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February 9 2014
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December 28 2013
Hi! I am in med school and now i am relaxing for the holidays. Suffice to say that I ended up not having time to talk about exactly what was going on with the rest of my trip! But to summarize - Wyoming was followed by a short trip to Mount Rushmore, then rapid city, then Omaha, and finally Champaign - totaling about 2700 miles and 42 hours of driving. Not bad for me and my dad :) The drive was absolutely GORGEOUS and couldn't have asked for anything more from Mount Rushmore!
Medical school has been fantastic. Though I'm busy studying most of the day, it's wonderful to feel like I've made the right decision, to be succeeding, and to have lots of cool new knowledge. The people I've met here are super great - supportive, kind, and quirky, just the way I like them.
More soon about Champaign when I get back! Need to take some pictures :)
December 3 2013
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December 1 2013
"See, Rowling largely operates Harry's generation in a clear system of parallels to the previous generation, Marauders and all. Harry is his father—Quidditch star, a little pig-headed sometimes, an excellent leader. Ron is Sirius Black—snarky and fun, loyal to a fault, mired in self-doubts. Hermione is Remus Lupin—book smart and meticulous, always level-headed, unfailingly perceptive. Ginny is Lily Evans—a firecracker, clever and kind, unwilling to take excuses. Draco Malfoy is Severus Snape—a natural foil to Harry, pretentious, possessed of the frailest ego and also deeper sense of right and wrong when it counts. And guess what? Neville Longbottom is Peter Pettigrew.
Neville is a perfect example of how one single ingredient in the recipe can either ruin your casserole (or stew, or treacle tart, whatever you like), or utterly perfect your whole dish. Neville is the tide-turner, the shiny hinge. And all because he happens to be in the same position as Wormtail… but makes all the hard choices that Pettigrew refused the first time around. Other characters are in similar positions, but none of them go so far as Neville. None of them prove that the shaping of destiny is all on the individual the way he does."
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August 24 2013
Day 2: Salt Lake City, UT to Cody, WY (469 miles, 8.5 hours)
This might have been my favorite day of the entire trip. After somehow waking up after the long drive on Saturday, we started our trip, drove through beautiful UT, spacious ID, and arrived at Jackson, WY for lunch. I don't know what possessed me to choose Mexican food for our meal, but it turned out to be surprisingly good!!! But the best part of the trip was the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Park :) And I need to mention this: CODY, WY IS AMAZING.
SO much room out here. And what a gorgeous view!
This was missed coming into WY but I caught it leaving (FINE I cheated. whatever)
Grand Tetons National Park! Too bad we didn't stop here to explore longer…next time!
Jackson Lake in the park was so pretty we had to stop!
Obligatory. I had no idea the parks were connected LOL.
VERY cool. Definitely think everyone should see this at least once.
Hard to find this in California :)
More to come!
August 16 2013
For those of you who didn't know, I recently moved to Champaign, IL for school! Since I wanted my car, I decided to make it a trip - 5 days on the road, with my dad, from Cupertino, CA. Here were some of the highlights :)
Day 1 - Cupertino, CA to Salt Lake City, UT (12 hours, 771 miles)
This was by FAR the longest leg of the trip and the most exhausting. I wanted to get across Nevada as fast as possible (sorry Nevada), so I left at 4AM. Since I was making a life-changing move across the country, needless to say I was excited and unable to sleep, so thank you to my dad for coming with me and sharing the driving load on this leg (and the rest for that matter). The drive itself was okay - it was amazing how much I-80 looks like I-5. At any moment, I thought I would come across Hanford (Hi Chris). The prize was a beautiful view of the Great Salt Lake, and the beautiful Temple Square. My dad and I ended up having a good time shopping and walking around SLC, and I would be happy to go back! Later: the drive from Salt Lake City to Idaho, Wyoming, and the National Parks!
PS: Props must go to Janet for the #phillinois hashtag on this trip!
Goodbye California, Hello Nevada!
Am I in Nevada or California?
HELLO UTAH AND MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE (we weren't the only ones excited about the sign)
Reminds me of San Diego!
July 31 2013
I've been on a bit of a TV binge since my funemployment began on the 12th. A lot of that dedicated TV time has gone to two shows - The West Wing and The Newsroom, both written and created by Aaron Sorkin. Here's a quick blog about the latter.
The Newsroom is a drama surrounding a fictional cable news outlet known as ACN. The main protagonist is Will McAvoy, a "vanilla" news anchor who was really only concerned with the ratings. All this changes when a new executive producer, Mackenzie McHale, joins the crew and convinces him to "do the news," not just the entertainment that the uninformed masses have been pushing for. Within this context relationships and subplots grow and develop, and we've got ourselves amazing television.
Before I start with why I love this show so much, a disclaimer: though The Newsroom characters argue for unbiased and fact-based reporting in a emotionally manipulative era of news broadcasting, I have noticed that a lot of the stories portrayed in the first season center on right-wing and conservative political candidates and policies and arguments against them. Take that as you will (though it doesn't really other me since I agree with a lot of the things being said).
It is amazing how seamless ACN seems to fit into the list of real news outlets, and the show's ability is help us remember and reassess past news stories like the BP oil spill and the death of Bin Laden are astounding. Sorkin is a detailed and meticulous in his portrayal of each news report and the cast involved in producing the stories, as well as the side plot that happen off the broadcast and show itself.
The Newsroom itself is impeccably acted. A favorite character is Charlie Skinner, played by Sam Waterston. YOU GO JACK MCCOY!!! But the real heartbeat of the show is the theme of informing the electorate. News outlets have too often catered to the guilty pleasures of viewers and have less and less provided the important content that is necessary for an informed electorate. If the show continues to push this and voice this opinion, I think it'll go far.
This is the closest thing to the beauty of The West Wing we have had in a long time, and needs to be watched! Go now!
2nd Disclaimer: I'm drunk.
July 20 2013
Great show - blog to follow soon, but take a look at this powerful opening scene from Season 1!
July 19 2013
Oh my! I bought a new computer for medical school! This is my first post from it! I hope it doesn't explode while I write this!
Now, jokes aside, the next blog post is a bit sad so let's tone it down.
Yes, the above photo is cheesy and fan-fiction. But it was the best I could do, without just giving you a picture of the book cover!
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green revolves around the relationship between Hazel and Augustus - two teenagers who are diagnosed with cancer and meet at a mutual support group. Green's novel outlines how the two meet, get to know each other, and fall in love. Simple enough, right?
Wrong. Though it's tough to say much about the book without giving away too much of the plot, it's safe to say that it is not only beautifully written but also a fair representation of some of the emotional struggles I've witnessed of people fighting cancer. I had a close friend at work during college that fought, and beat, advanced breast cancer and I swear that some of the feelings that these characters share and describe about their lives are eerily similar to her own story. Beyond the love story, it is a testament to the struggles of people and families dealing with tough illnesses - and for that, it is already worth reading.
The book was tough to get into at first. Green's decision to write the story from Hazel's point of view was hard for me to get over - her language was pessimistic, negative, and yet now that I think about it, fitting. But getting past that, the story itself was gut-wrenching and well thought out. The characters are quirky and memorable, though you should be warned there are some cliche scenes between them that might get the most realistic of us groaning.
In the end, I guess the most telling (yet not surprising) thing I can say about this book is that it moved me to tears. On a plane. Where the two people sitting next to me MUST have been terrified by my emotional outburst. Go read the book! Okay? Okay.
July 16 2013
NOW WHAT KIND OF NUMBER 1 FAN WOULD I BE WITHOUT WRITING A REVIEW THE DAY THE CD DROPPED? A shitty one, and obviously that is not true since Sara and I are best friends. So.
The Blessed Unrest is Bareilles' 3rd major record label full-length offering. Following up 2010's Kaleidoscope Heart, this album again pulls further away from 2007's Little Voice in both size and scope. Boasting longer songs, broader themes, and more eclectic musical choices than the other two combined, the album finds itself in new territory. After the short EP Once Upon A Time dropped in 2012, with elements of all of Sara's past work intertwined with some new ideas, I was curious to see what direction the new album would take. So what was the outcome?
Though the album starts similarly with the normal piano pop (Brave) we are used to hearing, the real gems start to come after and towards the middle of the album. Bareilles plays with multiple music forms here - from the heavily synthesized Satellite Call and Cassiopeia to the doo-wop-y Little Black Dress. Remnants of her tried and true ballads also remain (Manhattan), and are by far some of the best songs on the album. Through it all, one thing stays true - the vocals are powerful, gut-wrenching, and emotional.
However, there are some musical decisions that I'm sure will not sit well with everyone - and personally I have a few critiques of my own (LOVE ME SARA I'M SORRY). At times, the new direction seems too forced and akin to some themes that no longer feel like her own. Eden feels a bit too 80's for me, and Satellite Call is a bit too, pardon the pun, out of this world. Even those I enjoyed, like I Choose You, seemed pulled out of another person's set list (see Colbie Caillat's I Do, though Sara does it better). To be fair, there were also some wonderful surprises - Chasing the Sun, with its heavy bass and beat, and 1000 Times' lyrical depth by far lead the pack for some of the newer experimental favorites that Bareilles has conjured up and still feel like the artist we met in 2007.
The summary: the CD itself is one that I would listen to over and over, but it's not one I can listen to in one sitting without skipping songs. It'll take time for me to digest the new direction. To be honest, this was how I felt when I first heard Kaleidoscope Heart, and now it is one of my favorite albums. Go buy the album, and let the new vibes sink in before you make all of your final decisions everyone!
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Southern Tip of Sweden
by P-M Heden
The band of the Milky Way is seen above the southern coast of Sweden. Stars of the Summer Triangle are photographed over this seaside known as Sandhammaren beach in Scania. The light dome of nearby town Ystad is visible on the right (west) while it's dark toward the Baltic Sea (south).


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President Obama has promised to reconsider the blanket policy of banning photographs and video of military caskets as they are brought home from overseas, and he should.
Officially, the policy was instituted as a means to protect the privacy of dead soldiers and their families. But it was never really about that. The identities of those in specific caskets was never public knowledge, and even those families who may have wanted coverage of their loved one's return were not given that choice.
From the beginning, the policy was an effort to hide the true cost of war, and those who argued for changing it were often accused of being unpatriotic.
However, it is a strange sort of patriotism that requires us not to mark the sacrifice that others make in our name, that requires us to avert our national gaze when the bodies come home from war. The tradition of honoring those who have fallen is as old as war itself, and even today warriors will risk their lives to recover the bodies of their dead, so they can be celebrated appropriately.
And if public support for a war is so fragile that we can't be allowed to witness its cost, then we shouldn't be fighting that war in the first place.
February 18th, 2009
3:31 pm
Well said, Jay. Every death in Iraq has been for a mistake. And–before Dusty chimes in with her predictable outrage–no, that does NOT show any disrespect for the poor soldiers whose lives were wasted on this fool's errand.
February 18th, 2009
3:33 pm
Jay, I agree with your assessment. Unfortunately the wingnuts will come in and call you a supporter of the terrorist…
February 18th, 2009
3:33 pm
If the soldier is identifiable it should be up to the family. I have no problem with showing the picture above.
February 18th, 2009
3:44 pm
Some want to hide the cost of war because if everyone realized the price we wouldn't rush to war in the future as we did under bush.
February 18th, 2009
4:05 pm
Bookman is a supporter of terrorist….
Gadem, you are psychic.
February 18th, 2009
4:08 pm
No not psychic, but you guys are too predictable.
February 18th, 2009
4:15 pm
I've discussed this issue with conservatives, including one who'd served in the AF and who insisted that liberals simply exploited our war dead for our own purposes.
I think that's, to use Jay's word, a "strange" way to pre-emptively prevent such exploitation. I also don't know if that's truly what was behind the previous Administration's policy. I'd like to think it wasn't, that it was truly what the previous Administration thought would be in the best interests of the soldiers' families.
But like HD says @ 3.33, I don't see how photographs of flag-draped coffins violate any family's privacy concerns.
February 18th, 2009
4:32 pm
Oh yeah, if it weren't for the sneaky photographers, why, we'd never even know there was a war on.
Really, the last 6 years, I never saw one soldier's death reported in the Urinal/Jihad, ABC never read the list of names or showed the pictures, I still have no idea who this Cindi Sheehan woman is.
Why do we want to drag their bodies through the street?
I thought it was a "right to privacy" and a "matter for the family," you know, kinda like when you libs were so hot to kill Terri Schiavo?
February 18th, 2009
4:42 pm
It has been cowardly to hide the true costs of this war of choice.
February 18th, 2009
4:44 pm
Let's ignore Andy's red herring for a moment and focus on this issue.
This is an issue of the Freedom of the Press, and those soldiers died for the press to have the right to take those photographs. As long as individual names are not mentioned, I'm fine with it.
February 18th, 2009
4:49 pm
If Cheney had his way, all deaths related to certain unnamed warlike activities would remain secret in the name of national security. The dead would just be listed as "in an undisclosed location".
February 18th, 2009
4:51 pm
You have to wonder how the spelling of "Chad Harris" went from "Chad Har" all the way to "Joe."
Odd, isn't it?
February 18th, 2009
4:53 pm
Absolutely. We shouldn't be hiding the injuries, both the number and the specific natures of severe injuries incurred in this war either as Republicans try to do all the time.
The coffins should be shown several times a day instead of the airhead junk cable news channels waste time on. So should the thousands of severe brain injuries, soldiers blinded by IEDs, and thousands who have lost legs and arms to IEDs. The estimate for Iraqi dead is as high as 6000, though an accurate count will never happen and they have severe parallel injuries.
February 18th, 2009
4:56 pm
Absolutely. We should also stop lying about the nubmer and extent of paralytic injuries, blindness, and severe brain injuries that the Pentagon and Republicans have covered up during Bush.
There are an estimated 600,000 Iraqis dead, but we'll never know the real number.
February 18th, 2009
4:59 pm
Jay, I agree with you, but the sad part is that if it is allowed, there will be front page photographs of flag-draped caskets on the cover of the New York Times (and a dozen other newspapers) everyday.
Free elections? Section C, page 12.
February 18th, 2009
5:03 pm
Every Sunday morning at the close of "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" a listing of the fallen soldiers scrolls down the screen. Other media outlets can do the same. I don't see there is any attempt to hide it. Except for the banning of the photographs, which I believe should not be banned.
It's too late to keep putting the blame on Bush/Cheney. Although they started the ban, Obama can easily reverse it.
February 18th, 2009
5:19 pm
AJC/DNC Management,
Joe is Chad Harris' mistress.
February 18th, 2009
5:20 pm
A cartoon of an chimp shot dead and the underlying message behind that is deemed socially acceptable but a photo of the coffins of those that gave their lives in the name of we the people is not. Perverted would be my one-word assessment of that.
February 18th, 2009
5:22 pm
can we also have photographers shoot every dead baby that gets aborted in this country? I mean, lets be fair here. Neither aborted babies nor soldiers asked to be killed. But, the soldiers knew the risk when they signed on. Aborted babies didn't get a choice when mommy had a doctor pull their brains out.
February 18th, 2009
5:25 pm
jay, just because you cater to ignorant leftists doesn't mean that everyone doesn't realize the sacrifice.
I'd like to err on the side of privacy for the families whether the soldiers are identifiable or not.
Too often, liberals on these very boards, have exploited the fallen for political gain. I have a huge problem with that.
Besides……terrorists love to have their victims on display. Apparently so do leftists.
February 18th, 2009
5:27 pm
Photographs of flag draped coffins? How come no meida ever show the bodies falling from the trade towers? Or the airplanes flying in?
February 18th, 2009
5:32 pm
The ankle-grabber chickenhawk crowd doesn't want to see the coffins of dead soldiers.
War is their porn, their vicarious thrill. Cowards that they are, they still fancy and fantasize that they are somehow part of the action as they rant and rave and blog away for war, war, and more war.
Pictures of coffins would remind them that war makes a lousy spectator sport, that real people die young and horribly, and that many are maimed in body and spirit.
February 18th, 2009
5:39 pm
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and true religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. -John Adams
Take that liberal morons who claim our founding fathers were not religious.
February 18th, 2009
5:39 pm
By all means, these caskets should be shown. And for many reasons. Foremost among them being that each and every casket reflects a complete and total waste of a life.
February 18th, 2009
5:41 pm
please, go to a dead soldiers families house and tell his/her parents that their childs life was wasted. I look forward to visiting you in intensive care.
February 18th, 2009
5:52 pm
The surrender monkey left, kowards all, wants to see and play with the product of their surge into Afghanistan.
Should we hang them from a bridge after unloading from the plane, perhaps drag them behind your Priuses, like any other cut throat terrorist would do?
Maybe Code Pinko could display a few of them out front of their headquarters, so much stage props to accompany their whining and moaning?
(GHT opened the door for that^^ one.)
February 18th, 2009
5:54 pm
You could meet with Cindy Sheehan and tell her that her son's life was wasted in Iraq but she would just tell you that she already knows that and that she would love to have Bush stand in front of her and explain to her why her son's life was wasted.
As for the pictures of the abortions (remembering that no party has ever made any attempt to override Roe v Wade beyond vote pandering nor ever will and rightfully so), I say go for it. Put them right beside the blown up bodies of the innocent people, the so-called collateral damage, from wars. Display everything for everyone to see. Let's not be so bashful. Let's show reality at its finest on the front page. Go for it.
February 18th, 2009
5:56 pm
A number of posts imply this was Pres Bush's doing. Actually, it was a policy continuation from the Clinton Administration.
Interesting this comes up, just in time for (what did VP Biden call it? oh yeah, an 'uptick') an 'uptick' in deaths in Afghanistan. We'll see how the coffins are viewed then on websites opposed to the action. Interesting larger question, though (and one I think the Left will have difficulty with, given the comments made during Iraq): should a casualty level even be a concern if we are convinced of the 'rightness' of an action?
February 18th, 2009
6:18 pm
The sad fact of this all is that many of these soldiers die because liberal bedwetters will not let them do what they signed on and trained to do. You don't win wars by playing nice. You win wars by killing the enemy.
February 18th, 2009
6:23 pm
It is a shame to see the armed forces of our nation quagmired in Iraq and Afghanistan by enemy forces less than a tenth of their number. We have been fighting these wars for over seven years now, and Americans and civilians are still dying in large numbers. Obviously, the Bush strategery was FUBAR from the start. So Paul, one can argue the 'rightness' of the war, but one cannot argue that it has been fought arrogantly, incompetently, expensively and at a huge cost of American and innocent blood.
February 18th, 2009
7:16 pm
"Actually, it was a policy continuation from the Clinton Administration."
Assuming this is true (no offense, Paul), then that policy was not real bright.
February 18th, 2009
7:46 pm
There's always the obligatory who started it, here. But I thought it germane as Jay stated the policy was begun to hide the true cost of war.
For the record, it was done in the waning days of his administration. And, Senator McCain has been steadfastly opposed to the policy.
Other point is, regardless of the reason something was begun, subsequent administrations may continue a policy for entirely different reasons. In that case, Jay's statement is correct.
February 18th, 2009
8:09 pm
The reason that the media should not be able to photograph flag-draped coffins is that the media is doing it because they oppose the war and Pres. Bush. The media couldn't care less able the soldiers who have been lost or their families. Its all about politics. Prediction: If the Obama administration continues the policy of no photographs, the media, including the AJC, will praise that as a thoughtful and caring policy.
February 18th, 2009
8:11 pm
The goal of the photo ban was to prevent their bodies being used as political footballs, as Jay is using them here. Look at the comments below the photo of the coffins and see what I am talking about.
February 18th, 2009
8:26 pm
More people/teens die in DUI related deaths every year by far than soldiers in both fronts combined. Where are their pictures? Where is the outrage? Look up the stats. Liberals, I have an idea, leave the fighting to the brave ones so you can continue to complain and whine and smoke your dope while others carry the water. Show the coffins. Soldiers do not mind, it is reality after all. Real citizens who understand what the hell we are fighting for can handle it. Not pretty but real. You act like you care about soldiers lives when you actually loath them. The only protesters are the pansies. Why do you pansies even care? Your sorry butts aren't getting shot at. Your sorry butts aren't dying. This is just something else you can piss, moan, and whine about. Semper Fi Marines! Go Army, Navy and Air Force!
February 18th, 2009
8:32 pm
No one exploited the fallen for political gain more than George Bush, Rudy Guilliani, the RNC, and the NRSC. They took this to obscene levels.
And as to what page in the paper the Iraqi elections are on, they have little to do with the fact that the individuals elected refuse after 8 years to settle the key political questions the "surge" was meant to buy time to settle 1) oil profit rights 2) peaceful co-existence of Suni/Kurd/Shias
And there is still $72 billion in Iraqi oil money that the Iraqis are not using to build their infrastructure.
The Gamble: Did the Surge Work? Panel Discussin with Tom Ricks
February 18th, 2009
9:00 pm
How bout' you embrace the new 'print version" of the fairness doctrine and for every time you show the flag-draped coffins that you guys seem obsessed over, you have to follow that with a re-run of one of the be-headings from those wacky Jihadists.
February 18th, 2009
9:19 pm
Semi related subject. One of Tom Clancy's books, I think it was "A Clear and Present Danger" was made into a movie. The book portrayed Arab terrorists detonating a nuclear device in the US. When Hollywood made the movie, the terrorists become neo-Nazis or something of that ilk.
Hiding the threat of Islamic extremists is a head-in-the-sand mentality like hiding the coffins of our fallen heroes.
I think pictures of the coffins should be published with the correct captions, i.e. Coffins of US Soldiers killed by the American Hating Islamic Extremist Bastards.
February 18th, 2009
10:01 pm
It is unfortunate that Bush, Cheney, Addington, Yoo, Bradford, and the large number of Republican Senators who have never served and make damned sure their family doesn't serve (many age eligible Bush's are around and none of them are enlisting) can't be put on the first plain to Bagdad and forced to ride tanks and get a better idea of whether their life gets wasted or not.
That would include all members of the Iraq study group who made sure they were never in harm's way including 6 Deferment Cheney.
February 18th, 2009
10:01 pm
I'd like to personally escort them to the plane.
February 18th, 2009
10:20 pm
Sure, let's show the whole picture. Let's also show the coward adult Muslims who brainwash their children to be terrorist bombers, pictures of Americans being beheaded, burned and mutilated by their captors – and while we're at it let's print pictures of the mass graves they've found in Iraq.
February 18th, 2009
10:26 pm
41 years ago today I became a Gold Star brother. A young MARINE took point at Hue City during Tet and like many MARINEs during that battle died doing the job that they enlisted and agreed to perform on our behalf. My brother was guaranteed a marble cross and a place of rest at Marietta National Cemetary….the place that I have visited for the past 40 years.
In my 40 years, I do not see any of those in the "cheap seats" that are there to commemorate the sacrifice of all the war dead at Marietta National. In my 40 years, I'll find a handful of flower arrangements but never see any of you walking the grounds; putting up fallen flags or taking the time to do the one thing that my brother or any fallen Marine,sailor, airman or soldier would expect…to pay the respect for their sacrifice that they deserve.
I have the same disdain for politicians that use Memorial day for political gain as I would any one that advertises Memorial Day specials to opportunize a lawful holiday to make a sale. It's the same degree of disdain that I would have for anyone that would ever minimalize a military sacrifice for petty politics….or stupid positioning of their rights to a lawful Freedom without a modicum of morals.
My brother fought and died for your lawful right to do anything with your photos. It may be lawfully correct….however, are you morally correct? Instead of judging electeds as those that would suppress such photos as a tactic of evasion…how about giving them the benefit of the doubt that with an elected office, they are trying to provide a buffer…a moral buffer for those that died and will die…and those left behind.
If you've never opened the door to a MARINE in uniform along with your pastor….you'll never understand that my role as brother was changed to one of caretaker to his memory. You're always welcome to join me the Saturday before Memorial Day at 11am to place wreaths and walk the grounds to re-stand fallen flags. Look for two wreaths side by side on the south side of the belvedere…and I'll help you understand something that I learned 41 years ago….today.
February 18th, 2009
10:40 pm
Durn it Chad. You bed wetting liberals have selective memories. I believe there was only one person in the House, Barbara Lee, who voted against the resolution that gave Bush the authority to go into Iraq and the vote was 86 to 3 in the senate to authorize him to take actions. Therefore, just as required by the constitution GWB could not have done anything without the approval of congress.
Also, there is one other thing you and your ilk have forgotten. ALL THE MILITARY SERVING IN IRAQ VOLUNTEERED TO JOIN THE MILITARY!!!
Do try to keep up!!!
February 18th, 2009
11:08 pm
W did a whole crap load of things without the approval of Congress and the lives are wasted as well as the money. As a group of realtors said to me today, we could bail out all mortgage holders with a fraction of the money that was pi$$ed away on Iraq.
February 18th, 2009
11:09 pm
When Cheney got 6 deferments and Bush ran away because he was ordered to report for a PE for a plane that was going to Nam despite daddy's best efforts to protect little Georgie, how much bewetting was going on? How about when chickenhawk Bush red Little Goat to the kids and jumped in a plane running from DC?
February 18th, 2009
11:44 pm
I'd have no problem showing pictures of coffins of our returning dead if I were assured of two things:
A) Every relative gave their permission for the media to take their pictures.
B) A promise that none of those pictures would be used in a political campaign by liberal bed-wetters to score votes.
Seeing as (B) could never be guaranteed, due to the ethical lapses of liberals and politicians in general, I'd say there is no reason to allow pictures of our war dead.
February 19th, 2009
3:22 am
They should all be welcomed home with an honor guard and anyone that wanted to pay their respect in the light of day.
February 19th, 2009
6:36 am
It is unfortunate that this blog, like so many others, ends up dominated by the bizarre rantings of attack-dog ideologues who seem to have nothing else to do with their time but think up insults and rejoinders to everything said. There are some thoughtful and worthwhile comments but wading through the postings of the whackos is a chore. But I am sure they simply think they are standing up for freedom of expression against the monolithic liberal media. They are bores and cranks who need to find a hobby.
February 19th, 2009
6:40 am
For those of you who oppose the coffins unless we put the remains of abortions on the front page too: we could also put the bodies of those put to death via the death penalty.
Gee whiz, people. These folks served their country with more than their lips.
February 19th, 2009
7:26 am
I served in the Navy for 22 years and lost too many friends to aircraft crashes and other causes. Their dignity in death was far more important to me and my fellow servicemen than the need for someone to score political points by showing photos of their flag-draped coffins. What families choose to do after the remains are turned over to them is their business, but avoiding media exposure beforehand is a sensible and dignified DOD policy regardless of the circumstances of the service member's demise.
February 19th, 2009
7:48 am
As you can see from most of these comments from the "progressive thinkers", the showing of the fallen would be used to promote their ideology and not the sacrifice by the partriot. You guys are vile!! You do not need to exploit such a sacrifice to gain your political end. They died as heros let them return home in dignity. You offer nothing.
February 19th, 2009
7:59 am
Sending 17,000 more troops overseas – Change we can believe in!!!!
Looks like the same old stuff to me…
February 19th, 2009
8:18 am
I am a disabled combat veteran (Army-Infantry) who is now a public school teacher and I have never understood the reason for the policy. It is not unpatriotic to honor our war dead by displaying photographs of their caskets. Although I find it disgusting that either the pro-war or anti-war groups would use such material as part of their propaganda, I think it is important to remind every American–especially our youth–of the terrible cost of war, no matter of one's opinion of the justness of the war. Our nation goes through its daily routine without thinking of those who are sacrificing for our nation. My son-in-law is in Iraq and my son will be soon deploying to Afghanistan. You can bet I will use every opportunity I am presented to remind others of the sacrifice our military is enduring on behalf of our nation. Whether people agree or disagree with the wars we are in, I wish others would be respectful of these sacrifices and refrain from using them as pawns in their own political or social agendas.
February 19th, 2009
8:49 am
Chad, I love it when you bed wetting liberal post your revised history on forums such as this. You said W did a whole lot of things that were not constitutional or approved by congress. I suppose you can back that up with some facts!!!
You also lambasted Cheney for his six deferments. My response is so what! He wasn't the first either democrat or republican to take advantange of the system. As for W ducking out on Guard duty, well I seem to remember a piece of scum named clinton who committed treason by going to a foreign nation and organizing anti american rallys against his own country.
Ok spook, the ball is in your court!!!
February 19th, 2009
8:55 am
the fact that you show a picture with your blog makes your argument a moot
February 19th, 2009
8:57 am
i wonder why our enemies don't show pictures of their war dead
February 19th, 2009
9:00 am
chad – ask your realtor friend why the banks pissed all their money away
February 19th, 2009
9:16 am
War and its aftermath should not be sanitized for the masses.
Whether it is the sobering sight of flag-draped caskets filling an entire airplane or the rows and columns of white crosses in a military cemetery, the American public needs a constant reminder that some of these gung-ho, butt-kickin' recruits all of nineteen years old WILL come back in a box. Families know it and it must plague their days while a loved one is deployed.
Really, it's the recruiters who don't want this stuff seen – not too good for business, I imagine. I just wish every youngster who might be considering signing up can see these coffins and much more. The military can be a good occupation to some, but a meat-grinder to others.
Google 'Iraq war casualty pictures' to see war in all its glory.
February 19th, 2009
9:24 am
It is not a question of hiding; it is a fact that the media will use these pictures for profit or politics that the soldier or their family may not agree with. Respect the dead, the heroes that gave it all so we could live semi-free. If an individual or a family or the media want to make profit from the death of a hero they are demented.
February 19th, 2009
9:25 am
In March of 1969, I found myself waiting for a plane at a very small airport in North Carolina. Dressed in my U.S.M.C. uniform, I was waiting for a plane to take me home to Louisiana. I was beginning a thirty day leave that would precede my going to infantry staging, which would prepare me for my time in Vietnam, for which I'd received orders. While waiting, I saw a flag-draped coffin rolled out onto the tarmac. The casket sat there in it's patriotic loneliness. People around me averted their gaze and pretended not to see it. I felt sadness and a shudder of fear as I gazed at it.
During my leave, I took my father to an old, small, brick Church that sits out in the countryside. Behind it is our family cemetery and i picked the place I wanted to be laid to rest. I had just turned twenty-one. I made my dad promise he would not allow me to be buried in the uniform of the United States. In my opinion the war was useless and for no good purpose.
The Iraq War, like the fiasco in Vietnam, was launched on a whim by an idiot occupying the White House. The war in Afghanistan was for a righteous purpose but the attack upon Iraq was perpetrated by Bush and his minions for reasons that had nothing to do with the security of the United States. Those fools used American lives to gain oil fields!
Bush didn't want caskets shown because it would remind Americans that young people were dying while the vile United States policy of conquest was carried out under this war criminal. So, the caskets came home in the dark and were delivered in the dead of night. It's time for the true cost of these wars to become evident to the people. Roll the caskets out onto the tarmacs. Bring them through the airport lounges. Let everyone take a good look. Uniformed representatives of YOU are dying in your service. The least you can do is look at what you've been paying your taxes for. These are people from your neighborhood. All you will see is a coffin with a flag on top. Take a look at it but remember there's a corpse inside that was once a human being. If you supported George W. Hitler you helped put that individual in that box!
February 19th, 2009
9:43 am
The cost of war should be public..alas, the left will use it as a tool to flog our efforts to maintain some order…
After multiple and flagrant violations of UN sanctions, The Hussein crime family had to be removed and the costs are worth it…those who believe war is never the answer are wrong and naive..maybe in some future Star Trekian world we can all live in peace, but for now the biggest hammer wins..deal with it flower children!
February 19th, 2009
9:57 am
You deal with this! The reasons given for the attack upon Iraq were bogus and the evidence used to back those reasons was manufactured! The attack and occupation were criminal acts and only Nazis, such as yourself, would have the cheek to alibi for George W. Hitler. His is the real crime family!
February 19th, 2009
10:20 am
I would like a definition fascism now please, while I compile a partial list of my father's family members killed by Hitler and a balance sheet of family assets stolen by the Nazis before WWII…you had better be very very careful when you exceed your depth as you will quickly ground yourself on a reef of facts!
February 19th, 2009
10:57 am
Bookman has done the DESPICABLE! He is using war dead to tally up a few more comments on his blog. He knows that this is not an important question to those who value patriotism and privacy. We have long known the great sacrifice made by these loyal Americans. We do not parade their bodies for discord.
Bookman is only stiring the old stew of anti-war protestors, Bush and Cheney haters and his own pathetic crowd of liberal followers who will applaud anything he writes, even this desecration of war dead for personal promotional purposes. He ought to picture his white flag as part of his heading that opens this blog. That would show the "true" Bookman, a man that has NEVER served in the military but will exploit them when they die serving our country.
February 19th, 2009
10:57 am
"Algonquin J. Calhoun
February 19th, 2009
9:57 am"
You need to stop drinking kool aid Calhoun! Start doing some research on what started the war and who were involved in its approval. I too came home once with coffins. Do not let the drive by media give you false information. That is their method of proselytizing.
February 19th, 2009
10:59 am
Jay, the policy was not an attempt to hide the war, a preposterous assertion given that the soldier's names were released. Rather, the policy was enacted to prevent the BDS addled media from politicizing a sacred loss and creating a circus surrounding those who made the ultimate sacrifice and their greiving families. With the media firmly in his pocket, POTUS has no such worries.
February 19th, 2009
11:08 am
Apparently, recognizing the cost of this war is "politicizing" it… but putting inane yellow-ribbon magnets on your SUV is "respectful."
Got it.
February 19th, 2009
1:08 pm
Wille B., I'm very aware of why the United States attacked Iraq. The reasons given weren't the truth though. George W. Hitler said the Iraqis had weapons of mass destruction. To further the panic, GWH and Vice-President Satan manufactured documents that purported to prove that Hussein was attempting to purchase items needed to weaponize uranium for a nuclear bomb. That document was fraudulent. When the non-legitimacy was made public, George W. Hitler and Vice-President Satan exposed the wife of the man who had researched it as a CIA employee.
Now, Willie B., no weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq and for good reason. They didn't own any. If the stated reason for bludgeoning that nation were true, why didn't we pack up, come home and admit the egregious mistake immediately? The answer is: our stated reason for this gross attack was nothing more than a ruse by George W. Hitler! The true purpose was to gain control of the oil fields and to establish a base of operations for future incursions into other nations in the region. Save your Republinazi cornpone for someone without a brain!
February 20th, 2009
12:08 pm
All you have to do is read these comments and it is clear. Your desire to have these types of pictures published has nothing to do with honoring the fallen. Your only motive is to use the images of brave Americans who sacrificed their lives for your own political purposes. That is despicable.
February 20th, 2009
4:17 pm
Funny how progressives only bring up the right to privacy when unborn children are being cruely slaughtered…


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A battle develops as Flynn's flesh and blood son unexpectedly enters the grid and finds his missing father. Clu uses the son to find the creator because he wants to steal the creator's identity disc -a glowing halo like structure that contains all his memories and knowledge. Once in possession of this disc, Clu would become as powerful as the creator, giving him the ability to move into the human world where he would create a new dictatorship with his army of faceless programs. This battle for control of creation is one of the stories of the bible.
Revelation is the last book of the bible and it presents a poetic vision of a cosmic battle. The author puts it this way "And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him" (Revelation 12:7-9) In other words, there was a battle that moved from the heavenly realms to the earthly realm with human beings in the middle. Satan, one of God's highest angelic creations, desired to be equal to God and more successfully than Clu he has brought the fight to the physical creation.
For that reason the bible calls Satan the "god of this age" because he gained control over humanity when he deceived Adam and Eve into disobeying God. And because God had originally put man in charge of ruling over the creation, Satan became a cosmic squatter by default.
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PT. Jawa Power owns a 1,220 MW coal fired power station located at the Paiton power generation complex in East Java, Indonesia. Jawa Power is one of the largest IPPs in Indonesia with a 30-year power purchase agreement with PT. PLN (Persero), the state-owned electric utility company. The power station supplies electricity into the Java-Bali 500 kV grid, which is owned and operated by PLN.
The power station began construction in 1996 and entered commercial operation in 2000.
Jawa Power is owned by Siemens of Germany (50 %), YTL Power International and Marubeni Corporation (35%), and PT. Bumipertiwi Tatapradipta of Indonesia (15%). The design, Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and commissioning start-up of the power station was undertaken by a consortium led by Siemens. YTL Power International's wholly-owned subsidiary, PT YTL Jawa Timur, is the O&M operator for Jawa Power.
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Paiton Power Generation Complex is located 140 km east of Surabaya, in the district of Paiton Probolinggo regency, East Java.
The complex is located on the coast and designed for an ultimate coal-fired capacity of 4,000 MW. The site has been designed to accommodate eight (8) power generation units.
Units 1 & 2 (2x400 MW) are owned by PT. Pembangkitan Jawa Bali, Units 5 & 6 (2x610 MW) are owned by PT. Jawa Power, and Units 7 & 8 (2x610 MW) are owned by PT. Paiton Energy. The area for Units 3 & 4 is now occupied by a single unit 800 MW supercritical power station owned by Paiton Energy.
The power station is a two (2) unit coal fired steam plant with each unit having a net electrical output of 610 MW. The power generation of the power station is based on the following major systems :
Water under high pressure enters the steam generator (3) and is heated in a preheating section. The preheated water is further heated in a steam generator section. In this section, water is circulated through the heating sections and a large vessel (steam drum) where steam is separated from water (19). The steam is heated further in a superheating section. The steam enters the steam turbine at a temperature of 538 °C and at a pressure of 167 bar.
In order to provide a closed cycle, exhaust steam from the turbine is condensed in the condenser (14) and cooled by sea water from the Java Sea. The seawater is cleaned by the cooling water cleaning system (20) and circulated by cooling water pumps (21) through the condenser to the seal pit (22) before it is returned to the sea through the outlet culvert (23). The condensed steam then flows through some preheaters (16) and is conveyed by the feedwater pump (18) through further preheaters (16) to the steam generator.
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The combination of pollution abatement technologies applied at this plant coupled with the carefully selected range of domestic coals ensure the plant's compliance with the more stringent Indonesian legislative limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx) and particulate emissions which came into force in the year 2000.
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The Indonesian sub-bituminous coals contracted for supply to Paiton II are characterised by high volatility and low nitrogen content. These two characteristics ensure excellent 'low NOx' combustion performance is achievable from the multi-layer overfire system installed. NOx emissions are maintained below 370mg/Nm3.
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions are a function of the sulphur content of the fuel since, effectively, all the sulphur contained in the coal is emitted in the flue gas, with the exception of a very small proportion which is retained in the ash. For each tonne of sulphur contained in the fuel, two tonnes of SO2 are formed. SO2 may be removed before the flue gas is discharged to the atmosphere by a process called Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD).
The seawater washing process represents a relatively recent development of FGD technology, combining the benefits of high sulphur removal efficiency at lower costs than more conventional limestone-gypsum based alternatives. The process relies on the natural alkalinity of raw seawater to remove the SO2 and Sulfur trioxide (SO3) from the gases, producing predominantly sulphite ions in solution. Air passed through the liquor subsequently serves to oxidise the sulphites to the sulphate form. Seawater is then added downstream of the absorber to increase the pH of the solution prior to discharge to the sea. The process does not require the quarrying, supply and transport of a solid reagent or the transport and disposal of a by-product.
The seawater washing FGD plant installed at Paiton II is one of the largest in the world. The FGD plant is designed to remove approximately 94% of the SO2 contained within the flue gases, ensuring the ability to meet the EPC contract specified limits, equivalent to 130mg/Nm3, when firing coals containing up to 0.69% sulphur.
Unless controlled, a significant proportion of the inert components of coal would be discharged to the atmosphere as particulate. There are a number of processes applicable to utility plant for limiting particulate emissions to very low levels prior to discharge of the flue-gas to the atmosphere. Of these, Electrostatic Precipitation (ESP) offers competitive advantages through life cost, high reliability, low pressure drop and high removal efficiency and represents the largest share of the utility market.
In the electrostatic precipitation process the dust laden gases are passed between collection plates and discharge electrodes. The discharge electrodes are centred between adjacent plates and provide a negative charge to the surrounding dust particles. The negatively charged dust particles are then collected on the positively earthed collector plates. The dust collected on the plates is periodically dislodged with the assistance of a rapping system and collected in hoppers below the plates.
The electrostatic precipitators installed at Paiton II have a design dust removal efficiency of approximately 99.5%, sufficient to ensure that dust emissions are maintained below 50mg/Nm3 even when firing the highest ash content coals.
The table below compares the Indonesian emissions standards for coal-fired plants with the Paiton II power plant environmental performance.
|Indonesian Standards Since Year 2000
Paiton II
Power Station Specification
|850 mg/Nm3
|370 mg/Nm3
|750 mg/Nm3
|130 mg/Nm3
|150 mg/Nm3
|50 mg/Nm3
PROPER is an environmental performance rating program organised by the Indonesian Ministry of Living Environment (KLH) which is aimed at improving compliance and awareness of companies in environmental management. The mechanism of PROPER is to distribute information regarding levels of environmental compliance and performance of companies to society and stakeholders (public information disclosure).
There are five (5) rating categories under PROPER, namely: Black, Red, Blue, Green and Gold with Gold being the highest award. Red and Black Ratings are given to companies which do not comply with the prevailing environmental laws and legislation. Green and Gold Ratings are awarded to companies which are fully compliant with the applicable laws and legislation, and also demonstrate their commitment to community development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
In 2013, Jawa Power received a Gold award and currently the only coal-fired power station in Indonesia which is classified under the Gold Rating.
Jawa Power is aware of the importance of sustaining the surrounding community. We therefore place priority on developing the education sector, empowering the community and improving health and the quality of life.
In line with those principles, Jawa Power founded two schools in the Probolinggo regency, East Java. The Bhakti Pertiwi junior high and Tunas Luhur senior high school were established in 2003 and 2006 respectively, as part of our commitment to nurture future generations. Jawa Power also involves in establishment of cooperatives to empower local people in developing their own small business. Development of alternative energy is also a main focus in Jawa Power's efforts to improve the community quality of life. The Company's support on community development activities is made through Yayasan Bakti Energi.
Jawa Power aims to improve its environmental performance by promoting social responsibility and development programs to the community surrounding the project area.
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities are focused on Education Quality Improvement, Community Empowerment and Health & Environment Improvement through the development of alternative energy.
Education Quality Improvement
The survey carried out in the early days of Jawa Power operation reveals that the community expected improvement in educational facilities. This is why the community development efforts have been concentrated in education so that more children can receive formal education. As an early step, the Company supported renovation of school buildings within the Paiton sub-regency, conducted trainings for the teachers and provided scholarships for students from less fortunate families.
In 2003, Jawa Power in cooperation with the community founded SMP Bhakti Pertiwi (Junior High School), the first full day school in Paiton. There were only 12 students in the first year, but number of students had been increasing every year since then, especially after the school has received "A" accreditation from the Indonesian Ministry of Education. Now the school is among the top ten ranks in East Java in graduation marks.
In 2006, Jawa Power founded SMA Tunas Luhur (Senior High School) so that SMP Bhakti Pertiwi graduates could continue their study. The SMA has also received "A" accreditation and many of its graduates are now studying at well respected universities in Surabaya and Malang. The SMA also received Adiwiyata Award from Ministry of Living Environment in 2012. This award is a recognition for schools with good environmental management.
In establishment of the two schools, Jawa Power has the support from the Government of Probolinggo Regency and always maintains close coordination with its Educational Agency (Dinas Pendidikan) in all activities carried out by the schools.
Community Empowerment
Jawa Power in cooperation with community in Bhinor village founded KSU (Cooperative) Bhinor Jaya Abadi in 2005 . The cooperative currently has 200 members and provides assistance in the form of loans and coaching to the communities to run their small businesses. There are various businesses currently being run by the communities such as handcrafting and fisheries. To improve the credentials of the cooperative, Jawa Power also hires the cooperative as contractor to provide gardening and cleaning services at the power plant. The cooperative is now able to compete with others to get similar contracts from other power plants in Paiton.
In addition, Jawa Power is currently providing quidance and support to wood crafters at Selobanteng village in business development and establishment of a cooperative.
Development of Alternative Energy
Jawa Power is also focusing on development of alternative energy in order to improve the environment and health of the community. Most of the community members own cows. The biological waste from the cows can be put into a process to generate methane or biogas. The biogas can be utilized for cooking and fueling a lamp. This way, the community can save money normally allocated for buying kerosene or elpiji (liquid petroleum gas). Jawa Power has built 40 biogas units which are situated in 3 different villages. The plan is, by end of 2013, there will be 70 biogas units in operation within the community.
Microhydro is also one of the alternative sources of energy which Jawa Power is presently developing, in addition to the biogas. Microhydro has been chosen because of its low investment cost and the continously available river flow. A microhydro pilot project has been constructed and handed over to the community in Kedung Sumur village at the end of August 2012. Its power capacity of 1,900 watts is sufficient to light up 15 to 20 houses in the village. 6 more microhydro unit, each with similar capacity, have been completed and are now producing electricity for the surrounding villages. With this program, Jawa Power aims to support the community which have no access to electricity from the national grid. The Company plans to build 3 more microhydro units within 2013.
The development and construction of microhydro plants are done by Jawa Power together with its plant operator, YTL Jawa Timur. The local community is participating by supplying construction materials, such as sand and bricks, whilst the Government of Probolinggo Regency constructed the outlet canal.
Revegetation of Paiton Coastal Lines
Jawa Power is also participating in mangrove and beach pine planting activity. This is in line with the initiatives to revegetate the Paiton coastal lines by the Government of Probolinggo and Ministry of Environment. The Company has planted 5 thousands mangroves and 4 thousands beach pines (casuarina equisetifolia).


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Winifred Grace's Style Muse: Her Grandma
Coolness most certainly runs in the family.
Winifred Grace grew up in an art-loving family—her parents were both avid collectors—but it was her grandmother who really pushed her into the creative life. And, damn, was this is the jewelry designer's grandma stylin'. Get a load of her look below. —raquel laneri
"My grandmother was an artist, and she had this amazing style. I don't want to call her a hippie—because she was more sophisticated than that—but she was a bohemian. This picture of her was a studio shot, but she actually carved those little figurines out of soap, if you can believe it."
"My grandmother always lived close to us, and she would come over and sit with my brother and I and make things. Please note her cool pinky ring and layered chains—it makes me happy. Because of her, I knew early on that I wanted to make a living making things and selling them."
"My grandmother was sort of a tomboy. She wore men's wallabies—they're like suede desert boots with rubber soles and sturdy laces—with brown corduroys. She had a very unique sense of style and marched to the beat of her own drummer."
"When her husband died when she was in her fifties, she went and lived in San Miguel, Mexico, in an artist community, where she took all sorts of classes at the art institute there. Seven or eight years ago, I went to San Miguel and took metalsmithing classes in the same exact classroom that my grandmother had taken classes. It was a very cool thing."
"When I went down to Mexico to take metalsmithing classes, my mom brought this sculpture my grandmother made, which weighed, I don't know, 75 pounds. We brought it to the art institute, and the son of the man who taught my grandma during the sculpture class made a mold of it and made copies so that I could have one and my brother could have one. I have it in my studio."
"This is one of my all-time favorite photos of her, sipping coffee with her kerchief on. I wore a kerchief like that for years before I ever saw this picture. Though she's no longer living, I feel very connected to her. I channel her taste a lot—a lot of the pieces I make, I can see her wearing, which makes me really proud."
Winifred's crazy-wearable edition comes tomorrow! Make sure you don't miss it.
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Of a Kind
If you're on the East Coast today, you probably wish you could be snuggled up in this Family sweatshirt right now (possibly with Practical Magic queued up on your Netflix and a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos on your lap?). The good thing is that once everything is back to normal-ish—and you're back to wearing real pants—this cozy, sequin-fueled creation will be just as appealing. —erica
Read more about Katie King, the designer behind the line:
+ On why she created a whole line of sweatshirts.
+ On photographing these guys on siblings—we know: SO CUTE.
+ On four images she's sourced (and distorted!) for her designs.
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Meet the Faces Behind Skinny Vinny
Creating solid products runs in the family.
A peek at the Skinny Vinny moodboard.
When Vincent Lai's family moved from China to the U.S. back in the day, they ran a garment factory in New York. And, as a teenager, Vincent spent much of his time there, observing how the design and production components come together to make some sartorial magic. Although Skinny Vinny, the line of streamlined bags Vincent launched in 2008, is mostly a one-man show, for Vincent, enlisting the help of those he grew up watching seemed like a no-brainer—especially as things got busier. Prepare for some introductions. —jiayi ying
His mom: "My mom is my pattern-maker. She came to the U.S. in 1977 and took a class at FIT for a year. Later, she ran her own garment factory with her brothers and sisters. I knew general pattern-making basics just from spending time there, but, with the bags, I was just learning as I went. My mom was like, 'No, this is how it's done.' I would just watch her and go, 'Damn…' Now I leave it to her."
His uncle: "My uncle helps me cut. After their factory closed down, everyone kind of scattered to different jobs—my uncle went on to work at a belt factory. He's really good with patterns and cutting, so he does all of that for the line."
Vincent!: "If I have any ideas, I just sketch them in my notebook. Then, I refine the proportions, lock down the measurements, and sit down with my mom to make a few patterns and to mock-up samples. That usually takes a few tries. If everything goes right with the samples, we go ahead with production. Our bags are usually named after plants and trees—when I was at school, I worked with a lot of different kinds of wood, and so I thought plants were a good place to go for names."
Check back tomorrow to see the (super-smart!) edition the Skinny Vinny team made us. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first in line.
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The Bande des Quatres Designing Women
A knack for jewelry runs in the family—whether Erin Wahed likes it or not.
It's pretty tough to get to know the mother-daughter team behind the sculptural jewelry line Bande des Quatres without saying, "Aww," every five seconds—so just be prepared for that. To track the evolution of their collaborative bond, we got the twosome to submit some of their favorite family photos and asked both Erin Wahed and her mom Janis Kerman about their unique working relationship—that happens to operate across borders, with Erin in NYC and Janis in Montreal. Warning: Diving into what lies ahead will make you want to give your mom a big hug, stat. —jessie pascoe
Click here to see the so-stunning (and hard-working) earrings Erin and Janis created just for us.
"I was born 3 pounds 10 ounces. They compared me to a chicken. Here I am in the pool in Westmount Square in Montreal with Mom."
Erin: "My mom started making jewelry when she was 15 at summer camp. Being exposed to jewelry as a child and watching my mother work, I knew that I would never have the patience to hand-make jewelry, but it always fascinated me."
"Smiling with mom in our party outfits on our way to her one-person show at Galerie Jocelyne Gobeil in Montreal. I am one year old."
Erin: "Each design for Bande des Quatres is collaboration: conceived by myself and handcrafted by my mother."
"Here, I'm five years old at my father's 40th surprise party in my favorite dress."
Erin: "Working with my mother has truly been a gift. I've never had a knack for drawing. It's always ideas for me, and she can read my mind in the sense. I'll point to something, and she'll know exactly what I'm thinking and how to translate it. That really works extremely well. It wouldn't work like that with just anyone."
"Mom and I having cocktails in our backyard with friends before heading out to my 20th birthday dinner."
Janis: "I never imagined that Erin and my relationship would morph into a working relationship, too. As in any venture, there are challenges to overcome but working long-distance seems to be one that we have been able to surmount."
"We're at the Collection II launch of Bande des Quatres at the Bowery Hotel in New York on January 20, 2012."
"It's always exciting to see what direction Erin wants to take us!"
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Rachel Albright, BBQ Heiress
The jewelry designer shares her family's tangy, finger-licking recipe.
The slaw-topped, bun-cradled finished product.
Raised in a very Southern household in a small town outside of Richmond, Virginia, Rachel Albright was the black sheep: "I was the only person in my hometown who cared about fashion and style," she says. But for her, launching an adorably loud line Academy Jewelry didn't mean getting the hell out of Dodge: She's stuck around, making it possible to go on weekly square-dancing outings with her grandmother Nene and to master the matriarch's secret barbecue recipe (that, er, shared below is secret no more). "It's a vinegar-style BBQ, and my grandmother loves vinegar—I think I picked that up from her," Rachel explains. "We're convinced it's the secret to health and to square dancing well into your nineties!" —olivia seely
10-pound pork shoulder or pork butt
1 white onion, diced
6 grabs salt (bigger than a pinch)
3 grabs black pepper
4 grabs paprika
6 glugs of white vinegar*
6 glugs apple cider vinegar*
*A glug is a generous pour. There should be enough white and apple cider vinegar to cover ¾ of the meat. Add another couple glugs if you need more after you flip the meat.
1 head green cabbage, sliced thinly
6 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
2 green apples, thinly sliced
3 big spoonfuls mayonnaise, preferably Duke's
2 glugs apple cider vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
Take the pork shoulder (or pork butt, whichever is less expensive—we're not fancy!). Put it in a slow cooker with the diced onion, salt and pepper, paprika, or whatever other spices are lying around. Add white vinegar and apple cider vinegar to cover about ¾ of the meat. Put the heat on low and let it cook all day long—seriously: like 8 or 10 hours. Flip halfway through (if possible) and add more vinegar to taste. When the meat starts falling off the bone, take it out of the pot, pull the remaining meat from the bone, and shred it with your fingers. This should be easy to do because the meat should be tender.
Next comes the coleslaw, which is just as important as the meat around here. Mix the cabbage, carrot, and apple in a bowl with the mayo, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper, and other spices if you want a little kick.
That's it! The pork is best with coleslaw on potato roll served with, of course, sweet tea.
See what else Rachel can make: These necklace amp up, well, anything.
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LAYERxlayer Goes Bananas
The twosome whips up a go-to recipe, packed full of good-for-you deliciousness.
The design philosophy behind the Patrick Turiello and Leah Fabish's accessory label LAYERxlayer infiltrates every single part of their lives—including the food they eat. As Patrick, one half of the culinarily skilled couple notes, "We really do put a great deal of thought into our daily consumption, and we experience an immense amount of joy when sharing a meal with family and friends." Speaking of sharing: Leah bakes a mean banana bread, and she wants you to get in on it, too. The basic recipe comes from her grandmother, but she's made some changes to ditch the gluten and make it vegan (for more on that, check out her blog). It's time to preheat that oven. —liza darwin
1 ½ cups sorghum
1 cup brown rice flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons ground flax seeds mixed with ½ cup water
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sunflower oil
2 cups very ripe bananas, mashed
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup crushed pecans
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon) in a small bowl, mix thoroughly, and set aside. Cream the flax mixture and sugar in large bowl. Add the oil, then banana, vanilla extract, and pecans to the wet ingredients. Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients until thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture into two 8 ½-inch greased bread pans. Bake for 1 hour.
One word: Nom.
To see what else these two have cooked up, sign up for our newsletter—their edition is coming tomorrow!
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Lindsey Thornburg's Crazy-Fashionable Grandparents
Their story is one of those that make you want to watch a Nicholas Sparks movie.
For Lindsey Thornburg, style is woven into the double helices of her DNA. She created her cozy cloaks (the cornerstone of her line) out of her grandfather's old Pendleton blanket collection—she also calls him her biggest style inspiration—and her grandmother is French. So, you know. Here's their completely adorable tale. —raquel laneri
"My grandpa was a military man, a navigator in World War II, and he was even in a concentration camp in Germany. But he's the one who had all the Pendletons. He had the best style—classic button-downs, overall straps that matched his flannels. He taught me you can just as easily look cool and put-together harvesting a crop or working in your garden as you can just walking down the street. He was a gorgeous, distinguished man."
"My grandmother was stunning: dark hair, big red lips, really thick eyebrows. Her father was a French ambassador to the U.S., and she met my grandfather in a swimming pool in Tucson, Arizona. She moved to Great Falls, Montana, to be with him, but she always carried her French heritage with her. She's now 87, and she still wears cashmere and pearls every day and has her orange juice and croissant every morning."
"My grandparents got married just two weeks after meeting. Her family disinherited her. She never got any of the money; she never got anything. But she left it all to be with the man she loved. They moved all over the world together and had nine kids."
"I have this photo on my desk at all times. My grandfather died when I was seven, but his impact—he was a really predominant figure in my life. He would play the piano, and we would garden together and pick snap peas and play airplane a lot. My grandmother is a quiet woman. She likes to read—she's very cultured—and drink her rosé. Her whole wardrobe is just a pastel rainbow of all these different cashmere sweaters, and she has the most amazing taste in furniture. Her house is filled with all this amazing stuff from her and my grandfather's travels—lots of Asian furniture and vases and calendars. I think having that exposure when I was young really affected me—or maybe my taste was just inherent!"
See how Lindsey's familial influences play out: Check out the crazy-amazing, ultra-light cashmere wrap she made just for us.
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Get to Know the Family Artigas
There is no member of the designer's clan who doesn't play a key role in the company.
Though the name of the line is Gabriela Artigas after its creative force, it could easily be called the Artigas Family Jewelry Project. From the very beginning, it has been a team effort: Gabriela's mom was the motivation behind the debut necklaces, her brother helped her turn her work into a fully formed line, and her sister serves as her business-minded partner-in-crime. But, obviously, there's a lot more to them than that. Gabriela walks us through the dynamics. —erica
"My mom used to wear this a lot. It's mother of pearl and ebony wood."
Her mom, Teresita Tinajero
"When I designed my first collection—if you could call it that—it was based on my mother because all the pieces were for her. She was going to a wedding in Mexico, where I'm from, and she didn't want to wear any expensive jewelry. Now she's the only investor in the company. She dresses really cool—she has a really nice aesthetic. I remember when I was 16, she got this orange leather jacket that I loved, and she would never let me wear it! She's also a really great cook. I love her Mexican dishes, like chicken mole and chipotle salsa. My brother, sister, and I all have a really close relationship with my mom. She got married and had us when she was really young."
One of Alex's furniture designs.
Her younger brother, Alex
"When I launched the line, it was basically me and Alex doing it. Alex is very smart and super articulate—he still does all of the writing for my site. He's always seemed older than he is. He studied architecture and now makes furniture—everything is made in Los Angeles. His girlfriend actually does all of the photography of my jewelry, and he has a baby—a one year old who has been like the best gift life has given the family."
Tere, in jewelry, even.
Her sister, Tere
"She's two years older than me, and when we're together, it's ridiculous. We're completely opposites, and we're together all the time. She does sales, and I do production and design. There's always going to be a fight between sales and production—it's hard, but it works out. And she's an excellent salesperson—excellent. I'm shy whenever we go to trade shows, and she talks. She's really good at what she does. Before the jewelry line, she would never, never wear any jewelry—she's kind of tomboyish. Now you see her in rings all the time and big, chunky pieces. It's very funny."
Score the edition Gabriela made for us (with a little help from her fam, of course). It's a very pretty, strikingly subtle leather cuff.
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The Corsillo Family Business(es)
Because one cultish label just isn't enough.
When brothers Emil and Sandy Corsillo started their fabric-centric accessories line, they weren't thinking small. Even as they were just getting The Hill-Side off the ground, another company was in the works: Hickoree's Hard Goods, an ultra-hip online general store that now sells everything from Wolverine boots and Left Field chinos to slingshots and Big League Chew. "The original idea for Hickoree's was to make a venue for us to sell things that we created—not just the two of us, but our family as well. My parents are both artists, and my sister is an illustrator," explains Emil. "By the time Hickoree's was ready to launch, it coincided perfectly with the first Hill-Side collection. It was our first family brand on our store." And they've still got plenty more family projects in the works. Here's how everyone's pitching in.
You can't get these yet. But we'll let you know as soon as you can.
Their dad, George
Emil: Our parents used to throw this Day of the Dead party every year at their house in Connecticut, and my dad would make these T-shirts. They came blank, and everyone chose patches—merit badges—to decorate his own. So he's turning that idea into a brand of bags called Kee-Aw-Kee. Kee-aw-kee was the call that our dad and his fellow Boy Scouts were taught to yell if they got lost in the woods.
Sandy: He used to yell it at us when we were kids. He only found one reference to it at the library—a thing from somewhere in New York in the fifties.
Emil: He's using a lot of Hill-Side fabrics in the bags—so they're a bit like brother lines. Every one of them will come with a whistle and these tags, and they're all lined with bandannas. It's about going to our factory, looking at what fabric we have on hand, and doing the weirdest, wildest shit we can.
The Japanese character is pronounced wa and means "harmony; peace; balance" (more or less).
Their mom, Susan
Emil: Our mom did a woodcut for us that we used to print a Japan earthquake relief handkerchief—we made a video about it. She's also been helping us with some really cool hand-knit scarves and ties, which we're hoping to have completed sometime this winter.
A second edition is in the works.
Their sister, Liza
Emil: Our sister—Sandy's twin—made this foldout newsprint poster that we put in every Hickoree's order. She's a really great illustrator, and it looks amazing—we want her to do illustrated Hill-Side bandannas or handkerchiefs. We've been talking about that for a long time.
Tomorrow is a big day: We're releasing one of our editions from Emil and Sandy exclusively to our newsletter subscribers. So get on the list.
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Kristen's Crazy-Creative Kin
Artiness is a family tradition.
Kristen Lombardi, the designer behind Brooklyn-based leather-and-suede accessories line Manimal, has artistic talent in her gene pool. Just about every member of her family has a crafty profession or an aesthetically-minded hobby—and the same will likely go for her latest creation: a baby boy, who is expected to arrive any day now. Here, she shares the work of her clan.
"My dad draws. He's really talented. But he grew up without money, so it wasn't encouraged. I went to art school. I had to learn how to draw, but he just has it in him."
"My mom just finished this bunting for the baby. When my sister was born in 1972, my mom made one for her, and we each have one. She has eight grandkids, and each of the grandkids have one. We all got to pick colors for our kids—or at least I did because I'm incredibly fussy."
"This is a crazy suit that my great-grandmother made me when I was in high school, when she was about 95. She crocheted it. And I wore it, which I think is the craziest thing!"
"When my youngest niece was about four, she had this amazing Disney coloring book. She colored the princesses' capes and dresses black and all of the evil people pink and purple. She said she wanted to see if she could make all of the evil people good with good colors and the good people bad with bad colors."
"My husband is a musician, so I've done his album covers. This is a tapestry I made with a T.S. Eliot line, from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.'"
"My grandparents are very Italian. My grandma has her kitchen, and my grandfather has his kitchen. They aren't allowed in each other's kitchens. I have my grandfather's bread recipe—I took bread-making lessons with him for a year after college, every Wednesday. It was really intense, and it took me about six months to work up to putting olives in it. He took it so seriously. He has all of these decoy recipe books and he said to me 'Don't show your uncles these.' He'll pass down the fake ones, but I'll know where the real ones are."
Check out the very cool, very versatile belt Kristen designed just for Of a Kind here!