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To me that's what food is all about!
I can happy announce that it worked. The rapini was really delicious in this dish, not too bitter and I really loved it!
Unfortunately I didn't have any cheese in the house but I went ahead anyway washing and slicing the rapini, the stalks into 1/2 inch rings and the tops a little rougher, leaving the "broccoli" flower like parts fully in tact.
These pasta sauces come together in no time, I mean by time you're boiling the pasta it's done!
When the meat was room temperature, and the Rapini was washed and sliced it was ready to go.
Normally garlic is sauteed at this first step but there was enough in the meat so I browned the "sausage" and to that added the rapini over top. Adding some pasta water to the pan I covered with a lid and let the rapini "steam" a bit.
When the pasta was done 9 minutes later and the stems of the rapini were tender it was ready to go.
Pasta goes over top, more pasta water and I toss with the heat off. It all comes together beautifully.
Not everyone was keen on trying the Rapini so I was lucky to have divided the "sausage" early on and roll half the meat mixture into mini "meatballs"
I cleaned the pan and started again, quickly browning the meat and adding these little grape tomatoes to the pan, as soon as they "pop" (you can squish them a bit with the back of the spatula) the pasta and pasta water goes in, it all comes together with a little worstershire sauce and we're good to go!
If I had cheese it would have gone overtop at the end.
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The winger is back at his parent club after a six month loan to fellow Premiership side St Johnstone and he thinks he's coming back having proven he can still cut it at the top of Scottish football.
O'Halloran started his Saints loan in blazing fashion, scoring five in his opening six games – form he hopes can force him into new manager Graeme Murty's thoughts.
Speaking in Florida to RangersTV he said: "I'm obviously delighted to be back. When I met up with the boys it was nice to see all of the faces again. I'm glad to be back in training, it's been brilliant.
"It's not a bad start this time round. It's a lovely place obviously and it's nice to get away from the damp and cold weather back home and have a break.
"We're working hard, but it's also nice to have the down time in the sun which is also good.
"Obviously he's (Graeme Murty) welcomed me back which is nice, but I'd imagine at some point he will sit down with me to speak and tell me what his plans are and where he maybe sees me playing, which is good. I'm looking forward to getting that chat with him.
"For me at the time, I had to go out and get games because I wasn't playing here. I knew that I was going somewhere where I was going to play and that I felt comfortable.
"It was good to go back there and I made a good start which was really good. I then had a little injury which kind of derailed me a wee bit which was disappointing.
"I rushed myself back and ended up doing it a little bit worse. I'd probably have gone on and scored a few more goals if I'd have been fit.
O'Halloran struggled for a consistent place in Rangers' starting XI under Mark Warburton and then Pedro Caixinha.
He feels returning to the club the Gers purchased him from in January 2016 showed why Warburton chose to buy him two years ago.
"I'd played so many games before I came here, that was the thing, I felt that I never really had a run of games.
"I went back there and played straight away which was good at somewhere where I was comfortable. I went and showed there what I can do at this level.
"I feel comfortable here and everyone had been brilliant with me since day one. I think for me, it's the run of games and I never really got that.
"It was two games here, then three games there. It's hard to get a bit of momentum going.
"So hopefully this time I can come and work hard and show the manager what I can do and get into the team and play as regularly as I can.
"I maybe have a point to prove to some people, but I don't think that in this league there's any point there to prove for me.


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Bind 2 handler om svake konger, ofre, diverse mindre angrepstemaer, intutive ofre, rokade til motsatt side, moderne kongejakt og vedvarende initiativ.
"Attacking Manual 2 includes a lot of good exercises, but it is much more than just this… The book can be used as excellent, although complex, entertainment. Aagaard is good at finding new material, so there is almost no overlap with older books on the same theme. But the greatest value of this book is to those who want a deeper understanding of those situations in chess where an attack becomes unstoppable and dynamics is the over-shadowing factor.
I find it hard to come up with any points of criticism. Maybe it would be that many of the exercises are so complex that I cannot solve them! But it is exactly for this reason the book is also great for elite training.
"The number of different books published on the game of chess is huge … Unfortunately few of these are devoted to attacking the king which seems sort of strange. The most ambitious approach to the subject is the two volume series by GM Jacob Aagaard, Attacking Manual 1 and Attacking Manual 2.
"Aagaard is very good in explaining chess with concepts and his choice of instructive games in this book is more than impressive!


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THREE WAYS OF SEEING SUBTLE ENERGY
© 2007 Donna Eden & David Feinstein, Ph.D.
"If I were a dog, it would all be in black and white. If I were a mosquito, I would only see heat waves. If I were a snake, it would all be infrared. So I guess you can never really know what is there; it all depends on whose eyes are looking."
–Our Friend Devon Mortifee (Ann's son) at Age 8
Energy Synesthesia: Synesthesia ("joining of the senses") is the vivid, involuntary experiencing of one sensory mode through another ("tasting" a color, "seeing" a sound, or "smelling" a shape). The perceptions are experienced as real and originating from outside oneself (rather than being imagined in the mind's eye), as if the object holds that sensory quality. Estimates of the number of individuals who consistently experience synesthesia vary from 1 in 200 to 1 in 20,000. It appears, however, that its frequency among the general population has increased since it was first described in the late 19th century. Recent studies indicate that synesthesia can be experienced during meditation, and it can also occur episodically during certain drug experiences, seizures, and fevers. There has been virtually no investigation of synesthesia in non-Western populations. The renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead was high in synesthesia, and some who knew her have speculated that this was one of her strengths in communicating so effectively with those of other cultures and languages.
"Energy synesthesia" is a term we have coined to describe the ability to experience, through your sensory system, subtle energies that most people do not perceive. No one, to our knowledge, has an independent sensory system (one beyond seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling) that zeroes in exclusively on subtle energies (e.g., chakra or meridian or basic grid energies), but some people experience these energies through their established sensory channels. This ability may actually be our birthright (infants and individuals brought up in non-technological cultures sense energies in ways that are rare in our culture), but is lost during enculturation (which can be defined as the social process of systematically placing filters on a young person's senses to focus perception on what the culture understands and values). Energy synesthesia can, however, be cultivated, and individuals who practice energy medicine often begin to again see, taste, smell, or, most frequently, feel subtle energies.
Your skin is a reliable bridge for developing energy synesthesia. Skin, the largest sense organ, is photoreceptive. Even with your eyes closed, your skin registers light and sends impulses to the hypothalamus, which are relayed to the pineal gland. The pineal gland—in the center of the brain directly behind the eyes and about the size of a pea—contains a complete map of the visual field of the eyes and regulates the body's biorhythms, in part through the production of melatonin.
Those who have studied chakra clearing with Donna will recall being told to close your eyes while giving or receiving the chakra clearing, and to notice if you see colors in your mind's eye. Many do. Francesca McCartney teaches her students to identify colors, eyes closed, by bringing their hands near an object. She reports that people can "see" color via any area of their skin and finds that practicing "psychometry" (the use of one's hands to sense energy) is a powerful path toward cultivating clairvoyance. Simply knowing that your hands, your skin, and your eyes are wired to sense energy (energy synesthesia)—and for some people their ears, nose, and taste buds as well—gives you an important boost in your ability to choose the practices that will cultivate the direct perception of the energies around you. Practicing energy work while holding this perspective, in fact, has sensitized many of Donna's students to subtle energies.
Sensitivity to Light Outside the Normal Color Spectrum: The skin emits thirty photons per square centimeter per second, not enough to cause us to visibly glow, but light is already coming out of the body. The skin also emits microwaves, infrared, and other electromagnetic frequencies. Some people visually register frequencies that are outside the normal spectrum of visible light, and this allows them to see the biofield as well. While there is apparently a "tetrachromatic" gene associated with this ability of the optical nerves to register an expanded range of the light spectrum, this ability can also be cultivated.
Inner Sight: The pineal gland is not only light sensitive, it is associated with psychic development. It is referred to as the "third eye" in numerous mystical traditions, and it is frequently a focus in their many ways of teaching people how to cultivate "inner sight." It is now believed that other areas of the brain, such as the hypothalamus and the right temporal lobe, are also associated with spiritual experiences. And not only is the third eye (6th chakra) involved with inner seeing, Donna believes many people receive a tremendous amount of information through the 2nd chakra, which may result in a "knowing" that may then be experienced in terms of color or other sensations. We encourage you to practice any form of mediation, yoga, or other spiritual discipline that speaks to your heart. At the same time, simply practicing energy medicine while staying open to unusual forms of perception also cultivates inner sight.
Note: Thanks to Kevin T. Dann, Ph.D., for helpful comments on the first paragraph of an earlier draft of this essay. Dr. Dann is author of Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental Knowledge.
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History Announces 6-Hour 'Sons of Liberty' Mini-Series
History Announces 6-Hour Sons of Liberty Mini-Series
Production begins this summer on Sons of Liberty, which follows historical figures such as Sam Adams and Paul Revere as they change the nation in secret.
TVweb Contributor
— June 4, 2014
History has ordered its latest scripted miniseries Sons of Liberty from A+E Studios and Stephen David Entertainment (The Men Who Built America, The World Wars); it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra, Executive Vice President and General Manager, History & H2. The six-part miniseries, starting production this summer, follows a defiant and radical group of young men - Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Joseph Warren - as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.
The stellar cast includes: Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia) as Sam Adams, a natural born leader with charisma and a penchant for mischief; Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) as Joseph Warren, a doctor and man of conscience and integrity; Michael Raymond-James (Jack Reacher, Terriers, True Blood) as Paul Revere, a veteran who wholeheartedly joins forces with Sam Adams; Rafe Spall (Prometheus, Life of Pi) as John Hancock, the wealthiest man in Boston at the time; and Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gangs of New York, Legends of the Fall) as John Adams, a lawyer and the conservative, smart cousin of Sam Adams. Additionally, Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings, Rogue) is cast as the ferocious General Thomas Gage who is sent to handle the unrest in Boston with a military response; Emily Berrington (24: Live Another Day) as Margaret Gage and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad, Under the Dome) as the brilliant yet mischievous diplomat Benjamin Franklin.
Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, they light the spark that ignited a revolution. Though their names have become American legend, this group of young rebels didn't start off as noble patriots in powdered wigs. They were a new American generation of young men from varied backgrounds, struggling to find purpose in their lives. They were looking for equality, but they found something greater: Independence.
Here's what History's Dirk Hoogstra had to say in a statement about the mini-series.
"From the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence, Sons of Liberty will tell the rebellious story of America's greatest fight for freedom. History continues its commitment to bring viewers historical drama based on real events that have shaped our past, while capturing the spirit of the time. Adams, Hancock, Revere, are famous names in our history books, and Sons of Liberty will bring their stories to life."
Sons of Liberty is produced for History by Stephen David Entertainment and A+E Studios. Kari Skogland (Boardwalk Empire, Vikings) is set to helm. Title theme by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer. Written by Stephen David and David C. White. Russ McCarroll and Elaine Frontain Bryant are executive producers for History. Stephen David and Matthew Gross are executive producers for Stephen David Entertainment.


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Unwary Investors at Risk with Med-X $15mm Cannabis Crowdfunding Campaign
Exclusive article by Alan Brochstein, CFA
Team Med-X (PRNewsFoto/Med-X, Inc.)
This management team is asking $15mm for 21% of its company. Med-X, based in Los Angeles, is actively pursuing a crowd-funding campaign, the first cannabis-related company to do so via a new program known as Regulation A+. The company, which had received non-binding indications of interest from over 1100 investors for a total in excess of $3.6mm, announced yesterday that it is now accepting orders to buy its stock.
Anyone participating in the offering should read the offering circular. Unfortunately, most investors don't bother with the fine print. In this case, that would be a very bad idea in my view. I have been analyzing investments professionally for thirty years, with an emphasis on the cannabis industry for the past three years, and this offering concerns me greatly.
Here are 18 key points potential investors should consider before handing over their cash to Med-X:
The company's most updated financials, from June 30th, indicate no sales to date and there has never been mention of any sales at all. Why not?
As of June 30th, the book value (assets less liabilities) was just $369K
In addition to the 25mm shares the company intends to sell, there are 90mm shares that have been given as founder's stock to the company's insiders, mainly COO and President Matthew Mills, who received 60mm shares. About 2.4mm shares have been sold to investors at $0.50), leaving a current total of about 117.4mm shares
Oddly, the CEO was given only 3mm shares, less than the the company's lawyer, who got 5mm.
At $0.60 per share, the company is being valued at over $70mm! "The offering price of the shares of common stock has been determined by management, and bears no relationship to our assets, book value, potential earnings, net worth or any other recognized criteria of value."
Of the $15mm being raised, the company will keep only $13mm, with $2mm in expenses (mainly marketing)
The company will spend all of the money within the next two years, with the largest portion, $4mm, going into its media property MarijuanaTimes.org, which currently heavily promotes this offering
The company is not focused, with initial efforts aimed at the media property, a natural pesticide, an extraction business, R&D on strains, a cannabis pharmacy automation project and a cannabis cultivation facility
The people behind the company are all involved with Pacific Shore Holdings (OTC: PSHR), a company that failed in its effort to become a publicly-traded company six years ago
The CEO is a practicing physician with many additional responsibilities
Information is very limited with respect to PSHR, which has failed to provide any SEC filings to the public since raising money in 2010.
"On August 7, 2013, the California Department of Business Oversight issued a Desist and Refrain Order (the "Order") against Pacific Shore and Matthew Mills. The Order asserted that in June 2011, the respondents had offered shares from the State of California by calling a person with whom they did not have a pre-existing relationship. Respondents believe that this Order stems from the same facts as the Pennsylvania Order that was rescinded. The California Order stated that the respondents were to cease and desist from further offer or sale of securities in the State of California until qualification is made or unless the offer and sale are exempt from qualification. In October 2013, Pacific Shore commenced a private placement of common stock in compliance with Rule 506(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which is exempt from qualification in California and permits general solicitation."
The first product, Nature-Cide, is licensed from PSHR, which holds a royalty-free license from Matthew Mills, with limited details provided. "Making contracts and conducting business with Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., an affiliate, creates conflicts of interest in negotiating terms and enforcing covenants, since the agreements are not made at arm's-length."
There is absolutely no guidance or goals given with respect to the revenue potential from any of the operations the company is pursuing, nor does Med-X provide any sort of valuation analysis relative to comparable companies
The company website presently points only to the crowdfunding website – why is there no website for the company's potential customers?
Rather than invest in sales and marketing, R&D or any other value-creating position, the company pays only one employee, its head of investor relations, who earns $120K per year
There are no protections against massive dilution, with the shares authorized numbering 300mm and the company controlled by a non-independent board of directors
There is no guarantee that these shares will ever trade on an exchange – investors could be stuck in them just like the PSHR shareholders from 2010.
I have been watching the company for many months now as it has gone through the Regulation A+ process. Med-X appears to be focused primarily on raising a large amount of capital rather than running the business. All of this money will be spent within two years, and it seems implausible that the company will be worth much more, if any, than the total raised, which is $13mm. Assuming 117mm shares, though this could certainly rise, the shares may end up worth about $0.11.
Investors should ask themselves:
What is the track record of management?
How sound is the business plan?
Does it make sense to value a start-up at $70mm?
I like the idea of crowd-funding, as the cannabis industry is no doubt starved for capital. For it to succeed as a funding mechanism, though, the company has to merit investment. From what I have seen, the Med-X deal does not. It has failed to show any tangible signs of progress (i.e. where's the revenue?), and the founders appear to be very greedy in their generous stock awards to themselves.
To learn why we publish articles like this, visit "Why I Battle Against Cannabis Opportunists" on LinkedIn.
Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as founder of online communities 420 Investor, the first and still largest due diligence platform focused on the publicly-traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. At New Cannabis Ventures, he is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before shifting his focus to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst following over two decades in research and portfolio management. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 at Seeking Alpha, where he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a frequent source to the media, including the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Email
Crowdfunding, Matthew Mills, Med-X, Nature-Cide, Pacific Shore Holdings, questionable
SEC Sues Cannabis Investor Doug Leighton for Allegedly Manipulating MassRoots Stock Price
High Times Ditches Dreams of NASDAQ Listing
Jeffrey Friedland Settles SEC Stock Promotion Fraud Charges for $4.18 Million
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Q: Used memory dosnt changed after get additional object from memcached I dump all memory (jmap -histo ) after i load data from memcahced and than i load the the same data again (The data is loaded to another instance), but the used memory wasnt changed.
No GC was done (i allocate 2g new size heap and check with jstat and another tools that no gc was done ).
The second heap contains 2 instance from the type that I load from memcached.
I compare the heap after the second load to the heap after the first load.
The second heap has in any class types more instances than the first heap except [I that the second heap has less than the first one. The same of the gap (bytes) between the other classes in the heap is the same like the gap for [I.
I look on the byte code and didnt see anything suspicious. Any idea?
public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
              Object a1 = mc.get("userClient");
              -- get dump

             Object a11  = mc.get("userClient");
             -- get dump
             mc.shutdown();
}

A: If you wish to see the size of an Object on the heap, then turn off TLAB's (-XX:-UseTLAB) and monitor the change in Runtime.freeMemory() (dump is better because freememory is approximation ) while creating an object. This technique will only work for objects added to the heap, so local variables which are added to the stack wont show up.

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Phoenix falls short in CAA semifinal thriller
Posted: 6:25 PM, March 14, 2015 by Brianna Ek
Upper Marlboro, MD- After a hard fought, emotional game, Elon fell to James Madison University 63-60 in Saturday's Colonial Athletic Association tournament semifinal.
The score was close the entire contest, with no more than a three-basket difference separating the two teams. Going into halftime the Phoenix were in the lead, but it was the JMU Dukes who controlled the board the last eight minutes of the game.
Freshman guard Shay Burnett and sophomore forward Jenifer Rhodes dominated Elon's offense, with Burnett scoring 18 points and Rhodes adding 13.
The Phoenix had a chance to force overtime, but a foul and missed rebound in the last few seconds ended Elon's season.
Even with the outcome, Head Coach Charlotte Smith was proud of her team's performance.
"I'm just very proud of the way my team came out and competed today," said Smith, "I felt like we played with a lot of passion, a lot of fire, and a lot of heart. I am very proud of the way they executed the game plan today, it was about defense and rebound and we did a great job on the boards and did a pretty good job defending as well the entire game."
The Phoenix heads back to Elon, not with regret, but with high hopes for next season.
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Brianna is a senior from Southern Pines, NC. She is a Watson Odyssey Scholar, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in French and Asian Studies. Brianna is Sports Anchor for ELN and Executive Producer of ELN Radio. She interned at Tennis Channel and ESPN in Los Angeles. She loves to be to travel, paint, and play tennis. Follow her on Twitter @BriannaMarieEk


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Out Goes the Car. In Comes the Auto-mobile.
No doubt the car has come to a pivotal point with the prospect of 'driverless' and sharing cars rather than owning them. What they have in common is the more conscientious and efficient use of resources (materials, energy, time, infrastructure, the environment). In a recent interview Ford's Research & Advanced Engineering VP Ken Washington talked about what he sees as a defining factor. "The new generation is really thinking about how to use transportation in an on-demand way, they are less tied emotionally to the physical vehicle." That should make the car industry's creative juices flowing. Question is: are they?
What's interesting is that the effects can be twofold for the right type of car. Auto-driven cars, used in a shared capacity, may complement, at times even replace public transport. No doubt Google's long-term goal is to make the conventional car obsolete as well as rival public transport. Noticed how unassuming, bland, cute its self-driving pod looks? I'm sure nobody would mind sharing one with other people. Not exactly meant to take it out for the proverbial spin (no manual drive), it's by definition not a car to call your own. However, auto-driven cars that have something more to offer when 'driven manually', can also renew interest in ownership.
The car industry faces two major challenges. One: develop a business model no longer solely based on selling cars, and develop new, what I'd like to call, 'automotive formats' that will make people crave again because they have something new to offer. Two: make cars drive autonomously. Interestingly, Daimler already has its car-share program. No doubt lower than expected Smart sales contributed to setting up Car2Go. Automakers need to determine how fast and far the whole self-driving thing will go in terms of technology, politics, legislation, liability, standardization, mingling with road users that aren't autonomously steered (often overlooked), practicality and consumer acceptance. The question then arises how significant the intermediate phase will be or can be. Why is that? Well, the prospect is that we will stay responsible for a long time, at least until 2025. Dozing off in self-driving cars is out of the question. This means that self-driving cars will feature a steering wheel!
As long as we will have cars that can pilot themselves ánd that contain a mandatory steering wheel, why not offer the person behind the steering wheel the conscious choice between relaxing with the auto-pilot switched on, or active involvement in 'manual override mode'? Could be interesting. It's why we game, not some robot. It already applies to the cherished sports car or SUV of course, but when you emphasize that old-fashioned, gratifying 'live feed' element of driving yourself, people can even come to appreciate a small car that much, that they may actually want to own it. Not just any small car. There is already way too much of the same thing. The magic word is reinvent! No better example than Apple's reinvention of the good ol' phone. Its design and functionality turned out to be such a smash hit, that usage and ownership of the Apple iPhone was taken to a whole new level. It turned into a cult, particularly with young people, and made Apple the richest company in the world.
So, the young can be, to use Ford Research VP Ken Washington's term, "tied emotionally". What's needed is a next-generation approach that encompasses all new possibilities, incl. the potential blend-in with public transport. When occupancy rate is high, public transport is efficient. But a bus' or tram's standard bulk and weight do form a handicap at hours when demand is less. One can already envisage a 'jack of all trades on wheels' make its appearance: energy-, cost- and space-efficient, maneuverable in dense city traffic, yet comfortable and safe, with excellent ergonomics to make it an early adopter of driverless technology, looking like nothing else that's available, and offering a new take on driving. It can come in the form of traditional ownership, rent or lease. Use it on a car-share basis, and it can become semi public transport-like in self-driving mode - what you might call an 'auto-mobile' in the truest sense.


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Housing Gains Trigger Uneven Small Business Recovery
Things are looking up for small businesses--those lucky enough to meet certain criteria.
By Jeremy QuittnerSenior writer, Inc.@JeremyQuittner
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By all accounts, it looks like the long-awaited economic recovery is finally under way for small businesses. But there's a caveat.
The stock market is back to pre-recession levels, housing prices are recovering nationally, the unemployment rate is trending lower, and business confidence is improving.
But things may not be as great as they seem. Just as the wealthiest were least affected by the economic meltdown, the recovery for small businesses is most noticeable for a narrow subsection of business owners who were positioned to benefit from gains in assets such as the stock market and, more notably, the run up in real estate prices. Mostly, that means business owners who already had the capital to buy into the desirable higher-priced markets that have recovered fastest.
"A very small proportion of the economy is benefitting from the rebound in home prices," says Mark Vitner, senior economist for Wells Fargo in San Francisco. While home prices are increasing, there are about 100,000 fewer home owners now compared to a year ago, Vitner says, adding that the small businesses most likely to benefit from the run up in stock prices are ones that cater to high-end customers.
One entrepreneur who has benefitted from increasing home values is Russell Lundstrom, who along with his sister Julia, launched Simple Smart Science, a supplement company that will sell brain nutrition products. The duo launched the Denver, Colorado company about a month ago, after they secured a $125,000 home equity loan from a regional bank.
Lundstrom says the value of his house, which he bought for $450,000 in 2007, has returned to its pre-recession value, with most of the increase--about a 10 percent jump--coming just in the past year.
And the home equity loan, with a rate under five percent, was a better deal than other sources of lending, such as bank loans, which would have been more difficult to get, Lundstrom says.
"The Small Business Administration does not do pre-revenue funding, and startup funding is nearly impossible," Lundstrom says.
Home prices in 98 of the 100 largest cities increased 9.5 percent year over year for May, according to Trulia Price Monitor's latest survey of cities with asking price increases. Increases in the 10 most affordable cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, and Detroit, rose about seven percent.
While entrepreneurs with sterling credit ratings, full-time jobs, and money in the bank have continued to secure loans and credit lines, banks have been pulling in their home equity lines of credit for years. Home equity balances at all commercial banks decreased by more than eight percent to $498 billion in April 2013 compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the most recent Federal Reserve Board data.
And at large banks such as Bank of America, home equity originations fell 23 percent to $2.8 billion for 2012 compared to the previous year. Quarter over quarter, outstanding balances for home equity loans fell 4 percent to $105 billion for the quarter ending March 31, 2013.
"Going back to 2010, the home equity loan market has been collapsing, and it's been down significantly in every quarter" since then, says John Dunham, managing partner of John Dunham & Associates, an economic consultancy in New York.
Home equity loans are traditionally a major source of capital for small businesses--making the last few years' declining values a double-whammy for business owners tho are also homeowners. Those who managed to secure credit lines before the crash began have held onto them tightly. During the tepid recovery, the majority of small businesses have either started up or done what little expanding they've accomplished using personal resources or free cash flow, rather than loans, experts say.
Bruno Francois, founder and chief executive of Cycloramic, a smart phone application development company, based in Atlanta, applied for a home equity loan about a year ago from the Private Bank of Buckhead.
Francois was fully employed at the time as a computer scientist for a private company. The bank extended him a $250,000 line on a house he'd bought in 2010, and the line allowed him to leave his job and start his company. Cycloramic, which has three employees, is profitable and on track to have $750,000 in revenue this year, Francois says.
"I could not have done this without the line of credit," Francois says. "I had to live without a salary while I was developing the product, and I had to pay for programmers."
Similarly, Tim Murphy, the co-founder of Motion Works Physical Therapy, in Neenah, Wisconsin, recently tapped a home equity line he and his wife got when they purchased their house for $415,000 in 2009.
Home values in the area soon dropped by about 10 percent. Though Murphy says he hasn't recently had his house appraised, he said he thinks values are rising, as owners are starting to sell houses in the area and more houses are being built in the area.
They've used the $50,000 line, plus a $125,000 loan from SBA, to help build out their new office space, including adding treatment rooms, computer equipment, and other items necessary to run the business.
The terms on the home equity line of credit were better than SBA loan, Murphy says, with the former offering a rate around five percent and the latter charging about seven percent.
"We have been doing really strong business pretty much this whole year, form January to now, so we are cautiously optimistic that things will stay strong through the summer," Murphy says.
Published on: Jun 10, 2013


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How are you with Cardinals?
I'm am at a total loss... where do you get these pictures?
Good luck returning home to those dead ravens!! Left them in the dust - or on the turnpike! GO STEELERS!!! Look out Cardinals!!
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By Sunday she's like a Celtic Warrior Mama; face painted and ready to endure wind-burn, frost-bite....perhaps even LOSE HER TOES!
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Sermons -- 1740
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A discourse concerning the spirit of God in the faithful; : how, and in what manner it doth bear witness with their spirits, that they are the children of God; and what degree of hope or persuasion concerning their adoption, this witness of the spirit doth ordinarily produce in the faithful., By George Bull, D.D. late Lord Bishop of St. David's, (electronic resource)
A discourse upon Christ's kingly-office. : Preached at Nottingham, in Pensilvania [sic], Sept. 24th 1740., By Gilbert Tennent, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at New-Brunswick in New-Jersey. ; [Five lines from Psalms], (electronic resource)
A sermon against divisions in Christ's churches., By George Gillespie. Minister of the Gospel, at the head of Christiana Creek, in the county of New-Castle in America. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts], (electronic resource)
A sermon on the eternity of hell-torments., By the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, A.B, (electronic resource)
A sermon upon justification: : preached at New-Brunswick, on the Saturday before the dispensing of the Holy Sacrament, which was the first Sabbath in August, Anno 1740., By Gilbert Tennent, A.M. and Minister of the Gospel in the place aforesaid. ; [Two lines from I Corinthians], (electronic resource)
Affection on things above. : A discourse delivered at the Thursday-lecture in Boston, December 11th 1740., By Mather Byles, V.D.M. and Pastor to a church in Boston. ; [Three lines from Revelation], (electronic resource)
Die Gefahr bey unbekehrten Predigern, : vorgestellt in einer Sermon ueber Marcus am VI. v. 34. Gepredigt zu Nottingham in Penlylvania, den 8ten Marz, 1740., Durch Gilbert Tennent, Dienern am Evangelio zu Neu-Braunschwick. ; Aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche ubersetzt. ; [Four lines from Jeremiah], (electronic resource)
Faith absolutely necessary, but not sufficient to salvation without good works. : In two sermons, preached at Christ-Church in Philadelphia, April 20, 1740., By Archibald Cummings, M.A. commisary [sic] to the Bishop of London, &c. ; Published in their own vindication, from the false and rash reflections of the famous Mr. Whitefield. ; [Four lines in Latin from St. Cyprian], (electronic resource)
New converts exhorted to cleave to the Lord. : A sermon on Acts. XI. 23. Preach'd July 30. 1740. At a Wednesday evening-lecture, in Charlestown, set up at the motion, and by the desire of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield; : with a brief introduction relating to the character of that excellent man., By Isaac Chanler, Minister of the Gospel on Ashley River, in the province of South-Carolina. ; With a preface by the Reverend Mr. Cooper of Boston, N.E. ; [Three lines from The Acts], (electronic resource)
Reconciliation with an offended brother, explained and inforced. : In a plain discourse from Matth. V. 23, 24. (containing the substance of two sermons from that text.), By William Balch, A.M. Pastor of a church in Bradford. ; [Nine lines of quotations], (electronic resource)
Regeneration, and the testimony of the spirit. : Being the substance of two sermons lately preached in the Parish Church of St. Philip, Charles-town, in South-Carolina. Occasioned by some erroneous notions of certain men who call themselves Methodists., By Alexander Garden, M.A. Rector of the said parish, (electronic resource)
Some seasonable thoughts on evangelic preaching; : its nature, usefulness, and obligation. A sermon deliver'd (in part) at the Old-Church-lecture in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 23. 1740. To a numerous audience. Occasion'd by the late visit, and uncommon labours, in daily and powerful preaching, of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield. --The brother, whose praise is in the Gospel, throughout all the churches. : Published at the general motion of the hearers., By Thomas Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines from Watts], (electronic resource)
Souls flying to Jesus Christ pleasant and admirable to behold. : A sermon preach'd at the opening an evening-lecture in Brattle-Street Boston, Tuesday October 21. 1740., By Dr. Colman. ; To a very crowded audience. ; And printed at the desire of many. ; [Four lines of quotations], (electronic resource)
Take heed how ye hear. : A sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Philip Charles-Town, in South Carolina on Sunday the 13th of July, 1740. : With a preface, containing some remarks on Mr. Whitefield's journals., By Alexander Garden M.A. Rector of the said Parish, (electronic resource)
The Lord our righteousness. : A sermon preached on Fryday [sic] forenoon, September 11th 1741. In the High-Church-Yard of Glasgow, upon Jer. xxxiii. 16., By the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, taken from his own mouth, and published at the earnest desire of many of the hearers. And since revised and corrected. ; Note. The substance of the following sermon was delivered at the Old S. Church in Boston, Octob. 1740, (electronic resource)
The burning of Sodom, with it's moral causes, : improv'd in a sermon, preach'd at Charlestown South-Carolina, after a most terrible fire, which broke out on Nov. 18. 1740. And in a very short time laid the fairest and richest part of the town in ashes, and consum'd the most valuable effects of the merchants and inhabitants., By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. ; With a preface by the Reverend Dr. Colman and Mr. Cooper, of Boston, N.E. ; [Three lines of quotations], (electronic resource)
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. Geo. Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon preach'd in Charlestown, South-Carolina, March 26. anno Domini 1740., By J. Smith, V.D.M. ; [Eight lines from II Corinthians], (electronic resource)
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon, preach'd in Charlestown, South Carolina, March 26th, Anno Domini 1740., By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. ; With a preface by the Reverend, Dr. Colman and Mr. Cooper, of Boston, New-England. ; [Nine lines from II Corinthians], (electronic resource)
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon, preach'd in Charlestown, South-Carolina, March 26th Anno Domini. 1740., By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. ; With a preface by the Reverend Dr. Colman and Mr. Cooper of Boston, New-England. ; [Nine lines from II Corinthians], (electronic resource)
The danger of an unconverted ministry, : consider'd in a sermon on Mark VI. 34. Preached at Nottingham, in Pennsylvania, March 8. anno 1739,40., By Gilbert Tennent, A.M. and Minister of the Gospel in New-Brunswick, New-Jersey. ; [Four lines from Jeremiah], (electronic resource)
The danger of an unconverted ministry, : considered in a sermon on Mark VI. 34. Preached at Nottingham, in Pennsylvania, March 8. anno 1739,40., By Gilbert Tennent, A.M. and Minister of the Gospel in New-Brunswick, New-Jersey. ; [Five lines from Jeremiah], (electronic resource)
The fountain-head of all blessings: or, The great store-house opened. : A sermon preached immediately before the celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's-Supper at Dunfermline, August 10th 1740. Upon 2 Cor. V. 18. --All things are of God, -- : To which is annexed, a discourse at the service of the first table., By Ralph Erskine, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Dunfermline. ; Entred [sic] in the Stationers-Hall, (electronic resource)
The necessity and benefits of religious society. : A sermon from Eccles. iv. 9, 10, 11, 12. Two are better than one, &c., By the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, A.B, (electronic resource)
The prodigal son. : A lecture delivered on Boston Common 1740. Afterwards in the High-Church-Yard of Glasgow, Sept. 11. 1741. With some variations adapted to the place., By the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, (electronic resource)
The witness of the Spirit. : A sermon preach'd at Newark in New-Jersey, May 7th. 1740. Wherein is distinctly shewn, in what way and manner the Spirit himself beareth witness to the adoption of the children of God. : On occasion of a wonderful progress of converting grace in those parts., By Jonathan Dickinson, A.M. Minister of the Gospel at Elizabeth-Town in New-Jersey. ; [Two lines from Galatians], (electronic resource)
The witness of the Spirit. : A sermon preached at Newark in New-Jersey, May 7th. 1740. Wherein is distinctly shewn, in what way and manner the Spirit himself beareth witness to the adoption of the children of God. : On occasion of a wonderful progress of converting grace in those parts., By Jonathan Dickinson, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Elizabeth Town in New-Jersey. ; [Three lines from Galatians], (electronic resource)
Context of Sermons -- 1740
The witness of the Spirit. : A sermon preached at Newark in New-Jersey, May 7th. 1740. Wherein is distinctly shewn, in what way and manner the Spirit himself beareth witness to the adoption of the children of God. : On occasion of a wonderful progress of converting grace in those parts.
A discourse concerning the spirit of God in the faithful; : how, and in what manner it doth bear witness with their spirits, that they are the children of God; and what degree of hope or persuasion concerning their adoption, this witness of the spirit doth ordinarily produce in the faithful.
A discourse upon Christ's kingly-office. : Preached at Nottingham, in Pensilvania [sic], Sept. 24th 1740.
A sermon against divisions in Christ's churches.
A sermon on the eternity of hell-torments.
A sermon upon justification: : preached at New-Brunswick, on the Saturday before the dispensing of the Holy Sacrament, which was the first Sabbath in August, Anno 1740.
Affection on things above. : A discourse delivered at the Thursday-lecture in Boston, December 11th 1740.
Die Gefahr bey unbekehrten Predigern, : vorgestellt in einer Sermon ueber Marcus am VI. v. 34. Gepredigt zu Nottingham in Penlylvania, den 8ten Marz, 1740.
Faith absolutely necessary, but not sufficient to salvation without good works. : In two sermons, preached at Christ-Church in Philadelphia, April 20, 1740.
New converts exhorted to cleave to the Lord. : A sermon on Acts. XI. 23. Preach'd July 30. 1740. At a Wednesday evening-lecture, in Charlestown, set up at the motion, and by the desire of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield; : with a brief introduction relating to the character of that excellent man.
Reconciliation with an offended brother, explained and inforced. : In a plain discourse from Matth. V. 23, 24. (containing the substance of two sermons from that text.)
Regeneration, and the testimony of the spirit. : Being the substance of two sermons lately preached in the Parish Church of St. Philip, Charles-town, in South-Carolina. Occasioned by some erroneous notions of certain men who call themselves Methodists.
Some seasonable thoughts on evangelic preaching; : its nature, usefulness, and obligation. A sermon deliver'd (in part) at the Old-Church-lecture in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 23. 1740. To a numerous audience. Occasion'd by the late visit, and uncommon labours, in daily and powerful preaching, of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield. --The brother, whose praise is in the Gospel, throughout all the churches. : Published at the general motion of the hearers.
Souls flying to Jesus Christ pleasant and admirable to behold. : A sermon preach'd at the opening an evening-lecture in Brattle-Street Boston, Tuesday October 21. 1740.
Take heed how ye hear. : A sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Philip Charles-Town, in South Carolina on Sunday the 13th of July, 1740. : With a preface, containing some remarks on Mr. Whitefield's journals.
The Lord our righteousness. : A sermon preached on Fryday [sic] forenoon, September 11th 1741. In the High-Church-Yard of Glasgow, upon Jer. xxxiii. 16.
The burning of Sodom, with it's moral causes, : improv'd in a sermon, preach'd at Charlestown South-Carolina, after a most terrible fire, which broke out on Nov. 18. 1740. And in a very short time laid the fairest and richest part of the town in ashes, and consum'd the most valuable effects of the merchants and inhabitants.
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. Geo. Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon preach'd in Charlestown, South-Carolina, March 26. anno Domini 1740.
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon, preach'd in Charlestown, South Carolina, March 26th, Anno Domini 1740.
The character, preaching, &c. of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, impartially represented and supported, : in a sermon, preach'd in Charlestown, South-Carolina, March 26th Anno Domini. 1740.
The danger of an unconverted ministry, : consider'd in a sermon on Mark VI. 34. Preached at Nottingham, in Pennsylvania, March 8. anno 1739,40.
The danger of an unconverted ministry, : considered in a sermon on Mark VI. 34. Preached at Nottingham, in Pennsylvania, March 8. anno 1739,40.
The fountain-head of all blessings: or, The great store-house opened. : A sermon preached immediately before the celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's-Supper at Dunfermline, August 10th 1740. Upon 2 Cor. V. 18. --All things are of God, -- : To which is annexed, a discourse at the service of the first table.
The necessity and benefits of religious society. : A sermon from Eccles. iv. 9, 10, 11, 12. Two are better than one, &c.
The prodigal son. : A lecture delivered on Boston Common 1740. Afterwards in the High-Church-Yard of Glasgow, Sept. 11. 1741. With some variations adapted to the place.
The witness of the Spirit. : A sermon preach'd at Newark in New-Jersey, May 7th. 1740. Wherein is distinctly shewn, in what way and manner the Spirit himself beareth witness to the adoption of the children of God. : On occasion of a wonderful progress of converting grace in those parts.

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Mincing Lane has been one of the favorites teas of our household for many years. It is at once bracing and subtle, an envigorating breakfast tea, pleasing with or without milk.


Adidas Windbreaker Jacket. Lightweight reflective windbreaker jacket. Features fixed hood and zip front. Varsity appliques at the front. Zip welt hand pockets. Mesh lining. Elastic cuff hem and long sleeves. 55% nylon/45% polyester. Machine wash. Imported.
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 2003
B.A., Carleton College, in Biology and Political Science, magna cum laude, 2000
Benjamin M. Hron
265 Franklin St.
Ben Hron is a business law attorney whose practice focuses on representing companies on general corporate matters, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and joint ventures. Ben also represents private equity and venture capital funds, angel investors and financial institutions in connection with the financing of public and private companies.
Ben serves as outside general counsel for a number of his clients, advising company management on legal issues ranging from day-to-day matters to large strategic initiatives. He also coordinates and supervises the work of experts in other practice areas when appropriate. In addition to working with established companies, Ben has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs and startups, often getting involved when a business is still in its infancy and helping guide the founders through the formative early stages of their company's development. The experience of co-founding and growing his own law firm, VC Ready Law Group, from 2009 to 2011 has helped Ben better understand and address the issues facing many of his clients.
As counsel to investors and financial institutions, Ben helps structure and negotiate debt and equity financing transactions, including venture capital, growth capital, asset-based loans and distressed debt workouts. He also frequently writes and lectures on the laws and regulations governing financing transactions and recent trends in deal terms.
Ben was co-chair of the Securities Law Committee of the Boston Bar Association from 2013 to 2015 and co-chair of the BBA's Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee from 2015 to 2017. He also hosts the McCarter & English seminar series for entrepreneurs at the Cambridge Innovation Center.
Ben received a Juris Doctor from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) in Biology and Political Science from Carleton College. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.
Advised a medical supply company in connection with the sale of its business.
Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of debt and equity securities issued by a publicly traded media company.
Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3,500,000 investment in a UK-based clothier.
Advised an oil and gas technology company in connection with the sale of its business.
Advised a California-based e-commerce company in a $1,500,000 venture debt financing.
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While I admit I'm exaggerating the effect of the lights a bit with this long exposure image, the Carbon Trust says businesses could save up to 15% in lighting costs if they turned off lights in room and hallways when the spaces are not occupied. Not to mention decreasing light pollution at night.
In the world of energy, going after the metaphorical low-hanging fruit can yield big savings. In the case of energy efficiency, making improvements in this area could save UK businesses £2.5 billion a year, according to the Carbon Trust.
New analysis by the UK organization indicates that UK businesses are losing £7 million every day because of poor energy efficiency, and that addressing this should be the first priority when it comes to cutting business costs. Carbon Trust ranks this a greater potential cost savings than recruitment freezes, laying off workers, or freezing salaries. On a yearly basis, the collective £2.5 billion is equal to 13% of UK companies' energy bills, or the combined annual salaries of 100,000 employees paid an 'average wage'.
Our research shows that energy efficiency measures, not job cuts or salary freezes, are the cost-cutting steps businesses are considering first during this economically challenging time. It's an encouraging sign that wise companies are realising that cutting carbon and being green is the easiest way to make a business lean.
Our new statistics provide stark evidence that if companies are starting to feel the bite from the economic downturn, the first place to look for cost savings should be their energy bill. There are literally millions of pounds going out of the window every day, across the UK.
We're talking about money that could be saved by making quick and easy changes such as encouraging staff to turn off computers and lights, turning down the heating, or maintaining equipment properly.
Switch off lights in empty rooms—You could save as much as 15% in lighting costs by turning off unused lights in rooms and hallways.
Don't turn up the heat unless you genuinely need to—The Carbon Trust recommends you keep the thermostat no higher than 19°C (66°F). Increasing the thermostat by one degree increases heating costs an average 8% for every degree. Although The same can be said for air conditioning, assess how cool you genuinely need a room to be and don't over-cool.
Additional methods include—Maintaining heating and cooling equipment properly, turning off computers when not in use, installing compact fluorescent bulbs in light fixtures.
Considering that business generates 40% of UK carbon emissions, the financial savings are on top of the greater public savings in emissions reductions.


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The Whigs, You Won't and Mean Creek/Bowery Ballroom, New York/Jan. 24, 2015
Posted on January 26, 2015 by medleyville in Reviews // 1 Comment
During their headlining set Jan. 24 at the Bowery Ballroom, The Whigs leaned heavy on their 2008 album, "Mission Control." (Photo by Chris M. Junior)
Surely you've thought or heard this before: "If I decide to go into the city in this weather, it better be worth my while."
On Jan. 24, in the wake of the season's first major snowstorm to hit New York City and its neighboring states, this statement had to be on the minds and lips of more than a few concertgoers at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom. So ultimately, it all came down to the night's headline act, the Athens, Ga.-bred trio The Whigs, and the Massachusetts-based bands Mean Creek and You Won't to play an important role in whether the effort was worthwhile or worthless.
Mean Creek's Mikey Holland (left) and Chris Keene (Photo by Chris M. Junior)
First up was the quartet Mean Creek, which delivered an energetic, positive set and seemed overjoyed by the chance to play in the early slot. Singer Chris Keene's enthusiasm extended to his between-song banter, which included more than the usual amount of thank-you shout-outs.
You Won't (Photo by Chris M. Junior)
You Won't exuded a confident stage presence, but the two-man band's set suffered from too-busy presentation, with Josh Arnoudse and Raky Sastri either stepping away from the core foundation of guitar and drums, respectively, or multitasking with extra instruments. The quirkiness factor went up a notch with the appearance of a long piece of white tubing, which Arnoudse sang through during an a cappella take on the Elvis Presley hit "Can't Help Falling in Love."
Very little chitchat
The musical strains that accompany the Atlanta Braves' signature tomahawk chop preceded the onstage arrival of The Whigs, who kicked into their hour-plus set with "The Particular," from their latest album, 2014's Modern Creation.
Singer-guitarist Parker Gispert, sporting what can only be described as a look resembling Tonight's the Night era Neil Young, kept the set tight with very little chitchat. Not a lot needs to be said when bandmates —bassist Tim Deaux and drummer Julian Dorio — are right in the pocket with you, most notably on the Mission Control standout "Production City."
An early peak during the high-energy performance came during "Waiting," a track from 2012's Enjoy the Company. From there, The Whigs kept surfing through their catalog at a fairly economical rate, never wasting time with instrument-changing or crowd-pandering.
The main set came to a close with a solid version of another Mission Control track, "Already Young," and after a quick stage exit (and a reprise of the Braves' chop music), the band returned with a rousing cover of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel."
After The Whigs departed for good, it didn't take long for the house lights to come up, prompting audience members to exit onto Delancey Street. What just went down inside the Bowery Ballroom surely made braving the cold again — and in the first place — a little easier.
— By Mike Madden
Left to right: Tim Deaux, Julian Dorio and Parker Gispert of The Whigs (Photos by Chris M. Junior)
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Vermont Legalizes Marijuana
Another State joins in on Legalizing Marijuana! Vermont became the ninth U.S. state and third in the Northeast to legalize recreational marijuana use on Monday when Republican Governor Phil Scott signed a bill passed by the legislature earlier this month.
The law legalizes possession of up to 1 ounce of the drug, two mature plants and up to four immature plants by people 21 and older beginning on July 1. It does not legalize trade in the drug.
He noted that he had vetoed an earlier version of the bill that would have opened up sales of the drug, saying that a state commission would have time for further study before allowing a retail trade in recreational pot.
Neighboring Massachusetts, nearby Maine and six other states have legalized marijuana use as a result of voter initiatives.
New Hampshire's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a similar bill to legalize recreational marijuana use. That state's governor, Republican Chris Sununu, has said he opposes legalization.
Vermont is the first state to take this step by an act of the legislature, rather than as a ballot initiative. While it is one of the most politically liberal states, it is also one of 23 in the nation that do not allow ballot initiatives.
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Q: Regex Get Words Between HTML Tags I have this string :

Article Title

Here's some sample text

I'd like to get words neglecting html tags to array, ie
['Article','Title','Here's','some','sample','text']

I tried to create a regex, but it wont succeed.
Thanks in advance.

A: Put them in a dummy div and get innerText

var str = `
Article Title

Here's some sample text
`;

var div = document.createElement( "div" );
div.innerHTML = str; //assign str as innerHTML
var text = div.innerText; //get text only

var output = text.split( /\s+/ ); //split by one or more spaces including line feeds
console.log( output );

A: You don't need a regex for this, you can simply use the browser's API:

const html = "
Article Title

Here's some sample text
";
const div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = html;

// This will extract the text (remove the HTML tags)
const text = div.textContent || div.innerText || "";
console.log(text);

// Then you can simply split the string
const result = text.split(' ');
console.log(result);


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#345- Three Colors: Blue
Quick recap: A woman's husband and child are killed in a car accident and she must learn how to navigate this new life without them.
yes, there was actually a lot of the color blue in the movie
Fun (?) fact: The scene where Julie scraped her knuckles along a stone wall was real. Actress Juliette Binoche didn't think a prosthetic hand looked real enough so she went full badass and did it herself.
I know she's in a deep depression, but ordering coffee and then pouring it over ice cream is PERFECT
My thoughts: I knew this movie would be sad but I didn't expect it to cut so deep. It's a sadness that settled into me and took awhile to shake off after the credits were over. But Blue is also a beautiful film and actually hopeful in the end, even if only marginally so.
It is impossible to do this movie justice because the visuals are so rich. It's not a dialogue-heavy film anyway and it doesn't need to be. I've never been through grief like the main character but watching her try to continue on seemed so familiar. There aren't any scenes of her completely losing it like you would expect. Instead, there's a pushing down of emotions that somehow make it all the more depressing to watch, like her swimming in the pool and crying.
The score plays a huge part in this film, if not the most important part. Julie's late husband was a composer, although it turns out to have been her writing most pieces. He also had a mistress who shows up pregnant towards the end of the movie. It feels weird saying I disagree with Julie's decision to house the mistress and finish the symphony because this is such a personal story. It's like it actually happened, as if I watched a woman's grief in real time. And when someone has lost as much as Julie, what else is there to say or do?
Up next: The Right Stuff
tagged as 1990's, 5/5, drama, music, mystery
#297- A Night at the Opera
Quick recap: It's nothing but hijinks with the Marx Brothers! This time they get in on a money making scheme involving the opera.
Someone should've clued them in
Fun (?) fact: Producer Irving Thalberg made the mistake of leaving the Marx brothers in his office for several hours while he went to various meetings. When he returned, he found Harpo, Chico and Groucho completely naked and roasting potatoes in his office. Defeated, he sat down, ate one of the potatoes and never did that again.
Groucho, Chico, Harpo
My thoughts: The other day, my 7 year old told me in no uncertain terms that he hated black and white movies. My husband had shown him The Day the Earth Stood Still several months ago and according to him, it was super boring. Like any good parent in this situation, I went about trying to prove my child wrong- if it was the last thing I did.
My initial plan was to start playing A Night at the Opera and as soon as my kid became restless or started terrorizing the cats, I would turn it off. Then I would note how long he had made it and that would be the deciding factor in how I reviewed this movie. I didn't account for the fact that he would absolutely fall in love with the film. He seemed bored at first ( Groucho was his least favorite) but anytime Harpo appeared, everything was good. Some of my kid's favorite scenes:
Groucho ordering all that food for the stowaways
Everyone piling into the cabin
Harpo actually playing the harp
Harpo playing the trombone with a violin bow
And on and on and on. My son ate it up! It didn't matter that there was barely a plot or that there were a few slow numbers we could've done without, the comedy more than made up for it. Had I watched the movie alone, the curmudgeon in me probably would've given it just a couple of points. Seeing this through fresh eyes made me appreciate it so much more. I think what astounds me most is how there are so many tv shows and movies marketed to kids nowadays but sometimes it's the simple stuff they love the most. And Harpo.
Up next: Once Upon a Time in the West
tagged as 1930's, 5/5, comedy, music, musical
#226- Amadeus
Thank you to Josh for recommending the movie, thus ensuring that I have 'Marriage of Figaro' stuck in my head for many days to come .
Quick recap: The incredibly sad story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by the guy who hated him most.
Fun (?) fact: Director Milos Forman didn't even bother having the actors use an accent in the movie because he wanted them to focus on their characters. It almost makes me feel bad to think about all the things I said about Tom Cruise and his lack of accent in the movie Valkyrie. Almost.
My thoughts: Of course I loved Amadeus. I may not get the point of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? , but I'm not a complete monster. Then again, I also uploaded a video of the Bloodhound Gang, so let's just say I break even and move on.
The very first thing I did after finishing the movie was head over to Wikipedia to see how much of Amadeus was true and it turns out- it's actually rather accurate. Of course there are scenes that probably didn't take place, but seeing as how the movie is about a guy who lived over two hundred years ago, it's a little difficult to pin facts down. Most scholars believe that Salieri didn't really hate Mozart all that much, although they certainly weren't BFFs or anything. It's this detail that keeps me from embracing the film completely, although I certainly understand the reasoning of having a villain. Man versus Himself is much harder to portray on film, even though it is closer to the truth. Mozart was a genius and he knew it, and I think that's what ultimately did him in- that he saw the genius in himself when others didn't. I mean, he was celebrated while he was alive, but he also died penniless and was buried in a pauper's grave. As for Salieri, the film does an excellent job painting him as a villain, but also someone that, although it is uncomfortable, we can relate to as an audience. Jealousy is an ugly thing and also something we all wrestle with.
What I loved most about the film, I think, was the way the music was woven into different scenes. Not only did I get to see snippets of some of his operas but I was also able to experience the music as it related to who he was. I'm by no means a genius composer (or AM I?) but I am consumed by music from the time I get up until I go to sleep and sometimes even while I sleep. The music I listen to is not a hobby, it is who I am. I have a playlist on Spotify that if you listen to it chronologically, it tells a story of me and all that has happened the past few years. In Amadeus, Mozart gets so obsessed with Requiem that it almost kills him. He didn't just compose the music, he WAS the music and the two could never be separated.
Final review: 5/5.
Up next: Oh, Voyager
tagged as 1980's, 5/5, biography, drama, music
#217- The Color of Pomegranates
Quick recap: Red. The color of pomegranates is red. And sometimes pink, but mostly red.
I've seen a lot of life hacks about eating pomegranates, but this is a new one
Fun (?) fact: Director Sergei Parajanov once said that the American public didn't understand his movie because people 'are going to this picture as to a holiday.'
Weirdest holiday ever.
My thoughts: The Color of Pomegranates is about the life of Armenian poet, Sayat-Nova. Despite being a a biographical film, there isn't really a plot, or words, or characters or anything that would help me understand what I was watching at any point in time. So instead, I took everything at face value and came up with a few highlights to share with you about Sayat-Nova's life:
As a young boy, nothing made Sayat-Nova happier than dancing while his face was obscured with an instrument
His real passion, as we will see throughout this film, was holding stuff
From his angsty teenage years
Sayat-Nova cared about his studies and finally got accepted into a university that specialized in professional pomegranate eating
Sadly, Sayat-Nova died. His many friends attended the funeral
Now, it could be that director Sergei Parajanov put everything in here as a symbol, but as a stupid American who doesn't appreciate good film, I wouldn't know better.
Final review: 1/5. Supposedly this is a gorgeous film with a ton of meaning, but it went WAY over my head.
Up next: Detour
tagged as 1/5, 1960's, biography, drama, music


In 2017 there was much rhetoric, and undoubtedly planning, for significant military operations in the North Asian region. Such public discussion tends to focus the military mind on modern tactics and technology, and gives cause to exercise new operational concepts. It also compels them to reassess the preparedness of forces. There has been an understandable proliferation of military articles describing the need for forces to be ready, including logistics forces essential for any operational response. The impact of logistics on strategic decision making is much less discussed, as is the way logistics factors ultimately shape the choice of forces and strategy for a possible conflict.
When militaries are surprised, or a contingency operation is required, logistics capability and capacity is one of the most significant influences on the nature of the response. I will go so far, as I have done so before at Logistics in War, to argue logistics leads strategy in these instances. It shapes decisions and command direction, determining what is practical and most certainly what is possible. As Kane's comments above identify, logistics reveals itself in timing and the 'overcoming' of geography, in preparedness, mobility and other areas. Moreover, logistics factors – enabling and constraining – determine the nature of the military commitment itself. For all the investment we, as military professionals, might make into understanding the art and science of tactics and strategy, it means very little when plans unravel as the cold truth of logistics factors which inform the way in which forces are actually employed.
The reality is that the impact of logistics on strategy and preparedness is easily found. That is, if you choose to look for it. In a contingency response by a military it is abundantly clear. This is because logistics features in many of the activities that establish the preparedness of forces, or when the established preparedness methods fail to match the operational requirement, logistics limitations and constraints begin to influence and decisions that strategic leaders might make. One of the most important issues for strategic leaders is the identification of forces required as a response to a contingency plan or unforeseen circumstance, as this in itself influences the strategy in which will be used. This article will briefly touch on three of the most relevant aspects which might influence the nature of any commitment.
Firstly, we see the impact of logistics in the preparedness methods undertaken during peace. Most Western militaries have applied a 'force-generation' model that has suited two decades of continuous military operations. Simply put, this approach identifies relevant capabilities to be ready for a specific period of time, resources and sustains them accordingly, before transitioning this level of preparedness to another element at a later time. I hope to discuss an often seen alternative, a 'force-expansion' model, at a later time. Although the model usually includes a 'certification' process to validate that the force is ready, at its core the preparedness model is concerned with the apportionment of resources to where it is needed to ensure that a force is ready to deploy. When a force-generation model is 'broken' to suit a contingency, significant logistics risks are incurred as a forces race to improve materiel standards, personnel requirements, indent for stores and equipment and so forth. These logistics risks are always factors in the decision making of leaders, the strategy chosen and the forces employed to successfully implement it.
Secondly, we see the impact of logistics in the decision making concerned with the choices of forces. In the case of contingencies, especially at times where the determination of a level of commitment is a freedom of action, logistics problems in areas such as materiel readiness can be avoided by an appropriate choice of forces. This is a feature of contributions made by smaller militaries to coalitions. Often specific capabilities that can be sustained by a coalition supply-chain or a national effort are chosen for the commitment. As an example, the ADF has historically contributed Special Forces, specific air force capabilities, naval shipping and other valuable but niche capabilities at the outset of conflicts given the relative ease by which they can be deployed or sustained once in the field. It is also why we tend to see less land combat forces deploy earlier, as they often prove more difficult to bring to a heightened state of preparedness and sustainable combat capability. This factor was a major consideration as to when the Australian Army deployed its Light Armoured Vehicles to Iraq, and conventional forces into Afghanistan.
– What are the arrangements to evacuate nationals, and how does this impact deployment of forces?
– What are the financial costs to increasing preparedness?
– How much time is required to increase the preparedness level as it applies to stockholdings of repair parts and consumables?
– What are the consequences of increasing preparedness to the existing force generation process?
– What is the availability of strategic (war) commodities such as fuel and natures of ammunition, and what constraints exist in terms of access to global supply?
– How fast can forces deploy with available transportation capabilities, or those obtained through industry or from coalition partners?
– What are the constraints on mobilising specific components of the Reserve capability (such as medical specialists)?
– What is the national support capacity and capability to support military operations?
– What logistics activities can we perform ourselves, or what do we need to ask for?
These questions by no means represent an exhaustive list. Moreover, they were considerations for commitments other than a major conflict scenario. When such a major war is initiated logistics additionally shapes discussions and choices about force expansion and mobilisation, the exposure of supply to interdiction by the adversary, the defining of an operational area, and mobilising national industrial capacity. Having the right strategic and logistics command architecture to enable sensible decisions to be made is an essential criteria for success in the subsequent war. Strategic leadership will be nearly completely focussed on identifying, appropriating and ultimately employing resources to ensure that any strategy will be successful.
An understanding of logistics has always been an essential component of effective 'generalship' and staff planning at the strategic level. Decisions on strategy and force commitment depend upon it. This is not an excuse for logisticians to be lazy, as their actions in contributing to preparedness give strategic decision makers a freedom of choice given the availability of resources. Colin Gray, a modern-day doyen of strategy who most readers will be familiar with, closes his introduction to Kane's book with the 'the key to offensive success is not the mindless maximisation of supply, but rather the timely reliability of sufficient supply, yielding the opportunity for the art of strategy to show its true magic'. This reminds us of the obligations of both strategist and logistician to understand each other's work, and the role each plays in establishing the strategic options from which leaders can choose.


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Q: TFS Build template consuming WCF web service throws config error The error I get when I run my build looks like this.
"Exception Message: Could not find endpoint element with name'BasicHttpBinding_IR..." and contract 'IR...Service' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching ".
I have two workflow activity library projects for this build, a templates project and a custom activities project. The purpose of this build is to deploy sql scripts from TF so does not actually build a project.
I referenced a wcf web service in an Activities library project I use for custom activites. It created a bunch of xaml files related to methods of the service.
In my templates (activities library) project I was able to drag my web service activities onto my template, I added the one I needed and gave it a return variable. The endpoint configuration name was set to the end point name in the .config file in the activities project. All good.
The build runs correctly up to the point it needs to call the web service and throws the above error.
My questions are. Where should I expect the .config file to be that is used by the build process that is running my build? Is there any information / blogs / msdn reference out there that deals with this?

A: I don't think that it will be easy or...consistant to try and put the config files somewhere. The better option would be to manually code up the properties by creating instances off the required configuration objects and passing them in. You can then set things like the endpoint as variables in your workflow.
I have a blog post from way back in 2007 on how to create a WCF host programmatically: http://nakedalm.com/creating-wcf-service-host-programmatically/
While this is the wrong end (the host instead of the client) it demonstrates how to create the configuration objects programmatically.