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Mezzanine Presents
Shuggie Otis
JESCA HOOP, DJ Platurn
444 Jessie St
San Francisco, CA, 94103
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Irony is a part of life. Though the music business may at times have nothing to do with "real" life, irony is a part of the biz. Just ask singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis. Shuggie Otis, for those not familiar with him through David Byrne's heroic disinterment of his 1974 album, Inspiration Information or through his authorship of the wonderful Strawberry Letter 23 – is the son of legendary R 'n' B bandleader Johnny Otis. A musical prodigy he was playing with his father by the time he was 13 and from the word go displayed an uncanny mastery of the blues guitar.
He wrote "Strawberry Letter 23," a gold single for the Brothers Johnson that went to number one R&B and number five pop in spring 1977. George Johnson was dating one of Otis' cousins who gave him a copy of Otis' 1971 Epic LP, Freedom Flight. Immediately, Johnson liked "Ice Cold Daydream" and "Strawberry Letter 23." The duo recommended it to their producer, Quincy Jones, and recorded a cover version that sticks pretty close to Otis' original version of "Strawberry Letter 23." By the time "Strawberry Letter 23" was a million-seller, Otis had been dropped from Epic three years earlier. The 24-year-old guitar virtuoso was sure he would get a new record deal. Ironically, the record executives would be impressed that he wrote a million-selling song, but they weren't interested in anything else he'd done. Disillusioned, Otis dropped out of the music business before returning to it in the late '80s, playing with his father, Johnny Otis' band. Later the axiom "good things come to those who wait" took effect. Spurred by sales and critical kudos of reissues of his 1974 Epic LP, Inspiration Information, from Sony Music Special Projects and David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, Otis performed "Strawberry Letter 23" on May 2001 appearances on Conan O'Brien and David Letterman.
Though in recent years he has chosen to remain out of the spotlight, he continues to be revered through musical circles, as evidenced by his 2009 performance with Mos Def in LA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdalGmtuiYg).
Jesca Hoop calls her stunning sophomore album "the first time I've ever really invested in myself." And she means that literally: After recording the nine-track disc in Los Angeles with veteran producer Tony Berg (Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Nickel Creek), the northern California native packed her bags and decamped for England, where last year she released Hunting My Dress independently to an avalanche of acclaim from both the U.K. press and fellow artists such as Guy Garvey of Elbow. "That was the first time I really took control of my own life," Hoop says, "and had enough faith to put not just my talent but my money toward running a campaign."
Fans of Hoop's 2007 debut, Kismet, already knew about the singer's talent. A favorite of former KCRW tastemaker Nic Harcourt (who regularly featured Hoop on the public-radio station's influential "Morning Becomes Eclectic"), Kismet announced the arrival of a unique new voice, one with a flair (as the Los Angeles Times put it) for "darkly seductive, genre-bending songs that dabble in everything from folk and pop to dub and cabaret." Three years later, Hoop calls Hunting My Dress "a more clarified distillation of what I do as an artist. I'm closer to home in my expression on this record," she continues. "I used less to express more."
Expression is key for Hoop, whose adventurous songwriting and idiosyncratic vocals have earned favorable comparisons to such cutting-edge forbears as Björk, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. "Those women inspired a generation, and I'm of that generation," Hoop acknowledges. "I'm trying to get to what's innately mine. My heroes set this example for me. My only aim is to be just like myself."
If you don't know, you'd better ask somebody: DJ Platurn lives music. An 18 year veteran of the DJ game, his career has seen him rock parties worldwide including engagements throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada, South America, Scandinavia, and countless venues in his home base of Northern California. He is a DJ adamant on sharing the world's music with the music lovers within, a mission he's proudly been succeeding at since he first threw down as a teenager.
The 80's and 90's brought him to Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop brought him to the samples, the samples brought him to love and appreciation, and he brings all of these to the table when he steps behind the decks. His selection skills and ability to turn any venue into a "OOOOHHH SNAP!" fest have earned him a devoted following with those who share his passions for the art form of spinning and great music. He's bringing it to the people because he knows they deserve it.
In 2013 DJ Platurn will leave no party unrocked. You'll want to be there to see it.
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Bill O'Neill, founder, Logic Advisers offers his perspectives on CNBC-TV18 as oil surged on Friday in heavy trading to the fourth biggest daily gain on record, on a deal by European leaders to shore up euro zone banks triggered frantic short-covering by funds that had been riding crude's price-collapse over the last quarter.
Bill O'Neill, founder, Logic Advisers offers his perspectives on CNBC-TV18 as oil surged on Friday in heavy trading to the fourth biggest daily gain on record, on a deal by European leaders to shore up euro zone banks triggered frantic short-covering by funds that had been riding crude's price collapse over the last quarter.
Brent crude oil futures rose more than USD 6 a barrel to near USD 98 while US crude jumped by more than USD 7 to settle just below USD 85 a barrel - the fourth largest daily gain in dollar terms since the contracts were launched.
Below is an edited transcript of the analysis. Also watch the accompanying view.
Q: What do you make of the increase in crude prices today?
A: This is one of those knee-jerk days when everybody dives into the pool at the same time. Also remember there are a lot of short positions that some of market-traders are overcommitted to. So when the European news came out, it was definitely a surprise.
In our closing comment for Logic Advisers, we wrote that even some minor good news would probably be a boost to the euro and the equity markets, and anticipation of some scope of an agreement. That's what happened today.
Now does that totally change the picture? No, it doesn't, it's an improvement, a step in the right direction, but we still have to be very careful. We have an unemployment report next week, who knows what's that's going to show.
The previous employment data we have seen has not been good. What will happen over the weekend? Will some European leaders make some comment that will roil the markets on Monday? So there is much in the air before we can say any kind of trend has suddenly reemerged for commodities.
Q: There is a lot that could potentially push prices down further. The US sanctions against Iran, the European sanctions against Iran kick-off next week and supply constraints in Norway because of those strikes and Iraq pressuring the OPEC to cut production. Do you think that will continue to help support prices and retrace the gains we saw today?
A: I mentioned earlier that commodities were in a process of bottoming, but I really didn't expect to see any material gains probably until Q4. So yes, you do have Norway losing maybe 255,000 barrels a day. The Iranian situation, as you have pointed out, is there. So on the supply side there are some reasons to be optimistic.
The big question is about demand. How will the economic situation in the US, Europe and China spur demand? In the US, gasoline demand has fractified. The prices have come down substantially. Gasoline demand is still running well under the year-ago level.
So I don't think the demand side of the equation is that strong and to have a really solid bull market, you need to have a demand-based gain. Supply will help, but you really need demand to get the markets really moving in a steady fashion.
Q: So you estimate WTI NYMEX at around USD 80 per barrel and maybe Brent at around USD 90 per barrel. Is that a fair assessment of how you expect prices to stabilise?
A: Yes, the technicals on crude, even with today's rally, still indicates it could move lower to USD 74-75 per barrel. Another factor is that there is so much news out there that the charts are not necessarily the determining factor, but I don't expect prices to go much under USD 75 per barrel. So, crude prices are close to bottoming sometime soon.
Gold is the big surprise today with a USD 50 rally. It's become a sczheopherinic market- one day it's very strong and the next day it isn't. I am bullish on gold. I think when you take the entire global situation whether it is Europe, Asia or the Federal Reserve, there is going to be a reflation, and I think it all bodes well long-term for gold.
The price of USD 1,530 was a very key support level held during this week. So, I like the outlook on gold.

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Bargaining,Search costs and equilibrium price distribution
This paper studies a bargaining model of equilibrium price distributions. Consumers choose a seller at random and face search costs to switching to another store. In the market equilibrium, the prices at all stores are determined simultaneously as the perfect equilibrium of a bargaining game. In this game, the buyer has the outside option to search for another seller. Differences between the sellers' types create price dispersions; typically the number of active sellers increases with higher search costs. The market equilibrium converges to the competitive equilibrium under perfect information when search costs become small.
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Associate Professor Vivienne Reeve
BSc PhD
Principal Research Fellow, Photobiology and Skin Cancer Research
Member of the Charles Perkins Centre
B01 - J.D. Stewart Building
The University of Sydney
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Biographical details
Vivienne has developed an active research group in Photobiology and Skin Cancer in the Faculty. The focus of her research has been in understanding the mechanisms that regulate skin carcinogenesis, particularly the immune suppression induced by chronic exposure to UV radiation, which is a prerequisite for skin cancer development in humans and animals. This immune impairment appears to be sensitive to different wavebands of the UV spectrum, to antioxidants, to the level and nature of the dietary fat, and to steroid hormone receptors, and can be modified by sunscreen application. Using a specific mutant mouse, the Skh:hr hairless mouse, which is produced in the Faculty, a relevant model of solar UV radiation and skin photodamage is utilised in studies of chemoprevention by a variety of phytochemicals or immune modulators, attempting to correlate the immune function with the skin damage, and to develop new strategies for the prevention of solar UV-induced skin carcinogenesis in humans and animals.
Research interests
Photobiology and Skin Cancer Research
Awards and honours
- ESP Award for Excellence in Photobiological Research
- European Society for Photobiology for 2016-17, the 2015 ESP Medal for internationally recognised contribution to Photobiology Research and to the Society
Selected grants
- Is CYP11A1 critical for the vitamin D photoprotective system in skin; Mason R, Halliday G, Tuckey R, Dixon K, Reeve V; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
- Mechanisms of photoprotection by vitamin D and analogs; Mason R, Reeve V, Halliday G; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
- Protection against photoimmune suppression and skin cancer via oestrogen receptor signalling; Reeve V; Cancer Council New South Wales/Research Project Grants.
- Sunscreen Mouse Trial; Reeve V, Casbolt L; Medical Therapies/Research Grants.
- University of Sydney - Bridging Support Grant; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Bridging Support.
- Photocarcinogenesis (ultraviolet radiation induced skin carcinogenesis); Damian D, Halliday G, Menzies S, Mason R, Reeve V; Cancer Institute New South Wales/Infrastructure Grant.
- FACS Aria for the University of Sydney Flow Cytometry Facility; King N, Pollard J, Rasko J, Lovicu F, Bishop A, Bertolino P, Briscoe H, Gillies M, Madigan M, McAvoy J, Murphy C, Balcar V, Armour C, Hughes M, Reeve V, Christopherson R, Halliday G, Christie M, Pollock C, McCaughan G, Gorrell M, Dong Q, Abendroth A, Menzies S, Barnetson R, Byrne S, Hunt N, Hambly B, Cook D, Mason R, Day M, Black J; University of Sydney/Equipment Grant.
- Photoprotection by vitamin D and analogs; Reeve V, Halliday G, Mason R; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
- The regulatory mechanisms of haem oxygenase protection against photoimmunosupression and skin cancer; Reeve V; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
- 2004-Linkage LP0455769 - Novel therapeutics for autoimmune disease using mouse screening models; Reeve V, Chai Y; Novogen Limited/Project Support.
- Regulation of UV radiation-induced skin damage by oestrogen; Reeve V; DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant.
- Dev. of tumour models in mice to test efficacy of topical antibody formulation; Cumming G, Reeve V; Biosceptre International Limited/Research Grants.
- In-vivo testing of Novogen compounds for potential anti-psoriasis activity.; Husband A, Reeve V; Novogen Limited/Research Grants.
- Novel therapeutics for autoimmune disease using mouse screening models; Reeve V, Husband A; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP).
- The mechanism of isoflavone protection from UV radiation-induced skin damage; Reeve V, Husband A; Novogen Limited/Research Grants.
- The immune protective role of UVA radiation-induced haem oxygenase; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Cancer Research Fund.
- Continuing mechanistic studies of UVA phtoimmunoprotection; Reeve V; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
- TRIS research; Reeve V; FH Faulding Co Ltd/Research Support.
- Sunscreen protection from erythema, photoimmunosuppression and photocarcinogenesis in the hairless mouse; Reeve V; Leo and Jenny Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation/Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation.
- Not known; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Cancer Research Fund.
Selected publications
IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention: Sunscreens (Oxford University Press, 2001)


text: I've been wanting a light to mount on my G19 for home defense for a while now. My criteria: -lightweight -bright (LED seems to be the way to go, right?) -not too expensive Right now, it looks like the streamlight TRL-1 seems to be the best that fit my criteria. Seems to be going for around $100 on ebay. What's your pick?


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August 10 is Texas' Top Day for Home Burglaries
Allstate Agents Give Tips to Protect Homes This Summer
Aug 06, 2013, 09:00 ET from The Allstate Corporation
IRVING, Texas, Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More Texans file home burglary insurance claims on August 10 than any other day – according to a recent review by Allstate Insurance Company. Many Texans are taking trips this summer. Allstate agencies are encouraging people to keep their homes locked-up and their vacation plans under wraps.
Police say electronics, jewelry and cash are top targets during break-ins and obviously empty houses of vacationing families make easy marks. Police report criminals will often check homes for excessive mail, door hangers or newspapers lying around in the front yard. The suspects will usually knock on the victim's front door. If no one answers, police say the perpetrators kick in the door, take items and leave within a few minutes.
"Home burglaries can happen anywhere, anytime," said Robin Czarnek an Allstate Agency Owner in San Antonio. "It's important to be aware of what makes your home more attractive to thieves and take simple steps to safeguard your family from this potential threat."
Avoid the Thieves
To help protect your home and make it less inviting to burglars, here are five tips from Allstate agents:
1. Lock-Up
Even if you're just running out on a short errand, make sure all doors and windows are locked. Steel doors and deadbolt locks provide the best security. Also, always keep your garage door shut and locked. Police say open garage doors are a common entry point for burglars.
2. Advertise Deterrents
An alarm system is an excellent deterrent to crime, as long as it's used consistently. The system should include a loud siren and motion sensors. Display security system decals on your windows and doors.
3. Don't Publicize Your Plans
Be careful when tweeting or posting Facebook updates about the vacation you're on or the concert you're at. Although you're friends' friends may seem trustworthy, you'd be surprised how quickly news spreads that you're not home. Have someone pick-up your mail.
4. Protect Your Possessions
Store items like jewelry, cash out –of-sight and be sure valuables like flat-screen televisions are not visible from the street.
5. Know What You've Got
If you become the victim of theft, it will make the claim process easier if you have a complete inventory of any missing items. The Allstate Digital Locker™ iPhone application now puts that record at your fingertips.
Burglary Break Down
Top Three Days for Texas Home Break-Ins
August 10
October 1
January 1
About the Report
Allstate Insurance Company analyzed its Texas homeowner insurance claims over a three year period, from 2010 through 2012, and averaged the number of burglary claims filed each day. Allstate insurers approximately 545,000 Texas homes, which equates to 12 percent of all Texas households.
About Allstate
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, serving approximately 16 million households through its Allstate, Encompass, Esurance and Answer Financial brand names and Allstate Financial business segment. Allstate branded insurance products (auto, home, life and retirement) and services are offered through Allstate agencies, independent agencies, and Allstate exclusive financial representatives, as well as via www.allstate.com, www.allstate.com/financial and 1-800 Allstate®, and are widely known through the slogan "You're In Good Hands With Allstate®." As part of Allstate's commitment to strengthen local communities, The Allstate Foundation, Allstate employees, agency owners and the corporation provided $29 million in 2012 to thousands of nonprofit organizations and important causes across the United States.
SOURCE The Allstate Corporation


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Tax what? New software tax leaves tech executives dazed and confused
Massachusetts begins broad tax on software services
The tax on software services in Massachusetts that snuck up on many people in the tech industry goes into effect Wednesday.
The tax, passed as part of a bigger transportation bill, compels businesses around the state to collect 6.25 percent sales tax on software design services, which the Department of Revenue defined as the "modification, integration, enhancement, installation, or configuration of standardized or prewritten software.''
That broad definition has many in the tech industry scratching their heads about just how to apply a tax that some didn't even know about until this week.
"This sudden tax complicates my company's existing and ongoing business arrangements, causes me to waste time working through these new factors with clients, and doesn't have an iota of business value for me or my clients. An unwelcome distraction,'' wrote Bill Wilder, co-owner of Development Partners Software Corp., on his blog earlier this week.
"I find it absurd that our lawmakers expect businesses to react so rapidly to something that is so fundamentally disruptive,'' he wrote.
The Globe wrote about the tax proposal in June here and again in July reported that the tech community was largely absent on Beacon Hill to oppose passage of the tax.
But tweets and blogs in recent days show a tech community still stunned by its passage.
"Crazy: is MA requiring people to charge sales tax if they're paid to install WordPress or integrate cloud storage?'' Jay Neely, a Boston start-up founder, wrote on Twitter.
DockYard, a local software shop, is holding a forum on Aug. 7 to discuss how the tax passed in the first place and "how the local software industry can get involved with policy decision making in the future.''


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Times TV/Media Critic
Even though she hasn't yet seen the episode, Walking Dead co-star Lauren Cohan knows all about the poignant, emotional action that floored viewers in Sunday's episode of AMC's zombie drama – as fan favorite and all around jerkface Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker) sacrificed himself to save his loyal brother Daryl.
"It's a shame because we'd all just begun to love the character and understand where he is coming from," said Cohan, who plays tough farmgirl-turned-zombie killer Maggie Greene on the show, which airs its third season finale on Sunday. "To make this ultimate sacrifice for his brother and have everybody be wrong … It comes at a time when we could be wrong about Michonne and – big surprise! – we were wrong about Merle."
The episode was a slow reveal, focused mostly on the band of heroic zombie apocalypse survivors led by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), anticipating an armed conflict with the show's increasingly twisted villain, The Governor (David Morrissey).
Merle, always shown as a racist, violent thug (and once The Governor's enforcer), spent last Sunday's episode admitting to Rick that he doesn't know why he's driven to make impulsive, often horrific life choices. Stuck with Rick and his people in an old prison because his brother Daryl insists on staying there, Merle first tries to give up a fellow survivor, Michonne, to The Governor, to stop an attack.
Then, he decides to try killing as many of the villain's men as possible, getting killed in the process and turned into a zombie "walker" his own brother must put down.
It has become a trademark of the show. Just as we get to know – and care about -- a sketchy character, he gets killed, deepening the audience's shock.
"It was such a shame, even with Iron E (Singleton, who played survivor T-Dog), you had a moment of 'Oh he's becoming more noticed' – not more noticed, actually -- but he's becoming a more prominent leader in the group, and then he goes," said Cohan, an American-born, England-raised actress whose British accent flavors her words. "It's so flipping sad. But everybody goes out as a hero."
Cohan, scheduled to appear April 7 at the Tampa Bay Comic Con with fellow castmember Emily Kinney (Beth Greene), gave me a much longer interview for a later Tampa Bay Times story on that event. But she also was willing to talk a bit about the shock of losing Rooker as a castmate, and how the cast always seems to be in mourning -- a bit like the characters they play.
"The thing about Rooker, even though his character is such a baddie, he's one of the softest castmembers ever … such a little pussycat," she said. "It's kinda how you go through life thinking 'Well, if I love less or don't love as deeply, maybe it won't hurt as much when I lose someone.' But it kinda doesn't work like that. You kinda just have to live life fully and, well, it's a very difficult show to do, sometimes."
Sunday's episode seemed to nearly complete a season-long arc, in which Rick and The Governor started as seemingly very similar figures and now have landed in very different places. Rick embraced his humanity by deciding against giving up Michonne and pushing away visions of his dead wife, while The Governor has become more of a monster – biting off Merle's fingers during a fight and secretly holding former lover Andrea in a torture chair at his Woodbury compound.
Some critics say the show struggles because it has no story. But I remember people saying similar things about series such as Mad Men and The Sopranos at different points, mostly as a protest when the storytelling got too slow.
The eternal question that hung over The Walking Dead this season: How much of your humanity can you retain in a world gone insane, while still keeping yourself and your family alive?
Rick's answer seemed to come in bringing an end to the "Ricktatorship," telling his group they would make choices by majority vote in the future. Assuming the Governor finally gets his comeuppance in the upcoming finale, the question remains how some other characters – Michonne, Tyreese, Milton – will get folded into the family, if at all.
For now, fans are left to simmer over the poignant sight of Daryl killing his brother Merle – whom The Governor shot dead in a way that ensured he would return as a zombie "walker."
"It's kind of a call back to (Rick's son) Carl having to shoot (his mother) Lori," Cohan said. "We always go at the hand of our closest, I guess. I just (realized that) as I said it."


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Weld ocean-going hulls and hatches together on massive ships.
Sets up battery of automatic machines that form tin-can bodies: Lights and tends gas burners under soldering vats and adjusts thermostats to regulate temperature of molten solder in machines. Tests air pressure of vacuum feed cups with gauge. Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctioning. Inspects can bodies and adjusts machine action until bodies conform with specifications. Adjusts machines for change to different sizes of can bodies. Maintains supply of bar solder in melting reservoirs and adjusts thermostat regulators to regulate flow of molten solder into machine. Adjusts equipment and replaces defective regulator units, using handtools. May repair malfunctioning machines.


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Skip to comments.Obama-nomics & Greece [link-list vanity]
Posted on 03/04/2010 8:19:10 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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Merkel Calls For Orderly Insolvencies [Germany and Greece Meltdown]
That $421.8 Billion we loaned out in March sure helped:
Greece Gets $146 Billion Rescue in EU, IMF Package (Update1 ...
May 3, 2010 ... Euro-region ministers agreed to a 110 billion-euro ($146 billion) rescue package for Greece to prevent a default and stop the worst crisis ...
Total [most likely for all Europe] was over 400 billion ...
Greek protests turn violent [We didnt give them enough yet ???]
Biden: We're In A "Depression"
Federal Government Outpaces Private Sector in Job Creation...
[To watch porno with tax-funded computers?]
European Central Bank President: Global Governance 'extremely necessary'...
Federal agency charged with rescuing failing pensions — failed its own audit!
WASTE? [Or we don't trust the One?] U.S. has 71 million unused flu vaccine doses...
'Vitamin bill' sneaked into Wall St Reform legislation?
Ambulance chasers and trial lawyers have a way of leeching our economy too. DNC is in their hip pocket.
STARBUCKS sued over hot tea alleged to cause burns...
[Was there a warning-label-for-idiots on the cups, I wonder?]
Inflation up 2% in March...
LIST: 20 most stressed, least stressed counties in USA...
Obamacare encourages businesses to keep wages low
[Businesses that pay their employees a smaller amount get a larger tax credit]
Recap on Greek Bailout DISASTER ...
$421.8 total, $146 Billion to Greece alone. Last March. Down rat hole.
Three dead as Greek strike grows violent (Eventually a strongman will have to quell this disorder)
"Eventually a strongman will have to quell this disorder"
Be VERY careful with that observation...that's what the 'Rats are shooting for here...with 'Bammy...hopefully before the fall "elections" ....
I had copied the headline, FRiend.
CBO: Doc fix will cost more than anyone thought
Obama-Nomics & Greece [latest updates]
Bailout Bubble — a trillion for Greece? The Euro Bailout is doomed to fail
Gold hits all-time high [very bad sign — we conservatives saw it coming years ago]
'We are once again the schmucks of Europe!' German media's verdict as anger at Greek bailout swells...
CNBC's Rick Santelli Rips Key Democrat For Ignoring FANNIE/FREDDIE Reform...
ONE LAST PUSH BEFORE FALL: Dems poised to move measures with high price tags...
Obama wants federal agencies to hit the gas on hiring
Greece and GM: Too weak to fail [George Will]
Obama-nomics & Greece Update
Obama pushing $23 billion teachers union bailout
Top of Drudge:
Greece May Take Legal Steps Against U.S. Banks for Crisis...
Euro Breakup Concerns Grow...
Germans lose faith...
Merkel: Rescue package 'just buys time'...
Palin on the Warpath
AZ governor, Palin criticize Holder for not reading law...
Palin will try to help quiet furor on SB 1070 [AZ Immigration]
"Most recently, Palin encouraged an Illinois girls' basketball team to "go rogue" after an administrator canceled its trip to Arizona."
Palin takes aim at Dem women
[Thinking of Annie Oakly] I kinda feel a connection to that tough, gun totin pioneer feminism, she told the enthusiastic crowd of anti-abortion activists gathered to support the SBA List.
For far too long, when people heard the word feminist, they thought of the faculty lounge at some East Coast womans college, she said. And no offense to them, they have their opinions and their voice and God bless em, thats great, but thats not the only voice of women in America.
[Housing] Dropouts rise in gov't loan modification program
Don Fredrick of The Obama Timeline & Judd Bagley on Naked Short Selling - Manuf. Crisis on Wall St.
Assurances About GM/UAW Don't Wash
Wall Street Killionaires are at it again
Floyd Brown and Lee Troxler warn of speculators who 'looted' investors
Greece considers lawsuit against speculators
Book exposes technique thought to have sparked economic plunge
Andrew Maguire: 'Serious manipulation' of gold, silver markets [WND's Jerome Corsi]
A London-based commodities trader claims a major New York bank is conducting serious manipulation of the silver and gold futures markets.
Three Greece Headlines [on Drudge]
France: 'Let us not deceive ourselves'...
White House: 'serious concerns'...
Britain, Germany skeptical...
Broken Window Fallacy
French economist Frederic Bastiat
That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
by Frederic Bastiat, 1850
In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen: it is well for us, if they are foreseen. [snip] Hence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, - at the risk of a small present evil. [snip]
[My words outside of brief quotes]
A brat breaks a window, and some economists might think, "Great. It creates work for the glazer." So the glazer puts in a new window and earns six francs. "Stop there! your theory is confined to that which is seen; it takes no account of that which is not seen." ... "It is not seen that as our shopkeeper has spent six francs upon one thing, he cannot spend them upon another."
So there you go. True progess comes from a NET gain in humanity's property. Progress is set back when property is lost, when labor is wasted, and when dreams are shattered like a broken window. Even the brat — he's out breaking windows rather than learning a useful trade. The glazer is just restoring what was lost. The man buying the window needs to cut his budget and postpone genuine progress. Other people would have earned that six francs that would have advanced humanity's net property.
Looking deeper: a misanthrope is glad to reduce humanity's net property. A person who hates his fellow man hopes to manipulate others into stagnation and setbacks out of some selfish desire. He attempts to talk useful idiots into buying his contorted theories.
Weird and Wonderful US History
"In 1923, the United States produced 49% of all products worldwide. 6 In the years between 1919 and 1927, the American economy grew ten times as fast as in the years of 1900-1919. 7"
[Twenty years dominated by Teddy and Woodrow Wilson — 1900-1919. Even sharper than that — a depression that spilled into 1921. 1919 and 1927 ... sharper than that ... the Harding Recovery from 1921 policy / Roaring Twenties, leaping out from a depression through tax cuts AND spending cuts! It would be interesting to compare Teddy's Panic of 1907 on through to Wilson's depression into 1921 with Harding's 1922 - 1927]
It is no wonder that this economic success attracted attention from other nations. The German public, dominated by middle class and intellectuals, never tired of praising the American accomplishments in economic issues. Even those from a socialist background, such as the Social Democrats and unionists saw the United States as a model for future German development. The US capitalist system seemed to create a population without the polarization into extreme left and right wings that was present throughout the whole Weimar Republic. Not only did it provide a solution for economical problems, but it also solved political problems. 8
The American economy was highly impressive to the Germans of the time. American practices which were believed to improve the economy streamed into Europe. The US was seen as a land of rationalisation and pragmatism. Two concepts were applied, Taylorism and Fordism.
Another expression for Taylorism is "scientific management". Frederik Taylor, an engineer in the "Midvale Steel Company", invented this kind of management even before the First World War. The kernel of his program was the division of labour in hundreds or thousands of exactly calculated small steps. This rationalisation was made possible by a scientification of management and production. The elimination of all useless steps led to an increase in production by forty times. 9
Fordism was invented by Henry C. Ford. His use of the assembly line in the production of his famous "Model T" car made it possible for him to produce fast and cheap automobiles in high numbers. This is the basis for mass consumption. Division of labour was also part of his philosophy. The "Model T" was produced in 7882 small steps.10 Labour became stricter and was determined by stop-watch and assembly line. [snip]
Fordism especially was warmly welcomed in Germany and found a supportive audience in the general public. It also spurred a big backdraft of secondary literature, examining and analysing Henry Ford's writings, whose autobiography was soon to become Germany's economic bible. 11 [snip]
5 Detlef Junker, "Die Aussenpolitik der USA 1920-1940", in: Otmar Franz ed., Am Wendepunkt der europaeischen Geschichte (Goettingen, 1981), p. 202.
6 Hermand, p. 49.
7Ibid., p. 52.
8 Ibid., p. 49.
9 Ibid., p. 51.
10 Ibid., p. 52.
11 Mary Nolan, Visions of Modernity: American Business and Modernization of Germany (Oxford, 1994), pp. 30ff.
[And note that we were in a depression in 1920. The Harding Recovery.]
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In Moose's debut outing, Z Is for Moose, written by Kelly Bingham and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, the impatient title character is not pleased when his friend Zebra selects Mouse—rather than the obvious (to him) choice of Moose—to represent the letter "M" in the alphabet. In the collaborators' companion volume, Circle, Square, Moose (Greenwillow, Sept.), things again go comically awry when Moose infiltrates a book called Circle, Square, Triangle and refuses to obey when the narrator insists he leave.
Zelinsky says that finding the right visual persona for the strong-willed Moose was initially a challenge—but a pleasant one. "Moose has quite a definite personality—that was there in the author's words," he says. "But I tried not to look at other cartoon moose—in particular I didn't want Moose to look like Bullwinkle. Growing up, I loved those cartoons, but I created Moose by mostly avoiding what Bullwinkle—and pictures of actual moose—look like. Though I was inspired by real moose's massive bodies, funny-looking thin legs, and knobby knees. I really identify with those knobby knees."
A versatile artist, Zelinsky creates picture book illustration that span the classic, painterly style of his 1998 Caldecott-winning Rapunzel and Caldecott Honor books Rumpelstiltskin and Hansel and Gretel; the folk art feel of Caldecott Honor–winning Swamp Angel; and the whimsical, playful art of his modern classic, The Wheels on the Bus, and Bingham's Moose stories.
Which style is Zelinsky most comfortable with? "Actually, I don't even want to know if I favor one over another," he muses. "I'm not so much in touch with my feelings as I am in touch with each story, and I love to try my hand at different things—and hope I'm doing the words justice. When I look at Rapunzel now, I think, 'How did I do that?' But in the actual doing of illustrations, it feels totally natural."
Asked if he thinks Moose will make a third picture book appearance, Zelinsky is positive: "I do think Moose will be back, but the question is who will be having a problem with him next time around? First it was Zebra, then it was the book itself—so I'm not sure who will have to cope with him next."
A longtime Brooklyn resident, Zelinsky is happy to make his way across the East River to be at Javits today. "Every time I've gone to BEA, I've loved it, and every time I haven't, I've wished I had," he says, adding, "meeting booksellers is really the biggest thing about BEA for me." Moose fans can find Zelinsky signing Circle, Square, Moose today, 10:30–11 a.m., at Table 6 in the Autographing Area.


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I replaced the mast and booms and first cross piece with carbon tubes. That took a lot of weight off. I'm not using the supplied ballast and after adding three ounces of lead to the sail winch hull to even them out it weighs 2.8 lbs. I have had my wildcat on the water twice now.
First time was light winds and it was a slug, my Victoria was faster. The second time was fairly breezy. The cat moved quite fast and accelerated quickly. I got one hull briefly out of the water a few times . The back end does lift a little burrying the bow but it didn't seem to want to pitchpole. Tacking presented problems but can be done easily with practice. There is a sweet spot for approach to the wind that makes it kind of on or off. It also doesn't point very well making it a little tough to retrieve. With practice it gets better and I reccomend this boat as being a fun model sailboat. I will probably put better sails on it though.
More wildcat
Had the cat out again yesterday. I took it to the Columbia river where the wind was blowing a steady 15mph or so. I normally find rc sailing to be quite relaxing but this was adrenaline pumping total excitement. The sails don't have much shape so I made some battens out of thin plastic. This seemed to help a little in the lighter winds but they fell off in the heavier winds. With a steady wind you could keep it on one hull longer, that will take lots of practice though. In the sweet spot the boat just skipped along like it was planing. I moved all moveable weight in the hulls towards the back of the boat. I could get it to pitch pole on a broad reach but if you let the sails out it would recover nicely it seems like you have ample warning a head of time. I was going to replace the sails but now it looks like I need an A rig and a b rig, no way I want better sails in heavy wind. I'm going to try my after market Victoria sails on it in the light wind to see how it does. This boat is quirky but interesting to me. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Mike, no doubt Dick L will be posting some comments soon. He seems to have an awsome knack of homing in on posts about multi-hulls. Meanwhile, enjoy your sailing.
I'm not familiar with the design, does it have daggerboards? Do model cats do that?
My only advice will come from full size cat sailing.
In big breeze, you can't get battens that are too stiff. So that would mean on a model, much stiffer battens than you would expect will be FAST. I use up to 3/8'' fiberglass rod in my Hobie 16 which is by no means high performance. I think the Nacra 20 guys are using upwards of 5/8'' in the big stuff. Remember, as the apparent wind speed goes up (like multi's will make it do) the draft of the sails will get pushed back. That's really slow and REALLY draggy. Stiffer battens will keep the sails looking like they should.
Do you have pictures of the boat?
Here's a link
Victor Model Products make it. https://secure.victor-model.com/Prod...7780CAFC4002F2
I don't have any pictures of mine. I also spent many years sailing Hobies etc.
So I am sort of used to how they sail. I did think they pointed better than this one though. I will make some new battens tommorow.
not sure what you are looking for as to comments or suggestions. There are few of these in any kind of competition (too small) and most seem to have been purchased for cabin/pool/small pond sailing. Of the two that I know about and am familiar with their modifications, it seems the owners have modifed the following:
1. Deeper boards and larger rudders for better pointing and more responsive steering in light winds.
2. One made his boards retractable so in heavier winds, he can reduce the amount of resistance, allowing the boat to "skid" sideways in gusts.
3. Better sails - or trimming them as flat as possible in heavy winds.
4. Carbon cross beams, mast and booms.
5. Use a very fast action servo, to handle both torque and speed. Most have gone to the Futaba drum winch, that will fit inside the hulls (tight) but at $150 or so from Tower Hobby (example) it is nearly the cost of the entire boat. Still, having a fast winch will allow sail trim to keep the boat on it's feet in heavy winds. If you go to a fast arm winch, you will probably wind up with the arm being above deck.
5. Add or modify a boom vang on the main so you can keep the boom flat, and leech (trailing edge) tight. Modify the outhaul on the boom ends to allow you to tighten the sails so they are flat and without much camber for strong winds. Combining a lot of outhaul, a lot of vang tension will help reduce the "power" in your sails and let you take advantage of the boats light weight and potential speed.
6. Consider that "B" Rig and smaller sail area for really heavy winds if you decide you want to sail it in winds stronger than it was intended or designed. I would hazard a guess that the probable top wind speed for the stock boat would be somewhere in the 5 - 8 mph range.
All things considered, I still wouldn't recommend - or build - a multihull under 1 meter in length - and preferably at 1.2 meters (48 inches) since they are much easier to control, and are a bit more predictable in heavy winds. Just a lot more forgiving (though they will still flip if overpowered).
My $ 0.02 worth. Enjoy !
Dick has an extremely good point with making the sails as flat as possible in bigger breeze. Efficiency goes through the roof when you make the draft that small, especially with medium small AOA.
Also, from that pic it looks as if the mast is an almost round section. If it is, in bigger breeze the top probably 4-5 inches of sail aren't doing anything because the flow around them is too turbulent for any degree of efficiency. All they're doing is making more heeling moment, so a big performance jump in stronger winds would be making a fat head main that's about 4'' shorter.
Deeper, narrower boards will be more efficient and you'll point better.
Please notice that the word efficient is used a lot in this post. It's not by accident. Cat's don't rely on sheer power nearly as much as mono's (though they can afford to since they're so stable). They normally rely on the ultra high efficiency of their platforms and sailplans. For that reason, if ever you find something that will be made much more efficient, even if it means a loss of power, it's probably worth it.
For instance a wing mast is often worth its weight in gold on a cat. Same with high aspect blades.
Your boats hull shape really reminds me of a Teeny Tornado. If that's what it's modeled after (I'm nearly sure it is from the boards) then it won't have much of a problem with bow digging except when power reaching in big waves. It will have the problems you describe (pointing, tacking, ect.) until you put blades on it that look a bit more like this
The hulls are a semi flat bottom U shape most of the way which seems to let it slide across the surface like it is planing. Can someone briefly describe how deeper narrow boards help with pointing and are there any draw backs?Also, should they be more forward or more back from where they are now if they are narrower? I bought it just to have something different than a mono but would be happy if it did point better. I might have to buy another one to do it to because what's there now is epoxied in. It's faster with loose sails I think Dick meant to tighten to decrease the chance of being over powered in a strong wind.
Last edited by wamf; Nov 08, 2007 at 01:55 AM.
Light wind - no waves = flat sail for acceleration and speed
Medium winds - small waves = fuller sail for power to punch through waves.
Strong winds - waves = flat sail for acceleration and speed. You really don't need the power if wind is string.
These are rule-of-thumb for multihulls. Obviously changing conditions and how the boat sails, accelerates, handles waves, and course type will all influence final tuning. Above is just a place to start with the tuning.
PS: Rake mast back for stronger winds and/or higher pointing. While much harder to tack, you can always sail with main only as a uni-rig.
For the narrower boards:
Higher pointing
Better tacking
Will most certainly be harder to get in the "groove".
The narrower boards won't be as easy to use, and you'll have to keep the boat moving at all costs (you're now not relying on surface area, but the lift they create). The reason you'll be able to tack better is because the boat will have a more defined "pivot point" number one, and also it's less board to swing through the water.
Dick pointed out why flat sails are better for cats. Also what you have to remember is that because they have so little drag, attached flow over ALL the foils is what matters most. If you watch full sized high performance cats sail in light air (or look at the AC boats, they sail rediculously flat too) they're all sailing low and fast with flat sails. This keeps the boats moving, which makes the daggerboards more efficient, which makes for better pointing, which makes the sails more efficient (see a trend yet?).
Also just keep in mind that the A class cat is an extreme example. They are upwind and apparent wind machines. They never, ever, go DDW and they are PURE efficiency boats.
Thanks For the Explanations
One thing I seem to remember from my sailing days was that boats with tall skinny sails pointed better. Like The picture above illustrates. I think the wildcat could handle a little more sail area on the main. With the wild cat the jib stays full when pointing but the main flutters. The wild cat has a flat non panneled sail it seems that when I get it tight there is no shape and the boat really slows it does seem to point better but in light winds it barely moves.
Last edited by wamf; Nov 09, 2007 at 09:44 PM.
wamf, you're quite right that taller, skinnier sails will often point better. However, what they lack is the power (more often refered to as "oomph") that lower aspect sails will have.
An idea you might consider would be to (when you get comfortable sailing the boat as it is now) put a shorter boom on the boat, and move the area you just took out into the head of the sail.
That would give you more driving force for only slightly more heeling force since now you're getting effective lift off the top of the sail rather than just drag.
The rule that many, if not most, sailors forget is that sail area isn't neccesarily king. It's effective sail area while minimizing drag from the total package that's fast. Most people will say that the drag created by the sails is miniscule and negligible compared to the drag made by the hulls. You must realize that this is so far from the truth it hurts. For instance, in a 49er (Olympic skiff class) the sail plan (not rigging, not mast, not even including the spinnaker. just the main and jib) accounts for 30% of the total drag on the system. Another 10% comes from the mast/rigging, about 40% from the hull, 10% from the foils, and 10% from the windage of the crew.
Keep that in mind next time you're considering whether to go with mylar sails, or a wing section mast.
Efficiency is king...
This is my resurrected, Formula 48 (F-48) build that has resumed. Wife said finish it, or get it out of closet.
Will be hollow foam covered in epoxy/glass. Basic size: 1.2 meters long x 1.1 meters wide. (48 inches long x 42 inches wide) Yellow part of the measuring tape showing is at 1 meter for size reference. Target sailing weight is 1.36 kg (3 lbs.)
Had built laminated wood beams, but not sure I "liked" their look, so am building a set of foam beams with thin ply central spine and then see which I like best. Ones not selected will go for next boat.
More info at a couple of multihull forums at other sites:
RC Sailingnet
RC Universe (multihulls)
New main sail
I bought the flat panel Victoria sails from Mariner sails http://www.mariner-sails.com/partdetail.asp?id=25661. I used the main on the wildcat and the jib was used for the main on a Victor Blackhawk 24. The wildcat is faster in medium winds still easy to control in heavier winds 15mph or so but it does bury the down wind hull more on a reach.. Doesn't tack better though (wasn't expecting it to). The main is about an inch longer on the foot and 2 inches taller. It is more fun with this set up. I'm thinking about getting a main made that is basically a vic main but three inches taller with the vic jib which is smaller than the stock jib. Other than the first time I sailed the wildcat I haven't sailed my upgraded victoria. The wildcat is just way more exciting to sail if the wind is moderate to heavy. Now the Blackhawk which is also using a paradise keel is faster in light winds but spins into the wind if it is moderate to heavy. I don't have any specific questions but am interested in any input.
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Deer hunting has officially started.
How do I know?
Well, the millions of pictures people post of dead deer on facebook.
I get it…you love to hunt, but I don't need to see a picture of your bloody deer on my facebook page.
It's gross. It makes me sick to my stomach. I'm already a borderline vegetarian. I very rarely eat meat. The more dead deer I see…the closer I become to a vegetarian.
It's weird, the older I get the more it bothers me. I've become very sensitive to animals…even bugs!
It just makes me sad.
Now, I'm not going to try and prevent you from hunting, that's your right.
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Completing President Barack Obama's U.S. defense budget request for fiscal 2010 means one thing: making difficult cuts. While specific decisions have yet to be made, Pentagon issue teams are using Office of Management and Budget guidelines to identify which programs to delay, scale back or eliminate.
But they're operating in a serious information vacuum. Any major cuts they recommend are arbitrary until the administration issues its essential second policy instrument following a fiscal blueprint, which is the National Security Strategy. Both, in turn, affect the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which shapes future planning, programming and budgeting decisions. There's one big problem - the QDR won't be released for about a year.
The fiscal blueprint has been released and the National Security Strategy will be out sooner, obviously, but not before Pentagon officials are expected to come up with their recommended cuts. That's why the administration should create a buffer between the demands of the budget calendar and the strategy policy process. Both the initial budget decisions and the conduct of the National Security Strategy should precede the QDR. Only then can the Pentagon teams recommend sensible cuts.
Too often, the requirements of the budget calendar have marginalized the more deliberate policy-making process. Ensuring the policy process is the driving force in defense planning means the secretary of defense must carefully manage the calendar and issue clear directives on how defense budgets will result from the relevant policy-making endeavors.
Ultimately, the QDR should define the essential programmatic building blocks of the overall defense structure and dictate that adequate resources will be devoted to maintaining and, where necessary, creating these building blocks.
The U.S. military should seek to maintain critical capability sets versus contingency planning against specific and potentially unlikely scenarios. No single review can precisely anticipate the full array of operations that the U.S. military may be asked to perform up to two decades in advance.
Strategy always changes faster than force structure. Not every potential threat can be predicted, and it takes many years to acquire the manpower and weapons for a strong military. This requires the U.S. military to plan its forces around a grand strategy and hedge with specific capabilities to meet any future requirements.
These core capabilities - many of which the military possesses today - should be the mainstays of strategic planning. They include: protecting and defending the United States and its allies against attack, air dominance, maritime control, space control, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, the ability to seize and control territory against organized ground forces, projecting power to distant regions, and information dominance throughout cyberspace.
Focusing the QDR efforts will put in place the basic building blocks the military needs to perform necessary operations as they arise. These building blocks must be sufficiently robust and redundant to permit an effective response to surprises.
Unfortunately, it's easy to predict where the defense budget will ultimately be cut. The victim is always modernization. Ironically, a reduced acquisition budget will reduce competition and interdependence among contractors. This, in turn, forces increased costs on the taxpayers.
The modernization account funds next-generation weapon systems, platforms, trucks, ships, helicopters and planes. The major problem is that our men and women in uniform really need these programs and cannot afford a modernization depression. Weakness invites crisis. Military leaders have repeatedly testified that repairing old equipment and buying newer, more technologically advanced equipment will be a top priority for years to come, even after hostilities cease in Iraq and, eventually, Afghanistan.
The services are in a crucial phase of recapitalization and scheduled to field new platforms that will anchor U.S. security for the next generation. This doesn't mean defense spending should be considered a stimulus package, because America shouldn't pay for anything more than the military absolutely needs.
Nor is it to say the Pentagon should be considered a political untouchable. In these challenging times, policy-makers must set priorities, make choices and ultimately negotiate trade-offs. But a decision to undermine military capability and readiness should not be one of them.
Cuts - particularly those without strategic justifications and resulting in a modest and restrained strategy - have consequences. Slashing the defense budget without first conducting a thorough strategic defense review, and without specifying which missions and commitments can be safely abandoned, would be the height of irresponsibility.
The military doesn't need a funding surge, but sustained and predictable long-term investment to rebuild and modernize. The decisions about what specific investments should be made or not should also wait until the proper strategic framework is provided after this year.
Mackenzie Eaglen is the Senior Policy Analyst for defense and homeland security issues in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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NOT all actors enjoy the outdoor life, Philip Ryder admits, but he is clearly one who does.
Ryder went out on the road one summer as an actor for hire with another company specialising in taking the theatre outdoors and had so much fun that he and his fellow partner in the London Contemporary Theatre, Jonathan Ashby-Rock, decided to do something similar themselves.
"I had an amazingly fun summer going to all these National Trust properties and stately homes, performing Shakespeare to big audiences," Ryder said.
"We tried that last year and now we are doing it again on a bigger scale. It's just a beautiful way to spend the summer."
Joining Ryder and Ashby-Rock on the current tour are fellow cast members Lucy Peacock, Ewan Reilly and Jenni Stacey, most of them playing our or five different roles as they bring Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Dream to life in summer gardens the length of Britain, including Cawdor Castle where they make this year's Highland appearance.
"They all play music as well, so for the whole two hours you are constantly doing something," Ryder added.
"Most of the costume changes we've got down to between 15 and 30 seconds so you go through the whole show like a marathon. You never stop, but it's so much fun to do as a result.
"We look for actors who can play musical instruments, we look for a lot of musical theatre singers because you have to know how to use your voice. We perform in really big spaces and sometimes we can have audiences of up to 600 or 700 people, so you have top be able to project really well. Actors who do a lot of TV or smaller theatre work might not have that projection, then after a day or two lose their voices."
They also have to be able to stand up to the challenge of performing in the outdoors and all that brings, whether baking sunshine or, potentially more likely in the Highlands, rain and mum.
"Finding the girls is always the trickiest bit," Ryder admitted.
"We spend a lot of the tour camping in outdoor places and if it's wet you get muddy — we had our dress rehearsal last week in London and it tipped it down. It's great fun, but there are only a certain amount of female actors who would be up for such a gig."
If outdoor theatre attracts a different breed of actor, then audiences are different from the ones who might be expected to watch Shakespeare in the comfort of a theatre.
This tends to mean more holiday makers and more families than typical theatre audiences and a wider age range, going from pre-schoolers to the over-90s at one recent show.
"It does tend to be the more outdoorsy people, as well as regular theatre goers," Ryder said.
The adventurous London Contemporary Theatre does not just do shows outdoors.
It also performs shows inside, but not always conventionally. This includes performing plays in pitch black theatres, the only light coming from candles and torches for a few brief moments before being snuffed out again.
One of the most successful of these was the company's version of Macbeth, which just adds to the actors' excitement about appearing at Cawdor.
"We're camping onsite and I think we'll put together a little 10-minute of Macbeth, just so we can say we've done a little bit of Macbeth at Cawdor," Ryder added.
"But there isn't really a suitable indoor space for that show whereas Midsummer's Dream is a fun, outdoor show. It's definitely the right show that we are doing there."
• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and performed by London Contemporary Theatre is at Cawdor Castle on Sunday 6th Jumy. Doors open at 6.30pm and the performance begins at 7.30pm.Tickets priced £14.50 for adults and £8 for children can be booked by calling 01667 404401.


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The New York Federal Reserve said its monthly business index came in at minus 7.8, below the consensus forecast that called for a rise to the break-even point of zero.
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Some of the repercussions of the stunning loss are already known. Eight senior executives have left the bank in wake of the debacle. On Tuesday, while electing to release the report, the bank's board had on its agenda how to handle Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon's bonus pay for 2012, which could be trimmed by as much as 20 percent, the Times said.
In 2011, Dimon made $23.1 million in a compensation package that included $4.5 million in a cash bonus.
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Sources close to the discussion told the Times that some on the board argued the report could be used by plaintiffs in legal cases against the bank. Dimon, however, encouraged the board to release the report, the Times said.
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Increased 401(k) withdrawals mean an increase in hefty early withdrawal fees and taxes that need to be paid on funds withdrawn before a worker reaches retirement age, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Workers are also losing out on interest they could be earning if they kept the funds in the retirement accounts.
"We're going from bad to worse. Already, fewer private-sector workers have access to stable pension plans. And the savings in individual retirement savings accounts like 401(k) plans -- which already are severely underfunded -- continue to leak out at a high rate," said Diane Oakley, executive director of the National Institute on Retirement Security.
"What you have is 401(k) participants voting with their wallets saying they would much rather use this money for other purposes," HelloWallet Chief Executive Officer Matt Fellowes said.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. retail sales dropped week-to-week for the second consecutive time in the week ending Saturday, a Washington retail trade group said Tuesday.
Sales receipts dropped 0.6 percent after falling 4.2 percent in the previous week, the International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs weekly consumer tracking survey indicated.
The council called the slump "the post-holiday spending blues."
Weather, the group said, was a mild deterrent with the average temperature 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than last year and 7 degrees warmer than the long-term average for the week.
From the same week a year earlier, sales were up 3.3 percent, a gain partly realized by higher prices.
Last week, the trade group said sales "tumbled." The second decline showed broad weakness with the exception of discount stores.
Sales declined at drug, department, dollar, specialty, electronics, office and furniture stores, the council said.


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A study found no evidence that natural-gas drilling has caused elevated cancer rates in Flower Mound, the Texas Health Department announced Wednesday.
Residents concerned about a possible cluster of cancer cases caused by drilling pollutants had urged the department to do the study.
"We found nothing in the data to indicate the community is at higher risk for these types of cancers," said health department epidemiologist Eric Miller.
The analysis examined rates of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, childhood brain cancer and female breast cancer in zip codes 75022 and 75028, which include Flower Mound.
The survey did find higher than normal rates of breast cancer, but the health department said population growth could have skewed the numbers.
Flower Mound had a population of 68,000 in 2007. But the study used census data from 2000, when the city's population was just 44,000, said health department spokeswoman Allison Lowery.
There is no established link between breast cancer and benzene, a chemical released in natural-gas drilling, she said.
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Was it finding myself in a coordinate on the map that I'd only imagined before?
Did the anticipation make it that much sweeter?
Was it the brief walking tour of a foreign land, followed by the step back in time?
Or slipping the surly bonds of earth to temporarily overcome acrophobia?
Did it help that we landed in a spot that felt like our very own pied-a-terre?
Is it because we toured fabulous vineyards as VIPs because we were FOCs? (You know: Friends of Chuck. Oh, you don't know Chuck? You really should.)
Was it driving along winding roads that hugged lush green hills, with the wind in our hair?
Or could we have been anywhere in the world, really, as long as we were together?
To that end, maybe it was returning home to a trio of happy, healthy muppers, not one iota the worse for our absence, and realizing: we could totally do this again sometime! We need to do this again sometime. Once the grandparents recuperate, of course.
Was it any one of these things? Or the combination thereof?
The answer, of course, is yes. Yes, yes, yes. See for yourself, if you're so inclined.


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Tatnic Hills Preserve
171 acres in Wells, York County
The Tatnic Hills Preserve, nestled at the north end of the Mt. Agamenticus Conservation Area and owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy, was protected through a series of three acquisitions between 1998 and 2007.
Ecological Value & Features
The Tatnic Hills Preserve features a variety of forest types in a setting of gently rolling terrain. The preserve contains a mixture of early successional, mature, and old growth pine and mixed hardwood forest. Of particular interest are white oak and shagbark hickory which make up a small but important component of the forest, providing food for wildlife. Both of these tree species are relatively uncommon in Maine and are restricted to the southern part of the state. Numerous vernal pools and pocket wetlands provide habitat for the state-endangered Blanding's turtle and the state-threatened spotted turtle. During the summer months these turtles migrate from the pools to lay eggs in the sandy soils of adjacent uplands. Hikers should keep an eye out for these rare reptiles during the summer. In addition to the turtles, Tatnic Hills Preserve is home to moose, white-tailed deer, red fox, raccoon, ruffed grouse and a multitude of songbirds and other wildlife.
Trail System
The Red Trail, to the east of the parking lot, is a 1-mile moderate hike through white pine and mixed hardwood forest. Of particular interest are scattered shagbark hickory trees, a species at the northern limit of its range in southern Maine. This hike includes meadow openings along granitic outcroppings and nice views of the Tatnic Hills. Visitors may also see evidence of recent harvesting that has influenced forest succession in the area.
The White Trail, to the west of the parking lot, is an easy 1-mile hiking loop. This trail transits through old fields that have succeeded to pine-oak woodlands. Stone foundations predominantly stand along the trail as a reminder of the areas past farming history. The loop also travels along the edges of several vernal pools, and through hemlock-white pine woodlands.
There are a few water crossings. Bog bridges have been constructed by Nature Conservancy staff and the Mount Agamenticus trail crew to keep hikers dry. Visitors may encounter muddy conditions, so boots are sometimes advisable.
Visiting Guidelines
To learn more about our preserve guidelines, please read our complete list of preserve use policies.
• Day use only, no camping
• No fires
• Carry out all trash, leave no trace
• Bikes and motorized vehicles prohibited
• No pets
• Please stay on the trail
• No collecting of plants or animals
• I-95 to Wells, ME (Exit 19)
• At the stop light (after the toll booth), turn right (west) onto Rt. 109
• Travel approximately one-half mile and turn left (southwest) onto Rt. 9
• Travel approximately 2.5 miles along Rt. 9 and turn left (southeast) onto Rt. 9B.
• Travel east on 9B for only about 250 feet and turn right, then travel south on Cheney Woods Road.
• Follow Cheney Woods Rd south for approx. 2.5 miles (it will turn into a dirt road after one half mile), stay on Cheney Woods Rd, and climb and wind around two sharp turns into the Tatnic Hills.
• Turn left into a small parking area (north side of road) at the top of the hill once the road becomes flat (if the road turns back to pavement from gravel, you have travelled approximately .2 miles beyond the small parking lot).
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From: "Vera Reeves" <>
Subject: Croom
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:50:00 -0500
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Feb 17, 1939 - Fillmore Croom Dies
Fillmore Croom, former resident of Izard County, died in Scottsdale, Ariz.,
Tuesday. Survivors include his wife, Mrs Nell Billingsley Croom; two sons,
two daughters, five brothers, Dr G. C. Croom of Little Rock, Dave Croom of
Oxford, Ben Croom of Morrilton, Tom Croom of Nashville and Adlai Croom of
Enid, Okla., and three sisters, Mrs A. H. Caldwell and Mrs John Davis of
Oxford and Mrs J. W. Thompson of Datto, Clay County. (Hiram Fillmore Croom
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My son (who is seven) and I were in a car accident last night; we are doing well this morning, no serious injuries only a little sore. We were hit while making a left hand turn from the freeway offramp and were struck by a driver that ran a red light. We would like prayer for the other driver, we don't know if he is ok or not but I believe he is. We would also like prayer for a new car and/or transportation until we get a new car. I am the sole provider for my family and this was our only running vehicle. My husband isn't working and his vehilce isn't working either (he believes it may be the timing belt), money is very tight and we don't have the money to fix his vechile (I am planning on using my tax return to get his car working again, but that is a while off yet). We haven't done any Christmas shopping and was budgeting enough to do Stocking Stuffers for the kids, but now with the car accident...
If you could please pray for Godspeed in providing transportation/a new car for our family we would greatly appreciate it. God Bless You and Merry Christmas.
God is in control of that situation. I know how it is with money being tight...as far as being Christan goes Praise GOD you were ok for the most part, and keep praying for the other driver too. Your only option may be to see if he had insurance seeing as he/she was in the wrong. I would consider lifting that up.


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GROVETOWN -- A 3-2 zone defense provided the edge Grovetown needed to beat Lincoln County, 41-34 on Tuesday.
"After that first game, I knew we needed to change it up on defense and the 3-2 zone worked for us," said Grovetown basketball coach Bill Madigan, referring to a Dec. 10 game the Warriors lost to the Red Devils, 61-49.
In the first quarter, Grovetown (4-5) held Lincoln County (2-2) to only four points while they scored 14, including a pair of 3-pointers from Courtney Kency and C.J. Cooper.
The Warriors failed to score in the second quarter but their defense held the Red Devils to seven points, giving Grovetown a 14-11 lead heading into the half.
"I told them to take their opportunities," Madigan said of his halftime speech. "I told them to find ways to push through (Lincoln County's zone)."
Lincoln County outscored Grovetown 9-8 in the third, but that's the closest Lincoln County got.
Cooper and Troy Tate each contributed eight points to Grovetown's 14-point fourth-quarter rally.
The Grovetown girls (7-2) dominated on both sides of the court, winning 65-28.
Early in the contest, Lincoln County (0-2) watched as a quick lead dissipated halfway through the first quarter.
In the last half of quarter, the Warriors used some steals and offensive rebounds to generate 14 points to take a 20-7 lead.
In the second period, Grovetown's man-to-man defense continued to create turnovers while Lincoln County's zone proved ineffective. Grovetown point guard Malia Kency even managed a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-like sky hook while on the trot.
Lincoln County's desperation started to show in the second half as they sent the Warriors to the free-throw line nine times. In all, nine Grovetown girls contributed with Kency leading the way with 21 points and guard DiMara Thomas adding 17 more.


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The annual doubleheader at Petco Park in which the San Diego Padres play one game and the Lake Elsinore Storm face a minor league opponent took place June 2, and two former Ramona High School players returned to San Diego County as members of the Storm.
Nick Vincent and Neil Jamison now pitch for Lake Elsinore, although both threw in relief the night before in Lake Elsinore and neither appeared in the Petco Park game between the Storm and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
"It was a great experience," Vincent said of the game in San Diego.
Vincent watched Padres games as a fan before being drafted by the team.
"Just wondered how it would be to be in the bullpen," he said.
Vincent was able to have that experience during the Storm-Quakes game.
"It was pretty cool," he said. "I could imagine pitching in front of 40,000 fans."
Vincent and Jamison learned at different times that they would not be pitching at Petco Park.
"I pretty much knew I wasn't, because I threw the night before," Jamison said.
Jamison and Vincent have different relief roles on the Storm. Had the game been closer in the later innings, Vincent likely would have pitched at Petco Park. The Storm's 6-2 victory over the Quakes saw Lake Elsinore score the game's first two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and score four runs in the sixth frame for a 6-1 lead.
Vincent didn't mind having the more comfortable lead rather than throwing in San Diego.
"I'd rather be down there for a whole season than just for one game," he said. "It would have been nice, but just being there was good enough, I think."
Jamison had previous outings in Petco Park.
"I had the opportunity to throw there back in '06," said Jamison, who spent 2006 with the Storm and also pitched at the Padres' ballpark for Cal State Long Beach during a 2005 collegiate tournament.
"It's always nice to get the opportunity, but I'm sure it's good for the other guys to get out there," he said.
Vincent noted the benefits of other young prospects having the opportunity to play at a major league ballpark.
"I'm glad the Storm can do that," he said.
Jamison was selected in the sixth round of the 2005 draft and split the 2005 season between Eugene and Fort Wayne. After four appearances at Fort Wayne to start the 2006 season, Jamison was promoted to Lake Elsinore.
He was in 61 games for the 2006 Storm and had 31 saves, striking out 62 batters in 65-1/3 innings. He also appeared in the 2006 Class A All-Star game.
Jamison was promoted to San Antonio for the 2007 season, in which he was switched from the closer position to a middle relief role.
He returned to San Antonio for 2008 and had a 2.55 earned run average in 29 appearances before missing the second half of the season with elbow problems.
Jamison began the 2009 season with seven appearances for San Antonio before being transferred to the Storm, where in his first 11 appearances he compiled a 4.41 earned run average.
In Jamison's case, the move from Class AA San Antonio to Class A Lake Elsinore is more of a rehabilitation tenure than a demotion.
Jamison is being converted to a sidearm delivery pitcher to reduce stress on his elbow.
"Pretty much starting over as far as learning something new," he said. "Just trying to make the best of the opportunity."
Lake Elsinore is just over an hour's drive from Ramona, although Jamison considers that to be the consolation prize for pitching at the lower level.
"I'd much rather be in AA," he said.
Jamison's return to Lake Elsinore puts him and Vincent on the same team for the first time. Both played at Ramona High School and Cal State Long Beach before being drafted by the Padres, but they had never previously played together.
"It was kind of weird," Vincent said.
Jamison graduated from Ramona High School in 2001 while Vincent was a 2004 graduate. Vincent was on the Bulldogs' junior varsity team as a freshman and sophomore, so he wasn't on the varsity during Jamison's senior year.
Jamison then played for Cal State Long Beach, turning down a 2004 draft offer by the New York Mets after his junior year and signing with the Padres after his senior season. Vincent attended Palomar College before transferring to Long Beach State, redshirting one year at Palomar due to an injury and playing two seasons for the Comets.
The Padres took Vincent in the 18th round of the 2008 draft. He started eight games and relieved in eight games for Eugene, and he also had one start for Portland. At the time of the Padres-Storm game Vincent had a 2.30 earned run average in 27 appearances for the 2009 Storm.
"I think it's great to have me and Nick being on the same team," Jamison said.
Jamison noted that Ramona High School is one of the county's smaller schools and is often overlooked. While some Ramona residents transfer to larger schools, Jamison and Vincent let their own skills generate attention from colleges and pro scouts.
"It just kind of sets a good example for kids who are young now,"
Jamison said. "If you're good enough, you'll be seen."


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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Women love men who wear men's sexy underwear as women appreciate the way it makes a man look. Sexy underwear for men is a subject many women discuss with their girlfriends and the men in their lives and they indicate they wish men would wear the sexy underwear more often.
Few will disagree that women wear sexy underwear, panties and bras for themselves as well as the men in their lives. Men on the other hand rarely wear sexy underwear for themselves or more importantly the women in their lives. Perhaps it is fear, embarrassment or just habit but men often appear in the bedroom wearing those ugly tighty whities or even boxers while they expect the woman in their lives to wear skimpy panties, crotch less panties and open bust bras and lingerie. Are men lazy, frightened or just unaccustomed to wearing sexy underwear? While it is unrealistic to expect that men would wear sexy underwear as often as women, at least in the short term, isn't it time for men to step it up? Without going into too much detail women are used to being sex objects and while many enjoy being put on a pedestal others find it demeaning and sexist. Men though are guilty of putting many women on that sexual object pedestal by insisting, suggesting or demanding that the girl in his life wear naughty underwear and often not so shyly suggesting that his girl show off in public as though she was a trophy. So why can't a man show off his package at least in the bedroom?
I don't do that kind of stuff, or I am not gay or I look hot without wearing man panties or sexy underwear are just some of the excuses men make when it comes to wearing hot and sexy underwear for men. We do not live in a culture that starts conditioning men at an early age that they take care of their skin, hair and bodies the way women do. Plenty of men work out look and smell good but we persist in thinking that only gay men wear sexy underwear or take care of themselves. Even if only partially true this is a very sad statement about and for men. No one wants men to become women as women have that very well in hand. On the other hand many women want the men in their lives to take more care in their appearance and often men shrug it off successfully.
Sexy men's underwear is not a revolutionary concept as many men including sexy gay men indeed take better care of their appearance than straight men. This is the subject of many jokes and anecdotes as many men and women consider that a good looking man must be gay and they are often correct. A man who is well groomed, hair, skin, and teeth as well as impeccably groomed is a homosexual. Somehow straight men are left to be something less and the straight women who want a heterosexual man in her life must often wish he were "more gay". After all if taking care of oneself is a gay characteristic then why not wish for more gay men in the world.
Straight men are lazy both physically and in terms of the time spent looking sexy for the woman in their lives. While it doesn't take much time to buy some sexy underwear most men don't bother. They will often allow their girlfriends or wives to do the shopping for them as though they were little children. While this is not all straight men, gay men seem to relish doing the shopping for themselves and the results are obvious. This is not about bashing straight men and exalting the virtues of gay men but on the other hand straight men don't often listen to their girl friends and wives. Wearing sexy underwear or men's lingerie to a man is really not that different than a woman wearing sexy lingerie. Men need to get more comfortable with their own sexuality or as it is often put get in touch with their feminine side. In doing so he sends her a message that it is important to him how he looks to her and what she thinks of him in sexual terms. Here are a couple of things a man can do to increase his sexual quotient with the woman he loves.
1. Don't wear a thong unless you have the body for it and you probably don't! I didn't say wear clown shoes just because she asks you to so keep some of your dignity if you have any after winning the belching and farting contest.
2. Do wear bun huggers or those men's underwear that is similar to a woman's boy shorts. They are half way between briefs and boxers only snug and make you look like you have a big penis! Every guy wants a bigger penis and every woman wants a man who has a big penis. Forget that stuff about size doesn't matter unless you still believe politicians don't lie constantly.
3. Shave your privates as it makes your package look cleaner and bigger. There is that word again bigger. Even if your girl doesn't tell you she has never faked an orgasm you aren't dumb enough to believe it are you?
4. Buy some muscle shirts, snug fitting t-shirts in many colors and throw away those ill fitting t-shirts that you got from the Dodgers when they won the pennant in 1907. They look ratty, you look ratty and when she wakes up she sees you in it and she runs into the bathroom to barf. You thought she was on her period. Gee you will believe anything, won't you?
5. If you have a beard, lose it. If you let your facial hair grow trim it daily, yes daily. If you have a mustache lose it you look like a porn star and not one with a big wanker.
6. Trim the nose hair, hair in your ears and trim those eyebrows. Do you want a girlfriend with a unibrow or a mustache?
7. Go to a hair stylist! Find a gorgeous one who will lie to you to get extra tips but if your girlfriend likes it tell her your hair stylist is hot and she won't believe you. If she finally meets the hair stylist you can always tell her you told her the hair stylist was gorgeous.
8. Smell good- all the time! I did not say put a bottle of cologne on you every morning I said smell good all the time. Perhaps the smell of soap turns her on, perhaps the cologne or perhaps the smell of beer on your breath.
9. Get a robe and join the 21st century. Get a nice summer and winter robe. Do you notice all the hot guys wear them in the movies? Wear it open with your hot manties underneath. Manties are man panties, get used to the name and embrace it as it is you.
10. If you have body hair get rid of it, now! Get up and get rid of it now! Women don't love man hair, no one loves man hair particularly the gross thatch on one's back or chest. Have it removed and rationalize the pain as the price of being a hot guy.
11. Brush your teeth! Floss your teeth and put the toilet seat down!
12. Wear boxers sparingly but wear them. Have a black pair, burgundy, dark green and dark blue. All masculine colors.
13. Start smoking a pipe- just kidding! Don't smoke a cigar in your girlfriends face! Don't belch, fart or otherwise emit noises from orifices.
14. Occasionally don't wear any underwear at all! Show her you have some mystery as you take your pants off and your Johnson plops out, or for most of you guys plips out.
15. Wear a men's thong that has a built in cock ring that will keep you semi hard and make you look like that dream she had about the pool boy the other night that she didn't tell you about. I know I said don't wear a thong, just don't wear a regular thong is what I said.
If you follow all of my suggestions either your wife or girlfriend will be in lust with you all of the time or most all other women will be and you won't need her anyway.
Posted by Flirty Girl at 12:08 PM
Labels: mens lingerie, sexy men's underwear, sexy underwear
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I wish my b/f would wear one of those sexy thongs! Although I don't really think he would fill it out quite as well as the model. Sigh, anyway I am goig to buy him one and insist he wear it or else:)
- July 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM
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