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Yesterday at the Capitol
This week both the Senate and House higher education committees learned more about recent public high school graduates' readiness for college. Scott Olson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, and Craig Schoenecker, System Director for Research, both with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, were joined by Kent Pekel with the College Readiness Consortium at the University of Minnesota, to give lawmakers a better understanding of student readiness and what is being done to address those students who are not ready for college.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and the University of Minnesota have been jointly preparing a report entitled, Getting Prepared, since 2000 that measures Minnesota public high school graduates who enroll in a Minnesota public college or university, and have taken one or more developmental courses within two years of high school graduation. The information is summarized for the Department of Education and a detailed report is provided to school districts throughout the state.
Sen. Tom Saxhaug, DFL-Grand Rapids, commented that the state needs to focus on children's needs starting in grade school throughout high school in order to see improvement in college readiness.
Olson said the readiness of students varies with the mission and selectivity of the college or university. Selective universities have less developmental instruction, while there is a greater need for students in colleges with open door policies. The panel informed committee members that the vast majority of developmental courses are taken in mathematics.
The Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership works to improve college readiness. Part of their readiness initiative includes encouraging middle and high school students to take rigorous courses, along with strategies to close the STEM achievement gap. The system provides college access and opportunity centers, and placement testing at high schools, to name a few, and both the system and the University of Minnesota are working on better communication with high schools on postsecondary expectations.
A copy of the report can be found here.
Today at the Capitol
Rochester Day at the Capitol
The Rochester Community and Technical College band will be playing in the Capitol Rotunda at 1:45 p.m.
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Agenda: Overview of Secretary of State's Office programs, services and elections; Help America Vote Act (HAVA) program detail and funding: Secretary of State Mark Ritchie
Overview of Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) including data center consolidation and enterprise e-mail
Sara Schlauderaff - Acting State Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chris Buse - State Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Tarek Tomes - Assistant Commissioner, Customer and Service Management
Larry Freund, Chief Financial Officer, will also be available to answer questions
House Government Operations and Elections
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Joyce Peppin
Agenda: HF212 (Beard) Public employee definition modified.
HF62 (Ward) Workers Memorial Garden on the State Capitol grounds updated to include a reference to the Milford Mine Disaster in Crosby that occurred on February 5, 1924.
Overview presentation by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Geoff Michel
Agenda: Economic overview from Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer
Senate in Session
House in Session
Senate Higher Education
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Michelle L. Fischbach
Agenda: Higher Education budget and funding overview. Presented by Maja Weidmann Senate Fiscal Analyst
Senate Education
Room: 15 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Gen Olson
Effective Schools and Data Use
Charlie Weaver, Ex. Director, MN Business Partnership
Troy Vincent, Principal, Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet
Mari Lu Martens, Principal, Sibley East - Gaylord Elementary
Mary Donaldson, Director, Concordia Creative Learning Academy
Don Fraser, Co-chair, Achievement Gap Committee
Looking Ahead
Thursday, February 3
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Agenda: HF110 (Kahn) Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement membership increased.
Finish up Public Pension fund overview from January 18th:
Mary Vanek, Executive Director of Public Employees Retirement
Association (PERA); Laurie Hacking, Executive Director of Teachers Retirement Association (TRA); and Dave Bergstrom, Executive Director, or another representative of Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
Additional bills may be added.
House Education Reform
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Agenda: Agency update and priorities from the Minnesota Department of Education - Commissioner Brenda Cassellius
Joint Meeting: Senate Finance and Taxes
Room: 15 Capitol
Chairs: Sen. Claire Robling and Sen. Julianne
Agenda: State Budget Trends Study Commission Report presentation - Kevin Goodno, Co-Chair
State Rankings presentation - Mark Haveman, Executive Director Minnesota Taxpayer Association
House Government Operations and Elections
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Joyce Peppin
Agenda: HF89 (Benson) Voter picture identification required before receiving a ballot, voter identification card provided at no charge, and provisional balloting procedure established.
HF210 (Kiffmeyer) Voter picture identification required before receiving a ballot, identification cards provided at no charge, provisional ballot procedures established, election administration procedures specified, electronic polling place required, recount procedures enacted, and money appropriated.
HF1 (Fabian) Environmental permitting efficiency provided, and environmental review requirements modified.
Senate in Session
*No meeting
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda: Will not be meeting
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep.Pat Garofalo,
Agenda: Agency update and priorities
Minnesota Department of Education
Brenda Cassellius, Commissioner
4:00 PM (Note: Chair will announce start time on the House floor)
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Liz Holberg
Agenda: HF63 (Garofalo) Teacher licensure provisions amended, alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teacher license established, and report required.
Meeting Documents: HF 63 A5 Amendment
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
College readiness discussed; Rochester Day at the Capitol
Yesterday at the Capitol
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The Directory: Puma's got the urban edge with Stampd
Puma x Stampd returns
Frequent collaborators Puma and LA street-style label Stampd have released their next collection. The summer-ready pieces come with functional elements, from shapes inspired by the wetsuit, to camo motifs with an urban edge. Designed for those on the move, highlights include the Jackpack, which fuses a jacket and backpack: fold the jacket away and hit the streets and then in seconds the Jackpack can transform back into protective outerwear on-the-go. Now available.
Ajmal is an Aristocrat
Dubai perfumer Ajmal has launched a new fragrance called Aristocrat, a summer-y but intense perfume. With a bit of citrus and some musk and a touch of oudh, this one's for the man that's self-assured, well-travelled and who has great taste, says the brand. Now available for Dh200 (75ml).
Young and free
AllSaints' summer collection is called Far From Here and the inspiration is love, youth and freedom. To drive home the message, the brand's created a campaign film starring 18-year-old Maya Hawke, the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
"Anyone who spends any time with Maya will tell you that she's smart, cool and possesses an infectious enthusiasm for new ideas, the creative process and life in general," says AllSaints' creative director Will Beedle. "As the title suggests, making this film with Maya is a conscious decision to escape from the city and New York's increasingly overcrowded fashion week. Taking a trip up to Woodstock with Maya to capture the collection in the environment that inspired it — and then share it a week later with the world — felt more appropriate, more free, more now,"
Fluid lines
Clean-cut and modern, Italian brand Pal Zileri continues to evolve right in front of our eyes, making brave new changes to its image. For spring-summer, its all about fluidity, contrast and colours. From sneakers with the brand's signature straps to multi-functional backpacks and totes in sleek lines, the accessories, as always, are a highlight.
The taming of the beard
It's going to get hot but looks like beards are here to stay. The Art of Shaving has everything you'd need for a full grooming ritual: from essential oil-based grooming products to keep the hair soft and shiny and moustache wax to hold them in place and shape them, to cleansers that removes flakes and dirt, there's a whole universe of products for beard growers. Now available at Paris Gallery.

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text: The Architect & the American Country House is a title that focuses on broad range of architects during the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. From Frederick Lee Ackerman to Frank Lloyd Wright; this title contains photographs, architectural designs, and plans from a vast selection of country homes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I have cataloged 101 images in SCAD's Digital Image Database in the Visual Resources Center. This particular title was chosen by Daves Rossell to support his course American Architecture and Urbanism as well as his class on the American Cultural Landscape.


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"We are pleased to be recognized for our objective, advice-driven approach to wealth management for high net-worth families," said Bob Newell, CEO of Franklin Street Partners.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PRWEB) August 27, 2015
Franklin Street Advisors, Inc., the RIA subsidiary of Franklin Street Partners, was recently named to Forbes Magazine's Top 100 Wealth Managers in 2015.
The only investment firm in North Carolina to be included in the list, Franklin Street Advisors has more than $2 billion in assets under management and has provided complete investment and wealth management solutions for families, individuals, foundations and endowments for 25 years.
"We are pleased to be recognized for our objective, advice-driven approach to wealth management for high net-worth families with unique intergenerational needs," said Bob Newell, CEO of Franklin Street Partners. "Our longevity in this business is a testament to those who founded this firm, and we are honored to build on their well-earned reputation for integrity and transparency."
The list was compiled using data from the RIA Database®. The firms were chosen based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. To qualify, each firm must manage at least 50 percent of their assets on behalf of high net-worth clients, cannot run a broker-dealer (although they can be affiliated with one), can not be a bank (trust companies are permitted), and must be performing wealth management services.
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So today I don't really have any thing interesting to say but I thought I'd do a post anyway. *sighs* Oh! Wait I do have something! Check out this dudes very passionate rambling (Joker-la comment #32). BTW my comments are under the name Ruth.
"Sianara suckers" Random ice cream truck dude, Hey Arnold: The Movie


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Why can't you carry anywhere? This question continues to be addressed, by Concealed Carry advocates, in each of our 50 states. What's the difference if you are carrying a concealed weapon in public, in class, in church, a government building, or, on an airplane and, why should laws differ in each state?
Maybe you're not able to carry in church because of being tempted to rob the collection basket, or, your priest, or minister, doesn't want to feel threatened each time he or she gives a bad sermon? Actually, there are serious concerns about Concealed Carry in church or on campus and certain public places; however, proponents of Concealed Carry feel that it would be "for the greater good" if properly qualified and trained people could exercise their right to protect themselves rather than being slain like sheep.
At some Colleges; you are not allowed to Concealed Carry on campus for self-protection, however, it's ok for that same person to carry a weapon in the military for protecting our country. There are Colleges that currently allow Concealed Carry on campus in; Colorado, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin while other states are witnessing these favorable results.
Some places of worship also allow Concealed Carry, during church services, for good reasons. A study; "Security in a Church", from 1999 to 2013, indicates a total of 235 people have been killed in church incidents.
Too many of today's legislative decisions are influenced by politics and fear, but, future Concealed Carry laws will be established from favorable statistics. Perhaps, if good results continue, we will be able to carry anywhere. It's all about the "well-behaved" reputation of Concealed Carry advocates…be patient, more freedom is on the way…keep on packin dude


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Yesterday was strange. Jilly was all about the place. Not weird, not spooky nor particularly sad – she just was about the place. I caught imperceptible flashes of her out of the corner of my eye, saw a glimpse of her moving alongside the bobcat by the cow palace, heard the rustle of her in some leaves on our walk and, strangest of all, I felt and heard her whiz past me into the truck, her most favourite spot of all.
I was not the only one. Skye and Ness seemed to be aware of her too. Ness crouching low to the ground, took up her stalking pose (something she constantly annoyed Jill with) at the corner of the house ready to pounce on…nothing? Skye – ears pricked, eyes bright, tail up and wagging – ran up to greet something near the pole barn (the dogs often make themselves a cosy bed in the hay and straw there), stopped short, looked perplexed, and ran about sniffing and searching.
Come their dinner time I called out for Jilly and in unison Skye and Ness looked round, barked and bounded off in happy excitement…
"Oh, it's because you called…" Could be, could be. But I tried calling today and there was no such reaction, just a look up at me and a quizzical gaze as if to say "Are you okay?"
Many years ago when I was farming at Hayne, Blair, a cousin of mine who fled Rhodesia, came for tea and ended up staying. One year we were experiencing a hot, humid, wet sultry summer which had been impossible for hay making. A window of better weather had opened and we were taking advantage of the evening to carry in bales. Blair, happy, hale and hearty, suddenly collapsed, dying of a massive heart attack. A complete shock. We were totally unprepared.
Over the next few weeks we became acutely aware of his presence around the farm. My sons, who were very young then, could be found in earnest conversations or in hoots of laughter with no-one and when asked who they were talking too they looked at us if slightly mad and said "Blair. Why?" The most peculiar and bizarre incident was that his stick, a hazel one with a simple horn crook belonging to his father before him, was found up against the gate he always used on his daily rounds of the farm. I know it had been in the stick rack after he died, as I had checked. It was so much part of him. I now use the same stick.
Strange, or possibly not strange? Maybe beings that die suddenly and unexpectedly are given time to adjust to their new dimension, to learn their bearings and to say goodbye to those people and places they loved. I like to think so.


text: H&M is getting ready for the holidays by launching their Holiday 2009 ad campaign featuring models Sasha Pivovarova, Missy Rayder, Malgosia Bela, Ben Hill and Ryan Thomas, as well as little kids. I'm loving H&M these days, first Jimmy Choo, now great holiday attire for me to splurge on. They're kickin' ass.


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Klamath Rises
Heather Albert-Knopp
Dean of Admission
Dr. Heather Albert-Knopp was the first person everyone from Klamath College spoke to. In letters, e-mails and phone calls, Heather welcomed the tiny student body of Klamath College with a distinct maternal warmth and personal touch.
Basic Info:
Gender: Female
Hometown: Sonoma, CA
Theme Songs:
Come To My House – Tommy
Heather lives on campus, and can usually be found at the Turrets or the Hatchery.
Dr. Heather Albert-Knopp, a distinguished avian geneticist, is the former associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis. She was appointed associate dean in 2009, and served as interim dean of the college from September 2012 to January 2014.
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Maybe she's a bird? She's at least a… MOTHER HEN. GET IT?


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Unfortunately, this will be lacking in some pictures. Like I think I only have one "in between" except for the final eff up. Anywaaaaay, my good friend Mandy is pregnant (due date in four weeks, eeeeee!) and back when I learned of her knocked-up status, I told her I wanted to get her a diaper bag. Super nice friend, right? Yea, I'm a super AWESOME friend, but not one with HUNDREDS of dollars to spend on a dang bag! And those were on sale.... Soooo then I almost made her a star blanket . Like to the point that we picked out super cute colors and everything!
But why do that? Why make something she KNOWS I'm making for baby Emeline? So I decided to surprise her. And of course waited until the last minute. And little did I know this project would take a REALLY good amount of time. But dang it, I promised her a diaper bag, and I was going to deliver! So out of, I think, the THREE patterns on ravelry that were for crochet, had a picture, and were free, there was thank God ONE that didn't look like yarn took a giant poo. And it was this one: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/HookedBags.html#materialsMenu
And here is the picture I had to go off of, so you can giggle at some of the mistakes that I made along the way... like the first one being gauge. I was CLOSE to the gauge they wanted. But had to make my own measurements for half of the things after I got the first sides done to make everything work. Oops? Ah well.
|SUPER cute right? So in love ♥
So yes. Awesome. I really had no idea how LONG it would take to make two big sides, two pockets for those, a long gusset (and yes, this is the pattern where I learned just what a gusset was. Who knew?!), pockets for the sides, and handles, all doing single crochet, double crochet, single crochet, double crochet..... But it was worth it! Seeing everything start to come together was so great!
Soon, I was done the sides, pockets, and gusset. Time to start on the handles!!!
We all saw from the pattern picture that the handles are different colors, right?... Yea.... I guess I was a little purple hungry (that was the main color (MC) for this project. The contrast color (CC) was green. So yaaaay I'm DONE the major crocheting! I made the handles! And then I swore. A lot. I mean lots of profanity. Then I learned a fun pinterest tip of using a clothes pin for spare yarn, so I took apart and used on to roll up the rest of the purple yarn from the handles! And I began it in green! Yes, no other way to screw up! I make it, put it all together, and I'm grinning because I'm so happy I made it! It felt weird to hold it the way the handles were, but no biggy, I'm sure it was meant to be that way........
Ok one, ignore the fact that it doesn't have a button yet. That was the last thing I needed! Then I FINALLY realized that I had done the handles wrong. While they were SUPPOSED to just be one length curved up and then back down on the same side, I made one handle go one side straight back to the other. I was MAD. Either way, thank God it was easy to actually unsew it and redo it! An hour or so later, and thankfully with a cute green button, the final project emerged! She liked it, and I hope she realizes that she can throw it in the washer and dryer and it'll come out just as awesome (or it should. I really shouldn't jinx myself on this.)
And that's that :) As much as it takes forever to make, I'm so excited with the simplicity of the pattern and how well it turned out! I can't wait to make another for the next close friend whose eggo gets preggo. :)


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ACQUILEXProject ID: 3030
Gefördert unter:
Acquisition of Lexical Knowledge for Natural Language Processing Systems
Gesamtkosten:Nicht verfügbar
EU-Beitrag:Nicht verfügbar
Koordiniert in:Italy
The ACQUILEX Action aimed at solving problems in the following areas:
-the design of a general computational model of a dictionary entry
-the degree to which machine-readable dictionaries contain lexical, syntactic and semantic information which can be made explicit and can be reused in natural language processing systems
-the development of methods and techniques for the extraction of syntactic and semantic information from machine-readable dictionaries
-the semi-automatic construction of taxonomies starting from machine-readable dictionaries
-the design and organisation of a single lexical knowledge-base with concepts and relations for the different languages involved.
Techniques and methodologies for using existing machine readable dictionaries in the construction of components for natural language processing systems were developed. The main focus was on the extraction of lexical information from multiple machine readable sources in a multilingual context, with the overall goal of constructing a single multilingual lexical knowledge base.
The results achieved so far involve:
a second release of the lexical database software;
conversion of the machine readable dictionary sources onto the lexical database (LDB);
supply of semantic taxonomies;
an English analyser system;
first releases of the lexical knowledge base software;
definition of common set of types and features structures.
Research is currently being undertaken on:
continuing the construction of taxonomies for the different monolingual dictionaries;
merging of taxonomies derived from different dictionaries;
implementing the lexical knowledge base system;
definition of a system of typed feature structures for the formalization of syntactic and semantic information;
development of a prototype of the natural language processing test bed system.
The approach was based on theoretical linguistics, computational lexicography and lexicology, and computational linguistics. The main themes were:
-A formal analysis of the structure and content of existing machine-readable dictionaries, in order to design an explicit and standardised representation language for the computational model of the dictionary entry.
-The design of procedures for the extraction of super-ordinates from natural language definitions, for their disambiguation, and for the construction of taxonomies throughout the lexicon.
-The design of procedures for the linguistic and computational analysis of natural language definitions, with the aim of extracting all the semantic information implicit in them.
-The study of ways of representing the semantic and syntactic information which is extracted in a unification-based lexical representation language using typed feature structures and supporting default inheritance.
-The design and implementation of basic software for the creation, accessing and processing of lexical databases and lexical knowledge-bases.
-The study of how to link taxonomies and conceptual or relational information coming from different sources (either monolingual or multilingual).
-The design of a natural language processing test-bed for the information extracted from machine-readable dictionaries.
The results achieved in the last year are:
-a second release of the lexical database software
-conversion of the machine-readable dictionary sources onto the LDB
-supply of semantic taxonomies
-English analyser system
-first releases of the Lexical Knowledge Base Software
-definition of common set of types and feature structures
The Action is presently working on:
-continuing the construction of taxonomies for the different monolingual dictionaries;
-merging of taxonomies derived from different dictionaries;
-implementing the lexical knowledge base system;
-definition of a system of typed feature structures for the formalisation of syntactic and semantic information;
-development of a prototype of the natural language processing test-bed system.
The research themes tackled within ACQUILEX aimed to meet one of the major bottlenecks of natural language processing: the availability of large computational lexicons with particular emphasis on making semantic information explicit and accessible.
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Open Grave review
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Review of Open Grave
I really enjoyed this movie, it was quite engaging and held your attention throughout. The acting was excellent and the cinematography very well done. Several twists and turns prevented the viewer from knowing exactly what would happen next or who was involved in what had led to the final results. All in all a above par movie for this genre.


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The worst way to miss someone is when they're right beside you and yet you know you can't have them
The worst way to miss someone is when they're right beside you and yet you know you can't have them
When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.
Lemony Snicket
Why can't we go back to the days I was yours.
Why can't we go back?
Why can't we.
For once in my life, I actually want something.
I wanted you to tell me I was the moon to your ocean.
I wanted you wrap your arms around me.
I wanted you to say I was the push to your pull.
I wanted you to wink at me in the odd way you do.
I wanted to be the Tui to your La.
Above all I wanted all of you.
"You try chasing dreams, man its harder than it seems." The 1975
Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
—Lord Byron, Don Juan
"Beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the Horror of the shade"


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New York Top Chef New Orleans is over, and since your Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio Romance Fan Fiction group hasn't reconvened yet, you're looking for an in-the-meantime fix. Well, here you go: here're all the spots in NYC where you can score Top Chef eats.
This Pizza Dip Lets You Throw a New Kind of Pizza Party
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The Chef: Harold Dieterle
Season: 1
Place: Winner
On the Show: He never actually won an Elimination Challenge, only a bunch of Quick Fires; he just seemed like a pretty solid dude.
The Restaurants: Perilla and Kin Shop -- his first two spots -- are both Asian-influenced, with his third, The Marrow, taking its cues from each of the two sides of his family: one hailing from Germany, the other from Italy.
The Move: The Marrow's duck schnitzel is one of the best schnitzels you'll ever eat, and their burger is totally legit as well.
The Chef: Ashley Merriman
Season: 6
Place: 10th
On the Show: She lost after picking Govind Armstrong's market bag and making grilled spot prawns with red beet crème fraîche sauce & gnocchi and kale... which sounds great to us.
The Restaurant: She took over Head Chef-hat-wearing duties at Graydon Carter's fancily-appointed Waverly Inn in the West Village.
The Move: You can't go wrong with their baller truffle mac 'n cheese, but if you're going with something a little more entree-y (WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!?), then take down one of their monthly rotating homemade gnocchi (Oh. Cool.).
The Chef: Angelo Sosa
Seasons: 7 and 8
Place: Runner-Up and 7th
On the Show: Created the "best dish to be served at zero gravity"!!!....?
The Restaurant: Anejo Tequileria in Hell's Kitchen serves up a small plates, tacos, and ceviche alongside a dope list of agave spirits. Also: fancy lighting!
The Move: Get a flight of tequila and a bunch of the tacos & small plates, including the cocoa-braised short rib with Mexican spices and pineapple-chipotle guac with Cotija cheese.
The Chef: Dale Talde
Seasons: 4 and 8
Place: 6th and 6th
On the Show: He won a challenge with a tofu steak... and if you can make that taste good, you can make anything taste good. Also he hated lockers.
The Restaurants: Dale's got a burgeoning Brooklyn empire in the works with Thistle Hill Tavern, Talde, and the roadhouse-inspired Pork Slope.
The Move: If you can, plan yourself a mini-crawl that starts with brunch at Talde -- where you can score some excellent breakfast ramen or chicken & waffles or... both.
The Chef: Leah Cohen
Season: 5
Place: 6th
On the Show: She was dating Hosea. Kinda.
The Restaurant: She's working up Filipino eats at fire-hot LES spot Pig & Khao on Clinton St.
The Move: Sit in the back garden, let the beer flow, and grab some sizzling sisig or lamb neck with Massaman curry.
The Chef: Lisa Fernandes
Season: 4
Place: Runner-Up
On the Show: Gave a lot of dirty looks.
The Restaurant: It's actually a food truck -- the Sweet Chili Food Truck, to be exact, and they're serving up "Thaietnamese" food.
The Move: Honey-chili pork with Sriracha and coconut candy. All day. Every day.
The Chef: Hung Huynh
Season: 3
Place: Winner
On the Show: Refused to assist other chefs, but he won, so whatever.
The Restaurants: He partnered with EMM group to open Catch in the Meatpacking, and The General on Bowery.
The Move: Ignore any and all prices you see, and just enjoy the scene and the killer fish dishes, like the excellent Cantonese lobster, or head to The G and do a whole Peking Duck.
The Chef: Ed Cotton
Season: 7
Place: Runner-Up
On the Show: Had alligator for the first time on the show. What, have YOU had alligator?
The Restaurant: He's the newly appointed Chef at the wood oven-equipped/small plate-centric Sotto 13 in the Village.
The Move: Really any of the pizza's, but don't sleep on the duck carbonara or the veal/pork/beef meatballs either, cause your pajamas will be super dirty.
The Chef: Ash Fulk
Season: 6
Place: 9th
On the Show: He was convinced Padma hated him the whole time.
The Restaurants: He was at Hill Country in Manhattan, but has recently shifted over to the brand-new Hill Country Market in Brooklyn.
The Move: Moist brisket, and a lot of it. Or, if you're there on a Sunday, make sure to get down with the family-style Whole Hog Sunday Supper.
The Chef: Patty Vega
Season: 11
Place: 12th
On the Show: Was eliminated after a challenge called "Jazz Hands", where they had to make a meal for a party hosted by Kermit Ruffins.
The Restaurant: She's whipping up reimagined seafood dishes at Top Chef Masters alum David Burke's Fishtail on the Upper East Side.
The Move: Every Sunday, they do the Lobster Louie, where you get three courses of lobster awesomeness. Or, just go with a great seafood entree like the Cod and Clams Casino.
The Chefs: Jeff McInnis & Janine Booth
Seasons: 5 and 11
Place: 7th and 15th
On the Show: He was invited back after being cut, but didn't manage to capitalize -- and she's a total babe.
The Restaurant: The upcoming Root and Bone is opening in Alphabet City, and focuses on Americana.
The Move: Yet to be seen, but we caught Chef McInnis's fried chicken at a preview event... and it was killer.
1. Perilla9 Jones St, New York
2. The Marrow99 Bank St, New York
3. The Waverly Inn16 Bank St, New York
4. Añejo668 10th Ave, New York
5. Thistle Hill Tavern441 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn
6. Talde369 7th Ave, Brooklyn
7. Pork Slope247 5th Ave, Brooklyn
8. Pig and Khao68 Clinton St, New York
9. Catch21 9th Ave, New York
10. The General199 Bowery, New York
11. Sotto 13140 W 13th St, New York
12. Hill Country30 W 26th St, New York
13. Hill Country Barbecue Market345 Adams St, Brooklyn
14. Fishtail by David Burke135 E 62nd St, New York
Nestled in Greenwich Village, Perilla is a date-friendly, 65-seat bistro that serves "seasonal American" fare.
The Marrow's a West Village contemporary Italian-German resto serving up braised brisket "braciole" w/ Pecorino & red sauce and Germanic plates like pan-fried duck schnitzel w/ quark spaetzle & wolfberries.
Tucked into the ground floors of two adjoining townhouses, the Waverly Inn will make you feel like you've been invited to dine in a cozy, secret club. The menu features American classics alongside contemporary seasonal dishes, and even though the food is notable, the real reason you go to the Waverly Inn is for the scene. Co-owned by Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, it's routinely packed with a mix of celebrities and the who's who of New York's social landscape. The main room's red booths, fireplaces, and low lighting make for a comfortable hangout, and the indoor/outdoor garden is a West Village gem.
Offered in single glasses, flights, and carafes, Anejo's tequila is about five quality notches up from your college-era variant. You can pick from styles including blanco extra anejo, and sotol, a Northern Mexican version made from a plant known as "The Desert Spoon." Tapas like short rib tacos and a much-hailed guacamole trio, plus larger plates, like the signature octopus dish, served with black bread, chorizo cream, and squash confit, more than adequately sate all tequila-induced appetites.
From an investor quartet whose past experiences include 'inoteca LES, Niagara Bar, and...NOFX (seriously, Fat Mike yo), THT's a vintagely cozy Euro-inspired pub sporting a mint-condition mahogany floor (discovered after ripping up a foot of concrete), exposed brick walls (discovered after ripping down a...faux brick wall), a bench from the Brooklyn courthouse, and an 80-year-old wooden bar hauled down from Springfield, MA that now sports a tap made from an antique fire extinguisher, dousing your burning inferno of sobriety.
Talde showcases eponymous owner and chef Dale Talde's (of Top Chef fame) BBQ prowess in dishes like BBQ platters piled with brisket, pork shoulder, smoked bacon, shrimp, and black pepper-butter toast. Desserts swing weirdly awesome, from potato chip-crusted cookies with caramel ganache to a shaved ice sundae topped with Cap'n Crunch.
This whiskey-centric bar in Park Slope serves classic all-American food like fried chicken sandwiches with iceburg lettuce and ranch, cheeseburgers on potato rolls, and baked mac & cheese. Inspired by the movie Road House, the space has a honky-tonk-meets-roadside diner vibe thanks to kitschy antiques collected by the bar's crew over the years. The kitchen closes at 2am daily, so it's great for any late-night greasy food cravings.
Top Chef contestant Leah Cohen's Filipino-Thai fusion restaurant on the Lower East Side is known just as much for its pork-centric menu as it is for its killer playlists. Pig and Khao's menu is divided between small and large plates, and with fatty but delicious dishes like the Sizzling Sisig (cubed, salty nibs of pork head topped with a whole egg), you might want to consult your cardiologist before making your way to the narrow Clinton Street spot. A perpetually sick R&B playlist acts as a soundtrack to your meal, while drinks like the Bangkok Fire from the rye-focused menu complement it. Why quit while you're ahead? End the caloric night right with Halo-Halo, a crowd-favorite dessert comprised of shaved ice, leche flan, ube ice cream, and toasted Filipino sweet rice.
Catch 'em if you can (sorry, we had to). Catch has got fresh seafood, stellar cocktails, and just about the liveliest group of Midtowners you've ever seen in the WV.
The General's a modern Asian resto in the LES that's the brainchild of the EMM Group and Top Chef winner Hung Huynh, serving up classics like beef & broccoli but with a serious twist (braised short rib served alongside Chinese broccoli and thick udon noodles). For breakfast or dessert, give their Fruity Pebbles or Green Tea Donuts a try. Martini Week Specials: from 5:30p to 8:30p, get a Grey Goose "Lady with a Dagger" or a Bombay Sapphire "The Doc" for $12.
Sotto 13 is a "social Italian" spot with a date-worthy bar up front, and a split-level dining room featuring wrought iron caging and a skylight. The pizza is cooked in their wood-fired oven which yields a thin crust, meaning you can order various pizzas and not explode!
This gigantic, high-design roadhouse is modeled after Texas' 107-year-old Kreuz Market -- like at that institution, HC patrons'll order heaping piles of ribs, brisket, sausage, and slop-sopping white bread at a cafeteria-style counter. Their brisket is smoked over post oak straight from Texas, producing a meat so fatty and moist you don't even need sauce. There's a stage for live music, and once that gets going you'll be as close to Central Texas as you can get in, er, the Flatiron District.
A sister spot to the chicken behemoth in Manhattan and around the corner, the bros behind HCC're channeling a grandma's soul (cooking) with this bi-level counter-service joint, designing the upstairs as a '50s style "grandma's dream kitchen". The BBQ is seriously something to write home about.
This UES seafoodery hails from David Burke genius-territory, and's got amazing dishes (try the lobster dumplings).


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On the next day of our Paris trip we could not resist having a little look at the Elie Saab Show crowd. You would not believe the outfits some people were wearing
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Paris is always a good idea, my Dear.
For my birthday one of my best friends gifted me a trip to Berlin. Just last weekend I then found out that we weren't going to Berlin, but another destination was planned.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Just Another Rainy Day in Hamburg
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Last weekend was my birthday. I had a couple friends and family come over, to celebrate into my twenties with me.
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"The trouble with life is the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt." --Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Where Have All The Leftists Gone? Long Time Passing.
Mad dog never thought he would miss the 1960's, but he is edging toward that now.
In the 1960's the left had cause to take to the streets. The War in Vietnam, oppression of Blacks, the suppression of women. Now, there were some heavy wrongs to right.
But now, Jane Fonda has short hair, diamonds and designer suits. Gloria Steinem got married and the War in Afghanistan is fought by other people's kids, so we can all go out and make money, buy nice cars and homes and live lives of comfort.
Oh, how Mad Dog fantasized about women like that, when he was in college. But look at them now. They're all grown up and they look like the suburban housewives back in the day.
Trouble is, this comfortable life, as wonderful as it is, does seem bereft of...purpose.
It is outrageous that 1% of the nation's population controls whatever, 70% of the wealth, but the 7% of the wealth that's left to the 80% is livable. It's not like seeing your sons come back in body bags or sans legs or arms. And, yes, women are not paid what they are worth, but it's not like they are limited to teaching, nursing and secretarial work--just look at Mad Men to see how far we've come.
Blacks were being knocked off their feet by fire hose jets. "Freedom riders" were murdered for trying to enroll Black voters. The governor of Alabama stood in the school house door with hate dripping from his lips. Martin Luther King was murdered for being an uppity Nigra.
But the war in Vietnam eventually limped to its ignominious conclusion; Blacks got the vote, got to use public rest rooms and restaurants; medical school and law school classes opened up to women; women left the home and entered the workplace and young men and women could have sex before marriage, even with members of other races or the same sex, and nobody got thrown into prison because of that.
So most of these liberal causes, most of the fights ended in victory for the right side, if not for the Right.
We have become victims of our own success. The left has been defanged, become irrelevant. All the thunder now comes from the Right. Rush Limbaugh and that smarmy guy on Squawk Box, Joe Kernen, with the lush hair and smirk baits a college professor this morning calling him a "pseudo academic, but then again, that is a tautology." And the Johns Hopkins professor, who has left Wall Street for the Ivory Tower responds meekly, "Well, I turned forty."
So now it's okay to say academics are pseudo. Of course, this is something that wells up from people like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity. We expect this because there's not a diploma with any of their names on it among them. They resent academics because when they were at the academy, they likely got taken apart limb by limb by professors and instructors who would not let them get away with saying outrageous things. They were scarred by the experience and that resentment, that burning flame of self doubt is still in there.
Joe Kernen, however does hold a BA and an MS, and worked at MIT, so in a sense, he has more right to assert that academics have clay feet. But nobody challenged him. Nobody said, "Well, academics may disappoint you, but consider the alternative: The ignoramus."
But, qui tacit constentit, silence implies consent. If we do not answer these ignoramuses we will allow their narrative to become the prevailing wisdom: "Obamacare is a disaster."
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Engineering company Ramboll has been appointed by the North Oil Co. (NOC) to carry out pre-front-end engineering design (FEED) study for three new wellhead platforms at the Al-Shaheen field, off the north-eastern coast of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf.
Al-Shaheen is the largest offshore oil field in Qatar, covering more than 40% of Qatar's oil production. Situated 80km north of Doha, in the North Gas field, it covers 2.214sq km and currently produces approximately 300,000 bo/d.
According to Tommy Laursen, managing director of Ramboll oil and gas in the Middle East, this is not the first time the company is involved in Al-Shaheen. Ramboll has previously carried out detailed brownfield design on the field spending almost 3 million hours.
"Qatar has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and Al-Shaheen significantly contributes to the country's economy and energy security. Therefore, we have prepared carefully and thoroughly to be part of this new initiative," said Laursen.
Al-Shaheen has been developed by Maersk Oil since 1992. From July 2017 NOC, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Total will be the new developer of Al-Shaheen for the next 25 years.


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Our Unitarian Universalist faith calls us to love our neighbors, but that is often easier said than done! On her first candidating Sunday with us, Rev. Hannah will explore the perils and possibilities of loving our neighbors.
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This is the list of breakdown of the money:
Kak Tini's books RM 100
Halim's books RM 100
Izan's book RM 25
Kak Leila's books RM 35
TOTAL : RM 260 [which all of them owes me.. hehehe]
Dh's and my books RM 160
Alyaa and Fiqah's books RM 180
All in all... based on the receipts... I saved a whopping RM 200+ for the books. We brought boxes [just like Aini said] before we enter the hall. I looked around the hall and noticed, as usual, the Chinese outnumbered the Malays and the Indians.
OK, OK, where is the quest for knowledge???
I know, I know, I mean, gosh, our siblings REALLY REALLY REALLY love books. When I was small, I used to think all of my friends are just like me.. and when they wrote their hobby as reading, I truly believe they love books like me. And my favourite place is, of course, book store!!
Back to the story, since the most popular author right now is Dan Brown, I saw lots of people just came and scooped all his books (which totalled to 4 books) just like that. I mean, who can resist the 30% discount on paperbacks? It was like heaven sent from God.
And the Ladybird series is like 40% off! And there is a markdown corner where everything they sell is under RM20.. Oh gosh! I think I want to faint, this is truly a bargain..
First, I attacked Meg Cabot's section - on Puan Dewi's request. Well, she did left a message to me saying to grab all the books written by Meg Cabot. It was fun! I saw a rack full of Meg Cabot's books and I grabbed all the chick lits books like they are going out of stock really soon.
We did pick up some Lemony Snicket's series and I bought myself a Dilbert book. The book is good because it teach me how I can look busy even though I actually do not have much work to do.
Dh bought himself Azizi Ali's book on property investment and I searched high and low for chick lits books [with exception of Meg Cabot, of course]. And Alyaa, to my shocking discovery, bought Shakespears and Oscar Wilde.. OK? I mean, who on earth would buy books from those authors? It's like you are a geek or something. But my sis is not a geek and she totally is not SO into them. I think Alyaa had some exception though, she is studying English Literature.. hehehe. I bet it is REALLY boring.
Last, I did grab books by Jeffrey Archer and John Grisham for Halim's sake.
On our way to the counter, I saw the cashier smirked at us [the cashier is a Malay, BTW] and asked the person next to him, "Buku tak habis-habis lagi ke walaupun ramai dah orang beli?" and point at our books which totalled to 30 books [I guess].
I just smiled [and was trying to tell myself not to smack him].
The deal was good.
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|Holding a Blue Hawaii (yes, I know it looks green...)
The last week of my 30 Days of 30 Drinks by a 30-Year Old project finished off with Rum Week. I'm not such a rum-loving person, but I thought there were enough rum drinks out there and rum fans, so I decided that rum drinks would be the last week of my project. For some reason, aside from the Daiquiri, the rum drinks tended to throw in a bunch of fruit juices, of which I wasn't so fond, but I guess that's the way rum rolls.... Nevertheless, I was surprised by how good the Mai Tai was - that was definitely my favorite drink of the week.
|Being surprisingly impressed by my first Mai Tai
So, here are the last five drinks of my project:
Day 26: DaiquiriDay 27: Planters PunchDay 28: Mai TaiDay 29: HurricaneDay 30: Blue Hawaii
Now that the project's over, I'm hoping to write a follow-up post about some reflections.... In any event, enjoy your rum!


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Bits and Pieces on Writing
[…] as for the future, I was once reading the first writings of a young girl, an apprentice author, who was quite impatient to get on with the business and find her way into print. There is very little one can say of use in such matters, but I advised her against haste — she could so easily regret it. "Give yourself time," I said, "the future will take care of itself." This opinionated young person looked down her little nose at me and said, "The future is now." She may have heard the phrase somewhere and liked it, or she may just have naturally belonged to that school of metaphysics; I am sure she was too young to have investigated the thought deeply. But maybe she was right and the future does arrive every day and it is all we have, from one second to the next. —- Katherine Anne Porter's wonderful essay 'The Future is Now'
Katherine Porter's kind assessment soothes me. It relieves me of my own urgency, my own impatience with the English language. I am one of those who lets time spool out, and could never quite get along with the calender.
All day today, I have been pulled by the need to write. And yet, when I sit in front of my computer,nothing happens. I don't know what I want to say, or even how to say it, or even if I should. I don't know if it even matters. It certainly doesn't matter to anyone, but me.
What I do know is that I need to sit still. It comes to me then. It is the quiet that carries me. And by 'quiet', I don't mean the absence of sound or noise. But a silence inside me that builds space between my thoughts.
I know I need to turn off the internet. To stop posting snarky and too-clever comments on facebook's fake walls. Tweet less, blog more. I need to finish what I started. To not get distracted by comfort or discomfort. I know I need to use my words to dig out my story. To document the reel playing in my mind while it's still on.
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I was sure this comment in The Citizen's Voice would be deleted, so I did a quick screenshot just in case:
Surprisingly, at 8:30 at night it's still online, so check out what others had to say here.
To whoever wrote that comment, I have a message: That which was buried under the Tree of Peace is there no more.
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Happy Birthday Aunty Sharon :D
This is my Aunty with her Grandson, Jayden.
Today is her 55th Birthday.
She is my Mom's fifth Sister out of a family of seven siblings.
She was my Nanny when I was a baby back in 1964~1970 and also Nanny to Bibiana back in 1994~1996 when Bibi was a baby :D
She is more like a Mom to me rather than my Aunty and my kids addressed her as Yi-Po (Grand-Aunty in Mandarin)
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Universal Display (OLED) was falling -6.9% to $24.42 Monday following a report that Samsung won't expand its OLED TV production.
According to Nikkei Asian Review, Samsung abandoned its plans for a new facility to produce next-generation OLED panel for TVs due to production inefficiency and price competition. The publication says that Samsung's last lineup of OLED TVs didn't fare well because they were too expensive, with a 55-inch model selling for about $14,700.
Samsung will focus on LCD displays for its TVs for now, though it will continue to research OLED technology. The South Korean manufacturer is reportedly looking into setting up a facility to produce smaller OLED panels for mobile devices.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Wow Scott what a beautiful moment! Yes it helps sometimes to just "let it out with a yell".
God bless you and your sweet family.
- May 6, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Michelle Butler said...
find myself screaming a bunch! Glad that I am not the only one.
- May 19, 2010 at 7:40 PM
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Madonna's sellling her v-fancy-indeed country pile.
*gasps from the audience*
Source tells us this may or may not be another sign that Madonna may or may not be thinking of upping sticks and moving back to the US and A. Or not. Maybe. Yes. What? Who can say.
It's on at 12 million English golden coins.
Ooh, a quote:
'She has been touring and promoting for months and not visited,' someone called Pal told the Sun.
'The family did have a routine of going to the Kabbalah centre on Saturday mornings in London. Then they'd travel to Ashcombe and spend the weekend riding, shooting and jogging. But it hasn't happened much lately.'
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It's been a while since I did an outfit post.. here's what I wore today.
rose hair tie. carré en soie, chanel. sailor's thick wool sweater, from Bretagne, Saint James. dead jeans, zara. shiny oxfords, hm.
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- magdalyn said...
love it, you look like a parisian. the only thing that would take it over the top would be a middle part haha, im not letting down
- 15 February, 2009
- Michelle Yue said...
great outfit, I like the silhouette
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My favorite way to display glass is marrying it to metal. I LOVE metals..in furniture as accents or just laying around rusting...better made useful rusting!
Glass is malleable and watching the different shapes evolve is so much a surprise...how it will turn out and what kind of use will become of the piece. One of my favorite uses for a glass vessel is to use it for candles. The glow of the flame through the glass is so pleasing. BOOKS...I am addicted to collecting them. All kinds: history books, art books, novels...and vintage magazines. The best pictures and ads come from vintage magazines.
My kiln has a special place with me. Without it I couldn't create glass in the warmer forms OR use the powdered glass for staining and enameling that fuse designs into the glass. Crates of glass ...I am fortunate to have these for use in artwork.
Pottery has a special fascination to me. Something as simple as clay, mud really, can become such beautiful works of art that have function!!! I love the colors of pottery the technical application in pottery I love collecting pottery...and one day I will learn to throw pottery too.
That is it for these pages for now...I do tend to go back and add things to my pages...and sometimes I place a new picture within the post...
I am a work in Progress...and apparently I will never be done.


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|Little Bear reading his Funny Face book by Nicola Smee.
Since we love to read and I feel that reading is invaluable for learning and growing up happy, we thought that this would be a great opportunity to recommend some of Little Bear's favorite books (of course he loves everything with cars/trucks/trains or real baby pictures so we won't list all of those...). Every once in awhile, we will give you some updates in case you are looking for something new to read. Please share your favorites too!
I'm a Little Caterpillar by Tim Weare
Farm Kisses: A Bedtime Story by Marianne Richmond
Where is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz
Feely Bugs by David A. Carter
What;s Up Duck? A Book of Opposites by Tad Hill
Mommies Says Shhh! by Patricia Polacco
Funny Face by Nicola Smee
Leaves by playBac
These two may not be his favorites but they are part of his everyday routine:
Goodnight, Goodnight Sleepy Head by Ruth Krauss
Naptime by Elizabeth Verdick


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"a staging that held one captive and captivated throughout" Opera
March 14, 2017
April's Opera magazine cover feature adds to the glowing reviews for director Polly Graham's production of Le Vin herbé. "Polly Graham's stark but brilliant new staging of the work" 5* The Guardian, 5* The Independent. 4* The Telegraph. See the trailer and performance details here.


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so, here are five things that i am going to miss about utah.
{krystal & jon fox and christy & jon lehman}
{the bradley family}
{the fox family}
{adam and mandi moniz}
{girlies from work-- cassie, jj, & mandi}
{softball team-- balls & dolls}
evan and i were blessed to meet some pretty amazing people in utah over the past five years. goodbye's are hard, but we know our friends we made in utah are more like family and they will be in our lives forever!
centerpoint church has played such a pivotal role in our lives. we met through our college group at church, met some of our dearest friends, & learned what it really means to serve in a church setting. we will miss worshipping together on sunday mornings!
mountains are definitely something that i took for granted. they are so beautiful, majestic, and are an amazing display of God's power. i'm going to miss walking out my front door and having them right there. i'm excited however to find God's glory in some other way here in florida.
i vividly remember the first match of evan's i went to. it was the byu invitational september of '08. i had never been to a tennis match before, and i didn't expect to love it as much as i did. being a part of the byu tennis team helped evan become the man he is. much of his teamwork, leadership, and work ethic was developed while playing as a cougar. some of my fondest memories are watching & cheering on evan and his team. go cougars!
i realized as we were preparing to move that i have lived in areas where it snows at least 5-6 months out of the year since i was ten years old {mn & ut}! I'm going to miss dressing for the cold. i love jackets, boots, scarves, and cute beanies. there is something so romantic and peaceful about watching snow fall. hopefully we will live in a snowy climate again one day.
i believe that living in utah is one of the best things that ever happened to us. so much healing, growth, and maturing happened there. utah will forever be "home" to us. see you again soon utah! we love you.


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Cousins Dan, Dagmar, Apo and Dun Dun from Germany, Katie and Becky from New York, Gae and Don from The Dalles, OR, Jenni and Rick from Vancouver WA, Karen and Sandy from Placerville, Kristy from San Jose and Bob and April in their beautiful home in San Jose were our hosts! Short, but very sweet!
To share and celebrate my tiny craft corner of cyber space and my love of paper, ribbon, buttons and bows. (And maybe on occassion, other tidbits of life) WELCOME!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Everything's Coming Up Roses!
Ok, this is what happens when you are doing a craft fair and there are NO customers! There is no scrap of paper that is safe.....even old Idea Books got torn up! Flowers, flowers, and more flowers (can you tell I'm really into flowers right now! I know its fall not spring...) I plan to use them on some project I'm putting together later today.
Stop back tomorrow for pics of finished products and a how to!
Stop back tomorrow for pics of finished products and a how to!
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Fancy Dress Card
Here is a card I made for my niece's birthday last week. So much fun with our pearls to accessorize with!
Just using white card stock, the fold is at the top. The pink part of the dress is from older Close To My Heart paper pack. I covered a button with the same paper, added pearls for the center and a flower (petals are colored slightly with ink), added black ribbon and pearls for the belt. Made an envelope to fit it out of a magazine lipstick add and wha-la, a perfect card for a 27 yr young lady!
(Idea from Paper Crafts magazine, Heidi Van Loar)
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The NHS have launched a new campaign this week focusing on how we, the public, can support the emergency services.As you will be aware, the NHS is currently experiencing a spike in demand for all our health services, which is in turn putting pressures on acute and emergency services, as well as primary care. Please click NHS 111 Campaign and Poster to find out more about how we can all help our NHS.
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Phishing : A Test
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It all began one day when i decided to post a series on phishing.
Today lets take a test to check your PQ (PHISHING IQ — Ability to identify Phishing…not do it 🙂 )
So can you pass the Phishing Test ?? Think you can tell what's fake, spam or the real thing? Are you street smart or are you a chump?
Take the Test and find out :
Do post your score below.
Edit : i got 9/10
On a side note, Happy Republic Day!!!
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I got 7 only…need to work up my basics again…i guess


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I'm taking care of myself by trying to remove several beefs from my life.
How do I do that? By moving across the Atlantic!
And here are the beefs I'm going to leave behind:
- Limited opening hours: all stores close at 7pm, expect for Thursday, when some are open late (as in until 9pm) for what's called the "long Thursday." Everything is closed on Sundays!
- No customer service: in an example related to the opening hours, many stores won't let you in anymore if it's less than 10 minutes to closing time.
- Lack of cultural offerings: granted, there is actually quite a bit going on, but most of it is in a language I still have problems with. So I'm stuck with mainly amateur stuff -- most of it pretty bad I'm sorry to report.
- French: a language I never cared for much, and living in a French-speaking region hasn't changed that. It's just so complicated and cumbersome!
- Expensive but mediocre restaurants: well, they probably exist everywhere, but here they rule! For a while I even stopped going out for dinner, because it made me so mad to pay a lot of money and get so little for it. Now I go for the social aspect, but I look forward to combining nice conversation and good food again!
- My boring job: I guess that's probably my biggest beef. I feel useless, not challenged, totally dispensable... It can only get better!!!
Of course, there will be other/new beefs -- the main one certainly that I'll be much further away from my family and can't just visit them for the weekend. But I will make up for that with longer visits. And I will miss the friends I've made here. However, I have the strong feeling that a lot of them will follow me eventually -- none of them is really happy here!


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Fernando Alonso is not ruling out staying at McLaren beyond the end of his 2017 contract.
Many people see the works Honda-powered team's ongoing crisis, and Alonso's decision to skip Monaco in favour of the Indy 500, as a clear sign that his patience with the Anglo-Japanese collaboration is up.
Asked what is keeping him at McLaren-Honda now, the Spaniard told EFE news agency: "The team."
So he doesn't rule out staying in 2018, but he said McLaren would have to be "in a position to fight for the world championship".
"I am hopeful that things will improve, but from September or October I will be open to any kind of negotiation, whether with McLaren or any other team," Alonso added.
When asked about the Indy 500, he sounded unapologetic about skipping Monaco later this month.
"What is clear is that we all need a joy, a result, something, since there is a minimal possibility of winning something here. And it has aroused a huge interest.
"For now we are uncompetitive and unreliable but the year is long, we can do important steps and improvements. I still hope to be happy in the second half of the year," he said.
Alonso revealed that Honda has explained in detail where they intend to make improvements.
"The team is putting everything behind them, because it's not used to being behind so they're putting all the resources needed to help Honda," he added.
"There is a series of races in July but after the summer there will be enough time to analyse what has improved in the team, how is the evolution, to see if the team's curve is flat, up or down, and that will be the moment to see what I will do next year.
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Yesterday marked the first time I ever joined a debate tournament. Prior to yesterday, I didn't really know what to expect from an actual debate tournament. Sure, I've been training with the team for a few weeks now but competing in an actual debate tournament was an entirely different experience.
As I entered the convening hall, I was surprised to see how many participants there were coming from several different schools. I couldn't believe that this was supposedly just a minor tournament yet there were so many participants already. Everyone was either reading their books, writing down their notes or talking with their teammates.
I have to admit, I was a bit culture shocked at the start. I was really happy when the room assignments and the motion for the first round was announced. I honestly just wanted to start my first debate and get the first time jitters out.
My first debate which was THBT prisoners should be allowed to vote, went pretty well. The thrill and excitement I felt during this debate was just so amazing.
However, me and my partner were screwed over during the second round where the adjudicator, in my honest opinion was very very biased. We ended up with zero points during that round which significantly destroyed our chances of breaking.
I felt really bad after that round and didn't even want to do the last round anymore. I couldn't believe how we were given a zero for that debate when I we were able to present sound arguments and kill the points of the other side. The worse thing is that when we asked the adjudicator for comments after the round, all the things she said that we didn't do were things that we did do. (by the way, the motion for this round was THBT the US should use military force in Syria)
I was really annoyed and at the same time, devastated. It really hurt deep inside for I'm a very competitive person and I really wanted to break during my first tournament. She didn't even give us 1 point.
There was still one more round for preliminaries and I honestly didn't want to go through it anymore because of what happened in the second round but I still did for pride. The final round's motion was THW stop the funding of all space exploration programs. During this round, I was able to deliver my best speech and ended up with first but it didn't really matter anymore since we got a zero during the second round.
Countless of Lessons Learned
At the end of the day, even if we didn't break to the next rounds, I really learned a lot from this first debate tournament of mine. Things won't always go our way but in everything we go through, there is always something to learn.
There are somethings we just can't control. There will be times when we give our best yet it's not enough. There will be people who are biased but we shouldn't allow this to make or break us. Looking at it form the picture, it really is up to us what we make out of the different challenges and shortcomings we have in life.
Humbling Experience
To be fair though, thinking about it now, one day after the tournament, I could have done so much better. I am obviously still a beginner and I still have so much to learn.
It was such a humbling experience that right now, I feel really motivated to do better during my next tournament. There are so many talented debaters out there and if I want to be just as good or even better, I have to put in the work. Right now, I still have a long way to go but like they say, you have to start somewhere.
Mix of Emotions
After going through my first debate tournament, I can honestly say that debate is something I really enjoy. The mix of emotions you get during the entire duration of the debate tournament is simply amazing. One moment, you feel so scared, the next, you feel so confident. One moment, you feel so happy, the next you feel so devastated. Yet in the end, no matter the result, you always learn something after every debate!
The thrill you get before and after every round is priceless. After everything that happened during my first debate tournament, I'm really glad that I joined the debate team.
Overall, the experience was one like no other and I can't wait for the next tournament I join! This is definitely just the start of greater things to come!


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Cat's View #2
Fog. Delicious. Have you ever noticed, the wet in the air, the way the damp hides your scent? And the fog itself hides you, you can creep, almost unseen? My Provider huddles indoors, but I always come out when it's foggy or misty. My vibrissae have such delightful vibrations – all so much clearer in fog. (Must wash them when I get back – just brushed my whiskers on a twig.) I will prowl round a while, till I go back to my house-den – might take this leaf back with me. Lovely scent, lovely shape on this leaf, lying here among all these rustling, singing leaves – they make such a beautiful sound under my silent paws. This one, I think, back to my home to play with….
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Read the full text of McCain's acceptance speech.
"...a word to Senator Obama and his supporters. We'll go at it over the next two months. That's the nature of these contests, and there are big differences between us. But you have my respect and admiration. Despite our differences, much more unites us than divides us. We are fellow Americans, an association that means more to me than any other. We're dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal and endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights. No country ever had a greater cause than that. And I wouldn't be an American worthy of the name if I didn't honor Senator Obama and his supporters for their achievement.
But let there be no doubt, my friends, we're going to win this election. And after we've won, we're going to reach out our hand to any willing patriot, make this government start working for you again, and get this country back on the road to prosperity and peace.
These are tough times for many of you. You're worried about keeping your job or finding a new one, and are struggling to put food on the table and stay in your home. All you ever asked of government is to stand on your side, not in your way. And that's just what I intend to do: stand on your side and fight for your future.
And I've found just the right partner to help me shake up Washington, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. She has executive experience and a real record of accomplishment. She's tackled tough problems like energy independence and corruption. She's balanced a budget, cut taxes, and taken on the special interests. She's reached across the aisle and asked Republicans, Democrats and Independents to serve in her administration. She's the mother of five children. She's helped run a small business, worked with her hands and knows what it's like to worry about mortgage payments and health care and the cost of gasoline and groceries.
She knows where she comes from and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down. I'm very proud to have introduced our next Vice President to the country. But I can't wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd: change is coming.
I'm not in the habit of breaking promises to my country and neither is Governor Palin. And when we tell you we're going to change Washington, and stop leaving our country's problems for some unluckier generation to fix, you can count on it. We've got a record of doing just that, and the strength, experience, judgment and backbone to keep our word to you.
You know, I've been called a maverick; someone who marches to the beat of his own drum. Sometimes it's meant as a compliment and sometimes it's not. What it really means is I understand who I work for. I don't work for a party. I don't work for a special interest. I don't work for myself. I work for you.
I've fought corruption, and it didn't matter if the culprits were Democrats or Republicans. They violated their public trust, and had to be held accountable. I've fought big spenders in both parties, who waste your money on things you neither need nor want, while you struggle to buy groceries, fill your gas tank and make your mortgage payment. I've fought to get million dollar checks out of our elections. I've fought lobbyists who stole from Indian tribes. I fought crooked deals in the Pentagon. I fought tobacco companies and trial lawyers, drug companies and union bosses.
I fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq, when it wasn't a popular thing to do. And when the pundits said my campaign was finished, I said I'd rather lose an election than see my country lose a war."


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I don't do weekend posts unless it's a special occasion or I have to work the photo booth. Why? Partially because I'm lazy and partially because it would be boring. Every Sunday from September until January, I wear one of two t-shirts...
T-shirt - vintage via sideburns etsy shop
Jeans - Earnest Sewn
Shoes - thrifted Santorini
Beer (by the Dala Horses) - Surly Coffee Bender (the finest beer ever made... it's a dark beer that is brewed with whole coffee beans in it that are then removed before canning. It's amazing.)
Or this one... and yes I am drinking a PBR tall boy out of a koozie that says "Your girlfriend on board":
Shirt - vintage via eBay
Pants - Target
Slippers - Qwaruba
Pants - Target
Slippers - Qwaruba
It's hard to be a Vikings fan... most of our team gear is ugly (purple and gold, sorry, you are not my favorite colors) so I sought out two vintage shirts that I could stand looking at:
And don't tell me the Vikings suck. I am aware. And I love them anyway, that's what it means to be a fan. Anyhoodle, for those of you who don't care about football or my lazy Sunday outfits, here's a piece of cuteness for you, of Nate and I on New Year's Eve:
Farewell Vikings, see you next year!


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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Notes from last night's screening of HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
The CIFF screening of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) last night in anticipation of its release later this month (Oct. 24) served a twofold purpose: to present Mike Leigh with a career achievement award and to offer Chicago audiences their first opportunity in a long while to engage the great British filmmaker.
First, on the award. Festival director Michael Kutza commented that Leigh's first film, Bleak Moments (1971), won CIFF's Golden Hugo back in 1972. Gracious, Leigh said the career achievement award was "very special indeed", adding, "It's as if I've come full circle, though I hope it's not the end of the circle!"
Leigh then sat down for a Q&A with Tribune critic Michael Phillips. The proceedings were lively, to say the least. Audiences were clearly stunned by Leigh's lucid and amicable approach. He was never disengaged for a moment, even (you could say especially) when faced with a myriad of confused questions.
Happy-Go-Lucky was described by its director as "a story about being connected to your feelings and integrity", an "anti-miserabilist film". This commentator, for one, was grateful to see Leigh address world issues right off the bat. "There's a great deal for us to be gloomy and pessimistic about," Leigh explained, "I mean, we're suicidally destroying the planet!"
Getting back to the film, he summarized his point: "Happy-Go-Lucky is about a character getting on with it."
Indeed, Sally Hawkins' Poppy is that rare film heroine, a smart, disciplined woman with a career, dreams, and friends, but who unpretentiously floats from place to place and is content with the terms of each situation she encounters. If there's frivolity or dissatisfaction in her world, it's the others who see it and become the judges of Poppy's behavior. She has an unassertive wisdom and a heightened sense of awareness that places her on a different plain than virtually everyone she meets.
Poppy is one of the greatest film characters to emerge in the 21st century: a boisterously joyous and inventive elementary school teacher, she maintains the same free and unmournful approach throughout the film. "Teaching is an act of optimism," Leigh asserted last night, referring not just to Poppy, but also to the other teachers who dominate the film.
Teaching is the overarching subject of Happy-Go-Lucky; the characters comment on their own teaching and refer to the lessons of others. It's a critical dialogue that manifests itself with such a quiet ease that by the end of the film you leave the theater wanting to continue the discussion. A public school teacher in the audience was so elated that she personally thanked Leigh.
Happy-Go-Lucky's most crucial interactions occur in the confined space of a Ford Focus. Hawkins' Poppy and Eddie Marsan's Scott are perfect opposites. He's a peppery driving instructor who won't conform to Poppy's apparent lack of seriousness. A viewer familiar with Abbas Kiarostami's Ten (2002), in which the Iranian director almost solely used two cameras in a cramped car as his entire visual design, might wonder if Leigh saw it prior to making Happy-Go-Lucky.
The two cameras, one angled toward the passenger seat, the other to the driver, impose a curious limitation on Leigh's luxurious palette of London vistas (he opens the film with an amazing shot by a train track worthy of Antonioni). He alternates the two angles in an almost rhythmic way. As in a John Cage composition, the tension in these rhythms becomes so rigid that it offers an appropriate visual parallel to Poppy and Scott's intensifying conflicts.
(For a more in-depth summary of the film's many characters and details, check out fellow CIFF blogger Marilyn Ferdinand's critique.)
A scene that will surely stand out to viewers has Poppy on a nocturnal tour where she encounters a stuttering man underneath what appears to be a bridge. This writer asked the filmmaker for his thoughts on it, describing it as a moment that felt as if it had snuck away from Leigh's own Naked (1993). "It's a scene from the film Happy-Go-Lucky," Leigh retorted, but conceded, "I'm not surprised you would say that." Speaking of his intentions, Leigh said, "We wanted to subliminally pull the audience out of their comfort zone in that scene."
It's a key instant to understanding Poppy, something Leigh confirmed: "It's about her openness, her natural ability to connect. She's going to move on; the man, unfortunately, won't." Leigh even emphasized the film's own afterthought of the scene: "When she goes home, Zoe [her roommate] asks her where she's been and she doesn't respond. She keeps the moment private."
These dynamic shifts in the film are masterfully integrated, and it only takes a careful viewing to see this. A rambling audience member, stroking his sideburns and looking distractingly around the room as he told the filmmaker (and us) that he thought the ending didn't exactly summarize the film in a satisfying way had Leigh responding thusly: "Yeah, you're trying to say it's maybe too neat and tidy. Okay, that's a fair criticism."
What a gentleman. The rest of the festival will certainly have a hard time living up to this magical evening.
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Manchester children design a sweet treat for children's hospice
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Paul Yates, ambassador for Manchester-based Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity, paid a visit to the hospital on April 25th to help with an Easter egg collection run by fellow school mum, Victoria Ingham and son Max Ingham.
Victoria first approached Paul at the school in which their children both attend in Marple Bridge in the hope that he could assist with the delivery of the eggs.
Paul said: 'When Victoria approached me from Ludworth Primary School where our children attend, I was more than happy to get involved. The charity is very close to my heart and when I found out her son Max had spent some considerable time there having treatment it seemed even more fitting.
'These children go through so much on a daily basis so to be able to deliver a bit of happiness to them is priceless. I had a great day meeting Max and some of the other children at the hospital and want to thank Victoria for all her help.'


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"Write it on our hearts that every day is the BEST day of the year."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yesterday was the birthday of my oldest friend, Lisa. We have been friends since we were 9 months old…for almost 55 years! This was the inside of the card that I made for her, and features the new "Happy Birthday, Everyone" Hostess stamp set. If you are interested in having it in your collection, please contact me for details. Ink colors used are Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Sahara Sand. Hope you had a nice weekend and Happy Monday! Dawn


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Hey Penguin's!
Today, The Club Penguin Team posted yet ANOTHER Herbert's Revenge Sneak Peek! Work still continues on The Club Penguin Teams NEW Nintendo DS game, "Elite Penguin Force: Herbert's Revenge". It's getting close to being finished, and TheClub Penguin Team said "It should be good to launch sometime next month."
This week The Club Penguin has Yet Another Sneak Peek from the game – one that you should find very interesting…..
So, what do you think of this Herbert's Revenge Sneak Peek!? I think it's reallyAmazing!
Also, The Club Penguin Team wanted to let you know that they will be postinG NEW Herbert's Revenge Sneak Peeks every Saturday until "Herbert's Revenge" is released. The Club Penguin Team doesn't want to give too much away yet, but BIG things are in the works for all Secret Agents!
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Hello, hello.
I've got another challenge for you guys, and this one's all about villains.
For this challenge, I'm looking for schemes, evil schemes.
It doesn't matter how long/short/serious/funny your scheme is–we're after schemes of all types! The aim is to get as close to 100 (or as high above it) as we can, so feel free to post multiple schemes, as many times as you'd like. I'll also add to the list here and there, to keep it going. Just post your schemes in the comments, with as much or as little explanation/detail as you see fit. At the end of October and Villain Awareness Month, I'll make a master list of all the schemes and see how far we got.
(I realize that this would have been better to start at the beginning of the month, but unfortunately ideas don't always cooperate with timelines. So we'll just have to make do.)
So get your most diabolical, master-minding, ingenious juices flowing and share the brilliance of your evil schemes!
I'll start it off:
- Take over the world.
- Make a robot army so that the government will give me $100 billion.
- Rig the cafeteria toaster so that all toast comes out burnt, no matter how low the setting.
- Flood the city so that everyone will be forced to pay me to use my ferry.
- Replace all the world's supply of coffee with decaf.
Have fun with it. Nothing's too outrageous to be evil!
"Evil doesn't always have to be on a big scale. You can spread evil in the little things you do everyday."
-Professor Gevaarlijk (Phineas and Ferb)
What are your evil schemes?
May all your schemes, fiendish or otherwise, not be thwarted before they've even begun.
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