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ASVP is a New York based artistic team of two that began working together over 8 years ago and has more than 20 years of combined creative experience. Here the duo has teamed up for their first Run with 1xRun.com with a 15 x 20 hand pulled screenprint China Cheerleader. Read on for a slew of process photos, mural flicks and the 1xRun Thru Interview with the guys from ASVP.
1xRun Thru Interview
ASVP – China Cheerleader
1xRun: What materials was China Cheerleader printed on/drawn with?
ASVP: The original artwork went through multiple drawings first in pencil, then with pen & ink and ultimately scanned and further refined on the computer.
1xRun: When was China Cheerleader drawn/created?
ASVP: The original art was created over the last 3-4 months.
1xRun: What is unique about this Run?
ASVP: This is the first edition of this image that we have created, this in itself makes it a special print. There may be other iterations of this image but this will always be the first.
1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?
ASVP: The piece marries eastern and western cultural iconography. It mashes-up western popular culture imagery and influence with traditional eastern imagery and influence.
1xRun: How long did the piece take?
ASVP: The original artwork took about three months to draw. the printing process was done over a day and a half.
1xRun: When did you first start making art?
ASVP: We both started at very young ages maybe 4 or 5.
1xRun: What artists were you inspired by early on?
ASVP: Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Pushead, Milton Glaser, Paul Davis & Maurice Sendak.
1xRun: What artists inspire you now?
ASVP: There are many, on the street we've always been fans of Faile, Skewville, QRST and Faust.
1xRun: What else do you have currently in the works?
ASVP: We're working on a number of new images that will break in 2012, we're looking forward to sharing those with everyone as they develop.
1xRun: Where can people find you across the internette?
ASVP: Website – Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
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The identity of the owner of the most valuable home in British Columbia remains shrouded in secrecy, hidden behind confidentiality agreements and an offshore company.
But when you own one of the best view properties in the province and spend millions of dollars and more than seven years to completely transform it, privacy is important.
For the owner of the 25,000-square-foot mansion at 4707 Belmont Ave. overlooking Spanish Banks in Vancouver, the cost of that privacy can now be pegged at $39.2 million. That's the value the B.C. Assessment Authority has placed this year on the spectacular and luxurious new home that sits on nearly two acres of gated land with sweeping views of Howe Sound, the city and the North Shore mountains.
The home is located at the start of a relatively short, poorly maintained road without sidewalks that is nonetheless so geographically valuable that no less than nine of the top 25 highest-value homes in B.C. are situated on it.
Architect Russell Hollingsworth designed and built the mansion for the reclusive owner, who reportedly is from Ontario. Hollingsworth said he's under a confidentiality agreement and can't disclose anything about the owner, but he said the project was one of the largest he's undertaken.
Hollingsworth's company, Rusco Enterprises, is so sought after by the city's wealthy that five of the 10 most-valuable homes in B.C. were designed and built by him. One of those is Lululemon fashion owner Chip Wilson, whose home at 3085 Point Grey Rd. is the second-most-valuable home in B.C., at $35.2 million. Last year, it was at the top of the assessment authority's list.
The Belmont mansion includes a 13,534-square-foot lap-pool, a 4,705-square-foot squash court, and a 665-square-foot porch. Overall, the entire project, which took six years to complete, covers nearly 45,000 square feet of development.
Land title records show the property is owned by Pisonii (PTC) Ltd., a company not registered in B.C. When the property was purchased in 2005, it was bought by a related company, Pisonii Ltd., registered in the British Virgin Islands where corporate identities are protected.
Hollingsworth said the family moved into the home last year after the work was completed. He wouldn't otherwise discuss the improvements to the site.
Peter Ferry, a lawyer with Gowlings in Vancouver, said he represents the owners and they have declined to comment or identify themselves.
"It's not the royal family, and you are not the paparazzi," he said. "It is a private residence. It is not something people with their homes want to discuss.
"We're aware this attracts attention. We're not trying to be jerks, but ... my instructions are that there is just no comment."
Tony Rojac, whose company Architectural Stone Masonry of Sumas did much of the stonework, said he also couldn't disclose the identity of the owner. He said he met the man once during the summer when a barbecue was held to thank everyone who worked on the project.
The property was once owned by high-flying Vancouver businessman Nelson Skalbania.
The other eight owners on Belmont Ave. who have cracked the B.C. Assessment Authority's top-25 list of most-valued properties include the Khosrowshahi family, founders of FutureShop and Wesbild; investment banker David Sidoo and his wife Manjy; philanthropists Joe and Rosalie Segal; Canaccord Financial founder Peter Brown; Mohammad Mohseni; Lei Qi Zheng; Marcus and Hana Wosk; and an offshore company, Rosy Palace Investments.
The newest buyers on Belmont were the Wosks, the son and daughter-in-law of the late businessman and philanthropist Morris Wosk. Last June, they paid $20 million for a massive two-acre estate at 4851 Belmont Ave., on which sits a 76-year-old mansion.
The list of the top-200 most-valuable homes in B.C. can be found at bcassessment.ca.

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Ask the Critic: Are Cronuts Worth the Line?
You have restaurant questions? We have answers. Where to take a dinner date? Restaurants good for parents or picky eaters? Food etiquette? Food and restaurant writer Carey Jones answers your questions. Email [email protected] to submit.
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This week on Ask the Critic: You've heard about cronuts, Dominique Ansel's croissant-doughnut hybrid. Are they worth the line?
Are Cronuts Worth the Line?
I can't stop hearing about "cronuts" from Dominique Ansel. I was visiting friends in Philadelphia last weekend from NY and more than one person asked me if I'd tried them. Even friends who don't care about food have forwarded me articles about cronuts. Tell it to me straight: are they worth it? Am I missing out by not standing in line?
In a word? No.
But let me qualify that.
Dominique Ansel is a superb bakery; it's been my favorite in Manhattan since it opened a year and a half ago. Ansel sells the best pastry I've ever eaten, anywhere, ever: the DKA (Dominique's Kouign-Amman). At Serious Eats, you know it's a special day when the DKAs show up. A half-dozen appeared for my birthday. They played a starring role in my goodbye breakfast when I left the Serious Eats office.
Want something (dare I say it) better than a cronut? Show up to Dominique Ansel after opening. (Although not too late, because other baked goods can sell out too.) Walk in, no crazed scalpers in sight, and pick up a few DKAs. They've got everything you're looking for. Crazy crisped-up croissant dough edges and layers? Check. Something even sweeter and richer within? Check. A supremely tasty pastry, and something you've probably never had before? Check.
There's no secondary market for DKAs, but to me, that's a positive. I can actually, you know, buy one.
Are cronuts delicious? Well, yes. But is anything of a single serving worth $30, bought from a shady guy on Craigslist delicious? I'd venture a no.
I have nothing but respect for Dominique Ansel and think his bakery deserves every bit of attention it's getting. But the guy is no one-hit wonder, no gimmick-maker, and I hope people don't think of him that way. Clearly, he's hit upon a brilliant (or at least wildly popular) idea, and hey, more power to him. But he's not a cronut machine. I've had out-of-town friends ask me about cronuts, too. My response? Dominique Ansel is a fabulous bakery. Go there. Get a DKA. Get a few warm, baked-to-order madeleines, or crisp-edged canelés. Or anything else. And hey, if you somehow hit cronut hour? Do it.
But to get up before dawn and wait in line with people who may never have heard of Dominique Ansel before, who don't really care if they get the best pastry—just need the cronut that everyone's talking about? Not so much.
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We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
manfred wrote:This surprises you? As I said they are are testimony of FAITH. They wrote down for other what they believe and why. It is less of an "evolution" but an interpretation. They tell us their experience and what it means to them.
I can. He is real and right now lives in the Whitehouse.manfred wrote:If I said Donald Duck is real, how do you prove me wrong?
manfred wrote:(we don't know exactly who they are, maybe friends of the family, many some relatives)
manfred wrote:maybe they feared a scandal, or possibly violence
manfred wrote:Mary therefore did not call Jesus mad, as she only arrived at the scene after that. And the whole passage says nothing at all about what Mary actually believed about Jesus at that time.
manfred wrote:Similarly, the passing reference in John's gospel that Mary asked people to do as Jesus had requested hardly amounts to much. If you say to your son "put the rice on the table" and your wife says "do as he says." does that mean your wife believes you are the son of God?
again a crowd gathered, When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind"
what prophet did or said usually are quite scandalous, & people shouldnt stop thing that prophet do,
After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they travelled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
manfred wrote:The word used is not "family" is the way we understand that. It is "family" in the classical sense: people connected to you in every day life. It COULD be blood relatives, but also people like your neighbours, friends your work colleagues, anyone who makes up "your world".
manfred wrote:Then ten verses later we are told we are told who were NOT involved in calling Jesus "mad": his mother and his brothers.
manfred wrote:Why did Mary go there?
manfred wrote:Well wouldn't any mother on hearing her son may be in possible trouble?
manfred wrote:This contradicts your idea Mary was either ignorant of who her son was or thought him mad, and does not match the story line. (Unless you are suggesting Mary had Altzheimer's disease and had forgotten what happened the day before.)
why Jesus respond to them with the response as if those who believe that Jesus is Son of God/Messenger of God/not crazy preacher,
manfred wrote:garudaman, we are going round in circles. I have explained it to you, several times now.
manfred wrote:Why do you put two verses together as if they follow each other, when they are ten verses apart?
manfred wrote:And this is a topic about the Qur'an, so why do you want lengthy discussions about the gospels? It certainly seems that the texts themselves have little interest for you.
manfred wrote:You know that there are serious problems with the Qur'an's treatment of Mary, so rather than trying to address those you are trying, very feebly, to find problems about Mary in the gospels too.
manfred wrote:Do you really misunderstand that part so completely?
I already mentioned that to you too. This is what Mark wanted to say by telling the whole story... Jesus is starting his ministry, and he needs to step away from his immediate family to do that effectively.
manfred wrote:Jesus is not responding to the "mad" thing here at all, he is explaining that he is here for all people with good intentions and not just for his family.
manfred wrote:Sometimes this passage is read when a man or a woman joins a monastery, to remind people that in following Christ closely, you need to give family and friends "second place".
debunked explanation is not explanation.
his family
they went to take charge of him,
l?you mean based on your unhistorical Gospel? so why i should address "that problem" while "that problem" actually isnt really problem as your base actually is unhistorica
you mean if their families & friends arent also joins to ministry, right?
manfred wrote:already explained. "family" is used more more loosely in ancient times than we do today. We know from what follows that his mother and his brothers were not meant with that, as they were not yet present.
manfred wrote:verses 33-35
Jesus refuses to be called by his mother, saying that he wants to finish what he started.
manfred wrote:The problem in the Qur'an is that it says Jesus is the nephew of Moses, that they knew each other, and Moses was the uncle of Jesus, as Mary was the sister of Moses. Either that or Mary was 1400 years old when Jesus was born....whichever of the two you prefer.
manfred wrote:A MONASTERY is a place where monks (or nuns) live.
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I've been Plain since 2006, along with my husband. He was naturally plain, I think; even as a child, when his mother, a very good seamstress, would make him fashionable shirts and clothes, he would only wear them to please her, preferring jeans and dark shirts. He was a natural for clergy garb – black pants, black shirt with the funny white plastic tab in the collar. (I absolutely despise those tabs.) He'll wear the same shirts now, without the insert. Oddly, he always hated belts – the buckles were never plain enough for him, and he's not shaped well for a belt, anyway. When I switched his trousers to braces buttons, he was well-pleased.
He hates suits. When he's had to wear one, especially if it means a tie, he looks like a dressed-up bear. He rolls his arms forward and leans out of the tie. He no longer has either.
My journey to Plain is well-documented here; I don't need to recapitulate. I've survived the hostility from friends and family, and in some cases, I'm still waiting for some people to come mend their side of the fence. Those that don't like it can go on not liking it; I'm done defending myself because for Heaven's sake, I have done nothing wrong in this.
Should others become Plain? Only if called. When the call is felt, it is inescapable. I was probably called from childhood. I loved Plain people, Quakers and Amish. I loved nuns in traditional habits. I thought our Baptist ministers in their suits and coloured ties were real peacocks compared to the Catholic and Anglican priests! (I've since met some really flamboyant dressers, and have toned down my opinions.)
We do need to think about Plain when we are called. It will be a long, hard meditation, with a lot of wavering. It isn't vanity to take pains with Plain when we start. It took me a couple of years to refine what I needed to do. Some of it is pragmatic – the stiff caps instead of soft caps, the length of skirts, the choices of colours. (My husband is partially blind for the last year and more; I've switched to brighter colours so he can see me more easily.)
Dressing in the morning is now more than undies, jeans and a pullover. I have to consciously think of how the clothes go on, and remember why I am doing it. Long dresses, some of them cotton, require shifts and such underneath, and an apron (or some such) over for modesty. (I have a lot to be modest about,which I used to flaunt, or at least emphasize. I'm not ashamed of it, but it isn't what I need to present first to the world.) Priests of the high church party used to have cards outlining the prayers they were to say as they put on their ecclesial garments, a practice derived late in the 19th century from the vesting prayers of the Orthodox Church, which are ancient. I have used both, although when alone my vesting prayers were along the lines of "Please, God, don't let me say anything stupid out there, and keep me from tripping over my cassock again."
In the church, I was plain at the altar. I wore cassock and surplice (a really long one that looked like a nightie; it subbed as an angel costume) and black stole, known as a tippet. This is also called a preaching stole. I very rarely wore coloured stoles, an alb or a chasuble – the round garment that signifies the prist who is celebrating the communion. Some priests wear their university hood with cassock and surplice and stole. I was taught to wear one or the other, hood or stole. I've lost my hood, and I doubt if I will replace it. It says to the people, I think, "I'm smarter than you." There were times I would get called out of the vestry, not get back in, and start the service in just cassock. I sometimes said the service in street clothes. Everyone there knew who I was and what I did, why did I need special clothes?
Things I like about Plain: I don't send mixed messages. I don't look rich, or sexy, or trying to look younger than I am. People ask me questions in a friendly way. Sometimes I have amusing encounters with people who guess all the wrong things about me (except that I am rich, sexy or young.) I can make my own clothes and ear them for years without anyone wodnering why I'm out of style. My shoes are comfortable. I get to wear aprons.
It is an easy vocation, now that I've done it for quite a while. It is a blessing.


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If I were to name my favorite NY socialite/ fashionista, it would be Olivia Palermo. I think the Australian Vogue agrees too! Ms. Palermo was recently name as Miss Vogue #12 and appeared on the front page of The Vogue Australia webpage. Here are some of her editorials:
pics are from Vogue.au
Photo by Darren McDonald.
Styled by Christine Centenera.


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This week's post is courtesy of Tricia J. O'Brien. She has a BBQ (Broken Bruised Question) about the ribs. Sorry if that made you hungry. But it got your attention, didn't it? :)
One of my characters has fractured a rib and has a contusion on her lung. She is taken to ER where she is scanned. Can you tell me what the ER doctor would do first? Once it's determined she is in danger of respiratory distress, would she be put in ICU? And what would they do to a semi-conscious, weak person with such an injury--oxygen, IV, any thing else?
Great question. I'm not sure what caused the accident, but someone with rib fractures and a pulmonary (lung) contusion probably recieved a strong, blunt trauma to the chest. These days the most likely cause is a motor vehicle accident.
In the ER, when a person comes in with trauma, shortness of breath, chest pain and a history of blunt trauma, several things will probably happen at once. The sicker the patient looks, the faster it happens. If they came in by ambulance, some things may have already been done (neck immobilized in a hard brace; IV running already, part of the history obtained.) They might be strapped to a hard board to keep their spine straight and help transfer the patient.
1. A nurse (or several nurses) will get vital signs. The patient be hooked up to a monitor to show blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rates, and an oxygen monitor will be placed on their finger. A nurse or technician will probably try to insert an IV and obtain blood tests. Likely oxygen via facemask or nasal cannula will be given. Once the IV is in, fluids will probably be administered. The neck may be immobilized until there is evidence that there is no cervical spinal injury.
2. A doctor or triage nurse will obtain a history about what happened. If the patient can't tell, the family, witnesses, or ambulance crew will be giving this info.
3. Another doctor will start examining the patient while this is all going on. They'll assess how the patient is breathing, check the vital signs, listen to the heart and chest, and check for signs of trauma to the head and neck, do a neuro exam.
4. As for scanning, a portable chest X-ray might be done in the middle of this. The team will scatter to avoid the radiation for a few seconds and come back to the bedside. In some major trauma centers, if the patient is stable enough, they'll just take them directly to get a CT scan of the chest. Sooner or later, the CT will eventually be done.
5. Some trauma centers may also do a bedside ultrasound to look for air between the lung and the chest wall (pneumothorax) or fluid around the heart (pericardial effusion or tamponade).
I'd assume that this patient is so sick that they have signs of a pulmonary contusion (blunt damage to the lung) and AT LEAST 3 broken ribs. If the ribs are broken each in two places, they might have something called a flail chest, when a chunk of the ribs don't move in concert with the rest of the rib cage.
If the patient is very short of breath, has low oxygen sats (hypoxia), they'd need to be admitted for observation. If the breathing problems are very severe, the patient would need to be intubated or put on a breathing mask to help. Anyone intubated would automatically be in an ICU setting. There, they would receive IV pain medicine and fluids. The respiratory status would be closely monitored. Antibiotics would be given if there are signs of infection (fever, developing pneumonia).
If the patient is semi-conscious, there has to be a reason for this. Pain medicine making them sleepy or a little fainting is one thing; semi-concious because of the accident is a signal that head trauma may be a factor, and that's a whole other kettle of fish! (or post, whichever!)
More likely, the patient will be anxious, short of breath, and in terrible pain. If you want them to have head trauma, you'll have to write that in too!
Hope this helps Tricia. And I'm sure I didn't answer all your questions, but if you have more, feel free to email me!
Please keep in mind this post is for writing purposes only and is not to be construed as medical advice!
All I ask in return is that you become a follower of my blog and post a link on your blog when I post. Easy peasy.
Also, don't forget to check out Mental Health Mondays at Laura's Blog!


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The Trappings of Conformity
I understand that in today's world there is surmounting pressure to dumb one's self down in order to gain acceptance — to fit in, to be liked. Satisfaction can be had by the simple click of a mouse; children's role models come in cute, skinny Paris Hilton and Justin Timberlake packages; department stores offer "free gifts with purchase", knowing that people are just begging to be duped.
I am not one of those people.
Of course, the backlash can be unsettling, but I remain steadfast in my intelligence despite the ever-growing pressures of modern society. I do my homework. I know I'm right. I am in touch with the people even if that means being smarter than theyare.
Allen Krause, on the other hand, intelligent as he is on paper, fails to overcome the pitfalls of conformity and it has never been more evident than in his last two posts: The Filibuster, 67 Years…and Counting.
I refuse to waste any more time correcting the flawed logical processes of my opponent on the magnitude of hitting .400. I also refuse to delve any further into whether or not today's players are more prepared than they were 60 years ago due to advancements in technology, scouting, preparation. The bottom line is, I was right the first time, and I still am.
However, there are two major issues I must address here because US Americans deserve to know the Truth and shouldn't be subjected to the wreckless writings of a man so out of touch with reality and so out of touch with the people's needs rather than the people's wants that he is willing to lead conforming masses down Blasphemy Road.
Mr. Krause wrote:
"…Barry Bonds was usually stuck out in right field."
No, sir. Barry Bonds played left field. Any one who doesn't know that automatically loses all credibility and doesn't deserve to have a voice.
Mr. Krause also wrote:
"Willie Mays' basket catch is replicated on a daily basis by minor leaguers all over the country."
Oh, really? Is that so, Mr. Krause?
Do me a favor. Sit down, take that tin foil off your head, remove the mainlining needle from your arm and come back to Earth, pal.
Replicated on a daily basis? That is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard you say and you've said a lot of dumb things. Obviously, you know nothing about one of the greatest baseball moments of all time: Willie Mays and The Catch. And I guarantee you that this play is NOT "replicated on a daily basis by minor leaguers all over the country". If it was, the so-called players making these so-called plays would be so-called Major Leaguers. Your statement, Mr. Krause, cancels itself out, double-talk, double-talk.
For the record, what made Mays' catch The Catch wasn't exactly the act of making an over-the-shoulder basket play on the ball, extraordinary as that was. What made it so spectacular, according to those in attendance, was the fact that Willie was playing a very shallow center field in the extremely spacious Polo Grounds of New York when Vic Wertz connected on a bomb blast. It would have been a home run in today's ballparks — and it was evident right off the bat that the ball was going to soar over an unsuspecting Mays.
Except Willie Mays had crazy speed.
He broke, he ran and he ran and he ran and he looked up, turned around, put out his glove, caught it, whirled around, fired to second, and his hat fell off.
That was The Catch. A ball that no one else in the world would've had a chance to catch. Mays caught it.
Shame on you, Allen Krause, for attempting to steal the thunder from perhaps the greatest baseball player of all time. Shame on you.
In all honesty, I do feel sorry for you, Mr. Krause. It must hurt to know you're just another victim of the trappings of conformity. It must hurt to be but just a tiny grub in the food chain of a menacing Trapdoor Spider. I can't imagine what that must feel like — but I'm sure it ain't good 'cuz I've seen the footage (*note, the good part is at the end):


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What is going to happen to Private Corporations and Businesses?
Why do people become 'business people?' To make a living. What happens when you no longer have to 'make a living' through having to work due to sheer survival? You'll be able to actually consider what You would like to spend your lifetime on.
Corporations, enterprises and businesses are systematic entities that have been created from the starting point of producing, manufacturing or providing a service wherein the driving force is primarily the profit that results from such economic activities. What should've been the single act of producing that which we require to live effectively has become something more than 'giving and taking' in equal terms. Instead, it's become a good way of earning substantial amounts of money through the surplus acquired at the moment of selling the product. That's capitalism: capitalizing and placing value upon all that is here to become a 'product' which can be bought and sold, entailing some extra-benefit as a result of such transaction.
What has stemmed from this profit-driven economic activity of production and sales? The natural order of this world that includes all resources as the prime matter of everything that can be currently sold, has been disregarded, abused and violated because Money has become the most important aspect in a human being's life. We're all responsible of having accepted and allowed the inherent separation that we've created of money as a barrier that defines our ability to have access to everything that is here, and getting that 'access' has become a matter of survival that has been conducted with our consent until now. This is the first point that will change within the transitional phases toward an Equal Money System.
One of the first moves will be to expropriate all the resources from the current private holders which are mostly the owners and investors within transnational corporations. This process will allow the resources to be sold as usual – though the profit earned will be now (re)distributed to everyone as the Basic Income Grant which is the initial phase that will be implemented within the current capitalist system toward an equal society. This will be the 'beginning of the end' of such monopolies around the world having control over certain resources for the sake of money and power.
Once we establish the Equal Money System, we'll de-capitalize nature, resources and basically everything that is here for that matter. All industries, corporations and businesses will go through an evaluation process wherein we will determine through the logistics and data of what is actually used and required in this world, including the continuation of such factories, industries and/or businesses. This will be the first step toward the end of all corruption and monopolization wherein the already-built infrastructure will be used to produce and provide, thus ensuring equal access for all as there will be no point of separation between people and accessibility to such resources/products created according to the current rules of the system.
What will happen to those who own such corporations/ businesses? They will be able to receive equal access just like everyone else, and all that will change is their ability to control and create profit out of what once was their private property. There will be no 'private property' and no-thing to capitalize, thus 'working' will become a single aspect to simply create and maintain the requirements in place here in this world, while no one will be able to benefit from it in any superior/unequal way.
What drives people to create business and such high-standard corporations at the present time? To be dead-honest: ambition and greed. The desire of money has become the single driving force within this system, thus businesses and corporations have become abusive and deceitful because everything and anything is done to obtain 'the most' out of such opportunities to make money, which also leads to the detriment of quality in such products and services. The damage done as part of these greed-driven/profit-driven corporations is now apparent through the deplorable conditions that people often work in, while industrialization has led to even greater alienation and disregard of human lives being the actual force that allows the entire machinery to move. We must now focus on establishing life itself as the first and foremost value, as it includes everything that is here. Within this, no more abuse of animals, plants, natural resources and human labor will result from any form of production activity.
There will be no need to 'sell' per se, as nothing will be 'for sale' or have a 'price tag.' Everything will be equally available here as part of this world. We'll simply have to establish the parameters of what is required to produce as 'basic needs,' and any other points that will require further investigation to create and develop things that may have never existed due to money having been the limitation. For example, this would include things that can make our life-experience actually enjoyable and fulfilling in all ways, without being something exclusive or only attainable for some. We already have the necessary infrastructure for that, so we'll keep this in place and gear it towards new best-for-all quality standards where the least harm is inflicted through creating, developing, and producing our needs and new creations.
Businesses and Corporations will cease to exist as hierarchical systems, as they have been the epitome and base foundation of how capitalism has led to an extreme polarization of society through a monetary system in which only a few get the most on top, while those at the bottom of the pyramid do most of the work while rarely ever seeing any acceptable remuneration in their pockets. All of that will be gone forever. No more abuse will exist in any way whatsoever as no one will have more 'power' than another in order to enslave them to do anything. All work will be self-willed as part of the force that creates something that is required by all equally, which includes yourself.
At this point we are able to brainstorm and develop creations that will enhance our living experience on Earth. It will be an actual opportunity to express and invent without the involvement of money, without the involvement of monopolies to threaten within our creativity and the ability to share our work/creations with others without having any mercantile relationship involved. Life will not be for Sale, but only for giving and receiving in equal ways, just like a tree provides its fruit for us while we'll make sure it's got the necessary water and conditions to continue its lifecycle.


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PureDWTS Season 18, Week 1 – Power Rankings
So season 18 – the season of "lots of big changes", and I'm not so sure I'm liking them. Right off the bat – skeptical about Erin as a cohost. Seems like she isn't about playing 2nd banana to Tom – felt like she was just waiting for her turn to talk, and was trying too hard to be clever and funny when asking her questions…which, by the way, were exactly what I worried they would be: pointed, uncomfortable, and at times, salacious. Not sure if it's her asking those questions (or somebody up in the booth feeding them to her), but I'm not liking the gossipy, almost tabloid-y direction the show is taking – suddenly, we have to know who's dating who, and what their significant others think about their partners, and who stole who's boyfriend in the past, etc. Seemed especially evident when Erin was needling-er, interviewing Cody & Witney – didn't really enjoy the tone of that one in particular, as it sounded to me like Erin was throwing some serious shade in Witney's direction ("Well, I think you're a distraction!"). Just SHUT UP, Erin – I had my fill of you channeling Regina George back in season 10. Remember: those who stir the sh*t pot should have to lick the spoon. 😉
And then there's the "rivalries" – ugh. The three major ones that they seem to be pushing are Meryl vs. Charlie, Cody vs. James, and Candace vs. Danica. And while Conrad may have referred to them as "healthy rivalries" in his press release – I would hardly call dredging up 20-year-old drama about stolen boyfriends to be "healthy". Are we sure the Muppets in the production office haven't been replaced by high school girls? Because some of this stuff is seriously immature. But hey, if they're gonna continue pushing the rivalries – guess I'll do a weekly scorecard of them, too, since these things seem to be UBER-IMPORTANT on DWTS these days. But anyhow…shall I get on with the rankings? 🙂
1.) Charlie & Sharna – Can't say I'm too surprised here, as we had heard that Charlie's routine was "REALLY good!" and we all kind of expected both he & Meryl to easily handle their routines. Was pleasantly surprised at how well he handled the (pretty short) section of side-by-side contemporary choreography – he seems to really get the "pulse" of contemporary, and knows how to use his limbs properly. He's obviously SPECTACULAR doing lifts, and he handled the many ones Sharna threw at him without so much as a bobble…but that's probably my one big critique of this routine: it was very, VERY lift-heavy. Seemed like most of the routine was either prepping for a lift or doing the lift, as opposed to doing any separate steps. Contemporary does NOT mean "do all sorts of lifts!" I would caution Sharna not to get tempted to throw every lift she knows into any routine in which it's allowed, simply because her partner is quite possibly even a better lifter than Tony. Beyond that, I really enjoyed it, and I'm excited to see what else this partnership can do. Read more..


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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a new name for a very old condition. In the earlier 1900s, it was known as "shell shock" or "battle fatigue." Before then, it had no name. In PTSD, a witness or victim of a terrible event or tragedy is so haunted by memories of the event that personal health and personality is affected. These symptoms persist for more than one month after the traumatic event, and occur together with other conditions such as depression, anxiety, or substance abuse.
Research suggests that 9.2% of the Canadian population will be affected at one time in their life with PTSD. Women are twice as likely to be affected as men. The specific type of trauma is important in the gender distribution. For example, women exposed to a physical attack or threatened with a weapon are more likely to develop PTSD than men who are exposed to the same trauma. But women who are sexually assaulted are less likely to develop PTSD than men who are sexually assaulted. About 76% of Canadians have been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lifetime and about 43% of those individuals can present with PTSD.
The kinds of events that can trigger PTSD were traditionally limited to the most violent and frightening situations, such as being involved in a plane crash, a shooting, or the collapse of a building after an earthquake or bomb. The main source of such trauma is war, and in North America the largest category of PTSD sufferers are war veterans. Much of what we know about this syndrome comes from studies involving former soldiers.
More recently, the definition has broadened. People who suffer rape or physical or sexual abuse may react in much the same way as those who have witnessed carnage or been threatened by violent death. Particular risk factors such as early age trauma, a history of childhood abuse, personality or psychiatric disorders, or a family history of psychosis, may make certain individuals more likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder. In this context, PTSD among children has become a major focus because they are particularly likely to develop the symptoms associated with this condition.
In Canada, the lifetime rate of PTSD was highest in those who were sexually assaulted or had experienced a sudden, unexpected death of a loved one.
The most noticeable signs in a person suffering from PTSD are introversion and joylessness. People with this syndrome are unable to take pleasure from things they might have enjoyed in the past. They avoid the company of others and become generally more passive than before. They wish to avoid anything that will trigger memories of the traumatic event. A person with PTSD might drift out of a conversation and appear distant and withdrawn. This is known among soldiers as a "thousand-yard stare." This is a sign that unpleasant memories have returned to haunt them.
Having trouble sleeping is almost inevitable in this syndrome. Nightmares are common, and even when someone with PTSD is not thinking about the event, sleep is often disturbed. A common symptom among veterans is nocturnal myoclonus, a sudden spasm of the whole body while sleeping or drifting off into sleep. It lasts for about a fraction of a second, but may occur several times in a single night. Often people with PTSD will sleep through such a spasm, but their partner may not. Children with PTSD may have many nightmares, yet those dreams may not contain anything that's obviously related to the original trauma.
Psychiatrists speak of three symptoms that define PTSD – intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal. Intrusion is the inability to keep memories of the event from returning. Avoidance is an attempt to avoid stimuli and triggers that may bring back those memories. Hyperarousal is similar to jumpiness. It may include insomnia (trouble sleeping), a tendency to be easily startled, a constant feeling that danger or disaster is nearby, an inability to concentrate, extreme irritability, or even violent behaviour.
Depression is very likely to go hand in hand with PTSD, and in severe cases, suicide is a real danger. People with this syndrome, as with any psychiatric illness, are more likely than average to abuse alcohol or drugs. Psychiatrists see this as an attempt to self-medicate the condition, but naturally the drugs involved are very unlikely to improve the situation. People with PTSD are 2 to 4 times more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, or substance abuse.
The diagnosis of PTSD is based on 5 specific features that must be present for at least one month and cause significant distress or impact on a person's daily life and functioning that is not caused by another medical condition, medication, or substance (e.g., alcohol):
A diagnosis of PTSD may also present with particular subtypes. Some people may have dissociative symptoms in which they persistently feel detached from their mental state (depersonalization) or feel that they are out-of-sync with reality, as if they are in a "dream-like" state (derealization). Others may have a delayed expression, meaning that they don't quite meet the requirements for PTSD until at least six months after the traumatic event.
Treatment can be effective for PTSD and involves psychological intervention as well as medications.
The main psychological treatment for treating PTSD is cognitive-behavioural therapy. This means examining the thought processes associated with the trauma, the way memories return, and how people react to them. PTSD often fades over time, even without treatment, and the goal of therapy is to accelerate that natural healing process.
Because the horror may fade over time, being confronted with memories of the trauma when in a safe situation may help a person over time to become less frightened or depressed by those memories. This is called desensitization, which is often combined with cognitive behavioural therapy. Psychological treatments are particularly helpful for the "re-experiencing symptoms" and any social or vocational impairment caused by PTSD.
Medications that may be used in treatment are serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs). Most people with PTSD will benefit from taking antidepressant medications, whether or not they have clinical depression accompanying their PTSD. They help with decreasing negative symptoms, such as irritability, anger, or depression, but have little effect on the avoidance and numbing symptoms of PTSD. SSRIs are usually started at low doses and increased slowly. It normally takes 4 to 6 weeks to determine the full effectiveness of the medication. Drowsiness and sexual dysfunction are common side effects of these medications. Less commonly, medications called serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) may be used to treat PTSD.
Other medications (e.g., those that help balance mood and reduce mood swings, or antipyschotics) may also help to relieve symptoms.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2019. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/PTSD


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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Insight, Integrity & Integration: Lessons Learned From a Decade of Innovation at Levi Strauss & Co.
In The Duncan Anderson Design Department Gallery at CSULB
Kris presents a discussion about lessons learned in the identification, development and execution of a number of key product innovations, at Levi Strauss & Co., over the past 10 years — what worked, what didn't and why. She will also share her thoughts on insight generation methodologies that drive ideas and techniques to inspire creativity.
Kris is currently the Senior Director at Levi's® Brand R&D/Concept. In this role, Kris leads the development of new and emerging product innovations for Levi's® globally. She is responsible for ideation through prototype and product development in preparation for commercialization into the business units.
With over 30 years of experience in apparel design and product development, Kris is an innovative, seasoned leader, focused on identifying new product opportunities anchored in consumer insights and brand strategies.
In 1992, Kris joined LS&Co. as a designer for Dockers® For Women. Over the course of her career, she has held a variety of important senior level positions. In 2002, she was promoted to Senior Director, Advanced Innovation Team. In this emerging role, Kris led LS&Co.'s innovation team that resulted in the successful development and launch of the Go Khaki and Never Iron products for Dockers®. In 2004, the position evolved into a global role leading the Global Innovation Group.
Kris is passionate about innovation and product. She pioneered the development of LS&Co's innovation processes which led to the launch of Levi's® Eco jeans and more recently Levi's® Curve ID Jeans for Women.


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Posted By: Rebecca W., working with CIVIC's Erica in Afghanistan
At 3pm on July 22, 2006, Amanullah sent his ten-year old son to get a much-needed haircut. As usual, the father and son had been working since the morning selling ice-cream from their cart. This day, however, changed that routine forever. As his son reached the hairdressers, a suicide bomber exploded a car-full of explosives that were directed at a convoy of Canadian troops. Eight civilians, including Amanullah's son, were killed.
Amanullah immediately ran over to help his son. A second suicide bomb then exploded and shrapnel became embedded in Amanullah's feet, legs and arms. Since that day, Amanullah has found it almost impossible to support his family of six women and small children. He no longer has an assistant to help him with the ice-cream cart and his injuries make it difficult for him to undertake the hard physical labor required to make and sell ice-cream.
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Using new terrain maps obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. has created the most realistic simulation of all the moon phases through an entire year—2013. It's mesmerizing.
This visualization shows the phase and libration of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at hourly intervals. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this version of the visualization shows additional relevant information, including the Moon's orbit position, subsolar and subearth points, distance from the Earth, and more.
The animation shows at hourly intervals, the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the Moon's axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2013. Topographic measurements by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter make it possible to simulate shadows on the Moon's surface with unprecedented accuracy and detail.
According to Ernie Wright, the author of the video, it's the most realistic simulation thanks to the topographic maps: "I use those maps to make the Moon sphere bumpy in all the right places. That allows the rendering software to realistically simulate all the shadows and the ragged terminator (the dividing line between day and night)." [NASA]


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Gauchos Del Mar follows the story of two brothers as they pursue their dream of surfing the American Pacific, while camping and surfing on their way back home to Argentina.Watch Trailer
|One Dream. Two Brothers. One continent. Gauchos Del Mar follows the story of two brothers as they persue their dream of surfing the American Pacific showing the Continent as a whole, through its different cultures, villages, food, people, animals and landscapes while camping and surfing on their way back home to Argentina.
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Mary Berry's orange layer cake
The queen of baking, Mary Berry, creates a light and fruity citrus sponge with buttery frosting and a sugar glaze
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per slice
- kcal745
- fat42g
- saturates15g
- carbs86g
- sugars67g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt1.3g
For the cake
- 225g baking spread
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1 level tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 100g brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- finely grated zest of 2 oranges
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
For the butter icing
- 150g butter, softened
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 300g icing sugar, sifted
- finely grated zest of 2 oranges
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
For the glaze
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. You will need 2 x 20cm loose-bottomed sandwich tins, greased and bases lined with baking parchment. Measure all the cake ingredients into a large bowl (reserve a little orange zest for decoration) and beat with a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer until combined and smooth.
Divide evenly between the 2 tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until well risen, lightly golden and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. After 5 mins, remove from the tins and leave to cool on a wire rack.
To make the icing, put the butter and icing sugar into a bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in the orange zest.
Remove the paper from the cakes. Sit 1 cake upside down on a plate. Make the glaze by putting the caster sugar and orange juice into a saucepan, stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Boil until reduced by half, then brush half on the upside-down cake, using a pastry brush. Spread half the butter icing over the glazed cake. Sit the other cake on top, brush with the remaining glaze, then spread with the remaining butter icing. Scatter with the reserved orange zest. The cake is best eaten on the day, but will keep for up to 3 days in a cool place. It freezes well un-iced or filled.
Recipe Tip
Use the right sugar for creamingIt's important to use caster sugar when following a creamed cake method. It is really finely ground, meaning it creams well with the butter to give you a light sponge. At BBC Good Food, we like to use golden caster sugar as it is unrefined, unlike white caster sugar, which is heavily processed.
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Mary Berry and Lucy Young 'At Home'This recipe was taken from Mary Berry and Lucy Young At Home , a collection of Mary's favourite family recipes. Text (c) Mary Berry 2013, image (c) Woodlands books 2013


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Exactly one year ago, I decided on a whim to start writing this blog as a way of chronicling the dinners that Jamie and I would cook together on Friday nights. When we met, almost 3 years ago, we realized we shared a love of cooking, and every Friday night we'd plan out what we wanted to make, shop for ingredients and then make dinner together while sipping wine and listening to music, usually hits from the 80s.
As I write this post, I'm watching Michael Symon on the Cooking Channel cook potatoes in bacon fat and grate orange zest into a marinade. Listening to him talk as he cooks, the sizzle of meat hitting a hot pan, herbs being chopped on a cutting board... all those sounds are a kind of music to me, too.
Cooking with someone can be really romantic, and I have so many memories of those evenings in the kitchen with Jamie. The weekends were a special time, and still are, of course, but since we lived so far apart at the beginning, we never got to see each other during the week. The dinners we made weren't always perfect, but they were always creative. And courageous, as we tried new ingredients and cooking methods that we weren't familiar with.
Baking and making desserts has always been more a passion of mine than cooking, and my ever-growing list of tasty concoctions I want to make is definitely heavier on the sweets and baked goods. Jamie's happy to leave that part to me, as long as he gets to eat it when it's ready.
Of course, I had to make something sweet for my blogiversary, and after a lot of thought, decided on a tart, because I love using my tart pan and seeing those pretty fluted edges on the crust. Peanut butter and jelly is a classic combination, and it's not just for kids, either. A peanut butter and jelly tart sounded whimsical and delicious, and I thought it would be just the dessert to celebrate.
I started with a shortbread crust that was made extra special with ground peanuts to add more of that salty nuttiness. A creamy filling of peanut butter and cream cheese, almost like a peanut butter cheesecake, fills the crust, and to top it all off, homemade strawberry jam, which I pureed into a smooth sauce. Fresh strawberries garnish the top and add a little elegance.
The tart tasted like the best possible peanut butter and jelly sandwich you could imagine in a world where your mom would have put a piece of this tart in your lunchbox instead of a sandwich. Although, I'm not sure in what world that would happen. :) It was very hard waiting for this to chill in the fridge so that I could photograph and taste it.
With the extra strawberry sauce, I made strawberry popsicles. They were such a beautiful vibrant red color.
The other day, I called my mom to vent my frustration that my photos weren't as good as someone else's that I had been studying with more than a little envy. The lighting isn't always right, especially when I have to use artificial light at night, and my composition not nearly as interesting as I want it to be. I want to create something magical that people are drawn into through their senses, to feel transported into something beautiful and delicious, to smell cinnamon and honey and spring breezes. And then go about their day feeling a little happier, a little less stressed, a little more inspired.
She reminded me that I shouldn't compare myself to others, and that if I look only at what I've accomplished, then I can see how much I've grown. And of course, she was right. Jamie is always telling me, too, that I'm much harder on myself than anyone else is. I started looking back through some of my earlier posts, at the awful photos I took those first few months, and realized how much I've learned through a lot of time and practice, and more money than I'd like to admit having spent on ingredients, linens and cute little plates and bowls.
I thought it would be interesting to include in my blogiversary post a montage of photos from each month, ranging from the earlier ones that were completely horrible, to some recent ones that I'm actually pretty proud of. And these were all taken with the same camera, not a DSLR, but a fantastic point-and-shoot which Jamie gave me for my birthday a couple years ago, the best birthday present ever. The photos are at the end of this post, before the recipe.
Undoubtedly, my skills are more refined now than they were a year ago, in photography, baking and cooking, and my intention isn't to brag, but simply to inspire someone else who may just be starting out. To show that everyone has to start somewhere, and there's nothing that lots and lots of practice won't improve. A few people have asked me through e-mails to share with them some of my photography process, and I've considered sharing that in a post, but as I'm still learning, every single day, I wouldn't presume to teach anyone else yet what I haven't fully grasped myself. Because for every photo I take that I love, where the light seems to capture everything just right and all the elements seem to fall perfectly into place, there's another that's equally bad no matter how hard I try to make it look good.
Creating beauty is something that makes me happy, and so I write this blog to share a little beauty with all of you. Thank you all for reading and for making this a wonderful first year! I can't wait to see what happens next.
To Jamie, my love and biggest supporter, who waits patiently, never complaining as our food gets cold while I try to get the perfect photo, thank you for tasting everything I make and eating it whether it's a success or not, for my camera, for putting up with all this "food styling", for always giving me your honest opinion and helping me brainstorm for new and fresh ideas. I don't know what I'd do without you!
And thank you to my mom, especially for Mother's Day, who is my most faithful reader, and always makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something creative, artistic and beautiful.
Here are some sample photos from the past 12 months, starting 1 year ago, from very, very bad, to better, to not too bad at all...
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Tart
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salted peanut shortbread crust:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon
- 3/4 cup finely ground peanuts
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt (use just 1/2 teaspoon salt if the peanuts are also salted)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter, room temperature
- 1 pound (two 8-ounce boxes) low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/3 cup low-fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 pounds strawberries (hull and chop 1 pound, and reserve the other pound, the prettiest ones, to garnish the top)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup of flour, ground peanuts (grind them in a food processor until crumbly, but don't go too far or you'll get peanut butter), powdered sugar and salt. Sprinkle the pieces of butter over the dry ingredients and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour, until you have coarse crumbs with visible chunks of butter showing.
Add the egg yolk and incorporate into the mixture with your fingers until it moistens and holds together, but is still a little crumbly. Add 1-2 teaspoons of ice water if you need a little extra moisture. Gather the dough into a ball. If not using immediately, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until ready to use.
Thoroughly spray the bottom and sides of a 9-inch tart pan (with a removable bottom) with non-stick spray, or grease with butter. You can roll the dough out between two pieces of wax paper, but this dough does not roll out as easily as pie crust since shortbread crusts are more crumbly, so I find it much easier to just press it into the pan. Take half the dough and press it against the sides, all the way up to the top edge. Press the other half evenly against the bottom, sealing all the edges.
Place pan in the freezer and freeze for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350. Place the pan with the frozen crust on a baking sheet. Prick the bottom of the crust a few times to prevent it from puffing up. Spray a piece of foil with non-stick spray, and fit the foil against the crust, greased side against the dough, so that none of the crust should be exposed. Fill the foil-lined crust with dry beans (or pie weights). Bake the crust at 350 for 15 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven, and remove the foil and the dry beans. Sprinkle the bottom of the crust with the remaining tablespoon of flour (to prevent it from getting soggy) before pouring in the filling.
Reduce the oven temperature to 325.
While the crust is baking, prepare your filling. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the peanut butter, cream cheese, sour cream and sugar for 4-5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl down a few times as it's mixing. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating for a full minute each. Beat in the vanilla.
Pour filling into the prebaked crust and smooth out the top.
Bake at 325 for 30 minutes. If you need to, place a pie shield on top of the crust to prevent it from over-browning. After 30 minutes, the surface of the filling should appear slightly dry and a little cracked, but still a little jiggly underneath.
While the tart is baking, prepare the sauce. In a medium saucepan, combine the 1 pound chopped strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, mashing the berries as you cook them. Stir in the vanilla.
At this point, you could leave the sauce as a chunky jam and it would be just fine, but I decided I wanted a smoother sauce for a more elegant look. For a sauce, puree the jam using a blender or an immersion blender. Cook for an additional 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly, until very thick. Pour through a mesh strainer to strain out the seeds and set aside.
After the tart has baked for 30 minutes, remove from the oven. Pour about 1/2 cup of the strawberry sauce over the top, spreading it out to the edges with a spatula; it should be thick enough that it doesn't run everywhere. Return tart to the oven and bake for 5 more minutes, just to set the sauce a little.
Set tart on a wire rack on the counter and cool for 30 minutes.
To finish, garnish the top with whole (or sliced) strawberries, and brush the berries with 1/4 cup of the remaining sauce. Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.
If you have any leftover sauce, serve it on the side with the tart, or make strawberry popsicles (see below). :)
Yields 8-10 servings
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Strawberry Popsicles
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- 3/4 cup strawberry sauce (above)
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
- 4 popsicle molds
If you have leftover strawberry sauce, you can make some quick and easy popsicles. Whisk together the sauce with the water to thin it out a little. Place the strawberry slices into the popsicle molds and pour the sauce into the molds.
Insert a popsicle stick into each and freeze until firm, about 2-3 hours.
Yields 4 popsicles
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Only for Lupita (who has achieved the One Name Singularity) will I once again leave the safety of my Zone of Willful Ignorance and venture into the realm of Star Wars rumors. Because there's a rumor, one that is supported by The Hollywood Reporter, that Lupita is being considered for a principal role in JJ Abrams' Episode VII. The last solid piece of info we had re: Episode VII was that Adam Driver was signing onto play the villain, and while casting rumors continue, this one piques my interest.
A lot of us have been anxious about Lupita's post-Oscar prospects, and while being passed over in favor of Rooney Mara is not really encouraging, being up for a major role in a new Star Wars movie is. Abrams is talking up diversity and actually seems committed to the idea (unlike the folks over at Pan). And it doesn't get any bigger than new Star Wars. Lupita has the Oscar polish, now she just needs the franchise finish and she'll be well and truly ensconced in the upper echelon of young female talent. I want this for Lupita. I want her to be able to do any project, of any size, with no stipulations. I want her to have the same opportunities and considerations as Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence.
It's also a good sign for Star Wars that this is the caliber of actor Abrams is pursuing. I mean, it's not like he could make a worse movie than any one of the prequels. God those movies were horrible. All the mythology built up and hinted at in the original Star Wars and George Lucas dedicated three movies to f*cking trade agreements and senate hearings. Because, yeah, that's the part of the Star Wars universe we all wanted to explore, the f*cking paperwork. The only way Abrams could f*ck it up worse is if he made us confront a decrepit Han Solo …Well sh*t.


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I am looking for 16 couples to compete in this years event.
You will be trying to get the best cumulative time over all 17 legs (There will be 3 non-elimination legs). The team that reaches the check point last will be eliminated, except on the non-elimination legs.
The destinations for the 17 legs are:
Leg 1 – Portland
Leg 2 – Mexico
Leg 3 – Cyprus (1st Fast Forward)
Leg 4 – England
Leg 5 – Madagascar (non-elimination leg)
Leg 6 – Sydney
Leg 7 – Thailand
Leg 8 – Malta (2nd Fast Forward)
Leg 9 – Yugoslavia
Leg 10 – Brazil (non-elimination leg)
Leg 11 – California
Leg 12 - Japan
Leg 13 - Nordic Countries (3rd Fast Forward)
Leg 14 - Germany
Leg 15 - France (non-elimination leg)
Leg 16 - Vancouver
Leg 17 - NYC
Scoring - Each round adds 15 minutes to your time. Plus, an hour will be deducted for each game you win or added to your time for each game you lose. For example, if you win in 7 rounds you will take 7 * 15 minutes and then deduct an hour for winning so your total time for that match would be 45 minutes. As your opponent lost in 7 rounds, 7 * 15 plus an hour for losing, their total time would be 2 hours and 45 minutes. Every team will start out on 1st January, 2013 at 12:00 pm. I will add all the times for each leg and the team with the slowest time will be eliminated. You will also start out the next leg with your current time just like the show.
Fast Forwards - The fast forwards will be a 3 team match with a 20 round limit. It will be a random map with the same settings as the rest of the tournament. It will be offered to the teams in the order they start that leg in. As soon as three teams accept it the match will begin. If three teams don't accept there will not be a fast forward for that leg. Participating teams will still get all the times for that leg added to their total time, but if they win the Fast Forward they will get 3 hours knocked off their time. The other 2 teams will get 1 hour added to their time. ** The rounds from the actual fast forward game will NOT be added to your times. **
Please read the fine print before signing up
- All games will be flat rate spoils, sequential, sunny, no trench and chained reinforcements
- In each leg you will play each team that is still in the tournament
- Early legs will have games sent out in phases of 5 or 6 at a time
- Due to the large number of games in the early legs I am only accepting premium players
greenoaks & General Brewsie
General Smithas & JFgemini76 t4mcr53s2 & slytown rcfritz
elonpuckhog & adamkeith
Gilligan & thekidstrumpet
sempaispellcheck & QuikSilver
Enormastitz & Tin Trumpet
Aussie02 & Lyndir
DaveH & Will Lee
Redfelt & lokisgal
harvmax & BunnRee
patrik702 & MajorThom
NabTardz & nibotha Loose Canon & Flang
theheadholes & pittsburgh00
schiballs & mattastrophe
kuma32478 & rjhankey
Friendly1 & Treslie
Roussallier & VioIet
CaronylKluster & HairyP
This is a Tournament Players Association Year 3 (TPA3) event, and is governed by its rules, guidelines, and judgments which are detailed in the Tournament Players Association Year 3 (TPA3) thread.
All are welcome to join and participate in the association. You need do nothing more than join one or more of the TPA3 events that will be announced each Monday. Then check back on the scoreboard to see how you're doing:
Really fine print
The concept for this tournament is from one I rescued back in January 2011 - CDL's Amazing Race Season 2.


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Spam traps are email addresses that are activated to catch illegitimate email and identify senders with poor data collection practices. Spam traps do not subscribe to receive email, so trap operators regard any email received as spam.
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Let say, i have an association between a project and a task.
A project has_many taks and a task belongs_to a project.
My model is working great.
I can create tasks from project and so on but my problem comes when i
want to add a button on the project index view to add task to a
What i want is something like that
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Project 1 Show, edit, destroy, add_task
Project 2 Show, edit, destroy, add_task
So that when i click add_task of project1 i'm redirected to a new task
form to create a task for that project.
i've added <%= link_to 'add_task', new_task_path(:project_id =>
project) %> in the project index view
so when i click on add_task, it redirects me to /task/new?project_id=1
but when i submit the task, the task is not linked to the project.
How can i get the project_id?
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Prince Frederic von Anhalt has never been one for tradition, so when it came time to celebrate 25 years of marriage, the traditional anniversary gift of silver just didn't fit.
Instead, Anhalt spent $68,000 for a billboard on Sunset Boulevard.
"Prince Frederic & Zsa Zsa Gabor: 25 years and counting," reads the billboard unveiled Wednesday. "August 14th - please celebrate with us."
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The 44-foot billboard, located at 8789 Sunset Blvd., will be up for a month.
"What is my wife going to do with a piece of jewelry? She wouldn't like it. She wouldn't like it at all. She has been on her sickbed for nine years and last year she had her leg amputated," Anhalt told the Daily Mail.
"I always ask her what she wants and she always says champagne and caviar but she always gets that, so it's not a present. I wanted to do something special. We were talking about when I ran for governor and I said 'let's do something crazy again' and that's when I had this idea, so she can see it on the television," he said.
Details about the couple's anniversary are posted at princefrederic.com, along with a countdown clock.


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This month my Ancestry membership is due, and I found the new cost of world-wide membership just a bit steep at £155! Because my CUMPSTON research is world- wide I need this level of membership too so there is no way to avoid the stark reality – I needed to find a cheaper way of renewing. (See the link below about Ancestry's profits and buy out proposals).
A quick google and I found that the UK National Trust is offering 25% off ancestry annual membership! A quick phone call to 0800 404 9723 and this offer was confirmed. Next year I will look out for other offers but if you know of any do tell me and I will include them here.
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Alarm Capital Alliance enters affluent new market
MEDIA, Pa.—Alarm Capital Alliance has expanded into an affluent new market—The Hamptons—with the purchase of a 32-year-old security company based in Southhampton, N.Y.
Security Communications Audio Network Corp. (SCAN) has $170,000 in RMR and 5,000 mostly residential customers, Anastasia Bottos, ACA's chief business development officer and executive VP of acquisitions, told Security Systems News.
She said SCAN has "a pretty substantial footprint in The Hamptons." That section of Long Island boasts some of the nation's most expensive residential properties.
Bottos said SCAN had low attrition and loyal customers. "They've grown primarily through referrals, which speaks to their business," she said. "People are coming to them to set up accounts; they're not really going out into the market and marketing themselves."
The company's owners are retiring from the security alarm industry but they are assisting in the transition, Bottos said. The acquisition took place May 24, she said.
SCAN will continue to operate under its own name, but as a member of Newtown Square, Pa.-based My Alarm Center, which is ACA's direct-to-consumer name. In essence, ACA, which has more than 140,000 customers nationwide and is headquartered here, will maintain SCAN as a new ACA regional branch. ACA is taking on its approximately 40 employees, Bottos told SSN.
Robert Diederiks, president of SCAN, said in a prepared statement: "I am excited for SCAN's future as I believe our merger with ACA opens up a world of new and innovative options to our current and future customers."
Bottos declined to discuss terms of the deal other than to say, "I think everyone was happy with it."
Although ACA has a lot of concentration in New York, this is the company's first regional office there, she said.
"Our model really is for sellers to maintain their own brand and own operation," Bottos explained. However, she said, in this case, SCAN is "in an area where we don't have any other customer concentration so we've acquired the company outright."
The transaction moved speedily and was completed in 35 days. The smooth transaction was partly because the business was so well run and healthy, which is something that ACA focuses on, Bottos said.
"One of the things we definitely pride ourselves on is the ability to come in and make the transition and transaction as painless as possible, and part of that is to do it cleanly and accurately and with speed," she told SSN.
In addition to Bottos, John Steffanato, ACA senior executive vice president, and Scott Peterson, the company's new CFO, assisted with the acquisition. Barry Epstein of Vertex Capital represented SCAN during the transaction.
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When we sold a few hundred accounts we considered and looked at three companies and we ended up selecting ACA. ACA is a great company with a very talented and caring staff. Kelly, Anastasia and the rest of the ACA team did a super job. I know we placed our clients in good hands. All the best and congratulations.


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How d'you like that? I'm such a dumbass that when I mentioned I was a dumbass in my last post ("iMadumbass", ibid), I forgot to mention why I'm a dumbass. What a dumb, ass-like thing to do.
It all began last month, when my neighbor, he of the flat stomach and designer vodkas, moved out. When he left, he took his wireless Internet hookup -- and Moxie's and my ability to blog simultaneously -- with him. Therefore, whenever we're both burning to write something, I take my work laptop to a nearby cafe. It has good food, delicious coffee, excellent free wireless, and a cheerful, accommodating staff, all of whom just happen to have incredibly thick Russian accents. ("Vaht vill you heff?") This is just a coincidence and in no way suggests that the place is a front for the Russian mafia. No, sir. Absolutely nyet.
When I go there I bring my flash drive, which has all my reams of scribblings and screams of ribblings on it. And one night last week, for the first time, I also brought the new iPod. Because, hey: Wouldn't I do some really great work if I were inspired by my favorite music?
That'd be "No."
Instead, I spent most of the night concentrating on lyrics and further concentrating on not making raspy, guttural noises that were meant to simulate guitar chords. And as I packed up I apparently wasn't concentrating on making sure I had everything with me, because when I got home the flash drive was missing. I've asked back at the cafe, and re-traced my steps a dozen times, and turned the Laid-Off Lair inside-out, but it's gone. Hence, my dumbassitude.
Perhaps it was a caged deathmatch between two USB-based storage units. (Two gadgets enter; one leaves.) Or maybe the flash drive was jealous. We'd been together for three good years, and then this new thing sashays into my life, flashing its full-color utility and swinging its supple earbuds. It may have been too much to take.
The weird thing is, I don't remember anything between deciding to go home and arriving home, because my little hamster brain, which can only engage one thing at a time, was bopping along to Oranges and Lemons. This same little hamster brain, addled by the DVR, wants to rewind my life and find out just what the hell happened. But it turns out you can't do that. Yet.
For a while there, I had a fun little fantasy that the cafe manager had found the flash drive and pocketed it, just to see if it held any sensitive information that could be used for large-scale cyber-theft. Once he realized it was just a bunch of harmless Word documents, and not a database of anonymous brokerage accounts and their PINs, he'd say he found it in the dishwasher or something, and we'd have a good laugh.
Didn't happen. The guy very helpfully spent about 10 minutes helping me look around, but nothing turned up. This of course doesn't mean he doesn't spend his off-hours translating my fiction into Cyrillic and rubbing his hands maniacally. But it does tend to temper the plausibility.
So, will I ever find my plagiarized work in a bookshop in Little Odessa? Possibly. Will I go after the bastard and sue? Hell, no. I'm a dumbass, but I'm no fool.


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