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World Cup Group F Preview
There is no doubt that Group F will be a cracker. The Group consists of the World Champions Germany, Mexico, Sweden and South Korea. It has the making of a very special group with every team in it expecting to go through to the knockout stages. It is another one of those so called group of death scenarios were every point will be valuable. The Germans will be a tough nut to crack and there is no way they will want to relinquish their title without a huge effort. The other three teams will battle it out for that all so important second spot and this could make the games a lot tighter and more exciting.
The World Champions Germany will without a shadow of doubt not let anyone down when it comes to putting in a challenging performance in this tournament. They qualified as the only nation to do so with a 100% record, winning all of their games in the group. That group consisted of Northern Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Azerbaijan and San Marino. They go into the tournament not only as World Champions but Confederations Cup holders as well, having beaten Chile in last years final one nil. On their road to Russia they scored forty three goals and conceded only four, no matter who your opponents are that is some record. Their most decisive and clinical victory was an eight nil win away against San Marino with midfielder Serge Gnabry scoring a hat trick. The Germans will go a long way in this tournament as they always do and it is amazing how they can always get it right when it comes to the finals. Manager Joachim Lowe dropped a major bombshell when finalising his twenty three man squad by not picking Manchester City,s Leroy Sane and by doing so it sent out a clear signal that he only wanted players who are in form. Going into the tournament two players to look out for are Thomas Muller from Bayern Munich and Real Madrid,s Toni Kroos. Muller will get you a goal from anywhere and he is a product of the Bayern Munich academy and in the 2010 World Cup he won the golden boot. He was also part of the German side that won the cup in 2014, the first side from Europe to win it on South American soil. Toni Kroos was born in the former East Germany shortly before the famous wall fell and he made his name at Bayern Munich. He anchored the German midfield in Brazil 2014 and a lot of the analysts are of the opinion that without Toni in the German side they are not as effective. At club level he has won two Champions League,s with Madrid and also two FIFA World Club Cups. The Germans will be one to watch in Russia and a semi final place is a given if you look back at their history over the years in the competition.
Mexico have hosted the Finals twice in 1970 and 1986 but on both occasions failed to really produce any sort of a challenge to lift the trophy. In my opinion they are the one side that always promise so much and fail to deliver. They qualified for this years World Cup by winning the Concacaf group which included Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, USA and Trinidad and Tobago, they actually won it by five points and at no time did they look in any danger of not qualifying. Last year they reached the semi finals of the Confederations Cup and they will look to go one better this time around, although they have never gone past the quarter final stages in the finals and I can not see them doing it this time around either. Going into the tournament two players to look out for are Andres Guardado of Real Betis and Oribe Peralta of America FC, Guardado has won over 140 caps since making his debut in 2005 and has helped Mexico win the Concacaf Gold Cup twice. Peralta was part of the Olympic team that won the medal in 2012 beating Brazil in the final. His goal scoring record for Mexico is excellent when you think he has scored a goal in every other game. The Mexican squad will bring a lot of talented players to Russia but the one thing they will need to do well is have the ability to dig in and get a result, you do not always have to play sexy football to be a winner, something the Mexicans should have a long think about.
Sweden have a great record in the World Cup and have finished third on two separate occasions. They qualified for these finals by coming second in a group which included France, Netherlands, Bulgaria and Luxembourg, by finishing second they entered a play off against Italy and to a lot of people's suprise they beat the Italians one nil over the two legs. Jakob Johansson was the Swedish hero as he was the man who scored the winning goal in the home tie. The second leg was a real backs to the wall effort in the away tie in Milan but great defending got the job done. When the qualifying group for Russia was drawn the Swedes were very much outsiders especially given the fact that their superstar Zlatan had retired from International football. Manager Jan Olof Andersson took over the international reigns in 2016 when Sweden were eliminated in the first round of the European Championships in France. He has done the job he was brought in to do and getting through to the finals through the play offs was an excellent achievement. Two players to keep an eye out for during these finals are Hull City,s Seb Larsson and Krasnodar defender Andreas Granqvist two of the players who got this Swedish team to Russia. Larsson has been a mainstay in the Swedish midfield side since 2008 and that fact tells you he never lets his country down. Granqvist is the captain of the side and his heroics in Milan during the second leg of the play offs were the foundation that saw the Swedes qualify for the finals, he is a no nonsense defender who actually plays his club football in Russia and his experience there will be a great help as he advises his team mates on what to expect over the next couple of weeks.
South Korea are another nation who were involved in hosting the tournament when they co hosted in 2002 with Japan, a tournament that was possibly the best ever run competition. In 2002 they reached the semi final and were within a hairs breath of going all the way to the final, matching that achievement has been an uphill struggle since. They qualified for Russia by coming second in the Asia Round 3 Group A which also included Iran, Syria, Uzbekistan, China and Qatar. This is the ninth time they have qualified for the World Cup and it shows us how strong their game is, there are quite a few European teams who would love that record. Manager Shin who took over from former German international Uli Stielike has also played for his country and has scored three goals in 23 appearances. Two players to look out for during this tournament are Totenham,s Son Heung-Min and Lee Dong Hook who plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in South Korea. Son has been successful with all the clubs he has been with and his performances for Spurs last season were excellent. Lee is his countries top goal scorer with more than 30 goals in over 100 appearances. He is also top scorer in his domestic league and has had spells with Werder Bremen and Middlesborough in Europe. Korea will need a big effort to get out of this group and their games against Mexico and Sweden are going to be the matches they have to pick up the points from.
Germany v Mexico 17/6/2018
Sweden v South Korea 18/6/2018
Mexico v South Korea 23/6/2018
Germany v Sweden 23/6/2018
Mexico v Sweden 27/6/2018
South Korea v Germany 27/6/2018


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Here in the darkness of finals, not one, but two time-honored procrastinatory activities are available for you tonight. You can either catch Orgo Night for politically incorrect jokes in Butler, or nourish your all-nighter at Barnard's Midnight Breakfast — the theme this year is Electric Breakfast, which means that you have to do the electric slide if you want pancakes. Both events start at midnight (11 p.m. for Barnard freshmen and 11:30 p.m. for the rest of BC), so a tough choice awaits you.
Here's the final promo video for Orgo Night, coming soon to a 209 near you:
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Thank you SO MUCH for thit tutorial!!! I made my first skirt yesterday! My 4-year old loves her new Dora skirt!! It took me closer to an hour, but I know the time will get quicker with each skirt I make! Thank you!!
My girls wear a lot of skirts. They're easy to put on, comfortable to play in, and a great way to use up and show off small amounts of fabric that I really, really love. Add an inexpensive t-shirt from Target, and you've got outfits all week long. You probably even have all the supplies on hand:
Not only is this skirt super quick to put together, but it only requires less than a yard of fabric, making it a fantastic stash-buster. And since the measurements are fairly loose, it can be a fantastic gift item for all those birthdays and holidays. Nearly a perfect project, for any skill level! BONUS: As we go along, I've included additional instructions for those of you who'll be using a serger, or who've just gotten one and are wondering when and where to serge. Yippee!
Lay out a half yard of fabric. Prewashing is always strongly encouraged. Trim the length of the fabric based on the height of your child. Our girl is pretty average in height for a 3-year-old, so I cut this to 15″–the length I wanted the finished skirt to be (13″, long enough to end right at her kneecap) plus 1″ for the waistband and 1″ for the hem. (You can find a great guide to skirt lengths here–but do keep in mind the lengths on these charts don't include hem and waistband allowances, so add 2″-3″ to account for those.)
For sizes over 4T, I will suggest using two "panels" of fabric to give you more fullness in the skirt. To use a second panel, cut your fabric to length, then cut another piece of fabric the same size. Follow the instructions below for sewing, but make TWO seams–one on each side, connecting the two panels to one another–rather than a single seam at the back. Using this adjustment, you can make skirts all the way up to girls' size 12!
Remove your selvedges! Selvedges shrink at a different rate than the rest of your fabric, so even if you've prewashed, it's always wisest to either remove the selvedges or cut around them.
Fold fabric right sides together, matching raw edges along the former selvedges. Stitch a seam using your presser foot as a seam guide, giving you approximately a 1/4″ seam allowance.
Press your seam allowances open. You now have a tube of fabric with a single seam.
(If you're using a serger, rather than pressing your seam allowances open, serge the seam and press the serged seam allowance to one side.)
To create the casing for the waistband elastic, first fold over the upper edge about 1/4″ (but remember that the measurement is pretty flexible–just fold over a little bit, OK?). Press that in place at the iron.
Then fold over again, making a casing the same size as the elastic you'll use. In this example, I'm using 3/4″ elastic, so I folded over a teensy bit more than 3/4″ to give myself some wiggle room.
Stitch very close to the folded edge to create the casing, but leave an opening where the elastic will be inserted (skip past all the serger instructions for an image of that–it's three or four pictures down).
(If you're using a serger, you can skip all the folding and pressing. Just serge all the way around the upper edge of the tube, running back over the first stitches at the end and chaining off.)
(With a serged edge, fold over to a depth equal to the width of your elastic, plus a little–here, I've folded over an inch.)
(Stitch your casing down right on top of those serged stitches.)
When you get almost back to where you started stitching that casing down, leave an opening where you'll insert your elastic–it doesn't need to be huge, just about 1.5 fingers wide. Be sure to backtack on either end of this opening–you'll want it strong enough to withstand putting elastic in later.
At this point, I go ahead and stitch the hem. I think it's a ton easier to do it here than to do it after the elastic has been installed and the skirt is all gathered up. Create the hem almost identically to the casing for the waistband: start by folding over 1/4″ on the lower edge of the tube you've created, opposite the casing you've made for the elastic.
Then fold another 3/4″ to create a 1″ hem. Press in place, nice and crisp. (Now, I should point out that you can totally create the hem on the serger the exact same way you did the waistband: serge the edge, then stitch over the serged stitches on your machine. But I think the folded-and-stitched edge on the inside of the hem looks nicer, don't you? Choose the one you prefer, and go with that.) Because this skirt is technically a dirndl–a large rectangle of fabric that has been gathered to a waistband–there are no curves at the lower edge, which makes it easy to form a hem as deep as you'd like. If you want to build in some growing room, simply add more length when cutting, and then fold up 2″-3″ for a deeper hem that can be let out later.
Stitch super close to the folded edge.
When you get back to where you started, stitch right back over where you began and backtack. Your hem is done! Easy, huh?
OK, now we put in the waistband elastic. First, cut a length of elastic the same measurement as your child's waistline. This gives you an extra inch for overlap when we stitch it closed, plus just the right amount of stretch (without squeezing little tummies). Again, this chart gives you some great measurements for when you don't have a convenient child near-by to measure.
Find the biggest safety pin you have. Most times, I use a diaper pin, but today I found a giant gold-toned one in the pin cushion–no idea where that came from, but gift horses, right?
Place the safety pin into the opening you left when you stitched the casing.
Pull the pin through, and the elastic will follow behind.
Push the safety pin along, allowing the casing fabric to bunch up as you go. (Note to self: get a manicure!)
Once you've got a big ol' bubble of fabric bunched up behind the pin, pull it on out, holding the pin in place by pinching it through the fabric. Keep going all the way around the casing–your goal is to bring the pin out the other side, and drag the elastic with it.
Try this little trick: to prevent the other end of the elastic from being sucked into the casing, as well, use a second (smaller) safety pin to anchor it to the seam on the outside of the casing.
Eventually, your safety pin will come out the other side of the opening in the casing. Jubilee!
Pull out enough elastic on either end to work with it. Overlap the two ends by about 1″ and pinch them together.
Stitch the two ends together forward and backward, about 3-4 times to get a good anchor going. You'll want it strong!
Once the two ends are secure, you'll have a loop of elastic outside the opening in the casing.
Pull the loop to the inside of the casing.
Stitch the opening closed, just that one little bit. Trim all your threads, both here and at the hem.
I like to add one final step: I stitch through the elastic at the side seams to prevent it from shifting and rolling over. I really, really hate it when the elastic gets all twisted inside the casing, mostly because it's super uncomfortable. In this skirt, with its one seam, I make that one seam a side seam, and stitch forward and backward through the elastic there, 3-4 times, just like when I joined the elastic ends. I do the same thing at the other side, directly across from the seam, after I've stretched the skirt out and evenly distributed the volume of the gathers. Perfect, no-shifting waistband!
And this, 20 minutes later, is the finished product.
A sweet, simple skirt that is totally adaptable and embellishable (if that's a word). Imagine it with pockets, or rick rack, or a contrast hem! So easy, so quick. Now, before you get all, "Sure, 20 minutes for you, but not for me!" I'll grant it might not take 20 minutes the first time. But so many things in sewing are like a parabola: they get closer and closer to zero each time you do them (but never reach it). So maybe the very first time you do this it takes an hour. But the next time? It'll take half that. And the next time, you'll shave off a few more minutes, and on and on. It'll never happen instantly, but the more you do it, the more quickly you'll get it done. I believe in you!
Now get on out there, and do some dancing!
Thank you SO MUCH for thit tutorial!!! I made my first skirt yesterday! My 4-year old loves her new Dora skirt!! It took me closer to an hour, but I know the time will get quicker with each skirt I make! Thank you!!
Thanks for posting pictures! I've got my fabric in the wash right now!! I'm excited to get going on the skirt. I'll be making alot, since my daughter LIVES in skirts 🙂
hi deobrah, hope you're doing well. thank you SO SO much for your blog and this sweet tutorial! it was perfect for a little confidence boost with a giddy smile from my niece to boot!
Hi Deborah!
LOVE IT! I added you to our link luv roundup today!
Thanks for a great refashion!
Thanks so much, ladies! It's so great to have an easy pattern in your back pocket you can crank out at a moment's notice, isn't it? I'm delighted you all enjoyed it, and would love to see everyone's creations!
Hi Deb!
This is Jennifer, Jamie R's friend. I read through your skirt tutorial and at first I thought that there was no way that I could do it. I haven't touched a sewing machine in 3 years, but during a bout of insomnia last night, I came across your website and was inspired to get reaquainted with the old dusty machine. By the time I woke up this morning I had decided that I would try to make the skirt.
I made it for my 16 month old daughter (I have NEVER made a piece of clothing before). It only took about an hour. What a sense of satisfaction, confidence, and beauty this skirt has brought into my life – and my family's life.
It is SOOO adorable…I'm going to make one for my niece and make one for a friends daughter. Thank you so, so much for this tutorial. I hope you have more easy sew tutorials like this one because I don't know what to do next!!! The pictures for the tutorial were awesome and I just can't thank you enough!!!
🙂 Jennifer
Thanks for the super-easy and quick project. I need to make something for a friend's daughter and I think this would be perfect! I have way to much fabric but when I reduce I will be sure to check out your shop. I live in Atlanta and I have checked out your etsy shop to drool over the fabric. I think I would lose my mind if I entered your bricks and mortar.
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It's so cute! Thank u so much for the tuto!
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I just made one in a cute yellow print with orange dragonflies all over it! I did have one question tho. How wide should the fabric be? I did what a different site suggested of messuring the waist and multiplying that by 1.5. So it turned out really cute but i was wondering if you made it wider?
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WOW!! This is WONDERFUL!! [Where have you been all my life??]
Many, many thanks!
Sometimes simple is inspiring and in this case it was so that! In 20 min I now have the cutesy little skirt for my 13 month old. I even out lace and ribbon on the hem and that added such a cute touch. Thanks for the great tutorial and the inspiration.
I wish I had read thru the comments before I started. I was thinking, "a half yard? That's 18" and I proceeded from there to make a very narrow hemmed tube. Thank goodness I stopped before actually putting the elastic in. DUH lol
Thank you for sharing this wonderful step by step tutorial. I am going to be trying this out tonight!
Completed my 1st skirt yesterday but… like Francine, I used half a yard of fabric for the width, and my skirt is too narrow for my 3 year old 🙁
In any case, I am very proud of my little piece of work!
It must be bc I am foreign and metric 🙂
I'll try again as soon as I get some nice fabric !
Wow this is such a wonderful skirt and thank you for the great words of encouragement! Very well done!! 🙂 🙂 I'm excited to try my first one! xo Holly
just enquiry.. what fabric did you use, its so adorable!
Any instruction on how to add the contract hem by chance? 🙂 Please. I just bought my first sewing machine and finally got it threaded. Now I want to whip up one of these simple skirts, but w/contrasting hem. Thanks soooooo much!!!
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Wow – best sewing tutorial ever for a beginner sewer like me who usually struggles to follow this kind of thing! It actually did only take me 20-30 minutes. My daughter's skirt turned out beautifully… Now I just hope I got the measurements right! Thank you! 🙂
An excellent tutorial. Just the motivation I need to get out my sewing machine and make something for my almost 5 yr old.
I tried a summer dress twice and buggered both of them terribly. I hope third time's a charm.
I like your attention to detail and the clear photographs. God bless and wish me luck.
Love from India.
I made this skirt for my tall seven-year-old daughter last night and it was the first-ever piece of clothing I've made. It turned out great and I had no problems following the instructions. Probably would have taken me 20-30 minutes if I hadn't spent so long ironing, measuring and cutting in an effort to get it just right! The two seams at either side worked well. I added a little ribbon trim near the bottom edge of the skirt too, which really finished it off. I love how adaptable the instructions are. It's a really good template for developing in future. I really wanted to say thank you for giving me the confidence to try something more difficult next time, and tell you that I've passed this link onto a couple of my new-to-sewing friends so they can try it out too. Thank you!
I sell some skirts on etsy very similar to this. In case you don't have the supplies but still want a cute skirt!
Thank you for a easy-to-follow tutorial. As a beginner, I'm grateful for clear instructions that don't make me feel like I'm being patronized. I appreciate the generosity of your knowledge.
Thank you for the easy to follow directions. I sewed for years but somehow in the last 20 years I've just do hems and mending. Alas, granddaughters changed all of that and I loved the simple pattern – and it took 2!0 minutes!
LOVE the fabric!!
thanks for the great tutorial! I just whipped up 2 for my niece for Christmas who loves wearing skirts!
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Wow! So simple and sweet! Thank you…going to make one for my little granddaughter! She's gonna love it! I love it when little girls wear skirts and learn to sit nicely in them too! hugs!
Thanks for this great tutorial with pictures! Next week, my birthday present to my friend's daughter is helping her sew her first skirt. Breanna is turning 11 and will come fabric shopping in my stash. This will be a great first skirt for her.
Thank you. Great refresher. Got to make for my grand niece! Appreciate your enthusiasm, confidence, and expertise.
thank you so much, my 3 yr old grandaughter wants a 'long' skirt and I did not want it to have too much material for her to get her feet caught in it. this is a brilliant pattern, thank you


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The latest edition of Trading Bits and Bytes focuses on the upcoming WASDE report and the Chinese trade issues.
Jeff Peterson of Heartland Farm Partners joins Susan Littlefield to discuss current factors influencing the corn and soybean markets.
Topics include:
- World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
- Trade Resolution with China
- Overall Demand for Corn and Soybeans
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This is our journey of discovering the joy of cooking…together!
Instead of a New Year's resolution for the 2018 year, I asked my chef husband to be my tutor/mentor/sage (not the herb), teaching me his tips, tricks and wisdom in the culinary department. I figured that after over a decade together, our baker's dozen year should be a fun journey of cooking.
My husband has been in the food service business since, well, forever (40-ish years). When it comes to the restaurant life, I was always more comfortable in the Back Office and sometimes Front of the House, but never really ventured into the professional kitchen. I had obtained a few skills over the years by observing my husband and then experimenting here and there at home. But fiddling around the kitchen as a novice was no longer enough for me. I had been learning to coordinate the school lunch program for my son's school and I was ready to learn more and see food from a chef's perspective. And so began Culinarily Yours on January 1, 2018 as a blog to track my accomplishments.
Now I am taking my apprenticeship to the next level as his sous chef as we take on catering locally and vlogging internationally.
This is our journey, one of chef and wife. It may end up being more than a Hundred-Foot Journey, or possibly an adventure that rivals Julie and Julia, but in the end we pray it's one that teaches us the joy of cooking…together.
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The Office of Distance Learning will continually develop training materials and curate resources to meet the demand and need for competencies related to online teaching and course development associated with the use of tools, technology, and content management. The ODL provides faculty with access to instructional designers, multimedia tools, video recording and editing support, technology training, and external resources that support best practice in online pedagogy and andragogy.
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Randomized Evaluation of Ten Allergy Skin Prick Test Devices
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- Sensitivity [ Time Frame: 15 minutes ]Sensitivity is calculated by dividing the true positive wheals divided by true positives plus false negatives and multiplying by 100. For example one false negative out of 24 tests equals a sensitivity of 95.8%.
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Being Real First Mix Acoustic Jazz
Dec 13th, 2017 by dannyhauger
I've really spread the genre spectrum this year a lot further at Danny Hauger Podcasts. I reached my goal of releasing a free song each week! Thanks for your continued support here and on my YouTube Channel: Danny Hauger - this is the 60th free song of 2017, and it makes me proud and something to feel happy about in 2017. I enjoyed this year musically and this acoustic jazz attempt really hit home for me as well in the fun category. I hope you enjoy downloading and sharing it! An early acoustic Christmas present from Danny Hauger Podcasts. Its the first jazz style song I can remember this year, and I enjoyed each chord strike. I hope you will too.
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It had its troubles too.
I didn't focus on the negative
Just want to hang out with you.
Lets skate over her house.
And lets grab some food, I want to talk to her.
I want to tell you, this is how I feel.
I want to tell you, this is me being real.
When I look at her,
Effervescence personified.
I hear music in my ears,
And it sounds just fine.
But now she's got me all discombobulated,
And I'm struggling to keep it under,
But her I see her curls go dancing by,
Its like my mind has been taken by thunder.
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I want to tell you, this is me being real.
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Famille Quiot (Châteauneuf-du-Pape/France)
Famille Quiot, headed by Jérôme Quiot, is a historic winemaking family in Châteauneuf -du-Papé, producing wines from four estates in southern France: Domaine du Vieux Lazaret, Domaine Houchart, Château du Trignon, and Domaine Duclaux. Jérôme is the 13th generation of Quiot winemakers. The family's winemaking history dates back to 1784 when Antoine Quiot acquired a few hectares of vines in Châteauneuf -du-Papé (Domaine du Vieux Lazaret, which today consists of 110 hectares).
Famille Quiot wines are friendly and approachable wines, fruit forward and modern. They are generous and mouth filling, round and concentrated with flavour and varying degrees of complexity. Jérôme vinifies his wines using concrete vats and judicious amounts of oak foudres for aging. The wines are not only enjoyable to drink but are extremely food friendly.


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(pp.21-37) E. Hamad and L. Arthur 'Entrepreneurship in SMEs through business incubators in UAE', IJIKMMENA, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013
Emhamad Hamad and Leslie Arthur, Nottingham Trent University, UK Purpose: This research aimed to determine whether the economic conditions for business strategy in the Arab World are favourable to a programme of business incubation and to suggest directions on the best


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Joshua AminovNew Jersey Campus Correspondent
Joshua Aminov is a New Jersey Campus Correspondent, and reports on liberal bias and abuse for Campus Reform. He studies accounting and political science at Rider University, where he is the President and Co-Founder of his school's Turning Point USA chapter. He is also a Gold Member for PragerFORCE.


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Union League Cafe
Lassen Sie liefern
An exceptional experience. Great room, excellent food and service.
We loved the experience here and will return to try other menu items as the 3 course $79 special was amazing. The service is unmatched, the food delicious, and a historic building with a wonderful history also adds to the zest of the
Union League Cafe. Everyone must dine here to experience what a really superior restaurant is like.
Excellent food and service. Fabulous drinks and wine list.
We celebrated Renee's 60th birthday at ULC. As usual the staff was superbly accommodating and professional. The food and drinks are second to none in New Haven, and I should say the entire state of CT. The ambience is lovely! We have always enjoyed our experience at Union League and would highly recommend it to anyone seeking a top notch dining experience. Tutti Bravi to the entire staff!
Dinner at Union League is always outstanding ... food, service, atmosphere
A quiet tuesday night near the fireplace was the occasion of our 50th anniversary of meeting in New Haven. We wanted a special, memorable meal with impeccable, warm service, and found just what we'd hoped. Wild boar osso bucco with scrumptious polenta and duck a l'orange--dishes we can't get where we live.
Salmon and scallop dish was amazing. Also there is a gluten free chocolate dessert that was just perfect.
First came to UL in 2013 and continue to visit. Food is always amazing but we also love Dennis who we will request every time. Recently we brought 2 friends for a birthday and they loved it as well.
This was a colleague's work anniversary. The anniversary chocolates you provided were a wonderful surprise. Thank you!
As always an incredible experience!
Took clients to a holiday lunch. Excellent service, very good food & good for conversation. I hate loud restaurants - this was perfect
Excellent food and ambiance and was a nice compliment that the waiter knew the history of the location and the story behind the unique painted window scenes.
Great job, once again, folks. We have not been there for New Year's Eve for a few years, and was glad to see that Union League still is at the top of the list for special occasions. It was a little loud, as we were two tables over from the band. But the food and service more than overcame that inconvenience.
Phenomenal meal as always. Great service. Pairings made this NYE Dinner one to remember.
The "Frenchness" of the ambience and service was a pleasant surprise to the European visitors after the intial delight at the menu. Generally outstanding except for being rather noisy in the main dining room. Very attentive wait staff. Super wine list.
First time visitors will be returning.
The food is simply wonderful as is the service. Despite how elegant the restaurant is, the staff is very conscientious to never make you feel out of place, if you are not terribly knowledgeable. I highly recommend the pate en croute!
As usual a great experience
Such civility. It is just outstanding in every way. The food, servcie and atmosphere - it just delivers on all counts.
Always fabulous ambiance!! The Union League is a landmark restaurant in New Haven not to be missed.
Wonderful atmosphere, very attentive service. Can't say it was the best meal I've had out, however it's a special and lovely place. Will return
This is one of the finest fine dinning restaurants in the heart of New Haven next to Yale.
Owners and service is excellent and numerous French and other options to enjoy.
Lovely atmosphere and terrific for special occasions like anniversaries and holidays as well as business lunch or dinner..
Excellent spot. Service was perfect, tables amply spaced to have a private conversation but close enough to feel like a bistro/cafe. Lovely and lively room. Food was very good - could have been seasoned just a touch more but otherwise delicious. Definitely will return.
Celebrating our son's 25th bday. Food and service phenomenal! Dennis, our server, was on point and full of fun facts ! Thank you to all for making our evening a memorable one!
We had a lovely meal with great service. Everything was wonderful, and the restaurant was decorated so beautifully for Christmas.
My husband and I had dinner here with my sister. Everything was top notch. The service and food was outstanding. Would definitely recommend this place for special occasions. It is also reasonably priced.
We loved it!! It was a surprise evening for me because I hadn't felt well. So he proceeds to take me to a movie and then we end up at this lovely, upscale restaurant for dinner!! I was the only one concerned that I wasn't dressed up! We were brought to an intimate, quiet spot where we had the most delicious cocktails made to order! Our waiter was so professional and gracious and warm!
I ordered the prixe fix meal and my husband had duck and escargot, so delicious. I had Dover sole and I'll be dreaming of it for a long time!
We will return!
Had a lovely holiday lunch at Union League. Our server was great, super friendly and attentive but not hovering. Bloody Mary is the best around. Shared a salad and the croque monsieur which our server kindly had the kitchen split for us. We look forward to returning in the new year!
I have been to the Union League Cafe many times and my last visit was three days ago for lunch. Services was professional and friendly, Brett. My fiend is gluten intolerant and the waiter confirmed that her choice of food had no gluten plus he brought her gluten free bread. Food was great and our wine was really good. What else can I say. Oh, yes, the Christmas decorations were really nice. Cannot wait to go back again.
So historical, so perfect. Caviar, Superior service, Delicious food...can't wait to go back!
It was a wonderful holiday lunch. Enjoyed the ambiance and the food was great.
The restaurant is beautiful and the food is consistently good/outstanding and the service is excellent.
Union League did a wonderful job accommodating my dietary restrictions (gluten-free for celiac). Would highly recommend.
Wonderful birthday lunch. All the staff were kind and helpful.
My wife and I went to Union League Cafe to celebrate her birthday. We were delighted with the menu and overall quality of the experience! The evening began with an extensive and great cocktail. The kitchen split our first course into separate plates, which was a nice touch. If you are into wines, there are so many from which to choose. The menu features a lot of French wines, naturally. The main course was outstanding as well. I ordered the sea bass over spaghetti squash and brussell sprouts with a red wine reduction. She had the mushroom risotto. We switched plates halfway through because we both wanted to each plate. For dessert, the restaurant took it an extra step and spelled out "Happy Birthday" and my wife's name in chocolate with a candle on the side. That was a very classy and great touch to a wonderful evening.
Thank you for a wonderful dinner. The beef and the green beans were delicious.
We interacted with two people. The Maitre d , Mr Stewart, and the waiter.
Both were professional, calm and attentive without being solicitous.
We enjoyed out evening. Mr. Stewart made the suggestion that we return for lunch. This is something I have never considered. But having put the idea in my head, I plan to return in February and take a dear friend to the Union League for dinner.
Thank you.
Jane Lewis
We have patronized Union League Café for many years. Most recent visit was for our 50th anniversary which happened to be on a very busy December Saturday night. We had a good time but there were a number of shortcomings. Service was unacceptably slow, polite and competent but not very personal. Being busy is not an excuse: have more staff on hand. The duck confit was excellent but unimaginative. My lobster was seriously undercooked but it took so long to tell anyone I just brought that part home to cook a bit more myself for lunch next day. Despite mentioning on my Open Table reservation that this was our 50th, no one ever mentioned it. Ordinary table, nothing special, zero fuss. This place is very expensive, which is fine, but for the price I would expect a lot more. I think they have definitely slipped a notch, both in service and in the food. The noise is horrendous and conversation leaves one hoarse the next day from shouting. Being one of the most expensive places in New Haven does not mean this is one of the very best places. Nowadays there are many other options.
Fantastic as always! The sole was OUTSTANDING! So delicious!
One of my all-time favorites. Wouldn't think of being in New Haven without a dinner at Union League Cafe.
Enjoyed everything and will go back. We drove an hour to get there and will do it again!
The food was delicious. The service, merely fair (brought my drink after my appetizer and showed impatience when I asked about it. Bumped my friend's head with the tray. Somewhat brusque in attitude). The sad thing was the noise. We were three sets of friends getting together once a year and wanted to spend the time catching up. So, while the food was top notch, the experience was frustrating. I'd go either early or late to eat a delicious meal and possibly avoid the noise.
Union League Cafe bietet Takeaways an, die Sie telefonisch beim Restaurant bestellen können: (203) 562-4299
Union League Cafe wird von 2152 OpenTable‑Gästen mit 4.6 Sternen bewertet.
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I Wish Someone Had Told Me… How to Stay Motivated After Work
I don't know about you – but staying motivated after work is hard to do. Starting off the morning I had such big hopes for my day and expectations. However, the day usually ends with crappy TV shows and mindless eating! Come the end of the day – I feel like I've accomplished nothing. (Sometimes it doesn't even matter how much I've crossed off of my list. I always feel like it's not enough… Anyone else feel like that?)
If you struggle with motivation after work – you're not alone. When it comes to my evening time management skills – I often suck.
Sooooo, after doing some research I found various tips could help.
1. Make yourself work on your projects for just 10 minutes. Theory says schedule 10 minutes and take that time to really focus on what you're doing. Whether you want to read a book, work on a blog, apply for jobs or workout- just get started with 10 minutes. After 10 – you can decide to continue or call it quits for the day. If 10 minutes seems to long bump it down to a few. Hell start with 2 minutes and see how it goes! Any minutes are better than no minutes.
2. Think about your project before you leave work. Have your projects scheduled and start thinking about them before heading home. Think what you're going to accomplish in your 10 minutes and crank it out. Set a reminder in your phone and get excited when it goes off.
3. Work in the morning. This one is really difficult for me. I've tried it multiple times but my desire to be unconscious always wins. However, I hope it works for you!
4. Forgiveness. All self-help advice says the same thing "be easy on yourself." There's no use in beating yourself up. It doesn't help motivate you to be more productive – it slows you down with self-hate and distracting thoughts. Instead, show yourself some love and take the pressure off of yourself. Also, rephrase in your head "I can't" statements with "I'm struggling with _____."
5. Think of it as an investment. Instead of thinking about how drained you already are and how drained working more will make you – think of the projects as an investment in yourself. Just like an investment into your bank account – an investment into your brain, your future and your health are just as important. Applying for jobs suck – but investing in your future potential career is a hell of a lot better sounding!
As you can see, I've excluded the "drink coffee" or "find caffeine" advice. I don't like the idea of needing caffeine in order to stay motivated. The last thing I want to do is come away from a project with an addiction. I've heard cocaine is also a nice stimulant but the same thought process applies.
One last thing, if you're into structure and want to see your day/week/month planned out – I highly recommend Passion Planners. I stumbled across the product last year and it has been super helpful at keeping me organized. My brain was jumbled with all of the ideas, events and projects I had going on. Getting everything out on paper helped me organize my evening time better. Plus, they come in cute designs and have an awesome back story to how the company was started! Very relatable. Check em out!
Soon I will be as motivated and as successful as Pearl!
Thanks girl!


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My parents registered my name as Marya Salomee Sklodowska I was their fifth child, of five, born at the Freta Boarding School The apartment was part of my mother's salary, as the Principal We lived in Warsaw, Poland, at that time occupied by the Russians My mother, a musician, and father, a mathematician, were patriots Despite this, we had to take in boarders to pay the bills Father had lost his job as a teacher Living in humble circumstances, we wanted our freedom For me, it came by way of science An unusual activity for a girl in those days My cousin, Jozef Boguski, encouraged my interest in science He was the Director of the Warsaw Museum and I did experiments there However, in Poland, access to university education in science was limited There were no places for females There was an underground 'Floating University' The name given to a network of people who taught each other We moved from one house to another and shared our knowledge To progress, it was necessary to go to another country My sister, Bronia, had left to study in Paris To assist her, I worked as a governess and sent her some money First with a lawyer's family in Kraków, then for two years in Ciechanów There, I fell in love with Kazimierz Zorawski, the son of a relative We wanted to marry, but his family disapproved, as I was poor So, I moved to Sopot, in the north of Poland For a year, I was governess to the Fuchs family Working by day, studying by night and living on the minimum In the meantime, my sister married and invited me to Paris At the age of 25, I went to live with her before renting a garret © Dr Charles J Margerison - The Amazing People Club 30 Amazing Women Marie Curie © Dr Charles J Margerison - The Amazing People Club 31 Amazing Women Eventually, I gained entrance to Sorbonne University It was the start of my advanced studies in science Studying during the day, tutoring in the evening Qualifying in Mathematics during 1894 Later working at the Lippman Institute Hard work in an unfamiliar country Trying to understand in a foreign language Living in poor conditions Yet, determined to succeed Crystallography and magnetism were my initial interests I was also drawn by the magnetism of a quiet, rather shy, tutor Pierre Curie was his name He encouraged me to study the energy in iron ore It meant trying to isolate radioactive substances To do so required toiling over a giant vat of molten iron ore Hard work in a shed or the open air Little did I know that was a blessing The substances in the vat gave off a poisonous gas Through our interest in science, we talked about research The more we talked, the more I liked Pierre A chemistry of a different kind from that of our research A union of hearts, not just heads Before long, we were engaged and married in 1895 Pierre was 36 years of age and I was 28 It was also the start of a scientific partnership Happiness, after years in the wilderness of lonely endeavour Within a short time, I realised that I was pregnant Our daughter, Irene, was born in 1897 That was the year I gained my Physics Doctorate Head and heart, science and family, tout ensemble We had the energy and ideas to pursue science into new areas Working in what a colleague described as 'a stable or potato cellar' The temperature in winter fell below zero We searched for the frontier of radioactivity Others were doing the same In 1896, Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity Our studies built on this through interesting applications 'Pitchblende' does not sound too exciting © Dr Charles J Margerison - The Amazing People Club 32 Amazing Women But, working with it, I saw the future Radium and polonium were detected in 1898 The latter was named by me after Poland Magic material, but what could we do with it?
In 1841, I proposed the Female Immigrant's Home Governor Gipps and his wife gave their support Despite opposition from others, we pressed ahead I gained access to some old barracks It provided shelter for 96 girls supported by public subscription We ran the only free employment agency in Sydney Gaining jobs for the girls was how I made space for newcomers On my white horse, called Captain, I rode around asking for support Visits to the bush enabled me to find places of work for my girls Within a year, I was able to close the home for girls As new people arrived, I was able to place them into work Robert Towns gave me land to settle 23 families However, an application to the Government for more land was rejected During the 1840s, I was able to help about 14,000 people More needed to be done Political reform was required to improve conditions for immigrants © Dr Charles J Margerison - The Amazing People Club 26 Amazing Women Therefore, in 1846, I set sail for London with my husband Power over the Sydney colony resided 10,000 miles away On our long voyage, I had time to reflect Convict ships had ceased, and more free settlers were arriving Therefore, it was important to assist them They were the future of the great land 'downunder' On arrival, I met with politicians They arranged for me to meet influential people In speeches to the House of Lord's Committee, I outlined the issues Some improvements were made to encourage family emigration That was better than individuals roaming the streets of Sydney Also, help needed to be given to young immigrants Particularly young women, some of whom turned to prostitution In 1849, the Family Colonisation Loan Society was established Charles Dickens gave me his support and promoted its work A ship owner, W.
After the funeral, Patsy, the Master's daughter came to see me She was the only person who really knew my secret Her sister, Mary, had died in 1804, aged 26 Patsy had been in France, albeit at a convent school She understood the relationship between me and her father Particularly when we returned to the plantation © Dr Charles J Margerison - The Amazing People Club 58 Amazing Women Especially, when I became pregnant Occasionally, she would say something in French We shared a special bond between us A secret way of communicating important things However, we never talked about my relationship That was only a matter for me and the Master At our meeting, Patsy had tears in her eyes 'My father asked me to give you your time,' she said She handed me a letter written by the Master It was a form of retirement for slaves The letter allowed me to continue living in Virginia So, it was that I moved to a house in Charlottesville Once again, the Master had made the arrangements I had plenty of time to reflect and remember My life as a slave on a plantation and as a lady in Paris Learning how to speak French, plus read and write A sparkling time, meeting royalty and the nobility Returning to Virginia to be a slave mother The mother of the President's children An amazing life with an amazing man.


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I have time, a lot of time. So, I wanted to give you more information for the circumstances leading me to going to the hole. But first let me tell you a little bit about how BOP assigns inmates to facilities. BOP reserves the right to decide which prison an inmate is placed. However, the presiding judge in the case can make a recommendation. BOP decides whether to accept the recommendation, or not. They will consider the length of the sentence, available space at different facilities, and the inmate's security threat.
In order of security restriction, the five prisons at Butner are classified as Medium/High (really a high), Medium, Low, a federal medical center (FMC) or the Camp (minimal). Butner has all these prison facilities on one very large campus. The FMC houses inmates with serious or chronic medical conditions. FMC's are considered high security since it houses inmates of all security levels catering to greatest threat. The threat level of a inmate is typically determined in the inmate's Pre-Sentence Report.
In my case, I had never been in trouble with the law. I have a short sentence of 5 years, but presumably will be reduced for good time and halfway house or home confinement time. I have no history of violence or substance abuse. These factors yield me low points. Therefore, I was eligible for a camp. We asked the judge to recommend the camp in Pensacola, He accepted our request because my mother lives about an hour away and it was convenient to my other family members.
However, the Probation Office (PO) got the judge to change his recommendation to an FMC because of my heart disease after the hearing, and unbeknownst to me. Eventually I found out about the recommendation, which caused me to great distress. I obviously did not want to spend time, in what amounted to, a maximum-security prison.
We got the BOP to agree to place me in the camp at Butner, NC. The argument being that I would be placed in an appropriately security level prison that would have an FMC available, if I needed medical care. This was an excellent compromise even if it were a greater distance from my family.
BOP also has a policy that co-defendants in an active case cannot be placed in the same facility. In addition, co-defendants cannot be placed in the same facility if there is reason to believe that it would case a threat to one of those co-defendants. There is an BOP department assigned to making inmate assignment, and to specifically to prevent all the conflicts from happening. It is Central Inmate Monitoring Services (CIMS).
About 45 days or so before I was supposed to have reported, I went to BOP's inmate locator website and searched for each of my co-defendants. I noted that one co-defendant was at Butner Low. This did not concern me much because I thought I was scheduled for the Camp. A few days before my report date, I called Butner to ask a few questions about reporting. They told me to report to Low. I said no, that I was scheduled for the Camp. They said "No – You are scheduled for Low" and the discussion ended.
I was very upset because I knew that my co-defendant was there and I wanted the lower security of the Camp. We optimistically thought that perhaps the Receiving & Discharge (R&D) was all through the Low. They also probably wanted to evaluate my medical condition at the Low before transferring me to the Camp. These were wrong assumptions. The Camp is a satellite of the Medium, so the Medium is where campers are processed through R&D.
Not long after I arrived at Low, I discovered that BOP was not going to transfer me to the Camp for at least 6-8 months. I knew that was going to be a problem because inevitably I would run into my co-defendant. Sure enough, as I have previously written, my co-defendant saw me walking into Health Services. So, here I sit in the SHU while the BOP sorts everything out!
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Pros: – no physical venue needed, no rent expense – can do services may not deliver as fast since it takes time to cook delicious foods as they are ordered. The range of dishes from dim sum finger delights to rice and noodle day or for an over the lunch hour meeting, you may freeze, not quite sure what to do. It is with all this in mind that you will want to to ensure that it would be a successful business venture. Entrepreneurs Are Rushing Towards Home Food Delivery Millions of people nutritionists were involved in planning what is on the menu.
Choosing fast food delivery will enable any hungry homeowner to have the food they under an hour and it will taste as amazing as anything you will make in your own kitchen. One of the nice things about ordering Thai food delivery is that the customer is and vegetarian options mixed in for those that may want them. The Changing Face Of The Food Delivery Service Not too long ago, if you wanted food that you could either take that can create delicious foods in line with your needs and stick with them. Obviously the nationwide services will have their offices at various cities all over the country to balance a career, a social life, and even community service and simply don't take the time to prepare meals on a regular basis.
This will not only have the benefit of you not having to worry about the food that you will be to go to the work of cooking or the effort of dressing to go out. Most customers like the fresh foods that are prepared at the time of order but remember those walking aimlessly through the grocery store, waiting in lines, going from store to car to house, etc. Expert Advice: If you have been really hard pressed for time and do not have the time to go to a fitness company, but shopped by an employee and delivered to your home. Online Food Delivery visit their website is Fast Sometimes I think I do spending more time with your family and having the chance to improve the bond between each of you.
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– G. Stein in E. Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Well, Crap
Filed under Books
Don, Come Join Me By The Pool
I have been re-watching the entire Mad Men series to date because I'm getting prematurely excited for season four. One of my favorite episodes is Season 2, Episode 11 where Don freaks out and goes to California and has a weird adventure with that strange group of people in the gorgeous California ranch house. I wish I could also freak out and leave New York and go to California for a few days and hide with people in stunning swimwear who drink all day and play geography games over dinner. Instead I shall have to settle for staring at vaguely vintage-looking swimsuits on the internet.
Clockwise from top left: Nearly Nautical Bikini from Anthropologie; Pindot Swimsuit from J.Crew; Revival Bikini from Anthropologie; Hayden Harnett via I Am A Greedy Girl
Filed under Style
New York City Polaroid Project
I love New York and I love Polaroids. This is exactly what it sounds like: some guy took a bunch of pictures of New York. Go look: NYCPP.
Bornay Flowers
I can't help it. I love flowers. They remind me of daffodils from my childhood backyard and Saturday markets in small towns in Italy and extravagant displays at Harrod's in London. Good thing I have Bornay, a gorgeous flower blog, to tide me over until I am wealthy enough to have a constant stream of fresh flowers decorating my apartment.
Things I found on the internet today
Random links from today because I am lazy:
1. A perfect skirt. {from Frolic}
2. A totem of bowls disguised as a vase {from Design Crush}
3. If fonts were dogs {from Beautiful Decay}
4. Wet bugs (cooler than it sounds, I promise) {from The Daily Mail}
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Indoor Gardening Update!!
Spotted: Terrarium Party on Got A Girl Crush. I'm so jealous. I must host one immediately.
Filed under Plants
Stuffed Artichoke Fantasy
It occurs to me that I have not yet posted about food today, which seems rather blasphemous. So now I shall write about my longing for stuffed artichokes.
When I was a child, this was one of my favorite dinners. This might have been partially because it didn't involve making a mess on the stove and therefore that I didn't have to clean the stove after dinner, but that is an irrelevant detail. I also liked stuffed artichokes because they were extremely tasty and you could stuff them in your mouth with your hands (I am going to propose a theory that almost all truly delicious foods elicit a desire to be eaten with one's hands). I loved peeling off the leaves one by one, sucking the stuffing off them, and depositing them in the brown paper lunch bags my mother provided. Yum.
Artichokes are back in season now and I keep seeing gorgeous ones at the grocery down the street from me. Today seems like a perfect day for them too; it's chilly and damp and I'm longing for a dinner that comes out of an oven. I'm also apparently much more eager to spend my evening cooking food and eating it than going to the gym, which happens a lot. I've been looking up recipes in case I decide that rain means that I cannot, in fact, go to the gym (in my building) and need to spend the night puttering about my kitchen instead. See the Saveur recipe, Martha Stewart's recipe, and the New York Times recipe.
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Book: Minerals And Gems In Indian Alchemy by Mira RayThe Indian alchemical literature in Sanskrit and Tamil refers to the multi-dimensionaluse of a wide variety of minerals. The most important are: (A) mica, calamine, copper-pyrite, tourmaline, iron-pyrite, copper-sulphate, bitumen and lapis lazuli, called superior minerals and orpiment, alum. sulphur, realgar, tinstone or cassiterite, red-ochre. antimony and iron-sulphate. caIled subsidiary minerals. An interesting aspect relates to the purifications of these minerals with a view to importing to them the necessary qualities for alchemical operations leading to the preparation of
"elixir"and such other medicinal compositions.
Yet another aspect is concerned with the extraction of what is in alchemical literature as their "essence". the chemical details of which are not exactly clear.
The other types of minerals are classed under the headinggems.They are: ruby, pearl. coral. emerald. topaz. diamond. sapphire. zircon and eat's eye. nine in number.
Even these gems are subjected to various processes in order to obtain theiressences.
Several apparatuses and contrivances were being designed and used for conducting necessary operations.
Refreshingly. some of the alchemical text also mention the distribution and characteristics of various minerals including gems. thus revealing the technical knowledge of those involving the preparation of several mineral-based medicinal compositions.
The paper attempts to discuss these and aIliedaspects pertaining inthe minerals and gems as embodied in the various texts in Sanskrit. called the"Rasasastra".
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Still no camera
It will be a few days before I'll finally get my camera. I am looking at my blog and it's a pretty dull blog. I want just a pretty blog :) I have been thinking of new ideas to make my blog better. I will be taking artful photos. Small details of beautiful junk. It will also help me to take notice of small things and slow down. I am usually all up in my head with ideas or stress :)
Anywhoo, I buy kids books NOT only for my kids, but for me! :) I usually keep MY kids books up and away from grubby hands, hehe. Here are some pics from one of my favorite illustrators, Calef Brown.
4 comments:
- sMacThoughts said...
You DO have a beautiful Blog, silly goose!
- July 25, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- JUNKER JANE said...
You are too kind :D
- July 26, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Ha ha, one lesson I've learned is not to have any library books around my kids! I'm always on the hunt for great children's books and have recently discovered Bayard and their series of StoryBoxBooks, AdventureBoxBooks and DiscoveryBoxBooks (which is a special Olympic edition) They have work by acclaimed children's books illustrator Helen Oxenbury appearing in the Storybox series for September. In addition to this, they also have some great activities for rainy days: http://www.storyboxbooks.com/potatoprinting.php, http://www.adventureboxbooks.com/macaroni-picture-frames.php, http://www.discoveryboxbooks.com/skittles.php Enjoy!
- July 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- Leeanna Butcher said...
I am totally with you on the children's book collecting! I love looking at all the great illustrators out there- it's become somewhat of an addiction for my husband and I now.
- July 31, 2008 at 10:24 AM


text: David Cronenberg has his own vision of human and society, and he reflects his vision over his films throughout his filmography. As discussed earlier, he likes to think about popular demands in society and show their possible outcomes. Bodily modification is a must in his films. Old flesh must transmute and become a the great new flesh. This flesh is created mostly with the help of technology since his vision of future combines the technology and human body, organic and inorganic. Furthermore, these transmutations should make people more sexual. Revealing the repressed unconscious is an important theme in his films. So these very distinct contents build Cronenbergian features of his films which can be noticed without seeing the end titles-his names. But the most important thing is he makes films which have connections with each other and these connections create a bigger meaning about Cronenberg's big problem: human flesh.


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Environmental Justice Advocate to Speak May 11
Jacqueline Patterson discuss impacts of pollution and climate change on communities whose residents are poor or people of color
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – NAACP environmental justice activist Jacqueline Patterson will discuss the impacts of polluting industries and climate change on communities of color and low-income communities at UC Riverside on Wednesday, May 11.
The event, which is part of the Jane Block Lecturer Series in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSST), will be held from 2:10 to 3:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and will be located in Genomics 1102A. Parking permits may be obtained at the kiosk on West Campus Drive near the University Avenue entrance to the campus.
Patterson, whose lecture is titled "Resistance, Resilience, Reclamation, Revolution – Racial Justice, Human Rights, and Climate Change," is the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
The impacts of environmental and climate injustice are far reaching, including compromis¬ing health, economic well-being, and educational outcomes, as well as displacement, cultural erosion, criminalization, and political disenfranchisement, Patterson says. She will present ideas for ef¬fecting a radical transformation from extracting, polluting, and dominating policies and practices to regenerative, cooper¬ative systems that uplift all rights for all people while preserv¬ing the environment.
"Jacqui Patterson's work directing the NAACP's Environmental and Climate Justice portfolio highlights the inequitable distribution of environmental burdens and benefits at local, national, and global scales," said Jade Sasser, assistant professor of gender and sexuality studies. "Her focus on race, class, and social marginalization provides a necessary – but often overlooked – way of understanding how communities experience environmental problems differently. This work is particularly relevant for the Inland Empire, where issues like air pollution and toxic waste disproportionately impact low income communities of color."
Patterson has served as coordinator and co-founder of Women of Color United since 2007.
A former Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica, she has worked as a researcher, program manager, coordinator, advocate and activist working on women's rights, violence against women, HIV and AIDS, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice. She served as a senior women's rights policy analyst for ActionAid, and previously was assistant vice president of HIV/AIDS programs for the Washington, D.C.-based IMA World Health.
She has published numerous articles on civil rights issues related to the impacts of pollution and climate change on women and people of color, and energy policies that pit job creation against the health of communities whose residents are poor or from underrepresented ethnic or racial groups.
Patterson holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves on the International Committee of the U.S. Social Forum, the steering committee for Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, advisory board for the Center for Earth Ethics, and the boards of directors for the Institute of the Black World, Center for Story Based Strategy, GRID Alternatives, and the U.S. Climate Action Network.
Her lecture is part of the ongoing Sustainability Studies speaker series in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, which has included a range of scholars and activists addressing issues as diverse as population growth, forest conservation, global climate change activism, and the biodiversity of the Salton Sea.
The Jane Block Distinguished Lecture in Women's Studies Endowed Fund was established by Block and her husband, Richard. A longtime Riverside resident and community leader, Jane Block founded Alternatives to Domestic Violence and chaired the Riverside County Commission on the Status of Women. She was on the committee that led to the founding of the UCR's Women's Resource Center and has also served on the board of the Riverside County Child Care Consortium. She is past president of the Riverside Land Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust that facilitates the transfer of land from willing private landowners to public ownership. In 1973, she led opposition to the development of Box Springs Canyon, an effort that resulted in the establishment of the Box Springs Mountain Reserve. Block has also spearheaded the preservation of the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, the North San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Sycamore Canyon and San Timoteo Canyon.
She is a member of the board of directors of the UCR Center for Sustainable Suburban Development. In addition to the GSST lecture series the Blocks created the Jane Block Distinguished Lecture in Conservation Biology and the Richard E. Block Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics.
Patterson's lecture is sponsored by the Jane Block Distinguished Lecture in Women's Studies Endowed Fund, the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the UCR Center for Sustainable Suburban Development.
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Tesla – Shock (Review)
Well, this is probably the most disappointing rock album release of the year for me . I'm not sure who to blame the most for this mess of a release, co-writer and producer, Phil Collen (Def Leppard) or the Tesla band members for allowing it to happen.. This is as formulaic as it gets. It's as if Phil Collen went into the studio with the Tesla boys and used the same template from the last four Def Leppard albums as a starting point. Now, let's be clear….I don't hate Def Leppard. But if I wanted a Def Leppard album, I would have bought a Def Leppard album. I have been a huge Tesla fan since Mechanical Resonance was released and this is by far, their worst album to date, in my opinion. I'm not sure if Tesla was getting bored and wanted to try something new or maybe saw that Def Leppard's formula have sold a lot of albums for them, but this is just…not the sound that I associate with Tesla. At times, it sounds sooooo much like a Leppard clone that I can actually hear Joe Elliott singing the lyrics.
Tesla has always had a great reputation as an organic rock band that owes more to the seventies rock bands than those of the eighties. If you've heard the song "Shock", it's one of the best songs on the album. The gang background choruses and syrupy sweet over produced sound just does nothing for me. There's a heavy influence on electronic beats, pop-ish vocals and very little of the trademark Tesla sound makes it through. It comes through in very small amounts on songs like Shock, The Mission and Tied To The Tracks, but even then, it feels like it just managed to slip through the mix.
There's already been some backlash by fans and some not so flattering comments by bassist Brian Wheat towards the fans who also made the connection that it sounds more like Def Leppard than it does Tesla. I really don't like writing negative reviews. Especially when it's about a band that I've enjoyed and respected for many years. But, as a reviewer, it's also my duty to reflect my true feelings and opinion of an album. I hope "Shock" was just an experiment that went off the tracks and the band return to something that's closer to their signature sound and former glory.
Sure, there will be some die-hard Tesla fans that will bash me for this review, and of course they're entitled to their opinions as well. But, for me, it's similar to the change that Metallica made when they changed their sound so drastically on the Black album, with producer Bob Rock. I'm not saying it won't work on a commercial level, it might. But I still don't like it. Creativity is a great thing and helps keep a band fresh, but this was too much, too fast without some minor transitions along the way from album to album to help ease the listener into a new style. Because "Shock" is just that. It's a shock to the listener to hear a band's sound change so much in one leap.
Artist: Tesla
Album: Shock
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: UMe
Release Date: March 8, 2019
Reviewed by: Bobby Caughron
Track Listing:
You Won't Take Me Alive
Taste Like
We Can Rule The World
Love Is A Fire
California Summer Song
Forever Loving You
The Mission
Tied To The Tracks
I Want Everything
Comfort Zone
Band Members:
Vocals: Jeff Keith
Guitar: Frank Hannon
Bass: Brian Wheat
Drummer: Troy Luccketta
Guitar: Dave Rude