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The Supreme Court is set next week to hear the affirmative action case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. Many people are troubled by affirmative action because they are convinced that it means less qualified (non-white) students are admitted over more qualified (white) ones. To them, that just seems unfair. (One may wonder how it compares to the unfairness of a public education system that generally offers much better schooling to suburban (white) students.)
In any case, how reliable is their measurement of merit? As an initial matter, if diversity in itself is valuable, then the ability to add to it makes you more qualified then someone who cannot. Of course, what people usually have in mind are test scores, grades, and recommendations. Yet do the best grades and recommendations, for example, necessarily go to the best students? Studies on unconscious biases suggest the answer may be no. Take the most recent entry in a long series of studies revealing that identical qualifications are evaluated differently based on the race or sex of a candidate. In this randomized double-blind Yale study, science professors were asked to evaluate men's and women's resumes. The resumes were exactly the same except that some bore a man's name (John) and some bore a woman's (Jennifer). Both men and women rated the male candidates higher, and were willing to pay them more. Again, these were the exact same resumes. It is not a huge leap to think the same kind unconscious bias regularly occurs in classrooms across the country — and this is only one way that unconscious bias might lead to unfair assessments.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Japanese Literature Challenge 5 is here!!
8 comments:
- bermudaonion said...
Have fun with the challenge!
- June 2, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- She said...
I may have to do this as I have a Murakami on my shelf that I have let sit there neglected. It is just so intimidating to me!
- June 2, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Nadia said...
bermudaonion, thanks! I plan to ;)
She, go for it! And don't be intimidated by Murakami - you will love his work! By the by, which book is it?
- June 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Nadia said...
This comment comes from Bellezza:
Nadia, for crying out loud, I thought I'd commented on your post days ago! Thank you for participating again, and I'm so looking forward to sharing thoughts on Japanese literature again. It looks as though many people will be reading The Lake, which is a good thing, and I'm so excited for the release of 1Q84. Perhaps a read-along is in order for that one?
- June 6, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Bellezza said...
Nadia, thanks for posting my comment for me. It appears that the problem is solved now, thank goodness! XOXO
- June 6, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Wallace said...
Haha, ONE book? That does seem doable. I don't know that I've actually read any Japanese literature. Chinese, yes, but Japanese no. Might have to look into this problem. :)
- June 7, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Nadia said...
Wallace, you must join in on the fun! And remedy that situation - read some Japanese Literature :)
- June 7, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Bellezza said...
Nadia, we both have The Lake on our shelves to be read. I'm so booked in June, but I'm thinking I'll begin that in July. Looking forward to discussing it with you when we both have it read.
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Let's be realistic and take a long-term perspective in this "which diet is best" debate, rather than wasting time quibbling over extremes—from low-carb to vegan. You'll have type 2 diabetes for the rest of your life, and you'll likely struggle with weight management throughout your life as well. The major challenge in weight loss, and even more so in weight maintenance, is long-term adherence.
A Team's No Good If All the Players Quit
A number of studies that compare low carb diets to conventional diets demonstrate early initial weight loss and improvement in other health parameters, such as blood glucose control (1,2). But studies of low carb diets that last longer than six months do not show significantly more weight loss. They do show that many study subjects drop out of the study and are unable to stick with the diet. (1,2)
Low-carbohydrate diets are not recommended by the American Diabetes Association for two key reasons. First, avoiding carbohydrate, as some low carb diets suggest, does not entirely return blood glucose levels to the normal range after meals. Second, an adequate amount of carbohydrate is an important component of a healthy eating plan, providing essential fuel, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. (3,4)
Simply put, diets that force people to dramatically change their eating style are not maintained over the long haul. These diets require too dramatic change compared to the common, albeit not healthy, eating habits of the 21st century.
Keep Those Players Coming to the Game
Research from numerous studies, including the Diabetes Prevention Program (5) and the National Weight Control Registry (6), show that people can lose weight and keep it off successfully for three years and five years, respectively, by reducing dietary fat and total calories.
In addition, you need knowledge and skills to make lifestyle changes, as well as help in setting behavioral goals, not to mention ongoing and long-term support. The Diabetes Prevention Program (4) and other studies have demonstrated the need for support, yet our health care system does not reimburse for much education, let alone for support. Keep in mind that Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with diabetes are eligible for both initial and follow-up care, called Diabetes Self-Management Training and Medical Nutrition Therapy (7,8). These benefits, unfortunately, continue to be woefully underutilized. Many other health plans cover these services as well. Ask your health care provider to refer you to a diabetes education program.
Remember, diabetes lasts the rest of your life. You need to find an eating plan that you can follow that long as well.
1. Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO, McGuckin BG, Brill D, Mohammed S, Szapary PO, Rader DJ, Edman JS, Klein S.: A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity. NEJM 348(21): 2082-90, 2003.
2. Bravata, DM, Sanders L, Kuang J, Krumholz HM, Olkin I, Gardner CD, Bravata D: Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review. JAMA 289: 1137 – 1850, 2003.
3. Sheard N, Clark N, Brand-Miller JC, Franz MJ, Pi-Sunyer FX, Mayer-Davis E, Kulkarni K, Geil P: Dietary carbohydrate (Amount and Type) in the prevention and management of diabetes. A statement by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 27 (9):2266-2271, 2004.
4. American Diabetes Association. Nutrition recommendations and interventions for diabetes—2006. Diabetes Care. 2006;29:2140-2157.
5. Hamman RF, et al: Effect of weight loss with lifestyle intervention on risk of diabetes. Diabetes Care 29(9), 2102-2107, 2006.
6. Shick, S.M., Wing, R.R., Klem, M.L., McGuire, M.T., Hill, J.O., & Seagle, H. Persons successful at long-term weight loss and maintenance continue to consume a low calorie, low fat diet. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1998, 98, 408-413.
7. Medicare coverage of diabetes supplies and services. http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11022.pdf. Accessed 2/13/07
8. Warshaw HS: Referral to Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) and Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT). Practical Diabetology. 23 (3), 12 – 19, 2004.
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Thank you to everyone who e-mailed me last night with such warmth and open arms.
I registered under my real name, but considering that I am not "out" among family and friends as an atheist, I changed my handle to "Two Cult Survivor." I trust you will forgive me, considering some of you have the experience of becoming atheist after a lifetime of faith and Christian fellowship.
I call myself "Two Cult Survivor" because I have personal experience worshiping in two religious organizations considered cults by mainstream Christianity. I used to think "cult" was something the big church called the little church. Later, I happened on a definition that fits the bill better: A cult is an organization in which the person at the top knows its a scam. A religion is the same thing, except that person's dead.
The two cults are the Jehovah's Witnesses and The Way International. The Way, which informed my faith as an adult, is a Christian organization that rejects the divinity of Jesus but accepts the Bible as true and the charismatic "gifts" (we called them manifestations) as available and operable in the present day. We spoke in tongues. We prophesied. And we read the bejeezus out of every single Bible verse (that we liked).
Anyway, here's the short version of my deconversion, a process I like to call "seeing the dark."
The order I present is chronological, not necessarily in order of importance.
1. The Bible is not inerrant and it is full of contradictions. It never proclaims itself to be God's Word, for to do so would have required a self-awareness its writers clearly did not have. There is nothing in the book to intimate that it has that kind of self-awareness. The writer who posited that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God" was not likely including in that elite category the very letter he was writing. Etc.
2. The stories of the Bible are not all historically true. This one revealed itself to me in waves, sometimes through common sense, sometimes through research. For me, it began when I recognized that the story of Job could not have taken place as described. It made God unspeakably cruel, allowing the devil to go on a killing spree to win a bet, and rewarding Job's loyalty by giving him new kids to replace the ones who were murdered by Satan with His blessing. No, it's an allegory. Has to be. So is Adam and Eve. There's just no way that is history. I didn't know what the implications of Genesis as myth were in terms of the need for mankind's redemption in the first place. But I held onto the belief that Jesus died and was resurrected, so the Genesis story, I reasoned, was something God wanted us to know, even if it was not literally true. Through research, I reached the conclusion that the stories of Joseph and Israel's enslavement in Egypt, leading through the Exodus, were one humongous fabrication. This one bothered me, because if it's not a true story, why tell it? But history does not back it up. I ended up rejecting quite a few of the stories, but not the life of Christ and not the resurrection. Those I retained.
3. I was lying about the charismatic gifts. I had to admit I faked speaking in tongues. I had to admit that I faked it all. I came to suspect that not only was I not alone, but in fact the experience of faking it was universal. I started to doubt that anyone did it. I started to doubt anyone could. There are still Christians who believe this, so the foundation of my faith was unaffected by this personal confession.
4. I found myself unable to condemn gay people and homosexuality. I hated neither the sinner nor the sin. It was none of my business. It was rather obvious to me that they were born this way and no amount of preaching could change them. If God made them this way and hates them for it, then He's an ass. Whole.
5. I finally looked at the Bible on the subject of slavery with open eyes, and was appalled.
6. I finally looked at the Bible on women's rights with open eyes, and was appalled.
7. Somewhere in all this, I stopped praying for any kind of miraculous healing for anyone, including a close relative diagnosed with a terminal illness. I'd seen too many prayers go unanswered to pray for a miracle and add my family's name to the list of those who just wouldn't get one.
8. I realized that, while I never really liked Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson, I was starting to look at them as truly, objectively evil people.
9. I don't remember the last time I fervently, honestly, prayed.
10. I came to realize that the history of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament, and particularly the central tenets of the life, death and resurrection, along with the all-persuasive history of the martyrdom of the first century saints (people who would be in a position to KNOW whether the resurrection had, in fact, taken place and was worth dying for or whether it was all a crock -- and they chose death!) never flipping happened.
That last one was the final turning point for me, because, as you know, if you don't have the life, death and resurrection of Christ, you don't have Christianity.
I don't have Christianity.
In the last two months, I've been catching up on a lot of reading. Richard Dawkins. Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Dan Barker, Carl Sagan (Demon Haunted World) and others. Anyone who hasn't read them (both of you, if I understand this forum correctly) is really missing out.
Last thing I should say is that I met James "The Amazing" Randi last month. Little guy, big footprints. Impressive man.
So, anyway, here I am.
Thanks again for the welcome.
Call me "Survivor." Because I am.
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Well, I almost cried when I read your story, so. There.
I have never been a student of the bible but I can understand how looking closely at so many unbelievable events would result in deconversion. I just never could make myself believe any of it from an early age. It just simply did not make sense, none of it. I also found it interesting that the leaders of these cults don't believe in what they preach themselves which I have always wondered about. Of course, the grandson of the founder of Scientology says it is all about money which does make sense. I am glad you have survived what I consider to be child abuse and are now all about healing. I have found so much positive encouragement here and a continual validation of my truth which I need.
Survivor nice to have you here on the site. I'm glad you made it out of superstition.
Only because you've made it this far, I'm going to say yours is a wonderful story. What a life you've had so far. I can only hope what remains is as interesting although it will certainly be different.
It occurs to me that you're lucky (although you should be given all the credit) in that you actually took the time to study the bible and think through the implications it presented. Far too many people get stuck with the mystery of god and never take that step to assume responsibility for their beliefs. It's hard saying god, as presented in the literature, is a pretty awful being unworthy of worship.
That our culture puts faith (any kind really) on a pedestal is what I find utterly heartbreaking. It's only one of several roadblocks we have that are designed to keep the next generation on the straight and narrow (so they believe). Combined with peer pressure, it is a potent control on our intellectual independence.
Worst of all, in my opinion, are those who make this stuff up. Having left that world behind years ago, I no longer interpret the word evil in the supernatural sense. Still, those who would generate new rituals or beliefs as necessary for the sheeple to prove their worthiness to god - they are the closest I can imagine to evil.
i definitely agree with your definition of evil.
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Business and technology managers may be uncertain about the differences between public and private clouds, but they need to get up to speed very quickly because the demand for cloud computing is increasing at a fast clip.
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The public cloud structure is also appealing to organizations that aren't dependent on high-volume, automated sales. That describes United Seating and Mobility, which uses IBM's LotusLive Engage for online meetings, file-sharing and project-management tasks.
If the company had done this in-house, it would have taken up a server and a half, DeHart estimates. "Being on the public cloud allows us to avoid this entirely," he says. "It's a leasing-versus-owning concept—an operational expense versus a capital one. And the software-as-a-service offerings are better than what we could get off the shelf.
"We certainly can't use this cloud to work with any sensitive health data. But we can run much of our business operations on it, freeing up our IT people to focus on e-mail, uptime and cell phone services."
The Cavs took a different approach, opting for private cloud services to support the Website for its venue, Quicken Loans Arena, affectionately known as "The Q." Fans can go to TheQArena.com and search for information about upcoming events. If they want to buy tickets, they are directed to a business called Veritix.
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Ed Koch thought about his final resting place, famously worrying that his body might end up somewhere besides Manhattan. He also weighed with great care the inscription on his headstone, which was placed at Manhattan's Trinity Church Cemetery a few years ago.
The grave marker is inscribed with words spoken by Wall Street Journal reporterDaniel Pearl before he was killed by militants in Pakistan: "My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish."
The former three-term mayor of New York, who died Friday, explained the selection in a 2012 interview with the Journal. "Well, that's me, too," he said of Mr. Pearl's last words.
"I think that statement is as important as the most holy of all statements in Jewish ritual," Koch said. "I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride."
The headstone also includes the most familiar Jewish prayer, in English and Hebrew, known as the Shma: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." And this epitaph:
He was fiercely proud of his Jewish faith. He fiercely defended the City of New York, and he fiercely loved its people. Above all, he loved his country, the United States of America, in whose armed forces he served in World War II.
Koch, who described himself as a secular Jew, used his office in City Hall as a bully pulpit to advocate for foreign policies — particularly those supportive of Israel — and continued to do so for decades after he left public office.
In 2011, he helped a Republican congressman get elected in New York as rebuke to the Democratic Party's stance on Israel. He described anti-Semitism around the world as a serious concern for him.
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In preparation for the Pan African Games in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in 2015, architecture practice IAD has released these concept designs for an overarching masterplan and host venues.
The campus includes the provision for a stadium, aquatics centre, sports hall, as well as an athlete's village and a hotel. IAD chose African traditions and arts & crafts as a main focus, hence the oblong shapes of the buildings, a direct reference to African textiles and fabrics.
IAD's main goal for the proposal was to emphasise this idea of 'reunion' between the host country and its neighbors through the metaphorical connections and flows of the master plan. This can be seen in the pathways connecting each building which are traced from lines that connect the centres of each participating country's capital to the heart of the site.
Another compositional reference was the Congo River whose symbolic values of strength and vitality can also be seen in the meandering pathways that cross the campus and the sweeping roof forms of the main buildings, thereby establishing a true dialogue with the river, the surroundings and the event.
The stadium is an object of soft geometry that integrates the volumes of the bleachers, respectful of the masterplan guidelines and taking into account the circulation guidelines necessary for the functioning of the building. The central field and running track are the elements from which the rest of the building is generated. Spectator stands are defined as a continuous ring along the track and surround the playground in the northern sector. A half ring is added to the complex in order to take advantage of the orientation.
Aquatics Centre
The aquatics centre is divided into two elements by a single pane, creating an interior pool and an open-air venue. This spine creates the spaces required by the program: a covered area hosting the enclosed swimming complex and its symmetrical exterior venue. Each pool has 1,000 spectator seats.
Sports Hall
The sports hall has been created from the limits defined by the peripheral paths, forming this shield's shape. The building, like a truncated cone, extends its presence through a set of equidistant strings stretched like a harp that generates a both poetic and useful solar control. Accesses to this in-between, semi-covered space are created in accordance with the main generators of the masterplan.
The Athletes Village
The Athletes Village is arranged in clusters of buildings to create a series of small communities at human scale, softly integrated into the proposed masterplan. Its geometry takes the shape of two peripheral bands which will be located in the programmatic elements of the Athletes Village. In order to reduce the impact of the housings blocks, also to give the module a human scale of a village, the ends of the buildings are kept at the minimum height and rise gradually.
The 120-room hotel is a sculptural volume which is hollowed out in the centre, built around a central atrium and coated in a wooden skin of elegant blades that give the building the aesthetic of 'a contemporary totem', keeping in line with the African cultural values integrated into the complete masterplan.


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SynopsisProject Sapphire: The World's first AI. A top-secret project exposed to a select group of scientists. Lei Heaton, a man desperate to save his daughter, is at the top of the bionics empire. He not only hired the team to repair his daughter's damaged body, he plans to reanimate her dead mind using the Sapphire AI. A dangerous man—a killer that is no regular human… Maxwell Landon—codename: Deimos—is the Adelphi Organization's top agent. His M.O is simple: Never fail. He's used to annihilating anyone that gets in his way. But this time, he's being called to protect and deliver. Deimos is aware that this mission won't be like any other. Then he lays eyes on the resurrected Ms. Heaton, and instantly he knows: That is not Magdalena Heaton. And he will never be the same again. Control, his most prized possession, is ripped from him with a single glance... The violent attraction he feels for the girl complicates matters immediately. But what Deimos doesn't know is that things are about to get much worse. Sapphire isn't just a completely different person than the dead Ms. Heaton—she's the AI miracle of the century. An advancement that many would kill to own. Including himself, no matter how hard he fights against it. A girl determined to protect her creator. A man determined to protect her... Despite the fact that she is not Magdalena, Sapphire is bent on taking her place as Mr. Heaton's daughter in order to keep her creator safe. Deimos knows that he has to honor her wish. But the thing inside him is demanding more. More than a touch. A lot more than a taste. It responds to everything about her...every stuttered breath that lets him know she wants him as much as he wants her. How does he walk away when he knows that no matter how far he is from her, she'll always be in danger and he'll always hunger for her?
Genre Erotica/ Sci Fi
Publication Date May 1st 2014
✦Dream Cast✦
Deimos/ Maxwell Landon Jacob Sones
Sapphire/ Magdalena Heaton Emily Rudd
Gage Stone Nick Auger
Dr. Gordon Allen Peter Badenhop
Excerpt #1As well-known as the plant is, it's only known for its processing of MSW. The perfect cover. No one suspects that a lab is situated three levels below ground. Or that a body was brought back to life with a computer program down there. It bothers me. It's rare that anything bothers me when it comes to a mission. Or life in general. But this one is pricking at me. Curiosity rides me. Gage leans into the car to speak to his team right as one of the back doors of the facility opens. Several Japanese men and women in lab coats exit first. They stop, forming a semi-circle around the entrance and talking amongst themselves. Another black haired man in a lab coat, one that is not Japanese, exits last. I know who he is based on his file. That is Dr. Gordon Allen, the creator of the Sapphire AI. Brilliant, thirty-four years old, and almost no one knows that he's recently defied God. Whatever the hell it is. He turns back to the door. For a few seconds, all I see is his back. Then, he shifts, enough for me to catch a glimpse of the smaller figure exiting the facility. My feet start moving the moment I do. The fuck if I know why. I'm supposed to wait by the vehicles along with the rest of my team until they lead the "cargo" to us. Gage calls out my name in a low tone. He's clearly as surprised as I fucking am. I don't do impulsive moves. Don't do total loss of body control. I'm doing both right now. My feet eat up the distance in a matter of seconds. The Japanese doctors tense as I storm closer, but none of them try to stop me. For some damn reason, the only thing that matters at the moment is getting close enough to truly see the resurrected Ms. Heaton. I am man on a fucking mission. "When did you do this?" Dr. Allen asks her in a hushed, strained tone. He's pointing at her long, dark brown hair. The ends were dyed a deep, navy blue. "How did you get the dye?" "I asked for it." Her voice hits me. God, does it hit me. And I'm sure my reaction is due to the fact that I am ninety-nine percent sure who is talking, and my mind is too fixated on the oddness, the novelty of the situation. I stop right behind Dr. Allen. There's a pounding rush of adrenaline coursing through me as my pulse fills my ears. "This… this…" Dr. Allen pauses in his stuttering, the movement of his head telling me he's looking up and down at her. "You should have worn the other outfit." "I… liked this one better," she says in a small voice that mounts me, takes over, and reawakens a series of emotions that spring to life like rusty gears. I am not an unfeeling man. Not completely. Fuck no. But the emotions going through me make me feel like I've been in an emotional coma the majority of my life. She's wearing a black button-down sweater, a navy blue school-girl skirt, black-and-white striped knee-highs, and light-brown commando boots that start right below her knee. She's hugging a messenger bag to her chest, one with a pink-teddy bear on the front and the phrases Reality is a Prison and Sucker Punch beneath it. "This is all too different." She doesn't respond to Dr. Allen's worried statement—she's staring into my eyes. Looking right at me. That rush—that god damn rush hits me again, and I'm almost dizzy. Years of training are the only thing keeping me somewhat steady.Those big, duo-colored, gold-tinted eyes are wide, curious, and they've stolen every bit of processing power within my mind. Her pale skin turns pink and her lips fall open with a shuddering inhale. I can't blink. I don't move. Am I even fucking breathing?
Excerpt #2"I'm awake." Her soft whisper makes my hand flex on the door. "I can see that," is all I say, and I can't help it. The corners of my lips stretch into a smile at her obvious statement. Her face flares red. Bright, worrisome red. I can see it even in the darkness of the car. She stares up at me, blinking, like she's never seen me before. I feel like a misshapen, recently landed UFO. And when I say misshapen, I'm talking tentacles. She somehow turns redder—I'm starting to worry about her health—and her head flies around to stare at the front of the car. She nervously tucks her hair behind her ear and fidgets. The moment her incisor comes done and she bites on the corner of her plump lip, I catch it. I so fucking catch it. Flares go off inside me, a primal nerve reaction that rushes through every muscle. I'm not tentacle-infested UFO anymore. No. I'm a seventeen-foot tall God of Virility, standing on top of that mountain at the peak of my prime. Attraction. I saw it. My body recognizes it on all levels. That reaction speeds ups, until my head is spinning from battling back every urge howling to life within me. I jerk back from the shock. The sound of my head hitting the roof makes her gasp. "Oh my God. Are you okay?" The tone of her voice. It does things to me, man. "I'm fine." She shot across the seat and is now in front of me, staring up at me with eyes full of worry. For me? "Are you sure?" Her hair moves over her shoulders as she tilts her head, accessing me. "Yeah. I'm fine. I—" Have no idea what else I'm going to say. All I can do is take her in, getting sucked further into something I don't understand. At all. Why is this happening? It can't be about the sex. As hot as this little thing is, I don't understand why my body is acting so… so… deprived. It's not like I'm not getting any. I had sex yesterday morning, in fact. The reminder that there is someone else should dampen things a bit. Right? I already told you, I don't do relationships. It's only sex, and I made that very clear from day one. Noemi knows the deal. But we work together. She's part of the Organization. Starting something else without ending it first wouldn't just be fucked up. It'd be straight up inconsiderate. Considering we work together, that wouldn't be a smart move. You can't start anything anyway, you fucking genius. Cargo. Mission. Deliver.Pull out your phone and Google that shit if you forgot. "Are we leaving? We have fifteen minutes before departure. And we can't take the direct route to the plane, as planned. They closed that route." I fly out of that car, this time managing to spare my head any damage. "What do you mean they closed the direct route? Why?" "Don't know. No time to find out. We gotta go." Gage stares pointedly at the car. Alright, alright. I get it. Stop delaying the mission with your bullshit, Deimos. When I lean into the car, the girl's in the process of putting her things back in her bag. She slips on a dark hoodie next and lifts the hood. A black pair of Ray-Ban glasses is donned last. I have the same exact pair. I see her hesitate, and it's all the excuse I need to lean back in. Frigging hell, I'm magnetized. "Is everything alright?" I don't like the tone of my voice. It's suspiciously close to sounding worried. Too intimate. The girl shakes her head and stares up at me. "Yeah. I'm just a little out of it." Understandable. She'd died. Then she was brought back to life after countless surgeries. She's bionic now. Part human, part machine. I know from experience how much of a mind-fuck it is to wake up to that. So why does her behavior make me suspicious? There's this niggling doubt whispering like a devil in my ear. I'm an idiot. I should've spent the time she was sleeping looking into that USB. Instead, I spent the time staring at her. I'm aware of how stupid all of this is. These thoughts are going through my head and I hear them loud and clear. I am busy berating myself for being the most monolithic fool in history. And I still hold out my hand to help her out. She doesn't grab it and that hesitation is back. I'm about to pull it back and move out of her way when she finally reaches for it. Thick leather separates her flesh from mine, but the moment of contact reverberates everywhere. Every-fucking-where. I forget about the mission, about everyone waiting for us outside, about Noemi, and the million other reasons why I need to stay away. I'm not the only one that feels it. Her glasses slipped down the bridge of her nose, so I see her eyes. I watch as those long lashes rise, and her stare moves from my hand to my face. Fucked. So fucked. This thing is alive, palpitating back and forth between us. I can't have her. In a single, blazing instant my body decides otherwise. It doesn't care about anything. As a last ditch resort, I remind myself that the girl is almost a decade younger than me. Surely, if nothing else matters, at least that should.
Excerpt #3"Hold on, I have some antibacterial wipes in my bag." I stop her with a hand around her wrist. She tsksand moves my hand off her, making sure I lay it flat on my abs, next to my other one. "Don't bend your fingers." I ignore her soft scolding. As soon as she heals me, and the adrenaline starts to ebb, there will be a crash. Whether it's a bad one, or an epically fucked-up one that lands her in a hospital, all depends on me calming her down a little now. So I grab her wrist again, ignore her protest once more, and bring her closer. She stumbles off her knees, catching herself by slapping a hand on my chest. Not quite landing on me, but so damned close. Her hair fans over her shoulders and over my chest, the dark blue ends caressing my neck. Her heat surrounds me. It's like being drugged. My lids grow heavier and my internal scan beeps, alerting me to my rising heartbeat. This was not what I had in mind when I pulled her closer. Sapphire moves her hair away from her face. The scent of it reaches me, and I inhale, hungry to take more of it in. Remaining half-bent over me, she looks up at me from under her lashes. My eyes drop to that fleshy bottom lip of hers. I want it in my mouth so I can suck on it. I shouldn't even be able to want such things right now. Sapphire's breath leaves her on a shaky exhale. She blinks, her lashes hiding those eyes from me for a moment. When she opens them, I see them land on my mouth. They're darker, hungry, reflecting every damn thing I want. I could get lost in this. I could lay here, and let her do whatever she wants to me. My cock thickens in my jeans, throbbing against the material at the thought of being at her mercy like that. She's hyper-feeling and needs an outlet. She must be so fucking overwhelmed, and I know from experience that sex is a great way to burn it off. But it can't happen. I refuse to take advantage of her like that. What if I'm misreading the whole thing because of what I want? "Sapphire…" She leans closer, her chest brushing mine. Her eyes are fixated on my lips. I react to that stare, my entire body revving up like it hadn't been close to shutting down. Integration at 30%. Cellular regrowth at 25%. Platelet reproduction at 48%. My BCI's way of saying that I should not be this excited right now. I have no choice. No control over it. Sapphire is too close now, her breath teasing my lips. She wants a taste. I want my fucking tongue deep in her mouth. Want to trace it across the plump curve of her lips. Want to do things to her thatshe's too innocent to deal with. "Sapphire, we shouldn't—uhn," I break off on a moan at the feel of her lips, a soft caress that was more a tease than an actual kiss. Sapphire echoes my moan with a small one of her own. She's shaking; I'm trembling beneath her, the muscles in my chest bulging as I struggle to hold myself back. My hands clench and unclench in the air at her sides, the thin, newly sealed skin stretching uncomfortably. Her lips are shaking above my mouth, echoing the movements of her body. Her lashes lay on her cheeks; the space between her brow is furrowed. It's unquenchable, this God damned hunger. That tease of her lips has proved it. I'm screaming at myself to stop this even as my blood roars in my veins, the pressure so intense that it sets off my internal scan again. I need to regain some control first then I'll focus on the rest. Right now, the urge to flip her over and give her the relief she needs is fighting to take over. She'd be so hungry underneath me, so responsive. I can tell. Sapphire lets her eyes open halfway, enough to pierce me with her gold-and-green irises. "Deimos." I grind my teeth, but there's no ignoring how she said my name. No denying what's in her tone and the next urge that blossoms, the one demanding that I make her say my real name. Why do I care? I am Deimos. I've never needed anyone to acknowledge me as the man I was born as. It usually annoys me when people say my real name. It wouldn't annoy me with her. For some reason, I have this insane idea that hearing her say my real name would make me come so freaking hard. You're fucking crazy, and she's going to regret this once she's calmer. So true, and the last thing I want to do is have her look at me with regret because I took something I had no business taking. I cup the sides of her face in my trembling hands. Her lips part, and she shifts, her chest pressing against my own. Oh, God, her breasts on me. The way she feels sets my imagination racing. Why the hell am I so attracted to this girl? She blinks, eyes tracing the lines of my face, and her pupils dilate again. There's a sense of wonder in her stare, a reminder that this is all new to her, and the angles of her face are pure perfection. Made for sex, yet so freaking innocent. My sick, starving cock pulsates, the moist head sliding across my jeans. Pre-cum. Already. Fuck. She's made to attract any male, and on top of that, there's no denying the lure of being her first. Not sure if Magdalena ever had sex, but Sapphire hasn't. That much I can tell. And one day, some lucky sonofabitch is going to get to have her. I want to be that sonofabitch. Real, real bad. Thinking about anybody having that honor makes my inner killer itch for death. The most bloody, messy, violent kind of death possible. "Deimos." Her tongue peeks out as she wets her bottom lip. "How are you feeling?" Her question catches me by surprise, and a small laugh leaves me. She smiles down at me, and I just want to fist her hair and bring that mouth back to mine. "Not dying, if that's what you're asking." Liar, my BCI seems to say as another beep sounds out inside me. "Okay. That's good." She stares into my eyes, a stare so direct that I'm awkward before her. "Your eyes. They're so blue." Her eyes flicker back toward my lips. My turn to wet them, and the way her eyes get darker when I do thrills me. It shouldn't, but it does. "Any chance you won't mind me doing that again?" She's already heading for my mouth, so close now that if I lick my lips, I'll taste her. God, how can I be this hard right now? Seriously, how? "Sapphire, we shouldn't—" Once again, I'm stopped by her lips, and there's no tease about it this time. She lays them fully over mine, and lust shoots right through my common sense. I growl under my breath as she shivers on top of me. She moves her lips a tiny bit and the wet sensation of them on my own snaps the last of my rationale. Moaning, I slide one hand down the graceful curve of her back, stopping right before her ass. My other hand is still cupping her face, and I hold her still, tilting my head. Hot, panting breaths leave her as I rub our lips together, mixing with my own. My tongue flicks out and tastes her parted lips. Sapphire whimpers on top of me, her hands falling to the pillow next to my head and fisting the material. I lose it.
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Meg Keenan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
I want a logo that reflects Jazzems! This is the collar that every "cool" dog must have! I want this to be fresh and reflect the awesome designs we have on our collars. Ones that you do not see everyday on the store shelves! They are more unique in design, more colorful and jazzy, therefore calling them Jazzems! Be funky, be creative. The more hip the logo is the more it reflects our dog collars and future dog accessories, the dog collar with personality! I would not be opposed to a dog in the logo. My collars have design to them and are not just one color, so make sure if you use a collar that it has a design on it or make it colorful, not just a red or blue collar. I will not be happy with just a basic, plain logo. I myself am creative and I am looking for something catchy that I can use on everything dealing with our company.
Pet lovers are the target audience, who want to dress their dog in style. I know that these collars are going to be eye catching when hanging on racks in stores. I also am trying to attract Adopt and Rescue dog owners. I will be giving partial proceeds to pet rescue foundations with every collar sold. Will eventually be moving into leashes, poop bags, etc.
Basically just be as creative as possible. Like I said, think Cool! Think Jazzems!
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Tonight marks the beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympics! The opening ceremony commences with the traditional Parade of Nations, which Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle will oversee. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will officially open The Games, "James Bond" (played by Daniel Craig) is set to make an appearance in a short film, and Sir Paul McCartney will also be on hand to celebrate "The Isles of Wonder," as this year's opening ceremony is called.
Enjoy some excerpts from Archive interviewees who have been integral to the Olympic Games over the years:
Sportscaster Jim McKay on covering the first televised foreign Olympics in 1960:
And McKay on the 1972 Munich Olympics:
Designer Ray Aghayan on making the U.S. athletes' costumes for the 1984 opening ceremony:
Lighting designer Robert Dickinson on the 2004 Athens Olympics:
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From humble beginnings in 1977, the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo has become one of the leading agricultural shows in the world. The 2007 Expo drew nearly a quarter million people from all over the world.
As an upstart assistant editor at Auburn University in 1977, I was thrilled to be involved with the Auburn exhibit for a fledgling ag show. Having worked as a newspaper reporter in Tifton, Ga., I suspect I was chosen to transport the Auburn exhibit to the first Sunbelt Expo, because I was the only person in our office who knew how to get to Moultrie, Ga.
The first show was a perfect example of semi-organized chaos spread over the rut-filled runway of what had been a small town airport. The few tents that were spread on the grounds were in large part not adapted to the rigors of October weather in south Georgia.
When all was said and done, the first Sunbelt Agriculture Exposition was declared a success.
Subsequent shows were better organized and better attended, though often disrupted by Mother Nature. In particular I remember sitting through an awards luncheon, which may have been called the Willie B. Withers Luncheon back then, with my feet off the ground because torrential rains flooded in and around, even through, the tent. First to go was the public address system, followed by most of the exhibits provided by Florida — the spotlight state.
Getting to the Expo can still be a challenge today, but nothing like the early days, when a quarter million or so people tried to get into Moultrie, Ga, then into Spence Field to the show — often more or less at the same time. Now, there are multiple gates to enter and a small army of well-trained people to usher cars into the many parking areas for the show.
Ground transportation was often tedious and could take hours to get into the show, but air transportation was a whole different adventure. Though the show is located on part of an airport that is still operational, in the early days there was no air traffic control and no ground to air radar. Going to Sunbelt Expo from Auburn, Ala. was a breeze from a time standpoint — 45 minutes versus three and a half hours driving, but landing in cloudy weather was a true test of spiritual conviction.
It's growing pains long since forgotten, the modern day Sunbelt Expo, is a model for efficiency and a true showcase for Southeastern agriculture. Chip Blalock, the executive director; Gina McDonald, marketing director, Dian Causey, exhibits coordinator and the whole staff of the Expo have modernized the show without robbing it of an ounce of the Southern charm that made it so popular in the early years.
When I walk into the modern, permanent buildings that hold university exhibits, I think back to the large plywood panels we set up late one Monday afternoon — under a tent — only to return for the opening of the show on Tuesday to find that hurricane-fed high winds and torrential rains had left our clever exhibit a pile of warped boards filled with very expensive, very ruined four by six-foot photographs of Alabama agriculture.
Over the years the show has spread beyond the tarmac of Spence Field and now includes an annual field day, many permanent commodity buildings and displays, including in 2007, a well-stocked pond for aquaculture projects.
The big companies — John Deere, Monsanto and many more still come and bring the newest, biggest and best products they make. In recent years, agribusiness buildings have been built and house everything from steel safes to artificial putting greens. Literally, anything a person could want for farm or home is for sale at the Expo.
Though the Expo serves many functions, all positive, for agriculture, perhaps its least publicized virtue is to open agriculture up to thousands of school-age kids who attend the show every year. The future of agriculture has to be in the youth of America and throughout its history Sunbelt Expo has opened its gates and its heart to students of all ages.
For Sunbelt Expo, the past has been colorful and the future is bright.
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Really? Cowbells are the Culprit for Rays Low Attendance?
And the pure fact this is not a game day note or snippet, but an actual written multi-paragraph article is beyond responsive journalism and borders on insane media influence logic to induce or imply any realistic dialogue or discussion into the real attendance woes.
But then again in 2009, the Rays had their second highest yearly attendance figures of all time with over 1,874,962 Rays Republic members filing into the gates of Tropicana Field. And that figure is only 2,506,023 behind the all time mark set in the 1998 inaugural season of 1998. And even with a slight 3.5 percent increase, not a decrease in total 2009 attendance, where is the true logic that the Rays are hurting at the gate?
Even if the 2009 total numbers were 19 percent under the Major League Baseball average and last in the American League East, it is the fourth year in a row that some sort of upwards trend showed in the overall final attendance figures.
Now since we had the New York Yankees in for the first series in 2009, it will make it a bit easier to compare the totals, but the Chicago White Sox came in right after them in 2009 and carry a better traveling fan base than the Baltimore Orioles who were here for the first three games in 2010. But let's take a look anyways.
And in their three game against the Rays, the Baltimore Orioles, which are usually not a great draw for the Rays brought in 68,384 fans into the blue seats.The immediate numbers do show a decrease of 11,013 fans entering the Trop., but realistically not where in that article does the St Petersburg Times or Jones even remotely show that Rays Television Network broadcast numbers have gone through the roof through the first flurry of Rays home games, plus the decline could be a reduction due to the National Broadcasts also done by TBS and Fox Sports over the weekend during the Yankees series.
But seriously, if Saturday and Sunday's games were televised Nationally, why would the casual fan come to the ballpark if they can channel-surf at home with as many hotdogs and beers as they desire. So let's also try and see what the variations in attendance would be if you took the Orioles first series in 2009 attendance numbers and compared them to the Rays first three games.
In 2009, the Orioles had only two early games at Tropicana Field on May 4 th and 5th before they did not come back until August 18th. But the Rays did attract 42,486 fans on those three dates, which is a decrease of 25,998 fans, but the 2010 Opening Day attendance of a sell out crowd, which filled 102.6 percent of the Trop was a huge variable in the figures.
But realistically in 2009, the Rays averaged 13,184 fans during the Orioles 9 games in the Trop in 2009. Already in 2010, those numbers are averaging 22,795 Rays fans with just three games completed in the yearly series. But then again, if you are a media member like the St. Petersburg Times you need to find a scapegoat for every bit of reasoning you can consider instead of a more reliable and viable reason to thrust out to the masses as to why the team is struggling at the box office.
I am surprised that the St Petersburg Times did not blame the Cowbell Kid and his Cowbell Posse for all the noise so far in 2010, but then again, these same cowbells are now heard from the TBT Deck to the Upper Decks to even behind Home Plate. It is an outrageous noise epidemic to some, but a necessary Rays evil to others.
Or Raysvision produced in-house videos submitted to educate and enlighten new cowbell holders to the proper time for their use of this now outrageous item. But then again, you would have to consider me and the rest of the "Maddon's Maniacs" Fan Club as outlaws since we are some of the loudest participants to this "supposed" attendance decrease.
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the attendance problems have yet to hit PNC Park hard…yet. opening day is always sold out, and dollar night brought 30,000 out to the yard. itll be interesting to see what happens this weekend when we host the reds. i for one will be at all 3 but will the faithful join me?
Hopefully up that way things are a bit more relaxed than here right now.
I know the stress of not working is killing me and my nerves, and it has been almost 3 years!
But then I was looking for a leteral move too and not downsizing in my profession.
Now I would work the fry station or drive-thru at Mickey D's if the money was right.
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It is sad when attendance is down at the ballparks. Baseball is such a nice family outing.
The price of tickets at Dodger Stadium went up for single tickets. However, season tickets and premium seating did not. Parking still is $15 which I think is high.
The Rays have faced this pospect of weekday slumps in attendance since 1999 and have seem the hills and valleys come from it since then.
I am not sure what the answer is, but putting a ballpark in the center of Tampa or anywhere else would not help if the same souls keeps coming in low numbers.
Honestly, I know teams have done enough promos and price slicing in regards to "family-sytle" entertainment options or special days.
People just have to remember the food and the action feel better in person than in your reclining massage chair with the full fridge.
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Sensationalistic journalism for the sake of emoting a response and just saying something for arguments sake is rapidly becoming the norm. Sources, fact checking and the investigative process are no longer part of modern journalism.
Rumor, innuendo, and scuttlebutt are good enough for print these days. And the country eats it up. Sad. Good thing
St. Pete has you to keep the truth in perspective Double R.
You are not the first to say that to me the last few days.
Someone told me recently if it was not for the DRayBay, Rays Index, or my own simple opinions, we might all be drinking the Kool Aid that the St Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune dish out to use either online or in blogs posts.
I take my accuracy serious, and try to keep from having to say I am sorry or finding anything more than misspeliings at times in my work.
But that doesn't matter, I am a blogger, which is the type of lifeform just have a seaslug (If you ask the National/Local Media hounds).
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Good post, I enjoyed reading it. Dare I say, I agree? Factually accurate journalism is a thing of the past, unfortunately. There are so many media outlets these days, that journalists will look for any little story to break. Even if the story is made-up.
As a Yankees fan, I visited The Trop a few times, and the cowbells annoy me. They aggravate me beyond words. I would love nothing more than to see the day where those damn cowbells disappear…
… but isn't that the point of having them?
There are lots of Yankees fans present at our games against the Rays in Tampa, the only way to drown us out completely is to ring those bells in a stadium where the echo is deafening. I believe the same is true when other teams visit The Trop.
That's what you're supposed to do at home games. You're supposed to drown out the fans of the opposing team.
Obviously non-Rays fans will be annoyed by the cowbells, but I find it hard to believe that any Rays fan will complain. Not only is it too soon to be complaining about low attendance, and completely idiotic to blame it on cowbells, but it's also 100% inaccurate. From what I've seen in the times at which I've been in Tropicana Field, Rays fans love those cowbells. To say that a "fan-favorite" is the reason fans don't attend games is idiotic.
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I have sat in the sames Sports Department cubbyhole at the St. Petersburg Times as columnist Tom Jones,but in those days my superior Mike Flannagan wanted up to date and accurate news and if there was a doubt in the opinion or fact, omit it for the sake of agrument.
Great thoughts, and I agree on so many of them. Rays fans do complain, but most of them are the die-hards who hold the "cowbell rules" as sacred as they do…..Well, their game wear.
People do hate the cowebells even on the television, but it is our way until we can grow a solid basis of chants and responses that the majority know by heart to combat other team's noise. Yankee fan state it is a gimmick and should be outlawed by MLB….What about Yankee Roll Call? That is a NYY special gimmick/tradition. Maybe after 100 years the Rays will too have a solid tradition built on a few generations of Rays fans instead of still hovering in their first generation of Rays followers…most of them part-time.
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You laugh at the Times for writing about Cowbells, but they are a problem. Most of the bells are small and only create a lot of noise when a lot of people are shaking them. No problem there.
Unfortunately some fans think it's their Rays-given right to ring the damn things non-stop. Three years into the fad these fans still haven't paid attention to pearly toothed Dick Crippen's nighly pregame request to use their noisemakers respectfully.
The worst problem are the chumps that bang their oversized bells with a drum stick. Try spending one second anywhere near one of these people and you'll get a real understanding of how obnoxious they can be. I got stuck sitting a few seats below one of these bangers during one '08 playoff game against the White Sox. What should have been a wonderful experience turned into a two-day headache.
Personally I can't stand the little upside down tin cups. I'd prefer to cheer, clap and boo at the appropriate times, but I guess there's some good that comes from the tradition.
I know personally I try to educate some of the young fans who do not know better with cowbells and those pesky Thunderstixs during the Park and Rec Days.
Some section, like under the Jumbotron have their select groups of Jumbo Latin Percussion bangers, and people in that section need to police themselves, or let the Rays Fan Hosts earn their paychecks.
I used to bang mine during great Rays defensive plays or offensive attacks, plus a few times when the "Lets Go….(insert team)" chants get a bit loud.
I just find it incredibly lopsided to think that upside down tin cups is keeping fans away from the ballpark.
Heck I have scolded and tried to educate people on the cowbells, and most have listened and learned something new……….The others….Well, they are that group that move to the beat of a different cowbell.
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I got around the silecing of my cowbells for my outfit by recorded it on my cellphone. It was not as loud so I was not disturbing anyone. I love the cowbells because of Hilda.
I only expected you to have fun wearing your Hilda costume because as we have seen by your posts…You love the history of the game of baseball.
It is only natural for you to gravitate towards one of its key female figures in history, and a famous Dodger woman in history.
The loudness displayed by that small upside down triangle of tin can be controled by the user. Most people do not use due dilligence and abuse the bell like it was on a fire engine.
I suspect even without knowing the rules of the cowbell, you performed admirably.
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Cowbells – the use of any artificial noise maker during and major league game – is minor league. The use of cowbells by "fans" at the Tropicana is fuel more by liquid refreshment than real interest in baseball. It appears that I am like many who are staying away from Rays games – the cowbells are annoying for all real fans of the game and should be banned. I'm not aware of other major league teams who permit the use of artificial noise makers by fans. Other teams with less than long histories generate fan support without gimmicks. We need to do the same in Tampa Bay. Until then, I like apparently many others, will stay away from the Trop. It's just not worth the long drive and increasingly expensive costs, including parking noted above, to see MLB at the Trop. Real MLB fans appreciate the game itself, not the useless noise from mechanical devices. We need improve our appreciation for the game in this region or we will lose our local access to MLB.
The original user of that "cowbell" was a matron ticket holder for the Brooklyn Dodgers named Hilda Chester who is a Dodger legend. Guess you might say they were " minor league" then.
It is personal taste as to the way noise bothers you. I have been there the entire time of the "Cowbell Era" and have educated some people and also acosted people for abuse of the cowbells all game long.
We are building a tradition that the Bostons and New Yorks of the MLB have held for over 100 years, or at least 3 generations of their regional fans.
Rays have been here 13 years and exsist in a transient marketplace that envelopes traditions and time honored loyalties of people's parents.
If you think cowbells are the devil, then you have never attended a Parks and Recreaction Day at the Trop with 20,000 Cheer (Thunder) stix going off the entire game. That is enough to make a sane person go postal.
When the region gains that generational love and support for the team, they toys and attention getting devices will fall by the wayside.
I can respect your decision to stay home, but I hope you are part of that surging home sudience that is showing that the support is there by the increased viewership.
By the way, it is the organization as a whole who is continuing to support the cowbell, not just the fans. But in reality, the cowbells have gotten smaller in some areas of the stadium….Which might mean we are finding alternative ways to voice our support. I know I put my big cowbell down before the 2009 season and I clap and cheer and ring the small one with 2 strikes on a batter or after the Rays score or provide a "web gem" moment.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Nami-Nami on Spanish TV
Earlier this year (in May, to be precise), a Spanish film-maker Ángel spent couple of hours with us, eating rhubarb cake and filming us for a report on free wi-fi and work-life balance. The report was aired on Spanish TV in September, and here's the clip for you to see (Nami-Nami section begins at about 2:10).
I'm making Anne's mango shrimp, sing praises to my dear friend Ximena, show off my "Nami-Nami cookbook", mention Nami-Nami gardening blog, and leaf through the pages of the book where this popular apple cake recipe comes from.
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- ChichaJo said...
Pille! You were fantastic! I loved watching the clip and getting to see you in action :) :)
- 10:54 am, October 19, 2011
- Marju said...
Aww, so lovely clip about our little Estonia! Nice to see that in addition to free wifi they talk about our great bloggers out there, too! Thanks for sharing, Pille, otherwise I would have definitely missed that one :)
- 12:44 pm, October 19, 2011
Yoohoo. You look biutiful!!!! you all do :)))
- 2:03 pm, October 19, 2011
- Kalyn said...
Very fun seeing you! And I have been pronouncing your name wrong in my mind, lol!
- 1:53 am, October 20, 2011
- Katja said...
Dear Pille! Thank you, i just discovered your blog a couple of weeks ago and i really love it! It makes me a bit homesick , as i am a Latvian living in Munich :))))) I have persuaded my bf to start a blog (he is an osteopath) ... just dont have anything to write about myself. Love to cook and experiment, but for now ill keep it to myself. All the best and will keep on reading :)
- 5:16 pm, October 20, 2011
Eesti vabanemisest vene võimu alt on juba 20 aastat möödas ja nad ikka räägivad endisest sovjet unioonist.
- 11:19 am, October 21, 2011
- Gitte said...
Wow Pille, that is so awesome. So much fun seeing you in person :) and I can see why they chose to interview you, your blog is truely great.
- 1:28 pm, November 03, 2011
- Enlil said...
Just brought back home from Estonia some Verikäkk and still wondering what to do exactly with it :D Aitäh also from Spain for your blog ;)
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