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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
David Einhorn who crushed it this week with huge profits on his short positions in both Herbalife and Green Mountain, finally takes on the ultimate challenger: the Federal Reserve, seemingly unaware to never “fight the Fed”, likening its “strategy” to a Jelly Donut policy, and explains what everyone who has been reading Zero Hedge for the past 3 years knows too well: “I will keep a substantial long exposure to gold — which serves as a Jelly Donut antidote for my portfolio. While I’d love for our leaders to adopt sensible policies that would reduce the tail risks so that I could sell our gold, one nice thing about gold is that it doesn’t even have quarterly conference calls.” Or, as Kyle Bass said last year, “Buying Gold Is Just Buying A Put Against The Idiocy Of The Political Cycle. It’s That Simple!” Not surprisingly, it is only the idiots out there who still don’t get what these two investing luminaries are warning about.
From David Einhorn, posted first in the Huffington Post
The Fed’s Jelly Donut Policy
A Jelly Donut is a yummy mid-afternoon energy boost.
Two Jelly Donuts are an indulgent breakfast.
Three Jelly Donuts may induce a tummy ache.
Six Jelly Donuts — that’s an eating disorder.
Twelve Jelly Donuts is fraternity pledge hazing.
My point is that you can have too much of a good thing and overdoses are destructive. Chairman Bernanke is presently force-feeding us what seems like the 36th Jelly Donut of easy money and wondering why it isn’t giving us energy or making us feel better. Instead of a robust recovery, the economy continues to be sluggish. Last year, when asked why his measures weren’t working, he suggested it was “bad luck.”
I don’t think luck has anything to do with it. The blame lies in his misunderstanding of human nature. The textbooks presume that easier money will always result in a stronger economy, but that’s a bad assumption. Here is a good example of how a real family responds to monetary policy.
Consider my neighbors, Homer, Marge, and their three adult children, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Homer has retired from the nuclear plant, and he and Marge live off savings and Homer’s pension. Bart is in a bit of trouble with too much credit card debt and an underwater mortgage. Lisa has been putting away her salary and has enough for a downpayment on her first home. Maggie owns her own business and is ready to expand.
When interest rates are high, Homer and Marge park their savings in CDs or Money Market accounts and get a decent return. There is no incentive for them to take much risk with their money. Bart gets into trouble very quickly and defaults on his loans. Lisa decides she can’t afford a mortgage until rates fall. And Maggie, who’s been helping out Bart with some of his expenses, believes that she’d make money if she grew the business, but possibly not enough to service the debt she’d be undertaking.
When interest rates are low, everything changes. Homer and Marge are getting only a little interest on their savings, and are struggling to live off Homer’s pension. They need to rethink their finances. Bart can manage to keep up the minimum payments on his credit cards and stay in his house. Lisa can get a cheap mortgage, and Maggie doesn’t need to make such optimistic assumptions in order to expand her business.
Everyone agrees that low interest rates are a good way to stimulate a stalled economy. The Fed takes this logic a step further. It believes that if low interest rates are good, then zero-interest rates must be even better. As a brief emergency measure, such drastic behavior is reasonable and can even be necessary. In 2008, Chairman Bernanke had near unanimous support for his decision to drop rates to near zero. At the peak of the crisis, it made sense. But that was four long years and many jelly donuts ago. In the 2012 economy, a zero rate policy not only adds no benefit, it’s actually harmful. Just ask the Simpsons.
When Homer was approaching 65, he and Marge met with a financial planner to figure out if they had enough money saved for retirement. They assumed they’d live to be 90, and could count on receiving a fixed amount from Homer’s pension and social security checks. Marge, the cautious one, has not forgotten that stock market meltdown better known as the bursting of the tech bubble. She didn’t want to take any investment risk and was content to have just enough for regular haircuts for herself, a bowling and beer budget for Homer, and visits with the children. They were told that, with nominal interest rates at 3%, they could safely retire with $200,000.
“What happens if interest rates go to zero and stay there?” Marge asked the advisor.
“You mean indefinitely? If you weren’t willing to start taking investment risk, you’d need 50% more in savings, or $300,000. But why would you ask such a silly question?” asked the advisor.
To which Marge replied, “Well, we were thinking about moving to Japan…”
Homer and Marge aren’t the only ones doing this sort of math. Every single day for the next 19 years, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65. Those who started saving for retirement 15 years ago are suddenly finding themselves with insufficient savings to do so.
Some will stay in the work force longer, some will drastically reduce their spending, and some will do both. In a recent survey, 20% of U.S. workers say they have postponed their planned retirement age at least once during the last year. And those who have already retired have fewer options. Returning to the workforce could be challenging. David Rosenberg points out that the workforce for those 55 and older has expanded by 4 million since the start of the recession, and they are returning to the workforce at lower wages. Even more challenging is trying to find safe investments that generate a decent yield.
Zero-rate policy makes traditional riskless investments, such as CDs and Money Markets, unattractive to savers. Rather than view this as an unfortunate consequence of policy, Chairman Bernanke sees this as a benefit. He subscribes to the philosophy that rising stock prices will contribute to a ‘virtuous cycle’ of economic growth. He’s hoping that those approaching retirement, and even the retired, will abandon the idea of making safe returns, and put their savings into equities instead.
In a similar vein, the Fed believes that by lowering interest rates, it makes bonds unattractive compared to stocks. Using logic worthy of Montgomery Burns, Homer’s old boss at the Springfield Nuclear Plant, the Chairman is hoping to create a Wealth Effect. I can almost hear Mr. Burns and his sycophantic aide Smithers now:
Smithers: “Sir, you’re saying we need the stock market to go up?”
Burns: “Yes, that’s the fix we’re looking for.”
Smithers: “And why would that be, sir?”
Burns: “Don’t you get it? A rising stock market allows people to feel wealthy. And a seemingly wealthy person is a profligate person.”
Smithers: “Profligate, sir?”
Burns: “Profligate. It means they spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need.”
Smithers: “So instead of enabling people to actually have more disposable income, we’ll get them to spend more by simply making them feel rich?”
Burns: “Exactly! Now how can we do that?”
Smithers: “Well, we can always encourage them to sell their bonds and buy stocks.”
Burns: “Now how would we ever convince them to do something as foolish as that?”
Smithers: “Just set interest rates to zero indefinitely. Then no one can afford not to invest in the market.”
Burns: “Why, Smithers, that’s brilliant! This is exactly the kind of counter-intuitive thinking we’ve been needing around here!”
Only it’s not counter-intuitive; it is simply misguided thinking that persists among the Fed Chairman and other government ivory tower thinkers. They do not understand or relate to the prime component of capitalism and a free market: greed. And because they do not understand greed, they also do not understand fear, which presents a double whammy for making bad policy decisions.
Let’s think about it from an investor’s perspective: For about 30 years, bonds have mostly risen in value. By directly intervening in the bond market and by promising zero percent short-term interest rates through 2014, the Fed has all but guaranteed that it will do what it takes to keep bond prices from falling. Right now, Homer and Marge own bonds that yield 2%, practically risk-free. What rational investor will sell when there is no downside?
For years, people have talked about the ‘Greenspan put’ or the ‘Bernanke put’ on the stock market. Some question whether such a put is deliberate, others question its effectiveness, and some even question whether or not it exists at all. The Fed has always explicitly denied using monetary policy to create a floor on the markets, and its inability to do so should have been settled when the NASDAQ fell 78%. As for whether or not the Fed puts are a myth, I think it depends on where you look.
It isn’t where you think: The real Fed put is under the bond market.
If the Fed’s hope is to drive investors into equities, propping up the bond market is counter-productive. While there are many parts of the cycle where higher bond prices fuel higher stock prices, at this point in the cycle the relationship has reversed. In recent months, stocks and bonds have developed a strong negative correlation — what is bad for bonds, is good for stocks. The Fed does not understand investor psychology: If you want to get people to sell bonds and buy stocks, the best way to do that is to show them that bond prices can, and do, fall.
Another flaw in the Fed’s logic is that many savers aren’t willing to participate in the virtuous cycle experiment. Some might be convinced to take on this risk. But others who, like Marge, have seen the market get cut in half twice in the last dozen years, will resist. They don’t believe it is prudent to gamble their nest egg in the market.
Those who have given up on earning more will have to save more and spend less. This is the antithesis of a wealth effect, and their reduced spending is a drag on the economy.
This reduced spending has unintended consequences for the Simpson kids as well. Chairman Bernanke is unwilling to raise rates, even by a modest amount. He’s hoping that his zero-rate interest policy will encourage Lisa to buy that house and persuade Maggie to start expanding the business. He worries that a rate hike will discourage them from doing so. What he cannot seem to acknowledge is that it’s been three years of ZIRP, yet credit-worthy borrowers still are not looking for loans.
Interest rates are only one consideration when looking to invest. If it makes sense to build a factory in a 2% ten-year note environment, it probably still makes sense to build it with long rates at 4%. Long duration investments of that nature have so many other risks that, once rates are low enough, further reductions in the marginal cost of money no longer make much difference.
The corollary is that if it doesn’t make sense at 2%, it isn’t going to make sense at 1% or even at zero, because there must be some other reason not to build. The cost of money has long since passed the point where it is a constraint on otherwise sensible economic behavior in the real economy. Incrementally lower rates no longer trigger large refinancing, let alone construction booms, in the mortgage and housing markets.
Putting money back into the hands of savers would stimulate the economy and might be just the push that Maggie needs to go ahead with that business expansion.
Another blob of jelly that we are still working to digest is the Fed’s promise to keep rates at zero for a long time. Chairman Bernanke hopes this will encourage borrowing and investment, but it may have the opposite effect because it undermines any sense of urgency. By setting the time value of money to zero, the Fed devalues time.
Retailers know that to create short-term demand for a promoted special, you have to create a reason to Buy Now! — “One day Bonanza,” “First 1,000 customers through the door,” and even the softer, “Good while supplies last,” incite action. The promise to keep rates low invites procrastination. Why should anyone make a marginal decision to borrow and spend or build today, knowing that low-cost financing will still be available through the end of 2014?
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Millions of the poorest households gain nothing from increases in the personal tax allowance.
There is a competition at the top of the coalition as to who can claim the most credit for raising the income tax threshold to £10,000.
The Tories cite “a tax cut for 24 million hardworking people” as one of the coalition’s signal achievements; and according to today’s Times, David Cameron’s next manifesto is likely to promise to raise the personal allowance threshold again to £12,500.
Nick Clegg is also trying to expand what he (accurately) considers a flagship Lib Dem policy, and wants to raise the threshold to £10,500 from 2015.
The coalition and their cheerleaders in the press are predictably keen on tax cuts, and are painting the raising of the tax threshold as progressive and a boon for feted ‘hardworking people’.
As the Mail puts it,
Millions of Britain’s hard-pressed taxpayers will find themselves up to £705 better off after the coalition today delivered on its flagship tax cut a year early.
There are several problems with simply raising the tax threshold, however.
Firstly, the greatest percentage change in net income from the personal tax free allowance of £10,000 is seen by those on the upper end of the income scale – not, as is often claimed, low earners.
The important line is the purple one, which accounts for the policy as proposed by George Osborne. The blue line represents the Liberal Democrat’s original proposal which Osborne has adopted without the corresponding adjustment of the higher rate threshold.
This more recent graph from the Institute for Fiscal studies makes the same point.
Analysis carried out for Left Foot Forward in 2010 also found that some three million households in the poorest quarter of the household income distribution would gain nothing from raising the personal allowance to £10,000.
Increasing the personal allowance also serves to increase the gap between the bottom and the middle, resulting in low income households falling behind relative to the middle.
The reason it benefits those on the right of the graph more than it does those on the left is because a raise in the personal tax allowance cuts income tax for everyone that earns enough to pay it since all benefit from a higher tax threshold. Those who don’t pay income tax – low earners, the disabled, those in retirement, the unemployed – gain nothing.
It isn’t only those on the left who have in the past expressed concern about increasing the personal allowance. Here is David Willetts in 2005 (page five):
When I asked the Treasury last year how much it would cost to raise the personal tax allowance to £10,000, it estimated the cost at £30 billion. Of this, only about £2 billion was spent on people who are taken out of tax altogether and it is worth least to people on low incomes who don’t get the full value of the policy…My conclusion is that we should both reform our tax system and help poor people. But these are different problems requiring different solutions (The Times, 23 June 2005).
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4 Responses to “Increasing the personal tax allowance: anything but progressive”
We did this before, tax cuts are not designed to help those on benefits in the lower decile. That is a feature not a bug. Make work pay, not pay people not to work.
If you want to tax people on minimum wage and campaign for a living wage you need to have a re-think. Because that is beyond self-defeatingly stupid.
Around a quarter of adults live in households where nobody earns enough to pay tax. They aren’t all “shirkers”, you know.
Mason Dixon, Autistic
One other affecting issue is Universal Credit- the Welfare Reform Act causes benefit payments rolled into it to be calculated post-tax rather than pre-tax, meaning that as the tax burden on the low paid is lifted, what they receive in benefit is decreased by the same amount they gain from. This has been done quite obviously deliberately because income-based benefits like JSA and WTC have always been calculated without regard to income tax.
It means that now politicians can make extraordinary tax cutting promises to the low paid, which don’t benefit them, are cost-neutral to the government, but make headlines and bamboozle people into thinking they’re getting something out of this policy. I’ve tried getting journalists to pay attention to this, along with the extraordinary powers the Secretary of State has granted himself to dictate eligibility(Universal Credit is the first benefit of it’s kind, where entitlement is not statutory).
Unfortunately, however, there is a point to what Guido says beyond his hatred of the poor. The best way to fulfil right-wing rhetoric on “making work pay” is to raise the incomes of the working poor. I think even most Labour voters would agree with the general sentiment that those who work should be better off than those that don’t (with the usual caveats, etc.).
The answer is, of course, to BOTH raise the tax allowance AND the minimum wage well above what they are now. Benefits are already as low as they can get without being inhumane, and since this supposed gap is what is stopping people working, this solves that problem. I have a feeling the Tories won’t be voting for those things any time soon.


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Beaches, murals, and other urban landscapes have always fascinated and inspired generations of artists.
They’ve provided temporary respite from the daily grind of living in cities and, in some cases, the work is even more powerful because it can be done in a completely private space.
The beach wall mural on the side of the Hudson River in New Jersey, for instance, was painted in the early 1960s by painter John Moulton Marston.
It was a series of picturesque vistas of the Jersey shoreline, surrounded by the sea.
The wall’s painter, a former Marine, had been stationed at the naval base at Hoboken, New Jersey when the project was first started.
He painted a series with several subjects: a white-and-blue lighthouse, a ship in the harbor, and a pair of boats sailing in the Atlantic.
The lighthouse is an iconic landmark, and the ship in its dock is the most famous of the group.
The ocean waves crashing and bouncing off the ships’ decks are one of the most recognizable visual elements in the mural.
The painting of the lighthouse was a tribute to the famous American ship, the Boston-class battleship, and was painted at a time when the United States Navy was conducting regular patrols off the coast of Africa.
In 1969, the ship’s owners, the owners of the ship, were sued by the United Nations for allegedly abandoning the ship while it was docked at a military base in the Solomon Islands.
After the suit was dropped, the U.N. decided to buy the ship from the government and lease it to the U:N.
for the next 20 years.
The ship is still the largest warship ever built and is still used for refueling.
Marston’s original canvas for the mural was painted on the shore of Lake George in New Brunswick, New Brunswick.
It features a large ship, a lighthouse, and some other familiar landmarks, including a shipwreck and a small sandbar.
The mural is now part of a permanent installation at the Hoboken Museum of Art.
It has been on display since 2010 and will remain until it is taken down by the museum.
The Hoboken mural is an example of an artist’s freedom to do whatever they want.
Marstons original canvas was painted over the years.
He took out a temporary permit and then took out an entire new one and painted it over the same spot on the beach.
It’s the same painting, but this time with a much smaller canvas size.
Marsellus and his family painted the wall with a new canvas every year since 1974.
Marbellus is the artist responsible for the iconic painting of Lake Washington, one of several works on display in the museum’s main room.
The other paintings on display, which were all made by his father, are of the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.
A lot of the paintings on view at the museum are the works of artists who are considered icons of New Jersey and the New York region.
Marcellus Marbelles was born in 1918 in New Haven, Connecticut, to a middle-class family of artists and his mother worked in a factory.
He went to Yale and then to the New School for Art and Design, but dropped out in 1947 to become a portrait photographer in New England.
He lived in Connecticut for five years and then returned to New York.
He worked in Newburyport, New Hampshire, for a year, and then moved to Long Island, New York, where he was born and raised.
Marwells earliest paintings were of his father and grandfather, who both worked in the painting industry.
They lived on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.
When Marbells first started painting, he started by trying to replicate the painting styles of his family.
He would paint his father’s work and then paint his grandfather’s.
Marbrus worked on the same style of painting as his father for years and would often take his grandfathers style and put it on the canvas.
Marmellus’ father, who had worked in painting since he was a child, painted the most iconic portraits of New York city, including George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt.
Marmandus was very particular about how he painted his paintings.
He was strict with his style.
He wanted his paintings to be as authentic as possible, but he would never paint without permission from his family and his studio.
Marlisss mother, who was a professional artist herself, would take over the painting after the first year.
She painted the portraits of famous New Yorkers, including John F. Kennedy, John Fischel, and Thomas Jefferson.
Marfello Marfells family moved to the United Kingdom from Italy in 1946.
He spent much of his life in England and then came to the States in 1951.
Marfred Marfels son, Marfard Marfel, had come to the country as a refugee and eventually landed

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG TV9) -- A Cedar Rapids man who served in the Civil Air Patrol received the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress.
On Sunday, the late Willard Carson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Willard Carson died in 1994. His family says today's ceremony helped them remember what a great man he was and the legacy he left in the Cedar Rapids area.
Carl Carson grew up loving airplanes; following in the footsteps of his father, Willard, who became a pilot in 1938.
When WWII broke out, Carl says his father wanted to join the fight.
"It was the patriotic thing to do," Carson said.
But Willard wasn't eligible to enlist in the military. Instead, he decided to put his flying skills to use and joined the Iowa Civil Air Patrol.
"They would fly their airplanes around an look for downed airplanes and people that were lost," Carson said.
A younger Carl helped his father, as he was too young to join to the Civil Air Patrol.
"What I would do with my father is go out, and set up simulated situations where my dad would take his airplane, hide it, to simulate a lost airplane," he said.
Carl says his father's service in the Civil Air Patrol was one of the most memorable times of his life.
His father's passion, made Carl want to authenticate his service to the patrol.
"It's important for me to recognize these people who did efforts in World War Two.'
Carl applied for his father to receive the Congressional Gold Medal less than two months ago.
And because his mother kept a scrapbook containing pictures, ID's and badges of Willard's time in the patrol, the process went by quickly.
It culminated with Sunday's ceremony, where Carl accepted an award more than 60 years in the making.
He says it's a honor for both him, and his father.
"He would be very proud. He would."
In 2014, lawmakers passed a law allowing Civil Air Patrol members to be eligible for the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Sitting on the highest named hill in Seattle, the Queen Anne area is often recognized for its closeness to the downtown area as well as its three television broadcast towers. The large neighborhood area covers 2.8 square miles and has a population of about 28,000. Obtaining the 98109 and 98119 ZIP codes, the area is over generously populated by unmarried, young adults who tend to be better educated and wealthier than the majority of Seattle.
Located northwest of downtown Seattle, Queen Anne is bordered by Belltown to the south, Lake Union to the east, Magnolia to the west and the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north. A total of 25 parks are maintained by Seattle Parks and Recreation in the Queen Anne area that provide different attractions to the public. Those attractions include a dirt running track, an indoor swimming pool, baseball fields and more.
There are 29 official Seattle landmarks that are present within the Queen Anne area, including historic houses and other architectural structures. The area is also closely associated with the Seattle City Center which possess the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, Experience Music Project, the Key Arena and more. Queen Anne can be reached by Interstate 5 from the Mercer Street Exit (167).
Real estate in Queen Anne is often of desire for those who enjoy the view of Mount Rainer, West Seattle and Elliot Bay. Known for its development of mansions that began to arise from the prestigious and wealthy in the 1850s, many of those homes in Queen Anne have been renovated and are available for purchase.
Starting in the price range of low to mid hundreds, condominiums in Queen Anne are the perfect fit for someone looking to live alone or with another roommate. Guaranteed to be exposed to an appealing view, condos in Queen Anne are a good way to start out in the city.
Houses in Queen Anne also allow for small or large families to call this community their home.
Those who enjoy the surroundings of nature, as well as interactions with people will find themselves indulged in the opportunities that are within the area. No matter the desire for a craftsman, historical-looking home or a recently built one, the real estate in Queen Anne is definitely full of opportunities to meet anyone’s expectations.
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In 2013 and 2014 this Historic home went through an entire studs out remodel. The home has new wiring and copper piping throughout and push button lighting and glass doo...
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Lovely, remodeled craftsman on a quiet street on Queen Anne. Attention to detail abounds from the white oak hardwoods to the crown molding and re-plastered walls by an I...
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During his first match in the Asian championship, Al-Hilal’s striker also pushes his rival, from Navbahor
Neymar, from Al-Hilal, during his debut in the Asian Champions League, which resulted in a 1-1 draw against Navbahor, from Uzbekistan. In a moment of irritation, the Brazilian striker received his first yellow card.
At 14 minutes in the second half of the match and with a goal to his disadvantage, Al-Hilal had a free kick in his favor. Neymar pushed the player Ismailov, who was getting in the way of taking the penalty, after which the Brazilian kicked the ball towards his rival.
Finally, the match ended with a draw, which came to Al-Hilal and not at the feet of Neymar, 55 minutes into the second half of the game. The teams are part of Group D of the competition, and Neymar’s team remains in second place.
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Charming is a 2018 animated film that follows the story of one of the most beloved fairy tale characters, Prince Charming. As a child, Prince Philip Charming was cursed with “too much charm” by an evil witch whose heart was broken by Philip’s father’s rejection of her love. His cursed charm bewitches any woman who looks him in the eye, and that’s why almost the entire female population of his kingdom is deeply in love with Felipe.
His obvious charm and his endless chivalry led him to save three princesses: Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. And to commit to them. Now Felipe must choose one as his true love and share the kiss of true love to lift the curse of the witch, all before her 21st birthday. The only problem is that Prince Charming can’t tell the difference between the curse and true love.
Charming is written and directed by Ross Venokur and features the voices of Demi Lovato, Wilmer Valderrama, Sia, Ashley Tisdale, G.E.M., and Avril Lavigne, as well as those of the main characters. It is a moderately funny and entertaining movie, although the romance between the main couple seems unconvincing and slightly forced. If you’ve finished watching Charming and are looking for more information on its sequel, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s everything we know about Charming 2.
What Is The Release Date Of “Charming 2”?
Production on Charming started in 2015 and was completed in 2017. After a few months of delay, the film was released in 2018 in several European countries. And in the United States and Canada on January 8, 2021, as Netflix Original. So far, in the two years since the film’s initial release, no Charming sequel has been announced. Neither Vanguard Animation nor the actors and crew have discussed the possibility of a second film. There aren’t even rumors that a Charming 2 is in the works. Therefore, we are forced to conclude that there will be no sequel to Charming at this time.
That said, we also look at the possibility that Netflix’s recent involvement could lead to renewed interest in the film. If it gets good ratings, Netflix could turn it into a franchise. It all depends on how well the film is received in the US and Canada. The launch of Netflix Original certainly means that Charming 2 now has a chance to make a name for itself. You know what they say: never say never! In the meantime, we should have the Netflix release of the first movie in France in 2021!


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Laughternoon, starring Adam London (CLOSED)
"Peepshow" is playing inside the showroom at Planet Hollywood. The show now stars Coco Austin, of "Ice Loves Coco" fame, as Bo Peep, and Cheaza now plays the lead guide through the Bo Peep adventures. Base Entertainment produced this show four years ago. There are beautiful dancers, and couple of nice acts, singers, sets, etc.; and it's all wrapped up in a horribly conceived show. In the four years that this show has played, it has gotten progressively better, but it was not enough to keep that show up and running...the production is now scheduled to close on September 1, 2013.
The production of "Peepshow" has always made me angry. Soooo much money was put into this show, and in many areas, you can see where the money was well spent...the refurbished space and the sets were really well done, and the dancers and acts are all beautiful and talented. They had all the right pieces, but they were just put together badly.
The show had so much potential. It could have been a great show. As I've always said, shows are about expectation. With the company, the money, and the names that were brought in; I expected a lot. I was sorely disappointed.
"Peepshow" was an ill-conceived mess. It started out well. The first few numbers were really good and the interpretation of "Peter, Peter Pumpkin eater" turning into a stripper pole number was the highlight of the show. That number was, in fact, rather brilliant, but after that the show went in a different direction...it became a mess.
Austin Coco now plays Bo Peep. I was very pleasantly surprised by the work of Coco. She has good presence onstage, and actually satisfies the needs of the role far better than her predecessors. And the girl can dance! She moves really well. I loved watching her dance. The only awkward part of her being onstage was her walking...because of her body shape and the shoes that she was wearing, watching her walk was very awkward. And the stage is really large as well...so she would have a lot of space to cover on her exits...too long. She should have danced everywhere...ended each piece close to an exit and been able to step off stage rather than walk all the way across stage.
The basic story is that Bo Peep wants to get laid. As if she would really have any problem finding a man that would have sex with her...but that is the concept. It certainly wasn't about finding anything noble....
Cheaza is the leader of the production. She has wonderful charisma and is a good choice for an emcee. Here is someone with real talent. She can sing. She can carry a stage. She is a refreshing presence on the stage.
The dancing was another odd element. There were so many talented dancers on the stage, but the choreography was boring. Every dance number had all of the dancers on one level doing unison movement...it got to be very repetitive, and it lost my interest.
By the way, the lead male singer, Josh Strickland, is outstanding.
There were a couple of other nice moments...as I stated earlier, the stripper pole number was the highlight of the show. The man working the solo rope was great, and the milk bath number was cute. When the blindfolded blond first stood up on the suspended saddle, it was stunning. It was a shame that these moments were brief, separated, and not really connected through the show.
"Peepshow" did well for a while in the Vegas market, but it didn't have the depth to keep running.


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The PiWatcher is a very small board that helps you fully shut down or reboot a Raspberry Pi, in case of an incident or simply for power saving purposes. You can even program your PiWatcher to shut down and automatically reboot your Pi a few minutes or hours later.
In essence, the PiWatcher is a programmable watchdog circuit for the Raspberry Pi.
Note: Board PCB may be red or black
Note: Not compatible with official USB-C power supply when using with a Raspberry Pi 4.
The board must be fitted on the first 6 pins of the Raspberry GPIO header and plugged into a micro- USB power supply suitable for the Raspberry Pi in use. Based on instructions it receives through I2C, the PiWatcher can then be instructed to:
- Power off (or reboot) the Raspberry Pi if it becomes irresponsive for more than 'X' seconds.
- Power off and reboot the Raspberry Pi after several seconds, minutes or hours for recurring tasks for example.
The board also features a miniature tact switch to allow manual control.
It has been tested to work with:
- Pi Zero and Pi Zero W
- Raspberry Pi 4 (Note: Not compatible with official USB-C power supply)
- Raspberry Pi 3 B
- Raspberry Pi 2 B
- Raspberry Pi model B, with some extra I2C configuration.
Warning: The PiWatcher may not operate correctly if the Raspberry Pi is connected to some power-hungry peripherals such as an SSD hard drive, or with peripherals that have a separate power supply.
A solution for Raspberry Pi power management
The PiWatcher is designed to solve 2 problems with power management on the Raspberry Pi.
First, if you shut down a Raspberry Pi through software, for example by issuing a shutdown or halt command, your Raspberry Pi will cease to operate, but it does not completely shut down. Instead, it enters a quiescent state where it continues to eat 30 to 50mA, sometimes more depending on connected peripherals. This is wasteful and can become an issue in battery-powered systems.
The PiWatcher can be programmed to fully cut power to the Raspberry Pi after a certain delay of inactivity. For example, you can tell the PiWatcher to cut power 10 seconds after a shutdown command has been issued, giving the Raspberry Pi enough time to cleanly power off.
The second issue with power management has to do with the ability to recover from situations where a Raspberry Pi becomes stuck in an unrecoverable state. While in theory, this should not happen, a long-running Raspberry Pi can get 'stuck' or 'freeze', due to software or hardware failures or even environmental factors such as heat. In some cases the least unsatisfactory approach to deal with this issue is to simply switch off and on again the Raspberry Pi, enabling the application to continue and/or send out an alert.
The PiWatcher can be programmed to automatically power cycle a Raspberry Pi if it does not receive a 'heartbeat' from the device after a user-selectable delay. This can allow some critical applications to continue to operate without human intervention.
Furthermore, the PiWatcher can be programmed to wait for a certain delay, ranging from a few seconds to about 36 hours, before rebooting your Raspberry Pi after a shutdown. The PiWatcher has an LED. When the Raspberry Pi is powered on, the LED is continuously on. When the Raspberry Pi is powered off, the LED blinks slowly.
The PiWatcher also has a useful micro tactile switch:
When your Raspberry Pi is running:
- A long press (5 seconds) on the button will fully power off the Raspberry Pi.
- A short press (half a second) on the button will send a software signal that can be exploited for user-defined purposes.
When your Raspberry Pi is shut down, a short press on the button will restart the Raspberry Pi.
How to use the PiWatcher
The PiWatcher is fully controlled with a command-line utility called piwatcher, which is very simple to use.
For more details, including software download instructions, see the full documentation here: https://www.omzlo.com/articles/the-piwatcher
The PiWatcher comes with an unsoldered 2x3 female pin header. You will need to provide your own Raspberry Pi.

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Cream sweater, garage sale find from mom
Grey tank, Anthro
Jeans, Italian leather boots
Ribbon watch, Urban Threads
Shell necklace, Florida beach
I've officially been here six months!
September 8, 2010-March 8, 2011
Funny enough, this was my "plane" outfit
on the way over here.
I survived the doubt and anxiety,
the fear and apprehension,
and braved through the confusing and maddening
times living in a city
that has seen everything.
Four months to go, and I get a little break at home
in the good ol' US of A!


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In his article, What Does it Mean to Be “Pro-Arbitration”?, Professor Bermann highlighted the complexity in answering this seemingly simple question. By asking the international arbitration community to consider more closely what it really means to be “pro-arbitration,” Professor Bermann forces us all to think critically about a question, the answer to which we might otherwise have taken for granted—a prompt with which I became quite familiar during my time as Professor Bermann’s student.
Professor Bermann surveyed a number of different arbitration-related measures in the course of his article, as he examined the circumstances in which pro-arbitration considerations may come into conflict with one another, or with considerations of broader social value. Re-reading Professor Bermann’s article, it is interesting to reflect on those measures that he was not able to address and, in particular, on issues that have come into greater focus in the years since he wrote his article.
Written in 2018, Professor Bermann’s article pre-dates the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, for example. With the introduction of travel restrictions, lockdowns, and social distancing, the pandemic brought with it significant shifts in the way in which we practice law, to say nothing of its broader consequences.
A notable—if expected, and arguably long-overdue—development in the dispute resolution context has been the rise of remote hearings and the related increase in the use of technology. Of course, remote arbitration hearings have long existed and their surging prominence is not solely attributable to the restrictions imposed as a result of the pandemic.

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Dragon Ball Z: Lunch/Launch (Blue Hair) 12cm [Banpresto]
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT - Shokugan - Dragon Ball Styling - Lunch/Launch (Blue Hair) [Banpresto].
Continue the Dragon Ball styling series collection with Lunch. The styling series is a collaboration product with illustrator and sculptor, creating an intricately detailed figure.
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I have a system for walking markets and trade fairs that keeps me from loosing my place and forgetting where I have already been and what I have left to do. I developed this system years ago and have stuck with it because it works. I needed it because of the number of events I attend each year—some of them in the same venue where I also attend other shows—and the number of times I repeat the same event over the years. This system is highly linear and chimpanzee simple.
One element of my system dictates that I only look at trend exhibits after I have finished walking the entire show. That means I make my own observations and form my own opinions and forecasts independently. Then I head to the trend exhibit to see what the trend talent hired by the fair organizers thinks. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don’t. Either way, I appreciate every trend exhibit’s core objective: to stir the pot of creativity and get people thinking about the future.
Amsterdam-based Gunnar Frank has been the trend talent behind Messe Frankfurt’s Heimtextil trend exhibit for several years, and always seems to come up with interesting concepts, as he did again this year. The explanations below are excerpted from Heimtextil’s 2007 trend brochure.
This trend celebrates the energy of the seven primary colors, coupled with the starkness of constructivism. The result is spaces that demonstrate modernity and clear lines. The intensity and power of the selected color combinations is extraordinarily emotive—and the language expresses absolute clarity and passion. This bridge between decorative element and elegant tradition creates a scenario infused with artistic style.
Cubism Monochrome combines the family of seven neutrals colors with the character of Cubism. The transition from actual to abstract in this art for is ideally complemented by “non-colors,” which serve as projection surfaces, providing a focus of calmness and a basis for reorientation. Stirring motifs and quotes from previous centuries create a new tension. In the shapes and color moods there are changes of perspective that form part of the dynamic lifestyle and interior design.
Surreal Sunny features brilliant shades of yellow and red that are warmed by Surrealism. The brightness of the sun is combined with emotions to fashion a world of warmth. A mood is created here that pleasantly illuminates the space and leaves little room for secrets—although the mysterious quotes from Surrealism contrast with the classical motifs to generate additional creative energy. This interior world is a rousing, fascinating and imaginative interplay of modern and romantic aspects.
In Futurism Dawn , the cool spectrum of the blue-green tones is enhanced with the courage and boldness of Futurism. Here the aura of the moon meets rationality. The fascinating contrast of fairytale accessories creates an overall impression of mystery and mystic charm. The mood is one of distant playfulness that is forward, looking and signals the progressive character of this interior design style. As in Surreal Sunny, modernism and romanticism find equal expression.


BMW has released a teaser of a new topless coupe that it’s going to reveal on August 17. BMW released the teaser on Facebook, bit BMW only states, “Starting August 17th, the road will never be the same. Stay tuned.” So what will it actually be?
The teaser only shows the profile of a coupe with the roof removed, targa style, but does this mean that it’s some sort of new version of the i8? Unlikely, since the overall proportions of the coupe are different. Instead, this could be a concept version of the new Z4, which has been rumored to debut at the the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance, which also happens to be next month.


“Clothing That Will Be Appreciated as Vintage Wear in the Coming Decades”
Currently, the vast majority of leather jackets in Japan are either designed in a “faux vintage style” or as “jackets that sacrifice the intrinsic qualities of leather just to follow the latest fashion trends”.
Although vintage leather clothing is a most wonderful thing, since such items have been designed with stylistic values and techniques that date back several decades, it can hardly be said that they meet the current day clothing needs of the consumer.
Leather items designed by various apparel brands are offered in designs that meet the trends of that era, and the techniques used to make such items today have also been updated. While such pieces provide customers with clothing that matches present day needs, they are often designed to be replaceable after one season of use, and they are designed in a way that doesn’t take into consideration such things as “durability” and the “enjoyment of watching the item age as it adopts a new texture over time,” which incidentally are some of leather’s greatest advantages.
TRORSE LEATHER GARMENTS takes these two ideals that seem to be at odds with each other and balances them to offer the best of both worlds.
In addition to exhibiting durability, leather also possesses characteristics that make it a heavy and hard material.
At the time that such vintage pieces were made, it was difficult to eliminate such negative characteristics of the material, however, with the advance of modern tanning techniques, it is now possible to overcome them.
Our tanning techniques enable us to produce light weight and soft leather items, while still allowing them to maintain their durability and characteristic aging qualities, which enable them to mature over years of use.
Rather than focusing on clothing used for limited purposes, such as for motor sports, etc., our clothing patterns are designed to be worn on an everyday basis, with a particular focus placed on easy-to-wear comfort, and these patterns are adapted into classically designed pieces that aren’t simply following the latest fads or trends.
On top of that, our clothing is made using domestic materials and production processes making them 100% purely “made in Japan” leather products.
In this way, we are able to produce original leather jackets that incorporate modern fashion tastes, while being able to stand up to long years of regular usage, as they gracefully age and develop their natural patina.
Rather than simply mimicking the leather jacket styles from several decades past, TRORSE LEATHER GARMENTS fabricates leather jackets that will set the trend so that they will one day be emulated and followed several decades in the future.
TRORSE LEATHER GARMENTS mainly makes use of leather made in Himeji, one of the three largest areas of leather production in Japan.
In order to eliminate the negative qualities that are often closely associated with leather, such as “heaviness” and “hardness,” our leather is fabricated by a contracted tannery that makes custom made leather materials designed from the ground up.
None of the leather we use exhibits any textures like those found in inorganic materials like vinyl.
Our leather is designed so that its texture changes as it’s used over time, and as it gets broken in, the leather will fit the form of its owner even better, just like natural leather materials are supposed to.
Rather than using pigments to color our leather, we make use of dyeing, in order to preserve the qualities of the leather without adding any unnecessary processes.
Such leather has that unmistakable appearance of a material that was made from a living being, and it allows the user to truly understand what kind of material leather is meant to be, while at the same time exhibiting the ruggedness that allows it to stand up to heavy usage without having to rely on thick coats of paint to hide any of its imperfections.
Additionally, we also make use of the latest techniques to offer leather in colors that can’t be found in conventional styles of leather products, such as navy, khaki, white, etc., and we continue to update our techniques to improve dyeing, texture, and comfort for our leather products so long as those techniques don’t sacrifice the intrinsic qualities of the leather itself.
We source our zippers from Asahi Fastener Co., Ltd., a company in Mie Prefecture that has built up a solid reputation for resurrecting the WALDES zipper brand.
In addition to researching and reviving vintage zipper products, this company is also ambitiously blazing trails in the pursuit of groundbreaking new zipper designs. Their approach of paying the utmost respect to the aesthetically beautiful form found in vintage products of old, while at the same time not being hampered or limited by such tradition aligns with the path that we strive to follow here at TRORSE.
Not only do their zippers exhibit made in Japan quality, their zippers have been designed specifically to exhibit high performance in terms of zipper opening and closing noise, a characteristic that only the most demanding customers can distinguish, and their zippers possess a unique feel that results from their design that sacrifices all other qualities to focus on opening and closing functionality.
We use domestically produced materials sourced from a textile manufacturer in Osaka.
Although cupra is most typically used for jacket linings, we make use of polyester due to its texture and vibrant colors that can’t be imitated with substitute materials.
Our jacket linings have been independently tested by a testing organization to evaluate their performance for more than 10 quality control standard test items, including such things as color fastness and tear strength, etc., in order to achieve the exceedingly meticulous level of quality demanded of products made in Japan.
Additionally, these linings are made of high-tech materials that have undergone a special treatment to suppress static electricity.
Excluding the buttons that we use for our snap fasteners, all of the buttons we use are antique parts that match the styles of each of the different colors and models of leather jackets that we offer. Although their color and shape, as well as their materials and country of origin will differ for each piece, each of them are carefully selected to match the design concept put forth by TRORSE.
At a bare minimum we require that the buttons we select exhibit the ruggedness needed to have already survived countless years of usage, in addition to the reliability that is required to continue to endure future use.
We only make use of those antique buttons that meet these 2 criteria, as an indication that these buttons will stand the test of time, as they endure an equal or greater amount of usage in the future, while they blend in to become one with the leather jacket, as the entire jacket ages gracefully into a timeless, vintage piece of clothing.
Made in JAPAN
What is “made in Japan?”
If an item is produced domestically in Japan, people will refer to it as “made in Japan.”
What if the place that the item was produced is in Japan, but the people actually performing the work to make the item were not even Japanese?
Sadly, it’s not rare to find many “made in Japan” items that are actually made by people who are not Japanese.
In fact, there are even items that are produced overseas on to which a tag with the words “made in Japan” is simply sewn on to the garment.
At TRORSE LEATHER GARMENTS, we guarantee a truly made in Japan product, with 100% of the sewing, parts assembly, and pattern making performed by Japanese craftspeople.


Appreciated this piece from Tim Challies. Especially liked his list of principles, he has been pondering, towards the end of the article.
As parents in this digital world, it’s like we have planted ourselves and our families on a beach. Though the water is rising, we have convinced ourselves that we can somehow hold back the tide. But inevitably it just keeps creeping higher and higher up the beach until our best plans, like feeble little sandcastles, are swept away. There seems to be a kind of inevitability about it, that before long we’ll all always be staring at our devices. In fact, it seems like our devices have wills of their own, and this is exactly what they want. They want to dominate our lives. They want to be our main thing.
This looks fantastic! An adventure with Aloy (Ashly Burch), some doggos, and the wilds of Alaska. Check out the trailer below.
All I can say is if a bear does indeed try and touch one of my dogs, my fury will come forth as a raging volcano. A fury that will not just end with one bear’s death, but all the bears deaths… for all time.
My friend Joe, over at the Raving Luhn, wrote about Half Life: Blue Shift this week.
The game puts you in the shoes of Barney Calhoun on the day everything went wrong in the Black Mesa research facility. Honestly, there’s not much to Blue Shift. Barney’s story is pretty simplistic: Trapped in Black Mesa, he sets out to find a group of scientists who are devising a means to escape the facility via a short range teleporter. The game doesn’t have the sense of discovery that Half Life did, nor does it turn the narrative on its side like Opposing Force. It’s the tale of a guy who had a bad day at work and wants to go home.
This is funny, I was just thinking the other day that there needs to be a Goodreads for video games. I wasn’t sure if something like that existed. Thanks to The Reformed Gamers for this interview. Going to have to check the app out.
“I want Goodreads for video games”. And that was it. Being in the TRG facebook group as I was starting to get back into gaming, there were so many recommendations flying around that I couldn’t keep up with. No one likes spreadsheets so I wanted a really nice, simple app that I could use anytime. I started the first bit of Code on July 4th weekend in 2017 and released the app at the beginning of December that year.


Since 2014, fans have been raving for Black Adam, an anti-hero character in the DC Universe, to reach the big screen and finally, the fans are getting what they want. Featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Black Adam” will be released in theaters on Oct. 21. DC fans have been excited about it since its first tease of the film in an interview with Johnson back in 2014.
I believe this movie will do more than just give the fans a taste of what to expect in the future from DC’s movies but also introduce new heroes and villains to those that are unfamiliar with the comics and gratify those that are.
Fans are also excited to see new characters coming onto the main screen like Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Atom Smasher, and Cyclone.
“Black Adam” gained his name not due to his race, but by his power in dark magic which originates from the Egyptian gods.
This movie is a sequel to the movie “Shazam,” released in April 2019. Since both characters have a huge history in the comics, there were hints during Shazam’s release that Black Adam would make an appearance. That idea was later canceled as Johnson wanted Black Adam to have his own movie.
“It would be a huge disservice to Black Adam’s character and to the fans,” said Johnson.
The DC studio has gained the reputation of having hit-or-miss movies as some have been really good and well thought out, while others were rushed and not really planned well regarding characters or filmmaking. DC has been known for releasing only the most popular and well-known heroes onto the main screen like Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman. These characters are great and all but after a while, fans get bored of seeing the same characters just with different actors, Batman and Superman in particular. Black Adam is DC’s third step to climbing up the production ladder, Shazam and the most recent Batman being the first two.
DC is also more known for its comics compared to Marvel which is widely known for its movies, The Avengers for example. As of late, however, I believe that the quality of DC’s movies are going up as they are focusing on what the fans want and pushing releases back to ensure the film is the best in how they produce it. Marvel on the other hand has had a lot of backlash on their recent releases so that is why I believe that DC has the means to release a huge hit and continue doing so moving forward. DC has been disappointing to me as a fan in how they release movies so I look forward to seeing this film.


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Natural green and yellow parrotRegular price $4.00
Introducing the Lanka Kade Wooden Green and Yellow Parrot Toy – a vibrant and versatile addition, perfect for tropical adventures, storytelling, and more, now available at Pumpkin Brown! Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this colourful parrot showcases intricate wood grain patterns that complement its lively green and yellow plumage.
This adaptable toy invites you to take flight into the heart of the tropics – ideal for sparking imaginative journeys, enhancing your playtime, or simply enjoying as a classic bird-themed toy. Perfect for party bags, small world play, story sacks, and more.
With a substantial 25mm thickness, it's easy to handle and enhances the tactile experience of playtime.
In alignment with our commitment to sustainability, the Wooden Green and Yellow Parrot Toy reflects Pumpkin Brown's dedication to a greener future.
Let your tropical-inspired imagination soar – infuse your space with the colours of paradise, embark on vibrant adventures, or simply savour the timeless charm of this parrot toy. Join in the fun at Pumpkin Brown today!


COIL NUT ADJUSTER PIN WRENCH
|Simple, durable coil nut adjuster wrench for setting preload and ride height. Part # OP25308-002
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Quality, precision, German made snap ring pliers have comfortable padded grips. They come in two sizes to handle a range of snap ring diameters. Part # OPCR2901-(small) OPCR2902-(large)


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Known prey organisms
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This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Huxham M, Beany S, Raffaelli D (1996) Do parasites reduce the chances of triangulation in a real food web? Oikos 76:284300
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The Agribusiness UpdateRetail food prices are creeping up as plant closures pinch supply, and Cattle feedlots are running out of space.

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Hotel Facilities and Services
- 2 swimming pools – The Cabana Courtyard Pool for families & The Lazy River Courtyard Pool
- Poolside cabanas
- Poolside activities
- Ten Pin Bowling Alley
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Universal Orlando Resort Theme Park Benefits
- Early admission to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- Complimentary shuttle services to select theme park locations
- Room charging for theme park purchases
- Carton characters appearances on selected evenings
* some services may incur additional charge
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With a range of dining options including deli items, pizza, burgers, salads, and desserts, you can create a seriously satisfying spread at this convenient food court.
The Hideaway Bar & Grill
Steps away from the lazy river, the Hideaway Bar & Grill offers snacks and meals, along with frozen drinks, cocktails, beer, and wine for a tropical poolside treat.
Refresh at this shaded bar and grill located on the Cabana Courtyard pool deck, serving sandwiches, wraps, salads, and Doner kebabs.
Galaxy Bowl Restaurant
American favorites including made-to-order sandwiches, hamburgers, pizzas, and chicken wings to be enjoyed will ten pin bowling.
Well known coffee shop providing your daily pick-me-up alongside cafe favourites.
When hunger strikes, have pizzas, salads, and desserts delivered to your room at Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort.
The Hideaway Bar and Grill
Poolside bar delivering cocktails, beer, and wine alongside meals & snacks.
Cold beer, wine, specialty cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages served beside the Cabana Courtyard pool deck.
Chill out with a refreshing collection of made-to-order cocktails and snacks in the hotel lobby’s retro-inspired lounge.


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Applesauce Chocolate Chip Bars, above. Soft, cakey, with a little dusting of cinnamon sugar on top, these bars are just right with a tall glass of whatever type of milk or nut milk you like.
Chocolate Chip-Mocha Scones With Cacao Nibs. Chocolate chips for breakfast, please! But it’s not just chocolate — it’s chocolate, then some cacao nibs, with their bitter-floral nuance, and coffee to make this scone special.
Intensely Chocolatey Pumpkin Bread. ‘Tis the season! A whole bunch of chocolate chips against a background of velvety, spiced pumpkin bread is a treat worthy of all the glories of fall.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Chocolate and zucchini are — perhaps strangely — a darned good match. Zucchini adds moisture to the cake, while the chocolate chips provide oozy pockets of melted goodness.
Chocolate Chunk Tahini Blondies. Tahini’s nutty bitterness pairs as well with dark chocolate as peanut butter does! This recipe says to chop chocolate, but using dark chocolate chips is a-okay in our book.
Skillet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies. Should you not be a fan of tahini, feel free to go for that peanut butter-chocolate pairing you know you love.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Crispy Rice Treats. A Reese’s cup and a Rice Krispies treat fell in love, and this tasty bar is the result.
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Welcome to another fresh start Monday, where we change the narrative… Today we will be looking at making room for the new. Along our purpose journey, we will come to areas where newness will not simply fall on us like rain, we will have to prepare for it. For if we are not prepared, weContinue reading “Room for NEW”
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Thriving through Adversities
Welcome to another Fresh Start Monday, where we change the narrative… Today we will be looking at thriving through our adversities and not merely existing. An adversity may be thought of as a difficult or unpleasant situation. You may be wondering, what does this have to do with our purpose journey? As we experience differentContinue reading “Thriving through Adversities”
Tribute to Our Children
As long as I can remember I’ve always loved children, their pureness is just so unmatched. When I became a parent, I learnt that there is so much more than meets the eye. The most valuable lesson I have learnt is an absolutely new definition of love, followed by the importance of grace in ourContinue reading “Tribute to Our Children”
Hell and NO water!
Welcome to another fresh start Monday, where we change the narrative… Today, we take the opportunity to share some encouragement, particularly for those who have been having a hard time. I grew up hearing the phrase ‘come hell or high water’, when there is a resolve within that this is the standard. So, I wouldContinue reading “Hell and NO water!”
Welcome to another Fresh Start Monday, where we change the narrative… Navigating change in these unprecedented times have become critically important to us living a full life. Even with the right skillset, sometimes we are left wondering, did I do the right thing? Did I make the right move? Today we will be looking atContinue reading “Disappointment”
Happy Mother’s Day
Today we pause to celebrate our world’s mothers. May you be blessed beyond measure. Giving birth is a life and death situation, yet you braved it… sometimes more than once. Little did you know it was the beginning of braver things. To the point where without a second thought you would give your life forContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”
Failure: truth or myth?
Failure as defined by the oxford dictionary speaks to a lack or omission of an expected or required action or the lack of success. Yet there are those who believe failure is a part of our life’s journey and even our purpose journey. But what’s of utmost importance right now is what do we believeContinue reading “Failure: truth or myth?”
Grow into it!
Welcome to another Fresh Start Monday, where we change the narrative… Today we will look at growing into it. Growth speaks to increasing in size, whether it is vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Growing up in Jamaica in the 1990’s and earlier, many children grew fondly familiar with the term “you’ll grow into it”. Many ofContinue reading “Grow into it!”


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Things to check out on trip to Brussels in November.
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
My favourite building in Brussels is the Old England on Mont des Arts, just around the corner from Place Royal. It’s a striking concoction of steel and glass in the Art Nouveau style Brussels is so famous for. But what’s on the inside is just as...
Place des Palais 7, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Place Royal is a busy spot in Brussels. Tourists queue up for the many museums, office-workers bustle back and forth from their cubicles, cars zip around the roundabout and, trams rumble through the middle. All the while, few know that beneath the...
Avenue Léo Errera 41, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
The Musee David et Alice van Buuren is a house and garden planned, built, and decorated in the late 1920s by art lovers David Van Buuren and wife Alice in the Art Deco style. It was their home until 1960 and became a museum in 1975. The...
10 Parc du Cinquantenaire, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
The Cinquantenaire Museum, located right beside Brussels’ iconic triumphal arch, is one of the best ‘hidden gem’ museums of the city. This museum of civilizations is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History. Permanent collections include...
Rue des Francs 5, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Thanks in part to Baron Victor Horta, Brussels was a leading center of the Art Nouveau movement starting in the 1890s and ending just before the Great War. This private house, open to the public once a month, wasn't a Horta creation but one by the...
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Jacques Greene and Samo Sound Boy Bring the House to Output
Jacques Greene and Samo Sound Boy were my first exposures to house music after my tastes broadened beyond festival EDM, and here at Sensible Reason we are particularly excited to see them on the lineup for Output’s weekly INPUT series in Brooklyn. The songs these two artists produced back in 2011 really resonated with me and stuck in my ears from then until now. Their genre-blending styles have only gotten more refined since then. Both artists gained early attention from what at the time was called the post-dubstep movement. While Jacques Greene never fell into dubstep at any point, his blend of house, r&b, hip-hop, and elements of bass music helped him to stick out from the crowd and attract notice even before the house music revival took off last year. Samo Sound Boy also produced music that married house and bass music as well as a Los Angeles record label Body High which has helped re-shape the west coast rave scene.
I first caught Jacques Greene at a truly special Mister Saturday Night party. From 10 PM to sunrise, at the now defunct (at this location, at least) House of Yes in Bushwick, Jacques mesmerized the dance floor for a truly special set. While in the darkness and the center of the crowd, I couldn’t tell if Jacques played for 4, 5, or 6 hours; all I knew was that his all-vinyl house set, in this tight room full of gorgeous people, was the journey I needed in my life at that time. Many people wax philosophical about how a party changed their life, but that night, house music clicked for me. Long multi-hour sets became roller coasters and the act of long-form DJing as an art form was finally understood. In an interview with Pitchfork, Jacques himself had this to say about that night: “Whenever I get a little cynical about the “state of dance music” or whatever, I think back to moments like that [ atThe Mister Saturday Night party at House of Yes in Brooklyn] and am like ‘Yeah, yeah, it’s real, it’s good.’” I can guarantee you that if this is your first exposure to Jacques Greene live, you will leave thinking along similar lines.
Almost equally as exciting is our chance to hear Samo Sound Boy on a proper sound system. Samo Sound Boy’s record label Body High has a catalogue full of high energy house music rippling with jacked up bass. At the core, Samo’s deep cuts work such a groove that funk pervades throughout the set and provides a sexy, strong base, allowing him to bring the energy level back to a rolling boil. It’s fully modern house that would sound just as home on Holy Ship! as it does surrounded by his older peers at Detroit Electronic Music Festival or Ultra. Next to Dirtybird, Body High is my favorite big room party music.
I’ve been to some “warehouse raves” (ie: dirty, old, 40-foot-ceilinged, multi-floored open space filled with ravers, booze, candi, and so forth all inside what gave the feel of an illegal venue) and while the settings at these parties were a blast, the music at them never felt quite right. I always wished for something as high energy and as Samo’s tunes.
So now you all know that you’re gonna dance, that you’re all gonna groove, and that Jacques is going to make it sexy with those r&b vocal samples he (and all the rest of us) love so much. What you don’t know is that both of these artists are celebrating the releases of new music. Jacques Greene’s new Phantom Vibrate EP lands April 28th via the superbly curated label LuckyMe. Listen to the lead single, “No Excuse,” below.
Samo Sound Boy has something even bigger to celebrate, the release of his own Open / Divine on his label Body High. To make this release even more special, it is Body High’s first official physical release and first foray into the 12” vinyl format. As a serious collector, I had personally pried Samo about the vinyl availability of his label a year or two ago, and I am happy to report that they now deem vinyl an economically feasible format. This is fantastic news for vinyl collectors who follow those LA cats Samo and Jerome.
Tickets for this INPUT at Output event are available HERE. INPUT runs 10 PM – Close (generally around 5 AM), but get there early so you don’t miss a minute of these terrific acts.


ST. LOUIS, 2 August 2008. A team led by Boeing Advanced Systems won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for the first phase of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) program.
DARPA's FAST is a multiphase effort to design and develop a ground test prototype of a new High Power Generation Subsystem (HPGS) for spacecraft. During Phase 1, Boeing will develop a complete plan for a demonstration system.
The Boeing HPGS is an integration of solar-concentrator, power-conversion, and heat-rejection systems supported with an ultra-lightweight structure and deployment system for pointing toward and tracking the sun.
When combined with electric thrusters, the Boeing HPGS will produce a lightweight power and propulsion system capable of providing responsive spacecraft maneuverability for on-orbit servicing, space-based situational awareness, and high-power payloads such as communication and radar systems.
Upon DARPA approval, the Boeing team will perform Phase 2 work to include fabrication, assembly, and testing of two HPGS test articles to validate performance characteristics in simulated space environments. An on-orbit demonstration of the system may be conducted following the ground test program.


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The urban sexcapades of unrelated gay men come together in this fun rampage of passion, doubt and self discovery. Guillermo Nazara gives us his thoughts on this new revival of Joe DiPietro’s hit play, to let us know if anything (or anyone) got screwed onstage.
Father, forgive me. I tried not to do it… There goes all my credibility as a writer. Anyway, you’re not here for the truth, are you? You’re for the willi– I mean, for your will to learn more about a play that certainly won’t make you feel detached. There were indeed so many pieces connecting… Pretty much as in life itself, we can either go the judgmental way and choose to be boring, or we can accept that we’re all (f*cking sl*ts) human and enjoy the ride (just picture whatever you like, but don’t tell me). F*cking Men makes it easy to go for the latter, though. And the play is also really good.
Using sex as a guiding thread is often a double-edged sword (I swear on my life there was no pun intended there!). Nobody’s taken by surprise by the fact that the opportunity to see it onstage is almost a sales guarantee. But at the same time, it’s incredibly common to lose taste and create something that’s no more than empty coarseness – read this review, for that regard. Joe DiPietro’s script manages to combine such instinctive appeal (you will see a lot of give-and-take, that I can promise) with a more insightful reflection of what urban gay life means and whom its players are.
How can we be so different and yet so alike? That’s precisely the essence of a show where each one’s personal struggles and insecurities surface through the escape rooms of a sauna, a hotel bed or an encounter with an escort at your own house – either stemming from a homophobic upbringing, physical self consciousness or the simple uncertainty of what your own life means. Its dialogue is powerful, sometimes not as deep as it intends to be, but sufficient to feel relatable and truthful, and most importantly, entertaining.
Both the show’s pacing and storytelling quality are, in fact, the highest point of its writing, as the interest is constantly (and successfully) maintained through its short subplots, all of them intertwined by one simple notion: every new protagonist is the man the previous guy has done. It may sound camp on paper, but it actually works and feels, in some way, more transcendent that it may appear at the beginning. Perhaps because everything that is depicted feels astoundingly real. My only concern is that I felt related to every single scene…
Directed by Steven Kunis, the cast excels at their versatility (not the one that you’re thinking), providing us with compelling portrayals of well-defined distinctive characters. Alex Britt is perhaps the company’s best addition, thanks to his enticing stage presence and charismatic approach to his roles. On the other hand, Derek Mitchell combines both an impressive comedy bone with a quieter but effective rendition, while Charlie Condou exudes frail truthfulness in his performance.
SEX. And now that we have your attention… there will be more sex, but also a very good multi-tale piece that’s able to stir more than your primal appetite, and occasionally beguile your intellects. With a stunningly simple but hugely evocative set design by Cara Evans and captivating lighting by Alex Lewer, F**king Men has opened (again, no pun intended…) as actually one of the best commercial queer-themed offers of the season. And it’s also given me a few ideas to try out… Oh, hi, mum!
All pictures credit to Darren Bell.
F**king Men plays at London’s Waterloo East Theatre until 18 June. Tickets are available on the following link.
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With the elections over, many of us are returning to one of our greatest obsessions: picking over the minutiae of the lives of celebrities.
Anticipating this trend: a live stage show called Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words. It's been packing the house every Monday night at the Triad Theater, a small cabaret on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and it stars a host of celebrities themselves, many of them current or former cast members of Saturday Night Live.
The idea is simplicity itself: Have a really good comic actor read from a celebrity autobiography, for fun and laughs.
Kristen Johnston, late of Third Rock From the Sun, for example, with her dramatic rendering of The Man With the Gold: An Autobiography by Mister T.
Celebrity Autobiography is the brainchild of comedy writer and actor Eugene Pack. He thought the grandiosities — and the banalities — of some of these oft-remaindered books would make for a comic evening. So he invited some friends to try it out in Los Angeles.
"Instantly, it seemed to work onstage — bringing these words to life, these oddball passages," Pack says. "And it's just taken off."
After a long run in Los Angeles, Pack brought the show to New York, where a rotating cast of actors (other regulars include Matthew Broderick, Andrea Martin and Paul Rudd) take the stage to deliver excerpts from books by pop icons large and small.
Saturday Night Live's Will Forte says he tries to show up whenever he has a free Monday evening.
"You don't have to memorize anything," says Forte, who recently presented a portion of the Motley Crue memoir The Dirt — a passage penned by Tommy Lee, no less. "You're up there for a pretty short amount of time, and then you just get to enjoy all these other great people."
Some of the show's funniest moments come from celebs' meticulous recounting of details most of us wouldn't think of recording. Former SNL cast member Rachel Dratch says one of her favorite passages, an extended how-I-get-dressed-in-the-morning explainer, comes from Good Morning, I'm Joan Lunden.
"Maybe somebody told her to just write down every single thing that happens to her in the morning — don't leave anything out," Dratch says. "So she, you know, bothers to tell you that she tears a little semicircle in the lid of her coffee cup, to keep from spilling it on herself."
While the show mines the stories of celebrities for laughs, Pack insists it's all done with love.
"None of it is meant to be negative or mean," he says. "I mean, that's why people have a great time. It's just fun."