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Sunday, July 26, 2009
I'm not sure if there's a better way to say it, but Gov. Schwarzenegger is an asshole, and so are the people behind the scenes who are pulling his strings. And so are the California Democratic lawmakers who just handed everything California Republican lawmakers have wanted for decades on a silver platter. Wait, California Democratic lawmakers are even bigger assholes. Let's make sure we replace them with real Democrats come their respective elections. Can I get a witness!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Let's Not Reelect Darrell Steinberg & Karen Bass
In reaching a deal on Gov. Schwarzenegger's California budget plan yesterday, California's Democratic lawmakers have done more than betray California's "real" people; they have betrayed the ideals of their party and shown what really matters to them: greed and profit.
In Darrell Steinberg's (D-Sacramento) words, they made cuts "in many areas that matter to real people", automatically recognizing, despite himself, a deep chasm between what he calls "real" people, the millions of people who depend on state services to survive (not only welfare recipients, but students, government workers, and many others) and the "fake" people who serve our government in California, who would never be affected by these cuts, but who would certainly be deeply affected by the tax hikes they oppose.
Darrell Steinberg went on to say "this is a sobering time". Sobering in exactly what way, Mr. Steinberg? Is the possiblity of raising your taxes quashing your 17-year greed high?
Karen Bass is no better. What happened to your "high" ideals, Karen?
Any Democrat who ends up voting for this atrocious budget plan should be ashamed of themselves. I hope you can sleep at night.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Charlie Haden Family And Friends at Montreal Jazz Festival
I'll be singing with Charlie Haden Family and Friends Wednesday, July 8 at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Hope to see you there!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger & California Republican Lawmakers Are Unpatriotic; In Addition, They Hate America And Everything It Stands For
With the final decision in California today to send out IOUs instead of checks to everyone from state workers to students receiving financial aid, I wonder to myself, where is Gov. Schwarzenegger's sense of personal sacrifice? Why isn't he giving up his salary to help the state get out of debt.
A few days ago I received a comment from "Anonymous" to one of my blog postings which read, in part,
"Schwarznegger (sic) inherited a huge deficet (sic). He was making progress - without raising taxes - until the recession hit. But I know, this is making you angry."
I think the commenter is assuming that I think raising taxes is a bad thing. My response to him, which I'll paraphrase here, is if you truly loved your country, wouldn't you want to support it monetarily? Wouldn't you want to pay your dues? Surely you don't expect to live in the greatest country in the world, reaping the benefits you reap, and not give something back?
It is irresponsible for Gov. Schwarzenegger and his Republican friends to try to balance the state budget by gutting essential programs but not by raising taxes. Not even trying to compromise with Democrats. Not only is it irresponsible, its unpatriotic.
Kudos to the Democrats for having the backbone to not cave in to the Republicans and their spiteful and selfish demands. Republican lawmakers see an opportunity to pass legislation they would never in normal circumstances have any chance of passing, and being the opportunistic cowards they are, they are taking this opportunity at the worst time, the middle of the worst financial crisis in California in over a decade.
If California Republican lawmakers don't want to support their government why don't they try moving somewhere else! Let our state get back on track!
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F7. Is there a limit on how much our registered charity can spend on fundraising?
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Yes, there certainly is. Your charity's stated purpose when you registered must always be your main focus of time and resources. To ensure that this emphasis is maintained, you must calculate your "disbursement quota" each year. This calculation determines how much of your receipted donations you must spend on your charitable purpose in the coming year and at the same time, how much you must limit your spending to on fundraising, administrative, and other indirect costs.
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January 13, 2014
Stunning Snowden Revelation: Racist Aliens Behind US Power
I'm stunned. This is incontravertable proof that "tall white" aliens were behind Hitler and now the US:
A stunning Federal Security Services (FSB) report on the nearly two million highly classified top-secret documents obtained from the United States Department of Defense (DOD) run National Security Agency-Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) by the American ex-patriot Edward Snowden states that this information is providing incontrovertible proof that an alien/extraterrestrial intelligence agenda is driving US domestic and international policy, and has been doing so since at least 1945...Given that the source is the Russian FSB (the new KGB) being reported on by Iran's Fars News, you'd think the "secret regime" would be, you know, "monied interests" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
In Snowdens own words, this report continues, he outlined to Greenwald the reason for his highly secretive group obtaining and releasing these documents by warning that that there were actually two governments in the US, the one that was elected, and the other, secret regime, governing in the dark.
But no! It appears that our alien overlords are not the "Zionists" but rather, outer space is controlled by Scandis:
Even though Defense Minister Hellyers exact statements to the FSB in regards to Snowdens documents remain classified, shortly after his extensive electronic interview by the FSB he was allowed to appear on Russia Todays program SophieCo this past fortnight where he shockingly admitted that aliens have been visiting our planet for thousands of years and described several types of these extraterrestrials, including Tall Whites who are working with the US Air Force in Nevada.Tall. Whites. And what else have these tall white aliens been up to? Helping the Nazis, natch:
Of the many explosive revelations in this FSB report, the one most concerning to Russian authorities are the Snowdens documents confirming that the Tall Whites (further revealed by Defense Minister Hellyer as noted above) are the same extraterrestrial alien race behind the stunning rise of Nazi Germany during the 1930s.And it's not just the Nazis. Remember that old slogan, "I like Ike"? Part of an alien plot:
In just one example of the many outlined in this FSB report, it shows that with this alien assistance, at the end of the 1930s, when Nazi Germany possessed just 57 submarines, over the four years of World War II it built 1,163 modern technologically advanced submarines at its dockyards and even put them into operation.
Snowdens documents further confirm, this report says, the Tall Whites (Nordic) meetings in 1954 with US President Dwight D. Eisenhower where the secret regime currently ruling over America was established.Wait, so the Iranians are saying that the Russians are saying that Edward Snowden is saying that a bunch of racist aliens are the real puppetmasters?
I thought the Iranians and Russians blamed the J-O-Os for the "secret regime"?
I'm so confused.
But wait, there's more! Who is behind the NSA's electronic surveillance program? The aliens:
Most disturbingly, this FSB report warns, is that the Tall White agenda being implemented by the secret regime ruling the United States calls for the creation of a global electronic surveillance system meant to hide all true information about their presence here on earth as they enter into what one of Snowdens documents calls the final phase of their end plan for total assimilation and world rule.And who else do these racist aliens have on their side? The first black President, of course:
Most to be feared by Russian policy makers and authorities, this report concludes, is if those opposing the Tall White secret regime ruled over by Obama have themselves aligned with another alien-extraterrestrial power themselves.Ok, so Obama is aligned with one group of aliens, but then others are aligned with these other unnamed other aliens?
I think I've seen this story before.
Thanks to @intelwire
*An earlier version of this post erroneously titled it "Sunning Snowden". Call it a Freudian slip ... you know what was on my mind.


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Of course our efforts do not stop with this project. Since Shake It Up was established in 2011 we have committed over $1.1M to Australian Parkinson's research and whilst this is moving us closer to our goal we need to keep the momentum going. We need others to join our quest for better treatments and ultimately a cure and as one of our valued supporters we hope you continue to share our goals with your family, friends and colleagues.
- Finding biological markers (biomarkers) for Parkinson's is a critical step for achieving early diagnosis, monitoring disease progression and assessing more effective treatments.
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DC Comics Has 'Specific Plans' for New POWER GIRL
The Earth 2 Power Girl, Karen Starr, might have gone back home to her war-ravaged alternate earth in Worlds' Finest #26, but she — and the comic's writer, Paul Levitz — left behind quite a legacy on the main DCU Earth.
There's a new Power Girl on Prime Earth — a black teenager named Tanya Spears, who's one of the "most intelligent 17-year-olds on the planet." She's the daughter of Karen's assistant, Somya, who was killed several issues ago.
And according to our interview with Levitz, she's a character that DC wanted Levitz to create — and the editors have "specific plans" for her.
In Worlds' Finest, Tanya was instrumental in figuring out how to send Karen Starr back to Earth 2 along with her hero-ing partner, Huntress/Helena Wayne.
After the two left Prime Earth, Tanya discovered that she had super-strength and impenetrable skin, leading her to think her powers might be linked to the portal. But it wasn't the first time Tanya showed abilities — for example, when she met the villain Desaad previously, she was immune to his psychic effect.
Although the source of her powers are still a mystery, it's implied in Worlds' Finest #26 that she'll be the new Power Girl on Prime Earth. Toward the end of the issue, it was revealed that Karen Starr amended her will to actually bequeath the name "Power Girl" to Tanya.
Tanya will be showing up next in September's Worlds' Finest: Futures End #1, also written by Levitz (with art by his Legion of Super-Heroes collaborator, Yildiray Cinar). The teen is shown on the 3-D cover with Huntress.
Levitz told Newsarama in June that the story would tie into the weekly Futures End, which shows a "possible" future where Earth 2 heroes are prisoners on Prime Earth after a war involving both worlds. (And notably, Karen Starr Power Girl is not on the future version of September's Worlds' Finest cover, indicating she may not be around anymore in the Futures End timeline, replaced as Huntress' partner by the new Tanya Spears Power Girl.)
But… in the present of the DCU, where does this new Power Girl show up next?
It won't be Worlds' Finest, which is switching gears in October to tell stories from the past of Earth 2, when Huntress was that earth's Robin and Power Girl was Supergirl.
For now, Levitz isn't sharing any details about her future in the DCU — but we did talk to the writer about the new Power Girl's creation and how Karen knew to bequeath the name.
Newsarama: Paul, you may have moved the girls to Earth 2, but you left behind a legacy on the main DCU Earth. How long have you known that there'd be a new Power Girl when you finally got the girls home to Earth 2?
Paul Levitz: Dan [DiDio] and [editor] Mike [Cotton] asked for one a couple of months back, with some very specific details, and Tanya was brought on stage to order. They have some very specific plans for her.
Nrama: Tanya's not only black, but she's one of the "most intelligent 17-year-olds on the planet," according to your introduction of her. Were those elements of the character your design, and why did you choose those characteristics in particular? (She's also tall!!)
Levitz: Once the request was for a teenage Power Girl who was a young woman of color, I wanted to make her as distinctive as I could within the limited amount of time and space I had. I called around to a friend or two who shared some of the background, and also thought about some of the young women who I had met who were alums of my rather unusual high school.
Nrama: Did Karen know this was going to happen to Tanya? Her leaving the legacy of the name Power Girl implies she did…
Levitz: It does indeed. We'll see what future writers read into that.?
Nrama: For people who might not be familiar with Tanya, how would you describe her, and why do you think the name Power Girl fits her?
Levitz: Well, she's already a postdoc fellow at Starr Labs, which means she's about 9 years ahead on the educational pathway of where she "ought" to be, so she's a very bright lady. We haven't learned too much about her non-academic life (if she had time for any), so that'll be up to future writers to create.
Power Girl? Well, she's pretty strong and tough...we'll see what else there is to her. ?
Nrama: You keep referring to other writers, but Tanya's on the cover of Worlds' Finest: Future End. What role will we see Tanya playing in the September issue?
Levitz: Tanya shows up in the Futures End story, but explaining her role would require explaining the complex set up of the FE event, and that's outside my ambit.?
Nrama: You mentioned that DC has "specific" plans for the character. So will Tanya show up anytime soon in other DCU books after September?
Levitz: So I'm told.?
Nrama: Interesting. Well, since it sounds like we're on a "wait and see" basis for now, is there anything else you want to tell fans about Tanya Spears, now that you've introduced her into New 52 continuity?
Levitz: I hope she lasts as long as other characters I've helped introduce to the DCU. If anyone had told me Lucien would still be around 40 years later [thanks to his role in Neil Gaiman's Sandman], I'd have had them committed! Thanks, Neil!


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What's hot: Good multimedia features and great messaging experience. UMA Wi-Fi calling is a big plus on T-Mobile version.
What's not: Slow web surfing even with 3G.
Editor's note: the BlackBerry Bold 9700 is available on both T-Mobile and AT&T. For this review, we used the T-Mobile version of the phone.
Reviewed November 24, 2009 by Tong Zhang, Senior Editor
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 was a big success for RIM in both design and features, making it the BlackBerry smartphone to beat on GSM networks. The original Bold is a large phone, too big for some, and so the Bold 9700 is smaller and lighter. The Bold 9700 runs on the same 624 MHz Marvell processor, and has increased RAM to 256 megs but reduced ROM to 256 megs. The smartphone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, an upgrade from the 2 megepixel camera on the Bold 9000. Other upgrades include BlackBerry OS 5, Bluetooth v2.1 from v2.0 and added support for more video formats. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has a built-in GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with Wi-Fi calling via T-Mobile's UMA service. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a quad band GSM phone with 3G HSDPA on T-Mobile's US 3G bands.
For those who wanted a Bold but thought it was too large, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 provides the answer. The new Bold measures 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.56 inches and weighs 4.3 ounces. It's smaller, a bit thinner and a half ounce lighter than the original Bold. In fact, the Bold 9700 is smaller than the BlackBerry Tour and about the same size as the Curve 8900. Because the BlackBerry Bold 9700 is smaller than the Bold 9000, the screen size decreased from 2.6" to 2.44", but the screen resolution got bumped up a bit to 480 x 360 resolution. Though it's not a big reduction in screen size, somehow the Bold 9700 lost the deluxe feeling of the Bold 9000's large display. Another small sacrifice is that the 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard is less roomy than the one on the original Bold, but it has the same style keys as the Bold 9000 and good tactile feedback. The big change between the two Bold devices is the d-pad: the original Bold has a tried and true trackball control while the new Bold 9700 has a trackpad control that works like a small trackpad on a notebook. The trackpad is actually easy to learn, but traditional trackball fans with heavy finger touch might not dig the new control.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 lost the chrome buttons and the full leather-styled back that made the original Bold unique. What you do get on the new Bold 9700 are rugged-looking covered side buttons and a battery door where only a portion has a faux leather look. Good thing that RIM put "Bold" on the back between the camera and the flash, or the less trained eyes might mistake it with the Curve 8900. Nothing against the Curve 8900, we liked it, but the Bold 9000 had a distinctive look. The side buttons are standard BlackBerry set up including a 3.5mm stereo audio jack and the microSD card slot is under the battery but doesn't require removal of the battery for access.
Phone, Web and Messaging
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a quad band GSM world phone that works anywhere GSM service is available and it has T-Mobile 3G in the US. Like the original BlackBerry Bold, the Bold 9700 gets strong signal and has not dropped a call in our area where T-Mobile has good to excellent coverage. The Bold 9700 has nearly as good voice clarity as the original Bold (the original Bold is hard to beat) and has good volume on both incoming and outgoing ends. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 also supports UMA voice calling over Wi-Fi. Calls through Wi-Fi sounded clear and the hand-off between Wi-Fi and T-Mobile's GSM network during a call is seamless. Voice calls initiated on a Wi-Fi network will not count toward your T-Mobile minutes even if the phone switches to the T-Mobile network during the call.
Messaging is fast and smooth on the Bold 9700, as you'd expect from a BlackBerry smartphone. The OS 5.0 Bold 9700 has speedy push email; threaded text messages, PIN messaging and IM chat. You can access up to 10 email accounts with the BlackBerry, view and edit MS Office attachments with the included Docs To Go Suite, and manage calendar and appointments with Exchange services.
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The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is actually a great music phone thanks to the excellent sounding speaker that's clear and loud, onboard music player with album art, internal memory and a microSD card slot (supporting up to 32 gig cards) with 2 gig card included in the package. Music sounds clear and loud through the speakerphone and through the 3.5mm audio jack using a nice wired headset (the included wired headset had strong audio distortion). The Bold 9700 has a music player onboard that can play MP3, WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ files. BlackBerry Media Sync works with the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and it does make it easy to sync music with iTunes or Windows Media Player. You can sync the music to either the internal memory or a media card, and can use either a PC (for iTunes and Windows Media Player) or a Mac (for iTunes).
Video playback is decent though Bold 9000 users still have a bigger screen for video playback. RIM's video player can play DivX 4, DivX 5/6 (partially supported), XviD (partially supported), H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4, Sorenson Spark codec and On2 VP6 (Flash support) files. The screen looks bright for video playback on the Bold 9700 and audio sounds very good.
GPS and Navigation
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has built-in GPS and comes with BlackBerry Maps. The GPS has good performance with quick fixes and accurate positions. BlackBerry Maps is a free app that offers maps with zoom and pan, turn-by-turn on-screen directions, local search and sending locations via messaging, but doesn't have real time navigation or voice guidance. BlackBerry Maps is also integrated in core apps like the web browser and mail, which means you can launch the maps in these applications directly. Our 9700 was pre-provisioned for corporate use with BIS and didn't have Telenav GPS navigation services. RIM tells us that retail units will have Telenav.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. It's a spec upgrade but the photo quality doesn't bring any excitement. Still images taken with the Bold 9700 look murky even on a clear day with good outdoor lighting. Images don't have a lot of detail but colors look mostly balanced. Well-lit indoor shots actually look sharper than outdoor shots. The autofocus lens focuses quickly, and the phone can take pictures in three resolutions (2048 x 1536, 1024 x 768 and 480 x 360). It offers white balance, color effects, picture quality and geotagging options. The camera phone can also take video with audio at 480 x 360 and 176 x 144 resolutions. Videos look decent and the audio is mostly in sync with video.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has a rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell battery that's in the same capacity as the original Bold. The cryptographic lithium cell has a chip on the battery that ensures you're using a battery approved for your BlackBerry and that the battery door is properly closed. The claimed talk time on GSM or UMTS is 6 hours and the claimed standby is 15 days. Our battery tests showed that the talk time on our unit was about 5 hours and the standby time was about a week on T-Mobile 3G with Wi-Fi turned off.
The BlackBerry 9700 isn't an earth-shattering upgrade from the original Bold. But for T-Mobile customers it's an excellent upgrade since it's the first 3G 'Berry on T-Mobile as well as the first Bold. Fit and finish are Bold-level good, the keyboard is excellent (though not quite as good as the bigger Bold's) and call quality is excellent.
Pro: Good multimedia features and great messaging experience. UMA Wi-Fi calling is a big plus on T-Mobile version.
Con: Slow web surfing even with 3G.
Price: $199.99 with 2-year contract.
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Display: 480 x 360 pixel TFT 65k color LCD. Screen size diagonally: 2.44".
Battery: Rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell battery. Battery is user replaceable. 1500 mAh. Claimed GSM talk time: 6 hours, claimed UMTS talk time: 6 hours. Claimed GSM standby: 19 days, claimed UMTS standby time: 15 days.
Performance: 624 MHz Marvell processor. 256 megs RAM. 256 megs Flash ROM.
Size: 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.56 inches. Weight: 4.30 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band with UMTS. GSM on 1900/1800/900/850 MHz. UMTS on 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (Bands 1, 2, 5/6), 2100/1700/900 MHz (Bands 1, 4, 8). UMA Wi-Fi calling supported.
Camera: 3.2 MP camera with autofocus, a flash and 2x digital zoom. Image resolutions include 2048 x 1536, 1024 x 768 and 480 x 360 pixels. Camera comes with image stabilizer, white balance and color effect options. It can also shoot video in 480 x 360 and 176 x 144 resolutions.
Audio: Ringtones 32 polyphonic - MIDI, SP-MDI, MP3 and WAV. Built-in mic, speaker and a 3.5mm stereo audio jack. Music player onboard and can play music in 3GP, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB and Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ formats.
Networking: Bluetooth v2.1. Mono/Stereo Headset, Hands-free, Serial Port Profile, Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP) and Bluetooth SIM Access Profile supported. Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g.
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text: KIRKUS REVIEW No trace of stingy critical minimalism can be found in Ozick's heated new essay collection. Instead, this critic (Metaphor and Memory, 1989, etc.) draws on her resources as a novelist--characterization, irony, metaphor, narrative ingenuity--to attack or affirm other writers and traditions. The boon: goodbye to the rarefied professional concerns and language of the common academic reader. The farewell is liberating. Even when you disagree resoundingly with Ozick, her conviction is likely to indirectly aid and clarify your own by offering an exemplary force of feeling and depth of reason. For example, "Old Hand as Novice," a piece about the experience of a novelist as a fledgling playwright, is pumped with literary bravado, as though the craft of theater had little to teach a tyro ("real apprenticeship is ultimately always to the self"). Yet the sometime beginner offers insights into a play's structure that are likely to impress. ("A novel is like the physicist's premise of an expanding universe . . . a play is just the reverse"). Ozick's range is remarkable, from literary memoir ("Alfred Chester's Wig") to criticism (of Henry James, George Steiner, Isaac Babel) to cultural history ("Against Modernity," a scathing appraisal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters). Her vituperative zeal can be suspect, as in the brilliant piece on her onetime friend Chester, which insists, unconvincingly, that an old rivalry has passed. But the author's powers of evocation tend to amaze, despite some moments of excess ("coiled in the bottommost pit of every driven writer is an impersonator--protean, volatile, restless, and relentless"). Ozick reminds us of how few critics are writers in their own right. The protean self-portraiture suggested here is at least as interesting as Ozick's critical votes. Pub Date: May 3rd, 1996ISBN: 0-679-44690-7Page count: 304ppPublisher: KnopfReview Posted Online: May 20th, 2010Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1st, 1996


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I HAVE ONE THING LEFT TO GO, but it's the biggest! It's my prac workbook and it covers 6 different units, and most of it relates back to my prac (which I can't really remember!)
I'm also excited because next year I'm going back to finish off the Cert 3 and 4 units, I also get to do more prac, but this time in a proper childcare centre. One day a week for 20 weeks. 10 weeks with babies and 10 weeks with "big kids" ie 3-5year olds. I'm excited.
Anyway, onwards. Check out this video from Benjamin Cook.
It features pretty much every excellent youtuber in the UK, as well as a voice cameo from none other than NEIL freaking GAIMAN! I need to be Benjamin Cook.
And to make him even more awesome. He's the co-author of Doctor Who: The Writers Tale... and do you know who he co-wrote it with??? Russell T Davies! The book is pretty much just a collection of emails and text messages between Ben and RTD. The book is amazing, full of all sorts of information about Doctor Who, other RTD created series like Torchwood and Queer as Folk (UK Version). It's a pretty amazing book. I have The Final Chapter version which is a "nose crushing" 704 pages. I say "nose crushing" because, if like me, you read in bed and fall asleep and drop the book on your nose... it's a crusher!
Benjamin Cook is also amazing. I wish I could have his hair... (this picture is for all you lazy people who don't watch the video!)
Hoping to pick up my iPad Mini tomorrow. Depending on how much I get paid. I did work extra last week. I have a list of things to pay for this week and it equals about $400... so anything more than that and I can eat during the week :D
We will see. I will do an unboxing. Even though you have all seen them before and they're a little boring in photo form :D
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Alton Brown is coming to Octavia Books on October 19, 2011, to sign copies of the newest volume in the Good Eats series, Good Eats 3: The Later Years.
The cost of a ticket is the price of a copy of the book at Octavia. You trade the ticket for the book at the signing. Unfortunately, the store's website indicates that Alton will only be signing books purchased from the store. I bought my ticket yesterday, and it came to just over $40 with in-store pickup. Also, for those who want pictures with AB, keep in mind his no-camera-phone policy (third paragraph from the bottom) and bring a real camera.
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"Marth = Love?" by Whispers
Categories: Fire Emblem
Characters: None
Description: I'm dying to read a good Marthxreader, MarthxOC romance, and I hope people will respond to this! (Y'know, Marth from Fire Emblem/also appears in SSBM and SSBB)
-Marth is the main character along with either the reader/OC, as long as it's a female character, I'm good. No yaoi, please.
-Must have romance (duh xD) It could be cute, sweet, funny, fluff or serious romance. (a mix of these is perfectly fine, I'm fond of sweet yet a more serious romance, though.)
-Keep Marth IC, I don't know a lot about him myself, but try your best.
-No lemons, keep it PG/13.
-Can be a one shot or multi-chaptered. Minimum words is 1,000 but it's okay if you are a little under.
-MUST BE in third person view if you're using OC! (Ex: He/she said, Marth groaned, etc)
-Do not name the reader/give the reader an appearance, if you do reader insert.
-Doesn't matter if you write cliches (except for Mary-sue readers or OCs, I can't stand them...) or be more original, AS LONG AS YOU WRITE IT WELL it should make me happy.
-More points for adding stuff like...
*embarrassing/awkward moments (ex: dancing, tripping/stepping on partner's toes while dancing, almost seeing one of'em naked, etc)
*poison, *roses/wildflowers, *kissing, *forests, *cuddling, *big time blushing, *holding hands, *a fight, *keeping it in Marth's time and not all modern, *having the setting in the Winter/Fall, *building strong friendship, *and getting protective over each other. :D
-Try to make it flow together smoothly and not all fast, quick and look like you spent a few minutes on it.
And, I think that is all! I wonder who's up for the challenge......
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Venue: Blue Ridge Motion, Christiansburg
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2018
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Sports, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: $10.00
Blue Ridge Motion presents First Ever Obstacle Course Competition on Saturday, January 27, 2018.
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The New York Times Co.'s R&D Lab has shown off its concept of the "magic mirror" which uses Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing technology to read physical cues from its user, using voice recognition technology to detect verbal cues and uses the the Times' powerful APIs to serve up information on-demand
The mirror can can be used to browse Times headlines, or watch Times videos, while you're brushing your teeth. You can use it to schedule events on your personal calendar, or to shop online, or to exchange messages — from the classic "buy milk" on up — with other members of your household.
The idea is just a concept at present, but like Microsoft's Surface table is an extension of a natural user interface to non-traditional situations.
Read more at Niemanlabs here.
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This weekend I'll be at Crafty Wonderland with Kiss Me Kitty selling leggings, if you are local please stop by and say hello! It's a great place to get one of a kind gifts too.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Love keeps the cold out!
This weekend I'll be at Crafty Wonderland with Kiss Me Kitty selling leggings, if you are local please stop by and say hello! It's a great place to get one of a kind gifts too.
23 comments:
- Vix said...
That pink fake fur coat is just perfect on you and your hair makes me swoon! What a fabulous birthday you had and of course you were spoiled, we all love you!
Jon's very jealous of Cristi's cake, he wants one of his own when we get over there!
Love the print she gave you and that awesome tapestry.
Peetee and Ash are so cute but where's that naughty Zoe? Still in the dog house?
Love you! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- December 10, 2013 at 10:14 AM
- freckleface said...
Oh yeah, you deserved the best birthday ever Kristalicious! You look like pink heaven on earth. You have such a gorgeous figure and that dress shows it off verrrrrrry nicely. That cake! Ah. I want a piece! I always love your mermaid hair. I just said on Vix's blog, you two are our fairy tale heroines, she's a princess, you're a mermaid. Perfect.
Gorgeous stitched picture and print. You did well. Bambinos! I love that thing that cats do with their leg in the air and when they get caught with their little tongues out. So cute. xxxxxx
- December 10, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- thorne garnet said...
Cats! What fun they are.
Happy Birthday. That cake, I want some.
- December 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM
- Nerd Burger said...
The cake Cristi made looks fantastic. You guys are allways laughing and smiling together. You have no idea how happy these posts make me. Looks like you had a lovely birthday and your outfit was adorable.
- December 10, 2013 at 11:25 AM
- Sandra said...
I'm chuffed you have had a blooming wonderful birthday!your pink faux fur is fabulous and perfect on you, you gorgeous woman! and your gifts are all so wonderful, yes please for cake, I didn't even know a strawberry lemonade cake existed, I'm clearly living in the stone age haha! good luck this weekend, I bet you both will sell loads!!
- December 10, 2013 at 11:58 AM
- Sandra said...
I didn't put kisses gah! x x x x x x
- December 10, 2013 at 11:59 AM
- Tamera Wolfe said...
Mermaid curls, fab pink fur coat, adorable cake, wonderful goodies, PEETEE, and a cat licking their ass--what more can we ask for in a blog post!!!
Glad your birthday was full of fun and love!!
- December 10, 2013 at 12:54 PM
- Miss Magpie said...
I'm glad you had a great time and I am intrigued by the idea of a lemonade cake!
- December 10, 2013 at 1:17 PM
- PinkCheetahVintage said...
The hair, the cake, that print!!!!!!! EVERYTHING!!
- December 10, 2013 at 1:29 PM
- Ivy Black said...
Pink perfection darling! Your hair is wonderful and so is the cake. All fab. Glad you had a great time.xxxxxxxx
- December 10, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- Melanie said...
So much goodness over here! Happy pink everywhere, not the fake kind. Being showered with love really suits you. The cake, would it be rude to eat all the gummies off the top before the guests arrive?... I'm glad you had such a great birthday. I'm loving your pink faux fur.
- December 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM
- Hollie "Jet" Black-Ramsey said...
Ah it's all so wonderful! happy belated birthday to you my little ball of cutie pink fun!
- December 10, 2013 at 9:05 PM
- Trees said...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTA!! It looks like you had a fabulous pink birthday!! I love the photos of you and Cristi - your friendship is so awesome. As is that pink cake and print and EVERYTHING else in this post!
- December 10, 2013 at 10:15 PM
- Carina Rosenholm said...
Love the fur and everything else , looks great with your lovely hair , so nice to hear that you had a great b-day !
- December 10, 2013 at 11:46 PM
I love the fur and all your treats!! I hope you had a loverly birthday XOXO
- December 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM
- Helga! said...
Aha, pookie caught in the act!!!
O, I am so thrilled you had such a wonderful birthday filled with all the love and cake you deserve!!!
You look super snuggly; I just want to cosy on up to you!
Love the needlepoint and the darling print, such splendid treats!!
Love you to cuddly BITS! XXXXXXXX
- December 11, 2013 at 11:01 AM
- Tammy McGill said...
Cute birthday outfit! Can't wait for Saturday ;)
- December 11, 2013 at 12:28 PM
- Tammy McGill said...
Cute birthday outfit! Can't wait for Saturday ;)
- December 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM
- pastcaring said...
Strawberry lemonade cake? Ooh, now you're talking, delicious! Cristi is a friend from heaven, isn't she? Such lovely gifts from your loved ones - all cos they love YOU!
How amazing do you look in that hot pink dress, Krista? Very! Loving the corkscrew curls and the fur jacket. Cosy, but oh so sexy!
Peetee! Ash! Love! xxxxx
- December 12, 2013 at 3:12 AM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
What a lovely birthday you had! You look just gorgeous in your mermaid curls and curve-hugging fuschia dress.
Your sister gave you such a meaningful,original gift that no doubt will be cherished - what a wonderful idea! Kristi is such a good friend - the print is so "you", and strawberry lemonade cake??? You lucky girl! Every blog post should end with a gratuitious spread-eagled kitty shot ;)
- December 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Happy belated my sweet pink girl! Hugs and cocktails coming your way!
- December 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM
- Ulla-Marie Nilsson said...
Hug inviting coat-cat-dog-woman!
- December 15, 2013 at 2:44 AM
- Mary Lou said...
oh no sorry i forgot your birthday so happy happy belated birthday now;) your cake looks delicious and so do you;) beautiful gal! i love that dress, coat and beret! and what a cute kitty;)
love and kiss,mary
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I was saddened the other day to read that Lucien Freud had died. He was one of my favourite artists and one of those people who you knew you had on your side when you were trying to make an argument for the continuing validity of figurative art.
I didn't discover him in the way I originally discovered artists, which was being told by someone learned in art that this person was a great person to look at. No, around the nineties I was engaged in the regular practice of searching through the Sunday magazines and cutting out articles and images that I liked and collecting them in folders as both reference materials and inspiration. This was how I found Lucien Freud.
Without knowing much about him, and not knowing for definite but definitely suspecting the relationship to Sigmund, I fell in love with his artwork. There are some artists who paint in such a way that you feel like the subjects are germs in a petris dish under a microscope – there is a certain elevation of the artist over those lowly human beings that he paints; with Freud you feel the affinity that he has for his subjects … he is putting their humanity on display, but not in such a way that suggests a dissected cadaver on a mortician's slab, but a living breathing human being.
I recall all the controversy when he painted the queen and a load of stupid crap that was put across by the tabloids about how he couldn't paint and it made me want to punch someone in the face – Freud is an honest painter and I think that honesty rankled the people who wanted some PR version of the queen on display.
I bought a huge coffee table book of Freud and it was something that kickstarted a lot of thoughts in my imagination – you should be able to look at any painting and read some kind of story into it. Is a painting ever a straight read of a person? No, course not – they are filtered through the eye and mind of the painter who posed them and composed the piece and chose the medium and every single brushstroke that puts the picture together … so you get a commentary as well as a representation, and it is always interesting to see the balancing act the artist performs to give you the truth of the subject and their own truth as well without one overriding the other. Freud is a master at this – you know one of his paintings when you see it, but you can also see the character of the person painted coming out of the canvas too.
Hunt him down, plug his name into google and sit back and enjoy the works, and if you can, hunt down the documentary on him, which was, I think put out by the BBC.


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Conquer some of the most iconic Tour de France climbs, selected from the 1987 stage from Bourg-d'Oisans to La Plagne which is still considered one of the most exciting and toughest stages ever.
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Stage 1 will start with a climb up Alpe d'Huez after which riders will be seeded into pace groups based on their climbing ability. Riders can choose to ride the event on their own or join their suggested pace group. The Ride Captains will act as pace makers in radio contact with the support vehicles, so if you're wanting a more social and supported ride then this option is for you.
Each stage will be marked as a Strava section, as well as intermittent climbs marked with orange Strava flags. Riders can compare Strava times to other HotChillee Strava Group members.
There will be ample support cars, mechanics and medics roaming the route all in radio contact with the HotChillee Ride Captains who will be on hand to assist with any support, moral boosting, or a little push here and there. Water stations and carefully selected lunches will be arranged each day so all you have to focus on is peddling.
At the end of the day you can hand your bike to our mechanics (if there are any issues), otherwise head straight to our professional sports therapists based in the event hotels before sampling the excellent wines and regional cuisine. You will spend the first two nights in the picturesque alpine resort of Les deux Alpes before riding to the thermal town of La Léchère on stage 2 where your bags (and your bike box) will have been transferred for you. What could be easier!
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Sign On/Arrival
Thursday 22 June 2017
Stage 1: Time trial up Alpe d'huez, Les deux Alpes
Friday 23 June 2017
Stage 2 : Galibier, Telegraphe, Col de La Madeleine
Saturday 24 June 2017
Stage 3: Cormet de Roselend, La Plagne
Sunday 25 June 2017
Departure day
Wednesday 21 June (Sign On/Arrival day)
Transfer 1: 11:30 Geneva Airport to Les Deux Alpes
Transfer 2: 14:45 Geneva Airport to Les Deux Alpes
Journey time 2.5 hours. Please note these times when booking your flights. Rider are required to Sign On (at Les Deux Alpes) no later than 18:00.
Friday 23 June – Transfers day
Riders luggage and bike boxes will be transferred from the rider hotels in Les Deux Alpes to La Léchère. Your luggage will be waiting for you when you get off your bike and your bike box will be safely stored until after you finish the event.
Sunday 25 June (Departure day)
Transfer 1: 06:00 Léchère to Geneva airport
Transfer 2: 08:30 Léchère to Geneva airport
Transfer 3: 11:00 Léchère to Geneva airport
Journey time 2 hours. Please note these times when booking your flights.


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The three indicators used within the Elder Index are mainly the Bull Power, Bear Power and a 13 period exponential moving average. This trading technique was developed to trade the daily time frames and therefore my analysis will be constrained to this original application although applications on other time frames might also be viable. I will first talk to you about the mathematical definition of the power indicators and I will then give you some example and ideas for their usage.
The Bull and Bear Power indicators are merely a histogram display of some very simple mathematical calculations. The Bull Power indicator displays the difference between the high of a bar and the value of the 13 period exponential moving average while the Bear Power indicator shows the differences between the low and this same average. The idea of these indicators is to give you a hint of which faction – buyers or sellers – is able to pull price further away from the value which is regarded as a consensus (the average). A very low value of the Bear Index – for example – signals that on that bar sellers were able to push price well below the 13 period EMA.
There are certainly innumerable and very useful ways to use the information provided by the Elder Ray Index. The first and most important – at least in my opinion – is its ability to clearly show trending movements and retracement. Since within a trending movement a moving average tends to move in a certain direction due to momentarily but constant "pushes" into one direction against another, comparing the number of bars above and below zero for both Power indicators can give you an idea about the trend direction and the number of retracements. The above example on the USD/CAD perfectly shows this concept as a clear down trend is characterized by a larger number of Bear Power bars below zero and a lesser number of Bull Power bars above zero. It is clear then that these "pushes" against the consensus creates the trending movement.
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