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Sometimes it can be very tricky trying to buy an excellent birthday gift for husbands. Even though we may know them so well, it can still be impossible trying to figure out what gift they would love to open on the morning of their birthday. Some people find gift guides from sites like giftlist.cx but it can still be challenging because every husband is unique. To make your choice a little simpler, I've compiled a list of some top presents for all the husbands out there. Hopefully, you will find a brilliant gift that will put a big, fat smile on your hubby's face!
Golf Clubs
Lots of men love playing golf. It might not seem like the most strenuous of sports, but it can actually keep your man very fit because he will have to walk across the large golf green. This is why a driver for senior golfer is such a great gift. So, it could be a good idea to encourage him to spend more time out there practicing his putting! I'm sure your hubby will love some new golf clubs, especially if you find the best Gap Wedges that could help him to improve his game. If he already has a large set, you could get him some other golfing accessories such as trolley bag for his clubs or some smart golf trousers.
Personalized Work Items
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A New Barbecue
If there is one area of the house where the man is king, it is outside by the barbecue! Men love doing barbecues, and if you regularly host garden parties, you will know that men always seem to gather around the grill and cook meat together. Well, why not treat your hubby to a new barbecue? Now is the best time to buy one before stores start raising the prices in anticipation of barbecue season. Don't forget to also get some neat accessories, such as tongs and cooling racks!
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The Feeding of the Five Thousand
The general teaching of the story of the feeding of the five thousand is that the Lord is the only one who can truly sustain and fulfil our life. He who is the source of life is the only one who can give life, and if our life is to be what the Lord desires it to be then it is to the Lord as the Word we must turn. It's a story about how our external minds need to undergo a reorganisation and be brought into a form able to receive the goodness that flows in from Lord. Continue reading
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Noble Group liquidity crunch is 'temporary', Fitch Ratings says
[SINGAPORE] A liquidity crunch at Noble Group Ltd may prove to be temporary, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd, which said that the Singapore-listed commodity trader will probably generate about US$900 million in the coming months including proceeds from a recent rights issue.
Liquidity will improve as Noble Group gets US$500 million from the rights issue and the rest from working-capital reductions, Fitch Ratings said in a statement on Monday. The crunch of the second quarter won't persist and Noble Group will have sufficient liquidity this quarter, it said.
The Hong Kong-based trader, which is backed by China's sovereign wealth fund, has seen a two-year collapse in its shares as raw materials tanked, its accounting practices came under scrutiny and ratings agencies including Fitch cut the company's debt to junk.
After posting a second-quarter loss and increase in net debt last week, Noble Group said its priority is seeking cash ahead of earnings. As part of that drive, it's selling a US unit, Noble Americas Energy Solutions, to raise further funds.
"The de-emphasis on business scale will remain until the sale of NAESbusiness is completed," Fitch said. "A significant reduction in Noble's business scale or Ebitda generation could put pressure on its ratings. We will evaluate how the sale affects the company and how proceeds will be utilised once the sale is completed."
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Ebitda typically refers to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
In the second quarter, Noble Group's so-called liquidity ratio totaled 0.5 times its inventory, down from 1.3 times at end of the first quarter, Fitch said. That's expected to return to a level above 1 in the current quarter after the rights offering as well as cuts to working capital, according to Fitch.
Noble Group stock fell to the lowest since 2003 this month before the rights shares began trading. It has slumped 52 per cent in 2016 even as commodity returns have rebounded from the lowest in a generation in January.
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Writer Uses Job Loss To Help Job Seekers
Father Of Four Laid Off Without Warning, Severence
Aaron Filipi and his wife Meg played a friendly game of Candyland with their 3-year-old daughter, Maeve.
"Blue!" the girl yelled as she pulled a blue colored card off the stack.
The couple laughed at the girl's enthusiasm for sharing, but she might have just be imitating what she's seen around her. Her father used a similar strategy of "tell one tell all" when he was laid off a high level sales job a few years ago.
After the initial shock of being laid off during a company buyout, the father of four children used his marketing background to get the word out.
"I reached out to everyone. I told everyone. That was my strategy, networking," said Aaron.
His wife, Meg made a similar effort with her circle of friends, immediately budgeting and making cutbacks on everything from orange juice to cable television.
"My role was to be supportive, calm and strong. If I was nervous about something, or how long it would last, I didn't go to him," said Meg.
As a way to understand his situation and organize his thoughts, Aaron, a former journalist, started journaling about the ordeal, the stress of being unemployed and his daily activities to find work. He wrote about his job search for an Omaha newspaper as a way to network and help others understand the turmoil of unemployment.
"They say writers are people who have to write. They don't want to write. I had to write. It was a bit of a therapeutic process," Aaron said.
Omaha therapist Ann Parmenter with Hope Springs Counseling said having that hobby or activity to help work through life's changes can be critical in keeping a person focused and positive.
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Filipi said he made appointments several times a week with people who said they were willing to help. Some contacts lead to more interviews and a few jobs were offered, though not lucrative enough to support his family. After nine weeks, one of those contacts offered him a marketing job with a scientific research firm, where he worked for more than a year.
"One of the benefits of networking so much is that I made a lot of contacts," said Aaron.
Those contacts proved to be fruitful when he started his own marketing firm in February, 2010.
Appropriately called My Reboundmedia, Aaron works fulltime writing copy and providing marketing services in the Omaha area. He also just published an e-book called "Job Loss: A Unique Guide to Finding Resolve and Getting a Life."
"It's been hard. I will not lie. That's one of the things with this book. I wanted to be completely honest. It's not easy," Aaron said.
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Formed in late 1997, Blue Train is Shane Johnson on guitars, Tony Carton on drums, "Detroit" Larry Davison on harmonica, and John Resch on vocals and electric bass. Shane Johnson's Blue Train first came on the local scene by winning the Quad Cities segment of the Iowa Blues Challenge, and just missing 1st place at the state level in Des Moines. The local win earned them their first appearance at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, where they released and all original eight-song cassette that sold out before they left the stage. The following year they released their first full length CD, which was voted best locally produced CD, and they were also voted best local blues band. Blue Train went on to win both the local and state blues competitions, earning a spot at the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Then just over a year old, the band chartered a bus to Memphis and took over 70 of their fans with them to the International competition, where they made it into the finals, and placed in the top 8 out of over 80 bands from around the world. On the heels of these successes, they were invited to play many regional shows and festivals, sharing the stage with such blues luminaries as Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, and Lonnie Brooks. Having sold over 2500 copies of their original CD, Blue Train released their second CD in 2000, and again, was voted best locally produced CD. After some personnel changes, Shane Johnson's Blue Train continued on into the mid-2000s before disbanding. After several years apart, the original lineup will reunite when Shane Johnson, now based in Austin, Texas, will return to the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest for a set you won't want to miss!


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Newcastle have been linked with lots of players this summer already and one of them we really like is 22 year-old Calum Chambers of Arsenal, who started his career at Southampton and last season he played on loan for Middlesbrough in the Premier League.
The 3 times capped England International only turned 22 in January, but he has already made 82 Premier League appearances and he looks a very good player in the making at right back or center-back – and in fact he can also play as a holding midfielder
If Rafa Benitez were to sign him for Newcastle then surely the Spanish manager can bring out the best in this talented youngster?
22 year-old Calum Chambers of Arsenal – good player
The Chronicle is reporting that Newcastle are unwilling to pay the £15M asking price for the player, but at some point we have to start paying out the (big) money so we can bring in the players we need.
Rafa Benitez, as we reported earlier today, has to bring in at least one new full back to challenge DeAndre Yedlin and Paul Dummett, with the likes of Jesus Gamez, Massadio Haidara and Achraf Lazaar having no future at the club.
And two of our other full-backs, Vurnon Anita and Kevin Mbabu, have already left the club.
The fact that Rafa wants to bring in up to two new center-backs this summer is also a reason why Calum could be a very useful player to have in Newcastle's back-line for next season, with Grant Hanley also expected to leave for a Championship club this summer.
It seems like it's a waiting game at the moment before Newcastle make the plunge into the transfer market, but that will likely have to come sooner rather than later, with pre-season training due to start two weeks tomorrow.
Calum was brought though the famous Southampton Youth Academy and he has so far played 59 times with 3 goals for Arsenal, before he was sent out on loan to Middlesbrough last season.
He played only 25 times for the Saints before he was snapped up by Arsenal in the summer of 2014 for a fee reported to be close to £16M with performance-related add-ons.
The youngster made his full debut for Southampton back in August 2012 in a 4–1 win over Stevenage in the second round of the League Cup when he was just 17 and he made his full England debut against Norway in September.
Maybe Newcastle could even arrange a season long loan deal for Calum for next season with an option to buy next summer?
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Oh absolutely. Five games is nowt and I know there is a percieved view of an 'easy' opening run for us. So I can see us being up there somewhere. Like you say though, it depends on how we gel and how efficient our preseason is.
How do you feel about the level of opposition that has been announced thus far? Also do you think the level of opportunities matters in preseason? For instance, would you rather play an elite european team or someone in the ilk of Hearts?
Sorry about delay in replying, out all day yesterday and in garden soaking up the vitamin D today.
Yes I'm a Dunstonian born and bred. Although I left at sixteen and returned for a short stays of a few years a couple of time.
The Tudor Tower, we always called it The Rocket, so I wouldn't have associated it with your blog name, do you still live in Dunston, can't remember if you mentioned you did.
Tbh I reckon we have quite a good fixture list overall for the season but it depends how the season rolls on obviously
Preseason wise am not entirely bothered I never really watch the games tbh been to the St James one a few times and its always a bit limp as ud expect, opposition wise I dont really mind quite happy we seem to be staying close to home and not on some daft tour to make money (atleast for this year) ideally itd be a mixture of smaller teams and tough teams but its just fitness really so as long as people stay injury free itll be a success, what about u mate? Whats ur opinion on it?
I don't know the count, but it feels like we have been linked with well over 100 players so far, with god know how many imminent signings. And all we have to show is Astu, a player we had on loan with the option to buy period. So technically we actually have not signed anyone this transfer window. Just one, for the love of god just one, can we see one player signed this upcoming week. Lets get a ball rolling with one signing!!!
Pretty similar standing to yourself. Not really too bothered as long as it is not a team who kick our players to bits or are a long haul flight away. That USA tour a few preseasons back was an absolute atrocity. Flying back and forth over timezones isn't exactly good for fitness and can leave our players fatigued. On top of that did it really raise our profile over there? We didn't even play any MLS teams.
I like the idea of a training camp in a similar climate to where we ply our trade. For instance, ireland last year was good in my opinion. I think a mini tour of some Scandi teams could be alright but getting into southern European and continental climates could be classed as energy sapping, I know when am in those countries I just want to hide in the shade.
In summary, I think preseason should all be about fitness until we have a first team squad size and team profile to cope with the brand expansion attempts.
Oh aye that American trip was a disaster, was that the one Cabaye and Barton had to spend with the kids because the club didnt check if they were able to travel in America? Haha
Aye though atm the long haul stuff shouldnt be on the table for us, natural growth then have the Chinese trips etc in a year or so to fill the coffers
Aye that's the one. JB couldn't get iin cos he was a wee scally so ended up in the Netherlands with Beardsley and co. Don't recall about Cabaye thar.
I do like the idea of a strong far eastern fanbase. The fans overthere seem to have a fantastic enthusiasm for the game. I shared a cushette with some Korean students in Germany back in 08 and for twelve hours we communicated in footballers' names such as Mark Viduka and Michael Owen.
Aye mate technical problem apparently haha utter shambles that was
And yeah am all for widening the fanbase is love us to be global. Makes the world smaller doesn't it and us more attractive…id love us to be big in America tbh they are starting to produce some players
Reading that it seems Marveux missed an opportunity to cement a starting berth. Though was he a winger or a CM? I thought he was a winger at forst but I remember him claiming he wanted to be a number 10. Terrible signing in retrospect.
Anyway, another question regarding our immediate future. How likely do you think it is that we will see a deviation from the preferred formation of last season? I have seen a bit speculation on here about a three at the back malark. I may be being cynical but I get the feeling that rafa is staunchly a 4321 kinda guy. What do you think?
Personally in my honest and humble opinion I believe it premature to be writing off our transfer window. Granted it can seem to move a little slow but I am reserving judgement. What do you believe to be the hold up (if indeed there is one), do you think the investment rumours could be affecting it?
Formation wise, do you believe the 4321 system works or would you be more inclined to believe a shift in formation and tactics on a per opposition basis work more efficiently?
Our transfer window will kick off soon, have patients., I'm sure Rafa will have plenty of work going on behind the scenes and new arrivals will come in. Our first season back in the premier league is all about survival, we're a like any newly promoted club, in need of a massive revamp and I'm sure Rafa will know it.


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FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots are down to 51 players on the active roster.
The Patriots released wide receiver Austin Collie on Friday. This is the second time the fifth-year pro has been cut by New England this season.
Collie has suited up in seven games this season for the Patriots. He has six catches for 63 yards.
Collie was cut earlier in the year after suffering a knee injury in Week 9 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He got re-signed prior to Week 14 when rookie wide receivers Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins got injured in consecutive weeks.
Dobson returned last week after missing three weeks with a foot injury. Thompkins has missed three weeks with a hip ailment. He appears close to coming back. Collie's release could be a good sign for his status on Sunday.
The Patriots released cornerback Marquice Cole on Thursday. They now have two open roster spots.
The team signed rookie running back Sam McGuffie to the practice squad on Friday after releasing rookie running back Cierre Wood. Multiple members of the practice squad have spent time on the active roster this season. Cornerback Justin Green, safety Kanorris Davis, defensive tackle Marcus Forston and linebacker Ja'Gared Davis have all been active for New England this year.
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A new manager could still come in and have us finishing top 7.We are probably out of Europe but at least a new manager still has a chance to salvage the league and FA cup. League cup will be tough as will Europe but we have a good team with money to spend and a lot of managers would be interested.
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text: Today's Daily Briefing View the Archives Print Today's Stories Why health care keeps adding jobs—and what it would take to stop Charting sector's growth, even through a recession 8:43 PM - March 7, 2012 Email Save LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Dan Diamond, Managing Editor July 2003. That was the last month when the health care sector lost jobs—a mere 9,000 of them—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since that one-month blip, the health sector has added nearly 2.5 million jobs. The rest of the economy? A net gain of just 151,000, after the Great Recession wiped out nearly 9 million jobs outside of health care. Health care as engine of the economy It's no secret that health care is a growth industry. "It's a pretty inelastic good," Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities told the Briefing. Even amid a downturn, "you can't really put off [health care] the way you can put off an addition to your house." Still, few realize the extent that the sector has bulwarked the economy—well before the Affordable Care Act was passed. Chas Roades, the Advisory Board's Chief Research Officer, notes that strong hospital employment growth has lagged even stronger outpatient job growth. "We're in the midst of an ongoing shift of care into outpatient settings," Roades stressed, "and most of the growth in health care activity this past few years has been in the ambulatory environment." BLS data back this up. Since January 2009, the ambulatory care sector has grown by 9.3%, adding nearly 530,000 jobs, compared to a 2.6% growth rate and 120,000 new jobs in the hospital sector. "As the population ages, we'd expect to see growth in the hospital sector pick up as well," Roades said. "That said, accountable care strategies that look to emphasize caring for chronic disease patients in clinic settings will fuel continued rising demand on the ambulatory side," he added. What to expect this week Friday's jobs report will likely mark the 103rd consecutive month of job growth for the health sector. And the overall BLS report is expected to be strong again, if not stratospheric. Economists' consensus estimate is that the U.S. added 210,000 new jobs in February, down from about 243,000 new jobs in January. Update: Health care sees historic growth in new report "I expect we're going to see a very strong jobs report on Friday," the Manhattan Institute's Josh Barro told the Briefing. And based on several indicators, such as new car sales figures hitting their best mark in four years, "the recovery [may] really be starting in earnest," he added. A stronger economy may actually bolster health care less than other sectors, however. Health jobs were largely insulated through the recession; the industry may have less room to grow amid a recovery. Health care "is very clearly much less cyclically responsive on the downside [but also] on the upside," Bernstein concurred. The HR Investment Center's national meeting series identifies best practices for bending the labor cost curve and increasing staff productivity. Government reforms may have little impact So what, if anything, could slow down health jobs growth? A government deficit-reduction plan might be a start. Ongoing efforts to bend the health cost curve could trickle down too. For decades, "we've seen faster inflation in the health care sector than in the economy as a whole," according to the Manhattan Institute's Barro. "If you can stop [or slow] that trend"—possibly through a plan to institute new Medicare cost controls—"you'd expect less job growth in health care than you might otherwise have, and more job growth elsewhere," he said. However, the sector's underlying demographic and disease drivers will continue to drive hiring. And the Advisory Board's Roades notes that if government funding is cut too dramatically, "providers would not be able to afford hiring to keep pace with demand, which would result in queuing in the system," from increased wait times to ever-worsening appointment delays. "That's probably politically untenable for the government to live with," he concluded. Topics Workforce, Labor Expense, Staffing Daily Briefing Forecasting 2020: BLS IDs health care as fastest-growing job sector Next in the Daily Briefing Is clinical documentation costing your bottom line? Read now You May Also Like General Content Holding the Line on Labor Costs


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Cecile Bortoletti has portrayed an ethnic-inspired spread of vivid textiles and couture head wraps in L'Officiel Paris for the December 2010 issue. Svetlana Mukhina models the look with impeccable elegance and exoticism, making the bold look seem effortless.
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Implications - Art is influence by the variety of cultures and cultural practices that exist across the globe. Though many consumers are unable to travel to dream destinations around the world, art is one of many ways people can experience or feel another culture. In this increasingly connected world, exposure to these other cultures is simple and convenient, and this increased exposure has heightened consumer interest in styles and practices that vary from their own cultural norms.
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After all that negativity, you'd be mistaken for thinking that there was nothing good to come out of 2016. Of course, there were thankfully more good films than there were bad ones, at least in terms of choice, which makes this for a particularly fascinating look back on what actually set our imaginations on fire, and reminded us all of the sheer power that the movies can give us.
And I'm counting down the very Best of 2016, the ones that personally inspired me to go on despite the negativity that this year has given all of us, and which were just fun and entertaining movies in their own right.
Before that, though, a brief list of honourable mentions that didn't quite make the final list:
- Doctor Strange
- The Neon Demon
- The Witch
- The Conjuring 2
- Pete's Dragon
- American Honey
- Captain Fantastic
- Finding Dory
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
- Kung Fu Panda 3
- Star Trek Beyond
- Moana
- Green Room
- 10 Cloverfield Lane
- Florence Foster Jenkins
And the actual Best of 2016 list kicks off with…
How strange a year it must have been for a film about an animated talking sausage and his edible pals to end up on the Best of the Year list, but Sausage Party – a heavily adult CG cartoon from the minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg – astonished everyone by being some of the most fun they had in a cinema all year, not to mention one of the most thoughtful.
Talking food products dropping the f-word and working in many sexual innuendoes may sound like an idea that'd be dead in the water, but its strong social commentary on the weight of religion and how people blindly follow where their faith leads them gives it a far sharper satirical bite that not many other mainstream films would try to harness, and it smartly refuses to deliver a strawman argument that belittles any practising religion by essentially carrying the message that what you believe in is fine, as long as it's not hurting anyone and you're not a dick about it.
On top of everything, though, it's an extremely funny movie with almost every joke from the smartest observation to even the silliest food pun working wonders in getting a good laugh. Nowhere else this year would we find ourselves laughing hysterically at a Sauerkraut Hitler wanting to exterminate the "juice", a piece of chewing gum that acts and speaks like Stephen Hawking, and – best of all – a climactic orgy sequence that gives new meaning to the phrase "food porn".
Those are just some of the delicious helpings that Sausage Party ended up giving audiences, and transformed it from a mildly amusing idea into one of the funniest, smartest and most enjoyable comedies of the year. You might not want to eat any snacks while watching, though, just in case…
Shane Black returned to what he knows best with this sly, witty and consistently entertaining buddy crime caper that managed to bring out the best in both his two leading actors, and also himself.
Black's trademark smart-aleck dialogue and tone is all over this flick, which is great because as usual it's sharp and extremely engaging as well as effortlessly likable, only this time with a purely 70s feel to it thanks to a soundtrack of old favourites by Earth Wind and Fire and The Temptations, and a delightful throwback quality to it. Though it might not be as self-aware as some of Black's previous scripts or directorial films, it still feels like a movie that could exist within the world of Lethal Weapon or even Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as a pulpy thriller those characters would put on after a hard day's work. Even then, it works great as a standalone with some great comedy, and intriguing and unpredictable plot, and some great performances.
That leads right into the dynamic duo of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, who are great both together and individually, though it is Gosling who gets the film's biggest laughs through his sheer commitment to a highly physical performance. Both he and Crowe share solid chemistry, and when they're working off of each other it brings about some great lines and character moments. Impressive, too, is young Angourie Rice as Gosling's smart and frightfully mature daughter, who more than holds her own against her two vastly more experienced co-stars.
A ton of fun with some great action, great comedy, great characters and great suspense, The Nice Guys is just a great time waiting to be had…
Though it may be one of the more recent films on this list, The Edge of Seventeen still deserves a reasonably high spot on this list for not just being a genuinely great movie, but also perhaps the best teen film in years.
Anchored by an astonishing lead performance by Hailee Steinfeld, along with strong support from a scene-stealing Woody Harrelson, the film tackles issues like depression, anxiety and insecurity better than a lot of other modern teen flicks have done, all moulding together to create a lead character that is undeniably precocious and sometimes narcissistic, but is still extraordinarily believable in an era where the iPhone reigns supreme. You may not be rooting for her during the entire movie, but you are still totally sympathetic to her plight, and as her descent into deeper self-loathing reaches unfathomable depths you are eager for her to find a way back to normality, resulting in a powerful crescendo that is as heart-breaking as it is poignant.
It will also be tough for Steinfeld, who since her Oscar-nominated debut in True Grit hasn't exactly been up to a whole lot aside from supporting roles here and there, to find a role that is as perfectly suited for her as it is here, and it really is her who steers the film into further greatness. She gives a performance that many will be comparing to Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, but that tends to undermine what a strong and emotional piece of acting she is delivering here, and she makes this often unlikeable person genuinely interesting enough to allow you to become invested in her personal odyssey of awkwardness.
You'll be hard-pressed to find a teen film in recent years that not only perfectly encapsulates what it's like to be a teenager in this day and age, but also one that hits so many emotional and captivating levels for anyone to watch, even those whose teen years are far behind…
After a string of flops, including not one but two ill-fated superhero films like Green Lantern and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds finally scored a mega-hit with his long-awaited donning of the red-and-black suited Merc with a Mouth, and luckily it was also one of the year's most enjoyable films.
A foul-mouthed, ultra-violent and trippingly-meta alternative to the many Marvel movies out there (though this one operates in the 20th Century Fox-owned X-Men universe instead of Disney's MCU), Deadpool finally gave the popular comic character the big-screen outing he deserved, after the disastrous and controversial version that he was morphed into in that Wolverine movie. Reynolds has just as much fun on-screen as the audience is having, gleefully delivering every last f-bomb and fourth-wall-breaking joke like an overgrown kid in a comic book store, and inhabiting the character almost perfectly that it met audience expectations and caused many to wonder if Reynolds really was the immortal mutant.
Aside from being an extremely funny satire on superhero movies, it's also an effective love story with Reynolds and co-star Morena Baccarin having killer chemistry and some of the most extreme sex scenes this year outside of Sausage Party. Their on-screen togetherness helped carry the movie forward in ways not many were even expecting, and amidst all the cursing and violence it was their relationship that made us care about what ends up happening to them in the end.
Tons of fun with great comedy and awesome action, Deadpool proved that even superheroes have a potty mouth every now and then, and all the better for it…
Laika Animation is quickly gaining traction as an animation studio that even Pixar should be looking out for, a fact proven by their exceptionally beautiful and stunningly original latest outing, which might even be their best to date.
Kubo and the Two Strings, the first film directed by Laika's lead animator Travis Knight, entrances the audience right from the word go with its breath-taking and stellar stop-motion animation, which is some of the best of its kind that has surely been witnessed in years. There are parts of it that look and feel so seamless that you'd swear they cheated and used CGI for certain shots, but even if they did the majority of it was crafted exclusively by hand, frame by frame, and it is a visual wet dream for any aspiring stop-motion animator out there.
It's also a seriously heartfelt movie, with lovable characters and a story that delivers all the right emotions at the right time, all while never pandering to younger audiences with cheap pop culture references or bodily function gags, instead treating them as smart mini-adults as it goes from one dark place after another. It's a family film that will excite you, leave you on the edge of your seat, break your heart, and restore your faith in humanity all in one fell swoop.
If anything, it reaffirms Laika's position as one of today's brightest and most passionate animation studios, leaving Pixar surely trembling in their current throne…


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Fourth of July Fun
On the Fourth of July, we spent the day at our neighbor's family's camp on Lake St. George. First off, Mr Chiots was in the boat parade. Our neighbor used his vintage boat to tow Mr Chiots in his sailboat (no sails, sporting flags instead). It's a fun little community event that is getting better and better every year!
After the parade we enjoyed the BBQ chicken from the local volunteer fire dept (of which Mr Chiots is a member) and then we sat by the lake, relaxed, went for boat ride, and Mr Chiots sailed, and sailed, and sailed.
It was a fun and relaxing day spent in the company of family and friends, just as it should be. Being on a lake on the Fourth of July is just as American as apple pie.
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Every 4th of July my aunt hosts a lobster bake on Pemaquid Lake, at the camp where I spent my summers. I don't like lobster (I know – how can a native Mainer not like lobster?), but there are always lots of great side dishes, and corn on the cob. If I had nothing other than corn on the cob, I'd be in heaven! And then strawberry shortcake for dessert… It's also a great chance to catch up with my many aunts and uncles, and some of my cousins. A great day!
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Susy, sounds like you had a full day of activities. It appeared be a really nice weather day as well. It was great here in Nebraska as well. The temperature was lower 80s which is a relief from the blistering upper 9os we have been getting. I watched a local parade that takes about 2 hours. It's one that brings people from many miles around to line the parade route hours ahead of time. I happen to know a friend that lives right on the parade route which is an advantage. After the parade the grill is fired up and the traditional burgers, potato salad, chips and dip, and soda pop are consumed by all. A bit later the city fireworks are enjoyed. Then it's blow up the remaining fireworks and fall into bed at half past midnight. Yeah, busy day here as well.
Do you ever go sailing with Brian? Have a great post 4th day.
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In the last Newsflash, we reported that there were severe shortages of chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of Burkitt lymphoma at St Mary's Hospital Lacor in northern Uganda. Since our last report, we have been informed that the situation has started to improve: drugs are beginning to arrive in Lacor and children are again receiving therapy. This is thanks to the extraordinary dedication and tireless efforts of the staff at St Mary's towards obtaining drug supplies. A more permanent solution for drug purchasing and delivery is being sought for non-governmental hospitals such as St Mary's, but this will doubtless entail increased expenditure. Please consider making as big a donation as possible in this holiday season so that children in Uganda with this disease can receive the treatment they need and parents are spared the pain and devastation of losing a beloved child. To donate, click here.
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I felt pathos on January 10. Our nation heard eloquence and saw class, dignity, and poise bundled in a farewell speech. I'm already nostalgic in the face of a creepy future filled with belligerent tweet storms from a philandering, dictator-friendly, fact-denying president with microscopically thin skin. Hear the cracks of arctic and Antarctic ice amid […]
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A last glimpse of a classy guy
January 11, 2017
How Democrats Snatch Defeat From The Jaws of Victory
July 14, 2014
Let's ask the real election-year question: Why isn't the Democratic Party poised with forks and knives, ready for November's sizzling elephant steak? Republican popularity spirals amid denials of verified science, yet there's genuine fear of a GOP Senate takeover. We should be dreaming of 1964, when Democrats held two-thirds majorities in both houses after routing Goldwater.
President Obama's speech on climate change
June 25, 2013
Many are expressing surprise at President Obama's speech on climate change at Georgetown University today (see the comments at 350.org). This is the speech.
Paul Ryan: The intelligence-wisdom gap
August 19, 2012
The all-American picture of the All-American family struck our Facebook walls hours after the announcement: A trim dad, donned with a baseball cap and a sweatshirt, sits on the porchswing beside his beautiful wife. Three children smile on their laps. The headline pleads above: "Please say a prayer for the Ryan Family." The caption explains below: "They are about to face a terrible and merciless onslaught of lies, rumors, and smears from the progressive/Democrat propaganda machine known as the, 'Impartial and Objective Main Stream Media."
So the culture-war detonates with a prayer, sealing Mitt Romney's vice presidential designate from criticism because he's a pity-worthy victim. Political discourse – always filled with passion and never for the faint-hearted – is no longer about reasonable verses unreasonable or practical verses impractical. It's good verses evil, the wholesome verses the malicious, the decent verses the vile. Think of that harmless family. Think of the children.
I actually sympathize as they face the potential onslaught. I have no reason to doubt Paul Ryan's sincerity or his religious devotion. I honestly wish him no harm. He might be a great guy. Perhaps we'd be friends. Maybe he's one of those give-you-the-shirt-off-my-back libertarians, individualy charitable but suspicious of candy-doling but power-hungry governments. I should listen – especially if he's the admired GOP intellect and policy wonk. At the same time, my American citizenship obliges me to gauge a candidate's intellectual coherence, what previous generations called wisdom – and, since he's a self-advertised Christian, his representation of Christ and his teaching. Romney opened that door when he played the religious card, apparently forgetting how the deck was once loaded against him. He hailed Ryan's Catholicism and, in a Virginia campaign ad, accused the president of waging a war on religion. Many are leaving churches of all stripes because the faithful are seen as Bible-heaving, take-no-prisoners zealots, so I need to see what we've been dealt.
A Pro-Life, "Christian" organization gone rogue
October 1, 2011
I hear the echoing booms. The Family Research Council is hammering nails into the coffin of its own credibility – and, once again, it drags the rest of us into its grave. I'll crawl out and obsequiously plead before my agnostic friends: "I'm sure the FRC is well-motivated … they care … they're sincere … law-abiding … love dogs and cats … but (that inexorable "but") … not all of us are like them."
My friends are not stupid. They see the organization's mockery of its proclaimed anti-abortion stance; they see how the FRC is not genuinely pro-life; they see through the chimeras and phantoms and figments and find no resemblance with the New Testament lifestyle. It's evident: The FRC is a ventriloquist's doll for the Far Right fringe, complete with a Bible tucked beneath its wooden arm (witness the clone like resemblance between its budget cutting proposals and the Republican Party's, here and here). The ventriloquist preaches from Ayn Rand's notes while neglecting the baby in the womb as well as the infant in the crib. They want nothing to do with our ilk if it means resembling the Family Research Council.
Video of the month: The president reads Psalm 46
September 18, 2011
President Obama read this psalm in New York on the 9-11 tenth anniversary. Hear the words and then replay them. They're good words. We might even want to take them seriously.
John Green uncovers the real story: the factual facts, the reality behind the face
November 9, 2010
One member of the YouTube VlogBrother duo dug deep and emerged with the tell-all answer to the perenial question: "Is the president a Muslim?" He gave us the inside scoop on the issue that won't go away — primarily because people want to believe what they believe despite all evidence. Here he is, in full, with no commercial breaks.
How Could You Possibly Vote For That Man?
December 2, 2008
Think of me as an accidental iconoclast. I'm a pro-life, Bible-thumping, holy-rolling evangelical Christian and … a registered Democrat.. Even worse, I'm no blue dog. I'm a real-life Roosevelt "liberal" who voted for Obama and wept for joy as the returns came in. I baffle non-church goers when I rebut the politics of Falwell, Dobson, and Robertson. I break their mold. Evangelicals question my orthodoxy and integrity, claiming – at the very least – that I wilted under pressure and swooned before Pied Piper charisma during the 2008 election. I break their mold as well. Witness the dismay from the internet plea of a sincere 21-year-old: "the platform McCain stood on was miles closer to lining up to God's Word, and in so many cases was spot on." She adds: "It grieves me that many Christians could not separate the issues from the man."
She's not alone. Colleagues at breakfast meetings freeze. It's as if I've breathed ice on their scrambled eggs – although a few pull me aside later, their eyes darting as if they fear spies, and mutter: "Thanks for speaking up. I'm a Democrat too."
Keep it hush-hush. Otherwise, the Monty Python gang might smash through the door and holler: "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"


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The painter Doug Bloodworth creates works that bring us back to childhood, relating everything a child would love to have, such as comic books, candy and more.
His work is so alive that the impression is that you can take it, and you can even feel the tastes and smells of our childhood.
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Manspreading: An Issue of Courtesy
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The current social movement du jour is manspreading — when a man sits with his legs spread apart on public transit. By doing so, he often takes up more than one seat.
Manspreading has received considerable attention on social media, with both Twitter and Tumblr being used to post pictures of those engaging in the act.
The popularity of the issue has also resulted in various transit organizations launching campaigns centered around manspreading.
In December 2014, New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority rolled out a campaign featuring the slogan, "Dude…Stop the Spread, Please," in an effort to address the issue.
Around the same time, there was also growing support in Toronto from those who felt the city should have a similar campaign targeting manspreaders.
In response to that, a petition sponsored by the Canadian Association for Equality was created, which called manspreading a "sexist term."
The petition claimed "men opening their legs is something we have to do due to our biology," adding that "it's physically painful for men to close their legs."
The petition also went on to ask the question if "we can't force woman to stop breast feeding on buses or trains and we can't force men or women to stop bringing strollers on, why should we force men to close their legs?"
The answer to that question is simple: because only one of those things is actually rude and inconveniences your fellow passengers (and it isn't women breastfeeding in public).
As a university student who regularly uses public transit, I can attest to the fact that, more often than not, men do seem to sit with their legs further apart than women.
It's not uncommon to see a guy slouched down with his legs spread wide open, while a girl is perched on the seat next to him, trying to avoid taking up too much space.
That's not to say that all men engage in manspreading, or even that they are the only ones guilty of this.
However, men need to stop viewing manspreading as something that they are entitled to do. Just because I can use an empty seat to hold my bag, doesn't mean that I'm entitled to do so.
The same goes for taking up as much space as you can on the bus with your widespread legs.
While it's true that people should be able to sit however they want on public transit, it does not mean that you have the right to deliberately occupy the largest possible amount of space.
At its heart, manspreading is an issue of common courtesy — something that is often lacking on public transit.


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text: I'm building a gen_server that communicates with an external process via an erlang port. Sending messages to the port is straight-forward. However, I haven't yet figured out how to get my gen_server to Receive messages from the port. I've tried the following, but to no avail: handle_cast({Port, {data, Binary}}, State) when is_port(Port); is_binary(Binary) -> Term = binary_to_term(Binary), io:format("Received data on port: ~w~n", [Term]), handle_port(Term, State); How can a gen_server receive messages from a port? Sincerely, Jeffrey Rennie


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A planned meeting of the CCAC 9 a.m. Aug. 1 at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Baltimore at the convention center might just be your chance to see how this particular government body works.
Specific design candidates on the agenda are proposals for the reverse of the 2009 proof platinum American Eagle and for a privy mark.
However, there is also going to be a public forum immediately after the meeting. That would be your chance to offer input.
"We hope that any interested numismatists will come to our meeting and forum to see the coin design process in action, and especially to let us know their opinions about American coin design," said Mitch Sanders, the CCAC chairman.
Once you take the floor and everybody is listening, what would you tell them? I will be in attendance to find out, but if you want to make a few comments here as to what you would say if you had the chance, please do so. I know that not everybody will have the opportunity to be in Baltimore.
What I have heard at public meetings such as this have been very interesting. The first time I heard collectors suggest edge lettering on American coins was at a listening session of a former Mint director. This became a reality on the Presidential dollars and led to the "Godless Dollar" controversy that prompted Congress to mandate putting the motto on the obverse.
Collector ideas might be good or bad, but we can't say that our public officials are not listening.


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- Sue Steiner
Belgians in the Field, Daily Painting
by Sue Steiner
I painted this as a daily painting after watching my neighbors work up their field the day before. My favorite sight this time of year is to see the amish work horses in the fields. They are amazing to look at — my hope is that I was able to capture even just a bit of that in this painting.
I will have this, along with other artwork at my new studio in Canton in time for May's First Friday. I am in studio #207 above Second April Art Gallerie.
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About The Book
Drew: Facing betrayal. Is a secret love possible with the girl he literally fell for? - Sage: A new town, a new identity. Will she escape her secrets? - Cassie: Can she find love or will her secret destroy it? - Noah: Death revives a hidden secret about a lost love - Lorraine: twenty-five years to find forever love - Keri: Were the last fifteen years were all for naught? - Amelia: What happens to dreams when bedroom secrets are revealed?
Dee's Memories and Dreams
Back in the day and in another life, I dreamt of becoming a model. One day, I came across an ad in a Toronto newspaper. An agency was looking for models for catalogue work and listed an address where auditions were being held.
I was twenty-four years old, a 98-pound rake with a new baby girl and a 5-year-old son. Despite my maturity, I still looked like a seventeen-year-old kid, and I wanted to give it a try. My mother, who was visiting at the time, offered to take me.
My wardrobe was less than desirable at the time, so my friend and neighbour Anita offered to lend me an outfit. I remember it was a perfectly fitting two-piece with a loose top and skirt-like shorts that settled just above the knees.
My mom had a built-in radar system when it came to directions, and on the day of the audition, she had me in a room with an agent in no time.
The woman in charge explained that they were looking for models for the Eaton's and Sears catalogues.
Pointing to a platform, she asked me to do a walk through to show her what I'd look like on a runway. This was my chance to show off my scrawny frame. Confidently, I started my journey down the runway, pivoting at the end as I had previously practiced, then floated back to where I'd begun. Just as I'd seen professional models do.
"Perfect," she'd said, BUT... my dream was dead in an instant. The agent liked what she saw and thought I could go places. Still, there was that dreaded 'but' that nobody ever wants to hear. She explained that there was a mandatory course needed, to ensure the best presentation. The thing was, every girl had to pay for the course out of their own pocket, and in those days that was asking the impossible. Dreams come, and dreams go.
However, later in life, I had the privilege of occasionally working for Diane Axent, modelling Summer and Fall fashion shows with 'Axent on Silk.' Wearing her beautiful designs lead to my love for silk. So, in a way, I lived my dream for a while and enjoyed the shows I had done with silks.
We all have dreams, but whether or not they come true, we can still dream.


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Nielsen Wire is reporting that Android continues to gain market share in the US in August. While 43% of all US smartphone subscribers use Android, of those who acquired a smartphone in the past three months 56% selected the platform. The iPhone held even – 28% of all US smartphone subscribers use and iPhone, and in the past three months 28% of new smartphones were iPhones. That means in new smartphone sales Android is now leading the iPhone 2:1 in the US.
The real loser continues to be RIM and the catch-all 'Other' which would cover Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, WebOS, Symbian, etc. While 18% of all smartphone users use a Blackberry, and 11% use one of the other platforms, in the past three months only 9% of new smartphone sales have been Blackberrys and only 6% are other platforms, which are pretty much Windows Phone 7 and WebOS in today's market.
Also significant, the smartphone user base continues to grow. While only 43% of US cellular subscribers have a smartphone, in the past three months 56% of new activations were smartphones instead of feature phones or basic models. These figures are even more significant in that the three month recent subscribers numbers are a fairly reliable predictor of the market as a whole. The share of recent adoptions using smartphones historically leads the market share as a whole by around 15%. So the pool of smartphone users in the US is showing healthy growth.
The pie is getting bigger, and iPhone and Android are taking the lions share of it. Heading into the fall and the holiday buying season things look good for iPhone (especially if the iPhone 5 launches), positively great for Android, and pretty much abysmal for everyone else. RIM needs to pull a rabbit out of their hat soon, and Blackberry OS 7 sure isn't it. As corporate IT departments increasingly offer a choice of Blackberry, iPhone, or Android devices, instead of mandating Blackberry, RIM's traditional stronghold is crumbling.
Via Nielsen Wire.


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>I had some testers testing the snow queen and I went back this morning and worked strictly from the pattern and, between all of us, we have found a few mistakes. They have since been corrected on the blog (the English version) and on Ravelry (the English version). I am not able to update the French version; sorry for that.
>Snow queen Update
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>Errata for snow queen
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in errata
>I am posting this more for the Ravelry downloads than my blog readers because I will go and correct the blog post in a few seconds.
3. (right side) chain 6 sc in 3rd chain from hook (counts as first treble and first picot
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3. (right side) chain 7 sc in 3rd chain from hook (counts as first treble and first picot
>Errata for yoyo book
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>Just noticed today that I needed to post some errata for the "Learn to do yo-yo Crochet" book. Just so you know this doesn't effect any of the patterns in the book it is in an area where it is just explaining a concept so the numbers don't actually hurt anything but it would be nice to have things correct.
page 9
- row 11 should have 84 yo-yos 504 chains
- row 12 should have 92 yo-yos 552 chains
- row 13 should have 100 yo-yos 600 chains
- row 14 should have 108 yo-yos 648 chains
page 20
Carnival scarf pattern
edging Round 1 line 6 right after it read next dc, there should have been a (ch3) then go on with pattern as written


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1987-planted Chardonnay vines, hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed straight to French barriques (15% new), matured for 9 months, the majority without stirring. Delicious.
"This has terrific, tightly wound intensity of lemons and white peaches. Great acidity here. Long and powerful chardonnay"
– Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com
James Halliday, Wine Companion – 95pts
Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com – 94pts


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Money makes the world go round but it is also making you walk barefoot spellbound among beautiful displays in a museum loaded with yes, lots of money. There are coins seemingly made of gold that glint and currency notes so large that you wonder how big the wallets were in the past. This is Haji Abdulla Memorial Heritage Museum housed in Corporation Banks's Heritage Museum and Financial Research Centre near the famous Krishna Temple in old Udupi.
Museums have been a mixed bag in my travels ranging from some of the disappointing government run archaeology museums to the scintillating ones in Kurukshetra and Shillong. Few minutes ago, the guard at the gate had politely asked me to come in but not before taking my shoes off. The curiosity was certainly piqued by several notches.
Udupi has been serving surprises all right. While it is common knowledge that Udupi lends its name to the neighbourhood restaurants serving cheap and hygienic South Indian food, what is not widely known is that Manipal, the El Dorado for students across the country, is a next door neighbour to Udupi. And the big surprise is that apparently Udupi is the banking cradle of the country. Corporation Bank, Karnataka Bank, Syndicate Bank, Vijaya Banak and Canara Bank - where you still remember the manager in New Delhi's Chanakya Puri branch counting the coins you had saved to open your first bank account - were all founded in Udupi.
This museum with an old world charm is actually beautiful and lovingly put together. Under the wooden beam ceiling, exhibits glint in soft light. The neat exhibits of coins are a numismatist's delight and for anyone who has ever carried currency notes or coins in their pockets and purses. All the exhibits are painstakingly researched and their explanations displayed. I am joined by the earnest curator Mr. M. K. Krishnayya whose passion for the museum and its contents is seen to be believed. In addition to being a numismatics expert, he is also a thematic philatelist. The curator's rich stories of money come pouring out like the rains all morning here today in Udupi. The history and story of money is indeed interesting.
The Coin Museum has a heart warming story just like the several philanthropic stories heard across the country. The halls housing the museum were once the home of Corporation Bank's founder Haji Abdulla Saheb Bahadur. He established Corporation Bank in 1906 to fulfil the long felt needs of banking for the people, to free them from exploitation by the money lenders and to inculcate the habit of saving. It is said that Saheb Bahadur would donate his wealth – a little every day – to the poor. And when there was nothing left to give, he chose to take his own life. The founder's lofty ideals and ethos seem to echo as we walk barefoot in the halls. Yes, the practise of walking barefoot is prevalent since the times when everyone took off their shoes while walking through the lane in front of Haji Saheb's house.
We are on the money trail. The coins date from 400 BC and run through times and dynasties of Mauryas, Shakas, Kushans, Satavahanas, Guptas to assorted Sultanates, Mughals, Marathas and the British. Mahajanpads of early historic times like Gandhara, Kuntala and Kuru issued their own punch-marked coins called Puranas. The coins of different shapes and sizes are made of gold, silver and copper. Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth made her appearance on coins as early as 2nd century BC. You can see coins with symbols, motifs, scripts, legends and images of rulers and deities. The prized possession of the museum is one-rupee silver coin weighing 11 gms called Rupaya which was introduced in 1540 by Sher Shah Suri who besides building the Grand Trunk Road also ran Humayun out of the country.
|Photo Courtesy Nita Bhosale
As money evolved from barter system to where currency was introduced as metal pieces, the evolution of terminology of money from the Mughal times to independence is pretty interesting. Three Phooti Cowries made a Cowrie – yes, there actually was money that was called phooti cowrie made of sea-shells and is believed to be the longest and most widely used currency in history; ten Cowries made a Damri; two Damris made a Dhela; two Dhelas made a Paisa; 64 Paisa made 16 Anna and 16 Annas made 1 Rupya! You can certainly recall proverbs where these names for money have been used or in the movies where the father threatens the heir with not deserving a single cowrie, dhela, paisa or rupya as inheritance; the nomenclature changed over the years!
The museum has currency notes too some in the denominations of Rs 5000 and Rs 10000. One exhibit has profiles of all Governors of Reserve Bank of India. The curator is a distinguished stamp collector too and some exhibits display his love for philately. One of his favourite themes is stamps with flags. There is an exhibit that shows how our Tricolour evolved over the years. The museum is indeed multi-dimensional unlike a two-sided coin.
Launched in 2011, the museum is the fruit of labour of two employees. Most of these over 1500 coins belong to Mr. Radhakrishna Kumble, who has collected these coins over a period of 25 years through his own salary while the stamps belong to Mr. Krishnayya. The Udupi Coin Museum has put love of museums back in my life. The museum is a glowing example in today's cynical world where two selfless individuals carry forward the legend of their bank's founder. This is all about passion which thankfully no amount of money can buy.
The Museum Curator Mr. M. K. Krishnayya's contact number is 9945271614
A version of the story appeared in the Spectrum supplement of Deccan Herald on 15th Nov 2016
Decoding the Past Through Coins
Decoding the Past Through Coins


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Thank you Mike for the find!


text: PotteryLodge 0 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I have been using the same clay,slip and glazes purchased from a local ceramic shop. Everything has turned out beautifully but I got a new mug mold that will NOT stop giving me issues!The mug is slip cast using low fire slip. I fire to bisque..all good. Then I apply my glaze and fire..I let the kiln cool for at least 12 hours and still around the rim and handles I keep getting light crazing. No matter what I do..less glaze, more glaze, longer firing, soaking on high, the mug will still craze. Keep in mind, I haven't changed anything from the other ceramics I'm glazing, which all turn out without crazing, just the mugs are crazing. It's weird and I can't seem to figure out why or what I can do to keep this from happening. If you need any other info just let me know. I have a ceramic shop and really need to fix this issue asap! -Casi Quote Link to post Share on other sites