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Echos will always mirror, what was before.
Those holographic shimmers of hope, now fade in low light.
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Strength fights with insecurity- oh, stubborn you!
Your voice yet remembered, casting tomorrow into prized mercury glass.
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The ones you thought you hid, they have always been my undoing.
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West or is it south? No bother, it's all your wake I travel.
Despite turning cartwheels, trying to play with my head,
I would shake you from my heart, but you are rooted green!
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Absent, I will continue to win blue ribbons, and tie up my hair.
Waiting for double walls that call for our dance,
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Legislative Conference participants will learn about issues and legislation that could affect the specialty's future, receive expert advice on how to get your message heard by legislators, and help advance AADA's legislative priorities by meeting directly with members of Congress and their staff to voice dermatology's concerns.
Attendees do not need to be experts on health policy, the legislative process, or the legislators themselves. Participants are coming to Washington, D.C., as an expert in dermatology and patient care. At the conference, the AADA will provide you with background materials on your legislators, a copy of the AADA legislative priorities, briefing materials on legislation and training on how to advocate for the specialty in a meaningful way.
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For up-date from Assange via telephone Bitcoin link as of 26.10.16 see: https://www.facebook.com/649094361809956/videos/1275971425788910/ and 'Comments' bottom of page.
Recently fears have been expressed in some quarters as to the welfare of Julian Assange, the well-known activist and principal of the 'Wiki Leaks' organisation. (1) This has been prompted by an absence of reliable confirmation from the organisation, suspicious misleading communications, pressure by the USA on Ecuador that resulted in internet links being cut, and standing threats by that country in addition to Britain and Sweden. (2) This is all in the context of announcements by Assange that he intended to release information that had the potential to influence the American Presidential election, specifically Hillary Clinton's prospects of filling that role.
"Confinement is ageing!"
Most people are aware of the Julian Assange, CEO of the Wiki Leaks organisation, and what has happened to him. To summarise, he has been 'holed up' in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for the past four years, hiding from the British Met. Police, intent on arresting him and extraditing him to Sweden, where he faces an allegation of sexual misconduct. (3)
He has done so because he fears it is a thinly veiled attempt by the American authorities to have him removed to that country to face serious charges of publishing secret state documents. Sweden has refused to give any undertaking that it would not do so, which rather supports his fears. (4)
His apprehensions are also justified by the way in which Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning was treated before and after his Court Martial from 2010 onwards, for making public Classified Materials. This resulted in a sentence of 35 years imprisonment, though in theory he could be eligible for parole in eight years. The fact that some of the leaked information revealed criminal acts by the United States itself, was considered irrelevant. She has recently made an attempt on her own life. (5)
It is also worthy of note that an original serious charge of "aiding the enemy" was based on giving the information to Wikileaks. In other words Assange is regarded as the enemy by the United States, and after Iraq and Guantanamo, we know how it treats the enemy - an assumption reinforced by remarks by leading political figures including Hillary Clinton herself.
She has been quoted as saying, "Can't we just drone this guy?" It is aid laughter in the room subsided when the participants realised she was not joking. (6)
Recent Clinton-related Suspicious Deaths
The Clintons have become infamous for the number of close associates that have met premature deaths of one sort and another. An Anonymous web site lists FIVE recent incidents in which individuals closely linked to the Clintons, have died under suspicious circumstances. (7) They are:
- June 27th John Ashe (61) Former president of the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 and 2014 and due to give evidence about alleged illegal Chinese money laundering to DNC two weeks later. Died from "heart attack or wind pipe crushed" from barbell whilst weight training? (8)
- July 19th Seth Conrad Rich (27) Operations Director for Voter Expansion at the DNC. Murdered on the street on way home date @ 4.10 am (9)
- 25th July. Joe Montano, (47) who was a former DNC Chairman and top aide to Sen. Tim Kaine heart attack on July 25, the day the DNC started. (10)
- Aug 1st. Victor Thorn, (54) who was a prolific author who concentrated on the Clinton's misdeed. Gunshot wound on mountain top near his home. (11)
- Aug. 2nd. Shawn Lucas, (38) the lead attorney who was working to expose the DNC fraud case in Florida, and famously served court papers on its officials, was unexpectedly found dead in his home on bathroom floor. (12)
To this we might add the rather suspicious circumstances of the 'suicide' of Assange Barrister John Jones (13 ) and now the demise of Assange close confident and Wiki Leaks Chairman Gavin MacFadyen (76) in a London hospital from lung cancer on the 22.10.16. (14) The title on the screen in the following may be a tad misleading if he was in hospital and under close medical supervision at the time!
Dead or Alive?
So we certainly have reason to be concerned if Assange ceases to communicate. We know attempts were made to arrest him in the Embassy itself contrary to international law. We know that the USA has an animus against him and is capable of 'extraordinary rendition' - effectively international kidnapping. We know that it executes people around the world by drone and bomber without any due process to ensure they are guilty of any criminal act. We know it lies and falsifies stories to justify intervention. We know it is capable of creating false flags and sacrificing its own citizens in staged so-called terrorist events. Why should not Assange - or we - harbour quite rational fears for his safety.
However about a week ago, Craig Murray, the noted ex British Ambassador and activist reported in an article that he had been to see see Assange and that he was OK. (15) He writes:
"I left Julian after midnight. He is fit, well, sharp and in good spirits. WikiLeaks never reveals or comments upon its sources, but as I published before a fortnight ago, I can tell you with 100% certainty that it is not any Russian state actor or proxy that gave the Democratic National Committee and Podesta material to WikiLeaks. The claim is nonsense."
Four years ago at the start of the siege, he was filmed outside the embassy to clarify the legal situation in international law regarding the inviolability of the Embassy itself and that anyone entering it without permission would be committing a criminal act. (16) This You Tube video is well worth watching.
However there are some rather 'spooky' contra-indications. For example this video on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bVVAVwfSQ) is titled to suggest it is current ("Published on 21 Oct 2016 New Breaking News Julian ASSANGE speech at the Ecuadorian Embassy!") when in fact it shows the events at the beginning of the siege referred to above and in (16) below. This must be intentional misrepresentation to give the impression that Assange is fit and well presumably. Or is it merely to give an old video and events new lease of life? If so shouldn't it make this clear from the start?
Then there is a Michael Moore video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8mtuBGjV2k) that clearly states, "Michael Moore visits Julian Assange in 4 year Ecuadorian Refuge Office "Captivation" Published on 20 Oct 2016 #FreeAssange #RideTheJohnson) similarly suggesting it is recent, when in fact it was posted four months previously on June 9th 2016!
Again, why the clear misinformation implicit in the title? Both these examples give cause for concern and a suspicion that maybe the public is being duped into thinking all is well with Assange when it isn't. Efforts to get him to confirm he is alive and well and still in the building (by for example a photograph with the day's newspaper) have got no reaction. For some reason or other Assange has gone incommunicado. In this context we must hope that Murray's report is indeed as recent as the date suggests and not just reissued from an earlier one!
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From: http://www.newsweek.com/seth-rich-murder-dnc-hack-julian-assange-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-492084
"At 4:19 a.m., police patrolling nearby responded to the sound of gunfire in Bloomingdale and found Seth Rich lying mortally wounded at a dark intersection a block and a half from a red-brick row house he shared with friends. He had multiple gunshot wounds in his back. About an hour and 40 minutes later, he died at a local hospital. Police have declined to say whether he was able to describe his assailants."
From: http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/why-did-wikileaks-tweet-picture-photo-of-man-gavin-macfadyen-who-died-alive-what-happened-twitter/ Published
"Earlier today, WikiLeaks tweeted a photo of an investigative journalist, Gavin MacFadyen, with no explanation or accompanying caption, and the tweet immediately began fuelling Internet conspiracy theories. The tweet just featured a picture of the investigative journalist with no caption and no explanation. WikiLeaks later pinned the tweet. Why did WikiLeaks tweet this photo? It was later revealed that MacFadyen had passed away."
"MacFadyen has a long history as a journalist who's friendly to WikiLeaks. He was the director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London, an adviser to The Whistler, and focused much of his work on discussing and protecting whistle blowing activities. He even created the Julian Assange Defence Committee to raise funds to help pay for Assange's legal expenses."
"After its initial tweet, WikiLeaks tweeted more messages, not related to MacFadyen, without any explanation of the pinned tweet. Around the same time that the tweet was released, an edit was made by an anonymous person to MacFadyen's Wikipedia page and then quickly deleted:
This, rather suggestive image has been published as a header to a 28.10.2016 New York Times article announcing MacFayen's death on the 22nd October, 2016 here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/business/media/gavin-macfadyen-dies-wikileaks.html?_r=0 Was it intended to be subtly defamatory? It seems a strange and inappropriate choice for an obituary.
"Gavin MacFadyen, an American investigative journalist who became an early mentor and defender of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, died on Saturday in London, where he lived and spent much of his professional life. He was 76.
The cause was lung cancer, his wife, Susan Benn, said.
Since the 1970s, Mr. MacFadyen produced and directed scores of television documentaries on a wide range of subjects, including neo-Nazi violence, child labor, nuclear proliferation and industrial accidents. Sometimes he worked in disguise.
He also co-founded the nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in London in 2003, a training program in skeptical reporting, and WhistleblowersUK, a support group for tipsters. He was a director of WikiLeaks and, with his wife and another journalist, John Pilger, formed the Julian Assange Legal Defense Committee.
Immediately after Mr. MacFadyen's death, WikiLeaks issued this Twitter post: "Gavin Macfadyen, beloved director of WikiLeaks, now takes his fists and his fight to battle God. Sock it to him, forever, Gavin." It was signed "JA.""
I assume we are being led to believe "JA" stands for Julian Assange. Is it likely in such a personal matter he would sign himself thus?
1. AMTV video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMxVkeHIOaU
2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/18/ecuador-cuts-julian-assanges-internet-access-after-hillary-clint/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11949341
5. http://www.democracynow.org/2016/8/3/chelsea_manning_faces_indefinite_solitary_confinement
6. From: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/782906224937410562
7. http://www.anonews.co/clinton-body-count/
8. http://www.snopes.com/un-official-john-ashe-killed-the-day-before-he-was-to-testify-against-hillary-clinton/
9. http://www.newsweek.com/seth-rich-murder-dnc-hack-julian-assange-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-492084
10. Joe Montano http://www.anonews.co/clinton-body-count/
11. Victor Thorn https://americanfreepress.net/prominent-afp-clinton-researcher-found-dead/
12. Shawn Lucas http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/08/shawn-lucas-cause-of-death-still-unknown-as-clintons-campaign-lawyer-tries-to-move-dnc-lawsuit-into-the-weeds/
13. john jones http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/08/19/arkancide-lawyer-of-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-dead/; http://veaterecosan.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/assange-barrister-jumps-in-front-of_12.html
14. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/business/media/gavin-macfadyen-dies-wikileaks.html
15. http://conservativebyte.com/2016/10/former-u-k-ambassador-visits-assange-and-comes-back-with-huge-info/
16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8d8BLBymI


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Now that the holidays are upon us, I was just wondering whats one of your dishes that is the first to get gobbled up?
Just thought I would share mine, this recipe is actully one of my aunts that I just kind of took over.
Hot Corn
Two cans of whole kernal corn, drained
Two blocks of cream cheese (room temp)
One jar of sliced jalapenos
One bag of shredded cheddar cheese
Pour drained whole kernal corn into a bowl, add the two blocks of cream cheese. Even if the cream cheese is at room temp you still might have to put it in the microwave to make it easier to mix with the corn. Mix untill there are no more lumps of cream cheese in the corn. Dice the jalapenos and add to the bowl of corn (the more jalapenos, the hotter, just depends on how you like it) add a couple of tablespoons of jalapeno juice with the corn (I always eyeball it), mix all together with a spoon. Pour into a baking dish, top with some sliced jalapenos and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese, place in oven at about 350/375, bake until cheddar cheese is melted and corn is warm/hot. Also, the dish shouldnt be runny, the cream cheese should to the right consistency where it makes the corn stick together so be sure to drain the corn very well and not put too much jalapeno juice in it.
And there you have it! My family goes nuts over this and its always the first to go.
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Once the shared bike appeared, it has rapidly developed in our life. It has changed the travel habits of a large part of the population. Today, the bicycle sharing not only belongs to a mode of travel, but also represents a new way of life, especially favored by young people more and more.
1. What is the development concept of bicycle sharing?
In fact, the success of bicycle sharing does not only mean the correct grasp of good timing, but also its development concept is special. It can be said that its development concept can meet the first demand of the current people for the new way of travel. It is because of this way of travel, so that our ride process can be more relaxed and more free. People can unlock bicycles by mobile app, to meet the needs of short-distance transport.
2. What are the main features of bicycle sharing?
When it comes to the bicycle sharing, I believe most people first want to enjoy a more convenient and fast travel experience. This is one of the most prominent features of the product. At the same time, the choice of this mode of travel can also effectively alleviate the urban traffic congestion problem, and can reduce environmental pollution. The utilization rate of the unwanted bikes can be increased.
3. What are the main advantages of bicycle sharing?
For users, the main advantage of bicycle sharing is that it can meet the requirements for the accessed using. Users only need to use the mobile phone software to unlock, and then can freely use the shared bike. After the use, lock the bike and upset the password, parking the bike on both sides of the road safe region, so that others can use.
In addition, when in use, the mobile phone software can be used to know the information of nearby vehicles, which provides a great convenience for daily use. In short, shared bike can be effectively used to solve the problem of nearby travel, therefore it is very popular.


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Ami Dang in Pitchfork Magazine
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A quick heads up from the highway that our old friend and frequent collaborator Ami Dang just got herself a nice little write up in Pitchfork Magazine this week by way of her new demo Sublimate. For any and all interested in checking out Ami's work, check out her site. For those interested in the aforementioned reviewed track, feel free to press play and take a listen.


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Beautiful Old Classic Corvette How to Get Women
Well, here I sit writing about two things in the world that always cause trouble for men. Cars and Women.
Beautiful Old Classic Corvette How to Get Women
Can I say my first love was cars, my uncles always had Hot cars and of course we all have had Hot women in our lives.
What would you rather have a Hot car or a Hot woman?
The Hot car I have always loved all my life is the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. The first time I ever lay eyes on a Corvette was back in the 1960's when I was about 3 years old. That Corvette was on a dealers lot and the salesman was showing a young man the car as we drove by in the family car.
I'm sure it was, Sebring Silver – grey 1963 with a beautiful split back window. Just over 21.512 Corvettes were built that year in St. Louis, Mo, USA.
Base price for a 1963 Corvette Stingray Coupe is $4038
Base price for the Convertible is $4037
The Base Engine was the Chevy ( 327cid) Cubic Inch Displacement with 250 Horsepower, Natural Carburation.
The L75 has 300hp, Natural Carburation.
The L76 has 340hp, Natural Carburation.
The L84 360hp with Mechanical Ram Jet Fuel Injection.
The Extra horsepower is increased by changing the components of the engine, Heads, and pistons to increase compression and Camshaft to change valve lift timing.
Two transmissions are available for the base model
1. (2) Speed Hydro-glide Automatic
2. (3) Speed Standard
As we have gotten more modern, the transmissions have increased in size and the number gears within them in order to get better gas mileage.
Two Body Choices with Seven Colors and Three Convertible Soft-top Choices!
Two body style choices The Split back window Sting Ray and The Convertible Sting Ray or also known as Soft Top.
1. Tuxedo Black
2. Silver Blue
3. Daytona Blue with White Soft Top
4. Riverside Red Coupe
5. Saddle Tan Coupe
6. Ermine White with Black Soft Top
7. Sebring Silver Coupe
The 63 split back is in my opinion, the most collectible car made by Chevrolet in 1963.
These days a 1963 Corvette StingRay can cost between $6000 and $190,000 or more, Depending on the quality of the paint and interior condition.
Beautiful Old Classic Corvette How to Get Women
Women are a complete mystery to me. I have been married for 23 years and don't understand them. Except they want you to change and they are always right.
Buy a Corvette from my Ebay links and you will get more women looking at your car!


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ReelNRG is a casino game development company based in London, England, founded by iGaming professionals Calvin Kent and Amit Majumdar. Both having worked for over 15 years each alongside major companies in the sector such as: WagerWorks, IGT, Bwin / PartyCasino, have extensive experience within the casino industry. The business focuses on supplying online and land based casinos, with a new breed of profitable high-quality casino games for a share of the games profits. ReelNRG specialises with a keen focus on the Asian gaming sector, offering great games within the market in all languages. Our games are certified and has been fully approved.
We currently operate out of our UK and India offices. Our team are highly experienced casino game developers who all come from well-established casino backgrounds, we all share the enthusiasm, commitment and vision, which is what bonded us together and has been the driving force behind the development of our first game titles, which have been very well received in across the industry.


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This numbered edition Canvas Print, designed by Marco Bagni, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Ready to hang, this image is printed onto a 450gsm white finish, 100% cotton canvas and stretched over 1.5" deep wood stretcher bars (3/4" for XS). Each print comes with wall hanging hardware.
Planet Earth is rendered in a new light! Archival NASA images are reworked and modeled in order to create different looks of our amazing planet, so this poster will decorate your wall in a fascinating and mysterious new way!
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|Michael Cuddyer play of the day!
Chris Coghlan is batting .429 with six extra-base hits and eight RBIs during a 10-game hitting streak.
Ryan Howard is 4 for 6 with a homer and three doubles against Nolasco this season. 5 of Howard's 7 HRs have come against right-handed pitching.
Michael Cuddyer is batting .448 with two home runs and seven RBIs during a seven-game hitting streak. Cudder is crushing right-handers hitting .356.
Joe Mauer, who is 7 of 18 in his last five games, is hitting .452 with 31 RBIs in his last 35 contests against Kansas City dating back to 2010. Mauer is also hitting .325 against right-handers.
Kendrys Morales had an RBI double last night, and is batting .400 (24 for 60) with 15 RBIs in his last 14 games. He's hit .425 with nine RBIs in his last 11 against the White Sox.
Everth Cabrera is 8 for 18 with four stolen bases over his last four games. Cabrera is hitting .333 VS lefties this year.
Mark Teixeira is 7/14 with 3HRs and 8RBIs VS Kazmir.
Lance Berkman is 20/68 with 6HRs and 17RBIs VS Dempster.
Adrian Gonzalez is 8/10 VS Richard and is hitting .366 VS lefties.
Domonic Brown 6/12 VS Nolasco with a HR. Brown is hitting .447 with 9HRs and 17RBIs over is last 10 games.
Hunter Pence is 5/11 with 2HRs against Johnson. Pence is hitting .350 over his last 10 games.
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We have all heard it: "I NEED more time!", or "I cannot get it ALL done!". And many of us have said it, too.
Here are some relatively short perspectives on those statements: perhaps you may find a nugget or two that will be useful.
- The real issue is most often NOT TIME! After all, we all have the same amount (except for those of you who sleep too much! And as I understand the universe God gave us, there will not be created any more time for any of us.
- I have discovered that the more likely real culprit is TASKS (that we feel need doing AND need doing by us).
- So change your viewpoint from Time Management to Task Management. What does that look like?
- Begin by making a list of the TASKS that you need to do. Prioritize them with two parameters: a. Important versus Urgent; b. Long/hard versus Easy/short.
- Next, chunk your time(s) for a day or a week into significant chunks (where you can tell people to NOT interrupt you).
- Then begin!
- Do ONLY the Important because that is your job as a leader: delegate the urgent to others.
- Do the Long/Hard ones FIRST, and until they are done. (If you leave them til late afternoon you will rationalize why to leave them until tomorrow!).
- Then do the Easy/Short ones.
- While some of you will find this useful others will find it frustrating because some tasks will not get done.
- Here is the exercise to help that situation:
- First, list those tasks that ONLY YOU can do, or you can do so much better than anyone else. These become priorities.
- Next list those tasks that you feel you ought to do: if they fit your time chunks, schedule them in. If not, see c below.
- All other tasks NEED to be dealt with by deciding that they really no longer need to be done; or, they can be delegated to others.
- Lastly, be certain that you really understand how you spend your time. See 11.
- One of the least known and understood aspects of time/task management is that we have incorrect or incomplete knowledge of how we currently spend our time. So figure out a mechanism to track for two weeks how you spend your time (in 15 minute blocks). Use a recording tool/application, ask your assistant to track it, etc.
- In most cases you will be surprised that how you thought you spent your time – and on what you thought your were doing – is grossly incorrect.
- So now re-visit the exercise of how to chunk your time, and then fit in the TASKS (that only you can do or are responsible for!)..


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Environmentally Friendly Accommodation
Eco-Friendly STAR Accreditation is a way to identify environmentally friendly accommodation. Econo Lodge City Star Brisbane has earned this accreditation based on our commitment to:
- Energy Efficiency
- Waste Minimisation & Management
- Water Minimisation
- Guest Education
Eco-Friendly STAR Accreditation is tailored specifically for the accommodation industry. The Standards used were developed by AAA Tourism in partnership with GREEN GLOBE – the internationally recognised performance improvement program for the tourism industry. Yet another reason why Econo Lodge is one of the top motels in Brisbane.


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A duo of podcast hosts discuss a gaggle of collective nouns for animals and come away with a plethora of decisions!
Tobyas brings the case against his wife Rachel. Rachel catches and rescues animals in distress and Tobyas would like her to stop. She thinks it's important to be compassionate. But, he is concerned with the risks involved now that they have a baby. Who's right? Who's wrong?
Click here to see the badger photo Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn discussed on this episode.
Evidence item 1
Tobyas says:
"The CDC states that in order to quickly test for rabies, the suspected animal must be euthanized so it's brain tissue can be used in the testing process. The best way to prolong the life of a wild animal is to leave it alone."
Evidence item 2
Tobyas says:
"This widely shared blogpost features the story of some concerned tourists whose well intentioned actions lead to the euthanization of a baby bison. Their advice for helping a wild animal is to 'Leave it alone.'"
Thank you to Jessica White for suggesting this week's title! To suggest a title for a future episode, like Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put a call for submissions.
New to Bullseye? Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes or with your favorite podcatcher to make sure you automatically get the newest episode every week.
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Whether it's The Lion King, Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man", or the last kitten video you saw on Youtube, we are constantly inundated with stories about animals. Wilderness has taken a deep hold on our collective imaginations. And at a time when conservation science is making gigantic leaps, while dozens of species are disappearing every single day, the narratives that humans weave about animals have never had such drastic consequences.
It's this phenomenon that inspired Jon Mooallem to write his new book, Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America. Mooallem is interested in how people see, and have seen, wild animals. Focusing on three specific endangered species--the Polar bear, the metalmark butterfly, and the whooping crane--the book explores the intricacies and the repercussions of America's relationship with the wild. Mooallem has contributed to New York Times Magazine, This American Life, Harper's, Wired, The New Yorker, and Radiolab.
Jon tells us about North American dire wolves (yes, dire wolves), America's strange relationship with Humphrey the humpback whale, and the philosophical questions that conservation scientists must ask themselves while donning giant bird costumes.
Black Prairie, a Portland-based band featuring members of The Decemberists, recorded a soundtrack for the book called Wild Ones: A Musical Score for the Things That You Might See in Your Head When You Reflect on Certain Characters and Incidents That You Read About in The Book. They will begin touring with Jon Mooallem next week.
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Comedian Kurt Braunohler thinks he can make the world a better place through stupidity, absurdity, and fake Hallmark cards.
His new stand-up album, How Do I Land is available now.
Nathan recommends A Band Called Death, a look at the rise, fall, and eventual resurrection of a band of three black brothers from Detroit who played punk music in the early 1970s.
Tasha recommends Stories We Tell, directed by Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley. Stories We Tell explores the nature of truth, memory, and family secrets, as Polley tries to uncover her own family's history through personal interviews that start seeming more and more like myth than fact.
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Author Elmore Leonard died last month. To honor the great pulp fiction writer, we are airing an excerpt from our interview with him from 2007.
Leonard had a style, a story schema, and a voice of which he was truly a master. His characters got into trouble, the problems grew larger, and they spoke to each other with honed dialogue that influenced readers, writers, and filmmakers for decades. His novels inspired such films as Get Shorty, Out Of Sight, Jackie Brown, and 3:10 To Yuma.
He talks about his love for Hemingway's style, why his dozens of Western novels were more true to life than the stuff he saw on TV, and how nothing gave him more pleasure than sitting down and getting characters to talk.
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Drunk History on Comedy Central has a pretty simple, crude concept: get comedians roaringly hammered and have them talk about their favorite moment in American history. Jesse explains why this is more beautiful than you'd think.
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Marybeth and Paul are a couple of busy animal loving attorneys who already own a dog and a cat. Marybeth would like to add another dog to their family to help their current toy schnauzer, Olive, relax. Paul argues that with their busy schedule, and the already antsy Olive, another dog would only exacerbate the situation.
Will the Judge mandate they double down on their puppy love, or will he send this idea to the dog pound? Find out on this week's Judge John Hodgman.
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Personal Development Carnival
It is the time for HealthMoneySuccess.com to hold the Personal Development Carnival and I got to thanks Jeremy from Insight Writer for allowing me to have the chance.
I had gone through all the submissions to filter out articles that I think is not suitable for this carnival and here are the one that survived the screening. Enjoy! 🙂
Personal Development
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Start an Online Business: Open an eBay Store, Build a Website or Blog posted at The Digerati Life.
Warren Davies presents How to be Happier – 10 Scientifically Supported Ideas posted at GenerallyThinking.com.
Jacob Duchaine presents 10 Steps to Getting a Girlfriend posted at The Blog of Jacob Duchaine.
Stephen Martile presents How to Stay Focused When Setting and Achieving Goals posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile.
Jeremy Ulmer presents How To Stay Positive posted at Sales Coaching | Business Coaching | Life Coaching.
Sarah Scrafford presents 50 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Brain's Performance posted at Online Best Colleges.com.
Kevin Ngo presents How to Change Your Focus posted at Motivational Blog.
Stephen Mills presents Don't Fake Yourself Into Failure and Unhappiness posted at The Rat Race Trap.
Vincent presents 15 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From World Champions posted at Health Money Success.
Relax presents How to apply German work ethics in your life posted at The Wise Curve.
Kara-Leah Grant presents Enough of the doom & gloom! We are in a time of great transformation, can we grab the opportunity it represents? posted at Prana Flow NZ.
Personal Finance
Beth Dargis presents Save Hundreds of Dollars this Month posted at My Simpler Life – Simple Living.
Jason Sharp presents Living a Jobless Life (Financial Freedom) posted at International Insider.
~Dawn presents Free Coin Counting Alternatives posted at Frugal For Life.
Celestine presents Passion or Money? posted at EmbraceLiving.Net.
CreditCardAssist.com presents Protecting Seniors Against Credit Card Fraud posted at CreditCardAssist.com.
vh presents A Close Brush with Financial Disaster posted at Funny about Money.
Destroy Debt presents Debt Snowball, Highest Interest Debt First, or Avalanche posted at Destroy Debt.
jim presents How I Busted My Email Addiction posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Debbie Ducker presents Your Children and Grandchildren Must Learn to Save Money posted at Ducker Promotion Ezine.
Mr. Banker presents Banking Online Safety Tips posted at Best Interest Rate Banks.
Nate presents 12 Ways to Waste Money in College posted at Debt-free Scholar.
Steve Patterson presents Don?t Take Your Losses! posted at 2009 Taxes.
David Harris presents Losing Weight (On a Budget) posted at David on Finance.
Tristan presents Frugal Living Tips To Beat The Recession posted at Find Financial Freedom.
The Shark Investor presents I've Never Used a Consumer Credit In My Life posted at The Shark Investor.
Mr. CC presents It Can?t Hurt To Ask posted at Ask Mr Credit Card's Blog.
DR presents 2009 Economic Stimulus Package FAQs posted at The Dough Roller.
The Smarter Wallet presents Investing In The Stock Market? Rules To Help You Sleep At Night posted at The Smarter Wallet.
Personal Health
Cyndi Krupp presents A boat called freedom part 1 | Evolution Ezine posted at Evolution Ezine.
Bill Urell presents Teen Drug Abuse: 7 Warning Signs Your Teen Might Be Using Drugs posted at Addiction Treatment Challenges.
Aparna presents Why scratching an itch provides relief and home remedies to relieve itching posted at Beauty and Personal Grooming.
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This is an interesting compilation of some really well written articles. Thanks for sharing this information. 🙂
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The original deadline date was Feb. 6.
"With the recent frigid temperatures, our office was concerned that some seniors would not get their applications returned on time,"Kaegi explained. "We have extended the application deadline to ensure that as many eligible seniors as possible receive these important, money-saving deductions on their bills."
Over 300,000 applications were mailed in January to seniors who received the exemptions last year. The Senior Exemption application is part of a booklet mailed to eligible seniors. The booklet also contains the separate, income-based Senior Freeze Exemption application.
Any exemptions filed for the 2018 tax year will appear on the second installment bill which will be mailed in July 2019.
Under Illinois law, seniors must reapply annually for both the Senior and Senior Freeze Exemptions in order to continue to receive the deductions.
Seniors receiving the Senior Citizen Exemption automatically receive the Homeowner Exemption. Seniors receiving the Senior Freeze Exemption automatically receive both the Homeowner and Senior Citizen Exemptions.


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Slaughtered the first practice permit test for NY and ready for more? Here is a follow up that will take your driving chops to the next level - an all new 2019 New York permit practice test on road rules and road signs! Twenty new permit test questions on road rules, traffic signs, pavement markings, driving maneuvers, alcohol awareness and defensive driving, brought together in a single online practice quiz that is structured just like the real NYS permit test! Take the free practice test now, thank us later!
Just like any other practice test at ePermitTest.com, this online permit practice test for NY consists of multiple choice questions. The quiz is interactive and will show you the right answer immediately, you do not have to wait until the end of the test to find out how you are doing. Every question has only one correct answer, if you believe that more than one answer fits, choose the one that answers the question in the most comprehensive manner. If you answer a question incorrectly - don't stress! The test will show you a detailed explanation for the correct answer, make sure to read it as it will help you remember the answer next time (overachievers may even want to write those explanations down as they go through the quiz)!
This practice test is for learning and we are with you every moment you are taking the exam. If you find yourself stuck at a particularly hard question, do not hesitate to use one of the study aids you have available. This online NYS permit practice test places two perks at your disposal: hints, that provide more details on the question; and the 50/50 option that will remove two incorrect answers from the system, so you will only have to choose between two remaining options. We recommend that you always use the "HINT" option first and resort to the 50/50 button only when you are at real loss.
The passing score for this New York DMV permit practice test is 70% (yes, just like the real thing!), so you need to answer at least 14 questions correctly to pass. Having said that, we urge you to aim much, much higher! Answering fourteen permit test questions is BARELY passing and you are really not leaving yourself any safety cushions. We believe that you should work on the practice quiz until you score at least 90% every time you take it. Not knowing an answer to a question or two is understandable, but you should really not miss more than a few questions. Once you are satisfied with your score, move on to the next permit practice test or jump straight to the NY permit test simulator!
Having trouble with the test and don't know what additional study aids you should use? Grab yourself a copy of the DMV drivers manual! This online New York permit practice test 2019 is based on the handbook and so is the real test at the DMV and reading the book is one of the best things you can do to prepare for the test. Don't be put off by the size of the drivers handbook, you don't have to read the whole thing. Read everything from chapter 4 to chapter 12 and skip the rest, it will not be on the test at the DMV! Good luck and let us know how you nailed the exam!


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Another series exploring cloth simulation with yummy holography colours and pastels. These experimental abstract design pieces are in a way, a continuation of the 'Rainbow Paper Series' paying homage to our childhood. Oh, pastels just wanna have fun!
Selected Works
Gong 2019 Creative Circle AwardsAdvertising, Typography, Key visual, Motion Graphics
Marina Bay Sands - Xmas Comes AliveArt Direction, Commercial, Typography, Motion Graphics, Key Visual
PUB - Singapore World Water DayAdvertising, Typography, Key visual, Commercial, Motion Graphics
Neu WaveDigital Art, Motion Graphics
NIKE Air Max DayArt Direction, Commercial, Typography, Motion Graphics, Key Visual
Party As OneCommercial, Typography, Motion Graphics
Chang - Urban PulseArt Direction, Commercial, Key Visual
Tiger Black and WhiteCommercial, Key Visual
UNIQLO Airism (SingaPlural 2017)Art Direction, Digital Art, Motion Graphics, Exhibition
Rainbow Paper SeriesDigital Art
NIKE Rebels On AIRArt Direction, Commercial, Typography
Guinness - Bubbles & RubyCommercial, Motion Graphics, Key Visual
Join The Dark SideFan Art, Digital Art, Typography
Color AddictCommercial, Typography
Translucent IridescentDigital Art
Noise x GIFFestDigital Art, Typography, Exhibition
FunktionslustArt Direction, Motion Graphics
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Fame is a fickle thing. These former celebrities once had a taste of the stardom, but were unable to hold onto it and now have real jobs like us normal people.
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These are the former celebrities that now either have to or choose to work real jobs.
Chris Owen
Most famously known as The Sherminator from the American Pie franchise, Chris Owen was not able to find fame that lasted longer than a teenage movie.
He is one of the former celebrities that fell really hard and works one of most average real jobs out there – he is a waiter. A sushi waiter in LA to be more specific.
Vanilla Ice
This former hip-hop star realised how cold fame could be.
When his fame flame started to fizzle, Vanilla Ice knew that he had to start considering getting one of the real jobs out there. Instead, he created a new career for himself by starting a real estate website, which has allowed him to branch out into real estate investment and home renovations.
Jack Gleeson
It might not have been easy to stay in the spotlight when you've portrayed one of the most hated TV characters of all time. Shortly after his time on HBO's popular show, Game of Thrones came to an end, Jack Gleeson announced that King Joffrey Baratheon would be the last character he would ever portray. He went on to study philosophy at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
Dylan Sprouse
After being spotted serving lattes to people at a New York City coffee spot, Dylan Sprouse assured his fans that he doesn't need to take on a bunch of real jobs because he is now destitute. It was a deliberate decision to break away from his Suite Life with his twin brother, Cole Sprouse.
The twins, who had been in front of the cameras since they were 10-months old, decided to withdraw from the spotlight and enrolled into NYU. Cole has returned to acting, starring in Rivendale, but Dylan prefers to work real jobs it seems than to pursue the Suite Life again.
M.C. Hammer
After filing for bankruptcy for being in $13 million worth of debt, M.C. Hammer still managed to pull his life around.
He now works a few different real jobs like officiating weddings, managing mixed martial artists, developing iPad apps and lecturing about new media at universities like Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and Oxford
Which of these celebrities were you most surprised had real jobs now? Drop us a comment below and let us know.


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A Giant between the Wars
72.9 meters long, 10.45 meters wide, the cargo steamer DURAZZO was the largest ship to leave Papenburg until 1951.
After the First World War, things only moved ahead gradually in the young German republic. So there was a sense of relief at MEYER WERFT when, in 1921, the order for a cargo steamer was received from a German ship owner - a veritable giant with its length of 72.9 meters.
The shipyard managed to complete the Durazzo on schedule, but during the months of its construction Franz Joseph Meyer scarcely had a moment's rest. Due to the very short building time all available hands on the shipyard had to assist first in the riveting and later in the painting. Even so, the 1468 GRT steamer was handed over punctually to the Hamburg-Amerika-Linie.
MEYER WERFT, too, was hit hard by the great world economic crisis at the end of the Twenties. In order to save the company, Franz Joseph Meyer once again concentrated on the construction of smaller, special-purpose vessels. With this he succeeded in steering the shipyard through the difficult times. He himself did not live to see his sons, Joseph-Franz and Godfried, expand the company after the Second World War to gain international renown. Up until the death of Franz Joseph Meyer in 1951 the Durazzo remained the largest ship ever to leave Papenburg.


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Way back in March I received an email with the subject "Crochet Dreams", this intrigued me as I also didn't recognise the name the email came from. When I read it I realised that my friend and vintage clothes seller extraordinaire, Caroline, had recommended me and my crocheting (yet again, thanks Cazza) to a friend of hers. Laura had a vintage garment that she wanted recreated in her size. There were a few pictures of the garment with the email and it looked fairly straightforward.
But there wasn't a pattern, just the garment to work from which is something I have never done before. Would I be able to recreate it? Laura sent me the garment and I started to examine the stitches, pattern and construction.
The stitch pattern was easy to work out, a two row pattern: row 1 set up row of chain loops, row 2 double treble clusters in first chain loop, 2 chains and a double crochet into the next loop and repeat. Easy. The construction of the garment was also straightforward. It was worked in one piece, starting at the bottom front, adding on chains for the arms and then working down the back. Adding on the arms caused a few head scratches but I had done something similar for one of the crocheted bikinis I have been making recently so I knew what to do.
The biggest challenge was to work out the neck shaping. I am a more confident knitter than I am a crocheter so constructing knitted garments is easy for me, I know how to shape the neck, shoulders etc but crochet is different. You can't caste off stitches or decrease stitches in the same way that you do in knitting. I decided that I needed to work a test piece, in miniature, to get it all straight in my head. I was selling cakes at a craft fair a couple of weeks later and suffice it to say I had a lot of spare time on my hands and managed to get a lot done.
Then I had to work out the sizing based on Laura's requirements, there was a lot of counting, adding, dividing and walking away from my notebook before I was happy that I had everything worked out. We then had to find the right wool and Laura wanted it in the same colour and weight as the original, a natural cream in a chunky yarn. After much searching we decided on this glorious Rowan yarn, 100% wool and natural undyed. It is a lovely wool to work with.
With everything ready and bikinis finished I started the garment a couple of weeks ago. I had a few false starts as I got the number of chain and patterns right but I was soon storming ahead. I knew it wouldn't take too long once I got started but I knew the neck was going to slow me down. In the end it wasn't very difficult at all. Once I got to where the neck started I completed one side first (just as you would with a knitted garment) then completed the second side and joined them back together and continued down the back. Once I had finished it I blocked it out to the correct size and crocheted the seams together with slip stitches.
As I started to add the trim I was getting very low on wool and at one point I thought I would run out but luckily I had just about enough, there was only a few inches left! I had guessed the amount of yarn almost perfectly. I had hoped that Laura and I could meet so I could hand over the finished garment in person but time was not on our side so I posted it to her earlier this week and this is what she had to say:
' A wonderful journey of a piece from start to finish. Sharon was great in sourcing the right yarns, swatching the stitches and making sure that throughout the crocheting everything was as I wanted to the vintage garment I used for inspiration. And the final piece is absolutely amazing and a piece I will hand down to future generations. The process of having a bespoke piece made is definitely something I will do again!'
A happy customer! It was a fun project to work on and has given me a lot more confidence in my crocheting and a new found love of crocheting. I am concocting all sorts of ideas as we speak![read more]


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"whois -h tools at xxx.net" ?
Dale S. Johnson
Wed Mar 29 17:27:31 CEST 1995
Daniel, [cc: rr-impl added] > > "Dale S. Johnson" <dsj at merit.edu> writes: > > > Re-inventing rsh ...? > > > > I don't understand what you are trying to imply here. First, rsh is > > restricted to a small number of pre-registered users. Second, rsh is > > unrestricted shell access, rather than a small set of commands. rsh > > is also basically extinct under well-administered systems. > > > > Implementing a world-executable, secure rsh using standard distribution > > clients? Yes. > > I remain unconvined that it has to be inside the WHOIS service. > Especially if you want to put it on a special port after all. > I do not see how this belongs under the whois service. > I am not saying the functionality is not useful. I am just saying that > blindly adding it to whoisd since one happens to code there maybe needs > some further thought. Agreed. > Why not use f.i. telnet ? ... > > [PS: We've been running this for a year or so, and the folks who have > > to talk to the customers find it increasingly useful as we have to deal > > with less- and less-educated newbies.] > > I am not saying it isn't useful. I am just saying "why the whois service". Mmmm... telnet is possible. We actually use both telnet and whois to the radbserver port when we want either multiple- or single-shot commands. The server doesn't care which client gets used. Telnet has the advantage that it all ready has an optional port number. It has the disadvantages that there is no way to make the standard client read from stdin (it reads from /dev/tty, or some such), so it is impossible to script without using something awful like Expect. Telnet is also noisy, putting out four lines of overhead for every connection: > (dsj at radb2: 779) telnet radb.ra.net 5042 > Trying 220.127.116.11... > Connected to radb.ra.net. > Escape character is '^]'. ... > Connection closed by foreign host. and it tends to want to be in conversational mode; either you just have to hang up on it ("Connection closed..."), or leave the user in some kind of a menu or command-prompter. It will work, but its kind of ugly. Whois and finger are both one-shot commands that can talk to the same servers. Neither supports a port number in the normal distributed clients, so you either have to replace the existing servers, to integrate with them, or to move to some other machine and replace them there (e.g. setting up "whois -h tools.ra.net", which is a different machine than "whois.ra.net"). Both are "clean" in that the clients don't clutter the output with extra text lines. Whois, of course, doesn't conflict wth any existing server on most machines, whereas finger does. Obviously, I'm working hard to make the server work without forcing users to download and compile client code. This is partly based on my supporting code for 20+ Unix platforms in a previous life ("portability" is a guru skill with a half-life of six months; much like "security"). Then we made a stab at supporting downloadable clients a couple of years ago for the PRDB, too; and backed off to whois because people who were trying to solve current problems wanted the answer now and didn't want to download a client and coax it through their variant of a C compiler (or make it work under Perl 5, or have to install Perl, or deal with their local system administrator...) --- BTW: Laurent made what I think is a good point about whois clients: if the IRR *is* going to support a special whois client, it would be good for it to move the server-specific "help" query into the server, rather than hardcoding it in the client. "Help" and options are all ready different for the NIC, the standard RIPE server, and the RADBserver; and soon (probably) for tools.ra.net. I think it is great to have a whois client people can get with extra flag passing and a port function, but it would be good if this client was appropriate for all the servers. Maybe we should even update the whois RFC, to define parameter passing along these lines? --Dale -------- Logged at Tue Apr 4 21:35:00 MET DST 1995 ---------
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Dr. William Chomsky, one of the world's foremost Hebrew grammarians, died at his home here last Tuesday at the age of 81. Chomsky, who was chairman of the faculty at Gratz College from 1949 until he retired in 1969, had been with the school, the oldest teacher training college in the United States, since 1924. He also served as professor of Hebrew at Dropsie University in Philadelphia from 1955 to 1977.
Born in Russia, he came to the United States in 1913. He worked his way through Johns Hopkins University by teaching at a Hebrew school in Baltimore. Chomsky was a member of the American Academy for Jewish Research, National Council for Jewish Education, Labor Zionist Organization of America, Histadrut Ivrith, World Union of Jewish Studies and the Conference on Jewish Studies.
Among his books are "Hebrew, The Eternal Language," "Teaching and Learning," and "David Kimhi's Hebrew Grammar." He was the father of Noom Chomsky, professor of modern languages and linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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I mean, polka dots and birds. Come on.
This print makes my day every time I wear it. I didn't exactly have the greatest week - my foot was inexplicably sore and swollen to the point that I missed quite a few classes because it hurt to walk to them, and I was seriously struggling to finish some choreography for my dance group. It didn't help that I had my first midterm this semester on Thursday, and a couple of stressful labs this week. Wednesday was probably the low point - I barely slept because of my foot, I couldn't make it to any of my classes, I wasn't feeling very good about my impending midterm, and I hadn't finished a dance that I was supposed to teach later that evening.
BUT, I wore this top, and it cheered me up. That's the power of great fabric.
I'm now taking a short, but well-deserved break. My midterm went well, I managed to finish all the assignments that I put off when I was studying for it, and I'm catching up on my missed classes. My foot is feeling much better, and despite whatever was wrong with it, I managed to finish teaching my dance, and I'm really, really happy with it! I'm really enjoying having the chance to do my own choreography - seeing it come together is so satisfying!
Speaking of my dance group, we are in the midst of fundraising to pay for the theatre that we're renting for our spring show! We have to pay a certain amount upfront, and then the rest we pay for with ticket sales. Since we're a new dance company at McGill this year, our funds are pretty limited! We've been busy with bake sales and plenty of other fundraisers, but we've also set up a crowdfunding site for anyone who wants to support us from afar. If you're interested in helping us out, every little bit counts, and I would appreciate it SO much! (You can also check out our YouTube channel for videos from our winter showcase if you want to see the kind of things that we do!)
Anyways, enough about dance and my stressful week - on to this shirt!
This is actually my third version of this pattern, the Bronte Top by Jennifer Lauren. I made two short-sleeved versions last summer and haven't blogged about them yet! (I'm terrible, I know.) I really love the pattern - it fit me quite well right out of the (digital) envelope, and it's so quick and easy to make. The yoke detail stops it from being a boring knit top, though!
I cut a size 8, like my second version. According to the sizing charts, I'm a size 6, but I found it to be a little tight around the armholes. I don't like my knit tops super snug anyways, so I just sized up, and the fit is pretty near perfect! The only change I made to the fit of this one is that I graded out a little at the hips - I find that my first two tops ride up just slightly. I added on about 2" total at the bottom, and this gives it almost more of a bell shape when it's untucked, because the fabric is pretty sturdy. Although I'll wear it tucked in most of the time, I love the shape of it! I would probably not grade out quite as much if I made it in a drapier fabric, though.
While writing that, I realized that I completely forgot to get pictures of it untucked... you'll have to take my word for it!
I thought that long sleeves would be too overwhelming for this print, but I didn't want short sleeves, so I made 3/4 sleeves by folding up the pattern where two pieces of paper were taped together, and this ended up being the perfect length!
I hesitated about the contrasting binding, because I thought it might be too much, but I'm glad I went for it - I really love it! It was just some cream-coloured bamboo jersey that I had in my stash - the same stuff I use to line my Moneta dresses. It really highlights the style lines!
Since I've made this before, it came together really quickly. I won't go much into detail about the construction, since it's pretty much the same as my other knit tops and dresses - I sewed all the seams on my serger, and I hemmed using a twin needle and Stitch Witchery. Like with my previous two versions, I took a 1 1/2" hem, turned up once, rather than a 3/4" hem turned up twice. I just used a simple straight stitch for the topstitching, which is what I did on my other two, and I haven't had any problems with broken stitches.
That's about it for this top! It's a pretty simple make, but the fabric is fantastic, so it's probably one of my favourite me-made tops ever. I got an email a while back from Spool of Thread saying that they have more Charlie Harper knits in stock - I might try to pick some up (if there are any left) when I'm home for reading week!
By the way, I also made the pants I'm wearing in these photos! They are another project I finished last summer, but haven't had a chance to blog about yet. They were my last project before leaving for Montreal, so I never managed to get photos of them until I visited home for Christmas. They should be up on the blog soon!
Thanks for reading!
Top: Me-made (Jennifer Lauren Bronte Top)
Pants: Me-made (soon to be blogged)
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Car Was King
non-fiction memoir
by Greg Larson
My friend, Ron, and I were driving in his car along Kansas Avenue in Garden City, Kansas, happy to flee the high school parking lot at the end of the school day. I was just a passenger, but thrilled for the chance to ride in such a special car. It was the hottest car in town, his brother's 1967 Plymouth GTX, with a 440 hemi engine, Hurst four-speed shifter, Holly quad carburetor and Walker mufflers. A 10,000 RPM, Borg-Warner tachometer was strategically mounted for easy viewing near the steering wheel.
Let's face it, I told myself, I'm just a passenger wherever I go. I have no wheels of my own. My parents had given me keys to my mom's baby-blue Plymouth Valiant, and I was allowed to drive it only when it was available. As a junior in high school in 1968, I was embarrassed to be seen driving such a wimpy-looking car.
I was torn out of my daydream as Ron stepped on the accelerator. The pressure slammed my body back into the bucket seat, and the roar of the engine throbbed on my eardrums. There had been no warning when he unleashed the raw power in the GTX. As Ron aptly stated later while chuckling, "All hell broke loose!"
I wasn't aware that another high school classmate, Jim, in his 1967 yellow Pontiac GTO, had slyly pulled up in the blind spot to our side, then punched his accelerator. That's when Ron lit up the hemi, and we blasted off like an Apollo V rocket. Ron shifted through the gears, screeching the tires between second and third at 60 mph. Yet, just as quickly as the race was on, it was over, and we coasted at 90 mph. In a few short seconds, Ron had shut down his competitor. Jim had taken a cheap shot, trying to sneak up and beat the GTX for bragging rights, but Ron had carried the burden well, keeping his brother's car as king of the streets.
1967 Plymouth GTX
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1967 Pontiac GTO
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Ron drove to the A&W drive-in and we rumbled through the parking lot. The stalls were filling up with the high-school crowd ordering snacks and waving at friends. My favorite snack wasn't on the menu, but I knew that I could get french-fried pickles if I asked for them.
Garden City was a boom town with money from the agriculture, oil, and the cattle business. I drooled at all of the shiny cars…Olds 442's, Chevelle Super Sports and Camaros, Dodge Chargers and Super Bees, Pontiac GTOs and Firebirds…and all I had was a baby-blue Valiant! I need wheels of my own, I thought.
I was smack in the middle of the muscle-car culture as a teen-ager. Whether I liked it or not, every male student's identity was his car. You were what you drove.
When I tossed out the idea of getting a car to my mom, you'd thought I'd committed heresy.
She got misty-eyed and sad, filling me with guilt, "You've been saving your money for college. You don't want to throw it away on a car."
"But Mom, I can get a summer job and drive to work in my own car. I'll make more money than I've saved now," I replied.
I changed my strategy and started working to get my dad on board with the idea of my own car. Yeah, work on that macho car vein in my dad…that will get me what I need.
By a stroke of luck, my friend's family had inherited his grandmother's car and wanted to sell it. It was the proverbial cream puff that had been driven once each week to church and the beauty parlor. This has possibilities, I thought, as I ran my hand along the light gold-brown 1963 Plymouth, with a 318-V8 engine. It had only 30,000 original miles on it. They were asking $800. I had $1,500 of hard-earned money in the bank, mostly from my paper-route and from my job at the burger joint.
In keeping with my strategy, I asked Dad to come and take a look at the Plymouth. He and my friend's dad talked cars as we looked it over, checking out the engine, the tires, and the trunk. Then we took it for a test drive.
"This car's in good shape," said my dad.
Yes! He likes it. I've won my dad over! My heart was singing!
"Do you think I should buy it?" I politely asked.
"Let me talk to your mom, first, but I think she'll be okay. This car should last a long time."
Mom still had reservations about me buying the car, but she caved in to the idea after Dad talked to her.
I took a cashier's check to the neighbor, and drove the car down the block to our house. Within fifteen minutes, I'd pried off the "grandma" wheel covers. Now I can proudly drive this into the high school parking lot, I thought. The high school was only four blocks away, but I would drive it every day, performing my rite of passage into adulthood.
I invited some of my friends to come by for a ride. On the way to the A&W, I began to hear comments from the back seat, like "You've got a four-door taxi. You should paint it yellow." or snickers along with, "Woo, a push button transmission!" I didn't care. I was happy to have my own car, and I thought it looked good on the street.
My friend, Dave, said, "Larson, those triple-stripe white-walls have gotta go."
I worked 12-hour shifts at the hay mill in the summer, and as soon as I had enough money, I bought new tires and four chrome-plated wheels. My friend, Ron, was able to get me a discount on auto parts through his dad's radiator shop, so I could buy a Walker muffler to improve the sound of the exhaust and Monroe air shocks to jack up the rear of the car a little bit. It doesn't look like grandma's car anymore, I told myself.
My friend, Charlie, was one of the last to get his own car. He still drove his parents white '67 Dodge. Bob had an old Corvair, until his parents bought him a new '68 Mustang. Steve had a big white Buick convertible, but sometimes drove his mom's Lincoln Continental, especially when we all wanted to go to the drive-in theater.
Four of us climbed into the humongous trunk, and Steve drove the Lincoln up to the theater, alone in the car, with his library briefcase (stuffed with wine and other spirits) in the back seat. From the driver's seat, he popped the trunk lid latch every few minutes, and we dropped out of the trunk and rolled away from the car, one at a time. Then we met at the snack bar to buy a drink, before returning to the car.
One winter night, Charlie and I walked out of the downtown movie theater. An ice-storm had coated everything. The streets were dead. Traffic was non-existent. Charlie drove the family's white Dodge precariously down the side streets at a slow pace. At one intersection, he couldn't get the car to move forward, no matter how hard he pushed on the accelerator. We started laughing, and as the car began to move, he cranked the wheel and we spun a perfect circle in the dark and deserted intersection.
"Wow, a glazed donut!" I shouted. Then we laughed uncontrollably; Charlie and I were having a blast.
"Let's take this baby up to the high school parking lot and see if we can bury this speedometer needle," said Charlie.
Once there, Charlie began slowly pushing the accelerator just to see what would happen. The car was going nowhere, and the engine revved higher and higher. The speedometer needle hit 90, while the two of us sat there inside two tons of Mopar, gliding along at 5 miles per hour.
"How were the streets?" my mom queried when I got home. "We were worried sick."
"Oh, it was nasty but we were careful. Charlie's a good driver," I replied nonchalantly.
I thought I was a pretty good driver until one hot summer night. I was driving up and down Main Street looking for my buddies who were "draggin' Main." I circled the city park near downtown, to make another circuit, but when I made the last turn, I was jolted with a loud THUNK. In the twilight, I hadn't noticed the single parked car in the angled slot nearest the intersection. I'd smacked a taillight on the tailfin of the car that was parked in the stall.
There was no damage to my car, but I'd broken the lens on the other car's tail light. Before long, all of the cars that were dragging Main had slowed to a crawl, creating a bumper-to-bumper line of cars to see what happened. A police car pulled over and turned on its flashing lights.
My friends parked and walked up to the scene and blurted out, "Way to go, Larson!"
I was embarrassed beyond belief. I wanted to crawl in a big hole and disappear. Once the police wrote up the report and gave me a ticket for inattentive driving, I drove home to park my car and ride with my friends. I told my dad what happened, but couldn't understand why he wouldn't let me stay out for the rest of the night, especially if I wasn't going to drive.
My dad made me feel two inches tall as he hit me with his mini-sermon.
"You need to stay home for the rest of the evening and think long and hard about what you did. Maybe you'll learn something from this. You'll have to pay for your ticket and the repairs to the other vehicle. You don't deserve to keep riding around this evening as if nothing happened."
Dad's verdict was final, so I said good-bye to the guys and went back inside the house, wishing that I could replay the evening.
Western Kansas was a great place to learn how to drive on the highway. There wasn't a lot of traffic, and the distances between towns were significant. We always found some excuse to drive to another town. One Sunday, my friends and I loaded into my Plymouth for a day trip to the drag races in Dodge City.
1963 Plymouth Fury
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It was a beautiful day; we talked cars and watched the races. The fun ended when we left the races and drove out of the gate in the field that was used for a parking lot. Some local jerk filled with testosterone revved his engine and followed me in the line of cars. He popped the clutch and slammed into the rear of my car, putting a crease in the bumper just as I went through the gate. It took several months and a visit from my dad before the guy paid for a replacement bumper.
My Plymouth served me well all through high school and on through college. At Kansas State, my new friends and roommates dubbed it "the taxi", and we used it frequently to make midnight taco runs. But it didn't hold a candle to Val's white 1967 GTO convertible and Ted's red 1967 GTO. The gold paint was beginning to fade on the Plymouth, and it had finally become…well…just a taxi.
In May of 1974, I graduated from K-State, and loaded up all of my worldly possessions into the '63 Plymouth. My friends came out to say "good-bye" for my final send-off.
About five miles south of Manhattan, I heard something flopping on the top of the car. I pulled over to the side of the highway, got out of the car and looked at the roof. The taxi sign, procured by my roommates at the local junk yard and attached with duct tape had started to come loose. I smiled, realizing that my buddies had given me one last memory of my college days. I put the taxi sign on the pile of stuff in the car and climbed into the driver's seat. Memories of the taco smells flooded my senses...maybe I can find a taco place in the next town.