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Or: Spaghetti and Meatballs, the Annual Terrine Dinner project.
One year ago
Within days of serving up last year's Terrine, I spied a recipe for a cold molded terrine called Polpettone Rigoletto in a 60's vintage book by Richard Olney. From that I learned that polpettone is Italian for 'great big meatball', an Italian family classic with which I was previously unfamiliar. But not the kind of meatball Americans think of. Rather, a loaf where a seasoned ground meat mixture is spread out flat and topped with layers of cheese or Italian delicatessen meats, rolled, and, typically, baked. Often, hard boiled eggs are rolled up in the center. It can be free form or placed in a mold, chilled and dolled up, as in Richard's recipe, with aspic and a decorative outer layer of colorful stuff--the recipe in Richard's book had chopped red bell pepper, gherkins and slices of hard boiled egg. Which I hardly gave another thought to: it was the parmesan cheese and the mortadella I liked. I happily made the decision there and then that this would be my 2011 Terrine--different from anything I'd done before, and perfect for old Italian wines. Ah yes, things are so bright and sure a year away, so crystal clear, so perfect, so easy.
Six months ago
While shopping one day, I found little square ramekins. You have to understand, among my major weaknesses are 1) ramekins and 2) things square-shaped. So, a square-shaped ramekin? Heart be still! These were made for me! I couldn't NOT buy them, even though I already had a very large and deep drawerfull of many sizes of rounds and ovals. I bought six and justified this totally unneccessary expense to my husband by pointing out how they matched the shape of the clerestory windows that ring our great room 18 feet up. He didn't look convinced, so I immediately served something in them at our very next dinner party. Everybody oohed and aahed at how clever my ramekins were, and I was sure Bob now understood how badly we needed these. Then we were invited to a dinner party at which I was to bring a course, so I planned to make little wild mushroom parmentiers in my little square ramekins. But oops, there were going to be ten guests so of course I had to buy four for them and might as well make it an even dozen. Once again, everyone loved the little square ramekins. Oohs and aahs again abounded! Euphoric over that success, I wondered what next I could do with my wonderful little square ramekins, and I looked at my calendar. And there it was: July 31st. Terrine Day. I would make individual baby terrines! It had never been done before! I would make history! How brilliant! Hurray! Life was good!
Four months ago
I received a mailer from a chef's shop in Seattle I buy specialty items from time to time from. They had something I'd never seen before: truffle caviar. Little pearls of black truffle juice solidified via molecular gastronomy into what looked just like fine caviar. It was about $50 an ounce but oh my, just picture that set in the aspic on top of my little square terrines, with perhaps an additional little scoop on top? They would look like petit fours! They would be art! And it would create the ultimate match for the old brunello and old barbaresco I planned to serve with my course! It was all so perfect I nearly cried with happiness just thinking about it.
Two months ago
Where the hell is that recipe, I asked myself one morning, where did it go? I couldn't for the life of me remember where I'd seen that cheesy meatball thing. So much time had elapsed I'd completely forgotten which book I'd gotten it out of. In fact, I completely forgot that I had the Richard Olney book--it had been a new acquisition at the time. I tore the house apart looking for it.
But finally I found it and started reading. OH DEAR, I thought, my heart sinking with every ingredient. It was all wrong. Very 60's, and I couldn't for the life of me make sense out of putting five beaten eggs into just a little over a pound of meat. Along with a cup of bechamel, that sounded less like a mousseline than an egg loaf with meat. But, don't I love a challenge? Don't I do my best work when painted into a corner with difficulty? Don't I always not just make food, but learn something new? Oh yes, but I'd thought I had this one "in the bag" as they say and now I was looking at a lot more work.
So, first project: make the base loaf mixture anyway just to find out why anyone would want to use five eggs--maybe someone knew something I needed to learn. I found out: they didn't. Grainy and spongy like a seriously overcooked scrambled egg, neither Bob nor I liked the result. Confronted by the enormity of a reality I didn't like, I decided to put the whole thing out of my head. La de da, just like Scarlett. Another month went by while I concentrated on other things.
One month ago
Bill wants commitments on who's making what. He wants to start putting the dishes in order, plus other cooks as yet undecided about what to make appreciate being able to rule certain things out. So as a place-holder I tell him mine will be called Polpettone Rigoletto, using the name even though I have no intention of making Richard's recipe again. With false bravado I told him "think spaghetti flavors and Sangiovese" where in fact, starkly, all I had at T Day Minus 30 was 12 of the cutest little ramekins anybody ever saw and a really cool garnish.
It was time to get my butt in the kitchen and start over.
Over the next three weeks I searched the internet for recipes and made several versions of polpettone, like sausage-man Bruce Aidell's and one from a woman who begs her mother to make the dish every time she goes home to Milan. It is very much a comfort-food kind of dish. (Btw, I found no evidence of 'Rigoletto' attached to any other version so that must have been a name made-up to sound impressively Italian in the Olney book.) Also, I learned that beef and veal are the most typical meat ingredients, and that every recipe I came across was a family treasure. And though none promised as refined a result as I wanted, the time was not lost. I learned to love the dish, and I learned how to vary the rolling and pre-stuff the mold so that any mixture I put in fit and was nicely centered. For my little ramekins, I could make a long roll and segment it, stuffing a tiny hard-boiled quail egg into the center and plugging the entry point, so that when served and cut in half, each revealed a little treasure. I tested various combinations and thicknesses of deli meats. And using my little ramekins, I'd make some plain and to the others add ingredients like ground mushrooms, spinach, wine, and sun-dried tomatoes, just to name a few items, which Bob and I would taste and compare.
Tuesday, This week
With six days to go, I looked at everything I'd learned over the past few weeks. I loved the panade made with bechamel and found that two eggs bound with a pound and a quarter of meat made the quantity I needed and texture I liked. I found a handful of panko crumbs gave it even better texture. For the deli meats, we liked the combination of thinly sliced mortadella and genoa salami best. For seasoning: nothing beat fresh oregano and lots of nutmeg. Additional ingredients, even wine, just dulled the impact these two made, though a few tablespoons of finely diced sauteed shallot made each seem more complex. The more parmesan the better. And we liked a beef and turkey combination better than beef alone which made me consider that pork, which I had not tried, might be better than beef.
So I replaced the beef with a turkey-pork combination, ramped up the parmesan, and made a new loaf.
Voila! Finally, a perfect polpettone. I had my recipe. I planned to plate it with a Mario Batali recipe for baby turnips braised in chianti and pencil thin home-made bread sticks.
Early Wednesday morning
Got up and went downstairs. Turned on the news, started coffee. Bob waddled in while I was making this and complained that he was hungry already. So was I to tell you the truth, so I decided to make him a slice of panfried polpettone from the leftovers I had lying around and top that with a poached egg. I threw a slice in the pan for myself, too. Now I've done this over the years with countless meatloafs so nothing new about this method, but I've never done it with a meatloaf chock full of parmesan cheese and mortadella.
When Bob and I cut into those and took our first bites, we stared at each other in amazement. "Oh dear God," said Bob, "you can't NOT do this."
He was right. Principally, the conversion of the parmesan from cold seasoning to something that toasted in a skillet was a total game-changer. In love as I was and had been for a whole year with the presentation of glistening little sloping squares of aspic-encased cold meat, for a simple breakfast I had inadvertently created a more compelling dish that required I make one large loaf.
So I spent the rest of Wednesday miserable, listening to my little square ramekins crying from their drawer while I moped around trying to figure out how to make a fried polpettone that wouldn't look like Spam. Taste was big, but presention no less so.
Meanwhile, a note to David and Nadine revealed that we, or rather I, had a calendar issue. I had thought Terrine Day was Sunday, but David and Nadine said it was Saturday. It was while rifling back through group correspondence to confirm this (of course, they were right) that I came across Bill earlier joking to the others about "Jenise making spaghetti and meatballs", and that suddenly hit home in a good way. Hot terrine...with spaghetti? YES! I emailed Bill with the name change on my dish: Spaghetti and Meatballs it would be. Suddenly, I was excited again! I had a reason to live! I was thinking like Thomas Keller!
I bounded out of bed on Thursday morning ready to figure out how to make a portion of spaghetti that would be both small and elegant. In the freezer I had a great little marinara sauce, and in the pantry I had a pound each of capellini and linguini. I figured that one would be too thin and the other too thick and by lunch I'd end up at the store buying something in between, but in fact the capellini was splendid. Big enough to not cement like angel hair but diminutive enough to wind on a fork into a little nest that could re-cook in a cupcake tin for a mold, cappellini made perfect, tidy little nests that stayed together even when sauced as well as do the most important job: hold that gorgeous dollop of truffle caviar.
Later in the day, I made Mario's turnip recipe. He actually used regular turnips cut into eight segments where I used babies, but I didn't care for the result at all. Too soft and too tannic in flavor. And I do mean too soft: though I didn't cook mine the whole 40 minutes he specified, I cooked them longer than the four to five minutes I would have pulled them out at and it was still too much.
On Friday I shopped again and made the new and final versions of everything. A half pound of cappellini made 12 perfect pasta servings. The small Japanese turnips I bought were parboiled lightly in preparation, to be dressed them with vinegar, chianti and white truffle oil just prior to service on Saturday. I added a row of green olives (canned with water and salt, not the vinegary Spanish kind) to the center of the polpettone. The bread sticks went out the window, no time. And on Saturday morning, I blanched a bunch of basil with two green onions, then whizzed that in a blender with some olive oil and salt. That gave me a fresh and colorful sauce to go under the polpettone, and with the red of the spaghetti and the white of the plate? Very Italian.
It plated beautifully, tasted great. Below are two pictures. One, the baked but not yet fried polpettone, and the other, the dish as I served it at Bill's. It's not a good picture--this slice got a little too much color so I kept it for my serving, and the pic's a bit blurry, but you get the point. And below that is the recipe; for me, a real keeper.
The recipe:
3/4 lb ground turkey
1/2 lb lean ground pork
1 cup milk (I use 2%)
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
1 handful panko breadcrumbs, maybe 1/2 c
2 tablespoons finely diced shallot, sweated in butter
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan Reggiano
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 eggs
coarse ground black pepper
1/4 pound thinly sliced mortadella (or about 18 thin slices)
1/4 pound thinly sliced genoa salami (or about 18 thin slices)
Make a roux out of the butter and flour and whisk in the milk, creating a bechamel. When thickened, place in a large mixing bowl to cool. Add the oregano, nutmeg and shallots. When cool, mix in the eggs, then add the rest of the ingredients EXCEPT the mortadella and salami.
Choose your mold (this recipe works for a 10" Le Creuset terrine dish). Lay out a sheet of wax paper and lightly spray both the wax paper and your terrine dish with Pam. Using a rubber spatula, start putting down the meat mixture on the paper in a flat square roughly 10" x 9". Tile the flat meat with mortadella and then the salami--about three rows of three each, twice. Once the deli meat's on, flatten a bit with your hands to create uniform thickness. Hold back about a cup of the meat mixture--you probably won't end up using it all.
Now take some of the ground meat mixture and cove the bottom sides of your form with it. Since it's a square pan and you will be placing in it a round loaf, you need to fill in those gaps so that the roll doesn't have to flatten into those corners ruining the circular design of the deli meats.
Also, put a row of ground meat laterally about 1" thick across the bottom border of the flat meat mixture in front of you. That gives the center of your polpettone better structure even if you're not using a center object, like the green olives I used. If you're using one, embed them in that meat. Now, start rolling, using the paper to help you lift and push the roll forward. Do not roll all the way off the paper--stop when it's rolled up but the last part--it's bottom, which will become your top, is still on. Set the terrine dish down behind it to compare lengths. Using a very sharp knife slice the edges off the terrine to fit the mold exactly. Now invert the mold and place it over the loaf. Use the paper on either side to now pull the terrine dish upright and peel the paper off. Use your remaining meat mixture to fill in the top of the terrine and smooth down with a wet rubber spatula.
Set a loose piece of untucked foil over the top for a nominal cover and place the terrine in a larger baking dish half full of water. Bake at 350 F for an hour or until a thermometer reads 150 F.


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Amazon is in talks with book publishers about launching a digital book rental service in a similar vein to the popular movie offering Netflix, according to reports.
My reaction, even after reading this slender piece a few times, can be summed up into one word:
I'd love to be part of those meetings between Amazon and publishers. After the rows over agency pricing for eBooks (like the infamous Ken Follett one), I'm sure the publishing business is just overjoyed with the prospect of having their books lent out on a flat fee basis, even if it is limited to older titles. With the fall of physical bookstores, Amazon holds such tremendous power that this sounds like it will play out like The Godfather: they are going to make publishers an offer they can't refuse. With 40% of the eReader device market, a tablet on the way, and a worldwide leader in eBook sales, what publisher wants to hold back their books from this lending service if another major publisher makes a deal?
Even the most cynical of publishers recognizes the power of profile on the (now electronic) book shelf: if you're not on there, you are not visible to your readers. Yes, the big name authors will continue to thrive, but it is the midlist and emerging authors that will get stomped to pieces if they are excluded from the service. Given Amazon's suggestion ability, a title missing potentially means a title not read, an author undiscovered, and a connection missed.
What does this mean for libraries? Nothing, really, as I see it. The library tax or fee is still cheaper than the Amazon Prime subscription, even if it is not by much. Amazon has kept their Kindle off of the library scope save for the announcement of working with Overdrive. Suddenly, twenty six eBook checkouts aren't such a bad thing when a patron could just get an older title as part of their Amazon Prime account.
Personally, I'm particularly curious as to how Overdrive would take this bit of news since there are hard-to-ignore parallels between what they do now and what Amazon proposes to do. As much as they have streamlined the downloading process for their titles, they can't beat Amazon on infrastructure. Why would you fool around with the library's website or the Overdrive app when the Kindle would have everything be a button away? Sure, it might not be new releases, but since libraries can only purchase so many licenses, impatient eReader users may just buy the book anyway.
I wonder if libraries are looking better and better to publishers with each passing eBook market development. They might not get the best deal compared to companies like Apple, Sony, or Amazon, but we'll still respect you in the morning.
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In this new trailer and the original teaser Katniss claims: "Nothing good is safe while Snow is alive." Those of you who are familiar with The Hunger Games stories know that this is true and Katniss is determined to make "Snow pay for what he has done."
Katniss has embraced her role as the Mockingjay by this point in the book and it is exciting to see that finally translate in the trailer. Mockingjay, Part Two also stars Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Dormer, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone and Gwendoline Christie.
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In the not-so-distant past, IT barely noticed conventional video surveillance. But with digital video on the rise in enterprises, storage teams will need to play a key role in accommodating the petabytes of data generated by video surveillance systems.
With digital video on the rise in enterprises, storage teams will play a key role in accommodating the petabytes of data that can be generated by video surveillance systems.
Industry researcher Frost & Sullivan, Palo Alto, CA, sees IP as the next phase for the surveillance industry and one that will have a far-reaching impact on storage. According to company research, "the most important advantage in an IP surveillance network is the capability of storing large quantities of video footage in a relatively limited storage space with much higher image quality than analog networks."
"Companies doing surveillance are generating a lot more data, 24/7. The data is increasingly high rez. Now they want to see a recognizable face," says Rick Bentley, CEO at video surveillance system integrator Connexed Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (see "Multiterabyte video production," below).
For enterprise storage managers, this has the makings of a good news-bad news joke: The good news is the new source of deep pockets--the security department--ready to buy terabytes or even petabytes of networked storage. The bad news is that the storage group will have to quickly get up to speed on how to store this new stream of data. Video surveillance requires a different approach to storage requirements, capacity planning, data protection and more.
"Storage stands to receive a large chunk of that money, currently about 25%," reports Dilip Sarangan, research analyst in the North America AutoID & Security Practice at Frost & Sullivan. "Storage is the largest and most expensive component in a video surveillance system."
As soon as the video surveillance stream has been digitized and directed across a network, companies can implement shared, scalable network storage instead of being limited to the storage typically attached to each digital video recorder (DVR). "DVRs create islands of storage," says Lee Caswell, chief strategy officer and founder of Pivot3 Inc. in Spring, TX. Islands of video storage suffer from the same inefficiencies and unnecessary management overhead as the islands of data storage that drove enterprises to implement SAN and NAS to consolidate their storage.
Of course, companies don't need the latest IP video cameras to take advantage of digitized video. "Companies still use a lot of analog cameras," says Caswell. "They aren't going to replace those cameras that fast because today there is still about a $200 price delta between an IP camera and a conventional video camera." By using an encoder, companies can capture and digitize the incoming analog video data stream before shipping it over a LAN to networked storage.
The importance of IP video can be seen in the arrival of a new class of video product, the network video recorder (NVR), which captures data feeds from multiple cameras for storage on directly attached disks. "The NVR is like the old DVR except that it attaches to the network. You can log in remotely and access data or manage it over the network," says Bentley.
IT in the video spotlight
From a storage standpoint, video surveillance was totally uninteresting. Initially, the data was stored and viewed on VCRs, and tapes were continually rerecorded in a rotation. Rarely did organizations keep surveillance data for more than a month; often, it was kept for a week or less. Things became more interesting when the DVR, which contained a few hard drives, came on the scene. As disk capacity increased, the amount of storage in a DVR grew. With the advent of IP video and NVRs, the video surveillance effort required the services of the storage group.
"The problem is that most video surveillance purchasers are not IT-sophisticated," says Norall at Taneja Group. "They went with packaged systems based on direct-attached storage. But that is hard to scale and expensive to manage." The scale of video surveillance storage can be staggering. A retailer can have dozens of cameras per store, while a single large casino can have thousands of megapixel cameras generating high-resolution video streams 24/7.
The typical enterprise IT storage infrastructure isn't optimally set up for surveillance video storage. "This is absolutely not an FC [Fibre Channel] market, and clusters of NAS filers won't do the job either," says Norall. "Block-based iSCSI storage is what makes the most sense," he adds, while the security industry has shown a preference for packaged proprietary systems.
Storage managers who think giving each email user 2GB of storage space is a big deal will be shocked. Consider the following formula: Take the number of cameras generating video streams 24/7 and the megapixel resolution of the new cameras and an acceptable frame per second (fps) rate (3fps to 5fps won't cut it--think 10fps, 15fps, 20fps) with medium compression and multiply that by the length of time you want to store the data.
The total is a very big number. The need to store 30GB to 40GB per camera per day isn't unusual. That comes to 1TB or more per camera per month. Now, if a retail organization has 30 to 40 cameras per store and 1,000 stores, you're looking at multipetabytes of storage, even if you're rewriting over some old data (see "Surveillance storage capacity factors," above).
Another challenge is the storage workload. "This is not your typical enterprise storage workload," says Jeff Whitney, VP of marketing at Intransa Inc. For example, surveillance storage is 95% to 98% writing. "It is hard to keep up with a near constant write load," he notes. "The storage system doesn't have any time for the usual housekeeping."
Most SAN storage arrays are optimized for business workloads that use small blocks and present a balance of read/write activity. "With video surveillance, you are constantly writing large sequential blocks," adds Whitney. And you don't keep it long; often just a week, a month, a year at most. And skip the backup; RAID 5 is all the protection that's required.
Finally, video storage has to be simple. The systems are usually deployed and operated by security and facilities people who don't understand storage provisioning and networking. LUNs, zones, masking, RAID--forget it. "You need fast performance to the drive, linear scalability and utterly simple management," says Caswell at Pivot3. That's why DVR/NVR appliances have been such a hit; however, they can't scale in the face of the storage capacities required.
Limited storage options
"Cisco grabbed lots of mindshare, but nobody knows what products they are offering," says Bentley at Connexed Technologies. Adds Frost & Sullivan's Sarangan: "It looks like Cisco is planning to converge of lot of technologies, but it hasn't announced products yet."
The surveillance market would seem ideal for low-cost storage vendors, but that hasn't been the case. "This is a market for cheap iSCSI, but companies like LeftHand Networks and EqualLogic [recently acquired by Dell Inc.] are focused on the SMB [small- to medium-sized] market. NetApp [Network Appliance Inc.] is aiming more at the data center," says Taneja Group's Norall. Products optimized for those markets won't meet surveillance storage requirements.
"EMC, IBM and HP [Hewlett-Packard Co.] are exploring surveillance storage, but haven't done much yet," adds Sarangan.
At this point, only a few iSCSI array vendors are actively targeting surveillance storage: Infortrend Technology Inc., Intransa, Pivot3 and Nexsan Technologies Inc. "We were using DVRs, each with about 500GB of storage. Then we went with Intransa," says Derrick Wright, manufacturing security manager at Baxter Healthcare International in Cherry Hill, NJ, which uses approximately 120 cameras for security, workflow supervision, safety and quality control. The company took 8.2TB (11.25TB raw) of Intransa storage to replace 7TB of storage attached to its seven DVRs. It planned to add another 9TB before the end of 2007 and 11.25TB in the first quarter of 2008.
"The [video] information comes into the DVR and is written directly to Intransa," explains Wright. "The DVR is used to search and serve the video. Bypassing DVR storage improved performance." The company had to equip each DVR with a network interface card to connect with the Intransa system via iSCSI.
For Connexed Technologies, the storage options were so limited it actually started building an iSCSI array. "We looked at SAN and NAS appliances. You can make any array work, but cost and scalability are problems," says the firm's Bentley. Then he found Pivot3. "Pivot3 really scales. It actually gets faster as it gets bigger because each [expansion] box has its own processor."
Pivot3 uses a different approach to RAID it calls RAID Across Independent Gigabit Ethernet (RAIGE). Pivot3 delivers storage in units containing disks and a processor connected by 1GB Ethernet. RAIGE provides what amounts to block-based virtualization and RAID-like data protection across all the RAIGE storage units in what becomes an iSCSI cluster. If a data unit fails, it doesn't affect the operation of the other units--the DVRs keep pumping out data to store on the units still available.
Maybe the biggest challenge storage professionals face will be working with the group that's mainly responsible for surveillance video. "The security people may not be so welcoming," says Caswell at Pivot3. "They see storage as just a small part of the overall solution." They're quite comfortable buying complete solutions from one vendor or integrator.
No matter who controls the video surveillance budget, the storage team will be asked to build out the necessary capacity to store video. And they'll have to learn the idiosyncrasies of surveillance storage because it's not going away.


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The talented AnneMarie over GenX Quilters has just come out with another incredible quilt pattern and I was lucky enough to be asked to be one of her testers....(squeal!) The pattern is called Box Step and it is great.
I did the box step baby size and I can't wait to gift it to a special expectant mother later this year!
The Box Step comes in three different sizes and the pattern is loaded with pictures and lots of helpful hints. I've been so intimidated by flying geese and AnneMarie shares her method that is so quick and easy, I couldn't believe I'd been avoiding them for this long!
She is also offering it on sale right now for $4.99! So if you are ready for a new pattern....which I say you are, go grab this one. You won't be disappointed. Also, go check out AM's version on her blog....you'll be drooling over her fabric selections.


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Yes, that's a half-naked Selena Gomez.Send the screaming little girls out of the room. Selena Gomez has gone gangsta. And the queen of tween TV just gave the world a peek at her bra and her tummy! Maybe Harold Camping was right, the end of the world really is nigh? Prepare your zombie-fighting materials, pronto!
Up until now, Gomez has done a straight-up amazing job of balancing normal teen behavior with parent-pleasing. As the arrest of child actor Mitchel Musso on DUI charges proved just today, it's not easy being a Disney star on the verge of adulthood. But her squeaky clean song lyrics and relationship with Jesus-loving Justin Bieber have kept her from falling into the Lindsay Lohan trap.
So one can only imagine what the Biebs is thinking today, watching the one lady he plans to marry and get pregnant -- as soon as he actually hits adulthood himself that is -- flashing her over the shoulder boulder holder in a promo for the upcoming MTV European Music Awards. Gomez is hosting the event in Belfast on November 1, and she celebrated with a rap song congratulating herself on landing the gig:
Holy alter ego, Batman! Selena Gomez is already adorable, but scruffy Selena is hawt!
It can't be a coincidence that this video with two different Selenas surfaced on the same day that Monte Carlo hits DVD. The movie features Gomez as a fresh-eyed high school grad out of middle America who ventures to Europe on an adventure, only to end up assuming the life of a naughty heiress who just so happens to look exactly like her. The premise sounds racy, but having watched it with my enthralled 6-year-old, I can tell you it's classic Gomez: super sweet.
This video, on the other hand ... folks, it's Selena Gomez pretending to be a gangsta. We've got some cleavage that is certainly va va voom. But if this kind of video came from any other actress, we'd have moved on already.
It's really only news because it's Selena Gomez trying to rap and showing some lacy underthings. There's no boob. It's all PG. She certainly can't help how she fills out that cup at 19. And darn it if she doesn't even make her attempt at the F bomb sound cute!
I'm guessing some parents will freak over this. But then, those parents really shouldn't let their kids watch MTV anyway. Just because Selena Gomez grew up a teeny weeny bit doesn't mean those kids have to.
Do you think this will hurt Selena's super sweet image any more than the thought of her one day making babies with Justin Bieber?
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Welcome to the first day of Winter 2012-2013 - the shortest day of the year! I don't know about your corner of the world, but here in the Pacific Northwest, we've already entered our gloomy gray days. The leaves have fallen from the trees (except for our famous Oregon evergreens) and the gardens are barren and wet. Today's cute cafe curtains are a wonderful way to cheer up your window treatments during the winter months. As half curtains that hang on a tension rod, they cover the bottom of the window, shielding those sometimes less-than-lovely vistas while still letting the pretty white winter light shine through above. The main vertical panels are made from split fat quarters. We used the cheery Flirt collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics.
Curtain panels are a perfect beginner project. They're fast, super simple, and give the new sewer a great sense of satisfaction when she/he hangs them up and instantly transforms a window from plain and boring to pretty and bright.
The supplies listed below are for TWO finished curtain panels measuring 41" wide x 25" long each. These were created for a 40½" wide x 49" high window, using the rule of thumb for a softly gathered width of two to two-and-a-half times the window width; we used two times. The ribbon ties make the height somewhat adjustable. However, if your window(s) are very different in size, check out our tutorial: How to Measure for Curtains.
The drawing below shows the finished measurements of one of our sample curtain panels:
Flirt by Sandy Gervais for Moda came out in November 2012, and is still widely available from many of your favorite online and in-store Moda retailers. We found a great selection at Sew4Home Marketplace vendor, Fat Quarter Shop. It is available in quilting cotton in all standard pre-cuts sets plus a pretty quilt panel that measures 23" x 44".
Our thanks to Moda Fabrics for sponsoring this month's series. We have over three weeks of projects and how-to tutorials to get you through the holidays and thinking about those 2013 sewing resolutions.
For more information about pre-cuts, check out the Pre-Cuts Lesson tutorial from our friends at Fat Quarter Shop for the inside scoop on the most popular pre-cut bundles.
Sewing Tools You Need
Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Jem Gold 660)
Fabric and Other Supplies
For our two panels, we used FIVE fat quarters for the main vertical panels and yardage for the lining and bottom accent bands. If you choose not to use fat quarters, you'll need approximate ½ yard cuts from FIVE coordinating fabrics as well as the yardage shown below to create your curtains.
- We used the following FIVE fat quarter prints from Flirt by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics (on our sample, these are the prints shown, reading from the outside in):
Love Birds in White Diamond (17702-13)
Posies in White Diamond (17706-13)
Large Floral in White Diamond (17701-13)
Small Dot in Multi (17709-13)
Plumes in Multi (17704-13)
- ⅓ yard of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for curtain panel lining; we used Wavy Plaid in Rose Red from the Flirt collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics
- 1¼ yards of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for curtain panel lining; we used Solid White Diamond from the Flirt collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics
- 6 yards of ⅜ - ½" ribbon for ties: we used ⅜ red grosgrain purchased locally
- All purpose thread to coordinate with fabrics
- See-through ruler
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Straight pins
- Fray Check or similar for the ends of the ribbons
Getting Started
- Cut each of the five 18" x 22" fat quarters in half lengthwise to create ten 22" high x 9" wide rectangles.
- From the accent border fabric, fussy cut TWO 9" high x 41" wide strips.
- From the lining fabric, cut TWO 22" high x 41" wide panels.
- Cut the ribbon into TWELVE 18" lengths.
- Apply a line of Fray Check, or similar, to each end of each piece of ribbon, and allow to dry or iron dry with low heat. This will help prevent the ribbon from fraying and raveling.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
Our curtains are designed to have the same panel-pattern working from the outside edge in. When the curtains are hung side-by-side, the two center panels are matching. You can follow this same design or create your own panel-pattern.
Sewn front panel
- Find the first two panels. Place them right sides together, aligning one 22" edge. Pin in place.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch the two panels together.
- Continue in the manner until all five panels are sewn together. Repeat to seam together the pieces for the second curtain panel.
- Press all the seams open.
Ribbon ties
- Collect the twelve ribbon lengths, six for each panel.
- Fold each length in half to find its center point.
- Pin the folded edge of the ribbon flush with the top raw edge of the sewn panel; place one ribbon at each seam and the last ribbons ½" in from each side edge. Hand or machine baste in place.
Attach accent band and lining
- Fold one accent band in half lengthwise (so it is now 4½" x 41"), wrong sides together. Press.
- Open the accent band back up and lay it flat on your work surface right side facing up. You will be able to see the pressed crease down the middle. This acts as a simple guide; the folded edge will become the bottom edge of the finished panel.
- Repeat to crease the second accent band.
- Place one accent band right sides together with the bottom of one sewn panel. Pin in place along the entire bottom edge.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch together. Press the seam allowance together and toward the accent band.
- Find one 22" x 41" lining panel.
- Place bottom edge of the lining panel right sides together with the remaining raw edge of the accent band. Pin in place.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch together. Press the seam allowance together and toward the accent band.
- Your sewn panel is now stitched in place on one side of the accent band, the lining on the other side, and - as mentioned above - the crease line has become the bottom edge.
- Repeat for the second panel.
- Fold the lining and the sewn panel right sides together, sandwiching the ribbon ties in between the two layers. All the raw edges should be flush and that accent band crease line should still be the bottom edge. If needed, you can pin the ribbon tie tails to the curtain panel to help insure they stay out of the way of your final seam.
- Pin the layers together along both sides and across the top, leaving a 3-4" opening along one side for turning.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch along both sides and across the top. Remember to pivot at the corners and to lock your seam at either side of the 3-4" side opening.
- Clip the corners and turn right side out through the opening. Use a long, blunt end tool to gently poke out the corners so they are nice and sharp.
- Press the panel flat, pressing in the raw edges of the opening so they are flush with the sewn seam. Pull the ribbon ties up and away from the panel.
- Edgestitch along the top and down both sides, stopping at the accent band.
- Repeat for the second panel.
NOTE: Our design does not have edgestitching along the sides or bottom of the accent band. If you feel you really want edgestitching, we recommend re-threading your machine with thread in the top and bobbin to best match the band.
- To attach the ribbons to your tension rod, hold the two ribbons flat together as one. Bring them up behind the rod and down over the top. Make a simple knot and tug gently to secure. The ribbon tails should lay flat against the curtain panel with just a small space between the two tails.
Project Design: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Michele Mishler


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Many files on the table at the very first summit between the European Union and the League of Arab States. From the conflicts in Syria – where both the EU and LAS can help "win the peace" when the war will be over, but without taking shortcuts – to the peace between Israel, Palestine and the Arab world. In between, the full implementation of the Stockholm agreement on Yemen, and national reconciliation in Libya, with points also on economic relations, security and migration
Through her work both within and outside Parliament Ms. Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi has fought for women's rights. The Gender and Human Rights Advisor of EUAM Iraq met recently with her to evaluate how EUAM Iraq can assist in support of the security sector reform, particularly as it relates to gender.
Federica Mogherini addressed the heads of State and government of the League of Arab States during the bloc's summit in Jordan today. Her participation highlighted the growing cooperation between the European Union and the Arab League. In her remarks, the EU High Representative stressed that peace and reconciliation in "our common region ... can only come through a truly collective cooperative approach."


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Who is the best candidate for breast augmentation?
The best candidates for breast enlargement surgery are:
- 18 years of age or older
- Not pregnant or nursing (at least 6 months after nursing)
- Healthy physically and mentally
- Unhappy with size of them Breast
- Realistic in their expectations
- Seeking breast enlargement for the first time
Breast surgery risks
Breast augmentation does have some risks and complications associated with it. This section bellow is not meant to scare you as all risks and complications are extremely rare, but it is our responsibility that you should know about the following before proceeding with breast enhancement.
Capsular Contraction
This is certainly the most serious long term complication that you need to be aware about, and consequently you will need another surgery to treat this problem. It is a fact that whenever we implant a foreign material into our body, the body react to that implant as being foreign. The body automatically creates a scar tissue around the implant and this is normal. This happens whatever is the type of the implant.
What is abnormal is for this scar tissue around the implant to thicken gradually. Finally, the thickness of the scar tissue leads to a contraction causing implant hardness. This has an impact on the shape of the implant and usually patient can sometimes start feeling some discomfort. This is called capsular contraction. The treatment is to remove the scars tissue (Capsulectomy) and implants replacement.
Capsulectomy and implant replacement
Capsulectomy refers to a surgery procedure designed to removal of the capsule which is the contracted scar tissue formed around the implant. During this procedure the scar tissue around the implant along with the implant itself is removed and the implant is replaced. Often, it is necessary to make a new pocket or/and reduce the size of the implant. Sometimes the surgeon will change the type of the implant when replacing it.
Normally infections after breast enlargement surgery are rare, when they do happen it can be very serious problem. We always try to inform our patients about the early signs are redness, swelling around of the breast and feeling sick. At first, the surgeon always try to treat the infection with antibiotics, but if the infection cannot be stopped then it is inevitable that the implant will need to be removed and the infection allowed to settle. Three to six months later, a new implant will be inserted.
Haematoma and Blood Clots
Excessive bleeding or a hematoma can occur, which may require surgical drainage. This means that another operation is needed. It is important that you do not take any medication, which contain aspirin, anti-inflammatories, blood thinners or vitamin E for 14 days before your operation as these medications can increase the risk of bleeding. A very dangerous complication that may happen in any surgery in which the patient is under general anesthesia is a so-called pulmonary embolism – blocking of the pulmonary artery with a blood clot.
Any surgery or any incision in the skin will produce scar. Usually, scarring after a breast enlargement is discreet and hidden within natural crease lines. Sometimes, scarring can be a problem. The surgeon at first will recommend scar massage and the use of creams or ointments. The next step, the surgeon may perform injections into the scar to help reduce some of the itch and discomfort. We always advise our patients to avoid exposing the scars to the sun as may lead to scar tanning. Sometimes, patients may also develop scars within the blood vessels below the breast and these can sometimes present as painful cords (these are called Mondor's cords); Usually, this tend to heal within weeks.
Often, the surgeon will need to use 2 different size implant to correct an uneven breast. It is a fact that a perfect symmetry is impossible and therefore we always warn our patient to be realistic with them expectations. However it is important to know that after breasts enlargement the breast can droop or sag after some time. Also asymmetries may occur, when one side droops more than the other.
Wound Healing Delays
Sometimes, the wound may re-open, become infected and lead implant exposure. If the infection is only superficial, the surgeon may choose to re-suture the wound. The implant may also need to be removed in rare circumstances.
Nipple Hypersensitivity
After a Breast augmentation, the nipples become very sensitive. This is sometimes uncomfortable. This normally settles over a few weeks, and during the healing time, nipple protection may help improve the discomfort. Nipples may also become less sensitive.
Nerve Injury
Breast enlargement surgery sometimes lead to reduced sensation around the nipple and the lower part of the breast. This is often a temporary problem, but can take up to 18 months to improve. Rarely, the loss of sensation around the nipple can be permanent.
Not the right size Breast Implants!
Silicone Implants don't come in cup sizes and therefore it is always difficult to know exactly what cup size you will be after the breast enlargement. It is paramount that you discuss this issue honestly and clearly with your surgeon.
Implant Palpability
Feeling hardness around the implant could be either the implant edges or the signs of a capsular contraction. If you are unsure about something that you are feeling, you should ask your cosmetic surgeon.
Implant Wrinkling
The risk of being able to see or to feel a breast implant depends on the amount of breast tissue available before the breast cosmetic surgery. If you have a flat chest the surgeon would most probably insert the silicone implant behind the muscle to reduce the risk of Rippling. You need to discuss this option with Dr Mounir at your first cosmetic consultation.
Breast Implant Migration
Breast silicone implant need about 6 months to settle into their final position. Sometimes, they may move into the wrong position, and they can be lower, higher than desired. In these situations, you may need another operation called pocket adjustment. Dr Mounir prefers to wait several months for the implants to settle before planning another surgery to readjust the implant pocket.
Breast Implant Extrusion
Rare situation often associated to seroma formation. When this happen the implant needs to be removed and replaced 6 months later.
Breast Implant Rotation
Complication often seen when the chosen breast implant is anatomic (so –called tear drop breast implant. You need to discuss this option with you your surgeon. You should be aware that although anatomical implants can produce a natural looking appearance, they will not look natural if they rotate.
Silicone Leakage
Breast implants are made of different type of silicone. Cohesive silicone is more solid and do leak less. Non-silicone implant is more liquid and tend leak more. This can lead to silicone migration and siliconoma formation. Surgery is always needed to remove the leaked silicone.
The Need For new implant
All implants have a life-span that is limited. We advise our patients to consider implant replacement after max period of time 15 years. Indeed, implants do age like our body does. This makes them vulnerable for leaking.
The Effect Of Larger Breasts
After making your breasts larger, you may start suffering all the natural effects of having larger breasts – bra strap marks, drooping of the breast tissue with time, development of prominent veins, etc. Wearing a well supportive bra will help reduce this, but nothing completely stops the effects of gravity and time.
For personal reasons, some women would chose to get their breast implants removed and not replaced. They should be aware that may end up with excess skin. This means that the surgeon may suggest breast uplift to reduce the loose skin.
Navigation Breast Augmentation, Dr Mounir (Manchester)
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Protect Your Kids from Bullies
Parents should be the first line of defense against bullying. Here's how to keep your children safe.
With headline-grabbing tragedies like the death of Phoebe Prince, bullying seems worse than ever—it's no wonder parents feel powerless. While 44 states have bullying statutes, the policies vary wildly in terms of definition, reporting requirements and enforcement, which means you can't rely on schools to police behaviors or be a safe haven, particularly when it comes to cyberbullying and off-school-grounds incidents. That's why parents must lay the groundwork at home by teaching kids to recognize and report bullying, and learn what they can do themselves to take control of the problem before it escalates.
Don't wait until something is wrong to initiate a conversation about bullying, says Allan L. Beane, PhD, CEO of Bully Free Systems in Murray, Kentucky. Keep yourself in the loop by frequently asking questions like "How do kids treat each other at school?" or "What do students do when they see another kid being mean?" "What do you do?" Then casually dig a little deeper. "Is somebody bothering you online?" or "Have you ever read a mean comment on Facebook or received a text that upset you?"
If you sense a problem, tread lightly so your kid doesn't feel embarrassed or like she's being interrogated. Start the conversation when you're running errands, doing chores or in the car. Make it clear that she never has to deal with bullying alone and that telling an adult is not snitching, but rather doing what's right—whether she or someone else is the victim. Encouraging kids to speak up when they see other kids being bullied is one of the most effective ways to stop bullying in its tracks, says Beane.
Check Online
Cyberbullying in many ways isn't that different from traditional bullying, says Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam, SafetyWeb.com adviser and co-chair of President Obama's Online Safety and Technology Working Group. "Kids are so connected to their peers through technology that what happens online is real life," says Nigam. But there are key distinctions between the two. In the digital age a kid can't just ditch his problems at school. Through cell phones, computers and social networking sites, the bullying may follow him home to his bedroom, says Nigam. Pay attention to your kid's demeanor after he spends time on the computer or texts his friends. If he seems sad or upset, ask him what's up.
Take Action
If your tween or teen says she can handle the bullying on her own, offer to wait a day or two before intervening, to see if the issue resolves itself. Make clear that it's out of concern for her well-being—not because you want to "fix things" for her. Regardless, take these steps.
- Log all incidents and take photos of any injuries. If there is cyberbullying, create a screen grab (a saved image of what's on the computer screen)—or ask your teen to do it for you. With conventional bullying there is often no "proof," but cyberbullying leaves behind evidence.
- Consider talking to the bully's parents. Chances are, they have no idea what's going on. But instead of launching into a tirade about their kid's behavior, which just creates conflict, say something like "I don't know if you're aware of this, but my child feels your kid is being mean to him."
- Contact other adults who are responsible for your kid's safety. Ask teachers or the school counselor—without your child's knowledge if need be—to keep an eye on her. Call the principal to inform him of the problem and request a copy of the school district's anti-bullying policy. The next step would be to go to the superintendent's office.
- If the situation escalates, contact the police. While they usually won't get involved unless a physical threat has been made or there's actually been an assault, they can assist you with filing a restraining or anti-harassment order.
- If school officials or the police do not follow state laws, take legal action. (Check bullypolice.com for your state's bullying law.)
Warning Signs
By themselves, these problems may just be typical teen moodiness; several of them together could indicate your child is dealing with a bully.
- Less self-confidence
- Irritability, anxiety or depression
- Drop in grades or difficulty concentrating
- Headaches or stomachaches as a way to avoid school
- Sleep issues—either can't sleep or sleeps too much
- Sudden lack of interest in school events or social activities
- Changes route to school or doesn't want to ride the bus
- Missing class—especially the same one
- Unexplained injuries
- Damaged items like books or clothes, or money is "lost"
- Severe upset or tension on Sunday nights
Take our quiz to determine if your kid may be a bullying victim
Coping Strategies
While the problem is being resolved, help keep your kid out of harm's way by arming him with these tips from Allan Beane of Bully Free Systems, author of Protect Your Child from Bullying: Expert Advice to Help You Recognize, Prevent and Stop Bullying Before Your Child Gets Hurt (Jossey-Bass).
- Do try to avoid the bully. If that's not possible, hang out in places where there is adult supervision. (In the case of cyberbullying, use privacy preferences to block e-mails.)
- Do stay calm so the bully doesn't know he has upset you.
- Do try to hang out in groups of people and focus on your supportive, positive friendships.
- Don't reward the bully with tears.
- Don't retaliate or fight back; it could cause the abuse to escalate.
- Don't respond to a bully's messages online. Ignore them.
Is Your Kid a Bully?
While you may not know whether your child is harassing others, there are some personality traits to be on the lookout for:
- Impulsive and manipulative. Enjoys feeling powerful and domineering.
- Intolerant and easily frustrated when he loses or feels "disrespected."
- Misinterprets innocent acts as hostile and uses them as excuses to attack.
- Seems to get satisfaction from others' hurt, fear, or pain. Little empathy or compassion for others.
If you suspect your child has been acting inappropriately, try to find out what may have triggered his behavior. Ask, "Is there something going on in your life that is making you be mean toward other kids?" Many times bullies are being mistreated themselves. Still, that's no excuse—and counseling may be required.
Momster Poll
If your kid has been a victim of bullying, was she picked on:
56% Face to face/in person
6% Via the Internet or text messages
16% Both
22% Neither (that I know of)
Does your kids' school have an official written policy that prohibits bullying and specifies consequences?
43% Yes. Everything is spelled out, and kids and parents are held accountable.
39% Yes, technically. But from what I can tell, it's rarely if ever enforced.
18% No. Or at least there's no policy that I've been made aware of.
Originally published in the October 17, 2010, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Monday, 21 September 2009
Rouge Bunny Rouge lipsticks
As per a request here is a picture of all my RBR lipsticks. I've done swatches as well, with flash and without, the swatches aren't the best so I will update them when there is better light.
Lipsticks back row L-R:Watch out Eve,Irreverence,Nothing Unknown, Middle row L-R Prey of Lust, Tongue Tickles,Word of Mouth, and in front is Know what lies are for.The swatches follow the same order (Watch out Eve on far left through to Know what lies are for on far right)
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Oh thank you! Irreverence is definitely the kind of colour I was looking for. xReplyDelete
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Glad to help entice :)
OH MY GOD! I LOVE THEM ALL!!!! I just placed an order.shit.. if i had seen this id have ordered some other stuff too!!! Great post!!ReplyDelete
Thanks Tali,ReplyDelete
I just placed another order after I saw your latest blog post as I had to get that gloss !
Thanks for visiting.
Hmmm... it would appear that I need Tongue tickles...and watch out eve... and irreverance... oh GAWD!!!!ReplyDelete
Hello Mizzworthy,ReplyDelete
They do such great neutral easy to wear shades its hard to not end up with a load of them ! Thanks for visiting x
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Nearest Town: Malad CitySite Size: 48,000 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. Access free of charge.
Directions: I-15 Exit #13 (Malad City); follow 50 S St to stop sign; zero odometer; L (S) then R (W) following signs for ID 38; mi 18.5 L at rd curve; at mi 23, use this intersection at Holbrook as a starting point to reach the following tracts (this intersection can also be accessed from the west via I-84 Exit #36; S on ID 37). 3 CHOICES: 1) NORTH TRACT: E on ID 38 for 0.4 mi; L (N) on Hess Rd (GR 029). 2) WEST TRACT: ID 37 N and bird this tract to mp 35.5. 3) SOUTH TRACT: L (S) at mi
23 onto 2100 W for 5 mi to GR 061; R (W) on GR 061 to Stone Reservoir.
Description: In early summer, look for Sage Thrasher and Vesper Sparrow in sage/grass flats, and listen for Brewer's Sparrow. Look for Sharp-tailed Grouse (March to April), Ashthroated Flycatcher, and Scott's Oriole (juniper habitat). Nesters include Ferruginous Hawk, Common Poorwill, Gray Flycatcher, Pinyon and Western Scrub-Jays, Juniper Titmouse, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Mountain Bluebird, and Loggerhead Shrike. Look for Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Canvasback, and Lesser Scaup near Stone Reservoir. Fall brings Canada and Snow Geese. Wintering birds include Killdeer, Marsh Wren, and Song Sparrows.
More Information: USFS (208) 524-7500Malad Chamber of Commerce (208) 766-9230 www.fs.fed.us/r4/caribou-targhee/about/curlew/index.shtml
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By Charles E. Collins taken to broaden the capital market is the sale of securities in the United States. Securities of the Japanese com-pany are deposited with a Japanese bank acting as agent for a U.S. bank, and American Depository Shares are then sold to investors in the U.S. These securities must, of course, be registered with the SEC.* There are two business customs of particular interest that act to deter ex-pansion through equity capital and cause a generally heavy dependence of industry on bank loans. One is the cus-tom of paying out a relatively large portion of profits in dividends. The oth-er is that in raising money through new issues it is common practice to allow present shareholders to subscribe to the new shares at par, even though par is substantially less than market. This lim-its the capital obtainable through each issue, and requires companies to make frequent trips to the capital markets. On the Kansai engagement, the one with which I was more familiar, we en-countered a number of situations I had not met before. One of these was the absence of customary posting media and the manner in which transactions are tabulated in Kansai's bookkeeping system. Instead of a general ledger as we know it, "accounting slips"—thou-sands of paper forms bound in many books, and each normally representing a single transaction — comprise the *A recent adverse factor is the proposal by Presi-dent Kennedy to impose an "interest equaliza-tion" tax on new foreign-portfolio investments by United States citizens. C monthly source of postings. The post-ings are made to a trial balance, not to a ledger. All the details are accumu-lated by clerks using the soroban (the Japanese equivalent of the abacus), and there are no intermediate written ac-cumulations. This lack of audit trail is similar to the situation faced in examin-ing accounts recorded in an EDP sys-tem before obtaining printouts. Most of the major analyses were pre-pared by the client on work sheets hav-ing side captions and column headings preprinted in both Japanese and Eng-lish. Because of the rather formidable volume of these yellow sheets and the fact that a goodly number of the com-pany's staff worked on them, our audit was characterized as the "Yellow Sheet Typhoon." The individual Japanese household-er's thrift is legendary. Even for pur-chasing automobiles and houses, many people in Japan save and pay cash. Since most of Kansai's bills are collected within 15 days from the meter reading date, the company's accounts receivable generally amount to only about one-half of a month's billings. Meter readers give each of the almost four-million cus-tomers a note of their consumption of electricity at the time of meter reading, and shortly after each day's bills are prepared, the corps of collectors is back at the customers' doors collecting cash. The system is made easier by the heavy concentration of users, and it works very well indeed. We had an exacting task in explain-ing to the client all the accounting re-d quirements of SEC Regulation S-X. This is a difficult job at best in the case of U.S. companies registering for the first time. For Japanese companies it is an even greater problem because of the difficulties of communication. Instead of regarding this as a "language barrier," I prefer to think of it as a challenge to clear expression. Many times I worked through a company interpreter and found that I had to use simple, basic language, that is easy to translate. For example, at a meeting with several cli-ent officials I mentioned that an income statement item should be shown "net of taxes." This puzzled them, and I then realized the term was not directly trans-latable into Japanese. It took several sentences to describe "net of taxes" un-derstandably for my listeners, although of course the concept was not strange to them. These notes have been put together mostly at odd hours during my stay at Skytop for the 1963 principals' meet-ing. Now, as I finish them in my 30th floor New York hotel room, awaiting the start of a 10,000-mile flight back to Tokyo, I am looking out over huge buildings straining vertically for the sky. Soon I shall be in Tokyo, where I shall see buildings that also are very large. But Tokyo's buildings have low, horizontal lines to conform with build-ing code restrictions designed for pro-tection against earthquakes. I have become accustomed to change over the past year and a half—change in professional technique, and the stimu-lating change in outlook that comes from living in Japan. A year filled with so much adventure makes me eager to fly west to Japan again tonight, with a short stop at "home" in Hawaii. a Most of Kansai's hydroelectric plants, unlike this one, are run-of-river type, without storage dams, b Osaka at night. Laced with canals, Osaka is often called "The Venice of the East." c Mitsui's polyvinyl chloride manufac-turing plant in Portugal, a joint venture, d Japanese farmers wring a high yield from the land, less than 20 per cent of which is suitable for cultivation. 5
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Haha, same here.
Sad new for sure RIP
Hellraiser Dennis Hopper dies from cancer | Film | The Observer
February 10th 2009 <3
Rest In Peace Fardin
Rest In Peace Sazza
Devvo, tbh. One of my favourite actors and artists. Was due to stomach cancer I believe so there's a misery I'm glad he's been put out of, though.
Was a great actor. RIP
Will always remember his villain character in Speed
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"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
- Oasis, "Stay Young"And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are
Easy Rider. What a film. Had a squizz at it again this arvo in homage.
Vale Billy.
WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - JK Galbraith
"Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality." - Bob Hawke
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Can't say I'm familiar with his work but RIP.
Everyone wants to change the world, noone wants to change himself.
Wow. Had only recently posted one of my favourite movie scenes in the movie thread, which had him in it.
RIP to his family and friends.
RIP to both duders, even though I've never heard of Hopper.
RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012
RIP Hughesy 1988-2014. 63* for eternity.
About that time of year we can lay the football thread to rest too methinks. Dicey transfer story after dicey transfer story and soon to be superceded by the World Cup thread, now's a good time for it imo.
Hope we can start afresh next season and grow the new incarnation into a loving, fun thread full of riveting discussion.
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Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family and one of the most influential voices in American evangelicalism, claims that Anthony Kennedy, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is "the most dangerous man in America." That's quite a claim. Where's the evidence?
A look at the three specific decisions presented by Dobson makes the case against Kennedy very convincing. In the 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Kennedy wrote the majority opinion that invalidated a Pennsylvania law that required a woman seeking an abortion to be given full information about the procedure and its risks, required a waiting period of 24 hours before the abortion was performed, and required the informed consent of one parent for a minor to obtain an abortion. The people of Pennsylvania supported these laws through the democratic process and considered the provisions to be fully reasonable and in the best interest of the mother. In writing the majority opinion, Justice Kennedy ruled that the Roe v. Wade decision prohibited such minor restrictions on abortion. Furthermore, Justice Kennedy claimed that the Roe decision must stand because "the Constitution serves human values, and while the effective reliance on Roe cannot be exactly measured, neither can the certain costs of overruling Roe for people who have ordered their thinking and living around that case be dismissed." In other words, Justice Kennedy ruled that Roe must be affirmed simply because women have come to assume access to abortion, and it would injure the prestige and reputation of the court for the justices to admit that the case had been wrongly decided.
President Ronald Reagan was elected as a pro-life candidate who made the defense of unborn human life a central part of his message. He was elected and re-elected to office with landslide majorities and held a powerful electoral mandate for leadership. He appointed both Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, and both were promoted by Republican leaders who presented them as conservative jurists who would help steer the Court away from judicial activism. Americans had every right to expect that these justices would eventually vote to overturn Roe v. Wade--a case so badly decided and so injurious to unborn life that no conservative judge could possible support its standing. But both Kennedy and O'Connor sided with Roe, and cited the injury that would come to the High Court's prestige if such a significant decision were to be reversed. Conservatives and pro-life Americans were outraged by the Casey decision, and they had every right to be both shocked and disappointed. The decision was devastating.
In 1996, Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in a case that denied the people of Colorado the right to adopt "Amendment Two" which prevented the state from adopting any laws designed to protect the status of persons based on their "homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or relationships." Citizens of Colorado had adopted this amendment to their state constitution by a referendum. The provision was intended simply to establish the fact that sexual behavior or orientation was not a proper qualification for special group rights or legal protections beyond those enjoyed by all citizens.
This was not enough for a majority on the Supreme Court, and the law was ruled unconstitutional. In his vigorous dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia, also a Reagan appointee, asserted that the Constitution of the United States "says nothing about this subject." And thus, it should be left to the people of Colorado to decide their own laws and constitution. Scalia, unlike his fellow Reagan-appointed justices, consistently limits his judicial opinions to the actual content of the Constitution--not to newly invented "rights."
Finally, the case Lawrence v. Texas, handed down on June 26, 2003, held that the state of Texas could not criminalize homosexual behavior. In a sweeping opinion, Justice Kennedy argued, "Freedom extends beyond spatial bounds. Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct." With his breathtaking argument, Justice Kennedy effectively ruled that the individual is soveeign to define his own existence--an audacious claim he had made earlier in the Casey decision. The implications of this argument are massive and consequential. If every individual has the right to define his own existence, the state has no right to legislate anything that would limit that autonomy. Of course, the Court cannot consistently follow this argument. It turns to this kind of argument when dealing with questions related to sexuality or abortion. The right to define one's own existence is not likely to appear in the Court's decisions on criminal law.
Again, Justice Scalia issued a fire-breathing dissent. "This effectively decrees the end of all morals legislation," he lamented. "If, as the Court asserts, the promotion of majoritarian sexual morality is not even a legitimate state interest, none of the above-mentioned laws can survive rational-basis review." In other words, the right to define one's own existence is also the right to define one's own moral code, and according to the majority, the state has no rational basis to interfere.
Furthermore, Scalia asserted, "Today's opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that is largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda." This quality of candor is rare in official Court opinions, but Scalia is a deeply frustrated man. He is willing to declare that the emperor has no clothes. The Supreme Court has now signed on to the homosexual agenda. So much for the claim of neutrality.
Americans often ignore the importance of the courts in our system of government. Most of us were taught in school that our government depends upon a system of checks and balances as protection against tyranny. Yet most citizens are unaware that the federal courts have usurped power and now deny citizens the right of democratic process. In assuming this power, courts have decided to legislate and to mandate their own understanding of law and morality over the wishes of the people. The courts do have a very important constitutional role, but the federal judiciary now assumes an authority far beyond that envisioned by the founders fathers.
America is involved in a culture war that involves the most controversial issues of the moral order. Issues such as abortion, homosexuality, children's rights, and the natural family are regularly contested as two opposing cultural forces meet to debate and decide these issues. The legitimate place for the battle of ideas in the Democratic process. When federal courts preempt democracy and act as black-robed autocrats, the American constitutional order is subverted.
Beyond this, these judges tend to represent a worldview hostile to that of ordinary citizens. In claiming to act on behalf of the people, federal judges often act to deny citizen's the legitimacy of the democratic process.
James Dobson is right to point to this problem. Whether or not Anthony Kennedy is the most dangerous man in America, this is an important opportunity to consider the role of the courts in our system of government and the danger of a judicial usurpation of our political process. America faces a political crisis if this trend is not reversed. The rule of law is not the rule of judges.


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Seattle police produce a user's guide to pot
SEATTLE (AP) — When Washington state voters overwhelmingly legalized the recreational use of marijuana on Nov. 6, Seattle police knew they'd be getting a lot of questions.
And while many details surrounding the state's Dec. 6 decriminalization of pot remain, the department didn't shy away from answering what questions it could about Initiative 502, posting a funny, question-and-answer blog that has become a big web hit — having been viewed more than 120,000 times and shared more than 15,000 times on Facebook since it was posted Friday.
The result was "Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle," by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, a former journalist who wrote for The Stranger, a weekly alternative newspaper. He was hired by the police department earlier this year.
Here, he and Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, a police spokesman, explain the thinking behind the blog, which included some of these memorable passages:
Q: SPD seized a bunch of my marijuana before I-502 passed. Can I have it back? A: No.
"I just try to write posts I'd want to read," Spangenthal-Lee said, via email. "I knew we were probably going to be inundated with questions about 502, so I figured I'd try to get answers to the kinds of questions Seattle residents (and reporters) might ask, and put them out there."
Q: What happens if I get pulled over and I'm sober, but an officer or his K9 buddy smells the ounce of Super Skunk I've got in my trunk? A: Under state law, officers have to develop probable cause to search a closed or locked container. Each case stands on its own, but the smell of pot alone will not be reason to search a vehicle.
Whitcomb noted that pot cases have not been a priority in Seattle for some time. "This is a city where marijuana possession has been the lowest (enforcement) priority. There's a built-in expectation that Seattle is going to have something to say about it," said Whitcomb, referring to the fact that voters in this liberal city directed police nearly a decade ago to treat adult pot use as its lowest enforcement priority.
Q: December 6th seems like a really long ways away. What happens if I get caught with marijuana before then? A: Hold your breath. Your case will be processed under current state law. However, there is already a city ordinance making marijuana enforcement the lowest law enforcement priority.
Whitcomb said officials wanted people to realize that cops have a sense of humor, too. "I think this is an example of us really hitting the appropriate tone for our audience," he said. He even came up with one of the most humorous parts of the blog, a clip from the film trilogy "Lord of the Rings," showing Bilbo and the wizard Gandalf smoking what Bilbo calls "the finest weed."
I-502 passed with 55 percent of the vote. Since then, prosecutors in the largest counties in the state have dropped cases involved misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
"There's still more questions because it's so new," said Whitcomb, noting that "the state says it's legal, the federal law says it's not."
And that looming specter of federal enforcement is noted on the blog post:
"...You probably shouldn't bring pot with you to the federal courthouse (or any other federal property)," Seattle police warn.
Online: Seattle marijuana guide: http://is.gd/mNm06d
Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


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|Incorrect Transcript 1876 Michigan
To summarize events - Using the VitalChek service, I ordered a rather expensive ($70.25) 1876 marriage record for Barney and Maggie McGinnis from Michigan. It arrived but Julie Cahill Tarr found the original image online and pointed out several errors in the transcript, including the wrong witnesses.
If you want to read about what happened, see
Disappointment of a Michigan Marriage Record
It took 48 hours before I had a response. That was much faster than I anticipated! The email began with the fact that they had reviewed my order. The process of creating the transcript was explained
"Unfortunately, our searchers made an error when completing your request. They actually have to photocopy the pages in a very large journal so that they have the information for our keyers when they transcribe the record. They make the photocopy and highlight the information; however, in this case, they highlighted the wrong line on the second page."
Whoever wrote the email (there was no name included in the email) went on to say that they were redoing the transcript to show the correct information and would courier it to me at their expense. I understand why they would not offer a refund. The fact that the original image was online and I overlooked it is not their problem. I ordered a transcript (although I confess I thought I was ordering a copy of the actual image) and they were willing to correct their errors and send me the transcript I paid for.
It was disappointing to learn that the items that were omitted on the transcript (Barney's occupation and the church where the marriage occurred) are not part of what you pay for!
"Also, the name of the church where the marriage took place and Barney's occupation are not issuable items on a transcribed marriage record."
The unsigned email ended with this apology
"I apologize for our error in processing your request. We always try to provide good customer service, but sometimes we don't always do that. Please accept our sincere apologies, on behalf of the whole staff."
What gave me a chuckle was the added notation that "...we are including a self-addressed stamped envelope with your corrected record and ask that you put the incorrect record in it and return it to our office so that we can dispose of it properly. "
I had to laugh for two reasons - I think I can throw out a piece of paper either by crumbling it and tossing it in the garbage or shredding it in my shredder! Second chuckle was that I had a feeling that Michigan Vital Records didn't have loose Canadian postage lying around and the "stamped" envelope would arrive with an American stamp. Does everyone see where this is going?
Sure enough the corrected transcript arrived yesterday and yep - one American stamp on the envelope for me to return the incorrect transcript. Problem is that last time I checked Canada was not (yet) part of the USA and an American stamp doesn't cut it with Canada Postal Services! In other words if I mail something from within Canada I have to use a Canadian stamp!
It's mind-boggling to me that an official organization such as Michigan Vital Records doesn't realize that every country has its own postage and that the sender of snail mail must use postage from their own country. Since they were issuing me a new transcript they had my address and must have seen that I live in Ontario Canada.
And being a bit of a nit-picker I didn't like that the follow-up email from Michgan Vital Records didn't start with my name (it had no salutation, it just jumped into the body of the email) and had no signature of the person writing it. Just my 2cents Canadian (that's right, I'm not using American money) opinion that a business or professional email or letter should begin with Dear xxx and end with Sincerely yyy


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Hardcastle Pipes are made from a high grade of Spanish Briar and finished in a rich mahogany stain. The bowls are stained not sprayed like many modern pipes which is more labour intensive but ensures they will never bubble with heat.
The mouthpieces are made from a more traditional Italian Vulcanite stem which is softer on the teeth and is the stem of choice for Dunhill pipes.
Featuring a dark brown bowl with rustic lines adding a unique touch.
Supplied in Hardcastle box.
This pipe has been individually photographed, so that the pipe you see in the picture is the pipe you will receive.
Length: 5.90 / 150 mm
Height: 1.57 in / 40 mm
Chamber Diameter: 0.78 in / 20 mm
Weight: 55g
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Thessaloniki Semantic Web meetup is an informal group of people -researchers and practinioners- who are interested in Semantic Web and live and work in Thessaloniki.
The meetup is a member of http://www.lotico.com, a global alliance of communities interested in Semantic Web, sponsored by SemTech 2010.
It acts as a forum for getting together and exchange ideas and experiences on the Semantic Web and related topics, technologies and tools. There are meetings every 2 months where various topics are discussed and members give presentations of their work on projects related to Semantic Web and/or involved technologies.
The first meetup took place last November while in the second one, last January, Mike Salampasis presented the SeeBrowser, a semanticaly enhanced browser for visually impaired people.
Currently the meetup has 20 members mostly from the Academic institutions of the city but also from the IT sector.
Next meeting is planned for March 23 where Vangelis Vassiliadis will present Thea, a Prolog library for OWL2 ontologies.
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