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We're still only a few weeks into the Trump Presidency, but it's already been a very turbulent ride, and its not too soon to be able to tell that even darker times lie ahead. Here are the moments from The Lord of the Rings that I am comforting/inspiring/steeling myself with these days.
"When did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness?" This is what I say to the Congressional representatives who won't stand up to Trump, even when he tweets complete nonsense. Or to any leaders who advocate for his malicious agenda. Their logic is exactly the same as Saruman's–he is too powerful to resist! We must align with him to preserve our own positions of power! But as Gandalf later states, this is a fruitless effort. "There is only one Lord of the Rings, and he does not share power." I'm not saying Trump is Sauron. But I think it is safe to say he is equally self-serving and that attempting to ride his coattails is indeed abandoning reason for madness. (P.S., I have another clip for the people in the White House communications office who keep making ridiculous defenses for the indefensible things their boss says.) Continue reading


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Inaugural Butcher Board Festival Comes to South Main Market in July
Quickly becoming a "Must Do" this summer, the organizers of the Butcher Board Festival (July 22nd, 2018, South Main Market) announce their vendors scheduled to showcase their quality meats, cheeses, accompaniments, etc.
City Block Salumeria will be featuring their array of quality meats for all to sample during the festival along with vendors including A Moveable Feast Catering, Vault on G.E. Patterson, Meddlesome Brewing Co., Clay's Smoked Tuna and many more. There will be live music from Will Lang Trio and an onsite pop-up shop for attendees to buy a product that they loved during the festival.
"What excites me most about charcuterie is the history of it. When you get into it, you realize that some of these recipes are hundreds, even thousands of years old. I love being a small part of the story." - Head Butcher, Brad McCarley of City Block Salumeria
Offering a plethora of high quality meats and cheeses, the festival organizers hope to create an all-inclusive event that anyone can enjoy. This event was created to give people a festival solely dedicated to their favorite appetizer and to showcase the greatness that is charcuterie through some of our favorite artisan shops and local chefs. Tickets are on sale now for $45. Tickets include a small charcuterie board and tasting glass. A portion of the ticket net sales will benefit Mid-South Food Bank.
Vendors confirmed to date to showcase their products at the Butcher Board Festival:
City Block Salumeria
Crosstown Brewing Co.
Meddlesome Brewing Co.
Long Road Cider Co.
Civil Pour
Galler Foods Inc.
Por Fuego Lento
Stemmed Glass Winery Tours
Java Cabana Coffeehouse
Sweetwater Valley Farm
Cabot Creamery
City East Bagel & Grille
Gayle's Winery
Midtown Crossing Grill
Rizzo's Diner
Grillmaster Chew
Riverside 1844 Artisanal Foods
Belle Tavern
The Vault on G.E. Patterson
Clay's Smoked Tuna
Cupcake Cutie Etc.
Buttercream Bunny
Jacko's Pepper Jelly
A Moveable Feast Catering
Papa Bear Skins
So Nuts and Confections
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The Plight of the Torpedo People Book Signing
Where: Patagonia SoHo – 10 Wooster Street
When: April 6th – Doors open at 7:30PM, Events starts at 8:00 PM
Come Hell or High Water screening, slideshow and book signing, Director Keith Malloy, photographer Chris Burkard, and bodysurfing legend Mark Cunningham will be in attendance.
The Plight of the Torpedo People is a collection of bodysurfing photographs, frame grabs and personal essays documenting the making of Keith Malloy's directorial debut, Come Hell or High Water—the first feature-length film to be made about the sport of bodysurfing. A winner of Best Film and Best Cinematography awards on the festival circuit, Come Hell or High Water explores the history and development of bodysurfing alongside the purity of experience that is riding a wave, taking a unique look at the culture and beauty of the sport, while capturing the stories and locations of those who belong to its community. The film's unanticipated popularity may well reflect the less-is-more, environmentally aware consciousness of our times; as the simplest of all ocean sports, bodysurfing requires little more than swim fins and some waves. The Plight of the Torpedo People is a collaborative work by the best bodysurfers of today, captured doing what they do best by some of the world's best surf cinematographers and photographers. With 69 photographs in color, the book includes an introduction by Keith Malloy.


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These scrumptious little morsels are good for appetizers or a main dish. The Asian twist to them makes this a welcome change to most of the meatballs that I am used to. I served this with a soy dipping sauce and they magically disappeared.
Chinese meatballs (from Polywig.com blog)
1 pound ground turkey or chicken
1/2 teaspoon chinese 5 spice powder
1/4 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 egg
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
2 green onions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Slice the green onions.
In a large bowl, place the turkey (or chicken). Add the 5-spice powder, soy sauce, and chili sauce. Add the egg and breadcrumbs and mix everything together.
Roll the mixture into desired sized meatballs. Bake on a pre-sprayed baking sheet until golden for about 30 minutes.


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Tower Resources PLC (LON:TRP) told investors that a contractor has been hired for the upcoming NJOM-3 well at the Thali project offshore Cameroon.
Vantage Drilling International will supply the Topaz Driller jack-up rig and drilling services to deliver the well, with operations expected in the second quarter of 2019.
The Topaz Driller was recently mobilised to Cameroon by a third-party at another offshore project – it is due to drill two appraisal wells on the Etinde discovery, which a joint venture for New Age, Lukoil and Bowleven.
READ: Tower Resources surges as it releases reserves report for Thali licence
At Thali, it an appraisal operation with the NJOM-3 designed to test the thickness of previously discovered reservoir, and, also test for other potential reservoirs at the new location.
Production testing aims to upgrade current resource estimates and provide data for a subsequent field development strategy.
"We are very pleased to have secured the Topaz Driller, the same rig which our well management team at Bedrock Drilling used to drill the two recent Etinde wells," said Jeremy Asher, Tower chief executive.
"We see the NJOM-3 well, in Q2 2019, as just the beginning of our drilling activity on the Thali license, as we explained in our corporate presentation of last month.
"The rig timing remains consistent with that schedule, including its target of first oil by the end of 2019."


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Our Value Proposition
Our goal is to become an integral part of the company's retirement plan. To accomplish this we need to become a part of the fabric of the human resource and finance departments. Although not physically in the office, we do plan on having a metaphorical seat in your office.
- Phone calls and emails returned within ½ day
- One experienced dedicated pension administrator to work on your pension plan
- Coverage by another dedicated experienced administrator if your contact is out
- 1-800 bi-lingual support line for your employees
- Annual review meeting with the Plan Trustees
- Timely filing of the form 5500
- Timely compliance testing
- Quarterly newsletters with important pension topics
- No fee changes for the first 12 months and no on-going fee changes without 30 days written notice
- Up to date E & O coverage
- Continuing education for our professional staff of a minimum 12 hours per year (average 20)


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Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Computer Engineering
Recruitment Period
Open date: October 29th, 2018
Last review date: Thursday, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Sunday, Jun 30, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara is seeking applications for two tenure-track, assistant professor positions in the field of Computer Engineering with an effective appointment date of July 1, 2019.
Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field by the time of appointment. Candidates should have an established research reputation or outstanding research potential, the ability to attract external research funding, and a strong commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Applicants with a wide range of interests in Computer Engineering are encouraged to apply. Research areas related to machine learning, alternative computing, computer systems and architectures are of particular interest. Prospective candidates who wish to pursue interdisciplinary research efforts are encouraged to apply. More information about the ECE Department can be found at https://www.ece.ucsb.edu/.
Completed applications will consist of a cover letter, CV, brief (2-page limit) statement of teaching philosophy, brief (2-page limit) statement of research interests, and arrange for three to four letters of reference; applicants may also choose to submit a statement of diversity contributions.
Completed applications received by January 4th, 2019 will be given priority consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. Applicants need to only apply once to be considered for both positions.
Applications must be submitted electronically at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01380
The Department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Our Chocolate and Our Founder
About our cards: Sweeter Cards are a way to celebrate life's greatest moments with one of life's greatest pleasures. We combined our two favorite things: sending love to the people we care about and, well, chocolate. Sweeter Cards are a unique way to share how you feel with custom illustrations that will have you and yours indulging with a smile.
Our dark chocolate sea salt caramel is handmade in St. Louis, using Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients like soft vanilla caramel, made with cane sugar, fresh whipping cream, butter and Madagascar vanilla, all topped with mediterranean sea salt. Each batch is hand stirred in copper kettles and made with love to ensure every single Sweeter Card is full of deliciousness that will win the card-giving game.
About our founder: Stacy Stahl is the founder of Sweeter Cards, a new greeting-card-meets-chocolate bar brand based out of St Louis. As the founder of HowHeAsked.com (acquired by The Knot in 2016), this is Stacy's second business rooted in love and sentiments. Stacy is a huge cheerleader for her friends and family and has always taken the time to celebrate others – she was even on The Ellen Show after doing so for the friendliest cashier at her local Walgreen's and started Say It Forward to encourage people to share kind words with one another.
In her constant search for meaningful ways to be thoughtful, Stacy found it repeatedly difficult to find things that were more than a card, but less than an overly expensive (and oftentimes wasteful) gift. By combining chocolate and cheeky greeting cards, Sweeter Cards accomplishes just that!


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Some people are very good at coming up with a perfect music beat. Such that when you hear your favorite tune playing you definitely find yourself snapping your fingers and singing along to the beat.Well if you decide to do that in a night club the DJs gets happy as they would love you to continue snapping your fingers. DJ has to combine two songs together and still maintain the same beat. The mathematical survey of this mixes comes from academic researches that are being carried in certain areas such as movements made by people in a crowd. In stadiums spectators are always excited and mostly jump up and down at the same time.
When the spectators move up and down it may cause issues with vibrations so it is very important to understand when the spectators are likely to make movements in synchrony. The specifications under which this occurs are the same to the beats matched in music. A crowd of people making movements at similar moments have already made a beat in them. Rather than just noise, they also bring together sight and touch from the others who around them. read more at here..
A group of DJs are working towards explaining how the human brain puts together so many conflicting and sensory content that is not required to come up with a common beat that will make everybody move. Such information can easily be used in building of stadiums and bridges. This will lead to great designs for structures with no wobbles whenever people in a crowd express their excitement.
So the next time you shout at a DJ in a club, just remember they earn a fortune by just mixing several songs with use of technology so kindly give them the credit they deserve. This clearly demonstrates that we can occasionally avoid to judge occurrence of certain events in the environment, in regard to survey of the sensory content we receive from this events. The art of coming up with two beats, at the same time making sure that your maintaining an audience, is not just an art, it is a fine art.


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Popular group Arashi will showed off their "best clothes" in TBS's "Himitsu no Arashi-chan! Arashi vs 15nin no Bijo SP" (9:30pm) on August 20.
The theme was "clothes you wear to a goukon," and they faced off against 5 comedians in one-on-one matches. 5 current AneCan models served as the judges, including Yuri Ebihara (29) and Moe Oshikiri (29).
Kazunari Ninomiya (26) and Kenji Tamura (36) used the concept "clothes you can wear anywhere," while Sho Sakurai (27) and FUJIWARA's Toshifumi Fujimoto (38) competed with simple clothes. After his "fierce fighting," Sakurai was visibly relieved. "I was nervous but it was a learning experience."
Oshikiri and the other judges exclaimed, "Seeing the 10 styles, our opinions were split, so it was very fresh and interesting." Out of these "goukon clothes" that were praised by these beautiful women, which one was victorious!?
Note: The term used for "best clothes" is "shoubu fuku," which refers to clothes you use for important occasions where you need to make a good impression, such as a date or an interview. Some may be more familiar with the similar term "shoubu pantsu" – sometimes translated as "lucky underwear" – which refers to underwear a woman reserves for a special date.
Uhh…no info about Ohno, Aiba, and Jun?? T.T
And how come the age gap…is quite huge. I mean, it's a battle of fashion…oh well, i guess the
oldies competition can still look good :)).
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Richard Landau tosses tender, crispy potato with a tangy mustard-seed dressing and crunchy bits of grated cauliflower in his exceptionally delicious and unexpected salad. Nutritional yeast, sprinkled on the potato, adds an umami-rich flavor. Slideshow: More Potato Salad Recipes
How to Make It
Preheat the oven to 425°. Wrap the potato in foil and bake for about 1 hour, until tender. Let the potato cool, then cut into 1/2-inch dice.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan of boiling water, cook the mustard seeds for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Drain well.
Wipe out the saucepan and heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in it. Add the shallots and garlic and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in 1/4 cup of the olive oil, then whisk in the vinegar, mustard and mustard seeds. Season with salt and pepper.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons
of olive oil. Add the diced potato and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally,
until browned and crisp in spots, about 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with the nutritional yeast.
In a large bowl, toss the potato with the frisée, chives and half of the dressing; season with salt and pepper. Transfer the salad to a platter and sprinkle the cauliflower on top. Serve the remaining dressing on the side.


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Executive Summary
The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) proposes the inclusion of a biometric-based solution in your efforts to address the waste, fraud, and abuse challenges in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
A biometric-based solution provides significant benefits for program integrity by deterring fraud. The benefits of a biometric solution, however, go well beyond deterring fraud and include other significant benefits – including improved patient health care quality, safety, and privacy and increased efficiencies in the programs.
This is because a biometric solution is the only system available today that provides positive identity of an individual with a high level of assurance. No other solution provides the same "degree of certainty" of "knowing who" as does a biometric solution.
In matters of fraud and identity theft, it is always the "who" that is important. It is never the system, card, token, password, PIN or system that misbehaves. It is always (100%) an unauthorized and ill-intentioned individual who is at the heart of every fraudulent attack or issue.
The basic problem is to determine "who" with a high degree of certainty. A biometric-based solution provides this high "degree of certainty" of "who" because it is based on unique physical traits of individuals and is not dependent on breeder documents that can be forged or altered.
Biometric solutions today are proven, reliable, widespread in the U.S. and globally, easy to use, and convenient. They are also in widespread use in the U.S. and globally and have a high degree of public acceptance.
The remainder of this paper describes in detail
- How a biometric-based solution works
- How the biometric solution functions to deter fraud and enhance patient health care quality, safety, and privacy
- The widespread use and acceptance of biometric solutions in the U.S. and globally
- Rebuttals to misconceptions about biometric solutions
- Successful case studies of biometric solutions in private sector health care settings.
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Who We Are
How do we help the world measure?
We at Brunson Instrument live in a specialized world of industrial measurement. We deal with the measurement problems faced by people who build, inspect, or maintain fairly large machines – machines like aircraft, paper mills, satellites, ships, machine tools, particle accelerators, and automobiles, to name a very few. They have very unique measurement problems. For example, aircraft makers must be able to tell if the curvature of their wing is made to blueprint and whether it will fit on the fuselage being built elsewhere; and paper mill operators need to know if their rolls are all parallel – all the way down a machine which may be a thousand feet long. And they need to know these things within thousandths of an inch. Obviously, the problem is the size of the items combined with the tiny measurement tolerances required. There are any number of high-precision benchtop measuring devices out there, but airplane wings and paper mills cannot be brought into a measurement laboratory to be put on a bench top. Welcome to the world of portable, high-precision, large-scale, 3-dimensional measurement and alignment products.
A Proven Past
Our history gives us the unique ability to serve this market using both our manufacturing and engineering service capabilities. We have been in the measurement industry since 1927, and over the years we have become very familiar with the discipline of industrial metrology. We have come to know most of the players in the business, and what their products can do. And, we've developed a factory and staff capable of doing some high-precision manufacturing.
We offer:
- A standard product line of stands, targets, and calibration products to support the myriad of 3-D metrology instruments available today
- Private-label manufacturing for other metrology companies
- Custom products (as requested) for the metrology market
- Training on metrology products and techniques
- On-site measurement services
- A standard product line of Optical Tooling (alignment) products and accessories
As you can tell, we've learned to wear many hats over the years. That's because we serve a very specialized market. All of our "hats" are related to large scale metrology and the pursuit of that elusive one thousandth of an inch – from our design talents to our precision manufacturing capabilities and our on-site measurement services. Our advantage is that we combine the knowledge and experience that comes from all of these things – designing, making, and applying metrology products in the field, and teaching others how to use them as well. That's why we can truly say that we are…
Not only has our company been around since 1927, but we are housed in a building which is about 300 million years old. At least that's what the geologists tell us. Our headquarters and manufacturing facility are buried 80 feet below the surface of Kansas City, Missouri. In 1955, our founder began mining operations with the specific intent to create a stable and secure environment for his factory. That's where we remain today. Temperature and humidity control is easy, security is no problem, and it goes without saying that building sway or traffic vibrations are non-existent. In other words, the perfect place for a world-class precision manufacturing facility. Just like our products and services – rock solid. We invite you to come visit our humble cave. Just come to Kansas City, and look down! (More about our history.)


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Livelihood Development
World Vision believes that every child and family have a right to be protected against the causes and consequences of hunger and malnutrition. For many who go to bed hungry, a new morning does not ensure daily bread. To help children and families live hunger-free tomorrow, World Vision and partners invest in community assets, livelihoods and longer-term development.
Food for Work/Assets
Where families do not have the time, resources or skills to recover from natural disasters or invest in livelihoods, World Vision provides work and community assets. From Zimbabwe to Kenya, World Vision is equipping families with skills and assets needed to build resilience and sustain livelihoods for tomorrow.
Cash for Work/Assets
Where markets are available, but food is unaffordable, communities are provided cash transfers to rebuild from ruin and legitimize livelihoods. From the Philippines to Haiti these programmes are boosting the local economy, while giving families, choice, dignity and diversified diets.
Livelihoods Approaches
From enhancing crop yield and keeping animals healthy to providing market access, World Vision's Food Assistance programming works to ensure livelihoods are nutrition-sensitive, resilient and profitable. Core approaches promoted by World Vision in support of smallholder farmer productivity and profitability include Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, Village Savings & Loans as well as Local Value Chain Development.
Development Food Assistance Programmes
To further combat the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition, World Vision and USAID collaborate on long-term development programmes. These five year long programmes aim to reduce chronic malnutrition, diversify diets, agriculture production and income and build resilience to natural or man-made shocks. From Niger to Bangladesh to Zimbabwe, World Vision is investing in the holistic food security and development of families and communities.


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Notice I didn't use quotes in that title. Whole Foods didn't literally say that, but they essentially said that when they fired an employee who stopped a shoplifter in Ann Arbor.
John Schultz says he lost his job at Whole Foods Market in Ann Arbor after he tried to stop a shoplifter from making a getaway. But the company says he went too far and violated a policy that prohibits employees from physically touching a customer – even if that person is carrying a bag of stolen goods.
There are several factors that need to be considered for this man's future lawsuit against Whole Foods. Let's examine the first one here in this paragraph. He was fired for "physically touching a customer." Since when are shoplifters customers? A customer is someone who pays for a good or service. You don't pay … you aren't a customer.
Schultz says he had just punched out for a break at 7 p.m. on Sunday when he heard a commotion at the front door of the store.
Point two is that he had clocked out. In other words … he was not on company time. If he doesn't get paid for that time … he isn't on the job. Things get sketchy when you fire someone who wasn't on the job.
He said he came to the aid of the manager who yelled for help in stopping a shoplifter. Schultz, the manager and another employee cornered the shoplifter between two cars in the parking lot.
The third point is that he was assisting the manager (his boss) after being requested to do so. What's the point in chasing someone down, and asking others to help you chase them down if you won't do anything when you catch up to the crook? Now his manager becomes liable for his actions because he requested assistance.
The final point is that this did not happen on Whole Foods property. How can you fire an employee for stopping a shoplifter, while not on the clock, and not on company property?
With this logic, an employee could be fired for stopping a bank robber after work because the bank robber was in Whole Foods earlier that day. I smell a windfall in this man's future.
Schultz said he told the shoplifter he was making a citizens arrest and to wait for the police to arrive, but the shoplifter broke away from the group and ran across Washtenaw Avenue and toward a gas station at the corner of Huron Parkway.
Before the man could cross Huron Parkway, Schultz caught up and grabbed the man's jacket and put his leg behind the man's legs. When the manager arrived at the intersection, Schultz said, the manager told him to release the shoplifter, and he complied, and the shoplifter got away.
Schultz said he was called to the store's office the next day, on Christmas Eve, and was fired because he violated a company policy prohibiting employees from having any physical contact with a customer.
Again, he didn't touch a customer at all.
So what was Whole Foods' response to the firing?
Kate Klotz, a company spokesperson, said the policy is clear and listed in a booklet that all employees have to acknowledge that they received before they can start work.
"The fact that he touched him, period, is means for termination," said Klotz.
Schultz said he acted as a private citizen on property that isn't owned by Whole Foods, but Klotz said where the incident happened doesn't change the policy.
"He is still considered an employee of Whole Foods Market regardless of where he was and what was happening," she said.
I would love to see the company policy that this man signed when he was hired 5 years ago. Does it really say that shoplifters are customers? I doubt it.
If merely touching the shoplifter was grounds for termination then why even chase him out of the store? Keep in mind that the store's manager gave chase, and asked for assistence which this man provided while on his own time.
As for the Whole Foods rep saying that he is considered a Whole Foods employee "regardless of where he was and what was happening" is ludicrous, and the worst kind of stupid. I refer you to my argument above about him preventing a bank robber from getting away because he was in Whole Foods earlier that day.
Schultz is right on by saying he acted as a private citizen on his own time while not on company property. He is given the right to make a citizen's arrest by the Constitution. Whole Foods has no authority to remove Schultz's constitutional protections.
What would you expect from a store run by a bunch of hippies. Physical violence won't be tolerated … even in self defense of the store's bottom line.
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Here at Manchester's Finest, we love ourselves a brand spanking new video series to get our teeth into. We're also partial to an ice cold beer at any opportunity, so we thought it only fitting to combine these two passions and create 'Meet the Brewer'.
We want to get up close and personal with some of Manchester's brewers, and man are there a lot of them. We wanted to hear their stories, take a look behind the scenes and of course sample some products along the way.
Based in the Northern Quarter, Top of our list was ShinDigger Brewing Co. The co-director Paul gave us a whistle-stop tour and was happy to have a couple of beers with us and a quick chat about how they came about.
The Shindigger boys are quite new to the game, starting up just over five years ago after they met at University and started brewing from home. A few years on, they are a serious contender in the Manchester beer scene with products in some of the most notable bars in the city and beyond.
We tried a few of their signature beers such as the West Cost Pale Ale (4.7%), Everything's Peachy (4.2%) and my go to summer drink the Mango Unchained IPA.
Shindigger brews have summer written all over them, and excluding the brownie points it gets for being local, it has to be one of our favourite producers of beer in the entire country.
ShinDigger Brewing Co, 6 Cross Keys St, Manchester, M4 5ET


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It's KRZY!: CW Starts Call-Letter Frenzy
Call it Extreme Makeover: Station Edition. As affiliates sign up with The CW or My Network TV, station managers are frantically plotting to rebrand themselves.
So far, the boldest move is coming out of South Bend, Ind., where Weigel Broadcasting's independent station, now a My Network TV affiliate, is changing its name from WAAT to WMYT to give the station instant recognition.
About two-dozen WB stations have the network's initials in their call letters, including KSWB San Diego, KUWB Salt Lake City and WDWB Detroit. Only WUPN Greensboro, N.C., uses the network's name in its call letters, and its managers, too, must ponder name changes.
Come September, WUPN will be a My Network TV outlet, but General Manager Ron Inman isn't sure what he'll do with the station's name. "We've put a lot of equity in UPN, but I'm not sure it matters nowadays what your call letters are," he says. (Flash! isn't that concerned. Yes, UPN was a brand that stood for something, but...)
In Kansas City, Hearst-Argyle's UPN affiliate is just plain lucky. The station, KCWE, is affiliating with The CW and, of course, plans to play off its name.
Don't despair, call-letter fans! There are still some good ones to be had: KMTY, WCWT and WCWE are all available, according to a search of the FCC database. But KMTV (the CBS affiliate in Omaha, Neb.) and WMTV (NBC in Madison, Wis.) are already taken.
In Pittsburgh, the Sinclair-owned WB station might be interested in a trade. Sinclair's WCWB boasts one of best plays on The CW. Trouble is, CBS-owned UPN affiliate WNPA Pittsburgh will carry The CW, leaving WCWB to become a My Network TV affiliate.
Keep on Slingin' in the Free World
The Slingbox, an innovative device that takes a viewer's home-television signal and streams it to the Internet to allow remote viewing on a PC, has come under fire from some broadcasters and programmers for enabling out-of-market viewing of their shows.
"Those devices scare the hell out of me," said ESPN VP Bryan Burns, speaking at a Washington tech conference last week. But Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian dismisses such criticism as "mostly sabre-rattling."
Krikorian isn't afraid to choose his own path. He recalls that when he was seeking funding, venture capitalists advised him not to build a box, but instead partner with a large cable operator to test Slingbox's functionality.
Krikorian thought just the opposite. If he made a deal with a cable operator, he suspected, the cable company would require Sling Media to do extensive field trials that would drain it financially. So he forged on with his plan to build his own retail device.
Krikorian said he did meet with Comcast executives CEO Brian Roberts and COO Steve Burke just before the Slingbox's launch. They questioned the wisdom of going retail and wondered why he wouldn't partner with them instead. Krikorian replied that Comcast would expect him to do 24 months of field trials, which would bankrupt him.
Burke's tongue-in-cheek response: "That's absolutely not true. We can make it quick—we'll do it in 18 months."
Simon Cowell Rarely Idle
Simon Cowell is quite the lothario—so says his brother, Tony Cowell, author of the recently published I Hate To Be Rude But … The Simon Cowell Book of Nasty Comments. While falling a few zeroes short of Wilt Chamberlain's total, the American Idol judge has amassed a handsome collection of notches on his bedpost.
"If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say I'd had somewhere between seventy and one hundred women, but they seem to go as quickly as they arrive," the book quotes Simon as saying. (We wonder why they leave so fast: Maybe he's bit too judgmental?)
Big brother Tony, who also penned Simon's biography, says, "God, yes, he's a ladies man, absolutely. From very early on, he was always very quick with girls."
I Hate To Be Rude mentions Simon, as a boy, converting a backyard shed into a well-stocked pub with booze from their father's liquor cabinet so he could woo girls (and sate them with alcohol).
"He was kind of a pretty boy then," says Tony. "Not that he's not now—he's just a bit fatter."
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One of the cool things about Bloodrock giving me a weekly YouTube (The H-Bomb's Underground Bunker) show is that I'm basically tasked with having an open mind and listening to everything under the fucking sun.
It was because of this that I found myself scouring YouTube, as I regularly do, going from one link to the next, and I happened to come across Halo Circus' song "Narcissist"(see below). Now, I don't normally get sticky-eared with a song like this but i just stared, jaw on the floor.
So I did a bit of homework. That's my job. Turns out that the singer, Alison Iraheta, was a finalist on American Idol, and had a pretty good run of her own stuff even before that. There's also Matthew Hager backing her up, who is a- *ahem*- MULTI PLATINUM SELLING RECORD PRODUCER, who has worked with artists like Duran Duran, Timbaland, and (a guilty pleasure of mine) Mandy Moore's "I Wanna Be With You". So it was clear that both of these guys work their butts off.
I also noticed that they'd be going on tour, so I made BRM beg them to let me into the show.
I wasn't disapointed in either groups performance. I was a little let down by the audience who (I'll agree that on a Thursday it's tough) was a little thin, and quiet.
The opener was a local guy from Madison, called Pelham. I was intrigued by his show because he did sort of a Reggie Watts/ Tash Sultana thing, where he sang, and played a bunch of different instruments using an array of looping stomp boxes and effects processors. You don't see a lot of that, so I thought it was cool. The best part was he was GOOD at it! didn't miss a beat, and given how much he was going at once, he was thrilling me.
I was in the middle of an interview while he started, but everyone in the room shut the hell up when he played an amazing rendition of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars". Couldn't even see the guy but we could all hear his voice just belting out the hurt. Really cool.
Shortly afterward, Halo Circus entered a red-lit stage, started their set(which was written on a paper towel) and kicked right into "Oh, Money", which, as openers go, went really nicely. If you listen to them, you hear SOME upbeat stuff, but it's not prevalent, so "Oh, Money" was a nice touch. When they played "Narcissist" a few songs later, Alison broke out a dinky little Pyle megaphone (I actually OWN one haha) and belted right through it. Watching them do it live as opposed to the music video(which might have made slightly off the law) was a lot of fun!
One thing I love about these guys is they diversity of their music. Alison is Salvadoran, and lets that show through her music. Many of her lyrical deliveries have sort of David Granadino (a huge star down there) feel to it, and a lot of her songs contain Spanish lyrics which, even if you're not familiar with the language(I am), you can still get into it. She also has a very classic sounding voice, which comes out very sultry and throaty, and if you're not prepared, you'll swoon on her voice alone.
One of the songs they played was called "Verdad", which, really sort of tears into your heart, and she sings it like she's singing her last words. Loved it. I think if the audience had been the kind to get into it more, it would've been a much more tearful environment. They didn't let that affect the set though, I guess many of the attendees were friends of theirs, so it was cool.
I didn't have their first EP Bunny, but I did know "Guns in our Hands" pretty well and it was one of the better songs they played that night.
By the end of the set, Alison had set how much they love Milwaukee several times and made sure everyone knew they were now family. They ended with "Off the World"(another one I knew) and then quickly made their way to merch table, where Alison hugged EVERYONE in the room and talked to them as long as they would.
I left with a huge smile. As musicians go, they have some serious class. To be on that tier and then suddenly just decide to go underground, to me, says a lot more about what kind of people they are, than how many albums they're selling.
Check out the rest of our photos of the show below:
Halo Circus
You can watch the music video for "Narcissist" here. Their album Robots And Wranglers is out now.
Written by Hobbes Caltous for Bloodrock Media on March 31 2018.


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Number 8 in Denver's Top 10 Urbanism Achievements of the Aughts is the redevelopment of the former Stapleton International Airport. The decade began with the seven-square-mile site mostly "de-airported" and a master developer and detailed redevelopment plan in place. Construction of Stapleton's first streets and homes started in 2001 and its first residents moved in during 2002. Over the course of the rest of the decade, it was full-steam ahead for the project, as Stapleton closed out the Aughts with over 3,000 homes, more than 8,000 residents, two major retail centers, offices, schools, hundreds of acres of parks… and it's not even close to being built out yet.
Everyone has an opinion about the Stapleton development. For some, the lots are too small and the homes too close together and too pricey for their size—it's just a little too urban. For many others, the project isn't urban enough, with insufficient density and diversity for a project so close to the region's urban core. On the urbanity spectrum, Stapleton falls somewhere between suburban and urban at a point that differs depending upon who you talk to and which aspect of the project you discuss.
Every time I go to Stapleton, I find myself intrigued, impressed, disappointed, amazed, conflicted. On one hand, I think the quality of the development—the streets, parks, plazas, bridges, and the buildings in general—is quite high, with a clear design intent and attention to detail that permeates the project. On the other hand, some of the neighborhoods give off a bit of a Truman Show vibe, and the residential architecture strikes me as perhaps more of a caricature of Denver's historic neighborhoods than a modern interpretation of them. Yet, after spending a fair amount of time in Stapleton, I find its neighborhoods more interesting and appealing than just about any suburban development I've been to.
The heavy investment in park space has its pros and cons in my opinion. The parks are very well done and the natural areas along Westerly Creek are incredible. Central Park is a great public space and it will mature and be mentioned one day in the same breath as our city's other great urban parks like City, Sloans, Washington, and Cheesman. However, there may be too much open space at Stapleton. One-third of the project's land area is planned as parks and open space, which seems too high of a percentage to me, and that there's some good urban land there that should be developed to capitalize on Stapleton's central location.
Most disappointing are the commercial areas. The Stapleton master plan completely lacks any of the easy-to-walk-to, intimate, commercial corners tucked within a neighborhood like we have in our historic Denver districts. If Stapleton is supposed to be old Denver urbanism that's new, then where is Stapleton's Old South Gaylord, 32nd & Zuni, 11th & Ogden, or 12th & Elizabeth? The 29th Avenue Town Center is nice, but Quebec Square and Northfield are wasted opportunities. Both rely on the same big-box-power-center-that-could-be-anywhere-in-suburban-America design. Where is the mixed use? Where is the structured parking? Where are the apartments above the retail? At a minimum, Northfield and Quebec Square should have been a Belmar, but instead, we got an Aspen Grove.
One thing is certain, however, about the Stapleton project: it has been hugely popular and it has had a major impact on Denver's growth and development. It has provided landlocked Denver with a type of development that it hasn't had much of a chance to offer in many years. As the largest urban infill and New Urbanist project in the country, Denverites and urbanites across the country have watched Stapleton grow over the past decade and will continue to view it with interest as it matures, as Stapleton represents a notable experiment in how we build our cities in the new century.


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So I've been seriously thinking of renaming this little blog. But to what?! I need to have a serious brain storm session on a huge whiteboard. You know, the style that publisists do when coming up with a book title, like in "Julia & Julia" when the publisist was helping Julia Childs come up with her "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" cookbook? (Yes, I own it!) Anyway, I receive a lot of submissions of vintage and DIY weddings, which I adore, and wonder just what angle to rename the blog to, to fit this style of photography I share quite often. Or, shall I just leave the name alone?
While I ponder on that a bit more, I am very excited to share with my savvy little readers this charming wedding with you today, featuring Katya Nova Photography! I am swooning over much of this Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) wedding!
Here's a little note that Katya included in her submission:The 'traveling trunk' of antique furniture and the breathtaking reception decor was all Megan's creation. So was pursuing Cam! Meg and Cam don't sweat the small stuff, but pay attention to the little things, the little things that emanate love and make life worth living. I love how Cam cares about the world at large, about the environment. I love how selfless and light-hearted Megan is, Cam's extraordinary grounding force and muse. They are both lawyers living in Edmonton, AB.
Let's get to it then! I present to you Katya Nova Photography!
Such a beautiful wedding, with a gorgeous couple to boot! I honestly don't know which is my fave of this wedding, the details are charming, the photographer's vision is stunning, every inch from pre-aisle to the reception is just fabulous!
I do love the bridesmaid dresses, so colorful and vintage in design. The colors work beautifully, especially with the bouquets. Speaking of bouquets, gotta love the "something blue" brooch in the bride's bouquet, after my own heart!
The groomsmen shots are so fun & unique, especially at the open air market and joining that street band!
I'm loving the reception decor, it does inspire great ideas to include various vintage elements, like the old fashioned typewriter, bird cages, old books, even the sweet pair of birds atop the cake! I love the button table numbers and escort cards too, so cute and easy to do!
Many thanks to Katya Nova Photography for submitting such a beautiful wedding for us to feature! And a huge congrats to Megan & Cam on their recent nuptials! Megan did a fabulous job creating the style of her reception!
Photography: Katya Nova Photography
Floral Designer: Holes Greenhouse, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Reception: Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dress Store: Pure Bridal
Equipment Rentals: Special Event Rentals
Bakery: Bee Bell Bakery


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The mid-afternoon fatigue can be very upsetting or annoying while you struggle to stay awake and alert.
Most people would opt for a sweet treat or a cup of coffee to rapidly improve their energy levels.
But the boosting impact only lasts for a short period of time and usually results in a crash in the following hours.
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Brennan's of Houston is one of hundreds of restaurants that are participating on Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Dine America, a program that showcases Gulf seafood.
Chef Danny Trace is offering both lunch and dinner options. The lunch — a blue crab salad with ruby red grapefruit and avocado, Gulf Coast shrimp and grits and Bananas Foster — is $29; the dinner, which subs Gulf red snapper courtbouillon for the shrimp and grits entree, is $39. Reservations are advised.
Other Houston-area participating restaurants include all three locations of Babin's and
Takuma Japanese Grill in Spring.
Frankly, looking at the growning list of participating restaurants, I'm surprised more of Houston's restaurants are not participating. At least a dozen more Chicago chefs are making the effort.
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It's crunch time – 8 apples everyone should taste this season.
Posted on May 19, 2017
Crunchy Australian-grown apples are now at their best in your local greengrocer.
For optimum crispness and flavour, store apples in the fridge rather than in the fruit bowl.
With so many apple varieties from which to choose, we've narrowed down the ones that you are sure to enjoy for their vibrant colour and delicious flavour.
This apple is a deep brownish red colour. It has a very dense, crisp and juicy flesh with a honey-sweet flavour. Fuji's are excellence enjoyed fresh or baked. Sometimes Fuji apples develop a brown core, this is a natural occurrence which is due to the fruit's high sugar content. Don't discard, chop and use for cooking.
Golden Delicious
With crisp juicy flesh and golden yellow-green skin, the Golden Delicious is a top apple for cooking and is also great for eating fresh.
Granny Smith
This classic green apple is bright and vibrant with delicious sweet white crunchy flesh. It's at its best for eating fresh in winter. It's also the perfect cooking apple.
Related to the famous Granny Smith apple, the Greenstar has a fresh intense taste, crisp white flesh and outstanding crunch. Owing to its high vitamin C content, this variety tends not to discolour once cut, which makes it perfect to slice or toss into lunch box fruit salads.
Subtly sweet with crunchy dense white flesh, the Jazz is small to medium in size but big on flavour. This variety tends not to bruise easily so it's a great on-the-go snack' for busy kids.
This eye-catching glossy reddish-pink apple is new on the market and its season is short. The Kanzi has crunchy dense tangy flesh and is a cross between Royal Gala and Braeburn varieties. It's best stored in the fridge.
Pink Lady
Sweet and crunchy with dense fine flesh and attractive rosy skin, the Pink Lady comes in a range of sizes. The smaller ones are the ideal snack size for little hands.
Royal Gala
Small to medium in size with aromatic sweet crunchy flesh and glossy skin, this immensely popular variety is a great snack apple for active kids.
In season
Choose apples that are firm and smooth with a colour characteristic of the variety.
For maximum crunch and shelf life store apples in the refrigerator. Keep in the crisper section apples will keep for up to one month.
Good For you Apples
A good source of dietary fibre that helps keep us regular.
Provides vitamin C. Among its many functions, vitamin C contributes to collagen which plays a role in healthy gums, teeth, bones, cartilage and skin.
Low GI (less than 55) which means the natural sugars in apples are slowly digested to glucose.
Apple pie filling & great ways to use it
Preparation 15 mins / Cooking 30 mins /Makes 2 cups
This delicious mixture tastes like an apple-pie filling. It keeps in an airtight container in the fridge for 5 days.
1.5kg Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples
Juice of 1 lemon
1¼ cups water
2 tbs cornflour
⅓ cup caster sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
Step 1: Peel, core and chop apples into 2-3cm pieces. Place into a large bowl. Drizzle with lemon juice and ¾ cup of the water. Set aside.
Step 2: Whisk remaining ½ cup water and cornflour in a teacup until smooth. Place cornflour mixture into a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir until mixture comes to the boil (it will not be smooth).
Step 3: Add apple mixture and stir to combine. Bring to the boil, stirring often. Reduce heat, cover and gently simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes until apples are very tender. Set aside to cool in the saucepan.
4 quick ways to use apple-pie filling
Spoon apple pie filling over hot porridge.
Swirl chilled apple pie filling through yoghurt and top with some toasted muesli.
Add apple pie filling to crepe and pancake fillings.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia forged ahead on Monday in a positive start to the week.
The Nikkei 225 was ahead 133.65 points or 0.62% at 21,584.50, at the close of trading Monday. This despite a 1.2% decline in exports for February, against expectations of 0.09%.
In Hong Kong, at the finish, the Hang Seng was up 396.75 points or 1.37% at 29,409.01.
China's Shanghai Composite, at the close of trading was ahead 74.67 points or 2.47% at 3,096.42.
The Australian All Ordinaries closed 18.50 points or 0.30% higher at 6,283.60.
The British pound made ground in Asia on Monday. It was last quoted at 1.3288.
The euro was marginally higher at 1.1335, while the Japanese yen was little changed at 111.56.
The Swiss franc improved a tad to 1.0019.
The Canadian dollar inched higher to 1.3318.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars ecah added about a-quarter-of-a-cent to 0.7113 and 0.6863 respectively.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
I'm Loving... (April edition)
There is so much GOODNESS happening right now in the internet shopping world! Since I've cleaned out our closet once and for all, I've been having a good time slowly adding in pieces that I love and hope to love for a long, long time. Here are some things catching my eye lately:
Did you check out this dress from Monday's post? It's so well-made- for reference I'm wearing a size small.
Here's the romper pictured above.
Zara has been hitting it out of the park lately. I love this dress (I talked about this earlier on Snapchat- my username is danihamp), this top, and recently picked this up too!
On my list: a pair of Madewell sandals. I'd like one of each of these too! ;)
I think this jumper is so adorable. This one too, but worn off the shoulder.
Also on my list: one of these dresses for summertime.
And more dresses: one, two, and three.
This classic denim brand has become a staple in my wardrobe. Especially the 501s and 721s. I used to wear Levis all the time, and I'm so happy to have "rediscovered" them!
And speaking of basics, I still want to get myself one of these pajama sets. So cute!
Some great tops: one, two, and three.
These backpacks are my favorite- I think Henry needs one for kindergarten next year.
LOVING these sandals.
This is my next dress purchase. I love it.
A few really great pairs of sneakers: one, two, and three.
This style of Madewell tops and dresses has become one of my favorites. So light and easy to wear!
These pants are great! Perfect for casual weekend wear.
And finally, how cute is this dress? I love it.
Happy shopping! xo
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Oh I love dresses all summer long. So happy the warm weather is finally on the East coast.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 21, 2016 at 7:07 AM
I've been searching online for only dresses to wear all summer long. These are all glorious!ReplyDelete
Cute roundup, lady! Do you have any strapless bra recs? I love all of these off the shoulder dresses...but hate constantly hiking up my bra. :)ReplyDelete
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A few months ago I converted my web cluster from Apache to Nginx. Initially I was only concerned with my WordPress sites as they get, by far the most traffic. Their conversion went well, with only very minor issues.
Since I was happy with the results, I moved to quickly to my MediaWiki site. It's conversion went very well and actually end up allowing the site to accept requests with and without index.php in them.
During this time, my other random sites, using odd or old software, was simply proxied back to the still running Apache install on my server. Using nginx's proxy configuration, i was able to just change the port Apache listen on and left the old configurations as they were. This allowed me to stay up, but didn't give me any of the benefits of nginx. Images from the my Gallery3 gallery were still being served from Apache, threw Nginx.
After getting everything working, I decided to start on Gallery3, since Gallery3 uses .htaccess files to secure images, I wasn't sure how I would be able to go about this. After some investigating I found that Gallery3 only uses the .htaccess files to block downloading of the actual images them self's, the php pages are still secured threw normal permissions.
Configuring Nginx
Setting up Gallery3 under Nginx is pretty straightforward, when ignoring the .htaccess file talked about above. As with all my Nginx setup's, im using php-fpm via a UNIX sock. Switching to a TCP connection (such as 127.0.0.0:8000), can be substituted with only minor tweaks.
To start out, create a new file in your nginx configuration directory, named gallery3.conf. This file will be generic enough that you will be able to use it for any Gallery3 install on the server. Your site specific information will live in your main nginx.conf file.
Create a new file named gallery3.conf, and copy the below into it:
location ~* .(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|ttf)$ { expires 180d; # if_modified_since off; # add_header Last-Modified ""; } if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^/(.+)$ /index.php?kohana_uri=$1 last; } location /var/ { try_files $uri /index.php?kohana_uri=$2; } location = /downloadalbum/zip/album/1 { return 404; } location ~* .php$ { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(.*)$; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info; fastcgi_pass php; index index.php; if (-f $request_filename) { rewrite ^/var/albums/(.*)$ /file_proxy/$1 last; expires max; break; } if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^/(.+)$ /index.php?kohana_uri=$1 last; } }
Now you need to setup your new site in Nginx's main config file. Below is the most basic setup, it assumes you have a running Nginx server and are only adding this site to it. Note the name of the server and the root location of the files needs to be updated.
Added to nginx.conf:
server { listen 80; server_name gallery.example.com; root /var/www/gallery.example.com; include gallery3.conf; }
This next part really sucks and I wish there was a way around it, in your Gallery3 installation, go into applications/config/config.php and modify the "index_page" setting as shown below.
$config["index_page"] = "";
What sucks about this is you will need to do it after EVERY UPDATE. If after you update Gallery3 and you loose your style sheet and java scripts, this is why.
The config file should not live in a location that get's updated automatically with new versions of software.


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In his Cyberspeak podcast interview, Jesse Kornblum mentioned the tool I'd recently released called Lspi.pl, for LiSt Process Image.
As of this morning, SourceForge.net shows that it's been downloaded 32 times. If you're reading this, and you're one of the folks who downloaded and has tried it, I'd greatly appreciate any comments you may have.


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Added the Rotten Skin series for this month only
Added Map Temple to the private map pool
Added the Scorched Horizon Mask to the shop
Moved Fort Flip and Moonbase to the public map pool
Moved Castle and Palace Siege to the private map pool
New setting: Safe Names - Randomizes all player names
Added the Amazing Raid.Land Skins
Added Bastion Map to the private Map Pool
Fixed Ladder Glitches on Jailbreak
Vaulted Easter Items
Moved Moonbase to the private map pool
Moved Skyscratcher to the public map pool!
The Blue Wizards have escaped!
EGG ORG is gone... for now. It will take time to return things to normal
STAY INSIDE - Edited Map Biohazard to remove bugs
New map Jailbreak added to Private games
Vaulted Evil EGG ORG Stamp
All Hail our Glorious Corporate Overlords, EGG ORG! - stamp now in store.
STAY INSIDE - Added Map Biohazard to the private map pool
WASH HANDS - Added Face Masks to the store
Vaulted Saint Patricks Day skins
Added Easter skins and cosmetics
Added Gamepad Support! You can now find extra options in the setting menu
A whole host of bug fixes!
Fixes to Castle Map
Added Quick-Switch weapon select on respawn menu - Noice
Your favorite Chicken Nugget has had a makeover
Added Map 'Sky Scratcher' to the private map pool
Vaulted Valentine's Day Skins
Added Saint Patrick's Day skins - Too Ra Loo!
Updated 'Space Factory' map with better bullet collision
Minor 'Road' map updates
Every weekend in February is a DOUBLE XP weekend!
Changes to Mud Gulch and Space Arena, now at least 1.4 times as fun
Moved Fort Flip to Private and Mud Gulch to public
Added Map Space Factory to the private map pool
Added Hyper Eggspensive Egg in Black skins
Added Valentines Skins for the month of February
Added enhanced 2X Egg functionality and UI elements
New Years Eve skins have been vaulted
Extra Language support added for non-English Players
Christmas and Eggwalker skins have been vaulted
New Years and Nuke Zone skins have been added to the store
New map Mud Gulch added to the private map pool
Cluckgrounds updated AND moved to the Public Map Pool
By popular demand, Ruins has been added back to the Public Map Pool
New functionallity added for Double Egg Weekend
Get Yolked this weekend with DOUBLE THE EGGS (Golden Nugget = 4X eggs this weekend)
Map Cluckgrounds updated with a more open downstairs
Christmas and Eggwalker skins are available in the store
New map Cluckgrounds added to the private map pool
Palace Siege moved to the Public Map Pool
Enhanced backend bugfixes
Return of the nugget
A host of more unexciting bug fixes and security patches.
Improved SEO functions on the main page and other things you probably don't care about. Read it now by scrolling down... umm... after the changelog is closed.
A host of unexciting bug fixes and security patches.
The Chicken Nugget is back from holiday and once again, doubling eggs for an hour
New default weapons - look better, sound better, plays the same!
Vaulted the Guy Fawkes Mask
Small map balance tweaks to Moon Arena and Road
Spatula added to Palace Seige
General Bug Fixes
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy some turkey with your eggs with a bunch of festive skins.
Vaulted the Halloween items.
Added Map: Dual Pyramid to the private map pool.
Added Map: Palace Siege to the private map pool.
Road has been moved to a public map, look for it in the regular rotation.
Ruins has been moved to a private only map.
Some refinements to the new collision detection to prevent some strange things that you probably thought where fun. TOO BAD.
Patched up a few holes in the maps, because some of those were fun, too.
Halloween items are back for you and your BOO... Sorry.
FIX grenades sometimes flying off in random directions.
FIX cases where weapons would occasionally become completely ineffective.
FIX certain instances where some shots would fail to register.
Updates to the 1v1 Metadata
Make the Egg Clickable on the Title Screen
General minor bug fixes and Optimizations
Updates to the new 1v1 Maps -- more hidey hidey.
Fixed a bug where redeeming a code currently does not populate in inventory until you refresh.
Fixed a bug where people's names were getting capitalized on the Kill/Death message.
Added a sign in button to anonymouse warning popup.
Check out our fresh new look!
New 'Memphis' weapon skins available in the shop!
Celebrate ShellShockers' 2nd birthday with some new hats and decals!
New 1v1 / Competitive Maps!
Fix for some weapon reloading/ammo pickup problems
Fix for some issues caused by spam-jumping
Fix for volume settings not being honored
Fix for a number of chat issues
Sanity checks for mouse movement to help mitigate spikes on some systems
Games no longer crash when a booted player attempts to rejoin
An attempted fix for some jumping and shooting inconsistencies
At long last, SPECTATOR MODE, available from the in-game menu. Make sure to check out the Settings menu for exclusive spec mode control options.
Fixed some bugs pertaining to jumping, which just created some new ones. Yay!
Fixed problems with the Auto Detail checkbox in the Settings menu
July 4th stamp! And uhhh... yeah, that's it
A bunch of server-side stuff that's nice for me, but you won't care about
Dramatically-improved movement synchronization. MUCH ACCURACY. VERY SMOOTHNESS.
Projectile latency compensation (up to 500ms). It's almost like a real FPS. Almost.
Fixed some wonky rotation sync issues that were causing stray bullets and grenades.
Tracer rounds. EggK-47: Every other bullet is visible. SMEGG: Every third.
More performant shell fragment effects for non-fatal hits, along with new yolk splats!
You noticed this already, but you can now see the whole changelog... yeah.
Fixed that dumb RPEGG animation again.
Fixed that dumb flickering weapon-swapping animation, too.
Some substantial server performance enhancements.
CSG1 clip and ammo storage capacity increased. Bloom decreased just a smidge
Fixed a clipping issue with gold SMEGG skin
M2DZ bolt-action rifle.
SMEGG submachine gun.
EggK-47: 600RPM[+] / 30DMG[-] / Bloom decreased
Dozen Gauge: 170DMG[-] / Stability, accuracy, and range increased
RPEGG: 140DMG[-] / Blast radius 2.75[-]
CSG1: 120RPM[+] / 102DMG[-] / Accuracy
very slightly
Cluck 9mm: 450RPM[-] / 26DMG[+] / Bloom decreased
Bullet velocity increased a bit across the board
Fix for Castle jump exploit
Hitting very edge of shell now does at least 10% weapon damage instead of zero
M2DZ bolt-action rifle.
SMEGG submachine gun.
EggK-47: 600RPM[+] / 30DMG[-] / Bloom decreased
Dozen Gauge: 170DMG[-] / Stability, accuracy, and range increased
RPEGG: 140DMG[-] / Blast radius 2.75[-]
CSG1: 120RPM[+] / 102DMG[-] / Accuracy
very slightly
Cluck 9mm: 450RPM[-] / 26DMG[+] / Bloom decreased
Bullet velocity increased a bit across the board
The spatula can no longer boldy go where no egg has gone before (or will)
Major improvements in sound reliability for all you poor souls with Chromebooks and other puny laptops that get sad when asked to do stuff like... I dunno... PLAY SOUNDS?
New CAPTULA THE SPATULA game mode is now available! GET SOME.
Boot player function wasn't working quite right. Now it is.
Multi-domain support, in case you get blocked.
Valentine's Day items are now available! Love, Shell Shockers.
RPEGG firing delay removed. Rockets now have a minimum arming range, indicated by the red/green brackets.
Icons added to leaderboard to indicate golden eggs/nuggets and mute status.
Oh, and a cool new map. Whatever.
Massive ordinance collision detection overhaul
A lot more work on grenade dynamics
Changes to grenade and rocket blast radius and damage
Updates to some particle effects
Groundhog Day items! Get them before they see their shadows!
Private game creators can now boot naughty players.
You can now mute other players. Their chat will no longer show, and their name will be changed to a random one.
Black egg shell color had to go. It is now bright green, so you can see those cracks!
Grenade physics got a major, much-needed overhaul.
Old, cruddy, stale public games are now locked after 2 hours to keep map rotation fresh.
Team player count balance now enforced once again in public games only.
Fixes to the Auto Detail option in the Settings menu.
Did a bunch of boring server stuff to help mitigate lag spikes... at least, the ones that
caused by your lousy WiFi.
Fixed some weapon-switching problems for you people who can't be bothered to wait 2 measly seconds before jumping into the Equipment screen and changing everything.
New settings menu that won't show up blank, offers an option to reset to defaults, and allows you to assign mouse wheel up/down actions.
New health bar. Much compact and fancy!
Christmas is so yesterday; Happy New Yolk! New skins are available.
I know we're a friendly bunch, but nobody likes spawning on top of their teammates, so that shouldn't happen now.
Servers were having a hard time keeping up with new game requests, leaving a lot of people with 'Matchmaker Offline' messages. I thought that was dumb, so server-side game creation speed has been improved DRAMATICALLY.
Golden Nugget! It's like a Golden Chicken, but kinda not!
Better, more diverse spawn points
Improved inter-server communication
Golden Chicken Pass! More shell colors! No ads! Buy now!
New, improved egg death animation. GADZOOKS; THERE'S YOLK EVERYWHERE!
RPEGG now requires players to stop and get settled before firing. No more rushing people and blowing yourselves up, losers!
Very slight tweaks to other weapons that I'm not going to tell you about. I'm already regretting just typing this.
Live Twitch streamer list. WE WILL BE WATCHING.
GOBBLE, GOBBLE, TURKEY... something. Turkey Day skins are here!
Worked on some server stability nonsense... BOOOORING.
Before you ask, yes, the RPEGG will be getting some tweaks. Next time!
Brand new EGGSPLODER class, weilding the mighty RPEGG! Yeah, it's a new gun; don't have a heart-attack. Do prepare yourself for the fact that
will be using it for a while, though.
Fixed an issue where new games couldn't be created on a server after a while. If you see a message complaining about the match-maker, just give it a moment and try again.
Fixed an issue where you could only enter 2 lines of smack in chat while dead.
Fixes for all of the following annoying stuff:
Invincibile players
Indivisible players
Inadmissible players
Inadvisable players
Inconceivable players
Incomprehensible players
Just kidding about all but the first one; especially the last one.
Probably fixed some other things in the process. It was that bad.
What's New
New scare-your-pants-off Halloween items!
Bug Fixes
Some server stability issues
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This Al-Haq report examines the legality of punitive house demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) by the Israeli military. Utilizing the Israeli Supreme Court's security-based reasoning, Israel justifies punitive house demolitions in reference to the Defence Emergency Regulations of 1945. With a historical background of the issue at hand, as well as 5 case sudies of demolitions in the OPT, this study reviews the policy in light of international law. It is established that this policy is a form of collective punishment, and in accordance with humanitarian law and human rights law, is assessed as a war crime and a crime against humanity.


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Last week, I wrote about Kentuckian James Still's 1940 novel, River of Earth, which chronicles the lives of a southern Appalachian family who must leave their subsistence farm to seek work in the coal mines. Just one year earlier, John Steinbeck – born and raised in Salinas, California – wrote The Grapes of Wrath, without a doubt the novel of the Great Depression.
Steinbeck, who had been raised by his parents to have great compassion and empathy for his fellow human beings, was horrified by what he saw happening in his home county and throughout the Central Valley of California. During the 1930s, up to half a million migrants came to California from Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and especially Oklahoma. When they arrived in California, they discovered a glut of laborers – migrants like them who had fled west to look for work when their farms back home had dried up and blown away in the Dust Bowl. As a result, it was hard indeed to find work in California – and when migrants did find employment, wages were very low, and living conditions were terrible.
Steinbeck set out to write a novel that would depict not just one family but also the whole mass of people who were displaced and hungry. As he tells the story of one Oklahoma family – the Joads – losing their farm, packing up their worldly possessions, and traveling Route 66 to look for work in California, Steinbeck weaves in what he called "interchapters" to show that the Joads are a microcosm of what was happening on a much larger scale.
Steinbeck said, "I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags" – and he succeeded. In her My Day column for June 28, 1939, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, "The Grapes of Wrath . . . both repels and attracts you. The horrors of the picture, so well drawn, make you dread sometimes to begin the next chapter, and yet you cannot lay the book down or even skip a page."
ER was not the only reader who found The Grapes of Wrath compelling. It was the bestselling book of 1939 and won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. When Steinbeck was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature, it was largely due to the impact of The Grapes of Wrath. In 1940, the book was made into a successful film, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Though the film tones down Steinbeck's political messages and gives the story a more upbeat ending, it has nevertheless become a classic in its own right. That same year, Woody Guthrie wrote a two-part song – "Tom Joad, Parts 1 and 2"; it appeared on his album Dust Bowl Ballads.
Despite – or perhaps because of – its success, The Grapes of Wrath was widely banned and burned, including in Kern County, California, the county where the Joads end up at the novel's conclusion. Some people – including the Associated Farmers of California – labeled the novel "Communist propaganda." For more on the backlash against the novel, check out Rick Wartzman's book, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. An excellent NPR piece on the topic includes an excerpt from Wartzman's book. Sadly, even the citizens of Steinbeck's hometown of Salinas turned on him after the novel's publication, branding him a traitor to the middle class. Salinas is now home to the National Steinbeck Center, but the town was not especially friendly to Steinbeck while he was alive.
If you haven't read The Grapes of Wrath or if it's been years since you have, I highly recommend it. Though it is dismissed by some as an "issue" novel, I believe it is a grand, sweeping, epic story of the American people. While you're at it, pair it with James Still's River of Earth. The two novels will give you glimpses into two outcomes of the economic crises that gripped America in the 1930s. The novels were published within a year of each other by the same publisher, bringing to light the desperation of Americans who were losing ties to their own land and who were, as a result, rootless, homeless, displaced.
For more on Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath, watch C-SPAN's American Writers episode on the author and the book. These two-hour episodes are always so very well done – complete with on-site expert interviews.
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FAIRBANKS — Lavelle's Taphouse is unassuming from the street, tucked inside a small building on Second Avenue. It serves mostly beer, a few wines. But the Taphouse holds a major distinction: It's the first alcohol-only business to open downtown in years.
"I knew it was going to be hard, but I didn't know it was going to be that hard," Arlette Eagle-Lavelle said of opening her business in January 2016.
Because no food is for sale, Eagle-Lavelle had to spring for a full liquor license, instead of one just for beer and wine. Before opening, she had a long meeting with the city council, where she became the first liquor establishment to be approved downtown in at least a decade, and maybe longer, the City of Fairbanks said.
During the pipeline era, downtown was home to dozens of bars — too many, the city decided, and eventually most of them were driven out. Along with the exodus, a statewide recession hit Alaska in the 1980s. Businesses drifted away from downtown. For decades, the city's core was in a sad state.
Now it's showing signs of new life.
In the past few years, a wave of businesses has started filling out the area, some moving into properties that had been vacant for years.
On Second Avenue, the change is visible. Along with Lavelle's Taphouse, there's Venue, a coffee shop, art gallery and event space; The Hub, a shared working space akin to Anchorage's Boardroom; Lost & Found Records, which sells vinyl; The Crepery, a crepe shop that sometimes overflows with customers; and Bad Mother, a vintage clothing shop that opened in October.
The historic Co-Op Plaza, which has its main entrance on Second Avenue, is fully leased for the first time in more than a decade, according to David van den Berg, executive director of the Downtown Association of Fairbanks, a nonprofit that promotes downtown development.
Before the Taphouse moved in, the space was vacant for about four years, Eagle-Lavelle said. The spot is right for her — down the street is the popular fine-dining restaurant Lavelle's, run by Eagle-Lavelle's mother and stepfather.
But the Taphouse also sits in the shadows of the vacant Polaris Building, the tallest building in Fairbanks. Businesses and city officials see the decrepit building as an obstacle to economic development; prime real estate is being occupied by a hazardous eyesore, they say.
Tourists who disembark from buses quickly walk in the opposite direction of the looming structure, Eagle-Lavelle says. She believes her business would fare better if the Polaris Building was torn down.
A question mark
Overall, Eagle-Lavelle has been happily surprised by the number of regulars they have already established at the Taphouse.
But, there are still challenges to drawing people downtown.
Parking — and lack thereof — comes up often. Businesses in the area say it's an overplayed anxiety. Eagle-Lavelle pointed out to a mostly vacant parking garage across the street. But the perception remains.
Eric Schiff, who works with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, has worked downtown for 12 years. He's seen it develop into a more modern vibe. But enticing him to the area outside working hours would still be a challenge.
"I don't come downtown much. I'm a homebody," Schiff said.
A couple of blocks from Second Avenue, on the corner of Cushman Street and Fifth Avenue, another old downtown building is getting a breath of new life.
The old City Hall, built in 1933 and once the heart of city government in the Interior, is now the first distillery in downtown.
Fairbanks Distilling Co. started producing vodka made from locally produced potatoes in May 2016. Construction was underway in the front part of the building in mid-March; soon, it'll be a tasting room, said owner Pat Levy.
It's a huge space, once comprising the fire and police departments, as well as housing offices for the mayor and city officials.
"We're going to be aging our whiskey down in the drunk tank," Levy said. He plans to eventually grow his operation to include whiskey and gin.
Like the Taphouse, Levy faced his own regulatory hurdles. The borough had to change its laws to allow craft distilleries to operate downtown in 2014 in order for Levy to open.
Downtown is perfect for Levy. It's walkable, good for tourists. And he feels personally obliged to be here.
"Downtown used to be really cool here in Fairbanks. One of the things I wanted to do was reinvigorate (the area)," Levy said.
Bars, prostitutes and exodus
Like many urban communities, the city's core has shifted over the decades, according to Terrence Cole, Fairbanks historian and University of Alaska Fairbanks professor (Cole is also the brother of Alaska Dispatch News columnist Dermot Cole).
The first burst of growth was in World War II with the military's arrival, Cole said. By the 1960s, the city was pushing against its boundaries.
As in other towns, the automobile changed everything. Centralization was no longer necessary. Urban sprawl grew. And shopping centers needed parking — something downtown didn't supply, Cole said.
Then the pipeline happened.
Money poured into the pockets of pipeline workers, who fueled a massive explosion of bars downtown. By 1975, there were 18 bars and four liquor stores within several minutes' walk of Second Avenue, writes Dermot Cole in his book "Amazing Pipeline Stories."
"Downtown was a wild place," Levy, the distillery owner, recounted. It was fun, but dangerous, he said.
Prostitution and crime flourished. Fights broke out every morning at 5 a.m., when the bars closed. Downtown's seedy reputation made national news. Fairbanks law enforcement struggled to keep any sort of grip on lawfulness, Cole writes.
By the 1980s, the city pushed back. Backed by state grants, the Fairbanks Development Authority began buying up the property on Second Avenue and evicting the bars.
Negotiations with the notorious Savoy Bar took years, stretching into 1992, the Anchorage Daily News reported at the time.
Levy said the city went too far. "They kind of killed downtown for a while," he said.
The plan was to reinvigorate downtown with a hotel, parking and convention center. The Savoy Bar became a parking lot, and the SpringHill Suites Marriott hotel now fills the property where other bars once stood. But the convention center was never realized.
"When the heart of Fairbanks kind of collapsed was after the pipeline," Terrence Cole said.
In the 1980s, Alaska fell into a recession. Downtown quieted. Businesses closed.
In 1989, Nordstrom shut down, a hugely symbolic loss for locals. Shoppers held unsuccessful rallies asking the city's only upscale department store to remain open, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
"It went into a lull, really, for many years," Eagle-Lavelle said of the area.
Now, both businesses and the major reconstruction of roads, sidewalks and bridges are bringing revitalization.
More than $51 million in state and federally funded construction projects have taken place downtown in the last four years, said Donna Gardino, executive director of the Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System.
Beautification efforts are rolled into the construction. Utility lines have been moved underground, no longer dangling from streetlights, which have also been replaced with a gold-rush, old-timey motif.
There's still work to do, Gardino said. More roads will be renovated over at least the next five years.
But the renovations come at a time when Alaska's economic future faces bleak predictions.
"There's still another shoe to fall, probably," van den Berg said of Alaska's recession. But he believes downtown may have an edge. It's walkable. Sidewalks are maintained. It's centralized.
"I think downtown, in this statewide downturn, is probably going to do better than most parts of the community," he said.
And in 2020, an economic boost is expected with the arrival of dozens of F-35 aircraft and thousands of military personnel to Eielson Air Force Base, one of the biggest federal spending initiatives in the history of Interior Alaska.
In the next few months, van den Berg will be helping draw up new plans looking to the next phase of redevelopment, along with city and borough officials.
Businesses say they've considered the implications of economic downturn. Levy worries that the state's alcohol tax may rise; Eagle-Lavelle says they'll change their menu if they need to.
They seem to have accepted the risks.
"We're just going to roll with the punches," Eagle-Lavelle said.


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By Sari Reis
Acupuncture is a non-drug treatment that was developed in China about 5,000 years ago. Its goal is to encourage the body to heal itself by correcting energy imbalances that exist. The philosophy is based on the concept of "Qi", the life force of energy, which when out of balance, causes disease.
By inserting tiny metal needles into "acupoints," physiological changes occur. These acupoints run along meridians which connect the entire body and are pathways through which the Qi circulates.
Acupoints in dogs are sometimes called transpositional points because they have been transposed from humans to canines. The benefits of acupuncture include enhancing blood circulation, spurring the release of pain-controlling endorphins and the release of natural anti-inflammatory hormones.
Dr. Fleckenstein, a Cornell graduate certified in veterinary acupuncture, has incorporated acupuncture into her practice for two decades. She believes that since pet owners have experienced the benefits of integrative medicine in their lives, they want the same type of care for their pets. More and more veterinary colleges are seeing an increase in enrollment in acupuncture training, as hundreds of studies have shown its effectiveness in animals. The American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture was recently admitted to the American Veterinary Medical Association's House of Delegates. Although the interest in acupuncture for animals continues to grow, the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society stated: "Further research must be conducted to discover all of acupuncture's effects and its proper uses in veterinary medicine."
Meanwhile, anecdotal reports on the use of acupuncture therapy in animals continue to grow showing benefits in: arthritis, muscle spasms, degenerative joint disease, Cushing's disease, hypothyroidism, diabetes, heart, kidney and liver disease, ruptured discs, dermatological conditions, asthma, epilepsy, and even provides supportive care in cancer patients. Veterinary acupuncturists state that many of the pets actually fall asleep during treatment.
One might ask if acupuncture is safe for pets. The answer is a resounding yes if the acupuncturist is licensed and has received formal training. Acupuncture causes no undesirable side effects and works well in conjunction with Western medicine. Since each animal is unique and each condition is different, the frequency of treatment and the duration of treatment will vary. Sometimes a positive response can be seen after just one treatment, but more often, more treatments are needed to get a noticeable result. Treatments are usually provided in a quiet room where they may last from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. Sessions can vary in cost from $70 to $150. Some pet insurance companies will cover it, but if you have pet insurance, it is best to check with them in advance.
Dr. Karen Becker, a well-known holistic vet, has been using acupuncture for years. She stated that about 25 percent of her patients experience a very positive response showing major improvement to the point of full recovery. About 50 percent of patients have a dramatic improvement but with some lingering symptoms, while 25 percent have no response at all. Based on these statistics, it would appear it is definitely worth giving it a try if your pet has not responded as well as you might like from traditional medicine. After all, isn't she/he worth it?
—Sari Reis is a Certified Humane Education Specialist and the owner of Mission Valley Pet Sitting Services. For more information on where to find a certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, please contact her at 760-644-0289 or missionvalleypetsitting.com.


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Cat Clyde with Jamie Drake – Tickets – The Evening Muse – Charlotte, NC – October 27th, 2019
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It's an old saying, time flows away like the water in a river. A comparison that has more to it than you might think at first glance. Whether its a raging torrent or a bubbling backyard brook, both water and time can hide, obscure, and keep us from seeing some of the priceless treasures that lie just beneath the surface. The key to finding them is simply knowing where to look, and when to listen.
Cat Clyde, a brand new artist out of Stratford, Ontario. A fresh take on the classic sounds of yesteryear; breathing new life into the velvety vocal, tack-piano, slide-guitar-style that can instantly walk you through the swinging doors of a packed saloon. With influences ranging from Etta James to Janis Joplin to Lead Belly, hers is a mix that goes down smoother than a neat glass of mellow Kentucky bourbon. No longer do you need to reach for your trusty sifting pan and river boots to find gold. You just need to know one name.
For nearly a decade, Jamie Drake has been a hidden gem within the Los Angeles folk scene. Having sung alongside and collaborated with artists as varied as Jim James, Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), Moby, Ed Helms, Glen Phillips, Sara and Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek), Willie Watson, Susanna Hoffs,Tim Robbins, in addition to frequently lending her voice to film and television (she co-wrote and performed the theme for the upcoming CW show, Life Sentence), Jamie now turns to her own solo efforts with the forthcoming release of her sophomore album, set for release in late 2018. In it, she mixes her folk traditions with modern sounds and adds a generous dose of adventure into uncharted and original musical territory that is wholly her own.
With family roots that include traveling gospel singers, a country songwriter for a father, and a singing nurse for a mother, Drake was bound to be musical. Her first instrument was a piano that she'd come home to after school and play by ear. When the piano fell off a moving truck, she took up the guitar, learned a few chords, and wrote her first song at 17. Songwriting became a therapeutic outlet for Drake. She grew up in an intense family environment that included moving around the country and constantly being uprooted. Drake discovered a certain kind of joy in musical theater, and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC after high school. Marrying at the age of 21 and a house wife for most of her 20's, she worked as a stylist in music video productions with her director spouse. When the marriage split amicably, she found herself thrown into the life of an artist overnight and took on both the hope and the burden of pursuing musical truths needed to be created and told with the fervor of someone who had been given a second chance at life. Her 2010 debut, "When I Was Yours," reflects on this loss with honesty and hope. Eventually her love of folk music and musical theater came together in her starring roles as folk heroes (Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Sis Cunningham) in the off Broadway folk musical, "Lonesome Traveler." The New York Times said she quietly claimed the show's best moment while embodying Judy Collins in a revelatory version of "Turn, Turn, Turn." She has had a heavy and varied output of material since her debut, helping spearhead various projects and releases (Nobel, Dear Lemon Trees, The Bitter Branches) and looks forward to the release of the culmination of all her work this year in "Everything's Fine," co-produced with long-time collaborator, AJ Minette.
The Evening Muse
3227 N. Davidson Street
Charlotte, NC, 28205


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