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5324 Fairfield Ave. Fort Wayne, IN 46807
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Historic 5 bedroom home on full basement w/ detached garage & outbuilding on a 1 acre city lot.
This home features 2,900+/- sf of living space, tons of original woodworking, full floored attic and endless opportunities to modernize this beautiful diamond in the rough. Beautiful craftsmanship throughout home, great project home!
Real Estate sells @ NOON
• hardwood flooring
• hanging light
• large front door w/ tons of character
• 17' x 17'
• carpet
• large bay window
• oak built-in shelves
• 16.5' x 17'
• carpet
• large windows
• ceiling lights
• exposed oak ceiling beams
• 17.5' x 18'
• carpet
• built-in cabinets & shelves
• ceiling lights
• brick fireplace (gas)
• large walk-in pantry / storage area
• Maytag built-in oven
• Large Suburban electric cooktop w/ vent hood
• 10.5' x 12.5'
• carpet
• large bay window
• closet
• large oak pocket sliding door (beautiful)
• 7' x 10'
• carpet
• wall mount sink
• hanging lights
• vanity w/ lighted medicine cabinet
• separate toilet room
• 12' x 12'
• hardwood floors
• ceiling light
• closet
• 9' x 15'
• hardwood floors
• ceiling light
• closet
• 9' x 11'
• laminate floors
• ceiling light
• access to 2nd floor enclosed porch
• 8' x 9'
• laminate floors
• tub/shower combo
• vanity w/ large mirror
• oak linen chest in hallway
• 12' x 13'
• hardwood floors
• ceiling light
• closet
• 8' x 8'
• hardwood floors
• ceiling light
• 11' x 12.5'
• hardwood floors
• ceiling light
• closet
• 1,368 sf total
• ceiling lights
• good amount of windows
• plenty of room for storage (or) entertainment room
• 1,550 sf total
• (2) storage areas – some built-in shelves & ceiling lights
• (2) utility areas – washer/dryer hookup (G), stand shower, built-in shelves, ceiling lights,
electrical boxes
• (2) workshop areas – some built-in shelves, ceiling lights, cellar door to side yard
• 20' x 20'
• concrete floors
• ceiling lights
• above storage area
• Overhead Door electric opener
• wood siding, asphalt shingles & gutters
• aluminum garage door
TAXES: $2,874.29 w/out exemptions (2014 payable 2015)
2,928 sf of finished living space – (1,368 sf attic | 1,550 sf basement)
Built in 1925
• Zoned residential
• Lot Size: 120' x 338' (1 acre city lot) – mature lot
• Woodhurst Addition | Fairfield Ave.
• City Water | City Sewer
• wooden chicken coop outbuilding
• Hobart 600 gas furnace
• central air unit
• large water heater (electric – 50+ gal.)
• red brick exterior w/ wood accents
• covered front porch w/ sitting area (screens)
• driveway pergola
• large amount of original wood working throughout home
• concrete driveway & walks
• Wayne Twp. | FWCS district
345 V8 Engine, 4-wheel drive, automatic transmission, vin: F0102FGD35046.
antique oak pedestal table w/ (4) chairs; antique sliding door bookcase cabinet; antique tea cart table; antique slant front secretary; 6-drawer chest; square coffee table; wing back chair; wicker chair; 2-cushion sofa; entry table; spring bottom arm chair; drop leaf cherry table; antique wood rocker; gentlemen's chest; antique chest; 9-drawer dresser; vanity dresser with attached oval mirror; 4-drawer chest; slant front secretary; wood chest of drawers; 2-tier end table; 3-drawer side table; child's wood chairs; wood bookshelves.
International Harvester (IH) advertising collectibles; costume & vintage jewelry; LARGE rock & fossil collection; quartz stone; Revere Eight vintage camera; lead crystal rock; vintage camera equipment (Eastman Kodak Rainbow Hawk-eye model C, Kodaslide projector, Revere projector, Montgomery Ward camera case, Leitz video camera, lots of photography books); children's vintage board games & toys; cut-glass & pressed glass bowls, pitchers & trays; antique child's doll bed; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad blue & white collectible plates; RCA Victor records; large quantity of vintage linens and crochet pieces; piano music (1890's, 1930's-60's, beginning & classical); choir music; vintage dome-top lunch pail; several steamer trunks & antique chests; vintage Gulliver County Lone Star Eaglet series train set village; Singer treadle sewing machine w/ Kenmore sewing machine; lots of vintage sewing buttons; Stirling Moss table top racing set; large collection of old books; Aurora Model Motoring track & accessories; The Planters salted peanuts pennant advertising tin; Empire salesman sample stove; vintage Schwinn bicycle; several hat boxes & vintage hats; child's wicker painted rocker; children's wood chairs; crocks & jugs; ladies costume and vintage jewelry; antique croquet set; old floor scale; (2) vintage washboards; Olde Frothingslosh; several vintage enamelware pans & bowls; knob & tube vintage radio; toy models; model planes; antique & vintage composition & cloth baby dolls; wine barrels; Three Rivers beverage beer tapper; Smith Corona electric typewriters; Bakelite molding material barrel; several advertising tins & collectibles; miniature tea set; Chinese porcelain tea set; teacups & saucers; silver-plate items (jewelry boxes, trays, flatware); old children's books; handpainted mice plate; vintage Handlite Co., Sturgeon's Bay, Wis. aluminum railroad signal lanterns; vintage kitchen scales; bisque porcelain Christmas figurines; fire pumper car cast iron toy; advertising tins & collectibles.
Cadet 76 riding mower; IH Cadet tiller model 526; Craftsman Remerge radial saw model no. 11329350; Sears Craftsman drill press w/ detachable 3/8" chuck; Rockwell model 15 drill press; Rockwell model 14 band saw w/ lots of blades; Sears Craftsman 2 hp. air compressor/ paint sprayer w/ hoses & extension cords; Rockwell contractors saw model 9 w/ saw jointer combination; Sears Craftsman weed wacker; Craftsman propane torch kit; Poulan XX gas 2-cycle chain saw; Craftsman shipmate; Craftsman jigs for universal table saws; Duracraft heavy duty bench vise (like new); Auto Specialties Mfg. Co. St. Joe, Michigan No. 21 car jack; Wagner power scrapper; Lots of metallurgy/foraging hand tools & supplies (anvils, tile clippers, scrap copper); Craftsman wire screen; True Value bench vise; pipe clamps; metal utility cabinet; lots of hand tools (hammers, screwdrivers, vise grips, etc.); lots of garage workshop chemicals & supplies; magnifiers; tool belts; misc. hardware; protective shields; Panasonic battery chargers; lots of DIY hardware supplies (nuts & bolts, screws, nails, etc.); lots of tool storage; large butane torch; scrap wood; floor jacks; garden sprayer; homemade tool benches; metal tool box; leather pieces; painting supplies; ball peen hammers; 3/8" chuck drill; hot air gun; gas cans; bicycle gear; wood stools; 2-sided axes; automobile parts; contractor supplies; electric supplies; home remodeling supplies (ceiling tiles, brass fixtures, laminate flooring); vintage boy scout tent; garden hoses; 12' wood ladder; galvanized pipe; (4) metal adjustable shelving (NIB); shop lights (NIB); 1/2 hp electric motor; metal cabinet; camping supplies; misc. yard tools.
Maytag washer; JcPenny gas dryer; Vintage Frigidaire Super refrigerator; vintage Westinghouse roaster oven w/ cabinet.
Wilton Armetale bowls; (NIB); Faberware broiler & rotisserie; magnifier desk lamp; Presto Deluxe aluminum cooker/canner (NIB); GE automatic blanket; Sunbeam blender; vaporizer; Sears cassette recorder; greeting and holiday cards (NIB); metal shelving; pots & pans; small kitchen appliances; dishes; Tupperware; Pyrex; lots of luggage bags; Toastmaster waffle makers (NIB); Black & Decker countertop convection oven; Moist Air humidifier; large amounts of sewing supplies (threads, buttons, fabric, accessories); misc.; Kenmore box fan; lots of hats (gardening, safari); books (gardening, photography, how-to, self-improvement); rubber boots; Carrom game board; several folding tables; metal bread box; table lamps; misc. kitchen accessories and glassware.
(21) Piece Fiesta Ware Dishes
(3) Yellow Ware Pottery Nesting Stoneware Bowls
(3) Glazed Pottery Serving Stoneware Bowls
Ransbottom 2 Gallon Stoneware Crock Cobalt Crown
5 Gallon Red Wing Pottery Stoneware Crock
10 Gallon Red Wing Pottery Stoneware Crock
(9) Vintage Advertising Tins- Coffee, Snacks, Tape
Lot of Vintage Metal & Plastic Cookie Cutters
RARE Jr. Ace Bell Ringer Basketball Toy in Box
(9) Walt Disney & Castle Movie Projecter Reels
(13) Peter Rabbit Wee Children's Books
The Singer 20 Salesman Sample Sewing Machine Toy
Empire Salesman Sample Toy Stove & Kitchen Ware
1900's German Tin Litho Penny Toys Dollhouse Acc.
Dinky, Tootsie Children's Vintage Cars & Toys
1960's Rare Ken-L-Ration Little Friskies Dog Lamp
J.C. Hein & Co. Tin Radio Explorer's Club Globe
1930's Elastolin, Germany Figurines (15) Pcs.
Vintage Baby Doll Grooming Set
Vintage Ideal Wind-up Train Set
(2) Gilbert Erector Automatic Radar Scope Sets
Aurora Stirling Moss Table Top Ho Scale Race Set
Medieval Castle Series 2000 Marx Tin Litho Toy
Vintage IDEAL Turbo-Launching Car W/ Box
N Scale Lone Star Gulliver County Buildings
RARE 1950'S GMP Andygard Plastic Fire Engine Toy
1900's Corona Model No. 3 Folding Typewriter
Vintage RCA Victor Tube Radio
GE Telechron Electric Clock
Italy Hand Painted Pottery Double Light Table Lamp
Czech Hand Painted Floral Design Vase
Pair of Matching USONA , Goodwin Rose Bowl Vases
Made in Vietnam Blue & White Floral Bud Vase
Pair of Cast School Children Figurines
(3) Wall Pockets
Estate Vintage & Costume Jewelry
Estate Vintage, Costume & Designer Signed Jewelry
Large Lot of Estate Vintage & Costume Jewelry
Large Lot of Estate Vintage & Costume Jewelry
Estate Vintage, Costume & Crafters Jewelry
(9) Men's Brand Name Pocket Watches
Estate Vintage & Costume Jewelry
Vintage Desinger Singed & Costume Jewelry
14K Gold Waltham 15 Jewel Pocket Watch
14K Yellow Gold Ladies Chain Link Bracelet
14K Gold Ladies Hamilton Watch
10K Gold Filled Elgin Deluxe Watch
18K, 14K & 10K Gold Rings, (1) 10K Locket
Sterling & Mexico Sterling Jewelry
Unmarked Silver Jewelry
Men's Assorted Jewelry & Accessories
(2) Vintage Wire Rim Pairs of Glasses
Vintage Hat Pins & Porcelain Holder
(4) Vintage Porcelain Umbrella Party Pick Holders
Vintage Porcelain Vanity Set
Large Lot of Ladies Vanity Items
Whiting & Davis, Beaded & Mesh Vintage Handbags
(2) Whiting & Davis, (4) Vintage Ladies Handbags
Large Lot of Assorted Vintage & Newer Buttons
(3) Vintage Victorian Paper Valentine Decorations
Clapsaddle Halloween Postcard & (55) Holiday
Postcard Album w/ (200+) Vintage Postcards
Lot of (60+) Vintage Postcards
Large Lot of Vintage Valentine's & Holiday Cards
Portrait Tin Types & Cabinet Cards
(4) Early1900's Military B&W Real Photo Postcards
Political & Hunting License Pin Backs, Buttons
Vintage Wisconsin School Award Pins & Buttons
1954 IH Zippo Lighter
IH Men's Wrist Watch
Large Lot of Advertising Items
Vintage Sunnybrook Union Reel & Fishing Lures
United Friendly Woolens Salesman Sample Box
Genuine Mink Fur Stole Collar
Sterling Weighted Cups & Candlesticks
Ornate Antique Silver Umbrella Handle
Thompson's Dairy Galvanized Porch Milk Cooler
Large Lot of Assorted Fossils, Rocks & Stones
History of the Origin of the Town of Clinton Book
Shure Unidyne Dynamic Microphone Model 556S
(4) 1930's Hiking / Camping Canvas Bags
(7) IH Annual Reports 1949-1959 Ephemera
(7) IH Annual Reports 1960, 1965-1969 Ephemera
(8) IH Annual Reports 1975-1982 Ephemera
(8) IH Annual Reports 1983, 1985-1991 Ephemera
May 1949 IH Fort Wayne Telephone Directory
(10) IH Telephone Directories 1955-1975.
IH MT-110 Motor Truck Parts Complete Catalog
IH Trucks: Body Builder Book 1980
IH Light Duty Models Sales Data Book
Rand McNally Limited Edition IH Vacation Camping Atlas
International Harvester (IH) Ephemera & Memorabilia
IH Roadside Emergency Distress Kit
"Library of Health" by E.J. Stanley 1916
(14) 1900s Diaries, Memorandums, Notebooks, etc.
Advertising Booklets/Brochures/Souvenior Photos
(13) Vintage Children's Books
(6) 1900s Hardcover Novels / Books
(17) Vintage Children's Books
(2) Oriental Rug Coffee Table Books
(10) Metal Working / Metal Crafting Hand Tools
(2) Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hammers
(7) Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hand Tools
Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hand Tools
(3) Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hand Tools
Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hand Tools
Specialty Metal Working Metal Crafting Hand Tools
Persian Tabriz Hand Woven 10′ 1″ x 8′ Rug
Persian Heriz 8′ x 10′ 10″ Rug Circa 1940's
Persian Kashan 7′ 3″ x 10′ 3″ Circa 1950's
Caucasian 4′ 7″ x 8′ 6″ Rug Circa 1930's
Indo Persian 4′ x 6′ Area Rug
Pakistan Bokhara 4′ x 6′ 4″ Rug
Pakistan Bokhara Rug 4′ 2″ x 6′
Persian Rug 3′ 6″ x 5′ 3″
Persian 3′ 4″ x 4′ 10″ Circa 1950's
Persian Hamadan 2′ 5″ x 4′ Circa 1950
Persian Tribal 100% Wool Pile Rug 3′ 7″ x 5′
Indo Persian 3′ 3″ x 5′ Rug
Pakistan Bokhara 4′ x 5'6″ Rug
Persian Hamadan 2'6″ x 6'3″ Rug Circo 1930's
Indo Persian 3′ 3″ x 5′ Rug Circo 1960's
Persian Hamadan 4′ 9″ x 6′ 8″ Rug
Afghan Rug 4′ 2″ x 6′ 4″
Persian Isfahan 3′ 4″ x 5′
Persian Hamadan 2′ 7″ x 3′ 5″
Egypt The Great Sphinx & PyramidsTapestry
French Scene Eiffel Tower Tapestry
Ram Watercolor Artist Signed
Antique Cabinet
CJ Herman Trunk
Small Top Hams Leather Covered Trunk
Dome Top Steamer Trunk
Large Green Flat Top Steamer Trunk
(2) Antique Copper Lightening Rod Weather Vanes
1900's Vintage Bicycle
Conant Ball Mid Century Modern Gateleg Table


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Preheat oven to 350°. Roast ⅔ cup walnuts on a small rimmed baking sheet until golden brown and toasty-smelling, 8–10 minutes. Let cool. Set aside 4 or 5 walnuts halves for serving.
Meanwhile, prep your other ingredients. Pull 6 eggs out of the fridge and place in a medium bowl. Cover them with hot tap water and let sit to take the chill off (cold eggs will crack when you drop them in boiling water). Cut 1 lemon in half. Grate 1 oz. Parmesan on the medium holes of a box grater. If your box grater has the side that makes thin, flat shavings, use that side. Transfer cheese to a small bowl and cover with a wet paper towel to prevent drying out.
Place 1½ pounds potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by about 2". Add a small fistful of salt and bring to a boil over medium heat.
When potatoes are boiling, reduce heat to medium-low and bring liquid to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are tender, 15–20 minutes. Test them for doneness after 15 minutes by using a skewer or fork to pierce one of the larger potatoes. The skewer should slide into the center easily with little resistance.
Using a slotted spoon or spider, transfer potatoes to a large bowl. If water in pot has reduced below the halfway point, top off with more water and bring back to a boil.
Carefully lower eggs into pot with slotted spoon or spider (reserve bowl they were just in) and immediately set the timer for 8 minutes (this will give you medium-cooked eggs; if you like a drier yoke, set the timer for 9–10 minutes).
While the eggs are cooking, fill bowl formerly occupied by eggs with ice water.
When the timer goes off, immediately lift eggs out of water with spider or slotted spoon and plunge into ice water. Let cool a few minutes, then remove eggs from water and peel.
If you're not using any appliances and want to make the pesto by hand, skip to step 11. Mix toasted walnuts and ¾ cup basil leaves in a food processor, chopper, or blender. Pulse 4–5 times until walnuts are chopped. Use a microplane to grate in 1 garlic clove, then zest of a lemon half.
Add ½ cup oil and all but about 2 Tbsp. cheese (reserve for serving). Squeeze in juice of zested lemon half. Pulse again a few times until incorporated and nuts are finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper and pulse just once or twice more to combine.
If you're not using a food processor, finely chop walnuts and ¾ cup basil together on cutting board. Transfer to a medium bowl and finely grate 1 garlic clove and zest of a lemon half into bowl. Add ½ cup oil and squeeze in juice from zested lemon half; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
Tear potatoes into small bite-size pieces with your hands, making irregular craggy pieces.
Spoon about three-quarters of pesto dressing over potatoes and toss to combine. Season with more salt and pepper. Arrange potatoes on a platter.
Tear eggs into pieces, tucking into and around potatoes on platter.
Drizzle remaining pesto dressing over eggs.
Crumble reserved walnut halves with your hands and sprinkle over. Top with reserved cheese and basil leaves.
Finely grate zest of remaining lemon half over, then squeeze juice all over.

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Chasing New Zealand's total of 132, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars cruised to victory in the 33rd over with vice-captain Lisa Sthalekar leading the way with 45 not out.
Sthalekar was supported by opener Shelley Nitschke's 27, an innings that included six boundaries and set the tone for Australia's run chase.
New Zealand's bowling attack had a disappointing day and contributed more than 20 per cent of Australia's total after sending down 28 wides.
In contrast, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars were impressive with the ball.
"I thought our bowlers performed well and maybe the pitch suited three spinners," Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars captain Karen Rolton said.
"Clea Smith's 10 overs in a row were really good and set us up to restrict their score to 132.
"It was good to chase with the bat and get the target in 33 overs. It was a good hit-out and hopefully we can improve on a few more things for tomorrow."
After winning the toss and electing to bat, New Zealand stumbled to 5-44 before being all out in the 47th over, with Sarah Tsukigawa and Nicole Browne providing the bulk of the runs with 31 and 30 respectively.
Good hitting from Browne and Tsukigawa took the score to 105 in the 38th over before both were dismissed in the space of four overs. Browne's stumping off the bowling of Nitschke sparked a batting collapse, with the final five wickets of New Zealand's innings falling for 27 runs.
Australia's bowlers shared the wickets with Smith (2-15), Emma Sampson (2-19), Sarah Andrews (2-22) and Shelley Nitschke (2-29) combining to bowl New Zealand out in the 47th over.
"We looked at footage from the Twenty20 match and found areas we could target. We put the ball in those spots and got the results today," Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars coach Lisa Keightley said.
"Getting a few wickets early put them on the back foot which they found it hard to get back from. They didn't handle the spin too well either and we were able to get a few more wickets there.
"We wanted to bat with good intent and tried to get the runs in 25 to 30 overs."
After a fast start to the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars' innings, Nitschke's exit in the 15th over allowed New Zealand to claw their way into the contest after Melissa Bulow and Rolton were dismissed cheaply.
However Sthalekar and Kate Blackwell regained control and accumulated an unbeaten 76-run partnership to deliver the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars a 1-0 series lead.
The second one-day international in the Rose Bowl Series will be held tomorrow. Play starts at 10.00am at Gardens Oval in Darwin.
The full scoreboard from today's match is available on Cricket Australia's website, www.cricket.com.au. Cricket.com.au is providing live scores of all matches throughout the series.
Photographs from today's match are available from Getty Images.
Top End Series Schedule
Rose Bowl Series
2nd ODI: Sunday 22 July, Australia v New Zealand, 10.00am-5.05pm
3rd ODI: Wednesday 25 July, Australia v New Zealand, 10.00am-5.05pm
4th ODI: Saturday 28 July, Australia v New Zealand, 10.00am-5.05pm
5th ODI: Sunday 29 July, Australia v New Zealand, 10.00am-5.05pm


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From "Counterfeit Gods" | Idol RemedyPosted: 01.16.2012 Filed under: Book: Counterfeit Gods | Tags: Book: Counterfeit Gods, Counterfeit Gods, God, grace, Idolatry, jesus, repentance, Tim Keller, worship Leave a comment
For the past few months, my Bible study and I have been reading Tim Keller's book Counterfeit Gods. The book deals with idolatry, as the subtitle summarizes The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope That Matters. It has been very challenging, as no one likes to be confronted with the reality of their sinful desires, and it has been encouraging, being reminded that we are more sinful than we can imagine, yet more loved than we dare to dream.
This week we're finishing out the book, so I thought I'd share some thoughts from the Epilogue. I realize I'm skipping 164 pages of the book, but I think this post will summarize the main theme and purpose of the book – what I call the "idol remedy."
The way to get rid of an idol, Keller says, is by replacing it. He says, "If you uproot the idol and fail to 'plant' the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back." This process of replacing an idol comes in two parts: repentance and worship.
"Jesus must become more beautiful to your imagination, more attractive to your heart, than your idol…When we repent out of fear of consequences, we are not really sorry for the sin, but for ourselves. Fear-based repentance is…self-pity. In fear-based repentance, we don't learn to hate the sin for itself, and it doesn't lose its attractive power…fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves." p.172
"[Idolatry] cannot be remedied only by repenting that you have an idol, or using willpower to try to live differently." p. 171
"…it is worship that is the final way to replace the idols of your heart. You cannot get relief simply by figuring out your idols intellectually. You have to actually get the peace that Jesus gives, and that only comes as you worship. Analysis can help you discover truths, but then you need to 'pray them in' to your heart." p. 175
In the end it is paramount to remember that God is pleased with us because of Christ's works, not ours. Operating outside of this truth, to try earn His favor or develop a sense of self-worth, is idolatry and self-focused. Keller quotes Martin Luther in a footnote from this chapter, saying,
"If we doubt or do not believe that God is gracious to us and is pleased with us, or if w we presumptuously expect to please Him only through and after our works, then it is all pure deception, outwardly honoring God, but inwardly setting up self as a false (savior)."
For more from Tim Keller, I invite you to check out his website: here.
What about you? Do you find yourself trying to keep a clean moral record so that God will love you? Is it difficult to believe that God is gracious and pleased with you, not because of your record but because of Jesus'? Idolatry can look like this and so much more, but these are two areas that idolatry plays out in my life. I'd love to hear your thoughts this topic and how Keller's words inspire and/or challenge you!


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The development of hollow core photonic crystal fibers with low losses over a broad spectral region in the near IR enabled the demonstration of a novel laser type - Hollow-core Optical Fiber Gas Laser (HOFGLAS). The laser combines attractive features of fiber lasers such as compactness and long interaction length of pump and laser radiation with those of gas lasers such as the potential for high output power and narrow line width. This paper summarizes recent developments and describes the demonstration of C2H2 and HCN prototype lasers. Avenues to extend laser emission further into the IR are discussed.
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"Sorry, babe, but I need some space."
"Needing space" has become a clichéd reason for stepping back from a relationship, a generic phrase that basically equates to: "I want to give you less time and/or intimacy," and possibly even "you have too many demands/expectations." It lives right alongside the classic lines "it's not you, it's me" (="I don't want to be with you") and "I'm just not ready" (="I'm not interested in continuing this or moving forward"). Another glib excuse to break up that really means nothing at all.
But the more time I spend thinking about conscious dating, it's become clear that space has actually mattered a lot in my relationships. Not just a safe and comfortable physical space, but a safe, comfortable and expansive mental and emotional space. Like having healthy boundaries, having healthy space just wasn't anything I valued or even really noticed before.
A depressingly apt is example is that during the two-plus years I was involved with a toxic and manipulative partner, I wouldn't have dreamed of asking for space. I was heavily attached to him, while most of the time he was distant and withdrawn from me, even if he was sitting in bed beside me. It was a very lonely feeling. As far as I was concerned, I needed more from him, not less—more quality time, more affection, more everything.
I was wrong, though. Because the truth is, I had absolutely no emotional space with him. He crowded that from the moment he began love-bombing me, overwhelming my better instincts, zoning in on my vulnerability and kindness to achieve his own ends. And I allowed it. My gut told me that things were moving too fast, but I couldn't seem to say no, even though nothing felt right. When I was able to take some kind of stock, I was already unbelievably entangled and had few boundaries left standing.
Added to that, my home wasn't a safe space when we were dating. He moved in "temporarily" two months after we met, and temporarily turned into two years. Even when he wasn't present, my apartment wasn't mine. When he was there, I never knew what sort of mood he'd be in, if I'd find him in an icy rage or self-pitying funk, or if I'd accidentally set off the cycles of emotional abuse, crisis and seduction he excelled at. Home just wasn't a comfortable place to be.
I was always uneasy, always watchful, always struggling against tides that I didn't understand. I didn't recognize that I was being crowded, suffocated and besieged, even though that's exactly how I felt. Finally the tides shifted, circumstances began to change, I started to pay some attention to that strangled feeling and push back in small ways, and he cut his losses and agreed that it wasn't going to work.
The day he moved out, I felt utterly, wildly free. I felt like myself. Suddenly there was space around me, all the space I could ever want. Emotional space to feel everything I needed without the exhausting burden of attachment or anxiety over his moods and drama. Mental space to clearly understand what had been going on, identify, process, evaluate. My home was a place of comfort and safety again, where I had full control over the emotional climate. I couldn't imagine how I'd been surviving for all those unhappy months, or why I'd believed that he was worth everything I gave.
I relished my space. I dove into it and found peace. I was giddy with the freedom it offered. Space to grieve, to think through, to repair. To forgive myself. To imagine new possibilities.
Only when mine was restored did I start to understand how important space is, and begin to really notice and value it. It's central to personal freedom and self-empowerment. It allows for true intimacy, creativity, growth, mental clarity and emotional well-being. It doesn't stop us from being close to others, but does stop us from getting entangled with them in unhealthy ways.
Any relationship can push into our space if we allow it. When we feel like we just don't quite have enough psychological "room" for ourselves, enough time to consider each choice, enough detachment from emotional burdens or expectations, or a safe enough environment, it's much harder, if not impossible, to live an authentic life and be aligned to what matters most to us. We can feel trapped and smothered, anxious and exhausted, painfully aware that something just isn't right.
Whether the crowding is innocent or intentional, whether we allowed it or inherited it, it's not an easy thing to change. Recognizing the issue is probably the hardest part, since we almost never seem to value our space until it's opened back up around us. Like all challenges in relationships and life, nothing changes until we do, until we're ready to make the hard choices and take the hard steps.
Space matters more than I ever imagined it could, especially space between us and those we hold most dear. If we feel as though we're emotionally stifled and entangled and have no room to breathe, desperate for some time alone or away to recharge and reset, that's a pretty glaring red flag that our space has been compromised and we probably need to step back from the person or relationship, even just internally. It doesn't have to mean the relationship is doomed or the person isn't good for us, but only that we don't have the space we need to thrive.
One of the most positive, empowering things about my current relationship is all the space I continue to feel around me. From the start I had unlimited room to react, analyze, process and make decisions that were right for me. It was beyond reassuring to feel that we could take our time and explore the possibilities freely and joyfully. Not once have I felt rushed or invalidated or anxious. I'm deeply attached to my partner, but that attachment has never put pressure on my emotional space.
I believe successful relationships have their foundations in profound respect: respecting the other person as a whole, unique being separate from us. Respecting their time, privacy, belongings and money, as well as their thoughts, beliefs, perspective, experience and opinions. I respect my partner's emotions and feel empathy without taking on his feelings or worries as my own. When we disagree or muddy the waters, there's always space to communicate, listen, forgive and compromise.
Space to ourselves is also one of the biggest benefits of singlehood, something I took for granted in the past. As I've written about previously, consciously being single is incredibly empowering and revealing, giving us one of the best chances we'll ever have to recognize and prioritize the things that matter most to us, the places we need to grow and wounds we need to heal. Having no romantic entanglements, or only casual ones, allows us to fully appreciate the space we need and ensure that we keep it in every new relationship.
Right up there with healthy boundaries and knowing what you want, noticing and valuing our need for space makes it possible for us to develop stronger, deeper connections with others and a more empowered, authentic self. And that's definitely worth paying attention to.


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It's time for us to start looking at some details around the house. This week we looked at the doors and realized we're missing door rosettes and key hole covers. Without the door rosettes the knobs are just hanging loose and the doors just don't look finished. We've been looking for historic rosettes that closely resemble our pattern (fleur des lis) on ebay for months and if there are rosettes they are typically priced at about $10 per rosette. We need about 30 of them. After months of searching we decided to look at reproduction rosettes and found them, on sale for about $4 each, at House of Antique Hardware. They sell them either lacquered or unlacquered. For a great explanation between lacquered and unlacquered brass check here. We prefer the unlacquered. The rosettes will develop a nice patina over time and we like that. We'll shine them up every few years but who wants them to look brand new forever? That's not our style.
Suffering from cabin fever during this very long winter Tim and I decided we needed a night out so we headed to NYC to be refreshed and rejuvenated. We booked a night at the Alongquin Hotel in Times Square and we had a swell time. The Algonquin is the oldest operating hotel in NYC. The rooms have been update but they still have that NYC classic charm. Check out the stairwell.
And we said goodbye to a great friend this week. Our faithful companion for 14 years, Brady (the hairy one on the right), has moved on.


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Dejour Enterprises is another Canadian oil company that produced its first oil income in 2008. It is developing property in the Piceance Basin. They have contracted to award a percentage of the property for four producing wells before the end of the fourth quarter 2009. I have not heard if drilling has begun. This area has a lot of big players and the target zone is deep. They have announced their intent to add more well to their six producing wells in Canada. If both these plays work out I might retire!
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Justin Mattingly with Richmond.com has a look at the goals and process of the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust:
The land trust, a nonprofit created in November, would acquire properties from the city and in turn would enter into a 99-year lease with property owners. The trust would own the land, but homeowners would own the structures. Trust officials say that makes the housing more affordable while allowing for more income diversity in neighborhoods.
"Land trusts are a really effective tool for preserving affordability in a neighborhood so you have the mixed-income neighborhoods," said Nicholas Feucht, a special assistant to Richmond's deputy chief administrative officer for economic development and planning.
The Maggie Walker land trust hopes to be active in Church Hill and eventually branch out into other neighborhoods across the city.


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I've done many different variations of this over the years but I think this is definitely the best one yet. The Breadsmith pretzel rolls are something else and if you have yet to visit Brooklyn to taste one, you are absolutely missing out in a big way. We've done pretzel bun burgers, schnitzel sandwiches, and even grilled cheese with these pretzel buns but I think the sausage was the biggest hit of all because the flavors work so beautifully together. If you aren't going to be in that area any time soon, there are several amazing recipes for pretzel buns across this place we call the web. I myself am working on a great one and will share it once it's at it's been perfected. I chose to go for sweet Italian beef sausages this time but there are so many different options available in the groceries. If you like some heat or some zest choose from all of the different versions and you will surely find one that suits your taste. Here's my recipe:
Pretzel Sausage Rolls with Red Peppers Onions & Broccoli Slaw
Jacks Gourmet Sweet Italian Beef Sausages (comes with sausages per package)
Pretzel Buns (Long sub style or round bun style)
10-15 Mini Sweet Red Peppers, Sliced
1 Medium Red Onion, Cut thin
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
3 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
Leek Spread- 1/2 Cup Chopped Leeks, 2 Tablespoons Mayo, 1 Tablespoon White Vinegar, 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard, 1 Teaspoon Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Broccoli Slaw- 1 package bagged Broccoli Slaw, 3 Tablespoons Mayonaise, 1 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice, 1 Teaspoon fresh chopped garlic & a bit of salt & pepper to taste
1. Heat olive oil in a medium saute' pan over medium heat. Add beef sausages to pan once sizzling and lower heat a bit. Cook each one for about 5-7 minutes in total, flipping so each side gets a nicely crisped and browned. Poke each one three times with a fork half way through cooking. Add red peppers and onions in the last 3-4 minutes and cook until softened and caramelized. Add the balsamic vinegar and allow the sausages, red peppers and onions to cook in it for another 2-3 minutes.
2. In the meantime, prepare the leek spread or any other spread you'd like to put on the bottom half of your bun. Either chop leeks small and combine with the rest of the spread ingredients or add everything to a food processor and pulse for 3-5 minutes until it's smooth and completely combined.
3. Toss broccoli slaw with mayo, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper.
4. Cut pretzel buns in half and spread the bottom half (and top half if you like) with the leek spread . Add one or two sausages to each one and add a some of those red peppers and onions over the top and sides. Seal with the top half of the bun and serve warm with the broccoli slaw to the side.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
El Mustacho :{)
This Christmas I decided to paint my sister something instead of going out and buying something. I looked around on her pinboards on Pinterest and she has a whole board dedicated to mustaches. Then I saw a pin that said "I mustache you a question" and I was inspired. This was my first hand lettering project and I must say I am pretty happy with it. I have to say, my sister was ecstatic when she got it.
I first drew it on to a masonite board with gesso and scanned it into the computer. (I didn't like the way it turned out so I decided to try a different method rather than drawing and painting.)
I did a rough trace in Illustrator because I was going to be painting over it anyway and then printed it mirror image.
I then layered more gesso onto a masonite board and laid the print out on the board so the ink would transfer. Once the ink was transfered I scrubbed off the paper and then painted over the image.
The reason why I painted rather than make a print from Illustrator, was to practice my craftsmanship and mainly because I love the texture paint has and the character it adds to the piece.
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Nintendo has expanded the number of titles available for download on the Wii Virtual Console by adding The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Kid Icarus.
"For every generation, certain titles set the standard for all others with stories so enveloping and gameplay so addictive that they define the generation, " said a Nintendo spokesman.
"One such game, heralded by many as the greatest adventure game ever made, was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time released on the Nintendo 64."
Also released for download, joining more than 50 other games on the Wii Virtual Console, is Kid Icarus.
The Nintendo Entertainment System title sees players take on the role of a young angel called Pit in his struggle to free the Goddess of Light from her prison in the underworld.
The games can be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel using Wii Points. A card containing 2,000 Wii Points costs £14.
Ocarina of Time is available for 1,000 Wii Points, and Kid Icarus sells for 500 Wii Points.
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Lab Technician Cover Letter
Lab Technicians are in charge for providing technical support in a laboratory – tasks these professionals complete are testing, sampling, measuring, maintaining records, and performing analysis. Other duties of a Lab Technician are supporting scientific investigations, preparing samples and specimens, operating and maintaining equipment, replenishing stocks, adhering to safety procedures, performing research, and updating their knowledge of technical developments.
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- Knowledge of practical techniques
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Dear Mr. Penn:
Upon review of your posting for a Lab Technician, I felt compelled to submit my resume for your review. As a skilled laboratory technologist with more than thirteen years of experience conducting chemical and biological testing, performing quality control, participating in research processes, and overseeing lab operations, I am confident that I could make a significant contribution to your company.
Preparing laboratory samples for various scientific-based experiments—along with calibrating/verifying equipment and ensuring regulatory compliance—define my career accomplishments. My comprehensive expertise in a wide variety of testing procedures and equipment positions me ready to vitally impact laboratory management and performance at Kilo Medical.
Consider the following highlights of my qualifications:
- Successfully performing radiopharmaceutical, HPLC, TLC, Sterility, and Pyrogen tests; coordinating the use and disposal of more than 465 chemicals for the AGI Center, Children's Hospital of Fort Lewis.
- Extracting and purifying DNA/RNA and protein samples from biological tissue samples to facilitate the detection of biomarkers in liver cancer.
- Directing the daily functions of a healthy operating lab, including staff training, supply orders, and cross-departmental communication for superior laboratory success.
- Maintaining detailed and thorough documentation on all testing and corresponding results.
With my acute knowledge of laboratory operations and my expertise in performing quality control procedures, I am ready to extend my record of success with your organization. I look forward to discussing the position, and my qualifications, with you further.
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Caster Sugar
Don't go crazy trying to locate and buy this stuff! It's such a cinch to make, and once you know how, you'll always have it when you need it.
- White sugar (organic is fine)*
Blend as much white sugar as you will need on pulse mode until it becomes like dust. Voila!- caster sugar!
Store unused caster sugar in an airtight container to use later for cocktail glass rims.
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Courtesy of George Blair's site to assist students at Samuel Clemens High School in Schertz, Texas — from his Big Stick Social Studies site, with a few edits — a review of things you need to know about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, mostly part of the eighth grade curriculum which juniors are expected to remember and will be tested on. This should help get you through the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for Social Studies (11th grade, or Exit Level):
U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
|U.S. Constitution written at Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Ratification of Constitution and Federalist Papers in 1788
|Philadelphia Convention
|1787, constitutional convention resulted in creation of FEDERAL government (separate executive, judicial and legislative branches), replaced the Articles of Confederation and wrote the U.S. Constitution
|A document that defines the government a constitution restrains the powers of the government and guarantees certain rights to the people
|U.S. Constitution
|Basic law and government of the United States, based on 7 principles – republicanism, popular sovereignty, federalism, limited government, separation of power, checks and balances, individual rights
|Limited government
|Limits are placed on the powers of government, everyone including all authority figures must obey the laws
|Power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by those people
|Distribution of the powers of government between a central (federal) government and the regional (states) governments
|Separation of powers
|Form of government organized in three branches – a legislative branch (Congress), an executive branch (the President) and a judicial branch (Supreme Court)
|Checks and balances
|Each branch of the government shares its power and checks the other two, prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
|Popular sovereignty
|All political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government
|Federalist Papers
|Newspaper articles in New York state – explained reasons why people should adopt the new US constitution, authors: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
|Individual rights
|The rights of the people protected in the Bill of Rights including economic rights related to property, political rights related to freedom of speech and press, and personal rights related to bearing arms and maintaining private residences
|Bill of Rights
1st thru 10th Amendments
|Basic rights – j Speech, press, religion, assembly, petition k Bear arms l Quarter soldiers, m Searches, n Due process, o Fair trial, p Jury trial,q Cruel/Unusual punishment, r States rights reserved, s Individual rights not listed
|Free speech
|1st Amendment right, right to speak one's own mind
|Freedom of the press
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Over the last few months there doesn't seem to be a week that goes by where I don't have at least one appointment. I've had so many tests recently, including MRIs, EEGs, 48 hours EEGs, tests on my throat and much more. Add to that appointments to see consultants, speech and language appointments to help with my swallowing and choking problems, and home visits from physiotherapists and occupational therapists. My whole life seems like it revolves around medical appointments at the moment.
I'm just hoping that I get some answers soon as life is very difficult. I usually have at least two joint dislocations a day which is obviously extremely painful, at least two severe muscle spasms/seizures and I choke regularly too as I can't swallow properly anymore. I fall daily (when transferring from my bed to my wheelchair etc) and I often get injured during the falls because my body is so fragile.
Hopefully the many tests will soon result in some better treatment that will improve my quality of life, because at the moment I'm a prisoner in my bedroom.
I'll stop the whining now and move on to something more positive - my incredible assistance dog Elgin. He's been amazing recently, he's helped me through some tough times. He's helping with his usual tasks like helping me dress, but he's also been learning new things like fetching help as soon as I start choking. It's quite scary sometimes, but knowing Elgin is there is a big comfort to me.
Hospitals are very difficult for me, they usually trigger anxiety attacks, but my clever pooch has been keeping me calm. He's so good at the hospital, and so patient. Everyone loves him, he always gets so much attention. Hospitals can be difficult environments for assistance dogs, but Elgin takes it all in his stride and seems to enjoy his visits there. He especially enjoys the fun trips to the park afterwards - and his trip to the pet shop to choose a new toy or treat!
Fingers crossed I will get some test results soon and that the doctors will be able to better control my severe pain. But in the meantime I have my special dog to give me lots of cuddles - they always make me feel better!


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April 28, 2011
April 20, 2011
THE END OF FAILURE opens in Brooklyn's LOUIS V E.S.P on April 29th. thank you gentle curator Katrina Lamb. : )
there will be painful moments where someone will share something they shouldn't have.
Ross Moreno
Michelle O' Brien
Christian Oitinnen and Kellie McCool
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Anna Pratt
Jeff Ray
Chris Sollars
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Ryan Wilsie
Anne Yalon
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April 19, 2011
here's some more information concerning the upcoming MUTANT NIGHT 2011 presented by MUTANT BOOKS.
download the full program here and browse their website's diverse selection of artist books and publishers.
it's fun stuff.
download the full program here and browse their website's diverse selection of artist books and publishers.
it's fun stuff.
April 18, 2011
new zine - WILDERNESS - out now
my new zine WILDERNESS debuted at Dfest in Barcelona a few days ago. it's a special one - printed by Trinéo Editions.
if you're in Madrid check out the good folks of Mutant Books for "Mutant Night".
Trineo Editions will be on hand with my zine and an all-new as-yet unreleased omnibus of awesome creepy drawings from their cast of collaborators.
It looks like a marvelous night of mutant freak out literature.
hell prevails,
shalo p
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Emily Letts, a 25-year-old abortion counselor at a clinic in New Jersey, knew that she wanted to use her own abortion story to help other woman making their own decisions about whether to end a pregnancy. At first, she thought she would write a blog post about her experience. But then she had the idea to film it.
In an essay published on Cosmopolitan.com, Letts explains that she decided to film her procedure after trying and failing to find a video of a surgical abortion online. There's at least one YouTube clip of a woman taking the abortion pill, which is the non-surgical option for ending an early pregnancy, but that's it. So Letts decided that she wanted to have a surgical procedure — the option that seems scarier to many women — to help educate people about what it's actually like.
"We talk about abortion so much and yet no one really knows what it actually looks like," Letts writes on Cosmo's site. "A first trimester abortion takes three to five minutes. It is safer than giving birth. There is no cutting, and risk of infertility is less than one percent. Yet women come into the clinic all the time terrified that they are going to be cut open, convinced that they won't be able to have kids after the abortion."
The few representations of abortion on film are fictional, and they tend to portray it extremely negatively. A recent review of the fictional abortion storylines in TV shows and movies found that the procedure is typically depicted as far more dangerous than it actually is. On the screen, women often die after having an abortion, even though women in real life have virtually zero chance from dying from a legal procedure. Ultimately, pop culture helps further the myth that abortion is always dangerous, dramatic, and violent.
So Letts set out to offer a different narrative with her own story. Her video, which isn't at all graphic, focuses on the top half of her body. It shows her doing some deep breathing and humming during the short procedure, as well as talking things over with the staff in the room. "I feel good. I'm done," she says after it's over.
About a month after her procedure, Letts tells the camera that she's been reflecting about her experience. "I don't feel like a bad person. I don't feel sad," she explains, pointing out that many of the women who come to her clinic assume that everyone feels guilty after having an abortion. "I knew that what I was going to do was right — it was right for me and for no one else."
Letts' personal story is obviously just one anecdote. But some of the things she expressed are fairly common among women who end a pregnancy. According to the research in the field, the overwhelming majority of the women who choose to have abortions say that it was the right decision for them. Abortions can certainly inspire a complicated mix of emotions, including negative emotions like grief and guilt. But the most common emotion women report is relief.
"I know there are women who feel great remorse. I have seen the tears. Grieving is an important part of a woman's process, but what I really wanted to address in my video is guilt," Letts writes. "Our society breeds this guilt. We inhale it from all directions. Even women who come to the clinic completely solid in their decision to have an abortion say they feel guilty for not feeling guilty… They pressure themselves to feel bad about it."
Studies have found that those negative emotions typically stem from a deeply ingrained stigma surrounding abortion that teaches women it's supposed to be secretive and shameful. Reproductive rights advocates are attempting to get rid of that stigma by encouraging more women to tell their stories. Storytelling efforts like the 1 in 3 Campaign — which draws its name from the fact that one in three U.S. women will have an abortion in her lifetime — intend to help Americans understand that this is an issue affecting a wide range of people across the country. Just like young women like Letts have important stories about how relatively painless and easy having a surgical abortion can be, older women have their own stories about what it was like to have an illegal and dangerous abortion before Roe v. Wade.
Abortion stigma certainly has an impact on the way that politicians legislate the procedure, so advocates hope that a greater number of women sharing their personal experiences could slowly help politicians make different choices about whether or not to restrict abortion. For instance, Letts' story helps demonstrate the fact that abortion isn't a barbaric procedure that needs additional regulation in order to make it safer.


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1. Check in online prior to your trip.
You can create a cruise account on the Disney Cruise website where you can check in for the kid's clubs and your stay in general prior to boarding. Doing this online beforehand can save you time when boarding, so you can spend less time filling out paperwork and more time enjoying the ship.
2. Carry your swimsuit on.
It may be a few hours before your luggage arrives to your cabin, so carry or wear your swimsuit onboard so that as soon as you arrive on the ship, you can start enjoying the cool pools and have some fun. This way, you aren't waiting for your luggage to arrive and start the party.
3. Everyone brings their own cups.
The cups for the free soda stations are quite small. Bring your own cup or water bottle that you can fill instead. This way you can take more when you fill up and not have to make so many trips to the stations. We brought our mugs from our Walt Disney World trip.
4. Bring autograph books.
On a Disney cruise you will be able to visit with all your favorite characters. We saw princesses, Marvel characters, Mickey and friends, even Captain Hook and Smee! With scheduled times, character meals and even surprise visits, be sure to always have your autograph book ready so you can get everyone's autographs. Use code Mom15 for 15% off your book now!
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5. An air freshener isn't a bad idea.
The bathroom in the cabin doesn't get much circulation. If you want you can bring your own plug in air freshener or spray to keep the space smelling fresh. Remember that candles aren't allowed on the ship, so you must use a non-flame option.
6. There is no need to book extra excursions.
Honestly, there are so many options to choose from when you arrive on the islands, and many of these options are included in the price of the cruise. Castaway Key has so much to do that is included, there is no need to book and pay for additional excursions. You will find that you can stay plenty busy without spending an extra dime.
7. Kids may skip dinner, and that is ok.
Don't feel like the entire family has to attend the formal dining hour each night. In fact, it is quite common for the kids to be having so much fun in the clubs they don't want to leave. No worries, as the cast members provide food during the play hours so kids will never go hungry. Plus, there are always other dining options should kids decide to eat later. Just let them have fun!
8. The ship is a museum.
I had no idea the ship would be a museum of Disney themed artwork, old animation cells, Disney artifacts, and so much more. Take the time to explore the ship and see all of these pieces carefully displayed. They are truly works of art and part of Disney history.
9. Participate in Fish Extender.
One of the most fun, and not-so-well-known things you can participate in on a Disney Cruise is the fish extender. It is an unofficial activity that is set up through Facebook groups by passengers. The fish extender is a hanging pocket organizer where people in your fish extender group will leave you little gifts. When we went on our Disney cruise I decided to make a personalized one for my family with all our favorite characters. You can make one or buy one. Etsy is a great place to search for Fish Extenders.
10. There are many motion sickness options.
Don't feel like popping a pill is your only motion sickness option. You will find there are wrist bands, ear stickers, and even chewable supplements that can all help with motion sickness. Explore your options prior to going and see which option is best for you.
I may not have known these things prior to my own Disney Cruise, but now you do! Keep these 10 things I wish I knew before I took a Disney Cruise in mind, so you can enjoy this truly magical trip!


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I met David Kingsley, the advertising guru who helped transform the Labour party in the 1960s. Here he talks about working for Harold Wilson, how it feels to be compared to Alastair Campbell, and whether he thinks Gordon Brown can beat David Cameron at the next election.
A small box sits on the mantelpiece in the study, a slogan playfully scrawled across its side in marker pen.
'Fidel Castro gave this cigar to Harold Wilson,' it records. 'H.W. then gave it to D.K. at a meeting on the evening of his son Andrew's birthday.'
Next to the cigar case is a black and white photograph. It shows three men flanking Wilson, the tough-talking Labour prime minister whose mercurial personality dominated the politics of the 1960s. They appear to be smiling in modest celebration.
"Won two, lost one," David Kingsley chuckles, nodding at the picture. Now approaching his 80th birthday, he allows himself the indulgence of raising a bushy eyebrow. He is talking, of course, about general elections. Kingsley's natural aversion to boastfulness must be one of the reasons his story has remained one of the untold tales of modern politics, until now.
Before Alastair Campbell and Peter Mandelson refashioned the Labour party into an election winning machine, before 'spin' entered the daily lexicon of British newspapers, even before Margaret Thatcher paid two brothers from Baghdad to design her first election poster, a team of elite executives became the first professionals from the world of marketing to help a politician break into Number 10.
'Let's Go With Labour' and 'You Know Labour Works' were the motifs that powered Harold Wilson's Labour party to two consecutive general election victories in 1964 and 1966, accompanied by innovative TV broadcasts. They sprang from the fertile mind of a young media guru who felt his socialist leanings tugging more urgently than his wallet.
At the age of 33, David Kingsley was already a veteran marketeer with his own business and experience of working in New York for Proctor & Gamble, the founders of modern advertising. He was "something of a man-about-town", he remembers with a laugh, a dynamic figure who made regular TV appearances and knew the power players in London's blossoming advertising scene. Like Alastair Campbell, Kingsley was – and still is – a dyed-in-the-wool Labour supporter.
Excitement was buzzing in the air when Harold Wilson shaped up to fight the ageing Harold Macmillan in 1964. Here was an energetic challenger, fresh and full of self-belief, who promised to forge a new Britain in "the white-hot heat of technology".
So when a mutual friend told him the prospective prime minister was considering radically changing the Labour party's election strategy, Kingsley jumped at the chance to help.
"I had a feeling that politicians weren't very good at communicating with the people, and the people found it very difficult to understand what the politicians were doing," Kingsley says.
"The Labour party didn't know how to communicate with words. If you look back, none of the parties really did.
"I became very interested in how one could use the latest marketing techniques to understand how you needed to get through to people, instead of just throwing out headlines."
After Labour won the 1964 election with a slender majority, Kingsley persuaded Wilson to let him bring in two more high-flyers from the advertising realm, Peter Lovell-Davis and Denis Lyons. Together they became known – only partly in jest – as the prime minister's Three Wise Men. The first golden age of Labour PR had truly begun.
"We quickly became very involved," recalls Kingsley. "Every second Tuesday we'd go to Number 10 and chat over what was happening. Sometimes we'd find ourselves in the embarrassing situation of carrying messages from Number 10 to the party because they didn't always see eye to eye. It was an extremely interesting period."
Political folklore has it that the trio of Mandelson, Campbell and Blair were the first senior figures within the party to really hook themselves to the addictive potion of opinion polling, the gauge of public favour widely seen to be responsible for forming many of New Labour's early policies.
But Kingsley insists it was the Three Wise Men – together with their friend Bob Worcester, who later went on to found the hugely successful research company Mori – who started using regular opinion polls to guide party strategy. It was they, years ahead of Tony Blair's watershed moment, who identified the potential appeal of ditching the Labour party's manifesto commitment to nationalisation. At the time, even raising the idea would have been like uttering a blasphemy. It was quickly shelved.
"They weren't doing proper [opinion poll] research when we arrived," Kingsley explains. "What they liked was to show their ratings once in a while, but they weren't digging deeper to find out why people had views on things.
"So the research part of it was very important. In fact to my mind, introducing the Labour party to proper opinion poll research was one of the most important things we did."
For a moment he looks slightly rueful.
"Bob [Worcester] was very good. If they'd used him more we needn't have lost the 1970 election. I know everyone always looks back, but he was tracking very clearly what was happening and what the problems were in a way the Labour party had never experienced before."
It's clear the art of spin, now so associated with vicious briefings and irresponsible hype, was governed by a certain gentlemen's code in the 1960s. Kingsley describes Wilson as "a marvellous chap" who would bring his wife and children to parties and would charm friends and foes with his bluff northern manner. He takes pains to point out that even at the peak of the Wise Men's activities, advertising was seen as a precursor to real discussion.
"The most notorious slogan we ran against the Conservatives was 'Yesterday's Men'," Kingsley says, referring to the controversial campaign that portrayed Ted Heath's team as puppets languishing in the dustbin of history.
"But that was actually planned as a preliminary to clarifying our position. It was a preliminary to talking. I always believed you should talk about your policies and your principles, because those are the key ingredients which other people tend to feel good about or not.
"Things go wrong in politics when people think they know it all, when they aren't actually closely in touch with what's going on around them or what people feel like. But everything goes so quickly these days. We used to have time to think about these things. Now you have to think on the spot for 24-hour news."
Kingsley parted amicably from the Wise Men and the Labour party when Ted Heath's Tories scraped to power in 1970. He says he has never been tempted to return to the heart of British politics, preferring to split his time between charity work and advising a number of African governments.
He still takes an interest in the Labour party's fate, though. What are his thoughts on Gordon Brown's chances at the next ballot box? There is a long, meditative pause as Kingsley rubs his hands together.
"Well," he offers, "when the first troubles came to the Labour party, and MPs were beginning to say 'We must get rid of Brown', I wasn't of that ilk. We didn't know what was going to happen, but I thought he'd come through very well at the right moment, and…"
Again Kingsley hesitates, weighing his words carefully.
"And, I think he has. It doesn't mean he's done everything right or everything wrong. But I still think he is the right person for this time. You can't just go by what the newspapers say.
"There's still a lot going to happen in the next 18 months or so until there's an election. I think it'll swing back to Labour, more than anything because Cameron and his crew seem to be so bad at doing things."
At this point Kingsley raises his hands in mock incredulity.
"They don't ever seem to get anything right. I'd love to advise them how to do things because it would be very easy. What is amazing is the Conservative party hasn't yet managed to modernise itself in the sense of being a party that cares for the whole country – they just haven't done it."
Asked whether he sees the likes of Alastair Campbell and Andy Coulson as his progeny, Kingsley is more evasive. He is grateful to Peter Mandelson for breathing life back into the Labour party in the 1980s, he says, and he recognises a certain parallel between the professionalism the Three Wise Men brought Harold Wilson and the professionalism New Labour's modernisers brought to the party 30 years later. How about Blair himself?
"I will always praise Tony Blair for getting the party into the frame of mind where it realised it needed to win something," Kingsley says slowly. "Of course, many of us lost faith with the Iraq war and… it deteriorated after that."
Silence settles for a few seconds. An email pings softly on the laptop behind him.
"He did a very good job for the party," Kingsley finally pronounces. "But he was a bit of a disappointment. As a person."
As the conversation draws to a close, Kingsley lets slip a surprising revelation: he didn't draw a penny in salary from the government in all his time as its communications maestro. Offering his services for free gave him a feeling of distance from the political machine, he says, and the freedom to do as he liked. His only remuneration came in the form of a Havana cigar, itself a gift from Fidel Castro to Harold Wilson.
"I've promised to give it to one of my sons, but it's probably falling to pieces," he explains, gesturing towards the box on the mantelpiece. "I know the exact date Wilson gave it to me because my first son was born earlier in the evening, so I arrived at Number 10 late from the hospital.
"He had it ready for me, and I said, 'I don't smoke'. He said, 'David, you don't have to smoke this, but do have it as a celebration of your son'."
Kingsley smiles at the memory. "I keep meaning to give it to Andrew, but I think perhaps we ought to frame it or something."


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Solid growth in economic activity through the summer
UK private sector growth momentum held broadly steady in the three months to September, according to the latest CBI Growth Indicator.
The composite measure based on 728 respondents across the distribution, manufacturing and service sectors showed the balance of firms reporting a rise in output at +11%, compared with +14% in the three months to August 2017.
Growth was mixed across sectors, with the pace of growth easing in manufacturing and business and professional services firms reporting growth fizzling out. Meanwhile, growth in consumer services fell slightly in the three months to September, while distribution reported an acceleration in growth over the same period.
Rain Newton-Smith, CBI Chief Economist, said: "Growth in the economy has held steady through the summer, although at a slightly slower pace than expected by many firms. While we saw growth in most sectors, consumer-facing businesses are having a tougher time of it as inflation tightens purse strings a little more.
"As we head to the Conservative party conference, businesses will want to know that the Government is not allowing the domestic agenda to be put on the back-burner.
"Firms want to see plans set out to raise productivity across the country, by delivering on a modern Industrial Strategy, raising spending on innovation and improving educational attainment."
Figures above are percentage balances — ie the difference between those replying 'more', 'up', 'above normal' or 'more than adequate' and those replying 'less', 'down', 'below normal' or 'less than adequate'.


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So I recently decided to leave my job as an operational analyst. This means that I am going to spend some time cultivating Galapag.us, hopefully attracting funding and mentorship with my friend Bryn, and am going to give the company a real shot. It's an amazing feeling and something I've been dying to do for years now. I seem to have a lot of people supporting me, so that seems nice…but now I have to really prove myself and that's a little daunting.
Anyway, I've been continuing the thinking about liquidity from my last post.
Measuring Interaction Liquidity in Jobs
Some ways of life lend themselves to more interactions with other people. In my case, I had gone from an Army experience to a grad school environment to a shift-work job. In terms of interaction liquidity, the Army is an extremely poor environment for finding suitable girlfriends (although I had a wonderful girlfriend at the time) and friends outside my team. I did meet an amazing number of people, but the other hindrance was that social networking was so stigmatized within the military still that no one would start using Facebook until they all (mostly) got out. Military folks aren't always the most tech-savvy either.
Grad school was completely different. Before my grad program even began, I had started a Facebook group for us, and almost all of our new class had joined it before the first day even began — the rest would later join once they heard that Facebook and Google groups were how people were organizing/disseminating info. My friend count took off, since you meet so many people in school and are in the trade of ideas, partying, and conversations. I started using Twitter but even now only a limited group of my classmates have ventured onto it.
At my job, my friend count slowed down — but I think most jobs are like that. You meet your teammates and that's it. You have to be in certain positions, like HR and executive-level and PR to be within the swirling eddies of social networking. It can be stultifying for professional growth to be in a job where you don't meet many new people. It's a virtual death sentence for people who are single and who want to meet potential mates in a peer environment instead of at bars or through dating sites, which work great in DC, but as Dan Ariely pointed out,
"The dating market is perhaps the only market that we moved from a centralized market to a decentralized market. You know, we used to have a yentl, your parents used to tell you what to do, all this is gone, now you have to fend for yourself. On top of that, we move a lot, right? You go to one place for undergrad, then you go to grad school, then you move to another city for a job, two years later you move again. You have no time to create a social network. We work long hours, so it's really a system where we don't have time to find people for ourselves. It's taboo to date people at the work place, the social networks are weaker in the physical world. We move all the time and we don't have a yentl or parents to tell us what to do."
So you might be asking at this point, does it even matter how much interaction liquidity you have? I don't think it matters for most people, but I do think it's a valuable metric that may show larger trends.
For instance, what if you could compare companies and how much internal and external interaction liquidity they have? Would you work at a company that doesn't seem to provide much liquidity for its employees? Could it signal dysfunction inside a company if it has fewer interactions/period than its peers? What about cities? Is it a desirable quality for a city planner to want to increase interaction liquidity? This would seem consistent with architects and designers in modern theory wanting to build spaces more conducive to public gathering, drawing people in instead of away.
Which leads us to…
Landmark Interaction Liquidity
There's a key series of scenes in the movie Before Sunrise, that movie with Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke which has NOT aged as well as its sequel, Before Sunset, that I think sums up landmark interaction liquidity quite well.
In short, the movie is about two people who meet up on a train in Europe and spend the rest of the evening and early morning falling in love while walking around in Paris. They visit different places in the city throughout their long date. But at the end of the movie, they part ways. It all concludes by showing all the sites they visited, as the sun comes up. The places, since it's early, are all empty, and the scene which had previously been so intimate, private, and unique to the couple have resumed form as landmarks, placeholders, statues, squares, etc.
So it interests me that certain locations, over time, build their own interaction histories. In the same day, or even at the same time, different groups of people converge on those places and use them in different ways that are unique to the different parties. So at one moment here in DC, Dupont Circle may have a couple flirting with each other, a musician playing for on-lookers, some people meeting up after a bike ride, people playing chess, people on their way home from work, people eating a quick dinner, people reading on the lawn. This could register, say, 1,000 interactions in an hour. That space is continually transformed, re-used, and remixed over that time. This is immensely valuable for social interaction.
Certain locations take on a reputation. Dupont Circle for instance was used last month as venue to watch two World Cup games. In this case, it was being used as a shared space by many, many people to experience the same event. But each person had their own experience within it. And this is radically different than the epic snowball fight that took place in the circle this winter.
Is there a way to measure interaction liquidity for certain places? Some places do it, like measuring foot traffic at Grand Central or counting tickets at Nationals Stadium. Can we build a history for a place, which shows a list of interactions that have taken place there over time, searchable by # of people involved, observability (how many people witnessed it), importance (was it a political rally? did an interaction lead to socially-agreed positive outcomes like marriage?), etc.? I think we can. At the very least, we need the tools to develop these kinds of metrics, and the ability to define our own variables to build those metrics.
Reputation is too important in our daily lives for us to have not done more with it. Especially when it's filled with our own individual biases and backed by little hard data and statistical analysis about what the reputations of people, places, and things actually are. When you start thinking about reputation and identity, you start to see it everywhere.


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- SNP/CGH microarray combo for LOH and clonal evolution detection
- Cell enrichment (clonal plasma, progenitor or lymphoid populations) for accurate analysis of aberrant cell sub-populations
- Turn-around time in only 5-7 days
- Myeloma/MGUS: plasma cell enrichment essential for determining genomic aberrations and prognostic risk association (see Zehentner et al AJCP Oct 2012). Enrichment using CD138 beads or CD38 flow cell sorting
- MDS: – Detection of clinically relevant LOH (loss of heterozygosity regions; e.g. 7q LOH in cases with normal cytogenetic findings. Enrichment of CD34+ progenitor cells for increased detection sensitivity
- CLL: -Detection of gains and losses (potential substitute for FISH analysis). Detection of otherwise cryptic 11q deletions
Detection of otherwise cryptic, clinically relevant micro-deletions and duplications
Prognostic categorization of 13q deletions
Enrichment (if needed) uses CD5/CD19 flow cell sorting
- AML and other leukemias: – Detection of clonal evolution. Detection of other cryptic LOH and micro-deletions/duplications


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There's no question that Morgantown has a bustling and exciting music scene. It seems that there's a new act announced every week, whether it be at 123 or Mainstage.
Mainstage opened just last year. Anyone familiar with the venue will know it used to be the less popular Chic-N-Bones. Since opening, Mainstage has brought in some pretty big name acts. Perhaps the biggest name to be announced, Animal Collective, will be taking the stage this fall.
When Mainstage opened their doors, they "vowed to change the local music scene". However, did the scene really need changing?
123 Pleasant St. has been pulling in big name acts since they opened. Bands like The White Stripes, Black Flag, and Red Hot Chili Peppers are just a few that have played the stage of 123. Recently, Balance and Composure played at 123 (and the high schooler in me was squealing during the entire show). In May, punk rockers Titus Andronicus will be coming to 123.
It's obvious that we at The New 'Motown' love the music scene here and the rich history that our veteran venue has. I've heard people say that 123 and Mainstage have been trying to compete, but I'm not entirely sure that's true.
I've been following the lineup announcements that Mainstage since they opened, and most of the artists have been very heavily influenced by EDM (Electronic Dance Music). While, as listed above, 123 holds a wide variety of shows – anything from punk/post-punk, alternative, jam band, folk, and don't forget their weekly open mic nights.
Since their opening, I haven't seen Mainstage host a single open mic night. They also haven't hosted as many local bands, with the exception of a few Manor and Friends shows.
What I've drawn from the two venues lineups is this: they're appealing to different crowds for different reasons. If you love bigger names in the EDM/rap scene, then Mainstage is the venue for you, while you can get a smorgasbord of wonderful local and national performers at 123.
I believe these two venues can live in harmony. It's wonderful that Mainstage is getting people out to shows that normally wouldn't attend a concert, but it's extremely important not to overlook the credible music scene that 123 has built up over the years.
What do you think? Are the two venues competing? Let me know in the comments.


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Finally here are Moooooore quilts
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Thank G-d I've been busy with work, so haven't been able to post much… But, when my daughter was in town recently she made me take lots of pictures of quilts I have done over the years- so here is the start of it. These are two quilts I made during my obsession phase with cows- don't worry that phase is long over! 🙂 (I won't mention that I'm in to King Kong now, though!)
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Anyone interested in playing baseball this year, this is a reminder that tryouts start Monday the 19th. You must have a completed physical by Feb. 19 in order to try out. You will not be allowed to participate in any way without a physical.
Attention Juniors and Seniors: If you would like to be a part of the 2018 prom committee, complete an application and return it to Mrs. Harris by 3 pm on Feb 14. Applications are in the main office.
FFA will meet after school on Thursday. All members are encouraged to attend.
The CVCC Test is being moved from Feb 15 to Friday, Feb 16.
Today is the last day to buy Candy grams. Wish students, faculty, and staff a "Happy Valentine's Day" with a personalized candy gram.
11th Graders are reminded that an appointment must be scheduled with Mrs. Dalton to arrange 12th grade classes. A parent or guardian is also required to attend. Be aware that if you want to go to CVCC next year, this appointment needs to be made as soon as possible in order for Mrs. Dalton to determine your qualifications and to give you application information. Remember, no appointment, no schedule. See Mrs. Dalton if you have any questions.
The Sadie Hawkins Dance will be on Feb. 17 in the cafeteria from 7:30 to 11:00 for High School only. Tickets will be sold at lunch, after school, and before school in High School Office (see Mrs. Buster). The cost is $6 for a single ticket and $10 for a couple. A guest form can be picked up in the main office. Any questions please see Ms. Layne in Room 208. Guest forms need to be turned in by Feb.15.
Oakes test prep will be offering free SAT prep classes at the CCTC on the following dates:
February 17th 8:30 - 10:30am
February 24th 8:30 - 10:30am
March 3rd 12:00 - 2:00pm
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Please see Mrs. Hanson for more information and to sign-up.
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List price: $34.00Copyright year: 2005Publisher: University of Chicago PressPublication date: 9/15/2005Binding: PaperbackPages: 280Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall Weight: 0.968Language: English
With T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound was one of the two main influences on British and U.S. poetry between the two world wars. The collection of his Letters, 1907--1941 revealed the great erudition of this most controversial expatriate poet. Born in Idaho in 1885, Pound graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and went abroad to live in 1908. His first book, A Lume Spento, a small collection of poems, was published in Venice in 1908. With the publication of Personae in London in 1909, he became the leader of the imagists abroad. Pound's writings have been subject to many foreign influences. First he imitated the troubadours; then he came under the influence of the Chinese and Japanese poets.… More The Cantos (1925--60), his major work, to which he added for many years, is a mixture of modern colloquial language and classical quotation. The Pisan Cantos (1948), written during his imprisonment in Italy, is more autobiographical. Pound's prose, as well as his poetry, has been extremely influential. The Spirit of Romance (1910) is a revision of his studies of little-known romance writers. ABC of Reading (1934) is an exposition of his critical method. His critical writings include Literary Essays of Ezra Pound (1954), Instigations (1920), and Guide to Kulchur (1938). Pound was a linguist, whom Eliot called "the inventor of Chinese poetry for our time." His greatest translating achievements from Japanese, Chinese, Anglo-Saxon, Italian, Provencal, and French are collected in The Translations of Ezra Pound (1933). Among his other writings are Make It New: Essays; Jefferson and/or Mussolini, a discussion of American democracy and capitalism and fascism; and The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan, with Ernest Fenollosa. Living in Italy, Pound felt that some of the practices of Mussolini were in accord with the doctrines of social credit, in which he had become interested in the 1920s and 1930s. He espoused some of the general applications of fascism and also was a strong advocate of anti-Semitism. During World War II, he broadcast a pro-Fascist series of programs addressed to the Allied troops on Italian radio. Indicted for treason and brought to the United States to stand trial in 1946, he was judged mentally incompetent to prepare a defense and was committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. in what is now considered less of a reflection on his sanity than on his politics. After a concerted appeal to the federal government by American poets, led by Robert Frost, Pound was at last released in 1958 and returned to Italy. Critics have recently begun to face squarely the connections between his fascism and his poetry; facts of his life and work continue to arouse mixed feelings. 030 Less
Poet W. D. Snodgrass was born on January 5, 1926. After serving as a Navy typist during World War II, he received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa. With the publication of Heart's Needle (1959) a collection of confessional poetry that won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize, Snodgrass gained immediate fame as one of the best poets to come out of the 1950s. Snodgrass's later poetry is much less directly personal, as he learned to deal with some of the major historical events of his time. His wrote more than 30 books of poetry, criticism and translations including After Experience (1967) and The Fuehrer Bunker (1977). He taught at numerous colleges including Cornell University,… More Wayne State University and the University of Delaware. He died from lung cancer on January 13, 2009 at the age of 83. Less
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Edeka, one the largest supermarkets chain on Germany has decided to merry Christmas their consumers in a different and original way. With only 9 cashiers and 13 hidden cameras, they've created an amazing flash mob in one of their groceries that get stunned all their shoppers.
It seemed like a normal day when many users decided to go shopping to one of Edeka's supermarket but nothing too far. Shoppers were waiting to be attended when suddenly the stuff started to scan at the unison beeping the Christmas song "Jingle Bells". A completely surprise for everyone that didn't doubt to join the party clapping and dancing together. With these type of commercials, Edeka has definitely moved away its old image with new fresh airs.


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The current Federal funds rate is now at just slightly under 1%. Of course, there are some people who always want higher rates, no matter what. They confidently declare that the U.S. economy is now aproaching full employment and that inflationary pressures will soon start to build up.
Except for the fact that:
1) Prime age labor force participation rate is still about 2 percentage points below pre-crisis levels (chart 1).
2) First quarter GDP growth was far from spectacular. Even though in all fairness it must be said that Q1 GDP growth has been horrible for years and that there is usually a rebounce in Q2.
3) Nominal wage growth is still below pre-crisis levels.
4) The Fed undershot its 2% inflation target for many consecutive years, basically since the financial crisis with the exception of 2012.
5) Financial markets expect that the Fed will continue to undershoot its inflation target in the years to come. Tips spreads currently suggest that the CPI will only average about 1.8% over the next decade (chart 3). However, the Fed actually targets a different measure of inflation, PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditure), which usually tends to be 20-30 basis points lower, meaning that the deviation from target in terms of undershooting might end up being even larger.
6) The so-called Trump reflation trade has already come to an early end. Long-term bond yields have fallen again, which probably implies that financial markets expect lower real growth and/or lower inflation rates for the foreseeable future than just a few months ago.


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Sean Bean to play lead in Legends pilot
Story by Jack Foley
SEAN Bean is to replace Brendan Fraser in Legends, a new pilot from the team behind Homeland.
The former Game of Thrones man will play a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has the ability to transform himself into a different person for each job.
However, he finds his own identity being called into question when a stranger suggests that he isn't who he thinks he is.
Legends is the latest TV pilot to come from Homeland executive producer Howard Gordon and was co-developed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow), Alexander Cary (Homeland) and Jonathan Levin (Charmed).
It is based on the book from spy novelist Robert Littell.
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