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Global Growth in 2018: Deciphering the Signals
Does 2018 represent a cyclical peak in global growth or are we finally embarking on a structural breakout?
- Peak growth? Global growth is adjusted upward to 3.9% from 3.7% for the year, slowing slightly in 2019
- Inflation contained: Some upward pressure in the US but not becoming entrenched
- Risks to the downside: Runaway protectionism or oil prices could roil growth and inflation
GDP Growth and Inflation
Trends and Implications
As we suggested at the start of the year, we expect global growth to be solid and steady in 2018 before slowing slightly in 2019. While inflation remains contained for the most part, despite some upward pressure in the US, momentum may be slowing sooner than anticipated in some markets. In light of these trends and rising geopolitical tensions, the risks to our view are now more skewed to the downside than to the upside.
Along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we have revised our 2018 expectations for global gross domestic product (GDP) growth upward to 3.9%, the best in seven years (Figure 1). This pick-up comes on the back of improvements in developing economies such as India. The advanced economies are unlikely to improve on the whole, as fiscally induced growth in the US is offset by slowdowns across the rest of the G7.
So while the remainder of the year appears constructive for risk assets, the bigger question is what comes next. Does 2018 represent a cyclical peak in global growth following a painfully slow, decade-long economic recovery, or is the global economy embarking on a structural break-out after years of subpar performance?
The IMF believes we are seeing elements of both. Indeed, it estimates that potential growth picked up, on average, by 0.4 percentage point between 2011 and 2017 for 10 large advanced economies, compared with an average uptick in actual growth of 0.6 percentage point.
Moreover, it believes the improvement is sustainable, arguing that:
“… about 40 percent of the 1.7 percentage point revision to cumulative growth in advanced economies during 2016–21 (relative to the October 2016 WEO projections) is attributed to faster closing of output gaps [a cyclical recovery in demand]; the rest is attributed to faster potential growth [implying a structurally stronger recovery].”
However, further progress may prove elusive. The acceleration thus far reflects the gradual weakening of crisis-related headwinds on total factor productivity; there is no sign yet of any pickup in the contributions from either capital or labor. Hence, in the absence of broad-based policy initiatives designed to stimulate investment and offset the effects of aging on the workforce, medium-term global growth prospects remain subdued.
Trade Policy Is the Wild Card
Our outlook for inflation in the advanced economies is little changed, with headline consumer prices expected to rise 1.8% in both 2018 and 2019. Admittedly, energy prices can affect inflation in the short term — and the recent runup in oil prices certainly skews the risks to the upside — but the flattening of the Phillips Curve in many countries likely prevents a more persistent deterioration. Indeed, we are anticipating that, by 2019, solid growth and moderate inflation prompt a gradual synchronous tightening cycle around the G7 (with the possible exception of Japan).
Trade policy is the wild card for the global economy. Nothing that has been done so far rises to the level of a macroeconomic event, but the situation could deteriorate into a serious threat to growth and inflation. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has run simulations to assess the impact of a 10% increase in the costs of all goods imports to the US, China and Europe. (This would be roughly equivalent to raising the cost of international trade to the levels prevailing in 2001 — so certainly within the realm of possibility.) The effect would be to lower global GDP by 1.5%. European and Chinese GDP would come down by 2% and US GDP by 2.5% — a sizable impact around the world.
Gradual Tightening Amid Fiscal Stimulus
The outlook for the remainder of 2018 and 2019 is obviously affected by late-cycle fiscal stimulus. The multiplier from the US tax cut is unlikely to be large; we expect it to add only 20–30 basis points (bps) to growth this year and even less in 2019. Most of that increase is likely to come from business investment, reflecting the immediate expensing of capital expenditures. The budget (spending) agreement should add another 20–30 bps to growth this year and 40 bps next year. But, even in the absence of fiscal stimulus, we would still have expected a slight acceleration of growth this year, most likely to around 2.5%, given the current momentum in the mining and manufacturing sectors.
Headline inflation has accelerated over the last two years, partially because of rising oil prices. But we believe the latest run-up in oil has been overdone, and prices will retreat over the next two years. Hence, inflation should stabilize close to current levels, especially as there has not been the spillover to wages necessary for it to become entrenched.
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation has also accelerated, reaching 1.9% year over year in April, close to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) target (Figure 2). But there appears little reason to anticipate a significant deterioration, even though we expect the unemployment rate to fall further. Inflation expectations have risen, but remain close to 2.0%. Productivity growth has begun to recover after years in the doldrums. And wage inflation remains contained, although the employment cost index suggests some pickup among private industry workers.
Solid but unspectacular growth together with relatively benign inflation keeps the tightening cycle gradual. We anticipate two more hikes this year (although concede that depending on the size of the fiscal multipliers and the associated degree of labor market tightening, it could be three more). We expect three hikes in 2019, leaving the funds target around 3.0% by the end of next year.
Mixed Signals Due to Manufacturing & Transitional Brexit Agreement
Europe was the upside growth surprise of 2017, largely reflecting an improvement in net exports. However, there are signs that momentum is waning, particularly in manufacturing where the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) has retreated from last year’s highs (Figure 3).
We expect growth to reach 2.3% this year and moderate to 1.9% next year, in part a reflection of the lagged effect of the euro’s appreciation during 2017. But we believe growth will remain solid enough for the European Central Bank (ECB) to end its asset purchase program by the end of this year.
In the United Kingdom, the transitional Brexit agreement is likely to reduce business uncertainty over the near term, which should help to reduce the unusually large gap that opened up between high capacity utilization and muted business investment. We still expect that the Bank of England (BoE) will raise rates once in 2018, perhaps in November, and continue tightening in 2019.
Tightness of Labor Market May Slow Growth
There is some evidence that Abenomics may finally be working. And growth certainly surprised to the upside last year, with GDP rising 1.7%, about twice its potential pace. But we think that represents the highwater mark for growth, given the extreme tightness of the labor market. Indeed, with the unemployment rate at 2.5%, the economy is simply running out of spare workers, forcing growth to slow to potential.
Emerging Markets Outlook
Much Riding on US-China Relationship
We see GDP growth in the emerging markets reaching a five-year high of 5.0%. That would typically be cause for celebration, but our sanguinity is dampened by fears surrounding the US-China trade relationship. Additionally, rising interest rates and the loss of the liquidity injection associated with the dollar’s 2017 depreciation could challenge EM economies via reduced capital flows and higher borrowing costs.
However, while it may be a bumpy road, we do not expect a full-blown trade war. Ultimately, we feel that, similar to the Brexit negotiations, the US-China relationship is “too big to fail” (Figure 4). If cooler heads prevail, China should do well, and, by extension, so should EM commodity exporters.
We believe that China wants to deal with its debt problem and make progress deleveraging. However, should the economic outlook deteriorate, we expect the government to ease policy. We see this in the softer wording regarding the financial and housing markets. It seems the government is positioning for the possibility that trade tensions result in a prolonged period of uncertainty and will probably not exacerbate the situation by tightening. Debt is an issue, but trade is the issue du jour.
Meanwhile, the nascent recoveries emerging in Brazil and Russia are now threatened by political developments. In the case of the former, we are concerned about the upcoming elections and a lack of progress with the reform agenda. In the case of the latter, sanctions risk is offsetting optimism from rising commodities prices. India is probably one of the better EM stories in the near term as it does not face any of the political clouds that hang over China, Brazil and Russia. They have pushed through policies to boost productivity and competitiveness and are over the hump in terms of last year’s growing pains.
The opposing forces of US fiscal stimulus and trade tensions will dominate the macro picture for the remainder of the year, while strong corporate earnings should provide a favorable backdrop for risk assets.
Breakout Dependent on Corporate Spending and Productivity
The medium-term prospects will at least partially reflect how US companies react to the recent tax changes. If they boost capital spending, that should ultimately aid productivity growth. The current recovery might then morph into a genuine structural breakout.


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THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
Boygenius play to an adoring crowd at the Halifax Piece Hall.
Boygenius are a shooting star — there for just moment in time, but you feel lucky to have caught a glimpse as it tears through the night.
Comprised of three of America’s finest modern singer-songwriters - Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus - the band fell together almost by accident, purely on account of their mutual admiration of each other’s work.
They released a self-titled EP five years ago to overarching acclaim, but in between a global pandemic and the bustle that comes with vast individual career growth, only as of this March did Boygenius’ once again join together to release their first full length, ‘The Record’.
It’s a spectacular album, peaking and troughing sonically between tender acoustic, and the jagged edge of distortion (and a little bit of screaming). It feels well rounded and already timeless - and like Midas, you can tell who of the three has touched each song, or who is at the helm.
Their brotherhood has earned them a remarkable online following, not neglecting the mass of teens who have found Boygenius as their inevitable band-to-be-obsessed with — a rite of passage for us all.
And so a devout, predominantly young fanbase packs tightly into the courtyard of Halifax’s Piece Hall - the last surviving cloth hall in the world. Tonight in this beautiful 18th building, lyrics of longing, anxiety, self-sabotage, and acceptance will bounce off the Georgian stone walls like age-old confessionals.
Walking around and one things strikes me: the fashion tonight is impressive. White button up blouses, emblazoned jackets, suit jackets + ties — dressing up in the style of the band makes an event of it, and everyone truly shows up. Like the Renaissance World Tour, Love on Tour, and Eras tour-goers, being a small but integral visual part factors into something bigger.
Ethel Cain is supporting tonight, which is a double whammy for anyone with Boygenius in their taste palate. She delivers a nuanced set, reverb drenched and church-critical - her time onstage feels transformative.
Fans upfront are into it massively, more so when she descends into the audience for ‘American Teenager’ — caressing reaching hands as she wanders along the barrier, and leveraging the security step to look down at affectionate, singing faces, a la Florence Welch. One boy wraps his arms around her urgently. The connection proves to be a tangible sweet spot, and a lovely lasting memory of what Cain stands for.
Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ blasts as Boygenius’s backing band take their places. It cuts out to a backstage cam on the big screen, with the three-piece huddled together to sing acapella.
It’s tricky to compartmentalise Boygenius, further proof that strict genre labelling is old hat. There’s certainly a folky core in all they do, silky harmonies and story telling, but melodically, they’re at home with the pop greats. Hooks that will stick in your head, yet a modest lustre to the production.
There’s obviously a rock saturation, too. Baker for one loved Christian hardcore as a teen, and guitars are prominent - if not essential - across the span of Boygenius’ discography: both as a unit, and as solo artists.
The night’s opening track — also The Record’s opener — ‘Without You Without Them’ is not unlike a traditional Americana song, similar to something Emmylou, Dolly and Linda would have sat down to sing as part of their own supergroup effort.
As if this musical happening was predestined, their three voices blend together in perfect harmony, interweaving like threads of gold. Lucy’s dusky alto sits beneath Phoebe’s softer melodies, with Julien often fluttering above by means of an aching falsetto.
From the bare bones of the choral into the jaunt of garage rock, the trio bound onto stage, kickstarting ‘$20’ with smiles plastered across their faces. The noise from the crowd is immense.
Phoebe Bridgers is posted leftmost: the bleach blonde, folk-indie poster girl - propelling to dizzying heights during the quarantine. She has found herself lodged in pop vernacular: mentioned in feature films, cited by popular contemporaries as an influence, supporting Taylor Swift. But never could something as trivial as fame equilibrity offset this band of bros: it’s clear they’re not one without the other.
Julien Baker, lovingly appointed the “little one”, stands centre-stage - between the other ‘boys’. An almighty power-shredder, and bursting at the seams with more energy than her short stature can deal with: she zips about the stage, damn near bouncing off the walls.
Lucy Dacus is on the right. She has all the plumy allure of an old Hollywood star, and counteracts Baker’s hyperactivity with a calm, pensive musicianship - they balance each other out beautifully. A deep thinker and a fantastic wordsmith (as well as a keen reader), Dacus feels like the gravity of Boygenius.
One EP and a 12 song album grants their whole catalogue to be played in full. Their set also allows for a song from their solo ventures - each of which feature the trio as a vocal ensemble on their respective recorded versions. Dacus’ lovelorn ‘Please Stay’, Baker’s homegrown, biting ‘Favor’, and the hungering of Bridgers’ ‘Graceland Too’.
Their wry senses of humour and natural wit shines through during the banter between songs, notably when they puzzle through the chants of “Yorkshire! Yorkshire!”
“What is that? Is that a college or a province?”, Baker wonders. “That’s here? I thought this was Halifax”.
The crowd laugh, as Bridgers offers up that she only recently learned that Washington State and Washington D.C were not the same thing.
The interaction with the dedicated fans is of two halves: both sweet, and a little scolding. Their 2018, Lucy-led song ‘Bite The Hand’ forewarns of getting a little too close - and the importance of maintaining those boundaries between fan and artist, with the refrain “I can’t love you how you want me to”.
As they play, the big screen footage closes in on fans, who look equal parts mortified and delighted to be up there — very self-aware of the parasocial target on their heads.
A standout comes in the form of their most popular single from The Record, ‘Not Strong Enough’, a song that details the fear around not being ‘enough’ for someone, and that self-hatred mutating into a god complex.
The song’s sermon - “always an angel, never a god” - is repeated in the bridge to the point of a cathartic yell.
Much like the ‘Boygenius’ band name, the lyric interrogates the idea that boys and men are overpraised for very little — the everyday Einstein, instilled with the confidence that everything he thinks and does is correct and brilliant. “BE the boy genius!”, they jokingly encouraged each other during studio sessions.
Women are consigned to lesser ranks in the spiritual hierarchy, almost by default: angelic, cherubic, pure - but never a god. Tonight, the 5,500 strong audience proclaim the lyric with such purpose, the earth seems to shake.
Lucy and Phoebe both choose to crowd-surf, and they close with the thunderous ‘Salt In The Wound’ — expending their last bits of excited energy, tussling and giving each other smooches in the fevered end-of-show euphoria.
It already feels Boygenius each have such a solid body of work behind them, and a rich musical future ahead. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with.

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We chose to relocate our offices to Maple Ridge to eliminate the lengthy commute downtown so we could be closer to our families and provide all of our employees with an opportunity to better achieve a “work-life balance” that is often hard to come by. We have built our business in the heart of the community that we live in.
Each Lefty is given unlimited Community Days which can be used to take time off to volunteer and give back to their community. These volunteer initiatives look different for every Lefty and are a great way for the members of our team to make a contribution to the causes that are most important to them. The only thing we ask in return is that they take a photo to share with the team, the equivalent of, “It needs to be Facebook Official.”
Our Lefties, have volunteered at Ronald McDonald House, donated blood, and supported several local families through Christmas hampers, along with countless other charitable initiatives. Our award-winning Community/Team Engagement Program was recognized as ‘Best in BC’ by the BCTIA at the 2015 Technology Impact Awards. We are so proud of the impact our team has had in their community and are always looking for new volunteer initiatives to contribute to.

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A murder investigation is underway after a 17-year old boy was stabbed to death in North London. Police were called just after midnight to Bowes Road in Palmers Green. The victim, who nas not been named, died at the scene. His family has been told.
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Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at a London train station yesterday while she was with her family.
A gang of robbers who dressed in burkas to stage raids on high-end stores in London have been convicted today.


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The Vision of the Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives is as stipulated in the following statement:
Nucleus for providing policy guidance and services to a modernized, commercialized, competitive and effective agriculture and cooperative systems by 2025
To deliver quality agricultural and cooperative services, provide conducive environment to stakeholders, build capacity of Local Government Authorities and facilitate the private sector to contribute effectively to sustainable agricultural production, productivity and cooperative development. The MAFC will fulfill this by:
- Formulating, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of relevant policies in the agricultural sector and monitoring crop regulating institutions,
- Collaborating with the private sector, local government and other service providers along the value chains to provide relevant technical services in research, extension, irrigation, plant protection, crop promotion, land use, mechanization, agricultural inputs, information services and cooperative development
- Undertaking risk managment, maintaining strategic food reserves and promoting appropriate post harvest technologies, and
- Encouraging, undertaking and coordinating research and development and training.
The Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC) has set strategies and priority areas for interventions to ensure increased and profitable agricultural production. Such strategies include the Agricultural Sector Development Programme (ASDP) which is a national programme using a sector-wide approach and framework to stimulate and push development in the agriculture sector. Priority areas are irrigation, rural infrastructure, mechanization, research and development, farm inputs and renewable natural resources. Human resource capacity building has to go along with these interventions in order to realize the desired outcomes.
One of the clear intervention is to provide training that produces competent and sufficient numbers of agricultural extension workers who upon employment (including self employment) support efforts by farmers and other stakeholders to increase agricultural productivity and profitability.
The institutional set up of Agricultural Extension in the country has gone numerous changes over the years since independence. In 1997 extension services underwent a major decentralization reform whereby all responsibilities for implementing the services were devolved to the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) leaving the Agricultural Sector Lead Ministries (ASLM) to deal with research, extension and training, policy issues, information service, regulatory functions, protection of environment and provision of enabling environment for private sector participation in the agricultural industry. Consequently, in 1999 technical staffs that are responsible for delivery of agricultural extension services were redeployed to District Councils (DCs) where they are answerable to the immediate beneficiaries of their services so as to impact on agricultural performance.
The Agricultural Extension reform focused on increasing manning levels, involvement of private sector in extension delivery, establishment of Zonal Information Extension Liason Units (ZIELU), use of participatory extension approaches and decentralization of extension services so that farmers are more empowered and organized to mobilize resources to undertake different agricultural enterprises. The value addition and agricultural marketing is the most focus of extension service through Farmer Field School (FFS) and Producer groups.
The agricultural extension approach in Tanzania is demand-driven, involving farmers’ groups in the planning and implementation process, integrating among different extension providers both public and private, and allowing room for pluralistic extension approaches. In this respect an important component of the extension effort is directed at empowering farmers organizationally and financially, so that they identify and analyse their agricultural problems, and gives the right decisions on matters pertaining to profitable and sustainable agriculture.
Farmer Field School at Mangopachanne village Mtwara District

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The Art of Scale Weaving (Paperback)
“The Art of Scale Weaving” has but one purpose; connection. It is through connection that we broaden our spectrum of understanding of the language of music through our instrument… the guitar. This book looks to achieve such connection by utilizing a new method known as Scale Weaving, which unifies different concepts such as triads, pentatonic scales and heptatonic scales. It is through connection that we can better understand the underlying relationships within these concepts.

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Last year on New Year’s day, we took a train into the countryside for the first sunrise of the year. The train went east for about an hour and a half and then stopped in the middle of nowhere and we got off. As the sunrise drew closer, people faced east and got out their dairy offerings (mostly milk and aaruul, aka Mongolian cheese curds). People chanted a word that loosely translates to “Hooray,” and they raised their arms and threw offerings into the sky as the sun got closer. And then the sun came up.
In the field next to the train (literally right next to it, you don’t have to walk more than 20 feet), there was a bonfire, and a short a ceremony took place before the sunrise. There were some speeches in Mongolian, I am assuming that they were welcoming in the new year, followed by a religious ceremony / dance.
Our tickets got us seats in sleeper cabins on an festively decorated train — Santa Clause adorned our cabin window and is a common New Year’s decoration here — and included a showcase of Mongolian performances on the dining car. On the trip back, a woman performed long song, another woman danced, a throat singer performed, and to top it off our emcee performed an Italian song from The Godfather movies.
To do this trip we had had to leave the house at 5 a.m. to get to the field in time for sunrise, but it was worth it. This year we opted to sleep in so we could go out on New Year’s Eve. We got a table at a restaurant overlooking Sukhbaatar Square and watched the fireworks:

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Event: South by Southwest Music Festival, Day 5
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 19 March 2016
Date: 19 March 2016
Much like last year, I started my day at the I Heart Local Music day party connected with the Midcoast Takeover at Shangri-La. This time, it was sunny and pleasantly cool, so the event was set up outside. I arrived in time to see some of the Stiff Middle Fingers, an aggressive hardcore band whose singer featured an anti-Sam Brownback shirt. I appreciated the politics and the energy (the singer jumped off stage and approached every single audience member to sing at each of them individually), but I was turned off cold by their song "Psycho Bitch". It wasn't made better by the claim that it was written "for everyone's significant other".
The next band, Bummer, was a heavier, thrashier affair that wasn't really up my alley either. I went inside for a break (and a free Boulevard beer!) and it turned out that another band had set up on the inside stage: Kasey Rausch's Country Duo featuring pedal steel and lead guitar by Marco Pascolini. Even though it was fairly standard country-flavored fare, I enjoyed the easygoing vibe and the respite from sonic assault.
I eventually wandered back outside for a set from Bruiser Queen, who I had seen at the same showcase last year. They outdid themselves this time around, with a great combination of punchy energy, enthusiastic presence, and positive vibes. They were just a bit punky, but not harsh, and just catchy enough to keep me focused. They manage to make a big impact with just guitar, drums, and two voices. Their high spirits were infectious with lines like, "Have fun before you die / Anything else is a waste of time".
I trekked the length of Sixth Street back to the Firehouse. I caught part of the set from Assuming We Survive, a pop-punk group that did absolutely nothing for me but plenty for the modest crowd they'd assembled. My real purpose was to see a set from Ian Fisher with a full band featuring a few old friends of his (although not the same group of musicians that have been following him around Europe).
Here's the setlist:
2. Constant Vacation
3. Again & Again
4. Ich hab nur einen Koffer in Berlin
5. Candles for Elvis
6. If You Wanna Stay
7. Almost Darlin'
[Ian Fisher at the Firehouse Lounge.]
Ian again started things off slow and easy with album opener "Nero", with the subtlest lead guitar and bass imaginable from Curtis Brewer and Kit Hamon, respectively. Drummer Ben Majchrzak didn't even play; he just added some backing vocals near the end of the long song. The band joined in full for "Constant Vacation" and turned the song into quite a lively number. Beginning with "Again & Again", Ian switched to electric guitar for most of the rest of the set, which only further increased the energy level. "Ich hab nur einen Koffer in Berlin" was transformed by the band into a solid rocker, quite a bit stronger than the solo take. "Candles for Elvis" and "Faceless" are both older songs; while the former has always be a favorite of mine, the former has only improved with age. Ian and company did it in a clipped, abrupt style culminating in both guitarists jamming out wild solos.
After Ian's performance, I spent some time walking around and hanging out with various friends, enjoying the nice weather and taking a break from the music. Before long, though, I was ready for more, and being simultaneously in need of nourishment, I sought out the Southbites Trailer Park, where I'd heard the Spanish band Hinds would be performing in the midst of the food trucks. Being on foot for the day, I made it there just in time for what I'd thought was their start time, but I saw no sign of a band nor even a stage. Eventually I heard a woman on a PA in a tent announcing that the band on their way. I was ordering my food when they finally showed up, but it turns out that they only appeared to share their guacamole recipe and talk about food. I guess I didn't read the fine print of the announcement, because that was a sore disappointment compared to what I'd been expecting!
Frustrated at my lost opportunity, I wandered back to Sixth Street and caught Lusts at Latitude 30 just as they were starting. They sound like some sort of 80s throwback in deep debt to Echo & the Bunnymen or even New Order (in the vocals, at least). The band only consisted of two members: a drummer and a guitarist/vocalist. Someone must have been operating some serious backing tracks, though, because I also could hear plenty of bass and synth. Furthermore, there were occasional backing vocal parts that I wasn't quite convinced were coming from the drummer. At any rate, I found them pleasurable but a bit derivative.
At a loss where to go next, I ended up at the Velveeta Room seeing The Ripe. They were playing a rather generic pop-rock that was reasonably catchy but not quite compelling enough to convince me to stay. I tried to get in Maggie Mae's Gibson Room to see the Russian bizarro rock group Mumiy Troll, but the venue was at capacity and the line wasn't moving. I eventually gave up waiting and just chatted with a friend while he was in line to see The Roots at Brazos Hall. (He ultimately didn't actually end up getting in).
Eventually, I made my way to Lamberts. Judah & the Lion were on stage when I arrived. They seemed like your average alt/country/pop band, but they were clearly aiming for commercial approval, which seemed to work for some of the audience. There were several people on stage handling a variety of folk and country instruments, ranging from banjo to accordion to mandolin, in additional to the normal rock instruments. The surprise element was a keyboardist that also added some samples and even dropped a hip-hop breakdown at one point. The musicians were skilled, but they'd honed their sound so perfectly for radio consumption that I was left feeling like I couldn't be sure these were real people.
Next up was Ian Fisher again, this time finally appearing for his official SXSW showcase. With his band in tow, they played the same setlist as earlier but added the existential singalong "Nothing" to the end. Whereas the afternoon crowd at the Firehouse needed some convincing, this bunch was on board as soon as Ian's vocal intensity picked up in the second half of "Nero". The more intensity Ian and the band put in, the more the crowd responded. It was a strong set, and they performed even better than they had in the afternoon. Ian's guitar was out-of-control loud for the concluding solo of "Faceless", but the audience didn't mind; indeed, someone in the audience shouted "louder!" in response.
At that point, it was about midnight, but I was ready to be done. I can't imagine a better way to have closed out the festival, anyway.
[Ian Fisher at Lamberts.]
Bruiser Queen: B+
The Ripe: C
Judah & the Lion: D+
P.S. Again, there were several bands I didn't really see enough of to grade, and I've chosen not to grade Ian due to my overwhelming bias.
P.P.S. I Heart Local Music's write-up of the show at Shangri-La can be found here.
P.P.P.S. Thanks to Alyssa, Fally, Susan, Luann, Ian, Ben, Nina, and Jacob for meeting up throughout the day!


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The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps has established itself as one of the elite groups of its kind in the world. A perennial Drum Corps International finalist, the Blue Knights are renowned in the activity for excellence in symphonic music, intricate visual choreography, and an unwavering commitment to innovation.
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So I've been having great days recently when it comes to overcoming pocd. I feel happy when I'm attracted to guys my age and not young people which I guess just proves it's my (possible) pocd which is causing me having doubts.
I know I don't have any romantic attraction to young ones as I've always had romantic fantasies with guys my age and crushes with guys my age. And sexual attraction I have had only fantasies about romantic sex with guys my age which I'm happy if it stays that way which is nice to know.
But the problem is is that I feel like I'm developing a horrible fetish to you know what I mean... I read about p being a paraphilia instead which terrifies me as I know I love bdsm and have a fetish to a particular type of clothing. So when I want to have those dirty fantasies I only want it with guys. But the horrible thing Is, is that I can get excited with it on guys my age but trying to climax is virtually impossible ever since this (what i believe) pocd started. It's like I need an image of a young person for me to climax. I've tried to see if it would happen in my head and i could feel the climax coming so I stopped immediately and tried to think about men again but it's getting harder now which is terrifying to me. Is it likely that my mind is just in this fear mode and that's why I can only climax to that at the moment? I heard fear can sometimes control your climax.
But now I also get major groinal responses still when I'm out in public and I see young ones. It's not erections but it's still like there's strong tingling sensations like swellings. Its like my mind and heart is telling me i dont want that at all, but my groin is like oh yes you do. I know I mentally and emotionally don't want to do anything to a young one i think that's just seriously sick. But my groin is just telling me other stuff which scares me.
Is it likely that because I'm still thinking about all this, is that I'm still getting groinal responses and horrible climax situations? Again I don't want these and I don't feel happy at all when I have them. Is it just anxiety causing all this? Thank you for reading, I'm feeling like a monster again..


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During his live interaction with his Instagram followers this evening, Superstar Mahesh Babu was asked about teaming up with his Pokiri and Businessman director Puri Jagannadh. And Mahesh replied saying that Puri is one of his favourite directors and that he is waiting for Puri to narrate a story to him.
Well, a couple of years ago, Puri had announced a film with Mahesh, titled Jana Gana Mana. However, the project never materialized and there has been no update ever since. Now that Mahesh has opened up about collaborating, whether Puri will reduce JGM or pen a suitable new story for him or not remains to be seen.
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If you're a Scooby-Doo fan — or just someone who likes to see Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. in polyester — it's going to be a good day.
The crew that made 2002's "Scooby-Doo" has piled back into the Mystery Machine for a return to the big screen, and they've offered a sneak peek of their latest adventure.
Raja Gosnell — the man who helmed the first "Scooby-Doo" flick and delivered a tidy little hit in the process — returns, as do original stars Prinze, Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini. Once again the Scooby gang finds itself kneesocks-deep in mystery and general creepiness, but this time out Alicia Silverstone, Seth Green and Peter Boyle are in the mix as well.
A requisite "anonymous villain" is onboard once again, this time plotting to rule Coolsville with the aid of a machine that cranks out monsters like the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Black Knight Ghost, the 10,000 Volt Ghost and others plucked from classic Scooby cartoons. In addition to the parade of monsters, the gang — a.k.a. Mystery Inc. — finds itself wrestling with a certain level of newfound fame, courtesy of its sleuthing prowess.
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It was a less tumultuous session of question period on Thursday than the previous day, but one that again had Prime Minister Stephen Harper refusing repeated demands for an apology from Liberals.
"Yesterday the prime minister in the House of Commons attacked my integrity and the integrity of my family. Now that he's had time to think, would the prime minister simply retract his remarks?" asked Navdeep Bains, the Liberal MP at the centre of the controversy that erupted Wednesday.
"Mr. Speaker, I'm not sure precisely what remarks he's referring to," Harper responded. "If the honourable member denies any particular element in that Vancouver Sun story I'd be more than happy to accept his word on the matter. But at the same time, though, Mr. Speaker, I can't say how important it is that we proceed with the police investigation on the Air India inquiry…."
controversy began during Wednesday's question period when Harper implied the Liberals were refusing to extend provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Act in order to protect one of their MPs. The provisions will expire on Mar. 1 unless both houses of Parliament vote to extend them.
Harper was accused of smearing Bains' reputation when he tried on Wednesday to quote a Vancouver Sun article that revealed Bains' father-in-law, Darshan Singh Saini, is on the RCMP's potential list of witnesses who could be compelled to testify at Air India hearings under the Anti-Terrorism Act.


Fresh on the scene, Ricky's Breath are a wild four-piece punk/alt rock band from Bathurst pumping out original tunes.
Established by bassist and singer Harley and Charlie, the band was created out of a mutual burning desire to make music, and have fun. This soon after saw the two boys join forces with best mates Darnell and Harry.
Since forming, the band has been gigging wherever they can around Central West NSW on the rural music scene, gradually forming a small following. Eager to share their sound with the world, the boys entered a couple demo takes recorded in their school studio of songs "Shattered Oasis" and "My Nan Bought Me a Bumbag" into the 2019 Triple j Unearthed High competition, seeing them get an unexpected spin on triple j radio. This traction sparked a group motivation to record their songs professionally, and so together have recorded EP titled "Living in Australia". The boys have most recently recorded their latest single 'Epitome of Stupidity' dropping on all platforms.
With a fiery, stubborn drive to make music their life, anything could be in store for these four erratically deviant boys. Catch them live at Cowra Civic Centre as part of Youth Week 2021.
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Jammu, May 19 The Pakistan Army on Tuesday shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said.
This is second ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army in the last 12 hours along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.
“At about 0730 hours today, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arm firing and mortar shelling along LoC in Sunderbani sector”, the spokesperson said, adding the Indian Army retaliated befittingly.
The cross-border shelling between the two sides was going on when last reports were received, the spokesperson said.
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Pakistan had on Monday night opened fire and shelled mortars along the LoC in Gulpur sector of Poonch


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As usual, Long Beach Poly’s signing day celebration was an epic event that filled up the stands in the Ron Palmer Pavilion, as 27 Jackrabbits were recognized for signing scholarships this year, representing more than two million dollars in total money for college. “This is always a special day at Long Beach Poly and it’s […]
At the end of a hard battle between two traditional local powers, Long Beach Poly made just enough plays to eke out a win over Los Alamitos, 27-20. “We made it as hard as possible,” said Poly head coach Antonio Pierce. “Credit to Los Al for testing us, that’s a good challenge for us on […]
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The Super Bowl’s Long Beach Roots When the first Super Bowl was played 50 years ago, the city of Long Beach already had a deep role in the game, which at that time was simply called the NFL-AFL World Championship Game. It was the Packers who went on to win that first game, but the […]


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O.K. here is the long awaited post to explain where I have been.
As most of my friends know, one of my greatest joys is working on projects. These projects primarily consist of making or modifying items used in living history-reenactments. It all started in early December when I decided to cobble together a 17th century bandoleer of powder bottles as a Christmas gift for my best buddy, Ms. Nancy. (She has a matchlock musket that was just screaming out for it)Hers went together so well, I figured that I could make up
one for me and my doglock musket. That went together well too, so I started looking at a pile of various odds and ends that I have been gathering together when I was struck with what my dear wife calls "project fever". Bless her heart, my dear wife knows when I get into one of these "fevers" the best thing that can happen is to let it work out of my system. So for most of January and February I spent time eating, sleeping and working in my shop. I turned out a lot of stuff and got a big start on a bunch of other items.
Allow me to show off a few of the items I have done.
Hunting Sword with Shoulder Carriage
I made up this hunting sword for a young lad in my hospital unit. It's made by grinding out a flat piece of steel for the blade, a heavily modified guard, the handle is made of green dyed deer antler and has a hand poured pommel.I also did the shoulder carriage,hand sewed out of leather, the sword scabbard is wood covered with pig skin, just to aggravate any Islamic fascist that the lad might run into. (grin)
The knife on the left is similar to those that I have seen having been made in New Orleans. It has German silver guard and pins and ebony scales.
The center knife is a camp knife with brass hardware and rosewood scales. Because of it's weight and length, I think it will make a handy tool if needed for zombie defense.
The knife on the right is what I call a Texas style bowie with brass hardware and rosewood scales. It also has a "coffin" shaped handle (I like this style of bowie more than any other)
You might be able to notice that the blades are swirl damascus steel.
The knife on the right side is a "officer's quality" with it's polished blade and brass hardware.
The knife on the left is a "munition's quality", something a common soldier would used. The blade is blued, the hardware is steel. Notice the guard also can serve as a hammer to sharpen your flint and can also be used as a screw driver.
Common seaman's knife
The scales are made of bone with a scrimshawed fouled anchor and a red painted Turk's head knot serves as a guard. The scabbard is hand sewn with waxed linen thread.
Leather covered bottle
I took two pieces of wet leather and hand stitched them over a glass bottle. This was commonly done in the colonial period so that people could use bottles as canteens.
During this time I also did several smaller leather projects, refinished three muskets, started four other knives, and either started or finished a lot of other odds and ends. So I was very happy with what I got accomplished. I still have a bit to do, such as final polishing on knives, made up some scabbards and belts, but I have a good head start on getting stuff done before I start the upcoming campaign season.
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Folks who hate the thought of shopping for health insurance are going to be miserable — and maybe lose some money — during the open enrollment season that runs from Nov. 13 through Dec. 11.
Thousands of people who fled from family plans to self-plus one plans to save money are in for a big surprise! Premiums for individual non-postal workers and all retirees are going up an “average” of 6.1 percent.
That will be a challenge for feds who are looking at a January pay hike of between 1.4 and 1.9 percent. While the retiree cost-of-living adjustment won’t be announced until mid-month, odds are it won’t be enough to offset higher premiums in some of the health plans favored by retirees.
Nobody has to shop around, much less actually change health plans that will cover them and their family in 2018. But some, maybe lots, of folks who stick with the same-old-same-old health plan they’ve been with for years could see their take-home pay actually drop next year despite the pay raise and retiree COLA.
Also in for a bit of sticker shock are people — most of them federal and postal retirees — who flocked to the new self-plus one option (S+1) when it was first offered. They figured that premiums for two people should and would be lower than premiums for a family plan, which could cover a much larger group.
What they didn’t figure on was that over time the premiums for both S+1 and family plans would be roughly the same. Or that the plan covering only two people would wind up costing more because of the people — mostly elderly couples with higher health costs — who migrated to them.
Next year, for example, people enrolled in Blue Cross-Blue Shield’s popular self-only coverage will pay $7.17 more biweekly, compared to what they are paying now. Those with S+1 will pay $17.04 more per pay period in 2018 than they do this year. Those with the family plan will pay $17.72 more biweekly in 2018.
The good news for non-postal workers and retirees is that even though most premiums are going up, the government will continue to pay most of the total premium (an average of around 72 percent). The U.S. Postal Service (thanks to its union contracts) will pay an even greater share of the total premium.
The November through December open season is also the time when people can enroll in or make changes to their dental and vision insurance plans and flexible spending accounts. During the open season, we’ll have a series of columns and radio shows on who, how and why people should shop around.


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Basic Black looks at Trump's travel ban targeting 7 Muslim-majority countries and refugees. Panelists: Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate Tito Jackson; Abdirahman “Abdi” Yusuf, executive director of the Somali Development Center; Ivan Espinoza, executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, and Kim McLarin, associate professor at Emerson College.
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CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose has agreed to a five-year contract extension, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard on Tuesday.
The contract is worth $94.8 million, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher.
The Bulls announced Tuesday night that they are set to make a "major announcement" at a press conference featuring Rose, vice president of basketball operations John Paxson, general manager Gar Forman, and coach Tom Thibodeau at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
Rose wouldn't say anything specific after the Bulls' preseason game Tuesday night.
"It's something big, but I think I want to talk more about it (Wednesday) with my family and everybody being there," Rose said after the Bulls beat Indiana on Tuesday night. "But it's definitely something big."
And, teammates say, it was well-earned.
"We're all very excited for him," Carlos Boozer said. "He deserves it. He puts in a lot of effort. I wish the contract was for 10 years."
The chance to join Rose in the backcourt was a big draw for Richard Hamilton. The veteran shooting guard signed with the Bulls last week after being bought out by the Detroit Pistons, and so far, he likes what he sees.
"He works hard," Hamilton said. "He's young. He's 23 years old and the way he plays on the floor is the way he practices. In order to be great in this league, you just can't turn it on (during) games. He really has a great work ethic."
The Chicago product Rose went from Rookie of the Year to All-Star to MVP in his first three seasons, becoming the youngest player to win that award. About the only thing he doesn't have is a championship ring, and that's what weighs on him as he enters his fourth season -- not the money.
"I think I live a humble life," Rose said. "Of course, I know I'll be able to afford whatever I want, but other than that, there aren't too many things that excite me. Me winning is one of the things. Me being around my family, that's another. Money, that's the last thing I think about."
Rose wasn't worried about signing the deal with his hometown team at the Bulls' media day on Dec. 11.
"If it was up to me, yes, I would sign quick," Rose said. "But I know I'm not worried about that right now. I know that when the time comes, I know that I'll sign."
Forman was confident the Bulls would get something done before the season.
"Derrick is the centerpiece of what we're trying to put together here," Forman said on Dec. 11. "Obviously, we want Derrick to be a Chicago Bull for a long, long time. To us, obviously, it's very important that we put the right pieces around Derrick that he's able to have success, that we have success, and that he remains a Chicago Bull. So we're talking to his representatives now and hopefully we'll be able to get something done here in a pretty short amount of time."
Rose will be making 30 percent of the Bulls' salary cap, thanks to a new rule in the collective bargaining agreement dubbed the "Derrick Rose Rule."
The rule allows a player finishing his rookie contract to make 30 percent of a team's salary cap -- up from 25 percent -- if he's twice been voted an All-Star starter, twice been voted All-NBA or won an MVP award.
Rose said he doesn't feel any pressure at all with a new contract.
"Hell no," Rose said. "No pressure at all, man."
The Bulls came close to winning it all last season, winning a league-high 62 games and advancing all the way to the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Miami Heat.
Now, they're looking for more.
Rose has repeatedly pointed the finger at himself for the Bulls coming up short against the Heat in the playoffs. He worked on his inside game in the offseason after expanding his shooting range in previous years, but it's hard to imagine him accomplishing much more than he did last season.
Rose delivered one of the best seasons by a point guard. He also joined Michael Jordan as the only Bulls players to win the MVP award.
The South Side product established himself as one of the league's best players, averaging 25 points and 7.7 assists while leading Chicago to its best season since the championship era with Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
For Rose, the contract extension is just another milestone in a rapid rise from the city's rough Englewood neighborhood to a starring role with his hometown team.
He helped Simeon Career Academy become the first Chicago Public League team to win back-to-back state championships, then led Memphis to the NCAA championship game before the Bulls drafted him with the No. 1 pick in 2008 after defying long odds to win the lottery.
"The Bulls are loyal," Rose said. "They've stayed loyal with me, showed that they trusted me by picking me to come here. I just feel blessed, and I'm just happy that I'm here."
Information from ESPNChicago.com's Nick Friedell and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Legislature Begins Special Session
Monday was a busy night for Texas lawmakers. By 5:18 both chambers had adjourned sine die, meaning without a future meeting time, to officially end the 83rd legislative session. But by 5:30, they had a future meeting time: 6 pm that night.
Governor Rick Perry’s official call for the special session focused on only one topic. It directed lawmakers to focus on redistricting. Specifically on the State House and Senate and Congressional maps drawn by federal judges and used in the 2012 elections.
A move that some question. Especially democrats who think Attorney General Greg Abbott wants to approve the new maps to stop future lawsuits.
“And what better way to get some relief then to be able to walk into court saying that we don’t need to do redistricting because the state of Texas adopted a map that’s been judicially pre-cleared," State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) said. "Everybody recognizes that as a red herring and a desperate attempt to take himself out of a bad situation that only he created."
Fischer has been part of efforts to overturn the original state-drawn maps... specifically over what he considers underrepresentation of Hispanics.
But on the first night of the special session, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst downplayed any notion that making the interim maps permanent would settle legal disputes.
“Our adopting the three maps does foreclose the Republicans to file suit and ask for improvements in the maps, or the Democrat to file suit and ask for improvements in the maps," Dewhurst said.
So let’s back up and provide a little history. Texas lawmakers drew new congressional and state legislative maps in 2011. A federal court in San Antonio said, nope those maps aren’t good. So they drew their own maps, called interim maps, which the judges said fixed some of the minority voting rights and other problems they found in the maps drawn by lawmakers.
Representative Fischer is obviously opposed to the AG’s plan. But he said there’s another problem with a special session on redistricting. While the Attorney General’s goal might be to quickly pass the current temporary maps, that doesn’t mean lawmakers won’t show up with their own ideas for a new map.
“There are Republicans who feel like the map needs to get larger. There are minorities who can draw maps to show that there are more seats to be drawn by minorities. There are incumbents who feel like they lost special areas in their voting areas that they’d like to have back," Fischer said.
One way the Senate may try to get around that problem is by setting aside that chambers tradition of first setting up a blocker bill, which then requires a two-thirds vote of Senators for any other bill to jump line and be debated.
Lt. Governor Dewhurst took some tough questions about breaking that tradition Monday night. He countered by saying he is simply following another tradition set by Democratic Lt. Governor Bob Bullock.
“In the special session on redistricting in 1991, he operated the special session without a blocker bill," Dewhurst said.
After meeting Monday night, the Senate, and it’s redistricting committee, won’t meet again until Thursday. The House meets for the first time in the special session this morning.


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Another Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia has died in unclear circumstances. Mwanamizi Mwitani from Kwale was allegedly murdered and her body locked in a freezer for more than 3 months after a quarrel with her employer.
Family members claim the woman was killed after a child she was taking care of died after choking. Relatives now want the government to intervene and ensure proper investigation are carried out and her body is brought home.
Relatives now want the government to intervene and ensure proper investigation are carried out and her body is brought home.
Many African people suffer from the racial discrimination,lack of support from family,and out of touch to their family due to prolonged stay in foreign countries..
The more common incidences usually happen in saudia Arabia where people swam in from third world country for better pay.Most mistreatment are against foreign women who work as nanny.
Amnesty international has urged saudia Arabia to investigate many cases of deaths and mistreatment against servants,it has been termed as a hub for human trafficking.Workers from Kenya, India ,shrilanka,Ethiopia and Eritrea flow in masses most suffer from physical abuse,sexual abuse and non or delayed payment.
In most recent cases is a woman from Kenya was beaten to death.Esther mwikamba 26yrs was brutally beaten last month a carpark she has been in a comma since then and died on monday this month..Another case is whereby another woman was brutally murdered and her body locked in a freezer for three months Ms mwanamizi mwitani from kwale was working as a servant in saudia.
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Last night, Lincoln Center hosted the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, celebrating the past year’s best designers in categories across the industry. The star-studded 2015 award show was presented in collaboration with Swarovski, and featured the usual crew of celebrity guests including Gigi Hadid, Zac Posen, and of course, Kanye West.
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Things I liked:An update here ... I have since found several pellets to be bigger or smaller than the average. A few were noticably bigger and had to be pressed pretty hard to be inserted into my Beeman RS2's barrel.
Things I would have changed:More uniformity in the size of pellets.
What others should know:I finally used these on my 30 yard range with some very strange results ... from 23 yards to 30 yards the groups opened up from 3/4 of an inch to 3+ inches. Many were keyholed on the target so obviously they became unstable in flight. Perhaps because of the Beeman's power. They still shoot very well in my Daisy 008 and Crosman 357.
Things I liked:The looks, the consistancy, the penetration and for sure the price. My rifle, a Beeman RS2 is sighted in for 30 yards with Beeman 10.65 Kodiac Match pellets. These seem to hit about an inch low to point of aim, which kind of surprised me as they are 1.5 grains lighter.
Things I would have changed:Maybe the container. It is cute but a pellet gets jambed in the opening from time to time. Not a big deal really ...
What others should know:I just shot a 3/4" group at 23 yards with my Beeman RS2. I wasn't able to use my usual 30 yard range and had to rig a rest out of cinder block. I wasn't completely comfortable but found out what I needed to know, these pellets are accurate out of this gun. Also they shoot real good out of my Crosman 357 and Daisy 008. All in all, a darn good all round pellet. I will test these under better conditions at 30 yards and get back. One more thing ... Pyramyd still #1!!!
Things I liked:Very inexpensive wadcutter pellets of about 7.5 grains weight. Reasonably good finish, short skirts, few deformations.
Things I would have changed:Unfortunately, there is significant size variance. In the Beeman P17, Benjamin Trail and Ruger Blackhawk in which I have used them, few fit snugly, most fit loosely and some fall straight through the barrel from the breech in the course of loading.
What others should know:Grouping is much coarser and fliers much more frequent than with Beeman coated, Crosman competition and RWS Basic wadcutters. The flight of some of these Daisies is downright erratic. While the price was right, the quality was not there for 10m target shooting. Might be okay for plinking large items such as plastic bottles. I have relegated them to break-in shooting for new airguns, for which purpose they get the job done and are cheaper than the other pellets mentioned above. Not recommended except for break-in shooting.
Compatible with Daisy Max Speed .177 Cal, 9.1 Grains, Round Nose, 100ct


How do they rank? Over the majority of the UHF band the Channel Master
appears to be the better performer. The caveat is that above (about)
Ch 40, the Antennas Direct DB8 excels. Also, because the DB8 exhibits a slightly
stronger signal over most of the band below Ch 40 than the Winegard HD-8800, the DB8
appears to rank second, the HD-8800 third.
The Winegard HD-8800 was a little bit of a surprising disappointment, especially
for such a long standing company which has produced so many other quality
products. In addition to demonstrating a generally lower gain, it has a
few physical short comings. It was the most tedious to assemble because it
has the most nuts & bolts to install of all three; most of these to hold the
joining booms together. Some screws were also a little hard to reach,
lying in between the active and reflector elements. Finally, the locking
design of the "snap into position" active elements does not always yield a
strong lock. Some elements required very little pressure to push them out
of position. The top most element of the test unit could be pushed
downward with a fairly light touch of the finger. Repeated use as a bird
perch would easily displace the element, resulting in loss of gain.
On the other hand, along with its overall favorable performance, the Channel
Master was hands down the easiest to assemble. It ships in an over size
but fairly flat box, with all bays already ganged, and the active element boom
assembly pulls easily into position in front of the reflector.
The DB8 assembly comes out closer to the Channel Master than the Winegard.
Not quite as simple as the Channel Master, but it moved along quickly, and was
no where near as tedious as the Winegard.
Of the three, the reflector design of the Channel Master uses the closest
reflector spacing, and thus a higher number of reflectors for the same overall
area. This higher density of reflectors, along with a longer overall
dipole dimension, is a likely contributor to its higher low end gain (see the
sidebar below for more discussion on this).
Sidebar - Some Engineering Info and Discussion
It might be interesting to revisit those comments like "... most 8-Bay antennas
are optimized for the old UHF spectrum".
Here are the mechanicals for the three units tested here. The "old" DB8 is
just included for reference.
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Do the measurement observations correlate with this mechanical data? Hmmmm....
not exactly. If the
longer length dipole is such a critical factor, wouldn't both the CM4228HD and WineGard
HD8800 outperform the DB8?
The implication is that dipole length may not be the only significant factor.
By observing the characteristic resonance frequencies for the
lengths involved, its pretty clear the "new" UHF spectrum is just as much within
the range of the "old" designs as it has always been. Its also clear
that for some channels these bowtie designs behave like a 1/2 wave antenna, and
for other channels they behave like a full wave antenna. What electrical
characteristic changes the most across this range? Impedance.
How in the world can one optimize the power transfer from an electrical source
whose impedance varies so dramatically across the spectrum of interest?
The answer is simply that you can't optimize for all frequencies; its only
possible to find a compromise. That is, a "best choice" center frequency
at which source and load impedances are matched optimally, and above and below
which things don't get so bad as to be unusable at the extremes of the spectrum.
The design choices that have gone into the
transmission systems and baluns of the various models must surely represent a
compromise aimed at centering optimal performance within the desired band.
If the center point of that band has shifted (as a result of the re-allocation
of the high end), then the only thing that should need to be shifted is the
center point targeted by the balun. So the suggestion is that while designs
like the DB8 do have shorter dipoles, their lengths are not out of the band of
interest, and by slight modification to their integral baluns, it might be
possible for them to peform comparably to longer dipole designs at the low end.


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Notorious fashion risk-taker Emma Stone stepped out in this voluminous velvet frock for the Tokyo premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man this week. She paired the dress with petite Louboutin heels and violet eye makeup. Are you a fan of this look for Emma?
Lovelies, is this voluminous dress working for Emma Stone? Hit or miss?


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Foods are prone to quality degradation in the whole supply chain, but the possibilities for monitoring the quality of foods inside the package are limited. When sensors of quality indicators are included into the package of a food, the package can become an intelligent packaging that is able to communicate information about the packed food. An intelligent packaging could be used to monitor quality attributes of the food and translate this into a message about the quality of the packed food that is communicated to all actors in the supply chain. Knowledge of the quality status of the food could lead to improvements in quality based logistic decision making in the food chain and reduce food waste. In this thesis the possibilities and pitfalls to use intelligent packaging to monitor the quality of foods were explored.
Aim of this thesis
The objective of this thesis was to study and develop an intelligent packaging concept that can monitor and predict food quality within the supply chain. Intelligent packaging systems, based on a direct or indirect quality monitoring sensor and combined with mathematical models, were evaluated on their abilities to predict the quality of the packed perishable foods under different conditions that can occur in the supply chain. The development of new non-destructive methods for monitoring changes in the freshness status of packed fresh fish was chosen as a case study for the proof of principle of the application of intelligent packaging for monitoring food quality.
First, a literature study was performed on the possibilities for intelligent packaging for monitoring the quality of foods (chapter 2). One of the conclusions was that foods that benefit the most from intelligent packaging are expensive, highly perishable foods. Foods with a known or low variation in initial quality can benefit from sensors that monitor the environmental conditions surrounding the food that influence the quality of the packed foods. Foods with an unknown or high variation in the initial quality need sensors that directly monitor a quality attribute of the food itself.
The initial quality of fresh fish is highly variable and therefore fresh cod fillets require sensors monitoring compounds correlated with the quality of the fish. Therefore, fresh cod was chosen as case example for the development of a quality sensor for intelligent packaging. The content of total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) compounds were identified as possible quality indicator compounds to predict the freshness of fish, the most important quality attribute of fresh fish.
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- raw fish
- food quality
- quality management
- tracking and tracing
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Opening in NYC November 8, 2019 and nationwide November 15, 2019
Produced by Alec Baldwin, Anjul Nigam, Gregg Bello
Written and Directed by Joel Souza
Starring Thomas Jane and Luke Kleintank
Grateful to Anjul Nigam for providing us with another opportunity to collaborate with him and his team. We were fortunate to provide casting services for New York supporting roles as well as background. Lots of lessons learned on this project and appreciate Anjul Nigam’s guidance and support.