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From the very moment that Microsoft lifted the curtain and revealed Windows 8 at the D9 conference last year up to now, quite a lot of people have been arguing about just how easy the new Metro-infused user interface — one that is rather gesture-heavy and designed primarily with touch in mind — will be to use with a keyboard and mouse.
Whether you're using peripherals or your fingers, there will always be a bit of a learning curve with Windows 8 due to its relatively gesture-heavy nature compared to the likes of iOS. There are things that you can do with pretty much every corner and side of the screen, and this isn't a necessarily bad thing. After spending some time using the OS, I became rather well-acquainted with it.
However, as I've discovered with OS X Lion — an OS that, on a smaller scale, has also thrown a few touch paradigms into the mix — using a touch-enabled mouse and/or trackpad really enhances the experience. Simple things such as the ability to swipe to go back/forward on a website, tap with two fingers to access Mission Control and see all of your windows, switch spaces with the flick of two fingers, or scroll both vertically and horizontally save time and make using the OS more intuitive and fun.
That being said, I decided to request Microsoft's entire lineup of touch-enabled mice for review: The Microsoft Touch Mouse, Explorer Touch Mouse, and Arc Touch Mouse to get a feel for their existing approach to touch peripherals.
Before I proceed, however, I need to clarify something. The only "touch" support that the latter two mice have to offer is with scrolling. Not a bad thing, though, as they're still decent mice; the Arc Touch is awesome from a mobility standpoint, for one. But labeling them as touch mice is pretty misleading as most normal people associate touch with gesture support, and not just a better scrolling experience.
The Touch Mouse actually lives up to its name, however, and offers an assortment of gestures to help users better interact with Windows 8 on their PCs, where the keyboard and mouse still reign as the preferred input method.
Read on for thoughts on using the Touch Mouse in Windows 8, along with general thoughts on the other two mice.
Touch Mouse
So, here it is: Microsoft's flagship touch mouse. With a sleek and ergonomic design that makes it comfortable to use — as with most Microsoft peripherals — the touch-sensitive zone is denoted by Xs and dots that also add a pleasant texture to the mouse. Taking a page from Apple's playbook, the mouse is technically just one giant button, though you can still easily right-click. If you're not accustomed to this from using Apple mice, you may find it a bit unusual at first.
Having just one button isn't the issue at hand, however. The problem lies with the actual clicking experience, which feels stiff and unusual. In some cases, right clicks just didn't seem to register. If, in the next iteration of the mouse, they address this issue, it'll be much more enjoyable to use.
The mouse communicates with your PC through a USB nanotransceiver that's easy to lose, so, for safekeeping, it is recommended that you store it in the slot at the bottom of the mouse. The Touch Mouse also utilizes Microsoft's BlueTrack technology, allowing it to perform well on an array of different surfaces.
I don't want to spend too much time talking about the Touch Mouse's non-touch functionality; the real reason behind this post are the touch gestures offered by this device, after all.
Back in July, Microsoft announced that some new gestures were made available on the Touch Mouse, designed specifically for Windows 8. To recap, here they are:
- A one finger swipe will allow you to move side to side or up and down, shifting content on your screen.
- Two finger movements manage apps, allowing users to display Windows 8 charms, switch through open apps and show app commands.
- Three finger movements will let you zoom in and out.
- Thumb gestures navigate backward and forward through apps.
As you can see, there's certainly a cornucopia of gestures that make Windows 8 more intuitive to use when the keyboard and mouse are your primary forms of input. However, that's useless if the gestures fail to work at all; the mouse often has trouble properly recognizing gestures. It may even misinterpret certain gestures — for example, I may try to gradually scroll down the page, but it would misinterpret it as a flick and sentence me to the very bottom of whatever I was reading — or miss them completely.
If they work out the kinks of this mouse with the clicking experience and gestures, I would definitely recommend it to add to the Windows 8 user experience. However, until then, I can't say that I recommend purchasing this mouse.
Arc Touch Mouse
Next up, we have the aptly named Arc Touch Mouse, which is explicitly designed for portable, on the go use. When called upon for use, it springs into action and assumes a curved arc position which turns the mouse on, flattening and turning off once the user is finished. While the design, pictured above, may initially look peculiar, the mouse is actually surprisingly ergonomic and enjoyable to use. The area where your palm rests is comprised of a comfortable, soft material — which, unfortunately, is a magnet for dust — while the button area is a glossy plastic.
Now, in terms of touch functionality, what this mouse has to offer is the ability to use your finger to scroll. You may flick, glide, or tap to navigate and scroll through a page. The coolest bit about the scroll area on this mouse — which lies in between the two buttons — is that it gives back tactile feedback in response to your scrolling. Given that there is no actual scroll wheel in that area, this certainly simulates the feeling of one in a much more satisfying fashion.
This mouse doesn't work with your PC using Bluetooth, though. Instead, a USB nano transceiver is offered, which you can magnetically store at the bottom of the mouse for safekeeping, as pictured above.
The Arc Touch Mouse is rather awesome, and if you're someone who owns a laptop and frequently takes it with you everywhere you go, or if you travel frequently, I'd definitely recommend it. It's both portable and usable.
Explorer Touch Mouse
Finally, we have the Explorer Touch Mouse. Like the Arc Touch Mouse, it's compact and designed for portability, though it's arguably less portable; while small in size, it cannot be flattened for storage when not in use. Nevertheless, it should still be sufficient for most travelers to carry around and pack. The mouse is also pretty lightweight, thanks to the plastic that it's made out of. Unfortunately, due to this same reason, the mouse lacks a sense of build quality and sturdiness, but I suppose that the weight advantage outweighs this issue, given its objective to be a very portable mouse.
Like the former two mice, this one communicates with the PC through a USB nanotransceiver and uses BlueTrack tracking technology. And, like the Arc Touch Mouse, it lacks more complex gesture supports.
However, it does offer some pretty nifty scrolling functionality. The mouse supports four-way directional scrolling by using just your finger, and that delightful tactile feedback that we all know and love is given off as you scroll. I find it interesting how four-way scrolling isn't present on the Arc Touch, which has a scrolling area that closely resembles that of the Explorer Touch Mouse.
If the unorthodox form factor of the Arc Touch mouse doesn't satisfy the grasp of your palm, and you're more interested in a regular — but relatively minuscule — portable mouse, than this is the one for you.
Given Windows 8 and the importance of using new gestures to navigate its UI, I was really hoping that the Touch Mouse would come through and be the one, but I'm unable to look past the stiff clicking and frequent misinterpretation of gestures to properly recommend it. However, I'm confident that Microsoft is aware of these issues and will fix them in the next revision of the mouse. Provided this does happen, I'd have no problem wholeheartedly recommending it as an excellent companion to Windows 8.
The real winner in this review has to be the Arc Touch mouse. It's unique and surprisingly comfortable to use, given its anorexic form factor. You can "flatten" the mouse when you're not using it, allowing for maximum portability while on the go. And, on top of being portable and pleasant to use, the tactile feedback you receive when scrolling is also a nice touch.
The Explorer Touch Mouse was okay, but nothing really stood out to me about it. But, for those of you who do like smaller mice like it and want a Microsoft hardware product with tactile four-way scrolling and Bluetrack, then you'll like it a lot.
To learn more about each of these mice, check out the Microsoft Hardware website.


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Writing about the Qin's ascent to power, John Keay in his popular history book China: A History mentions:
He [Shi Hunagdi] himself wore black, while his troops in black armour issued from black-flagged fortifications beneath black-emblazoned standards. … The number six posed no problem. The interlocking tally-sticks that signified an imperial commission were ordered to be six 'inches' wide; and the length of a 'pace' was calculated as exactly six 'feet' (it was a double pace, or two strides). Six 'feet' was also the prescribed width of official carriages. [emphasis author's, not mine]
--China: A History, John Keay, pg. 91 (third paragraph), 2008-2009 print edition.
Now, it seems that he has defined the "feet" in the literal sense of the word. But counting in double strides, it would then become "three strides" not "six feet". And he hasn't clarified what he means by "inches".
Around that time, according to wikipedia, the Chinese measurements were 尺, 步, and 里 --none of whose six counts come close to acceptable widths of tally-sticks or carriages.
The Question
Because the author specifies no sources for this speculation I reach out to Chinese history experts on this SE to get their opinion on the correctness of his claim and perhaps even clarifications on what he may have meant by "inches" and "feet".
P.S.:- To those who may wonder why "six" is important to this question --the colour black, the season winter, and the number six are associated with the Chinese element "Water". The Qin's associated element was "Water" as they had displaced the Eastern Zhou (周朝) whose element was fire.
Clarification: The author's writing style is such that he encloses modern equivalents of ancient Chinese terms in single quotes and omits the mention of the ancient Chinese term (presumably to maintain an easy reading and avoid unnecessary deviations from the main analysis). Thus --'counties', 'courts', and 'feet'.

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Series 1: Organizational Records, 1872-1896, n.d.
Certificate of incorporation 1872
Annual report, 1877 1878
History 1890
Miscellany 1885, 1896, n.d.
Series 2: Minutes of Meetings, 1872-1905, n.d.
Minutes 1872 -1881 March 3
Minutes 1881 March 17 -1892 July
Minutes 1892 August-1905
Minutes, miscellany 1890-1901, n.d.
Series 3: Correspondence, 1874-1898.
Correspondence 1874-85
Correspondence 1877-98
Series 4: Indexes, n.d.
Books n.d.
Student and Intellectual Observer, Intellectual Observer, American Naturalist, Popular Science Review, and Lens (as to subjects relating to Microscopical Science) and meetings of scientific societies n.d.
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science and Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society n.d.
Monthly Microscopical Journal [and Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society] n.d.
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1870-1892, n.d.
Scrapbook, clippings 1870-1877
Scrapbook, clippings ca. 1878-1887 May
Scrapbook, clippings 1887 May-1892
Fern mounts n.d.
Photographs of microscopic organisms n.d.
Series 6: Writings by Members, 1872-1892.
Attwood, Melville and Hanks, Henry G. Native alloy - Comstock Lode ca. 1874
Attwood, Melville, 1812-1898
Rusty gold 1875
Micro-lithology 1875
Micro-lithology 1876
Porphyry n.d.
Blake, James
New variety of gold bearing mica n.d.
Breckenfeld, A. H.
Pond life 1890
The fructification of some of our common ferns 1892
Some of our common forms of fresh 1892
water algae
Clark, Xenos
The vibration microscope 1878
The hard tissues of animals n.d.
Dod, A. F.
Dr. Tolle's "4 system" immersion 1/10 objective 1875
Edwards, Arthur M. (Arthur Mead)
New apparatus for the microscope 1892
Examination, made by means of the microscope, of the specimens of the Geological Survey of California 1892
Examination, made by means of the microscope, of the specimens of the Geological Survey of California (2nd edition) 1892
Substitute for glass for covers and slides for the microscope (No. 2) 1892
Mode of cleaning diatoms for the microscope (No. 3) 1892
[Notes on microscopic techniques] (No. 4) and A medium for mounting microscopical objects, both animal and vegetable, of a high refractive index, and which would not mould. Omaha Clinic 1892
What is a "species" in the Diatomacea (No. 5) 1892
Report on the sample of mud (clay?) brought in by the [Str.?] "Brucewell," Capt. A. H. Benson in Ap. 92, Lat. N. 40ø 29'. Long. W. 74ø. 06'. Depth to sand 3 « to 4 fath (No. 6) 1892
On a deposit of marsh mud upheaval by supincumbent pressure and containing the remains of shells of Mollusca and microscopic organisms (No. 7) 1893
On a Champlain(?) deposit of Diatomacea belonging to the Littoral Plain (No. 8) 1893
On a fresh-water fossil deposit of Diatomacea consisting of clay in New Jersey and its geology, with the occurrence of marine species along with fresh-water (No. 9) 1893
The Diatomacea of kettle holes and the clay underlying them on the borders of the glacial gravel in New Jersey (No. 10) 1893
Report on the examination by means of the microscope of certain specimens from the United States Geological Survey (No. 11) 1893
Review of the genus Cyclotella, a genus of the Diatomacea (No. 12) 1893
Examination of Raised Coast Diatomacea from around Boston, Mass. n.d.
The re-discovery of a Diatomaceaous Stratum in Florida n.d.
Edwards, Henry
Sugar-cane weevil 1874
Notes on a species of Gordius (Class Entozoa). Colusa, Calif. (new) 1875
Freund, R. H.
The 70th birthday of Louis Pasteur 1893
Hanks, H. G. (Henry Garber), 1826-1907
Our mint stone ca. 1874
Coccus Lacca 1875
Polarized light 1875
Report on San Diego water 1876
Silver mud (so-called) 1876
A mechanical finger 1877
The divisibility of gold 1878
Examination of a bilary calculus 1892
Report on sample of volcanic ash from Wenjaminow, Alaska ca. 1892
On the origin of magnetic rocks n.d.
Harkness, H. W. (Harvey Willson), 1821-1901
Melampsora salicini. Fungus found in Williams, Sac. River 1876
Peridermium Harknessii. A new fungus 1876
Xanthium strumarium. Fungus on cockle burr 1876
Erysiphe graminus, or wheat mildew 1877
Howard, F. L.
Epizoa n.d.
Hyde, Henry C.
Spontaneous generation 1877
Kinne, C. Mason
Acari in date sugar 1874
Acarus sacchari in ham 1874
How a fly walks 1875
Worms (so-called) in teeth 1875
Acarus found in diseased lemon trees 1876
Trichobasis, or grain rust 1877
Flea seeds. Cynips saltatorius n.d.
Scale insect n.d.
Kustel, Guido
Efflorescence of silver 1872
Lockington, W. N. (William N.)
Artemia utahensis. A new crustacean 1875
Moore, J. P.
Agaricus tridens. A new fungus 1876
Lentinus aurantius 1876
Pinus tuberculata and grape vine fungus 1876
Agaricus (clytocybe) occidentalis 1877
Agaricus nemorosus and Tremella frondosa, latter edible 1877
Edible fungi 1877
The laurel wood borer 1878
A new fungus - Polyporus (Merisma) Kalakaua 1878
[Morehouse, G. W.]
Some notes on the markings of Frustulia saxonica 1877
Mouser, S. M.
The microscope in medicine 1878
A microscopic cabinet n.d.
Norris, Wm.
On the study of diatoms n.d.
O'Toole, M. C.
Observations on structural changes in diseases of the heart 1892
Pischl, Caspar
Gonococci from a case of ophthalmia neonatorum 1891
Sanderson, H. E.
The spirillum of Asiatic cholera 1892
Smith, J. Edwards
The microscope and its misinterpretations 1875
Object glasses 1875
Microscopic gymnastics 1876
Paper on Dr. Wythe's amplifiers 1876
Stallard, J. H. (Joshua Harrison)
On some pathogenic bacilli n.d.
Stodder, Charles
Notes on Diatomacea from Santa Monica, Cal. 1878
Stout, Arthur B.
Hygiene. Water-tanks on tops of houses 1873
Wythe, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1822-1901
New microscopic amplifiers 1876
Light receiving organs of octopus 1877
Ultimate structure of striated muscle 1892
Graphiology n.d.
Graphiology n.d.
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This older style Brittany house has been impressively refurbished to make an excellent value holiday property. Located on the banks of the Etel river in pretty hamlet of Vieux Passage, which marks the original crossing point of the river before the impressive Pont Lorois was built. Etel was once the centre of the tuna fishing industry, but today is only left with a small port and the aptly named 'Bistrot a Thon', which famously serves tuna in over 60 different recipes!.
The property is situated in a quiet cul de sac within walking distance of the port, local shop and a small sandy beach area.
Steps up to ground floor. Entrance hall leading to lounge
dining room with comfortable seating, TV, DVD and Wi-Fi. Terrace. Across hall to kitchen
overlooking the rear garden. Breakfast table, induction hob, oven, microwave,
coffee machine, fridge and dishwasher. Stairs from hall to garage with washing
machine and freezer.
Twin bedroom. Five steps up to :- Double bedroom (160cm bed) with TV. Double bedroom (140cm bed) with TV. Bathroom with hand basin, bath and separate shower.
Outside: Good sized enclosed garden surrounding the house with outdoor furniture and BBQ. Parking for 2 cars.


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58 Days. The snap bean (or green bean) is
eaten pod and all and is one of those
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than bought at the grocery store. Blue
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of round, 6" pods all at once on
16"-18" tall, bushy plants; beans are
stringless when picked young.
Excellent flavor, one of the best for
freezing. Also a good container variety.
This packet sows two 10?foot rows.
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When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED.
1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and
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Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up
to 60 days before first fall frost. NOTE: In very
hot summer areas, sow as recommended
above but skip the heat of summer as
daytime temperatures consistently above
90°F will cause bean flowers to drop off (no
bean formation).
When to start inside: Not recommended.
Harvesting: Harvesting: Snap beans are ready to pick when the pod "snaps" or breaks in half cleanly. This is when seeds have just begun to form and the pods are 4"-6" long. Hold stem with one hand and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which may continue to produce. At season's end, plants are great compost material if not diseased.
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At PAX Prime in Seattle, Markus "Notch" Persson and his studio Mojang have built a neat "Minecraft Museum" where they're displaying memorabilia and art from their hit PC game. But they've also got something a bit feistier on display.
In a humorous bit of nose-thumbing, Persson and co. have framed and put on display what appears to be the original letter sent to them from Elder Scrolls-maker Bethesda threatening legal action over the name of Mojang's game Scrolls.
You can see the letter above, and if you're at PAX (and can read Swedish), swing by and read it.


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2nd tainted meningitis shot victim in Md. identified
John Millhausen, 84, of Fallston, died due to tainted shots, officials say
The Maryland Medical Examiner's Office has released the identity of the second person in the state who has died in relation to the cross-country fungal meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroid injections.
The medical examiner confirmed that John Millhausen, 84, of Fallston, died Nov. 15 of complications from fungal meningitis stemming from a contaminated steroid injection.
The state reported its first deadly case in October. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 590 illnesses and 37 deaths nationwide are now linked to the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.
The CDC said seven Maryland facilities may have administered the shots, including:
- Baltimore Pain Management in Baltimore
- Berlin Interventional Pain Management in Berlin
- Box Hill Surgery Center in Abingdon
- Greenspring Surgery Center in Baltimore
- Harford County ASC in Edgewood
- Pain Medicine Specialists in Towson
- Surgcenter of Bel Air in Bel Air
The CDC said it has been informed of 25 cases in Maryland to date, including the two fatalities.


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President Obama upped the ante in the battle for Latino votes — and for the state of Florida — when he aired his first Spanish-language ad targeting Mitt Romney for opposing his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 30-second ad, airing in Florida markets, shows images of Obama and Sotomayor, the first Latina ever nominated for the nation's highest court, before noting that Romney did not stand with Hispanics at that historic moment. (Listen carefully and you can hear the president speaking in Spanish at the end of the ad.)
Sotomayor is one of the most popular and respected figures in Hispanic communities across America. In March, Romney said on a conservative radio program that he would have voted against Sotomayor if he had been given the chance.
Obama is trying to continuing his efforts to drive a wedge between Latino voters and Romney, who tacked to the right on issues such as immigration during his long march to the GOP nomination. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to the Congressional Hispanic Council Institute on Thursday, called Latino voters "the most powerful force in U.S. politics."
Recent polls show Obama maintaining a large lead among Latinos, with 66 percent support to 29 percent support for Romney. Hispanic turnout could be critical to Obama's chances in swing states including Colorado, Nevada, Florida and Virginia.


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It is now well known that the Winnipeg Jets do not like home openers.
After losing the second one they were a part of this season Saturday night, they no longer have to be involved in one until next year.
A fact the Phoenix Coyotes can't really say for sure they will be a part of in Glendale next year.
But the 0-3 Jets haven't shown much in the category of awe and wonder when it comes to play on the ice.
In three games, the Jets have had one lead, which was quickly erased by a very experienced and smart Chicago Blackhawks team.
They were already down 34 seconds in Phoenix, which took a shorter time to trail than it did when the Montreal Canadiens were in town.
Fact of the matter is – three decent teams, three losses.
With 79 games to go, all that we shouldn't hear is how panicked every Jets fan is because this team has much to learn.
They just moved cities this summer, ableit very quickly and there are some adjustments they must adapt to accordingly.
Monday night brings about another challenge in the Pittsburgh Penguins – another good team, though they are without captain Sidney Crosby.
If the Jets are to contend this season at all, these are the teams they need to get ahead on and be able to finish when the game matters the most.
They couldn't do it in Chicago, maybe a little home cooking will help the Jets realize they have the entire city of hockey-rabid Winnipeg fans behind them.


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Until very recently, the notion of partnering with a regulatory body to achieve environmental goals was unimaginable; a climate of mutual distrust immediately dampened any attempt at the openness necessary to cooperation. However, a range of initiatives designed to promote collaboration between business and government on environmental issues has been introduced, offering an opportunity to change the environmental regulatory landscape. The comments from the business community in this report describe the experience and illustrate the learnings of companies who have chosen to participate in voluntary partnerships with a state government or federal agency. Three partnership profiles describe the parameters of individual endeavors. A final section on keys to successful business/government partnerships provides insight into building new alliances.


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In their zeal to cut government spending, Republicans in Congress have been quoting the Constitution and hacking away at funds for National Public Radio, which saved $5 million.
But if those same Republicans had seriously honored the Constitution 10 years ago, they might have saved $4-to-6 trillion.
That's the total estimated cost of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – wars that Congress putatively authorized but never formally declared. Article I, Section 8, is explicit: "The Congress shall have Power to ... declare War." But to its discredit, Congress has failed the American people for more than half a century on this score.
And now it's happening again, as the US began bombing Libya without a congressional declaration – or even a single hearing or debate.
It's all well and good for tea party sloganeers and their Republican allies to gripe about budget deficits. But it smacks of political cowardice when they neglect to tell the American people that our habit of fighting undeclared wars may be our costliest government "program" of all.
The cost of wrongheaded wars
There is no more eloquent testimony that Iraq and Afghanistan were wrongheaded wars than Defense Secretary Robert Gates's speech in February to the cadets at West Point. "In my opinion," he said, "any future Defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it."
Secretary Gates echoed the earlier lament of the late Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who left the Pentagon in 1968, midway through the Vietnam War, and who later admitted it was the mother of all foolhardiness.
In Vietnam, and later Iraq, our presidents misled us while the stampede to go to war might have been averted with a serious congressional debate before any resolution for a declaration of war.
President Johnson told Americans that unless they drew a line in Indochina, all of Southeast Asia would fall like dominoes under the sway of a Vietnamese-Chinese axis.
Senate debate on Vietnam might have exposed flaws
A deliberate Senate debate might have exposed the flaws in that theory. There were no dominoes, and four years after American troops left Saigon, the Chinese and the Vietnamese were at war with each other.
Sadly, the Senate debated the Vietnam war only three years into that conflict. By that time it was too late. The US Senate prides itself on being the "world's greatest deliberative body," but its last really great debate was about civil rights in the 1960s.
I recently read Karl Marlantes's poignant novel "Matterhorn," which seems a thinly disguised first-person account of a Marine rifle platoon getting mauled in Vietnam as a result of bad orders from unthinking senior officers intent on their own promotions up the ranks.
The novel breaks your heart, because it calls to mind a question asked of President Gerald Ford at a White House news conference a week after Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. Aldo Beckman of the Chicago Tribune stood up and essentially asked President Ford what he would like to tell the parents of the 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam. It was unfair to target Ford when the question should have been asked of Presidents Johnson and Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Iraq war: gap between perception, reality
More recently, the casus belli for the Iraq war was hyped up by the fearmongers of the Bush-Cheney White House. Had US senators considered the rationale for war in Iraq more seriously than they did, they might have found laughable some of Vice President Cheney's alarmist remarks.
Writing in 2004, former senior CIA analyst Michael Scheuer suggested that the gap between our perception and the reality of modern US military engagements makes for an embarrassing audit. "[A]cross thirteen years of frequent military action, we not once definitively and finally defeated the force – military, paramilitary or armed rabble – we defined as a foe.... We have seen no huge body counts, no stacking of arms, no formal surrenders, no masses of prisoners of war and no tangible evidence of victory save the combination of our leaders' claims thereof and highly staged, melodramatic homecomings...."
Congress must live up to its duties
If timid members of Congress still don't get it, a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll suggests the public does. Nearly two thirds of Americans now say the war in Afghanistan hasn't been worth fighting.
At the very least, if Congress won't own up to its duties under Article I, Section 8, the incumbent president at the end of hostilities should be required to publicly address the nation and tell American parents what their children in the armed forces died for.
The tea party and its Republican allies were vociferous in opposing President Obama's $800 billion economic stimulus package that put Americans back to work and began rebuilding our crumbling bridges and roads.
I'm waiting to hear their shouts about the reckless cost to our national debt and national security of continuing to ignore Article I, Section 8.
Walter Rodgers, a former senior international correspondent for CNN, writes a biweekly column.


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Gluten for punishment: Much-maligned protein cause of major shift in food culture
If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances. So suggests new market research, published by The NPD Group, which shows Canadian diners' requests for gluten-free and wheat-free dishes have increased by nearly 140 per cent since 2010.
A separate analysis of menu trends at the nation's top 53 restaurants found 36 per cent more mentions of "gluten-free" in 2012 versus 2011. That term was also the top health claim, with menu mentions that outnumbered the next most popular claim — "low calorie" — by a ratio of nearly 5 to 1.
Taken together, industry insiders say the war on gluten is likely at its peak, with contributing factors including disease, diet and self-diagnosis.
"The dynamics of the consumer have changed dramatically, particularly over the last five to seven years," said Robert Carter, executive director of foodservice at NPD. "There's so much more access to information that it's going to drive trends like this, with consumers becoming more and more aware of how different foods react with their bodies."
An estimated one in 133 people in Canada is affected by celiac disease, a medical condition in which the small intestine becomes inflamed by gluten, a protein found in certain grains. Even more people are thought to suffer from gluten sensitivity, characterized by include abdominal pain, fatigue, headaches and tingling sensations.
Celiac disease, however, wasn't widely understood as an autoimmune disorder until about 20 years ago, whereas gluten sensitivity — despite being increasingly recognized by doctors — continues to be dismissed as a dietary whim in many circles. Saturday Night Live, for example, did a sketch last year in which gluten intolerance was described as a "made-up allergy that you invented to get attention."
Carter suggests public skepticism may "be a tailwind from Atkins," a high-protein, low-carbohydrate fad diet that peaked around 2003. He also points to the recent success of Wheat Belly — a book touting the elimination of wheat as a gateway to weight-loss and relief from digestive problems — as a possible reason for "gluten-free" being considered a bandwagon (Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow have all taken a ride).
"With endless health and medical advice a mere mouse-click away, people are eagerly researching their symptoms and trying the latest quick fixes to cure ailments," said Carter, noting that data from NPD's U.S. arm found that, as of January 2013, fully a third of Americans are cutting down on gluten or eliminating it altogether.
Although there are no parallel statistics for Canada, the market research firm's latest report shows a 137 per cent rise in the purchase of menu items labelled gluten-free or wheat-free since 2010. And requests for such dishes are estimated to have accounted for 41 million restaurant visits in the past year alone.
"Whether the decision to eat gluten-free meals is the result of actual intolerances or simply interest in exploring a new diet, the fact remains that there is a very real demand for these options," said Carter.
Against the grain: celiac and gluten by the numbers
1 in 133: Estimated rate of occurrence of celiac disease
11.7: Mean delay, in years, in diagnosis of celiac disease in Canadian adults
90: Percentage of celiac-affected individuals thought to be undiagnosed
40: Percentage of celiac patients who were first told by a physician that they had anemia (other common misdiagnoses included stress and irritable bowel syndrome)
6 to 50: Estimated percentage of population with gluten sensitivity (because there's no accepted test for GS, speculation is vast)
25: Percentage of population thought to have reduced or eliminated wheat after publication of Wheat Belly
7,000,000,000: Amount Americans forecasted to spend this year on foods labelled gluten-free
Sources: British Columbia Medical Journal, Canadian Celiac Association, University of Maryland, The Gluten Syndrome, EnteroLab, Mintel


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An insider's view of what is really happening in the Harris County Criminal Courts
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Reasonable Doubt (3/29/12)
Not many folks know about Lloyd's platform, policies or ideas, and all polite questions will be welcome.
As always, you can tune in to watch it live streaming at 8:00 p.m. by clicking here.
10 comments:
My first questions for Lloyd are:
1. Tell us again how many times have you been handcuffed and arrested?
2. If you are elected, which of your cases runners are you going to hire as your First Ass't?
- March 28, 2012 at 9:38 PM
- Murray Newman said...
Politeness on the show!!!! Seriously!
- March 28, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Is he related to former British Prime Minister LLOYD George, OLIVER Wendell Holmes, or LLOYDS of London? Surely by now he knows the dyslexic voter name hope thing is dead.
- March 28, 2012 at 10:43 PM
There is an old Indian saying.Do Not judge a man til you have walked in their shoes.Lloyd Oliver had a hard time growing up.He basically raised himself and against all odds became a lawyer.With everything that has happened at 1201 it might be wise to remember about people who live in glass houses. These things in Lloyds past may not justify some of his behavior ,but explain it.Murray is right,show the man some respect.You may need it yourself some day.
- March 29, 2012 at 12:46 AM
"We are eager to show the public all the evidence in this case." - Patricia R. Lykos (2/1/12)
"The Harris County District Attorney's Office has long been eager to share what we know with the public. Now that the grand jury's proceedings have ended, we will be responding—vigorously.
In the days to come, our website—HarrisCountyDA.com—will feature a new section devoted to setting the record straight." (source: www.harriscountyda.com).
Ms Lykos:
Long time, no talk. We apologize; our schedule has been busy. We notice your schedule is picking up as well. Big get together tonight, followed by several "meet and greets." on Saturday. We look forward to seeing you out.
Speaking of meet & greet, we would really like to meet this evidence and give it a proper Tea Party greeting. Perhaps you could pass it out this weekend like a party favor.
Excellent visit, thanks for lending an ear. While your out, put away the SAS shoes & throw on some pumps. An inch heel makes all the difference.
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- March 29, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I want to head up the division in charge of teaching battered women to box better, Oliver for DA!
- March 29, 2012 at 9:45 PM
Sadly, Lloyd would still be better than Lykos.
- March 29, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- Scott C. Pope said...
I really do think that Pat Lykos agreed not to prosecute Lloyd Oliver if he would run for DA.
- March 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Who polices prosecutors? Apparently, grand juries, the FBI and The Texas Rangers. Just ask the current administration.
- March 31, 2012 at 7:30 PM
My question would be why would you ask the new administration anything about integrity? If a grand jury looks into the current administration, they condone the use of the 5th amendment to prevent the grand jury from finding out the truth. They investigate the investigators. And then they rename an exiting part of the office and claim they started the division. Just when I thought Lietner could not sink any further, he makes the speech reported in the Chronicle. Just disgusting.
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All mutant/tt useful in waves that work have more surface in the middle in order to go upwind well and plane in lulls and smaller tip to surf and carve well
About the material, given a data shape (this is in my opinion the core of the project), I'm not sure that the best board is the one with more advanced materials. expecially in waves and rough condition (on flat is another story). A stiffer and nervous carbon board could be less overally pleasant than a "simple" wood (or foam) + glass one.
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Noodles with tofu and vegetables v2
1 package skinny gf spaghetti (or angel hair)
1/2 c peanut sauce (make your own, or use store bought)
1 c frozen edamame
1 small head broccoli
1 block tofu
1 T sesame oil
1/2 t chili oil
1 T gf soy sauce
black pepper
1/2 t ginger and garlic powders
1 t Chinese cooking wine
Preheat the oven to 350 and bring a pot of water to boil. Spread out the noodles on a cookie sheet, bake until starting to brown a little bit (like 5-10 mins). Alex says it should look 'espresso foam brown', or the color of soba noodles almost, then let cool. Turn up the oven to 450. Cook the noodles in the water in the water according to the package directions (all the brands have different directions), then rinse under cold water. Toss with the peanut sauce. Steam the broccoli until bright green and fork tender, then steam the edamame for a minute or two, then sprinkle with salt. Cube up the tofu. Combine sesame oil and chili oil and soy sauce and black pepper and ginger and garlic powders and cooking wine. Toss the tofu in this, then bake for 10 minutes, flip, then bake another 10 until crispy. Dump the vegetables over the noodles, add the tofu, add more sauce if you need to, and garnish fancily with vegetables.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Love Lockdown: The AM, Then FM Edition
The love song as a guide to life:
When a 13-year-old kid in Wisconsin started listening to the radio in 1970, love songs spoke to him. They helped that kid – who had no older brothers and no sisters – navigate social situations for which there were no instructions. Some love songs coached him on what to say, how it say it and when to say it. Other love songs simply were eye-openers.
We've Got To Get It On Again - The Addrisi Brothers (YSI)
We've Got To Get It On Again - The Addrisi Brothers (Limelinx)
Lessons also learned from: "If You Don't Know Me By Now," Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, 1972; "Me and Mrs. Jones," Billy Paul, 1972; "Show and Tell," Al Wilson, 1973; and "Third Rate Romance," the Amazing Rhythm Aces, 1975.
The love song as soundtrack:
The soundtrack to a certain time spent with a certain girl. The soundtrack to a six-week romance during that Wisconsin kid's senior year in high school. These love songs weren't for that certain girl. Rather, they were on the radio as that kid eagerly drove to her house and then floated home again. Hearing them today, those six weeks rush back.
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton (YSI)
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton (Limelinx)
You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White (YSI)
You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White (Limelinx)
Other soundtrack selections: "When Will I See You Again," the Three Degrees, 1974; and "Laughter in the Rain," Neil Sedaka, 1974.
The love song as mood music:
As the '70s ended, that Wisconsin kid was a senior in college, where he met another girl. He spent time at her house, too. They never made it much beyond her couch, except when it was time to flip the record. They're still together all these years later. Yet to say they have a song that's theirs is a bit of a stretch. Well, this was on in the background.
Affirmation - George Benson (YSI)
Affirmation - George Benson (Limelinx)
Other mood music: Uhhh, what? "This Masquerade," George Benson, 1976. Oh, yeah, and Blondie's "Parallel Lines" album (1978) and "Squeezing Out Sparks" by Graham Parker and the Rumour (1979). And some double album on which I cleaned the dope. It wasn't Isaac Hayes' Shaft, but that's some sweet mood music, too.
Cafe Regios - Isaac Hayes (YSI)
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The Weekly Export Sales report was released this morning after being delayed a day due to the holiday. Corn sales were extremely dismal at only 25,000 MTs. Soybeans also came in below the estimated range at 526,000 MTs and wheat in-line at 554,000 MTs.
The highly anticipated Informa numbers were released shortly after 10:30 am this morning as two sets of estimates. They expect the September USDA corn yield to be 119.8 bpa with 10.310 billion bushels total production. Although their guess is below the current USDA estimate for September, they are predicting 126.5 bpa yield and 11.030 for a final end-of-year total. For beans they are projecting 35.4 bpa yield and 2.639 total production for September and a final production of 2.690 billion.
November soybeans rallied sharply immediately following the Informa release.
Corn stayed within a relatively tight trading range. I have discussed this range in the past few market letters and I don't expect this to make any major changes prior to Wednesday's WASDE report.
The average market guesses for Wednesday are rather mixed. They expect old crop carryout to fall between 0.971-1.176 billion bu for corn and 0.125-0.145 billion for soybeans. They expect next year's carryout to fall between 0.458-0.658 billion bu for corn, 0.087-0.128 for soybeans. Source: Reuter's Poll
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Two questions:
1. Did Mr Bobo exclusively use Miraphone 184 and 186's as Contrabass tubas in Orchestra through his career?
2. Apart from the Planets(!) could you name a few recordings that show off Mr Bobo at his best in the Orchestra.
Re: Roger Bobo
Quick look on UK iTunes offers slim pickings:
Prok 5/Previn
Nielsen 4/Mehta
Tchaik 6/Giulini
And not a lot else...
Re: Roger Bobo
He played a Mirafone 188 prototype around 1979-80 and a production 188 in starting in 1981
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Re: Roger Bobo
Great, thank you.
Thereafter did he tend to use the slightly bigger equipment? I know he had the Imperial Eb bell put on (one of?) his 184's.
Any must-have recordings at all?
Thanks again
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Roger Bobo was never a 6/4 size player, if that's what you mean. I think the Nielen 4th with Mehta (Decca) shows him off to great effect. I haven't heard Bobo in Bruckner, but I could imagine him sounding awesome in Bruckner 4.
I could be wrong, but I think Bobo plays on many of the early Bernard Haitink/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Mahler recordings on Philips. If so, try Haitink's first Mahler 2 that he did. It's great. Mahler 7 too - the first one.
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Re: Roger Bobo
His playing on Zubin Mehta's Tchaikovsky cycle is just awesome. Miraphone Power Sound!
And as a bonus, 1812 overture and March Slav are in this set as filler.
And a fun one of him in the 80s (on the 188) is the DG Rhapsody in Blue / Symphonic Dances from West Side Story with Bernstein at the piano.
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Re: Roger Bobo
Thanks for these links.
No, I knew Mr Bobo never went 6/4. I was asking whether he tended toward the 188 once that was an option.
I'd love to hear his thoughts though on choice of tuba. I would guess he at least tried 6/4 horns as they gained in popularity but obviously not the sonic route he looked for.
Re: Roger Bobo
I believe that the clarity and audibility of his playing in the few orchestral recordings that we seem to have available to us - with the conservative-size equipment he chose to use - speaks volumes.
I've been trying to learn from his teaching-by-example. I believe some others (including some of my betters) are as well.
Re: Roger Bobo
I heard Mr. Bobo live on a few occasions: in LA, LA on tour, in recital (Conferences) and in the single lesson I had with him. I enjoy the early LA recordings, some classic sounds.
In addition to some of those mentioned, my favorites include Arcana, Nielsen IV, Ives No.1 and the Wagner sessions with Leinsdorf.
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Unless I'm mistaken, the Wagner/Leinsdorf recording was Tommy Johnson playing on his Mirafone 190CC. I used to have a recording of it somewhere, but can't seem to find it. I might be able to tell if I listened to it. Tommy got a unique sound on his 190CC that's hard to mistake for anything else.
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On one of the masterclasses Fletch gave when I was a student. He commented that Roger was the most exciting Tuba player in the business at the time!
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I went straight to the fourth symphony. The first movement is breathtaking. The last four notes of the opening fanfare let you know what is to come. Thanks.
Re: Roger Bobo
That's what I was once told.
You should all find the Rite of Spring recording with Mehta & LAPO. Bobo and Johnson (I presume) are stunning. Perfect in every sense, and WILD HOT when called for.
This recording is more impressive for me than the Planets recording.
Re: Roger Bobo
While I agree the tuba playing on the Tchaikovsky symphonies with Mehta is nice, the overall recordings themselves are some of the most underwhelming performances I've ever heard from a group of this stature. No excitement in Tchaikovsky! They are just going through the motions. Makes no sense. Having this be my first set of Tchaikovsky symphonies almost put me off to Tchaikovsky entirely. Very surprising from this group because at that time they made some extraordinary recordings such as the Mahler 3, 5, Strauss, etc.
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I was lucky enough to have heard the LAPO low brass section play excerpts in Memphis, Tennessee (when they were on tour in the very early 1980's).
Mr. Bobo only brought his B&S "Symphonie Modell" F tuba (the one he used on the "Tonight Show" appearances) to that demonstration. One piece they demonstrated was the opening to the Meistersinger Prelude (to the big G major cadence). It was exquisite, and Mr. Bobo did not "plow the ground", as I suspect he never did.
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Here is Roger playing probably that B&S F and sounding like only he does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC4DMdULlcc
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Roger did not get his B&S f tuba until the summer of 1980 after he wa a judge at the Markneukirchen Competition. It was probably his Mirafone 180 f tuba with a Besson bell or even his 184 CC wth a Besson bell.
Re: Roger Bobo
I know from second hand information that Roger Bobo equated the increase in cases of focal-dystonia, to the increase in usage of 6/4 size York copies. Again, that's second hand info, so it might not be quite right.
Re: Roger Bobo
If Wikipaedia is correct, Mr. Bobo played for two years in the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Haitink made very few recordings during this period. It appears that the only work with tuba during this period was the Mahler 1st symphony.
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Eugen Jochum was also a conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra during Mr. Bobo's time there. Mr. Bobo may be on their 1964 recording of Bruckner's 5th Symphony for Philips (now Decca)
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Unique partnerships create unique opportunities
"Co-marketing is an opportunity for multiple parties to economize and to collaborate on marketing strategies that will be mutually beneficial to each other's cause," says Scott Chovanec, regional director for MedFit Corporate Services, Inc, in Florham Park, N.J. " It's a cost-effective way to reach larger target markets than you might be able to reach on your own. You basically use the strength of others to reach markets that you might not normally be able to reach on your own."
And the prospects are endless. There are the obvious partnerships that can be formed with area doctors or physical therapists or equipment companies. But don't overlook the possibilities, or underestimate the pay-offs, of collaborating with a business whose mission is light years away from yours. Some examples of unusual potential partners in co-marketing: an auto detailing business, a local restaurant, a retail clothing store.
"If members come in and see that there is always something extra being offered for their exclusive use, that they didn't necessarily figure on when they joined your facility, that becomes an added value for them," says Chovanec.
That said, don't rush into the brave new world of co-marketing with your eyes closed. Whether you plan to align yourself with a kindred spirit such as a purveyor of gym equipment or hook up with Jeb's Car Wash, you need to tread cautiously and do your homework:
* Determine how the partnership would benefit both parties. "You can't just look at it from your perspective," says Chovanec. "What's in it for the other party?"
Other questions to consider: Do both of you have enough of a market that you would be able to be beneficial to one another? Is your potential partner perceived as a company that people want to do business with? "That's something people often overlook," says Chovanec. "A fly-by-night organization can bring down the credibility of your club. If anything, you want to be able to align yourself with somebody who's on the same playing field as you are or at the next level."
* Do some fact finding. Chovanec had a plan that would refer club members who wanted to buy home fitness equipment to one particular vendor exclusively. In return, the store would give members a 15 percent discount plus free installation and delivery. The vendor also would put the club's flyers in its windows and at the counter.
"Everyone who purchased equipment at the store would have the opportunity to come to the club for a personal fitness profile," explains Chovanec. "And the club would have the opportunity to convert these people into utilizing our facility as an adjunct place to work out."
But before Chovanec partnered with the vendor, he first viewed the facility and assessed several things, including the quality of the vendor's customer service. Once he was satisfied with his findings, he approached the vendor, saying, "We narrowed down the field and determined that your facility is the one we want to do business with and here's the deal."
* Invite the candidate to your facility. "The business owner needs to see what you are about and whether you have an image that would be suitable for his company," says Chovanec.
* Make sure the opportunity is limited work for your prospective partner. "He may not need the partnership at all," says Chovanec. So the less work he has to do, the better.
For example, when a restaurant opened up near Chovanec's facility, the club worked with it to promote heart-healthy cuisine. "We took care of the reprinting of menus - which was good for the restaurant - and placed a heart next to the healthy meals," says Chovanec.
Diners who ordered a heart-healthy meal received a break on services at the club or a membership. In addition, any member who patronized the restaurant received a 10 percent discount.
* Come up with a unique angle. When considering a potential partner, "I would sit down and determine what I could do for him that he couldn't do on his own," explains Chovanec.
If you're eyeing a local department store, ask your-self, "What unique angle could I provide?" For example, a Nordstrom's could offer a 10 to 20 per-cent discount during the month of June, and customers could receive a club flyer that said something to the effect, "Now that you've bought your summer clothes, here's an opportunity to get a discount on a fitness assessment or initiation dues."
* Provide a tangible incentive. When a new restaurant started up in the same building as his fitness center, Chovanec's club worked out a coffee deal. Members who bought four cups of coffee in the restaurant got a fifth one free. And in return for the traffic the club sent its way, the restaurant displayed posters of the new facility. The alliance "raised the visibility of both places to different markets," says Chovanec.
* Go for exclusivity to make your co-marketing alliance a success. "People want to feel special," says Chovanec. "If you offer something that only they can get - such as a T-shirt - then they want it more. Any time you create a sense of rgency - that something's limited - and you are true to your word, it's a unique way to capture people's attention."


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Thanks for looking, hugs Christine x
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Christmas Joy
Thanks for looking, hugs Christine x
Friday, 30 July 2010
All Wrapped Up
Isn't this little sweetie so cute All Wrapped Up although I wish now I hadn't coloured her in red :( The papers are from last year and are Kaiser I think. I am so over last years Christmas papers now lol. Just wish the new papers would hurry up and be released.
The Poinsettias have been coated with twinklets and I added Stardust Stickles to the edges although it's not showing up in the pic.
Bev x
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
The Carol Singers
Good Afternoon Peeps another Lili of the Valley Christmas Release (Part 1) image to share with you today.
This little image is just so adorable, I think a lot of this years Christmas Cards will be made with it. I have used Copics and Prismas to colour the image, with lots of Glamour Dust to add sparkle. The flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves have been punched with Martha Stewart Punch.
If you would like a little more info on the card please visit my blog by clicking here. Hope you are all having a good day and from the comments I have received lots of you have received your Christmas release stamps, hope you have as much fun creating with them as I have had,
Thanks for looking
Jacqui xxxxx
Monday, 26 July 2010
Dropping the Shopping
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Weekly Candy
Candy now closed, please pop back on Sunday for the next draw
The lovely ladies at Lili of the Valley have asked me to run a weekly candy here. So every Sunday we will be giving away some stamps. This week we have two little Christmas cuties up for grabs.
So don't forget to check back each Sunday!
Entry is open until Wednesday 28th July. All we ask is that you put our Ideas to Inspire Blog Banner on your blog in your side bar with a link back to us - then leave your details with Mr Linky and a winner will be chosen at random next on Wednesday 28th July.
Good luck
Candy now closed, please pop back on Sunday for the next draw
Friday, 23 July 2010
Meet Milkshake
At Doncaster last week I was telling Jacqui and Marcea about my new and very lovely little car – I've just bought it and I said I'd post some pics up here so they could see….
(If you're wondering about the weird number plate – I got some strange attack of paranoia about posting my acutal number plate on here – for anyone to see – who know's what they'd do with it and all that – but anyway, I hid it :))
I've been planning on getting a new car for a while – I've loved my blue polo (which you can see just peeking out of the front of this picture) but it's 9 years old now and getting it through it's MOT this year cost me nearly what it's worth so I reluctantly decided it was time to move on. I hate selling cars but this time it was easy as my brother's girlfriend is taking the Polo so I can be happy it's off to a good home.
Anyway, back to Milkshake…I'm loving that chrome! .
I'd pondered over what car to buy this time around and had decided that a Fiat 500 was for me. I love the retro styling and had read that they were roomy inside even though they are so small and dinky. So off I went to the Fiat garage – all set to buy one in Bossa Nova white. But my attempt at being all grown up and sensible was doomed before it even began. Got to the Garage, in I walked and there it was – so Pink and shiny. I spent about half an hour wandering around looking at all the other cards but all along I knew I was kidding myself – I wasn't going to buy a white one, or a red one, or a black one, etc, etc – you know the rest. The minute I saw it I knew – I was going to have a bright, bubblegum pink, super girlie, retro cutie car.
It's even pink inside – look! And there's only 500 ever been made. I don't know if that's good because it's rare or bad because they only think 500 people in the whole world would want one! And what's worse – I'm one of them – lol!
I do feel I must stress – I'm not usually the kind of person to name a car. I love them and usually cry when I sell them – so I am soft, I admit that much. But no I don't name them. But this car does strange things to you. I smile at people when they push in in front of me – I get a warm and fuzzy feeling inside everytime a 4 year old jumps up and down going 'Look Daddy a pink car' when I drive by – All in all it's so pink it's make me act all pink and girlie. It was just crying out to be christened and it's just that colour – such a cool, strawberry ice cream pink. So Milkshake was born.
You'll have to let me know what you think – what I know is I absolutely love it!!!!!!!
Laila x
Father Christmas
Whilst at Doncaster I realised we hadn't got a card made with the awesome father Christmas Stamp from the new release, I have been trying since I got back to get one made as this image really comes to life when it is coloured. It has taken me all week to finally get this card done, but I hope you think it worth it.
have used my usual Copics to colour him with PolyChromos pencils added to give a bit more depth. I will be posting this card on my Blog tomorrow so if you would like to find out more on how it was made please pop over then.
Don't forget Dawny P and I (Jacqui), have some LOTV Candy on offer on our blogs, and our dear teamie Bev has some delicious Wild Orchid Craft Candy on offer to.
Hugs Jacqui xx
Thursday, 22 July 2010
New Challenge on Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog
We also want to let you know that our Dt members Jacqui and Dawny P are offering a little Lili of The valley Candy on there blogs so don't forget to pop over and have a go.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Candy Winner
Congratulations Riina, please email us to claim your prize.
A little candy for you
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Please note this post will stay at the top until 21st July, please scroll down for newer posts.
We have a little candy for you - two Christmas stamps from the new release - Mr Snowman and Father Christmas. For a full view of the whole set, do look on our website for more info.
Entry is open until Wednesday 21st July. All we ask is that you put our Ideas to Inspire Blog Banner on your blog in your side bar with a link back to us - then leave your details with Mr Linky and a winner will be chosen at random next on Wednesday 21st July.
Good luck
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Star of Wonder
Monday, 19 July 2010
A Chatty Post
Good afternoon everyone, I am so late with today's post, but I have been trying to tidy up after my weekend away. What a fantastic time we had at the Lili of the Valley Stand at Doncaster it was mega mega busy and on Saturday we sold out of lots of the new and old stamps, Bev, Marcea and I had to send Lisa and Laila home to pick up lots more stamps for Sunday, and again by the end of the show we had more empty boxes than full.
It was fabulous to see you all and thank you so much for your lovely comments, it is so nice to know that you love the stamps as much as we do, and once again it was so nice to put faces to names, a big thanks to Net who bought us a lovely box of yummy Cupcakes and also a fab punch each thanks hun XXXXX.
You may find that some of the new stamps have also sold out on the website, Lisa and Laila order even more stamps than usual but the demand has been unprecedented, but don't panic we hope to have them back in stock asap.
I coloured this image up at the show and he seemed to be very popular so i thought I would bring him home with me and make a card.
Here are a couple of photos taken of the Lili of the Valley Stand
may I present to you Laila, Marcea and Lisa, the girls changed the layout of the stand on Sunday, and it worked really well, looks good don't you think.
Now there is a reason for me showing this picture, I have a little story to tell about why I look so tired!!!!!, I stayed Saturday night at a hotel in Doncaster had a fabulous evening with Sara and the Girls from Crafters Companion, when I got back to the bedroom I had my shower before bed and put my watch back on, I woke up with a start in the morning took a look at my watch and saw it was 9am, we were supposed to be leaving for the racecourse at 9.15, I rushed had a shower put on my slap then pulled the curtains to find it pitched black outside, NUMPTY that I am I had put on my watch upside down!!!!!!! and it was actually 3am. Nothing for it but to go outside and have a ciggie, so now you know why I look as if I am falling asleep on my feet
Hugs to you all dear friends
jacqui xxxx
Friday, 16 July 2010
Bringing Gifts!
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Star of Wonder Christmas Card!
"All Wrapped Up" in a sneekpeek
Another Christmas sneak peek
The new Christmas stamps from Lili of the Valley ARE ON SALE!!! I think these are going to fly and be a sell out just like the A5 Stamp Sheets did so if you want some (or all!!) of these little darlings go and order them now so you are not disappointed.
I cannot believe just how much I am in love with these little darlings, they are just too adorable for words and today I am sharing Angel Gabriel. Just check out those socks lol.
The light was really poo yesterday when I photographed this card (best place was the bathroom lol. I have used Basic Grey Figgy Pudding papers, lots of Stickles and Twinklets were also added.
Here's a close up of the snowflakes, cut with a Spellbinders Create a Flake 1 die and smothered in Twinklets. The sweet little 15mm roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
This was another mega rushed card so I don't have the Copic colours I used, sorry. The sentiment is from a Studio G set that I have had for absolute ages and it comes out every year and gets used over and over again. The delish 25mm organza ribbon is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
2 hours and counting for the Release
Tuesday Night 13th July- 10pm.
We are nearly there just 2 more hours before the lovely Christmas Collection (Part 1) will be available on the Lili of the Valley website. I know the girls are sitting by their computer screen waiting for the orders to come in, I am sure they will be in for a long night judging by the fantastic comments you have all been leaving. So Roll on MIDNIGHT!!!!!!!
All thats left for me to do is show you all a couple more sneak peeks.
This darling image is called Christmas Magic and if I really really had to choose a favourite I do think she would win, I will post details of the card etc on my blog tomorrow if you are interested to see how I made it.
This image is called Babys First Christmas, I think it fits the bill perfectly
And Finally for tonight
Isn't she amazing!!!!!
I am sure these stamps are not going to last long so be sure of getting yours click here at MIDNIGHT to go straight to the Website
Big Hugs
Jacqui xxxxx
Another sneak peek for you
Today I have another Christmas sneak peeks for you. Don't forget the new stamps from the Lili of the Valley release is going on sale tomorrow.
This stamp is called Mary and Joseph. I used Craft Creations gingham paper cos it puts me in mind of the tea-towels these little darlings would be wearing on their heads. Now is this just an adorable image or what, makes my lil old cynical heart melt right into a puddle lol.
The snowflakes are a combination of a Martha Stewart snowflake punch and Spellbinders Create a Flake 1. I have coated the aqua snowflakes with Twinklets (Love this stuff) and popped a spacer and pearl brad in the centre of each. Here's a closer look
I have used the delish 25mm organza ribbon from Wild Orchid Crafts, couldn't believe how well it matched with the rest of the card.
I've coloured the image with Copics (I was in a rush to get this done so didn't make a note of the colours I used, sorry).
Monday, 12 July 2010
Tip Toe Fairy
Here's my attempt at an easel box with a drawer thingy (not quite sure what to call it) and got the inspiration for this from Kirsten who does the most exquisite work. I opted for the easy version and only made one drawer which will be filled with chocolates or fashion jewellery for our Ben's teacher (2 gifts down, loads more to go!). Sorry there are quite a few photos.
I am well pleased with how this turned out, even though I made it up as I went along as I wanted the easel card to be 6 x 6 so had a bit of a fiddle on to get the drawer the right size. The "handle" on the drawer is made up of two gold findings with a brad pushed through and secured on the inside of the drawer.
I used Papermania papers (Blueberry Hill) and stamped around the edges with a stamp from my Stempelglede Grunge Flourish Hearts set with Walnut Stain distress ink. I used a neglected border punch from Martha Stewart – forgot I even had this one it's been gathering dust for that long!
The sentiment is a Stampin Up rub on, another thing I have had for so long I wasn't even sure if it still had it's stick. It did thank goodness. I overloaded on the pearls too, popped the little 3mm ones around the image and also on the punched border.
A close up of the roses that have been blinged with Glimmer mists to within an inch of their little lives lol.
And lastly to show the drawer does open (no chocs in yet cos I will just eat them lol).
I coloured the image with distress inks and watercolour pencils (couldn't get the right shade of blue to match the roses on the paper till I got out the pencils).


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"The Book of Mormon," the crude yet sidesplitting musical scored big at the 65th Annual Tony Awards, winning four technical awards, best score, best featured actress, and best direction.
The musical, created by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt, was up for 14 Tony Awards, one shy of the record-holding "Producers."
Other big winners included the technically astounding, emotionally draining "War Horse" for best play and "The Normal Heart" for best play revival.
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The day's top national and international news.
Neil Patrick Harris, no stranger to Broadway, led the evening's festivities with an opening number singing, "Broadway has never been broader/It's not just for gays anymore!" He later had a "charm-off" with a fellow and former Tonys host, Hugh Jackman. The duo's face-off was chock full of familiar Broadway melodies ("Don't Rian on My Parade," "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)," "Make 'Em Laugh,"as they tried to one-up eachother on credentials, including a slight to Jackman's short-lived musical gambling, "Viva Laughlin," and NPH's "How I Met Your Mother."
The Beacon Theater, the surrogate Radio City Music Hall, was jam-packed with celebrities, ranging from Hollywood staples to Broadway legends. In the opening number, NPH commented how "hot" the 85-year-old Angela Lansbury looked, as well as supermodels Christy Brinkley and Brook Shields.
Shields had a difficult time coming in on a vamped musical number, first having NPH count off her entrance—twice!—before the 46-year-old finally made a grab at her notes.
Shields addressed her flub later in the evening, saying, "I can do eight performances a week, but I can't read a TelePrompTer!"
NPH also took the opportunity to make six jokes about the ailing "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark" musical. The opening's been postponed several times due to cast injuries and technical malfunctions.
Bono and The Edge took the stage at one point to joke about the many delays.
"We used to be famous for being in U2," Bono began, "When I saw the Tony Awards on our schedule, I just kind of assumed that we'd been nominated."
"It appears that we missed the deadline," The Edge interjected, later adding, "The truth is that we were ready back in February but we just wanted to keep the excitement level up at the New York Post."
The two thanked the cast and crew for their "patience," then introducing a number from the show where Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson on a dizzyingly high fire escape singing a ballad to each other.
Other celebs in attendance included Al Pachino, Kelsey Grammer, "Company" revival alums Jon Cryer and Stephen Colbert, Vanessa Redgrave, and Edie Falco.
Daniel Radcliffe, who stars in "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" wasn't up for any awards (though co-star John Larroquette, who won best featured actor in a musical, thanked Radcliffe for giving him a job saying without him, he'd be "home, sitting in my underwear, watching this on television") but took the stage anyways. The "Harry Potter" star proved he could play more than a boy wizard by singing and dancing in a challenging number from the musical.
NPH wrapped up the night by performing a rap written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, neatly summing up the highlights of the night (Daniel Radcliffe kicked some butt, and we were so elated/Even Voldemort was sad he wasn't nominated!")
One thing is for certain—it'll be impossible to get tickets to "The Book of Mormon" for a long time to come.
Selected Reading: AP, CBS, Vulture, The Wrap


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The Brush Lady Beetdiggers won a game that some would call a nail biter, but the Lady Beetdiggers must have all their fingernails as that is what they held on by to get the win on Saturday.
The Lady Beetdiggers held on to a narrow lead virtually all game to get the 32-29 win over 3-2 St. Mary's Academy.
It is the fourth win of the season for the Lady Beetdiggers, who remain undefeated.
Brush was up a single basket after the first quarter and held on to a single-point lead at the half, 10-9. In the third, they out-scored the visiting Wildcats 12-9 to push the lead to four and then held on to the overall lead as they were out-scored in the final quarter.
Shelby Wolever led the team in scoring with six points. Whitney Mount and Mariah Brown each scored five points. Sophomore Lauren Berg had 13 rebounds to go with her four points and three blocks. Her sister, senior Kristen Berg, had four blocks, four points and six rebounds before fouling out.
Melissa Wahlert had four points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. The steals and assists were team leading totals.
The Lady 'Diggers took on Bishop Machebeuf (5-1) Monday night.
Season so far
The girls played just three games before the break and one so far as they came back.
They are averaging 56 points per game and shooting right around 38-percent from the field.
They are averaging 14.5 turnovers per game and getting 13 steals.
Wolever leads the team in scoring with 49 points, a 12.3 points per game average. She is the only Beetdigger with a double-digit point average. But Emma Mortensen and Kristen Berg average better than eight points a game and Wahlert is averaging seven.
Kristen Berg leads the team in rebounds with 27, while Lauren Berg, Wahlert, and Mortensen all have over 20 so far. Wolever also leads the team in assists with 12 and Wahlert has the most steals on the team, with 17.


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Gold shipment valued at $625,000 goes missing at Miami airport
A shipment of gold with a declared value of $625,000 has gone missing in a suspected heist at Miami International Airport, authorities said on Thursday.
A theft incident report from the Miami-Dade Police Department said the gold, packed in a box, arrived at Miami International early Tuesday morning on an American Airlines flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Miami International serves as a major trans-shipment point for large quantities of gold produced in South America and exported primarily to Switzerland for refining.
The plane's cargo was unloaded but the box containing the gold disappeared after apparently being loaded onto a motorized luggage cart or tug, the report said.
The cart was found in front of a gate of the same terminal were the flight from Ecuador was unloaded, about an hour after workers emptied the cargo hold, but without the box containing the gold.
The police incident report did not say who owned the gold or what its final destination was and an American Airlines security official at the airport declined to comment on the case, saying only that it was being investigated by the FBI.
"The FBI is aware of the situation," FBI spokesman Michael Leverock told Reuters in an email.
Miami has seen the trans-shipment of gold rise sharply in recent years as investors have turned to gold and its price has risen. Gold is Miami's No. 1 import valued at almost $8 billion last year, mostly from Mexico and Colombia, and almost all destined for Switzerland, according to World City, a Miami-based publication that tracks trade data.
(Reporting by Tom Brown; Editing by David Adams and Marguerita Choy)


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I have an EMPLOYEE table with 10,000 records and I only want to display 25 records at a time to my web client. I have been using ROWNUM to minimize the resultset which works fine. Unfortunately the query still needs to parse through all 10,000 records which makes it highly inefficient.
Here's an example: Lets say I want to display records 51-75 in my web client, ordered by lastname, firstname. This is what my SQL looks like.
select *
(select firstname, lastname, rownum as newcnt
(select firstname, lastname
from employee
order by lastname, firstname)
where rownum <= 75)
where newcnt > 50
Even though I am only displaying 25 records to my client I am still parsing though 10,000 records each time due to the forced inline order by query. Is there any way I can optimize this query?
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Home sales of $10 million rise in Connecticut town
NEW HAVEN -- Connecticut's Gold Coast is living up to its name, with a record $120 million sale of a waterfront estate in Greenwich leading an increase in sales of homes for more than $10 million.
Five homes sold this year for more than $10 million in Greenwich, the assessor's office said. Another home just sold and four others listed above $10 million are under contract, compared with only one under contract by this time last year and none sold, said Mark Pruner, a sales executive with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Pruner attributed the rise in sales to the jump in the stock market and accumulated bonuses in recent years.
"There is more confidence in the economy, and people have more money to spend," Pruner said.
A 12-bedroom waterfront estate on 50 acres sold for $120 million this month in what the listing and selling agent, David Ogilvy, has called the most ever paid for a residential property in the United States. That was quickly followed by a $14.3 million sale Monday of a 52-acre estate in nearby New Canaan.
Those two sales within a week are "quite amazing," said Barbara Cleary, whose real estate company sold the New Canaan property after listing it for about five years.
"I think there is new interest in investing in real estate," Cleary said. "I think the higher end is getting more activity."
The New Canaan property had been owned by reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark, who died in 2011. She bought it in 1951 but never moved in, Cleary said.
"This was really sort of the crown jewel of the town," Cleary said.
The property was originally listed by another broker for $34 million, Cleary said.
Buyers were not disclosed.
Pruner speculated that some sales could stem from buyers' concerns about taxes in New York City. In testimony to Connecticut lawmakers about legislation concerning estate and gift taxes, Pruner said only three houses sold in Greenwich for more than $10 million in the first seven months of last year but eight sold starting in August, around the time recently elected Mayor Bill de Blasio became the leading candidate on a platform of higher taxes on those earning more than $500,000.
De Blasio spokesman Wiley Norvell said that was "ridiculous" and there was "zero evidence to support that speculation."
The Democratic mayor proposed universal pre-kindergarten funded with a tax hike on the wealthy, a plan that was defeated. The program will instead be funded with money from the state budget.
The home sales are good for Connecticut because they show wealthy buyers want to live in the state, and they are major contributors to taxes, charities and business startups, Pruner said.
While sales of homes above $10 million rose, sales between $5 million and $10 million in Greenwich fell from last year, Pruner said. There were five such sales in the first quarter of this year, down from 15 in the same period last year, he said.
Associated Press writer Deepti Hajela contributed to this report from New York.