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2012 Preview of Icelantic Skis: The Ski of Colorado
This year Icelantic has once again outdone itself, bringing a strong 2012 lineup with a couple of new additions. Tune in to check out the full lineup as I go ski to ski, and give you the business behind this independent company's motivation, mindset, and how it quickly became the Ski of Colorado in 2010.
A little background to get you lifted . . .
Icelantic isn't your average ski company. I characterize it as more of a cultural awakening to the ski industry. Founder, Ben Anderson, is a Colorado transplant from Toledo, Ohio, but he quickly traded his Midwest hills for Rocky Mountains and never looked back in terms of finding innovative ways to enhance the ski industry. After conceptualizing the idea of filling a void he saw in the industry, it seems he pretty much said, f$c$ it, bought a used ski press, and started making skis in his parent's garage in Evergreen Colorado. In 2004 the Scout pioneered the line and paved the way for what Icelantic stands for 7 years later – a group of passionate individuals who truly believe in the products that they sell: from the quality materials and American craftsmanship, to the unprecedented graphic artwork and amazing performance, all the way back to the down-to-earth, approachable style that everyone who makes up that company will extend to you. The whole team truly emobodies and lives by their Mission Statement:
"Icelantic is a progressive, independent ski company that represents a lifestyle supporting, art, adventure, creativity, passion and innovation. Icelantic skis are high performance and totally unique, guaranteeing the evolution of the snow sports industry. We employ American craftsmanship, top of the line materials and cutting edge graphic art to provide our customer with the best product and experience possible. We are committed to building lasting, enriching relationships with every customer, to ensure that they believe in our product and company as much as we do. It is our mission and our nature to live a lifestyle inspired by passion and we invite you to join us."
|Icelantic's quality construction layer by layer.
Check the Scene for Yourself
Simply typing www.icelanticboards.com into your web browser will give you a pretty good idea of the nature of this company. I'm not going to get into it too much because clicking through the site is the best experience it, but I will say that Icelantic is definitely all about skiing, keeping their company independent, American made, and full of good-natured people that you can see are doing something they love to do. Take for example their International Sales and Marketing Manager, Annelise Loevlie, who also writes a weekly First Degree Newsletter that serves up everything from music picks, reviews, event information, and some good old-fashioned story-telling of her trips far and wide that will have you wanting to smell that same mountain air, float on the same powder, and definitely have you smiling at your computer screen. Anderson also gets the writing urge, sending off reviews of the skis he designs and stands behind with a 2-year warranty.
It is pretty refreshing to have the owner of the company be so hands on and writing to you about the progression of the Icelantic line. I mean I've heard the saying, "I need to hear it from the horse's mouth," but that still seems ridiculously cool to me. I've never received an email from Mr. JoJo K2 telling me about his lineup – man that guy needs to get off his high horse. Not to pick on K2, they make good stuff to, but I bet they don't host First Friday parties in Denver with live music and free beer. I'll tell you a company who does though.
Be An Animal!
Speaking of horses, Icelantic's theme this coming year is, BE AN ANIMAL, sparking the inspiration behind Icelantic's trippy graphics '12. Co-founder and friend of Icelantic, Travis Parr, is the man who brings Icelantic's lineup to life. Parr is a successful artist who naturally thrives in the conscious world of skiing, and pushes the limits of that reality to express creative symbiosis with his canvas. Two organisms – man and canvas – living in close physical association with one another, each benefitting and giving life to the other. As soon as this symbiosis is complete the skis part with Parr and find another to live harmoniously with ripping stashes, living life to the fullest and possibly taking on new ownership until eventual evolution of a new year, a new line, and a new theme begins the cyclical process again.
|Artist Travis Parr
Well, that is the way I see it anyways and if you check out his artistic philosophies and his stunning work, you will see how I came to that conclusion. It is how it should be. Breath life into a company through art, music, and overall consciousness for quality in product and life, and you will gain loyal customers. Be stagnant, money grubbing, stuffed-shirt, ego maniacs with inflated ideas that your product must be everywhere, and at the same time, to the point that you start believing it really is, then you might as well change your company's name from whatever it is to "Ubiquity" and you will lose, if not your business, surely you soul. So, the moral is before you lose – lose the ego and all will be fine. That's my rant now on to the lineup.
Icelantic Lineup 2012
Everyone has gone camber crazy these last few years and why not, it's frickin' cool stuff when used correctly and you have not skied Powder until you float on a pair of reverse camber skis and Icelantic has got their Gypsy on point. Like a Gypsy, this thing is a rambler with the mystique to back it up, which is probably why Travis Parr chose the Walrus to represent this NEW diddy. The walrus is quick, nimble and sports the best moustache in the animal kingdom. The Gypsy has nearly symmetrical dimensions enabling you to bounce through the POW and pillow drop your way to blissful face shots that will have you donning a white 'stache and bragging to your mates that You Are the Walrus, as you calmly sip four fingers of peppermint schnapps.
Furthermore, the Gypsy isn't what you think – on hard-pack you can still rip. No need to smear across the cord' on traverses to your secret stash, lay it over, butter around, make the backcounty your backyard and go play because with these skis the only thing it is lacking is an open mind. It is the reverse camber ski that can simply do it all. What is that slogan? "Rethink Impossible." Sucks that AT&T has that slogan because I drop calls all day, practice what you preach AT&T, rethink your whole network.
152, 125, 145
170, 180, 190
19, 22, 25
Represented by the Elk, a western mountain beast with the strength, stamina and power that embodies the very core of this ski. The Keeper has early rise tip and tail giving it flotation through the light stuff, but the traditional camber underfoot allows skiers to engage the full potential of the edge without feeling squirrely at all, set it and forget it.
Icelantic's signature sidecut is becoming something of a legend in the industry these days and the Keeper could be the benchmark example of such lore. All joking aside, these things are seriously the most of fun I have experienced on variable condition days when you are not quite sure what you are going to get, but you want to be ready for everything so keep these in your quiver. Not to mention the turn radius on the Keeper is razor sharp for being 119 on the waist coming in at 16 meters on the 178s. You can take these babies home to mom and when they go to get you another beer from the fridge, mom will whisper to you, "Their Keepers honey."
150, 119, 136
167, 178, 189
13, 16, 18
Ahh, the Shaman, evoking images of Ayahuasca Ceremonies in the jungles of Peru, but that's another post altogether. The Shaman is represented by the Turtle, the most ancient of any vertebrate animal and symbolizes the portal between earth and sky. The turtle may be the most symbolically celebrated animal in literature, mythology, and folklore, and the Shaman is rapidly becoming the most celebrated ski in Icelantic's catalogue. The first time I took a few turns on the Shamans was in 2007. Ben Anderson was kind enough to send a pair out to a shop I was working at in Michigan at the time. They were shorter then, but still designed the same with their unique diamond shaped shovel, tapered tail, and 110mm underfoot.
|Mock Turtle
My friend who was also trying the skis with me was skeptical. I went into it with an open mind being that I was skiing a fairly wide ski at the time on Michigan packed granular, but I ripped these things with a smile on my face that literally couldn't be smacked off. I know this because my buddy smacked me when I wouldn't let him try them out right away. I felt just like the Mock Turtle in Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland without the calf appendages. I just kept going on and on about them on the chair ride to the top of the mountain. So, in a few words: amazing and unbeatable, which is probably another reason why the Turtle was chosen as the themed animal. Unbeatable, like facing turtle, King Koopa in Super Mario Brothers for the first time. Quite simply they rip, built with unrivaled torsional rigidity and a 160 mm tip that can float Pow and crush Crud all in the same day with an aggressive sidecut that is stupid-sweet (that's very good). You want a one-quiver ski. This is it friends. Be an animal and go buy a pair now.
160, 110, 130
161, 173, 184
19, 22, 25
***I will review the Nomad, Nomad, SFT, Oracle, Pilgrim, Da'Nollie, Scout, and the new Gemini splitboard applying Never Summer's patented rocker-camber technology this week so stay tuned and Be An Animal!***
The Nomad & Nomad SFT
The 2012 Icelantic Nomad is cosmetically and spiritually symbolized, with good reason, by the mountain goat. Mountain goats have a natural ability to descend down precarious rock faces, traverse across jagged cliffs, and shuffle down sloughing slopes faster, and with more grace than Sly Stallone dodging a melee of gunfire while cascading a two-step down a mountain cliff hanger. Yeah - that fast, and that graceful!
A fitting creature to represent a ski with an equal amount of versatility and maneuverability. I know I've said it before, but this ski is the one quiver ski. With a narrower waist than the iconic Shaman, the Nomad surfs in at a cool 105 mm underfoot. Another brilliant ski from Icelantic that is a crowd favorite due to its adaptability and explosive power. It's as shapely as Marilyn with dimensions running 140 mm in the tip, 105 mm on the waist, and 130 mm in the caboose, and as balanced as Daniel LaRusso, Crane-Style against the Cobra Kai nemesis, Johnny Lawrence. Although, its sidecut is not as drastic as the Shaman, it provides a different style of all terrain shredding.
The turn radius runs 14, 17, and 20 meters respectively for its 156, 168, and 181 cm lengths. I'd categorize this ski under anyone looking for one ski to literally do a little bit of everything. If you like hitting little booters in the BC - no problem - with its balance and exceptional control, it's super fun and playful. If you run into groomers a lot in the Midwest and out East, it can handle it, and handle it well - holding edge on hard pack with surprising side to side quickness. If you make it out west a couple times a year and hope to stumble upon some blower conditions, or you want to hike a ridge you've had your eye on, then no need to demo a powder ski, ride your Nomads with pride and feel the solid planks keeping you confident on that precarious ridge, and floating you to the promised land.
The Nomad SFT is a lighter, more flexible version of the Nomad. It features Icelantic's soft Nollie Flex Core. It's a big mountain jib ski that allows skiers to take their front-side antics to the BC. One rider I spoke with on a lift was rocking the Marker Schizo binding on his SFTs and was grinning from ear to ear talking about how fun his set up was. He remarked, " . . . it has awesome flex for park days (and the Schizo adds ability to turn your traditional mount into a center mount (with a few key turns on the toe piece ) and even with the 105 mm underfoot, it's light enough to go back side on tree runs and throw down, and so easy and effortless when you want to carve around with your Grandma." I added Grandma.
If you feel the call of the mountain goat, and have spoken to him in your dreams, ask him why his cousin eats leather, and tell him to guide you on your journey to skiing nirvana with the 2012 Icelantic Nomad and Nomad SFT.
140, 105, 130
156, 168, 181
14, 17, 20
Currently, Icelantic can be found at the following Midwest and Great Lakes Shops for the 2011-12 season.
Dealers interested in carrying Icelantic can contact Josh at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wow. Has it really been nearly a month since my last post?! There's no denying it. I officially went AWOL. Where have I been? One things for sure, I have not been taking a break from crafting! So many good things have come from and been the result of this little blogging hiatus. I was able to finish a bunch of projects that had been looming over my head just waiting for a number of uninterupted hours, and I was able to start a bunch of others. The time off also allowed me to reassess and revisit my goals for DIY or Don't!
Sometimes you just need to step back and take a look at the big picture in order to decide what you're next step should be.
So what are these next steps? Well, DIYOD will be getting a face job! There will be more details (very visible ones:) shortly, but for now, please accept my up-front apology that the site is (and will continue to be) a bit disorganized with limited functionality as we make the transition. It shouldn't affect content much, but some of the extra functions may be missing or glitchy.
In addition to a new look, DIYOD will have a bit of a new feel too. When I first started the blog, my goal was to unite the world of great tutorials with fantastic options for purchasing the finished product. As I started blogging regularly, I got caught up in the actual crafting and sharing of my own stuff and let my own projects dictate the content. As much as I love sharing my own projects (and I think you guys appreciate it too) it doesn't really highlight the type of depth and variety that I was hoping to depict on here. I'm going to start highlighting the awesome tutorials that many of you create as well. Be prepared to see lots of features of tutorials (and products) created by others.
Unfortunately, my little vaca coincided perfectly with the Christmas crafting season so I've largely missed the opportunity to chime in with all the fun and festive holiday projects. With the Thanksgiving/Christmas season being my favorite time of the year, this is super disappointing, but I think I managed to get back on the wagon just in time to share a couple of my favorites before the season ends.
This weekend, aside from all the Christmas gift projects I have going on, there is one specific holiday project I'm working on. I'm making an ornament wreath! While the idea came to me while taking stock of the mind-boggling quantity of ornaments we had that won't fit on our modest sized tree, I found the actual tutorial on Tip Junkie (one of my favorites!) I decided I really should share the find:)
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As usual, should you not be inclined to undertake this project, but are interested in procuring the finished goods, I've got you covered. Dottiegray makes some beautiful ornament wreaths with some of the most reasonable prices on Etsy. Plus, in case you're looking for some additional team spirit, she creates ornament wreaths with team themes! My hubby would love that Tennessee wreath...
P.S. Did I mention how HUGELY appreciative I am to have such loyal and dedicated readers? Despite my vanishing into thin air, you guys stuck by me and patiently hung in there. I won't forget it!

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Power Language for Appointment-Setting/
Guest blog by Wendy Weiss
Author of Cold Calling for Women: Opening Doors and Closing Sales
Watch her interview on The Woman's Connection YouTube Vlog
1. Use power language: "The solution is." rather than, "I believe the solution is."
2. Never use the word "appointment" when trying to set one. Instead, use the word "meeting." "Meeting" sounds more professional and more important. "I would like to meet with you."
3. Use directed words to reach your prospect. When you ask to speak with your prospect, say, "Jane Jones, please," and not, "May I speak with Jane Jones?" The first sentence conveys authority; the second asks permission.
4. Use directed words (and open-ended questions) to gather information. Ask, "Whom should I speak with?" and not, "Do you know who I should speak with?" The first conveys authority,
and whomever you are questioning, if they know, must answer with a name. In the second sentence, the response could simply be "yes" or "no."
5. Whether trying to ascertain a good time to call your prospect back or trying to schedule a meeting, it is a good idea to give alternate choices. "Is this afternoon good, or would
tomorrow morning be better?" It is much easier for your prospect to decide "when" rather than "whether."
6. "I'm just calling." Eliminate the word "just" from your vocabulary. That little word "just" is an apology. It says that your call is not important and that what you have to say is not important. Simply tell your prospects and customers why you are calling. That is enough.
7. ".we will hopefully achieve." Hopefully? No one pays you to "hopefully" do something. They pay you to actually do it! Tell your prospects or customers what they will achieve or should
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Finding myself at loose ends, I grabbed the DVD of "Hear My Train A Comin'" a new documentary on Jimi Hendrix.
Over the years I have seen a number of documentaries devoted to the man and I do own a good amount of performances on VHS and DVD, all fine enough though some have slightly weaker premises than others - one that revolved around dramatic readings of his correspondence (letters he wrote, postcards, diary entries) comes to mind as a kind of a stretch. The basic facts and chronology of his life-story are pretty well established and frankly common knowledge among most fans of rock music, both young and old, and it doesn't appear that there's any especially revelatory material left to uncover -- so the basic criteria for any new documentary on offer would be is: how much footage of the man himself, both on and offstage is there? how much hasn't been shown in previous documentaries? is the basic narrative coherent and effective? are most of the salient points in the narrative touched on. "Hear My Train A Comin'" scores well on all counts. Plenty of Hendrix being Hendrix, making music and just being his diffidently bad-ass self, the major bulk of which seem to be hitting the screen for the first time -- even the scenes from Woodstock, which has been pretty exhaustively documented in the festival film, expanded version of the festival film and then in a 2 DVD set devoted solely to Hendrix's performance, are backstage shots or camera angles not previously seen. The narrative line is handled cleanly and intelligibly, nicely illustrated not only by vintage footage but by the testimonials of various colleagues, friends and lovers -- band members like Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding; the man who launched his career and produced his first two albums, Chas Chandler; the women who befriended and championed him, Linda Keith (who famously appropriated one of Keith Richards' guitarist she had in safe keeping for Jimi's use) and Fayne Pridgeon who was his Harlem connection. All in all, a good and lively telling of the story, definitely taking a very upbeat slant.
In fact if there's any criticism I'd have of "Hear My Train A Comin'" is that it breezily overlooks many of the problems that beset Hendrix -- the basic conflict he confronted of wanting to record more and perform live less vs. the need to generate sufficient income to maintain his basic lifestyle and his artistic ambitions (composing and experimenting in the recording studio at length, and then building his own custom-designed studio, Electric Lady); the pressure he felt being a Black man performing for predominantly white audiences and initially with white backing musicians; the contradiction between his often outrageous showmanship onstage with his innate shyness, vulnerability, sensitivity and Romanticism. So it's NOT the "definitive" Hendrix documentary biography the back cover copy claims -- but it IS a good un. Utterly enjoyable and utterly truthful as far as it goes. As far as I can remember, coz -- as initially noted,I was four sheets to the wind when I watched it. And it cushioned my comedown quite admirably.


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Only proper unto man: dreaming and being human in the renaissance.
Fudge, Erica (2008) Only proper unto man: dreaming and being human in the renaissance. In: Reading the early modern dream: the terrors of the night. Hodgkin, Katherine, O'Callaghan, Michelle and Wiseman, S. J., eds. Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture (7). Routledge, London, pp. 31-44. ISBN 9780415386012
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The 2016 Partnering Success in Motion Gold Award was presented to "Ghilotti Construction Co. and the CalTrans Team
GCC was recognized for our successful partnership with CalTrans during the past year on the 20/29 Roundabout on Hwy 20 and 29 in Lake County. We received the Partnering Success In Motion Gold Award 2o16!
Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work, dedication and team efforts on the project!


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Friday, December 26, 2014
Living on Fruitcake
Finally, last week we opened the first loaf, and sliced our way to heaven. We've been living on fruitcake ever since. Let's see...a slice or two for breakfast (I count this as a serving of fruit) with coffee. Then an afternoon snack with a nice cup of tea, and finally a piece at bedtime to help us dream the night away.
We've baked fruitcake each year no matter where we were currently cruising. Of course, there was no such thing available throughout Latin America. Because we love a little touch of tradition (and a liquor soaked cake) we've had to make our own. We think ours are so good that we continued this year even though we are in the US state where a famous brand is made.
This year's cake has local Georgian pecans, walnuts, candied cherries, coconut, fresh orange and tangerine peel, raisins, and candied papaya and pineapple. We learned to use the tropical candied fruits while in Central America and now we prefer them. Yummy!
While we were traveling cross-country this past summer/fall we had a caretaker come onto the boat and run the diesel engine and generator occasionally to keep them in good shape. Good plan, but we got bad news. The last time he ran the big Perkins 6-cylinder 354 engine it started to overheat so he shut it down to prevent damage.
Well, it took Jonesy several days to disassemble this monster in our bilge and to haul out the big, heavy chunks of engine that were suspected of causing the problem. The photo above shows what is left of the engine today. The "head" is at the machine shop being inspected, getting a "valve job" including new valves and springs. Nope, this area of the engine wasn't where the problem started.
|Road-trip Bryce Canyon - before we knew about the engine
It turns out the failure was in the "heat exchanger". The actual casting had failed. It had corroded to the point where it developed a hole that allowed the coolant to enter the exhaust port and end up in the combustion chamber!! BAD. We (I mean Jonesy... I knit) hauled the 100-lb chunk of metal out of the bilge and boat, up the steep dock ramp, to the car, wrapped it up and shipped it via UPS to Massachusetts. There was a slim possibility that it could be refurbished.
Nope again. So we've had to wire transfer $4000 to buy a used & refurbished heat exchanger. Sometime next week we'll be able to pick up the head at the machine shop and receive the heat exchanger here at the marina. Then the fun part begins.
We are very grateful that the engine failed while it was sitting in a marina - and not at sea or at some of the very remote places we've traveled in the last 8 years! This past couple of months we've entertained ourselves with remembering where we traveled by Niki Wiki and where would have been the worst place to have this failure. The best place? Actually, right here in Brunswick Georgia.
Life is good.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Ravelry. Yes, these were developed way back before I began my current sock knitting duldrums phase. No, I haven't yet finished the second sock.
Anyway, the pattern is written in FOUR different sizes"
Anyway, the pattern is written in FOUR different sizes"
- Child's Large / Women's Small
- Women's Medium
- Women's Large / Men's Medium
- Men's Large
St. Augustine, Florida is a beautiful and historic city where we moored the boat for a few weeks back in May/June as I knit these socks. Spanish moss can be seen gracefully hanging from the branches of the old trees which inspired the cables on these socks. Snaking cables and ribbing run down the sides of the leg and knit/pull textured diamonds are on the back of the leg and run from the cuff to the begining of the toe. The sock is worked cuff-down to the toe and features the heel flap and gusset construction method.
Here's a view of the diamond knit/purl motif that runs down the front and back of the leg.
Here's a view of the diamond knit/purl motif that runs down the front and back of the leg.


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Elixr Coffee was one of Barbara's favorite collaborations! She loved spending time at one of her favorite coffee shops in Philly, taking in all of the sights and smells. Elixr's coffee inspired two flavors of lip balms based off of their most popular blends.


text: Share: Comments Print October 21, 2013 at 7:17 PM State sending surveys to Mercer Islanders asking them to log I-90 trips Posted by Mike Lindblom The state will soon send 10,000 surveys to residents and businesspeople on Mercer Island, to find out when, how often, and in what direction they drive on Interstate-90 during the week of Nov. 17-23. The forms include fill-in-the-blank questions about peak commute habits, and another about service workers, such as nannies, home-care aides, and landscapers. The back page looks like a standardized test, but easier. Mark the bubbles on a grid, for the number of trips taken in one of five time periods, for Sunday through Saturday. Island residents continue to oppose state plans to toll I-90 to collect money to help finish the Highway 520 Bridge across Lake Washington. Citizens at a forum Monday at Mercer Island High School often expressed concern about teachers or elder-care workers who live off-island and can't afford tolls. John Parker, the school's sound, video and performing arts center technician, testified at the event he was working. "Yes, I would have to quit my job if they toll," he said later. He said he earns $47,000 a year, lives in West Seattle, and would have to spend at least $2,100 a year to keep driving to what he calls his dream job, if tolls are imposed. Attendance at the forum peaked at about 300 people at 5:30 p.m., and the total was higher. A similar forum in January drew 800 people. Craig Stone, tolling director for Washington State Department of Transportation, rolled out some compromise scenarios. In one, islanders might pay a half-toll. In another, they'd pay in only one direction. Tolls would have to be authorized by the Legislature in 2015, so they might begin in late 2016 or early 2017, he said. Unless there are more tolls, a gas-tax boost of 3 to 4 cents a gallon will be needed to pay off the 520 Bridge, he said. Speakers at the forum cited problems on the Highway 520 Bridge — pontoon cracks and cost overruns, as a reason not to impose more tolls. "There's a lot of tolling fatigue," said resident Owen Blauman, who greeted people at the front steps. He said multiple rounds of state process are wearing opponents down, and some are assuming they'll catch a price break. "Bottom line is, why should there be tolls anyway? They [WSDOT] can't manage the gas tax we've given them." Stone said WSDOT recognizes Mercer Island is a "unique situation" because I-90 is the only way to get there or leave it. Mercer Island generates about one-fifth of the 160,000 daily cross lake trips on I-90, and seemingly four-fifths of the political controversy. Comments | More in | Topics: I-90, Mercer Island, tolling


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FYI, I just installed a PowerBronze "belly pan" for my 1290 SuperDuke R and thought I should write-up a quick review in case anyone else is interested...
I ordered the matt black with silver mesh color from PowerBronze USA:
http://www.powerbronzeusa.com/productde ... D=26463581
The total cost with shipping included was US$189.00. The belly pan was out of stock when I ordered. I knew that before ordering and the website clearly told me I might have to wait 28 days for availability. In the end, it took about 14 days before the product was available and another week for the delivery to arrive in California. Upon pulling the parts out of the box, I was horrified to see that there appeared to be nicks and scratches all over them! What I couldn't tell through the plastic bags that contained the parts is that there's a thin protective film over the pieces. It was the film that was damaged, not the parts. Once I pulled the parts out of the bag and removed the film, everything was in perfect condition and all of the necessary mounting hardware was there.
Installation only took about 15 minutes. There are four brackets that have to be installed, two on each side of the bike. Two of the brackets look very similar so make sure you know which one is which before beginning! Once the brackets are installed you bolt the two pieces to a V-shaped front bracket, bolt the whole thing to the brackets you mounted to the bike earlier, and then tighten everything down. Getting some of the necessary nuts and bolts in place will be tricky if you don't have small hands, but the whole process isn't too bad. If the nuts necessary to secure the fairings were an integral part of the mounting brackets, installation would be much easier but I guess having separate nuts, bolts, and brackets keeps costs down.
I was pleased to see that the matt black color of the pieces was a good match for the matt black color of my black SuperDuke's upper fairing. I think the silver mesh looks good, though I have to admit that I'm tempted to paint it KTM orange so that it integrates with the bike better. The gold mesh might have been a better match for the bike than the silver mesh, but I couldn't find any pictures of it so I wasn't willing to take a chance. The raised PowerBronze decals shown on their photos of the belly pan are included on a sheet of backing, so you don't have to install them if you don't want them. It will be obvious if you look at the pictures on the PowerBronze website but this "belly pan" doesn't actually include a "pan"; the bottom opens directly to the ground below. A better name for the product might be "lower fairing kit".
Overall, I'm happy with the product and the way it looks on the bike, but there's one thing you should be aware of: while it looks great from most angles, the mounting brackets hold the fairing pieces quite far from the frame and motor, so there are relatively large gaps that can be seen from the rear:
I wish the panels were tucked a bit closer to the frame, but given that there's no padding or heat reflective tape on the pieces I'm sure they were worried about them over-heating or rattling around if they were closer. I don't mind this (much) but it unquestionably reduces ground clearance. If you're a track junkie or knee dragger, this probably isn't the accessory for you! The panels seem flexible enough that you might be able to bend the brackets and reduce the size of the gaps slightly. I haven't done this, however, so try it at your own risk!


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Brian M Bendis. Oliver Coipel. Marketed as the final exclamation point of seven years worth of work. Siege #4 is Brian Bendis's final act for Marvel's grandest epic to date, but does it satisfy all the loose ends that we need? Does it provide the right conclusion of seven years of expectation?
Almost. I know it's not a yes or no, but the answer is never that easy, and at times, I loved Siege but also was infuriated with the lack of development in some of the build up issues. However, Siege #4 provides the answers we need and a great ellipses for the future of the Heroic Age.
To avoid spoilers, I won't say anything in terms of plot, but I will critique Bendis's writing. As anyone who reads my blog knows, I am a huge fan of his work in Ultimate Spider-Man because of his ability to capture the dialogue of the Peter and his friends. In Siege, this knack for dialogue is proven yet again, and I especially love when the smaller characters like a Young Avenger or two get a line of dialogue. It's not great, but considering that Bendis has to balance the voices of every Marvel character inserting a one liner here and there works to remind us of the magnitude of the event. Moreover, with Bendis at the helm, the supporting cast still sound like themselves. In terms of the trajectory of the plot, Bendis's Siege #4 does a great job wrapping up loose ends. Some villains escape, which is inevitable if Marvel wants to build toward another event, while some antagonists are given their just desserts. And I will say that one villain pays the ultimate price for his crime, and it is great that Bendis does this to remind the reader that although this is a comic book event people can die (I.e Nightcrawler). And as usualy, Bendis can write his Avengers like no other. Spider-man is snaky and witty. The Captain plays the stoic, right wing hero. And Iron Man takes control of his Avengers and takes his spot as the Commander on the ground.
Simply put, Oliver Coipel is a master. I loved his work on House of M, and it is a joy to see him provide the art for the final chapter of the event. Although his faces tend to look the same, it's not too distracting, but it is there nonetheless in case you aren't a fan of artists like Coipel, Quietly, or even Cheung. But his splash pages are fantastic, and when shit hit's the fan, Coipel illustrates them marvelously.
All in all, Siege #4 is an enjoyable and necessary read for anyone that will continue reading the Avengers line of books. It explains how the heroes take the keys back from Norman, and Siege does it in a fun way while maintaining focus on the plot. Don't expect it to blow you away because, come on, everyone knew the heroes would win (points to Marvel's extensive Heroic Age advertising), but it will provide a fun read that will satisfy the kid in all of us that wants to see huge explosions. In addition to the explosions and the fighting, the plot itself holds and Bendis essentially opens the door into a new age for Marvel Comics.


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Tonight we started to sketch out next weekends menus...here is what we served last night...
Scallops on Corn Cake with Pickled Carrot
Chestnut Soup
Fall Squash Gratin with Tokyo Bekana Micro Greens
Roasted Apple and Onion
Potato Egg Salad with Neighbors Chives
Sorrel Martini
Domaine de Villargeau 2007, Appellation Coteaux du Glennois
Beef Bresaola with Girasole, Asian Pear, French Breakfast Radish and Napa Cabbage
(Cincinnato) 'Raverosse' Cori Rosso 2005
Hand Rolled Rigatoni with Baby Turnips, Tomato, Roasted Red Peppers and Oregon Chantarelles
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Swifts are all over Malta, they differ a bit from seagulls. They can be very skilful and disturbing. They are chasing one each other all over the sky. You can spot them doing so almost whole season. You can spot them without any problems even in the streets of St. Julian's or Sliema. Interesting think about swifts is about their origin. They came to Malta just few years ago and they are nesting especialy in urban areas. Ventilators or little space under the roof edge – that is where these birds come from. If you are real birdwatcher you can distinguish two to for different species of swits in the Maltese islands. The population of swifts is growing rapidly in last two years. Fighting them is very hard because they are great flyers and they spend most of their live in the air. They come down on surface only for breeding. We will see how about swifts population in the future.
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New faces contributing to this years ultimate mix tape
What: Tuned Women II
Where: MY (Millennium) Place
When: Thursday, Feb. 26 & Friday Feb. 27.
Tickets: $12 - $16
The story by now is fairly well known around these parts.
Around this time last year a plucky Aussie Community Youth Outreach Worker with an extensive performing resume back in her home country was making a name for herself on Whistlers acoustic open-mic circuit.
Even so, Tessa McLoughlin, a.k.a. Tessa Amy, was having a hard time acquiring performing opportunities that would allow her to showcase her original material.
Not one to bow to pressure to perform cover tunes for the rest of her life, McLoughlin conceived an event whereby women with original material could come together and perform. A Lillith Fair for the Sea to Sky corridor, embracing all genres, ages, and attitudes.
Joining forces with MY Place staffer and singer/songwriter Gillie Easdon, the event became a reality and a fundraiser for McLoughlins Whistler Community Services womens support group. The two held 22 auditions over five days. Including Easdon and McLoughlin, eight women were featured in last Aprils event.
To put it crassly, the chicks gelled. It was, recalled Easdon, "the ultimate mix tape." Tuned Women was received with a standing ovation and enthusiasm that made the sequel inevitable.
Things have kicked up a notch this year. Including the founders there are now 10 Tuned Women. Auditions were held last November, giving this years all new crop an even longer time to simmer their talents together, and allowing the lineup to become more involved in each others performances.
The collaborative effort has been fostered further by a workshop funded by a grant from this years Celebration 2010-Whistler Arts Showcase, an annual celebration of the local arts community slated to take place every February in the years leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
This years musical offerings draw mostly from jazz, folk, blues and rock, accompanied primarily by guitar and piano. McLoughlin says she hopes to see the showcase diversify further in future years, incorporating female MCs, DJs and electronica producers, a genre she has also been exploring.
She can be forgiven for her belief that the sky is the limit for Tuned Women. Although McLoughlin will be migrating to the metropolis of Vancouver at the winter seasons end to pursue her music further, the growing arts community in Whistler is fostering more and more talented females. And the organizers hope they will be looking to the event as a flagship for its embrace of originality, its dedication to raw creativity, and for the incomparable artistic contributions that can come from its camaraderie.
"The popularity of the event last year, and hopefully this year, also indicates that there is a strong interest in listening, in enjoying and appreciating what we have in this corner of the world," says Easdon. "There is a huge scope in vocal style, musical genres, topics and rhythms. Artistic vocations need to be expressed and shared in order to develop and encourage not only the musicians themselves, but also the extended community as well as the closet and non-closet musicians that abound."
The unique nature of Tuned Women is certainly not lost on the participants.
"Its about singing with the girls, which is my favourite thing, and benefiting from the support of other women," said Susan Holden, a three song-contributor. "Thats something that cant be replaced."
Adds seasoned local, and fellow multiple song contributor Leanne Lamour, "It's also an opportunity to perform where it's more about the music than about selling booze."
Tuned Women II takes the stage at MY Place for two shows, Feb. 26 and 27. Both events start at 8 p.m. with reserved seating tickets ranging from $12 - $16. Proceeds from the performance will be divided between MY Place and the Whistler Community Services womens support group.
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Projects News
CodedUI (VSCUG) project is finishing their first sprint and has defined outlines for the guidance package.
Word4TFS (TFSWP) project is currently in the implementation phase with the main user stories for importing work items from TFS into Word code complete. The next iteration is to deliver a setup package.
Branching Guidance (TFSBG) project team is busy analyzing suggested features. If you have suggestions for the next guidance or would be interested to be a contributor or reviewer then please contact us.
Lab Management Guide (AHE-TFSLM) project is currently with User Education (UE) going through readability verification.
Build Customization Guide (ATE-VSBCG) project has entered the "silent" BETA phase. Watch the space in May for the release!
Rosie, the African Tawny Eagle, at http://www.birdsofprey.co.za.
Architecture Guidance (TFSAG) project, version 2.1, shipped on April 18th. It is the first Rangers project dogfooding hosted TFS.
TFS Iteration Automation (AFE-TFSIA) project is still in design mode. It is the second Rangers project dogfooding hosted TFS.
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We added the following new Rangers Index entries this month: Ethem Azun, Claudio Leite, Vladimir Gusarov, Jahangeer Mohammed, Sung Jae Kang, Mark Brown, Geoff Gray, Erwyn van der Meer, Jeroen Quakernaat, David Scruggs, Lukasz Gratkowski, Ryan Frazier, Mike Douglas, Giulio Vian, Chandana N. Athauda
Daniel Oliveira raised the Rangers awareness flag in Brazil by publishing an article on the Rangers in the Mundo.net magazine (http://www.mundodotnet.com.br/conteudo.shtml).
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The third Rangers Sabbatical is heating up, with Bob getting ready to visit Redmond and the Microsoft Canada Development Centre in Vancouver. We are T-17 days until Bob takes off from Austin Texas J
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Welp, what a surprise…another amazing group of photos for this week's Top 5 IG's Of The Week. I hope you enjoy this week's crop. As always, make sure to follow Jon on Instagram to get updates on the TOP 5's!
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EQUAL ACCEPTANCE: U of I Changes Admissions Application
The University of Iowa is now the first public university in the nation to include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its admissions application.
The University announced Wednesday that the optional questions will asks students whether they identify with the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer community.
Admissions counselor Jake Christensen told the Des Moines Register the change is intended to inform all potential students that the university is accepting of all sexual orientations.
Transgender will also be included as a gender option.
Elmhurst College, a private college in Northern Illinois became the first U.S. college to include similar questions on its application last year.


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You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,Know when to walk away and know when to run.You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.-Kenny Rogers, "The Gambler"
+Peter V. Dell'Orto recently ran a truly epic Dungeon Fantasy combat. Something like 15 hours and 90 or so combatants. It was tense and interesting the entire time. He followed up the play report with a note on how he balances encounters (hint: he doesn't), and as I read through both wonderful posts, I had a thought occasioned by the recap of what could have gone wrong, and right:
After the fight Dryst's player and I talked about it as we cleaned up (me my minis, maps, and PC; him, wiping the battlemat for me.) Had Christoph the Scout also been there, or if Borriz was there, or Honus – basically, if there was just one more PC-level delver – the fight would have been much shorter. Or if Dryst had just a few more paut potions or a bigger power item. Or if Galen had a spare bow once his broke, instead of needing to waste turns scrounging up a tiny shortbow to plink with. We both figure the fight would have been much shorter and lopsided in favor of the PCs.
But had the PCs been a smaller group – say, had Dryst and Honus smashed the door guards with ease a few sessions back and managed to force the door and get into the temple – it would have probably been a TPK.
Each of these things is effectively a "what if," where the decision was made (actively or implicitly) to press on and keep fighting, to engage or fall back, based on a series of events.
It occurred to me that (bear with me here) my wife and I were encouraged to come up with a highly specific "birth plan" for my daughter, but when something that was not on our expectations list occurred – my daughter reacted in utero to some external stimuli by flipping on her head and thus presenting a breach birth – our only recourse was to basically chuck the plan and improvise. That worked out well for my daughter, but for adventurers (ah ha! he returns to the point . . . ) this doesn't always go well.
So, (and I fully expect +Mark Langsdorf ) to jump in here with more: this is his forte) how many parties have a list of things, if-then statements, that can take a turn for the worst or a twist of fate and prevent them from spiraling into TPK?
I suspect very few.
What questions should you ask?
Let's Start with the Spectacularly Fatal
Well, one thing you can be sure to ask is what happens if any given party member is one-shotted into incapacity by some beast. Given the lack of redundancy in many roleplaying parties skill sets, this could range from trivial (we had four melee fighters, three front-line capable and one second-ranker; now we have two and one, respectively. OK, keep going) to catastrophic (we are being attacked by a diffuse swarm only affected by magical fire, and our only party member capable of producing explosive magical fire is now a pile of steaming viscera).
The party really should have some plan in mind when one of the niches that are carefully preserved by DF templates is no longer filled. This could be a fighting (or screaming) withdrawal, a concentrated effort to get the party healer to the downed foe, or launching bottles of paut and Greater Healing at the guy with a sling. Whatever works, use it – but have a plan.
War, HUH! What is it good for?
The other thing that's often (and entertainingly) left undecided in DF and standard popcorn fantasy (and I say this very fondly) is some sense of why the battle is happening. In Peter's case, his players deliberately set out to pick a fight with a known numerically superior foe – the newtmen – in order to make subsequent delves less dangerous, and perhaps allow them to concentrate on the Lord of Spite. Either/or is bad enough, but both/and has been figured to be pretty fatal.
So this group went looking for a fight, and found one. It was almost more than they could handle, but it turned out OK.
Still: how many fights does your party get into that are basically without any sort of strategic goal? What are you trying to do?
- Take and hold a particular area of ground?
- Destroy and/or kill a particular adversary?
- Survive, or otherwise get out of the encounter alive?
- Thin out resistance, and therefore maybe not have to fight to the last man?
- Simply traverse an area which may or may not have live and hostile opposition in it?
Huh. Lot of options here other than "fight a pitched battle to the last man standing."
The fourth one is really interesting, because it gives the option to spread the conflict over many battles, each of which is hopefully fought on the PCs terms. You enter the room, hopefully surprise the foe, engage in a few rounds of totally one-sided combat, and then do a fighting (or magical!) withdrawal.
Who bothers to use invisibility as a planned "let's withdraw from combat" strategy, rather than a "let's get into position so that our pitched battle ends favorably?" Heck, I know I've never really thought this way, but perhaps I should.
Resource Management
Healing, magical spells/fatigue, expendables. All of these are held as a resource pool and used up in any given delve or fight. I know in our current DF game that +Nathan Joy runs, one of the things we used to do when we had a "real wizard" is to have Mark blow through Brother Michel's FP reserve for magical spells, and then he'd fall back and become a second-line melee fighter.
Why the hell would we do it that way, especially regularly? Well, sometimes there's no choice. Lots of foes, nowhere to run to, etc. But we should have always been looking for a way to keep the spellslinger in the game. That includes fighting defensively, strategic withdrawals and pauses, etc.
Furthermore, as Peter's "the Scout's bow broke" example shows, many PCs are one Disarm or critical failure away from pretty much being totally useless. If Cadmus, Pharasma forbid, drops his axe, he has gone from a pretty good fighter (he's good, but he's no Thumvar) to flailing away with his fists, a Judo Throw he can't use because it defaults to Axe/Mace, or a shield bash. He has no backup weapon, and his learned prayers, while mighty against the undead, don't do squat vs. an irritated drunk orc.
So, what's your party's plan if the Scout runs out of arrows (unlikely with a cornucopia quiver), their weapon breaks, or you find yourself facing a foe where pi and imp attacks suck? What happens if your line fighter drops his primary weapon? What's the plan when your magic user is down to their second-to-last bottle of paut, or the group healer is gutted or tired?
Don't have one?
Maybe you should.


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We often get asked about the meaning of the names of our wines and labels. Our wines definitely have very interesting names and back stories. Here is just one example:
The label from our Besadien Pinot Noir from Oregon came about because we wanted a label to depict the beauty and nature of the Willamette valley. We were actually searching for something related to trees or a forest when we came upon Kristo Dagorov's artwork (lips series). We thought this was the perfect label to depict the wine's complexity. The word, Besadien, is a play on the Spanish word beso, which means "kiss," which fit the label perfectly!


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Poor communication at the top level of government may have delayed the evacuation of residents threatened by radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a panel investigating the crisis.
It also accuses plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co of misjudgements soon after the plant was wrecked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out reactor cooling systems and triggered meltdowns, the paper said.
The 12-member panel, set up in May on the initiative of then prime minister Naoto Kan, will release an interim report of its findings on December 26, the Yomiuri said without citing sources.
It said the panel found that poor communication between the government's crisis management centre and decision-making top officials, both housed in the same building, delayed the use of a system that predicts the spread of radioactivity, which could have allowed more adequate evacuation orders to be given.
The government ordered the first evacuation of residents near the plant, 240 km northeast of Tokyo, on the evening of March 11, hours after the quake and tsunami.
The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. on that day, and the first tsunami reached the plant about 40 minutes later.
The evacuation was expanded to a 20 km radius of the complex from 10 km next day.
The panel found Tepco staff did not have a full grasp of backup cooling systems, which delayed its response, the paper said.
The government panel, headed by Yotaro Hatamura, an engineering professor at Tokyo University specialising in the study of things going wrong, includes seismologists, former diplomats and judges.
It is not the only body investigating responses to the March disaster.
Dissatisfied with the panel's perceived lack of muscle — it has not yet summoned Kan or other top officials for questioning — lawmakers formed a separate panel this month with the authority to summon witnesses to parliamentary sessions.
A third panel financed by private-sector funds is also looking into topics the government panel may have overlooked.
Some have called into question the effectiveness of having a several investigative panels, which include high-profile figures such as Nobel laureates but few nuclear experts.
The Fukushima aftermath is far from over, and it may take many years before engineers have a chance to see what really happened inside the Daiichi plant's damaged reactors.
In a much anticipated move, the government declared last week that reactors at the plant had reached a state of cold shutdown, a milestone in cleanup efforts.
But it said on Wednesday it may take another seven years before the inside of the reactors can be checked due to high levels of radiation and technological constraints.
Reporting by Shinichi Saoshiro; Editing by Michael Watson


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Monday morning a check of $3,000 was given collectively to Hudson schools parent groups. It is the first of perhaps many donations that may be coming to Hudson in support of youth activities by GoKidsDay.com.
The website is the brain child of entrepreneur Bill Veeneman, who has lived in the Twin Cities area nearly thirty years, most recently in Hudson.
Veeneman, who majored in economics and went on to earn a master's in that field, has a keen sense of how to make things easier in the age of technology. He worked at Dayton-Hudson, Target and Macy's until he struck off on his own to become an entrepreneur. He is the inventor of Club Wedd, Target's self-service gift registry and developed the online banking site for U.S. Bank Corp.
"We launched the first online banking site for U.S. Bank," said Veeneman, during a telephone interview on Tuesday.
Recently, Veeneman is turning an eye to helping out small business owners in a way that provides them with a service, but also gives back to the community. Essentially he is creating tools for small businesses to compete online and contribute to building a vibrant local economy.
Hudson, along with River Falls and White Bear Lake, is serving as a pilot community for his newest venture, Go Kids Day Network, which he plans to take nationwide.
"I think they are all communities that could benefit from this," said Veeneman.
"I have been a small business owner so I know how hard it is," said Veeneman. "I thought 'Gee Whiz' maybe we could develop the platform in a way so they can decide what works best for them. They would have more time to run their business."
The goal is to help small businesses survive. Each community can have its own website.
"It is all part of the same philosophy," said Veeneman. "We told all of the businesses that 10 percent of the initial revenue would go back to their communities. You save. We give. It is a good deal for both sides."
While the development of the project has been ongoing for a couple of years the community websites went live in October.
"We are focused on making Hudson the best community it can be," said Veeneman. "I have had a very good career and look forward to doing this."
They have been acknowledged by the UW-RF Institute of Sustainability.
"What I want to do is help communities keep their economic base," said Veenman. "It is a simple model. Bring the technology back to the customer. My target is online. I am going to give those concepts to the small businesses. I can design the tools so the small businesses can compete effectively with the big online retailers."
According the HIBA, the Hudson Independent Business Association, 68 cents of every dollar spent locally stays in Hudson.
"We have to help you, (the business owner) be more efficient because the world is more efficient," said Veeneman.
"If we invest in the community and build the community with the new technology but preserve the retail sector for the next generation it is a win, win for all," said Veeneman, whose goal is to give back a billion dollars to education/youth over the next ten years, nationwide.
Erika Cherrier is the Business and Community Advocate for Go Kids Day Network and Robert Misenko is senior vice president for the business and community development. Misenko is responsible for rolling out Go Kids Day on a national level.
There are presently 43 Hudson businesses participating. You may visit www.gokidsday.com.


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Morgan Clayton has always been a go-getter. From the age of 5 when she informed her grandmother that she would be taking the bus to school so she could study on the ride, she has always strived to reach for more.
As the Senior Account Supervisor and Brand Strategist at the premier brand development agency in Dallas, BrandCory, she continues to reach for more. She is an innovator with a proven track record in her ability to develop memorable brand strategies for Fortune 500 companies and emerging brands. Her noteworthy successes have included launching the Three Happy Cows Yogurt Brand, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl events and directing the development of the in-cafe experience for Corner Bakery Cafe.
Morgan is a Dallas native, raised in Carrolton & Farmers Branch areas. She studied hard and holds a Master of Advertising from The University of Texas, a Bachelors of Advertising and a Bachelors of English from Southern Methodist University.
In her down time. Morgan and her husband Sean, are raising two energetic sons and is an active member of Concord Church of Dallas choir. And her grandmother is very proud of her.


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I've just been on a road trip. I went over the border into Victoria. One of the first places I stopped was Portland. It's a very picturesque town but what struck me most of all (because I'm strange) were these pedestrian crossings:
They were everywhere and appear to work as if by magic. You stand on the side of the road at any time and motorists just stop for you. No pressing buttons to apply to cross the road and consequently no waiting. I must have crossed about six times on one street because it was such a thrill.
Everyone seemed pretty happy with them. Who knows? They could even work here.
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Death Anniversary in Vietnam – A Custom Of Vietnamese People
Most of Vietnamese families celebrate death anniversaries every year. Death anniversary in Vietnam is a ceremony offering rice to dead person's soul. Most of Vietnamese people believe that after passing away, human beings still exit soul parts. They think alive people eat and drink, either dead people's soul do. Therefore, every year, they hold death anniversaries to invite their dead family members's souls to come back home to enjoy delicious foods and drinks as well as meet alive members.
Depending on family's economic condition, anniversary is big or small. Death anniversaries of grandparents and great grandparents are bigger than others. Rich families slaughter cows and pigs, poor families slaughter chickens and ducks. Families in South Vietnam usually make "It" cakes and "Tet" cakes. "It" cake is a pyramid sticky rice cake filled with green bean paste or coconut meat and sugar. "Tet" cake is a cylindric sticky rice cake filled with banana, green bean paste and pork belly. Families in North Vietnam usually make "Chung" cakes (square glutinous rice cakes filled with green bean paste and pork belly).
People usually prepare for a death anniversary some months before the day. They raise cows, pigs, chickens and ducks. Death anniversary happens for two days. On the first day, all family members and neighbors gather to prepare for the second day – main day of the anniversary. In the morning men slaughter cows, pigs, clean tables and chairs, arrange fruits and flowers on altars. Women slaughter chickens, ducks and cook many delicious main dishes and cakes. The atmosphere is really warm, busy and exciting. In the afternoon, foods are placed up on altars and tables. In front of the house, there is a tray for homeless souls. In the house, there is a tray for gods supporting land and house. The other trays are for ancestors and the dead person's soul. After finishing arranging everything, the person having highest position in the family stands in front of the main altar, pours wine, burns incenses and prays to invite the dead person's soul and ancestors back to enjoy the death anniversary. In the ceremony, the head of the family pours wine more twice and pour tea three times. Everybody waits until the incenses burn out. It's time for everybody to sit around tables and enjoys some foods and drinks. They talk to each other and laugh happily. In the evening, everybody eats rice soup (Vietnamese congee with chicken or duck). They also sing karaoke or play cards freely until midnight.
Family members gather and eat on the first day of Death Anniversary in Vietnam
On the next day, the death anniversary happens more solemnly than on the first day. There are more guests and far relatives. They usually come with wine, fruits, cakes or anything as a gift. Those offerings are placed up on the altars. At the beginning of the ceremony, the children and grandchildren stand seriously in front of the main altar. After pouring wine, burning incenses and praying to invite the dead person's soul and ancestors back to enjoy the party, the head of the family talks about good characters of dead person's soul. Then the children and grandchildren kneel and kowtow the souls.
After all, everybody is served lots of foods. While eating and drinking, everyone usually talks about dead person, relative relationships, business, marriage. Thank to this occasion, the alive people learn good characters of the dead person, the young recognize relatives, business becomes more effective, boys and girls understand each other more clearly. The anniversary finishes, the relatives and guests come back home with some "It" cakes or "Chung" cakes offered by the host.
Lots of foods are served on the second of Death Anniversary
In South Vietnam, they usually make "It" cakes and "Tet" cakes to gift people who are invited to the Death Anniversary
If in the West, birthdays are important, in the East, death anniversaries are important. Death Anniversary in Vietnam shows "Uong nuoc nho nguon" (drink water remember source) spirit. It's a chance to family members and neighbors gather in a year.


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Sigh of relief. I'm back to the blog! I've been away from the blog for a month to the day, so here's my excuse. I have had the most crazy month of my working life! In between setting up a company, setting up a studio and tidying my new pencilcase… I have been busy designing- flat out.
In the past 3 weeks I have finished the full branding for frut smoothies, done the graphics for an awareness film for hope for justice, done some custom screenprints and album artwork for 'Starling' and am now working on a music video for Doug Walker.
So, all that to say… the blog is lacking a bit of attention. For a start, it all turned blue for a while! Not good! So I will be working to get the content and look spot on.
Stay tuned.. and to find out what I had for breakfast, Follow me on Twitter too.


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The musings of a overworked, under-rested mind goes online. Bringing a couple of smiles and perhaps inspire a few ideas, and get some inspiration back. And if you believe this will make me talk less, there's a bridge over in London I'd like to sell you. Cheap.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wanted, Dead or Alive
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Mr. Murphy and Tai Sui are Both Mean Boys
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wedding Speech For A Friend
I thought it summarizes a lot of things I learnt about love, and so I asked for her permission to put it here.
So here goes. And here it goes out to everyone whose wedding I have attended, and will attend. I applaud you and respect you for this amazing commitment that you have taken on yourselves. It'll be a LONG time before I join your ranks.
But in the mean time, well done you, all of you.
"A friend told me that 'the beginning of love is the end of logic.'
Logically, of course. I can understand why it is that these 2 lovely people have gotten together.
The groom's quite a man. Quite a LOT of man. Exactly how much, I think the bride knows better than any of us.
The bride, complements him, but loses none of her own individuality. Like the chilli padi she loves so much. She is a person in her own right, and brings forth the best in the man that she's with.
But we are not here to celebrate logic. We are here to celebrate love. There's no reason in the world, at the end of the day, for them to choose each other.
Among all the chilli padi, and among all the dishes in the world, they have chosen to commit to each other for the rest. of. their. lives.
So we celebrate this magical, crazy, illogical, senseless, wonderful thing, that has brought the 2 of them together.
We celebrate their love.
Now a word of advice, dear hearts. There will be no happily ever after. You will quarrel, irritate each other, and get pissed off in return. You will fight, and you will jump on one another. But through it all, you will still love each other, so remember to show it.
So to your new life together. May it not be perfect. But May you find beauty in that imperfection, and in the wonderful wonderful love, that you have together.
See dude, I actually HAVE a heart, dammit.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Capitalize Edison!
Plus, it'll be a good idea to have some other Chinese guy kissing ang-moh women other than Chow Yunn Fatt. Might just break the Chinese stereotype of the neutered male.
There. My first and last word on the entire fiasco. Peace Out.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Bring Me Love
She's hot, she sings well, she can compose and she's hot. Wait I said that already.
Sasky, I have a feeling you can relate to this song.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
What I Learnt From Every Race In Singapore.
I realized that after hanging out with all 4 races in Singapore, I have learnt something from each and everyone of them .
From the Ang Moh, I learnt how to be confident, even when you have nothing to be confident about.
From the Indian, I learnt how to tok cock, even if there's no poultry.
From the Malays, I learnt how to relak one corner.
And from the Chinese, I learnt how to be a bastard.
All important lessons, if used wisely.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Nice Car, Sucky Parking
Car park ain't exactly empty. Some more 2 prime slots with one idiot driver.
This is how much space he left at the back of his car.
My friends that I met for coffee too, were bloggers, and they whipped out their cameras and joined in the fun.
And being the proactive, action oriented person that I am, I decided to leave him with a note that said, "Nice Car. Sucky Parking."
By the Power Invested In Me By Blogger...
Social media is powerful.
I was always aware of it. Now, I have it right smacked in my face after meeting the frontrunners of this media. Andy opened the door through a Slingers game. Now, I am introduced to a world where I can change with a keyboard, a screen and high speed internet.
It is also due to these wonderful people that I have met, that I have picked up a few hmm.... habits.
I actually carry a camera around sometimes. A real, honest-to-goodness Sony Camera. It's old, but it has a one-gig memory card.
I have become trigger-happy. Watch out life and evil doers. Your face will not be anonymous anymore.
I actually know what page rank means. I still don't care about it, unless I have a bet on it.
The location of coffee and makan is partially determined by the availability of power points and Wifi.
That being said, I hereby make a solemn promise. I will never, ever be a page traffic whore. Ever. Even though the ego masturbation from getting tomorrow-ed did feel pretty good...
All in all, my blog will remain as it always has been. A receptacle of my thoughts, rather than a chronology of my life. Life is interesting, but fleeting. Ideas, last forever.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Improving Valentine's Day
And this year, THAT, at least has not changed. I still is single.
Everything else? Well. Let's just take a little more proactive and positive approach to the whole day, shall we? After all, I already have tai sui on my case, let's not add more negativity to that. (Apparently according to the Chinese Zodiac, this year, I zhuang tai sui. Personally it's not my fault that he's a snivelling whiner)
So, how to improve Valentine's?
1. Have another day where the WOMEN are obligated to do something for the men. Every year. Commercialize it.
This time, we men will get little presents for the gals. They now have their chance to wine and dine us, and then submit to our every whim. We on the other hand, will just clam up and expect them to know and do everything, giving them "the eye" at anything that goes awry.
2. Run away to somewhere else where you don't have to face up to hoards to flower sellers.
The Sahara is nice this time of year. So's Mexico. Or the Artic.
3. Pretend to be insurance agents and sell life insurance to every person that comes over and asks you about flowers. Pretend to be GENERAL insurance agents and sell break-up insurance to all the couples.
If you're already with any of the Life insurance firms, don't need to pretend. This is your peak period! Thanks Fairy for this suggestion.
4. Get buried in work.
Because you KNOW that you'll be rewarded eventually.
5. Go out, party, get wild torrid sex and TRY to wake up the next morning in your own bed. Alone.
It's about as obvious as it gets. The only difference if you're attached, is just make sure that your parents don't walk in on ya, and oh. Safety first.
Welll that's about all there is to it. I'm hungry. Dinner time. Ciao!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Of Men and Sex
It's the testosterone I tell you. The frigging testosterone!!
There I think that'll have summarized Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus in about 15 minutes.
It's All True!
All true, folks. Even if you think otherwise.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
My 2nd PROPER Slingers Game
Nothing, I swore NOTHING was gonna keep me away from this game. I might have a ton of work lined up, I may be dying from flu after my trip to KL. Traffic may be shitty, and some joker bought up ALL the bloody coupons at both 7-11s near the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Despite ALL of that, I. WILL. GET. TO. THE. GAME.
And I'm glad I did.
Met all the usual suspects. And it seems that this time, everyone's seperated between the alcoholic box and the non-alcoholic box. I, of course, joined the NON-alcoholic box
so I can lay my hands on all the spare beer.
Now booze aside, the game was good. Notable achievements as follows.
Slingers frigging OWNED the Dragons.
The referee kayu-ed. That means that they were treated to a little bit of Singapore culture. How they took it, remained to be seen.
After watching the folks from Air Asia shoot, I thank God that I'm not the only one that suck at basketball. In future, I'm getting a proxy to shoot for me.
Letting out a whole month of stress screaming my head off, and helping myself to the liquid refreshment. Waste not, want not. Especially in the non-alcoholic segment. *Hic*
Meeting my friend Sara-Ann FINALLY. I was beginning to think that Karma is keeping us apart.
The Slinger Gals are pretty hot, as usual. Now if I can only talk to them.
The Goonfather got a higher beer tower than me. I'd like to think that it's only because he started earlier. But I was sick, and my new year resolution is still in force.
Lennie and Jason were there giving a running commentary. They're got a heck of a lot more fun to listen to than "Strong D Man".
I forgot to bring my camera. It's peer pressure to get one I tell you. I believe that we have a higher person-to-camera than anyone else in the stadium. Definitely a higher memory-card-to-person ratio. Peer pressure!
Jean and Alice teams up to record the entire game. One shoots the other videos. My goodness. what a team.
I hereby put in my vote to have Lennie and Jason as the official commentators for the game, instead of Strong D man.
The next home game is gonna be the 13th of Feb. I. WILL. BE. THERE.
There'll be the million dollar shoot out (of which I strongly recommend this one blogger I know) but it'll be interesting to see if anyone actually wins the million bucks, and gain instant friends.
How about it folks? Anyone for a shot at instant friends?
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Answers to Common Irritating New Year Questions
And being the eternal optimist and chief prank master of life, I have decided that it is the perfect time to get some good out of the bad.
Here is a list of common CNY questions that I know we all don't like. Here, my fellow Singaporeans, are the suggested answers. Feel free to contribute.
"So where's your girlfriend?"
- "You know, it's interesting you asked. I don't think it's time to show John to the rest of the family yet" (I'm a guy. Adapt for the female context)
- "John's spending time with his family as well."
- "Which girlfriend are you talking about?"
- "Oh, your daughter didn't tell you? (Pause) I shouldn't have said that, should I?"
- "She's in the hospital, the doctor's worried that the baby will be born prematurely"
- (for the gals) (look down at your belly.... stroke)"I'm not sure. But the baby is innocent, isn't he?"
- "Didn't your daughter discuss our plans with you? We have to do it before the pregnancy gets too obvious"
- "Why? Are you saving up for the ang pow?"
- "We were thinking Ah Yat Coffeeshop but it's booked up for next Wednesday."
- "John and I think that it'll be better once the law gets a little more relaxed"
- "On my holiday next month to Europe. I heard that over there, it's ok for 3 people to be in the marriage at the same time. Sam and I think that it'll be perfect. John's complaining about the cost though"
- "After the baby is born. She can't fit into her wedding dress now."
"When are you going to have kids?"
- "Have you seen the donation jar for my diaper fund?"
- "We're thinking of adopting from the orphan program in India"
- "When the condom leaks"
"When are we going to hear the pitter patter of little feet?"
- "You know, I hear that too at night sometimes..."
- "Where's PICNIC?!!" (for QY only)
Lemme go think of more over the holidays. In the meantime, feel free to contribute.


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Why do we find one place appealing and are uneasy in another? Why are we attracted to one product over another? Color—whether architectural or in products—accounts for 60 percent of our response to an object or a place
The "buzz" about color is usually called "color psychology." But the effects of color are subtle and significant; physical and psychological. Color use is not something that results in a definitive equation between "color and our moods," as is a currently popular expression. Wherever we go we respond to color, but the importance of color is often underestimated. Color use is important to us personally in our homes and in the places where we work.
Think About Your Mood
When selecting a color, consider the mood of a room. In a bedroom do you want the feeling to be restful and soothing or dramatic and intimate? Soft, cool colors and neutrals usually create a quieter feeling while stronger colors are for drama.
Do you want a dining area to feel sociable and stimulating or appear formal and quiet? Warmer, contrasting and somewhat brighter colors add to a sociable atmosphere; deeper blue-greens and neutrals will give a more formal ambiance.
Do you want kid's rooms to create an active and exciting energy or an orderly and restful feeling? Be careful not to overstimulate your children with intensely bright hues. You may not know it, but some brighter colors can lead to unrest and irritability.
Pay Attention to Lighting
The reason why paint stores have light boxes for you to test paint chips:
- Natural daylight shows the truest color;
- Incandescent lighting brings out warm tones and yellows;
- Fluorescent lighting casts a sharp blue tone.
So, a strong color might be too bright and overpowering when used on all walls or next to a large window, but it might be effective when used as an accent wall with indirect light.
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We need to assemble a new team. Per our discussion, it sounds like we need to rewrite this entire page?
I forget now exactly what type of realistic commitment/role you can take on. As the visionary (and a very well loved/respected community member), I think it's necessary for you to take on a visible/ongoing role - even if it's something like 5hrs wk? I'd like to commit to the same amount of time doing general wrangling and site building (I think this new OA site can actually be a proof of concept)!
The goal is to raise enough funds so we can pay the team leads (including ourselves)! Will probably create another issue for that.
Should we reach out to anyone on this list to see if they still can/want to assume any role? I guess we can do that with a post that we're back!
This is the first issue I've created (setting as private), so if you get this... we have already progressed!


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Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care
3rd Edition
Authors: Simon Whiteley Andrew Bodenham Mark Bellamy
eBook ISBN: 9780702048562
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
Published Date: 9th February 2010
Page Count: 496
Table of Contents
Organisational issues. Introduction to intensive care. Basic principles. Cardiovascular system. Respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system. Renal system. Metabolic and endocrine problems. Overdose, poisoning and drug abuse. Haematological problems. Brain injury, neurological and neuromuscular problems. Trauma. Infection and inflammation. The postoperative and obstetric patient. Practical procedures. End of life issues. Appendices
- No. of pages:
- 496
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Churchill Livingstone 2010
- Published:
- 9th February 2010
- Imprint:
- Churchill Livingstone
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780702048562
About the Authors
Simon Whiteley Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Consultant, Intensive Care, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Andrew Bodenham Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Consultant, Intensive Care, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK Consultant Anaesthetist
Mark Bellamy Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor of Intensive Care, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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