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What's the name of the offense, which was devised by Brown and assistant Eddie Jordan?
"At the end of the year, if we're in the top five offensively, we'll call it Brown's offense," Brown said. "If we're in the bottom five, we'll call it Jordan's offense."
Meanwhile, as Turner wrote last week,
"The Clippers' playoff run last spring and their busy off-season of stockpiling talent simply increased the pressure on them to be successful this season."
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The fish on dry land will flop and twist, floundering for the water that will wash oxygen across its gills. Those climbing at high altitudes will feel breath become labored and shallow until it's easier to simply sleep, an eternal sleep. Diving to the bottom of the pool one challenges the capacity of lungs stretching and burning until the swift kick and thrash to the surface bring the gulp of saving air. Sprinting to the finish breath comes in quick bursts until we can cross the finish line and inhale deeply.
But atop a mountain, underwater, playing or working, the memory of breath will never be enough. The memory of breath might only be torture, a mocking of the one thing that could save and yet alludes us.
We can remember light in the darkness. Remember health in the midst of sickness. Remember love in isolation. Remember comfort in despair. And these memories can revive, invigorate and sustain us until the memories become reality again.
But the memory of breath will not provide life. Will not propel the next step. Or save us from suffocating realities. We must breathe every moment.
So when you can't breathe, do all you can in your floundering to get to lower altitudes or thrash to the surface or forfeit the race that may not be yours to run. Keep oxygen in the house and take hits of it standing alone on the back porch at sunrise or drink deeply of the life-giving bubbles in a glass of wine as the evening fades. Call a doctor or collapse next to the closest person who can resuscitate you.
Because you can't live on the memory of breath.
And I can't live with only the memory of you.

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He started his prayer and as he progressed he watched the flame stay completely still on the wick. There was warmth in it and a silent magic that made he revere it more than take that little flame for granted. It had the power to make or break this puja, and what ever happened, this flame, he was taught, must never die during a puja.
This new perspective quite changed the entire equation of worship. It was no longer a mechanical task of lighting a fire because that was the done thing. It was now the starting point of a dialogue between him and that mystical world out there. The path of light had been created, he now needed to walk it and learn to light his inner flame. Sweet words rolled out, the rhythm got set and he sang out in praise of the Lord. Pure water washed the throne on which the Lord sat. Oil, honey and sandalwood bathed the Lord in turns. The Shiva Linga now looked so pure and divine in the light. The flame circled the Lord, and as it did he drew divine symbols. It felt like a grid of fire and light was the path to getting closer to the divine on the other side of this flame. Streaks of light drew a mesmerizing grid, symbolized by fire that would grant the seeker the divya drishti to see the Lord in his real self. How pure should this light be, and how sacred is this flame that it can purify the nature of the thoughts that go through his mind while he sings out these divine verses?
Srinivasan was intoxicated with this bliss that covered him, with the thoughts that ran through his mind. He could stay this way forever. He stared back at the light and thought about how the ancient sages performed their yagna. This small flame of light gave rise to a roaring fire. A roaring fire that grew with every offering made with ghee and mantra prayer. This flame was capable of doing many more things than just be a flame for 3 hours.
Great sages have performed miracles with this little light, they have created being both good and bad, enabling them to rise out of these flames. They have even challenged Lord Shiva with the creation of the grotesque red haired dwarf, Apasmara Purusha to fight him. A small flame in a lamp definitely has the capability to drive any being from the other world into this one. How then could he have taken this flame for granted?
Fire has made its way to various references in the scriptures. It appears in the form of a Jyothir lingas on this divine earth. 12 sacred shrines hold this very same flame within them. What appears to be a hard, cold and rocky stone outside actually hides its potential molten white flame within. Is fire the life energy within them? Is it that which is referred to so carelessly as Prana? Fire is what is known to us, and it probably has more forms that can be felt but cannot be seen.
Srinivasan got up to do his final arti, raising the flame to the Lord as the culmination of the puja. He fed the wick with a little more ghee and left it to die gracefully. The path to the other world was now closed.
This little drop of light, this little flame that illuminated this chamber, has the potential of far greater powers undiscovered, and its significance fades back into history to be read as a mythological event that once took place in ancient days.
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First, the good news: The Twinkie will be back on store shelves by summer.
The bad news is that Hostess' old unions — not content to have killed an American icon that employed 18,000 people, including those located at over a dozen factories in the South — want to make sure that they don't lose any of their old power at the new companies' bargaining tables.
In other words, the resurrected Twinkie might just go the way of the dodo. Again.
It didn't have to be like this. Had the Employee Rights Act passed Congress last year, Hostess' unionized employees might have been able to save their own jobs. All they needed was a secret ballot vote on whether they wanted to engage in the disastrous and destructive strike that the Bakers' union officials forced them to undertake.
They never got that vote. Instead, the Bakers' union's workers, along with 13,000 other Hostess employees, are now in a position where they have to hope and pray that they'll get their old jobs back. And ironically, the union bosses that put those employees in the unemployment line are the same people they're now turning to for help.
This issue is back in the news because the various companies that have purchased Hostess' old assets have steadfastly refused to promise the unions their old jobs, salaries, and collective bargaining agreements. Union officials don't exactly appreciate this. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union and the International Union of Operating Engineers have both voiced their concern they might not have jobs in Hostess' brave new world.
It's no surprise that the bidding companies are wary of giving into the unions' demands. Simply returning to a model that led to the old company's implosion is not a viable option, either for the company's investors or the consumers who want nothing more than to buy America's favorite indestructible dessert food.
A guaranteed secret ballot vote before the strike could have averted this entire fiasco. It's a reform that would have given the Bakers' Union members an opportunity to decide for themselves whether they wanted to engage in the strike that cost them their jobs. Unfortunately for union bosses, these reforms would come at the expense of their stranglehold on the levers of power.
I'm not the only person who thinks this would have been a good idea. Even the Teamsters union, which represented thousands of Hostess workers and had already agreed to Hostess' restructuring, knew that the Bakers' union's plans to strike spelled doom for everyone's jobs. They pleaded with the Bakers' union to have a secret ballot vote on whether to accept Hostess' contract proposal.
We know the end of the story now. The Bakers' union had a voice vote in a loud and intimidating union hall on whether to accept Hostess' latest contract demands. When that failed, the union officials presiding over the voting process unilaterally declared that their strike would continue.
It's no wonder that Hostess CEO Greg Rayburn said that he believed the bakers union was "willing to sacrifice its Hostess employees for the sake of preventing other bakery companies from asking for similar concessions."
I doubt that union members thought their sacrifice was worth it. If Congress gets serious about giving these workers the voting freedom they deserved, they'll pass the Employee Rights Act. Without such reform, however, there isn't a Sno-Ball's chance in hell that the Hostess' new owners will let unions anywhere near the Twinkie.
Richard Berman is the executive director at the Center for Union Facts. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Female Midlife Crises Might Be The Silent Majority
Why don't we hear more about the female midlife crisis? Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not advocating women throw down their proverbial aprons and run off into the sunset, but I am wondering why women don't make a fuss about their mid-life status. Are we all just too damn busy to wallow in our unclaimed aspirations?


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I now find myself in NYC, hosted by Residency Unlimited, for the months of September, October and November 2018. Here to sketch new works and study the local public art scene
One of the biggest permanent environmental works of art in Finland, Seven Steps to Save the Ocean speaks of climate hope through seven messages in different languages. Situated inside a popular tourist attraction, Ranua Wildlife Park near the Arctic Circle, the commissioned work highlights the global nature of the affects of a nwarming climate, from the point of view of the Arctic areas.
And other thoughts around my upcoming work on climate change at Ranua Wildlife Park in Finnish Lapland
Laadin tänä vuonna uuden konseptin sekä näyttelyarkkitehtuurin Suomen Kuvanveistäjäliiton ja Suomen Taidegraafikoiden vuotuiselle Teos -taidemyyntinäyttelylle Kaapelitehtaalla. Lähtökohtana on ajatus taiteesta työkaluna!
Inspiration and research on a conceptual minimalistic environmental text artwork on climate change (cover photo: work by my new idol Robert Montgomery)
The subject of the work, commissioned by Ranua Wildlife Park in Lapland, will be our relationship with arctic nature and wildlife. Preliminary notes and photos.
Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Taike) järjesti 19.4.2017 keskustelutilaisuuden otsikolla Mikä on rakennetun ympäristön taidehankkeiden tulevaisuus?
Kerroin Anna-Sofia Niemisen haastattelussa työstäni taiteen ja julkisen tilan rajapinnassa - Rami Marjamäki otti kuvat
A new collaborative project with the University of Lapland and the norther travel industry about Public Art in the Arctic Region
What a one month long research residency in Singapore taught me about public art
Old roles for contemporary artists in the field of urban planning
Opening the new workspace at Kuninkaankatu
Results and ideas from a pilot project
Integroidun taiteen tiimityömallia testaavat teosluonnokset ovat nyt nähtävillä ja vapaasti kommentoitavissa
Comparing ordinary street structures with ones designed by artists
Art in public space vs. public space as art.
An interesting video about the qualities of attractive cities by Alain de Botton and the School of Life.
I'm working as an artist in a street design team during fall 2015, researching how this kind of collaboration could be further developed and promoted.
Should we make space for unplanned presence of nature in the city space?
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art i love - inspiring works found online or live
The beautiful fallen (or captured) angel by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu from 2008.
In my current project in with the City of Tampere, Ympäristötaiteen Säätiö, and Ramboll, I'm studying which forms in city space are such, that they could be turned to art using todays methods and techniques. Sketching and researching, I came across the work of Cal Lane, an american sculptor that has in her work turned metal surfaces into magical stories, by cutting lace trimming patterns into them, as seen in the headline photo of this page. She writes:
"I like to work as a visual devil's advocate, using contradiction as a vehicle for finding my way to an empathetic image, an image of opposition that creates a balance - as well as a clash - by comparing and contrasting ideas and materials."
Lanes amazing ability to stretch the material to express powerful meanings like in his work Filigree Car Bombing (cover image) gives us an idea of how we could challenge our ways of approaching the design of everyday forms. With the amount of metal surfaces in public space, and the methods of prefabricating we have today, could we integrate expression like this into our public spaces - without it becoming insanely expensive? I bet we could.
See more of Lanes beautiful works here on her website.
Ai Weiwei's Forever Bicycles, as seen at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum 2011.
Iron detailing of the tomb monument of Augustin Ehrensvärd in Suomenlinna fortress just outside Helsinki. According to the Helsinki city art museum, the metal came from melted cannons from the war between Russia and Sweden in 1790.


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The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) and AfrAsia between them won five of the six corporate reporting awards by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), highlighting the robust corporate governance practices of the Mauritian banking sector.
The awards ceremony for the 16th edition of the PwC Corporate Reporting Awards (CRA), which was held on Wednesday at the Hennessy Hotel in Ebène, saw MCB lift the lion's share of awards.
The island economy's largest lender won 3 awards for its Risk Management Disclosures, Corporate Governance Disclosures and SEM-7, where it dethroned the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) and Rogers & Co who were last year's winners of the Corporate Governance Disclosures and SEM-7 awards respectively.
AfrAsia Bank Limited once again won the award for Best Online Reporting and also wrested the title of Best Financial Institution from Bank One.
Finally, the sixth Award was won by Mauritian sugar major Omnicane Limited in the Public Interest Entities (PIEs) category.
"The objective of the CRA is to promote good corporate reporting. PwC believes in the benefits of and encourages the business community to adopt the Framework," said Michael Ho Wan Kau, PwC Partner.
PwC had initially shortlisted 215 companies for the awards. The firm reviewed 89 annual report and 75 websites before making a selection of 3-6 annual reports by category and 5 websites for the designation of different winners.
This year, PwC placed more emphasis on Integrated Reporting, following the endorsement of the framework by the IIRC Council on 5 December 2013.
According to the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, an integrated report is a concise communication about how an organization's strategy, governance, performance and prospects, in the context of its external environment, lead to the creation of value in the short, medium and long term.
Thus, IR is needed by business and investors to understand and articulate their strategy, which helps to drive performance internally and attract financial capital for investment.
Image (PwC): The Mauritius Commercial Bank won 3 awards for its Risk Management Disclosures, Corporate Governance Disclosures and SEM-7.
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The time was 4:54 as I backed out of the driveway. I will never forget the moments and days leading up to the time.
A piece of my heart got out of the car and told me goodbye at 4:54.
About a half an hour earlier, she had finished packing up the car. She had one suitcase and a duffel bag. She had multiple boxes that were to be shipped out later. She came and told me she was ready to go. As I got into the car, she said, "Mom, don't cry" I never responded. I couldn't.
As I pulled in the driveway where she wanted me to drop her off, I put the car in park and pulled out the plastic baggy I had stashed in my purse while she was loading the car. I had kept that baggy in my jewelry box for many years. It contained the diamond earrings from her great-grandmother who had passed away many years ago. I leaned over and put them in her ears one by one, telling her always to check the backs to make sure they are tight, not to take them out unless she gets a second hole and move them there, and never, ever sell or lose them.
I then handed her $100 and said, "If you ever get into a bind, you call me."
She responded, "I will call you anyways Mom".
She reached across the seat towards me. I grabbed onto her and lost it.
This surreal moment was happening. She was leaving early in the morning on a plane out to L.A. She was flying across the country. She was going to a place I did not agree with and staying with people I am unsure of. She was going against my wishes. She was leaving school. She was leaving everything behind her. I felt like she was walking into the lion's den and it scared the shit out of me.
She too lost it and she cried, "Thank you Mom. Thank you for everything. I know you still believe in me and that's the only thing that keeps me going. Just thank you Mom. I love you more than anything."
My heart broke in a million pieces in that moment. I wanted to scream at her. I wanted to lock her up in her room. I wanted her to finish high school. I wanted my little girl back.
I did not scream at her. I held her tighter in that moment that I had her. I was the last to let go. I knew from the first day she told me what this was going to be and how it would play out.
She told me a few months ago that she was leaving home when she turned 18.
Originally, I told her over my dead body. I certainly wasn't going to make it easy for her. But in my heart, I knew what she knew. She was going to leave and I couldn't stop her. I had to let go. And I couldn't burn the bridge with her, nor did I want to.
No, I absolutely do not agree with her choice in her life right now. Out of everyone, she knows this best, and she knows why. But she also knows that no matter what I will always believe in her. I will always love her. And I will always expect great things from her. I expect her to dig deep. I expect her to remember her roots and all the lessons I taught her. I expect her to make it. I expect her to ask for help if she needs it along the way.
And I also hope that she finds what she is desperately searching for. I had a million dreams for her, but perhaps those dreams were mine. I still don't totally understand all why she needs to do this. Perhaps there is a part of her that needs to understand herself and what she's made of. She told me she feels "stuck" here in this small town. And honestly, there is a piece of me that understands that feeling. I too have felt that before at a time in my life.
I hope she learns herself as she needs to. I hope that God will keep his hand upon her. I hope that she will one day return, wiser, still thankful, and with growth.
I hope she receives grace along the way and can fully recognize and appreciate it.
And more than anything, I hope she gets what she needs when she needs it.
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The Gate Announces a Special Experience: The Artifice of Primary Colors Startles us in the Greenery of Robert Dash's two acre unique Garden vision in Sagaponack, featuring Tudor, High Renaissance, early Greek, as well as Oriental garden influences. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, Madoo is a blend of Garden and Home Design Creativity shown in the structures, barns, houses built to complement the garden surroundings…. You walk into a world suggesting art and literature and the ideas of creative people like Robert Dash. It's Robert Dash's work of art! Horticultural Styling and Pruning Innovations await you. Come in right this way, the gate, doorjamb and path say! Don't Delay!
A Sole Doorway or Doorjamb really Looking for a Door ?!
Finds A Yellow Door on a Little House….. A Keyhole to a Door to a House which was trimmed in…
Blue in another season in Yellow & Blue Whimsy! "Blue" is spotted throughout the garden like a trail of Breadcrumbs!
Blue says "Find me!" like on Stairs to Rooftops! Then textures pop up everywhere and have a field day!
Round to the back, see Lattices Galore and Overlapping Textures and Patterns and Optical Illusions, making you dizzy, OH MY! !
In Alice in Wonderland Mind-Bending Games, A Doorway is like a Keyhole in alternating Big-Small-Big Scale, Pointing to a Tree!
Robert Dash, A British Artist, Writer, Gardener cultivates his garden with wit! Here's the Prettiest Garden Loo I've ever seen!
Details. Details! Garden wit is found in quiet sightings: a "Growling" Lion Wooden Ornament next to a lone stray rose…
Or an Ornamental Stone Carving next to the textural patterns of ferns in a bed of stones in a Song of Textures!
Boxwood Pruned Schrub "Balls" in the middle of a Grove of Gingkos?… Whimsy in "Living" Stone-like Ornamentals!
a Juxtaposition so unexpected….. Robert Dash's Surrealism is Alice in Wonderland's Surrealism!
A Garden Fair of Wonderful Vendors of Food, Furniture, Garden Decor, Nurseries, Flowers, Fragrances, Accessories! Alice goes shopping!
Then Alice goes on the path following the topiary-style arches of greenery and they sway in the blue sky….
Almost toppling and Growing….
or is Alice growing small as Madoo "Grows" on her, surrounds her ??…….
But the Garden Path always takes her to the next surprise!
Like Shade and Sunlight in Hidden Garden Patios
And more Blue Gate Posts….
Inviting us on a paths leading to more flights of whimsy
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this is definitely a staple in our house. i realize that this is a classic mormon dish but we love classics! and, like meredith's recipe, you usually have most of the ingredients on hand. i made this for landen one night when kristen was out of town and he loved it. so you better make this one soon, kristen (and everyone else too!)
brown 2 lbs of hamburger
add 1 chopped onion
put in a bowl and add salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1 can tomato soup, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, and 1 can green beans (you can add any veggie you like).
pour in a large baking dish. top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle cheddar cheese on top. bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.


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WINNER: Ife Grillo
A STUDENT from east London was part of a debating team crowned the world's best at a prestigious contest in Germany.
Ife Grillo, 18, from The Bridge Academy in Hackney, joined teammates from Eton, Dulwich College, Westminster and Alleyn's School – private schools whose students usually dominate the team – to beat pupils from Hong Kong, Canada and Australia at the World Schools Debating Championships.
"Finding out I made the England Team was one of the best days of my life," Ife told HuffPost UK ahead of the competition. "[Coaching organisation] Debate Mate getting involved in my school absolutely changed my life and I owe them a lot."
Ife is also one of the few students from an ethnic minority background to have been selected to debate for England.
"Debating is very private school dominated, and by extension there are very few ethnic minorities. The reality is that that is often how things are at the top of any profession, and it taught me that sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone to reach success", Grillo added.


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It's Time to Get Recharged!
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The Recharge Program will begin again soon! Recharge participants receive a healthy snack and take part in a variety of outdoor activities that augment physical fitness, including games and hikes. The Recharge program will be held every Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. from April 26th to June 7th. In order for the program to be a success, parent volunteers are needed, particularly if there are 12 or more participants (1 parent per day). We also need parents to donate a heathy snack to share. We ask that students who sign up for Recharge attend consistently every week, unless excused by a note by a parent. Students must wear appropriate shoes and attire for physical activity as a matter of safety! This includes being prepared for inclement weather (rain jackets, etc). Participants also need to picked up promptly at 4:00 p.m. If would like your child to be a Recharge participant, please see the newsletter for a form. Email Katrina Linscott should you have any questions.


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I think some clarification is in order regarding the rule Do not lose games on purpose. I realize the players that need to read this probably don't visit the forums, but here it goes:
Losing on Purpose
It's not just sitting inactive in games.
It's not just driving around and not shooting.
It's not just obstructing your team and helping enemy tanks.
I consider a player who consistently dies ~4-5+ times per kill they make to also be losing on purpose.
Most of these players are using panzers. It may be fun to race around the maps, but it ruins the team games, for both the winners and losers.
Enough is enough. If I warn you to change tanks, listen. M3 is a much better tank for nearly every game except crate king. Panzers are only good in the hands of advanced players or large 8-player games.
Scoring 1/10 (kills/deaths) isn't going to result in any consequences, as long as you are trying, and willing to listen to advice from your team mates (change tank, hide in outer loop, or team up with another tank). But scoring 2/9, 1/7, 0/5, 3/11, 2/10, etc all in a row, especially for not-so-new players, will require action, including and up to short term bans. The game has to be fair for everybody.
P.S. This isn't new policy, it just hasn't been enforced very much recently and we have a lot of newer players.


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Market Pulse: Mamma mia! What a week for Italy
Mar. 1 - Turmoil in Italian markets this week post-election, none more so than CDS. Plus, UK PMIs bring triple-dip recession back into view.
To me actually election impossibly market drama we've looked at -- -- in the you know this thing but today. Something completely different. And cited market -- who -- Italian team yes. Later in the show will take a look at UK markets and spin today after Betty we PMI's but first those Italians yes and I'm joined tonight by -- Nolan director of credit assess -- to provide up. Market governor -- as assertive of them to all the other main markets by them. What does this -- telling us this beat that. We might not obscene or be shown them these elements. And what we see this week scene -- quite large spike in Italian sovereign CDS. We've seen it go from 240 to 290. That they -- millions that you that the largest since December 2011. That's quite significant measure. And that shows that how invest is very concerned about the political instability in Italy. And so rates in conceded CDS is still very very. Actually indicated. -- concern out of the volume what's the level of interest -- like on the stand. But it's just the crisis the most intense month interest in this. And yes but some months. Yet we -- too big and spike in the number of quotes we receive non daily CDS service. And that there -- quotes come from the main market makers in the CBS market. And so we've seen a spike cup was to levels reminiscent of lost some time before BCB -- of it's wherever it takes that continues in his speech exactly in the guaranteed of follow enough that I. Some are saying you know very acts of levels and and that's good to see him in much of the -- that. Came from the EU naked naked CDS and solvents and we concede is still events back to market them. That's all said but it's really the one. The one really thinks it's he's going to default and it's is still still a long shot I mean there are people out there who think it will -- the present. But it's gets caught a fringe view. And if you look at -- yet the C -- levels around 300 basis points that's nominated at levels we sold. Last summer when they close to 600 basis points. That shows that the market still has confidence in the ECB in the NC program that confidence has been shaken sliding this week. I'm probably what's valuable to someone speculates of police that she pumped up its act exactly the other offs and false money out that it. -- CDS market since okay that's actually -- -- that was the main driver this week Catholics he gets on Almonte is practically. How did that spill over and says other regulars on insolvency yet something can take a spate. It did have some effect is quite limited. The widening in Spain was nominated levels that we. So and Italy and is he now is trading and why didn't spying for the first time in about a year. That shows that it's he's taken over as the main concern market and we could see an uptick in quotes in Spain as well again no -- levels of its -- OK don't find it until it was governor Nolan from CBS data provider market. While spelling and that is don't you -- plunging today after -- PMI shock but sends money fights thanks sets of strings and John and at the fastest rate since July last year. Cable falls to his lowest in almost two years but just manages to hold above the bank -- -- book that comes at one dollar fifty. But the triple dip recession buck on the radar investors lost to the relative safety of government bonds. Guilt yields firmly by below 2% the lowest since the first day of trading this year. Not the best thing about him for -- to come out with a 570. Million pound loss for the year 2012. Britain's biggest retail by accepting a site for the one and a half billion pounds to compensate customers missile won't insurance. Shares 1006 almost a 7% in fact towards fifty parents -- it away from the 61 price target the government has. To start selling -- 40% stake in the bank. But so -- today I'm all for. This week I -- a look ahead to the top financial news next week tune into you don't -- their heads at 1650 GMT ING maybe even the simplest of.


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As an Apple Store employee, I was fortunate enough to purchase one of the new Apple Watches and receive it about a month after it first started shipping. Over the past four weeks, I have tried to observe closely the benefits and disadvantages of the new device. Here are my top five takeaways:
- As Matthew Inman (of The Oatmeal) pointed out in his much more entertaining piece about his Apple Watch, it is a passive device that is not designed for creating content. In fact, the spectrum from most creative (but least portable/convenient) Apple device to least creative (and thereby most portable/convenient) would have the iMac or Macbook on one end and the Apple Watch on the other. But that tradeoff doesn't make one device better than the other, only better suited to certain purposes.
- It is unnecessary gadget for almost everyone. No one needs an Apple Watch. Let's just get that out of the way. But, as a timepiece and a tool for making my iPhone more useful, it is really handy. As a teacher, I don't like to pull out my phone even to perform professional duties, like adding Experience Points in Classcraft or sending an email to a student. In truth, I want to model for my students how to engage with other people despite my own unhealthy obsession with electronics. The Watch lets me feed my desire to stay connected without drawing my attention for long periods of time.
- The Taptic Engine that provides Apple's brand of haptic feedback is amazing. Until you actually wear an Apple Watch, it is difficult to understand how subtle and effective the notifications are. No one around me knows that I have received one and it doesn't interrupt nearby conversations. This has led to the odd (for me) experience that many of my close friends and co-workers don't even know that I own the Watch. It's not something that asks for attention.
- Digital Touch is a fun and interesting way to interact with others. Unlike text messages (and much more like Snapchat) the taps, sketches, and heartbeats don't remain on the watch after they are viewed. It is an ephemeral yet personal way to communicate and I see a lot of potential as more people purchase Apple Watches, in the same way that AirDrop and iMessage became killer tools once iPhone adoption reached a certain level.
- I am a lazy dude. That is a fact. I have tried using a Fitbit to track and thereby encourage more physical activity, but it didn't work for long. For me, the tradeoff between getting exercise feedback and having other benefits of a true watch was a difficult one. Now that I can get all of that on one device, I find myself sticking with it a little bit more…. for now.
Do you have an Apple Watch? Share what you've learned from it. Have another wearable and want to share your opinion? Use the comments.


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- Oct 28, 2017 – Mar 4, 2018
- Gallery 6
and wax. Courtesy of the artist.
Kukuli Velarde: Falk Visiting Artist
Joyful and angry, tender and violent, humorous and somber artist Kukuli Velarde's ceramic figures offer up a range of emotions and personalities. These vibrant characters are based on a picture of a centuries-old vessel made by the indigenous Huastec people of present-day Mexico. The artist explains that when she found the picture in a book, she connected with it immediately. Although that vessel represented a male child from a culture historically and geographically distant from her own, she saw herself in it. Having made that mental connection with the artwork, she then recreated it in multiple versions. Each one responds to a very private need-a question to answer, a story to tell, an emotion to reconcile. Among those responses, one finds a breadth of religious, mythological, and cultural references, as well as artistic and craft techniques. What begins as an inward-looking personal project becomes an outward exploration of the human condition.
Kukuli Velarde holds a BFA from Hunter College, University of New York, and she has been recognized by Creative Time, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock Krasner Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.
This exhibition is organized by Dr. Emily Stamey, Curator of Exhibitions.
The show is presented 1n collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's School of Art as part of the Falk Visiting Artist program.
Related Program:
Artist Talk • Nov 16, 6pm
We have six galleries located on the first and second levels of the museum, view our gallery map.


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Clash Of The Titans 2 Plot Details And Casting: More Titans, Less Suckery Please
It's sort of amazing that 2010's Clash of the Titans, a film that grossed over $160 million and cost $125 million (ouch), was so utterly forgettable. I seriously can barely remember a single line of dialogue, and I'm usually a friggin' sponge for that sort of thing, even when it comes to boring movies. It says something when you've made a gonzo tentpole movie with gods and giant monsters and warriors and beautiful women, and I've already almost forgotten its existence. Of course, Warner Brothers is determined to revive that memory, and thus the sequel, Wrath of the Titans (working title, I believe) is moving forward. However, it will now have Bill Nighy, among others, making it 100% more interesting.
Not that that's saying a hell of a lot.
Regardless, the casting has been a little weird. Gemma Arterton, who
Cardboard Boy Sam Worthington rode off into the sunset (literally) with at the end of Clash, will not be returning. Edgar Ramirez has been cast as Ares, a part previously played by Tamer Hassan. Nighy will play Hephaestus, the deformed god of blacksmiths and fire (and one of my favorite gods). And Alexa Davalos, who was boring and virtually irrelevent as Andromeda, has been replaced by Rosamund Pike. Now instead of boring, teary-eyed Andromeda, it'll be warrior-queen Andromeda, because when I think Rosamund Pike, I think warrior-queen. At least Davalos had her Gwen Raiden and Riddick cred, which would have made that a little more viable.
Of course (spoilers), the biggest mistake the first one made was killing off the most interesting actors -- Mads Mikkelson and Jason Flemyng. But that's neither here nor there.
There's also an official synopsis, which continues to fuck around with Greek mythology, taking fast-and-loose to whole new levels:
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus--the demigod son of Zeus--is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius.
Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld.
Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth.
Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.
The new film will be directed by Jonathan Liebesman, who recently did Battle: Los Angeles, which I haven't seen, though everyone I know who has says it's inexcusable dreck. Drag, yo.
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Hi there! Just wanted to remind you guys that I blog at LoveNiki.com I still haven't had any luck contacting wordpress so none of my subscribers have been moved over but you can subscribe on the new site!
Hope to see you there!
Only 15 days left until Christmas! The holidays came so quickly this year. I know it can be tricky thinking of awesome gift ideas for everyone but fitness gear is a great option.
Getting in shape will be at the top of everyone's resolution list for 2014. Plus, you can never have enough workout clothing or accessories! Think about it, it only takes one tough & sweaty workout to dirty your outfit so the more pieces you have, the less you'll have to load up the washing machine each week!
Happy Shopping!
No, it doesn't snow here in southern Cali but it does cool off a little for the late fall/winter. The tricky part for me has always been trying to look cute under layers of fabric. Lol.
For this link-up I asked a few bloggers to show me how they'd style a chilly date night outfit. Click their image to check out their outfit photos! They did an awesome job.
Also, let me know if you want to participate in next week's link up! The challenge will be to create a look that's bold & daring!
If you've been following LoveNiki for awhile, you know how much I love Selena Gomez. And after her attending her concert last week (thanks to the best bf ever!), I realized that we believe in and stand for a lot of the same things. I can only imagine the pressure she is under to be skinnier, sexier, and cooler but she doesn't seem to care. She embraces who she is and encourages others to do the same.
I spotted her geek crop top on her instagram and thought she looked effortlessly cool in it. So I looked around for one but I also realized that it's actually getting a little chilly around here so maybe a warmer option would be a good idea. Lol.
Not only was I able to find a cute geek sweater from Kiki La'Rue (find it here) I also learned what Kiki La'Rue stands for. They are a company who believe in embracing who you are. If you check out their instagram @ShopKikiLaRue you'll see how they offer pieces for many different shapes & sizes and that their models are real women who are both diverse and beautiful.
Let me know what you think of this geek chic sweater! And I'm always looking for looks to recreate so feel free to leave links to images in the comment section!
You can also email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com :)
I love Rachel Bilson a.k.a. Zoe Hart! After this week's style thief, I knew I had to share more of her awesome looks with you. I'm positive I'll be recreating more of her outfits on the blog in the future AND….she has inspired me to take lighten my locks with ombre highlights! I'll post my mini hair makeover next week!
Happy Friday!
If I had a giant bank account, recreating looks would be a cake walk. But this is real life and you've got to work with what you've got!
To create this look on yourself focus more on the outfit as a whole rather than the details. You'll need: a striped shirt, a (fedora) hat, coat/jacket/blazer, and jeans. The items don't have to be identical just similar. And you can switch up the footwear to whatever you like. Add a heel, cute flats, or even your fav pair of boots.
And if you have a little extra cash this pay check you can always purchase the things you need :)
$19.99 Bowery supersoft striped V-neck T from The Gap
$34.80 Laid Back Blazer from Forever 21
It's already mid-November! Ready or not, it's just about time to knock out your Christmas shopping.
The comic book inspired tank above would be a great gift for your bestie, sister …or yourself! Lol. It's from my new little shop & there are only 2 left! And to help save you some of your hard earned moolah, I'm offering an exclusive deal to my blog readers. $2 shipping!
Leave me a comment and I'll give you the discount code! You can also take a look around the shop by clicking here: LOVENIKI SHOP
Below are a few ways celebrities wore their own comic book superhero shirts. Happy Shopping!
Turkey time is almost upon us! It's a lovely holiday that feeds the soul ….and my stuffing loving tummy. Lol. For this blog link up I asked a few fellow bloggers to share a Thanksgiving dinner outfit idea. They did a great job so be sure to stop by their blogs and check out their outfits! (Links at the end of this post)
For my outfit I wanted a somewhat dressy look but nothing overly formal. I'll be honest, my sweater is what makes this outfit work. It adds that cozy holiday touch to a simple dress. Plus, it's nice & warm :) You can check it out here at Kiki La'Rue or you can browse their other lovely coats HERE. I'm sure you'll find something you like on their site!
Guess Strapless Dress| Cork Wedges: Similar| Sweater: Midwest Mama Cardi
Be sure to let me know in the comments if you would like to be a part of next Tuesday's link up! The challenge will be…a chilly date night outfit!
1. Lex from Blouses, Baubles & Blush
2. Ashley from A Sprinkle of Love
3. Alison from Enza Essentials


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Blog Features
Thursday, November 19, 2009
One Lovely Day is the blog for Project Wedding, which is a a national online resource/community for everything wedding related with a focus on vendor recommendations. Jeannie was so sweet enough to post two entries about eatcakebemerry so check both of them out :) A Merry Morning and Sweet Score.
What Junebug Loves is the blog for the amazing Junebug Weddings. If you are planning to have your wedding in Seattle, LA, or the OC you have to visit their site. They even have a Groombug section for men! As for us, we have been featured on their blog this week.
Three of our cakes have been added to the One Wed cake gallery, which is an extensive online resource/community for brides and grooms. They have checklists, forums, vendors, advice, and even a honeymoon planning section.
Amy Jean of Relentless Bride (who also wrote about us in a Weddzilla post last week) shares some photos of our sweets. I'm glad that in a moment of stress, she was able to relax by looking at our cakes!
Inc. Weddings calls our cakes "yummy gorgeousness" in their post of us this week. These passionate wedding producers create such personal, beautiful, and detailed events. Visit their site to see more.
I heard of Wedding Soiree when I was down in Georgia visiting my parents and today they blogged about us! If you are looking for wedding coordinators down there, check out their modern, stylish, and chic packages.
Beautiful Things to Share shared about us last friday. From its name it's pretty self explanatory, but it's a blog about all things beautiful :) Glad to see that bloggers beyond the wedding industry are taking interest in our cakes also!
Hope you enjoy checking out these posts and I'll have a sneak peak at some cookies we've been working on at eatcakebemerry very soon!
Posted by Liz Shim at 1:39 AM
2 comments:
- Meg @ Sienna Wedding said...
This cake is too cute!
- November 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Katelyn Fraser Photo said...
Your cakes are marvelous! I especially like the one with the two birds that says LOVE!
- December 1, 2009 at 9:02 AM
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Scott Meserve Named as High Country Grizzlies Head Coach
BOONE, NC- William Thompson, General Manager of the American Arena League's High Country Grizzlies, today announced that the team named Scott Meserve as the High Country Grizzlies Head Coach.
"I'm excited for the opportunity." Meserve said. "Boone is an incredible place. The environment and the fans are amazing. This is an incredible organization to be a part of from the owners and the front office. I'm excited to be a part of the program."
Meserve has more than 25 years of coaching experience including stints at professional, collegiate, and high school levels. His past two decades he primarily served as Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator at the high school level. Prior to his Associate Head Coach position with the Grizzlies, Meserve served as an Assistant with the Triangle Torch and Cape Fear Heroes.
For more information on all things Grizzlies, visit highcountrygrizzlies.com. To learn more about the American Arena League, visit aalfootball.com


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Benada Aluminum Gets Interim Approval to Use Wells Fargo DIP Loan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted interim approval for Benada Aluminum Products to use its debtor-in-possession financing from Wells Fargo Bank and FTL Capital. Wells Fargo is providing $5 million and FTL is lending $1.25 million, an article on The USGlass News Network said.
Before its bankruptcy filing, the company owed Wells Fargo $5.7 million and FTL $2 million.
The court is also allowing the company to continue operating its businesses, pay expenses, pay employees and provide benefits, the article said.
To read the article in its entirety, click here.


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Hope you liked the post on Norkor who is the brains behind the Voyageuse Africaine brand. To give one of you a chance of owning a piece of authentic Ghanian jewellery, we are having a giveaway of two pieces of jewellery from the Voyageuse Africaine website here.
The Naaki Necklace
To get a chance to win, just follow @KurlyKichana on Instagram and a random winner will be chosen. Winner announced on Sunday 28th June.


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Monday, 14 Sep 2009
Source: Intell Asia
Intell Asia reported that PEB Steel Buildings has opened a new plant at Bong Xuyen Industrial Park in southern Vung Tau City. The USD 4 million facility, PEB Steel's fifth factory in Asia, will boost the company's yearly production capacity in Vietnam by 18,000 tonnes of steel, bringing its total Asian capacity to more than 120,000 tonnes per year.
The new plant is equipped to produce both pre engineered building structures and heavy structures, including those that are hot rolled, for power and industrial plants, oil and gas facilities and multi storey and high rise buildings. The factory will employ 150 workers.
Mr Audri Mukhopadhyay consul general of Canada in HCM City said that PEB was one reason making two way trade between Canada and Vietnam rise 425% between 1998 and 2008. He added that "We are proud of Canadian entrepreneurs like Mr Sami Kteily and his brother Mr Adib. They made a commitment to Vietnam, long before many others, recognizing the enormous potential of this market."
In 2008 alone, trade between the countries reached an all time high of CAD 1.3 billion. Canada's registered capital in Vietnam grew to USD 4.2 billion in 2008, making it the fifth largest investor in the country last year. In addition to Viet Nam, PEB Steel has fabrication facilities in India and Bangladesh, and regional offices in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.
Monday, September 14, 2009
PEB Steel Buildings opens USD 4 million plant in Vietnam
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"Nearly all of business education–even at postgraduate level–may be misguided, even misleading. In my experience, business education is faithfully based on a false premise–that the problem of business is growth. When, in fact, the problem of business is survival.
Most business leaders may be spending their time and energy on solving the wrong problem. Yes, of course, growth is critical in business but the MAIN PROBLEM is that most businesses fail to survive long enough to grow!"
Of the Fortune 500 class of 1974 only 22 of those businesses still survive. These are the big companies. The failure to survive of smaller companies is ten times worse.


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The dark side of the beauty industry : DIVERSION of hair productsHow many times have wondered about those high end hair products that have sprung up in very weird sources like Target....CVS.....Longs Drug..... Rite Aid and so on? I do all the time and I know what the rules, laws and codes are.
The topic of DIVERSION has long been talked about to industry professionals, and have never understood why they don't talk to the public about it, I sure the hell would want to know - I bet you would too.
Diversion: the act or an instance of diverting from a source
Diversion is the unauthorized distribution, buying and selling of professional products to unauthorized outlets outside of the professional industry. Perhaps you've seen professional hair care products sold in your neighborhood grocery store, drugstore, pharmacy or on the Internet. Most likely, these products were acquired through a "collector" who, by operating in a "gray market", acquired these products from various sources and, once they collected enough product, sold them to a mass distributor who specializes in selling "gray market" product to unauthorized retail establishments.
It baffles me that the stores buy them, if more people reported them or didn't buy the products the problem would be eliminated. Not trying to blame the wrong people, just trying to make it clear how to get rid of it.
Professional companies like Joico, Redken, ISO, Wella, Matrix, etc., and so on DO NOT sell their products to drug, discount, stores - they just don't. Part of their agreement & policy with hair stylists is that they will only sell their product to Salons so that the customer has to get the product at 'the' Salon. Its a kind of a Gentlemens agreement they have had for many years and they do stick to it. The manufacturers will only guarantee their product if its bought at a Salon. If you buy those products at those stores you are taking a giant risk in my opinion.
The products in those stores are not supposed to be there, Period. They have gotten there by one of two ways - both wrong.
#1)There are companies in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, etc. that have gone to the trouble of duplicating the bottle and packaging of your favorite products. Stuffing it with some random concoction of ingredients, and selling it for the 'real' thing. Yep - they are completely bogus.
Today while I was waiting on a prescription , because I was contemplating writing this post, I meandered over to the aisle, found a bottle of Biosilk, opened it, sampled a little and was horrified. I used Biosilk for years (before I learned about ingredients & cosmetic chemistry), I know exactly how it should feel, and smell. This formula was full of some liquid laced with over 50% alcohol,it was no where even close to what it should be. So there it was....my sign for today on what to write! Not only was there none or very little of the cyclomethicone or dimethicone necessary to protect your hair (the most expensive ingredient) I checked the list of ingredients and they did not have a preservative listed. That can be a very dangerous avenue, products can become contaminated without the proper preservative as I have spoken about before. Its not the Preservative that is dangerous its the amount of it , that is crucial. But having none, is not what you want to see.
These companies fill the bottles with the wrong ingredients...in bottles that look exactly like the original - then sell them to you for as much as 15% higher than they should be. Please don't buy them in those stores, for your own good.
#2) The second method? Companies that have the real product, that are old -- way past their shelf life and should have been thrown away - decide to re-sell them to another outlet. So there are some that are in fact, real, but past their shelf life. Again, they charge too much for them and the safety is compromised with an out-of-date preservative.
There is virtually no way to tell which one of these problems is which. But the point is neither are any good, and both should be avoided.
I would guess over 60% are counterfeit, so please don't waste your money or ruin your hair with these bogus replicas!
DIVERSION : help to prevent it, only buy your high end hair products in appropriate Salons or the Beauty Supply.


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Yesterday was the first day for my sweeties
to join a local homeschool academy.
And what a wonderful day it was!
The kids will attend classes one day per week, homeschooling for the other four days. A bit of the best of both worlds and a great break for momma!
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When Jodha reaches the terrace to get some tulsi leaves, she finds Madhav Singh conspiring against Salim and Akbar. He orders his men to reach the mandap and finish off Akbar as he goes to Salim's court and kills him. Jodha gets alarmed to find this treachery of Madhav and sets off with a plan to save both Akbar and Salim's lives. She orders one of the workers to alert Akbar and send him to Salim's court. Will Jodha be able to save her son? Keep watching to find out.
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The Panasonic Lumix is available at Amazon for $705.84.
Pictures can tell a story of our life. From our friend to our family from childhood thru adulthood a picture can bring back so many memories. Today's digital cameras are getting more and more sophisticated so those pictures get better and better with less effort on our part. It is hard to take a bad picture when you have a great camera.
The Lumix DMC-G2 is a great camera in the Micro Four Thirds category. It has a full Touch-screen operation to make it easier to use the menu and various other operations. It has a 3-inch free angle LCD and Contrast AF system. This camera includes Lumix G Vario 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S. lens. It features dual full-time Live View for LCD and LVF. The Lumix DMC-G2 is a full 12.1 megapixel Live MOS sensor and Intelligent Resolution technology camera. It also features HD Movie in AVCHD Lite and HDMI compatibility featuring Viera Link. This is a fun and easy to use camera that takes crisp clear pictures every time so you can have all your memories for a lifetime. Be sure to buy yours today.
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I took some picture of my little kitchen today. Been a while since I have been working on my dollhouse. I`m mostly occupied with my sewing at the moment.
Today I`ve reorganized little bit and put some new furniture in there. Still missing some pieces, like some new lamps and moldings. But as allways I`m in no hurry . I`m just enjoying the moment. :D
Have a nice day!!
Hugs Rita
Cupcakes from Christel.
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There are still worries that U.S. economic growth is too slow to continue pushing down unemployment, despite better jobs figures for October, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Friday.
Lockhart said while the job market has improved quite a bit since the end of the 2007-2009 recession, the deepest in generations, a lot more progress is still needed to return to healthier conditions.
"There are real concerns about whether the recent modest pace of GDP growth is enough to maintain employment momentum," Lockhart said, in prepared remarks.


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Plot Summary: Chiyoko Kurotori is a 5th grader who loves the occult. One day, she tries to divine her friend's "cupid," but thanks to a stuffy nose summons a witch named Gyubid instead. From that day on, Gyyubid becomes Chiyoko's magic instructor. She must learn to balance the grueling demands of her training with her normal school life.
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GONZALES — Hurricane Gustav nearly toppled a century-old former sugar cane building beside Blue Runner Foods on Labor Day 2008.
The manufacturer of famous Louisiana cream-style canned beans decided to demolish the 10,000-square-foot mechanics shop and storage annex.
Still, another D-Day loomed.
Plant and equipment upgrades were in the works before Gustav, and other parishes were courting Blue Runner Foods Inc. to leave Gonzales.
Their interest intensified after the storm.
Owner Ricky Thomas refused to consider sites outside Louisiana, but in-state entreaties held his interest.
If he stayed, Thomas faced the logistical challenges of moving equipment and canning lines around his existing 30,000-square-foot, blue-and-white cinder block plant. The storm also had forced the mechanics shop and storage space into the main plant. Thomas could opt for a clean new 70,000-square-foot structure on another site.
Among those who refused to let Blue Runner go is former Gonzales Mayor Johnny Berthelot.
"We have to keep what we have," he said at a recent industry meeting. "That's more important than the new stuff." Beyond dollars and jobs, Blue Runner represents civic pride and heritage, Berthelot said.
"They are Gonzales," he said. "When you think of Blue Runner, you think of Gonzales. They're very civic-minded. They help with the food banks. They help with the big harvest program out of New Orleans."
Thomas acknowledged a number of "casual conversations" about moving Blue Runner, a fixture for more than six decades.
"Obviously, Hammond made sense because of the interstate system, and we certainly considered that," said Thomas, a New Orleans native and Covington resident. "But you know what, Gonzales has always been very good to Blue Runner — Ascension Parish has, also. So we're committed now to being in this location."
That commitment carries a $2 million investment in new buildings and equipment, with a 15,000-square-foot storage and distribution building going up at the site of the demolished structure. More than half the new investment will yield new labeling, palletizing and cooking equipment that will let the company, which sells 10 million cans of beans a year, expand capacity and improve efficiency.
The persuasion of public officials and retention visits from the Ascension Economic Development Corp. made a difference in Blue Runner's decision to stay. And Thomas would have needed to stockpile a six-month inventory of beans during the down time a move would bring.
"But more than that, finding good employees in this parish has always been good for us," said Thomas, who expects employment at the plant to rise from 24 to 30. "And the relationship with the town and the parish has always been good for us. The surrounding areas around Baton Rouge are really good places to be in business."
There's marketing science behind Blue Runner's expansion decision.
Thomas said 90 percent of his sales come in a corridor from Texas to the Florida Panhandle. Gonzales lies in the heart of that Gulf Coast market.
A growing Hispanic population further buoyed Blue Runner's business after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. And the dispersion of Louisiana residents spread demand for the beans to new markets.
For the past five years, Blue Runner sales have grown 10 percent to 15 percent annually, Thomas said. Adjusted for price increases and new markets, sales still have grown 7 percent to 8 percent annually, he said.
Longtime south Louisiana residents make beans at home perhaps once or twice a week, Thomas said. Company surveys show that Hispanic customers who've moved from the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America or South America eat beans as many as 17 times a week, including breakfast.
Blue Runner shifted into overtime to meet rising demand in 2008, working up to seven days a week to keep pace. In the past year, the company installed two new 500-gallon kettles for slow-cooking the beans and two horizontal retort machines that pressure-cook the beans in sealed cans to sterilize them. The new equipment boosted capacity 33 percent.
Blue Runner's existing building can accommodate another pair of each type of cooker, enough to keep up with demand for at least five years.
"It's all about keeping up," Thomas said.
And about knowing one's market, said Gaye Morrison Sandoz, who directs Edible Enterprises, a food incubator and technology center in Norco that helps food companies find successful business niches.
"Beans are a kind of commodity, and theirs happen to be very good," Sandoz said.
Thomas bought Blue Runner in 1993 from W.J. Chadwick and other stockholders, changing its name from Gonzales Products Co. Inc. to Blue Runner Foods to reflect the key brand and product.
He didn't set out to reinvent the company or hit hard-to-sustain growth targets.
Though Blue Runner once canned other vegetables, soups, gumbo — even crawfish etouffee for a Cajun food manufacturer — Thomas said it's now all beans. In 1993, he worked for food marketing and sales brokerage J. Dall Thomas & Co. in Harahan (his brother, Dean, still runs that firm) and had Blue Runner as a customer when he decided to buy the Gonzales company.
Blue Runner's quality reputation wasn't the lone consideration. Changing lifestyles were key, too, Thomas said.
Since 1993, company sales have grown four-fold, and beans remain a regional staple. But in the same period, the number of households cooking beans from scratch at home in south Louisiana has fallen from nine in 10 to about seven in 10, Thomas said, one of the trends pushing the U.S. canned bean category into a $1.4 billion-a-year business.
"More people who have made beans their whole life, they discover the quality of Blue Runner and they make a trade-off," he said. "We're making them the same way. We just save you three or four hours. I've heard it a thousand times: 'I'll never go back to making them myself again.'"
Other bean canneries typically dispense uncooked beans, seasoning, water and syrup in a can and let the retort machines pressure-cook the beans for perhaps 40 minutes, eschewing the hours-long kettle cooking essential for creamy beans, Thomas said.
In an age of homogenization, Blue Runner represents a choice of time-honored kitchen recipes over high-speed efficiency, Thomas said. To ensure that Blue Runner beans could remain that way, he weaned the firm off difficult-to-make distractions, such as the etouffee that required a time-consuming roux.
"I think they have focused on what they do best," Sandoz said. "They don't go outside of their beans. And now that the economy is bad, their beans are selling great. I think they're a lot like Manda Meats: They have stay focused on what they do."
Thomas isn't afraid to tweak recipes to meet contemporary diet trends. In January, Blue Runner will introduce no-salt beans at grocery stores.
Blue Runner expands bean production
GONZALES — Hurricane Gustav nearly toppled a century-old former sugar cane building beside Blue Runner Foods on Labor Day 2008.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Entertainment, vacations and eating out in restaurants have taken a hit as Americans look for ways to save money and cut costs.
With unemployment figures rising and tumbling stocks about 70 percent of Americans questioned in a Zogby International interactive poll said they have cut back on their entertainment budgets.
Forty percent also said they are spending less on food and groceries, and 16 percent have gone without medical or prescription drugs in the past year.
"This is a very depressing poll," CEO John Zogby said in an interview. "I think we have a ways to go in terms of hitting the bottom," he added.
Discretionary spending and entertainment have suffered the most, according to the survey. Forty percent of people said they have also limited or canceled their normal vacation plans because of concerns about the costs.
Another 40 percent have decided the time is not right to buy major items such as automobiles, homes entertainment electronics, or a computer.
Nearly 80 percent of younger adults, aged 18-29, said they have scaled back on going out, compared to 55 percent of people 65 years and older.
Zogby said younger people are learning to economize. With less experience in the job market and lower salaries they may not have a choice.
Thirteen percent of people under 30 also said that money worries have affected their educational plans in the last year, and nearly 10 percent have decided not to continue their studies.
Even people with higher household incomes of more than $100,000 are cutting costs, according to the nationwide interactive survey 1,474 adults with and without jobs.
Almost 30 percent of people in higher incomes brackets are watching their food budgets, while 64 percent of people earning less than $25,000 have decreased their spending on groceries.
Zogby said one of the most concerning findings of the poll is the impact on healthcare.
Slightly more than a third of people earning less than $25,000 said they gone without medical care, compared to 10 percent of adults in the upper income brackets.


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Braylon Edwards Lets Boomer Sportswriters Reference Namath Again
So Braylon Edwards "guaranteed" a Jets win, and it's a damned story. Sigh. We really have to do this again? We're just gonna start cutting and pasting this every time this comes up: "This guarantee business is media laziness, but we think it's steeped in the continuing boomer obsession with Joe Namath. His "guarantee" before Super Bowl III laid down the foundation for the style of sportswriting that would dominate for the next 40 years and is now, mercifully, starting to gasp and sputter. Namath's team won, sure, but no one man, in any sport, can 'guarantee' anything. Every sports fan knows this, and so does every sportswriter. Yet we keep up this dumb game every year. Yes, yes, we know: You had a poster of Joe Namath on your wall as a kid. Can we stop now? Please?" Please? Please?


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19 comments:
- Chelsea said...
top-left one is SO lovely!!
- March 29, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Kate said...
I have the one on the bottom right. It's awesome, but after three or four wears the neck is already a little bit wonky. Luckily it was super expensive. That top left one was not on their site when I bought mine, too bad!
- March 29, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- from lara said...
oo i love all of these! especially the floral printed and striped ones
- March 29, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Robyn said...
I agree-- even witty slogans lose their wit when they appear on a tee. It just looks... juvenile. These are beautiful though, especially the floral print one, which is rather unique-looking.
- March 29, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- amy @ switz~art said...
love them all!
the blue one on the top right hand side is the exact shape (floaty, longer sides, scoop neck) of one i just got at H&M...mine is cream with peachy horizontal stripes and the regular price was CAD$6.95! That means way cheaper in Stateside! Woohoo! They are new for spring!
- March 29, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- olive said...
i love these! thanks for posting this. i havent checked out alternative apparel in forever. these are not what i would expect from them!
- March 29, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- briannelee said...
Their tee shirts are the best. I am also obsessed.
- March 29, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- suzy lee said...
booo. too bad most of them are sold out in small.
- March 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- b.a. said...
mmmm, indeed!
- March 29, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Handmade said...
You should have a look at "Our Fave Top" free pattern on Tessuti's Blog (Australia)- it's quite like the top right photograph.
- March 29, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- destined to design | jessica said...
Perfection, indeed! Love them all.
- March 29, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Carolyn said...
Those tshirts are lovely. I agree with you about the slogan variety, and I have no wish to pay to be somebody else's advertising billboard either, thankyou!
I love your blog, you have a wonderful sense of style. Can't wait to see your spring collection.
- March 29, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Enchanted Royals said...
My boyfriend will be mad, as he constantly discourages the slouch, but I want all of these.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- anneemall said...
the one on top right would be perfect to hide wide hips like mine! ;)
- March 30, 2010 at 1:20 AM
- Rūta said...
They are nice. I've been in love with oversixed t-shirts with longer sides for a while.
- March 30, 2010 at 5:32 AM
i'm the exact same way about t-shirts. thanks so much for this post!
xo Alison
- March 30, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Lexie said...
i love that floral one, but it has been sold out for ages! :(
- March 30, 2010 at 5:44 PM
especially love that dark floral one!
- March 31, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- ANDWHATELSEISTHERE said...
Love the stripes top.
Love wearing t-shirts too ;)
- April 1, 2010 at 10:43 AM


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Man Buys Wrong Lottery Ticket And Wins Big
Who doesn't dream of hitting the lottery jackpot? As the jackpot grows so do the number of people who don't normally buy tickets, all hoping they will be the lucky one to win it all.For those who do not play the lottery on a regular basis it can be confusing as to which ticket is for which game.
That confussion actually paid off in a big way for one a Wisconsin man who accidently bought a ticket for the states megabucks game and ended up hitting the jackpot and winning $14.3 million.
Napolean Elvord, a Vietnam veteran in need of an organ transplant thought he was buying a ticket for the powerball game and was completely shocked days later when he looked at his ticket and realized he had won the megabucks.
Congratulations bro, and thank you for your service!


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We're All Racing: Part 1
Barrel racing and flat racing are seeing more crossover in the sale ring and breeding shed.
By Denis Blake in The American Quarter Horse Journal | January 1, 0001
It's easy to say that barrel racing and flat racing are similar in that the fastest horse wins, but on the other hand, the two industries can sometimes seem worlds apart. In recent years, however, those two distinct worlds have come closer as barrel racers seek to add more speed to their bloodlines, and racehorse breeders and stallion owners seek new revenue streams. While hard numbers are difficult to come by, the fact that a barrel horse sold for $50,000 at this year's Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale – one of racing's biggest auctions – is a good indication that the level of crossover between the two industries is on the rise. "I've seen an increasing number of barrel trainers at the January Heritage Sale that are buying straight racehorse prospects to make barrel horses out of them," says performance horse breeder Jud Little, who stands seven stallions at his Jud Little Ranch near Ardmore, Oklahoma. "They are making a very significant impact on the racehorse sale industry."
Not only are barrel racers making an impact on the sale industry, they are also having an impact on the breeding industry. Jud, who has been operating his ranch for more than 35 years, has long been an advocate of bringing racehorse blood into barrel racing. And he's not alone.
Whether you're a newcomer to the excitement of Quarter Horse racing or a seasoned participant, you'll appreciate this in depth look at horse racing history in AQHA's "The Story of American Quarter Horse Racing" DVD.
"The competition in barrel racing is so fierce now," says Mary Ellen Hickman, president of Future Fortunes Inc., a stallion incentive program for barrel horses. "Maybe the dam is more of a working-bred horse, but they go to a racehorse sire to get some more speed in there." After all, speed is the name of the game whether you are running down the track or around the barrels. "I'm all about that speed; it makes up for so many other things," Jud says.
Racehorse Stallions for Barrel Racing
Racehorse breeders might not recognize many names in the pedigrees of Jud's stallions, until they get to No Mas Corona. The 6-year-old stallion is by First Down Dash's son Fishers Dash and is out of the winning Sizzle Te broodmare of the year Sizzling Lil, who has produced racing champions Corona Chick and Corona Kool. According to Jud, No Mas Corona flashed brilliant speed in morning workouts until an injury stopped his racing career before it even started. "We are primarily marketing him to barrel horse people, and they have really accepted him wonderfully. His first crop is now 2-year-olds, and we really like them." But unlike with a racehorse stallion, where you can at least get an idea of his chances for success at the end of his first crop's 2-year-old season, it takes longer in the barrel racing world where the majority of horses don't compete until age 4 or 5 and sometimes don't achieve success until they approach double-digit age. "It takes five years (to prove a barrel stallion), and it's a painstakingly exhausting kind of thing to wait that long, but it's just the nature of the beast," Jud says.
From the colonies of early America to the bright lights of Los Alamitos, the story of the racing American Quarter Horse explodes with excitement in AQHA's "The Story of American Quarter Horse Racing" DVD.
Jud has noticed that other barrel horse breeders are also adding race-bred stallions to their rosters. Many others are breeding to established race-bred stallions, and broodmares with racehorse blood have long been successful in barrel racing. "(All American Futurity winner) Bugs Alive In 75 has been a leading maternal grandsire of barrel horses for years," he says. "It's a matter of picking and choosing the right bloodlines. I've identified six or seven lines of horses, both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse, that might not suit on the first or second line of pedigree but I might like to see them on the third line. I constantly tinker with it." Stay tuned for the second part of this series.


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Why Through The Sea?
by Wayne Blank
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A simple statement about The Exodus route by the way to the sea:
"13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea" (Exodus 13:18 KJV)
But the Exodus was much more. It was profoundly symbolic of Christianity. Jesus Christ is The Way - and it was The Christ who led the Israelites in the Exodus (which was an analogy of living a Christian life in acceptance of Christ's Passover Sacrifice - see Christ's Passover and Christ's Feast of Unleavened Bread):
"14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:5-6 KJV)
But why did Christ have them go through the water? Why not around it? Because, after accepting His Passover Sacrifice and dedicating themselves to come out of the carnal world, it was their baptism for and by Christ (see Old Testament Baptisms):
"10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." (1 Corinthians 10:1-4 KJV)
The Sea: A Symbolic Baptism For The Israelites, A Symbolic Lake Of Fire For Pharaoh's Attacking Army
So the Israelites came out of Egypt on a baptism route - which would be a sea of destruction for those who refused to repent (see Planet On Fire!).
"13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go [see Let My People Go], that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
The LORD led them on His Way.
"13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people." (Exodus 13:20-22 KJV)
The Pharaoh's "repentance" in letting the people go free (of him, not of the LORD's Law - see Violence, which means violation) was short-lived.
"14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses [see The Master's Messenger], saying, 14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so." (Exodus 14:1-4 KJV)
And so the Israelites made way to the waters of their deliverance - and of the Pharaoh's destruction.
"14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon." (Exodus 14:5-9 KJV)
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free drinks of champagnes and cocktails, people were happily drunk and danced the night away at the stage (with the "HERMES SALOON" sign on above)
I found another way to put my sunnies in my outfit: use belt as a holder haha
Beautiful post!
Lucky you!!!! It looks like such an amazing event!
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This is my 1st attempt doing "makup" for my swiss roll. The patterns (lines) not so obvious as most of the lines stick on the baking paper. Could it because I left the sponge cake completely cool while removing the paper? Anyway is good to try on new thing :D
Since my green tea powder contributes not much colour to the cake I added the paste as well. However the cake still not looking "green".
Inspired from孟老師的美味蛋糕啳 cookbook
3 egg yolks
20g sugar
20g vegetable oil
40ml milk
1 tsp green tea paste (optional)
(B)80g cake flour
2 tsp green tea powder
* Sifted and set aside
30g sugar
(D) Pattern: green tea lines15g margarine/ butter
10g icing sugar
15g egg white
10g cake flour
½ tsp green tea powder
1 tsp green tea paste (optional)
(E) Custard cream filling100g margarine/ butter
40g egg yolk40g sugar
20g cake flour
200g milk
½ tsp green tea powder1 tsp green tea paste (optional)
Methods :~Pattern: green tea lines
1. Mix all ingredients till well combine with a spoon. Fill the batter into piping bag (I'm using plastic bag).
2. Draw straight lines on the baking pan. Then create patterns by running a toothpick around the straight lines.
3. Once done, keep the baking pan in fridge to set.
~Sponge cake
1. Put egg yolks and sugar in a bowl. Stir till well combine. Add the remaining ingredients (A) and stir well. Fold in sifted flour and mix till smooth.
2. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites till frothy. Add sugar gradually and beat till stiff.
3. Fold in 1/3 of the whites into the yolk mixture till well incorporate. Pour in the remaining egg whites and fold gently till well combine.
4. Pour the batter into baking pan (with patterns set, I'm using 22cm x 30cm) lined with greased baking paper. Smooth the surface with a scrapper. Bake in the pre-heated oven 190C for 15 minutes.
5. Once cooked, transfer the cake by lifting the baking paper (edges) to wire rack. Leave to cool (about 5 minutes).
6. Invert the cake and gently remove the baking paper. Turn the cake over. With a knife cut 2 lines (at the beginning of rolling point) but the cake is still attached to each other. Spread the filling evenly on the surface. Leave 1-2cm remain unspread.
7. Hold the cake with both hands and roll gently. When the swiss roll is rolled up, make sure the ending portion facing downward. Keep the roll in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before cut and serve.
~ Custard cream filling
1. Add yolks and sugar in a bowl. Whisk till well combine. Add in cake flour. Stir to well incorporate. Pour in milk and stir to well combine.
2. Cook the milk mixture on stove at low flame. Do whisk constantly while heating up the mixture. The custard is ready once the mixture turns thick (obvious lines appear on mixture surface as you stir). Add in the green tea powder and paste. Again, still to combine. Then, leave aside to cool.
3. While waiting for the custard to cool down, beat the margarine till light and creamy. Add in the cool custard into the beaten margarine in 3 batches. The filling is ready to be used.
* You can save the custard cream filling inside fridge. Do whisk again to soften the cream to achieve spreading consistency.
I am submitting this post for this month Aspiring Bakers #9 – Swiss Rolling Good Times!(Jul 2011) hosted by Obsessedly Involved with Food .