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Amato Opera, 319 Bowery, corner of 2nd St., 212-228-8200, www.amato.org: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, In Italian. Fri., Sat. & Sun., March 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 & April 1. Times vary. Tickets are $35, $28 students, children & seniors.
Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., bet W. 4th St. & Bleecker, 212-989-9319, www.corneliastreetcafe.com: Check online for upcoming events.
DEKK Restaurant & Lounge, 134 Reade Street St., 212-941-9401: THE VINSON VALEGA TRIO, Every Monday night from 7:30 - 10:30pm. No cover. THE LAURA DREYER QUARTET, Every Friday night from 7:30 - 10:30pm. No Cover. DOWNTOWN JAZZ, A different band every Sunday evening at 8 & 10pm. $6 cover, plus $10 food or drink minimum.
Giovannis Atrium, 100 Washington St., 212-513-4133: WEEKLY JAZZ PERFORMANCE, Hear jazz vocalist Kathryn Farmer perform every Friday.
Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., 212-777-3240 x142, www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org: FACULTY MUSIC SERIES, Fri., March 9 at 7:30pm, ESTHER LEE KAPLAN, piano. Fri., March 16 at 7:30pm, SUSAN FRIEDLANDER and DANA PIELET perform works for flute and piano by Bach, Chaminade and Prokofiev. Fri., March 23 at 7:30pm, ANGELA PISTILLI performs on the piano with highlights including a Mozart sonata, Chopin Etudes and the Ravel Sonatine. Fri., March 30 at 7:30pm, EDDY KRONENGOLD performs music by Brahms, Bach and Debussy on the piano. First-come, first-served; free. Ages 6+.
Greenwich Village Bistro, 13 Carmine St.; 212-206-9777: WHIRLED MUSIC, Series presents artists performing Jazz, Blues, New Soul, Bluegrass and more. Takes place nightly. No cover.
Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette St., bet E. 4th & Astor Place, 212-967-7555: CHOPIN GOES JAZZ, Polands leading jazz musicians interpret the music of Chopin. Wed., March 7 at 9:30pm. $15.
The Poet of Bleecker Street IV, Mimi Stern-Wolfes Downtown Music Productions presents poetry and text by Ilsa Gilbert in musical settings by Philip Benson, Chris Berg, Isabelle Ganz, Frederick Koch, Binnette Lipper, Eugene McBride and Mary Carol Warwick. Sun. March 25 at 3pm. ST. MARKS CHURCH, 131 E. 10th St. at 2nd Ave. $10, $8 for students & seniors. 212-477-1594.
Tonic NYC, 107 Norfolk at Delancey, www.tonicnyc.com: EDISON WOODS & INLETS Wed., March 14 at 8pm. $8.
Womens Work 2007, Mezzo soprano Marcellina van der Grinten and pianist Jorg Ritter perform poetically-influenced music by historical women composers & contemporary songs by women from Germany, Serbia, and the USA. Wed., March 21 at 8pm. Renee Weiler Concert Hall, GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL, 46 Barrow St., bet 7th Ave. South & Bedford St. $15, $10 for students and seniors. 212-242-4770.
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Thursday Feb 21, 2013
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If you've never looked at Sara Midda's South of France you have a big treat in store. It's an utter delight and there's nothing else like it out there either. Or else just go to Salon Cote Sud Vivre. Even better!
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Sara Midda's South of France
If you've never looked at Sara Midda's South of France you have a big treat in store. It's an utter delight and there's nothing else like it out there either. Or else just go to Salon Cote Sud Vivre. Even better!
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How delightful, Carol!ReplyDelete
I loved the market in Aix, it is really huge in every sense of the word. I hope you find the time to make a visit. They open very early, very friendly sellers, you can go there almost at the crack of dawn! ;-)
Wishing you a wonderful trip down south and looking forward to hear and see all about it,
I used to have a Sara Midda planner that I LOVED. Hmmm.. Wonder what ever happened to it. You could definitely do a SM type book about Paris! Think about it. It would be wonderful! Love the South of France. Have you ever had socca??? A yummy chick pea pancake cooked in a big pan, sold in the street. Look for it. You won't be sorry.ReplyDelete
thx, i've been absent the last crazy months but this post was so for me!ReplyDelete
i went to school and (of course) fell in love (with LOTS of things/people) in Aix. And am an old Sara Midda fan. There's another one you should check out, it's up your alley ..... I'll come back with a link.
Bon sejour Aixois et bonne route!
You won't believe this..My post for tomorrow is ready..I should post it today..but in the middle of my garden collage is Sara Midda's In and Out Of The Garden..I LOVE my little book..and now you have introduced me to another.Thank you:)ReplyDelete
You will love that expo..that blog I sent you..in Cannes.. well she goes every year and shows us..You will LOVE it..
Oh have fun..I love Provence!!!
I use that word way too often..love..but I just do.
Forgot to say..love your colors.ReplyDelete
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My favorite book also and has been for years! I'm always trying to emulate her....too bad I can't paint:ReplyDelete
I love your work and read you religiously, and pass the best on - thanks!
We would like to be Sara Midda...
As we met over my Sara Midda post, I'm glad I didn't miss this.ReplyDelete
Sara has found my post, contacted me and commented. I'll make sure I will email yours to her.
How I wish...Delete
Probably not a snowballs chance in hell...
Love Sara Midda's book! And loved your horses last post that in my email took me to this one. Go figure! Glad to see you out and about checking it all out, Carol! Have you gone to Giverny? Maybe you did and I somehow missed it. If I have time, I'll check to see I've seen all your posts. Enjoy! xoReplyDeleteReplies
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It's on the to-do list near the top
Aix-en-Provence: merveilleuse.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see your photos and illustrations.
Love Karen and Biff xxReplies
4am getting ready for the TGV!Delete
Oh what ballerinas to take?
I, too, have Sara's book ... in the pile of Favorites on my nightstand. And my iPad is close by to check your blog daily ... several times, of course, to read comments. You light up our lives, Carol. :-)ReplyDelete
Thank you!
.. I have loved my Sara Midda book for a very long time. Over 10 years ago I had a Sara Midda address book that I adored. I taped it's torn pages until there was just no more saving it, but I remember it will.ReplyDelete
I have a few other of her things, but she is an artistic idol as far as I am concerned. Enjoy your time in the south ...
Karen in CT
Carol, I think that you will have a wonderful time down south in France. I know that I did.ReplyDelete
Since I saw the first part of this post, I've been on a search through my bookshelves for my own Sara Midda book. Haven't found it yet, so the hunt will intensify.
I do think that she and you might be kindred spirits.
Carol, you could do a lovely book: "Parisbreakfasts Favorite Things, 2013" and it could be a sort of diary of your year featuring favorite places, things, events... And since it would be your favorite things for the year it wouldn't have to be ALL of your favorites at once and it wouldn't be something that would "expire" like a zagat guide. I would need to buy one every year to collect all of your favorites! Love your work and enjoy seeing Paris through your eyes!ReplyDelete
Absolutely LOVE Sarah Midda's book....so much that I've acquired a few additional books of hers...she has sucha signature style.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your trip and thank you for this delightful post :)ReplyDelete
Off to check that book, looks wonderful *_*
Greetings from an Italian in Ireland.
"South of France" looks exquisite! Thanks for the recommendation. Impulse buying in 3....2.....1....ReplyDeleteReplies
Her figures are perfect for you R!Delete
You'll love it or ill eat my hat.
I've known and loved Sara Midda's work for years. Your work is on the same high plane! Enjoy Aix and of course, report back. JeannieReplyDelete
thought i better put this here too:ReplyDelete
i blogged about this quite old (already!) book beautifully done by leslie forbes in 2011.
of course i bought it at the strand!
Gosh, I love how you can go off galavanting in Paris, around Paris and now to the South. I'm always wishing I could change the decor of my house to anything from Coté Sud magazine but somehow in Paris it doesn't look quite right chez nous - unfortunately we don't have a Villa! Enjoy Aix. Was there for Xmas to visit family. It's so much better in the heat.ReplyDelete
Oh I love Sara Milda too! I have all her books, but the South of France is definately my favourite, I always find it so inspirational and fresh.ReplyDelete
Am really enjoying your posts. I live in an island just off the Normandy coast (Guernsey) so am lucky enough to be able to pop over to France a few times a year, actually can see it from my bed room window!!!!
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For the best possible display, this portrait should be professionally framed.
A frame is not included with this artwork!
Approximate Measurements
38cm x 54cm ≈ 15" x 21¼"
We kind of directly translated the title above. A better way to express it in English might be "Persimmons Ready for Harvest".
This depicts a village scene of persimmon harvesting. These are Chinese persimmons which are a bit different than the ones we enjoy in the west. They have a leather-like orange skin, and are filled with jelly-like juice that you can squeeze directly into your mouth to enjoy.
After the harvest, you can find this fruit at roadside markets and tricycle carts (produce is often sold from the back of cargo tricycles around China).
This painting is by a man named (Cao Quan-Tang).
Cao Quan-Tang passes on his
artistic talents to his son.
Cao Quan-Tang is from a village called "Qindu" in Huxian County of Shaanxi Province in Southern China. He was born in 1957 and has been painting since he was 15 years old. He was a struggling peasant artist until the mid-1980's when a revival of folk art began in China, and his work received many awards and acclaim. Some of his painting have achieved top honors at international art exhibitions.
According to Cao Quan-Tang, his paintings all represent experiences in his life as he grew up surrounding by village life in the middle of China.
The whole Cao family.
The artist used "shui fen" (paint powder and water - similar to gouache), on thick paper to create this painting.
If you get a piece of mat board cut for you, this Chinese painting will fit nicely in a standard 18" x 24" frame. If you want really wide matting, you could even use a 22" x 28" standard picture frame. You should probably get the matting cut professionally, but you can probably handle the rest yourself. Please see our step by step guide to framing Asian art if you want some tips.
This style of folk art was born in the 1950's just after the Revolution (when Chairman Mao took power). The art developed independently in Huxian (Hu County) in the Shaanxi Province for many years (the same Province where you will find the Terracotta Soldiers).
Things changed drastically when the Cultural Revolution came to pass in China. Within a few years, art was only acceptable if it portrayed some form of socialist propaganda, or showed some form of working together in pursuit of Mao's Communist ideals. This propaganda art seldom provided any pay for the artist who were instead forced into working hard in the fields as peasants on communal farms to survive.
As the last of the Cultural Revolution sputtered to a stop with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976, freedom began to slowly ring again when Deng Xiao-Ping took power. Deng Xiao-Ping brought China out of the dark ages, and away from "Maoism" and Communism (one of the greatest leaders in Chinese history in my humble opinion). By the 1980's, freedom to once again practice 3000 years of artistic tradition emerged. Chinese folk art was finally allowed to be what it was meant to be, a way to freely express various scenes of daily life and snapshots of Chinese village culture.
According to Chinese Government statistics, there are now more than 2000 folk artists in Southern China. Sixteen of these artists have been recognized as the "Famous Masters" of Chinese folk art by the Chinese Cultural Arts Bureau. These sixteen artists were recently honored by China Post with the issuing of a set of commemorative postage stamps. Of these sixteen masters, we represent three of them: Pan Xiao-Ling, Cao Quan-Tang, and Zhang Qing-Yi.
A lot has changed in the folk art community of China since I first started selling these paintings about 4 years ago.
Chinese folk artists have become rather famous, and sought after for exhibitions around the world. Recently these artists formed a labor union of sorts, to ensure that they receive a handsome sum for all of their paintings. Most of them have been able to improve their station in life through the sale of their artwork. One of these artists once said, "We've become good little capitalists, just like President Nixon dreamed of".
On my last trip to buy more Chinese folk art,
Cao Quan-Tang gave me this signed special-edition
envelope with his commemorative stamp attached.
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Gary's random little things about China:
Parking your car on the sidewalk is legal in most places in China. I am talking fully on the sidewalk, and fully blocking the sidewalk, so that nobody can walk there at all. After all, there is a perfectly good roadway for pedestrians and cars to share just past the edge of the sidewalk - right?
In many urban areas, there is a sidewalk parking attendant who will ensure that you park in such a way that no one can use the sidewalk at all. They will also charge a fee of 2 Yuan (26 cents) for up to a full day of sidewalk parking privileges.
The green light means "go". The Yellow light means "20 more cars should enter the intersection". The red light means "5 more cars enter the intersection and become a nuisance to pedestrians trying to cross the street".
Actually, the green light means "Try to go, but you'll probably have to wait for the yellow or red light before you get your chance".
If you get in a car accident, it's best to argue briefly with the other driver, and then both drive away. When the police get involved, everyone gets fined, and someone might lose their license. The fines are generally higher than what it will cost to fix your car, so hanging around to exchange insurance information is rare in minor fender-benders.
If your car is too damaged to drive away, you are screwed. The police own and operate all of the tow trucks in most Chinese cities. You will be fined, charged for towing, charged an impound fee, and may lose your license.
On long stretches of highway, police checkpoints are occasionally set up. They may be stopping drivers and summarily fining them for wearing sunglasses or talking on a mobile phone while driving. However, in the next stretch of highway, another police checkpoint may be issuing fines for driving without sunglasses.
Under certain circumstances, and if you are really unlucky, drivers who get in injury accidents while drunk may be executed. If you are caught drinking and driving just once, you will be fined, and will probably lose your drivers license for the rest of your life.
Thus, drunk driving has become very rare in China.
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Good morning.
I have a question for anyone who would like to help.
I was diagnosed back in November with Melanoma. I had my WLE done last week. I did not have the SNB done. My surgeon did check my lymph nodes in my groin area that day as the Melanoma is on the left thigh. She did not feel anything. Yesterday I pressing against my vanity when looking in the mirror and felt discomfort in my groin area. Felt on my left side and there is a pea sized lump there. Of course my mind goes right to the worst place. I have been suffering the last 2 months with a tailbone issue and then did something to my lower back/buttock area left side, like I put my back out(I sound like my mother now!) Or pulled a muscle 3days ago. So that side is in bad shape already.
I am just wondering if anyone had lymph nodes swollen in that area that was not melanoma or experienced anything like that? My WLE was on the 31st of december. Could it happen that fast after her just checking my groin and felt nothing? I know it is unpredictable and anything I am sure can happen, just wondering peoples thoughts.
Monday can't come fast enough to call my Dr. Or should I just go to emergency and get someone to check it there. I don't want to be over paranoid all the time but it's so hard not to be now.
Thoughts anyone?
Re: Lymph Node Enlarged(1/11/2014 - 10:55am)
I don't blame you for feeling paranoid. And, of course you discovered this on a Saturday.
Since you just had the WLE done and have some other issues going on, it's very possible this could just be a reactive node, which means your lymph system is just trying to do its job.
Stage III, Unknown Primary; 1 positive node in left axilla
Re: Lymph Node Enlarged(1/11/2014 - 10:58am)
Hi there, I'm sorry you are going through this. I too was just diagnosed with melanoma. I had my biopsy done in November and got my results around December 6th. I didn't have to have a SNB done either. Since you just had your WLE done it may be because of that your node is swollen. I would address the situation with your doctor and that might lead him/her to give you some antibiotics. Sometimes the excisions get infected and that too can cause a swollen lympnode. I know it's very hard to not worry, but I have read others that have posted here say look at all the normal causes first before assuming the worst. I wish you lots of good health and many years to come. :)
In God I Trust!
Re: Lymph Node Enlarged(1/11/2014 - 11:41am)
Hey Yvonne,
I know it's tough not to let your mind wonder to the worst case scenario. I recently had a similar experience which I posted here:
I think one thing that should ease your mind is "generally" lymph nodes that are inflamed are tender whereas melanoma nodes often are not sore. I know that was the case with my melanoma lymph node in 2011 not being painful and the one I had recently which was painful seemed to resolve its self over about 4-5 days.


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Hehehehehehehehe, I just started reading this, it looks good so far.
Hi gore,
" The Turth...the Truth,,,You can't handle the Truth " ....just had to
Personally, I have no idea...I've never tried Linux...and I'm still very new at Windows...but here's something...
Microsoft Surprises with Linux 'Hands-On Lab'
quite good article, they should highlight it on few major websites as well there own homepage just as micorsoft do, to get things even or atleast to level playing field.
It\'s all about sense of power.
MS CLAIM: Linux and OSS are just as vulnerable to security attacks and breaches as proprietary platforms.
The facts presented by Novell is the same kind of those that MS presents. They mix on the same response virus attacks (to desktops) and servers.
I guess that there is more attacks on windows machines that on linux machines (of course using a balance of number of installed systems), but i think the diference will be lower as soon linux become a "home O.S."
MS CLAIM: The effect of downtime for patch management does not need to be considered when calculating TCO.
Agree to Novel. we must consider downtime for TCO.
MS CLAIM: The distributive nature of Linux and OSS make it difficult to receive or even be aware of security patches and vulnerabilities
This is a weird comparision. If we compare Operating Systems, i think that is the same... or Linux win, cause patches on windows are most common than on *nix (still MS code quality issue)
If we compare all, we just ... cant, since MS is a "monopoly" and its easier to distribute patchs for just one Vendor (MS) than for a hundred. Again, Its more related to TCO.
None wins here.
Things Microsoft Failed to Mention
Microsoft's Get the Facts website summarizes and emphasizes the strengths of Windows as they appear in the reports and studies they provide (see www.microsoft.com/getthefacts). However, they fail to mention the strengths of Linux that are cited in those same reports. Here are some quotes from these publicly available reports which highlight some of the benefits of Linux.
Linux shows measurably improved TCO compared with UNIX and Windows in small firms, in organizations with customized vertical applications and in greenfield networking situations where there is no existing software infrastructure
True. small to medium companies (my market, although my money come most from big ones ) with no structure (or even with a MS one) allways get saving when migrating to Linux. MS cant beat that.
The ability to modify and customize the Linux source code affords customers the most intriguing possibilities for custom application development. This ability stands in stark contrast to the closed or proprietary nature of the Windows operating system. In recent years, Microsoft has opened up Windows to a limited extent and released numerous APIs. This enables third-party ISVs to efficiently produce interoperable applications that more easily integrate with Windows. However, this is nothing like the changes developers can make with Linux, where there is total access. The open source philosophy is deceptively simple: allowing developers, programmers and engineers to read, modify and redistribute the source code via standardized Linux interfaces spurs software development and evolution
Most hosting companies use linux because the "customization". However, "regular" companies (like a bank) just hate this, because changing O.S. will increase TCO (another thing to maintain). But since its a option (i dont need to change the code), linux wins here.
We've Reached the Linux Tipping Point
Here are some excerpts from recent news stories highlighting the rapid adoption of Linux in enterprise networks.
Trickle of interest in Linux starts to become a corporate flood
By this time next year you may well be using a Linux desktop at work.
Federal Government here has a project to move ALL stations (and most of the servers) to open & free software. Also, the "computer for poor people" project (my best translation for the project) will be deployed with free & open software.
When Linux enter on home like windows, we will be able to compare them again.
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If I die before I sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to encrypt. If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to brake.
Leaving it up to Novell to "unbend" the truth is like leaving your dental health up to your proctologist. Neither will have a clear view of the situation.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
Why do all of these comparisons suck?
Nothing but spin... and what is more... not even useful spin. I would honestly be laughed at if I used any of these agruments to support a choice at my work.
Because you aren't in marketing, catch. You actually work for a living, and your job requires thought not just spin.
I should dig up some older articles from Novell slamming open source. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Dude don't make me kick your ass. Novell has changed around A LOT in the last few years. They even put YAST on the GPL which is never was before. And they are doing a lot now to try and make open source a big thing for business. Regaurdless of what they may have said they have changed, and I know a couple employees there and they are really nice guys who really are doing what they can to get open OSs and software to the desktop.
And no it wasn't just the PR guys I've talked to, the other guys who work there like the SUSE team, love me.
You drag up old news about Novell, and I'm going to grab some on Free BSD and how some of them used to act
ReDHat used to be a nice company, they changed. Novell was a somewhat bad one, they changed. I used to be the biggest ******* on Earth probably, I've changed too. Give them a second chance. Novell is our best bet for fighting Microsoft. ReDHat said they want to be them, (I have the article somewhere) Novell doesn't.
Pretty much all the companies are pro-opensource, everyone has taken the "Enemy of my enemy is my friend" approach... The sad thing is, Microsoft will still win. Why? Because opnsource only appeals to programmers and programmers who, through the peter principal have made their way to decision making positions.
However, Microsoft has lost its mind with their new license scheme... so I guess we'll see. Why no anti-Microsoft folk have jumped on the TCO increase as a direct result of this new scheme, is something I don't understand. Neither side every picks good or well calculated arguments though.
Don't be fooled, Novell wishes they were Microsoft too... one day it'll hit you all that Linux is no longer the underdog, upstart it once was and consequently it is no longer cool. Every company reaches a point where they want to be the monopoly. Everything else between here and there is marketing.
At least with Microsoft, you know they are evil and you don't get made a fool of.
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Jamie Foxx In Character On The Set Of 'Amazing Spider-Man 2′
A couple weeks ago, snapshots of Jamie Foxx in character as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit the Web and got the comic geeks goin'. Here, more photos from the set, as Jamie appears as his alter ego whose last strands of hair are hanging on for dear life.
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The seamless lightweight headband together with the cushioned earshells makes you feel so comfortable that it feels like you 're wearing nothing. The earshells can also be swivel for flat storage.
Unfortunately this product is no longer available
The slim, lightweight stainless steel headband is so light you'll hardly notice you're wearing it.
Compact for wearing comfort yet big enough to deliver crisp, powerful sound, the 30 mm speaker driver is a perfect size for non-distorted listening enjoyment.
The whole earshells of these Philips headphones are completely cushioned with soft foams. You will feel so comfortable that you can hardly notice you are wearing it.
The earshells can be flat folded so that you can wear it around the neck and for easy storage.
Very simple headband design, but is fully adjustable to fit every head size.


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Grass fed beef: Described by diners as 'the way beef used to taste'
CANNON FALLS - Since 2003, Thousand Hills Cattle Company in Cannon Falls, Minn., has experienced slow and steady growth. That just changed. In early July, the small firm went nationwide, selling a limited showcase of its products at Super Target locations across the nation. What's so special about their beef? It is 100 percent grass fed, and proponents of grass fed beef tout its health benefits, not to mention the flavor.
"My responsibility is to be sure that it's the most amazing eating experience they've ever had. I spend most of my time worrying about that."
~ Todd Churchill
Slate.com, a robust online magazine, performed an unscientific study with a panel of tasters and summed up the results of grass fed beef this way: "Never have I witnessed a piece of meat so move grown men (and women). Every taster but one instantly proclaimed the grass-fed steak the winner, commending it for its 'beautiful,' and 'extra juicy' flavor that 'bursts out on every bite.'"
This isn't news to Todd Churchill, the co-owner of Thousand Hills. He set out almost 10 years ago to get grass fed beef in front of customers where they were already shopping. Getting the product into stores took all kinds of effort, but that's not what he obsesses about. Rather, he works hard to be sure that when someone tries his product, they don't go back.
"My responsibility is to be sure that it's the most amazing eating experience they've ever had," he said. "I spend most of my time worrying about that."
Apparently, he is accomplishing that goal. Their business has tripled in the past three years to 3,500 head of cattle handled in 2012. That constitutes just 1 percent of the beef sales in the seven-county metro region, so there's plenty of room for growth, but Churchill is encouraged.
To handle the growth, Churchill is working hard to sign on more producers. Cattle for the company are raised primarily from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The producers all must meet requirements set forth by Thousand Hills.
Among the protocols: there can be no hormones or antibiotics; calves must remain on their mother's milk for at least 90 days; the cattle must be put to pasture to graze on grasses and legumes upon which no pesticides or herbicides are used; in the winter they eat hay; and feeding in confinement lots is prohibited.
The cattle are then all transported to Cannon Falls, where they are handled by a local butcher, Lorentz Meats.
The price for all this, as you can imagine, is passed along to consumers. The going rate for a pound of grass fed ground beef is about $6.50, about double the price of what you'll find in a major supermarket. But they must be doing something worth spending a few extra bucks on - they've tripled the business in three years, all during a recession.
In part, the growth is due in part to the purported health benefits. Grass fed beef is higher in omega-3 fatty acids, something we typically think we get from fish, like salmon.
Sales at Minnesota-based Super Targets are strong, prompting the chain to stock the products across the nation. Target, though, is new to the grass fed game.
Churchill remembers his company's first retail location, Fresh and Natural Foods in Shoreview, Minn. It wasn't long before that store's location in Hudson, Wis., picked up the products. They were the fifth location to stock Thousand Hills beef. Nowadays, many markets in our footprint boast the same beef, from small independent co-ops to some chains.
Here is where the products are available in the region:
Hastings - Spiral Natural Foods
Woodbury - Kowalski's Market and Tailor Made Nutrition
Red Wing - River Bend Market Co-op and Simple Abundance
Lake City - Hope's Harvest Natural Foods and Deli
Apple Valley - Super Target
Hudson - Family Fresh Market and Fresh and Natural Foods
Hudson - County Market
River Falls - Family Fresh Market and Whole Earth Grocery
New Richmond - Family Fresh Market


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According to a survey of almost 11,000 parents from British parenting site Netmums.com, the reality is that less than half of parents (48.5 percent) have kids that always sleep through the night, with 11 percent admitting their kids wake up three or more times. Thirty six percent said their child did not sleep through the night by one year of age, and 1 in 5 resorted to driving around in a car to lull baby to sleep.
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Because of Amida's vow/s (see this Sutra*). His vow was to save all classes of people including the most evil and those incapable of attaining high meditative states, or even fulfilling the moral requirements, if they call on his name in faith. In Shin buddhism this faith itself is also considered a gift from Amida who is Buddha Nature.Sure, but how is chanting Amitabha Buddha more meritous than chanting coca-cola?
"Tathagata is none other than nirvana;
Nirvana is called Buddha-nature.
Beyond our ability to attain it in the state of foolish beings.
We will realize it on reaching the Pure Land of peace."
I believe that is one of the goals in the self power practice of nembutsu. Those saved by the vow through true entrusting (shinjin) simply say the name in thanksgiving and joy. If states of samadhi or whatnot happen to come about that's nice too but they don't cling to them nor do they aim at attaining them. The only thing necessary is the Other Power of Amida.If the goal is simply to reach a concentrated state by repeating a word over and over again, why would one word have any more merit than another?
It's no so much a special practice as it is the result of shinjin / true entrusting :
"In reflecting on the great ocean of shinjin, I realize that there is no discrimination between noble and humble or black-robed monks and white-clothed laity, no differentiation between man and women, old and young. The amount of evil one has committed is not considered; the duration of any performance of religious practices is of no concern. It is a matter of neither practice nor good acts, neither sudden attainment nor gradual attainment, neither meditative practice practice or non-meditative practice, neither right contemplation nor wrong contemplation, neither right thought nor no thought, neither daily life nor the moment of death, neither many calling nor once calling. It is simply shinjin that is inconceivable, inexplicable, and indescribable. It is like medicine that eradicates all poisons. The medicine of the Tathagatas Vow destroys the poisons of our wisdom and foolishness."
Evil people are saved by the vow:
"Even the good person attains birth in the Buddha Land, how much more so the evil person. But the people of the world constantly say, `Even the evil person attains birth how much more so the good person.' Although this appears to be sound at first glance, it goes against the will of the Primal Vow of Other Power. The reason is that since the person of self-power, being conscious of doing good, lacks the thought of entrusting himself completely to Other Power, he is not the focus of the Primal Vow of Amida. But when he turns over self-power and entrusts himself to Other Power, he attains birth in the land of true fulfillment."
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It is a genuine, gold-plated, certificated ambiguous question.
Prudent programmers simply don't use such sloppy coding.
It's not ambiguous!You treat 2(9+3) as a "term".48/24 = 2
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This was never a programming question, it was always an algebra problem.
You treat 2(9+3) as a "term".
In elementary mathematics, a term is either a single number or variable, or the product of several numbers or variables separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression.
What does Python say with the equation exactly as originally stated?
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WASHINGTON – The State Department is considering a plan that would reroute the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada away from environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska, an action that could delay a final decision on the project until after the 2012 election.
A U.S. official said told The Associated Press on Wednesday that rerouting the pipeline was a key issue that came up during public meetings and this fall in the six states through which the pipeline would run. The official asked not to be identified because no decision has been made.
Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. is seeking to build the $7 billion pipeline to carry oil derived from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. A portion of the 1,700-mile pipeline would pass through Nebraska's Sandhills region and the massive Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to eight states.
A State Department decision to reroute the pipeline would require an environmental review of the new section, a process that would likely push a final decision on the pipeline past the 2012 election.
The heavily contested project has become a political trap for President Barack Obama, who risks angering environmental supporters if he approves the pipeline and could face criticism from labor and business groups for thwarting jobs if he rejects it. Some liberal donors have threatened to cut off funds to Obama's reelection campaign if he approves the pipeline, which has become a major focal point of environmental groups who say it would bring "dirty oil" that requires huge amounts of energy to extract. They also worry that the pipeline could cause an ecological disaster in case of a spill.
Thousands of protesters gathered across from the White House on Sunday to oppose the pipeline. The crowd linked hands to surround the White House, keeping pressure on Obama as his administration decides whether to approve the project. The State Department has authority over the project because it crosses a U.S. border.
The Keystone XL pipeline would double the capacity of an existing pipeline operated by TransCanada, and supporters say it could significantly reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil while providing thousands of jobs.
TransCanada has said any delay in the approval process could cost it millions of dollars and keep thousands of people of from getting jobs.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said deliberation over whether to reroute the pipeline is part of a broad review of issues that include environmental concerns, energy security, jobs, economic impacts and foreign policy.
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Meanwhile, the department's inspector general has launched a review of the Obama administration's handling of the pipeline request. The review is being conducted in response to complaints from Democratic lawmakers about possible conflicts of interest in the review process.
Deputy Inspector General Harold W. Geisel said the special review will center on whether the State Department "and all other parties involved" in the project followed federal laws and regulations related to the pipeline, which would travel through Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma before reaching Texas.
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On August 27, 2009, the Altimeter Group announced (click here for press release) that it was expanding with Deborah Schultz and former Forrester analysts R "Ray" Wang and Jeremiah Owyang. They join Charlene Li, former Forrester social media analyst and co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies . Here are some salient points about the announcement that we picked up from Altimeter's briefing for SageCircle:
- This is a true firm, not a loose collection of individuals operating under a marketing umbrella
- They are Silicon Valley-based partners which will permit creation of a coherent team and methodology
- Their coverage emphasis will be on "emerging technologies" not social media
- The focus will be on thought leadership and practical applications
- Their business model will incorporate many traditional analyst firm elements (e.g., vendor selection, training, consulting, and speeches) with the addition of a hands-on lab and a community platform
- Regularly published, client-only research is not part of the model
Because of the partners association with social media – as analysts, corporate practitioners, and personal usage – the coverage of this announcement will likely give too much play on that aspect. While an important part of Altimeter's marketing and initial research coverage, SageCircle thinks that focusing on social media misses other more interesting implications of this announcement:
- Altimeter has the potential to be a contender (see Boutique Analyst Firms: Pretenders and Contenders) with serious visibility and influence
- Altimeter has the potential to grow a serious technology buyer client base, maybe over 50%, unlike most single practitioners and analyst boutiques that rely on vendors for revenues
- A technology buyer client base when combined with its vendor selection services should increase Altimeter's relevance to vendor analyst relations (AR) and other influencer programs
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James Breeden, 87 - March 02, 2014James Cecil Breeden, 87, of Cozad passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Cozad.
Graveside services will be conducted at the Cozad Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 10, with the Rev. Larry Viter officiating.
A visitation will take place at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg on Sunday March 9, from 2 to 6 p.m.
Breeden was born Oct. 12, 1926, at Schell City, MO, son of James L. Breeden and Dolly (Fiske) Breeden.
He graduated from Schell City High School with the Class of 1944.
Breeden entered the United States Army on Jan. 17, 1945, and served during World War II until he was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant on Aug. 28, 1946.
On Nov. 27, 1949, he married Evelyn Reiter at Lexington. To this union, two children were born.
Breeden was employed with the Union Pacific Raidroad for 40 years in the Cozad and Callaway area.
He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 77 of Cozad, the VFW Post No. 890, the Cozad Country Club and Wild Horse Golf Club of Gothenburg.
Breeden was preceded in death by: his parents, James and Dolly; his son, Bill Breeden; brother, Paul Breeden; two sisters—Fern Dodd and Kathryn Kyle.
Survivors include: his wife, Evelyn Joan Breeden of Cozad; his daughter, Kathryn (Ernest) Nelsen of North Platte; a sister, Bonnie (Steve) Pfister of Lexington; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.
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On Nov. 13, Hasse presented the bells, which he crafted himself from electrical conduit, to Heather Dean's seventh grade music class.
It took Appoquinimink High School's Joe Hasse about two months and more than 100 man hours to complete his Eagle Scout project – a 100 pound set of chimes that he donated to the M.O.T. Charter School music program.
On Nov. 13, Hasse presented the bells, which he crafted himself from electrical conduit, to Heather Dean's seventh grade music class.
"A lot of students don't have these [chimes]," Hasse said.
The idea for the project came from a Science Olympiad event Hasse participated in. From there, he asked members of his troop to ask their music teachers if they needed a set of chimes.
"Ms. Dean was the first to say yes," he said.
Hasse joined the Boy Scouts in the seventh grade and is now on his path to becoming an Eagle Scout, which he needs to achieve by January 11 –his 18th birthday.
"A lot of people helped with the project," Hasse said. "Friends, family… The Wood Worker's Guild helped with the stand and the funding."
The wooden stand is so strong that he says he can do a pull up on it.
Now, the only thing left for Hasse to do to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout is the paperwork.
"This fills me with so much joy," he said Thursday after dropping the set of chimes off.
Teachers and staff at the M.O.T. Charter School were happy to accept Hasse's gift.
"He wanted to give back to the community," said principal Elaine Elston. "It was a nice opportunity to have community exchange."
The bell set has been added the school's collection of musical instruments that all 675 students have access to. M.O.T. Charter School has a general music instrumental program.
Some of the students at the charter school are in the same troop as Hasse – Del Mar Va Council Troop 123.
To these other young men working towards becoming an Eagle Scout, Hasse gave a word of advice.
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NEW EDITION!!Well... it seems that these animals don't want to share! But step by step, each one discovers that sharing is very important for the animals, as well as for the children!A funny way to learn and a funny way to teach. As everyone knows how difficult it can be to explain to young children how important it is to share things...---THE BOOK OF THE ANIMALS:FUN LEARNING FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTSWhat are certainly the most occurring moments in a parent's life? When their child doesn't want to wash, eat, sleep, go to school, share, take medicine, get vaccinated... And what can a parent answer to these refusals?The successful qBook of The Animalsq bilingual children's books series was created with the aim to help both parents and children to discover the benefits of washing, eating, sleeping, going to school, sharing, taking medicine, getting vaccinated... in a fun as well as educational manner. Since the books are also bilingual, parents will enjoy the teaching and the interactivity they can gain from reading them with their children.THE AUDIENCEThe books are geared towards children aged 2-5, before elementary/primary school.They will likely be bilingual children whose parents want to encourage the learning of their two current languages.They will also be children whose parents want to teach a language at a young age.Some teachers have also been using the books of the series as a way to teach a second language to children, with themes easy for them to both understand and memorise.THE CURRENT BOOKSThere are currently seven books in the series.Each episode brings on new animals, new words, new situations and new stories.- Ep.1. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Wash!q (2008)- Ep.2. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Eat!q (2009)- Ep.3. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Sleep!q (2010)- Ep.4. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Go to School!q (2011)- Ep.5. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Share!q (2011)- Ep.6. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Take their Medicine!q (2012)- Ep.7. qThese Animals... Don't Want to Get Vaccinated!q (2012)The books are all available in either bilingual or monolingual versions:- Bilingual versions: English-French, English-Portuguese, English-Italian, English-Spanish, English-Swedish, English-Creole, English-Japanese...More versions still to come!Check out the official website: www.TheBookOfTheAnimals.comREVIEWqThe Book of the Animals is a planned series of illustrated books for young children. [...] These delightful books tell the story of what happens when the animals in the stories, like many young children, don't want to eat and don't want to wash...The books are very suitable both for reading to young children and for older children to use to learn to read in both languages. They might even persuade them to wash and eat their dinner!The repetitive structure is supportive of children learning new words and the illustrations work well alongside the text to help understanding of unfamiliar words.I can easily imagine young children demanding repeat readings and enjoying learning the text by heart as many children do with favourite stories. Children learning to make up and write their own stories might well want to write a personalised version, using the structure as a prop.I think the stories would work well both in the home and in the classroom.q(Review published in The Cass School of Education, by Dr Raymonde Sneddon, Research Fellow for qThe Cass School of Educationq at the University of East London, and Honorary Research Fellow of Birkbeck College, in the Department of Applied Linguistics)SUPPORT'The Book of The Animals' series is supported a recommended by ABRIR UK, a Brazilian Association for Educational Projects in the United Kingdom. www.Abrir.org.ukOfficial website: TheBookOfTheAnimals.comWithoutlimiting theDisclaimer of Warrantiesand Limitation of Liability, inno event willJNPAQUET Books Ltdaggregate liability ... toyour eBook Reader: Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_sib?
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"We knew immediately we were not going to be able to pay that much money to live there," said Ms. Goldman, a 28-year-old planning consultant whose share of the rent was about $1,000 a month. After receiving the notice in October, she said the house's occupants ended up dispersing to other rentals. She is living with other roommates now...


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Brewing Beer at Home: The Wort and First Fermentation Beer Sessions
This past weekend, we got out all our shiny new beer brewing equipment and went to work. In this first phase, we boiled the wort, added the yeast, and got our very first batch of beer fermenting happily. Our evening of brewing definitely had a few bumps, however!
1. Warm Up the Extract - These are cans of pre-hopped malt extract - basically, super-concentrated beer! We need to mix the extract with hot water to get the right concentration. To help extract flow and mix a little better, we warmed the cans in a hot water bath.
2. Add the Malt Extract to the Water - Once the extract is warmed, you can mix into the water. Here, we had about 6 pounds of extract and we mixed it into 1.5 gallons of water. We found out later that we maybe should have only used half the amount of extract for the amount of beer we were brewing. Oh well! We will have extra-rich tasting beer!
Boil the mixture for 45 - 60 minutes. With this kind of extract, you don't technically need to boil it at all, but several of the beer resources we've been consulting recommended doing so anyway. The boil ensures that there's no unwanted bacteria and it also supposedly improves the flavor.
3. Sanitize the Fermentation Equipment - While the beer mix (called the wort) is boiling, you can sanitize the fermentation equipment. For this first stage, we need the fermentation bucket, lid, and air lock. We also sanitized some measuring spoons and spatulas in case we needed them later.
4. Watch Out for Boil-Over! - While our backs were turned, the wort foamed up and boiled over (this is my fiance cleaning up the mess). Learn from our mistake and keep an eye on your wort! As it was, the boil-over looked a lot worse than it was, and we think we only lost a few ounces of liquid.
5. Cool the Wort and Add It To the Fermenter - Once the wort is done boiling, you need to cool it down to around 75° before adding the yeast. If it's too hot, you could accidentally kill the yeast! We simply filled our sink with ice and cold water and set the pot with the hot wort inside. As the water got warm, we drained it and added more ice. Ideally, you want to cool the wort down in a half hour or less to avoid any accidental bacterial contamination.
Once it's cool, you pour the wort into the fermenter and add more cool water until you have a total of 5 - 5.5 gallons.
6. Add the Yeast, Put the Lid On, and Secure the Air Lock - This is when you add the yeast to the wort. The yeast will eat the sugars in the extract, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol. The tight lid prevents too much evaporation and keeps any wild yeast or unwanted bacteria from getting into the beer as it ferments. There is an air lock in the lid so that the carbon dioxide can be released.
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We'll let the beer ferment in this bucket for about a week before transferring it to a glass car boy for secondary fermentation (more about that later). In the first few days, we saw a lot of fermentation, as evidenced by frequent bubbles coming out of the air lock! As the yeast gradually consumes all the sugars, this activity will slow.
When there's no more activity at all, that's when we'll bottle the beer. Wondering how the beer will get carbonated? Reading ahead in our instructions, we see that we'll add a little more sugar to the beer as we're bottling - just enough to make it fizzy!
Are any of you brewing beer right now? How's it going?
Related: Beer Guide: All About Malts
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Chips must reappear on menu
Despite a severe downturn in Australia's chip industry, Dingo Electronics' Terry McNiff thinks it's not too late for Australia to catch the next technology wave, with the emergence of a new generation of task-specific programmable microchips - but we must commit to developing the necessary skills now.
McNiff says that despite the downsizing or closing of local chip design facilities at Philips, Nokia, Siemens and Bandspeed, and the de-incorporation of the Microelectronics Network in NSW, new technology is lowering barriers for smaller Australian companies to compete internationally - if our managers learn to think globally.
For the first time in Australia, Dingo will publicly offer advanced embedded-systems training from programmable chip foundry Xilinx, in Melbourne, after conducting on-site FPGA (field programmable gate array) training for clients in Sydney.
Until now, these courses have only been delivered by travelling US engineers, McNiff says.
"I plan to offer four courses per year and I'm looking for a trainer for a digital signal processing course in 2005," he says.
Australia still has a few bright spots in microchip design, such as the internals of 3G mobile phones and RFID (radio frequency identification) systems. But many local designers are four years behind their overseas peers, still using circuit schematics rather than the industry-standard VHDL programming tools.
Now it's crunch time, when actually employing these new techniques is vital to reducing the technology risks inherent in increasingly complex requirements. So the first training McNiff supplies engineers is in "persuasive arguments to take to the people who sign the cheques".
"When people plan projects, skills acquisition is not on the agenda," McNiff says.
This is true in every IT sector but it's important that all of what's left of our microchip industry graduates to more symbolic design methods, without which our home-grown computer chips will fall behind the sophistication of overseas competitors.
To make this happen, McNiff says managers need to be shown the clear line from training to profit, or else the industry will sink further into the abyss, despite new opportunities.
There's no budget for the production of high-tech equipment in Australia, says Peter Brownlee, former editor of What's New in Electronics magazine. "Unlike some countries, we're not terribly interested in it at the government level. They (IT, communications and science) are relatively junior ministries. The design that goes on here tends to be the look of the case rather than the guts of the system."
Brownlee cites the loss of 8000 chip-manufacturing jobs in Australia over the past 20 years, estimating a current skills base of only 1000 today. But the ongoing viability of this remnant workforce is cloudy.
Electronic measurement tool companies have reported sharp declines in sales to Australian universities over the past four years, a sure sign that quality electronics education could be at risk for lack of up-to-date tools.
It's not easy for academics to justify reinvesting for local industry, which now seems largely dependent on defence and law-enforcement contracts for its minimal existence. Yet Brownlee believes an Australian consumer electronics revival is still possible, and even necessary, to provide the critical mass of electronics expertise for defence and counter-terrorism.
The funny thing with technology is so much of it comes in quantum leaps, Brownlee says. The Japanese electronics miracle was based on transistors. The FPGA may be the new wave. But with research, you don't know what you get until you've done it.
Dingo Electronics believes the programmable microchip industry is now at a turning point. It's already possible for several PC-comparable computers to exist within a single chip, with an additional fully programmable section of 8 million customisable logic gates using 11,008 inputs and outputs.
However, McNiff points to Xilinx's "programmable world" tour for training in a new range of specialist FPGA Virtex-4 programmable microchips.
These could open up communications and other hardware markets to small players. Although McNiff describes this as a huge generational leap, only a small handful of Australian engineers will attend, while the Chinese send 300 to grab the know-how.
"Politically there's little to see why it (the microchip industry) should bounce back in Australia," McNiff says.
"We've had a federal election in which no one mentioned engineering. But it's not impossible to train people to jump from 1990s technology into 21st century technology."
Meanwhile, Dingo Electronics has battened down the hatches, running a low-overhead, work-from-home business, renting training facilities as required. Other private electronics trainers have simply closed their doors. The struggling Microelectronics Network in NSW is hoping to continue its work as an affiliate of the Australian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association.
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Are the Padres losing confidence in Will Venable's long-term chances of becoming an everyday player? It's still too early to know from here, but Venable was back on the bench tonight for the fourth time in five games against a lefty starter. When I asked Bud Black about the platoon in right field recently, he said Venable will start against some lefties but was vague about when that will be. Venable's poor start may be part of it. But I inferred from Black that Chris Denorfia would've started against most lefties this month regardless of how Venable fared. Black wants his reserves involved, especially early in the season. With the glut of early open dates, that's harder to do, so all the more reason for Black to start key reserves such as Denorfia when the matchups are favorable.
Short term, it makes sense to go with Denorfia, who batted .295 with a .382 on-base percentage against lefties last year, compared with Venable's soul-sapping .224 career batting average and .280 slug rate against them. And it was Denorfia who led the Padres past the Astros tonight by hitting a home run and a double off Astros starter J.A. Happ.
Long term, the plot thickens. Venable is already behind the development curve because he played college basketball. He is 28. If he's to learn how to hit lefties, he needs to play against them. He doesn't have 1,000 career at-bats yet overall. Most of this comes down to the bottom-line evaluation. Can Venable become a solid or better everyday player, with his athleticism helping him to beat the odds? Or, in line with his minor league career, is he more likely to become a platoon player or extra outfielder?
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Who is Will Venable?
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I know a lot of others are asking this questions, so maybe you could provide an answer for me. Has the PTBNL in the Barttlet deal been named, or has another deal (cash) been done. It odd that when the deal went down we were told that they would name the PTBNL before opening day, yet nothing has been stated in the media or from the Padres.ReplyDelete
Hi Chris,ReplyDelete
Cash is your answer. Not sure how much. -- TK
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Nile didn't do it consciously. She didn't plan for it beforehand, she just found herself doing it on that night in a strange city where she knew no one, although later she realized she'd been preparing for it for years. She knew where the leath- er bar was from her evenings spent combing through copies of Drummer magazine, reading every article and story, getting hot browsing through the "Dear Sir" sections and reading select ones out loud to her lover: "Whipmaster seeks slaves; must be ready to submit to my EVERY desire-no fakes-no phonies. You will experience pain and the desire to worship." And the photos! Something about photos of gay men together, especially in black leather and denim, cocks ringed and nipples studded, was more erotic to her than most photos of lesbians she had ever seen.
We stepped off the plane in Jamaica and the company rep was waiting with our car. Because of work and social obligations with the large company staff in Jamaica, Sondra and I had little time to misbehave. Finally, we were finished, and at our host's suggestion, we asked the chauffeur, Samuel, to come up to our room to arrange an island tour the next day (our last full day on the island). Samuel was a good-looking man, older than us, very black, with a trace of gray at his temples, and that wonderful island accent. Sondra and I had been drinking since lunch, and I offered Samuel one, which he accepted. After talking about the different island sights and routes we could take, Samuel asked to use the bathroom. Sondra smiled at me and said, "Did you see the huge lump in Samuel's pants?" I smiled back, "And I guess you plan to investigate further?" Just then, Samuel returned and sat down. We talked a little more, and then I said I was tired and would see Samuel in the morning. Sondra and Samuel talked small talk for a while, as I laid in bed and listened through the partially open door. Finally, I heard Sondra ask, "Do many women come to the island for more than a vacation?" "Like what, Missus?" "You know, like for excitement. Maybe something they couldn't get or do at home." "Well, I'll be very frank, Missus. An awful lot of white women come down here to get laid by the natives." Sondra laughed. "Why, Samuel? Is the myth about size true?" "I can't talk for all, Missus, but for me, it is no myth." By this time, I was out of the bed, peering into the room from behind the door.
"Can I see for myself, Samuel?" Sondra asked.
Samuel stood and dropped his slacks. He wasn't wearing anything under them and a large, black dick hung between his legs.
"You want to touch it, Missus?" Sondra nodded and reached out with both hands. Both Sondra and I watched as Samuel's cock grew and hardened in her hands. Sondra leaned forward and sucked the head into her mouth.
The next day, we caught a short island-hopping flight to our next port-of-call. It was the opposite of our little cottage. This time, we were staying at a very posh, high-rise resort hotel.
After checking out the view from our room, which overlooked the huge pool, Sondra unpacked, stripped and donned only her bikini bottoms and went out onto the balcony. She stretched, letting the sun warm her skin, and I'm sure more than a few people at the pool had an opportunity to observe that she has a magnificent set of tits. I stepped out on to the balcony with her, just as the man from the next suite did. He introduced himself to us and offered us a beer. His name was Brian and when he returned he couldn't take his eyes off Sondra's chest as we talked. After a few minutes, Brian's wife, Janet, joined us on the balcony. She was wearing a conservative one-piece bathing suit and her mouth literally fell open when she saw Sondra. She regained her composure and emphatically informed us that, as far as she knew, it wasn't a topless resort.
Each couple sat at their own table on the balcony, separated only by a low, thin railing, and continued talking. As Brian and Janet watched, Sondra began to apply her suntan lotion. She squeezed it onto her hands and rubbed it on her arms, legs, stomach, and finally on her breasts. She was watching the expressions on the faces of our new neighbors, as she applied it to her bare tits and ran her oily fingers over her nipples until they were hard and sticking straight out. Janet pulled Brian out of his chair and said they had to get ready for lunch. We waved good-bye and Brian smiled and said he hoped he'd see us again, soon; but we didn't see him or Janet again. We think they either left or had their room changed.
Last year, I was recruited by a large international company based in London. The package that they offered me was too good to turn down, and one of the most pleasant perquisites was a working tour of the resorts it owned and managed. My wife, Sondra, was thrilled at the prospect and we lined up her parents to watch the kids for the five week trip.
Sondra and I have been married for fourteen years, and have three kids. We are both 34 and fight the battle against aging, with Sondra winning in spectacular fashion. At 5'4" Sondra carries a hard, firm body with beautiful legs, a tight ass, slim waist and absolutely marvelous, large, high, round breasts on a perfect 108 pound frame. Always the perfect "lady," bordering on "prim and proper," I was looking forward to seeing her in the tiny bikinis and revealing one piece bathing suits she had purchased for our trip. I had especially enjoyed closely examining the results of her major "bikini-wax" treatment that left only a short, narrow "Mohawk" of auburn hair around her pussy.
The first leg of our tour took us to the Caribbean for stops on several islands. Our first accommodation was in a beautiful beach cottage, with all the luxuries one could ask for. My duties were light, consisting of being introduced to the management staff and attending a few business meetings and Sondra spent her free time sunning and shopping.
On the third day, I returned to the cottage to find Sondra putting on quite an erotic show for four college guys, 18 or 19 years old, who were on Spring Break and staying at the cottage next to ours. I had entered the house from the front (which was the second story in the back) and, as I walked out on to the deck, the sight before me froze me in my tracks. To my utter surprise and disbelief, my normally prudish wife was lying on the chaise lounge, sunbathing in the nude. Even more erotic, was the fact that from my high vantage point, I could see four boys avidly staring through the separating fence at my wife's lush charms. What I didn't know, but soon found out, was that Sondra was aware of her audience. I faded back out of obvious sight to watch.


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Echoing Designs start with a basic shape, then travel stitch and echo that shape repeatedly. You fill your quilting space by quilting more and more clusters of shapes and echoes all around.
Pivoting Designs are very similar, but they start with a shape, then pivot off the starting point to echo, creating a bit more thread play right around the starting area.
Recently I was thinking about Echoing Designs and wondering if there was a way to make them even easier. What if you created the shape, then pivoted, and widened the space between the lines slowly?
It's a bit of a cheat, but it works much easier, and look terrific on the surface of the quilt. Let's learn how to quilt it!
Inspiration - I was looking at Echo Shell, one of the very first designs from this project, and usually one of the first designs I teach to beginning quilters. I wanted to see if there was an even easier design I could teach and I think I've found it with Echo Shortcut!
Difficulty Level - Beginner. This is much easier than Echo Shell because you don't have to travel stitch to create space for your echo. It can be hard to stitch right over your stitching lines in free motion when you first get started
Design Family - Echoing. Technically it's a mix of Echoing and Pivoting (shall we call it Pichoing? or Ecviting? Ha!) but it works most like an echoing design so that's the category I'm sticking it in for now. I'm curious to see how many designs I can come up with this new model. It might just be a new design type of it's own!
Directional Texture - All Directions. This really has a funky texture and it's quite different from Echo Shell. I love how changing one small thing can change a design completely!
Suggestions for Use - This is super easy and very fast to quilt, so I would experiment with this one over the surface of your whole quilt. If you've never free motion quilted before, this would be a great design to start with!
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Maker's Mark Chicken and Sweet Potato Pizza
Maker's Mark Chicken and Sweet Potato Pizza
By Mark Fiorentino, Bread Baker, Daniel
Chef Fiorentino's original recipe calls for fresh green figs, but if figs are not in season, seedless grapes are a great substitute.
Serving: two 10" hearth-baked thin-crust pizzas or one 9"x12" pan pizza
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- 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 cup lukewarm water
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons coarse cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 pieces boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
- 1/2 cup sweet potato, peeled and diced into 1/2" cubes
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup medium diced Calimyrna (green) figs, or red seedless grapes, halved
- 1/2 cup fontina cheese, grated
- 1/4 cup chopped arugula
- Note: As a shortcut you can buy a pound of ready-made pizza dough at your local grocery store or pizzeria.
- For pizza dough, combine the yeast with the sugar and water in a medium bowl, stirring to dissolve.
- Rest for 10 minutes, until the mix becomes foamy.
- Add the flour, olive oil and salt.
- Knead by hand until the dough comes together, about 1 minute.
- Turn onto a flat work surface and knead for another minute.
- Form it into a ball and let it rest on lightly floured work station.
- Cover the dough with a damp towel for about 5 minutes; then knead the dough by hand for about 1 minute.
- Repeat this step 1 more time, and when finished place the dough into a lightly greased bowl.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a draft-free area for about 2 hours.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and cut the dough into two equal pieces.
- Shape both pieces into a ball and let rest for about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, prepare the topping.
- For topping, preheat oil and butter in a 12" sauté pan over medium heat until it bubbles.
- Season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper and the fresh thyme, then add to the pan in a single layer.
- Cook the chicken for a few minutes on each side until golden brown (it does not need to be cooked through as it will be baked later).
- Remove from pan and set aside.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the diced sweet potato.
- Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally until golden brown and just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, dice the chicken into medium-sized cubes and return to the pan with the sweet potatoes.
- Sprinkle in the sugar and cook, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from the heat, add the whisky and return to the heat and stir.
- Let the whisky boil and reduce for about a minute, then remove the ingredients from the pan and set aside.
- To finish the pizza, preheat the oven to 510°F and place a pizza stone on the center rack.
- Allow the stone to preheat in the oven for at least 30 minutes.
- Using your hands, press a ball of dough flat.
- Continue working it with your hands, pressing outwards to make a round shape about 10" in diameter.
- Transfer to a baking peel (or sheet pan) dusted with cornmeal.
- Arrange the chicken, sweet potatoes and figs on the pizza.
- Dot the pizza with the fontina and bake it for 8–10 minutes, until the crust begins to color.
- When it comes out of the oven, sprinkle with chopped arugula, salt and pepper and enjoy!!
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Review: George Street Spiced Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on July 10, 2011
There is a place where they believe they know rum better than anywhere else. And it's hard to ague with those folk because not only have they been smuggling and buying their rum for over three hundred years, they also happen to drink more of the stuff per capita than anyone else in North America. Where is this great rum haven, you might ask? Well, it's not anywhere in the good old U.S. of A., and it not some tropical haven in Latin America or the Caribbean Islands. Nope, these people who drink more rum than anyone else live on a rock they call Newfoundland, which is part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the Great White North of Canada.
On that rock called Newfoundland is a city called St. John's where they have a place where the rum consumption reaches its apex. That place is George Street! A street full of music and revelry, lined from top to bottom with Pubs and Restaurants, where almost everyone's drink of choice seems to be Rum! And it is for that place that the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Commission (NLC) have named their new rum, George Street Spiced Rum.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"…After a few minutes rich baking spices have built up, and I imagine that I can smell sweet cinnamon rolls in that glass. Rich brown sugars pour out with vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and pecans. This is probably the one of the nicest noses I have encountered in a spiced rum. But my feeling is that the spices are only part of the story. It is the aged Guyanese Rum under the spices which is giving the nose depth and character. I have a strong urge to steal a sip before I am finished nosing the glass…"
Here is a link to the full review:
Review: George Street Spiced Rum
I have included a nice recipe for a Rum and Cola style drink called the Sparkling Cola Cocktail.
Please enjoy the review and the cocktail!
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