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Finalising Outstanding Projects for This Year
What a year!
I adjusted deadlines for my projects in my 2012 Wall Year Planner and realised this year flew by. I then printed out my 2014 Year Planner (4 x A4 pages) and glued it together and placed on the wall under the 2013 planner.
Note to everyone who tried to open the 2012 Wall Year Planner blog page but couldn't, you can comment below if you want me to email you a copy of the excel spreadsheet so you can print out your own wall planner, to use year after year, by just changing the year in one cell then compiling the new layout for that year. Continue reading
Getting ebooks ready for POD
I religiously follow Dean Wesley Smith, reading everything he suggests, because he is an expert in the field of publishing. I then work out if I can do what he suggests, or keep his suggestions in mind for when I am more confident in producing stories.
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Checklist for Ebooks
I was getting my daily blog fix from The Passive Guy where he displayed an article by David Farland that explains his take on book covers. Continue reading


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For over half a century the name "Selwyn Segal" has struck a chord of tenderness and compassion in the hearts of Johannesburg's Jewish community. More than a place, Selwyn Segal is a concept, an ideology that encompasses protection and hope, where special people deserve special care.
This Organisation was established in 1956 by the late Leon Segal and his wife, Fanny whose only child, Selwyn, suffered from a disability. It was integrated into the Chevrah Group in 2005.
The Selwyn Segal Centre in Sandringham is set among well-groomed, tranquil gardens. The Centre provides accommodation, therapy and stimulation for 119 residents and services to a further 29 day care attendees. They provide a full day care programme which caters to all levels of functioning. The programme is geared towards grooming, self-care, spirituality, life and social skills, current affairs and recreation. The multidisciplinary team consists of medical services, rehab services and social services and provides holistic care to each resident and day care attendee.
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Welcome to M. C. Mills & Co Ltd
Engineers Merchants
Serving Industry and the community since 1935
Our regular customers know that we are bursting at the seams with stock. 2 Buildings, 1 counter, and personal service. Simply tell a member of our 17 staff (some are family members) your requirements and we will serve you. Remember you are our priority. We deal with everyone, local D I Y ers to big industry. We are never knowingly beaten on price, We advise, We deliver. FAST.........
M.C.Mills has been a family business since it's foundation in 1935, It supplied the coal board and associated companies until their demise in the 80s. M C Mills are a well respected organisation by customers and suppliers alike. Our no nonesense approach and out and out knowledge and professionalism are unsurpassed. Our company is run "Just like the old days" We have three computers, 1 accounts. 1 for things like this and credit control, and the latest one. We now have a dedicated credit control mobile 07436 791900 to save wasting your valuable time on push button menus. On this line, you can make card payments, order duplicate invoices and statements. Please use this wherever possible. At M C Mills any member of staff will answer the telephone, we like to think it is answered in 2 rings. If you wish to place an order you may e-mail us at: - firstname.lastname@example.com or fax us 01226 285446, or telephone us 01226 732566.
Why M C Mills?
We are simply the most cost effective way to do any job large or small. We are specialists in every aspect of engineering supplies. Be it Lathe tools or a 1/4 drive socket for your modelling hobby. It is easier to say what we do not do, now let me see..........oh yes we do not sell cars, windows or food. I think that covers it.
Accounts Department
Helen Sturt (ne Mills), Office manager. & Purchase ledger. Ken Sturt, Credit Control, IT and your contact for specials, Including the new range of Sigma and Rust-oleum paints and coatings. Accounts opening hours, Monday-Friday 9:0am-4:30pm. Phone our Credit Control Team on 07436 791900.
Credit Control and credit accounts
Credit accounts are available to any person who meets normal trading conditions, ie letter head, bank details, and a suitable reference. Though if you wish we are happy for ANYONE to come into the store and pay cash for "a couple of screws" or whatever. M. C. Mills & Co Ltd deal with trade and public and are never knowingly undersold. CREDIT ACCOUNTS: - Everyone has cash flow problems from time to time, in my capacity as credit contoller I understand this, If you have an account and find that you are unable to pay your account on time (net monthly) please ring me (Ken Sturt) I will listen to what you have to say and try and work out a proposal that will suit us both, If you do not ring I CANT HELP. We now have a dedicated credit control mobile 07436 791900 to save wasting your valuable time on push button menus. On this line, you can make card payments, order duplicate invoices and statements. Please use this wherever possible.
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Telephone sales. Opening times Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Saturday 8:00am-12:00pm If you ring between 12pm and 1pm We will probably take a message and get back to you as it is mostly lunch hour, just a skeleton staff for counter
Counter Area
Mr Peter Bishop, He is in charge of the counter area. Mr Dean Bower is our white van man, James Holder serving and additional delivery driver. Mr Kerry Dobson also serves on the counter. For "specials, such as Sigma paint products or anything "out of the ordinary, call us. We can get you anything! (if it's made)If you would like someone to call on you, please get in touch. Opening times Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm. Saturday 8:00am-12:00pm


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Long time, no blog. Who would have guessed that my first blog of the new year would fall in February? Anyone who knows me, I guess. I've been in a bit of a funk lately, so I haven't kept up with this page. Now, I'm feeling a bit better, so I'm putting it in script.
So, hmmm...what's happened lately?
* The red tape in my unemployment claim, which seemed long enough to stretch to the moon, has finally been cut through. It only involved lots of long-distance phone calls in the middle of the afternoon. I got my first check only TWO months after I lost my job. That's our tax dollars at work, folks.
* One of my friends was in a train wreck. I know that I sound oddly ebullient about that. He's fine. It's his current tale of woe. He said to me, "How many people can say they were in a train wreck?". to which I replied, "I was". That took a bit of the wind out of his sails. Mine was a minor train/car challenge somewhere in small town Mississippi. Not terribly exciting, but Amtrack usually isn't. This is only one of many complaints my friend has about the CTA.
* My dad gave me a tablet PC, which was a state of the art PDA back in the late 1990s. I hesitate to call it a handheld, because it requires both hands, or at least an assist from a knee. It has a big bright screen, a mic jack, and a little speaker--AV bliss! Now, I've only to figure out how to get it to sync with my mail.
* My dreaded trip to the dentist went off without a hitch. I've gotten a reprieve from the drill, and a jolly visit from the dentist. The hygenist was another matter.... I bled so much from the cleaning that I felt light-headed while lying down! Just proves that I should go more often, I guess. My grandmother fed me a couple of cups of strong Australian tea afterwards.
* I've finally pulled the plug on my other blog, as the person who was supposed to collaborate on it never did. That was the whole concept of the project, and I tired of waiting. She's busy, I know. Maybe it will be reborn, like the phoenix, in some other form. But don't hold your breath.
* I am asterisk crazy!
* Now is the time that tries techies souls---summer stock hiring season. I'm spreading my resumes around like counterfeit cash, though I only apply to places that I'd actually like to work. Anything else seems like a waste of time for all parties involved. I'd heard that my last stock company wasn't doing much hiring this year, from a very good source, but they have two listings in ArtSearch. I don't know what their deal is, but I doubt that they'll be at it much longer.
Long time, no blog. Who would have guessed that my first blog of the new year would fall in February? Anyone who knows me, I guess. I've been in a bit of a funk lately, so I haven't kept up with this page. Now, I'm feeling a bit better, so I'm putting it in script.
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So, with D:Ream playing on a loop in my head, I'm going to try and get it all back on the Group 2 Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday.
Three fast females won this race from 2007 to 2009, namely Sierra Vista, Fleeting Spirit and Look Busy, and the owner of the first-named, David Metcalfe, has an even classier sort running in his colours in Mecca's Angel. She beat six next-time-out winners when improving to take the Nunthorpe Stakes at York last August, including runner-up Acapulco, fourth Sole Power and fifth Goldream, and is very much the one to beat on form here, 11 lb clear on the Timeform weight-adjusted ratings receiving 3 lb from the older males.
What's more, the weather forecast—rain Wednesday, cloud Thursday, scattered showers Friday, rain Saturday—suggests the ground should be in Mecca's Angel's favour, for all her Nunthorpe win proved she doesn't need the mud to fly to show her best.
Another owner to have won the Temple before is Sheikh Hamdan, whose Dayjur blitzed the opposition as a three-year-old in 1990 on his way to becoming champion sprinter. His two entries this year are Muthmir and Waady, currently second and third in the betting behind favourite Mecca's Angel.
Muthmir perhaps hasn't quite reached the level predicted for him after his Portland Handicap win as a four-year-old in 2014, but he's a very smart and consistent performer nonetheless, highlighted by his two starts earlier in the year. He finished ahead of both Goldream and Sole Power when fifth in the Al Quoz Sprint won by Buffering at Meydan last time—albeit when none of the three ran to their best form—and is likely to be on the premises again.
I recommended Waady for the Palace House Stakes and he ran a cracker to finish a close third. He's a horse with stacks of natural ability, but he clearly lives on his nerves somewhat (keen on his last two starts and has worn a hood since his second outing) and may need to simmer down if he's to fulfil all his potential. An end-to-end gallop over five furlongs is his thing, so he's always going to need a horse like Take Cover in opposition.
Winner of that Palace House at Newmarket was Profitable who showed improved form as he beat two fellow four-year-olds (Jungle Cat was second). Profitable showed abundant speed as he quickened sharper than Waady out of the favoured stand-side group, and he was well on top inside the final furlong. He was clearly well wound up for the day by Clive Cox and his team, but many people thought the same about the same yard's Lethal Force after his close second in the 2013 Duke of York Stakes.
Cox suggested after the Palace House that either the Temple Stakes or a race in France on May 16th could be Profitable's next target before the King's Stand at Royal Ascot, and as he didn't run in that French event it seems logical to think he'll turn up here. Four Palace House winners (all in the last six years) may have tried and failed to win the Temple in the same season since Kyllachy did the double in 2002, but Equiano was only just touched off in 2010 and Profitable has a pretty similar profile to Kyllachy as his three-year-old campaign was largely about laying the groundwork for his four-year-old year.
The aforementioned Goldream enjoyed a stellar 2015, winning the Palace House, the King's Stand a Royal Ascot and the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp. He was disappointing on his two starts in Dubai in March but we know enough about him to suggest he'll be back on song sooner rather than later, and he's reportedly been working very well recently according to his trainer Robert Cowell. Goldream was only seventh in this race 12 months ago but that race came just three weeks after his return win and he's had eight weeks to recover this time around, so could be overpriced at 12/1.
Pearl Secret had a recent run under his belt prior to winning last year's Temple, and he'd had two before his second in the 2014 renewal. He comes here without a prep run this time, however, not seen since finishing a creditable fourth (at 50/1) in the Abbaye last October.
Sole Power won this race in 2011 having finished third in the Palace House; he won the Palace House in both 2013 and 2014 but only ran in this race in 2013 from those years, finishing fourth. He didn't exactly get the rub of the green when only midfield in the latest Palace House last time, but he found himself in that situation because his old gears seemed missing and he's probably priced on his former glories at around 10/1.
Steps was clearly rusty when further behind in the Palace House and has tended to come on for his first run over the years, but he's perhaps just not quite up to winning at this level, while Sir Maximilian won well in a minor event at Chester's May meeting but wasn't in the same form when only sixth in a Group 3 at Deauville since.
Also successful at Chester was Kachy who could bid to become the fourth three-year-old to win this race this century following Airwave (2003), the aforementioned Fleeting Spirit and Hot Streak (2014). Last year's Molecomb winner Kachy was clearly much happier back over five furlongs in Cheshire, having finished last in the Free Handicap on his return, and he remains with potential so would need considering if he runs.
To wrap up—so I can get this song out of my mind—Mecca's Angel looks a solid favourite and probably should be 2/1 across the boards, while Goldream makes some appeal at 12/1, but the one that has been most underestimated in the betting is Profitable who probably should be around 5/1 and not the 8/1 he is currently. Clive Cox's charge clearly learnt plenty from being dropped it at the deep end on a couple of occasions last term and it's not out of the question that he could 'do a Lethal Force' in the coming months.
Back Profitable at 8/1 for the Temple Stakes
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SIX weeks after that horrific day in
Tickets to see Palin, announced at $185 on Jan. 16, eight days after Tucson, were slashed to half-price in early February. Then the speech was canceled altogether, with the organizers blaming "safety concerns resulting from an onslaught of negative feedback." But when The Denver Post sought out the Glendale police chief, he reported there had been no threats or other causes for alarm. The real "negative feedback" may have been anemic ticket sales, particularly if they were to cover Palin's standard $100,000 fee.
What may at long last be dawning on some Republican grandees is that a provocateur who puts her political adversaries in the cross hairs and then instructs her acolytes to "RELOAD" frightens most voters.Continue reading the main story
Even the
If the next step in this declension is less face time for Palin on Fox News, then we'll have proof that pigs can fly. But a larger question remains. If the right puts its rabid Obama hatred on the down-low, what will — or can — conservatism stand for instead? The only apparent agendas are repealing "Obamacare" and slashing federal spending as long as the cuts are quarantined to the small percentage of the budget covering discretionary safety-net programs, education and Big
This shortfall of substance was showcased by last weekend's annual
As it happened, CPAC overlapped with the extraordinary onrush of history in the
Santorum, a former
That Friday was the day after Mubarak's bizarre speech vowing to keep his hold on power. At 9:45 a.m. that morning, as a rapt world waited for his next move, CNN reported that there would soon be a new statement from Mubarak — whose abdication was confirmed around 11 a.m. But when Romney took the stage in Washington at 10:35, he made not a single allusion of any kind to Egypt — even as he lambasted Obama for not having a foreign policy. His snarky, cowardly address also tiptoed around "Obamacare" lest it remind Tea Partiers of
There was one serious speech at CPAC — an economic colloquy delivered that night by
THE G.O.P. has already reached its praying-for-a-miracle phase — hoping some neo-Reagan will emerge to usurp the tired field. Trump! Thune! T-Paw! Christie!
The party leadership is no less cowed by that majority today than it was pre-Tucson. That's why
An opposition this adrift from reality — whether about Obama's birth certificate, history unfolding in the Middle East or the consequences of a federal or state government shutdown — is a paper tiger. It's a golden chance for the president to seize the moment. What we don't know is if he sees it that way. As we've learned from his track record both in the 2008 campaign and in the White House, he sometimes coasts at these junctures or lapses into a pro forma bipartisanship that amounts, for all practical purposes, to inertia.
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Remember, changing the air filter not only enhance your HVAC performance but also your home's air quality. We have found that filters typically don't get changed because homeowners can't remember when to change them and not too sure how often the air filters should be changed.
Living on the Grand Strand, we don't see air conditioning as a luxury but a necessity. The moment you suspect your AC unit isn't cooling properly, contact Reliable Electric. We will send a qualified HVAC professional to look at your air conditioner. While at your home, we can either repair your unit or provide a detailed estimate for you to review. We only have 1 goal…to keep your HVAC system running smoothly.
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I'm about to test direct sync from Outlook 2010 to Android via USB, but I need to understand a few things re phone formatting.
1. What is exactly US formatting? If this option is ticked and if the phone in Outlook is +1 (234) 5678910 how will it look on device? What if the phone is +447812345678, will it look like +44 (78) 12345678 on device if US formatting is chosen?
2. What does ticking "Format phone text for Windows Mobile devices" do?
All my Outlook contacts are in this format "+country code (city code) phone number x extension" an I'd like to keep them like that on the phone. For example +44 (78) 12345678 x 1234 is a UK phone example.
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As the heroine of the TV series Scandal, a typical working day for Olivia Pope might include any or all of the following: saving the career of the US President, foiling a dictator, rescuing a friend from being tortured, breaking up with a boyfriend and / or addressing the nation on TV in the wake of an unmitigated disaster. Yet she seems to strut through it all, in six inch heels no less, with nary a perfectly-coiffed hair out of place.
For the rest of us (non-fictional) women, work stress (on top of life stress) can sometimes get the best of us. But there are ways to stop yourself from spinning out, if only for a moment, and quickly bring things back to the now. And according to US fitness and life coach, Liz DiAlto (who says her mission is to 'get people out of their own heads') it can be as simple as moving your body or trying a breathing exercise.
'On a tough day, having a few of these tricks up your sleeve can make all the difference,' she says. Here are her top three ways to shake it off...
1. Do a neck roll
Wherever you happen to be (at your desk, in a bathroom cubicle, hiding at the back of a meeting room) shut your eyes, place your feet firmly on the ground (take off your shoes, if you can, as it helps you to feel more grounded) lower your shoulders and very gently roll your head from side to side a few times. 'It's a very subtle movement, so you can do it anywhere, but it's powerful enough to re-connect your mind to your body and ease any tension,' says DiAlto.
2. Deploy a mantra
Mantras can be useful for banishing stress by focusing your thoughts and stopping them from spiralling out of control. 'You can pick anything to be your mantra - it doesn't have to be anything deep or meaningful, it just has to be positive. I find short, simple phrases work best. It could be something as simple as "I got this" or "Today is my day",' says DiAlto.
Find a quiet place to be for a moment and do a few long, slow, deep breaths (when you're stressed, you shallow breathe, so this helps your body relax), repeating your mantra each time you exhale. Do this for a minute or so and should help slow the momentum of your thoughts and make you feel more centred.
3. Literally shake it / them off
Had a tough meeting? Or a run-in with a prickly colleague? 'Shaking your hands and arms out, or even your whole body, is a great way to deal with a difficult encounter. It quickly releases tension from your body and it's an awesome way of saying to yourself 'nuh-uh. I don't want any of that bad energy on me,' says DiAlto.
Give it a go - it really works (just don't do it in front of your arse-head of a colleague).
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(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). CASTANEDA, Carlos
The Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality
Berkeley/NY, University of California/Simon & Schuster, (1971). The third printing of the first title and the first printing of the second title in Castaneda's series of books about the mythical Yaqui Indian shaman, don Juan Matus. Castaneda's first three books were written as a student of anthropology at the University of California, and all of the don Juan books were taken as nonfiction until skeptics began questioning them in 1976, by which time Castaneda had already disappeared from view. The books were originally considered to be groundbreaking, in that they posited for the first time a coherent, systematized, and still living, body of spiritual beliefs and practices among Native American tribes, something that had not been done before. Peter Matthiessen was once quoted to the effect that had there been an established, coherent practice of a "Native American way" he might have chosen that over the "Zen way" that he did choose, if only because of its origin being closer to his own. Both of these copies from the library of Peter Matthiessen and bearing his ownership signature and his underlinings and notations throughout. In the second volume, in particular, his annotations tend to note similarities between don Juan's insights as a Yaqui shaman and perspectives derived from Zen and other Oriental philosophical systems. Matthiessen had read these books shortly before the trip he recounts in The Snow Leopard, and in various sections of that book he spends time commenting on, and speculating about, the similarities between Tibetan and Native American cultures. Very good copies, each lacking their dust jacket. [#032401] SOLD
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It was a particularly eventful week for the Coronation Street residents with Sarah Platt making a shocking discovery and one of the most loved-up couples on the cobbles getting engaged. However, something suggests the happiness may not last as Christmas and the new year approaches.
Viewers have seen Sarah gradually going off the rails since the live episode when her sister-in-law Kylie killed bad boy Callum, whose body was buried under Gail Platt's house. Sarah agreed to go on a date with factory worker Aidan but it ended on a sour note when he realised she was drunk. The mother-of-one stumbles out of the Rovers and on to the street where her brother David notices her looking worse for wear.
After an argument with David, Sarah is accidentally knocked over by Tim's van and is subsequently rushed to the hospital with her brothers David and Nick, mother Gail and Kylie by her side. While she is expecting to hear of her injuries, Sarah is actually told that she is pregnant. Adding more complexity to the situation, the father is most likely to be Callum.
While the drama unfolded on the cobbles, Carla was busy playing waitress as a favour to Nick who was short-staffed for the evening. She decides to propose to Nick but their special moment is rudely interrupted by Michelle, who shares the news of Sarah's accident. Fortunately, Nick is able to turn the tables and later gets down on one knee to propose to Carla, who says yes.
In the run-up to Christmas, viewers will find out if Sarah decides to keep the baby and whether she confides in her nearest and dearest about the pregnancy news. Plus, with Robert threatening to expose a Connor family secret, will he destroy Carla and Nick's chance of happiness?
Coronation Street is on 7 December at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.


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|19 October 2012, 18:52
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Hi Attila.
I'm still working on X-bEnCh but i'm working on some cools others Amiga Projects too so now my main problem is the time ... Yes i need more time !
But don't be afraid some new releases of X-bEnCh will be availables before christmas !
|20 October 2012, 14:25
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Cool Jim,
I' ll wait with impatience .
|10 November 2012, 17:35
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Ok so now i've much more time ...
So here is the release 0.74 of X-bEnCh : http://www.jimneray.com
I now work on a pure 68000/7mhz B2000 so now all is really optimized and tested for this setup.
What's new ?
- Fixed the OCS/ECS blue bug color in the init screen.
- Start a bit faster.
- New display refresh method for the launcher now as fast as light on a simple 68000/7.
- Mouse pointer is now blanked.
- Fixed the slow display of the Starfield menu on 68000/68010
- Now correctly switch off the display on the menu screen when needed.
- Minors bugs fixeds.
|11 November 2012, 15:23
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Hi JimNeray,
thanks a lot for this update of your great tool !!
Good job u made.
I have a weird bug : when i switch between the lists with the TAB key, the previous list name is always displayed so the list name (with the number of files in list) becomes unreadable.
Is it serious Doc ?
|11 November 2012, 17:55
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Hi, i to am having the same issue as subone, i also had this issue on the last version of xbench that i tried recently.
It appears to scan all the games ok, but when in the games list, i can't access anything but the first list. When i try to change to another letter it reverts back to the first list.
|26 November 2012, 22:59
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@subone @hansel75: Ok thanks for this return. The list name bug is already fixed for the next release.
@hansel75: Not sure to understand your 2nd problem. It seems to be a really strange issue. If i rightly understand you, after the setup is successfully finished, in the lancher each time you're using a key to jump to another part of the listing, you come back to the start of this list ?
|06 December 2012, 09:21
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Hi JimNeray! I am still having the same issue, basically i have done the scan of the games and it picks them up ok. I will try explain the issue i am having, it a strange one.
When i go into the launcher and try to scroll through the list of games, every time i try to go to a different page it reverts back to the first page of the list(A).
So if i scrolled down the list in A, when i get to the bottom and the 2nd page of the A list should come up, it doesn't, it reverts back to the top of page 1 of A.
And if i press a letter, example- b, it will show the first page/list of b, but if i try to scroll to the next page of the b listing, it goes back to the first page(A) as well.
It will do this for any letter category i try, i basically can't see past the first page/list of any letter as it always goes back to the first page of A.
The strange thing is my demos launcher lists work fine and i can scroll from a-z ok.
Maybe it's an issue with my whdload games, Also does it matter how you have the game folders setup, i have them in the default a-z sorted folders, but as mentioned the game scan worked fine and picked up all the game i have on my hd.
Also sorry for my late reply, and thanks for your great work.
|16 December 2012, 00:53
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@hansel75: Many thanks for your explain. Now i clearly understand what's your issue but not why you have it.
Have you try this X-bench cli command?
If you've already try this can you please send me all the files that you have in your xbench/prefs/ drawer ?
Thanks for your help to debug xbench
|16 December 2012, 19:18
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Hello Jim,
a next release expected ?
|18 December 2012, 14:36
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I have attached a rar of the contents of my XB prefs folder for you to look at.
Also of note, when i was rescanning my games and demos folders, i had trouble getting anything to detect. I'm not sure what had happened but i eventually got it to scan ok again. But the issues i have with the game launcher list is still happening, it always reverts back to the top of A each time i try to scroll the page. The demo listing works fine though.
Thanks for the help and i look forward to your next update.
|18 December 2012, 15:08
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Crashes if you point it to a folder with 2500 WHDload games =) Not unexpected. hehe
Edit: Setting MUsic to No in config has no effect it seems. Still plays.
Edit2: Excellent launcher I must say. Very good work =) Thanks.
Edit3: Ran if from clean startup with an A1200 8MB and it managed "Just added 2596 files to the list" =) Sweeeeet
Edit4: However, I can no longer use left and right arrow to switch pages. I can, however, press the first letter and get to that page. Scrolling down to the end pops it right back up to the first page though.
Last edited by Turran; 18 December 2012 at 15:45.
|18 December 2012, 16:28
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I'm using classicWB so I just edit System:System/BMenu/Menus/BootMenu and add another entry for C:Execute S:xbench-Startup
S:xbench-Startup contains the quote above. I've also tried just CD'n and executing XbEnCH.exe in it.
When I try it (hold down right mouse), it crashes. Screen fades to black and .. crash.
Software failure Error: 8000 0004 Task: 0023FD48
If I run CLI startup, I can execute S:xbench-startup just fine and it starts.
What am I doing wrong here?
In workbench, I can start XbEnCH.exe fine as well. Its only when it has its own entry in the buttonmenu that it crashes.
edit: Works fine in the real amiga. Problem is only in WinUAE for some reason
Edit2: solved further down
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|18 December 2012, 17:51
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Also your no.4 point about the game launcher menu jumping back to the start of the A list each time you try to scroll the screen, that's the same issue i had mentioned above so it seems it might be some kind of bug.
Also i am wondering if Xbench does not like large game lists, as i normally have around 2000 games in my list. I might run some tests using smaller game folder/lists, around 100 games for example and see if that fixes it.
And of note with xb0.74b, the same issues happen for me with both my real amiga setup, and the winuae emu as well.
What is also strange here is that i tried reverting back to a clean version of xb0.73b and xb0.72b and i also had the same issues with the game listing reverting back to A all the time.
When i used these older versions a few months back i didn't have any issues back then but do now for some reason, and i have had no major change with my amiga setup since then either, plus i always do a clean install of Xbench each time.
I currently have xb0.74b on atm and have reset all values and rescanned the lists etc. It's a great launcher and much appreciated, if only i could browse my game lists fully then it would be perfect
PS: I would also like a clear guide on how to startup XB on launch through the Classic WB boot menu before WB starts. Which files do i edit and with what etc..
Last edited by hansel75; 18 December 2012 at 17:57.
|18 December 2012, 18:44
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Yes, if only it did not jump back to the top on, what we presume are, very big lists, it'd be even more awesome. I have a 2nd list of demos and that is only about 300 or so. That works fine.
Another suggestion would be: you can currently press the first letter and it will jump to the first item in the list that starts with that name. Thats very nice. What I'd like is something similar to what windows does. If you are fast, you can keep typing. So a 1-2 second delay in which it tries to find more.
Trying to find Elvira today
I press E and have to scroll down. If I type El it jumps to the item that starts with L.
What I'd like: If I press el within 2 seconds or so, it goes down to el. If I wait to long between keypresses, it goes to L as usual.
Another suggestion: if the preload value is greater then free RAM, toss up a "are you sure" or something =)
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Ok, here is a guide for ClassicWB that I use now. Seems to work both on real amiga and WinUAE.
In Workbench, click Run / Settings / ButtonMenu
Go to Project / Open
If you just scroll down, you should see the "Menus" drawer. If not, go to SYS:System/BMenu/Menus. Open file "BootMenu" and you should see the menu that pops up when you hold right mouse button on bootup.
Click "New Item":
Item Text: X-Bench (whatever you like)
DOS Command: C:Execute S:xbench-Sequence
(remember to hit enter after you type for it to "stick").
Select Project / Save
Open a Shell and type
copy CLIboot-sequence xbench-Sequence
ed xbench-Sequence
scroll to the bottow. Before the last "NewCLI" line, add (depending on path to xbench):
Cd SYS:Programs/Xb
C:Execute XbEnCH.exe
Leave the NewCLI line at the bottom if you like. That way you get a nice shell if you close Xbench at the cost of more memory usage. Remove it on low memory machines.
I'm sure you can modify your new xbench-Startup file to save more memory but this is a quick way to get it running. You can now restart and hold down the right mouse button and X-Bench should be in there.
Update: The "music: no" in settings is only the music in the launcher list. It does not effect main menu or config menu music. You'd think you could remove the .mod files in the "data" folder but then it does not start at all =)
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|19 December 2012, 11:34
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Thanks Turran! i will give this a go later on!
But the game launcher menu problems were both having kind of ruin the xbench experience at the moment, hopefully a new release will be out soon.
Update1: Turran, i just tested your cwb startup menu method and it works fine, so thanks again for that.
Update2: I also have found a workaround for the game menu launcher issue reverting back to A all the time, and it does appear that the problem is related to the size of your games folders/list and xbench not liking all your games in one list.
I have around 2000 whdload games that i have in a-z folders, and what i did was split the games in half into 2 folders with around 1000 games in each.
The folders are called Games1(a-k games) and Games2(l-z games). I then added 2 lists into the Xbench setup, one list for game1 and another for game2 and i then rescanned my games.
It appears to have fixed the issue mentioned above, i can now browse all the games in 2 separate lists without the list reverting back to A each time
It's not a perfect solution having to use 2x game lists, but it works! It appears that Xbench doesn't like one large single game list for some reason.
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|19 December 2012, 13:55
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Hansel75: Thanks. I'll try that method for now, hoping for a fix.
Really like X-bEnCH more then, for example, TinyLauncher since it can progress through sub folders instead of having to specify each one separate.
|28 December 2012, 22:20
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Hi all !
Many thanks for your hardtest of xbench. A new release will be available soonly but i've many things to finish before releasing it.
I've find the stupid coding mistack who's making listing bigger than 1920 entry to fail. This will be fixed in the incoming release. (New theorical limit is upped to more than 470000 entry for a single listing )
@hansel75: Thanks for your files !
|02 January 2013, 19:48
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Happy New Year to you all!
To start this new year I am proud to announce the release of X-bEnCh 0.8 Alpha.
You can download it on: www.jimneray.com
Please remember that this release is just an Alpha release. I've a lot of things that are not yet implemented but i've released it because the last release was from 2 month ago ... i'm still working on it and some new release may come realy sooner. Hope you will enjoy this release !
What's new ?
- Black lines closing effect added to the init logo.
- No more credits scroll text; now have a rotating text on the menu.
- New VBL sync more smoother.
- Fixed the repeat delay.
- 3d effect added to menu texts.
- New loading screen with a cool parallax effect.
- List name bug fixed.
- Now the listings fatters than 1920 files are working fines.
- Xsetup code heavily reworked.
- Startup tab added to the setup.
- Added the Del key switch option.
- Added an option to choose from where start Xbench (menu, launcher, cli)
- Fixed the ugly 3d effect in the setup.
- Many bugs fixs and various optimizations.
|02 January 2013, 20:14
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Jim it doesn't works for me.
Right it's OK for me, just dezziped it with lha on the Amiga
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The Patriots name was chosen as the school's mascot by some of Apex Friendship's future students. The school colors will be navy blue and red.
Principal Matt Wight said finding a color combination that is unique to the Wake County area was important. No high school in southwestern Wake County uses navy blue. Some other Wake County high schools have navy blue, but they pair it with silver instead of red.
"We wanted something that was flexible, no matter what mascot was picked," Wight said. "The other advice I got was to stay away from trendy colors like the teals and other sort of odd shades that have become incorporated with some sports teams. They don't hold up very well."
After the colors were decided – early enough to get the color scheme right for the building – the nickname was next.
Wight formed a panel of about 20 future Apex Friendship students, who are coming from Apex, Panther Creek and Holly Springs high schools. They had an opportunity to make a major decision in their school's future.
The Patriots name was picked before the Super Bowl outcome with the victorious New England Patriots.
Finalists included the Firebirds, Phoenix and Rattlesnakes, but Wight was glad the students chose Patriots.
"That's the one I would have gone with if it was my choice," he said. "We've gotten a little bit of kidding about Friendship. And you know, it is a little touchy-feely, so I really hoped we would come up with a (mascot) name with some substance to it. Something that was not whimsical. ... Something of substance for people to get behind was important."
Apex Friendship's name combines the town of Apex with the nearby unincorporated area of Friendship, which is a historic, rural and unincorporated community off Old U.S. 1.
Friendship formed in the mid-1800s as a peaceful place for whites, blacks and Native Americans to co-exist, according to local history books. Wight said the Patriots name resonated with him, given the area's historical background.
"I think the Patriots name ties into the Friendship history, and I think that gives us a good foundation to build the school off of," said Matt Clifton, Apex Friendship's new athletics director.
"I think that'll help tie the whole aspect of the Friendship community in, because it helps bring in a little bit of the history of the community and how the community was formed," he said. "It gives a good strong mascot to go with that."
The Friendship part of the school's name has elicited some off-the-wall mascot suggestions, Wight said.
"My principal friends were the worst," Wight said. "But it was all good-natured."
Though not a reason for selection, the Patriots will be a break from the animal names used in the southwestern Wake area, where (Middle Creek) Mustangs gallop, (Panther Creek) Catamounts, (Fuquay-Varina) Bengals and (Apex) Cougars roam while (Holly Springs) Golden Hawks and (Green Hope) Falcons fly high.
Apex Friendship's athletics teams will play against those schools, the Athens Drive Jaguars and the Cary Imps in the Southwest Wake Athletic Conference this fall.
Clifton was hired as the school's first athletics director two weeks ago. The school will have just freshmen and sophomores for the first year but will field varsity teams in all sports except football, which will be JV only. The school will eventually expand to 2,289 students.
Already, Clifton has heard positive feedback from the students at Holly Springs, one of three high schools whose districts will be impacted by Apex Friendship.
"The kids are giving me a little bit of grief at school about the Friendship name, but when you tie the Patriots behind it ... they really like that," Clifton said. "I showed it to a couple of kids that I teach and they really like the color scheme and they really like the logo itself."


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When I first heard of a 3D printer I was excited, It's Star Trek's replicator system becoming a reality, but just over a month ago I watched a video off youtube where a guy used a 3D printer to print parts for his fully automatic rifle. His experiment was to bring to the attention of the world stage that it is going to be possible to print out all the necessary components to make any gun you would want. The video is very detailed and fascinating to watch.
The below video is about 25 minutes long but so to cap this quick blog entry off.
I accept that this is going to be a reality, where the only thing you can't print will hopefully be the ammunition. Will they have to regulate the distribution of ammunition more closely now?


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Of all the lesser spotted animals in Nunney, Kim Pyper's camel is the stuff of legends.In August 1976 Nunney had a committee to organise celebrations to mark the Queen's 1977 Silver Jubilee, chaired by Andrew Gibson and whose members and sub-committee members included Owen Hillier, Fred Lestrange, Kim Pyper, Rosie and Bill Davies and others. Co-ordinators were Jack Bliss and Jeremy Hobson.
The committee members came up with a remarkable publicity stunt to raise the cash needed to stage proper celebrations.
Rumours started to spread around the village that the committee members were setting up a deal to sell Nunney Castle to Arabs.
The castle, bought at auction in 1950 by Rob Walker of Nunney Court but cared for by the Environment Department, seemed an unlikely purchase but a fake protest was staged nevertheless. "Hands off our castle" was the slogan.
Raising money
Kim Pyper, a Silver Jubilee committee member who lived at Primrose Hill in Nunney, strongly denied any backroom deals in the media, "There is definitely no truth in the rumour."
"Someone put the deal forward as a suggested way of raising money for our funds and the rumour then spread."
And what better way to vigorously deny a rumour about Nunney's first venture into the world of big business than to tour Nunney and Frome on the back of a camel?
That's exactly what the Silver Jubilee Committee did on 10 September 1976 – interestingly the day before Nunney Fayre, which had been revived the previous year.
Kim Pyper, dressed as an Arab, toured the village and Frome on a camel hired from Longleat Safari Park to tell people to ignore rumours of the sale of Nunney Castle and to visit Nunney Fayre instead.
Only in Nunney, as they say…
The next day's fayre was very successfully and raised £300 for Nunney's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. According to a committee newsletter, "It is intended to make the Fayre an annual event which, in future, will be held in June on the Saturday on or nearest to Midsummer's Day."
Silver Jubilee
The Silver Jubilee celebrations took place between Saturday 4 to Tuesday 7 June 1977.
Described in the programme as "the weekend of a lifetime", events in Nunney included a barn dance, It's a Knockout competition, the drama Sage of the Queen of England produced by Hilary Daniels in Nunney Church, skittles matches at the Theobald Arms, a carnival procession from the Masters' field opposite Springfield House all the way to Glebelands and back led by the Frome Town Band, a son et lumière around Rick Lewis' epic poem A Nunney Saga at Nunney Castle and lots more.
There were games and a street party for the children and they all received a Jubilee mug as well. Elderly villagers had their own tea party in The George, hosted by Phyl Smith.
According to the programme the final day, Tuesday 7 June 1977, offered "All day: free cider (while it lasts)". The son et lumière that night must be have been rather jolly.
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Babysitters are responsible for the overall care of children. They must ensure that kids are fed, go to sleep at an appropriate time, have adequate entertainment and complete required tasks such as homework and chores. Most importantly, they must ensure the kids' safety.
One of the most important requirements for a babysitter is to like kids. A good sitter likes to be around kids and to play with them, but she is mature enough to appropriately and promptly discipline them and set healthy boundaries. People who do not like children or who do not set appropriate boundaries for children are not well-suited to babysitting.
Babysitters must also be reliable. When parents call on a sitter for a job, they must be sure that she is prompt and available to watch their children during agreed upon times. Unreliable babysitters pose problems for parents who make plans and rely on babysitters to help them with their kids.
Babysitters should be neat and tidy and leave the home in good condition. Used dishes should be washed and put away, and toys should be returned to their appropriate spaces. Any area that has been altered should be returned to its original condition once the babysitter is finished caring for the children.
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When I see a beautiful piece of unpainted furniture, I am often torn between wanting to keep the original wood, and wanting to paint it. Sometimes I make my decision based on the style of furniture. For example, something that screams 1970s is the worst of ways might look fresh and modern with a clean, glossy coat of paint. Other times, I find pieces that are so hopelessly beat up that only people who enjoy cruel and unusual punishment would attempt to refinish the wood.
That's what happened when I stumbled upon this waterfall dresser on craigslist. It needed some serious help. Veneer was missing all over the place, the top had something crusted onto it, and a piece of the frame was missing between the top drawer and top of the dresser.
It was actually that missing piece that sold me. Seeing that 2 inch gap between the uppermost drawer and the dresser top made me realize just how much wasted space was in there. "I could do something with that space," I thought to myself. So I went and picked her up in my trusty little Fiona Fit.
At first I planned to chip off all the veneer from the drawers and the top. That proved to be nearly impossible, even when I used vinegar mixes that were supposed to loosen the adhesive. I ended up sanding the veneer off the drawers. Underneath the veneer was some kind of porous wood that had holes all over it (not just grain, but real holes). I filled the holes with wood filler, sanded them, and repeated the process. I also used some wood glue and clamps to tighten the drawer joints a bit.
After tackling the drawers, I got to work on the frame. The first thing I did was remove the top by unscrewing all the places it was connected to the frame and using a rubber mallet to gently loosen any areas that were glued down. Because so much of the veneer was left on the top that I couldn't chip off, I sanded it down with my power sander as much as possible and then used wood filler to level out the places where the veneer was missing. This took a lot of layers of wood filler and sanding to get a good smooth finish. I used a sanding wedge to try and get a level surface.
Once I had tackled the top, I got to work on constructing the replacement piece for the frame. I couldn't find 2 inch molding in the style I needed, so I glued two pieces of small dental molding and a couple pieces of wood from Home Depot together to make the top piece. Then I drilled a pocket hole with my mini kreg jig on either side so that I could attach the new piece to the frame. I also filled any cracks in my puzzle of molding to make it look like one piece. I used Kregg screws to attach the piece to the frame.
Then came the fancy part. I decided to build a shelf in the top of the dresser to utilize all that dead space at the top. To do this, I had pieces of wood cut the size of the inside of the frame, drilled pocket holes in the them, and screwed them into the frame. Then I had a piece of higher-quality plywood cut to slightly smaller than the inside of the frame. When I got home, I used my Dremel Multimax saw attachment to cut out corners in the shelf to accommodate the four corners of the frame. To hide the gaps between the frame and the shelf, I cut small pieces of molding and glued them along the frame. It was a process, but it was oh-so-satisfying once I finished. Unfortunately I was so focused on building that I did not take a single picture of the process. Fail.
Once I built the frame, it was finally time to start painting. At first I primed everything with Zinsser Cover Stain, which I had read from various sources was the best primer to use. But the wood grain on the drawers was SO pronounced, and you could see where it was interrupted by the wood filler spots, so I did some research and found that if you really want to seal wood grain, you should use Zinsser BIN, which is shellac-based. So I used two coats of Zinsser BIN primer over the drawers and the whole frame to seal the wood. Shortly after, I purchased my Benjamin Moore Advance paint and read that it should only be painted over oil-based primers, not shellac-based primers or "undercoaters". Whoops. So I sanded the surfaces with 220-grit sandpaper and applied a final coat of primer, this time using Zinsser Cover Stain. I sanded the surface again when I was done, and then got to the real paint.
Prior to applying the actual paint color, I made sure that the top actually fit on the frame. It's a good thing I did, because the top wasn't having it. When I attached the new portion of the frame, I inadvertently narrowed the space at the top of the dresser. No worries! I just sanded the sides of the top quite a bit, recoated with primer, and was ready to paint again.
I used Benjamin Moore Advance Satin paint in "Once Upon a Time". It took three coats and some touch ups to get this baby covered.
After letting the paint cure for a loooonnnng time, I attached the hardware that would allow the top of the dresser to open up and allow access to the new shelf. I used regular brass hinges on the back of the dresser and a lid support on the inside. As I experienced with my TV cabinetdresser retro-fit, this took a few tries.
To give the dresser a finishing touch, I used Brasso and the rough side of a kitchen sponge to remove some of the tarnish that had built up on the original hardware. The hardware was REALLY tarnished, and I didn't have the patience to remove all the tarnish, so I got it to a point where it looked a little tarnished but not dirty. I actually think that look works well with this dresser.
So there you have it, the story of rebuilding/enhancing this art deco relic. This girl came to the Lucketts Market with me, got a million compliments, but didn't leave with a new owner. I think she is pretty taste specific, but I can picture her in a bedroom with her top shelf full of pretty little china saucers and teacups full of earrings and necklaces and bracelets and other pretty things. I also think she'd look really pretty with a mirror on that underside.
Update: I realized that I didn't bother to record that this dresser has a paper label on the back with a that shows that it was manufactured by Johnson Carper Furniture Company in Roanoke, Virginia, and that it was shipped to John Bujewicz in South River, New Jersey. It looks like the company started around 1927 and manufactured furniture through the 1930s, which confirms that this is an authentic art deco piece. Maybe someone will be looking up their family and read this blog and recognize the dresser or know how it ended up in this neck of the woods. Wouldn't that be cool? If you are a Bujewicz and you are around my age, this might have belonged to your great grandfather or uncle, or maybe it belonged to your grandmother. I got it from a family in Alexandria (maybe they are Bujewiczes too?). Anyway, let the powers of the interweb bring us together.


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I love my morning routine: I cradle Alex in my Ergobaby as I make fruit smoothies, topped off with spoonfuls of freshly made 100% organic yogurt. I scoop it right out of the cooker and give Alex a big sloppy glob that he immediately flings across the kitchen. It's great. And it also gives me an empowering boost to my day, eating something in China even healthier than I would have eaten in California. And it's so darn easy, I just have to share it again with everyone here.
Step one: buy a yogurt maker. I followed former Beijinger Nutritoneer's advice and bought the Bear 小熊 brand, easily bought online at Amazon China and the usual other websites for a totally reasonable 140 RMB. We've already had it for over two years and it still works perfectly. It's very easy and quick to use, literally taking about five minutes to prepare. You just add your yogurt starter, blend with milk, set the machine for how many hours (at least 8, preferably 10-12), press the button and that's it! Cook it overnight and you can wake up to fresh, warm yogurt.
Step two: organic yogurt. There's only one purely organic, locally made yogurt available in Beijing — or all of China, if I'm not mistaken. That's the Green Yard 归原 brand. Their unsweetened yogurt is the best I've tasted here, and it has always been a consistently effective starter yogurt. My second choice would be Wondermilk 万得妙 which isn't organic but has very good quality control and organization. My third choice would be local Herun 和润, which again isn't organic but is a great value and tastes very good — but my results with that as a starter have been inconsistent. My last choice would be any of those local, pourable yogurts. Gosh, they're just filled with sugars and flavors and extra whatevers — whatever it is, it just doesn't belong there! Yogurt should have exactly two ingredients: milk and healthy bacteria. That's it. Your local market may also carry some imported yogurt, but I just don't see how any bacterial cultures inside could survive any long trip across the oceans; I tried a couple times and never got my yogurt to set. Bad yogurt with dead bacterial cultures won't grow out any yogurt, leaving a runny mess instead of thick, creamy yogurt. (UPDATE: my Weibo fans also mention yogurt powder from New Zealand 新西兰酸奶粉 that you can buy online, including organic Easiyo. Has anyone tried these?)
Step three: organic milk. You could use Green Yard's locally made organic milk, and I've also tried Wondermilk, as well as Sanyuan's top line ESL brand. But I now actually prefer those imported boxes of milk, because I've had outstanding and consistent results — at a cheaper price than Green Yard. And anyone anywhere in China can buy organic milk: all the major shopping websites now sell organic milk such as Organic Valley from the USA, Living Planet or True Organic from Australia. I grew up in America with fresh milk, not this milk-in-a-box UHT stuff, and I'm still perplexed how it can survive for half a year at room temperature, but I've never read any credible literature that said it was harmful or seriously lacking in nutrition.
So there you go, three easy steps to a great start to your day. Given all the uncertainties with food safety here, why not take a bit of control over your daily life — and be healthier for it!
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Whenever you go to see an artist perform, you should be on your best behavior. Whenever bands skip Houston while on tour, and people here ask
Soccer Mommy walked out to what seemed like an enthusiastic crowd, and perhaps many of them were just that. However, for most of their set, the audience seemed to talk from start to finish. The Nashville group is a pretty loud indie rock band, so the fact that you could hear chatting throughout their set was pretty infuriating.
The worst part of the set was what seemed to be a group who felt that it was their duty to respond to everything singer Sophie Allison said. Stupid and ridiculous replies like "what's the name of the song," were annoying and flat out rude to say at any show, especially one in a space as small as the upstairs of White Oak Music Hall.
When Bridgers took the stage she seemed to be in a great mood, full of jokes and began with a sample from the drummer that played "you're not my fucking mother," before opening with a soulful rendition of "Smoke Signals." Things seemed to go smoothly, with the song feeling a bit more uptempo than on the record. When the lyric "speeding cause' fuck the cops," came in the crowd cheered out loud. She followed up with the sweet and endearing track "Funeral," where a quieter crowd would have made the experience a lovely one.
However, that wouldn't be the case, as there was more than twenty percent of the audience talking loudly enough to where it felt like Bridgers' tender voice was mere background music. Explaining afterward that the next song would be "kind of folk core," she launched into a nice version of "Georgia," and then followed that up with the song "Would You Rather." Both songs came off sounding pretty amazing with the full band in tow,
After that, she said, "this next song is about sexting, which you're supposed to tell people not to do. But I'm for sexting, you can put that on a shirt," then started up the song "Demi Moore." This was followed up by a tender version of the song "Killer," where the audience chatter seemed to start back up. In such a small room, during such a sweet and soft song, it was nearly ruined by the conversations happening throughout the space. Bridgers then played an older track, "Ask Me To" solo on her acoustic, before grabbing her electric baritone and playing a solo cover of the Daniel Johnston classic, "Peek A Boo."
While introducing the fan favorite "Motion Sickness" with the full band back on stage, Bridgers noted, "this song is about when I was twenty, I slept with someone on their fortieth birthday." The song had a new heft to it, with more of a rock vibe than the pop structure it has on Stranger in the Alps. She then introduced the band including "my talented ex-boyfriend drummer," and then asked everyone to "give it up for my favorite fucking band, Soccer Mommy," before closing with the song "Scott Street." As confetti went off and adorned the audience, it felt like Bridgers had finally won everyone over, before leaving and coming back to play an encore performance of "You Missed My Heart."
When I asked Rathbun what the biggest difference between the Los Angeles show and the Houston show was, he said that the lights were darker in
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While both performers were incredibly kind after the performance, after the room cleared and they'd met with fans and signed things, it really sucked to have to apologize for how people act at shows in this town. In a city this size, you'd think two hundred people could shut up for two hours of incredible music.
Both acts were gracious and generous to the audience throughout their performances, showing how they're top notch and classy enough to try and overlook those the chatter in the crowd. But if either never came back to Houston, at least now you'll know why. It's not because it's the South, or the venues don't pay enough, it's because we're too self-centered as audience members to let an artist entertain us.


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* U.S. adds 157,000 jobs in January, jobless rate edges up
* Euro lifted by better-than-forecast euro zone PMI
* Yen continues weakening trend on BOJ easing view
By Wanfeng Zhou
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled to a more than 14-month low against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative policy and after euro zone factories had their best month in almost a year.
The yen hit a 2-1/2-year low versus the dollar and a 33-month trough versus the euro, extending its recent weakness on bets the Bank of Japan will ease monetary policy further.
A rally in U.S. stocks added to the momentum as investors shed the safe-haven Japanese currency and piled money into growth-linked, riskier currencies such as the euro.
The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said, slightly below market expectations and the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9 percent. But job growth in the previous two months was revised higher.
"The latest data is a great mix for a broadening of the 'risk on' trade, with solid payrolls data showing underlying growth was robust into the fiscal cliff," said Alan Ruskin, head of G10 FX strategy at Deutsche Bank in New York. "The rise in the unemployment rate should (be) more friendly for all trades that were fearful of an early Fed withdrawal from QE."
"In sum, for FX nothing to detract from the long euro trade." He added the data should also weigh on the dollar, with the exception of dollar/yen.
The euro rose as high as $1.3711, its strongest since mid-November 2011. It was last at $1.3678, up 0.7 percent on the day. On the week, the euro gained about 1.6 percent versus the dollar.
Further upside targets are seen at $1.3833-35, the 61.8 percent retracement of the move down from May 2011 to July 2012, which also coincides with the July 2011 low. A break of that area opens the door to a rise toward $1.40.
"The main takeaway from the jobs report is that there's no major acceleration or deterioration in the labor market, so that keeps the Fed firmly on hold," said Kathy Lien, managing director BK Asset Management in New York.
The Fed repeated Wednesday that it would keep overnight rates near zero until the unemployment rate hits 6.5 percent, as long as inflation does not threaten to exceed 2.5 percent.
The Fed's bond-buying and loose monetary policies have pressured the dollar and analysts said the dollar will maintain a negative bias as long as the U.S. central bank continues on that path.
The dollar rose 0.8 percent to 92.51 yen, having hit a session high of 92.64 yen, the strongest since June 2010. For the week, the dollar rose about 1.6 percent.
The dollar extended gains versus the yen after U.S. data showed the pace of manufacturing growth picked up in January to its highest level in nine months, while consumer sentiment unexpectedly improved in January.
Selling the yen has become a one-way bet, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heaping relentless pressure on the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy aggressively to jolt the economy out of a decade-long malaise.
The euro rose as high as 126.96 yen, the best level since April, 2010, and was last up 1.6 percent at 126.47 yen.
Earlier, a Purchasing Managers' Index survey showed euro zone factories had their most resilient month in nearly a year during January, helped by solid German output.
News that banks will repay less than expected in European Central Bank three-year loans next week dented some demand for the euro, but losses were limited by optimism the worst of the region's debt crisis is over.


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JULY 1945 Potsdam Conference
British Prime Minister Atlee, US President Truman and Soviet Premier StalinThe three allies met on July 17th, 1945, in Potsdam, Germany. As the conference opened, American President Truman received word of the successful detonation of the atomic bomb. It was agreed that Germany would initially be governed by the Allied Control Council, made up of military commanders from the four zones of occupation. It was agreed that each of the occupiers would take reparations from their own zones, since the western zones included most of the industrial areas. The Western powers agreed to transfer 10% of the industrial equipment of their zone to the Soviets, and another 15% for food and other raw materials. The Polish problem could not be solved, however, and the Western powers would not recognize the western borders of Germany..


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