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Maid in India...
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- Ambika said...
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- December 21, 2013 at 4:24 PM
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- December 21, 2013 at 5:16 PM
- Rajesh Asarpota said...
This is one of the issues that makes one wonder.. Why this sudden rusn against the US? WHere in F***s name was the GOI when they beheaded and Indian soldier and sent his body home? Did the Govt lose their b***s or did Mama's boy not allow it..
- December 21, 2013 at 7:56 PM
- V said...
Cute gal n nice message!
Indians, in general probably do not understand human rights. They understand their own vested interests especially when elections are nearby. So much hue and cry on a diplomat's misdeeds but this very government shed crocodile tears on soldiers butchered bodies!
- December 21, 2013 at 10:57 PM
- Maria Perry Mohan said...
Wish you the compliments of the season and I agree with what you say. I know something about the problems of diplomats and their domestic help and I think that Ms. Richards set Devyani up. But you know, Devyani was humiliated and that's not right either, it was a discourtesy to India. I don't believe that Americans don't know that Devyani couldn't pay Ms Richards the equivalent of her own salary. Didn't they outsource lots of jobs here because Indian labour is cheaper? Truth is, the system is rotten through and through. The Americans should simply extradite Devyani and forget about this. And the Govt. of India should have their employees get local domestic help if required and increase their allowances accordingly.
- December 22, 2013 at 12:00 AM
- harman singh said...
.. Shobha I completely agree with you and this is wht we have been saying here living in America with our family ,if you cant afford maid why bring in n troubles?? she should be paid as per requirement ,, we all pay in day care like 2000 USD per month and lemme tell you its jus for week days .. this lady a diplomat being so educated representing India is shame bringing bad name and why she should not be punished?? she is treated same way as anyone would....its like bunch of morons making noise for no reason.
- December 22, 2013 at 3:32 AM
- Anu Menon said...
hmmm... she made a mistake? I hardly think so. She is a Diplomat who thought she could get away with breaking a law based on diplomatic immunity. She made an agreement to pay INR 30000 knowing very well what the minimum wages in the US were. She could have paid $1000 or $2000 and had her kids taken care of by a sitter for a few hours.
But she decided she wanted the aaram life that people could afford to in India by paying a few thousand rupees and decided to break the law.
Whether the maid was tutored or not - Personally i think she is really smart - is not the question.
You did something wrong - you are being punished for it. Black or white or grey? I'd say pretty white in this case.
- December 22, 2013 at 5:31 AM
- Sameer Chauhan said...
You cant write such things for India.. What is your culture eh? shooting innocent kids in the school just for mental frustration? this doesnt come into human rights? what was the crime of those innocent children? they do not have human rights? we pay our diplomates by our indian standards only.. why you people have acid in your stomach when we started tit for tat? Why American diplomates should be given extra security? Every other diplomate of other country is living in India with standard security measure then why US diplomates with extra security? You'll say India itself gave extra security.. But what we feel that our guests should not have any problem or complaint.. thats what we indian are.. If we start strip checking of your formerer President even you'll get hurt.. If you bark about your rules than why dont you strip check your President after he come from visit of other countries of the world? there you cant see your rules?
- December 22, 2013 at 10:09 AM
- AD said...
In USA, abiding law is of utmost importance and law is equally applicable to all people irrespective of anyone's status, religion, caste, citizenship, etc. The value system there is quite strong so far as the law abidingness is concerned. Law is meant to be applicable to any 'human being'.
Devyani has flouted the law and she is therefore subjected to the rules and regulation that's governed by their local law for any human being in USA.
That Devyani was pulled up by the Adarsh judicial panel for making a false statement to get an allotment of a flat and to become a member of the society, amply proves that her past record was also not good. She has a tendency of getting her job done by dubious means.
'Adarsh case' being in India and she being an influential person in the country, application of law, in all probability, will not be able to prove her punishable offence ! There are lot many such examples in our country.
In general we talk a lot on abiding rules, regulations, guidelines, moral ethics, laws and on respect for values ; but in case of any 'want' we don't bother to take a bypass route without paying any respect for 'values'.
Unfortunately this is what we Indian are !
- December 22, 2013 at 10:33 AM
- Roshni said...
Thanks Shobhaa for finally talking about the real issue. I'm an Indian living in America and I'm horrified at the way the Indian politicians think they're 'showing up' the US. They are just showing themselves for the uneducated and uncouth people that they are. Devyani Khobragade committed a crime on American soil and should not expect any special treatment because she is a privileged daughter of an influential Indian politician who is used to getting her way.
- December 22, 2013 at 11:17 AM
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There are only a few days left to Christmas. For atleast now we believe that the Cards of Peace in the Horizon.
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Owner: Fedora Infrastructure Team
Contact: #fedora-admin, sysadmin-main, sysadmin-web
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Servers: app1, app2, app3, app4, app5, app6, bapp1
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Release Preparation
To add a version for release, login to the admin interface at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/adminview and click on [Add] under Versions. Fill in the request information, and regenerate the publiclist (below) to update the publiclist pages.
Troubleshooting and Resolution
Regenerating the Publiclist
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/usr/share/mirrormanager/server/update-each-server > /tmp/mirrormanager-mirrorlist.log 2>&1 && \ /usr/share/mirrormanager/mm_sync_out
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Hung admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager
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My big fat white fluffy kitty cat has been unwell recently; it only started about 12 days ago and two vet visits later she's going in for an ultrascan today. Some days she seems completely weak and lethargic, other days she's more alert. Unfortunately there was a wait getting her in to see the sonographer until now although they've run other tests on her that have so far come back as inconclusive.
Needless to say this has been playing on my mind for the last week, and there's still so much I have to do to our new house and working as well…things are hectic. I was going to share wedding and honeymoon photos this week, but at the moment my thoughts are on getting this cat healthy again so it may just have to wait until next week! Sorry!
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I've sort of lost control of my schedule lately. I've been busy with friends, and parties, and work, and bible studies, and traveling, and heart aches, and body aches, and phone calls, and...and....and....
I usually blog in advance, and that was my plan for the month of March, but I'm behind, far behind. Fortunately, I am my own blogging boss, and so I pause....I pause for personal 'stuff.' That is ultimately the purpose. Thus far, I've got another weeks worth of post coming along thanks to a baby shower I helped host last week, but after that....things might get interesting. I feel a dust collection, and spider web study coming on....
But I decided for now, to share. Important stuff. Unimportant stuff. Mostly to fill up a day on the blog, but truly just because I don't want to lose 'me' under crafts and creations, and cookies.
I have to set a goal, even on these random post....so here are 10 random things going on with in the world I live in right now.
1. I just read the BEST book. Oh my gosh. Yes, it's from the Young Adult section, but, man, is it a feel good. It's written in poetry form. The little boy telling the story has immigrated from Africa and describes the United States as a newcomer. I laughed out loud. I got goose bumps. I'm not someone who recommends a lot of books, but this one....this one I love. Home of the Brave by Katherine
Applegate It reminds me of some students I had the first year I was teaching....and it makes me so glad I chose this profession because I get to meet kids just like this little guy in the story.
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- Chris said...
Hi Christy, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
- A party and A HALF said...
I added that book to my "To-read" list. If you like stories told through a poetry form you should try reading "Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre" By Yamanaka. It has that format but it's a deep story.
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
So sorry you're hurting, Christy. Thinking of you.
- Deb said...
Christy is was nice hearing so much about you...I'm not a runner...no way Jose...but I love walking...so sorry for the loss of your furbaby....it is so hard...
- Jo said...
How exciting to have a blue sequin mystery. The most exciting thing around here is, "What is in Ben's mouth"? I've taken up running too. You just don't see big jiggly people after they have been running for a long time. I'm still way behind you (my 8 year old runs longer than I do and Ruben doesn't mind reminding me of that,often). I'll just add yet another reason why you are my mantle of inspiration and respect.
- tt.scraps said...
I love you, girl!
- Ella said...
wow, christy!! thanks for the update, the running challenge (i hate running, too!) and i'm so, so sorry to hear about max. :( hope to see you sometime this summer!!!!


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Here is the 1930 US Census for Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandson, Ernest Travland. Ernest was living in Bee County, Texas with wife Cordelia and their two children, Ernest Jr and James.
Ernest was employed as an automobile mechanic.
Ernest was the eldest child of Stella (Berkeland) and Thomas Tobias Travland, the grandson of Iverdine (Finnestad) and Lewis Joseph Peterson Travland.
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Our family, through a stroke of debatable fortune (and obsessive rooting through the abandoned stacks at a library book sale), has come into possession of a 1942 edition of Emily Post's "Blue Book" of Etiquette, which is not to be confused with the Kelly Blue Book of Automobiles, lest one finds oneself brought before a UN Tribunal for attempting to traffic a low mileage butler. But having made that clarification, it must be acknowledged that Mrs. Post's opus would benefit from some modernization, if for no better reason than uttering "etiquette" in the local GAP would likely result in the clerk telling you they don't carry that brand. To that end, and in the spirit of public service, we will be taking it upon ourselves to update Mrs. Post's text insofar as is possible – because how else is one going to learn the proper method of dressing one's butler? For that matter, how else is one going to learn that butlers can't be trusted to dress themselves?
Or shave, apparently. Mrs. Post introduces the subject by admonishing us, "The 'mansion' of bastard architecture and crude detail, with its brass indifferently clean […] and the bell answered at eleven in the morning by a butler in an ill-fitting dress suit and wearing a mustache, might as well be placarded: 'Here lives a vulgarian who has never had an opportunity to approach the outermost edges of cultivation.'" This leads, of course, to our first quandary. Specifically, is "vulgarian" a racial or religious designation? Because if it's the former, I'm no longer checking "Caucasian" come census time.
Regardless, to ensure all sides of this rather hairy debate are equally represented, here is a group of vulgarians (born and raised in the remote Eastern European nation of Vulgaria) that take issue with Mrs. Post's stance on mustachioed butlers. In song. (Fair warning: the video contains language slightly saltier than one might hear on My Little Pony, though given how things are progressing, I figure we're due for an episode where Applejack drops the F-bomb any day now.)
In an effort to further refine your otherwise hopeless butler, Mrs. Post helpfully provides an entire how-to section on…
Dressing the Butler
First of all, if the butler cannot dress himself, my personal opinion is that perhaps he had best seek another occupation – something a bit less strenuous and that may allow for the wearing of a protective helmet without the onerous demands of operating heavy machinery. But for the lady of the house, who pines for the loss of her Ken doll and insists upon dressing her own butler, how should he be clad? Mrs. Post offers these easy to remember rules:
1: "The butler never wears the livery of a footman and on no account knee breeches."
Little known fact: The absolute prohibition against knee breeches constitutes the reason 80% of men refuse the butlering profession.
2: "In the early morning he wears an ordinary sack suit."
The sack suit can be easily constructed at home with a thirty-gallon Hefty garbage sack and a pair of scissors. If your butler is singularly tall, it may require two garbage sacks, lest one inadvertently violate Post's first law of robotics. Ideally, one should strive to avoid employing particularly leggy servants or have them walk on their knees if such cannot be avoided. Still, an attentive lady of the house should do her best not to employ servants exceeding four feet in height.
3: "In fashionable houses the butler does not put on his dress suit until six o'clock."
Also, do not feed the butler after midnight. Do not get him wet.
4: "And it is unnecessary to add that none but vulgarians would employ a butler (or any other house servant) who wears a mustache! To have him open the door collarless and in shirt-sleeves is scarcely worse!"
Yet if the butler insists upon answering the door collarless and wearing only shirt-sleeves, it may be advisable for him also to wear a mustache to distract guests from the impropriety of his pantlessness.
On the other end of the spectrum…
Got it? Good. Next time, we'll discuss footmen, which should not be confused with Foot Soldiers.
Which is too bad, because Foot Soldiers in an Emily Post etiquette book would be totally awesome.


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The Economic Recovery Is Serene. Meet The 2011 Top 50 Leaders, Find Out How the Automation Market Stands And Learn Our Predictions of What's Coming Next
The U. S. presidential election is over, as of this writing, and by the time you read this, politicians are arguing over whether to jump over the fiscal cliff, or whether there is, actually, a fiscal cliff or just a fiscal curb. We may be headed into another recession—or maybe not.
Every major automation company and most of the smaller ones posted large sales increases throughout 2011 and into 2012. But one by one, at the fall user groups meetings, vendor executives warned that, while things looked good now and the pipelines into next year looked full, things didn't look all that rosy from mid-2013 onward.
Do you know who today's Top 50 Automation Companies are? Find out.
At the recently concluded Automation Fair, I asked Rockwell Automation CEO Keith Nosbusch if I was right in concluding that everything was going along swimmingly. He replied, "It's like the swan floating on the surface of the pond. Everything looks serene as it glides along, but under the water the feet are churning furiously."
Dr. Mark Douglass, senior analyst with Longbow Research, agrees. U. S. demand for automation products is flat to slightly down, he says. Oil and gas activity appears to be the strongest segment within process automation, with demand driven by oil fields, shale gas and biofuels in Texas, California, Florida, Washington and New York. Specialty chemicals were mixed, he says, and pulp and paper, along with food processing, were generally weaker.
Internationally, Douglass says, demand for new automation products and systems is mixed. In Europe, German demand remains relatively healthy, but his respondents tell him that while demand appears to remain positive, there are signs of cooling off. France is harder to quantify, but here too, demand appears to be slightly positive.
It is when we get to the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) that things get very interesting. China's economy, the mainstay of the recovery from the 2008 recession, appears to be slowing, and some people report negative growth. This is difficult politically as the new government of Xi Jinping takes office. Mr. Xi, it is universally acknowledged, will face challenges no Chinese government has yet faced.
China is no longer the "low cost of manufacturing" leader it once was. Wages, according to Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, writing in the Bloomberg View, rose from about $1000 in 1978 to almost $5500 in 2011. This is in part due to the same shortages of skilled workers the West has confronted for the past 10 years or more. It is also because sometime during Mr. Xi's term, China will cross the Lewis point, where the economic gains from moving workers from agriculture to manufacturing no longer obtain.
Douglass believes that there are still signs of strength in China's petroleum, chemical and power generation sectors, though.
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Prospects Daily: Japanese Yen strengthens as the country's current account turns to surplus again
Important developments today:
1. Japanese Yen strengthens as the country's current account turns to surplus again
2. Japan's current account returns to surplus in February
Japanese Yen strengthens as the country's current account turns to surplus again. The Japanese yen rose versus the currencies of its 16 most-traded counterparts as the country's current account moved to surplus in February after a record deficit in January, lending support to the currency as a safe haven amid renewed concerns over global economic growth. The yen strengthened by 0.6% to 106.22 per euro after reaching 106.12, the strongest level since March 7th, and the Japanese currency climbed 0.4% to 81.28 per dollar, strengthening for a fourth day. Along with weak U.S. job data, revived concerns over European debt crisis, and rising inflation in China, and a stronger yen also contributed to the weakness in the Japanese stock markets as yen strength is likely to weigh negatively on Japanese exporters. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 1.4% to 9,555.9 on Monday, registering its longest losing streak since November (sliding for a fifth day).
Japan's current account returns to surplus in February. Data released by the Ministry of Finance put February's surplus at Y1.178 trillion ($14.5 billion) - a turnaround from the record deficit of the previous month. Nonetheless the surplus was 31% lower on a year-on-year basis. For the fifth consecutive month Japan's trade and services account has been in a deficit, beating the previous high of four months in the aftermath of the Lehman crisis. Japan's exports continue to suffer from a strong yen as well as weak demand from Europe, and its imports bill is soaring on account of the need to import more gas for power generation as most of its nuclear reactors were shut down following the March 2011 earthquake. However an income surplus from its massive investments abroad (3.9% higher on a year-on-year basis) helped to compensate for the deficit in the trade in goods and services account in February.
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In East Asia and Pacific, China's consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.6% year-on-year (y/y) in March from 3.2% in February, driven mainly by a sharp pickup in food prices due to bad weather. However, the producer price index fell 0.3% (y/y), the first decline since November 2009, suggesting weakness in the real sector.
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I'm going to start this series with a tip on how to add rows to the middle of a table. I'm starting with this piece of info because most people work their way through inserting a table but struggle when they have to add a row mid table. The shortcut is so hidden that most people don't know about it and it's handy to know.
- After you have a table inserted, turn on the hidden codes and look for the little squares to the right of the table. In the example above, you need to insert a row between Michael Jones and Nathan Jones.
- Look at the end of the row for Michael Jones.
- Click your cursor to the right of the line ending the table row and the left of the little square.
- Press the Enter key. Word adds an empty row between Michael Jones and Nathan Jones and moves your cursor to the first empty cell.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Wearing the Book: Ulysses
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This is so perfect! I love the way you put your hair in pigtails to imitate the 'jj'. :)ReplyDelete
Okay, seriously. Cutest idea.ReplyDelete
A genius way to be a book blogger and fashion blogger. LOVE it.
Exquisite. This dress is just perfect for you. xReplyDelete
I'm so glad to see you are doing this! I'm so excited to see what other book covers you have up your sleeve.ReplyDelete
well i love blue and black together and ulysses is one of my favorite books ever.ReplyDelete
I absolutely when you dress like a book! so inspiring!ReplyDelete
I could never get through any Joyce book, but I love that cover and I love your outfit!ReplyDelete
I've never read that book either but that is a gorgeous copy. great interpretation, and I love your hair :) xxReplyDelete
I think this is such a perfect idea, books plus outfits. The double J cover is rather pleasing to look at, and that is a beautiful dress.ReplyDelete
It gets dark here at 4:30 also :/ReplyDelete
nonetheless your pigtails are cute!
ah you are so pretty. and so inspiring! whenever i have the fall doldrums i look at your blog and i feel instantly revived and inspired. beautiful outfit; you pull it off wonderfully!ReplyDelete
WOW! I love this, the bold blue against the black. Your truly are wearing the book! I tend to dress inspired by a character but will be looking at my book covers for inspiration in the future! You should try Joyce's 'The Dead', much easier to get your teeth into.ReplyDelete
oh gosh, this is so wonderful.ReplyDelete
I think this is an idea so perfect, books and clothing. Double J's coverage is quite pleasant to watch, and this is a nice dress.ReplyDelete
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I wrote my undergrad thesis on Ulysses and recently lost the Gabler's edition paperback that had thousands of my own annotations in it...I'm still really heartbroken and don't know what to do, but maybe I should treat myself to a pretty vintage copy firstReplyDelete
really cute idea! i've never read that book either, but it sure is pretty to look at! your dress is amazing!ReplyDelete
Wow, this is great! Amazing idea and a really cute outfit.ReplyDelete
This is the most amazing idea ever. I mean I did the whole inspired by a painting, but wearing the book is a brilliant idea! I love it! This totally made my day, so thank you! :)ReplyDelete
You are brilliant. The outfit is a very nice ode to the book.ReplyDelete
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i have read a portrait of the artist twice and parts of dubliners, but i have never read ulysses! maybe some day!ReplyDelete
Where did you find this book?? It's amazing. And I love the idea for this series. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you come up with!ReplyDelete
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this typography made my graphic designer self drool.ReplyDelete
What a clever idea! I might have to try this someday.ReplyDelete
I love blue and black togetherReplyDelete
I'll say you about nailed it. You're the perfect one side of that J.ReplyDelete
Your tights and shoes all in black make the perfect jj! I love that you're back with books and clothes combined into one idea and executed through your clothes.:)xxReplyDelete
omg katerReplyDelete
this is the post that came up right after yours on my google reader. it is ALSO about wearing Ulysses: http://whatwouldanerdwear.blogspot.com/2011/11/ineluctable-modality-of-visible.html
well, honestly, i think there are very few people out in the world who have really read this book (i mean all of it, not just parts, single chapters). Besides that: I love your dress!!ReplyDelete
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I have two copies of the same edition of it, because I loved the cover and the typeface too much to leave behind. Blue, pictured here, is the first one I bought and I was beside myself with joy the cover.ReplyDelete
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I think it's such a perfect idea books and uniforms. J double coverage is quite enjoyable to watch, and it's a beautiful dress.ReplyDelete
Oooh my GOODNESS, I absolutely love this idea! This outfit is really perfect, wonderful job! Meanwhile, I too am very intimated by this book, but I really would like to read it at some point!ReplyDelete
i LOVE this post. probably my favorite post by a fashion blogger ever. that typography is amazing, and you, of course, are totally adorable.ReplyDelete
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You are so beautiful!ReplyDelete
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What an interesting style idea! You even matched the gold title with the belt!ReplyDelete
I think this is an concept so ideal, guides and outfits. Increase J's protection is quite enjoyable to enjoy, and this is a awesome attire. you are so very. and so inspiring! whenever i have the drop doldrums i look at your site site and i experience immediately improved and influenced.ReplyDelete
Sensational! The belt as the gold accent is brilliant.!ReplyDelete
Wearing the book, what a neat idea! I'd love to see other looks inspired by book covers.ReplyDelete
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Lovely. I have that same dress in another color. It's so cute and comfortable too with a great print.ReplyDelete
I really like this, the daring pink against the dark-colored. Your truly are sporting the book! I usually attire influenced by a personality but will be looking at my publication protects for creativity in the future! You should try Joyce's 'The Dead', much simpler to get your pearly whites into.ReplyDelete
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I authored my undergrad dissertation on Ulysses and lately missing the Gabler's release book that had a large number of my own annotations in it. I'm still really heartbroken and don't know what to do, but maybe I should cure myself to a very classic content first.ReplyDelete
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I'm so happy to see you are doing this! I'm so energized to see what other publication protects you have up your sleeve.ReplyDelete
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I love this idea!! What a great source of inspiration.ReplyDelete
I was confused, but after reading some comments figured it out. You're not wearing the book in terms of the story, but an outfit inspired by the cover. Interesting. I wonder if your outfits would change if you had read the story? (ie: be inspired by the contents as well as the cover art).ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh you look SO cute! I adore that outfit and it just suits you perfectly. And the fact that you based it on a book is just so awesome and creative.ReplyDelete
love it. what is the ISBN number for this book? i have a friend who's doing her thesis on it, and i'd love to get it as a gift.ReplyDelete
love the font on this book.ReplyDelete
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Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world of Apple-transparency, where the company shared numbers regarding music sales openly? Well we don't live in that world, and that's why we get excited when we find out from the Associated Press what the top-selling albums and singles of the year were on the iTunes Store. Yes, it is kind of sad in a way, but it's interesting regardless.
If you had to hazard a guess, what do you think the top selling album was this year on the iTunes Store? Go ahead, guess; we'll wait. If you guessed anything other then Coldplay's Viva la Vida, you were terribly, terribly wrong.
According to the AP, the album has sold over 500,000 copies digitally, the majority from the iTunes Store. Also in the top five were Jack Johnson's Sleep Through the Static, the soundtrack from the 2007 film Juno (which, in my opinion, was a refreshing change from typical mainstream movies), Lil' Wayne's The Carter III, and Sara Bareilles' Little Voice. If you have only heard of three out of the five of those, congratulations! You are at least as out of touch with popular culture as I am.
The top-selling single on iTunes was Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love, while Coldplay took the number two spot with Viva La Vida, with Low, I Kissed a Girl, and Disturbia rounding out the top five. According to the numbers, the top-selling single sold 3.2 million copies via the Internet as a whole, 2.7 million more than the top-selling album. How many of those 3.2 million downloads were facilitated by Apple was not disclosed.
While Apple certainly isn't a monopoly in the digital music distribution game, the iTunes Store is becoming more and more of a barometer of music popularity. We aren't ready to say that Apple could be the new back pages of Billboard, but with continued success of the store, the result aren't going to differ much.


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The dollar fell against all 16 of its most-traded counterparts as speculation U.S. lawmakers will reach agreement on the nation's budget and avert the so-called fiscal cliff damped demand for safety.
The Dollar Index fell from almost a 10-week high after President Barack Obama said he was "confident" that an agreement would be reached to avert the triggering of automatic spending cuts and tax increases at year-end that may push the economy into recession. The Canadian and Australian dollars extended gains against the greenback as the International Monetary Fund said it would classify the currencies as official reserve assets.
"It's pretty much just market optimism mainly regarding the fiscal-cliff issue," Sireen Harajli, a foreign-exchange strategist in New York at Credit Agricole SA, said in a telephone interview. "It seems that both parties are showing more willingness to negotiate and find a middle ground. There's been an improvement in risk aversion, which hurts the dollar."
The dollar weakened 0.4 percent to $1.2796 per euro as of 10:36 a.m. New York time, after slipping 0.2 percent last week. The yen strengthened 0.1 percent to 81.23 versus the U.S. currency after falling as much as 0.3 percent to 81.59, the weakest level since April 25. The Japanese currency fell 0.3 percent to 103.94 per euro after earlier depreciating to 104.11, the lowest since Oct. 25.
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"It's a slightly softer tone for the dollar to start the week," said Jeremy Stretch, head of foreign-exchange strategy at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in London. Optimism that U.S. leaders would reach a budget agreement "has provided slight relief for risk."
The IMF asked member countries to report holdings of the Canadian and Australian dollars along with those of the U.S. dollar, euro, yen, sterling and Swiss franc in their foreign- exchange reserves. The move was first reported by Marketwatch.com.
Canada's dollar climbed 0.5 percent to 99.67 cents per U.S. dollar. The so-called Aussie added 0.7 percent to $1.0408.
Brazil's real gained versus most of its major peers after analysts lowered their forecasts for 2013 economic growth, bolstering bets that the country's central bank will keep borrowing costs low.
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There's an argument to be made that one of the best Google phones on the planet right now is the iPhone 5. Over the last few months Google has been rolling out better looking and more functional iPhone and iPad apps. From Google+ to Gmail, Google Maps to YouTube, Chrome to Google Drive, they've introduced a more consistent, more usable, more human experience on iOS -- arguably even more so in some ways than what they offer on their own, competing platform, Android. That includes playful pull-to-refresh implementations, prominent photos and profile pictures, and other consistent cues that suggest a coordinated maturation of their design language. To find out more, Matthew Panzarino of The Next Web spoke to Jason Cornwell, lead designer of Gmail for iOS:
"You have to live on the platform you're developing for. The designers and developers that work on this app are iPhone natives and use iPhones all the time as their main phone," he says.
"You have to live on a platform to understand the subtlety of the patterns…and what represents good design on that platform."
Panzarino points out the widely-held understanding that Google still earns more money from iOS than they do from Android, and Cornwell talks of going to where the customers are.
Right now the Google suite of iOS apps are generally cleaner, simpler, and more consistent that Apple's own iOS apps, though a lot of that comes at the expense of a menu button that hides a ton of disparate elements in a sidebar (i.e. the hamburgers and basements of Mountain View). They also work together as much as iOS allows, using URL schemes to open each other rather than Apple's default apps whenever possible.
It will be interesting to see how, if at all, Apple and their new head of Human Interface, Jony Ive, respond to the increasingly solid, enormously popular Google presence with iOS 7 in 2013.
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COLUMBIA -- Even after state lawmakers agreed to provide a fraction of the $1.2 million the S.C. Department of Natural Resources requested for Bluffton's 30-year-old Waddell Mariculture Center, Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed the pared down amount.
The Republican governor said she supports DNR's additional hydrologist and law enforcement positions, but took issue with the Waddell funds.
"When DNR filed its budget request for fiscal year 2013-14, the agency requested $903,000 in one-time money to address certain capital and maintenance needs for its marine research programs," she wrote.
"Instead, this budget creates a new recurring special item that would provide DNR with over $350,000 per year for this facility on an indefinite basis."
She was referring to the $353,000 the House and Senate had agreed to provide for the center's personnel and operations. The House had approved the $903,000 for maintenance along with the $353,000. But the Senate had not supported the facilities piece, so only the latter became part of the budget approved by lawmakers.
"I am prepared to reconsider a request for one-time funding for this facility next year, subject to the availability of funds," wrote Haley in her veto message, released Tuesday.
"But in the meantime, responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources requires that we be disciplined enough to set priorities and only fund the most critical needs."
The Waddell Mariculture Center, located on 1,200 acres at Victoria Bluff, supports South Carolina's $1 billion saltwater fishing industry by stocking fish and developing sustainable farming techniques, among other activities.
The center is known up and down the east coast for its work, according to DNR director Alvin Taylor. He said in an earlier interview that the $903,000 estimate to fix cracked walls and other structural ailments could grow to $1.2 million next year, if conditions were left to worsen.
Lawmakers will return Wednesday to vote on whether to uphold or override the vetoes. A two-thirds vote in both chambers is required to overturn a veto.
In an email Tuesday, Sen. Tom Davis said he supports Haley's efforts to limit government growth and will vote to sustain most of her vetoes. But he will vote to override the veto of Waddell funding, calling it a core function of government, since Waddell's mission is to protect the state's fisheries.
He said the chairmen of the Senate Finance and the House Ways and Means committees have said repairs to Waddell's facilities could be made with funding to come from existing DNR appropriations or reserves, or both.
"Rep. Bill Herbkersman and I, along with Rep. Weston Newton, will meet in the next few weeks with Al Stokes, the director of Waddell, to work on and subsequently submit to DNR for review and approval a proposed repair schedule," said Davis. Newton and Herbkersman are Bluffton Republicans.
Taylor had requested the $1.2 million in February when he testified before a Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen. Yancey McGill, D-Williamsburg. The subcommittee had approved the $353,000 portion but asked for more time to consider the facilities money.
When asked in May why his subcommittee ultimately decided not to recommend it, McGill said: "I remember years ago when they built that Waddell center, it had a major impact on this state. But you've not heard a whole lot about it in recent years."


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You know what I'm talking about when I refer to "Jay face,'' right? That pouty look that Jay Cutler flashes when things go badly? The one that every director of every televised Bears game has dedicated a camera to?
Yeah, THAT "Jay face,'' the one that looks like mommy said, "No Toys R Us'' and the one that looks like it needs to be slapped into acting like an adult.
It seems that Ashton Kutcher is as sick of "Jay face'' as we are. What's more, the Iowa-born actor and staunch Bears fan would like the chance to change it.
"I'd love to meet him, talk to him,'' Kutcher told Esquire. "Because I think he doesn't do himself any service with his attitude. I don't think it's a bad attitude. I just think it's the way he projects what he's feeling. I don't think it's a matter of him thinking the wrong thing in the absence of the right thing. And I think there's a way to project it, a certain way, and you know, I would just like to get with him and work. He's really (bleeping) hard on himself. And I think I get that.''
Hey, if the Bears hired Marc Trestman to be the quarterback whisperer for Cutler, then why not take up Kutcher on his offer to serve as acting coach for a guy who needs to act like a leader at the most important position on the field?
Sure, it sounds outlandish, and we're not talking Robert De Niro offering lessons here, which puts this farther into the galaxy of nutty ideas. Some of Kutcher's most famous roles, starting with his doper persona on "That '70s Show,'' might sucker you into believing he's a human Rice Krispy Treat --- nice-looking on the outside, nothing substantive inside. Don't fall for it. It's apparently not true, as detailed in the Esquire story.
Kutcher is all about new technology and has a history of funneling venture capital into what might be the next great idea. It seems as if Kutcher's next role as Apple genius Steve Jobs isn't such a stretch. The act, then, is an act. He's smarter than he looks, and he appears to be smart enough to know how dumb Cutler looks, even if it's Cutler at his most honest.
Football wonks are tightly wound. They suffer from world-class paranoia. An acting tutor would be treated like kryptonite. And then Bill Belichick would explore it, and then everyone would do it.
Look, football is a poker game in terms of strategy, so it makes sense that presenting a poker face would help. It certainly couldn't hurt to eliminate the tells that reflect anger or frustration. Nothing else has worked here with Cutler. Nothing that has met the championship expectations, anyway. And when it has failed, it looks worse because Cutler flashes that pouty face.
Other quarterbacks do it, sure. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, for example. But they've won Super Bowls. They've been league MVPs. They're unquestioned leaders. They own a "Get Out of Jail Free'' card when it comes to showing anger or frustration.
Cutler doesn't get that benefit. He shouldn't. He hasn't earned it. Gotta win. Cutler's expressions and body language look bratty. We know he needs to work on his mechanics, so it might figure he also needs help when it comes to the discipline in leadership.
Kutcher might help Cutler look like he's in control. Players follow that. It's hard to believe a team would follow a guy whose pouty face screams, "Dude, where my blocking?''


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Monday, April 23, 2007
Saffron Rice with Currants and Almonds – Is this a Pilaf? Who cares?
I'm calling this "Saffron Rice with Currants and Almonds," and there nothing anyone can do about it. Now, as I say in the video recipe, this is the very easy, very fast version. In the professional kitchen, a stock would be made with sautéed onions and the saffron, to infuse the maximum amount of color and flavor. In this version I just used my basic basmati rice technique and after coating the rice with the oil, I just throw everything in at once. It worked. Now, I will admit the professional method described above does make a better product, but many home cooks when faced with the extra steps of dicing onions and infusing stocks, will simply make plain rice and eat thier chicken legs. So, I decided to show a compromised version that should make everyone happy (is that possible?).
If you haven't seen it, be sure to check out the Basmati Rice video recipe clip which will make this recipe easier to understand. By the way, there is NO substitute for saffron, so don't ask. If you can't find it and/or afford it (warning: its crazy expensive) then just make the recipe without it. If you're just looking for a nice yellow color you could throw in some turmeric. Enjoy!
2 cups basmati rice
3 cups cold water
2 tbl dried currants
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1 tsp salt
1 tbl butter
pinch of saffron
2 tbl olive oil
11 comments:
- maggie said...
I just wanted to say that if anyone has a Trader Joe's available to them, Saffron is quite inexpensive there, even more shockingly than their other spices. This might be my first chance to use my new jar!
- April 23, 2007 at 4:07 PM
haha, sucker now i can see what you look like! ;) Weird, your voice seems to be contrary to for appearance.?
- May 21, 2007 at 9:23 PM
- Chef John said...
I assume you mean my voice would lead you to believe that i could'nt possibly be that good looking. Thanks!
- May 21, 2007 at 11:28 PM
Love love love it! chef john, you rock! i make this with pistachios and barberries to give it a more persian twist and it works really well.
chin chin!
- February 14, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- Saffron spices said...
I really like your saffron spice dish, though anything with saffron generally tastes nice.
keep up the work
- January 30, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- Crow Calling Woman said...
It super easy to grow your own saffron. I've been growing the crocus saffron flowers for several years now in the winter. They do not tolerate hi heat, & they come from a cooler region so I grow them over the winter (Wisconsin winters are plenty cold & long). You can search online for retailers of the saffron crocus bulbs (Make sure they are labeled as SAFFRON CROCUS - C. sativus, otherwise they are not). They are only available starting in September for purchase. The smaller bulbs are cheaper, but will more than likely not produce flowers (from which the saffron comes) until the second or third year. However, the reproduce profusely! I started with a dozen medium bulbs last year (planted in a well draining soil mix in a window box that) & ended up with several dozen more baby bulbs. It's a nice mood enhancer too in the middle of winter to see the beautiful purple flowers. Why spend so much money to buy the saffron when they are simple & easy to grow!! Do an internet search, that's how I learned how to grow mine. :)
- September 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Ok, last post for the night, it's late...I've been reading your site profusely for the last two hours, yikes! *consider that a compliment! :)
Quick question: How to make this recipe with chicken/meat cooked with the rice? I've tried this many times and it always comes out too mushy(is that a word?). (*I use 3pcs chicken, 1cp basmati, 2cps water, spices, onion, tomato puree) What am I doing wrong?
Thank you, I really enjoy your site!
- January 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks!! I wish I could help, but there is just no way I can answer that question without watching you make it. Also, I've never tried this recipe with chicken cooked into it. May I suggest just cooking the chicken separately, perfectly, and just adding it to the rice at the end.
- January 26, 2011 at 5:11 PM
I've made this rice twice now. The first time was a disaster. I added too much water. (1cup basmati, 2cups h2o) Also the saffron was apparently old and colored my rice a very pale orangeish/pinkish color, not yellow...very strange. So people be warned: saffron will lose it's color, so use it quickly! (my saffron was probably a few months old but who knows how long it was in the shop, there was no expiry date.) Laugh if you must but I didn't know that! :)
So in spite of my first failed attempt, I decided to try again today and it came out perfect...my kids loved it! I served it with a lamb vegetable stew. They didn't like the stew so much but at least they ate the yummy rice! :)
Not sure if that was the best combo but it was healthy and filling, what else can you ask for, right?
Next time I will make your saffron rice with your Pomegranate chicken and use white rice to serve with my lamb stew. Thanks again.
- February 5, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
Buying Saffron just seems like a drug deal.
So no need to steep the Saffron before use chef John?
- April 15, 2012 at 10:42 PM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
I tried this with Maharajah Curry powder. Fantastic, it has some saffron in it too.
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Twenty-one years ago, federal agents conducted something that could either go down in history as something out of a movie. Or possibly something out of the Darwin Awards.
In 1993, American federal agents were tipped off by a Miami-area primate dealer that officials from a Mexican zoo were interested in purchasing a gorilla. Trafficking in endangered animals is against federal law and gorillas have been on the endangered species list since the list began. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, conducting the sting, showed the three Zoologico de Zacango officials around south Florida to see different primates.
Victor Bernal, 57 at the time, the director of zoos and parks for the interior State of Mexico, was the main target and was arrested in the sting. According to the agents, he was looking to pay $92,500 ($149,125 in 2014 dollars) for the animal. According to an Associated Press story on the incident, the Toluca zoo's gorilla had died and the powerful governor of the State of Mexico wanted a replacement quickly. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Gelber told the AP that the agents posing as wildlife dealers were upfront about the illegality of the action.
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Surprise No. 2: The gorilla got out of the crate.
Mexican zoo chief Victor Bernal freaked out. He screamed. He ran. He even tried to jump off the plane where the crate was stored at Miami's Opa-locka Airport.
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The story is unique and it's a surprise a Hollywood studio hasn't made a movie about it. With a renewed interest in federal operations in film, and with the right director or actors, it might get nominated for an Oscar.
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3 lb freshly steamed, peeled shrimp*
1 stalk celery, diced
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
1 teaspoon celery seed
Place shrimp, celery and mayo in a large bowl, stir to coat. Sprinkle with seasonings and fold to distribute evenly. Serve on crackers, bread or as is.
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October. 1949 No. 39
Recommendation of Subcommittee on Terminology
Discontinuance of the Use of the Term "Surplus"
The committee on accounting procedure has approved as an objective the recommendation of the subcommit-tee on terminology made herein with respect to the dis-continuance of the use of the term "surplus" in account-ing, and has authorized its publication. The statements herein contained, however, are not to be regarded as pronouncements of the committee on accounting procedure.
In a report of the committee on terminology, issued in September, 1941, as Research Bulletin No. 12 (Special), it was recommended that consideration be given to the feasibility of a general discontinuance of the use of the word surplus in accounting. Since that time there has been extensive discussion of the proposal, and some companies have used other terms in their financial statements. The present sub-committee on terminology of the committee on accounting procedure has considered the matter and its conclusions are set forth herein.
A factor of primary importance in the balance-sheet presentation of the stockholders' equity is the status of ownership at the balance-sheet date. Where two or more classes of stockholders are involved, the interests of each must be presented as clearly as possible. These interests include the entire proprietary capital of the enterprise, which is conventionally divided further, largely on the basis of source, as follows:
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I recall telling you about my festive "puff pastry aberration" in Tesco. I suppose the other random Christmas purchase I should 'fess up to is a bottle of Crème de Menthe. Hard to explain really – one minute it was on the shelf with its comrades, the next it was in my trolley planning a new life with me. These things happen.
Everybody smiles fondly if you show them a bottle of Crème de Menthe – it has retro chic in spades - but no one actually wants to drink it. Mr CC and I tried sipping small glasses of the green elixir and, while it wasn't horrible, it wasn't exactly lovely either. On the plus side though our mouths felt fresher as a result.
Mint can be an overpowering flavour in baked goods and desserts; I like a hint of mint rather than the sensation that I'm eating toothpaste. That's why I recommend that, if you include them, use standard chocolate chips in my cupcakes; if you are a mint addict you could use chopped After Eights left over from Christmas, however, the notion of "leftover" chocolate is alien to me …it is simply chocolate I am yet to eat.
I tweaked my standard chocolate cupcake recipe by using half milk, half crème de cacao. This is a cocoa flavoured liqueur and it enhanced the chocolatiness of the cake – the texture of the batter was more like a chocolate mousse and tasted just as rich. I recommend using this if you have it. Maybe because there was less milk in the batter, we all noticed that the sponge was lighter in texture than usual.
The Crème de Menthe gave the buttercream a delicate greenness and you could enhance this with colouring. I chose not to but I admit I'm funny about adding colour and try to avoid it if possible and yes, I know that Crème de Menthe is only green because of colourings but that's out of my control!
I find that most things with mint are best made a day or so in advance, so the flavour can soften and mellow; it can be harsh if tasted straight away.
I preferred these to my other attempt at mint cupcakes for two reasons: firstly, I found the Crème de Menthe to have a gentler, more rounded flavour than peppermint extract and, secondly, this buttercream gave a light feel in the mouth which had the effect of softening the mint.
For the chocolate cupcake:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self raising flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk – I used 1 tablespoon milk and 1 tablespoon crème de cacao but I wouldn't buy it especially for the recipe
Optional: 50g chocolate chips
For the buttercream:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
200g icing sugar, sifted
2-3 tablespoons Crème de Menthe liqueur
Optional: green colouring
Decorate: purely optional, I used chocolate leaves to contrast against the buttercream
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
Line a cupcake pan with paper cases.
Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs, flour, cocoa and milk.
When the mixture is smooth and well combined, stir in the After Eights or chocolate chips.
Spoon the batter into the paper cases.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cupcakes comes out clean. Mine took 15 minutes.
Remove from the tin as soon as possible and leave to cool on a wire rack – removing from the tin is important, as the heat of the tin will mean that the cupcakes continue to (over)cook.
Now make the buttercream: place the butter into a mixing bowl and beat until it is whipped, light and pale. Don't be afraid if this takes 5 minutes or more – it will depend on how soft your butter is at the start.
Add half of the sifted icing sugar and beat again.
Add half of the crème de menthe and beat again.
Repeat with the remaining icing sugar and crème de menthe.
Pipe the buttercream on top of each cupcake. If you refrigerate the finished cakes the buttercream will harden.
Decorate as desired.
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The desktop team picks a GNOME package and we work on it during the day to clean the list of bugs, note problems that would be nice to fix for feisty (the next Ubuntu version), run valgrind on applications, write patches and forward useful informations upstream.
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Pentagon Cancels Tanker Competition for NowBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-09-10 Print
Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled a $35 billion air tanker competition between Northrop Grumman and Boeing for now, saying the contest had become too complex to be decided before the Bush administration leaves office. Is this a boon for Boeing who was asking for more time?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday canceled a $35 billion air tanker competition between Northrop Grumman Corp and Boeing Co for now, saying the contest had become too emotional and complex to be decided before the Bush administration leaves office in January.
The decision would provide the next administration with full flexibility regarding the requirements, evaluation criteria and budget decisions involved in the competition, the Pentagon said in a statement.
"It is my judgment that in the time remaining to us, we can no longer complete a competition that would be viewed as fair and objective in this highly charged environment," Gates said. "The resulting 'cooling off' period will allow the next administration to review objectively the military requirements and craft a new acquisition strategy for the KC-X."
The Pentagon also said that any contract award would have faced possible protests by the losing bidder.
"Over the past seven years the process has become enormously complex and emotional - in no small part because of mistakes and missteps along the way by the Department of Defense," Gates said.
Pentagon officials concluded that the current fleet of KC-135 tankers, which are over 47 years old on average, could be maintained to meet Air Force needs for the near future, and would request funding in the fiscal 2009 budget and "follow-on budgets" for that purpose, the statement said.
In addition, the Pentagon would make recommendations about what to do with tanker funding already mapped out in the fiscal 2009 budget, as well as the budget for the next six years that is currently being drafted by the Defense Department.
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According to CPJ sources, Prime Minister Thein Sein announced at a meeting with businessmen Tuesday that foreigners--including journalists--would not be allowed into the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta region, and that private business employees assigned to the relief effort were barred from using cameras.
Citing a Burmese Foreign Ministry statement, The New York Times reported on May 10 that government authorities had turned back one relief flight because it carried "an unauthorized media group" and disaster assessment experts. "[Burma] is not in a position to receive rescue and information teams from foreign countries at the moment," the Times quoted the statement as saying.
"We strongly urge the Burmese government to remove all restrictions to news gathering during this crucial time in the humanitarian relief effort," said Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director. "Journalists play an essential role in gathering and disseminating disaster information that is invaluable to relief workers assisting those in need."
Restrictions on news gathering follow on the military government's refusal to issue journalist visas to many foreign reporters. A handful of foreign reporters have managed to enter and report from inside the country; others have been barred and at least one reporter, BBC correspondent Andrew Harding, was expelled.
Some local news publications have been allowed access to the worst hit Irrawaddy Delta area, but they have been banned from reporting critically on the government's response to the cyclone disaster. They have also been forbidden from publishing graphic pictures of those killed by the storm, according to CPJ sources.
In a special report last week, Firewall Fighters, CPJ documented the key role played by exile media and their undercover reporters in getting news and information out of the tightly controlled nation. These outlets have exposed the government's sluggish response and have provided more realistic casualty figures.
State-run broadcast media continue to show images of senior junta members distributing aid and meeting with displaced villagers. The images cut a sharp contrast with foreign news reports, which have criticized the junta's slow response to the disaster and its moves to bar foreign aid workers from entering the country to assist with relief work.