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I'm going to do it anyway.
Great interview Andrea! I'm surprised that you can get such high quality stuff for only $50.
I also enjoyed checking out Courtney's website. "Leggings are NOT pants." Ha ha, classic!
The preternaturally lovely Courtney Sauve writes one of my favorite beauty blogs, Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget. I asked her to share some tips and tricks for frugal beauty, and she generously agreed. Here's what she had to say.
If you had only $50 to spend on cosmetics to last you a year, what would be the essentials that you would purchase for yourself? Would you buy as many things as possible, or just a couple decent things?
Foundation: Neutrogena Skin Clearing Oil Free Foundation
Mascara: Cover Girl LashExact Mascara (although sadly, this would only last 3-4 months)
Concealer: Benefit Boi-ing
3-in-1: eyes, cheeks, lips: e.l.f All Over Color Stick in Pink Lemonade
Eyeshadow Palette: Sonia Kashuk Perfectly Neutral Eye Palette
Lip Gloss: e.l.f Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15 in "Pink Kiss" and "Iced Latte"
What if you only had $30?
This would be so, so tough!
Foundation: Neutrogena Skin Clearing Oil Free Foundation
3-in-1: eyes, cheeks, lips: e.l.f All Over Color Stick in Pink Lemonade
Lip Gloss: DiorKiss in Lychee Rose (I would have to splurge on my favorite color of gloss)
Why are so many of the higher end cosmetics so pricey? Is it that they use better ingredients, or is it all marketing?
With higher end, department store brands you are, inevitably, paying extra for names like Chanel, Christian Dior, and Armani. You are also paying more for the customized assistance (and yes, sometimes pushy assistance) from the brand's trained retail counter artists as well as the luxury of being able to try on as many different colors and formulations as you would like before having to dole out the cash for them. And it is true that many products, no matter what the label or price, consist of the same main ingredients. However, I still tend to stick by the phrase "you get what you pay for" when it comes to foundations, concealers, and powders such as eyeshadows, blushes, and bronzers. The color range and coverage for higher-end foundations and concealers is more broad, the powders will typically not contain talc, and the pigment of the eyeshadows is a much better quality. In defense of drugstore brands though, you can find mascara, liners, lipstick, lip gloss, and nail polishes that rival, if not exceed, the department store standard.
Is there one very expensive beauty item that is a must-have? Something that you would advise frugal women (and/or men) to save up for?
I would have to say that if there was just one pricey beauty product that I would save for on a regular basis, it would have to be jar of Creme de la Mer. Two ounces runs up a hefty price tag of $195, but the stuff is so amazing that if I could afford to slather myself head to toe in the moisturizer — I would.
Along the same theme, is there a beauty product that you consider a complete rip-off? Something that you would advise people to avoid?
Eyeshadow primers. If you are using a good quality shadow, then you shouldn't even need one. But, if you do have issues with creasing, just use your foundation on your eyelids.
Whenever I buy cosmetics at a proper cosmetics counter, I'm always pressured to buy nice makeup brushes. Are these brushes important for the average makeup wearer? Can't I just go buy a nice paintbrush for $10 rather than spending $30 on a Chanel concealer applicator brush?
Investing in a set of quality makeup brushes is going to make a big difference in how your makeup looks. As for using a cheap paint brush, that might make do for your next watercolor project, but — since paintbrush bristles are usually synthetic and not made to apply anything other than paint, it's not going to do much good when it comes to your makeup. Start with a blush/bronzer, contoured eyeshadow, and foundation brush, and look for brushes made with natural bristles. Sephora makes some great, moderately priced brushes and brush sets.
What are some really cheap, home-type beauty rituals that are worth indulging in? For instance, will smearing avocado all over your face and hair really do anything worthwhile for your skin and mane?
Using an aspirin mask for spot treating breakouts is a great at-home remedy. All you need is to crush up five or six uncoated aspirin pills and mix with a little bit of a mild cleanser, such as Cetaphil. Apply the paste to the area and leave on for about 10 minutes. Since aspirin is a salicylic acid and acetic acid, it works wonders on breakouts and redness. I also am a fan of using mayonnaise as a hair conditioner. Although, I'm not a fan of having my hair smell like a sandwich, it does keep my hair really shiny for an entire week. Avocado, I haven't personally tried, but they are so rich in vitamins that I can only imagine that they would be beneficial.
Are there any cheap(er) fragrances that you really enjoy?
I am a fiend for the Victoria's Secret Garden Scents! "Love Spell" and "Forever Romance" are two of my favorites. Plus, you can't beat their occasional six for $24 deals.
Many people these days are very concerned about buying products that are not tested on animals, which most of the higher-end beauty lines claim as one of their benefits. Do you know if their claims are true? Is it worth trying to invest in products that claim to be cruelty-free?
I think that the site CaringConsumer is a great resource for people who are concerned about purchasing items from companies that are known to test on animals. It provides us with two lengthy lists; Companies That Don't Test On Animals and Companies That Do Test On Animals. There are so many other more humane alternatives to testing products on animals and I do try my best to be knowledgeable when it comes to doing a little background check on companies that I purchase my beauty products from.
Can you offer any tips on how to score free samples of beauty products, save actually conjuring up enough talent to write an informed blog in the industry? Writing sounds like an awful lot of WORK, and I just want free stuff.
Who doesn't love freebies!? Sites like Dove and Oil of Olay will every now and then offer to send you out free samples simply by entering your info into their websites. Then there are blogs like Great! Gratis! (Note: site no longer available) that are updated quite often and provide you with links to all kinds of freebies. Other than that however, the best way (in my opinion) to be able to score free samples if you are truly passionate about all things beauty, is to start up your own blog. There are so many successful beauty bloggers out there who have no professional experience in the beauty industry, they just are, for lack of better terminology, beauty junkies who love writing about products. It can be a slow start, but if you are patient and have a creative, catchy blog, things might really get going. You can end up having a lot of fun and can also meet tons of other amazing bloggers. Also, the best advice I received was from the writer of a very popular beauty blog. She said that when she would post about a certain product, she would e-mail the post, with a note, to the company, or as close as she could get to the PR people. Some wrote back with a thank you and nothing else, some ignored, but some reached out and offered to send goodies for future review. It doesn't hurt!
Courtney Sauve is a freelance beauty writer, licensed esthetician, and makeup artist. In addition to keeping up her personal beauty blog, Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget, she is currently writing for Detroit's Ambassador Magazine as well as gearing up for her first article being published in Real Detroit Weekly. She also has her own beauty columns for online magazines Fetch and Who Is Isabella? In addition to her writing, Courtney has had the pleasure of interning for former beauty editor Nadine Haobsh of "Jolie in NYC," assisting her in research for the upcoming publication of her first beauty book. She looks forward to focusing on her writing career and perhaps expanding her horizons in the near future.
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I'm going to do it anyway.
Great interview Andrea! I'm surprised that you can get such high quality stuff for only $50.
I also enjoyed checking out Courtney's website. "Leggings are NOT pants." Ha ha, classic!
small world. she writes for whoisisabella.com too =)

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10 Best Cities to Own a Home
Though the rate of homeownership in the U.S. has dipped to a 16-year low, owning a home is clearly still very important to most Americans. Even though home prices are on the incline, it's still a market full of deals to be had. If you're thinking now's the time to buy a home, where should you start looking?
NerdWallet.com took a look at the 10 best cities to own a home. Their criteria in choosing the cities was simple (well, sort of): They looked at cities where homes are available (higher for-sale inventory), where homes are affordable and where there is high-growth opportunity (meaning low unemployment and growing population). Click through the gallery below to see the 10 best cities to own a home.
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(CNN) -- Fire engulfed five luxury homes Monday morning at a subdivision north of Seattle in what could be a case of ecoterrorism, officials said.
Firefighters attack blazes at luxury homes Monday in suburban Seattle, Washington.
A sign with the letters "ELF" was found at the scene of the fires in the "Street of Dreams" development in Woodinville, Washington, said Chief Rick Eastman of Snohomish County Fire District No. 7.
Eastman did not say if the sign is believed to be from the Earth Liberation Front, which the FBI has called an ecoterrorist group.
"Built green? Nope black!" the sign reads, according to an image from CNN affiliate KING-TV in Seattle. The sign calls the homes "McMansions." Watch why ELF is so elusive »
John Heller, president of Seattle Street of Dreams model luxury home development, said he had spoken to the fire chief and was told that the fires were suspicious. Watch fires burn luxury homes »
"My understanding is that it was an act of terror," Heller said.
The FBI said the fires are being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
Heller said he was out of town on business and was rushing back to see what was left of the development. He said it was a new subdivision that featured luxury homes priced at $2 million.
Video footage showed large grayish white plumes of smoke billowing in the air and firefighters trying to contain blazes in large homes in a heavily wooded area.
Eastman said there had been no injuries and there were no suspects. He told KING-TV that police and agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating.
Seattle's Street of Dreams is "the most popular and highest attended single site luxury home and garden tour in the U.S.," according to the event's Web site.
According to the FBI, the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for burning five townhomes under construction on November 20, 2005, in Hagerstown, Maryland. Fire officials investigating the scene determined that kerosene was used as the accelerant in the arson, the FBI said.
Last year, 10 people, including self-proclaimed members of the ELF and members of another organization called the Animal Liberation Front, were convicted for a string of arson fires that totaled more than $40 million in damage, according to an August statement by the U.S. Justice Department.
At that time, the court case was called the "largest ecoterrorism case in U.S. history," according to the statement.
Three others charged in the case are at large and considered international fugitives by the Justice Department. E-mail to a friend
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Read for This Week's Study: 2 Pet. 1:19-21; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; Heb. 11:6; Exod. 3:1-14.
Memory Text: "God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds" (Hebrews 1:1-2, NKJV).
Key Thought: However important it is to understand the way in which biblical inspiration works, it's more important to know the God revealed to us through that inspiration.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork" (Ps. 19:1). That's so true. What they don't declare, however, is that our God loves us, died for us, and is actively working to save us from the consequences of our sinful choices.
The bottom line is that, whatever we can learn about God from other sources, the key source has to be the Bible. There are great truths, especially about the nature of God and His activity in this world, that we would know nothing about were they not revealed to us. As we have seen already, while people can sense something of a battle going on between good and evil, how else would they know of the great controversy were it not taught in the Scriptures?
This week we'll focus on two things: first, we'll look at what the Bible says about itself and how it was inspired. Next, we'll see what it teaches us about the God who inspired it.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, October 13.
SUNDAY October 7
Read 2 Peter 1:19-21. What do these verses tell us about how the New Testament authors regarded the Scriptures?
Peter affirms that the prophecies of the Old Testament were not of human origin. His argument is that the prophets spoke because they were "moved by the Spirit of God." The expression "moved by the Spirit of God" means that the impulse that led to the writing of the Scriptures was from the Holy Spirit. In short, the Bible writers were inspired by the Lord Himself.
Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17. What do these verses tell us about the Bible and what it's to be used for?
It's very clear that Paul wished Timothy to understand that because the Scriptures are divinely produced, they are dependable and valuable for the building up of the believer. Paul leaves no question as to Scripture's truthfulness, authority, and origin. Notice, too, that he is talking about "all Scripture." Paul doesn't leave us the option to pick and choose which parts we think are inspired and which parts aren't. Not everything (such as the ceremonial laws) is still binding on us, but that's radically different from the claim that some parts of the Bible are inspired and others aren't, or that some parts aren't as inspired as other parts (whatever that's supposed to mean).
Read Matthew 4:4, 7, 10; 22:41-46; John 10:34-35. What crucial truth about Scripture and the authority of Scripture can we take from these texts?
No matter what we believe, we need a starting point, a foundation upon which to base that belief. For Seventh-day Adventist Christians, that foundation is the Bible-the ultimate standard and arbiter of truth.
How much time do you spend in the Word? How much of your life is patterned by what it teaches? Think back on the past 24 hours. What have you done, or didn't do, in that time frame that was based on the authority of Scripture?
MONDAY October 8
"It is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were inspired. Inspiration acts not on the man's words or his expressions but on the man himself, who, under the influence of the Holy Ghost, is imbued with thoughts. But the words receive the impress of the individual mind. The divine mind is diffused. The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of God."-Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 21. How do these words help us to understand how biblical inspiration works?
In the whole question regarding inspiration, people sometimes get obsessed with what are often deemed as problematic texts. Consider, for example, the wording of the inscription above Jesus' cross as depicted in the Gospels. According to Matthew 27:37, it said, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS"; according to Mark 15:26, "THE KING OF THE JEWS"; according to Luke 23:38, "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." How are we to understand these differences?
As the Bible says, "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God" and is trustworthy; yet, we are given different accounts of the inscription on Jesus' cross. These two points together can give us insight into the way in which inspiration works. This case shows that inspiration permits different expressions of an idea or event to the extent that the expressions adequately depict it. Where a general approximation is an adequate expression, as in the inscriptions on the cross, inspiration accommodates it. On the other hand, where specificity is required, as in 1 Kings 6:1, inspiration provides it and should be accepted as such.
Compare Acts 1:18 and Matthew 27:5. In what ways do these accounts of Judas' death seem to differ?
For a long time, critics of the Bible claimed that these verses gave conflicting accounts of Judas' death. However, recent research has shown that the word translated as "falling headlong" in Acts 1:18, also means "swelling up." Therefore, it's likely that, after hanging himself, Judas was not discovered until his corpse had swelled up, which had caused his guts to burst open. The point is, what at first seemed to be contradictory is now shown not to be. The vast majority of the Bible is not problematic. In the few places where some questions remain about apparent "errors" or "contradictions," the prudent attitude would be humility. Who knows how many people have made a shipwreck of faith by focusing on "problem" texts. We have not been called to stand in judgment over the Word; we have been called, instead, to obey it.
TUESDAY October 9
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Gen. 1:26).
Understanding how inspiration works, however important, is only a means to an end, and that end is to know God. A deep understanding of how the Bible was written, or even a deep understanding of the truths revealed in it, mean nothing if we don't know the Lord for ourselves (John 17:3). And one thing that the Bible explicitly affirms about the Lord is His oneness.
Read Deuteronomy 6:4 and Mark 12:29. What crucial truth is found in these texts?
The expression in the Bible about the oneness of God precludes any idea of many gods. There is one God only. However, the total picture we get from the Bible is that there is an inner "content" to Him, even in His oneness.
Read Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7; John 1:1-3, 18; 20:28; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Matthew 28:19. How do these texts begin to clarify the inner reality of God?
The Old Testament's suggestion of plurality provides hints about the nature of the inner being of God. When we couple this with the New Testament's statement about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we start to realize that there's a lot about God's nature that we don't fully understand and probably never will. The triune aspect of God is one mystery, among many, with which we will have to learn to live. The information that the Bible gives about God, including His three-part nature, is not provided in order for us to engage in speculative philosophizing but in order to further our understanding of His activities, especially His redemptive work on our behalf as the great controversy unfolds and is finally ended.
Who doesn't have a lot of questions that only God can answer? How can we learn to trust Him until the time comes when answers will be given?
WEDNESDAY October 10
The Bible reveals to us truths about God that we aren't going to find anywhere else. Among those truths is that He is the Creator. In fact, that's the first thing the Bible tells us about God, that He created "the heavens and the earth" (Gen. 1:1).
One of the many fascinating things about this text is that the Bible simply assumes the existence of God without trying to prove or show it. The Bible spends a great deal of time teaching us about what God is like, particularly as His character is revealed through His interaction with fallen humanity. But it spends no time trying to prove that He exists. It just assumes His existence.
Read Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 10:17. What do they say about God and the role that His Word plays in bringing us awareness of His existence?
Conviction about the existence of God cannot come from rational arguments alone. The Bible teaches that a person is convinced of God's existence through personal experience with Him as the Holy Spirit impresses one's heart and mind with the fact of His existence. In many cases, people may come to believe in God first; only after, then, do they start to build a logical and intellectual foundation for faith in a God whom they cannot see.
Read Malachi 3:6; James 1:17; 1 John 4:8, 16; 2 Chronicles 6:18. What do these texts tell us about the attributes of God? What other attributes of God are revealed in the Word?
Dwell on the attributes of God as expressed in the Scriptures. How many of them could you know from other sources; that is, from nature or from personal experience? What does your answer teach you about how crucial the Scriptures are to our understanding of what God is truly like?
THURSDAY October 11
Even the most cursory reading of the Bible reveals that God is actively involved in humanity and in what happens here on earth. He is not distant, detached, removed, as some ancient Greek concepts of God taught, or even as some Christian theologians try to depict Him. Though radically different from what He created, the Lord has intimately tied Himself to His creation.
As we saw yesterday, the Bible depicts the Lord as our Creator, an act that shows just how intricately tied to this world He really is. What do the following texts tell us about God's other activities here on earth, especially in the context of the great controversy?
Gen. 11:9
Without doubt, the Bible reveals a God who is greatly involved with humanity. The whole great controversy scenario is, really, about how the Lord is working to save humanity from the clutches of sin and Satan. From the first act of the earth's creation (Gen. 1:1) to the cross (John 19:18) to the recreation of the earth (2 Pet. 3:12-13), the Bible shows us unequivocally the Lord's intimate activity with humanity.
In what ways have you, personally, experienced the activity of God? In what ways have you seen Him work in your life and in the lives of others? In what ways can you learn to draw comfort from knowing God's closeness and intimacy with us?
FRIDAY October 12
Further Study
Read Ellen
G. White, "Danger in Speculative
Knowledge," pp.
427-438, in The Ministry of Healing;
"The Word Made Flesh," pp.
746-749, in Testimonies for the
Church, vol. 5; "Preface" and "Introduction," pp. 5-7, in The
Great Controversy.
"God has been pleased to communicate His
truth to the world by human agencies, and He Himself, by His Holy
Spirit, qualified men and enabled them to do this work. He guided the
mind in the selection of what to speak and what to write. The treasure
was entrusted to earthen vessels, yet it is, nonetheless, from Heaven.
The testimony is conveyed through the imperfect expression of human
language, yet it is the testimony of God; and the obedient, believing
child of God beholds in it the glory of a divine power, full of grace
and truth.
"In His word, God has committed to men the knowledge
necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are to be accepted as an
authoritative, infallible revelation of His will. They are the standard
of character, the revealer of doctrines, and the test of experience.
'Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness;
that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every
good work.' 2 Timothy 3:16-17."-Ellen G. White, The Great
Controversy, pp. 8, 9.
More than half the world's population lives in cities, yet the Adventist work in the cities languishes. God has a heart for cities. Speaking of Nineveh, He asked, "Should I not be concerned about that great city?" (Jonah 4:11, NIV). When Jesus came to this earth, He "had compassion on [the people] because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matt. 9:36, NIV).
Jesus showed how to minister. He mingled with people, showed sympathy, ministered to needs, won confidence, and bid them to follow Him.
Pastor Wayne Krause helped plant a church in an area north of Sydney, Australia, where thousands of families live who have never entered a church. One day a young man asked two women from the church to take him to a methadone clinic for treatment. They agreed, and then prepared this young heroin addict a hot meal.
The young man started attending church. Each Sabbath afternoon members drove him to his methadone treatments. And when he had to appear in court, several church members went to support him. After the trial the young man's mother approached the members who were helping her son. She asked if she could visit the church.
A few weeks later a group of people clad in black leather and heavy metal entered the church and sat in the front row. Pastor Krause changed his sermon to the great controversy between good and evil.
After worship Pastor Krause met the visitors and learned they were the family of the young addict. They had come to see what kind of church showed such love to their son and brother. They asked Pastor Krause how they could be on God's side. He explained the plan of salvation, and they prayed to make Jesus the center of their lives.
None of them had a Bible, and the only Bibles Pastor Krause could find were in the lost and found. He offered them to his new friends and showed them where to start reading. One young man, a singer in a rock band, received a tattered Bible. Pastor Krause offered to find him a nicer one, but as that young singer gently stroked the Bible, he said, "No, please, I've never had a Bible. It's mine."
Every city in the world is filled with people hungry for something better. They are sons and daughters of God, but they don't know it yet. Our commission is to go into the entire world to share God's love. That includes the cities. They're waiting for us; what are we waiting for?
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\N \N | Vegetable oil |
1 \N | Envelope (1/4-ounce) dry |
\N \N | Yeast |
2 tablespoons | Sugar |
2 cups | Warm water (about 110 |
\N \N | Degrees F) |
6 cups | Unbleached all-purpose |
\N \N | Flour |
¾ cup | Yellow cornmeal |
2 teaspoons | Salt |
1 tablespoon | Butter |
½ cup | Minced onions |
1 tablespoon | Finely chopped red bell |
\N \N | Peppers |
1 tablespoon | Finely chopped yellow bell |
\N \N | Peppers |
1 pounds | Crawfish tails |
¼ pounds | Grated cheddar cheese |
¼ pounds | White grated cheddar cheese |
\N \N | Vegetable Oil for frying |
\N \N | Salt and pepper to taste |
\N \N | Creole Seasoning |
In the bowl of an electric mixer, place two tablespoons of the vegetable oil, yeast and sugar. The mixer should be fitted with a dough hook. Then add the water. With the mixer on low speed, beat the mixture for about 4 minutes to dissolve the yeast. *Note, if the yeast mixture doesn't begin to foam after a few minutes, it means it's not active and will have to be replaced.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, ½ cup plus the 2 tablespoons of the cornmeal, and the salt. Then add this mixture to the yeast mixture. On low speed begin to mix the dough. Increase the speed as the dough begins to pull away from he sides of the bowl and form a ball.
Remove dough from bowl and lightly coat the entire surface with the remaining teaspoon of vegetable oil. Place dough in clean bowl (preferably glass). Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Then set in a warm, dry place and let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
Meanwhile, in a saute pan melt the butter. Add onions and peppers.
Season with salt, pepper and creole seasoning. saute for 2 minutes.
Season crawfish with salt, pepper, and creole seasoning and then add crawfish to the saute pan. Saute for 2 minutes and then remove from pan, set aside to cool to room temperature.
When the dough has doubled in size, remove from bowl and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Using your hands gently roll dough and form a narrow loaf about 24 inches long. Now cut dough into 18 equal pieces.
With a rolling pin, roll each on a lightly floured surface to form thin round disks, about ⅛-inch thick.
In a bowl combine the cooled crawfish mixture with booth cheddar cheeses. Mix well.
Spread about 2 tablespoons of the filling over half of the dough round. Fold the other half of the dough over the filling, forming a half-moon shape, and then pinch the edges tightly to seal completely.
Now sprinkle two parchment lined baking sheets with remaining cornmeal. Place the completed breads on the baking sheet about 1-inch apart. Cover the breads with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm, dry place until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
In a one gallon sauce pot, heat enough vegetable oil to freely deep fry 2 or 3 half moons at a time (several inches deep). When the oil reaches 350 degrees F carefully add the stuffed breads. Fry for about 3 minutes, turning them with a metal spoon for even frying. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper-towel lined plate. Season while hot with creole seasoning.
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As previously reported here and in a recent Shipfax post, the French tug Abeille 30 was in port from December 21 to January 1, 1980. It was towing the broken down Algerian ship Biban from Montreal to Europe, but the ship needed drydocking in Halifax.
Abeille 30 revs up as she tows out Biban on New Year's Day 1980.
Local tugs were being kept busy too, with Point Valiant assisting the three harbour tugs Point Vim, Point Vigour and Point Viking with docking the big bulk carrier Oremar. I believe the ship was suffering some hull cracks and was escorted in to Halifax by Point Valiant.
Built in 1963 as Foundation Valiant, the tug was sold by Eastern Canada Towing to Three Rivers Boatmen in 1995 and renamed André H. Groupe Océan took over TRB and still operates the tug today.
There was quite a collection of tugs and suppliers at the Dartmouth Marine Slip. Front and centre was Tusker - a former Australian tug, acquired by McAsphalt Industries to tow its asphalt barge. It had yet to enter refit.
Pre-refit Tusker still wears the funnel marking "OSS".
Former Salvators on the left and former Shores on the right.
Also alongside were two Norwegian tugs, Odin Salvator and Orla Salavator. Both had recently been renamed, dropping the "Salavator" suffix, although the former became Odin II..
Two Canadian built suppliers, Scotian Shore and Breton Shore were in the process of reconfiguring as seismic survey vessels. Breton Shore had been renamed Edward O. Vettter, and Scotian Shore was to become Fred J. Agnich.
Two Fednav suppliers, Cathy B and Federal 6 also arrived for layover.
Glenkeen at the Irving Oil dock, with the retired wooden tug Margaret Porter in the background.
The Glenkeen arrived from Montreal en route to the Caribbean. Built in 1945 at Kingston, ON it was one of 17 steel, and three wooden tugs of the Glen class built built for the Royal Canadian Navy. This one was of the A Type, with long deck house. Type Bs had a shorter house and no captain's cabin behind the wheelhouse.
It operated for the National Harbours Board in Montreal until 1979 then sold to a Halifax company for work between Costa Rica and Columbia. That deal fell through and it sat in Halifax for a year until finally sailing in December 1980 ostensibly to work in Guadeloupe.
Another wartime build, Beaver Lily was laid up over Christmas at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth. Built in 1942 by Levingston Shipbuilding in Orange, TX for the United States Nay, it served in St.John's, NL as ST 27. JPPorter acquired the tug post-war, and renamed it Catalina. It served them until Beaver Marine took it over in 1978. It also made its way to Guadeloupe, but in 1992 and returned to Canada in 1997 before heading south to US owners.
Another former JPPorter tug, JPP No. 11 was working in Sceptre Dredging colours at the former French Cable wharf in Dartmouth. The tug, built in 1958 in Montreal, had been acquired by Harbour Development Ltd, and was renamed HD No. 11 early in 1980. Sceptre took over many Porter assets in 1978, but soon sold off when it didn't find much work.
JPP No.11 moves the Cranemaster, with Biban in the background at Halifax Shipyard.
Eastern Canada Towing's Point Carroll, pitched in to help with harbour berthing work. Not well suited, since it steering nozzle was fairly slow acting, it was only used when all other tugs were busy.
Point Carroll sailed on Dec 22, and escorted Biban in on December 24, also assisting in its docking at the Shipyard.
During 2015 the tug has been laid up in Hamilton, ON. Under McKeil Marine ownership since 2001 as Tony MacKay, the tug has seen better days since it was built in 1973.
Atlantic Towing Ltd had its big tug Irving Birch in Halifax toward year's end, tying up at the old Irving Oil wharf in Halifax. Built in 1967, it was a great tug, performing many salvage tows, but also handled barge tows. It became Atlantic Birch in 1999, and was scheduled for the scrap list last year, but as of June 2015 it was still intact at the Indiantown dock in Saint John.
Atlantic Birch, Atlantic Pine, Atlantic Elm and Swellmaster at Atlantic Towing's Indiantown facility in Saint John last summer.
There is no use complaining about the current state of tugs in Halifax, but by comparison my January 1, 1980 count of ships in port included 21 tugs, suppliers and workboats. Eastern Canada Towing alone accounted for six tugs.


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Why the Chevy-Opel crisis in Europe sounds so familiar
(July 19, 2012) Automotive News blogger Dave Guilford reminds us that General Motors flipped back into another Opel crisis last week with the abrupt departure of Karl-Friedrich Stracke as CEO of the German subsidiary. And to boot GM named Thomas Sedran, a former AlixPartners restructuring consultant, as interim CEO.
The personnel moves may have been surprising, but there was a clear signal of trouble three weeks ago. At the Automotive News Europe Congress, Stracke said GM had moved Opel up market too quickly. In the future, he said, Opel will be a brand more buyers can afford, aimed at its traditional customers.
Taken in isolation, the move might make sense. But nothing in the GM empire exists in isolation.
In Europe, GM has been trying painstakingly to define separate market space for Opel and Chevrolet, whose cars share many components. Their formula? Opel would move upscale to do battle with traditional rival Volkswagen, while Chevrolet targeted the value niche.
This suits Chevy, which is transitioning away from the bargain-basement image it got when GM started slapping the bowtie on Daewoo cars in Europe.
At the Frankfurt auto show last September, Stracke endorsed the policy for Opel, saying "We want to differentiate it very clearly from the Chevrolet brand in Europe."
Now that strategy seems to be kaput. Meanwhile, Chevrolet sold 85,501 vehicles in Europe during the first five months of this year — more than 20 percent of Opel/Vauxhall's total of 377,187.
So it appears that GM will have two overlapping brands in Europe. The spin, I guess, will be that Chevy's American identity will distinguish it from Opel, attracting a buyer with a different mind-set than an Opel buyer. Never mind the striking similarities between the two brands' vehicles.
You can be forgiven for thinking you've heard this before— because you have. It's strikingly reminiscent of the tortured psychographic/demographic/brand DNA rationales that GM executives used to concoct in the United States to explain why there was really no overlap between Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Saturn and Oldsmobile.
Source: Automotive News (Dave Guilford – firstname.lastname@example.com)


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The City of Texarkana, Texas' intent to discharge stormwater and certain non-stormwater discharges in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, TPDES, Small MS4 General Permit TXR040000 has been authorized.
Stormwater discharges are generated by runoff from land and impervious areas such as paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops during rainfall and snow events that often contain pollutants in quantities that could adversely affect water quality.
Program Focus
The TPDES General Permit program and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, require that the City of Texarkana:
- Reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable, MEP.
- Protect water quality.
- Satisfy the appropriate water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act.
- Manage stormwater quality activities through the Storm Water Management Program, SWMP.
In order to comply with the requirements of the MS4 General Permit, the City of Texarkana, Texas has developed a Stormwater Management Program that describes specific actions that will be taken over a five year period to reduce stormwater pollution and protect the city's water quality to the MEP. In developing this plan, the City of Texarkana has considered various activities, public and municipal, that have stormwater impacts. The city is committed to a proactive approach to stormwater management for the community's health and quality of life.
In adherence with the general permit TXR040000, Part II, Section D, Number 12, the SWMP and the Annual Report are available for public review and comment below. These documents are also available at the Public Works Administration building, located at 220 Texas Blvd,4th Floor, Texarkana, Texas and at the Public Library, located at 600 W. 3rd Street, Texarkana, Texas. The Annual Report and SWMP will be updated annually to reflect additional requirements and revisions as they come into effect. Please direct comments concerning these documents to Stormwater Management by email.
The Small MS4 General Permit for the City of Texarkana, Texas is available online (PDF). Additional information on the requirements of the general permit is available in the Fact Sheet and Executive Director's Preliminary (PDF) Decision.
Stormwater Design Manual
SW Design Manual-Executive Summary
City of Texarkana-Final Stormwater Plan Checklist
City of Texarkana-Flood Study Checklist
City of Texarkana-Preliminary Stormwater Plan Checklist
City of Texarkana-Stormwater Design Manual-Final
City of Texarkana-Stormwater Storage Facility Checklist
City of Texarkana-Stormwater Submittal Schedule Worksheet
Report It!
If you see a suspicious discharge, trash or debris in storm drains, illegal dumping down a storm drain, in a ditch, etc. please report it by calling 903-798-3948, fill out this form, or by emailing Stormwater Management. Provide as much information as possible; license plate of car, what they appear to be dumping, location, etc., and a Stormwater employee will investigate the situation within 48 hours (business days). Training is available (PDF)
For more information, visit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality website, or contact our Engineering and Infrastructure Department at 903-798-3948 or through email.
Dustin Henslee
Director of Public Works
Jonathan Wade
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HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. (AP) — Keith Green was a popular but troubled Northern California high school football star who had recently washed out of college when he met Tiffany Li.
Li was a pretty, jet-setting daughter of a rich and powerful Chinese family who was born in Beijing and grew up in Silicon Valley.
She changed his life.
Then, according to prosecutors, she orchestrated his murder last year when she fell in love with another man after more than six years with Green.
That man, his "bodyguard" and Li have all been charged with first-degree murder. The men are jailed pending a September trial.
Li, however, called on her wealthy family and friends to post $4 million in cash and put up more than $60 million in Northern California real estate to secure bail and set her free before trial. The district attorney called the amount unprecedented in the region.
Her release on bail shocked Green's family and friends and underscored just how wealthy and influential her family is.
Li's attorney Geoff Carr says she had nothing to do with the murder and that's why her family and friends took the financial risk they did to post her bail. Li and the two men have pleaded not guilty.
Court records show her mother and stepfather amassed a fortune through real estate investments and construction projects in China, including two Beijing skyscrapers. The documents show the family has properties in the Cayman Islands and St. Kitts, Caribbean island nations known for their lush beaches and strict financial privacy laws.
The couple's story began around 2009. Li and Green met when he was 21 and she was 23 and quickly decided to live together. They first moved into an apartment owned by her mother, who disapprovingly told homicide detectives that Green grew marijuana in one of the bedrooms.
They soon moved into a newly built $7 million mansion in the exclusive San Francisco suburb of Hillsborough owned by her mother. Li gave birth to one daughter in 2012 and second two years later, and the home was staffed with nannies, housekeepers and landscapers. The couple had their pick of exotic sports cars and SUVs to drive.
He liked tattoos. She talked about plastic surgery, according to court records.
Li held a master's degree in business from the University of San Francisco, and her mother paid her $100,000 a year to help manage the family's real estate holdings. Green had trouble finding work after convictions for theft and fraud as a minor, court records show.
Li's mother told police she disapproved of Green because he drank and smoked marijuana, and he lost a construction job. She called him a "black hole" in the family. Still, she picked up the $40,000 annual tab for Green to attend Cordon Bleu Culinary School in San Francisco.
Those who knew him previously remember someone different.
Green grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood in San Mateo, a high-tech, San Francisco Bay Area enclave. His parents divorced when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, family friend Angela Dunn said.
He ran into legal troubles, including a fraud case involving Macy's gift cards, when he was a juvenile, according to court records.
Nonetheless, he was a popular high school athlete, and he had many friends when he died. Dunn said about 50 people attended an April 28 vigil marking the one-year anniversary of his death.
Steve Sell, Green's high school football coach, said Green led the team to an undefeated season and a playoff win in 2005, earning a half-scholarship to Eastern Washington University. But he dropped out after a year and drifted from temporary job to unemployment.
"Tremendous athlete," said Sell, who noted Green also played baseball and basketball. "Popular and funny."
Li, meanwhile, was born in Beijing, and court records indicate her grandparents served in China's army. She moved to Silicon Valley in 1992 with her younger brother, mother and stepfather and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. She attended six different private schools, including the prestigious Santa Catalina boarding school in Monterey.
Sometime after they met, Green introduced Li to his friend and that's when the trouble began. Li and Kaveh Bayat soon began an affair.
Prosecutors say Li kicked Green out of the mansion in October 2015, closed their joint bank accounts and turned off his phone. Green went to live in the one-bedroom apartment of a family friend. Bayat moved into the mansion.
Green and Li began a legal battle over custody of their young daughters, eventually agreeing Green could gradually retain 50 percent, starting with unsupervised weekend visits.
The first weekend visit was to take place April 30, 2016, but Green disappeared two days before.
Prosecutors say Green agreed to meet Li in a restaurant parking lot in Millbrae, near San Mateo, the night of April 28, 2016.
Li told detectives they sat in her car for about an hour, discussing their children, then Green left after an amicable talk. But court records show investigators tracked both of their cellphones back to her mansion.
A walker found Green's body nearly two weeks later 70 miles (113 kilometers) north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
A few days after that, using phone records, police arrested Olivier Adella, a 6-foot-5 (2-meter) French-born mixed martial arts professional who describes himself as Bayat's bodyguard. He has since opted to cooperate with police.
He said Li and Bayat showed up at his apartment the night of the restaurant meeting with Green's body in the front passenger seat of Li's SUV, blood coming from his mouth and ears.
Olivier told detectives Bayat showed him a handgun stuffed in his waistband and handed him gloves.
"I need you to take out the trash," Olivier says Bayat told him.
Geoff Carr, Li's attorney, says Olivier is lying about Li's involvement. Charles Smith and John Halley, lawyers for Bayat and Olivier, did not return phone calls from The Associated Press.
Bayat and Li were arrested at the mansion the day after Adella's arrest.
"This is all so stupid and sad, and all these lives are ruined," said Mitri Hanania, an attorney who once represented Green, after Li accused him of stealing a Range Rover. Those charges were dropped.
[Mugshot via San Mateo County]
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Private npm modules
Posted on 8/9/11 by Felix Geisendörfer
Thanks to Isaac, npm is getting more and more awesome by the hour. One of the coolest recent additions (you need at least v1.0.26) is the ability to specify private git repositories urls as a dependency in your package.json files.
At transloadit, we are currently using the feature to move some of our infrastructure code into separate packages, allowing for those to be tested and developed in isolation making our core application easier to maintain and work on.
The syntax for referencing a git repository (and commit) is as follows:
"name": "my-app",
"dependencies": {
"private-repo": "git+ssh://firstname.lastname@example.com:my-account/node-private-repo.git#v0.0.1",
This will include a private npm module called "private-repo"
from GitHub. The
url also contains an optional refspec (#v0.0.1
) that tells npm which branch,
commit, or in this case tag you want to have checked out.
Now of course this is not the only way to do private npm repositories, but it is much simpler than running your own registry, so I would recommend it to most people.
Before you head of to play with this, here is a final tip that may safe you
some headaches. In all your private npm modules, add "private": true
to your
package.json. This will make sure npm will never let you accidentally publish
your secret sauce to the official npm registry.
Happy hacking, --fg
PS: When deploying, don't forget that you need to authorize the servers ssh key for the GitHub repository you are depending on.
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Very useful tip, thank you.
Thanks for the code, thats very useful for a project I've just started. Searched about a bit to find it thou lol.
Awesome, just awesome. Thank you, this is exactly what I needed.
An awesome NPM feature I missed. This is so useful, and away we go with require.paths !
thanks for this tip.
Awesome post, Felix. You should consider adding a caveat about this npm bug: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/1727
Thanks a heap was looking for exactly this and was wondering why it kept throwing errors, I was missing git+ssh.
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1. Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus, but there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans. The benefits from the use of the drug in pregnant women may be acceptable despite its potential risks. This drug has been shown to be teratogenic (or to have an embryocidal effect or other adverse effect) in experimental animals when given in certain doses. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. This drug should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
2. There are no animal reproduction studies and no adequate and well controlled studies in humans. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with this drug. It is also not known whether this drug can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. This drug should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
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Ausreichende Erfahrungen über die Anwendung beim Menschen liegen nicht vor. Der Tierversuch erbrachte Hinweise auf embryotoxische/teratogene Wirkungen.
Insufficient data are available on use in humans. Indications of embryotoxic/teratogenic effects were observed in animal experiments.


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Meet a Scientologist
Barbara Schneider's Happy Ending
Scientologist Barbara Schneider is a model, TV personality, paramedic, Scientology counselor and mother of four who didn't anticipate how well things would turn out 18 years ago when things went wrong.
Born and working as a paramedic in Lugano, Switzerland, in the early 1990s a failed relationship left her desperate to get away.
"I went to a travel agent and told him I needed a change," she says. "I wanted to be someplace far away and on the sea."
The next thing she knew, she was flying to Majorca with her 3-year-old son. Once there, she was paying a friend a visit at a hotel when a man directed her 'right this way for the audition.' She tried to tell him that was not why she was there, but he insisted, and she ended up being cast as co-host of a TV show.
Despite the change in scenery and an exciting new job, a year and a half later, Schneider was still suffering.
"My twin sister Elena could tell I was unhappy," says Schneider. "She had been a Scientologist since we were 16 and she was convinced Scientology would help me."
Agreeing to give it a try, she received some Scientology spiritual counseling and was amazed—the upset vanished.
Schneider relocated to Clearwater, Florida—the spiritual headquarters of the Scientology religion. It was there that she met and married husband Roberto.
A Scientology auditor (religious counselor), she credits the skills she has gained from her training for her success as a mother and in so many other aspects of her life.
"I don't know how I would raise a family in the world today without what I've learned in Scientology," she says.
She is tremendously proud of how self-reliant and responsible her children are.
"My kids have a very good life but they work hard for it," she says. "It's not automatically—'Oh, you're 16 so here's a car.' They earn what they get by studying hard and doing well in school. Even with my little one who's only four, she loves contributing to the family. She helps me around the house. We make it a game and she's proud of what she does."
Schneider's commitment to helping others extends beyond the family. A Scientology Volunteer Minister, she traveled to Port-au-Prince in January 2012 with her three sisters and several close friends to help in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.
"We are all mothers and the children there really touched our hearts," she says. "We took on helping more than 100 children who were living on the streets, orphaned or separated from their parents. We built tents, turned an old school bus into a cafeteria, cooked and served their meals, arranged medical care, and tutored them. Where possible, we helped them find their families. My sisters stayed on for months and made sure the children would be cared for when they left."
Involved with helping others since she was a child, Schneider finds being a Scientology auditor (counselor) enormously gratifying.
"What I like most is to touch someone's life with a bit of magic—that's what I really love to do," she says, "to inspire them, bring out the best in them, so they can see solutions on their own and go ahead and resolve their problems and be happy."
To meet more than 200 Scientologists and hear their stories, watch the "Meet a Scientologist" videos at www.Scientology.org.
The popular "Meet a Scientologist" profiles on the Church of Scientology International Video Channel at Scientology.org now total more than 200 broadcast-quality documentary videos featuring Scientologists from diverse locations and walks of life. The personal stories are told by Scientologists who are educators, teenagers, skydivers, a golf instructor, a hip-hop dancer, IT manager, stunt pilot, mothers, fathers, dentists, photographers, actors, musicians, fashion designers, engineers, students, business owners and more.
A digital pioneer and leader in the online religious community, in April 2008 the Church of Scientology became the first major religion to launch its own official YouTube Video Channel, with videos now viewed more than 7 million times.


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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich were found guilty Thursday on charges of conspiring to provide drugs using false names.
Another defendant in the case, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, was acquitted on all counts against him.
"This is really a victory not just for me, but it is a victory for patients everywhere in our nation who suffer chronic pain,and physicians who treat difficult chronic pain every day," Kapoor said outside the courthouse.
The jury failed to convict any of the defendants of providing drugs to a known addict, which was the linchpin of the prosecution's case.
Stern was acquitted on seven of the nine counts he faced.
"These were all the counts related to whether the medications were for a legitimate medical purpose or for whether Anna Nicole was an addict," Stern said. "What the jury did find me guilty of were two conspiracy counts limited exclusively to my name being used on medications for Anna. This was done to protect Anna Nicole's privacy and it was nothing more than that."
The verdicts came in a complex case that included two months of testimony and 13 days of jury deliberations.
Stern's attorney, Steve Sadow, said after the trial that the conspiracy conviction for his client was for Stern having given his consent to Eroshevich to use Stern's name on prescriptions intended for Smith.
The charges against Eroshevich, a psychiatrist who flew to Smith's side in the Bahamas after her son's death in 2006, were related to using Stern's name and another woman's name to write prescriptions for Smith.
Stern and the doctors were charged with conspiring to feed the reality TV star and Playboy model's drug addiction, and using false names to obtain the drugs over the last three years of her life. The three defendants were not charged in Smith's February 2007 death in a Florida hotel, which a medical examiner ruled was an accidental overdose of a sleep aid combined with the effects of a viral flu.
After the verdicts were read, Eroshevich said she "felt good," despite the conviction because she was prepared for the jury's decision.
The case raised questions about ethical boundaries in a doctor-patient relationship, the prescribing of painkillers and anti-anxiety medicines and the use of fake names when treating celebrities.
The defense called only one witness -- an expert who concluded that Smith suffered from chronic pain, depression and anxiety, not drug addiction.
Her drug dependency was legal since it was for legitimate medical purposes, including for treatment of her pain and anxiety, defense lawyers argued.
The prosecution said the doctors never said no to Smith's drug-seeking because they wanted to be part of her celebrity entourage.
False names were used by Stern and the doctors to hide excessive prescriptions from the state's computer system that monitors drug usage, prosecutors argued. The defense said it is a common practice in Hollywood, used to protect celebrities' privacy from prying tabloid reporters.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry hinted before the verdicts were returned that if any defendants were found guilty, he would consider "possible selective prosecution issues" when sentencing them. He would have the power to reduce most of the felony charges to misdemeanors.
After the verdicts were returned, Perry set sentencing for January 6. Stern and Eroshevich could face a maximum of three years each in prison, according to the prosecutor's office.


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Architects: Frank Harmon Architect
- Year: 2008
Photographs:Tim Hursley, Jeffery Jacobs
Text description provided by the architects. The house was designed primarily for one person who had three specific requirements: (1) she wanted "something dramatic;" (2) She wanted to feel "as if I'm living in the trees;" and (3) she wanted the house to be utterly devoid of unnecessary ornamentation to the point that she could see the marks of construction, from exposed bolts to the "unfinished" ceiling structure. The site is a steep, north-facing escarpment 80 feet above Crabtree Creek, shaded by a then-150-year-old beech and oak forest. The creek has carved this escarpment for millions of years, which immediately suggested a site of great ecological sensitivity. We knew we had to build upon it carefully.
To give the owner a shelter that treads lightly on the sensitive site, we perched the house on nine, broad-shouldered wood trusses without cutting a single major tree. The trusses permit air and water to flow under the house, preserving the hydrology of the escarpment. We created a very large, butterfly-shaped roof to open views northwards to the creek and to funnel rainwater into a collection system on the south side. The entrance to the house is a progression from the top of the hill, across a bridge, and into a balcony foyer, at which point the drama of the scenery outside fills the interior through two-story, floor-to-ceiling, north-facing glass walls. From the balcony, a graceful steel staircase with wooden treads descends past the glass (in essence, through the trees) to the dramatic, two-story-clear main living floor, which, in turn, opens onto a sunny and partially secluded south-facing terrace below the bridge.
At all times of the day, the house is filled with a view of nature and, by day, dappled light. Deep roof overhangs extend a visual link to the outside and shade the glass. Laminated wood columns and beams, plainly bracketed, strengthen the presence of nature, add an element of warmth to the interior, and echo the trees beyond. The roof beams reach out to the sky like tree limbs.
Careful arrangement of glazing, even on the more private, street-facing elevation, maintains a sense of transparency and delicacy. This is consistent throughout the interior: Partition walls between rooms stop short of reaching the exposed-wood ceiling and pocket doors between spaces feature "frosted" central panels in the spirit of shoji screens. The balcony-level floor includes the master bedroom suite. The main floor includes the living/dining space/kitchen space (open to each other), another full bathroom, and an additional cozy "bedroom" space that the owner uses as a media room.
The strength of the wood structure contrasts with the delicacy of the environment, framing the expanse of nature and contrasting it with the intimacy of the house. The structure of the house is parallel strand lumber, conserving forest resources. All framing and trim is locally harvested, southern yellow pine. From outside at night, the house appears as a fragile, luminous tent cradled by the forest.


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Rapper 50 Cent has a Twitter account - @50cent. He uses it to keep in touch with his 206,814 (and counting) faithful followers. Great. Except 50 Cent "doesn't actually use Twitter," says the director of Fiddy's rap empire Chris Romero.
Romero knows this because Romero does the Twittering on his behalf.
Romero takes words, thoughtful quotes and killer one-liners from existing 50 Cent interviews and Tweets them. So while it's not Fiddy typing, "the energy of it is all him."
Ghost in the machine
Ghost Twittering isn't a new phenomenon - it's not as if we really believe P Diddy actually logs in every single morning to Tweet something along the lines of "DON'T STOP GET IT GET IT!!!!! : )." Or do we? Baring in mind @iamdiddy might not even be P Diddy.
At least @britneyspears' feed is honest, signing each Tweet with its rightful owner: Adam Leber (manager), someone called Lauren, someone called Larry Rudolph or, of course, Brit. Well, it's kind of honest. It's pretty hard to imagine the Queen Of Pop taking a photo of herself at a bowling alley before uploading it to Twitpic.
So what's the best policy? The whole premise of Twitter for a celebrity is to provide another way for fans to communicate with (or at the very least just listen to) their idols. A real 50 Cent die-hard would subscribe to a feed whether it was run by a marketing executive, manager or 50 Cent himself. So there's no need for the pretence in the first place.
Keep it real
While the trials and tribulations of @chriscornell, @trent_reznor and perennial Twit @johncmayer clog up @musicradar's Twitter feed on a daily basis, at least they're real… or are they?


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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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