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Best Mariah Carey Albums
1 Butterfly
To be honest, this album is worth listening because this is one of her most personal albums to date. "The Roof" was Mariah's favorite song (it probably still is now!), and "My All" gives it a personal depth and mood. "Honey" was such a good fun, loving song though! This is the art that deserves to be well-liked by anyone! It is also such a meaningful album for Mariah!
Honestly, it boils down between this and Daydream. But I love Butterfly a little more for several reasons. She grew up from Daydream and the previous albums. It's like she said, "Cut the crap, I'm singing for real. Forget the princess-y singing, I'm doing me." and thus Butterfly marked a new starting point in her career. Only true Mariah fans would know what I am talking about. Daydream is an awesome album too, but when you compare it to this album, Butterfly wins because it is simply more "realistic" in a sense.
Everything in this album proves that iy deserves to be jn the number 1 spot in every Mariah Carey Album Charts. From the very vivid and deep lyricism down to the unspoken emotions of her true self and also don't forget her very wonderful vocals. I think that this is really her best because it reflects on who she really are and she's now free and honest about her music. This took me to another Mariah that's far too better than most of her albums, it's like she's letting us take a peek in what she really feels inside.
Okay, we all probably knew that THIS ALBUM was going to hit Number One. The critics love it, fans love it, I love it, EVERYONE LOVES IT! And sure, while picking Daydream or Butterfly seemed like a tough decision, at first, I then did a bit of research. Butterfly was almost always put at No. 1 on Mariah Carey album Rankings, and so, since I loved both Daydream and Butterfly equally, that's what it had to come down to. Nevertheless, both albums are superb and I hop that Mariah's new album will remind me of this wonderful work of art! Thanks Mimi 4 the great music!
2 Daydream
This is such a beautiful, daydreamed album. "Fantasy" is my favorite song because this is the vibe I needed to make my dreams come true, especially for me having intimacy and passion on Aladdin and Aladdin and Jasmine's love relationship (even though they are not Christians, as one of the lyrics of that song is "Images of Rapture"; I had my own meaning for that one in a different way because that's what I wanted, hehe!). "One Sweet Day" was also such a perfect song for Aladdin and Jasmine because I imagined them singing this song with these same exact voices in the original song in my mind (with the Genie doing a couple speaking parts in the song)! This song is also so satisfying to me! Otherwise, the songs were really good in this album!
Clearly my favourite, and the best -then there are the Grammys and Billboard to support me. Though she left the Grammys empty handed, she had 6 nominations. With 3 singles charting at #1, Mariah also is honoured as the first female artist to debut a song in the chart directly to #1 (Fantasy), and the record for most weeks at number one with 16 (One Sweet Day).
This is one of her best works. The only thing I felt is that this album lacked some more upbeat songs. THIS is her vocal prime, this album has broke so many records it ain't even funny (do some research, because I'm not listing them... just too many). Never will we ever hear a voice this perfect.
Fantasy (1st female sung song to debut number 1), OSD longest Billboard streak at number 1, Always be my baby (one of her best selling songs). Along with Open Arms, Forever, Underneath the Stars. Best Album to date by MC!
3 Mariah Carey
This and Butterfly are easily her best albums. Both have beautiful ballads and danceable tracks which are not reductive hip-hop songs.
Top picks: Vision of Love, Vanishing, Love Takes Time & There's Got To Be A Way!
The Emancipation of Mimi is overrated and Charmbracelet and Emotions are underrated.
A very impressive debut. This album was just the starting point of her career, and she kept getting better as the 90's moved along. This is just a little effort in comparison to what she would later do, and later become..
Most singers get better as they get deeper into their careers, but this was Mariah's prime both musically and vocally.
Butterfly above this is disrespectful. This when mariah was great, this and music box are her best albums.
4 Music Box
It's such a shame that the album was criticized and mixed because some of the songs were actually just good, especially "Dreamlover" and "Without You". It was the era when Mariah started to lack the whistles and start to just belt with such a beautiful resonance. What a successful masterpiece! "Dreamlover" is my favorite song off of that album!
To me, I prefer this album better than the rest, and this is my personal favorite album of Mariah Carey. In my opinion, the theme is really beautiful, compared the albums like Butterfly and Daydream, especially on Mariah's music and looks, and this is how I want a perfect pop album by a female artist. My favorite song by her is "Without You". Even though it is a cover, the song is so perfect; it had a vibrant and enjoyable vibe to the music, it gives us emotions, and the vocals, especially at the end, are so heartwarming. I also believed that it should easily become a 1# hit since the vocals are very satisfying to some music fans. I also loved the album package, especially on the front cover of the cropped version of a photo shoot. If you see the entire version of that photo, she looked so beautiful, especially her curly hair full of cinnamon and elegance. "Hero" is a great song too; the theme is like how you are being yourself for a reason. The songs are all perfect in my opinion, ...more
Hero + music box are the best songs ever. I listen to them whenever I need strength and they always provide. Mariahs voice is beautiful as always, but it's the messages from the songs that make this the best album ever
Music Box is home to Mariah's most well known songs globally. The most successful selling album of her career. But in my opinion it only set her up for Daydream.
5 Emotions
I love Mariah so much, but this is the only studio album that there are no songs that I was class as bad/just okay. The singles are classics, the uptempos are underrated (as in "So Blessed"), but the final two tracks take the cake: "Till the End of Time" is in my top 10 favourite Mariah songs and "The Wind" stands out as completely unique in Mariah's catalogue and is chilling. This took the formula of her debut and made it SO much better. "Butterfly" is very close and has more standouts, but "Emotions" is more consistent.
This album is so much better than her debut. Her debut was impressive and great... This album proved that she was holding back on her first. She just let go and let God have his vocal moments through her. Can't Let Go is the best song on this album, and she has a great gospel hit, Make it Happen. To Be Around You is the most underrated song on this album and could have easily been a #1.
This album gives me life.
6 The Emancipation of Mimi
For those who listen to the details, like me, this is the most elaborated album, recorded by Mariah Carey. And, honestly, it's a fantastic body of work! On one hand you've got the breathtaking songs "Mine Again", "I Wish You Knew", "Circles" and "Fly Like a Bird" which no one else in the world could sing the way she did, and on the other hand you've got tracks like "One and Only", "So Lonely", "We Belong Together", "making' It Last All Night" and "Joyride" that are true mood setters and are just brilliantly crafted up to their very last second! A must for everyone who enjoys good music with stunning vocals!
When Mariah shuts up all her haters and doubters without a need to throw insults or shade, but with pure talent, she releases Emancipation of Mimi. This album is not only album of the decade, but will go on to becoming the album of the century.
This is probably one othe most amazing albums from 2005, Mariah is so good with comebacks! I love "We Belong Together" & "It's Like That" I don't see any flaws with this album And I love her whistle tone.
This has to be the best Mariah Carey album of all time! It kinda reminds me of the Old Mimi! These should definitely be number 1!
This album is an underrated masterpiece. The songs had some good musicality and interesting stuff on it, which are satisfying to listen to. Too bad, this album was kind of incomplete because Mariah was trying to leave the Sony/Columbia label to escape from one of her marriages that was already divorced at the time. It probably would've fought Butterfly as the best one though if that was actually completed without any problems. "Heartbreaker" is such an amazing song, so does others, but my favorite song out of all of them is "Thank God I Found You". I found this song so fun and nostalgic to listen to, and it's perfect! There is even an Aladdin and Jasmine AMV of that song that still hasn't got deleted yet; it was uploaded back in 2006! That's what makes it even more nostalgic! If you want to see it, let me know!
This album was made in only 3 months, because she was really trying to leave her recording contract with Sony/Columbia. This album proves that she only got better throughout the 90's, but still she left some songs incomplete like "Rainbow" and decided to make an interlude out of it. I believe that if she spent more time on this album instead of rushing it, it would have been better than Butterfly. However, this is her best theme for an album. Her vocals are explosive, more upbeat songs than any other album she did in the 90's, and yet most personal one of the 90's, with lots of emotion. This is her most "pop-ish" album though.
This is definitely one of her best albums, it shows her musical diversity, there are some very diverse sounds in this album. Take literally the first 3 songs, Heartbreaker, Bliss, and can't Take That Away, those are super different from each other, and (with the exception of the latter) they are also very different than anything Mariah had done prior to this.
Buah, a simple and bad album. I hate it, but, well, this album contains some good songs like ''We Belong Together''.
8 Caution
I believe this album is like a follow up to E=MC2 (but with no fillers). It's fun and sounds really current - with the exception of With You and Portrait. This album will capture the young generation
Amazing body of work!
9 E=MC2
Not my favorite from her, because many songs are a little superficial. However, I think this is a very fun album, because she finally got to a place where she did not have to prove herself vocally for everyone to know that she is one of the greatest artists ever. Tracks 7-11 should have all been scrapped, and she should have used some of the left overs from the last album and this album to replace them. "Once in A Life Time", "Sprung", "4real4real", "Secret Love", would have made this album a force to be reckoned with. The album is worth listening to, but the best song is "For the Record", Her longest whistle note to date.
10 Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Great album, but too many slow songs. The songs are all great, don't get me wrong, but a little more upbeat would have been great. Nevertheless her most soulful album of the 00's. Almost every song is guaranteed to get you hooked. There is not a bad song on this record.
The most soulful album she's made in the 00's. Too many slow songs and not enough upbeat ones, however there is no bad track on this album. Any song is guaranteed to get you hooked.
11 Charmbracelet
This album deserves more respect and recognition. It is also one of her most personal of her albums as well. Definitely recommended to listen to. It is such an underrated album!
This is one of the best, if not, her best album. Between 1997-2002 (with the exception of Glitter) Mariah wrote the most personal songs of her career. There is not one bad song on this album, and I continue to be uplifted by My Saving Grace and Through the Rain, which are in my opinion her best (most inspirational) and my two most favorite songs in her entire career. Sorry, We Belong Together, Touch My Body, Don't Forget about Us, and Obsessed my be the biggest songs of the latter half of her career, but to those who have not heard Charmbracelet, you're missing out BIG TIME.
This is truly a such underrated masterpiece. For me this album is def her best (yes butterfly and daydream stans, y'all read me right), and is one of her most personal. My favorite songs here are Irresistible, Yours, Sunflower for Alfred roy and You got me
This isn't the best album but Trough the rain Clown My saving grace... amazing songs
12 Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse
An underrated gem, to be honest! This gives a good example of what good music is compared to nowadays music! Good thing, Mariah Carey still makes good music! That album is also pretty interesting as well.
Believe it or not, this album is what made me become a huge Mariah fan. It is the best one she made since 2005. The only song I don't like is "You Don't Know What to Do" ft. Wale. Mariah just continues to prove that she can stay relevant, and true to her sound. I played this album for some of the kids of this generation, some not even knowing who she was, and agreed that she has a really good voice (understatement) and the music is REALLY good. Even grown folks like the album.
This album is such an underrated jem... Just because it had very low sales nobody gave it a chance, but personally, this album is the best album released in 2014
This is Mariah Carey best album since Butterfly it is such a shame that it didn't sell more than it did, but without no promotion "What Do You Expect"
Fave tracks: Dedicated, Supernatural, Faded, You Don't Know What To Do ", Make It Look Good, Camouflage, Heavenly, Cry, & the studio 54 inspired Meteorite,
13 Merry Christmas
I'm only ten but grew up on Mariah Carey, so I'm blasting this at full volume in October. Anyone else?
Love this album!
14 MTV Unplugged
I wouldn't consider this an album, but more of a cd with live performances (if there is a difference). There is no new material except for the Jackson 5 smash hit cover. She proves that she can sing live just as well as she can in the studios, and that her voice is not a trick of the studios but the real McCoy.
What is better than a Mariah 90s album? An album of songs Mariah performed live!
15 Glitter
A criminally underrated album. Incredibly diverse songs, very high production quality, god level songwriting. Her vocal work here is just beyond perfect. Stand out songs: Reflections, lead the way, never too far, twister, want you, didn't mean to turn you on, don't stop, loverboy...
This album has some of Mariah Carey's best vocals - listen to Lead The Way...but Loverboy, Want you and Didn;t Mean to Turn You On - this is the sort of music that inspired Mariah...an absolutely brilliant album.
Mariah never sang so powerfully and fully like she did here. Vocally this beats out all of her previous eras.
16 Merry Christmas II You
When was this album released?
17 #1 to Infinity
18 #1's
19 The Ballads
20 The Essential Mariah Carey
I remember listening this album on the Etihad airplane, this album made me fall in love with Mariah Carey!
Very nice album! We belong together is a very good song.
21 The Art of Letting Go
22 The Remixes
I don't consider this to be a real album, but a great asset to have for those who collect Mariah's albums. I am not to crazy about the house remix cd, but the hip-hop/r&b remixes are where it is at. Mariah knows how to make remixes. Everyone else needs to take notes. To make a true remix you have to:
1) re-sing the song, but add something new or different to it. Don't completely copy the original
2) Don't be afraid to incorporate songs/lyrics from another source. If you want to truly have legendary remixes, musical allusions are always nice... Just be as original as possible.
3) Make it better than the original. That should always be your goal when re-doing your work. Do better, not mediocre.
23 Angels Advocate
The Nicki Minaj assisted track Up Out My Face is the standout here
24 Valentines
25 Teenage Dream
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Mauritius – United States relations are bilateral relations between Mauritius and the United States.
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. The country includes the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues form part of the Mascarene Islands, along with nearby Réunion, a French overseas department. The capital and largest city Port Louis is located on the main island of Mauritius. The area of the country is 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi), the nation's Exclusive Economic Zone covers an area of 2.3 million square kilometres.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or simply America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico. With an estimated population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City.
Official U.S. representation in Mauritius dates from the end of the 18th century. An American consulate was established in 1794 and was closed in 1911. It was reopened in 1967 and elevated to embassy status upon Mauritius' independence in 1968. Since 1970, the mission has been directed by a resident U.S. ambassador. There is a U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius.
Relations between the United States [ permanent dead link ] and Mauritius are cordial and largely revolve around trade. The United States is Mauritius' third-largest market but ranks 12th in terms of exports to Mauritius. Principal imports from the U.S. include aircraft parts (for Air Mauritius), automatic data processing machines, diamonds, jewelry, radio/TV transmission apparatus, telecommunications equipment, agricultural/construction/industrial machinery and equipment, casino slot machines, outboard motors, books and encyclopedias, and industrial chemicals.
Air Mauritius Limited, operating as Air Mauritius, is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered at the Air Mauritius Centre in Port Louis, Mauritius. Its main hub is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
Mauritian exports to the U.S. include apparel, sugar, non-industrial diamonds, jewelry articles, live animals, sunglasses, rum, and cut flowers. Mauritian products that meet the rules of origin are eligible for duty- and quota-free entry in the U.S. market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. In September 2006, the Governments of Mauritius and the United States signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement to remove impediments and further enhance trade and investment relations between the two countries.
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More than 200 U.S. companies are represented in Mauritius. About 30 have offices in Mauritius, serving the domestic and/or the regional market, mainly in the information technology (IT), textile, fast food, express courier, and financial services sectors. The largest U.S. subsidiaries are Caltex Oil Mauritius and Esso Mauritius. U.S. brands are sold widely. Several U.S. franchises, notably Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's have been operating for a number of years in Mauritius.
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The United States funds a small military assistance program. The embassy also manages special self-help funds for community groups and nongovernmental organizations and a democracy and human rights fund.
In 2002, Mauritius recalled its Ambassador to the United Nations for not conveying his government's stance in the Security Council debate over how to disarm Iraq. [1]
The United States does not recognise Mauritius' claim to the full Chagos Archipelago, voting against any claim made within the United Nations.
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George W. Bush and Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth. Oval Office, June 26, 2003.
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Mauritius has strong and friendly relations with the West, as well as with South Asian countries and the countries of southern and eastern Africa. It is a member of the World Trade Organization, the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, the African Union, the Southern Africa Development Community, the Indian Ocean Commission, COMESA, and the recently formed Indian Ocean Rim Association. Her Majesty Elizabeth II was the head of state of Mauritius.
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Diplomatic relations between Barbados and the People's Republic of China were established on 30 May 1977. China began providing Barbados with diplomatic aide with the construction of the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium (1986), and other projects such as: construction assistance for the Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference and Cultural Centre (1994), and renovating Bridgetown's Cheapside Market building (2005). In 2005, China exported US$19.19 million worth of goods, while importing only $211,000 from Barbados.
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#pragma once

#ifndef _SIPTXOPTION_H
#define _SIPTXOPTION_H

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "SipMediaType.h"
#include "SipHeader.h"

#include "pjsua2.hpp"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;

namespace Nequeo
{
	namespace Net
	{
		namespace PjSip
		{
			/// <summary>
			/// This structure describes an incoming SIP message. It corresponds to the
			/// rx data structure in SIP library.
			/// </summary>
			public ref class SipTxOption sealed
			{
			public:
				/// <summary>
				/// This structure describes an incoming SIP message. It corresponds to the
				/// rx data structure in SIP library.
				/// </summary>
				SipTxOption();

				/// <summary>
				/// Gets or sets MIME type of the message body, if application specifies the messageBody
				/// in this structure.
				/// </summary>
				property String^ ContentType
				{
					String^ get();
					void set(String^ value);
				}

				/// <summary>
				/// Gets or sets Optional message body to be added to the message, only when the
				/// message doesn't have a body.
				/// </summary>
				property String^ MsgBody
				{
					String^ get();
					void set(String^ value);
				}

				/// <summary>
				/// Gets or sets optional remote target URI (i.e. Target header). If empty (""), the
				/// target will be set to the remote URI(To header). At the moment this
				/// field is only used when sending initial INVITE and MESSAGE requests.
				/// </summary>
				property String^ TargetUri
				{
					String^ get();
					void set(String^ value);
				}

				/// <summary>
				/// Gets or sets content type of the multipart body. If application wants to send
				/// multipart message bodies, it puts the parts in multipartParts and set
				/// the content type in multipartContentType.If the message already
				/// contains a body, the body will be added to the multipart bodies.
				/// </summary>
				property SipMediaType^ MultipartContentType
				{
					SipMediaType^ get();
					void set(SipMediaType^ value);
				}

				/// <summary>
				/// Gets or sets additional message headers to be included in the outgoing message.
				/// </summary>
				property array<SipHeader^>^ Headers
				{
					array<SipHeader^>^ get();
					void set(array<SipHeader^>^ value);
				}

			private:
				String^ _contentType;
				String^ _msgBody;
				String^ _targetUri;
				SipMediaType^ _multipartContentType;
				array<SipHeader^>^ _headers;
			};
		}
	}
}
#endif

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Obama, al-Maliki charting next steps for US, Iraq
By BY Examiner Staff • December 12, 2011 12:00 am
President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
With the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq in its final days, President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met at the White House Monday to discuss the next phase of the relationship between their countries.
The withdrawal of all American troops on Dec. 31 marks the end of a nearly nine-year war that has been deeply divisive in both the U.S. and Iraq. While Obama and al-Maliki have pledged to maintain strong ties, the contours of the partnership between Washington and Baghdad remain murky, especially with Iran eager to assert influence over neighboring Iraq. And serious questions remain about Iraq's capacity to stabilize both its politics and security.
Yet the end of the war still marks a promise kept for Obama, one the White House is eager to promote. In addition to his meeting with al-Maliki, Obama will mark the milestone Wednesday when he speaks to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. And he thanked service members and their families for their sacrifices when he attended the annual Army-Navy football game Saturday.
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has dwindled to about 6,000, down from 170,000 at the war's peak in 2007.
Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, met with al-Maliki in the Oval Office Monday morning. The meeting was expected to focus heavily on how the U.S. and Iraq will continue to cooperate on security issues without the presence of American troops. Iraqi leaders have said they want U.S. military training assistance for their security forces but have been unable to agree on what type of help they'd like or what protections they would be willing to give American trainers.
The White House said Obama and al-Maliki would also discuss cooperation on energy, trade and education.
Obama and al-Maliki will also hold a joint news conference at the White House and then lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery, where some of the nearly 4,500 Americans killed in the Iraq war are buried.
Looming over the talks are concerns among U.S. officials over how Iraq's relationship with Iran will develop with a significantly smaller U.S. presence in the region.
Al-Maliki has insisted that Iraq will chart its future according to its own national interests, not the dictates of Iran or any other country. But some U.S. officials have suggested that Iranian influence in Iraq would inevitably grow once American troops depart.
Both countries have Shiite majorities and are dominated by Shiite political groups. Many Iraqi politicians spent time in exile in Iran during Saddam's repressive regime, and one of al-Maliki's main allies — anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr — is believed to spend most of his time in Iran.
Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said how Baghdad chooses to orient itself will significantly influence the future of Iraq's relationship with the U.S.
"A lot of this really comes down to, what kind of role is Iraq going to play in regional security?" Alterman said. "Is it going to be a place where bad people come and go, or is it going to play a role in calming down a region that needs some calming down?"
The first hints as to how Iraq will assert itself in the region may come from how it handles the troubles in Syria, where a bloody government crackdown on protesters has killed more than 4,000 people, according to the United Nations.
The Obama administration has called for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down. But Iraq has been much more circumspect, with al-Maliki warning of civil war if Assad falls and abstaining from Arab League votes suspending Syria's membership and imposing sanctions. Those positions align Iraq more closely with Iran, a key Syrian ally.
The U.S. has warned Iraq's neighbors that even though American troops are leaving, the U.S. will maintain a significant presence there. About 16,000 people are working at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, making it America's largest mission in the world.
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Know Your Knives: The Nessmuk Knife
by David C. Andersen |
Of all the classic knife patterns to have originated in the Americas, the Nessmuk knife is one of my favorites. Named after the chap who popularized it, George Washington Sears, the Muk is still unique over a century after it first appeared. Sears was a contributor to Forest & Stream Magazine (later merged with Field & Stream) in the 1880's, and he used the pen name "Nessmuk" in honor of a Native American he knew as a child. The following is what I have learned of his eponymous fixed blade over the years.
Sears was a small man, and was very conscientious of the amount of gear he carried. Some have dubbed him the father of modern ultralight camping, and he favored a complementary set of three tools during his outings. This "Nessmuk Trio" as it came to be known consists of a small double-bit axe, a moose pattern folding knife, and his now infamous fixed blade.
I say infamous because no one knows what happened to his original knife, or the exact dimensions and construction of it. Considering how popular the pattern has become, Sears wrote surprisingly little about the knife in his book Woodcraft and Camping (free e-book here!), never mentioning things like blade length, or type of grind, etc., but between the illustration and the description we can glean a few things.
The [knife] shown in the cut is thin in the blade, and handy for skinning, cutting meat, or eating with. The strong double-bladed pocket knife is the best model I have yet found, and, in connection with the sheath knife, is all sufficient for camp use.
So a medium sized hunting knife, with a thin blade and an emphasis on slicing ability. Given the era it would have undoubtedly been constructed of carbon steel. Based on the illustration it would appear to have a stick-tang with a crown stag handle, which would have provided some much needed grip considering the lack of a finger guard.
The most defining characteristic is definitely the hump of the blade, which is there for myriad reasons. Not only does it create a more robust tip, but it can also be used as a rudimentary spoon. I have also heard of people using it as a handhold in order to use their Muks like an improvised draw-knife.
Of course the primary purpose is as an aid for skinning. It can be used to lift the tip of the knife after getting under the skin to keep from piercing vital organs, and can be used to scrape fatty tissue from the hide to prepare it for tanning.
It is useful to remember the purpose of Sears' belt knife in the context of his "Trio" of tools, as the way we use our knives today can be quite different than was typical in the late 19th century. At the time, carving and detail work would have been done with the pocketknife, with the fixed blade reserved for skinning animals and food prep. Splitting and chopping were done with the small axe, so there was no need for a thick, full-tang knife suitable for batoning. In fact, 'ol George would likely frown on the modern trend of "sharpened pry-bars" and the like. Here is another quote pulled from Woodcraft and Camping:
The 'bowies' and 'hunting knives' usually kept on sale, are thick, clumsy affairs, with a sort of ridge along the middle of the blade, murderous looking, but of little use; rather fitted to adorn a dime novel or the belt of 'Billy the Kid,' than the outfit of the hunter.
The Nessmuk pattern lives on today through the numerous interpretations available for sale, but its influence runs deeper than that, informing blade patterns that emerged later. Horace Kephart, another famous woodcrafter whose name is lent to a blade shape, was an admirer of Nessmuk's blade, as well as the Marbles Woodcraft, which debuted in 1916 and looks like a Muk with a clip point.
I can also see a bit of Nessmuk DNA in the elliptical shape of the Canadian Belt Knife.
NESSMUK IN THE MODERN ERA
There are many modern examples of Nessmuk's knife, some more faithful to the original mission of the knife than others. Many incorporate a small offset drop to the edge of the blade, which acts as a vestigial finger guard. Most production examples also come with full tangs instead of a stick tang.
This interpretation by Bark River Knife & Tool is one of the most traditional in terms of its outline that I have seen, with no finger guard present. The A2 blade is quite thick compared to the original at 0.195 inches and is 4.75" long.
image: www.barkriverknives.com
On the opposite end of the spectrum, this Koster Nessmuk has a .286" thick blade of 3V steel at 5.25" long with an extreme edge offset. On a knife this large, the blade hump also serves to give the blade a more forward weight balance to aid chopping.
image: www.kosterknives.com
The handmade Smith & Sons Pioneer (full review here) lies somewhere in the middle. There is only a small edge offset that is created by the index finger groove. The D2 blade is probably thicker (5/32") and shorter (3.75") than the ur-Nessmuk, but it feels faithful to the spirit of the original.
Many modern Nessmuks, like the Blind Horse Knives example pictured below, come with a scandi grind. To each his own, but I dislike this trend. The Nessmuk blade shape is pure slicer, and a scandi is less suited to this than a thinner grind.
For an affordable Muk, Condor makes a nice one, but the example I reviewed here had a rather obtuse convex grind rather than a thin, slicing profile. It is still a solid tool and they are available for less than $40 which includes a high quality leather sheath.
No matter the price range, there are many ways to get your hands on this classic and influential pattern. Let us know if you have any favorites in the comments.
Most of them look pretty good to me, but if I could chose only one it would be the Koster Nessmuk. That wide chopping blade is the clincher, and though it pains me to state this it could even be used for batoning!
stuartb says:
Back to basics, Sears sure nailed the outdoors essentials of axe, fixed and folder. I wonder what his firearms triple play was?
Sgt. Adams says:
I like Nessmuk's approach to camping cutlery. Remember, he was not headed out for a fight but a camping trip.
The axe would take care of larger tasks from firewood to splitting a deer's rib-cage or pelvis.
The Nessmuk knife looks fine for skinning and slicing up food.
If it was me I'd take a Swiss Army pocketknife but I suppose they weren't invented by his heyday, the two blade pocketknife would give a good bit of utility.
This trio of edged tools is both light and practical.
Robert Evans says:
Condor has a bigger version with the coolest name in the knife world: the Lochnessmuk.
David C. Andersen says:
I think KA-Bar's Parangatang has an even cooler name!
For me, the 'Nessmuk' style knife made by Dale Larson Jr. of 'LFF' Larson Forge And Finish is perfect. 9″ OAL, forged from 5160 and quenched in oil at 675 F. Mine has finger grooves and the hard wood handles are removable. You can email him and tell him I sent you. (No financial interest here).
Denzel says:
StuartB,, Woodcraft and Camping makes one mention of Nessmuk's rifle on page 83, "My rifle was a neat, hair-triggered Billinghurst, carrying sixty round balls to the pound, a muzzle-loader, of course, and a nail-driver."
Vlad Vicious says:
So it would be about 42 caliber (.415″).
Good for deer and barking squirrel. Excellent choice, but no surprise there.
BBGUNZ says:
Out of curiosity, how did you come to that conclusion?
I've a Condor Nessmuk knife and it's a good one , for the price it's outstanding
Larry Canter says:
I'd like to find out how WIDE the woodcraft's blade was. I like to try to re-create the old knives when I can; but it's hard to get exact dimensions from the old drawings and pictures. Does any body know where I could find out? Seems that the LENGTH of the blade and overall length were the most important. I'd sure appreciate the information. Thanks.
George sears rolls over in his grave and cries every time someone pays exorbitant prices for a knife like his. Thankfully, Camillus is making this: https://www.amazon.com/Western-Cross-Trail-Fixed-Blade/dp/B076HJSP8T/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_clickstream_1_dp?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_r=GMGZWR9HTYAR9J2S12XF&pd_rd_w=g4wO1&pd_rd_wg=kKuuP
For less than twenty bucks. I have had mine for a few weeks now, and it has done everything from making kindling, slicing meat in the kitchen (potatoes too), cutting the leather for the sheath I made for it, and if I lose it or drop it in a lake, I didn't spend half my mortgage on it.
"Nessmuk knives are not for chopping, thats for axes"
"The nessmuk knife has a thick front to aid in chopping"


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Gran Rex es el quinto álbum en directo del músico español Enrique Bunbury, que grabó los días 3, 4 y 5 de noviembre de 2010 en el mítico Teatro Gran Rex de Buenos Aires por su gira Las Consecuencias Tour. Fue lanzado en formato CD y en línea, además se publicó una edición especial de 3 vinilos, incluido el DVD "Lo que más te gustó de mí", con material en video de los conciertos.

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'(Bleep) My Dad Says' tries to move past novelty
Oct. 14, 2010 Updated: June 17, 2016 3:45 p.m.
By JAKE COYLE
AP Entertainment Writer
Justin Halpern knows that not everyone is supportive of a guy fortunate enough to turn a Twitter feed into a best-selling book and a prime-time network sitcom.
His good luck instantly breeds hostility, he says, "and it's kind of a justified feeling because it's just a Twitter page."
Hits on the Web haven't typically transferred well to TV (see "quarterlife"), but Halpern might be an exception.
His Twitter feed, "S--- My Dad Says," amassed a huge following (now more than 1.7 million followers) simply by quotes he relayed from his 74-year-old father, Sam Halpern, a classic curmudgeon with a penchant for expletives.
His similarly titled book debuted on The New York Times list of best sellers. Then, the CBS sitcom starring William Shatner as Halpern's father premiered to 12.5 million viewers, more than twice that of "30 Rock," its much more acclaimed 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday competition.
Ratings for "(Bleep) My Dad Says" (the Twitter feed's title was changed for the CBS show) have since declined each week and reviews have been bad. But the show hopes it has cast off its novelty label and become one of the few Internet-to-TV success stories.
It hasn't been a smooth ride. The pilot, produced by Warner Bros., had to be reshot, and the part of the son was recast with Jonathan Sadowski. The changes may have improved things, but critics were still unimpressed. The New York Times, for one, called it "a bad idea from the moment it was announced" and "a wholly generic sitcom so divorced from its source material that you have to pinch yourself."
The show is oddly old-school in its reliance on sitcom tradition. But to a certain extent, the Twitter feed that started it all was classically sitcomish: There's no more familiar TV trope than the crabby father.
One of the ingredients that set Halpern's Twitter feed apart was its vulgarity. His father's musings and advice are harsh. One of few examples without an offensive word: "Pressure? Get married when you want. Your wedding's just one more day in my life I can't wear sweat pants."
Halpern ended up living with his parents in San Diego after he got a job with Maxim.com and his girlfriend unexpectedly dumped him. In the book, he fleshes out the details of his life and his relationship with his dad, whom he describes as "the least passive-aggressive human being on the planet."
He started the Twitter account as a lark at the suggestion of a friend.
"I had no idea what to expect," he says. "It was just funny to tell my friends, 'Look at all these people that follow what my dad says."'
Halpern believes the book gave him some credence and "changed a lot of people's minds about how that jump can work," referring to the transfers from the Internet to television.
Executive producers David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, creators of "Will & Grace," were brought in to run the show. Halpern is a co-executive producer and writer.
The most notable change in the adaptation was sanitizing the vulgarity. The character based on Halpern, too, was turned from merely a bemused onlooker into a son craving love and sympathy from his father.
"On the Internet, when you present something that's really genuine and real, it always has a better shot than when you present something that looks premeditated and scripted," says Halpern.
"On television, a lot of times it's a different kind of audience."
Shatner calls the curious origins of the show "a viral miracle."
"I went with the magic of the Twitter and the wonderful reputation of (Mutchnick) and (Kohan)," says Shatner. "It turned out that their reputation was well deserved and it seems magic has hit."
Post-premiere ratings have suggested trouble, though. The audience for the second episode dropped nearly 18 percent to 10.44 million. The third episode was seen by 9.8 million.
That's still a very large audience for modern network television, and if "(Bleep) My Dad Says" stayed there, it would be one of the hits of the fall.
Shatner describes the show (which recently shot its eighth episode) as trying to achieve a balance between honest relationships and the need for a laugh every 30 seconds.
"I feel that we can build an audience by sustaining and increasing the quality of our show," he says.
Halpern says they're "figuring out what the show is" and he believes the ratings will hold. The journey from Twitter to TV, he says, only works if it's an accident.
"It can work if you just make stuff that you enjoy and think is funny," Halpern says, "not for the purpose of, 'If I put together the perfect cocktail of marketable ideas I'll be able to make money.' I think that's when it never works."


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Milk marches into new era with branded product push
By Judann Pollack. Published on January 26, 1998.
The dairy industry is finally beginning to put some marketing money where its milk mustache is.
While local dairies have for three years funded the $110 million "milk mustache" effort from the National Fluid Milk Processors' Education Program, their commitment to branding milk products often has ended there.
Accustomed to investing in production rather than marketing, they've avoided introducing concepts such as flavored milks, pour-spout packaging, vitamin-laced "nutraceutical" milks--and product-oriented advertising.
That's changing.
`GETTING RELIGION'
"Now dairies are getting marketing religion," said Gary Slack, a consultant at Slack Barshinger & Partners, although he admits local dairies still have "a long way to go" as marketers.
Among the newer projects are Milky Wave, an orange-vanilla product introduced in a single-serve plastic pint container by Quality Dairy Co., Lansing, Mich.; institutional single-serve milk pouches for schools with a straw, called Mini Sip, from Foremost Farms, Baraboo, Wis.; and the treatment of gallon milk containers as media, using a wrap-around label to promote companion products such as cookies or cereal, from Purity Dairies, Nashville, Tenn.
Even if willing to introduce new products, milk processors--whose $75 billion industry has undergone sweeping consolidation--largely eschew large-scale marketing programs to support them.
"There were 1,400 dairies in the 1970s; there are 500 of them now and they are huge," said Michael Sammons, a longtime dairy executive who notes that "a lot of great names, like Sealtest and Borden, have fallen by the wayside."
DEAN LEADS WAY
There's one exception to the industry's marketing reticence, and that's Dean Foods, based in Franklin Park, Ill., but operating over a 12-state area.
"Dean has taken the bull by the horns," said Mr. Sammons, now a partner in Power Nutrition, which sells dairies the process for producing PowerMilk, a high-nutrition milk co-branded with athletic shoe marketer New Balance.
Dean has allocated $40 million just to retrofit its plants to make Chugs, a portable-milk line marketed in plastic jars shaped like milk bottles of old. Also, the company has budgeted about $12 million for marketing support for Chugs, a princely sum by dairy standards.
"It takes a dairy of size not just to change operations but to invest in an integrated marketing program," said Sylvia Oriatti, director of marketing at Dean and a former Quaker Oats Co. executive who worked on Snapple. "It's no small endeavor."
CHUGS TAKE OFF
Dean, which controls about 8% of the national fluid-milk market, first introduced Chugs in Florida and in one year saw a 96% increase in sales of chocolate pints and a 77% rise in overall pints. The product entered Illinois in November, Indiana and Michigan this month, the Southwest in March and will move into Ohio, Pennsylvania and western New York in May.
What really gave Chugs its legs was the advertising from Euro RSCG Tatham, Chicago, which emphasizes portability, "chug-ability" and coolness. Print, outdoor and TV are being used.
The animated TV spot follows a teen-ager who has a Chug in his pocket and is set to a "Chug-a-lug" chant; outdoor ads show a jeans pocket stuffed with a Chug. The theme is "Milk where you want it."
Since it broke in Chicago, sales of Dean's milk are up 60% to 70%, said Ms. Oriatti.
Jim Page, Dean VP-marketing, said the company is exploring other initiatives including a test of cross-couponing and instant-win games on labels via Flair Communications, Chicago.
"I feel very good about what `milk mustache' and [dairy farmers' group Dairy Management's] `Got milk?' has done," said Mr. Page. "It increased awareness but not consumption. Our job is to take this to the next level."
LUKEWARM RESULTS
Now in its third year, MilkPEP's program has hiked sales of milk only 1.1%.
"Fluid milk has been so flat for so long any increase is good news," said Mr. Slack, who pointed out the sales increase came after milk prices rose.
MilkPEP Managing Director Kurt Graetzer believes efforts like his program got dairies to act.
"There has been 20 years of per capita decline because [individual dairies] never embraced marketing practices," he said. "[Now,] you're going to see a wholesale change in attitude."
But it may be a slow change.
"I'm not sure [whether marketing] will set the world on fire," said Foremost Farms Exec VP Joe Weis, whose company also is marketing a new bottled product but is doing limited advertising behind it, via Market Street Communications, Milwaukee.
"It's sexy and fun to talk about how we're in the beverage business, but I'm not really sure we are," he said.
Copyright January 1998, Crain Communications Inc.
Judann Pollack
Judann Pollack (Judy) is executive editor of Ad Age. She joined Ad Age in 1985 as editorial assistant, along the way fielding pretty much every position on the masthead, including reporter, Chicago bureau chief, New York bureau chief, features editor, executive editor and managing editor-international.


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Seventy Year Saturday: 1948
Bebop continues to flourish with live concerts and recordings featuring Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and the up and coming Miles Davis. Imagine being able to go back in time to see Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Max Roach at the Three Deuces!
Coleman Hawkins continues his legacy, releasing his classic solo saxophone single, "Picasso", almost as an important musical statement as his more famous swing-era masterpiece. "Body and Soul." Are there any other swing giants that were able to make the transition into Bebop as successfully as the Hawk? Musically successfully that is, since unfortunately, great artists like Coleman Hawkins received very little financial reward in 1948.
Serge Prokofiev, out of favor with the Soviet cultural authorities, premieres his final opera, The Story of a Real Person on December 3, 1948 at the Kirov Theater, Leningrad (now thankfully called Saint Petersburg again). Given an unfavorable reception from the "authorities," further performances were forbidden to the general public until after Prokofiev's death, The Story of a Real Person not being performed again until October 1960 at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow.
Oliver Messiaen's completes his Turangalîla-Symphonie, a large scale orchestra work commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and later premiered in December 1949 with Leonard Bernstein conducting.
Arnold Schoenberg at the age of seventy-five composes his cantata, A Survivor from Warsaw, written in tribute to the Holocaust victims. Richard Strauss at the age of eighty-four composes his "Four Last Songs" for soprano and orchestra.
Hans Werner Henze and Witold Lutoslawski finish their first symphonies, while Walter Piston completes his third, Brian Havergal composes his seventh, and Nikolai Myaskovsky wraps up his first twenty-sixth, his Symphony on Russian Themes.
Samuel Barber composes Knoxville: Summer of 1915, John Cage his Suite for Toy Piano, Howard Hanson his Piano Concerto, Dmitri Kabalevsky his Violin Concerto, Eduard Tubin his Double Bass Concerto, and famous film composer, later to write the scores to the first two Godfather movies, Nino Rota, takes a break from movie music to compose his String Quartet.
Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate Broadway production opened on December 30, 1948 at the New Century Theatre and ran for 1077 performances,
On the extreme, commercial pop-side of music, Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood on vocals score a major hit with a song embedded in my childhood memories, "The Woody Woodpecker Song." If only the worst pop songs of today, were this good….
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Fifty Year Friday: Marta Argerich and Carlos Paredes
This 1967 recording contains two of the most popular Twentieth Century piano concertos, full of energy from one of the brightest classical music stars of the 1960's, the twenty-six year old Argentine, Marta Argerich. An impressive pianist since her early teens, winning both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition at the age of 18 within three weeks of each other, Marta teams up with conductor Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic to provide a stunning, wild-ride performance of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. This LP also contains the Ravel G Major Piano Concerto, a work influenced by George Gershwin and the jazz music of the 1920s. What sounds like an inspired, spontaneous work, was a work of intense labor and craftsmanship. Writing music", noted Ravel, "is seventy-five percent an intellectual activity."
Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
1. Andante – Allegro
2. Theme and Variations
3. Allegro ma non troppo
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Concerto in G Major
1. Allegramente
2. Adagio assai
3. Presto
This is Carlos Paredes first album, yet is is an unquestionable masterpiece. Paredes plays an instrument called the Portuguese guitar, a twelve steel-stringed instrument, popularly used in Fado music (Portuguese folk music) known for its expressive and often wistful qualities. In this album we are treated to both Paredes' amazing virtuosity as well as his gift for serious composition. Each work displays an individual character and identity and invites repeated listenings. If you don't usually sample the youtube videos sometimes provided, its worth making an exception here:
Tracks for "Guitarra portuguesa"
Variações em Ré maior
Melodia N.2
Canção verdes anos
Romance N.1
Pantomima
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This Earthing Liner has been actually a miracle to my health! I experienced more relief from this floor covering in comparison to any other kind of treatment. My sibling who possesses Lyme like me informed me concerning grounding mats the Earthing Mat after she discovered that she will feel much better in the summer season and also at the beach front. I performed some investigation and also found an Earthing Mat on Amazon. I really did not find out about earthing till my sis told me about all the perks. This is actually when we our body systems reach the earth with our basic feet and also we get an adverse grounding cost that balances out the positive electrons through free of charge radicals. Grounding has many health advantages and also I have experienced this with the Earthing Mat.
Physical fitness market proceeds ablaze that incorporates new items every now and then. The laser device combs, magnetic waistbands and also currently Earthing liners. For individuals pondering what Earthing indicates, that is actually the general electrical energy in the planet. This energy is necessary to operate any kind of power things. Our property electrician will certainly attach vital electric gadgets to the ground, phoning it Planet line. The floor covering does the same for our body parts.
I had been actually experiencing to use a handful of years or sos that incorporates a constant foot contamination that had certainly not replied to earthing mat repeated medication. After the first night I currently detected a healing procedure underway. By the end of the full week the infection was actually gone, and to today, one year later on, that has actually certainly never returned. This was absolutely a remarkable impact.
Reading this website, completely, along with a alert and open mind, will certainly provide you all of the answers and aid you need. This is the 2nd time I've created this reply, the very first time I was attempting to offer you all the information you would need from that website to use your specific case, but that reached be actually way very long as well as I couldn't maintain typing. At first you will definitely not view just how the information on the internet site might relate to your spinal cord, detoxing, and earthing, however this is actually in place.
At first I was unconvinced that something so simple could work however after investigating that and also reading guide, that seemed at the very least conceivable that this would function. I also ran the idea through some electrical developer friends and also a pal that has studied in the biomedical area and also they affirmed that there was some scientific research to back it up.
The probability of background or even earthing resolving inflammation is actually stimulating, as lots of severe conditions stem and lead to from irritation in the body system. In either case there is absolutely nothing to lose through attempting earthing, as well as guide Earthing: The best Vital Health and wellness Breakthrough Ever is actually fulled of very first hand stories of those which have helped, as well as research study as well as details coming from physicians, a cardiologist as well as a power designer.
Closures: Earthing the body affects human physiologic methods. This effect is noted during night meditation and also during the course of physical exertion. Effect of the earthing on calcium-phosphate homeostasis is actually the opposite of that which takes place in conditions of weightlessness. It additionally improves the activity of catabolic processes. This may be the major factor moderating endocrine and peripheral nervous systems.
Last springtime, the Barefoot Runners Culture hosted its own first ever Without shoes Jogger Division at the Special Olympics Polar Dive as well as Polar Stut 5K in Topeka and also Salinas, Kansas, and the 1 Kilometer in the Unique Olympics in 2012 showed stressed the Barefoot Runner Divisions. In the meantime, my cover is actually keeping off the bed. I do not wish to muddy the end results of the important things I am actually doing currently (kidney clean, to use one). But very soon I will certainly provide the sheet one more go. And also I'll ensure to allow you know just what takes place.
I counted on to write you earlier, however life has actually got quite complexed recently, so I haven't be able to discuss Earthing products. All at once I may additionally say that I continue resting better, although rest trends contrast … Given that Earthing some early mornings I wake extremely very early (for my specifications) emotion fairly refreshed, so I rise very early and then, later, I could rest a brief siesta however certainly not always. Just before, if I woke up incredibly early I will certainly not believe rejuvenated good enough to get up as well as begin my time doing lots of things.
When in direct contact with the Earth, your body ends up being suffused along with unfavorable powered totally free electrons as well as adjusts to the same electricity power degree as the earth. Popular physician and also all-natural wellness supporter DOCTOR Mercola has apparently been actually using an Earthing Liner for a long times and even DOCTOR Oz has actually received on panel recently!
Lots of folks who partner with electronics use grounding arm bands throughout the day. Unlike simply removing your footwears, these bracelets are wired to ground appropriately. These folks experience no wellness profit from this whatsoever. You possess both protons as well as neutrons in atoms. As long as the amount of each are actually equivalent (5 protons and 5 electrons as an example) the atom is actually electrically neutral.
There likewise has actually been actually sizable focus paid to the brand-new research study released in the journal, Attributes through Harvard's Daniel Lieberman calling attention to the expanding arguments on footwears versus without shoes running. Additionally, the Sacramento Honey bee released a short article in 2007 on without shoes operating featuring Davis runners Efrem Rensi as well as Noah Elhardt.


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Q: (rails4)how can i validate an user cannot book a route with overlapping time? i have an user model:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_secure_password
     attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :cardnumber, :registration
   validates_uniqueness_of :email
   has_many :bookings
   has_many :routes, :through => :bookings
end

then a route model :
class Route < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :id, :departurecity, :arrivalcity, :departuretime, :arrivaltime, :train_id
   has_many :stops
   belongs_to :train
   has_many :bookings
   has_many :users, :through => :bookings
end

an finally bookink model:
class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :route_id, :user_id, :dateb, :hourb, :citydeparture, :cityarrival, :id, :tripclass
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :route

The question is how can I make a method on booking model which an user cannot book a train route with overlap time on another booked train route by the same user?

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California Sea-Level Rise Guidance - 2018 Update
The Ocean Protection Council's 2018 update of the California Sea-Level Rise Guidance is designed in support of state agencies and local governments preparation for and adaption to sea-level rise (SLR). The report includes a step-by-step approach to SLR risk analysis, and incorporating these projections into planning, permitting, and investment decisions. Recommended adaptation strategies are given for priorities such as bolstering the resilience vulnerable communities and coastal habitats, and incorporating climate change impacts into project design and coastal planning. The 2018 update includes new sea-level rise projections, and an extreme sea-level rise scenario caused by rapid ice loss from the West Antarctic ice sheet.
The report summarizes the best available sea-level rise science and modeling from the 2017 report, "Rising Seas in California: An Update on Sea-Level Rise Science," with an increased understanding of sea-level rise projections and polar ice sheet loss. To ensure decision making in light of the best available science, this new data as well as new policy and legislative directives warranted an update to California's sea-level rise guidance.
This Guidance provides a step-wise approach to assess risk by evaluating a range of SLR projections and the associated impacts - and evaluate various planning decisions in relation to these risks. The decision framework includes the following steps, which are detailed in the report:
Identify the nearest tide gauge.
Evaluate project lifespan.
For the nearest tide gauge and project lifespan, identify range of sea-level rise projections.
Evaluate potential impacts and adaptive capacity across a range of sea-level rise projections and emissions scenarios.
Select sea-level rise projections based on risk tolerance and, if necessary, develop adaptation pathways that increase resiliency to sea-level rise and include contingency plans if projections are exceeded.
The report includes substantial coastal resilience planning support in the Recommendations for Sea-Level Rise Planning and Adaptation section. Detailed actionable strategies are illustrated for each of the following 8 recommendations:
1. Adaptation planning and strategies should prioritize social equity, environmental justice and the needs of vulnerable communities.
Strategies are outlined for SLR planning that addresses social equity, environmental justice and protection of vulnerable communities - including early public engagement of those who will affected, and the discernment of impacts of those dependent on critical assets threatened by SLR. Other strategies to consider are described, for example, to:
Prevent displacement by ensuring that investments in coastal resilience protect local jobs and housing costs
Address economic impacts on agriculture (thousands of farmworkers can be affected by saltwater intrusion in aquifers)
Address emergency services and response to natural disasters
2. Adaptation strategies should prioritize protection of coastal habitats and public access.
3. Adaptation strategies should consider the unique characteristics, constraints and values of existing water-dependent infrastructure, ports and Public Trust uses.
4. Consider episodic increases in sea-level rise caused by storms and other extreme events.
5. Coordinate and collaborate with local, state and federal agencies when selecting sea-level rise projections; where feasible, use consistent sea level rise projections across multi-agency planning and regulatory decisions.
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7. Include adaptive capacity in design and planning.
8. Assessment of risk and adaptation planning should be conducted at community and regional levels, when possible.
OPC developed the 2018 guidance with a policy advisory committee including representatives of the California Natural Resources Agency, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, and the California Energy Commission. OPC also collaborated with state coastal management agencies and other members of the state's Coastal and Ocean Working Group of the California's Climate Action Team. In addition, OPC solicited input from coastal stakeholders including local governments, regional and federal agencies, environmental groups, Tribes and others.
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My son and daughter-in-law went away for the weekend, so I got to babysit my grand-dog, Luke. Luke is a beautiful and lovable German Short-Haired Pointer with piercing light brown eyes and a wonderful soft coat.
But of course, he's nuts.
To babysit this dog, all you have to do is turn on a light that throws some sort of shadow on the wall. Luke will then sit there and stare intently at the shadow as if he's certain it will jump off the wall at any moment and he must be ready to pounce on it. His focus and patience are amazing. Bumping the light so the shadow moves causes Luke's muscles to quiver and his ears to peal back with excitement. This routine can keep me—I mean him—entertained for hours.
But my grand-dog is a great listener. There's been much on my mind lately and over the weekend, Luke and I had some long talks. There were no judgements or wary glances or hints of ridicule or condemnation as I rambled on. In fact, he didn't say anything. He just looked up at me with his kind eyes and listened.
I'm not a very good listener and need to learn from my grand-dog. I usually begin offering my "wise" counsel and advice before others have even finished their sentences. The classic Bible story in the book of Job tells of three well-meaning friends who offered advice without really knowing or in any way truly comprehending what Job was feeling or what was taking place. Most think the best advice they gave was when they just sat next to Job in silence.
No doubt, that's part of my problem. If there is a gap in the conversation, I feel it's my job to fill it — even if I have nothing to say. I remember a friend's anguish as he quietly told me of his son's drug addiction. His heart was breaking and he didn't know what to do. He just needed to talk it out a bit and have a friend listen. He took a breath and left a vocal pause and I jumped in and began spewing meaningless advice without knowing anything of what he was experiencing or how to help.
I was just like Job's friends.
Thankfully, the One with all knowledge is the best listener of all. He knows how to listen. And thankfully, He loves to hear everything that's on our heart and mind. He doesn't even mind if you ramble on and on. And unlike my grand-dog, Job's well-meaning friends, or me, He has the power to answer our prayers according to His perfect will (1 John 5:13-15). I suspect that's why the Psalmist said, "I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen…" (Psalm 116:1&2).
Our dog, Bentley, has fallen deeply in love with my wife, Jenn. He has also become rather protective of her. I found this out the hard way when I leaned over to give Jenn a kiss while Bentley was lying beside her. Instead of the nice soft embrace of my wife's lips, I got a face full of Bentley, who with amazing quickness and agility, sprang between my face and hers and pushed me away with his long, wet nose.
I jumped back with a start and stared at this crazy dog who was now suffocating my laughing wife under his protective paws. Not one to easily give up when it comes to getting a kiss from my wife, I leaned over once again searching for her lips. This time, Bentley started barking and positioned his long body completely over Jenn's head.
By this time, Jenn was laughing hysterically and Bentley-the-Protector was barking madly to keep me away. The battle was on. Man versus beast. Passion versus protection. Crazy dog versus desperate husband wanting a kiss.
I cautiously circled the sofa. Bentley stared at me with his big, black eyes with Jenn safely secured under his paws. Tail wagging, he watched my every move. When the moment was just right, I jumped in, scooped Bentley up in my arms, ran the yapping dog into the other room with the tile floor. I put the frantic dog on the tile floor, held him back from running, and took off for the sofa to retrieve my kiss. As I ran toward Jenn, I could here the clatter of Bentley's toenails flailing wildly on the tile floor desperately trying to get traction so he could beat me to the couch. His spinning legs gave me just enough time to race back to Jenn and win my kiss.
Man had won over beast once again.
Oh, the simple pleasures of life. Playing with a dog. Working hard for a kiss. Laughter. The list of ways to enjoy life is truly endless.
I recently heard a wonderful message on creation. I was enthralled when the pastor suggested that God may have "sung" the world into existence. Of course, we have no idea if this is the case, but I love that imagery. Just imagine the beauty and joy of God's voice singing as he creates stars, galaxies, and you and me…into existence.


Two days before it learns whether its nuclear plants will win lucrative subsidies, PSEG Nuclear filed notices with regulatory authorities to shut down the three units.
Ostensibly, the retirements are linked to a deadline yesterday to file commitments to provide electricity from the plants to the regional power grid, the PJM Interconnection, without the company knowing whether the units would obtain subsidies of up to $300 million annually.
But foes called the move a hardball tactic designed to intimidate the state Board of Public Utilities, which is expected to decide tomorrow whether the economic challenges facing the nuclear plants qualify them to receive the financial incentives, also called zero emission certificates (ZECs).
"Either they don't think they deserve the subsidy or they are trying to bully the commissioners into awarding them,'' said Dennis Hart, executive director of the Chemistry Industry Council of New Jersey. He argued the company has failed to demonstrate the plants — located in South Jersey — are not profitable, a stance echoed by the New Jersey Rate Counsel and the Independent Market Monitor for PJM.
Those two organizations are the only ones which have had access to detailed financial information about the plants, other than BPU staff and a consultant, Richard Levitan, hired by the agency to study their profitability. That report has yet to be made public, despite pressure from consumer advocates and business groups.
The company had sought a waiver from authorities to extend a deadline to submit offers for the next capacity auction held by PJM in August. The annual auction is designed to ensure enough power is available to keep lights of if electricity demand spikes. Power suppliers submit bids to provide power and face stiff fines for failing to deliver what they promise.
In this case, PSEG apparently decided it did not want to commit nuclear units in the future without knowing whether the subsidies would make that decision profitable or a money-losing proposition.
One of the biggest bones of contention in the mostly behind-the-scenes debate about the issue center on whether the state is required to award the full $300 million in annual subsidies to the plants if it determines they are in financial jeopardy.
The company insists the legislation creating the ZEC program gives the BPU no leeway. Brand argues the legislation is trumped by existing utility law that requires utility rates be affordable, reasonable and just.
PSEG has threatened to close all the units unless each is awarded the subsidy, a process it has said may begin this fall with a refueling outage at Hope Creek. The nuclear units provide about 40 percent of power in the state and 90 percent of its carbon-free electricity.
Nuclear plants across the country are in dire economic straits, largely because of cheap natural gas. It has made it hard for nuclear to compete in competitive energy markets, leading to the premature closure at least six facilities. Other plants have averted closing by similar subsidies awarded in New York and Illinois.
The debate over the nuclear subsidies occurs at a time when New Jersey ratepayers, already saddled with some of the highest monthly bills in the country, are facing steep increases. By some projections, utilities in New Jersey are seeking up to $12 billion to invest in programs to modernize the grid, spur new spending on renewable energy, and electrify the transportation sector.
Some environmentalists argue the subsidies to nuclear plants will crowd out investments that more appropriately should be spent on clean-energy programs. The administration of Gov. Phil Murphy wants New Jersey to have 100 percent clean energy by 2050.


I was thinking about starting this video series for a long time. I attempt to do by myself months ago for the first time. It was kind of disaster in terms of my editing and camera skills. When I was lucky enough to find Arriana, I was so excited about finally doing my youtube videos.
These are the questions that everyone asks; "How to Make it in America?, How to live in New York? or Is it really hard to live in New York?". I got these questions a lot from Instagram or with e-mail. I still don't know if there is one right answer to those questions. So I decided to find those answers with my friends who made in New York from all different backgrounds.
1st episode's guest is one of my closest friends from Istanbul.
Gokhan came to New York at the last quarter of 2011. Later he graduated from Johnson & Wales University in 2013. He's started his professional chef career as intern in one of the most prestigious kitchen in the world – Daniel. Then he's worked in Bar Boulud for 3 years. Gokhan is on a break from his chef career for a while to follow his entrepreneur spirit. Take a look our small chat about Gokhan's American Dream and How to Make it in New York.
* People who weren't born in New York but knows better how to live in the city from born in raise ones.
Herkesin sıkça sorduğu soru: New York'ta nasıl yaşayabilirim? Ben de bu soruyu sizler için arkadaşlarımla kısa sohbetler yaparak cevaplandırmaya çalışıyorum.
Bu ilk bölümde İstanbul'dan, üniversiteden en yakın arkadaşlarımdan olan Gökhan ile sohbet ettik.


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Garaj Mahal, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (UV Hippo), and Musketeer Gripweed played to a free keg Wednesday night crowd at Hodi's Half Note on Wednesday, February 17th 2010. Some of you may already know how I feel about the free keg Wednesday night crowd. If not, check out my review of Tatanka. Tonight was a $12 show which changed the face of the beast considerably. Aesop Rock across the street must have been getting at least $20 a person, yet not many people were lining the streets. I have a sneaking suspicion most of Fort Collins is still hung over from Fat Tuesday the night before.
For those of you not familiar with Fareed Haque, well, I don't think that's even possible. He's played probably every college town in America. He's probably played it twice. He is involved with Owl Studios. He teaches at Northern Illinois University. He is a man with an eye for a good investment. He was playing this evening and a couple of other shows with UV Hippo and I think that speaks volumes of the Hippo as well.
How appropriate for an evening such as this.
UV Hippo is a bass driven funky jam band out of Grand Rapids MI. They are the 6 piece band that plays just for you, adept at knowing their audience especially well.
"This one is for Drew. If you're even in here. Drew's been drinking since noon." Snicker.
In a musicians' repertoire of musical languages, there is the writing of the songs. And of course, there is the performing of the songs. Life on the road is a way of life. I asked them all to a word association game. The phrase is "relentless touring".
Bringing culture and diversity to the self proclaimed "Vanilla Valley" this show brought together Fort Collins as students and teachers, black and white, ying and yang. Across the street the energy of Aesop Rock overflowed. The afterglow of Garaj Mahal's jazzed out version of Van Halen's Hot 4 Teacher had folks lingering in doorways. People were not in a rush to cut their conversations short.
Backstage the bands waited to load up their equipment, chatting about music. Fareed sat down with the guys from UV Hippo and myself and demoed his guitar. I am too excited to realize that the right hand does matter when playing the guitar. He performs the middle strings only to give the guitar a banjo sound. This delights me. He thumbs only the heavy strings and an awesome jazz guitar appears. I ask him a few questions and in his meanderings on the strings he gives me reference points to begin research.