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Saturday, December 25, 2004
It's beginning to taste alot like Christmas
Ahhh... And finally after 3 hrs of cooking, we're done! Smells great, looks fantastic, and I'm sure it'll taste superb!
Tested the crackling and it just melts in the mouth!
It's beginning to smell alot like Christmas
Looks like the crackling is coming along quite nicely! Can't wait to get my laughing gear into it.
Maybe time to wake Eva and to start some pan cakes *drool*
Christmas lunch preparation
It's now early Christmas morning, and the work has begun. We've got Christmas lunch at Pep @ Ray's place later on.
Earlier in the week Eva and I managed to make it out to Marrickville shopping centre on our was back from a bead sortie, and remembering Pep's request that we bring along the roast pork, we scoured the shopping centre for a decent piece of pork to roast.
Not an easy as easy as you would think. Pork comes in many shapes and sizes, and most importantly different cuts. We looked at rolls of pork, legs, mid loins etc, and really, it was just too hard. Eva put her foot down and we found this hefty piece of pork leg, weighing in at 2.8kg, nice size and shape, and a good price too!
Ok, time to catapult back into "now". Last night I didn't really feel like heating the apartment up and cooking this hulking piece of pig and wanting to eat it afterwards, so this morning, I managed to drag myself out of bed @ 6am to prepare.
I've already made the apple sauce, more about that later… Pork now!
In keeping with Jocelyn's (my widdle sister) request that I provide "instructions" on how I cook, here it is as follows…
Step 1
Cut pork out of plastic wrapping, be careful not to cut oneself, because that would be just plain bad. And turn the oven on, should be at about 180°c
Step 2
Calculate how long this is going to take to cook, and hope to god that I woke up in time to have this ready for our ETA of approximately 12pm. I'm in luck; pork requires 30 minutes per 450g (1lb) plus 30 minutes according to "The Australian All Colour Cook Book" so it should be ready around 1130 hrs. Just in time for our departure *phew*
Step 3
Preparing the piece of pork is the fun bit, scoring the rind, and adding the vital ingredients to get the crackling to work. I'm renowned for my crackling; it just melts in the mouth.
Step 4
Crackling creation time! I use a technique taught by my father, and perfected by me. Firstly you need to score the pork's rind with a knife, generally cutting the rind, some recipes suggest that you prick the rind all over, but I prefer to make shallow cuts into the meat, it allows it to expand as the pork begins to cook, and it just looks damn good!
Step 5
Next you need the juice of a lemon, and lots of salt. Liberally smear the rind with the lemon juice, making sure it makes its way into the cuts, and then rub in the salt.
Chefs Note: Make sure you have plenty of salt; just a little here and there just won't work. I just normally poor a whole pile on and then massage it into the rind, and then more, to make sure I miss some bits, and more again to make sure I get good coverage.
Step 6
Place pork in roasting tray and, if you've done your maths right, it should be ready in a few hours.
Apple sauce
Not sure why, but it's definitely something that goes well with the roast pork, and I generally prepare this one a day prior, nothing worse than warm apple sauce with your roast pork, it's a bit like chalk and cheese, not that I know what it's like, I just wouldn't eat the chalk!
There are a number of ways how to make apple sauce, but drawing from my Father's tutelage, I'm using his recipe. Granny Smiths are best, others, will just taste weird or just too sweet.
Step 1
Peel, quarter and core as many apples as you think you need, and a couple more to make sure, you can never have enough apple sauce! Make sure that you have removed the core entirely, because there is nothing worse than apple core in your apple sauce, it's just not cricket!
Step 2
Cut apple up finely, or how ever you like. Add sugar liberally, and a little water, and place over a high heat, and let cook till the apple begins to turn see-through.
Step 3
Grab your potato masher, and mash the apple till it's a bit like mashed potato. If you've added too much water under Step 1, you can cook some of that out once you've mashed your apple.
Step 4
Add lemon juice and some butter to taste. I hear you ask, why butter? Well I've never been able to work that one out either, like all good fathers, they avoid the question when asked, but trust me, it makes it taste great!
Step 5
Allow to cool for a bit, cover and place in fridge. If your in a hurry and need to get some sleep, allow to cool for a very short period, then place a metallic spoon in sauce, cover a little and then place in fridge.
Friday, December 24, 2004
Right now the love machine is chirping so loudly that he's drowning out the Star Wars DVD on 5.1 surround sound! (which is Steph's christmas present)
Come here! Love for free, let me guide you into my boudior of leather and heels.... Maybe Jiminy has a shoe fetish. After all he does have 6 feet to dress...
Merry Christmas everyone!
PS: Eva got an icecream machine! will be posting my achivements with my new toy Soon!
Serge has a reputation of eating out 3 meals a day, 7 days a week, and my initial reaction was... "He's going to cook?" but remembering some meals he put together whilst we were still living in Canberra, even though, quite basic, were quite tasty! Batchelor food, done the "Serge Way".
I finally caught Serge online this evening, and managed to ask the question about Christmas lunch... Thread as follows:
9:50:53 PM Steph I hear you've purchased half a barn yard for ChristmasAt this stage, I'd kinda worked out that he was having me on, but couldn't resist playing along, laughing and tears streaming...
9:51:01 PM Serge lol
9:51:38 PM Serge yep its gonna be shit load a feathers in the house on Saturday end some goooood cookin'
9:51:47 PM Steph lol
9:52:03 PM Steph So they're still alive are they?
9:52:22 PM Serge ya they arrived last night
9:52:39 PM Serge the quails are ganging up on the mallard
9:53:18 PM Serge I'm a little upset coz it could really affect the flavor of the meat. Can't have a stressed out mallard on your hands
9:53:49 PM Steph *blink*You've just gotta love family, but I look forward to hearing about the outcome of their
9:54:19 PM Steph so who's going to kill these birds, gut & pluck?
9:54:53 PM Serge mate - we are having a killing ceremony tomorrow night
9:55:01 PM Serge I've bought some Indian paint
9:55:12 PM Serge I have some 70's funk music
9:55:23 PM Serge its gonna be a cool night
9:55:29 PM Steph mmm... Ok
9:55:53 PM Serge ...
9:55:55 PM Steph you won't have any birds for lunch me thinks
9:56:14 PM Serge they're arriving tomorrow from the organic butchers :)
9:56:30 PM Steph oh...
9:56:41 PM Steph your purely evil young man
9:58:13 PM Serge did you really believe that fanciful story?
9:58:25 PM Serge the quails are ganging up on the mallard!
9:58:37 PM Steph ha ha
9:58:54 PM Steph made me think twice once you mentioned the killing ritual
9:59:07 PM Serge :D
9:59:17 PM Serge thought the 70's funk was a nice touch
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Sunday BBQ + nature film live
But even tho the temperature hit a hot steamy 37*C the pigeons... ahh the pigeons. while sitting down and digesting, we noticed to pigeons bopping up and down about a meter away from us.
Eva annouces "Its Foreplay!" (At max volume of course) and chuckles all around, then a gasp and hilairty all around as they mount and copulate in front of us!
Adding to the amusement a seagull walks by with lock jaw. Must have been shock... but anything goes in Centennial Park! But by 2pm it was getting too stinking hot and we adjourned to the swimming pool.
Ahh the Pool, my god was it good! The water was even warm to jump into! Kathleen and Andrew drove back to get their swimmers and we all jumped in and splashed and swam until we turned into little prunes. Perfect way to end a hot sweaty day!
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Those were the days...
And tommorrow I am having a goodbye lunch with 1/5 of our team leaving. Yes.
4 of them. Our director, a few ASMs and a Designer have left, for a better career, a better life.
I have dreamed about handing in multiple resignations in one pile. But it seems bitter for those that are left behind. Jealousy? Mostly likely.
Anyway i was humming a tune that my mum sang to me as a kid and i reckon i have found the song for the disillusioned but wiser. The lyrics a below. The chorus is rather famous so dont be surprised if you are humming it for the next few days.
Those Were The Days Mary Hopkins (Music & Lyrics : Gene Raskin)
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la...
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me ?
Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but none the wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same
Oh my does that statement is guaranteed to send up a cheer in this household.
I dont know if is to do with Gary Sweet (aka THAT Bald dude) or the way they try to boost it up with undercover sex.
Dont get me wrong! I would love to support Australian made series (barr Neighbours and Home and Away - these arent series they are epic fillers) But give us something decent. Or maybe my demands are too high. Someone good looking, A crusader, a Nut, a bit tech, and a lot of humor and wit.
That isnt to much to ask in a TV diet right?
Thursday, December 02, 2004
It's not that the place was untidy, it just needed a clean :O)
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Old mobiles, new rubbish - Next - http://www.smh.com.au/technology/
Somehow I think that Planet Ark have lost sight of the bigger picture here, I've walked past some mobile shops, and they do have these collection bins on show, but most of them are empty.
Why? I'd say that when someone gets a new mobile, they either keep it as a backup should the new one fail, hock it on eBay or give it to a family member who "desires" a mobile. I know I certainly would.
A $10 levy won't fix the problem. These things cost heaps, my new one retails at $700+, and in 12 months time when the warranty has run out on it, I'll get a new one and try and make a little money out of the old one or give it away.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Tomato update
My tomato plants have finally decided to grow!
The grafted tomato has definitely been the hard worker, and is growing skyward like no tomorrow as well as it producing a little fruit. And the San Marzano is producing some fruit too.
I had to move all my plants indoors today due to the expected 42° and upon my return after work, I think both tomato plants enjoyed the excursion indoors and have both grown a little taller, most notably the grafted tomato plant, who looks a little taller than it did this morning.
I'm now contemplating what I'm going to do whilst Eva & I are in
Having plants is a lot like having pets, what to do…
Sydney people
In my short 10 or so months here in Sydney, I've seen a lot of selfish acts, and none more so than today, maybe I'm being a little snobbish coming from Adelaide, but, as my mother always taught me, it's always better to be polite than to be rude or inconsiderate.
This involves 2 guys and one seat for three which is empty, both entering from either ends of the carriage, and it appears that the guy that's entered from the front of the carriage has made it to the empty seat, but in comes Mr Inconsiderate, and almost "hip and shoulders" Mr "I got here first and it's my seat" out of the way. Poor Guy! Really, how rude!
I'm sitting here, and thinking, Mr Inconsiderate has raced to the front to get the window seat, but sorely no... Mr Inconsiderate turns his back on Mr "I got here first and it's my seat" without a word of, oh I'm sorry I'm reserving this seat, and looks towards the back of the carriage, and waits, whilst Mr "I got here first and it's my seat" just stands there and looks totally stunned, and counts his losses and goes and finds another seat.
This doesn't end here, then there is a flow of women, not one, not two but three of them. Obviously nothing else matters than these three women, which I originally thought were his three Indian brides, but they all looked related and that would just be totally wrong.
I just feel sorry for the poor guy that lost out, because he then had to sit next to some old smelly person in the end.
Oh well. my 2 cents worth.
Typical Support call here at work...
Client had a query about using myIT* to install some fonts on his system.
Talked client through and pointed him to the "harmony fonts" item under "h" which is what he was looking for.
Also suggested that he can use the search field on the left hand side of the screen.
Who said that IT wasn't a challenge... Just more so for some *GRIN*
*myIT is our system for making a work request, i.e. Software installs etc
Friday, November 26, 2004
Yum Cha to its basic level
If you run out of hot water and your teapot needs a refill you take your pot to the station and fill it yourself!.
But most of all i cant get over the number of elders people, Angela my little cousin calls yumcha restaurant old peoples homes. Im not joking. Sydney yumcha you see a sea of black haired people, Hong Kong its a sea of white and grey, and occasional patches of liver spotted flesh.
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Leaflets in Chinese
Pushy Sales people
There are many more strange designs for handbags here, thus more to look and stare at. But i warn you. DO NOT STARE TOO LONG for sales people come over. and pushy they are. she grabed me and was trying to sell me this CICO handbag which was too small and way too old and frumpy for me, and she was ranting and raving of which i only understood 60% while looking for mum to extract me from this evil woman's clutches. we told her that i was just looking and i didnt need the lipstick case and the mmembership to ther store card. but she kept ranting on. i wandered off letting mum deal with her and had a look then saw 3 other sales people make their way towards me, i felt like a deer with a pack of hungry wolves surrounding me,
Thankfully the lady ran to get another handbag for us and we make our escape.
Note to self: Talk english at shopping sales assistants.
Also in that same store there was this jacket mum saw. Mum asked me what i thought. i told her it reminded me of old faded carpet in old unrenovated homes, but with glitter sprinkled all over it. The sales person heard me (i did whisper!) and rebutted me "not old fashion not at all!" we giggled and moved away to admired some sequin number on the other rack. Just then a grandma did pick up the carpet jacket and go gush ooh ahh all over it. put it on and declared it wonderful and purchased it.
i guess it goes to say taste is unique. and somewhat strange.
The dodgy waterbottle
So you need to take a bottle of water around. I have been carrying one around for 3 days, and today mum asked for a sip. Sure, hand it over - she takes a drink and hands it back. Continue shopping. Next thing i know is i develop a wet patch on my bum, hrm air con water must have dripped on me... brush it off, ooh big patch. feel the bag DRENCHED! The water bottle had leaked all through my bag. We stepped into the bank to change some AUD to HKD and i dripped my way over to a visitors chair and to pull all my stuff out and dry it. Mum claimed that the waterbottle was faulty, i mentioned that i had used the same bottle for the last 2 days and i hadnt had the problem then told mum she owed me a handbag. Auntie Ming rang, and told mum that Eva was just looking for an excuse for a new handbag.
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
And a big thankyou to...
Thanks Matt for fixing the internet especially after he's travelled from Las Vegas to Adelaide (some 13502 km)! and just got home... I think he can now go to sleep!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Hong Kong
oh btw, ive paid for the most expensive cup of flavoured milk! a Cafe au lait - aslo known as a cafe latte, is $36HKD which is about $6AUD!!! and it was foul. I remember moving from Tassie to Sydney and the coffee was shocking. here it is even worse. Begs to say that it would be worth your while learning to be a barsita here!
Hiho From HK
For those that dont know I'm in HK with my mum.
Unfortuately my uncle passed away last week and im here to support mum and visit family during the next two weeks.
Today much to my mother and my amusement. When I first visited Hong Kong I had many people pull me aside and admire my red cheeks. And again today at yum cha, we sat down and ordered, when the waitress came by she mentioned to my mother "what a healthy complexion! looks like she stole some blush!!"
Mum and I laughed uproarishly, You would think that at my age I could buy the stuff!!
Monday, November 22, 2004
A belated... About time
All just in time for me to be able get my new computer up and running too... and thats a big "about time"... Last Thursday night I managed to make my way out to retailer from whom I bought my ram, tested it this time, and was able to install Windows on Friday night with no problems *YAY*
I'm excited *Big Kev Pose*
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
After many months of watering and tender love and care, my Tomato plants have finally started producing something, and I've picked the first two tomatoes from my grafted plant, a little small, but they're great!
If only everything was that easy
I also found out that after nearly 5 weeks, I "might" get my adsl connection sometime next week. I wish iiNet would give me a straight answer, because I don't have much hair left.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
You get what you pay for...
Anyways, it's time for bed, half 2am in the morning. Over and out!
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Hi... I'm Steph errr Matthew...
Ahhh... I love the wonderful world of remote communication. I have a good close friend Matt & his wonderful wife Emma who are currently in
So what does Matt do? Definitely not call Vodafone, but contacts me via ICQ, and asks me if I'm able call Vodafone and get them to check if Global roaming is set up correctly.
Ok, I said, always glad to help a mate, would've saved him a fair wack of cash. So I call Vodafone, and say that I'm Matthew, and quote the password for the account, and ask the girl (I forget her name, but let's call her Freda), Freda is here asking me lots of questions, and I'm here relaying them back to Matt via ICQ, thankfully he's a fast typer, otherwise this could've been ugly!
Feda is here asking me what kinda Phone I, err Matthew has and whether it's a tri-band phone, I'm here feverishly typing away asking Matt what sorta fone he has, Matt's reply was a k700i and thankfully it's a compatable phone.
At this point I really thought the game was up! only because I couldn't tell her straight off the bat that it what kinda phone it was, but I think she understood, that I was tired etc from travelling all that distance. I was also smart enough to turn the volume off on the TV & on the computer as when ever you receive an IM from ICQ, it goes "o-oh", the game would've been up if I hadn't have done that for sure!
Freda thankfully worked out what the problem was, the bars hadn't been set correctly, Freda reset them, for me... err Matt, and asked me to turn the phone off, take the sim out, and reboot the phone with the sim in, and then try and call/txt. Relayed all of this to Matt, who diligently followed my steps, sent me a txt and now the phone is working fantastically.
It did however get interesting when Freda asked me what Beverly Hills was like, I had to say, it was great, but just got off the plane and am fighting to stay awake... but it's a beautiful place :O)
I'm just glad that Freda didn't pick up what we were upto, because after every question there was a feverish amount of typing to Matt for a response. Thankfully the keyboard is kinda silent.
Matt kindly gave me a call, on his VoIP (Voice over IP) phone which he'd done a dirty hack to get to work via a vpn connection because the hotel had blocked a whole pile of ports and wasn't able to make it work normally. Modern technology, gotta love it!
So there's my excitement for the day!
Friday, November 12, 2004
Testing times
A conversation that brings a smile
K: thanks. How are things going? crazy friday?
E: Can see light at the end of the tunnel. + playing with fish on the palm is helping
K: huh? fish?
E: Fish breeding game on the palm
K: ohhhhhhh! i thought you meant the palm of your HAND. makes sense now....
That girl makes me smile.
And we're still waiting...
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
1st Time Emailer, long time blogger.
Hi there!
Just found out I can do this via email, so here's a test to see whether it works or not.
Quote of the day
(09:06:32) RE: adsl is like getting a rotary
(09:06:36) RE: its all good in the beginning
(09:06:44) RE: but then you start to think it could go faster
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
DSL here we come!
I don't normally get emotional like this, but "I'm excited!" (think of "Big Kev")
The only problem is the waiting...
Not exactly exciting, but something different
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Exciting things happen in Sydney
Steph started cooking his corned beef and then announced that he was going to get some broccoli and that I was to stay back and watch the pot. "Okay!" Eva chirped and continued swapping green beads for blue ones. Five minutes later, Steph returns. Wow! Quick... No
Turns out that there is a police car blocking off the driveway of the Lot 5 Carpark!
"Ooh! what are they doing there?" I ask.
"I don't know, but we aren't having broccoli with dinner because the Beemer is also in the Carpark."
"Okay, I'll go and ask, shall I get you broccoli as well?"
"Yeah! Here are my keys and heres the money"
Cluck cluck cluck...
I walk over figuring that they were setting up to catch the speeders that hoon down Wyndam Street, but instead fine 2 cop cars looking all over the place! Ooh boy!
I stood there and stared the Beemer willing it to start its engine, reverse and drive out to meet me. But instead the police man asked me some questions.
Turns out someone was held up around 6 - 6:30pm!!!!
They asked if I heard anything, I did hear a muffled yelp but it sounded like some girl walking past our door with something really heavy. They asked what time and I had to think what TV program I was watching.
I'm pretty sure it was after backyard blitz, so i reckon it was 7ish. They got my Hobart address, I showed my Tassie License (my NSW has expired) and did a wide eye innocent Tassie look and said I was visiting my boyfriend who lived in the apartment!
Anyway was told I might be called to witness but he doubted it and then I was free to get my car.
A brief excursion to Broadway and a triumphant Eva returns, with broccoli and rice bubbles (Monday breakfast, yeah okay I'm a kid. So what?!)
Now I'm waiting for dinner. Which looks almost done! yay!
Dinner! Tonight we have Corned Silverside. I haven't made one of these in a while, so it's going to be interesting, but can't wait! The appartment smells great and well, it's going to taste even better once it's ready. I'm going to make a white sauce to go with it, and potatoes & Cauliflower, Broccoli. Just thinking about it, is making my mouth water in anticipation.
The Surry Hills Markets - Nov
We bought a Gazebo to protect ourselves from the sun. That took 5 of us to set up - one at each leg and Pep in the centre to fix the bits in the middle. But when set up, clothes and earrings all laid out our stall looked pretty good! See Photo.
It was Nisara and my turn to manage the stall and we did so quite happily, we had our bead boxes, chatted about work and perved at the boys, stared at some strange girls (one looked very pretty then dropped her voice by accident - we got suspicious)
Took turns to run out for food and water, but by 2:30pm we hit the plateau, and flat batteries all around.
A great example of this was the degradation of our selling techniques. When people when tried on the sample shoes.
Between 9am - 2pm - "They're handmade with leather so they will stretch, its a sample set that I brought over, to judge the market with, and if you buy them you will be the only one in Sydney with a pair of slippers like that! There is only one size so please try them on. They're $40 bucks but you are paying for the handiwork."
After 2:pm - "$40 bucks"
Finishing at 4pm the boys came back and picked us up, and Nix and I went home and crashed with dehydration headaches. But GarageOne had had another successful selling day.
Friday, November 05, 2004
Dinnertime! Chinese Home Cooking
- Snow Peas with Garlic Ginger (Keung Choon Chow Shuit Doaw)
- Vermecilli braised with Dried Shrimp,zucchini and roast pork (Sui Yook Fun See Bow)
- Fresh Strawberries and Mangos
But the Fun See pot was so yummy!! Dad use to do something like this for us in the restaurant. I kinda vaguly remember how he cooked it. But he used a wok and it was a much bigger plate of it too.
Har mei are those little dried shimps you can get in chinese stores. They pack a wallop! about 3 tablespoons of it, the pork and the zuchini braised in stock, and let the vermicilli absorb all the prawn, roast pork flavours! yum! Steph my guinea pig approved, but I gave him too much rice.
Then Dessert, Strawberries and Mangoes!!! woohoo!!! i got the strawberries for $1 a punnet and the mangoes for $1.95 each! at Coles of all places! But Eva being the bargin hunter watched them trying to sell them at $3.50 earlier in the week but obviously no one touched them.
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Pho Continued...
Dinner - Pho! Pho! Pho! Foe! Foe! Foe!
Got home
Had a hunger for Pho (Vietnamese beef noodles) [word Pho always reminds me of the teletubbies…] so Steph and I headed of to our favourite Pho 236 restaurant in Newtown.
Wow! Pho was busy! But there was a girl who was with a guy waving at me from the table most furthest away… A bit perplexed I waved back and asked Steph "Quick! who's that girl I waved to??" {Steph responds with a trademark blank look} Went closer and recognised the back of the a familiar head! William and Eleanor! Phew! I didnt have to do one of those embarrassing "Hi!!!! you are???" meetings. Turns out that they were just leaving after scoffing down a delicious dinner. We took over their dining table and William and Eleanor were kind enough to invite us to the new Wong's Residence. Cool eh?
But food is first!
After much deliberation we chose salt and pepper squid & crispy chicken with ginger rice! Steph will attach photo later.
It was very delicious. A bit oily with fried chicken and fried squid, but the acid in the coke cleared our throats and soothe our noses (or is it the other way around)
Yet again I digress.
This place is the best place for Vietnamese food, and you can always find parking in the dark streets behind it. The bill was only $23.50 and we were stuffed to the gills. Time for a little walk down king street. Walked pass bright blue neon lit Tool Shed - wondered what happened in there. But Steph ushered me quickly past the doorway before I had time to stop and peek up the stairs.
Got back to the car and drove to the Wong's new residence. Wow I know the place is called the Glo Apartments but surely the should have named it the Glo Hotel! The entrance is pretty impressive, a bit like the pearly gates, but modern. A bit of wandering around we located our destination. Wow! Their place is pretty funky! I'm jealous of their courtyard! Its as big as our living area! They were watching their copy of Hero on DVD!! Yay! Don't have to spend money on a movie ticket. Then found out that the only language the movie was in was Mandarin and the subtitles only came in Chinese! Well Steph fazed out and the rest of us were trying to guess what they were saying. And making it up where we where left clueless.
We left regretfully aware of an early morning start yet here I am writing up the blog at 1am!?! Steph has retired and as soon as this has posted so will I.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
G for Go home!
Trains: waited 5 mins then 3 mins.
We have changed over to a new administration system and the usual teething problems have arised. - Do this do that. Umm where's the report? Oh new system! No report! No access! Gets better and better.
But Eva's quick mind and deft fingers made short work of the daily tasks and resulted in an easy afternoon, which was spend working on the following days stuff and surfing the internet for the best bead deals
I have searched far and wide and I reckon that http://www.blogger.com/app/www.ozbead.com.au is the best place to buy beads from online, I thought I found a really cheap shop around the corner from us but this place is much better. So when I get paid guess where the little of my spare money is going? Beads beads beads! Hehehe! But its not to some useless cause! Last night I dreamt up a choker, one of those big ones that I make.
Shall take photos of it as I go along.
If the shoes fit, Wear them!
I wore them yesterday and they were great! Couldn't complain at all, 2nd time I'd worn them outside of the house since I'd bought them, but today... Ouch! I'd forgotten how painful it can be to break a new pair of shoes in... There's just gotta be a better way!
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Rant @ Work
If I had my way everyone here would have been castrated and fed to the dogs!
Some advise to all, if you promise someone that your worker will deliver something at a certian time and date. Make sure you bloody tell the worker!!!
Oh and email etiquette? Forget it! Here's some big news! You cannot command me!
Thinking about putting up those shocking interior design photos on here. what is your opinion?
eva is officially a geek
maybe im a trendy geek. (small comfort)
anyway the first of many.
Over and out - Eva
Cool link for the day
You'd think that there was a "real" problem with mail today when every second phone call is related to mail.
Checked our mail notification system and it currently reads:
Major delays (4123 messages queued), however this may not affect all new messages.
One thing that really surprises me, is how can this delay not affect all messages?? Maybe this should read:
You actually took the time to check the page? Congratulations, there are major delays, (4123 messages queued), don't expect any mail for a while!
Ahhh... I love support
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
mmm... Food!
On Sunday night Eva made this really cool Chinese dish called Haan Daan (Salted Egg). At first it was a little weird, but after a few mouthfuls, it wasn't so bad, just a little salty. I think Kathleen was a little more interested in my reaction than Eva was, Lu Lu also found out before I managed to get a mouthful, and she's on the other side of the planet in London.
But it was great, we also had some Broccoli & Steamed fish & Steamed Rice to go with it all.


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Rolling Stone Magazine: Dylan, Mellencamp, Nelson Mine Deep Catalogs on Ballpark Tour
07/13/2009 - In one corner of the culture, it doesnt get more quintessentially American than baseball, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan, which makes the trios minor league ballpark tour a summer 09 essential. When the show pulled into Eastlake, Ohio, this weekend, the air smelled like a street fair: fresh-boiled hot dogs and reasonably priced drafts. The crowd standing in the outfield or sitting in general-admission seats was a mix of grandparents in polo shirts, leather-clad Hells Angels, indie rockers in black glasses with their button-down parents and as many 10-year-olds as youll see at a concert thats not affiliated with Disney.
At 76, Nelson is still on the road, continuing a career thats seen him write Patsy Clines Crazy, record with Booker T. Jones and ride shotgun with Johnny Cash. Just after 6 p.m., a giant red-white-and-blue Texan flag unfurled as Nelson sang the first words to his traditional set opener, Whiskey River. Dressed in black from hat to boo
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Consequence Of Sound: The Bob Dylan Show Swings For The Fences In Washington, PA
07/13/2009 - By Matt Melis
Monday nights Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson concert at Consol Energy Park home of the Washington Wild Things minor league baseball club had the vibe of a festival. Each fan who clicked through the ballpark turnstiles had an act he or she was most eager to see. However, with three living legends on the bill, each artists contingent was at least curious and often enthused to check out the other sets. So, whether folks were there primarily to see a voice of a generation, a cougar, or a redheaded stranger, no camp of fans was even remotely considering ducking out early or wandering too far off while another icon took the stage.
Ive never understood the frequent dismissal of John Mellencamp as a poor mans Springsteen. While he may share common influences and even subject material with The Boss, Mellencamp definitely has the songwriting chops and hits to rival any act going and has made his indelible mark on modern rock music. Even i
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Fans Wanted To Help With LIVE Retail Project
07/12/2009 - John's management and ClubCherryBomb.net are looking for Mellencamp fans to check stores in and around the cities being visited on The Bob Dylan Show tour for copies of John's new album Life Death LIVE and Freedom. This is very similar to the store checks many of you have helped us with in the past. Once again there are rewards for those who check five stores, and random rewards for those who even check one store regardless of if you are in the area of a Dylan show or not! Click
to read about the project and please consider helping out! Checks are needed for several cities right now and more helpers are needed for Bethel Woods, NY, Orange Beach, AL, Lubbock, TX, Essex Junction, VT, Aberdeen, MD, Norfolk, VA, Simpsonville, SC, Albuquerque, NM.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp Team Up For A Memorable Concert At Classic Park
07/12/2009 - By John Soeder - Plain Dealer Pop Music Critic
What was major-league talent Bob Dylan doing in a minor-league ballpark?
The short answer: anything he wanted!
The "poet laureate of rock 'n' roll" (per his campy introduction) headlined a fun concert Saturday evening in front of 6,900 fans at Eastlake's Classic Park (home of the Class A Lake County Captains). Also on the bill were Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp.
Unlike many acts of his generation, Dylan, 68, refused to pander to the masses with a greatest-hits revue. Instead, he showcased rootsy tunes from his most recent albums, including rough-and-ready versions of "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum," "Thunder on the Mountain" and (from his latest release, "Together Through Life"), "Jolene."
He also reached deep into his back pages for the epic "Blind Willie McTell."
The choice of material thinned out the crowd's ranks,
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Lehigh Valley/Allentown PA's The Morning Call: On new disc, Mellencamp's a voice for an older, wiser generation
07/11/2009 - Life Death LIVE and Freedom Review - July 10, 2009 - by John Moser
ROOTS ROCK | It was easy in the mid-1980s to think of John Mellencamp as a poor mans Bruce Springsteen, singing catchy but not terribly original populist roots rock.
But more than 20 years later, Mellencamp shows on his stunningly good new disc Life Death LIVE and Freedom and its companion piece, last years Life Death Love and Freedom, that hes far better than we ever gave him credit for.
While it may seem hes tapped into an easy subject we baby boomers certainly are obsessed with death, or avoiding it the truth is that Mellencamp is simply being painfully honest, facing his own demons, which just happen to be the same were all facing.
And by doing so hes creating far more interesting music than not only Springsteen, but the type of music Bob Dylan should be doing.
Life Death LIVE and Freedom is a collection of eight songs from the studio album recorded as they were road te
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Dayton Daily News: Mellencamp Steals the Show
07/10/2009 - By Tom Archdeacon
What a a great night to be in Dayton.
That might not be something NCR president Bill Nuti ever said, but then he wasnt at Fifth Third Field Friday night for the Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson show.
Let me tell you this right off, Mellencamp flat out stole the show. He energized the crowd that jammed the field around the stage and filled many of the seating sections in the two-tier ball park.
I loved everything he did: Pink Houses, Rain of the Scarecrow and especially Small Town. Maybe thats because Im from a small town, too. One thats a lot smaller than Seymour.
Educated in a small town
Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town
Used to daydream in that small town
Another boring romantic thats me.
One of the best moments of the night was seeing Willie Nelson share the stage with his son.
I know Dylan was the headliner of the five-hour show, but a lot of people clear
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Dylan Tosses Knuckleballs For Homerun Of A Show At Slugger Field
07/09/2009 - By Jeffrey Lee Puckett
Mellencamp related portion of the show review: Mellencamp also did his share of tinkering during a stellar set. His first few songs, including "Pink Houses" and "Paper in Fire," were all hopped up on Delta blues, giving them an ominous quality without diluting the impact of the originals.
And he once again proved himself a master of pacing and dynamics when he steered the show from an acoustic version of "Small Town" to a full-blown rock 'n' roll set before you even realized what had happened. There were some grumblings about "Jack & Diane" being left out, but that screaming version of "Crumbling Down" should have satisfied anyone.
to read the entire show review on the paper's website. Review includes a photo gallery from the show.
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CMT Interview: John Mellencamp Explains His Influence (or Not) On Country Music
07/07/2009 - He Prepares for Summer Ballpark Tour With Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson - Written by Craig Shelburne
During a recent visit to the CMT offices, John Mellencamp was asked about the treatment for his latest video, "A Ride Back Home."
"Treatment? I don't know what that means," he replied. Luckily his duet partner -- Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town -- steps in.
"Well, he's the video treatment because he always comes up with the concepts, so he just runs with whatever he wants to do. It's not the traditional way of soliciting treatments," she explains, referring to the common practice of asking video production companies to submit ideas.
"Oh, I have never done that," Mellencamp says, softly. "I have made 50 videos. I think I did that one time, and I didn't like that experience. I made a video in 1984 called 'The Authority Song,' and I was on tour and I was very busy, and the record company hired some guy
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette Reviews LIVE: Mellencamp Sounds Determined To Bring Tough-Minded Sincerity Back
07/06/2009 - By Sean Clancy
John Mellencamp Life, Death, LIVE and Freedom Hear Music ABacked by a crack band, the former Johnny Cougar rips through (and generally improves the vocal performance of) eight of the tracks from his excellent folk-rock album from last year Life, Death, Love and Freedom on this tour souvenir EP.
These no-frill live versions of Mellencamp-penned songs have no overdubs or studio enhancements, and they reveal an angry singer in magnificent voice. Based on his recent work, Mellencamp sounds determined to bring tough-minded sincerity back.
to read the review on their website.
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South Bend Tribune: Despite Rain, South Bend July Fourth Concert At The Cove Was A Good Time
07/06/2009 - By Andrew S. Hughes - Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND A hard rain didn't fall, but a persistent one did for about half of Saturday's concert at Coveleski Stadium by Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp.
For the most part, the inclement weather didn't dampen the spirits of the record-breaking concert crowd of more than 8,500 people, although the audience seemed most alive and energetic during Nelson's rousing closing set, after darkness and falling temperatures chilled the air.
The eclectic acoustic quartet The Wiyos opened the concert with a fun, half-hour set of Western swing and country-blues that fit perfectly with the music of the three headliners.
Mellencamp, of course, opened with "Pink Houses" and its refrain, "Ain't that America, home of the free," while violinist Miriam Sturm and accordionist Troye Kinnett provided the fireworks in the first of several intense duet instrumental breaks during Mellencamp's s
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Toronto Sun: Life Death Live And Freedom CD Review
07/05/2009 - Roots Rock - Sun Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5
Mellencamp never plays by the rules. On his 2008 tour, he played several songs from his magnificently grim Life, Death, Love and Freedom CD before it was released. Now, he's compiled eight of them (three of which were recorded at his Toronto and Red Deer shows) into this superbly stark live set -- the first concert disc of his 30-year career. We'd ask for more, but why bother?
to read the article on their website.
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Dylan-Mellencamp-Nelson Summer Tour Off to a Big Start
07/03/2009 - One of the most eagerly anticipated summer concert tours kicked off big-time last night when The Bob Dylan Show Featuring Bob Dylan and his Band, John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson opened at the GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois.
Following Willie's typically easy-going and effortlessly crowd-pleasing lead-off set, John and his band took full control with "Pink Houses." The sun was setting on the beautiful 80-degree day, the stadium and field were packed, and John (looking cool in jeans, longsleeve shirt, black vest and shades) was clearly rocking in his first U.S. concert appearance of the year-not counting his special appearances at the Obama inauguration and Pete Seeger birthday celebration.
A slow, smoldering version of "Paper in Fire" followed, giving way to a revival of "Deep Blue Heart," the "Cuttin' Heads" duet with Trisha Yearwood that John looks to highlight on his forthcoming box set "On the Rural Route 7609." Here it was marke
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St. Louis Post Dispatch: Dylan-Nelson-Mellencamp Show Brings Out Hits, Misses
07/03/2009 - Daniel Durchholz - SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH
Bob Dylan's 2007 concert at the Fox Theatre provided an indelible moment when
opening act Elvis Costello joined the iconic singer on stage for an impassioned
duet of Dylan's "Tears of Rage."
With Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp on board for Dylan's summer tour of
minor league stadiums, the opportunity for special collaborations would seem
ripe. Unfortunately, none materialized at the tour's kickoff at GCS Ballpark in
Sauget on Thursday.
It seems silly to complain about what didn't happen during an idyllic July
evening spent outdoors in mild temperatures, listening to three legendary
singers, even the least of whom is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. But the show
lacked that special moment that would have taken it to another level.
Then, too, Dylan's set was somewhat problematic. His famously ravaged voice
ranged from a wizened moan to an asthmatic wh
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Louisville Courier Journal: John Mellencamp, 'Life, Death, LIVE and Freedom' Review
07/03/2009 - By Jeffrey Lee Puckett
John Mellencamp is getting the third-wheel treatment on this summer tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. But when the infield dust settles Wednesday at Louisville Slugger Field, Mellencamp will be the last man standing.
He's a compelling performer and total pro who paces his show like a perfect mix tape, and even the most hard-core Dylan fan won't resist "Jack & Diane." Mellencamp has always thrived on stage, but this is his first live album, and since it repeats the same eight songs on last year's acoustic "Life, Death, Love and Freedom," it's only $8.
Mellencamp recasts half of that album as rock 'n' roll and keeps the other half acoustic. The ruminations on growing old and living in a struggling America turn urgent and more immediate with a band. "My Sweet Love" is more fun, "If I Die Sudden" more scary, and all of it's more vibrant.
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New Hampshire Let's Go: Life Death Live and Freedom Review
07/02/2009 - 4 out of 5 stars
Life Death Live and Freedom is a riff on the title of John Mellencamps recently released studio CD, Life Death Love and Freedom. Its a novel idea, releasing live and studio versions almost simultaneously. And its a good thing; these songs were meant to be performed live, they were written in the folk tradition, the troubadour tradition, in which a song traveled from one singer to the next, morphing along the way. Living, in other words. These literal soundboard recordings, with no studio overdubbing, have an immediacy that elevates them even beyond their original, already formidable quality. When Mellencamp sings about mortality in If I Die Sudden, Dont Need This Body and Longest Days, you feel the physical and psychic aches. Troubled Land has a guitar bite that sharpens its political edge. And the closer, the gentle rocker, My Sweet Love, with Dane Clarks retro-funk drumbeats keeping time, is, well, sweet. Mellencamp may be contemplating dying, but musically, hes mor
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Does the system know your blood group?
Every once in a while I think: hey, maybe I should know my blood group...here I am, receiving vast printouts full of complex lab blood test results on a regular basis, but each time I ask a dr, nurse or NHS "whoever" what my blood group is, they rifle through papers or scroll through computer records and mumble that they don't know my blood group
Do you know your blood group?
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New in 2017! For the first time, we are excited to host an Innovation Showcase, which will be open to delegates, and to the public for one special night of the Shake-Up!
The showcase will feature technologies, practices, activities, equipment, music, art, fashion and food that contribute to thriving winter cities, winter living and economy. It is a celebration of the people, organizations and businesses that make winter life enjoyable, safe and unique. Interactive displays and hands-on experiences will be part of the action as we dig in to what makes life great in a Winter City!
More information can be found in the sponsorship prospectus.
If you think your idea/presentation would be better suited for the Showcase (or both!), e-mail us at email@example.com to find out more and to apply for a spot! This will be a curated showcase so applications will be reviewed prior to acceptance.


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Towns set up Christmas Tree recycling programs
Purcellville and Leesburg have announced the details of their respective Christmas tree recycling programs.
In Purcellville, the curbside refuse and recycling contractor, American Disposal Services, will collect Christmas Trees only for recycling on the first two Wednesday collection days in January, which is Jan. 2 and Jan. 9.
Regular yard waste collection will end Dec. 26, so do not place yard waste curbside after that date. Yard waste collection will start again on March 6.
In Leesburg, solid waste collection contractor, CSI, will collect non-artificial Christmas trees from residential customers as part of their regular recycling collection Jan. 3 and Jan. 10 for the southeast and southwest quadrants and Jan. 4 and Jan. 11 for the northeast and northwest areas.
Christmas trees must be placed at the curb before 6 a.m. on the day of collection.
Loudoun Country will also allow citizens to bring Christmas trees for recycling to five sites from Dec 26 to Jan.17:
•Leesburg, Loudoun County Landfill Recycling Center, 21101 Evergreen Mills Road., Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
•Lovettsville, Game Protective Association, 16 South Berlin Pike, open daily
•Purcellville, Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, open daily 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•South Riding, Town Hall (rear parking lot next to tennis court), 43055 Center St., open daily
•Sterling, Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal's Gap Road., open daily 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Christmas trees are recycled into free mulch, which is available at the Loudoun County Landfill.
When recycling trees, remove all decorations from trees, such as tinsel, fake snow, angel hair, lights, twine, metal, plastic ties and string to keep from contaminating the mulch.
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This week, we expand what Monstrous Monday means. See, to this point, I've only designed…well, monsters. However, I'm in the process of designing a short 5-level campaign for my group, and it takes place in a city. In the city, it's not near as likely for you to encounter hunting drakes or mangles. Instead, you're far more likely to encounter NPCs. Thugs, thieves and crime bosses.
In the spirit of that idea, this week sees my first official NPCs. And this week, I'm taking on Bandits, and specifically city bandits (is there a better word for that?) There are a few that already exist in the D&D Basic Rules, but I wanted to create something a little more unique.
I also wanted to take on an idea that the Angry GM proposed in his Articles on Monster Design. And that's the idea of "racial traits" for monsters. The way he described it was that goblins all share a trait: Nimble Escape. Similarly, zombies all share the Undead Fortitude trait. I wanted to expand that idea into NPCs. All of the bandits in this article (and all future bandits) share the Banditry trait, which gives them the ability to use the Dash or Disengage actions as a bonus action on their turn.
This is also the most expansive Monstrous Monday that I've done. I'm presenting 5 NPCs here, all ranging in style and difficulty, including a "boss" enemy, to use in your low-level city games.
I hope you all enjoy! Continue reading "Monstrous Mondays: Criminals and Bandits"


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America's Choice: Leave a Legacy of Hell or Bequeath Clean Air
At the turn of the 20th Century, smoke meant jobs. When noxious fumes spewed from factory stacks, workers brought home paychecks. Industries hired. The future was bright as molten iron flowing from a blast furnace. In industrial Pittsburgh's heyday, the smoke was so dense streetlights remained lit at noon. White collar workers changed soot-covered shirts mid-day. The region's residents suffered high rates of asthma and emphysema. In 1948, an inversion trapped industrial pollution in a small town south of Pittsburgh, killing 20. Smoke also meant death and disease. Now, however, good-paying industrial jobs need not exact untimely death from workers and their families. In fact, it's the opposite. Development of clean renewable energy generators – the likes of wind turbines, solar cells, biomass – would create family-supporting industrial jobs in America and would reinforce traditional manufacturing jobs in the U.S., including those in steel mills, solar cell fabrication plants and wind turbine factories, such as those built by Gamesa in Pennsylvania. Labor unions and environmental groups are pressing for passage of policies like a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and comprehensive climate change legislation that would promote transition to a clean energy economy. To prod lawmakers to act, the BlueGreen Alliance, a partnership of those labor unions and enviromentalists, conducted a three-week, 17-state, 30-city barnstorm during August in an energy-efficient, American-made, carbon-neutral bus. At events in each city, BlueGreen activists told attendees, "The Job's Not Done," and urged them to tell their U.S. Senators it's not a choice between clean air and jobs. The choice is leaving a legacy of environmental hell or bequeathing climate unchanged. In an 1868 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, writer James Parton described with awe the atmosphere created by industrial Pittsburgh's iron and glass works, its foundries and its coke ovens:
"On the evening of this dark day, we were conducted to the edge of the abyss, and looked over the iron railing upon the most striking spectacle we ever beheld. The entire space lying between the hills was filled with blackest smoke, from out of which the hidden chimneys sent forth tongues of flame, while from the depths of the abyss came up the noise of hundreds of steam-hammers. There would be moments when no flames were visible; but soon the wind would force the smoky curtains aside, and the whole black expanse would be dimly lighted with dull wreaths of fire. It is an unprofitable business, view-hunting; but if any one would enjoy a spectacle as striking as Niagara, he may do so by simply walking up a long hill to Cliff Street in Pittsburg, and looking over into--hell with the lid taken off."Beautiful as he found it, Parton added this:
"The first feeling of the stranger is one of compassion for the people who are compelled to live in such an atmosphere. When hard pressed, a son of Pittsburg will not deny that the smoke has its inconveniences."Pittsburgh took measures to clean its air. Smoke no longer turns the city's days to night. But the town, like every other, still suffers the effect of pollution. It is the greenhouse gas pollution causing global climate change, which is associated with extreme weather events like the Katrina hurricane that killed 1,800 five years ago, floods this summer that killed 1,600 in Pakistan and 1,100 in China and unprecedented heat and uncontrolled wildfires that killed thousands this year in Russia. Even former Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce concede climate change is real. They're just towing the usual Republican party line of "no" to anything proposed by Democrats or the Environmental Protection Agency to correct it. The Chamber, for example says it supports strong action on climate change, including cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but it opposed legislation that would cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Chamber, at one point, called for the EPA to hold "the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century" to debate whether climate change is man-made. The Chamber's position prompted high-profile members to quit, including Apple and public-utility companies Pacific Gas & Electric, PNM Resources, and Exelon. Another big name company, Nike, resigned from the Chamber board of directors. It explained the defection:
"Nike believes that climate change is an urgent issue affecting the world today and that businesses and their representative associations need to take an active role to invest in sustainable business practices and innovative solutions to address the issue. It is not a time for debate but instead a time for action and we believe the Chamber's recent petition sets back important work currently being undertaken by EPA on this issue."Like Nike, Senators should do what's right – pass a Renewable Electricity Standard and a comprehensive climate change bill. They need to stop thinking about their re-election and start thinking about their grandchildren. They need to pass climate legislation that would support American jobs and avert hell.
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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: England vs. Canada Pick, Odds, Prediction - 6/27/15
Canada (2-0-2) vs. England (3-1)
World Cup: Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm (Canada)
The Line: Canada +133 / England +233-- Over/Under: 2 See the Latest Odds
TV: FOX Sports 1
England and Canada meet Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
England eliminated Norway with a late goal to win the match, 2-1. England has gotten to this point with a defense that's allowed 18 shots on goal and four goals this tournament. England has made it tough to get good looks, and goalie Karen Bardsley has come away with 14 saves and allowed just one first half goal. Offensively, England has to believe it can do better, but it has scored six times on 20 shots on target. Karen Carney and Steph Houghton have combined for three goals, while Fara Williams has an assist and five shot attempts. England has lost the ball possession arrow twice this tournament and must be more aggressive offensively if it's going to keep advancing. Still, England's defense gives itself a shot against anybody, especially considering its blocked 14 shots in its last three matches.
Canada eliminated Switzerland in the round of 16 with a 1-0 victory. Canada is also a team that's turned to its defense, allowing just one goal this tournament and nine shots on target. Canada has done a great job of controlling the pace of matches and has allowed just five shot attempts total in three of its four matches. Erin McLeod has made eight saves. Offensively, Ashley Lawrence, Christine Sinclair and Josee Belanger have combined for all three goals for the hoist country. Canada has 33 shot attempts in its last three matches and has to be frustrated that more have not found the back of the net. Canada is a dangerous team with its elite defense and the help from the home crowd, but it must find more success offensively if it's truly going to win the trophy.
Both teams are struggling on the offensive end, which makes the under a possible play. As for a winner, I am leaning Canada once again.
The under line is exactly where it should be, so I'm taking Canada to get the job done during regulation. Canada is in better form right now and of course still has the home crowd advantage that keeps giving it a boost.


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author: Denny Manchee, photo:Tracey Nolan
Watershed country is full of accomplished folks. You'd never guess who lives around the corner and down the lane
As he wraps his arms around the largest string instrument in the orchestra, Dave Young fuses with his bass, his left hand a blur on the fingerboard, while his right plucks deep, mellow tones from the wooden giant. At 77, this lean, white-haired virtuoso is still gigging regularly – he'll be playing at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival in late June and at The Loft in Cobourg on July 29 with his trio Two Bass Hit (Joel Quarrington and Bernie Senensky).
"He's prototypically Canadian and hides his light under a bushel," says retired CBC music producer Eitan Cornfield, who is also President of Port Hope Friends of Music. "He's classically trained and versatile, and can play Schubert's Trout Quintet and Oscar Peterson with equal ease."
"It's not difficult to move from one musical style to another as long as you keep focused on your role as a musician," says Young. "Mental preparation helps! I also practice on a daily basis – sometimes several hours and sometimes half an hour. I usually spend the majority of practice time with the bow working on classical repertoire."
Using the bow is called playing arco, and that was the technique he needed as principal bass of the Edmonton Symphony (1970-72), the Hamilton Philharmonic (1972-74) and the Winnipeg Symphony (1974). Young joined the Oscar Peterson duo in 1975 and toured extensively with the jazz legend over the years.
The multiple-award-winning musician, who spends his down time at a 36-acre farm north of Cobourg, was born into a musical family in Winnipeg. His mother was a classical pianist and teacher (as well as an accomplished painter) and his father was an accountant who loved singing and performing vaudeville. His older sister Sydney was also a classical pianist, graduating from Juilliard in the 1960s.
"I played the violin, guitar, piano and finally the bass," says Young. "I was always interested in jazz, since I was 14 or so when I played guitar. I took up the bass at 18 and then went to Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1961-62." After a major detour into commerce – he got his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba in 1966 – he began classical studies with Tom Monohan, principal bassist of the Toronto Symphony, in 1967 and became a full-time musician in 1969. "From that time on I pursued a dual career as a jazz/classical bassist."
He still teaches at the University of Toronto – "It keeps me in touch with the younger generation! – but heads for his place in the Northumberland Hills whenever possible. "I don't live at the farm full time, but my partner Barbara Lewis does and looks after everything, including me. I enjoy country life, and all the work that goes with it!"
Carl lives in Belleville, teaches iIllustration at Sheridan College in Oakville…


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Every child deserves to grow up safe, secure and loved. Children from all across the state of all ages, backgrounds and abilities are taken into temporary care when it is not safe for them to remain at home. Many are in need of a loving home not only for themselves, but also a little brother or sister. Most children waiting to be adopted are living temporarily with loving relatives or licensed foster families. Some live in larger, professionally-staffed group settings. DCFS maintains an online listing with pictures and descriptions of children in need of a loving family. Please click here or call 312-328-2778 to learn how you can change the life of a child – and your own!
DCFS has the primary responsibility of protecting children through the investigation of suspected abuse or neglect by parents and other caregivers in a position of trust or authority over the child. Call the 24-hour Child Abuse Hotline at 800-25-ABUSE (800-252-2873 or TTY 1-800-358-5117) if you suspect that a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by abuse or neglect. If you believe a child is in immediate danger of harm, call 911 first. Your confidential call will not only make sure the child is safe, but also help provide the child's family the services they need to provide a safe, loving and nurturing home.
Children are the embodiment of innocence and hope for the future. We all agree that every child deserves to grow up in a nurturing environment where they are loved, cared for, secure, and protected from verbal, sexual, emotional and physical abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Both child abuse and child neglect cause serious harm to child development and have lifelong effects that reduce well-being and productivity and create greater demands on society.
November is Adoption Awareness Month, a time to thank the thousands of families across the state for giving children in need the love, nurturing and security that comes from being a part of a family; and encourage others to join them in making a life-changing difference for a child.To read Governor Rauner's proclamation, click here.For more information about adoption, click here.To become a foster or adoptive parent, click here.
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To report suspected child abuse or neglect, call 1-800-25-ABUSE (252-2873)DCFS Info and Assistance 800-232-3798 / 217-524-2029


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Are you new to SWTOR or are you considering giving the game a try? This article will guide you to the places of the galaxy you don't want to miss. Join Ravanel Bro on a dazzling tour to five must-see planets in Star Wars: the Old Republic (SWTOR).
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Well folks,
strange things happen in my DB2 for Linux and Windows boxes.
I've created a simple SQL workload, made of 5 SQL statements, just to test the tool.
Well, the advisor doesn't recommend any index, it just goes blank.
The funny thing is that the equivalent command line tool, db2advis, works wery well;
this is the syntax I used:
db2advis -d MYDBNAME -w WKLNAME -o DDLFILE.TXT
The workload WKLNAME is the SAME I created via the GUI advisor !
So, it DOES recommend indexes, it says how much I will gain in performance percentage, then, last but not least, it create the DDL job containing the CREATE INDEX statements.
Very nice indeed.
So, in your opinion, what can be wrong with the GUI advisor ?
Thanks in advance. Bye.
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I use the index advisor alot, but as a DBA, I don't rely 100% on it. I have found times that I have thought of the index the way I want to create it but the advisor has said something else. I then found out through testing that my way showed a better performace improvement(and vice versa) . So I wouldn't rely 100% on it, its a tool and like all tools, its not going to be perfect, just like us humans.
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IQD4US from Dinar Daily Checks in with an RV progress report --
I just did my monthly review of the "status" , and I CAN say:
that the deposit of Kurdistans money into the FUND will be from OIL sales, as part of that money is supposed to be used to pay back Kuwait. There is still money outstanding, and they are supposed to have transparency in their oil sales for the "country" - not just Bagdad.
that the Tariff Law DID indeed go into effect, and surprisingly to me, they are "concerned" about the effect of the tax on cigarettes and alcohol. I am surprised because when the US Soldiers were there - alcohol was contraband because it was a "Muslim" country. (did you know that a fifth of Crown will fit nicely into a can of Coffee, and superglue will help keep the lid on during inspection? don't ask how I know).
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that ANYTHING that helps Iraq progress in the areas of laws and business is a GOOD thing, BUT - just because one thing or another is complete, does not mean that WE will receive the benefit yet.
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My rv progress report. I was watching tv the other day and a smaller bank commercial came on and much to my surprise part of the ad was that they had "wealth management" as an option. I've seen a lot of bank commercials here in rural Kentucky, but NEVER have I seen one that included "wealth management!"
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It is said to contain nearly 80 trace minerals in it. That is why it is good for your metabolism, bones, immune system and blood sugar levels.
To try this out, fill a small jug with 3 spoons of unrefined natural salt and fill it with water. Close it with a lid and let it remain for a day.
The next day, take a cup of warm water and add the salt solution to it and drink it. Since many generations, natural salt was more used even for cooking purposes.
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Consult your doctor before you try this salt solution every morning. Now, let us know about its benefits.
Aids Digestion
After you drink natural salt water, your salivary glands get stimulated and your stomach acids get stimulated, both of which are good for digestion.
Many minerals present in salt water detoxify your system. It also contains anti-bacterial agents which will kill the bacteria in your system.
Good For Skin
The minerals present in natural salt boost your skin quality. Sulfur, zinc, iodine and Chromium are some minerals which solve certain skin issues and keep the skin clean.
Prevents Inflammation
When your body fails to get enough of sodium, the levels of renin (an enzyme) and aldosterone (a hormone) may increase which may further cause inflammation. Therefore, drinking some natural salt water may help.
Salt Water indirectly helps your bones. Actually, when your blood becomes acidic, your body uses Calcium from the bones to neutralise it. As salt water can naturally alkalise your body, your bones tend to be safer.
Certain minerals in natural salt have the capacity to relax your nervous system and reduce the levels of stress hormones. This will let you sleep peacefully.
Hydrates Your System
Drinking natural salt water can help your body absorb water and use it in a proper way. Generally, when you drink a lot of plain water, most of it goes out of urine but drinking salt water helps your body store some of it.