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Wine Cap Cultivation
Wine Cap is a vigorous mushroom that grows naturally on outdoor beds of woody debris. It grows best on straw (not hay) or hardwood chips or sawdust, but can tolerate a mixture that includes some softwoods, but generally no more than 25% softwood. You can mix different woody materials -Wine Cap seems to do better if the beds have a variety of particle sizes, such as a mix of both sawdust and wood chips. Avoid branches or other very large pieces of wood as these take longer to colonize and can create too much air space in the bed.
Freshly cut wood is preferred, though Wine Cap can also grow well on more aged materials. Many folks are having success with the chip mixes coming from roadside crews pruning under power lines- and it's a free resource!
Wine Cap does best in partial shade but can tolerate some direct sun. Ideal locations would be at the edge of fields and woods, around the base of trees, in perennial gardens, or as part of the mulch in vegetable gardens, where annual veggies will provide some shade.
Once established Wine Cap beds require little maintenance. During dry periods, the bed can be watered but do not over-water, as excessive watering can suffocate the mycelium.
If inoculated in spring, Wine Cap can fruit in as little as two months and will produce in the same bed for several years. Fresh woody material can be added each year to maintain the health of the bed. Inoculated material from one bed can be used as spawn to inoculate new beds on your property.
- In a suitable location, remove any leaves, etc., down to either bare ground or plain grass. No need to dig a trench, but the bed should be in contact with the soil. One bag of sawdust spawn is enough to inoculate approximately 16 square feet.
- Spread mixed woody material over the soil, about 1'' deep.
- Break up the Wine Cap sawdust spawn and evenly sprinkle the spawn on top of the layer of woody debris.
- Add a second layer of woody debris about 2-3'' thick.
- Thoroughly water the bed.
Special Note: Wine Cap is available as sawdust spawn only. No plug spawn is available for Wine Cap.
Difficulty: Beginner
Wine Cap is a great mushroom for beginners. They colonize quickly and are reliable producers. Decent for commercial cultivation grown on straw or wood chips.


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The NYU Office of Faculty Resources is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). The DTA highlights NYU's commitment to teaching excellence and is given annually to outstanding members of the faculty. Recipients are awarded a medal and a grant of $5,000.
Students, faculty, and alumni are invited to submit nominations to their school's DTA Representative before NOVEMBER 11, 2011. To find your School Representative and for additional information about the award, visit the DTA website at http://www.nyu.edu/dta . For additional questions, contact the Office of Faculty Resources at 212-998-2987 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Distinguished Teacher Award Nominations
The NYU Office of Faculty Resources is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). The DTA highlights NYU's commitment to teaching excellence and is given annually to outstanding members of the faculty. Recipients are awarded a medal and a grant of $5,000.
Visions Global Empowerment: Benefit Event
Date: Tuesday, October 18th, 7-9 pm
Where: Misha Nicole, 303 Bowery Street.
What: Misha Nicole, a boutique that carries clothing from international designers will donate 10% of sales made at the event to Visions.
RSVP: www.razoo.com/story/
Suggested Donation: $20 (General) / $10 (Students). Includes wine & appetizers.
What is Visions Global Empowerment?
Visions Global Empowerment, or Visions for short, is a grass roots, educational development non-profit that supports & develops programs for youth affected by poverty and conflict in South Asia.
Visions runs annual camps that teach South Asian students about human rights, leadership, organizational skills, critical thinking & personal health & hygiene; and maintains an educational center that serves over 300 girls in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Visions also financially supports a number of educational initiatives implemented by various NGOs committed to providing improved & enhanced education to students in need in India & Sri Lanka
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Interdisciplinary Project Seeks Contributors
Prometheus Mediated: Exploring Audience Perception Through an Evolution of Forms
Funded by the Lucrece Project: Creative Experiments in Critical Practice www.thelucreceproject.
In his widely known 1964 book, Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man, media theorist Marshall McLuhan asserts "the medium is the message." He theorizes that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived. Using the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus as content, we will express the story through three different mediums: a short theater performance, a short film piece and a new media piece that incorporates a variety of digital forms and social media tools to enhance the audience's experience. Bringing together a dynamic group of scholars, artists and media makers interested in exploring form's effect, not just on content but on the audience experience of content, the project will rely on a collaborative interdisciplinary process to shed new light on an old question. We are particularly interested in examining how the evolution of the mediated audience experience from a massive social gathering to an individual, human-computer interaction changes the implications and understanding of content. The project will be realized in a site-specific installation that allows audience members to experience each of the three pieces as individual forms and as a continuous media event.
Prometheus Mediated is an ambitious project calling on academic scholarship as well as a wide range of creative skills. We are looking for participants at all levels – those who want to be involved in a specific area of interest and those who want to take on a major creative role in realizing the piece. We are specifically looking for the following collaborators, listed below. Anyone interested please e-mail Joyce Mishaan at firstname.lastname@example.com by Monday, October 3rd.
Media Theory Scholars – Anyone with a background and/or interest in Media Theory.
Dramatic Writers – We will be adapting the Prometheus myth into three working scripts. This will include workshops exploring the themes and context of the story as well as the ways in which we can carry those themes across our different media platforms. Anyone with a specific interest in adaptation, classical stories and/or writing for new media especially encouraged to join the project!
Creative Producers – Anyone interested in getting involved at the producer level. We will be producing a site-specific installation including live theater, film projection and interactive media. Producers will be heavily involved in the project from start to finish, with a more intensive schedule in the spring semester. We are especially looking for highly organized, tech-savvy individuals who can help stretch a budget creatively.
Installation Artists – Participating artists will be heavily involved in the creative realization of the project, specifically in the spring semester. We're looking for anyone with an interest in installation art or site-specific performance art.
Digital Media Producers – This is a major creative role in the project and as of yet very loosely defined. We will be creating a digital media piece as part of the installation and looking for anyone with a creative interest in new media art and the technical know-how to bring a project to life.
Tech Assistant – Looking for a tech savvy individual to help install and manage all echnical aspects of the project including audio, video and online media.
Director of Photography - Looking for a DP for a short film piece, approximately 2 – 3 day shoot during the Spring semester. We'd like the DP to be involved in the creative planning for the film, and would encourage participation during pre-production meetings in the Fall semester. Have a camera? Even better!
Sound Designer/Audio Mixer – Ideally looking for someone who can sound design for the installation piece and mix audio for the film shoot. 2 – 3 days of shooting in the spring semester plus pre-production meetings in the fall.
AD/Production Manager/Production Assistants – Anyone interested in being involved in the short film production. This can include crew support, script supervision and logistical support. 2 – 3 day commitment, on set. Happy to teach/train anyone looking to gain more set experience.
Performers – Looking for actors both for live performance and short film shoot. Roles TBD. Especially those interested in classical adaptations, site-specific performance art and new media projects.
Production Designer/Art Department – Looking for a production designer who is comfortable working across a variety of mediums, including live performance, film and digital media. We will be working with limited resources and are especially looking for someone who is adept at stretching a budget creatively. Participation will require some pre-production meetings in the fall semester and a heavier commitment during production in the spring. Also looking for art department support for those who would like to be involved with a lesser commitment.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Check Out Wasserman's Funded Internship Award
The Wasserman Center for Career Development is currently collecting applications for the Funded Internship Award for fall 2011. This $1,000 scholarship affords students the opportunity to participate in unpaid internships at non-profits, international organizations, arts institutions, and other industries that traditionally do not pay their interns. Applications are due by Monday, Oct. 3 at 12:00 noon. For more information, visit www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/funded_internship.php or contact email@example.com
Call for Papers: Stony Brook English Grad Conference
Location: Stony Brook University, Manhattan Campus
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Proposal Deadline: December 17, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Laura Kipnis
The Stony Brook Manhattan English Department Graduate Conference, the longest running interdisciplinary graduate student conference in the nation, welcomes papers and panels from all disciplines, including the arts, cultural studies, social and hard sciences, and the humanities. This year's conference will feature a faculty-sponsored Best Paper Award; for details and registration visitwww.stonybrook.edu/
Call for Papers:
The tools of a trade can enclose: a poem becomes its form, patients become their diagnoses, people their demographic, and students their grades. Complex ideas about history, foreignness, alienation, memory, subject and object are often distilled into a single image produced by our instruments of "knowledge." The production of an instrument is ekphrastic: it blends genres and frames one genre within another: A paintbrush, x-ray or spreadsheet; a rubric, or questionnaire; a literary form – stream of consciousness, or fourteen lines towards a sonnet. Memory, artifact. Pen and ink. How do the instruments of a vocation establish a politics of communication? What do these images reveal, or obscure? When do they make us think, and when do they put an end to thinking?
The English Department at Stony Brook University is proud to offer an interdisciplinary call for papers that asks graduate scholars to reflect on the instruments of their discipline, and to think about how ekphrasis (ek as "out," and phrasis as "speaking") speaks out about the intersection of image, instrument, and genre. What is "instrumentality" in literature, or art, or philosophy? How is it the same, or different, in the social or hard sciences? Does it imply a certain mentality, or construct a static "reader"?
Abstracts can be up to 250 words, and should be submitted by Friday, December 17, 2011. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance shortly after the December deadline. Students interested in competing for the Best Paper Prize sponsored by Stony Brook English faculty must submit a completed paper no later than January 16, 2012 for consideration. Award winners will be announced at the conference. Email submissions to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Paper and panel submission topics can address a broad range of interests. Diverse genre proposals are welcome, including music, art, science posters, social research, etc. Possible "instruments" are listed below:
Instruments of change: Migrations and Diasporas
Instruments of Memory: Cultural Memory, Testimonial Narratives, Memory and Written Record
Instruments of Place: Maps, regions, "Homelands" (real or imaginary)
Instrumentality, performance, and art (e.g. ekphrastic narratives)
Philosophy (e.g., debates over realism)
Rhetoric (e.g., the use of strategic reason in communication)
History (e.g., scientific instruments in the history of science)
Literature (e.g., literary devices, characters as instruments, Representations
of marginalized people as instruments, literary ekphrasis)
Art (e.g., the use of artistic tools or philosophical questions related to the use of art)
Image in popular media
Health science (i.e. the gaps between tools and the human subject).
Cultural texts
Linguistics and translation
Narrative: Myth, Borders, Storytelling
Visual/Performing Arts and Music; musical ekphrasis
Oral Traditions
Postmodernity and its narratives
Voice and reflexivity in oral and written texts
Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives
Conquest and Political Memory
Globalization and indigenous cultures
Notional Ekphrasis
Displacement Heritage
Technology, gaming, and social media; emerging technologies
Children's Stories- Language, Authority and Silence
Talk & Book Signing
The Coles Science Center and the NYU Libraries Information Futures Group present:
"THE INFORMATION: A History, A Theory, A Flood"
A talk and book signing by author James Gleick
DATE: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
LOCATION: Bobst Library, 3rd floor, Fales Reading Room, 70 Washington Sq S, New York, NY
James Gleick, author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, will discuss his bestselling new book, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood.
From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. His compelling characters include Charles Babbage, the idiosyncratic inventor of the first great mechanical computer; Ada Byron, the brilliant and doomed daughter of the poet, who became the first true programmer; pivotal figures like Samuel Morse and Alan Turing; and Claude Shannon, the creator of information theory itself. And bringing us up to date in a time when we often feel we are drowning in a deluge of information, Gleick tells us how we got here and where we're heading.
The Information will be available for sale on site by the NYU Bookstore, and the author will be signing copies.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
For Your Weekend Calendar - Sept. 30th
Postcolonial Seminar of the English Department will be presenting Professor Jini Watson talking about her forthcoming new book The New Asian City: Three-dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). In conversation with Ph.D. candidate in English Laurie Lambert, Professor Watson will not only introduce her new book but also share her experiences of turning the dissertation into a book.
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Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, came to Korea from June 4-5 to strengthen cooperation with Seoul by drawing the country's continuing contributions and raising its public awareness. The former Swiss diplomat -- secretary of state for foreign affairs -- met with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyun and Korean Red Cross President Park Kyung-seo, among others.
With regards to inter-Korean humanitarian cooperation, Maurer said the ICRC could lend help in public health, water provision and sanitation, as well as family reunions, identification of missing people and physical rehabilitation of the disabled.
|International Committee for the Red Cross President Peter Maurer (ICRC)
"The issue of separated families has been our main concern since the Korean War and we have, over the decades, always tried to carve out a neutral and impartial political space in which solutions for separated families and identifying missing people can be found," he told a group of journalists on June 4.
"We have always worked very strongly with both the national societies of North Korea and South Korea to resolve these issues. We consider the issue of missing people here a purely humanitarian one, and regret that it has been taken hostage by the lack of progress in the political and military relations."
The institution has operations in over 80 countries around the globe, including North Korea. Since 2002, the ICRC has offered physical rehabilitation and related orthopedic medical services in partnership with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Red Cross Society and relevant state departments. It operates in hospitals in Hamhung, Pyongsong, Sariwon and Kaesong with a base in Pyongyang.
The ICRC has also supported affairs related to the separated families between the two Koreas, offering technical expertise on handling data and logistical support.
"We have also worked on educating North Korean specialists to decontaminate regions that are exposed to weapons contamination. We have done capacity building projects with the North Korean Red Cross Society, and trained the North Korean Army on international humanitarian law," he said.
Around the world there are 65.6 million forcibly displaced people, 22.5 million refugees and 10 million stateless people, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees tallies. Nearly 20 people are forcibly displaced every minute as a result of conflict or persecution.
"The crises in the Middle East and Asia are at the top of our concerns today, particular in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Myanmar," Maurer said. "Our concerns are compounded by the convergence of poverty, conflict and violence."
In Africa, the ICRC is critically invested in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, Central African Republic and areas surrounding the Lake Chad Basin, he added.
During the visit to Korea, Maurer asked for continuing support from the Korean government, while expressing appreciation for the hitherto contributions and hoping the country will join the ICRC's Donor Support Group.
The Korean government and ICRC -- the world's oldest humanitarian organization established in 1863 in Geneva, and producing four Nobel Peace Prize winners -- signed a Headquarters Agreement in Geneva on Feb. 26 to give the institution legal recognition in Korea.
The ICRC's Seoul office, which opened in March 2015, has promoted dialogue involving Korean diplomats, politicians, scholars, researchers, police, military officers and soldiers for political, financial and manpower assistance. It also raises public awareness of its activities and conflicts worldwide, alongside educating professionals on humanitarian law.
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Also in town is my brother in law from the Philippines, who is a Catholic Priest. Dooj and the priest hit it off and Dooj posed the priest on Elvis, but insisted that the priest wear the do-rag. At right is the result: Bad-Ass Biker Priest.
The priest then took out his little red book of blessings, thumbed to the Harley section and blessed the bike, sprinkling holy water over it as he did so.


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Christina Ricci recently greeted fans outside the Jimmy Kimmel Live studios while carrying a sleek, black Marc Jacobs The 1984 Satchel. Christina is a huge friend/fan of Marc, and seems to carry his bags almost exclusively. For your information: "The 1984" is a tribute to the year Marc's collection originally debuted. You can pick up Christina's glazed leather bag for $1,495 at Neiman Marcus.
Christina is doing press for her upcoming Lifetime movie, "Lizzie Borden Took an Axe", a grisly tale of the 19th century woman who was tried and acquitted for the gruesome axe murders of her father and step-mother. Christina also recently put her modest (by Hollywood standards) Hollywood Hills abode on the market. If you'd like a peep inside, pics can be found here.
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Just as vintage Cabo catered to connoisseurs of sporting pursuits, the championship golf course at Querencia plays to connoisseurs of refined luxury as well. Its 18 holes span over 300 acres, carving their way through deep arroyos and resting atop cool, arid plateaus, at the top-ranked golf club in the peninsula. Certainly not a place for everyone. Querencia is a place to live a life (and play a game) of one's own, encircled by stands of ancient cacti and palm trees, and pleasantly absent of the trappings of crowded destinations.
Querencia, Tom Fazio´s first project in Mexico, is ranked the number one golf course in Mexico by Golfweek magazine. A true gem of Baja: a celebration of nature within in a private but relaxed club atmosphere. Fazio's Querencia offers spectacular views from every hole, a challenging yet playable golf experience that both daunts and delights its players. Harmonious transitions from hole-to-hole, subtle breaks, contoured fairways, uniquely shaped bunkers stations.
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Fazio graduated in 1962 from Lansdale Catholic High School and was inducted into its "Hall of Fame" in 2007. He began his career in golf course design with his family's firm in suburban Philadelphia, which he left in the 1960s; he established his own firm in Jupiter, Florida in 1972.
He is the nephew of the late George Fazio, who often credited Tom with jump-starting his own career in golf course architecture. Fazio has designed more than 120 courses and has more courses ranked among the top 100 in the U.S. than anyone else in the business.
Individual honors include Best Modern Day Golf Course Architect, which he received from Golf Digest Magazine three times. In 1995, Fazio became only the second course architect to receive the highest recognition awarded by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, The Old Tom Morris Award.
"Once I experienced this land, I knew it was an extraordinary setting for world-class golf. I've designed the golf course to maximize views of downtown San Jose, the Sea of Cortez, and provide a fair balance of risks and rewards."


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New IRS rules are expected to generate a wave of consolidation in the tax-preparation industry
By Richard Rubin
John Hewitt expects the fragmented tax-preparation industry he's worked in for four decades to undergo a wave of consolidation because of new government regulations. IRS rules that take effect this year require tax-return preparers to register with the government. Eventually the preparers must pass a competency exam and take continuing education courses.
While smaller businesses may have trouble complying, existing corporate training programs at the major chains already comply with the new rules or can be easily adapted. Hewitt estimates that within a decade the big three players will have 50 percent of the paid tax-preparation market, up from about 25 percent today, even as they compete with software programs such as Intuit's (INTU) TurboTax. "It gives us a competitive advantage, and it pushes out the moms and pops," says Hewitt, who started Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (JTX) of Parsippany, N.J., and is now CEO of Liberty Tax Service, a closely held company based in Virginia Beach, Va. H&R Block, based in Kansas City, Mo., dominates the market, with 20.1 million tax returns filed in 2010.
Kathy Pickering, executive director of the Tax Institute, H&R Block's tax policy arm, says the company's internal training already exceeds IRS requirements. First-year tax professionals get 84 hours of training, and everyone else gets 24 hours of education annually, she says. The IRS will require registered preparers to take 15 hours of continuing education per year.
The tax-prep chains and trade associations continue to lobby the IRS on details related to implementation and enforcement of the new rules. "What's going to be very difficult for the IRS is to identify those who are skirting the system," Pickering says. Both she and Hewitt say they want the IRS to extend the testing to people who prepare tax returns for free through the IRS or nonprofit groups.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants won relaxed testing rules for non-CPAs at accounting firms. Now it's trying to ensure that IRS descriptions of the program don't lead taxpayers to view "registered return preparers" and CPAs as equivalent. Edward S. Karl, the group's vice-president for taxation, is less certain than Hewitt about the industry's future under new rules. "If it chases away the fraudulent, that's great for everybody. To the extent that it chases away people who are reasonably competent, that may be more problematic."
The analyst's take: Total market share for the two largest tax-return preparers, H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt, eroded by about 9 percent during the past four years as do-it-yourself online tax software gained ground. (TurboTax, for example, grew by about 121 percent during the period.) IRS rules may slow the decline by forcing out mom-and-pop preparers.


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If providers lag in implementing IPv6, will enterprises be hurt?
If a service provider delays implementing IPv6, it may face serious challenges as enterprise customers need to make the transition. Expert Ciprian Popoviciu explains why providers must make the necessary preparations for IPv6 readiness.
Are service providers in the U.S. behind on implementing IPv6, and, if so, could that hurt their enterprise customers?
Some of the largest service providers in the U.S. -- like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast -- are executing well on their IPv6 enablement strategies. AT&T has several million broadband customers enabled for IPv6, while more than 45% of Verizon's mobile traffic is currently going over IPv6. These providers started the IPv6 enablement process several years back, and the preparation is now paying off.
Most smaller providers, however, are far behind in implementing IPv6, and they will have to catch up quickly. These providers typically did not commit to a good IPv6 strategy and choose to hedge using stop-gap solutions like carrier-grade NAT. The American Registry of Internet Numbers is expected to run out of IPv4 address space by the end of 2014 or early 2015, and more enterprise customers are starting to demand IPv6 service. The laggards will face steep learning curves, early equipment refreshes, aggressive process changes and significant challenges -- all of which translate into higher enablement costs.
Multiple studies have shown that enterprise customers expect their providers to help them through the IPv6 transition and provide the necessary services. The IPv6 enablement plans of enterprises are gated to a significant extent by their service providers and managed service providers. Today, there are enterprises waiting for their providers to upgrade gateway routers and provider edge routers to provide IPv6 connectivity at the same level of performance as IPv4. Enterprises are looking for professional services and support from their service providers to assist with an effective IPv6 transition. So at this time, IPv6 readiness is a differentiator for telecom providers.
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JACK WHITE's friend and collaborator Brendan Benson has revealed that the pair have recorded an album together that has been compared to NIRVANA's classic 'NEVERMIND'.
The duo also plan to take the as-yet-untitled album, which could be out as early as this year, on the road.
The pair, who live just a few streets away from each other in Detroit, teamed up last summer to make the record in Brendan Benson's home studio. Brendan Benson admits he's ecstatic with the results but wants to get on with promoting his new solo album, 'The Alternative To Love' first, while White is likely to be busy in the next few months putting the new Brendan Benson album together.
The follow-up to 2003's 'Elephant' is expected this year, though no release date has yet been set.
Speaking exclusively to NME.COM in Detroit, Brendan Benson said of the collaboration: "It's a fucking brilliant record. It's really, really good. A few people who have heard it are really raving about it. Maybe it's even better than I thought. A guy the other day said that he had heard Nirvana's 'Nevermind' four months before it came out and as he was listening to this record he said: 'this feels just like that'. And that's how it feels for me."
Benson added: "It's a cross between Deep Purple and Brendan Benson. That's a pretty good description. We've decided we need to kinda do this – it's kinda tricky. We don't want to put out something that's going to eclipse another record. We're thinking late this year or next year. I dunno how Jack figures Brendan Benson into that. But we want to tour it as well."
'The Alternative To Love', Brendan Benson's third album and the follow-up to 2002's acclaimed 'Lapalco', is released by V2 on March 14.
Brendan Benson is currently on a short UK tour, which reached London's 100 Club last night (February 23). The star played eight songs from the new album, including forthcoming single 'Spit It Out'.
The set was:
'Between Us'
'Good To Me'
'Spit It Out'
'Folk Singer'
'The Alternative To Love'
'The Pledge'
'Feel Like Myself'
'Get It Together'
'What I'm Looking For'
'Cold Hands (Warm Heart)'
'Tiny Spark'
'Biggest Fan'
'You're Quiet'
The star is return to the UK to play larger shows in April.
The tour will call at:
Norwich Waterfront (April 18)
Northampton Roadmender (19)
Bristol Fleece (20)
Manchester University (21)
Birmingham Carling Academy 2 (25)
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (26)
London Camden Electric Ballroom (27)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (28)
Leeds Cockpit (29)
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I looove miniatures! The best part is that they leave the shop when were done!
This build has us working on 3 separate environments. Some of the build portions in the shop, might not get covered very well, but I will show the finals in the studio.
4.5, 4x8 sheets of 1/4" styrene to be exact! These building are relatively low detail, as they can't overshadow the kids toy that their filming. They range in height from 8" to 48" tall. Our Techno cnc made short work of all the pieces. I cut all the 1/4" styrene with the single flute Amana cutter from Tools Today. I have been using this cutter for everything plastic, over the last year, and it's still kick n' ass!
I had the cnc cut the panels to size, then used our angle jig to router the mitre corners. Some tape as a mitre fold, flooded with methelyne, and BAM, a new building!
Man, we got a lot to do..........
But while I'm doing that, If you haven't voted for my short film Endlewood, PLEASE head on over to the My Road Reel website, and vote!!! I'm gearing up to shoot my 40 minute film, and winning this competition would change this next film for me! Just click on the title card below, and it'll whisk you on over there!
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This post has nothing to do with the photo - though I will probaby get a similar shot in about 2 weeks when I go down to see the Cherry Blossoms.
Anyway - yesterday I wrote a quick list of some small quilty goals.
1. tuck label into box - done!
2. Tape & label box - Done!
3. Mail box - goal for today, it is in the car already (Thanks again.)
(So yes, dear readers a top is almost on its way to be long armed.)
4. Check the cat pattern - did, but did not make the decision that this was supposed to generate
5. Cut fabrics on the chair -
6. Press the greens - (I pressed 1 out of I am not sure how many...)
7. cut the greens - (They did not get pressed, so they did not get cut.)
So I did some & then again not so much...
But I guess the list was helpfull...
Do you have these small lists? Do they help?
(In case any one wants to know, all of those are simple cuts - the greens will be a pieced back - the others will probably be a pieced back too, but some will be on the Corduroy quilt, no tricky cuts - squares & rectangles.)


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Rattled bulls cling to corporate earnings surge to save stocks
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THIS too shall pass.
At least that's the mantra shaken bulls are repeating after renewed selling in once high-flying technology shares and angst over a trade war sent the S&P 500 tumbling to the lowest level since early February.
They point to the cornerstone of the nine-year bull market as the reason for confidence: rising corporate earnings. In fact, amid the recent turmoil, analysts have grown more confident that economic strength will show up on the bottom line. They now anticipate first-quarter profit growth of 17 per cent, up from 13 per cent at the start of January.
"Yes, you have trade war issues, you have uncertainty around the tech sector, but if things stay where they are and the first-quarter earnings show solid growth, stocks will have a good reason to rise," Don Selkin, a 75-year-old chief strategist at Newbridge Securities Corp, said by phone. "It's ironic that the markets are going down ahead of the earnings season as the earnings growth estimates are going up." There were few signs of such optimism on Monday, as overnight weakness quickly turned into a rout.
Tweets from President Donald Trump attacking Amazon.com Inc sent big tech shares careening lower, while a report that Apple Inc might ditch Intel Corp rattled high-flying chipmakers. In the background was news that China issued retaliatory tariffs on US$3 billion of American goods, stoking trade anxiety.
While investors have pulled money from tech shares, analysts expect the sector to carry the earnings load, according to Bloomberg data, at least in the first quarter.
They forecast the largest group by weighting in the S&P 500 to increase profit by 25 per cent in the period, with chipmakers pushing profits higher by 31 per cent. Banks should pick up the baton as the year wears on, the analysts predict, lifting profit growth in the S&P 500 to 21 per cent in the third quarter.
If during the coming reporting season companies warn that those heady targets might not be met, that could spell immediate trouble for already wobbly US stocks.
"What may be a negative catalyst is an earnings season where companies give negative forward guidance because of Trump's tariffs or something else," said Ian Winer, co-head of equities at Wedbush Securities. "We might see a positive surprise which will give the reason for a further rally, but what if the earnings disappoint? We'll have a problem here."
With quite a few unknown factors ahead, investors in general remain optimistic, according to a survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets. About 45 per cent of investors polled by the firm in late March said they were bullish or very bullish on US stocks, even as about the same number of investors said they became less optimistic in the past three months.
"We didn't see evidence of capitulation, however, as only 20 per cent describe themselves as bearish or very bearish," Lori Calvasina, head of US equity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, said in a note on Monday. The survey is telling us "that bearishness doesn't run deep". BLOOMBERG


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Morgan, Stephanie (2010) Outsourcing and customer service: cultures and competencies. In: British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Occupational Society Annual Conference; 13-15 Jan 2010, Brighton, U.K..Full text available as:
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Outsourcing requires staff from two organisations to work together to achieve sometimes conflicting ends. Practitioner advice suggests a matching of organisational cultures; however, whilst there is some research on the impact of national culture in offshore outsourcing, little attention has been paid to the issue of organisational culture, nor the type of interventions that may be useful. This paper discusses research on differences in organisational culture between suppliers and clients in outsourcing, and potential best-practice in staff development to reduce problems.
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Torque Limiters are commonly used in vehicles to automatically disengage the clutch at a predetermined torque and provide consistent torque levels. They are cylindrical and appear to have rings which contain the internal assembly of gears and uncoupling device. Torque limiters are usually made from steel and are available in stainless steel for applications in which frequent washdowns are performed to maintain sanitary conditions.
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Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 by hpeirce in Mobile, Technology
My tablet, being the now-discontinued HP Touchpad, has had a port of Android for quite some time. What I didn't know was that you could actually run other (abait mostly older OS's within android). The following is a screenshot of me running mac OS 6 (system 6) in an emulator on my Touchpad. Unfortunately I was unable to get System 7 running, though apparently it was possible, which was a major improvement over 6 and would have brought a load of cool features to play with on my tablet.


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At Phillipsburg, the Broncs hung with the home Panthers throughout most of the game in the opening round of the Class 3A playoff matchup. The two teams were tied at 14 going into the half but Lakin proved no match at the end as its playoff run ended early with a 37-28 loss on the road.
Lakin drew first blood in the first quarter as Chandon Moreno scored two straight rushing touchdowns (three and 17 yards) to go up 14-0 with just over three minutes left in the first quarter.
However, Phillipsburg answered with an 82-yard Shawn Newlan touchdown from Tad Thompson with no time left in the first quarter to get on the board at 14-7.
Phillipsburg got the better Lakin in the second half however with two third-quarter scores.
The first came off a 23-yard run from Matt Schneider, then Seth Derr picked off a Lakin passs and returned it for a 44-yard touchdown.
Lakin answered early in the fourth quarter as Blake Geubelle ran for a 34-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 28-21. But the Panthers answered back with another Schneider touchdown run, this time from 30 yards out to go up by 34-21.
Lakin quickly answered back with another Geubelle rushing touchdown from one yard out to get within six, but Phillipsburg iced the game with four minutes left on a 45-yard field goal from Justin Judamen.
Lakin 14 0 0 14 -- 28
Phillipsburg 7 7 14 9 -- 37
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
L--Moreno 3 run (Pedro Chavez kick), 7:19.
L--Moreno 17 run (Chavez kick), 3:12.
P--Newlan 27 pass from Thompson (kick good), 0:00.
Second Quarter
P--Newlan 82 run (kick good), 3:18.
Third Quarter
P--Schneider 23 run (kick good), 2:35.
P--Derr 44 interception return (kick good), 1:36.
Fourth Quarter
L--Geubelle 34 run (Chavez kick), 11:55.
P--Schneider 30 run (kick failed), 9:25.
L--Geubelle 1 run (Chavez kick), 8:39.
P--Judamen 45 FG, 4:02.


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ONE of the biggest positives to come out of Everton FC over the past fortnight has been what I have seen from Nikica Jelavic.
The Croatian has had a slow start to his Goodison career, with injuries and illness restricting his appearances, but he is getting a run of games under his belt now, and it all looks very positive.
He was heavily involved in Tim Cahill's goal on Saturday, and his all round game looks very sharp.
And maybe his presence will help Tim's form.
It will certainly remove some of the aerial and goalscoring burden which Tim has long carried.
I was delighted for Tim getting the goal on Saturday. It was a really smart finish because he had to readjust really quickly from Jelavic's header, and he controlled his finish beautifully.
Tim comes alive in situations like that. I thought he was outstanding at both ends of the pitch on Saturday and that is a real boost.
As for Jelavic, I am really looking forward to seeing him as he gets more accustomed to the way we play.
Once he gets a full pre-season under his belt, then we will really have a player on our hands, I'm sure.
He will score goals for Everton, you mark my words.
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Youngstown State Head Football Coach Eric Wolford is among 21 finalists for the 2013 Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the top FCS Head Coach the Sports Network announced.
This year has featured many accomplishments so far and with a win on Saturday over South Dakota State, the Penguins most likely will reach the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2006.
YSU opened Missouri Valley Football Conference play with a 5-0 record for the first time in school history. Coupled with winning their final three league games last year, the streak of eight consecutive conference wins was a school record.
On the road in the top-rated conference in the FCS, the Guins were 3-1 with wins at Southern Illinois, South Dakota and Indiana State. The wins at SIU and USD featured dramatic fourth-quarter rallies by the Penguins. It is the first time since 1999 that the Guins used fourth-quarter rallies to win twice on the road in the same season.
The 8-1 overall start to the campaign was the best for the program since 2000. The eight overall wins are the most since 2006 and so are the eight Division-I victories.
The Penguins have tied a school record with three 50-plus point performances. The Guins scored 67 against Morehead State and 59 in wins over Illinois State and Duquesne. The only other YSU team to score more than 50-plus three times in a campaign was in 1994.
Voting will reflect only regular-season results and will be conducted by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries. The winner will be announced at The Sports Network FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation to be held Dec. 16 in Philadelphia.
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Good afternoon readers! Today's review is about a natural skincare. This is my second time to use an oil type moisturizer. The first one was jojoba oil. This was sent to me by Nature Essentials. I said that it takes me two weeks or more to fully make a review of something. I want to provide before and after photos as much as possible.
Please take note that I applied this on my nose area only. The other parts of my face is extremely oily and I'm still applying scar gel on my deep chickenpox scars.
What is Maracuja Oil?
"Maracuja oil is said to act as an emollient (a substance that increases the skin's hydration). Proponents claim that the oil is a rich source of many substances thought to enhance skin health, including essential fatty acids, minerals, and antioxidants (such as vitamin C)." -about.com
Before and after: The red spots were caused by chickenpox
– The bottom of the packaging is wide which avoids spills.
– Dropper makes it easier for me to control the amount of oil
– Can also be used as a highlighter
– Instantly gives rich moisture to my dry skin areas
– Didnt cause any breakouts
– It absorbs quickly if you just use the right amount
– Doesnt leave film / oily texture on the skin
– It soothes my irritated post-chickenpox skin
– Helped to lighten red spots
– It smelled weird during the first few days of application. But I got used to it. 🙂
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Shipping services to Japan are very affordable using tracked mail services such as our DHL eCommerce service. Designed to lower the cost of cross-border shipping it is similar to the EMS Japan services as the postal service complete the delivery to the recipient. When you book DHL eCommerce you need to print the shipping labels and the Customs Documents, then drop off at your local USPS Post Office. From here DHL will ship your package to Japan in 11-22 days, whilst you can track it as it is scanned in the sorting depots and when it is delivered.
We also offer DHL Express delivery to Japan for those more urgent or time-sensitive shipments. Collection and Drop Off options are available with FedEx using our International Pickup and Drop Off services.
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Shipping to Japan - USPS Rates
With so many USPS Post Offices, many customers like to use USPS delivery services for their international shipping. We offer Priority Mail and the slightly quicker express version for a discounted rate. We collect any Customs information during the booking process so all you need to do is print the labels, documents and attach them to your box.
Shopping on the internet in Japan
Japan is a thriving eCommerce market, so why not start reducing the cost of sending packages to Japan? There is a huge gaming market in Japan and some of the most popular items sent via our marketplace reflect this. Retailers often need to meet the demands of their Japanese consumers with packages containing audio and visual apparatus often sent, as well as gifts and personal effects sent to friends and family who reside in places such as Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka.
Whilst it may seem daunting to send a parcel to Japan, any customs documents that are required will be provided during the booking process. Just be clear in writing exactly what you are sending to Japan on the customs form so that it can be quickly checked, the more description you add on to the Customs Form the less likely there will be any problem.
Over 10% of Japanese imports came from the USA in 2015 so there is a large import market. Japan has the world's third-largest economy, so really packs a punch for its size and therefore the consumer market is a strong one. eCommerce thrives in Japan, off the back of the strong economy; online sales hit the £78 billion mark in 2016, and are expected to exceed £105 billion by 2021.
Amazon Japan
A popular route to the Japanese market is via well established online retailers such as Rakuten and Amazon. As a trusted marketplace it is well worth investing some time into selling on this platform especially if you can access affordable delivery services too.
Some major sporting events are on the way to Japan in the next few years as well, which may drive the volumes of parcels being sent to Japan up, with the world focusing on the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics.


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Meantime, the Syrian army and popular forces continued their military advances in other parts of Syria, including Dara'a and Homs, over past 24 hours.
Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in Syria's key provinces.
Deir Ezzur
The Syrian Army troops, backed up by the Russian fighter jets, pushed the ISIL terrorists back from part of al-Sina'ah district near the Eastern city of Deir Ezzur.
The Syrian army men and the Russian bombers at first fended off the ISIL assaults, and then in a rapid counter-attack, the pro-government fighters forced the terrorists to retreat from al-Sina'ah.
At least 10 members of the ISIL were killed and several more were wounded in the counter-attack.
The ISIL weapons and ammunition were also seized by the army men.
Hundreds of Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front terrorists attempted to launch attacks on Dara'a province from neighboring Sweida, but were pushed back by the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Fatemiyoun brigade.
Over 20 Al-Nusra Front terrorists were killed and 15 others were injured in tough battle with the NDF and Fatemiyoun brigade forces in Sweida border regions, including Khalif and al-Sheikh Hassan hilltops.
Meantime, the Syrian army's artillery units pounded the military positions of Al-Nusra Front terrorist group in Basri Square in Dara'a power plant region, destroying Al-Nusra Front terrorists' gathering center with all the militants inside.
In a relevant development earlier on Monday, the Syrian Army troops stormed the positions and a main command center of the al-Nusra Front in one of the Central neighborhoods of the city of Dara'a and inflicted major losses on the terrorists.
At least eleven members of al-Nusra Front were killed and several more were wounded in the Syrian soldiers' offensives on the terrorist group's centers in Dara'a al-Mahatta.
The army men also repelled Takfiri terrorists' attempts to prevail over the government forces' checkpoint in Dara'a al-Mahatta, which ended in the killing or wounding of several militants.
Also, the Syrian army repulsed terrorists' attack on Sheikh Hossein (Tal al-Sheikh Hossein) and Khalif hilltops in Dara'a province near the borders with Sweida.
The Al-Nusra Front terrorists were pushed back from the strategic regions in Dara'a province.
Meantime, a group of al-Nusra Front terrorists were killed as they were trying to attack strategic areas in Manshiyeh region in Dara'a al-Balad near the border with Jordan.
The Syrian army and the resistance forces continued their advances in the Eastern part of Homs province, and started fresh operations to seize back several important areas near the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur).
The army advanced towards Arak region in the Eastern countryside of Palmyra city and has managed to approach Arak and T3 gas fields.
The Syrian army has won back the strategic cities of Palmyra and Quaryatayn in the part month.
If the army purges terrorists from Arak gas field in the coming days, the next destination will be the strategic city of al-Sukhneh which would mean cutting off ISIL's main supply route between Deir Ezzur and Raqqa provinces.
In a relevant development earlier on Monday, the Syrian fighter jets carried out several combat flights over the ISIL concentration centers near Palmyra and Quaryatayn and targeted the terrorist group's military and supplying vehicles.
The Syrian warplanes bombed a number of the ISIL machinegun-equipped vehicles on a road in the Eastern part of Quaryatayn, which not only claimed the lives of several militants but destroyed the vehicles in large scale.
The Syrian Army's aircraft, in the meantime, targeted a supplying route of the ISIL between the Arak oilfield and Eastern part of Palmyra, which ended in the destruction of most of the column's vehicles.
An ISIL site in the Northern mountain of Palmyra came also under the heavy bombardments of the Syrian jets.
Another report said that the Syrian popular forces killed and injured several terrorists in a successful ambush in the Northern part of Homs province.
At least two terrorists were killed and several others were injured when the popular forces ambushed them in the Northern part of the village of Kafar Nan in Northern Homs.
Military sources announced that the Syrian Army has equipped its combat units with the Russian-Made BTR-82A armored personnel carriers to enable them to have more rapid and safer anti-terrorism missions in their large-scale operations in the Northern province of Aleppo.
"The Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carriers redeployed by the Syrian Army in the Aleppo province in preparation for an imminent large-scale operation there," the sources said.
"The smart Russian BTR-82A carriers were transported from the Lattakia to Aleppo in the first wave of advanced arms shipment to Aleppo," they further added.


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Lt Col Tahir Najeeb Raja (Retd)
Lt Col Tahir Najeeb Raja (Retd) enjoys a meritorious three decades experience searing supreme leadership qualities and prestigious academic legacy. An exemplary team leader reputed for radiating motivation and infusing conviction in his team creating benchmarks and footprints in every assignment. Being extremely passionate and highly optimistic about youth, he has sharply focused his academic knowledge and leadership skills to optimize national youth potentials to their best. A religiously motivated person who practices what he preaches becoming a role model for his team to emulate.
In educational arena he enjoys a Masters degree in Business Administration (HRM) and Islamic Studies besides a vast spectrum of professional courses and certifications in Human Resource Management, Supply Chain Management, Financial Management, Auditing and Organizational / Pedagogical Development. Besides acquisition of such educational acumen from reputed institutions like LUMS, NUST and NUML, he has been a well sought faculty member by institutions and students alike. An excellent communicator who enjoys transferring knowledge and hence carries a number of professional trainings and seminars to his credit.
He is a well known alumnus of Cadet College Kohat who has always remained in intimate contact with his mothering institution. He has always been an active member of Kohatian Association rendering valuable contributions. Being honored as General Secretary of the Association is a testimony to this effect. He has experienced cadet life through his entire adolescence and youth and has since remained intimately engaged with cadet life thereafter. He therefore takes his current assignment as a passionate emotional obligation and an opportunity to create benchmarks in youth development and cadet college management.


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The Night Before Red Band Trailer Is Your Early Christmas Present
This hilarious, raunchy movie looks like peak Seth Rogen.
I know you thought you couldn't watch another movie whose central premise is Seth Rogen being fucked up off his face, but you are wrong: A new red band trailer forThe Night Before is here, and it is hilarious.
Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie star as longtime friends who get together for a final night of holiday debauchery before Rogen's character becomes a father. His wife (Jillian Bell, killing it) gives him a box of drugs as a Christmas present, and "the proportions are all off." This trailer is on par with the hallucination scene in Knocked Up — let's hope the movie itself is better. It sure looks like it!
The Night Before opens on November 20. Hallelujah!


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Nikon COOLPIX P900 Digital Camera
This is 83x (2000mm equivalent) optical zoom—more than any Nikon COOLPIX yet. Advanced shooters will appreciate the outstanding image quality and DSLR styling—a sure grip, a swiveling Vari-angle display, a high-resolution ElectronicViewfinder that turns on automatically when lifted to your eye, even a PSAM mode control dial.
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The zoom power of the COOLPIX P900 is nothing short of spectacular.
This is 83x (2000mm equivalent) optical zoom more than any Nikon COOLPIX yet. Advanced shooters will appreciate the outstanding image quality and DSLR styling—a sure grip, a swiveling Vari-angle display, a high-resolution Electronic Viewfinder that turns on automatically when lifted to your eye, even a PSAM mode control dial.
Those who simply want great photos and Full HD videos without any fuss will appreciate the point-and-shoot ease and long battery life up to 360 shots per charge! And everyone will appreciate the built-in Wi-Fi® and Near Field Communication technology (NFC) connectivity which wirelessly connects the COOLPIX P900 to a compatible smartphone or tablet for instant photo sharing and remote camera control. Change the way you see, capture and share the world.
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Team Registration Status
Decide the criteria for a team becoming complete. You can choose to enforce that (a) team roster capacity requirements have been met and/or (b) team payments have been half or fully paid. The system will promote a team to "Complete" status only when the team has met the specified criteria. Otherwise, the team is labeled "Incomplete". If you still have "Incomplete" teams once registration is over, it is up to you to decide how to deal with them (i.e. move the players to separate teams).
Uses for Capacity Rules in Your Program
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As players register for a program, they are assigned a "status" of either Spot Pending or Spot Reserved. Typically, Spot Pending means the registrant has not yet paid in full. A registrant may also be listed as Spot Pending if the team is still incomplete, based on capacity requirements. Additionally, this status is manually editable by admins for players (not program staff) by clicking the edit pencil icon from the program players listing.
Registrant Status & Counting Pending and/or Reserved
You can decide which participants should be counted when the system is checking current levels against capacity rules. You choose to either count BOTH Pending & Reserved OR count ONLY Reserved registrants.


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Hunt Slonem's colorful serigraphs look to me like more saturated versions of Paul Gauguin paintings, and with similar rich colors and themes. Because of my interest in vintage and my current (and former) job, I'm always learning something new about the art and design of old, and I'm enamored by Slonem's work!
Though known for his Post-Modern bird and bunny paintings (inky outlines of the little critters repeated and hopping all over the canvas that you've probably seen), it is Slonem's vibrant serigraphs of furniture, textiles, and yes, birds of the early 80s that I truly love! I aspire to live in a home full of the colorful global pieces and globs of wacky 70s furniture depicted in his amazing art. These pieces are a bit pricey, but you can buy several of them through Houzz. So here they are for your viewing pleasure:
What I love about these paintings is the content: rooms layered with funky, floral patterned pillows and chairs in tropical upholstery, exotic birds and butterflies, objects from around the world. And of course, the forms and colors Slonem uses to represent them. His work is serious retro artwork porn.


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Bovie manufactures two groups of flexible lighting products. The first is available in three different sizes 5" (127.0mm), 10" (254.0mm), and 15" (381.0mm) (refers to the flexible shaft portion of the light). These lights are for use in procedures where additional light is needed. The second group of flexible lights is our lighted stylets, for difficult intubations.
Flexible Lights
NS10 – Surch-Lite™ 10″ non-sterile – 1/box
ST05 – Surch-Lite 5″ sterile – 10/box
ST10 – Surch-Lite 10″ sterile – 3/box
ST15 – Surch-Lite 15″ sterile – 3/box
Lighted Stylets
SLOT – Orotracheal stylet, sterile – 1/box
NLOT – Orotracheal stylet, non-sterile – 1/box


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Time to take a time capsule look at February. I think I'm noticing the winter months will be heaving on the watching/reading and less heavy in some of the other categories. I think the snow has something to do with it. Feel free to play along and create your own time capsule post!
1. What are you reading?
I'm in the middle of several books including In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick for the 2015 Book to Film Challenge, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for the Those Books Exploration, and Le Morte D'Arthur which will probably take me all year (or longer) to read. I'm also having a blast over at Good Reads with the new Harlequin group that was created, and readers and authors alike are sharing stories of enjoying romance.
2. What are you watching?
In terms of TV, I'm still feeling overwhelmed by how much there is to watch and yet I don't feel like I'm watching much at all. I am thrilled that both Bitten and Face Off have started new seasons, and am also quite enjoying Eye Candy. I'm also catching up on Season 2 of Beauty and the Beast, which I am really enjoying and even more so now that I know it has been renewed for a fourth season, before the third even airs. Films I've enjoyed recently including The Maze Runner and Kiss of the Damned (hear Marina & I discuss it over at Before the Dawn). I've also been exploring romantic thrillers as a genre, and I didn't even think of that *as* a genre until recently and now I realized I was previously just thinking of them as not-good horror films, rather than a genre all their own.
3. What are you listening to?
I have been loving Jessie J's album Sweet Talker, in particular the songs Masterpiece and Bang Bang.
4. What are you playing?
I haven't been playing as much these days, although I still continue to play Farm Heroes Saga (level 200-ish) and Just Dance. I gotta get back to Destiny!
5. What are you loving?
I'm a little stumped by this one today! Oh.. maybe nail polish. Been slightly obsessed with doing my nails recently.
6. What are you creating?
I feel like I'm in the middle of lots of things, and one that I'm on the home stretch for is a v-neck sweater. I have the front and back done, so it's just the sleeves to go and then assembly & a neckband (first time for that). I was going to start a new sweater, but then considering I'm in the middle of 2 I thought it might be better to finish one especially if I want to wear it before this winter is done!
7. What's are you thinking about?
So many things! I'm thinking about drawing. I'm thinking about habit formation, and a way to share the habits I've been working on so far this year. I've also been thinking about apartments because it is time to find one!
8. What are you looking forward to?
Spring! Or at least no snow. We had a long-delayed snowy part to winter this year, and I'm not loving it. I love the beauty of it and the calm of it, but not the hard-to-get-around part of it!
9. What's the theme of today, today (or this month, etc)?
The theme is today is facing things head on. With a cup of tea, of course.


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Spaghetti Squash Stir-Fry
Spaghetti squash has been around forever, but now, as we begin realize its nutritional value, it is being incorporated into many different dishes! This recipe is a spin on beef stir-fry…enjoy!
Same Squash – Different Country
Although the term "spaghetti" squash makes one think "Italian", this versatile squash can be used in any type of ethnic meal. For instance, if preparing for an Indian cuisine, use cardamon, turmeric, coconut milk, etc. Mediterranean, consider adding fresh tomatoes, eggplant, oregano, basil or sage.
Nutritional Values
Squash is naturally low-fat, gluten and cholesterol-free. One cup of squash provides ample doses of both Omega 3 and 6, as well as a mega dose of vitamins A and C. The content of vitamin A relative to daily values is over 450%! Vitamin A enhances antioxidant levels, as well as skin and vision support. Vitamin C comes in second with approximately 80% of daily value. Squash is also high in those minerals we take for granted such as folate, magnesium, potassium and phosphorous.
This recipe offers additional vitamin and minerals through the inclusion of red bell peppers, carrots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts and beef. Water chestnuts provide flavanoid antioxidants, as well as about 10% of the daily values of copper, manganese, riboflavin and vitamin B6. Bean sprouts are naturally high in fiber, low-fat, cholesterol and gluten-free, and provide an ample amount of vitamin C. Red bell peppers provide a large amount of vitamin C, and carrots provide cartenoids and beta-carotene. Beef provides Omega 6, protein, potassium and calcium.
Spaghetti Squash Stir Fry
- 1 spaghetti squash
- 1-11/2 lbs flank steak sliced
- 1 zucchini sliced into matchsticks
- 1 yellow squash thin slices
- 1 can water chesnuts drained
- 1 can bamboo shoots drained
- 2 carrots sliced or shaved
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- Tamari or Soy Sauce- to taste Tamari is Gluten-Fre
- 1/2 medium onion sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds (optional)
Meat Marinade Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground chili paste
- 1 teaspoon Chinese Five Blend
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon soy or tamari sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine not rice wine vinegar
Squash Preparation
- Blanch squash: Place entire squash in dutch oven and add water almost to cover squash. Bring to medium-high heat. Turn squash occasionally with tongs to ensure entire squash is submerged in hot water). Using tongs, remove squash when outer shell is tender (soft enough to slice with a sharp knife).
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Once squash is tender, remove from water with tongs, allow to cool
- After squash has cooled, cut lengthwise
- Remove seeds with a spoon
- In a baking dish, place both halves of squash cut-side down; add 1 inch water to pan. Place in oven for 35 - 40 minutes
- Once squash halves are done, take a fork and scrape out the "spaghetti" looking strings. Put them in a bowl; lightly salt and pepper
Meat Preparation
- Before blanching the squash, combine meat marinade ingredients and sliced meat in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In a big skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of sesame oil; add steak and marinade to oil and seer until browned; remove from skillet, slice into bite sized pieces and set aside covered with foil
Vegetable Preparation
- In the same skillet on medium-high heat, add onions, carrots, and squash; allow to cook until semi-tender; add cooked beef back into skillet, allow combination to cook a bit; taste for seasonings
- Cook the entire combination on a relatively high heat, but not for long. You want the vegetables to be somewhat crunchy.
- Final Presentation
- Plate spaghetti squash or use the shell as the serving vessel; top with meat and vegetables;
- Add Tamari or Soy sauce to taste; garnish with scallions, cilantro and sesame seeds
- Enhance the nutritional value of this dish by adding mushrooms; cook them with the onions
- Add snow peas, broccoli or baby corn