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At the Boston Business Leaders Breakfast on Friday, September 20, Gordon College President D. Michael Lindsay welcomed Craig Weatherup, retired Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Held at 60 State Street with the city's seaport and business district skyline visible from the glass-walled banquette room, it was Gordon's first BLB of the academic year.
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Lander University student Andi Mills is often found sitting in front of her personal computer in the ground floor atrium of Lander's Carnell Learning Center, her companion, Mr. Tibbs, dozing nearby. Or she can be spotted walking to classes with Mr. Tibbs trotting along at her side. Mills is legally blind. Mr. Tibbs is a yellow Labrador Retriever, a guide dog who, as she puts it, " gets me were I have to be."
Mills is 59 years old. She began losing her eyesight in 2008, the result of a rare congenital blood disease that causes clotting and seizures in her eyes, depriving the optic nerves of oxygen. It began as blurred vision in her right eye and, within three weeks, she lost all right side vision. As the disease progressed, the left eye was affected and, now, she is able to see only shapes and movements out of that eye.
Failing eyesight forced Mills to quit her job as a long-haul truck driver after 28 years behind the wheel.
The year before the ailment struck, Mills and a friend from Abbeville completed a nearly 1,600-mile trip on horseback from Ventura, Calif., to Magnolia, Ark. They called themselves "The Carolina Trekkers" and their goal was to promote stroke awareness and early detection. Her sister, Mary Booker, and the sister of Edie New, the other rider on the cross-country trip, were stroke victims. Mills wanted to make the second half of the trip from Arkansas to Edisto Island, S.C., the following year, but fate had other plans.
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In October of 2009, after completing the Commission for the Blind program and vocational training, she was invited to Guide Dogs of America in Sylmar, Calif., and there she met Mr. Tibbs, who was a year old at the time. "He would give me the freedom I needed," she said. For a month, human and canine learned to work as a team. The organization provided the dog at no cost and even paid Mills' expenses for round-trip travel and lodging. At the end of their training she and Mr. Tibbs returned to Honea Path, where she shares a duplex with her sister. Mills also has two German Shepherds and a cat.
In January, she enrolled as a freshman at Lander where she is majoring in English, with a professional writing emphasis, and a minor in Spanish. She enjoys going to classes. "When I began losing my sight, I felt that all the doors in the world were closing. I was losing my identity. It was pretty scary." Mills felt isolated and it was hard for her to accept losing her independence and ability to get around.
"Coming to Lander gives me a reason to get out of bed each day. The interaction with faculty and fellow students is stimulating, and our intellectual conversations make me feel I have a life again."
On the days she has classes, friend Tina Barker, who works in Greenwood, drives Mills to Lander and back home.
Mr. Tibbs has adapted to the campus routine without much difficulty. He leads her from one class to another then lies quietly at her feet when he is not working. She carries a mat for him to curl up on, which offers protection from cold when he is lying on concrete or tile floors.
He has become somewhat of a celebrity among members of the Lander community who pay him a lot of attention. Mills jokes that people don't know who she is but they call him by name. Because guide dogs are trained to be protective of their owners and to resist distractions, passersby are discouraged from talking to or petting them when they are working. But Mills has made exceptions. When she is occupied with computer work or studying and Mr. Tibbs is resting, she allows people to talk to or pet him, and he enjoys and responds enthusiastically to the attention. "He's here 10 hours a day with me and I want it to be a pleasant experience for him, too," she said.
Mills moved to South Carolina from Colorado eight years ago. Her son, J.C. Clade, teaches industrial electricity and electronics at York Technical College in Rock Hill. She has five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She is determined to be as active as possible despite losing her eyesight. She finds time to go to a firing range for competitive shooting, enjoys walking and hiking and has begun riding a horse again with Mr. Tibbs, attached to a 30-foot tether, leading the way.
Mills met recently with Lander nursing students and told them what they might expect when caring for patients who are blind or losing their eyesight. She emphasized that there are varying degrees of blindness and that some people can do more than others. She also said there is a difference between those who are born blind and those who lose their sight. "That takes you out of your world and drops you in another world." She said it causes stressful psychological difficulties, but nurses can help by providing encouragement.
Her goal is to be a writer and copy editor and she has begun writing a book about her California to Arkansas horseback odyssey. She wants people to understand that blindness does not define who she is. She said there are a lot of resources available that allow her to be independent and active and she takes full advantage of them.
Mills quotes Mark Twain who said, "You may not always have control of your circumstances in life, but you do have control over how you choose to deal with them." She added, "I believe that."


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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:39 pm
We all hope that some bank CEO will find the bravery to reverse their abusive policies.
I call on all celebrities, anyone who can, to join in a boycott and withdraw your money from American banks. The speculation of banks folding compared with wanton, unethical treatment of good, moral people is a no-brainer. Withdrawing from banks is the lesser of the two evils. Use Swiss banks, any banks that you can other than American banks. As one reporter said, the mattress is looking good right now. I do realize that many of you have already had to resort to that.
History has shown that the social injustices that have been partially corrected were begrudgingly done so only because of societal pressure. Denying female citizens the right to vote, denying human dignity to black citizens, actually making it illegal to teach a slave, refusing to pay reparations to victims of factory toxins. Cops who beat their wives getting the protection of the police force because of their code of silence. So many victims of fraud.
In our thirties and with two babies in tow, my husband I built onto our first home. We pick-axed the trench, poured concrete, hammered thousands of nails, lifted 2 by 4's; nailed window headers, installed a full bath, lifted tar rolls and shingles to the new roof, spackled, painted. That two-year process was back-breaking work, but my children got rooms and we began to grow financially. I remember my children saving their Christmas and birthday money in Bank of America, $15 dollars at a time. I was teaching them the value of saving money. Each child got their accounts up to $85.00. Bank of America never told me that the accounts had to be at least $100. So, my children's gift money from relatives was taken by Bank of America. So began my lessons with Bank of Amevil. Years of viciously tremendous MBNA interest fees never allowed us to decrease our debt with them. While MBNA made 100% profit for years on all of our payments, our balance just kept increasing.
When we bought our final house, National City Mortgage held the loan. You can do all of the research you'd like in order to make an informed decision, but in the end, you will probably go with the advice of the "experts."
In 2007, my husband and I lost our home, all of our retirement, had to sell a car, moved three times within a year, sporadically go grocery shopping and usually have 10 or 2 items in the fridge, have ceased purchasing clothes even at the thrift shop, have canceled home phone, internet, my cell. Two bankruptcy attorneys told me that we could have easily qualified for full bankruptcy. My husband has been laid off. But for moral reasons, rather than make creditors eat all of the loans, we entered debt settlement.
Now in our fifties, we have started new. No longer with Bank of Amevil, our new credit life with this bank has been honorable. When we opened the account, they offered overdraft protection, which we have used. We make heroic efforts to pay it back. We'd like for our banking history with this bank to based on our clean, timely payments. We constantly sweat the threat of overdrafts, just making it by pennies. This is a long, slow, painful, extremely stressful process, but we are trying and doing moral best.
However, this new bank found out about our settlements with past creditors, which have nothing to do with the new history we have established, like paying large amounts at a time back for the use of the overdraft protection. With no warning, this bank lowered our overdraft protection and set into motion the likelihood of bounced checks, this time with the creditors with whom we have agreed to settle. Aside from the unethical dilemma in which this bank created for us, the new life of showing prompt payments and good faith, and now future creditors and those who check credit, potential employers, housing, it has been sorely damaged, again.
This unethical treatment of banks preying on those of us who are trying to rebound from losing everything and reestablish our lives must stop immediately.
When I got my undergraduate degree, I read of one theory as to why the ancient Roman Empire fell: their greed.
Corporate greed has long been out of control. Corrupt CEO's and lobbyists are not only not penalized, they are somehow tremendously rewarded. But morality is not. Morality does not enter into their business practice with customers, though many customers, such as ourselves, use morality to guide our dealings with others, even businesses.
It is a shameful comment on our society that the business world has sentenced us to a legacy of immoral, abusive people.
The greedy have made it clear that money is the only language to which they will respond. Withdrawing it is the only pressure that may force them to stop these perpetrators. Good heavens, Chase charges monthly fees to just check your balance.
To those of you who, like us, have already lost everything, I wish you luck in your struggle to survive, without electricity, without credit, while banks abuse you and further knock you down.
Hopefully, you still have your family and your health. You do have something else. You are the final sounds of decency and morality in our society.
I invite you to reply and share your story of bank abuse.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:58 am
Bang on Adelaide. I'm simply grateful for the anger in your life. Most people would've died a quite death. Rise and Shine. I'll try and post your story on
That's a great place to be, most of the readers on Energy Bulletin, are people who've been living isolated lives. Far from the Corporations, for almost 10 years. We've been scoffed at, and laughed at. Now they've stopped laughing.
Just grow your own stuff, anywhere in the world, hide it, eat it and feed your kids. About the rest you can give them a giant middle finger.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:05 pm
Thanks, Starwin.
For sometime, I only felt anger, frustration and sorrow at how much we suffer at their hands. Then I began to see people living in their homes, threatened with foreclosure, electricity cut off, keeping food in a cooler, lighting their house by candle light.
I have heard how outrageously Florida banks are penalizing disabled people who have bank accounts.
Of course, I have always known that we were not the only ones hit in this crisis. But the myriad of stories on the Internet, on youtube, on the news compelled me to act.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:48 am
I wish you would show as much energy and responsibility towards your finances as you did building your home. What I take issue with is you blaming any banks for your lack of ownership of the problem. You seem very passionate about your opinion. You said you were actively using your overdraft protection. Just so you know, it's intent is to be used just in case, not every day. It is also a loan, so if the bank wants to charge you a fee for that, they have that right. It is, after all THEIR money. If they feel you are not using it responsibly they have the right to lower it. They do not have to inform you in advance, what, so you can borrow it up before they cut it off. That doesn't make sense. You forget something, banks are not non-profits companies. (Well maybe now) No one ever said they owe anyone anything. Tell you what, next time you need a service, like a plumber, doctor, cable installer, vet whatever, ask them if they will perform their services for free. I'm sorry for your trouble and I am lucky everyday I go to work. I was laid off in 06 and sprang back quickly. It's time for people to take some ownership of where we are today. My life isn't perfect but I am tired of listening to people whine about the choices they made and blaming someone else.
And something else, how does having a loan amount lowered compare to womans right to vote or the civil rights movement? Take your prozac and go lay down. You obviously need a nap.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:53 am
We were taught, to do everything for money.
To study with money, to learn with money, to work for money,
to save money, to buy food with money, to buy clothes with money.
As if everything came only from money.
The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line.
If you wanted food go and pick it up. Is how tribals live even today.
There's no doctor, plumber, electrician. Who said you need one to live.
Do pigs and dogs use any of them? Are we less intellegent than animals?
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:57 pm
Dear Sometimes:
So your assessment of my writing compels you to just whine rather than to take action and fix a broken system?
Obviously, I have the MORAL responsibility to actually pay back creditors, rather than to just declare bankruptcy as many have, including multibillion dollar businesses. I actually chose to pay back what I owe. A great many people are in the same position in which I find myself, and there are those who are even far worse off. Your juvenile reading comprehension glossed over the clear statements that I am responsible in spite of the immoral, unethical business practices of American banks and lenders. I don't know where you have been, but corporate greed is unconscionable. Perhaps you are blind to it because your business is in the financial world.
I also stated that I take heroic efforts to pay back overdraft use. That means that I make large payments, certainly larger than what is the minimum. It was the bank that changed, WITHOUT WARNING. Such unethical business practice necessarily thrusts us into having to use overdraft again. Perhaps that idea, also, does not occur to you. As I say, your lack of reading comprehension glossed over that consequence, also.
I also said that thinking the problem was a personal sorrow only, I accepted the agony in silence. It was only when I comprehended through news information (coming from reading comprehension ability) how much sorrow these same kind of businesses, banks, and the same kind of practices were causing millions of people across America. Only then, did I realize that I should use the talent that God gave me to, as it says in Psalms, "speak up for those who are unable."
A former writer and teacher of writing, part of my job was determining who does not really comprehend what they read, which translates into poor writing skills, etc... That definitely seems to be the case here. When you decide to stop being pissed off at that suggestion, if you are able to calm down and think rationally, you might like to read over what I wrote.
Being challenged for your juvenile reading comprehension abilities, and, by extension, your inability to empathize with the economic plight in which millions and millions of Americans find themselves and who actually is responsible, you were likely too pissed off to get this far in this reply. Just in case, you might like to re-read my original statement. I have taken a teacher's effort to point out the deficits in your assessment. If you even reply, I expect it, too, will be a juvenile one.
It is regrettable that there are people, and businesses, who still chose to place blame on those of us who are moral and responsible, rather than to realize that there is a massive injustice that needs to be repaired.
Next, you might like to read the news of what is going on in the US economic sphere.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:56 am
I love the fact that you focused on my childish scribble and my inability to comprehend anything but still you avoid taking any ownership of your issues. What evil bank held a gun to your head and forced you to write a bad check? I must have touched some nerve to have prompted such a vicious response. Who was whining? I suggest another pill followed by a nap.
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I disagree with moral requirement to pay back loan sharks
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:40 am
My personal feeling is that we do not have to pay back loan sharks. Obviously if it is not a stretch you can save your credit score. But banks are borrowing at 1/2 percent and lending at 20-30 percent. That usury is more than many can bear. They go to mommy government for a bailout, while we have to bail ourselves out of debt by walking away from bad loans.
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:34 am
Dear Sometimes.
It's a sad state of affairs when women in this country can't have an intelligent conversation with a man. You are a poor example of intelligence as a man because you resort to a standard low esteemed male response that tries to shut a woman up if he can't out debate her, agree to disagree, and/or is afraid to be around a woman who has a thought. You would do better to keep quite around those who are smarter than you. When a man uses condacending language toward a woman it's verbal battery and humuliation. It isn't much different than physical battery. Men who resort to these tactics contribute to women not being able to have any voice at all.
"I suggest another pill followed by a nap"
. Would you dare say that to a man? Bet you try to keep your wife, daughter, secretary, female co workers and the like under your thumb and serve to make yourself feel quite smart when you can control women with such language. Tell me; do you also use the B word to shut women up? A six year old learns the art of manipulation, an adult learns to say what he means and mean what he says. Grow up, you give decent intelligent men a bad rap. This is a forum for sharing ideas, not to put someone you don't agree with down to make your point. Shame on you!!!! Men who have to resort to verbal and/or physical abuse of women are nothing more than a COWARD!
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:32 am
To brbdoll1,
My original response to this post was to simply point out that boycotting banks and a comparison to the civil rights movement was a gross over reaction to a basic lack of ownership problem. Our society has gotten to the point that we love to blame everyone else for our issues except ourselves. I wasn't trying to out debate her. She sounded like a disgruntled whiner and I felt compelled to point it out.
I have PLENTY of problems but I take responsibility for them. I do not pass off my ownership of my problems on "the man". As typical, the original remarks which prompted my first response is now lost in a fog of stupidity.
As for your opinion of how I treat the women in my life you are way off the mark. I would dare say what I said to any sex that was not able to look inward. If you look at her second post to my response, THAT was vicious! You said nothing of that because you think I am a man. Honey, you have a problem.
I have never resorted to physical or emotional abuse of any sex but I will say that I am slightly flattered that you actually thought I was a man.
I am a woman.
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Pharyngeal Size in Patients With Obstructive Tonsils Under Orthodontic Treatment
Enlarged tonsils and malocclusion has relationship with sleep disturbance in children. The consequences of these features can include aggravation of craniofacial growth such that the devel...
The Biology of Chronic Preconditioning: Genomic and Physiologic Mechanisms of Response
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of repeated RIPC and exercise, on exercise performance, skeletal muscle responses and circulating cellular and humoral biology in humans
Pilot Study of Raltegravir Lipodystrophy IISP
The substitution of raltegravir for the NRTIs will result in some reversal of the long term adverse effect of lipodystrophy (specifically peripheral lipoatrophy) that is associated with th...
Esophagoscopy in Evaluating Treatment in Patients With Stage I-IV Head and Neck Cancer Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy and/or Chemotherapy
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Comparing results of diagnostic procedures, such as esophagoscopy, done before and after radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy may help doctors predict a patient...
Decreased complexity of glucose dynamics preceding the onset of diabetes in mice and rats.
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is a platform to measure blood glucose (BG) levels continuously in real time with high enough resolution to document their underlying fluctuations. Multiscale entro...
Adherence to 6-Mercaptopurine in children and adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Studies on children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) reported non-adherence in 2-54% of cases. The primary objective of this study was to assess rates of adherence to 6-MP using two different m...
To be on the safe site - Ungroomed spots on the bee's body and their importance for pollination.
Flower-visiting bees collect large quantities of pollen to feed their offspring. Pollen deposited in the bees' transport organs is lost for the flowers' pollination. It has been hypothesised that spec...
Cryptococcal antigen screening by lay cadres using a rapid test at the point of care: A feasibility study in rural Lesotho.
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV in Africa, primarily due to delayed presentation, poor availability and high cost of treatment. Routine cryptococcal...
Motion-based video monitoring for early detection of livestock diseases: The case of African swine fever.
Early detection of infectious diseases can substantially reduce the health and economic impacts on livestock production. Here we describe a system for monitoring animal activity based on video and dat...
An ionophorous, polyether antibiotic from Streptomyces chartreusensis. It binds and transports cations across membranes and uncouples oxidative phosphorylation while inhibiting ATPase of rat liver mitochondria. The substance is used mostly as a biochemical tool to study the role of divalent cations in various biological systems.
An organothiophosphate insecticide.
Places where animals are slaughtered and dressed for market.
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Partners In Health wanted to close that gap. Known locally as Compañeros En Salud, we started working in Mexico in 2011 and now operate out of 10 rural public clinics in the Sierra Madre mountains of Chiapas—one of the most marginalized regions in the country. Our goal is to improve staffing and supply of the clinics, and link them to more specialized care in hospitals outside the communities.
We recruit Mexican physicians entering a required social service year to staff clinics. The first-year physicians, or pasantes, receive supervision, mentorship, and training from our staff and Brigham and Women's Hospital residents. They also participate in seminars created by Harvard Medical School and accredited by the Tecnológico de Monterrey, a highly regarded medical school in Mexico. This comprehensive support and training program helps build Mexico's next generation of social justice physicians.
We manage community health workers who visit patients with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The workers, called acompaňantes, help patients better understand their conditions and adhere to medications.
To ensure clinicians have the tools they need, we provide supplementary medicines, diagnostic equipment, and supplies in clinics, using a system designed to forecast needs and avoid stock-outs.
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A Twittersation with Len Bernardo
Feel free to add your two cents, or to give me two cents, or a dollar, or two.
Labels: carl paladino, Fred Dicker, Len Bernardo, michael madson
Daily Freeman Life Editor Ivan Lajara talks about journalism, living in the Hudson Valley, language, the Web, cats and even politics. But he shouldn't.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Labels: carl paladino, Fred Dicker, Len Bernardo, michael madson
Labels: wff, woodstock film festival
Labels: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake
Challenged at the Culpeper County, Va. public school (2010) by a parent requesting that her daughter not be required to read the book aloud. Initially, it was reported that officials have decided to stop assigning a version of Anne Frank's diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities of the Nazi regime, due to the complaint that the book includes sexual material and homosexual themes. The director of instruction announced the edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Frank's death in a concentration camp, will not be used in the future despite the fact the school system did not follow its own policy for handling complaints. The remarks set off a hailstorm of criticism online and brought international attention to the 7,600-student school system in rural Virginia. The superintendent said, however, that the book will remain a part of the English classes, although it may be taught at a different grade level.... classics suck.
Removed from the St. Edmund Campion Secondary School classrooms in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2009) because a parent objected to language used in the novel, including the word "nigger."... nobody needs words.
Pulled from the Menifee, Calif. Union School District (2010) because a parent complained when a child came across the term "oral sex." Officials said the district is forming a committee to consider a permanent classroom ban of the dictionary.... vampires not having sex are no fun.
Banned in Australia (2009) for primary school students because the series is too racy. Librarians have stripped the books from shelves in some junior schools because... awesome graphic novels turned into bad movies must be bad.
they believe the content is too sexual and goes against religious beliefs. They even have asked parents not to let kids bring their own copies of Stephenie Meyer's
smash hit novels — which explore the stormy love affair between a teenage girl and a vampire — to school.
Challenged at the Jessamine County Public Library in Nicolasville, Ky. (2009). A petition with 950 signatures was presented to the board to overturn its collection policy. The petition specifi cally asked for the removal of four works on the grounds that they "offended me in that they depict sexual acts and/or describe such acts in a way that in my opinion are contrary to the Jessamine County public opinion" of what should be in a public, taxpayer-supported collection. The petition concluded the works constituted a public safety issue in that they encourage sexual predators. In addition to Moore's graphic novel, the other works challenged were Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk, Choke, a DVD based on a novel by Palahniuk; and the DVD Ron White:
You Can't Fix Stupid. The graphic novel eventually got two employees fi red for breaching library policies, the library director was threatened with physical harm, and the book was recataloged, along with other graphic novels with mature trends, to a separate but unrestricted graphic novels section of the library.
Labels: banned books week, books
Labels: carl paladino, Fred Dicker, Kaitlin Ross
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Labels: comedy central, greg giraldo, RIP
F*ck me--That was the most exhilarating thing ever, except watching my kids get delivered, of course! Que sera--Back to work tomorrow! This experience made me a better person and a better chef, not doubt in my mind.Rock on, Baby!, Rock on! Thanks for all, and I mean ALL of the love! It is the greatest reward one can ask for. Cheers.Rock on, indeed.
Labels: chopped, new world home cooking, ric orlando
Labels: Kingston, Melissa Leo, movies
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Labels: Bill Reynolds, Elliott auerbach, Michael Madsen
|The Quarrymen perform in Rosebery Street, Liverpool, on June 22, 1957. From left are Colin Hanton, Eric Griffiths, John Lennon, Len Garry, Pette Shotton and Rod Davis (Wikipedia photo).
Labels: maurice hinchey, rosendale, rosendale theater, The Beatles, The Quarrymen
Labels: Arts Society of Kingston, hudson valley film commission, hvfc, laurent rejto, movies, stakeland, wff, woodstock film festival
Labels: accident, saugerties, van
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Labels: David Paterson, Saturday Night Live, SNL
Friday, September 24, 2010
Labels: congress, gill farm, hurley, immigrant labor, migrant worker, Stephen colbert
|The Colbert Report
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|Fallback Position - Migrant Worker Pt. 2
Labels: colbert report, gill farm, hurley, Stephen colbert
Thursday, September 23, 2010
|The Colbert Report
|Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
|Fallback Position - Migrant Worker - Zoe Lofgren
Labels: hurley, migrant worker, new york, Stephen colbert
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
@tomhoffay, Enlighten me, who supports the movie fee in Kingston?
@ivanlajara seeking enlightenment? from a politician?
That's neither an answer or enlightening RT @tomhoffay: @ivanlajara seeking enlightenment? from a politician?
@ivanlajara neither/nor...either/or...???
Yes, thank Autofill for that RT @tomhoffay: @ivanlajara neither/nor...either/or...???
@ivanlajara anyway....we all pay fees to go to the movies, unless you know one of the ushers...
@ivanlajara I use to be an usher, before I was a politician...
But who supports this measure? RT @tomhoffay: @ivanlajara anyway....we all pay fees to go to the movies, unless you know one of the ushers
@ivanlajara every council member would support free movies....where can we find these free movies?
@tomhoffay You're dodging the question. Who, besides council members, supports the proposed film fee in Kingston?
@ivanlajara dodging? what is this dodging?? are we having a real conversation on this subject...in Twitter?
@ivanlajara shouldn't we at least be in facebook?
@tomhoffay Nope. I like my beer cold and my public conversations public. Anyway, who supports the measure?
Labels: fee, Film, Kingston, Tom Hoffay, uptown
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Labels: charles landi, Kingston, laurent rejto, movies, Vera Farmiga, wff, woodstock film festival
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Just announced Killer cool presents GHOSTFACE KILLAH @ The Chance. Other Killer cool shows at the chance are CIRCA SURVIVE @ The Chance.
* YNN's Capital Tonight reports that Tea Party candidate 'Aladin' has a big sign.
If there's one thing this dude does well, it's BIG signs. http://twitpic.com/2og9x1
* Rhinebeck's Suzanna Hermans notes that primaries are massive voter mobilizers, as in they're mobilized to not vote at all.
Yikes! Only 186 people have voted at my polling place today. For shame. There's still time! Polls close at 9pm.
* Kingston's Dragon Search staffers update their status by re-tweeting a nonexisting tweet warning you about updating your status.
RT @DragonSearch Beware the Status Update http://bit.ly/b989Ab
The Drangoneers, however, do not warn you that re-tweeting your employer's tweets only makes the posts seem more popular in an artificial way. Which reminds me:
* My employer, the Daily Freeman, tweets. A lot.
* Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce is pretending to be Tatoo from "Fantasy Island."
just saw two big planes flying extremely, extremely close to each other. should be over by Millbrook now, any one got an eyeball onit?
Labels: capitol tonight, Daily Freeman, Dragon Search, ghostface killah, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, rhinebeck area chamber of commerce, suzanna hermans, the chance, Twitter
Labels: Melissa Leo, Vera Farmiga
Monday, September 13, 2010
Labels: Auto-tune the news, barack obama, charlie rangel, ron paul, weezer
Sunday, September 12, 2010
At the bottom, it mentions "Nowhere Boy, a biopic tracing Lennon's teen years and the evolution of The Quarrymen into The Beatles, opens in select cities Oct. 8." and "The reformed Quarrymen pay homage to their bandleader with a 16-date Happy Birthday John! U.S. tour Sept. 23 to Oct. 9, with multiple guests in New York."
Labels: john lennon, rosendale theater, stephanie Ellis
Labels: four weddings, Kingston, rifton, tlc
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Labels: chiles en nogada, CIA, engrish funny, food, mexico
Friday, September 10, 2010
Synopsis: DON'T GO IN THE WOODS – described as "Glee" meets "The Blair Witch Project" – is a slasher/musical which cleverly walks an unusual line: always maintaining a sinister and creeping sense of dread, with characters bursting into song at the oddest of times. An indie rock band of five young men heads into the woods for a weekend of creative inspiration away from modern distractions. New songs are sung and written, but female groupies crash the creative jam session, causing distraction. In traditional slasher movie style, characters begin disappearing. The film oozes with thrills and a dark sense of humor, complemented by a solid rock soundtrack. This offbeat horror film explores the lengths that people will go to in order to make their dreams come true, and marks the directorial debut of actor Vincent D'Onofrio.
Labels: joe maggio, sam bisbee, vincent d'onofrio, woodstock film festival
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Labels: assembly, clifford crouch, james seward, joel miller, john bonacic, kevin cahill, Marc Molinaro, new york senate, new york state, peter lopez, steven saland
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Labels: Bob Dylan, Google, instant search, justin bieber
Labels: Jersey Shore, justin beiber, Marlboro, Snooki
Labels: hors'n around, justin bieber, saugerties
Labels: atrium, justin bieber, student union building, SUNY New Paltz
Labels: catskill animal sanctuary, justin bieber, kathy stevens
Labels: francine, hudson valley film commission, port ewen, wood n wheel roller rink
Labels: justin bieber
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labels: Comedy, jeff foxworthy, mid-hudson civic center
"Bruce Springsteen has appeared onstage with John Fogerty on a number of occasions in recent years. So your $50 general admission festival seating ticket will not only get you entry to both the equestrian events and the John Fogerty concert, but it MAY even include a glimpse or a tune or two from the Boss himself."
Labels: bardavon, bruce springsteen, chris silva, hits, horse shows in the sun, jessica springsteen, john fogerty, saugerties
Friday, September 3, 2010
Fellow labrat Michelle Rogers posted the presentation on Scribd.
Betsy Morgan Presentation to Journal Register Co. ideaLab
Labels: Betsy Morgan, Idealab, JRC, Kelly Metz, Michelle Rogers


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In conventional medicine, the primary function of the physician is diagnosis, i.e., identifying which disease a person is suffering from. This disease-diagnosis orientation leads to the disease-treatment, symptom-relief system that dominates health care in our country. As discussed in Chapter Two of Total Wellness, this system is failing. We need a different kind of health care thinking and a different kind of physician. If we want to be healthy, it's up to us. We must become more aware of our bodies, learn how they function, understand what makes us healthy or sick - in short, become our own best physician.
Being Our Own Best Physician
Daunted by the prospect of self-diagnosis? Indeed, it is an almost impossible task to determine which one of several thousands of different diseases you may be suffering from. Physicians with thousands of hours of sophisticated medical training and years of practice frequently make inaccurate diagnoses where specific diseases are concerned. However, I believe the name of the disease is not what we need to know to get well. The necessary diagnosis is actually much simpler. In fact, our cultural obsession with complex diseases not only blinds us to the real causes of illness but disempowers us and gives over control of our health to doctors in a system that often relieves only symptoms. It's as if we spent all our time and resources hiring highly skilled specialists to repair a crack in the ceiling with spackle and paint when the root of the problem is a structural weakness in the building's foundation.
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Written by Deb Egenberger Thursday, 04 October 2012 13:39
Girls jump into ratings at No. 7
The Gothenburg volleyball team is quietly creeping into the spotlight.
With three wins in the Gothenburg Invite on Saturday, including a defeat over state-ranked Ord, the Swedes move to 14-3 on the season and jump into the Omaha World-Herald ratings at No. 7 in Class C-1.It's a first for Gothenburg volleyball.
They didn't get there with a lot of hoopla and exuberant celebration on the court.
It's more of a quiet confidence.
"Each player has bought into her role on the team," said coach Mary Clark. "They play as a team because I genuinely believe they care about each other."
They care about winning too.
"This is a competitive bunch of girls," Clark said. "It's so exciting to see things finally going their way."
Gothenburg also sits at No. 7 in the Nebraska School Activities Association point standings.
The Swedes opened the home tournament on Saturday against Ord, a 15-5 team led by Iowa State recruit Nicki Carson, a left-handed hitter/setter.
The first set went back and forth until Gothenburg gained an 18-14 lead.
The Swedes held the advantage to 21-17 and then Ord pulled closer until Gothenburg put the set away 25-23.
The second set was just as close with the score tied most of the way until the Chanticleers pulled out a 25-23 win.
The third set was more of the same until the Swedes put it away 25-22.
"The girls are learning not to be tentative, even when the game is on the line," Clark said. "Our game is an attack game and we don't play well any other way.
Jacey Wiggins had a triple double for the Swedes with 13 kills, 14 set assists and 11 digs.
Aryn Meisinger added 21 set assists while Maddy Costello picked up 12 digs and Regan Geiken put down 11 kills and five stuff blocks.
In the second match, Gothenburg faced 11-5 Holdrege.
"We knew Holdrege was going to be tough too," Clark said. "They are an athletic team and they are very scrappy."
In fact, the coach said, one rally during the match lasted over a minute and a half with the ball touched 38 times as it went back and forth across the net 26 times.
Sophomore middle hitter Tiani Reeves ended the rally with a kill.
"It was so much fun," Clark said. "Nobody was going to be the one to let that ball fall."
Gothenburg defeated Holdrege 25-16, 22-25, 25-15.
Wiggins led the way at the net again with nine kills while Meisinger offered 13 set assists and Costello picked up another 12 digs.
Gothenburg finished off the round robin championship with a 25-20, 25-21 victory over Perkins County.
"The girls passed well and communicated well all day," Clark said.
Gothenburg's schedule loosens up a bit in the next couple of weeks. The Swedes will host a triangular with Lexington (0-21) and McCook (9-12) on Thursday and they won't play again until a head-to-head rematch with Southwest (10-8) on Oct. 11.
"It will be nice to get a little bit of a reprieve," Clark said, "but we know we can't look past any team."


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text: The investigators propose to test the hypothesis that defects in mitochondrial function may be an important factor in ASD pathophysiology. Physiological and biochemical evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction will be directly assessed by collecting skeletal muscle, assaying for mitochondrial function and quantifying oxidative stress. Subjects will be further evaluated for mitochondrial dysfunction using five non-invasive techniques, which have the potential to supplant the muscle biopsy in diagnosis of mitochondrial dysfunction. These non-invasive tests include analysis of alterations in metabolite levels in urine and blood (metabolomics), determination of changes in brain and muscle high energy phosphates by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), determination or patient exercise capacity and resulting alterations in hormone levels, analysis of exhaled organic molecules, and analysis of changes in mitochondrial status by transdermal near infrared light absorbance. To determine if alterations in mitochondrial genes contribute to the development of ASD, the investigators will screen subjects for alterations in mitochondrial genes that are located in chromosomal regions previously implicated in autism. Analyses will also include mtDNA copy number and changes in the mtDNA sequence that may correlate with disease. What this means for people with autism:Demonstration that individuals with ASD have mitochondrial defects could provide important insights into both regressive and progressive aspects of the clinical course of ASD in children and adults. In sum, this research program is in position to develop novel methods for diagnosis of metabolic abnormalities and offer immediate treatment approaches.


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AJAX framework
- 1 Introduction and Credits
- 2 Client vs. Server Framework
- 3 Semantic vs. HTML Data Payload
- 4 XML vs. JSON vs. Plain Text Encoding
- 5 Browser XSLT vs. Templating
- 6 REST-style vs. RPC-style Calls
- 7 SOAP vs. XMLRPC vs. Client Stub vs. Procedural API
- 8 Performance-Relevant Design Patterns
Introduction and Credits
There are a few crucial design decisions to be made when implementing an AJAX framework. We want to especially credit the authors of http://ajaxpatterns.org/ as their site helped us immensely in thinking systematically about our AJAX design.
Client vs. Server Framework
We decided to implement a server-side framework mainly:
- First of all we want to introduce AJAX gradually. We won't have an AJAX-only site any soon. Large parts of our applications will require full-page request/response cycles for a long time to come but will more and more be sprinkled with AJAX-driven components.
- We want to re-use our existing know-how. Most of our developers are used to implement server-side applications. They know how to implement pages with PHP controllers and smarty views. We have much less JavaScript expertise than we know server-side technologies.
- It is easier to maintain an application that is mainly written in one language. Tools that support PHP/smarty development are quite different from tools that support JavaScript development. We don't want to loose time by maintaining two separate tool sets.
- Server-side frameworks keep most of the processing on the server while client-side frameworks offload some processing to the client thereby reducing server CPU load. Most typical PKP application installations are viewed by a moderate number of concurrent users and typically do not experience very strong access fluctuations. We therefore believe that in our case the advantages of a server-side design outweigh this disadvantage.
Semantic vs. HTML Data Payload
As we chose server-side processing as our general AJAX-approach, HTML payload is the logical consequence. We therefore decided to use HTML payload rather than passing semantic data (e.g. as XML) to the client.
We still may use semantic data payloads in specific use cases if we encounter requirements that force us to do so. This is especially the case where large data sets have to be transported to the client and manipulated there. Some performance relevant techniques (e.g. predictive fetch, XML data islands, etc.) work best with semantic data. Semantic data sets can improve usability and performance as data can be manipulated on the client without any need for network roundtrips.
XML vs. JSON vs. Plain Text Encoding
HTML can be transported over all three encodings. While plain text comes to mind first there are certain advantages in using XML or JSON even with an HTML payload. The advantage of a structured encoding is that you can send protocol data (e.g. status codes, etc.) together with the HTML payload.
We decided to wrap our data in JSON messages so we can send status messages along with the payload:
- We prefer JSON over HTML as it can be directly parsed as JavaScript and uses less processing power on the client side.
- JSON has a low memory and CPU footprint on the server side.
- There is less format interference between JSON and HTML than between XML and HTML. In other words: JSON messages with an HTML payload need less escaping and are therefore easier to read for the human eye.
We might use XML encoding for semantic data if we need it in the future (see the comment on semantic data in the previous section).
Browser XSLT vs. Templating
The reasons to use HTML payload, JSON encoding and server-side processing have already been laid out. This means that we cannot use client-side XSLT. We'll use server-side smarty templating instead.
REST-style vs. RPC-style Calls
Server-side AJAX calls go over HTTP. This means that server-side controller methods need to to be triggered over URLs requested over HTTP. REST-style calls are considered simpler and "cleaner" by some. They are modeled closely along features of the HTTP protocol. REST-style messages come to mind naturally when thinking of simple CRUD-style applications.
In our case, however, we believe that an RPC-style call schema is better suited:
- Our application is not a simple CRUD application. Our handler operations cannot be cleanly mapped to HTTP's PUT/DELETE/POST/GET methods. This impedance mismatch between the REST protocol and our internal API is the main reason why we prefer an RPC-style call scheme. It allows us to map URLs directly to our internal API in an easy and obvious way.
- We want to maintain maximum compatibility with a very large number of target installation environments. As some web servers do not support HTTP methods like PUT or DELETE we prefer to use an HTTP-to-handler-mapping that does not require "exotic" HTTP methods.
- We do not plan to expose our API directly to end-users which would be a certain argument in favor of a (simple) REST-style approach. In other words: we are providing full end-user applications and not web services. Where we explicitly provide web-services we still might think of using REST where appropriate.
SOAP vs. XMLRPC vs. Client Stub vs. Procedural API
RPC-style APIs can be exposed via a variety of different technologies. We chose a simple procedural approach that maps URLs to handler operations.
JavaScript stubs that reproduce a server-side API on the client side are most helpful in a client framework. As most of our calls can be done from simple URLs, full client-side JavaScript stubs would introduce an unnecessary amount of code to be maintained on the client.
SOAP and XMLRPC calls are too complex for our simple requirements. We don't need to transport sophisticated data structures from the client to the server. The simple key-value approach of GET or POST requests can handle all we need. SOAP/XMLRPC would be over-engineered in our case.
The procedural API approach falls into place naturally. Please see our Router Architecture document for further details.
Performance-Relevant Design Patterns
Multi-Stage Download
We chose to employ multi-stage download where possible. This means downloading an HTML document to the client first that then triggers further network roundtrips to download components.
This has several advantages:
- The perceived loading time is reduced as the first response comes in quicker and the user already has the basic page structure on screen.
- The server-side framework we use supports multi-stage download well.
- Multi-stage download decouples the page controller from the component controllers. The only thing that the page controller needs to be aware of is the RPC service endpoint (=URL) of the components it wants to include.
Predictive Fetch
Predictive fetch is a technology where the client decides to fetch more data from the server as currently needed to improve response time when the client needs the data later.
As we are using HTML payload and a server-side approach, predictive fetch cannot be used in our case (or is at least very difficult to use).


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Gary A. Swaby of TheKoalition writes: We return with our 'pre-Sony Meeting' podcast to discuss the latest in the gaming industry.
Before Sony sends the media world in a frenzy this week we thought it would be best to record a show before, to get our final predictions out. Myself Edward V and Anthony Frasier chopped it up about a few different topics, such as the leaked images of the PS4 prototype controller. One of us felt like Sony should have changed the actual layout of the controller, find out who and why by pressing play.
We also discussed the new Bungie title Destiny, are they doing a good job promoting this game? Will it really have a ten year life-span?
Last of Us was delayed by Sony, but why? It is now releasing the week after E3, so was this delay perhaps a strategic move on Sony's behalf? Do they plan to reveal something at E3 that will persuade more people to buy Last of Us?
Edward V also spilled the beans on what he thinks of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, s...
It's a good week to be a gamer indeed. I really hope they utilize the touch screen on the PS4 controller well. I can only assume how much battery power it will waste if they don't.
The reveal is tomorrow (hopefully). Too much talk ha. Not too much longer to find out..
I am scared and excited to see what "next-gen" is going to offer. If it's much at all or a lot.
Nothing wrong with the controller layout, one thing they can get is the trigger from the xbox.
They have to keep the control layout and shape relatively the same. Its a defining feature in their brand that separates it from the Xbox controller. When you see that layout you automatically think "Oh thats a Playstation controller."
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Orange halter dress
Added Jul 14, 2013
by liliv-1
Athens, Greece
This is my second take on burda model 116-07-2009 (the first version is here ). I used a not so thin jersey for it. For this reason I didn't add the gathered pieces at the bust part. I just used the lining pattern pieces for the upper part, good for me because the construction was more easy this way:)
The pattern that I used is similar to the new 5-2013-123 downloadable "here":http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/printed-maxi-dress-052013/
Material Notes
jersey fabric, pattern: burdastyle magazine 7/2009 maxi dress 116
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Aug 16, 2013, 10.28 AMby nishavinod2009
You look very beautiful in this dress! Lovely color too.
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Aug 16, 2013, 10.54 AMby liliv-1
Thank you! Orange is one of my favorite colors!
Jul 22, 2013, 12.22 PMby sunriseruby
Beautiful dress! I like the changes you've made to pattern. I did not think about this pattern because of too deep neckline, but now when I saw your dress must reconsider this pattern. Love the color!
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Jul 22, 2013, 12.44 PMby liliv-1
Thank you very much, I'm very glad you like it!! The model 5-2013-123 has a deep neckline, I hope it was clear to you that I didn't use this, but an older model!
Jul 19, 2013, 04.52 PMby zsyzu
I love this orange dress. Also, you have that halter top down perfectly! It fits just right.
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Jul 19, 2013, 07.23 PMby liliv-1
Thank you zsyzu:)
Jul 18, 2013, 07.24 PMby nkaiy
This dress is fiiiiinnnne. I'm not a fan of orange but this has got me thinking. Orange can be fantastic.
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Jul 18, 2013, 08.10 PMby liliv-1
Thanks!! I love orange very much, it's such a cheerful color!
Jul 16, 2013, 12.35 PMby kisses
Nice dress and colour too Liliv…I love the colour orange too. These type of dresses fit you perfectly
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Jul 16, 2013, 01.19 PMby liliv-1
Thanks girl!!
Jul 16, 2013, 10.00 AMby sleepy-dumpling
I have to admit that orange is not a colour I have considered wearing but you may have just changed my mind about that! I love this dress and the colour looks amazing on you. Is there anything you can't wear!?
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Jul 16, 2013, 10.51 AMby liliv-1
Thank you very much! Orange is a very pretty color, I didn't like it at all in the past but now I love it. It's yummy and cheerful and I think it suits many skintones, haircolors etc. There are so many things that I can't wear:))
Jul 15, 2013, 10.09 PMby Angie H
What a lovely color … such a sweet dress and its gorgeous on you. I would love to have something in this color. :)
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Jul 15, 2013, 11.07 PMby liliv-1
Thank you very much for the nice comments:) You can make something orange, I think that this color would be perfect on you! This is what I love about sewing, you can make everything you wish, no need to go to the shops and search for an orange dress. Of course you have to search for an orange fabric instead:) But this is much more easy, at least for me!
Jul 15, 2013, 09.00 PMby katya katya
Orange was a dificult colour to me. I was coupling it with a man who works as a dustman and wears orange dungarees. Until I've sewn my first orange dress, for a try :D Since I did it, I loved this colour :D You look beautiful!
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Jul 15, 2013, 09.47 PMby liliv-1
I have the same issue with some colors, I have coupled them with something or somebody:))) I used to hate orange as well but the last years I love it…I don't know what happened!
Jul 15, 2013, 09.34 AMby schnui
Really lovely little summer dress. Orange looks great on you.
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Jul 15, 2013, 10.11 AMby liliv-1
Thank you schnui, I love orange:)
Jul 14, 2013, 07.21 PMby Moimisie
Great dress liliv! The color looks really good on you!
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Jul 14, 2013, 07.33 PMby liliv-1
Thank you very much!
Jul 14, 2013, 07.02 PMby Mary Athey
this is gorgeous on you liliv, you're getting good at the photos. like you my mum used to take them and she will still take them but its not much fun for her so i take my own normally as well. i love the orange on you and i love the photos xx
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Jul 14, 2013, 07.35 PMby liliv-1
I'm very glad you like my photos because I have a hard time everytime I take them!! But it is better to take the photos alone if the other person (i.e your mum) gets bored of it!
Jul 14, 2013, 06.09 PMby rita61
Nice! This colour looks so fresh and summery on you! You look great! You sure can wear a lot of nice colours!!
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Jul 14, 2013, 06.23 PMby liliv-1
Thank you dear rita:) Your comments are much appreciated!
Jul 14, 2013, 05.46 PMby Kocotte
waouh, so many photos as usual, I'm wondering who is taking the photos. itis a nice dress, nice color and it suits you very well
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Jul 14, 2013, 06.02 PMby liliv-1
Thanks! I take the photos on my own, my mother used to take them but she got bored:P
Jul 14, 2013, 03.49 PMby velvetribbon
Very nice dress and suit you perfectly. I love the color too so much:)
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Jul 14, 2013, 04.48 PMby liliv-1
Thank you my friend:)
Jul 14, 2013, 02.44 PMby BeeZee
Very nice! I just ordered a pattern with a similar detail at the bust line – both of your's are nicely done! Ha ha ha at the guy on the scooter in the background! And I love the shots in the tree!!!!!
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Jul 14, 2013, 02.55 PMby liliv-1
:)))) The guy on the scooter, you noticed him he he!!! A delivery boy uploaded on burdastyle:) Which is the pattern you ordered?
Jul 16, 2013, 02.06 AMby BeeZee
Well, the pattern arrived today, McCall's 5844, but now that I look at it it's not the same. What was I thinking?
;P I think I like it though, and will give it a try…but maybe without the drape-y piece on the front. Hey – my August Burda-Style should be arriving any day now don't you think??? I see they just posted the Bandeau dress onto the web site. I have one cut out – all but the top band, and I just can't find anything that pleases me for it as yet.
Jul 16, 2013, 10.38 AMby liliv-1
I just googled to find how McCall's 5844 looks, it's very pretty, it will be perfect for you!! I like the drape piece at the front, I wouldn't skip it:) I'm sure the bandeau dress will be pretty. I love the August Burdastyle, especially this red suit and the leather jacket!
Jul 16, 2013, 11.30 PMby BeeZee
Do you already have the August Burda??? Snap! I wish mine would get here already! Hahaha!
Jul 16, 2013, 11.51 PMby liliv-1
I don't have it! I saw the models here
Jul 17, 2013, 10.10 AMby BeeZee
You are amazing! Thanks for the link to the preview! Looks like we'll be thinking about our fall wardrobes soon. There are some very pretty things in this issue, but we're in the middle of a a heat wave (over 90 degrees for days and days!) so I still have a few more summer dresses to make for now. :)
Jul 14, 2013, 02.11 PMby frederi
I like the color very much and the shape suits you so well. I like this better than maxi….so many different people, so many different opinions:-)
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Jul 14, 2013, 02.27 PMby liliv-1
Thank you very much frederi!! I like this better than maxi too, because I'll wear it a lot this way! I love maxi dresses very much, but they remain unworn in my closet, I don't feel so comfortable in them!
Jul 14, 2013, 02.03 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
It is very nice:) I'm sure everybody's smiling looking at you:) A real magnit for attention; you are so sexy in it:) The pendant is an ideal accessoire for this decolette. And I like the pictures, especially those with the trees and sea on the background:)
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Jul 14, 2013, 02.22 PMby liliv-1
Oh, thanks, how sweet and kind comments!! The pendant is a way to fill a not so large bust;) I'm very glad you like the pictures with me climbing the trees:))) Which one looks like there is sea at the backround? There is no sea here, I'm not at the island anymore! :)))
Jul 14, 2013, 04.20 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
The picture under the bike and another one where you are leaning ahead (and your bust is well-seen, by the way:)) – there is a fence and blue mountains on the background and it seemed to me there's a sea stripe between them, if it's impossible, it means either I'm a dreamer or it creates an illusion of water…
Jul 14, 2013, 04.49 PMby liliv-1
A, ok you are right!! It looks like sea, but they are the houses in the front of the mountains!
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Talking to a European colleague the other day, I had to remind him that the United States is just as big and diverse as the European Union, with our country's states being as unique as the sovereigns involved in the EU. The same goes for motorcycling in the US, with our sport and passion taking different shapes depending on your geography of this Great Union.
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MercyCorps is one of the largest global aid agencies in the world, providing disaster relief and assistance to more than 16.5 million people in more than 40 countries, with a staff of about 3,700 employees located around the globe. However, even though this respected organization has its own Drupal developers, when it was time to build its Global Citizen Corps website, they turned to OpenSourcery to develop it for them.
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"Saga," writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples told their panel's capacity crowd Saturday at Comic-Con, is Hazel's story.
The daughter of Alana and Marko – on-the-run lovers born of warring alien species – Hazel narrates Vaughan and Staples' creator-owned, Eisner Award-winning hit Image Comics series from an as yet unseen future. Readers first met her just as she was being born, and in the most recent issues see her as a toddler.
"Her parents are a very important part of her life now," said Vaughan, who hasn't been shy about killing off "Saga" characters. "But they might not always be."
After the audience's mournful reaction to that, he jokingly offered, "Or maybe they'll always be!"
The truly out-there sci-fi series' first deluxe hardcover, collecting the first 18 issues, has a cover image of the infant Hazel breastfeeding, with her parents' home worlds of Wreath and Landfall behind her.
"We're doubling down on our breastfeeding stance," Staples said, referring to a different cover image that graced the series' debut issue and first collected paperback. It showed Alana and Marko with Hazel breastfeeding and caused a stir.
Vaughan said his response to hearing that some retailers were covering the image was a colorful, "Well … that." After the applause died down, he said, "If your store doesn't like that cover, if you don't want to read a book with that cover, then we're not the book for you."
"Saga" has proved to be the book for many readers and awards voters: It won a leading three Eisner Awards on Friday night, with its second consecutive wins for continuing series and writer, and added the painter prize for Staples (who one audience member Saturday sincerely thanked for drawing "orgies and gore stuff so classy"). It has also won Harvey and Hugo awards.
Along with Image label-mate "The Walking Dead," "Saga" is not only one of the top-selling monthly indie comics, but one of the bestselling comics period, and its collected volumes have spent time in the No. 1 slot on the New York Times' bestseller list for graphic novels.
The upcoming hardcover will feature extras, including the script for an issue and a roundtable discussion also involving letterer/designer Fonografiks (Steven Finch), who handles all the typography except for Hazel's narration, which is done in Staples' handwriting. The panel said that future deluxe hardcovers will also collect 18 issues, and each will have a cover of Hazel at a different stage in her life.
Vaughan also offered some hints about next month's "Saga" No. 22: Readers will learn more about Hazel's babysitter – the war victim ghost teen Izabel — and may finally see King Robot, father of Prince Robot IV.
Though the inventive universe of "Saga" is something Vaughan has been thinking about since childhood, he credits much of its vivid realization to Staples, including "100%" of its multiculturalism beyond one species having wings and the other horns. For example: "When I was pitching to Fiona, I said, 'I don't care how Alana looks, but no redheads. There's a glut of redheads in comics.' And Fiona was like, 'Well, she doesn't have to be white either.' And I was like, 'Oh, right.'"
Staples said: "Representation and diversity in comics is something that's important to me, and I also think it just makes a more realistic universe when you're constructing a brand-new world and you want it to feel authentic. Most of the people on Earth are not white. Why would this galaxy be?"
There is a roadmap for the series' sprawling story, Vaughan said, though there is room to maneuver. For example, No. 19's animal pals Ghus and Walrus Friend.
"Sometimes Fiona will be like, 'I just drew a picture of this little seal dude and he's got a walrus friend. Do they belong in the book?' And I said, 'Yes.' And they're vitally important to our characters' futures now."
Regarding the recent deaths of some beloved characters, Vaughan challenged the cultural thinking behind any resentment.
"People are always like 'George R.R. Martin or Joss Whedon – these guys are monsters,'" he said. "But it used to be when people would read fiction, characters would die all the time. I think we've grown up in a sort of culture where a lot of our storytelling is controlled by a big corporation – that means we can't let these characters die, we have to keep them alive. And that's just a terrible way for fiction to approach things.
"We read this stuff to prepare us for the worst things that are going to happen to us, and death is the worst," he continued before interrupting himself to growing laughter: "This is such a downer panel. I'm sorry, but we're all going to die terribly. So read this comic book."
There was one possible death that Staples outright rejected, Vaughan said. He got back a "Nope, not drawing that" from his collaborator when he had Lying Cat, a blue feline that can tell when someone isn't telling the truth (and says, simply, "Lying") being blown out of a ship.
The audience was on the artist's side.
Regarding Lying Cat, the writer said Staples had asked at lunch if there was "a planet of Lying Kitties" somewhere.
"Imagine their conversations," she said.
It isn't just good guys and cute animals that fans get emotionally invested in. Reacting to hurt audience reaction when he suggested that they may never see the bounty hunter known as the Will again, Vaughan exclaimed: "He's a bad guy! He's trying to kill the characters you like, guys. You're not supposed to root for him."
The fan at the microphone shouted back: "He can change!"
To a question from an appreciative reader about a page featuring Lying Cat and Sophie (a child sex slave that the not-really-so-bad the Will had freed), on which the girl is saying she's soiled because of what she's done and the cat says, "Lying," Vaughan said he'd worried it would be "too on-the-nose, but I wept when I saw Fiona's execution of it."
He added: "I love 'Star Wars' … but I guess the one element of 'Star Wars' that always bothered me is slave girl Leia. To me, that is that character at the least sexy, in a sort of subjugated, sad state." After applause, Vaughan continued: "There really are slave girls in the world, and they don't look anything like Princess Leia in a bikini. I guess we want to talk about war in a realistic way, and we can't do that without talking about the civilians who have been hurt."
(This being "Saga," that poignant exchange was immediately followed by a question about robot genitalia.)
Staples, answering a question about figure references from moderator Eric Stephenson (Image's publisher), said she shoots photos of herself before drawing poses.
"Now that I know that," Vaughan joked, "the script will become like an elaborate game of Twister."
There was some talk of seeing "Saga" in other mediums.
Vaughan, who also developed Stephen King's "Under the Dome" into a hit television series and was a producer on "Lost" in addition to his comics work on projects including "Runaways," "Pride of Baghdad" and "Y: The Last Man," was asked by a fan about why he's said that he doesn't want "Saga" to be adapted for the screen.
The writer stated, as he had in accepting the continuing series Eisner Award the previous night, that he sees comics as a superior medium that can do things that film and television can't do, and that with "Saga" he wanted to do something that was purely a comic book.
But, he added, "If Paul Thomas Anderson says, 'Hey, I want to do a "Saga" movie' – all right."
Staples didn't object to the comics-only approach, but does look at hypothetical cast lists that fans post online. Her favorite suggestions: Godfrey Gao ("The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones") for Marko, and Freema Agyeman ("Doctor Who") for Alana.
The creative team agreed that "Saga" could be a tabletop role-playing game, and in asking the fans what sort of items they'd like to see, heard back, "Lying Cat plushie."
"OK," Vaughan said. "But it's got to talk."
— Blake Hennon | Google+ | @LATHeroComplex
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