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This hit my inbox yesterday and I couldnt wait to introduce this brand new luxury footwear brand called Omelle to you guys. If you havent noticed my shoe obsession has grown and seeing these are not helping. Omelle just released their Spring/Summer 2009 footwear collection. Founders Cherise Angelle and Nicole Lafave are two shoe-obsessed designers that discovered a common interest footwear with a distinct and imaginative voice. Combining a singular vision with years of experience, they have created a partnership dedicated to serving the sophisticated shopper, a lady who not only speaks in style but continually lives in it. The shoes are created in Italy, detailed with luxurious materials, and designed with a forward-thinking edge. Their style takes cues from a long list of inspirationsincluding furniture design, luscious textiles, architecture and graphic design with stunning typography. Pretty interesting shoes, Im feelin them- are you?
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Overall, the cruise was a very pleasant experience, at least until Friday night. The Aquaclass staterooms are all about relaxation and pampering, with larger verandas, full body shower and access to the Persian garden, which is a warm relaxation area in the Aqua Spa. And most important, it includes access to the Blu restaurant for Breakfast and Dinner. Blu is fantastic, food and service. The dinner menu changes daily, with 4 appetizer, 2 soup and 2 salad as well as 6 entree choices. Everything is superbly prepared. The staff is very professional, friendly and polite, making it a wonderful experience. The Aquaclass is a reason for me to book Celebrity again, especially since it allowed me to avoid the fixed dinner seating times and sharing the dinner table with strangers...
We also tried the specialty restaurants: Qsine was a wonderful experience that was unexpected as well as delicious. We chose the lobster escargots, trio of ceviche, sushi pops, potato munchies and NY strip with 4 sauces. Everything was exquisite and fun to eat. It was so beautifully presented that I broke my own rule of never photographing food... The only critique would be that the desserts did not keep up with the high benchmark the rest of the meal set - I chose the Surprise and ended up with a mediocre bread pudding (mushy and single note sweet).
We went to Normandy on Christmas eve, and while the service and most of the food was excellent, compared to Qsine, it was somewhat overpriced. Disappointing was also that the restaurant was in no way decorated for Christmas, no tree, no wreaths or other decorations, not even a single poinsettia. Standard elevator music in the background, no Christmas.
We had booked excursions ahead of time for 4 of the 5 ports. The excursions were all professionally conducted and very interesting. The equipment looked safe and clean. The guides were very good, with good humor and excellent knowledge and very friendly. My mother had some problems walking around the rain forest in Dominica, and our guide Leon was wonderful in helping her whenever I myself was challenged by the path. My favorite excursion though was Grenada, where we took the Spice Island tour, with visits to a spice farm, a nutmeg factory and a rum distillery. Lunch was served in a former plantation turned restaurant. The restaurant was wonderful, a large patio with heavy furniture, very polite staff, real silverware and ceramic plates and delicious local food selections. We finally were able to taste all the Caribbean staples we had heard so much about on all our tours. And no plastic chairs, tables, plates and cutlery! Clean restrooms.
We were very happy on the cruise until Friday evening when things started to change. Celebrity apparently has guest complete the feedback forms by the 2nd to last evening and we had been reminded of that by the staff everywhere on the ship all day Thursday. Clearly, by Friday, our evaluation was no longer important: when we came back from dinner on Friday, we found that our stateroom had been already prepared for our departure, with the minibar locked, the binoculars gone, the umbrella we had kept on the balcony as shield against onlookers from below (we were on the 11th floor, with people on the longer deck below being able to look up onto parts of our balcony) cleared away, together with the towels on the deck chairs, and new bath robes in the closet, clearly for the new guests.
Since we were staying a few additional days in San Juan, I had asked at guest services for a late debarkation time, at 10:30 am. When I received the luggage tags, I saw in the note that we were to vacate the stateroom by 8:00 am. I reached out to Guest Services and our stateroom staff to extend, to no avail. Why we had to leave at 8:00am when new embarkation started at 3pm, nobody could explain to me. In the end, we left at 8:30am and went with our carry-on to the public area on deck 10 which was of course overcrowded with all other passengers who had to vacate their stateroom at that time. And sat around the noise in uncomfortable chairs until we had to assemble in the theater which was on the opposite side of the ship from our stateroom. Based on our experience on our previous cruises, we had planned to have a leisurely breakfast on our balcony before leaving the stateroom and ship at 10:15... Well, that did not happen, and the debarkation experience was not very pleasant, leaving a sour taste. Especially after I discovered that there was only 1 rest room available on deck 10 for all the passengers waiting, with 3 stalls, one of which no usable anymore since the facility was clearly not serviced that morning. The other restrooms were locked.
We booked another cruise on Celebrity for next Christmas on the 2nd to last day, but are now considering to forfeit the deposit because of the treatment at the end of the cruise. I tried leaving a review on the Celebrity website but have still not figured out how to do so - apparently, Celebrity is not interested in an overall and detailed review once the cruise is completed...


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Firsts from La Aurora
David Savona
Posted: August 6, 2010
Just because a company is 107 years old doesn't mean it can't do something new. La Aurora S.A., the oldest cigar company in the Dominican Republic, has two new tricks up its sleeve. The company (which is as old as the Ford Motor Co., Crayola crayons and manned flight) is coming out with a brand unlike anything it has ever made before.
Guillermo León by La Aurora, which will be unveiled to the tobacco trade next week at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Trade Show in New Orleans, will be made with two binders instead of one, and is named for company head Guillermo León. Both are firsts for the company.
"Guillermo has been working on it for over a year. We probably did 50 blends on it," said Jose Blanco, vice president of sales for La Aurora. "He was driving me and everybody in production crazy on it."
Blanco said the blend would be medium- to full-bodied. The cigars will retail for $7.60 to $9.80 each.
For more on the new smoke, see Tuesday's Cigar Insider.
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The U.S Embassy to Belgium and the U.S Mission to the European Union celebrated Black History Month in Brussels by hosting a lively discussion including panelist David Goldfield, the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at UNC Charlotte. With other distinguished guests, Goldfield discussed the history of Black History Month as well as its relevance in today's society.
Goldfield has served as an expert witness in voting rights cases, consulted for history museums, and works as an academic specialist for the U.S. State Department, leading seminars and workshops abroad on various aspects of American political culture and providing historical context for contemporary elections.
Click here for more information about his presentations in Europe.
UNC Charlotte's Women's History Month programs will showcase and discuss the many issues facing women throughout history. Sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC), the programs are free and open to the public.
"Women's experiences are very complex, and the issues for women intersect with a lot of other communities," said Joshua Burford, assistant director for sexual / gender diversity for the MRC. "We wanted to expand the conversation to talk about women and their allies from both a contemporary and historical context."
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Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, was appointed to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Agriculture earlier this month, according to a press release from his office.
He was confirmed to serve on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; and the Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture.
"As the representative for California's entire U.S.-Mexico border, I am honored to have the extraordinary privilege to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee," Vargas said in a statement. "I look forward to tackling the unique and pressing challenges present on our border and throughout the Pacific Rim."
Vargas' district includes Imperial County, where the agricultural industry generated an estimated $1.175 billion in personal income for California families and an estimated $5.3 billion in total economic impact in 2011, according to the press release.
"I am thrilled to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, as Imperial County provides 80 percent of the nation's fresh winter fruits and vegetables," Vargas said. "I look forward to representing my district's needs, while working to ensure labor shortages are solved using common-sense solutions."
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HI! Just wondering what everyone is planting this year? What plants could you not live without in your garden? What plants have disappointed you in the past?
In this month's H and H issue I noticed some beautiful non-stop begonias called "Apple Blossom". I bought 3 to try this year...I am excited to see them flower.
I was given a gift certificate for a garden centre here in Edmonton called Wellington's...if anyone has the opportunity to go there, it is just beautiful! I could have spent all day there and a small fortune if I had one! :)
i'm a sucker for moss phlox. I love the look of the purple flowers cascading over a rock. I bought quite a few this year so we'll see if they will still be around next year to "spill"over!
My favourite plant would have to be my Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber) because it gives me beautiful colour all summer, seems quite drought tolerant and grows fairly quickly. I highly recommend it as a low-maintenance beauty.
Strange about my tulips, but I do not remember them ever coming up last year!
We don't have a waterfall in our pond, but my father just put one in his. It came out extremely realistic as his pond is in a far corner of his yard, under a large tree. There was a lot of earth built up at the base of the tree (from digging the hole for the pond).
He simply dug a trench down from the top of the earth, bought a length of PVC liner, placed it in the trench, then added rocks at the sides. He is just now getting smaller rocks to fill the trench with, to hide the liner. Where the water actually falls into the pond, he has a large flat rock so it looks sooo natural. I will try to get a picture of his waterfall and post it for you to check out.
Did you put a waterfall in with your pond? That is our next project and I am a little worried about the waterfall if we can get it to look real. We have a natural dropoff so it should be easy i hope.
Those are grape hyacinths I think. They are
Ephemerals - I love them too!
As for the cost of plants, I know it can be excessive, and I have learned my lesson: I buy the "common" annuals, like Alyssum, at places like Superstore, where they are dirt cheap. For something more unusual or for pricey perennials, I go to to garden centres like Wellingtons etc... I have found that even a bargain plant is too expensive if it dies after one season. Last year I planted hundreds of dollars worth of good quality greenhouse perennials and shrubs VERY carefully - lots of attention to the details of the planting. I am happy to report that I only had to replace one of those plants this year - all the rest are growing happily!
A favorite of mine are grape hyaciths(sp?)...they are so pretty! I can't wait until mine come up every Spring and the flowers last quite a long time. I attached a pic...
Thanks for all the replies...I am now going to try some of the favorites...heucheras, daylilies, asiatic lilies and ligularia. Even though we are all in different zones, i still feel more inclined to try a different plant if someone else has success with it. :)
Dreamer...I am ashamed to say I haven't been to any of the other garden centres you listed...even Hole's!! I haven't been able to spend much $$ on plants the last few years so I usually just get them at C. Tire or Home Depot. This was the first year I went to a fancy garden centre.
Zephyr...beautiful garden and pond! I can see why you enjoy it so much! I have to agree with Foxxy about the lily of the valley...it can really take over. I pulled "ALL" of mine out 2 years ago and I still fight it every year since.
The pond was soooo easy. We bought one of the kits from Home Depot. The hole was dug, liner placed, pond filled and rocks placed - all within about 3 hours. I had picked up the fountain part from Homesense months ago and my husband was able to get the flatrock for free from his work. He had his heart set on fish, so we've even got a few Koi in there. It was so worth the effort and money. The peaceful sound is wonderful. I find myself waking up just a little bit earlier in the morning so that I can sit out on the patio, listening to the pond and enjoying the garden.
I hope the lily of the valley is contained in a spot you do not mind getting overrun. I mean invaded by the lily of the valley. The roots go forever and it comes up in the grass, in all the flower beds robbing them of nutrients and moisture/ and choking out the plants/and is a damn nuisance to get rid off. One small patch here after 3 years had taken over 1/2 of the lawn. Weed killer does nothing, it is tough as nails and sends down roots about 2 feet that you have to dig down and get every last one to get it all. I would keep it in a container myself after my experience with it. There is a thread here somehwhere saying how much trouble it caused in many lawns and gardens. As an example I made a lasagna bed over a large patch of it last fall. TRYING to get rid of it. About 6 layers of wet newspaper, new earth and compost etc. and 6 more layers of paper, earth etc. and guess what the stuff has sprung up in some places already. Periwinkle and gout weed will do the same thing. VERY invasive. Just a heads up for the future. :)
Oh, your garden looks lovely..........Great job. Did you do your pond? I would like a waterfall with a very small pond, only for the sound effect. We live near the freeway and want to drown out some of the sound. How much work is the pond? Don't you just LOVE perrenials....
I wish I had before pictures of this corner. This time last year, it was an ugly dirt pit - grass wouldn't even grow there.
Now, I have hostas, lilies, irises, wagelia, lilacs and burning bush.
I am just getting into gardening...The first year we were in our house I spent a FORTUNE and bought all annuals, because they were cheaper and more colourful than the perennial pots. Last year, my Dad brought me a few different hostas and Lily of the Valley, and I splurged on Asiatic Lilies and Lilacs, as well as various climbing vines and shrubs.
This year, I can't believe my gardens!!!!!
My one garden that I put in entirely by myself is AWESOME! Everything got so big! One of the hostas my dad gave me was about 10 inches across - now it's like, twice that size! And my asiatic lilies, I planted at the front of my house, one on each side. Now there are 9 or 10 on each side!!! I'm sooooo excited... I love my yard now......
I'll try to put some pictures on.....
maybe you could use the swap and sell feature that PaulaDesigner set up on msn site to trade seeds.....:cool:
those are the must haves in my yard - along with basil. This year I'd like to put in some astilbes. I also like to use coleus, osteospermum, licorice vine and sweet margaurite potato vine in my deck pots.
I definitely know that I am not a fan of clematis. We've been in this house for 4 years & I'm still trying to rid my self of some wild varieties of self seeding clematis. Ugg!
flowering purple sand cherry and forsythia and crocus and ferns and . .
the list goes on and on - new gardener here and can't wait, but can't live without roses !!!
can you believe that my tulips are just now gonna open up in a couple of days....they took forever.....:rolleyes:
and cannot live without tulips!
I have 2 types in the garden. Dentata and the rocket. There are many types and they will grow in zone 4 and up. They like a wet spot with dappled shade. Yes the foliage is huge and some have burgandy under the leaves. 1-2 will fill up a space in no time.
I did not want to leave you hanging - the one in "the Park" is Greenland. If you have not been there, go! Make sure you look at a map if you are not familiar with Sherwood Park. They seem to have some plants there that no one else carries!
I have been to Wellingtons, and I love it too! I am sure you have been to Hole's, but don't miss Ellerslie Gift and Garden or the huge greenhouse in Sherwood Park. If I can remember the name of that one, I will post it.
I have a favorite plant, a lingularia which was given to me as a chunk of root so I do not know the type. It is a shade loving plant with round leaves the size of dinner plates and flower stems that get about 5 feet tall! It is very impressive in bloom.
right now 2 fav. plants are heucheras and tiarellas. I have both planted.
that mine would have to be iris' and daylilies...prefereably in black or the darkest colour that the flower comes in....the funkier the colour the better....i'm working on my iris collection again here....i left them all at the last house....right now i have a really nice baby blue one, a dark maroon one, a really nice light salmon colour one and going to be getting a black one tomorrow...superstore always has my black ones and they are huge from there.....same goes for daylilies...the odder the colour and patterned the better....i really do enjoy hostas aswell.....i am going to do a hosta garden along the north side of the house this year...give that side of the house some depth to it....one thing i can do without are shrubs and hedges...those sort of things....i don't like cedars and evergreens.....i have a 4 foot colorado blue spruce only cuz DH likes them....but i made sure he planted it far far away from the house.....i do like weeping trees...fruiting mulberries and stuff....im hoping to pick one up really soon.....not everyone around here carries fruiting ones
Heucheras. It began last year when I found one with burgundy-ish foliage. (bought two of them) I usually just go for big flowery stuff, but these are of interest to me because I love the look of their foliage in the garden. They do have small flowers on long stems, sort of similar in growth to those of hostas. There was one pictured a few issues ago in Gardening Life, I think, called Peachy Keen that I really have to get one day. The picture sold me!
I did find one newer one at the garden center-forget the name at the moment. It has leaves in peaches and yellows, but the undersides of the leaves are near-fuschia pink. I plan to plant it a little high in the raised garden so that the undersides of the leaves get viewed when seated in the garden.
This year I am also interested in ferns. I've never had any in the garden before, but I'm starting a shade garden this year. I have a feeling I'll have to find a few more shady spots. My interest in Hostas, that I remember begain in aroung 1997, is still pretty strong too. I am also planting my first clematis plants, 3 of them, this year.
I could not live without a few hybrid tea roses in the garden. It is a delight to clip a long-stemmed beauty for a friend once in a while. I love the scent of them when I'm in the garden. I get that inside nicely too, as mine are in a bed beneath a window.
I agree...hostas are beautiful. I just bought a huge "francee' variety and I am anxious to get it planted. I have three other varieties in the backyard and I am hoping to dig them up this week and move them to our new front garden bed too. I would like to get some white flowering astilbe to plant beside the francee to pick up the lovely white edge on it's leaves.
I wish I was a more educated gardener. If I would have known 15 years ago that gardening was so interesting, I would have studied to be a botanist. Everytime I go to a garden center I feel so happy and could spend all day there.
hostas!!! there are so many kinds available and they do well anywhere (there are varieties for sun and shade) they are just gorgeous. my favourite is the green with a lime green edging (?twilight). hostas can really add nice lush texture anywhere.
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Dimethyl ether
Dimethyl ether | |
Methoxymethane[1] |
Other names
Demeon Dimethyl oxide |
Identifiers | |
Abbreviations | DME |
CAS number | 115-10-6 |
PubChem | 8254 |
ChemSpider | 7956 |
EC number | 204-065-8 |
UN number | 1033 |
MeSH | Dimethyl+ether |
ChEBI | CHEBI:28887 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL119178 |
RTECS number | PM4780000 |
Beilstein Reference | 1730743 |
Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
Properties | |
Molecular formula | C2H6O |
Molar mass | 46.07 g mol−1 |
Appearance | Colorless gas |
Odor | Typical |
Density | 2.1146 kg/m³ (gas, 0 °C, 1013 mbar)[2] 0.735 g/mL (liquid, -25 °C)[2] |
Melting point | −141 °C; −222 °F; 132 K |
Boiling point | −24 °C; −11 °F; 249 K |
Solubility in water | 71 g dm−3 (at 20 °C) |
log P | 0.022 |
Vapor pressure | >100 kPa |
Dipole moment | 1.30 D |
Thermochemistry | |
Specific heat capacity C |
65.57 J K−1 mol−1 |
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfH |
−184.1 kJ mol−1 |
Std enthalpy of combustion ΔcH |
−1.4604 MJ mol−1 |
Hazards | |
MSDS | External MSDS |
GHS pictograms | |
GHS signal word | Danger |
GHS hazard statements | H220 |
GHS precautionary statements | P210, P410+403 |
EU Index | 603-019-00-8 |
EU classification | F+ |
R-phrases | R12 |
S-phrases | (S2), S9, S16, S33 |
Flash point | −41 °C; −42 °F; 232 K |
Autoignition temperature | 350 °C; 662 °F; 623 K |
Explosive limits | 27% |
Related compounds | |
Related ethers | Diethyl ether |
Related compounds | Ethanol |
Supplementary data page | |
Structure and properties |
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Dimethyl ether (DME), also known as methoxymethane, is the organic compound with the formula CH
3. The simplest ether, it is a colourless gas that is a useful precursor to other organic compounds and an aerosol propellant.
Approximately 50,000 tons were produced in 1985 in Western Europe by dehydration of methanol dehydration process:[3]
The required methanol is obtained from synthesis gas (syngas).[4] In principle, the methanol could be obtained from organic waste or biomass. Other possible improvements call for a dual catalyst system that permits both methanol synthesis and dehydration in the same process unit, with no methanol isolation and purification.[4][5]
Both the one-step and two-step processes above are commercially available. Currently, there is more widespread application of the two-step process since it is relatively simple and start-up costs are relatively low. It is worth mentioning that there is a developing one-step liquid-phase process.[4][6]
The largest use of DME is as the feedstock for the production of the methylating agent, dimethyl sulfate, which entails its reaction with sulfur trioxide:
This application consumes several thousand tons of DME annually.
DME can also be converted into acetic acid using carbonylation technology related to the Monsanto acetic acid process:[3]
Laboratory reagent and solvent[edit]
DME is a low-temperature solvent and extraction agent, applicable to specialised laboratory procedures. Its usefulness is limited by its low boiling point (−23 °C), but the same property facilitates its removal from reaction mixtures. DME is the precursor to the useful alkylating agent, trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate.[7]
Niche applications[edit]
A mixture of DME and propane is used in an over-the-counter device to treat warts, by freezing them.[8][9]
DME is the main constituent of freezer spray, used as a low temperature source in field testing of electronic components.[10]
A potentially major use of DME is as substitute for propane in LPG used as fuel in household and industry.[11]
It is also a promising fuel in diesel engines,[12] petrol engines (30% DME / 70% LPG), and gas turbines owing to its high cetane number, which is 55, compared to diesel's, which is 40–53.[13] Only moderate modifications are needed to convert a diesel engine to burn DME. The simplicity of this short carbon chain compound leads during combustion to very low emissions of particulate matter, NOx, and CO. For these reasons as well as being sulfur-free, DME meets even the most stringent emission regulations in Europe (EURO5), U.S. (U.S. 2010), and Japan (2009 Japan).[14] Mobil uses DME in their methanol to gasoline process.[citation needed]
DME is being developed as a synthetic second generation biofuel (BioDME), which can be manufactured from lignocellulosic biomass.[15] Currently the EU is considering BioDME in its potential biofuel mix in 2030;[16] the Volvo Group is the coordinator for the European Community Seventh Framework Programme project BioDME[17][18] where Chemrec's BioDME pilot plant based on black liquor gasification is nearing completion in Piteå, Sweden.[19]
The image below illustrates some of processes from various raw materials to DME.
In 2009 a team of university students from Denmark won the Urban Concept/Internal Combustion class at the European Shell Eco Marathon (The Shell Eco Marathon is an unofficial World Championship for mileage) with a vehicle running on 100% DME. The vehicle drove 589 km/liter, fuel equivalent to gasoline with a 50 ccm 2-stroke engine operating by the Diesel principle. As well as winning they beat the old standing record of 306 km/liter, set by the same team in 2007 [20]
DME has been considered as a refrigerant[21] with ASHRAE refrigerant designation R-E170. DME is also used in refrigerant blends with e.g. butane and propene.[22]
Unlike other alkyl ethers, DME resists autoxidation. DME is also relatively non-toxic, although it is highly flammable.
- ^ "dimethyl ether - PubChem Public Chemical Database". The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- ^ a b Record in the GESTIS Substance Database from the IFA
- ^ a b Manfred Müller, Ute Hübsch, "Dimethyl Ether" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005. doi:10.1002/14356007.a08_541
- ^ a b c Dimethyl Ether Technology and Markets 07/08-S3 Report, ChemSystems, December 2008.
- ^ P.S. Sai Prasad et al., Fuel Processing Technology, 2008, 89, 1281.
- ^ Air Products Technology Offerings
- ^ T. J. Curphey (1988), "Trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate", Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 6: 1019
- ^ "A Pharmacist's Guide to OTC Therapy: OTC Treatments for Warts". July 2006.
- ^ http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf3/K030838.pdf
- ^ http://www.electrolube.com/products/msds/044FRE.pdf
- ^ IDA Fact Sheet DME/LPG Blends 2010 v1
- ^ nycomb.se, Nycomb Chemicals company
- ^ http://www.topsoe.com/site.nsf/all/BBNN-5PNJ3F?OpenDocument topsoe.com
- ^ http://www.japantransport.com/conferences/2006/03/dme_detailed_information.pdf, Conference on the Development and Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Heavy Duty Vehicles such as DME Trucks, Washington DC, March 17, 2006
- ^ http://www.biodme.eu/
- ^ Biofuels in the European Union, 2006
- ^ http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb/newsmedia/pressreleases/NewsItemPage.htm?channelId=2184&ItemID=47984&sl=en-gb
- ^ http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb/volvo+group/ourvalues/environment/renewable_fuels/biodme/biodme.htm
- ^ Chemrec press release September 9, 2010
- ^ The Danish Ecocar Team - List of achievements
- ^ http://www.mecanica.pub.ro/frigo-eco/R404A_DME.pdf 101110
- ^ http://www.ashrae.org/technology/page/1933#et ASHRAE list of refrigerants


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Monday, March 17, 2008
This is a chart of USDJPY. I'm not sure how to quantify a currency collapse but how close is 22% in eight months?
Is the Fed going to orchestrate the bailout of every institution above a certain size?
Things seem to be broken all over the place but the stock and bond markets are not that bad off (yet?). Stocks are only down 17% from the high, while that is more than down a little it is far from historically noteworthy. Yields on the treasury curve are quite low but they're not at Japan-like levels.
By the way, how many people said 2008 was finally the year to buy Japan? And were these the same people who said it last year and the year before that?
The Fed is doing big and desperate now instead of doing small and gradual nine months ago. While I am not smart enough to quantify the ultimate magnitude of any of this, the blundering by the Fed seems to now be bearing some very ugly fruit.
Could a Fed induced introspective look at leverage, value at risk, risk models, inventory on and on, a year ago when there was not even the slightest inkling...well except for the failure of New Century and abnormally sloped curve... have lessened some of the blow? Maybe not though.
$2 for Bear Stearn's equity? Really? Cripes.
The Fed cut the discount rate Sunday night just as the Australian equity session was opening, two days before a meeting, man.
The frantic nature of all of this could be resulting in what will turn out to be bad decisions implemented very poorly and with more consequences coming down the road.
Whatever comes of all of this I think it will take a while before it is all sorted out. The media will continue to ask if now is the time to buy but keep in mind that this bear market could last until April, 2009 and still be considered normal.
20 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I think you are missing the forest for the trees. The Fed was slow. OK I will accept that, but you still ignore the trillions in derivatives and not acknowledging the excessive debt levels.
When the score is 34587 to 3 talking about who made the last out and lost the game is kind of pointless. We are experiencing a collapse of debt and the fed can only do so much.
We are turning Japanese.
My vacation was much more enjoyable, but I am looking forward to a buying opportunity coming.
seg - 5:58 AM
- Born2Code said...
wonder if the "Random Walk" anonymous dude bought BSC over a $100 and held on all the way down to $2 all the while telling himself: "This is a Random Walk, I have to buy and hold. Nobody knows where BSC is going..."
- Anonymous said...
When you have a ton of money, what's a million or a billion loss?
It's the little one like the secretary or mailroom guy I feel bad about.Those that lost alot probobly deserve to loose it. - 7:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oh Oh,
could we see home prices suddenly plummet in Conneticut and suddenly soar in Newark for example?? - 8:05 AM
- Roy said...
It is noteworthy to me that the market shrugged-off the Carlyle event last week, and appears to be doing the same with BSC today. It might be that we'll have to see a stronger "feel good" rally before S&P 1275 gets taken out.
- Anonymous said...
Of course the random walk guy didn't buy BSC at 100 (have you even opened a Malkiel or Swensen book, it would be obvious that would be against their advice).
He has bought the S&P 500 on various pullbacks. He also has taken advantage of weakness in some international indices.
Right now he see's other values that he would like to buy and hold. Stock is cheap right now, but there is something else even cheaper.
Oh yeah, and he's up year to date due to some nice distributions (down a bit since October though). - 11:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
no but, aren't Malakiel and Bogel in this market with their index funds, not doing very good. I've at least got some funds doing ok, much better than any index.
- fred said...
A stitch in time saves nine billion. (Obscure scifi reference)
All the entities depending on Bear Stearns would lock up if Bear collapsed. This may be a smart thing to do. If things work out well, Bernanke will be remembered as a genius.
Haven't we seen this play before? Doesn't there have to be a body or two before the final act? I'm thinking Drexel Burnham Lambert or Continental Illinois from previous disasters.
This actually looks normal for this stage in the crisis. - 12:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sunday's post showed a picture of a Kauai fire truck. But aren't you on the big island? Are there two Kauais?
- Rick said...
Comparing the hysteria on Mike ("Mish") Shedlock's blog, to the rational worry on this blog, one can extrapolate to some hope for sanity, and maybe something less than Armageddon for the capital markets.
Today's bounce tells me we are so not done with the Bear.
- Roger Nusbaum said...
the hysteria on Mike ("Mish") Shedlock's blog?
really? wow that surprises me i will check it out.
the picture of the Kauai truck was taken in 2003.
Fred, i think that a big name is going away is a fine sacrifice--this is not to say there can't be more but as I wondered in the post is $20 billion enough? It used to be a venerable name
Rick, the bear not quite over? But the market felt so good today. Don't rain on the parade man!
There have been a few feel good moments before today (if today rally was, of which i am skeptical) and one of them will be the last one and will actually be the bottom. After a 19% or so decline i doubt the bottom is in (agreeing with you) but who knows. - 2:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wouldn't call this a currency collapse. it's a classic case of Dornbusch overshooting, and is probably the best and least painful way to resolve the fundamental problems with the US economy - the weak dollar is ultimately the best way to restore competitiveness to the real economy and restart the US economic engine.
- Anonymous said...
Glad to see I'm not the only one getting tired of the hysteria and almost disturbing glee on Mish, CalculatedRisk, Big Picture, and similar blogs. This place is a haven of sanity.
This is a normal bear market, not by any means the end of the world. - 3:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
The market's only 17% down but when that's priced in dollars it's, like 1000!
- Anonymous said...
if 250 billion was written off last year and 500 billion is written off this year and another 250 billion is written off next year that would be 1 trillion dollars. This would not be fun, but I do not think it would be the end of the world. It would probably be rather manageable.
try not to get all upset about the more negative scenarios. It will all work itself out.
seg - 6:17 PM
- Rick said...
Does anyone have any history/precedent that shows that not all bottoms are preceded by capitulation selling?
The breadth today (Monday) was terrible, but - on the bright side - we definitely "de-coupled" from Asia/Europe.
Feels like a head fake. But I know I can't tell the difference except using hindsight.
Re: anon 4.35 - don't spoil it for me. I'm counting my money using the old Portuguese Escudos!
- Anonymous said...
Talking about Asian currencies, the Korean Won is going the other way (down 8% in 2 weeks).
What does this mean???
- Anonymous said...
- Anonymous said...
- Anonymous said...
off topic (when has that deterred me)
In the French part of st marten the euro is primarily used. I keep reading that the dollar is reportedly not taken in some regions of the globe due to the large drop. This seems kind of dumb to me as all they need to do is appropriately adjust the exchange rate.
in st marten a ferry boat operator was quoting 5 euros or 7 dollars. a restaurant was quoting a 1 to 1 exchange rate as a come on and it worked because their prices were roughly the same of their competitors.
I do not think this helps clarify exchange rates but it supports the rumors I heard that businesses were hurting.
I guess the point I take from all this is the nonsense we read about decoupling is just that nonsense. I am not sure how far we have to fall but I fully expect the rest of the world to follow us down even if they are not hurt as much.
While this is not fun I would remember as always it is temporary and that a great buying opportunity is coming.
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Back in April of 2011 I posted "An Exclusive First Look at Tim Thompson's Kinect-Based Instrument". I got to hang out with Tim at the Guthman Instrument Competition at Georgia Tech in February and did a follow up post on his progress in April of this year, It's been cool to see Space Palette evolve.
I spoke with Tim earlier this week via Skype to get an update. First off, here is some background in case this is the first time your hearing about the project.
What is the Space Palette?
The Space Palette is a musical and graphical instrument that lets you play music and paint visuals simultaneously by waving your hands in the holes of a wood frame. No pre-recorded media, sequences, or loops are used - everything is generated in realtime by your hands.
The wood frame is a reference for the player, while the Microsoft Kinect is used to detect the position of whatever hands (or objects) appear in the holes of the frame. The depth of your hands matters as much as their left/right/up/down position - it's like having multiple three-dimensional mouse pads in mid-air. Any number of hands can be used.
Musically, the large holes are like keyboards (left-to-right) on which you play individual notes, and hand depth controls things like vibrato and filters. Visually, the large holes allow you to paint with graphical shapes (heavily processed by visual effects), and hand depth controls their size.
The 12 small holes in the corners of the Space Palette are used to select different sets of sounds and graphics. Each of the 4 large holes plays a different sound and paints a different graphic, simultaneously.
It ends up Tim brought the Space Palette to Burning Man again this year. Checkout this great video of Burning Man attendees playing the latest incarnation of the instrument. Here is what Tim had to say about the latest version of Space Palette:
This video shows the latest version of the Space Palette at Burning Man 2012. It was running every night from 9pm to 5am, with almost constant use because of its placement in Illumination Village (Esplanade and 2:15). I re-used pieces of Monolith 2.0 (my installation from 2009) to construct a wood projector screen designed to withstand high winds, and I built boxes to protect the projector and laptop from the dust.
The sounds and graphics were much improved from previous versions, and the user interface was simplified. All 12 of the small holes now do the same thing - each one selects a preset of both sounds and graphics, and the name of the preset is briefly displayed on the projected image to provide feedback.
The preset names made it easier for people to find the sounds they wanted to use. Headphones were provided, allowing people to hear the sounds more clearly. All in all, it performed extremely well, and people enjoyed it immensely.
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Here is another video I found of Tim playing Space Palette. There is more ambient light in the room so it's easier to see how the instrument works.
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A longer version of the video above can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxn2K3_07nU . For more information about the Space Palette, visit http://spacepalette.com.
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I first met Tim Thompson last Spring when I performed in Sunnyvale. He invited me over for an An "Exclusive First Look at Tim Thompson's Kinect-Based Instrument: MultiMultiTouchTouch". Since then we've kept in touch and he's made incredible progress on this three-dimensional instrument so I thought I'd do an update post.
Now called Space Palette, it offers more windows of control and expressiveness and also has interactive visuals that react to gestures. Space Palette's design makes it a fantastic casual instrument allowing for walk-up players. Tim has been spreading electronic musical joy by bringing it to events such as:
I got to play an updated version of Space Palette when Tim and I were in Atlanta in February. It's expressive enough to scale beyond casual play and Tim has become quite a virtuoso with it as can be seen in his latest performance at STEIM in Amsterdam below.
I encourage you to visit http://spacepalette.com and http://timthompson.com/ to follow Tim's progress.
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Tim Thompson is a software engineer, musician, and installation artist. He was recently mentioned in Roger Linn's post "Research Project: LinnStrument -- A New Musical Instrument Concept" where Roger credits Tim with writing a program that "translates the TouchCo's proprietary USB messages into TUIO messages sent over OSC."
I met Tim at my recent concert at the Art Institute of California/Sunnyvale and he was kind enough to invite me over to see his latest development project, the MultiMultiTouchTouch. This custom solution offers players any number of arbitrarily-shaped multitouch areas with three-dimensional spatial control. Interaction with this space allows users to control and play virtual synthesizers using nothing but a Microsoft Kinect as the controller.
Ironically, the concept shown in Moog Music's April Fools video "Introducing the Moog Polyphonic Theremin" is not only a reality, but Tim has one-upped this idea by providing polyphonic spatial control in multiple "frames", AND more granular control than a Theremin with finger blob detection. In short MultiMultiTouchTouch is like having a polyphonic/multitimbral Theremin that can not only detect hand movements, but finger movements as well - from multiple players!!!
Luckily I brought my video camera along and recorded Tim describing and demoing the technology. I also give the MultiMultiTouchTouch a try at the end of the video. So, without further ado, I present the video "An Exclusive First Look at Tim Thompson's Kinect-Based Instrument: MultiMultiTouchTouch"
In summary, Tim developed with the following components:
The raw output of this controller is OSC messages formatted using the TUIO (multitouch) standard format. Parameters of the software can be controlled with JSON-formatted messages.
If you're near Silicon Valley, you can play with this controller on April 10 at the Stanford DIY Musical Instrument Tailgate Party , or at the Kinect Hackathon at Hacker Dojo. Tim will also be using it in installations at Lightning In a Bottle and Burning Man this year.
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I want to reiterate, this is real and NOT a late April Fool's joke. Incredible work Tim! Congrats. I can't wait to see where Tim takes this and look forward to the possibility of doing some MultiMultiTouchTouch compositions and performances myself. To help Tim promote his work share this video.
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Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s final design in Michigan is truly a masterpiece. In his own words, Jones claimed it as his crowning glory. The course is located at the headwaters of the Pigeon River and takes full advantage of natural valleys, ravines and broad plains. The signature sixth hole features a 120' vertical drop and a panoramic view of the Pigeon River Valley.
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Leaving no one behind in today's Europe
By MOSHE KANTOR
07/02/2012 22:05
Europe's economies will eventually be restored. But without vigilant action against the fomenters of hatred, Europe's promise may not.
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In a speech on the Eurozone debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently said: "Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together." While Chancellor Merkel may have been referring to the financial situation, many Europeans are feeling "abandoned" and "excluded" by problematic political trends.
Beyond the headlines of the debate over austerity measures and other solutions to the economic crisis, we are witnessing a rise in intolerance toward minorities in Europe.
Three distinct groups serve as the bastion of anti-Semitism in Europe: the extreme left, Islamic fundamentalists and the far right.
While generally speaking this alliance is not a coordinated and concerted effort, its members, from disparate backgrounds, are acting like a pincer movement on the Jewish communities in Europe.
The extreme left in Europe has been leading a movement to ostracize Israel, the Jewish state, and has been using terminology, tactics and innuendo reminiscent of medieval anti- Semitism.
Islamic fundamentalists are responsible for the recent murders in Toulouse, firebombing of numerous synagogues, countless physical attacks and ceaseless verbal incitement against Jews.
Far-right and neo-Nazi parties are gaining a political foothold in various parts of Europe, including the Golden Dawn in Greece and the Jobbik Party in Hungary – one of Jobbik's members of parliament recently used genetic testing to clear himself of any suspicion of Jewish or Roma ancestry.
The ties between the extreme left, Islamic fundamentalists and the far right have one overlapping ideology: hatred for the Jewish People and the Jewish state.
THIS PHENOMENON has a long history on the continent.
Extreme-left European terrorist organizations like the German Red Army Faction supported Palestinian terrorists in the 1970s. Additionally, newly released German intelligence agency files reveal that German neo- Nazis aided the Black September Palestinian terrorists who kidnapped and murdered Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Echoes of this disturbing collaboration are now being repeated.
In 2008, the EU Commission called on all EU member states to adopt model legislation to combat hatred and intolerance in their own legal systems.
Four years later, all have failed to do so.
Outbreaks of intolerance must be judged more severely, and now more than ever, we need to initiate tougher laws against those who target minorities.
Time and again in the recent and distant past, tolerance has been one of the first victims of an economic downturn. Will we repeat the mistakes of our ancestors? As Europeans, we must now decide whether our relatively young continental union will truly turn a new page in European history.
Thus far, the answer has proved wanting. The mere rise of the Golden Dawn party should have sent shockwaves throughout Europe. We would have expected politicians to openly eschew this new-old danger. Sadly, condemnation – let alone action – was far more muted than those of us who are in the line of fire of these dangerous neo-Nazis would have liked.
The absence of public outrage is assumed to be the result of the economic situation in Europe. Nevertheless, it is precisely because of the recessions across our continent that we must pay special attention, not just to the state of Europe's economies, but also to the state of Europe itself.
THE ECONOMIES in certain European nations, especially in Greece, have become dangerously untenable. However, beyond the headlines of the debate over austerity measures and other solutions to the economic crises we are already witnessing a rise in intolerance toward minorities in Europe.
Freedom of speech is something we as Europeans rightly hold in the greatest regard; however, we have to reconsider its boundaries.
There should be no limitations on people's right to speak, think or act in any way, unless of course, those rights impinge on the rights, freedom and safety of others.
As Zechariah Chafee, the great American jurist once said: "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
Too often our liberal society allows room for hate, a hearing for xenophobia and a podium for intolerance. This is the diametric opposite of tolerance. To defeat the intolerance, xenophobia and racism in our midst, we need to grant their manifestations no leniency and certainly no tolerance.
If these three racist ideologies are welcomed into the European political family, rather than constantly condemned and ostracized, we may be taking the first unwitting step towards a darker future. We must stand up to the moral challenges posed by the extreme left, Islamic fundamentalism and the far right. When this alliance of intolerance scapegoats minorities to realize their distorted worldview, we must courageously respond with one resounding voice, "Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together."
Europe's economies will eventually be restored. But without vigilant and forceful action against the fomenters of hatred, Europe's promise may not.
The writer is president of the European Jewish Congress and co-chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation.
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Date: From: Subject: | 6/12/2006 1:51:13 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Ohio--Calls Needed to Stop Daytime Curfew Ordinance |
====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== June 12, 2006 Ohio--Calls Needed to Stop Daytime Curfew Ordinance Dear HSLDA members and friends: Tonight the City of Amherst is considering an ordinance which would enact a daytime curfew which would prohibit any child between ages six and eighteen from being in public during school hours. This legislation undermines the freedom and liberty we enjoy in the United States. We have dealt with daytime curfews in other cities. With a curfew in place, your children could be taken to the local police station to verify who they are and that they have a valid excuse to be in a public place. You would have less freedom to send your 17-year-old daughter to pick up some groceries or let your 16-year-old son go to music lessons across town. The Amherst City Council will hear this ordinance tonight. We need as many people as possible to attend the council meeting at 7:30 p.m. to express opposition to the curfew. ACTION REQUESTED 1) If you can reach Amherst, Ohio by 7:30 p.m., please make an effort to attend the Amherst City Council meeting. The Council should meet upstairs in the City Hall at: 206 Main Street Amherst, Ohio 44001 You can get directions through www.mapquest.com or maps.google.com . Your message is simple: "Please oppose the proposed daytime curfew ordinance. Daytime curfews are un-American. Don't make it a crime to be a child in a public place." 2) Please call homeschoolers and other freedom-loving citizens in Lorain County to alert them to this need as quickly as possible. Every person you can reach by telephone in the next few hours is one person more likely to stop this un-American curfew. BACKGROUND > Daytime curfews violate a minor's fundamental constitutional right to freedom of movement as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment on the public streets, highways and areas of the city without being subjected to prior governmental restraint. > Daytime curfews violate the fundamental legal principle of the presumption of innocence. This presumption is protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution. > Daytime curfews result in violations of the minors' Fourth Amendment rights to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. A policeman should not stop and question anyone unless there are actual facts that make it reasonable to suspect that a crime has occurred. If a policeman stops and questions a person without such facts, it is a violation of the citizen's rights under the Fourth Amendment. > Daytime curfews interfere with the parents' fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children, especially for parents with children in small private schools who often work outside the classroom. > Daytime curfews are, in essence, beefed-up truancy ordinances. All states have already addressed the area of truancy in a comprehensive way. There is no need for new laws addressing the issue of truancy. The present laws addressing minors simply need to be enforced. > Daytime curfews will result in selective enforcement. Since officers will not be stopping every juvenile during school hours to check their ID, they will be selective. This opens up the extremely dangerous potential for unequal treatment of minors based upon race, appearance, dress, etc. This type of ordinance will simply divert attention from real crime prevention programs and interfere with effective police work. > There is no evidence that daytime curfews significantly reduce juvenile crime during curfew hours. Statistics demonstrate that there is very little juvenile crime during these hours even when there is no daytime curfew. Additionally, the serious juvenile lawbreaker will not be deterred by the daytime curfew. However, hundreds, if not thousands of innocent minors will suffer the inconvenience of unwarranted stops, detentions and harassment, not to mention the added cost for taxpayers for the enforcement of the curfew. > Daytime curfews dangerously train young citizens to accept, as normal, constraints that are inconsistent with the freedom they should be educated to enjoy and use responsibly in their adult years. > Daytime curfews send a message to self-disciplined and responsible young people that the community makes no distinction between them and irresponsible adults who abuse freedom in ways detrimental to the community. > Daytime curfews will likely result in registration of privately educated students with police departments with the attendant issuance of ID cards and badges. For more information on daytime curfews, please see our analysis of this issue at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=2102 . We have a 19-page strategy packet for fighting daytime curfews at http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200308130.pdf. Sincerely, Scott W. Somerville HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can only do so much... No one can be everywhere at once. And you can't be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring your state's legislature. Through electronic legislative services, HSLDA is monitoring state legislation for you-watching and listening carefully for any proposed laws that could erode your right to homeschool. Join HSLDA today-we'll watch out for your future. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1942 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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Espresso martini: Mixing caffeine with alcohol can be a tricky exercise, as many a vodka Red Bull drinker can attest. Luckily, the mixologists at M Lounge — a classy, candlelit sanctuary on the Near South Side — have perfected the art of buzz meets booze with a delightfully decadent espresso martini.
While the bar offers a long list of specialty drinks, from Bellini martinis to Lemon Drops to mocktails with names like I'll Fake Manhattan, the espresso martini has that extra something special: a heady shot of espresso mingled with vanilla vodka, Godiva dark and Godiva white liqueurs, and Baileys Irish Cream.
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