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Understand Your Child's Development — A Review
Originally posted on A Ducktrinor Mom:
Authors: Jameela Ho at Muslim Parenting & Ilma Ed Irna Fathurrubayah at Atfalna Education Weronika Ozpolat at Multicultural Motherhood Nabila Ikram at Everlearning, Everlasting Afshan Mohammed Hannah Morris at ActiveMindCare. Summary: By understanding your child's development you can help…
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The Art of Mutual Destruction
The Art of Mutual Destruction by Neymat Raboobee at The Imperfect Muslimah is a tale woven with vengeance deeds. A love story set in rich crime boss underworld families, there is Iman, a mixed raced Blonde who is the jewel … Continue reading
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The Sandhills of Arabia
The Sandhills of Arabia by American Muslim convert Laila Hasib is a Muslim young adult story of about 100 pages. A quick read, it's intriguing and to the point. The writing is crisp and witty. Hasib leaves no stones un-turned when … Continue reading
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Imagine, by Shoohada Khanom
Originally posted on Umm Afraz Muhammed:
"Could we talk about something interesting? While we're trying to get some rest?" "Okay, Yunus," Saarah replied. Plucking something from the top of her head. Imagine by Shoohada Khanom, is a children's picture-book geared…
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Chains of Fear by Neymat Raboobee – A Review
Title: Chains of Fear Author: Neymat Raboobee Publisher: Tosh Publishing in South Africa Paperback Price : $10.10 on Amazon here Kindle Price : $10.00 on Amazon here Summary: "I know I should be trusting Allah and I do, of course … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Reviews, women Tagged Neymat Raboobee, Tales of Sisterhood Publishing, The Imperfect Muslimah, Tosh Publishing 3 Comments
Poems by Stoori Khan – A Review
Assalamu aleikum, Be Like A Shining Star by Stoori I have been meaning to read the Quran for a few days now and yesterday I only managed to read a page in Arabic. Alhamdullilah ala kulli haal. But this morning … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Islam, Islamic Books, Muslimah, Poems, Reading, Reviews, Single and searching, Sunnah, women, Writing Tagged Be Like A Shining Star, Love is Pure, Poems, Reviews, Stoori Khan 2 Comments
Tight Rope, by Sahar Abdulaziz
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"But Nour knew that goodwill and acceptance would never reveal themselves by taking off their hijab because for her or any other person of color, the skin she lived in wasn't removable and therefore,…
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Book Review : The Ducktrinors (by Papatia Feauxzar)
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Book: The Ducktrinors ( book 1 and book 2 of the Jihad series) Author: Papatia Feauxzar About the Author: Papatia Feauxzar is an American author of West African descent living in Dallas, Texas with…
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Book Review : THE DUCKTRINORS
Originally posted on A Ducktrinor Mom:
The Book: The Ducktrinors (Book I & Book II) (Jihad Series) Author: Papatia Feauxzar Available at: Amazon (Ebook, Paperback), Djarabi Kitabs Publishing ? I was eager to read this book-The Ducktrinors – a Muslim science fiction of Young Adult…
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How Do You Become A Bestseller Author?
Assalamu aleikum! This question is always on writers and authors' minds. Today I want to tackle the subject and be blunt about it. So how can a writer achieve such a goal? You can offer your book for free to … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Finances, Islam, Muslim Fiction, Reading, Reviews, Writing, Young Adult (YA) Literature Tagged Fixed Up!, Rant, The Ducktrinors 15 Comments
Book Review: A Tight Rope By Sahar Abdulaziz
Originally posted on My Journey with Hijab:
I have read a thriller after a long time and it came out to be the right one , to be more precise it is a political thriller. The chapters in book are…
The Blessed Bananas – A Review
Originally posted on A Ducktrinor Mom:
Bismillah, Synopsis: Everyone in the village knows not to come near the cranky, old monkey Rico or his precious bananas. However, after some unwanted encounters, Rico learns a life-changing lesson. Find out how in this…
Book Review: "Surprise" by Zaheera Jina.
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"Surprise" by Zaheera Jina is a feel good book for kids about a Muslim family.? The story is about two boys receiving a surprise from their mother. The story is engaging and there…
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Halal Comfort Food's Blog Tour!
Assalamu aleikum! Today we stopped at Foodeva Marsay with Marriam Sayed alhamdullilah. Here is the link —> http://marriamsayed.com/2017/08/23/halal-comfort-food-by-m-k-johnston-book-review/# Jazakh'Allah Khair for reading, Papatia Feauxzar, Al Foodie
The Muslims: A Graphic Novel (Volume 1) – A Review — Hayati Magazine
Bismillah, The Muslims is a new Muslim graphic novel aimed at young Muslim children. Author : Ahmad Philips is an author, illustrator, and animator. Raised in Michigan, he graduated in animation and worked as a video editor, illustrator, animator, and … Continue reading
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Mommy Who Is Allah? Al-Khaliq (The Creator) – A Review
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Bismillah, Age Range: 3+ Series: Mommy Who Is Allah? Author: Susan Jones was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1969. She grew up in Houston, Texas, and converted to Islam in 1999. She studied the…
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Book Review – Ramadan without Daddy
Originally posted on Islamopedia:
Title: Ramadan without Daddy Author: Misbah Akhtar Publishers: Djarabi Kitabs Publications Ramadan without Daddy is a story of a young family who learn to live without Daddy around because Mummy and Daddy have separated and divorced.…
Review: Ramadan Without Daddy
Originally posted on The Imperfect Muslimah:
Ramadan Without Daddy was written by Misbah Akhtar and illustrated by Vicky Amrullah. It was published by Djarabi Kitabs and is available here. This story is one that I would have loved to have…
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Fabulous Finds: The Big Reconnecting Selflove Journal
Originally posted on Fabulously Liberated:
Alhamdulillah! I received this journal as a gift. It has a thin paperback and a gorgeous cover, MashaAllah! The size is just perfect – big enough to write comfortably in and small enough to fit…
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Mr. Ramadhan Moon – A Review
Originally posted on A Ducktrinor Mom:
Bismillah, ? Author: S.R.M aka Salma Raja Malik is a 29 year old mom of 3 young boys and an Occupational Therapist. She was inspired by her children and her first generation Muslim American experiences…
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March is going out in a wet way. Rain, rain and more rain. Oh well, we probably do need all that rain for all the gorgeous flowers that are going to popping open any day now. I just have to figure out a way to keep my bird feeder and the seed dry. As soon as I fill it, the rains come and turn it to something nasty. Well, that's a new project for Moo.
God love Tootsie, I think I wore her out a bit playing catch with the ball. On second thought, maybe I spoke too soon. She's back with that spitty old ball in her mouth. You just gotta love her.
Us scrapper gals were on the chat line late again last night. I must say that it was a very interesting and informative chat. We giggle a lot, but we learn a lot. And this wasn't even the regular forum chat. We discussed a bit about our ancestry, and I looked up a castle in my family background that even has a fairy flag. Sound interesting? Let me put some info together, and I will share this with you.
I also spent some time chatting with a most wonderful young man whose 17th birthday began a couple of hours ago. What a delightful and very interesting person he is. You've done a great job with him Snowy. Of course, I'm referring to Snow Raven's son .
Today, I did manage to finish up two challenges and get them uploaded to the forum at Magickal Scraps. I had some kitchen papers to make and pack up, and then I had to do the Book of Shadows challenge, which was to tell about we used to (or do) celebrate Easter Sunday. This one, I will share with you tonight.
I think the rain is messing up my energy system. I came in from work this morning, played with my little girl for a bit, then did a few things on the computer, and then had to go to bed for an all afternoon nap. Either this is my "golden years" blossoming or it's the rain. I like to think it's the rain.
This week, I think Snow Raven is going to help me get some music set up here on the blog. That should make it nice. Nothing loud, I'm not into the hot and heavy loud stuff.
I'm off now to check on some more history. Mary Ann, if you're reading this, I'm glad you like that new camera - it's a beauty, all right. Y'all have a fantastic night.
Hugs, Edna B.
Special credits for use of resources: Snow Raven , Scrap Desafios and Dover.

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This was another gig that I was amazed to see in my inbox! I liked previous trailers for Dead Cells, so I assumed that they already had someone helping them out. When I saw their booth at PAX West this year I didn't even bother going to hand them a business card, because I thought I'd be stepping on someone's toes. Just goes to show you can never assume, but it all worked out in the end!
Dead Cells by Motion Twin is a 2D side-scrolling action rogue-ish game with procedurally generated levels. The game has some of the most beautiful, juicy art and animation that I've seen in a recent game. Before I got the gig I was holding off on purchasing it, because even though I heard it was very polished, as of the writing of this post it's still on Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development.
Sufficient to say this is about as fun a game to capture/cut for as there can be. I usually favor working on games with narrative driven gameplay, but of course I also love really crunchy video game-y video games. The art, animation, sound effects, music, and snappiness made it a TON of fun to cut this trailer. I also don't often get to cut with epic music, so it was an all around delight.
Yoann Laulan composed a piece of music specifically for the trailer, which was exciting and epic in all the ways you could want for a trailer. A couple weeks before I started work, he sent me a draft. I listened to it, and had just a couple notes that I sent to him. Originally the electric bass in the beginning lingered throughout the whole piece, but something about it felt unresolved. The other note was that the cue felt like it had too many climaxes, so he tuned the ending, and then it was perfect!
Right before I received a build, Motion Twin created a Slack channel for the trailer, and wrote up a document for what this trailer needed to highlight. They wanted a very fast kitchen sink sort of approach with title cards and quick cuts.
"...focus on the "WOW I didn't understand everything but it looks really amazing" effect. :D"
Title cards can be very boring in trailers, especially if they're being used to teach something to the audience, so I tend to avoid them if at all possible, but if there was a time and place for them, it's in a trailer like this. Action games like Dead Cells communicate well visually, because "player avatar hits bad guys, who explode into blood and gems" is something very easy to understand. Therefore, the title cards can be there just to hype the audience with some quick text.
Motion Twin already had made some nice and simple title cards from a previous trailer, so they sent me their After Effects file. For this trailer I spiced them up a bit with a lens flare, some glow, more particles and a slam animation.
I knew from the doc that they wanted to highlight new levels, the new boss, wall grab, enemies and weapons (not necessarily in that order). So after marking up the music cue, I put in placeholder title cards to see where they should fall on the beats, and also what order they should go in. Even though I prefer having few to no title cards, they're a nice thing to have when editing a trailer, because they're an easy way to start building your timeline.
I originally put weapons around the end, because I thought it would be a strong way to finish. But later I decided to put them first because it would give context and permission to use them in the shots that came after. I also assumed that new abilities and weapons are what would get the audience excited from the get go.
Dead Cells is a very good example of a game that is great to edit a trailer for. The specific reason is its animation and effects. When editing trailers I'm always looking for motion, and snappy actions to sync up with music. Dead Cells has this in spades with its ground pounds, weapons with weak and critical strikes, arrows, magic, explosions, teleportations, elevators, kicking etc. It's a mix of anticipation, hard hitting action, and climaxes that are *chef's kiss* for trailers.
No matter how many trailers I've cut, facing a blank timeline is still very intimidating. In my mind I don't want to put anything in unless it'll look immaculate, but of course this is INCREDIBLY UNREALISTIC. So what will happen is I'll agonized and writhe on the floor (slight exaggeration) until I somehow work up the courage to put something in. I decided that this time I would put in shots that were generally what should be in the section, but knowing that the capture was going to be terrible. Then, seeing those shots in there would help guide me towards what I needed. It's much easier to fix something that's bad, than it is to create something from nothing. This worked great, but it was still painful to look at the horrible timeline.
The debug tools for the build I had were extremely helpful. There are a lot of enemies, weapons, items, power ups, and status effects for just about every item. I was able to do this all from a handful of keyboard commands, and gamepad menus. I could also teleport between levels, adjust strength and health, and also make enemies ignore me.
For the wall grab I played a lot in the new levels using the ability, then cut together the two shots that were my favorite. Originally, the quick series of jumps was in a smaller space, but the camera moved so quickly that it felt too jarring, so I used jumps in an area that was about twice as wide. Any game that allows original Ninja Gaiden style wall jumps has a special place in my heart <3
The weapons section took a while to do because not all of them communicate well visually. I also wanted the rhythm of the abilities to interact with the music as much as possible. So when recapturing for this section I tried to use weapons at the tempo of the music in each section (as much as the weapon combos permitted). A very handy debug tool here was the ability to spawn any enemy from the game by clicking in the left thumbstick. This made retakes very fast and easy!
The other problem is that Dead Cells gameplay can look very chaotic when on screen there are multiple enemies, damage numbers, status effect text, sound effects, explosions, etc. In the game, the weapons have different "levels," the higher the level the more additional effects they have like: shooting grenades, arrows, or other status effects that add little icons to the player. This would've made the visuals more confusing, so I opted to use the first level for each weapon so that no additional effects would compete for attention.
With the audience hooked (hopefully) by shiny new abilities, I put the "New Levels" title card which wasn't as exciting visually because stuff isn't exploding, but the lull in the music paired nicely with the steady pans of the levels. The vocals in the music nicely climaxed out of this section, and I augmented it with a rise. In the debug build, I could move the camera freely throughout a level, so I used this to show how tall the Clock Tower level is. I added motion blur in After Effects using Reelsmart Motion Blur which is a great tool that will add blur based on the motion in the shot.
The enemies section was pretty easy to cut together. I'm not sure it's clear that the Golem teleports you close to it so it can hit you; I wanted to avoid making it look like the player had a teleport ability, so I tried to emphasize it by having the player running away when it happens. When capturing, the grenades of the cluster grenadier would occasionally blow up in a pattern that matched the music, so of course I incorporated that! Then for the boss, I just played a lot, and got lucky with a couple shots where I was playing well, and were very readable.
The end montage was an opportunity to just show some more abilities I didn't highlight earlier. Originally I had some other clips with action and precarious platforming, but we later changed the end text to "It's going to be... brutal," so the last shots became the player dying.
The final touch was the scene of the glowing moon after the first title card. I originally had a shot from in-game, but since it was just a scaling animation to mimic a camera zooming out there was no parallax effect; Motion Twin sent me a Photoshop file which allowed me to make the shot in After Effects with 3D layers.
And that's it! This was a short and sweet project. From the time I received the build to the final edit was about a week and a half. I got to cut with amazing visuals and music, which made it that much more fun. Lots of thinking of eye trace in this trailer because it's cut so fast. A bunch of the shots are zoomed in a bit so that I could compose the shots as needed for better eye trace.
Now that the update is out, it's time for me to grind out some more abilities in Dead Cells. I'm already up to about 22 hours, and most of that time was just from when I received the code, and was waiting for the developer build O_O


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The 10th annual Rivertown Revival is on July 20th, 2019 from 11 am to 8:30 pm.
We are expecting crowds of up to 9,000 folks. Revivalists come hungry and thirsty, and often the temperature is scorching, so be prepared for long lines and a great day!
Although we will consider a Vendor Application from anyone, our preference is to obtain vendors whose products and operations have (or will soon have) significantly reduced environmental impacts, and are moving in the direction of long-term environmental sustainability. This is a Green Event and we do require that you follow our Green Guidelines [PDF] and use only products that can be recycled and composted using Recology's standards in Sonoma County, as outlined in the Guidelines [PDF].
We can help you find great products to use if you aren't familiar with where to source compostable plates, paper straws, etc. We take our Green Event status very seriously; in 2017 we had a 98% waste diversion rate, and created 1,800 pounds of compost out of those consumables of yours.
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Tales from the Emergency Department; in which a man who wallows in nostalgia, and secretly wishes he were a Victorian KnifeMan rants about his work and what passes for a life. He's heard it might be therapeutic... Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Any resemblence to parties alive or dead is purely coincidental
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
What He Said...
However, the always thought provoking Dr Crippen has beaten me to it. And, inevitably, said it better than me.
So, read his piece here.
1 comment:
- Dr Jon said...
So, some herbs are potentially potent. I don't think anyone is denying that .. (skin up Mike!).
The problem as I and many others see it, is that the pharmaceutical companies are only incentivised to sell patented medicines, which have high R&D costs but potentially massive returns if they hit upon a good one. Nobody is funding proper large scale research and trials of drugs based from herbs, because there is no protectable revenue stream from them.
To compound things further, the magic phrase "clinically proven" can often mean only "51% effective". You can see why the debate is somewhat polarised!
Has anyone got any sensible ways out of this situation?
You are right about the homeopaths though. Their snake oil is even watered down. Twats.
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Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie's new hard-boiled mystery/thriller Jack Reacher (starring Tom Cruise) will be in theaters this holiday season. While attending the Jack Reacher press junket in New York, part of our interview with McQuarrie inevitably turned toward his work in the X-Men movie universe.
McQuarrie wrote the original script for The Wolverine, the version that had Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky attached, before a multitude of factors forced Aronofsky to drop the project, and McQuarrie to soon follow suit. In talking with the Usual Suspects scribe, I learned more about what his version of The Wolverine would've been like - a version that McQuarrie himself describes as, "Kurosawa's Wolverine."
Star Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold (Walk the Line) recently did an extended interview about The Wolverine, assuring fans and casual moviegoers alike that this will be the best onscreen depiction of the character yet. While that may turn out to be true, certain fans will forever be wondering "What If?" (that's a Marvel joke, folks) when the question of Aronofsky and McQuarrie's version comes up. After all, it was a film that many fans (somewhat spuriously) predicted could become an Oscar contender when all was said and done.
Talking to McQuarrie, it's clear that the Oscar-winning writer also views his version of The Wolverine as being something truly special:
The truth of the matter is that 'Wolverine' I consider to be one of my favorite scripts that I've ever written. I really held it near and dear to my heart, and I was sorry that circumstances worked out that I couldn't be there and be involved in that movie. I'm almost afraid to see what it's evolved into, because that's the nature of the process.
I followed up by asking him what, exactly, led him to the character of Logan, and why he felt his superhero character piece was in fact so special:
Well you know, it was an X-Men movie - it was a Marvel movie - but it existed very much in a real world. And more than anything, I love it for the very fact that - at least in the script I wrote - he was the only mutant in the movie... It was what you'd imagine the Wolverine universe to be under the control of somebody who wrote 'The Usual Suspects' and 'The Way of the Gun' and is a fan of Sergio Leone. It was Kurosawa's Wolverine. There was a real romance to it, there was real humor to it, and a very straightforward sort of plain-faced brutality to it. I'm hoping they preserve that.
Hugh was really great, I liked working with Hugh a lot - he was very understanding, very open and supportive of me - so I'll be very interested to see how that film turns out.
From what we know so far, Mangold and screenwriters Mark Bomback (Die Hard 4) and Scott Frank (Minority Report) have tweaked elements of McQuarrie's script - possibly to better link The Wolverine with X-Men: Days of Future Past and the overall X-Men movie universe. This includes adding more mutant character (like the villain, Silver Samurai), and setting the film after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand.
That said, during their extended interview, both Jackman and Mangold touched upon themes - Logan's alienation and rage as a quasi-immortal killing machine - that are very much in line with what McQuarrie sought to explore. Mangold has also called the film "an unconventional superhero movie," which is definitely what the McQuarrie/Aronofsky version would've been (to put it mildly).
Plenty of fans will assert that a Wolverine film that is a bit more comic book than Kurosawa is definitely a better approach; and given how The Wolverine could end up interlocking with future X-Men films, those fans may be right. After all, in this post-Avengers era, it's not very likely that an artistic (and truly standalone) Wolverine character drama would've been as effective or popular - what do you think?
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Stay tuned for more from our interview with McQuarrie, including what it's like directing a blockbuster film like Jack Reacher, and his plan to expand the X-Men movie universe.
Jack Reacher will be in theaters on December 21, 2012.
The Wolverine releases on July 26, 2013.
X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theaters on July 18, 2014.


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Lady Longbottom and Madame Bloomers will be strutting their stuff in Dublin on the 28th March
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Clowns on Bikes will be back out at The Cork St Patrick's Festival this year on the 17th & 19th and also at The Big Day Out in Dublin. Three clowns on two bikes and Mary Poppins thrown in for good measure!
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We are delighted to announce that we will be back at this years Big Day Out in Dublin on Sunday 20th March. We will be performing The Wobbly Circus Show as well as walkabout acts throughout the day.
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White & Green is a family run company working to bring organic into consumer's homes. This transparent brand sells organic, fair trade bedding, towels, baby clothes, and other home products. Through their sales, White & Green is also educating consumers on the importance of organic goods in the home.
After Sari had experienced frustration with low quality sheets as an interior designer, she gathered her entrepreneurial daughters and the family set out to create the best bedding in the industry. The ladies spent years researching, traveled to India to visit organic cotton farms, & visited Fair Trade Certified factories to make their company as socially responsible as possible. Their high quality bedding was a hit with consumers, allowing them to expand their products to include organic towels, baby clothes, and blankets.
So why is organic important in home linens?
Through their travels Sari and her family were able to see the impact of non-organic cotton. The spraying of pesticides and chemicals is harmful to the health of the farmers, communities, and negatively impacting the environment. Pesticides seep into soil, get into the water, and individuals can be hospitalized due to the implications of these chemicals on their health.
White & Green encourages consumers to take pride in purchasing organic, fair trade home & bath linens. By buying organic consumers are supporting farmer safety and making a positive choice for their own health. Our skin absorbs what we come into contact with, therefore if we are sleeping on sheets with chemicals that is seeping into our skin. AND think about how much time we spend in our beds.....scary stuff! Same with our bath towels and the clothes we wear. Natural, organic fibers allow our skin to breathe which is why White & Green's work is incredibly important. The White & Green Fair Trade Certified factories are organic only factories which means the health of the employees is not at risk. The Fair Trade Certified ensures that factory workers are paid and treated fairly. The White & Green team visits their factories every two years to ensure quality. White & Green's transparent supply chain is just one of the many reasons this is a great brand.
Recently, I was able to try out White & Green's towels. White & Green's towels are very well made and high quality. The care and craftsmanship is obvious in the detailed stitching. I appreciate the weight of the bath towels. They are soft, heavy, and absorbent, but not too heavy to where you feel weighed down. The light grey is a beautiful neutral color that goes well with the light colors in our bathroom. The towels wash well and feel fresh. I encourage you all to consider including White & Green organic linens in your home.
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text: Verona's known for Romeo & Juliet, but it's the Arena of Verona that's the hub of romance. This ancient coliseum is still in use each summer, hosting timeless operas, al fresco, at dusk. Splurge on a lower seat near the stage and a seat cushion. Go to the piazza during the day of any show and you'll likely see the set pieces throughout the streets, as there's no back stage. Aida is the classic, complete with live horses, but beware, it's over three hours. Seat cushion is key.


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This class will teach you the steps to making flaky, buttery croissants. After a brief demonstration by the instructor, students will learn the step-by-step process for making laminated dough for croissants and other pastries. Students will mix and prepare their own laminated dough using hand-rolling and folding techniques. Students will bake a batch of traditional butter croissants and make other classic variations with chocolate and almonds.


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Thu., Feb. 24, 2011, 2:31 p.m.
The Boeing Co. will build the next generation of air refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force, winning a hotly contested decade-long bid to replace about a third of the KC-135s that have served as the military's flying gas stations for nearly half a century.
The Air Force announced it was choosing a military version of the Boeing 767 over the Airbus A330 in the competition for a contract worth more than $30 billion and 50,000 jobs. Both aerospace giants get their parts from all over the world, but Boeing will build the planes in Everett and in Wichita, Kan.
Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday the contract will add about 11,000 aerospace jobs to Washington, and will urge the Legislature to make sure the training is available at community colleges so that state residents can take advantage of that expansion. "If they don't find the skilled work force in the state, they'll bring them in from out of state."
Airbus would have assembled its tanker in Alabama at a closed military base.
Both planes met the Air Force's 372 mandatory requirements and "were awardable," Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said in announcing the contract Thursday afternoon after the stock market's close. But the Boeing proposal offered "substantial savings" which he didn't quantify. But the Airbus tanker, a larger plane, was expected to have higher costs to the military for extended runways and enlarged hangars.
The new plane, which Boeing has been calling the KC-X, will be designated the KC-46A. The Air Force will receive the first 18 planes in 2017, but won't decide for several years which bases will get them.
The KC-135 is the plane flown by units at Fairchild Air Force Base on the West Plains. At one point, Fairchild was scheduled to be the first base to get replacement tankers, but that was when the Air Force had a different plan for replacing the Eisenhower-era planes.
Air Force officials at Fairchild, home of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, declined to comment on the bid outcome Thursday, referring any questions to the Defense Department. Fairchild's tankers also are flown by the 141st Air National Guard.
The first 18 KC-46As will be delivered to Air Force bases in 2017, but the decision on which bases won't be made for several years.
Congressional delegations in Washington and Kansas hailed the Pentagon's decision. Sen. Patty Murray who has been a supporter of the Boeing tanker replacement since it was first proposed in 2001, called the contract a "major victory" for America's workers, its aerospace industry and military.
"It is consistent with the president's own call to 'out-innovate' and 'out-build' the rest of the world," Murray said in a prepared statement released just minutes after the announcement was made.
Members of the Washington delegation were bracing for bad news, as industry insiders had speculated in recent days that Airbus would win the contract. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said they were concerned that European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. had been given every advantage to submit a bid and that unfair trade subsidy rulings by the World Trade Organization weren't being considered by the Pentagon. Boeing still won, apparently decisively, she said.
But in Alabama, where the Airbus tankers would have been assembled, reaction ranged from disappointed to bitter.
"The U.S. Department of Defense, in not awarding the aerial refueling tanker contract to EADS North America today, has made a egregious error and America's military men and women are ultimately the biggest losers," the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce said in a prepared statement.
The Air Force has tried to upgrade the tanker fleet for nearly a decade, with a series of missteps. Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, it began discussion of a plan to "lease" some 100 tanker versions of Boeing's 767 to allow it to retire some of the oldest KC-135s in the fleet. That idea had strong support from members of Congress in Washington and Kansas, where the company has assembly lines, but drew criticism from some budget hawks who noted that leasing was as expensive as buying in the long run, and the Air Force had to give the planes back when the lease was up.
Then Boeing got into trouble for offering a job to the Air Force official in charge of procurement, who was negotiating the tanker contract. The official, Darleen Druyun, and Boeing CFO Michael Sears were both fired, convicted of federal crimes and jailed.
When Congress eventually gave up on leasing and told the Air Force to buy tankers, Airbus joined the competition with Boeing. The Europe-based manufacturer was awarded a contract in 2008, but the Air Force later had to rescind the deal after government studies showed it was awarded on different specifications than the military said it wanted when the competition started.
Recently, the Pentagon had another SNAFU, admitting that it sent the two manufacturers the competition's proprietary information by mistake.
EADS could challenge the contract, just as Boeing did when it lost the competition in 2008. Air Force officials tried to downplay the possibility that such a challenge would be successful, saying competition was open and transparent and "favored no one except the taxpayer," according to Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn.
After praising both companies for waging a "splendid competition," Donley suggested that both remember they have "a long-standing releationship with the Air Force that we expect would continue."
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Palma Violets
Emily Mackay
, February 27th, 2013 09:17
There's one microcosmic detail in Palma Violet's debut album that exemplifies the root of a lot of the fuss that's been made over them, for good or bad. It's the moment when established live favourite 'Tom The Drum' tumbles abruptly to a halt, a rattle of drumsticks turns into the band giving themselves a tiny round of applause, and you can clearly make out bassist/co-frontman Chilli Jesson's voice drawl "fucking brrrrrilliant..." before the song lurches back into joyous life.
The raw, gawky excitement Palma Violets get from just playing pops from person to person at their gigs like sexy static electricity. Without being particularly showy (apart from their adorably awful efforts to get the crowd to join with raising their 'spirit fingers' at every show) they generate thrill, demand to be watched as they stumble about into each other, sweaty and shouting and unselfconscious.
It's this excitement (which it should be noted, exists not only in magazines and lists but also in the minds and hearts of real, happy young people; I seen 'em with my own eyes) which has also drawn a fair amount of 'saviours of indie rock? Not likely on this evidence' sneers their way. I mean, imagine magazines whose role it's always been to get hysterical about new bands getting bug-eyedly worked up about a good band that a lot of young people are into! How stupid.
I find it weird, because Palma Violets sonically tick the sort of references that usually have snobbier critics dropping their guard; The Gun Club, early Bunnymen, the Bad Seeds (Jesson's late father was once the Bad Seeds' manager, and they're a favourite of the whole group). Yet as soon as they're handed the an NME front cover, I have people telling me they sound like Jamie T, The Libertines, The Clash and Coldplay. Er, what?
I also find it odd that the same accusations of stupidity and derivativeness kneejerked their way are rarely hurled at the equally hyped Savages, who despite being if anything more pastichey in sound, have the advantages of gender and humourlessness on their side. Derivative guitar music played by happy young men? Boo! Thickos, retrogressive, landfill etc. Same played by angry-faced young women? Brilliant. You people are so transparent, honestly.
Anyway, if you take the time to look past all that navel-gazing music journo shite, the point is, it's the audible potential energy that makes this, as with so many debuts of its kind (Remember, for starters, The Horrors' debut album?). It doesn't need work and time and fine tuning; it needs to be a lovable, dizzy, bedheaded romp. And it is. Pete Mayhew's unfussy organ adds a richness to their exuberant racket that would make 'Rattesnake Highway' gothy if it could be bothered to stand still for two seconds, clattering happily towards its screamed chorus. 'Chicken Dippers' (I mean, you know a band know the importance of not taking themselves too seriously when they call a song 'Chicken Dippers' rather than say 'I Read A Book About The War Once, It Was Well Dark', don't you? Not to mention 'Johnny Bagga' Donuts') has a Bad Seeds-ish crooned death-rattle verse with richly twanging guitar and a chorus like an ambush. 'Last Of The Summer Wine''s rich jangle and immensely singable chorus are irresistible, the silliness of Sam Fryer's forced-too-deep croon only adding to the charm. Best of all, 'Best Of Friends', months on from first ear-kiss, still sounds like the sweetest snapshot of young heartbreak (or, more to the point and more brilliantly, reluctantly breaking hearts), howling and thrashing it out.
It's not a perfect record, but then you wouldn't want it to be – the charm is the energy and room to grow here. They're not going to save anything, no, apart from you from the stick up your own arse if you let them. And they are, as they know, fucking brrrrrilliant.
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Music was always a part of Jesse Brewster's life. The records Jesse's mom played were formative: The Eagles, Willie Nelson, Bob Marley, Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, The Beatles and The Stones. His formation continued with Guns N' Roses and the hubris of the Beastie Boys, as his rural and classic rock roots blended urban/contemporary styles and began to stew into something new.
Along the way, Jesse became an accomplished guitarist, spending a number of years supporting the work of other artists. All the while he was quietly fomenting a prodigious songwriting talent. The catalyst to move center stage was an effort to raise awareness and funds for the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation. These experiences fueled the inspiration behind Jesse's debut album, Confessional, which featured "One Reason". Jesse continues to organize events and perform on behalf of the foundation while maintaining a busy touring schedule on the left coast. In addition, he's become a local staple on San Francisco's storied KFOG radio station. His song "My Great Escape" has been in regular rotation on the station, and was featured on KFOG's Local Scene, Vol. 6 album, which benefitted school music programs. "My Great Escape" also had the distinction of being used by CNN in their coverage of the 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign.
His last album, March of Tracks, features elements of folk, country, classic and southern rock, soul and even the occasional hint of Latin rhythms. Brewster turns up the heat on a simmering talent and has finally found his breakout moment. Whether you're in the mood for singer/songwriter pastiche ("Accomplice", "Chesapeake"), gritty rockers ("Can't Keep a Good Man Down", "Make or Break"), or ballads ("Left to Lose", "Rest of My Life"), March Of Tracks has it all.


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As previously noted, one of AEW's Executive Vice Presidents, Cody Rhodes, recently spoke with Wrestling Inc. as part of our WINCLY podcast. During the conversation, Rhodes gave an update on his knee following the surgery he had on it in Atlanta earlier this month. He also addressed the idea of AEW establishing their own training center at some point in the distant future.
We previously reported about how Rhodes underwent a successful surgery last month to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Rhodes revealed that the surgical process of scoping out his knee's torn cartilage was indeed a painful experience, however, he's glad that he has until May's Double Or Nothing event to get his knee rested up for in-ring competition.
"So, the knee is weight-bearing and it was weight-bearing right after surgery," Rhodes explained "I had a meniscus scope where they just dig out the cartilage, so that's the pain, and the swelling, and the recovery is based off of how much digging they did in there. Which they did a lot because there was a little more damage than they anticipated. But I don't have to wrestle until May, so, this is the perfect time to have ever gone under the knife. I'm lucky I have the time. I don't like the crutches they gave me, and I fell at the office yesterday. So, I've been humbled by my own body but the scope went well."
Rhodes told Wrestling Inc.'s Nick Hausman that AEW doesn't have a specific office building where they handle business, and furthermore, there may ultimately never be a home base office for the promotion. Rhodes' impression is that modern, busy Executive VPs of a company may not need a specific location to handle their business matters. If they do ultimately decide to create an office, Rhodes hopes that they keep it close to his home in Atlanta.
"My office is in Atlanta but the office for All Elite Wrestling is TBD because we don't know," Rhodes said. "There may never be one because the four executive vice presidents are all over the place and in 2019, you may not need everyone to be in the same room. We talk every day. But yeah, my office is in Atlanta here, not far from where I live. It's kinda the makeshift current AEW office, actually, because that's the only business that gets done in there actually. So yeah, maybe we'll just do it out of my place. Well, it's a very nice place so I do encourage them. That's where me and the AEW coordinator, Mike, that's where all the Road To Double Or Nothing videos are filmed. So I encourage them to come to me."
Along with a potential office, the prospect of a future training facility for the AEW talent was brought to Rhodes' attention. Rhodes isn't fully against the idea, however, he believes that a setup allowing AEW talent to travel to various other training facilities may ultimately give the AEW performers a greater pool of knowledge to access. AEW's thriving partnership with Oriental Wrestling Entertainment may offer an example of the crossover training that Rhodes has in mind.
"I have access to a really good facility here in Atlanta...I have a really good facility that's called the One Fall Power Factory that the AEW coordinator, Mike, he also is the coach there," Rhodes stated. "It would be a long shot to do a feeder system versus maybe some sponsored trainees instead. Where they could go to the different schools because that to me - people don't talk about how great OVW was near enough because we didn't have four rings and Shawn Michaels teaching us.
"But we also weren't told that we had to love wrestling," Rhodes continued "You learned to love wrestling. You find like-minded people to go to the gym with, you watch wrestling with your friends, you weren't just checking boxes. Not that that's what they do but that's why I like the idea of maybe some sponsored trainees instead. Ya Know, here's four guys - and I know Matt Jackson has talked about doing something similar with OWE and China about maybe a bit of a trainee exchange. And that's something that he could speak to, but yeah, I think maybe sponsored training more than a full time center. I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves."
Rhodes hopes that the trainers and backstage producers working with AEW, including Billy Gunn, continue instilling a medium of old school psychology and modern, open minded views. Rhodes thinks that the two ideologies coming together will benefit the company as they pursue a product centered more around the sport of pro wrestling.
"Billy [Gunn's] accolades, they really speak for themselves," Rhodes said. "Billy was also a part of All In, and there were a lot of people at All In behind the scenes. Tommy Dreamer was another one. There was a lot of people at All In that were really helpful in the sense that they gave us a bit of an old school outlook. But they were fully understanding of what the product is now. We cannot go backwards. And some fans, I understand that they love traditional wrestling, how it was done in the territories, and that old school psychology - I totally understand that. And all that footage and all that history is available to you to watch and love. But the stuff that is entertaining people today isn't necessarily that.
"There's definitely things that we can pluck from the past and use and put them out there," Rhodes added. "Ya know, what's old is new. But Billy has that really, like - he's got a foot in both worlds. And when we look at our coaches and who we might have as potential coaches, because we're not gonna flood the room or bloat the budget with forty coaches. It's gonna be very limited. But when we look at those coaches, we want them to be understanding of what wrestling is today with the insight on what wrestling was yesterday, and combine both. Especially when you're trying to present a sport-centric wrestling show, which is the mission."
AEW presents Double or Nothing on May 25th from the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Tickets are sold out but the event will be available to stream via FITE.
Cody's full WINCLY interview can be heard in the embedded player below. During Cody's interview he discusses the decision to launch AEW, the record breaking sell out they had in Vegas, Arn Anderson's WWE release, his friendship with newly released WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger, beginning to scout stadiums for future AEW shows, the latest on AEW's TV deal, Billy Gunn as their first producer and more.
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text: From October 21-22, the eighth annual J/Fest Southwest Regatta took place on Clear Lake and Galveston Bay, hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club. The event featured the "Legends Regatta" on Friday afternoon. Thereafter, it was an attempt to get in as many races as possible despite the somewhat unusual weather pattern that had setup over the Gulf of Mexico and the southern plains just to the west of Galveston Bay. In the end, the 70-boat fleet managed to get in four races. The 18-boat J/105 fleet had spirited competition amongst the top three boats. Winning was Rick Goebel's SANITY team from San Diego YC with a 1-4-2-1 tally for 8 points. Behind them, it was a battle until the final leg of the fourth race, where two boats ended in a tie for second place with 11 points each. Winning that tussle was Osmond Young's NE*NE with a 2-5-1-3 over Ryan Glaze's MOJO from Rush Creek YC with a 4-1-4-2. For more event information, visit http://www.jfestsouthwest.com/.


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We asked children aged between 5 and 11 to write a picture book of 200-800 words featuring animals as part of our Bedtime Story Competition. The standard of entries we received from all over the country showed us just how much children love to express themselves and share stories through reading and writing, so we thought we would share the shortlisted entries.
Harley Asks a Favour
Harley dribbled as he gazed at his frisbee stuck up in the tree. He had tried woofing at it. He had tried jumping at it. He had even tried throwing a stick at it, but the stick didn't even reach the first branch. He lay down, rested his chin on his paws and let out a long, low sigh. Then, out of the corner of his eye he spotted a flash of orange. Mr Pheasant! Of course, he'd fly up and carry the frisbee down. His legs trembling, he bounded over. But before he was within a paws reach, he was stopped by the pheasant's angry swipes.
"Go away!" he squawked.
Harley's tail dropped, "Excuse me, Sir? Would you mind flying up and getting my frisbee down?"
Mr Pheasant narrowed his eyes, ''Why of course I will..." he said slyly, "if you get me some of those scrumptious inky-blackberries that I love?"
Harley walked over to the blackberry bush and tried to poke his snout into the middle to reach a branch of the ju! iciest berries.
"Ouch!" he yelped. The prickles had prickled his nose!
He lay down, rested his chin on his paws and let out a long low sigh. Then, out of the corner of his eye he spotted a puff of snowy-white fluff. Mrs Bunny! Of course, she could wriggle in there and get the berries for him! He pranced over to her, but before he was within a snouts length, he was stopped by Mrs Bunny's frown.
"What do you want?" she asked grumpily.
Harley's tail dropped "Ummm, would you get me some blackberries... please?" He mumbled.
Mrs Bunny's frown disappeared. "Why of course I will... if you get me a carrot for the baby bunnies." She batted her eyelashes.
"Okay!" Harley barked.
He trotted down to the vegetable patch and nudged his nose under the fence. " Ouch" he cried. The wire scratched his nose!
He lay down, rested his chin on his paws and let out a long low sigh. Just then a loud clucking erupted ! from inside the vegetable patch. Of course! The chickens would get a carrot for him! He ran to the gate where the chickens were playing catch with a snail. Poor snail, Harley thought.
"Excuse me? Would you get me a carrot please?"
A chicken strutted over to him, "Of course I will..." she clucked, but to Harley's disappointment and the other chickens' delight, she added "If you get us a pot full of corn from the shed."
Harley wandered over to the rickety wooden shed. As usual the cracked little window had been left open, but it was so high up that no matter how hard he tried, he could only nudge it with his nose. He trudged back round to the chickens, lay down, put his head on his paws and let out a long, low sigh. Then out of the corner of his eye he spotted a rat no bigger than his paw, cleaning his whiskers.
"Please will you get me some corn out of the shed, little rat?" He asked.
Before the rat could open his tiny mouth, a chicken squawked "You can't trust a rat! They think of nobody ! but themselves!"
But the rat ignored the mean old chicken, "Me? Really? Nobody ever asked me to do anything before! Nobody ever trusts Ratty!"
"Well, I trust Ratty," said Harley, to Ratty's surprise, "Will you help? Please?"
"Of course I will... if..." Harley's tail dropped "... if you'll be my friend!" and the little rat scampered over to the shed and straight in the window. There came a clunk, then a crash, then eventually Ratty came out with a pot of corn.
Harley trotted to the chickens carrying the corn. The chickens passed him a carrot, just as they had said they would. He took it to Mrs Bunny and she disappeared into the bushes for some blackberries, just as she said she would. Finally he took the blackberries to Mr Pheasant. Mr Pheasant greedily gulped them down then gave a sly smirk and started to strut away.
"Hey, Mr Pheasant!" Harley said, his tail wagging excitedly "Can you get my frisbee down now?"
"Oh, I thought everybody knew..." squawked Mr Pheasant, gleefully, "Pheasants can't fly!"
Harley's tail dropped. He lay down, put his chin on his paws and let out his longest, lowest sigh ever. Then a little voice came from behind him, "Excuse me, my friend?" it squeaked, "I'll go up and get the frisbee down!"
Harley jumped up. "Thank you Ratty!" he yelped happily as the little rat ran up the tree.
So the two new friends played frisbee in the sunshine for the rest of the day and, no matter what he might tell you, they definitely didn't mean to use Mr Pheasant as a target!


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We filmed a new video earlier this week for Everyday Dish, with a very special lady. Her name is Rose Hassin (no relation), and she shared her easy recipe for majadra (a lentil and rice dish with caramelized onions). It's fantastic! My son even took it to school for lunch 3 days in a row (and he NEVER packs anything other than sandwiches). Rose has a really easy way of making Majadra too, which keeps it light and fluffy. A technique which I will now be using. Anyways, if you have a chance to go check it out, I highly recommend it! The link is here.
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she is so cute! did she put the extra onions on top? i also like how she didn't lift any of the pots, i was worried when i saw she was using the heavy cast iron. tell your son, thank you for sharing with me!
I love lentils! This sounds AMAZING. Thanks for the recipe!
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THE Frick Mansion, built in 1914 at 70th Street and Fifth Avenue, turned its back to 71st Street with a long, elegant wall of limestone. But well-known architects and well-to-do residents did not turn their backs to the block of 71st between Fifth and Madison. The architects over the years have included Carrère & Hastings and C. P. H. Gilbert, the home owners Bill Cosby and Leslie H. Wexner, the founder of the Limited.
Residential construction on the block got under way later than it did on other East Side blocks, where brownstones went up in the 1870's. The south side of 71st Street was taken up by the Lenox Library, built in 1877 for the collection of James Lenox, a philanthropist, and the north side was occupied by a farmhouse and open land well into the 1880's.
In 1888 the architect R. H. Robertson designed a wide Romanesque-style house at 9 East 71st Street for Edward H. Van Ingen, an importer of woolens, who moved from Brooklyn. An idea of the cares and cautions attendant to a rich man's house are clear from news accounts of a 1905 break-in: Van Ingen had two night watchmen who subdued the burglar.
An imposing Queen Anne-style row of houses at 15-21 East 71st was designed in 1889 by Thom & Wilson; of these only Nos. 15 and 17 survive, and those only partly. One original householder was Isaac Dyckman, who moved into 15 East 71st Street; he had grown up in the late-18th-century Dyckman farmhouse at 204th Street and Broadway.
In 1916 his daughter, Fannie Welch, was living at 15 East 71st when she gave the uptown Dyckman House, Manhattan's last surviving Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse, to the city as a museum.
In 1892 Carrère & Hastings (who would later design the Frick Mansion) completed what was for the 1890's a radically new piece of architecture, the Beaux-Arts style town house at 11 East 71st Street for Richard M. Hoe, a banker, and his wife, Annie. Their house was part of a loose-knit family enclave: Annie's sisters Susan Herter and Margaret Dunham also had houses designed by Carrère & Hastings, at 817 Madison Avenue, near 68th Street, and 35 East 68th Street respectively.
In 1906 the entire Lenox Library plot, from 70th to 71st, was put up for sale; the library's contents were absorbed into the New York Public Library. Henry Frick bought the Fifth Avenue front of what The New York Times called the ''finest residential block in Manhattan.'' A restriction had been placed by the Lenox Library trustees on all sales, limiting the block to private houses through 1929.
The Frick purchase left the rest of the south side of 71st Street available for construction. A town house at 14 East 71st Street was designed in 1912 by York and Sawyer for William W. Cook, a lawyer and author of several books on corporate law. His ''Cook on Corporations'' is frequently cited in older law cases. York and Sawyer designed an unusual limestone-fronted house with an open loggia at the top, extensive carving and a lush bronze screen at the ground floor.
In 1922 a woolens dealer, Julius Forstmann, built a 45-foot-wide town house at 22 East 71st Street, a late, restrained work for C. P. H. Gilbert, otherwise known for richly styled turn-of-the-century mansions like what is now the Jewish Museum at 92nd and Fifth.
By this time the era of the private house was near its close, a passing illustrated by a 1926 case Forstmann brought against the owner of the northwest corner of 70th and Madison, who planned to build a two-story commercial structure there. The Forstmanns sued, citing the original restriction, but they lost after it became clear they had already rented out another house, at 24 East 71st, to physicians.
THE last house to go up on the block was built by Herbert N. Straus, an officer at R. H. Macy & Company, who had Horace Trumbauer design the neo-French Classic mansion at 9 East 71st Street in 1930, replacing the Van Ingen house. Straus kept workers on the job through the early part of the Depression. He died in 1933 and never occupied the house.
At least two imported 18th-century French interiors from the house, the Tessé Room from Paris and a circular room from Bordeaux, were later purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they have been installed in the Wrightsman Galleries.
After 1940, East 71st Street followed a familiar pattern, as the old houses were converted into apartments, offices and institutions. From a residential point of view, the block hit a low point in 1979, when The Times reported that an illegal gambling casino, the V.I.P. Club, was operating in apartment 2A at 11 East 71st Street, the old Hoe house. ''On a good night, it's not hard to get 50 customers losing $5,000 to $10,000 each,'' a blackjack dealer identified as Harry said.
In 1981 a developer proposed building an early postmodern-style 15-story tower atop the old Forstmann house at No. 22 but he was turned down by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which in 1980 had included the block in its Upper East Side Historic District.
A domestic revival on 71st Street began in the late 1980's, when new owners, among them Leslie H. Wexner, founder of the Limited, and Bill Cosby bought and restored 9 and 18 East 71st Street respectively. They still own the houses.
Work crews are busy inside and out at No. 11, now owned by Howard Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial-services firm. Mr. Lutnick said he was starting from scratch on the interior. ''Nothing original remained inside,'' he said. He said he chose the block because it does not have a lot of traffic and because ''the Frick is low, so it doesn't block the afternoon sun.''


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Topic: MLPs and the Midstream Environment
Speaker: Eric Kalamaras
Bio: Eric Kalamaras serves as Chief Financial Officer of Azure Midstream Partners, LP and Azure Midstream Energy, LLC. He most recently held Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer positions for Valerus Energy Holdings, L.P., a multi-billion dollar field service company. Prior to Valerus Energy Holdings, L.P., he was Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Laser Northeast Gathering Company, the principle asset of Delphi Midstream Partners, LLC, until it sold to Williams Partners, L.P. for $750 MM. Additionally, he successfully led financial restructuring as an Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE: APL) from 2009-2011. As a previous investment banker with Wells Fargo and Bank of America, Mr. Kalamaras offers an extensive transactional and capital raising background with placement of over $30 billion of debt and equity, primarily focused on Master Limited Partnerships.


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Related Web Sites and Sources
Information on Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon National Park
This is the entry portal to the park's Web site.
- Grand Canyon National Park Environmental Education
Includes information on a variety of programs, activities, and contact information for the park's environmental education specialist.
- Interpreting America's Historic Places: Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon
You are on this site. The "Grand Canyon History Travelin' Trunk" and Web site have been created through the Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon grant project at Arizona State University. Additional lessons and resources, including maps, biographies, stories, and art and architectural information can be found here.
- Grand Canyon Association
This is an educational branch of the Grand Canyon Organization and a partner with Grand Canyon National Park. The Travelin' Trunks are available through this organization.
- Grand Canyon Association Virtual Field Trip
View images and movies from multiple park locations. This includes a photo of petroglyphs and short videos of locations along the South Kaibab to Bright Angel hiking trail. Be sure and make a virtual visit to Phantom Ranch, designed by Mary Colter and home to some CCC boys in the 1930s.
- Grand Canyon Field Institute
Information on educational opportunities and materials can be found here as well as information pertinent to the Travelin' Trunk program.
- National Parks Service Historic Photograph Collection
Contains photographs of the Grand Canyon and other national parks.
- Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, 2009
Ordering information for the documentary and the companion book can be found at this PBS Web site on national parks. The site contains information on national parks in America, including videos, essays, and activities.
- Colorado Plateau Digital Archives, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University
Photos, essays, documents, oral histories, and more have been digitized for researching the Colorado Plateau.
- Library of Congress American Memory Collection
Documents, artifacts, and resources on American life and culture can be found at this site. There are many resources for educators and students.
- National Archives
The National Archives has records of the U.S. government, such as the Declaration of Independence and other legal documents, census records, military reports and data, etc. The Archives has special sections for educators and students.This is the entry portal to the park's Web site.
- Southwest Crossroads: Cultures and Histories of the American Southwest
Created by the School for Advanced Research on the Human Experience and Project Crossroads, this Web site features many stories and artifacts of the diverse peoples who have lived in the American Southwest. This site was funded, in part, by a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant.
Doing History, Learning History, Teaching History
- Teaching History, National Center for History Education
This site has a wealth of resources, ideas, strategies, and lessons for teaching history. See especially helpful sections on historical thinking skills and teaching strategies.
- Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke, "What Does It Mean to Think Historically?"
This article from the American Historical Association Perspectives (January 2007) emphasizes what they call the five C's of historical investigation and explanation: change over time, causality, context, complexity, and contingency.
- Frederick D. Drake and Lynn R. Nelson, Engagement in Teaching History: Theory and Practices for Middle and Secondary Teachers (2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008)
This offers suggestions on ways to engage students in historical inquiry, source analysis, and interpretation. See also "Defining First-/Second-/and Third-Order Documents" by Lawrence W. McBride and Frederick Drake, "The National History Project."
- National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places
This contains lesson plans, teaching materials, and ideas of America's historic places.
- National History Standards 5–12: http://nchs.ucla.edu/standards/
Historical Thinking Skills: http://nchs.ucla.edu/standards/thinking5-12.html
Students can draw upon skills within the following five interconnected dimensions of historical thinking:
- Chronological Thinking
- Historical Comprehension
- Historical Analysis and Interpretation
- Historical Research Capabilities
- Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
For additional site suggestions, please go to the links page on the "Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon" site.


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John 18:1-11 (CEB)
1 After he said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples and crossed over to the other side of the Kidron Valley. He and his disciples entered a garden there. 2 Judas, his betrayer, also knew the place because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.3 Judas brought a company of soldiers and some guards from the chief priests and Pharisees. They came there carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus knew everything that was to happen to him, so he went out and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
5 They answered, "Jesus the Nazarene."
He said to them, "I Am." (Judas, his betrayer, was standing with them.) 6 When he said, "I Am," they shrank back and fell to the ground. 7 He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?"
They said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
8 Jesus answered, "I told you, 'I Am.' If you are looking for me, then let these people go." 9 This was so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: "I didn't lose anyone of those whom you gave me."
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) 11 Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword away! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?"


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I've mentioned many times here on my blog that I love a good at home spa session, most of the time it's about relaxing but today it's all about prepping my skin for the week ahead. I always do some kind of a face mask once or twice a week but today I've decided to go for two in a row as well as a good cleansing balm to get the glow back into my skin.
To start I'll use the Georgia Louise Cleanse + Heal Duo Balm, I take my time massaging it into a dry face for a good 5 to 10 minutes. Not something I have time to do everyday but when I do I really see a difference in my skin. When I'm done massaging I run a flannel under warm water, wring it out and remove the balm while gently buffing the skin to exfoliate it.
Next up is the Clark's Botanicals Intense Radiance Mask which is seriously good, it really deserves a full review here on the blog. It's clay based, so draws impurities out of the skin but still leaves it feeling soft and nourished. You do have to leave this one on for about half an hour but the results are seriously worth it. It's just so brightening.
I then finish off with the Jurlique Rose Moisture Plus Moisturising Cream Mask, which smells lovely and gives my skin an intense hydration boost. I usually use it in place of a night cream and leave it on over night. Whenever I use it I wake up to plump and dewy looking skin, not a dehydration line in sight!
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A friend of mine just directed me to his YouTube video.
I'm always interested in learning about music. Joe—who teaches piano in Chicago—has taught me a lot on the subject in the conversations we've had waiting for our kids to come out of school. At left, I've linked to him playing Ginastera's Piano Sonata #1, 4th movement, because I was unfamiliar with this piece of music until now, and I like it a lot.
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The modern shoe is the product of years of evolution ever since early humans wrapped animal hides around their feet to protect them. Since the middle of the 20th century when shoe companies such as Nike and Adidas began their rise to fame, modern footwear has become the culmination of style, function, and comfort. Most of us own a few different types of footwear: tennis shoes, casual shoes, dress shoes, and boots (for those of us in the country/snowy states). Each shoe that you own has a specific function for it and its design focuses on either style, function, or comfort. The diagram below seems to summarize this point fairly well.
My normal shoe for daily use in a Nike Free Run Tennis Shoe which coincidentally is what I use for driving 99% of the time. I've bought a new pair of these shoes every year ever since they debuted in 2011 and use them for walking, exercise, driving, and even throughout the winter. So now that you know my baseline and where I am coming from, let me elaborate on my experience with the AKIN Driving Shoes that I was provided with. Over the course of 3 weeks I was able to subject them to various scenarios that most car enthusiasts would see in Minnesota. I first wore them on a few daily walks to break them in on some warm 70 degree days, then used them while driving continuously for 45 minute commutes twice a day for a week. Following that I had a weekend that involved a track day on Saturday and a 2 hour fall cruise on Sunday where I will base most of my evaluation of these shoes since they are being sold as Driving Shoes. After that I had the opportunity to wear them in the rain and even in our first snowfall.
Breaking in these shoes was a bit different than I was used to given that they reminded me of dress shoes with a tennis shoe sole, which is kind of what they are. The first week of walking in them felt a bit stiff and the sole was a bit narrower than my Nike Free Runs so there was less rubber to disperse my weight across. The first thing I noticed while driving was that they felt a little heavier than my Nike set so I had to adjust how I pressed the pedals a bit. However, the best thing that I noticed after the first day of driving was that my heel didn't get sore from resting it against the floor after an hour of highway driving. This is something that was fully appreciated by the end of the week of daily driving on the highway.
That weekend the track day and cruise that I attended both tested similar aspects of the shoes. Whether you are doing a parking lot autocross, road course at a race track, or carving up the winding roads along a river, I couldn't imagine doing it in any other shoe than these. They are the right hybrid of comfort, style, and function, which if you refer to my diagram at the beginning of the review seems to fit right in the center. If you are looking for the perfect driving shoe, that actually looks amazing and fits like a great driving glove, I would say that this is the one. Additionally, I only got the black and white design, Akin also currently has 2 others to choose from as seen below.
Bonus thoughts for cold climate readers:
As I state earlier, I had a chance to wear these in the rain and snow, and I have to say they are kind of the summer tire of shoes. They have great grip in most temps above freezing and have an aggressively awesome tread pattern. They grip only so well in the rain and are almost useless in the snow, but at least they are fairly water resistant. However lets be honest, just like your summer tires you are going to change to something with more grip when the weather gets cold, like perhaps a set of winter boots.
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Steam, platform for videogames, target of phishing and malware
During the last few months, users of the popular videogames distribution platform called Steam have been affected by several fake login websites and chat messages with links that redirect to malware downloads which, after executed, steal the file that allow attackers to access the account without having the login credentials.
Now that the grand summer sale in Steam has begun, it is important that you know the risks to which you are exposed if you click on links sent by strangers.
Otherwise, you could fall on the frauds of malicious individuals that want to access your account to steal your rare items and sell them, acquire games with the funds in your Steam Wallet, play your videogames, modify your data, disable Steam Guard, amongst other things.
Phishing Site
After a colleague mentioned how easy it is to get into malware download links sent through Steam's chat, we decided to investigate about it. According to this report, a chat message was sent to the author, where he was asked to add a friend on a phishing Steam website. This fake page, with a URL that was very similar to the original, redirected to what looked like a user's profile. When the "Add Friend" button was clicked, the user redirected to a form, very similar to the real one, with login fields. This could be tested with a different Steam phishing site that, at the time of this analysis, was active.
Once the user's credentials are introduced, a window shows up asking for the code sent by the Steam application to the user's email.
As in other websites, such as Facebook, if the user logs in using an unknown network or device, the platform will show a message indicating the activity is unusual and might even ask the user to verify his identity before accessing. Steam implements a similar mechanism, where the user is asked a numerical code that was sent through email. Without this code the user cannot log in. This characteristic is known as Steam Guard and provides additional security to the accounts of the users in such way that, even if the credentials get stolen, the attackers cannot access the account without the code.
Finally, to avoid suspicions a message is displayed, indicating the invitation to add the "friend" has been sent to the email and that he/she will appear on the user's profile once he/she accepts.
It is also possible that, after entering a user and a password, the window asks the user to upload the ssfn* file. The ssfn* file contains data related to the credentials of the account, so that the user is able to authenticate automatically without entering a user and a password every time the user wants to log in the application installed on the computer.
The report related to that case can be consulted on Malwarebytes.
In other cases, instead of asking for the security code, the window contains a button that supposedly downloads and installs SteamGuard.exe. As mentioned beforehand, Steam Guard is an additional security mechanism on the website, which means no legitimate executable exists with that name.
The Virus Total report can be consulted here.
In some cases, multiple fake domains are registered using the same email, as seen on the image below, obtained from whoismind. This gives an idea of the interest that attackers have in this platform and of how easy is to deceive people by just changing or adding one or two letters. Por example: steamcommunmity or steamcornmunity.
For this report it was not possible to find an active download link on a fake domain; however, we obtained a sample stored in Google Docs since the end of the past year.
As can be observed, the sample's shortcut icon is similar to the one of the original's application. In its properties it references Valve Corporation, company that developed the Steam platform.
It also shows details of an alleged certificate signed by Valve and Symantec.
Exeinfo PE was used to determine the sample was not protected with a known packer; however, it was compiled in .NET and possibly obfuscated using SmartAssembly.
The tool de4dot also indicated that the sample was obfuscated using SmartAssembly and it even specifies that the version is 220.127.116.11.
According with its documentation, SmartAssembly provides several types of obfuscation, such as:
- Name mangling: Changes the name of the classes and methods for non printable characters and even renames multiple objects with the same obfuscated string.
- Control flow obfuscation: Changes the control flow of the program to something complex and incomprehensible (spaghetti code).
- Resources compression and encryption: Compresses o ciphers the resources used by the code.
- Encoding strings: Ciphers all the strings in the executable.
The tool de4dot was used to deobfuscate the sample, specifying a path so that the deobfuscated program was generated without overwriting the original.
The difference between the two can be observed on the following image. The obfuscated sample is on the left, where the classes seem to lack names even though they actually have non printable characters and with the reference to SmartAssembly. The deobfuscated executable is on the right, de4dot assigned generic names to the classes to simplify the analysis.
It also converted the "spaghetti code" into easy to understand code.
Static and Dynamic Analysis
In this report, the static and the dynamic analysis will be shown on the same section to better explain what the code does.
The Main() function calls method 0 of Class2.
· Class2
Method 0 creates a thread to execute method 1 in the background. Variable string_0 is seen to contain an URL; its use will be explained later.
Method 1 opens the key SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam and stores the value of "InstallPath". After which it calls method 3. In case something fails during execution, it calls method 2 to obtain the installation path without using registry keys.
Method 2 obtains the installation path in a different way. It searches through all the processes until it finds one called "Steam.exe", it then replaces the string "Steam.exe" with an empty string. After which it calls method 3.
In method 3, DirectoryInfo.GetFiles returns a list of the files found in Steam's installation directory and obtains the ones that match the pattern "ssfn*". If the file has the "hidden" or "archive" attributes, it adds it to a list. Then it calls methods 4 and 5.
On method 4 all the lines of the file loginusers.vdf are read, this file is also on Steam's installation path.
En el método 5 se crea una instancia de la clase Class0 y se le pasa como parámetro la cadena "hxxp://catalogs.sellexpo.net". is passed as a parameter. Class0.method1 gets called, passing the string "userid"as a parameter, along with the content of the file. It then calls method 2, passing the path of the ssfn file as a parameter.
· Class0
Method 1 of this class creates a hash table using the string "userid" and the lines of the file loginusers.vdf.
Method 2 receives the path of the ssfn* file and creates the POST request the file will be sent to the URL "catalogs.sellexpo.net".
Because the request contains not only the file but the user's ID, obtained from the file loginusers.vdf, and the name of the ssfn file, the type of content is specified as "multipart/form-data". So that the server is able to differentiate the different types of data sent on the request, a separator is needed. As shown on the image below, the string "ou812--------------8c405ee4e38917c" is the separator or boundary. This separator is formed in the following way:
· BeginBoundary = Specifies the server that will receive the request which is the string that will separate the data, in this case it is: ou812--------------8c405ee4e38917c.
· ContentBoundary = Is the string "--" added to the beginning of the BeginBoundary to separate it from the data that will be sent on the request: "--" + BeginBoundary.
· EndingBoundary = Is another string "--" added to the end: ContentBoundary + "--".
At the end, the lines of the ssfn file can be seen.
How to avoid this?
· Do not click on the links sent to you by Steam's chat, Facebook, Skype or any other social network, even if it was sent from an account you know. Keep in mind that your friend could have lost the account and it is now been used to steal others.
· Verify that the URL is well written, especially if it asks you for your security code.
· Do not download executables with names similar to "SteamGuard.exe", they are not legitimate.
· Do not upload to any website the file that starts with "ssfn".
· Follow the security advices found on the Steam official website.
Recommended link
To obtain more information about this, we recommend the following report:
Netcraft. Steam Community phishing attacks continue unabated.