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I'm in the final week of my mini-summer, and I'm wearing myself out keeping myself occupied. It's a tough life.
Anyways, to keep myself busy (and because I moved into a new apartment), I decided to host a few friends (the ones kind enough to drive out to see me) for some summer swimming and snacking. And I've learned how terribly fun it is to menu-plan.
Because I now live very near to the largest Asian market in the area, I decided my menu would be Asian-themed. Here it is!
Saucy Asian Meatballs from Gimme Some Oven
Edamame Potstickers from Stay Happy, Stay Healthy
Superfood Spring Rolls (recipe below!)
Fresh veggies & homemade hummus
Popcorn seasoned with ginger

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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced the launch of a Bermuda's "Thirty2°/Sixty4°" suite that addresses a wide range of liability exposures currently facing corporations and their executives and employees.
The suite offers five primary coverage components: Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability (EPL), Employed Lawyers Coverage, Fiduciary Liability, and Wage & Hour Coverage. Clients have the ability to purchase the entire package or combine only the specific components they need, with the option to choose separate or shared limits, according to the company.
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"The Horse symbolizes such character traits as strength, energy, and an outgoing nature. Extremely animated, Horses thrive when they're the center of attention. Always in search of a good time, Horses keep the crowds happy with their humor and their wit.
Horses are extremely intelligent so they're able to grasp new subjects with ease. They're also capable of multi-tasking however they don't always finish what they start because they're forever chasing the next opportunity. Horses are honest, friendly and open-minded. They're perhaps a bit too centered on themselves and have been known to throw tantrums when situations don't go their way."
I never noticed this before, but both my parents were born on a Year of the Horse.
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Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Russian-American Company, Through January 1, 1845
In 1799, Emperor Paul I of Russia granted a charter to establish the Russian-American Company. The company was an outgrowth of the Shelikhov-Golikov Company, a fur-trading venture founded in 1783 by Grigorii Ivanovich Shelikhov (1747–95) and Ivan Larionovich Golikov, and of several other companies. In 1784, Shelikhov founded the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska, at Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island. Although primarily a commercial entity, the Russian-American Company took on the responsibilities of Russian colonial government and became an outpost in the Pacific for the Imperial Court in Saint Petersburg. The focus of the company remained on fur, however, as it maintained some 40 trading locations throughout Alaska. Among the company's most notable accomplishments was the establishment of Fort Ross in northern California, which was inhabited from 1812–42 and was a center of Russian colonial activity. In 1867, when the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire, ending Russia's colonial presence in North America, the Russian-American Company was sold to an American business and from 1868 it operated as the Alaska Commercial Company. Throughout its history, the Russian-American Company kept detailed records of its work and published annual reports on its finances, the fur trade, the movement of people from Russia to North America, and company accomplishments. In some years the reports also included maps of new territories explored or new settlements established.
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Отчетъ Россiйско - Американской компанiи Главнаго правленiя. За одинъ годъ, по 1 января 1845 г.
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- "Plan of Novoarkhangelsk, main port of the Russian-American Company." This map was commissioned by the Russian-American Company in 1845.
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Action: Grow non-crop plants that produce chemicals that attract natural enemies
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Natural enemies: Four studies from China, Germany, India and Kenya tested the effects of growing plants that produce chemicals that attract natural enemies. Three (including one replicated, randomised, controlled trail) found higher numbers of natural enemies in plots with plants that produce attractive chemicals, and one found that the attractive plant also attracted natural enemies in lab studies. One found no effect on parasitism but the plant used was found not to be attractive to natural enemies in lab studies.
Pests: All four studies found a decrease in either pest population or pest damage in plots with plants that produce chemicals that attract natural enemies.
Yield: One replicated, randomised, controlled study found an increase in crop yield in plots with plants that produce attractive chemicals.
Crops studied were lettuce, orange, safflower and sorghum.
This intervention involves growing non-crop plants which produce volatile chemicals (quickly evaporating scents or odours) that attract natural enemies, thereby encouraging the enemies to the main crop. Non-crop plants could be grown in field margins or interspersed into the main crop. Lab studies demonstrating an attractive effect of a plant species or variety to a natural enemy are also included.
Here we present evidence from four of six studies testing this intervention.
Supporting evidence from individual studies
A controlled study in summer 2000 in Bonn, Germany (Sengonca et al. 2002) found that the abundance of four natural predators was significantly higher in lettuce Lactuca sativa plots intercropped with attractant plants (3.0-3.2 larvae and 3.2-3.6 adults per lettuce plant) than in monoculture lettuce plots (1.5 larvae and 1.7 adults). Egg and pupae abundance of the three ladybird species (Coccinellidae) and common green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea was similar between intercropped (12.5-13.0 eggs and 1.5-1.7 pupae per plant) and monoculture (11.5 eggs and 1 pupa) plots. Aphid (Aphidoidea) abundance was significantly lower in intercropped (110-125 per lettuce plant) than monoculture (160 per plant) plots. Natural predator and aphid numbers were similar between plots intercropped with wormwood Artemisia vulgaris, tansy Tanacetum vulgare or stinging nettle Urtica dioica. The attractant plants were tested separately in three blocks inside a 6 x 50 m field. Each attractant plant species was grown in nine plots of 1 x 0.3 m, placed in a 3 x 3 grid among 20 lettuce rows.
A replicated, randomised, controlled study in 1998–1999 in western Kenya (Gohole 2003) found that larval and pupal parasitism of four pest stem borer species (Crambidae, Noctuidae and Pyralidae) by four parasitoid wasp species (Hymenoptera) was similar in plots of sorghum Sorghum bicolor intercropped with molasses grass Melinis minutiflora (4.4% parasitism) and plots of sorghum monoculture (5.1% parasitism). Parasitism differed for only one of four seasons (in 1998), when pupal parasitism was higher in monoculture plots. The spotted borer Chilo partellus was less abundant in intercropped plots (2,750 individuals) than in monoculture plots (3,601). Intercropped plots contained one row of molasses grass for every three sorghum rows. Plots were 9 x 10 m with the treatment replicated in 11 blocks over three fields. Laboratory studies of odour choice found that volatiles from sorghum or maize Zea mays with molasses grass were not more attractive to the stem borer parasitoid sp. Cotesia sesamiae than maize or sorghum volatiles alone. The parasitoid Dentichasmias busseolae was repelled by molasses grass volatiles.
A controlled study in 2001-2003 in Guangzhou, China (Kong et al. 2005) found that more predatory mites Amblyseius newsami occurred in orange Citrus sinensis orchards with a tropical whiteweed Ageratum conyzoides ground cover (0.3 mites/orange tree leaf) than in control orchards (0.09 mites). The pest citrus red mite Panonychus citri was also less numerous in orchards containing tropical whiteweed (0.03 mites/leaf) than control orchards (0.18 mites). Odour choice tests in the laboratory found that Amblyseius newsami was strongly attracted to volatiles from fresh leaves (61% of choices versus a control) or essential oils (95% of choices) from tropical whiteweed. The study compared an orchard with a tropical whiteweed understorey grown for two years, and a control orchard with a groundcover of naturally growing weed species (but with tropical whiteweed removed). Mite counts took place in June 2003 using 15 randomly selected orange trees.
A replicated, randomised, controlled study in 2006-2007 in Karnataka, India (Hanumantharaya et al. 2008) found more natural predators, including lacewing (Neuroptera) eggs and ladybirds (Coccinellidae), in safflower Carthamus tinctorious intercropped with 7-13% coriander Coriandrum sativum (6.0-7.6 lacewing eggs and 1.0-1.4 ladybirds/plant) than in safflower monoculture (4.8 and 0.8, respectively). Cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera damage was lowest in intercropped plots of 13% and 10% coriander (16-17% of safflower capsules damaged) and greatest in safflower monoculture plots (21% damaged). Safflower yield was greater (0.92-1.1 t/ha) in intercropped plots (at all densities of coriander) than in monoculture plots (0.86 t/ha). The experiment comprised four treatments (safflower mixed with coriander at 5%, 7%, 10% and 13% of sowing seed volume) and a safflower monoculture control, replicated three times.
Referenced papers
- Sengonca C., Kranz J. & Blaeser P. (2002) Attractiveness of three weed species to polyphagous predators and their influence on aphid populations in adjacent lettuce cultivations. Anzeiger Fur Schadlingskunde-Journal of Pest Science, 75, 161-165
- Gohole L.S. (2003) Enhancing foraging behaviour of stemborer parasitoids: role of a non-host plant, Melinis minutiflora. PhD thesis. University of Wageningen.
- Kong C.H., Hu F., Xu X.H., Zhang M.X. & Liang W.J. (2005) Volatile allelochemicals in the Ageratum conyzoides intercropped citrus orchard and their effects on mites Amblyseius newsami and Panonychus citri. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31, 2193-2203
- Hanumantharaya L., Venkateshalu ., Kubasad V.S. & Raju S.G. (2008) Role of cropping pattern for the management of insect pests of safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L. 7th International Safflower Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia, 1-4.


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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai said he hopes the world believes that his country is "not the place of terrorism" after the announcement that the al Qaeda leader was killed in neighboring Pakistan.
"If the international troops/forces are true allies of the Afghans — they should come out and say that the killing of Afghans, children and elders which took place over the many years on a daily basis was not a good idea," Karzai said on RTA TV.
Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah, Hope and Change
Bin Laden's killing proves that Pakistan is a "haven" for terror groups, according to Abdullah.
"Killing of Osama bin Laden is pleasant news for Afghans, and now it's proven that al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are not based in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a haven for them," he said.
Arab League Secretary-General Amre Moussa
"We have never been supporters of al Qaeda or any violence against civilians. This is a permanent and agreed upon Arab position regarding al Qaeda and any activities against civilians. And of course, our position against international terrorism is known."
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Gillard congratulated the U.S. on the operation, and said she acknowledges the role of Pakistan in the fight against terror.
"Our fight against terrorism does not end with bin Laden's death. We must remain vigilant against the threat posed by al Qaeda and the groups it has inspired," she said.
"We will continue our support for the counterterrorism efforts of the United States and our partners, and we will continue our efforts in Afghanistan to ensure that the country never again becomes a safe haven for terrorism."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague
"I welcome this development. I congratulate the United States on the success of the operation. Osama Bin Laden will no longer be able to bring terror and murder and mayhem to the world."
British Prime Minister David Cameron
"Osama bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen — for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives," he said. "This is a time to remember all those murdered by Osama bin Laden, and all those who lost loved ones," he said. "It is also a time too to thank all those who work round the clock to keep us safe from terrorism."
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu
China believes "the death of Osama bin Laden is a milestone and a positive development for the international anti-terrorism efforts," Jiang said. "China believes that it is necessary to seek both a temporary solution and a permanent cure in fighting terrorism and to make great efforts to eliminate the soil on which terrorism relies to breed."
European Commission President Barroso and European Council President Van Rompuy
"Osama bin Laden was a criminal responsible for heinous terrorist attacks that cost the lives of thousands of innocent people," Barroso and Rompuy said in a joint statement. "His death makes the world a safer place and shows that such crimes do not remain unpunished."
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy said bin Laden's death was a result of a "remarkable U.S. commando" operation.
"Osama Bin Laden was a promoter of the ideology of hatred and was the chief of a terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of thousands of victims, especially in Muslim countries," he said.
"For his victims, justice has been done. Today, in France, we think of them and their families."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
"With the commando action against Osama bin Laden and his killing, the U.S. military has achieved a decisive strike against al Qaeda," she said.
"At his command and in his name, terror was enforced into many countries against men women and children, Christians as well as Muslims. Osama bin Laden suggested that he was operating in the name of Islam, but in reality he makes a mockery of the fundamental values of his own and every other religion."
Iranian Foreign Ministry The Islamic Republic of Iran hopes that the death of Osama bin Laden will put an end to war and the killing of innocent people and restore peace to their region, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
The IRNA website reports Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast reacted to news on bin Laden's killing by U.S. troops by saying, "The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that foreign countries now have no excuse for military buildup in the region to fight terrorism."
Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister for the Hamas government in Gaza
The prime minister condemned the killing, describing bin Laden as a Muslim "mujahid" or holy warrior.
Al Qaeda and the Islamist radical group Hamas have no official relationship, but the Palestinian conflict with Israel has been the subject of frequent audio messages from al Qaeda.
India's external affairs minister M. Krishnas
India applauded the killing as a "historic development and victorious milestone in the global war" against terror.
"Over the years, thousands of innocent lives of men, women and children have been tragically lost at the hands of terrorist groups," the minister said.
"The world must not let down its united effort to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own neighborhood."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"Israel joins in the joy of the American people on this historic day in which Osama bin Laden was killed. … This is a resounding victory for justice, freedom and for the joint values of all the countries that fight side by side determinedly against terror."
Israeli President Shimon Peres
"The end of bin Laden is a great piece of news for the free world," Peres said.
"This man was a mega murderer, he killed thousands and thousands of people, people who were totally innocent, and would continue to kill, his purpose in life was to kill anybody who doesn't belong to him."
Italian foreign Minister Franco Frattini
The foreign minister said "this is a great victory for the United States and for the entire international community" in the fight against terror.
"It is a victory made possible by the determination of the United States in their hunt against the one responsible for the most tragic episode at the beginning of this century, 9/11, and numerous other tragedies," he said. "A victory that rewards the efforts that all of us next to the United States have fought and continue to fight against terrorism. A victory of good against evil, of justice against malignancy. It is a victory of the free and democratic world."
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Spokesman Noriyuki Shikata said the nation would continue its work with the international community to combat terrorism.
"We pay our respects to the efforts of those concerned, including the U.S. and Pakistan. We regard this as part of a united effort to fight against terrorism," Shikata said. "Japan has been working on assistance to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, and proactively tackling the issue of terrorism."
Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua
The nation, which was bombed by al Qaeda in 1998, called his killing a "defining moment in the fight against" terrorism.
"Kenya was the first country to be attacked by al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's death comes as a relief to many of the victims of the bombings in East Africa," the spokesman said.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
"The harm that Osama Bin Laden has inflicted to the image of Islam and the Arab causes is no less than the harm caused by enemies to the causes of Muslims and Arabs everywhere. … Our national and Muslim history will not forgive this man. He has been, for two consecutive decades, a black mark in this history, and voluntarily poisoned the minds of thousands of youth with the culture of terrorism and killing and sabotage and destruction, and has placed Islam, which is a religion of justice and forgiveness and dialogue and good deeds, in a hostile position towards other civilizations, religions and cultures."
Muslim Council of Britian:
"Few will mourn the reported death of Osama bin Laden, least of all Muslims. Many Muslims will reflect on the 10 years that have passed in which our faith and our community have been seen through the prism of terrorism and security. The Muslim Council of Britain has consistently stood firm against terrorism and violence, and will continue to do so."
"This is a significant success for the security of NATO allies and all the nations which have joined us in our efforts to combat the scourge of global terrorism to make the world a safer place for all of us," it said in a statement. "NATO made clear that it considered the September 11 attacks on the United States an attack against all allies. We remember the thousands of innocent lives lost to terrorist atrocities in so many of our nations, in Afghanistan, and around the world."
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
"I would definitely view this as a major, indeed, mega-landmark event, marking the end of a life of a person who clearly was involved in outrageous acts of terror and destruction. It is certainly our hope that this would mark the beginning of an end of a very dark era."
Pakistan foreign ministry
The Pakistani foreign ministry issued a statement confirming the terror leader's death.
"In an intelligence driven operation, Osama bin Laden was killed in the surroundings of Abbottabad in the early hours of this morning. This operation was conducted by the U.S. forces in accordance with declared U.S. policy that Osama bin Laden will be eliminated in a direct action by the U.S. forces, wherever found in the world," the ministry said.
"Earlier today, President Obama telephoned President Zardari on the successful U.S. operation which resulted in killing of Osama bin Laden."
The ministry said the killing highlights the resolve of Pakistan and the international community to combat terrorism.
Russia said it is ready to help step up efforts to combat terror, saying only joint efforts can produce results.
"Russia was among the first countries to face the dangers inherent in global terrorism, and unfortunately knows what al Qaeda is not from hearsay," the Kremlin said. "Retribution will inevitably reach all terrorists."
Spain's ruling Socialist Party
"This is good news because it has put an end to the symbolic leader of international jihadi terrorism, the al Qaeda chief, the head of the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world."
Turkish President Abdullah Gul
"Terrorists and leaders of terrorists are captured alive or dead sooner or later," Gul said at a news conference. "It should teach a lesson that the leader of the world's most dangerous and sophisticated terrorist organization is captured this way.
Uganda government spokesman Fred Opolot
The East African nation pledged to continue its fight against terrorism. Ugandan troops are part of an African Union force helping fight the al-Shabaab — an al Qaeda proxy — in Somalia.
"Uganda shall continue to support the ongoing fight against global terrorism and renews its commitment to bring to justice those who commit acts of terror in the country," the spokesman said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
The death of Osama bin Laden, announced by President [Barack] Obama last night, is a watershed moment in our common global fight against terrorism…… The crimes of Al Qaeda touched most continents, bringing tragedy and loss of life to thousands of men, women and children. …This is a day to remember the victims and families of victims, here in the United States and everywhere in the world."
The Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi
"Osama bin Laden, as we all know, had the very grave responsibility of spreading division and hatred amongst the people, causing the death of countless of people, and of instrumentalizing religion for this end," he said. "In front of the death of man, a Christian never rejoices but rather reflects on the grave responsibility of each one in front of God and men, and hopes and commits himself so that every moment not be an occasion for hatred to grow but for peace."
Yemeni government official
A government official described the death of Osama bin Laden as "a truly historic moment."
We welcome the news … millions of people will sleep in peace tonight," the official said. "Osama bin Laden was more of a symbolic figure, a spiritual leader for al Qaeda."
The official said it is too early to determine how his death will affect the war against terror.
"But this is definitely a strong blow to the organization," said the official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
"The government of the Republic of Yemen welcomes the elimination of Usama Bin Laden, the founding father of the al Qaeda terrorist network. The successful operation, spearheaded by U.S. forces, marks a monumental milestone in the ongoing global war against terrorism."


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My short story, Renata and the Vampire Hunter, is now available from Lady Aibell Press, check it out and buy it today it is only $2.00 support a struggling writer
Renata the Vampire Hunter
by Roxanne Rhoads
The residents of the beautiful small town of Flushing, Michigan would never believe that a vampire lived among them. Something so dark and sinister could not taint the story book beauty of their quaint little town. Yet, Renata walked among them, blended in with the unsuspecting people, seducing them and feeding off them, but she hungered for a kill. When the carnival came to town she figured it was the perfect time to find a new victim. The man she chose to be her victim was no ordinary carni. He stirred a longing deep inside her and turned out to be much more than she bargained for.
She could feel the heat and desire flowing from their young bodies; it made her hot and wet with anticipation. She knew of a secluded spot in the woods behind the park where she had brought some blankets earlier. That is where she would take them.
"Hello, gentlemen. Are you enjoying your night?" she asked them.
"I think we're about to start enjoying it a lot more," said the tall, dark-haired one.
"Oh yeah, I think things are about to get interesting," said the muscular, blond one.
"My name is Renata."
"I'm Drake," said the dark-haired one. Pointing to the blond, he added, "And this is Mike."
Renata could feel the sexual tension in the air. "Why don't we get out of here and do something more enjoyable?"
"Where do you want to go?" the blond asked.
"Follow me."
She led them down the midway and past all the games until they were out of the park. They followed her deep into the forest. When the threesome reached the clearing in the woods, she turned to them and pulled off her thin, little top, exposing her full, round breasts. Her dark nipples hardened in the cool night air.
The two guys stared at her-not even a drunken sorority chick was this easy. Frantically, they started ripping off their own clothes. Soon, Drake and Mike stood naked in front of Renata, their impressive erections waiting for her attention.
Renata slipped out of her sandals and slid her jeans down over her curves. She delicately took off her thong and tossed it on the ground next to one of the blankets she left there earlier. She rubbed her hands over her aching breasts, across her tight stomach, and down between her legs. Her pubic hair was dark and silky, trimmed into a perfect triangle, while the rest of her was bare.
"Come here, boys." she ordered.
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The various detractors of the free-to-play gaming model, including yours truly, often refer to such titles from the likes of Glu and Gamevil as "pay-to-win." That's never been so true as in FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE 2 PLAY, where an ogre steals the princess and you have to literally ransom her back. You could spend hours and hours grinding through the 2D platformer, avoiding the advertising that will crush you and stomping on it to collect coins, slowly building up to 1,000,000 in-game dollars.
Or you could pay a $3 in-app purchase to buy her back and win the game.
Yes, FFFFF2P is really free, and yes, it includes real in-app purchases. You can get various boosters to bump up the pixelated coins you play in the lightning-fast levels, or pick protection items to keep your streak going. Each IAP booster can also be bought with in-game currency (and compared to some of the more egregious free to play games, it's a breeze to build up the cash you need), but that will set you back from the ultimate goal.
FFFFF2P makes a sardonic statement about free to play games, very much like the Windows game DLC Quest. But unlike that title, which costs three real dollars with all the in-game "DLC packs" made in pretend money, FFFFF2P's message is somewhat undercut by the fact that it actually includes real in-app purchases. The description also leaves out the (real) full-page ads in between rounds and the annoying push to share the game on social networks, two features of the genre that's being lampooned.
It's kind of like an overly-obvious product placement being ironically shoehorned into a sitcom: sure it's funny, but someone's still getting paid. FFFFF2P is a free download (of course) for Android 2.3.3 or higher.


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Our hands were up, and we hope yours were too!
What you might not know about Ambleside, is its fascinating heritage. That's why we thought we'd give you a little run through of what makes our town so unique and special. We discovered parts of this history of Ambleside thanks to the fantastic website that is Ambleside Online.Ambleside's history goes back at least to the Romans, and the name 'Ambleside' is derived from the Old Norse "Á-mel-s?tr" which literally translates as "river – sandbank – summer pasture".
A popular misconception is that Ambleside has a solely rural past. It was in fact highly industrialised, involved heavily in the production of charcoal, used in smelting the iron ore of Furness and west Cumbria, then timber for the production of bobbins for the textile industry. It adopted water power at an early stage and later developed machine tool manufacture. Quarrying and mining were local industries, and quarrying continues to be, despite attempts to stop it.
In 1650, Ambleside was granted a charter to hold a market. In the reign of James II, another charter was granted for the town to collect tolls. The Market Place became the commercial centre for agriculture and the wool trade. The old packhorse trail between Ambleside and Grasmere was the main route between the two towns before the new turnpike road was completed in 1770. Smithy Brow at the end of the trail was where pack ponies were re-shod after their journey. With the coming of the turnpikes, the packhorse trains were superseded by horse-drawn stagecoaches, which regularly travelled between Keswick and Kendal via Ambleside.
William Wordsworth worked in Ambleside, as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland, from 1813, while living at Rydal Mount in the nearby village of Rydal. This government position induced Shelley to write a sonnet of mild reprimand, To Wordsworth, but it gave Wordsworth the financial security to pursue his poetry. In 1842, he became the Poet Laureate and resigned his office as Stamp Distributor.
The Ambleside Oral History Group has been recording interviews with local people since 1978, with memories of life as far back as 1885. The digital archive of interview transcripts is available and searchable online and a series of articles based on these, entitled 'The Way We Were' is also available.If you fancy exploring Ambleside for yourself, we have accommodation to suit everyone – take a look.
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The Rubens are very excited to announce that they will embark on their most massive tour to date this April/May. The Never Be the Same tour begins 24 April and takes in capital cities and regional centres across the country! Support duties will be split between Walk The Moon from the US and local heroes, Oh Mercy.
Currently making their UK and Europe debut, The Rubens will then make their way to the US to play stateside debuts and SXSW. The lads have been killing their sets and blowing away the overseas crowds, their first solo show in London sold out in 7 minutes!
It's all non-stop until heading back to Australia in time to support Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Hanging Rock, followed by a well-earned break to recharge for their Never Be the Same Tour. The lads will truly step it up and will share the love over 18 dates. After over a month on the road overseas, the awesomeness of The Rubens' home crowd will come none too soon!
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full article - BBC News - Tunisian Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi returns homeThe leader of Tunisia's main Islamist movement has returned home after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Ben Ali earlier this month.
More than 1,000 people were at the main airport in Tunis to welcome Rachid Ghannounchi as he arrived from London.
Mr Ghannouchi, 69, says his Ennahda party intends to work for the popular uprising that toppled Mr Ben Ali.
Observers say his return is the most potent symbol yet of the change that has swept the country since then.
His return follows the interim government's announcement that media curbs would be lifted, banned political parties allowed to register and political prisoners amnestied.
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When the majority of the city is celebrating the San Francisco Giants victories thus far in the World Series, there seem to have a handful of folks that simply can't act right.
The first video below is from a live, on-the-scene Texas reporter doing a segment outside AT&T Park; unfortunately there is a distinct aroma in the air…
This next video is simply a damn shame. According to the story posted on sfgate.com and as witnessed by YouTuber gtothebomb:
This was taken at the McDonald's right next to AT&T park. Some chick was arguing about their order, the chick with the yellow thong tells her, she shouldn't talk like that in front of her daughter. Chick says she's not my daughter and throws soda at the yellow thong chick. then all hell breaks loose.
Damn ya'll !
The way we'd all LIKE to have the world remember how we hosted the World Series is like the Steve Perry sing along in the middle of the 8th inning of Game 2. 43,000+ fans singing Journey's hit "Lights" – now that's San Francisco !


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The winter storm delayed planned legislative leadership talks Friday on a possible bipartisan bill addressing the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
The winter storm delayed planned legislative leadership talks Friday on a possible bipartisan bill addressing the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Democratic and Republican leaders were scheduled to hold a third session of closed-door discussions. Two Democratic staff members confirmed those talks are expected to resume on Monday.
On Thursday, leaders said they remained optimistic about reaching a bipartisan agreement, saying they were continuing to make progress. There have been some questions as to whether a bipartisan deal can be reached considering some Democratic and Republican lawmakers differ over whether to expand the state's assault weapons ban and whether to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.
The lawmakers are sifting through recommendations from three subcommittees that reviewed laws and policies affecting gun violence, school safety and mental health.
Meanwhile, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission continued to meet on Friday. Members heard from emergency management experts. That panel is expected to issue an interim report around mid-March to the Democratic governor, who has already released his own recommendations concerning gun control.
Malloy told reporters on Friday that he has been kept informed of the legislative leaders' progress. He said he expects his office will eventually get involved in the process.
"I think that they are trying to work out what they agree on," he said. "When they agree on something hopefully that I can support we'll make sure it is drafted in the appropriate fashion so you can't drive a truck through a loophole."
Malloy said he agrees with recent comments from Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, that an expanded assault weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity magazines has to be part of the final package.
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Chile WRC: Tanak leads Ogier after tough first morning
Toyota's Ott Tanak leads the way after the opening three stages of the WRC's inaugural Rally Chile, heading Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville after a challenging first morning.
The trio are separated by 6.6 seconds overall after the first morning of the new rally, and moved well clear of the rest on the 30.72km El Puma SS2.
Those who ran after them complained about a particular shortage of grip on a hard, polished surface. It left Tanak in the overall lead, 2.9s clear of Citroen's Ogier, while Tanak's Toyota teammate Kris Meeke was left 12.4s off in fourth place.
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Points leader Neuville meanwhile got a notional second stage time – 6.6s slower than Tanak's stage-topping mark – as the red-flag was given with only him out, a few kilometres in, as the FIA safety delegate had not cleared the stage.
His notional time, which he described as "very bad", left him third overall in his Hyundai i20 Coupe, 7.3s off leader Tanak after two stages.
Neuville then bounced back in the Espigado 22.26km third stage, benefiting from fresher tyres after not doing stage two in anger. He topped the SS3 times, 0.7s faster than Tanak, to end the morning third overall, 6.6s off Tanak at the top and just 0.5s off second-placed Ogier.
Both Tanak and Ogier made a similar error at the same spot of the opening 17.11km El Pinar stage, when they overshot and stalled after a short bridge.
Ogier lost around 2s in his incident and Tanak around 5s in his. Tanak at the stage end also hinted at needing to "fix" things on his Yaris. He confirmed after the second stage that the problem had been sorted, but added throughout that he was unhappy with his driving.
Tanak's Toyota stablemate Jari-Matti Latvala, with whom Meeke had topped stage one, ended the morning fourth overall 12.9s off the lead after an amazing SS3 time, just 0.2s off Neuville's despite running seventh on the road.
Meeke is fifth overall, 27.8s off the top, followed by Elfyn Evans just 1.8s further back in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta.
Hyundai's Sebastien Loeb is seventh overall after the opening loop, 38.1s off the lead, while his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen is eighth, 1m11.9s off the pace after losing time hitting a rock on the first stage.
M-Sport's Teemu Suninen is a further 2.2s back in ninth, feeling unable to trust his notes.
Citroen's Esapekka Lappi meanwhile lost around 20s on stage one after having to reverse due to running wide in a corner following a watersplash, though he didn't hit anything.
He is 10th and last of the WRC runners overall, 1m40.2s off Tanak.
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The program in English prepares students for a wide range of careers and graduate study, focusing as it does on the study of literature in English and the development of critical reading and writing skills. Past students have gone into work in public relations, law, library school, journalism, and publishing.
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GUANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 13: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) An inspection worker tests blood samples from volunteer donors at the Guangzhou Blood Centre on June 13, 2005 in Guangzhou of Guangdong Province, China. Early this year, China's Ministry of Health announced that the clinical use of bought blood will cease and be replaced by donated blood by 2008. Blood donated by volunteer's accounts for 91.3 per cent of the total clinical blood consumption in 2004 in China. According to official Xinhua News Agency, the number of reported HIV cases reached 840,000 last year, most of which are thought to have been acquired through illegal blood transactions in the 1990s. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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David Brooks has served on the VitalChurch team in the New England region of the United States since 2001. David and Kathy reside in Manchester, New Hampshire, the geographic center of the six New England states, and have five children and four grandchildren. David has served on dozens of church diagnostic assessment teams and has served also as an intentional interim pastor in ten churches in the New England region. David is also a certified leadership coach who coaches other intentional interim pastors. David graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a D.Min. in Organizational Systems and Leadership, and is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation. David enjoys just about everything about New England except the month of February.
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The area of the music business known as publishing can be very lucrative. Because of the income potential, many writers form their own publishing companies. Some writers do this in order to "keep their publishing," while others do so because the established publishing companies have shown no interest. However, getting published means nothing if the songs are not recorded or exploited in some other way. Thus, If a writer is also an artist that has an independent record coming out, or has a song being used in a film or on television, the writer should consider forming a publishing company.
It is easy to form a publishing company assuming that there is a record coming out or if a film or television show is using one of the writer's songs. First, the writer must affiliate with ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. (All 3 if the writer intends to publish other writer's songs as well.) The reason for joining is that these rights societies pay the publisher performance royalties if the songs are played on radio, television, etc. These societies will not let a publisher use a name which is similar to an existing company because the wrong party might be paid accidentally. An uncommon name should be selected for the company so that the name will clear. If the publisher is also a writer that has not yet affiliated with either SESAC, BMI or ASCAP, he or she should affiliate as a writer with one of the three societies at the same time as joining as a publisher. Because the societies require that the song's publisher be affiliated with the same society as the song's writer, the publisher will have to affiliate as a publisher with the same society joined as a writer. Part of the registration process will involve registering all songs written by the writer with the performance rights society selected.
If the publishing entity will not be operating as a corporation or LLC, the second step is to file a "fictitious name statement" with the county recorder. This puts the public on notice that the publisher is doing business under a name that is different from the writer's surname. In California, this statement is necessary in order to open a bank account, and to cash checks made out to that name.
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New Jersey Stage covers the arts throughout the Garden State. We're looking for writers who are interested in covering events from concerts to plays, poetry readings and museums. Please note, we are NOT in a position to pay writers. Our writers are volunteers. We believe in offering low cost advertising for the arts, which does not give us the ability to have a paid staff. However, we will give your work plenty of exposure. We can provide press passes for most events and can line up interviews for you. It's a good opportunity for someone starting out or a fan of the arts. As a writer for the site, you can have regular columns or contribute now and then. It's your choice. We also provide complimentary advertising for our writers to promote their own websites, blogs, bands, shows, or anything they'd like to promote.
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The website was created and is run by Gary Wien. From 2003-2007, Wien published Upstage Magazine, a monthly print publication that covered the arts throughout New Jersey. At its peak, Upstage published 25,000 copies per month and ultimately won an Asbury Music Award for Top Music Publication (becoming the only publication other than The Aquarian to ever win the award). Wien also took home three consecutive Top Music Journalist awards and several awards for the website as well. NewJerseyStage.com is basically an extension of his old magazine. For six years, the website was run solely as a hobby, but in 2014 Wien decided to make it a true media outlet.
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Jane Austen is the teacher we need, the thinker we ignore at our peril.
God gave humankind two voices: male and female. Refusal to listen to either is to miss half of wisdom that God makes incarnate in His image bearers.
Jane Austen does not reduce men to women or women to men. She has a sturdy and philosophically sophisticated understanding of civilization. If academia has ignored her importance as an educator, then this may be because she speaks of relationships (read Carol Gilligan) and secularists of an earlier era thought relationships inferior to their Ideas.
In the beginning, God gave us the truth while walking with us in a garden, nature made civilized. God in Three Persons did not want humanity, one person in one body, to be alone so God gave us two voices: male and female. The fool said in his heart: "there is one voice" and so ignored what women often said.
And of course, God, loving a diversity of beauty, made men and women as a group with overlapping tendencies. I am a man who thinks more like the generality of characteristics that apply to most women. I have jolly friends who are women that are womanly, but speak and think as males most often do. We cannot judge particular people with generalities, but generalities are still useful.
If there is a tendency to value enduring relationships over abstract ideas in the ethics valued by most (though not all) women, then Austen is an educator in that voice. She must not be reduced to entertainment, though she is good fun. She is wrestling with status, relationships, and how to morally negotiate status ethically.
She also is a woman in a way that no biological male can ever be. She speaks with a woman's voice as a woman and (most important!) she is wise.
Let us attend.*
One deep problem in modern American education has been ignoring the importance of deep, family, relationships. We cut through them as my school did when they got to controversial topics and the teacher instructed the class not to tell our parents what we were learning. These schools were speaking in one voice: they ground out facts at us. They did not care what those "facts" presented as they were being presented would do to our roots, to our connections, to our ethical duties, honor, or even gratitude to our family.
Austen is our teacher of how an ethical society can live out our ideals and save our roots, connections, duties, and honor our families. Pride and Prejudice is a master work in learning to love properly. There are so many lessons for us to learn, but one comes when one sister sees that her sister will be able to marry the man she loves. Her sister will not admit her love, she is afraid of failing, but Elizabeth, the wise one, knows. All will be well.
When Elizabeth sees that her sister will gain her heart's desire and as a result:
Elizabeth smiled.
"Lizzy, you must not do so. You must not suspect me. It mortifies me. I assure you that I have now learnt to enjoy his conversation as an agreeable and sensible young man, without having a wish beyond it. I am perfectly satisfied, from what his manners now are, that he never had any design of engaging my affection. It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man."
"You are very cruel," said her sister, "you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment."
"How hard it is in some cases to be believed!"
"And how impossible in others!"
"But why should you wish to persuade me that I feel more than I acknowledge?"
"That is a question which I hardly know how to answer. We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. Forgive me; and if you persist in indifference, do not make me your confidante."
Elizabeth knows that her sister loves and will be loved in return. If her sister cannot now admit this truth, then her sister will not press. She will wait to be a confidante when her sister can tell the truth. And in doing so she teaches all teachers a truth: our love of instruction is worthless. If we press, then we gain nothing. Teaching is soul to soul instruction and depends on truth.
Our greatest teachers are always the family members who love us.
Thank you, Professor Austin.
*Let's not make an obvious error. Men and women are human and so equal image bearers. The similarities are greater than the differences, themselves disturbed over populations. (They do not deterministic rules for individuals.)
We should not read a male or female author only through sex or even mostly through sex. My suggestion is that there is a meaningful difference in general terms between a woman's voice and a man's. This voice should be heard. One would not want to do this by simply reducing the "woman" author to her sex as if this is the only (or even main) reason she is read. I do not first approach Austin as a female writer, just as a great and wise writer. However, unlike other less profound characteristics, sex matters at a very deep level. When reading Plato, for example, surely his discussion of sex in Republic is influenced by his being a male with a male voice in a room of males. This is vital to notice.
I still think it worth saying that we need to hear both voices and check our reading lists to make sure this is so, because sex is a fundamental, unchanging difference in humankind that has historically been ignored.


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Happy Holidays from Carly Blog!
December 21, 2007
Happy Holidays Blog Readers!
Well after stuffing myself full of all of the holiday treats I could find in the past 48 hours, I bid you all adieu until the new year! Yes, that's correct, Carly Blog will resume on January 2nd, 2008. I know it's a bit of a wait, but I hope that all of you will hardly miss me, with all of your holiday plans! I also will be traveling quite a bit over the holidays, so I'd rather not stress about finding WiFi in rural Manitoba!
So before we get to the blog, I wanted to post my own personal holiday message to everyone who reads james2010.ca every day (or once in a while)! I wish you all a very safe and happy holiday, first and foremost. I would also like to thank everyone who has supported the Carly Blog and james2010.ca in 2007. It is really heartwarming to see how many hits some of the postings get, and it reminds me how excited people are to see their big, new, beautiful terminal- and that's why we are all here at the end of the day- too see that new airport and all of the great things that will come out of that. I hope that this blog is helping you to look forward to many of the different aspects that the new building will bring us in 2010, and that you enjoy reading my daily updates as much as I enjoy writing them!
Now, onto what you came here for: Today's blog. After yesterday's video posting, I recieved a few emails from people congratulating us on an event well done, as well as a few questions such as: Who was Santa? What schools were the kids from? Etc. So I thought I would post some photos with some captions to help answer your questions. I also thought this was a perfect way of blending the airport theme with the season to leave you with a festive Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Aiport blog to end 2007. Enjoy!
Santa makes his appearance on the plane. As the real Santa is quite busy this time of year, Doug Speirs from the Winnipeg Free Press filled in.
Here is Doug pre-Santa, along with Ace Burpee from Hot103 and some of the students. I'm not sure if these kids are from Dufferin or Pinkham School, but either way they look happy.
In the back you can see Matt Sheridan of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers lending some holiday cheer, along with Chrissy Troy from Hot103.
Here's Matt again- like he needs those Antlers for extra height!
Matt and Winnipeg Airports Authority Volunteers served pizza along with carrots and dip to all the kids as they arrived. Feeding 160 kids in under an hour took some serious coordination.
Matt with his favorite elf, Bob Cox, Publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press.
Some lucky kids meet some reindeer from the Assiniboine Park Zoo on their way into the airport.
The Winnipeg Airports Authority volunteers! And yes, that is me in the middle with the antlers. A good look for me, isn't it?
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Nick Moran said:That day of the Santa Flight was a lot of fun. I am a goldwign ambassador and joined them on the flight. It was great to see all those kids having a good time.Reply
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bigbadwolff wrote:I have never been able to understand why some people take South Park episodes so serious and immediately get pissed off because they continue to go for the WOW factor. The offensive nature of the shows is partly why a lot of people probably watch week after week.
It clearly states at the beginning of each episode that the show is intended for "mature audiences only" so if you are going to cry like little bitches because they make fun of bikers or use the word "homosexual" then quit watching.
One of the great things about South Park is that they don't single anybody out. They put everybody on blast. Quit being so sensitive and get a sense of humor!!
Great post. I was gonna reply to that as well, but you pretty much nailed it.
I think it's a little more than that, though. It's not just that it's a "wow" factor or shock value. I've watched every single episode, and nothing "offensive" is EVER gratuitous. There is ALWAYS a POINT to it, and a very poignant one. And, that point is always quite explicit, and even explained at some point (though so many people still don't get it).
I personally believe that Trey and Matt's true INTENT is to break down "offensiveness" and other barriers, and help us all understand each other a little better... under a GUISE of entertainment.
I never fail to laugh, but the laughter stops once the show's over. The message of understanding, however, lasts.
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KSBkr wrote:During this time of year, bikes with loud pipes help thwart deer from running in fromt of them.
This is QUITE incorrect. Look it up. If loud pipes scared away deer, you'd never see them (you can be heard a mile away).
I've personally driven my loud bike just a few feet from wild deer, one of whom didn't look up from the clover she was munching as I rode by, and another who stood completely still, IN my lane, while I rode past (slowly) close enough to have reached out and pet it.
I'm not trying to start an argument with ya, just trying to eliminate a false sense of security and help keep a brother safe.
On the other note, I actually see heads in cages turning to look for my bike (those heads that aren't glued to cellphones, anyway) when I pass, and that can't be a bad thing (unless their stupid hands automatically turn the wheel in the direction they turn their little empty heads, that is).
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Pegazeus wrote:Twas a good episode. Had it's moments, but not nearly as good as last weeks. I feel like there were 2 jokes stretched out for a whole episode.
What's wrong with that?
Ever see "The Aristocrats?"
Arguably the funniest telling of a joke ever was Gilbert Godfried doing "The Aristocrats" joke, and it took him over 90 minutes to tell it.
Hell, my whole LIFE is one joke. Unfortunately, it's cruel, and not funny.
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myurkus wrote:If anything I should remember that this may be the least oppressive time in all of history against homosexuals...especially amongst younger people. ...Perhaps to the point (dare I believe?) where an exclusive derogatory connotation is not even necessary in many peoples' viewpoint.
Need to check up on your gay history.
Man on man love being a "bad" thing is actually fairly recent (brought on largely by "modern" Xtians, and American, prison-type Alpha-dog redneck, insecure, prejudice masculinity).
There have been, and even still are, MANY societies and cultures in which it was perfectly normal.
Hey man... I'm straight... don't let me out-gay-history you.
The reason "gay" is "bad" now is because God wants babies. 7 billion isn't enough, he wanted the entire Earth carpeted with blind, slavishly obedient and worship-grovelling humans, he just didn't want to have to make them all himself. (You get tired of blowing into noses after about 2 people.)
Every time you have sex with a man, you deprive a church of another member, and when enough people are doing it... it really starts cutting into their profits.
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VDub285 wrote:Not saying all bikers are like that but most are. Great episode
Actually, "most" AREN'T. And those of us who aren't knew exactly who they were talking about.
In fact, one of them had a post right above yours.
MANY, not most, bikers actually DO enjoy annoying people with their pipes. Or at least, like their pipes and "don't care" what others think of them.
There are words for people who either enjoy annoying others (the more the better), or don't care that they annoy others. I personally like Douchebag because it sounds funny, or assh*le because it's not. I use "Jackass" a lot too, but it's usually for people in cars, not on bikes (who do stupid things to try and kill me while I'm on my bike).
Now apparently there's a new one. It's funnier than "douchebag" because it's kinda ironic: annoying assh*les with too much testosterone are probably even less likely to appreciate being called "fags" than gay men are. But I'll probably still stick with "douche." It's personal preference.
Have fun, folks, but not at other peoples' (at least not strangers) expense. If you do, you're a f*cking assh*le, and the rest of the world isn't as impressed with you as you think they are.
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bmzerkel wrote:I wonder if they realize just how many of their fans are Harley owners?
I've owned a few, and found the episode really funny...but I'm sure a lot of others didn't.
Dude, it was bound to happen sometime!
As they themselves have said, if they don't pick on EVERYONE, then they can't pick on ANYONE.
The minute they decide it's "not OK" to pick on one particular group or ideology, everything else they've done DOES become prejudice.
As a biker, who rides with SEMI-loud pipes, but does so in a manner that's respectful to others, and who doesn't "pose," I thought this was the funniest South Park I've ever seen. I laughed so hard I got cramps!
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yarver wrote:It's all about respect and it goes both ways. Words to live by.
Very well said post, man!
Damned eloquent and respectable, and from a real-life 1%er to boot.
Peace, bro, and keep the rubber on the road.
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"You F4g ! On your f4g bike !!! "
Or isn't that wise ?
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Not nearly as funny as "Whale Whores" or "Margaritaville"...
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So if you had aids and a popular t.v. show comes up with an episode stateing how funny aids is whats the first thing you would think? How bout when they joak about how funny it is to give aids to another person?
What if you had cancer? A popular t.v. show comes up with an episode about how funny cancer is. Whatcha thinking now?
This is the funny part of the episode to me. How bikers are f because of the attention they desire so they make waves by causing grief with noisey bikes.
Well is that any different from a bunch of lazy writers who make every episode of there show a lame parody sprinkled with tragic current social issues in the tone of making fun of the effects like cancer, aids, and death?
Like i said earlier in this thread....
::looks at matt and trey::
"f a g s"
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I had some junk lenses lying around. ;)
I have known the folks at Santinelli personally for 7+ years; every executive in the company is still there and they are not family. The boss is not the easiest guy- he is a lot like me but an Italian version- but he must be doing something correctly to keep his people for all these years.
I ordered my new machine and had some concerns about my expectations for the machine; I do 85% trivex and they do not know if anybody else does the type of work we run on a daily basis. The newest version was just optimized for trivex and it should take care of my issues, but that is no guarantee. I have a machine that is #3 ME-1000 from 7+ years ago and we have no problems with the work we do and to get a new machine and have an issue that does not exist would not make anybody happy.\
I was speaking with Franco last night -after hours- who is responsible for the machine technology in the US and he was the utmost professional possible!!! He was not going to guarantee me that the machine will meet all my expectations out of the box, but we did agree on what was acceptable and what to do if it did not meet the expected level of work. Perfection!
The answer was simple; at installation we will know if it is perfect! We will numerous test lenses in thick ft-28 trivex with super hydro as it is the toughest material to process for the machine. We went to a trivex roughing wheel in our ME-1000 and it has been a perfect machine ever since. They do not offer one for the ME-1200 so if we have an issue, they will make me a wheel that ensures perfect work! That is service!
That is why I am buying another machine and never even looked at another company. They charge an extra $10,000 per machine and it is worth it to me.
Thanks for posting that Craig!
To often, we only hear crying and whining about companies or product. It is refreshing to hear when a company EXCEDES expectations!
Good luck and please keep us posted!
We have the same problem with the ME1000 and we told them 7years ago to put another water behind there while making the metal piece flip-up to you can get back there to clean it out!
I am ordering a trivex wheel for it to be tested at Santinelli; it will take about a month to get it done and then Barry can get one as well. It cuts all material better. Imagine combing the best features of blade cutting and adding them to the roughing wheel; the melting of material goes way down and high index 1.74 in a -14.00D sounds and processes like cr-39!!
It makes that much of a difference and we get to be the first one in the world with this wheel combo. The new wheel is only $350 ish and worth every penny.
Be sure that your installer goes over THOROUGHLY all the features. This machine will go as far as your imagination will take it and you need to be sure that you're using all that is and will be available... Best to you
It arrived today and is being installed Monday. We have the first machine with the new high base finishing wheel and trivex step bevel; they say the entire package is much better on poly and trivex.
I will run for a month with the original wheel and then get the trivex roughing wheel to see what we like.
It is a cool toy and they would not allow us to set up without them. I did ask.
What type of work are you doing on it and what other machines have you run to campare it to? I can't wait until Monday to get it done!!
We do 5-10 drill/groove jobs per day and a few 8 base wrap that we can now save $35-$40 per job. I counted 12 on the shelf out for edging that we can now do ourself and I will not have to run over to UPS by 6 to drop off my work!!
I want to let you all know about the brotherhood that does exist on this board. I got a message from Barry Santini that he wants to come down to my store and help train us on some of his edger tricks!
We have never met in person nor do we run similar operation, but we do agree to respect each others opinions and strengths; he is the lens master and I am just the luxury guy who thinks everyone should sell $1,000+ frames to all!
I just ordered my new roughing wheel and it will be installed next month, that will provide an opportunity for him to see the difference in the wheels as he runs the standard Nidek wheel on his new 1200.
He will show us how we are missing the boat on magnetic clip on's and we will show him the value of offering some more unique products. We will learn from each other and I am very excited to meet him and learn from the lens master!! Lens Master is a craftsman who runs the machine, designs the best optics- price of lenses is not the primary concern- while also having to sell the job and dispense it! It is one thing to sell, build or design amazing glasses, but he actually gets into the lens part of the job like a madman!
This might be an opportunity for a few others to join him for a few days! John, Fezz and others can you hear me?
There are some folks on this board who **** me off; but most are wonderful people and I thank you all for the years of wisdom.
I'd luv to learn more from Johns and Fezz
Barry, when are you heading to FL? I may ask to sit in on this one.
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The trivex wheel makes all material cut and sound the same; you cannot tell if it cutting a plano cr-39 or a -8 trivex. The wheel cuts and does not burn off the material while utilizing a lower temperature to cut down on the melting swarf from poly and trivex.
We need to set up a sharing platform for the work we have done to help each other. I have over 2,000 patterns with most of them being drill mounts. This is the future and a way we can all benefit from owning the ME-1200. There are only a few independents who own them and would be willing to share.
I have over 30 drill/groove jobs waiting for the new machine and a ft-28 mirror coated poly polarized in a -8.00 to ensure we have no slippage issues as a test.
Craig, I have the Santinelli shipping hardware, Box and crate for an ME-1000 if you want it.
thanks, but they sent it from Santinelli. 9 am install!!!
We are up and running-almost. We have a small polish issue that needs to be solved, but we are very impressed so far. It is still slow, but it will much easier on the drill bits and it is quiet!
The old one was loud and this one is so quiet that we can talk next to the edger no the phone. I will keep you posted as we learn how to use it.
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"...I enjoyed the sensitive performances of Savignat and Plubeau. And the music really surprises; the sudden explosions of fireworks in 'L'Indeterminee' from the fourth suite of harpsichord pieces is particularly thrilling when they're played with as much panache as Martin brings to them...that's well worth owning..."
"Beatrice Martin has studied with Kenneth Gilbert, a great Rameau performer, and Christophe Rousset who is a leading young harpsichordist, but it is excellent that she has discovered music not played by either of her teachers. Anne Savignat has made a particular study of the baroque flute and plays with various early music ensembles. Christine Plubeau studied the gamba with Wieland Kuijken and has made several critically acclaimed recordings.
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"The harpsichordist, Beatrice Martin, won the first prize and audience prize at the 1998 Brussels Harpsichord Competition, and it is easy to hear why on listening to this recording. Of the seven works on this disc, the four harpsichord suites stand out, both in terms of Boismortier's colourful imagination (each suite consists of a series of character pieces) and in the quality of their execution. Martin is an energetic, entertaining player capable of injecting her own personality into the individual movements; to name but two, La Choquante (the Shocking) from the 2nd Suite retains a beguiling, smooth sense of line.On the other hand, the flute pieces (more traditionally conceived using mainly dance movements) are a little disappointing. Anne Savignat is obviously a gifted player...an interesting collection with good sleeve notes."
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BP will pay $4.5bn (€3.5bn) in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history.
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Analysts said the deal let BP put its focus back on oil production, though at least one member of Congress questioned whether it would hurt states' chances for civil penalties.
The April 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers. The mile-deep Macondo oil well then spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf over 87 days, fouling shorelines from Texas to Florida and eclipsing in severity the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska.
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BP has sold $35bn worth of assets to fund the costs of the spill. Matching that, it has paid $23bn already in clean-up costs and claims, and has a further $12bn earmarked for payment in its spill trust fund.
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Luck of the Irish
The IMC blog was working two hypothetical orders to short the June-July gold (100 oz.)/silver (x8,000/oz.) spread. The initial order was to enter on a close below 'even money' and the second 'add-on' order was to enter on a close below the rising 50-day Moving Average.
Thanks to Murphy's Law, they both got filled on St. Patrick's Day as the spread plunged nearly $3,000 in a day!
Both the initial position and the 'add-on' position were entered at approximately -$1,890 (premium silver) when the blog sold one 100 oz. June gold contract at approximately $1,266.30 (a value of $126,630) and simultaneously bought one 5,000 oz. July silver contract and three 1,000/oz. July 'mini' silver futures contracts at approximately $16.065 (a total value of $128,520) for each spread.
The initial position will be exited on a on a two-consecutive day close above +$5,000 (premium gold).
The 'add-on' position will be exited on a on a two-consecutive day close above 'even money'.
Signs of a Turn
After three consecutive weeks of gold closing with the premium on this spread, maybe the St. Paddy's Day breakdown is the beginning of the end. After all, the sustained gold premium in the spread was longer than anything we saw during the financial crisis.
Also, the June-July gold (100 oz.)/silver (x8,000/oz.) spread closed back below the 50-day MA for the first time in over four months. This signaled a bearish trend change as well.
If it can maintain a downward trajectory, the spread and the ratio could eventually tangle with major technical support at the rising weekly 75-bar Moving Average. An end-of-week close below this level for the first time in over three years should provide macro confirmation of the new bear market.
A Long Road Ahead
In the featured article on the gold/silver ratio, you may recall that we examined data for both the spread and the ratio to come up with a minimum downside target for the gold (100 oz.)/silver (x8,000/oz.) spread to be somewhere around -$80,000 (premium silver). It could be even lower.
In light of this macro target, we are likely to see plenty of setups along the way to build up a sizable position. This means that you don't have to take unreasonable risk or 'bet the farm' in order to make big returns if our scenario plays out. We will continue to address this spread and point out additional setups as the move progresses.


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My latest communication from him is letter dated February 8, 2012. It is in reply to a letter I sent him in January, 2012. I hadn't written him in a few years, but I wanted him to know I published ROOFMAN as an ebook. If he had a way to read it, I would send him a free copy.
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Here is a transcript of his letter:
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I was happy to get your (post) card and the news that you've got IT published.
The BoP (Bureau of Prisons) so far isn't into the digital age far enough for me to be able to get it, but progress is underway and who knows what the future may hold? (Most BoP prisoners have access to a form of email now, though I have been barred for no apparent reason. Bernie Madoff has it though.)
Hope your reviewers are happy and asking for more!
P.S. I like your Darwinian T shirt (So do I)
A link to my website http://roofmanthespy.com/ where my first letter to Mr. Ames and his reply can be found. Click on the page "Interesting Stuff" and then on "Letter to a Spy" for my letter to him. Click on "Re: From a Spy" for his reply to me.
I will be sending Mr. Ames another letter soon, enclosing business cards along with a reminder to let me know when BoP finally goes digital. I do hope his incarceration goes well. Like I said, I really feel for the poor guy.
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So a couple of days ago I was watching the Danger MV and in the beginning we can see Jungkook playing the piano...there is nothing new in this we have seen that a million times, what I didn't notice was that he was actually playing the introduction to RUN!!!! And Danger was released in 2014!!!! This got me thinking and I started observing the Danger MV carefully and I was shocked to find a lot of similarities with I Need U MV We're all familiar with Jin hinting Dope.... I know this might seem crazy (and I'm pretty sure it is) but it can't be coincidence that both these MVs have so much in common. Has BigHit been hinting all their comebacks all along or are they just coincidences??? I was also listening to Danger (slow jam) and the intro to the song sounded eerily similar to Nevermind (I don't know I might be going crazy guys....I've had less than 3 hours of sleep) Check out the mv's here....Do you guys see any similarities???
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Johnny Depp Cast In Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Johnny Depp has been given a role in the new Harry Potter prequel films. The first one, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, is coming out later this month.
There have been many rumors going around as to what part he will actually play. Fortunately, it's looking more and more as though he will likely be taking on the role of Gellert Grindelwald. J.K. Rowling has already revealed that Grindelwald and Dumbledore were once best friends, and in fact, Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald before a terrible series of events took place that pitted the two against one another.
When Rowling announced that Grindelwald will play a role in these 5 prequel films, she did not divulge who would play the part. However, fans are putting a recent picture of Depp beside an image from the movie trailer and coming to their own conclusions.
Openly gay actor Ezra Miller, another actor in the film, says: "Fantastic Beasts takes place in 1926, which is around when Grindelwald was beginning his attacks across Europe, which might be connected – might not be connected, but might be connected to Grindelwald's rise to power."
Miller adds: "If you are freaking out as hard as I am right now, thank you, because it's good to not be alone."
Depp is apparently only making a cameo appearance in the first film but will have a much larger role in the subsequent movies.