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David Halberstam, the author who died in a Menlo Park traffic accident in 2007, was a man of many words, never content to explain something in 400 pages when 900 would do.
He was a journalistic god of my youth. In his 1972 book, "The Best and the Brightest," he said this about what he called "the centralized state" revealed in the Pentagon Papers:
"Secrecy was a way of protecting itself, not so much from threats from foreign governments but from detection from its own population on charges of its own competence and wisdom."
Four decades later, you can apply Halberstam's words to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, which is facing a modest challenge from Yahoo.
In 2008, Yahoo argued to the secret court that the government's request for spying on certain foreign users was unconstitutional without a warrant.
Last week, the company revealed that it was asking the court to release certain files on that case, including the court's ruling and Yahoo's arguments.
You can read this as good public relations for Yahoo. Certainly Marissa Mayer's company needs it. After the revelations of NSA spying released by Edward Snowden, the company could see an opportunity to improve its image.
Public benefit
But there is something here that matters to all of us. Yahoo took the lead five years ago in questioning the government. Once it lost, its competitors
fell in line with authorities.
A federal judge dismissed Yahoo's argument as a "parade of horribles." But with a secret court, we have no idea what the horribles were.
Since the Snowden revelations, the Obama administration has issued all sorts of soothing words. We have it under control. We're dealing with "metadata." We're concerned with foreigners.
Let's put it politely: This is so much manure. Without the chance to question publicly the government's assertions — without even knowing them — we have little way to check its intrusions.
While the federal judges who are appointed to the FISA court are a conscientious bunch, they are essentially hearing only one side.
We already know the government can lie brazenly. Back in March, when he was questioned by Sens. Mark Udall and Ron Wyden, Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper denied the government collected massive data on Americans. "Not wittingly," he said as his nose grew.
Sweeping judgment
Last weekend, the New York Times reported that the FISA court had adopted a new and sweeping interpretation of the word "relevant" to justify broad powers of spying. Essentially, "relevant" suddenly meant "everything."
The Yahoo request will not tell us all about this. But it will give us insight into how the secret court operates — and why one company objected. It will offer more than the meager broth of total numbers of surveillance requests.
"If Yahoo is successful in revealing what the court did and why, then we will know more about the laws our government is purportedly operating under, which sadly we don't currently know," Jennifer Stisa Granick, a civil liberties expert at Stanford Law School told reporter Brandon Bailey.
The parade of horribles is already marching down the street. The Yahoo request will help us measure its extent.
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Landlord's Certificates Shipston-on-Stour for Fixed and Portable Electrics
With many more properties coming on to the Shipston-on-Stour rental market and demand increasing it is vital that each Landlord knows their responsibilities and duty of care to their tenants. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is the main legislation for landlords in England and Wales.
Landlords do have a legal duty to ensure that their rental property, and any electrical equipment provided, is safe before a tenancy begins and throughout its duration. Although there is currently no legal requirement to carry out regular checks on the electrics in a rental property, every landlord does have an obligation to ensure that the property continues to be electrically safe. The Electrical Safety Council recommends that a check of the electrical installation in a rental property is carried out at least every five years or at the end of a tenancy, whichever comes first. Where a change of tenants occurs after a short period of time (i.e. less than 6 months) a full electrical installation condition report may not always be required, however it is essential that the Landlord or managing company responsible for the property carry out a visual electrical check to confirm the property is safe to let to new tenants. For tenants that rent the property for a longer period of time an Interim electrical check is advised to be carried out on an annual basis.
An electrical installation consists of all the fixed electrical equipment that is supplied through the electricity meter. It includes the cables that are ordinarily hidden in the walls and ceilings, sockets, switches and light fittings and the Consumer unit (fuseboard) that contains all the fuses, circuit-breakers and RCD's (residual current devices). Every electrical installation deteriorates with use and age.
Our Shipston-on-Stour electricians that carry out the comprehensive inspection testing reports are qualified to the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations and CITY & GUILDS Inspection & Testing Certification of Electrical Installations. This allows each electrician to complete and sign off their own work as well as inspect and test work completed by other electricians. In January 2005 new legislation under Part P of the Building Regulations made it a requirement that for certain types of electrical work in dwellings, garages, sheds, greenhouses and outbuildings comply with these standards, this means a competent electrician must carry out the work. We are fully insured with both Public liability insurance, and professional indemnity insurance to enable us to advise on current installations.
Prestige Electrical Services Shipston-on-Stour can complete an EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) of the property and supply a certificate to confirm the safety of the electrical installation. In addition to the testing of the electrical circuits all portable electrical appliances provided by the landlord should be PAT tested (Portable Appliance Testing) in accordance with current guidelines to ensure they are safe to use. When completing these services for landlords in and around the Shipston-on-Stour area the details will be added to our database so that should there be any problem in the future and you are asked to provide documentary evidence of works completed we will be able to provide copies of reports should yours be mislaid.
There are some simple visual checks that Tenants can do to be able to keep the Landlords up to date with the general safety of the electrical installation:
Things to look out for and report to the Landlord are:
- Broken sockets and light switches
- Signs of scorching around sockets due to overloading
- Overheating of electrical equipment (such as light fittings fitted with the wrong lamps) – usually noticed by a strong, often fishlike, smell
- Damaged cables to portable electrical appliances or trailing cables / flexes
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Scrapbook 100 Photos in an Evening
Don't think you can scrapbook 100 photos in an evening. You can! With this little secret, you're guaranteed success: all you need is a formulated design strategy and a strong plan prior to "go" time.
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DCHA – "Nesting is not just for the birds"December, 04, 2013
Nesting is not just for the birds
The thermoneutral zone of a newborn dairy calf is 50 to 78 degrees F. Therefore, it is critical that calves be given sufficient bedding so they can keep warm as the temperature drops.
Experts with the Dairyland Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine say a deeply bedded resting surface that allows calves to "nest" is ideal. Nesting allows the calf to preserve body heat for growth, as well as support the immune system.
So how can you tell if bedding levels are sufficient for nesting? Visually evaluate bedding conditions and assign a Nesting Score of 1, 2 or 3 based upon the visibility of the calf's rear legs when she is lying down.
If the calf's legs are entirely visible when it is lying down, that is a Nesting Score of 1. If her legs are partially visible when she is lying down, that is a Nesting Score of 2. If the calf's legs are not visible when she is lying down you've achieved a Nesting Score of 3. Another way to get a Nesting Score of 3 is to provide a moderate amount of bedding plus a calf jacket, say researchers with the Dairyland Initiative.
Nesting is very important to calf respiratory health, according to projections from the Dairyland Initiative which suggest approximately a 28 percentage point improvement in respiratory disease in calf barns with a Nesting Score of 3 vs. barns with a Nesting Score of 1.


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The living room redecorating project is slowly coming along… and this week I had the chance to finish one of my big diy refashions. Using one of my favorite fabrics I turned a vintage coffee table into a tufted ottoman.
Here's a quick recap of the inspiration board for the room (to see the before photos and painting project, check out this post):
I love the soft colors and the cozy-yet-modern feel each of these rooms exude (for image credits, check out this link). To bring that same warmth and coziness to our new living room, I wanted to introduce strong textiles to play up favorite colors and add pattern to the space. A big, soft ottoman fit the bill.
And so the search began… my mission was to find a coffee table that would allow for the finished ottoman to meet the following requirements (images from DecorPad):
*Storage space for coffee table books, photo albums and the like
*Tufting along the top of the cushion
*Unique/vintage-y legs
*And most importantly, the length had to be shorter than the max width of my fabric (most fabric bolts are somewhere around 54″ and it sure was tough to meet this criteria)
I searched and searched and searched… and found the perfect coffee table in the most unlikely of places! While at a friend's house, I happened to notice an in-the-process-of-refinishing table sitting out on the patio. Would they mind if I took a stab at making it over? When they said yes I was beyond thrilled.
It's a beautiful vintage table that's made of solid wood and is incredibly sturdy – the craftsmanship definitely dates it back a few decades.
Here are my step-by-step directions just in case you decide to tackle something similar in the future. I used this very helpful guide from Little Green Notebook as my start but modified and built on to it as I went.
{Coffee Table to Ottoman Refashion}
*Older coffee table
*Sanding paper and power sander
*Staple gun
*Brown paint (I like a foam brush for the crevices)
*Sealant (bristle, everyday painting brush for a clean finish)
*2″ foam/cushion material
*Quilt batting
*Strong thread and needle
*Upholstery fabric (my table required a 36×54″ cutting – or just one yard of fabric)
*Lining (optional): additional fabric, spray glue
{Step 1} My 'before' piece had plenty of varnish and sealant on it and needed a thorough sanding to rough up the surface enough to hold paint. I used a power sander for the majority of this step but broke out the individual sanding sheets to really get around the details. I don't have a picture of how sanded the table was before moving on, but really spend time here and you won't regret it.
{Step 2} I chose to use a dark brown paint on the base of the table (remember that the top will get fabric and so no need to paint here) instead of staining the piece again – but that's always an option. I applied two coats of paint and one layer of sealant, letting each layer dry completely between applications. I tested each of these products (they were leftovers from the garage, actually) before beginning to be sure that the look was what I was aiming for.
I hate to chop up this post… but it's so darn big! In an effort to keep the home page loading quickly and from really dragging on… follow the jump to find detailed directions for adding cushion, batting, tufted buttons, fabric and upholstering it all together with nothing more than a staple gun.
I do hope you come check it out!
{Step 3} Carefully measure your surface space and divide up equally for tufted buttons. I marked my button spots with permanent marker and used a drill for a smooth and even hole.
{Step 4} To keep the ottoman soft all the way around, I filled in the side gaps with 2″ foam padding (found at your local fabric store). Measure, cut and secure into place with a staple gun – perfection is not required here since the ottoman will get one final wrapping in a thick batting to smooth everything out.
Since I was wary of running out of enough fabric to completely cover ottoman, I kept the top layer minimal by adding no foam but two layers of batting. I would recommend plumping it up here if you can!
{Step 5} Using basic quilt batting, the ottoman received a full shell to soften all edges and provide added cushion. This layer was stapled into place before button holes were cut through for tufting.
{Step 6} Using button kits from Joanns, I made six matching buttons for the top of the ottoman. Each was secured through the fabric, through the batting and through the wood table top with a needle and thick, clear thread (look for something similar to the consistency of fishing line). You can use everyday buttons on the bottom side of the table to help keep your tufts tight and secure, I found that linking them all together and consistently pulling tightly worked well for me.
{Step 7} Despite my best efforts to ensure my fabric would be wide enough for the table, I was just a couple of inches short on each side. If you run into this problem, here's a quick fix: hem a strip of complimentary fabric (I used Calico Corner's Savannah in Chili) to each edge that is not long enough. My seam fell perfectly on the fold and the table looks like I intended for the bottom half to be red – perfect!
{Step 8} Corners are tricky. Your basic choices are to fold the corners over and staple on the underside (like a hospital bed fold) or to gather the corners and staple carefully as you go. I opted for the second option hoping it would give the most professional look – in the end it was a careful blend of folding, scrunching and gathering that did the trick.
Here's the breakdown: 1. Trim fabric so that you have no more than two or three inches of excess. 2. Fold fabric until you have desired look keeping frayed edges facing down. 3. Carefully fold edges under while stapling fabric directly to legs of table. Pull fabric down to cover staples. 4. Work your way around each leg until your corners are finished. You can always staple excess fabric back underneath the table – we'll hide all of that in the next step!
{Step 9} The outside of the table is done! But the inside looks a bit ragged and I was worried that stray upholstery edges may begin to fray since we didn't hem the fabric initially. My solution was to add a basic lining to the underside of the table, sealing in the edges to the fabric and especially the corners.
I cut a length of fabric that was roughly 4″ longer and wider than the final liner. I then used my favorite spray glue to create a basic 1″ hem around the entire rectangle so that my finished piece of fabric fit as snugly as I had hoped. With the table on it's belly, smooth your liner on the underside of the table top and staple securely. If you ever have to repair a button or fix an edge, you'll only have to pull on the fabric to release the staples. A glue gun would work well here too.
Tada! And we're finished. For the cost of a thrift store table, a bit of paint, some cushion and a yard of fabric, you can create a new ottoman for your living room, the foot of your bed or as a soft bench around the dining room table.


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Nicki Minaj Puts Miley Cyrus in the 'No Chill Zone' Following 'Anaconda' Spoofs [PHOTOS]by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Nicki Minaj may not be responding to Lil Kim's feud jabs, but she's definitely striking back at Miley Cyrus and her 'Anaconda' spoofs.
Over the weekend the former Disney star posted a photoshopped version of the rapper's much-discussed cover of her new single, where Nicki is posed in a pink sports bra and G-string that's mostly swallowed up by her bodacious booty. In the version Miley posted, her head is on Nicki's body, captioned: "#dontwantnoneunlessyougotbunzhun @nickiminaj."
Considering she tagged the 'Pills N Potions' singer, and that they've previously and publicly gushed about one another, she likely meant it as a light-hearted joke. She even made the hilarious photo her Twitter profile pic!
Miley went on to post another photoshopped pic of her Hannah Montana-era face and hair on Nicki's body, with the title "HannahConda."
We can't tell if Nicki found the humor in the photos, but her comments don't seem genuinely heated. She reposted Miley's first photo with the caption, "Give me one good reason why Miley made this her twitter avi" followed by a string of emojis crying from laughing.
She also reposted the "HannahConda" photo with, "No chill ZONE!!!!"
Nicki, could you enlighten us as to what that means? In the meantime, we'll keep laughing over Miley's 'shops!
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Get Ready for eHarmony's Free Communication Weekend, 9/26 to 9/29
Hoping to "fall" in love this autumn? Listen up! eHarmony is having a free communication weekend, starting Thursday, September 26 until Sunday, September 29. "Free" sounds exciting, but singles always complain that they can't get enough accomplished during these three days. To solve your dating woes, here's a guide to help optimize your free trial:
1. Act quickly. Sign up as soon as the offer starts. Take the personality tests, complete your profile and upload your photo right away. You only get a select number of matches each day, so the sooner you complete your account, the sooner you can start eFlirting. Reviewing your matches each day will assure you get the maximum amount of connections during your complimentary trial.
2. Don't skimp. Fill out your profile completely — including photos — and put some thought into it. If you skimp on information, your matches won't be as responsive and your time won't be as productive.
3. Say yes to maybes. Go through your matches and start communicating. If you think someone's a "maybe," go for it. You never know who might surprise you! Maximizing the time you have and broaden your horizons.
4. Be available. A lot of new members will be taking advantage of this free weekend, so expect quicker response times. Choose the fast track so you can create the strongest bond possible before the trial ends.
5. Download the app. If you're going to be out and about, download the app so you can stay connected and get offline with your matches sooner.
6. Give contact info. If your trial is coming to a close and you don't think the site is for you, give your contact info to all of your matches so you don't lose touch. Set up a separate Gmail account so your full name remains secure.
7. Don't feel pressured. If you're not intrigued by a particular match, don't think that you have to go out with him or her. Just because you went through several steps of communication doesn't mean you should feel pressured. Trust your instincts.
8. Meet sooner. You don't have to exchange a million emails before you meet. Just be sure to meet in a public place and plan something non-committal, like coffee or a drink.
9. Join! If you liked the experience, join the site. You can continue to communicate uninterrupted and will get a steady stream of new matches.
10. Don't get discouraged. If your weekend wasn't as successful as you had hoped, that doesn't mean that online dating isn't for you. Nine times out of 10, it just means that you were on the wrong site! A dating site is only as good as your matches on it. Most major paid sites offer trials, and if you follow this blog you'll be in the know. In fact, Match.com offers three free days anytime!
Happy eFlirting!


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If you just reflect for a moment on when you have been happiest at work you will probably recall a time when you were busy but also very productive. When we achieve things we feel better about ourselves and this flows through to other areas of productivity. There are a series of steps that you can take to increase your personal productivity and when this occurs you will feel much more relaxed and much happier.
You set long-range goals in both your personal and professional life. Then you work backwards and set shorter range objectives that are tied to your goals. Each objective has a specific target with a deadline and taken one at time they will lead you towards your goal. To do this you have to understand priorities so that you can put them into a logical order. You set goals and objectives, then you rank them in priority order and make a personal productivity plan based on them. Your personal productivity plan fits within your ideal day where you have blocked off certain times to fulfill key tasks.
Your ideal day is a purely personal productivity plan. You know from your own experience your own energy cycles. You know when you are most productive and you know when you're least productive. If you take this into account when you are planning your day, you will do your high priority tasks during your time of peak productivity and do your low priority tasks when your productivity levels drop. This is a logical way to ensure that you have the energy resources to deal with what you're doing at the time.
To achieve high levels of personal productivity, you need to start off with your long-range goals and objectives. Once you've done that, you will now be in a position to relate the day's activities to those goals. Your priorities will be sorted out relatively simply. The more an activity contributes to your goal, a higher priority it receives. You can schedule your tasks according to priorities and also to your own energy cycle.
By writing all this down, you can use the plan to guide you through the crises, the interruptions and the unforeseen circumstances that occur every day in a dynamic workplace. Being able to see the plan is of the utmost importance because you can actually show other people and once they see what you have written down, they are aware of where your priorities lie. Without question, if you want to raise your personal productivity, make more effective use of your time and talent, become happier and more fulfilled, then you should make a daily plan in writing and stick to it.


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The third and final bento goodie giveaway to benefit Alex and the Kallas family has come to an end!
Cap Creations, congratulations! Please email me at email@example.com to get your winnings! :)
To everyone who voted ~ THANK YOU.
To everyone who left words of hope and encouragement for the Kallas family ~ THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. The prayers, love and support that has been shown to the family has helped carry them through this journey with Alex.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I love you guys. You are the BEST. I wish I could send every one of you a bounty of bento goodies.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
announcing the winner of the bento goodie giveaway #3
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- fleur said... [Reply to comment]
Did Alex win??? keep us posted
- August 1, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Cap Creations said... [Reply to comment]
SWEET!!! Thank you! I am so excited!
I will continue to vote if I can!
- August 1, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- Megan said... [Reply to comment]
Congrats CC!
Win a $25 Target GC
- August 1, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Alex's family did not win the contest, but thanks everyone for supporting them through votes! :)
- October 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM
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Text of Hillary Clinton's Senate Testimony on Benghazi — Here is the prepared text of Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi. — SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — WASHINGTON, DC — Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity.
Discussion: protein wisdom, Taylor Marsh, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and Fox News Insider
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: Hillary: the truth is somewhere in my cankles. Gaze upon them if you dare.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Hillary Clinton Chokes Up During Benghazi Testimony - Defends Response After 4 Americans Murdered (Video)
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Secretary of State Clinton's Stunningly Incomplete Opening Statement on the Benghazi Attack
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Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin — Of two potential Democratic successors to Barack Obama, one has a clear advantage in personal popularity: Hillary Clinton, whose favorability rating exceeds Joe Biden's by a hefty 19 percentage points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Clinton faces hearings with numbers on her side
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Amie Parnes / The Hill: Biden undecided on 2016 White House run
Joe Biden 'intoxicated' by 2016 run — Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Joe Biden is running for president
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Clinton: I Did Not Select Susan Rice To Deliver Message On Benghazi Attack — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that she did not select UN Ambassador Susan Rice to go on the Sunday morning shows to discuss the attack in Benghazi.
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GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify Wednesday that her agency is moving full speed ahead with recommendations to avoid a repeat of the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
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Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't — The secretary of State testifies this week, but because of years of taking hits and careful damage control she'll leave unscathed. — When Hillary Rodham Clinton marches up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the Benghazi attack …
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Hillary Clinton pays off 2008 campaign debt
Hillary Clinton pays off 2008 campaign debt
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Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is 'personal'
Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is 'personal'
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Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
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Obama Speech Leaves G.O.P. Stark Choices — WASHINGTON — President Obama's aggressive Inaugural Address on Monday presented Congressional Republicans with a stark choice over the next two years: accommodate the president's agenda on immigration, guns, energy and social programs and hope …
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Wayne LaPierre of N.R.A. Has Angry Response to Obama — WASHINGTON — Wayne LaPierre, the executive director of the National Rifle Association, angrily accused President Obama on Tuesday of demonizing law-abiding gun owners and of wanting to put "every private personal firearms transaction right under …
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Reid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option
Reid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call: Reid Throws Filibuster Ball Into GOP's Court
David Weigel / Slate: Are the Democrats going nuclear on filibuster reform?
Gaius Publius / AMERICAblog: Is Reid trying to blackmail McConnell into a weak filibuster reform deal?
Steve Friess / Politico: How Reid lost his Internet poker gamble
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Reid gives GOP 36 hours to negotiate filibuster reform
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: VIDEO ADDED: Harry Reid to Senate GOP: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post: Filibuster Reform Is Top Item On 2013 Senate Agenda, Pledges Harry Reid (UPDATE)
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Fake Singing, Real Tyranny
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Reid: Filibuster Rule Change Coming 'Later this Month'
BooMan / Booman Tribune: Whence the Filibuster — I can't suss out Harry Reid's game plan on filibuster reform.
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Constitutionally Questionable GOP Debt Ceiling Bill Could Be Bad News
Constitutionally Questionable GOP Debt Ceiling Bill Could Be Bad News
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Release Detail — January 23, 2013 - New Jersey Voters Back Christie's Rap On GOP 5-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Tell Lautenberg To Step Aside — Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief …
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Ashley Killough / CNN: NJ voters overwhelmingly back Christie's rebuke to House Republicans
Katie Glueck / Politico: Frank Lautenberg's age an issue, poll says
Bridget Johnson / The PJ Tatler: Christie Enjoys Massive Approval in N.J., Beats All Dem Challengers
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Poll: Booker leads Lautenberg by double-digit margin
Lautenberg: Booker 'entitled' to run, but no decision yet
Lautenberg: Booker 'entitled' to run, but no decision yet
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online: Senator Frank Lautenberg Is Too Old to Run for Re-election
Ashley Killough / CNN: Poll: Booker still preferred over Lautenberg in NJ
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: N.J. Democratic Sen. Likens Possible Primary Opponent Cory Booker To Child Who Needs A 'Spanking'
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Lautenberg: Booker may need 'spanking'
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller: Lautenberg says Cory Booker needs a spanking
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Lautenberg: Booker 'entitled' to run for Senate
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Lautenberg responds to Cory Booker
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy — Marcello Paternostro/AFP/Getty Images - Wind turbines are pictured in the village of Patirnico. The seizure of a record 1.5 billion euros from a Sicilian businessman known as "Lord of the Wind" on the same day has put …
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Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
These adult movie posters shocked in the 50s and 60s... But in the light of today's disturbing trend for sexting, over-exposure and limitless online porn they seem tame — Comes as Government advise parents to keep a closer eye on their children's internet and phone use
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Union Members Summary — For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday. — Technical information: (202) 691-6378 * firstname.lastname@example.com * www.bls.gov/cps Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * firstname.lastname@example.com — UNION MEMBERS — 2012 — In 2012, the union membership rate …
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Neil Irwin / Wonkblog: Austerity bites for unions
Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner: Unionization rates fell to 11.3 percent in 2012
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com: Union membership continues half-century decline
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Bitter Clingers Again — The bigotry behind the push for gun control. — Presidential frenemy Bill Clinton was at it again over the weekend, Politico reports: … Oh, these people, these poor misguided hicks! All they've got is their hunting and their fishing!
Discussion: American Spectator
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator: Conor Friedersdorf: The No Humor Man
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On 'Welfare Moms' — Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the fifth-ranking House Republican, laid the blame for gun violence at the feet of an unusual suspect: the children of "welfare moms" who commit fraud. — In a meeting with constituents earlier …
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David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Oklahoma Republican congressman blames gun violence on Prozac and 'welfare moms'
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: How Did It Take Five Whole Weeks To Blame These Shootings On Welfare Mom Fraud?
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Republicans Do Not Live on Planet Earth
Joel Greenberg / Washington Post:
Netanyahu emerges weakened from Israeli elections — JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged weakened and facing a redrawn political map Tuesday after Israeli television projections showed a surge for a new centrist party, Yesh Atid, in Israel's elections, making it a key element of a future coalition.
Isabel Kershner / New York Times: Yair Lapid Guides Yesh Atid Party to Success in Israeli Elections
David Murphy / msnbc.com: Netanyahu pulled to center in Israeli elections
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: What does the Israeli election mean?
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online: Quick Israeli Election Reactions
Barry Rubin / rubinreports.blogspot.co.il:
Israel's Election: A Preliminary Analysis
Israel's Election: A Preliminary Analysis
Discussion: Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Netanyahu's Likud Party Wins Election in Israel ...Update: Netanyahu Delivers Victory Speech
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Israeli Election Results
Jim Morrill / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Republicans could offer GOP national blueprint — For most Republicans, November was grim. — They lost the White House and all but one battleground state. They lost seats in Congress. They saw America's fastest-growing minority groups reject their party. — But in North Carolina it was a happier story.
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Police charge tree-climbing inauguration protester — BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS - Anti-abortion protester Rives Miller Grogan takes a position in a tree prior to inauguration ceremonies in Washington, January 21, 2013. Grogan has been convicted five times in the District since 2009 …
Discussion: Althouse
Luke Rosiak / Washington Times:
Who are the best and worst bosses on Capitol Hill? — Congressional staffer turnover rates help tell the story — Hiding knives from a member of Congress for fear of your own life. Having cellphones thrown at you. Being cursed at in front of your parents. Being told, "I'm a queen, and I demand to be treated like one."
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, americanthinker.com and Betsy's Page
Eddie Scarry / TheBlaze.com: Washington Times names 'worst bosses on Capitol Hill,' includes Michele Bachmann, Sheila Jackson Lee
Dan Rather / The Huffington Post:
How Israel's Iron Dome Is Also Saving Palestinian Lives — There's been a lot written recently about Iron Dome — Israel's high-tech missile defense system that hit the world stage during Israel's eight-day conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Its unprecedented success rate …
Discussion: NewsBusters and Mondoweiss
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters: Dan Rather Applauds Israel's Iron Dome For Saving 'More Palestinian Lives Than Israelis'
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Break All the Rules — First, my congratulations and condolences to John Kerry for being nominated to be our next secretary of state. There is no one better for the job today and no worse job to have today. It is no accident that we've started measuring our secretaries of state more by miles traveled than milestones achieved.
Discussion: Israel Matzav, Daniel W. Drezner and msnbc.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Contemplating Obama's Place in History, Statistically — With President Obama's second term under way, we have begun to see more reflections on how he might come to be regarded historically. — As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this.


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You've known for a while now that "Kung Fu Panda 2" and Puss in Boots" were right around the corner. Or maybe you didn't find out until clips from each were released a few days back. Or maybe you're just now finding out that they'll be here May 26 and Nov 4, respectively.
In any event, in addition to those animated films, DreamWorks today announced release dates for "Madagascar 3" for June 8, 2012 and "Rise of the Guardians" for November 21, 2012; "The Croods" for March 1, 2013, "Turbo" June 7, 2013 and "Me and My Shadow" for November 8, 2013; "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" for March 21, 2014 and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" for June 20, 2014.
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KungFuPanda2will be released on May 26, 2011. It is being directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (KungFuPanda), produced by Melissa Cobb (KungFuPanda) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger (KungFuPanda). It stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong and Michelle Yeoh. In the sequel, Po is living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins... only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
PussInBootswill be released on November 4, 2011. It is directed by Chris Miller (Shrekthe Third) and produced by Joe Aguilar (MerryMadagascar) and Latifa Ouaou (Monstersvs.Aliens). It is being written by Tom Wheeler (TheCape). Andrew Adamson (Shrek,TheChroniclesofNarnia) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan'sLabyrinth) are serving as executive producers on the film, which stars Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris. Way before he ever met Shrek, the legendary Puss In Boots goes on a heroic journey, teaming up with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty Softpaws to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. It's the adventure of nine lifetimes!
Madagascar3will be released on June 8, 2012. It is directed by Eric Darnell (Madagascar, Madagascar:Escape2Africa)and produced by Mireille Soria (Madagascar,Madagascar:Escape2 Africa)and Mark Swift (Madagascar:Escape2Africa). It is being written by Noah Baumbach (Fantastic Mr.Fox) and once again stars Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer and Andy Richter. Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style.
RiseoftheGuardians, based on the forthcoming books by William Joyce, will be released on November 21, 2012. It is directed by Peter Ramsey (Monstersvs.Aliens:MutantPumpkinsfromOuter Space) and co-directed by Joyce. The film is being produced by Christina Steinberg (BeeMovie, National Treasure) and Nancy Bernstein, long-time head of Production at DreamWorks Animation. Riseofthe Guardiansis being written by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (RabbitHole) and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and Michael Siegel. It stars Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. More than a collection of the well-known childhood legends, Riseofthe Guardiansis an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes – each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
TheCroodswill be released on March 1, 2013. It is being written and directed by two-time Academy Award® nominee Chris Sanders (HowtoTrainYourDragon, Lilo&Stitch) and Kirk DeMicco (SpaceChimps) and produced by Kristine Belson (HowtoTrainYourDragon) and Jane Hartwell (Shrek). It stars Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. TheCroodsis a comedy adventure that takes us back to a previously undiscovered era in the history of our planet known as the Croodaceous, when nature was still a work-in-progress... full of never-before- seen creatures and landscapes. Audiences will relate to the hilarious family antics as an imaginative and resourceful newcomer helps the Croods navigate their way through the fantastic world beyond their cave.
Turbowill be released on June 7, 2013. It is being directed by David Soren (MerryMadagascar), who first brought the project to the studio, and produced by Lisa Stewart (Monstersvs.Aliens). It is being written by Darren Lemke (ShrekForeverAfter) together with Soren. Turbotells the story of an ordinary garden snail with an impossible dream: to become the fastest snail in the world. When a freak accident gives him extraordinary speed, Turbo sets out to try to make this dream come true.
In MeandMyShadow, which will be released on November 8, 2013, the studio will pioneer a groundbreaking combination of both CG and traditional animation techniques seamlessly together throughout the film. The film is directed by Mark Dindal (ChickenLittle, TheEmperor'sNewGroove) and produced by Melissa Cobb (KungFuPanda, KungFuPanda2) and Teresa Cheng (ShrekForever After, Spirit:StallionoftheCimarron). It is being written by Tom Astle and Matt Ember (GetSmart). Me andMyShadowtells the story of Shadow Stan, an extremely frustrated shadow who yearns for a dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world's most boring human. Finally pushed to the brink, Shadow Stan breaks the singular rule of the Shadow World – "They lead, we follow" – and takes control of Stanley!
Mr.Peabody&Shermanwill be released on March 21, 2014. It is directed by Rob Minkoff (StuartLittle, TheLionKing) and produced by Jason Clark (MonsterHouse, StuartLittle) and Denise Nolan Cascino (Megamind). It is being written by Craig Wright (UnitedStatesofTara, SixFeetUnder). Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Bullwinkle Studio's Tiffany Ward and Classic Media's Eric Ellenbogen are serving as executive producers on the film, which stars two-time Academy Award® nominee Robert Downey Jr. Based on Jay Ward's classic cartoon, Mr. Peabody is the world's smartest person who happens to be a dog. He and his "pet" boy Sherman discover that someone has stolen their time traveling WABAC machine and is changing moments in history to disastrous and comical results. It's up to this most unexpected of father-son teams to somehow put a stop to this villain before his actions destroy the space-time continuum in Mr.Peabody&Sherman.
HowtoTrainYourDragon2, the sequel to the Academy Award®-nominated original film from 2010, will be released on June 20, 2014. It is being directed and written by Dean DeBlois (HowtoTrain YourDragon) and produced by Bonnie Arnold (HowtoTrainYourDragon). Also based on the book series by Cressida Cowell, the sequel is being executive produced by Chris Sanders (HowtoTrainYour Dragon) together with DeBlois. HowtoTrainYourDragon2again stars Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, TJ Miller and Kristen Wiig.


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Deaf Services Center 125th Anniversary Exhibit Photo GalleryThe Deaf Services Center History
In 1977, the San Francisco Public Library and the Oakland Public Library jointly initiated services for Deaf and hard of hearing people through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. When the funding ended, the San Francisco Public Library continued its commitment to develop the Deaf Services Program and collection. Deaf San Francisco Bay Area community members formed an advisory committee with the support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The results of their work are twofold. First, they created their vision of the "Ideal Deaf Library". Second, they assisted with the planning and development of American Culture: the Deaf Perspective, an award-winning video series.
The Communications Center at the Presidio Branch was the first home for Deaf Services. In 1983, it moved to the Old Main Library. In 1990, a series of public meetings was held to help staff and architects to expand and update the original Advisory Committee's vision of the "Ideal Deaf Library". In 1996, Deaf Services moved into the New Main Library where the center represents the culmination of this vision.
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- Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add filets and cook for about 3 minutes on both sides, until golden and opaque throughout. Drizzle with lemon wedges and serve.


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After argument, BP official made fatal decision on drilling
WASHINGTON — Company executives and top drill hands on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig argued for hours about how to proceed before a BP official made the decision to remove heavy drilling fluid from the well and replace it with lighter weight seawater that was unable to prevent gas from surging to the surface and exploding.
One employee was so mad, the rig's chief mechanic Doug Brown testified, that he warned they'd be relying on the rig's blowout preventer if they proceeded the way BP wanted.
"He pretty much grumbled, 'Well, I guess that's what we have those pinchers for,' " Brown said of Jimmy Harrell, the top Transocean official on the rig. "Pinchers" was likely a reference to the shear rams in the blowout preventers, the final means of stopping an explosion.
Brown said in sworn testimony on Wednesday that the BP official stood up during the meeting and said, "This is how it's going to be."
It was the kind of power struggle that's common on all offshore rigs, but the fight on the Deepwater Horizon had deadly consequences, employees and experts testified Wednesday at a government inquiry in Louisiana.
Tuesday night, a House of Representatives committee released a memo outlining some of those decisions, saying that the crew of the Deepwater Horizon had a number of warning signs extending over five hours that conditions were worsening deep underwater before the oil rig exploded in the Gulf on April 20.
Their memo, based on a briefing by BP's own investigators, provided fresh information about the failures on the ill-fated rig. However, the oil company's own inquiry continues to skirt a central question that may emerge in the Louisiana hearings being conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service: Why were so many warnings ignored and why did BP move forward with removing the drilling mud?
In its briefing to congressional committees, BP said that crews noticed unusual pressure and fluid readings that should have alerted them not to remove heavy drilling lubricants known from the well — a move that apparently allowed a sudden upwelling of gas that led to the explosion and sinking of the rig about 50 miles from the Louisiana coast.
"That's something you learn at well-control school," said Carl Smith, a former U.S. Coast Guard captain and expert witness. "If you're circulating fluid, you need to monitor how much is going in and how much is coming out. If you got more fluid out than in, it's an indicator that something's going on."


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Looks like a potential new RailsBizConf in the works says Obie Fernandez in a message to the rails-business google group:
I am in preliminary stages of planning a business-oriented conference for principals of agile/rails consultancies. We will cover everything from sales and marketing, to financing, to keeping your clients happy and surviving in these tough economic times. [emphasis mine]
If you'd like to weigh in on RailsBizConf 2009 please do fill out the survey. The first question caught my eye:
My recommendation to Rails shops trying to trim some fat from the books: Fewer discretionary trips to exotic tropical island paradises.
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Dr. Sulmasy is the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he serves as Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. He has previously held faculty positions at New York Medical College and at Georgetown University. He received his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Cornell University and completed his residency, chief residency, and post-doctoral fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1995. He has served on numerous governmental advisory committees. His research interests encompass both theoretical and empirical investigations of the ethics of end-of-life decision-making, ethics education, and spirituality in medicine. He is the author of four books—The Healer's Calling (1997), Methods in Medical Ethics (2001; 2nd ed. 2010), The Rebirth of the Clinic (2206), and A Balm for Gilead (2006). He serves as editor-in-chief of the journal, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. His numerous articles have appeared in medical, philosophical, and theological journals and he has lectured widely both in the U.S. and abroad.


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RICHMOND, Va. – John Phillips has been named a full-time assistant coach with the 2014 Atlantic 10 Champion VCU Golf team. He becomes the first full-time assistant in program history.
Phillips has served as both a graduate and volunteer assistant with the program since 2012, but his expanded duties will allow longtime VCU Head Coach Matt Ball to press ahead further in recruiting and in other vital areas.
A former All-Conference golfer at Bridgewater College as an undergraduate, Phillips is also a product of the VCU Center for Sport Leadership. He received his master's in Sport Leadership from the program in 2013.
"John is a great hire for us," said Ball. "I have known him since he was a kid growing up with my kids playing golf. I watched him win tournaments but most of all grow up into an energetic, knowledge hungry professional. John will make me a better coach and VCU a better golf team by allowing me to focus more on the things that make a difference in our processes leading to better results. This is a big step for VCU."
In his two seasons of affiliation with the VCU program, Phillips has helped steer the Rams to second and first place finishes at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship.
For the past year, Phillips has interned with the Virginia State Golf Association, where he organized and administered the 2013 VHSL Girls State Championship and several other qualifiers. He also helped administer a number of other VSGA Championships during his tenure, including the State Open of Virginia and the VSGA Junior Match Play Championship. He has also served as a caddie at the USGA National Championship and scored 90 on the USGA Rules Golf Test, said to be the highest ever for someone on the first try.
"John has become very proficient in tournament operations, is very technology savvy, very organized and very knowledgeable about both club repair and club fitting," Ball added. "There is no question that arises that he isn't eager to learn the answer to, and while he's a fairly quiet person, he's already gained the trust and respect of the guys on the team."
As a player, Phillips was a four-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection and guided Bridgewater to the 2010 ODAC team title and an appearance in that year's NCAA Division II Championship. A two-year captain, Phillips was named a Cleveland/Srixon Academic All-American in 2011 and 2012.


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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
EasyLunchboxes: angry birds bento lunch!
A psychotic meltdown thanks to these stinkin' guys! Stupid birds.
Those darn "black ninja birds" (as I call them) were cursed. They are olives with icing eyes and carrot beaks. Icing eyes and carrot beaks that I could barely get to stay in place. There are three eyeballs that fell down the bottom of that compartment that I couldn't get back out without shifting things too much...and any movement sent them falling to pieces again.
The big white do-do bird (as I think of him) is a hard boiled egg with carrot beak, nori feathers and eyebrows, and olive eye balls. His eyes are not right, but I couldn't have cared less at that point. I started this fiasco with these birds and I was already SO OVER the idea by the time I was half way done with them.
This is the dude who sparked the Angry Birds bento idea for me in the first place. You know I love my kiwi dudes :) and the big 'ol pig guy was made to be kiwi. A last minute notion was to take some of the kiwi fur to make a mustache. The mustache pigs always seem a little friendlier to me somehow. :) His eyes are large icing eyes and I stuck some bento picks in him for ears. I had planed to carve out some kiwi from the back to use as ears, but like I said, I was really ticked off at the bento by this point. Ha.
Besides the kiwi pig dude, it was the idea of cutting a sandwich up into "blocks" to make a building for little pigs to hide in that drove me to do this bento. That's a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with little grape pigs taking cover. The red angry bird is Babybell cheese with a carrot beak and nori eyebrows. I totally got this idea from one of Wendolonia's bentos. :) He was super easy, but he's also kinda wonky, so it's really all relative. :p
This Angry Birds bento is packed in an EasyLunchboxes container. It worked out just perfectly for this arrangement. Oh! And this bento didn't travel far. It went from the kitchen counters (where I cursed at it repeatedly (silently, to myself)) to the kitchen table where it greeted Ethan and Paige just as they got home from school. They were super excited over it and started fighting over the kiwi dude immediately. Fun times! ;-)
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This is FABULOUS - you've totally outdone yourself! Big Cutie has asked for Angry Birds cupcakes for school for her birthday next week and I'd love to send this for lunch as well. Can you tell me how you "stuck" the eyes on?
I also keep meaning to message you and tell you I think of you all the time now that we're in Japan - every time I'm in a store that sells bento goodies!!!
- October 4, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- The Mom Chef said... [Reply to comment]
Amazing. I would definitely not have the patience to do this. Though, I have to admit that the more I look at that white bird, I so do want to try it. Doesn't a little dab of mustard to for keeping the eyes stuck there? Is the idea not to use it? (I'm bento ignorant.)
- October 4, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- EasyLunchboxes (Kelly Lester) said... [Reply to comment]
Melissa - you are HYSTERICAL. Of course I adore your lunches, and those birds are just to die over, but I love how you tell us how FRUSTRATING it can be to actually make these phenomenal culinary works of art!!! That's the best part. The inside scoop on what really goes on behind the scenes :) ... Or did these birds just carry a little curse and you're not nearly as "over the edge" when you create say, a fairy tale lunch?
- October 4, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Frosted Fingers said... [Reply to comment]
Those are awesome!! I wouldn't have the patience, though!
- October 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
LOL Kelly! Actually I think the 2nd most frustrating lunch I ever made was for the Little Bunny Foo Foo muffin tin - that fairy princess just about killed me. :p Usually bento is a good time, but every now and then I get in over my head and want to throw it all out the kitchen window. ;-)
- October 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Mom Chef - for the egg I just cut little spots on the egg to tuck things into the egg. The egg is so malleable it worked well, but those olives were demented and fully uncooperative.
- October 4, 2011 at 11:39 AM
I LOVE this! If I actually could make this happen I would make one for my ds who loves Angry Birds.
- October 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- Heather said... [Reply to comment]
Haha! I love this! My boys will love it too! I can't wait to show them your blog post. We will have to try making this. I am definitely pinning this!
- October 4, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Denise said... [Reply to comment]
Just brilliant! So glad you are blogging again!!!!
- October 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
Of course, you know I love this, Melissa! It's too freaking adorable. I had planned to put a white egg bird in when I made my Angry Bird lunch but I gave up on that idea way before I got to the point of frustration. I'm a quitter; you're a winner!
- October 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks everyone!
Wendy, how could you possibly call yourself a quitter when I'm the one who abandoned her blog for nearly a year. Sheesh!
- October 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Laura said... [Reply to comment]
Amazing! My two boys, a 9 yr old and a 2 yr old, love playing Angry Birds. My 2 yr old is addicted to it. I'll have to do this for them. They will love it! Thanks for posting!
- October 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Vugrl said... [Reply to comment]
So glad to see you back!!! Love this bento! May have to try just the sandwich part. Not sure I have it in me to do the others plus my kids don't eat olives or boiled eggs.
- October 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Giggly Girls said... [Reply to comment]
Totally Awesome!!
- October 10, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Kitsune Lady said... [Reply to comment]
Lovely job! Bentos are just the best, thanks for the new ideas!
- January 5, 2012 at 12:01 AM
- Michelle | Creative Food said... [Reply to comment]
Seriously. This. Is. Incredible. Just thought you should know that I come back and drool at this bento from time to time.
- April 5, 2012 at 6:51 PM
- Grace @ EatsAmazing said... [Reply to comment]
This is amazing! Just found it when I was googling fun things to do with Kiwi fruit. Should have guessed your site would pop up!
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I don't know why I find something so mundane so fascinating but I can't get enough of watching Argentinian silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols create a chalice for Pope Francis. It's incredible just to see his hands and tools shape what will be the cup for the holiest man in the world.
Pallarols had previously made the roses that adorned Princess Diana's tomb so he's no stranger for making things pop for the famously powerful. You can see him hammer away and turn silver bumps into lovely roses.
In another video you can see Pallarols team work on making the shape of the chalice, with the blueprints on how it'll look when it's done on the wall. Gotta love the people who spend a ridiculous amount of time in creating a pimp cup or I guess, the pimpest of cups. Craftsmanship! [Hyper Vocal]


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Three years after the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) offered Altman's Winnebago nearly $1 million for its land, the agency ended up paying nearly $8 million.
The payment was part of settlement agreement reached on June 8 between Altmans and Caltrans, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina.
Caltrans will use Altman's property to widen the Interstate 10 freeway in Baldwin Park.
"We are very happy that we finally got them to see our point of view," said owner Joe Altman. "Now, we can concentrate on selling RVs."
Judy Gish, Caltrans spokeswoman, said she could not discuss the details of the settlement agreement because it is not yet finalized.
The agreement was signed by Caltrans attorney Erick Solares on June 8 and is scheduled to be complete in the next two weeks, records show.
"We can't comment except for that we are working with them to resolve the issues," Gish said.
Altman's Winnebago has been a fixture along the freeway in Baldwin Park since 1971. The one-time corporate headquarters will be demolished along with several other businesses and homes for a freeway widening project. Work in the area began in April.
Although Caltrans notified Altman's in 2002 that it would take the land, no action was taken until 2006, according to court records.
In 2006, it made its first offer, at $953,000, to buy portions of the property.
After Caltrans officially seized Altman's through eminent domain proceedings in 2007, it upped its offer to $3.86 million – but that offer was only good for the cost of the property and did not include any payment for loss of business Altman's would see.
Altman's employs 167 people at its stores in Carson and Colton, and generated more than $61 million last year.
Bruce Cooper, a former owner of an RV dealership who was prepared to speak as an expert witness on behalf on Altman's, said the timeframe used by Caltrans to assess the value of the company was incomplete.
"The industry fell off the cliff after October 2008, just as the car business and everything else did," Cooper said. "But the appraisal only focused on the months after October."
Believing the terms unfair, Altman's asked for a jury trial, which was scheduled to begin May 5 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
With just one week before the trial, Caltrans made its settlement offer. The proposed judgement was signed on June 8.


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Monday, April 12, 2010
My Very 1st Veggie Patch!
I will post pictures of the progress. So check back as the weather stays warmer!
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Yay! You're gonna have veggies! We had a garden last summer and it did better than I expected it to!ReplyDelete
I am hoping to get a tomato and perhaps a lettuce out of the deal :P I have read a lot about gardening and think perhaps its not as much work as everybody thinks? Apparently if you leave it to do its thing, you can sometimes get a abundance of veggies? One can only hope :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 3:05 AM
That looks so awesome Kirsten; I'm sure you're gonna love it. I always love going to my parents farm and snagging fresh peppers and tomatoes and squash and strawberries and basil and good golly the list goes on and on. Just yesterday we got oodles of rhubarb. Yum! Enjoy :)ReplyDelete
You're very lucky to have land to put a veggie patch on. Good luck!!! I'm planning to start my veges in grow bags and pots.ReplyDelete
looking forward to updates, good luck with the growing!ReplyDelete
Girlfriend, that is just too adorable! Honestly, what a beautiful view you have! If that doesn't just scream "serenity now"--I don't know what does--I love it!ReplyDelete


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From API's Communications Team
A study conducted at Dundee University in London suggests that babies transported in forward-facing buggies are more likely to suffer emotional stress due to lack of face-to-face time with their parents.
"Neuroscience has helped us to learn how important social interaction during the early years is for children's brain development," said Suzanne Zeedyk of the university's School of Psychology.
Specifically, the study found that 25 percent of parents using face-to-face buggies spoke to their baby, while only 12.5 percent of parents using forward-facing buggies did. In addition, the heart rate was lower in babies riding in face-to-face buggies, and these babies were more likely to fall asleep.
"Parents deserve to be able to make informed choices as to how to best promote their children's emotional, physical, and neurological development," Zeedyk said. In Britain, forward-facing buggies are more common.
Nearly 3,000 parent-infant pairs took part in this study.
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More and more villages, towns and cities get involved with local festivities on Yorkshire Day, August 1, with each passing year.
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Victoria Beckham has previously faced criticism for her super-skinny frame, but this time, it's not her figure that is coming under fire.
The singer-turned-fashion designer made headlines after her runway show at New York Fashion Week, which saw a number of incredibly thin models strut their stuff down the catwalk.
The 41-year-old mother of four shared a variety of behind-the-scenes images from her show, during which husband David Beckham and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour were both seated in the front row, and is facing heavy backlash on social media for her choice in models. She also picked newcomer Peyton Knight, who is just 17 years old, to close her show (to note: Knight also walked in Alexander Wang).
VIDEO: Victoria Beckham gushes about her four children
Beckham's Instagram has since become the subject of a body image debate, and the U.K.'s Guardian contacted Lorna Garner, chief operating officer of the eating disorder charity b-eat who said that "these type of images do not cause eating disorders but they escalate and exacerbate existing conditions. There is overwhelming evidence that points to these images having a very negative and damaging effect."
Additionally, Piers Morgan wrote a piece for the Daily Mail titled, "Stop with the miserable skinny models, Victoria - this is NOT how we want the world's young women to look."
Back in 2010, the former Spice Girl reportedly banned models who were too skinny from walking in her show.
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Over the past two years the fashion industry has been undergoing a quiet revolution.
I'm not talking about the accelerating pace at which the latest styles fly from the runways to the rails, nor the growth of e-commerce and social marketing, bridging the divide between seller and buyer, maker and wearer.
I'm talking Detox.
In just over 24 months, the combined power of activists, fashionistas, bloggers and shoppers from around the world - united in their belief that the clothes we wear should carry a story we can be proud of - has led to 18 companies committing to Detox. And while these commitments - from luxury brands like Valentino to high-street regulars, like Zara, Mango and H&M - represent the critical first steps down the runway to a toxic-free fashion, the Detox trend is only just beginning to take hold.
Last month high-end Italian fashion supplier Canepa marked another landmark for the campaign, becoming the first supplier in the world to make a Detox commitment.
Canepa supply some of Italy's most renowned fashion labels with high quality fabrics, and their trendsetting commitment has sent a clear message to their buyers that toxic-free fashion is not a passing trend; it is an enduring fashion staple.
And all of this thanks to people like you.
While there is still a long way to go before toxic-free fashion becomes the norm, your help getting us to this point has been crucial. Major brands are influenced by public perception and global action, and your role in putting this issue firmly on the agenda of global fashion brands and suppliers, and forcing them to respond with the urgency the situation demands has been critical in the Detox campaign's ongoing success.
Watch the latest Detox video showing the strength of people power.
From the innovative Eco Fashion Week in Vancouver, to the glamour of Paris Fashion Week, we have been busy spreading the news of the successes we have achieved together while outlining the future challenges that we will overcome. It is now essential that the companies that made a commitment to Detox follow through on their fashion-conscious promises and meet all our expectations.
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aah, of course...fashion.
Next to the green cloud clothing is one of our main problems.
I would prefer to focus on the limi...
aah, of course...fashion.
Next to the green cloud clothing is one of our main problems.
I would prefer to focus on the limits of growth, but well dressed Greenpeace-activists don't like this, eeh?
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Can there ever again be a megastar the size of Michael Jackson?
Nowadays, it's rare for a pop-culture icon to unite the world's divided attention. The globe's communal moments have come, instead, from times of disaster – the 9/11 terrorist attacks or the 2004 tsunami. Yet for several hours on Tuesday, TVs and computers from Tokyo to Tel Aviv were tuned in to the Michael Jackson memorial service in Los Angeles.
That Jackson could command such an audience is testament to the kind globe-straddling star power that was possible in an earlier, simpler entertainment age. Amid today's fragmented popular culture, in which an unlimited buffet of mass media has segregated consumers into niche-oriented tribes, Jackson was arguably one of the world's last superstars.
"It isn't just that Michael Jackson was the last superstar because he was one of the last people to benefit from an unfragmented media," says Timothy Burke, a cultural historian at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. "He may also have been one of the last people who could surprise us with a stunning innovation where we didn't have that sense already of being so jaded by the ubiquity of spectacularly good entertainment. That someone could just leap on the stage and do this thing, and you could go, 'Wow, I've never seen that before!' "
A star is born – via old media
Jackson became a star during a precocious appearance with The Jackson 5 on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It was 1969, and that one show could be the launchpad for a career: The Beatles' 1964 appearance, for example, was seen by 73 million viewers.
"He's one year younger than me, so I remember when he came on [his] first 'Ed Sullivan Show' with Diana Ross," says Mark Ferguson, who won a lottery ticket to the memorial service. "I grew up with it."
In those pre-Internet days, when music labels held the keys to distribution and budgeted millions of dollars for promotion, the primary struggle for any artist was to secure a record deal. Anyone fortunate enough to clear that hurdle had a shot at winning over a gargantuan audience that was collectively tuned in to FM radio. Jackson went one step further. He capitalized on the emergence of MTV at a time when cable hadn't yet ballooned into the 1,000-channel behemoth it is today. With his fedora tilted at a steep gradient and white socks glaring from beneath too-short jeans, the star's image-defining music videos were embraced by the 1980s teenagers who adopted the channel as an ersatz counterculture. In 1983, MTV captured a ratings share of 10 – an astonishing figure for a cable outfit in those days – whenever it aired the video for "Thriller."
To date, Jackson has notched an estimated 750 million album sales worldwide, with at least 28 million units for "Thriller" in the US alone.
No apparent heirs
That's why the King of Pop has no apparent heirs, though there are many pretenders to the throne – Akon, Justin Timberlake, and Usher, to name a few. Each of those stars is successful in his own right. But none is a global, epoch-defining icon whose tunes even your grandmother can hum. In an era in which listeners can find songs by hundreds of thousands of artists on iTunes, it's a rarity for any artist or band to sell upward of 1 million copies in the US. Last year's top-selling record, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," shifted a mere 2.8 million copies.
At Tuesday's service, Jackson's pallbearers – each wearing sequined gloves – positioned the superstar center stage one last time.
"I doubt that there will ever, ever be anyone of that magnitude," says Gina Prudhomme, an Angeleno who attended the memorial. "I don't know Madonna's music. I don't know U2's music. But his music, everybody knew – black, white, Asian, African, Russian. There will never be anyone who can transcend countries and cultures the way he did."
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After seeing cute Dragon Quest Slime and Hatsune Miku meat buns, it was only a matter of time before Hello Kitty hit Japanese convenience stores.
For a limited time only, convenience store chain Sunkus is selling Kitty-chan meat buns for ¥150 ($1.90) a pop.
Japanese site Gigazine ordered a few and took photos for the internet's viewing pleasure.
Here's what the Hello Kitty meat bun looks like. So cute!
DEAR GOD MAN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! (And cut in half.)
From what Gigazine wrote, it sounds as though the Hello Kitty meat buns taste like yummy pork meat buns. Though, it's only a matter of time before people begin torturing them.
There's even a Kitty quiz on the bottom of the paper atop which the buns sit. Here it asks when Kitty's birthday is: April 1, July 1, November 1, or December 1. Do you happen to know?
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Command & Conquer (a.k.a. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn or simply C&C/C&C1; the game is also often unofficially called Command & Conquer 64 for the Nintendo 64 port) is a 1995 real-time strategy video game produced by Westwood Studios for MS-DOS and released internationally by Virgin Interactive. It was the first of twelve games to date to be released under the title Command & Conquer; six subsequent titles having since continued the story set as sequels with one acting as a prequel, along with the production of several spin-off games. Met with universal acclaim by consumers and critics, Command & Conquer was released for seven separate platforms along with becoming the initiator of the Command & Conquer franchise, and today generally is considered as the title which originally defined and popularized the modern real-time strategy genre.
This is the English version of the 1996 Command & Conquer demo for the Macintosh.
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Marion Cotillard: the inevitable question
Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Cotillard attended the Marrakesh Film Festival this weekend – first the opening gala, where she wore that print dress with the feathers around the collar, and then the Tribute to French Cinema, where she was dressed in black, and on both occasions...
I know what you're about to say.
It's what you always say.
You people are bump obsessed.
And you know I hate bumpwatch.
But in this case, I'd rather it be bumpwatch than tit watch. Because remember this? Click here. I'd rather that and whatever is happening with her breasts here to be the result of pregnancy as opposed to her getting implants which would be a terrible disappointment not to mention dumb as sh-t.
OMG. Are Marion and Guillaume having a baby?
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