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SXSW In Review: Creating Content for a Multi-Platform Universe
As a first timer at SxSW I wasn't too sure what to expect when I arrived in Austin. Surprisingly enough, I found a lot of very well-respected innovators in both the digital media and tech industries addressing the same concerns many brands and media companies are experiencing today.
At most panels I attended and conversations I had with peers, it seemed as if multi-platform content distribution was the overarching topic of discussion; More specifically, Snapchat was on everyone's mind. The fact that there is a platform out there that is delivering 8 billion video views a day and is almost exclusively reaching generation z and y is game-changing for the digital media industry.Read More
#DearMe: The Women of Magnet Media Celebrate International Women's Day [VIDEO]
International Women's Day is coming up on Sunday, and is dual part call-to-action and celebration. By definition, it's "a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future." That future part is key, because it's a day of looking back, but also one of thinking ahead and moving forward. This […]Read More
Inside the Magnet Media Production Studio: Green Screen & Visual Effects
With a green screen, it's possible to appear as if you're anywhere, at any time; it gives you a certain freedom to get creative with special effects and visuals. For a recent project with financial services company Bankrate, we filmed influential financial editor, author, and speaker Jean Chatzky in our NYC studio with the screen behind her. Our […]Read More
Fresh Competition: Jason Kilar Launching Online Video Service, Vessel
Jason Kilar, former Hulu CEO, is up to something new and potentially huge. His latest venture is Vessel, an online video service that's now open as an invite-only beta, but could be open to the public at large as early as March. Depending on your point of view, Kilar could be trying to compete with YouTube's dominance […]Read More
As Retirement Crisis Looms, Video Plays Increasing Role In Savings Messaging
Retirement is at once a beautiful thing to consider (think: days off, no work-related stress or deadlines, time to read for pleasure), and a daunting notion (think: pressure of earn more, save more, now, now, now). The looming "retirement crisis" does nothing to calm anxiety related to the latter. Reports on that — including the […]Read More
In the Magnet Media Production Studio: What's Been Happening Lately?
Science labs for puppets, holiday sing-a-longs, branded beer Vines — it's been a busy year in our in-office studio. We moved to our current location nearly two years ago now. Time's passed quickly and has been filled with a variety of video projects we're proud of — many of which were shot right here in studio. Within the past […]Read More
Financial Content (w/ Farnoosh Torabi): The Strategic Marketer Episode #3
On the third installment of The Strategic Marketer, our interview series featuring financial services expert and best-selling author Farnoosh Torabi, we tackle the topic of financial content and the importance of reaching consumers with information they need about managing money. What are the best ways to get their attention? Contently recently released a free e-book on the […]Read More
What We've Been Up To Lately: Check Out Our New Capabilities Reel
It was time for a refresher, so our talented editors put together a new reel of our recent work. We're happy with how it turned out and want to share it with you. Please take a look, and if you want to learn more about any of our services, see here — and never hesitate to reach out through the […]Read More
Magnet Media's New Director Of Business Development, Rachel Steinberg
Rachel Steinberg joins our team as Director of Business Development, and we're really excited about it! From West Philadelphia, born and raised (had to say it), she moved to New York City to attend college at NYU in 2003 and has been in the city ever since. Most recently, she was Business Development Manager at Meredith, […]Read More
Magnet Media & Vidyard Present: 'Using Video At Every Step Of The Customer Journey' Webinar 9/25
You've likely heard about and understand the power that video has in building a brand's credibility, demonstrating expertise, and educating audiences. It's not lost on you — your brand needs video. The remaining challenge is to create the right videos for your audience. Ones that engage them with the right messages at the right times, in order to […]Read More


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For the past several years, painter Jennifer Coates has made a series of canvasses based on various foods, both sweet and savory, which play with ideas of representation and abstraction. In the best examples, they hover somewhere in the middle, but the overall idea is an ingenious one, allowing her to make an image that we are well-acquainted with, yet giving her enough leeway to incorporate diverse paint handling in combination with a sophisticated grasp of color. Coates's painting chops (pun intended), can be seen in such works as Lasagna, 2016, with its scumbled surface of alternating pinkish-yellow and rusty vermillion tones, alongside an explosion of orange representing the cheese peeking out between layers of meat. Painted on a pastel blue-green background, the oozing pile of Italian cuisine touches three sides of the canvas, allowing us to vacillate between appreciating it's abstract qualities as well as its recognizability as a pasta dish.
By contrast, in Spaghetti and Meatballs, 2016, Coates uses an underlying rhythmic and repetitious series of curved lines to render the thin-stringed food. This sets up a sharp contrast with the deep red lumps on top that read as chunky meatballs, which leave wisps of sauce on the intertwined bed of cylindrical pasta. The top part of the canvas is painted a flat medium gray tone, which could be read as a sky, adding further interest, as one could imagine a larger than life mountain range of spaghetti. More abstract is Cinnamon Roll, 2016, and Cotton Candy, 2015. The former shows a translucent white and yellow glob over a beige circular form with a conspicuous spiral, while the latter has a light pink mound of gossamer fluff with a white stick protruding below, revealing its true nature. With these more ambiguous works, Coates has managed to combine her overly familiar subject matter with inventive painting, causing us to look upon them anew.
Jennifer Coates, "All U Can Eat," Freight+Volume, New York, March 4 — April 16, 2017.

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After a lot of hard considerations I picked number 7, Maria Ireland as the winner of the little sheep =)
Her tips was about avoiding this:
Can Maria please contact me, if you leave a comment with your e-mail, or
your address so that I can send you the sheep. I will not publish your
comment of course, its just so that I can get in contact with you.
And I had a hard time resist giving a sheep to a sheep-lover too, so Sara, contact me also and I will make a sheep for you too =) As we can read on her blog she just turned 30, so this second price will be a bit of a delayed birthday gift too ;)
Big THANKS to ALL who participated in my contest.
Monday, March 11, 2013
And the winner is....
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Congratulations to the two lucky winners of your cute sheeps. Thank you Hannah for the chance.ReplyDelete
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how nice! they will be thrilled! Maria's suggestion is a good one..hadn't thought of that!! :)ReplyDelete
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Enhorabuena Marai.ReplyDelete
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Gabe Landeskog played with hand injury in playoffs, will skip Worlds
Gabe Landeskog was on the ice, so his play was fair game to criticize. I dumped on his play in the final two games of the Wild series, and won't back off from that. But now it can be told: The Avs captain played with a hand injury in the final few games of the series, and it didn't help his play at all. So, it's fair to point this out now, too. He wasn't at his best probably because of an injury.
I haven't talked to him since the series ended, so I don't know when it happened, though some have told me on Twitter that they think it was because of a Matt Cooke slash in Game 3. The Wild certainly got their money's worth from Cooke, didn't they? I haven't watched a tape of the game, but I do recall a slash on him by Cooke in that game. Along with the dirty knee on Tyson Barrie, Cooke also tried to elbow Nathan MacKinnon in the head when he wasn't looking. As former longtime NHL referee Paul Stewart told me after Game 3, Cooke gets braver "when the numbers get bigger."
Landeskog has declined an invitation from Sweden to play in the World Championships because of the injury. Frankly, I would never play in that tournament even if I was healthy anyway. The World Championships — the greatest tournament in hockey, without the best players who are still playing in the NHL playoffs. Zzzzzz.
Not much other news with the Avs today, or since Wednesday night. Patrick Roy hasn't wanted to speak with the media yet, nor anyone else with the team. There was no "cleaning out the lockers" media session this year.


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Saint Charles (Mo.) Convention Center Debuts Wireless Technology Upgrade
The Global Spectrum- managed Saint Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Mo., recently upgrading the building's wireless technology to offer as much coverage as possible to events in the facility
The state-of-the-art system is designed to accommodate large events that require numerous, simultaneous users on a variety of mobile and wireless platforms, according to center officials.
The Cooperating School Districts Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC) event in February put the new system to the test.
The system accommodated more than 2,500 devices during the three-day event, and at one point, successfully handled 1771 simultaneous wireless connections on the network without an interruption, which was a record for the venue.
"The most important factor for our technology conference is internet connectivity," said Karen Vaughan, conference and special event planner for Cooperating School Districts.
She added, "Because of the needs of the show attendees, it's generally the deciding factor on where we host our event each year. We were extremely pleased with the new system at the Saint Charles Convention Center and we look forward to our event returning in 2014."
The Saint Charles Convention Center debuted in April of 2005 and has hosted more than 3,300 events since opening. Named "Best Place to Hold a Meeting" by local businesses, the facility has a 16,200 square foot Grand Ballroom and 27,600 sq. ft. of Exhibit Hall space expandable to 35,700 sq. ft. through the adjacent Junior Ballroom.
"The most important thing for us is to exceed our customer's expectations," said Shura Garnett, general manager for the Saint Charles CC.
She added, "We knew we had to keep pace with technology trends as clients are incorporating it more into their events. Our new Xirrus Wireless network and its successful rollout in February proved our technology capabilities and removed any doubts about our ability to handle the most demanding wireless needs of any client or event."


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With my love for sports being so great, it's only right that I have all the sports apparel that a true fan should have. So my collection includes NFL jerseys, NBA jerseys, MLB jerseys and even college jerseys. I got all my stuff at www.sidelineapparel.com. It's the best site I've found to get all the sports apparel I want and need. I love it!!!
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I love putting together baby gift baskets and making them look all pretty and perfect. However, I do occasionally run into a problem with making them look so perfect because I'm not very artistic, but I try! So anyways, I was super busy last week and didn't have time to put together my infamous baby gift basket. I went online and found some amazing baby gift baskets that I could have never put together, so I ordered one. Needless to say my sister in law loved it anyways!!!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Beautiful baby bassinet
Ok, so I didn't have a bassinet when my baby was born, but I'm about to have a niece in about two weeks and I was helping my sister look for a bassinet. So immediately I look online because I like to be able to see what there is out there before I go everywhere and end up with nothing. That's not the point of this however. The point is that I went online and I saw the most beautiful bassinets! I never knew they made such elegant beds (basically that's what they are right?) for babies! Some of the bassinets I saw were jaw dropping beautiful. Absolutely amazing is all I have to say.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Designer jeans
So this website that I get a lot of designer shoes from is now making a surge for the designer jeans avenue. I absolutely love that they have brought in all these designers. From 7 jeans to True Religion jeans to Dolce & Gabbana jeans. The list goes on and on. I can't wait to see what else this website has to offer in the future!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
So since I've been doing some wedding planning people have been asking me where to get this and where to get that. Before I had mentioned www.bridesvillage.com as a place to get all the perfect wedding accessories. But they have so much more than just the basics. Beyond the centerpieces and flower girl basket and ring bearer pillows they also carry groomsmen gifts and bridesmaids gifts, pretty much anything you need. So I stick with my previous claim about this website being the best to visit to get the things you need to plan your big day. Hope this helps!
Friday, January 11, 2008
New and upcoming designers
Since having a baby I have become obsessed with the latest trends in designer baby clothing. I love finding new designers that I think will be great in the world of baby clothes. They may not be new to the world, but they are new to me and I love finding them. I recently came across a designer baby clothing line called Flowers By Zoe and absolutely love it! Their clothes are so adorable and they make children's clothes also! I love fashion!
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I really don't do things without thinking or something that I would regret later… 6 is a big number, I'll write as many as I can, don't think I can come up with six…
- Okay! I got one; 'making out in the train'…well a little more than that… let's leave the details out for now. The emotions were right, the place (or should I say lack of place) wasn't
- …one more; 'opted for French as the optional subject in school and college'…seriously FRENCH!! What was I thinking? Now with almost 10 years down the line, I can only speak one sentence in French "Je m'appelle Savio et toi?" (I don't even know if I spelt it correctly) which means "I am Savio, and you?"… I mean, I was like never going to France. Had I opted for 'konkani' (local language) I would be able to understand and speak better. My konkani speaking skills, at present are more of an apology.
- …said NO, instead of YES, Life defining moment!
- …broken a friendship over a trivial matter.
Yeah, guess I just have 4…let me put 2 of them as under 'Private'… too personal to share. So that makes 6… hahahahaha…task complete!


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We saw a cool project on Pinterest for making gorgeous round ice art using balloons and food coloring. We were so impressed, so I decided to make these with the kids one winter. It was so much fun! They turned out beautifully, and we decided to use them to frame a little ground feeding area we created near our bird feeders. (We were hoping to lure in a wild turkey that had been stopping by to eat. The bunnies were pretty happy with it, too.) This is a great winter project to do with kids. Here's how we did it….
1. Add food coloring.
You might need a couple of hands for this. You don't need more than a few drops.
2. Fill it up!
Fill the balloon full. You don't have to worry about filling them too full because you DO want the balloon to break.
3. Add more balloons!
Keep repeating step 1 and 2 until you have lots of balloons to set outside! Try to have several different colors so it can be a really colorful display!
4. Put your balloons outside.
It needs to be COLD, but if you have the right temperatures, put your balloons outside and give them several hours to freeze. The balloons will pop (make sure to pick those up and throw them away so they don't harm any wildlife.) Once they do pop, you'll be left with really pretty (and very colorful) ice balls!


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Asia markets mostly up, euro struggles ahead of ECB meeting
[HONG KONG] Asian equity markets mostly rose Monday following a rally on Wall Street and a strong pick-up in oil prices, but Shanghai plunged almost six percent after Chinese regulators suspended three major brokerages over rule violations.
The euro continued to struggle against the dollar and yen ahead of this week's European Central Bank (ECB) meeting that is expected to see it unveil a vast bond-buying scheme to kickstart the eurozone economy.
Tokyo rose 0.52 per cent, Sydney added 0.90 per cent, Seoul advanced 0.92 per cent and Singapore put on 0.24 per cent.
However, Shanghai dived 5.88 per cent in the first few minutes, while Hong Kong gave up 0.62 per cent.
Regional investors were given a positive lead from New York, where all three main indexes finished the week on a high thanks to a jump in oil prices.
The Dow rose 1.10 per cent, the S&P 500 added 1.34 per cent and the Nasdaq rallied 1.39 per cent.
Crude rallied after the the International Energy Agency said there were signs "the tide will turn" in the market after tumbling towards six-year lows.
While it foresaw prices sliding in the short term, the Paris-based agency said it expected a potential rebalancing of the market in the second half of the year.
The comments sent US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for February surging US$2.44 Friday, while Brent for March jumped US$2.50.
However, on Monday the two contracts retreated slightly. WTI eased 50 cents to US$48.19 a barrel and Brent fell 44 cents to US$49.73.
In Shanghai shares plunged after the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Friday suspended three brokerages from opening new margin trading accounts for three months after rule violations were found in an inspection.
The news was a blow for Chinese stocks, which have surged in recent weeks thanks to an interest rate cut in November and driven by liquidity and margin trading - investors using borrowed funds to trade on the markets with only a small portion of money put down as deposit.
The three brokerages - Citic Securities, Haitong Securities and Guotai Junan Securities - are among the country's biggest.
"The CSRC's punishment of the three brokerages for rule violations for margin trading business last Friday was a punch to the market," BOC International analyst Shen Jun told AFP.
Eyes are now on the release Tuesday of economics growth data for 2014, with an AFP survey predicting expansion of 7.3 per cent, down from 7.7 per cent in 2013 and the slowest annual rate since 1990 after the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
On currency markets the euro fetched US$1.1564 and 135.76 yen, against US$1.1566 and 135.87 yen in New York Friday.
The single currency is facing selling pressure ahead of the ECB meeting on Thursday that analysts are forecasting will see the introduction of sovereign bond purchases, known as quantitative easing (QE).
The scheme essentially entails the bank printing euros in order to boost lending and fight off deflation. However with more cash in circulation demand for the single currency weakens and on Friday the unit sank below US$1.1500 for the first time since November 2003.
The dollar changed hands at 117.41 yen in the morning, compared with 117.46 yen in New York Friday.
Gold fetched US$1,277.65 an ounce, against $1,257.60 late Friday.


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Inspectors Arrive to Investigate Death of Girl at Lifest
Inspectors from the Department of Commerce officially began their investigation on Tuesday of an amusement ride that claimed the life of 16-year-old Elizabeth Mohl at the Lifest Christian festival on Saturday.
At least one inspector is expected to continue the intensive investigation today, but nothing has been solidified about the death of the young teen.
Police will release information on the cause of the accident once they have come to a conclusion, but are keeping the case relatively private for now.
"We want to make sure we investigate this very carefully because it is a serious accident," said Tony Hozeny, a spokesman for the state Department of Commerce, the agency that inspects and regulates amusement rides, to The Post-Crescent. "We just don't want to create any false impressions or any inaccuracies."
The tragedy this past weekend occurred on the Air Glory ride on Saturday at around 4:45 p.m. The ride attaches two to three individuals to a long cable and raises them about 100 feet above the ground. The riders than pull a rip cord to send them swinging through the air.
Mohl fell from the apparatus at about the same time the rip cord was pulled and plummeted the full length, just missing safety cushions by yards.
She was rushed to Theda Clark Medical Center where she died in surgery Saturday night. Winnebago County Coroner Barry Busby confirmed in a statement that multiple massive traumatic injuries to her head, chest and abdomen caused the death.
There have been varying witness accounts that have made the investigation more uncertain.
One of the first reports given to media was from Brian Childers from Kenosha, Wis., who said he heard a snapping sound when the rip cord was pulled. Immediately afterwards, one person fell while the other person stayed swinging in the ride.
"She hit the ground and was not moving at all," Childers told the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper.
A witness who was next in line to ride the Air Glory has given a different report, however. She feels that the apparatus was rigged incorrectly.
"We did not hear anything snap. I think we would have heard something if a rope snapped," explained Abby Hosmeister of Nekoosa, Wis., to the Northwestern. "[Mohl] fell at the exact minute that her friends pulled the cord."
Whatever the cause for the accident, investigators have assured that they will get to the bottom of the problem.
"It's a top priority for us," said Hozeny, according to the Northwestern.
The event was even more tragic as the Air Glory ride had been set for a routine surprise inspection on Tuesday in Twin Lakes, Wis. The ride is currently not on festival grounds and has been taken to an undisclosed location.
Despite Saturday's tragedy, organizers of Lifest continued the festival on through Sunday rather than canceling it. The mood was much mellower, however.
"People's hearts are just going out to the family," said Frank Lehner of Oshkosh, Wis., where the annual Lifest takes place, to the Daily Tribune. "I think we needed to get together like a church service."
Attendants held prayer services throughout the end of the gathering and a memorial was set up near the site of the accident.
Mohl's funeral is scheduled to take place today at New Hope Lutheran Church in Neenah, Wis.


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Good day all!
Here is my plan for a summer vacation...fly to anchorage, buy a bike, ride home to New Mexico. I have sourced a bike that I want to purchase. The guy selling is moving out of state and is unable to store it until I get there in Aug.
What I am looking for is someone who might be able to pick up this K100RS I want and store it for me until I get there in Aug. I will of course provide libation of choice and food as a way of thanks! Let me know if anyone is able to assist!


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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Back Online...
Spent yesterday and this morning in Lafayette with various friends from school. I ended up crashing at AF guy's dad's house - he, his sister, his dad, and I all tried to cheer Purdue on to victory in the bowl game last night, but Purdue apparently forgot to show up. We all crashed on their floor. It was great though - I got to see the campus again, and it is absolutely amazing how much has changed and how much has stayed the same! They have completed at least four new buildings (all red brick, of course, nothing else is allowed on campus), and are working on several more! I've only been gone three years! Anyway, it was really cool!
Oh, and whoever the anonymous pusher was who recommended River Knits, you're both my new favorite person and my new most hated person. Not really the second, but my checkbook is complaining (just a little). I stopped by there this morning, just after they opened. I was the first person in the store, but another lady walked in not two minutes later, and after that, it was a steady stream of people in and out. Not only was it super cool to see someone behind the counter close to my own age, knitting mittens on dpns and who actually knew how things roll in Knitland, but the first thing I see:
Yes. Yes, there it was. Right in front of me. My favorite sock yarn EVAR! Bearfoot! And next to it? Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport. And Cherry Tree Hill. And Regia's Bamboo (which is a heck of a lot softer than I expected!) And that was just in the first two steps in! I was good, though, and only stuck to the Bearfoot. Three skeins, but just Bearfoot. They have a GREAT selection there, of all kinds of yarns, from Plymouth Encore to this:
My other, erm, splurge. Cashmere. 100% Cashmere laceweight. In my favorite colors. This, specifically, is Mongolian Cashmere from Jade Sapphire in the Lagoon colorway. Between the beautiful yarn and the scarf they had made from one skein of it (400 yds/skein), how could I say no? I got one skein (I wanted to get three for a shawl so badly, but I really couldn't afford it!) and the pattern for the scarf. I had the girl wind the skein for me, as I'm pretty sure that I will work on this on the plane.
They also have a decent selection of needles, the first time I've ever actually SEEN Lantern Moon Ebony wood needles. Now I get why people drool over them! I did not get a set (I just got the KnitPicks, remember), but I did pick up a US 4 Clover Bamboo circ to work with the cashmere. I figured the super slick KnitPicks and Addis that I have may not be the best match for the cashmere. Sigh. I find this shop NOW, and it's 2500 miles away. Grrr. Luckily, they are online as well!
Other knitting news: All three pairs of clogs are felted,
although Mom's will probably go in for another cycle at least. They're just not felting as small as they need to! It may have to do with the light colored sole and cuff yarn. The soles for hers came in Thursday, so I'm going to spend this afternoon and probably most of tomorrow (while watching the hotly debated Bears-Packers game, I'm sure) sewing soles onto all three pairs. Oh, and I almost had a heart attack the other day. I put Mom's sock in the pocket of my coat to work on in the car on the way to the mall, but I didn't get a chance to work on it. Later, when we got back home, I went to pull it out and...no project bag! No sock, yarn, needles, bag, zip! Nothing in the car, nothing at home...after tearing the house apart (I was actually more ticked about losing the needles, I love US2 Inox), I called the first store we went to. Apparently it had fallen out of my pocket and someone had been a saint and turned it in to lost and found! Yay! When I called the store, I asked the lady if anyone had turned in any half-knit socks. She sounded a little confused, then goes, "Oh, knitting! Yeah, someone turned some knitting in the other day! Blue yarn?" Whew!
Oh, and for the kitty lovers, some new pics of my parents' babies.
They've grown so much! And one of the old ones doing a pretty good job of ignoring them.
This is Scud (named by my brother after the SCUD missiles, she's eight). Fuzz (also named by my brother, no idea what that was from) declined to have her picture taken. I can't wait to see my own TeddieCat again!!
My knitting New Years resolution is to knit from the stash. I am allowing myself one yarn splurge, to get enough yarn for a sweater. I'm not sure precisely what I want for that yet, so I'm waiting until I find The Yarn. (Knowing my luck, it'll be when I find The Guy, too, and I'll have to choose between 'em!) This, erm, DOES include sock yarn this time. I have wayy too much of it and am not knitting it up fast enough!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Merry Christmas!
1. Christmas: was wonderful. We always have Christmas Eve with my mom's side of the family. Of course, Santa came that night (after drafting me to help wrap my brother's gifts and some of each of my parents' as well) and left all sorts of goodies for us. The rest of Christmas Day is always spent with my dad's side of the family, who live just down the driveway and across the old orchard from us (it would make sense if you knew this town). My entire extended family lives in the same town, so we don't really have the big family get togethers, but we always have special meals for Christmas. Both days are my favourite times of the year. Christmas is a 48-hour day for us, really.
2. Felted Clogs: went over big time! The guys' are a little big (about an inch, which isn't bad), which is fine. Too big is easily fixable. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get them off their feet long enough to take them through the felting process one more time, let them dry, and get the soles sewn on! They did finally admit that the slippers were pretty slick on the stone tile floor in the kitchen, but they didn't want to take them off and put their feet on the cold floor. Men. Mom's were knitted in time for the holidays, but not felted. She wears a size 8 shoe, which is right in between the women's medium and large sizes. Since the guys' turned out so big, I went with the medium, but want to have her feet around when I felt them so they don't get too small too quickly. I may end up hand felting all three pairs again - they have a pretty powerful washer here. I also ordered the soles for Mom's size (they were out of stock when I ordered the guys'), and I hope they're here by Friday so I can sew them on. If I don't, it'll never get done!
3. Presents: I only got one knitting related gift, but it's still cool! One of my aunts got me both Stitch 'n Bitch and Stitch 'n Bitch Nation! I've had fun flipping through the patterns and tips. I don't really need another "learn to knit book", but it's still fun to get new ideas, and super cool that she thought of that for me! My big present from my parents, though, is that they are going to buy me a new computer! Yay! It would be super awkward to try to ship one back to California, so my mom and I are going computer shopping on Thursday to find the one we like, and then they'll buy it for me once I'm back home. This, my friends, is when it pays to have a mother who is a computer systems admin at a bank! You would think that with as much time as I spend in front of a computer, I would know quite a bit about them, but I don't. I just make up a list of what I'd like to be able to do with the computer, and then Mom goes on the hunt. It's always worked out so far. Other very fun presents include the new Dilbert book, an incredibly comfy zip up hoody sweater, and new Cubs flannel pajama pants!
4. After Christmas projects: I did not bring Rogue with me here, as it's in that bulky sweater stage, but I did bring the Snowdrop Shawl, both parents' socks, and a skein of the SWS. I started, after several ideas, a multidirectional diagonal scarf with the SWS. The denim hasn't been striping for me at all, though, so it's not a particularly interesting scarf color-wise. Still, it might work well as a guy's scarf. We'll see. I've made this scarf before and really enjoyed it (you know me and short rows!) and I love the feel of the SWS, but I have to admit that it doesn't stand up particularly well to frogging and tinking. Mental note to self: next time I buy this, definitely have a project in mind BEFORE I start playing around with it. I've done another repeat on the shawl, and am about half done with the foot of the first of Mom's socks. I'm going back and forth between completely frogging what is done of Dad's sock or just back to the lifeline at the start of the heel. I think I know what is throwing me off with the stupid heel - there's an odd number of stitches! For some reason I just now thought of this. Oh...and I spent my Christmas money on the KnitPicks Options set and one of their US 2 circs. They should be waiting for me when I get home, and I can't wait to play with them!!
I think that's about it. Mom keeps mentioning that I should look around to see if there are any yarn stores that are in the areas we will be shopping in, and if I want to check any out, she'll go with me. I'm not sure whether she is that interested in the knitting or just in finding yarns she likes that she can "request", but either works for me =) I'm going over to Purdue on Friday (I think) to hang out with some friends, including AF guy (we met and dated my sophomore/his junior year there), and hoping to hang out here with Becki and Amanda on Saturday. The kittens are cute as ever, and have been pretty good about the whole Christmas thing, if you don't count trying to use the tree as a vertical racecourse. The older cats still are doing their best to ignore the little ones, and the dog just wants to be petted and played fetch with. I miss my TeddieCat. A lot more than I thought I would. I hope he's doing okay!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday as well! I've seen some of the posts already and it is SO COOL to see how everyone else celebrates, what they have made, and what they have received! Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Three Things
The cuffs on the green ones turned out very differently. I'm not quite sure why. Also, the green ones felted a lot faster than the gray ones, so the grey ones are slightly bigger still. Also, one of Mom's clogs is done:
I love the colors of these (I'm sure you're all shocked). The second one is in my lap waiting for me to figure out how I ended up with the wrong number of stitches on the sole already. I want to get these done tonight so I can felt them in the morning and probably dry them with a hair dryer or something before my flight. I hope the winter storms going through Colorado and all that don't mess up the schedule too badly, but it's not like there's much I can do about it.
Oh, and I did pick up some Patons SWS. My other intern got me fondling it and after checking out various reviews of it, I picked up two skeins in Natural Denim (another shock, huh?). I have to admit it is extremely soft. I started an entrelac scarf with it, then frogged it. Maybe a hat. Dunno yet. Gotta get this clog done first!
Flying home tomorrow! Can't wait for Christmas! I love my family, but on the other hand I can't wait to get back home already. I'm excited about the next semester, I found a taekwondo studio that teaches beginning adult classes starting Jan. 2 (I've always wanted to learn, and it's good practical exercise!), and AF guy is going to come down for a few days while we're both on break. And I already miss my kitty and I haven't even dropped him off yet! He gets mucho snuggles tonight!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Another Monday Adventure!
Cookies! I spent yesterday cleaning and baking and wishing I was knitting. It's a very secret family recipe, handed down from generations. Okay, it's in a very old Pillsbury cookbook that my dad has had for as long as I can remember. It's probably out of print. Dad and I make these every year, without fail. This is the first time I have made them by myself, though. Not that it is a particularly difficult or complicated recipe, but I'm really pleased with how they turned out. Just like Dad's! He's given them away as Christmas gifts before, and everyone has always asked for more. Now I know why. I made about five dozen cookies and brought them in for the cast and crew this afternoon. I'm not sure the cast actually got any, as when I checked them after about an hour, the crew had demolished them and there were only about ten left. Luckily for me, while I enjoy baking them and occasionally nibbling on the dough, I don't really like the cookies themselves, so I don't have to worry about overindulging on these guys.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to make these cookies in real life and not get flour all over creation and back. I don't care what they show you on those cooking shows. Flour for the dough, flour for the rolling board, flour for the rolling pin, flour for the cookie cutters, and then, once you're done with the flour, powdered sugar for the icing! It gets ALL over the place. And, of course, the vaccuum cleaner dies as I'm trying to get the stuff up off the carpet. Completely and totally dead. Grr...granted, it was a very cheap vaccuum, and you get what you pay for, but really, just what I need to do right now, spend more money! But, I can't leave flour and sugar in the carpet, that's just gross. So I run to Target while the dough is chilling and get a new vaccuum (a better one). (Ironically, in what appears to be a dramatic expression of sympathy, Chrissy's vaccuum also died yesterday and she had to get a new one as well. We did not get the same kind for replacements, though, that would just be weird!) Get home, go to roll out the dough, and realize I don't have a rolling pin. It's just not one of those things that I thought I really needed at the time I was stocking my kitchen, I guess. Go back to Target. They are completely sold out of rolling pins. Go to Vons. Same story. Finally I cringe, screw up my courage, and go to Wal-Mart (I really don't like our Wal-Mart). They have two pins left. Sigh. I didn't get to actually start baking the cookies until about 10:00p. I baked them all last night and iced about half of them before conceding defeat, and iced the rest this morning before the show. Now I have to finish cleaning the kitchen counters, do yet another load of dishes, wrap presents, knit Mom's slippers, and felt all three pairs. In between the five shows we're doing between now and Thursday! Oy!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Another Weird Meme from AR
- I still check under the bed before I go to sleep, and always have a dim light on where I can see it from my bed. I blame it on an overactive imagination and watching too many crime dramas.
- Having a dentist clean my teeth gives me the shivers. The feel of the metal on my teeth, even just the mirror, is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
- I have a terrible sense of smell. Almost no sense of smell - stuff has to be really strong for me to smell it.
- I can spend hours on a text-based RPG, but don't generally spend a lot of time on regular graphic video games.
- I have no problems waiting in airports. Ever. I love people watching, particularly if there are delays. It's fascinating. And, if all else fails, there's always knitting, reading, puzzles and napping on your carry-on bag. I have only lost my temper with anyone while traveling once, and that was some lady who was really being a bitch about a weather delay. Like there's anything anyone can do about the weather.
- I work on crossword puzzles before I go to bed every night. They relax me, somehow.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
2006 Meme
January: I have enough sock yarn to make nine and a half pairs of socks this year for the Two Thousand and Socks! KAL RoseByAny (Amie) started over on the KR Forums.
February: Okay, so not really.
March: Just very busy, and don't have internet at home anymore.
April: Borrowed this meme from Cara. Looking down the list, I realize that I can't really think of any books that I WOULDN'T read.
May: Because she's wearing her Jaywalkers!
June: This makes me happy.
July: So Anna opened last night to very positive reviews.
August: I came home from rehearsal uncharacteristically hyper tonight.
September: Dames is OPEN!
October: Guess where I was today?!
November: No Halloween for me this year.
December: Real post to come later, hopefully with pics.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Some success?
I finished another scrap on the Scrap Sock Yarn Log Cabin, as I was using it this week to teach one of my interns to knit. I find it is easiest to show a technique if you are working on something similar, rather than "Well, I'm knitting this so don't pay attention to what I am doing but do yours this way." I gave her some yarn and a pair of US 8 straights, and she's doing pretty well, for the first time she's ever knit. She really likes the look of ribbing, so I might teach her purling tonight. The other one is still in the process of learning entrelac, and I started another Danica that I can follow along with her on. This one is in leftover yarn from Becki's Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf, and is only going to be used as a teaching tool and a scrap user upper. I figured out how she ended up with an odd looking garter stitch. Whoever had taught her to purl actually taught her how to twist a knit stitch, rather than an actual purl stitch. So I had to re-teach her to purl (hmm...remember when I realized that I was purling incorrectly? I could totally empathize with her frustration!) and she's had a little trouble with it, but she'll get it. I think she really likes the idea of short rows; she's started the base triangles on another project already.
I've been thinking about doing another sweater a lot lately. (Darn you, Amie!) I think I know the style I want to make. A long sleeved fitted turtleneck. In red. Because I don't have any red sweaters. I think I might actually know enough to attempt to do this on my own. Maybe. I may have to wait until after Stitches to figure out some of the shaping and decreases, but I can at least get it started, right? After I finish Rogue. In a fit of "oh my god I have to work on something other than slippers and socks" pique last night, I unseamed and frogged back one of the sleeves and added another two inches (12 rows) to the area before I start the sleeve cap. It was actually enormously satisfying. I think it should work fine. My plastic darning needles and scrap yarn pieces have come in awfully handy for lifelines lately. Thread up the needle with the scrap yarn, figure out what row you need to get back to, run the needle and yarn through that row, and frog. Much faster and neater than anything else I've done so far.
I have to leave Teddie for ten whole days while I go home for Christmas. I am going back and forth between boarding him and getting a pet sitter. It would cost about the same, either way. I'm concerned that if I board him, given that I got him from the shelter, that he would think I was abandoning him again, and if I had a sitter check on him, he could stay in his own home, with my scent and stuff around. The pro for boarding is that he would get a LOT more attention there than if I left him at home, even if the sitter checked on him every day, and he loves his attention. Suggestions?
Oh, and check out the Yarn Harlot's new Knitters Without Borders post. It's pretty darn cool. I wonder if there is a way to use Paypal to make a donation, since that is where my "stash" money is?
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Another Monday Adventure...(pics!)
at places like this:
And got our pictures taken with cute guys:
Basically, we did a marathon Disneyland day. We drove down Sunday night after the show and got a hotel, then hit the park at 9:00a when the gates opened. We left at 9:15p after the fireworks and got back into Santa Maria around 2:00a this morning. It was Kara's virgin Disneyland trip, so we had to initiate her properly. We hit all the rides, including Space Mountain twice. (Oh my gosh, has that ride changed! It is so fast and cool now!) We shopped and shopped and shopped. (My Christmas shopping is done, but oh, does my charge card hurt - it's going into hiding now until I can get that paid off!) We were able to talk to the stage manager of the Jedi Training Academy show very randomly. Guys in black wearing headsets tend to stick out to people like us, and they were very nice about our sudden attack of questions. And, of course, we finished the day with fireworks, churros, and In-n-Out on the way home. I just had to get a t-shirt with the new Pirates of the Caribbean slogan: The beatings will continue until morale improves. I'm totally wearing it tomorrow to call the show. Chrissy and I did a lot of co-shopping: we both got Princess ears (mine are Pirate Princess ears, of course, her Pretty Princess ears are just a little girly for me), bead-your-own keychains, and stuffed Eeyores. I also got a new zip-up sweatshirt (I really really can't resist those things, it's a sickness) and two t-shirts. Plus my Christmas shopping. It was great!
And, when I got home (granted, I was not conscious enough to appreciate these at the time, but now I am), two envelopes were waiting for me. The first was the Fiber Trends Felted Clogs pattern that I ordered online. Now that I have half of them done already. I'm really really glad that I happened upon the pattern at the LYS - I'd be tearing my hair out at this point otherwise! I have one more men's large to do and then Mom's, and I should be done by this weekend. Anyone interested in buying one of the copies of the pattern from me? Or swapping for something?
The second was my Stitches West confirmation! I didn't get into the finishing class that I wanted, but did get into two basic designing classes and the two-handed colorwork class! I can't wait! I can't wait! By the way, did I mention I can't wait?
Oh, and I turned the heel on the first of Mom's socks. Perfect, the first time. Sigh. Maybe Dad's are just cursed?
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Mom's socks: 20% complete
Dad's socks: currently about 23% complete, but will probably get frogged and restarted and given later
Destash: over 50% sold, and I made a new theater-knitting friend, another East Coaster. This one's in costumes. You all seriously need to come out to CA and work. I mean, No Snow - on the coast anyway - what more do I need to say?
Two of my interns have also asked me to do a Knit Night or knitting class of some kind for them. One is the one who is learning entrelac and just needs some help with some of the skills involved. The other crochets but wants to learn to knit as well. I'm pondering. I should do what Suzi did for me - bring her some yarn and a pair of needles and teach her. And I want to, but I've never taught anyone from the basics, just showed stuff like increases and techniques and stuff to people who already have some idea of what I am talking about. Any suggestions?
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Color: Delphinium (green, blue, purple)
Quantity: 6 skeins (5 full, 1 used and rewound)
Recommended gauge: 5-6 sts/in on US 5-7 needles
Yardage: 105 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 62% viscose, 38% cotton
Comments: almost a boucle. The colors are great, and I had no problems with the yarn, but am not going to make that project anymore and have no other use for it. Handwash or dry clean.
Price: $9.00/skein, $50 for the lot
Yarn: KnitPicks "Simple Stripes"
Quantity: 2 skeins each color
Recommended gauge: 7-8 sts/in on US 1-3
Yardage: 231 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 75% superwash wool, 25% nylon
Comments: self-striping sock yarn, not in my normal color scheme, machine washable
Price: $2.50/skein, $5.00 for each color set,
Yarn: Schoeller and Stahl "Fortissima Colori Socka Color"
Color: 4010 Graffiti (blues, green, white)
Quantity: 2 skeins
Recommended gauge: 23 sts/10 cm US 3
Yardage: 125 m/50g skein
Fiber: 75% superwash wool, 25% polymide
Comments: self-striping sock yarn, machine washable
Price: $5.00/skein, $10.00 both
Color: Stream (heathered blue)
Quantity: 1 skein
Recommended gauge: Lace Weight
Yardage: 440 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 100% baby alpaca
Comments: very soft lace weight, hand wash, enough for a scarf
Price: $3.00/skein
Color: Morning Mist (grey, white, blue)
Quantity: 1 skein
Recommended gauge: lace weight
Yardage: 440 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 70% alpaca, 30% silk
Comments: hand wash, enough for a scarf
Price: $4.00/skein
Color: Violet
Quantity: 6 skeins
Recommended gauge: 6 sts/in. on US 3-5
Yardage: 110 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 60% pima cotton, 40% modal
Comments: very bright bold purple, more grape colored than in picture, very soft cotton, very pretty but doesn't work with my skin tone like I thought it would, machine washable
Price: $2.50/skein, $15 for all
Color: Spring Prairie (yellow, green magenta, purple) and Cape Cod (dark green, tan, brown, grey, navy)
Quantity: 2 skeins each color
Recommended gauge: 7-8 sts/in on US 1-3
Yardage: 192 yds/50g skein
Fiber: 100% merino wool
Comments: hand wash, enough for a pair of women's socks each color, or a small felting project
Price: $2.50/skein, $5.00/color pair, $10.00 for both pairs
Monday, December 04, 2006
Okay, the real post (lots of pics)
I'm excited, it's my first "real" Christmas tree. It doesn't have my family ornaments on it, of course, those are at my parents house and I feel they should be on that tree there until I start having Christmases in my own home with my own family. For those that voiced their concerns and good wishes, if you look closely in the bottom left, you'll see:
The vet says he's okay. He didn't hear anything strange in the breathing - since Teddie only makes the noise when he's very relaxed or asleep, and shows no signs of actually being out of breath, the vet feels it may be a kitty version of snoring. I'll definitely keep an ear on it, though. The blood in the litter box is more worrisome, and he's on antibiotics to fight any possible infections he may have. Since he's exhibiting no other symptoms there either, they feel it is just a simple infection, possibly brought on by the roundabout exposure to Chrissy's kitty, who also just got diagnosed with a cold. We'll try the antibiotics and see if that helps. Meanwhile, if you saw me at the vet, you'd think I'd been torturing the poor cat, the way he cries in his carrier. I kept getting the strangest looks from other people. Sigh. They say pets are like kids - now I know how all those mothers of crying babies feel! Teddie has, by the way, shown no interest in the Christmas tree, other than sleeping under it. There are some familiar faces on the tree, though:
You may remember these guys from last year.
These are the stockings I made last year from the patterns at Annie's Woolens. The snowman one is stranded, the holly one is woven, a la the Philosopher's Wool method. They were supposed to be Steve and I's stockings. Well, now they're both mine and I'm using them on my tree. So there. *pbbbt*
More current knits include these:
Dishcloths and unfelted clogs. The observant among you will note that the clogs are obviously not from the same pair. The green is one of Kelly's, the grey is one of Dad's. The reason for that being that Katie can't read (again!) and ordered the wrong amount of wool in each color to make a second one of Kelly's clogs to match the first. I also made the same mistake with Mom's, and ended up ordering more wool since white slippers with blue trim, in a house with these three:
plus two more cats won't stay very pretty for very long. I do, however, have enough of the colors of Dad's to make a full pair, although the colors are inversed of what I had originally said they would be. The very observant will also note that the multicolored dishcloth is not knit. It's crocheted. I finally bit the bullet and learned. It's okay. Crochet does go faster, but to me it's a clunkier looking fabric. I'd definitely be interested in doing an afghan with it at some point, though.
Just a side note on the clogs, I still haven't received the pattern I ordered online. The KnitPicks yarn arrived on Friday. I placed the order on Tuesday. This is why I like KnitPicks, no matter what other people say. So, how did I start working on the clogs already? I happened to find the pattern at my LYS on a random stroll-by Friday. Apparently the LYS *is* good for something, who knew?
And, finally, the pretty blue socks are for Mom. I started them tonight. I can only do chunky knitting for so long, and I love this yarn. I'm doing these cuff down, since her feet are only very slightly smaller than mine. I'm also thinking about doing Dad's socks cuff down as well. His first sock, aka the bane of my sock knitting existence, is this one:
There's a lifeline in the sock at 8.5" from the toe from the amount of times I've frogged the stupid heel. I'm seriously considering frogging the whole thing and doing them cuff down so I can do a flap and gusset heel on them as well. I think Dad would like the look of that type of heel better, anyway. They just might not get their socks in time for Christmas. The clogs will be done, though. It takes me a little over a day to make one of the men's large size. They are an easy knit, although I have to admit that the short row shaping on the soles gets wearing fast.
I've introduced one of my interns to Danica. She wanted to learn entrelac really badly. She knows how to knit, and how to follow a pattern, but she has trouble reading the pattern sometimes. Somehow she's ended up with almost a garter stitch version of it, and extra stitches after the final base triangle. No idea how she managed that. She doubled the pattern so she could fold it in half and make a bag out of it eventually, but that shouldn't have affected anything. I'll have to have her walk me through what she did to figure out where she went wrong.
Anyway, I've ranted long enough, but at least there are pictures this time. I still haven't gotten my confirmation for Stitches West. Sigh. I want to get my stuff! You have no idea how excited I am about going! Oh, and I might be able to see my friend in the AF again this weekend. That would be nice! And Chrissy is organizing a stage management department day trip to Disneyland next Monday. Should be fun!
I bought another one of my almost favorite US 2 circular needles. I am not letting Dad's socks defeat me (although the clogs are going very well). Not that the needle had anything to do with it, but I can at least start working on the second sock and not think about the heel while I'm...
taking the TeddieCat to the vet this afternoon. He's been wheezing a little bit, and sneezing, and I found some blood in his litter box this morning. Chrissy's kitty just had to make a vet trip and got diagnosed with a cold. I hope whatever Teddie has is just that simple! I really hope so, since I can't really afford a lot of treatment - for some reason having my brother here last month broke my budget completely, and now Christmas is coming! Sigh!


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China's canned air mogul Chen Guangbiao has a little Mao complex: The SinoFile
A Chinese state-sanctioned environmentalist is selling air in soda cans, attempting to highlight environmental issues at a time when they are already on the agenda -- this week Beijing pollution continued to reach hazardous highs and questions of public health are abuzz on social media.
Well-known philanthropist Chen Guangbiao, 44, is marketing his cans of air from purer parts of the Greater China Region, such as Tibet, to city-dwellers at five yuan ($.80) a piece.
Around eight million of the cans have been sold in the last 10 days, reports say.
The cans' labels say a lot about Mr. Chen, a self-professed philanthropist and recycling mogul – the 339th richest man in China, with assets amounting to US$740 million in 2012, according to country's Hurun Report Richest list.
On each of Chen's servings of pure oxygen are a socialist abstract portrait of his own face in a sun, above the phrase "Chen Guangbiao is a good man."
'Chen Guangbiao is a good man' -- The logo on his cans of air (Sina Weibo)
Look a little familiar? Here's a Cultural Revolution-era propaganda poster with a similar depiction of Chairman Mao Zedong, above a sign reading, "Mao is the red sun in our hearts."
Chen Guangbiao may just have a little Mao complex.
Also like Mao, Chen is eager to wage a little war with Japan. You may know Chen from his controversial ad in The New York Times, which promoted China's stance in the ongoing territorial dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. The ad featured, on the top right hand corner, a large picture of Chen's face.
Photo from The Shanghaiist blog
And like Chairman Mao, who famously penned and carried around his own Little Red Book, Chen is rather fond of his own words.
"'Tis much greater to live as a popularly respected philanthropist than to die alone as a miser – Chen Guangbiao," reads a quote on his Facebook page.
The page is a treasure trove of other telling tidbits on the chairman of Jiangsu Huangpu Recycling Resources, a company that bills itself as "China's kindest" and on its Web site, features a slideshow – set to melodramatic music -- with images of Chen surrounded by Western ethnic minorities, wearing the kind of Orientalist outfits they are often made to wear in public events that downplay ethnic tensions.
Chen's only interest: "philanthropy"
Chen has only 'liked' six pages on Facebook: China (the country), Mao Zedong, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao. Xi Jinping – the past, present and future of authority in the People's Republic.
Strangely enough, the sixth like is Lin Biao, who helped devise and orchestrate the Cultural Revolution and is thought to have attempted to oust Mao in a failed coup d'etat.
Strange cat.
Ironically enough, Facebook is blocked in China, so Chen likely accessed the US-based social media service with the help of an illegal VPN server to, essentially, jump over Beijing's Great Firewall and onto a Web site authorities worry has the potential to mobilize dissidents.
But Mao was also a man of many contradictions.
Chinese state-owned media is lapping Chen's latest business venture up, well, like a can of air.
In the past, The Global Times has said that Chen is "known (...) for his bombastic self-promotion" – He recently smashed motorbikes with a giant mallet for environmental awareness before countless cameras.
But the publication's reporters have recently written a series of articles lauding the air cans as "ingenious."
Beijing has not restricted public discourse on this latest bout with air pollution. Gestures like Chen's are entirely welcome. But a state-sanctioned environmentalist, promoting awareness and protectionism is a bit odd now, given that late last year, Liu Futang, 65, was facing five years in prison for illegally publishing books on the degradation of the ecosystem in Hainan, an island off China's southern coast.
Perhaps Chen is leveraging the credit he has gained as a staunch patriot to actively address China's issues with clean air. Perhaps China is endorsing Chen and an open discourse on air pollution, because as drastically as Beijing can reshift its own public discourse, it can't tell Beijingers the sky is blue.
What we do know about Chen and his cans for certain: They are proof that environmentalism and economic gain aren't always mutually exclusive.


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Ladies Crave Excitement (June 22, 1935)
Released on June 22, 1935: A bored wealthy girl enjoys the excitement of the newsreel cameramen on the chase of good disaster film, and the attention of one newsman in particular.
Produced by Nat Levine
Directed by Nick Grinde
Written by Wellyn Totman and Scott Darling
The Actors: Norman Foster (Don Phelan), Evalyn Knapp (Wilma Howell), Eric Linden (Bob Starke), Esther Ralston (Miss Winkler, Starke's secretary), Purnell Pratt (Amos Starke), Irene Franklin (Victoria, 'Vi'), Emma Dunn (Mrs. Phelan), Gilbert Emery (J. Fenton Howell), Russell Hicks (Bert S. Taylor), Christian Rub (Lars Swenson), Francis McDonald (Terry), Matt McHugh (Johnson), Jason Robards Sr. (Nick), Syd Saylor (Flynn), George 'Gabby' Hayes (Dan McCloskey, Howell stable master), Stanley Blystone (Joe, Nick's henchman partner), Lynton Brent (Mike), Neal Dodd (minister), Dick Elliott (Stark's aide), Robert Frazer (Globe sales manager), Jack Gardner (cab driver), Henry Hall (Naval officer in newsreel), Sam Harris (extra in racetrack box), Harry Harvey (newsreel truck driver), Edward Hearn (guard), Herbert Heywood (constable), Eugene Jackson (Lightcrust, hose groom), Donald Kerr (father), Mary MacLaren (maid), George Magrill (employment clerk), Frank Marlowe (Scott, photographer), Bruce Mitchell (chief in newsreel), Edward Peil Sr. (warden), Ted Stanhope (deputy), Milburn Stone (sailorat army air show), Herb Vigran (Harry), Max Wagner (Pat), Marie Wilson (girl with the sailor)
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Bored Rich Girl Chases Adventure
Our adventure opens with scenes of newsreel cameraman Don Phelan and his young assistant, who is the inept son of the boss. They are filming exciting disaster scenes with their state of the art movie cameras, which the cameraman must crank the handle of to advance the film - no motors in cameras in those days that would advance the film at exactly the right speed.
Don works for the Union newsreel company, and his chief rival is the Global newsreel company, run by J. Fenton Howell. Now J. Fenton Howell, owner of the Globe newsreel company, has a beautiful young daughter Wilma, who flies an auto-gyro, a cross between an airplane and a helicopter. The wealthy blonde lady rides horses and does everything else that the idle rich do to amuse themselves. But she wants more. She wants to get a job and accomplish something meaningful.
Ahhh . . . but this is 1935, and wealthy women do not work, they only play. Her dad advises her to just find a good husband and become an idle wealthy wife instead of an idle wealthy daughter. But Wilma has spunk. Wilma wants adventure. Wilma Craves Excitement.
This leads to that and Wilma meets Don and the sparks fly. Don provides the excitement that Wilma is searching for, but she must not let Don know that she is the pampered daughter of the owner of the competition. Of course, that won't end well. What are the chances that the hot-shot news reporter from one company can find happiness with the wealthy pampered heiress from his biggest competition? Pop a big bowl of white kernel popcorn with plenty of warm melted butter drizzled over it and enjoy the show.
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Eugene Jackson
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Evalyn Knapp
Frank Marlowe
Gilbert Emery
Irene Franklin
Jason Robards Sr. and Stanley Blystone
Marie Wilson and Milburn Stone
Norman Foster and Eric Linden
Norman Foster and George 'Gabby' Hayes
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Purnell Pratt, Dick Elliott and Norman Foster
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Ex-champ Tyson Fury to make boxing comeback in June
LONDON, United Kingdom – Former heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury is to make his comeback for a first fight in two-and-a-half years in Manchester on June 9 with his opponent still to be named, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday, April 12.
The 29-year-old Briton – who has not fought since his shock win against Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to become the then undisputed heavyweight world champion – was cleared to fight again in December by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) after accepting a backdated two-year ban for testing positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone.
"I can't wait to get in there and prove I am the best, even after all this time out," said Fury.
Fury and his cousin and fellow heavyweight Hughie Fury, 23, tested positive in February 2015. However, they were not charged by UKAD until June 2016, by which time Fury had beaten Klitschko.
Both fighters blamed the result on eating wild boar.
A rematch with Klitschko was scheduled for July 2016 but Fury postponed the fight, citing a sprained ankle, on the same day the UKAD charge was announced.
Fury also failed a test for cocaine in September 2016 and later admitted using the recreational drug to deal with depression related to his injury and UKAD problems.
He has previously laid down a challenge to compatriot Anthony Joshua, who unified the WBO, IBF and WBA titles against New Zealand's Joseph Parker in Cardiff last month.
However, Fury will have to wait for his shot at Joshua, who is targeting a blockbuster unification bout with fellow unbeaten world champion Deontay Wilder, who holds the WBC heavyweight belt.
Fury said he believes Wilder is "top of the pile" of the current crop of heavyweights but insisted "they're all very vulnerable and very beatable too".
Warren, though, believes Fury needs "three or four fights" before being ready to take on Joshua.
"He's going to be busy. He needs to get some rounds under his belt," Warren said.
"He needs to get himself fighting fit. He's fit but he needs to be fighting fit." – Rappler.com


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There are lots of ways to look at the performance of the U.S. team at the just-concluded Sochi 2014 Winter Games. The American team won 28 medals, nine gold.
The optimist says that's great.
The realist says the U.S. not only could have done better but almost surely should have. The International Olympic Committee added 12 new events to the 2014 program, mostly in the so-called action sports, and in those 12 Americans won nine medals. So — what happened around so much of the rest of the team?
Starting with the optimist's view:
Sochi marked the best U.S. performance at a non-North American Winter Games. Those 28 medals were second only to the host Russians, who won the overall count with 33. Nine tied the mark set in Vancouver four years ago for most-ever gold medals at a non-domestic Games. The U.S. team won 10 in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Mikaela Shiffrin, just 18, won the first gold medal in women's slalom skiing in 42 years. Ted Ligety won the men's giant slalom under extraordinary pressure.
The two-man bobsled team, Steve Holcomb and Steve Langton, won the first medal of any color — in this instance, bronze — in 62 years. Holcomb would later drive the four-man sled to another bronze.
Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper swept the Olympic debut of slopestyle skiing. That marked only the third time U.S. men have swept the podium at the Winter Games. The prior occasions: figure skating 1956, snowboard halfpipe 2002.
Alan Ashley, the U.S. Olympic Committee's chief of sport performance, declared last Saturday at a news conference at the Sochi 2014 main press center that, overall, the American team had done a "fantastic job."
The realist's extrapolation:
Starting from the exact same place: 28 medals, nine golds, and comparing that with Vancouver: 37 medals, nine golds.
Should going to Russia instead of just across the border to Canada make so much difference?
If before the Games Americans would have been a known lock for nine medals in the 12 new events, experts in some circles would not have found it unreasonable to have predicted 40 medals overall for Team USA.
How, then, to appropriately assess 28?
The entire U.S. Olympic Winter team did not win as many medals as the U.S. track and field team did in London in 2012. The track team won 29.
For that matter, the U.S. 2012 swim team won 31.
Overall, there were 98 medal events at the Sochi Games. One potentially very useful metric is how many medal opportunities there were — that is, available spots for Americans to earn a medal.
It's not a simple case of multiplying 98 times three (the number of medals per event). In some events there might only be one American available to earn a medal; in others, several.
Bottom-line: there were, by the end of the Games, 255 medal opportunities. Again, American athletes earned 28 medals. That's a return rate of 10.98 percent.
Perhaps this, then, might offer the best measure of the 2014 U.S. team's performance: is a return rate of 10.98 percent good, or can it — or better yet, ought to be — improved upon?
For comparison, the London track team's return rate: 29 of 143, or 20.3 percent.
The gold standard is the 2012 U.S. swim team: 31 of 62, or 50 percent.
Of the nine gold medals, five came from new events; four from events that had been on the program before 2014.
As pointed out by Law Murray, a graduate student at the Annenberg journalism school at the University of Southern California who was a credentialed reporter at the Games, all nine of the gold medalists are under age 30.
Much of the pre-Games media attention focused on veterans such as snowboarder Shaun White and speedskater Shani Davis. Neither medaled. As Murray also noted, of the 20 individual medalists, 14 won medals for the first time in Sochi. Only the 20 new medalists from the 2002 Salt Lake Games exceeded that number.
The USOC looks at all these kinds of things, and more. It has two fundamental priorities. One, win medals. Two, inspire the American public. The inspiring depends on the medals. This is the mission. And the mission, so it's clearly understood, can involve some serious money.
Strictly speaking, the USOC does not, in the manner of a traditional American business, seek ROI, or return on investment. But — when you are laying out $2,724,345 to US Speedskating, as the USOC did in 2012, the year for which disbursements are most recently available, according to the USOC's tax returns, and the long-track team goes oh-for-Sochi, it's reasonable to launch a far-reaching inquiry.
As first pointed out by Gary D'Amato of the Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel, the U.S. long-track team's medal count since 2002 has gone like this: eight, seven, four, zero. That belies an institutional problem that, finally, exploded into the public domain in 2014.
USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said last Saturday, "If you look at the speedskating results, we weren't the only nation that got smoked," the Dutch taking a torch to the rest of the world.
Echoed Ashley: "Our job now is to say, 'What went wrong, what went right and how do we improve?' "
Another program that figures to invite scrutiny: the figure skaters won a bronze in the new team event, true, but left Sochi without a medal in men's or ladies' singles for the first time since 1936. That is, in a word, unacceptable.
The USOC, according to its tax statements, gave the U.S. Figure Skating Assn. $842,486 in 2012; $866,966 in 2011; $1,023,025 in 2010.
The United States produced the men's gold medalist in 2010, the women's silver medalist in 2006 and gold medalist in 2002. Now?
The last U.S. woman to medal at an Olympics or world championships — in an Olympic year, the worlds come after a Games — is Kimmie Meissner, who won the world championship in 2006.
Since 2010, no U.S. man has finished higher than seventh at the Olympics or the worlds.
Figure skating's scoring system is opaque, surely. But last Thursday, on a night when Americans Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner were talked up big-time by many of figure skating's most traditional U.S. supporters — Gold would ultimately would finish fourth, Wagner seventh — the TV ratings underscored the challenge:
The ladies' free skate, traditionally a highlight of the Games, attracted 20.3 million viewers, as Russia's Adelina Sotnikova won gold over South Korea's Yuna Kim amid controversy. The comparable night in Torino, when American Sasha Cohen won silver, drew 25.7 million. That is 5.4 million fewer people, a drop of 21 percent.
The U.S. men's hockey team came to Sochi proclaiming "gold or bust," beat the Russians in one of the Games' most dramatic moments and then, in a 5-0 bronze-medal loss to Finland, proved they really meant it — it really was gold or time to go into the tank. "We didn't show up. We let our country down. That's it," forward Max Pacioretty was quoted as saying in the Los Angeles Times.
There were high hopes this might be the breakthrough year for both cross-country skiing (no medals since 1976) and biathlon (no medals, ever). Didn't happen.
It's easy to see how the U.S. team could have more than made up the medals it won four years ago:
Lindsey Vonn did not ski in Sochi because she was hurt. In 2010, she won two.
The Nordic combined team, altogether, won four in 2010. In Sochi, zero.
The long-track team, in Vancouver, four. In Sochi, zero.
Add those together and you get 10. Add 10 to 28 and 38 is almost the 40 that figured to come with the new additions to the program.
Of course, sports — particularly at the Olympics — can often prove a matter of woulda, coulda, shoulda.
For every medal the United States didn't win, there's one it surprisingly did — such as Andrew Weibrecht's silver in the super-G, a reprise of his 2010 bronze in the same event.
Some would suggest that the move to 28 from 37 is also tied to the increasing globalization of the Winter Games. In the men's snowboard halfpipe, for instance, traditionally the province of White and other Americans, no U.S. man medaled; two Japanese and a Swiss rocked the podium.
Then again, in Vancouver, 26 national Olympic committees won medals. In Sochi, exactly the same number, 26 NOCs, won medals.
"Things don't always shake out the way you want to," Ashley, ever diplomatic, said last Saturday. "The surprises are sometimes way more exciting than the disappointments."


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bringing 2 U events & happenings in and around Ipoh … & beyond…
Hat Yai Municipal Park is a large recreational park-cum-tourist attraction to the east of Hat Yai City in Thailand. Within the park itself, there are many points of interest.
How much time would one need to enjoy the entire park? Half a day, I would say, but quite impossible to cover the whole area in just a single visit.
It is quite tricky to visit Hat Yai Municipal Park without your own transport. From the entrance of the park, there is a public shuttle (for a fee) that takes visitors to the Goddess of Mercy complex. Do take note that transport service may be unavailable on Mondays.
From building complex, climb more than 300 steps stairway to the Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj statue. This is the tallest Buddha statue in Southern Thailand.
Named Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj, it stands at 19.9 metres (25 metres if include its base) and weighs 200 tonnes. If you have chartered a tuk-tuk, this is the area to alight.
This is also the place where you can take a short cable car ride to visit Brahma Statue (Lord Brahma Complex). Cable car ride (return trip) is ฿200 per passenger (foreigner), ฿100 (Thai adult) and ฿50 (Thai child).
With own transport, you can drive right up to the Lord Brahma Complex, although you would need a vehicle powerful enough to cope with the steep roads.
The religious aspect of the park, encompassing Taoism, Buddhism and Thai Buddhism, is just one part of Hat Yai Municipal Park.
There is also the Planetarium, equipped with an 80-seat theatre. Another attraction is the King Rama V Monument. If you have time to spare, you can enjoy the main park where there is a calm lake, best for picnic.
Now that I have visited once, I would surely want to go again the next time I am in Hat Yai. It would be best to go by own transport, in order to visit every point of interest at leisure. Do bear in mind to dress appropriately when visiting temples and wats in Thailand.
This trip was made possible by Dexma Express, Malindo Air, and 尚游 Premium Travel. Malindo Air Malaysia flies direct from Subang SkyPark Terminal (SZB) and Penang International Airport (PEN) to Hat Yai International Airport (HDY) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday.
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the architecture is so amazing. nice info
Been to Hat Yai but never visit this place. Next time should go here.
Planned to visit Hat Yai this year. Can go here later
Hat yai one of the place that i wanted to go..my whislist..thanks for info so later i know where to visit in Hat Yai
This place has a lot of stunning and impressive architecture. I would love to visit this place someday.
About to plan my hat yai trip on the coming month. Will definitely include this place in my check list!


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Once more A. H. & A. W. Reed come to the fore with an excellent little production. This book describing ancient Maori games is profusely illustrated with first class drawings, the artist, Dennis Turner, capturing a sound likeness to the Maori right through. Very wisely the author points out that, there being no shops, the Maori children had to make their own toys, and suggests that today's children might like to do the same.
Games dealt with are kites, throwing sticks, darts, the Maori haka and poi dances, running punipuni and other games of skill. Instructions are given for the playing of mu torere (sometimes called Maori draughts), whai, bush games, hoops, purerehua, potaka, stilts and games played in the water.
This 'book would make an inexpensive and much appreciated gift. I might say, however, that the price gives no indication as to the value of the book. It has a hard cover and a very well illustrated jacket, showing five tekoteko, one flying a kite, another twirling a Bull-Roarer, one doing whai, one whipping a top and the last walking on stilts.
Unfortunately, a mis-spelt version of Manurere has been used in place a E Papa Waiari. However, the remainder of the book is of such excellence that little is lost by this small mistake.
Hemi Bennett.
Richard Seddon felt that New Zealand needed protection from the North. That was one of his main reasons for acquiring the Cook Islands. But having got them, he did not seem to know exactly what to do with them.
Today, however, the Cook Islands administration is moving ahead of events, finding its way with land-utilisation surveys, investigation for a quickfreeze industry, for improved transport to New Zealand, for community and social welfare, for political reform. No longer need the administrator fumble his way in the dark. "Social Change in the South Pacific" brings the light of a new day to the Cook Islands.
The chief value of this book lies in its use for the future. Dr Beaglehole's exploration of the missionary past and the more moderate present in Rarotonga and Aitutaki gives the answer to the future of the Cook Islands and much of Polynesia. He studies, step by step, the impact of the European upon the Polynesian. He shows how the Rarotongan and Aitutakian adopted only that part of the Christian doctrine and practice that suited their needs. He analyses the life there today, involving as it does something of the best, something of the worst, of both worlds. He shows how the differences between Polynesian and European lie in childhood training and historical background.
Dr Beaglehole underlines the need for political equality and more responsibility, for co-operative schemes, with group competition in agriculture, industry and village welfare. Above all, he emphasizes the need for better housing, better schools, and better education for citizenship and parenthood, so that one may build a better world in our islands.
Tini Whetu Te Aute
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An employment survey carried out by the Rotary Clubs of Waitara and New Plymouth show that the Maori people have managed to penetrate only into a few of the skilled trades and professions in these places. Out of 217 Maoris employed in Waitara, 240 are in the meat exporting industry; three in professional and clerical occupations. In New Plymouth, 80 out of 102 Maoris employed are in the building industry, where their jobs range from foremen, skilled tradesmen and heavy vehicle drivers to labourers. There are no Maoris in the clerical and retail sectors.
The Rotary Clubs have done well to show up the facts. Their survey may be a beginning of a widening of the occupational spread of the Maori people of the district.


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It was an ugly day in Europe, and the finish was particularly bad.
Mario Monti delivered a big disappointment (by not doing more to reduce peripheral borrowing costs) and stocks fell hard.
Here's a look at the Italian market, which ended down 4.2%. You can see the final hour of trading was particularly poor.


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