text:
Alderin wrote:I wouldn't mind if the lowest form of player mining was an R/C-style mining drone (or even RTS-style "go here, collect this" via DCPU controls), the plans are already in the replicator as a choice, just feed the replicator something to process/recycle to make the drone out of. I think the basic mining drones should be prone to failures and get stuck easily.
I love everything in that post. I do think that the player should start with a basic drone, maybe some beat up old thing sitting in a closet, or perhaps they start with the schematic for one of the lowest tier and some raw materials.


text:
JA: Back in Action - Hands-on @ RPS
Adam Smith at Rock, Paper, Shotgun has penned a hands-on look at Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. It's reasonably positive, though Adam doesn't see any reason not to just play the original:
The move to simultaneous movement and controlled rather than enforced pauses hasn't diminished the level of control provided. Stances are selectable, altering movement speed and accuracy, and the ability to synchronise commands is an addition that could make this most significant alteration worthwhile. Having Grunty open fire at the enemies inside a building just as Ivan opens the door, goes prone and unleashes a hail of lead and Buns lobs a grenade through the window is satisfying, no doubt about it. Setting up the mercs like a bickering SWAT team is a pleasure. That is, until the enemies' reactions come into play.
The first time I played, after the initial shock at the fact that I recognised every line of dialogue, every hole in the fence around Drassen airfield, and the positioning of almost every tree and rock, I decided I'd take the landing strip and then write down some thoughts. It's the initiation into any Jagged Alliance 2 campaign, the first step toward establishing a force in the country and marching on to a terrible defeat.
Information aboutJA: Back in Action
SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Modern
Genre: Strategy-RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Perfect Fit, Scene #01
- : 01/01/2007 |
- : 19:58 min |
- : 4979
Scene Info
We join Aiden Shaw in his mind, furiously pounding his legendary rock-hard cock. As he begins to shoot his load, Shaw suddenly realizes he's in the back of a sleazy video arcade spraying his spunk on cock-hungry Mario Ortiz. Shaw pushes Ortiz away and quickly zips his pants and leaves. The other guys in the club descend on the cum-soaked Ortiz and continue the action. Peterbuilt Bo Knight swaps blowjobs with Ortiz until Matt Colmar and Jake Summers join them. Knight teases Summers' ass with his hard cock while Ortiz shoves his fat Latin cock deep down Colmar's throat. The scene turns into a sweaty orgy where all four hedonistic sex pigs kiss, lick, suck, rim, probe and fuck each other down and dirty, covering Colmar's pretty round ass with hot, dripping loads.
Related Movies
Perfect Fit
Categories : Anal Sex, Ass Shot, Athletes, Big Cock, Buttplay, Cumshot, Daddies, Gangbang, Group Sex, Hairy
Starring : Aiden Shaw, Bo Knight, Collin O'Neal, Dick Wolf, Hal Rodman, Jake Summers, Joshua Adams, Luis Vega, Mario Ortiz, Matt Colmar
Everything about this movie is BIG! Super-hung Aiden Shaw leads a huge cast of twelve men with long fat dicks, sweaty hard bodies, plump round asses, hungry wet mouths and insatiable sexual appetites. Join Aiden as he searches - forever hopeful - for that perfect soulmate out there...somewhere.


text:
Rodney King, Months Before Death, Says He's 'Not Totally Sober'
Months before his shocking death this weekend, Rodney King told WNYC that the weight of being the face of racial injustice "took a toll on him" — and that despite his public battle with substance abuse, he was not completely sober.
"I'm not totally sober," he told WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show in April. "I still drink. I just don't drink like I used too. You know, I sip. And that's it."
King, 47, was found dead Sunday at the bottom of a swimming pool in his home in Rialto, Calif. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. It's unclear if drugs or alcohol were involved.
Earlier this year was the 20th anniversary of the riots sparked by the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers who beat King on March 3, 1991, in a gut-wrenching incident of police brutality.
King appeared on the VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" and "Sober House" because of his struggles with alcohol.
He told WNYC he turned to alcohol as a way to self-medicate.
"Everybody have a breaking point, and mines was alcohol at the time," he said. "And that's one of the reasons I'm glad I, you know, went to some of the NA, AA meetings that I went to over the years because I learned a lot from people – not just my psychologist and stuff like that and the doctors – but just going to some of those programs. It was a good thing."
King was promoting his memoir The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption in which he recounts his experience.


text:
United Methodist Church, Greene NY and Greene Applefest
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Welcome to the
First United Methodist Church
Greene NY
Pastor Amy Gregory
We are located at 32 South Chenango Street, in Greene, NY
Also included in this site is the
Greene Applefest
held on the last Saturday in September.
The 2017 Applefest Information is now available on the Greene Applefest page.
We are also on Facebook


text:
Wii U: Nintendo's Next Generation Console Part 2
View Single Post
powers combined
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Cleveland
Posts: 16,887
vCash: 500
Originally Posted by
The problem is, they run the risk of being overshadowed by "OMG NEW CONSOLES" which is why they really need to bring jaw dropping experiences. Because they will certainly be inferior graphically, they need to hook people in with their classic (or maybe even new) franchises in HD and show people why they should care.
Define jaw dropping experiences, because I think that too many people will be busy fawning over better graphics to care about a "different experience." At this point, you know what you're going to get from Nintendo. You will get another Zelda. You'll get 2d and 3d mario. You'll likely be getting a Metroid. And then a hodge podge of other titles from Kirby to Yoshi, Star Fox to DK. And there will be a slew of people who look at it, and regardless of the experience, will just slam them as "kid games" and play whatever version of Halo just came out.
Sorry, a bit rantish, but I'm not sure where people set their expectations with this. Look at the launch titles for the 360 and PS3. They weren't loaded, and having a heavy rotation of ports probably gives the U more quality games out of the gate than either of those other two consoles.
As for the future, I keep hoping that they follow up on what they've done with Bayonetta 2. Go out and buy the Darksiders IP and make DS3 as an exclusive. Look for games that want to be made, that have a bit of a following, but can't find any money... and throw money at them.
Nintendo talks about developers needing to learn to use the hardware...make them. Pay them to do it. Nintendo needs to be insanely more pro-active at some point.
Assistant GM of the Wings
View Public Profile
Winger98's albums
Find More Posts by Winger98


text:
" 75 London Street, Reading. "
Living in Buckinghamshire and always on the lookout for a varied and different night out I heard from friends that The Matrix was the place to go on a Saturday night. Now, to understand a bit about me you should know that I like hard house(amongst other things). The first time that I visited The Matrix was last year when they had a Miss Moneypennys guest night. Myself, my boyfriend and four mates piled into a minibus and proceeded to take the 11/2 hour journey to Reading. On our arrival we walked straight in(at 11pm). I'm never too sure whether this is a good or a bad sign. Upon entry, there is a long hallway leading to the main room, with other areas of to the left and the bar to the right. After our journey I needed to relieve myself so found the ladies. What everyone neglected to tell me is that they were in the process of moving the ladies and the gents around. Consequently there was still a urinal running opposite all our girly cubicles and the sinks. And no-one seemed to have told the blokes that their toilets had moved! I don't know about you but it is not my idea of fun to be looking at random strangers willies when I'm waiting for a cubicle to become available(well, maybe for a short while then!). However, in spite of this the night itself was banging, the bouncers were great(my boyfriend threw up on one of their shoes and they took him outside for a breath of fresh air and then let him back in-how many clubs do that?). The music was really hard & uplifting house and the crowd were fantastic. However, I visited self same club on the 5th May this year and it wasn't as good. The atmostphere was just as good and the peoplewere still friendly and "up 4 it" but the music seemed to have lost it's way. Also there seemed to be an awful lot more people that were just there for a late drink and too get as drunk as possible. If anyone was there in the main room-we were the nutters with the glow paint that ended up painting ha
lf the attendees flourescent green and orange! There seems to be more influence on the garage music these days, which isn't what I went there for. I know that this is a lucrative market these days but there are more than enough garage clubs on the scene already. On the plus side, they had sorted the toilets out! If anyone has been recently I would really appreciate their comments because on the strength of my last visit I won't be hurrying back.
The matrix is a top night out in reading. It is inexpensive for the line-ups that it attracts and students get discounts. The search is not that strict and dress code is usually anything goes. drinks are usually around £3 for a bottle and the music is pumping. the air conditioning in there is great so u don't sweat like an animal. The main dance floor is large and roomy and the music isn't defening. the chill out area usually plays garage and is great to sit on sofas and relax for a while and survey the crowd. I would recomend anyone to go as it caters for all kinds. It is not as big as some clubs but it can stand out as a top night out in reading.


text:
- Dont forget to SMILE - your customer can hear it
Speak to a Sales Specialist about this Business product.
*Excluding delivery and voucher code discounts
To see all your products, please click Go to Cart
Free delivery on all orders over CHF 25.-.
{{firstName}}, You have successfully registered for the HP Employee store.
{{firstName}}, You have successfully registered to the HP Student Store.
{{firstName}}, You have successfully registered for the HP Friends & Family store.
Thanks - you have successfully opted into our newsletter
Part Number: UQ849E
VAT incl.
Access to reliable support is just as important when you're travelling as when you're in the office - maybe even more so. With HP Next Business Day Onsite Hardware Support for Travelers with Accidental Damage Protection, you can depend on convenient next-business-day onsite response time in many countries around the world.[1] Plus accidental damage protection covers spills, drops, falls and more.
In most places work takes you, chances are we'll be there too, with onsite support available in more than 80 countries across the globe.
When hardware issues require in-person support, HP is there - even when you're far from home. We'll be there the next business day to get you up and running and back to business.
Know that your hardware will be good as new as soon as possible thanks to our knowledgeable expertise and efficient service and support.
Accidents happen. In the event that peril finds your PC, don't worry - accidental damage protection covers spills, drops, falls and more.
{0} item was added to your basket
1 items were added to your basket
Separate Selling Price
Your Exclusive Price
VAT excl.
See our products with or without VAT
You can change your choice at anytime by clicking the VAT link at the top of the screen.
Join the HP Online Store Business Club for specialist advice and great value offers on our range of Business products. - See more
For your security we will auto-log you out, whithin the next 5 minutes, unless you click continue my session.
For your security we have logged you out of your HP Online Store account. To log back in, please click on the button below.


text:
Applying for SBIR Phase 0
Click to download application
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is a $2.2 billion federal research and development program that funds small businesses to develop new technologies and innovations of critical need to the U.S.
The SBIR program provides awards in two Phases. In Phase I, the small business proves feasibility over a six-month project period for a typical award of $70,000 to $100,000. In Phase II, the small business often develops a working prototype to continue the Phase I work. Typical Phase II awards are $400,000 to $1 million. Phase III is commercialization of the SBIR project and funded by agencies or investors outside of the SBIR program.
Hawaii-based companies new to SBIR can apply for funds from HTDC's Hawaii SBIR Phase 0 Grant program. The grant provides up to $3,000 to companies submitting a competitive Phase I SBIR application. The purpose of the Phase 0 Grant is to assist applicants strengthen their proposal, e.g. through professional grant writing assistance. This grant is open to Hawaii companies who have:
a) Submitted fewer than three SBIR applications and b) demonstrate financial need.
In making any award, the HTDC evaluation committee will analyze each funding request to determine whether the project to be undertaken will be economically viable and beneficial to the State.
HTDC will review each application and inform contact person on status. If successful, payment of up to U.S. $3,000.00 will be made to company upon proof of SBIR/STTR Phase I proposal submission to federal agency. Company must comply with Hawaii Compliance Express. Company must also complete a future survey as an INNOVATE Hawaii client.
Application Instructions:
Please complete application form AF-1 (click here to download PDF). Attach supplemental materials to support/justify the grant request. A copy of the solicitation and draft proposal is recommended. Submit the Phase 0 application to HTDC prior or within 15 days after submitting the Phase 1 proposal.
Please contact HTDC for additional assistance: email@example.com.
Evaluation Criteria:
All items on the checklist should be checked off with sufficient documentation. All questions will be evaluated by the HTDC evaluation committee on a simple point scale. 1 = poor, 2 = good, 3 = excellent. Qualified applicants should score 2 or more on all questions. The highest rated applicants will be awarded (as budget allows).


text:
"This is the best opportunity I have to play professional basketball right away," said Brunner. "I plan to play this season in Belgium, gain professional experience, then try to come back and make the NBA next year.
Earlier this summer, Brunner played in an NBA summer league in Las Vegas, competing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. "I played well in Las Vegas and worked my way into the starting line-up," said Brunner. "I didn't score a lot, but did what they asked. It was a good experience."
"This is a great opportunity for Greg to continue his playing career at the professional level," said Iowa Coach Steve Alford. "He has worked hard to display his talents and create this opportunity. We know he will represent himself and the Iowa basketball program in a positive manner."
A native of Charles City, Brunner led the Hawkeyes in both scoring (14.1) and rebounding (9.2) last season, shooting 45.4% from the field. He shared team MVP honors after helping Iowa post a 25-9 overall record. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten Conference Tournament after placing second during the regular season.
Brunner's career totals include 1,516 points and 990 rebounds. He is Iowa's career rebounding leader and ranks 10th in scoring. Brunner led the Big Ten in rebounding and earned first team all-conference honors in 2006. He was also a third team academic all-American and he was named to the Big Ten's all-tournament team.
As a four-year starter Brunner helped Iowa win 79 games over the past four seasons, winning over 20 games in both 2005 and 2006. The Hawkeyes advanced to post-season play each year of Brunner's career, including NCAA Tournament bids in 2005 and 2006.


text:
Cut nails not holding strong in concrete
Doing some basement remodeling and most of the cut nails are not holding strong into the concrete when trying to nail down the bottom plates of the walls. I think the concrete is chipping some as the nails are going in. House is 55 years old.
I havent been using liquid nails on the bottom plates yet. Would this be enough to sure up the not-so-solid cut nails? Or should I try tap-cons? Ive never heard of using tap-cons for securing bottom plates of walls but its the only other thing I could think of.
Are there any handy tricks for this situation?
Tap, tap, tap, tapping is a sure way to guarantee that cut nails will never hold in concrete.
It should take you no more than two or three good strong, hard and solid hits with something like a 2 pound sledge hammer to firmly drive cut nails into concrete. I use a regular 22 oz framing hammer, but I hit the nail very hard.
And don't hit the nail again after the final hit that sinks it to the surface of the plate.
I assume you are using cut nails because you don't have access to a hammer drill, but if you do have a hammer drill, you can try pulling out the ones that didn't hold, drilling a 1/4 pilot hole through wood and into concrete, then put 3 or 4 cut nails into that hole, and pounding those in. Works like a poor-mans sleeve anchor! good luck
In my book cut nails are totally bad news. They never hold for me, I stopped using them years ago. Options include renting a 22 or 38 Ramset, that will drive the appropriate Ramset nail beautifully into concrete. Alternatively, Phillips redheads work very well, of course you need the proper installation tool, again it can be rented. Lead anchor sleeves work fine, lots of work to drill the hole, install the sleeve, then install the bolt or screw. Plastic anchor sleeves can be used, in my experience they are not as good as the lead sleeves.
The best bet for a lot of anchors is the Ramset, be sure to use appropriate ear protection.
I actually used my 30 lb sledge for a few of the cut nails already but some of em still didnt set right.
And is this the 'redhead' you were talking about? What special tool is needed for that? Just looks like a tapcon :confused1:
Tapcons are a pain in a poured floor. Easiest methods are a powder gun ( like the ramset you linked to), or a sleeve anchor. Forget using shields. with sheilds you need to hole spot, which means drilling a larger hole in concrete, then a smaller hole in the wood, and hope everything lines up exactly. With a sleeve anchor you just drill through wood, into concrete, then insert anchor and tighten nut
When I did my basement (55 year old house too!) I tried cut nails (no luck), bought a hammer type ramset (no luck), rented a real ramset used some PL4000 and all was okay, not great. Energy walls were actually okay cause draintile was installed and slab was patched around perimeter only 10 years ago.
i'm w/dan,,, had no idea anyone still used 'em unless they were restoring a 1800's house,,, conc screws & const glue in a caulk tube works for me.
dan's also correct in that, if you have a bunch to shoot, get the .22 or .25 cal gun - its also rentable,,, as he sez, ear AND eye protection :thumbsup:
shoot, i couldn't even PICK UP a 30# sledge - didn't even know there was 1 made,,, betcha jomama can, tho,,, he muy hombre'
Since the house is 55 years old, the concrete has probably cured a lot and could be very strong and tough to get into. If you rent a tool to shoot them in, it might need a heavier load than normal (I don't remember the color coding) but I found out that I needed a heavy load for my old home that was the same age when I did the work on it.- Built in 1917 with a flat roof (wonderful concept if done right with interior drains), but I assumed it was because it was engineered and the construction was controlled, but other homes in the area that were slightly newer, but had similar old concrete that cures as long as there is some moisture present. - I would love to be able to buy it back now, but the price is really out of sight now.
That old of a house, I doubt there is any vapor barrier plastic under the slab. If this space will be heated, I suggest adding some sill sealer between the p.t./slab for a thermal and capillary break. Many slabs look dry because of the air circulation until finishing, then the truth sometimes comes up through the slab.... P.t. wood will wick water to the dry studs for rot if any water is present: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/...-building-code
Be safe, Gary
Hilti used to offer a purple load for a couple of there guns, not sure if they still do or not. Don't make the mistake of just going right away to the red load, it may be too strong. Buy a box of green, yellow, and red and see which one works best, starting with the green
If your floor has a lot of aggregate in the concrete, you might have trouble getting anything to go in
Not anymore. You can now get licensed over the internet just by taking a test, and Mr OSHA Man has no way to know if the person whose name is on the license is the actual person who took the test. it's become a real joke....
Hmmmmmmmm, interesting.......
But, can an un-licensed DIY'er get their hands on the higher powered loads, or will the supplier's generally not sell them?
there are no license requirements for a contractor or DIY'er to buy loads. i'm not sure, but would be willing to bet you can buy red loads at your local depot or lowes
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:05 PM.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text: Enjoy your stay at our new all-suite non-smoking hotel. The Comfort Suites is conveniently located at Exit 168 off IH-35 featuring interior corridors, free hot breakfast with rotational menu, free parking, meeting room, high-speed wireless Internet access, elevators, indoor pool, hot tub, guest laundry, exercise room, and business center. All rooms offer a sofa sleeper, refrigerator, and microwave. Located just minutes from downtown San Antonio, the Riverwalk, Alamo, Fiesta Texas, Sea World, Schlitterbahn and the San Antonio airport. All Comfort Suites are smoke free. Pets are allowed at this property. 25.00 usd Per stay and per pet, maximum 2 pets per room, maximum weight 25 pounds.


text:
Arsenal Football Club is delighted to launch a new Club website for American fans.
Usa.Arsenal.com has all the breaking news supporters can find on Arsenal.com plus domestic features and news written by our US editor, based in the States, Kevin Mooney.
Over eight per cent of traffic to Arsenal.com already comes from the US with nearly one million visitors from the US to the UK site in August alone. but the new website will provide a great introduction to the Gunners and UK football for even more fans Stateside.
History and background to the north London club sits alongside news on all aspects of Arsenal including the Ladies, reserve teams and weekly exclusive interviews with manager Arsène Wenger and first team players. The Jargon Buster also allows any visitors to the site to get up to speed with all the terminology of the game.
Arsenal.com editor Richard Clarke said of the USA site: "We feel the introduction of a US version of Arsenal.com represents real progress.
"The USA has always been our most popular territory after the UK in terms of traffic, and we want to expand in this area. It was vital for us to employ an editor based Stateside so we could properly reach out to Arsenal fans in the US. We really believe this could be a huge development in the way people connect with our Club."
USA fans can now also subscribe to Arsenal TV Online USA for just $5.99 a month or $49 a year, offering the same great combination of match highlights, exclusive interviews and live audio commentaries from every first team game.
For further information visit usa.Arsenal.comCopyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


text:
Is your reality really reality?Posted: March 4th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: dark energy, dark matter, questions, reality, WMAP | 2 Comments »
The Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe, aka WMAP, was launched in 2001. The larger mission of the probe was to retrieve residual data from "the big bang" and thus allow us to gain a greater understanding of our universe and its origins. What it actually accomplished was to change our understanding of what makes up reality.
Data from the WMAP has shown that the vast majority of our universe is composed of unknown matter and energy. This undefined dark matter makes up approximately 23% of the universe, while undefined dark energy makes up approximately 73%. That means that what has been conventionally understood to make up reality is just 4% of the actual universe. Further, the vast majority of that 4% is made up of hydrogen and helium (the stars), while the heavier elements (what we consider solid matter) is only approximately 0.03%.
So 96% of reality is not understood, not really quantifiable and apparently can't be directly perceived. Whereas everything with which we interact and what we believe that we understand only makes up between 0.03 and 4% of actual reality. The entire tangible and intangible world as we conventionally experience it, relate to it and interact with it is a statistically insignificant fraction of actuality.
So what is really real? Or more precisely, what is really significant? Are the things that we can hold more real or more significant than our thoughts and ideals? Are our emotions any less real or less significant than our actions? Are our perceived abilities more real and more significant than our unacknowledged limitations? Is our shared concept of reality any more real or more significant than own individual realities? Are the questions we ask any less real or less significant than the answers that we are given?


text:
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) has become one of the most promising emerging technologies, both for the terrestial and space sectors.
MEMS includes a vast range of micro-engineering design, fabrication and processing technologies, and is multidisciplinary in nature. Indeed the basic idea from which MEMS adventure has started consists in applying manufacturing technologies typical of the world of electronics (in particular of integrated circuits, IC), to the realisation of mechanical structures (beams, gears, springs, diaphragms etc), at the micrometre scale.
MEMS devices (or Macro Nano Technologies MNT) are small and have a low mass by nature, which makes them highly attractive for space uses. On the other side, their low cost/mass production capabilities, (which derives from the IC technology), can be less exploited for space, due to the (typically) low volume of unit required.
Nevertheless the great potential of MEMS in the field of innovative, high performances devices, has been recognised and pursued since the last decade, with increasing number of applications in operational missions.
Huge effort is now spent in terms of technology consolidation, and further exploitation of conventional and innovative MEMS technologies. Future R&D activities are aiming at integrating different MEMS devices into complex systems, with the ambitious goal of mass production of micro-nano-satellites for constellation applications or even more ambitious distributed nano satellites clusters for which a full new class of applications can be envisaged.
Scanning Micro-mechanical Mirror Module for fine pointing purposes of optical systems
A two-axis tilting mirror module is under development for space conditions. It is intended for the customer's optical bench. The module is based on the use of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology for two-axis mirror actuation. A control electronics module is used to drive the mirror.
Electrostatic actuation principle in combination with MEMS technology has the potential for low cost, low power optical beam steering capability for a large range of wavelengths.
Last update: 7 May 2014


text:
2 Recommendations
ttownqt's recommendation
if you're willing to go along for the ride palahniuk will take you to some very dark...but very funny places. read it when no one is around so you don't feel guilty about laughing.
My Collections:
NickAlfonse's recommendation
Another installment of twisty, haunting writing from the brilliant Chuck Palahniuk.


text:
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the initiation of four new Master's International (MI) programs developed in cooperation with the Peace Corps and with four academic units on the Boulder campus (geography, education, environmental studies, and the master of business administration). Students accepted into the graduate programs of these four units may choose to also apply for one of the MI programs that entail both graduate training and Peace Corps service to combine theory with practice while working overseas.
Interested students should begin by consulting the following websites:


text:
|Family Histories of Bikini Bottom
|"Pest of the West"
|List of objects
Family Histories of Bikini Bottom is a book that only appeared in the episode "Pest of the West."
The cover of the book is pale red and the title is written in all caps and in yellow.
It is mainly an encyclopedia about families that resided/reside in Bikini Bottom during its development. This book contains the histories of every family of Bikini Bottom.
Known entries
- SquareHead
- SquareShirt
- SquarePants - there is an entry about the SquarePants family. Its most notable individual, according to the book, was SpongeBuck SquarePants who returned Bikini Gulch back to the people from Dead Eye Plankton. In return for his heroism, there was a statue erected from Dead Eye's gold. Today, his statue still stands in Bikini Bottom.


text:
Modern love
Art is a tricky investment. You can start with the most collectable names - Payal Uttam presents the top five
British guitarist Eric Clapton is one of the world's best examples of why it pays to invest in art.
The purchase of an abstract painting in 2001 for £2 million (HK$23.7 million) paid off hugely for the 68-year-old inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, earning a more than 10-fold return when it sold for £21 million at auction in London in October. The work by German artist Gerhard Richter even entered the record books, fetching the highest amount ever paid for a painting by a living artist.
Such records at auction sales are a sign of the buoyant state of the global art market, an asset class that has consistently outpaced inflation over the past decade while also providing diversity in terms of correlation to other asset prices.
The resale value of paintings sold at auction has risen an average 7.8 per cent annually since 2002, according to the Mei Moses World All Art Index. The returns, which factor in a two-year slump in global art prices during the financial crisis, show art outpacing US equities, international equities and US fixed income during the 10-year and 15-year time periods, according to J.P. Morgan.
Art advisers remain upbeat about the prospects for Asian contemporary themes this spring, noting Hong Kong now has the third largest art market by auction sales, behind New York and London.
The trend underscores rapid wealth creation ongoing in Asia, and interest among high-net-worth individuals to chase up artworks and other luxury goods, according to J.P. Morgan.
Hong Kong-based adviser Jehan Chu agrees, saying he expects continuing interest this spring in paintings by emerging Chinese artists as well as in those by the pioneers of China's modern art movement, while works by other regional artists will also find appeal among collectors.
"Asian art is still king," Chu says.
Lee Kit
When Hong Kong-based collector Alan Lo and his wife walked into a gallery to purchase a cloth painting by Lee Kit, they were met with a surprise.
Sitting atop the painting, which lay sprawled on a gallery table, were cellphones, a laptop and other personal belongings of the gallery staff. "It's such a departure from your typical preconception of what art should be," Lo says. One of Hong Kong's most talked-about young artists, Lee is known for his conceptual cloth works, often painted in plaid or stripes, which are used in live performances as actual tablecloths or picnic mats in domestic and exhibition settings before being sold as art.
While it is riskier from an investment perspective to purchase work by emerging artists, curators and gallery owners say Lee is on the brink of international success.
"His work stands out because it's fresh and different," says Lisa Carlson, director, Lombard-Freid Projects, who represent him in New York. "It is very much embedded in an art historical cannon of minimalist and conceptual work so he really has a place." Lee's participation in 2008 in the Guangzhou Triennial, an annual contemporary art exhibition hosted by the Guangdong Museum of Art, brought him into the limelight. Since then he has gone on to exhibit in several major museums. Last May he was awarded the Art Futures Prize, which recognises up-and-coming talent, at the Hong Kong International Art Fair (now known as Art Basel). One month later Lee learned he would represent Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale, a high honour in the local art scene that often leads to price increases in the artist's work.
"Nobody wants to sell Lee Kit's work now that everyone believes higher prices are to come," Chu says.
"We have a hard time keeping [his work] in the gallery and Art Basel was a little manic. People were just going a little wild for it," says Carlson.
Current prices of his work range from US$10,000 to US$20,000.
The works are favoured by collectors who seek out younger, less established artists. "Lee Kit is still at a price point where he is a safe bet," Carlson says.
Zao Wou-ki
A Chinese émigré who settled in Paris in the 1940s, Zao Wou-ki is known for vivid abstract paintings suffused with colour.
Among Zao's most sought-after paintings are his oracle series from the 1950s, a turning point in his career. "We regard this period as very important," Christie's Hong Kong associate specialist Joyce Chan says. "It really marks the original concept of Zao Wou-ki."
The abstract paintings reference an ancient Chinese practice of carving inscriptions on animal bones, which were then used to foretell the future.
Zao died earlier this month at the age of 93, at home in Switzerland.
According to dealer Pascal de Sarthe, Zao's oil paintings currently sell for between US$400,000 and US$10 million. However, in the art world, his death would imply an increase in the value of his works. Prices started to go up for Zao's work in the early 1990s after Taiwanese collector Victor Ma began buying.
"There are two major reasons that consolidate his market value: firstly, he is regarded as a pioneer of Chinese abstract painting and secondly, he entered into the Western mainstream art market at a very early time in the 1950s," Chan says.
According to experts, Zao is increasingly being recognised for his contributions to the modern art movement in China. "He is an integral part of Chinese modern art history. He had a great influence on art movements in China and art education so there is every reason for him to be recognised," Hanart TZ Gallery curator and director Johnson Chang Tsong-zung says.
Yayoi Kusama
"Everybody is talking about Kusama," art adviser Jonathan Crockett says.
One of Japan's most famous living artists, 84-year-old Yayoi Kusama is known for her paintings, installations and sculptures with obsessive polka dot patterns.
Something of a renaissance woman, Kusama moved to New York in the 1950s where she experimented with performance, installation, sculpture and painting.
"In the 1980s and all throughout the 1990s her prices were still very reasonable, in the hundreds of thousands [of US dollars]," art adviser Mathieu Ticolat says.
Prices for her work began to rise sharply in 2002, according to Ticolat. "Her first commercial breakthrough came in 2008 when she set the world record at Christie's for a living woman artist," Ticolat says. Fetching US$5.8 million, the white painting is titled No. 2 and is part of her Infinity Net series. It remains her highest selling work today. At Christie's New York contemporary art sale in March, two of Kusama's works sold for US$18,750 and US$30,000.
In 2011, she had a major retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris followed by retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Tate Modern last year. "People feel more comfortable when a pedigree is established, that an artist is in all the major museums and they are in the best collections," Ticolat says.
"She is in her 80s, even her late work will go up in value because she is one of the last major living female artists," he adds.
Last year, Kusama partnered with the luxury brand Louis Vuitton to create a collection of accessories and clothing further raising her profile among collectors.
Asked why she was attracted to Kusama's work, collector Kyoko Tamura says: "She is very individualistic. She doesn't belong to any Japanese art movements. Her works are in a way spiritual and timeless."
Kusama's older works are in high demand. Tamura says she is looking out for her Infinity Net paintings from the 1960s.
"I am looking as well," says Lo, who is interested in works from the 1980s. "But in the long run, obviously, they will be harder and harder to find."
Wu Guanzhong
Wu Guanzhong is a giant of 20th-century Chinese art. Born in 1919, he began his career with oil painting, spending time in Paris in the 1940s before returning to China after the Cultural Revolution.
The 1970s was a major turning point for Wu. He began concentrating on the traditional medium of ink, an unusual move at a time when many artists looked to the West for inspiration. Pushing the boundaries of the medium, he experimented with bright colours and unconventional subject matter like architecture.
"He is considered a historical modern who works within the medium of Chinese ink painting but who has a fresh personal touch," Hanart TZ Gallery's Chang says. "Of course there are many people who experiment but he is a pioneer who led the way in China."
"Wu Guanzhong is valuable because he is seen as one of the masters of a particular generation of ink painting," art adviser Chu says. "He has a revolutionary style."
Hong Kong collectors took a keen interest in Wu's work in the 1980s. "Prices have settled down in the last couple of years but they have now hit the roof because he died," says Chang of Hanart TZ Gallery. Wu died in 2010, aged 90.
At Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn sale in 2011, his top-selling ink painting went for US$3.7 million. Wu's smaller ink works start at about US$10,000.
Liu Wei
"It's a breath of fresh air," says Lo, the Hong Kong collector, when comparing Chinese artist Liu Wei's work to previous generations of contemporary Chinese painters.
Working across several mediums, the 41-year-old artist's works range from oil paintings and photography to large-scale installations made from everyday objects including books and refrigerators.
"A lot of collectors are looking for the next generation of successful artists from China and I think he represents that," art adviser Chu says. "His work doesn't echo any of the post-revolution imagery that people are tired of." "He really has a different world view and he isn't only thinking about China," Christie's Chan says.
According to Courtney Plummer, partner of Lehmann Maupin, Liu also stands apart because "he deals with global issues that transcend his own geo-politics and generation while still being focused on technical excellence and skill."
Chu says many collectors are attracted to the aesthetics of his work because "it doesn't look like anyone else's art."
Among his most recognised bodies of work has been the Purple Air series. "This is really what propelled him to the consciousness of collectors," Chu says. Started in the mid-2000s, the series of paintings are composed of circuit board-like lines that suggest densely packed cityscapes.
"He touches upon social political issues and articulates it in a way that is mesmerising," Hanart TZ Gallery's Chang says.
Prices for Wei's paintings or sculptures range from US$50,000 to US$250,000.
Most Popular
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5


text:
We turned to Daniel Kokonowksi, who heads research and design for Building Works Inc. of Brookline, Mass., a consulting firm that helps companies introduce new construction products, to address the issue of concrete strength testing.
Concrete strength testing is a much larger problem for ready-mix producers than many in the industry realize. Findings of inadequate strength—many of which prove to be false—cost the producer lots of money and aggravation. That comes through in the angry words of QC managers.
But the problem goes beyond money and heartburn. Strength is concrete's most important performance specification. If it cannot be adequately tested, it is difficult to see how the industry can move from prescriptive to performance-based specifications.
In the December 2006 issue ("What's Worrying Your QC Manager," page 45), we asked 47 QC managers what their biggest challenges are in mix design and operations. Most listed strength as one of their greatest and most persistent problems.
Additional interviews with managers at prominent testing companies revealed other sides of the issue, suggesting possible approaches to solving the problem.
Test methods
Many QC managers complained that technicians failed to follow specified test methods. They often pointed to inadequate curing of the specimens.
As Jim English from Grand Rapids Gravel Co. in Michigan stated, "Despite their certification training, many testing companies don't put cylinders in the right environment. Samples that are not cured properly will have poor results when they are tested. When we get a report that our concrete failed testing we now have to core, it ends up costing us money. Ninety nine times out of 100, our product was fine."
Another common complaint was that the testing companies don't take the proper time or care to sample the concrete correctly. "Testing companies are very busy, and thus interested in speed," said Frank Nickolaus of Titan America in Florida. "They may not follow specified procedures and end up sampling incorrectly. They are supposed to sample the concrete every 50 yards, but they end up taking samples from one truck, and claiming that they took them from three different ones. Whoever is paying for the testing is not getting their money's worth."
But some testing managers considered these complaints unfair. When asked about improper curing methods, Nathaniel Hayes of Jeff Zell Consultants in Pennsylvania replied, "This argument is not always fair. In most cases, it's the contractor's responsibility to provide a curing box. Sometimes when we show up to a site, there isn't one. Samples still have to be taken, so all we can do is inform the contractor of the risk involved in not curing properly. Once we do this, it's on the contractor's shoulders. If the cylinders test low for this reason, it's really not our fault."
Technician qualifications
Several QC managers suggested that the root of the problem was that some testing companies send uncertified testers to the site to collect samples. "The owners hire the labs and more often than not, prefer the lowest bidder over the most qualified lab. Many times these labs send people to the site who aren't even qualified, let alone certified," said Milan Lipensky of Pennsy Supply in Pennsylvania. "They don't follow proper testing and curing methods because they don't know any better."
Lab managers argued that they make serious efforts to ensure that all of their employees were certified. However, they conceded that not everyone is as diligent. "We know that there are some companies that don't use certified or licensed people in the field," said Rich Hamilton of Advance Testing Company in New York. "We make sure that all of the testers in our company are ACI-certified and a level-one field technician. However, I'm not going to deny that using uncertified technicians does sometimes happen in the industry."
Limited reporting of results
Getting the testing labs to send reports back to the ready-mix producers seems to be a whole other issue. More often, QC managers claimed that they only received reports on their product when the testers measured a failure. Even then, they would sometimes only hear about the negative finding and not get the numerical results.
"Though we always request the entire report, we usually only get the bad results, and even then it's not until the 28-day tests have failed," explained John Webb of American Concrete Products in Iowa. "This is very unfortunate for us. We lose the chance to correct problems at the seven-day breaks. If we had information, we could catch problems early and fix them, instead of waiting a month to find out the product failed."
But the lab managers see a different side. "The ASTM standards require that we send the test reports to our client," said Dennis Ream of Bowser Morner in Ohio. "This means all of them, not just failures. Ready mix producers seem to overlook this. Often they are not our client. The only time we can send these reports to them is if the person who hired us tells us to do so. Sometimes the client is unaware that the producers even want a copy. Occasionally, we even get clients that don't want the producers to get it for one reason or another."
Possible solutions
There are many approaches for dealing with the problems. Some QC managers took an aggressive approach to dealing with testing that they felt was performed incorrectly and provided incorrect results.
Naturally, most companies challenged such results. They would core samples from the walls and have them tested. If the samples were fine, then some producers would back-charge the owner for the extra cost. Unfortunately, this approach can also hurt the relationship between the producer and the customer. So other companies opted for more diplomatic solutions.
One preventive measure is to have people from the ready-mix company monitor the work. "Sometimes we have QC people onsite at the beginning of jobs to document the testing," said David Wescott of Cemex in Florida. "If we think the testing was done improperly, we will alert the contractor. If the testing is really bad, we will request a meeting with the contractor and the testing company."
Testing companies also seem open to this solution. Some technicians produce a checklist that they give to QC people onsite, showing the testing procedure according to ASTM standards. Each box can then be checked as this part of the process is done properly. When they are done, the list can then be mailed back to the testing company to inform them of proper or improper methods.
Education and communication are other approaches. "We started a free training program for the testers," said Lipensky. "We feed them, and show videos and PowerPoint presentations. We not only try to teach them proper methods, but also just try to talk to them and make them understand where we're coming from."


text:
Question of the Week; Favorite Comfort Food?
WJON's Question of the week is asking you "What is your favorite comfort food and how far would you be willing to get it?" WJON's Question of the week airs from 9:10-10am Fridays on WJON with Jay Caldwell and Jim Maurice. Abby Faulkner sits in for Jim this week. Please respond to our question by calling 320-252-5852, by emailing email@example.com or by placing a comment on facebook.
A favorite comfort food could be a lot of foods and different for everyone. It could by meat and potatoes, a favorite steak house or something completely different.


text:
This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.View Full Document
Unformatted text preview: ...
View Full Document
This note was uploaded on 08/06/2008 for the course CHEM 1B taught by Professor Watts during the Spring '08 term at UCSB.
- Spring '08
- Watts
- Chemistry
Click to edit the document details


text:
The St. Louis Cardinals have made a strong showing, placing four players on the 2012 list, including three in the top 35 nationally. The players are Shelby Miller at number six, Carlos Martinez at 19, Oscar Taveras at 35 and Tyrell Jenkins at 92. All are right-handed pitchers with the exception of Taveras, an outfielder. Miller and Jenkins are Texans while the other two hail from the Dominican Republic.
The national top five, just ahead of Miller, are Tampa Bay pitcher Matt Moore, Angels outfielder Mike Trout, Washington outfielder Bryce Harper, Braves hurler Julio Teheran and Yankees catcher Jesus Montero.
Click here to view the entire Scout.com Top 100 for 2012 as well as past years' rankings. (The lists can always be accessed from the "Minor League Rankings" tab on the menu bar located under and to the right of the main "The Cardinal Nation" logo.)
The Cardinal Nation 2012 top 40 prospect countdown continues: To see the list of top Cardinals prospects announced to date and remaining article schedule, click here. You can also read each of the voters' philosophies in making their selections.
Not yet a subscriber to The Cardinal Nation? Join today for as little as $7.95 after our seven-day free trial and be able to read all our Top 40 articles and much more exclusive content.
There's more! Want access to the all details behind our Cardinals prospect rankings in our "Forty Days, Forty Nights, Forty Prospects" feature here at The Cardinal Nation?
Upgrade or subscribe before January 20 to our annual pass and receive in the spring the 2012 FOX Fantasy Guide / Scout Prospect Guide, sold at newsstands nationwide for $4.95, for FREE. The perfect printed companion to "Forty Days" includes the top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations and much more. We author the Cardinals section of the guide as always.
© 2012 The Cardinal Nation, thecardinalnation.com and stlcardinals.scout.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Globalisation and the need for a secure, affordable energy supply go hand-in-hand. Economic development is dependent on sufficient sources of energy—oil, gas, electricity, coal, alternative fuels and others. The availability and security of these resources are on the minds of many, from consumers, to political leaders to company executives.
PwC has been providing professional services to energy, utilities, and mining companies for more than 100 years. Our practice is comprised of more than 3,000 people who serve only energy, power and mining clients and receive extensive training to support this industry focus. Our practice is headquartered in Houston, Texas and we have significant centers of excellence to support clients where we are needed most.


text:
Today we're gonna drive us some robots. Today we're gonna protect us a little grid-based city. Today we're gonna be playing Gare.
See you after the jump for more!
Gare has you playing a pretty blue mech, walking around a Tron-like grid full of buildings and gardens and other obstacles. You want to blow up everything that isn't you. Sometimes you can't. Other times you can. And sometimes, they get you first.
Think of it like Combat meets Zone Of The Enders and you've got an idea of the gameplay. As you level up, you'll get space cash, which you can use to buy armor, speed and weapons. The game you play can be determined by how you outfit your mech. Want to just zip around finding checkpoints and stars? Or do you want to walk your armored butt right up in the enemy's face and laugh as they flail against your energy shield? The path is up to you!
Gare isn't a game that's easy to screenshot, as you'll be using mouse AND keyboard the whole time, but it is a game that's fun. Check it out, and remember to let us know how well you do! Highest score by Monday will be our Quality Post Champion!
It's pretty fun. I'm up to level 6 but I keep dying there. Not sure how much more patience I have :x
They're not robots if they're remote control.
I don't know about score, but I passed all 10 levels, got 3 stars on all levels, bought all the upgrades, am at level 30 of experience upgrades, such that I'm basically indestructible short of running into a boss (I can run into anything else).
Fun little waste of time.
Pro tip: Armor and shield recharges provide a permanent bonus of a few shield/armor points if you are at full health.
I enjoyed myself a lot! But I don't have much time to play it!
Oh man, this game is ADDICTIVE!
Best route for easiest kills is to max the biped legs and the big cannon. With both of those equipped the special can create an infinite safe zone for you (you'll understand once you get to mission 8), and the special turns itself into a freaking death blossom when the timer runs out! Let the enemies swarm and then skadoosh! It's better than the bombs!
And what defines high score? Because I've got all the stars, all the upgrades, and I'm just letting the cash flow in now! ($87,839 at the time of this post)
Sorry, can't link actual image, and Woot is right, the game doesn't screen shot well, but its fun to easily blast level 10 without firing a shot (let tikky blast everything for you):
Link to screen grab
(all those blue streaks are Tikky's missles)
View All →


text:
Perfectly situated, with almost 1000 sqm. of perennial plants garden, this residence of three levels has five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the living and dining room with high ceilings and expansive windows invite to relax. Entering in the ground floor we can appreciate the charming of the stairs with a cherry-tree wood banister, the glazed interior court in a Zen style, the wide kitchen with a centre island with white granite countertops. Two bedrooms and one bathroom complete this floor. In the attached area, there are two guest rooms with two more bathrooms, one of the bedrooms and the bathroom on the top floor. On the second level, a library with plenty of natural light provided by a balcony shared also with the master bedroom with bathroom en-suite and two built-in wardrobes. On the basement there is a gym, a cinema room, a room for the photographic developing, a wine cellar, and a small kitchen for the living room. Outside, there is a swimming pool and a marvellous wild garden completing this marvellous home.
Mas Camarena is an area located just 15 minutes away from Valencia. It is also near from the airport, top rated schools and shopping and leisure centres. It offers the opportunity of living surrounded by nature in a consolidated area near the city.
Availability to be agreed. Data shown is offered by third parties, and only informative and assumed correct. Our company does not guarantee its accuracy. The offer is subject to errors, price changes, omissions and/or withdrawal without notice.


text:
Fence Stain - Acrylic or Oil Based?
Ok need help please. I have a fence in pretty bad color condition. Was thinking of using a solid stain.
Do you recommend an Acrylic or Oil based stain?:confused1:
If not what type and brand of stain do you recommend?
I am looking to buy the stain tomorrow while some of these companies are having good Memorial Day sales.
Thanks to all who took the time to read and/or respond to my post.
Use Oil. Latex stain tends to peel. Sikkens is a great brand.
Oil/Alkyd-based does tend to stick longer and wear better (less prep for re-coat)
Acrylic, however, has less tendency to mold/mildew
It's a tough call
It depends on how often you are willing to do a maint. coat (should be before it actually needs it for minimal prep and best protection), and how much prep you are willing to do if you don't quite keep ahead of the game
I'd suggest Cabot's ProVT for acrylic
I'd suggest Sikkens Rubbol Siding for oil/alkyd
* IIRC the Sikkens is technically a hybrid
Regardless, it's certainly the best sticking, wearing, M/M resistant, oil/alkyd (hybrid) I've come across
-and I'm about 30 some odd miles out in the North Atlantic Ocean; constant salt air, big storms, hot/cold extremes, relentlessly-sunny/not-as-bad-as-inland snowy (but still pretty bad sometimes), frequent freezing rains, often droughts, 15 MPH winds considered a "calm day", whales in the back yard, migrating seals partying on your deck every spring/fall etc...
Basically a tough proving ground for any exterior product
(those seals get drunk easy and tend to spill quite a bit of ethanol...well...alcohol/booze... just about everywhere...it can be very hard on an exterior coating)
A few things to note on Sikkens. Rubbol Solid Stain (the oil variety) is no longer on the market. It's been completely discontinued for Rubbol Siding Finish (the Acrylic version). You could use Rubbol DEK on it though. That is still an available oil based product though it will have a satin sheen instead of flat like the old Rubbol Solid Stain had.
My Benjamin Moore dealer still caries the Sikkens Cetol Semi-Transparent Oil stain.
Armstrong-Clark hands down. It has a greater window to work with in case you are slower and the sun tends to be your enemy when coating.
As far as the mold thing with oil. Oil is food for organic (living) mold. Its like putting a bird feeder out for a bird. One thing is that you should be cleaning your exterior home, decks, fences, concrete and other surfaces once a year anyhow, so do not sweat the mold. It comes off easy with the right chems and with a soft wash technique.
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:28 AM.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text:
Country Chicken and Mushroom Pie
This homey chicken potpie is ideal for entertaining because all the work can be done in advance; the pie can be popped in the oven before serving.
Slideshow: Amazing Chicken Recipes
- Active:
- Total Time:
- Servings: 6
- Four 3/4-pound chicken breast halves on the bone, with skin
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 quart chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 pound mixed wild mushrooms, any tough stems discarded, mushrooms thickly sliced
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 teaspoon minced thyme
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten with 1/4 cup milk
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 425°. Put the chicken in a medium roasting pan, season generously with salt and pepper. Roast the chicken for 20 minutes, until it is partially cooked. Discard the skin and shred the meat. Leave the oven on.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, boil the stock until reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes; keep warm.
Melt the butter in a large, deep skillet. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and cook, stirring, until evenly coated. Add the reduced stock and the cream and whisk until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add the shredded chicken, parsley and thyme and season the filling with salt and pepper; let cool.
In a food processor, pulse the flour with the salt. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the sour cream and pulse just until the pastry comes together. Turn the pastry out onto a lightly floured surface and divide it into thirds; pat two of the thirds into 1 disk and the remaining third into another disk. Wrap the disks in plastic and refrigerate them until firm, at least 30 minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the larger piece of pastry to a 15-inch round. Transfer the pastry to a deep 10-inch glass pie plate. Spoon the chicken filling into the pastry and brush the rim with the egg wash. Roll out the remaining pastry to an 11-inch round and carefully lay it on top of the filling. Press the edges of the pastry to seal and trim the overhang to 1 inch. Fold the overhanging pastry dough under itself and crimp it decoratively to seal. Cut 4 slashes in the top crust and brush with the egg wash.
Bake the pie for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is lightly golden. Lower the temperature to 350� and bake for 40 minutes longer, or until the top and bottom crusts are golden and the filling is bubbling. Cover the pie loosely with foil if the top crust browns too quickly. Let the chicken pie stand for 15 minutes before serving.
Make Ahead
The recipe can be prepared through Step 5 and refrigerated for up to 6 hours before baking.
Suggested Pairing
A soft, generous Australian Sémillon with hints of earthy mushroom will complement the buttery pastry and creamy chicken filling of this country pie.


text: by Douglas B. Clark Aug 5, 2014 Comments (0) AIChE Topics: Events & Conferences Share This Post: The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. Academic and industry experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies, and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering. New for 2014: Sustainable Food Production Topical Startup Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship Topical Safety Education and Practice in the Academic Environment Short Course (Ticketed) Registration Info Hotel Info The 2014 Annual Student Conference will take place November 14-17. Log in to post comments


text:
Special Guest: Jonathan Lethem
Kurt Andersen and writer Jonathan Lethem look at musicians, writers and artists who embrace solitude. Some exile themselves, others don't have a choice. Either way, the experience of being alone affects their art and their personal lives.
A native of New York City, Jonathan Lethem is famous for turning genres like science fiction and detective stories inside out. He is the author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which received the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction in 1999. His other novels include Gun, with Occasional Music and As She Crawled Across the Table. In his latest book, The Disappointment Artist, Lethem writes about the passions that have ruled his life: for John Ford's classic Western The Searchers, the Talking Heads, Philip K. Dick, and the impossibly mean writer Edward Dahlberg.


text:
Alan Dowson: A Manager To Remember
Yes… yes… Murphy's on about bloody Kingstonian again. But this one's important. No…really… It may not seem like much of a legacy, I grant you. But when Isthmian League Kingstonian played out a nothing final game of the 2011/12 season, it highlighted just how few such games there had been in manager Alan Dowson's seven-and-a-bit years at Kingsmeadow, which came to an end last week. Seasoned Ks watchers used to often joke about games having "an end-of-season feel" to them…in mid-September. And it would often be all-too-true. So for Dowson to virtually eliminate the concept was a huge achievement, alongside the fact that he left Kingstonian – on-field and off – in a demonstrably better state than that in which he found it. Dowson took over a team drifting in the lower-mid reaches of Ryman Division One South and left one which finished second in the Ryman Premier and, if kept together to any significant degree, will surely among the favourites for promotion from it next season. Superficially, that represents solid but unspectacular progress. However, Dowson, and those he recruited to work with him, did more than that. He re-fashioned and rebuilt a sense of a proper football "club." This had been lacking for years at Ks, for historical reasons with which I'll not bore you here, and is something more tangible and important to football at our level....Read More


text: My friend Carole from GardenUp Green invited me to participate in a super fun challenge. Nine bloggers purchased the same crate and were assigned the task to style it for the holidays. Thus the holiday crate x10 project began. I'm always looking for crates and boxes for decorating and gardening, so this challenge could not be… [Read More]


text:
Awesome First Metal Axe!So you're wanting to shred, huh? Then you need a guitar that can hang with you and support that fast style of playing. Because not every guitar is gonna do that for you, especially not at an affordable first-guitar kind of price. But the Jackson JS23 Dinky? That's what this baby is all about. The guys over at Jackson are awesome... they know all about metal and aggressive tones because they were making guitars for some of the earliest shredders back in the day... Randy Rhoads, Kirk Hammett, yeah. They know a thing or two. But they also know that guys who may be tomorrow next big thing, may not have the cash to drop on a super-expensive metal-centric guitar. That's why Jackson designed the JS23 Dinky. It's got the features you want and need to support your playing, without taking down your whole paycheck with it.
So, what are we talking about? It's got a 24-fret compound radius Indian rosewood fingerboard... the compound radius is important because it means it's a little chunkier down on the lower frets for comfortable chords.... but it gets flatter the farther your fly up the fretboard. Flatter is better because it helps you achieve and sustain TOP SPEED. As you'd expect, there are two humbucking pickups here in the Jackson JS23 Dinky so you get smoking-hot, searing tone. And in between them, Jackson added a singlecoil pickup, so you've got major tonal versatility here too. That's nice. Add the 2-point fulcrum tremolo, chrome hardware, shark fin inlays, and instantly recognizable Jackson headstock, and you've got a hot guitar that's made to help you master metal. Get the Jackson JS23 Dinky.
Jackson JS23 Dinky Solidbody Electric Guitar Features at a Glance:
- Body: Indian Cedro
- Finish: Polyester, Natural
- Neck: Maple
- Fretboard: Rosewood, 12-16" Compound Radius
- Frets: 24, Jumbo
- Scale length: 25.50"
- Nut Width: 1.69"
- Hardware: Chrome
- Tuning Keys: Die-Cast Tuners
- Bridge: 2-Point Fulcrum Tremolo
- Bridge Pickup: Jackson JE10 Humbucking Pickup
- Middle Pickup: Jackson JE14 Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Jackson JE14 Single-Coil
- Switching: 5-Position Blade
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Case Included: Standard Jackson Gig Bag


text:
WASHINGTON -- Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis for health reasons.
The archbishop is 73 years old, two years younger than the age at which bishops are required by canon law to turn in their resignation to the pope.
His resignation was announced in Washington Sept. 21 by Msgr. Jean-Francois Lantheaume, charge d'affaires at the apostolic nunciature.
Archbishop Buechlein, a member of the Benedictine order, has headed the Indianapolis Archdiocese since 1992.
Over the past three years he has suffered a series of health problems. In March of this year he suffered a mild stroke. In 2009, Archbishop Buechlein had shoulder replacement surgery and in 2010 he had surgery to remove a benign tumor from his stomach.
In 2008, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and underwent a successful course of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
NCR Comment code: (Comments can be found below)
Before you can post a comment, you must verify your email address at Disqus.com/verify.
Comments from unverified email addresses will be deleted.
- Be respectful. Do not attack the writer. Take on the idea, not the messenger.
- Don't use obscene, profane or vulgar language.
- Stay on point. Comments that stray from the original idea will be deleted. NCR reserves the right to close comment threads when discussions are no longer productive.
We are not able to monitor every comment that comes through. If you see something objectionable, please click the "Report abuse" button. Once a comment has been flagged, an NCR staff member will investigate.
For more detailed guidelines, visit our User Guidelines page.
For help on how to post a comment, visit our reference page.
Commenting is available during business hours, Central time, USA. Commenting is not available in the evenings, over weekends and on holidays. More details are available here. Comments are open on NCR's Facebook page.


text:
This product is no longer available.
You can try these similar gifts instead.
Wooden Finish Tabletop Cross
This rustic resin cross is a wonderful way to remind them that they are never alone. Cross features a verse from Hebrews 13:5, "He Himself has said I will never leave you nor forsake you".


text:
I decided to see my doctor about tear through filler and he recommended/used Radiesse. It took one month for the bruising to totally subside.
The majority of swelling is gone but I still look 'puffy' under the eyes after four weeks. Ultimately I think (pray/hope) I will be happy with the product and results but right now each day is very hard. I know I look older than before the procedure and really not like 'me'.
I have these coffe-cup type reddish rings under both eyes that I'm told will fade...I don't know...I think an experience injector is beyond important. I don't have anything negative about the product but more about the variety of ways it seems to be injected? I've read on this site that it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 5 months for Radiesse to 'settle'.
I'm hoping once it is absorbed some, I will be happier with the results but for now I wish I could go back in time and have my old eyes back. My left eye is sort-of okay but the right has a small hard lump and more puffy. I'm still using ice packs at night and gentle massage on the lump in hopes it will absorb faster.
I appreciated reading all the comments on this site and hope someone else can benefit from my experience too. I will happily post any changes (good and bad) as healing continues and time passes. I have read about some people doing saline shots in the lumps but at this point I'm hesitant to add any more trauma to such a delicate area. I know Radiesse isn't permanent so I'm hoping time (and lots and lots of concealer) will solve the issues I have. I know this: once I can get back to my pre-procedure me, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who doesn't have six months to live a cave to allow for recovery time.


text:
All Pigs Must Die aren't in the subtlety game. Made up of members of the Hope Conspiracy, Converge, and Bloodhorse, their sound is mixture of thrash, hardcore, and proto–black metal that wears its ugliness and outrage on its sleeve. Even their name is sincere, Death in June reference though it may be: this is the soundtrack to the rabid shattering of the police state. Hot on the heels of their explosive self-titled EP, the band has released their debut full-length, titled simply God Is War, an eight-track massacre that might be the album of the year.
Opener "Death Dealer" starts with a desperate guitar melody, then erupts into an explosion of charging blast beats and vengeful riffs. "Pulverization" and "Sacrosanct" blend into a whirlwind of fury, while the title track changes the pace to create a slow-burning tide of misanthropic bile that pounds the listener wave after wave. "The Blessed Void" is the album's frenzied peak, with its painful opening feedback giving way to a breakneck hate anthem that Slayer only wish they could write these days. "Third World Genocide" hits like a hammer, and "Extinction Is Ours" brings melodic breakdowns and overconfident guitar leads galore. "Sadistic Vindicator" ties a bow around the whole record, its sorrowful but primal sludginess a perfect conclusion to the previous 30-something minutes of unadulterated hatred.
What makes God Is War an undeniable gem, though, is its complete lack of pretense. Other bands grasp at cred with albums that are overly technical or unlistenably raw; this record's infectious melodies, straightforward pacing, and crisp production only make it a greater achievement for underground extremity. All Pigs Must Die have nothing to hide. Their message is simple: we are angry. You are next. Be very afraid. CHRIS KROVATIN


text:
After spending his first three and a half seasons in Detroit, Austin Daye came to Memphis as part of a package in exchange for Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi. However, his stint as Grizzly would be short lived. He played the second half of the 2012-2013 season coming of the bench, and the Grizzlies declined to re-sign the 6'11'' 200 pound forward.
Daye failed to contribute anything significant to the Grizzlies. He scored four points a game in 10 minutes off the bench. Unfortunately, anything positive Daye provided offensively he canceled out on the defensive end. Too weak to guard power-forwards and too slow to guard small-forwards, Daye finds himself in between positions. When he was traded to Memphis, Grizzlies fans thought they may have found a solution to their 3-point shooting problem, but Daye shot a measly 34 percent from long range. Unable to provide anything else, Daye's minutes slowly dwindled until averaging only five minutes per game in the playoffs.
Daye will find himself on an NBA roster somewhere next season. He beams with potential. He has the build of a Kevin Durant, but he can't produce even of fraction of Durant's clip. Best case scenario for Daye, he needs to shoot the ball in game as well as he does with no one guarding him. He could also add some weight to give him a better chance defensively, and he could even develop a post game. Whatever he does, it will have to be in a different uniform other than the Grizzlies'.
Season Grade: C-Tags: Austin Daye, Basketball, Memphis, Memphis Grizzlies, NBA


text: NEW YORK, July 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Samuelsohn, a premium menswear brand based in Montreal, announced today that it has agreed to acquire all of the tangible assets of US-based Hickey Freeman, including the factory, from W Diamond Group, and will enter into a 40-year license agreement for Hickey Freeman with brand owner, Authentic Brands Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130719/NY50014LOGO-a )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130719/NY50014LOGO-b ) As part of the transaction, Samuelsohn CEO Stephen Granovsky, President and Chief Creative Officer Arnold Brant Silverstone and President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Abramowicz will expand their roles to include Hickey Freeman oversight and development. "For 90 years Samuelsohn has been known and respected in the industry for producing the best quality suits in Canada. Likewise, Hickey Freeman has built a business and reputation over the last century producing the very best suits in the United States," said Stephen Granovsky, who is also CEO of Grano Retail Holdings ("Grano"), the owner of Samuelsohn. "Owning both of these best-in-class menswear businesses will be a dream come true." "Hickey Freeman has great brand value and long term retail relationships, as well as an extremely productive factory and talented workforce," adds Arnold Brant Silverstone. "We believe that, working with Authentic Brands Group, we can bring the same creativity, discipline and energy to Hickey Freeman that we have brought to Samuelsohn over the last three years." "We intend, first, to add to the stability, and second to drive growth," said Lawrence Pollack, Vice Chairman of both Grano and Samuelsohn. "We estimate that Hickey Freeman can grow by as much as fifty percent in the next three to five years. The Rochester factory is a diamond in the rough." "We are very proud to own Hickey Freeman and we are extremely excited about the growth opportunities that the Samuelsohn/Grano team brings to the brand," said Jamie Salter, CEO of Authentic Brands Group. "We look forward to working with a progressive company such as Samuelsohn/Grano and we are thrilled about the prospects in the future," added Nick Woodhouse, President of Authentic Brands Group. "Workers United, SEIU, and its members are very pleased with this transaction. We have excellent working relationships with Samuelsohn in Montreal and with W Diamond in Chicago and the Union looks forward to a bright future of stability and expansion of jobs in Rochester," said Noel Beasley, President of Workers United. "I will always fight to strengthen and grow Hickey Freeman in Rochester and have been pleased to stand with the company and its workers so that this day could come," said Senator Schumer. "This union with Samuelsohn buttons together two of the finest North American suit makers and will grow jobs and bring new work to Hickey Freeman's Rochester workforce in a way that will stabilize and strengthen this storied Rochester institution for decades to come." "The entire W Diamond Team is proud to pass along the Hickey Freeman tradition of excellence to the Samuelsohn team and I personally look forward to supporting their efforts any way I can," said Doug Williams, CEO of W Diamond Group. The acquisition announcement comes at the beginning of the Men's Spring 2014 Market Week in New York where Samuelsohn will be showcasing its newest collections to top retailers and media. Samuelsohn also has another cause to celebrate—2013 marks the 90 th Anniversary for the brand who will celebrate the milestone anniversary at a cocktail reception on July 21 during Market Week festivities. About Samuelsohn Headquartered in Montreal, Samuelsohn, Ltd. was founded in 1923 by Lesser Samuelsohn. Re-launched as a modern luxury brand, over the past three years, Samuelsohn is currently sold in more than 250 specialty stores throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as Harry Rosen, Nordstrom and Saks. For more information, please visit www.samuelsohn.com. About Hickey Freeman Two young entrepreneurs named Jacob Freeman and Jeremiah Hickey built it in the early years of the 20th century. Their plan was to bring high-quality hand-tailoring to men from coast to coast. As they envisioned it, a Hickey Freeman suit would be a testament to both the delicate artistry of hand-craftsmanship and the steady consistency of modern technology. Their idea turned into an epic American success story. Men of style and achievement have, for generation after generation, turned to Hickey Freeman for authenticity and quality, elegance and innovation. They still do.


text:
Some, like Les Greenfield, say it started worsening about five years ago.
"It used to be, if you put in a pump, you didn't get a call for bearing noise within that same year," says the owner of Hydro Blue Pools in Phoenix. "That definitely changed around '05. Now I get bearings whining within six months after installation."
Others, like Sabrina Clonts, say it's only become an issue in the past two years or so. "We used to see motors lasting five years, and it wasn't unusual," says the store manager at Kenco Pools, Spas and Billiards in Longview, Texas. "Now we're having to replace a lot of them after a year or two."
Ask around in the construction and service segments of the industry, though, and you'll inevitably hear it: "They don't make 'em like they used to."
Here, professionals who install and service these parts weigh in on the issue. In addition, we compare the pool and spa business to other industries in order to learn more about the forces that alter the design of parts and warranties.
Obsolete by design
The past few decades have seen significant improvements in manufactured goods across a number of industries. But rather than making products that are more durable, many companies are producing goods to last what consumers would consider a reasonable time — and that time has been getting shorter.
No one feels confident enough to say exactly when this shift in thinking began, but its roots reach back at least as far as 1954, when the industrial designer Brooks Stevens delivered a lecture titled "Planned Obsolescence." By his definition, the term described the idea of "instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary." By the late '50s, however, the phrase had come into common use as a term for products designed to break or wear out easily.
Over the past several decades, analysts in various industries have used the concept of planned obsolescence to describe trends in a number of different manufacturing niches, from home appliances to computer components. A television set, for instance, lasted an average of 12 years in 1979, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal; but by 2002, that average had dropped to five years. Domestic appliances, which were replaced every 12 to 25 years throughout the early 20th century, were being replaced every four or five years by the early 2000s. And many product replacement cycles have continued to shorten since then.
However, it's not only corporations that have been driving this change. As prices have fallen — especially on electronics — in recent decades, consumers have turned increasingly to replacing technological products rather than repairing them. And if hardly anyone is maintaining a particular gadget for longer than five years (the thinking goes), why spend any money to ensure it lasts longer than that?
"Nowadays, nobody's surprised that they need a new motor after a few years, because they don't know any better," says Paul Wahler, general manager of Pool Service Company in Arlington, Va. "But I know better, because I have customers out here who are still running 30-year-old motors. Back in the '70s, they made motors that lasted 30 years."
While no company wants to cut quality, every manufacturer is under constant pressure to stay cost-effective, and many have been forced to cut expenses. For some, that's meant a reduction in salaries or staff. Others, many in the pool industry suspect, have switched from more durable and expensive parts to cheaper ones with shorter lives.
Reduced coverage
As product replacement cycles have gotten shorter over the years, warranties have slowly shortened to keep pace. It's a bit of a chicken-and-the-egg scenario; no one's been able to pinpoint just when the shift began, or which set of expectations gave rise to which results. But there's no doubt that today, warranties on most technology products are the shortest they've been since those products were first introduced. And the pool industry is no exception.
"Some manufacturers are dropping warranties down to one year on most components," Wahler says.
Indeed, one of the easiest ways for a manufacturer to cut costs without cutting quality is to reduce warranties; and thanks to the ever-shortening replacement cycle, fewer customers expect that extended warranties will be included in a product's standard price.
Still, others point out, many manufacturers continue to offer extended warranties to those customers willing to put up the extra cash. Rick Woemmel cites one company that recently dropped its parts warranty from three years to one, but is now allowing builders and servicepeople to sell a three-year extended warranty to those customers who want it.
If that's the direction the pool industry is headed, then the lifespans of replaceable parts are likely to keep shortening. Moreover, if the pool business follows the patterns of industries such as electronics and home appliances, we can expect consumers to consider a widening range of parts as replaceable. This, in turn, will put growing pressure on many manufacturers to find even more ways of reducing the cost of those items.
Still, those manufacturers who continue to strive for quality, even in tough economic times, will be preferred by those customers who want durability and genuine value.
"My contention," Wahler says, "is that a manufacturer who wants to succeed should be building longer-lasting products than its competitors, and using that durability as a long-term selling technique. If they devoted their energies to making products that last, and to making sure those products always get fixed or replaced when necessary, they'd be winning customers for life."


text:
The Kwik Goal European club goal features an all aluminum 3" outside diameter, round frame. Kwik Lock net attachment channel throughout the entire goal allows for easy net installation. European styling offers a counter weighted bottom back bar with net channel to secure the back of the net. Truly portable goals offer excellent durability in a lightweight design. Measures 6 1/2'H x 12'W x 2'D x 7'B. Includes:
Product Specification
Construction: aluminum
Finish: Powder-Coated White
Included accessories: Deluxe (European backstays, nets, ground anchors, KG lock net clips)
Net included: yes
Size: 6 1/2' x 12' x 2' x 7'
Warranty: Lifetime
If you want to:
6,000 + (and growing) factories in our existing network are eager to make it for you.
When it comes to selling in stock products, we are no difference from many other Internet retailers, but we take pride in going extra miles to do something special for you: Have some products custom made for you.
We cannot do everything, but we usually can accommodate a certain changes in product options such as color, size, material, or minor design twist. We primarily work with vendors or factories, not individual artist or craftsman. For custom made products, we usually only cater to bulk size order that meets the minimum quantity requirement of a single factory run. Don't be shy. Ask. What we can accomplish may surprise you!
Read this first: Copyrights & Trademarks


text:
This property has been removed by the agent. It may be sold or temporarily removed from the market
3 bedroom semi-detached house for saleThe Walled Garden, Harmston, LN5
Property Description
Key features
- Semi Detached House
- Three Bedrooms
- En-suite to master
- Lounge & Kitchen Diner
- Garden Room
- Double Glazing, Gas Central Heating
- Garage & Gardens
- Desirable Cliffe Edge Village.
Full description
Located in this exclusive Peter Sowerby development within this desirable cliffe edge village this semi detached house offers three bedroom accommodation and has been further enhanced by the addition of a useful Garden Room to the rear. The property benefits from double glazing, is gas centrally heated and the accommodation comprises entrance hall, lounge, kitchen diner, garden room, landing, three bedrooms, en-suite shower room to master, family bathroom, detached single garage, driveway and enclosed rear garden.
More information from this agent
To view this media, please visit the on-line version of this page at www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-22158750.html?premiumA=true
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
To view this media, please visit the on-line version of this page at www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-22158750.html?premiumA=true
Listing History
Map & Street View
View in fullscreenView in fullscreen
Street View is unavailable in this location
Market Info
Disclaimer - Property reference 1683524. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. Rightmove.co.uk makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and Rightmove has no control over the content. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Newton Fallowell, Lincoln Sales. Please contact the selling agent or developer directly to obtain any information which may be available under the terms of The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.
Map data ©OpenStreetMap contributors.


text:
Today the Magnolia (Texas) Police Department unveiled SafeTown, a suite of Web-based and mobile apps that will connect and empower local law enforcement and citizens to make their community a better and safer place to live, said InterAct.Westell Technologies Approves Reverse Stock Split
Cordova Wireless: Alaska PSAP Incapable of Indoor Location, E9-1-1 Data
Verizon Acquires Drone Software Company
"The safety of our residents, business owners and visitors is always at the forefront of everything we do," said Chief of Police Domingo Ibarra. "With the SafeTown Crime Maps app, for example, both current and future residents and business owners can see law-enforcement related events handled by the Magnolia Police Department."
The Magnolia Police Department initially implemented one module of the SafeTown Suite, Crime Maps, powered by RAIDS Online from BAIR Analytics. The app allows officers to view crime incidents and statistics for your neighborhood conveniently on a map and understand what crimes are happening, where they are happening and when they are happening.
Your comments are welcome, click here.


text:
Follow Harriet on Twitter
About Harriet
- The Poetry Foundation's blog for poetry and related news.
- More about Harriet
- Contributors
- Archive
Poetry News
A Melancholy Sufficiency in a Review of the Dworkin/Goldsmith Anthology of Conceptual Writing
More on the Los Angeles Review of Books conceptualism tip (you might recall this and this) (oh and then this). Currently, we might feast our eyes on a piece from Peli Grietzer on the Craig Dworkin/Kenny Goldsmith-edited Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing, which both Perloff and Yankelevich alluded to in their essays. "Who, these days, is the queen of the genres?" asks Grietzer. Well:
Against Expression — a recent anthology summating the vast tide of recent writers practicing "conceptual poetics," a literature that explores the aesthetic potential of databases, plagiarism, context, and the materiality of language — represents literary culture's newest, meanest effort at sufficiency. Compiled by star practitioner Kenneth Goldsmith and lead academic liaison Craig Dworkin to be not so much a treasury of verse as an argument-by-demonstration, this anthology will excite the reader who wants more than normal literature gives her, as well as annoy — and, perhaps, haunt — the one who values her belief that normal literature gives her everything already. It's the latest news bulletin sent to the culture at large from the dense, hectic, vast, usually invisible sub-world of avant-garde (or "post-avant," "post-Language" or "experimental") poetics in America, where literary history is always a dead-serious open question.
For Goldsmith and Dworkin, conceptual writing is what comes about when digital culture and late-late-capitalist globalism become more than even modernist techniques could handle. What they and their fellow conceptualists say we need is a literature that can exist authentically within the epochal condition of (per Goldsmith)
language as material, language as process, language as something to be shoveled into a machine and spread across pages, only to be discarded and recycled once again. Language as junk, language as detritus. Nutritionless language, meaningless language, unloved language, entartete sprache, everyday speech, illegibility, unreadability, machinistic repetition.
As the conceptual writer sees it, we are all text-producing, text-consuming creatures, even before we are creatures who have love affairs or family crises or creatures who have lyrical experiences looking at trees. What literature can't do to our modern satisfaction by describing or evoking the things of our world, it can do by taking into itself a large part of the stuff that's actually in that world: tax forms, chats, indexes, letters, daily speech, radio jabber, e-mails, everything that's ever been on the internet, even literature itself. For those who are still looking for a literary art that answers Schlegel's specifications, Against Expression is a very exciting book. . . .
Also, it might be sufficient:
One needn't fully buy into the Romantic quest for an all-encompassing form in order to get excited when a new literary form appears that seems like it can encompass and transcend all the old ones. Like the literary-historical story about the inadequacy of old literary forms to new world-historical stages, the ideal of absolute sufficiency is an idea whose power as a myth is far more relevant than its shortcomings as a theory. It is the beauty of this myth that makes conceptual writing into more than an occasionally interesting enrichment of the already rich repertoire of experimental writing techniques. If there is an aesthetic discovery that makes conceptual writing what it is — a new basic aesthetic element that the practitioners of the new form discovered how to work with, like the Romantics did with the sublime or the Surrealists with the uncanny — it's the aesthetics of sufficiency.
This aesthetic operates, in conceptual writing, at two affective levels: a manic level and a melancholic level. At the manic level, we are called upon to see the conceptual work as infinitely open, a language-object that is meant not for interpretation but for an engagement in which anything can be legitimately brought to bear upon the text and the text can legitimately come to bear on anything. This is the manic aesthetic of sufficiency, wherein the "thingness" of the text is understood as ground for its connectedness to all the other things within the world. If this all sounds like just more of the old Barthesian "death of the author" spiel, it no doubt is — but it's the old spiel taken closer to the point of actual implementation than it ever was before.
From the contrary direction, a conceptual work is also guaranteed a melancholic sufficiency, simply by virtue of being what it is and not another thing: Being empty of any meaning or intention other than fulfilling the instructions that it's a fulfillment of, the work is perfect by default. The conceptual work is thus grotesquely impregnable to skeptical attacks or deconstructive questioning. . . .
Read the full piece here.
Tags: Conceptual Poetry
Posted in Poetry News on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 by Harriet Staff.


text:
Luxury Resort with Great In-town Location!
InnSeason Resorts South Mountain is ideal for outdoor-loving families and couples seeking romance. Here is a wonderful choice of spacious, well-appointed, refurbished hotel rooms & condos with cozy, comfortable furnishings and great views. This resort in beautiful Lincoln, NH sits at the base of the Loon Mountain, surrounded by beautiful scenery and world-class skiing. Next door, you'll find great shopping and dining at the Village Shops & Fratello's Ristorante - terrific for couples! Plus, enjoy free ski shuttles to Loon. All the amenities of a luxury resort are here, including indoor/outdoor pools & sauna, fitness room & cozy library with fireplace that's perfect for relaxing.
- Wifi
- Restaurant Onsite
- Pets Allowed
- Property Size 150 units
- Conference Facility
- Kids Allowed
- Nearby City Lincoln
- Nearby Water N/A
- Open Dates All Year
South Mountain is uniquely suited to families, with an indoor pool, game room and complete video library. The kids will love the resort's organized activities, while parents can walk to the attached shopping mall. For all, a theater is just next door!
The stunning, completely renovated hotel rooms and suites at South Mountain including Jacuzzi tubs, full fireplaces and the spectacular mountain views that the resort seems to blend into and, at the same time, highlight as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
South Mountain's incredible Rendezvous packages include dinner for two, breakfast and shopping certificates. Next door is a fine Italian ristorante, with a variety of entrees and wines. All amid the astonishingly beautiful White Mountains, in cozy condominiums with Jacuzzi tubs and fireplaces.
Here, at the base of Loon Mountain's expansion to South Mountain, you can experience a ski getaway like you have have before. The resort offers complimentary shuttles to the base, or make the 15-minute drive to Cannon Mountain. Discounted tickets are available at the front desk!
Villas and Condos
This amazing combination of hotel room units and condos features full island kitchens, fireplaces, and floorplans that easily accommodate up to eight people.
Additional Information
- Fitness Center
- Game Room/Arcade
- Swimming Pool
- Cross Country Skiing
- Downhill Skiing/Snowboarding
- Hiking
- Wildlife & Nature
Room Amenities
- Whirlpool
- Photography
- Shopping
- Swimming
- Theme Parks
Nearest Airports
- Berlin Regional Airport (BML) / 40.7 miles
- Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) / 46.1 miles
- Manchester Airport (MHT) / 80.2 miles
* Not all airports listed here may be open to public use, or service commercial flights
Message this property
By clicking 'Submit' you are agreeing to our Terms of Service
Vacation Request Successfully submitted. Thank You!