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For months, Ben Huh was uncharacteristically mum about his online journalism startup. But finally today, Circa swung its curtains open in hopes to redefine the way readers consume their news.
Circa, which launched its app this morning, centers on the idea that traditional news format on a print product is a completely different beast than on mobile devices, where more and more people are getting their news from.
From the looks of it so far, the interest level is high – so much so that Circa's servers appeared to go down for a bit this morning.
Circa isn't going to give you full-length articles like in newspapers or on websites. Instead, the editorial team aggregates the top stories and breaks them down into "atomic units of news," that users can swipe through.
These units of news can be anything from news facts, background info, photos, quotes, videos, etc. To find out more, users can scroll down to find more "units," that provide more in-depth information on a given topic.
Users can bookmark these "units," and be notified every time there are new developments with the particular story, essentially following a story as it continues to be updated.
The design seems to be really geared at people who like to scroll quickly through news on their phones while on the train or having a cup of coffee during a work break.
Another core component of Circa is to note the difference in definition between content and information, and putting more emphasis on the latter. Founding Editor David Cohn explains this further in a blog post written in May.
Huh, founder of Cheezburger Network, told GeekWire one year ago that the goal of Circa was to redefine news presentation.
"This was an idea born from my experience with Moby Dick," Huh tells GeekWire. "But it really goes back to the orignal problems I had with news presentation. We're essentially going back to square one and asking the question: 'What if journalism and news was invented today?'"
Circa has 18 total investors and employs 19 staffers, 11 of which are editorial. Huh is the co-founder with CEO Matt Galligan and CTO Arsenio Santos.


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Rosbash, Hall and Young awarded Shaw Prize
Hong Kong-based foundation cites positive, profound impact of their work
The 2013 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine has been awarded to Brandeis biology professors Michael Rosbash and Jeffrey Hall and their colleague Michael Young of Rockefeller University for their discovery of the molecular mechanisms governing circadian rhythms.
The researchers will share a $1 million prize to be awarded by the Shaw Foundation at a ceremony in September in Hong Kong.
The prize is the latest in a series of major awards to Rosbash, Hall and Young for discoveries that could ultimately lead to the development of drugs to treat sleep disorders, physical and mental illness and jet lag.
In January, they won the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences.
Established under the auspices of Run Run Shaw, a philanthropist who made billions in Hong Kong movie and television enterprises, the Shaw Prize honors individuals who have achieved significant breakthroughs in academic and scientific research or applications, and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on humankind. Shaw also founded the Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust and the Shaw Foundation Hong Kong, both dedicated to promoting education, scientific and technological research, medical and welfare services and culture and the arts.
Rosbash and Hall spent more than three decades at Brandeis collaboratively researching circadian rhythms, the biological clock which governs functions such as sleep and wakefulness, metabolism and hormone levels in organisms as simple as fruit flies and as complex as humans.
Their research uses the fruit fly Drosophila, a model organism valued for its relative genetic simplicity and wide range of behaviors. At the molecular level, circadian rhythms use the same genes and are regulated in much the same way in all animals, including humans.
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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, May 10, 2014 - Argentina stands among the eight teams that won their three matches at Pool F of the preliminary round and now wait directly in Round 2 for the winner of Wang Fan Yue (CHN) v Radarong-Udomchavee (TAI) that must go through Round 1 first.
They defeated Behrens-Seyfferth (GER) 2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 15-2), then Seguin-Wilkerson (CAN) also 2-1 (19-21, 21-17, 15-9) to finish their pool playing overcoming Mersmann-Schneider (GER) 0-2 (17-21, 18-21) in their fight for the first place of the pool and the right to qualify direcly to the 2nd. round.
Pool play completed, 24 women's teams, including eight who were undefeated at 3-0 in round robin play to win their pools, head to the start of Saturday's single-elimination play at the double-gender US$150,000 FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open. With women's competition going through Sunday on the sensational sands of the purpose built, four-court complex on the picturesque Playa Camarones, the tournament is the third event on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar.
Saturday's schedule includes three rounds of women's elimination play in addition to the men's semi-finals and medal matches on Playa Camerones in the heart of this Mexican resort city on the Pacific Ocean in the State of Jalisco. The women will play the first elimination round, followed by the Round of 16 and the quarterfinals late Saturday afternoon. The eight women's teams who advanced undefeated from pool play include three from Brazil, and one each from Argentina, China, Germany, Mexico and the United States.
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) international tour is back in Mexico for the first time since 2006 for its first event in Puerto Vallarta being held on Playa Camarones adjacent to the Sheraton Buganvilias Resort and Convention Center. The FIVB World Tour has had eight previous tour stops in Mexico. Acapulco hosted double-gender events in 1999, 2005 and 2006 and Rosarito hosted one double-gender tour stop in 2000.
Rewarding their home country fans with their third pool play victory to help lead the field of unbeaten women's teams was Mexico's ninth-seeded Martha Revuelta/Bibiana Candelas who recorded a pair of two-set victories Thursday over teams from Norway and Venezuela. On Friday, the popular Mexican duo finished pool play with a another two-set victory, this one over Germany's eighth-seeded Jana Kohler/Anni Schumacher, 21-16, 21-18 in a 38-minute Playa Camarones stadium court match.
The other 3-0 teams after pool play besides Mexico's Revuelta/Candelas following Friday's single wins in pool play are Brazil's top-seeded Taiana Lima/Talita Antunes, Brazil's second-seeded Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil's 12th-seeded Juliana Felisberta/Maria Antonelli, China's third-seeded Chen Xue/Xinji Xia, Germany's seventh-seeded Julie Sude/Chantal Laboureur, Argentina's 11th-seeded Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, and USA's 20th-seeded Heather Hughes/Christal Engle.
The eight pool winners advance directly to the Round of 16 while the remaining 16 teams (second and third place from each of the four-team pools) that advanced from pool play will meet in the first elimination round Saturday morning. The only qualifier team that has advanced to the elimination rounds is USA's Hughes/Engle. Overall, four of the eight pool winners did not lose a set while three lost one set and the other two enroute to their three pool plan victories. The eight teams eliminated as they finished last in their respective pools, leave Puerto Vallarta with 25th-place finishes.
Brazil's three teams in the women's main draw were all impressive finishing with an 18-1 record in the sets they played winning their pools matches. Juliana/Antonelli, playing in their first season together, finished second on Brazil's national tour this year while Bednarczuk/Seixas were champions and Lima/Antunes finished third. Juliana/Antonelli, Lima/Antunes were both 6-0 in sets played while Bednarczuk/Seixas was 6-1 while winning their three pool play matches.
A seven-time FIVB World Tour season champion, former FIVB World Champion and bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Juliana is as enthusiastic as ever as she enjoys her newest adventure.
Mexico started with four teams in the women's main draw, including Haydee Lopez/Mayra Santacruz who advanced from the qualification tournament. While Mexico's Revuelta/Candelas were 3-0 in winning their pool, Lopez/Santacruz, Stephanie Burnside/Diana Valdez and Paulette Cruz/Vanessa Virgen all lost three of their pool play matches and did not advance out of pool play.
An elated Mexico's Candelas commented after her team's third win on Friday, saying, "For me to play in Puerto Vallarta is really special. I have a very special memory her from the Pan American games back in 2011 and with this kind of crowd, all our people cheering for us, you push yourself harder. We had some good matches this year in China during those two tour stops and that has helped us come out strong here at home in Mexico."
Quietly marching their way unbeaten in pool play with a 3-0 record including 6-1 in sets captured, China's 2014 FIVB World Champion Chen Xue and her new teammate Xinji Xia continue to emerge as one of the top teams in the world. On Friday, the pair capped off pool play with a straight set win over Sweden's 14th-seeded Karin Lundqvist/Nina Grawender, 21-16, 21-15 in 33 minutes.
One of the youngest players on the FIVB World Tour, 17, Xia commented after her team's third victory, "Chen is one of the world's top players and it is an honor to play with her. She is a good teacher and very patient with me and I am learning more and more how to play the game every match we have. We have started out well here in Mexico and we look forward to having a bye in the first round of eliminations and be ready when we do play."
Starting to play together at the end of last year, Xue has 17 career FIVB World Tour gold medals including two with Xia at the end of last season.
The FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open is the 300th FIVB men's event since the FIVB began play in 1987 and the 263rd FIVB women's tournament since each started play in 1992.
The second of 10 FIVB Open events in 2014, the FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open men's action started Tuesday and goes through Saturday while women's competition began Wednesday and ends Sunday. The tournament format had a one-day qualification tournament to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments followed by round-robin pool play of three matches per team followed by a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams. The men's semi-finals and medal matches will be held Saturday while the women's semis and medal matches will be played on Sunday at the purpose-built stadium at Puerto Vallarta's Playa Camarones.
Mexico is also hosting the Inaugural FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships this year in Acapulco (July 15-20).
The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open will each split $11,000, the silver $8,000, the bronze $6,000 and fourth place $4,500. The men medal matches will be held on Saturday and the women's medal matches will be held on Sunday.
Based in Lausanne, Switzerland as the international governing body for the Olympic sports of Beach Volleyball and Volleyball, the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features a record purse of US$10.2 million with a season that extends from late April to mid-December competing at 21 venues in 18 countries. This year's FIVB World Tour includes a record 10 FIVB Grand Slam events, the inaugural Grand Slam Finale and 11 FIVB Open Tournaments throughout the world, helping expand the door for development of the sport even further.
The 11 FIVB Open tournaments in 2014, seven double-gender, two men only and two women only, have $150,000 total purses for the double gender events and $75,000 for the single-gender competitions.
The Argentine Men's pair, Pablo Bianchi-Julian Azaad finished their participation at the 2nd. round overcome by the German Dittelbach-Koreng 0-2 (21-17, 21-18). Their performance was more than positive as in Pool B they were overcome by the Chinese CH. Chen-Li 1-2 (134-21, 21-15, 12-15) but then recovered v the host pair of Revuelta-Cardenas 2-0 (21-19, 21-15) finishing their pool participation overcomed by the winners of the Argentine Grand Slam in Corrientes 2013 by 0-2 (20-22, 11-21). The light blue - white team finished 9th winning 240 points and 2,000 US Dollars in their first international participation of the season.
Then in the First Round they defeated Dressier-Kunert (AUS) 2-0 21-13, 21-15) to qualify for the second round.
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In 1994 Amazon.com did not exist. The idea was still in founder Jeff Bezos' head, and the company he was setting up had the name Cadabra Inc.
But like any new start-up, he needed developers on staff in order to realize what was to become the biggest online retailer in the world. How exactly did Bezos go about finding those first few individuals that helped create Amazon.com?
The answer comes in the form of a job posting on Usenet made in August 1994 by Bezos, asking for "extremely talented C/C++/Unix developers". The listing discovered by web consultant Joe Devon, and has been included below in full:
Well-capitalized start-up seeks extremely talented C/C++/Unix developers to help pioneer commerce on the Internet. You must have experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable) systems, and you should be able to do so in about one-third the time that most competent people think possible. You should have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or the equivalent. Top-notch communication skills are essential. Familiarity with web servers and HTML would be helpful but is not necessary.
Expect talented, motivated, intense, and interesting co-workers. Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle area (we will help cover moving costs).
Your compensation will include meaningful equity ownership.
Send resume and cover letter to Jeff Bezos:
mail: be…@netcom.com
fax: 206/828-0951
US mail: Cadabra, Inc.
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We are an equal opportunity employer.
"It's easier to invent the future than to predict it." — Alan Kay
Did the first few developers who got asked to interview and secured a position at Cadabra have any idea what they were about to create? I doubt it, and most would have just seen it as an interesting challenge they couldn't pass up. All of them, if they stayed, are probably quite well off now with that equity ownership they got offered.
Cadabra Inc. became Amazon when it was found people sometimes confused the original name with Cadaver. Then the site launched in 1995, and the rest is history.
So next time you see a job listing for a new start-up, just remember Amazon started the same way, and that new listing might just be for a company that turns out to be the next Amazon, or Facebook, or Google.
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On the tenth episode of From The Ground Up, the Raiders' headquarters continues to take shape in Henderson. Meanwhile, we celebrate Women's History Month by getting to know some of the stories behind the inspiring females working on the Allegiant Stadium job site.
Raiders celebrate Women in Construction Week at Allegiant Stadium
In celebration of Women in Construction Week, the Raiders invited Northwest Career & Technical Academy students to tour Allegiant Stadium. Young girls from the academy learned about the accomplishments of women on the project and opportunities that exist in the construction industry.
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Take a look at highlights from former Pro Bowl tackle Lincoln Kennedy during his time at the University of Washington. Kennedy will be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor, the most prestigious recognition of contributors to Pac-12 athletics.
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U.S. soccer tickets for World Cup qualifier in Colorado vs. Costa Rica to go on sale
Tickets for the U.S. men's soccer game against Costa Rica in Colorado on March 22 will go on sale Feb. 19.
U.S. soccer and the Colorado Rapids announced Wednesday that general tickets will go sale to the general public one week after Rapids season-ticket holders get first crack. Those tickets go on sale Feb. 12.
Tickets can be found online at ussoccer.com or by phone at 866-461-6556 and 303-534-6119.
The U.S. will play Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifying game on March 22 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. The 8 p.m. game will also air live on ESPN and Univision. It will be only the second World Cup qualifier at DSG Park. The U.S. also beat Guatemala there in 2008.
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The following is from an actual article written by a veterinarian out of B.C Canada. He is an advocate of feeding pets the natural way and I agree wholeheartedly with him. For all the neighsayers please keep your comments to yourself ( you know who you are ). I am interested though in honest comments and suggestions on how you feed your pets naturally, whether with wholesome ingredients or if you make your own recipes, as I do.
If you would like to know the source of this article please let me know and I will provide it too you.
"Dog and Cat food is a pretty controversial topic What is best to feed our pet? Is it safe?
Raw...Good or Bad?
There are a tonne of opinions out there, so I'd like to add a little common sense.
First. Diet is KEY to your dog and cat's health. Of all the things that you do to PREVENT disease,
the food that you feed them is MOST important.
Is 'Veterinary Approved' Food the Best? No
The medical diets have their place for specific diseases, such as dissolving urinary crystals, BUT they are not the best diets for the long-term health of your pet. Most of the Commercial dog and cat foods have a carbohydrate (such as corn) as the first ingredient.
Huh? Can you imagine yourself staying healthy by living off of ground corn?
Or How about your cat- she is an obligate carnivore meaning she NEEDS animal protein
to survive. YET so many of the diets have CARBS as the first ingredient.
WHY? They are CHEAP. It comes down to the almighty dollar. It's alot less expensive to make pet food with carbohydrates as the first ingredient, than animal protein.
So WHAT can you do?
Make some of your pet's food at home. At least once a week I make Lucy, our beagle, a stew-
1/2 meat, 1/4 vegetables, and 1/4 carbohydrate.
Feed some Raw- I give Lucy pre-packaged frozen raw patties once or twice a week.
In feeding commercial kibble follow these guidelines:
1.Ingredients are listed in descending order. The first ingredient should be an animal based protein.
2.When selecting a commercial food for your animal companion, make sure the label has an "AAFCO guarantee," preferably one that references "feeding tests" or "feeding protocols" rather than Nutrient Profiles.
3.Avoid foods that list by-products. (Avoid Meat, Bone, Fish and Chicken Meal) These rendered products are the most inexpensive sources of animal protein. They are not a reliable source of nutrition for your animal.
4.Avoid those that list the food fractions - i.e. wheat middlings or corn gluten instead of the whole grain. These ingredients are leftovers from the human food processing and don't provide the best nutrition.
5.Avoid generic or store brands. These may be repackaged rejects from the big manufacturers, and generally contain cheaper and poorer quality ingredients.
6.Check the expiration date to ensure freshness. When you open a bag of dry food, give it a sniff- if it smells rancid, return it immediately.
7.Look for natural preservatives. These include Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Vitamin E and mixed tocopherols. Avoid ethoxyquin, BHA, BHT and propylene glycol.
8.Avoid foods with artificial flavor enhancers, such as phosphoric acid.
9.Avoid artificial colors. These include azo, azo dyes, and sodium nitrite.
10.Essential fatty acids must be added - of utmost importance for allergies, arthritis and cancer prevention.
11.Additional antioxidants, such as Vit E, Vit C and flavonoids.
12.Select Natural brands. These are usually better than most. Several brands are now preserved with Vitamins C and E instead of chemical preservatives (such as BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin and propyl gallate). While synthetic preservatives may still be present, the amounts will be less."
Not the friendliest first post pamperedpet.
Yes - please cite the source of this article
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When the first comment made on a form demands removal of opinion on an opinion based article, without without citation or peer review, regardless of the degree of truth come off as trollish....
IMO your introduction has a lot to be desired pamperedpet.
this community does give honest opinions and support each other regardless if we agree or not. and to ask members to hold their tongue, is just not right.
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His comment on Japan Today's Nov. 28 article "DPJ relieved after Okinawa vote" reflects his reasoning:
In yesterday's gubernatorial election in Okinawa, candidate Hirokazu Nakaima, an incumbent Governor, garnered 335,708 votes (52%), candidate Yoichi Iha 297,082 votes (46%) and candidate Tatsuro Kinjo 13,116 votes (2%), of the total 645,906 valid votes.Yoshio Shimoji was born in Miyako Island, Okinawa. He received his M.S. from Georgetown University, and taught English and English linguistics at the University of the Ryukyus from April 1966 until his retirement in March 2003.
Nakaima and Iha campaigned on an almost identical platform that the 2006 Futenma relocation plan agreed to between Japan and the U.S. should be scrapped while Kinjo ran on a "Futenma to Henoko" platform. Of the three candidates, then, it's only Kinjo who precisely represented both (Washington & Tokyo) governments' stance regarding the Futenma issue. But his vote count was only 13,116 or a meager 2 percent.
U.S. policymakers should recognize this hard fact and, if they consider the U.S. as a great democracy, never attempt to force their failed plan on Okinawa -- an undemocratic and immoral action on the part of the U.S.
Yoshio Shimoji
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Mr. Shimoji's "The Futenma Base and the U.S.-Japan Controversy: An Okinawan Perspective" was published at The Asia Pacific Journal earlier this year.
See also his letter letter, "How dare Obama ask Hatoyama to act without regard to democratic process in Okinawa?" published at the The New York Times on May 28, and "'Thanks' Doesn't Allay Okinawans" published on July 11 at The Japan Times.
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chapcrap wrote:agentcom wrote:As was said in another suggestion by thehippo, I don't think CC is going to place a button/link for every player that wants to avoid 2 clicks. Yes, it is annoying to have to make 2 clicks when a button could do it in one, but it also clutters up the screen for the players who more often either advance all or advance more than 0 but less than all.
I'm not sure I see the need for this extra button.
I think the need lies in trying to create a friendlier interface for phone and tablet users. The real solution to that would be to create a mobile app/interface for those who play on those devices. However, this would be a convenient stop-gap.
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A decisive vote is hours away in Virginia's General Assembly on what would become the first major reform in a generation of the state's system for financing its network of highways.
The House and Senate are scheduled to vote Friday on a compromise bill that would replace Virginia's 17.5 cents-per-gallon retail gasoline tax with a 3.5 percent wholesale tax on gasoline and a 6 percent levy on diesel fuel.
It also boosts statewide sales taxes from 5 percent to 5.3 percent and uses more of the existing sales tax, increases the titling tax on car sales and adds a $100 fee to the purchase of fuel-sipping hybrid vehicles. It also rules out proposed tolls on Interstate 95 south of Petersburg.
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Magickal Uses of Woods
Jun 16 2011 08:45 PM | Tana in Traditions
Magickal Uses of Woods
Taken from the ancient Celtic tree alphabet.
Individual trees of particular species have been revered, the kind varying with the divine force represented. The symbolism of the woods are very important in the construction of any magical tool.
The oak tree is the tree of Zeus, Jupiter, Hercules, The Dagda (The Chief of the Elder Irish gods), Thor and all other Thunder Gods.
The royalty of the Oak needs no enlarging upon.
The Oak is the tree of endurance and triumph, and like the Ash, is said to count the lightning's' flash.
The Oak is a male wood which is ideal for the construction of any tool that needs the male influence such as Athames, certain wands and staffs.
The midsummer fire is always Oak and the need fire is always kindled in an Oak log.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Endurance, triumph, strength, power, dominion, prosperity, sacrifice, guardian, liberator.
With the exception of the mysterious elder, the Birch is the earliest of the forest trees.
The Birch is used extensively in cleansing rituals.
Throughout Europe, Birch twigs are used to expel evil spirits.
Birch rods are also used in rustic rituals to drive out the spirits of the old year.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Controlled by the Lunar influences. Birth, healing, Lunar workings, and protection.
The Hazel is a tree of wisdom.
In England, all the knowledge of the arts and sciences were bound to the eating of Hazel nuts.
Until the seventeenth century, a forked Hazelstick was used to divine the guilt of persons in cases of murder and theft.
We have retained the practice of divining for water and buried treasure.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Wisdom, intelligence, inspiration, wrath.
The Alder is the tree of fire.
In the battle of the trees, the Alder fought in the very front line.
It is described as the very "battle witch" of all woods, the tree that is hottest in the fight.
From the alder, you can make three different dyes, red from its bark, green from its flowers, and brown from its twigs; this symbolizes the elements of fire, water and earth.
The Alder wood is the wood of the witches.
Whistles may be made of this wood to summon and control the four winds.
It is also the ideal wood for making the magical pipes and flutes.
To prepare the wood for use, beat the bark away with a willow stick while projecting your wishes into it.
The Alder is a token of resurrection.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Controlling the four winds, banishing and controlling elementals, resurrection. Making magical dyes.
The Ivy was sacred to Osiris as well as to Dionysus.
Vine and Ivy come next to each other at the turn of the year, and are jointly dedicated to resurrection.
Presumably, this is because they are the only two trees that grow spirally.
The Vine also symbolizes resurrection because its strength is preserved in the wine.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: (VINE) Faerie work, Joy, Exhilaration, Wrath, Rebirth. (IVY) Fidelity, Constancy, Love, Intoxication.
The Yew is known as the death tree in all european countries.
Sacred to Hecate in Greece and Italy.
Yew wood makes excellent bows, as the Romans learned from the Greeks.
This strengthened the belief that Yew was connected with death.
Its use in England is recalled in Macbeth where Hecate's cauldron contained:"... Slips of Yew, slivered in the moon eclipse."
The Silver Fir of birth and the Yew of death are sisters.
They stand next to each other in the circle of the year and their foliage is almost identical.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Destructive workings concerning death. Not recommended for magical tools "...for I am the tomb to every hope."
The Rowan is seen as the tree of life.
It is also known as Mountain Ash, Quickbeam, The Witch or Witch Wand.
In the British Isles, Rowan is used as a protection against lightning and magical charms of all sorts.
In ancient Ireland, the Druids of opposing forces would kindle a fire of rowan and say an incantation over it to summon spirits to take part in the battle.
The Rowan is also used for many healing purposes.
The "Quickbeam" is the tree of quickening.
Another use was in metal divining.
In Ireland, a Rowan stake was hammered through a corpse to immobilize the spirit.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Divination, healing, astral work, protection.
The Ash is sacred to Poseidon and Woden.
The Ash is considered to be the father of trees.
The Ash is the tree of sea power, or of the power resident in water. Special guardian spirits reside in the Ash; This makes it excellent for absorbing sickness.
The spirally carved druidical wand was made of Ash for this purpose.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Sea power, karmic laws, magical potency, healing, protection from drowning.
External symbol of life and immortality.
It is one of the few trees that are androgynous.
It was also worshiped by the ancients as a symbol of fire because of its resemblance to a spiral of flame.
It is regarded as a very soothing tree to be near.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Strength, life and immortality, rejuvenation
The Willow was sacred to Hecate, Circe, Hera, and Persephone, all death aspects of the Triple Moon Goddess, and was often used by the Witches in Greece.
The moon owns it.
Female symbol.
It is the tree that loves water most and is sacred to the Moon Goddess who is the giver of dew and moisture, generally.
The Willow is the tree of enchantment.
Can be made into a tool to make wishes come true.
MAGICKAL PURPOSES: Moon magic, psychic energy, healing, inspiration, and fertility
A waterside tree, the Elder has white flowers that bloom to their peak in midsummer (as is also true for the Rowan) thus making the Elder another aspect of the White Goddess.
The Elder is also said to be the crucifixion tree.
The inner bark and the flowers have long been famous for their therapeutic qualities.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Witchcraft, banishment, magical art, waters of life.
The Whitethorn or Hawthorn or May Witch takes its name from the May.
It is a generally unlucky tree and its name, translated from the Irish Brehon Laws, had the meaning "harm".
The Goddess, under the name Cardea, cast spells with the Hawthorn.
In many cultures, the month of the Hawthorn (May) is a month of bad luck for marriages.
The Hawthorn blossom, for many men, has the strong scent of female sexuality and was used by the Turks as an erotic symbol.
The monks of Glastonbury perpetuated it and sanctified it with an approving tale that the staff of Joseph and the Crown of thorns were made of Hawthorn.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Purification, enforced chastity, male potency, and cleansing.
Holly means "holy".
The identification of the pacific Christ with the Holly is poetically inept as it is the Oak king, not the Holly king that is crucified on a T shaped cross.
The Holly has many uses from making a dye from its berries to being used as an aphrodisiac.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Holiness, consecration, material gain, physical revenge, beauty
The tree of the Autumn Equinox and of old age, is the shifting leaved
White Poplar, or Aspen, The shield makers tree.
Heracles bound his head in triumph with popular after killing the giant Cacus (the evil one).
The Black poplar was a funeral tree sacred to the Mother Earth.
Plato makes a reference to the use of Black popular and Silver Fir as an aid in divination.
The Silver Fir standing for hope assured and the Black Poplar for loss of hope.
In ancient Ireland, the coffin makers measuring rod was made of Aspen, apparently to remind the dead that this was not the end.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Hope, rebirth, divinations.
Almond has a very sweet natural being. Aids in self protection.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Fruitfulness, virginity
It is an old English custom to drink to the health of the
Apple tree with a good glass of cider all in hopes of encouraging the tree to produce a good crop next year.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Fertility
The Coconut is feminine and very fertile.
The shell represents the womb, and the milk, fertility.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Protection from negative psychic forces.
The Fig is androgynous. The fruit representing the feminine and the triple lobed leaves suggest the masculine force.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Balance
The mistletoe was sacred to the Druids and to the Norse.
It was considered to be the great healer and has both male and female qualities.
It was so well regarded by the Norse (because it was sacred to Freya) that they refused to fight in the vicinity of Mistletoe.
The custom of hanging Mistletoe in the house to promote peace comes from this. Generally regarded today as a symbol of love and purity.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Love, fertility, sexual potency.
Is regarded as particularly powerful because of its incredible durability and because it is self renewing, never changing its leaves. Aids in rejuvenation.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Resurrection, and the cycle and matrix of life
The Peach is an emblem of marriage.
MAGICKAL ASPECTS: Abundance, fruitfulness, happiness.
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Thank you for sharing, Tana. I have an affinity for "wood" (no joke intended) and actually found a few references that I was not previously aware of.
Thank you very much for sharing this! I'm always interested in the mythology and history behind why types of wood and herbs are traditionally associated with certain aspects. This was more informative than many other references I've found.
Yes, this is a very clear and concise overview, my thanks for posting.
Willow has been my special tree for some time, I have had several magical experiences involving willows and reading through the aspects above I can resonate with your words. I even made a staff/stang from my willow a few years ago, this too came with special experiences. Traditional Witches, particularly Brit, will no doubt remind me that willow is not the chosen wood for such use, but in my limited capacity, both in knowledge and execution, I will state that for me there is no reason why I cannot or should not utilise said wood for the purpose I believe I was caused to understand at the time.
Love this....Many Thanks for sharing.
I have the most beautiful willow in my garden Its has donated a wand to me.....such power, such energy....
I just love wood (pun very much intended lol).
thanks for this Tana - very interesting!
- my mums uncles used to gather willow and make baskets from it, to use and sell.
I have always had a love for hand made baskets anyway, and would love to make a willow basket one day!
Hi All.
Some of this is redundant, but I found a few more wood properties at http://www.tennesseehardwoodpens.com
Wood is a remarkable substance…a gift from nature itself.
Nearly every culture throughout history has attributed magical properties to wood. Some hold one
type of wood to be sacred while others to believe that all wood has magical properties.
Magical Properties: Indicates choice which must be made between similar and equally
attractive things: fertility, love harmony, beauty and healing magic.
Magical Properties: Intelligence, wit, communication, knowledge, curiosity. Aids in communication and
learning. The wood of poets and scholars. Promotes love and health and protects against unwanted change.
Magical Properties: Patience, organization, leadership skills, diligence, loyalty and the calming of emotions.
Allows one to create, to exert willpower and achieve positive results. Excellent for wealth, luck, and goals.
Magical Properties: Communication, information, protection and preservation. Aids in feeling at home with one's spirituality.
Magical Properties: An extremely earth-centric wood and has very grounded energy. Very level-headed and
non-impulsive. Helps to see the here and now, think clearly, and act upon rationality rather than emotion.
Magical Properties: Possesses healing powers and has magical properties that bring success and love.
Magical Properties: Cypress can be used for healing and longevity and is said to provide comfort and protection.
Magical Properties: Wishes, secrets, loyalty and protection. The fire of passion, desire and will. Associated with
fertility and sexual attraction, happiness and comfort.
Magical Properties: Endurance, fertility, and horticulture. Adds stability, grounding and focus.
Majestic and expansive, rooted and wise.
Magical Properties: Is good for dealing with romance, love, and passion. Excellent for intellect, communication
and mental concentration. Enhances sexual pleasure and provides protection during travel.
Magical Properties: Very focused on fertility and growing. Also enhances intuition, strengthening bonds with blood relatives.
Magical Properties: Used primarily for spiritual healing and is also a travelers wood. Allows one to focus
in on the choices in any situation, eliminating luck and chance. It enhances intellectual pursuits and learning.
Magical Properties: Truth, steadfast knowledge, protection. An excellent healing wood that helps
center the mind. Helps promote observation and intuition.
Osage Orange
Magical Properties: Named after the Osage tribe of the Great Plains region, this wood was used for bows
and other items. It is extremely spiritual in nature and aids in the pursuit of goals and passions.
Magical Properties: Best used for healing, especially for those with a passion to heal. It brings
creativity, inspiring energy to the home. Represents money and prosperity.
Magical Properties: Enhances energy dealing with creativity and knowledge. Best dealing with health issues
and especially useful in eradicating negative energies that create strife in the home.
Magical Properties: "Introspective." It is not for those with flights of fancy, but rather for those who
seek to explore his or her own personal energy and the "here and now."
Magical Properties: Moon, love, luck, wisdom, creativity and beauty. An excellent tool in
dealing with love magic and anything relating to feminine energy or the moon.
Great info. I just got more ideas for trees to plant in my yard.
I didn't know that willow was under Hecate. That's really cool. This list is pretty thorough, too. Really useful.
Many thanks for posting, different types of wood has always held an interest with me from a craftsman point of view and it's always interesting to learn new aspects of each species.
If working with some types of wood you have to be careful - teak for instance if you cut yourself while working it will make the wound go funny.
Does anyone know anything about the Hornbeam tree and its wood? I've asked all over the place. I have a beautiful, enormous Hornbeam tree just outside my front door and two branches were recently thrown off in a storm and landed across my door. I'm sure they were given to me for a reason. All I know is that it's very hard wood with a pearly-white inner grain.
I'll probably decorate the 'walking stick-size' piece. The other branch is perfect 'staff' length. I wondered if anyone knows of magical uses/properties for Hornbeam - or perhaps it's known by another name elsewhere...
Please ignore spelling/missing letters: I've got false nails on.
I think Ironwood is another name for Hornbeam, whether that helps any I don't know.
Thanks, G. That gives me another word to Google. That tree is the most magnificent thing; it has a cycle of blossom/foliage/seed that seems to produce so much energy you can almost hear it.
My gosh, this is a great Post ! We have wood that grows up here and it native to this area, in the marshes and slews near lakes and rivers. It is called Willow Wood. But it's not from the WillowTree, or resembles one at at. It grows up with thick limbs and doesn't resemble what one would naturally surmize as a Willow Tree. It doesn't get very tall at all, and the wood is strangely beautiful, most wood crafters make canes out of them. It has a serpentine nature to it.
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It is a great thread, isn't it. I was way into adulthood before I realized just how precious wood is in all its prolification and diversity. I suppose some of us, as children, are led to believe that if something is plentiful then it isn't valuable. Among all my boxes of very cheap and tangled jewellery, I've got some wooden beads and bangles (and in particular a wooden ring that cost £1.99 that I wear a lot). I always enjoy the warmth of wooden jewellery and the fact that it's been alive and still holds and transfers its own unique energy to the wearer.
I was told the story of this when I asked what kind of wood this was, and was told it's Willow Wood. I trust the gentleman who told me, as he is a wood smith, and creates beautiful things out of wood. But it's not from a Willow Tree, that I am accustomed with. They don't grow into trees perce, but lovely winding wood. This was made as a cane, but I love the face on it, reminded me of a serpent and the wriggles they can do. lol.
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I've always wondered about Australian trees....I was told once that all that was required was a psychic to work out the cone/vortex energy patterns in the trees and from that the correspondences would fall out. I can't say that helped me much....It is possible to make guesses based on analogous functions of course but Aboriginal technical culture was mesolithic and so the Neolithic/Bronze/Iron age wood uses which may shed light on the magical character of trees are missing and here in the south-east very little of Aboriginal culture survived the genocide.......
The topic is good, but the descriptions are so general.In order to use a tree in a magic ritual, you must understand it's connections.Some specific facts I would like to find from others:
Ash wood is the only kind of wood immune to magic.A local witch knew a spell with which she could stop the plows in their tracks(they still plow with horses in Romania).She took one blade of grass for each of the plows she saw on the fields in front of her, she stomped on them holding them at the same time with her thumb and uttered a spell - all the plows stooped in their tracks except one, to which she said : "That one has a piece of ash wood in it's structure, and no charm works over it."
Maybe some of you know abut willow knots - they are homes to spirits and are used in many spells.But fir tree knots are also used in Romanian magic - (fir tree is the most revered tree in Romanian folk tradition ) - the legend goes like this : God created the Fir tree pointing towards the sky - but the Devil approached it and gave it a bark of skales like a snake.The Fir tree cried, God came back and smeared its bark with incense so it will sooth (the Orthodox Church here use fir raisin as incense ) .The Devil came and nailed a nail in the Fir tree (the hard knots found in it's wood) - The Fir tree cried and God came and gave it twigs in shape of crosses and sharpened it's needles so that the Devil can't approach it anymore.The Devil came back but he could not approach it, so he set the Fir tree on fire with the help of a she wolf and made it darker than the other trees .The Fir tree cried to God and God came to put the flames out and mad it evergreen.Sorcerers still use the knots in fir tree, "devil nails", when performing black magic .When a burial without a body is due (drowned that have not been found etc ) a dressed fir tree is placed in the coffin (also unmarried persons are ritually married with a fir tree so that the unappeased soul that never knew love don't kill someone from his/her the village).
Also, everyone around here knows one rule about fir trees in a settlement - if you have just one fir tree on your property you must cut it down or plant at least another next to it - If you do not, it will bring gloom and sorrow to that place , because itself it's full of sorrow missing it's brothers (like all solary things, it can not live apart from it's community of brothers, and if you sit under it you can actually "hear" it's cry after sunset).Again, the sorcerers here bury things at the roots of such trees but not for good purposes (to bring someone grief and loneliness).Some use such lonely fir trees to attract money, but this practice is erroneous - along with the drawing of money you also get no satisfaction from these money.
They are many other such tales, and consequently uses for many other magical trees like elder tree, wall-nut tree, poplar etc.
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You are preaching to the choir.
Another thing I do not see mentioned is not just the lore and customs regarding trees, but the memories of trees. Accessing the memory of the tree and it's roots and working with the spirit of the plant in that respect, not just for practical magical workings.
I am going to post something related, that I hope some will find useful, although I do not understand what a "tree memory" means...
In my tradition we do not communicate with the spirit of the trees.There are a few exceptions though, namely if it is a very thick old tree, especially an oak tree.Then they say that tree is the home of powerful spirits and rituals are held around it - they take the form of supplications and prayers while knotting red ribbons around the trunk and around twigs.Offerings of worm milk, bread and honey are left under the tree.The rain water gathered in their hollows are used for healing .The process of communication directly with these spirits - question/answer, it's not as easy as modern spiritualism has led some to believe.People, even initiates, can not communicate with the spirits of any place or tree as they please and without any offerings of appeasement - from what I know about "bunele" meaning "the good ones" that live in some trees
, they are not necessarily easygoing , they are wise and with a very strong sense of justice and honor,but sometimes vindictive and harsh with "trespassers",especially those living in walnut trees (they say if you cut a young walnut tree the trunk of which is smaller in circumference than your own waste the spirits will harm your health ) , oaks and elder trees. They are not necessarily prawned to answer kindly to questions that we may have.In order to communicate with them you have to tame them. This was done in the past by burring the afterbirth of the child at the roots of a tree chosen secretly, but no one does that anymore.Today sorcerers that want to tame an old tree inhabited by spirits in order to use them to help with their magic, start on the Black Friday before dawn to bring milk in which they poured 3 drops of blood from their small left finger for 40 consecutive days - they pour the milk at its roots and recite certain spells.Also it is recommended that your clean hair and fingernails be buried at a certain distance around it. You must sit under it and and say prayers with your head touching the roots - some are shown in daydreams certain signs that they must carve on a twig that was broken from the East part pf the tree, by hand at the moment of sunrise and not cut (you can carve it at home afterwards but never using iron)- there is a spell also here recited.That twig is latter used to as a sort of magic wand to make all kinds of things and also put under ones pillow to communicate with the spirits through dreams.So mostly , they are the ones that communicate to us.They say you must never approach such trees wearing metal, especially iron - they are bothered by that.There is much to say about it..
If there is much to remark on such Tree Lore, would you post your experiances and knowledge ? A .. 'stand alone' post that all could thread too, would be welcomed.
Thank you !
Oh so much detail of this sampling of tree lore you offer, what a wealth of custom and practice you have. I look forward to seeing more as you journey through this place.
Such a lore is too vast for me to compress in one post, but that wouldn't necessarily be the problem.I fear though that such a post would be premature and I don't want to start on the wrong foot with other members.I am willing to share anything that I can share, and in the case of tree lore there are no mandatory secretes.If anyone is researching a certain subject just ask and if I know something I will try to help
Oh now, this is not the time to be shy ! Pick a tree that you know personally of it's lore and properties, and post about it. Personally, I would like to see more about the Yew tree, it is a tree that interests me as of late. " Start out on the wrong foot "... dear ? You couldn't start out on the wrong foot here, tut tut on that thought. We are all Seekers, if you have wisdom in this area, please don't deprive me of getting to know you.
Edited : Also, if memory serves me right, one of our Peers ( Absinthe ) was wondering about the Hornbeam or Hornbeen tree. We'd both be so pleased if you had knowledge you could share. Thank you Unagal.
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This was one of those nights. Thank God for big frozen bags o' chicken! I decided to make fajitas - of sorts:
Food Hussy Fajitas
* Olive oil
* 2 chicken breasts, 3 chicken thighs - frozen bags o' chicken (or whatever combo fits your family)
* 1 T cumin
* 1 onion - sliced into rings then cut in 1/2
* 1 red pepper (I love orange or yellow too - very sweet) - sliced into bite size pieces
* 1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
* Toppings: taco sauce, chow chow, sour cream
* Tortillas
1. Heat oil in big skillet
2. After thawing the chicken, slice into thin bite-size pieces. Add to the heated skillet and start to saute. Sprinkle the cumin all over the cooking chicken.
3. While chicken starts cooking - slice onion and add to the skillet.
4. Slice the pepper and add to the skillet. Make sure you cook everything long enough for the onion to carmelize - approx 15 min or until chicken is cooked through.
5. Add the drained & rinsed beans. Heat through for a few minutes.
6. Serve with tortillas & toppings - enjoy!
Ortega Taco Sauce - I don't know why - but I do. It's got an almost sweet flavor and just enough spice. Mrs. Renfros gave me the chow-chow and when I was getting toppings out I thought I'd use this as a salsa. It added a really great refreshing zing! Lastly - sour cream - can't give that up too!


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Chicago aldermen on Friday recommended paying a total of $12.3 million to two more victims of the notorious police torture scandal that has dogged the city for more than two decades and has already cost it more than $70 million.
The council's finance committee's recommendation to pay Ronald Kitchen and Marvin Reeves $6.15 million each to settle their lawsuits against the city will go next week to the full City Council, which will almost certainly approve it. If approved, it would bring the total the amount the city has paid to those victimized by the detective unit commanded by former Lt. Jon Burge to nearly $85 million.
With three so-called "Burge cases" pending and the possibility that more lawsuits could be filed if the convictions of dozens of other prison inmates who claim they were tortured by Burge and his detectives are overturned, clearly frustrated aldermen dismissed any suggestion that they are close to a final settlement.
"I am sure we're going to be sitting her for other cases from this man, Jon Burge, and his henchmen and what they did... to maim the young African American men in this city," said Alderman Joe Moreno.
While expressing optimism about the outcome of the three pending cases, the city's top attorney, Steve Patton, said, "I'm not going to tell you this saga is over because I don't think it is."
Before deciding to recommend settling the lawsuits, the aldermen listened Friday to Patton's recitation of what led to Kitchen's and Reeves' wrongful convictions. Such hearings, including one earlier this summer in which they agreed to pay an exonerated inmate $10 million, have almost become routine for the committee members.
Like many of the other cases, aldermen were told of torture that led to a false confession, the use of a highly suspect witness and evidence that did not add up, convictions and ultimately prison terms that stretched on for more than 20 years before freedom came.
Patton told the alderman of the 1988 slayings of two women and three children whose bodies were found after a fire on the city's South Side. Autopsies revealed the five had been suffocated with pillows and that the suspects had started the fire in an attempt to destroy evidence of the slayings.
Kitchen and Reeves were taken into custody, where each said they were tortured by police, Patton said. Kitchen said he confessed and implicated Reeves in order to stop the torture, which he said included being struck in the genitals with a blackjack. The two men were exonerated and released from prison in 2009 and later given certificates of innocence.
Patton, in urging the alderman to agree to the settlement, said the case had all sorts of other problems. There were questions about the credibility of a key witness, a convicted felon who told police that Kitchen admitted to him in phone conversations that he and Reeves had committed the slayings. Not only was the man a "convicted thief," but phone records show he couldn't have talked to Kitchen when he said he did, said Patton.
The hearing also included the by-now familiar laments of aldermen who angrily wondered why Burge continues to receive his pension despite being convicted in 2010 of lying under oath in a lawsuit by saying he never witnessed or participated in the torture of suspects. Burge is now serving a 4½-year sentence in federal prison.
"Why is it that we cannot cut Jon Burge off at the knees?" asked Alderman Carrie Austin. "We have to continue to pay his pension, we have to continue to pay everything for this man."
Attorney General Lisa Madigan has sued to stop Burge from receiving his $3,000-a-month pension, and Patton said the city must pay until that suit is resolved. He said that because Burge was acting in an official capacity, the city must continue to pay his legal fees.
Neither Kitchen nor Reeves was at the hearing.
Attorneys have been waging a legal battle to force former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to testify because Daley was the Cook County State's Attorney in the 1980s. The settlements end that fight in the lawsuit but attorneys said after the hearing they will continue to argue that Daley be compelled to testify in other Burge cases.
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Terrific Tacos at the Beverly Arts Fest Food Truck CourtPosted: June 23rd, 2013 | Author: JR | Filed under: Beverly, Event | Tags: Benny's Crepe Cafe, Beverly Arts Fest, Grillicious, North Shore Food Trucks, The Happy Taco | No Comments »
A chance to browse arts and crafts and sample offerings from food trucks lured us to Beverly last weekend for Arts Fest. It was a gorgeous day, and the event was well attended, which was great to see. The trucks gathered in a parking lot just off Cabot Street, and there were lines at every stand.
We weren't in the mood for lobster, but Rowand Seafood Market's lobster roll with chips, slaw, and a drink seemed like a good deal for $12. Across the lot, Anmol was offering a selection of Indian food that looked tasty.
We opted for the BBQ pulled pork sandwich ($8 with chips) from Beverly's Grillicious, but we weren't impressed. It had pineapple salsa that, combined with the sweetness of the BBQ sauce and the cream cheese at the bottom of the (not grilled) bun, just didn't work. It's possible they just weren't prepared for the crowds—the servers seem harried, and the grilled sandwiches on their Facebook page look much more appealing than what we saw.
We had the opposite experience at The Happy Taco truck (based in Gloucester). We tried the chicken and the baja fish tacos, and both were outstanding ($6 each). The chicken was tender and flavorful, the salsa was fresh, the veggies crunchy, and the corn tortilla was nicely grilled. The fish was fried to perfection and accompanied by a creamy sauce with a real kick to it.
Although the savory crepes at Benny's Crepe Café sounded appealing (smoked salmon, ham and cheese, and mediterranean are on offer), we were in the mood for dessert after our tacos and ordered the Elvis (peanut butter, banana, and bacon, $3.75). It was a great mix of flavors on a freshly made crepe and went down quite easily with a refreshing watermelon basil lemonade ($2.50).
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Another 2013 Hawaii real estate star ascends with agent Molly Harris of MacArthur & Company/Sotheby's International Realty going before cameras beginning today, January 19, shooting HGTV viewers on an 8 episode fantasy island tour of hot-listed properties matching the wish lists of "Live Here, Buy This" guests.
After a 2010 stint on HGTV's House Hunters International while living in Costa Rica, Harris was asked to showcase the best of the Big Island's tropical properties for HGTV's latest hit. "I'm excited to show what the Big Island of Hawaii has to offer. Above romantic beachfront properties, the real value of the alluring investments we represent has kept our clients happy and our company locally and internationally competitive for decades."
Harris returned home to Hawaii a year ago with a huge appreciation for the Big Island and the people who live there. "After running my own luxury real estate business in Costa Rica for years with the competition (Christie's), the only company I could possibly have joined next was MacArthur & Company/Sotheby's International Realty. While "Live Here, Buy This" will be great for all the real estate agencies in Hawaii, I'm glad to have the support of our global realty team, as well as working with strong, smart women like Dodie (MacArthur, CEO.) I'm also a HGTV junkie with a four-year old, so I can totally relate to the viewers needing to indulge fantasy options." After screening hundreds of properties, Harris can't wait to show how far dollars will stretch here on the Big Island over Hawaiian properties elsewhere.
When choosing the hosting real estate agent and agency for this initial run of their new season's eight episodes, "Live Here, Buy This," Rebecca Tyo of JV Productions, shared she sought out MacArthur and Company/Sotheby's International Realty because the brand is famed for beautiful listings and top professional agents – components trusted to show and sell properties which Hawaii home seekers and viewers alike crave.
Rebecca_Keliihoomalu , Senior VP, R(B), recently showcased a single room of Shangri-La for HGTV's show, "Million Dollar Rooms," highlighting again the company's commitment in partnering for success. Three out of the top ten top producers on Hawaii (H.I.S, 2012) are agents of MacArthur and Company/Sotheby's International Realty – a testament to the company's steadfast striving for dreams to come true for both clients and associates.
"Live Here, Buy This" ranks often among HGTV's number one shows in the 18-49 year old bracket — a great match for the brand reputation of Sotheby's International Realty's wider reach. With Molly's ease sharing real estate in front of global cameras, lining up with a great fantasy-fulfilling concept, a longstanding brokerage with an abundance of listings of all types, plus guests primed to explore options "… we're eager to show anyone can afford to live in paradise!" enthused Tyo.
Harris said she's as comfortable in her thigh-high snake boots shopping raw land and real estate in the jungle as she is slipping into heels for their firm's most upscale clients and HGTV viewers so stay tuned to see where the show steps out with Molly for Hawaiian dreams fulfilled on "Live Here, Buy This."
Click on links for more information on "Live Here, Buy This," Molly Harris, Dodie MacArthur and MacArthur & Company/Sotheby's International Realty. Follow us on: Facebook and Pinterest and stay tuned for air dates this coming summer, 2013.
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South African President Jacob Zuma is hoping to beef up the country's economy by launching a major infrastructure-building program. He's planning to invest nearly $40 billion to build water, road and rail infrastructure all over the country. Two-thirds will be dedicated to rail projects.
"For the year 2012 and beyond, we invite the nation to join government in a massive infrastructure development drive" he said during his State of the Nation address Thursday.
In addition to roads projects, dams and utilities, most of the infrastructure work is aimed at improving the country's vibrant mining industry by making better rail connections between mining areas and ports. Much of this investment will be focused on the northernmost province of Limpopo, where Zuma wants to "unlock the enormous mineral belt" of coal, platinum, palladium, chrome and other minerals.
He also proposes creating the Durban-Free State-Gauteng logistics and industrial corridor, which would run between the Johannesburg metropolitan area and the port city of Durban. Adding significant rail capacity here, as well as between mineral producing areas and ports, is expected to greatly increase the overall transportation infrastructure in the country.
In 2008, mining represented 5.6 percent of the country's GDP. But as the country's planning minister, Trevor Manuel, noted recently, the mining industry's contribution to the South African economy has been on a decline, dropping from a $13.5 billion contribution to GDP in 1993 to $12.2 billion in 2009.
He and Zuma argue that the country's lacking infrastructure has limited the success of the mining sector. All of this underlines the leadership's emphasis on sustaining the mining industry as a key jobs creator.
"The massive investment in infrastructure must leave more than just power stations, rail-lines, dams and roads," Zuma said. "It must industrialize the country, generate skills and boost much needed job creation."
But as the Mail and Guardian newspaper notes Zuma's speech, it's unclear exactly where the money to fund these projects will come from.
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Because of coronavirus, millions of tenants won't be able to write rent checks. But calls for a rent holiday often ignore the longer-term economic effects.
To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
Some renters and homeowners are getting financial assistance during the economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. What about landlords?
We must prepare for a protracted battle with coronavirus. But there are changes we can make now to prepare locked-down cities for what's next.
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A journalist with more than two decades of experience covering health care will address the law and important related issues during a free public lecture titled "Obamacare & The Media: The Good, The Bad and The Challenge Ahead" at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in downtown State College.
Phil Galewitz, a Penn State alumnus and a specialist in the field of health care journalism, will address how the media has performed in communicating the intricacies of the complicated and contentious law to the public. He will also discuss how journalists and public relations professionals cut through the ideological rhetoric that swirls around Obamacare, and how they can reach marginalized audiences.
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Washington, DC: The Flavor-Packed Cheeseburger from Palena Cafe
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3529 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 (map); 202-537-9250; palenarestaurant.com
Cooking Method: Wood grilled
Short Order: An umami bomb of a burger presented minimally with maximum flavor
Want Fries with That? Not included with the burger, but expertly fried truffle shoestring fries are a tasty complement
Price: Palena Cheese Burger, $13; shoestring fries, $8
If you've been paying attention, you'll know that the burger from Cleveland Park's Palena Cafe has been mentioned on Serious Eats numerous times in the past. Listed on various roundups and "best of" lists, it's been no secret that Palena's titular burger is generally considered to be one of the best in the city, so it's about time we gave it its own review.
One of the first things that came to mind when biting into the former White House chef Frank Ruta's Palena Cheese Burger ($13) was, to its great credit, Minetta Tavern's Black Label Burger—the kind of burger that relies so confidently on its primary constituent ingredients that it forgoes any embellishment. In fact, on the menu the only word next to the burger is "pickles."
The quality of Palena's burger lies, as it should, in the patty. A thoroughly fatty 60/40 mix of top round and chuck (and some Kobe or other steak cuts when they're available) gets topped with just a thin, lightly melted slice of Italian Sottocenere al tartufo truffled cheese and a garlic seasoned mayo. The flavor profile is delicate, but the burger gushes flavor and juice where it counts. This is sandwiched between a surprisingly thick and substantial house baked brioche bun that practically dwarfs the patty. The final product is understated, balanced, and packed with such dense flavor, it might catch you off guard (in a good way).
The eight-ounce patty is lightly handled and loosely packed to retain as much moisture and tenderness as possible. Wood-fired to medium-rare, it achieves a light but noticeable char that creates a nicely complementary crust, while the center retains an appetizing pinkness. The patty practically melts in your mouth without falling apart. It's the ideal form of a burger patty. The extra high fat content and occasional inclusion of high quality steak trimmings pump in extraordinary levels of umami that do not leave you wanting for extra toppings.
Speaking of, both the truffled cheese and garlic mayo are just subtle enough to add another dimension to the flavor without detracting from the meat. The garlic mayo is buttery and not overly mayo-y and, surprise, adds a sharp but slight garlic aroma. The truffled cheese, which is on the subtler side, adds a creamy, mellowing quality that helps to round out the extreme richness of the burger. The cheese, though, does not play a leading role, so the "cheese burger" name might be a mild misnomer (burger with cheese?).
Then there's the bun. A toasted, brioche sesame seed bun, it's dauntingly thick with a satisfying crunch. It seems like it might be too much bread, but in actuality, the bun serves as an effective safety net for the precious juices raining from the patty. As you handle it and it soaks up the flavor runoff, it compresses to a much more manageable size. It provides a lightly sweet, dense counterpoint.
The Palena Cheese Burger is plated as minimally as it's constructed. While the menu does say pickles, it sometimes comes served with a small bunch of carrots, cauliflower, and beets. Want of fries will lead you to an $8 bowl of shoestring fries that are just as understated, but superb. Exquisitely fried, skin-on truffle fries that are ideally crisp and not over salted. Well worth it.
The overall quality of Palena's burger notwithstanding, it's worth noting that at just $13, it punches well above its weight class. You could pit it against burgers at much higher price points (perhaps even the Black Label Burger) and it wouldn't fare unfavorably (although the ultimate outcome would undoubtedly depend on the eater). If you've missed this burger after all of the accolades it's received in the past few years, get yourself to Palena and try it for yourself.
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