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BEIJING — Rain-triggered floods in southwestern China have killed 21 people and left 37 others missing while damaging roads, bridges, and thousands of homes, officials said yesterday.
The 21 deaths were reported in Guizhou Province's Wangmo county, where 31 people were missing, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a report from Nong Wenhai, a deputy governor of Wangmo. Another person was missing in the province's Luodian county.
Some 45,000 residents have evacuated the area inundated by flood waters Monday, said Tang Quanshu of Wangmo county's flood prevention office. She said another 3,000 were stranded.
Meanwhile, the waters toppled 800 houses and damaged nearly 5,000, while 50 square miles of farmland were under water, Tang said.
Xinhua, citing county officials, reported that the flooding disrupted power and water supplies and telecommunications in several towns in Wangmo county, which has a population of 8 million. It said the floods destroyed roads and bridges.


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Long Dust is the most recently created colony. The planet was only found recently, due to it's long distance from the rest of the explored universe. Long Dust is the furthest from any other colony, as it is right on the edges of The Unexplored Territories. It is a desert planet, with almost 60% of the surface covered in rock or sand. There is a small ocean that spans the norther hemisphere, that makes up for about 30% of the planets surface. The rest is mountainous or lush green rain forests. The plate was never Terraformed, but instead was one of the few worlds found that was human habitable from the start. The main city, Hues, Is located on the edge of one of the largest rainforests of the planet. Hues is also where the main space port is located, and where almost all shipments go through. Long Dust was found to be a great source of iron and various minerals, buried deep within the sand. Thousands of mines scatter the planet, slowly harvesting all the material the planet has to offer. The desert environment comes with it's own dangers however. The sun is incredibly close to the planet, causing it to be in a state of Endless Summer. Rainfall and water is very scarce, and most of the water comes from the oceans. On top of that, there are storm seasons, in which the planet is literally engulfed in sand storms. During these seasons, Hues activates it's dome, which turns it into a dome city during the storm months. During storm season, it is considered suicidal to venture into the sands, as the sand storms are powerful enough to rip flesh from bone. The storms can also cause VIDI interference, as the space arrays are blocked by the minerals in the sand, leaving the planet widely silent during those storms. There is a big market for stones that are left out during these sorts of storms, that are polished and cut apart by them.
All people that step outside, have to wear safety cooling gear that insures they remain cool enough in the planets high temperatures. All cities or settlements on the planet are equipped with protective measures against the harsh environments, such as cooling units and armor reinforced walls that keep heat out.
Classification: Type 2 Habitable but dangerous
Time: Daytime lasts 18 hours, night time only lasts 3. 21 hour days. 450 day years
Seasons: There is only two seasons. For aprox. 400 local days, it is Hot Season, where temperatures can go up to 150 degrees and are considered to be unsafe without proper safety gear. For about 50 days after that a storm season rages, where the entire planet is engulfed in a large brutal sandstorm, that makes going out of the major cities impossible.
Industry: Iron and Mineral Mining
System: 1 sun, 5 plants
Gravity: Earth Like 1.0001g
Atmosphere: No Ozone layer, but a stable strong atmosphere to resist the powerful magnetic forces of the close sun.
Weather: Very harsh temperatures. Sligh rainfall in rain forests. Sand Storms in storm season.
Criminal Element: Medium in Hues, High everywhere else. The planet's general isolation, gives it a great place for criminals to hide or conduct business. The UTW knows this, but can't do much about it since the planet is so large and widely unexplored.
Government: Democratic Council.
Plant Life: Rain forests. Lush tress and plants. Some flesh eating plants do exist.
Animal Life: Almost all is Insect or Reptilian based. Very few mamals, and only in the rainforests. The oceans have a huge variety of fish and aquatic mammals, which is the planet's main food source.
Most people in long dust have to wear protective gear to go outside, which means most people have the same tube suit system, that cools their bodies than everybody else. The suits are skin tight, and mostly go underneath other clothing. Other than that, Citizens usually dress sparingly, showing a lot of skin in the cities, where there is an added shield against the sun's rays. Outside the cities however, most people wear Long white coats and hoods with sunglasses, that help keep heat away and the sun from damaging their skin.

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text: Mike Beigel just posted this on his Facebook feed, I thought it was pretty fascinating and worth sharing: ============================== SOME INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT MU-TRON III PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ARP INSTRUMENTS BETWEEN 1978 and 1980. By the time ARP was making Mu-Tron IIIs, I was already out in my own (Beigel Sound Lab) consulting and product design business again, and i never paid much attention to the ARP Mu-Tron products. (They are the Mu-Tron III products WITH the AC line cords, and labeled as produced by Mu-Tron INC. (not Musitronics Corp. which made them from 1972 to 1978. Last night (January 17) while working with my colleague Richard Lingenberg on some new product design work, we got to talking about the ARP (Mu-Tron INC) units, and I got a BIG and DISAPPOINTING surprise. I had always figured that they were competent enough to make the product the way I had originally designed it, but that was WRONG. To make this brief, Richard (who gets all my Mu-Tron Vintage repair work and his own repair work from other sources) has fixed up and calibrated a lot of these ARP units. Apparently they changed the inside POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE but in doing so, they apparently DID NOT UNDERSTAND to change some component values that were designed for the ORIGINAL power supply voltage. What Richard noticed about (ALL?) the ARP units coming in for repair, was that the FREQUENCY SWEEP was WAY TOO HIGH. And also that the DOWN DRIVE never really worked to drive the filter down "all the way" as it was supposed to. Both of these symptoms had to do with changing the power supply voltage but not compensating for the change by changing ALSO some very critical component values. So Richard (who knows what a Musitronics Mu-Tron III unit SHOULD sound like), changed the offending parts values and recalibrated the SWEEP range and DOWN DRIVE to what they were designed to be. I never knew about this before, and am sharing it now. if you have an ARP Mu-Tron III and don't like the way it sounds or works, now you know why. if you want it to be fixed (even though it's not officially "broken" and recalibrated, please send me a note at <info at mu-tron dot ORG (NOT .com), and I will forward the information to Richard, who will contact you and give you a quotation on fixing the parts values and re-calibrating it to the frequency sweep range of the original factory Musitronics Mu-Tron Calibration. (But if you are perfectly happy with your ARP-Mu-Tron unit, then by all means USE IT AS IS. Richard also noticed enough variation in the calibration of the ARP units that it's just possible ttyat YOUR vintage ARP-MuTron III unit is accidentally calibrated "just fine". There weren't all that many ARP units made, but I thought it appropriate to inform the owners of these vintage (and AUTHORIZED by Musitronics Corp) i.e. LEGITIMATE reissues, that there might be issues with the units that (I) didn't know till last night. Thanks, Mike Beigel


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Traffic fumes are still damaging children's brains
Removing lead from petrol was supposed to prevent damage to children's mental development. Now it seems that traffic fumes may still be impairing their learning – because of the soot particles it contains.
When Shakira Franco Suglia at Harvard University and her colleagues studied 200 children in nearby Boston they found that scores on verbal reasoning, visual learning and other tests were lower in those exposed to more traffic fumes. The IQ of children from areas of the city with above-average pollution levels was 3 points below those in cleaner areas, even after controlling for socio-economic factors (American Journal of Epidemiology, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm308).
That puts the impact of soot on a par with lead and other toxic substances that damage brain development, says Franco Suglia.
Since soot levels rise with traffic volume, Franco Suglia recognises that some other aspect of traffic may be the cause. However, exhaust particles remain


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** Shares in precious metals miner Hochschild Mining rise as much as 4 percent to 165.5 pence after Citi raises its target price to 116 pence a share from 110 pence.
** The brokerages cites rise in first half silver-equivalent output and cost-cutting paying off.
** Hochschild this week said it has exceeded its target of saving $200 million and identified new ways to cut the cost of mining silver in Peru and Argentina
** Hochschild's stock was the top percentage gainer among FTSE-250 companies.
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I prepare this dish today with the simple methods (as I always like the easy ways) without too much oil as I didn't deep fried the pork rib, but yet it's appetizing.
1. 5-6 tsp Brown sugar
2. 600-800g Pork Rib (Quickly rinse them with hot water to get rid of the pork smell/blood, Optional)
3. 6-8 tsp Balsami Vinegar (that's the only one I have, you can replace this with any vinegar)
4. 2-3 tsp Chinese dining wine for cooking
5. Salt
1. Heat the pan, some oil and add in sugar. Melt the sugar with low heat. (Beware not to overcook the sugar)
2. Add in Pork and stir them to cover the pork skin with melted sugar. It will looks in brown colour.
3. Then add in water. The water should probably cover the pork rib. Turn to medium to high heat to cook them. In the same time, add in dining wine.
4. About 30 minutes until the water is lesser, add in vinegar and little salt. Mix them well. Cook it until the juicy sauce is thicker and covering all the pork ribs. You can then taste the sauce. If it's too sour, then adjust it by adding more sugar, vice-versa.
You can serve this hot/cold. Usually we cook a lot and keep the extra in the fridge to be served again the next day. The pork rib is tender and the sweetness actually sink into the meat. This dish is served with rice.


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Cake Mixes...getting Away From Major Store Brands
Decorating By newbaker55 Updated 30 Dec 2012 , 11:49pm by newbaker55
This is for anyone but especially for small, home-based operations/hobbyists:
Since DH, BC & PB changed their pkg. sizes and formulas (stinko, IMHO), I've been playing around with cake extender recipes, etc., to get even close to the results I used to get with the 'old' mixes. So far, I'm not a happy camper.
Have any of you used the bulk mixes from online restaurant supply stores? The customer reviews I've seen are all five-star, but I wanted to hear from my cake friends before deciding whether or not to purchase this way.
One place in PA sells the brand "Mill Creek" (hope I'm not breaking any rules here!) and 5 lbs of yellow cake mix sells for $4.59 (not counting S&H). When I bake, I bake A LOT and freeze, so this seems like it would be a great deal.
If you've tried this brand or any other, I'd be most appreciative of you opinions.
BTW, I always used DH Classic mixes and added pudding mix, extra egg, oil/sour cream & addt'l liquid with great results...that is until we were hit with cake-mix armaggedon
TIA guys!
ALOL- cake mix armageddon!
If you have an Aldi store near you, try their mixes. I've been lurky-loo here for a bit and had read about the mix problems. I saw their mixes and out of curiosity checked the weight. The white was 18.xx ounces. I've used their mixes just as is in the past and they were always good...the same as name brand to my tastes. Of course, I've been on a personal challenge/quest of finding "perfect" scratch recipes and didn't pick any up to try LOL! I should have!
Another idea is commercial mixes. Check around in your area for places that mostly sell to restaurants--they will likely sell to home bakers now. But you gotta buy bulk. Worth a try. Maybe they can request a sample from the manufacturer/salesman for you that you can play with. I don't know.
And of course just consider the original but less weighty cake mix another ingredient and weigh out the correct amount, open two mixes and get the 18.5 or whatever it was.
Bake from scratch, that way, you know exactly what is in your cakes. 100 grams of flour will always be 100 grams of flour, same goes for sugar, vanilla and butter or oil.
Thanks so much for your replies!
Gena575: No Aldi's in this neck of the woods...and I haven't seen a store around here that even has it's own brand. I did fiddle around with a 'dollar aisle' mix the other day but wasn't thrilled with the results. I've also looked for some of the old Jiffy mixes to no avail.
-K8Memphis: I tried making up the difference from another box of mix, but it seems that the package volume is not the only thing that changed! I only tried it once with a DH Devil's Food mix and the results were that of a mass-produced, dime-store brownie and the flippin' thing wouldn't rise worth a doodle! The sole restaurant supply place around here doesn't carry consumables (go figure) but will order for me...might as well cut out the middle man by finding reliable products online, right? Even the local highly respected & sought after designer cake 'bakery' here has a secret! Yep...see them regularly in Wal Mart at 4:30 a.m.(when they think no-one else might see) buying up scads of mixes, canned icing and Wilton fondant!!!
Ursula40: Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat as Gena575...looking for the 'perfect' scratch recipes. Actually, I don't think it's the recipes I've tried as much as it it my lack of talent for baking...that's the reason I gave up trying...may need to re-visit that option though when my caking Zen is restored
I really appreciate you all.
You can do it!!! As you're making whatever recipes you choose--watch and look for that emulsion to come together as you go. Don't proceed if it looks still broken--must look smooth at each step. Make your scratch cake like you would a box mix. No worries.
Baking angels dispensed to hover near.
Thanks for the vote of confidence -K8Memphis!
All hovering angels ae welcome in my kitchen (with hairnets, of course) but be forewarned...I curse when frustrated and sometimes sh..., oops I mean frosting... flies
No worries they've heard it all before!!! Not to mention they wear 'wing' nets too.
When you make from scratch you can mix all of the dry ingredients together for each recipe and store it in a container or zip lock storage baggie. When you need to make a cake then it will be like a box cake only mixed up from scratch and all you need to do is add the eggs, milk, vanilla extract just like you would a cake mix. Maybe someone else here has a better solution!!!
Thanks Remnant...when I'm over my fear terror of scratch-cake failure, I may just give that a try.


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You've got an extremely emotional scene to do. You arrive early to your audition so you can get settled and get in your zone.
In the waiting room you overhear the casting assistant talking to CAA about sending a script to Mr. Famous Actor for your role. You can actually hear the actors auditioning in the other room, and they're getting a great reaction. You're starting to question all your choices. "Eek! I wasn't gonna do that!"
You shove your ear buds even further into your ears hoping you can drown out all these distractions that will undoubtedly be your undoing. "I'm good. I'm in my zone. I can do this," you repeat over and over. You're calling up your character's emotional past to grab on to the emotions you'll need for the upcoming scene.
You're ushered into the casting office and are greeted by a peppy and excited assistant or a group of people who barely acknowledge that you're in the room to audition. Then they want to chat. "How's it going? What did you think of the script? Do you have any questions?" In the background you can hear the distinct sound of your heart beating so loudly that you can barely hear them asking you these inane questions. Then you realize, no, it's not your heartbeat; it's the distinct sound of a drill because they're putting a new roof on the office while you're auditioning.
Are we having fun yet? No, we're not. How can an actor give a great audition against all these odds that seem to be set up as an obstacle course to make you fail? Protect yourself. Yes, you have to protect yourself against all these outside elements. Concentration is key, but asking for, or rather telling them, what you need is also crucial. This is what I call "controlling the room." If you have a traumatic scene to do and you're all geared up to connect to the character's pain emotionally, then you come into an office and have to chat first—protect yourself. You can say, "I'd love to jump into the scene first; then we can chat after." It's all about the way you ask or tell. If you're polite and gracious, you can get away with murder in this setting—as long as you're not a diva about it. Remember, we want you to do well. We want to help you. It's OK to ask a specific question about the scene, character, or screenplay beforehand, but make sure that you can use the answer in a specific way to inform the way you'll play the upcoming scene.
If you get lost in the first few moments of the scene, stop and say, "I'm going to start over" and do just that—start over. Don't ask for permission. You need not make a big deal about it. Don't apologize, and don't have a meltdown. Remember, you didn't do anything horrible—but if you flip out and say, "I'm so sorry—can I please start over? Damn, I always do that!" then you give me pause, and I'm now worried how you'll be on set if this happens. It's how you handle these little speed bumps that shows us what a pro you are.
Remember, this is your time. This is your audition. Tell us what you need.
Known for her work in film and television, Casting Director Marci Liroff has worked with some of the most successful directors in the world such as Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Mark Waters, Christopher Nolan, Brad Bird, and Herbert Ross. While working at Fenton-Feinberg Casting, she, along with Mike Fenton, cast such films as "A Christmas Story," "Poltergeist," "E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and "Blade Runner." After establishing her own casting company in 1983, Liroff cast "Footloose," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," "The Iron Giant," "The Spitfire Grill," "Untamed Heart," "Freaky Friday," "Mean Girls," "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," "Mr. Popper's Penguins" and the upcoming "The Sublime and Beautiful," which she produced as well.
Liroff is also an acting coach, and her three-night Audition Bootcamp has empowered actors to view the audition process in a new light. The class spawned a DVD, which features the highlights of the Audition Bootcamp classes.
Visit Liroff online at marciliroff.com, follow her on Twitter @marciliroff and Facebook, and watch her advice videos on YouTube. You can also read her blog.


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Advanced French for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language
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- Description: Emphasis on the development & maintenance of communicative oral skills in French. May include opportunities for attendance at lectures, movies, theatres, & events where French is spoken.
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Cerebus the Aardvark, the creation of Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim and the star of his 6,000-page epic Cerebus, conquers the new frontier of digital comics as publisher Aardvark-Vanaheim joins the Diamond Digital program for the digital release of the 25-part Cerebus: High Society.
Through Diamond Digital, readers can purchase the Cerebus: High Society digital comics from their local comic shop and their online stores and download the content to their mobile devices via the "Digital Comics Reader" App for iOS and Android. A free download, the Digital Comics Reader app can be downloaded at Diamond Digital or via www.digitalcomicsreader.com and offers readers free cloud storage for all their Diamond Digital purchases.
The first issue of Cerebus: High Society, which reprints May 1981's Cerebus #26, is available for free through Diamond Digital, and subsequent issues will be priced at 99 cents each.
Originally published in Cerebus in the early 1980s and acclaimed as one of the greatest graphic novels of all time, Cerebus: High Society brings the groundbreaking, yet timely and relevant, satire of Cerebus' campaign for the Prime Ministership of Iest to the digital audience. Each issue features original documents from the time period from Dave Sim's Cerebus Archive, pages from his original notebooks, and his own annotations.
"Dave Sim's Cerebus is one of comics' singular achievements and has been a mainstay of comic shops since the Direct Market's earliest days," said Diamond Vice President of Purchasing Bill Schanes. "This partnership between Diamond Digital and Aardvark-Vanaheim will bring this important work to the burgeoning digital market. Here at Diamond, we look forward to conquering new digital readers together with Cerebus: High Society."
Said Cerebus' Dave Sim: "It's hard to find anything to say about digital High Society without tattooing Spoiler Warning across my mouth – and being deathly afraid of jinxing both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney all the way from up here in the Great White North. Everyone just keep chanting as you download each issue in your favourite comic store: 'Hanging Chads! Never Again! Hanging Chads! Never Again!' And if that works, remember: you have Dave Sim and Diamond Digital to thank. And if it doesn't, Oh, Jeez. Don't look at me. I'm just a hoser like you, so 'Take Off, Eh?'"
Issues 1 through 5 of Cerebus: High Society are currently available to customers through comics retailers in the Diamond Digital program, and future issues of the 25 issue series will be released weekly through March 2013.
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The Native Bee Network helps you find, identify, and raise your native wild hole-nesting bees. Our hope for this program is to gain more knowledge about native bees to improve and repopulate the overall local wild bee population.
Opening a Mason Bee Nest
Wild Bee Nesting Materials
Why are we running this program?
Your backyard, whether you know it or not, is meant to be a home to a variety of bees native to North America. We've learned that the best pollinating bees are local bees and they already live in their optimal environment - your backyard. While the honey bee is our bee of choice today, our sole reliance on this imported bee as an agricultural pollinator is risky and not sustainable. We're learning that honey bees travel far and spread their diseases to wild native bees. We're also understanding that solitary native bees pollinate significantly better than the honey bee.
North America is home to a huge diversity of 4,000 native bees and about 1,000 of these species nest in holes. What makes a hole-nesting bee valuable is our ability to move the bee from here to there, something you can't do safely with the 3,000 ground-nesting bee species. Native bee populations are struggling due to competition with honeybees and loss of habitat for both flowers and nesting sites. Planting flowers and providing healthy nesting sites helps bees, but we have a lot to learn about how to take care of our native hole-nesting bees.
Our native bees have been scientifically named and cataloged but we have little knowledge about each bee's characteristics. What size nesting hole do they prefer? When do they emerge from their cocoons? With what material do they plug their end cap? What pests and diseases affect them? These are practical questions for knowing how to raise native bees and with your help, we can find the answers and improve bee populations.
What You'll Do
Crown Bees is currently designing and building a Bee Finder page that will have a Steward Profile for you and Bee Badges for bees. Please be patient as we create these components. In the meantime, this is our vision of the vital work that you'll be doing when you participate.
- Keep an online journal of your nest site(s) cocoons so that you can track year to year
- Identify wild bees that move into your bee house
- Take and share photos of your wild bees and bee cocoons so that others can learn to identify their bees
- Describe key characteristics and observations about your wild bees, this information will help us all raise native bees
- Share what you're doing with family, friends and your local community.
The Future of Sustainable Agriculture
Crown Bees is dedicated to providing more food for the planet. Research already proves that native bees are better pollinators. A healthy portfolio of local native hole-nesting bees will ensure that we have the pollinators our yards and farmlands need.
Knowing how to care for our native hole-nesting bees will also benefit conservation lands as we provide healthy, well-managed nesting sites. Bee houses can provide a transitional habitat as young trees and shrubs grow.
All that is missing are the wild bees in sufficient numbers to reintroduce to our yards, natural lands, and farmlands. You are an important solution to this future. There are two times to plant a fruit tree; twenty years ago, and today. Start helping us find and raise native bees today.
What You Can Do Now
Start placing native bee houses and think forward to the project launch. Read the next section.
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DETROIT - Many of the stars were missing from the Friday night lineups of the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies, leaving it to others to decide the outcome.
Alex Avila improved his batting average to .187 with a two-run double with one out in the fifth inning to give the Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. The Tigers used the combined four-hit pitching of Doug Fister and Joaquin Benoit to keep the Phillies' offense under control.


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Hey. We need to talk.
I have some stuff I need to get off my chest.
But before I do, let me first say this.
Thank you.
Thank you to my fans and followers who have supported me for years. Thank you for buying prints from my Etsy shop. Thank you for supporting my decisions of who I decide to partner with in business, and above all, thank you for the heaps of love and encouragement I receive on a daily basis. For this, I am immensely grateful.
With that said, I need to address a few comments I received this week along with my big Barnes & Noble launch (a branded end cap in stores nationwide.)
"Beware of becoming a 'stuff' artist."
"Becoming a brand is soulless."
"Find a better [partner] or your work will become yesterday's news."
"I hope you appreciate your gift more than fast cash."
"No more big box stores."
Yeah, I could just shake these things off, and believe me, I do, but this is bringing up some things I'd like to share.
I get it. I get how you could be worried.
But guess what? (here's where I stand on my soapbox.)
1. I'm constantly aware of the fact that I could be deemed as a "stuff" artist. Some people make "stuff" for a living and that's just fine. For me, I'm a painter first and a commercial artist next. It's a fine line to walk. It's a balancing act. I am constantly evaluating the amount of licensed goods I have in the world and balancing that with how much I paint. If wanted to become an exclusive "stuff" artist (goodness, I just love that term so much.), I would have shut down my Etsy shop a long time ago and moved the whole operation to a factory. But here's the deal. I paint what I want. I paint what comes to me. Then I sell prints of it in my online shop. And if someone inquires about using that art on a notebook, journal, or planner, they get put through a rigorous test. It's called, "Are you my ideal client/licensee?" I ask them and myself: Are you a good fit for me and my brand? Will my art be honored on your product? Will this product better the world or inspire someone? Can I sell the product in my Etsy shop directly to my fan base? If all signs point to yes, then YES! We might be able to work together. Contrary to some folk's beliefs, I don't just sign any agreement that comes my way. In fact, saying NO has been a trend this past year.
2. I'm aware that becoming a brand could zap the soul right out of your business if it's not done right. But I'll let you in on a little secret. My brand is an extension of me. It's an extension of my soul. "Katie Daisy" was born one day on a sketchbook page in my product design class. I wrote down all of the colors and words associated with my brand. What does the brand "Katie Daisy" feel like? Well, obviously it feels like a summer breeze in a small midwestern farm town. What does the brand Katie Daisy smell like? Purple clover, of course. The colors? Sunflower yellow, asparagus green, strawberry red, twilit-sky blue. What type of packaging works with my brand? Brown kraft mailers and baker's twine - anything that looks "of the prairie." It has been so easy to "brand" and market my work because it's an extension of my spirit. It's an authentic, soulful business, rooted so deeply in the earth. I've also defined my brand's values (love, oneness, positivity, beauty, freedom) and anti-values (fear, hate, cynicism, anger, aggression). This helps immensely when deciding whether or not to work on a specific project. Becoming a brand is not soulless. I absolutely love branding. For me, it's taking everything I love so dear (the art, packing materials, smells, flavors, sounds, words, fonts, etc.), and wrapping it up with a big bow.
3. Five years ago when I was fresh out of college, I was contacted by a big box store to do a page of spring-themed art for them. I did it for a flat fee and zero artist credit on the product. Despite that, I was elated. My art appeared on 15+ products in every one of their stores across the country. I was proud. But part of me felt cheated. Why couldn't I have credit? How will anyone know to contact me for further deals? I wish I had more control of where they positioned that butterfly... From that point on, I knew that I wanted to be known and not anonymous. I wanted control of my art. Becoming a branded artist isn't necessarily easy, but it is possible if you remain true to your vision and work hard. Don't follow trends, start them. Paint what you want, what feels good. Be true to YOU.
4. Things are changing with big box stores. Have you noticed the endcaps in several big chains devoted to designers or "small," independent artists? Have you noticed hang tags that actually credit the artist? Have you seen artist lines in big-named catalogs? If you haven't, try looking a little closer. They're everywhere, and will only continue to grow. I wholeheartedly believe that larger corporations are seeing the value of the independent artist. Consumers want something more these days. They want something original. They want something with soul. They want something that can't be automated or mass-produced. They want independent. They want small. And boy-oh-boy is that good news for us, the independent artist. I personally think it's AWESOME that places like West Elm and Anthropologie are teaming up with Etsy artists so they can have a broader reach. Which brings me to my next point...
5. So you want to support me until I am too big? This is something I just don't get. People who cry "SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS!!" and then when that artist actually does have success, there's uproar. "you're a sellout!" But wait, I thought you wanted me to have success? You'll only support me if I'm struggling?
6. This is the one that really stings... but mostly makes me laugh. "I hope you appreciate your gift more than fast cash." Really? Really...? I am incredibly appreciative of the fact that I can do what I love for a living. I would never choose an opportunity just because the cash is good. In fact, I turned down a gig a couple years ago that could've made 100k. Why? Because I strive for authenticity. That client didn't pass the "are we a good match?" test, and could've hurt my business down the road. Also, I'll let you in on another little secret... I make more money selling direct-to-customer than I do with any of my "big-name" contracts.
So... To the few of you out there who have harsh words and feelings about what I'm up to: Please don't be so quick to judge. There is a whole hell of a lot of thought and love and soul put into every single decision I make in my business. And not to sound too proud, but I think I'm doing a pretty good job. I am a business. I will continue to grow. Please trust that I'm doing that in the truest way I know how.
And again, thank you to those who have stuck with me since my early days. I could never have gotten this far without you.
With Love and gratitude, always:
Katie Daisy. an artist. an individual. a brand. a business. a soul. What's the difference?


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Man Utd step up interest in Inter's Fredy Guarin with Arturo Vidal hopes fading
MANCHESTER UNITED are stepping up their interest in Inter Milan midfielder Fredy Guarin as their hopes of landing Arturo Vidal diminish.
The saga of Vidal's move to Old Trafford has become one of the most long-running of the summer.
But United appear to be close to accepting that a move may not come to fruition and are considering their other options.
Reports earlier today saw Louis Van Gaal's side linked with ex-Liverpool ace Xabi Alonso and Benfica's Nicolas Gaitan.
But fresh reports in Italy suggest that Guarin is also under serious consideration.
Manchester United have enquired about Fredy Guarin
Indeed, it is suggested that United have now enquired about Inter's asking price and the player's wage demands.
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You've heard me talk about how the Obama administration's recent change to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (CAFE) will impact the collision-repair industry. In case you need to jog your memory: In late 2009, President Obama announced an aggressive mandate requiring all new cars and trucks to achieve 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 (an average of 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for trucks), cutting four years from the previous regulation timetable. Although this change will vastly affect vehicle construction—particularly vehicle size—it snuck under the radar and went unnoticed by many.
There's another major change that also needs to be brought to the forefront, as it too will no doubt have a far-reaching effect on the industry—the cutthroat horsepower race between vehicles on U.S. roads. Horsepower has come a long way in a fairly short amount of time. When I worked at a detailing shop in high school (ok, so maybe not such a short timeframe), I had the privilege of detailing several exotic cars. I have always been a James Bond fan (what car buff isn't), so when an Aston Martin DB5 came into the shop, I loudly raised my hand to be the first to volunteer to work on this beauty.
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I opened the owner's manual to find out where the well-hidden hood release was, and in the process, I found something else I'll never forget—a welcome letter to the lucky owner of this machine. It so eloquently began, "Dear Sir, you have just purchased one of the world's fastest motor cars." Wow, what a sentence…not only for the obvious, sexist assumption that the owner could only be male, but that the DB5 was one of the world's fastest cars. Looking at performance figures in the 1960s, it was both one of the quickest and most expensive cars to be had.
The world has changed a lot since the DB5 starred in "Goldfinger." Today's consumers (even those in the market for economy cars) would not stand for the performance of the top-selling small car of the 1960s—the VW Beetle. With a 0-60 time of 23 seconds and a top speed of 72 miles per hour, many drivers likely consider them a fun way to take a trip down memory lane, but I suspect that many would not darken the VW's doors for everyday use on today's roads.
We have come to expect spritely performance from economy cars, and car makers are giving us what we want. Believe it or not, a Honda Civic can out accelerate the Aston Martin DB5. Can you imagine James Bond driving a Honda Civic instead? Even the unsuspecting 2006 Civic Si can outperform my favorite muscle car: the iconic 1965 Pontiac GTO. The recorded time for the GTO was 0-60 in 7.0 seconds and a quarter mile time of 15.8 seconds, with the stock 2006 Honda Civic Si coming in at 6.2 seconds with a quarter mile of 14.7 seconds.
So what impact does this have on collision repairers? Two things come to mind. First, there are a host of advanced mechanical components needed that work together to squeeze such performance out of four-cylinder engines. Computer-controlled valve timing, transmissions and throttles all complicate repairs when the impact has intruded on the engine compartment.
Secondly, these cars are light weight, with the weight savings coming from the smaller, lighter components that unfortunately tend to be destroyed in moderate impacts. Surrounding structures sacrifice themselves to protect the passenger compartment, which is great in terms of occupant safety, but it's not such good news in terms of reparability because in most situations where this occurs, the car can't be economically repaired.
Many vehicles in the latest car magazines fall into this category. Just scan the pages and you'll see that they are full of what in the 1980s were called "econoboxes" but are now slippery wedges that are surprisingly quick. Look at the front end of these sleek cars, and you'll see that these low-slung, wind-cheating cars are easily capable of driving under the back bumper of SUVs and trucks. That kind of impact will take out two xenon headlamps, an alloy hood, two fenders, the A/C condenser, radiator and the alloy core support while also deploying the two front airbags, which will destroy the dash panel and windshield. Most three-year-old small cars sustaining that type of damage are not going to end up in the shop for repair.
The folks at American Honda recognized this trend and are doing something about it by offering collision-impact kits, which help make front-end repairs more cost effective. Kits include a front-bumper cover, front-bumper beam, front-bumper absorber, right and left fenders, right and left headlights, hood, SRS unit, driver's airbag, and driver's pre-tensioner seatbelt. Buying those parts individually could cost just over $3,000 at manufacturer's suggested prices. However, purchasing the parts in the kit is significantly less at roughly $2,000, giving you the potential to save around $1,000.
I have yet to see other small-car makers launch such a program. Other OEMs need to follow Honda's lead so there is more than just one company offering solutions to reduce economic total losses. There's no reason not to since there are so many benefits to repair cars. Shops get more work, owners (who may be upside down on the loan) keep their car, and OEMs sell more parts.
In the past, many OEMs believed that they benefited from an owner totaling out a car, but in today's new-car sales market and credit crunch, can they be so sure? There are several steps you should take when a borderline total comes in to your shop.
1. Understand the state regulation on totals; you need to know how an insurance company makes the decision.
2. Find the realistic salvage value of that particular car and proactively educate the insurance company on the facts.
3. Work with your OEM parts suppliers too and understand if there are additional discounts available through their competitive crash parts program. It may make the difference between them selling a lot of parts or not selling any.
What else can you do? As members of the collision-repair industry, you can work with the OEMs to make this situation better. Join your local shop organizations and work with them to leverage the power of their experience to make your voice heard.


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Patrick Lightbody blogged about the integration of the WWPortlet project into WebWork 2.2, to provide portlet support for WebWork applications, in "WebWork 2.2: JSR168 (Portlet) Support!"
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US shutdown: Obama rejects proposed debt plan by Republicans
The White House on Tuesday dismissed a possible plan by the Republicans that could have put an end to the US shutdown and end the political deadlock.
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Washington: The White House on Tuesday dismissed a possible plan by the Republicans that could have put an end to the US shutdown and end the political deadlock.
"The President has said repeatedly that Members of Congress don`t get to demand ransom for fulfilling their basic responsibilities to pass a budget and pay the nation`s bills," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage.
"Unfortunately, the latest proposal from House Republicans does just that in a partisan attempt to appease a small group of Tea Party Republicans who forced the government shutdown in the first place," she said.
With only few days left for a historic US debt default, an alternate plan was proposed by the members of the Republican Party.
US President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Democrats today to decide on the future course of action.
The proposed plan aimed to raise the debt limit to USD 16.7 trillion and postpone 'Obamacare' tax on medical instruments for two years.
The US government has been shut since October 01 when the Congress failed to pass a budget. It risks marking a first in the US history by causing America to default on its debts if the debt ceiling is not raised by October 17.
The shutdown has affected over 4 lakh federal employees and national parks and museums have been closed.
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Holbeach came to a standstill on Tuesday to celebrate the life of farmer Bill Disdel who has died, aged 96.
Family and friends led by Bill's son David Disdel (69), grandson Barry Disdel (48) and partner Sam Hall, great-grandchildren Samamtha and Daniel Disdel, headed a funeral procession from Northons Lane, Holbeach, to All Saints' Church where a thanksgiving service was held.
Bill was born in Gedney Dyke and started farming in the village aged 14 before going on to work in Holbeach St Marks and Whaplode before retiring about 15 years ago.
His decades in farming were recognised by his family who arranged for Bill's coffin to be carried on his special 1954 Ferguson TEF 20 tractor and trailer which was driven by David.
David said: "My dad loved his tractor and he loved going on road runs through Fosdyke for Macmillan Cancer Support, as well as Moulton and Holbeach St Johns as a member of the local Ferguson Club.
"Bill worked very hard for all of his life, but he also went to air shows and supported Leeds United Football.
"The thanksgiving service went very well and he would have been overjoyed by what happened with the procession."
Barry said: "Bill was a typical grandad who was always there for us.
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MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courseware) offer alternative ways of learning.
Many are aware of Khan Academy and how they are "on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace."
Now we also have Udacity started by a former Stanford professor who was inspired by Khan Academy and believes "university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we've connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world."
A joint venture between Stanford University, University of Michigan, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania which resulted in a multidisciplinary alternative way of learning, named Coursera.
Please have a look to see what is offered in your discipline. These are a few of the MOOCs currently available. To learn more visit the PDF document 7 Things You should Know About MOOCs.


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Gerry Johnson,Kevan Scholes, Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases was a core text for a module on Applied Strategic Management for my degree. The text book covers a vast array of strategy related issues, is well written, very detailed and has lots of helpful charts. It interestingly takes the approach that strategy can be viewed through different lenses. The most useful aspect of the book however was that it contained a large number of case studies together with guidelines on how to tackle these case studies and suggestions as to which analysis techniques should be used. Each analysis technique is covered in the book. My copy, for which I paid £39 (rather expensive, but this is a big book) is now quite worn and full of highlighted pages. Questions at the end of each chapter encourage discussion and areas for possible further reading. This is definitely the best strategy book around, which is why so many Universities use it a core text. This is the first text book that I've read from cover to cover and quite enjoyed. Highly recommended.
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An RBI triple by Didi Gregorius lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-1 win in 12 innings over the San Diego Padres.
Gregorius drove in Chris Owings, who had doubled with one out off Luke Gregerson (6-8).
Paul Goldschmidt connected for his 36th home run in the sixth inning for the Diamondbacks. Martin Prado had two of Arizona's seven hits in the game.
Josh Collmenter (5-4) picked up the win in relief of Wade Miley, who went six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out seven. Brad Ziegler notched his 12th save.
The Padres toed the game 1-1 in the eighth on a passed ball that allowed Reymond Fuentes to score from third.


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More crash bodies repatriated as family tells of hell beyond hell
Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster have arrived in the Netherlands, while diplomats promoted a plan for a UN team to secure the crash site.
All 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – most of them Dutch citizens – were killed when the plane was shot down on July 17. US officials say the Boeing 777 was probably shot down by a missile from territory held by pro-Russian rebels, likely by accident.
Australian PM Tony Abbott, who says he fears some remains will never be recovered, has proposed a multinational force mounted by countries such as Australia, the Netherlands and Malaysia that lost citizens.
To that end, Mr Abbott said he had dispatched 50 police officers to London to be ready to join any organisation which may result.
Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop was travelling with her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans to Kiev to seek an agreement with Ukraine to allow international police to secure the wreckage, Mr Abbott said. Details including whether officers would be armed and protected by international troops were yet to be agreed, Mr Abbott said.
This week, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution proposed by Australia demanding that rebels cooperate with an independent investigation and allow all remaining bodies to be recovered.
The two planes brought a total of 74 more coffins back to the Netherlands, said government spokesman Lodewijk Hekking.
The Dutch investigators gave permission for what it called "local parties" to move wreckage at the site in order to recover remaining victims.
Meanwhile, yesterday the parents of three Australian children aged 8 to 12 killed on MH17 say they are in a "hell beyond hell" and that not even those who destroyed the plane deserve such suffering.
Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris, whose father was also aboard, said: The sons Mo, 12, and Otis, 8, and daughter Evie, 10, were being accompanied by their grandfather, Nick Norris, who had agreed to fly with them from Amsterdam to Perth so that they could start school. The parents stayed on in Europe to extend their holiday by a few days.
"Our babies are not here with us – we need to live with this act of horror, every day and every moment for the rest of our lives ..."
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Harry's life stands at a crossroads.
He is torn between a return to the only true home he as ever known or a dark and dangerous winding and twisting road through Horcruxes and ending with murder.
But can he become a murderer? Can he over come the Dark Arts, while dabbling within them? Will Ron and Hermione stand beside him on the road to doom? And if love is truly his greatest power then why did he let his only true love go?
To defeat evil, Harry must climb a mountain of dark Death Eaters and Ministry mayhem - but will he come out on top in the Final Battle?
Very good story so far. I only have one thing to say: What the run-ons! Other than that, great story!
Good story. I liked it.
Author's Response: Thank you!
Good story so far. No grammar errors ascfar as I can see. Impressive. But remember to keep up the updates!
Good one. Not to be critical, but you really need to check the tense of your verbs.
Author's Response: Thanks! Critique is always good. Do you mean that its written in present tense? Stories are usually written in third or first person and past tense, but sometimes I like to mix it up by writing in second person or with present tense -- I've done it before in other genres, although this is the first time I've done it for Harry Potter.


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text: Julian over at EXCELER8ion posts about a great video created by Microsoft employee Geert and an ad agency (hmm, sounds familiar....I hope I have as auspicious a debut with some of my video projects). It's a promo for Ad Center and in one fell swoop shows how many advertisers "don't get it" and why I am still single (What? Too much information?). You can watch the video here, but give Julian some link-love; he's very generous in his comments about me, as is his lovely and intelligent wife Shannon, both of whom fall into the category of people who totally get it big time. Wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it and how often do you hear me say that kind of stuff anyway?


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Club tell Manchester United: You can have our star player for £35m
ATHLETIC BILBAO have told Manchester United they are willing to part company with their prized asset Aymeric Laporte.
The Frenchman is widely regarded as one of world football's best young centre-backs and has courted interest from a number of Europe's elite clubs.
Premier League giants Manchester United are understood to be keen on snapping up the 21-year-old and are believed to have opened transfer talks with Bilbao.
And according to El Correo the La Liga side have told the Red Devils they can sign the defender if they meet his £35m release clause.
Laporte, who has made 119 appearances for Bilbao, is well aware of the reports linking him with a move away from San Mames but has insisted he is happy where he is.
"My name is mentioned in every transfer window and with a lot of teams"Aymeric Laporte
"My name is mentioned in every transfer window and with a lot of teams," Laporte told AS.
"I've renewed four times with Athletic.
"I've done what I wanted, I've shown confidence in the club and them in me.
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Bad Astronomy is freaking out that the Apollo Landing Sites Were Imaged by LRO! "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken pictures of the Apollo landing sites!"
There's are ones for all the Apollo landings on the NASA page. You have to see the one of Apollo 14.
Notes from Howard's Sabbatical from Working. The name comes from a 1998 lunch conversation. Someone asked if everything man knew was on the web. I answered "no" and off the top of my head said "Fidel Castro's favorite color". About every 6-12 months I've searched for this. It doesn't show up in the first 50 Google results (this blog is finally first for that search), AskJeeves says it's: red.
Friday, July 17, 2009
LRO Photographs Apollo Landing Sites
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- The Dad said...
So, wait, is NASA trying to convince us that it wasn't all a lie and that someone ACTUALLY landed on the moon? Yeah right, keep trying.
- Fri Jul 17, 03:04:00 PM EDT
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- Sound: 9
- Lyrics: 8
- Overall Impression: 10
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Sound — 9
The folk singer Chet Powers changed his name to Dino Valenti when performing at an Italian club to get recognition when he would play at night clubs back in the early '60s and on. He never could be recorded for some reason until he got a deal with Epic and recorded this album in 1968, there is another album that he had scrapped that was recorded and would have been a successful album with mainstream folk-pop songs on it. But he demanded his artistic freedom and had this album to be released the way he wanted it, he was difficult in the studio but it was what he wanted and that is the way you have to do things when you are a musician to get the sound that you feel is original and you. That is truly what makes this album so unique, the only song of commercial potential on the album seems to be the track "Tomorrow" and the only cover he did that may have also had some commercial potential is his cover of "Me and My Uncle" by John Phillips which is my favorite rendition of the song, even though I love Joni Mitchell's version and John Denvers', but the way he performs this song so dramatically and intense only as a one man band with his wholesome sounding warm crisp 12 string guitar is just breath-taking. Maybe some people can not appreciate this album for what it truly is as it is a matter of taste but these performances and the song-writing here is impressive. Allmusic gives this album a well deserved four and a half stars but I digress...
The sheer rawness of his cover of the song "Me and My Uncle" adds his own serious and chilling imagery to the song with interesting little guitar fills all done by himself. Definitely one of my favorite tracks off of this album next to "Time" and "Everything's Gonna Be OK."
This album was unfortunately misspelled as Dino Valente when it should be "Valenti" as an error and the original vinyl unfortunately did not do well on the market, but that should never mean that it is not a truly genius rare and unique type of Psychedelic-Folk with a melancholy and moody vibe that is somehow sad and distant yet beautiful. There is also a feel of true happiness and confidence in the track "Everything's Gonna Be Ok."
Back to the fact that Chet Powers was unrecorded for so long and his only work remains to be on this album, and a recently discovered batch of tape recordings compiled into a new album "Get Together" along with his first and only 45 rpm single released there is no other solo recording of him except maybe with Fred Neil from what it looks like. But what really bothers me is that there is so much unreleased material from him that was recorded over the course of the '60s. There is however material with Quicksilver Messenger Service as we all know but most of his old solo recordings are probably ultra rare. I'm sure there are some acetates out there just waiting for the world to hear. And not only that, but the other album that was recorded but replaced for the album "Dino Valente" in 1968.
It is easy to see how he gained a reputation as "the underground Bob Dylan" but he is definitely a more energetic, lively and passionate performer, not that Dylan is bad or that Dino Valenti is better than Bob Dylan or Donovan, they are all three totally different artists to begin with even though they all perform folk. Donovan Leitch is more on the exotic fusion with psychedelia and blues, bluegrass, sitar and even some jazz melted into his music. Dino gives a sense of a loner folk that has a truly different sound that stands alone.
Apparently he recorded for Autumn records in the '60s and a private collector owns that acetate, so people need to start opening up and share this wonderful music!
Dino Valenti remains a timeless standard and must-listen for anyone who loves acid/psychedelic loner folk. This album kind of reminds me of Michael Yonkers' album "Grimwood" released the next year which is all I can think of as far as similarity.
There are session players on this album including Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service. But not a whole lot that information is really listed on the album but found in interviews with the artists and Richie Unterberger's writing of the album.
I know I keep going on about the twelve string but the sound is quite soothing and calming in that beautiful shimmering reverb.
There seems to be strings, horns, and even harpsichord on this album along with drumming. The harpsichord actually does give the track "Time" a more psychedelic dreamy feel and edge. This album is somewhat drawn between psychedelic rock and folk rock, but I would just say it stands as psych folk because there is not much actual electric tar but orchestration of instruments building up momentum like in "My Friend."
For the most part although I feel some of the horns and everything slightly hinders and overpowers Valenti's playing like on the track "Tomorrow" it is still nicely composed.
He remains to be a legend and skilfully crafted music that was very different and in a good way. This album is chock full of beautiful acoustic guitar chord progressions with nice little quick notes flying in like on "Something New." I think this is a beautiful album that was very different for it's time just as the person playing them was and the twelve string has a rich and haunting sound playing those enchanting melodies. Please give it a listen if you haven't already.
Lyrics — 8
The lyrics seem to be about love and magical imaginative illumination with passion and emotion. The track "Listen to Me" is about trying to talk to a distant lover and trials of relationships severed. He is sometimes lyrically vague in some aspects but yet he seems to make points clear. "Children of the Sun" seems to be a song about youth and the troubles and lament of their struggles at home but somehow he seems to be a comforting figure that reassures you that you are fine. Being unique and eccentric is okay and it's you, you shouldn't try to conform is what Chet Powers is trying to say or the message he is conveying. As people will always try to put you down and make you think that you are "weird" simply because you are different. And it makes sense as Dino Valenti himself never fit into normal society and was somewhat of an outcast from youth growing up in a carnival as his parents would work there and travelling, living that lifestyle.
Overall Impression — 10
I feel that this album has a powerful yet soft and mellow vibe to it that really will hook you in. Each track is something different but it is all somehow similar too. Again, I feel the closest counter-part to this album would be "Grimwood" by Michael Yonkers although I feel that these albums are all unique as a lot of artists were for this time and nothing really does or should sound like something else. But if I could compare this album to anything else it would be "Grimwood" although the album is more raw and slightly lo-fi it has the same concept as acid folk performed by a main artist with occasional nuances of other instruments such as horn and accordion, and recorder. This album also offers the use of many different instruments.
In my opinion I favor the songs "Listen to Me," "Me and My Uncle," "Everything's Gonna Be OK," and "Children of the Sun," and "Test."
"Listen to Me" feels like the serenading of a young lost girl, consoling and giving her compassion and understanding. The guitar playing is sad and melodic, and somewhat touching.
"Me and My Uncle" paints an imagery of desert with a story of an unsavory series of events that ends in despair.
"Everything's Gonna Be OK" give a feel of enchantment and sends you into a distant Tolkien-esque world of utopia with even wilder and more imaginative settings. The first time I've ever heard unicorns (which I love) mentioned in an older folk song or folk music in general which should be about these types of magical things. Adventurous creativity I presume. But the main chorus's verses really get me into the song and really give a sense of pure joy.
"Test" is essentially the real psychedelic cut of the album. It features flute and somehow has a western feel to it with an epic ending that has that Em chord and dino singing a type of moan. The flute adds to that enchanted feel.
I do like the two bonus tracks on the CD, if I had other favorites it would be those, but I do truly love the whole album. There really isn't that much that I don't like except maybe the fact that even though he made it his own album the producer still felt the need to add all those horns and everything into it which was alright, but it doesn't sound all that nice at first, although the build up towards the end of the song is crazy and that definitely compensates.
I would buy this album again and again until I were broke if I lost it, and I truly want to own a copy of the original Epic label vinyl made in '68 that would be insane. This album is a mind-blower for it's time and is very innovative, it seems this is the style that most folk players now are picking up on and of others like Yonkers and Dylan, Donovan etc.


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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Were it not for a coaching change, Lee Goren isn't sure what path his hockey career might have taken.
What the 27-year-old Winnipegger knows is Mike Sullivan was his saving grace and his third season as a pro was a turning point.
These days, Goren is a power forward in his hometown with the Manitoba Moose.
When the American Hockey League North Division final begins tonight, Goren will need to be one of the keys if the Moose are to knock off the top-ranked Rochester Americans.
Back in the fall of 2002, Goren appeared headed for the abyss. Another guy who didn't reach his potential.
Enter Sullivan, who replaced Bill Armstrong as the head coach of the Providence Bruins, the primary affiliate of the Boston franchise that selected Goren in the third round (63rd overall) in the 1997 NHL entry draft.
"Sully was a guy who just gave me a bunch of confidence," Goren said in a recent interview. "I had been sent down from Boston and he pulled me into his office and told me he thought I was a pretty good player. The year before, I had 11 goals and he told me right to my face that 'anything less than 30 will be a disappointment from you.' I was completely surprised.
"I said 'are you crazy?' "
In the end, Sullivan was anything but. Goren set professional highs with 32 goals, 69 points and 106 penalty minutes in 65 games with Providence before finishing the season with the parent club, where he appeared in five Stanley Cup playoff games against the New Jersey Devils.
So what was the problem with Armstrong?
"When I heard (Armstrong) wasn't coming back, it was probably one of the happiest times of my hockey career," said Goren, who tied his high for pro goals this season and had 62 points. "He was a guy who wanted me to fight every night and be an intimidating force. You know what, I'm the kind of guy who's going to do that when the time is right. I try to take care of the guys I play with.
"I had just scored 34 goals in my senior year in college (with the UND Fighting Sioux) and I knew I had to play more physical and to be more consistent. For him to want me to fight, fight, fight was just disheartening. He wanted us to play like robots, there were no instincts anymore and it took the fun out of it. Going to Sullivan was a complete 180."
Clearly Goren is having the most fun since then as a member of the Moose.
Returning to his hometown has been a great move for Goren, who emerged as a key member of the leadership core.
Goren made his presence felt in the opening-round series against the St. John's Maple Leafs, firing a team-high five goals and adding an assist to tie linemate Jeff Heerema for the team's points lead.
More importantly, Goren went nose-to-nose with Maple Leafs captain Marc Moro, raising his game another notch in the post-season.
"That's where players make their careers really and make a name for themselves," said Moose goalie Wade Flaherty. "He's not the only one, but we've got guys taking a lot of punishment in front of their net. (Goren) has done a great job."
INJURY UPDATE: Moose sniper Jason King didn't travel with his teammates yesterday after suffering symptoms from post-concussion syndrome.
However, the Americans are expected to get some help back in the form of forwards Chris Thorburn (shoulder) and Michael Ryan (knee).
The Americans also signed forward Clarke MacArthur, who won WJHC gold this year, to an amateur tryout offer this week.


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General News - 5 Creepy Ways to Addiction
Cracked.com has an editorial on 5 creepy ways used by game developers to get us addicted to their games. Here is number 5: Putting you in a skinner box.
If you've ever been addicted to a game or known someone who was, this article is really freaking disturbing. It's written by a games researcher at Microsoft on how to make video games that hook players, whether they like it or not. He has a doctorate in behavioral and brain sciences. Quote:
"Each contingency is an arrangement of time, activity, and reward, and there are an infinite number of ways these elements can be combined to produce the pattern of activity you want from your players."
Notice his article does not contain the words "fun" or "enjoyment." That's not his field. Instead it's "the pattern of activity you want."
His theories are based around the work of BF Skinner, who discovered you could control behavior by training subjects with simple stimulus and reward. He invented the "Skinner Box," a cage containing a small animal that, for instance, presses a lever to get food pellets. Now, I'm not saying this guy at Microsoft sees gamers as a bunch of rats in a Skinner box. I'm just saying that he illustrates his theory of game design using pictures of rats in a Skinner box.
This sort of thing caused games researcher Nick Yee to once call Everquest a "Virtual Skinner Box."
So What's The Problem?
Gaming has changed. It used to be that once they sold us a $50 game, they didn't particularly care how long we played. The big thing was making sure we liked it enough to buy the next one. But the industry is moving toward subscription-based games like MMO's that need the subject to keep playing--and paying--until the sun goes supernova.
Now, there's no way they can create enough exploration or story to keep you playing for thousands of hours, so they had to change the mechanics of the game, so players would instead keep doing the same actions over and over and over, whether they liked it or not. So game developers turned to Skinner's techniques.
This is a big source of controversy in the world of game design right now. Braid creator Jonathan Blow said Skinnerian game mechanics are a form of "exploitation." It's not that these games can't be fun. But they're designed to keep gamers subscribing during the periods when it's not fun, locking them into a repetitive slog using Skinner's manipulative system of carefully scheduled rewards.
Why would this work, when the "rewards" are just digital objects that don't actually exist? Well...
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text: Hi All, So due to a long story (see here) I had decided to convert my 30inch MES to gas. I thought I would document what I did and how I did it. Firstly I bought a cheap camp gas stove and removed the burner and tap from the base. Next I removed the electrics from the MES and cut the heating element out from the bracket that holds it in place (fundamentally leaving me with a screw in bracket that matches the cabinet) see below... I then drilled out the right hole a little larger to match the gas tap and tapped the hole so I could screw in the gas connector. I then cut two holes out of the backplate so basically I could have one for the tap and one for the hose. I then cut the rubber inserts to match the new connections - fed them through and tightened everything up. Basically this meant that I have a connection into the smoker (normally where the heating element was) and the gas tap at the back of the smoker to adjust the gas flow/temperature. I then screwed the burner into the the other end of the bracket - everything ending nice and tight. I used the tophole and mounting points to hard-wire in 2 maverick wireless temperature gauges and there you have it. So today I tried it out for the first time - everything went well and Ive got a shot of the ribs that came off them for dinner. Took me a little while to find the right spot on the gas knob to hit the right temp but once I found it I marked a point on the back of the smoker that lines with a point on the knob so it should simplify things next time. So that's it - if anyone has any questions please give me a shout and Ill be happy to answer the best I can. Cheers


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With an intensity born of desperation, Hester, Monk, and their dear friend Lady Callandra Daviot, who cannot hide her deep love for the accused, seek evidence that will save Kristian from the hangman - hoping to penetrate not only the mystery of Elissa Beck's death...but the riddle of her life.
Crack another case with William Monk.
©2004 Anne Perry; (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Anne Perry takes us to Vienna in this novel and the plot revolves around the revolutions of 1848 in continental Europe. This is not a successful theme for Perry. She is far more effective and convincing when writing about Victorian Britain and its politics. This novel contains more speeches than other William Monk novels and less interesting plotting and characterization. I did not find the conclusion convincing and the plot dragged in many places.
"Anne Perry is always a great read."
This story is what I have come to expect from the books by Anne Perry. She is my favorite author and is always one of my go to authors for a great read.
I really love Hester and her part in all the Monk series.
Hard to pick just one.
"Series Interruptus..."
I'm torn on the rating for this book. I started out thinking it was mildly ok but not great, and ended up thinking it was terrific...so the story gets a 4 star. What's worthy of note is that the first 5 books of this series are really terrific. The narrator is the incomparable Davina Porter. The two primary characters are engaging in the beginnings of a romantic relationship with all the banter, questioning, back/forth that goes with that relationship. Ms. Perry writes all of this with wonderful prose and humor.
Now skip forward: Audible does not have the rights to release books 6 through 11 ... so we now move from book 5 to book 12. Not only is the narrator different but the plot has moved forward as you would expect. The primary characters (Hester and Wm Monk) are now married and their courtship banter is gone (and is missed because it was truly engaging). Ms Porter's wonderful lilt is gone from the narration and therefore most everything seems darker and more ponderous for the first half of the book. However Anne Perry's wonderful use of language and turns of sentences does come to the fore. Colacci, in the end, proves himself to be a wonderful narrator. And overall I remembered why I love this series.
All readers should be aware though, this skip in the series makes it hard to keep going in the middle of this book. In the end I'm very glad that I didn't give up, and I'm hoping that none of you do either.
"Go to Vienna"
As always Anne Perry again studies motivations of characters more than she does foreign lands or sceneries abroad - even when her story takes readers to Vienna. Alas, the coffee gets more description in Vienna than any scenic spot or building or cultural attraction. Perry sticks to the micro, not the macro when it comes to places beyond London.
A suprise personality trait is the jelly filling of this mystery. One of her mid-level success stories, high tension, virtually no class warfare, and at least two kinds of total suprises. Fans of Hester and Monk will enjoy it!
sadly the narration take a full chapter to really hit its stride.
Couldnt establish a solid English accent - instead the American accent kept coming through.
What I really love abt Anne Perry is how she works the subjects that are so personal and profound to her. As someone who committed murder as a teen, she explores in this book identity, memory, social condemnation, love, and betrayal among other subjects. I think Monk is her, and he has lost his memory, so watching him work to solve mysteries while the biggest mystery of his/her life (why she got involved in that) remains an enigma.
"Colacci on an off day?"
This was the usual Perry/Monk type of light mystery/social history tale, but I found Colacci's attempt at British English often annoying and at times inconsistent. Even if he had used his own accent as narrator as he does with Donna Leon's novels, it would have been a better listen.
I usually enjoy both Perry's novels and Colacci's narration, but I wish I had passed on this Monk installment. Play the entire sample before you decide to download.
"Good story, terrible narrator"
What caused audible to select an American narrator to narrate a book on Victorian England I will never know. The narration is an atrocity with little to no attention to the British accent and diction. What caused me to buy this book without reading the sample I will never know. I guess I was too enamored of the masterful narration of other Anne Perry books by Davina Porter to even imagine that someone could so completely bungle this one up. The American accent of the author is quite clear and impossible to ignore and the reading is too rapid, almost as if someone was timing the narrator with a stop watch. This book will be returned post-haste.
I was well on my way through the entire William Monk series which will now come to a screeching halt simply due to the choice of the narrator.
"Good Story, Wrong Narrator"
Not really. His narration of the book just didn't seem to mesh. Many times I wanted to just stop but didn't want to waste my credit. Maybe paired with a different book/author, his narrative style would be appreciated more.
The reaction I felt was from the narration----like I was trying to slough through waist-high mud....very slow-going which made the story seem as if it was never going to get anywhere.
Although the narrator wasn't the right fit, I still would read (listen) to Anne Perry's. I like how she intertwines bits of historical items in with the story such as in this book,mentioning the American Civil War which lets the reader know the time frame of the story.I really don't like to give a bad review of a narrator because they only do the best they can. I know I wouldn't be able to keep the inflections the same throughout the whole reading.
"This one was very good"
I've listened to or read all of the series so far. I very much enjoyed Davina Porter's narration in previous books and wasn't sure I would like David Colacci but I was pleasantly surprised to find he does an excellent job. I also really liked Monk's trip to Austria. I love historical fiction and adding this element to the story enhanced the overall plot and made it that much more enjoyable for me.
This has been a great series. I already have the next one ready to go.
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Model versus "plus sized" model
This item might be more appropriate for the Full Frontal Fashion blog, but the blogosphere collectively struggles with body image issues which is sparked by things like this: Terry Richardson photographed models Jacquelyn Jablonski and Crystal Renn, a leading lady among plus size models, wearing the same clothes for V Magazine's 'Plus Size' January 2010 issue. While fashion magazines and editorials can be inspirational in terms of diversifying one's "look," can we stop viewing them as measuring sticks of ideal body types? Relatedly, I'm ready for my side-by-side comparison with Daniel Henney, Asian American superstar model-slash-Agent Zero.


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The threat of ISIS and the importance of understanding the ideology of jihadism
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, professor at The Institute of World Politics and founding member of the Council for Emerging National Security Affairs (CENSA), delivered a lecture on March 2 entitled "ISIS, Religion, and Today's War", to an audience convened for the day's conference on "Providence, Military Women, and Syria," co-sponsored by Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy and IWP. The morning and afternoon panels for the day were a Panel on Women in Combat and a Panel on Syria, Migrants, Russia, and ISIS.
Dr. Gorka started his lecture by stating that ISIS has achieved more in two years than Al Qaeda thought possible over the course of its existence. The main difference between the two groups is that ISIS is better at exploiting and manipulating religious beliefs than Al Qaeda is. To restate Dr. Gorka, the threat of terrorism is global, not national, and the constant to every attack launched against the West has been the mindset of jihadism. In order to appreciate the motivation behind these attacks, one has to understand the role of sincerely held religious belief.
Dr. Gorka argued that there are four reasons why ISIS is much more dangerous than Al Qaeda. First, ISIS is a fully fledged international terrorist group with a self-sustaining resource pool which has brought in more than 75,000 jihadists. Second, ISIS is the wealthiest organization of its kind -- that is, a militant Islamic organization -- estimated by the Financial Times to bring in roughly $500 million a year. Third, ISIS is particularly adept at recruiting foreign fighters, and, moreover, its austere interpretation of Islam is able to attract a high volume of disenfranchised Muslims in the West. Lastly, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and the media and command arms of ISIS have done an excellent job crafting a compelling narrative for jihad on top of authentic religious material from the Hadiths and Quran.
Understanding the role of religion and the transcendental is crucial to the U.S. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi claims he is leading ISIS for the sake of his God and the community of all Muslims, yet many people in the U.S. government and administration believe that this war has nothing to do with Islam or religion. Dr. Gorka proffered a response to the question of "so what?" by arguing that it is always better to "know your enemy." To solidify this point, he demonstrated that in 2003, there were 1.4 million indigenous Iraqi Christians; now, in that same area, there are fewer than 200,000. The conflicts in the Middle East have an explicitly religious edge to them. Our own problems with religious terror are on display in our backyard, too: 2015 has seen a record number of attacks in the U.S., and over 90 individuals have been arrested.
Dr. Gorka expressed that anyone who denies that this is a religious war is committing "national security malpractice." More than 40 percent of intelligence analysts at CENTCOM, he said, do not have confidence in the analytical integrity of the material being published. This group of individuals believe that domestic political correctness is undermining our capacity to understand the enemy in the way that he understands himself. Dr. Gorka concluded by arguing that the hardest and most important task of any competition is to not only know the enemy, but, as Sun Tzu says, "know thyself." Americans must know themselves well enough to realize their vulnerabilities that ISIS uses, and they must know the enemy well enough to treat him as is, not as he ought to be from the perspective of progressive society.
Dr. Sebastian Gorka teaches Enemy Threat Doctrine of Global Jihadism at The Institute of World Politics and advises and briefs at the highest levels to U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, and NATO. Dr. Gorka has published over 140 monographs, book chapters and articles, and was awarded the Joint Civilian Service Commendation by US Special Operations Command.


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- Posts: Number of visitors who posted the poem to a friend (via e-mail) on the given date.
- Dates that have "0" hits may not be shown on the list.
- Dates, poems and poets that have "0" hits may not be shown on the list. Statistics are generated daily.