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Humanism built Western civilization as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture—Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velázquez, Descartes, Kant, Freud. Those who sought to contain humanism's pride within a frame of higher truth—Luther, Calvin, Poussin, Kierkegaard—could barely interrupt its torrential progress. Those who sought to reform humanism's tenets from within—Marx, Darwin, and Nietzsche—were tested by the success of their own prophecies.
So runs the approved view. It is not shared by John Carroll.
Instead, Carroll articulates a disruptive and compelling alternative narrative of the course of Western civilization since the Renaissance and the Reformation contrived to unleash reason, will, and a superhuman man on the world. The West's five-hundred-year experiment with humanism has failed, he maintains in this bracing study of humanism's rise to preeminence and its headlong tumble into contradiction, because humans ultimately need some kind of contact with a higher, or metaphysical, order beyond the confines of their time-bound, mundane selves. And if this wasn't entirely clear before September 11, 2001, Carroll concludes, it surely is now. His provocative and brilliant arguments will challenge received wisdom on every side.
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"John Carroll has earned a place entirely of his own, a place which but few others dare or have the stamina to visit. . . . His unique role in present-day intellectual life consists in continuous stimulation. . . . In this reassessment of Western civilization, Carroll's unorthodox, thought-provoking version puts the religious, artistic and philosophical milestones of modern history into new perspective. . . . Some readers will find Carroll's book eye-opening; some will find it infuriating; all will find it unputdownable"
"Even as he challenges Humanism, John Carroll remains faithful to its core commitment—the search for meaning. In an age when serious thinkers have almost all become academics, specializing in precise answers to disciplinary questions, Carroll reminds us what an intellectual should be. Hunting big game, he addresses the dark and brooding problems of our time. Whether we agree with his answers or not, we are immensely provoked by his questions, and the brilliant and critical mind that lies just beneath."
"Carroll is a different kind of sociologist. Not only does he not make a fetish of data and method, he eschews them altogether. The Wreck of Western Culture is nothing so pedestrian as social theory; it is a (sometimes) inspired vaticination, a dramatic and portentous reading of the entrails of Western culture from Homer to Hollywood. . . . To produce—in fewer than three hundred pages—a passionate, imaginative, richly detailed interpretation of the spiritual history of the modern West is not a small achievement, even if that interpretation is, as I believe, profoundly wrong. At a time when cutting-edge cultural criticism devotes itself to ephemera, it apparently takes a maverick Aussie sociologist to don the prophet's mantle. Let him be praised, if only for forcing us to look once again at our cultural monuments, this time as harbingers of life or death."
"Carroll shows that the Enlightenment blew out the candles all over Europe and contributed in the long run to intellectual and emotional darkness. . . . In the long rune those Enlightenment ideas turned many Anglican churches into museums or clubs, and second British Empire lost its reason to live."
"The Wreck of Western Culture is a four-part drama: Foundation, Middle Acts, Fall, and Death Throes. If you relish the masterpieces of the modern West because they reveal 'the deepest truths of their time,' then you will welcome this study because Carroll unapologetically 'seeks the best, and neglects the rest.' Some of the finest books are ambitious to the point of hubris, synoptic to the point of oversimplification, and courageous to the point of rashness. The Wreck of Western Culture risks the flaws to achieve the merits as it traces five centuries of Western humanism, beginning with the Renaissance credo 'I am everything,' transitioning to the Reformation credo, 'I am nothing,' and ending with the nihilistic credo 'I am against everything.' The Undertaker has written a memorable requiem."
"Selectively adducing an array of cultural icons—works of Shakespeare, Velizquez, Poussin, Descartes, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, to cite a few—Carroll analyzes each masterpiece to forge a new link in the catena of his argument that the inner logic and competing perspectives of the humanist experience inevitably led to self-destruction due to the absence of a metaphysical foundation beyond human's reason and free will. The author's dour, unflinching portrayal of modern Western civilization's 'surrender to oblivion' will elicit from his audience some profound and trenchant responses to this invitation to the funeral of humanism."
"Carroll's penetrating insights and his prodigous scholarship will repay a careful reading, and his astringent book is very highly recommended."
"A hair-raisingly vicious polemic against the legacy of the Renaissance, liberalism and modernity. . . . A set of brilliant, partisan sketches of major works from Donatello to Freud."
"Overblown, utterly misguided, and sometimes downright dangerous (not to mention half crazed), but important, and, at times, brilliant. What if he's right?"
"This book is provocative, brilliant, exasperating."
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Fear of the "Fiscal Cliff" is causing the biggest exodus from U.S. stocks this year as investors essentially put their money under the mattress rather than trust Congress to come up with a compromise.
U.S. equity stock funds had a net outflow of just over $9 billion in the week ended Nov. 21, the biggest outflow for a single week this year, according to research firm EPFR Global.
The next biggest outflow was during the week ended Oct. 25, as fiscal cliff jitters rattled investors ahead of the election.
"Investors are turning tail because we have the fiscal cliff," said Cameron Brandt, director of research at EPFR. "There are going to be people cashing in as we head into this period of uncertainty."
Investors are pouring that money—and then some—into money-market funds, with that group netting $21.79 billion last week, the third highest amount of 2012, according to EPFR. The average money market account is yielding just above zero.
The expiration of tax cuts and the automatic spending cuts set to occur at the end of the year will cost the economy $600 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Some traders said the outflows may continue even if Congress comes to some sort of agreement before the end of the year. That's because any compromise is likely to include higher taxes on dividends and capital gains, at least for the highest earners.
"It's tough to pinpoint causation," said Stephen Weiss of Short Hills Capital. "Is it fiscal fears or concerns about dividends and capital gains increases?"
Dividend-paying stocks are being hit the hardest as of late with the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend ETF down almost 1 percent in the last month, compared to a slight pullback in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF over the same time period.
To be sure, others feel the retail investor could be getting out at just the wrong time with the potential for a big rally if Congress hatches a deal.
"The anxiety relating to the cliff is largely in the market," said Tony Crescenzi, market strategist for PIMCO. "Fear of the possibility is embedded in people's minds sufficiently enough to provide a cushion against some of the anxiety that is bound to appear before resolution of the cliff, which most do not expect until the week before Christmas."
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New car buyers, shunned by lenders just four years ago, now are benefiting from historically low interest rates and more-available credit, pacing a U.S. auto market that is hovering near pre-recession levels.
General Motors Co. and AutoNation Inc., respectively the top-selling automaker and dealership group in the U.S., are among companies pointing to ample financing for new car and truck purchases pushing sales comfortably past 15 million this year, the highest since 2007.
"We have the best financing available for our customers ever," Mike Jackson, the chief executive officer of Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based AutoNation, told a J.D. Power & Associates conference this month in Orlando, Florida. "I go back to '08 and '09, and I couldn't get the Lord Above financed."
U.S. light-vehicle sales probably climbed 3.7% in February to 1.19 million, the average estimate of 10 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. The annualized industry sales rate, which is adjusted for seasonal trends, may have matched January's pace of 15.3 million, the average of 15 analysts' estimates.
"No industry has benefited more from the unfreezing of the credit markets than new and used vehicles," Tom Webb, chief economist of Manheim Consulting, said this month in a report. "Although the immediate goal of Federal Reserve actions was to lower long-term rates and support the mortgage market, it was auto-financing markets that enjoyed the first boosts."
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GM, whose former finance unit needed a bailout because of losses on subprime home mortgages, saw "a number of lenders" completely exit auto leasing during the recession, said Kurt McNeil, vice president of U.S. sales operations. The Detroit- based automaker is now building General Motors Financial Co. and has seen lenders including Ally Financial Inc., the former GM unit, and Wells Fargo & Co., expand their offerings to its dealers and customers.
"The availability of consumer credit is plentiful," McNeil said this month in an interview at a National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando. "More lenders are interested in getting back into various elements of our business. That just fuels opportunity."
The percentage of new-vehicle sales that were leases has exceeded 20 percent since the beginning of 2010 and has reached about 25% the past three months, Kevin Tynan, a senior analyst at Bloomberg Industries, said in a Feb. 25 report.
Banks reported the most common rate for a 48-month new-car loan was 4.82% in November, the most-recent reporting period. The rates have dropped from more than 7% before the Fed lowered its target interest rate to zero in December 2008 and began large-scale asset purchases to boost growth.
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Hey! This week has been a blast and it's not over yet! I have one more thing up my sleeve! We'll talk about that next week, okay? Cowboy Fans know no offseason! Fans came out by the dozens to rep the Star in a big way!
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1. Aprecie: Located on a cute little side street off main road in town is one of the best restaurants I have been to in Brazil. The restaurant is simple with one wall open to outside of this charming cobblestone street. Start with the tuna sushi appetizer (below), the sushi was drizzled with soy, balsamic and honey making […]


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They Might Be Giants are well-known for their crazier themes and lyrics, and also for that totally-annoying-in-its-entirety Malcom in the Middle theme song. But occasionally, there's a little dark sincerity poking out of their work, and "Till My Head Falls Off" is a perfect, catchy example.
Off the groups sixth studio album, Factory Showroom, released way back in '96, "Till My Head Falls Off" seems to have two levels to it. On the upper crust, it's just a bouncy tune with a fantastic bassline, and some typically zany, throw-away lyrics about Advil and showering and blah blah blah. But listen again, and you'll uncover startlingly frank hints of paranoia, chronic stress, OCD, suicide by drug overdose, and utter mental breakdown, all wrapped up in the repeated realization that there's really no way out but death.
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Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies with a Political Communication Emphasis
Media and politics have been intertwined since the beginning of the printing press. Candidates need to communicate to be elected, and constituents need to analyze the political messages that come their way. The Political Communication major is a program of study that combines the excitement of working in media with the importance of electing the best people for our nation. Whether you want to be a journalist analyzing political speeches or a campaign manager for a candidate, this major will prepare you for a future in media and politics.
The Political Communication major has three main areas of focus: promotion, political science, and communication studies. To be elected, candidates must be promoted through advertising and media exposure. The coordination and control of these situations takes people who understand both campaigning and the media. Students in this program take both communication and government coursework as preparation for careers in political campaigning, analysis, reporting, and research. Students have the opportunity to participate in political reporting and analysis through the student media at Evangel. Internships for helping local officials and campaigns are also available. Students may also spend time in Washington, D.C., through the Washington Studies program.
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|Part I is an introduction to the field of advertising through various media. Part II is an in-depth approach to advertising theory, strategy, and execution. Includes practical experience in gathering marketing data, writing strategic marketing plans, creating a copy platform, and expediting an advertising job from conception through final client approval.
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|Study of the foundational principles of Western political and social philosophy from Augustine to the present, including such philosophers as Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx.
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Evangel University's world-class faculty is made up of caring, Christian professionals who are distinguished in their fields and dedicated to the development of tomorrow's Christian leaders.
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WWF-Colombia associate wins Whitley conservation award
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WWF-Colombia is very proud to celebrate Dr Fernando Trujillo's announcement as the Overall Winner of the Whitley Award nature conservation prize for his work to conserve South America's pink river dolphins.Cali, Colombia – WWF-Colombia is very proud to celebrate Dr Fernando Trujillo's announcement as the Overall Winner of the Whitley Award nature conservation prize for his work to conserve South America's pink river dolphins.
Dr Fernando Trujillo, a Colombian scientist, founder and Scientific Director of the Fundación Omacha, WWF-Colombia's associate in the Amazon and Orinoco Basins, won both the Whitley Award sponsored by HSBC Holdings, and the Whitley Gold Award for his ambitious conservation programme. He received both awards from HRH The Princess Royal and Sir David Attenborough at London's Royal Geographical Society.
"Dr Trujillo's work in Colombia is ambitious and he has overcome many barriers," said Edward Whitley, Founder and Chairman of the Whitley Fund for Nature. "He is combining a truly holistic approach. As well as researching threatened species such as the pink river dolphin, Dr Trujillo is engaging with people in the Amazon basin, working closely with fishermen, and is even working with supermarkets."
"Without his work, we would not even be aware of the threat the Colombian catfish industry poses river dolphins. We are delighted to announce him the overall Whitley Gold Award Winner".
Working with a team of young South American scientists and with the support of WWF, WCS, WDCS, Dr Trujillo leads an ambitious programme of conservation in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, conducting systematic research along the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers and their tributaries in Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador to estimate river dolphin numbers. Central to their work is a strong campaign to stop the killing of the dolphins and other endangered species for use in the catfish industry.
"Fernando and his work deserved such recognition; his discipline and commitment have led his cause to different places and now it has been acknowledged. Though this important global award will benefit his work with dolphins and other freshwater species, it constitutes a real inspiring and motivating example for other individuals and organizations working in favor of nature", said Mary Louise Higgins, WWF-Colombia Country Representative. "We are just waiting him to come back and continue to Bolivia, where the First South American River Dolphin Census will conclude next June".
- The Whitley Fund for Nature – the charity behind the Whitley Awards – is a UK based international conservation charity that recognises some of the world's leading conservationists. The Whitley Awards are given to support science based conservation work that also benefits local communities.
- Whitley Awards are worth up to £30,000 each and are one of the largest nature conservation awards available. Of the Award winners selected each year, one recipient goes on to win the Gold Award worth an additional £30,000. Hosted by Patron HRH Princess Royal and Trustee Sir David Attenborough, the Whitley Awards Ceremony is held annually at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
- One of South America's flagship species, River dolphins, are now among the world's endangered cetaceans. Recent studies show the River Dolphins endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco basins are extremely threatened by mounting fisheries, the use of dolphins as bait, pollution and habitat loss in both Basins.
Currently there are no governmental initiatives to protect endangered species in these river basins and Dr Trujillo hopes that dolphin watching and other sustainable economic activities helps to promote the conservation of river dolphins, giant otters, manatees, turtles and caimans, providing at the same time important economic alternatives for local people.
- The First South American Dolphin River Census is carried out by Fundacion Omacha, WCS, WDCS and WWF Colombia. It counts with financial support of WWF Switzerland.
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Health care systems around the world are under pressure to adapt to rapid change and development of scientific and technical innovations, legal regulations, global competition, and cost efficiency. Hospitals in particular face these challenges. In Germany, hospital organisation is based traditionally on the three columns medical service, nursing, and administration. Each of them developed its own complex expertise and contributes to the overall performance. There is, however, yet no professional cross-functional management to coordinate the whole and to take into account the interdependence of individual optimization measures. Most needed are management skills, which rely on factual knowledge of all three functionalities, their key success factors, and bottlenecks – enhancing communication and co-operation between them.
So far, medical doctors with their complex and challenging professional qualification to medical experts have no capacity to engage additionally in administrative and technical management of a hospital; the same is true for the operating officers of the nursing and technical services.
A contribution to the solution of this dilemma, a hybrid qualification model for future clinical management assistants was designed and tested by the authors. So far, an established function within the medical service line to assist physicians in Germany is the medico-technical assistant (MTA). Her/his qualification is in the responsibility of authorised clinical schools, leading to a state acknowledged professional degree (MTA) after a three years course (4,400 hrs of training), consisting of both profound theoretical education and practical training within medical institutions. The main qualification fields are basics in medical science (mathematics, chemistry and biochemistry, physics, biology, statistics, anatomy, physiology/pathophysiology, psychology, immunology, histology, haematology, microbiology) plus applied skills such as hygiene, use of data processing systems in medicine, legal obligations, first aid and clinical analysis incorporating the use and functionality of corresponding equipment, added up by internships in histology, clinical analysis, haematology and microbiology (alternative to the clinical analysis path a radiology specialisation can be chosen).
After the first year high potential students of this course have the chance with thorough assessment and career mentoring to enrol in a three and a half year Bachelor course in business administration at Provadis School of Management and Technology, University of Applied Science in Frankfurt. This curriculum is integrated into the university's programmes and covers the theoretical knowledge needed to run a project, business, or department in the health care sector. Within various elective modules, including their thesis, the students can focus their general economic and management know how on cost and risk management, fulfilment of patient requirements, handling of insurance prerogatives, facility management and similar in the health care sector.
With support of the hospital general management, these medico-technical assistants will have the challenge to network the inter-phases between the classical functionalities, identify improvement potentials and to exculpate physicians, nurses, and administration alike.
It is hoped that this ambitious qualification model can comply with the Bologna aims of professional education in the health care sector and will contribute substantially on an operative level to an optimised patient care in Germany.


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I downloaded Barca a few days ago after researching various email clients in hopes that this would be "the" solution to my Thunderbird woes. (I run a business and require something that isn't buggy!)
Anyway, I found a thread here on this forum that explained how to bring my Thunderbird files over to Barca (adding the .mbx extension) and it does work quite well However, even after compressing the Thunderbird mbox files they are reindexing in Barca with ALL the old deleted messages, including every single bit of junk mail I've ever received for that Inbox. ACK! Being a business owner, I've got a gazillion emails. I did do a Edit -> Select All and ran the Junk Mail filters but this doesn't fully address the issue of all the old deleted messages still sitting there, plus it doesn't obviously capture all the junk.
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I am American citizen, live in Asia and own a home furnishing export company. My company is run by Western standards of good design, good quality and good service.
I want Chinese consumers to feel they are getting all this.
Chinese Audience that want to buy US brand name products. So it's for Chinese buyers but I don't want to make it look Asian or oriental.
I want a modern, clean and high end looking logo to represent my products China.
I want a clean, modern company logo for an American owned furnishings/accessory company.
I'm open to looking at anything but I think I prefer a COMPACT design so it would also translate to a brass medallion that is attached to products.
Do what you feel but I tend to like geometric, black and white clean designs.
I think I'm not so interested in a logo that looks like "furniture" so don't incorporate a table or chair into the logo.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Mixing sweet and savory flavors in her recipe, Mele Cotte offers up a lovely Strawberry Basil Bruschetta. What a great dish to bring to a summer party!
Ohio blogger Yasmeen Health Nut offers a breathtakingly beautiful dish: Purple Escarole with Preserved Lemon Salsa. I love this gorgeous composed salad and will have to seek out this hot-looking member of the endive family in the seed catalogs, as I have not seen it in our local markets.
My upstate New York blogger colleague Noshing Confessions had a goodly amount of kale in her CSA box this week and used it in a beautiful and crispy Kale and Potato Frittata.
Over in the Netherlands, Kitchen Butterfly has lots of great information to share about loquats, a member of the apple/pear fruit family. She experimented with cooking them into a lovely tian with a cookie and cream base.
Italian blogger Cindystar is lucky to have a local farmer who has a beautiful, bountiful crop of cherries and she teaches us how to preserve them in syrup and in grappa. Delicioso! You can follow her instructions in Italian and English at her blog.
Our fabulous Weekend Herb Blogging doyenne, Haalo of Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once in Australia sent in a salad recipe using two surprisingly under-utilized veggies, Jerusalem Artichokes and Celeriac. She mixed them with potatoes and bathed the whole with a smoky garlic aioli dressing. Scrumptious!
Marjoram is the herb of the week over at the Fessenden Farmstead in Washington, D.C. Farmer Stacey used garden marjoram, chives, garlic scapes, cherry tomatoes and carrots (that's some farmstead!) for her Pasta Bean Salad with Marjoram.
The first greens are appearing in the farmer's markets of Alaska, and Laurie is right there to scoop them up to cook into a sumptuous Spinach Saganaki. She gives us the details at her blog Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska.
It is mid-winter in Melbourne, Australia, the headquarters of Anh's blog, A Food Lover's Journey, and quinces are in season. She used a fortuitous minor kitchen disaster to turn overdone baked quinces into a splendid Spiced Quince Ice Cream.
The always-effervescent Brii in beautiful Lake Garda, Italy, presents us with so many ways to preserve vegetables and herbs on her Briiblog in English. This week it is a luscious Green Bell Pepper Chutney.
Look at all these glowing vegetable jewels studding Simona's Spring Vegetable Terrine. You can learn how to make this stunning creation of beets, chevre, carrots, fava beans and green beans at her blog Briciole.
Tempting, healthy recipes are always in season at Joanne's New York City blog, Eats Well With Others. She ruminates on working out, Father's Day and men's health in her hilarious post, culminating in an awesome recipe for Spanakorizo with Baked Falafel with Yogurt and Cilantro Sauce.
A fresh take on the classic spud dish Potato Rosti is provided at Nina's My Easy Cooking blog. Her kitchen is in South Africa, where she is no doubt cooking and blogging in between watching World Cup soccer matches. Love those crusty potatoes!
Now that fresh herbs are flourishing in our northern gardens, Pam over at Sidewalk Shoes gives tips on pruning basil plants and using the garden largesse to make Sweet Basil Vinaigrette.
Rhubarb Baked Oatmeal was on the menu over at Taste Space in Toronto, Canada, and blogger Janet lets us know that this yummy casserole is both sweet and savory and delightful reheated later on. I'd bet other fruits would work well in this recipe too, and have bookmarked it to try it with other fruits when they come in season.
Tigerfish from the Singapore food blog, Teczcape, sent in a lovely post ruminating on Watercress and made several versions of Watercress Soup for us all to enjoy.
San Francisco resident Begonia Buzzkill doesn't have a blog (yet!) but offered two different ideas for using fresh herbs which I am passing along to you all here:
"You may enjoy this herb recipe I learned when living in North Iran near the Caspian Sea coast near the town of Rasht. Use a blend of fresh herbs as many as possible. In Iran nearly 10 varieties were included (I cannot recall seeing sage in Iran though). Grind all of the herbs into a paste with salt. The result should be "salty" to taste. In Iran the grinding was done in mortar and pestle but here in the US I use my food processor. Jar and refrigerate a few days before using.
It is used as a condiment with fish, chicken and meat dishes, and quiche type egg dishes. Also a large dollop in a bowl of good quality plain white yogurt. The best of all uses was for a drink. In a large pitcher add approx 1-cup (or more as per your choice of thickness) of good plain yogurt, the large dollop of the herb paste, a good dose of cracked black pepper and water to fill (can be made with fizzy water also) Refrigerate until icy cold. Serve over ice and enjoy! It's a great summer drink and quite filling!
We've used this paste in many other dishes such as mashed potatoes, rice, and as rubs for meats. Since the salt is a preservative, the herb paste stores well. The local Iranians make many large jars during the herb growing season in order to have the use of fresh herbs at hand.
Also, to use lavender as a cooking herb, add 1 tablespoon of dried lavender to small pack of softened cream cheese, (can also add 1 tsp honey) and mix well. Then butterfly a chicken breast and flatten the halves, spread the cream cheese mixture on the breasts and roll up (like a cake roll) use tooth pick to hold their shape; place on baking pan. Lightly oil or brush melted butter over the breasts and bake in pre-heated 350 degree oven. Approx 15 minutes or when breast juice runs clear, they're done. You can also just cut a pocket in chicken breast half and stuff the cream cheese mix and bake......but the rolls are such eye candy!"
Thanks Begonia Buzzkill!
Finally, my contribution to this week's WHB was to roast up a boat load of home-grown garlic scapes, which turned out tasty, crispy and mellow, and were used to garnish many different meals this past week.
Thank you to all the bloggers who sent in their posts for this virtual feast this week at Weekend Herb Blogging #238. I now pass the hosting torch on to Chris at Mele Cotte and look forward to seeing more of your educational and tasty posts next week.
10 comments:
- chris said...
Fantastic round up! Thanks for putting it together. :) I am so excited to look for purple escarole. I love green and never knew about it coming in other colors....
Hope to see you in WHB next week! ;)
- Monday, 21 June, 2010
- Haalo said...
What a great lineup of dishes - Thanks so much for hosting!
- Monday, 21 June, 2010
- Anh said...
Rachel, thanks for a fab round up!
- Monday, 21 June, 2010
- tigerfish said...
Thanks for the round-up!
- Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
- Joanne said...
Awesome round-up! Thanks so much for hosting.
- Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
- Cindystar said...
great round up, rachel!
very interesting, so many new ingredients to me, and the liliac salad is fantastic!
thanks for hosting and have a nice w.e.!
- Thursday, 24 June, 2010
- Simona said...
Thank you for hosting, Rachel, and for the lovely roundup. Such an interesting array of dishes requires careful reading, so I am sitting down to do just that.
- Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
- Esme said...
These all look great.
- Friday, 02 July, 2010
- girlichef said...
What a beautiful selection of dishes!! WEB is something I've never participated in...I'm wondering what in the world I'm waiting for!?
- Thursday, 15 July, 2010
- Pierce said...
That was interesting to read. Never thought of so many wonderful combinations with herbs.
Thanks so much for your nice comments on my CTB selection :-)
- Friday, 23 July, 2010


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What makes a perfect suburb? We're not talking about suspicious "Stepford Wives" perfect. No, for this list, we consulted Location, Inc., the data and analysis company and creator of the consumer reference site NeighborhoodScout. The analysts used their bank of databases to find the suburbs with the best mix of affordable housing, good schools, educated neighbors, low crime, employment, and reasonable commutes.
Andrew Schiller of NeighborhoodScout explains why these good suburbs are hard to find: "Americans have been leaving the central cities for the suburbs for years in search of more elbow room, better schools, less crime, more affordable home prices, and other amenities. But as many suburbs matured, crime followed, schools declined, and housing prices crept up. So people moved further out. The result was ... that to find those good schools and family-friendly environments, a family would have to trade off with a very long commute that itself can be costly in both real dollars and time lost. And those close-in suburbs that maintained low crime and great schools with nice homes? They became so expensive that most Americans were priced out. Hardly a perfect suburb if one cannot afford to buy a home there."
The analysts identified the 10 metropolitan areas with over 1 million people that have the lowest unemployment rates based on recent figures. They then used NeighborhoodScout's database and search engine to uncover the perfect suburb in each area, using the most recent data available.
The winning communities range in size from under 5,000 population to over 100,000, in locales that include lakes, mountains, and coastlines. They're situated near government, universities, and industries less affected by economic troubles. But they all share these outstanding attributes that bring together top amenities at enviable prices and close proximity to the most robust job markets in America. Click ahead to see the 10 Perfect Suburbs, counting down in order to the suburb with the lowest unemployment rate.
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WWF and Tetra Pak launch FSC awareness campaign in Romania
The survey was conducted as part of the campaign "Discover FSC packaging" launched by Tetra Pak and WWF Romania. The aim of the campaign is to promote FSC packaging and to inform consumers about the way in which their consumer choices contribute to environmental protection.
The presence of the FSC logo on packaging represents an assurance that the wood fibre used for producing the packaging comes from responsibly managed forests which have undergone certification by the Forest Stewardship Council.
"The survey shows that only 14% of Romanian consumers have seen the FSC logo on products and that 24% know what the logo stands for. On the other hand, 53% of interviewees expressed preference for products that come in FSC certified packaging and showed high interest in the multiple environmental, social and economic benefits that come with responsible forest management", said Cristina Dumitru, Communications Manager Tetra Pak South-Easter Europe.
"Following a series of information campaigns about the importance of recycling cardboard packaging, we are now bringing forward the importance of renewable resources, such as forests. With this campaign we are adding to the efforts of WWF Romania and the Forest Certification Association who have been working in this field since 2009, and we are promoting responsible consumer choices", Dumitru said.
"Certifying forests in Romania has been a priority for WWF Romania since the very beginning, given that this instrument can offer enhanced protection and a more advanced and sustainable management for our forests", said Magor Csibi, Director of WWF Romania.
"The FSC certificate is a market mechanism. This is why it has the chance to become an efficient system, with real impact and to offer a bigger protection not through restrictive legislation, but through rewards for market actors who choose to focus on society, nature and sustainability alongside their profits", Csibi said.
"But our efforts will be completely futile if we don't manage to convey the importance of FSC certification to the consumer. The consumers determine, through their daily choices, where the industry is going and what products will be placed on the shelves. If we manage to convince people to choose certified products, we will bring about a real change – bigger responsibility in industry players and society at large", Csibi said.
The survey was commissioned by Tetra Pak and conducted by Exact Research and Consulting. It is representative of the 18-59 age group, with medium to high level of education, living in cities and using the internet. The survey was conducted among 728 respondents, randomly selected out of a pool of 2000 used by the research agency. The data collection was conducted between 10-13 May 2013 and has a level of reliability of 95%.


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Illustrated diary of a middle school kid, describing his life at school and at home.
I read it in: German (Gregs Tagebuch)
I liked it: Yes
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I can't praise this book enough. If you have a school child who HATES reading and so far has never picked up a book voluntarily, try this one! We didn't listen to the advice of the book sellers at our trusted comic shop (this book is not a comic, though) and discarded their suggestion of that very book because we thought it had too many pages, was too intimidating etc. However, a few weeks later our non-reader came along and told us that he wanted exactly this book. With pleasure, son! He read it in five evenings (224 pages), a miracle. He even copied a paragraph out of the book to take it to school and read to his friends, because I didn't allow him to take the book. Voluntary writing – another first.
We had ordered the sequel at the same time and he started reading right afterwards.
As the book was also on my TBR list I read it after him and totally enjoyed it. There are a few situations where I cried with laughter. Oh, the things Greg and his mate get up to! It's just too funny!
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The TV ad, created by Publicis France, is being launched now to coincide with the release of 'Skyfall', the James Bond film that hits cinema screens next month.
The ad features the Coke Zero "hero" character in a bar, smiling at a girl, who looks away in embarrassment from the three oafish men sitting in her booth.
The hero takes a sip of his Coke Zero and he and the girl begin to hum a version of the James Bond theme tune.
An action packed sequence ensues in which the hero attempts, and succeeds, to rescue the girl from the three men.
The TV ad was directed by Guy Manwaring. Vizeum handled the media buying.
The campaign is being supported by an on-pack design that promotes the partnership.
Coke Zero began its association with James Bond in 2008, when it created activity around 'The Quantum of Solace'.
Zoe Howorth, marketing director for Coca-Cola Great Britain, said: "'Skyfall' is without a doubt one of this year's most anticipated film releases, and we are very excited to be a part of it and to continue our relationship with the world's favourite movie franchise.
"James Bond is a global cultural icon who consistently takes action to create what's possible, making this the perfect partnership for Coca-Cola Zero."
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Ross_Varn wrote:You know what the greatest part is? He can't pull something out of his ass saying that he escaped flawlessly- because it's in pictures.
Beluga wrote:Ooooo, this hallucination is getting interesting! Now it has visuals! *Grabs more LSD*
beluga wrote: Le booty bothered
stubby wrote:omg noob, balrogs are maiars too, don't you know anything
Ogel96 wrote:Ross_Varn wrote:You know what the greatest part is? He can't pull something out of his ass saying that he escaped flawlessly- because it's in pictures.Beluga wrote:Ooooo, this hallucination is getting interesting! Now it has visuals! *Grabs more LSD*
Take total annihalation as an opportunity to reengineer your image, we'd probably accept you a little more. Deny it, and become a fail legend.
Warhead wrote:Indifferent... some might describe sig-figs as nothing more than... bits. of. Plastic. (added condescension intended).
stubby wrote:You were inb4beluga.
FISH!!! wrote:Did Krus not land a nuke on his own Sigfig.
Oh... Yes he did. Think that might just leave him capable of doing just this...
Sort of.
beluga wrote:Ooooo, this hallucination is getting interesting! Now it has visuals! *Grabs more LSD*
The LSD must really be getting into my head now, a lot of the stuff is wrong. Everybody with a respectable security clearance here in the Administration knows that the presidential bunker is not there, although that's the jail where we keep pedonuker, who suspiciously looks a lot like me, Chief of Nyphilis President Austin. No one in their right minds would stay there, that pedo might groom you and convert you to his cause. Second, I am offended by you calling me the same person as the pedo, I am a completely separate entity, although still a sigfig of his actual person. The pedo always wears a blue suit in the same style as mine, without a lightsaber belt or epaulettes, but seeing his outfit here I see the warden has been lax and let him violate this term of his imprisonment. And why is the lab all grey? It's white, with lots of iPhone flatscreens all over the place.
Sad to see the chief of the army go, he must have been visiting his girlfriend over there cause he knows he's going to die, although the lack of the gem in his lightsaber is hinting that he is merely an impersonator and not the real one. Oh, and he's not my general, my highest ranking officer is General Yadlin. Numerous attempts at his assassination have been done, including the nuking of the office building he was visiting, but yet he has always survived.
Nice job for creating a visual though, even if it is completely inaccurate. It was getting kind of boring just hearing the hallucination.
Edit: Never in the history of Nyphilis has a president been captured, they always keep a beamsaber for a reason you know. When capture is imminent, the president takes it out, and orders the highest ranking nearby official to stab him with it and kill him. A new president is not declared until either absolutely necessary or until the president is secure again, this is to prevent a mass depletion of Nyphilian leadership. Also, I'm assuming the guys with the black helmets are your attempt at representing my secret service agents. They are patriotized so much, they will never surrender for anybody and will give their lives to protect the president.
Edit: If for some anal reason relating to the fact that I'm over 123948548278x the legal limit of LSD in Nyphilis, President Austin actually visited the Ashenburgh Biological and Peach Vivisection Laboratories in my hallucination, I give you full permission to kill him. What a twat, if that dude was actually Austin, he deserves death for not following the Executive Honorable Suicide Protocol. When things calm down in this depressing vision, vice president Nungy Lubuan shall be declared Head of State.
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(RNN) - Burger King's official Twitter feed was hacked early Monday and taken down after sending out a series of questionable tweets. But now it is back up.
"Interesting day here at BURGER KING®, but we're back! Welcome to our new followers. Hope you all stick around!" the fast food chain tweeted after several hours of social media chaos.
At around 12:00 p.m. EST, everything from Burger King's logo and header image of its Twitter page was altered to reflect its fast food rival, McDonalds.
After nearly two hours of progressively more graphic and risque from the hackers, Burger King's account was finally suspended by Twitter at approximately 1:15 p.m. EST.
"It has come to our attention that the Twitter account of the Burger King brand has been hacked. We have worked directly with administrators to suspend the account until we are able to re-establish our legitimate site and authentic postings," said Bryson Thornton, director of global communications & culture. " We apologize to our fans and followers who have been receiving erroneous tweets about other members of our industry and additional inappropriate topics."
Many believe a sect of the hacker group Anonymous called LulzSec is responsible because of vague tweets during the attack that celebrate it. The group's motto is "We are all Anonymous," and their previous website attacks include Twitter, the Department of Justice, FBI, MPAA, Bank of America and the Vatican.
For example, the hacked Burger King account tweeted "Everybody follow us! @YourAnonNews #OpMadCow" which many interpreted as crediting Anonymous.
The corresponding twitter account, @YourAnonNews, then said, "Who DID hack BK? Well… that is still anonymous. ;) #WeAreAllAnonymous."
Many interpreted that to the group taking credit, however, before the hack, the same account tweeted that had received an email they were excited about moments before the Burger King account was taken over.
The group also criticized the media for assuming they were responsible by saying "Dear media, how many of you wrote that THIS account took responsibility for the BK hack? Read our timeline again…. you #fail again."
Some Tweets mention DFNCTSC (Defonic Team Screen Name Club), a group that hacked Paris Hilton's phone in 2005. However, that group denies responsibility as well, according to ArsTechnica.com.
McDonalds actual Twitter account offered support to their fast food rivals, tweeting: "We empathize with our @BurgerKing counterparts. Rest assured, we had nothing to do with the hacking."
Twitter has not officially commented on the matter.
The takeover began with the following tweet, "We just got sold to McDonalds! Look for McDonalds in a hood near you," claiming was just sold to McDonald's because the "whopper flopped."
Burger King is the second largest fast food chain in the world, McDonald's holds the top spot.
The Burger King Corporation was founded in 1954, but the mascot of "The King" wasn't introduced until 1955.
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Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) was established in 1964 as Northern Virginia Technical College to serve the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park.
The College opened for classes in the fall of 1965 in a single building in Bailey's Crossroads. Enrollment was 761 students who were served by a faculty and staff of 46. Robert L. McKee was the first president. Dr. Richard J. Ernst became the second president of the College in September 1968 and served for thirty years. Dr. Belle S. Wheelan became the third president of the College in July 1998 and served for three years. Dr. Robert G. Templin, Jr., became the fourth president of the College in August 2002.
The College was renamed Northern Virginia Community College in 1966 when the Statewide General Assembly changed the name of the technical college system to the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). College transfer curricula were added to the existing career/technical curricula for a more comprehensive program.
In 1966, the College bought 78 acres in Annandale, which became the first of six permanent campus sites. The first building was constructed there and opened in 1967. That same year, 100-acre sites were purchased for campuses in Sterling, Manassas, and Woodbridge. In 1969, a campus site was purchased for Alexandria. The campus site for the Medical Education Campus was purchased in 2000.
Classes were first offered in Loudoun, Manassas, and Woodbridge in the fall of 1972. Classes moved from Bailey's Crossroads to the Alexandria Campus in 1973. The Extended Learning Institute (ELI) began offering home study courses in January 1975 and has developed into a leader in online education. In the fall of 2003, the Medical Education Campus opened in Springfield, Virginia, to meet both student and employer demand for health professions education. The College opened a new educational center in 2006 in Reston.
The College's enrollment and programs grew rapidly. By 1970, enrollment exceeded 10,000 students. By 1973, NOVA became the largest institution of higher education in Virginia with 17,260 students. During the 2015–2016 academic year, the College served more than 75,800 students in credit courses and another 22,400 in noncredit courses.


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Country music singer/songwriter Hunter Hayes, Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients The Who and a special tribute to Johnny Cash from The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley have been added to the lineup for "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night." They join previously announced performers Luke Bryan, FUN., three-time Grammy-winning group Maroon 5 and three-time Grammy winner Ne-Yo.
Two-time Grammy winner LL Cool J and six-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift will co-host the one-hour concert special.
The show — which will announce nominations in several categories as well as feature performances by past Grammy winners and/or nominees — will take place live for the first time ever at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network (www.cbs.com) at 10 p.m.
Presenters will be announced shortly. For updates and breaking news, visitwww.grammy.com, and The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook atwww.twitter.com/thegrammys and www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
Following the one-hour live telecast, guests will experience an exclusive one-hour concert by Maroon 5.
Tickets for "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" are on sale now and are available online atwww.ticketmaster.comor via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at 1-800-745-3000.
This concert special marks the fifth time nominations for the annual Grammy Awards will be announced live on primetime television. Last year's airing of the nominations special helped lead to increased ratings for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards with 39.9 million viewers, the largest Grammy audience since 1984 and the second largest in history. The telecast was also the biggest social event in the history of television at that time, drawing 13 million social media comments, with the conversation on Twitter reaching a record high at 160,341 tweets per minute during the live telecast.
LL Cool J has hosted "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" since its inception, and also hosted the annual Grammy Awards telecast for the first time earlier this year. Swift co-hosted the first Grammy nominations special with LL Cool J in December 2008.
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FC Dallas will be searching for its first victory on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, but the Revs aren't fooled by their opponent's win total
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – One month into the 2010 Major League Soccer season and 37 games into the 240-game regular-season schedule, two teams have yet to earn a victory. One of those clubs – FC Dallas – visits Gillette Stadium on Saturday night to face the Revolution.
It seems like the perfect scenario for the Revs, who are looking to snap a brief two-game losing streak and quickly change the tenor of their three-game home-stand, which opened with a loss to the Colorado Rapids last weekend. But a quick look at the facts reveals that Dallas isn't in quite as much trouble as the club's winless record would suggest.
While D.C. United – the only other team without a win – has been outscored 11-2 en route to opening the season with four straight losses, it's been a remarkably different set of circumstances for the Hoops. First of all, Dallas (0-1-3, 3 pts.) has only lost one match – that being a road loss at the hands of the red-hot New York Red Bulls – and has played to a trio of draws against quality opponents (Houston Dynamo, Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders) at Pizza Hut Park. Although they haven't yet secured a win, the Hoops have conceded just one more goal (7) than they've scored (6).
"They're a good team," said central midfielder Pat Phelan. "They've got talent. On their day, they can beat anyone, so it's kind of a dangerous team."
It's often considered a treacherous task to face a winless club – or any team struggling to win games, for that matter – because of the prospect of being lulled into a false sense of confidence. Should the Revs make the mistake of taking FC Dallas lightly based on the club's record, they could well become the first team to suffer defeat at the hands of FCD this season.
That, of course, is assuming that New England's players and staff are even aware that Dallas is winless.
"To be honest with you, I don't even know what their record is," said Cory Gibbs, who played briefly with Dallas in 2004 during his first stint in MLS. "All I know is about their team and their players. Anybody could be on form on any day, so we just have to make sure we stay focused, implement our plan and just work to the best of our abilities and we should be alright."
Head coach Steve Nicol also gave little credence to Dallas' record, claiming it's much more beneficial to look at the team as a whole. At the same time, he's focused primarily on what his own players need to accomplish.
"We're not really looking at [their record] or anything to do with what they've done previously," he said. "At the end of the day, they've got some players that can hurt you. If we can start well and put them under pressure, then any guns that they have will be somewhat nullified. So it's really up to us to push the buttons at the right time and get after them."
Nicol will have a decent idea of what buttons to push based on one previous meeting between the clubs this year. Although the Revolution doesn't often play against fellow MLS teams in preseason competition, the Revs and Hoops squared off in an exhibition match in late February, when both clubs were stationed in Orlando, Fla. Goals from Atiba Harris and Marvin Chavez earned Dallas a 2-0 win in that game, although it was the Revolution's first preseason match and the Hoops had already played a handful of games.
Based on the experience gained in that match alone, the Revs are well aware of the dangers this Dallas team can pose.
"We know they're a good team," said rookie defender Seth Sinovic, who saw his first action in a Revolution uniform in that preseason exhibition against FCD. "They've had a bunch of ties – it's not necessarily like they've been losing games. We played them in preseason, and they're a good team. We lost to them [then], so hopefully we can come out of it with a win this weekend."
Of course, there's another side to this scenario which has flown under the radar. While Dallas is one of just two winless teams searching for its first victory, the Revolution has dropped two consecutive games and is looking to turn the tables on its own fortunes.
For that reason, Phelan believes that perhaps it's FCD which should be wary of New England.
"We can't overlook them," Phelan agreed. "But from our standpoint, we've lost the last couple [games], so I think they should be a little worried about coming in here, too."


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Sad news in the world of Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies this morning: Code Red DVD reports on its blog that Tony Fish, who assayed the role of camp counselor and hot-tub ballet star nonpareil T. P. in Vicar-fave 80's slasher MADMAN, passed away last year.
T. P. is Fish's only credited movie role on his imdb page, but it's a portrayal that should live on in the hearts of Mad Movie fans forever.
Here's a link to the item on Code Red DVD's blog announcing the sad news.
Here you can read the Vicar's paean to MADMAN and Fish's part in it, which is so wonderfully MAD it was selected as the proper film to mark our 100th review.
And finally, here you can download the Vicar's musical tribute, The Madman Theme Song--Extended Version, wherein I sing T.P.'s praises.
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For those of you who don't know who me is, my name is April, known as [mamaape] in forum(s). For the past couple months I have been bringing you your weekly "get-to-know-you" interviews of our designers and team members. This month I thought I'd act out on all my selfish desires and interview myself! It is the month of April after-all.
In order to make this fun and not me just droning on about all the
exciting boring tidbits of my life, I asked YOU to ask me anything you wanted to know. Silliness was encouraged, and I absolutely got what I asked for. 😉
The first question asked, by Julie (Juliemomof4) was "What is the color of your kitchen?" Cream and blue, except it's totally yucky and cheap- we live in an older apartment and though the appliances are newer YAY!, the counter tops are this hideous blue and cheap. It's a tiny little (currently messy) kitchen "closet" I like to say, but the cabinet space is ridiculously plentiful!
Julie also asked, "If you had a free day all to your self, where would you go and what would you do?" Oh man, I would of course get a mani/pedi, then I think I would go to the poshest hotel, rent a room on the top floor and just sleep. 🙂
Barbara (nutsaboutgabe) asks "What's your favorite color and what's your biggest pet peeve?" My favorite color varies depending on mood, but I have a few always-favorite colors I gravitate towards more than others. The majority of the shirts hanging in my closet are purple, and I'm pretty sure that's my favorite color 99% of time. I also love greays, greens, and a dash of hot pink.
Biggest pet peeve? Oh man, I have so many it's hard to pick the biggest! HA! Not picking up after oneself (I'm talking adults here), and maybe people who chew loudly, and not using your vs. you're properly (or their and there and they're) Ohemgee, that really gets me… and I better stop there or this is going to totally turn into a rant against humanity's faults. Hahaha!
Barbara then asked how I met my husband which has a fun twist to the story. We met at work (where neither one of us still works at). I saw him from across the warehouse and just wondered who he was, he was talking to another older coworker. That was the first I saw him, we didn't actually introduce ourselves until a good month or two later being on two different shifts. The funny bit is that the older guy he was talking to is a giant goofball (and a little crazy) and what they were talking about was ME! The older guy was joking with my husband saying that he was going to marry me some day (even though neither of them knew who I was). SAY WHAT!
Christina (Ambelleina) asks, "What's your favorite meal?" My answer is simple: the one I don't have to clean up after. She then asked if I was a cat or dog person to which I will reply dog dog dog. That's not to say I'm not a cat person, because I have a cat (and she's so awesome, stinky, but awesome), but I've grown up been dogs, have always had a dog and will always have a dog.
Terra wants to know what my favorite sandwich is, which is a tricky question because I'm not a huge sandwich person. It must have avocado on it though to be my favorite. There's this "California Club" or something like that (pretty sure that's totally not the name of it, but generally sandwiches with "California" in the name have avocado), at Chili's restaurant that I totally love.
Lisa makes me chose, "Howard, Leonard, Raj or Sheldon?" Without hesitation I say Sheldon.
"If you could be one person in history, who would you be?" (from dodgelade) This is a really good make me think question, which is not something I like to do on a Saturday morning. 😉 There are so many great people in history that I'd much rather meet them than be just one. Pretty sure most of them are writers or singer/songwriters. Some dead, some still alive. J.K. Rowling, Adele, Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth I.. the list could go on and on.
Colleen wants to know "How many states and other countries have you visited?" I have visited California, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida. I have driven through nearly every state west of the Mississippi, and a few east of the Great Lakes on my way to Toronto – which is my only other country I've visited.
Let's talk some scrap shall we?
I was asked,
What is your one "can't live without it" element in a kit? Right now I am obsessed with templates. I know it's not an element, but I can't not use a template lately. There are just SO many awesome ones out there!
Who is your MOST FAVORITEST designer? This is totally a loaded question 😛 I like designers for different reasons- SOME of my favorite designers are obviously those that I am lucky enough to be a part of their creative teams (Blue Heart Scraps, LauraMarie Scraps, Kathy Winters Designs and Sugar Kissed Designs) but I also love Jen Yurko and Inspired Designs (Crystal).
What kind of elements are your favorite? Which ones do you absolutely detest? I love frames – I don't always use them, but I feel like I need them. I also NEED wordart, since journaling is not my forte, even though… I'm writing an awful lot right now. 😉
How many hours a day to you spend doing the following: Designing layouts, "surfing" Gingerscraps, Facebook? I'm not exaggerating when I say, all day long.
I wish I could keep answering your questions but I'm already late and I can only hold everyone's attention for so long! 😉 If you (for some awesome reason) want to see ALL the questions and remaining answers, go here). Thank you EVERYONE for submitting your questions, silly and serious. This was so much fun for me!
I'll leave you with my favorite recent layout I created as a homage to my three year anniversary (celebrated last week).
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We sell and install: carpet, hardwood floors, vinyl tiles, etc. We are looking for a logo that promotes a sense of quality, upscale, premium, etc. Ideally it would have images of wood, carpet, and tiles as well as something that lends to the name kingdom so maybe a crown or something.
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OK tomorrow insh Allah we will have the first round , the first stage of the most controversial referendum in the first half of the 21th century if I would say.
Now some trivia which probably you already know :
- The Constitution referendum will be held on two stages , on two days because of the number of judges. Most of the judges and prosecutors in Egypt refuse to oversee except couple of thousands thus it was better to hold it on two days according to the decision maker in Egypt whether the current Presidency or its superiors in Muslim brotherhood HQ. Ironically holding the referendum on two days will raise the matter of the constitution unconstitutionality !!!!
- Already according to Dostor Newspaper out of the 22,347 members of judiciary, only 5,772 agreed to supervise the referendum !!
- The first stage will be held on December 15,2012 "tomorrow" in 10 governorates : Cairo , Alexandria , El Sharkia , El Gharbia , Dakhalia , Assuit, Sohag , Aswan , North Sinai and South Sinai.
- The second stage will be hold on December 22, 2012 "next week" in 17 governorates. These governorates are : Giza , Monufia , Qalubiya , Monufia , El Baheira , Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Ismailia, Port Said, Suez , Marsa Matrouh, Red Sea, New Valley , Fayoum , Bani Sawif , Al Maniya , Luxor and Qena.
- The Egyptians abroad vote will end tomorrow after 4 days of voting.
- The results should be announced on the same day and the voting will start from 8 PM.
- There will 351 General committees divided in to 9334 electoral committees that are divided in to 13,099 sub electoral committees.
- The armed forces will secure the referendum with 120,000 officer and soldier besides 6,000 armored vehicles besides the police force !!
- Now not only the armed forces and police will secure the committees but also the members of Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa will secure the committee !!!! Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa supports the draft constitution !!!!!!!
- Carter Center will not supervise the referendum yet local observers began to organize themselves calling the citizens to be careful for any attempts of cheating and so on.
- The results will be based on the rule : 50%+1 regardless of the number of the voters
Now Robert Becker did this amazing quick and short analysis about the round 1 constitutional governorates based on the previous elections results. It is a must read post.
It is not the first constitution draft to be forced on the people causing such controversy among the public in very critical time. If you are a good reader to our modern history , you will know that we change our constitution as much we change our flag and ruler. The 1971 Constitution was longest surviving Constitution not for any reason except that Mubarak did not want a headache.


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