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|Sunday, 11 December 2011 21:34
Elizabeth Grant is better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, she's a singer and song writer. Her new single "Born To Die" will officially be released on 23, January, 2012, followed by album in same title which is set for release one week later accroding to her official site.
Lana has an amazing voice that easily loop me again and again on her 2009 single "Video Game", I planned to share her MTV of "Video Game" before I started to compose this post, but after a draft search on Lana, I decide to recommend her new single "Born To Die" as well, it's...incredibly magnificent and elegant, I'm falling love with that, desperately.
For now, you only can watch an official audio video from youtube, here's the link, it won't fail you.
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Title: Exploring Students' Understanding of Acid/Base Buffers in a Laboratory Setting
Authors: Friesen, Katherine A; Ghodsian, Roghaieh; Turov, Yevgeniya
Discipline: Chemistry
Submission Date: June 4, 2015
Abstract: After the successful redevelopment of Experiment 5 in a previous lesson study, it gave us the opportunity to revisit the next experiment in this acid/base series and work on improving student understanding of buffers, a challenging topic for most students in CHM 104. Though students are usually able to complete the relevant calculations for buffers in lecture, they generally are lost in a laboratory setting when they need to perform the relevant calculations and actually prepare a buffer on their own. A significant portion of the laboratory period is spent on describing buffer preparation and calculations; however, students still seem confused by the procedure and need quite a bit of assistance with the calculations. For this lesson study, we have prepared pre-lab videos that showcase the preparation of the buffer and also streamlined the experiment to only focus on one type of buffer system, which has helped shorten the pre-lab lecture and alleviated some confusion about preparation. We also found that a modified data sheet allowed the students to guide themselves through the calculations and also helped them relate their thought process to the material they learned in lecture. We are still working on ways to help students bridge the gap between experiment and calculations.
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New Twists in the Money Chase
Money will once again be the obsession of the 2008 presidential candidates over the next two weeks as they press supporters for cash before the latest campaign finance deadline on Sept. 30. And because so many potential donors are on vacation and not focused on politics in July and August, this end of the month fundraising blitz will be particularly important. The finance reports will be formally released around Oct 15, but count on the campaigns with good news to report to disclose how much they raised well before that date.
The campaigns are trying some innovative ways to inspire donors, many of whom have already given money in the first half of the year. Barack Obama will appear at a huge rally that will feature the artist Usher and former NBA star Dominique Wilkins in Atlanta on Thursday, Hillary Clinton is holding a fundraiser in Charlottesville, Virginia with author John Grisham, while Rudy Giuliani heads to London this week to meet with Margaret Thatcher and raise money among ex-pats there.
While he travels to close to a dozen fundraisers in California, Florida and other places, the campaign of Mitt Romney is trying an unusual tactic: holding "rallies" in cities around the country where supporters will gather and call friends, with each trying to raise $1,000 for the campaign. The concept replicates how Romney started the campaign with a call-athon in Boston that raised more than $6.5 million. Fred Thompson's campaign has started a contest to get small towns to raise money, promising the town with "most donations per capita" will get a visit from the candidate. The actor and ex-Tennessee Senator himself will raise money in his home state and Texas and Florida this week.
In the still largely undefined GOP race, this fundraising period could prove critical. Senator John McCain says his campaign has drastically cut spending since a meltdown over the summer rendered the campaign all but broke and led to the resignations of the campaign manager and chief strategist. But if McCain hasn't raised enough money to run strong operations in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, it will be tough for him to continue competing and be perceived as a top-tier candidate.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who finished a strong second in Ames straw poll last month, raised only $1.3 million in the first six months of the year. Another dismal showing in the fundraising will take away momentum from a candidate who has seen the media attention he has craved increase dramatically since Ames. After leading the Republican field in fundraising in the first three months of the campaign with $21 million, Romney had a severe drop-off, raising only $12 million from April to June and loaned his campaign $6.5 million. Romney's personal fortune is an insurance policy against weak fundraising numbers, but low totals in the second quarter suggested he had not yet expanded his support base.
The biggest unknown is how much the newest GOP entrant into the field, Fred Thompson, raised and if that number will reflect diminished donations to Romney, Giuliani or McCain. Thompson's first two weeks in the race didn't impress much of the press that followed him, as he seemed to stumble over basic questions at times, but his poll numbers have continued to soar, as he's just behind Giuliani for second place in many polls after just entering the race. Thompson's celebrity is such he may not have to raise the $32 million that Romney has already spent in the campaign. On the hand, his non-campaign campaign has been going since at least July, so if his numbers are far below the other candidates, it may suggest his appeal is not as strong as the polls have shown.
On the Democratic side, Obama's fundraising has been unprecedented, both in the total amount of dollars ($58 million) and the number of donors (more than 250,000. It's also the only place he's leading, with Clinton ahead in most national polls and John Edwards or Clinton leading in many surveys of Iowa. A Clinton win in the fundraising could further cement the feeling among Democrats that the New York Senator is solidifying her status as frontrunner in the race. Edwards had trailed far behind Obama and Clinton in fundraising and it will be worth watching how donors perceive his chances of winning. Bill Richardson has been rising in polls in Iowa and Chris Dodd just won a coveted endorsement from the firefighters, and those factors may help their fundraising.
The other unknown is whether the scandal of Norman Hsu, the embattled Clinton fundraiser, will effect the race for cash at all. Several campaigns have signaled they will more closely vet so-called bundlers to make sure they haven't violated laws or don't have scandals surrounding them.
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Same pattern as the purple knit felt hat below. Different yarn - this time: Paton Classic Merino Wool
Colors: leaf green and royal purple, knit with two strands | Size 11 needle | About 6 hours to knit | Garter flat brim
Before and After Felting
I also crocheted a chain of purple wool and felted it at the same time. Then, while drying, I wrapped the crocheted chain around the knitted band -- and let it dry in place. The hat fits great with the little bit of snug with the crocheted chain. Paton's yarn felts really well. A double strand of the worsted weight makes for a great winter-weight hat.
Post Knitting Note
This was a little too lime-green for me, and I ended up spending about $10 USD in dye to overdye with a blue to make the hat more teal than spring green. A lot of trouble and cost. Moral: knit the colors you like. REALLY like.


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I've been inspired to share my wardrobe. Not just any clothing in my closet, but what I like to wear to the best job ever. Thanks to the popular styles of Cassie Stephens (author of cassiestephens.blogspot.com), many art teachers are creating their own wardrobes to share their creativity and passion for the arts. I'm amazed with how she can design her own clothing inspired by famous artworks, and I've seen others trying to make their own as well.
Unfortunately, I do not have the time to create a dress from scratch. Every time I attempt to even pick up a paintbrush or a needle, my daughters at home request all my attention. However, that doesn't stop me from searching out art-inspired clothing online!
Open House and Parent Teacher Conference Fashions
Over the summer, I found this amazing Starry Night style dress from Modcloth.com. The name of the dress was "Down to a Fine Art" and if you're interested, you can view the dress here. An you know what's amazing? It comes in plus sizes too! Art dresses for all my friends!
When I found this design from Nerd Girl Creations on Etsy, I literally screamed this:
Seriously…I did! Nerd Alert Creations also has this same design for skirts and scarves as well. They have a 4-5 weeks turnaround since they're made to order, but trust me, it's totally worth the wait! Click here to view the dress and order a size all your own!
PDs, Meetings, and Presentation Fashions
This is a nice dress for days you may need to present or give a good "artsy" appearance at a meeting. I found this design on Simply Be in the Joe Brown collection. Doesn't it look like a Monet? The name of the dress is "Days Gone By" and you can find this dress here on their website.
It may not be artist-inspired, but it's a colorful design found on Ziluly.com! The students always comment on how "colorful" the dress is! This dress comes and goes within 24 hours, so if you spot it, grab it right away!
Fun at the Book Faire, or any School Event Fashions
Any moment I get a chance to be creative with my wardrobe, I take it! Our book fair theme this year was Medieval Times, so I asked if I could pep up the students for Ye Booke of Faire by dressing up in my Renfaire costume! We totally had a blast decorating the hallway to look like a castle entrance!
Dressing up for Halloween? Yes, please! I know…I could have gone as a famous artist. I decided to go as a character many of my students would know, Wyldstyle from the Lego Move!
I did manage to paint the graffiti designs on the outfit for the event, and the students and I were singing how "everything was awesome!"
Color Day, Casual Friday, and Everyday Teacher Wear Fashions
I would like to thank Torrid for this wonderful Pop Art dress I found last year. Unfortunately, I could find a link to the actual dress. It's out of stock. Maybe Ebay? When my students enter and exit the room, I catch them saying, "Oh look! A roller skate! A skull! Those words are cool!"
Here's another one from Nerd Alert Creations! They have quite a few skirts with different art designs that are made to order! Click here to view this skirt!
Here's another find from the Joe Brown collection on Simply Be. It's a summer dress, but it's cute and colorful! I don't see it on the website anymore, but outfits like these always pop up throughout the year!
For our Kindergarten color days, I had the perfect shirt for yellow day! Mona Lisa!!! This shirt was found from a company called Yizzam selling on Amazon.com. You can click here for their online store, and yes, they have all sizes!
Even on days you can wear jeans, I still wear my artsy shirts! Here's another top from Yizzam on Amazon! They carry tons of shirt with different artworks on them!
Art Teacher Accessories
Would you like a pair of matching socks to go with that Van Gogh shirt? Yes, please! These can be found from Hot Sox on Amazon right here!
Here's a find I found from a seller on Etsy! There are quite a few paint palette hair accessories from sellers on Etsy. Click here to view a search of different types you may like!
Here's a list of different sellers on Etsy who make and sell paint palette earrings! This particular pair is currently sold by AzureAllure.
I started this collection back in 2010 from a seller at the Artisan Gallery at the annual NAEA conventions. This collection was made by Jeanne Elmer and you can find her charms sold on Etsy here! I do know that if you're going to the NAEA convention in NOLA this March, keep your eye open for the seller!
I plan on buying this next for my collection! Nerd Alert Creation's Fine Art Print Scarf! Click here for the link to see their scarf and store details!
So remember the time I said I don't have time to make stuff? This cape was made before I had my baby, so I actually had a moment to sew. What art teacher wouldn't want their own superhero cape! It's hanging in my classroom right now!
And lastly, I decided to add a permanent accessory to my collection, my paint palette tattoo. I'm sure many of us have something permanent we love!
My students totally inspire me to continue to find new art-inspired pieces for my wardrobe. So thank you to my fellow art teachers for your inspiration and enthusiasm. It's good to see that others are as obsessed with collecting art-inspired fashion like I am.
And Cassie, you deserve a standing ovation! You inspire art teachers around the country to show their true colors in fashion form! Thank you!!!!
Where do you find your art teacher wardrobe?


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First Beta Units in the Field (Trident Kickstarter Update #26)
Original post : October 27, 2017
Hello everyone!
I'm very happy to say that we've completed production of the first beta units, which all look great. Thanks to everyone who replied to our call for beta users. We were thrilled to send the first couple beta units out, and will begin shipping additional ones to users this week! We're planning to ramp our production rate up over the rest of this year to make sure we can maintain quality standards as volume increases. Feedback about the beta units will dictate how quickly we are able to do this, so we will be sure to keep you informed about what we're learning. Again, we're taking our time to make sure the product is consistently high quality. We don't want to rush through the final steps.
We appreciate so many people being patient with us as we've gone through the paces of building a robust assembly process, and we hope people will be very happy with the result. Speaking of robustness...
Shark Test
As we've gotten the first few beta units out into the field, we've already started to get some amazing footage back. Dominik Fretz, a long-time OpenROV community member, recently met up with some shark researchers in Mexico and brought a Trident beta unit with him to test. The footage speaks for itself (be sure to watch until the end), and we are excited about how much other amazing footage will start popping up as we ship more of these units out.
Aside from the obvious interest of the footage itself, we hope you'll also appreciate the quality of the video shot from Trident. We've spent painstaking amounts of time designing a camera that is optimized specifically for underwater use, and it has really paid off. Also, the dives during this expedition ended up delivering some amazing (albeit, unusual) test data for the durability of Trident. This same vehicle went on to complete a deep dive to nearly 100m shortly after the video above was taken.
Open House
As we mentioned in our last update, we hosted an open house at our lab in Berkeley last month, which went very well. It was great to meet a number of you there. A few other backers have taken us up on our invitation to visit the lab in Berkeley, including one of our first backers, Karyn Traphagen. With her permission, I'm reposting her feedback about her visit:
"If you have ever wondered if the Trident ROV would be something great to own-- let me assure you, it is, and you should. I had a wonderful time at the Openrov lab this afternoon and was amazed by how the Trident performs (and all the things the team is working on to make it even more terrific). I am so very proud to be a backer."
Beta Expeditions
As part of the beta program, we have a number of community members who are helping us organize and run "beta expeditions" in different parts of the world which will be local and inclusive. This will be an opportunity to test out the product before yours arrives, but also to meet more of the OpenROV community and find friends for future adventures and exploration. By clicking the "Follow" button on these OpenExplorer expeditions, you will be notified by email of future updates and demo days.
Here's a list of the current beta expeditions:
Seattle - Documenting Sea Star Wasting Syndrome https://openexplorer.com/expedition/stormdrainsandstarfish
Vancouver - Jurassic Sponge Conservation https://openexplorer.com/expedition/jurassicspongeconservation
San Francisco - Understanding Leopard Shark Deaths in SF Bay https://openexplorer.com/expedition/leopardsharks
San Diego - Citizen Science on the HMS Yukon https://openexplorer.com/expedition/discover-hcms-yukon-2017oct
Baltimore - Experience Baltimore's Inner Harbor https://www.openexplorer.com/expedition/experiencebaltimore
South Florida - Deepwater Lionfish Surveys https://www.openexplorer.com/expedition/deepwaterlionfishsurvey
Minneapolis - Coming soon...
Milwaukee/Madison - Coming soon...
New York - Coming soon...
Boston - Coming soon...
Sydney - Coming soon...
London - Coming soon…
We hope to meet more of you in person as these expeditions begin popping up. It's been a pleasure to chat with many of you via email about the incredible things you hope to use Trident for, and we're really looking forward to getting more footage from deployments around the world. OpenROV is people-powered: we see Trident as just one part of a much larger exploration platform that allows a community of citizen explorers to be at the forefront of discovery and engagement. We'll be in touch with more information about production rate as we continue to produce more units. Please let us know if you have any questions. More soon!


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2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, year A (preached 1/15/17)
first reading: Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11
second reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
gospel reading: John 1:29-42
Last week as we read about the baptism of Jesus his encounter with John the Baptist was front and center. This week, we get to hear the declaration of John, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" But John and Jesus don't actually speak in our text this morning. John talks about Jesus, and Jesus talks to others.
When Jesus does speak, he speaks to two of John's disciples – who based on John's testimony, decide to "check Jesus out." It's THIS encounter I want to focus on this morning.
John was with two of his disciples when they saw Jesus. John again called Jesus the "Lamb of God." As a result, those two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus sees these two following him, so he asks, "What are you looking for?"
Instead of answering Jesus, they ask him a question in return: "Where are you staying?" At this Jesus answers, "Come and see."
Jesus' question "What are you looking for?" and moments later, his answer to them, "Come and see," form the foundation of what it means to be a disciple of Christ.
Each one of us can be asked, as we walk through these doors on a Sunday morning, "What are you looking for?" The question is a good one. It get to the heart of why we're here. How many of us, me included, have Sundays when we get up, get dressed, get in the car, pull in the parking lot and plant ourselves in the pew, without thinking "Why?" or "What for?"
What ARE we looking for when we follow Jesus? What ARE we looking for when we worship?
And when we really think about it, is what we're looking for what we actually find? Is the Jesus of our dreams the Jesus of reality?
I think sometimes not. I think sometimes we expect Jesus to be a lot more "macho." I think sometimes we expect Jesus to be a lot more "successful." And when I say "we" I'm not just talking about you and me, I'm talking about Christians everywhere and throughout history.
Sure, we DO have a vision of Jesus victorious over the cross, the King of heaven, the one who we confess shall come again to judge the living and the dead. But he is also the same God/man who walked and talked, ate, slept, cried and died.
Jesus is no superman or Rambo. He didn't come to earth to beat other people down, or to give us earthly riches, power or prestige. As one of my former pastors used to say, "God is not our heavenly Santa Claus."
Jesus ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father, only AFTER being betrayed, beaten and killed on the cross. Jesus is the God/man who DIDN'T save himself – and by NOT doing so, has saved each one of us.
So… if we follow him or come to worship so we can be powerful or successful or find answers to every question we have in life, we will NOT find what we're looking for.
if we're looking for a savior who can carry us, who will be our companion and strength and guide through all of life, whether we succeed or fail;
if we're looking for a savior who will gift us with heaven despite our sin and failures, who has prepared a place for us not because we deserve it, but because he is LOVE;
if we're looking for a place to gather where we can be accepted as a saved sinner/saint, and accept others as the same…
well then – to that Jesus says, "Come and see." This is discipleship in a nutshell.
Jesus said, "Come and see," and those two men "came and saw." And once they "came and saw" they started to witness, "We have found the Messiah."
Following Jesus, being a disciple, is as simple and as hard as that. We follow, we see, and we witness to what we have seen.
Scholar Robert Kysar highlights this order. "The risk of the journey (come) necessarily precedes the experience of seeing."¹ It's true. We who follow Jesus ARE on a journey – a journey of faith where we don't know what's around the corner, even if we DO know the ultimate destination.
We come along for the ride with this savior, not knowing exactly where we're going or what will happen. We often can't see where God has been working in our lives to get us through things, how we got from point "A" to "B" until we get to point "C." Discipleship is an amazing act of trust given to us through faith.
Following – being a disciple – coming and seeing, then leads to witness.
Andrew (one of the men who "came and saw") responded by searching out and saying to his brother, "We have found the Messiah," and then "brought [him] to Jesus." Our calling as disciples, once we have come and seen, is to give that invitation to others.
We hear "come and see." So, we "come, and see." Then we tell others to "come and see."
No matter what our station in life, our mission as disciples is the same. Tomorrow we will honor The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A man of courage, who preached the love and JUSTICE of Jesus, who knew his life was constantly in danger and yet kept preaching Jesus' gospel of equality and loving neighbor anyway. Today we read about the call of some of the first disciples, who would also preach to many, and whose testimony we still hear.
Thousands heard their words – yet our call – yours and mine – is the same as theirs. We may not have the audience or the influence they did and still do, but our call is just as important as theirs.
It is the call of the disciple who preaches to hundreds as well as the disciple who shares with just one – telling the love and forgiveness of Jesus for every person –
"We have found the Messiah."
"Come and see."


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Harry Connick Jr would be my choice.
Harry Connick Jr would be my choice.
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Carping the living shit out of the Diem. - Me!!
I agree ... Harry Connick would be a good choice. I wonder how truthful the film will be ... . He ranks low in treating others with kindness and respect. Scorsese as a loyal Italian and film maker ... hmm .
There's some other guy that sings Sinatra and sounds just like him and I can't think of his name....and I think he acts?...
Harry Connick, Jr may be best man for the job. I don't know how much influence Sinatra wields from the grave, but I doubt how truthful and factual the story will be. How much objection will come from the Italian community, but especially the Mafia folks.
Personally, I always thought George Clooney could pull it off, but I think Harry Connick Jr would do well too.
Johnny Carson 1925-2005.
My blog about celebrity deaths, hospitalizations, failing health reports, etc. http://deathsandhospitalizations.tumblr.com/
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
There are news articles on IMDb that say Jamie Foxx is set to play Sinatra. I'm assuming this is a joke though.
Johnny Carson 1925-2005.
My blog about celebrity deaths, hospitalizations, failing health reports, etc. http://deathsandhospitalizations.tumblr.com/
And the role goes to:
Hollywood has lost ALL creativity IMO---how about some NEW ideas?!?!!
LMAO, I can't what he got busted for:
Frank Sinatra was arrested by the Bergen County, New Jersey sheriff in 1938 and charged with carrying on with a married woman (yes, you could get popped for that back then). The charge was later changed to adultery, and eventually dismissed.
After his eightieth birthday television special, he was getting ready to go down a flight of stairs. Tony Danza came over and, trying to help him down, took him by the arm. Ol' Blue Eyes then said: 'I got it. Get off." This was at eighty years old! I love that story!
I love this pic, too:
Can't remember who told this story but they met Frank in his later years in Vegas. He thought it was really funny that Frank had on a Member's Only jacket with his name embroidered on it, like he needed to identify himself.
Is the Kitty Kelly book really good? I don't trust her because her sources seem shady. I know she claims that no one has successfully sued her for libel, but I've read some of her other books and I always find half-truths and insinuations.
I thought I might have posted this earlier in the thread but I looked and didn't see it. If I am repeating myself I am sorry and clearly suffering from dementia.
Nancy Sinatra said in an interview they buried Frank with a pack of filtered camels and a roll of fresh dimes in his pocket.
The Camels are obvious but the dimes were a holdover from when young Frank Jr. was kidnapped. He was contacting the kidnappers at various payphones and kept running out of dimes. The rest of his life he always carried a roll of dime with him.
I think what ever flaws the guy had he was loved by his kids and loyal to his friends. In a very different society he was there for Sammy Davis Junior including the stuff his handlers wanted him to distance himself from like Sammy's wedding to blond, white Britt. It was just not done in those days. Frank hung in there for his friend in several situations and had an impact on how minority performers were treated and viewed in Vegas and elsewhere.
I liked the guy and I love his music.
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Tapes reveal Nixon aides warned of getting too close to Sinatra
I am a sick puppy....woof woof!!!
Carping the living shit out of the Diem. - Me!!
I've been reading this thread, and wow, Sinatra certainly sounded like a huge homophobe. The way he used the word fag?! Ugh. He seemed to obsessed with it. I've been a fan of his for a long time and I've heard things, read things, but never what I've seen on here. What an a-hole, good singer, but geez a major douche. A real bully. The whole tough guy persona he put on was eh, lame, since he almost always had "his thugs" beat up people he didn't like. I remember Phil Hartman's impression of him on SNl. On one segment he verbally confronts another person, threatens them and then tells someone else to "kick his ass."
Love his music.
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The Strange Case Of The Missing Corpse
Mrs. Peel (commenting on Steed's sword): "That looks a bit droopy." Steed: "Wait until it's challenged."
There is an elaborate tunnel system under it that the mob use to use that is supposed to be haunted as well.
It was featured on Dead Famous, a ghost hunting show. Sad to see it closing.
The Strange Case Of The Missing Corpse
Mrs. Peel (commenting on Steed's sword): "That looks a bit droopy." Steed: "Wait until it's challenged."
NEWPORT BEACH – What luck!
Rick Gorski walked into a neighbor's garage sale with $5 in his pocket. And walked out with a piece of history.
Rick Gorski bought this white shirt that was supposedly Frank Sinatra's, from a neighbor who lives behind his house, in background.
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Consider that in the last few years, a William Shatner kidney stone sold for $25,000. A Marilyn Monroe X-ray sold for $45,000. And an Elvis Presley belt sold for $66,000.
"Something just told me, I've got go over there," the unemployed construction worker says of his purchase last fall. "I remember it so vividly."
He'd already bought a vacuum cleaner and telephone from the couple moving out of state. This time, he spotted a white tuxedo shirt with a sign: Frank Sinatra's Shirt.
Lucinda, how do you know that's a Frank Sinatra shirt?
She lifted one corner of the shirt tail.
"Frank Sinatra Feb. 1987," was stitched next to "Nat Wise of London ... Sunset Strip, Calif."
How much?
For you, Rick, five dollars.
That was almost a year ago. Ever since, Gorski, 56, of Newport Beach, has tried to sell it – with no luck. Strange as it sounds, he almost feels stuck with it.
"I'm in a pickle," he says.
Same question. Always.
When Gorski told anyone he had a Sinatra shirt, they asked: How do you know?
He finally phoned one of the most famous ateliers in the world: Anto Distinctive Shirtmakers in Beverly Hills. Past clients include President Ronald Reagan, Mick Jagger ... and Frank Sinatra.
"We did the Titanic shirt for Leonardo (DiCaprio)," says Anto's son Jack Sepetjian, who now runs the shop with brother Ken. "That tuxedo shirt sold for $10,000 in auction. And the shirt from Brokeback Mountain, that sold for $100,000."
The Sepetjians merged with Nat Wise in 1987 and have records, in a vault, dating back to 1955.
Want to know how many buttons Jerry Lewis liked on his polysilk pullovers? Eleven, on a lace-edged placket. Dean Martin's preferred collars? Button-down roll collar using Swiss voile fabrics. Johnny Cash's choice of fabrics? Silk crêpe de Chine and 4-ply silks.
"We know what Frank (Sinatra) wore in 60s," says Sepetjian. "What style. What fabric. We have it in the archives."
He dug out the records as Gorski dug out a tape measure and magnifying glass.
Tag, two inches from bottom? Seven button holes and two in the French cuff? Gathered sleeves? Double-stitched placket?
He had Gorski measure the pleated breastplate and width of each diagonal pleat.
"It's Frank's shirt," Sepetjian says.
In the year following February, 1987, Sinatra performed 80 concerts – from Carnegie Hall to an Italian opera house. Chances are, he performed in the shirt now in Gorski's hands. Several times.
So what's it worth?
For that, we turn to Julien's Auctions, the world's largest entertainment auction house.
They sold a tuxedo worn by Dean Martin for $20,000. A jacket work by Kurt Cobain for $87,000. And a little glove worn by Michael Jackson for $350,000!
"He's done the hardest part," says president Darren Julien. "That's finding out if it's authentic with the people that made the shirt."
Still, that's no up-front guarantee of a big payday. Take, for example, Marilyn Monroe's chest X-Ray.
Way back in 2002, Julien met the X-ray's owner (daughter of Monroe's former gynecologist), who balked at Julien's conservative estimate of $800-$1,200.
I really think it needs to bring $5,000, he recalls her saying.
To which he replied: "You're crazy if you think it'll ever do over $5,000!"
Last month, she finally relented, and Julien auctioned it in Las Vegas – for $45,000.
The point is: auction houses list conservative estimates for celebrity memorabilia to ensure interested buyers. An item listed at $800-$1,200 may fetch $45,000. Or it might fetch $800.
That's the gamble. And that's the pickle Gorski is in.
Gorski has done other homework.
He found two photographs of Sinatra wearing what appears to be this shirt (rare, with its diagonal pleats). One, while receiving an N.A.A.C.P. lifetime achievement award in Los Angeles in May, 1987. And one while singing with Liza Minnelli at U.C. San Diego in January, 1988.
"He was smart to do the detective work," says Julien, adding that photos are key to adding value. "The more information, the more it's going to sell for."
Julien once sold a Sinatra jacket, without a photo, for $4,500 and says most Sinatra clothes go between $2,000 and $30,000.
This one?
"I'd estimate $800 to $1,200," he says. "And it should sell from $2,000 to $6,000."
He pretty much knows Gorski's reaction. Same as everyone's: Oh, I thought it would be worth a lot more.
So let's see:
"Frank Sinatra is the ultimate American icon," Gorski says, holding the shirt in front of him before a mirror. "How can a shirt Frank Sinatra owned, one of the rarest he ever had made, be the same price as an autographed photo? It doesn't make sense."
That's why, for now, the shirt hangs in the closet.
And hangs.
Gorski can't sell it on eBay, he says – too complicated. And won't sell it through an auction house – too risky. He's in a pickle.
Would he give it to the Sinatra family?
"If no one buys the shirt," he says. "I have so much respect for their dad, I'd give it to them."
All it'd cost him is five bucks.
To reach Gorski, call 949-612-7440
This was a cute article. Check out the pics on the link, there's a pic of Marilyn's chest x ray.
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Sinatra's widow write a book.
'Lady Blue Eyes' _ Sinatra's Wife Tells It Her Way
"Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank" (Crown Archetype), by Barbara Sinatra: In her memoir, the widow of Frank Sinatra tells it her way, adding a unique perspective to the history of one of entertainment's greats.
By now, the self-centered if often generous nature of Sinatra is as well-known as his unequaled voice. What's fascinating about "Lady Blue Eyes" is how Barbara Sinatra turns to love, admiration and denial in explaining her place at Frank's side.
From her youth in the Midwest to her days as a model and showgirl, Barbara Blakeley longed for a well-heeled life of excitement. In her telling, it was Sinatra, then in his mid-50s, who initiated their affair. Soon, she was Frank's companion — marriage would be years away — and her husband at the time the second unfaithful spouse she had left for a more successful man.
Little love notes and rather large jewels were part of the good times with Sinatra. While she tends to excuse the darker moments in their three decades together, Barbara accepts that Frank's inner demons came with the glitter and glamour.
In this book cover image released by Crown, "Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank," by Barbara Sinatra, is shown. (AP Photo/Crown)
When Sinatra hurled a brass clock into a wall during a game of charades, she considered it part of his "dangerous" charm. He berated a female columnist who brought up their adultery — for good measure he stuffed two dollar bills in the woman's glass — but Barbara saw his actions as exciting, and a loving defense of her. Friends waited by the phone to see if and when he desired their company, a routine she seems to shrug off.
Her life revolved around his, and that was fine with her. At his behest she quit smoking — he thought it unfeminine — but he never gave up his unfiltered Camels. She quickly learned what those close to him already knew: When Frank was drunk, which was not infrequent, it was best to disappear.
Her version of events, such as why Sinatra kept performing far beyond his prime, at times clashes with those of others. "Frankophiles" will debate whether she was as selfless and dutiful as she appears in these pages.
One image is as chilling as it is sad: Sinatra, on the day he died, sitting in a wheelchair poolside at their Beverly Hills, Calif., home, suffering from heart and lung ailments and memory loss, a half-eaten grilled cheese sandwich on his plate.
Even Frank Sinatra's money, fame and power had their limits.
Douglass K. Daniel is the author of "Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks" (University of Wisconsin Press).
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
There are so many sides to Frank. At an accounting/investment company that I worked with for many years in L.A., I worked with a CPA who also worked with individuals as a accounting consultant. One of his clients back in the '70's was actress Barbara Nichols. Barbara's health was bad due to alcoholism and she was living alone in Hollywood Hills. He told me that Frank was basically paying her bills (including medical expenses) and apartment. She was too ill to work and her career was done at that point. My friend said a lot of bills were forwarded to Frank's accountant to be paid if she couldn't. I thought that was pretty cool of Frank.
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They had a "sneak preview" about Barbara Sinatra's book on a local morning news program today. According to Barbara, some of the tidbits she writes about ol' blue eyes is that he took at least 12 showers a day, liked to splash lavender water all over himself and had more sexual energy than Elvis.
"So many faces in and out of my life. Some will last, some will just be now and then. Life is a series of Hellos and Goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for Goodbye again. "
I wonder what she says about Ava? If anything.
Scott Michaels knows more about death than Dexter.
There has been a lot of publicity about her new book here in the UK .I don't care if he was ego maniacal asshole , he was a fascinating man She came across like she had been around the block a few times and knew what she getting into.
Didn't he keep a Xmas tree year round in his porch ? can't have been all bad !!
In The Wee Small Hours is one of my favorite CD's of all time -- incredibly sad album, but one of the least maudlin. The hurt in it is palpable. And it was recorded after his breakup with Ava Gardner.
This is an interesting little tidbit I learned from a book I'm reading on Steve McQueen. Shades of Brandon Lee and Jon Eric Hexum:
While filming never so few, Sinatra liked to light firecrackers behind McQueen and startle him. In retaliation one day, Steve picked up a prop machine gun and fired a round of blanks directly at Sinatra. You could hear a pin drop on the set until Sinatra laughed .
The Chairman's "Villa Maggio" near Palm Desert...out in the middle of nowhere...is up for sale:
The Strange Case Of The Missing Corpse
Mrs. Peel (commenting on Steed's sword): "That looks a bit droopy." Steed: "Wait until it's challenged."
BBC documentary from 2005, Sinatra: Dark Star. Talks about his ties to the mob and other juicy stuff...
Thanks to this thread, I checked out Kitty Kelley's book from the library today.
I mean, they say you die twice.
One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
― Banksy
Great book, I've read it a few times. Check out Tina Sinatra's book as well, very good read. I'm sure the truth about Sinatra is somewhere between those two books, very complex person.


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Today our RISE students met with Principal. During this meeting, the students share input regarding Auburn and their programs. They also offer suggestions and have the opportunity to ask the Principal questions.
The RISE (Recognizing Individual Success and Excellence) Award is a way of commending students for being successful at Auburn Career Center and recognizes students who uphold Auburn's core values, meet or exceed Auburn's behavioral expectations of having a positive attitude, showing respect and being responsible.


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"Expect the unexpected", couldn't agree more xD
"Expect the unexpected", couldn't agree more xD
If the video is not working for any reason, please click HERE to watch it! xP So that's all for today and see you guys on the next post then! Ciao! xD
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I totally forgot to take a photo in the endless Torii path!! Uuuhh!! But don't worry, at least I filmed it hehe x'D
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New Record: 200,000 will miss out university
"Record 200,000 to miss out on university"
"Around 200,000 people will miss out on places at UK universities this year, the highest number on record.
The number of students filling vacancies through clearing has reached 13,000, with about 62,000 university places remaining, said the admissions body Ucas.
So far 419,000 students have already been accepted with Ucas expecting this figure to rise to around 480,000.
A record 682,514 people applied for university places this year with just over 192,000 still able to apply through clearing, Ucas figures show.
Mary Curnock Cook, head of Ucas, said the Ucas website received 644 hits per second on Thursday.
She told BBC News that 65,000 people who have already applied for places were still awaiting decisions from universities, while 62,000 places remain.
"The total number of applicants was up by about 1% this year, so it is more than ever before," she said. (..)"
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Here is a picture of her practicing in our living room.
At the end of 3rd grade, Rachel and several other students wrote prose about "The Best Part of Me" Here is Rachel's:
The best part of me is my feet. My feet are as smooth as a new baby that was just born. My feet know how to play soccer and trick the goalie by passing the ball to the other foot. My feet will always remember the warm blue pool at my old house that gave them a massage. My feet can see the treasures in the river that people have left over the years. My feet hate otwear shoes because shoes to my feet are like a rainy day when you can't go outside. My feet are long and lare like flippers. My feet love when when my cat jumps on them to cover them like a blanket. My feet miss all the times I stole the soccer ball from people and made my famimly so happy. My feet are the best part of me because if I did not have them I would not feel free.
When Rachel was born she was my smallest baby, 6lbs 5oz, but her feet and fingers were very long. I always comment on how long and skinny her feet are. I am glad to know she admires them too!


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It's Friday.
And I was on my way to the grocery store, because that's what you do when you only work 10 hours a week, when I got a text from the Wife (she had her 28 week check up today):
Baby's heartbeat is in the 130 range. My blood pressure is 91 over 56 or something around there. The Nurse is guess we're having a boy :) She said of course it's just a guess and not a formal medical statement!
My first thought was: great! healthy kid, healthy wife, all is well. And I told her that sounded good (I text: "Cool cool!" because I'm lame). But my brain didn't stop there and return to the road and driving and domestication. Somehow it made a jump to weak people. Sick people. The frail and dying. Those with countless allergies and syndromes and ailments, those that have to undergo seemingly infinite surgeries to continue correcting physical malfunctions, those who have a dozen orange bottles in their bathroom cabinets to stabilize their deteriorating insides. The Wife and I saw a lot of it from last year. But it's everywhere, affects everyone's lives. Now, I know I take for granted how strong and healthy the Wife is, how strong Chubbs the First is, and how strong Chubbs the Second is becoming (so far). In all honesty, we could have had the first at home, and probably this second one in a few months, without any complications. There would be two more people in the world, strong enough to survive it without help from modern medicine. Even my own health. I haven't been to the doctor in years, and I'm still alive and well (I think). But what about those that aren't (this is where the weak people thing came to mind)? What about those that would have died without intense medical services, both during pregnancy, birth, and the years after? I know two children specifically of good friends that would have died within the first 24 hours of birth because of serious birth defects. Prenatal improvements save their lives. There are probably a dozen children that I know close to their teens that would have died because of rising diagnoses that lay dormant until their pubescent years. One of my good friends from Grad School should have died at birth (according to doctors), but because of modern medicinal practices and his little baby strength, he miraculously survived.
What I'm about to write may upset some of you; take what I'm going to write in the vein of curiosity at our modern world, not a judgment or suggestion of any kind.
Should they all have lived? I do not ask this as a moral, ethical quandary, because it isn't. I ask this as a man versus nature dilemma.
How many of us should have died at birth, or even before, but didn't? Even I shouldn't be here. I was breech, not coming out, and if it wasn't for my mother having a C-section, I probably would have died during the stresses of labor. Turns out the Cesarean Section has been around for a long, long time. But the likelihood of survival only 100 years ago was so small compared to now. The Wife's sister and the wife's mother would have died during the third trimester of that pregnancy if it were for modern medicine. Her sister had come pre-mature, weighing only two pounds when she was removed by C-section from her mother to keep them both alive. Then for two months, the sister lived in an incubator to build up strength, grow lungs, finish the whole cooking process, before she could taste real air.
My point in writing all this is to ask the question: is the rising generation (of each epoch/millennia/century/decade) progressively lazier, weaker, more pathetic, because of the improvements in modern medicine? Are we creating fragile bodies that cannot, on their own, withstand the difficulties of life? Are we over-protecting sensitive minds from the stresses of normal living?
Are we going against nature?
Throughout history, only the strong have survived. There have been those that slip through the cracks (don't ask me who, do your own research), but on a whole, the strong are born, live, progress, improve, conquer, succeed, etcetera, and THEN die. Then Penicillin was invented (by accident). A revolution, to say the least. Millions of people's lives could now be saved because of that simple lump of mold. Jump ahead some years later, and now we have dozens of vaccines to fight against Measles, Typhoid, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Chicken Pox, and more that I don't know the names of, but that I know my daughter has been vaccinated for. Simple diseases, no big deal to any of us now, because a majority of us have been vaccinated. We had parents who knew better than to believe correlations between Autism and vaccines. We were given a chance to bypass the lesser diseases so we would have a chance at Heart Disease and Cancer.
But people lived for . . . 50,000 years without those vaccines. Some may say: "But they died at 30," "They didn't live happy lives, they struggled to survive," "Think how much better their lives would have been if they had known?" "They all got sick, all the time," "Epidemics and Pandemics were almost common for them," and so on. I'm no archeologist, or historian, or anything, but who is to say they weren't happy? Or that they all died so young, or fell ill at the slightest anything? The fossil evidence that we have is very limited, and can in no way stand as a measure for the entire world and ancient life. I don't think any scientist or historian has ever claimed such either. But ancient people they lived. They ate, they breathed, they breaded, and they flourished. Even with plagues like the Black Death, population overall continued to grow. Without medicine, people still lived, and lived well. Really, problems like the Black Death, and other diseases, weren't much of an issue until we stopped hunting and gathering with our families, and started setting up communities where we interacted with far too many people, exposed to germ and bacteria unfamiliar to our immune systems (but that is another post entirely).
Whether you believe in God, Evolution, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is our current course the correct one? All three would come together to tell me: yes, we are on the right course, because we as humans have these magnificent brains (whether through evolution or from God, or a meatball), and it is by these brains that we have been able to manipulate our bodies, resurrect the dead or almost dead, reengineered our genes and bones and muscles and skin to escape the forces of nature, God, or that plate of delicious spaghetti. Through our advanced cognition, we are able to outsmart diseases, infections, tumors, genetic deficiencies, and external injuries. Because we are human, whatever changes we make to nature must be correct. But just because we can do something, does that mean we should?
Jenni with an "I", a friend from college, wrote this about the Donner party after reading the book Ordeal by Hunger, by George R. Stewart: "I just sat back, breathless, in awe of what these people went through. I could not have done it. Their will to live was so much stronger than anything I've felt in my entire life. That is both my shame and their honor." I don't even want to begin a conversation about the Donner Party; read her blog post about it, she covers it well. But I saw something in her words that I've always believed: each previous generation was stronger than those who follow. I couldn't have survived that frigid winter on the eastern slope of the Sierras. I don't know anyone who could, especially with the conveniences they had then.
Fifty years ago people physically worked hard than we do now, because they had to, they didn't have the technology that we have today to simplify life. One hundred years ago they worked even harder, because they had to. And you can keep going back like that to the beginning of man.
The reason I ask this question about modern medicine, and all the others I posed, is because I believe I am a part of the weak. I don't like admitting it, but I'm lazy. I don't like exercise. Perhaps it's because I can choose not to do it, unlike manual labor just to survive, i.e. family farming. My mind is weak too, anxiety riddles my brain with "inabilities" to function, and torments my physical body with panic attacks and constant nausea. On all accounts, I should have died years ago, in Mexico, when the subtle anxiety tore through and revealed its seven vicious heads. But I didn't. Because I had a way out. I had doctors. Psychologists. Medications. Others willing to carry my load for me when I found it "too difficult" to carry. And I know that my situation isn't even that dire. My life is simple compared to the millions upon millions who suffer from real complications that they have no control over. But I just keep coming back to this idea: are we keeping the weak alive when nature would have rather them never to exist?
I don't know the answer, and I don't think I want to know. We are constantly making life easier, and allowing the very weak and inept to flourish. I know, it sounds sadistic and hateful, bordering on lunacy. I don't mean it to, but you have to wonder: are we doing the right thing? Is there some happy medium between Stone Age medicine and Smartphone apps that can diagnose any disease? Where do we draw the line? Or is there a line at all?


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You may or may not understand the language, for it's foreign to many of our visitors, at least the first time---we speak Southern, and it translates easily.
Some of the things you hear may be:
I Wishta gosh-----I do sincerely hope.
I hopeta shout----- I couldn't agree more; it's as fervent as my hope of Heaven.
Hind Wheels of Destruction-----My first MIL's description of either a messy house or the looks of a lady whose grooming left something to be desired.
Omtombow-----I am speaking of . . .
Hissy fit-----Angry outburst ranging from actual hissing at the object of wrath, when others may overhear, to a screeching, plate-throwing tantrum. Usually indulged in by females, but a Good Ole Boy, who has witnessed these all his life, may surprise you with quite a creditable one of his own, on occasion. Such as being on a charter boat and having the marlin get clean away. With his $700 Star Chair Rod.
Screamin' heenie-----Ditto, but starts out full-blown, without any of the hissy buildup.
Slick over cloudy-----Raining and gonna get worse.
Come up a wind-----Started to storm.
Commenceta rainin'-----Began to rain, especially spoken by someone WAY out in the field when the storm started.
Takin' on-----Crying or wailing or gnashing of teeth.
Don't let on-----Do not dare speak of what I just told you.
Havin' a Dog in the fight-----An interest beyond curiosity in whatever's happening. If the proceedings will affect you personally, you can complain, speak up, or sue. Otherwise, hush up about it.
Lit a shuck-----Ran fast, usually AWAY from something. Paralleled by Bat-outa-Hell.
Puttin' on the dawg-----Putting on airs; or dressing, entertaining, or purchasing beyond your means.
Might could-----Perhaps I'll be able to.
Ditten GO to-----Did not mean to.
Don't know Pea Turkey-----Has absolutely no knowledge of the person, place, happening or idea. (but is usually willing to talk lengthily about it, anyway)
Ain't seen Hide nor Hair of him-----Have not been in his presence, nor have I even waved at him in the road
A Coon's Age-----A LONG time, as referenced by the supposed years of a long-lived raccoon. Spoken mainly to someone you haven't seen in a while----Why, I haven't seen YOU in a coon's age.
Drunk as Cooter Brown-----WAY past inebriated, up into the territory of the mythical (or factual) Cooter, who seems to be the epitome of tosspots
Great Day in the Morning!-----Exclamation of surprise, shock, or admiration, depending in inflection
Shine-----Moonshine---the clear, distilled corn squeezin's sold in quart jars from the back of pickups, or WAY down country roads; take a left at the dead Maytag and flash your lights.
I DO declare!-----Exclamation of mild astonishment. I'd totally forgotten the froufraw when my Sis' college roomate was all up in arms that her Not-from-the-South Sister-in-Law was about to name the new baby niece Heidi Claire. Poor thing just didn't know. I don't remember how that came out.
I Swannee!-----I DO declare, but exasperated or amazed.
You DO beat all-----Also depends on the inflection and voice---can be a form of approval, in expressing admiration or thanks. In an exasperated tone---getting close to ON MY LAST NERVE.
There's spittin' mad, and there's "it flew all over me," and there's "I could just pinch his head off," as well as "so mad I could fly." REALLY bad occasions are reserved for "I could just go to bed and eat Velveeta right out of the box."
And Chris' personal favorite: The famous last words of Good Ole Boys:


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It's been a while since I completed my Rouxbe Professional Cook Certification course. I have had an opportunity to reflect on the program; as well as put some of my new-found skills to use.
unit twenty-seven
All Good Things Must…
I knew this day would come eventually, but I am sad none the less. I really enjoyed the Professional Cook Certification program through Rouxbe Online Cooking School.
The End Is Near
As part of my final unit, there was another Black Box assignment, which I both dreaded and stayed up all night excited about. For this assignment, I had to prepare three recipes highlighting specific ingredients as part of each recipe. In the end, the three recipes provided a composed dish.


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Kieran, four-footed, frisked puppy-like along the hard-packed dirt road, tail and ears high. His excitement would have been obvious even to someone who didn't know him, but to the trio following the road on two feet, he might as well have been howling it to the moons above them.
In a handful of years and along hundreds of miles of road, they'd repeatedly watched Kieran convince humans that he belonged right where he was, blending into any environment they encountered. Most recently, and for quite some way, that had been through a region that was densely settled, the cultivated lands of its city states all nudging right up against one another; wilderness was scant, as was privacy for a quartet with secrets. It was a relief for all of them to have a rather awe-inspiring escarpment between them and that land, with its elaborate social structures concealing and channelling the tensions between city-states. As fascinating and educational as it had been—thus, Kieran keeping them there much longer than strictly necessary—it had in some ways been stressful.
Since Kieran had tolerated a longer period than Kaveri had previously seen without ever changing to his amarog form, he must have felt that they were learning something important. That wouldn't keep him from enjoying, with pure animal abandon, the freedom to drop all masks and simply be himself again.
Kaveri felt much the same. Civilized people had such odd values and rules sometimes.
This late at night, they had the road to themselves. The gradually increasing frequency of houses built a short way back from the road, each with cultivated land and pens and outbuildings for livestock, suggested that they were drawing near a settlement of some kind.
They really had no need to stop; winter was some weeks off still, with its potentially fatal ice and cold, and none of their three moons had reached a phase where they needed food or sleep. If the settlement wasn't walled, they could pass through it with no more impact than the moonlight itself; if walls and gates blocked them, it would be only a short detour in their journey. Another time, it might have been worth lingering to see if there was anything interesting about the area, but they'd had enough of that for the moment.
In deference to their sensitivity to the sun and to the cultural values of civilized humans, Kaveri had long since resigned herself to covering far more skin than she would have liked; she had settled, recently, on close-fitting trousers and a shirt with long snug sleeves under a knee-length loose open coat and calf-height boots, all in mottled deep greens that faded into a forest background, and her tawny-and-dark-striped hair was braided back with matching ribbons. Only the knife at her belt and the bola coiled around her waist under it weren't woven of moonlight. Tyrel and Madoc wore much what they once had, except that it, too, was woven from moonlight; Tyrel had found a replacement for his lost katar, though without the golden tracery on the hilt and sheath, and neither had been able to shake the habit of having multiple concealed weapons, but at least their reflexive tendency to reach for them at the slightest hint of trouble was gradually fading.
Kieran raised his head, sniffing at the air, and whined softly.
"Something dead?" Tyrel said, puzzled. "Just now?" Fox and amarog were near enough relatives that the pair could communicate to a fair degree in either form with each other, a skill Kaveri and Madoc sometimes envied. "Dead humans? That's worrying."
"I know you want to keep going," Kaveri began.
Kieran needed no translation: he shook himself all over and snorted air through his nose in disdain.
"All right," Madoc acknowledged. "Stay alert, then, folks, until we find out what's responsible."
Kieran veered off the road, leading the way towards a nearby house. Buildings around here were mostly constructed of logs split in half, the flat side inward, the crevices thickly packed with a mixture of grass and mud.
On this one, the shutters of the large windows were tightly closed against the late summer breeze, and some of the sturdy rope nets that deterred inquisitive wildlife when the shutters stood open lay discarded on the ground. Kaveri picked up the nearest, running it through her fingers.
"This was torn off in a hurry, not unhooked. Why is it out here, not inside?"
"Good question," Madoc said. "Gods, I can smell rot from here, without changing. Something is very wrong."
Kaveri could, as well. She wove a scarf of moonlight and wrapped it across her face, hoping to filter out some of the death smell.
Typically for this area, the door of the house was on one side, away from the road. They circled towards it warily.
The door was closed—locked, in fact—and a series of unfamiliar characters were painted on it; though she didn't recognize them, they looked uneven and sloppy, staggering down the door irregularly.
Kieran flattened his ears and shifted to human. "Plague," he said flatly.
"Did you pick up anyone still alive?" Tyrel asked.
"The scent of rot is too strong, I could have missed it."
Madoc, wordlessly, drew a knife and wedged it between the two leaves of the nearest set of shutters; after a moment's jiggling, the latch popped open. Tyrel supported him as he climbed in the window.
"This is nasty," Madoc said. "Stay there. No point to all of us potentially carrying this." He vanished inside.
"It's probably everyone in the area, isn't it," Kaveri said quietly.
"Almost certainly," Kieran said. "It can't do us any harm, but depending on how deadly it is, how easily it spreads, how long it has been here, and how the people here have reacted to it, we are likely to see some… unpleasant things unless we cut through the woods and avoid whatever settlement lies ahead."
"We can't do that," Tyrel said. "We need to check for survivors."
Kaveri nodded. "We can't just leave. We're in no danger, all it could cost us is a bit of time, but we have to see if anyone needs help."
After a long pause, Kieran heaved a sigh. "None of you have ever seen a plague town. I would have preferred that you not do so for a very long time. You are right, though. It would be unforgivable to avoid it under the circumstances."
"You worry a lot more about trying to protect us than you need to," Tyrel said, but there was no real force behind it. Kieran's vigilance had kept them all, collectively and individually, out of trouble multiple times. Tyrel especially, despite a few early attempts to circumvent it.
"Plague brings out both the best and the worst in humans," Kieran said softly. "And you will have a long time to see it in nightmares."
"Or smell it," Madoc said, climbing back out the window. "I've never smelled anything like this. Everyone's dead—at least a few days, long enough to really get bad in this weather."
They checked the outbuildings, briefly. A coop for poultry was empty, no sign of the birds: probably prey for local carnivores. A split-rail pen with dense hedge around it had ample sheep droppings inside, but the trough was dry, the manger empty deep under its three-sided shelter, and the hedge had been destroyed at one spot. Kaveri found black bear tracks, which explained the damage; the rest of the sheep had probably fled through the gap.
"Why didn't you smell death on the earlier farms we passed?" Tyrel asked Kieran.
"We may simply have been upwind, or the scent is less strong. Or they may have fled, either inward or away. If away, this could be only the beginning."
Kaveri shuddered.
They checked each farmstead they passed after that, but none held survivors, and Madoc's silence grew more grim with each house he ventured into. They did find a surviving herd of sheep with a single belligerent goat, and took the time to make sure they had food and water and that their hedge was intact; Kaveri tied a bright red scarf to a bush near the road, so they'd be able to find them again.
"Poor things, they were so glad to see someone," she said sadly. "They're so completely dependent on human care."
The road came to a pair of tall stone markers that looked quite old; beyond them were buildings clustered more densely together, with only small patches of garden around them. Just in front of the markers, a hasty wooden barricade had been constructed, with the same set of letters painted across it.
The stench on the night breeze made Kaveri gag and pull her scarf back up, for whatever help it might be.
They circled around the barricade, and entered the settlement.
"Scout the general size and layout first," Kieran said. "Then we can start a thorough search, building by building."
It wasn't a very large place, no more than a couple of dozen houses in the cluster, some of them with shops attached or close at hand: a smithy, a bakery, a pottery, a tavern, each clearly identifiable by the brightly painted signs outside showing images of their business. Several dogs that were sniffing around, probably hoping for something to eat, scattered skittishly at their approach.
"Apothecary," Kieran said, pointing to one building. "Possibly also the local healer, or one of them, there's usually a midwife too."
"I smell smoke," Tyrel said suddenly.
All four scanned the area, and finally, Kaveri pointed. "There's a bigger building there. I think that's where it's coming from."
They made a circuit of the large building. There was a well not far in front of the largest door. The shutters were all closed. The smoke was definitely coming from the chimney.
"Kaveri," Kieran said. "Come with me to the door. Whoever is within will probably be exhausted and afraid."
Kaveri nodded, pulled her scarf down loosely around her neck, and left her companions in the shadows, approaching the door. There was no knocker or bell, and it was quite solid; she had to draw her knife and thump on the door with the hilt to make any kind of sound.


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New! Summer Sensations Collection
Posted by Rebekah Wicke on 7/11/17
We're proud to introduce our newest collection, the Summer Sensations Collection! These fresh summer-inspired seasonings were artfully developed by Chef Elizabeth Landry, Fuchs' Corporate Executive Chef. The four items in this collection are:
• Creamy Southwest Snack Seasoning
• Lemon & Herb Dressing Seasoning
• Tropical Seafood Rub Seasoning
• Peachipotle Dip Seasonin
Not only do these seasonings capture the essence of summer, but they all meet at least one of the common regulatory requirements that our customers are requesting.
Elizabeth Landry, CEC, Fuchs' corporate executive chef, worked to develop blends that meet consumers' desire for addicting flavors with better-for-you attributes. Inspired by the thought of vacationing on a tropical island, our Tropical Seafood Rub Seasoning is an enticing blend with sweet and scrumptious fruits, just the right amount of savory onion and garlic, and a little hint of heat. This seasoning is also Non-GMO and Gluten Free!
You'll want to sprinkle our Creamy Southwest Snack Seasoning on all your favorite snacks! According to Lindemer, "Not only is this a flavorful blend of tangy buttermilk and cool sour cream, perfectly balanced with fragrant spices and robust peppers for a touch of heat, but it's also Organic Certifiable and Non-GMO Project Compliant."
Sweet heat flavor combinations are becoming increasingly popular. We combined two of our favorite flavors, peach and chipotle, for this summer inspired dip seasoning. "Sweet and succulent peaches pair wonderfully with the slight heat and smoky flavor of chipotle peppers in our Peachipotle Dip Seasoning, a Non-GMO and Whole Foods Compliant blend. Try serving it with freshly cut veggies for a perfect summer snack or even spread it on your sandwiches and burgers," Lindemer suggests.
You can't go wrong with bright and vibrant lemon for summertime! For our Lemon and Herb Dressing Seasoning, we coupled lemons with fragrant herbs to help you whip up an amazing dressing for your garden fresh salads. It's also Non-GMO and Whole Foods Compliant!
Interested in trying our Summer Sensations Collection? Request samples here.
To learn more about our special collections, click here.
- Fuchs Admin


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