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By Joe Haakenson, AngelsWin.com Contributor -
ANAHEIM -- The Angels went into their game against the Baltimore Orioles leading the majors in hitting, but when they walked off the field Tuesday night they had to wonder what hit them.
Specifically, Rodrigo Lopez.
Lopez (7-3) and three relievers combined to shut out the Angels on four hits in the Orioles' 3-0 win before 18,521 at Edison Field. It was the fourth time the Angels have been shut out this season and the first time since May 7.
Lopez, a 26-year-old rookie from Mexico, gave up all four Angels hits and survived five walks in seven innings. Buddy Groom, Willis Roberts and Jorge Julio (17th save) combined to finish it off.
Because Seattle also lost Tuesday, the Angels remain four games back in the American League West.
The Orioles' combined pitching effort spoiled the outing of Angels starter Ramon Ortiz, who pitched like he has all season. Ortiz gave up two runs and five hits in eight innings, but was tagged with his first loss since May 24. It was the sixth time in 16 starts this season Ortiz has gone at least eight innings.
``Sometimes you pitch well and you don't win,'' Ortiz (8-6) said. ``I know our team has good hitters, plays good defense, but sometimes you have a bad day. Everybody has a bad day. Tomorrow, I know, will be good.''
Angels pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, in his first appearance since being demoted to the bullpen, gave up a home run on his first pitch to Jay Gibbons and a double to Geronimo Gil in two-thirds of an inning. If it's any consolation to Schoeneweis, Gibbons also homered off Ortiz.
``It was just a physical mistake,'' Schoeneweis said of the slider to Gibbons. ``I'm doing a lot of that lately.''
Thought the Angels did not score, they had chances. Twice they had a runner on third with less than two outs and failed to score. They were hitting .303 with runners in scoring position going into the game, but went 0 for 9 on Tuesday and stranded six baserunners in scoring position.
The Angels particularly had chances against Lopez in the early innings. In the second inning, they had runners of first and second after walks by Troy Glaus and Scott Spiezio with one out, but came up empty.
Adam Kennedy and David Eckstein began the third inning with singles and after Darin Erstad forced Eckstein at second, the Angels had runners on first and third with one out. However, Tim Salmon lined out to shortstop and Garret Anderson lined to first and quickly, the inning was over.
``It's not always what you do,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, crediting Lopez. ``I thought we had a good approach tonight. It just didn't work out.''
In the fourth, walks by Glaus and Spiezio set up another potential rally. Orlando Palmeiro tried to bunt the runners over, but popped out to the catcher Gil behind the plate. But when Gil slipped on the synthetic warning track in front of the backstop, the runners advanced to second and third.
Bengie Molina followed with a line drive to right, causing Glaus to break towards the plate. But the ball stayed in the air long enough for right fielder Gary Matthews to catch, and Glaus had to retreat to third, missing a chance to tag and score.
The Orioles got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning on Gibbons' two-out solo home run. It was the major league-leading 25th homer Ortiz has allowed this season, but 20 of them have been solo homers.
The Orioles got a gift run in the seventh after an apparent miscommunication between the right fielder Palmeiro the second baseman Kennedy. Marty Cordova began the inning with a popup to shallow right. Kennedy ran with his back to the plate but Palmeiro appeared to call for the ball.
Kennedy then veered off by Palmeiro didn't get there in time and the ball fell in for a single. Chris Singleton followed with a single to move Cordova to third. Even though the next batter Gil hit into a double play, Cordova scored to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.
ANAHEIM -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia had said he expected his club to be ``well represented'' at next week's All-Star game, and he was correct. It's just that he didn't figure that two of the three Angels going would be himself and trainer Ned Bergert.
Left fielder Garret Anderson was named as a reserve by American League manager Joe Torre, the only Angel player to make the team. Center fielder Darin Erstad was one of five players selected by Torre to be in the running for the final spot. In the Internet voting conducted at MLB.com and ESPN.com, Erstad finished fifth with 122,458 votes. Boston outfielder Johnny Damon finished first with 692,989 votes.
``I didn't,'' Erstad said when asked if he expected to be voted in. ``So I'm in the top 35, great, whatever. That's not what it's about. You look at the other guys' numbers, they were better. I know what I bring to the team. I'm not here for individual awards. I'm happy we're in a playoff race instead of being 25 games out like we were at this time last year.''
Scioscia admitted that he figured more than one of his players would go, naming catcher Bengie Molina, closer Troy Percival and pitchers Ramon Ortiz and Jarrod Washburn as candidates.
``I'm a little surprised, but I know how the All-Star selection process is done and how it's complicated with the criteria that every team has be have a representative,'' Scioscia said. ``I know guys were considered for the team and were high on a lot of people's lists, they just weren't selected.''
There still is an outside chance that another Angel will go because Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez has declined his invitation. Both Ortiz and Washburn are candidates, though Ortiz pitches Sunday and Torre has said he'd be less inclined to take any pitcher that pitches Sunday, only two days before the All-Star game.
When Shawn Wooten returns from a rehab assignment after the All-Star break, Scioscia will have the right-handed bat the club has missed all season. But he might also have trouble getting enough at-bats for those who have filled his role so far.
Against left-handed pitchers, Benji Gil his hitting .394, Jose Nieves is hitting .356 and Scott Spiezio is hitting .371.
``It's a nice problem to have,'' Scioscia said. ``Shawn just adds depth to that whole package. It's not going to be any dilemma because as a team it'll make us stronger.
Scioscia pointed out the importance of being able to hit left-handers, because in the A.L. West the Angels go up against lefties like Barry Zito and Mark Mulder in Oakland, Jamie Moyer in Seattle and Kenny Rogers in Texas.
``What we need to do against the good left-handers is send up right-handed bats that match up well,'' Scioscia said.
Pitcher Scott Schoeneweis began the night Tuesday not having pitched in a week, having been replaced in the starting rotation by John Lackey. Schoeneweis has pitched in the bullpen before, but it was three seasons ago.
``We want him to get a feel for the warm-up process and the mental preparation,'' Scioscia said.
``Experience it and maybe have a situation that isn't a pressure situation but an ice-breaker situation. But we might not have that luxury. If the matchup is the best situation for Schoeney, we're going to do it.''
In 1999, Schoeneweis went 1-1 with a 5.49 ERA in 31 relief appearances.


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Part I of Shingeki no Kyojin is now over. Time to get excited for Part II, am I right?
Without trying to sound negative, I'd like to convey my joy for Part I wrapping up just as I finish my real life priorities. Not only is this an advancement in the plot that'll bring in the rather colourful members of the Scouting Legion but its one that'll bring a different style of action we have yet to see.
These two episodes introduced some time stalling recaps, which fans of long-running shonen anime will tell you is not all that uncommon. A little uncommon when it comes to shorter adaptations but given Shingeki no Kyojin's lack of source material and monthly release schedule, not unwarranted. For those not familiar with the manga, you'll have to take my word for it when I say that the production team is aiming for a decent ending point that allows for a smooth transition into the manga or possibly a second season in a few years time.
Despite having less time to progress the plot, the story stayed on point and didn't feel any shorter. The big focus of the episodes was to bring closure to the first battle the cadets faced whilst posing another philosophical question, appropriate for any war; value of life depending on individuals. A debate that was conveyed especially well when using the supporting cast in conjunction with the main trio, resulting in some interesting outcomes.
With questions still left unanswered about Eren's father and an impending obstacle – remember he's in jail – we look to the next part of the story. A part of the story that brings back the ever-so popular Levi (Kamiya Hiroshi in an alpha role!) and a few other characters. Unfortunately we'll have to wait a little longer as Shingeki no Kyojin will be having a recap episode next.


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Busy here at the ranch .. but i've been getting hassled for some updates.
Still mucho mucho, but the cabinetry is supposed to go in this week, and i'm betting things will start looking a lot different then. I was at the cabinetmakers earlier this week and everything seems so big and scary and although I know it will all be wonderful, I wonder if I made the right decisions?
I think it is normal to feel like that, espcecially when you are spending a lot of moolah.
So , without further ado, this is what has been happening:
We can haz floorboards ^
WIR plastered ^
My hallway with the stairless stairwell most awesome ^
Laundry/pantry, also plastered ^
And the living area ^
I'm currently dabbling in splashback tiles, and in my handbag at all times are paint chips, a chunk of countertop, a laminex tile, and the island contrast-kicker. I brought home some teeny tiny tiles today that I hope are winners. It's either teeny tiny I think, or a big slab of something pourous and impractical, as is my wont. Will hopefully resolve over Easter.
So a little bit boring today kiddies - I do have a big rambling draft I wrote after a bottle of wine & Thai after chatting to Stacey Kouros last week, but it's seriously manic - hilaire, i'm sure, but in the interests of all concerned, could do with a wee bit of an edit, so i'll come back to that ;)
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Pre-Easter Update
Posted by Leanne Bertram Photography | Little Big Adventures at 2:16 pm
Labels: floorboards, hallway, kitchen, laundry, living area, pantry, renovating, wardrobe, WIR
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- K-L said...
Looking great!!!! Would love to read the unedited vino fueled post...those ones are always my best but I always delete them! LOL! Have a great Easter, x KL
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- Karina Roberts said...
Ohhhhh those floorboards!!! #love
Good luck with the tile splashback selection...you know me - been there, done that, nearly went crazy! I'm always here for a chat ;-P xx
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In a front-page article for the Washington Blade, Chris Johnson asked whether Log Cabin Republicans would endorse Mitt Romney for president. As of this writing, Log Cabin hasn't endorsed Romney. Representing more than one million gay and lesbian Republicans, Log Cabin will endorse (or not) after reaching a consensus of the national board of directors, the national staff and chapter leaders.
We local chapters endorse in local rather than national races. That said, as individual members of Log Cabin, we'll discuss whether Log Cabin should endorse Romney. Johnson overlooked the calculus behind a presidential endorsement.
Log Cabin members differ with the Republican Party on some issues, particularly marriage equality. We also, however, strongly disagree with liberals, particularly on fiscal matters and foreign policy – thus we are Republicans, despite some LGBT censure. Gay rights are important to us, but the good of our nation requires individuals to consider many issues when voting. For Log Cabin, with its unique role in both the Republican Party and the LGBT community, other factors complicate an endorsement.
Think of endorsements as chess moves: should Log Cabin try the neutrality gambit or the endorsement strategy? As in chess, we need to anticipate the moves of other pieces on the board: the Romney campaign, LGBT Americans, the press corps, the Religious Right, etc. With that in mind, let's examine the implications of two moves, neutrality or endorsement. (Despite the fevered dreams of some activists, Log Cabin won't endorse the Democrat.)
Neutrality would send the message that Romney's positions — the NOM pledge, primarily — are so far against Log Cabin's mission that we believe it is in the best interest of both gays and Republicans not to offer our formal support. Log Cabin advocates for a stronger, more inclusive GOP based on the idea that anti-gay politics are destructive to our party and our country. Neutrality is a position not taken lightly, but is possible.
The gay case against Romney parallels the conservative case against him. Conservatives have long been leery of Romney's ideological flexibility. In 1994, Romney claimed to be a better advocate for gay rights than Ted Kennedy; he was a socially moderate candidate for governor in 2002. When running for office in Massachusetts, pro-gay positions made sense. When they became problematic, Romney became a critic of gay rights. Log Cabin is well aware of his devolution.
Ironically, Romney's journey partially tracks Barack Obama's shifting stances on marriage. As a state senator in 1996, Barack Obama was on record in favor of marriage equality, but as president he first opposed it, and then he waited until after anti-marriage equality amendments passed before supporting it again. It might be that Republicans, let alone gay people, would be better served without Romney's unpredictable principles in the White House — indeed, many Republicans voted for Santorum for that reason. Further, if Romney fails to earn the Log Cabin endorsement and loses, it will be a warning to future hard right conservatives: being anti-gay loses.
Johnson and others seemed to suggest that the LGBT community would see a rejection of Romney as an act that would earn Log Cabin respect. Given the disdain that continues to be heaped on gay conservatives after the withheld Bush endorsement in 2004, we question whether any respect would be forthcoming.
Neutrality's danger, which liberal gays overlook, is that if Romney becomes president without any major gay organization's backing, then Log Cabin and the gay community have checkmated themselves. After the group's neutrality in 2004, Log Cabin's reputation within the GOP suffered, and gay people had no official line of communication with the White House. We might have headed off some anti-gay policies if the Bush administration had been inclined to listen to gay voices. Maintaining those lines of communication is central to Log Cabin's work for our community, and the endorsement decision is part of that process.
Should the election of 2012 be close, the Log Cabin endorsement will matter. Knowing that his presidency depended in part on gay voters and independents who could be swayed with a Log Cabin endorsement, Romney and his staff will be more likely to continue conversations with Log Cabin. But they will listen only if Log Cabin endorsed. Elephants will never forget which side Log Cabin chooses.
There's precedent for endorsing a candidate whose record is mixed. The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Obama's reelection long before he grudgingly endorsed gay marriage (safely after North Carolina's ghastly Amendment One passed), despite his anemic effort on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, and notwithstanding a broken promise on employment nondiscrimination for federal contractors. Log Cabin isn't going follow HRC's lead and decide too soon; we prefer to see what Mitt Romney will offer. Log Cabin is trying to anticipate moves in a complicated game.
Ultimately, the organization will make the decision we feel best represents the interests of the LGBT Americans who often vote conservative. This includes people like Richard Grenell, who recently wrote in the Wall Street Journal: "Like many voters, I rarely agree with a candidate's every position. I can support Mr. Romney for president but not agree with all of his stated policies. I can be proud of President Obama's personal support for gay marriage and still take exception to his dismal national-security and economic records." Grenell has made his decision, while other Log Cabin Republicans or the national organization may choose differently.
To endorse or stay neutral? Either could be a path to victory for gay conservatives and independents this November.
Robert Turner is president of the D.C. chapter of Log Cabin Republicans. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or @DCBigPappa on Twitter. Mike Hubbard is a board member of the D.C. chapter of Log Cabin. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or @mikeahub.
Log Cabin should endorse the Libertarian, Gov. Gary Johnson. He is in favor of marriage equality, and has a peerless conservative fiscal record. Log cabin's endorsement will matter this year. It shouldn't go to a guy who wants gay people to be in a second class citizenship.


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It's frustrating to know that there's a simple solution to a serious problem but no one seems willing to do the obvious.
Tax maven Lee Sheppard in an article at Forbes describes how transaction taxes could very quickly put a brake on numerous undesirable activities: high frequency trading, the explosion in derivatives, and overuse of repo financing. You might collectively think of these things as "junk liquidity" or "junk trading".
HFT has proven to be singularly destructive. Despite the claims of it defenders, it does not increase market liquidity; it merely increases trading volumes without improving ease of execution. 60% of US stock market trading volume comes from HFT. HFT has undermined how markets operate. Institutional investors have diverted some of their trades to "dark pools" to escape the pred Retail traders have become increasingly distrustful of equity markets, thanks to HFT-related debacles like the flash crash and Kraft's first trading day at NASDAQ, when its initial trades had to be cancelled. CFTC commissioner Bart Chilton pointed out some other casualties of "cheetah trading" in a speech on Tuesday (hat tip Michael Crimmins):
A few weeks ago, the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed due to technology problems. We've seen a few contracts shut down for different periods in Chicago and New York last month. We've seen market volatility increase wildly: natural gas plummeting eight percent in 15 seconds last year. One day silver plunged 12 percent in about as many minutes. One energy trader lost $1 million in one second—in a second! We saw crude tumble $3 in a minute last month. We continually see sharp rises and falls in precious metals. Knight Capital Group, in August, lost $440 million based on software trading mistakes—throwing it to the threshold of bankruptcy. There are numerous other instances and it's a safe bet that there will be still others.
Sheppard points out that HFT is front running and the SEC should have barred it; a transaction tax is thus a way to compensate for SEC enforcement failures:
HFT is computer-generated front running. It ought to be illegal, but the SEC is too timid to kill it. Yes, front running is already illegal, and yes, the SEC has slapped a few wrists about preferential access to order data. But the tiny fines show that the SEC cannot be trusted to put the interests of investors ahead of those of traders and exchanges..
HFT computers, parked right next to the exchanges' order-matching computers, pay the exchanges to receive order feed ahead of it being transmitted to network computers for the consolidated national best bid and offer. Called co-location, this placement permits HFT algorithms to reconstruct the national best bid and offer before it is publicly disseminated…Moreover, the exchanges have created special types of orders at the behest of HFT traders, such as "hide not slide" orders that are not displayed to other market participants.
And please, get over the idea that these trades make the markets work better:
All U.S. exchanges pay for order flow.
The exchanges pay rebates for posted quotes and charge a smaller amount for orders filled—the maker-taker rebate system. The exchange usually keeps the spread—unless both sides of the trade are the same trader. So HFT algorithms hunt for rebates when prices are stable, buying and selling the shares at the same price and pocketing the spread on the rebate.
Gee, isn't that a guaranteed profit from the rebate when a share is holding its price? Yes, absolutely. The maker-taker rebate guarantees riskless profits for HFT. The exchanges' euphemism for this practice is "guaranteed economics," according to Scott Patterson of The Wall Street Journal, author of Dark Pools: High Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System. European policymakers are considering eliminating the maker-taker rebate.
HFT is notorious for disappearing orders—toxic quotes. Bombarding the system with toxic quotes is how the algorithms drive up prices. "They add volume, not liquidity," said Arnuk, who originally became interested in HFT when he noticed quotes vanishing.
The primary objective of a transaction tax is like a vice tax: its primary objective is to discourage activity, not make money, although a transaction tax would generate a decent level of revenues at low cost. It's no where near as radical as the banksters would have you believe: the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and (gasp) the US have forms of transaction taxes.
A new transaction tax of one basis point on securities transactions would pretty much end the HFT business, since the average trade generates less profit than that, while having a trivial impact on retail investors (a $2000 trade would face a $0.20 charge). A bill before Congress (Harkin-DeFazio, S. 1787) is revenue rather than behavior oriented, and calls for a three basis point charge, and claims it would raise $350 billion in 10 years. That seems high, since it also appears to assume that the junk trading would remain in place. But even if this number is overestimated, it's a nice chunk of change, particularly given that transaction taxes are easy to collect.
Harkin-DeFazio would also tax derivatives transactions, not on their notional amount but the net payment. Anyone who has had any contact with the derivatives business knows that they are used overwhelmingly for speculation, accounting gaming, or regulatory arbitrage. The real tell is the insanity that is uncritically taken up on some of the more OTC markets oriented financial outlets, that of the "scarcity of good collateral". The demand for collateral is due to the need to secure derivatives positions. When the value of side bets is so large you can't find enough good assets to secure your positions systemically, there is something seriously wrong with this picture. Sheppard recognizes the connection between derivatives and repo financing, which is something that Harkin-DeFazio missed, and she argues the tax should include repo as well:
Repos should be taxed under a FTT [financial transactions tax] to discourage the use of this fragile form of finance. Repos are collateralized loans that are formally documented as purchase and resale contracts (hence the name).
The big banks turned themselves into publicly traded hedge funds, heavily reliant on short-term finance and leveraged to 30:1 or higher (they are at roughly 14:1 now). A lot of that leverage came through repo finance. A New York Fed research paper described repo finance as a linchpin of the frightening codependency of the regulated banking sector and the equally large unregulated, shadow banking sector, composed mainly of hedge funds and money market funds.
But borrowing against securities holdings is a longstanding market practice! Rehypothecation contributed to the meltdown. The big banks ran their repos through London, which has no limits on rehypothecation. (SEC Regulation T limits rehypothecation to 140 percent of broker/dealer loan balances.) The IMF found a lot of churning, concluding that $1 trillion of hedge fund collateral was used for $4 trillion of borrowing by big banks.
Sheppard seems unduly worried that imposing the tax might lower securities prices. First, the level of taxes is trivial for that dying breed, investors; it's quick trigger traders that will feel the pinch. This will have a marginal impact on transaction costs for most investors. I grew up in a world where transaction costs across the board were vastly higher and despite enthusiast claims to the contrary, lowering transaction costs does not seem to have been a price booster (I've seen pretty dramatic examples to the contrary, where bidders on NYC apartments are insensitive to flip fees, 2% to 3% charges imposed by the co-op when they sell). Second, if she believes her own argument about the detrimental effects of HFT, getting rid of junk trading would reduce market volatility, making investments more attractive. That would likely more than offset any negative impact of miniscule increases in transaction costs.
Of course, there are more draconian remedies being bandied about. Consider Bart Chilton's suggestion:
I'm calling for significantly increased penalties for cheetah trading that results in harm to our markets. And here's how I propose doing it: we need to re-think what the term "per violation" means. Let me explain.
Under our statute, we can fine a miscreant $140,000 per violation—and that used to be sufficient. That dollar figure made sense in yesterday's world of human-to-human trading. But it doesn't work in these markets, in this incredibly fast-pace, instantaneous-almost-incomprehensible world of cheetah trading. So, my idea is that we revolutionize how we determine what "per violation" means. In the past we've looked at, say, each day that someone breaks the law, and for each single day, make that one violation. That's not good enough anymore.
Today I'm suggesting that we look, not at each day of trading as being one violation, but instead look at each second. That's right: each second. So, for every second that a cheetah trader is engaged in conduct that violates our law, we could fine them the statutory maximum of $140,000—and that could add up to sufficiently high penalties so that they actually mean something. Hey, this type of unfathomably fast trading can reap millions for the guys betting with their algorithms, and at the same time it can wreak havoc on our market players and legitimate trading of investors and consumers—we need to have a fitting consequence for rule violators, a whack that actually has some teeth.
I'm calling today for this new type of calculation, because if we don't do something like this, our fines can be essentially meaningless—just a slap on the wrist, cost-of-doing-business. It's this simple: if you're making millions in seconds, then you should be liable for fines for bad conduct, counted in seconds. I know this is a revolutionary way of thinking about money penalties, but I believe it's a necessary step to take in order to both deter illegal conduct and assess sufficient penalties to bad actors in our markets.
There are many ways to skin this cat, um, cheetah, and it's high time we set about to do it.
This post was originally published at Naked Capitalism and is reproduced here with permission.


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LAKE WORTH – The Rolando Chang Barrero Fine Art Gallery on Lucerne Avenue is moving.
Barrero said the gallery will merge with The Box Gallery, a 4,000-square-foot space which recently opened on Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. The location is Barrero's third in Palm Beach County.
The Lake Worth gallery is scheduled to close Oct. 31.
"The Box Gallery allows for larger scale work, installation for art, film, video and performance art," Barrero said. "I'll miss all the visits from the community in Lake Worth, but I'm not relocating too far so I suspect it's not the end of those cherished relationships."
In July, Barrero told The Palm Beach Post he was in talks with Bruce Webber to move into his gallery, also on Lucerne Avenue. Barrero had been renting the space that once belonged to artist Maryanne Webber and her old gallery.
"I love Bruce and am sad to part ways with him and Maryanne who have been nothing less than great and supportive," Barrero said.


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Designer: Gini Kwak
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Kooksoondang
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Packaging Contents: Makgeolli
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Plastic Label
Printing Process: Flexography
'Chirt-sool' is premium makgeolli(Korean traditional rice wine) brand made with freshly harvested rice by KOOKSOONDANG, a Korean representative traditional alcohol manufacturer, and presented only for a certain period of fall every year like Beaujolais Nouveau ; 'Chirt' means 'the first', and 'sool' means 'alcohol'.
It is characterized by softer and fresher taste, using newly harvested rice and clean water from Gangwondo, where the brewery is located. Because makgeolli has long history in Korea usually brushstroke and calligraphy was used to emphasize the traditional and cultural images and these gives an old and normal impressions, not special. So did Chirt-sool since 2009.
In September 2016, design renewal was planned to express the fresh taste and to highlight neat, modern and premium images. In order to express the softness of makgeolli, we used an off-white (bright ivory) color- also color of makgeolli itself– through overall package from label to cap and chose label with smooth surface. Geometric line graphic that motivated from the clean water and rice, gives stylish and refined impression.
As a point effect, glitter coating was added the BI, and that makes brand name stand out despite of the size.
What's Unique?
Visual harmony between contents(makgeolli) and packaging(labels and cap).
Modern graphic pattern and soft fresh colors are expressing the quality and specialty of the product.


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Going to College
Willy and I were shooting a few games of eight ball in Bill Williams Tavern on a rainy December afternoon. He stopped for a moment to chalk his cue stick. Chalking wouldn't help him. He was a poor shot and had no idea of getting position with the cue ball for the next shot. He didn't worry about it because he usually missed the shot. He leaned down to see under the florescence light hanging over the pool table. "Nelson, let's go to college."
This was December of 54 and I had graduated from Buckingham High School in 49. I had worked in a saw mill the first year out stacking lumber so that it would dry. Then two friends said the same thing in the same pool room on another rainy afternoon. "Nelson, let's join the Air Force." I think I have this genetic disorder on chromosome number 13. It causes me to agree with crazy people, be very gullible, go with the flow and unable to say no. More about the Air Force later.
That particular day in the pool room was too wet to haul chicken manure. For some strange reason I bought a used F-8 Ford truck. It was the largest truck Ford made in 1948. I had a manure spreading body put on the chassis and went into the chicken manure spreading business. Of course there was a lot of shoveling involved. I never had a cold. The ammonia and other noxious gases in the manure kept my nasal passages clean as a whistle. I once went to a friend's home where a little blind girl lived. She would feel of my palms and ask what did I have in my hands? She had never felt of calluses before. I had calluses on my palms and fingers from the shovel.
I usually hired three other guys to help with the shoveling. We would load the truck with about ten tons of chicken manure, Drive ten or twelve miles from the chicken houses to the field. Manure would be blowing off the truck the whole time. Of course we looked at it like we were fertilizing people's lawns free of charge. Once in the field, Willy would climb on to the top of the manure. His job was to punch manure down on the conveyor belt taking the manure to a spinner at the back of the truck. I put the truck in low gear, low axle and stomped on the gas pedal. The truck had a five speed transmission with a two speed axle. I was getting two miles to the gallon. Anyhow, back to the pool hall.
"OK, let's go. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning. I'll borrow Mom and Dad's Mercury. They should be pleased to hear I'm thinking about going to college."
Now neither Willy nor I were college material. But ignorance is bliss and we didn't know that at the time. I was in the last graduating class in Maryland that only went eleven years. There was no graduating class in 50. Everyone below us had to go an extra year. Our school offered an academic diploma, a commercial diploma, an agriculture diploma and the lowest of all, a general diploma. Guess what Willy and I had. You're right. A nice plain old general diploma signed by the Superintendent of Worcester County schools.
We had not taken a single academic course. No chemistry, no algebra, no geometry, no literature and no biology. We had taken general arithmetic, general science, plain English and no foreign language. But we did take typing. Actually we were forced into typing class. We had two free periods in our senior year. The principal came to the library and marched us to the typing room saying we were only supposed to have one free period. It was about the only thing learned worth while in my senior year.
It was still a rainy day in December when I picked up Willy. We had no idea about what college to attend. We were going to the nearest college. If it had been a college for brain surgeons, we would have been brain surgeons. If it had been a college for double-aught-seven spies, we would have been spies. But it was a teachers college. We drove to Salisbury Teachers College ready to join the ranks of college students.
My command of the English language was deplorable. It was 'dis, does and dar. I omitted the 'th' sound on all words. Taylorville was really a backwater area. Very rural with farmers and fishermen. The further you got away from Rte. 13 which ran down the center of the Delmarva Peninsula, the more backward the people were. Also the further you went down the peninsula the worse it became. Most people didn't realize that the two lower counties were part of Virginia. The islands in the Chesapeake; Smith Island, Deals Island, Tangier Island and Saxis Island were absolutely the most backwards and uneducated.
During Queen Elizabeth Coronation back in the fifties, some inhabitants of the islands were taken to meet the queen. That was so she could hear 'Elizabethan English' being spoken as it was spoken three hundred years ago in England. Even in college, it was hard to understand the boys and girls from the islands. The children on Smith Island attended elementary school on the island. But from the seventh grade on they rode the mail boat back and forth to school.
Back to the rainy December day.
Both Willy and I failed to realize that you are supposed to start college in September, not January. But as I said, ignorance is bliss. We were going to college.
We found State Teachers College and walked into the registrar's office. We stood at the counter a few seconds and a well-dressed man came and greeted us. We explained we wanted to enroll. He nodded and agreed with everything we said. He gave us a questionnaire to fill out. It was only one sheet of paper. A few minutes later we handed them back. He said the college would send for our high school transcripts. We should hear by mail from the college in a week to ten days.
Willy and I returned to the pool hall. We shot a few games of eight ball and had a few beers to celebrate our entry into the educated ranks.
Ten days later, I received a plain envelope from STC. I had been accepted. Go to the dormitory two days before classes start and sign up for a room. Get your class schedule the next day and classes would start the following day.
At the pool hall that night, I ran into Willy. He had been turned down. No reasons given. He went on to greater things with Western Union. He later worked in the Western Union office in the House of Representatives in Washington DC. He got to read all the telegrams being sent and received. But he told me later, none were worth reading.
A few years ago Willy's brother was marlin fishing out at the Baltimore Canyon, about sixty miles from shore. He suffered a heart attack and died. His drinking buddies strapped him into the fighting chair. They put a fishing rod in one hand and a beer in the other. When they docked at the marina a few hours later, there was Willy's brother in the fighting chair, still holding the rod and beer and dead as a mackerel.
Christmas of 1954 came and went. 1955 began and I was ready for college. My brother, Irving, picked me up and drove me to STC. I had an old duffle bag with sheets and clothes. He dropped me off, waved and was gone.
I wandered inside, duffle bag over my shoulder. The first person I met was the dorm mother. She checked my name and took me to room 26. My new roommate had been caught having sex with his girlfriend on the gymnastic mats. Everybody called him Matman. He was a nice guy but like me, definitely not college material. He lasted the semester and never returned after the summer break.
I made my bed and stood in the doorway listening to the other students. They were all returning from the first semester and knew each other.
The next day I walked over to Holloway Hall, the main building, and had breakfast. Then everyone went to the gymnasium to get their class schedule. I got in line and finally reach the first table. A woman glanced at my name and sent me to the last table. I sat down opposite some old man.
"Well, well, Mr. Lynch. I see you went to good old Buckingham High School." He was looking at my high school transcripts. "I think you need a few remedial courses to get you up to par with the other students. I'm going to put you in a beginning algebra class. You should be able to handle that. Then a remedial English class. You'll love the instructor. A sociology class, a world history class and a health class. That's fifteen credits. You should be able to pass those with flying colors."
I was nodding the whole time and hadn't said a word. I finally said OK.
He rubbed his chin a few times. "There's just one more thing. We're going to put you on academic probation." He picked up the transcript. "Your grades in high school are nothing to be proud of. The courses you took are absolutely worthless. Didn't your guidance counselor help you or give you a list of courses to take."
I shook my head. The guidance counselor at Buckingham didn't have time to fool with general or agriculture students. He gave me a card with the classes and times marked. He pointed at a larger table near the door. "Go over to that table and pay." He nodded and waved for the next student.
Mr. B looked at the card. "Two hundred and eight dollars please. Make the check out to STC. That is for room and board for one semester. Tuition is free if you promise to teach in the state of Maryland for two years." He shoved a sheet of paper to me. "Do you agree? If so, sign."
I would have signed anything to keep from paying tuition. The registrar had made a copy of my discharge and signed me up for the G.I. Bill. I was receiving a hundred twenty dollars a month for going to college. Miracles never cease.
That first semester for me flew by. There were some weird people in that college and they weren't all students. My world history instructor was an old woman with a doctor's degree. She said her grandmother dated Andrew Jackson. She was so old it could have been her mother. She had a wandering eye. She would look at me, ask a question and someone two rows over would answer. It kept you on your toes. You had to be ready, no matter where she looked.
The president always wanted to meet Mr. Esslinger about his beer cans. He wanted Mr. Esslinger to quit littering the campus with beer cans. The students were drinking cheap Esslinger beer and tossing the cans out on the campus lawns.
Another instructor rode his bicycle to college. He wore the clip around his pant leg all day. The clip was to keep the rider's trouser leg out of the pedal sprocket.
The biology instructor loved to ask little freshman girls how did the amoeba get to New York. Of course they didn't know. One of his correct answers was to get on rte. 13 and head north. He would give a ten question true and false quiz. He subtracted wrong answers from the correct. If you only got four answers correct, you ended up with a minus score.
After about a month, I decided I needed a vehicle. I asked my brother Irving to look for something I could afford. That Saturday I picked up a second-hand 1954 Skyliner Ford. It was a beautiful car. It had a green plexiglas roof that stretched from the windshield to the rear seat. Driving in a thunderstorm, lightning danced from window to window. Loved that car. I paid eighteen hundred dollars. I sold mom the manure truck to get the necessary cash.
One of my new friends was an air force veteran from Marian Station. Now that place is out in the boondocks. Three of us went to the Plantation Beer Tavern near Crisfield. We spent the night at his parent's home. The next morning we had fried eggs and bacon. Later we went outside. His father was skinning a bushel of muskrats. Salt water marsh was on three sides of the yard. He asked me if I noticed anything about the fried eggs. As soon as he asked, I knew they were duck eggs. They are a little larger and have an oily look. But they tasted OK. Back in Taylorville when we had an excess of duck eggs, my mother always made deviled eggs.
The semester ended. Somehow I had maintained a C average. Two Ds, two Bs and a C. I was happy. I had passed and survived.
I wasted the summer driving a laundry and dry cleaning truck.
I'll write my college years at a later date.
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David Murdoch relishing golden chance
David Murdoch, the nearly man who almost packed it all in, turned himself into an Olympic hero last night. Strike that: make it a "legend". The exploits of the quiet man from Lockerbie became the stuff of dreams as he propelled his Great Britain squad into the Olympic curling final.
A silver medal is assured, which means that this will be the most successful Winter Olympics for a British team since 1936. A gold against Canada would be the justification for a dozen years of pain and sacrifice for a man who comes from a town that has suffered more than its fair share of pain.
They will be packed into the curling club in the small town on the Scottish borders, where Pan Am…


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Fantasy Series That I'm Following
I'm making this list to track all the fantasy series I've read. I have this habit of buying only the first book to see if it's worth buying the rest of the series, but unfortunately, as time passes, I usually forget about them. Instead, I buy other first books :-p and never get around to finishing the previous series. Hopefully, by creating this list, I can buy books in a more orderly manner.
(I also have another list for fantasy series I've finished reading.)
Waiting for the next book to be published and reach a reasonable price:
- A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin ****
- Kingkiller's Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss ****
- The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett ****
- The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson *****
- The Fitz and the Fool by Robin Hobb ****
- Gentlemen Bastard by Scott Lynch ***
- An Amber in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ****
Will buy the rest of the series:
- The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
- The Legends of the First Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
- Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley
- Temeraire by Naomi Novik
- Elemental Blessings by Sharon Shinn
- The Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Song of Shattered Sands by Bradley P. Beaulieu
- Raven's Shadow by Anthony Ryan ***
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
- Blackthorn and Grim by Juliet Marillier ***
- The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier
- The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
- Acacia by David Anthony Durham
- The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ***
- The Runelords by David Farland
- Earth's Children Series by Jean M. Auel ***
- Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Still on my to-read pile:
- Sword of Shadows by JV Jones
- The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist dan Janny Wurts
- The Dragon Nimbus by Irene Radford
Won't be continuing it for a while (or forever!)
- The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham
- Xanth by Piers Anthony
- The Kiesha'ra Series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
- The Original Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks
- Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust
- The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
- The Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman
- The Sword, The Ring, and the Chalice by Deborah Chester
- The Belgariad by David Eddings
- The Elenium by David Eddings
- Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott
- The Hythrun Chronicles by Jennifer Fallon
- The Serpentwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
- The Tamir Trilogy by Lynn Flewelling ***
- The Shadowleague by Maggie Furey
- Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind
- The Rhapsody Trilogy by Elizabeth Haydon
- The Soldier Son Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- Tales of the Kin by Douglas Hulick
- The Deverry Cycle by Katharine Kerr
- The Adept by Katherine Kurtz
- Mage Wind Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
- Mage Storm Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
- Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Secret Texts by Holly Lisle
- Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
- Chronicles of the Necromancer by Gail Z. Martin
- Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Discworld by Terry Pratchett
- Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
- The Initiate Brother by Sean Russell
- Twelve Houses by Sharon Shin
- Study by Maria V. Snyder
- Night Angel by Brent Weeks
- The Sun Sword by Michelle West


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The Dymo Label Maker
If you over 25 years old and live in a country that uses the English alphabet, you probably have used a Dymo label maker at some point in your life. The hard plastic embossed labels have adorned everything from file cabinets to sports equipment, lockers to utility panels, notebooks to foreheads, from their invention in 1958 until the advent of digital labelers in the mid 80's. The daisy-wheeled pistol-shaped labelers and their shiny, brightly colored strips with raised white capital letters may not be as popular now as in their heyday, but they are still available, in new, ergonomic designs. The classic models can still be found on ebay, at yard sales and flea markets everywhere.
The peel-and-stick plastic labels still have many advantages over their modern counterparts- they require no electricity to produce, the plastic labels don't fade when exposed to the elements, in fact, they are virtually indestructible. Not to mention that they just look so damned cool. So cool, in fact, that the look of the Dymo embossed label has been duplicated in several font designs, like "Punch-label" and "Plastique." The font suggests a low-tech, retro, DIY attitude- and we here at OBSOLETE are down with that.


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Moon halo with a chemtrail through it.
I shot this near Mildred Falls (the falls are out of frame to the left).
A 22° halo is a halo, one type of optical phenomenon, forming a circle 22° around the sun, or occasionally the moon. It forms as sunlight is refracted in hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. As the light beam passes through two sides of the prism forming a 60° angle, the angle of minimum deviation is almost 22° (namely, 21.84° on average; 21.54° for red and 22.37° for blue). This wavelength-dependent variation in refraction causes the inner edge of the circle to be reddish while the outer edge is bluish. A 22° halo may be visible on as many as 100 days per year.


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A fantastic fun event for all of the family in North Swindon.
What a fantastic day we all had on the 6th September, thank you so much for supporting the event.
It was amazing to see 4000 people come to Brook Park to enjoy the sunshine and community spirit together.
Thank you also for helping us to raise over £1000 for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
If you attended the day then please send us your feedback here.
If you would like to contribute to a future event then please get in touch here.
We would like to express our thanks to the following sponsors of the 2014 Fun Day:
Purple Bricks Estate Agency
Swindon Borough Council Localities Grants
Haydon Wick Parish Council
Blunsdon Parish Council
The North Swindon Community Group was established with a Localities New Shoots Grant from Swindon Borough Council and with the support and assistance of localities officers and local ward councillors. We are grateful to SBC for their initial and on going support.


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If you're all about the smartphone life, whether that's through mobile photography, gaming, or simply with the productivity and organisation a smartphone brings, the Sony Xperia XA2 is for you.
As well as having a pretty top-spec camera, the handset is easy to use, features Corning® Gorilla® Glass and a 3,300 mAh battery, so you can browse, snap and explore to your heart's content, assured that you won't be limited by a short battery life, or compromised by a fragile build.
One of the standout features of this model is the screen. It's full HD and has a borderless design to give you the full viewing experience – great for browsing the high-quality photos you've taken on it!
It also has the functionality to be tailored to your needs, particularly when it comes to music. It's got Smart Amplifier technology, as well as ClearAudio+ and Clear Bass, meaning you get to enjoy your favourite playlists in higher quality, hearing every note.
The camera is one of the main features of the Sony Xperia XA2. It has 23-megapixels, 4K video shooting capabilities, and the ability to take selfies with a super wide angle – great for group shots! The front camera has 8-megapixels too.
The camera's ideal for budding photographers on the move and is said to be great in low light levels too.
The Sony Xperia XA2 runs on Android, making it really simple to switch to.
If you're switching over from another Android phone, simply back up your Android account, and you should be able to sign in to your account on your new Sony phone and find all your backed-up data there.
If you're switching from an Apple or Windows phone, one way to transfer all your information is to back it up to a Google Drive account. Once uploaded, simply sign in to your Google account on your Sony phone, and find all the photos and documents saved in the cloud storage.
If you like the sound of the Sony XA2 but want something slightly less expensive, go for the Sony XA1. It shares a lot of the same features as the XA2, but with a slightly cheaper cost.
For something even cheaper still, you might want to consider the Sony Xperia L1. It's got a 5.5-inch display, 13-megapixel camera and 2GB of RAM.
If you're looking for a great deal on a Sony phone, take a look at what's available with iD Mobile.
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From Put On BLAST
During the final hours of Black History Month, I send you this wonderful announcement about Imhotep Gary Byrd. I'm thrilled to share the news that he was honored earlier this month by McDonald's. I'm even more excited to share a few things about this legendary person that you just might not have known. Please read the email and the attached bio below..and share it with friends. Imhotep is a friend to Black people everywhere and we're wiser because of his contributions and golden achievements in media.
Read on...
With respect,
April R. Silver
Since 2002, McDonald's has paid tribute to New York-based media figures during Black History Month. I'm happy to share this great news: Earlier this February, world renown radio broadcaster, songwriter, and poet IMHOTEP GARY BYRD was named to McDonald's Annual List of Black Media Legends. In addition to being honored at a special luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria, Imhotep and fellow awardees, are featured on commemorative posters that are available at all 650 McDonald's restaurants throughout the New York Metropolitan region (no purchase necessary). The posters are coveted by school teachers and are used as a part of their Black History curriculum.
Other honorees this year include Sade Baderinwa, WABC-TV; Lewis Dodley, NY1; Janice Huff, WNBC; Otis Livingston, WCBS-TV; Craig Treadway, WPIX; and Fred "Bugsy" Buggs, KISS-FM (and a mentee of Byrd's). McDonald's Black History campaign is a successful yearly event and is designed to honor Black History makers throughout our community.
About Imhotep Gary Byrd
Imhotep Gary Byrd is the award-winning host, creator, and executive producer of The GBE, the longest running black radio broadcast in the history of New York City. His career as a multi-media radio personality, spoken word and recording artist, songwriter, and motivational speaker has always focused on "raising human consciousness through communications." In a career that spans over 40 years, Byrd, a highly respected modern day griot, is known for breaking barriers.
His innovations in radio, as a songwriter and producer, have led to countless awards and honors, including his induction into the National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame, along with the legendary Frankie "Hollywood" Crocker and Byrd's brilliant musical collaborator, Stevie Wonder.
For more information about Imhotep's multi-media career in radio, music, and film, including his co-songwriting credits on the classic Stevie Wonder album, Songs In the Key of Life, click HERE to read his full bio.
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Here is my 6 inch block that I made last night:
It is less than perfect. I don't usually piece this small, so we didn't really get along. I did learn a lot though, and I think if I make more this size, I'll be able to do a better job (like pressing seams open instead of to the side). Check out #fbpStarGazing to see the tester blocks and their progress shots, they are gorgeous!!!
Here are some of them:
Kirsten (@materialgirlkirsten on IG) has made three 6 inch blocks so far! I LOVE these bright happy colors!!
Sarah (@123quilt on Instagram) also used the 6 inch pattern and went the extra mile! Check out this block!!! SWOON!!!! I need to make a few like this. I LOVE how it came together!
Anyway, if you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern in 4 different sizes: 6 inch, 12 inch, 18 inch, and 24 inch, in my Bigcartel shop or my Etsy shop!
UPDATE: Pattern is now also available in a bundle of ALL 4 SIZES! Priced as buy 3 sizes get 4th FREE!
And to celebrate this huge finish, I'd love to give away a copy! Simply leave a comment sharing
- what size you would want
- and what colors, fabric line(s), designer(s), you would use!
P.s. I am working on something awesome to continue my birthday celebration month, and I can't wait to share it with you!!! I'm hoping to have it finished early next week. So be sure to check back! :)


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Guest Appearances
The 2017 OSCAR Podcast
It's that time of the year again, and Oscar experts Adam B. Vary, Kate Aurthur, and Jarett "The Wiesel" Wieselman of BuzzFeed join Ronna & Beverly to talk all things Academy Awards! From Manchester by the Sea to Mahershala Ali, who will…Listen
The 2016 OSCAR Podcast
Oscar experts Adam B. Vary, Kate Aurthur, and Jarett "The Wiesel" Wieselman of BuzzFeed join Ronna & Beverly to talk all things Oscars! From Room to The Revenant, who will win for best picture? Which actors and actresses will take home the…Listen
OSCAR Predictions
It's the 100th episode of Ronna & Beverly!!! What better way to celebrate than to have Oscar experts Adam B. Vary & Kate Aurthur of BuzzFeed return for a special Oscar predictions show! From Boyhood to the Birdman to Whiplash, who will…Listen
The Oscar Special
Oscar season is upon us so Ronna and Beverly are coming to you from Hollywood for a special Oscar episode with experts Jace Lacob, Kate Aurthur, and Adam B. Vary of BuzzFeed! Who will win Best Actor in a Leading Role? Who…Listen


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26th Annual Salute to American Veterans Rally - Cripple Creek, CO
The oldest Veterans ride & rally in the West. Honoring America's brave heroes since 1987.
Including the POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony, Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, Wild West Gun Fighters, Veteran's Poker Run, Vendors, Veteran's Parade, and Aircraft Flyovers. Live music & fun all weekend long. For more information call Pro Promotions at 719.487.8005 or www.theveteransrally.org
Sunday, 19 August, 2018
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A great pop-jazz singer who's never really received the acclaim she deserves. That voice--cool, sultry and with a touch of gravel--was considered too slight by some. But she sure sounds full-bodied in this package of gems, mostly from the late '50s, including "How High the Moon," "Midnight Sun" and one of the best versions of "Bewitched" ever recorded.
Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (e x cellent).


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Antithrombotic/Anticoagulant Drugs: Technologies and Global Markets
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|抗血栓藥/抗凝血藥:各種技術和全球市場 Antithrombotic/Anticoagulant Drugs: Technologies and Global Markets
|出版日期: 2016年09月09日
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The global market for antithrombotic/anticoagulant drugs should reach $27.3 billion by 2021 from $18.9 billion in 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%, from 2016 to 2021.
This report is a comprehensive business tool designed to provide an in-depth look at antithrombotic/anticoagulant drugs for various cardiovascular applications. The geographic scope of the report is global, with a special emphasis on individual regions such as the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the rest of world. The report describes the industry, its relationship to the healthcare industry and its participants and future trends.
Categories discussed in the report include:
All categories are discussed in detail, describing each segment, identifying current products on the market, measuring market size, identifying market drivers, forecasting for 2016 to 2021 and assessing the competitors their market shares.
Anuj Pathak is a market research analyst and a management graduate in computer management. He has an MBA, BSc from Devi Ahilya University (Indore, India). Anuj has strong knowledge and expertise in the healthcare domain, and he has worked on a variety of projects in various domains, including healthcare and information and communication technology (ICT). He has conducted extensive research on the pharmaceutical market, the medical device market, the biotechnology market, the surgical instrument market and other niche markets. Anuj also has experience in leading and training research teams.


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Atlas Project ushers in new era
Democratic campaigns and their myriad of outside allies often struggle to act in tandem in campaign season. Now they have a new resource that appears likely to dramatically expand their capacity to work together — a legal, online way to get around daunting campaign finance rules against coordination.
The Atlas Project, a well-connected consulting firm, has launched a private website that compiles, in unusual detail, the sort of information campaigns and outside groups rely on – everything from lists of key players in a state to past election results and current television ads. Its most novel feature, though, may be a private, centralized hub to which independent groups can upload the mailings and canvassing data that they're barred from directly sharing with campaigns – but which campaigns can, the group says, legally view on the site.
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"We spend a lot of time tripping on each other, bumping into each other, and wasting resources," said Atlas president Steve Rosenthal, a veteran of Democratic independent efforts and of labor politics. "This is a legal and permissible way to share information, and it has the potential to revolutionize the way campaigns and outside groups do their work."
Atlas has served for years as a sort of library of past campaign data and has advised Democratic campaigns and committees on how best to navigate the landscape of outside groups. The group's executive director, Ashley Spillane, led its staff of 22 in moving the "one-stop shop" online, Rosenthal said, in the hopes of helping to solve the perpetual Democratic complaint that "the Republicans have more message discipline than we do."
The gap Atlas seeks to fill comes at the intersection of the peculiarities of Democratic politics and of campaign finance law. While Republican interest groups have found it useful to unite under large rubrics – much of the 2012 spending will come through two giant, rival networks, the Koch brothers' groups and Karl Rove's Crossroads organizations – Democrats rely on an amalgam of labor unions, women's groups, civil rights groups, and environmental groups, among others, to do everything from knocking on doors to sending mailings and television ads. The groups occasionally find themselves at cross-purposes, or out of line with the campaign's message, and keeping them on the same page has been a decade-long project for leading party figures.
Now, the groups will be able to see just which doors have been knocked, and which messages have been mailed and aired — and campaigns can see the same.


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Meet the volunteers
"Well, our Africa group has just returned and I've debriefed with the leaders, read through the student feedback, and the consistent sentiment is that their time at Edirisa was a massive highlight of their 3-month sojourn. I have to say that for a first time with an organization, this is extremely rare and wonderful. I'm thrilled to have Edirisa on our itinerary."
Carpe Diem – USA
"I volunteered with Edirisa because I wanted to 'give back' to those in the world less privileged than myself. After spending nine months in Uganda I realised that the assistance I provided was nothing compared to the lessons I learned and the joy I received from working with the locals. Volunteering with Edirisa changed my life and was the starting point I needed to pursue a career in economic development and social impact. It was the best decision I ever made and the most enjoyable experience of my life!"
Kim Sokolnicki – USA
"Volunteering out in Uganda has been the most rewarding and humbling experience of my life. It is such a gift to help and work with people who have so very little yet are so happy, smiley and lighthearted. It really helped to put things into perspective and see the way that we live in a different light."
Nicola Windridge – Edirisa UK Trustee
"I've just came from Uganda and there are some very positive things happened last months. Two school libraries are founded! Pupils in Bufuka primary and Ryabirengye primary started reading, visiting library, borrowing books. In both schools two of the teachers work as librarians and so far they are doing well. Edirisa are always looking for responsible volunteers to run extra activities in the library, like reading clubs, amateur theatre, puppet theatre, literacy classes for adults…Activities should be more oriented on creativity – not only art but creativity in thinking, writing and the ability to express yourself with your own words. Future volunteers, take up the challenge!"
Marta and Irma – Edirisa Society Slovenia
"I volunteered at one of the Primary school projects run by Edirisa, about an hour from Kabale. We helped teaching the children, and learning about life in rural Uganda, one of the poorest areas in Africa. After working in London for 10 years, being in Uganda was an amazing experience, seeing a completely different culture and way of life. Seeing all the help that Edirisa UK gives the small children at the Nursery and Primary schools in the area, made me want to get more involved myself when I returned to the UK. It was great news to hear about all the water projects that Edirisa UK has funded recently in Uganda, as seeing all the young children spend so many hours each day collecting water just doesn't seem right. With all the Nurseries, Special Needs schools and Medical Centre, Edirisa UK is making a massive impact on improving the lives of so many people in the villages around Kabale. I'm looking forward to returning to Uganda for the fourth time soon."
Chris Mee – Edirisa UK Trustee


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Hello! Here's my entry in the ROYGBIV category of the Blogger's Quilt Festival fall 2016 edition, hosted by Amy Ellis.
How wonderful when an idea you have in your head turns out even better than you imagined! For days I had toying with my ideas for a new pillow, but couldn't settle on one. Then at our guild meeting, a fellow member showed a herringbone baby quilt she made and a light went on. What a perfectly simple pattern to show off a rainbow of colour! And oh do I love how it turned out!
Here's a(n almost too) sunny shot to show off the quilting:
I first drafted a pattern that was five by five, but then thought why go for 10 by 10! That would make the finished HST 2", and I'd need 50 different fabrics. Let the stash rummaging commence! I pulled this glorious stack of prints, primarily Alison Glass and Tula Pink with a little Cotton + Steel, Carolyn Friedlander and a few other designers thrown in to round out the mix.
Then it was time to get to work making and trimming 100 HST. That task took quite a few podcasts to get done! Thankfully it's not a job I mind, and you end up with the most lovely trimmings. Piecing all the HST together went quite smoothly, helped by the simple pattern not even I could mess up.
I was thrilled when the top was together and I could stand back and admire it in all its rainbow goodness!
Thankfully I had another stroke of inspiration when I was mulling over the quilting. I couldn't decide on what thread colour to use, then it hit me to use them all! I have a small collection of Aurifil thread, but I was able to find 10 colours that went perfectly. I stuck with simple straight-line quilting, starting close together in the centre of each row and then adding a bit more spacing as I went out. I didn't want the quilting to distract from the bold pattern.
And here it is all quilted with the threads I used. It was down to the wire on the yellow!
I had no doubts about what fabric to put on the back when a very lovely woman I know from Instagram (@keizerquilts) sent me a metre of this Heather Ross unicorn print that I adore. That rich plummy background seemed perfect for the saturated colours of the front. And unicorns! I just had to be careful in the cutting to not end up with scary unicorn heads floating on the back. I did end up with a unicorn butt on the right, which oddly seems to happen every time I work with unicorn fabric.
I love this shot I took of the pillow on the front porch of an old stone farmhouse not too far from my home. I bike by it all the time and find it just so sad to see a home abandoned and empty. I always imagine all the moments both sweet and bittersweet a family shared inside its walls, now replaced by silence.
You can check out the festival here on Amy's Creative Side blog. Be sure to check out all the amazing entries in each category and vote for your favourites!
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Blogger's Quilt Festival entry
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So very pretty! I absolutely love the rainbow colors, you used such bright and vibrant fabrics. And yes, a rainbow demands unicorns for the back :)ReplyDelete
What a great pillow. I like your thread choice and how you quilted it. So cheerful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! The simple, colourful quilting really complements the gorgeous fabrics.ReplyDelete
This is fabulous! Love the shot of it on the old farmhouse, and I agree with your sentiments.ReplyDelete
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Completed Activities
In 2014, the State of California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), requiring that all medium and high priority groundwater basins form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) by June 2017 and develop a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) by 2022, in order to achieve sustainability by 2042. Should local authorities fail to meet these deadlines, the State Water Resource Control Board will step in and intervene in local groundwater management. Learn more about state intervention.
Three Sonoma County groundwater basins are currently designated medium-priority: the Sonoma Valley groundwater basin, the Santa Rosa Plain groundwater basin, and the Petaluma Valley groundwater basin.
SGMA Implementation Timeline
2015: An impartial facilitator conducts the Stakeholder Assessment Report, recommending the formation of three GSAs, one for each medium-priority basin. Public meetings held to develop recommendations for forming the GSAs.
2016: Public meetings held to inform people about SGMA, present GSA formation options and make recommendations.
2017: The Santa Rosa Plain GSA is formed as a joint powers authority, governed by a Board of Directors, advised by an Advisory Committee, and staffed by a team of agency and consulting experts.
2018: Initiation of the GSP, beginning with the basin conditions assessment. Rate and fee study in progress to develop financing strategy for the GSA. Public meetings held to discuss fee options.
For more detailed information on GSA activity, visit the Meeting Calendar to review recent meeting agendas and minutes, read about recent news, or read recent press releases.


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The three of us went up north to the Didz Family Cottage for the weekend. It was such a relaxing, restful and wonderful escape from the city. While it wasn't summertime weather (no swimming, water skiing or late nights by the fire pit... in fact, it SNOWED on our drive home last night), it was cozy and cuddly and so nice to be unplugged for a few days. I couldn't help but imagine all the fun childhood memories Ina will create there over the years with our family... jumping off the dock into the lake, running around in the grass, learning to water ski (Didz is an excellent teacher - he taught me during my first summer at the cottage), and snuggling up in the evenings after a fun day in the sunshine.
Here's a peek of our stay:
Also, while we were up north, the bug mastered her army crawl.... We. Are. In. Trouble.
Tomorrow, the babette and I are flying to Boston to see my parents and eat some lobster! I'll post updates throughout our stay so Didz could see what kind of trouble his girls are getting into:)
Have a wonderful week!


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Citizen Critics
Literary Public Spheres
How four rancorous censorship debates changed the way we talk about controversial books
The condition of our public discussions about literary and cultural works has much to say about the condition of our democracy and the author argues for more public discourse--in classrooms, newspapers, magazines, etc. to reclaim a public voice on national artistic matters. In this revealing study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy, Rosa A. Eberly explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored.
In Citizen Critics Eberly compares the outrage sparked by the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer with the relative quiescence that greeted the much more violent and sexually explicit content of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psychoand Andrea Dworkin's Mercy. Through a close reading of letters to the editor, reviews, media coverage, and court cases, Eberly shows how literary critics and legal experts defused censorship debates by shifting the focus from content to aesthetics and from social values to publicity. By asserting their authority to pass judgments--thus denying the authority of citizen critics--these professionals effectively removed the discussion from literary public spheres.
A passionate advocate for treating reading as a public and rhetorical enterprise rather than solely as a private one, Eberly suggests the potential impact a work of literature may have on the social polity if it is brought into public forums for debate rather than removed to the exclusive rooms of literary criticism. Eberly urges educators to use their classrooms as protopublic spaces in which students can learn to make the transition from private reader to public citizen.
"A well-written text that contribues much to public sphere studies. It offers needed case studies of actual citizen deliberation, which reveals how people may interact across multiple publics. Focusing on literary works, Citizen Critics connects cultural texts to political discourse, showing how cultural texts need not induce passivity in their audiences but instead may activate a political consciousness." -- Robert Asen, Augmentation and Advocacy
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Semiconductor Group Eyes Research Beyond Silicon
Chip makers have long pooled their money to get the best bang for their bucks on research, often funding work by university professors and graduate students. Priorities have now been set for the next five years, and silicon is no longer on the agenda.
Some $194 million has been allocated for research projects at six universities by the Semiconductor Research Corp., a multi-company consortium better known as SRC, in an arrangement that also involves contributions from the U.S. Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency, or DARPA.
Past five-year plans have focused largely on silicon-based semiconductors, the foundation of the industry since the 1960s. Most companies think there's a decade or so of progress left in shrinking transistors and bringing other improvements to the prevailing silicon technology known as CMOS, for complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
But the SRC is chartered with overseeing early work in fields with a distant payoff, while companies do their own work on technologies that may hit the market in a matter of years. So is the Pentagon's research agency, which considers technologies that might play a role in fields like future weapons and intelligence gathering.
Both have concluded that it's time to step up preparations for the day silicon runs out of gas. "What is different now is that DARPA and the industry agreed they need to look beyond CMOS," says Gilroy Vandentop, an Intel manager who was recently assigned to oversee the SRC effort known as STARnet.
While some of the six centers will work on new materials that could be used in place of silicon, others will try to answer questions about the right way to use those new-wave transistors and other semiconductor devices in systems. "As you come up with a new device, what's the right way to build an architecture?" Vandentop says.
Many alternatives to silicon have been discussed, including structures made from tiny carbon tubes or a film of pure carbon called graphene. Another idea attracting interest is "spintronics," a technology that exploits the spin of electrons for purposes such as storing data.
A University of Minnesota laboratory will lead research on that technology under the new STARnet program, with some work on spintronics also being conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles, Vandentop says.
Other universities that will receive funding under the program are the University of Michigan, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley.
About $40 million annually will be divided among the six centers, Vandentop says. Each one, besides conducting research on its own campus, will collaborate with other institutions that offer expertise in particular fields. With about 35 campuses expected to take part in total, the STARnet program expects to support 200 research professors and 400 graduate students.
Improving the knowledge and skills of the students is a key side benefit of the overall program, since many of them might become semiconductor company employees one day.
"The industry needs the new technology to come out, but we also need trained domestic engineers to hire to do this work," Vandentop says.


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A few days ago, I bought a few wedges of Orange pumpkins and thought of making my own Pumpkin Puree. It came in handy when I wanted to make these Pumpkin-Chocolate muffins.Don't you love the color? One evening when I was googling for recipes, this muffin recipe caught my eye that prompted me to make my own batch. I wanted to make a large batch but I have at home only 8 and 6- cup muffin pans. So had to adjust the base recipe's ingredient proportions to yield 14 muffins.
Before I go ahead and give the recipe, I thought I will share (one-a-day) funny ways to "Maintain a healthy level of Insanity" that my co-worker L sent over to me.It cracked me up --"At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and Point A Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down".
- 1-1/2 Cups Pumpkin Puree
- 1/2 Cup Store-bought or Home-made Apple Sauce
- 1-1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2-1/2 Cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1-1/2 Cups Granulated Sugar
- 1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1-1/4 tsp Pumpkin Pie spice
- 1-1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
- 8-Cup Muffin Pan
- 6-Cup Muffin Pan
- Peel the pumpkin and dice them up. Steam or pressure cook (with very less water). If pressure cooking, it will generate lots of water.Drain the water and cool the chunks.
- Puree in the blender until smooth. Freeze the unused portion.
- Make the Muffins:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.Add Salt and mix well.
- In a bowl add the sugar, apple sauce, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and mix well.
- Add the flour in batches.
- Alternate the flour and oil.Mix only till combined.
- Add the mini chocolate chips and stir with a silicone spatula.
- Grease the muffin wells with little bit of Olive Oil. Spoon the batter evenly into the wells of the muffin cup.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the tooth-pick inserted into the center comes clean.
- Have at it with a hot cup of Coffee or Tea.
For this week's "Black and White Wednesday"@Susan's "The Well-Seasoned Cook"- Reminiscing Summer


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I am SO glad the rain stayed away for this family session! I had been looking forward to our time together in the country surrounded by barns, fields and cows.
The cows didn't want to have their photos taken and hid in the woods, but we had to take advantage of the gorgeous weather to capture some sweet moments of these precious little ones – for children grow way too quickly and before we know it, there will be no more piggyback rides on mommy and daddy.


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Festive food and drink at work – What's planned?
So today is the last work day for us here before Christmas. I know that's not true for all of you but I can only write with the perspective of us office types!
To mark the occasion we are having food and drinks while we enjoy the annual custom of 'Secret Santa'.


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Fairfield County's Giving Day on March 10 exceeded all expectations. In just 24 hours, thousands of community members joined together to give nearly $1.25 million in support of 410 local nonprofits serving Fairfield County.
Initiated in 2014 by Fairfield County's Community Foundation, with lead sponsor Bank of America, Giving Day is a 24-hour period when everyone in Fairfield County is encouraged to "give where you live" by going to FCGives.org and donating to participating local nonprofit organizations.
As region's biggest philanthropic event, Giving Day empowered all of our community to make a difference. Community-wide events, nonprofit performances and a groundswell of support led to widespread buzz and excitement. This enthusiasm led to a 17% increase in giving from last year; and a 65% increase in giving from 2014. A total of $3,069, 284 has been raised from three years of Fairfield County's Giving Days!
Forty nonprofits won cash prizes throughout the day, totaling $116,000. Curtain Call, Wildlife in Crisis, Kids Helping Kids and LifeBridge Community Services were among the top winners.
"Fairfield County Giving Day provided an easy way for every member of the community to make an impact where they live," said Bill Tommins, Southern Connecticut Market president, Bank of America. "The tremendous support provided by residents of Fairfield County will enable our nonprofits to continue the great work they already do throughout the area."
"For the third year, Giving Day proved to be a momentous day in our region. More than 11,000 community members were empowered to not only give, but also learn about the important programs happening in their own towns and cities," states Juanita James, CEO and President, Fairfield County's Community Foundation. "Over 25% of donors were new and will hopefully continue to engage with these important nonprofits. We are just ecstatic at the outpouring of support. Thank you Fairfield County!"
Fairfield County's Community Foundation wants you to know that your gift — whatever the size — made a difference. Fairfield County's Giving Day lead sponsor Bank of America along with other champion sponsors such as Whole Foods Markets; Wiggin and Dana; Moffly Media; Deloitte; Neuberger Berman; Blum Shapiro; Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; TFI envision, Inc.; First County Bank; Cummings & Lockwood; Day Pitney; and media sponsors News 12 Connecticut; Star 99.9 and 95.9 FOX helped to make this day a huge success.


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Monday, April 11, 2016
BUSTDOWN TOWN- The Place Where Old Hoes Go To Die
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Honestly, Shawn, I strongly believe we've reached a point where the majority of our Black women have made Bustdown Town their home, regardless of their age or how they look. It is simply the absolute obsession for attention that takes them there.ReplyDelete
Any time a camera is on a Black woman, she feels the need to coon and tap dance. I cringe every time one of those 'viral' videos of a Black woman behaving like a fool on a news report (re: Sweet Brown) makes its rounds.
I know your books feature positive Black women characters, but maybe you could include a subplot about your lead protagonist schooling these mislead Black women. Perhaps telling them to stop wearing weaves, being so aggressive, and to keep some form of dignity.
A commentary about Black women is coming in Spellbound.ReplyDelete