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Foundation / Corporation
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Grants of up to $6,000 to USA, territories, and Canada mathematical sciences IHE faculty members to engage underrepresented students in mathematics. Projects may target middle school, high school, or post-secondary students. The program is intended to promote the pursuit and enjoyment of mathematics by students who are members of groups historically underrepresented in the field, including students who are African-American, Native American, Hispanic, or Pacific Islander
Mathematical sciences faculty should be integrally involved in the proposed project. If the project includes high school or middle school participants, then collaboration with high school or middle school mathematics faculty, as appropriate, should be included. Proposed projects may replicate existing successful projects, adapt components of such projects, or create new, innovative projects. Project design should reflect strategies that have been shown to be effective in increasing underrepresented minority achievement.
Projects should provide enrichment activities that lead to heightened interest in mathematics and deeper appreciation of it. These projects are not intended for remedial help for students who need assistance in order to succeed in their coursework in mathematics. They should encourage students to continue studies of mathematics in high school and college and should better prepare them for those studies. Undergraduate and graduate students may serve as role models and work directly with students under the tutelage of faculty from both the college or university and middle or high school.
Active engagement in doing mathematics is an essential feature. Participants should be made aware of career opportunities in mathematics and mathematically intensive disciplines. Funds may be used to supplement existing projects to increase the number of minority students participating in those projects or may be used to initiate new projects. Participation may not be barred to members of any group, but it must be clear that the project will seek to recruit and serve participants from historically underrepresented groups.
Sample Activities:
-Student group and individual research experiences
-Math Circles
-Summer mathematics camp
-Math clubs
-Preparation for competitions such as the Putnam Competition for college students, MAA American Mathematics Competitions for middle and high school students, and other regional and national competitions.
GrantWatch ID#: 178772
Up to $6,000
- Grants will be made for one-year projects.
- Projects may be conducted during summer or during the school year, on weekends or after school.
- To provide maximum flexibility, unexpended funds may be carried forward. Grant may be awarded for a maximum of three years, but grant recipients must reapply each year, should they wish to continue their projects.
Applications will be accepted from college and university mathematical sciences faculty at accredited U.S. (including U.S. Territory) or Canadian institutions. They must be working with high school or middle school mathematics faculty if the projects targets those students.
These grants will not support any institutional indirect costs or provide fringe benefits.
The application will automatically close on February 12, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST.
An institution is expected to supply matching funds or in-kind support as an indication of commitment to the project.
Applicants will receive notification of the outcome of their proposal by the end of March.
Grant Proposal Writing Guide:
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
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For further information regarding proposed projects, please contact:
Rosalie Dance, MAA Tensor-SUMMA Program Director
Florence Fasanelli, MAA Tensor Program Outreach Director
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What is Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine?
Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture have been practiced for over 2000 Years!
World Health Organization and Research
In an official report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials, the WHO (WHO) has listed the following symptoms, diseases and conditions that have been shown through controlled trials to be treated effectively by acupuncture:
- low back pain
- neck pain
- sciatica
- tennis elbow
- knee pain
- periarthritis of the shoulder
- sprains
- facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
- headache
- dental pain
- tempromandibular (TMJ) dysfunction
- rheumatoid arthritis
- induction of labor
- correction of malposition of fetus (breech presentation)
- morning sickness
- nausea and vomiting
- postoperative pain
- stroke
- essential hypertension
- primary hypotension
- renal colic
- leucopenia
- adverse reactions to radiation or chemotherapy
- allergic rhinitis, including hay fever
- biliary colic
- depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
- acute bacillary dysentery
- primary dysmenorrhea
- acute epigastralgia
- peptic ulcer
- acute and chronic gastritis
- Not Limited to the above. All above research based
How Does It Work?
- Using thin filiform needles to activate points on channels or meridians throughout the body
- 12 Primary Channels connect energetically to organs, emotions & physical parts of the body
- Over 400 acupuncture points to help balance Body, Mind and Spirit in conjunction with Natural Herbs
- Based on the INDIVIDUAL not just putting symptoms in a box
- Physician chooses points, usually between 4-10, using various methods (see services)
- Length of time 15-45 minutes
- Retraining, Reintegrating, Improving circulation, metabolic function & decreasing inflammation (see blog for research based studies)

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|Evening Events
Thursday Evening
Kickoff Party - 6pm, game starts at 7pm
Enjoy a Durham Bulls baseball game vs. the Toldedo Mud Hens. The party will take place on a private party deck along with a delectable buffet and libations.
Join us from 6pm - 10pm. Game starts 7:05pm.
Friday Evening
ShopBot BBQ - 5pm
Be ShopBot's guest as they open their doors to FS members only with walking tours of their facility, a BBQ, and fun activities planned that include CNC sample projects and an obstacle course!
Free shuttle service to/from ATC is included.
Saturday Evening
HOME Exhibition Reception & Silent Auction - 5pm
Hosted by the Furniture Society with help from Rockler at American Tobacco's
Crowe Gallery.
Open to the Public


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Schumer Urges FDA Not To Regulate 'Spent Grain' Sale To Farmers
The FDA is proposing legislation that could potentially hurt farmers and brewers across New York State.
For over 100 years, "spent grains" - a natural byproduct of the brewing process have been sold to farms at a very low cost for use as an inexpensive feed for livestock.
The spent or "wet" grains are great for livestock because they are rich in protein and fiber and also hydrate the animals as they eat.
If the new FDA legislation moves forward brewers will have to meet a series of challenging requirements before selling or donating the spent grains to farmers.
Senator Charles Schumer was at the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica today to call on the FDA to change the legislation to protect the partnership between farmers and brewers.
He says the new law will drastically drive up feed costs for farmers and disposal costs for brewers, a move that may force them to pay to haul the spent grains to landfills.
Schumer says at least 90% of brewers across the country sell or donate spent grains to farmers.
"We are trying to keep family farms alive and grow our craft brewing industry," Schumer said. "But this absurd rule would hurt them both."
The legislation is now in the comment period and will have 30 days before it goes into effect.


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This is a 16 week after school art class for students* with a LOVE of art. This class will explore projects and ideas to grow their artistic skills and imaginations. The projects will also allow them to work with many different mediums including, acrylics, watercolor, oil pastels, soft pastels, fiber, clay(extra fee), collage, printmaking, and more!
Fall Semester 2018 (Complete)
Spring Semester 2019 begins on Thursday, January 24, 2019. No classes the week of March 17-23 (Spring Break). Last class is May 16, 2019.
Missed Classes/Makeups: If a student misses a class, there will be no individual makeup class. If the teacher cancels a class due to severe weather warnings or is sick, there will be an extra makeup class the following week after the last day of scheduled classes. Makeup class will be held on May 23 if necessary.
(Please pay all classes in advance at a discount price of $155, or pay at the beginning of each pay period.)
Please see the FAQ section of the website for all the extra info you may need.
*Max of 10 students per class.


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On Father's Day in 2013, Frank surprised his three children by turning tradition on its head. Instead of waiting for his kids to give him a Father's Day present, he gave them a gift they weren't expecting. After church, while sitting around the table for a huge lunch, he passed each of his three children a copy of a life estate deed. He explained that he and their mom had decided to sign their house over to the three of them.
The children acted confused and concerned, so Frank explained that he and mom weren't getting any younger, and to be honest, mom's mind was starting to slip. Frank was worried about what would happen to the house if his wife had to go to a nursing home, and a buddy recommended that he get it out of their names. He trusted his children, and didn't want to risk losing the house. Deeding it to the kids seemed like a good solution.
At first, he thought he would just pull a deed form from the internet to save some money because, as they all knew, he was more than a little frugal. He quickly realized after a couple of searches that he didn't know what he was doing, so he called a lawyer to set up an appointment. He told the lawyer that he wanted to deed his house to his children. The lawyer suggested that they use a life estate deed instead of a quitclaim deed so that the couple could retain lifetime use rights to the property. Twenty-four hours and $250 later, and the deed was done. Frank was relieved.
Fast forward four years.
Frank reflected on how much had changed in his life since that Father's Day in 2013 as he waited in his new lawyer's waiting room. There had been plenty of good times, but it felt like the bad outweighed the good – and it was about to get worse.
Frank's wife died about a year ago. As it turned out, she never needed a nursing home. Frank's youngest son died nine months later. For the past three months, Frank knew he had some business to take care of, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it until now.
When he sat down with his new lawyer, he explained that he needed to "undo" a deed. He described what he had done four years earlier and what had happened since then. Because he was no longer worried about his wife's possible need for a nursing home, and especially now that his youngest son had died, he wanted to make things simple – all he wanted was to put his house back in his name.
But it wasn't simple, his lawyer explained. Frank could not "undo" the deed he signed four years earlier. Frank's children would have to deed the property back to him.
"No problem," Frank said. They would sign whatever he asked. But again, his lawyer explained it wouldn't be that simple. Frank's youngest son could not sign the property back over – he was no longer with us. As a result of his death, all property owned by the son was now in his estate, and only a probate court could approve that real estate transaction. Frank wondered how much the attorney's fees would be for something like that, but that was the least of his problems.
The complicating factor, Frank learned, was that his son died after a battle with cancer. He had been unemployed and without insurance because of his illness, and had medical bills in the six figure range when he died with no money in the bank. No probate court would allow the property to pass out of his son's estate back to Frank without protecting those creditors.
Four years earlier, Frank had a better option. With an asset protection trust, Frank could have met all of his goals without being exposed to this risk. But Frank wouldn't have considered that option, even his first lawyer had mentioned it because it would have been more expensive.
Frank was stuck. There was no easy way to get his home back in his name, but he couldn't afford to leave things as they were either. In the end, one of Frank's other children would be forced to purchase this interest out of his deceased brother's probate estate to accomplish his father's wishes and protect the home. Frank learned that the simplest and cheapest solution is often not the best when life does not unfold the way we expect.


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I took a while, but I finally had a day off work when it didn't snow. So I took a hike up to the abandoned (silver?) mine just north of town, and got some pretty great photos.
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Dan Savage on Romney: That man is a homophobe
Gay activist and columnist Dan Savage said Thursday that it didn't matter if Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was personally anti-gay or just had anti-gay policies.
"I think he is 100 percent anti-gay," he told Current TV host John Fugelsang. "I don't make a distinction between an honest bigot and a dishonest bigot. The bigotry is just the same."
"My dad is a Republican and we have a quadrennial argument about who I'm going to vote for and who he is going to vote for, and he always reassures me that Republican politicians like George Bush and now Mitt Romney don't really hate gay people," Savage continued. "And I always tell him, whether someone punches you in the nose because they really hate you or they punch you in the nose because they want to impress people who hate you, you still have a broken god-damned nose."
Romney has pledged to support a federal constitutional amendment that would prohibit same sex marriage.
Romney also vetoed a bill funding hate-crimes prevention in Massachusetts while he was governor. His running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), voted against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
"I'm not going to look into Mitt Romney's stony little heart, I'm not going to bust open that bank vault in the Cayman Islands and retrieve his heart to look at," Savage said. "What I care about is policy and his policies are homophobic, and by my estimation that man is a homophobe."
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Continuing to enjoy the success of his new comedy "Last Vegas," Kevin Kline was selected to front the November 2013 issue of Vegas magazine.
While rocking designer duds from Giorgio Armani and Gucci for the Brigitte Lacombe-shot spread, the 66-year-old actor chatted about his acting and his wife "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" star Phoebe Cates.
Check out a few highlights from Mr. Kline"s interview below. For more, be sure to visit Vegas!
On his career:
"I took a part on Broadway in "On the Twentieth Century," which I first turned down, then got talked into doing it. The part grew in rehearsal, and a song was written for me. We developed it, and the part turned into a really good part, whereas on the page it was not. It got great reviews, and I got a Tony Award. That was when I realized, Well, I"m glad I did this. I almost didn"t. I learned a lot of lessons: how something appears on the page isn"t necessarily how it"s going to end up, that there is a process. That was the moment: "I guess I must be doing something right here.""
On his supporters:
"I felt since the very beginning of my career that the less people know about me personally, the more advantageous it will be for them if they"re watching me act, the more they can suspend disbelief. There are brilliant and successful actors about whom we know intimate details, so some can be transcend it. But I just want to stack the deck as much as I can in my favor by being discreet or closemouthed about my personal life."
On Phoebe:
"She comes from a family of producers and grew up going to the theater constantly. She is really smart. Usually she"s not terribly interested in [acting], but if I really need advice, I will ask her for it, and she will give it."


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Forest & Marcy: 'Innovative food that majors on flavour'
126 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4. (01) 660-2480
Either I'm getting soft, or the calibre of the restaurants that I'm eating in is getting better, so apologies for the lack of stinker reviews. I'll have to look harder to find somewhere dreadful to write about.
The latest of Dublin's excellent new restaurants is Forest & Marcy, a sister establishment to Forest Avenue, around the corner on Sussex Terrace. Some months back, John and Sandy Wyer hosted a series of Sunday night pop-ups to showcase the cooking of Donegal chef, Ciaran Sweeney. The food was exciting, innovative, and augured well for the prospects of the new permanent venture that the three were developing at the time.
Forest & Marcy is located in the premises that some will remember as the former home of Rigby's. To say that the interior has had a makeover would be an understatement; it's unrecognisable. Gone is the narrow corridor and the grungy-diner vibe, and in its stead a slick, modern space that's at once sophisticated and inviting. There's no booking, so we arrive early-ish for dinner and we're lucky to get seated immediately, up at the counter. There will be more of a wait for those who arrive later, and for anyone hoping to nab one of the few tall tables. (Forest & Marcy will not work for a group of any more than four, so it's not a place to go with a gang.)
The schtick is that there's a menu of small and some larger plates, and that you order as few or as many as you like. So it's as conducive to dropping in for a couple of small plates and a glass of wine on the way home from work as it is to making a night of it, as we did.
On the night that we visit, it feels as if we are anywhere other than Dublin. The evening is positively balmy, and the other customers pleasingly cosmopolitan, glossy-haired, and well-dressed. There is a definite whiff of international mover and shaker in the ether.
We kick off with a couple of cold snacks, both vegetarian. A quinoa crisp is pure crunch, topped with goat's yoghurt, pickled and fermented carrots, and shavings of fresh summer truffle. It feels bright, light and generous: when did you last get fresh truffle in a dish that costs €4? An artichoke crisp made from tapioca flour and artichoke purée that's been roasted and caramelised is served with cep cream, roasted hazelnuts and tiny pickled mushrooms and onions. The combination is exquisite.
And then on to the hot snacks. Fermented potato bread is Ciaran Sweeney's signature dish, a play on his grandmother's traditional "fadge". It's served with bacon mousse and a barbecued bacon and cabbage relish, and together the elements of the dish pack more flavour than any plate has a right to. (It's wonderful). The brandade is a spin on the traditional dish, layered with red pepper and olive oil emulsion, caramelised onion, and a potato, cod and roast garlic mousse, with crisp cod skin and lemon purée. The only dud note is the poached cod belly; it's not hot enough and the texture is icky. The dish doesn't need it.
Next up, beef tartare served with a raw oyster emulsion, garnished with raw celeriac and tarragon powder. Tarragon and beef are sublime together - think of the classic pairing of steak and bearnaise - as are beef and oyster. It's both subtle and lovely. Seaweed potatoes with mussels and buttermilk is a dish inspired by Sweeney's memories of his grandfather using seaweed as a fertiliser when sowing potatoes. Here, he bakes the new potatoes in seaweed butter and powder at a low temperature and serves them with a buttermilk emulsion, mussel vinaigrette, crisp mussels and pickled seaweeds. It's a dish that you never want to finish. Lamb comes with a barigoule (broth) of artichokes, a risotto made from samphire rather than rice, the 'grains' bound together with a vivid spinach and parsley purée, anchovy mayonnaise and black olives. The textures are beautiful together, and the natural seasoning provided by the sea vegetables a triumph.
Our final, gorgeous, dish is shoulder of suckling pig confit, served with wild garlic gnocchi, lettuce, an intense pistachio paste and a vinaigrette of broadbeans and girolles, with hints of brown butter and mustard seeds somewhere in the background. For dessert, a lime-leaf tart custard tart with strawberry and hibiscus sorbet and a coconut mousse, that marries notes of sweet and savoury and is light yet full-flavoured, and cheeses in impeccable condition. Our bill, with a bottle of Fleurie (€45) comes to €147 before service. The menu changes monthly, a good reason for going again very soon.
The rating
Food: 9/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 27/30
On a budget
Plates range in price from €4 to €18 and you order as many or as few as you like. You could try a couple of plates — perhaps the quinoa and fermented potato dishes — and a glass of wine for less than €20.
On a blow out
A food spend of €90 for two people would satisfy the heartiest and most curious of appetites. Add a bottle of champagne (€86), water and service and you'd be looking at a bill of €100 per head.
The high point
Innovative food that majors on flavour.
The low point
At the moment, it's not open for lunch, except on Sunday.
Whispers from the Gastronomicon
At Forest & Marcy, they serve Nyetimber English Classic Cuvee 2010 (€75), a sparkling wine produced in West Sussex at Nyetimber Manor, a former monastery once granted by Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves. The retail price is usually around €55/60 so that's a good price for a wine that's always a talking point, as well as being a worthy rival to French champagne. Made from a blend of chardonnay and pinot meunier grapes, the wine has balance and complexity, creamy, rich aromas and delicate, lively bubbles.
Irish Independent
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It's time to put on your best René Belloq impersonation because once again we see, Apple, that there is nothing you can possess that your competitors cannot take away.
Writing for PCWorld, Agam Shah says "Qualcomm overtakes Apple with eight-core, 64-bit mobile processor" (tip o' the antlers to @leicaman and Chris).
Yes, that's right. The company has leapt ahead of Apple with what Qualcomm itself called a "marketing gimmick" last fall:
"I know there's a lot of noise because Apple did [64-bit] on their A7," said Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Qualcomm, in an interview. "I think they are doing a marketing gimmick. There's zero benefit a consumer gets from that."
Congratulations, Qualcomm customers, on your new zero-benefit processors!
The funny thing is, that article was also written by Agam Shah. Hmm. Sounds like someone's on Qualcomm's speed dial.
Chandrasekher, of course, eventually got taken to the Qualcomm woodshed because, dude, we're working on a 64-bit chip! (The Qualcomm woodshed is actually not a shed made of wood so much as a meeting room and HR is there and so is your boss and a lawyer and, uh-oh, this doesn't end well.)
But back to now and all the Apple doom with the weeping at One Infinite Loop and the rending of the garments, etc., etc.
Qualcomm has leaped ahead of Apple in 64-bit mobile chip development with its first eight-core Snapdragon 615 chip for mobile devices, which has integrated LTE and 4K video rendering capabilities.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Well, that's it, then. Just burn it all down, because there's no way Apple can catch up if Qualcomm is releasing these Apple-killing processors right now, wait, whaaaaat ...
The Snapdragon 615 will go into high-end smartphones and tablets, which should become available in the fourth quarter, a Qualcomm spokesman said in an email.
AAAAND, BOOM! René Belloq's head just asploded. That's what you get for pretending to be Jewish for the Nazis, René! Jerk.
So. Ha. OK. This chip will not ship for months. Mostly likely after Apple ships new iPhones. With new 64-bit chips. But, boy, Shah sure likes claiming products that aren't actually shipping yet mean competitors have "overtaken" or "caught up" with Apple.
It is always amazing to this hairy observer how future products beat currently shipping Apple products. Time and time again! It's uncanny!
Well, with the possible exception of BlackBerry.


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venerdì 25 ottobre 2013
Polka Doodles DT : Christmas - Anything but a card!
Ho fatto un "cartone del latte" : è stato facile seguendo il template del cd Paper Boutique I.
La carta e i digi colorati sono del cd Home for Christmas , i tickets sono del cd Picknix Collection 2 Gingerbread Twist
Fate un salto sul blog per vedere i meravigliosi progetti del DT, i premi e la nuova sfida del martedì.
A presto, M.
Hiya all! Today I'm showing you my DT for the new challenge at Polka Doodles.Our theme is "Christmas - Anything but a card"
I made a milk box : it was so easy following the template from cd Paper Boutique I !
Paper and coloured digis are from fab cd Home for Christmas , the tickets are from Picknix Collection 2 Gingerbread Twist
Just pop in to see DT fab projects, the great prizes you can win and the new Choosday challenge.
Hugs, M.
ABC Christmas under the three (presents)
crafty ribbons anything but a card
my heart pieces anything christmas
crafty hazelnuts christmas anything christmas
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What a fabulous treat box, Miria! Love the papers you chose to use! TFSRispondiElimina
Mi piace tantissimo...la forma poi l'adoro...non smetterò mai di dirti Bravissimaaaa...RispondiElimina
Miria this is great!RispondiElimina
è adorabile Miria....:-)RispondiElimina
Love your carton - thanks for sharing for CHNC challenge extra for October - hope to see more of your Christmas crafting soon. xRispondiElimina
Thanks for entering your lovely project in the crafty ribbons challengeRispondiElimina
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Thanks for entering my challenge at Crafty Ribbons Challenge
Great to se you here, Miria, missing you on the team...RispondiElimina
Lovely gift box you have made, cute images.
Thanks for joining our T challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge, and good luck in the draw,
Dorte x
This is gorgeous, lovely gift box! Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Ribbons this time, hope youll join us again soon :-) Elaine DT -xxx- p.s I have an All Crafts challenge on my blog (Always anything goes for anything but a card creations) with some fab sponsors if you would like to come along and enter :-) http://sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/all-crafts-challenge-octobernovember.htmlRispondiElimina
- Anonimo29 ottobre 2013 21:30
Hi Miria, what a cute little box love your images too! thanks for playing ABC Christmas challenge this time! hugs Samantha :0)RispondiElimina


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Monday, November 27, 2006
Jeffrey Lewis Band / Kate Goes / Deadly Long Legs / Lets Wrestle Birmingham Bar Academy Saturday 25th November 2006
Okay, get a load of this. Four great bands. Four! Saturday night. In Birmingham. How much? Go on...nope, not even close...£5! A fiver! You can't buy a Mars Bar (other snacks are available) for less than a fiver these days. Well, you get the picture. George Michael charges £100 to see him at the NEC (the most soul destroying venue in the world) and trades on past glories, these spunky youngsters sweat it out for your delight for a fiver. I doff my cap.
Lets Wrestle - Indeed, why not? Listen to their rough demos on My Space and you won't get the how good this three piece were in the flesh. Showing more ambition than a lot of bands (lyrically speaking...who else name checks Charles Mingus in a track these days). The Wrestle are what's great about music these days. Eclectic. Energetic. And proof that, despite Celebrity Fame Jungle Beach Brain Surgery Factor, music is alive and well.
Deadly Long Legs - Crazy name, garage rock heaven. As Childish as Billy and the Buffs, but looking like they're fronted by a 70's footie star, DLL could belong to any decade from the 50's onwards. I love garage rock. It's uncomplicated, unpretentious and untainted by much of the thick layers of gloss that's slapped on to a lot of 'modern' tracks and Deadly Long Legs do the genre as well as any band I've seen.
Kate Goes - I have a soft spot for Kate Goes. Having witnessed and enthusiastically reviewed thier very first gig I've left it a good while before seeing them again and am delighted to announce that they've retained the same sense of innocence that I loved about them then. That's not to say that they haven't developed. Vocally and musically they seemed stronger (as you'd expect after more gigs) and their guitarist has transformed from someone who looked a little like a geography teacher into a rock god (good work fella). Boom Shadilak is, I'm convinced, a number 1 record in waiting (you can listen to the rough demo at their My Space site, but live it's 100 x better). They're getting rave reviews from better scribes than me and, if they get the break they deserve, they will follow Misty's into the bigger, wider world and...who knows...
Top marks for the theme tonight too. Kate Goes tin foil...
Jeffrey Lewis Band - Seen Jeff loads of times and hope to keep doing so. He is unique. As a solo artist he is the very definition of 'anti folk' (if there is such a thing), but with brother Jack he is capable of rocking out to a quite impressive degree. No Creeping Brain tonight, but we did get the Hand and History Of Communism in China. Sublime. Each time I've seen him the crowd gets bigger, his guitar gets more battered and the drawings that illustrate some of the songs become more dog eared. If you haven't yet witnessed one of his shows you've missed out on one of the most special musicians/artists around. It's as simple as that.
All this for a fiver! That's why Mums go to Iceland...no, I have no idea why I wrote that either.
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Bromheads Jacket / Oxford Glamour Models Birmingham Barfly Wednesday 22nd November 2006
Hola! Naughty Baron has been neglecting his duties again. Tut tut. This blogging business takes ages though. I don't just dash this off in a quick five minutes you know...each word is torn from my soul like...oh who am I trying to kid?
Oxford Glamour Models - floppy fringed Suede-y in places but a lot harder...grrrrrr...Horrors-esque if you will...and who are you to argue? Listen to 'Kick Out the Grams' and you'll get flashes of early Bowie too. Go on...there..told you you would.
Bromheads Jacket - I knew this would be a moshy moshy kind of gig and the Jackets provided the perfect soundtrack for my well deserved battering at the hands, feet and heads of 'the kids'. If the bruises on my rib cage are anything to go by, if was a damn fine gig. As with most gigs that I go to, the majority of the people at the front knew every word. I, being a musical whore, knew snatches (stop snickering at the back), but they're such a damn catchy band that familiarity probably doesn't make much difference. I particularly liked their promise not to play Golden Arches and What, If's and Maybe's " 'cos they're shit"...only to play both tracks straight afterwards. Rock, and indeed, roll.
Will they become the 'next Arctic Monkeys' as predicted on this very site in March / April (well not this one, The Hearing Aid Mk1 - RIP)? Who knows. But they're one Jacket that you need to try on (who needs NME eh? This is gold, solid gold).
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Dufus / Mr Bones & the Dreamers, Jug of Ale, Sunday 12th November 2006
Sunday gigs...wrong, wrong, wrong.
Dufus...right, right, right.
But first, and it was their first, Mr Bones & the Dreamers debuted tonight and put on a strong performance. Their lead singer reminded me a little of...wait for it... Roy Orbison. Yes, I know. Maybe it was just me. They have a kind of country/folk sound, a little Decemberists in parts.
Dufus (one lead singer, the bearded wonder that is Seth, and an ever changing band that sometimes extends to nearly 20 people but tonight numbered a more compact 4) have been around for quite a while now and were/are part of what is known as anti-folk (a little folk, a little punk, a little art house/experimental theatre...you know the kind of thing). Their live shows are legendary and full of the kind of childlike wonder that you just don't think exists anymore. They've just released a truly special album, The Last Classed Blast, on Birmingham's very own Iron Man Records. It's the kind of eclectic album that John Peel would rave over. A mix of sublime folky loveliness and Zappa-esque 'what the chuff...' moments. Put it on your Christmas list (and everyone else's) and you won't be disappointed. Tutu (probably one of my favourite tracks of the year) is worth the price of admission on its own.
Anyway, back to the gig. Seth had a charming female vocalist / foil tonight who was as brilliant to watch as Seth (and that's saying something). A lot of the music of Dufus really comes alive...well...when it's live...so, with a formidable back catalogue to delve into it was a bloody great gig. Classics Underwear and Wee Ma Woo got an airing, as did the aforementioned Tutu. Sadly a number of the crowd were there for the local opening act and many had melted away before the end. Their loss.
Reading the liner notes of the new Dufus album and in after a very brief chat with Seth I kind of get the feeling that he is a little disheartened with the relative lack of success of a band that should really be playing much, much bigger venues and selling bucket loads of CD's. Let's hope the new album does just that.
As an aside, I had a chat with the female vocalist too (I always find appraoching a band a little odd, particularly at my age when I'm often old enough to be their dad...but, if I've enjoyed the gig, I'm kind of compelled to). It turns out she's a waitress in New York when she's not singing with the band. I sort of had it in my head that they would all be full time Dufi. It's just another reminder that some of the best and most talented people aren't to be found in enormo-domes like the NEC, but working in diners and singing in boozers like the Jug. In the vernacular of our American cousins...'it's kinda cool, but it kinda sucks at the same time'.
Anyway, enough already. Please buy the album. Here (look, how easy can I make it!)
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Luke Haines / Lisa Lindley Jones Birmingham Bar Academy Wednesday 8th November 2006
Wasn't sure what to expect tonight. Knew we'd be in an acoustic kind of place - and we were. Opener Lisa Lindley Jones had a smokey sort of voice that made you want to drink a bottle of Shiraz and puff on a big fat Havana whilst fanning yourself with a dog eared copy of Down and Out in London and Paris by George Orwell. Gentle, but good.
Saw Luke Haines back in the day (early 90's) supporting The The according to Lady Baron. Loved the 'big' single Lenny Valentino and the soundtrack to Christy Malry...but haven't followed Luke's career as much as it probably deserved to be followed. That's the problem with being a musical whore. If you like one band, or indeed, 'scene' it's quite easy to keep up. If you're into anything from The Big Bang to Phil Ochs, The Associates to Frank Zappa or System of a Down to Bessie Smith...(yes my i-pod has a serious identity crisis) it's a tricky business.I'm sure the last time I saw a picture of Mr Haines he was a fairly skinny kind of chap with blonde hair. Tonight he had morphed into that bloke from the Thin Blue Line and Four Weddings and a Funeral (no, not Rowen Atkinson, the other one, with the receding hairline who marries one of the bridesmaids...you know). This has nothing to do with the music of course, but he does look rather different.
As an acoustic set I felt that some of the songs suffered a little and his vocal delivery (more a kind of menacing whisper) really benefits from having some backing (either other musicians or vocalists). He is also rather well read. So if you're not up on everything from child killers to Marxist theory some of the meaning of the songs can be lost a little. But, that being said, I rather enjoyed the set and , for an artist who once jumped off a 15ft wall (breaking both legs) just to get off finishing a US tour, he seemed to enjoy himself too. Luke Haines - demented genius who deserves far more success than he gets but is probably quite happy where he is.
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Monday, November 06, 2006
The Gossip / Comanechi / Panther Birmingham Barfly Thursday 2nd November 2006
November, as Moz so wisely pointed out some years ago, spawned a monster. Thus this November sees a monsterous number of gigs (see what I did there?) all tempting me like sirens of sound (no, I've not been drinking). Anyway, on to the review of the first gig of the month. Opener Panther was a delight. A bloke who sounds a bit like Har Mar Superstar trapped in a lift with Justin Timberlake and Jeff Buckley. He did lots of cool / mental dancing too and is an electropop star waiting to happen. Watch his latest video here you mutha.
Comanechi were up next and had a cool Japanese girl drummer (vocals) and male geeeetar player (Peter Hook style shapes) thing going on. In love Japanese girl vocalists. They could sing a shopping list and make it sound and look cool. Don't know her name but it was her birthday tonight and someone had got her some Cava as a pressie...aaahhh bless. If you can like the whole Japanese garage thing as much as I do, check 'em out.
Right. The main event. The. G to the O to the S to the S to the I to the P. Lead singer Beth has been getting so pretty good press this year and I can see why. There are few frontwomen with as much spunk (as it were) as Beth, vocally she could easily out Janis Ms Joplin and she struts some pretty funky stuff all over the stage. Towards the end she climbed over the barriers and danced amongst us mere mortals. I always like bands that do that. TOUCH YOUR PEOPLE...we won't bite...well maybe one ot two of us will...
Lady Baron - who was less than convinced with Panther and Comanechi - loved The Gossip, as did the rest of the crowd. An outspoken lesbian of generous proportions, it makes a real change to see someone like Beth making the pages of NME (naked no less). Perhaps there is hope for the world after all. In a year of outstanding gigs, this has to go down as one of the best. Southern tinged, blues garage rock heaven. Lets hope The Gossip spreads...(oohh, now come on, that's clever right? Oh, okay then, please yourselves).
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The Long Blondes / 1990s / Monkey Swallows the Universe Birmingham Academy 2 Saturday 28th October 2006
Early gig tonight as Saturdays see the Academy host Ramshackle - a club night thingy for troubled teens, pervy old men and glue sniffers. So the first band came on at the ungodly hour of 6.45. ..barely time for a £3.20 pint of watered down Strongbow (thanks Mr Carling Academy, you really are spoiling us). Monkey Swallows the Universe is a name that conjures up some kind of 60's psychadelic cult group. The Monkey's were, in fact, more acousticy (well how would you spell it?) and mellow than that. As with many opening bands the majority of the audience weren't as receptive as they should've been...which was a shame as they had some gentle, but impressively catchy, tunes. Download Florence from their website and see what I mean...
Gentle isn't a word that you would use to describe 1990s. They had a real 80's rock group thing going on. I think they scared some of The Long Blondes fans a bit at first but, by the end of the set, the applause has lifted from a gentle appreciation to more of a 'woohoo' with a coupled of added 'yeahs'. They couldn't help reminding me of The Knack a little bit. Which, as they sang 'My Sharona' (a classic is ever there was one) was no bad thing. In fact the more I listen to them the more I like them...
The main event then. The Long Blondes. Unknown to me the drummer is from Stourbridge and his dad (I think) was just behind me, next to the bass players mum. Which made it all feel a bit like a school play. But I'm being picky (naughty Baron). On record The Long Blondes must be one of the bands of the year. Once and Never Again and Giddy Stratospheres are bloody ace and they didn't fail to hit the spot (several spots in fact) tonight. No encore, but I kind of like that. Come on, do your thang, then leave. None of this on/off crap. We're not fooled and it ain't a frickin panto.
Overall a good night, but I rarely feel particularly knocked out by gigs at the Academy or Academy 2 these days (due to the venue, not the bands). But then, so soon after the audio orgasm that was Coldrice, what could possibly compete? Answers on a postcard please...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
I never know what my kids are going to spring on me. After everyone was in bed last night, J (my 13 yr old) comes in and says "Mom, I don't have anything green to wear." (She wore her green shirt yesterday…what was she thinking?) "Please…will you make me a hat? A little top hat would be perfect."(This is after she asks me…"can you make me a shirt?" In an hour? No way…and no, I will not stay up all night either. haha)
So….at it I went this morning. I got this little hat made in about 45 min. 🙂 After she got it on she said "I look stupid"..but she still wore it to school. LOL. I know C. wanted to take it from her. She was asking "Where's mine?" Give me more warning…!! 🙂 She said "OK, for my birthday then." I guess I will be making at least one more hat in the near future.
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MD writes...
Three topics readers interested in investing in UK plc might consider going forward into 2005:
Cash Flows
It is alleged that UK plc cash flows are very strong and that cash is piling up. Well, maybe. The Times ran a stupendously fatuous piece yesterday 28/12/04 entitled "UK plc builds up cash pile" by Gary Duncan. Under a graph entitled Leading Cash Rich Companies he chose to measure high free cash flow as a percentage of enterprise value. Knock me over with a feather – since when was this a recognised measure? Still, what do I know - the widely ridiculed EBITDA is still regularly quoted as well. Clearly the article / idea was planted by the scientists at the "investment banks". Stars were M&S, BAE, and others no doubt all being touted as buys or takeover plays in 2005.
Share Buy Backs
The saddest statistic I've seen recently (also in The Times 28/12/04) was biggest share buy-backs of 2004 and I quote:
Vodafone £3,268m
BP £2,894m
M&S £1,755m
GSK £1,100m
AstraZeneca £1,099m
BAT £1,036m
Centrica £1,000m
Some of these companies sold part of the family silver to do this. But to what end? Note also that the much maligned Shell is no where to be seen on this list. Yet, despite its troubles, Shell is up 9% on the year vs. BP at 14%. BP Amoco is supposedly the better run company and has not had the reserve crisis of its rival. However, I question if £2.9bn is worth the candle. Certainly, pension fund trustees at some of these firms may have their doubts that buy-backs are the best use for "surplus" cash.
Shares are typically issued for 3 reasons, viz; to buy a company; to get out of gaol (otherwise known as remedying past mistakes); and to further reward already overly-well rewarded directors and senior staff. Let anyone who says that they have no cost study the above statistics.
Dividend Cover
I've taken a look at UK plc dividend cover. In contrast to the cash flows optimism noted earlier it makes sorry reading. When the scribe was lad it was a rule of thumb that sufficient dividend cover was not less than 3x. Here's a surprise: hardly any of the FTSE 100 are anywhere near 3x covered. Most hover between 1 and 2. Bloody hell! Not much being held back for investment, nor for rainy days. Another price to pay for share buy-backs?


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Does the saying "opposites attract" hold true to every situation? If you're a book lover, wouldn't you rather go out with someone who's also into books? Wouldn't it also help to be seeing someone who's tastes in books are somewhat similar to yours?
I can't imagine spending time with someone whom all I can talk about is the weather, algae, jpeg vs. gif, or Britney Spears. I'd probably kill myself if I can't talk about books with my S.O. Having said that, I do consider it important that we somehow like the same books. Or, more importantly, that we get one another interested in our preferred reading matter.
I've been romantically involved three times, with the first two ending in very unfortunate scenarios. (The one I'm in now, I believe, is for keeps. We met at a bookstore. And the first time we met, future S.O, was holding a Murakami! I was totally into Murakami 5 years ago.) Looking back, I now know why there was never a chance of those two relationships succeeding, and I feel that it has something to do with reading tastes (or lack thereof).
We've all heard about deal breakers. They're omens of some sort, whether the date is headed into something potentially serious or if you're better off with a dog. For book lovers like us, deal breakers can come in two ways -- either the potential S.O. isn't into books at all or he/she is so into a specific type of genre that we wouldn't even bother reading.
In my first relationship, I was with someone who was not into reading at all, and I mean reading in all forms. That was doomed from the start, although why we lasted for 2 years I'll never know. The second one was into books, the religious kind. I've nothing against those; I've actually read quite a few. The deal breaker for me happened during my birthday when I received 5 books about the Virgin Mary and when this person said, "You should try these, and not the trashy ones you're always reading." What. A Load. Of S--t. We lasted for 2 years, too.
If I were single, I would definitely be on the lookout for these literary deal breakers every time I go out on a date. Here are some of the books that would send me fleeing to the next parallel universe:
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- The Alchemist (or all the books by Coehlo for that matter)
- Any book with a cover depicting Fabio ravaging a woman
- Finnegan's Wake
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- High School Musical novelizations


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This will be my first year attending ASQ's annual Quality Education Conference & Workshop. I've had a lot of fun volunteering and working with the Education Division, so I have no doubt the event will be exceed expectations.
I submitted to speak this time because I wanted to share some insight I've gained as someone who has instructed sessions related to critical thinking in the workforce. But, I've also used these quality tools as a parent and have done a fair amount of research related to importance of critical thinking & decision-making as it relates to STEM success. I'm excited to have been chosen and am in the process of polishing my presentation.
Critical thinking allows us to use our own creativity and curiosity to research, design test and improve solutions. "Critical thinking is a skill that is impossible to teach directly but must be intertwined with content." ~Christodoulou
Highlights of my presentation include:
- Critical Thinking & STEM: Making the Connection
- Keys to Success
- Games & Activities
- Applied Tools
- Affinity Diagrams
- Fishbone Diagrams
- Six Thinking Hats
- Mind Mapping
- Grid Analysis
- Additional Resources
If you're interested in QECW, check out the site here. Bill Troy, ASQ's CEO is just one keynote I'm looking forward to. And, the other speakers and their sessions will be hard to choose from. This will be my first conference volunteering also, so I'm leveling up on the fun!


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The Silicon Valley iOS Developers' Meetup is the largest monthly gathering of iOS developers anywhere. Join us on the third Monday of each month.
Renaissance was a three day conference on the design, business, and technology of apps. I organized two Renaissance conferences, the first in 2013 in partnership with Bill Dudney, and the second in 2014 solo after Bill returned to Apple.


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When Aizawl FC scripted a fairytale triumph in I League, there were questions about the club's immediate future what with the players looking to move on to greener pastures of the Indian Super League.
The fears were not unfounded. Majority of their first-class players, and more importantly the one who injected the sense of belief and power to dream big -- coach Khalid Jamil, exited.
Standing at similar crossroads is Minerva Punjab, the latest I League champions. After having won the title on Thursday, club owner Ranjit Bajaj faces a headache more than a dilemma, to keep hold of this group for the coming season.
Certainly, the answer to this wasn't what one could expect. "I know these boys will leave next year. I am already preparing for it," Bajaj told Mail Today.
"I have never treated them like I am the owner and I have spoken to them during the season that if they have a better offer, they should leave. The likes of Chencho (Gyeltshen) could easily be picked to play in the Indian Super League and I have no regrets because he played his part this season. We have already shortlisted the foreign players we want to buy next season, so I am not worried. Besides, we have a great academy, as everyone knows, so we have our local talent to rely on," he added.
A question of staying afloat in the I League is unanswerable since the All India Football Federation plans to revamp its league structure for the coming year. Fighting the might of ISL clubs, given AIFF's stern financial criteria, could be a hindrance for the Chandigarh-based club.
"I don't need money to be honest. We know that the I League might not exist next season as AIFF are planning for a different league system but we have faith that as I League champions we will play in the top tier nonetheless. That's totally up to the federation to reward us for our achievement but I am not going to compete against any ISL club financially. On the pitch, we are ready to beat them," he said.
Commenting on the future of I League, meanwhile, tournament CEO Sunando Dhar said a decision will soon be made after the Super Cup.
"We have to look above the financial criteria since clubs like Minerva and Aizawl have proved they are top teams. It's a lengthy process, and we are hopeful to resolve this soon. I would say that a new league structure is reckoning next season. But there have been no talks about which club will be part of the top tier," Dhar told Mail Today.


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Happy Holidays Everyone, I took a break from blogging but I am back at it and there are some awesome and exciting things coming in the New Year that I am just SO excited about!
One thing that I have been doing (almost) without fail for the past few years is enjoying a lemon water in the morning just as soon as I make my way to the kitchen. It was something I had read in the first whole-foods based diet book that I read. A few things from that book stuck with me like morning smoothies and lemon waters!
Lemon water is the perfect thing to put into your body first thing in the morning, but also of us are choosing to put coffee or other caffeinated drinks in us first thing. This is not the best choice!
During the night our bodies undergo cleansing processes, this is the time they grow most, especially in children, and sleep allows our bodies to rejuvenate and helps our cells renew. This also causes us to wake up dehydrated most days, so we need water to be put into our bodies in the morning. Coffee is a dehydrating drink and worsens the effects of morning dehydration.
Okay, so now we understand why water is important to put in our bodies, but why should we add lemon, you ask. Great question.
There are many reasons lemon water is ideal.
Lemon supports the liver
The liver is the body's detoxifying organ and i performs more than 500 functions in the human body. It is the sight of hormone conjugation, and also toxin breakdown and removal, among MANY other things. When we sleep our livers are very active, especially in areas of cleansing and detoxification, this is because during the day the liver has many other processes it needs to focus on. When we drink lemon water in the morning we are giving extra support to the liver allowing us to remove some of the toxins it has worked on in the night and remove things no longer needed by the body. Hydration encourages bowel movements too, also encouraging removal of toxins from the body.
Lemon water is very alkalizing
Lemons, although acidic outside of the human body is actually very alkaline once inside the body. Our bodies act in a very strict pH zone, and many foods we eat are acidic, including meats, grains, dairy and some oils and nuts and seeds, meaning the the most alkaline foods are fruits and vegetables along with some spices. While we know vegetables are good for us we need to be consuming a lot of help us stay in an alkaline place. Coffee is another very acidic food, and we should start from a more alkaline place to help with balance.
Lemons boost our immune system
Lemons are a great source of vitamin C and our white blood cells, the main cells working hard in our immune system, require adequate vitamin C to function properly. Drinking lemon water in the morning helps your immune function!
Lemon juice helps improve digestion
Lemon juice in our water helps to improve digestion, not only by encouraging proper bowel health, but also because lemon can help restore stomach acidity. Many folks today have underactive stomachs, meaning that there is too little stomach acid, this leads to poor skin health, along with heartburn, indigestion, and pain with eating along with poorly absorbed nutrients. Lemon juice in our water restores proper balance and allows us to enjoy life more by reducing our pain and symptoms. Fresh lemon also contains living enzymes that aid in digestion as well, and reduce the load on the body for producing enzymes.
Okay so you're now ready to take this small step to improve your health.
Lemon Water "Recipe"
1-2 cups of warm or room temperature water
½ lemon
Squeeze juice from ½ of lemon into the cup of water and enjoy in the morning.
You want to choose warm or room temperature water because it will help your body utilize it better. Cold water requires more effort on the bodies behalf to utilize and we want to ensure easy processes for the body. I sometimes fill my glass the night before and leave it out or I will heat water on the stovetop if I am feeling chilled and wait until that water is slightly warmed. You don't want hot or boiled water, this will kill the live enzymes in the lemon reducing the powerful effects.
Have you incorporated lemon water into your daily routine? If not, it a try!
12/30/2014 01:01:53 am
This is so true - I learned this when I did my first detox at the beginning of the year. I've been a little sporadic of late, so thanks for the reminder! Looking forward to reading more!
12/31/2014 11:53:46 am
Thanks for the helpful info. I'm SO incorporating this in my morning routine - I've laid in a supply of lemons.
12/31/2014 11:59:15 am
I totally agree with all of what you wrote in your post. I love lemon in my water. It's so cleansing. I often will use my Lemon essential oil from Young Living also. These can be put in water and ingested. Happy New Year!!
Fab post!
1/6/2015 02:12:07 am
Great info! I didn't know that boiling water would reduce the effects of lemon! Quick question: would any citrus fruit have similar benefits as lemon? What about lime or grapefruit?
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The Golden Psalter of Charlemagne, also known as Dagulf Psalter according to the name of the scribe who wrote it, is among the regal manuscripts of the Palace School, i.e. among those jewels of illumination which were produced before the imperial coronation of Charlemagne in the year 800. The Psalter, a collection of 150 psalms of the Old Testament, covers two decisive phases of the Carolingian School of painting. The section carried out between 783 and 789 may be identified as having been made in Worms and Metz, whereas the completion of the codex undoubtedly took place in Aachen between 790 and 795. The Golden Psalter thus constitutes a testimony to the evolution of the Palace School which started in several places, but after restoration of the Palatinate, was to execute masterpieces of unequalled perfection in Aachen.
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January has been a busy month both in the United States and around the world. The World Economic Forum, held in Switzerland, garnered a lot of attention as President Trump arrived with the plan to push his America First agenda that was prominently discussed during his run for president in 2016. Videos of news coverage as well as some prominent speeches from President Trump can be viewed at Huffington Post.
The World Economic Forum was held in Davos and lasted two days featuring many speeches from political leaders from around the world. As a businessman, President Trump was never invited to the meeting, and as President of the United States, he will be the first to attend the gathering since Bill Clinton last attended in 2000. President Trump will have a prime opportunity to mix and mingle with the elite globalists that he spent much time bashing during his 2016 election campaign. White House aides made it clear that President Trump intended to push the same agenda that he had campaigned on during election time, and the same messages he had pushed with multiple trips abroad over his first year as president. President Trump himself took to Twitter to let the country know where he stands by proclaiming "Our economy is now booming an with all I am doing, will only get better…Our country is finally WINNING again!"
Prior to heading overseas, President Trump took the time to place a 30% tariff on solar panels that are imported, which is expected to only be the first of many trade restrictions from his administration. It is expected that in 2018 President Trump takes strong steps in the area of steel and might do away with NAFTA agreements with Mexico and Canada. It is also expected that while at the meeting he will push for more global investment in the United States which could benefit other countries with the corporate tax cuts that were added in 2017.
The meeting is also expected to cover topics like the strong influence Iran has garnered in the Middle East, battles with militants from the Islamic State and the nuclear challenge that has been ongoing with most of the world and North Korea. While in Davos, President Trump will also have a few diplomatic meetings with Theresa May, Paul Kagame, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Alain Berset.


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Smashing Magazine posted a series of March-inspired wallpapers/calendars today, so I thought I'd put one together to give away here. Enjoy the lame visual pun and 84 Rock! font. I, for one, cannot wait to embrace the sweet Spring after the winter we've had in Pittsburgh. Everyone have a great weekend!
Yesterday, Jeff Hamada of BOOOOOOOM! posted a call to designers and artists to alter a magazine using only "traditional means." (He urged everyone to step away from the computer and use pencils, markers, paint, etc. to create a new piece of art from a commercial layout.) Above is my contribution, constructed from a copy of Maxim magazine, a sharpie and my X-Acto. I had a blast doing this.
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Last week, The Design O'Blog posted a "10 questions with…" interview with illustrator/designer Von Glitschka. Read the article here and check out Von's site Vonster.com for some really inspiring illustrations, logos, icons and more. The "and more" here encompassing downloadable .pdf designer "kick me" signs (ex. I ❤ comic sans).
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For anyone who's followed this blog for it's short but fruitful life, it's apparent that I'm a huge proponent of Marty Neumeier's book The Brand Gap. "Read this book before your competitors do," urges Tom Kelley of Ideo on the book's back cover. I couldn't agree more with Mr. Kelley. The Brand Gap is an incredibly valuable resource to anyone involved in business at any level to better understand branding. For those who think a brand is simply a wordmark or icon, this book sheds light onto the depth with which we as designers put into identity development. For those who are "in the know" about building brands, the article succintly and clearly lays out the pertinent info that must be taken into consideration before any branding endeavor. My advice: if you haven't read it, you are legitimately missing out. Plus, you can read it easily in a single sitting and if you take nothing else away from this read, (which I sincerely doubt you could) the layout is absolutely great.
Additionally, suplemental information to the book is available via a numerous stock of pdfs at http://www.newriders.com.
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Why I Became an Artist from Print Magazine features a short, funny article about the art trade as well as a huge Flickr pool of vintage ads featuring illustrated women. Really great, classic stuff.
I found it via Quipsologies.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March chicks
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Impulse buying! Normally I associate that with shoes, or handbags. I think you will get more out of your impulse buys than you would a pair of fancy shoes or handbag, though.ReplyDeleteReplies
Heehee, it was most definitely an impulse buy!Delete
I am currently begging my husband for chicks for my birthday (the 24th of this month). Pleeeeeeeease....ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, I hope you get some!! If the begging doesn't work out for you, try buying them yourself and apologizing afterwards ;)Delete
How could you NOT pick up the last two chickies? It wasn't like you had any choice in the matter, it was essential to your well being and theirs!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, Carolyn, exactly!Delete
Little peeper people are almost impossible to resist! Looks like your little one approves of them! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
She is smitten with them! When I passed by them at the store (in an attempt to focus on getting what I actually came for), she threw her arms out toward them and pleaded, "chickies!!" as if to say, "Save them! The poor chickies!" Defenseless, I tell you. I was utterly defenseless.Delete
Aw, what beauties.ReplyDelete
I had a close call with 9 bantam chickies - good golly, they were cute! I doubt very much if I could have left those cuties behind - and they are lovely breeds, to boot!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 3:08 PM
If I could.. I think I would have done the same thing ;o)ReplyDelete
We got a turkey one year because of that very same reason! We named him Rusty!ReplyDelete
It simply cannot be avoided :-) Happy raising!!! And, happy almost Spring!ReplyDelete
I am right there with you - I was at the feed store and the chirpping drew me in and before I knew it I was slapping my hands and running toward the check out counter to pay for my hay before I did something silly. I would rather purchase chicks then a handbag any day. I know I am not normal.ReplyDelete
I was kind of eyeing the Cuckoo Maran in the hatchery catalog. Can't wait to see what yours looks like as it gets older.ReplyDelete


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You've been blogging for a while now, and so far everything has been going great. Then, all of a sudden you've noticed a dip in the page views that you're getting and are wondering what on earth is going on. A mistake that a lot of bloggers make is getting too comfortable in their content creation, meaning that they end up writing similar posts again and again.
Your readers want to see posts that are unique and insightful; they don't want to read posts that are too samey. The key to blogging success is ensuring that your posts are interesting, unique, and valuable, as these are the types of posts that will keep your readers interested in what you have to say.
To help you ensure that your blog posts are interesting and worth clicking on, below are three useful suggestions for keeping your content fresh and click-worthy.
1. Be up to date
When it comes to writing posts that people actually want to read, you need to ensure that you are up to date on the most popular topics. This is because, if you want your blog to be a success, your content needs to on trend. You can't write a post about a product that came out last year and expect it to be a soaring success, as the chances are that many of your readers will have already tried the product out for themselves.
When it comes to getting ideas for good topics to talk about, the internet is the best resource to use. Search other blogs, take inspiration from news sites, keep an eye on the websites of your favourite brands, and you can ensure that you're up to date with all the most up to date news.
2. Write about topics you have a knowledge of
One of the biggest mistakes that you can make as a blogger is writing about a topic that you have little knowledge of. You see, if you are going to be able to create content that is interesting and has a value to it, you need to know what you are talking about, so it's important to aim only to write posts about the things that you have an in-depth knowledge of. After all, you are meant to be the expert.
3. Get your headlines spot on
The headlines that you use for your blog posts are crucial, in fact, they're one of the most important parts of any post. Wondering why that is? Well, it's because the headline of a post is what draws the reader in, it needs to be a click-worthy headline in order for your readers to want to click on it. This is especially important for when you're sharing content on social media as if your headlines are click-sexy, the chances are that more people will click on them and read your content, upping your page views.
To help you create more engaging headlines, there are plenty of free tools online for generating click-sexy headlines. Give these tools a try, and you will see a major increase in your page views - that's a promise!
Take note of the tips and advice above, and you can ensure that your readers stay interested in what you have to say.


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'This is a listening treat! These sonic inventions are intricate in their melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic development. At times I am reminded of the beauty of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, as these unique and wonderful textures unfold to reveal the creative personalities of the musicians performing. A joyful exuberance abounds as the diverse styles (Latin, Jazz, and Classical) are blended together to create a truly enjoyable musical journey.' - Ken Pullig, Jazz Composition Chair of Berklee College of Music 'Mina's music is fresh. Being grounded in a wide variety of jazz, her compositions are like journeys to different exotic places, each piece offering it's own flavor, some wild fervor, some a hard hitting yet playful groove, others more melancholic but all emotionally rewarding. As a pianist, Mina commands the piano with great skill, her playing exudes joy, playfulness and vitality while providing plenty of space for her sidemen to shine. ' - Tim Lukas, a Producer of Blink Music.
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2014 has no doubt left us confronting new surfaces and shifting terrain. One aspect of this review for me has been the re-examination of the role that blogging plays. Given the more immediate ways that we now have for 'sharing' and 'connecting' via photographic social media platforms, the artist blog often seems like a slow turtle by comparison. It takes time to compose and craft a post – time that one might spend doing the actual studio work.
Outside of the diaristic aspect of keeping a blog, an online journal is often a way to leave a bread crumb trail of sorts when work is in progress. Sometimes you do not want to give away too much, but you also want to provide small hints of how things have been developing, where ideas come from, or even confess a major overhaul of everything you purported to be on track in a previous post.
Blogging also still reveals some of the unexpected edges and a virtual texture map of how your world fits together. You cannot always illustrate this with other media platforms, and the suggestive nature of your process might not be evident or even properly appreciated when 'likes' are the form of exchange.
I definitely blog less than I used to, and this might be because I am trying to regain a bit of mystery with my work. I also like to make small leaps between ideas (i.e. not over-explain) and this method might seem confusing when one is encouraged to 'share' all of the time.
I have been thinking a lot about how simple texture maps are a great way to suggest the sensation of what I am after (creatively) without having to reveal too much until things are further resolved. I keep this pinboard, 'Resurfacing/Surfacing' as a visual record of some of these ideas. I also like the micro/macro aspect of what texture maps do and do not reveal.
I think that the most important thing is to use your blog so that it works for you, helps you to connect, but does not become a chore or distraction from what is essential to the core of your work or process. Everyone knows what this balance entails, and no statistics can distract you from the truth of what it means to really carve out a meaningful and complex repository of your efforts.