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Hanazakarino Kimitachihe 花樣少年少女/花样少年少女/Huāyàng shàonián shàonǚ, also known as Hana-Kimi, is a Taiwanese drama produced by and first aired on China Television System/CTS and Gala Television/GTV. The show was later re-broadcasted on Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel U/Channel U as well as Hong Kong's TVB network. It is being broadcasted in the Philippines through ABS-CBN which initially aired in March, 2008. Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu is the second Taiwanese drama to be based on Hisaya Nakajo's manga, Hana-Kimi. The drama features Wu Chun and Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, and Ella Chen of S.H.E. The soundtrack was released on December 1, 2006.
Although the original manga's title means "For You In Full Blossom," the drama's title means "The Tricks of Boys and Girls," referring to student life within the drama. The official English name is actually an incorrect romanization of the original manga's title. When VIZ media translated the manga from Japanese to English, "Kimitachi e" became "Kimitachihe." Evidently, the latter name was used. The show was filmed at National Chi Nan University in Puli, Nantou County. The Chinese title is also the name used in the Chinese translation of the Hana-Kimi manga by Tong Li Publishing.
This drama has a full cast of characters, based on the Japanese manga. Major Characters appear in more than one story arc, and Minor Characters are those who serve a very limited purpose. Most characters in the series have names which are close approximations of the Chinese transliterations of the names found in the original manga.
Major CharactersEdit
- Lu Rui Xi (盧瑞希) (Ella Chen; based on Mizuki Ashiya) – Female protagonist who masquerades as a boy to attend Quan's school.
- Zuo Yi Quan (左以泉) (Wu Chun; based on Izumi Sano) – The male protagonist, who is a school athlete. He is usually quiet but defends those he cares about.
- Jin Xiu Yi(金秀伊) (Jiro Wang; based on Shuichi Nakatsu) – Ying Kai's soccer star. He begins to question his sexuality when Rui Xi arrives.
- Mei Tian(梅田) (Tang Zhi Ping; based on Hokuto Umeda) – He is gay and is the school health official. He serves as Rui Xi's counselor and guardian several times.
Minor CharactersEdit
- Liang Si Nan (梁思南) (Danson Tang; based on Minami Nanba) – Flirtatious leader of the No.2 dormitory. He is Mei Ying Hua's son, and Mei Tian's nephew.
- Jiang Ye Shen (江野伸) (Chen Wen Xiang; based on Noe Shinji) Student. He is frequently seen preening his hair.
- Guan Ri Hui (關日輝) (Xie Zheng Hao; based on Sekime Kyougo) Student. Frequently hangs around Jiang Ye Shen.
- Sima Shu (司馬樹) (Xie He Xian aka a Chord; based on Taiki Kayashima) Xiu Yi's roommate, and amateur spirit-chaser. He is never seen without a chopstick in his hair. He usually is seen being scolded by his friends to stop talking about his ghosts as well as waving and speaking to imaginary beings.
- Julia (Nissa Marion; based on Julia) – Rui Xi's best friend. She hails from America and speaks with sporadic English.
- Yu Ci Lan (based on Yujiro) The dog that Quan rescued from being taken away by the local animal control. Because the people who attempted to take him away were men, Yu Chi Lan has a particular dislike for male humans, except Quan.
- Shen Le (申樂) (Ethan Ruan; based on Makoto Kagurazaka) – Quan's rival. He has a superficial altercation with Quan, but casts it aside to assist him in times of trouble.
- Lu Jing Xi (盧静希) (JJ Lin; based on Shizuki C. Ashiya) – Rui Xi's older brother. A Harvard graduate who specializes in cardiology.
- Mei Ying Hua (梅穎華) (Guo Chin Chun; based on Io Nanba) Mei Tian's sister; Liang Si Nan's mother.
- Wang Tian Si (王天寺) (Zhang Hao Ming; based on Megumi Tennouji) Leader of the No.1 dormitory.
- Li Cheng Yang (李承央) (Yang Hao Wei; based on Senri Nakao) Called Yang Yang (央央) by classmates. He is a cynical and girlish student. He's also Ying Kai's token "Sweetheart" and has a huge crush on the leader of the No.2 dormitory.
- Chi Jun Li (池君莉) (Vivienne Lee) Xiu Yi's confidant and friend. She was Xiu Yi's girlfriend until Xiu Yi admitted that he loved someone else.
- Ri Ben Qiao (日本喬)[1] (Fu Tou; based on Wataru Nihonbashi) School photographer who freely harasses and stalks other students.
- Oscar (Andy Gong; based on Masao Himejima) Leader of the No.3 dormitory.
- Yuan Qiu Ye (元秋葉) (Duncan Chow; based on Akiha Hara) A famous photographer, formerly Mei Tian's classmate at Ying Kai.
- Wu Wan Juan (吳琬絹) (Gao Yi Lin; based on Kinuko Karasuma) Also known as KK. She wrote most, if not all, of the articles on Zuo Yi Quan throughout his days as a high jump champion. She was Mei Tian's junior during their days at university.
- Abby Jie (Joelle Lu; based on Ebi Kotobuki) Yuan Qiu Ye's assistant and ex-wife.
- Ke Yu Xiang (柯語湘) (Chen Xiang Ling; based on Rika) Quan's high school friend. One day, she inadvertently found herself in the middle of a road, prompting Quan to save her. Quan would end up suffering a knee injury from the incident, and would pull out of high jumping for the next two years.
- Jiu Duan (九段) (Kao Chi Hung; based on Itsuki Kujou) Taekwondo master, and one of Wang Tian Si's henchmen.
- Bei Hua Ke (貝華克) (Yuan Ming Zhe) One of Wang Tian Si's henchmen. His loyalty to Wang Tian Si leads him to take drastic measures against Rui Xi.
- Men Zhen (門真) (Zhang Yong Zheng; based on Shoutaro Kadoma) Freshman who lives in the No.1 dormitory.
Reception Edit
Hanazakarino Kimitachihe 's pilot episode started off strong, posting a rating of 3.05[2] The show encountered little competition until the premiere of Show Luo and Barbie Hsu's Corner With Love. Before Corner With Love 's pilot episode was aired, Hsu bet that Corner 's highest rating would hover around 2.9, while Chai Zhiping bet on ratings of around 3.3. Corner would end up posting a final average of 2.81, with a peak at around 3.25, but it was no match for Hanazakarino Kimitachihe 's average rating of 3.91 that week.[3] The Corner With Love threat would be held off for yet another episode, as Hanazakarino Kimitachihe 's 8th episode posted ratings of 3.88, compared to Corner 's 3.17 - a difference of nearly 150,000 viewers per minute.[4] As both series fought for viewership, Hanazakarino never relinquished its weekly ratings crown.[5] By the 12th episode, the series had already cracked 5.0.[6] The final episode achieved a rating of 5.98.[7] The ratings for Hanazakarino Kimitachihe were so high that television channels in Japan and South Korea dished out over 30,000,000 NTD for the rights to broadcast the drama.[8] The drama's ratings performance resulted in a nomination at the 2007 Seoul International Drama Awards in the Best Juvenile Drama category.[9] Gala Television had originally placed Hanazakarino Kimitachihe in the Best Drama Series category, alongside Beijing dramas Tang Dynasty and The Great Revival, but changed their mind at the last minute.[9] Following the drama's 15-episode run, media sources speculated that Ella, Wu and Wang will all sign on to star in the drama's sequel.[10] In September 2007, Producer Huang Wang Bo officially denied this claim. [11]
The single episode ratings are as follows: [12]
- Special Episode: 5.98% [1]
- Starting from May 24, 2007, this show will be aired in Malaysia on channel 8TV.
- This show started airing on August 3, 2007 in Canada on Talentvision.
- Philippine broadcast started airing on ABS-CBN 2 from March 24, 2008 to present, claiming and adding the phrase "THE ORIGINAL"[13], when in fact the whole story is based on the popular manga of the same name/original writings of Nakajo Hisaya from Japan (to distinguish it from the Hana Kimi of rival station GMA 7.
- In the Philippine broadcast, Western names replace the Taiwanese ones, namely:
Major Characters
|Taiwanese Name
|Western Name
|Lu Rui Xi
|Joelle/Joey Lu
|Zuo Yi Quan
|Brian Zuo
|Jin Xiu Yi
|Wesley Jin
Minor Characters
|Taiwanese Name
|Western Name
|Liang Si Nan
|Tristan Liang
|Sima Shu
|Harold Sima
|Yu Ci Lan
|Shen Le
|Aldrich Shen
|Ke Yu Xiang
|Tricia Ke
|Li Cheng Yang
|Richard "Yan-yan" Li
|Mei Tian
|(Doc) MJ Mei
|Lu Jing Xi
|Vince Lu
|Mei Ying Hua
|Evelyn Mei
|Wang Tian Si
|Rex Wang[14]
|Men Zhen
|Ian Men
|Jiu Duan
|Jake Jiu
|Wu Wan Juan
|Candy "KK" Wu
|Jiang Ye Shen
|Johnny Jiang
|Guan Ri Hui
|Steven Guan
- His other show, Tokyo Juliet, was once stated by Rui Xi. Wu Chun as Quan, denied that he ever watched the show.
- Since the show is a hit in the Philippines, fans of the show are currently requesting for the show's timeslot to be moved to primetime. But so far, ABS-CBN has not yet changed the timeslot.
Production CreditsEdit
- Producer: Gao Wu Song
- Director: Niu Cheng Ze / Wang Ming Tai
- Screenwriter: Qi Xi Lin
External linksEdit
- CTS Official Website
- GTV Official Website
- GTV Official Blog
- Singapore Official Website
- Korea Official Website
- Thailand Official Website
- DramaWiki Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu
- Hana Kimi Reviews- spcnet.tv
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TLDR version: Bleached multiple applications of henna, toned down the residual orange with a cassia/buxus/henna toner. Photos of before/after in this photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75613672@N06/6793186006/in/photostream/
2 years ago, I did a 2-step henna then indigo on my hair. It made it shiny deepest black-brown.
This was lovely, except that my natural color is dark ash blonde, so I was left with "floating hair/faux baldness" after 2 weeks of light colored hair growth, and re-doing the 2-step process every 2 weeks was just impossible! Plus, my hubby hated that he could no longer spot me in a crowded store. ;)
I tried raw honey lightening, colorOops, ColorZap, powdered bleach... none of which did a darned thing to the darkness of the indigo. The best it did was go from brown-black to very dark brown with a mossy greenish cast in the sun.
So, then began the multiple applications of henna to get an auburn red that would at least blend the lightness of my regrowth into the blackness of the length. Now that it's been 2 years, I finally had enough regrowth to chop off all the indigo and still look like a girly girl. It's short (boy does that feel weird!), but it looks so much better.
Now, to get back to a color that resembles my virgin growth, so I can slack off on the frequency of my recolors!
Roux cream/oil bleach + 30 vol peroxide (Both from Sally's)
Left the bleach on for 10 mintues on the overlapped henna (rich auburn color, about a level 5 on the beautician's lightness scale). Then I applied it to the rest for another 10 minutes (20 min total). Here's what I got: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75613672@N06/6793186006/in/photostream/
Still very orange, but so much closer to my natural shade, and the length is no longer darker than the roots!
The roots weren't nearly as yellow as I had imagined they would be, but still more yellow than the length. So, onto the cassia/buxus toner.
100g cassia, 1 wee packet of the 2012 Punjabi Prime henna (38g), and 50g of buxus. 4 tbsp lemon juice + water, 12 hour dye release.
Left on the roots for 3 hours, length for 1.5. It toned down the orange slightly, blended in the lighter yellow roots, and didn't darken the overall color. http://www.flickr.com/photos/75613672@N06/6939301329/in/photostream/

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One of the most content-heavy animation sites currently offered for the young adult set is Film Roman's Level13.net. Launched in November, it features not one, but 13 different channels containing two- or three-minute clips of animation for 17- to 28-year-olds, including a twisted Pokémon parody called Parkémon: The First Short. Animated by Chris Crosby, who has a daily Web strip called Superiosity, the toon uses South Park-esque humor to make make fun of the animé series.
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Promotions for the site have been very grassroots, aiming for the college crowd with free stickers and 50,000 teaser CD-ROMs. Deals for exposure on Web browsers and search engines are in the works, but Film Roman is initially steering clear of doing a traditional ad push in print and TV.
Although Level13 has garnered modest hits (between 20,000 and 25,000 a month) so far, Shpall says page views are a more telling indicator of stickiness. The site is averaging between eight to 12 page views per visit, meaning people are spending time checking out channels. 'We tried to build a site where once caught, you wouldn't go,' he says. Although Shpall expects the site to be banner ad-driven, he hopes revenue will also come from e-commerce. Early last month, an e-commerce 'vending machine' was created for featuring Level13 branded merch. Shpall also hopes the site's toons will, in time, begin living their own licensing lives.


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NTR is becoming hot news in the social media as his new movie Janatha Garage erected as the largest blockbuster in his profession. The film not only raised his career best but also tipped collections on the picture makers. Then at the same time this flick made NTR to face annoyance after the end of its overall run. However on the shooting sets of Janatha Garage, NTR was loomed by Vakkantham Vamsi as he was specified word by NTR to present himself as Director for Tarak's picture.
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That is German for "spritz" as in "cookie". I think most of us are familar with this cookie from childhood. The recipe consists of basic ingredients, including staples such as flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. You can change the flavor by adding various extracts such as vanilla, orange, almond, etc.
The term "spritzgeback" actually means "to squirt". I remember trying a cookie press when I was in my 20's. It was a great tool when you wanted to mass-produce cookies during the holidays. I liked the uniformity of the cookies, but it lacked character and a challenge. So I decided to combine my love of baking cookies with my favorite kitchen tool: the pastry bag. I use pastry bags almost every day in my kitchen - from piping French Macarons ( in my sleep!) to filling some of my sandwiched cookies. Once you get a feel for piping, you tend to develop a rhythm, and uniformity in your cookies becomes apparent after much practice.
Although the spritz cookie is considered German in origin, it originates from the region of Alsace - which is bordered by Germany, Switzerland and France. German and French influences can be found here, as well as both languages being spoken, but where French dominates. The spritz cookie dates back to the 16th century, Medieval Period.
The texture of the spritz cookie is slightly crisp, buttery and mildly sweet. It pairs well with fillings when sandwiched together. So how do I combine the German recipe with a French influence? That's where the pastry bag comes in. I decided to make the dough, keep it room temperature (so it piped easily), and use a star tip nozzle in my pastry bag. A few swirly turns later on parchment paper, and the lovely "German Rosette" was created.
I offer 3 rosette cookie flavors: raspberry (medium pink), rose water (light pink), and vanilla bean. Fillings can be either almond or vanilla bean, both of which meld well with any of the cookie flavors. Sandwiched together, they make a lovely presentation.
I hope you like them as much as I do!


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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
This is My Story
Often people are surprised by my passion to paint old abandoned trucks. I suppose a small woman tackling these large pieces of metal, machinery and rust might seem a bit peculiar. Perhaps they think women only paint flowers (giggle). But you see…old trucks are like a dear friend to me. My truck paintings came out of a difficult time in my life, a time when I was hurting. Those overwhelming feelings suffocated my creative voice and I lost my ability to paint. I couldn't find the passion in my heart.
...then everything changed when a little 1952 Chevrolet truck came into my life. I found a passion that I never knew before! This new passion opened doors in my life that were closed before. My truck paintings went on to be featured in Watercolor Artist Magazine, national watercolor exhibits, and solo shows.
The most important thing that happened is this...Mike (my husband) was wise and sensitive enough to see I was lost. He found a way (an old truck) to bring me back home again. In the end I think we were both surprised how this little truck helped me find my voice again!
I would like to share my story with you through a short video. I think you'll be uplifted and inspire.
This is my story. Click here to see my short film.
Happy Painting!
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Beautiful video~ It is a work of art!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Pat! When I saw Cinepop Media's work I knew they would present my story in a beautiful artistic way. I weren't disappointed!!Delete
Thank you Brenda. I have been lost all summer. Just couldn't paint. This video has really touched me and has helped me . The video is truly a work of art in itself.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sharon, Time has a way of revealing her plan. In the meantime keep your brushes wet and don't give up! Sending hugs ♥Delete
A lovely video and story Brenda, how wonderfully lucky it is to have the support of ones partner so a passion can be pursuedReplyDeleteReplies
Lorraine, Each day I count my blessings!I am married to a man who knows my heart so well.Delete
What an inspiring movie! I want to watch it every time I get discouraged in my painting life. Thank you for sharing such a personal story!ReplyDeleteReplies
Liz, you are more than welcome! We need to share our stories and encourage each other.Delete
Wow! I had a big smile on my face through the whole video. I loved seeing you drive that beautiful truck. Your hubby's not bad either. :-) What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Karen, I think he's a cutie, too! I call my truck Bess and she is every bit a girl truck.Delete
That is a beautiful video! I understand just how lost an artist can feel without a voice. I have recently found a new voice/subject, It makes the whole world look different dosn't it! Thanks for sharing your story with us!ReplyDeleteReplies
Felicity, what an exciting time for you. Happy Painting!Delete
A lovely story, Brenda. May God continue to bless you and your family through your art and life in general.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you...Delete
and may you be blessed also.
I loved your video, Brenda.ReplyDelete
Beautiful video of your story! It just blessed my heart, thank you for sharing. My husband has inspired & encouraged me in my artwork as well. I had my husband watch your video, he smiled because I've told him that he inspires & challenges me every day. We love old trucks too, just don't have one YET:) Maybe one day.ReplyDelete
Theresa, Glad you shared the video with your husband. We are blessed to have strong and loving men in our lives. Hugs!Delete
Fabulous video, Brenda. It really captured "you!" I enjoyed seeing your lovely truck and Mike again. So inspiring.ReplyDelete
What a heartwarming story, Brenda. I have a deep love of vintage cars/trucks. 1953 is the year I entered High School in San Diego Co. I learned to drive a stick shift in my dad's 1947 Chevvy Panel Truck, that I loved to pile all the neighborhood kids into and haul to the beach. I would love to have that panel truck back in my life. The man down the street had a fully restored one out in his drive way one day. I had to stop and admire it, told him my story....he said come sit inside, you can drive it if you want. The minute I sat behind the wheel I burst into tears, I was so flooded with memories of that truck. He was astonished, to say the least. Poor man! HA...ReplyDelete
Your truck Bess is a beauty. I know she means the world to you. Thanks for sharing your sweet story and thank God for all the good men out there who love us. I have a great one too.Replies
Joan, What a delightful story. You sound like someone after my own heart!Delete
very much inspired by the video and how to make 'best out of waste' was also just beautiful.ReplyDeleteReplies
Niru, thank you for the kind comment.Delete
Brenda, what a beautiful story, thank you so much for sharing it with us. Your artwork is an absolute delight.ReplyDelete
I just love your paintings of trucks. We also have an old truck. A 53 chevy.ReplyDelete
I have the art bag you recomended and just love it. I don't know how many people have painted there's but I gave it a try. If you would like to see it it is on my blog. I also have been posting all of my sketches of the 75 day challenge there and on my facebook( Sharon Grace). I have 22 to go. I have loved this challenge and it has given me the confidence I need to do art again.
Thank you so much!
Sharon, That's wonderful! I will stop by your blog. Keep up the sketching!Delete
Brenda, what an inspiring and beautiful video. I live in Missouri and if you ever come to the Kansas City area I welcome you to get in touch and I will show you an amazing, old treasure of "junk" car/truck yard. It's a treasure. I too have an 2 old trucks myself but my husband has always been to busy to do anything with them and when hard times came we sold them. I always tell him that is what I would like to have someday. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. StaceyReplyDeleteReplies
Stacey, You're very welcome. Old trucks do have a way of pulling at our heart strings. Hopefully you'll have one of your own to drive and enjoy...someday! BrendaDelete
I am in love with your truck paintings. Where can I purchase them? ~DebReplyDeleteReplies
Deb, Thank you for interest in my artwork and more specifically my truck paintings. Is there a certain painting your interested in?Delete


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Minerals Plan: Key Issues & Options
Derby & Derbyshire Minerals Core Strategy: Key Issues & Options Questionnaire
|Alan Morey - Chesterfield Boro…
Yes a criteria based policy is appropriate. This is because it is the
type of policy best able to address the requirements of MPG3 which states:
'...it is not for the planning system to seek to set limits on or targets for any particular source or level of energy supply; nor to predetermine the appropriate levels of coal to be produced by underground or opencast mining. It is for individual operators to determine the level of output they wish to aim for in the light of market conditions, and for MPAs to determine the acceptability of individual projects in accordance with the principles of the land use planning system...' (para 4, MPG3).
|02 Aug 2010 14:29
|Andy Tickle - Friends of the P…
|we are concerned that there appears to be an overall acceptance of a potential increase in demand for coal and believe this does not sit well with para. 9 of the Vision for Minerals Development (p.28) nor Objective I of the plan. The use of high carbon fuels such as coal must be constrained if we are to meet demanding national and international targets to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. We think this is a cross-cutting issue that must be addressed by this plan and its policies. In our view, this adds a further - and more stringent - presumption against coal extraction, in addition to that currently extant in national guidance (MPG3). In relation to question a) a criteria based policy is probably the best way forward but should be amended to state a presumption against on climate change grounds
|30 Jul 2010 11:25
|David Bolton - UK Coal Surface…
|We believe that a criteria based policy approach can provide sufficient direction to industry for future coal extraction without the need for identifying specific sites.
|12 Aug 2010 15:41
|Deleted User
In the absence of better knowledge of the areas of possible interest
(including quality of the resource/efficiency of exploitation etc) it is
not considered possible to identify specific areas of search or detailed allocations.
The environmental constraints will need to include the impacts upon residential amenity, biodiversity, heritage assets and landscape character - both during the extraction process and following restoration. There are potentially some significant heritage issues, including the impacts upon the wider setting and visitor experience associated with major heritage based tourism assets in the plan area.
|10 Aug 2010 16:10
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|Historically, much of the district has been blighted by coal extraction, however mining has also contributed economically to the area. The potential for further coal mining within the South Derbyshire remains; in light of this the need for a criteria-based policy approach, which is consistent with MPG3 to managing proposals, is accepted.
|12 Aug 2010 14:43
|Helen Fairfax - North East Der…
|The criteria based policy approach along with the identification of the general extent of the coalfield and areas of constraint is the most appropriate approach. It continues the approach taken in the Minerals Local Plan which provides clarity at the strategic and local level. This approach recognises that the extraction of coal is market-led and is sufficiently flexible to deal with changing needs over the next 20 years.
|11 Aug 2010 11:04
|Phil Garner - Confederation of…
|CoalPro supports the approach set out
|02 Aug 2010 14:04
|Phil Jones
|Use of measurable criteria will make for more sound decisions that are auditable.
|16 May 2010 23:04
|Planning - Cemex
|Again a criteria based policy would be appropriate. With regard to constraint these should be included on the proposals map so it is clearly identified what issues should be considered and then determine if they could be mitigated. Constraints should include, flooding, SSSI, SPA, SAC, Ramsar etc. It should be clarified if constraints mean presumption against development as this would not be an appropriate policy approach.
|02 Aug 2010 13:32
|Rachael Bust - Coal Authority
The Coal Authority considers that the best method of identifying future
areas for
potential surface coal extraction is through the identification of the overall geological surface coal
resource area, supplemented by a criteria based policy against which to determine applications.
Given the likely change to future demand for coal resources due to the ever-changing energy
market it is difficult to define areas of search at any point in time which will allow the flexibility that
is likely to be needed over the plan period. Therefore the approach being suggested by the Core
Strategy would appear to be the most logical based upon national policy in MPG3
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Ok, let me show you how to make Peking Crispy Duck (北京脆皮烤鸭) at home.
1 duck, fresh or frozen
2 tbsp chinese 5-spice powder
2 tsp fine salt
an inch of ginger, thinly sliced
few stalks of spring onions, julienned
Dipping Sauce
Lee Kum Kee Peking Duck Sauce (highly recommended, gives the best taste)
or Lee Kum Kee Plum Sauce
or Lee Kum Kee Hoisin Sauce
1. If you are using frozen duck, remove from freezer the day before and leave it at room temperature to let it thaw overnight. Pat the duck dry with kitchen towel and rub it thoroughly with 2 tbsp of 5-spice powder and 2 tsp of salt, this is for a duck of about 1.8kg. Stuff a few small slices of ginger into the cavity and seal the cavity with toothpicks. Let it rest for at least an hour.
(Note: I am using the bigger version of popiah/springroll skin from a famous Singapore brand called Tee Yih Jia (第一家). I find it too big and a bit too chewy especially if you wrap it too many layers. Traditional peking duck is not tightly wrapped and rolled this way like a springroll or popiah, instead it is always loosely wrapped in a round pancake. Next time, I should attempt to make my own chinese pancakes if I have the time. :)
Voila, your homemade crispy peking duck pancakes are ready to be served. Smakelijk eten! :)
- Best way to roast a duck
- Crispy Duck ala Nigella
- Sunflower Food Galore's Crispy Duck (Steam and Fry method)
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While renovating our basement we added a brand new 3 piece bath next to the laundry room (more on that later). The reason for this expenditure was simply because adding a shower to the existing 2 piece that was already down there would have been more costly than starting from scratch… lots of technical stuff involving cement blocks, foundations and supporting walls. Since a larger chunk of our reno budget was now going into the new bathroom, we wanted to spend as little as possible sprucing up the old one. We started with concrete floors, an old toilet and vintage sink (both of which we reused) and a whole mess of exposed and ugly pipes. It didn't make sense to drywall over everything or box them out because again, this bathroom (which is directly off the downstairs walkout and recroom) is only used for the occasional tinkle while watching a movie. We gave the walls a fresh coat of white paint, sprayed all of the pipes matte white, and added inexpensive 2 inch matte black porcelain hex tile (actually from Ciot in Toronto) with frost grout. I styled it using stuff we had lying around the house and a couple inexpensive items from Target and Ikea (all of which, new and old, added up to about $100) and the bathroom is now a tiny black and white beauty. Throw in a little rustic wood and greenery and you've got a winning combination that's just my style all for $285… and what a huge difference it makes. Check out the before and after:
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Can I Have More Than One LLC?
Can I Have More Than One LLC?
Limited liability companies, or LLCs, help business owners limit their personal liability for business debts. LLCs are more flexible and have fewer recordkeeping requirements than corporations.
If you're thinking of creating an LLC for more than one business, or you want to invest in multiple enterprises, you may wonder whether you can own more than one LLC and, if so, what else you need to know.
In fact, it's not unusual to have multiple LLCs, either as a sole owner or as one of a group of owners, or "members," as they are called in an LLC. Owning more than one LLC may make sense if:
- You have two separate businesses, and you want to minimize your risk if one business fails. For example, if you own a successful construction company and then decide to open a restaurant, you could have one LLC for the construction company and start an LLC separately for the restaurant. If the restaurant fails, you may lose the money you invested in it, but you wouldn't be risking your construction company's assets.
- You are launching a new product and don't want the rest of the company to be at risk if the new product is a flop.
- You are already part owner of one LLC and decide to invest in another.
- You own rental real estate. Many landlords set up a multiple LLC structure, with a separate LLC for each building they own. This means their overall real estate holdings are not at risk if there's a lawsuit involving one building.
However, owning multiple LLCs is more complicated than owning just one. Multiple LLCs mean additional paperwork and fees, additional tax forms, and the possibility of conflicts of interest. Small business owners should weigh the liability benefits of having separate LLCs against the additional cost and administrative work required to maintain multiple LLCs.
Forming an LLC and Maintaining Multiple LLCs
To form an LLC, you must file articles of organization with your state and pay a filing fee. An LLC also should have an operating agreement that describes how the LLC will be managed, as well as the rights and responsibilities of the members and managers.
Forming multiple LLCs means completing formation paperwork and paying a filing fee for each LLC. In many states, LLCs must also file an annual report and pay an annual fee. Since each of your LLCs is a separate business, each must maintain its own bank account and keep its own financial and business records.
Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
LLC members may be obligated to place the LLC's interests ahead of their own and avoid creating conflicts between the two. This may mean that LLC members can't compete directly with the LLC, make secret deals with the LLC that benefit them personally, or secretly profit from LLC activities.
Owning multiple LLCs can complicate things because you may have a duty to both LLCs, and you must take care to avoid violating your duty to one LLC while trying to promote the best interests of the other.
For example, if you own a hotel and a linen supply company, you may want to help the linen company by giving it a contract to supply linens to the hotel. But because you would profit from the contract, you might be violating your duties to the hotel. In some states, deals like this are permitted if you disclose your conflict to other members and the members then agree.
The exact nature of an LLC member's duties varies from state to state. Usually, in a member-managed LLC, the members owe a duty of loyalty to the LLC. In a manager-managed LLC, the members owe a duty if they also act as managers. But in some states, LLCs are permitted to change or eliminate these duties in their operating agreements.
To avoid conflicts, be sure you understand your state laws and the requirements of any LLC operating agreements, and observe business formalities such as having members vote on important decisions. If there's a potential conflict of interest, make sure you disclose it and document any decisions that are made.
Managing Taxes for Multiple LLCs
If you're a member of more than one LLC, you will have additional tax forms to file. You must separately track income and expenses and prepare tax forms for each LLC you own.
Single-member LLCs are taxed in the same way as sole proprietorships. Members report income and expenses from each LLC on a separate schedule attached to the member's personal tax return.
A multi-member LLC is automatically taxed in the same way as a partnership. The LLC prepares an informational tax return listing overall income and expenses, and members report their share on a schedule attached to their personal tax return.
LLCs also can choose to be taxed as corporations. LLCs taxed as corporations must file the appropriate returns for the type of corporation they select.
Starting an LLC can help business owners avoid personal liability. Owning multiple LLCs can make sense in certain situations, but will require extra paperwork. To keep things running smoothly, it's important to make sure you keep the individual LLCs' finances separate and avoid conflicts of interest.
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Sweet Escape-Jacksonville Maternity Photographer
Last weekend I was lucky enough to photograph an amazingly beautiful Mom-to-Be in one of my favorite places! The scenery is like no other in the world. I would photograph here all day, every day if I could. Thank you for trusting me on this adventure...nothing like a little mountain climbing while your pregnant to get the blood flowing, lol. Hope you enjoy your sneak peek:
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With its icy roads and icy stares, Boston may be the least Catalan city on the earth. True, one can spot the occasional Barça jersey on the subway, but there is little Mediterranean warmth in this cold, northern city. Hispanic cuisine continues to make inroads, as it does everywhere in the United States (the Old Corner Bookstore has reinvented itself as the Old Corner Chipotle). But that generally comes from south of the border, not across the Atlantic. Spain seems far away; Catalonia even further.
So it is surprising that the city fathers turned over some of the most coveted commissions in the history of Boston and Cambridge to a Barcelona architect with a distinctly Mediterranean sense of his own identity. Like him or not, Josep Luis Sert painted an impressive canvas across the region. At the height of the last century, Sert built his Lego-like cubes all around Greater Boston, forever altering the skyline, especially along the Charles River. To this day, thousands driving into the city along Memorial or Storrow drives confront his modernist vision — a Catalan vision — of what a city should look like.
At first glance, the towers of Boston University's Charles River campus and of Harvard's Peabody Terrace apartment complex may not look all that Mediterranean. But they stem from a vision of Sert's that he originated early in his career based on the humble dwellings of eastern Spain and its island of Ibiza. "The human scale" was a phrase Sert liked, as he wrote and spoke about what made these small houses work, with children free to run among them — there were no fences or cars. Sert strayed from this vision, as his commissions got bigger and the buildings more grandiose, and he followed the money to New York and Boston. But deep inside those structures, with their alternating window sizes and their effort to make concrete come alive with color and balconies, it is still possible to see the face of a fearless view of the future coming with great speed out of Barcelona a century ago.
Sert grew up there, privileged, and drank deeply from the wellsprings of Catalan creativity. Gaudi was a hero; Picasso (who grew up partly in Barcelona) an inspiration; Joan Miró a friend. As Sert began to find himself as an architect and planner, he celebrated what was all around him — modest Mediterranean dwellings, cube-like, that seemed to grow out of the earth like barnacles near the sea. In a speech he gave to the Barcelona School of Architecture in 1934, he said, "We must stand up for an architecture of climate, a Mediterranean architecture designed for an internal sun."
"An internal sun" — not a phrase one would associate with Boston. But there was a progressivism inside Sert's ideas that appealed to young people everywhere. As he worked out the problems of how to declutter Barcelona, Sert made himself attractive to bold planners in other places. Sert and his colleagues took on unusual projects — housing developments for factory workers, public health buildings, and large apartment complexes that let in plenty of light with shared communal space, intelligently designed kitchens, and less of the hierarchical thinking that dominated the 19th century. At times, with his windows and his grill-work, Sert seemed to be painting a new kind of three-dimensional art, a Mondrian working in concrete. It is hard to remember, but that substance once seemed wonderfully plastic to young artist-architects — unlike the stone that had frozen Europe's buildings in place forever.
These progressive ideas came together incandescently in what may have been the bravest architectural statement of the 20th century — the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World Fair. As the left-leaning Spanish Republic was fighting for its life against the Fascist Francisco Franco, backed by the German Luftwaffe, Sert designed a simple, humanistic structure that had at its centerpiece Picasso's great statement against war: Guernica. That was Sert at his apogee — proud, Latin, and southern, a Mediterranean humanist defying the cold winds of the North.
Unfortunately, the Spanish Republic lost badly. Barcelona was bombed by Mussolini, ending the talk of Mediterranean idealism. Then it turned out it was all just a dress rehearsal for a much bigger war. Sert fled to America in 1939 and found that, once the dust had settled, he was more in demand than ever. The money and the energy were in America, especially in New York, where he first set up shop.
It was a great time for architecture, with cities desperate to rebuild. Some turned out to be mythical cities; Sert received huge commissions in Latin America, which often resulted in years of meetings and blueprints without buildings being built (such as his City of Motors complex in Brazil). His buildings were beginning to scrape the sky — Mediterranean cubes piled on top of one another — but they remained ideas on paper.
Sert's Mediterranean vision made sense in warm latitudes and often brought him to hot spots. In the mid-1950s, Sert secured a commission in Baghdad — the US embassy. In that more innocent time, his main anxiety was how to protect the building's inhabitants from the sun. Indeed, openness was one of the chief virtues of the design, with exposed terraces, reflecting pools, irrigation canals, and long vistas leading up to the edge of the Tigris. We don't build embassies like this anymore, for obvious reasons. It's heartbreaking to see what was once possible: an Arab villa, with Catalan influences, built by Americans.
But in his eagerness to secure commissions, Sert developed a tin ear for what he once claimed to hear — the voice of the people. Another hot spot was Cuba, heating up quickly in the mid-1950s, when Sert developed a huge urban plan for Havana, another hopelessly cluttered city. Unfortunately, he was now at the whim of his client, the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista, and his plan showed it, with an enormous presidential palace, skyscrapers, a concrete "Central Square" dropped on top of everything, and much of Old Havana destroyed to make room for this concrete fantasy. It was more gaudy than Gaudi.
Thankfully, this nightmarish vision (which resembles what actually did happen to Boston, with a "Government Center" built on top of some so-called clutter) was never realized. It would be a stretch to say that bad architecture caused the Cuban Revolution, but the somewhat miraculous survival of Havana's Old City (given that Soviet architects were also quick to throw up concrete blocks) was one of the better results.
These commissions, even the unbuilt ones, drew plaudits from the people who saw them in the leading architectural magazines — a world in which theory was as exciting as reality. Then, in 1953, Harvard offered Sert the deanship of its Graduate School of Design. Under a young president, Nathan Marsh Pusey, Harvard was prepared to shed some of its obsession with Georgian brick architecture and try new ideas. A remarkable window was opening — and Sert loved his windows.
For the next 16 years, until his departure in 1969, Sert reshaped Cambridge and Boston. In the heart of Harvard Square, a wildly new glass and concrete structure, Holyoke Center, was built, jazzy in its dissonance (now renamed the Smith Center and about to be renovated). Down the Charles, Peabody Terrace, three 22-story towers, rose out of the earth like the tall buildings Sert had proposed for his Latin American projects. At BU, around the bend, he shaped much of the Charles River campus, including the Mugar Library, the 17-story law tower, the law library, the student union, and a boiler plant. He added, at Harvard, the Center for the Study of World Religions, the enormous Science Center, and a building he commissioned from his friend Le Corbusier, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. A lesser-known work, the former New England Gas and Electrical Association, sits on the edge of Central Square.
In these years, Sert stood astride Boston like a Roman, building anywhere he could, projects huge and small. The tiniest of all was a small jewel, the flattened villa he built for himself near Harvard. You might almost think you were in Ibiza, waiting for the warm winds of the Mediterranean to caress the veranda. He called it "a bridge between the Charles and the Tigris." Who knew we needed one?
Unfortunately, Boston's winds, Atlantic winds, are not Mediterranean at all. They don't caress — they punish. Especially if you happen to be standing near the base of a concrete skyscraper on a typical day in March. There were other problems with Sert's Catalan vision — the concrete he painted with tends to age badly, so that his buildings have needed considerable maintenance. He once described Peabody Terrace as a chance to "bring the color and life of the Mediterranean" to the area, but there was not much color in his tall gray slabs. When these mini-cities for married graduate students were completed, the Harvard Crimson joked, "University Moves to Thwart Early Marriages." To be fair, the huge buildings were filled with small, human touches, visible if you lived there — attractive woodwork, well-designed play areas for children, small convenience stores, a post office.
Yet the overall impact of these massive structures was a long way from the human scale of his early Barcelona projects. By the time Sert's run at Harvard ended in 1969, he was out of touch with the new voices in the street. He did some more work in New York, then fled back to Ibiza, where he continued to lecture on the life-giving properties of the Mediterranean, until he died in 1983.
As a new building boom has hold of Boston, with $7 billion of construction underway, perhaps it's time to get right with Sert. He made mistakes, but his architecture is as indelibly woven into the city's fabric as that of Bulfinch or Richardson, and his overreach can teach as effectively as his early idealism. Few would disagree with his love of green space, his warnings about the destructive impact of automobiles on cities, and his incessant search for the human scale.
If utopian in some ways, Sert was also a realist, never more so than when he wrote in March 1964 for the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine: "Changes have to be accepted whether we like them or not." The same might be said of Josep Luis Sert. His buildings are not going away anytime soon. We might as well get to know him.Ted Widmer is the Saunders Fellow for Public Engagement at Brown University, and a trustee of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He is an alumnus of the Peabody Terrace kindergarten.


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We had missed our reservation for Minetta Tavern (I have been wanting to try their black label burger for so long!), so we went to have pizza at Joe's instead. After pizza, we headed to Soho to try our luck at scoring a cronut at Dominique Ansel's bakery. Of course, we were out of luck, but I did get to try a few other things: DKA (Dominique's Kouign Amann), chocolate eclair and freshly baked madeleines.
For dinner, we went to Osteria Morini for some Italian. We started with a nice salumi and cheese board, followed by a tagliatelle with ragu and bow tie pasta with pancetta. I ordered a simple affogato for dessert because we were pretty full from the meal. I think this place is pretty good considering the prices are quite reasonable.
The next day was our planned trip to the Woodbury Commons Premium Outlet. Before we set off, we had breakfast at Pershing Square which was directly across from Grand Central Terminal and underneath the Park Avenue Viaduct. They had very fluffy pancakes that didn't give me the bloated feeling after I ate them.
As always, the trip to Woodbury was a success. We spent the entire day there and got back just in time to meet up with our friends Ellen and Chris for dinner. We also stopped by Buddy Valastro's Cake Boss Cafe outside of Port Authority to give his cannolis a try, but we weren't really impressed. I thought the cannoli was a little stale.
For dinner we went to Hakata Tonton which is a Japanese hot pot restaurant that specializes in pork. We ordered a set menu for the four of us and it came with so much food, we were all super full after the meal. The food was very delicious! We had a huge salad, some sashimi, pork's foot, karaage, 2 hot pots, dessert and ice-cream! This is definitely a place that we'd come back to time after time.
High Line Park, which is a park built on some old railway that's no longer in use. The park was very nice and would've been nicer if the weather wasn't so hot! We stopped under the bridge where there are vendors selling food and drinks and enjoyed a nice cup of Blue Bottle Coffee which has managed to spread its wings to the East Coast.
We ended the evening with a wonderful dinner at the Michelin-starred Ai Fiori. Their squid ink pasta is to-die-for. The waiter was not kidding when he said that their customers come back specifically asking for that dish. I was very jealous that 2hung was the one who ordered that dish and not me. The rest of the meal was great as well and we left feeling very full and satisfied.
Petite Abeille. How can you go wrong with Belgian waffles and fluffy omelettes?
Yuji Ramen, which was located inside the Whole Foods near Soho. They make this dry type of ramen with a fusion take. Taste wasn't bad, but it was kind of pricey considering you're only getting a tiny bowl. I guess the concept was there.


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Hi there and welcome to my crafting blog! I am a mother of two teenage daughters and have been crafting for over 15 years. I enjoy anything messy!!! Using inks, paints and particularly rubber stamping. I have followed other peoples blogs for some time now and have decided to create my own blog now and open a crafting family page to hopefully inspire others, you never stop learning......
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Fabulous bubbles, loving this project. I saw, somewhere, a tut on making bubbles with ink and a straw, thought it was you, wish I'd saved it...hugs.xx [aNNie]ReplyDelete
You really are loving your bubbles aren't you! They look fabulous and I really like how you've made a little scene in each of them, its beautiful. Crafty hugs, Sandra xReplyDelete
Oh Leanne, what a good idea. This is a great card.ReplyDelete
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Dream of Legends makes a top 5 list, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra Rocks Rupp Arena!
Yesterday I had a couple of very nice things happen. One was a surprise, and the other has become a bit of a holiday tradition.
The surprise was that a fantasy reviewer in Europe chose Dream of Legends as one of his 5 most anticipated book releases of December. The site was The Ranting Dragon, and the link to the anticipated december releases is here.
The other books on the list were by Brandon Sanderson, Glen Cook, Mike Resnick, and Nancy A. Collins. Obviously, I was both thrilled and stunned to be put in this kind of list. When you put as much work into a book, especially a larger type of book as an epic fantasy tends to be, it certainly uplifting to have something like this occur. I hope that things like this help to encourage folks to take a look at picking up one of the limited edition hardcovers, as they look very sharp and it takes a whole lot to put together the kind of package that we put together (which is why you don't see packages like this very often with any publisher's new releases, small or large press).
The other major thing yesterday was my third Trans-Siberian Orchestra show in Lexington. As everyone knows, I'm a lifelong hard rock and metal fan, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra fuses hard rock and metal with orchestral elements to create a really phenomenal sound. To go with it, they have a massive stage show, that of all the great stage shows I've seen, is second only to Kiss. Lasers, lights, fireworks, mobile platforms and trusses, fire jets, the works! TSO was founded by a couple guys from the metal band Savatage, who had a string of excellent albums from the early 80's right up through the early 2000's. They are often joined by other metal alumni, as when one of my favorite guitarists, Alex Skolnick of Testament fame, was on hand last year playing with TSO.
Make no mistake, this is an arena rock show, with a whole lotta rock, and some orchestral polish. The show went well over 2 1/2 hours, and I encourage everyone to go out to see this if it comes near. These guys and gals clearly care about the fans, as the tickets are much less than most arena shows, and you get 3 times as much of a show, visually, and in the length of the performance. I did get some nice pics at the show, a few of which I've put on this page.
The band members often go into the audience, and the bass player knew where to go to rock, when he came up into my aisle. I was only able to get a quick, blurry cell phone pic, but it does prove he knew where to go! LOL
It is a family tradition now, as my mother and I have gone three years in a row, and my sister has been aboard for the last two. This is my idea of a holiday concert, that's for sure!
Last, but not least, I would like to extend my warmest regards, and wishes for peace and happiness, to all of my Jewish friends and their families during the celebration of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which began at sundown last night and continues for 8 days. Be sure to eat more than a few latkes! You have all been wonderful to me and I hope your kindness and support of my own path returns tenfold!
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- LunaMoth said...
i love trans-siberian orchestra! im a heavy metal fan too =) its so neat you got to go to thier concert! and congrats on making top 5 list =)
- December 6, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- sgzimmer said...
hey, TSO is amazing, and yes, I'm a big heavy metal and hard rock fan! TSO appears to be making a yearly December stop in Lexington, as I've been 3 years in a row. It is now a holiday tradition for me! LOL
Thanks as well regarding the top 5 list. That was pretty cool to be included with the 4 others on that list! One of whom is one of my influences (Glen Cook)
- December 8, 2010 at 10:16 PM
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Dynamic capabilities is a new approach to strategy that focuses on a firm's ability to build upon and adapt existing competencies to bring value to the customer while creating a sustainable, competitive advantage for the firm.
I just read an article entitled "Dynamic Capabilities at IBM: Driving Strategy Into Action." It was published in the Summer 2007 issue of the California Management Review and written by J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman .
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While earlier approaches to strategy were largely static (e.g., develop a positional advantage and protect it), dynamic capabilities call attention to the need for organizations to change over time and compete in both emerging and mature businesses.
Strategy is important to IBM's trajectory from a successful company to an unsuccessful firm and back again. The authors explain that up until 1999, strategy at IBM was assigned to strategy experts–not managers–and it was an activity completed to satisfy senior management. It was "not an accurate reflection of what the business needed to do to be competitive and certainly not a blueprint for action."
In 1999, then CEO Lou Gerstner assigned Bruce Harreld, SVP Strategy, to develop a new process to make strategy more relevant at IBM. What resulted was the "IBM Business Leadership Model." The model encourages IBM's general managers to analyze the perception gap between current and desired performance and attribute that to either a performance gap or an opportunity gap. The gaps are defined in terms of a business owner, financial metrics, and a specific time frame for addressing the gap.
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- Effective strategy is not simply the articulation of a strategic intent, but the linking of it to innovation, solid marketplace insight, and an appropriate business design.
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