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Sooo.... how 'bout dem Lancome mascaras? Pretty amazing, heh? I swear every time I turn around I hear about how amazing they are. I've tried them before, but since they often are for things I don't need more of (any more length and my lashes will be permanently stuck to the inside of my glasses), I usually ignore them. Plus that whole thing with the vibrating of the wand? I fell for it and ran to my local counter, only to get a mascara that was kind of blah. And expensive.
On a recent trip to Sephora, I went to look for the Doll's Eye's mascara that everyone loves. And got distracted by this one, which seem REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT VOLUME. (It is "the ultimate instant-volume mascara for lash drama") So, I grabbed it instead.
The first thing that you'll notice about this mascara is the shape of the wand. It's a bit flattened and it has this strange curvy S shape. The bristles also stick out a bit at some wonky angles, though I believe this is on purpose. It took a while to get the hang of it, but the idea is that the S curves around with your lid, letting you hit more of the lashes at once.
I found that this bristles hold on to a lot of product, and you'll want to blot it gently with a tissue before application or else this can get pretty messy! After the light blotting I found that it was a pretty clump free mascara and did help with some nice volume, though it wasn't a lot of volume. There was some length, but not a lot. And the curl seemed to depart towards dinner time.
I'd put this mascara in the "nice" category, but I have better ones that cost less. I'll continue to reach for my LashBlast when I want lots of volume.
Note that this mascara comes in a dark grey from Lancome and their counters. It appears that the color I have, Excessive Black, might be a Sephora exclusive? Not sure, but it appears to be only from Sephora on-line and when I double checked my local Lancome counter only had the grey.
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Hi Tara!
I think you must be right, the color is only at certain stores? I didn't check Nordies (the nearest one is about 45 minutes from me), I checked Macy's. I haven't noticed the drying out issue so much, though that could be why I was having clumping issues if I didn't wipe the wand? (Because I underplayed it above since I solved the issue, but really, if I don't wipe the wand I can look like Tammy Faye really easily with this mascara)
As for the Stila, do you mean this waterproof one?
I haven't tried it yet, it's on my long list of things to buy!
I definitely agree about the Stila waterproof eye liner, that stuff is amazing. Mine is almost gone so I need to buy more, but it is the easiest liquid liner to apply and it looks perfect all day! It's even easy to remove. Love it!
Hi! Yes, that is the one! I really love it.
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Charity launches £100,000 rent fund
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Charity launches £100,000 rent fund
A charity has launched a £100,000 rent fund to help out young workers who may be affected by government cuts to benefits.
Trident Reach the People is concerned that government changes will leave many unable to pay rent after they have found work. It will manage the £100,000 fund that has been set aside by Trident Housing Association.
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Raj Shergill, Head of Tenancy Support at Trident Reach, said: “One of the themes of our charity is getting people back into paid work. We support many vulnerable young adults, for example, those at risk of homelessness, teenage mothers, young offenders, people leaving the care system, people with learning disabilities and those fleeing domestic abuse etc.
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Plan unveiled to combat child poverty
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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:52a.m.
By Lloyd Burr
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The Children’s Commissioner has released a plan to reduce child poverty, which includes a universal ‘child payment’, better welfare grants from the Government and establishing a ‘Child Poverty Act’.
The plan includes a ‘food in schools’ programme, rental houses requiring a ‘warrant of fitness’ and overhauling the family tax credit system to favour young children.
Russell Wills formed the Expert Advisory Group in March which has been working on solutions to child poverty, which has doubled in the last 30 years.
The report says around 270,000 children currently live in poverty, costing $6 million every year.
Recommendations include:
Tracey McIntosh, co-chair of the Expert Advisory Group says there needs to be a culture-change in New Zealand, including the Government, to address the issues.
Fellow co-chair Jonathan Boston says there is no full costing of the plan and no prioritisation of the recommendations.
“We’ve had several meetings with ministers and they have been very constructive,” he says.
“Housing has to be part of the core of any child poverty plan...we have hundreds of thousands of houses that need addressing and that cannot be done overnight but we have to stop kids growing up in damp, unhealthy houses.”
Group member Phillippa Howden-Chapman says both ends of the age-scale need to be addressed.
“We’ve got compulsory superannuation so we should have compulsory child payments,” she says.
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31/08/2012 8:17:38 a.m.
David wrote:
@Mike its well known that Parties use social media.. the only person around here screaming conspiracy is you.
Labour did this... labour did that.
You want to know how to fix the poverty issue... or at least improve it? get rid of John Key... a man so out of touch the nly person that he has helped since being in power is himself.
Mike in one story you are a sucessful businessman... in this one you are a pauper.. I have trouble believing in your credibility when you cant even get your own life history correct.
You are a paid mouthpiece.. thats extremely clear to many of us.
30/08/2012 11:50:39 p.m.
So Mike... what I hear from you over and over again is New Zealand has no poverty issue... thats the bit you wont address.... experts around the world and in New Zealand itself all agree we do... the experts who are better educated than yourself and have far more relevent information to contribute.
Just as an aside Mike... in one story you are a mid level manager... in this one you are under the poverty line.
you want just one suggestion for getting rid of poverty... simple get rid of Key.. the man who has worsened it.
Exports under National grew 11 Percent .... lol what a gross exagerration.
Exports grew because food commodity prices shot up.
Mike the businessman... Mike the man below the poverty line... Mike the man who changes his idenity and life history to amazingly enough suit the story.
30/08/2012 5:36:53 p.m.
Mike wrote:
@David so everyone posting but you is some conspiracy? The biggest nut jobs around tends to claim the world is involved in some huge conspiracy, hence your conspiracy claims again. You still wont address anything someone talks about, attacking people instead because your too lazy to even google anything. How about even one idea how to live on less money, since the struggle is to live on an income?Oh wait, you dont do ideas.We can't just pay for more endlessly when our country cant afford what we are already spending. At some point NZ needs to live within its means, be it now when it will be easier, or later when NZ looks like Greece financially when we are likely to see real poverty.What did NZ exports do under Labours boom years 2000-2005? 5% growth. Under Nationals 2008-2011 with worldwide recession? over 11% growth. NZ is still in recession, our food prices are unchanged this last year, so we should not throw away our gains in an act of stuppidity. If those on welfare want more income, they can always work. If your prepared to work outside union membership extortion, and work hard, you can always find a job even if you become self employeed to do so. Nobody is saying work is easy, but the problem is a simple enough problem to live within your means. If your getting a free lunch through welfare then surely you need to keep your side of the bargain by not demanding caviar with that free lunch. Someone is still paying for the free lunch, and hard work is still hard work, especially when it is done by someone else.
30/08/2012 12:04:20 p.m.
cigareets and breed far too many babies.
Is that the official stance of the pathetically delluded little right wingers posting here?.
30/08/2012 7:53:34 a.m.
I live on less than 95% of those claiming poverty. The 55 cent breakfast serving is just another day for me, and not a bad breakfast. If people would consider spending less on luxeries then they would have a lot more left.How much do I spend on HP? 0.How much do I spend on credit card interest? 0How much do I spend on drugs? 0How much do I spend on cigarettes? 0How much do I spend on Sky TV? 0How much do I sepnd on alcohol? 0How much do I spend on gambling of any kind? 0My other spending tends to be low too, lower than most claiming poverty.Now over 95% of those claiming poverty cant claim the same. The problem isn't a lack of money, its spending it on the wrong things, and throwing more money at the problem wont fix it.Typically NZrs dont know how to budget, dont know how to live within a budget, nor how to eat cheaply and healthily. Fruit and veg are actually quite cheap, and healthy.Instead of choosing millionaire lifestyles, one can choose to live within their means. If your on a benefit you need to adjust to your income level. If your looking to buy a new home then you need to look at what you can afford, not what you would like. Poverty in NZ is a myth as nobody is really starving. WINZ offers support for emergency benefits which they can and do grant within 24 hours. But of course if you keep crying wolf then WINZ now asks people to get help budgeting, and the opposition doesn't like that as they want more money thrown at the problem, not to try to fix the problem of people not living within their means. Anyone can get an education in NZ, so lack of education is a choice.The amount of ave wage, min wage, benefits as measured internationally has increased under National since 2008. Lets have the OECD figures in US$ please! Oh wait they show an increase so the left loonies wont quote them!
29/08/2012 3:33:07 p.m.
Mike, unlike you I dont work for the labour party.. never said I voted labour either.
What you love doing is labelling... trying to deflect from real issues just as John Key does.
Its a National Party trick.
By the way why not go back to 1991 with your question and talk about when real poverty first began to take hold in New Zealand under the Jenny Shipley era?.
How much did benefits go down by? 20 percent.
Have the ever risen as a result of changes in government? No.
You have the basic benefit rate of $180.00 per hour... thats $4.5 per hour.. roughly.
It was ackonledged internationally by many economists and political experts that in 1991, poverty became entrenched in New Zealand society as a result of Nationals benefit cuts.
Have Labour or National done anything at all to rememdy this? no.
The difference between New Zealand and Africa Mike.. is you cant randomly go around erecting buildings in New Zealand and it is illegal to be homeless.. once you take normal rent out of a persons benefit.. even if they are getting the maximum accomodation supplement... there is nothing left.
As the Head of the OECD said last year, New Zealand has the worst wealth gap in the entire OECD .. whicch funnily enough, Greece, Japan, all those countries that you listed as having a worse off deal than us... those countries are better at looking after their citezens than we are under a National Party government that refuses to admitt there is a problem while children die and catch thrid world illnesses (that funnily enough shouldnt exist in your Utopian kiwi society).
You live in a fantasy world Mike... always have, you have no idea what the country is going through because you live in your own little delluded fantasy.
29/08/2012 11:40:46 a.m.
Alex wrote:
It's not even just greed. It's a system of self expanding value which forces possessors of capital to expand their capital by any means necessary - because if they don't, their competitors will and they;ll be driven out of business via economies of scale. That includes political organisation, e.g. neoliberalism was a class project to restore the profit rate. It's much easier for a tiny group of capitalists to organise than it is for a massive group of workers. As long as this economic system exists, we will have child poverty - because under conditions of self-expanding value - which includes the extraction of every last drop of wealth from the poor (and post-2008 even the middle class), it *has* to be so.
And Mike? A TV does not disqualify you from being poor. It's a one off, almost certainly second hand expense. I had a look on trademe and only *one* TV is an old CRT type - and even then it was "flat screen." 93% of NZers eat out? I looked that up, and 56% eat out *once a month* - so what, they have fish and chips for $5 to give themselves and their children a tiny bit of joy in their lives? No, I guess fun is reserved only for rich people. The poors should be miserable.
29/08/2012 9:29:59 a.m.
Wiseacre wrote:
The tax take decreased under the higher tax level because greedy, selfish parasites manipulated their affairs to hide their wealth in trusts and the like. The tax rate on trusts should have been increased to match the top income tax rate.
When National came along they dropped the income tax rate, the trust tax rate and the company tax rate. They are still not aligned and the system is still being rorted. According to information released by IRD, 50% of the wealthiest kiwis dodge their tax responsibilities. They are greedy parasites, fleecing this country. And National rewarded their avarice with billions of dollars worth of tax cuts that we cannot afford.
This country doesn't have a welfare spending problem - it has a revenue problem, due to the gifting of unaffordable tax cuts to the rich.
Wealth begets wealth. The more you amass, the easier it is to sidestep the costs of society, buy political privilege, and duck responsibility for financial chaos.
Greed is not good. Money is not meant to be accumulated but circulated and invested and spent for the common good.
The parasitic class prefer to horde the wealth created by the workers rather than share the wealth equitably.
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." - Abraham Lincoln: State of the Union Address 1861
29/08/2012 8:43:06 a.m.
So the labour spokesperson David is back name calling. How about address anything I said. Oh wait, you can't find your own backside with two hands, a map, and instructions.Question, in international terms, how much has the min wage or even the benefit changed from say 2008 to 2011? Oh wait, in international terms these have improved because while NZ is in recession, the rest of the world is doing worse. Eg US/UK/Japan/EU currencies which the NZ$ has strengthen against. NZ still in recession and cant afford excessive additional expenses now.The #1 driver of jobs is capital. Without capital you dont have business and jobs. Labour tells you that we need to destroy capital wealth, like farming to spend up large now to pay people not to work, and that some fairy godmother will solve the futures problems. With GST/ACC and income tax, high income earners still pay around 45%, more if they are also into kiwisaver. Labour forgets to mention the tax take for the 39% income tax they introduced decreased under Labour as it collected less tax than the same tax bracket at the lower rate - and in boom years! Standard performance of over taxing, you discourage people from working.The reason why benefit levels have reduced around the world, little problems like Greece, and countries not being able to afford excessive welfare, so Labour wants us to spend more and become Greece of the south pacific faster!For all the talk, the incomes of high earners isn't that much. It takes Labours creative accounting, like Revenue = Profit to make their claims. Most of the socalled high earners, the margin is very low. Take progressive where the margin is around 2%, ie while profitable, their margin is very low, and without them NZ would pay much more for food. Labour wants unions to strike and disrupt costing businesses, and then the businesses to pass these costs to NZ'rs through higher prices.
29/08/2012 7:34:11 a.m.
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regarding housing and incomes this is what the Savings Working Group said:
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New Zealand’s population growth rate in recent decades has been rapid by international standards;from 1990 to 2007 it was the third fastest in the OECD.
A country with a rapidly growing population needs to devote resources to building more roads, schools, shops, houses, factories and so on than a country with a low rate of population growth. In a country with a relatively low national savings rate, rapid population growth will put sustained upward pressure on real interest rates and, in turn, the real exchange rate, making it harder to achieve the per capita income gains that people (and the government) aspire.... | http://www.3news.co.nz/Childrens-Commissioner-unveils-plan-to-combat-child-poverty/tabid/1607/articleID/267103/Default.aspx | 2013-05-18T10:42:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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SEIU Files Federal Lawsuit Against A California Local Alleging Financial Misconduct – 04/30/08
By Doug Cunningham
SEIU International has sued its California United Health Care West affiliate in federal court, alleging financial misconduct against ten officers of the California local. The suit alleges that UHW-W President Sal Rosselli and nine other officers diverted $3 million of UHW-W dues money to a fund they created and control.
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SEIU International spokesperson Andrew McDonald says, “The highest ranking UHW-W officers used millions of dollars in members’ dues money to run a shadow operation off the books and they intentionally deceived their own members and the federal government about how the money would be used.” Rosselli calls the suit a “PR circus” and a waste of dues money.
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Republican’s probable nominee Mitt Romney said he would dispose of the US government’s remaining stake in General Motors should he come out victorious in the upcoming presidential election this November. In an interview with The Detroit News, Romney said that there is no reason for the federal government to continue holding onto its stake in GM. Romney told The News that President Obama is delaying the sale of its GM shares to try and avoid the story that the taxpayer took another loss. Romney, a critic of the U.S. government's bailout of the auto industry, pledged that he would make GM independent from the government and operate for the interests of the consumers, the enterprise and its workers -- and not for political considerations of government officials. Romney also plans to conduct a review of the Obama administration’s plan to nearly double the fuel economy target.
The US government, through the U.S. Treasury, injected nearly $50 billion in fresh capital into GM in 2008 and 2009. The government has held a 26 percent stake in GM since its initial public offering in November 2010. If the Treasury decides to dispose of its stake in GM today, it would stand to lose billions of dollars on the bailout if the shares were sold today, given its $21.25 per share price in New York Stock Exchange trading Tuesday. GM’s shares had a IPO price of $33 a share.
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Lord knows this isn't because I fancy my cooking skills better than a restaurant chef's. There's simply something magical about the process of turning simple ingredients into a flavorful, satisfying meal that I'm addicted to. Plus as a health-conscious pescatarian (who eats no meat except seafood), I'm a bit wary of restaurant dishes drowned in butter or containing hidden meat products like chicken broth.
That being said, I'm not immune to the charms of particularly excellent restaurant food. Today's mango crab gazpacho is actually inspired by a soup I sampled my first week working in D.C. It's been four years since that meal and I can honestly say I've been dreaming of recreating that gazpacho every summer since. Well I've finally done it, and while I can't guarantee it's as good as Ceiba's, it's every bit as refreshing and addictive as I remember. In fact I've already decided...this is the only soup I'll need for the rest of the summer =D..
My favorite fruit in a soup! Looks so good and will be making this often!
Beautiful soup!
I also prefer to eat home-cooked meals! Once I was working on a project and we had to eat out for 2 weeks. Even though we sampled food from the best restaurants in town, I always feel that something was missing!
I have never been a great fan of cold soup but you've made this look very tempting, indeed... great flavours!
ahhh i love gazpacho!!! i never thought about adding orange juice to it. love it! :D
i'm so similar to you when dining out. i get so paranoid about all the veggies drowned in butter or chicken broth! i always prefer to make my own food!
What a gorgeous recipes Xiaolu, and the photos are simply stunning!
As much as I love to cook, I love to eat out occasionally. I love the inspiration that it brings, for the some reason I love reading food blogs. Being a vegetarian, I have a similar problem with a fear of secretly having meat incorporated into things I order, so I have to consider what I order carefully, and ask questions to ensure that meat or meat stocks are not included. For this reason, I never order risotto when I am in a restaurant because a lot of restaurants consider a dish vegetarian if it contains no meat flesh but don't consider the stock or sauces (like fish sauce).
I recently went from eating a little white meat to eating none at all (I guess I'm a vegetarian...no fish, meat, but I do eat eggs and dairy). And I absolutely agree, I'd rather make something at home than the restaurant scene, because of the same reasons you give, and plus b/c S is very severely allgeric to crustaceans.
But, your gazpacho looks and sounds really truly delicious. The color is fabulous. And the photographs are gorgeous, as always!
I agree with Maris! Favorite fruit! But....I'm not a gazpacho fan! Would give this a shot though!
I was so skeptical about trying Gazpacho until I had it few days ago in Key west. This cold soup is indeed a summer treat. Now that I have a recipe with my favorite ingredient (mango), I can't wait to make them at home. And your beautiful pictures will definitely make one to crave for this soup.
I've been addicted to Mango Gazpacho this summer, so delish! I love the addition of crab, I'll have to give it a try. Here's my Mango Gazpacho on Cook Lisa Cook
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Thanks, everyone! I do hope you'll get this a try if you can =D.
Lisa - your mango gazpacho looks really delish, too!
Ooo this looks so delicious and your pictures are fantastic! Love this recipe! :)
That looks beautiful! It sounds delicious too. I am loving cold soups lately!
I am SO with you on this one, girl! It is rare that I agree to eat out, and when I do, the restaurant has to be something really special. I wish I could just eat at your place, cause this looks delicious!
Your soup looks so delicious. Loving it !
Love the colours of this dish and of course it looks delicious! I agree that cooking at home is definitely way more fun than dining out...the process is really rather magical as you mentioned :)
What an interesting combination! I can eat crab in any form, any taste or spice, I'm a crab-a-holic.
Mango in gazpacho..how I love this combination!
Home-cooked meals is all about the experience/journey through the process and the love put into it no? For people who love cooking like us, eating out will just not be the same because the 'love' (if any at all) is spread thinly across so many people by just a few cooks!
My partner said the other day "Why eat out, when I can have this?" quite passionately, slurping up some simple ginger scallion egg noodles without much of anything else.
This is absolutely a new kinda soup to me. I made soup with mango too but raw mango :) This looks delicious and would love to give it a try.
There is nothing like home cooked meal and I certainly prefer it over eating out. Well except sometimes when I want someone to do the cooking for me! What a fabulous soup. Me want!
This is so creative Xiaolu! Great recipe!
Thanks everyone!
Pickyin - your partner is so sweet! mine often says that about things like pizza when we make homemade, but he unfortunately isn't a big seafood fan and didn't like this gazpacho much.
Kulsum - hahah yes you've listed the main reason I ever wanna go out! when i'm too lazy/hot to cook teehehe.
That gazpacho is unique. What an awesome and interesting combo. I love the idea.
Cheers,
Rosa
This is the yummiest sounding gazpacho ever! Love the flavors... I made gazpacho recently, but never got around to getting pictures.. I love gazpacho, and this variation sounds super yummy! Thanks for sharing! Love the photographs too!
Very interesting range of ingredients, and nutritious.
looks irresistably hearty and full of nice texture..
Tasty Appetite
Certainly an awesome combination and so wonderfully delightful. I think I will try this with shrimp too. Thanks!
Looks great!
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It is something different. I never heard the combination between mango and soup. But sounds wonderful tho as I am a mango lover.
What a lovely soup and with mangoes in it too! This is one I have to try as I love mangoes. :)
Such a great summertime soup! I love the use of mango with the spicy pepper ... sweet tangy and hot spice... mmm! Using perfect crabmeat is inspired too! No wonder you were looking to duplicate that restaurant's recipe! Looks great!
Great color and food pairings! I spy pita chips? I love them! They might break my teeth but I love them.
Thanks, all! I'm glad the combination sounds good to you.
What's for dessert? - thanks for the award. i'll stop by shortly!
Amee - Yep! They are pita chips indeed and I love them too! That reminds me I recently found out that the Trader Joe's pita chips are made by the same company as my favorite Stacy's ones...but much cheaper.
looks amazing! loving the combination of bright colors and flavors. i'm visiting maryland now, i should pick up some fresh crab while i'm here so that i can try this out!
I'll definitely try this recipe (I had to retype 'definitely' 8 times, difficult to spell). :D Beautiful and summery post too!
I don't blame you for choosing this as your only soup for the summer. It looks heavenly!
Thank you for the lovely comment :)
I'm the same way. I have friends who come visit and ask, "Where should we go eat?" As if they expect I know where all the good restaurants are because I'm a foodie. But I don't, I love cooking and I rarely eat out because it costs more money and I love cooking. Totally know how you feel :)
Beautiful soup Xiaolu! My husband and I used to eat out and enjoy different kinds of food that I can't cook, but now with 2 kids we feel very comfortable eating home cooked meal. Your soup is like a good restaurant quality and surely you don't need to enjoy mediocre soup outside!!! ;-)
YUM that looks delicious!!! your photos just made my mouth water :)
This looks and sounds so perfect for a summer meal! Can't wait to see this in person at my table!
I have a long way to go - I love to drown things in both oil and butter. I think it makes my boyfriend a bit sick to see me throw butter into meals at the rate I do. ...But it's soooooo durrrrrrrnnnnn goooooood.
I love the inspiration of cooking for someone else in my life because for the first time, I'm making things that I grew up hating, and am liking them so much just because I'm the one who made them. My tastebuds haven't changed, just my outlook. Quiche, I'm looking at you - conquered!
I'm the same way, I much prefer to settle in with a nice homemade meal than dine out all the time. I think the simple pleasures of eating food you've created is very satisfying.
I love gazpacho to begin with. But one with mango? Oh my, I am wishing I had a gallon of it in my fridge. A great twist on a classic.
Amazing :)))) as always :)
I bet this is fabulous! I had forgotten all about Ceiba-my husband and I used to go there when we lived near DC. There is a restaurant in San Diego that does a mango crab stack that has similar flavors. I'd love to try your soup this summer :-)
Looks delicious, i love the color of your soup!
Thanks for your comments, you all!
Emma - yes, cooking for someone else can be lovely (though also frustrating at times when their taste is much different from you hehe). Glad you're enjoying exploring new things!
EA - it is too bad we aren't in the DC area at the same time. If I'm ever in San Diego I'd love to check out that crab stack too!
oooo that sounds really really yums. i can imagine how refreshing it taste as a cold soup on a hot day. (:
Looks absolutely stunning and yummy!
I love gazpacho and MANGO? Wow! Creativity on this dish is impressive and the photography is outstanding as usual!
yay congrats on top 9!!!
Congrats on TOP 9! This gazpacho looks amazing! It's the perfect treat for these hot summer days.
Such a different take on gazpacho- It looks great! I'm not usually big on having fruit in savory dishes, but it definitely sounds like it would work here.
What a gorgeous soup! Love the addition of crab; your photos are stunning.
Thanks for this great-looking recipe! I love finding new ways to use crab.
i've got to make this! i've been craving gazpacho all week and it looks like I found the perfect one! well done! I cant wait to make this and eat it all up!
cheers
-Leila
Thanks, everyone, for your comments and for helping me get to Top 9 today =D
Finally I got some time to comment..this looks great Xialou..perfect for summer and to make it to Top 9..I think I ll make this and add some green mango as well to add more tang!! Love seafood!
I m totally a home made food person but husband is opposite so we have a deal- home food on weekdays & outside on weekends :)
Awesome soup recipe! Can't wait to try it!
This soup is a thing of beauty! Just so lovely. I agree totally about the addictive, soul-bearing process of meal creation. I do love a nice meal out, but I am too adoring of the first taste of a long-simmered soup or sauce, or slow rise of a souffle.
Delicious looking! i love soups too! I have this recipe book, i will try it out^^
wow. your photos are so vibrant and delicate. this looks so fresh and alluring. I'm bookmarking this one for when summer rolls around in the southern hemisphere.
Thanks, guys! I'll be borrowing some winter recipes from the S hemisphere for sure when it cools down here, too :).
Wow Xiaolu! I haven't stopped by for a few days so there is so much gorgeousness to take in! :)
This gazpacho is so beautiful, and I love the fresh flavors. It's breakfast time here, but I would happily have a bowl right now!
mango gazpacho? first time I hear about it but I´m totally intrigued. I will give your recipe a try because in these SouthEast Asian summer I don´t want to eat anything but cold soups.
I'm like you - I prefer to eat it at home than eating out. This is a gorgeous summer dish!
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Studio Profile: Two Rivers Printmaking in White River Junction
Sarah Priestap
Co-ops may be among the shortest-lived phenomena on Vermont’s protean art scene. It’s hard enough for a single proprietor to sustain a gallery or a rental studio in a state with plenty of starving artists but few art fat cats. Toss in the elements of eccentric personalities and collective decision making, and the lifespan of an art co-op in Vermont is likely to be briefer than the Calvin Klein undies Mark Wahlberg used to model.
All the more remarkable, then, is Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction: It’s been succeeding as a cooperative since 2001.
The studio clearly fills a need in the Upper Valley for a space where printmakers can get access to excellent — and expensive — equipment. Initiates will appreciate that Two Rivers owns a William Crull etching press, a Conrad E18 etching press and a 30-by-60-inch Takach press.
Two Rivers also offers workshops where newbies can learn about a multiform medium’s technical complexities. These regular sessions, which also cater to semi-experienced printmakers, enable the in-house artists/teachers to interact with outsiders, some of whom may eventually become co-op members themselves.
The quality of the works created by the studio’s denizens serves as a convincing advertisement for Two Rivers. Prints by several of the co-op’s 20 members are currently mounted on the walls for a holiday show that will remain on view until the end of this month. Some standouts include Lynn Barton’s luminous landscapes, Lois Beatty’s layered swirls and splotches, and geometric abstractions by Rachel Gross.
As this sampling suggests, the images created by Two Rivers printmakers are as varied as the modes of printmaking they employ. If there’s one characteristic in common among the studio’s artists, it may be that, as Beatty observes, “Many of us don’t draw a strict line between representational and abstract.”
Case in point: Some of Elizabeth Mayor’s woodcuts resemble African shields or switchbacks on hiking trails, even though the Hanover, N.H., artist is more a formalist than a realist.
That commonality may reflect what Beatty cites as one of the potential dangers of creating art in a co-op setting. “Artists who work together a lot can make pieces that start to look like one another’s work,” she notes.
The studio can get busy at prime times — Saturday afternoons, for example — although there’s a sign-up calendar intended to prevent crowding. At other times, such as during a visit just after Christmas, the kempt and airy 1000-square-foot space is tranquil, and feels homey despite the presence of sizable machinery.
Two Rivers functions mainly as an art-production facility, but it doubles as a gallery where visitors can buy what they see on the walls or in a bin of small prints that go for a mere $40 apiece. Browsers can also select images from a portfolio of members’ work that a Two Rivers committee compiles every three years.
Despite its durability, the studio isn’t without financial challenges. “It’s got its ups and downs,” concedes Gross, who’s been making art at Two Rivers since moving to the area in 2004. “We eke it out each month.”
Revenues come mostly from members’ dues, pegged at $125 a month or $900 a year. Nonmembers can use the studio’s machines and instruments for $25 an hour. The workshops bring in needed funds, as well.
Beatty, a board member, teaches monoprinting, which she describes as “our gateway drug.” It’s a relatively simple process to learn, she says, though, even with experience, monoprinting “can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be.”
Two Rivers is situated on North Main Street in the Tip Top building, which once housed a bread bakery and related offices. The handsomely renovated interior, which includes more than 30 workshops and small businesses, reflects downtown White River’s transformation from seedy to chic. The printmaking studio’s cohorts in this creative-economy upswing include the Center for Cartoon Studies, cofounded by Gross’ husband, James Sturm; Northern Stage, home to one of Vermont’s finest theatrical companies; the quirky-arty Main Street Museum; Revolution, a women’s clothing boutique that features the creations of Vermont designers; a fine-dining restaurant; and, of course, the requisite coffee house — Tuckerbox.
Artsy gentrification has clearly rolled into the old railroad town, through which trains still run. But, to Beatty, who has lived in the area for several years, “it doesn’t feel as though you’re coming in and pushing out the indigenous people,” she says.
When Two Rivers opened 12 years ago, Beatty recalls, “a lot of people were still afraid to come downtown. A few maybe still are.” With note of nostalgia, Beatty remarks, “Why, there was even a strip joint down here in the old days.”
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, 85 North Main Street, Suite 160, White River Junction, 295-5901. tworiversprintmaking.com | http://www.7dvt.com/2013studio-profile-two-rivers-printmaking-white-river-junction | 2013-05-18T10:54:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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January 2011
A Message from the Commissioner
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The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services plays a significant role in protecting Florida's 18 million consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices. In my new role as Commissioner, I am actively identifying opportunities where technology can be utilized to modernize our processes and procedures. Doing so will help to ensure that Floridians are adequately protected against current and continually evolving threats.
Consumers deserve the opportunity to navigate the global marketplace without the constant fear of falling victim to fraud. Business owners that abide by the statutory regulations which govern them should not have to compete with those who choose to victimize consumers in hopes that their actions will go undetected or unreported. Scam-artists are becoming increasingly technologically savvy, and consumers are often unaware of how to appropriately file a complaint. Effective communication may be the best way to counter the sophisticated systems that are used to defraud Florida's consumers today. As Commissioner, it is my mission to enhance the communications tools currently in place so that consumers are not only aware of existing scams, but also where and how they may get assistance and report violators. This will aid the Department in aggressively enforcing regulations, thus preventing these scams from continuing.
Not only are we working to identify and thwart inappropriate business practices, we are also responding to a variety of issues that threaten the health and safety of consumers, including those found within our food supply. As food production becomes increasingly global, it is imperative that we ensure the safety and security of our food supply at all stages of production. The early identification of a threat, as well as the timely and accurate detection of its origin, are tremendously important. As Florida has experienced in the past, misidentifying the source of a food borne illness can have potentially dramatic repercussions on both consumers and businesses alike. I am also focused on reducing the rate of childhood obesity and the number of long-term complications associated with this condition by connecting growers to schools, food banks and public assistance programs within our great state. Expanding access to locally grown, fresh fruits and vegetables at food banks, schools and core urban areas will ensure the nutrition and healthy eating habits of Floridians for generations to come, as well as raise demand and maximize the consumption of agriculture products that are "Fresh from Florida."
With improved technology and an enhanced focus on communication, the Department will be able to offer Florida's consumers and businesses a more effective and efficient level of service. While the continued enforcement of regulations will be imperative for consumer protection to be successful, so too will be educating consumers on how to identify potentially deceptive business practices and appropriately report them. By enhancing current systems, especially those regarding the protection of our nation's food supply, we will have the power to anticipate and better respond to potential threats. Creating an agile, modernized Department capable of meeting both the current and future needs of consumers will be our road map to ensuring the utmost protection for all of Florida's residents and visitors.
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Those prices at the pump could make any of us wish we had an oil goldmine in our backyards, but that wish may not too far off the mark in Nevada. Geologists think there could be billions of gallons of oil under Nevada's deserts. If so, why hasn't anyone found it? Eyewitness News has reported in past years about Nevada's petroleum potential.
Nevada BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale Information
As the price of crude has passed $60 and then $70 a barrel, companies have been gobbling up the mineral rights to vast tracts of government land here. So, when are they going to start drilling?
On certain outcroppings in central Nevada, you can pick up a rock, bust it open, and literally smell petroleum, or something like it. Deposits of chainman shale are thicker there than anywhere outside of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. As far back as 1905, Nevadans were touting our state's oil potential.
Alan Coyner, with the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, said, "We have an established track record for oil production in this state and people know that."
State minerals chief Alan Coyner is bullish on Nevada's oil potential, and with good reason. The single most productive oil well in the nation sits in Nevada's Railroad Valley. The Grant Canyon well peaked at 4,000 barrels per day -- more than 40 million barrels overall -- and is still pumping decades later.
Other pools of oil have been found in Railroad Valley but nothing like Grant Canyon, and as it's output has lessened, so has the state's, dropping from more than 3.5 million barrels per year to less than 500,000 barrels today.
In spite of this trend, the buzz has never been bigger. Last year's discovery of a billion-barrel field in neighboring Utah has would-be oil barons licking their chops..
Of all the bidders during this recent auction, only one was willing to talk about his plans. "This is a fun hobby. It's a grown-up treasure hunt," said Curt Rosen, a Michigan oil investor.
Rosen got the oil bug many years ago and when a $360 investment ended up paying him 7 figures per year for several years, he was hooked. On the day we saw him, he picked up 300 acres of BLM land.
George Knapp: "What's next with your parcels?"
Curt Rosen: "I'm going to sit on them and accumulate more."
Oil speculators lease the rights to large chunks of land in hopes that someone bigger will come along and buy them out or cut them in. Few of them are interested in the risks of paying to drill themselves. Only three new drilling permits have been approved by the state this year. None of the three has started drilling. One reason is geology.
Nevada's twisted and fractured geology makes it very tough to find the oil that everyone believes is down there, and far more expensive than drilling somewhere else. Although the potential is enormous, the big oil companies find it cheaper to drill in, say, Indonesia.
Alan Coyner continued, "It's tough to explore for oil here. The faulting and geothermal activity creates a difficult situation in the search for oil."
So it's left to the little guys, the dreamers, to roll the dice and hope for a score. And if one of these Rockefellers-in-waiting does find oil, the big companies will come calling.
Curt Rosen added, "It's a poker game without the house taking a percentage. Mother Nature is the house."
Another factor in a lack of drilling here is a shortage of drilling rigs. With so much new drilling elsewhere, Nevada doesn't have enough rigs since we're a long way from the centers of oil productions. These rigs can cost up to $100,000 a day to lease. The same rigs are needed for geothermal exploration. One of these days, though, someone will hit a pool here and the shortage will vanish. | http://www.8newsnow.com/story/4877010/nevadas-hidden-treasure-black-gold | 2013-05-18T10:12:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
(NEW YORK) -- From Antoine Fuqua, the director of Training Day, comes Olympus Has Fallen, a somewhat familiar tale starring Gerard Butler. Familiar, because it was great the first time I saw it, when it was called Die Hard.
Here, instead of Bruce Willis' John McClane, we have Gerard Butler's Mike Banning, who, when we first him, is the head of the president’s Secret Service detail. A freak car accident kills the first lady and Mike blames himself. Eighteen months later, he’s got some other job at the Treasury Department, while the president is hosting the prime minister of South Korea.
That's when the White House is attacked by what appears to be a B-52 bomber or some other sort of World War II-era plane, followed by a ground assault. The president, vice-president, secretary of defense and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are taken hostage, held personally by the mastermind behind the attack, Kang (Rick Yune), the head of a North Korean terrorist group.
Banning, who witnessed the attack from blocks away, manages to make his way to the White House, engage enemy combatants, kill a few along the way and sneak inside the building itself, code-named “Olympus.” In the meantime, Morgan Freeman’s speaker of the house is now acting president, and Banning is the only hope he’s got.
Further similarities between Olympus Has Fallen and Die Hard? The kidnapped president, played by Aaron Eckhardt, is essentially John McClane's wife Holly Gennaro, while Kang and one other character I won’t name (it would be a spoiler) combine to make German terrorist Hans Gruber. If you haven't guessed by now, the White House stands in as Nakatomi Plaza. In fact, there’s a moment in Olympus Has Fallen that's so similar to the scene in Die Hard in which Gruber and John McClane meet, you’re sure to elbow the person sitting next to you and exclaim, “This is Die Hard.”
OK, so while Olympus Has Fallen may be a Die Hard rip-off, the good news is, it’s a decent rip-off -- better, in fact, than the majority of official Die Hard sequels. Though brutally violent, Olympus Has Fallen is a well-done, crowd-pleasing, cathartic action thriller.
Three-and-a-half out of five stars. | http://www.945thehawkradio.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1368874346&article=71A0AADE92DC11E286DEFEFDADE6840A&mode=2 | 2013-05-18T10:52:29 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
UPDATE: 1 officer was killed and another wounded in an apparent shootout with murder suspect Christopher Dorner in a cabin near Big Bear, California on Tuesday.
The cabin eventually caught on fire and was burned to the ground and The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said late Tuesday night, "Investigators have located charred human remains within the debris of the burned out cabin. Identification will be attempted through forensic means."
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Murder suspect Christopher Dorner is apparently involved with authorities in a stand off which was earlier a gun fight.
CBS LA reporter Carter Evans was following behind police as they were searching for Mr. Dorner and got caught in the middle of the gunfire live on TV (Warning Explicit Language)
A Howard Stern fan, Captain Janks, got through live during the coverage in L.A., the anchor had no clue she was being pranked even after the Stern references...she is then called a dumb ass
Horrible, ongoing situation still especially since it seems as if 2 officers were hit | http://www.961kiss.com/pages/freakshow.html?article=10809362 | 2013-05-18T10:12:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
From the June 15, 2005 editions
of the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Antiques
Dealers
Find a New Home
With Third Ward rents rising, shops
start popping up in Walker's Point
By Tom Daykin
The business of selling old stuff once
helped define the changing face of Milwaukee's Historic
Third Ward, where turn-of-the-century buildings originally
created for factories and warehouses began housing antiques
dealers and other artsy businesses nearly 30 years ago.
By the early '90s, with the neighborhood's
renaissance in full bloom, a Saturday afternoon in the
Third Ward typically included browsing booth after booth
of things from expensive furniture to cheap trinkets.
But a recent exodus of antiques dealers
now typifies a new phase of higher-end development in
the Third Ward, where boutiques, restaurants, nightclubs,
condominiums and offices are filling those older buildings.
It also is helping breathe new life into the Walker's
Point neighborhood, south and west of the Third Ward,
where several antiques dealers are surfacing.
"This used to be the antique district,"
says Steve Petty, co-owner of Relic Antiques, 207 E.
Buffalo St. "But everybody now is in Walker's Point."
Relic may soon be the only antiques store
in the Third Ward. That possibility arose with news
that the building that leases space to Milwaukee Antique
Center, 341 N. Milwaukee St., is being sold to a development
firm, which would convert it to condominiums and upscale
retail space.
Milwaukee Antique Center owner Gary Gresl
declined to comment because the pending sale is not
yet final.
But if the sale occurs, it seems likely
that the 29-year-old business, one of the city's largest
antiques dealers, will be forced out. That would come
just four years after another large dealer, Water Street
Antique Market Inc., shut down its Third Ward operation
at 318-324 N. Water St.
The latest changes are driven by continued
strong demand for housing, offices and high-end retail
space in the Third Ward. Building owners are cashing
in by selling their properties to developers, who often
boot longtime tenants to make way for more profitable
uses.
"The Third Ward has gotten so very expensive,"
said veteran antiques dealer Carla Johnson.
Johnson was manager at Water Street Antique
when it closed because of declining sales, coupled with
escalating rents. The building was later sold, and it
now houses marketing firm Hanson Dodge Inc., other office
tenants and street-level retail, including a soon-to-open
wine shop.
The possible loss of Milwaukee Antique
Center is "a shame," said Johnson. At one point, she
said, the Third Ward boasted four or five major antiques
stores.
Relic, which would be the sole survivor,
is a smaller shop that specializes in upper-end interior
furnishings. It doesn't have the wider assortment of
merchandise-such as clothes, toys and tchotchkes - offered
by other antiques dealers.
Most of Relic's customers are interior
designers, Petty said, instead of casual browsers. For
now, he'll keep the business in the Third Ward, which
is bordered by I-794, the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan.
Other antiques dealers, however, are finding
new locations in Walker's Point, bounded roughly by
the Milwaukee River, the Kinnickinnic River, S. 1st
St. and I-43/94.
The two adjacent neighborhoods both have
older brick industrial buildings that are prime redevelopment
targets. But space is pricier in the Third Ward.
The building that formerly housed Water
Street Antique was sold in 2003 for about $40 a square
foot, and is now assessed at about $53 a square foot.
Meanwhile, antiques dealer Wally Holtz
bought a Walker's Point building in 2003 for about $7
a square foot. That building, at 602-614 S. 9th St.,
near the neighborhood's western edge, is now assessed
at about $11 a square foot. It houses 9th Street Antiques,
which Holtz opened in November.
9th Street Antiques is three blocks east
of Blackhawk Antique Market Inc., which Jim Dieter opened
last summer at 633 S. 12th St.
Dieter bought his 60,000-square-foot
building in 2000. He spent four years refurbishing the
former factory, doing much of the work himself. Blackhawk
is just a few blocks from the I-43/94 National Ave.
interchange, making it accessible to customers from
both the Milwaukee and Chicago areas, said Johnson,
who manages Blackhawk.
Two other large, newer antiques businesses
operate in Walker's Point: Riverview Antique Market
Inc., 175 S. Water St., and Fox Skylight Antiques Gallery,
which is to open this week at 112-120 E. Mineral St.
Riverview, owned by former Water Street
Antique dealers Dave and Kathy Ippolite, opened in December
2001. Business has increased steadily since then, Dave
Ippolite said, with nearby condo residents among Riverview's
customers.
Fox Skylight is being developed by Tony
D'Acquisto, whose family trust bought the Mineral St.
building two years ago.
D'Acquisto's partners in Fox Skylight
include Joe Apollo, who operates Fox Riverwalk Antique
Mall in Waukesha. Apollo approached him with the idea.
The concentration of large antiques stores
in Walker's Point is creating a strong destination for
visitors to Milwaukee, said Ippolite. He said Riverview
draws a big share of its customers from northern Illinois.
But for Third Ward veterans, the dwindling
antiques scene also evokes a sense of loss. Petty, of
Relic Antiques, reminisces about a time when people
came to the neighborhood on a Saturday or Sunday and
spent hours browsing four or five different antiques
stores.
"That's what made things kind of quaint,"
he said. | http://www.9thstreetantiques.com/mjsarticle.html | 2013-05-18T10:20:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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We offer a wide range of services to the public and business alike. These services are tailored to meet the needs and budget of the entity to which they are being offered so that all may enjoy a service that they can truly afford.
Please note that we do not offer any facility to pay your fines. There are a number of providers who do so, but to date there is only one site that accepts fine payments for AARTO fines incurred in Johannesburg and Pretoria and that is. You may visit them to pay your fines.
Traffic fines under the best of circumstances are a grudge expense that can best be done without and most people who approach us do so in the hope that they can somehow get off their traffic fine. JPSA is not in the business of defeating the ends of justice, so it does not get fines "squashed" as some would hope. But we are here to assist members of the public in not falling foul of illegitimate traffic fines and defending themselves against wrongful prosecution so that things remain fair and just. Everything that we do follows strict legal processes and we will not engage in questionable activities.
We know the AARTO Act and regulations backwards and are therefore poised to assist you in dealing with AARTO matters. More than this, we are also specialists in traffic law and speed prosecution and are therefore able to assist our clients and members with all matters arising out of traffic prosecution. Essentially, "we are the experts so you don't have to be".
Below is a list of the services that we offer:
AARTO Education Programmes and Seminars
JPSA offers a range of programmes and seminars designed to educate drivers, business owners and all other interested parties in the mechanics and implications of AARTO. These range from on site workshops which provide your staff with a good working knowledge of AARTO to intensive AARTO Administrator training.
For more details on these programmes, choose the programme that you are interested in below:
AARTO Administrator Training.
Advanced booking is essential for any of our programmes and bookings are allocated on a first come first served as well as a geographical basis. Early booking is strongly recommended.
Infringement notice consulting, representation etc.
When an infringement notice is received and the recipient is not 100% sure whether it was legally or justifiably issued, these can be submitted for inspection and advice. Where applicable, images (photographs) are called for and inspected with a fine tooth comb to ensure that they meet the evidentiary requirements required by law, specifications etc. Typically, this cannot be done by ordinary laymen but we have the necessary expertise and equipment to do so.
The true advantage of using this service will come into their own once the points-demerit system is implemented, however for now, it may just help you save your money if the notice you have received is invalid.
Companies who have large fleets generally prefer to pay a fixed monthly retainer to have a consultancy deal with their traffic fine issues and this service too is offered by JPSA.
We handle the inspection of these notices and where applicable can complete the relevant representation portion of an AARTO 08 form to assist the client in submitting their representation.
Our fees for these services are as follows:
Once off and ad hock service:
If you wish to make use of this service, please visit our submissions page.
Members of JPSA currently receive a 30% discount on the fees above. During the course of 2012, these services will no longer be available to non-members of JPSA. To join JPSA, please click here.
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It’s a mugs game and called by some, a tax on the poor. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Slightly Comical’ Category
The National Lottery – it won’t be you!Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Carol Vorderman quits ads for FirstPlus Loans.Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Don’t Let Your Mortgage Lender Sell You Home Insurance.Monday, December 10th, 2007
What the debt advice company adverts REALLY meanTuesday, October 23rd, 2007
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- Debt Be Not Proud: Unpunctual Payors Bristle at Collectors’ Tacky Tactics
Obiter Dicta
Debt Be Not Proud: Unpunctual Payors Bristle at Collectors’ Tacky Tactics
Posted Jul 1, 2011 12:20 AM CDT
By Brian Sullivan
Being in arrears—whether it’s a mortgage or a credit card bill or a “loan” that comes with usurious rates and visits from a guy known as “the Hammer”—can be quite stressful. Failure to pay can result in a damaged FICO score, not to mention kneecap.
Adding to that stress is the knowledge that legitimate debts are going to be turned over to collection agencies, which are generally considered to be about as diplomatic as SWAT teams.
Debt collectors have made the leap to the 21st century in terms of how they go about plying their trade. Some of the Internet-savvy methods they’ve learned include cyberstalking their prey on Facebook and other social networking sites, as well as creating fake websites on which the debtor is named and shamed.
Some consumers are looking to courts for relief—and getting it. In March, Judge W. Douglas Baird of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida ordered Mark One Financial to refrain from using Facebook or any other social networking site in pursuit of Melanie Beacham, who owed money on a car loan. The order also called for the debt collection agency to stop contacting the woman’s family and friends on Facebook, a practice used with increasing frequency by the industry.
A particularly egregious case occurred in Minnesota. Collection agency Bramacint had used caller ID “spoofing” to make it appear as if the call was coming from Tosha Sohns’ mother-in-law (not to be a stickler, but wasn’t caller ID invented to avoid taking calls from the mother-in-law?).
But the agency allegedly sunk even lower when, after gleaning personal facts from Sohns’ Facebook page, the collector said something to the effect of: “Wouldn’t it be terrible if something happened to your kids while the sheriff’s department was taking you away?”
Sohns’ motion for summary judgment against Bramacint was granted by U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen in October.
Countless other examples could be cited here, but none of them compares to the sheer chutzpah of Unicredit America Inc. of Erie, Pa.
The company was ordered shut down in November after being accused of operating a fake courtroom, which it dubbed a “debt resolution center.” Unicredit allegedly sent employees dressed as sheriff’s deputies to debtors’ homes, the implication being that they would be taken into custody if they did not appear at a phony “court” hearing.
To lend an air of credibility to the ruse, debtors entered through an impressive oak doorway with brass hardware. Inside were a judge’s bench, witness stand and spectator seating, just like a real courtroom. The “judge” reportedly dressed in black to appear authoritative.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett issued a statement in which he called the bogus setup “an unconscionable attempt to use fake court proceedings to deceive, mislead or frighten consumers into making payments or surrendering valuables.”
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was heard groaning from (allegedly) being broken so badly.
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LFL objectifies women
In response to the letter from Ian Mackenzie on Feb. 23, regarding the Lingerie Football League playing in the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, I would like to offer a different point of view.
Firstly, Mackenzie says the women involved do not appear to be exploited. These women are dressing in underwear in order to play in an amateur league, for which they do not get paid. In fact, they pay to be in the league.
He also says that the women take the game seriously as athletes. This would necessitate proper protective gear as a part of the uniform. These women are not given the safety gear that other football players are required to wear while playing this rugged sport. The players have the option of buying their own health coverage for injuries that they may, and probably will, sustain while playing with inadequate padding.
Secondly, the aspect of sexuality used as a marketing strategy as described by Mackenzie is not simply a strategy. The whole theme of the league is the objectification of women. On the website for the LFL, the pictures are of women in their uniforms, complete with garters, playing while their wares are falling out of their clothes.
Mackenzie goes on to discuss the economic benefits of hosting the LFL in Abbotsford, saying that the league is paying upfront and is not asking for municipal subsidies like our local Abbotsford Heat hockey team. The members of the Abbotsford community may be saving money by bringing in this league, but will be paying with the achievements of hundreds of thousands of women who have fought and are still fighting for respect and recognition as equals.
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Fatal shark attack questions protected species status
WA Fisheries Minister Norman Moore joins us from Perth after the state's fifth fatal shark attack in less than a year and calls for an end to the shark's status as a protected species.
TranscriptLEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: There are questions about whether the great white shark should still be listed as a protected species after five fatal shark attacks in Western Australia during the past 10 months. The great white was protected under environmental law in the 1990s and anecdotal reports say that today its numbers are up on that time. But there's no proof of that, and so the Western Australian Government wants new research into the shark population to find out whether the protected status is still needed.
A short time ago the West Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore joined me from Perth.
Mr Moore, does the West Australian Government want the great white shark taken off the vulnerable species list?
NORMAN MOORE, WA FISHERIES MINISTER: No, we don't. What I have said to - in my letter to Mr Burke, the Federal minister, could we sit down and have a conversation about whether or not these shark species need to be retained on the protected species list? There is significant anecdotal evidence in Western Australia, and one of the most obvious parts of that evidence is five fatalities in the last 10 months, that there has been a significant increase in the number of great whites in the oceans off the coast of Western Australia. Now, I don't know whether there is - has been an increase or not, but I think we need to have a good, hard look at whether or not there has been an increase, commensurate perhaps with an increase in the number of whales going up the coast, a number of seals that are also protected, which are food for great white sharks. I think we need to have another look now to see whether or not there's been a significant increase in great white numbers since they become protected. And if that's the case, should they still be on a protected list?
LEIGH SALES: The Prime Minister said today that she believes the existing laws and the existing classification for sharks allow authorities to "put human life first". Do you agree?
NORMAN MOORE: That's the case in Western Australia. It's also the case in the Commonwealth waters. But as I said a moment ago, the restrictions in respect of what I can or can't do are that I can order the dispatching of a shark in the event that it is a threat to human life. If it's not, then I don't have that authority. Similarly, the Federal minister also has that authority in Commonwealth waters. And so there is a capacity to protect swimmers if we can and we can in fact catch a shark that is threatening a particular human being.
LEIGH SALES: But how do you determine whether a shark is a threat to human life? It seems like such a subjective thing.
NORMAN MOORE: Well if there's a group of swimmers or surfers or divers in an area and there's a shark that's menacing those people and we have a fisheries vessel close by, then it is quite possible to deal with that particular shark. But it hasn't happened yet. There hasn't been a shark put down in Western Australia. But that is what the rule is: that if a shark is causing or likely to cause humans to be killed, then they can be put down.
LEIGH SALES: How about the idea of installing shark nets on some of the key beaches in Western Australia?
NORMAN MOORE: Well we've been looking at that in Queensland. There are nets in Queensland, but I am advised by some of our advisors that they don't work very well, that in fact they trap other marine life. Recently in Queensland there was a whale trapped. And what that does is in fact attract sharks who come to feed on the other marine life that's caught in the nets. But we are looking at that. The difficulty however is where do you start and where do you stop putting the nets? The most recent tragedy was 160 miles - or kilometres north of Perth, so there would have been no reason to put nets there. So it is an issue we're looking at, but I - the advice I have so far is that they are not successful and it wouldn't work well in Western Australia.
LEIGH SALES: There've been some reports that this could affect tourism in Western Australia, but surely people are used to Australia being a dangerous place in terms of snakes and crocodiles and sharks. Would it really have an impact?
NORMAN MOORE: Well I think it probably will in some parts of the world where tourists come from. My understanding, having been a minister for Tourism in the past, was that south-east of England is an area where we get many of our tourists and they are not happy when they hear about shark attacks or crocodile attacks or things of that nature and it doesn't help our tourism industry. But what we're seeking to do is to understand more about the behaviour of great white sharks, and as a result of that, to provide information to the public about what they should or shouldn't do. I mean, it may well be for example that swimming at the beginning of the day or at end of the day is not the right - is not a good time because that's where most attacks take place, or if it's an overcast day, most attacks take place under those circumstances. That's the sort of information we're trying to ascertain. And once we can get some definitive understanding of those things, we can then start giving people far better information to assist them to minimise any risks associated with going into the ocean.
LEIGH SALES: Norman Moore, thank you very much for speaking to us
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Mobile phone - friend or foe?
KERRY O'BRIEN: There are more than 1 billion mobile phones in use around the world.
And if the push to sell more of them to children this Christmas is any guide, there'll be a lot more in use before long.
The benefits of mobile phones are obvious, even if sometimes it's a blessed relief to turn them off.
But there's been an increasingly controversial and emotional debate about possible health problems, including the fear of links to brain tumours or other cancers.
In Britain, the Stewart Group of eminent scientists has conducted the world's most comprehensive review of the health effects of mobile phones.
They found that, while there was no evidence of a general health risk, there was evidence of biological changes, which the British scientists say means that health risks can't categorically be ruled out.
They've recommended a precautionary approach, including a strong warning that children shouldn't use them.
The British Government has now embraced that report, including the formal warning against children using mobile phones.
Australia is reviewing its approach and a Government regulator tonight reveals that warnings may be adopted here too.
In a moment I'll be joined by several eminent scientists here and in Britain.
But first this report from Annie White.
ANNIE WHITE: 20 years ago, the average person didn't even know mobile phones existed.
Now their world domination is assured.
The telecommunications industry forecasts there will be more than 1.5 billion in use within five years.
In Australia, nearly one in two people use a mobile phone.
PETER RUSSELL, AUSTRALIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION: It is an amazing little piece of equipment we've got.
It offers us security.
It offers us ease of doing business and it keeps us in touch basically with the world.
ANNIE WHITE: While no-one disputes the convenience and economic benefits of mobile phones, questions remain about their long-term safety.
Scientists still don't know if long-term exposure to the radio frequency radiation that's emitted by phones and transmission towers is doing us harm.
DOCTOR STAN BARNETT, CSIRO: The real problem is that we really don't have enough good scientific information to tell us whether there is any real risk to public health from continued long-term use of mobile phone technology.
ANNIE WHITE: This uncertainty has seen some communities react angrily to the construction of towers near their homes and schools.
PETER RUSSELL: After reviewing everything, there still is no solid evidence to suggest that mobile phones cause any adverse health effects from people that use them.
DOCTOR STAN BARNETT: The evidence is not all in -- far from it.
We're a long way from that situation.
ANNIE WHITE: The alarm was first sounded in 1993 when David Raynard, an American who'd been at the forefront of mobile phone development, claimed his wife's fatal brain tumour had been caused by her cell phone.
DAVID RAYNARD, MOBILE PHONE RESEARCHER: Her antenna would have been used on the left side of her head and the tumour occurred directly where the antenna was located.
ANNIE WHITE: These claims were met with scepticism, but in the midst of public anxiety a number of scientific studies began.
Science had for decades been studying the possible side effects of electromagnetic radiation from powerlines and, more recently, television towers.
But in the '90s, they began looking for evidence that radio frequency radiation from the antenna of a mobile phone had an effect on the human body.
In 1994, American-based doctors Lai and Sing found there was an effect.
Their experiments showed damage to brain cells after two hours exposure to radiation, like that emitted by a cellular phone.
DR HENRY LAI, RESEARCHER: If there is a cell that can divide, then it may become cancerous.
ANNIE WHITE: Then Professor Ross Ayde, a highly credentialed Australian working in America, found biological effects on rats exposed to cell phones, not caused by heat but by some other as yet unidentified element.
PROFESSOR ROSS AYDE, RESEARCHER: Going up or down with respect to tumour numbers is less significant than that there is an effect.
ANNIE WHITE: Another study conducted in Adelaide on genetically altered mice exposed to RF radiation showed they developed lymphoma at twice the rate of mice not exposed to the emissions.
But none of these experiments have been successfully repeated and governments here and overseas have remained unconvinced of the need to take any drastic steps to control mobile phone use.
SENATOR RICHARD ALSTON, COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER: About the most one can say at this stage is that, if there are mice in this community who are genetically predisposed to developing lymphoma, they would be well-advised not to use mobile phones.
DR STAN BARNETT: You know, we're not really looking at an epidemic here, but I think that no-one would disagree that, even if the chance was only a few per cent if you happen to be one of the few per cent who suffered the adverse effect, then you would consider that it was more than unfortunate.
ANNIE WHITE: But after decades of denial from the tobacco and asbestos industries about the harmful effects of their products, some scientists and community advocates aren't convinced we're being told everything about mobile phones.
The telecommunications industry claims not to have any secret information which shows health risks.
PETER RUSSELL: No, we don't.
We've been pretty transparent about this all the way down the line.
ANNIE WHITE: The World Health Organisation is trying to finally settle the question scientifically with an international program of RF radiation studies.
Australia is contributing to this program with three studies being conducted here, including a repeat of the Adelaide mouse experiment.
Their final report is still some years off but recently both the British and Canadian governments held thorough reviews of the available literature.
The British Stewart report made the strongest recommendation for caution yet, urging limits on the use of mobile phones by children.
The Canadian report also urged prudence.
DR STAN BARNETT: I think the latest reviews that have come out both in Britain and in Canada have shown that there is an enormous amount of work to be done and we can only hope that that will encourage our Government to sponsor further research programs after this one's complete.
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Maleny water security in the pipeline
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The Sunshine Coast Regional Council says Maleny will have water security by the middle of this year.
Work on a pipeline that will take water from Landers Shute to Maleny started yesterday after eight years of planning.
Water is currently being trucked into the town.
Councillor Jenny McKay says the pipeline will have environmental benefits.
"Greater environmental flows in the Obi Obi Creek and also just from the aspect that at the moment the standpipe in Maleny is closed again, that's twice now in the last two months it's been closed and water has been carted from Landsborough," she said.
"That's even in itself isn't environmentally sound and nor is it economically sound."
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Pastoralists resist Broken Hill boundary extension
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A station owner near Broken Hill says the only way he could benefit from becoming part of the city council would be if he could subdivide his land.
Broken Hill City Council is looking to extend its boundaries to include at least Silverton and possibly the whole unincorporated area of New South Wales.
Colin Clare owns Limestone Station between Broken Hill and Silverton with his brother Trevor.
He says joining Broken Hill City Council probably wouldn't change his property from leasehold to freehold.
"Just because it became part of council jurisdiction it's not going to turn this automatically into a freehold block," he said.
"If it was then maybe there's an upside but I can't imagine that that's going to happen."
He says he does not think other pastoralists would support the idea.
"I would have concern that it would be another impost financially on us with what I can't imagine to be any means by which we can get any return on it and/or an increase in service," he said.
Councillor Dave Gallagher spoke at last week's council meeting about the benefits of extending the council's boundaries.
He told the meeting the new boundaries could bring in extra rates from new projects like the Silverton Wind Farm.
He says it is important to get community feedback.
"We have to consult with a lot of people and we have to look at the consultants, we have to look at the Western Division and get their opinion, and also from the people of Silverton and Broken Hill," he said.
"And if everyone seems to think it's a good idea we should go with it.
"But we've got to look at what the experts have to say and if they say it's a good thing we go with it. If they say it's not, we stay how we are."
Cr Gallagher wants a deadline to be set on the council's decision.
"How about we set a timeframe for the consultants to speak to us and for the other people to put submissions in," he said.
"So the reason I say a timeframe is, look, if you don't work to a timeframe the decision goes back and back and back and it's an opportunity and if the experts say it's a good thing to do that's a lost opportunity I believe."
That idea was rejected at the council's meeting last week.
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Sports stars have superior visual skills Faubert.
The amateurs started with similar results to the students in the first test, but then drew ahead in terms of learning speed.
"This demonstrates that a distinguishing factor explaining the capacities of professional athletes is their ability to learn how to process complex dynamic visual scenes," write the researchers.
"This gives us an insight as to what is so special about the elite athletes' mental abilities, which allows them to express great prowess in action."
Quick learners Faubert.
The skills tested would also be used in dynamic, multi-tasking scenarios like driving or crossing the street - things at which another recent study showed athletes to be better.
"It is clear from these results that such mental processing and learning skills should be acknowledged as one of the critical elements for performance outcomes in sport...," the researchers. | http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/02/01/3681263.htm?site=science&topic=latest | 2013-05-18T11:05:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Dave Marcheskie is excited to be back home in Pennsylvania. He grew up just a stone's throw away in Pottstown. Don't remind Al Gnoza, but Al announced Dave's high school football games when he played for the Trojans!
Dave joined the abc27 News Team in August 2010. His passion for journalism started at a young age. He always wanted to be in the middle of the action.
In 2007, he graduated from Ursinus College just outside of Philadelphia. Dave earned his B.A. in Media & Communication Studies and Politics. Dave played football for the Bears and immersed himself in media. He reported for the campus TV station, newspaper, radio, and announced various sporting events. In his senior year, Dave decided to take his passion for news abroad. He studied media in Florence, Italy.
Growing up near Philly, Dave is a huge fan of the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers and 76ers. But he also bleeds Penn State Blue and White. Dave followed his fandemonium and interned at Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia.
Before coming to abc27, Dave spent two years covering eastern North Carolina working for WITN-TV.
In case you're wondering: Yes, Dave does have two different-colored eyes! He enjoys mimicking Food Network chefs by whipping up culinary creations in the kitchen. Feel free to say hi when you see him at the Lebanon Farmer's market picking up fresh ingredients.
Dave lives in Lebanon and covers Lebanon County. If you have a story idea, send him an e-mail or become his friend on Facebook at Dave Marcheskie abcNews.
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By Grace GoldFrom Brilliant Color and Beauty Today
Neatly trimmed bangs freshen up any haircut, but repeat visits to the salon can rack up a pricey bill in no time. But there's good news: Trimming your own bangs is an easy skill you can pick up -- and it will keep you looking polished between cuts at virtually no cost.
Shear Yourself
To get started, you'll need a comb, hair clips and the essential tool for perfect bangs: shears, which cut a crisply accurate line in a way that the dull, rounded edges of regular scissors can't manage. You can purchase the tool online or at your local beauty supply store. "You don't need to buy the most expensive pair on the shelf. Stay away from plastic, and look for stainless steel," advises Timothy John, owner of New York's Timothy John's Salon. For classic bangs, opt for a regular pair of shears. Or, you can try texturizing shears, which leave a softer, layered-like edge to the bang.
Prep for Accuracy
Work with dry bangs for the most precise trim, as wet hair shrinks as it dries. Part your hair as you usually do, and then section your hair so that your bangs are the only area you're dealing with. Clip the rest of your hair back so that strands don't fall forward. Then, decide if your bangs are wispy or blunt. The trimming technique differs for each one, says John.
Trim Wispy Bangs
"Comb your hair straight down, and then bring both sides together to form a point. The point should be in line with your part. For example, if you have a center part, hold your point in the center," instructs John. Hold the bangs with one hand, leaving about 1/4 to 3/4 of an inch past your fingers. Keep your bangs against your forehead, making sure not to lift the section more than a finger's width. Cut directly into the strand, instead of at an angle. "Trim sparingly until you get the hang of it," says John. Let go to see if you trimmed enough. Repeat the process if needed.
Trim Blunt Bangs
As an alternative, blunt bangs are often thicker in nature and require more careful trimming to capture that beautiful straight fringe. Split your bangs in half by clipping the top section up and out of the way. Trim the bottom section by starting in the middle and working your way outwards. Be sure that your shears aren't pointing upward when trimming. Then, bring down the clipped section, and follow the line you just cut.
Grace Gold has covered beauty for People, People StyleWatch, Harper's BAZAAR and AOL's StyleList.com. She is the author of The Boob Job Bible: 10 Steps to a Sexy, Safe Breast Augmentation.
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By Diane Griffith, Staff Writer, myOptumHealth
You look outside to see a torrential downpour. A flash of lightning lights the sky, quickly followed by the crash of thunder. You shudder at the thought of driving in this weather, but you have an important meeting to get to.
Most people find driving in bad weather stressful or even frightening. It's best to stay inside - but that isn't always possible. Here's how to stay safe when you have to drive.
Maintain your vehicle
General driving tips for bad weather
If you must drive in inclement weather, give yourself plenty of time and follow these tips:
Thunderstorms
If you are driving a car with a hard top and are caught in a thunderstorm, you are safer staying in the car than leaving. Although you may be injured if lightning strikes your car, your vehicle's steel roof can help keep you safe as long as you don't touch metal. Contrary to popular belief, rubber tires will not protect you from lightning.
If you must drive:
The same precautions apply to hailstorms. To protect your car from hail damage, pull into a parking garage or some other form of shelter until the hail ends.
Flooding
Flash floods can occur in minutes. If flood waters begin to rise around your car, get out and move quickly to higher ground. Just six inches of water can enter your car and cause your engine to stall. A foot of water can make your car float - and two feet can sweep it away.
Fog
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Abe-n-Doren Events from 2003
Halloween
Party
This photo gallery is from our 6th annual
Halloween party. This party was attended by famous celebrities
including Janis Joplin and Nancy Kerrigan, infamous
ones too like Jeff Gilooly, fictional character such
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Peyote Stitch Follow-Along: ABC Night
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January 24, 2013 7-9
Join us for our free monthly gathering of artist and crafters of all mediums. This month we have a special event planned! Follow along as local artist, Lucy from “Dizzy Lizzy Designs,” instructs us on the basics of the traditional off-loom beadweaving technique, the Peyote Stitch. Supply kits will be available for purchase at the store.
We will be working a two color pattern with a multi-strand clasp, so this is not the actual bracelet design that we will make. However, the basic stitch structure is the same.
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1 box of frozen puff pastry*
Fromage Blanc (see preparation below)
Cornmeal
Olive oil
1/4 lb. bacon
1 small yellow or white onion, thinly sliced.
for the fromage blanc:
3/4 cup ricotta chese
3 tbsp. plain yogurt
pinch of salt
1 egg
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/3 cup grated Gruyere cheese.
2. To make the Fromage Blanc, blend the ricotta cheese, yogurt, Gruyere and salt for 30 seconds in a blender. Chill for at least 2 hours in a covered dish. Whisk the Fromage Blanc with the egg and flour.
3. Saute bacon in olive oil until browned. Remove bacon, drain on paper towels, cool, and break into small pieces.
4. Add onion slices to remaining oil and fry until soft. Drain on paper towels.
5. Preheat a pizza stone or heavy baking sheet for 10 minutes and dust with cornmeal. Lay the puff pastry on pizza stone or baking sheet. Spread Fromage Blanc mixture to within 3/4 inch from the edge. Top with onion slices and bacon pieces. Brush the edge of the dough with water.
6. Bake in 425 degree oven until golden brown (15 to 20 minutes). Serve hot.
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Subject: Commit: fix that spelling + images bug
From: Dom Lachowicz (cinamod@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 14:46:36 CST
Ok, so I've fixed that bug where spellcheck & images don't play nicely with
one another, or at least in the cases that we discussed. Right now, as far
as the spell-checker is concerned, images don't exist. This was a 3 line
change. I'll locate and close the bug(s) in bugzilla.
Why did we get the bug in the 1st place? See fl_DocLayout.cpp around line
340 for some "suspicious" code. We insert UCS_ABI_OBJECT into the stream as
a placeholder for various reasons. Our problem was that we were also
spell-checking this character in our spell-checking routines.
So I added logic in fl_BlockLayout::_checkMultiWord to strip ABI_UCS_OBJECT
from the text being selected for spell-check.
Now we get a more interesting bug, as far as I'm concerned (this bug has
always happened to us): commence[IMAGE]ment isn't squiggled because
"commencement" is a legal word and images don't count. Should this be our
behavior or should this be treated (and spell-checked) as two words:
"commence" "ment" (thus marking commence as correct, but ment as
misspelled)? What about this counter-case: commence[IMAGE]mint
("commencement" was the intended word, but "commence" and "mint" are both
legal words by themselves)?
I honestly don't know what we should do, but either way it's easy to
implement once we reach some sort of consensus. Our behavior now is to mark
he[IMAGE]llo as a correctly spelled word. Screenshot of the bug at
Dom
CVS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are removed automatically
CVS:
CVS: Committing in .
CVS:
CVS: Modified Files:
CVS: fl_BlockLayout.cpp
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From: Karl Ove Hufthammer (huftis@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 10:21:40 EDT
Alan Horkan <horkana@tcd.ie> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.40.0204200040100.27040-100000@turing.maths.tcd.ie:
> Abiword is an XML document, IE6 does not understand the dialect
> of XML used.
That's not correct. Actually, the DTD *is* invalid. This means that
every validating XML parser *MUST* (in the strictest sense of the
word) refuse to try to display the document.
> Mozilla at least manages to display the text of
> the document.
That's because Mozilla doesn't use a validating parser.
> Frankly i am surprised that a web browser (Mozilla) was able to
> make any decent attempt at loading a Word Processing document
> format, which is quite different from html web pages.
Mozilla display CSS-less XML documents with 'display: inline' on
every element (which BTW is correct behaviour).
> It would be very nice if IE6 and even better Mozilla v1.0 could
> display abiword documents properly, although I dont know what
> would be needed to make the XML more understandable.
Add a (XSLT or CSS) stylesheet. A CSS style sheet will make *very*
simple (but readable) rendering possible.
But this DTD is a very serious problem. It means that every
documented generated by AbiWord is actually *invalid*, and that
every validating XML parser will refuse to parse it. This obviously
needs to be fixed ASAP. The easiest way is to delete all the
contents from the DTD file, so that it's just an empty file.
Secondly, future versions of AbiWord should not included a DOCTYPE
declaration (or if they do, fix the DTD).
-- Karl Ove Hufthammer
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Although he knew nothing about what was to happen, BB gave us an insight as to what Christmas eve might be like in a couple of years time. He didn't sleep! Well, he did from 7-11 and then was awake until 4. He has never done this before, I assume it's due to his emerging molars.
He did eventually go to sleep, and gave us a little sleep in until 7.30 which was must appreciated. We then headed downstairs to see what was there. After checking out my water bottle which I had left in the lounge he spotted the gifts under the tree. He then went and and picked up each one and gave it to either DD or myself.
Then he was hungry! So we paused for breakfast.
Finally, after DD and I had opened our presents and with a little bit more encouragement from us, he began to slowly open his. It took all day, with the last one being opened just before he went to bed. It was lovely that this whole process took him all day, and that each gift amused him for so long before he needed the next. And each one made him smile. I will cherish all of this.
We also had a lovely little skype session with his Aussie Grandparents mid morning, so they got to see him sitting amidst his pile of pressies and discarded wrapping paper too!
Tomorrow he will have another little Christmas as when we wake as he has a couple of presents to open that my friends have sent for him - I will put them under the tree tonight. Then we will be off to Grandma and Gramps' house for the day. Great Grandma and both of BB's Aunties will be there too. He will no doubt get even more pressies...
I am looking forward to sharing BB with all the family tomorrow. I am really looking forward to him giving presents to people, especially my Nan, who has been asking for a little photo of him for ages. I have had a big one from his nursery photos made and she is going to love it!
Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas! I too love how the gift opening takes all day!
I used to love it when they took all day to open their presents. Sadly, none of mine still do that, and the eldest (aged nearly 11) seems to barely look at one present before she's hunting under the tree for another.
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Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit
CHICAGO - More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to draw up a unified exit strategy in Afghanistan after a decade of war.
A huge security operation has swung into place in the hometown the heightened tensions, authorities in the Windy City, already bracing for massive protests, Saturday charged three men with plotting to attack.
Among the world leaders at the table will be Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has headed up his country since the US ousted the hardline Taliban Islamic leadership in late 2001.
Despite the stubborn Taliban insurgency, war-weary international forces are seeking to hand control of security to Afghan forces while withdrawing some 130,000 foreign combat troops by the end of 2014.
Karzai comes armed with a firm demand for $4.1 billion a year to fund his security forces after the pullout -- fearing his country could descend into a new civil war.
The United States is expected to foot half the bill while hoping the international community will stump up the rest.
But analysts have warned NATO's rush to extricate itself from the Afghan quagmire carries high risks to stability.
"The idea that the official transition timeline can generate even minimally conducive conditions on the Afghan ground -- that would substantiate claims that the transition strategy can succeed -- is a delusion," wrote Barbara Stapleton, former deputy to the EU special representative for Afghanistan.
Going ahead regardless, "increases the risk of the Afghan state's collapse and with it, the prospect of strategic failure for NATO," she said in a report for the independent Afghanistan Analysts Network.
Also key to success in Afghanistan is the cooperation of Pakistan.
"We can't solve the problems in Afghanistan without the positive engagement of Pakistan," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Saturday.
But planned talks between Rasmussen and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari floundered at the last-minute Saturday, officially canceled after Zardari's plane was delayed.
France's new President Francois Hollande has meanwhile shaken up the carefully crafted transition plan, vowing to bring his 3,500 combat troops home in 2012, a year earlier than planned.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday however that France's plans would not affect NATO "unity."
"The unity of the alliance and the solidarity of the allies will be reiterated. This will be, in my opinion, a summit of consensus," he told AFP after meeting his US counterpart Leon Panetta.
"Let me be clear, NATO will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan," Rasmussen said Saturday.
But Hollande is not the first leader to push for an early withdrawal.
Canada and the Netherlands have already switched to training missions while Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard indicated her troops could leave next year, although her government later said they would stay through 2014.. The United States, which accounts for 75 percent of NATO military spending, has pressed Europeans to pull their own weight.
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The
boundary element method
(
BEM
) is a numerical computational method of solving linear partial differential equations which have been formulated as
integral equation
Integral equation
In mathematics, an integral equation is an equation in which an unknown function appears under an integral sign. There is a close connection between differential and integral equations, and some problems may be formulated either way...
s (i.e. in
boundary integral
form). It can be applied in many areas of engineering and science including...
,...
, electromagnetics, and
fracture mechanics
Fracture mechanics
Fracture mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics to calculate the driving force on a crack and those of experimental solid mechanics to characterize the material's resistance to fracture.In...
. (In electromagnetics, the more traditional term "method of moments" is often, though not always, synonymous with "boundary element method".)
Mathematical basis.
BEM is applicable to problems for which
Green's function
Green's function
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s can be calculated. These usually involve fields in
linear
Linear
In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f...
homogeneous
Homogeneity (physics)
In general, homogeneity is defined as the quality or state of being homogeneous . For instance, a uniform electric field would be compatible with homogeneity.... A useful technique for treating the volume integral without discretising the volume is the dual-reciprocity method. The technique approximates part of the integrand using radial basis functions (local interpolating functions) and converts the volume integral into boundary integral after collocating at selected points distributed throughout the volume domain (including the boundary). In the dual-reciprocity BEM, although there is no need to discretize the volume into meshes, unknowns at chosen points inside the solution domain are involved in the linear algebraic equations approximating the problem being considered.
The Green's function elements connecting pairs of source and field patches defined by the mesh form a matrix, which is solved numerically. Unless the Green's function is well behaved, at least for pairs of patches near each other, the Green's function must be integrated over either or both the source patch and the field patch. The form of the method in which the integrals over the source and field patches are the same is called "Galerkin's method". Galerkin's method is the obvious approach for problems which are symmetrical with respect to exchanging the source and field points. In frequency domain electromagnetics, this is assured by
electromagnetic cost of computation involved in naive Galerkin implementations is typically quite severe. One must loop over elements twice (so we get n
2
passes through).
The Green's functions, or fundamental solutions, are often problematic to integrate as they are based on a solution of the system equations subject to a singularity load (e.g. the electrical field arising from a point charge). Integrating such singular fields is not easy. For simple element geometries (e.g. planar triangles) analytical integration can be used. For more general elements, it is possible to design purely numerical schemes that adapt to the singularity, but at great computational cost. Of course, when source point and target element (where the integration is done) are far-apart, the local gradient surrounding the point need not be quantified exactly and it becomes possible to integrate easily due to the smooth decay of the fundamental solution. It is this feature that is typically employed in schemes designed to accelerate boundary element problem calculations.
Comparison to other methods
The boundary element method is often more efficient than other methods, including finite elements, in terms of computational resources for problems where there is a small surface/volume ratio . Conceptually, it works by constructing a "mesh" over the modelled surface. However, for many problems boundary element methods are significantly less efficient than volume-discretisation methods (
finite element method
Finite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
,
finite difference method
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,
finite volume method
Finite volume method
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). quite linearly with the problem size. Compression techniques (e.g. multipole expansions or adaptive cross approximation/
hierarchical matrices
Hierarchical matrix
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) can be used to ameliorate these problems, though at the cost of added complexity and with a success-rate that depends heavily on the nature of the problem being solved and the geometry involved.
See also
Analytic element method
Analytic element method
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Electromagnetic modeling
Meshfree methods
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Immersed boundary method
Immersed boundary method
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External links
An Online Resource for Boundary Elements
Heritage and early history of the boundary element method
, Alexander H.-D. Cheng & Daisy T. Cheng
An introductory BEM course (with a chapter on Green's functions)
Electromagnetic Modeling web site at Clemson University
(includes list of currently available software)
Concept Analyst Boundary Element Analysis software
Klimpke, Bruce
A Hybrid Magnetic Field Solver Using a Combined Finite Element/Boundary Element Field Solver
, U.K. Magnetics Society Conference, 2003
which compares FEM and BEM methods as well as hybrid approaches
Free software
boundary-element-method.com
An open-source BEM software for solving acoustics / Helmholtz and Laplace problems.
Puma-EM
An open-source and high performance Method of Moments / Multilevel Fast Multipole Method parallel program
AcouSTO
Acoustics Simulation TOol, a free and open-source parallel BEM solver for the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz Integral Equation (KHIE)
ParaFEM
Includes the free and open-source parallel BEM solver for elasticity problems described in Gernot Beer , Ian Smith , Christian Duenser,
The Boundary Element Method with Programming: For Engineers and Scientists
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Chrisette Michele
, is an American
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Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
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Michele was born in
Central Islip
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, grew up in
Patchogue
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. Her father was a deacon and her mother a choir director. Michele led gospel choirs in high school. She attended
Five Towns College
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in
Dix Hills
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, New York, and graduated with a vocal performance degree.
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Michele has been featured on several
hip hop
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albums. She is on
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she was featured on the second single "
Lost One
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", while on...
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Hip Hop Is Dead
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, she was featured three times: on the album's second single "
Can't Forget About You
Can't Forget About You
"Can't Forget About You" is the second and final single from Nas' 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead, released on January 23, 2007. It features Chrisette Michele, and the track is produced by will.i.am. Its lyrics deal with Nas reciting various unforgettable memories such as Mr. T becoming a wrestler and...
", the
Kanye West...
-produced "Still Dreaming", and the final track "Hope". She also appeared on the
bonus track
Bonus track
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"Slow Down", from
Ghostface Killah...
's
The Big Doe Rehab
The Big Doe Rehab
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.
I Am (2007)
Michele's debut album,
I Am
I Am (Chrisette Michele album)
I Am is the debut album by American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Chrisette Michele, released in the United States on June 19, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings.-Production:...
, was released on June 18, 2007. The song "Your Joy" was released on
iTunes...
as a free single of the week. The album spawned four singles: "If I Have My Way", "
Best of Me
Best of Me (Chrisette Michele song)
"Best of Me" is the second single from the Chrisette Michele album, I Am. It has not received much attention on the charts, although it was added to the VH1 video lineup. An unplugged version of the song was featured on the VH1 website....
", ""...
", and "Love Is You". The album's lead single "If I Have My Way" charted at number four on Adult R&B Airplay and number twenty-four on,...
. "Best of Me" charted on the
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
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Epiphany (2009)
In 2008, Michele appeared on the track "Rising Up" from
The Roots
The Roots...
' album
Rising Down
Rising Down
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. Michele guest starred as herself in
The CW
The CW Television Network
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's
Girlfriends
Girlfriends
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, in the episode entitled "What's Black-a-Lackin'?", which originally aired on February 11, 2008. She also wrote a song for
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...
entitled "I've Gotta Love Jones". From May to July 2008 Michele embarked on a nationwide co-headlining tour with fellow soul singer...
called the Art of Love Tour;
Solange Knowles
Solange Knowles
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served as the opening act. In September 2008, Michele performed twice at the Evening of Stars: A Tribute to
Patti Labelle
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
.
In mid-2008, Michele began recording for her second album, album's title track
Epiphany (Chrisette Michele song)
"Epiphany" is the first single from American soul-R&B singer-songwriter Chrisette Michele's second studio album of the same name, released for airplay on January 27, 2009. It was a R&B top 20 hit and became her most successful single to date...
was released as the lead single. Released on May 5, 2009, the album debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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selling 83,000 copies in its opening week.
Michele quickly starting working with rapper Rick Ross, and Canadian rapper/singer Drake on the fourth single of Ross's album Teflon Don called Aston Martin Music. The song was released on October 5, 2010.
Let Freedom Reign (2010)
Michele released her third studio album,
Let Freedom Reign
Let Freedom Reign
- Personnel :Credits for Let Freedom Reign adapted from Allmusic.* Alejandro Barajas – assistant* Jesse Bond – bass, guitar* Jesse Bonds – guitar* Leesa D...
, in 2010. The album includes the singles, "I'm a Star", "Goodbye Game". The album features Michele performing hip-hop, R&B, as well as the dance-pop influenced "So Cool".The album debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week.
Discography
Studio albums
2007:
I Am
I Am (Chrisette Michele album)
I Am is the debut album by American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Chrisette Michele, released in the United States on June 19, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings.-Production:...
2009:...
2010:
Let Freedom Reign
Let Freedom Reign
- Personnel :Credits for Let Freedom Reign adapted from Allmusic.* Alejandro Barajas – assistant* Jesse Bond – bass, guitar* Jesse Bonds – guitar* Leesa D...
Mixtapes
2010:
Love Thy Brother
Love Thy Brother
Love Thy Brother is the first mixtape released by R&B artist Chrisette Michele & Lem Payne.-Track listing:# Intro# 90210 # Interlude# Step into the world# Black Boys Still Die# Its In Your Head# Outta My Head# Aston Martin Music...
Tours
The Art of Love Tour
(with...
)
(2008)
The Epiphany Tour (2010)
Awards and nominations
Vibe Music Award
2008, Breakthrough Artist of the Year (Nominated)
Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
2008, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "If I Have My Way" (Nominated)
2009, Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Be OK" (Won)
BET Award
BET Awards
The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on BET...
2010, Centric Award: (Nominated)
2008, Best New Artist: (Nominated)
BET J/Centric
2008, Virtual Awards: Soul Approved: (Won)
2008, Female Artist of the Year: (Nominated)
NAACP Image Awards
2008, Outstanding New Artist: (Nominated)
Soul Train Awards
2009, Best R&B/Soul Female Artist: (Nominated)
Urban Music Awards
Urban Music Awards
The Urban Music Awards is a HipHop, R&B, Dance and soul music awards ceremony launched in 2003 and now held in six countries annually.The awards ceremony is held annually by Invincible Media Group. The UMA's is now held in 6 countries annually...
2009, Best Female Act: (Nominated)
External links
Official website
Chrisette Michele
on
Def Jam Recordings
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Micky Waller...
, who played with many of the biggest names on the
UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages......
scene, after he became a professional
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
in 1960. In addition to being a member, albeit sometimes briefly, of some of the seminal bands of the 1960s, Waller played as a...
with a host of UK and
US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
.
Biography
He was born
Michael Waller
in 1941,...
. Waller's first professional band,
The Flee-Rekkers
The Flee-Rekkers...
, had a #23... 1960, with their recording of "Green Jeans"
produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by
Joe Meek
Joe Meek
Robert George "Joe" Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter....
. He soon left to join a well-known band of the day,
Joe Brown
Joe Brown (singer)
Joe Brown, MBE is an English entertainer.He has worked as a rock and roll singer and guitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s...
and the Bruvvers.
In July 1963, he joined the
Cyril Davies R&B All Stars
All-Stars (band)
The All-Stars were a short-lived British blues combo active in the early-mid 1960s that later evolved into a studio supergroup...
, a band with a volatile line-up, replacing the band's original drummer
Carlo Little
Carlo Little
Carlo Little was a rock and roll drummer, based in the London nightclub scene in the 1960s. He played in an early version of The Rolling Stones...
. At that time the line-up was:
Cyril Davies
Cyril Davies
Cyril Davies was one of the first British blues harmonica players and blues musician.-Biography:Born at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham, Buckinghamshire, near London, he was the son of William Albert Davies, a labourer, and his wife Margaret Mary...
(vocals, harmonica))
Geoff Bradford (guitar)
Cliff Barton (bass)
Keith Scott (piano)
Micky Waller (drums)
Davies died on 7 January 1964, and Waller left as the band was changed by Long John Baldry to become the Hoochie Coochie Men. Waller went on to play with...
as one of the Wildecats. While with Wilde, Waller played on two tours...
around the UK.
Like many musicians of the day, Waller moved frequently from band to band, or as was often the case, the band he was in metamorphosed into another. After a short stint with
Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame.-Early life:Fame took piano lessons from the...
and the Blue Flames, a band he was to rejoin several times, he joined...
to become part of The Trinity, and was soon followed by Long John Baldry. In April 1965, the group was expanded...
and evolved into a new band, The Steampacket:)
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
(vocals)...
(vocals)
Vic Briggs (guitar)...
)
Waller subsequently joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for a few gigs in April 1967, while Mayall looked for a permanent drummer, and was soon replaced by
Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood...
.
John Mayall
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE is an English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, whose musical career spans over fifty years...
(vocals, guitar, keyboards)
Peter Green
Peter Green (musician)
Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
(guitar, vocals)
John McVie
John McVie
John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name...
(bass)
Micky Waller (drums)
In August 1967, Waller joined the Jeff Beck Group, with former bandmate Rod Stewart:
Rod Stewart (vocals)
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
(guitar)
Ron Wood
Ron Wood
Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar....
(bass)
Micky Waller (drums)
The group produced two albums.
Truth
in 1968 saw the four piece play a mixture of blues with guitar
riff
RIFF
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s. The
instrumental
Instrumental
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, "Beck's Bolero", with...
on rhythm guitar,
The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
...
on drums, and bass...
; combined with Waller's playing on the remake of
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...
' hit "
Shapes of Things
Shapes of Things
"Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...
"; set the template for a heavier blues style. The following year, a second album from the band was
Beck-Ola
Beck-Ola
- Side two :- 2006 reissue bonus tracks :- Personnel :* Jeff Beck — guitars* Rod Stewart — vocals* Nicky Hopkins — piano and organ* Ronnie Wood — bass* Tony Newman — drums- Additional personnel :* Micky Waller — drums on "Sweet Little Angel"...
. But by this point Waller had already departed the band, to be replaced by
Tony Newman
Tony Newman (drummer)
Richard Anthony 'Tony' Newman is an English rock drummer. He was at various times a member of the bands Sounds Incorporated, May Blitz, Three Man Army and T...
. Waller's relationship with Stewart and Wood served him well, as he would go on to join them on Stewart's solo album,
Every Picture Tells a Story
Every Picture Tells a Story
Every Picture Tells a Story is the third album by Rod Stewart, released in the middle of 1971. It went to number one on both the UK and U.S. charts and finished third in the Pazz & Jop critics' poll for best album of 1971...
. The coupling meant that Waller played percussion on Stewart's
transatlantic
Transatlantic
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chart
Record chart
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topping...
, "
Maggie May
Maggie May
"Maggie May" is a song written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton and recorded by Stewart in 1971 for his album Every Picture Tells a Story....
".
In 1969, Waller flew to Venice Beach Los Angeles to form the band "Silver Metre" with guitarist
Leigh Stephens
Leigh Stephens
Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist and songwriter.Stephens became famous as the former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer. He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. He has claimed to have been the...
of
Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...
fame, and fellow Brit and keyboards. They recorded one album at
Trident Studios
Trident Studios
Trident Studios was a British recording facility, originally located at 17 St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district. It was constructed in 1967 by Norman Sheffield a drummer of former 1960's group The Hunters and his Brother Barry....
in London, England which was released on National General Records.
In 1971, Waller joined the...
blues band for Baldry's first tour of the United States. The band included Ian Armitt on piano, and fellow Rod Stewart session men, Sam Mitchell on guitar, and. Waller continued to work regularly in both rock and blues bands, and joined the original line-up of the Deluxe Blues Band, with
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most important English blues-rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:...
, and bassist
Bob Brunning
Bob Brunning
Robert 'Bob' Brunning was a British musician best known for his role as the original bass guitar player with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac....
.
Danny Adler
Danny Adler...
(vocal, guitar)
Bob Brunning
Bob Brunning
Robert 'Bob' Brunning was a British musician best known for his role as the original bass guitar player with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac....
(bass)
Bob Hall
Bob Hall (boogie-woogie pianist)
Robert 'Bob' Hall , is a leading English boogie-woogie pianist. A long-time collaborator of Alexis Korner, he also performed regularly with bottleneck bluesman Dave Kelly and his sister, Jo Ann Kelly.-Career:...
(piano)
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most important English blues-rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:...
(sax)
Micky Waller (drums)
In the early 1980s, Waller was a member of the
Terry Smith
Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)
Terence 'Terry' Smith is a British Jazz guitarist.-Biography:Twice winner of the Melody Maker Music Polls, Smith spent the early 1960s playing with the Tony Lee Trio, before becoming Scott Walker's musical director and accompanying The Walker Brothers on their Japan tour in 1968...
Blues Band, with
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly was an English blues singer and guitarist. "To many American performers", an obituarist wrote, "Jo Ann Kelly was the only British singer to earn their respect for her development of what they would be justified in thinking as 'their' genre".-Life and career:Kelly was born in...
(vocals) and
Tony Ashton
Tony Ashton
Tony Ashton was an English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist.-Biography:...
(organ). Over the intervening years Waller's playing experience included credits with
The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
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,
Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
,...
,
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
,...
.
Brunning subsequently hung onto the Deluxe Blues band name, reusing it for a number of line-ups, whilst Waller went to play in Italy for a period. Upon his return to London, Waller briefly joined a revived Deluxe Blues Band that reunited him with Heckstall-Smith and Brunning, along with new members Dave Beaumont, Alan Vincent and Phil Taylor. He continued to play intermittently with a number of blues bands in the London area, including the eponymous Micky Waller Band.
In his later life, Waller took a degree in law, and utilised his gained knowledge to win court claims for unpaid
royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
.
Waller died of
liver failure
Liver failure
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease , and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage . The complications are hepatic encephalopathy and impaired protein synthesis...
in London, in May 2008, at the age of 66.
External links
Obituary in the Guardian
Micky Waller page - Musicians' Olympus
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paper sack
is a preformed container made of
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Paper
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, usually with an opening on one side. It can be one layer of paper or multiple layers of paper and other flexible materials. A bag is used for packaging and/or carrying items.
Single layer
Paper
shopping bag
Shopping bag
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s,
Multiwall paper sacks
Multiwall (or multi-wall) paper sacks or shipping sacks, are often used as
shipping container
Shipping container
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s for bulk materials as fertilizer, animal feed, sand, dry chemicals, flour and cement. Many have several layers of
sack paper
Sack paper
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s, printed external layer and inner plies. Some paper sacks have polyethyelene foil or polyethylene
coated paper...
layer in between as water-repellant barrier.
There are two basic design of bags: open mouth bags and valve bags. Open mouth bag is a tube of paper plies with only one bottom end sealed by the paper sack producer. The bag is filled though the open mouth and then closed by stitching, adhesive, or tape. Valve sacks have both bottom ends closed and are filled through a valve. A typical example of valve bag is the cement sacks.
Recycling
Paper bags are readily recyclable. Plastic or water-resistant coatings or layers make recycling more difficult.
History 20 February, 1872, Luther Crowell also patented a machine that manufactured paper bags.
Books
Brody, A. L., and Marsh, K, S., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 1997, ISBN 0-471-06397-5
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But with the country’s plummeting birthrate, Singapore’s pretty shameless when it comes to promoting marriage and babies. I’ve seen huge billboards promoting picture-perfect scenes of happy families, and the newspaper regularly publishes a “Family” section dedicated to cute baby pictures.
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Dictionary: This metric counts the FOIA workload performed for the most frequent submitters.
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Clark L. Myerly, M. D. Since 1914 the most enlightened tenets of medical and surgical science have found expression in the career of Dr. Clark L. Myerly, one of the younger practitioners of the Jewell County fraternity, who had already made a well-established place for himself in the confidence of the people of Burr Oak. While the period of his practice as compared with those of many of his fellow-physicians in the county is short, it had been his fortune to have so impressed the people of the community with his skill and thoroughness that he had been able to build up a large professional business, and his devotion to the best ethics of his calling had given him standing and reputation as a reliable devotee of his honored science. Clark L. Myerly was born in Jewell County, Kansas, January 5, 1886, and is a son of L. S. and Ella (Hartley) Myerly. The family originated in Europe, from whence the grandfather came at an early day, being the founder of the family in Iowa, where was born L. S. Myerly in 1859. The father of Doctor Myerly was born in the Hawkeye State, was there reared and educated, and as a young man learned the trade of blacksmith. Coming to Kansas in 1884, he located in Jewell County, where he followed his vocation for three years and then went to Collier, this state, and engaged successfully in farming. In 1909 he retired from agricultural labors and took up his residence at Wakeeney, establishing himself in business as the proprietor of a hardware establishment. He is now the possessor of a profitable patronage and a business that had been developed to important proportions through the medium of good business management and straightforward dealing. Mr. Myerly is a democrat in his political affiliation, and for some years had been prominent in the ranks of his party. He was clerk of the district court of Trego County, Kansas, for four years; served as township trustee for a number of years and as township assessor, and in the fall of 1916 was elected county treasurer of Trego County, a position which he occupies at this time. Having shown fidelity, ability and conscientiousness in the discharge of his duties, his official record is an excellent one, and he holds in the fullest extent the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Myerly is a member of the Congregational Church and fraternally is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he had been a member for many years. Mr. Myerly married Miss Ella Hartley, who was born in Iowa, in 1860, and they are the parents of five children: Edward, who is a pharmacist of Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. Clark L., of this notice; Birda, who is single and resided with her parents at Wakeeney; Grace, who is the wife of Roy Downey, proprietor of a meat market business at Collier, Kansas; and Leo, who is connected with a mercantile establishment at Wakeeney, joined the Colorado National Guards in June, 1917, and at the present time is at the officers' training camp at Fort Logan, Colorado, preparing for service in the present great war. Clark L. Myerly received his early education in the public schools of Collier, Kansas, and made such an excellent record in his studies that he was given a certificate of scholarship for entrance in Baker University. He attended that well known institution for five years, leaving in 1908, and in the following year commenced studying for his chosen profession at the University Medical College, Kansas City, Missouri. He was graduated in 1913, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, following which he was house physician at the Bell Memorial Hospital at Rosedale, Kansas, for one year, and in 1914 came to Burr Oak and established himself in practice. He carries on a general medical and surgical business, with offices in the Hospital Building, and, as before noted, had made rapid strides toward the forefront in his calling. He continues to be a close and constant student, and had taken several post-graduate courses, one at Kansas City and the other, in 1917, at the Post-Graduate Hospital, Chicago. He holds membership in the Jewell County Medical Society, the Kansas State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is fraternally affiliated with Burr Oak Lodge No. 178, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Burr Oak Lodge No. 298, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs; and Eureka Chapter No. 69, Order of the Eastern Star. Politically he is a democrat. Doctor Myerly is unmarried.
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Can Am (Canadian American) Celebration At LCS 2012
This year’s Can Am Celebration was a huge success. It is held every year on the Lake Chapala Society grounds. It is to honor Canada Day and American’s Fourth of July. This year it was on the second of July, which was last Monday, from noon to after four in the afternoon. I was there at the opening of the gate and stayed until the end. There was too much to see and do. I didn’t want to miss anything. I always look forward to this celebration. It is a chance to meet up with friends that I rarely see, eat delicious food, dance, buy books and videos, and many more interesting activities. Space is limited here so I will just highlight some of the booths and activities. I apologize in advance to the people I overlook. There was just too much to do and see and photograph.
It was a sunny afternoon and people were anxious to get into the Lake Chapala grounds. No one was allowed inside without a ticket. You could either buy it in advance or at the gate.
Ann Klestadt and her husband Charlie are very active members of the Red Cross. They were both selling tickets for the 50/50 raffle. Fifty percent went to the winning ticket holder and 50 percent went to the Red Cross. The drawing was at the end of the day and the winner walked home with over nine hundred dollars. Wish that had been me.
Several organizations served food. The main purpose of this celebration, besides having fun, is to raise money for nonprofit organizations here. The Lake Chapala Society sold hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, beans, ribs.
These lunches were so popular that they ran out of food a couple of times. They quickly replenished everything. If you were in the mood for German food, you could buy a delicious Bratwurst and potato salad. These were provided by the Lakeside Spay and Neuter Ranch & Adoptions.
If you are interested in this organization, here is their web site: They have spayed and neutered thousands of dogs and cats since 2001. They also provide a place for homeless dogs until they can be adopted.
You can also contact Gudrun Jones if you are interested in helping out at the ranch or donating money to this cause. Her phone number is: 376-766-3813 or 331 431 7744.
There were several tables where you could buy delicious desserts.
Hope House is located in Ixtlahuacan and is a children’s shelter for boys ages 8 through 18. If you would like to know about them, here is their web site: or e mail them at: info@HopeHouseMX.org
The Cruz Roja (Red Cross) had a huge selection of desserts. I ate too many of them but I always do that. They are delicious.
Next to the Cruz Roja table was the Feria Maestros del Arte Craft sale. I bought some beautiful things there this year. They sell donated used craft items to raise money to help support the Feria Maestros which is held once a year in November. Their web address is: or e mail them at: mariannecarlson@gmail.com
Lake Chapala Society had a book sale and a DVD sale. I loaded up on both.
There were several people selling art and craft items. One was MAMA A.C. which is a group that helps abandoned children. Here is their information: or info@mama.org.mx
The LCS Children’s Art group had a table of wonderful Paper Mache animals made by the children.
There is a group here called Storytellers. They were formed to honor Jim Collums, a local writer who passed away recently and the money they collect goes for an education fund to keep children in school. They had a book sale and also a table of books by local writers. There are many writers living in the Lakeside area.
The Singles Group had a sign up table. They have become very active in the community, providing a great service for all us singles in town. Needless to say, it is mostly women.
Have Hammers Will Travel is a group that teaches boys and girls how to work with wood. Their group meets on the LCS grounds once a week.
The Tall Boys played up a storm and got people to dancing. It is hard to keep still when they are on the stage.
As you can see by these photos, people were really enjoying the afternoon. I again apologize for not naming everyone and for missing many of the booths. Here is a list of some of the booths that I missed.
U. S. Voter Registration, Operacion Amor, Needle Pushers, Music Appreciation Society, Movimiento de Apoyo Menores Abandonados A.C. , Los ninos de Chapala, A.C., Luz de Malla, A.C., Community Safety Initiative, Asociacion Mexicana par la Superacion Integral de la Familia, A.C. I may have missed some others, I hope not. Maybe next year I will be able to write about the ones I missed this year.
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Ahold announced early last year that it overstated profits by least half a billion dollars at its U.S. Foodservice subsidiary. Chief Executive Officer Cees van der Hoeven and former Chief Financial Officer Michiel Meurs were ousted and the company's stock plummeted. Since then, its stock has gained 82 percent.
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Do you really want me doing rock lee or might guy?
Like Trini said, if it was what you wanted to do, then by all means. Personally, no, I wouldn't mind in the least bit, and I know many more who wouldn't mind as well. I've seen people the same size in much more revealing attire, and I thought they were just rockin'! xD If it's what you want to do, why should your body-type even matter? Is it true to the character, perhaps not, but honestly, how many cosplayers out there actually are?
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'Conscientious consumers' will buy unpretentious items associated with the proletariat-except that they'll buy pretentious versions of these items, which actual members of the proletariat would find preposterous. For example, they'll go shopping for a basic food like potatoes, but they won't buy an Idaho spud. They'll select one of those miniature potatoes of distinction that grow only in certain soils of northern France. They will buy these items in boutique grocery stores whose inventory says 'a Year in Provence,' even as their prices say 'Ten Years out of medical school.'
-David Brooks, in The New Yorker
This year's holiday season was tinged with sadness for many food proprietors and consumers in Lexington. (Notwithstanding the usual crew of local vultures who - of course-cheerily feast on the misfortune of others, every chance they get. Mercifully, they seem to be in the minority.)
Roy's East High Diner opened to much fanfare, and recently closed with barely a whimper.
The former Cosmo's is now one more tentacle in the Starbucks empire.
Reviewing history, the late Bistro (around the corner) is long gone. The old neighborhood haunt at High and South Ashland, the Cape Codder, is now an investment firm. The Saratoga reigned for many, many years, before its era passed (or maybe its market was just supplanted by the ubiquitous meat-and-three empire, Ramsey's).
Still, Charlie Brown's has managed to see several generations of college kids through burgers and beers. Rincon is usually well-populated, as are the neighborhood's small, but diverse, ethnic groceries.
Perino's and Cosmo's-though always packed-never truly found the right market or business model for high-end carryout. It's not that there isn't a customer base in Lexington who can afford to pay $783.00 for a pint of mashed potatoes or 14 sprigs of asparagus-it's more that nobody wants to be a sucker for long. There's the brink of foolishness, and then there is the abyss.
In larger southern cities, like Nashville, Atlanta, or the triangle of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, popular boutique groceries and gourmet carry-away establishments still thrive. There's practically one on every corner. Despite the "downturn." (Southern Seasons is a good example of an emporium that took the Dean and DeLuca concept and successfully adapted it in the heart of Dixie.)
There's no real reason similar establishments can't succeed in Lexington, a mid-sized, largely white-collar college town.
Still, both locations of Phil's Cookshop (on Romany and Todds Road) closed in December, to great lamentation among many.
The recent front page Herald-Leader account of the demise cited many reasons, predominantly economic-also noting that the fate of 431 (on Old Vine) may be called into question, as it served as collateral for the Cookshop on Romany property.
Will this be the end of gourmet-to-go in Lexington, as some predict?
Doubtful.
Scarborough Fare (across the street from the former Phil's Cookshop) continues to thrive-as home to Bleu Ribbon Catering; a Café (which will begin hosting jazz nights later this month); a busy lunch trade; and a deli case with upscale gourmet-to-go. A smoothie bar is also under construction (where you'll be able to get the exact Purple Hank that you used to live on at Everybody's). After a busy holiday season, proprietor Kate Savage did close her establishment on the Cookshop's last day, as a gesture of deference and good taste within the neighborhood.
Meanwhile, on the southwest side of town, Annette's Catering also offers deli fare in addition to catering services.
The market hasn't gone anywhere. If anything, it's expanding. It's just harder to get at-consumers are elusive and exclusive in a downturn.
In the 80s and 90s, everybody thrived. And that was mostly the rooster taking credit for the sun coming up. Success makes everybody seem like a genius in a boom market.
But veteran diners know that Lexington's culinary scene has always been one of regular flux. The only constant has always been change. The goal among many seems to be, "don't get too attached."
How many current residents remember Amato's when it was a cozy anchor on the first floor of the Jefferson Center? Then it relocated to the trendier corner of High and Euclid (more or less in the area now occupied by WDKY).
And the string of culinary casualties that came and went so quickly in that locale can barely be remembered, let alone counted.
Although it may seem like there's an Applebee's on every corner (actually, there might be), Lexington's dining scene-while as viciously competitive as it has always been-shows admirable signs of life.
Lucie Slone's empire continues to expand with the opening of Phoenix in Victorian Square. Emmett's is about to stretch its suburban magic and fine cuisine into new, uncharted waters.
Limestone hasn't quite turned into Louisville's Bardstown Roadbut we are developing corridors for cuisine. Slowly.
The culinary world is just as dog-eat-dog as the rest of the economy is (one hopes not literally)-but then, it always has been-always suffering the highest failure rate of nearly any business sector.
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I've played guitar for 40+ years, but I'm a complete newbie to fingerstyle and this is my recent experience.
After many, many years as just a simple strummer, I recently became determined to learn to play fingerstyle. It took a couple of months of concentrated effort, but I have finally mastered the most rudimentary "Travis Picking" patterns and I can now play them instinctively rather than having to concentrate on each chord change.
This has been an epiphany of sorts for me.
I have found that all I want to do now when I pick up my guitar is just to take off and wander through the various chord progressions casually "Travis Picking." Often, I don't even have a particular song in mind ... it's addictive! And it's therapeutic as well. It relaxes me and I can do it for hours!
I wish I'd gone this route years ago, because I was always envious of those guitarists who played fingerstyle, but it just all seemed way too complicated.
Like most skills that are worthwhile, it wasn't easy at first. It was sort of like patting your head with one hand while rubbing your stomach with the other. But, the more I did it, the easier it became and I feel like I'm getting better every day. I don't particularly aspire to be an instrumentalist in the style of Tommy Emmanuel, but I do want to be able to incorporate fingerstyle to my vocal arrangements when appropriate.
I'm still a novice for sure, but I took my newly acquired skills on stage at open mic the other night and did a Townes Van Zandt number fingerstyle that I'd always strummed before. It went well and it felt good!
Anyway, just wanted to say hello and to hear some of your stories.
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In 1964 Peter Paul and Mary hit me hard. Had been an electric guitar guy (mostly e-bass) up to that. Just had to learn it. We had a small folk group (2 boys, 2 girls) and sung and played mostly PPM. At that time, when you could pick "Puff the Magic Dragon", you were regarded as a guitarist. Had no teaching in guitar (strumming or fingerstyle), but listening and copying mostly Paul's picking, it gradually opened. Later I listened to Doc Watson, Josh White and many other fingestyle guitarists, and tried to learn from them. I play everything by ear.
I have no formal musical training, don't read tabs or music, only chords. In mid-seventies (as an adult) I had to learn to read music with mandolin, because the composer in our band composed too complicated things to be remembered in a recording session. Forgot it all by now.
Peter, Paul and Mary were my early influences as well, but I took more to Kingson Trio because they were into strumming which found much easier to master as a kid.
As a teenager, first songs I learned were Leonard Cohen from the book 'Songs Of' and all were in tab so had to learn it from day one! Couldn't imagine not doing it now. Glad to see you have the addiction, it gets worse and there's no rehab out there ;-)
I believe you! :-)
Excellent for you!
I am 61 now, and at 12, I sat in my garage in San Diego, without a radio, and just gravitated to "patterns" of picking, that fit the three or four chords I knew.
49 years later, like the root system of a still growing tree, the patterns have evolved, and blended into one another in a way that allows such a freedom of artistic expression, that I am still looking forward to the next practice, performance, or meditative exploration with new musicians.
I have 7 different "base" patterns that I draw from, mixed with pick-strums, breaks, and phrasing.
The combinations are endless, and the creative outcomes are very rewarding...your passion is fueled by the inspiration you are experiencing...To play for another 10, or hopefully 20 years, is a gift, from God...and who knows what the next age will bring?
Thank you for asking this encouraging question.
Great attitude!! I feel like I'm not getting older .. I'm getting better!
Excellent!
When you say "Travis Picking", do you mean a picking pattern like that used for "Dust in the Wind" - where you only use the thumb and middle finger? Or do you mean using 4 fingers (not usually the pinkie), with the thumb typically assigned to the low E - A - D strings, the index to the G, the middle to the B, and the ring to the high E?
When your Taylor 12 arrives, you may find that, for some songs, you may need to assign the G string to the thumb as well, in order to reliably get the octave G string to sound. I have found this finger assignment (thumb for E - A - D - G, index and middle for B and E pairs, respectively) to be particularly useful with the 12 string guitar - and with the D - Dm - A - Am - F - C chord forms - which you can play with up and down the neck, and create beautiful 12 string fingerstyle music...
Oh, how did I become primarily a fingerstylist? I initially played the viola which, as you hold it under your chin, is a pretty personal playing experience. I guess I became enamoured with wood, and the feel of the strings and the vibration of the instrument. One of the first fingerstyle parts I learned was the intro to Bruce Springsteen's "The River" - first complete song "Dust in the Wind" - and, at least for me, the direct contact of the fingers of both hands with the strings is a very organic - "woody" - experience - I like the feeling of the instrument coming to life due to my direct input. I don't use any finger or thumb picks whatsoever in my fingerstyle play.
LOL ... Had to let my fingernails frow out a bit which is strange feeling for me. I think it is primarily the "Dust in the Wind" type pattern, except I use thumb, index and middle finger. The "pinkie" I rest on the top for support and stability. Right now, I don't use the ring finger for anything. Over the weekend, I have learned "Pancho and Lefty" by Townes Van Zant ... quite proud of myself! :-)
2 good, IMHO relatively easy to pick up fingerstyle songs - "Let it Be" and "Leaving on a Jetplane"...
Also, since I know you know this one already, try a fingerstyle version of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" - with or without the B7... ;-)
So, you try to "pluck" with your fingernails - you definitely get more sound that way - I use the flesh/tips of my fingers...
Hi Jud,
It was great to hear your story about conversion from strummer to a fingerstyle player. I have been playing only 4+ years (I am 60 now), and I assume I am more like a fingerstyle “player” than a strummer (if any). But I surely like to learn that – and like to learn much better in the way I have started.
The only thing I knew before was the chord shapes and how the frets are mapped with scores (or other way round) - and instantly finding the right position for the left hand is now easier than when I started.
Strumming I think requires to have a better sense of rhythm patterns and when you are playing alone, it is perhaps not so fun as compared with when you are accompanying somebody’s singing.
I have experienced fingerstyle easier to adapt in accompanying while the strings work as “stepping stones” within the bar and there are not so long pauses between chords. It may also help to add some “solo” to a song, since the mode do not have to change so dramatically as compared with strumming - if you can just continue the same chord progression of the verse or chorus with just minor variations.
Some years ago we started to make some covers at and were surprised to have now over million listens – without knowing much about music or playing, and never got any lessons. The secret is the lucky fact that I have a great encouraging singer which I am permitted to accompany with my limited technique. Since YouTube verdicts are often biased, it would be nice to perform sometimes for a small audience.
What I have found it is much more demanding to be a solo player with guitar, although it would be necessary to have some regular exercise when the singer is not available. Therefore your link to “Travis Picking” exercises sounds interesting – just being afraid that I have learnt everything wrong and the burden of wiping bad habits may eat out the joy of random music discovering.
Thank you your great post!
Very, very nice. I particularly enjoyed "Vincent: Starry Night" by Don McLean.. Your fingerstyle accopanyment sounds very similar to what I have been working on.
I honestly don't remember when I started finger picking. It seemed that it was always there when I was a kid (in the 60s) and some of the first lessons I took were for fingers, not picks. I started playing when I was about 10 or 12 after a few frustrating years of piano. A few years later my father arranged for me to take lessons from a guy he worked with. He got me working on the original Chet Atkins books and would work out song arrangements for me. It was my fist exposure to music theory and got me interested in doing my own arrangements. It was an easy to wander into classical and fingerstyle jazz in addition to country blues.
My main goal was always to play a guitar as if it was a piano; bass, chords and melody at the same time. The only way I know to do that is with fingers. I had tons of influences, but I think Joe Pass was the most important, even though I never learned to play any of his work. Not who most folks would think of as a fingerstyle guitarist, but certainly one of the greats IMHO.
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its a nice restaurant with a friendly attitude. very nice and clean. not very much of a kids menu. nice semi-quiet place. I once placed a order and my sister said my name was Anthony which it is but its my middle name. so when she place the order it was under Anthony. so when i went to go receive it he said name I answered john. he refused to give me my order and acted very rude my sister had to come to reasure.
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MILITARY HONORS FOR WM. CHAPLIN
Was Member of Isaac Davis Post G. A. R. and Served as Officer at Concord Reformatory More Than 35 Years.
William Chaplin one of Concord Junction's oldest and most respected residents died Sunday morning in his 87th year. He was a retired officer of the Massachusetts Reformatory and a veteran of the Civil War, and at the funeral held Tuesday afternoon at his home 352 Main street, military honors were accorded him.
The services were conducted by Rev. Alfred Wheeler Stone assisted by Rev. William J. Batt. The Grand Army service was conducted by Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R. of Acton with Commander George I. Towne in charge.
The bearers were S. Thompson Blood, John J. Connorton, Fred W. Gale, Albert E. Payson, John W. Collins and Herbert C. Shepard.
Attending the services were delegates from Corinthian Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Concord, Concord Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a large representation from the Reformatory.
The body was escorted from the house to Mount Hope cemetery in West Acton by a detail of the Corp. Ralph P. Hosmer Camp 55, United Spanish War Veterans of Concord, with colors, under command of Asst. Commander Alfred O. L. Loring, also a firing squad of Co. H, 182nd Inf., M. N. G. of Concord which came from Camp Devens, Ayer where the company is now in camp. At the grave three volleys were fired by the squad and a bugler sounded taps.
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