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This blog post is the first of what I am calling "check in posts." These will be few-and-far-between posts that I will submit when I want to check in with you, the reader, to let you know that while my blog may be quiet for the moment, I'm still here, I'm still thinking, still experiencing Street Lit. It's just that sometimes I don't have anything to say. I don't post an article unless it's something passionate that's burning within me - a question I'm seeking to answer - an issue I need to unpack - somebody done made me mad ... ya know, stuff like that. I tend to get kinda angsty when it comes to Street Lit. It's a personal journey for me - this research, this thinking, this writing that I do concerning this genre because I come from the streets - was born and raised in the hood - as well as my children. So I'm always thinking about voicedness from the city's underground because it too, has wisdom to mete out - to share, to be heard.
However, what I have been thinking about lately with concerns to Street Literature has been the main title of my upcoming book with the American Library Association's publishing house, ALA Editions. My manuscript is due October 2010, and I am 90% done with the content of the book. This book's requisite subtitle is: "A Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature." As such, the text will seek to challenge librarians' and teachers' thinking around what Street Lit is and is not, and also, who we are as educators in relation to this genre - a recurring theme of my research. The book will also be a full introduction and resource to Street Literature history, themes, and sub-genres, with practical scenarios offered for readers advisory, library programming, and collection development for the genre in public and school libraries.
With thinking about the main title - gosh - the process has been harder than writing 10 chapters, believe it or not! I've solicited the opinions of my daughters, my friends and colleagues. I've heard more, "No." "No."
The main title of a book is important because the title has to be meaningful, impactful, and memorable at the same time, while not being too long. A main title has to have a cadence, a beat, a rhythm to it that flows from the content and context of the book. A book is a holistic artifact where every part of it informs the other. I learned that from being a lifelong reader and also from a preservation class I took when I was in library school. Every part of a book from text to stitch, counts.


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for family meals :
is many years since Hub-UK was first launched. It has
been created from recipes contributed form all over
the world, from professionals and amateurs alike. A
great many of the recipes do not have any details as
to who sent them in or from where they came. It would
be a shame not to share them with you for this reason
is one such recipe. If you know where it originated,
or perhaps it is even yours, let me know and I will
add the necessary credits and acknowledgements.
most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking
- love, for those you are cooking for" ~ Sophia
2 chickens (2 1/2 to 3 lbs ea)
2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
vegetable oil for frying
the chicken into serving pieces. The breast pieces
should be cut in half.
the chicken in a bowl and cover with the buttermilk
a medium size bowl, combine the flour, paprika, cumin,
cayenne, salt, and pepper.
enough oil to a depth of about 3/4 inch in a large
the oil is medium hot dip the chicken pieces in the
flour mixture and fry, without crowding the chicken.
If necessary fry in batches. Reduce the heat to medium
and fry until the coating becomes a deep golden-brown,
turning the chicken as needed. The white meat should
be done in 20 to 25 minutes, dark meat in about 35
minutes. Juices should run clear when the chicken
is pricked with a fork.
lime juice over the chicken 10 minutes before it is
chicken on paper towels.

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Last night, I attended the talk, “Go, dog. Go! A Map of the Beautiful” which was given by Professor Stephen Booth. Not only had I been interested in it on my own, but it counted as extra credit for my Intro to Poetry class with Professor Wareh, who set up the talk. For my class, I had to write a review of the talk and how it affected me as a whole, so I decided to share it with you guys! Hope you enjoy and find the time to come to other events hosted by the Humanities office!
On Thursday, February 27th, I attended the talk “Go, dog. Go! A Map of the Beautiful”, which was given by Professor Stephen Booth. Professor Booth is a man very familiar with doing close readings of pieces of literature, and has published numerous pieces of his own throughout his lifetime, most of them centering on the work of Shakespeare. This time, though, Booth decided to do a close reading of the book Go, dog. Go! by Philip D. Eastman. The book is originally intended for children, but Booth taught his audience to view it in a different perspective. He noted before he began his talk that we should not be fooled, and that most literature “seems how it is”. In other words, Go, dog. Go! would be just as straightforward of a children’s book as we had initially thought it was, no matter how much we tried to complicate and interpret it after his talk.
The first thing that Booth pointed out was that just by reading the title of the book, our minds were already beginning to work and move. “‘Go, dog’ is a palindrome”, he stated simply, and I immediately felt silly for not having had noticed it previously. The simple fact is that our minds are subconsciously working all the time. As readers, our interest would have immediately been sparked just by subconsciously making note of the palindrome within the title of the book. Cool! The talk was already moving smoothly.
As we began to delve further into the reading, Professor Booth began to point out the things that our minds might have been enamored with back when we were four years old and reading the book for the first time with our parents. “Throughout the book there is simultaneous likeness and difference”, he stated, “and this is what many people find ‘beautiful’”. This proved to be true. There were dogs above water contrasted with dogs below water, big dogs next to little dogs, et cetera, et cetera. Never before had I really noticed that contrast was one of the most beautiful things that readers are provided with within literature, but of course, once Booth pointed it out, I became all but too aware of it. It suddenly became quite clear why people love things like romantic comedies, which pair the seriousness of a relationship and love, with laughter and silliness. I learned something new, once again.
As Booth continued to do a close reading of the book, I continued to be more surprised at the things that I had missed as a four year old. For example, I had never been made aware of the numerous ‘themes’ and or ‘motifs’ that existed throughout the book. Wheels, houses, water, and toys: There were all examples of things that continued to re-appear within the story, but very subtly. How had I not noticed before? Booth also pointed out that people who have read the book in their childhood, when asked as adults what the story was about, usually remember the scenes in which two dogs interact. The dogs greet each other with “Hello”, one dog asks, “Do you like my hat?”, the other replies, “I do not”, and they part from one another with “Goodbye”. Booth noted that the reason most of us remember these parts of the book most vividly, is because they are the only parts of the story that create some type of ‘plotline’, whilst the rest of the book is random and silly. How interesting!
In total, Booth read the same old story that we had heard numerous times, but this time showed us the hidden gems within its pages. Although seemingly obvious pieces of information, many members of his audience had never made note of such details before, and Booth was constantly greeted with warm laughter when a pun or camouflaged message was revealed. I, for one, greatly enjoyed Booth’s talk. As an English major, ‘close readings’ are something that I will be doing a lot, and it was fun to see that they are not always tedious, but can also be fun.
I think the part of Booth’s talk that really stuck with me the most was one of the things he said in the very beginning. Just as he was about to take a sip of water because he was “parched”, Booth paused and made one of his strongest statements of the talk. He said, “What we value in art is the experience of the work, not the things they told you to look for in high school.” This sentence has been repeating in my mind since the talk, and I believe that it is wholeheartedly true. Yes, sometimes we are required to look for the deeper meaning in pieces of art, but most of the time, it is the experience of the art that really changes us as people. I consider life to be art, and I think that this same sentence applies. It is the experience that counts, so we must find ways to go out and experience all that we can, while we can.
All in all, Booth gave a great speech and I want to thank Professor Wareh for taking the time to put the entire talk together. :-) (Thanks!) I’ll be sure to attend more talks hosted by Humanities in the future.

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This patient in her mid fifties came to see Dr. Wooten to consult about the laxity of her skin. Dr. Wooten performed liposuction of the flanks and abdomen followed by the Tummy Tuck. Her procedure and recovery went well and her after photo shows her one year after her procedure.
- Patient #: 15098
- Gender: Female
- Age: 51 - 60
- Procedure: Lipoabdominoplasty

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Väljare, valdeltagande och valda: En studie av stadsfullmäktigevalen i Östersund, åren 1862-1864
2014 (Swedish)In: Makt, myter och historiebruk: Historiska problem i belysning / [ed] Stefan Dalin, Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet , 2014, 57-74 p.Chapter in book (Refereed)
This article examines the initial impact of the 1862 municipal voting reform. The town of Östersund is the subject of the case study and the focus is directed on issues such as voter turnout, voting patterns and political recruitment.
What was the turnout? Inarguably, the socio-economically powerful groups made up a greater share of the electorate compared to the socio-economically disadvantaged groups; a phenomenon which has been supported in some previous research. In Östersund however, turnout was generally higher than in many other Swedish cities. Furthermore, it can be noted that in the election in 1862 a group of workers and public servants organized a collective vote. Similar actions have not been reported in previous research. This example of early political organization is interesting since the action violated the prevailing political culture whereby the candidate would be elected based on their good character and qualifications, and not as a proponent of a particular political program or political affiliation.
Their attempt failed. No obvious representatives of the workers and public servants were elected to the City Council; undoubtedly his had a negative consequence on these voter groups in the 1864 town council elections.
In the elections under discussion in this article none of the candidates voted for themselves which was an expression of a political culture with its roots in the period before 1862. It was considered vulgar to vote for oneself. On the subject of political recruitment to the council Östersund did not differ from other Swedish cities. It was the city's socio-economic elite who elected their own representatives.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet , 2014. 57-74 p.
Skrifter i Humaniora vid Mittuniversitetet, ISSN 2001-919X (tryckt), 2001-9955 (online) ; 2
municipal voting reform, voter turnout, voting patterns, political recruitment, political cultur
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-24181ISBN: 978-91-86694-96-8OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-24181DiVA: diva2:782408
ProjectsSmåstadsdemokrati? Reformer, valdeltagande och lokalpolitiskkultur ca 1750-1919
FunderSwedish Research Council, 2009-1535


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No, it was because O Brother is a musical. Only, no one seemed to notice this. I guess it's a stealth musical. No one suddenly breaks into song mid-sentence, and there are no scenes where a man expresses his love of life by suddenly singing about sunshine and rain, but still, this is a musical, probably the best one in years. And years. And years.
O Brother is set in Depression-era Alabama, and it makes use of the "old timey" music that was becoming popular then. While "old timey" music later became "country music," this is not the crap that Garth Brooks vomits onto the stage to the tune of a million bucks a show. Rather, O Brother is filled with faithful if somewhat modernized renditions of the folky music of the Old South.
This is the Old South that featured everyone's favorite character, the fugitive from a chain gang. George Clooney, John Turturro and the inimitable Tim Blake Nelson play this part, running away from the cruel prison guards while they're still chained together at the ankles. Luckily, they happen upon a blind poet who foretells their future and helps them start their journey. See, Clooney's character is named Ulysses Everett McGill, emphasis on the Ulysses, and O Brother is a retelling of the Odyssey, from the perspective of two guys who have never read the book.
Those two guys are the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, who are responsible for Fargo, Raising Arizona and Blood Simple, some of the finest features ever to come out of that poor, backwater country we call the U.S.A.
With O Brother they've taken their love of old cinema, old clothing and old Classics Comic books and produced the first great musical of the 21st century.
As the convicts roam across the countryside looking for a mysterious buried treasure, they re-enact scenes from the Odyssey while encountering such Depression-era celebrities as Baby Face Nelson and Robert Johnson (here renamed "Tommy Johnson"). Meanwhile, they are pursued by the mysterious man with hollow eyes and a hound from hell, the Poseidon-like police chief who seeks to bring them back to jail.
As the convicts make their run for freedom, they speak in a language that never was, an imagined version of smooth-talking Southernisms and highfalutin pontificating. This is partly in homage to Preston Sturges' classic film Sullivan's Travels, one of the best-scripted features of the Depression. In Sullivan's Travels a millionaire movie director sets out on a tramp across the country to get in touch with the down-and-out peoples so that he can have a feel for the new movie he's making, a film called O Brother Where Art Thou. The director, Sullivan, has been making commercially successful slapstick comedies, but he wants to do a film with a larger social message.
The Coen brothers' O Brother is sort of an imagined version of what that film would have been like: lots of clumsy political commentary framed by screwball antics and half-assed references to classic literature. Somehow, this mix all works out swimmingly.
There's a cyclopean bible salesman who epitomizes man's inhumanity to man while speechifying about human nature, a Klan rally where the hooded Klansmen dance around like the evil soldiers from The Wizard of Oz, Baby Face Nelson shooting at sacred cows and suffering from manic-depressive disorder, Southern belles whose siren song leads the convicts to crash upon rocks, and just about every other possible take on the Odyssey, the Depression and cinematic versions of the Old South.
There's also a great supporting cast, including Charles Durning as Governor Menelaus O'Daniel; John Goodman as the Cyclops; Holly Hunter as Ulysses' wife, Penny; and Michael Badalucco as Babyface Nelson. Still, in spite of how fun the script and the acting are, what makes this movie worth seeing, and worth seeing repeatedly (I've already watched it twice), are the musical numbers.
The singing, dancing and slow, tinty and open cinematography by veteran lensman Roger Deakins (who's been nominated for three Academy Awards, and probably should have won all of them) are so captivating that you forget how artificial the action is. Which is really what makes this musical work.
In an age when exploding dinosaurs and mutant-powered space ships don't give filmgoers a moment's pause, it's too bad that something like a musical needs to disguise itself so that people aren't turned off by how "fake" it is. Still, since that's currently the case, fans of the musical can only give thanks that the Coens have found a way to slip one in under the radar.
O Brother Where Art Thou is playing at Catalina (881-0616) and Century El Con (202-3343).

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| 01.08,18. 09:22 PM |
Officers injured as 'stolen Mercedes' rams into police car
A female police officer is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an allegedly stolen car reversed into her police vehicle. Source: Twitter/@nkmccallum
Another police officer was injured and four police vehicles damaged in the incident, which happened just after 5.30pm in Sydney.
A silver Mercedes AMG with four occupants was stopped on Euston Lane near Maddox Street, Alexandria, when two unmarked police vehicles approached it from both sides, NSW Police said.
The driver of the Mercedes then allegedly reversed into one of the police cars, injuring a female officer inside, before accelerating into the other police cars.
The female police officer is understood to have immediately radioed for backup.
A Dog Unit vehicle arriving at the scene was also hit and a male officer sustained lacerations to his arms and legs.
The four occupants of the Mercedes were arrested by police.
Three teenagers have been taken to Newtown Police Station and a 20-year-old man has been taken to Redfern Police Station where they are assisting with inquiries.
The injured female officer has been taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with a minor laceration to her head.
The male officer has been treated by paramedics at the scene.
Initial investigations suggest the Mercedes was linked to alleged robberies in Sydney’s CBD being investigated by detectives attached to Redfern Region Enforcement Squad’s Strike Force Java, NSW Police said.


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My journey began the 15th, leaving Nottingham at 13:35 with a 5 hour coach to Heathrow, and despite arriving almost 4 hours before my flight a long and busy queue at check in and security I had to run to my gate! The flight was surprisingly short and my 4 hour stop over in Addis Ababa passed relatively quickly... Lea and I managed to recognise each other in the queue for boarding and so talked about exchanging the Italian books in Nosy Be. I had a long nap on the flight to Nosy Be and when arriving passed quickly through visa control and customs... to be greeted by Geneviève who was waiting for me!! We finally had met after a failed attempt on my part to go to Zurich when she had come in March (snow storms in the U.K. cancelled my flight!!) but I felt like I had known her already for a long time! And finally I had arrived in Madagascar (on the 16th in mid afternoon... a long journey!!)
When we arrived at the hotel I was greeted by Sarah and Dominic who were waiting for me... my own welcome party! Lucky me! We spent the rest of the weekend getting a bit of well deserved rest and recharging for the week ahead.
Finally at 5:50 on Monday morning we departed for Djangoa... my stomach was bubbling with excitement for the discoveries that laid ahead, I had been anticipating this moment for months! After a bus, a beautiful boat ride through the islands, we arrived in Ankify and sped off towards Djangoa with our driver Hans, with a pit stop in Ambanja for some errands. Hans pointed out his plot of land a dozen kilometres from Djangoa, and even grabbed us four cocoa pods from his cocoa trees and gave them to us... a good prémonition of the kindness of Malagasy people.
We arrived in Djangoa and my eyes were wide with wonder and excitement at the village I would spend the next month and a half in... already I had fallen in love with it’s plentiful fruit trees, it’s modest but homely houses, and the friendly atmosphere. Discovering my room, so much more luxurious that I had imagined, with a toilet, a comfy bed and almost a walk in closet!
Lunch already was delicious... Valentine was an excellent cook! And soon we set off to discover the library and start the individual reading support with the 5ème classe. The short trip there was riddled with greetings to Malagasy people (Mbala Tsara!) and big smiles already!
It was amazing to finally see the school and library after seeing so many photos, I felt like I was coming home! Sarah and Domi explained the whole functioning of the library, the rules they had set out, and I observed them.
At first it was more difficult than I had anticipated in that many of the kids had a lot of trouble understanding French, and while helping them read it was quite complicated to explain what ‘aller’ for example, means! But armed with a lot of patience and going very ‘mora mora’ (slowly in Malagasy) we went through the book together.
At dinner time I was feeling quite nauseous, unfortunately a common side effect of anti-malarials is nausea, and mealtimes were always a bit difficult for me! I knew I had to feed myself to have energy and the food was really delicious (courtesy of our lovely Valentine!) but I felt sick after a few bites!
On Tuesday I started my first whole day! How exciting! Sarah and Domi managed (somehow?!?) to convince me to run in the morning (at 5:50am!), and so we set off as the roosters were crowing (probably the only reason I was awake at 5am!), Lisa and I ran together but my ankle injury began to hurt again and so after maybe 3km I had to give up! Regardless, Lisa and I continued walking together, she showed me the different plants in Djangoa, like acacia and coffee.
We had a (cold! No warm water here!) shower and a delicious breakfast (whilst learning the names of the fruits in Malagasy) and we headed to school and opened the library with Storya. We began by reading a Malagasy and French bilingual book ‘Tita et les livres’ to the 1ère classe - I was impressed with how amazing Storya was at doing the translation and making the kids involved with questions! We continued with quiet reading time, allowing the kids to discover the books in the library by themselves.
We had lunch and a little nap and started we did class preparation for the afternoon, thinking of how to structure the afternoon classes, applying that again to the 3ème and 5ème classes later.
After a delicious dinner of tuna caught in the ocean a few kilometres away, I was exhausted from the long day, and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow!
I hope you enjoyed reading about my first impressions of Djangoa! See you soon! June 20, Marine

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Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
A 78rpm Anthology – 1930-1941
Karelia Suite, Op.11 (1. Intermezzo; 3. Alla marcia) (1893) [3:40 + 4:14] 1
Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14 (The Lover, The Road of the Beloved; Good Evening - Farewell) (1911) [3:57 + 1:57 + 4:48] 2
King Christian II, Suite Op.27 2. Elegie (1898) [3:55] 2
The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22, No.2 (1893) [8:33] 3
Scènes Historiques, Op. 25 (Festivo (Tempo di Bolero)) (1899) [7:08] 4
Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51 (Oriental Procession; Solitude; Night Music; Khadra's Dance) (1907) [2:36 + 3:47 + 4:40 + 3:43] 5
Swanwhite, Op. 54 (The Maidens with Roses) (1909) [3:09] 6
Danses Champêtres, Op. 106 (Largamente assai; Alla polacca) (1921) [3:56 7 + 1:46 8]
Romance in F major, Op.78, No.2 [2:53] 8
Malinconia, Op. 20 [9:02] 9
1 The Royal Philharmonic Society's Orchestra/Robert Kajanus, rec. May 1930
2 The Leslie Heward String Orchestra (Drawn from the City of Birmingham Orchestra's string section)/Leslie Heward, rec. 14 February 1941
3 The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, rec. 20 October 1940
4 London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham, rec. 14 December 1935
5 London Symphony Orchestra/Robert Kajanus, rec. 24, 29 June 1932
6 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Serge Koussevitzky, rec. 12 December 1936
7 Emil Telmanyi (violin), Georg Vasarhelyi (piano) (Op. 106/1), rec. 3 March 1936
8 Gerald Moore (piano) (Op. 106/2, Op. 78/2), rec. 28 March 1935
9 Louis Jensen (cello), Galina Werschenskaya (piano), rec. 26 August 1936
PRISTINE PASC 204 [73:44]
Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
En Saga, Op.9 (1892, 1901) [15:47]
Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49 (1906) [11:50]
Oceanides, Op.73 (1914) [8:24]
Tapiola, Op.112 (1925) [18:10]
Hugo ALFVÉN (1872-1960)
Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op.19 (Midsommarvaka) (1904) [11:47]
The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
rec. Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 10 March 1955, 24 December 1955 (Sibelius); 15 February 1953 (Alfvén)
PRISTINE PASC 205 [65:58]
The Pristine label has one of the most intriguing arrays of historic recordings. Andrew Rose adds to the attraction by regularly striking out in surprising repertoire directions. He also does work for other labels. An example is his recent Warlock set for The Divine Art. These Sibelius discs continue a line established by his accomplished reissue of the Ormandy monos of symphonies 4 and 5 on PASC177.
PASC 204 gives us a good conspectus of Sibelius on 78 beyond the confines of the Sibelius Society shellac volumes. Its coverage is restricted to the smaller-scale works available on 78s at least to the well-heeled UK enthusiast in the 1930s and early 1940s. Kajanus conducts the Royal Philharmonic Society orchestra in 1930 in two movements from Karelia letting us hear his sturdy no-nonsense readings through a bristle of shellac surface. Heward’s Birmingham Rakastava catches all the elusive razory magic hemmed in between The Tempest and the Humoresques. These are surprisingly taut and well judged recordings. Do sample The Road to the Beloved movement: you will be impressed for sure. Heward was a great loss to Sibelians everywhere and the point is further pressed home with a very impressive Elegie from King Christian II. Ormandy’s 1940 Swan gleams with powerhouse brightness which cannot help but impress although I am still recommending Morton Gould’s extraordinary 1960s recording recently reissued by HTT in glowing sound as well as Mravinsky’s Moscow live version. The Beecham 1935 Festivo with the LPO is a fine example of Sibelius’s lighter fancy unleashed – complete with Carmen castanets and a Hispanic Chabrier wink. Kajanus’s four movement suite from Belshazzar’s Feast has its unsettling parallels with Nielsen’s later Aladdin music. In the Oriental Procession one has the sense of being carried forward on a heavy-duty flying carpet. The oppressive stride of the Procession relents for the enchanted slow-tolling Solitude and the unearthly shimmer of Night Music. Such buzzing tension as may have built across the three previous movements is released by the chirrup and chatter of Khadra’s Dance. It is surprising that Beecham did not fasten on this last piece as one of his ‘lollipops’. Kajanus here conducts the LSO in 1932. We next flit across the Atlantic again – this time to Boston and Koussevitsky for The Maidens with Roses from Swanwhite. Koussevitsky is a renowned Sibelian yet for me this version seems ponderous. I remember being similarly disappointed with his way with Sibelius 2 and 5. After the orchestral bon-bons come four chamber pieces. The two movements from Danses Champêtres are sweetly and then elvishly addressed by the slender tones of Telmanyi. The op. 78 Romance bids well into Kreisler territory with a nostalgic backward glance at Sibelius’s ambitions as a solo violinist. Louis Jensen’s bleak Malinconia for cello and piano agains looks to violinistic examples and the Violin Concerto. These last four chamber tracks sound very fine indeed and Werschenskaya’s piano registers astonishingly well given the age of the recording.
Pristine work closer to the cliff-edge of copyright lapse for the mono Ormandy disc. Here they revive a Sibelius Columbia mono LP from the mid-1950s (ML-5249). These readings were not completely unknown to determined CD-based Sibelians; I heard them in a private transfer some years ago. The very fine transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn bring devastatingly home the Philadelphia’s virtuoso excellence in the service of Sibelius’s untamable imagination. They give us a really heart-pulsing En Saga. It is so fast that once I caught myself regretting that the woodwind figures were not allowed to unfold at a less hurried rate. It is sometimes as if Ormandy was looking to the example of that Soviet ‘speed merchant’ Nikolai Golovanov who often dealt in adrenaline and flames. Even so at 11:12 Ormandy and his Fabulous Philadelphian wind principals catch the still heart of the music and then intoxicatingly light the blue touchpaper at 11:46. The string figures swirl and volplane like a Sabrejet of that era and the horns call out with emphatic urgency. As the climax passes the shudder and rictus of the strings at 13:30 is gloriously done. The analogue hush adds to the effect. If you fast-forward to my stereo reference version of En Saga with Horst Stein and an orchestra often denigrated, the Suisse Romande, you will find similar intensity. Stein who must have drilled the OSR to a sharpened point allows a little more oxygen in the bloodstream and slightly more spacious tempo. Van Beinum’s En Saga is well worth hearing too – Hall of Fame stuff – it’s on Eloquence. In similar fiery vein is Furtwängler’s 1940s Berlin version even if he does take a full 5 minutes longer. Stein and his Decca engineers also provide a masterly Pohjola’s Daughter with comparable virtues. Ormandy presses forward but the pacing and tension is just superbly weighed and his predilection for the furies can be felt in the evenly whipped string whirlwinds that provide an ostinato at 6:55 and later. Magical emphasis is given to the harp. In Oceanides the accelerator is depressed too far. Ormandy dispatches it in 8:24 which feels at least a minute too fast. If you like your Oceanides on a jet-ski then this may be for you; not me. It’s as striking as Paavo Järvi’s Nightride on Virgin Classics. Tapiola is taken at a more evolutionary tempo. It is more pensive though it is, as expected, flammable and inflamed for the great storm that howls the pine trees double at 15:03. Again I must point you to Van Beinum and that Eloquence set if you want to hear one of the world’s greatest ever Tapiolas; this is not far behind. Van Beinum shaves 5 seconds off Ormandy’s timing.
We must hope that Pristine will also revive Ormandy’s mono Lemminkainen Legends from another 1950s Columbia.
As for the Alfvén it gets a lunging and plunging sparkling-eyed performance; the best I have ever heard. There’s no hesitation here. It’s played up a storm. I have found this piece queasy and unengaging in the past but this makes it something very special indeed. I am reminded of the transformational way Paavo Rautio had with the Madetoja’s Second Symphony and Karel Sejna had with the Fibich Third Symphony. I hope Alfvén was able to hear this recording and that I am not going to be told by one of the cognoscenti that Alfvén hated it! If he did then I dissent.
The liner-notes drawn largely from Wikipedia are on the back of the insert with a note on the magical and meticulous pitch restoration work Mark Obert-Thorn had to do so that we can hear the Alfvén properly for the first time. I wonder how many expatriate Swedes familiarised themselves with this work from concert performances of the piece by Ormandy.


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It is that time of year when we look back at the memorable moments that made 2018 so special. In our case, we will look at the Latin American markets to see their development and performance. This past year was particularly exhilarating and terrifying at the same time, similar to the feeling one gets when riding a rollercoaster. The ups and downs make you sick, you scream for help, you want to get off—but once you’re on it, there is nothing you can do but ride the monster. After it is all over and despite the aggravation and fear, you cannot wait to get back on it. Welcome to the Latin American rollercoaster.
The last quarter of 2018 was particularly horrifying for most global markets, with the S&P 500® giving back nearly 14%. The S&P Europe 350® and the S&P/TOPIX 150, which seeks to measure Japanese blue chip companies, lost 13% and 15%, respectively. This resulted in global returns of nearly -13% for the quarter, as reflected by the S&P Global 1200, which is designed to measure the 1,200 most important stocks in the world.
Despite the gloom and doom of the fourth quarter, Latin America actually did well compared with other regions. The S&P Latin America BMI, which measures companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, had a positive return of 1.2% in U.S. dollars, while the widely used S&P Latin America 40 was flat at -0.1%. Over the entire year, the S&P Latin America 40, which returned -6%, did not fare as well as the S&P 500, which yielded -4%. However, it did well compared with the S&P Europe 350 and S&P/TOPIX 150, which had returns of -14% and -13% for the year, respectively.
What fueled the Latin American rollercoaster of 2018? The region underwent some of the most important changes it had seen in many years. In 2018, there were major presidential elections in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, and new presidents took office in Chile (following the 2017 elections) and Peru (following the resignation of the recently elected president). Chile and Colombia elected moderate candidates, while Brazil and Mexico chose different administrations from the ones that had governed those countries previously. The potential changes brought great uncertainty to the region and, with it, great volatility to the markets.
While most countries ended in the red for the quarter, Brazil was the shining star of the region, with the S&P Brazil BMI returning nearly 15% in U.S. dollars—no other country in Latin America came anywhere near this return. In U.S. dollar terms, Mexico and Colombia had the worst returns. The S&P/BMV IPC was down nearly 20%, and the S&P Colombia Select Index was down almost 18%. While Chile and Peru also had negative returns for the quarter, their returns did not drop as much as the two other countries. The S&P Chile LargeMidCap, a proxy for the S&P/CLX IPSA, returned -3.4% in U.S. dollars, and the S&P/BVL Peru Select Index posted -2%. In their respective local currencies, the indices had better performance.
Looking at longer periods, local investors from Argentina fared the best. Peruvian and Brazilian investors were somewhat behind but still held on to significant returns. Argentina generated returns of over 51% and 48% for the three- and five-year periods, respectively. However, the large devaluation of the Argentine peso against the U.S. dollar and the high inflation rates diminish the value of the returns. Following Brazil’s election of a “market-friendly” presidential candidate, the country entered into a rally that sustained the gains of the three- and five-year periods. The S&P Brazil BMI showed U.S. dollar returns of 27% and 11%, respectively. Peruvian investors also managed to hold on to their gains for these periods, with the S&P/BVL Peru Select Index reporting 27% and 8% in local currency, respectively. Chile did well for both periods, while Colombia had mixed results, with a positive return for the three-year period but a nearly flat local currency return for the five-year period.
In 2018, Mexico struggled to hang on to past gains. The uncertainties of the new government’s policies, the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the fall of the Mexican peso brought uncertainty and volatility. The market is still struggling to find its footing, although during the first two weeks of 2019 (Jan. 1-14, 2019), the S&P/BMV IPC displayed a positive upturn of nearly 5%.
This new year has so much to look forward to. Latin American is poised for great changes with all these new leaders. It will be interesting to see the direction they take their countries and the outcomes and opportunities this will bring to local and international investors.
To see more details about performance in Latin America, please see: S&P Latin America Equity Indices Quantitative Analysis Q4 2018.The posts on this blog are opinions, not advice. Please read our Disclaimers.


The natural gas bonanza brought about by unconventional drilling may be displacing coal and diesel as a “cleaner” fuel, but methane leaks from the surge in drilling and processing destroy that advantage, according to the environmental think tank World Resources Institute (WRI).
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While agreeing to defer nearly 10,000 acres, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finds itself as the target of strong opposition from local residents as it attempts to conduct an oil and natural gas lease sale in mid-February in central Colorado’s North Fork Valley.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an interim update of 18 studies that have been undertaken in its multi-year review of the potential risks of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale gas wells on public drinking water.
With questions lingering about whether hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the chemicals used in the process are to blame for contaminating the water supply of some Wyoming residents, Encana Corp. has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for “key technical data and information” about water wells re-tested near its natural gas development in Pavillion, WY, to enable the company to properly respond by an October deadline. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), however, issued two reports Wednesday that may fill in some of the blanks.
Permits and production are soaring in the Niobrara Shale where Chesapeake Energy is indicating it has unlocked some important finds as it eyes the play as a significant contributor to its strategy for expanding its production of natural gas liquids (NGL).
In what may be one of the biggest oil and gas finds in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in a decade, BP plc last week announced a “giant” discovery in the promising Lower Tertiary trend, a find that analysts said will reaffirm the importance of the U.S. offshore to domestic energy supplies.
A pioneering firm in California’s ill-fated competitive retail electricity market, Costa Mesa, CA-based Commerce Energy Group Inc., finds itself mired in a sea of red ink as it compiles its fiscal 2008 results, selling off a Houston-based energy consulting firm it acquired four years ago after announcing earlier this year that it was cutting about one-third of its work force.
A report by a task force created by Connecticut finds that federal regulators’ environmental analysis of Broadwater Energy LLC’s controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and associated pipeline is seriously flawed, which it insists is enough to “torpedo” the facilities proposed for Long Island Sound.
A report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) finds that language in a House bill pending in Congress would require producers to pay billions of dollars in royalties on oil and natural gas production from leases issued between 1996 and 2000, regardless of the final outcome of a lawsuit brought by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. challenging the right of the federal government to recover royalties on those leases.


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Equivalent System Mass of Producing Yeast and Flat Breads from Wheat Berries, A Comparison of Mill Type
Wheat is a candidate crop for the Advanced Life Support (ALS) system, and cereal grains and their products will be included on long-term space missions beyond low earth orbit. While the exact supply scenario has yet to be determined, some type of post-processing of these grains must occur if they are shipped as bulk ingredients or grown on site for use in foods. Understanding the requirements for processing grains in space is essential for incorporating the process into the ALS food system. The ESM metric developed by NASA describes and compares individual system impact on a closed system in terms of a single parameter, mass. The objective of this study was to compare the impact of grain mill type on the ESM of producing yeast and flat breads. Hard red spring wheat berries were ground using a Brabender Quadrumat Jr. or the Kitchen-Aid grain mill attachment (both are proposed post-harvest technologies for the ALS system) to produce white and whole wheat flour, respectively.

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These lights are also motion activated, which will turn on when you enter the room and turn off when you leave. All the settings of the lights can be adjusted from the interface of the Fibaro Homecenter 2.
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In this mode, the maximum brightness of all the lights is reduced to 80%. This usually doesn't affect the perceived brightness of the lights but still saves power.
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This portable Tonka coloring set comes with eight jumbo crayons and is perfect for kids on the go!
Tonka: Carry-Along Coloring Set includes a 120-page book with 60 mighty images to color and eight jumbo crayons. The cardboard case also has a handle that makes it easy for kids to take their favorite trucks and rescue vehicles with them wherever they go! Kids can add color and flair to all kinds of images, including a fire truck putting out a fire, front loaders at a construction site, dump trucks delivering loads of rocks and dirt, and much more!
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Blanched vegetable SaladSunday, June 15, 2014
The only thing coming out of the community garden right now is radishes turnips and daikon and they are so tender and awesome just blanching them is enough.
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E-commerce B2B juggernaut Amazon Business has surpassed $25B in worldwide annualized gross merchandise sales, approximately half of which are from third-party sellers.
The B2B portion of Amazon is on track to rival its B2C component in terms of sales, providing significant opportunities for third-party B2C retailers.
While it took seven years for Amazon’s consumer sales to increase from $1B to $10B annually, Amazon Business reached the $10B mark within its first year. Further, it took another three years for Amazon’s retail sales to reach $25B. By comparison, Amazon Business reached that volume in just five years.

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Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has stated that he’s happy with life at Selhurst Park and sees no reason to leave the Eagles at this time.
The 55-year-old Wimbledon native left Newcastle United to take the job at Palace in January 2015, and is enjoying himself as he aims to take the Eagles into Europe. With Sam Allardyce leaving the England job after just 67 days, after being caught talking on how to circumvent FA transfer rules with undercover journalists, Pardew’s name has been brought up as one of the potential candidates, but he sees no reason to leave Palace.
“When people ask me about England … well, if I was still at Newcastle, I’d be pretty keen on that England job,” Pardew told the Guardian. “But, with all this here, I’m left thinking: ‘Why would I really want to leave this club now?’ Obviously I’d like to win trophies, and that’s very difficult even if we did come ever so close last season. But that isn’t the only way to measure success. Success can be a legacy. Maybe I can create one here so that, one day, people look back and say: ‘When Pardew was there that was a great period for the club.’ I remember the chief executive at Southampton after Nicola Cortese thanking me for the platform I left them. That recognition is always nice. That’s like winning a trophy for me.”
After a positive start to the campaign last season, the team dropped off in the second half, and ultimately finished in 15th place.
“Everyone pointed to a contrast between the first and second halves of our season but, while that existed in terms of results, it didn’t in terms of our ability to control games,” Pardew said. “What that run showed me was we couldn’t properly impose control, and the depth of quality wasn’t there to cope with injuries.”
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What’s the perfect recipe for an amazing workspace? Start with a 45,000 square-foot former Nabisco Factory in Pittsburgh. Give the employees a 4-day live-in session to amass likes, dislikes and determine their “ideal” workspace, and mixed them all together... That’s how Google does it, at least. Like all Google offices, the adaptive-reuse project, which is seeking LEED Gold certification, features several playful touches, and it also does a good job referencing Pittsburgh's industrial history.
Google Pittsburgh’s new offices, designed by the local architecture firm Strada, maintains not only the industrial bones of the original factory building, but also works to implement citywide themes (according to Strada, some of the interior design elements are based on an homage to Kennywood Amusement Park, a popular Pittsburgh theme park). Exposed catwalks and steel are meant to mirror the city bridges, while the original building structures were implemented into modern designs. Natural light, sweeping citywide views and ample “creative” space all make for a comfortable space with a mind-body connection sure to get the brain pumping.
Google’s sustainability efforts went above and beyond their original adaptive reuse—much of the original building materials were reused during construction. And with nearby transit improvements underway, the revamping of the Nabisco Factory building also pushes for neighborhood improvements within the area—recycling at its finest.
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The public reporting of healthcare data, particularly in the cardiovascular field, has been in the spotlight as the National Cardiovascular Data Registries (NCDR) among others, aim to improve quality of care. And during a presentation May 4 at the annual Heart Rhythm Society meeting, Stephen C. Hammill, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said that these types of registries will have many benefits.
Already within NCDR's National ICD Registry are 750,000 records depicting more than 90 percent of device implants. These data include information about leads, complications and pediatric implants, among others.
Hammill called the quarterly benchmarking a strength to these registries because “you are able to see what your results for each data element and how it compares to hospitals of a similar size and others in the U.S."
“Registries are here to help us measure how well we are managing evidence-based medicine,” Hammill said.
Is all the data reported evidence-based?
A recent study found that 22.5 percent of ICD implants reported to the registry were non-evidence-based. Meaning that these included implants for patients who had:
- An MI within 40 days;
- CABG within three months;
- NYHA Class IV; or
- Newly diagnosed heart failure (HF).
Because the number of non-evidence based implants was high, Hammill said that there were some concerns that the figures were both overestimated and underestimated.
For those who over estimated the issue, Hammill said that they were quick to point the figure at inaccurate data within the registry, while those who underestimated the problem said that “cherry picking” could have been involved. However, Hammill was quick to say that due to the fact that reporting is beginning to be mandated, he doubts clinicians would inaccurately report data publicly.
However, Hammill argued that non-evidence based implants are often appropriate it just remains a question as to how often.
Hammill said he was uncertain what the ratio of non-evidence based implants to evidence-based outcomes should be but agreed that currently there is “a wide variation in the community on how we practice evidence based implantation.”
He urged that it will be imperative that the data elements collected in these registries are up to par and accurate.
Do these types of registries improve care?
Hammill offered that this will all depend on the data and that “a registry with feedback like this provides an important opportunity to improve care.”
He did offer, however, that administrative data has had its problems. These problems stem from the fact that coding may not be supported by a clinical record and create bias toward maximizing reimbursement, there were problems distinguishing comorbidities from complications and that these types of data do not take into account that clinicians are treating a sicker patient population.
However, he said that in the future NCDR goals and registries will help:
- Promote quality improvement;
- Report performance measures with scientific validility; and
- Standardize data elements and uniform submission process across all public reporting programs.
Lastly, Hammill said that public reporting “should occur at the appropriate level of accountability and include a formal process for evaluating the impact of the program on the quality and cost of healthcare including the assessment of unintended consequences such as, will be start to avoid treating the most complex population of patients now that these outcomes data are public?"


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A virtual high energy one man show with a unique vocal style which allows him to incorporate songs as diverse as Phantom of the Opera, Bohemian Rhapsody, to the hits of Elvis, ABBA, The Beatles, Bee Gees and Frank Sinatra along with your favorites from the 50’s through to the 80s with a couple of Kate Bush songs thrown in for good measure!
Whether as a solo guitar and vocal entertainer, a piano bar performer or as a complete cabaret, corporate show or children’s act, Franky has an inimitable mixture of musicality and humour which sets him apart from other entertainers and places him in a completely different league.


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And now for the tapper with the election right around the corner I think a lot of people are conflicted.
I -- I -- What goes around ten years old I asked my mother Margaret McCain would be president if he were still alive she told me yes and -- 35 years later still accuses me with joy and confidence.
If senator Barack Obama were to lose it would be devastating to so many people in this country.
And it would hang over our heads like a dark and ominous -- Young people will lose faith in the election process and African Americans I think could be set back at least three decades emotionally.
For so many of my friends and family would be like the assassination of Martin Luther king and Malcolm X happening on the same day.
I would hate to see the people I love so much suffer so much.
But that -- however I think there will also be a lot of suffering by abandoning the system that a -- made America the greatest country in the world.
Capitalism lifted it to -- two year old nation above those established for 2000 years -- more.
This is the nation that produces self -- people not millionaires -- folks that -- from one economic condition to another.
I think it's unfair to take money from one person and earned it and give it to another person and then the end of the incentivized as both from working harder.
Other begin on the eve of her first US open championship Serena Williams and her sister Venus are practicing late that night.
Right before the final in her opponent Martina Hingis walked by and said that's why you two are always injured you practice too much.
Well you know with your tennis skills Serena won through true grit and hard work.
Another been abuses of our free market system I hate that Robert Nardelli -- 240 million dollars for -- nothing at Home Depot.
And there are hundreds of overpaid executives in the system.
But there are millions of Americans fighting with that same true grit and hard work to climb the ladder of success.
I hope we don't -- that latter half the pundits are very small few at the tippy top because millions are on their way up that -- latter are dreaming up moving up that ladder.
And then we'll have nowhere to go.
-- we're -- fellow took President Obama I pray that he and his family always remained safe.
I pray that he doesn't go -- with all of this campaign promises regarding taxes -- redistribution of wealth.
And they also pray if a President Obama does go through with all this campaign promises.
That he will be 100% correct in his assumption and his detractors.
Of -- policies including me will be 100% wrong.
Please make sure you vote next Tuesday god bless America.
Thanks for spending even with me have a great night and don't forget the cost of freedom this week and at 10 AM.
On Fox News Channel we'll have a special election coverage on Fox Business that -- next week as well.
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Schools for Haiti operates to help the children of Haiti. We invite you to join us in blessing these children with the love and support they need. We now support approximately 500 children in our four schools. Many of these children live in make-shift houses and come to school hungry each day. Our mission addresses their most vital needs and provides hope for a better future. The success we are having in accomplishing our goals is due to the Grace of God, our committed volunteers, and the generosity of people like you.
We thank you for your interest in supporting our cause!
To see what Schools for Haiti was doing in the lives of those precious children was a blessing to behold. We at CCF look forward to being a part of this great outreach.
James A. Packett, Chesapeake Christian Fellowship
I just returned from my first mission trip, which was to Haiti with the Schools for Haiti, and it was life changing! I am still “mentally unpacking” everything that I witnessed during the trip. It’s had a huge impact on me and my urgency to do God’s work!
Dedication held for Our Newest School The Grace Christian School in Montrouis
On our last vision trip in October, we held the official dedication ceremony for The Grace Christian School. The acquisition of this property in Montrouis was made possible by the support we’ve received from Grace Family Church in Lutz, Florida.

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A small town attorney is forced to battle a giant drug company in an attempt to save his daughter's life. She had volunteered for a clinical trial of a drug that both the company and the FDA knew was dangerous. When his daughter's liver starts to fail, and he realizes a liver transplant is out of the question, he decides to fight the drug company on the playing field he knows best…the courtroom. Discovering what was hidden from the public, he finds himself faced with a ruthless adversary willing to commit bribery, kidnapping and murder to keep the drug on the market.
The elevator doors opened at the penthouse level of Ceventa Pharmaceutical's headquarters just outside Washington, D.C., and a group of executives from the lower floors stepped into the executive suite. They talked among themselves...


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In 2007, the internet named a humpback whale ― that most regal of ocean creatures ― Mr Splashy Pants.
And in 2016, it voted to name a pricey new polar research vessel Boaty McBoatface.
Despite these cautionary tales, toy company Hasbro has turned over voting on new Monopoly tokens to, yes, the internet.
All eight of the classic board game s current tokens the Scottie dog, top hat, car, thimble, boot, wheelbarrow, battleship and cat may all be voted out for new ones, or could be retained individually.
The cat joined the game only recently, having replaced the iron, a staple since the 1930s, in 2013.
Wisely, executives aren t entirely playing a game of chance, and have limited voting to 64 preselected options, including the current eight tokens.


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Growing volumes of natural gas liquids (NGLs) produced in the Marcellus and Utica need to find a market – inside or outside the region. Getting them to outside markets involves transportation by pipeline, rail, truck or barge. Local demand is either from traditional “legacy” customers that consume propane, butane and natural gasoline or from new ethane-consuming projects such as proposed ethylene crackers. What’s already been done to address the demand side of the NGL equation, and what’s being planned? Today, we conclude our series on NGL infrastructure in the Upper Ohio River Valley with a look at where all those NGLs will be heading.
NGL production in the Marcellus and Utica is expected to top 800 Mb/d within a year or so and may top 1 MMb/d or even 1.2 MMb/d by the 2020 if the recent pullback in drilling is reversed. Given that it can be challenging to store NGLs (ethane in particular) and that the region has little in the way of NGL storage capacity, the increasing supply of NGLs from southwestern Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio needs to “join together with demand” (as our series title has been hinting at). Of course some ethane can be “rejected” into the natural gas, but there are BTU limits to pipeline-quality gas—and besides, gas/NGL producers would prefer to sell their ethane to petchem producers, assuming the price is right. The question is, where will the demand for Marcellus/Utica-sourced NGLs come from? Local crackers? Gulf Coast crackers? Export markets? All of the above?
Our series has provided a step-by-step review of the Marcellus/Utica region’s emergence as an NGL production powerhouse. We started in Episode 1 with a description of the region’s history and hydrocarbon potential, followed that up with more detail in Episode 2, then took a look (in Episode 3) at the major natural gas pipelines already criss-crossing the region that are being reworked and expanded to provide increased gas takeaway capacity. In Episode 4 and Episode 5 we considered the gas processing and fractionation assets of MarkWest Energy Partners, and in Episode 6 how the elements of MarkWest’s “machine” are designed to function efficiently, even in the event of NGL-takeaway disruptions. Then, in Episode 7, we looked at the NGL-related assets of Blue Racer Midstream, and in Episode 8 we examined the assets of five other NGL players in the Marcellus/Utica. Throughout the series, we’ve been aided in our discussion gets a big assist by RBN Energy’s new Pipeline GIS mapping function, which allows users to zero in on specific assets or groups of assets, and to add in (or take out) layers of assets—all with the idea of helping to understand how the region’s midstream assets fit together.
The last pieces of the region’s NGL puzzle are takeaway capacity and local consumers, whose combined receipt of NGLs needs to roughly match the volumes being produced (minus any ethane being rejected into outlet gas). First, let’s look at pipelines. There are a total of seven existing or planned NGL takeaway pipelines out of the Marcellus/Utica, some ethane-only, some capable of moving batches of ethane and other NGLs, and one planned system focused on moving mixed or “Y-grade” NGLs.
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What is a tunic? Is it a dress or a top? Well, tunics are available in wide varieties of styles, and when it comes to giving your style the best award, you should go for tunics. Embracing this piece of outfit is a matter of great choice. Apart from that, you will also have to remember that tunic needs right accessories. If you fail to accessorize this dress correctly, you might end up looking less stylish. This is something that you do not want at all. When you pair it up with the right shoe, jewelry and belt, you can go all the way to looking super stylish, smart and extravagant.
In fact, it is important to know the right way of accessorizing. This is because while minimal jewelry will accentuate the look of a tunic, using excess jewelry can make you look messy. Therefore, you will have to be confident about what you pair your tunic with for the perfect look. In this article, we will discuss some of the ways to accessorize your tunic to make it look highly trendy.
The Right Necklace- The type of necklace you wear will depend on the occasion for wearing the tunic. If you are on shopping or a beach instead of an office or party, you can select beady necklaces. On the other hand, you can use fine chains with precious gems when you are at the beach. Some tunics already come with embellishments at the neck, and they do not need any separate necklaces. A tunic should be embellished with the suitable length. You can try to play around with the length of the neckpieces to find the suitable option for you.
The Bracelet, Ring And Earpiece- If you are wearing a sleeveless or a short sleeved printed tunic, you should try to match it with a bracelet. Go for the ones that compliment your overall look. This is applicable even for the selection of rings and earrings.
The Choice Of Belt- If you want to define yourself and draw attention, you should surely wear a belt over your cotton tunic. Try to select a wide belt and make sure that it does not clash with the tunic. A band of elastic will also give a good stretch or you can even go for metal belts.
Pairing With The Right Shoe- You will be happy to know that wide varieties of footwear go well with tunics. Right from pumps, boots, sandals and ballet flats, you can try out any of them. However, boots will be the most versatile option regardless of they are in heels or flats. They are even the best when you wear tunics with leggings, skinny jeans, shorts or skirts. With tunics, you should avoid wearing straight cuts, but even if, you wear, you should wear with ballet flats. Pumps are good for dressier tunics. Sandals can bring a more formal look.
You can keep these few things in mind in order to accessorize your tunic in the best way.


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KALAMAZOO – And the gas prices just keep on falling in Southwest Michigan.
The Speedways on South Westnedge Avenue in Portage and Kalamazoo went down, the Speedway on Portage Road went down and the Rich on Oakland Drive in Kalamazoo went down on Monday. All those stations are now at $2.43.9 for regular.
The lowest price in Southwest Michigan has even dropped a penny to $2.40.9. That’s selling at an Admiral on Red Arrow Highway in Stevensville, according to www.gasbuddy.com. The highest price is now $2.57.9 at a Marathon in Bronson.
Around the Kalamazoo-Portage area, the best price remains at $2.41.9 at the BP, Shell, Marathon and Speedway stations on Portage Road near the airport. Along the South Westnedge Avenue corridor, the Shell has dropped to $2.42.9 and the Clark is at $2.46.9. The Quick Stop on West Main Street has gone down to $2.43.9.
The best price for gas in the state is $2.31.9 at a Marathon in Detroit while the highest price is $2.85.9 at a BP in East Lansing near Michigan State University.
Around Southwest Michigan:
$2.42.9, two Speedway stations, Sprinkle Road, Kalamazoo,
$2.45.9, Marathon and Phillips 66, East Michigan, Galesburg,
$2.47.9, Marathon, North Street, Battle Creek,
$2.48.9, Sunoco, M-40, Paw Paw.


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After a bout of social media teasing pop star Taylor Swift made good on a vow to drop new music, releasing early Friday the rainbow-colored video for her latest single, “ME!” The chipper track the 29-year-old superstar says celebrates individuality is a sharp departure from her previous album and much harsher lead single and video for “Look What You Made Me Do,” which went heavy on black and white and saw her grapple with her very public celebrity dramas.
“’Me!’ is a song about embracing your individuality and really celebrating it and owning it,” Swift told ABC late Thursday, where she made a brief appearance at the National Football League draft.
“With a pop song, we have the ability to get a melody stuck in people’s heads,” she said. “I just want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves, not worse.”
The video bathed in pastel—something of a psychedelic mash-up between Mary Poppins and kaleidoscopic 60s musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg—sees Swift engage in relatively banal arguments with a love interest, played by the singer Brendon Urie of Vegas rock band Panic! at the Disco, who also contributes vocals.
In the video featuring cats and a heavy dose of unicorn imagery, Swift memorably shouts out “Spelling is fun!” midway through but proceeds to spell nothing.
Swift has seen a decline in her status in the industry—scoring just one nomination at this year’s Grammys, where pop was largely ignored in favor of hip hop and country-tinged work—but commercially remains a megastar.
Her last international tour reportedly grossed $345.7 million over seven months, after which she released a concert film on Netflix.
She has not yet revealed details of a new album but will appear in a film adaptation of Cats, set for a December release.


Afghanistan’s spinner Mujib-ur-Rahman has joined his national teammates, cricket sensation Rashid Khan and all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, after he was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction on Thursday.
On the Thursday auction that lasted for at least three hours, Sunrisers Hyderabad had the least amount of purse and number of players to pick.
Sunrisers Hyderabad picked their first player of the day just before the session was ending.
Sunrisers picked a total of three players - left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, veteran batsman Kedar Jadhav and Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.
Mujeeb, who was part of the Kings XI Punjab side last year, now has joined Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan, who have been part of the franchise for a few years now.
Sunrisers Hyderabad has bolstered their spin bowling stock with the addition of Suchith and Mujeeb while Nadeem, Rashid, Nabi and Abhishek Sharma are already in the squad.
Sunrisers squad for IPL 2021
David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, W Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Zadran, J Suchith


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Learn more about Anesthesiologists and how to choose the right one for you
Learn more about Anesthesiologists
An anesthesiologist is a physician who specializes in relieving pain and providing total medical care for patients before, during and after surgery. Anesthesiologists are dedicated to protecting and regulating your critical life functions during surgery. As a pain management specialist, an anesthesiologist focuses on pain relief for patients both inside and outside the surgery department in such areas as intensive care units (ICUs) and pain clinics. They serve an important role in labor and delivery units administering epidurals and surgical anesthesia for cesarean deliveries.
An anesthesiologist typically:
- Evaluates your medical history, medical condition, and readiness for surgery
- Collaborates and consults with other members of your medical and surgical teams
- Orders and interprets laboratory tests and X-rays
- Administers pain-relieving drugs and local, regional and general anesthesia
- Monitors, protects and regulates all your vital signs and critical life functions during procedures that require anesthesia
- Prescribes medications
- Diagnoses and treats surgical and anesthesia complications during and after surgery, life-threatening conditions requiring critical care, acute and chronic pain conditions, and sleep disorders
- Provides palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care
There are 1870 specialists practicing Anesthesiology in New Jersey with an overall average rating of 4.1 stars. There are 97 hospitals in New Jersey with affiliated Anesthesiology specialists, including Cooper University Hospital, Saint Clare's Denville Hospital and Holy Name Medical Center.


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“The sexual intercourse is not evident not because of censorship issues but because i wanted to celebrate the act of sharing such an intimate and deep matter as sex is.”
Since June is the month for Pride parades, she felt compelled to create a piece that could celebrate and express her admiration for the cause. The new mural was painted on a rooftop and, according to the artists, is intended to “shine” like a lighthouse, also metaphorically speaking.
MP5 MP5 is a muralist, illustrator, painter, but also an alternative comic book maker, mostly known for her large black and white murals with a clearly illustrative style. Her work is deeply reflective, and in her murals, there are remains of her political poster design, Eastern philosophy and a desire to communicate this thoughts with the viewer.
Her murals are expression of a unique style, emphasising their contoured shapes which she paints in black and white, sometimes adding bold colours to it.
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.


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House prices across Connecticut rose 2 percent in September, a new report shows, but the gains weren't as robust as the greater Hartford area.
The median sale price of a single-family house in Connecticut — in which half the sales are above, half below — was $255,000, compared with $250,000 for the same month a year ago, according to the report from Connecticut Realtors, an industry and lobbying group.
The median price registered a gain for the second month in a row in September, on a 2.6-percent increase in sales.
House sale prices have been more robust in greater Hartford. Last week, the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors reported a 5.5-percent rise in the median price, the sixth straight monthly increase. Sales were slower in September, however, rising just 1 percent.
Last week, the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.52 percent with an average 0.5 point, compared with 3.79 percent for the same week a year ago, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. But the average for 30-year, fixed-rate home loans was higher than the previous week, which came in at 3.47 percent.
Connecticut's smaller condominium market did not fare as well in September. The median sale price slid 1.8 percent, to $165,000 from $168,000 for the same month a year ago. Sales declined 1.4 percent in the same period.
Since the recession, the housing recovery in Connecticut has been uneven. Sales of single-family houses posted double-digit, year-over-year increases in 2012 and 2013, with prices registering a gain in 2013.
Sales were disappointingly flat in 2014, and prices again lost ground, with a slow spring market mostly to blame. In 2015, the spring market was far more robust, with an upswing in sales continuing into the fall. Sales ended last year with strong gains, but prices did not post an overall increase.


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Saud Anwar Becomes First Muslim Mayor in Connecticut
Cairo: Muslims have warmly welcomed the appointment of M. Saud Anwar to be South Windsor's first Muslim mayor, marking a major milestone for the Islamic community in Connecticut. "Congratulations; may Allah be your help. We need more Muslims in public service like this," wrote one well-wisher on Anwar's Facebook page, The Courant reported. "Hats off dude," wrote another.
A native of Karachi, Pakistan, Anwar, 46, came to the US in 1991, settling first in Illinois, where his grandmother lived, before moving to Connecticut to attend Yale University, where he received a master's degree in public health and did his training in pulmonary medicine.
The history-making selection, however, has passed almost unnoticed in American media. Not only the selection, Anwar's religion has been scarcely noted during a campaign dominated by taxes, sewer charges and all the typical meat-and-potatoes matters that generally shape municipal elections. Yet, for leaders of the Muslim community, the low-profile coverage reflected a growing acceptance for Muslims in politics.
"Our community has been a very accepting community," said Anwar, a Yale-educated physician who moved to town in 1999. "We live in an embracing town where people are respected for who they are and for what they do rather than what they look like or what their belief is ... that's one of the things that make you fall in love with South Windsor."
Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), agreed. Hooper called it "a good sign for the normalization of Muslims in the American political process." Coming seven years after Keith Ellison of Minnesota became the first Muslim elected to Congress, the political clout of American Muslims has grown, Hooper said. "We're seeing more and more Muslim public officials around the country," Hooper observed. "The first of any kind of civic participation is newsworthy, but as more enter the political process, it becomes less newsworthy."
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