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Newman K1 Smartphone With Quad-Core CPU & 5-inch Screen To Be Priced Under $160by China.new
The new K1 smartphone from China's Newman offers users a wealth of advanced features including a 1.2Ghz quad-core MediaTek MTK6589 chipset, a 5-inch 720p display and front & rear cameras, all for under 1,000 yuan or $160.
Cory Booker, The Social Media Mayor's #Waywire Disrupts The News Via Video [Videos]by Ron Callari
We're familiar with celebrities tipping their toes in the social media waters. A number of actors now have their a number of pet projects. Some like Ashton Kutcher actually head up social media marketing firm like the Katalyst Network or Ian Somerhalder and his news activist site in beta called "Ryot," or Justin Timberlakes' current attempt at welcoming defectors back to MySpace. But up till now, there's been no political figures actively involved in a social media enterprise. That was, until Cory Booker created #waywire.
Can Your Invention Make The Top 5 For The ClickStartMe Product and Invention Contest?by Invention Ideas
Are you ready for a no-holds-barred way to not only show that your innovative invention is the greatest thing since sliced awesome, earn funding for your idea's creation as well as a nation-reaching marketing deal to sell it to the masses? Grab your blueprints and get ready to blow America's socks off!
Google Shows Talking Shoeby dendory
Google is showing off their latest experiment at SXSW, the Talking Shoe. It uses funny sentences to try and get you moving to keep you active and exercising. While this is not a real product, it is an example of what can be done with modern technology.
Why Do Social Networks 'Acqhire' vs Acquire Only To Super-Size?by Ron Callari
Commericial acquisitions and mergers were a 20th Century phenomenon that allowed companies to grow and prosper. In the first and second decades of the 21st Century, those types of business practices may be antiquated. "Acqhire," is a neologism recently added to our lexicon to indicate when a social networking company is acquiring a start-up company mainly for its talent versus its infrastructure.
Russian Meteorites Sold Online In China May Not Be As Advertisedby China.new
The 50ft-wide meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15th, 2013 and shocked the world via dozens of Russian dashcams is now turning up, piece by tiny charred piece, on China's online sales website Taobao... or is it?
Chocolate Covered Shrimp Chips Are A Sick Sea Snackby Steve Levenstein
Japanese confectionery powerhouses Lotte and Calbee have teamed up to celebrate the mutual 50th anniversaries of two iconic snack favorites, Ghana Milk Chocolate Bars and Kappa Ebisen Chips, by rolling out limited edition "Kappaebisen Ghana" chocolate covered shrimp-flavored chips. Hey, it worked for Reese's!
First "Rom-Zom-Com" Gives Heart To Zombie Genreby Ron Callari
Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of zombies combing the post-apocalyptic landscape, in walks another herd titling the genre either backwards or forward, dependent on your point of view. So much so, that your next popcorn outing might just include walking dead sweethearts, just in time for Valentine's Day.
'30 Rock' Reinvented Situation Comedy, While Biting The Hand That Feeds [Videos]by Ron Callari
Tina Fey's 30 Rock was a surreal sitcom that turned the genre on its head. High and low-brow comedy are treated as equals where punch-drunk punchlines often sail over the heads of even the most die-hard Feysians! To reinvent the 30-minute format, Fey also stole a page out of David Letterman's playbook - that is, disparaging jabs at its own TV network.
KFC Japan's "Kentucky Chicken Rice": Double Down with a Differenceby Steve Levenstein
If you bet on Kentucky Fried Chicken's bunless wondrous Double Down being down for the count, KFC Japan has got a wake up call for you. The "Kentucky Chicken Rice" sandwich includes almost everything the Double Down was famous (or infamous) for, then adds a central patty made from rice held together with ketchup. Difficulty: no bacon.
Are Downton Abbey Fans Gamers Or Just Weepers?by Ron Callari
In the days of Downton Abbey, class distinctions were fairly straightforward. There were the folks that owned the Abbey, the folks that aspired to own the Abbey and then those that slaved over hot ovens, spit and shined boots, delivered room service and scrubbed toilets. Today those distinctions have blurred significantly where demographics and psychographics tend to label you by your preferences.
Augmented Reality Advancements Slowed Due to Hotel 626 Closing Doors? [Videos]by Ron Callari
Hotels are known to be 24/7 operations. So why did Hotel 626 shutter its doors back in 2010, after checking in guests for only a couple of years? Namely because this hotel is not your typical hostelry. It was an advergame created to promote Dorito's snacks. It was indeed a social network for horror-philes who prefer their 'bumps in the night' to be filled with primal screams, where their room keys were triggered by Augmented Reality.
Social Media Fans Follow Barefoot Bandit To Prison & The Moviesby Ron Callari
Whatever happened to the Colton Harris-Moore, the rebel-without-a-cause (aka the Barefoot Bandit)? Here was a teenager brought up in a turbulent low-income household who went on to earn international notoriety and a huge following in the social media space commencing back in 2010.
Do You Really Need Underarm Deodorant?by T Goodman
There's a genetic mutation that keeps certain persons from having smelly underarms and sticky ear wax. The question, to a group of scientists from the University of Bristol in Great Britain, was whether persons with no underarm odor used deodorant anyway. The results of their study of 17,000 individuals are published in the advance online edition of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Smart Car Special Edition Sold Only Online by Sina Weiboby China.new
Sina Weibo, China's largest microblogging platform, is teaming up with Smart Cars to sell just 666 Smart Fortwo Special Edition cars online to the social media site's estimated 370 million users. Competition for the distinctive yellow & blue microcars is expected to be fierce.


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In Britain, trainee art therapists are usually art graduates. In any case, they have extensive practical experience of using art materials and most people have had art education in their school curriculum. This is by no means the case elsewhere. For many years now I have been conducting art therapy groups in various institutions in eastern and western Europe. These institutions have actively sought to introduce art therapy into their training or treatment programmes and the following observations are offered as a result of the experience gained from this work.
In parts of Europe, art education is not in the school curriculum and trainees who undertake art therapy are often psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses who have little or even no practical experience of art. This is not seen as a problem, because art therapy is part of a medical tradition, and therapists are not artists. The concept of 'lay', i.e. non-medical, psychotherapists is not always accepted. It is possible that as a result of the European Community and greater movement between eastern and western Europe, the training and background of art therapists will become more 'harmonised'. Just now, though, we have to accept that there are differences in basic education and that trainees approach art therapy with very varied backgrounds.
It is a strongly held view in Britain and in the USA that art therapists should either have been art trained or have ability in and commitment to the practice of a visual art. This gives confidence in the image-making process, an understanding of the symbolic language of art and its power to communicate. It gives the therapist greater freedom to respond to a patient's images, and I have mentioned the importance of this in Chapter 4. Without such 'visual confidence' there is a tendency for a 'reductive' attitude to be taken to the image: that is, a search for equivalence in words and for a judgemental approach to underlie an observation: 'This is not art. '
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Take me with youby Heather Goodwind
Fine art print on bright white, fine poly-cotton blend, matte canvas using latest generation Epson archival inks. Individually trimmed and hand stretched museum wrap over 1-1/2" deep wood stretcher bars. Includes wall hanging hardware.
Lovely piece,Heather ♥♥♥
Thanks, Skye! :)
This is great, of course, but may not be benign. It's like a stroller for a pod out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", and it's OPEN.
Sorry Geoffrey, but I disagree. This is a baby pod reaching out for his momma Pod. He is, meanwhile, being pulled off by the babysitter pod. None of which would you want to encounter in this dramatic position...♥ it either way Heather!
But then again, I could be wrong.
Right now I'm connecting to this image. (It reminds me of a stroller) But seriously, there is something very primal about the form, like a new life budding. Out of sight (just as in real life) is the force that pulls that life along. The light blue ground is so delicate and soft, like calm waters that the life form floats along. Such a beautiful piece - speaks directly to me. Nice work, Heather!
Wonderful, emotive piece, Heather!
beautiful piece, Heather!
so lovely.
Thanks Geoffrey, Catherine, Jacqueline, Lisa, Deepti, Sreetama, and Tareko!!! LOL, Geoffrey and Catherine, what a fun thread to come back to! That's so funny that I never even thought of a stroller, but you are right! And thank you Jacqueline for your your interpretation as well, I love the idea of that string as the force that pulls life along!
very good Heather!
Thanks Hugo and Cary!
So pretty!
Makes me weep for joy, like a happy baby pod out for a stroll with Mum!
Thank you Danny and Wayne. Wow, the stroller theme is really obvious to everyone - I can't believe I didn't think of it before! :)
Sooo Nice. Like the draw string.
Thank you Eben, I really appreciate it. I'm a big fan of your work!
suggestive. I can feel the tug
Thanks, Juan!
It's like a mobile cocoon...
Very cool!
Thanks Efi and Larcole!
I love it!
Thank you Fotog, and LB & EB!
really cool. your work is amazing....
It's very usual and distinctive but over all very powerful! I love this! ;)
Wonderful piece.
Very cool piece! :)
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Wilton Course 3, Package Cake
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Here's the rolled fondant package cake from Course 3. I used MMF and I used blue instead of pink for the ribbon. It's a 10" square instead of an 8", but that's the pan I have!
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Q+A from TotD #1
Q1) Does Desktop Sharing work with customers \ externally..?
A1) Yes this works across OCS Federation (R2 only) and when you are sat in Costa Coffee without a VPN to Corp
One thing you will notice is that there is a bunch of new Voice features added to the R2 Communicator Client – I'm not going to go through all the features and functionality in this Tip specifically, but this is something you can do, play with and get passionate about.
Click where you see the red arrow, below:
You will then see the following – Please have a play with:
· Team Call Groups
· Configure calls to go straight to VM, regardless of presence
· Delegates – (This will be covered in more detail in a later Tip of the Day on the Attendant Console)
Why use this:
1) When you are on holiday and want someone else to take your calls
2) When you are on holiday and want calls to go straight to your Exchange VM
3) Your WFH and want your calls routed to your BT landline
This has been working its way round the 'Twittersphere' so I thought I would post it on my blog too.


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The Central Coast Sanctuary Alliance pressures local government to adopt a single-use plastic bag ban
Nature photographer Terry McCormac recently had a typical day photographing a mother and baby sea otter near Moss Landing take a turn for the worse when the playful otter pup found itself trapped inside a plastic shopping bag.
"The baby got all panicky and started screaming," McCormac remembers. "Then the mom started screaming. The mom went over there and got [the baby] on its chest and was trying to pull it off. Neither of them knew what to do. It was very heart wrenching."
Helpless, McCormac continued to snap photos. The distressed mother and baby disappeared behind a boat, and then reappeared without the plastic bag. McCormac was relieved the otter pup's misadventure had a happy ending, but he was determined to use the photo to help fight against plastic bag pollution in the ocean.


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Halloween in Tokyo
When I lived in Tokyo in the late '80s, the Japanese didn't pay Halloween any attention at all. However, in the years since they've embraced the holiday to some degree, as you can see in the image below and in a collection of my pictures here.
Being on Tokyo's streets for Halloween was delightful, and the only trick I had to deal with was a tout in Kabukichō asking me if I wanted a sex massage.
(Pictures taken on the Yamanote Line near Sugamo, Tokyo on Halloween, 2015)
This ride is ending
It has been a shitty year.
My beloved father-in-law died, my "Tokyo Panic Stories" book is WAY behind schedule, my chronic depression got particularly aggressive during numerous week-long periods, I made a few enemies online and in the town where I live, I drank and smoked too much, I exercised too little, and during November and December my wife and I have been sharing a real mucous festival of a respiratory virus, while I developed a painful tooth abscess that recently required a root canal.
So, like the seemingly impatient man in the photograph, I can't wait for this 2014 train to stop and the doors to slide open so I can jump the hell off of it onto the platform for 2015. And I don't exactly know where the 2015 train is going, but I am sure I will see my 51st birthday, and the publication of "Tokyo Panic Stories", and continued love and support from my wife, and Tokyo.
Yep, I will see those things and knowing this maintains my optimism and hope. I'm not sure of the exact how or when on Tokyo yet, but I know I will soon see those things too…
(Picture taken on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo between Takadanobaba and Shibuya in September, 2013)
Let's not Christmas
It is the holiday season, specifically the week between Christmas and the New Year. These gnomes were on display in a Tokyo department store in September. But if the viewer chooses to regard their gnaughty gesture as a repudiation of the Christmas holiday, or as a fitting way of saying goodbye to 2014, well, you will get no argument from this photographer…
(Picture taken at Shibuya Loft, Tokyo in September, 2013)
A Japanese Curry—A small, zesty recipe
I love to cook, and I am told I'm pretty good at it. The one thing I cook for people most often is this Japanese curry. I've been making it for nearly a decade, but I really got serious about it after my wife and I went to Tokyo in March, 2008. I make it four or five times a year. Amongst my neighbors and friends it has become my signature dish. If you are familiar with Japanese curry at all, you know the basic dish is wonderful during colder weather, the spicier the better.
Dan's Tokyo Curry
I call this Tokyo Curry because Tokyo is where I discovered and fell in love with Japanese curries. But I'm sure this very basic variation of this dish is made all over Japan.
2 boxes of Japanese curry cubes (I prefer House brand Java Hot, or Vermont if spicy is an issue for your guests. Your local Japanese or Korean food market should have these products.)
2 to 3 large white onions, cut or diced into medium- or small-sized pieces.
2 to 3 large carrots, cut into ¼ inch slices.
1 pound shiitake mushrooms, with stems, cut into bite-sized pieces. (I have also used oyster, buna shimeji, and enoki mushrooms in this. They're all excellent.)
1 ½ pounds fingerling potatoes, cut in half or in thirds, depending on size of each potato.
2 pounds of rib eye beef, cut into bite-sized chunks (Note for vegetarians: bite-sized cubes of firm to-fu can be substituted for the meat. Simply skip the meat-browning step and start with the veggies instead. Add the to-fu towards the end so it gets hot but does not become goo. This dish is fantastic with to-fu!)
¼ cup good sesame oil for browning the beef.
As much tap water as is needed to cover all ingredients in the pot and bring them to a boil. You can also use ½ chicken broth for richer overall flavor.
4 to 8 cups of cooked Calrose rice, or equivalent Japanese rice variety. (This can be prepared on the stovetop or in an electric rice cooker. Prepare the amount of rice you think you will need for the number of people you are feeding.)
Fukujinzuke, the (typically) red Japanese pickles that almost always garnish Japanese curry. Fukujinzuke are essential to appreciate the full sensory experience of this dish. But if you can't get fukujinzuke, beni shōga (pickled ginger) works well as a tasty garnish for this.
A large steel stew pot or Dutch oven, but not an enameled pot because these run too high a risk of scorching.
A big, long metal spoon or wood spatula. This dish needs to be stirred frequently.
A good chef's knife for cutting the beef and the vegetables.
Rice pot or electric rice cooker.
Put the sesame oil and a small piece of the beef in the pot and heat the oil until the beef starts to fry. If you overheat the oil it will start to smoke, so monitor this carefully.
Put all the rest of the beef in the pot and brown it in the oil.
Once the beef is browned, put all the onions in the pot, stir until ingredients are mixed, and cook until onions are tender and starting to turn clear.
Then add the carrots, stir until ingredients are mixed, and cook for three to five minutes.
Add mushrooms and repeat, cooking for three minutes.
Add potatoes and enough water to cover all ingredients, plus another ¾ to 1 inch of water.
Stir thoroughly and bring to a full boil.
Add curry cubes, stir, and allow to boil for about 30 seconds.
Stir, reduce heat and allow to simmer for about 2 to 2 ½ hours, until the beef is very, very tender.
While the dish is simmering, stir often. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the pot as curry gravy will stick to it. But this flavorful goo needs to be reincorporated into the mixture.
The Payoff:
Once the beef is as tender as you like it, turn off heat, and prepare to eat.
Serve this curry over a bed of hot, steamy rice and serve with a generous little mound of the fukujinzuke or beni shōga or both. The pickles can be mixed into the curry, or kept on the side as you wish.
Prepare to want seconds, if there are any.
And there you have it. Let me know what you think of this concoction if you make it. May this dish take your taste buds to one of my favorite culinary corners of Tokyo, a town I love so well.
–Dan Ryan, Easter Sunday, 2014
P.S. If by some miracle of nature you are a genius of Japanese cooking who makes your own authentic curry seasoning mixture from scratch instead of cheating with pre-mix cubes like me, I'd love to get your recipe.
P.P.S. This recipe was published on April 27th, 2014 on Scholars and Rogues.
My Former Hanami—A small handful of grace
I walked from Nakano to Shinjuku alone
I was never really alone or ever am.
The city was with me.
A god-pigeon was with me.
We watched hanami pass into hanafubuki,
as the city shook the petals loose.
I took them from the ground,
petals like silken snow
falling on harsh pavements and concrete.
Enjoy hanafubuki.
It can be just as beautiful as hanami.
There are patterns to all of it,
everything has a place randomly assigned.
As I stood there at Kandagawa,
my hand full of Tokyo's grace,
I looked nearby to the street,
and saw
the post-hanami trash had it's own kind of beautiful pattern too.
(Pictures taken near the intersection of Otakibashi-dori and the Kanda River (Kandagawa) in April, 2012)
Tokyo, With Friends—A small thanks
Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday here in America. It's already upon my American friends in Japan. While I have some regrets (of the life-long variety), I have had a lot to be thankful for in the last 12 months. In particular, I am thankful that I was able to successfully fund a Kickstarter project which enabled me to return to Tokyo in September and October this year to continue my Tokyo Panic Stories work. And while I was in Tokyo, I was able to get together with some guys I already knew, and meet some new fellows with whom I hope to be friends in years to come.
I don't have a hell of a lot of friends, and I don't make them easily. This post is my way of thanking these fine gents for their company and warmth. Cheers, boys…
@geekpondering, @Tokyo_Tom, and @warpedgaijin
(Unfortunately not pictured because of beer and poor focusing ability, @gullevek and @tokyorich)
(Pictures taken in Ameyayokocho, Ueno Park, Nakano, Nihonzutsumi, Shinjuku, and Kamiya Bar Tokyo in September and October, 2013)
Everyday Halloween
Damn it.
Your camera captured me.
Your eyes see what I really am.
It's okay, it's okay.
I'm not a harmful spirit.
Some days I just need the company of humans, like I used to be.
I tire easily of parallel Tokyo, the spirit city for the wide Kantō Plain.
No one ever ages there.
No one ever eats there.
Babies are never born there.
Memory is currency there, and sometimes we collect it.
We pass down into real Tokyo,
where for us every day is Halloween.
We disguise our transparency with the solid illusion of flesh.
We lustfully absorb human energy and life,
the kind you share so freely among yourselves,
and we remember the warm meat lockers we used to be.
We come here for the festive, the happy, the joyous.
Never the sad.
Death is for other angels.
Tokyo is our spirit vacation, where we sleep on futon instead of photons.
The lives you lead save us from the eternity we have earned.
We love you, so we visit you.
So do me favor.
Wait a week to publish your picture.
I'll be back at my desk in parallel Tokyo by then.
(Picture taken at the base of Tokyo Skytree, Oshiage, Tokyo, in September 2013)
Michele Like A Starship—A small cherish
It's quiet here
at the galaxy's core.
I don't suppose the stars would stop moving
even if we asked them to.
I have considered doing so.
Night after night we bathe in ever-moving light,
some of it from the sun we abandoned
so many birthdays ago
surely it must have extinguished by now.
If you had never been born
I would have found you anyway,
used the machines we have spun
from neutrinos and platinum and DNA
to go back in time and find a way to make you exist.
The centuries, they are mere miles for us,
and the best ones we lived, we lived on Earth.
No, I don't miss it, I would rather be here with you,
even though it amazes me that we still have to change cat litter.
And other corporeal things, this ring.
I shall always wear it.
Remember when I lost the stone that Christmas in the 21st century?
I've beat the hell out of this ring, but I shall always wear it.
The circle of it remains perfect,
the nicks in it are the hieroglyphs of our history.
And on your birthday, like it is today,
I look where the stone was
and remember that the love which first set the stone remains,
after all this time it remains.
And that, as ever,
is always good enough for me.
—Love, Dan, January 9th, 2013
This Year Is Closed—A small goodbye…
On the whole
I'd rather be in Japan,
but of course that's always true.
But no matter where you are
in the world tonight,
I will drink a toast to you.
If I had spent New Year's Eve 2012 in Japan, I would probably have been in Tokyo buying and sharing beers with the displaced and homeless drunks that hang around Shinobazu Pond in Ueno. Or I would have done some volunteer work for Sister Rita Burdzy and the Sanyukai NPO. Perhaps in 2013. You never know. 2012 was a great year for me, creatively probably the best ever. But there were some rough spots, and like most humans I am instinctually eager to push forward through this artificial construct we call time. So goodbye to 2012. I hope I can make 2013 even better. Because it is, after all, entirely up to me. And in the bigger picture, it's up to us all.
(Picture taken in Yanaka, Tokyo in April, 2012)
Bored, Rainy Day—A small wandering story
There's a map of everything to everywhere…..
….on my front porch.
There's nothing deeper here than that
a lesson I may have learned while I was out past my porch running some errands for my in-laws.
My mother-in-law
needed me to dispose of a stiff, dead opossum she had found in her yard.
My father-in-law
needed me to buy him some Duracell 312 hearing aid batteries and three packs of True menthol 100 cigarettes.
So, the opossum ended up in a bag which I tossed into a dumpster behind our local grocery market here in Brisbane,
and I
ended up in a run-down CVS pharmacy just off the El Camino Real in South San Francisco, California.
Cigarettes and hearing aid batteries for the elderly are always in such places. It is the joy of these places.
And they have El Jimador tequila, which I have never tried.
But I have smelled it because of the weaving-drunk man who was behind me, even though I didn't ask.
We were both in line, and I had
my cigarettes and batteries.
He had his fifth of El Jimador tequila, and a copy of Maxim magazine
(which I found pleasing because it had a picture of a lovely woman with enormous tits on the cover.)
And this guy looked rough, and he was Latino, and that didn't matter
because he looked my age
and it was Friday night
and the only thing he could weave about to plan and do was to buy El Jimador tequila and Maxim magazine
and go off wherever he had to go in the rain.
My birthday is upon me.
I'll be 48.
And I don't pray but I did make a sort of vow to myself that,
for the rest of my life,
I will never be the kind of man who swerves into a run-down CVS pharmacy in South San Francisco, California on a Friday night
to buy
a bottle of cheap tequila and a big-titty-girl magazine
and then shuffle off into the rain and the night.
A Quiet Street in Hollister, California—A small Christmas Day
The tombs of the pharaohs aren't this quiet, even this close to a Mormon temple…..
The street is quiet and it is Christmas Day and for the first time I see in the landscape and the architecture something of the neighborhood in Richardson, Texas where I spent part of my youth.
My niece and her husband live on this street and I have known them for twenty years and they have lived here for at least that long and I have never noticed until today that this place in Hollister, California could be the street upon which my middle-school friends and I played in the wintertime when ice freezes the vibrant heart and most of northeast Texas.
It surprises me the things I see for the first time after so many years of knowing family in this place.
The wintertime in northeast Texas will freeze the skin, but some families celebrate Christmas until it freezes the soul. My family was a bit like that, because when I was growing up there was only me, my sister, my mother and my father. There are greater burdens of love and appreciation placed upon each member of a family at Christmastime, usually in inverse proportion to the number of members in that family.
My father, for example, read large-print storybook copies of "Twas The Night Before Christmas" and "Santa Mouse" to my sister and I on Christmas Eve every year up through 1976, when I was twelve and my sister was nine. They got to be a bit much, those books. But my dad had some need from his own childhood to lavish upon my sister and me things he felt he missed or did not receive in suitable abundance from Santa Claus. My mother was raised in the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church, so she indulged my dad but really didn't give a shit one way or another. I always rather respected that about her.
1976 was an unusually cold, icy year in northeast Texas. It was also the year my sister and I each got our first cassette tape recordings for Christmas presents. I got Wings At The Speed Of Sound and she got Destroyer by Kiss. I don't know if my parents had foreseen something most parents cannot, but the tone and musical style of the tape my sister and I each received that year were superb indicators of the personality types we grew into as teenagers and adults.
Strange how these things grasp me now as I stand on this quiet street in Hollister, California and wonder at the temporal and physical distance between this day and Christmas Day in northeast Texas in 1976 and it is a surprisingly happy reverie that holds me for the time it takes me to light and smoke two cigarettes down to the fingertips on my right hand.
And then I'm done.
So I just stare down the quiet street one last time and I am very thankful that I cannot see any cars in the nearby Mormon temple parking lot nor hear any Mormons singing.
The 1988 Tokyo Super Bowl—A small memoir of a life in sport
Updated on January 28th, 2014
I fondly remember, mostly, the 1988 Super Bowl. I called in sick to my office in Shibuya, and secured a 750ml bottle of white tequila and a two-liter jug of Diet Coke. I don't remember what teams played that day, but I had the game on my TV with the SAP decoder giving me the American color commentary. So, for hours that morning my little apartment in Yushima was a haven of boozed up football stupidness.
(▲I lived at AD. Homes, #402, 3-28-18 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113. Note the H.R. Giger poster on the wall. I still have it.)
(As of September, 2013, my old building ▲ was still there, right next to Yushima Tenjin.)
I was an American, damn it, watching an American thing, getting pissed on imported booze and American soda pop. It almost made me homesick. I had one of those TV magnifiers back then. I remember zooming in on the instant replays until the TV screen looked like housefly vision. I mixed the whole 2 liters of Diet Coke with almost all of the tequila that morning. I was a chemical disgrace. When the game was over, I watched a Japanese tape of R.E.M. videos for awhile (I still own the tape). And then the booze was gone, and that's when I decided to go out. I planned to only go to the beer machines nearby to buy some Asahi Super Dry. Maybe a jug of Kirin with the plastic dragon head spout. I loved those things.
(▲The TV magnifier was a Fresnel lens. I loved mine. It made "Blade Runner" look very interesting.)
Somehow, though, I ended up in Shinjuku, in a bar near Golden Gai. Or maybe it was in Kabukichō. I think it was a retired salaryman bar, actually. A tout led me there. It might have been a gay bar as well, because all the men in the place were definitely looking me over. I was the only gaijin there. Anyway, after awhile I grew tired being there, even though I was at a table with old salarymen who were buying me beers. To this day I remember how they gave me the creeps. So, I politely said thanks and goodbye to these men and left. But of course I was more pissed off my ass then ever. And so I did the next logical thing: I went shopping for a CD player at Marui. I didn't need a CD player, but I went shopping anyway. By this time it was two in the afternoon.
This was all happening on a Monday. I was so drunk I knew I wouldn't be able to show up for work the next day. Anyway, with my drunken, broken Japanese I ended up buying a $600 Nakamichi CD changer from a nice salesgirl. Hope her commission was good. I vaguely recall it was to be delivered from new stock on Tuesday of the following week. I put the CD player on my American credit card.
Somehow, I don't know how, I ended up back in Yushima by about 5 that evening. I think I made a side trip to Kamiya Bar in Asakusa. I think. But if I did I have no clear memories of it.
(▲Kamiya Bar in Asakusa in October, 2013. My 1988 memories of the bar's exterior are a lot more fuzzy than the clear image you see here.)
I stocked up on cold two-liter jugs of Asahi and Sapporo from the beer machines near my Yushima Station exit before I finally went home. When I got there, I had maybe three small glasses of beer before passing out around eight. I didn't wake up until ten the next morning. As expected, I had a massive hangover. I also had no idea who won the Super Bowl. But I had lots of yummy beer and was too much of a mess to go to work. So I called my American boss to tell him I was still sick, then I packed the beer into a cloth bag and wandered over to Ueno Park around lunch time. I had cold beers in the winter sun that afternoon.
I remember loving that Tuesday. I was free and a single man and starting the second year of my great Japanese adventure. I was pure joy. That was one of my best afternoons in Tokyo.
The next day, Wednesday, I went back to work in pretty good shape. And I realized I didn't need the Nakamichi CD player, that I had bought it in a stupid drunken fugue state. The exchange rate on the purchase with my American credit card would be insane!! So, I asked one of the Japanese secretaries to call Marui and cancel the purchase. She did it, and there was no problem.
From what I remember now, that Super Bowl Monday and the Tuesday that followed had been pretty good days. And although I still think the Shinjuku bar I ended up in was a gay bar, I was, for whatever ulterior reasons may have existed, treated with kindness and free beer.
And really, when you're drunk off your ass in Tokyo there really isn't anything better for which to ask.
Toy Division—A small warning
Quite often the thing you need to do….
….is the last thing you usually consider.
And that is: Always watch out for the toys.


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This is a video game article that I wrote for Gorilla, which was butchered from the site during the great cleanse.
Video games have a long history of poor movie tie-ins, from E.T. to Avatar, the magic is inevitably lost when pixelated and condensed into simple run and gun mechanics. Aside from the constraints imposed by the film studios, not least the requirement that the game comes out at the same time as the movie (thus rushing the whole development) the make-up of a film, with it's pesky narrative structure, has to be drastically rethought when portrayed in an interactive medium. However, it doesn't need to be this way, if a film has a powerful idea behind it, then it should be possible to translate that idea without being overburdened with the story. So lets have a look at a few films that could, theoretically, make great games, if only designers were given the chance to think outside the box...
Jurassic Park
An exciting adventure game, with the emphasis on exploration and tension, Jurassic Park would be a welcome return to the dinosaur-inhabited island of Isla Nublar. At the start of the game you design the look of your character (gender, age, facial hair etc) and then you set off as a researcher for an increasingly nostalgic John Hammond. Your job is to find and record every species of dinosaur on the island, sometimes with a tech-savvy group, but often just bumming it solo in the jungle.
When you discover a dinosaur (a rare treat), you have to take some pictures and find out basic information, where does it sleep? What's its diet (a lot of poo investigation is required). However, if you're killed you can't reload the game, you must instead go back to the design-a-character menu, as the overly enthusiastic Hammond sends out yet another researcher. The good news is you can go and find your previous avatar, and reclaim all the precious work and packs of dry, tasteless food (which you'll need to survive) but there is a chance the body has been picked clean, or dragged off.
Weirdly, someone else had almost the exact same idea as I did over on Cracked.com, check out their article about game ideas. It's nice to know I'm not the only one itching for another Jurassic Park game, there hasn't been a good one for a while now.
Star Wars
Forget the Star Wars prequels, this Role-playing adventure is set after the fall of the Empire, and Luke (voiced by Mark Hamill, naturally) is trying to start a new Jedi order. Slightly missing the point of Darth Vader "bringing balance" by creating equilibrium between good and evil, Skywalker has dreams of gathering select Jedi to be specially trained, on a planet that looks a bit like rural China. You play as Luke, and must travel across the universe, encountering strange beasts and vicious outlaws, as the force guides you to those chosen few who are worthy.
The emphasis of the game will be far less aggressive than the Star Wars prequels, which seem to imply that a lightsaber is the only tool in a Jedi's inventory, and will offer various ways to complete tasks, including entirely peaceful means. Indeed, the more you rely on mindless violence to complete your goals, the closer to the dark side you become, in order to be a true Jedi Knight you must use your lightsaber sparingly. The game will also be a bit of an endurance test, as each world is more uninhabitable than the last, and you'll soon find yourself building rudimentary shelters out of animal hide and sharpening sticks in the forest like a Buddhist Rambo.
The Dark Crystal
This one's for all you horror fans out there, for really what could be more terrifying than that simpering whimper of the evil Chamberlain? You play as a weak little Gelfling, about as good at fighting as an orange, on an epic quest to heal The Dark Crystal. Again. This time, however, the Skeksis don't piss around, and you find yourself constantly hounded by all manner of vicious, surreal monsters that seem to come out of the very planet itself. Demented nightmares plague you as you search for the shards of the dark crystal (that are scattered across the globe).
The game will take you to scorching deserts and freezing mountain tops, but never will you be far from some hideous beast, or that awful whine of the Chamberlain who acts as a kind of Nemesis character (from Resident Evil 3) and follows you everywhere. There's also an 'exhaustion' meter that is affected by how much your character exerts them self. Jumping around because you think it's faster than running will dramatically increase your level of exhaustion, which will lead to collapse, capture and harrowing destruction.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
An open world, sandbox game, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is about the gradual, insipid take over of an alien life form. The actual gameplay would be similar in style to the Grand Theft Auto titles, where you complete small missions such as going to work, engaging in small talk by the water cooler and drinking alcohol, alone in an empty house. However, as time goes on, you begin to notice people on the streets acting strangely.
Gradually, people start coming to you asking you to spy on their friends, or making you prove you really are who you say you are. Then, you start getting into your car only to find it's out of gass, but you only filled her up that morning. Strange accidents become commonplace, and you begin to feel like people are deliberately trying to hurt you. And then, one day you realise that no one is who they say they are, they have become emotionless humanoids, and you must escape the city under the cover of darkness, by any means possible.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would probably be exclusive to the Wii, and a game you can play with all the family, as you attempt to navigate your way through Las Vegas whilst out of your mind on dangerous narcotics. Every new drug you use will have a crippling affect on your body, and vision, as the screen wobbles and your feet can't seem to walk straight. Later you'll come face to face with wide mouthed frog people, and festering lizard orgies, as the world visibly decays around you. There will be moments of calm, where you lament the death of the American dream, but then you find yourself driving through bat country, and all hell breaks loose again.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Finally, the game everyone's been waiting for! This exciting action, adventure puts you in the huge boots of Schwarzenegger, as you Set new regulations on the amount of emissions utilities, refineries and manufacturing plants that are allowed to release into the atmosphere. Sign bills that prohibit large corporations in California from making long-term contracts with suppliers who do not meet the state's greenhouse gas emission standards! Adapt one of your Hummers to run on hydrogen and another to run on biofuels! As the indestructible Arnold Schwarzenegger, players finally have the chance to kick global warming in the balls!
So, that's my top six, what movie tie-in games do you dream of playing?


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I imagine that these industrial meters are designed to measure the ambient light in a room or other space, testing different lighting in workspace -- I am sure that there are building or safety codes for the amount of light required in a workspace. If the dome is permanent, the meter can be used as an incident light meter, but probably not as a reflective light meter.
If 20,000 Lux is the upper limit it can test, then the meter may not be very good for photography. Looking at the back of my Luna Pro SBC, I see that 22,000 Lux at ASA50 would be about f16 at 1/15th Sec (EV 12...or f8 at 1/60th)...if that is any help at all...and if I am reading it right!
I just looked on line at some of the industrial light meters, and they have a range of 0 to 20,000 Lux. Some are measured in foot candles (2000 ft candles is about 22,000 Lux). Some measure from 0 to 50,000 Lux...and as the price goes up, some meter 0 to 400,000 Lux...which is pretty good (4+ stops higher than 20,000), still not as high as most photographic lightmeters.
You get what you pay for! There are some good online charts for determining exposure without a meter.


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great one that last study there, great skin tones, and u really captured the glossiness of her skin.
great one that last study there, great skin tones, and u really captured the glossiness of her skin.
Portfolio http://villainsforhire.se/
change your settings... ^^
Vray for sketchUP or in 3dsMax?
A bunch of old works in new "body"
Take a look at:
My skechbook[updated: 01-18-2010]
A F*****G scary blog!!!
nice sketchbook, keep it up!
Thanks for the comment in my SB, much appreciated.
You have a really great sketchbook, the car image from the last page is awesome as are the two more abstract design pieces above, really like how you have presented them on a fabric background, which gives them a very unique identity.
Thanks for stopping by my SB Marius.
Awesome SB you've got here my friend!! Love the Ford Mustang & girl in the atelier!
Keep up the good work mate.
Hey mariusz, great SB you have here. Lovin' the variety and experimentation you've got going on. Looks like you are really making some progress with your digital paintings, and I'm really into those building designs you posted on the 3rd(?) page. Great stuff all around, keep it up!
Wonderful painting!!
I get keep getting distracted with the pictures of nude women in the first pages, so I have no clue as to what sort of drawings are there. The concept for "Mystery of Albesila" was great, my eyes really popped from my head. I like the animation a lot, you should make a longer "short", with some story.
Hey mariusz. Where'd you go????
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Robert O. Young
|Robert O. Young
|March 6, 1952
|Author, naturopath
|Known for
|pH Miracle book series
Robert O. Young (born March 6, 1952) is an American entrepreneur and author of alternative medicine books promoting an alkaline diet.[1] His most popular works are the "pH Miracle" series of books, which outline his beliefs about holistic healing and an "alkalarian" lifestyle.[2][3][4] According to a book review by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, some aspects of his diet, such as the emphasis on eating green leafy vegetables and exercise, would likely be healthy; however, the diet overall "is not a healthy way to lose weight."[5]
Young resides in Alpine, Utah, as well as Rancho Del Sol, an avocado and grapefruit ranch in Valley Center, California, with his wife, Shelley Redford Young.[6] Together, they run the pH Miracle Center, farm alkaline fruits and vegetables, hold health retreats, and teach live blood analysis and seminars on what they refer to as "The New Biology", which promotes an alkaline diet and a physically active, low-stress lifestyle.[4]
Young came to prominence after appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show centred on his treatment of Kim Tinkham for breast cancer. Tinkham and Young both claimed that he had cured her, but she died of her disease shortly afterwards.[7] Quackwatch describes Young's claims to be a distinguished researcher as "preposterous", notes that his credentials come mainly from unaccredited schools, and characterises his ideas as "fanciful".[8] He was arrested in January 2014 and is on trial, pleading not guilty to charges of theft and practising medicine without a license.[9][10]
Young's website states he attended the University of Utah on a tennis scholarship and studied biology and business in the early 1970s,[11] after which he did missionary work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in London.[11] Young received multiple degrees from Clayton College of Natural Health (formerly American College of Holistic Nutrition), which is not accredited by any agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.[12][13] These include a Master of Science in nutrition (1993), a D.Sc. with emphasis in chemistry and biology (1995), a Ph.D. (1997) and an N.D. (Doctor of Naturopathy, 1999).[11]
Published books[edit]
Young has authored a series of books and videos titled The pH Miracle (2002), The pH Miracle for Diabetes (2004), The pH Miracle for Weight Loss (2005), and "The pH Miracle Revised" (2010). Other books he has authored include Herbal Nutritional Medications (1988), One Sickness, One Disease, One Treatment (1992), Sick and Tired (1995), Back to the House of Health (1999), and Back to the House of Health 2 (2003).[11]
Young promotes an alkaline diet. He claims that health depends primarily on proper balance between an alkaline and acid environment in the human body, and that an acid environment causes cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, yeast overgrowth, flu, skin disorders, and other diseases.[14] Young writes about pleomorphism, a school of thought which was prominent in late-19th-century microbiology but which fell out of favor with the advent of modern germ theory.[15][16] Young's fundamental claim is that the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function, and that there is only one disease (acidosis) and one treatment (an alkaline diet).[17][18]
Young's books recommend a low-stress lifestyle and a high-water-content, high-chlorophyll, plant-based diet.[19] He recommends moderate intake of high-carbohydrate vegetables, some grains, and fresh fish.[20] Young recommends abstaining from "acidic" foods—sugar, red meat, shellfish, eggs, dairy, processed and refined foods, stored grains, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, and sodas—because he believes that such foods overload the body with acidity and cause disease.[20] Young claims that disorders such as weight gain, water retention, high cholesterol, kidney stones, and tumors are all life-saving mechanisms for dealing with excess acidity in the body. Young's writings commonly explain these theories using a "fish tank" metaphor that compares the environment of the human body to a fish tank.[1][21]
Research supporting alkaline diets, like that promoted by Young, is limited to in vitro and animal studies.[22] A number of recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the medical literature have concluded that there is no evidence that alkaline diets are beneficial to humans.[23][24][25]
Nutritional microscopy[edit]
Young bases some of his theories, research, and written works on the alternative medical approach of live blood analysis. Young teaches microscopy courses in which he trains people to perform live blood analysis as well as dry blood analysis.[11] Young has stated that he teaches live blood analysis solely for research and educational purposes, and not for use in diagnosing medical conditions, which the San Diego Union-Tribune characterizes as "a legal distinction that some might find elusive in practice".[26]
Live blood analysis is used by alternative medical practitioners, who claim it to be a valuable qualitative assessment of a person's state of health. Live blood analysis lacks scientific foundation, and has been described as a fraudulent means of convincing patients to buy dietary supplements and as a medically useless "money-making scheme".[26][27][28] Live blood analysis has been described by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an "unestablished laboratory test", or test that is not generally accepted in laboratory medicine.[29]
Legal issues[edit]
In 1995, Young allegedly drew blood from two women, told them they were ill, and then sold them herbal products to treat these illnesses. He was charged with two third-degree felony counts of practicing medicine without a license, but pled guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge.[16][26] Young argued that he had never claimed to be a medical doctor, that the women had entrapped him by asking to be part of his research, and that he "looked at the women's blood and simply gave them some nutritional advice."[16]
In 2001, Young was again charged with a felony in Utah, after a cancer patient alleged that Young told her to stop chemotherapy and to substitute one of his products to treat her cancer. Subsequently, when an undercover agent visited Young, he allegedly analyzed her blood and prescribed a liquid diet. The case was taken to preliminary trial, but charges were dropped after the prosecutor stated that he could not find enough people who felt cheated by Young.[26] Young dismissed the arrests as "harassment" and stated that he moved to California because the legal climate there was more tolerant.[26] On May 12, 2011 Quackwatch published a critical analysis of Young's qualifications and practices.[8]
In 2014 Young was arrested in San Diego and received 18 felony charges relating to practising medicine without a license, and of theft.[30] According to the Medical Board of California's press release [31] chronically ill patients were paying Young up to $50,000 for his treatments.
Kim Tinkham[edit]
In 2007, Kim Tinkham, diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, adopted Young's protocols before appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She enthusiastically promoted them on her website "cancerangel.org". A 2008 press release from Young contained her assertion that she was "cancer free by all medical terms" as diagnosed by her own doctors.[32] Young was criticized following Tinkham's death from cancer on December 7, 2010.[33][34]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Authors Say Key to Health is in the Blood". Arizona Tribune. May 30, 2002. Retrieved Apr 1, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Young, Robert (2001). Sick and Tired. pp. 9–11. ISBN 1-58054-030-9. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 1–11. ISBN 0-446-52809-9.
- ^ a b "pH Miracle Living, About Us". Phmiracleliving.com. 2005-03-31. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ "The pH Miracle for Weight Loss Book Review". Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Utah County Property Owners 2008". Pbw.co.utah.ut.us. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ David Gorski, Science Based Medicine
- ^ a b Barrett, Stephen. "A Critical Look at "Dr." Robert Young's Theories and Credentials". Quackwatch. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ 10 News
- ^ http://www.valleycenter.com/Articles-News-c-2015-03-11-91038.113122-Alternative-health-providers-jury-trial-set.html
- ^ a b c d e "Robert Young Website Media Kit". Phmiracleliving.com. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ Jones, Adam (February 11, 2007). "State's diploma mills draw academic ire". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 14, 2007. | page=5
- ^ In 2007 Clayton's own website stated that it was "A non-traditionally accredited school of naturopathy" Archived July 26, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Alkalarian Approach to Optimal Health". Phmiracleliving.com. 2003-03-02. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ Young, Robert (2001). Sick and Tired. pp. 22,161–166. ISBN 1-58054-030-9. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ a b c "Herbalist in Alpine pleads guilty to reduced charge". Deseret News. February 5, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
- ^ "In Search for Alternative...". WCMessenger. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved Jul 2009.
- ^ Young, Robert. Overacidity and Overgrowth of Yeast, Fungus and Moulds. Canada Consumer Health. May 1997.
- ^ Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 37, 41, 50–80. ISBN 0-446-52809-9.[dead link]
- ^ a b Young, Robert (2002). The pH Miracle. pp. 58, 81–91. ISBN 0-446-52809-9.[dead link]
- ^ Karr, Chris (2007). Crazy Sexy Cancer. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-59921-231-9. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ Vangsness, Stephanie (May 3, 2006). "Alkaline Diets and Cancer: Fact or Fiction?". Intelihealth. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17.
- ^ Fenton TR, Tough SC, Lyon AW, Eliasziw M, Hanley DA (2011). "Causal assessment of dietary acid load and bone disease: a systematic review & meta-analysis applying Hill's epidemiologic criteria for causality". Nutr J 10: 41. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-41. PMC 3114717. PMID 21529374.
- ^ Fenton TR, Lyon AW, Eliasziw M, Tough SC, Hanley DA (November 2009). "Meta-analysis of the effect of the acid-ash hypothesis of osteoporosis on calcium balance". J. Bone Miner. Res. 24 (11): 1835–40. doi:10.1359/jbmr.090515. PMID 19419322.
- ^ Fenton TR, Lyon AW, Eliasziw M, Tough SC, Hanley DA (2009). "Phosphate decreases urine calcium and increases calcium balance: a meta-analysis of the osteoporosis acid-ash diet hypothesis". Nutr J 8: 41. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-41. PMC 2761938. PMID 19754972.
- ^ a b c d e Naturopathic technique stirring bad blood, by Logan Jenkins. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on April 11, 2005; accessed July 20, 2008.
- ^ Ernst, Edzard (2005-07-12). "Intrigued by the spectacular claims made for Live Blood Analysis? Don't be. It doesn't work". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ Freyer, Felice (2005-06-21). "Chiropractor ordered to halt blood tests". Providence Journal.
- ^ "CLIA regulation of unestablished laboratory tests" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. July 2001.
- ^ Richard Allyn (25 January 2014). "Controversial alternative health provider pleads not guilty to charges". CBS8.com. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Miller, Frank (24 January 2014). "Medical Board investigation leads to arrest of a Valley Center Man for the unlicensed practice of medicine" (PDF). Medical Board of California. p. 1. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ ""Cancer Angel: The Explanation of What Cancer Is and Its Prevention and Cure" Speaking Tour Begins Tuesday, January 15, 2008" (Press release). January 14, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Gorski, David. "Death by "alternative" medicine: Who's to blame? (Revisited)". ScienceBasedMedicine.org. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ Bockstaele, Van. "Kim Tinkham, the woman whom Oprah made famous, dead at 53". Digital Journal. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
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Tiny House in a Landscape
S McDonald sent this weeks Tiny House in a Landscape photo and says: attached is a photo of a Tiny House in a Landscape; I pass it every time I drive to the bank. It's located in Northwest Georgia, on Old Highway 411.
Thank you so much for sending the photo. If you have a photo please send it to tinyhouseblog (at) gmail.com
Tiny House in a Landscape
Welcome November, winter is just around the corner. This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape was submitted by Candy and it sure looks inviting to me.
Candy says: I had this tiny house built in 2007. It is 320 square feet and is located in the Willow, Alaska area, halfway between Willow and Talkeetna. It is situated on a small picturesque lake with a view of Denali.
Thank you Candy for your submission, if you have a photo that fits into this category please email it to me at tinyhouseblog (at) gmail.com.
Tiny House in a Landscape
Val sent in this week's Tiny House in a Landscape photo. She describes the location for us.
It sits on a small rise, surrounded by the big trees, but at the edge is cut below that grade, a parking lot and commercial building. The other side is a fast moving busy street, but this little house and its big oaks keep it as an island. After business hours, I think it returns to a solitudary environment.
It is a full time house and I say that by the activity around the property. It is on about two acres. I believe it was part of a farm property and the garage which is down the hill has a stand up attic with outside staircase. It isn't by any hunting of fishing or lake at all so I think it was part of a caretaker cluster.
It is ON grid. I would also say, that the commercial property was sold in order to pay taxes and to retain this little treasure. That is kind of what happens when the municipal push occurs and development is the PROGRESS and the KEEPING THINGS AS THEY ARE is not progress…
Tiny House in a Landscape
This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape features a Airstream trailer with the mountains in the background. I have been a big fan of Airstreams for many years and I lived in one for a year while in college. I think tiny house designers can take lessons from RV designs and apply them to their own.
I was recently on a tiny house panel at Sunset Magazine with Ella, Vina, and Catherine. While there I toured two tiny houses brought to the show by Tumbleweed and I also toured a 28 foot Airstream International Signature RV.
To be honest with you I felt most at home in the Airstream. It was very modern and luxurious but the thing that stood out for me the most was the use of the living space. I have shown you the floor plan below. My wife and I both liked the fact that we could walk around the bed. There was lots of storage and the rest of the "house" just flowed and seemed wide open. I would really enjoy seeing this type of design in a tiny house.


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Natalie Zea is a busy, sought after woman.
The actress has signed a new deal to remain the ex-wife of Raylan Givens on Justified, and she's also headed to Showtime.
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It's the end of the year, and of course, the dead cat bounce (oops, I should say Santa Claus rally) needs something to pin its stocking on.
So, why not housing?
I feel very comfortable in my analysis of this sector because, since 2006, I have studied, written, commented in depth, and even predicted collapse of the housing market. In 2006, I was vilified for my opinion from coast to coast, as everyone from Ara Hovnanian to Ben Bernanke said housing was only experiencing a brief hiccup.
They went on to say that by spring of 2007, the bull market in housing would be back with a vengeance. Housing icon Bob Toll even said it was like "fairies dancing on the head of a pin," whatever that means.
However, not only did I predict the housing sector collapse, I took action for the benefit of my clients. Not on a scale of billions, like John Paulson, but certainly in millions, as my portfolios were short homebuilders, short mortgage companies, and short financial institutions.
With patience, 2007 turned out to be Christmas everyday.
Since then, each time a positive building permit report is released, or a new or used home sale statistic is published, or a blip in homebuilder confidence is reported, the media immediately announces the rebirth of housing.
In most instances, it is met with an immediate upward surge in stock markets, both domestically and internationally. After all, housing is one of the cornerstones for everything good and bad with the world's economy.
Unfortunately, if you examine the math, a 10% increase in sales, building permits, or even positive attitudes, is based upon a historically low level.
In fact, it should give you paws (dead cat!) to reconsider.
For example, if the numbers moved from 10% to 11%, it's "Hurray, a 10% increase! Or, from 5% to 6%, a 20% increase. Finally, from 1% to 2%, a 100% increase. Just keep in mind, the lower we go and the worse the housing market becomes followed by a larger percentage uptick, more and more people will develop an increased sense of hope in the housing turnaround.
That's very misguided, to say the least. Understanding both the math and the actual housing sector situation itself dictates these dramatic stock market responses are, in fact, merely dead cat bounces. These are great opportunities to move to cash if you haven't done so already, or even get short.
It's all very clear to me. It's the dancing on the head of the pin that I'm still really confused about.
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The cast of "Monte Carlo" really lucked out: Not only does the movie, opening Friday (July 1), star some of the biggest young actors in the business — Selena Gomez, "Gossip Girl" Leighton Meester and Cory Monteith of "Glee" fame — but the crew also got a chance to spend two months overseas shooting in some of the most spectacular places in the world.
The film stars Gomez as a young teenager mistaken for a British heiress while vacationing in Paris. The flick follows Gomez, Meester and Katie Cassidy as they encounter adventures on their European tour. Yet, it seems as if the fun continued well after the cameras stopped rolling.
"It was fun both on- and off[screen]," Meester said. "A lot of what was happening offscreen was just an extension of the fun we were having outside."
The cast filmed in several locations , including France, Monaco and Hungary, which was a first for Gomez. "It was really cool to experience all those places for the first time," Gomez said.
Out of all those places, the girls point to Paris as their favorite destination. "We got up in the Eiffel Tower," Meester recalled. "But it wasn't just go up for a trip, we got there all alone. It was just us at 5 a.m. when the sun was just rising. It was really beautiful."
Gomez joked: "We rented out the Eiffel Tower, no big deal."
Yet, Gomez and Meester weren't the only ones to take some offscreen adventures: Monteith made sure to take full advantage of his downtime. "I worked probably one out of five days in the shooting schedule," Monteith said. "I have four days a week off, and I was able to roam around Europe, so I saw 10 countries a month. It was incredible."
Check out everything we've got on "Monte Carlo."
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Go back just a few seasons, and Germany's DTM touring car series was a straight-up competition between Audi and Mercedes-Benz. But BMW rejoined the race in 2012, winning both the drivers' and constructors' titles on its first year back and celebrating with a special matte-black M3 DTM Champion Edition. Last season, it won the constructors' championship but not the drivers', and this year it did the opposite. In short, it's been an impressive comeback for the Bavarian automaker, and to celebrate
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These dogs can be quite a challenge – they never calm down, they never listen. They pull on leash, they destroy things. They have a hard time focusing on what you tell them, because everything else is so much more exciting! If you're living with a crazy hyper psycho dog like this and you haven't lost your mind yet, you've got my respect and admiration.
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Pittypat's Porch: Southern Dining
Somewhat traditional southern dining. Unfortunately the location in "downtown" Atlanta is much more touristy than it was when I first dined however the food is still quite good. I think my daughter ate two baskets of cornbread before dinner even arrived...It's very tasty.
Favorite Dish: If you like Pork, the tenderloin with curried peanut sauce is wonderful.
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Pitty Pat's Porch, Atlanta Georgia: The worst meal I ever paid for
First sign of problems is that the air conditioning was not working. Not a good thing in Atlanta. They sat our group in the basement- low lighting. Very homey atmosphere, but upon closer inspection could see things were thread bare and worn out. Place looks like the carpet has never been replaced in 40 years. Sad taxidermy stuffed animal heads on walls have seen better days. Framed photos of celebrities and Hollywood Stars from the 1950's- guess this was the restaurant's hey day. Cluttered looking. Cockroach in the bathroom!!! Hole in ceiling tile had been filled with expandable foam insulation and never trimmed off or painted over. Tiny salad bar. Our special menu was a three coarse vegetarian meal and cost $35 per person. For what we received food wise, this was simply gouging innocent tourists. We should have walked out. Meal for our group came to $148.01. Have never in my life spent so much money for the worst meal we have ever paid real money for. Please! Avoid Pitty Pat's Porch in downtown Atlanta at all costs. It was pitiful and pathetic. The owner of the restaurant should be ashamed.
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Pitty Pat's Porch: Pitty expensive
First of all i can't believe this sight does not have southern cuisine as a theme.
Anyways, Pitty Patts is really not that great especially for the price. People from the south should know that a piece of fried chicken does not cost $20. If you want real southern food and not all the b.s. go to Mary Mac's Tea Room. You will save money and definitely eat better.
Pitty Pat's Porch: Downtown's Southern Hospitality
On a past business trip to Atlanta, I was staying in the downtown area, with no one joining me until the next day, no camera to take pictures of the sights, and no transportation as I waited for my co-workers to show up the next day. I decided to walk around the downtown area, which is truly a ghost town at night and look for a good meal. Mission accomplished at Pitty Pat's Porch, where Southern Hospitality is a mantra, and good old fashioned food is available.
Pitty Pat's is named after the character in Gone with the Wind, who was known for her hospitality and this place does not disappoint. While here, I started with the Shrimp Charleston, which is a Southern version of the Shrimp Cocktail. For dinner, I had the fried chicken, which was delicious, and did not seem fried. I finished with the Pecan Pie, which was one of the best slices I have ever tasted.
Overall, I would recommend this place if you are located in the downtown area, but I would not drive out of my way to come downtown to eat here with some of the other options that are available. I also found the prices a little outside of the reality of Southern food prices, although they do have to pay the expensive downtown rent.
Pittypat's Porch: Pecan Crusted Catfish Fingers
Yes, it's touristy and expensive. But I would go back there in a heartbeat to have the pecan-crusted catfish finger appetizer!! Everything else was pretty much average, even the pecan pie ... but that catfish was yummy!!
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Pittypat's Porch: Poor Service and bad attitudes
the food was good...at least the salad bar was, we where in Atlanta for a trade show...really not hungry for a big meal, so we just had the salad bar...although the food on other tables looked great....our waitress was horrible...when I complained to the manager...he told me that we did not eat anything even he was terribly rude too...well....our bill was $50.00 for 4 salads...I'd say that was something...I get better service from the drive up at any McDonalds than we did there...I feel like you should get the same service no matter what you are getting off the menu, even if it's just coffee....so not only would I not eat there again, neither would I recommend it to anyone.
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Pittypat's Porch: Its overpriced..its a tourist trap....its FUN
Pittypats's Porch is as much a tourist trap as it is a restaurant. But its a fun place to visit if you are in Atlanta for a few days. You will not meet any local people here. What you will meet are other tourists having an over priced meal. The theme of the restaurant is taken from Aunt Pittipats porch in the movie Gone With The Wine. You receive little fans to keep your self cool that also serve as your menu and a souvineer from your experience. There are rocking chairs lined up on a balcony overlooking the restaurant like a large front porch where you will wait for your table to be ready. It is not easy to find because its sign is very small and its located on a narrow side street bordering the towering Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. The hotel is so tall that it shades the entire street and you will walk right past the restaurant before you realize it. So if your a Gone With The Wind fan and want to spend an imaginary afternoon at Aunt Pittipats house check out Pittipats Porch. If you are looking for a moderately priced family meal just wave at Aunt Pittipat and keep walking.
Pittypat's Porch: Southern Hospitality Perfected!
The food was exquisit it made you feel right at home. The location is quirky with a quaint southern home in the middle of down town Atlanta. The people were so kind and inviting. The taste was perfection. I would go to Atlanta just to eat at Pittypat's corner and I would be more than satisfied!
And that's saying a lot comming all the way down from New York :)
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Pittypat's Porch: Real good southern food, y'all!
Every tourist must visit Pittypat's Porch in downtown Atlanta. This place has been here forever, and it is the ultimate southern restaurant. Try an authentic Mint Julep with your meal.
Favorite Dish: Best ribs in town...The chicken wings are really good too!
Pittypat's Porch: A Really Nice Restaurant
the food was excellent. The ambiance was great. We simply enjoyed it.
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Mariners Mondays – The Openers
The New Year is upon us and Pitchers and Catchers report to Peoria, Arizona in a little over the month to kick off the 2015 season. To get you ready for baseball season, ROOT Sports begins its weekly Mariners Mondays show tonight from 7-10 pm (check your local listings).
The first installment of Mariners Mondays will focus on the 2014 season openers, both on the road in a 10-3 win over the Angels on March 31 and at home in a 5-3 win over the Angels on April 8 at Safeco Field.
In the 2014 opener, the Mariners fell behind early on a 2-run home run by Mike Trout in the first inning, but staged a comeback taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the 7th inning. Seattle added 6 runs in the 9th inning to reach double-digits in a season opener for the third time in club history. Felix Hernandez made his 7th career Opening Day start, earning the win to improve to 5-0 with a 1.52 ERA all-time on Opening Day.
In the home opener on April 8, the Mariners improved to 5-2 in the young season with a 5-3 win over the Angels. Rookie southpaw James Paxton earned the win allowing 4 hits and 3 runs in 5.0 innings and designated hitter Corey Hart hit a pair of home runs going 2-for-4 with 4 RBI.
The next edition of Mariners Mondays will air next Monday (Jan. 12) from 7-10 pm. The episode will chronicle the Mariners historic three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in late August.
Cactus League Report & Mariners Mondays
Cactus League Report:
The Cactus League Report makes its Salty Señorita debut tonight from 7-9 p.m. at the Peoria location. Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims and Shannon Drayer will host the 2-hour show, and fans in the Valley of the Sun are invited to attended the radio show and meet the hosts and guests. Scheduled guests include Tony Blengino, Robby Thompson, Forrest Snow, Danny Hultzen, Shawn Kelley, Kyle Seager and Larry Stone from the Seattle Times. Fans can listen to the show in Seattle on ESPN 710 Seattle from 7-9 PT, and here is a link to listen online via Mariners.com.
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Tonight on Mariners Mondays at 8pm on ROOT SPORTS, the Mariners turn on the offense.
The program includes highlights of two games from last August, both featuring some timely hitting by Mike Carp.
First up, August 29, Mariners vs. Angels. The Mariners and Angels are tied in the 8th inning at 3-3. Dustin Ackley, who already had a couple of hits and RBI, lead off the inning with a double. Carp sent the first pitch he saw into the Hit It Here Cafe in right field for a two-run homer. Final score, Mariners over Angels 5-3.
Ichiro also had two doubles and extended his hitting streak to a season high 12-games.
Rookie Tom Wilhelmsen got the win with one inning of relief.
Highlights of the second game, August 31 (again against the Angels), again featured some late inning heroics by Carp.
The Angels held a 1-0 lead behind the outstanding pitching of Dan Haren. Felix Hernandez is also pitching well, but the offense is stalled. In the 8th inning (again), the Mariners rally with two outs when Franklin Gutierrez and Ackley hit back-to-back singles to end Haren's night. Carp stepped up to the plate against reliever Scott Downs and drilled a two-run double to the base of the wall in left-center field.
Felix held the 2-1 lead, got the win and a complete game, his fifth of the season, and 18th of his career.
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Federal biologists have discovered an unusual phenomenon on a beach in northwest Alaska: a massive gathering of walruses—35,000 of them—crowded onto a small strip of shore.
This swarm, which was sighted in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aerial survey on Saturday, is a direct result of a warming climate and declining sea ice, say scientists.
Pacific walruses, who live in the Bering Sea during winter, require floating sea ice to meet their survival needs, using them for rest in between journeys to forage for food, such as clam, snails, and worms, as well as for giving birth and caring for their young. But as the oceans warm, this sea ice is receding, especially near coastal areas, forcing these walruses to take to the beach for resting and foraging, according to an explanation from the NOAA.