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As always, another fun trip to Boston aided by the great Hounds on the Boston board. Thanks as always for being so informative and writing thorough reviews, always super helpful and a big THANKS to OpinionatedChef who really helped out in giving us pointers.
An early afternoon arrival let us head out and grab a light snack before an early dinner. We headed over to the Prudential Centre and grabbed a quick bite at the food court. Given how nippy it was outside, we hit Boston Chowda to warm up. Clam chowder, corn chowder and a chicken pot pie. 2 hits and a miss. Both chowders were delicious, you could practically taste the cream in it, it was super velvety. The clam chowder had nice bits of clam and had that clam juice flavor that reminds you of the sea. My only comment would be too many potatoes but understandable, it is a cheap filler. The corn chowder was equally good with lots of corn and still a few too many potatoes. The chicken pot pie was average, I found the insides too runny and not quite thick enough to kind of coat the filling which is how I like it. But nice chunks of chicken meat, not overly dry and the crust was nice and flaky, reminded me of shortcrust texture, however there was only a top covered in pastry and I like it like a pie, nice soggier bits on the bottom for me.
Dinner was a return visit to Island Creek Oyster Bar, which I had previously visited on a separate occasion and had a really enjoyable meal. Returning this time, I again, started with oysters that were super fresh and delicious, only a small shard of shell from shucking. My personal favourite was the Sunken Meadow, crisp and briny and oh so right. My BF had the crab cake which was quite nice with the pistachio relish and frisee but was nothing particularly memorable. In addition, we had the blue cheese with roasted figs. I love blue cheese and figs and it was a really nice combination. My only quibble was they hadn't removed the hard stem so we had to keep spitting them out. For mains, he ordered the lobster roe noodles and absolutely loved it which I was happy with since I wasn't as keen on it from last visit. I settled for the halibut special that evening and was extremely pleased by the deliciously moist and flaky and nicely seasoned pieces of fish that came out. I always forget how big the portions are in the States and ended up only finishing half of the dish. Again, service was friendly, efficient and knowledgable and the room was buzzing with lots of people enjoying a Friday evening out. Oh yes, and of course we split a buttermilk biscuit and even when we were full, we kept nibbling at it. With all the nice crunchy crust and lovely layers soaking up the honey, how can you resist. Suffice it to say, we passed on the dessert menu, again. One of these days…I'd definitely return in the future again when in town.
Ok, I admit it, I've never eaten at a Cheesecake Factory (and neither had the BF) and there one was smack dab in front of me. Having read horrible things about the calorie count and the portions and blah blah blah, I was intrigued so why the heck not. Was I surprised? Yes, I definitely was. Ok, the portions were large and the menu does read like an epic novel but overall, service was prompt and friendly and the food didn't taste that bad. It's not revolutionary but it was fresh and tasty. I had the Asian lettuce wrap tacos which were tasty with nice sour tang from pickled veggies, crisp lettuce and nice bits of chicken which weren't dried out. I didn't like the gloppy rice noodles in sesame dressing at the bottom, didn't add much to texture and was a bit overwhelming. I also tried the roasted mushroom flatbread which was nice, kind of a chewy type of dough, with a crunch to the edge and nice roasted mushrooms (real, not the canned kind). The BF had the mac & cheese burger with sweet potato fries. Fries came out nice and crispy (think McDonald's fries texture) but a little underseasoned. He thought the burger was great, nice and juicy patty with the mac and cheese adding a nice creamy texture to the overall concept. With 2 alcoholic drinks, the bill came to slightly over 40 which I can understand is good value for the portions you get. Would I ever go back? Sure, I understand the appeal, the menu has a good variety of stuff and if you're in a large group with diverse tastes, it has a little something for everyone. On my own, probably not, life's too short to eat "safe" food unless it's the only thing around.
Thankfully we were stuffed by our lunch as we were about to endure a wait for our dinner. We braved the crowds and headed to the North End to try Regina Pizza. We arrived around 5:30 and ended up in line for almost 50 minutes. It was the night of the Bieber concert so lots of "Bieliebers" doing a pre-concert dinner. I was not overly ecstatic about the soundtrack for the evening and was greatful when it neared concert time, they cleared out and the music changed back to anything but the Biebs. Note to future patrons, check the concert schedule at TD North else you might end up in line surrounded by bouncing screaming overly hyped up pre-teens. The BF had the broccoli and spinach with lots of garlic and it lived up to its billing of lots of garlic. I had the mushroom, artichoke, fresh basil and sausage (?). Both were excellent, the crust has a nice bounce to it. When you bite into it, it springs back into shape afterwards, not too thin, not too thick, just right! Not too soft, not too chewy, just right. I felt a little like Goldilocks. The sauce was nice and light, not that really heavy tomato sauce that comes from a can. Overall, everything came together in a nice package and we were both super happy, we even took the leftovers for breakfast the next morning and the BF actually didn't mind the wait at the end of it.
After dinner, we went for a walk to try and walk off some of the dinner and to check out the area. The line-ups were ridiculous at Mike's and at Modern so definitely skipped that. We ended up ducking into Caffe Vittoria for a little post dinner wind down. A cappuccino and pistachio gelato for me and an espresso and canolli for the BF. We saw a busboy walk by with a stack of crushed Modern Pastry boxes and were debating whether the canolli were from there. Either way, I can say I'm not a canolli person. I just don't get it, it was a moderately thick, crunchy shell filled with a nice enough sweet ricotta cream but for me, I wasn't jumping up and down. The pistachio gelato was ok, had nice pieces of pistachio in it but I think the texture loses something sitting in the gelato plus it had a lingering flavor of marzipan which I'm not a big fan of. The coffees were nice though and seeing the old coffee grinders on display was pretty cool. Go for the ambiance and the coffee is my recommendation.
Sunday morning was a slow start. We puttered off to Bom Café in search of pasteis de nata. It was a nice little morning start, not great since it was Sunday and I think it was leftover from the day before as there was a slight chew to the pastry. Still, the custard was nice, not too sweet and with a very rich creamy texture. We took a little stroll but were anxious to find a decent place to pass the time watching the Patriots game. Phoenix Landing was recommended but we walked past and it was packed with soccer fans so we ended up at Champions Sports Bar at the Marriott Cambridge. A couple of seats at the bar with a clear sight of every almost every game and we were comfortable. Clean, possibly considered sterile, every seat in the bar area was filled. The 50 cent wings were ok, not great but not horrible. We got medium hot (not that hot still) and the chili Thai wings (more sweet than spicy), well fried and not greasy and for the price, a decent enough way to spend the afternoon. A nice selection of beers on tap didn't hurt. They had the Wachusett Blueberry beer on tap which was definitely intriguing. Ok, call it a girlie beer but I enjoyed it (being a girl doesn't hurt).
For dinner we had tickets for a show so we went for an early dinner to Erbaluce. I opted for the specials, a braised sunflower head with breadcrumbs, ricotta topping with capers and raisin vinaigrette and the poached lobster. My BF had the risotto stuffed Cuban pepper with spicy shrimp to start and the pumpkin agnolotti in broth as a main. I now understand the love/hate it gets on the board. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal but his was very meh. The shrimp were a little "fishier" smelling than normal so we abstained from eating them and the risotto wasn't so much creamy as it reminded me of Uncle Ben's Spanish rice. The pumpkin agnolotti with orange in chicken broth was disappointing, the wrapper being quite hard, not al dente, just hard. The redeeming factor was a smooth pumpkin-y filling. My braised sunflower head was really great, I had no idea that you could eat the entire head and it was delicious. They described it like artichokes and texturally, it did remind me of it but the flavor was subtle and seemed very much like a sponge, absorbing the flavor of whatever you braise it in. The capers definitely added a nice punch of salt to the dish. My lobster poached in olive oil was very nice. Perfectly cooked, no rubber here but the presentation was definitely rustic or what I considered messy, it reminded me of a Jackson Pollack painting, spatters. Service was really great with the staff inquiring if we were seeing a show right off the bat and timing the kitchen so we'd leave on time. The room itself is a bit stark, the lighting provides warmth but the bar-ish walls give it a starkness that seems to conflict with the ambience they were trying to create. Would I return? Compared to an amazing trip to Prezza previously, I'd say no. I'd much prefer to go back to Prezza than Erbaluce.
Last day, this required a cleanse, specifically, an Asian cleanse and we were slower than molasses. Brunch, more like lunch, we hit Pho Pasteur in Chinatown for a restorative lunch. We had the wonton soup and salad roll to start. A "kitchen sink" pho for myself and a pork lo mein for my BF. And of course, a couple of coffees with condensed milk. The wonton soup was surprisingly good, the broth was clear and flavourful with decent sized wontons and quite a few, more like a full meal than a starter. The pho was really nice, again, light and clear, good spicing and didn't leave you with the MSG parch. The tendon and tripe were tender with just the right amount of chew. The lo mein was pretty big with your standard mix of baby corn, straw mushrooms, celery, peppers and broccoli with pork. The noodles were fried with a nice crunchiness where the sauce could soak into. Coffees were good but I was sad that you don't get to watch it drip slowly from the filter. Overall, it was pricier than I'm used to for pho (compared to home, being Vancouver) but overall, for Asian comfort food, I'd return.
Needing to kill a couple hours before a movie, we stopped into Thinking Cup for a little more coffee and a snack. Located conveniently close to the Boston Common, this little gem serves Stumptown Coffee, which I'd read about previously. Americano, pumpkin bread, latte and blondie with sea salt and caramel. The coffee was really good, if you like a slightly fruitier bean, which I enjoy. The pumpkin bread was moist and dense with a nice crunch from the pumpkin seeds on top. The blondie was also great, for 2 full people, it disappeared pretty quick. Big thumbs up, the only downside are the campers. Belatedly, I realize it was featured as a great place for uni students to hang out. Lots of books/laptops/study notes with empty drinks and thus, getting a table could be challenging.
4 days later, we opted to eat at the hotel restaurant, Zephyr on the Charles, with an early wake up call. It's hotel dining, that's all I will have to say. Neither here nor there.
Hits and misses on this trip but still a great fun city to visit with some really good food. Can't wait to come back again.


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The legal wranglings surrounding Sky's pricing policies are sure to be a great watch. By Kit Chellel
There is a battle looming over the future of satellite television. It is one that pits one of the world's largest media companies against its rivals and a determined regulator.
And it is one where legal arguments are likely to decide how we watch paid-for television channels in the future.
Ofcom's recent report into access to BSkyB's sport and movie channels has competition lawyers salivating. The regulator has proposed forcing Sky to lower the prices it charges rival broadcasters to air its premium channels – a move that brought a swift and decisive response from the company.
"We disagree fundamentally with Ofcom's approach, analysis and conclusions," said Sky in a statement. "In light of Ofcom's determination to pursue its preferred outcome, we will use all available legal avenues to challenge this unwarranted intervention."
Such fighting talk is typical of Sky, which has found itself a regular target of the competition authorities. The company has already instructed its law firm of choice – Herbert Smith – on the issue. Head of EU/competition Elizabeth McKnight is working closely with Sky general counsel James Conyers.
But with more than 600 pages of the Ofcom report to plough through, it might be a while before there is a detailed response.
The argument centres around how much Sky makes the likes of Virgin and BT pay to air its sports and film channels.
Sky's rivals say the cost is too high and consumers are the ones paying the price – it is believed that Virgin makes a loss on the content it buys from the group.
But Sky argues that it has invested heavily in creating the channels and should be able to reap the rewards.
Virgin is being represented by Ashurst partner Duncan Liddell over the Ofcom inquiry, while the other broadcasters involved in the original complaint against Sky, BT and Top Up TV, are understood to be using in-house lawyers.
It is not the first time Ashurst and Herbert Smith have faced off on behalf of their respective clients.
Both have advised Virgin and Sky for many years, in Herbert Smith's case since the early 1990s. Last year, the two firms were on opposite sides of the table in the bitter dispute over the fee for Sky's basic channels, a row that led to Virgin viewers losing Sky One, Sky Travel, Sky News and Sky Sports News for more than a year.
The final result of that battle is best described as a draw: both companies agreed to terminate all High Court proceedings against each other last November and the basic channels are now back on Virgin at an undisclosed rate.
But the dispute gives added spice to the Ofcom inquiry, as does the collapse of sports broadcaster Setanta in June. Setanta, which was advised by Denton Wilde Sapte, had been one of the original complainants to Ofcom in 2007 when the regulator began its investigation into Sky's paid-for channels. Its demise raises difficult questions about the ability of other broadcasters to compete with the Sky behemoth.
So what next for the Ofcom consultation? Major legal action is unlikely until the regulator finishes its review. According to those close to the situation, the latest document is the third it has produced on the subject, but no one appears to know when the definitive report will be published.
In the meantime, Sky, Virgin and the rest have until 18 September to respond to the latest document.
If Ofcom follows through with its threat and forces Sky to lower its rates, it looks likely that the company will fight the decision at the Competition Appeals Tribunal. If any of the complainants are unhappy, they can also appeal, in what looks set to be another tense legal showdown.
However, according to insiders, even if the dispute goes to appeal, Sky could still be forced to drop its fees while the case is being heard. One competition partner said Ofcom's measures could only be delayed if there was irreparable damage to the business. And Ofcom thinks that lowering prices will actually increase Sky's revenues from its premium channels due to an increased number of subscribers.
In short, Sky could be facing an unwelcome intervention to a core part of its business, with no possible recourse until the end of a lengthy legal battle.
There are other issues as well. Ofcom is looking into Sky's arrangement with Hollywood studios over its video-on-demand service, and is considering referring the matter to the Competition Commission. There are also concerns about the next auction of Premier League rights in 2012 now that Setanta is
no more.
"They all have tough jobs," says Martin Coleman, head of competition at Norton Rose. "Ofcom has got to establish whether it's appropriate to act and try to make its decisions as review-proof as possible. Sky is facing aggressive customers and competitors, and a regulator that's determined to do something. Virgin and BT have got to persuade a regulator to act in circumstances where Ofcom has to interfere significantly with the rights Sky would normally have."
In the battleground of competition law, disputes between regulators and dominant companies often go down to the wire. This one looks set to be a classic.

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Lets start with a disclaimer.
This is not a one is better thread and this is all just theory.
the point of this is to spawn a fun conversation.
If you are a older gamer you remember the launch of the xbox 360. It launched almost at a random time and was the first next gen console out. At the time the ps2 was in it's prime and the original xbox "halo box" was doing decent. It's widely thought that microsoft rushed the launch of the console so they could get the lead in sales, it seems to of been a solid plan as the ps3 took awhile to catch up from the year and a half head start. The problem the xbox faced right from launch till nearly the end of it's life was faulty hardware. launch consoles were burning up and melting and most had to be recalled. Soon after that we started seeing the red ring of death that plagued most of the consoles. Several revisions to the console were made to aid the overheating problems, stronger fans, larger cooling, motherboard changes, and finally a total redesign (360 slim) that seamed to finally fix the issue.
With all of that said, does it seem like sony released the ps4 early to prompt ms to do the same in hopes they would have yet another generation of hardware woes? The already failing xbox1's seem to possibly be a tell tale sign.


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LOS ANGELES, April 4 (UPI) -- Repeat episodes of the U.S. soap opera "The Young and the Restless" will be seen on TVGN instead of SOAPnet, starting this summer, TVGN announced.
TVGN said it will become the exclusive basic cable home for the popular daytime drama, as part of a deal with the show's producers Sony Pictures Television. "Y&R" repeats previously aired on the basic cable network SOAPnet.
The 40-year-old CBS series "revolves around the rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City," a synopsis said.


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Tampa police say a man suspected of killing two police officers is under arrest.
Authorities announced Dontae Morris' arrest Friday evening. A news conference is scheduled for 11 p.m.
No further details were immediately released.
Morris is suspected of shooting to death Tampa officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab early Tuesday during a routine traffic stop. Multiple law enforcement agencies have been conducting a massive search to find him.
Officials say Morris, a 24-year-old convicted felon, is a suspect in two other slaying and wanted for questioning in a third, in addition to the police killings.


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But don't worry Rising I will still pay the bill each month.
Oh No! This is not flying with me. When I ask what guarantee I have he actually says (Drum Roll)
You don't trust me to take care of my family?
Please exass do not use big words that you do not understand. Put the $$ into an escrow account or notarize a document that you will pay or take care of my court costs and any medical costs if you let the policy lapse. He is outraged and indignant.
He threatens to cancel the policy at the end of the month because he has fulfilled his responsibility to provide insurance but I am refusing it.
Call my lawyer who is outraged at the ex's tactics. Tells me he will contact ex's lawyer and in addition will not charge me (Really that is amazing).
Ex calls the next day agreeing to my contingencies. He spoke to his Therapist who told him :
Why would she trust you?
Made me laugh! Dumbass, even your your therapist knows who/what you are.
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Your lawyer is a keeper, rising.
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
I no longer trust anything she says. It doesn't matter anymore because she never contacts me anymore except for an obligatory happy birthday or christmas text. Literally, that's it, after 26 years together, that's it!
Boggles my mind! I have a much clearer understanding of quantum mechanics and quantum uncertainty principles than I do of the woman I knew for 26 years. I do realize that I am not alone in this, but it does feel lonely.
Peace to us all.
It only hurts when I breathe.
Please exass do not use big words that you do not understand.
Unbelievable how indignant they become when they are treated with an appropriate level of trust.
The sad clown arranges/pays for all out of school care - it has to be in his name so he can get all of the government rebates etc. Before our decree was final my big girl had her first school holidays. He decided because vacation care was not specifically mentioned he doesn't need to pay - whatever - the fucked up part is he didn't tell me until a few days before the holidays. He KNEW this was our verbal agreement and he KNEW he was reneging on it. Still, he chose not to inform me until the last minute.
I had to do a mad run-around to find care for her - I explained what he had done to the care people and they were all shocked "AYFKM?? That is low!" was the gist of thee reaction. I sorted it all out in the end.
Fast forward to next holidays and decree is in place with vacation care costs 70/30 and he suggests he book/pay for it all and I reimburse him. I tell him no - I won't be exposed like last time. Ill book/pay for my own dates and we'll each reimburse. No bundling. No handshake agreements with men without honour.
WTFever dude, you have no integrity so please stop expecting to be treated like you do.


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I think Michael will have an outstanding career outside of idol.
He can sing any genre of song plus he has the looks!
I think Michael will have an outstanding career outside of idol.
He can sing any genre of song plus he has the looks!
I feel the complete opposite.
I agree with those who say "he's got the whole package". He's a pleasure to watch and listen to
I have to agree. I just never saw a true "Star" appeal. He may record but I don't see blockbuster, because if he does get a deal he is going to record something in the rock genre & he is going to get flummoxed by David Cook.Originally Posted by graycat11;2959845;
Holy moly, I can't believe people are still posting about this dude today, weeks after being given the boot. I thought he blew -- he was my John Stevens this year. Had no clue he had such a following.
Absolutely agree with this. MJ will likely float off into Idol obscurity, or if he does produce a CD, I don't see it being huge.Originally Posted by razorbacker;2960204;
I know a lot of people who disagree with you on that. MJ's still getting notice and interviews. I expect him to put out an album and I actually think he'll do quite well and better than most of the top 10. He not only has a great voice but is very good looking and is extremely personable imo. He and DC won't be in competition with each other. It's not one or the other plus DC is more into the alternative rock thing which is much harder to do well in.
This thread is nothing. There are huge Michael threads on other sites plus fansites where a lot of people are actively posting. We may not have been able to keep him in the show but we haven't forgotten.
I'm finding the show extremely tedious without MJ but at least I'm not involved in all of the crazyness on elimination night.
Michael should still be in this! It kills me to think of what he could've done last night & next week.
I haven't been all "Giddy" this season (and still wondering... remember the promotions saying this was the BEST season ever?) Does anyone agree with that?
As for not being all Giddy... I haven't voted yet! Not like me, but after tonight & the Final 4 are in place, I will get on the horn!!!
Don't think his appeal, popularity is that big otherwise he'd still be in this competition. He doesn't appeal to me, singing, looks wise.
I never thought Michael Johns was as fantastic as people made him out to be. Looks-wise, I thought he was old and tired-looking. As for his singing, he was never spectacular and certainly never performed at David Cook's caliber. Week after week, he under-delivered.


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Good fathers strive to be fair in how they treat different sons, even though each child clearly has his own temperament and money personality. In many families, there's one son who saves and another who spends, or one who puts aside every penny and another who couldn't care less. As a financial advisor, you can help fathers (and mothers too, of course) sort out what's best for each child and for the family as a whole.
John Cullum, a financial planner with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, South Carolina, says he has always given his two sons allowances commensurate with their age and taught them to budget for what they want. His older son, now 18, started his own antiques business in high school and takes pride in paying his own way as much as possible. When John explained that he would pay for both college and graduate school if his sons chose a public university, the older boy immediately decided to comply so he would be able to graduate without debt.
In contrast to his "self-directed" older son, John describes his younger son, now 16, as "other-directed" ("If he had more money than he needed, he'd give it away"). Despite the differences between the two, John feels comfortable that he's taught both of them the money skills they will need to make their way in the world.
In another family I know, a father is providing financial support to two sons in their 30s. One, a hard worker with a business that provides a marginal living, needs supplemental funds that his dad is glad to provide. The other son, who is now working and going to school after a long period of personal crisis, has a history of being irresponsible with money. The father has decided to leave trust funds for both sons, even though only one of them needs such restrictions on his inheritance. He believes this is the best way to prevent friction between the brothers, should the spender son discover that his more frugal sibling was left a legacy outright. All things considered, this makes good sense to me.


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I want to get my teeth all straight and be able to smile properly. I went to my dentist planning to have a brace fitted after a brief conversation he recommended veneers as my teeth are discoloured, or a combination of the two.
Has anyone had veneers as I thought they were more invasive than braces, I plan to get a consultation by an orthodontist as well. It seems a very unregulated industry.


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The latest on flexible cash land leases
Crop prices are expected to decline this fall, as the futures market already indicates. This would be the opposite of what happened the past few years during the late summer months.
Looking ahead, tenant operators see the potential risk of paying high fixed cash rental rates for 2014, while many landowners recognize the need to create a reasonable cash rental rate.
As an alternative to using a straight cash rental agreement, a flexible cash rental arrangement can serve both parties well by sharing the risk and the reward. During the past few years, most of the production and crop price risks have been transferred to the tenant operator of the cash-rented farm. Since 2010, Iowa cash rental rates have increased by nearly 47%. The statewide average cash rent in 2013 is now estimated at $270 per acre, with even higher amounts for more productive farmland.
However, much of the increase in cash rental rates was fueled by cash crop prices that averaged $5 to $7 per bushel for corn and $11 to $14 per bushel for soybeans over the past three years. The USDA midpoint cash price for the 2013 crop is currently forecasted at $4.80 per bushel for corn and $10.75 per bushel for soybeans, respectively.
A 2012 survey of farmland owners in Iowa indicated that 16% of the farmland that's cash rented used some sort of flexible arrangements. Landowners who adopt a flexible cash farm lease typically receive a guaranteed base cash rent amount, in addition to a potential flex payment triggered by higher gross revenue(yields times price) that often subtracts the total cost estimate of producing the crop.
Using flexible cash farm leases will likely be fairer to both the landowner and tenant. However, the challenge is coming up with a base rent amount, maximum cash rent and a way to determine a flexible payment that both parties can understand and deem as being fair.
The lease agreement needs to establish how the farm's actual yield (dry weight for corn adjusted to 15% moisture) is determined. It might require grain bin measurements, scale tickets, settlement sheets, yield monitor data, grain cart scales or other verifiable methods.
Or, simplify the yield information so it's the same as the Actual Production History (APH), provided annually for crop insurance purposes. A copy of the farm's actual proven yield for APH purposes can be provided to the landlord on or before Dec. 1 to calculate the farm's potential flexible lease payment.
Averaging a series of harvest delivery bids at a local co-op or elevator is worth consideration for establishing the crop price on a flexible lease. Averaging a price overcomes the potential low harvest price bias, and yet reflects the cash price for late delivery. This is a price that the tenant could have received during the year should they decide to forward-contract a portion of their crop on that farm for fall delivery.
The average cash price for a flexible lease payment could be the harvest bid set by a local elevator, possibly four times during the year: mid-January, mid-April, mid-July or mid-October. Specific days of the month should be established. If you specify the 15th of the month, for example, include in the lease that if the 15th falls on a weekend, then use the trading day closest to the 15th.
If you want more pricing periods, choose one day of the month to collect the harvest delivery bids. If both parties prefer to reflect a longer period of monthly averages, consider January through October. To avoid having to record this price every month, you could ask the local grain merchandiser simply print out the average price when the harvest is finished. Also ask that they sign and date this information so both the tenant and landowner are comfortable with the source of this data.
How to determine the flexible lease triggers for both corn and soybean crops needs to be established in your rental agreement. If crop production costs appear to be too high or too low annually, then changes could be made to the base rent, maximum rent, and the flexible cash lease triggers that more accurately reflect cost of production. For 2014, consider delaying the flexible payment trigger after until the gross crop revenue exceeds the base crop cost estimate trigger for each crop.
ISU Extension publication FM-1712, Estimated Costs of Crop Production could be used to set an estimate for cost of production. This publication is printed annually and will be released in early 2014 and posted to the ISU Ag Decision Maker web page.
Non-land costs in 2013, for conventional tillage and a medium yield, would be $501 per acre for a corn-following-soybeans rotation, and $272 per acre for a soybeans-following-corn rotation. Let's assume the base rent used to determine the crop cost estimate will be the Iowa average cash rental rate of $270 per acre.
Once the base crop cost triggers are established, consider a flexible payment of approximately 33% of the difference between the final gross crop revenue minus the base crop cost estimate.
Corn example: A farm produces a 168 bushel per acre actual dry weight corn yield. The average cash price during the year for harvest delivery is $5 per bushel. (168 X $5 = $840 per acre). Subtract from this amount the base crop cost estimate of $771 per acre to get $69 per acre difference. The flexible payment would thus be 33%of this amount, or an additional $23 per acre on all corn acres. This could be paid in addition to any unpaid portion of the base rent in early December since both the price and yield is known.
Soybean example: A farm produces a 48 bushel per acre actual soybean yield and the average cash price is $11 per bushel (48 X $11 = $528 per bushel). The actual revenue falls below the base crop cost estimate of $542 per acre, so there would be no flexible payment on soybean acres, in this example.
Check out the following websites for assistance in helping you put together a workable, flexible cash farm lease for 2014:
ISU Extension Flexible Farm Lease Arrangements publication and Decision Tool. Find these on the ISU Ag Decision Maker site.
ISU Polk County Farm Management Flexible Cash Farm Leases. Look for a webcast, handouts and examples.


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Date(s) - 11/07/2013
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The East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the McClung Museum present Dr. Kristen Seaman of Kennesaw State University, Georgia lecturing on "Cultural Interaction (and Reaction) in the Courtly Art of the Hellenistic World."
Seaman is the Haines-Morris Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Kennesaw State. She specializes in Classical Art and Archaeology, with secondary interests in Near Eastern and Islamic art and archaeology. Her research explores Greek visual culture and its interaction with the Roman, Near Eastern, and Islamic worlds.


text: Temperate rainforests have two distinct seasons. One is long and wet, and the other is a short, dry and foggy summer. During the long wet season the temperature rarely drops below freezing (0°C and 32°F) and during the short, dry, foggy season the temperature rarely goes above 27°C and 80°F, this tells us why this biome is called a temperate rainforest. Even in the summer, when it is dry, the weather is cool, the fog supplies enough moisture to sustain the rainforest. The fog actually yields 18-30 cm (7-12 in) of precipitation each summer.


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Rob Proctor is the head of Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) for Reality Digital. The San Francisco-based company has 35 employees and just closed a $7m series B round of funding. The service makes it easy for companies to add social media functions to their web sites.
• Explain your business to my Mum.
Reality Digital has developed a platform that provides the plumbing for web site publishers to easily add social media functionality – blogs, forums, video upload and syndication, etc - onto their web sites. Reality takes care of all the integration, storage, serving and moderation issues associated with user generated content.
• How does that work?
Because Reality Digital has taken all the individual elements of social media and placed them onto single platform, publishers no longer need to build in house 'bespoke' solutions. The ultimate result of this is that publishers can reduce costs, speed up implementation and reduce their dependency on in house IT resources.
Whilst Reality Digital continues to innovate and create great new features, we also realise that collaboration is key to our ongoing development, to this end we have partnership agreements with Microsoft and Adobe, who rely on Reality Digital to provide the key service element for some of their latest products including Adobe's 'Premier Express Service' which allows customers to imbed Adobe Premier video editing software directly into their site, thus allowing users to create and edit videos in real time, before publishing to the web e.g. http://replay-re-cutter.nfl.com
• How do you make money?
RD charges an initial set up and integration fee (variable dependant upon client specification) and then an ongoing monthly management fee.
• Any weird business experiences so far?
Naturally we had assumed that the credit crunch would make trading difficult for us, but we are actually now seeing stronger growth, as enterprise publishers have begun to realise the cost benefits of SaaS (software as a service) against the cost of developing solutions in house.
• What's your background?
I founded Internet Exchange back in '96, which grew to become the World's largest public Internet access company, helping to launch several major brands onto the Internet, including: Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Western Union Online. More recently I was Head of EMEA for Adify – The vertical advertising network builder, up until our acquisition by Cox Communications for $300m in May 2008.
• How are personalisation and recommendation part of your business?
Reality Digital and its products are all about personalisation both for our direct publishing customers and the interactive features that they in turn offer their users. Ultimately the only sustainable way to build a new business is through recommendation and with a client list that includes: MTV, the NFL, ITV and Vodafone, Reality Digital is in the enviable position of having great reference clients for any prospective customers to talk to.
• How will you survive the second dot com crash?
I wasn't aware that there was one, with ad budgets finally moving from old push media formats – TV and Radio and moving to on line I see our industry being in a great position. Especially as more users are spending longer on social media sites, we feel that we provide functionality that nearly every publisher needs.
• How many users do you have now, and what's your target within 12 months?
Currently Reality Digital has 5 major UK customers, my target for our first full year of operations is 20 UK customers, 5 master licensees in Europe, 2 in India and The Middle East
• Which tech businesses or web thinkers are the ones to watch?
I think that the creative agencies are going to be big influencers over the next few years, taking innovative new technology and delivering truly effective opportunities and solutions for their customers. The creative guys have realized that banners in what ever form – Flash, rich, expandable etc. are no longer effective tools for communicating with web users. New inclusive, consensual environments need to be created in order to engage with web 2.0 users. You could do a lot worse than buy JP Edwards lunch and pick his brains for an hour or so!
I also think that CPL or Cost Per Lead campaigns will grow massively over the next couple of years. They provide advertisers with qualified business opportunities, where users have actively 'opted in'. The big issue with CPL has been data handling and protection, where a number of people handle the data on the way to the client. However these issues have now been solved by companies such as Goallover. Their new 'LOLA' platform allows data capture, de-duplication and cleansing without human intervention. Goallover is definitely a 'one to watch'.
• Who's your mentor?
Sorry, don't really have one. But I think that I am now working with the best CEO of my career – Cynthia Francis.
• How do you plan to survive the financial crisis?
Write good business, the tendency at times like this is to chase everything, but in the long run, you're better off spending time on valued customers and relationships…..'a bird in the hand' and all that!
• What's your biggest challenge?
Creating awareness and recognition of the Reality Digital brand, products and services both in the UK and across Europe. Whilst keeping the customer at the heart of our growth. This will require Reality Digital to grow its head count rapidly but with only the highest caliber of colleagues. In a industry that is growing this rapidly recruiting the right people will always be an issue.
• How's your work/life balance?
Pretty good I think. I actually live in Croyde, North Devon. I stay in London through the week and am back home on the beach on Friday afternoons. I think my wife is pretty happy to get me out of her way for a few days every week.
• What's the most important piece of software or web tool that you use each day?
It's boring but it has to be Outlook, but Salesforce and Yahoo IM are vital as well, our whole company is on IM so you can always get hold of people, which is important when your head office is a few thousand miles away.
• Name your closest competitors.
Ning and Awareness networks
• Where do you want the company to be in five years?
Established offices in: London, Paris and Germany (Frankfurt or Hamburg). Strong and flourishing Master License partners in the rest of the world. All of which are serving enterprise and entrepreneurial partners around the World. In terms of technology I would like to see us remain at the leading edge of social media innovation, creating exciting new ways for users to take control of their bit of cyberspace.
Reality Digital is in a pretty crowded market space with many other companies offering similar services.
• What do they have to do to stand out?
• Can they compete with open-source options and the integrators that are growing up to help companies implement those options?
• Is $7m in funding enough to take them to the next level?
What do you think? I bet a few of you believe that you're a competitor of Reality Digital. How are you convincing potential customers that you're better?


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 29 (UPI) -- A Vancouver, British Columbia, shopping mall security guard faces an assault charge after being caught on video knocking a man in a wheelchair to the floor.
Ali Rahnumah, 30, was one of three undercover security guards who surrounded the one-legged man they suspected of shoplifting at the Pacific Centre Mall in October. A shaky cellphone video obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. shows a guard swearing before knocking the man out of his wheelchair with a blow to the head.
"I'll [expletive] throw you on the ground and [expletive] you up!" the guard is heard saying. "Don't [expletive] with me ... On the ground! On the ground! On the ground! You're so stupid -- on your chest!"
Rahnumah, who was honored as the "loss prevention officer of the year" in 2011 by Downtown Vancouver's Business Improvement Association, was fired by his employer, Genesis Security, shortly after the CBC aired the video.
"He had done well and I was surprised," Ashley Meehan, vice president at Genesis Security Group, said. "It's not in line with what we expect of our employees. So why it came to that I can't explain."
Rahnumah -- who is expected to make his first court appearance in May -- is suing Genesis Security for $25,000 for wrongful dismissal, alleging it was "malicious, reprehensible" and meant "to minimize the negative publicity" arising from the video.
Rahnumah contends his actions during the arrest were "wholly consistent with the manner in which employees [of Genesis] ... acted in the performance of their duties."


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The privately owned marketing company, TOP Consulting STL, specializes in professional in person sales representation for national vendors. They have expanded to other markets and in this page, I'll keep you up-to-date to what TOP Consulting STL does to help their company grow throughout Missouri.
TOP Consulting
1300 Hampton Ave #109, St Louis, MO 63139
(314) 932-1556
TOP Consulting STL Missouri
This small marketing firm has expanded due to its supreme leadership ability. Not only that, but their ability to teach their employees to lead as well. You see, in order for a company to truly grow beyond one location, you have to train your people to be leaders. You can't lead all of them. You're going to have to trust other people to manage and make calls that you aren't there to make. At TOP Consulting STL, there are several things that they teach to their employees so that they become the next leaders of the organization.
Although people frequently associate business leadership with large businesses, small businesses require potent leaders also. If you are a little business owner, you should realize that it's your job to supply leadership and path, even if you only have a little number of employees.
The views of TOP Consulting STL are not a lot different from other small businesses throughout the country. While most people don't understand the true power of great leadership within their organization, this company definitely does.
Every leader must possess the attribute of vision, whether or not they lead a really little or perhaps a very big organization like you can see here on this TOP Consulting STL page. To put it simply, you realize precisely what your business is attempting to do and how you want it to advance later on.
As an individual in a leadership position, you ought to assure that everybody who works for you personally understands your vision. Even though you clearly require to spend attention to daily tasks, it is also essential that you simply have your long term vision in thoughts usually. TOP Consulting STL states that you are able to keep folks in the loop about this via group meetings, in marketing supplies and by the method you use for identifying your organization's goals. For instance, if one of one's goals is to double the size of one's company within 5 years, ensure that everything you do is in line with this aim.
TOP Consulting STL MO
One of the biggest things that this company is doing right now is going out and meeting customers face to face. Do you think that the manager gets out there as well? You bet he does. The president of TOP Consulting STL, Christopher Roberts, is actually really good at the sales and marketing process. He leads by example and sets the pace for his people.
While this isn't really all that unusual in the marketing and sales industry, it is really hard to find in other companies. I've had several managers who tell me to do my job better, but weren't willing to actually show me how to do it in such a manner. While that may be a popular management characteristic, it isn't popular among leaders at TOP Consulting STL.


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At some point I just had to face it: I'm 43. Middle aged. That brings certain things into reality. First, there is the slower metabolism. More exercise is required if one doesn't want to wind up with "dunlapped" disease. Then there is nature's cruel joke with a man's hair. At first, a his hair starts thinning. Then it becomes a bald spot. Then hair starts growing out of inappropriate places like his ears. Men worry about going bald. There is a multi-million dollar industry with products designed to combat "male pattern baldness." But relax gentleman! There's still hope!


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Happy birthday, Bobbi Kristina Brown!
To say the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown has had a rough couple of years would be an understatement, but she's growing up, moving on and turning 20 years old today.
Interesting facts about Bobbi Kristina:
She is the fourth child of singer Bobby Brown and was Whitney Houston's only child.
She reportedly married Nick Gordon in January. Gordon who was raised alongside her as an adopted brother. Bobbi Kristina's father, Bobby Brown has since denied the two wed at all.
Singer Dionne Warwick is her cousin.
She has a tattoo of her mother's initials on her wrist.
Other stars celebrating birthdays today:
Actress Patricia Heaton (56), Chaz Bono (45), and David Beckham's son Brooklyn turns 15.


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Last night at Teatro Goldoni media types like Bill Press and Andrea Roane traded in their notepads and blackberries, for aprons and serving dishes.
And what as the special occassion? Barry Glassman's Celebrity Chef Night, an annual charity event to benefit the National Brain Tumor Society.
Though we can attest- they are far better skilled at dishing gossip than food and drinks… Politico's Patrick Gavin and Kiki Ryan, TWT's Green & Glover columnist Liz Glover, US News Washington Whispers' Nikki Schwab, Colin Sweeney and your very own FBDC editor served as the evening's bartenders. CQ's Jodi Schneider, Washington Life's Donna Shor, Myra MacPherson and Janet Donovan also helped out as waiters.
The food was just fantastic (Teatro's Chef Enzo Fargione was also on hand), the wine flowed freely and we must tell you… Press was the only "celebrity" to really get recognized and asked for a photo.
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Here's a collection of vero (stripboard) and tagboard guitar and bass effect layouts that we have put together covering many classic and popular effects in growing numbers. Many of these have been posted on freestompboxes.org, so check that site out for great discussions on building your own effect pedals. Enjoy the builds and please also visit us on Facebook and Twitter
Cool stuff. Actually there is a video, but its a clone. Sounds great though.
Thanks for the heads up! Could not find it.ReplyDelete
The problem I would have with this build is that there is so much wiring, so much that could go wrong, and unless there was dead silence I wouldn't even know it!!! After all, it's a DBA pedal, it's supposed to sound like shit.ReplyDelete
It's really easy to get confused with how the filter should sound, too.
My first go at it ended with me burning out UAF42AP, but it still made some sound on certain settings.
With it working perfectly; for the high pass filter, one end will be so high pitched you won't hear anything while the other end almost has an octave divider quality to it; for the low pass filter, it acts basically the exact same only opposite, plus it has more of an analog octave up sound to it.
The band pass filter sounds kinda shitty all the way through.
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How are switches wired. I just need to know where the numbers go on the switchReplyDelete
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Call this verified. Great fuzz on this and the filter is pretty good to. Not sure if the expression pedal is doing anything though.ReplyDelete
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I'm pretty sure it was officially released as I've got one in its DBA boxReplyDelete
1590DD box? thanks!ReplyDelete
Hey there! First, many thanks for your work.
Are you sure about how Expression Pedal is wired? What if I want to remove the exp pedal out?
Also, is the 4x3 rotary right? I don't see anything about how to link the other poles and side of the rotary, apparently it has soldered only 4 of the lugs.
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Campbell Newman identifies design fault to Clarke and Dawe
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman invokes caveat emptor and identifies a possible design fault, with Clarke and Dawe.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Queensland politics has been getting lots of attention lately and it's caught the eye of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe.
BRYAN DAWE: Campbell Newman, thanks for joining us tonight.
JOHN CLARKE: It's good to be with you, Bryan, and good evening
BRYAN DAWE: You're in a bitta trouble at the moment.
JOHN CLARKE: Well, these things'll pass, Bryan, but, yeah, it's pretty tough at the moment, I have to say.
BRYAN DAWE: Tell us what happened.
JOHN CLARKE: Well, I sent away for a product, Bryan, not a cheap product, I might say. This is costing us a hell of a lot of money.
BRYAN DAWE: And what's the problem with the product?
JOHN CLARKE: Well it doesn't work, Bryan. It is non-functional. It's not the product I ordered.
BRYAN DAWE: OK. OK. OK, so when did you order it?
JOHN CLARKE: In about March, few months ago.
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah, and it arrived all right?
JOHN CLARKE: It arrived like a shot out of a gun, Bryan. There's no issue with delivery. Delivery was very quick.
BRYAN DAWE: So you checked everything that was in the box? It was all there?
JOHN CLARKE: Everything that was s'posed to be in the box was in the box. We put it together and it doesn't bloody well work, Bryan. It won't work.
BRYAN DAWE: OK, Campbell. What is the product and who's the supplier here?
JOHN CLARKE: Well, it's a state premiership, Bryan.
BRYAN DAWE: Well there are a number of state premierships.
JOHN CLARKE: There are. The product code on the one I've got is "QLD". They make a few of them.
BRYAN DAWE: Right, QLD. Yep.
JOHN CLARKE: I've got a mate in Victoria who's got the "VIC" model. He reckons that doesn't work either.
BRYAN DAWE: No, that's what we're hearing. And where did you actually get this from?
JOHN CLARKE: I got it in a public auction.
BRYAN DAWE: Oh, well, you won't be covered, you know. That's the problem.
JOHN CLARKE: I'm totally covered, Bryan. I have never been this covered. I don't want any more coverage. That's part of the ...
BRYAN DAWE: No, excuse me, Campbell. Campbell, you won't be covered by the warranty is what I'm saying here. OK?
JOHN CLARKE: Oh, I see. Yes.
BRYAN DAWE: Now you say it doesn't work. What actually is wrong with it?
JOHN CLARKE: Well on the box it looks like it's sitting on quite a broad base and it doesn't fall over all the time, Bryan.
BRYAN DAWE: Well hasn't yours got a base?
JOHN CLARKE: A very narrow base, Bryan, and it moves.
BRYAN DAWE: The base moves?
JOHN CLARKE: The base moves. We can't use it. It's lying down in the shed at the moment.
BRYAN DAWE: OK. Hang on, I've just got - I've found the model QLD. I'll run a few tests.
BRYAN DAWE: Have you cancelled the Premier's Literary Award?
JOHN CLARKE: Yeah, done that.
BRYAN DAWE: Have you got the tourism valve fully opened?
JOHN CLARKE: Fully opened, Bryan, but there's no flow.
BRYAN DAWE: Is there a mining valve as well?
JOHN CLARKE: There is a mining valve, but it's mounted round the wrong way and it doesn't work either.
BRYAN DAWE: What do you mean it's mounted the wrong way?
JOHN CLARKE: It's mounted round the wrong way. It's s'posed to flow one way, Bryan, and it flows continuously bloody day and night in the other direction. It doesn't work.
BRYAN DAWE: Oh, well that sounds like a valve problem. Have you called the maker of the valve?
JOHN CLARKE: I have. Yeah, Clive his name is. He tells me that the valve is mounted correctly and if I didn't know how to use the thing, why did I get hold of it in the bloody first place?
BRYAN DAWE: Well he doesn't sound all that helpful.
JOHN CLARKE: He's very unhelpful, Clive, and unfortunately I can't get ridda Clive.
BRYAN DAWE: And why not?
JOHN CLARKE: Clive's not a public servant, he's an independent and self-employed valve technician, he tells me.
BRYAN DAWE: Well what did this Clive actually say?
JOHN CLARKE: He says, "Your call is important to us, you silly little clown. What do you want this time?"
BRYAN DAWE: Have you tried rebooting it?
JOHN CLARKE: I've tried everything, Bryan. Nothing works. I'm stuck with it, but it won't work. (Mobile phone rings).
BRYAN DAWE: Do you want to answer that?
JOHN CLARKE: No, no, that'll just be Clive. I'm not talking to him again. I am so sick of him, I cannot tell you. Why did I want this thing?


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When Seefeel started to gain notoriety among college radio DJs and skinny, pale kids after their debut release Quique, traditional rock critics around the globe sighed a collective, worried "Fuck." Their worry had nothing to do with the music itself, but instead regarded the inevitable onslaught of lesser talents that would soon flood the already low-barrier entry shoegaze market. My Bloody Valentine had opened the gates wide, and, as always, when a "new" musical style (particularly one that does not require much presence or sophisticated musical ability) gets popular, hordes of star-eyed followers will soon follow in suit -- it can sometimes destroy a whole genre. Grunge was mauled by angsty, bass-voiced Eddie Vedder wannabes, while the image of house music will forever be tainted by countless Garage Band teenagers hoping to be the next Oakenfold. Shoegaze, as a genre, was neither necessarily revolutionized nor annihilated by the multitude of artists who followed Seefeel's example of adding electronic drum loops to cumbersome sonic layers -- but Quique still managed to shine through as a special album, indiscreetly drifting between many musical scenes over the past 14 years.
Originally released by Too Pure/Astralwerks in 1993 and re-released as a two disc Redux in 2007, Quique – at 14 years old – still sits comfortably alongside today's synth heavy artists like Ulrich Schnauss, Strategy, and Stars of the Lid. Accordingly, the main reasons why Quique, or any enduring album for that matter, still survives are the indescribable, intangible elements that critics have a tough time putting into words, and copycat bands have an even tougher time duplicating. The foreign drones somehow ring familiar; the guitar feedback feels warmer than the now-standard glacial Icelandic variety, and the undemanding, beautiful melodies stop short of haunting, but linger in your head long enough to make you question the meaningfulness of the rest of your musical collection.
Throughout the album, Mark Clifford, Daren Seymour, Sarah Peacock, and Justin Fletcher appear to meld together three seemingly disparate musical approaches. First, on their better-known songs ("Climactic Phase No. 3," "Imperial," "Plainsong"), Seefeel harnesses the spirit of Moondawn-era Klaus Schulze by weaving loopy, fantastic textures with heartening rises and falls, leaving off stylistically where Mouse on Mars and Cornelius eventually pickup. Second, the band infuses their local flavor into "Polyfusion" and "Industrious," with gloomy grooves that probably earned them head-nods from their (pre) grimy British contemporaries, Tricky and Portishead. Third, the band further explores the fringes of the aural universe with dim-washed ambiance like on closing tracks "Filter Dub" and "Signals." The perfect instrumentation and minimalist restraint on the final tracks prove that the indefinable qualities that make this album age so well are actually the result of thousands of knob adjustments on the synths and millimeters of difference in microphone placement. They just made it seems so easy.
Though the members of Seefeel made a few more records and eventually split to pursue separate music careers, Quique remains their ghostly masterpiece. And although we often laugh today at the majority of the early '90s musical output, Quique stands proudly alongside Loveless and Dummy as the relevant diamonds in that period's musical rough.


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I've had such a hard time finding a place good, nice, and big enough to fit my needs! At this point, I'm almost resorting to TGI Fridays. At least they have cocktails.
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"He denied fighting birds here or being involved in fighting birds, ... but he basically stopped talking about it once we showed him what we had found."
"It is something I definitely wanted to do and to be honest with you I think I'd sort of given up on it a little bit last year. I kind of had thoughts 'this isn't going to happen."
"It's just a neat thing for the entire school and entire community. It has people walking around, talking about it and sharing in the pride factor. It's a big thrill."
"They want a 6-8 and jump-out-of-the-gym forward. It would take an astute scout to look at the intangibles and his uniqueness as an athlete."


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Marvelous Mother's Day Brunch
I hope you all had a wonderful day – either with your kiddos or your Mothers! I wanted to host a brunch for my mom, my mother-in-law, my Nana, and our families, but just couldn't fit everyone at our house – so my Mom agreed to host when I said I'd make all the food! … [Read more...]


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Every week, for the past few years, I have been tuning in to watch one of my favorite shows, Pretty Little Liars. Over the years, the show has raised many questions concerning a mysterious individual who is seemingly everyone. Who is A? What is their endgame? But what about the questions that don't involve A? Such as, why do we never hear about the girl's progress in school? And what ever happen to the restaurant they frequented in season one?
I have taken the liberty of composing a list of 24 questions about Pretty Little Liars, that have nothing to do with A. Hopefully by the end of this season, we will have the answers.
1.Why does Aria still want to be with Ezra? He treats her like she is disposable and has completely disregarded her feelings since he found out about his son. She could do better.
2.Where is Ashley Marin's boyfriend, Ted Wilson?
3.Where does Melissa Hastings live? Philly or at the Hasting's house in Rosewood?
4.Where does Wren live?
5.Why hasn't Aria or Hanna began thinking about college? What are their grades like?
6.Where is Jason DiLaurentis? He disappeared from a hospital bed, and now his mother is saying he is with his grandmother. That is just plain confusing.
7.What happened to Aria's job as a photography assistant?
8.Does Ezra know that Meredith tried to kill Aria? Does he care?
9.Where does Caleb live? Does he still go to school in Rosewood? Why does he get to miss so much school?
10.Where is Noel Kahn? Did he drop out of high school?
11.Where does Mona live? Why do we never see her house?
12.Is Toby's father married to Jenna's mom? Why do we never see either of them?
13.Where is Aria's brother, Mike?
14.What ever happened to Aria's friend, Holden?
15.What ever happened to Spencer's first boyfriend, Alex?
16.Why would the school allow Aria to be Ezra's student again after knowing they used to have a relationship? Surely even a rumor of a relationship would prohibit that.
17.Why have none of the girl's parents considered moving?
18.Why do the girls seemingly have no curfews, or rules of any kind? Considering they are teenagers.
19.How old is Wren supposed to be?
20.Why do Aria's parents allow her to be in Ezra's class again?
21.What happened to Emily's job at the coffee house?
22.Does Ashley no longer have money problems?
23.Why does Wren never confront Spencer about how she jerks him around?
24.How did Mona not have any bruises of any kind after being strangled in her car?


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Bill Cosby Charged for Conduct With Woman in 2004Finally, Bill Cosby will see his day in court.
Whoopi Goldberg Finally Stops Defending Bill CosbySee what Whoopi had to say about Bill Cosby here!
Activists Want Bill Cosby's Walk of Fame Star Removed, But Denied So Far"To have someone like this—an admitted drugging and serial rapist, sexual abuser—right in the middle of Hollywood Blvd is a disgrace and a shame."
Walt Disney World Removes Bill Cosby StatueThe statue had been situated at the park's Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Amy Schumer Tries To Defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Opinion: WatchIn her 'Inside Amy Schumer' sketch, she's not one of the women suing him, she's actually defending him in the Court of Public Opinion.
'South Park' Holiday Episode Pokes Fun at Taylor Swift, Lorde, Iggy Azalea & Michael Jackson's HologramOn the latest holiday episode of 'South Park,' they went for broke, poking fun at bloated holiday specials, smug celebrities and especially holograms, including those of Kurt Cobain, Tupac, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.
Taylor Swift Will Take a Seat on Bill Cosby's Couch in 'South Park' Holiday Episode: WatchThe episode will also feature Lady Gaga, Iggy Azalea and a hologram of Michael Jackson as Peter Pan.
Cee-Lo Green on Bill Cosby: 'None of It Seems Fair'"He hadn't said anything," Green said during the interview, "which to some is an admission of guilt."
Meryl Streep, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Barbara Cook Celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors!
The Day We Met the Huxtables
The Biggest Day in U.S. Women's Soccer...For Now
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Dallas Stars' general manager Jim Nill announced Friday that forward Jason Dickinson has been signed to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Dickinson, 18, posted 78 points (26-52=78) and a plus-42 rating in 68 regular season games for Guelph in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2013-14. He helped lead Guelph to the OHL Championship, posting 24 points (8-16=24) in 20 postseason contests and earned five points (2-3=5) in four games at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.

In three seasons in Guelph, Dickinson increased his point totals each season posting 35, 47 and 78 points, respectively and has earned a total of 160 points (57-103=160) in 197 OHL regular season games.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound native of Georgetown was selected by Dallas in the first round (29th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft.

Dickinson was one of a record 22 Canadian Hockey League players selected in the first round of the 2013 NHL Draft in New Jersey.


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Wind up toys are not new to us but WindUp Chair certainly is. But do not get the notion that a WindUp Chair might move around as it happens with similar wind up objects. Instead it charges your phone!
So what you do is connect the phone to the chair, turn the key as you would do for a toy, then sit down and relax as your phone gets juiced up.
The quirky furniture piece comes from PEGA D&E based in Taiwan. The chair was one of the exhibits that was displayed at Milan Furniture Fair 2013 for the project titled Now and New.


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I started off my life in graphic arts and after art school I took my first of many graphic positions. I enjoyed graphics but found something missing and soon started experimenting with fibers. My first venture was weaving baskets and this lead to loom weaving and spinning. Soon these 3 merged into one art form. Art continued to always be in my background. When I first started playing with fabrics my graphic background was evident and painting/drawing on fabric was a natural progression. My love of jewelry continued to grow and a desire to mix this with fiber was a strong draw. As you can see I have many interests and they all flow into my fiber art. This mix became my signature mix media work. I teach beginner drawing and painting classes, advanced wire jewelry and poly clay workshops locally. My art is my life and creating is what keeps me going - to find the next new challenge.
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I've closed my old Posterous site and moved the following posts:
- Etta James Spotify playlist
- The joy of code
- Sending a video camera into space
- Dirty Bristow village fête
- BrumTwestival 2012 Spotify playlist
- Larry Garner at Corralejo Blues Festival 2010
- Marshall AFD100: Where it all began
- Experimenting with Lo-Mob retro photo filters
I used Posterous mainly as a scrapbook for links and photos, occasionally posting about music. Being able to email posts to the blog, and easily post content from apps on my phone or via a bookmarklet in the browser, were nice ways to gather things I was interested in and stash them online.
However, since the Spaces overhaul in 2011, Posterous has never felt like a stable platform to me. The announcement in 2012 that Twitter acquired Posterous meant no more development or fixes, so I decided to abandon the site and move the content elsewhere.


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Lehighton news
Art Exhibit planned at LAML
An Art Exhibit will be hosted from 3:30-7 p.m. Saturday, April 10 by the Lehighton Area Memorial Library.
Admission is free, but all donations benefit a local student with cancer.
Artwork by current and former Lehighton Area High School students and staff will be on display.
Contact the library at (610) 377-2750 for more information.


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Grace Hall, age 71 of St. Augustine, died Oct. 26, 2006 at her home. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Anastasia Baptist Church, the Rev. Ron Moore, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. at Craig Funeral Home. Flowers are gratefully declined those wishing may make a contribution in her memory to Community Hospice Northeast Florida, 4266 Sunbeam Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32257.
Craig Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
(St. Augustine Record, 10/27/06)
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The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: 1968. Answers here.
1. Which 1968 film included the Simon and Garfunkel song "Mrs Robinson"?
2. In which country did the "Prague Spring" begin a programme of liberalization in 1968?
3. In which war was the "Tet Offensive" launched in 1968?
4. In which city on 10 May in 1968 did student unrest lead to the "Night of the Barricades"?
5. In 1968, which modern device came into being when someone saw the commercial potential of the whirlpool bath?
6. Which Soviet cosmonaut, who was the first person to oribit the earth, died in 1968 when a plane he was testing crashed?
7. In 1968, the tennis championships at Wimbledon were opened to what kind of people?
8. Which US politician was shot on 5 June 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan, and died the following day?
9. In 1968, which Northern Irish rock singer recorded the haunting "Astral Weeks"?
10. Name the US novelist who wrote "Tortilla Flat" and "The Grapes of Wrath" before he died in 1968


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"Writing is the synthesizing exercise of an educated mind, and UGA students must leave here able to write well regardless of the degrees they have earned."
Those are the words of University of Georgia President Michael Adams, delivered almost a year ago in the 2005 State of the University address, a speech that focused, in part, on the need for ensuring the academic rigor of the school sufficiently challenges its students.
Adams' words, and his effort to create an academically challenging environment on the UGA campus, seem particularly prescient with regard to results of a study of college graduates conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, an arm of the federal Department of Education.
The NCES study, a literacy assessment administered in 2003 to more than 19,000 people age 16 or older, showed, among other things, that less than a third of college graduates could extrapolate information from complex reading material, according to a Washington Post story. The study also showed that only 41 percent of graduate students assessed in 2003 were "proficient" in "reading and understanding information in short texts," according to the Post story, which also appeared in Monday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The story further noted the assessments show " ... far fewer (students) are leaving higher education with the skills needed to comprehend routine data, such as reading a table about the relationship between blood pressure and physical activity ... ."
It's because of the trends noted by the NCES that UGA's focus on writing is particularly good news. As Adams noted in his January address, writing is, at its core, an exercise in thought. Writing, in both the academic environment and the workplace, involves analysis, interpretation and expression of various types of data. In short, writing can sharpen the very skills which appear to be lacking in a majority of supposedly well-educated people, according to the NCES assessment.
Writing also is a core element of a liberal education. Such an education, Adams noted in the 2005 State of the University address, "makes a person more nimble in adjusting to life as occupations and trends come and go." With the rapid pace of technological development in today's world, a liberal education provides the bedrock skills needed for a successful and rewarding life.
With its focus on writing, the university is doing students a great service in equipping them for success in a variety of endeavors. One example of the university's effort to include writing as a component of learning across numerous disciplines is a Warnell School of Forest Resources effort begun five years ago, in which the school hired a writing instructor after learning of employers' concerns about communications skills. More recently, Rodney Mauricio, an associate professor in genetics, increased the writing requirement in his Honors course in evolutionary biology, according to an August news release from the university.
But some room for improvement apparently remains at UGA. In this year's National Survey of Student Engagement, UGA freshmen reported writing fewer drafts of papers than freshmen surveyed two years ago.
On balance, though, the university administration deserves praise for its focus on writing. The NSSE simply shows the need for that focus to be steady.
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Issue No. 06 - November/December (2005 vol. 22)
pp: 600
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MDT.2005.124
Vladimir Hahanov , Kharkov National University of Radioelectronics
The 3rd IEEE East-West Design and Test Workshop (EWDTW 2005) took place from 15 to 19 September in Odessa, Ukraine. The workshop's goal was for scientific schools and experts in Eastern and Western Europe (as well as other parts of the world) to exchange experiences in the design and test of electronic systems. Researchers from western countries presented an overview of design-and-test trends. Andr? Ivanov gave a tutorial on network-on-chip design and test, and Yervant Zorian gave a tutorial on design for yield and reliability. Participants from Intel presented the invited talk, "Research at Intel's Strategic CAD Labs," which gave an overview of CAD research preformed at Intel's laboratories.
EWDTW 2005, BIST, EDA, debug, fault diagnosis, system-level modeling, formal verification
Vladimir Hahanov, "2005 IEEE East-West Design and Test Workshop", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 22, no. , pp. 600, November/December 2005, doi:10.1109/MDT.2005.124


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Mossad's man caught 'sleeping' with the enemy at al- Azhar Mosque
Posing as one of the Tahrir Square masses of protesters, this Mossad missionary, Ilan Chaim Grappelli,went by alias "Illanhu Akbar" in Egypt.
US-Israeli Mossad Delivered Speechs at Al-Azhar Mosque
"The investigation of Ilan Chaim Grapel / Grappelli, (אילן גרפל), an American-Israeli citizen being held in Egypt on espionage charges purportedly, revealed that he had entered the country on 28 January, the "Day of Anger", with a US passport and a tourist visa and that mossad had tasked him with collecting information about the Muslim Brotherhood, Coptic Christians, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the revolutionary youth."
Source: Kawther Salam
One Graphic says it all
"Here is an interesting campaign from Brazil for the Millward Brown research center, can one graphic really say it all? I guess yes, like the first one, it shows how greedy Israel is occupying more Palestinian land, starting from 0km before 1948 to almost all of Palestine."
Source: Jazarah
Libya: Protecting women from sexual violence
"Yesterday, the International Criminal Court announced that the Gaddafi regime would be investigated for the use of mass rapes during the ongoing conflict in the country. The investigation cannot come quickly enough. The shocking and high-profile report of the gang rape of Iman al-Obeidi by the Gaddafi army is illustrative of the emerging pattern of gender-based violence by both Gaddafi's army and rebel forces alike. The allegations are not isolated but instead, widespread and brutal and, even, as one report shows, documented on mobile phones."
Source: Refugees International
Putting half Jordan to work
"Of the Jordanian females aged 15 and above, only 14.6 per cent actually participate in the labour force; thus, women in Jordan have the lowest participation rate in the labour force in the region. Furthermore, in 2010, the female unemployment rate stood at 21.7 per cent, while the male unemployment rate was only 10.4 per cent, which was lower than the national average of 12.5 per cent. The legitimate and pressing question is why? Equally important, how do we go about analysing and determining the problem(s) and the solution(s)?"
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World first as SA scientists unearth 250m-year-old fossilised embrace
The rain was pouring down as the skies opened up in the Karoo Basin 250-million years ago. An injured amphibian Broomistega, possibly hurt by the storm, crawled into a sleeping animal's burrow to shelter from the violent weather. It is suspected that the mammal-forerunner Thrinaxodon – which, from simulations resembles a furry Komodo dragon – was hibernating, although when done for short periods of time this is called aestivation.
Both animals died, and their fossilised embrace, discovered by South African scientists, marks a world first. The results were published in scientific journal PLOS ONE on Friday. The remains were analysed using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF).
Earlier this year, South Africa joined the ESRF as a full member. The synchrotron, based in Grenoble, France, emits X-rays around a circular tunnel the size of a stadium. The wavelengths of the beam are so small that they can get between atoms in a material, and scientists can characterise it on an atomic level. This means that it can analyse fossils without damaging them.
"While discovering the results, we were amazed by the quality of the images," said lead author Vincent Fernandez from Witwatersrand University. "But the real excitement came when we discovered a second set of teeth completely different from that of the mammal-like reptile."
They hypothesised a number of different scenarios that would result in this odd-couple embrace. "It's a fascinating scientific question: what caused the association of these two organisms in the burrow? One of the more obvious possibilities is a predator-prey interaction, but we inspected both skeletons looking for tooth marks or other evidence implying predation, ultimately finding no support for one having attempted to feed on the other," said Dr Kristian Carlson, another author on the paper who is based at Wits University.
The team finally concluded that "the mammal-like reptile, Thrinaxodon, was most probably aestivating in its burrow, a key adaptation response together with a burrowing behaviour which enabled our distant ancestors to survive the most dramatic mass extinction event. This state of torpor explains why the amphibian was not chased out of the burrow," said Professor Bruce Rubidge, co-author of the paper and also the director of the Centre for Excellence in Paleosciences based at Wits University.


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How long could Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi play incognito at a New York market before being recognized? Not that long. Sambora recently played at New York's Chelsea Street Market during a weekday afternoon to raise money for MusiCares. He drew a crowd almost immediately. After the second song, he revealed himself and played "Living on a Prayer." You can watch Sambora on CBS.com as part of its "Tip Cup" online series.
Richie Sambora: Undercover Street Busker
joined President Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant at the grand opening of STEP UP ON VINE on January 14, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.Alberto E. Rodriguez Getty Images


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Rebels claim capture of key port
Libyan rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast have claimed they captured a key oil terminal that has repeatedly changed hands in the six-month-old civil war.
Rebel spokesman Mohammed al-Rijali said he was with the fighters in Brega when they gained control of the strategic port city, 125 miles south west of the de-facto rebel capital of Benghazi, after three weeks of intense fighting.
"Brega is liberated," Mr al-Rijali said from nearby Ajdabiya, but he did not provide any details or a casualty toll.
His claim could not be immediately verified and officials in the Libyan capital Tripoli made no comment on it.
Brega fell under rebel control briefly in March, but was recaptured by Gaddafi's forces shortly afterward.
The fighting around the city has gone back and forth since then, with the rebels not managing to keep their ground.
Brega's capture would be an important boost for the rebels because whoever controls the strategic oil terminal, which is also Libya's second-largest hydrocarbon complex, is in charge of the country's main oil fields.
Another rebel spokesman, Mohammed al-Zawawi, said earlier that two rebels died in the day's fighting in Brega, while 16 others were wounded.
Libya's civil war has been deadlocked for months despite Nato's airstrikes to protect civilians. The revolt began in mid-February, with the rebels quickly wresting control of much of the eastern half of the country, as well as pockets in the west.


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Stomatal conductance - gs
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"Stomatal condcutance maximum is a numerical measure of the maximum rate of passage of either water vapour or carbon dioxide through the stomata, or small pores of the plant." (TEMS)
matal conductance gs plays an important role in the plant-atmosphere water exchange and hence it is a key parameter in many ecological models (Chen et al., 1999). Diffusion of CO2 into the mesophyll of leaves and water vapour from the leave to the atmosphere is mainly driven by the stomatal aperture, which is controlled by a complex system of plant physiological processes. Nearly all the water transpired by plants is lost through the stomata as water vapour diffusion via cuticle can be neglected. Methods applied for determining the diffusive conductance include porometer and photosynthesis cuvette measurements as well as energy balancing approaches.
Published data are somehow difficult to compare as investigations under natural conditions are strongly affected for instance by water vapour pressure deficit, soil moisture, general conditions of the plant (healthy/unhealthy), position of leaves or needles (shaded/exponated), age of leaves or needles. Nevertheless, many ecological models need single gs values as input parameters.
Stomatal conductance is given in [mm s-1]. In cases where stomatal conductance is published in [mmol m-2 s-1] values are divided by 41 for transformation according to Körner (1979, calculation based on 293 K and 105 Pa). Many data are taken as published or read of graphs.
Körner et al. (1979) provided a comprehensive review. Additional values for stomatal conductance according to typical plant species in temperate land use systems evaluated by other authors are taken into account supplementary.


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On his first album in seven years, Justin Timberlake trades in the disco-ball-smashing, Prince-style dance pop of 2006's FutureSex/LoveSounds for smoother R&B. Brad Wheeler provides a tweet-by-tweet rundown of The 20/20 Experience (out March 19, but streaming for free on iTunes):
Pusher Love Girl: Might as well face it, he's addicted to love. A string-lush smoothie gives way to a trippy jam and unfortunate word-shaping. ("Hairo-wine.")
Suit & Tie: The lightly gliding sartorial salute is the album's tailor-made first single, on which Jay-Z advocates wearing tuxedos for no reason.
Don't Hold the Wall: A dance-imploring number in which culturally confused producer Timbaland resorts to a film-score cliché: a woman's Arabic-sounding wail.
Strawberry Bubblegum: Barry White, is that you? A Hubba Bubba-sweet love song with blips and swirls features a bass-crooning duet partner.
Tunnel Vision: An optometrist can't help JT, but Timbaland can. The busily produced cut about the love-sick lack of peripheral vision is sneakily epic.
Spaceship Coupe: On an interstellar slow jam, there's only room for two in the "space lover cocoon." Sorry, R. Kelly, find your own ride.
That Girl: Marlo Thomas blushes and Cameron Diaz scowls, but it is Jessica (Biel) Timberlake who is the "pretty lady" in a Southern-soul-love special.
Let the Groove Get In: If this Latin-grooved party thing isn't the intro music to the summer stadium shows with Jay-Z, then my name isn't DeBarge.
Mirrors: For those who missed the wedding, an emotive ballad is as good as a vow, down to the outro chant, "you are, you are, the love, of my life."
Blue Ocean Floor: JT closes out his first LP in seven years elegantly subdued. "Fade out and disappear," he croons, and who knows when we'll hear from him again.Report Typo/Error
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