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Remember the old Westerns where card players leaned back on their wooden chairs so they could extract aces from their boots, and they didn’t play table stakes so eventually somebody’s horse or farm would be in the pot? Well that’s not what I mean by Wild West. I mean more in the spirit of things: do whatever you want, only the tough survive, shoot first and ask questions later kind of thing.
I played in a wild west type game yesterday at Wintergarden East on Gratiot just south of 21 Mile Road. Most people think that because the address is Chesterfield that it is closer to 23 Mile Road, but no. You will end up roaming the prairie without luck if you get off I-94 at 23 Mile Road looking for this room. Head south to the 21 Mile Road exit and take a left on Gratiot, second building on the right with the big sign outside. Poker room is to the right of the entrance and restaurant is to the left.
The last few times I have played there it has been one table running, and this time wasn’t any different. I have seen two tables of cash $1/$2 NLHE running there, but only once. There is also fairly constant blackjack action going on in the room. There were some players trying to hit 21 yesterday when I walked in, and lucky me there was an open seat at the poker table. I bought in for the maximum $200, and sat between a couple of younger fellows who were very pleasant. For certain the action was on the other end of the table. From what he was sharing with the table, he was a sports bettor who had been running good at baseball, and he had some money to push us donkeys around on the felt.
He was primarily the action at the table at first, but later on he busted out and was replaced by another tall, bearded desperado who wasn’t scared of any pre-flop raise, and never met a flop he didn’t like. The action took a wild turn when the sports bettor returned to the felt with more bullets. These heroes of the west were supported by a couple of tough opponents who were not going to be intimidated by their shenanigans. There was seat 5, a regular at Wintergarden who had been at the table at every session I had played there. He busted at one time and came back after hitting the ATM. Who can blame him? The game was that juicy. Then later in the session there was the southern gentleman with wire-frame glasses on my left, who also was not afraid to get it in against these ruffians, as he went all in on the very first hand he played, and won a huge pot without a showdown. He claimed to have a very good hand, and I believed him.
Not to be left out of these cast of characters was a young gunslinger, a former guest on the podcast, who I was very happy to see was still playing the circuit. He sat next to me and told me about living with Joe Cada and going on a poker cruise with him a group of friends, and playing a $2/$5 game on the cruise that was even more crazy than the one we were playing in. He recounted how he couldn’t believe the rich business men who went on these cruises and would keep going back to their cabin for more cash, and how he won as much as $25K during his one-week cruise. He had also made some deep runs in Vegas during WSOP, but no wins, and he kept lamenting not hitting a top 5 score where the real money is. Such is the life of the tournament players where the riches lie at the very top of the summit. This fellow is actually more of cash game specialist, but I could tell by his stories that the tournament bug had bit him, and we may still be hearing of better exploits from him in the future.
I essentially was involved in two meaningful hands during this crazy session. But before sharing the hand histories I have to set the stage for what was going on. Everyone was straddling at least $5-$10 on the button, but the action guy, let’s call him Dave, was straddling from UTG or from the button for either $17 or $30 depending on his whim. If he saw any cards that he liked, it was all-in pre-flop. The amazing thing to me was how no one else at the table seemed to be adjusting to this. They would still call the straddle thinking the option would be checked, and then invariably have to tank/fold when Dave made it $200 or $250 all-in. Dave had a tendency to miscall his hand before showdown too, so you had to be careful not to muck. While I was there he never got anyone to fold the winning hand, but once he claimed to have AQ for top pair top kicker and then showed AJ to lose a huge pot. That player almost mucked throwing his hand face down on the felt, but flipped them over at the last moment. Another time Dave claimed to have two pair and the bearded guy, let’s call him Jim, had already noticed his ways and made Dave show his complete air and then saying, “this guy never tells the truth.” But he chuckled afterwards, as if he somehow enjoyed Dave’s bravado.
Later on in the session when the southern gentleman joined the table, let’s call him Beau, things got even crazier. Dave went on a little bit of tilt and was straddling for $50, and shoving pre-flop on his option for as much as $500, then he would show a hand like 8c 4c. He did fold from time to time, but it must have been really no draws, no overs and no pairs for him to do so because it was a rare occurrence. One of those times was Beau’s first hand, where Beau called the $60 raise on the straddle and then went all-in on the flop and everyone including Dave folded.
So what do you do if you’re playing in this kind of game where you might be forced to go all-in pre-flop for 100 big blinds without aces or kings? First of all, you have to make a few assumptions. The two hands every orbit where Dave is straddling, you have to have a big pair, I’d say jacks or better to play. Typically I’ve seen suggested that if someone is three betting you light, you can defend/four-bet with pocket eights or better, but when you might be the three-bet and the four-bet is an all-in for 100 big blinds or more, you want something that dominates his range, like a big pair against smaller pair (80% to win) or a big pair against two smaller cards (76% to 88% to win). So you might not ever play a hand when Dave is straddling in this scenario. And I didn’t.
But Beau did. He called a $30 straddle in the cutoff, I assume because there were a couple of calls ahead of him, but who knows; maybe he just felt lucky. Dave predictably went all-in for over $400. He got a call from Jim, and now Beau looked down on his K6o thinking, what do I do now? Well, he called, and hit a king on the river to beat Dave’s pocket fours. Dave still won a huge side pot from Jim, but Beau got lucky in a situation where he had to win a race for all his chips. This is called high variance play of course, and you can make a lot of money quickly if you have the bankroll for it, or lose a lot of money quickly too. But to each his own.
Now what about the hands where it was only a $5 or $10 straddle by other players at the table? You still have to watch the action and your position closely, because if betting gets re-opened by someone three-betting or four-betting and it gets back to Dave or Jim, it’s all-in or nothing. So you pick your spots. Learn who are the passive players who will only raise with real hands, so even if you’re not closing the action, you can play a hand when you know the players behind you are just going to call.
So there was a lot of folding for me at this game, but in the first hand I played, the player two to my left had straddled for $5, and Dave raised it to $15 and there had been three other callers before me. I knew the button was probably just going to call the bet, so I also called with 9h Th and about $210 behind. Six players to the flop and the pot is already $90. Flop comes 4h 7h 9s. Again, please forgive me if I don’t get all the details right in these hands, but the general themes should be correct. Surprisingly, Dave checked, but the regular I had mentioned before, let’s call him Tony, he bets $20. $20? Jim calls, and it gets to me. Now, there is $130 in the pot, so if I make a pot sized bet I will have $90 behind. Logical conclusion is shove $210. But that just didn’t seem like it would follow a logical progression to the other players at the table. Player bets $20, I raise $200? The thing is, I’m never folding this hand to any raise. So should I have shoved in this spot? What do you guys think? I decided to raise to $60, less than half the pot, but three times the original bet and leaves me a nice $150 bet on the turn. Everyone folded to Dave who insta-called. Tony, who had played a fair amount with me in the past, decided to fold. Jim insta-called as well.
Now, I’m not surprised these two players are still in the hand, but I am surprised that neither of them shoved. They are certainly not afraid of getting stacks in with draws, but like I said they do sometimes fold, and I was hoping that they were both on draws and that I didn’t hit my ten-high flush. The turn is 5c. Dave and Jim both check, and I jam my $150 without hesitation. Again, I’m never folding on the flop, so I have no reason to slow down here. Now something scary happens, Dave insta-calls my shove. It must not have been only scary to me, because Jim also tanks and decides to fold. So I’m heads up with Dave for all my chips, and I don’t know what I’m hoping for. Do I want my flush to come? Do I want a blank? Do I want a nine? Probably a ten is safest, but it might still not be good enough to win.
River is a 7, and I flip over my pair of nines with ten kicker for two pair, Dave mucks and Jim loses his mind. “That’s all you had?” Obviously a classic case where I got the worst hand to call and the best hand to fold. Priceless. Well, actually it cost me about $225, but I got it all back with a nice pot on top.
I played one more hand where I turned 5s 4s into trips with a questionable call on my part that got me paid off handsomely on the river. But it was all about playing in position and implied odds. Beau asked after the hand derisively, “You called a $20 bet with a pair of fives on that flop?” I just nodded and gave him the good old, “I just got lucky.”
So I hope you can see that you don’t have to play only premium hands in these wild west games to be a winner, but you do have to pick your spots carefully. There is a lot of folding if you’re not gambling with the action players, so be prepared for a long ride through the canyons. Hopefully it will end with you cashing out a monster stack and riding off into the sunset.


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Words from my 22yr old self
I’m going through my old emails to delete those I no longer need to free up some space. I stumbled upon an email I sent to my friend when I was 22. It made me smile so I thought to share it here. Enjoy. Forgive any lack of wisdom, it was a long time ago. :)
Hello. Hi. So, in about two weeks I’m gonna be 23 *gasp*. I’m getting old yo. Anyway of late I’ve been thinking of who I am, who I’m becoming, my beliefs and all. And I just thought to write down 22 things I’ve either learnt, grown to believe or come to know for sure in the past year. So here goes …
1. Perhaps the greatest lesson so far has been that we are not meant to live apart from pain and hardships but through it. I know we probably all wish life didn’t suck sometimes and want to go through life dodging anything that is remotely hard or painful. However whatever you do, wherever you are, whoever you are; pain will always be there. Of course some people’s pain seems more intense than ours or vice versa however none of us can avoid it. So you grow up and realize that you’ve got to learn to live through it, and not apart from it.
2. I believe that for as long as I’m alive, WHATEVER happens or doesn’t happen to me, I will always be fine. Each day I wake up and surrender everything to a higher power, to God. Somehow I’ve just grown to trust more in the unseen, because a lot happens there. I don’t try to manipulate people or situations to my advantage. No, I just trust that I will always be fine.
3. I know nothing in the world depends on me. That has made my decision making so much easier. I know whether I pick A or B the sun will rise tomorrow when it’s meant to and set again as it is supposed to. In essence, the world won’t fall apart. Often times we obsess about making the right decision as if the world depends on it (what pressure!). I’ve freed myself of that burden. I do what feels right. If it works out, great! If it doesn’t (refer to #2) I will be fine.
4. Almost everything in life is a gamble. There’s no telling from the beginning if anything you choose to do will work out or not. And so I close my eyes and take a leap of faith. Faith and trust. That’s what that has taught me. I trust that not knowing if it will work out or not; every decision I make is right for me in that moment. If in a few days or weeks down the line it turns out it wasn’t, no biggie. I can start all over. I apply the same principle to dating. There’s no guarantee from the beginning that a lover will be perfect. But you take a chance. And if it turns out great, awesome! If it doesn’t, not a train smash either.
5. People can love you AND still hurt you. Not everything is black and white. Life is one huge grey area itself. We tend to think more in terms of “either/or” instead of “and”. Eg either a person loves you OR they’ll hurt you. Instead of a person can love you AND hurt you. Also, that’s not intentional. They can anyway. Also, the opposite isn’t always true. Just because you think someone who loves you will never hurt you doesn’t mean if they then hurt you they hate you.
6. I have learnt to live in the moment, to be fully present in each moment because the time is always now. This is something I’ve observed in my relationship with my boyfriend. And it’s something I tell him quite often. That I’m not with him cos I think he’ll someday be a great daddy to my kids or even a great hubby. I’m with him because I love who he is now. I hope to love who he will become but I’m not with him for his future self. Because, tomorrow is not promised. What if I die before that future self materializes? Will I sacrifice my happiness now for something that might never be? Well, my answer is no. He makes me happy now and that is enough. Time is always now. Remember that. Always.
7. I am surrounded by the most amazing people in my life right now. I truly believe people are strategically placed in our lives for a reason. And so that forces me to pay attention to the people I’m spending my time with. I’m amazed by what may seem like chance meetings. Blown away by the friendships I could have NEVER imagined! Right now there’s an amazing person I’m friends with who’s originally from the Philippines. There’s absolutely NO WAY I could ever imagined meeting her. Ever. And yet I’m so grateful we met. Oh man! Life can be sooo beautiful sometimes! Always pay attention. No one is in your life by mistake. I am friends with yet another amazing lady from the USA. We met at the airport. And almost 2yrs later, we are still friends. Again, I could have NEVER imagined being friends with a girl with a cute accent. So yea, that leads me to the next point.
8. I’ve learnt to stop being a control freak. Quit all the planning and scheming. If everything went according to MY plans, I would have NEVER met the two ladies mentioned above. Because, how do you imagine two perfect strangers in distant lands and somehow manage to fit them in your plans when you’ve never met them? I know this sounds a tad irresponsible but hey, works for me! I don’t have solid plans I cannot deviate from. Sometimes, if not ALL the time, the universe, God has much bigger and better plans. I promise you guys, I’m constantly blown away by the surprises that happen to me. There are some things we can NEVER imagine because what we imagine depends on how much we already know. We know so little. So most of the time I just show up and oh my, I am blown away each time! Now I wanna hug somebody! Because. Life is beautiful. I live for all the pleasant surprises. Stuff happening without my input or tireless planning. I have really surrendered my need to have it all figured and just chosen to trust. And well, I haven’t been let down so far.
9. I don’t care about being right or perfect anymore. We are all full of shit. The earlier you understand that, the better. That’s also worked wonders for my esteem. I mean, I burnt all pedestals I had and brought everyone down to the same ground I walk on. We are the same. All messed up and broken. I’m not looking to anyone to be my savior. No one is anyone’s savior. I’m not trying to save or fix anyone and I don’t want anyone doing that to me. I am okay, enough. And that makes my heart really happy. I am happy. I am at peace. My mistakes? I own them. There’s no wrong or right way of doing this life thing. After all, we are ALL just doing it for the first time. Trust yourself honey. I have learnt to :)
10. Life is short. Someday I will die. That doesn’t scare me. I mean? What do I have to do that I have to be on earth forever? I’m thankful for each and every day. I will do whatever makes my heart happy until it stops beating. And when that happens? Best believe I will rest in perfect peace. I’m busy earning that rest right now. Live while you’re alive.
11. And that sign everyone keeps waiting for to know they’re doing the right thing or to show them what they should do? Hahah that sign doesn’t exist. If you wait for it, we will bury you while you’re still waiting. Again, I close my eyes and take the leap. The fact that my heart burns for something is often times the only sign I need to know I should do it. If it turns out I was right? Great! If it doesn’t? Not a train smash.
12. I love poetry. I love it so much sometimes it feels like the oxygen my lungs need. And so I read beautiful words, because what is the purpose of life if not to enjoy it?
13. I am happier now than I’ve ever been in possibly all my life. Something to do with that whole surrender, faith and trust thing. You know what? The sturdy hands, they carry me. And by sturdy hands I mean God’s sturdy hands. At least that’s how I feel 99% of the time. Like I am held firmly by a hand that cannot be shaken. So I still my soul and rest in that knowledge because, what can shake me if the hand that holds me cannot be shaken?
14. I’ve found freedom. From all the rules and standards society keeps churning. I don’t have to follow any of them. I only follow what’s best or works for me. And that is all. I am not the general manager of the universe.
15. I’ve stopped being judgmental of people’s choices and actions. You know that saying(proverb?), “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”? Yea. I read a story once of how a young lady contemplating suicide was saved by an unplanned pregnancy. While she was thinking of committing suicide someone commented on her pregnancy and told her that children were a blessing from The Lord. In that moment she really felt like AND believed God had seen her worthy and blessed her with that child. While we may have looked at her at thought she was unlucky or the baby was a curse cos she was gonna raise her alone. To her that was her new found reason for living. So yea. What may look like a curse to you may in actual fact be someone’s greatest blessing. Quit the judgment. I have no doubt God has the ability to use anything to help us out. And he can use an unplanned pregnancy to save a life. You are not God. Don’t place limits on what he can and cannot do.
16. That also has taught me that our priorities will differ just as we are different. You get a job and get a car and suddenly you think anyone who’s working and doesn’t have a car is a loser. Wrong. Someone can very well afford a car but may not necessarily want one. So good for me does not mean good for everyone.
17. Still in the same breath I have learnt to not assume anything or ignore who people are for who I think they are or should be. E.g. because I’m a Christian I cannot assume every person I meet is a Christian. I take that as an offense really if you do that. Cos then you’re choosing to disregard who a whole person is and what they believe for who you think they should be and should believe. Just because I prefer dating guys I can’t ask every girl I meet about their boyfriend. Because they may actually be into girls. So I pay attention. I listen and let people tell me who they are and what they believe instead of assuming. I would like to think that’s what Jesus would do. If you don’t like alcohol, great! Just don’t assume I also don’t like it because YOU don’t. Let people be. If you can’t handle people being themselves around you, then you have a problem.
18. Now I know for sure that appetite grows by eating. I like writing but I don’t always feel like writing. Sometimes I have to write so I can feel like writing. So maybe instead of waiting for inspiration you can let it catch up with you. Yes? Yes!
19. I actually like the person I am right now. As in, I wholeheartedly love me. I would put a ring on me even if I didn’t have to!
20. I don’t have all the answers. In fact I don’t think I have any answers at all. I present all my questions to God each day and hope I’m attentive enough to either see or hear the answers when he gives them to me.
21. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of being present! There’s so much beauty surrounding us but you will miss it if you’re always focused on the next thing. Come back to this moment dear. You are here, right now. Pay attention. Be present.
22. “Should be” is a lie. There is nothing I should have or be by now. I am always at the right place at the right time. Wherever I am is exactly where I’m meant to be. “Should be” is a lie.
Bonus: And finally, life is beautiful! Of course they’ll be rough patches here and there but still that doesn’t make life any less beautiful than it already is! So find the beauty. Enjoy it. Someday your heart will stop beating. Let it not be because it was hardened by all the ugliness of this life, but because you lived until you were all lived out!

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When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.
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View Full Version : How many motors can i drive with a propeller ?
09-17-2007, 11:14 PM
I want to drive 6 cc motors, each of one could be driven with a mouse wheel encoder, to give the scale of the rotation, and another mouse wheel encoder, for the PID driving.
So, for each motor, I need 2 I/O for the PWM, and clockwise or not rotation, 2x2 I/O for each brace of encoders (number of impulses + QEI),or I am wrong ?
So, can I drive at least 5 motors with one propeller ?
And is there some trick to drive 6 motors ?
Tx a lot for your infos.
09-17-2007, 11:27 PM
You could definitely use an I2C I/O expander (MCP23008) for the direction control lines.
Also I've played around with the idea of using an SPI I/O expander (MCP23S08) to read quadrature encoders.
The I/O expander can be put into a continuous read mode so you basically get a shift register.
Also it has interrupt capabilities. I haven't actually done this yet, but I don't see any reason why it
As for cog utilization, I managed to get an assembly driver that generated 3 pwm signals at a time.
So I know it could be done with just 2 cogs, but I think you could probably to it with 1 cog.
However you end up doing the encoders it should only take 1 cog to handle 6 encoders.
09-17-2007, 11:44 PM
I'm not sure why you need two encoders per motor. There's an object in the Object Exchange that handles up to 16 gray code position encoders with one cog and provides both absolute and relative position information.
6 motors would require 12 I/O pins. 6 encoders would require another 12 I/O pins for a total of 24. The main problem you will run into is the shortage of cogs. Most of the PWM drivers written so far use 1-2 cogs per motor. One, for example, uses a single cog to generate the PWM and temporarily uses a 2nd cog to handle any ramping. It should be possible to combine the two functions with careful coding so you'd have one cog per motor plus one cog to handle the encoders and the last cog would be available for external communication or something else.
It should also be possible to handle multiple motors using one cog with assembly language since the actual instruction speed is quite fast and deterministic. Assembly language in general is not for beginners and the Propeller has some special features that would take some time to learn properly for something of this complexity.
09-18-2007, 12:52 AM
Tx a lot for your very quick reply.
My 6 motors are used to move a robotic arm.
I need 2 encoders per motor because 1 encoder is setted on a master arm, and gives the scale for each DOF (so each motor) to a slave arm.
The #2 encoder is for a PID controlling.
My problem is that a given DOF can modify another, if needed (to keep the "final finger" at the same spot, for instance, when moving wrist and elbow, for instance, or to scale the motions of the master arm). I forgot to mention that all is connected to a PC, to give some option of moving (so a cog will be used for this task).
So, as I see that propeller has 8 cogs which can exchange infos, I think that it's perhaps more easy for a newbie to controll all the bazar.
With 12+12+12 I/O, i shall surely need 2 propellers, but one is insufficient ?
09-18-2007, 02:10 AM
Vous Ítes francais? Par hasard?
I mean the cc motor isn't exactly easy to understand. I guess you mean courant continue - aka DC?
There is one thing that is a complete mystery to me; why do you need one encoder for position and one for PID? Can you explain? Usually, you use one and the same encoder for all position, speed and acceleration measurement.
09-18-2007, 02:32 AM
You might be able to use a 74hc595 serial to 8 bit parallel chip. Tri state outputs too, so maybe only one line to motor's power circuit... Be that as it may, you can probably
add as many as you need to fan out to lots of motors. Your limit would be then getting the encoders tied to pins.
09-18-2007, 03:23 AM
Yes I am french, and CC is DC (I hesitated about the DC abbreviation).
My idea is to drive one motor, exactly as if I drive it with a mouse : a vertical movment= a rotation of a motor, for instance, an horizontal mvt = a rotation of another motor....and so on.
So I can fit one encoder on each DOF of a master arm, and I just move it handly, and the slave arm can reproduce the movment.
So I need 2 encoders per motor to drive my arm (slave arm) : one encoder is to measure the motion of the master arm, and the other is here to control the PID of the movment of the slave arm.
I can also save on HD all the motions datas, and replicate the motion : then only the #2 encoder is used....
So, I can use also a PIC, as 16F88, to drive one motor (one PIC=PWM+PID of one motor).
But as my project could work with many means (drived with the master arm, reproducing a saved motion, slave finger on the spot - here i move some DOF of the master arm, but the slave finger has to stay at the same position, so more of one slave DOF has to change if only one master DOF is changed, and others means that i surely discover when all this bazar will run ...) the propeller seems interesting to me ....
Post Edited (t2nt2n) : 9/17/2007 9:20:24 PM GMT
09-18-2007, 06:49 AM
Since you need so many encoder channels it would make sense to look at external encoder counting ICs. www.tranzistoare.ro/datasheets2/85/85469_1.pdf (http://www.tranzistoare.ro/datasheets2/85/85469_1.pdf) the LS7366 looks like a nice part for this. (I found this with a quick google search for "quadrature counter")
Now adding six or twelve of this chip may turn out to be more expensive than an extra Propeller, who knows? I've also seen older counter ICs that communicate with an 8-bit bus.
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Respondent, a private citizen, sought to recover damages from petitioner, the President of the U.S., based on actions that allegedly took place before his term began. Petitioner argued that in all but the most exceptional cases, the U.S. Constitution requires federal courts to delay such litigation until the President's term ends.
- The court held that the doctrine of separation of powers did not require federal courts to stay all private actions against the President until he leaves office.
- However, the court held that it was appropriate for the district court to consider potential burdens on the President in evaluating the management of the case.
- It was an abuse of discretion for the district court to delay the trial until after petitioner leaves office.
The court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to dismiss and reversing the district court's order issuing a stay because respondent had a right to an orderly disposition of her claims.
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Late last month, when Californian artist Lou Ella unveiled her new single Summer Of Love, we were immediately hooked on her soulful pop sounds.
So fresh off the track’s release, we caught up with the artist herself to chat all about it.
Fresh off the release of her incredible new single Summer Of Love, we caught up with California-based artist Lou Ella for a chat.
HAPPY: Hey, how’s it going? What are you up to at the moment?
LOU: Hey, things are going great. I’m currently working on a new song that is not part of the EP, it’s a song that’s gonna get people moving. I’m already dancing to it alone in my bedroom, I’m going to shoot a video for the song. Toying with the idea of going around LA nightlife with a camera and shooting what happens.
HAPPY: We’re loving Summer Of Love! How does it feel having the track out there in the world?
LOU: It’s exciting! I’ve been getting a lot of love for the song – it’s still the beginning but the numbers are growing every day and a bunch of my fans are adding it to their playlists. I’m definitely feeling it.
HAPPY: Could you tell us a little bit about the song?
LOU: The song on the surface is about good times but it’s also about a toxic relationship. Sounds confusing, I know. Lyrically it’s all about great memories of a summer fling but when I wrote it, I was talking about someone who ended being very bad for me. It’s the sweet cherry on top of a sour cake.
HAPPY: How do you see this new single as being different from past material? If at all…
LOU: This song and the upcoming EP were all about feeling for me, no rules just vibes. Going in the studio I had a vision for each song, I knew the sounds. Past material I’ve released I’m very proud of but I was still dabbling, I hadn’t yet defined the kind of music I wanted to make and perform. This is an ongoing process and will constantly grow, change, evolve. I like the idea of sharing that evolution with fans as opposed to only going out there when everything is perfect.
HAPPY: This is the first track of your upcoming EP… is Summer Of Love a good representation of the other tracks on there? Or do you go down a few different avenues?
LOU: I think the whole EP is built around a similar foundation, percussions are present on all tracks, the piano usually drives, but some songs have a guitar instead, the amazing gospel singers are present on all tracks but one. One’s more rocksteady, one’s more bluesy, one feels like you’re in space. It’s a journey and I’m extremely proud of the EP and cannot wait to share the whole trip with the world!
HAPPY: Are there any particular artists you’re really digging at the moment?
LOU: I’ve been into Jorja Smith, H.E.R, Tash Sultana I’m obsessed with, and Billie Eilish.
HAPPY: What’s next for Lou Ella beyond the new EP? Any other exciting plans in the works?
LOU: I’m releasing a lot of music this year and shooting videos and hopefully land my first festival. I’m also prepping some cool new sounds.
HAPPY: Cheers for the chat!
Summer Of Love is available now. Listen above.


By LORENZO RECUPERO
The NFL officially released the schedule for the New England Patriots 2020 season and it isn’t a particularly easy one.
The 16 opponents on the schedule have a combined .530 winning percentage from a season ago.
Because of this (and you know, losing arguably the best quarterback in NFL history), the sports media is abuzz with predictions the Patriots and Coach Belichick will lay down and tank (purposely lose games to secure a higher draft pick) in order to get a chance at the multi-talented, extremely coveted Clemson quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, in next year’s draft.
Amongst the pundits, the Pats’ season slate was labeled a ‘perfect tanking for Trevor schedule’.
After losing out in the bring-Tom-Brady-back sweepstakes, such a schedule and a chance at Trevor is a huge break for the rebuilding Pats and ol’ faithful schemer Belichick, right?
And here’s why.
First, if we are to dispel the theory of the Pats tanking, we have to look closely at all angles and at the biggest development this off-season: quarterback Tom Brady has left the building.
This is a multifaceted loss, which we will get into more next, but in plain sight it means we lose Brady-type production at the most valuable position in football.
Yes, Brady’s typical highlight reel output was waning last season and too many dead ducks found their way off his hand, but he was still a vastly productive QB while in New England overall (no one I know can argue that).
The man currently owns 50+ (yep, that many) NFL records including, but not limited to, the most postseason touchdown passes all-time (73), Super Bowl appearances (nine) and victories (six). We can go on, but it would take a while.
All that said, Belichick and owner Robert Kraft were still content with letting him go.
That can only mean one thing: no one player is bigger than the program.
Secondly, New England has built itself up to nothing less than dominant over the last 20 seasons with Brady under center, winning their division 16 of the last 17 years.
The continued streak of success has done more than help win championships.
After each successful season, the foundation for the following year was set, teams feared playing the Patriots even more.
Coaches, players, trainers, entire organizations had to alter how they were going to prepare and play Belichick and the Pats because they were equipped with the ultimate winner in Brady and they were damn good and feared because of it.
These type of practice and in-game alterations meant playing the Patriots made other teams uncomfortable. The discomfort forced onto other teams could’ve only helped pave the way to such prolonged success. Brady and Belichick played with the psyche of teams, because facing them meant going up against football titans and almost surely a loss.
And that means just one thing: Belichick must continue to win to remain intimidating.
Is second-year QB Jared Stidham the guy to keep the fear meter in opponents heightened? That’s anyones guess outside of the Patriots’ organization. On paper, he’s only thrown four professional passes (2-4, 14 yards, 1 interception, 1 sack).
But even with the unknown of Stidham, if the Patriots submit to a culture of losing to try and secure an unproven prospect, they lose their winning culture.
Brady (or Gronk) or not, Beichick doesn’t seem like the type to stick around for anything but winning.
So, don’t expect the Patriots to try and do the opposite next season.


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Canada experienced an earthquake on Thursday, July 17.
The quake was felt in Yukon during the early hours in the morning around 5 o'clock. Certain parts of the area were affected by the tremor which was felt along the Alaska-Yukon border.
According to Natural Resources Canada, the earthquake details are as follows. The magnitude is 6.0 ML. It occurred at 04:49:33 PDT (local time), which means it was around 10 pm in New South Wales, Australia on the same day. The approximate location of the area where it was felt was South-Western Yukon and South-Eastern Alaska. It was felt in Whitehorse and its surrounding areas. The origin of the tremor was at 60.32 North (Latitude) and 140.35 West (Longitude).
The largest earthquake in the region happened long back in 1899. It was September 10 when 8.6 MS earthquake rattled the area. Then again on September 4 there was 8.2 MS earthquake in the same year. There was an 8.4 MS earthquake on March 28, 1964. In a more recent past on August 7, 1992; there was a 6.6 MS tremor.
According to some residents in the locality, the earthquake woke them up from sleep. They felt that their house was shaking and the lamps were swinging. However, not every one of them noticed any damage in the property. The residents said that the locality is earthquake prone as it generally happens once or twice in one calendar year. The U.S. Geological Survey, meanwhile, said that there were several smaller tremors felt after the first one.
Yokon has a population of 33,897 as calculated in 2011. The triangle-shaped federal territory is the smallest one among three such territories in Canada. It has Alaska to its west, British Columbia to its south and the Northwest Territories to its east.
So far, there is no casualty reported due to the earthquake. An earthquake that has a magnitude between 6.0-6.9 is considered as strong. There are generally 100 to 150 such tremors every year.
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The Bruce baseball team opened the 2013 season with a 2-1 loss last Saturday at South Pontotoc.
Trey Hall pitched a complete game for the Trojans allowing only six hits and one earned run.
Hall recorded the only hit the Trojans had at the plate.
“I thought we hit the ball well, just right at them,” Dowdy said.
The new-look Trojans, who graduated eight seniors from last year’s state championship team, started three freshmen and an eighth grader.
“We’re young, but if we’ll im-prove with each game out I think we’ll be where we want to be by end of the season,” Dowdy said.
The Trojans are scheduled to host East Webster Friday at 6:30 p.m. and travel to Vardaman Saturday at 1 p.m.

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World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. It aims at raising global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature.
The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. Since 1973, it is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme. This year it's 'Raise your voice, not the sea level'.
The most catastrophic environmental disasters and fines paid by companies in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.


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Getting in trouble with the IRS is on most people’s top nightmares of all-time list. It doesn’t matter if you are on the most scenic getaway of your life, news from the IRS is enough to ruin anyone’s day. I am not immune to it either. Even unopened, a letter from the IRS can send any of us over the edge. There is reason to be worried, but there are also resources to help deal with almost any situation.
Do Not Panic
The IRS will contact you by mail for a variety of reasons. While I completely sympathize with the fear around receiving a letter from the IRS, sometimes there is no reason to worry at all. This is the case for IRS Notice 797 for example, which actually notifies you that you may be eligible for a refund. Other notices are quite common, like IRS CP2000 notices, which are distributed to millions each year. If the IRS finds a discrepancy between your income information and your tax return, you will receive this CP2000 notice. I will repeat what I said before: do not panic, but educate yourself and be proactive.
Identify the Problem
Bite the bullet. Procrastination will only increase your stress levels. I would suggest that you begin by determining what seems to be the problem. It could be paying a sum you owe to the IRS in back taxes, but it could also be as simple as needing to complete missing information. The procedure can be as straightforward as opening the letter or notice you’ve received from the IRS.
Decide whether you agree with the information, statement, or amount you are requested to pay if this applies. You can do so by comparing your own copy of your tax return with what is presented in the letter that the IRS has sent you. Note that all your dealings with the IRS are time-sensitive, as interest is added to penalties immediately. The two cardinal sins a taxpayer can commit are filing taxes late and not paying enough.
Follow the IRS instructions
Taxes can get confusing for anyone, especially people whose income does not stem from a salary. The self-employed taxpayers who live off passive income or other investments are prone to penalties, only because they are not operating in the more rudimentary withholdings model of tax payment.
Whatever your payment plan with the IRS, time is of the essence. This rule is true of most tax organizations across the world, so it should not come as a surprise that timeliness matters so much for the IRS.
Appeal a Claim
The IRS offers penalty waivers to those who qualify. Depending on what notice you have been dispatched, you should be able to submit a claim for a refund. I would triple check that I am correct in my claim before disputing the IRS.
If you cannot afford the amount the IRS is requiring you to pay, you can argue that paying your debt would put you in financial hardship. Note that waivers are not lifelong sentences. If you should become financially viable, you will be asked to pay the dues that have accrued over the tax period you were exempt from paying.
Another way to avoid paying a penalty is the first-time abatement penalty waiver (FTA). Different rules apply, and as I said you want to exercise due diligence, but it is fair game to try if it is indeed your first time making a mistake with the IRS.
Hire a Professional
To amend a return, submit Form 1040X, also known as the Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. This must be done on paper, not electronically. I would say that if you can fix your problem at the source, you will be in better shape than if you have to argue with what the IRS has taken issue with.
I would highly encourage anyone dealing with tax trouble to seek professional guidance, especially if the IRS decides to audit you. While the IRS rarely pursues for criminal action or fraud, it is always advisable to get ahead of any such charge. The more likely outcome of any engagement with the IRS will be paying up. You can owe up to 75% of the taxes you owe in civil penalties.

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Can high-protein diet cause a large amounts of protein in a person’s urine? Post date: June 3, A high protein diet can increase kidney damage if you already have kidney disease, but a high protein diet does not cause protein in the urine by itself. My blood creatinine of 1. Does this indicate CKD and if so, what stage and what should I do? I live in Indonesia but am American. I had a UTI infection in April. I did not get better. I was ill had burning through out my body. Then treated for a kidney infection. They are calling my burning chronic pain?
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Bladder cancer epidemiology and genetic susceptibility. All subjects were allowed a 3-week break from the project, during which no recording of the dietary intake was required. These abnormally activated processes caused the bladder interstitial congestion and inflammatory infiltrates under the thinner urothelium, cell desquamation, cytoplasm vacuolization, nucleus swelling and malformation in the high-protein diet group. More related articles. Review articles are excluded from this waiver policy. Social isolation can lead to higher risks of hypertension in older and middle-aged women, claims study. Validation of the self-reported dietary intake was performed by assessment of the total h urinary excretion of nitrogen and creatinine. It should be noticed that red meat is the main dietary source of saturated fat, which has been associated with breast and colorectal cancers [ 1 ]. Moore C. While some parents have a hard time processing their parental techniques and taking care of their children, there are those who are just effortless in their approach to parenting and have a comfortable bond with their kid. Corresponding author.
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Florida Lawmakers Approve Bill to Butcher Medical Cannabis Law Approved by Voters
A Florida House committee has overwhelmingly passed a measure that would drastically alter a medical cannabis law approved by voters last year.
The House Health Quality Subcommittee passed House Bill 1397 yesterday with a 14 to 1 vote. The measure, sponsored by House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues, would prohibit the smoking of medical cannabis and cannabis products and would ban edibles entirely. In addition, it would prohibit patients from vaping unless they are terminally ill. This would leave patients to rely on other methods of consumption such as topicals and pills.
This would be a drastic change to Amendment 2, the initiative that legalized medical cannabis in the state; it was approved by voters in November with 71% in favor. The constitutional amendment allows those with a recommendation from a physician to possess and use medical cannabis, and to purchase it from a licensed dispensary.
According to Ben Pollara, campaign manager for United for Care, the group behind Amendment 2, the new law was designed “for the less than 29% who voted against Amendment 2, rather than the over 71% who voted “Yes” on the constitutional amendment.”
House Bill 1397 has been sent to the House Appropriations Committee.
Those in Florida who oppose these proposed changes should contact their district’s legislators and urge them to vote “No” on House Bill 1397 if given the opportunity; if you don’t know who your legislators are you can look them up by clicking here.
The “click here” link you provide takes readers to the Senate page. What you want is the House page which is found at http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
We will need to use the Senate link once that side starts their shenanigans
Thank you Bev for pointing this out – we have changed the link.
When will our ‘representatives’ start representing the majority? These people obviously don’t care what their constituents want. They’re blocking democracy. I’m not a MJ user, but how hateful is it for these people to keep this all natural pain reliever from those who should rightfully have access to it. Cold heartless people, that’s who. I’m fighting this one!
Don’t worry Floridians, they cannot write laws OVER-RIDING the current VOTER approved law.
They tried this in Michigan also but the first case to hit the courts here was thrown out.
The legislature wrote a law stating the cannabis had to be in a locked box, in the trunk or not accessible to the driver.
The law we voted on simply stated we were allowed to transport.
According to the constitution, congress can only pass laws on voter approved proposals that will IMPROVE the bill, not take away from it.
The Judge in this case stated the original voter approved bill said we were allowed to transport and that the “locked box” thing was un-contitutional as it took away from the original.
Haters will try anything they can do to dismantle this but according to original language they will fail.
We can thank the original writers of the constitution for adding this clause of congress not being able to destroy a bill they don’t like, it is still up to the people!


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What is pine pollen?
Every spring all pine trees in the world produce pollen, tree sperm. There are around 111 different species of pine trees on the planet. Pine trees have populated the earth's surface for an enormously long period of time. As a result pine trees have spread over all continents and adapted themselves to a very high variety of different climatic conditions from Mexico to Japan and from Alaska to Sumatra.
The pine belongs to the oldest plant species in the world. Most plants produce their pollen inside of closed flowers or fruits, thus they are called angiosperms, which means ‹closed or covered seeders›. The pine tree in contrast is a survivor of a whole different age. Pine trees belong to the last remaining species which in botany are called ‹gymnosperms› or ‹naked seeders›.
Naked seeders evolved more than three hundred million years ago. Gymnosperms populated the planet with hundreds of thousands of species during the age of the dinosaurs and served them as food. Today most naked seeders have been extinct. Thus, until this day the pine tree show cases and preserves an ancient stage in the evolution of plants. It is a window in time that shows us an earlier state of the world.
The monoecious tree
When you look at the masculine cones which produce the pollen or tree sperm you can see that there are no protective leaves around it. The cone is completely exposed and vulnerable, thus it is called ‹naked›.
As the pine tree is a very old species, regarding its evolution, it is a tree that unites both sexes in one and the same individual. In botany this feature is called ‹monoicy›. – By the way, even human beings might have been monoicous before they split into man and woman. At least this is what Plato reports about the ancient times of Atlantis. Most historians see Atlantis as a literal figure. The same was thought about the city of Troy before the german archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered it in 1868.
Also the jewish tradition reports the existence of the original perfect man, Adam Kadmon, who was neither man nor woman. Only a spiritual metaphor? – However, in botany the original unity of both sexes and its later separation into male and female plants is a scientific well proven fact. The pine tree is a living example for that.
Pine pollen abundance
What you can see on the right side of this picture is the female flower of the pine tree. It is the feminine counter part to the masculine, golden pollen producing cone that you saw in the picture before. As the sperm or pollen of the masculine flower touches the feminine flower through wind pollinisation the female cone starts growing. In two years the female flower becomes the well known mature pine cone which you can see on the left side of this photography.
The mature cone – by the way, grown in the form of a geometric spiral following the mathematical sequence of Fibonacci –, falls on the ground releasing the pine seeds from which new trees will grow. The seeds of most pine species are eatable. Attention: Many people confuse pine pollen, which is really only the masculine sperm of the pine tree, with bee pollen. Those two things have nothing to do with each other, at all. Bee pollen is collected by bees from all types of plants but not from pine trees. Pine trees are not pollinated by insects but by the wind.
Even more astonishing, the female pine cones create an bioelectric field that interacts with the free floating pollen dust in the air. In botany this phenomenon is called electrostatic pollinisation.
As it seems, in nature, efficiency is no contradiction to abundance. In fact, being just as generous in or lives and relationships as the pine tree is with its pollen might be one of the keys to a happy and successful life. Visit the Healing Garden Store!

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Hard truth alert: you are NOT that important, and you are NOT so busy. This is where I may lose some of you because this hard truth forces us to check our ego, which is something many will not do. Hence, the precious commodity that is the ego-less leader.
Is the ice bath a metaphor for being in the moment in life? No. It’s a reality. When you can get to a calm, comfortable place in an ice bath because you are focused on only what you are doing in that moment, suddenly it isn’t so hard to recognize when you are “multi-tasking” and doing two, or more, things badly.
I believe my reflections on fear explain why I get so emotional on Memorial Day. It reminds me that our fallen felt fear…but they went anyway. They had thoughts about the consequences of going…but they went anyway. They realized the consequences of going could alter, and end, their lives…but they went anyway. They realized recognition and praise for what they were about to do would go largely unrealized…but they went anyway.
Be sure to pat someone on the back for a job well done. Ask about your employee’s kids or pet. Host a team lunch to build camaraderie. These are all good things, but they are not the basic elements of leadership. They won’t prevent injuries, to stay with the metaphor. Poor performance is the most painful leadership injury and to prevent it we need to do the basics.
DOING is where the inspiration comes from. We must get comfortable with being good at being bad initially. But we must start DOING to find our inspiration. And, no, not just once or twice. Over and over until it becomes a habit. Finding inspiration is actually hard work because it comes from the DOING.
Showing integrity and doing the right thing is only part of the integrity equation. This is because we are human and we all make mistakes. So, if the culture you are propping up in the name of integrity is that you never make mistakes, then there is a problem. The ability to be honest and admit your mistakes is every bit as important in the integrity equation as simply doing the right thing. Because honestly, admitting a mistake is the right thing to do.

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Indonesia’s Seafarer Union, Kesatuan Pelaut Indonesia (KPI) has agreed to enter into a federation with transport unions from Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand after a formative meeting in Kupang yesterday (Tuesday).
The Maritime International Federation (MIF) aims to bring together unions with similar intentions in order to secure jobs for local maritime workers to ensure wealth created in the region is benefiting local communities. The meeting also endorsed an official launch date of the MIF at the beginning of the next financial year.
In addition to KPI, the MIF consists of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Papua New Guinea Maritime and Transport Workers Union (PNGTWU), and has the potential to include the East Timorese union, SMETL and other unions in the Asia Pacific region.
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) President and MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said private companies supported by certain neo-liberal governments were consistently trying to undermine organised labour and to defend against these attacks, and unions had to work together.
“One of the major growth areas for jobs is the Asia Pacific, and the international trade union movement hasn’t been able to keep up with this growth,” said Mr Crumlin.
“We need a new model and a federation of like-minded unions is one of the ways we can change the old, tired model to build capacity and drive membership.”
KPI President Hanafi Rustandi said the MIF was an exciting concept and would give the union more bargaining leverage and ability to organise members.
Mr Rustandi talked about how a MIF would help the union extend into the burgeoning hydrocarbon industry, at places like Kupang.
MUNZ National Secretary Joe Fleetwood said unions need to secure decent paying jobs to create a future and a career path for all.
“A federation with our neighbours works in the interest of New Zealand’s working class, as well as the working class in the other countries,” said Mr Fleetwood.
“Some of the companies we come across have the wealth to influence Governments, some companies, like Chevron, are financially bigger than New Zealand.
He concluded: “As a result we need to grow our strength using our sheer numbers.”

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Huddersfield announce Paul Anderson as coach
Former Great Britain prop Paul Anderson will succeed Australian Nathan Brown as
Huddersfield coach, the Giants have announced.
Brown, who has been in charge at the Galpharm Stadium for the last three years,
has confirmed he will return to Australia when his contract expires at the end
of next season and Huddersfield have acted quickly to put in place his
New role: Paul Anderson, seen here in action against Australia in 2003, will succeed Nathan Brown at Huddersfield
Giants managing director Richard Thewlis said the club had decided to make the
announcement now to provide 'clarity and stability' after previous uncertainty
appeared to have an unsettling effect on the team.
The 40-year-old Anderson has been Brown's assistant throughout his tenure and
was recommended for promotion by him.
Brown said: 'It was a difficult decision to make as the players, the club and
the whole local community have been very accepting and supportive of myself and
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