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Two lower courts have said a liberal policy group and two Democratic lawmakers had no legal " standing" to challenge the constitutionality of JobsOhio. Should the Republican-dominated Supreme Court reverse those rulings, the "floodgates" would be opened for anyone to challenge any state law they don't like, according to filings on JobsOhio's behalf yesterday.
Two lower courts have said a liberal policy group and two Democratic lawmakers had no legal � standing� to challenge the constitutionality of JobsOhio.
Should the Republican-dominated Supreme Court reverse those rulings, the �floodgates� would be opened for anyone to challenge any state law they don�t like, according to filings on JobsOhio�s behalf yesterday.
JobsOhio is Gov. John Kasich�s privatized development agency. ProgressOhio and Democratic state Reps. Michael Skindell of Cleveland and Dennis Murray of Sandusky filed a lawsuit in 2011 that argues JobsOhio is unconstitutional because, among other reasons, the state cannot invest in a private corporation.
But the merits of that lawsuit have never been heard because judges in both the Franklin County Common Pleas and Appeals courts have said the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Judges have said the plaintiffs could not prove personal injury by JobsOhio�s creation nor could they sue claiming harm to the general public.
�The result appellants seek here would throw the floodgates open wide, drowning Ohio�s courts in a sea of questionable constitutional challenges and drawing Ohio�s judicial branch into constant and ongoing intrusion into its co-equal branches of government,� JobsOhio�s attorneys argued in the filing.
In a supportive filing yesterday, former Senate President Tom Niehaus of New Richmond and former Sen. Mark Wagoner of Toledo, both Republicans, said a reversal by the Supreme Court would �set precedent opening the litigation floodgates for any unhappy Ohio citizen to challenge nearly every legislative action.�
Kasich�s office, which was the last to file yesterday, said a reversal would invite �a flood of litigation ... as the answer to every policy disagreement.�
Some Ohio law professors who also filed a brief on JobsOhio�s behalf used the word �floodgates,� citing Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Laurel Beatty, who first threw out ProgressOhio�s suit in December 2011.
The 2011 law that created JobsOhio said lawsuits contesting its constitutionality had to be filed within 90 days of the law�s passage. ProgressOhio met that deadline but has struggled to show how JobsOhio has caused the public harm. An example: The principle financing of JobsOhio � proceeds from the state�s liquor profits acquired by the development agency through a lease � didn�t take place until Feb. 1, or long after the suit was filed.
Maurice A. Thompson, executive director of the ultra-conservative 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, has since joined the liberals� lawsuit. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court in April, Thompson argued that upholding lower courts� rulings would �have the invariable effect of deleting many of the essential structural limitations on government chronicled in the Ohio Constitution� and make it so no one could sue JobsOhio.

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Herero prisoners, 70% were worked to death constructing a railroad.
Update: Since the topic of this report is quite bleak, I thought I would balance this with a positive comment I received from Candacia Greeman, a Mennonite Central Committee volunteer in South Sudan:
I wanted to let you know that we successfully facilitated four (4) HROC workshops in Rumbek, South Sudan last year. We had a great response from the community and they have been asking for more workshops. One of the workshops was with our Loreto Peace Club members who were so impressed by the power that HROC has to drive real change in the community that they wanted to be able to share what they had learnt with women and children in the local community. They created 'Listening Circles' which use lessons learnt from the 'loss, grief and mourning' sections of HROC to help community members to learn how to heal from trauma. So far, more than 15 Listening Circles have been formed as an immediate response to traumatic events in the local community, such as death and incidents of intercommunal violence. They comprised groups of 5-20 participants with 2-3 facilitators depending on the age and/or gender of the participants. Participants formed a circle or semi-circle and were guided through a range of activities focused on trauma healing for 45-120 minutes. The Listening Circles incorporated HROC exercises, touch and breathing exercises (from Capacitar) and modes of relating specific to the local community.
Let us use Jack Nusan Porter's definition of genocide: "Genocide is the deliberate destruction, in whole or in part, by a government or its agents, of a racial, sexual, religious, tribal or political minority. It can involve not only mass murder, but also starvation, forced deportation, and political, economic and biological subjugation. Genocide involves three major components: ideology, technology, and bureaucracy/organization." Originally I was going to cover eleven genocides:
- German: Herero/Nama in German South-West Africa
- German: Maji-Maji Rebellion in German East Africa
- Belgium: King Leopold's rule in the Belgian Congo
- French: French Actions in its colony in the Congo
- British: Boer War against Afrikaners and Africans
- British: Conquest of Kenya
- United States: Colonial war in the Philippines: (Ok, the Philippines isn't in Africa but I didn't want Americans to think that they were "exceptional" as this war killed between 200,000 and 1.4 million people, mostly from disease and starvation
- British: Mau-Mau Rebellion
- Nigeria: Biafra Civil War
- Burundi: 1972 Hutu Genocide
- Rwanda: 1994 Tutsi Genocide
These, of course, aren't the only ones, but frankly these alone would be a whole book. I found that just covering the first one was more than enough material for this Report from Kenya.
The European scramble for Africa officially began in 1884 with the Berlin Conference that began to divide up the continent among the major European powers. Although late to arrive on the African scene, the newly united Germany played a major role by securing a number of colonies. One of these was German South-West Africa (now Namibia) just north of South Africa. From 1904 to 1908 the Germans conducted a genocide against the Herero and Nama tribes. The reason this is in the news these days – perhaps with all the Trumpism you haven't heard about this in the United States – on July 14 last year, Germany agreed to recognize as genocide the massacre of 110,000 Herero and Nama people by German troops between 1904 and 1908 including a landmark admission of historical guilt. Details for compensation have not yet been worked out.
When Herero and Nama pastoral people revolted against the then recent occupation of their lands by German settlers, the German colonial government responded with brutal force. When Lothar von Trotha was appointed Governor to contain the revolt, he officially proclaimed, "Any Herero found inside the German frontier, with or without a gun or cattle, will be executed. I shall spare neither women nor children. I shall give the order to drive them away and fire on them. Such are my words to the Herero people."
Herero concentration camp.
The Germans quickly and easily defeated the Herero and Nama, but then they continued their onslaught against them. The Germans drove the defeated people into the Namid desert and anyone who tried to return because of hunger or dehydration was shot to death by the German soldiers. The few survivors were then herded into concentration camps where they were used as labor for German businesses. Many then died of disease, starvation, and exhaustion from overwork. After the end of the genocide, the 1911 census indicated only 15,000 Herero and 9,000 Nama remained alive – only 18% of the original population of these two tribes survived the genocide.
The genocide in German South-West Africa was a precursor, a dry run for the Holocaust. Some of it was direct. The most prominent person was Franz Ritter von Epp, a German soldier in the Herero genocide; and then, from 1933 to 1945, the Reichsstatthalter (governor) of Bavaria where he participated in the extermination of the Jewish and Roma populations there.
Eugen Fischer
German scientist Eugen Fischer came from Germany to the Herero concentration camps to conduct medical experiments. These included experiments in sterilization and the injection of smallpox, typhus, and tuberculosis pathogens into the prisoners. He also collected bones and skulls of the Herero which he sent back to Germany to be studied. In addition he also did "race" experiments on biracial people who had German fathers and African mothers. From this he developed and popularized the ideas of racial purity leading, in 1912, to the outlawing of interracial marriages and sexual relationships in all German colonies. His books on race theory influenced Hitler while he was in prison in 1924 and subsequently in 1935 the race purity restriction in the Nuremberg laws forbade marriage and sexual relations between German and Jews/Roma/Afro-Germans – notice the inclusion of half African/half Germans. There is more – Fischer trained Nazi doctors and one of his students was Josef Mengele, the anthropologist/doctor who performed the notorious genetic experiments on Jewish children at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
In summary the Herero/Nama genocide was a precursor for the German Holocaust not only in the people involved and who they influenced but also in the construction of the racial purity doctrines that led to genocides in both places.
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I always thought about doing this, but I never actually did…until now.
As I am knee-deep in grading literary essays about Inherit the Wind, I'm recalling how particularly talented some of my 10th grade students are at writing completely (and painfully) incoherent sentences. I sometimes wonder if my students actually READ these sentences to themselves and decide that they are "ok" to put in a formal essay, or if they're just too lazy to care. Regardless, I think it's high time to reinforce the basics of good sentence writing.
This year I have a SMART Board to help me.
This year, I'm making an effort to devote my Friday classes to engaging my students in some kind of grammar activity (I'll get more into that later). Tomorrow is Halloween, and I want it to be a fun day for the students, but at the same time, I don't want to break from the "Grammar Friday" tradition I'm trying to establish. At some point yesterday, I came up with the idea of creating a SMART Board lesson called "Scary Sentences." My sub-title is "The Bad and the Ugly, What I found when I went trick or treating in your Inherit the Wind essays."
Here's an example of a thesis statement one student wrote. The essay was supposed to be about how both Henry Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady exemplify what it means to be a "good citizen."
Brady demonstrates citizenship by going to Hillsboro to lead the prosecution for Cates trial and prove Brady wrong because more people agreed with himself .
Here's some more that I will be posting into my lesson:
My goal is to have the students work together to revise the sentences using a method I learned from Amy Benjamin's "Engaging Grammar" workshop, which involves re-writing a sentence four times until it becomes a much better version of its old self. I did this once before on a Grammar Friday and the kids seemed to get "into" it. Some even argued with each other about what words sounded better than others! I'm hoping for the same results tomorrow.


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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Oprah hooks us all up.
"Get two pieces of grilled chicken, two individual sides and a biscuit!"
......Since you can print 4 coupons would it hurt to pass one off to somebody homeless...We need to make sure erbody ATE! Do a good deed!
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Happy Friday everyone! Here's a sunset shot to take you into the weekend. I took this the other night from my back yard, just as the sun was setting over the hills. I shot it with my D90 and Nikon 85mm f1.8 lens at f11, 1/200th, ISO 200. I processed the image completely in Lightroom and used Nik's Dfine and Sharpener for noise reduction and sharpening.
This weekend, I'll be shooting a couple of local musicians for a new portfolio I'm working on. Music has always been a very important part of my life and so I'm now going to start doing portraits and promo work for bands, musicians, singers, etc. Should be fun! I'll be sure to share some images with you from the shoots.
That's it for me, I'm heading out. I'll see you back here next week! Have a great weekend and don't forget to baseline your camera settings before your next shoot!


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This Summer sees the return of the World Illustration Awards to esteemed arts and events venue, Somerset House in London. The exhibition will take place in the Embankment Galleries from 31st July to 29th August, and will feature over 2,300 entries from 64 countries.
Categories will range from advertising and design, to books and editorial. Notable shortlisted works include: Claudine O'Sullivan's complex digital illustrations for the Apple Pencil campaign; Tony Rodriguez' characterful portrait of Bill Murray for the Washington Post; and Lizzy Stewart's playful illustrations for the book 'There's a Tiger in the Garden'.
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The exhibition will be open from Saturday to Tuesday 10am – 6pm; Wednesday to Friday 11am – 8pm. Admission is FREE. Following its stint at Somerset House, the World Illustration Awards will tour the rest of the UK throughout the rest of the year.
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Visit the World Illustration Awards exhibition during August and you can also take advantage of the coinciding Summer Screen Prints exhibition with Print Club London at Somerset House. Original screen prints depicting films from this year's Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season.
[Credits: Images by www.somersethouse.org and www.notonthehighstreet.com. Details from Somerset House (Embankment Galleries), South Wing, London, WC2R 1LA, 020 7845 4600].


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More Christmas decor. You know when you think you have alot of something and then you get it out and there's just not as much as you thought? Oh well! I LOVE Christmas and decorating for it!
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While shopping at Gardner Village with my parents one year, we were in a shop and I saw these stocking holders and mentioned how I loved them, but I didn't end up buying them because they were kind of pricey. We went to another store and my dad said he would be right back.....sure enough he was with 5 of these candy cane holders just for me! I have the greatest dad.....don't you think?!
Yes, my husband grew this poinsettia and glittered it all by himself! Just for me. He hates glitter and had it all over him.....that's love :)


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February 24, 2010
Sweet Appletree
4 comments:
- Brenda said...
Very cute! Thanks for sharing.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- SECPumpkin said...
That is absolutely precious. I wish I could learn to embroidery like that! How did you learn? I wish it was time to sit and read a book under a green, lush Apple Tree. Ah, one can dream though.
- February 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Mama Magpie said...
Actually I'm still learning! There's a great tutorial here if you want to give it a try: http://tashahorsley.typepad.com/photos/embroidery_tutorial/index.html
This one was done by the designer, Nicole Vos van Avezathe, (which explains its perfection - mine wouldn't be quite so neat...) but I'm thinking of giving it a try myself!
Dreaming of warmer weather right along with you!
- February 24, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Nicole said...
Thank you for the sweet comments about my design :)
@SECPumpkin I learned myself how to embroider using a couple of books, some online support and resources and a lot of practice! I'm still learning actually :) It isn't hard and you can make very cute things with just a few simple stitches. Give it a try!
- February 27, 2010 at 2:15 PM


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For our last day, we headed to Devil's Gulch to hike up and see Gem Lake, but the heavens open right when we decided to eat a picnic before we headed up. We all ran to the van and looked at Andy to explain why the heck we were hiking up a mountain when it's raining!
Our new plan: finding bowling alley while the rain let off. Nothing says fun like kids throwing blowing balls. I'm not kidding!
After that adventure of running and ducking from 6lb bowling balls we traded our bowling shoes for tennis shoes and tried once again to head up the trail.
By this point we were all tired and it was almost dinner time. It was hard to focus on the beautiful nature surrounding us when you're going up almost a straight vertical and the trail side animals {mostly chipmunks but we did see a rabbit} look like dinner. Half way up we called it quits, headed down the slide, and got pizza in picturesque Estes. {I want to live there.} I didn't get any pics because I didn't want to accidentally fall on my phone and break it! But I loved to tell the tale! Till next time Gem Lake!


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Is Indian Premier League (IPL) a paradise for left hand batsmen? Yes, left hand batsmen have passed the IPL test with flying colors taking prime slots amongst highest run getters in six IPL tournaments played so far.
A study of stats of IPL matches played so far (during five IPL tournaments and the ongoing season) shows that three of the five highest run getters are left hand batsmen: Suresh Raina (2613), Gautam Gambhir (2385) and Chris Gayle (2370). Rohit Sharma (2389) and Sachin Tendulkar (2233) are the two right hand batsmen in the highest run getters list.
The cumulative trend favoring left hand batsmen is endorsed in this IPL season as well. It all began in 2008 when in the inaugural edition itself left hander Shaun Marsh emerged the top run getter scoring 616 runs. Three other left hand batsmen Sourav Ganguly (534), Sanath Jayasuriya (514), Graeme Smith (441) were the other top scorers of first season. Shane Watson (472) was the only right hand batsmen in top category.
Mathew Hayden was awarded orange cap for scoring most number (572) of runs in IPL 2009. Adam Gilchrist (495) and Suresh Raina (434) were the other two left hand batsmen in the top five run getter category.
Things changed a bit in 2010 when Sachin Tendulkar recorded highest aggregate score of 618 runs during the tournament. He is the only right hand batsman so far to get the orange cap in IPL history. Suresh Raina (520), Saurabh Ganguly (493), however, still managed to get a slot in the top five batsmen that year.
The top five left hand batsmen with most runs in 2011 were Chris Gayle (608), Shaun Marsh (504) and Michael Hussey (492).
Chris Gayle did it again in 2012 scoring maximum (733) runs in IPL 5. Gautam Gambhir (590) and Shikhar Dhawan (569) were the other two left hand batsmen to strike it rich.
Moreover, Chris Gayle has now emerged as the most impressive batsman in the IPL history playing a record innings of 175 runs against Pune in the current season. His blistering knock set up several world records as he hit 17 sixes and 13 fours in a 66 balls innings against Pune Warriors. He has also hit maximum sixes (169) in IPL history.
A further pointer showed that most ducks recorded in IPL history belonged to right hand batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Amit Mishra , Manish Pandey have scored the highest number (8) of ducks each while Jacques Kallis and Shane Warne have seven ducks each to their credit in IPL history.


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I have just had a quick check on what it is was I wrote about last & noticed that I actually started with .................. "God evening" ..................
Now computers are wonderful things & I always run a spell check - but of course it doesn't work in the example above. So sorry about that.
I have been quite busy over the weekend wiht making Christmas cards & most of it them in sets. One set was for the people with whom I go to lunch once a month & the the other set was the 15 for Bob. I have also made some other Christmas cards for me. That is, the ones that I send out other than those already mentioned.
But yesterday I took a few moments away from Christmas to make a birthday card for an elderly cousin of mine - who will be 89 this week.
I was quite fortunate in the fact that I did have a a basis for his card - my demo at the CSNW meeting last Wednesday of the one layer card. I had done quite a few in those shades of blue & felt that I needed a change so I did more autumnal colours. When I looked at it the next day I knew it would be just right for the birthday card. Here it is;
The leaves are from a set by Clearly Besotted, the "Happy Birthday" is an unmounted rubber stamp I have had for ages & the flowers were from a five-petal punch which I coloured with inks similar to the strip on the card. The leaves were embossed in Moon Glow EP - Midnight Emerald Obsidian - which is a beautiful dark green.
My cousin loves his garden & I hope that he will love this card & it is not over flowery & therefore not feminine.
I will have some ore Christmas card photos for you tomorrow.
I hope your preparations for Christmas are going well. That's me for tonight. Night night.


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The International Energy Agency (IEA) said an unexpected overproduction of Iranian oil has given the global market stability, offsetting recent negative activity in Canada and Nigeria. Aprils monthly report revealed output rose globally to 32.7 million barrels a day, boosted by Iran's quick overproduction following the lift of sanctions earlier this year.
The agency is expecting a steep decline in global surplus by December, forcing the market to a "much-anticipated balance" following volatility. A lack of agreement on cuts caused oil prices to drop in April. Many producers have since bounced back after the troubling activity in Canada and Nigeria threatened further output.
The IEA said they are unsure of the affects on overall production from the Canadian wildfire in Fort McMurray. Shell had to close their Nigerian terminal and evacuate workers after extreme violence from militants demanding a larger share of its oil wealth. Chevron's facility closed for similar reasons. They expressed concern about Libya's output, declining due to split fighting factions, seriously affecting the Venezuelan economy.
Prices have flirted with recovery at $45, still lower than in recent years. The IEA said amidst global economic slowdowns, oil demand rose quicker than expected this first quarter. The 2016 forecasted oil demand of 1.2 million barrels per day has so far been preserved.
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We decided on an apron and chef's hat for her American girl doll. She picked fabrics from my stash, and we were ready to begin.
It was such fun to work with her, and our project turned out perfectly!
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(L-R): Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen), D'avin (Luke Macfarlane) and Johnny (Aaron Ashmore) in "The Hullen Have Eyes." Photo copyright of SYFY.
This week on an all-new episode of Killjoys, our kick-ass trio of bounty hunters trace the last coordinates of a Black Root ship to a radiation scorched planet, finding an abandoned Hullen training camp, creepy inhabitants and a surprising connection to their past. Check out the clip below and then tune in for The Hullen Have Eyes on Friday, July 14th @ 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CT on SYFY (US).


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Pantone in Your Home: Monaco Blue
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My thoughts for today on…..Social Housing and other annoying stuff
As this is my blog, and you're just visiting, I should forewarn you that I'm quite annoyed today, so if you don't feel like reading a rant against the Tory government, yes I know that Clegg and Co claim to have their own party, but let's get real, they've lost whatever independent constituency they ever had, then i suggest you leave sort of…now..ish! Some people evidently have a lot more belief and trust in the CONDEM government than myself and many others. . The plain truth is that,the Tories latest wheeze and intention, is to kick people out of their affordable housing whenever the local authority wants, this will then result in the Tories installing their mates in those houses, buying them, and then selling them on for a swift 100% mark up profit. This is the next great sell off of Public property, which we already own to those who can more than afford it, in exactly the same way as Westminster Council tories did in the eighties, with another added bonus for the tories of getting more of their voters into what was more likely to have been labour supporting houses. It's the same old Tory scam all over again but with the added benefit of this scheme that they can socially cleanse the more affluent areas of the poor,particularly in London, but other cities as well. This nasty bunch of neocons are determined to erase all and any public support and financial help for the poor, the sick and disabled.
As for the Economy……….
Anybody that's taken in by the absolute myth that austerity is the only way to deal with the country's huge debt problem is totally gullible. All nations run on debt, as do most companies, which is why the restrictions on liquidity enforced by the banks in order to try and stabilise themselves after their huge gambling brought the country to it's knees, is now restricting our ability to create growth in the economy to pay down that debt. We have been and still are, subsidising the Financial Services sector to the tune of nearly £50billion per annum, because they were deemed too big to fail, this in turn meant that it didn't matter how much they gambled, the taxpayer had to pick up the tab. Once you take into account the tax that the sector pays, the FS sector is actually only worth less than 2% of GDP in real money!
. The great money go round of The City that 'we can't afford to lose' actually contributes practically nothing to the real economy compared to it's size. If it shrunk by half and moved to say New York or Frankfurt,it would actually help our economy to grow other sectors, like manufacturing for instance, where again contrary to what most people believe, the UK is the sixth or seventh largest manufacturing economy in the World.
We should impose the Tobin tax, the Robin Hood tax as it's known, which will raise a few £ billion pa and stabilise the markets dramatically because it will cut down on market speculation. The few firms that re-locate will not be a loss! It's time to fight back for the 99%-even if many don't realise they need us to!


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Buen Provecho!
August 3, 2010 § Leave a comment
Buenos noches! I'm back in the States after a 6-week stint in Xela, Guatemala and one week up in the mountains studying beneath banana and coffee trees. While I'm already (sorely) missing the tortillas negras (blue corn tortillas, hot off the grill), the piles of pan (white bread and cookies; killer) and the chocolate caliente (best hot cocoa of my life)… I am thrilled to be clanking around in my kitchen again. After testing and tweaking a few recipes, I'll be posting lickitisplit.
Next on the agenda: something sweet & lemony!
(And perhaps something involving corn… I think I spotted eight ears in the fridge that my family picked up from the market!)
Besitos y abrazos,
¡Hasta luego!
June 20, 2010 § 1 Comment
I'm on the eve of a 2-month blogging hiatus. In a few hours I'll be boarding a plane, zipping southbound to Guatemala. I'll be spending my summer eating corn tortillas, exploring lakes in the highlands and immersing myself in Guatemalan culture while beefing up my Spanish. My mom promises to experiment with sorbets (and possibly a guest post or two!) in my absence. Wishing you all wonderful summers (and culinary explorations) in the meantime.
Xo, Regina
P.S. This chocolate sorbet was a dream!
Almost Back…
December 8, 2009 § Leave a comment
Why HELLO!
I swear I'm not entirely MIA.
In fact, if you were to shoot me an email any time in the next three days, I'd probably receive it in about 20 seconds. And I'd probably respond within the next minute. (The thesis is due Friday… I live at my computer.)
I have good recipes on the horizon (pumpkin-apple-crumb cake to boot!) and more non-sweet, wintery dishes after that. I'll be back soon. In the meantime, wishing you all hearty appetites and extra rounds of apple cider.
Ta ta,
P.S. If you're like me, wedges of pumpkin pies are perfectly suited for breakfast. But, if you're also like me, there wasn't a crumb left of your pumpkin pie the Friday after Thanksgiving. Here's a halfway pumpkin-pie-wannabe breakfast that's getting me (quite happily) through my week: 1/2 cup whole-milk yogurt, 1/4 cup pumpkin puree, pinch nutmeg, pinch cinnamon, 1/2 tablespoon dark honey or maple syrup, granola. (Also highly recommended: put a few dark chocolate chips at the bottom. December merits splurging.)
Brief Final Exam Pause
December 17, 2008 § 2 Comments
I have some tasty posts in the making, but I'm currently drowning in plant biology.
My final exam ends at 10am on Friday, halleLUJAH! In the meantime, a brief blog respite. I'll resume back to normal this weekend!
For a quick preview, next up: my Mom's special burritos, snowball cookies, and rasberry chocolate oat bars!


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I've done a reboot of the blog, and will now churn out monthly posts about the meetings held at the Oslo Java User Group (javaBin Oslo - http://www.java.no).
Expect a variety of code examples posted to my github-account, and rantings about what's good and bad (in my opinion).
Stay tuned!
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Motricity raising $75M, aims to make buys
DURHAM - Only five months after failing in a high-profile bid to buy a rival company, wireless upstart Motricity once again is circling back to investors, this time with the target of raising about $75 million - money that may be used for another acquisition attempt.
In July and August, Motricity raised about $30 million by issuing preferred stock to existing investors - moving the company about halfway to its goal, according to securities filings by the company.
Suzanne King, a partner with New Enterprise Associates, an investor in Motricity, says existing investors are funding the company and that Motricity will use the funds as working capital and to complete its acquisition of GoldPocket Wireless, which Motricity bought in July for an undisclosed sum.
Ryan Wuerch, Motricity's CEO, indicated the fundraiser would allow the company to expand, especially through acquisitions. "We're continuing to pursue strong acquisition targets - that effort is not stopping."
The next buy could be one based internationally, Wuerch indicated. "We will be growing from an international perspective ... it may come through strategic acquisitions."
Wuerch says Motricity has grown from 40 employees to its current 400 workers in 18 months, and by October the company will employ "in excess of 450 domestically."
Motricity also is beefing up the ranks of its board of directors with the addition of former SpectraSite chief executive Stephen Clark and Cisco treasurer David Holland.
Clark says the opportunity facing Motricity is huge, and he is being enlisted to help mentor Wuerch through the expansion process. "Everyone believes, me included, ... say 10 years from now ... the usage of data in wireless will surpass voice," says Clark. Motricity has raised a total of $120 million from investors, including a $40 million round that was completed in April.
Despite the millions raised by the company, analysts say Motricity is undercapitalized compared to giants such as VeriSign and Amdocs, which have barged into the wireless delivery space.
Roger Entner, an analyst with research firm Ovum in Boston, says, "One hundred and twenty million dollars is not a lot of money."
Entner says Motricity's attempt to buy M-Qube in March failed in part because the Durham company offered a lower amount of cash than rival VeriSign, which swooped in with a $250 million cash offer.
"Cash is king if you want to buy something," says Entner. "Basically, Motricity is a significant player in the data delivery environment, but in the big picture they are still a relatively small fish."
Millions of dollars are flowing into wireless companies.
A report by San Francisco-based Rutberg & Co. found that in April wireless-related businesses collected $303 million of the $543 million venture capital dollars invested in various companies that month.
King says Motricity investors are excited because wireless remains a relatively new market in the U.S.. "Penetration of wireless data is still quite low compared to other places in the world," says King.
Any new Motricity acquisition probably would be in the "off-the-deck space," analysts say.
About 80 percent of wireless commerce in the U.S. occurs "on the deck" or by users who buy products off their carrier's Web site - such as through Verizon's or Sprint's stores. Only 20 percent occurs "off the deck," which refers to buying a company's products but not on its Web site.
In Europe, those percentages are reversed, and analysts expect the U.S. market will soon follow in that direction.
Motricity's purchase of GoldPocket was off the deck, and more acquisitions are expected to follow in that space.
Entner says there are scores of new players popping up in the wireless space, and Motricity could go after any one of them. Among potential acquisition candidates are Valista, Nellymoser, Handango, Enpocket, Action Engine and SurfKitchen.


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I am not very good at these but here we go…. I am 25, married to my best friend and we have 3 beautiful children. We have been married for almost 8 years. We are a very crazy, quirky, and nutty family. We are filled with lots of love and a passion to learn all sorts of different things. We always try something once before deciding if we dislike it. We are a family of many trades. And we miss living in the country!! Right now we are currently stationed in Vicenza, Italy. My husband got home from his 12month tour in Afghanistan in November 2010, we are so thankful to have him home safe with us!!
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Theme Song of This Week and Thanksgiving Closeout/Greeting
The theme song of this week is Signs by Bloc Party. I first heard this mysterious and spine-chilling song through my new favorite show, Gossip Girl. The soothing yet chilling tones of the song can make you feel like time has slow down for you, giving you the chance to fix your mistakes or realize the ones you just made. Quick Bio time, Bloc Party is a British indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Inspired by bands the Cure, Radiohead, Mogwai, and Souixsie and the Banshees, this groups's soft yet lyrical songs can make you feel and easy throughout a day of anxiety and stress. I would recommend looking at there other songs and seeing if there are other bands similar to them out if you really like their music it doesn't hurt to see if you find more of it from different places around the world. As an avid music hunter, I try to expand my horizons of music and with different and unique methods to find music that might grab your interests its always fun to find it, listen, and see if it would be you next favorite musician, artist, or band. For the Thankgiving holiday, I'm closing out to say happy music hunting through the reasonable deals of Amazon and remember once Black Friday rolls around, its time to whip out the best and funkiest Christmas music you can find to really get into the holiday spirit. So happy Black Friday prep and shopping and most importantly have a happy Thanksgiving. As an Thankgiving gift below is the chance to listen to the song Signs by Bloc Party from their album Intimacy. See you soon!
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We were really excited when we were picked to do the Puncture Repair workshop because we love cycling. Also it is interesting to do something different in school with special visitors. Continue reading Puncture Repair Workshop at Harefield Junior School
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Bike It Secondary Pupils Provide Strong Cycling Role Models in Cycling Roadshow !
In Upminster, in the Bike It Plus borough of Havering, Coopers Coborn and Company secondary school has been a shining example of how to promote cycling in schools. They have embraced their role as a hub school by providing support to the Bike It primaries in their local area. The aim of the hub is to create a real "cycling journey" for children moving through primary education and onto secondary school where they are greeted by excellent cycling facilities, opportunities to be part of Bike Club, Bike Polo and the Youth Travel Ambassadors who promote sustainable travel throughout the school. Continue reading Tour de Upminster
Bike It Crew have their say!
On Friday the 4th of April, we had an excellent performance presented by the bike it crew and hosted by Lucy, the leader of our team. The performance was to encourage children and adults to cycle to school we did a synchronised dance routine and a super hero breakfast it was amazing. The experience was incredible because we had a great chance to show our skills and present the new school pool bikes.
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Thanks so much, Teresa, for helping to get the word out about the contest. I really appreciate it. :)Cheers,Tracy
Hope you're having a good and Godly week and weekend..Look to Jesus for all your strength! Laura
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OK – I know it's been a while. Sorry! I have been busy though with lots of things to show! And, before you ask, no, I haven't started any socks yet. BUT, knitting is supposed to be fun – and I have enough deadlines and schedules, so I refuse to feel bad for changing my knitting plans. The socks will get done. Probably when I decide that my feet are cold.
In the meantime, let's start with the Vampire Halloween swap – which was awesome, by the way – I had the best spoiler! So anyway, I made two bookmarks for my swapee's package, and was very happy with both:
One is crocheted – I really like the way it came up in black – I may have to make one for myself. And for the 2nd, I pulled out the tatting shuttle and tried my fav bookmark pattern and red and black – I think they both look appropriately vampy, don't you?
So speaking of the vampire swap – check out my awesome swag!
There was so much awesome stuff in my box! Check out the Malabrigo sock! Also included were a cute little skull notebook, my favorite candies, a sock pattern to use with the Malabrigo sock, the first Vampire Diaries book, some awesome earrings from my Etsy favs(!!!!) aaaannnnndddd, fingerless gloves ala Mitchell from Being Human (my new favorite show!) WOO HOO – best swap ever!!! Thanks to my fellow jersey gal knittothebottom for being an awesome partner!
So, while I had vampires on the brain, I decided to test knit the Urban Bat Sweater for submission to the Vampire Knits book. It was a quick knit, and came up pretty well:
The pattern called for Simply Soft, so that was what I used. Simply Soft in general wouldn't be my first choice for a sweater, but this drapes surprisingly well.
Then, while I had all that leftover purple simply soft I offered to test knit a 2nd pattern for submission to the same book – a sleep mask:
Jasmine claimed this before I even finished it. Although, she's not crazy about the ties – it fell off her face during the night when she tried to use it. So I may pick up some elastic – that may work better.
And then, of course, my queue changed again because I saw all kinds of wonderful new patterns that I wanted to try. Here's what I finished up today:
The skull is light pink (I think it looks more white in the photo – but it really is pink.) I'm very pleased with this. Although, I was worried for a minute there – I put it in the wash to felt and then forgot to watch the time, so when I ran down there to check it, I was afraid it may have gone too far. It is definitely a very solid felt, but I don't think I would have done it any lighter, so I'm happy – YEA!!! And, while I was at it, I whipped up this little bowl (rav link):
I'm very pleased, because I wasn't sure this was even wool when I was making it. Although I had a pretty good idea. I found this yarn in a bag of "unknown" mill ends at AC Moore, although I compared and it looked just like a colorway of Patons classic wool, so I decided to take the chance. And, YEA, it worked!!!! The bowl itself seems a little fuzzy to me (probably because I forgot it in the wash when felting), but it's still cute, and will work to hold stitch markers, etc. on my hutch.
So, now I'm all caught up. Halloween is over – boo hoo! But it was fun. We all managed to get over the illness that hit the house in time for trick or treating – YEA!!! And this means that I'm already behind on Christmas knitting (especially seeing as I haven't actually started any yet) – but am I stressed? Do I feel guilty???? NOOOOOoooooo. In fact, I think I'm going to live dangerously, and put it off a bit longer. So there!


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i ran here and there. So much! haaa. Its hard to keep track all the records i have done but now i am writing. To be specific, la these. This has been the terrible part of my two years life. Conducting the discussions and relates the weird-headache graphs to its relatives fundamental basics, i had it enough. Just as the beginning, i started to feel the syndrome again. Its traumatic when u r heading the life yourself into undergraduates life!
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Not many people read Hemingway these days. It seems he endured a bad patch of sledging sometime towards the end of the last Millennium when the critics decided to lay into, the long since deceased, American Author. I do still read his books as I really get an incredibly vivid surge to my imagination of the places and people he is writing about. More about the places than the people though. From Paris to the Florida and the African bush he had an incredible talent to make it live in my head in a fantastic form of reality. His characters were not as attractive to me. I am not a fan of his 'manliness'. The dude was a huge hunter and bull fight enthusiast and I suppose this is how his male characters are portrayed.
He had an eventful time on the planet until he leaned up against a shotgun that he wedged between the skirting board of his house and his kakebeen (a beautiful Afrikaans word for Jawbone) and pulled the trigger. On purpose you understand ... to kill himself. To commit sewage pipes - suicide. Unlike a one of his beloved Matadors who just slice those sword blades into the bulging shoulders of a hapless bull by the dozen with no chance of missing the dying target - old Hemmers missed and only partially blew his head off. Obviously he died later on, but I am not sure if it is then actually officially called suicide as he missed the main shot see.
The reason I have been thinking about suicide ... hang on, hang on. Not thinking of testing it out I can assure you (although the sound of those f$%^&#g sheep skin slippers dragging along our oak floors is driving me as close as I have probably ever been), but rather thinking about the particular fact that has come to me a few times in the last few weeks. And that is that the weather actually has an effect on a persons decision to kill themselves. I am not talking about extreme weather conditions, where the option of falling on your bread knife rather than die at the hands of frostbite or putting a bullet in your brain while drowning to escape that uncomfortable situation. I am talking about persistent but totally durable weather conditions leading to the fatal decisions.
What got me to thinking in this (weather) vein is the incessant complaining by my fellow Capetonians about the huge amounts of rain we have had this winter and: "oh my goodness when will it all stop" and "It's already October and where is the summer" and on and on and on. Stop the whinging already. The rain is incredible! The more we have this winter the better. So have another warm coffee or even better a good full glass of shut the fuck up and enjoy the life giving drops from the sky. Summer is summer and it is on its way ... just for the same fools to start moaning about the South Eater wind. Haaaa haaa! Forgot about that little fella that comes to visit with Mr Summer didn't you?
Well even for you whinging bastards there is good news about the rain. The suicide rate does go up with weather conditions (what are we ... pillars of salt? Blocks of butter?) but it seems it is more the hot weather that puts the fear into us and not so much the rain. As per CSI last night and more research I have done since, the surge in hot weather causes higher levels of street violence and attacks, as well as rioting and unrest + Suicides.
So enjoy the rain.
Here are 10 weather phobias the Scientists and there psyhcologically minded buddies have put together to officially show how screwed we are when it comes to being anti weather and not actually intelligent enough to enjoy it (I have added some of my own so see if you can spot the PlanetPi contrived phobias).
10 Weather Phobias
- Brontophobia - Fear of thunder
- Astrapophobia - Fear of lightning
- Anemophobia - Fear of wind
- Chionophobia - Fear of snow
- WetTshirtophobia - Fear of water wetting white shirt
- Cryophobia - Fear of ice and frost
- Asterixophobia - Fear of sky falling on head
- Heliophobia - Fear of the Sun and light
- Frizzophobia - Fear of hair going curly
- Homichlophobia - Fear of fog
- Nephelophobia - Fear of clouds
- Ombrophobia - Fear of rain
- Psychrophobia - Fear of cold


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Y'all make sure not to forget about me ya hear? I know i've been gone awhile, but my kids love to house germ filled bacteria that then grow to mammoth proportions and proceed to attack the rest of the family leaving me completely incapacitated for days. I blame it on the wee ones!
Strep. The gift that keeps on giving.
My best,
Song of the Week: These days, it seems like music is the only thing keeping me going. Here is just a truly remarkable show of the talent that Babs has. Is this song beautiful and does she actually hold a note for 19 seconds? Why yes, yes she does. To view either click on the S.O.W. in the right hand column or click here to be brought to YouTube.


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UBER LIVES: Featured in Mashable
Coverage of the Uber Lives: LA web series on Mashable today:
Two decades ago, Alireza moved to Los Angeles and began building up a menswear business. Pants, shirts, shoes — all manufactured and sold in the United States. He had loyal customers. He had more than 150 employees. He had a livelihood.
Then "all of the sudden" he lost it all, as customers fled to cheaper stores supplied by products made in China.
"I was losing and I was losing and I was losing. Then I had to go into bankruptcy. We lost everything," Alireza says solemnly to a camera interview while driving.
Uber turned his life around, he says. His situation improved after meeting a female Uber driver at a party, which inspired Alireza's wife to become a Lyft driver and inspired Alireza to drive for Uber.
"The money is okay right now. We can pay our bills. My life is going on right now a little better than poverty because of this job that I have."
Alireza is one of five Los Angeles Uber drivers, all identified only by their first names, whose backstories are featured in an original video series posted this week to Vid.me, an online video community. The personal histories of each driver vary wildly, but the collective message is clear: the next Uber driver you hail may have traveled an incredibly difficult road before taking the wheel.
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...so apparently, my computer was just holding on to see if Obama would get elected. Before he even gave his acceptance speech, my hard drive fried. It started making these crazy clicking and sqeaking sounds, and then the screen went black. It's like that part in the gospels where Simeon is waiting in the temple to see the coming of the baby Jesus.
"Master, now you are dismissing your Toshiba in peace, for my eyes have seen your Obama..."
It had my study notes, notes for a term paper and two projects in progress on it. Luckily I had just handed in my Church Music Colloquium paper earlier that day. I asked Dr. Hawn not to lose it because it's now the only copy. He said "We'll talk later about backing up."
Oh well... Go Obama!


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It took long enough. But thanks to my mom my double wedding ring quilt is completed and in a much fancier way than I could ever hope to achieve. For my birthday my mom had it professionally quilted and it looks so good on my bed! check out the detail below!
Double Wedding Ring Quilt.. quilted!, a photo by girl from finito on Flickr.


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CBS revealed its midseason schedule where the comedy 'Rules of Engagement' will return for the seventh season and new cop drama, 'Golden Boy' makes a debut.
Golden Boy stars Theo James (Downton Abbey) who as a gifted cop quickly becomes the youngest police commissioner in NYPD history. CBS is giving the Theo James starred series a special preview for two Tuesdays back to back, airing after NCIS and NCIS L.A. on Feb. 26 and March 5. In terms of veteran procedural CSI: NY, the show will wrap-up its ninth season early on Feb. 22, Friday to give way for the regular timeslot airing of Golden Boy on March 8 at 9pm.
To fill-in for the defunct sitcom 'Partners', CBS has set the season 7 of Rules of Engagement to debut on Feb. 4, Monday at 8:30 pm.
Returning dates for Survivor and The Amazing Race will be on Wednesday, Feb. 13 and Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8pm respectively.
Check out the full schedule below:
Monday, Effective Feb. 4
8:00-8:30pm How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9:00pm Rules of Engagement (7th Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30pm 2 Broke Girls
9:30-10:00pm Mike & Molly
10:00-11:00pm Hawaii Five-0
Wednesday, Effective Feb. 13
8:00-9:00pm Survivor (26th Edition premiere)
9:00-10:00pm Criminal Minds
10:00-11:00pm CSI
Sunday, Effective Feb. 17
7:00-8:00pm 60 Minutes
8:00-9:00pm The Amazing Race (22nd Edition Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm The Good Wife
10:00-11:00pm The Mentalist
Tuesday, Feb. 26
8:00-9:00pm NCIS
9:00-10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00-11:00pm Golden Boy (Special Preview)
Tuesday, March 5
8:00-9:00pm NCIS
9:00-10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00-11:00pm Golden Boy (Special Preview)
Friday, Effective March 8
8:00-9:00pm Undercover Boss
9:00-10:00pm Golden Boy (Time Period Premiere)
10:00-11:00pm Blue Bloods


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New York Yankees 2011: 10 Reasons Why We Can Still Call Them the Bronx ZooMay 15, 2011
New York Yankees 2011: 10 Reasons Why We Can Still Call Them the Bronx Zoo
Is anyone surprised that another player-management conflict has reared its ugly head in the Bronx Zoo known as New York Yankees baseball? I don't believe so.
If there is, then they don't know the Jankees—I mean Yankees. From Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, Yogi Berra and the rest of them, the controversies are countless.
The Yankees once hired a private investigator to dig up secret dirt on Hall of Fame outfielder Dave Winfield during contract negotiations. It's never that serious, folks.
Negotiate and navigate through this investigative and entertaining slideshow. It's more entertaining than investigating, but I'm sure you appreciate that.
Let's get it...Start the show.
10. Derek Jeter: His Contract Negotiations Were the Talk of New York Last Year
Before the season started, Derek Jeter, 36, was embroiled in contentious contract negotiations with the Yankees.
Jank—I mean, Hank Steinbrenner—made some not so flattering remarks about the Yankees' captain. Now the Yankees are tattle-telling on Jeter's homie, Jorge Posada.
Que paso in the Bronx? You know what it is...Zoo York at it's finest.
9. Alex Rodriguez: He's Been Up and Down Using His Bat, Ask Your Girl
A-Rod, or A-Roid, whatever you want to call him is a one-man zoo. Staying in the news from being the highest paid player in the Majors to cavorting with ladies of the night and being filmed eating Cameron Diaz's, um, popcorn.
The days of popcorn-eaters booing him are over, though. He's approaching home run number 620 for his career. He'll probably pass Ken Griffey Jr. (630) this year.
Up next are Willie Mays (660), Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762). A-Rod, 35, signed a 10-year, $275 million contract in 2007 and later announced he was a former steroid user. With debates raging about whether or not he deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, it probably means the Bronx Zoo will be open at least until 2017.
8. Phil Hughes: He Was Shut Down Due to a Dead Arm, or so They Say
Phil Hughes was taken out of the rotation because of a so-called "dead arm." In reality, it was his ERA that was getting killed.
With Hughes on the shelf, they need the rest of the starters to pick it up—including the next man on the list. It was going all right—until recently.
The Yankees pitching staff is pretty much dead in the water.
7. Ivan Nova: He Hasn't Been the Beast the Yankees Needed Him to Be This Year
Nova has been up an down this season—like the Yankees. His last outing earned him—from me—the dubious honor of being nicknamed "Chevy."
The Kansas City Royals—the boys from Missouri, the Show Me State—drove him like the old school car by the same surname.
People probably still drive Novas in Missouri, by the way.
6. Robinson Cano: He's Not Playing as Well as Last Season so Far
Cano won the Gold Glove for second basemen in the AL last season. He won't be winning it this season, it's already fair to say. There were a lot of complaints about him winning it last year—along with Jeter and first baseman Mark Teixeira.
The Yankees all-Gold Glove infield has looked more like the Bad News Bears in the last couple of weeks on defense. Cano's average is around .275—down from last year—in a sluggish Yankees offense. What's really going on? It's the Zoo, baby.
5. Mariano Rivera: He Has a Young Turk Breathing Down His Neck
Seeing the way Posada is going out, one has to wonder how the proud Rivera will react once Rafael Soriano takes over the closer role.
Where and when it'll happen remains to be seen, but it's going to happen. Rivera is older than Posada, but Mariano is still producing...for now.
He's No. 2 in the Majors in saves to the Marlins' young gun Leo Nunez. Rivera is No. 1 in the AL, though, and rolling, for now, through the Zoo unscathed. Stay tuned.
4. Joe Girardi: Rumors of Him Bolting to Another Team Have Been Swirling
Tuned in and born in Peoria, Ilinois, it has been rumored—starting last season—that Girardi would love to manage in Chicago and be near his boyhood home.
He also played baseball at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ilinois. With all of the drama lately in the Bronx—especially surrounding catcher Jorge Posada—it makes me wonder if Girardi isn't ready to ask out of the managerial position. A former catcher, Girardi looks weary of the Bronx Zoo.
3. The Steinbrenner Brothers: Hal and Hank
Where and when will the Steinbrenner brothers weigh in on the latest controversy surrounding the Yankees?
Hank, left, had his father George, right, to show him how to run the business.
Hal and Hank took a lot of control from the Yankees' general manager, but the GM kept a significant portion of power.
2. Brian Cashman: The General Manager Has the Steinbrenner Brothers Behind Him
Hank and Jank (Hal) Steinbrenner were taught the business by one of the most sketchy owners in MLB history.
George Steinbrenner is the man who hired a private investigator to dirty Dave Winfield during contract negotiations back in the day. Steinbrenner has passed on, and his sons have been quiet for awhile.
It begs the question whether or not one of them sent Cashman to announce Posada had asked out of the lineup. In some circles, Brian is getting credit for calling Posada out. Cash is sticking to his story and Steinbrenner's stuck like glue. Yuck.
And now for the biggest reason we can still call it the Bronx Zoo.
1. Jorge Posada: Jeter's Buddy Is Apparently Feeling Caged in the Bronx Zoo
Jeter was the best man at Posada's wedding and now the twain looks like they're parting. I mean, Jeter and Posada, not Posada and his bride. Down, you rich boys.
But rev up the 2007 Reggie Jackson-Billy Martin-based movie about the Bronx Zoo: The Bronx Is Burning.
Part II is playing out before our eyes, perhaps. The Cashman-Posada impasse is one to watch.
Thanks to readers like you, I'm one to watch. Keep your eyes out for me, for I'll bring you the latest happenings. Watch me roll out, but catch me on the next Lake's Bronx Zoo Report.


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I'm starting my new job today! I was recently hired as a Merchandise Specialist for a rather large company, and today is my first day! I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited to be back in the fashion industry. In celebration of today I thought I'd post something from my old Live Journal. This was a post I wrote back in January of 2008 about my very first internship. It's funny to see how I've grown since then and all the things I've accomplished, and over 2 and a half years later I still find the post hilarious.
For some reason I thought it would be entertaining to keep a log of my time interning today. And it was.
6:30 am: Grumble and reluctantly get up for work. Curse myself for going to bed at 1 am last night.
6:40 am: Call friend/fellow intern and tell her to get her butt out of bed.
7:10 am: Get dressed in new, pretty rose pink sweater. Debate adding black choker. Decide to go with the choker.
7:30 am: Call friend/fellow intern again, only to find out she fell back asleep and wasn't going to come in. Am sad because that means I will be very bored today.
7:32 am: Leave for work
7:50 am: Park 5 blocks away from work in order to have free parking. Congratulate myself for being smart and bringing walking shoes.
7:55 am: Call friend from high school to tell him I'm actually awake before 9 am.
7:58 am: Walk into building. Flash ID to bypass security. Feel very important.
7:59 am: Change into fun, black patent leather stilettos for work. Admire outfit in door reflection.
8:00 am: Enter office
8:05 am: Start typing invitations into County Exec's planner. Admire sweater in window as I walk to the printer.
8:10 am: Walk to printer again. Admire decision to put snazzy black flower pin on sweater.
8:13 am: Walk to printer again. Second guess decision to wear black choker.
8:15 am: Decide to stop admiring myself in reflection because it is vain and makes me seem shallow.
9:00 am: Start uploading press releases to their website.
9:05 am: Am lonely without friend/fellow intern
9:19 am: Accidentally type "plague" instead of "plaque". Spend 5 minutes laughing to myself about it. Spend next 5 minutes wondering if the County Exec really would have a ceremony about a tree plague.
9:31 am: Am hungry. Nutrigrain bar not enough to eat this morning. Boo.
10:00 am: Had to man reception desk while regular receptionist went to the bathroom. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! Realized that I have no freaking clue what I am doing at this job.
10:05 am: Receptionist came back. I didn't screw anything up. Am relieved. No one called while she was gone. They must know I'm there waiting....
10:15 am: Fixed uploading problem that was making it take forever to upload press releases. Am awesome.
10:29 am: Back at reception desk. Answered phone correctly. Am even more awesome.
10:56 am: Still uploading those ridiculous press releases. They hadn't been uploaded since October. Am bored. And hungry.
11:15 am: Still uploading. On January now. Need caffeine.
11:25 am: Walk down the hall to go to the bathroom. Love the sound my heels make on the hard floor. Feel very important for I have an ID card and am wearing heels.
11:30 am: Clock out of work and leave building.
11:32 am: Begin long walk in the cold back to my car.
11:33 am: Kid passes me on a bike. Think about knocking kid off bike and riding it back to my car. Decide stealing a bike in front of the Courthouse is probably not a good idea.
11:36 am: Still walking. Hope my car hasn't been broken into . Driving back with an open window would suck.
11:41 am: Car parked 2 down from mine has passenger side window smashed and radio torn out. Feel bad for person. Feel happy it wasn't my car. Feel slightly disturbed that I had just been thinking about this exact thing. Perhaps should be tested for psychic abilities...
11:42 am: Drive unbroken into car back to my apartment, shove half of a sandwich in my mouth, and run to class.
And that was my morning as an intern.
Oh to be young and in school again.


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When my close friend from McGill Brianna Miller was named to the 2017 World Cup Squad, I knew I had to go. She would be playing alongside many of my other friends and past teammates in the most important tournament in women's rugby…that seemed like a once in a lifetime travel opportunity I couldn't pass up. To make matters even better, the tournament would be held in Ireland!
I played in my own semi-final rugby match on Saturday afternoon before rushing home to shower and hop in an uber to the airport. I flew overnight with a quick stop in Iceland before landing in Dublin at 10AM. I headed straight to our Airbnb to meet up with my travel compadres—Elai, Bryce, Steph, and Lauren. We did not waste any time heading to Dublin's infamous Temple Bar for a pre-game Guiness; when in Rome!
Afterwards, we made our way to UCD for Canada's second pool game against Wales. The game was a low-scoring nail-biter, but Canada was able to come away with a 15-0 win. Following the game, we headed to an organized dinner/drinks event for all the Canadian supporters at a local pub. Running off the excitement of being in Ireland with friends, we made our way to Temple Bar for a late night out full of live music and beer.
The next morning we eventually got out of bed to begin our first day of exploring. We had a delicious brunch on our way downtown before heading to our next destination, St Patricks Cathedral. After wandering around the beautiful church, we headed towards the nearby Guiness Storehouse. We did a self-guided tour through the massive five-storey building before reaching the Gravity Bar on the top floor, where we enjoyed a pint with a 360 view of Dublin. I am not sure if it was all in my head, but I genuinely enjoyed the dark beer far more than I expected to.
Our next stop was a family and friends event for Team Canada held at the Canadian ambassador's residence. We were running late so we decided it was necessary to get a cab; unfortunately for us, there were none in sight. Our only alternative mode of transportation was a horse-drawn carriage, so we did what we had to do. Also unfortunately for us, the horse or his driver had no sweet clue where we needed to go and they dropped us off further away from tour destination than we started. All in all, a huge scam that cost us way too much time and money, but a great story! The event featured a lovely spread of food and wine, but most importantly it was great to see and chat with all the girls we know on the team.
After the event, we enjoyed a traditional Irish meal at Dublin's oldest pub; I indulged in bangers n' mash, while others got Irish stew! Continuing on that theme, we headed for a nearby pub to hear more traditional Irish music. The music setup resembled 15 friends in a living room jamming out to whatever song came to mind next. Based on the photos on the wall, it seemed the group was comprised of resident musicians that play at this bar quite regularly.
Elai, Steph, Lauren and I got up bright and early the next day to pick up our rental car and head for the countryside. Steph bravely volunteered to be the primary driver for our excursion and she adjusted to the wrong side of the road like a pro! Our first stop was a short jaunt in the beautifully green Wicklow National Park.
Next up was Kilkenny, known as the medieval town for its many medieval buildings still intact. We wandered through the beautiful cobblestone streets, grabbed lunch at a cute café, and stopped in for a visit at Kilkenny Castle.
Our final stop of the day was Cork. Cork is known within Ireland as one of the rougher parts of the country, but it made sense logistically to make our way further West before another big day of driving. We checked into our Airbnb and headed into town for dinner. We could see evidence of the city's rough reputation on the first part of our walk, but the city centre was actually quite nice. We had a lovely dinner at Gallagher's Gastropub that was made even better by amazing (non-Irish) live music.
The next morning we set off for Blarney Castle before leaving Cork, famous for the Blarney Stone. Legend goes that if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will be blessed with eloquence. Of course, we could not resist missing out on this endowment, and we waited patiently in the long line for 10 seconds of glory to kiss the same stone as countless other tourists. The castle was quite beautiful, but the huge grounds were equally so, with massive gardens and greenery.
Most of Miller's family had already made their trip to the Cliffs of Moher and they had unlucky foggy weather. It rained heavily for most of our road trip from Cork to the Cliffs of Moher, which was not looking good for us either. Luckily, just as we drove into the parking lot, the clouds parted and the fog disappeared for a relatively clear visit to the Cliffs! The Cliffs of Moher is a natural wonder that is 100% worth the hype; no matter how many tourists crowd this iconic site, its breathtaking beauty cannot even be captured on camera. The other thing that can't be captured is the terrifying experience of walking so close to an unfenced edge up all that way! I could have happily spent a whole day walking this beautiful coastline.
Next and last stop of the day was Galway, a quick one hour drive from the cliffs. Galway is known for being a cultural hub with many great restaurants and bars. The town was certainly lively for a Wednesday night by the time we got downtown. We enjoyed yet another great meal and got our first taste of delicious Irish seafood! We definitely wished we had more time in the charming city as we walked around the bustling Latin Quarter. Unfortunately we were limited by the World Cup schedule and had to return to Dublin early the next day to catch our next match.
We dropped our rental car and headed straight for the field to see Canada face off against number 2 ranked New Zealand. Unfortunately, New Zealand came out strong and Canada did not show up which ultimately resulted in a big win for NZ. This loss disqualified them from the semi-final rounds and put them into the consolation side where they will play for fifth. We stayed to watch the England vs USA game and enjoy the beautiful sunny weather.
When we got back into Dublin, we went to Trinity College to stroll around and take in the iconic beauty of the campus. Afterwards, we headed to our final Airbnb conveniently located steps from Temple Bar, Dublin Castle, and loads of great restaurants. After a quick power nap, I headed out for a final stroll of the beautiful streets of Dublin before my last dinner. We enjoyed an awesome meal of seafood before heading to meet Bryce at a nearby bar. Bryce's former teammate (born and raised in Dublin) organized a pub crawl through four of the favourite local spots—far from Temple Bar! We had an awesome last night dancing to throwback tunes until 230AM, when I said goodbye to Lauren and Steph who are in Ireland for another week.
Not even a late night of partying could keep me from enjoying one final good meal at a well-known baker/breakfast spot! After a great breaky, ELai and I parted ways and I headed for the airport. Overall the trip was short and sweet and definitely left me wanting more of Ireland! Ire'll be back!


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Sunday, November 24, 2013
122nd Vespers ~ back after too long of a Time!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Angels! Angels! Angels!
When I was a teenager and very much a born-again, tongues-talking, charasmatic Christian, I remember when Billy Graham came out with the Book Angels: God's Secret Agents so I rushed to the huge Christian book store in Manhatten and was about to ask about the book when a very old lady came up to the counter and asked, "Do you have the book, Angels, Angels, Angels by Billy Graham?" Uh, lady, that's not what it's called but looking at the graphics on the book, I can see how this dear woman thought that was the title. In any event, the book by Billy Graham was a really interesting read and since it was so long ago I don't remember any details of the book, I can say that I remember that I really liked it. Angels, you see, are a fascinating subject.
And, of course, the Church holds angels in honor which is only appropriate since they look out for us and guide us to Christ. The Vespers service was inspiring, as always and it was a delight to behold the icons of Gabriel and Michael on the doors as we sang their hymns.
When I told my son that I was going to Vespers that evening, I told him we were commemorating St. Michael. He told me, that only humans can be Saints and not angels. I told him he was wrong since they are in heaven praying for us. Then when I got to Vespers I noticed that in the hymns Michael was referred to as archangel and not Saint Michael.
So my question is for those of you who are more knowledgeable than I: Are angels ever called Saints or is that just reserved for those people on earth who have struggled toward Salvation? I think the Roman Catholics call Angels, Saints and perhaps that is what I was thinking about when I referred to Michael as St. Michael. So, please, enlighten me! ☺
Fr. Gary's homily was a short teaching on Angels, their ranks and how they act on our behalf. Some "modern" Christians don't believe in Angels but I am glad that the Orthodox hold them in high regard. I do know that I shall have to thank my Guardian Angel when I see him and apologize for messing up so much. But maybe I have an angel that likes to keep busy so, perhaps, he doesn't mind me messing up so much. After all, I wonder how much work angels have if their charges happen to be Saints already.
Holy Angels, pray for us!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Two blog posts in One
When I walked into the Church two Saturdays ago (October 20th would be #119), I went up the side steps to the Church, as I normally do but I won't be doing that anymore (more on that later.) I was happy to be in Church early and I said a prayer for my wife's two uncles, both of whom were in the hospital that very week. It was comforting to be in the presence of Saints, whose prayers I "felt" and it seemed easy to offer my own prayers, knowing those in Heaven are helping me through. I know people say they feel God everywhere, especially in nature (or on a golf course Sunday morning) but to be in a Church that has been set apart for Worship and consecrated by a Bishop is something that should not be downplayed. In Church, you can get close to God. Yes, God is everywhere but there are places on earth where God can be more easily sensed. I was glad to be in Church and pray for my family.
Father Deacon Alexander, newly assigned to our parish, led an Adult education class on Thursday. I was able to attend and there I was happy to see Jim Martin and Tiffany. Deacon Alexander was talking about the structure of the Church (the physical building) and said that always in an Orthodox Church, there are steps leading up to the front doors. In this way, the faithful can remember that they are ascending to the Kingdom. Now I always liked to come in through the side doors (which took me to the Narthex) and even though they too have stairs, I think that I am missing the teaching point for myself if I don't come in through the front doors. Every time I ascend the steps in order to attend a divine service, I am reminding myself how I am connecting with the Kingdom of God. So for now on, it's the front doors for me.
Last night, (#120), I put Father Deacon Alexander's lesson to heart and walked through the front doors. On the way up the stairs, I uttered a short pray. I came early so I didn't feel rushed as I venerated the icons. That's a good thing. I need to work on being less "self conscious" and more "God conscious." Fr. Gary was not there last night and Father Sergious filled in while Deacon Alexander sang in the choir. Fr Sergious has a deep voice which is very pleasant to listen to.
Today, (Sunday) is my last day of my online class. (Yay!) After I post this entry, I am going to take a final exam which is almost three hours long. I woke up early so I can finish in time to attend church with my wife and son at my protestant parish.
Thanks again for all your prayers and comments!
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