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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Basically where are Basic Manners?
The last time I was at the airport at the security check, a lady who was traveling in a large troupe looked at me nervously and asked "Who is with you?", unabashedly, I said.."No one, I am alone". The look on her face would have made the most confident person on earth, go underground with fear. I could sense a question data bank being generated in her mind instantly and politely excused myself leaving her to grapple with a 'How-can-a-single-woman-travel-alone?' fantasy. Seeing the number of people with her, I am sure traveling alone was a far away fantasy for her.
The story after you settle down in your seat gets more interesting / predictable / frustrating, depending on the length of the journey. Before you are married and in case you look of the 'marriageable age' the questions hover around "Why not married?" and by the end of the talk you wonder why the opposite person is not in your family who would have taken care of you the way the concern just oozes!.
The other thing that I feel frustrated about is when I hear of people who have married fellow passengers. Believe me, we have atleast half a dozen close friends who have found the 'apple of their eye' after sharing a biscuit or banana on board a train or plane. Why, I always question, why do I always get seats next to loud, cranky children who will beat hollow the best sound proof ear phones or next to such old people who will depend on you for everything from exchanging seats to filling their forms and everything else possible! Not that I mind, but why no intelligent conversations atleast?
The next ofcourse is kids! I remember an old aunt telling me once "People will never ask you how much money you have or how many cars or houses you have, but everyone will ask, how many children you have!" Old wisdom, never dies out and though the questions around kids never cease my husband & I have come up with the most interesting answers over the years! No one has yet broken the record of this young soldier I met on a train though! On a simple 4 hour journey, he asked me the most embarrassing questions which my closest friends also have never asked. At the end of which he gave me a Doctor's address and the name of a herb that will 'definitely help'. Indeed I was looking for help and was ready to even take an anesthesia to escape his voice & tone that conveyed it all "If you have no children, your life is doomed!". I just wish wherever he is today, that he has a house full of children :)
More sophisticated people will ask, "So are you in the DINK (Double Income No Kids)category?". Earlier, I would agree hastily but now I cooly reply "No,in SINK!"
So while Indians are getting more sophisticated in all terms, I hope the 'Basic Manners' come back to where they belong..in basic upbringing. As for me I have stopped complaining after Rhonda Bryne boldly said in her not-so-secretive book called 'The Secret' that we attract all situations & people in life! Let me wrap up and meditate on attracting some intelligent people along side the next journey or some old people with loads of money (with no children!) who will be ready to make me their heir:)
8 comments:
- Vish said...
Superb,Sucha garu!I especially loved the last paragraph :)
- March 28, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Good one.most interesting is d last line. Looking out for somebody myself :-)
- March 29, 2012 at 12:47 AM
- Varshaa said...
Great piece Sucha....
In simple terms, people get all too intimate even before they get acquainted.
Over time I have learnt to reply " I will give an answer to your question, just tell me what you will do with the answer...."
And I say ths with the most sincere smile possible....
- March 29, 2012 at 1:33 AM
'No in SINK'!!!! Sucha you are truly the cutest!!! Love your piece.... and oh yeah! Your aunt couldn't have been more accurate; never realised it till I read it here! :D
As usual, you hit the nail on the head; travelling companions can be the most inquisitive ever! Guess it their way of passing the time and making the most boring journeys entertaining!
- March 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Kavi said...
This is surely one of ur bestest writings! Peoplez 'nosiness'is packaged as concern! andd if you make them realise so... its bad manners!
- March 31, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- Sucha said...
:) Thanks all
And yes let me add..my meditating did work I got a good comapny on my last trip!
- April 3, 2012 at 4:49 PM
- lakshmi said...
Good one.. it actually refreshed my mood...
- April 3, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Subha Mohapatra said...
Dear Sucha,
I just happened to read this latest post from you...I am sure I must catch up with the older ones that I have missed..every post of yours is "best in the world"..its magic..love you.. and your thoughts and the way you weave them !
- April 12, 2012 at 9:06 PM


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As I mentioned, Becky and I went to see the re-release of Captain EO at Epcot Center. The first thing you see on screens outside the theater for Captain EO Tribute is, as the voiceover carefully points out, "the original introduction, exactly as it appeared in 1986." This let's you know the movie itself is as dated as Aqua Net Hairspray.
Seeing video from the eighties (and I mean genuine eighties, not The Wedding Singer or Blow) is like watching Japanese games shows- there's an I-can't-possibly-be-seeing-what-I'm-seeing splendor to the whole enterprise that makes it hilarious and cringe-inducing all at once. I offer one example, a man who we assume is a formerly-human victim of the Supreme Leader. Sentenced to be a robot frozen into a pillar, he's struck with the awesome power of Caption EO's love / song / life force and transformed - much to his astonishment - into this guy:
|I'm like, totally human again. Let's dance about it!
As a film, the in-theater smoke and lighting effects were precursors to 4D films like Muppet Vision 3D, It's Tough to be a Bug, and Honey, I Shunk the Audience. The design of the Supreme Leader, an unrecognizable Angelica Huston suspended in cables as a kind of cybernetic spider, led directly to Star Trek's Borg Queen. A few years removed from Thriller, the moves are very zombie-dancerific, and we get to see Michael Jackson's signature Moonwalk.
The thing is, my inner thirteen-year-old didn't care about the film; he cared about the phenomenon.
When EO first came out in 1986, it was what The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is to Universal today. People didn't buy tickets to Magic Kingdom to see Magic Kingdom, they bought tickets to Magic Kingdom because it was the only way to get into Tomorrowland and watch Michael Jackson as Captain EO. Many people waited for hours, watched the show, then got back in line to wait for the next showing. Some extra-dedicated fans - probably the same ones who petitioned for Caption EO's return - spent entire days at the Magic Kingdom that way.
I was a month shy of turning fourteen, living in Syracuse. We were not poor, but my family didn't have money to travel. Every night for weeks, news footage showed lines of people waiting to get into Captain EO. Looking at still frames in the newspaper, watching the making-of documentary, listening to the few classmates who had been say it was better than Thriller, I knew the movie itself was something I'd never see. Eventually Jean Claude Van Damme made Bloodsport, and I stopped caring.
|Bring me EO, and I will punch him.
I'm so glad I finally got to see Captain EO. Watching Michael Jackson boss a team of robots and fuzzy aliens around (the only crew who could believably take orders from him anywhere outside of a recording studio), wake up from a space crash covered in garbage composed entirely of fake rubber food (most expensive film per-minute at the time and plastic eggs-over-easy is the best you've got?), and seeing magical dance moves transform menacing robots into extras from an Olivia Newton John video was the hilarious high point of my day.
Does that mean I didn't miss much? I don't know. Had I gone in 1986, my gawky, braces-wearing, mullet-sporting boy-child would have loved every frame of Captain EO. I would have dressed as Captain EO for halloween, and been every bit as believable a Space Captain as Michael Jackson.
Except I can't Moonwalk.

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Born: 1923, Ipswich.
Died: 15th November 1943; age: 20; aircraft crashed at Beaulieu, Hampshire.
Residence: 12, James Street, Ipswich.
Rank: Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; Service Number: 1335355.
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 53 Squadron.
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Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Edith J. Clarke, of Ipswich.
Mother: Edith Jesse Clarke, born 1902, Ipswich.
Probate to Edith Jesse Clarke – mother.
15th November 1943
Aircraft: Consolidated Liberator GR MkV; serial number: BZ817 (L); Based at R.A.F. station Beaulieu, Hampshire. On the 15th November BZ817 took off from Beaulieu for a long range patrol over the Bay of Biscay. Almost immediately the aircraft was in trouble and it crashed just two miles East of the airfield at Swinesley's Farm killing all eight men on board.
Douglas Roland Cooper; Flight Officer; age 26; R.A.F.V.R.
Ernest Frederick Barge; Flight Sergeant; age 29; R.A.F.V.R.
Daniel Boyd Sinclair; Flight Officer/Navigator/Bomber; age 29; R.C.A.F.
Leslie Harold Lister; Flight Officer/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; age 23; R.A.F.
Francis Quinn; Sergeant/ Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; age 24; R.A.F.V.R.
Gerald Young; Warrant Officer Class II/ Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; age 27; R.C.A.F.
Arnold James Pudifin; Flight Sergeant; age 21; R.C.A.F. image courtesy :Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Oh boy...a political blog
Well congrats are certainly in order for President Obama and Speaker of the House Pelosi for their efforts in passing one of the most significant, encompassing, and expensive entitlement programs in American history. The President essentially bet his legacy on healthcare reform, and achieved something he promised during the campaign.
I am one of the majority of Americans that agree 110% that the current state of healthcare in our country desperately needed to be looked at, stripped apart, and fixed for the benefit of ALL American citizens. Speaker Pelosi said on Sunday, "We're doing this for the American people." I think a more accurate statement on her part would have been her saying, "We're doing what WE think is best for the American people."
NEVER has legislation had so much misinformation spun to John and Jane Q. Public as this bill has had - FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE!
And in all actuality, we don't have to read the thousands of pages of this bill to clarify it a little bit or find out what's truly fact and what is simply propaganda and fear-mongering.
Here are some UNDENIABLE TRUTHS and UNDEBATABLE FACTS about this program:
FACT: According to polls, the majority of Americans do NOT want this plan.
I suppose that means what the majority of the American people want doesn't matter to Speaker Pelosi or the other 218 Representatives that voted "YES" on Sunday night. I think it's fair to say those 219 Congressmen think they know more than we the citizens do, and that they know what we want better than we do.
FACT: For those who already have health insurance, there is in all likelihood that you are going to pay more and get less in return. John and Jane Q. Public WILL see a tax increase…and not just the "rich" (defined as income of $200,000 or more). The premium health care insurance plans many already have will be taxed, and there is NO chance that the taxes that smaller businesses are going to have to pay on insurance plans won't be passed along to the consumer in some capacity.
FACT: Doctors and hospitals are not going to be paid as much for the services they currently provide to the public. Currently, FORTY-SIX cents of EVERY dollar spent on medicine is paid for by John and Jane Q. Public…hope they tighten the belt, because they're going to pay more.
FACT: Both small and large businesses are going to have to pay more for their employees' health insurance plans. And every American is mandated to have health insurance, no matter if they want it or not (several states are lining up to question the constitutionality of that facet of the bill).
FACT: Those currently on Medicare will see their benefits changed - DRAMATICALLY. The single largest hope of paying for Obamacare is the more than $500 billion PLANNED cuts to the Medicare program, and these cuts will come when over 70 million Baby Boomers will become eligible for Medicare over the next 10 years.
**As a side-note to that fact, it is mathematically impossible for
Medicare to be able to handle that many additional beneficiaries.
It's "Washington's Dirty Little Secret". Look it up. **
The second biggest hope in paying for the reforms is by raising and expanding the Medicare tax. What does that mean? Those currently on Medicare will see their benefits change, vanish, or become WAY too expensive for them to afford.
FACT: SOME Americans will ABSOLUTELY benefit by the reforms. By 2014, according to the supposed non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill will give 19 million current uninsured citizens subsidies averaging $6,000 to help pay for insurance premiums and other medical charges...mind you, this is on top of the government ALREADY footing the bill for close to 100 million Americans through Medicare and Medicaid.
FACT: President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and the rest of the YEA Congressmen will be LONG gone when all of the debts this reform will produce come to the forefront. But my Littleheads and their Littleheads will be stuck with the tab…and that just doesn't sit well with this voter.
So what can be done about it? Today I heard rumblings of something being introduced that would repeal the health care bill. C'mon., really? That's all you got? WTF?!?!?!?
Here's some things the collective assholes in DC need to do - NOW…
FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE TO PAY FOR THIS THING!!!! Increasing income taxes is NOT the answer, especially in this economic climate. The top rate of tax is scheduled to take a HOLY SHITBALLS 39.6 percent hike at the end of 2010. Now a surtax of 5.4 percent will be stacked atop that higher rate to help pay for this legislation! NO WAY, CONGRESS!!!! Sure, the surtaxes only hits those fortunate enough to make $500,000 annually, but that tax will HAVE to distributed to more and more of the public over time
The new health care reforms call for every insurance policy sold to meet certain STRICTLY REGULATED conditions. This has got to be reworked ASAP. Think about it…John and Jane Q. Public will lose the option of buying CHEAPER, MORE BASIC plans. That's like going to car dealers and only being able to buy fully loaded vehicles. That just doesn't work.
The legislation REQUIRES businesses with payrolls of more than $500,000 to buy health insurance for their workers or face fines of $2,000 PER WORKER. Yes, that is FACT - $2K per employee. CANDIDATE Obama and the Democratic Party promised up and down they'd help out smaller employers and encouraged people to start their own businesses. It was part of the "Change We Can Believe In". Even the less colorful crayons in the box know that there conceivably couldn't be a worse time to drop this bomb on smaller employers. Again, think about it…health insurance comes out of employee wages, plain and simple…it is part of the benefits of being employed. Look at your paycheck, and you will see it is lumped into the income calculations. Employers today that don't offer health insurance to their staff (and YES, there are companies like that out there - especially smaller, start-up operations that are supposed to spur on economic recovery, PER PRESIDENT OBAMA) must compete for workers with companies that do provide health insurance. And they have to compete by paying similar salaries for similar positions, I'd assume. Sure, the new healthcare reforms will give uninsured employees an avenue to get insurance, and even provide some subsidies to help buy coverage for themselves and their families. But there is absolutely NO justification for slapping the aforementioned fines on small businesses. After all, it goes against nearly everything President Obama campaigned for before his election.
As I stated at the beginning of this blog, I firmly believe that healthcare reforms MUST happen. Coverage needs to be more affordable, prescriptions need to be more affordable. Coverage shouldn't be denied to those that have pre-existing conditions.
The way this bill was passed APPALS me. It turns my stomach. It - for the first time in my life - makes me ashamed of our government. Our President campaigned on establishing transparency in government, something he constantly said made him different - BETTER - than President Bush, or ANY Republican. This was "change". Honest and open dialogues did NOT happen on this bill. This bill was shrouded in secrecy…even Speaker Pelosi said the bill had to be passed so we could find out what's in it. Seriously?!?!?!?
The bill was negotiated, not written. The bill was negotiated behind closed doors. The bill was negotiated on ONE side of the aisle. And yesterday when Pilosi, paraded hand-in-hand to the House chambers, I almost threw a shoe through my TV…all pomp and circumstance. All bullshit political theatre. As will be the Republican attack adds on the Democrats who voted for the bill.
To quote President Abraham Lincoln - "A house divided against itself can not stand". Last night we, the people, saw the very worst…a house divided, and even worse, the people solidly divided against the house…just check Congress' approval ratings.
The greatest enemies of the United States of America aren't in Iran, or Afghanistan, or Russia, or anywhere else outside of our borders. Our greatest enemies are from within our own country. The enemy is spawned by the ever-growing divide between the elected officials in DC and the people, between liberals and conservatives, between red and blue states, etc. These growing divides have roots in one all-encompassing issue - our economic failings…and those failings that are not being directly dealt with.
AGAIN, yes - health care needs reform. MAJOR reform…but a federal government take-over by the very same federal government that has EPICLY failed on nearly every system in our country that is financially messed up is absurd. Hell, the federal government currently is drowning in debt…what's a few billion more dollars between friends?!?!?!
I'm starting to ramble a bit…my apologies.
YES, healthcare needs reform…but not like this. I sincerely believe this bill passing - more importantly, HOW the bill was passed - and the ensuing fallout will further divide the house, so to speak.
And that's the worst thing imaginable at this point in our history…
"There is no worse death than the end of hope" from the 2004 movie King Arthur.
This blogger feels that "hope" is hanging on by a thread…let's see if this health care legislation will ultimately be the reason the plug is pulled on "hope"…
Posted by Stone at Monday, March 22, 2010
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Blindest Are Those That Try Not To See...
Hello from a saturated People's Republic of Pasadena on this 14th day of March, 2010.
This could be an interesting one...I'm writing it on the fly, and not really sure how it's going to turn out...that could be a dangerous thing considering I'll be blogging about one of the more emotional topics - religion. This one is also going to be pretty uncharacteristic of this blogger, but I have something to say (and by all means, nothing can hold that in!).
I'll preface with a little bit of my religious background. I was brought up Catholic - I was Baptised, received my First Communion, did the Sacrament of Penance, was Confirmed, attended (by parental edict) CCD, and went to Mass (again, mainly due to my parents - more so my Mom - "making" me go). I've frequented Immaculate Conception in Towson, the Church of the Nativity in Lutherville-Timonium, The Church of the Resurrection and St. Louis Catholic Church in Howard County, and more recently, St. John's down in Severna Park. I've even been to the "vacation-minute-masses" at St. Luke's while visiting Ocean City!
I digress...
I was brought up Catholic. I was taught the differences between right and wrong (from my folks) built solidly on a foundation of Christian beliefs. I attended Mass, but never really listened. I prayed...more often than not only when the proverbial stuff hit the fan, things were out of control, or I desperately needed/wanted something tangible (I'm not talking about seriously praying for a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket!).
However, I got a little disenfranchised at the whole Catholic thing due to (1) scandals in the Church, (2) the overwhelming feelings of guilt that seemed predominant in any and all aspects of Catholicism, and, for lack of a better word, (3) the bore-factor...when people stood up and said The Apostle's Creed or The Lord's Prayer (The Our Father, for the less religiously-inclined readers) out loud, it was monotone - no emotion, no feeling, no anything...words - nothing more, nothing less.
Finally, as I got older and wasn't being "forced" to go to Mass, I stopped going.
Now don't get me wrong, I have taken the Leap of Faith - I truly believe in God and His Son Jesus Christ, Who walked the Earth as a man, Who died for our sins, Who rose from the dead, and Who truly is The Way to Heaven.
I also know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that I am a sinner.
I've had my ups and downs with the Man Upstairs...I'd be surprised if anyone who believes hasn't.
I've asked "Why me?" more times than I can count.
I got angry when my folks were taken a mere 70 days apart, and when they were (in MY mind) far too young.
I've questioned.
Again, I know I'm not the only one who has felt this way.
A few gentlemen that I worked with at my previous job got me thinking about religion again...they made me want to get back into things, and see where my Faith stood. I dabbled. A few visits to Church here and there, an incomplete Bible study, and some good conversations made me want to go back and actually listen this time. But when I figured out it was time to go back, things always came up.
Too tired.
Too late.
Too early.
The boys wouldn't behave.
The lawn had to be cut.
The house had to be cleaned.
Always something.
Then, this past January 30th, I found myself in a place where I was lost...a significant event occurred that made me realize I HAD to go back. I NEEDED to go back.
So I did.
I picked Ash Wednesday to start. And I'm proud to say I've been every Sunday during Lent, I'm getting something out of it, and I intend to continue my journey.
All of which brings me back to the point of this blog - today's Mass was a good one. The Readings struck a chord, and I want to have a little say about them.
The Second Reading today was from the Book of Ephesians,Chapter 5, Verses 8 - 14. A few lines stood out to me...
"Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness;
rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention
the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light."
Whoa! That's some heavy-duty stuff! Everything exposed by the light becomes visible...expose the darkness to the light...visible is the light...
Then the Gospel came from John, Chapter 9, Verse 1 - 41. A Cliff Notes summary - Jesus made a man, who was blind from birth, see. The Pharisees (a sect of Jewish men whom were held with high regard back in the day) weren't too happy about this because Jesus performed this miracle on the Sabbath, a no-no (no work was to be done during the Sabbath), which made them think Jesus was a sinner and couldn't be from God, despite performing the miracle. The once-blind man was also called a sinner by the Pharisees. Jesus told the once-blind man who He was, and the guy worshipped Him. The best line in the Gospel is something Jesus says to the once-blind man...
"I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind."
Again - Holy Smokes! Heavy!
"Amazing Grace" was one of the hymns today - I love that song, and it has struck a major chord with me since it was played by a bagpiper at Dad's funeral in May, 2005. But again, I never really listened to the words.
"...was blind, but now I see..."
I noticed a reoccurring theme...blindness/being able to see...darkness/light. The Homily (which today was an amazing and inspirational speech by the Deacon) brought it all together perfectly...and it really got me thinking (like all Homily's should)...
Here's my take...
I've been BLIND. I sin. Often. I've done a ton of messed up things...nothing I'm proud of, things I knew where wrong, but did anyway..."fruitless works of darkness".
Yet I am beginning to see. My eyes are opening.
How's that?
Because I am recognizing the wrong, I am asking for forgiveness of the sins, and I'm trying to straighten the boat...and the only way to do that is to allow the Light in.
On the flipside, there are many individuals out there that claim to be straight and narrow...that claim to be better than others (due to socio-economic factors, popularity, looks, the company they keep, etc.)...that claim to speak God's Word and do His bidding, but use that as a front to cover-up their lies, their deception, their fakeness...it's those individuals whom are truly blind because they refuse to see...refuse to notice how wrong they are, and how unrighteous they act.
The world would be a much better place, regardless of Faith or Belief, if everyone simply opened their eyes. And dare I say, the first thing everyone should truly look at is the reflection staring back at them in the mirror.
The world would be a better place if the blindest of us, the folks that try NOT to see, would open their eyes, remove their blinders made of prejudice, malice, selfishness, hate, greed, and scheming and let some Light in...
It all starts with a simple blink...a recognition.
I've got a long (LONG) way to go before I can see clearly, so to speak...but at least my eyes are now open.
Yeah...as I said, a little uncharacteristic of me...but something I had to say. So I said it - laid it all out there. Tread lightly.
God Bless, Beatdowners.
Until next time...
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Discover surprising areas of Jewish interest in London during this celebration of culture…
Hosted by B'nai B'rith UK and sponsored by Jewish News, this year's European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage theme is 'Building Bridges'.
The events, which run from 11 to 18 October, explore the ways the Jewish community can make connections across different faiths and generations.
Here are five 'don't miss' events…
1. Exhibition: Sacrifice at Jewish Museum – runs until 3 December
This crowd-sourced exhibition explores the theme of sacrifice through personal items, keepsakes and works of art.
For more information, email email@example.com or call 020 7284 7384.
2. Guided walk: Blooms to Burgers, Bagels to Bhajis from Go London Tours – Sunday, 11 October, 11am.
From the days of bagels, Boris and Blooms, Whitechapel Road now embraces a new immigrant community. Join Rachel Kolsky and Isabelle Seddon to explore the different and parallel stories of the Jewish and Bengali communities, including anarchists, Altab Ali and the much-loved London Hospital. Pre-booking required. Meeting place provided on booking. Tickets: £12.
To book, email Rachel at email@example.com or call 020 8883 4169.
3. Open day: New West End Synagogue – Sunday, 11 October
Opened in 1879, the synagogue has been described by English Heritage as "the high-water mark of Anglo-Jewish architecture". Free. 10am to 2pm. For more information, email Mesod Wahnon/Henry Magrill at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 020 7229 2631.
4. Film screening and panel discussion: B'nai B'rith UK at the Jewish Museum – Thursday, 15 October, 5.45pm
Screening of award-winning film, David/Daoud, which explores the boundaries of faith and trust in New York's multicultural backdrop. Followed by a panel discussion chaired by Dame Helen Hyde and including Archbishop Kevin McDonald, Sheikh Usama Hasan, Henry Grunwald OBE QC and Dhruv Chhatralia. Tickets: £25.
To book: bbukpanel.eventbrite.co.uk or call 020 7446 8660.
5. Guided Walk: The Literary Ghetto from Jewish East End Celebration Society – Sunday, 18 October, 11am
Clive Bettington's guided walk will look at the Jewish literary figures of the East End. Meet at Aldgate Tube. Tickets: £10 (JEECS members, £8).
To book, email Clive on email@example.com or call 07941 367882.


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April is here and love is definitely in the air. I had the opportunity to be a part of Laura & Jason's Wedding day. It is always refreshing to see two couples that love and care about each other so much that you can't help but to smile every-time your're around them. They are the perfect example that it doesn't matter where you come from or what nationality you are, Love is Love and Love sees no boundaries. Come and take a small look into their BIG day!
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Scrappers Softball Leauge
Many say Baseball is in every way perfect; there are no flaws in the sport, and Softball is no different. Everything flows together perfectly. It is built around man's (more so a woman's) favorite shape, a diamond, and the rest is covered by the planets on hair….Grass.
Recently I had went to visit some of my childhood friends at Randell's Island in NY for a game of Softball. And the sportsman ship & team work that they pulled together shows why they are still undefeated. Here are just a few images from that day!
Eliza's Maternity
I had the pleasure of doing a photoshoot for not only someone who I grew up with, but someone that I consider family. He and his awesome girlfriend are having there first child together. When I heard the news I couldn't believe it. But when I saw weeks past by I knew it was real. I couldn't be happier for the both of them. I've seen them together and saw how much they care for each other and how they help and support one another as well. I have no doubt in my mind the little baby Kyler Presley Santana will be in good hands. He's going to be surrounded by parents that Love him and a group of family and friends that will Love him just the same. Here are a few photos from that Eli's Maternity!!!
Here are two images that I had since 2011 and I really wanted to brush up on my retouching skills.
I forgot how much work, hours go into retouching. But there's a since of accomplishment that you get once you have finished everything on your own. I still have a long way to go but I know i'm heading in the right direction.
DIY Hookah
Boredom is a MotherF*cker! To say the least.
So in sight of me being bored half to death I have decided to do a DIY Hookah Tutorial hope you enjoy!
1. Grab any EMPTY bottle you might have just lying around the house.
2. Make sure you have a Hookah stem you're no longer using
3. Clean out both items, Really good. I used Hot water and Lemon juice to kill anything that can still be living inside and it also help get rid of any nasty smells.
4. Measure the diameter of the Hookah stem and your empty bootle. Should the stem be to big use masking tape or anything rubber item that can fill in the gap in between you don't want any air/smoke leaking outside of the bottle.
5. Make sure that the bottom of the stem is long enough to reach the water below. In my case it wasn't so I took a small hard plastic cylinder tube i.e Pen and tape it to the other end of the stem. (I replaced the tape with hot glue more sturdy)
6. Now that all your measurements and adjustments have been made you're ready to smoke.
I hope this helped anyone looking on how to do a hookah just from house hold items.
Feel free to email me any photos of your DIY Hookah at email@example.com and i'll post them up on my blog! You can also tag me on instagram @ RSDigitalPhotos And also check out my web-site RSDigitalPhotos.com
Baby Doll
Its always refreshing when someone you care about wants to add and get involved in whatever it is that you're passionate about. My girlfriend came up with the idea to do a doll face shoot. I was more than happy to do the idea she had in mind. It not only helps her with her makeup skills but it also helps her open up to new and creative ideas. I'm very proud of the work she has done. Here are a few pictures from that day. Enjoy!
Lighting Setup
A few days ago I started using a new lighting setup in which, I really like the results. Its quick simple and straight to the point. I used a Alien Bee B800 with a boom, beauty dish a second Alien Bee B800 with a Softbox and a reflector on the opposite end. I couldn't be happier with the outcome. Please feel free to let me know what you think.


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I was working on a few things last weekend and ended up making a tote with all the wrong measurements. I hated to just throw it away so I came up with the idea of making it a cute little Birthday Gift Bag. What little girl wouldn't love getting this little gift bag filled with jewelry, lip gloss, sparkly lotion, etc.?
STAMPS: Let's Play (SUINK)
PAPER: Red (Core'dinations), Patterened Paper (DCWV)
INK: Palette Noir
OTHER: Copic Markers, Oval and Scallop Oval Punch (Marvy), Ribbon (Michael's)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Posted by Colleen Wold at 6:00 PM
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7 comments:
- Amber said...
Really cute!!!
- March 26, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Rachel Hope said...
Adorable!!! love those colors! Came out Perfect!!!
- March 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Jessica said...
This is SO cute! It makes a perfect gift bag!
- March 26, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Janna said...
I wish I messed up this beautifully!!! This is just amazing Colleen!! I adore the papers and the way you did the ribbon! The coloring on the little girl though is awesome!! So, so sweet!
- March 26, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Kristen said...
this is so cute!!!!! Great gift bag.
- March 27, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Cindy Karasz said...
not just little girls! all girls! :) this is too cute!
- March 28, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- MJ said...
Great gift bag==So Cute and fun!
- March 29, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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Falling, for two pianos, explores the season of Autumn as an unyielding force of nature. A continual rhythmic motion introduces the work and continues throughout, tracing a slow and undeterred downward journey to mark out the main structural framework of the piece.
Using the inspiration of a single leaf falling, this piece is a study of how a leaf picked up by the wind, seems for a moment almost to fly.
In an interplay of opposites, this work traces the act of falling and may at times give the impression of climbing, the idea being that without context, the concept of falling is not possible.
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I wonder if the humble cabbage knows what people think of him. Does he, for instance know that perceivably, he leads the most humdrum existence in their minds? He is the one mostly relegated to the role of 'roughage" when someone is having a not so easy time on the pot. Worse, he represents all things prison-like and sickly, like cabbage soup in Dickensonian novels.
The cabbage is perhaps one vegetable that sits in the vegetable tray in every refrigerator, waiting his turn to be cooked, or at least blended with other vegetables in a sabzi, dal, salad, or act as carrier for coleslaw on his lucky day.
Unlike its distant cousin, the cauliflower which has ascended into a vegetable of great merit, a modicum of glamour and individuality, the cabbage remains characterless and insipid. It has no sex appeal whatsoever, and to top it all, it is always cheap and affordable. (I am not referring to the purple and red ones here that cost an arm)
In most households, a cabbage is a binder, either thrown it in with a few other veggies like potatoes, peas, capsicum, or cauliflower when there isn't enough volume, or added an after thought in a salad. I find it intriguing that the cabbage has very few secrets despite having so many layers.
My dad had his way of balancing the tartiness of a sambar with the genteelness of cabbage. Except that he did it differently from anyone else I know. "It should be crunchy and green, so you have to cook it just right.." he would say. He did nothing to it except a tempering of mustard and udid dal, a few green chillies, slit vertically and gently crushed." The garnish with coconut kind of nailed it, but is entirely optional.
By sheer accident, I too found ways in which the cabbage redeemed itself.. and even if you are not an aficionado, they are worth a try
Cabbage and carrot salad
Finely chopped cabbage: one cup
Grated carrots: half cup
Juice of one lemon
Green chillies, julienned
Salt, sugar
Finely chop the cabbage (julienne looks better) and grate the carrots.
Mix well in a bowl, add salt and a few grains of sugar, squeeze the juice of one lemon and set aside.
For the tempering:
Splutter mustard seeds in a kadhai, add a pinch of hing and the slit green chillies and pour the tempering over the salad mix. Mix well. Serve chilled, after half an hour, when the juices mix well.
Cabbage tikkis
Tur dal: one cup
Chana dal: one cup
Udid dal: half cup
Half a head of a small cabbage, chopped
Green chillies
Ginger: a small piece
Onion: one medium, chopped
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Soak the dals for a few hours and grind to a coarse paste with chillies, curry leaves, ginger, adding just enough water.
Add the chopped cabbage and onions to this dal mixture, and then add salt, mix well.
Shape into small balls and deep fry.


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8 weeks IMO should be the earliest. Should never give shots before that age IMO. They need at least that long to socialize with mum, she actually teaches the pups certain things.
As you probably all know by now we are going to try and breed our dog next year. I want as much information as possible so please feel free to jump right in.........When is the best time to take puppy away from mom and give him/her to their new owner. Does it depend on the breed? I have heard 6 weeks, I have heard 8 weeks and I have heard 3 months. Any advice?
8 weeks IMO should be the earliest. Should never give shots before that age IMO. They need at least that long to socialize with mum, she actually teaches the pups certain things.
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PA law states it is illegal to sell, buy or trade a pup or kitten before the age of 8 weeks.
Now some tiny breeds should IMO wait till 10-12 weeks to leave mom.
Tiny ones can have trouble regulating their blood sugar levels.
I like to make sure my pups are totally eating from the bowl and knowing that the food is there to eat not play in. lol plus they learn alot from mom and siblings.
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So you would say basically after the first set of shots? We came very close to purchasing a Great Pyr pup last year (before we got Uma of course!) One of the things that set off the red flags is that this particular breeder was selling his pups at 6 weeks and did not have the first shots administered to his pups. According to him he had been breeding for close to 20 years and through his own personal experience found that most new owners prefer to take the pup to their vet and have the first set administered. To me there was some concern......sorry pal no deal.
8 weeks minimum.
Nothing says "Oops!" like a wall of flame.
I feel 8wks is the earliest but 10wks is ideal. Anytime before 8wks is too young. 10wks allows them to socialize and learn more from mom & littermates. JMO
When we got Uma from our breeder the breeder insisted on 3 months (12 weeks). Maybe it's different for larger dogs? Why I don't know. Maybe it was just their practice. In the long run it was for the best. The Uma's first set of shots were given she had already had her first deworming and it sure made housebreaking her so much easier with just those few extra weeks for being kept with the mom.
Legally,not before 8 weeks but more and more breeders go for 10 to 12 weeks cos they believe they are better socialized,at that age..
Many very small dog breeders insist on 12 weeks, where as large dog breeders will let them go at 8 weeks.
Depending on the size of your dog, anywhere in between those would be fine, though the longer you let them stay with the litter mates, the less problems the new owners should have. While with the litter and mom, the puppies learn bite inhibition. This helps the puppies to not be out of control play biters when they go to their new home. Also, if you have them this long, you can most certainly start on their potty training to also help the new owners out. And, just one more that pops directly into my mind, is that you as the breeder can do whatever possible to make sure they have the best start possible with socialization. New owners might try hard, but still not know what exactly they need to do. So, you could get the puppies out and about and a great start on socialization, which will make the new owner's job a bit less frustrating or unsuccessful.


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The workflow is becoming more and more important in photography works and it remains a mystery for many amateurs. Having said that, I am no professional on both photography and workflows, but thanks to this book and a couple of years of experience, I arrived to the below workflow, and find it to work pretty well with & for Adobe Lightroom.Note this is a picture-by-picture workflow! I use another workflow for stitching panoramas and for HDR.
Keep on reading for the walk-through.
1. Import
First and foremost I need to stress how important being organized and rigorous all the time is. You cannot change your sorting system or workflow events just like that. And this thinking starts at best at the very moment you connect your memory card to your computer. For each trip or session, I create a folder, with at least 3 subfolders: 'RAWs', 'JPEG-fullres' and 'JPEG-xxx'. Lightroom manages folders very well now. On some occasions (i.e. long trips abroad), I create a specific Lightroom catalog.
Note: my definition of RAW is 'unprocessed file' so it can actually be a JPEG, a TIFF file or whatever other file types.
I recommend you to add a copyright preset and input a couple of keywords for the batch you are working on. This avoid you key that information in again when publishing your pictures.
2. Flag
Once all is imported: 1st review. Press the keys 'p' to pick or 'x' to reject a picture. I use the filters functions to double-check if I actually flagged all the pics. This first review is only intended to remove all the crap you know you will never use. Once this is done, I filter again to see all the rejected ones and go ahead deleting them form the hard disk. This step is actually pretty new in my workflow. I added it, as my camera generates 25MB RAW files and I cannot afford keeping dozens of useless files anymore…
3. Label
2nd review: color-code each picture. It is good to avoid mixing up the two first reviews; with hindsight, you get a better decisions.
Reds will be deleted, Yellows may be processed, Greens will most likely be processed. In case of large series of the same picture, if one picture makes green, then all the series become green as well. There is a reason for this: applying the processing settings of one picture to a series of similar (in terms of lightning and exposure) pictures, is three clicks away.
4. Process
This is where the workflow may get tricky: with experience, I now can quickly decide how many times I will process one particular picture. So I just have to create as many virtual copies as I need and process them separately (or sync them separately). For each new copy of the file, a new workflow start where the copy was created.
Once a picture is processed, I label it blue. This allows me to know where I am at if I need to export some pictures quicker than the others, or simply because there are too many pictures to process them in one working session. If I need Photoshop, the integration between the two software is good enough to be seamless ; so I do not have to detail this here.
5. Review
3rd (!) review: I assign a rating to each file. Everything I want to export will get at least a 3*** stars rating. 1* or 2** ratings mean a processed file (blue), won't go out of the Lightroom catalog.
With a quick filter to find and select all the Blues at least rated 3***, I turn those to the Purple label, and the export part may begin.
6. Export
Everything Purple will get exported at least as full and web resolution JPEG files, it's quite automatic now.
I created several Export presets to quickly export what I need to export. The web resolution is usually what I call "W600". The height of the picture is variable whilst the width will be 600 pixels. That's a great size for this blog. I sometimes use other sizes for different purposes.
Finally, all these exported files are stored in the LightRoom catalog as well.
7. Alternate processing
I sometimes like to use third-party (= non-Adobe) software for additional post-processing work; such as DxO Optics, DxO FilmPack or Poladroid. I stored the resulting files in another folder, usually called "ExternalEdits". These files may not have the metadata and labels I would like them to have. So I sync the folder with Lightroom to have all the pictures in the catalog. From there I can add the missing metadata through the files sync features of Lightroom.
8. Publish
Finally, that's what photography is all about: sharing the pictures! Now that you have all the files (JPEG and of two different dimensions), it is pretty easy to do what you want to do with them. I do not use the LR3 Beta so I cannot comment on the new Export features. That will probably come later.
Closing comment
There are no one right way to manage your workflow. The above is only explain mine as I work fine with it. Over the time Lightroom helped me a lot to streamline the workflow and the features coming up will allow me to be even more productive. Photography is about taking pictures, sharing storied and emotions, it's not about computer processing and redundant file handling. Use the workflow that allows you to be efficient and with which you are the most comfortable.
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Two outbursts, one night -- part two
I love Grey's Anatomy. Every so often, a serial drama comes along that I just attach myself to for a few seasons. You know, before they jump the shark. 90210, The OC, The Monroes -- oh, you don't remember that one? William Devane was a senator with a large and promiscious family. It was in the vein of Dynasty. Only lasted half a season in like '95. Oh how I loved it.
Anyway, Grey's Anatomy. They showed the first 12 or 13 episodes here and now it's on hiatus. I'm going crazy. I must see what is going on. So this girl I know -- let's call her Jade Cord. Anyway, Jade lets me borrow copies of the later episodes. So I watch the season finale cliffhanger. In the beginning, Meredith finds out the dog that she's been sharing with her ex-lover Derek is dying and they have to put it down.
Now all you rational people realise that this is a plot device to bring our two extremely attractive protagonists together. Not me. I'm really mourning the dog. Actually, I'm thinking about my own dog. I'm picturing this poor little dog that they are putting to sleep as my own little Panfy-dog. And I lose it. Big time. Tears, blubbering, the works.
Anyway, that's it. That's the second of the two outbursts in one night. Told you it wasn't that interesting. Now stop bugging me.


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I was talking to a complete stranger today and as part of my job, I was asking her about her areas of strength in her personality and others that need more growth. She said that her greatest strength is to try to always be positive. Right there and then, she seemed as if she was looking right through me when she said that things just happen and sometimes there is nothing that you can do about them. All you can do though is to simply move on. I was taken aback for a second. The thought that haunted me was "how did she know"? How did that total stranger answer the question that kept me sleepless for a whole night? Her words just hit the right spot and seemed as God-sent at that very moment. God knows I was trying so hard to understand, give excuses, forgive and swallow a bitter incident when the obvious was there all along.
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 109–120
چکیده انگلیسی
Studies using linguistic stimuli have provided little support for explicit memory biases among individuals with social phobia (SP). However, using facial stimuli rated on their criticalness, Lundh and Öst (1996) found that individuals with SP recognized more critical than accepting faces, whereas non-anxious controls tended to show the opposite pattern. Since the publication of Lundh and Öst's findings, additional studies using a variety of facial stimuli have produced inconsistent findings (J. Anxiety Disord. 14 (2000) 501; Behav. Res. Ther. 39 (2001) 967). Unfortunately, these inconsistencies are difficult to reconcile given great variation in methods and stimuli. Therefore, we designed a study to replicate and extend the work of Lundh and Öst (Behav. Res. Ther. 34 (1996) 787). Similar to Lundh and Öst, individuals with SP identified a significantly higher proportion of old critical faces as old than did non-anxious controls. Further, extending the work of Lundh and Öst, signal detection analyses revealed group differences on response bias according to face type. Specifically, controls showed a response bias towards indicating that accepting faces were previously seen, whereas individuals with SP did not. Finally, signal detection analyses failed to reveal group differences in the accuracy of memory.
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Clinical experience and information-processing models (e.g., Williams, Watts, MacLeod, & Mathews, 1997) suggest that individuals with social phobia (SP) are characterized by biased memory for threatening information. However, a large body of research using linguistic stimuli failed to provide much support for explicit memory biases among individuals with SP. For example, in a series of four studies using a wide variety of dependent measures (recall and recognition, cued recall, recall of feedback from a hypothetical performance task, and autobiographical memory), Rapee, McCallum, Melville, Ravenscroft, and Rodney (1994) failed to find any support for explicit memory biases in SP. Similarly, Cloitre, Cancienne, Heimberg, Holt, and Liebowitz (1995) failed to find evidence for recall and recognition for social threat words among individuals with SP. In addition, two studies using self-referential encoding also failed to find differences in memory for threat and non-threat words between individuals with SP and non-anxious controls (Becker, Roth, Andrich and Margraf, 1999 and Lundh and Öst, 1997). Finally, Amir, Foa, and Coles (2000) failed to find an explicit memory bias towards socially threatening sentences in patients with SP. In contrast, Lundh and Öst (1996) found support for a recognition bias towards threat in individuals with SP. The Lundh and Öst study was unique in two important ways. First, the stimuli were pictures of faces, very externally valid stimuli for studying social anxiety. And, second, this study utilized an encoding task targeted at the core of SP, fear of negative evaluation; that is, they asked participants to rate how critical each person appeared. Individuals with SP later recognized significantly more critical faces than accepting faces, and the non-anxious controls showed a trend in the opposite direction. These findings were ground-breaking given their consistency with models of SP and that they were at odds with previous work using linguistic stimuli. However, the design of the Lundh and Öst study prohibited them from disentangling the relative contributions of memory and response bias (see Lundh & Öst, 1996: p. 792). Two additional papers examining memory for faces in SP have been published since the Lundh and Öst (1996) paper. Foa, Gilboa-Schechtman, Amir and Freshman (2000) conducted two studies examining memory for negative emotional expressions in generalized SP. In their second study, patients with generalized SP demonstrated enhanced recognition for angry and disgusted faces compared to neutral and happy faces. While these findings do show support for a bias towards negative facial expressions, their applicability to expressions reflecting negative evaluation, the core of SP, is debatable. Indeed, it is possible to imagine a situation where an observer is angry or disgusted with someone for being socially skilled or performing well. In other words, anger and disgust are not equivalent to negative evaluation. An important strength of this study is the conduct of signal detection analysis. Weaknesses of this study include lack of instructions for encoding and a small sample (n=15 patients with generalized SP). More recently, Pérez-López and Woody (2001) examined memory for facial expressions under conditions of elevated state anxiety. In a comparison recognition task, individuals with SP were not found to demonstrate an explicit memory bias towards threatening expressions. In fact, both individuals with SP and non-anxious controls demonstrated a bias towards remembering more reassuring faces. Strengths of this study include the use of a comparison recognition task to eliminate ceiling effects frequently encountered on item recognition tasks and the use of stimuli that were classified as threatening or reassuring based on an independent sample. Limitations of this study include the inability to disentangle contributions of memory and response bias and differences in the emotional intensity of the reassuring and threatening faces. Finally, given that individuals with generalized SP have been shown to divert their attention away from negative facial expressions ( Chen, Ehlers, Clark, & Mansell, 2002), the simultaneous presentation of threatening and reassuring faces in the forced recognition task may have increased the likelihood that individuals with SP would choose the reassuring faces. Finally, it is surprising that no one has sought to replicate the findings of Lundh and Öst (1996). Kazdin (1998) discusses the need for replications, stating "The importance of replication in scientific research cannot be overemphasized" (p. 409). He goes further to specify that replications are most valuable when new phenomena are being established, when they are conducted by persons other than the original investigators, and when they are done with variations in some of the methods and procedures (a partial replication of previous work, p. 412). The current study sought to replicate and extend the findings of Lundh and Öst (1996). First, using the same encoding task as Lundh and Öst, we examined whether individuals with SP would recognize more critical faces than accepting faces and whether non-anxious controls would recognize more accepting than critical faces. Next, we designed our study to allow us to conduct signal detection analyses, separating the relative contributions of memory and response bias. There are no published studies of memory for critical faces in SP that have conducted signal detection analyses. Third, we used critical and accepting faces that had been independently classified by individuals with both low and high social anxiety, thereby eliminating any possible confounding of interpretation bias, response bias, and memory bias (see Pérez-López & Woody, 2001: p. 968). We also equated the two types of faces on intensity, eliminating this as a potential confounding variable (see Pérez-López & Woody, 2001: p. 974). Finally, we obtained a larger sample than previous studies of memory for facial expressions in individuals with SP in order to increase power to detect differences.


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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Never Again!
Never again will I have another yard sale! I say it every time but this will be my last. I am just too far out in the country. The only thing strangers wanted to see was Willow the deer. It was cute to see the kids feed her apples but I really wanted to get rid of stuff! Of course all the friends were stopping by because it is a social gathering makes for a great day too. (but take some stuff home!)
The last picture is all the stuff left over! Now it will all go to auction next week where one man's stuff is another man's treasure.
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The Spirit of the Lakes Festival (SOTL) is taking a new approach to their business showcase. The two-day festival will now feature Mini-Putt by the Bay. This interactive course allows festival goers to explore a variety of mini-putt challenges designed by the business vendors. Linda Margl, SOTL board member is excited about the new event.
"We value the contributions of these business vendors and wanted to enhance their afternoon at the festival," she said.
The Mini-Putt by the Bay event will be held during the July 21-22 festival on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is free to festival goers and will prove to be a beautiful setting along the shores of Lake Minnetonka at Surfside Beach and Park.
The festival is still accepting applications from vendors for the Mini-Putt by the Bay event. Please visit SpiritoftheLakes.com for more information.
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The Classic Beatles are back! Following a hugely successful 25th anniversary tour in 2016 the stars of the 'Get Back' show are returning to one of their favourite haunts for another night of classic hits and nostalgia.
The show features real album gems as well as the obvious big hits, many costume changes and plenty of witty banter.
A Classic Beatles show brings all the joys of Beatlemania to a whole new generation and allows first generation fans the chance to re live the music that changed our lives forever.
'Enjoy 2 hours of the greatest songs in The Beatles handbook , performed with perfection and affection ' – Evening Herald


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Source: www.grandprix.com
Jenson Button (3rd): "It was a fun race today and to be on the podium for the last race of the year is fantastic. I've really enjoyed driving here at the Yas Marina Circuit this weekend and Abu Dhabi has done a fantastic job for its first Grand Prix. We expected the prime tyre to be the better tyre in the race but I was struggling for balance especially as the track temperatures started to fall and it became more difficult to get heat into the front tyres. The car felt great when we switched to the soft tyre for the final stint. It really felt transformed and suddenly I had a great front end and could carry more speed into the corners. The last few laps were really exciting and I was giving everything to take second place from Mark. I couldn't quite make the moves stick and he's a very difficult guy to overtake but it was a good clean fight and we were really on the edge. I'm a little bit disappointed not to get second but it's still great to finish on the podium. I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone at the team in Brackley and at Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines. It really has been a fantastic year and they should all be very proud of what we have achieved together. It's nice to end the year on a high after what has been a very competitive and challenging season."


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Kenco Logistics Services is being replaced by Ryder System Inc. as the third party logistics provider for the Electrolux distribution center in Aberdeen.
The transition was disclosed in a layoff notice Kenco filed with state this month. Tennessee-based Kenco said in the notice that it plans to layoff 115 workers at the 521 Chelsea Road warehouse by Jan. 22, but that almost all of them would receive employment offers from Ryder.
Most employers are required by federal law to file so-called WARN notices with states in advance of major layoffs.
"This is simply a transfer in warehousing/logistics service from one provider (Kenco) to another," said Kenco spokesman Bill Fahrenwald of James Street Associates in a statement.
Ryder, headquartered in Miami, could not be reached immediately for comment Wednesday.
Electrolux is a Swedish home appliance manufacurer best known for its vacuum cleaners.


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Whenever you come home from a long day at work or school, you were so tired the only things you could find energy to do were mindless life-negating nonsense– television, Netflix, Reddit, Facebook, whatever.
Every night you would somehow find hours of time to do these things (despite being extremely tired).
Replace this time wasting routine with the twenty minute rule. The moment you get home, you force yourself to do at least twenty minutes of one of the things that makes you better, happy and closer one step to you goals.
When people don't plan, they aren't ready to take advantage of opportunities that avail themselves, and so they play Angry Birds and watch Netflix because it takes less energy than figuring out something to do at that moment. I call this the "path of least resistance problem." To make ourselves more sensitive to opportunities that can decidedly improve our lives, we need to structure our routines to make the path of least resistance difficult. One way to do this is the twenty minutes rule.
If we want to do something trivial, something that likely won't matter in the grand scheme of our lives, like meeting a colleague for lunch, we will pencil a time in our calendars and get it done. But when we want to do something important and enriching, something we know will matter greatly in the grand scheme of our lives, like writing a book or learning a language, we say "I'll get around to it." We don't pencil in the twenty minutes a day necessary to become the person we really want to be. One way to do this is to challenge the impulse to relegate our passions and our ambitions to something our future selves will do down the line.
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Goodluck Wills!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Prince William and Kate Middleton Needs Employment
The Queen wants Kate Middleton to get a job, and not be a freaking douche. Now, the Queen also wants Prince William to get a charity role so as not to look like he is just waiting to sit on the throne (which might not occur until.....Well the Royal Family is known to posses unbelievable longevity).
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Labels: Kate Middleton, Prince William
The Adventures of the "Fly High" Set 3
French maid costumes, nudity while in a drunken stupor, flirtatious dances with a male companion, that is the life of James Middleton. It seems like Kate Middleton's youngest sibling doesn't hold back, even when there's a camera in sight. But who knows? The photos might be older than Kate and William's relationship and back then, mother Middleton's Royal Invasion sketches were still being finalized.
Who is this James person? Well, he was once spotted with Kate Middleton and was labeled by the British press as the "Mystery Guy". Now, he's known as Kate Middleton's youngest sibling, the wild future brother-in-law of the future King of England, and apparently, the sexy French maid.
James Middleton dropped out of Edinburgh University to serve Her Majesty The Queen
The very classy James Middleton.
Ask James what stinks?
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Gossip Girl Countdown
September 1, 2008. Gossip Girl. The CW
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Labels: Gossip Girl
Catching Up: The Royal Edition
Princess Mary of Denmark reportedly got upset over published photos of her first-born, Christian, naked in a tabloid. The tabloid insists that the photos were innocent and very natural.
The Queen of England is adamant that social climber-extraordinaire Kate Middleton should get a job before she can don one of the family jewels as her engagement ring.
Prince Harry was said to have made a promise to his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, that he is cutting down his party-hungry lifestyle.
Princess Beatrice was seen doing an early morning jog with her mother, the Duchess of York, in Spain.
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Labels: Catching Up, The Royal Edition
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
WAG Essentials
Social climbing and gold digging is everywhere, so beware guys! The latest trend to gain instant fame and fortune? Why, you bag a soccer/football player, of course! I love this form of gold digging but be careful girls, you can be gone before you can even swipe the black amex to pay for your Birkin! Anyhoo, I'm trying to come up with a list of the common WAG characteristics, in other words, the WAG essentials (in no particular order):
- Blonde hair
- Fake tan/ really orange skin
- Hot to semi hot to moderately hot bod
- An eye for a ball player
- A very expensive taste i.e. exotic purses, designer jeans, exclusive restaurants (even if you can't personally afford it)
- Delicious bling
- Red lipgloss
- Fake nails
(to be continued....)
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Labels: WAG Essentials
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Adventures of the "Fly High" Set 2
Prince William and Kate Middleton enjoyed the Carribean sea and sun in the ultra swanky and exclusive island of Mustique. They also wined and dined with famous celebrities and members of the international social set. Prince William and Kate are staying in the luxurious Villa Rocina which is rented out to those who can splash $9,000 to $13,000 a week.
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Labels: Carribean, Kate Middleton, Mustique, Prince William, The Adventures of the "Fly High" Set 2, Villa Rocina
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The Adventures of the "Fly High" Set
James Middleton contemplates on which closet he will raid next, Pipa's or Kate's?
A very "fulfilled" looking Pipa
Pipa Middleton is on top of the world
Oh my! What's this I read? London is being invaded by social climbers, perhaps? Social climbing is such a daunting, difficult, and exhausting task. Believe me, I've tried to be on top of a local social set, and the experience was indeed all that I had mentioned above. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been to conquer London.
But I believe a hearty "Congratulations" are in order for:
Kate, Pipa, and James Middleton. Well, you guys deserve it. The twists and turns of fate led you to the portal of celebrated social acceptance by people we all love to look at and emulate.
Hope you last!
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Teen Choice Awards Hangover: Mushy Miley
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Teen Choice Awards Hangover: Gossip Girl Edition
Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick
Penn Badgley
Penn Badgley and Blake Lively
Chace Crawford and Leighton Meester
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Labels: Blake Lively, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Teen Choice Awards Hangover: Gossip Girl Edition
Leap of Faith
Prince Harry and some pals before the jump
Spotted: Prince Henry in South Africa doing some ropes and cords before finally jumping 700 ft at the world's biggest bungee jump.
Hooray for Harry!
Posted by kicknsplat at 2:10 AM
Labels: Leap of Faith, Prince Harry
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Hello World!
Hello Magazine got the UK Exclusive on the Jolie-Pitt twins. Isn't that just cute? A mini- Brad and Angelina!
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Labels: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Hello, Twins
More of the Bags, Please!
Gossip Girl Star Ed Westwick, arriving at LAX for the 2008
Teen Choice Awards
Ed Westwick is so stylish, yes? Love the bag and the plum pants Ed! The shoes sort of remind of what an old man would wear, a really, really old man!
Posted by kicknsplat at 1:51 AM
Labels: Ed Westwick
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Shopping Bag
Do you wanna get moi shoes? I love love love love these metallics from Alejandro Ingelmo available at Bergdorf Goodman. The gold slip on is $435 and the blue lace-up is $435 too.
Shooeeesssss *drool*
Posted by kicknsplat at 8:22 PM
Labels: Alejandro Ingelmo, Bergdorf Goodman, Shopping Bag
Ah, Those Royals: The Almost Royal Deal
Kate Middleton is not exactly Royal, is she? But, she's on the verge of being one and what does that entail? Well, aside from the pesky paps and the tabloid write-ups, fame by association gives you a whole wardrobe full of clothes and other freebies. Kate is reportedly getting $2,000 dresses from Brazilian label, Issa.
Now that is a lot of moolah for a dress!
Posted by kicknsplat at 8:10 PM
Labels: Ah Those Royals, Kate Middleton
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Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Geographic coordinates: 13 30 S, 34 00 E
Map references: Africa
Areacomparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries:
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
Terrain: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: limestone, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
Land use:
Irrigated land: 280 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environmentcurrent issues: deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations
Environmentinternational agreements:
Geographynote: landlocked
Population: 9,840,474 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.66% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 40.22 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 23.68 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 133.77 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.62 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Ethnic groups: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
Religions: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, traditional indigenous beliefs
Languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally
Country name:
Data code: MI
Government type: multiparty democracy
National capital: Lilongwe
Administrative divisions: 24 districts; Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba
Independence: 6 July 1964 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day 6 July (1964); Republic Day 6 July (1966)
Constitution: 18 May 1995
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (177 seats; members are elected by popular
vote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts
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International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
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Economyoverview: Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for 45% of GDP and 90% of export revenues. The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations. The new government faces strong challenges, e.g., to spur exports, to improve educational and health facilities, and to deal with environmental problems of deforestation and erosion.
GDP: purchasing power parity$8.6 billion (1997 est.)
GDPreal growth rate: 6% (1997 est.)
GDPper capita: purchasing power parity$900 (1997 est.)
GDPcomposition by sector:
Inflation rateconsumer price index: 83.4% (1995)
Labor force:
Unemployment rate: NA%
Industries: tea, tobacco, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods
Industrial production growth rate: 0.9% (1995)
Electricitycapacity: 185,000 kW (1995)
Electricityproduction: 800 million kWh (1995)
Electricityconsumption per capita: 82 kWh (1995)
Agricultureproducts: tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses; cattle, goats
Debtexternal: $2.3 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid:
Currency: 1 Malawian kwacha (MK) = 100 tambala
Exchange rates: Malawian kwacha (MK) per US$117.5300 (October 1997), 15.3085 (1996), 15.2837 (1995), 8.7364 (1994), 4.4028 (1993)
Fiscal year: 1 April31 March
Telephones: 43,000 (1985 est.)
Telephone system:
Radio broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 0
Radios: 1.011 million (1995)
Television broadcast stations: 0 (1987 est.)
Televisions: NA
Waterways: Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi); Shire River, 144 km
Ports and harbors: Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota
Airports: 45 (1997 est.)
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Military branches: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (includes paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
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The reason I park a mile from everyone else is to avoid my car getting fucked up by some jackass who can't open his/her door correctly. I'm putting gas in the car and look at my driver's side door only to notice a quarter sized dent in it. White paint left on the door and everything. So here's some faith in humanity, I hope that fuckstick dies a long painful death.....
2014 Mustang GT GHIG - 10.5@137
I like to carry orange cones and put them on the spots next to me so no one parks there
i carry a gigantic roll of bubble wrap with me at all times.
Hello, My name is Epi and i buy old junky mustangs
'67 Coupe - MGLT approved
I use police crime scene tape and tape off a long section around my car wherever i park.
was at home depot over the weekend and some jackass left his cart not fully placed in that crap they have to contain them and the wind threw it at my daily. it sucked because i was already on driver seat and wind kept moving it up against my car. annoying.
I get your frustration. Happens all the time to me and I normally chuckle at how much of a douche they are, give the car a quick one over to make sure there's no dings, and go about my day. Not worth getting all up in arms. 9/10 times it's a teenager being a smartass anyways.
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Back in 2013 when my car was brand spanking new, my coworker parked right next opened his door and bam, lovely dent ( it's still on my passenger door till today ) His excuse is oh I'm on disability I need to open my door widest as it goes so I can get out of my car, six months later he backed into my car so front bumper cover has few scuff marks. Again same excuse. I don't feel right today. I must say he walks funny and his legs don't work like they should. He stomps on a gas or brake pedal. And needless to say I'm still waiting for $$$ from him to fix my car. Just mine 0.02c but if you have problems with your legs you should not be driving, you brag about your disability tag every time you park in your "special spot" and popping painkillers like candy is not helping. No I don't hate him but funniest part is that my company anti drug policy does not apply to him because he's got all the paperwork from his doctor.
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