this piece in one gut reaction word.
Rudy Fig: Mysterious.
1xRun: Tell us about Noctilucent Redezvous, is this show all new work?
Rudy Fig: Noctiluscent Rendezvous is my most recent body of work. The pieces are available at the Auguste Clown Gallery in Melbourne Australia. It is all new and themed around the idea of a magical midnight tea party. The paintings represent all the weird guests, some of them are alien babes, some are coquettish human girls and some are animal hybrids.
1xRun: What was the prep like for the show?
Rudy Fig: The usual! The painting process is fun, inspired and organic. The packing, shipping and tracking work overseas is always a little crazy until you know everything has arrived where it needs to be. Auguste Clown did an awesome job presenting the work, they always do!
1xRun: What was the reception like and how did you like Australia?
Rudy Fig: I didn't attend the reception in person; I stayed home with my two year old! :D
1xRun: What have you been up to this summer?
Rudy Fig: Lots of stuff! Making art, visiting crystal caves, sewing tiny doll dresses, making my hair funny colors, wallowing around in my studio. I took some classes and played with my son a lot. I did a live painting with the Walker art center's Cat Video Festival which was a big highlight of my summer. I also have been designing some paper dolls which will hopefully be done this month.
1xRun: What else is on your schedule for the next 2-3 months?
Rudy Fig: Lots of things! I'll have a small piece in the Lil' Bub art show at Spoke art, as well as new pieces in several other group shows. I'm also going to spend a month focusing on ceramics which will be a bit of a deviation from the "flat" stuff. I also have a mural project and some curatorial stuff in the works… and a ton of custom Blythe doll commissions that I need to catch up on.
1xRun: Where else can people find you?
Rudy Fig: Website – Blog – Facebook – Flickr – Instagram + Twitter @RudyFig


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Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
Below is a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr's last sermon, written the day he was shot:
"There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right. I believe today that there is a need for all people of goodwill to come with a massive act of conscience and say in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "We ain't goin' study war no more." This is the challenge facing modern man."
In tears after watching an hour long show dedicated to him, I realized he was my age when he died. This one man that did so much to change this country and this world. This man who, after his death, still had stringent opponents to what he accomplished. He'd already received a Nobel Peace prize at the age of 35. What were you doing at that age?
This piece in the Washington Post tells us how close this nation was to not honoring this man with a day out of the year (that puffed up lover of mankind, Jesse Helms had a showdown with Ted Kennedy on the floor of the Senate).
There are many places online to access speeches, writings and photos. Here is a small list:
MLK Online
The Martin Luther Ling, Jr Research and Education Institute
Build the Dream - Home of an effort to have a memorial built
3 comments:
- David Terrenoire said...
That Jesse Helms is living long enough to have his rough edges softened is a crime and a sin. Zappa and he were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the same year. Frank is gone but this old evil bastard lives on.
But today is not the day to hold hard feelings. Today we should honor a man who will live long past Jesse Helms' toxic influence.
- Mon Jan 21, 10:25:00 PM
- Ali Karim said...
Great post - moving, and makes you think -
- Tue Jan 22, 12:19:00 PM
- Graham Powell said...
Hard to believe that there was a time in this country, and not that long ago, that a man could be killed for promoting racial equality.
- Thu Jan 24, 01:03:00 PM
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Apple is rarely content merely to make a small handful of hardware announcements. That's why, in addition to unveiling two new models of iPhone and two new iPhone cases, the company also unveiled a pair of new docks for the new iPhone models.
You can now buy the iPhone 5c Dock or the iPhone 5s Dock, each of which costs $29. They are the first Apple-branded charge/sync docks for Lightning-connector devices.
The docks are only very slightly different, with the minor differences due to the minimally different shapes along the bottom of the new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. We haven't tested it yet, but it's very likely that the iPhone 5s Dock will work with the original iPhone 5 as well.
The docks include a 3.5mm (1/4 inch) line out output. Apple's website says that the docks will be available in stores beginning September 20.


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Whether you live in the city and make occasional forays into the suburbs, or spend all of your time in rural areas, chances are high that you have seen a deer in the last six months. Chomping softly at the grass in an open field, or darting across a highway, deer are one of America's most ubiquitous non-domesticated mammals.
But when was the last time you actually stopped to notice the deer? For author and naturalist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, this question helped spark an intensive, yearlong observation of the deer families near her house in New Hampshire. Deer are by no means the first animals Thomas has observed — her lifetime commitment to the natural world is apparent in her best-selling books, The Hidden Life of Dogs and The Tribe of Tiger.
In her newest work, The Hidden Life of Deer (Harper September, 2009), Thomas examines deer's habits and social patterns, and explores what lessons this beautiful animal might have to share. Thomas recently spoke with me about living in rural Africa as a teenager, cultivating the art of intimate observation, and the 18 hours she spent watching a sleeping wolf.
MNN: Was your process for observing the deer in your backyard similar to dogs and cats?
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: Well, it was somewhat similar in that the dogs and cats lived in my house, and the deer lived right outside. With the deer, I spent a lot of time in the woods watching them. Hunters' camouflage works great — you can pretty much sit invisibly. But the best place to watch deer is in the open fields, where you can see them interact normally without being startled by you.
There is probably more written about deer than any other animal. I found 1.2 million websites, 80 books in print, many more out of print and about 100 articles on deer. I really think they are the most studied mammals in the world, but nobody cares about their social lives. They care about the bacteria in their gut in winter, and things related to hunting them — but not what they really are or do. I wanted to just watch them and learn who they are.
Your work takes a lot of patience. Were you born with a tendency toward observation, or did you cultivate it over time?
My most patience-building experience came while watching a wolf up in the Arctic Circle. The wolf lay down to rest, and she lay there for nine hours. Then she moved her tongue. Then she lay there for nine more hours. I watched her until she got up and left. But I wanted to observe her so much that it was a thrill to sit there for 18 hours.
In the book, you talk about your experience going hunting with your friend. How did that experience impact your work?
When I was in my teens, I lived with my mother who was an anthropologist and my dad who was an explorer. We lived with the Kalahari people in Africa who were hunters and gatherers. Hunting was of incredible importance to their society. A man could not get married until he proved he could hunt. When you're out there with people like that, you start to favor hunting.
As for my experience, the other critters I've written about are cat and dog, which are both predatory animals. So I'd felt like I was missing something important by not experiencing the feeling of being on a hunt. Hunting is a very atavistic thing. A hunter friend once told me that every time he sees a deer, he tightens up with a thrill. And I do too. I've seen the same deer 100 times — but if I saw one right now, I'd get that same feeling. There's no good reason for that — I think it's something we've taken with us from our savannah past.
Your book is centered around paying attention to deer, which are all around us but tend to be ignored by humans. Why do you think our society is reluctant to observe the things close to us?
Well, for starters it's cold outside. Or else it's hot.
Growing up on a farm, we knew a lot about the woods. We didn't always know what we were looking at, but we could find our way. People don't do that any more. Kids are driven from one place to another with no connection to the land. And the science that is taught in schools is generally very bad. It is disconnected from what happens in real life.
Oh definitely. Anybody who wants to expose a kid to this kind of observation will find a willing friend. The other day [my grandson and I] found a formidable grasshopper and two baby snakes — all kinds of fascinating things!
Aside from the natural world, where do you draw your inspiration from?
I'm impressed by people who have deep knowledge of their subject — like the Bushmen who know the area where they live [the animals, the plants and how they interconnect] in the most intimate detail. I have a friend who is about to publish a book on birds in the area. I think that's wonderful, and she certainly knows a lot of information about what these birds do. But that doesn't mean we know who these birds are, and why they do what they do. It's that kind of fine, intimate knowledge that doesn't seem to interest most people.
Why do you think that is?
People seem to have been brainwashed to think that we are so different from animals. We certainly seem different with our houses and cars. But in our social arrangements and our atavistic behaviors, we're not so different. Our needs and feelings are the same as all animals, plants and fungus — we want to live and have offspring. People have such an inflated sense of what we are … though that's probably the same for most animals. I imagine that an elephant thinks of the world as elephants and everything else, just the way we do.
What lesson or awareness do you hope readers ultimately take from the book?
I would hope that this book helps awaken the idea for people that everything out there is fascinating. We have to take some pains to see it, but it's there. It isn't about just hiking or mountaineering, though those are wonderful things. It's not the same as really observing nature. You could follow a tree for a year (or more!) and you would see something that surprised you. There are all these fascinating lives out there — all of these animals. They aren't just wandering around. They are planning and plotting and furthering their lives.


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by Mark Glenn
April 19, 2003
The other night, my youngest son, 3 yrs old, woke up from a bad dream, insisting that there were bugs in his bed all over him. We checked under the covers and there was nothing. He kept insisting they were there, speaking in that half-dazed dialect that half-sleeping children use, so I decided to climb into bed with him, hoping he would just go back to sleep knowing that I was there and he would be safe. He would wake me every five minutes, whispering " There's one on the cover. There's one on the wall. There's one somewhere." I had a flashlight with me and would point to where he pointed, showing him nothing.
After about a half hour of this I was good and awake. I rubbed his head lightly, knowing that would do the trick. His eyes began to grow heavy, and while I looked at his face, I began calling to mind the news stories I had seen the day before on the internet about the war.
I visit several sites concerning the war, none of them "acceptable" by the mainstream press or the government, given the fact that they aren't mouthpieces in support of the war. They don't show pictures of brave American soldiers fighting the angry Arabs and mad Moslems. And on this particular day, I had seen....
A picture of a little girl who resembled my 5 year-old daughter. She was unconscious, her left foot was gone, and in its place was a mangled stump of burned flesh and blood. A man, peasant-like in his dress and appearance, probably her father, was lifting her out of the rubble of a building that had just been bombed and had fallen down around her. I don't know if she was alive or dead. I rubbed a sign of the cross on the screen as the tears ran to my eyes and the rage ran through my soul. Next I saw a man similar to the before mentioned, with his face in his hands, as he stood over the floor where his 4 children lie, lifeless and covered with blood. They lay there quiet and still, as if sleeping. And although the picture was silent, I could hear this father, crying out from thousands of miles away.
The final picture was that of a 10 year-old boy who had been beaten to death by an Israeli soldier for having thrown a rock at his car. His face was gone, and what was left in its place looked like something out of a science-fiction horror film. I didn't want to click on anymore pictures, the sight of the boy's family wailing in pain and his mother holding her dead son's face with her blood covered hands was too much to consider.
And at 3:00am, as I lie next to my son, rubbing his hair and gazing at his unscarred face, I thought to myself "he could be in those pictures. After all, the individuals doing these things to those people are right next door, within my own country." And save me the bull about fighting terrorism. Those children weren't terrorists. We don't know what terrorism is in this country. We go to bed with full bellies and aren't awakened at night by the sounds of gunships and mortars. We don't have bulldozers crashing into our homes to make room for another settlement. At least, not today.
Which is something we should all consider, at least those of us who haven't been fooled by all this business of the "War against Terror," as the talking heads call it. Are we going to continue to live in denial about the fact that we might be next? That this same beast that consumes its enemies without any mercy, hesitation, or pity won't do away with us when the time is expedient? For those of you who haven't considered it, consider Randy Weaver, the Branch Davidians and Elian Gonzales. The people pushing these buttons of war and oppression see the rest of us as animals in the fields, stupid and useless, good for nothing but pulling a yoke, slaughter and consummation. The only thing those dead children did was to get in the way of a pipeline, an oil field, or a new settlement, in addition to being part of a culture that doesn't want to be tainted with American decadence. And the moment that people like us "get in the way" of men like Bush, Ariel Sharon, Richard Perle, and the media moguls who control what we think, we will meet a similar fate.
In its coverage of the war last night, the mouthpiece on the scene was commenting on the "irregular" fighting that the Iraqis were employing, utilizing ambushes and guerrilla style tactics. I should have known ahead of time what was coming next, but I guess I forgot for a moment where I was. "They're starting to behave somewhat terroristic in their strategy, not coming out and fighting face to face," quipped the mouthpiece. And after almost swallowing my tongue, I said through clenched teeth "you invade their country with bombs and missles, destroy the homes of their wives and children, and have the nerve to call their tactics terroristic?" The one moment of sanity came from an American soldier who was being interviewed a moment later. His comment was "What else can these people do? They're going up against a ten headed monster, and it's the only way they can fight back."
For those of you reading this who support the war, go to a website covering the war that isn't a mouthpiece for George Bush or Ariel Sharon. Look at the pictures of dead children, wailing parents and destroyed homes. Then, go home and look at your own children and ask yourself, "When's it going to be my turn?"
What goes around comes around, and whatever is sown, is reaped, and there will come a day when God, having had his fill with hearing the cries of his slaughtered innocents will say "Enough," and what an awful day for us it will be.
Mark Glenn is an American of Lebanese descent and a conservative Catholic. He majored in History at the University of Cincinnati, minored in romance languages, and has taught in several high schools and seminaries, ranging in subjects as varied as American history, Western Civilization, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Mark lives in north Idaho where he teaches, and is "trying to make a difference in what is going on by writing." He can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed / (Jakwob Remix)
We recently posted Ellie Goulding's official debut single, titled, "Under the Sheets," along with some stand out covers she produced before getting picked up by Neon Gold. The London electronic pop musician shows off her power as an artist (backed by producer Starsmith) with another track off her upcoming/currently in progress debut album.
"Starry Eyed" gives better sense of the talent she has than "Under the Sheets." The track displays the power of her voice, as well as, unique pop hooks and catchy/memorable synths. She has an extremely intriguing voice that reminds us somewhat of Little Boots. But she's not just any cliché UK electronic pop princess wannabe. Expect great things from her in the near future as more of her music begins to surface (we're just saying, we love her for a reason)!
The track also gets remix attention from Jakwob. The dubstep remix illuminates Goulding's brilliant voice and adds to the already existent danceable beat.


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Recently I found that, even the packages in the AUR are renamed, the AUR helper such as yaourt also cannot solve. When I prepared to ask for some solution in the Arch Linux BBS, I just think that it is possible to solve it myself. Finally, I come out with the following script,
#!/bin/bash # # @author Allen Choong # @date 2014-09-04 # @version 0.0.1 # # This script is to identify the installed AUR packages, to check whether they are still # available in the AUR. This is because some packages are renamed or removed. #Get the packages packages=(`pacman -Qmq | sort`) #For each of the package, check with the AUR packagesStr='' for x in ${packages[@]} ; do packagesStr+="'$x' " done packagesOnAur=(`/bin/sh -c "package-query -A -f '%n' $packagesStr | sort"`) #As the rule of thumb, the installed packages are more than packages checked in the AUR for((i=0;i<${#packagesOnAur[@]};i++)) ; do j=0 while [[ $j -lt ${#packages[@]} ]] ; do if [[ ${packagesOnAur[$i]} == ${packages[$j]} ]] ; then unset packages[$j] packages=("${packages[@]}") break fi ((j++)) done done for x in ${packages[@]} ; do echo $x done
The script requires package-query. It will list out all the installed packages which are not found in the AUR. This includes the packages we installed ourselves locally, or deleted or renamed packages in the AUR.


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Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S III gets OTA update to kill bugs left by previous one
Apparently, the word on Wednesday night is that a small OTA update, VRBMF1, is rolling out now to fix the problems caused by the prior update. So far, there is no word from Big Red on their web site about it. Verizon is usually good with support for updates and graces their site with screenshots of new features.
In the meantime, if you are a Verizon customer with the Samsung Galaxy S III and you have received an OTA update on Wednesday or Thursday, drop us a comment in the box below. Hopefully, the update will repair the connectivity issue because no one wants to find themselves with a connection half as strong as it should be.
source: AndroidCentral


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He's got a photographic memory, but he's got no more film!
There's anger in the room, but I'm just sitting here chillin'.
The boss's at the head and he's delivering a grillin'.
We got lots of empty spaces, but we can't seem to fill 'em.
He wonders why.
Can't he see the reason why they say 'goodbye'?
You got to lure them north
Then jerk them back and forth
With vagaries and outright lies.
You want to keep this train a rolling, best lighten up.
I'm thinkin' 'Boss you keep it up, they'll make you pee in a cup!'
You tell how you saved the world, I know you're makin' it up.
The truth is nationwide we know your memory's corrupt.
You think you're king
And you expect us to kiss more than just your ring.
Think you're the smartest one here
Or are you obscuring your fears
With all these mixed messages you bring?
Guitar Solo
You must be high
But I think I finally figured out why
You keep putting us down
'Cause you can hang on to your crown
And keep the biggest piece of the pie.
The time has come, my friend, I think that I've had enough.
I'm proud of what I built here, but I can't keep it up.
To walk away from here wouldn't take a big shove.
But, it'll be too late, you'll have to train a new pup.
You'll feel betrayed
By my ungrateful act or so you'll likely say.
But you're protecting yourself
Instead of letting all the help
Fill that holes that your incompetence has made.
I wrote this song in 2004 and it is a fictional story; but if it were real, it would be about an executive that thought he was smarter than he really was. Management styles vary and it is a fact that one potentially effective approach is to be the bullying, overbearing, hypercritical and angry dictator. Now, I'm not one to react strongly to pressure, but some people do, so the perspective in the song is that of the character sitting in a conference room and, in a somewhat detached way, witnessing the systematic dressing-down of his peers by said dictatorial boss. The hook ('he's got a photographic memory, but he's got no more film') refers to an ancillary aspect of this management style. In particular, if one chooses to criticize the performance of one's subordinates, the act is often accompanied by an autobiographical tale demonstrating one's ability to succeed where your subordinate failed. The story is usually embellished in order to have maximum effect. In the context of the song, the embellishment reaches a point of absurdity.


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Mako has just released their newest lens in the Blade frame, the G0H2. This grey lens base recipe with a red mirror has been carefully crafted using feedback from customers to deliver an all round comfortable lens suitable for a wide range of outdoor activities.
The advantage of grey lenses is that they accurately and naturally represent the colours usually seen by the naked eye. This low colour distortion makes them extremely comfortable over long periods. The downside of grey lenses traditionally is that it is the darkest tint and therefore cuts more light out, sometimes making objects in shadows and low light more difficult to see.
By carefully manipulating the light coming through the lens, i.e. the amount of light able to pass or transmit through the filter, and adding their proprietary HD filter, Mako have created a grey lens with no equal.
Comfort, clarity and contrast are maintained with low colour distortion and a wider active viewing window has been created meaning more hours of viewing time during the day. Grey lens wearers who found that the eyesight was somewhat compromised in low light will appreciate the excellent light replication this lens offers.


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Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Mecklenburg County Council will conduct a Leave No
Trace Trainer Course on Friday, April 24, at 6:30 pm.The
course will conclude on Sunday, April 26 at around Noon. This 16 hour course is designed for those who want to expand their knowledge of Leave No Trace practices and teaching skills, particularly as related to teaching Leave No Trace Awareness courses and understanding basic principles for "BACK COUNTRY" camping as a Scout Troop or Venture Crew. This course will cover the seven Leave No Trace principles and discuss wildland ethics, as well as give the participants the tools and techniques for disseminating low-impact skills to recreationists and the scouting community. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be qualified to teach Leave No Trace Awareness courses as well as assist a master educator on future Leave No Trace Trainer courses. Also as a Scout, this course will help you to be successful in the BSA leadership position of Outdoor Ethics Guide. As a Scouter this course will help you to be successful as the Outdoor Ethics Guide Advisor to your Troop. It is highly recommended that Scouters participating in this course have completed BALOO and/or Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS).If you have any questions
you can contact the Course Director Steve Moore (email@example.com) or MCC Outdoor Ethics Advocate (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Paul R. Summers
Leave No Trace Master Educator Course
Date: May 24, 2012 through May 29, 2012
Event Location: Blue Ridge Mountains Scout ReservationEvent Fee: $275
Time: 5/24 8:00 p.m. - 5/29 6:30 p ...
Posted Nov 5, 2011, 8:42 AM by Barry Douthitt
Congratulations - 3 New Master Educators
Congratulations to Rene Hastings, Tony Roux, and Paul Summers on completion of their Master Educators Course in May! Welcome to the Mecklenburg County Council's Leave No Trace training team ...
Posted Aug 23, 2011, 12:47 PM by Barry Douthitt
Leave No Trace - Back Country - Awareness Course
Leave No Trace -Back Country- Awareness Course Sept 24, 2011 CPCC LevineScouters Success Seminar(both morning sessions I&II)
Learn that Leave No Trace is not just a concept ...
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The End of Coal Mining in South Wales: Lessons learned from industrial transformation
This report reviews the decline of coal mining in South Wales in the United Kingdom.
It is part of a broader project examining the economic and social effects that arise when mining communities transition away from coal, and the policies that could be implemented to address these effects. While the context of transition varies, the experience of South Wales offers some useful lessons for policy-makers and civil society elsewhere that face a similar shift away from coal. This report aims to highlight these lessons while describing the conditions in South Wales, in hopes of informing future policy development elsewhere.
The report reviews the economic and political context of coal mining in South Wales, describing the origins of coal mining, its growth through the industrial revolution and into the inter-war period, its gradual but irreversible decline after the Second World War, and its eventual disappearance in the 1990s. It then examines the pronounced social and community consequences of mining and the closure of coalmines, drawing attention to the role of unionized labour and the role it played throughout the rise and fall of mining in Wales.
The government introduced a number of policies in an attempt to mitigate the effects of the transition away from coal mining. In particular, this case study examines the role of agencies established to attract inward investment into the region, notably the Welsh Development Agency (WDA), and the contribution of European Union funds for this purpose. It concludes that on a macroeconomic level, and in the short and medium terms, available evidence suggests that WDA was an extremely successful intervention but at the level of individual mining communities and over the longer term, the success of the WDA was more muted.
More broadly, the overarching lesson from the Welsh experience is the powerful influence of global economic factors and the need to establish a critical mass of local skills and resilience to respond to both the closure of collieries and subsequent economic changes.