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Ahmedabad, July 3: Every time Parul Mehta meets a new client in the US, her office address in Ahmedabad causes amusement.
So there is a Wall Street in Ahmedabad' she is always asked.
The chief operating officer of Motif India Infotech Pvt Ltd has to explain its not a street. Wall Street is the name of the building from where she runs her call centre with husband Kaushal Mehta.
Parul, a computer engineer who worked in California before she and Kaushal returned to Ahmedabad to set up Gujarats first BPO outfit in August 2000, is embarrassed at fellow Gujaratis fascination with all things American, especially names.
But to Pranesh Fultharia, a leading city developer, it makes good business sense to exploit the craze and name our commercial complex as New York Tower, New York Plaza, New York Trade Centre or New York Corner.
This is because every Gujarati loves the US, its cities ' everything American. America sells, he says. Besides New York is an upmarket brand name; its also easy to remember.
Fultharia first visited America in 1998, four years after he built the New York Trade Centre on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway, which is today dotted with swanky shopping malls and multiplexes and has become a hub of business and trade.
When Tej Patel named his building Wall Street, sometime in 1996, it was because the Ahmedabad stock exchange was supposed to be relocated there. That didnt happen but the building became a landmark.
About 15 lakh Gujaratis ' equal to the population of Vadodara city ' live in America. And America is where every Gujarati wants to go at some point of their life, says Parul.
Today, every inch of the upmarket Satellite area bears the stamp of that fascination, in its Atlanta Tower, Silicon Valley, White House, Orchid Park, Cosmos Castle ' even in its NRI Tower.
No wonder, Gujarat is often jokingly called the 51st state of America.
Ironically, Fultharia, one of those responsible for brazenly this American influence, happens to be wedded to the ideology of the Sangh parivar, which claims to protect Indian culture.
The US is a reference point for us Gujaratis, says sociologist Guarang Jani. Our inherent character is that we are superficial, overtly flashy and we accept everything in the name of modernity and America.


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Black & Decker TO1332SBD Toaster Oven Review
Price: $25 - $35
The Black & Decker TO1332SBD is the perfect no frills toaster oven. It heats up quickly, is easy to use, and is great for cooking small items. No wonder it's the #1 best seller on Amazon.com.Visit Website
Functions and Specifications
- 1150 watt toaster oven
- Dimensions (H x L x W): 9″ x 11″ x 15.5″
- Convection: No
- Slice capacity: 4 slices
- Fits a 9″ pizza
- Black exterior with stainless steel front panel
- Functions: Toast, Bake, Broil, and Keep Warm
- 30 minute timer
- Heats up to 450°
- Front access removable crumb tray
- Broil rack and bake pan are included
- Grounded 3 prong plug
- 2 year limited warranty
Aesthetics & Size
The Black & Decker TO1332SBD is a two toned toaster oven with a black metal exterior and a stainless steel front panel. The front panel is not as shiny as other stainless steel appliances out there, but the unit looks clean and should fit in nicely with most kitchens.
If you like the look of classic turn dial appliances, then the TO1332SBD should fit the bill. It's your basic no frills countertop oven without any fancy digital controls or confusing control panel.
Additionally, the size is large enough to fit multiple items, like a couple of baked potatoes or two slices of pizza, but not so bulky that it will hog your counter space.
Toasting and Cooking
When looking at toaster ovens under $50, it is not an easy task to find one that does what it is supposed to. The majority of countertop ovens in this price range quite frankly are not worth purchasing. The Black and Decker TO1332SBD, however, is one of the few that can be considered a good "bang for your buck." It toasts, bakes, and broils as you would expect.
This unit is perfect for cooking small items. Its small size allows it to heat up quickly and is great for cooking frozen foods like waffles, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, etc. It is too small to cook a whole chicken, but is a good size when cooking for one or two people. In addition, the oven does a good job of keeping true to the temperature.
It can fit up to four slices of toast (depends on size) and does a better job of evenly toasting the bread than other ovens in this price range. Both the top and bottom of the bread get toasted with the top of the bread receiving the best toasting.
The broil and keep warm functions are equally good and offer more cooking options. For example, the broil feature works great for melting cheese on bagels or toast and the keep warm feature works well for keeping items warm until you are ready to serve them.
Overall, this is a great little unit for the price that should appeal to the masses that just want to toast and heat up some quick and easy snacks. If you are a cook or chef, however, then you would probably prefer something a little more sophisticated with more control and cooking options, like a Breville or Cuisinart.
Using the Black & Decker TO1332SBD
With only two control dials, the oven is not difficult to use. The top dial controls the temperature while the bottom controls the time.
The timer goes up to 30 minutes, however, if you would like to cook for a longer period of time or want to control the time yourself, then you may choose the STAY ON mode. Be careful, though. You may go too far when turning the timer off and accidentally select the STAY ON feature.
To toast something, you will need to first turn the top dial to the toast position, which is indicated by a toast icon (not written). Then you will need to turn the bottom dial past the 10 minute mark and then back to the desired toast shade that you want. When the cycle is complete, you will hear an audible signal (not too loud to be annoying) and the oven and light will automatically turn off.
To bake, simply turn the top dial to the desired temperature and then turn the bottom one to the time that you want. As with the toast cycle, when the oven has finished, it will turn off automatically.
If you wish to broil an item, turn the top dial to the broil icon next to the 450° mark. Then choose the time that you want by turning the bottom dial.
To keep something warm, turn the top dial to the three squiggly lines next to the 200° mark and then turn the bottom dial to the time that you want.
One of the benefits of using a small appliance such as this, is that it doesn't use a lot of energy. It preheats within minutes and will cook faster so you will spend much less money than a large wall oven.
Customer Wishes & Complaints
The biggest complaint customers have with the Black and Decker TO1332SBD is that it is prone to smoke. However, per the instruction manual, it says "During first few minutes of use you may notice smoke and a slight odor. This is normal and should cause no concern." That being said, nobody wants to see or smell smoke as it is disconcerting and a potential fire hazard.
Another complaint or concern people have is the way the timer and STAY ON feature work. There is the possibility of selecting the STAY ON mode by accident when turning off the timer.
- Holds true to the temperature
- Heats up quickly
- Toasts well and evenly for the price
- Very affordable
- Easy to clean
- Small footprint
- Some units are prone to smoke
- No slide-out rack
- Small size limits cooking possibilities
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At the beginning of the year, I decided enough was enough. I was gaining too much weight and didn't feel well.
My body type is straight. I have NO waist. When you look at me from any angle, I look like a rectangle. No waist, no boobs, no ass, and no curves. The bad news is…
I never looks super thin, the good news is I never look super heavy. I can lose or gain 10-15 pounds without much difference. During my first and second pregnancies, I took forever to show. It was so frustrating because I knew people thought I was just gaining weight….for no reason.
Anyway, for the last few years, I told myself, hey, I'm older I can do what I want. If I want to eat and enjoy myself, I will. And, I got away with it (for the most part) from a physical look perspective. I didn't look fabulous, but I didn't look horrid either.
Unfortunately, my health was not able to do the same. I was addicted to Diet Coke and every time after I drank it, my stomach hurt.
I felt a lot of pain in my joints especially when I woke up. It would take me of few minutes of hobbling around before I was able to actually walk. Or if I was sitting on the couch for a bit and I'd get up, my leg would cramp up or be complete pins and needles.
Also, on a regular basis my stomach hurt at night. I'd go to bed and feel badly. There'd be times when I'd wake up in the middle of the night with severe lower back pain…I called it kidney pain but I actually went to the doctor and he said it wasn't my kidneys but didn't know what it was. I don't believe him. It happened if I ate anything too rich and fatty, like my kidneys couldn't process that much fat.
There's one more thing. This may be TMI but I'm telling you anyway because hey, we are close and I wish someone had talked about these same symptoms so I would know I wasn't alone. So here it is…my periods were unbearable.
They would be heavy and last almost a full week. I'd have terrible cramps and be almost knocked out tired for the first day or two.
When January started, I thought I can't do this anymore, I need something to change. I had already gotten off the DC train and felt better. I was also proud that I kicked a tough habit.
It wasn't enough though. I started to investigate changing my diet. Although my husband didn't have any of these symptoms, he wasn't feeling great and he wanted to lose weight too.
I did a little research and found the Paleo diet which I thought might work for us. You can find more about Paleo here and here and here and probably a whole bunch more places on the Internet. In a nutshell, you can have meat, fruits and veggies. You are not allowed to have grains, legumes, dairy, sugar or any processed foods.
We've had amazing success. I've lost almost 10 pounds. My husband has lost 15 pounds. That's great but even better, we both feel fantastic.
For me, I no longer have stomach aches, my joints do not hurt at all in the morning, I can get off the couch without issue and my period is so much better. It only lasts for three (maybe four days). I have minimal cramping and am not as wiped out as I was. I have gotten my "kidney pain" once but only after a binge night of pizza and wings.
Here's what you should know:
- we are not fanatics about this
- we still occasionally have sugar
- we still have alcohol
- we still have grains once in a while
It's easy and here's why:
- what you can and can't have is clear
- you don't have to count anything (calories, points, grams, etc)
- feeling better happens fast (for us)
- improving the way you feel makes it easy to stick to
We are also working on exercising more. My husband is much better at this than I am but I'm working on it. We are also trying to do more things that are not food focused. When we go out with friends, we try to find activities instead of just eating.
We went rock climbing…lots of fun. I mean, I'm not going bouldering any time soon but it was a great night. We also went bowling. Not a high-calorie burning activity but we were moving and laughing. It was a good time.
It's May now. So far, so good. I still look like a rectangle but I feel like a star!
What diets have you tried that have helped improved your health?
What date night or couples activities do you do…I need more ideas!


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The new 2017 Toyota Fortuner is a larger and more powerful version of this SUV model in comparison to its predecessors. The features this vehicle boasts are remarkable and serve their purpose well. The quality and innovation of Toyota and their new 2017 Fortuner has made it so that all players in the SUV game have to design their very own SUV with specs and features that can easily compete with vehicles in their class. The design of the new Fortuner is pretty similar to the previous models but it is also completely different. It has a sleeker design that improves its aerodynamics. Fans and enthusiasts believe the exterior of the vehicle could have been designed a bit contemporary. The 2017 Toyota Fortuner also boasts a variety of security features to enhance to feel of safety for its customers.
2017 Toyota Fortuner – Redesign Exterior and Interior
The exterior of this vehicle has not changed a lot. The doors are redesigned and the width of the SUV has been decreased hence the sleeker appearance. The eighteen inch alloy wheels have been completely revamped and sports a more enhanced appearance. The complete exterior of the new Toyota SUV is designed to look more streamline than any of its predecessors. Toyota has spent a lot more time redesigning the exterior of this vehicle than work done on any other part of it. The grille of the 2017 Toyota Fortuner is more contemporarily designed than that of any previous model. The head and tail lights of this SUV are modified to fit the new look of the vehicle.
The interior of the 2017 Toyota Fortuner as a seating capacity of seven and the seats are organized in a three row configuration. There are two seats at the front, three in the middle and the last two at the rear. The interior of this vehicle has not changed that much in comparison to its predecessors. The upgrades of the features boast by this new version SUV are a minute. The color trim and the improvements done to the dashboard are the major changes made to the car's interior.
2017 Toyota Fortuner – Engine Performance
Beneath the bonnet of this SUV sits the option for a few variants of engine system. The 3.0 liter four-cylinder diesel engine is the first option for 2017 Toyota Fortuner. It will produce about 165 horsepower and 340 Nm of torque. It is rumored that the second option for this vehicle is a hybrid version of the previous engine capable of producing 200 horsepower and 400 Nm of torque. There may also be a 2.7 liter engine available for the base model of this SUV. The engines will be mated with a six speed manual transmission or a nine speed automatic transmission sending power to the option of a front wheel drive or an all-wheel drive system.
2017 Toyota Fortuner – Release Date and Price
There is no official statement by Toyota on the release date for the 2017 Toyota Fortuner but this vehicle may be available on the market by the end of 2016 and at a base price of about $45,500. It will have an optimum that will be for about $55,500. This is still just speculations and enthusiasts will have to wait on the official word from Toyota.


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Written by Leigh Kolb.
Many of the images in Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People that are most familiar are the horrifying caricatures of African Americans in advertising and the photos–that were often shared as postcards–of lynchings.
Of course, those images are not what Through a Lens Darkly–the beautiful documentary about the history of both the literal and figurative African American family album, and groundbreaking Black photographers throughout history–focuses on. Those images are ingrained into our visual and cultural psyche, burning feelings of contempt, pity, disgust, and denial into white viewers' eyes and hearts. The lens that America looks through is white. The subject of America's family album is white. When Black Americans have been the subject in photography, too often these images have been distorted to fit a racist, white supremacist narrative.
James Baldwin said in 1963,
"Every Negro boy and every Negro girl born in this country until this present moment undergoes the agony of trying to find in the body politic, in the body social, outside himself/herself, some image of himself or herself which is not demeaning."
Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris digs into his own family album and reflects on the images of African Americans throughout history as well as the African American image-makers throughout history to find those images. It's a stunning documentary, and does an incredible job showing the impact that photography has had and still has in our culture. Harris says that he was trying to "reconcile two conflicting legacies"–"self affirmation vs. negation." "Our salvation of a people, of a culture," he says, "depends on salvaging our images." This, he says, would be the true "American family album."[caption id="attachment_18637" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Harris, with a poster featuring his grandparents[/caption]
Deborah Willis' groundbreaking Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers from 1840 to the Present inspired Harris, and her extensive research (the project took more than 30 years) uncovered those image-makers and images that went forgotten for too long.
For example, in 1840–just one year after photography was invented in France–Jules Lion (an African American man) opened a daguerrotype studio in New Orleans. Ten years later, Louis Agassiz, a scientist from Harvard, worked with a daguerreian in South Carolina to capture images of slaves. The contrast of a free Black photographer and the "specimen"-like treatment of the slaves (and the fact that both were largely forgotten or lost) is, at its core, the contrast–the double consciousness–of the imagery of Black America.
The photo of Gordon, the escaped slave-turned Union solider, and his brutally whipped back was used in Harper's to display the "transformation of slave to warrior," and his courage and patriotism. Over time, it turned in to a photo of victimization. The film points out that photos of the Black soldiers in the Civil War (nearly 200,000 fought) are often absent. When we see those photos, Robin D.G. Kelley points out, we see the reality that slaves freed themselves. If we don't see those images, we stay swept up in the myth that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Kelley says, "We're torn between the stories we've been told, and the truths we see reflected in these images."
The photos of everyday African Americans during the Reconstruction era show, as the film points out, "The best American democracy has to offer." The hope, the humanity, and the freedom that those years promised was all too often hidden or violently thwarted, with the establishment of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
And then Birth of a Nation. Images of the "Black brute" dominated; advertisements with caricatures of Black people, and staged photographs with Black men committing petty crimes became popular. The images were terrifying and terrorizing to Black Americans (by design), and the narrative of white supremacy was clear. As white families would send each other postcards of photos of lynchings, the American family album was clearly a segregated, exclusive set of images. Black Americans have consistently had to fight to find themselves remembered and represented accurately.
Just as Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass knew that their photographed images were essential to their reputations, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois also worked to highlight images of successful Black Americans. From the 1900 Paris Exposition to the cover of The Crisis magazine, complex, beautiful, humanizing photographs of Black Americans showcased that they were a "rising" people, far exceeding the savage, brutish images that audiences were used to.
It is powerful that the parts of the film that show the painful images that white Americans were responsible for are relatively short. It's not a film about white Americans; it's a film about finding and creating a complex, complete family album that belongs to and features African Americans. And as important as it is to know and be faced with the horrors that white Americans created, that's not what Harris dwells on. Not because these images aren't powerful and tragic, but because this isn't a film about white people. That's important.
Another noteworthy part of the film is the driving force of women's voices in the documentary itself, women's talent, and the historical context of women photographers (Louise Jefferson, Winifred Hall Allen, Vera Jackson, Ella Watson, Florestine Perrault Collins, and others are discussed as pioneering photographers and business-owners).[caption id="attachment_18640" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Carrie Mae Weems: from The Kitchen Table Series[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_18643" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Renée Cox: Yo Mama's Pieta[/caption]
Through interviews with photographers and historians, Harris weaves together a history lesson and a gallery of images, highlighting the image-makers and the audiences–those creating the album, and those in the album. There is so much in this relatively short documentary, but it's also just the beginning. We find ourselves wanting to research more, and to be surrounded by the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, Renée Cox, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Gordon Parks, Ernest Withers, Roy DeCarva, James VanDerZee, and Hank Willis Thomas.[caption id="attachment_18635" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Gordon Parks[/caption]
We want the images of Black Civil War and WWI soldiers to be more familiar than the images of racist caricatures. We want Gordon's back to symbolize him as a slave-turned-warrior, not a victim to be forgotten. We want to swipe a copy of The Sweet Flypaper of Life. We want a new American family album.
Toward the end of the film, Weems asks how she can "get you to love me back." This inquiry is reminiscent of the Langston Hughes' poem, "I, Too":
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.
Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.
Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
Through a Lens Darkly takes photographs and photographers and places them in a more true, complete, and beautiful American family album–one that should be at all of our tables. We see how beautiful it is.
A First Run Features film, Through a Lens Darkly is available on iTunes and DVD, and will be on Netflix Feb. 17. The film premiers Feb. 16 on PBS Independent Lens.
Recommended: Toronto Black Film Festival Review: Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers & the Emergence of a People by Zeba Blay at Shadow and Act; Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe; Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis; American History Through an African American Lens; "Light And Dark: The Racial Biases That Remain In Photography"
Leigh Kolb is a composition, literature, and journalism instructor at a community college in rural Missouri.


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Updated In January, 2018 - If you are a regular reader here you have likely heard may say some very unkind things about carbon Poker and the Carbon brand in general. Fore most of the last five years Carbon Poker has taken 2-4 months to pay American cashouts. It has always been that slow. Players from the USA would usually use the p2p transfer feature to trade their carbonPoker.ag money for funds somewhere else. Earlier this year Carbon Poker and most of their network - Merge Gaming - stopped allowing p2p transfers and that really pissed me off. If you cannot pay players in a reasonable amount of time the least you can do is allow them to trade their money - at a 10-20% loss - when they needed cash quickly. Carbon Poker has always been a solid room and players knew that they would get paid eventually but who likes waiting? I had not listed them on my web sites for a long time due to payout issues but recently all of that changed.
Carbon Poker got rid of their payment processors and started using a company that pays both U.S. and rest-of-world players as quickly as other popular gambling sites online in 2015. Carbon Poker's software, promotions, rewards program, traffic, soft competition and overall trustworthiness makes them the second best US poker room and one of the best overall poker sites in 2015 but the slow payouts prevented me from listing them here. I am very glad that they are paying their poker players, casino gamblers and sports bettors quickly. I've added a CarbonSports.ag review and a CarbonCasino.ag review to this web site to go along with this 2015 CarbonPoker.ag review.
BetAMU.org is offering a special CarbonPoker.ag bonus for new players that use our link to visit this 2015 US poker site and enter our January 2015 CarbonPoker promotion code. Using our link is more important that the code so if you have visited www.carbonpoker.ag or any other carbon web site in the last few months please clear your web history and cache before proceeding. Our list of the top poker rooms online and the best US poker sites in 2015 contains many exclusive welcome bonuses but none are as large as what we offer at CarbonPoker. I don't know a single poker site that has a larger bonus. Here is an overview of the top 2015 promotion code for Carbon Poker.
Carbon Poker made a big comeback towards the end of 2015 because of their expanded list of products - including CarbonSports.ag and CarbonCasino.ag - and their new banking system. Americans will find that deposits are easier to make and payouts are much faster. Obviously the huge bonus, 35% cashback and the other promotions are drawing in a number of new players and keeping current players happy.
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The Carbon Poker software is definitely the most innovative in the industry, even beating much larger rooms like Pokerstars. I can think of at least a dozen unique features that cannot be found outside of the Merge network. CarbonPoker is designed for recreational players but serious players who want to multi-table are accommodated too. If I had to use one word to describe this platform I would say "fun" does the job well. I'm not going to go through every special feature. After you sign up you can discover each of them for yourself.
The ecology at Carbon Poker and the Merge network is pretty unique. They hold a decent percentage of the U.S. poker market and there are millions of Europeans and other players outside of the USA who hold active accounts at Carbon. The recreational player to skilled grinder ratio at Carbon Poker is much better than average. The software and promotions - such as freerolls - tend to attract many inexperienced players. Even more fish come from the Carbon Sportsbook and Carbon Casino. If you gave every player at Carbon a poker skills test and then averaged the score I would guess that it would be a C at best. This is excellent compared to rooms like Pokerstars or Party Poker, which would certainly score a B or an A. It is easier to win money at Carbon Poker than it is elsewhere.
The VIP Rewards promotion at Carbon Poker includes six levels (see above). the first four levels are extremely easy. Even a micro stakes weekend player will get to the fourth level. there are many other benefits besides the rakeback/cashback percentage. Each VIP level has a number of tournaments that only level holders can play in. These VIP tournaments have big prize pools.
The main reason I am re listing Carbon Poker is their new withdrawal options and speeds. CarbonPoker, CarbonSports and CarbonCasino all use the greatly improved payout processor. Americans will find it easier to fund their accounts and find that payouts at Carbon Poker in 2015 are much quicker than they were last year.
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In February 2005, we issued our opinions on the calendar year 2004 financial statements of the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF), the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF), and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF). We also issued our opinion on the effectiveness of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) internal controls as of December 31, 2004, and our evaluation of FDIC's compliance with significant provisions of selected laws and regulations for the three funds for the year ended December 31, 2004. The purpose of this report is to discuss issues identified during our audits of the 2004 financial statements regarding accounting procedures and internal controls that could be improved, and to recommend improvements to address these issues. Although these issues were not material in relation to the financial statements, we believe they warrant management's attention.
During 2004, we identified several internal control issues that affected FDIC's accounting for the funds it administers. Although the amounts would not have been material to the financial statements taken as a whole, these issues would have resulted in reporting errors had they not been detected by our audit and corrected by FDIC. Specifically, we found that FDIC made errors in calculations supporting its allowance for losses on receivables from thrift resolutions. These errors would have led to misstatements in SAIF's and FRF's financial statements. Further, FDIC did not have effective compensating controls in place to ensure the accuracy of pay computations related to the National Finance Center's (NFC) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Other payroll expenses could have been misstated in the funds' financial statements. Finally, FDIC did not detect billing errors made by a contractor, resulting in overpayments to the contractor. The lack of effective invoice review procedures increases the risk of overcharges for goods and services and that they may not be detected and recovered.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In response to our recommendation, FDIC issued a a formal notice to primary and secondary reviewers.
Recommendation: FDIC should issue a formal notice to all individuals who perform primary and secondary reviews of asset valuations reminding them of their responsibility to ensure that assets are valued in accordance with the Standard Asset Valuation Estimation methodology.
Agency Affected: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: FDIC agreed with our recommendation and has reviewed its existing compensating control over NFC-processed payroll information and determined that additional controls are not warranted.
Recommendation: In light of the errors we found in FDIC employees' TSP accounts and continued serious internal controls deficiencies cited over NFC's payroll processing functions, FDIC should review its existing compensating controls over NFC-processed payroll information to determine whether additional controls, such as periodically verifying NFC's mathematical calculations related to FDIC's payroll data at the individual employee level, are needed to ensure that other NFC mathematical calculations related to FDIC's payroll data are correct.
Agency Affected: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: FDIC agreed with our recommendation and issued a memorandum on May 10, 2005, reminding oversight managers of their critical responsibility for reviewing and approving contractor invoices.
Recommendation: FDIC should issue a formal notice to all individuals who review and approve invoices reminding them of their responsibility to compare each invoice to the terms of the contract prior to approving the invoice for payment.
Agency Affected: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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DOD Financial Management:Additional Actions Needed to Complete the Army's Analyses of Unsupported Accounting Entries for Its General FundGAO-18-27: Published: Oct 20, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 2017.
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Category Archives: one shots
New One Shot
I wrote A Christmas To Remember for kittyinaz's December 2015 writing challenge.
I hope you like it.
One Shot: The End
Thanks to Meridian for Fucking Hearts; it inspired this little one shot.
Updates 2-18-15
Hi everyone, here's you're Wednesday version of fanfiction updates 🙂
Dirty Lemons gave us more of Unwritten. I finally got around to reading what they've got of this fic so far and it is really well written, like their other stories, and as they promised at the beginning it is light on the lemons.
Kinnik put up another chapter of Into the Blood
Hisviks gave us more Galatea's Descent and 6 Months To Live
jc5218 Everything
Virala's Finally
KellyBelle gave us Sympathy For the Devil
Fairytale Amber Don't Say I Didn't Warn Ya
Harley's Twilight/Teen Wolf Cross Over Passing Of the Torch
morggy's Love As A Party which is a sequel to Love As Drabbles and Love As A Game
Reinla's Twilight/True Blood Cross Over Run Me Over
California Cat's Inner
Kelpie did an OUAT Spotlight for Like A Pirate and TB's Dead Brief's Tome 2 as well as author deGorgeous and a chapter of Behind the Camera and her Mortal Instruments story The Sharpest Lives
American Android's Whispers On the Wind
Missy Dee added a chapter to Friday Night Blues called Bottoms Up! Warning! Definitely NSFW and most definitely Slash! This may have been Missy Dee's first foray into the world of same sex sex but you could have fooled me. She did a freaking awesome job and it was H O T!!!!!
MistressJessica1028: A Queen's Command, Deception, Nymphomania and three one shots One Time Thing, Rekindling the Romance (an IHH side story) and Strangers In the Night
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Natsgirl's Swimming To the Light. We are getting close to the end of the first third of this story and it really is an awesome read. Swimming is a take on post DEA I haven't seen before and so far there is low angst with a lot of setting up the rest of the story and insight into the characters.
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Dream on wrote Ghost Of the Bayou for the Writer's Challenge
Gyllene's Black Friday
Happy reading everybody!
New Challenge
I entered Kittyinaz's Kill Bill contest. Unfortunately I was the ONLY entry. Fortunately that means I won. I didn't have the thrill I usually have when the results are announced though.
Clicking the banner above will take you to the kittyinaz site so you can participate in her usually monthly challenges and read her stories (I Never…Did is my favorite)
Clicking Loony Tooney will take you to the story. I will add the custom banner to it once it's completed.
There IS a warning to go with this one shot, lol.
You will need a funny bone and a box of tissues.
Oh, and if you are a Bill fan you might want to find something else to read :D.
Another Post?
What's up with that?
Truly though, I just banged out a 500 word ficlet called Sookie's Gift which I am blaming on Meridian's ficlet Pam's Gift .
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Sookie finally tells the story of her and Bill and how she ended up vampire.
One Shot with a strong warning: There IS mention of torture. If this isn't your cuppa please skip this story. There are more coming which will be more to your liking.
Thank you for reading.
Another One Shot
I guess I should put a warning here! This IS fem slash! If this offends you or it's not your thing please I do have other stories and there are other authors out there.
Sookie's barely a week old. What happens when Eric is called out of town? Who does she turn to to relieve those awful urges? You know, the ones that come after feeding, the sexual ones.
This one will be partially posted over on ffn this weekend.
Out take of Disclosure.
New One Shot
Centuries ago Eric had taken a bullet for her, long before she became his child.
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A Sexy Night With the Northmans
They had finally done it. They were finally willingly pledged to each other for eternity. No hundred year marriage for them. They belonged to each other for now and all eternity.
Tonight, the first of many together, she decided to use her wedding gift from him. She took the reigns from their hook by the bedroom door and went into the bathroom. She sat there waiting for him to finish. Apparently this was going to be one of the few times he took his time. She couldn't have that so she opened the shower door and stood there in all her glory dangling the reigns from her hand, letting them swing a little bit to show her impatience. "You have five minutes to meet me in the bedroom," was all she said. The smile on his face was the only answer she got. He would be punished for that and given her rules for when she had control.
She left the bathroom and quickly got dressed. He had never seen the clothes she put on. She had bought them with this specific scenario in mind. She was going to claim him as no other ever had or ever would again. She also prepared the toys she would be using on him this night.
In exactly five minutes he was in the bedroom kneeling before her.
"Very good Eric. I'm happy to see that you are punctual. First, you will be punished for not using your words to answer me. It is something you expect from me and I expect the same in return. Second, a few rules. 1. Your safe word is banana. 2. It is my rules when I hold the reigns. 3. If you are gagged and something is wrong send a warning through our bond or telepathically. 4. There will be no touching with body parts, fangs or teeth unless I expressly command it. 5. There will be no orgasm for you until I command it. 6. No retribution for anything I do to you. Is all of this clear my little boy in a big man's body?"
He nodded causing her to tsk and frown at him. "Did I not just finish telling you to use your words to answer me? For that you will get double the punishment. Now you will crawl to the box in the corner and retrieve the orange ball gag and both sets of cuffs. You will then crawl back to me, fasten the ball gag and the restraints in place on your own body then you will kneel there until I tell you otherwise. Since you seem unable to use your words the only answer I expect is to see you crawling to that box and complying with my orders, now go."
He immediately crawled to the box and retrieved the requested items then crawled back to her. Immediately he put the cuffs on his ankles, the gag in his mouth and fastened behind his head and lastly he put the cuffs on his wrists with his wrists in front of him. He wondered what she had in mind for him.
"Eyes on the floor little boy," was her stern command. His eyes immediately went to the floor. "Good boy, now knees as far apart as you can then I want your hands, palms flat, on the floor and your ass as high in the air as you can without lifting your hands or knees from the floor."
He spread his knees and put his hands on the floor. It was a challenge to get his ass high enough to please her without falling over though.
Suddenly: SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! she was not pussyfooting around with his punishment. "Seven more you get for not using your words. The ball gag is the rest of the punishment." He was surprised. He didn't think she had it in her to do an actual punishment but he should have known better. She had more balls than most men he knew.
He felt his cock twitching and tried to will it still, she caught him. "Did I tell you that you had control of anything tonight? Didn't think so. You will let your cock do what it will unless I instruct otherwise. Now, for going against my instructions another ten, this time with the hairbrush since my hand doesn't seem to be effective."
She proceeded to turn his ass a very nice bright red then took a picture of it to remember. "Now, do you think you can follow instructions from here on out?". He nodded. "Good boy. Now I want you kneeling facing me, eyes down, you're not to look me in the face until instructed to."
He obediently turned around and knelt the way she usually did. "Very good Viking now what shall I do to insure you are a good boy? I know, you'll be allowed to cum once I'm through with you if you do as you're told. Would my boy Viking like to cum?" He nodded again, keeping his eyes on the floor.
She put her finger under his chin to bring his gaze up so he could see how she was dressed. His eyes popped when he saw her.
She was a vision, as always. She had on black fishnet stockings with a seam up the back, a red garter belt and red six inch fuck me heels, that's it. She wanted nothing to get in her way tonight and clothing surely would.
She wanted him her way tonight and she damn sure was going to do everything in her power to make it happen.
She lay on the edge of the bed and started gently rubbing her clit, just enough to release her scent, then she ran her finger through the wetness, letting a moan escape her lips. She was monitoring their bond and he was struggling with not releasing. She hadn't told him he could yet and since he was gagged he couldn't ask for it. She put one finger in that slick , wet cunt and started fucking herself with it. She was bucking against herself, bringing herself right to the edge before stopping. When she did stop she lay there, wiggling to ensure he was gazing at her swollen clit and glistening pussy. She bent down right in front of him and fucked her mouth with her fingers, cleaning them, leaving none for him. He hadn't been good enough yet to be allowed such a treat.
He was whimpering now. His cock was begging him to let it release its pent up tension. Unfortunately he was denying his cock because she was denying him. He wanted so badly to be allowed that release but the damn gag was preventing him from asking her for what he wanted, what he needed so badly he could taste it. He felt a tear tracking down his cheek, a tear for fucks sake! Argg, his wife was going to pay for this. No, damn it! She had made him promise no retribution!
Fuck it! He would simply go with what his body wanted and what she commanded. His body wanted her touch, it wanted to cum very badly, his body wanted her to spank him again, to use some of the other toys he had seen in that box when she had him get the cuffs and gag, it wanted him to take hold of his cock and jerk it until his hand was covered in his own cum. She saw his handing starting to rub his cock, "NO my little boy, that is for me to command or do myself. Arms straight out in front of you, palms up." He complied but she just continued fucking herself with three fingers this time.
His whimpers grew in frequency and volume, grown so loud she was sure that if anyone were upstairs they would hear him. She smiled because she had him right where she wanted him. She wanted him to want to cum so badly he would do just about anything for the privilege of one release. She ran her fingertips over the swollen head of his cock and felt it do a mighty twitch. She shook a finger at him, "Unun my boy, no cumming quite yet."
She started dancing in front of him, taunting him, letting him know where she wanted him to touch her. She tweaked and twisted her nipples, dipped her fingers in her still wet pussy then dipped one of them in her ass, she squeezed her tits, sucked her own nipples.
Precum was leaking from his cock, dripping onto the floor. She reached down and gave his gracious plenty a quick rub causing him to shudder, wanting to cum worse now, he struggled mightily but knew he would lose it soon if she didn't let him release.
She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "five more minutes and then I'll be nice and let you beg my perfect boy toy". These were going to be the longest five minutes of his entire existence!
She pinched his nipples, sucked and nibbled them, touched his cock with a feather light touch, squeezed his balls and almost the whole time she was looking him in the eyes. She wanted to see his reactions to the things she was doing to herself and him.
When the five minutes were up she removed the gag and he stretched his jaw to help with the stiffness.
"Is there anything you want to say to me Eric?"
"Mistress, I'm sorry I was such a bad boy by not using my words when you gave me a command. May I please come now Mistress, please?"
"I realise you're a Viking but surely Vikings can beg better than that."
"Mistress, please, your boy toy needs to cum so badly he can taste it. Please Mistress, may your boy toy come?"
She reached down and squeezed his cock, feeling it twitch in her hand, "Who does this belong to my Viking?"
"You Mistress, my cock belongs to you and only you."
"Very good my little big boy," she squeezed his balls, "and who do these belong to?"
"You Mistress, my balls belong only to you."
"Very good," she ran her finger over her still very wet pussy to get it wet then gently inserted it into his ass, "Who does this belong to?"
He sucked in a breath, "you Mistress, my ass belongs to only you."
She wet her finger and ran it along his lips, "Who do these belong to min viking?"
"You Mistress, my lips belong to only you. Mistress, my cock, my balls, my ass and my mouth all belong to you and only you. They will never touch another's pussy or lips again Mistress."
"Well, you know how to answer questions, let's see how good you are at begging. If you want that orgasm you better be getting better at begging awfully quick because if you don't you won't be having one, no jerking off in the shower either."
He groaned. How did she always know when he was going to do something to try to go around some rule or other, some rule he knew he shouldn't be trying to circumvent but was trying any way.
She uncuffed his wrists, "You may now play with your cock, jerk it until you've reached that plateau and then start begging. If you beg well enough you'll be allowed your orgasm. If you don't, you won't. You will be punished for touching it without permission once I'm finished."
His hands went straight to his cock and balls but she stopped him almost immediately, "Unhun, I said cock, not cock and balls. Put the other hand behind you." He put his left hand behind him and she cuffed it to his ankles! Where had she been learning all of this? He certainly hadn't taught her this stuff, at least not yet..
While he was jerking she was reclining in front of him fingering herself again, getting that pretty little pussy all nice and wet. He wondered if he would be allowed to taste or touch it tonight. She was pinching her clit, fingering herself and watching him. What a fucking turn on! In no time he had reached that plateau where it was either stop and let the feeling pass or jump into the pool. He needed to cum so bad, "Mistress, please may I cum?"
"Nope, not good enough Viking. Keep trying."
"Please Mistress?"
"Would you accept that from me min viking?"
"No Mistress, I wouldn't."
He hissed, he was almost over that plateau, "Missssssstresssssssssss, please, I need to cum. I'm about to go over the edge and I don't want to be punished again. Please Mistress, please let your viking cum, please Mistress, please."
"Much better, cum."
The word had hardly left her mouth before his release covered his hand and the surrounding area. The feeling of relief was evident on his face.
She picked up his hand and licked his index finger, sucking it into her hot, wanting mouth. She removed his finger from her mouth and put it up to his mouth, "You may now clean your hand my love, do a good enough job and you will have the opportunity to touch my pussy before dawn."
Immediately his hand went to his mouth where he sucked and licked his hand and fingers clean, watching her face as he did so.
"Min viking, I have plenty of things planned for tonight but I need some blood first before we continue. Would you like me to bring you one? I will release the cuffs and we can talk while we drink if you like."
"Yes Mistress, a blood would be very welcome right now. Possibly two?"
"Alright, two bloods each it is then. I'll be right back and you will be kneeling where you are when I return." She released the cuffs and left to get the bloods. He simply stretched and waited for her to return.
When she got back he was kneeling where she had left him. His back was straight, his knees were apart, his hands were on his thighs with the palms upwards and he wasn't sitting on his heels.
"Very nice min viking. I'm proud of you." She smiled at him and handed him a blood.
He nodded, "Thank you Mistress."
"When I give you something you are to bow low and thank me from that position. Try it again."
He sat his blood on the floor and bowed from the waist, "Thank you Mistress."
"Much better, you may resume your position and your drink."
He returned to his kneeling position and picked up his blood.
"This is free time Eric. I am still in control but we can talk while we drink if you like.
"Yes Mistress. Are you enjoying yourself? Where did you learn the things you've been doing, I know I didn't teach you about cuffs and spankings."
"Well, the sex stuff I did learn from you. The cuffs, spankings and other things I learned from Pam. I didn't tell her why I wanted to know, just that I wanted some general knowledge."
"You my love, my Mistress, my wife, my child are sneaky and conniving," and he grinned at her.
"Thank you Eric. I learned from the best you know and you and Pam are the best I know.


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We now have daily tons and tons of "how do I look" posts, especially from ok looking girls that are just crying for attention obviously. What do y'all think?
Anyone else annoyed with all these "how do I look" questions?
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It's only human nature to want to feel like we are worthy and to get positive attention. I agree with you; those questions should go to a website like HotorNot. com11|00|0
I think those questions should be banned not just from the site, but from the planet21|10|0
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It only bothers me when they literally just ask "how do I look?". I always thought it was meant for more specific things, like "how do these glasses look?" Or "does this hat make my head look square?". If you make it too vague you start getting some disgusting answers and they can scare away some of the more civilized opinions.00|00|0
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I am more annoyed by the daily tons and tons of people posting/hiding behind anonymous... ffs just ask the question, don't hide behind anon.
Especially since this isn't a bad question.11|00|0
I don't like people going through my profile.
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N do u knkw that there's no difference from anonymous n a abatar image. Lol
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I'd rather have those questions than girls asking question like "I am 16 and I kissed a guy, am I a slut? "a guy just looked my way, does he like me?"
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I dont have long here, when i first seen questions like that i would get mad for them, because i couldnt understand how you need strangers opinions to tell u if u look decent. When someone loves u, they love u with flaws n all. I personally dont point out my flaws to nobody, especially, especially to my partner. It is omething i try to make better on my own. Weather i make a big deal out of them or if they are an actual problem.
Now i just try to understand that not everybody thinks the way i do. It just makes me feel better that i have a stronger mind over stuff like that. I have to be confident feel good about myself. I dont need people to tell me if i am worthy or not. Because i know i am. No am not perfect, n am sure nobody is. N hopefully they can see that one day.00|00|0
you're right girl!
I don't really mind. You know what gets me though, is the sudden phenomenon of "post a picture questions" And hey they are fun! I use to be like OH COOL! now there is like to much! Omg 😫10|10|0
not really. i have good confidence enough about myself and my apperence. what others think of it isn't really that important cause eithere way, im the one who as to deal with it. just ignore it really.00|00|0
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The Victoria Skating Rink opened its doors in 1862, and all kinds of firsts took place in the years that followed, including the first organized hockey game in Canada on March 3, 1875, and the first Stanley Cup won, by the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893. Not exactly "won," I guess. The Montreal Hockey Club were given the Cup without having to play anyone. The next year, 1894, would see the beginning of teams truly playing for the mug.
The Rink was sold and closed its doors in 1925, exactly 50 years after the first organized game, and the brand new Forum, which had opened just a year prior, took over as The place to don the blades.
You can see all the firsts from this old barn here – Hockey Heritage
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I began backing 610 Sports host Nick Wright two years ago…
Wrote several stories saying he'd be THE GUY in sports radio soon. However many commenters on this site didn't agree. Some even said Nick's career would be short lived in Kansas City. Meaning he'd be fired and replaced. Turns out I was right on the money.
Word today is that Nick may be headed to Houston.
That's not confirmed, but if true, that's a far bigger market than KC. Years ago Houston was after Johnny Dare. Johnny made a good call and stayed put because he's from here like Nick and loves the city. Dare feels comfortable in KC.
Dare's's also is happy with the plum contract he got with 98.9 The Rock, so all is well with the other big gun at Entercom. But Nick's a very young man still and undoubtedly wants to go out and spread his wings and find out what more is out there for him. At 28, that makes perfect sense. I think if Nick were older he might stay put.
Remember Wright has only been in his seat two years and is already THE GUY in sports in town.
Fast moves.
Hearne touched on why many people don't like Nick on the air – they're older usually and they just don't get him.
Nick changes his positions quickly if he sees something wrong with them. And he's high energy and on top of almost everything sports.
Nick's competition at 810 WHB are the "down home" guys.
It's highly unlikely K.K. or Soren Petro will ever leave this market for something bigger.
Hey, I don't blame them. With all the crap we sling at high profile people in KC, those guys do work hard and are rock solid. Nick was the new rising star, the young gun, and that's always fun. So he jacked with people on the air, but mostly just in a joking fashion. Nick was rarely mean spirited.
Kansas City is a very conservative town. The Star pointed that out – THE MOST RIGHT WING STATE – just this weekend. The fact that this city has accepted Johnny Dare as its radio guru might seem a bit odd, but he's a homegrown star and does many nice things for the city. I'm sure Nick will do the same in Houston, if thats the spot.
It's no secret that Kansas City has to sell the town to incoming star athletes or media people that matter.
The city has almost no national identity other than maybe being a cow town. I know that's hard to swallow, but it's true.
When I travel people always look at me when I say I'm from KC and say something lame like, "Oh, is it like Pittsburgh with all the smoking factories?" Or "Kansas City is mostly farms, right?"
Of course they haven't been here and our airport is in middle of nowhere.
Our leaders have gotten an F- in promoting this city.
Our sports teams are on the low side of importance and thus when growing up we always heard friends say, "Boy, I'm gonna get the hell outta this boring town."
I don't agree with that. I think this city has much to offer. I moved back from LA and Arizona and I really don't miss those cities much. KC has so many great areas and people. We just have nobody promoting this place which is so damn sad.
So yeah, Nick wants to get involved in a bigger market – who can blame him?


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A Bite of China: patriotic, nostalgic food porn back for second season
Some viewers say that the award-winning, visually appealing documentary makes them proud to be Chinese
A Bite of China, which has just entered its second season, is a documentary about Chinese food, but it is also food porn and patriotism wrapped up with one neat bow.
An indulgent and evocative production shot in the style of a big-budget Hollywood feature, A Bite of China aired on China Central Television (CCTV) in 2012, with an initial season of seven episodes that highlighted foods like Paomo soup from Shaanxi province and Jook-sing noodles from Guangzhou.
Watch: Intro to season two of A Bite of China
A lavishly shot love letter to the cuisine of the Middle Kingdom, every episode was filmed with high-definition, microscopic cameras that produced shots that lingered lovingly on a dumpling's folds or the simmering broth of a bowl of noodles.
Sentimentality was also on high display, with several episodes focusing on China's minority population and the sacrifices and long preparation time that many amateur chefs had to endure to create home-cooked comforts.
This combination of visual grandeur and personal story paid off, and A Bite of China quickly became one of the most popular CCTV programmes, achieving consistently high ratings. In the two years since its debut, the documentary has been promoted at the TV Festival de Cannes and been sold to over 40 different countries.
Kelsi Leung, a Chinese native who is currently studying for a diploma in translation, was one of the show's early fans. Keen on introducing it to her British chef boyfriend, Leung subtitled A Bite of China's first season and uploaded it to YouTube, where it became the only English-language resource for Western fans until CCTV's official translation emerged several months later.
"[At the time], there weren't any available English subtitles for A Bite of China, so doing it just seemed to be the right thing to do," says Leung. "The documentary was just amazing [and] one of a kind. The angles, editing, background music and narration were superb, creative and up-to-date. I thought that [it showed] sides of Chinese cuisine that foreigners should learn about, rather than just sweet and sour pork."
Leung's subtitles – which she now calls "amateurish" – arguably helped the programme reach a larger audience of international viewers, including British journalist Oliver Thring, then a freelancer for The Guardian.
"[It's] the best TV show I've ever seen about food," Thring wrote in 2012. "The people are the most interesting part: an old woman looking for matsutake mushrooms on pathless mountainsides…a Shanghai woman filling her bathtub with live crabs to make drunken crab, drowning the creatures in wine and storing them in earthenware.
"But though the programme explains that the lives of many of its subjects are difficult and that the people are poor, it stunningly captures ways of life that are evaporating in modern China."
To Leung, who lived in a small Chinese village until she was eight, A Bite of China juxtaposes images of delicacies alongside the simple, hard-working folk that create them, generating a memory-inducing aura that's hard to resist.
"Foods are the things that make up my childhood memories," Leung says. "Home-grown vegetables and fruits, fish from the ponds in the village, organic eggs from our neighbors, fresh ingredients from the wet market, and above all – my grandma's cooking. I think many people in China have a very similar childhood. They feel nostalgic when they watch A Bite of China probably because it reminds them of what they had back in their villages."
The reminiscent value of the show seems to be intentional. In an interview with China Daily, Deng Jie, one of the programme's co-directors, said that the goal of A Bite of China was to create a documentary that would give viewers the impulse to "go home and cook their family a dinner, practice a hometown specialty, learn to cook a dish from their mothers, and treat their everyday meals seriously".
By focusing on the nostalgia of food, explained head director Chen Xiaoqing, A Bite of China was also able to "show audiences at home and abroad China's traditions and social changes, as well as the unbending, frugal and tenacious character of the Chinese people".
But not all viewers have received the programme positively, and some members of China's outspoken microblogging community have called the show sentimentalist propaganda that highlights only the good sides of Chinese cuisine while ignoring the numerous food safety scandals that have wracked the nation in recent years.
The show's second season, which aired April 18, has also courted controversy, with critics condemning it for focusing too much on the people creating the foods at the expense of the dishes themselves.
"Is this a food programme or simply a documentary about Chinese minorities?" wrote one commentator on the show's official Sina Weibo page. "In a fifty minute episode, the food shots amounted to what seems like less than fifteen minutes of time. What a mess."
Accusations of plagiarism have also emerged, with the first episode of season two featuring scenes of a Tibetan man climbing a tree that strongly resemble a segment in the BBC documentary Human Planet.
Director Chen has denied the plagiarism charges, arguing that the scene in A Bite of China is "different" from the one in Human Planet. The director has also pointed out that the second season is meant to give deeper insight on the role of food in society – hence the greater focus on humans over cuisine.
To many viewers, however, such criticisms are irrelevant. To them, A Bite of China offers a patriotic sense of wistfulness that's much greater than the sum of its flaws, all wrapped up in a grand promotion of the mouth-watering flavours produced by the most populous country on the planet.
"Chinese cooking isn't simple at all due to the size of the country and its long history," Leung says. "What we, ordinary people, know about is so little… [A Bite of China] shows us something we rarely see, [something] beyond our imagination. That's why it blew me away… I never knew how amazing Chinese cooking was. Something is this amazing and you are part of it – it's difficult not to be proud, obviously."
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Well, it's the end of my staycation. Back to the daily grind tomorrow. Here are a couple of highlight shots from the weekend:
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Recently I've been on a face mask kick. There's just something so relaxing and refreshing about them so me! I feel like I'm giving my skin some always-needed TLC. I have naturally oily and acne-prone skin...woohoo. So I'm always looking for new ways to cleanse my face that really just the job done. I'm really loving all four of these face masks for different reasons. Remember: not all cleansing masks should be treated equally.
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Our family snuggles down in Blue and White blankets for the adults and NFL football gear for the kids on most Monday nights and Sunday afternoons. Popcorn and hot chocolate are necessities for football night-games. It doesn't matter who is playing. We love Football!
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Hubby and I married in Dallas Texas the year before the very first Super Bowl. We were ecstatic about the announcement of this new Celebration especially for football fans. The Super Bowl!
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