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A penniless widow blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade.
Divested of her savings by her selfish, middle-aged children, Bunny O'Hare suddenly loses her home when the bank forecloses on her mortgage, leaving the widow destitute and homeless. Sympathetic Bill Green, an aging itinerant salvaging the house's plumbing, offers to give her a ride anywhere in his camper truck. Soon after, Bunny calls her children, daughter Lulu and son Ad, in hopes of staying with them, but is too proud to mention her predicament, and they refuse to let her stay with them. Lulu explains that her husband Lloyd, a butcher, is chronically depressed after being fired, while gambler Ad lies and says he is too busy closing an important business deal to help. Bunny then begs to go with Bill to Mexico, where he resells his fixtures. Although generous, Bill decides that after one night in the camper, he will pay for bus fare to a destination of her choice. That night, Bill sets up Bunny's sleeping bag several hundred feet from the camper, hoping to quietly roll the truck away and leave unsuspecting Bunny behind. However, unknown to Bill, Bunny is inside the camper when he takes off and recognizes him on a wanted poster she finds there for fugitive bank robber William Gruenwald. Deciding to recoup her loses from the bank that took her home, Bunny politely blackmails Bill into teaching her how to rob a bank. Bill reluctantly begins Bunny's training routine with vigorous exercise and practice escapes on a motorbike, Bill's vehicle of choice for robberies, which he stores in the camper. Seeing hippies protesting outside a bank, Bill and Bunny adopt a hippie disguise for the robbery: Bunny wears a long blonde wig, over-sized hat and sunglasses, while Bill sports a beard, leather vest and bell-bottom pants. On the day of the robbery, Bill must encourage timid Bunny, who then threatens to "spill [the cashier's] guts" if he does not give her the money. The elderly pair flees the police on the motorcycle through parking lots, a shopping center and finally onto the freeway, escaping with $736, which Bunny sends to Lulu. Meanwhile, näive, by-the-book police lieutenant, Horace Greeley, arrests 436 hippies as part of the robbery investigation and, unable to understand their slang, asks his chief for a translator. Invigorated by her own bravery, Bunny buys a dress for a celebratory evening with Bill, but soon after, she calls Ad, who brashly asks her for $1,000 to invest in an oil syndicate, another ruse for his ever-increasing debt to loan shark Max. Despite Bill's protests, the couple robs again, setting free a canary in the bank to distract the guard while they take the money and escape. Back at the camper, Bunny explains to Bill that she alone is responsible for her children since their father died early on. Bunny then invites Bill to spend the night with her. Soon after, criminologist R. J. Hart is assigned to help Greeley, who is reluctant to take the young woman seriously. Although Washington D.C. reports that four older robbers have the modus operandi of a canary and a motorcycle, Greeley is still convinced that the felons are young hippies. Soon after learning that Lloyd needs group therapy to deal with his growing aversion to meat, Bunny and Bill rob another bank, using the canary trick again. Ad then asks for $1,000 for "legal expenses," prompting another robbery, in which Bunny sets off smoke bombs to aid in their escape. Back at the police station, Greeley, obsessed with tracing canary feathers found at the crime scenes, interrogates a mild-mannered hippie with a pet parrot, pressuring the "bird lover" to divulge the name of any friends with canaries. Greeley and R. J. agree that the motorcycle, which has not been spotted by the police after the crimes, must be hidden between robberies in a truck or camper. However, when police stop Bunny and Bill during a subsequent road check, they let them pass, believing they are too old to be the robbers. Finally Greeley agrees with R. J. when she notes that the robberies are all of branches of the same bank, but balks at her suggestion that they look at a list of recent foreclosures. Back at the camper, Bill urges Bunny to let her children take care of themselves. Later, Greeley and R. J. decide to stake out one of the four remaining branches in the area with undercover agents. Soon after, Bunny and Bill arrive at the same branch, but unable to find parking, decide instead to rob the bank across the street, directly under the hotel room where Greeley and R. J. are stationed. Meanwhile, when Greeley pulls a muscle in his back, R. J. orders him on the bed for a back rub. When police sirens suddenly alert them to the crime, Greeley is forced to run downstairs half nude to take command of his men. During the escape, an officer shoots and wounds Bunny in the shoulder, but Bill and Bunny manage to escape. Forced to stop at a police road block, Bill dupes Greeley into believing that the canaries chirping in the camper are parakeets. Unable to risk going to the hospital, Bill removes Bunny's bullet and they head to Mexico for a rest. Upset that all the news stories are about the robberies instead of recent protests, a disgruntled hippie couple dress identically to Bill and Bunny, rob a bank, shoot an officer in their escape and then race their motorcycle down to Mexico, riding just behind Bunny and Bill. Hearing the police sirens, Bill and Bunny pull off the road and watch as Greeley's men arrest the couple for the robberies. Although R. J. has spotted a motorcycle and a cage full of canaries through Bill's camper door, Greeley once again dismisses her and lets Bill and Bunny continue on. Crossing the border into Mexico, Bunny suddenly wants to make one more phone call to her children, whose selfish cries for more money motivate her to abandon them for a new life in Mexico.
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When it comes to handheld conversions of console games, the results have a tendency to be mixed at best. Because of one limitation or another, handheld versions of the games available on today's consoles usually are more limited offerings that capture some of the essence of home console version, but don't really offer the experience per se. The PlayStation Vita is closer to a modern home console than perhaps any handheld before it and the result of the Vita's capabilities are easier to see than ever in MLB 12: The Show, which is an extremely faithful and feature-packed version of its PS3 counterpart that baseball fans should look forward to taking with them on the go.
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The Show on Vita is also just every bit as statistic driven and packs just as much depth as the PS3 version. For the most part — albeit with slight alterations to controls — the game plays the same way, still pushing for that same fusion of video game player ability and baseball player ability. The only slight drawback to playing on the Vita version is how tight the analog sticks are on the handheld. The DualShock 3's analog sticks have much better range of movement than Vita's, which allows for easier range of movement for picking pitching spots on the PS3 version. However, that is by no means a deal-breaker for the Vita version whatsoever — it takes a little getting used to, but mostly ends up feeling just different rather than a drawback.
The Vita version also includes some touch controls that are very smooth and just as reliable as buttons, if not more so. Advancing basemen and picking off basemen on the move as a pitcher on the mound are especially easily executed. Simple swipes in the appropriate direction advance basemen or send them backwards without hesitation. Swiping to pick off basemen on the mound is even easier than the button configuration for it. Using a finger to select pitch locations isn't quite precise enough (it can require more time to get right than using the analog stick) and the odd combination of front and rear touchscreen for certain applications seems awkward, but those are the exceptions to an otherwise smooth touch control experience.
Cloud storage on the Vita version works quite easily and simply. Just select the option to upload to the cloud in Road To The Show, Season, or Franchise mode and the game will have the save uploaded in record time. Or, conversely, download from the cloud — also in record time — and player progress in those modes will be made available to the Vita version without any hassle. The Show provides as seamless an experience as possible between cloud saves. Future PS3 games with Vita versions should use the Vita version of The Show as an example of how cloud saving should work: quickly, seamlessly and effortlessly.
However, for all of the strengths of the Vita version, online multiplayer lag seems to impact it significantly. I encountered significant lag problems in nearly every single game that I played online, most of which resulted in the game being disconnected. In one game, I had made it all of the way to the 9th inning after overcoming a six run deficit, only for the game to freeze when I went to the bullpen. I finally unfroze the game by hitting the PS button on the Vita, at which point I was told that my game was forfeited. I also encountered a "traffic delay" message, which brought my game of The Show to a standstill. At one point, the delay lasted as long as a few minutes.
MLB 12 The Show on Vita is a great baseball title for gamers to take on the go with them. The Vita version does have a little more to offer for owners of the PS3 version, but as a standalone game, still offers an incredible, in-depth baseball experience that will keep even the most hardcore of baseball fans interested for quite some time. Like the PS3 version, the depth may be initially quite a hurdle for newcomers. However, with time and practice, they can learn the basics and still find plenty to enjoy in the game. The online multiplayer lag hurts it and the tightness of the analog sticks may make pitching spots tough to select at times, but they're still not enough to detract from the strength of the core of what's offered here: a high quality baseball game that any baseball enthusiast could easily enjoy.
Click here to read our review of MLB 12: The Show on the PlayStation 3 >>
PlayStation LifeStyle's Final Score
+ Cloud saving, mostly well-executed touch controls.
– Lag during online multiplayer games can negatively impact the experience.


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br>Thinking quite seriously of a side project using EML 200 + Korg MS50 + two Revox A77 units. (one for recording, other for echo -- not sure if B77 should be considered instead) Maybe EML 300 as a controller as well. Will use existing Roland 103 as mixer (has a great built-in spring reverb), everything else I will need to pick up, so not a small investment. The initial impulse is to target a very abstract psych/power electronics vibe, following Maurizio Bianchi, Paul Kelday, Saniboj Zugic, some of the more abstract work of Conrad Schnitzler, Nik Raicevic and so on... but who's to say if something entirely different wouldn't result? (am into more the psych/free jazz aspects not so much the industrial aspects, while sincerely appreciating everyone I listed above...)
Looking to explore a different side in which 1) it's almost impossible to create melodies or even conventional "notes" - 2) no computers -- want to be immersed completely in the inconveniences of archaic recording techniques, of which I need to learn 3) studio setup is portable and can be used 100% intact in live situations 4) as "big" a sound as possible while giving the maximum possible space for improvisatory exploration 5) avoiding use of distortion pedals or other common techniques, while maximizing/encouraging use of odd feedback routings
Comments? potential pitfalls? anyone use a similar setup? yes I know the two synths have very different/nonsensical interfacing standards, the point is to explore what results from these kinds of limitations. br> br>
br>I have a couple comments/ideas:
First off, that sounds like a fun setup! I hope you post some results! It sure makes me wish I had space for reel-to-reels.
My primary suggestion is that you consider adding mixers and more line-to-synth-level amplifiers/mixers to the recipe. There's a lot of "power" there in the synths and tape deck, but it looks like the interfacing options are weak. I'm not sure if this imposes on your philisophical outlook, but you did mention wanting to explore feedback routings. And more mixers/amps can really open up options there especially in a live setting. Plus, compared to the other gear you're mentioning, they're so cheap they're almost free.
The synthesizers have their own mixers for synth-level stuff, but everything coming out of the tape deck will be line level. Those signals would need amplification to pipe those signals back into the synths which I'd think you want. There appears to be some function for that on the synths, but not more than a channel or two or so it would appear. For playing live, having to patch and unpatch that type of thing can create a discontinuity you might not find musical.
For the delay deck, I would think having its own dedicated stereo mixer would be ideal. That way, you can mix and pan signals that go in to the deck initially, plus have a feedback path to route your delayed signals *back* into the deck (for echos that can devolve into oscillation, etc). Maybe passive splitters leaving each channel of the deck with one side going back into a channel on the mixer and the other end being available to patch back into a synth (through a line-to-synth-level amplifier ideally). Or, just route an effects send back up to the synths and skip the splitter. Lots of options really.
You mentioned a Roland 103 which appears to be some kind of keyboard.... you might consider ditching that and Just use another mixer instead. From what you said, it seems like having keyboard on stage would take away from the aesthetic you're going for plus you might be temped to hit a key. There are lots of inexpensive spring reverb kits you can work with to fill in that gap.
Ok, lastly, and I'll promise to shut up for now: you said you basically don't own any of the gear yet. I'm curious as whether there's a reason for specifically that gear or not. Reason I ask is that I think you'll be spending a pretty penny for some of the "vintageness" - 'specially the Electrocomp. I would think you'd get similar results from any *analog* modular gear. Same goes for the tape deck although hard to fault a Revox!
Anyway, sorry for the blabfest. Just throwing out ideas. I look forward to hearing this project!
And by the way, thanks for turning me on to some artists I haven't heard! br> br>
br>^ I think he means the Roland Model 103 mixer from the System 100.
You make some great points on levels, etc.
cycad73 - what an excellent concept. Those two synth choices seem ideal for that type of old school chaos. I've never used a tape deck live as an echo - but kudos.
I am a HUGE Schnitzler fan since 79/80 when I was young. He used a lot of Korg MS series in the 80/90 period and of course the EMS Synthi A which can be very different and chaotic. I think the EML choice is a perfect one. If you do get a keyboard synth for the project I cant help but hear a Moog Sonic 6!! If you cant find an original EML 300, EMW in Brazil makes this:
I wish I had one.
Passive splitters: inexpensive and quality:
A matrix mixer with mute switches might be a nice junction for additional unevenness.
I'm exited just hearing about your goals. br> br>
br>The Roland 103 is a small 4x2 mixer from part of the 100 modular system from the mid 1970's. (w/ one hardwired reverb send... internal spring reverb and one general purpose effects send/return.
Thanks @DIY_geek -- looks like I will need another mixer dedicated to the echo,
+ a couple preamps. Have to think very carefully though about minimizing the number of pieces, thinking what I can easily put in my car and the time to set up and tear down.
As you guessed, I do have a fair amount of modular gear that I know like the back of my hand + create mostly live/one take polyrhythmic minimal/melodic stuff, which I enjoy + don't want to give up (except for the lack of portability and time to set up, which makes the live situation very difficult). But i won't lie the specific gear and my own history with it does influence quite a bit what I come up with.
The "vintageness" is also a fair criticism, but after having tried both it is just what works for me, I actually hate things like the expense (more an issue now), the size (it is amazing what can be packed into a small euro setup... am jealous), always having repairs etc.
@Mindmachine thanks for the Sonic 6 idea!!! br> br>
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The Samsung Galaxy S III has been widely touted as one of the best Android devices currently available. As such, we here at the XDA Portal have been reporting on it extensively for quite some time. However, there are still some kinks to be worked out, even on this massively successful device, and one of those kinks just got fixed. Now, users can monitor their CPU temperatures in real time.
It seems like such a trivial thing, and no one can really explain why Samsung didn't enable this in the first place, but that doesn't matter anymore. XDA Recognized Contributor bala_gamer has posted a thread where users can enable CPU temp monitoring. The original method was discovered by XDA Senior Member viking37.
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Heat players doing things they never did before and a peek into their futures
There are a lot of remarkable things about this Heat regular season, most notably the climb back from 19 games under .500 to 40-41 (and possibly a playoff berth) entering Wednesday's home finale vs. Washington.
And here's another: Nearly every rotation player accomplished something meaningful this year that he had never done before. A quick look at those achievements and their futures:
• James Johnson: Set career highs for points per game (12.8), rebounds per game (4.9), assists per game (3.6), three-point conversions (87) and three-point percentage (34.5). The Heat very much wants to keep him, and Johnson very much wants to stay.
Though Blake Griffin is a free agent, we've heard sentiment that some Heat people regard Johnson potentially as a better value, at the right price, than a max deal for Griffin. The unknown variable is whether bidding on Johnson reaches Evan Turner type numbers (four years, $72 million from Portland last summer).
• Dion Waiters: Set a career high for three-point percentage (39.4) and is just one tenth off his high scoring average (15.8 this season) but is unlikely to play Wednesday.
His durability issues this season might somewhat depress the free-agent market for him, making him more affordable to retain.
Before this extended absence, there was talk that Waiters could attract offers in the $14 million per year range. But the small sample size of games (46 games) could allow the Heat to re-sign him for much less.
• Hassan Whiteside: Became the first Heat player with 1000 rebounds in a season and enters Wednesday very likely to become the first Heat player to lead the league in rebound average, with 14.1 compared with No. 2 Andre Drummond's 13.8.
He also has set a career high in scoring (16.9 per game, fourth among centers).
His "impact on winning," as Erik Spoelstra would say, has improved to the point that he's viewed as a keeper, after one year of a four-year, $98 million deal.
• Tyler Johnson: Set career highs in points per game (13.9) and three-point field goals (93) and ranks second in the league (behind OKC's Enes Kanter) in points per game by any NBA player without a start.
He's still a bargain next season at $5.8 million, but the contract becomes more onerous the following two years, when he's due $19.1 million in 2018-19 and 2019-20. More likely to return than not, but a trade can't be ruled out.
• Goran Dragic: He enters the regular-season finale at 20.2 points per game, barely behind the highest scoring average of his career (20.3 for Phoenix during his third-team All-NBA season in 2013-14).
With a reasonable contract by today's standards (two years into a five-year, $85 million deal), it's impossible to envision Dragic not returning, barring the Heat missing the playoffs and defying all lottery odds by landing the No. 1 or 2 pick (point guards Lonzo Ball or Markelle Fultz). But even then...
• Josh Richardson: Set a career-high for points per game (10.1) and three-pointers (72).
Played well recently filling in for Waiters (14 steals past three games) and reinforced that he's a rotation piece, due $1.4 million next season and eligible for an extension later this year.
• Wayne Ellington: Set a career high with 146 three-pointers and, so far, points per game (10.5) and Spoelstra loved his professionalism.
If the Heat can't find top players to take its cap space early in free agency, then guaranteeing Ellington's $6.3 million salary by the July 7 deadline becomes at least a consideration.
• Rodney McGruder: The rookie exceeded all expectations after beating out Beno Udrih and Briante Weber for the 15th roster spot. The Heat privately acknowledges a bench role would be more ideal, but he has proven to be a rotation player. And he's cheap, signed for the league minimum next year.
• Willie Reed: Set career highs in every category and likely to opt out of a contract that would pay him $1.5 million next season. Could be an option for the Heat's $4.3 million room exception, but Miami is unlikely to offer significant cap space to him.
• Okaro White: Signed at the beginning of the Heat's 13-game winning streak, posted a positive plus/minus (plus 68), injected energy off the bench and shot 35 percent on threes.
A potential spot rotation player next season, and he's cheap, due $905,000 million.
• Luke Babbitt: He came on strong in the second half of the season before a hip flexor injury and has a career-high 87 three-pointers on 41.4 percent three-point shooting (13th in the league).
Because he has Bird Rights, he would cost only $1.47 million against Miami's cap if the Heat keeps him. But the Heat needs a bit of roster churn to upgrade a .500 team, and Babbitt's roster spot might be one of a limited number of available ones beyond Chris Bosh's.
• The four others: Bosh won't be back… Josh McRoberts, limited to 22 games, presumably won't opt out of a deal that would pay him $6 million next season… Justise Winslow, recovering from shoulder surgery, will need to prove his perimeter game has improved after shooting 28 percent on threes last season and 7 for 35 this season… Udonis Haslem said he wants to return, but it assuredly would need to be at a minimum deal.
The Brooklyn Nets are doing the Heat no favors, with the Heat's playoff hopes requiring a Hawks win over Indiana or a Nets win over Chicago combined with a Heat win against Washington.
The Nets announced they will sit six players in Chicago on Wednesday, including their best player, Brook Lopez, and Jeremy Lin, who are both being "rested," apparently to give them more time to prepare for the October preseason opener. Or May cruises to the Bahamas.
• Atlanta will clinch the No. 5 seed if it beats Charlotte Tuesday, which would give the Hawks less incentive to beat Indiana on Wednesday - hurtful to Miami.


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The guys over at the esteemed Victoria Times asked us if we'd be willing to help fill in on their site while the two main numbskulls there are off at the wedding of one of them.
Boilerdowd has something of a rapport with Ryan, one of the co-editors there and he made the mistake of asking us if we could help out and guest-blog for them on Sunday. Well, Boilerdowd's out of town this weekend and Tim doesn't even post here, so that leaves... me. Heh. I told them that I'd do my best to bring down his site in just one day.
Hey, Jay Leno was always a guest host and then he got the gig.
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Jain, Devaki, Sethi, Ritu
In the current context of competitive trading across the world it is extremely important for India to hold on to the special features of what she produces. Product differentiation, patenting are some of the ways competition is muted to the advantage of the seller. Today when the internet also communicates designs and all details without any human intervention, the imitation even plagiarizing of product design and competitive wars are intense.
China, as it used to be the case of Japan in the earlier century, is able to manufacture "Hand Made" art and craft of almost all the other countries of this world, with machines, and since price competition is the name of the game in a world of trade liberalization, she is able to offload her imitated products in the very same countries from where the "handmade products " emerged.
In this context , one of the ways or the only way that countries can keep their special "brand " is to strengthen the presence of the uniquely handmade , support its survival and even subsidize , give tax relief , take it on to the High road , to products that are uniquely from India 's civilization . Therefore it is very worrying that the newly declared policy for handloom textiles in India, has taken the view that for the sake of volume, they would now remove the restrictions imposed on the space provided to power looms and large mechanized mills that already have the lion's share of textile production to take over the space provided for Handloom.
Those who are dedicated to preserving Indian traditions in production, and also enabling the people who fabricate them have more often than not argued about the critical value of handmade goods, not only to rural livelihoods, but to the saving of energy, the use of indigenous methods which are environmentally friendly and most of all the spiritual satisfaction that a craftsperson gets from making a beautiful object Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay , Pupul Jayakar and other eminent national champions have written extensively on this aspect.
Indian embassies and celebrations are built around the hand products – perhaps increasingly China made Indian handicrafts and handlooms? who knows? .It would be a SHAME from which it will take much time to recover if we now shift our approach to textile production, of shared spaces to cannibalizing the handloom. Shared spaces was a famous aspect of Indian economic policy, called product differentiation in economics. Rajaji resolved the conflict between hand and mill, at one time, in relation to sari manufacture, by putting in place a policy whereby woven bordered saris could only be produced by hand.
At Expert Committee meetings and during the over 6 month long deliberations of the Steering Committee and Working Groups for the 12th five year plan there was no discussion on change in the Handloom Reservation Act, the definition of Handloom or the mechanization of looms. In field research, meetings with stake-holders this was not placed on the agenda. The strength of the powerloom and mill owners lobby can be gauged by their concerted efforts to bring about a change in the Handloom Reservation Act and the changing definition of handloom to open the floodgates to manufactured weaving production at the cost to handloom. This kind of backdoor policy change broods ill for the industry, for employment in rural India and for the unique products of the loom.
The Steering Committee offered several prescriptions for renewal and growth. Recognizing not only the huge numbers that are gainfully employed in rural India, providing the second largest area for employment after agriculture, its home based workforce, that requires minimal capital investment, it took into account another significant aspect which cannot be quantified in monetary terms: the social and cultural weightage of handlooms, the traditional knowledge associated with its production, the entire handloom value chain that it sustains including those who wear and value handloom and its unique Indianess. Recognizing that this needs to be factored in and included in the final math's, before imposing change that will disrupt rather than enhance employment, production and development.
At a time when the value of handlooms is increasing in the market for its uniqueness, this sector is being punished by mechanization. The strength of handlooms lies in its hand-skills and any attempts to mechanize would pit it directly against the power-loom and the mills who have been cannibalizing the share of handlooms through the copying of design and passing off products as those made by hand. With over 33% of handloom workers reporting that their greatest threat was from the mill and powerloom sector (NCAER Handlooms census 2009-2010).
Handlooms are a counterpoise to 21st century mass and anonymous production, based as they are on the qualities of hand, oral knowledge and tradition. The products of the loom are woven by a skilled workforce, trained and educated through apprenticeship and inter-generational guru-shishya parampara, outside the formal technical training system. The uniqueness and distinctiveness of handloom product offerings is honed by cultural and civilizational underpinnings, its diversity reflected in materials, skills, motifs and techniques.
The eco system of handloom production is well structured and defined; its regional variations are home grown, being indigenously and differently organized from that of the so called organized sectors. In fact a parallel could be drawn with the highly effective havala system that too is indigenously and differently organized and yet effectively services a large number of our countrymen. Policies need to recognize this differently organized handmade sector, build on its advantages to create delivery systems that prioritize its growth.
While tools and looms are in need of urgent development and improvement, field work has shown how innovative changes have been introduced by weavers themselves to reduce drudgery and enhance productivity. Loom technologies represent indigenous ingenuity at its best, are built, repaired and maintained, within the village eco-system, not dependant on spare parts from the city. With 87% of weavers located in rural India with limited access to continuous electricity supply the new planned policy of mechanizing looms would be an ill considered strategy. Mechanization of the loom as proposed by the new policy will link the production of handloom to power supply – erratic at its best in areas of handloom production. Mechanization will in the short run itself result in declining productivity as loom-work will be tied to unreliable electricity supply inevitably leading to declining production rather than the expected enhancement.
If for the sake of argument we assume a scenario where there is an uninterrupted supply of power in rural weaving centers, it is counter intuitive to expect increased production; as a major bottleneck to production currently is yarn availability at the right price and right quality – the life blood of weaving. This has and continues to be a perennial concern, its supply regulated, managed and controlled by the PSU – National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC), Ministry of Textiles. Until NHDC is restructured to be more effective and efficient and responsive the handloom sector and weavers will continue to be under served.
The handloom industry provides the second largest area of employment after agriculture, with over 72% of weaver communities belonging to the economically and socially disadvantaged SC/ST/OBC and other minority groups ad hocism of this kind will be a disservice.
Each loom provides employment to an average of 6 to 9 workers on the pre-loom, on-loom and post-loom process. 70% of this skilled work force is in the productive age group of 18 to 45 years; this ill considered move could result in at least 2 to 4 workers being unemployment. Resulting in the inevitable migration to already swollen cities, the deskilling and disenfranchising of the weavers, and the entire village eco-system.
The effects of this policy on the North-East also require study, with a concentration of 60.5% of the total handloom household; and where the numbers have increased over the previous census (as they have in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh). 99% of the weavers here are women, operating looms that are ergonomically suited to them and to their production,
While there is an argument that power loom India is not able to produce as much as she could and needs to, for textile production to swell this is a specious argument. Mill owners are putting out textile manufacturing to power looms as it does enable them to save costs while not forfeiting profits. To cater to this strategy would be an error on the part of the Indian state.
First published in the Indian Express. 6 June 2013


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This following review will be of the poetry collection, entitled Factory Of Tears by Valzhyna Mort.
I was intrigued to read the collection, having looked into the author Mort's background. Born in Belarus in 1981, in it's capital city of Minsk, formerly part of the Soviet Union and all the struggles of all that comes with it, after the USSR had consumed the Belarusian culture, and with Mort's writing she attempts to try and reclaim her own country's language and heritage, as well as trying to find beauty anywhere she can in her writing, something which may of effected Mort early on, as Belarus became independent in 1991, possibly influencing her from a young age.
I found her writing style to be extremely interesting and evoking both thoughts and feelings, sometimes such as rage and anger, all whilst pouring it's heart out at Belarus itself, for seemingly 'abandoning itself', with this most apparent in the collection of Belarusian II, and goes to 'war' with words. I particularly enjoyed the title piece poem. In reading Mort's work, including her first publication I'm As Thin As Your Eyelashes, I have began to feel more weary of how my own environment, culture and heritage has influenced my own writing and I has expanded my knowledge, perspective and view point of my own work, as a reader and as a writer.
I'd highly recommend this collection, either for established fans of poetry, or newcomers, there's something in these pages for you to find.


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Flowers | Selection | General Requirements and Maintenance | Annuals | Perennials | Bulbs | Problems
Links to external web pages are followed by the source's name in parentheses.
When selecting annuals, you may find that descriptions such as hardy, half-hardy, and tender are used to describe the hardiness of annuals. These descriptions refer to an annual flower's temperature tolerance. Hardiness may vary within genera.
Care of annuals can be found in the following resources:
Excerpt from: Kroening, Mary. University of Missouri[1]
One of the most popular trends is the use of tropical or tropical-looking plants. Tropical plants are very heat tolerant, which makes them a perfect choice for areas with hot summers. Tropical plants typically have large or boldly shaped foliage and flowers, and often colored or variegated foliage. These traits ideally suit tropicals for use as focal points when planted with masses of colorful trailing annuals, such as lantana, ornamental sweet potato, fan flower, million bells, verbena, or even petunias. Interesting tropical plants to try include angel's trumpet, banana, caladium, cannas, castor bean, elephant ear, dragon-wing begonia, mandevilla, bougainvillea, hibiscus, fuschia, and dracaena.
Canna, caladium, castor bean, and elephant ear have a tremendous size variation, and the foliage is very decorative. Elephant ear and caladium grow well in both sunny and shady locations, and their colorful foliage make them fantastic focal plants for containers. Elephant ear can even be grown in water containers because it prefers constantly moist soil conditions. There are many new varieties of fuschia available that make a wonderful accent plant in the hanging basket. Fushcia prefer shade, thus making them ideally suited for hanging under the deck or overhang. Dragon-wing begonia are more sun tolerant than most begonias and are well suited to come indoors for the winter, as are hibiscus, mandevilla, and bougainvillea. There is a new hibiscus available that offers maroon-colored leaves, which makes a very colorful addition to your collection of summer annuals. Elephant ear and canna bulbs can be dug up in the fall and stored as bulbs for re-use the next growing season.
Using tropical plants in the landscape can be a rewarding experience. Knowing how to use, grow, overwinter, and design with tropical plants can help you get the most out of your experience.
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Flowers | Selection | General Requirements and Maintenance | Annuals | Perennials | Bulbs | Problems


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A couple of weeks ago I posted about the latest development in the Alex Lifeson versus the Ritz-Carlton saga; a federal judge decided that Geddy Lee and Neil Peart aren't entitled to damages stemming from Alex Lifeson's scuffle with deputy sheriffs at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Florida on New Year's Eve 2004. Inspired by this development, Stephen Schneider, a writer and self-proclaimed armchair musicologist, wrote a parody of the case in a column in the Orlando Weekly Newspaper last week. He penned a Notice of Civil Action against Rush for damages as a result of being a Rush fanatic. It's funny - certainly worth a read.
Rush is a Band
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Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
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Work. Sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's fun. The Bible says in Colossians 3:23: "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men." God wants everything we do to be for Him. To glorify Him. Whether we're a waitress in a small town diner or a professional singer singing for thousands of people each night. Proverbs 16:3 says "Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed."
God made us with a purpose. And that purpose is to glorify Him and bring the lost to know Him. God wants for us to show others His love. In fact, 1 Corinthians 10:31 talks about this, "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
Sometimes it's hard to do some things. Especially at work. Just know that God is there. And nothing is better than doing something for His glory. Nothing.
Now go, let God work in you, bringing forth and shining out your Innermost Unfading Beauty.
Glorifying God in all you do.
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!


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Excellent National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA) chiropractic care is at the heart of what we do.
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Our family practice serves all ages, from children to seniors. Dr. Justin Brown has an outstanding reputation as an approachable, results-driven chiropractor.
We're proud to say that our office is one of the largest upper cervical chiropractic care practices worldwide!
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We love changing lives and making a difference in your ability to live an active, more fulfilling life. We've seen practice members who have suffered for decades before finding healing NUCCA chiropractic care. People who were unable to walk or stand can now live without these limitations. Individuals have traveled across the entire country to receive our unique, specific and gentle chiropractic care. Read about the difference we've made in our practice members' lives!
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The Class of 2016 was full of amazing young adults! I enjoyed my time with each and every one of them and realized that I honestly love working with seniors. I love working with them so much that I seriously booked all that I could - my entire spring break was spent photographing seniors! It made for a lot of work on my end, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. They are so much fun to work with! So much excitement and no two sessions are the same - each one brings their own talents and personalities. Needless to say, I am already looking forward to meeting the Class of 2017!
This year I am excited to announce that Smith Family Photography will be offering FOUR senior packages! Last year we offered one senior package and I realized that I'd like to expand the options for seniors. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce our NEW Senior Packages just in time for the Class of 2017!
For every Senior Session that is booked and secured before August 31, 2016, they will receive a FREE gift (a $75 value)!


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I have a growing family and spend most of my free time with them, working on my personal health and fitness or small home improvement projects.


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I grew up in Bible Belt, Ohio. (Every third person in Ohio is an evangelical Christian.) Born into mild Protestantism with, of course, a literal interpretation of the infallible Word. In my teen years came the questions of doubt. Then the isolation… trapped in a world of dubious belief.
The fundamentalist belief community of which I was captive gave me an illusory (joke's on me) compensation: If the nature of reality, how the earth was formed, where humankind came from, if all of this was so difficult for them to comprehend, I thought I must be an intellectual giant among men.
And, lo, the avocation of a life time of reading, writing, and exploration was spawned.
Then, 30 years later came the internet and other heads rose above the crowd. The dialogues rapidly created communities, even if some were cyber-only). Still there was connection in that dialogue, in that community.
To recognize, to honor, to facilitate that dialogue, I add another voice to the rising chorus, my own. And I invite you to add yours. Whether believer or non. Civil, if you please, strident only if you must.
I've written a book, Religion is God's Way of Showing Us it's a lot Earlier in Human Evolution than We Thought. It's about what I think is an overlooked or at least under-appreciated topic: the evolutionary origin of religion. This has now and always has had a huge effect on human life. The implications of that are extensive, but largely unrecognized throughout society. The thesis that religion has an evolutionary origin is opposed by some strange bedfellows–of course religious fundamentalists, but surprisingly, the New Atheists as well. Find the hidden and not so hidden implications of all this and understand what it all means. http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Showing-Earlier-Evolution-Thought/dp/1458208931
There's also a novel nearing completion that's a contribution to the cause. There's an excerpt on this blog. The novel has as its protagonist a rather unique being with a post-human intelligence trapped in an orangutan body who also finds himself trapped in a nation on the road to theocracy.
Details on availability of the novel will be posted when they are known. It appears at present that it will be as an e-book and it is hoped that it will be available in 2014. The working title is Probability of God and the series of which it is anticipated to be a part is Planet of Man.
A nonfiction work on thoughts and issues surround the modern nonbeliever is also in the works, but will probably not see light until 2015 or so. I'm calling for your deconversion story to be a part of that work. If you once had religion, it's not a painless process to break free. Yes, it's liberating, but you are delivered from a world in which all of reality is organized one way into a world in which the fabric of that reality is totally different. And, yet, nobody else made the journey with you. Everyone still has their head in that previous reality. Here's where you find community. Here are your fellow travelers.
The working title is Confessions of a Christian Atheist. I'm interested in feed back on this. Love it? Hate it?
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JoBoy's: Up and brewing (again)
The long-awaited opening of JoBoy's Brew Pub in downtown Lititz has come! After nine months of renovation to the Rudy Building at 27-31 E. Main St., patriotic veteran and brewer Jeff Harless opened July 4. Now he has his work cut out for him.
Making the move from a tiny half-barrel facility in Manheim has been a challenge, but also a blessing for the blossoming brewery. The new two-barrel, four-fermenter system at the Lititz location is identical to the famous Dogfish Brewpub in Delaware and will help JoBoy's grow well beyond the capabilities of their former location. Harless also implemented a new carbonation system, cutting that process from 24 hours to around 12.
"We're brewing six times the quantity; it's made a huge difference. We've gone from a half-barrel to a four-barrel capacity," he explained while taking some rare time off from brewing last week. "We are selling so much more beer here than we were in Manheim. We're still struggling to get our feet under us."
To keep up with demand ,Harless has brought on several new employees. Counting himself, the brewpub now employees two full-time and two part-time brewers. Longtime assistant and brewmaster "Tug" McGall serves in an advisory position. The JoBoy's crew starts the boil of the brewing process around 7 p.m., and the brewers work until about 3 a.m. By 10 a.m., the brewery is cleaned and ready for an 11 a.m. opening.
Because of the high demand, JoBoy's is not currently filling growlers, but Harless said he hopes to start providing carry-home beer soon with growler fills and eventually bottles. But before bottles, Harless is looking at a mobile canning company to help get his brew into the outgoing hands of his customers.
"We are looking forward to that," he said. "That would be really good for us."
Harless is also able to brew more varieties. This will allow him to offer more brews, but more importantly customers will not be drinking down one particular keg at a time, allowing him to eventually build a stock of beers.
"The more beers you put on tap, the more chances it gives you to stay on top of things," he explained.
Currently, JoBoy's is tapping seven offerings: a pale ale, a red ale, two I.P.A.s, a porter, a lager, and a wheat. I recently stopped in for a German wheat (5.9 percent ABV – a spicy, fruity brew created with all German wheat and yeast) to check out the new brewpub, and I have to say it is beautiful. Harless designed the new look himself, which plays on a blues/rock 'n roll theme where the waitstaff is dressed in blue jeans, white shirts, with black vests and ties. The bartenders sport classic cocktail server attire and were busy polishing glassware for an evening rush. Business is booming at JoBoy's, now all they have to do is get ahead of demand.
Michael C. Upton works as a freelance writer specializing in arts and leisure. His brew-themed "Hop'in Around" column is published biweekly, exclusively in Local E. He invites your comments and suggestions at facebook.com/SomebodiesProductions.


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Ecuador: indigenous split on presidential race
Ecuador's presidential election is now set for a second round in early April, after days of delay in counting the totals from the Feb. 19 vote. Lenín Moreno of the ruling left-populist PAIS party, former vice president under the incumbent Rafel Correa, will face Guayquil banker Guillermo Lasso of the conservative CREO. (BBC News, Feb. 23) Ecuador's once-powerful but increasingly fractured indigenous movement was divided on who to support in the first round, and its main organizations are now attempting to arrive at a position on the second round. The major umbrella group, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), has broken with the ruling PAIS, accusing Correa of authoritarianism and being coopted by the extractive industries. CONAIE adopted ¡Fuera Correa, fuera! (Out Correa, out!) as a slogan, rejecting Moreno as Correa's chosen successor—but must now decide whether to take a stance on the run-off. (El Universo, Guayaquil, Feb. 23)
In the first round, CONAIE and its allied political party Pachakutik backed left-opposition candidate Paco Moncayo, a retired general and the former mayor of Quito. But Moncayo finished in fourth place; he and his Democratic Left party have since declined to support either candidate in the run-off. CONAIE is to hold a national assembly in Quito this week to decide whether to throw its support to Lasso.
A powerful CONAIE affiliate, the Kichwa National Confederation of Ecuador (ECUARUNARI), has already thrown its support to Lasso. Monica Chuji, a social leader from the Amazonian Kichwa community of Sarayaku who became a cabinet secretary under Correa's first government in 2006 but later broke with him, is also vocally supporting Lasso.
Lasso held a meeting with indigenous leaders in Cuenca Feb. 23, to thank them for their support. Among those present was ECUARUNARI president Carlos Pérez Guartambel, who said flatly: "We prefer a banker rather than a dictatorship that has stripped us of our territories, declared a state of emergency and locked us up in jail."
But another major leg of CONAIE, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities and Peoples of the Ecuadoran Coast (CONAICE), has officially put its support behind Moreno, saying that the Correa government has been open to dialogue. CONAICE also supported Moreno in the first round, and accused CONAIE of violating principles of internal democracy in its decision to support Moncayo. (La Hora, Quito, Feb. 24; Ecuador Times, Feb. 24; Ecuador Inmediato, Feb. 22; openDemocracy, Feb. 21; Buenos Aires Herald, Feb. 17; Remezcla, Feb. 10)
Ecuador: does Moreno represent break with Correa?
Lenín Moreno has squeaked past Guillermo Lasso after Ecuador's April 2 presidential run-off, although Lasso initially protested the vote as fraudulent and stated that Moreno's rule would be "illegitimate." Although Moreno is seen as groomed sucessor of Rafel Correa, there are some hopeful signs he could be more democratic. "I have some differences with [Correa] over freedom of expression. I think the president should be ready to tolerate much more than any ordinary citizen," he said. (The Guardian)
Correa himself will be eligible to run again in 2021 under the constitutional amendment he pushed through in 2015, lifting presidential term limits.
Ecuador voters reinstate presidential term limits
Voters in Ecuador on Feb. 4 voted to reinstate a two-term limit for elected officials, with 64 percent of voters in favor of referendum question 2, which would amend the constitution so that all elected officials can only be re-elected once for the same office.
Referendum 2 reinstates the term limits in place until 2015 when former president Rafael Correa's political party amended the constitution to lift the limits on presidential terms. The amendment was to begin just in time for the 2021 election, which would have made Correa eligible to run again for president. Since the passage of the referendum, Correa will no longer be allowed to run for president in the 2021 election. (Jurist)
Ecuador court orders ex-president Correa's arrest
A court in Ecuador ordered the arrest of ex-president Rafael Correa over his alleged involvement in the 2012 kidnapping of an opponent. Correa, who now lives in his wife's native Belgium, denies the allegations. Judge Daniella Camacho said she has alerted Interpol in a bid to have Correa extradited. Former lawmaker Fernando Balda was briefly kidnapped in Bogotá, where he fled amid escalating tensions with Correa. (BBC News)


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What's the Deal with Gravel? (In a Jerry Seinfeld voice)
So I feel like the kid in the 1950s pot commercial; I rode gravel once and now I'm hooked and my whole life has been turned upside down. I just can't see the road the same. I now see cars and replace them with trees, signal lights are now steep hills, cement streets are now dirt paths… Everything has flipped and I love it.
I had tried cross and it was plenty fun. Not like every day fun, but fun once-in-awhile-fun. I will/must/don't want to admit how bad I am on a mountain bike. On a road bike is where I was the most comfortable. Gravel does not come natural for me even if I've tried most of what cycling has to offer. For me it's not the descents because I'm not all that confident in my skills. It's the views as I suffer and drag my 200 pound butt up these climbs that normally lead to some hike-a-bike situations. The climbing can be brutal but like the Instagram inspirational quote with a majestic background says, "It's just a hill, get over it." If you can, then you will get a new perspective; your eyes will open to everything you've missed on a road bike or a mountain bike.
On a road bike you ride with your eyes wide shut. That's the appeal for me, a lot of it is just not thinking and just going; you can zone out on a climb and even forget about the views. On a mountain bike you are more aware but there is still a level of letting the bike do it's job and going for it. The closest thing to riding gavel (on a rigid bike with drops), in my opinion, is riding a fixed gear bike. On a fixed gear bike you have to be aware of everything around you. From the cars to the road conditions, the signal lights to the pedestrians, you are on full alert all the time. Not having real brakes will do that to you. Gravel is somewhat like that, you have an idea of control but it's more controlled chaos then precision.
The real beauty of gravel [(…and I get a ten-cent commission every time I type G R A V E L)- Gravel] riding is that it's not just about riding, hiking is also a big part of the experience. On a road bike you can take another route, on a mountain bike you have a lot of gearing and a more capable bike, so when you get to a section that's above your pay grade you either push yourself or hike-a-bike. You go on a ride and you really don't know if you are going to be able to ride every section of it. How much of a route you can manage changes as you improve and get more confident/stronger. I tend to fall more on the climbs than the descents. I've also done a lot to improve my gearing.
Nonetheless, gravel is my new obsession. So much so that this summer I am planning a Summer Adventure Gravel Series (SAGS) around the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. The adventure part is that there will be no routes given out. We will have to stay together, this will help avoid douchebagery. This is not a race. This is not about being first, fast, or better. This is about the people next to you, the landscape that surrounds you, and the route in front of you. Aside from maybe the Cannondale Slate [(with a gearing upgrade) no pun intended] there will not be a perfect bike for every situation. After, I hope we question our bikes but not our time in the saddle. I'm currently doing recon for the S.A.G.S ride- details will come.
Interbike 2013: Even more gravel bikes!
This is a followup to our earlier gravel bikes article. Once we made it onto the show floor at the Mandalay Bay convention center, it was time to capture pics of some other hot new gravel bike models (and an old favorite).
First up is the Raleigh Tamland, new for 2014 and in two models:
(Editor's note: a reader corrected us on the photo we had described as the Tamland One, when it was actually the Roper. I only got a poor background shot of the Tamland One, so simply imagine a different color scheme from the above bike — sky blue with yellow and white accents — and a slightly different component spec.)
The Tamlands sport a Reynolds 631 steel frame, slightly longer chainstays and a lower bottom bracket shell than typical cyclocross bikes. They're lookers…but I can't remember what differentiates one from the other. They're so new they don't yet appear on Raleigh's website, and I neglected to take detailed notes. I believe it has something to do with the component spec, with the Tamland Two having Ultegra rather than 105 (but don't quote me).
The updated Roper also has the gravel-grinding goods:
Here's a detail shot of the rear dropouts…lovingly sculpted and ready for racks and fenders:
Next is the Co-Motion Pangea…billed as a monstercross/offroad global touring machine with 26″ wheels and a ton of clearance for fat rubber:
Here's the Surly Straggler, described by the company as a disc-braked version of their very popular Cross-Check. It comes in a very lovely shade of metallic violet:
Finally, the granddaddy of them all, the Bianchi Volpe. Introduced in 1996 as a touring bike, the Volpe has slowly evolved into Bianchi's "do everything" bike — a prime candidate for commuting, beginner 'cross racing, gravel adventures, and more. The Volpe is still equipped with rim brakes rather than discs, but we wouldn't be surprised at all to see discs in a future model. It does come with every mounting option a commuter would want…rack mounts front and rear, fender eyelets on both ends. The Volpe is one of my favorites in the Bianchi lineup:
What do you think — are gravel bikes the new "ultimate commuter platform"? We'd love to hear your thoughts on this burgeoning segment of the bicycle market.
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Interbike 2013: Gravel bikes
You may have heard of a popular new segment in cycling circles…the class of bikes known as "gravel bikes" (also referred to as gravel-grinders, gravel racers, etc.). This class of bike seems to offer commuters the best of both worlds: the efficiency of a road bike, coupled with stouter construction and the ability to fit wider tires, racks, and fenders.
This really isn't that new of a concept, though…the "monstercross" category has been around for a few years, but is only now coming to the forefront with the popularity of events such as the Almanzo 100 or the 3 Peaks USA.
We're going to get a lot more details of new bike models in the coming days, but here are a few we spotted at the Outdoor Demo:
This is mostly a mid-priced disc cyclocross bike, but with fender mounts front and rear. It is priced around $1600.
Van Dessel Whiskey Tango Foxtrot:
My favorite part of this bike is the phosphated raw frame finish…clearcoated for protection. The frame/fork/headset retails for around $699, and complete bikes start around $1199.
This is Van Dessel's monstercross offering, but designed with versatility in mind. Go singlespeed…add a derailleur…or even go wild with a NuVinci CVT. Here's last year's bold model with the NuVinci installed:
Tomorrow at the indoor show, we are going to track down the Raleigh Tamland, the Surly Straggler, the new Niner RLT9, and whatever else we can lay our eyes on. Please stay tuned!
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