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I have the feeling that when I was little, the days lasted longer.
I remember that the weeks seemed like months, the holidays were always too far away and a year was like a whole life.
The class hours became eternal, and every school day was like starting a new adventure. What pranks would I do with my friends? Would the girl I liked talk to me?
Now, however, an hour lasts a moment and every year it happens faster than the previous one.
This flight of time worries me, so I wanted to give an explanation. And I have found many theories, since we got used to the passage of time until stress creates the feeling that we always have little left.
However, the one that convinces me the most is the psychologist William James, who proposes that time seems to accelerate because, as we grow up, we live fewer and fewer memorable events.
When you get older and stop measuring time for your first time (your first day of school, your first kiss or your first plane trip), the lack of news makes the days and years pass in an instant.
Learning to take risks again and live new experiences is the best way to live more intensely, so today I will explain in great detail how to add memorable moments to your life.
It's long, so I recommend that you take a seat and dedicate yourself to read it quietly and without hurry.
As if time would go by as before.
I have always wanted to live a life worthy of being remembered.
In my teens, while my friends were happy playing video games every afternoon or going around the same places every day, I felt I wanted something more. He was aimed at extracurricular classes, had many different hobbies and tried to meet people and make different plans.
But still, I was missing something. I felt that my life went by without anything special happening, as if I were walking aimlessly. I felt lost, and doing the same thing over and over again did not help. When I looked back, it seemed to me that time was passing faster and faster, and I did not like this feeling at all.
Later, I understood that we only remember moments that have moved us in some way. That's why I felt that time was running so fast: because I spent my days trapped in a routine in which everything was similar.
And yet, I knew people who lived totally out of the ordinary experiences, and who always had some new story to tell.
Surely you also know someone like this: people whose lives are much more interesting than normal and who seem to always have things happening around them. Like my friend Kora, who went to Italy to travel by bicycle for a month, and when all her belongings were stolen except the bike and the violin, she decided to continue the trip playing in the street to survive.
Or like Jana, a girl I met while in Erasmus, who made it a challenge to see how far she could go by hitchhiking and came back telling incredible stories. I assure you that neither of these two people felt that their lives were running away.
What is special about these people? Are they braver, smarter or more reckless than the rest?
After investigating how to achieve similar results in my life, I discovered that what makes this type of people special is that they decide to become the cause of the adventures in their life. Instead of waiting seated for extraordinary things to happen, they go looking for them.
And that is something we can all learn to do.
In this article I want to talk to you precisely about how to get to live more adventures in your day to day, and thus be able to fill your life with memorable stories.
Even if you consider yourself shy , or if you think you cannot do something like that because work or obligations take up a lot of your time, I assure you that you can always do something to live a more intense life.
What I understand by adventure
Psychological studies like this tell us that we remember better events that have a high emotional charge, both positive and negative.
The birth of a child, our graduation or the death of a loved one are moments that will probably never be forgotten. But (luckily or unfortunately) this type of memorable situations are very rare.
Does this mean that we must live our day to day without aspiring to have something happen to us worth remembering?
Although not all of us can be constantly traveling or parachuting, we can choose to live more memorable situations in our usual environment. Or as I call them, live more adventures.
The adventures have the following characteristics:
- They are exciting. The goal of an adventure is to create memorable memories. Therefore, an adventure should be worth talking about. If the experience you have experienced leaves you cold, then it is not an adventure.
- You must have at least one part without planning. Making a route through the countryside can be a good way to get out of the routine, but if you take it all planned it will not create such lasting memories. But getting off at a random metro stop and exploring that part of the city adds an unpredictable element that contributes to creating more interesting experiences.
- It must make you leave your comfort zone. Facing our fears and limitations, although a priori may be difficult, will multiply the emotional impact of that situation.
But why would you want to live more situations of this kind?
Why generating your own adventures will make you happier
If you are a regular reader of Social Skill, you have probably already tried several things to improve your life. But many people feel that trying to change is to stop being yourself. It seems that if you strive to live a more interesting life, with more moments to remember, you are acting.
When I have tried to convince some friend of the benefits of being proactive and generating the situations that you want in your life , the most usual response has been something like "Do not think about it so much, these things have to come up" or "be yourself and the rest will come alone . "
Why do so many people think that changing is a bad thing? At the end of the day, our personality is a mixture of instincts inherited from our ancestors and values learned during our childhood. And it has been shown to change throughout our lives.
Although there are people who come with "standard" empowerment behaviors , most of us have to strive to become the kind of people we want to be, overcome our fears or improve our skills .
One of the values that guide my life is that I want to remind myself with a smile when I am an old man. Most people, before dying, complain that they did not do what they wanted out of fear or to please others, and regret not having lived more experiences.
Therefore, learning to create memorable situations is one of the best things you can do for yourself.
Yes, you can also live a life full of adventures
Surely you think that living an exciting life is not compatible with having a normal job, that you are too shy , or that you can only have new experiences if you travel or you have money left over.
When I was in Erasmus, every day was an adventure. Since I did not have to work and I practically did not have classes, I could devote all my time to doing what I wanted. I met a lot of people, I traveled and I got in shape. It was six months in which I lived as in a dream.
While in Spain I was ashamed to go to eat alone for fear of looking like a failure, in Prague I decided to travel alone to Budapest to see one of my favorite groups. I was terrified, but when I got there I met a group of Hungarians who sneaked into the front row of the concert and we ended up going out together to enjoy the night.
It was an unforgettable trip.
The problem returned when I returned to Spain and started again with my normal life. After having been half a year without any worries, I found myself again with classes, work, little free time and a much smaller social circle.
For a few months I had a very bad time; until I read a book, Level Up Your Life, in which the author shared several strategies to live as superheroes.
And no, I do not mean to put on a cape and go out to fight crime. His message was that, just as all superheroes have an identity that lives a routine life and another that lives adventures in their free time, we can also do the same.
Live an interesting life is not something just for backpackers, super extroverted people or people without responsibilities: you can always add a little adventure to our day to day to get out of the routine. Next I will explain how.
3 steps to get out of your daily routine
1. Audit what you invest your time
Most people spend their time on activities that are not going to add value to their life: surfing the internet, watching shows or getting lost on Facebook. If you feel that you do not have time for the things you would like to do, reducing this passive leisure can do wonders for you.
Many people say that they would love to learn to play an instrument, get in shape or learn a language, but they do not have time to do it. Lie! Unless you work 16 hours a day, we all have plenty of time to do something new: what happens is that it is not our priority.
Almost half of Spaniards spend between three and five hours a day surfing social networks. And being someone who plays several instruments and speaks three languages, I assure you that this time would do much if they used it for something productive.
Again, it is not a question of superpowers, but of prioritizing what is most important to you.
2. Try new things, however small they may be
Once you have released some of your time, it is time to get down to work.
Our brain is programmed to make us feel good when we learn new skills, so the simplest way to add variety to your life is to learn something new.
To begin with, you only need to feel like it. On the Internet there are hundreds of resources on almost any subject; I myself learned illusionism in a totally self-taught way watching videos online.
If you want something more professional, I recommend Udemy . It is a website with many courses for less than 20 euros. There I have seen from hypnosis to cross stitch tutorials.
3. Find your companions
It hurts much more to be part of a team like The Avengers than to save the world alone.
That is why, once you have found your superpower (your new hobby), the next step is to meet more people who are also interested. And it will not cost you much, because the fastest way to connect with someone is to have common interests.
In fact, in my adolescence I suffered social phobia and it cost me horrors to connect with other people. However with my fellow musicians it was tremendously easy since we shared experiences and interests.
Luckily, we live in a time when it is easier to find people who share your new hobby thanks to applications like MeetUp or Couchsurfing .
Note: while in Meetup you can find activities of all kinds, from yoga to handicraft classes, Couchsurfing focuses more on travellers and will be useful if you want to meet foreigners or practice languages.
Once you have found a group that you would like to join, the normal thing is that you feel afraid if you are going to go alone. But in most cases the people in these meetings are extremely welcoming and the organizers will help you talk with the group members.
Once you have found a new hobby and a group to share it with, the next step is simple: enjoy your new adventures! But if you really want to take your experiences to the next level, there is still much you can do.
In this second part of the article I will explain a step by step system to live even more intense adventures.
How to live adventures with the EPIC system
I have tried for several years to understand how to add more adventure to my life, but this summer something happened that changed my beliefs 180 degrees.
I was listening to the podcast School of Greatness (which I totally recommend), and one of the episodes was an interview with one Jon Levy, author of The 2 am principle . And what was my surprise to discover that it was a book about the science of living adventures.
In the book, Jon explains how he went from being a shy person with a boring life to sleeping in castles with the French aristocracy, running in front of the bulls in Pamplona or jumping off a bridge in New Zealand without any protection.
But the book is not just a collection of funny anecdotes, but it presents us with the method he uses to live adventures: the EPIC model.
The EPIC model is a four-part process to generate extraordinary situations in your life:
- E for Establishes → The first thing is to lay the foundations for an adventure.
- P for Press → How to break fears and limitations that we impose on ourselves.
- I for Increment → What to do to take the adventure to the next level.
- C for Continue → Decide if you want to continue with your unforgettable experience, or follow it with style.
The good thing about this model is that you can even use it during your day to day. I recommend you take a look at the book (it is one of the most inspiring I have read), but in this post I will teach you everything you need to know to apply the model step by step.
Feel free to take only the parts that interest you most.
Establish your environment
Before starting to live unforgettable adventures, you must create an environment in which these are more likely. For this, you need two things:
- Remove any element that may prevent it.
- Set the bases for interesting things to happen.
Both are equally important. Imagine you have a meter from -10 to 10 about how likely you are to live an adventure. Eliminate the undesirable elements would be responsible for uploading the meter to 0, and lay the foundations for your adventure, to take it to 10.
To achieve this, you must realize that you can also live a memorable life (I hope I have convinced you in the first part of this article) and consider the following 3 goals:
- Go out with the right people.
- Find a suitable site.
- Have a mission
Let's see how to achieve each of them.
1. Going out with the right people
We behave differently depending on the people we are with. Is it true that you do not act in the same way with your lifelong friends as you do with strangers or in front of the person that attracts you?
Well to live interesting experiences you must surround yourself with adventurous people. According to the law of emotional contagion, if when you propose to do new things to your companions they reject them, most likely you will also end up abandoning your idea.
The key is to surround yourself with people who support your motivations: open, daring and curious.
If you already have a group of friends, you can try the following:
- Propose it first to the most sociable or open to new experiences. If you get one or two buddies it will be easier for the rest of the group to follow you. To achieve this you can use the persuasion tool known as The Label .
The label consists, before proposing your plan, to ask whoever you want to accompany you something like "Do you consider yourself an adventurous person?". We all like to see ourselves with positive qualities so you will surely answer yes, and then you will be much more likely to accept your plan to be consistent with your response.
- Living adventures is much easier with a small group. When you are with many people, it is difficult to deal with what each one wants to do.
- Do not forget that you can include strangers in your adventures. Most people are sociable when you give them the opportunity, especially at night. If you approach a stranger with the intention of contributing something, even if it is just a fun time, it is practically impossible to take it badly. I recommend you try it: one of the most rewarding feelings is to live an intense experience with someone you did not know a few hours before.
A very simple way to approach a group of people is by giving them a why and a why. Why have you approached them and not another group? What do you propose to do?
This can be as simple as saying: "Excuse me, my friend and I want to meet new people, and you seem fun. Do we introduce five minutes? " . You will see how with phrases of this style most people are happy to meet you.
2. Find the right place
Finding a good place to live your adventure is a fundamental part of the process. If you always go to the same places it is very difficult for you to live new experiences, do not you think?
And on the contrary, if you go somewhere new, the interesting experiences will happen almost by themselves. Being out of our comfort zone we become more creative and more open to new experiences.
I'll give you an example.
In my city, as I already had my routine formed, I almost always did the same thing and went out with the same people. But when I was in Erasmus, having no habits, I did more in six months than in the previous three years. I travelled alone, I tried climbing, I learned to dance a little sauce, I ate insects for the first time and I even made an earring!
Now imagine what would happen if you could replicate that every day of your life. How many experiences could you experience over the course of a year?
To add these new features to your daily routine I recommend the following:
- Say yes when you are invited to something new. If you expose yourself to unknown situations, your creativity will increase and you will live more experiences than if you do the same as always. If you feel fear or laziness invading you, ask yourself what is the worst that can happen. This phrase was the one that convinced me to eat a fried giant ant (something I would not want to repeat but I'm glad I tried!).
- Go to events that you would not normally go to. Again I recommend Meetup and Couchsurfing.
- Make a list of interesting places in your city. If it's fairly large, you can look at the My Cloud guides , a page that collects recommendations about bars, restaurants and all kinds of activities.
- Travels! You can live new adventures in your city, but it is much easier to do it when you are in an unknown place. You can travel alone, convince someone to accompany you, or even find a travel companion with applications like TravellersPoint .
3. Have your own mission
Finding the right people and place are the foundations for adventures to happen. But having a mission that challenges you will multiply the intensity of your experience.
Have you ever wondered why video games are so addictive? By having clear objectives and being able to measure your own progress, when you play you enter a state of flow , something similar to a huge sense of happiness. Well, a good mission will do the same for you.
What elements must a mission have?
- A specific and difficult objective, but not impossible. A good example would be "Getting to play pool with a group of strangers" or "Somebody recommend a book in FNAC" . When you pose such a clear challenge, your mind will enter into creative mode.
- You can add restrictions to make your goal more challenging. For example, it limits who you can interact with, where you can go, how much you can spend or what you can talk about. If you are in a meeting of Couchsurfing, a restriction could be to speak only in English or to know only English people.
- Experiment and look for ideas anywhere. Many books, series and movies have characters that you can take as an example. My favorite is the character of Barney Stinson , from the series How I Met Your Mother; although he is a little crazy, he always tries to make his day unforgettable.
If you are starting, a good mission may be to close a plan with someone you have just met. For example go to a Meetup, meet someone with whom you have something in common, and propose to see you another day to carry out an activity that you like both.
Once you have your mission, you've found your group of buddies and you know where you're going, it's time to have fun!
According to experts, humor comes by breaking rules, whether social, emotional or physical. And that is what this second part of the model is about.
We all move in our day to day with a lot of rules (self-imposed and learned) that dictate what we can and what we cannot do. For example, almost no one would think of climbing to a bar table to sing, or going to class disguised as a horse. But I assure you that both experiences are part of some of my best memories.
On the other hand, almost any memorable experience has to do with breaking boundaries, and leaving your comfort zone. In general, face your fears.
Afraid to be ridiculed, to talk to strangers, to do the idiot, to snowboard, to jump by parachute, or simply to do something different: if you manage to face them you will not only have a much better time, but you will notice how it increases your confidence for the rest of your life.
Basically there are two ways to overcome your fears and leave your comfort zone:
- Start little by little. If it scares you a lot to talk to strangers , one option would be to separate that challenge into stages and start with those that are easiest for you at the beginning. You could start by thinking only what you would say to a stranger, then asking the time, then making a compliment to someone, etc. The idea is that you go up the difficulty.
- Do something totally absurd and out of your comfort zone. I've always been embarrassed to talk on the phone, so one day I decided to call a number at random and get recommended for a movie. When I finished, I was euphoric and my fear of talking on the phone diminished greatly!
Yes, try that the situations in which you enter have only perceived risk. In the example of talking on the phone the worst thing that can happen to you is that they hang you (your phone).
Increase the intensity
Sometimes it will not be so easy to look for new activities or places for your next adventure. Does this mean that you will not be able to have a good time?
No. With the attitude and the necessary tools almost any situation can become something memorable. According to Jon Levy, creator of the EPIC model, there are three things you can do to improve a boring situation:
- The simplest is to propose a challenge, a competition or a bet. A very simple tool is the game I feel like. At any time, one member of the group can tell another what he or she wants you to do. For example, "I want you to dance the Macarena . " The other must meet the challenge, or if you do not suffer the punishment you previously agreed.
- Use surprises to make everyday situations more memorable. If you want to spend an unforgettable afternoon with your partner you can do some new activity, or compose a song and sing it in the middle of the appointment. But whatever you do, do not tell him anything before. Anything by surprise will have much more impact than if the other person were on notice. You can also propose to your friends a routine of surprises, where everyone will be surprising on a regular basis. For example, in my master group we are making a permanent invisible friend .
- Work to become a more impactful person. Learning to tell stories, develop interesting skills or dress creatively, among others, will add fun to your social encounters. If you want to learn to communicate in a more impactful way, I recommend that you sign up for Toastmasters , a club where participants work their public speaking skills.
Continue your adventure
There will come a time when you will have to decide if you want to continue or end your adventure. In the last part of the book, Jon offers advice both to take the adventures to the next level and to finish them in style.
- In general, overcoming a fear or breaking a limit is exhausting. It is not necessary that you face everything that scares you in the same day; it is better to go dosing it. If until now you have not been a very daring person, be patient with yourself.
- Finish your adventures at the highest point. It has been proven that people remember better the beginning and end of each situation, so if you exceed and your adventures end in a boring way, you will remember them as less interesting than they really were.
This lesson I learned when I did magic: people had a lot better time if they only did one or two tricks and left them wanting more than if they kept doing magic for a long time.
- Lose the fear of losing something. We live surrounded by stories of people living extraordinary lives, and that generates frustration. But if you focus on what you DO NOT have, you will not be able to enjoy what you are experiencing that moment. When that happens to you, ask yourself what you can do to improve those situations. This way you will focus your thoughts on what you are living and how to make the most of it.
- You will be happy to the extent of how uncomfortable you are willing to feel while struggling for what you want. To enjoy more of your day to day, the most important decision you can make is to try new things and leave your comfort zone.
Summary: What can you do today to live more adventures?
If you got here, congratulations. I hope I've convinced you that you can also live unforgettable experiences, no matter what lifestyle you're in right now.
As there is a lot of information in the article, I want to say goodbye with a summary of the three most important steps if you want to start living more adventures from now on.
- The first is to realize that living unforgettable experiences is within the reach of everyone. It is not necessary to be a millionaire or extrovert, surprising things can happen everywhere.
- The second is to develop the habit of looking for opportunities to have fun. As I told you above, almost any situation can become an adventure, so always ask yourself what you can do to improve what you are experiencing.
- Finally, seek help. If nobody around you wants to live adventures, look for models of people who live the kind of life you want. Some places where you can find them are:
· In series, books and movies. Again, I recommend How I Met Your Mother, especially for the character of Barney Stinson.
· Biographies of people with an exciting life. One of the books that inspired me the most in this sense was Un mundo sobre ruedas, by Albert Casals. In it, a disabled boy tells how he went to travel alone in the world, without practically money and without help from anyone. A truly inspiring book.
· People with whom you relate. Both people you know through your new hobbies and friends you can inspire to be more adventurous, nothing better than a team to encourage you to overcome your own limits.
I hope you liked the article and that it made you think. Now it's your turn to start building your own adventures 🙂 I hope to read your stories in the comments!


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Consumed on 19 June 2015
Location - McDonald's Kovan MRT
Combo Price - $7.70SGD = $5.70USD
Calories - ~300kcal
On 18 June 2015, McDonald's Singapore launched a "Minions" promotional meal, which was made up of 2 previously released promo items, Spicy Nuggets, the now extremely common Banana Pie (this seems to pop up every 4-5 months now) and a new Bubblegum flavoured McFizz. I've heard rumblings of the Spicy Nuggets since I moved to Singapore in 2012, but they had never been available during my time here. Online, they have an almost mythical following, some people rank them as their favourite McDonald's item ever, so I was actually really looking forward to giving them a try for the first time because they didn't seem that anything that special to me.
The Wife and I did order the rather expensive $7.70 for 6 nugget combo, since the nuggets on their own were $4.90 and a McFizz was $2.90, so I bit the bullet. The review of the Bubblegum McFizz will come in the next couple days. The nuggets themselves were identical in size, shape and odour to "standard" McNuggets. I thought they might have had a chilli powder infused batter, making them look a bit red, but they just had flakes of green and red chilli mixed in the batter. The nice thing was that it didn't look like it was dried pepper flakes, but rather small pieces of fresh pepper like the Sir Sombreros in Serbia. The meat inside wasn't seasoned any different from a standard nugget, but it did look a bit yellow rather than the regular white meat that usually fills a McNugget, although this might have been because I was looking a bit too closely for any change.
Once I took a bite of my first nugget I was pretty disappointed and instantly regretted the purchase because there wasn't really anything that made them stand out from a regular menu nugget. Yes, there was a slight hint of pepper flavour, and by the 3rd nugget I might actually say they were spicier than a normal McNugget, but the flavour just wasn't anything special at all. It wasn't like this was a shaker seasoning that gave the nuggets a completely new (good or bad) taste, in the end these were still pretty standard nuggets and because they tasted as such you needed to dip them in sauce. Once you dipped them in the sauce (BBQ in our case) you couldn't taste the pepper in them at all. Now, I've never really been a fan of standard nuggets, I find them a bit boring, and I would probably have to eat 20 before I became anywhere near full.
If both options were on the menu I HAD to pick between regular and spicy nuggets, I would probably choose these as it wasn't like the pepper made them taste any worse. But they definitely aren't something I'd go back for.
Rating - 2/5
This is also the 3rd "Spicy Chicken" promo item in a row. Time for something new McDonald's Singapore! Give me something new and exciting before I leave in August!

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MORE THAN 100 CHINESE COMPANIES have gained instant stock-market listings in the U.S. since 2000 via so-called reverse mergers. Typically the Chinese entity merges with a publicly traded U.S. shell company, thus eliminating the need to file a prospectus, launch an initial public offering or otherwise pass regulatory muster. While the motivation behind such transactions may be as legitimate as a desire to save time and money, critics note that lax regulation has often gone hand in hand with price manipulation and other deceits.
Likely to give more fuel to opponents of such mergers are American Dairy's disclosures last week that it has dismissed its independent accounting firm, Oklahoma-based Murrell Hall McIntosh; withdrawn its 2007 revenue and profit guidance; and is the subject of an informal Securities and Exchange Commission probe. The San Marino, Calif.-based company, whose Chinese subsidiary, Feihe Dairy, produces milk powder for infant formula as well as soybean products, also said it will hire a new accountant to re-audit its results for 2004 through 2006, calling into question the veracity of its reported numbers in those years, a span in which earnings grew about 143% and revenue 228%. American Dairy's shares plummeted 12% to 14 on the week, but the stock, which was trading near 26 just two months ago, could fall more in coming months.
Unknown to many investors, at least until recently, the SEC began questioning the independence of Henny Wee, the company's Hong Kong-based auditor, as early as 2005, owing to Wee's involvement with a company that advised and owned a stake in American Dairy. The agency notified American Dairy (ticker: ADY) in this year's third quarter that it was the subject of an informal investigation. Barron's recently has been asking Wee and American Dairy CEO Leng You Bin similar questions, but hasn't received many answers.
The Chicago hedge-fund company Citadel loaned American Dairy $80 million last summer to pay off loans and finance a much-needed expansion, with the stipulation that Leng replace Murrell Hall by next May with a large, multinational accounting firm such as Ernst & Young. Questions about the independence of American Dairy's audits could complicate the company's quest for additional funds, which it will need to fend off deep-pocketed competitors such as Nestle (NESN.Switzerland) and Wyeth (WYE) as it seeks to expand to China's larger cities.
FOUNDED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT in 1962, American Dairy was privatized in 1997 under Leng. In 2003 its U.S. arm merged with a Utah shell, Lazarus Industries, and renamed itself American Dairy. Its shares traded on the OTC bulletin board before moving to NYSE Arca, an electronic exchange; Leng, who controls 63% of the company, told Barron's he hopes the stock soon will be trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
In theory, at least, American Dairy's prospects should be bright. Based on Chinese astrology, 2007 is the Year of the Golden Pig, considered an especially fortuitous time for couples to have babies. Indeed, China's hospitals have been packed with expectant parents this year, and total births are likely to top 20 million before the lunar year ends Feb. 6, more than 25% above the country's average number of births per year. With a partial nod to the Pig year's impact, the company raised its '07 sales guidance last month to $160 million, about 30% above '06 results, and said operating income would jump 50%, to $30 million. Last week it with withdrew that forecast and said it is cooperating with the SEC.
MURRELL HALL BECAME AMERICAN DAIRY'S accountant after the reverse merger. With no offices in China, it turned to Wee, a Malaysian-born Chinese based in Hong Kong, to assist in auditing the company's financials. In public correspondence released last summer, the SEC noted that certain American Dairy filings listed Wee as both the company's auditor and a principal in Belmont Capital Group, which provided capital-raising and consulting services to American Dairy prior to its public listing in '03, and later bought 8% of its shares. The agency disclosed it had written letters to American Dairy in December '05 and January '06, questioning its auditor's independence.
In response, Wee told the SEC he owned 51% of Belmont until June '02, but sold his stake to Tracy Wan, a former employee of his auditing firm and former business partner in Belmont, and that he no longer was involved with the firm. Yet he continued to share office space with Wan. According Hong Kong real-estate records obtained by Barron's, Wee in fact owned 80% of Belmont in the early 2000s; from April '02 to January '06, the firm was controlled by two entities in the British Virgin Islands, the records show, before passing clearly to Wan's control.
Wee also told the SEC that he leased part of his office to Belmont after June '02, and in an e-mail response to Barron's admitted he and Wan each owned 25% of a third company, Questpro Holdings, the owner of the office. Wee and Wan worked together not only on American Dairy's reverse merger but that of China Precision Steel (CPSL), which Murrell Hall engaged Wee to audit before resigning as the company's auditor in October.
In a Dec. 6 e-mail responding to Barron's queries, Wee said his firm "ceased to provide any form of service" to American Dairy after the second quarter. He also confirmed that he doesn't read Chinese, noting his staff translates documents for him. The next day a Murrell executive confirmed his firm no longer was on the job, and wouldn't be auditing the company's fourth-quarter results. Four days later American Dairy announced it had dismissed Murrell Hall "effective immediately," and that the company was under investigation.
"Who can say what surprises might be in store for investors?" says Todd Fernandez, senior research analyst with the proxy-advisory firm Glass Lewis. "Not only did American Dairy keep word of the SEC investigation away from investors since the last quarter, but it also failed to mention it was aware of such concerns as far back as 2005, when the SEC began a review" of an S-1 regulatory filing by the company.
IN A STATEMENT, AMERICAN DAIRY said it believes the SEC's primary focus is on the independence of Murrell Hall and Wee, not the company's business operations or management. It does not expect the re-audit to "necessitate material adjustments" to historical results. But the next auditor will have its work cut out, given new questions raised by American Dairy's third-quarter filing.
On Nov. 15 the company reported preliminary results for the September quarter, but announced it would delay filing the requisite 10-Q report with the SEC. Four days later it filed the document, which indicated, among other things, that third-quarter gross profits were $19 million, not the $24.6 million previously reported. Leng attributed the difference to "intercompany eliminations, which we did not take into account at the time."
Another red flag in the 10-Q was a quarter-to-quarter drop of 17% in the company's distribution expenses, even as capital expenditures more than doubled to $25 million, versus $12 million in the first half. Several hedge-fund analysts have suggested American Dairy may be capitalizing expenses, but a company spokesman says advertising expenses "fluctuated considerably between Q2 and Q3," and that such capital expenditures "are not out of the ordinary considering ADY's significant investment in capacity expansion and new revenue opportunities."
Notwithstanding its accounting issues, American Dairy's biggest problem may be its business prospects. Its growth model is predicated on competing in the high-margin powdered-milk business in China's so-called Tier 1 cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing -- markets that are dominated by foreign multinationals. The company's Flying Crane brand is a major name in smaller and mid-sized markets but barely is visible in the nation's largest cities.
Moving uptown, so to speak, will require deep pockets, which American Dairy probably doesn't have. Those who may have profited most from the company's endeavors are the folks who rode the stock up from the low single digits to this year's mid-20s -- and sold before it fell. As investors in some Chinese reverse mergers have learned, the mergers aren't the only things that reverse.


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Macx Davies in a Canadian biathlete who was born in Calgary on the 24th of December 1992. He made his international debut in 2011 and last season in Oestersund he achieved his personal best result when he came 10th in the Sprint race. He is also renowned for his dancing skills (see Russian TV), his biathlon movie (see Norwegian TV) and of course his beard which won him Best Facial Hair 2015/16 in the Biathlon23 Awards.
You can like his Facebook page: Macx Davies Biathlete.
Who spells Macx with a C? Explain yourself or at least your parent's decision?!
First off, yes my name is spelt M-A-C-X, and my parents actually switched my name when I was very young from Mckenzie, which was my name at birth, because there was a lot of girls being named Mckenzie at the time. So they changed it to Macx and kept the C to be a little different.
Why did you decide to become a biathlete?
I decided to become a biathlete because cross country skiing became very predictable and fitness based. But when I tried biathlon for a summer in 2006 I realized that here was a sport similar to cross country skiing with the unpredictability of shooting, and after a year of biathlon I was hooked (even though that first year and many more after I was terrible at shooting).
You got 10th place in the Oestersund Sprint last season. Can you describe the race and how you felt at the end getting your best ever result?
The race in Oestersund this year was the craziest race of my life. First thing, starting bib #99, which is the well known number of Canadian hockey star Wayne Gretzky, was very special for me. But to then go out and forget to load one of my magazines, which I only realized after my first shooting, made it a very crazy day, as I was just trying to figure out how I could get another from my coaches. But after a lap of yelling at my wax techs, I was told they had a spare magazine waiting for me in the range. So I could relax as I skied the last hundred meters into my standing shooting. However I was given a magazine that didn't fit into my rifle… Luckily I had 5 spare rounds on my rifle and I single loaded each shot. Now if you remember it was a very windy day and nobody was shooting great, but through all this confusion I pulled off a perfect day on the range and was very surprised when my wax techs told me I was in 10th after the shooting. After I heard that I knew that I had to ski as hard as I could, and I managed to hold the position all the way to the finish line. After the race I was stunned, it took more than a week for me to realize just how good that race was. And thinking about it now I still don't believe how well I did!
What are your plans for summer training?
Summer training is going to be a little different this year, normally we stay around Canmore, Canada for most of the summer, but the team is trying something new and we are spending 3 weeks in New Zealand on snow in August. Then we will head back home for some good training before going to Salt Lake City in the US for another 2 weeks in the fall then back to Canmore to be on snow in October.
What are your goals for this season?
For this season I was shooting for an individual Top 6 and multiple Top 16 finishes as well as some more podium relay performances for Canada.
Canadian biathlon is doing really well right now. Why do you think that is?
Canada is lucky to have some amazing athletes at the top end of the sport for the last few years. To me is all comes from finally figuring out the combination of training that works for us, as well as having a few role model athletes to follow, the likes of JP Le Guellec, Nathan Smith, Brendan Green and Scott Perras.
You won the Biathlon23 Award for Best Facial Hair last season. Is that your biggest achievement to date? Will you be trying to retain your title?
I was surprised to win the award for best facial hair, but now that I know it is possible I will be trying every year! I would say the reward is equal to my Oestersund sprint race.
You starred in a Norwegian video at the World Championships in Oslo. Do you regret stopping for an interview now? What did you think of the video?
I LOVED that video! I was the perfect touch to that amazing day at the World Championships! I am so happy that I stopped for the interview and only hope everyone else liked it as much as the whole Canadian Team did.
Do you have a favourite biathlon track? Which is it and why?
My favourite biathlon track is Oberhof, because I find crazy weather always works to my advantage. Though Pokljuka to me is the best skiing track with a bit of everything.
Who is your favourite biathlete (past or present) and why?
My favourite biathlete is Bjorn Ferry, he showed me that you can be among the best and still have a great sense of humour.
Does your rifle have a name?
I have never named my rifle actually. Though I might have to think of one…..
Describe yourself in three words.
Macx in three words, "Is The Man". I'm just joking, here are three words: Determined, Powerful, Relaxed.
Quick fire Questions:
Favourite biathlon nation (not your own): Norway
Favourite rifle design (any biathlete): Nathan Smith(designed his own, then made it himself)
Favourite ski suit design (from any nation): France their 2015 suits
Favourite shooting range: Nove Mesto
Lucky bib number: 99
Funniest biathlete on the World/IBU Cup: Christian Gow
Nicest biathlete on the World/IBU Cup: Martin Fourcade
Best thing about being a biathlete: the lifestyle, exercise, travel and friends.
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G3: 1828 George Shiels
George Shiels was born in the family home at East Mains, Coulter, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on October 18, 1828. He was educated at the school on the estate of the Duke of Buccleuch until he reached the age of eleven. He then went to work on the Thomas Anderson farm as a choreboy. His brother John was employed there. George was soon promoted to plowman, a task at which he became highly skilled. He also became an expert checker player. Tradition says that he engaged the world champion in a contest which lasted thirty hours. After playing five games, George had won two of the five games and was only a teenager at the time. Time was taken out for food and sleep.
George is reported to have stated later that the defeat was the best thing that could have happened to him, as his later life as a farmer was highly satisfying to him. George left the Anderson farm for a job in a greenhouse at higher wages. He stayed there until 1850 when he and his brother John decided to emigrate to Canada.
The brothers left Glasgow about June 15, 1850 on the good ship Morton. The voyage almost ended in a shipwreck off the coast of Newfoundland. A squall came up suddenly and carried off two of the masts and two sailors with them. Repairs took two weeks and during that time, smallpox broke out on the ship. Eleven people died and John was very ill with it. He was still quite weak when they landed in Canada. They stopped at Whitby where a friend, Andrew Archibald, got John an easy job. George got a job as a teamster for a sawmill. He said later that he had never seen such a sensible team of horses as those he drove there.
George remained at Whitby for two years and then came on to Toronto where John had gone earlier. The two brothers then travelled west to Andrew Archibald's farm on lot 5 Concession 5 Tuckersmith Township, southeast of the present Seaforth. At that time the land in Ontario south of the boundary of Elma, Grey, Morris, Wawanosh and Ashfield townships was Canada Company land. The land above that line was Crown land. Settlers on Canada Company land could not obtain a deed for their land until they had it completely paid for. On Crown land, one could get a deed subject to a mortgage as soon as the land was opened for settlement by the Government. A settler could register a "patent" and this gave one a right to live on the land until deeds were available in 1865.
George and John went through this procedure. The land records differ with family tradition in regard to the ownership of the four farms the brothers took. A patent given at Goderich on August 31, 1854 has George's signature as owner of lots 19 and 20 on concession 14.
His first name is crossed out and John's signature is above it. Another land record has George selling lot 19 concession 15 to Alexander Campbell for 7 shillings sixpence an acre with a down payment of 25 pounds. Lot 20 concession 14 is said to have been traded to James McNair for lot 27 concession 16 and cash to boot. George is said to have cleared the pine timber from lot 27, made money on the lumber and then sold the lot as a cleared farm. George obtained the deed to lot 20 concession 15 in 1865 subject to a $400.00 mortgage. He and John obtained lot 16 concession 15 from Alexander Campbell and sold it to their brother Thomas when he arrived in Ontario from Illinois in 1860.
To resume the narrative, Andrew Archibald advised the brothers to go north to the Crown land in Grey or Morris township. They set out north travelling to the present location of Walton and they decided to turn east into Grey. The last place they could get a meal was at the Combs' house. (It is interesting to note that two of George's sons later married daughters of the Combs family). They travelled east along the line of the 15th concession, stopping at the Jim Douglas farm as it was the last farm. They got a good feed of potatoes and venison. George always had a good word for Mrs. Douglas because of that good meal.
After that they lived off the land. George was a good shot with the old musket they had and John was a competent cook. They continued east along the 15th concession crossing the Beauchamp creek on a log. They met Lauchlin & Hugh McNeil on the way. Hugh had taken lot 16 concession 14, and Lauchlin had lots 17 and 18 on the same concession. George and John slept in Hugh's shanty on lot 16 that night and the next day cut their names on the stakes on lots 19 & 20 concession 14 and lots 19 & 20 concession 15. They put up a shanty on the line between lots 19 & 20 concession 14 and began to slash down the trees to clear the land for farming.
In the summer the two brothers worked on the construction of the Huron Road (now provincial road #8) to provide cash for the necessities in the winter. They worked together in the winter to clear their own land. This type of life continued until 1857 when both brothers were married. George married Susannah Wortley on September 4, 1857, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Wortley, who had come from England. They were married by a Rev. James Findlay, in Fullarton Township, Perth County. The ceremony was witnessed by a brother and sister of the bride, John and Elizabeth Wortley. Apparently neither witness could read or write at the time as their names were written in by the minister and they made their "mark" below. Rev. Findlay must have been an itinerant minister as the Fullarton township records do not show any churches in the township in 1851 or 1861.
George and Susannah lived in a log house on their farm until a two storey house was built by George and his sons in the 1880's. Susannah's brother and sister, John and Caroline Wortley, lived with them until 1863 when John married Agnes Robertson and took the west half of lot 18 concession 15 as his homestead.
Family tradition says that George had one pig when their first child was a baby. The pig was kept in a log pen and George heard the pig squealing one night. He went out with his axe to investigate as he did not have a gun at the time. He found a bear in the pen after his pig. Susannah arrived at the scene in time to witness George killing the bear with his axe. Apparently no bear was going to get his pig!
The original school building was erected in 1864 at the instigation of George Shiels. He helped organize the district and served on the board for many years. The land did not belong to the school board until 1873, when trustees George Shiels, James McNair and Alexander Stewart, purchased the 1/2 acre where the school was located from James Fulton for fifty dollars. Of course there was no self interest on George's part, but his children only had 100 yards to walk to school! George bought the old building for six dollars and sold it at a profit. The new school was a frame building that cost six hundred and forty-seven dollars to build. George's brother Thomas dug the well and lined it with brick. In 1914 the building was covered with yellow brick and subsequent to that a furnace was put in and running water was provided. Many of the Shiels family served on the board, including George Jr, Thomas, John, James and Jack. James McNair and Angus Carmichael also served on the board. When the Grey Township schools were consolidated in 1965 the school was sold and is now occupied as a residence.
Family tradition says that George had a driving horse called "Rose". She was unmanageable to the point that only the men of the family could handle her. In 1887, Susannah was kicked by a cow and seriously injured. The nearest Doctor was nine miles away in Brussels. One of Susannah' sons hitched Rose to the buggy and took the whip to her. She made Brussels in one hour and the trip back with the two men in the same time.
That was a notable feat on the dirt roads. Susannah died in 1889 at 51 years of age, having never recovered from her injuries. George died on January 19, 1906 at 77 years of age. Both are buried in Brussels cemetery.
George and Susannah had eleven children: Barbara (1859); Jane (1860); Thomas (1862); Susannah (1864); Robert (1867); Mary (1869); George (1871); Jemima (1874); Ellen (1877); William John (1880) and David (1883).
To access histories for descendants of George Shiels, please use the links below or use the drop down menu on the left.
— G4: Barbara (Shiels) Gilpin 1859-1902
— — Caroline (Gilpin) Gulker 1878-1963 (G3)
— — Thomas Gilpin 1880-1963 (G3)
— — Anna (Gilpin) Gilbert 1881-1908 (G3)
— — Marion (Gilpin) Marsh 1883-1930 (G3)
— — Matthew Gilpin 1884-1957 (G3)
— — Alice (Gilpin) Giddings 1886-1952 (G3)
— Jane (Shiels) Bray 1860-1908 (G2)
— Thomas E. Shiels 1862-1936 (G2)
— — Ethel (Shiels) Thompson 1887-1982 (G3)
— Susannah (Shiels) Carmichael 1864-1912 (G2)
— Robert Shiels 1867-1901 (G2)
— — Norman George Shiels 1896-1961 (G3)
— — — George Melvin Shiels 1936-1997 (G4)
— — Melvin Robert Shiels 1897-1958 (G3)
— Mary (Shiels) Hart 1869-1921 (G2)
— George Shiels Jr 1871-1904 (G2)
— Jemima (Shiels) Hart 1874-1902 (G2)
— Ellen (Shiels) Ford 1877-1951 (G2)
— — William George Ford 1918- (G3)
— — — John William Ford 1947- (G4)
— — — Margaret Ellen (Ford) Campbell 1951- (G4)
— William John Shiels 1880-1906 (G2)
— — Harold Robert Shiels 1908-1991 (G3)


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Welcome to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers... the place that's celebrating your love of books with every turn of the page.
This is post TWO of the day here on the site (if you've missed the first, feel free to click over after this post) and it's to help celebrate the arrival of an author to the Fiction arena. It's her debut in this genre and it packs a pretty big punch if I do say so myself. .. and I do. Guys and gals, grab your party hats and the balloons, for we have another BOOK BIRTHDAY celebrant in our midst! Today's book of choice is. ...
Sarah Anne Johnson
About the book:
Hannah Snow is a lightkeeper's wife living in the village of Dangerfield on Cape Cod in 1843. When a ship runs aground, her husband, John, is away on a supply trip. Even though she knows he would be furious, Hannah rows into a storm and saves a shipwrecked sailor, William "Billy" Pike. Billy is recuperating in Hannah's care when John's horse is discovered, but John can't be found.
Alternating between Hannah and Billy's points of view, Johnson weaves a fascinating story that provides flashbacks to Billy's mysterious past and life as a pirate, and Hannah's determination to prove that a woman could be a lighthouse keeper, traditionally a man's profession.
In a masterful twist, Hannah discovers the truth about Billy—a revelation that changes everything. In that defining moment, Hannah is able to accept Billy for who he is and come to terms with her own feelings toward him. Together they are able to turn their relationship into something that rises above anything they have experienced before.
I have to say, I was really impressed.
It takes elements from pirate stories, marries them with various maritime adventures, wraps it in love's technicolored blanket, and ties on a bow of historical America that acts as both accent and anchor. It's quite a work... and that's before I even mention the way she explores family relationships, gender roles, the extent that one will go to for those we love, as well as the things that become unimportant or able to be glanced over.
Hannah Snow could have been a character of little importance, but she wasn't. She could have played the dutiful wife, answering her husband's every beck and call, forgoing the dangerous rescues and staying ashore as requested. She could have simply fallen apart after her husband went missing and all the months thereafter.... but she did not. She was the lightkeeper's wife, but she was also her own person. She saw needs and filled them. She saw opportunity arise and followed its winding path. Did they always lead her to safety and calm waters? Hardly... and yet she gleaned as much satisfaction from them as other's would have from those more docile pastimes. You can't help but admire and respect her. Upon rescuing Billy, her life takes yet another turn... for better or worse remains to be seen but trust me, all is sorted out by book's end.
Billy's character is a conundrum. It is through his eyes, his memories that we Annie, Blue, and William. All different people per se but with connecting threads nonetheless. For me, I found the shred of a clue I sought in a hobby as benign as drawing... the full confirmation of my suspicions came much later... but I didn't divulge further details as it's all a part of the allure. Suffice it to say, sometimes those that share the least are hiding the most; sometimes they simply have the most to lose.
So, in conclusion I can honestly say that whether you're a Fiction fan, historically inclined, or simply someone who enjoys a great read with a curious twist, this should definitely make its way to your wish list. Target audience would fit nicely for older teens through adults with only a few suggestive scenes, nothing explicit.
About the author...
Sarah is the author of The Very Telling, The Art of the Author Interview, and Conversations with American Women Writers, all published by the University Press of New England. Her interviews appear in The Writer's Chronicle, Glimmertrain Stories, Provincetown Arts, and The Writer where she is a contributing editor. Her fiction has appeared in Other Voices, and she is the recipient of residencies in fiction from Jentel Artists' Residency Program and Vermont Studio Center. She has taught the Art of the Author Interview Workshop at Bennington College Writing Seminars MFA Program, Leseley University MFA Program, and at literary conferences. http://sarahannejohnson.com/
ARC for review received courtesy of Heather at Sourcebooks. (THANKS! ) For more information on this title as well as their full catalog, be sure to stop by their official site ( www.sourcebooks.com), or catch them on Twitter (http://Twitter.com/Sourcebooks). This title reached publication today via Sourcebooks Landmark, so be on the lookout for it on a bookstore shelf or virtual retailer of your choosing.
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Staff Profile: Dr. Christian O'Connell
Academic Course Leader in History
Academic Course Leader in History
Religious, Philosophical and Historical Studies
I am a Senior Lecturer in American history, teaching courses on democracy and slavery in the 19th century, reconstruction and the South after the Civil War, major themes in 20th century US history, and the long civil rights movement.
I am Academic Course Leader in History, and Senior Lecturer in American social, cultural and political history. I focus on African American history from slavery to Black Power, but my interest in the subject began with the blues, which led to my first book Blues, How Do You Do? (Michigan, 2015). I'm also fascinated by the ways American culture has travelled and shaped societies and cultures beyond the nation's borders.
Fulbright-Elon Scholar Award (Jan-May 2016)
BAAS/UCL Institute of the Americas Visiting Fellow, 2015
BAAS Short-Term Travel Award 2011
Eccles Centre Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2011
Trustee of the European Blues Association
British Association of American Studies
Historians of the Twentieth Century United States
Christian teaches American social, cultural and political history. His modules focus on the relationship between democracy and slavery from the Revolution to the Civil War; Reconstruction and the rise of the 'New South' after the war; conflict, capitalism and culture in the 'American Century;' and the long Civil Rights movement.
Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Primarily a cultural historian, Christian is interested in the transatlantic diffusion of American culture, particularly music. He has also published on the representations of the American South on British television, and now working on race relations in Italy during WWII. Christian is also an oral history specialist, and put together the local history project entitled Cheltenham's Lower High Street: Past, Present & Future.???
More publications from Dr. Christian O'Connell can be found in the Research Repository.
Christian is also a semi-professional musician and often performs his musical documentary The Discovery of the Blues. He also teaches an online course entitled 'A History of the Blues.'
American and African American History
The Blues and African American Culture
Race Relations and Politics in the US
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Check out NFPA's Facebook Live video stream on Sunday, October 29 as Firehouse Magazine Editor in Chief Tim Sendelbach offers his view of the fire service during an opening night open mic session. A popular speaker, well-versed in fire and emergency services topics, Sendelbach worked as an assistant chief and chief of fire training before his current role overseeing content and editorial direction at Firehouse® Magazine, Firehouse.com, Firehouse Expo, and Firehouse World. (10/29 approximately 6:30 p.m. EST)
On Tuesday, October 31 be sure to set aside time in your day to listen and learn about key issues facing the fire service via your desktop, laptop or mobile device. Hear from experts about the toll that bullying can take in your department; mounting contamination concerns; innovative design strategies to reduce exposure in the firehouse; and important takeaways from the horrific Pulse Nightclub massacre.
Click the hyperlinks referenced below to learn more and to tune into these real-time video presentations. Look for the "add to calendar" link at the bottom of the page to give yourself a reminder. Then log in to NFPA Xchange on Halloween for education and insight on topics of interest.
I.David Daniels, At Large Director of the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section, will provide historical perspective on bullying, hazing and violence in the fire service. Learn more about the far-reaching consequences of these actions, and the positive steps being taken to reduce the number of incidents and firehouse fallout from this misbehavior. (10/31 8:30 a.m. EST)
Sought-after speaker and architect Paul Erickson with LeMay Erickson Willcox will offer insights on how and why it is critical to restrict exposures within the fire station from contaminated turnout gear, equipment and apparatus in his presentation, "Hot Zones and the Fire Station." (10/31 10:30 a.m. EST)
Casey Grant with the Protection Research Foundation provides a summary of the, "Campaign for Contamination Control" which looked at long-term fire fighter health concerns due to chemical and biological contamination on the fire ground. Cancer and other diseases are presumed to be associated with fire ground exposure; and increasingly fire departments are looking at protection/hygiene practices and persistent harmful contamination found in firefighter equipment, apparatus, and fire stations. Grant will share recommended operational practices, a research road map and messaging strategies to help reduce the risk to firefighters. (10/31 1:00 p.m. EST)
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I was tagged by my dear friend, Jazzygal who has been supportive and helpful in times of need especially on Facebook. Thank you for passing on this Gratitude Award to me, I like to think that I am a positive person who is eternally grateful for what I have in life.
Here are the things that I am grateful for/my Gratitude List for this week:
1. Griffin and I have our medications finally straightened out!
2. I am grateful for the knowledge that I have about autism and that I know enough to protect Griffin from those who seem to not have his success and best interest at heart, therefor I am looking into a new school.
3. The weather is gorgeous and this is my second favorite time of year...autumn being my most favorite.
4. I was able to buy food for us today and coupled with the food from the food bank we should be set for the month. I am grateful that somehow we always end up with food in our bellies!
5. I am grateful that even though it is a fixed income, at least we have income as many people in the USA do not.
6. I am grateful for my dear friends on Facebook who are so supportive of me in times of need whom I have never even met in person but look out if we ever do because the world wouldn't be able to handle us! Especially after a few bottles of wine!!!
7. I am grateful that I get to talk to my parents each day....or several times a day.


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Max Payne 3 is an upcoming third-person shooter videogame, the third title in the Max Payne series. Set to be released in May, 2012, it is being developed primarily by Rockstar Vancouver and will be published by Rockstar Games for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Max Payne 3 Release date is May 15 2012, So keep waiting and a great game will come to you.
Max Payne 3 on PC has a confirmed release date on Tuesday 29 May 2012.
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We have heard more than enough about both the "resiliency" of holiday spending and the resurgence of the US consumer as shopping supposedly surprised in the past several months (on nothing else than as Bridgewater's Prince indicated was merely the exhaustion of consumer savings). Now we get the confirmation that this was nothing but a prelude to a tsunami of retail returns as "shoppers" push to complete the other side of the transaction, whereby retailers part with the just received cash, leaving them with even greater inventories, and even thinner margins. As Reuters reports, "With a Christmas season that has seen record e-commerce sales coming to a close, returns should hit an all-time high on Tuesday for United Parcel Service." It is only fair that one record nets off another record. And with it goes away the myth that US consumers had found some mysterious and mystical money growing tree. Until Ben boards Commanche One and starts jettisoning the money sacks, this simply won't happen.
Further from Reuters:
[UPS] expects to handle more than 550,000 returns on Tuesday, a record, and up almost 8 percent from a year earlier. Several other days during the first week of 2012 will also top half a million returns, UPS said.
"This will definitely be the busiest year for returns," Ken Burkeen, marketing director of the retail and consumer products division at UPS, told Reuters.
UPS is seeing a "surge" in returns of electronic devices, Burkeen told Reuters.
The good news for retailers is that most of the jump is simply a reflection of the explosive growth in e-commerce this Christmas season: U.S. online sales were up 15 percent between November 1 and December 26, according to data firm comScore.
Burkeen said UPS expects returns to rise 7.7 percent, meaning returns as a percentage of total sales have actually dipped despite more customer-friendly return policies.
The double whammy for retailers is that returns end up sapping gross margins even more, thus pushing their EPS even further into the red.
It's expensive for retailers to take back products they have already sold, check they are still in good condition, repackage them and integrate them back into inventory for resale.
Kurt Salmon retail strategist Al Sambar said that the returned items often end up in the discount bin, meaning a further danger to margins during a holiday season that has already seen steep discounting.
And for those wondering why Amazon has been collapsing lately, wonder no more:
When consumers buy electronics online, they do not get a chance to try out the devices first. So often, after the products arrive, "they play around with the product and decide they would like to return it for another product," he said.
Consulting firm Accenture last month estimated that returns would cost U.S. electronics stores and makers $17 billion this year.
Several top electronics retailers, including Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Best Buy Co (BBY.N) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O), have extended their normal return windows to accommodate the large number of people who will need to initiate returns or refunds over the next few weeks, according to STELLAService, which rates the customer service of the largest retail websites.
Categories with the highest percentage of returns will also include apparel and footwear.
Such items are not easy to purchase online because they need to fit properly and require being tried on before consumers commit fully.
We can't wait for the Comcast commedy-financial channel to completely ignore this final piece in the retail sales narrative, after having advertized over and over the "record" sales in the past month to push Joe Sixpack even more into debt, because apparently everyone else is doing it. As it turns out, they aren't.


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Huntington Branch Library News: Toddler Movement, Spanish lessons, movies and more
Here's what's happening at the HUNTINGTON BRANCH LIBRARY, 41 Church Street; 203-926-0111. For even more listings, click here.
Toddler Movement Program
Wednesdays, Oct. 1 and 8, 11 a.m. Kids ages 2-and-a-half to 4 years old and caregivers march, dance and play musical instruments plus songs and action poems. This is a weekly program for children who are ready to participate in group activities. Register for the four-week session.
Stories with Danielle
Thursdays, Oct. 2 and 9, 11 a.m. Three and four year olds hear stories just for them.
Spanish with Sandra
Early immersion program for three to five year-olds and their parents, features the Spanish language in songs, games, story time and other activities. Taught by Shelton Spanish teacher Sandra Alvarado. Registration required and space is limited. This session runs Fridays, at 2:45 through Nov. 21. Participants don't have to go to all sessions.
First Friday Book Discussion
Friday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m. A Secret Kept by Tatiana De Rosney is the discussion in this self led group; books available. (November's selection will be The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.)
Baby Rhyme Time
Tuesdays, Oct. 7 and 14, 11 a.m. Infants and non-walkers with caregivers enjoy traditional and new nursery rhymes and songs, many with hand play or action. Followed by time for some free play and socialization for the kids, and chit-chat for the adults. No registration needed.
As I See It
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1 p.m. Friends of the Shelton Libraries offer a film viewing and discussion over desserts; new members welcome.


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Sooner or later there comes a point in your electronics career where it would be nice to have a schematic for the project you are doing. If you have a steady hand and lots of paper to spare, the first option is to draw the schematics on paper. However, computer aided design (CAD) software does have it's advantages, allowing easy modifications, sharing and later PCB creation.
In this short tutorial, I'll show how to create a simple schematic using DipTrace, an excellent electronics CAD package that has a free version as well as inexpensive entry-level commercial and non-profit licenses. The circuit I'm doing is a simple ATtiny2313 breadboard header that integrates an ISP programming header, a few capacitors, a reset pullup resistor and a clock crystal, eliminating the need to wire these things every time I start a new project. Additionally, I'm showing how to use DipTrace's powerful facilities to create new components in literally few minutes. Let's get started!
Why DipTrace and not Eagle CAD (or some other brand)?
The electronics CAD software, the most often recommended software for beginners is Eagle CAD. The main reasons are probably the rather reasonable pricing and large existing userbase. Also, a lot of open hardware projects share their schematics in Eagle format, and many PCB fabrication shops accept Eagle files directly without conversion to Gerber format.
What the recommenders don't usually mention is that Eagle CAD's abysmal usability. The user interface paradigms do not follow any usual norms, but are instead likely made up by the first developer of the software somewhere in the nineties. Badly. It is hard to find adequate words to describe how un-intuitive and horrific the UI is to use. The learning curve is steep and doing your first schematics is an exercise in frustration. You supposedly get past the initial shock, much like you would eventually be able to drive a car while being suspended upside down from the ceiling. A car which has its steering wheel replaced with a piano keyboard where low tones steer left and high tones right. A car which does not have a gas pedal, but just a brake and brake inversion button that enables acceleration. And… well, you get the idea (I think I save more inventive car analogies for a separate Eagle UI bashing post).
Compared to Eagle, I'd subjectively rate DipTrace user interface to be about 1300 % better, with these highlights:
- Normal Windows (Linux/Mac) UI paradigms mostly work (dragging objects around, selecting multiple items, etc.
- The part library is rather extensive (maybe not as big as Eagle's, but see next point)
- Creating new parts is really easy and quick
- Free non-profit version is pin-limited (300 pins, expandable to 500), not PCB size limited
- Inexpensive commercial and non-commercial entry level licenses (starting from 65 €)
- Good tutorials and documentation, easier learning curve
Creating custom parts in DipTrace
The best thing about DipTrace is easily its powerful pattern and component editors, which let you create your own parts you can then use when laying out PCBs (pattern) or doing schematics (component). The second biggest headache in Eagle (after the horrible UI, did I already mention that?) was finding the right components – I was always afraid I wouldn't find this or that special IC. With DipTrace, I can make a custom ICs in the same time it would take to google for a Eagle part library and install it – assuming I'd find one immediately. For example, it took exactly three minutes to make the pattern and component described below.
For my ATtiny2313 breadboard project, I decided I'd want to create a new component for the ISP programming header, which would make adding it to subsequent projects easier. First, I fired up the DipTrace "Pattern editor" to create a simple 3×2 pin header:
Note how I change the pad width a bit. You'll also want to make sure the drill holes for this header to be at least 0.039″, so change that if too if you follow my instructions (it defaults to previously used value, I had already changed mine before)! I also marked the MISO pin by using a square pad – this is the same pin that will be aligned with the red line in the ISP connector cable (6-wire ribbon cable). I also drew a nice rectangle around the header that will appear on the silk layer of the PCB. After I was done, I saved the result to
To use the ISP header part in schematic capture, I also need to create a "component" out of it – this is the logical representation of the same part, and does not need to look like the actual physical component at all (for example, a quad buffer chip could be represented as four separate symbols you can individually drag around). For my schematic, I chose to use "2-sided IC" type of symbol with VCC and GND pins on the left side, and signal pins on the right side of our "IC". I also marked the pins as input/output/power pins and made the pin names visible on the part. The whole component creation took just 50 seconds!
DipTrace also lets you easily connect this logical representation used in schematics with the physical representation ("pattern") used in PCB layout: This is done by assigning a pattern to the component, and then just connecting the component pins to corresponding pattern pins. This is done from 0:50 onwards in the video. After assigning a pattern and connecting the pins, we're ready to save our component library as
Schematic capture
Once I had the ISP header done, I was ready to draw the schematic. Using DipTrace Schematic capture is very straightforward, and as you can see, it only took four minutes to draw the complete schematic. However, I do recommend watching the DipTrace guided tour when you're first getting started! Two helpful hints that'll speed up your drawing:
- You can use ESC to quickly "back up" from editing a wire to wiring mode, and again back to "normal" mode (cursor key highlighted in toolbar). This is done several times in the video below.
- With a component selected, use spacebar to rotate a part 90 degrees at a time.
For schematics I'm just going to publish in the web I usually just find some component with a suitable symbol and use that – for example, a polarized capacitor. But this time I also wanted to make a PCB from the schematic, so I payed extra attention in selecting a component with suitable pin spacing and silk screen symbol, to make PCB creation easier. The exact parts chosen were:
- Crystals: CRYSTALHC49S
- Discrete: 1 * CAP100 (10 mil spacing for the 10 uF capacitor)
- Discrete: 3 * CAP200 (20 mil spacing for 1 uF tantalum and two 27 pF ceramics for the crystal)
- Discrete: 1 * RES400 (40 mil spacing for pullup resistor)
- Atmel: ATINY2313-PDIP (ATtiny2313 in DIP package)
After recording the schematic capture, I proceeded to add values for capacitors and tidied up a bit. The resulting file is available here:
Proceed to part 2: Using the PCB layout tool to transform this schematic into a PCB layout


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This is one of my best selling earrings and I am sharing it with you hoping that you will be able to make lot of them for yourself, family and friends or for sale.
This lesson teaches you how to create a wire wrap stud earrings within 30 minutes or less with 30cm (12 in) of wire. No soldering or glue involves. Just wire wrapping. This is a simple but elegant pair or earrings for everyday wear and every occasion.
Technique: Wirework, wrapping, twisting
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
2 x 15cm (6 in) 22ga wire
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Arkansas Tourism's first traveling photo exhibit has been recognized by the AAA Southern Traveler as an official Southern Travel Treasure. "Arkansas's Scenic Tourism Landscapes" debuted at the Ritz Theater in Blytheville in November and will be on display until February 15. It will then move to the Fort Smith Convention Center on March 1 and will coincide with the annual Arkansas Governor's Conference on Tourism. Admission to view the exhibit is free.
Providence, RI (December 9, 2019) - Visit Rhode Island, in conjunction with 22 hotels throughout its six tourism regions, announces the first-ever "Hotel Week RI," taking place January 18-31, 2020. Following the success of Hotel Week NYC™, pioneered by MMGY NJF in 2012, the inaugural "Hotel Week RI" offers four "prix fixe" rates of $100, $200, $300 and $400 per night at a variety of hotels in Blackstone Valley, Block Island, Newport County, Providence, South County, and Warwick. The four rate levels provide unprecedented opportunities for visitors and locals alike to save and stay in Rhode Island.
Kim WilliamsTravel Writer Photos available here.The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site in Tyronza, has been accepted into the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global association of museums, historical sites and public memory initiatives that maintain places where important civil and human rights history occurred.
By Kristine Puckett, Deputy Director, Arkansas TourismThis time of year, many of us make a resolution to relax and recharge. Travel is a great way to achieve that resolution. Travel can have a positive impact on your emotional and physical health. Plus, it's an effective way to reconnect with friends, family or even yourself. Yet, more than half of Americans (and a quarter of Arkansans) don't take advantage of their vacation days.
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