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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Syracuse carried all that momentum built in the Big East tournament across the country for its NCAA opener.
Brandon Triche scored 20 points, C.J. Fair added 13 and the fourth-seeded Orange shut down No. 13 seed Montana with their zone defense in an 81-34 victory in the second round Thursday night.
"It was just one of those games where they had a game where they couldn't do anything right and everything fell right for us," coach Jim Boeheim said. "We played well in New York and we continued that tonight on both ends of the court. Our defense was good. Our offense was good. And everybody, really everybody, had good games. It was one of those nights. It was just our night."
It was the most lopsided victory in NCAA tournament history for a team seeded third or worse, breaking a mark set about an hour earlier by VCU against Akron.
Michael Carter-Williams chipped in four points, eight rebounds and nine assists as the Orange (27-9) raced out to an early lead that grew as high as 50 points and coasted past the Grizzlies (25-7) to their most lopsided tournament win since beating Brown 101-52 in the first round in 1986.
"We knew that we were favored a little bit in this game and as far as our talent level. So we wanted to not give a team like that a confidence in thinking that they can win the game," Triche said. "C.J. did a great job for us starting the game off with the first six points or so. He had a mismatch, and we tried to go to him early. He kind of jump-started us."
Syracuse advanced to play 12th seed and local favorite California (21-11) on Saturday for a spot in the East Regional in Washington, D.C., next week. The Golden Bears beat UNLV 64-61.
The Orange were the lone team from the Eastern time zone to play in San Jose this week, joining five teams from the Western half of the country and Oklahoma State and Saint Louis from the Midwest. Syracuse traveled a day earlier than usual to prepare for the game and looked sharp from the start.
"Everybody was excited to come to California," Fair said. "Everybody likes California. We got here early in the week to get adjusted to the time zone, but I think we're starting to play our best basketball of the season now. That's a good sign for us."
The Orange led by 23 points at halftime and then turned it into a laugher with a 17-2 run to open the second half. Trevor Cooney's 3-pointer midway through the second half made it 62-20.
The Orange were reeling a bit at the end of the regular season, losing four of their final five games capped by a blowout loss at rival Georgetown. Syracuse recovered to win three games to make the final of the Big East tournament and now has started the NCAAs with a win for the fifth straight year.
For the second straight year, the Grizzlies won the Big Sky tournament to earn an NCAA tournament bid, only to fall flat in their opener. They fell 73-49 to Wisconsin a year ago, shooting 38 percent for the game, including a 3-for-14 performance from star guard Will Cherry.
Cherry was hoping for a better performance this year, especially with this game being played less than an hour from his hometown of Oakland. But he scored just two points on 1-for-12 shooting.
The Grizzlies, playing without injured leading scorer Mathias Ward, shot just 20 percent (11-for-54), missed 27 of 31 3-pointers and had more turnovers (17) than made baskets.
"We didn't come out how we pictured it," Montana forward Spencer Coleman said. "We came out soft."
With much of the Bay Area crowd still basking in the earlier win by California, Syracuse got off to a fast start to put to rest any questions about whether a third straight double-digit seed team would win in San Jose following wins by the Bears and Oregon earlier in the day.
Fair handled the early scoring load, scoring nine points in the opening 6 minutes to give Syracuse an 18-4 lead. The Orange made seven of their first nine shots as their superior athleticism and size created easy chances almost every time down the floor.
That size gave Montana problems on the other end against Syracuse's 2-3 zone. The Grizzlies struggled to penetrate the defense and got few easy looks, missing eight straight shots in a span of more than 6 minutes early in the game to fall into a hole that proved too big to overcome.
"We haven't seen that kind of length and athleticism all season long," coach Wayne Tinkle said. "We knew when we saw their name come up on TV on Selection Sunday that it was a tough matchup for us. But we tried to approach it like upsets happen, let's get after it. They jumped us pretty good, and I think our guys maybe panicked a little when shots weren't going in, we weren't finishing in transition."
Rakeem Christmas followed Fair's 3-pointer with an alley-oop dunk off a nice feed from Carter-Williams, and James Southerland's 3-pointer from the wing made it 30-11 with less than 6 minutes to go in the half.
Fair himself had matched Montana's scoring total at that point, and the deficit only got bigger at the half when Triche hit a floater and then scored on a breakaway dunk off a block by Baye Moussa Keita to make it 38-15 at the break.


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Rumor: No New Half-Life in 2010
"Loose Talk has learned that there won't be any game from the franchise in 2010, and what will finally come out is still unknown," reads the self-proclaimed "rumors and scuttlebutt" column in the February 2010 issue of Game Informer. "Will it be Half-Life 2: Episode Three? Or will it be a full-on Half-Life 3?"
The last Half-Life entry, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, arrived in October 2007. Since then, Valve has described Episode Three--the final entry in the Half-Life 2: Episode trilogy--as "a more ambitious project" and teased "the next time you play as Gordon will be longer than the distance between Half-Life 2 to Episode One, and Episode One to Episode Two," later telling Shacknews "Freeman's not done...stay tuned for more."

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I Am Against Corruption, & you?
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Friday, August 19, 2011 Labels: India
I have many questions, particularly to Hon. Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.
- Yes, the parliament is supreme. Simple reason. The members of parliament (MPs) are our representatives. Today all Indians are in favor of Jan Lokpal Bill. I am wondering, what can be the reason that the parliament is in favor of toothless SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill?
- How come the parliament could not pass any such bill in the last 64 years !
- If Hon. Prime Minister wants to take the strict actions against the corruption, then what can be more strict method/way/system than Jan Lokpal Bill ! PM should share that idea with team Anna to make Jan Lokpal Bill more strict.
- Today youth of India is giving maximum support to Anna Hazare. At this crucial time, Where can be Rahul Gandhi, who wanted to lead the young generation !!
How nice it would be, if they are aware about hurdles in our day to day life, caused by corruption. We should have a challenging yet simple game for all the ministers and MPs.
• Get ration card, passport, for them without giving even a single paisa bribe.
• Just go and register real estate property on your name without bribe.
• Just convince an auto driver to come with fair as per meter charge.
• Have a wonderful drive on their vehicles, they will realize how our roads are built. How difficult it is to collect receipts from a traffic police.
After going through all such experiences, their eyes will open. What a ridiculous, the SARAKAARI Lokpal Bill does not address any of our day to day life issues, listed above. We do not mind paying 30% Income Tax. Yes, while paying bribe we feel guilty and helpless. It is unethical. Government officers, MPs and all politicians gets good salary. In addition to that, they take bribe, without any fear! As there is no any strict law, to punish them.
Just look at this article, last year 2010, we had maximum scams. Don't you thin, It is our money. If bank gives us loan, it makes sure for repayment. It is bank's money. When we invest, we make sure to get positive maximum return. It is our money. Same way, the money, India lost in all the scandals, are our tax payers' money. This year, our Hon. Prime Minister acknowledged in Independence day speech, the contribution of farmers, labors, workers for the economic growth of India. We have also contributed to bank balance of corrupt politicians. The black money deposited at Swiss banks are our money. Even if corrupt politicians caught with evidence, as per present law, they will get imprisonment for 7 years or so. After 7 years, they can enjoy all our money they stole by scams!!
Anna Hazare rightly said, in this video. We - the people of India - are the king in democracy. Ministers are our servant. However, since Independence, the Neharu/Gandhi family has ruled over us, looted us and made us servant. So far, all the laws were made by them, which make them richer and richer. We have blindly followed and tolerated. Now, it is time, that we - the people of India - are making laws and the government has to follow it. Today the government is just buying little more time to exist, by all such reactions to Anna Hazare movement.
I am sure, our Hon. Prime Minister understand everything. The right and wrong. However he seems helpless. The "remote control" controls him !!!
Enough is enough. I am concern about my money, which I lost in all these scams. I wish to have such a RAM-RAJYA, where no one needs to pay any bribe for anything. So I support India Against Corruption movement. So I am observing fast tomorrow 19th August, to support Anna Hazare. For next election, I will cast my vote only to that candidate who really cares for common men, their problem and supports vision for corruption free India. I will never caste my vote for Congress (I) who kept a true Gandhian Anna Hazare in Tihar Jail.
What about you? Will you all accompany Anna Hazre for his movement India Against Corruption, whatever way, you can?
Yes? Thanks. Looking forward for bright future for India. Jai Hind.
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2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Me too supporting this movment.
Jay Hind
- August 19, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- PK said...
Manishbhai its not SARKAARI Bill.... Its JOKPAL Bill :)
- August 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM


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Panthers drop LEC contest
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Western Connecticut State University scored goals just over a minute apart in both halves Saturday en route to a 4-0 victory over Plymouth State University in a Little East Conference women's soccer game at Panther Field.
Freshman Jessica Choronzy (Clinton, Conn.) and sophomore Sarah Menta (Newington, Conn.) registered a goal and an assist for Western as the Colonials out-shot the Panthers 18-4. Senior goalkeeper Jamie Trayer (Oakville, Conn.) made two saves to record her third shutout of the season. Western won its fourth straight game to improve to 10-3-1 overall and 3-2 in conference play while PSU dipped to 2-11 overall and 0-5 in the Little East.
Choronzy opened the scoring for Western at the 16:33 mark when she collected a loose ball inside the box and spun around a defender before lobbing a chip shot over the keeper's head into the goal. Senior Katie Wolfe (Suffern, N.Y.) struck just a minute and eight seconds later, converting a Colonial corner kick with a blast from just inside the box to the lower right corner. It was the first goal of the season for both Choronzy and Wolfe.
PSU came back and played tough the rest of the half but trailed by two goals heading into the break. The Panthers suffered a tough break early in the second half when starting keeper Chelsea Duval (Dover, N.H.) was forced from the game with an injury.
Plymouth State was hanging close until the 68th minute, when Menta broke through for her first goal of the season, taking a long feed pass down the right sideline from Choronzy and knocking it past PSU's reserve keeper. Just a minute and five seconds later, Western's leading scorer, junior Ariana D'Aurio (Cheshire, Conn.) rounded out the scoring with her 11th of the year, tapping home a cross from the right end line by Menta.
Duval finished with three saves in 48 minutes for PSU, while junior Hannah Kimball (Epping, N.H.) made two saves in the final 42 minutes.
PSU plays a make-up game Monday evening at Worcester State University, while Western Conn. visits Kean (N.J.) on Tuesday, both non-conference match-ups.
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There are a ton of questions on Programmers.SE about whether or not taking extended time off is a good idea and what to do during that time off to maintain your skill level:
If you take a year or two out from being a developer, is it really that hard to get back into it?
They've been really helpful, but I still have a question about the logistical details of take a self-funded sabbatical.
I'm coming to the end of a year off from working as a software developer (after 7 years in the field.) I've taken this year to let myself explore interests that I'd never had enough time for: baking, sewing, photography, and making new and interesting friends. During this time, I've also been working on pet development projects in technologies and disciplines that I would never have had the chance to explore otherwise. in addition, I've read all of those software development books I'd never had time to read and kept up with programming news and blogs.
The development projects have all had an eye towards being part of a Micro ISV, but only one of the projects has made it to any sort of production stage. That project is impressive, but not very successful (yet!)
I've got a reasonably active programming blog that I believe reflects a high dedication to software development and demonstrates that I haven't just put my programming skills on a shelf for a year.
My question is: What is the best way to transmit this information to a potential employer at the resume/cover letter level?
I'm reasonably confident that I can explain this sabbatical in an interview setting. I know that at the resume level though, hiring managers will use any excuse they can to throw my resume out (I've done hiring and I would probably have thrown out my own resume if it didn't handle this time off really well, maybe it's karma.) So I feel like the resume/cover letter is the really tricky part in getting a kick-ass new job.
I have a few ideas about what to do, but I'm not sure what the larger community sees as acceptable. Here are the approaches I'm considering:
- Put a special section on my resume for the sabbatical time in which I outline the personal projects. If I do this, what's a good way to label it?
- Create a personal company name and put these projects in the work experience section of my resume under that company. This seems like the most go-getter way to do it, but I'm worried it could be perceived as trickery when I get to the interview stage. Also if I do this, what do I put as my title?
- Leave my resume as-is and explain everything in my cover letter, with a link to my active blog.
- There's probably something I'm not thinking of, I'm open to any other ideas.
I know I've included a bunch of special-snowflake information about my personal situation, but I would prefer answers for the more general case. The personal details are here more as an example than as a request for answers designed specifically for me.


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If the sting of the Washington Nationals being knocked out of the playoffs by the St. Louis Cardinals has faded, don't worry, today the D.C. government will remind the city's residents of the blow.
Thanks to a bet placed by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, the St. Louis flag is going up over the District of Columbia's main government building for the day, starting at 9 a.m.
Gray and Slay made the flag-flying wager during baseball's National League Division Series. The Nationals lost the series, which means the St. Louis flag is being flown at the John A. Wilson Building on Wednesday.
The St. Louis flag has a red background with a blue fleur-de-lis in a yellow circle and three squiggles of blue and white that represent the rivers that come together near St. Louis.
Nats fans may take some small comfort in the fact that the Cards ultimately lost the National League Championship Series to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.


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Northern Valley was a region of New Jersey, as mentioned in a Dixon Hill series novel. In the novel, this valley was said to be located in a county, and was populated by bedroom communities and small farms. A major feature of the valley was the Palisades. On top of, and on the western slope, there were the residences of the wealthy. A railroad lane passed through this valley. The valley had one newspaper.
In the Northern Valley, neighbors knew each other by their first names, and would work together to put down brush fires caused by long dry spells. Elms and willows were the dominant trees in this valley.
Detective Jim Tierney had set up residence in this valley. Licensed as a criminal investigator by the state, he investigated neighborly disputes and petty criminal burglaries by outsiders of the Palisades residences. During his time in the valley, Tierney purchased for himself a dog. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")


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One of the most popular Merseybeat singers, Billy J. Kramer (born Billy Ashton) was one of the most mild-mannered rockers of the entire British Invasion. He wasn't that noteworthy a singer, either, and more likely than not would have never been heard outside of northern England if he hadn't been fortunate enough to become a client of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Even more crucially, he was gifted with several Lennon-McCartney songs in 1963 and 1964, several of which the Beatles never ended up recording. That gave him his entrance into the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, but Kramer couldn't sustain his success after the supply of Lennon-McCartney tunes dried up. Significant? No. Enjoyable? Yes. Even tossing aside the considerable value of hearing otherwise unavailable Lennon-McCartney compositions, his best singles were enjoyably wimpy, melodic pop/rock, offering a guilty pleasure comparable to taking a break from Faulkner and diving into some superhero comics.
It's been reported that George Martin was reluctant to produce Kramer because of the latter's vocal deficiencies, making sure to hide the cracks in his upper register with loud piano notes in Billy's cover of "Do You Want to Know a Secret." No matter -- the song made it to number two in the U.K. in mid-1963, followed by another Lennon-McCartney effort, "Bad to Me." "I'll Keep You Satisfied" and "From a Window" were other gifts from the Beatles camp that gave Kramer solid hits; one Beatles reject, "I'll Be on My Way," was even relegated to a B-side (the Beatles' own BBC version was finally released in 1994). All these tunes, it should be noted, represented Lennon-McCartney at their lightest and most facile, which to a large degree explains why they didn't record the numbers for their own releases, deeming them more suitable for Kramer's fairly bland approach.
Billy J. actually landed his biggest hit, the corny pop ballad "Little Children," without assistance from his benefactors; the single also broke him, briefly, as a star in the United States, where it and its flip side ("Bad to Me") both made the Top Ten. He appeared in the legendary 1964 The T.A.M.I. Show rockumentary film, and the Dakotas recorded some instrumental rock on their own, getting a Top 20 British hit with the Ventures-ish "The Cruel Sea." Early British guitar hero Mick Green, formerly with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, was even a Dakota briefly. But after 1965's cover of Bacharach-David's "Trains and Boats and Planes," the hits ceased, as the Beatles and Epstein's attention was lost. Kramer continued recording throughout the '60s, even briefly venturing into hard psychedelic-tinged rock, without much success, and subsequently toured often on the oldies circuit. ~ Richie Unterberger~ Rovi


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U.S. & World
Monday night's live performances on "The Voice" gave the top 10 a chance to shake up the conventional wisdom on who would be a front-runner and who an also-ran -- with some of the show's top talent faltering, and some of its underdogs delivering their best performances yet.
After a group performance of "Say It, Just Say It," Team Blake's emotive country-rock crooner Austin Jenckes was up with "Your Love" by the Outfield. "It's time for him to shock people," Blake said of his song choice for Austin, and although Austin struggled in rehearsals with a crucial key change mid-song, Blake told him after his performance that he had succeeded at "mastering the art of the slow build." Adam, though, said he had wanted the performance to have more of the epic sweep and gravelly roughness it had by the end.
Next up was Team Christina's Jacquie Lee, 16, the youngest finalist in the competition. Jacquie had proven herself as a formidable blues belter, but Christina said she wanted her to work on feeling more centered in her body, more in control of her breathing and more comfortable stripping down a performance to a vulnerable vocal. (Toward that end, they practiced yoga together.)
Jacquie took to the stage with Zedd and Foxes' "Clarity," but her efforts to strip down the song had mixed results. "You're one of the best that we have," CeeLo told her, though he admitted there were shaky moments in the song, especially early on, when the song was particularly naked.
Next up was Will Champlin, the unassuming pianist with a massive soul voice who had been unceremoniously axed from Team Adam once -- only to get snatched up by Christina, then axed from Team Christina, then brought back to Team Adam once again. Adam assigned Will the British neo-soul hit "Love Me Again" by John Newman. Will tackled it with a newfound ferocity, starting out sitting at the piano before rising to snarl into the mic when the song's tempo picked up mid-performance.
"I feel like you really came into your own in this performance," Christina told him afterward, joking that she had almost mistaken him for "Satan" thanks to his red jacket and devilish tone.
Devilish may have been the last word anybody would have used to describe the next performer, though, Team CeeLo's 17-year-old charmer Caroline Pennell. This week, Caroline knew just what song she wanted to sing: the John Denver-penned folk classic "Leaving on a Jet Plane." The wistful tune was an important one to her, she explained, not just because she loved it as a kid but also because it resonated with her as she prepared to head off to college.
"When I'm singing this song, I'm just gonna close my eyes and think about my experiences growing up and think about how collectively they've brought me here," she explained. "I think in that moment I won't be so scared."
And if she were, she didn't show it onstage. Her delicate quaver and her sweet disposition made for an unusual, haunting version of the familiar song. Adam praised her artistic approach to conveying emotion, and CeeLo said he was delighted to let Caroline forge her own musical path by picking her songs.
Next up was another of Team Blake's trio of men, bearded soul-rocker Cole Vosbury, tasked by his coach to tackle Mr. Big's "To Be With You" -- which unbeknownst to Blake was one of Cole's favorite songs. Swapping a piano for a guitar, Cole performs the song with fervor and with winsome ease, impressing his former coach CeeLo with the progress he's shown in his weeks on the show.
Following Cole was the apparently indomitable -- in voice and in spirit -- Team Adam powerhouse Tessanne Chin, who was nervous about performing a song as epic and as demanding as Gladys Knight and the Pips' "If I Were Your Woman." But the coaches praised her risky but impeccable soul performance. And even more humbling than Carson Daly's unexpected comparison of her performance to Christina Aguilera -- a compliment that appeared to surprise even Christina -- may have been the fellow Jamaican who showed up to cheer Tessanne on: Olympic champion and world-record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt.
Next, the final member of Team Blake, Louisianan Ray Boudreaux, was performing Ray LaMontagne's "The Best Thing." His smooth performance prompted rave reviews from Blake, and Christina mused on Ray's growth throughout the season -- one of the most impressive on the show, she said, citing the way he had carved an artistic identity he hadn't shown before. But what CeeLo complimented as consistency Adam cited as predictability, saying he wished Ray had come out of his comfort zone and given more on-stage.
Adam's own final team member took to the stage next, as low-key geek James Wolpert took on the Harry Nilsson torch song "Without You" -- saying he wanted the indie rocker, who had wowed the coaches with covers from the Killers to Joni Mitchell, to refresh the ballad for a new generation of fans. But while James gave a game, full-throated take on the song, he sounded run a bit ragged by the end of it and didn't connect fully with its emotion. Christina noted the issues but said she loved the performance in spite of them, however.
With that, Team Blake and Team Adam had both finished performing, while Team Christina and Team CeeLo, both down to just two members each, were finishing up the night. Team CeeLo's glam rock singer Kat Robichaud was next up, and after a surprise Twitter reprieve last week from the Instant Save, she knew she needed a knockout performance to keep her in the game. "I do not want you in the bottom three ever again," CeeLo told her.
His plan for preventing that result: An epic performance of Pat Benatar's "We Belong," replete with theatrics, back-up dancers and Kat climbing on top of the piano. After starting the song out seriously, Kat broke into her familiar, raspy territory mid-way through, channeling Bonnie Tyler and winning over the coaches, particularly Adam. "It was the perfect song," Adam told her. "Everything about it was so elegant," he said, not hesitating to speak for all the coaches and add that the performance was everything they had wanted to see from her all season.
The final performance of the night came from Team Christina's Matthew Schuler, who she wanted to stretch past his usual preferred indie-rock fare and perform a love song. Matthew was apprehensive and a bit overwhelmed by the idea of performing the song, but onstage, he had no trouble pulling off "Beneath Your Beautiful" by Labrinth and Emeli Sandé. His vocal performance built from a subdued, moody start to a wail, winning over the coaches. "This was no less than amazing, which is what you always are," Adam told him, while Matthew's own coach told him he "lights up" the room for an entire audience. "They don't even care what I have to say," she admitted. "You bring it every single time."
But Tuesday night, two of the members of the top 10 -- from any team -- will be axed from "The Voice," as the finalists are whittled down by audience votes in their struggle to win the show's title.
"The Voice" airs Mondays at 8/7c and Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.


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07:06 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is a lovely idea for holding potpourri. It has been designed to hang on a door knob.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
10-1001 Bazzill white
5-510E Parakeet (green)
S5-049 Carnation Creations
S4-415 Delightful circles
S4-328 Foliage
S4-430 Foliage Flourish
Other Materials Used:
Maja designs patterned paper
Organza ribbon
AE designs bubble fizz glitter
Kaisercraft rhinestones
Created by Design Team Member ALICIA
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07:00 | Posted by TRACEY O
I can't take complete design credit for this one. It's an order for some First Communion invitations, and my client was a very discerning eight year old. It had to be these colours, and "the sparkliest ribbon you can find please." She gasped when she saw the embossing - it really is spectacularly detailed. Tough customer, but I think she'll be back (in July for some birthday invitaitons no doubt!).
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
10-1001E Bazzill White
W62-CAAM Awesome Aqua - Medium
S2-054 Filigree Cross
E3DS-004 Ornate Labels One - SMALL
Other Materials Used:
Sparkly ribbon
26 June 2014
08:00 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is a pretty feminine card using the Create a Gerber die.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
E3D-018 European Tapestry
S2-066 Create a gerber daisy
S5-189 Majestic Labels 25
S2-082 Sentiments One
S2-068 Hibiscus Corner
Other Materials Used:
Satin ribbon
Lindy's Stamp Gang paint sprays
Maja Designs papers
Created by Design Team member-ALICIA
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24 June 2014
06:50 | Posted by TRACEY O
This is a card with a fresh, spring feel to it, complete with brick wall, arched window and an array of flowers. The background seen through the window was made with Gelatos.
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
10-1001E Bazzill White
5-510E Parakeet
S2-052 Window Four
S2-048 Sprigs
EL-015 Bricks and Bark
IN-012 Celebration
Other Materials used:
Assorted flowers
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15 June 2014
09:00 | Posted by TRACEY O
Today we have another pretty layout from Alicia.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
S4-388 Stately circles
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
S4-328 Foliage
S2-046 Blooms 3
Other Materials Used:
Recollections Fabulous Girl paper collection
Platinum Ranger Liquid Pearls
Created by Design Team Member ALICIA
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13 June 2014
18:48 | Posted by TRACEY O
I have used one of the new Create a Flower die sets to create an embellishment for this peg. It has a magnet on the back so it can hold important notices and bills for me on the front of my fridge. A pretty peg makes those awful bills a little more palatable, don't you think?
Products Used:
S2-063 Create an Aster
Other Materials Used:
KaiserCraft Sweet Pea patterned paper
Wooden peg
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8 June 2014
06:51 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is a lovely card from Alicia.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
S5-147 Resplendent rectangles
S4-092 Stars Five
Other Materials Used:
Teresa Collins Memories paper pad
Stream Adirondack Dimensional Pearls
Heartfelt Creations, Heartfelt Expressions precut stamp
Organza ribbon
Created by Design Team member - ALICIA
Labels: Bazzill, Spellbinders | 0 comments
4 June 2014
20:29 | Posted by TRACEY O
I have used grey cardstock to create drop shadows of shapes. This technique is great when a flat layout is required (for example when it is to go into an album).
Products Used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock
10-1001E Bazzill White
4-426E Lemonade
10-1077E Cinder
IN-023 Bicycle
S6-012 5x7 Mystical Embrace
IN-012 Celebration
IN-015 Shoot!
S4-378 Cherry Blossoms
Other Materials Used:
Echo Park patterned paper
Twiddleybitz Brick stencil
Gesso Jillibean Soup sticker
Adorn It alpha stickers
Viva Gloss
Gel pen
Created by Design Team member TERESA
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- 1 Bed
- 1 Full Baths
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionLions Mane Condo
Listing Date08/12/19
Year Built1974
Lot Size0.04 Acres (1,742 SqFt)
Parking1 Car Assigned, Surface
Property Description
Excellent weekender, short-term rental or local condo in the heart of Vail with close proximity to Vail Village or Lionshead ski access or summer activities. Charming one bedroom, large south-facing deck to soak in the ski slopes and valley beauty. Park your car in assigned space and use Town of Vail bus just out your front door.
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- Tennis Courts
- Cable Available
- Deck
- Fireplace - Wood
- Cable TV
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Phone Available
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Baseboard
- Electric
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About Vail
Home to the internationally incomparable Vail Mountain Ski Resort, the Town of Vail is comprised of several neighborhoods including Vail Village, Lionshead Village, East Vail and West Vail. The heart of town lies within its villages at the base of the mountain, a Tyrolean inspired blend of American and European cultures. Vail has a near endless list of cultural and sporting events and activities year round including the single largest ski mountain in the country and an array of outdoor pursuits including fly fishing pristine waters and golf at the beautiful town course with magnificent views of the Gore Range. All of which are easily accessible by car, bike, walk, or the free town shuttle.
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If there's a movie based on a Marvel comic, there'll be a cameo for Marvel mascot Stan Lee. As if to prove that, even though the Spider-Man spin-off Venom is still being written, Lee's role has already been locked down.
Rhett Reese, one of the screenwriters for the Sony movie, was happy to tell Superhero Hype that Lee's place in the evil Spider-Man's solo movie debut was assured:
Oh, yeah. Stan Lee is in it.. I feel like that's the one thing we can say. He does appear in our script, and we're very specific about where he is and why.
Considering that Lee had nothing to do with Venom's creation - unlike Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, all of whose movies he's blessed with his presence - we're curious to see where he turns up... and whether Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, David Micheline or Todd McFarlane (all of whom were involved in the creation of Venom in one way or another) also get cameo appearances in the movie.
Stan Lee to Appear in the Venom Spin-Off [Superhero Hype]


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A resolution Friday by the UN nuclear watchdog expressing "deep and increasing concern" over Iran's nuclear program achieved the first goal the United States sought from its adoption: international unity.
China and Russia signed on to the resolution, which expresses a new level of urgency, allowing both the White House and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that the world has sent a "unified message" to Iran that it must answer growing questions about signs of a military dimension to its program.
But now comes the even harder part: getting the international community to move beyond rhetoric to act on its "increasing" concerns.
No one expects the adoption of a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors alone will prompt Iran to alter a program that the IAEA says shows signs of research and development in areas that could only have a military application.
Indeed if there were any doubts about how Iran would respond to the resolution, Iranian officials quickly laid them to rest. In comments after the vote, Iran's representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said his country would not bow to international pressure over allegations which he said are "fabricated."
Iran, he said, "will never ever suspend our [uranium] enrichment," one of the elements of Iran's nuclear program that is progressing and that worries the international community.
But Secretary Clinton made clear in her comments after the resolution's adoption that the US plans to use the IAEA vote to spur the world on to increased pressure on Iran to alter its course.
"In the coming weeks we will work with our international partners to increase the pressure on Iran's government until it decides to meet its international obligations," she said.
Other Western leaders spoke with similar certainty about prospects for additional pressure on Iran if it does not respond to the IAEA demands for explanations.
"If Iran refuses to comply with her international obligations – very clearly reiterated again today – we shall, along with all of our partners, adopt sanctions on an unprecedented scale," said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé.
But few diplomatic experts believe that Russia and China – both of which have already rejected the need for additional economic sanctions on Iran – are hinting at any change of heart with their "aye" votes on the IAEA resolution Friday.
For one thing, the resolution, despite its strong words of concern, does not lay the groundwork for any international action. For example, the IAEA could have referred Iran to the UN Security Council, the international body that can impose punitive measures, but it did not take that step.
Some say the resolution adopted Friday does not even set a deadline for Iran to respond to the IAEA's concerns, but Mr. Juppé argues that it does. He calls a "clear deadline" the Board of Governors' directive to the IAEA's director general, Yukiya Amano, to report back to the Board on Iran's response at its next meeting in early March.
In comments following adoption of the resolution, Clinton suggested the international community is now expressing unprecedented concern about Iran's activities. "I think we've done a pretty good job bringing the international community to a place that it had never come to before," she told NBC in an interview.
But she also suggested the reality that any action based on the resolution might be limited to the US and the European Union. "When it comes to sanctions," she told NBC, "there are more steps that the United States and Europe are probably willing to take than others at this time."
In a related development Friday, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning the assassination plot that the US uncovered recently against the Saudi ambassador to Washington. The White House released a statement praising the "widespread support for this resolution," which it said "sends a strong message to the Iranian government that the international community will not tolerate the targeting of diplomats."


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The Tea Room
In January 2006 I did a photoshoot with Elvis Thompson to produce an image for a Flyer. Because he had wanted to do some artistic looks, we went with a Chinese Adventure novel style costume. I used parts of my Princess Kushinada costume but made a double layered red gown inspired by the film "Hero" for the ensemble.
I love that we got to use my Thai Chi sword <3


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William Ralph Inge
Dean of St Pauls
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William Ralph Inge (6 June 1860 – 26 February 1954), popularly referred to simply as Dean Inge, was an English author, Anglican prelate, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
- No word in our language — not even "Socialism"— has been employed more loosely than "Mysticism." … The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut…
- Christian Mysticism (1899), Preface
- The phase of thought or feeling which we call Mysticism has its origin in that which is the raw material of all religion, and perhaps of all philosophy and art as well, namely, that dim consciousness of the beyond, which is part of our nature as human beings. Men have given different names to these "obstinate questionings of sense and outward things." We may call them, if we will, a sort of higher instinct, perhaps an anticipation of the evolutionary process; or an extension of the frontier of consciousness; or, in religious language, the voice of God speaking to us. Mysticism arises when we try to bring this higher consciousness into relation with the other contents of our minds.
- Christian Mysticism (1899), Preface
- True contemplation considers Reality (or Being) in its manifestations as well as in its origin. If this is remembered, there need be no conflict between social morality and the inner life. Eckhart recognises that it is a harder and a nobler task to preserve detachment in a crowd than in a cell; the little daily sacrifices of family life are often a greater trial than selfimposed mortifications. "We need not destroy any little good in ourselves for the sake of a better, but we should strive to grasp every truth in its highest meaning, for no one good contradicts another." "Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do not love Him."
There is much more of the same kind in Eckhart's sermons — as good and sensible doctrine as one could find anywhere.
- The old civilisation, with all the brilliant qualities which make many moderns regret its destruction, rested on too narrow a base. The woman and the slave were left out, the woman especially by the Greeks, and the slave by the Romans.
- "St Paul". The Quarterly Review 220: 45–68. January 1914, p. 61
- Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.
- "Our Present Discontents" (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), p. 2
- It is becoming impossible for those who mix at all with their fellow-men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.
- "Our Present Discontents" (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), p. 32
- It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
- "Patriotism" (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), pp. 42-43
- The fruit of the tree of knowledge, always drives man from some paradise or other.
- "The Idea of Progress", Romanes Lecture (27 May 1920), reprinted in Outspoken Essays: Second Series (1922)
- Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.
- "The Idea of Progress", Romanes Lecture (27 May 1920), reprinted in Outspoken Essays: Second Series (1922)
- We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
- "The Idea of Progress", Romanes Lecture (27 May 1920), reprinted in Outspoken Essays: Second Series (1922)
- I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
- "Confessio Fidei", Outspoken Essays (Second Series) (1922)
- So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
- "Democracy and the Future" The Atlantic Monthly (March 1922)
- There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."
- More Lay Thoughts of a Dean (1931), p. 200
- A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbours.
- The End of an Age: and other essays (1948), p. 127
- When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve: "My dear, we live in an age of transition."
- Assessments and Anticipations (1929), p. 261
- Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. This is what makes the trade of historian so attractive.
- Assessments and Anticipations, "Prognostications" (1929)
- The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
- William Ralph Inge como citado in: The Reader's Digest - Volume 123 - Página 79, Reader's Digest Association, 1983
- Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.
- Attributed to Inge in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993), which cites the London Observer, 14 February 1932. However, this aphorism was in circulation decades earlier, e.g., it features in an advertisement in The Grape Belt, 2 October 1906, p. 5


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but not for taking money from Howard Dean.
By Chris Suellentrop, Re-Posted from Slate Magazine
Posted Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at 9:52 PM ET
Journalists think blogging makes everyone one of them, but not everyone wants to be a journalist. That's the lesson from a long-running discussion among prominent political bloggers that spilled into the pages of the Friday Wall Street Journal. The Journal's lede: "Howard Dean's presidential campaign hired two Internet political 'bloggers' as consultants so that they would say positive things about the former governor's campaign in their online journals, according to a former high-profile Dean aide." The "high-profile aide" is Zephyr Teachout, the former head of Internet outreach for Dean. Teachout earlier this week blogged on the subject of "Financially Interested Blogging." She wrote, in part, "In this past election, at least a few prominent bloggers were paid as consultants by candidates and groups they regularly blogged about."
Teachout named two prominent bloggers in particular: Jerome Armstrong of myDD.com and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of Daily Kos. "On Dean's campaign, we paid Markos and Jerome Armstrong as consultants, largely in order to ensure that they said positive things about Dean. We paid them over twice as much as we paid two staffers of similar backgrounds, and they had several other clients," Teachout wrote. "While they ended up also providing useful advice, the initial reason for our outreach was explicitly to buy their airtime. To be very clear, they never committed to supporting Dean for the payment—but it was very clearly, internally, our goal." In the past, Teachout has also fingered Matthew Gross for writing about Erskine Bowles while Gross was on the candidate's payroll.
Armstrong and Moulitsas have complained vociferously on their blogs about Teachout's post and about the Journal's story, and they have a point: Armstrong quit blogging for the half-year that Armstrong Zuniga, the two men's political consulting firm, was on the Dean payroll, and Moulitsas posted a somewhat grumpy disclosure on his site's front page during the same period. If the two men were journalists, those disclosures would be woefully insufficient. But Armstrong and Moulitsas aren't journalists. Nor does having a blog make someone a journalist.
The word "blogger" connotes enthusiastic amateurism, but nowadays bloggers can be PR flacks, salesmen, and yes, party hacks. The New York Times Magazine's cover story on the liberal blogosphere discussed Moulitsas' awkward place in "the established machinery of the Democratic Party" and noted that the Dean campaign "in fact employed Moulitsas for several months." In April 2004, the Weekly Standard called him "a Democratic political consultant on the make." In December 2003, USA Today noted that "some candidates have hired him as their Web consultant." Despite all this, the Times Mag somehow convinced itself that Moulitsas was one of the "amateurs" on Dean's "thrill ride." NBA ballers get to play in the Olympics now, but calling Moulitsas an amateur shows how far the standards have fallen since the days of Jim Thorpe.
Still, my verdict is to let Armstrong free with a slap on the wrist. Joe Trippi's hiring of Armstrong because of MyDD.com was one of the most-reported anecdotes of the primary season. What's new is Teachout's revelation that the Dean campaign hired Armstrong because they wanted him to give them good blog, not because they wanted his sage political advice. But Armstrong didn't know that, so it's tough to be too hard on him for it.
Moulitsas is a different case. He's never pretended to be a journalist—this past October, he told National Journal, "I am part of the media. But a journalist? No. If I had put a label on it, I would say I am an activist."—but in the year since he stopped cashing Dean's checks, he's gained a reputation as "the liberal Instapundit" and the most popular left-wing blogger. And while it's true that his role as a Dean consultant was disclosed and reported in the press on multiple occasions, it came as a surprise this week to a whole lot of people, including a lot of prominent bloggers. Perhaps more important, the people who were aware of Moulitsas' consulting work aren't 100 percent comfortable with it. "Markos is infamous for these kinds of issues. That may be too strong a word. But it's come up with Markos before," Nicco Mele, the Dean campaign's Webmaster and director of Internet operations, told me. "I can find you threads on Markos's own site about it."
Moulitsas' crime isn't taking money from Howard Dean. He, too, can get away with a suspended sentence for insufficiently disclosing his role in the Dean campaign once he was off the payroll. The hanging offense is that Moulitsas took money from other, undisclosed, political clients. And while he may have disclosed—in 2003—that he wouldn't disclose them, that's not good enough. DailyKos raised money for a dozen congressional candidates this past election. Which, if any, of them paid Moulitsas for the honor of directing his grassroots minions to part with their wallets? If you gave one of Moulitsas' preferred candidates money, wouldn't you like to know if Moulitsas' endorsement was purchased?
Political campaigns and consultants are becoming increasingly skillful at manipulating the mainstream press by planting stories in the blogosphere. Despite this, the mainstream press remains credulous about blogging. During South Dakota's U.S. Senate race between Tom Daschle and John Thune, the Thune campaign put two local political bloggers on its payroll. One got $27,000, the other $8,000. Their anti-Daschle reports trickled up into South Dakota newspapers.
The lesson for a campaign is obvious: Got a story you can't convince a mainstream reporter to run? Leak it anonymously to a blog on your payroll. Then get a local reporter to write a story on the controversial, gossipy, local political blog. Soon everyone in town will be talking about the story you leaked to the blog. Voila! Eventually a mainstream news organization will run a story on the rumor that "everyone is talking about." Or they'll do a "what people are buzzing about on the Internet" piece. And no one will know that the blog post was a paid placement until after the election.
If Moulitsas takes money from political candidates in 2006 and 2008 without telling you who's paying him, stop giving his recommended candidates your dollars. Here's what Moulitsas wrote about payola pundit Armstrong Williams' assertion that "There are others" on the government dole: "Until names are named, we can assume every conservative pundit is on the White House's payola rolls." That's questionable logic, but let's take Moulitsas up on his challenge: Until names are named, we can assume every Daily Kos candidate this past election wrote him a check for his consulting work.


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"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Mid Summer Blues
|What do you think?
53 comments:
- Dubai Jazz said...
You are not in the mood to write and yet you come up with this hilarious post. I haven't seen the series myself, I've only heard about it couple of weeks ago and it was through a news article. I first thought of Kasandara. But reading your post; this seems to have surpassed by far. I am glad that I am away from it all when the mania is out and about. Or maybe I should have, as a healthy and athletic bachelor, wished that I am around when the sex craze is still on? At least we'd have saved our unfriendly neighbors the unsavory sights of the over-weight, nouveau-riche naked women??
Excellent post Abu Fares, I like to read your blotching!
Woah! What's with the prevalence of Noor posts in the Arab blogsphere?!?!
Anyway...I can also own up to being an avid follower all the way over here in the UK and can also report that Arab women of all nationalities over here are also set to ravage Mohanned if he ever dares to set foot on British soil :)
I'm surprised that no one seems to give Noor herself such rave reviews though
- KJ said...
Tartoussi Sun has fried your brains my friend.
Rejuvenate with fresh Bulbus Juice!
I should probably email you some refreshing "artwork" ;)
- Unknown said...
What makes me worried is the amount of "arabized" or maybe "syrianized" Turkish TV Series that are being prepared behind the scenes, you know us "Arabs" are very good when it comes to copying each other's successes... so let's the competition begins on who is going to find a "hotter" Mohanad to present to the oversexed and under satisfied Arab women and (men). Did I mention that I actually find Mohanad really lame and has no acting abilities of whatsoever? but admit that he is hot.
- Unknown said...
Our household is divided into two groups. All of them against me as far as Nour is concerned. What I know of the show I hear from my kids mainly. Fares developed his newly acquired internet skills by searching for photos and information about NOUR. In the beginning I tried to stop or curb their appetite regarding their almost religious dedication to watching every single episode but I knew that the only way to do so was through the implementation of draconian measures which is not in harmony with my true nature. Thus I gave up and spend my evenings in my room reading or watching another stupid offering on TV.
- Unknown said...
Yeslamli Your Morning...
The fact that the Nour character is not on par with Mohanad's has one of two explanations.
1- Songül Öden (Nour)is a pretty face but not exceptional. She looks like 50% of Arab girls while Kivanç Tatlitug (Mohanad)is, as far as his looks are concerned, gorgeous. He possesses western features but a middle eastern stance which inevitably makes him very attractive.
2- Arab women are more sexually liberated and open than Arab men but in a patriarchal society (to borrow from Razan's words) they've been historically manipulated and oppressed. Now they are breaking free and they want a piece, a blond piece, of the action.
OK! I tried to explain the current women craze but what about all the idiotic men who are either looking dreamily at Mohanad or are actually feeling threatened and jealous of him. Is there a latent homosexual tendency in our culture as some orientalists had always portrayed or is something else all together.
That aside and done with, and again,Yeslamli Your Morning...
- Unknown said...
I can't stand this fucking summer any longer. It's getting on my nerves and what's left of my sanity.
Please do as promised and quickly. Although I'm an art aficionado, I really prefer the real thing (i.e. the 1st photo in the post is more in line of what I want for the time being).
- Unknown said...
Welcome back.
You're right... We all remember the Mexican soaps mania of a few years back.
We are in the hands of Saudi Media moguls now. They've decided that we should be polarized between religious fanatics and Sharamit. Apparently we should all conform to their morbid sense of ethics.
- KJ said...
Trust me my friend, the art I have, is nothing you've seen before :)
Maybe it will cool you off ;)
- Yazan said...
Akh ya Abu Fares, spare me nour and her craze, I have my own hot, humid, sticky and AC-broken summer of my own.
Nonetheless, This post started off just wonderful with the beautiful colors of "mother earth", why would ruin it?!
I am counting the days!!
- Unknown said...
I take it mother earth = mother ass, right?!
If so, I totally agree. There's nothing as pleasing to the eye ( and hand) on a hot summer day than a look and squeeze.
Thank you Abufares for making me laugh out loud, for the first time in many hot and blotchy days, about "Nour"-related grumbles, and about the fact that you sneakily tried to justify inserting the photos above, especially the first one. Non sequitur, if you ask me, but I digress.
You haven't even seen the worst of this mass submission: last week, I went to Souk Al Hamidieh and to my horror discovered stall after stall after vendor after peddler selling t-shirts, table cloths and God knows what other essentials bearing the photos of Nour, Mouhannad and even his ex! (Some still had Bab Al Hara, which is preparing for its third wave of mass hypnosis come Ramadan). I didn't know how to explain this to my Syrian-American relatives visiting for the first time, or to my husband who called from London after seeing Arab friends and asking "by the way, who the hell is Mouhannad?"
I also heard someone selling other material featuring the above characters, in addition to Lamis, the protagonist of the much more "real" Turkish series "The Lost Years" which I've watched on and off purely for research reasons of course (where else would I get the material for my media papers?).
Our annoyance aside, let's not be too flippant about this Turkish success; notice how both series are pushing the clothing industry and the tourism industry. Let me be the first to openly and unashamedly admit I have long pined for my country to have its own serving of many a Turkish thing, not least of which are secularism, modernism, industrialism, tourism, economism, educationism, healthism, hospitalism, playgroundism … you get the drift. Did I mention secularism? With a capital S?
As I prepare to embrace rainy England again (can't wait!) and leave behind the cruel Damascene summer, I take some comfort in remembering that our audiovisual and general sociocultural habits are not necessarily worse than others', and that the "great" British television captures audiences with marvels of mediocrity like Eastenders, Big Brother and other "reality" crap like how to educate your dog.
Oh, and in comment about one of your recent posts, I'm sure you already know that the Turkish stud was a male model. Does this information make up for the length of my comment?
- Unknown said...
I enjoy reading your comments so much. They always put a big smile on my face.
I'm also so happy to have talked to you while I was in the middle of replying.
What can I say. My intention is never to be overly critical of the way things are in our own backyard but some excesses simply surprise and shock me. I'm a football fan and I try to follow the games of my favorite club on TV(strangely enough from the north of London). I have an Arsenal T-shirt and I might still have a key chain somewhere. I also hate Man Utd. as much as Syrians hate Abdin of Nour. This is all strange but understandable. But, as you've rightly coined it, the mass submission and hysteria for a TV show is mind boggling.
I love reading you Rime, so please keep doing more of it.
I love to see you next time, so please let me know your whereabouts.
Good Luck and Salamet Al Sgheereh.
Delightful post as usual, AbuFares. Only you can get our Rime out of hiding...! Even her FB fan-club wasn't able to do it...! :)
This summer is driving me crazy too... With everybody in the world deciding that finaly it is time to visit Syria, all at once, I've been feeling scattered if not "blotchy"... and so I am disappointed to learn now that Rime is leaving back to the UK without having managed to run into her... :( Must try harder next time...
- Unknown said...
Kifak Ya Rajol?
These are hard times on us all. I can't wait for autumn to grace us with its cleansing thundershowers and lower temperatures.
Rime... Akh min Rime! Who can claim that he's not a fan of hers? ...sigh
Ehem ... which FB fan club? What are you guys talking about? In fact, I can assure you that I have many more non-fans (to put it mildly) than the contrary.
Naji, how exactly were you planning to "run into me" if I may ask? I think you may need to resort to Plan B, if there was one! :)
Plan B… ehem, what Plan B…?! Obviously you have not been in Syria long enough… We don't do plan B's around here… it is always A or A+… tawakkal 3ala allah..., souria alla 7amiyah…, etc… and it has always worked so far…!! ;)
I did not want to presume by writing you directly, and I have not been going out in Damascus enough lately to expect to just "run into you", so I took the easiest, but hopefully not the most annoying, liberty of creating a Facebook Group "Rime Allaf's Mosaics"…, but you didn't even join…! :( Don't tell me you are the only one in Syria who has been thwarted by the goons who block FB here… or that you are the only one who has managed to resist this newest "wave of the future"…!! Even our super ascetic AbuFares has succumbed… ;)
- saint said...
My wife has told me that when the Mexican series Cassandra was playing, the Mosque near by was empty and religious lessons stopped. Interesting heh,
BTW, a question for you, the first picture, is it a Syrian Ass?
Lovely post Abufares, you can make a great writer for Syrian playboy magazine. May be it is not there yet, but wait, the Turks have plenty of these and sooner or later they will seep in. In my humble opinion, the popularity of any series in the Middle East will depends on one factor," the waiting for solution" factor. That is how you attract viewers, very sleazy easy trick, and Shahrazad knew it a long time ago.
Also, nice to read for rime too, it is a complement to your post.
- Unknown said...
Alas, I have no idea about the nationality of this beautiful ass. I would've loved to find out "first hand". It's just a nice photo I picked from the net like the other one of the ugly sonofabitch.
If you really want to do me a favor try to get me a job as a photographer at Playboy not a writer. As for the "waiting for solution" factor, I have checked and been told that there is nothing to solve in Nour. As a matter of fact they could go on forever like American daytime soaps. But they have to wrap it up before Ramadan when it's time for the Arab media to put on its pious robes.
You're making me dream Saint, a photographer at Playboy, ummmmmh
Naji, wow, I didn't know what I was missing, and my bad for imagining we even needed plans. :)
The goons could never manage to keep me away (I have an extremely techy husband even if I didn't manage to surf myself) but I admit I am not a fan and regretted joining the evil Facebook, which I can't believe that Abufares joined behind my back! No wonder he's so blotchy!
Thank you so much for this lovely gesture, but isn't it weird to be a member of one's own fan club? In any case, I just joined - including a weird group about some "Tarttousie" - what's with the spelling? :)
Saint, it's nice to see you too, and I must agree about the waiting for a solution aspect. Poor Abufares, being exiled to his corner when Nour comes on, is not aware that the poor woman is trying to make a responsible adult out of the idiot, and that this in itself (which a lot of women would tell you is part of any marriage, he he) is all the suspense needed to keep them coming.
Well, that and the guy's looks of course.
Speaking of pious robes, I am told that devout MBC has cut off all the steamy scenes. How good of them to take care of our sensibilities.
Abufares, here's a deep existential question for you: would you rather be a photographer at Playboy, or a bunny at Playgirl? :)
- Unknown said...
I joined facebook after an invitation by the one and only Naji. I couldn't say NO of course but I still don't know what to do on fb. I managed, after spending more than 15 minutes, to offer my friends a round of Jack & Coke. That was my most grandiose gesture. I doubt very much that I'll be able to surpass it. I have also joined your fan club and found out that I'm a member of my own FC as well.
So the "solution" in Nour is to make a responsible adult out of Mohanad. Let me be sure I perfectly understand you. Women want a man who looks like Mohanad so that other women lust after him and so that they can flaunt him around like an expensive car or a diamond ring. They also want this same man to be a responsible father/husband and a house-broken pet... while, and at the same time, he should be a successful and rich man, who makes plenty of money and can afford, for his wife and family a lifestyle previously reserved for movie stars. In short, women want a Tashtoush Stud inside the house and a Eunuch Superman outside. OK, I get it... why not. I wonder what kind of woman fulfills the fantasy of men if they shared the feminine line of thought.
Finally to answer your deep existential question (that's what I love about you Rime) the answer couldn't be easier.
A photographer of course. Had I been a bunny, I would've been featured once, may be twice in my twenties and that's it. But as a photographer I could as well be still active as I'm writing these words. With that dream job and with what I know today of life (and the tiny little bit about women)... can you imagine the possibilities :-))))))))))
You're making me sighhhhhhhh again Rime, but you've always been so good at doing just that.
- Unknown said...
You wrote:
"Speaking of pious robes, I am told that devout MBC has cut off all the steamy scenes. How good of them to take care of our sensibilities."
Didn't you know that MBC+ is offering the full uncensored version with kisses, hugs and legging (is that a word) for a premium fee of course. Remember that all religious preachers come in two flavors, one for the poor and the other for the rich. They have always been double-faced.
- Mariyah said...
I'm being sucked in, Abu Fares! My friends are hooked on Nour...if I don't watch, I'm comletely left out of the conversation! :S Agh!
I enjoyed your post, as always...even if you were "blotchy" when you wrote it! :)
- Haifaa said...
Abu Fares:
So I come to the land of sand and heat to spend a month with my aging mother, who is refusing to travel to Syria or anywhere outside of our street. I told her about you and she is excited to know about your blog and you defending the Syrian women against the Arabia slander. Too bad for me as I won't be able to come to Syria and visit with you Abu Fares.
My otherwise, my reasonable and mature cousins, announced to me the Turkish delight by the name of Mohannad. After I got over my shock I became appalled. I watched this muhanad dude and he looked like a mini version of Brad Pitt. Ofcourse, I am partial to George Clooney ( no punt intended.) To make a long story short, my beloved mom is watching the other Turkish drama "The Lost Years" My mother relates to Lamis in her life and I am stuck consoling my mother after each episode. I watch it with her and I am trapped with this nightmare. Then I went to buy some t-shirts for my work out and I found myself excited to have bought t-shirts that are made in Turkey the land of Muhanad and Lamis. I am appalled, shamed, shocked. When is August coming so I can run away from this madness? I can't believe you wrote about this, Abu Fares, it will be a mental trap forever as I check your blog.
May the 3zralies have envy about the over sexed Arab women. It is about time we break the taboo thanks to Muhanad.
Having wrote all the bullshit above, let me share with you my favorite pass time: wathcing the victory march in Lebanon over the release of Samir Qantar and watching al Manar. It is just so thrilling for me.
Okay, bye for now.
- Unknown said...
It's very hard for me to find people to talk to.
I won't get involved with Nour and lease my brains for 150 consecutive nights. Accordingly I've just lost 50% of the population. 49% are either too rigid morally or too busy materially. Besides they are a bunch of compulsive obsessive tyrants or slaves. In addition to the perpetually drunk, you are one of the remaining 1% and I tremendously enjoy our exchange.
- Unknown said...
@Az3ar's Fan
I wish you could've made it. May be next time as I, too, look forward to your visit.
I've been meaning to ask you this question:
What does Az3ar's Fan mean? Is it: أزعر؟؟
Sorry but I'm just curious.
Back to your comment. I've been contemplating writing about some women issues for a while. I have one significant problem though in addressing my unresolved issues with our social and religious institutions. I'm a notorious generalist and when I write about serious social/religious problems I fall in the trap of making unsupported statements and conclusions, which I exactly detest in those I want to write about and criticize. We suffer from lack of such serious research in the Arab world. Accordingly, and to maintain some sense of credibility I have to rely on a satirical tone rather than a scientific one.
I'm telling you all of this because I feel the need to address these gender issues among other ailments inflicting us. Talking about sexual equality and the emancipation of women has unfortunately become a specialty of bitter and disillusioned women (you see my problem with generalization). I crave to read about this and other matters written by Arab women who are in tune and in touch with their own sexuality, who are aware of their internal and external beauty and most importantly who don't advance the feminine cause on account of their own femininity.
Do you think I should write about such matters or was my reply to your comment enough.
I'd really like to know what you and other readers think.
- Haifaa said...
Abu Fares:
I feel like the song: so close yet so far away. I really wanted to come to Syria. I will be doing so during my next visit but who knows when it will take place as my life is complicated.
In answer to your question, yes, it is أزعر. During the July 2006 rape of Lebanon, I was frequenting my favorite blogger As'ad Abu Khalil ( the Angry Arab) We had a cyber war fare going on. I was an admirer of a poster by the name of Azar because his responses where elequont and as sharp as a razor. So, I became his fan and I decided to make my name as Az3ar's Fan.
On to your next subject, sexuality and the Arab women discussion is a must if the Arab nation want to make any real progress. I am looking at this cess pool here and I realize we are living in a third world country in terms of the treatment of women. Yet, the women accept this predicment. It is a man's world and it is not a pleasnt place to be in. Their idea of progress is basically "sharmata wal alfajar". I would like you to present your views, and maybe UmFraes can tell us some of her views. You need to come here and see it for yourself this man's world.
- Haifaa said...
check it out.
- Unknown said...
OK Az3ar's Fan
Let's see how I'm going to handle myself in the next post.
Thank you as ever for your great feedback and support.
Soap-operas... UGH! terrible in any language!
If you dream of being a playboy bunny photographer and take pictures of all the wonderful work of USA plastic surgeons, I am a little dissappointed... I guess, I have to remember that you ARE human-male after all. I always think of you as being above that criterion.
Am I being too hard on you? NO. You have always talked about women and how much you admire them phisically and psicologically. I would think with their little imperfections and all. Are you just having fun being that you felt blotchy at the time???
Excuse me, maybe I'm feeling blotchy too!
Take care and keep well. Do not succumb to PMS.
: )
b.w. yeats
- Mariyah said...
Thank you, Abu Fares! I enjoy our exchanges too! I actually made a point of sitting down to watch an episode of Nour with some friends and family to see if I was really missing something. I tried VERY hard to patiently follow it. Not long into the show, however, I was silenced (actually smothered by a pillow by my friend) for yelling at the television! God help us, Abu Fares! We, the free thinkers, are being marginalized! ;)
- Mariyah said...
Oh, and by the way...I stayed under that pillow for the rest of the show. I think my next blog post will be in praise of tapestry! Cheers to you!!
- Dubai Jazz said...
I dont understand all the fuss about mohhanad's looks, almost half the guys of aleppo look like him- if not even more handsome than him.
- Unknown said...
@b.w. yeats
Don't be disappointed. We all have our moments of mediocrity and this is merely one of my superficial dreams.
The perfect beautiful woman remains one untouched by enhancing or feature changing surgeries of course. The little imperfections are what truly make her perfect.
But then again, lying on the beach, in the heat of the day, a beautiful ass is a beautiful ass and since you're so far away you have to give me some leeway:-)
- Unknown said...
We, the free thinkers, have always been marginalized. When we get involved we often get corrupted.
- Unknown said...
So what you're basically suggesting that half the guys in Aleppo look like Mohanad!
The other half??? Like Sabah Fakhri?
Abufares, I´M just like a fish out of water, don´t know waht your talking about,
- Unknown said...
Don't worry about it. It's all about TV programs and how people get hooked. There's an inverse relationship between the intelligence/significance/education of a TV show and the number of viewers. Of course this holds true not only here in Syria but everywhere else.
Flattery will get you nowhere... or maybe just a little ahead ; )
Anyway, we all need our days of mediocrity and superficiality, especially if feeling blotchy!!!! So you are forgiven. Of course, you know that I believe I'm not above mediocrity myself, so there is nothing to forgive in the end.
Your bloggs are still very captivating, and I see you have many fans. If you have the talent to turn something so completely useless as a soap-opera into a good conversation piece, who am I to harrass you about wanting to take pictures of babes every now and then! Dream a little dream... as the song says.
w.b. yeats
- mezba said...
Got to your blog via another. Lol at the Israeli's wasted research money. I can't believe there are divorces resulting from a TV show. Given Arab men's reputed qualities in bed you would think they would be more secure?
Dubai Jazz, like Abufares I must express some surprise, as mildly as possible, regarding the information you are revealing in your comment - information which, should it become common knowledge, will have Aleppo in turmoil after it is taken over by all the girls who've been cruising the wrong cities until now, desperately seeking their dream man.
More handsome than Mouhannad? Just imagine all the blotchy husbands this will create. And which half do you belong to? :)
Abufares, you posed the following scenario in your last response to me:
"Let me be sure I perfectly understand you. Women want a man who looks like Mohanad so that other women lust after him and so that they can flaunt him around like an expensive car or a diamond ring. They also want this same man to be a responsible father/husband and a house-broken pet... while, and at the same time, he should be a successful and rich man, who makes plenty of money and can afford, for his wife and family a lifestyle previously reserved for movie stars. In short, women want a Tashtoush Stud inside the house and a Eunuch Superman outside."
The short answer is: YES, and duh! (apart from the "tashtoush" part which I didn't get).
Furthermore, isn't that exactly the counter wish-list of what most men want? Ask anyone in the region on the hunt for a bride: they actually have these ridiculous demands.
- Dubai Jazz said...
If my mother was to judge, she'd say that Mohhanad can't hold a candle to me in a thousands years, lookwise or anything else!
The proverbial monkey comes to mind here, doesn't it? :-)
I just hope that the 'arrivaling' process of these girls, who are going to flock to Aleppo, won't take place through the airport!
- Unknown said...
@w.b. yeats
Now you're talking... the best thing ever is if and when we can be mediocre together:-)
All of my "fans" are great bloggers as well. You will be very pleasantly surprised if you check their blogs out.
Dream a little dream...
- Unknown said...
thank you for your visit and comment. "Most" Arabs men's reputed qualities in bed are often negated by their usurping jump on religion whenever it's to their advantage, in and out of bed.
Please come again.
- Unknown said...
1. a man who is a dominated by his wife.
2. weakling, not manly
[Origin: from Tashtasha, got soaked in water thus became tender and soft]
-synonyms 1. Ja7esh Mara, Khrente, Nes Rejjal, tartour, domestic chicken, Kerr
1. He was a domineering businessman, extremely feared by enemies, greatly respected by friends. But in front of his wife, he was a pathetic tashtoush.
My dear Dubai Jazz, I have no doubt that your mother has the definite say on who looks better than whom, bless her. We should hope that these girls do arrival through Aleppo airport, hoping they've read the website, because they'll remain stuck forever between passporting and touristing, thus saving the city from their reckless romantic abandon.
As for the "tashtoush" list of synonyms, we must start gathering all the "definitions" made by the author of this blog into an "Abufarespedia" for the benefit of all. In fact, Abufares even expanded on Aleppo airport's special language on my own blog - these should be saved for posterity!
Be that as it may, it's not the word "tashtoush" I didn't understand, lol, but the idea that women want one at home. Oh well.
- MomTo5 said...
i will soon come back to Syria,are they still cutting off the electricity?
does any one know how to get electricity from a car battery ;)maybe its enough for a small fan!
- qunfuz said...
It reminds me of the joke I heard in Syria at the time of the Cassandra craze - A father tells his son to bring him from the mosque when Cassandra starts. The boy runs in to the busy prayer hall and screams, "Baba! Cassandra's on TV!" The father covers his eyes in shame. When he opens them again a minute later he finds he's the only person in the mosque.
- Unknown said...
Sorry it took me so long to reply but I was away for a few days.
In Tartous, and so far, we have no problem with electricity. As for your second question I think they already have plenty of those kits for sale in Damascus (Nazlet Rami).
- Unknown said...
Sharrou Al Baliet Ma Youdhek. Very true. The same was true earlier with Maria Mercedes. It was the first wave of the flood. Soon enough, the pious will shuffle fast after the Taraweeh and run to get to Bab Al-Hara Part III on time. Had the producers of Bab Al Hara known about Nour and Mohanad earlier before the script was written they would've included Mohanad as a visiting Turk who decided to stay at the Hara. It would've been the most significant and ingenious soap opera show to ever grace our screens. Abu Shehab and Mohanad together... Talk about Wet dreams!
One comment from above link of al quds al arabi:
أبو النصر - ومن قال ما في تطوير
التلفزيون المصري هو تلفزيون محنط ولكن ثمة تطور صاحب الدراما التلفزيونيةعلى سبيل المثال لا الحصر. فقد كان المحور الرئيسي للمسلسلات والأفلام المصرية يدور حول الجوازة دي لازم تتم وهاتجوزه ياباباولكن من بضع سنين أصبح المحور الرئيسي يدور حول عبارات مثل هامسحه من وش الدنيا.أم بالنسبة لفن التصوير فقد حدث تطور مذهل حيث أصيب أغلب المشاهدين بالحول والصداع الشديد من جراء غباش الشاشة من أجل اخفاء التجاعيد بوجوه الممثلات العجائز واللاتي يصررن على أن يقمن بدور الفتيات المراهقات


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I spotted this image on G+, with the obligatory chides of being Darwin Award-worthy dumb and the obvious "Where's the monitor?" I did some poking around online and found the source article on Team Xbox. Don't worry, one doesn't drive and game. This is for park and play only. It's a Suzuki auto show concept car/geek playpen.
So, where is the display? It's projected onto the inside of the auto-deplolyable hood. There are also deployable screens (and wireless controllers) for backseat passengers, and even a 30-inch rear projection display in the hatchback for outside gamers. A whole new level of kids playing in the car.


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COLUMBIA -- For some, throwing darts is just a bar game. But for others it is also a way to make friends.
Friends, families, smiles, and laughter can all be found at a dart competition.
"Met some of my best friends in life through darts, it's really a little fraternity, sorority, type thing," experienced dart player Mike Mudd said.
Darts bring people of all different ages and backgrounds together. The Columbia Dart Association has a competitor as young as 14 and people in their 70's that still throw darts.
"There's everybody from lawyers to blue collar workers," Mudd said.
"They're just from all over, different walks of life you know and they come together and this is all just a different social family gathering for all of them," Columbia Dart Association President Mark Nowlin said.
The sport also allows people to make new friends.
"The people that you meet, I mean we're meeting new people all the time, every day, it just grows as one big happy family," Nowlin said.
"I just started about a couple months ago and I enjoy it. I meet a lot of new people and everybody is really nice," new dart player Andrea Wymer said.
"If you're a dart player you have friends all over the country," Wymer said.
While it is obvious that everyone is friends, at the end of the day, winning still matters.
"We all want to win. We all understand that. So you can be competitive but you are still friends with the people you're playing with," Wymer added.


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"IMAGES: A Reflection of Cultures" - Nov. 20 at Hope College | Arts & Culture
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HOLLAND – An international showcase and cuisine will provide a sampling of cultural heritage from around the world during Hope College's "IMAGES: A Reflection of Cultures" on Saturday, Nov. 20.
"Images" will begin with a dinner featuring international cuisine from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Phelps Hall dining room. For those not on the college's meal plan, admission to the dinner will be $5 per person, payable at the door.
The international showcase, to which admission is free, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre. The showcase will feature an array of songs, dances, instrumental performances and other clips of culture in multiple languages and fashions.
More than 30 students will participate from countries such as China, France, Honduras, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States.
"IMAGES: A Reflection of Cultures" is sponsored by the Hope College Office of International Education and will conclude the college's International Education Week, which will begin Monday, Nov. 15.
More information about the activities may be obtained by calling the office at (616) 395-7605.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St. Phelps Hall is located at 154 E. 10th St., on 10th Street at Columbia Avenue.