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Hi, I was always a fan of Warzone, since playstation 1. At the time I played on easy, I was still young needing to "get good", after I uncovered the software became free and was available for download, I loved the idea and played again, this time on normal. While I did beat the game, I couldn't stop thinking, "is it me or all the traffic of the veicles are slower?" Are they having more problems to retreat than the PS1 version? Then, sometime passed I decided to play again the new version, but this time on hard, and this time the Traffic problem was evident. Maybe because the enemies have more things to throw at me and end up killing my things before they can retreat, but man... It the second world it was unberable, Ok, most of my units tends to be heavy tanks and I usually dont use cyborgs, but frenquently I saw then pushing each other trying to retreat, staying at the same place and being hit by something that ended up kiling them. Even with a commander lv almost max I couldn't beat the VTOL base on part 2. My Tanks tried to advance, were hit by the missiles, tried to retreat, keep pushing the ones on the back and died on the second wave of fire. It got to a point in which I said "screw the retreat, DO or DIE". I finally managed to beat it, but with great costs. At the end, that part was so frustating I ended up giving up.
So, much time has passed ever since, so I saw more versions came out, so can anyone tell me if the Traffic problem was solved? I really love this game, I love how it adresses sci fi so realistic, I love to design my tanks. And I would love to fulfil my love by beating it on Hard. But the way it was it really feels the fault is on the game pathing and not on my plan, I really would need to wait for hours to get the resources needed to rebuild my army after each attack, and praying my commanders don't die. Of course, I could have used smaller units to avoid Traffic, but than they would die on the first wave of missile fire or whatever the game throw at me, it would be a do or die anyway. Or maybe this problem was intended as it is as an disvantage for use of Heavy Tank, and I am just really bad on this game.
Anyway was the traffic problem solved?


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On July 10, 2000, in the midst of the presidential campaign, GOP candidate George W. Bush addressed the national NAACP convention in Baltimore and denounced such "new forms of racism" as racial profiling and redlining. But even as he spoke, a very old, traditional form of racism was being implemented in Florida: the disfranchisement of eligible voters, especially blacks, which helped Bush win that state and the election.
Despite one well-reported incident involving a police checkpoint near a polling place, disfranchisement 2000-style did not depend on intimidation. Cattle prods and attack dogs, the legacy of former Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor, were nowhere in evidence. Instead, Florida state elections officials and hired data crunchers used computers to target thousands of voters, many of whom were then purged from the voter rolls without reason. And many thousands more saw their votes thrown out as a result of error-prone voting machines and poorly designed ballots, the results of an underfunded and chaotic electoral system.
In all, some 200,000 Floridians were either not permitted to vote in the November 7 election on questionable or possibly illegal grounds, or saw their ballots discarded and not counted. A large and disproportionate number were black.
Florida's black leaders, already engaged in an emotional, bitter confrontation with Governor Jeb Bush, George W. Bush's brother, had mounted an unprecedented voter registration effort to defeat candidates they saw as political enemies. According to exit polls, 65 percent more black voters went to the polls in Florida in 2000 than in the 1996 election, and of the votes that were counted, blacks went at least 9 to 1 for Democrat Al Gore. But the votes that were tallied were not enough. After the US Supreme Court cut off ballot recounts, Bush had a margin of 537 votes out of more than 5.8 million cast. The closeness of the final count made all votes not cast and not counted that much more crucial. (As one example, the Palm Beach Post recently reported that Gore lost 6,600 votes in Palm Beach County alone because of the infamous butterfly ballot, more than ten times Bush's margin of victory.)
State officials deny racist intent in their actions, but the US Commission on Civil Rights conducted two hearings in Florida in January and February to determine why so many Floridians were denied the right to vote. In a preliminary assessment, the commission noted that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 "was aimed at subtle, as well as obvious, state regulation and practices" that could deny citizens the right to vote because of their race. The commission said it found evidence of "prohibited discrimination" in Florida's polling process. A final report is due this summer.
The NAACP and others filed suit on January 10 against Secretary of State Katherine Harris, who was a co-chair of the campaign and is responsible for the conduct of fair elections in Florida, and other Florida officials, charging them with violating the Fourteenth Amendment and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The suit demands many reforms of the Florida electoral system.

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The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees — each chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line's rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.
This week we share with you one of our gardeners' current favorites.
During the summer months, wintersweet may go unnoticed as one of the park's leafy bushes, but it's in the colder months of the year that it takes on another character. Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox, is one of the park's notable winter bloomers, producing dangling fragrant yellow flowers this time of year. If you walk along the High Line near West 21st Street, you may smell the scent of lilac wafting across the winter landscape.
The plants take time to establish themselves before flowering – some say up to 7 years. High Line Gardeners were pleasantly surprised to see the park's wintersweet bush blooming for the first time this year.
Wintersweet is also sometimes called Japanese allspice, although the plant is native to China. European gardeners adopted the plant from Japanese gardens, and since then Chimonanthus praecox has been commonly grown as an ornamental bush because of its fragrant winter blooms.
On the High Line at West 21st Street


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Humans live in a wide variety of settlements, ranging from hunter-gatherer
camps and villages of a handful of families to modern megacities and metropolitan
regions of tens of millions of inhabitants. Settlement economic and social structureand
the components of infrastructure that support settlements: energy, water supply,
transportation, drains, waste disposal, and so forthhave varying degrees of
vulnerability to climate change and generally are evolving far more quickly
than the natural environment. Settlements can be affected directly through changes
in human health and infrastructure and indirectly through impacts on the environment,
natural resources, and local industries such as tourism or agriculture. Furthermore,
these effects on human settlements theoretically could lead to tertiary impacts
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changes in natural resources and other activities. Tertiary effects, however,
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This chapter builds on Chapters 11 and 12
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SAR identifies the most vulnerable types of communities, many examples of which
are documented in RICC. The SAR states that the most vulnerable communities
are not only poorer coastal and agrarian communities in arid areas identified
in the First Assessment Report in 1990; they also include a great variety of
settlements, most of them informal or illegal and with a predominance of low-income
residents, built on hazardous sites such as wetlands or steep hillsides in or
around many urban areas in the developing world.
The SAR and RICC also identify two categories of climate-sensitive industries.
Sectors with activities that are sensitive to climate include construction,
transportation operations and infrastructure, energy transportation and transmission,
offshore oil and gas, thermal power generation, water availability for industry,
pollution control, coastal-sited industry, and tourism and recreation. Sectors
in which economic activity is dependent on climate-sensitive resources are agroindustry,
biomass, and other renewable energy.
The SAR notes that infrastructure typically is designed to tolerate a reasonable
level of variability within the climate regime that existed when it was designed
and built. However, climate change could affect both average conditions and
the probability of extreme events.
This Third Assessment Report (TAR) confirms most of these conclusions. However,
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potential effects. The TAR assesses their relative importance and the certainty/confidence
of the conclusions reached.
Although literature published since the SAR was issued has not changed the
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details of many of the effects, which are being studied more systematically
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and it is becoming possible to assign confidence ratings to many of the effects
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of impacts on the energy sector and industries that may be particularly affected
by climate change and an assessment of potential impacts on infrastructure.
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October 19, 2012
Foreclosure Prevention Assistance Available to Homeowners at Department of Financial Services' Mobile Command Center 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26 at Middle Country Public Library (Selden Branch), 575 Middle Country Road in Selden
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Department of Financial Services is reaching out to help Selden area homeowners struggling to save their homes from foreclosure.
Foreclosure prevention specialists will be available to meet homeowners from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26 in the Department of Financial Services' Mobile Command Center (MCC) which will be located at the at Middle Country Public Library (Selden Branch), 575 Middle Country Road in Selden.
Governor Cuomo said: "It is essential that we provide as much help as possible to financially-troubled homeowners. The objective is to provide direct help to homeowners and get the word out to others that it's important to ask for help as quickly as possible. The longer a homeowner waits, the harder it may be to save a home."
Governor Cuomo directed the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to launch the foreclosure prevention program in January as a means of extending help to homeowners in foreclosure or at risk of foreclosure. Since then, the program has visited more than a dozen sites with high foreclosure rates throughout the state.
Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, said: "It's important that homeowners who start to see financial problems know that there are more options available to them if they act sooner, rather than later. The foreclosure prevention program allows homeowners to meet one-on-one with foreclosure prevention specialists who are knowledgeable and can offer practical guidance."
Senator John J. Flanagan said: "Bringing one-on-one assistance directly to the community is the best way to let people know that help is available. This program offers homeowners personal guidance based on their specific situations and can be helpful to those who are in possible danger of losing their homes. It is my hope that many people take advantage of this beneficial program."
Marianne Garvin, President and CEO, Community Development Corporation of Long Island, said: "Many homeowners on Long Island are hurting and need help saving their homes. CDC of Long Island applauds Governor Cuomo for focusing strong, consistent attention on this problem that continues to be a human and community tragedy."
State Resources Available to Homeowners
The state's foreclosure prevention program enables homeowners to have confidential meetings with DFS foreclosure specialists who assess where homeowners are in the pre-foreclosure or foreclosure process. Depending on individuals' specific situations, the specialists may offer homeowners assistance in such areas as:
- Applying for mortgage modifications or providing help to homeowners who have already sought mortgage modifications.
- Interceding on behalf of homeowners with their mortgage lenders or servicers.
- Assisting homeowners in communicating with mortgage lenders or servicers.
- Accepting complaints from homeowners who believe they were victimized by mortgage lending abuses, so complaints can be investigated by the Department.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved housing counselors will also be available to offer assistance to homeowners.
Homeowners unable to meet personally with foreclosure prevention specialists are urged to the call the Department's toll-free foreclosure hotline, 1-800-269-0990 or 518-457-1654, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Homeowners may also file complaints using the Department website, www.dfs.ny.gov.
The Department urged homeowners to be wary of mortgage rescue scams, which may be marketed by private businesses. For example, the Department said homeowners should:
- Be wary of anyone asking for an upfront fee in exchange for getting a loan modification, saving a home from default or stopping a foreclosure or tax sale. New York law prohibits the collection of such fees in most cases. Also, many not-for-profit housing counselors will help homeowners negotiate with lenders for free.
- Be wary of anyone who says they can save a home if a homeowner signs or transfers the deed to his or her house over to them so the homeowner can catch up on mortgage payments or refinance a loan. A homeowner should never submit mortgage payments to anyone other than the homeowner's mortgage company without its approval.
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This is a really quick post today. That's because I'm busy getting ready for the "reveal" of a project that Muneeba of An Edible Symphony and I have been working on. I'll give you more details at the end of this "how to" technique for making the fluffiest scrambled eggs I've ever made! I wish I could remember which blog talked about this, but I remembered it as I was getting ready to make a quick breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast. I wanted to see if the claim of really fluffy eggs this way was really true.
You need a pot of boiling water and a bowl. I used a stainless steel bowl. I'm not sure how well glass would work, but you can try it-- and please let me know.
Bring the water to a boil, and place the bowl on top. You don't want the bottom of the boil to touch the water. Here, I've beaten five large eggs, seasoned them with a little kosher salt & fresh cracked pepper. I splashed a little bit of milk into the eggs and gave them a really good whisk. Let's talk about chives, for a moment, shall we? I think these are one of the easiest herbs to grown yourself. Even for apartment dwellers, they do well in containers. Mine are still thriving in mid-November. I love chives in scrambled eggs, so chopped up a few... add a little unsalted butter into the bowl, that is heated from the boiling water. Now add the seasoned eggs.... and whisk....
Keep whisking, and the eggs will firm up in about 3-5 minutes! I added the fresh chopped chives....and grated some sharp cheddar that I had.
Craig and I agreed, that these are egg-selent eggs. Sorry. I couldn't resist.
Try this, the next time you make scrambled eggs. I think you'll agree that this works beautifully. Don't go away yet!
I've had a few readers who have commented that they can't find my recipes. Here's how:
- You can print my recipes two ways-- at the very bottom, you will see the recipe card from "KEY INGREDIENT". You can print them. See?
- Or, look at the very bottom, and you should see a PRINT PDF Icon-- right above the STUMBLE ME icon.
- HOWEVER, if you are receiving my posts via email (FEEDBURNER), you will need to actually visit my blog site. Do you see where it says "A FEAST FOR THE EYES" in blue letters. Put your mouse cursor right on top of that. Now hit CLICK and you will JUMP to my site. Repeat either Steps 1 or Step 2 above.
Tomorrow, November 16th, is the "big reveal" of a project that
Ree has just published her first cookbook and it's hit the #1 slot with the New York Times (Hard Advice).
Muneeba and I will each be giving out a free copy of her cookbook. Yes, that's right! You have two chances to win.
So, come visit us tomorrow to find out what we're cookin' up for you, and how you can win your very own copy. Oh, if you already have a copy-- it's a perfect Christmas gift. In the meantime, please pay Muneeba's blog a visit. She's a lot of fun, and very talented.
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'Hotel Transylvania 3D' Trailer, This Time In English
After removing the Russian version last week, we have just now landed the English-language international trailer for Genndy Tartakovsky's Hotel Transylvania 3D, Sony Pictures Animation's 3-D family monster pic in theaters September 21.
"Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free from meddling from the human world. But here's a little known fact about Dracula: he is not only the Prince of Darkness; he is also a dad. Over-protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit. As a haven for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – can kick back in safety and peace. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis."
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He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will depart from them for a time, and thus people of deviance will be separated. So that the ignorant will say: There is no need for the Family of Muhammad [one from the line of our Prophet (saas)] in order to reach Allah."(Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 161)
Throughout human history, Allah has sent prophets and messengers to tell every people of the true faith, proper moral values, the existence of the Hereafter and the temporary nature of the life of this world. Allah makes these messengers as an instrument to call people to salvation and the true faith.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is alsoa messenger, whose coming our Prophet (saas) says will take place in Hijri 1400, and who will lead people to salvation. By the hand of Hazrat Mahdi (as) Allah will also intellectually neutralize the system of the antichrist those satanic systems such as Darwinism, materialism, communism and fascism that inflict suffering, tensions and war on the world, drowning it in blood and tears. In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) people will believe in Allah, adopt the moral values of the Qur'an, live according to the Sunnah of the Prophet (saas) and dwell in peace, brotherhood, unity and security.
Before that climate, however, Hazrat Mahdi(as) and his followers will live out of sight for a time. During that time, hypocrites who seem to be Muslims on the surface but who do not in fact believe will emerge from among his followers and abandon Hazrat Mahdi (as), saying things like; "We have no need of anyone descended from the line of the Prophet (saas) in order to believe in Allah." In the same way that Allah's prophets, messengers, mujaddids (revivers), mujtahids (scholar who derives legal rulings), great scholars and holy figures have been rejected by the deniers throughout the course of history, some hypocrites will also emerge from among his followers and reject Hazrat Mahdi (as):
If they deny you, those before them also denied the truth. (Surah Fatir, 25)
The fact is, however, thatat times when people turn away from religious moral values and when evil, violence, injustice and immorality increase, Allah has always called people back to the moral values of the true religion by sending prophets, messengers, mujaddids, holy figures and pioneer of salvation to tell communities about the true faith, forbid them from unlawful and enjoin them the right.
Children of Adam! If Messengers come to you from among yourselves, recounting My signs to you, those who have faith and put things right, will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-A'raf, 35)
In the End Times, when corruption and evil have grown, when lawful things are regarded as unlawful, and unlawful things as lawful, Allah will send Hazrat Mahdi (as), the greatest mujaddid (a great scholar sent at the beginning of every century in order to teach the truths of the faith according to the requirements of the time), judge, pioneer of salvation and Qutb al-A'zam (chief of Allah's saints on Earth) of the End Times. The master Said Nursi describes in his Letters how Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be sent at the time of the worst corruption of the End Times:
"…at the time of the greatestcorruption at the end of time, Almighty Allah will send a luminous person as both the mujdahid (reviver), and mujaddid (great scholars and leaders who deduce decrees from the verses and hadiths), and ruler, and the Mahdi, and Murshid (guide), Qutb al-A'zam (the greatest leader of the time), and that person will be from Ahl al-Bayt, from the Family of the Prophet (saas). (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters, 29th Letter, Seventh Section, p. 514)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will rule among people with the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas). No matter how much the hypocrites and deniers seek to hinder him, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will, by Allah's leave, perform his duty in the finest manner possible.
The term "Family of Muhammad" also once again indicates that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be descended from our Prophet (saas).


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Student Activities and Sessions
Each year, more than 200 midwifery students attend the ACNM Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Special options make this experience more affordable than you might expect. The regular ACNM Student Member registration fee is just $250, and workshops are discounted by 50% for students. We've got an entire track of education sessions designed especially for you, and a gamut of other offerings listed below.
For the first time ever, students have the opportunity to showcase practice inquiry projects and research at the Annual Meeting as poster presentations. Submit your abstract to the Student Poster Challenge by April 15 - enter code challenge13.
Don't forget to RSVP to our Facebook event to stay on top of the latest Annual Meeting updates!
We're listening - we've added a half day of case studies to our full day of review to help you prepare and build your confidence for the American Midwifery Certification Board certification exam. Sign up for one day or both when you register for the meeting.
Student Issues Section Liaison Meeting
The SIS Student Liaison meetings are an opportunity for a student liaison from each midwifery education program to meet with co-chairs of the Student Issues Section, Heather Clarke and Kim Dau. At these meetings the liaisons will collaboratively write the Annual Student Report to the ACNM. SIS Liaison Meetings are invitation-only events.
Midwifery Business Network Reception
Rub elbows with movers and shakers who know the ins and outs of the business aspects of midwifery practice. Make contacts, share information, problem solve, and see what's in store for Midwifery Works! 2013, ACNM's fresh new take on the annual Midwifery Business Network fall conference.
Student Lounge
Thursday, May 30: 1 pm - Midnight
First Timer's Orientation
Never been to an ACNM Annual Meeting before? You'll learn everything you need to know for a gentle introduction to the premier opportunity for midwives in America to polish professional and clinical skills, share knowledge and experiences, and celebrate the work that midwives are doing to advance maternity and women's health care.
Midwives of Color Reception
Join your colleagues and friends for a festive evening of fun, food, dancing, and networking. Share experiences, interests, issues, and even a few surprises! All midwives and students are welcome. This event includes a live auction with proceeds going toward the Midwives of Color Watson Basic Midwifery Student Scholarship.
Student Lunch with ACNM Board and Staff
Meet the ACNM Board of Directors and members from the National Office staff for lunch. The A.C.N.M. Foundation will present student awards and scholarships at this event, including the 20th Century Midwife award, the Edith Wonnell scholarship, the Midwives of Color-Watson scholarship, and the Varney Participant award as well as the Foundation's Midwifery Education scholarships.
Midwives-PAC Rally
The Midwives-PAC (Political Action Committee) plays an important tole in advancing ACNM's legislative agenda through campaign contributions to federal legislators. Come learn how to get involved - and get ready for some fun, because this zero overhead event will showcase a silent and live auction as well as a mystery bourbon/wine pull.
Midwifery Awards Dinner and Celebration Party
Come be inspired by the stars of our profession, then hit the dance floor with them! $10 reserves your seat and a plated dinner at the semi-formal awards ceremony - space is not guaranteed without a reservation. Then the doors open to everyone for the free midwifery celebration after-party at 9! These events are always huge favorites with Annual Meeting attendees - everyone who's anyone will be there, so don't miss your chance to cut loose! Let us know whether you plan to attend when you register for the meeting.


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Rascal & Roses
Home interiors when you can't decorate and life as an Army wife with a baby, a puppy and a cat.
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Rascal & Roses has moved!!!!
Lovely readers just a quick note to say I've moved my blog over to the website. Thank you so much for reading, but please come and join me and Stanley (my trusty Spaniel sidekick) over "there" for even more interior fabulousness!
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Let there by light
Well the lampshade making is becoming rather addictive. They just always look so lovely-but that may well be the brilliant fabric that I've been using.
This week my order from Flohr & Co arrived and it's fabulous. This is the pheasant print, already being cut down for a shade
And a quick shot of the finished product! Taadaah!!!!
Flohr & Co is the brainchild of Carrie, a very talented surface pattern designer. She has 2 ranges at the moment-the wonderful pheasants and the beautiful storks (below). This just screams little girls nursery to me-which is lucky as I have a little girl who loves birds! Perfect.
Can't wait to start my next project on the storks fabric, I'll keep you all posted.
If you'd like to win this fabulous lampshade do head over to my Facebook Page and enter our competition (closes Fri 18th Jul 14). Good luck everyone!
If you just can't wait until the competition is announced, then you can order one of these beauties directly - just drop me a line on Facebook or comment below and I will get in touch.
Verity x
Monday, 23 June 2014
Could lampshades be the answer?
I mean, that really depends on the question and I'm not going to lie-they are not the answer for a lot of problems. However, when it comes to making your house looking fabulous then handmade lampshades could be the answer!
If you've ever tried to find lampshades, you'll realise it's not actually that easy. Beautiful ones are hard to find, unless you want to spend an absolute fortune and matching them to a new interior is much easier said than done.
So, last week I decided that I would make some! Turns out, they look pretty good, but I mainly put that down to the very special fabric from Emily Bond. This one is called guls and honestly, the photo doesn't do it justice, it's just plain lovely. I can't wait to whip up some matching cushions. What does everyone think? A winner? Do let me know!
Emily has a wonderful range of printed linens at www.emilybond.co.uk
Verity x
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Part 3: Beautiful gardens (for lazy gardeners)
So, the sun is shining, the birds are tweeting and everything is marvelous. Except then I looked out of the window and realised that I don't have a garden like this:
I have a garden more like this: (well actually - this is my garden.)
I have a garden more like this: (well actually - this is my garden.)
Urgh. How depressing. Not the beautiful, colourful haven of tranquility that I should have, oh no, this is pretty much your issue Army garden. Lawn and fences (well apparently lawn, I'm not wholly convinced though). Now I'm not complaining, plenty of people have no gardens, but sometimes, just sometimes it would be nice to have a lovely garden.
Now for us landscaping is not really an option, well technically it is, but then we'd have to re-landscape the lawn again and with the possibility of moving in another 12 months quite frankly its not going to happen. So, I've decided to go for some other options. These are things that won't involve having to be a landscape gardening, shouldn't break the bank - but should cheer up any gloomy space - small or large! And the best thing - you can take it all with you when you move.
1. Paint some Flower pots. Its not rocket science, but its cost effective and it looks lovely, anytime of the year. So grab a tin of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (you know, the one your bought to paint every piece of furniture you own, but actually only managed to do one chair) yes that one - anyway grab it and get going. It takes literally a few minutes.
2. Chimneas. Not an awful lot to say, but they are a great focal point and who is ever going to complain about roasting marshmallows in your own garden. You don't even need to spend the night camping to indulge.
3. Cushions. Quite frankly, you can never have enough. Just get some. For your chairs, for the floor, everyone needs cushions.
4. Ladders and Sheds. I used to think they were boring and unnecessary, but then I realised you could paint them, and now they are amazing. Think vintage, think shabby chic, think secret garden and you're there!
5. Benches. For some reason, massively underutilised. No idea why, they are brilliant for extra seating and for lounging and generally a useful piece of furniture. Get involved, they are lovely.
Well, having now publically shamed myself I guess I had better get going...I promise to show you the "After" shots soon and when I feel lazy I shall remind myself of this beautiful garden below. Good luck everyone.
Let me know how you get on!
Verity x
Monday, 26 May 2014
Well firstly I need to apologise for the almost 3 month silence from me. Alas, I have had to return to work and we've also moved house so unfortunately the painting has had to take a bit of a backseat. But, it's nearly the summer and I need lots of new things for my house so the brushes are out again and it's back to business!
Finally, the sun has started shining and it feels like summer might just be around the corner! So, during my little painting sabbatical I made a vow that I would try and move away from Old White and Ochre. Yes I still love them, yes for the majority of the population neutral colours look classy and beautiful and simple and just well stunning-BUT if you live in a magnolia box like us and I mean every single wall is magnolia (Crown Silk Magnolia to be precise or rather as the military prefer: Silk, crown, magnolia) then you need your furniture not to be anything like magnolia.
So, my first anti-magnolia project is a tallboy for the upstairs landing. Somewhere to keep all the blankets and spare bedding and everything else that doesn't have a home. So I'm on the hunt! To get some inspiration though of course the dirt port of call was Pinterest and while I tried to resist, I just couldn't stay away...it's GOT to be yellow. Nothing else will do. So the minute I can find the perfect tallboy I'm out with the English Yellow. Yeeeeeeessssss!!! But maybe a really distressed look this time, possibly with a touch of Aubusson Blue underneath. Oh yes, its going to look divine! Just the hideous brown/red carpets to tackle now....
Watch this space, seemingly linen cupboards are harder to find than you would imagine!
Verity x
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Part 2: Headboards & some exciting interiors news
I am all for family friendly living. I believe that your house needs to incorporate the fact that there are little people in it, otherwise it really won't work. I don't think that you can get away with having a dedicated playroom and expect the rest of your house to be a child free zone. However, I draw the line at bedrooms- well specifically my bedroom!
I honestly think it is possible to have a child-free bedroom (fair enough not new born free, but in general) a grown up room that is just lovely. And for no other reason other than, well because.
But how do you do that if you can't paint your walls the finest muted greys or a beautiful cornflower blue or wallow in the thickest creme carpet money can buy? because, i can assure you if you are moving into an Army Quarter then you'll be lucky if they fitted underlay, in fact lets just agree the likelihood is they haven't. But fear not, there are loads of ways to get that luxury, hotel boutique look without having to undertake a serious DIY/carpet laying course.
The answers: Be clever with soft furnishings. The biggest spaces you have available to add colour to your bedroom are the window dressings and a headboard. Here are some fabulous examples of lovely headboards that change the whole looks of a room (even a magnolia box).
{Pictures from Pinterest}
Now for some exciting news. In the next few months Rascal & Roses are going to be bringing out a headboards and soft furnishings range (for bedrooms) that will make even the beigest of rooms dreamy! We're not just going to sticking to muted colours, there are definitely going to be some fabulous bright options and some amazing fabrics that will compliment all the lovely hand-painted furniture. Stay tuned and thanks so much for taking the time to read.
Verity x
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Colour colour colour
One of the biggest problems I've found when people ask me to paint a piece of furniture for them, is which colour to use. Now clearly I don't mean a problem like starving orphans in Africa, or lest we forget the flood victims of Somerset, but it is a problem none the less.
The issue is lots of people look at the colour chart and pick a lovely colour, but then by the time you've covered a whole piece in Henrietta (a light mauve, but on the pink side) the piece only looks suitable for a 6 year olds princess themed boutique.
So, what's the solution? Well, my fantastic powers of persuasion obviously help, but even they are not always enough. The thing is when you look at a a colour chart of a 1 inch block lots of colours look fantastic, but then imagining them on a larger scale in a room, certain colours just don't work. So I've I died I'm going to need something more than a colour chart.
Lots of painters, designers and suppliers use lots of different props to show their clients what colours they have and now the time has come for me to to do the same! But what to chose? The list is endless and I'm still a bit stuck, here as some of the ideas others already use (courtesy of Pinterest):
Dark & Clear wax versions of make colour-genius
Who doesn't love anything involving a painted spoon?
So, lovely blog readers, what do you suggest? I'd love to hear what you think works best, or what ideas you have. I guess the only criteria really is that whatever I chose it really has to be wood.
Verity x
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Today I finally got around to taking advantage of a promotion going on this week for Dove and Unilver products. Unilever makes products such as Degree deoderant, Dove, Axe for men, and Vaseline lotions. This was a welcome promotion for me, since my children have sensitive skin and have to use Dove. I also use it.
Ironically, we ran out of Dove three weeks ago and finally, last week, BEFORE the promo started my husband told me to stop waiting and please go to the store and buy some Dove for the kids, lol……I had been waiting and waiting because I knew a sale was coming. Unfortunately, I went on to CVS and spent $8.99 on a six pack of Dove, which I hated to do. At least I used some CVS Extra Care Bucks that I had earned to pay for it with. Of course, after I bought it, the promo started two days later at Harris Teeter.
Going on in several stores this week is the Dove/Unilever promotion. At Harris Teeter, if you buy $15 worth of those products, you will get $5 instantly off your bill at checkout. At the drug stores, specifically CVS, if you do the promo, you will buy $15 worth of the products and then after you pay you will get back a CVS Extra Care Buck for $5, which is basically money that can be used inside of CVS for other products. The promo is also going on at Rite Aid and works the same way as CVS- buy $15 worth, and get back $5 in +UP rewards after you pay, which can be spent inside of Rite Aid on something else that you need.
I personally did the deal at Harris Teeter today because I would rather get the $5 off right away than have to pay and then get it back at the drug stores. See below what I did at Harris Teeter:
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2 6-packs of Dove (12 bars)
1 Dove for Men Body Wash (smells soooo good!)
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1 coupon from the Raleigh Sunday paper Red Plum insert for $1.00 off
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$5.00 came off my total bill before I paid
Total out of pocket: $10.12!!! (that included $1.12 of tax)
Normally, with no sale and no coupon, those items would have cost $24.62! Keep in mind that I just paid $8.99 the week before for the same size of Dove from CVS.
Be sure that when you do these promos, you get the items specifically mentioned in the store sales flyer or on the shelf that qualify. It is certain sizes and brands, but there were plenty to choose from. You can see the flyer from Harris Teeter here. The promotion is listed in the CVS and Rite Aid flyer there as well.
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Still editing – The Age Atomic is in the final batch of edits prior to be sent to the copyedit, and I need to hand that in next week. Once that's done, it's onto the next book… in fact, I'm going to be editing until June 2013, so from now on just consider my default state to be "editing" and I can cut straight to the chase.
So this week, two interviews, of sorts. A couple of weeks ago I was on the VS Comics panel at Thought Bubble, where VS Comics was launched and I talked a little about my ongoing Prohibition crime urban fantasy, The Sentinel, which is about a dead policeman, an Egyptian god of vengeance, and a secret cult of magicians who worship the New York subway system. You can see some photos from the panel here. Afterwards, I did an interview for I Want To Be A Book, which contains one or two snippets of info about The Sentinel and the two books coming out after The Age Atomic – Hang Wire (Angry Robot, November 2013) and Shadow's Call (Tor, winter 2014). It's also a good moment to mention that Shadow's Call is going to be retitled, just as soon as I/my agent/my editor can figure out what to call it!
Also last week, I took part in #sffwrtcht, a 1-hour Twitter interview/discussion, hosted by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. A properly written-up interview will appear online soon, but in the meantime a transcript of the interview is up here. I had a blast doing it, and I look forward to making a return appearance.
Finally, The Age Atomic is starting to appear in various places for pre-order – there is a list of links here, and you can find the book on Goodreads here, if you are so inclined.
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Someone just pointed me to a nice review of Seven Wonders that I'd missed – you can check it out over at The Oracular Beard.


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On Wednesday, three people were shot dead in Venezuela during anti-government protests in the central city of Valencia. A month of student-led demonstrations in a number of Venezuelan cities have left at least 25 people dead, according to the government.
Demonstrators say they have taken to the streets to protest shortage of goods, high inflation and the highest homicide rates in the world.
The protests mark the biggest threat President Nicolas Maduro has faced since his election last year. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks to Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about the violent conflict.
- Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, South America correspondent for NPR. She tweets @lourdesgnavarro.
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And foreign ministers from several South American countries say they will send a team to Venezuela to work towards a peaceful solution to the unrest there. Yesterday, three people died in the city of Valencia, and more than two dozen have died since antigovernment demonstrations started last month.
NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is in Caracas, Venezuela, and she joins us now. Lourdes, welcome.
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, BYLINE: Thank you.
HOBSON: Well, these protests started about a month ago. Can you remind us what sparked them and what the protesters are demanding?
GARCIA-NAVARRO: They started in a city that borders Colombia, and they began on a university campus over the enormous level of insecurity in the country. This has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Like many of the protests we've seen all over the world, they began with young people and they've spread, and the more traditional political opposition parties are now trying to capitalize on them. But the grievances are many.
We have record inflation here. It's running at over 50 percent. There are food shortages. Lines snake around city blocks with people looking for things like toilet paper and cooking oil. And the opposition here is looking for Nicolas Maduro, the president who succeeded Hugo Chavez, to address these issues. Some of the more radical ones are actually asking for him to step down.
HOBSON: And when you say the opposition, give us a sense of how big these protests are in the streets.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, yesterday, there was a fairly large demonstration here in the capital, Caracas. There were about 10,000 people out on the streets, a few less in the pro-government demonstration. So those are the numbers that we're looking at, not huge, and that's been one of the main criticisms.
Many analysts here feel that the protests haven't really reached critical mass. We're not seeing people from the poorer sections of the city come out in large numbers. The pro-government people here would like to portray the protesters as sort of elitists, and that they live in the wealthier neighborhoods, and that this is sort of a tantrum by fascists. But, in fact, we are seeing people from all different socioeconomic groups come out because, in fact, the shortages here and the difficulties here are affecting everyone.
But when you walk out on the streets and you sort of talk to people who aren't involved in the protests, who don't have sort of a real stake in what's going on, you know, they say that they are sympathetic, but they also worry about the violence. They don't want to see Venezuela descend into a civil war. And for many people, there is still a sense that the legacy of the late Hugo Chavez lives on and that Nicolas Maduro should be given a chance to turn the economy around.
HOBSON: Well, let's listen to some of what President Maduro has been saying. Here he is addressing supporters this week.
HOBSON: That sound from the BBC. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, is President Maduro showing any signs of giving in to any of the protesters' demands?
GARCIA-NAVARRO: No, quite the opposite, in fact. In that speech, he also talked about how he was going to basically take a firm hand against the protesters, and was really going to step up his repression of these demonstrations. And we did see that yesterday. There was a pro-government march, and they were allowed to go unimpeded through the streets of Caracas. But the antigovernment demonstrators who were trying to make it to the state ombudsman's office were stopped. There were many police. It became very violent. We also saw three deaths in the state of Valencia as well yesterday. So things really are extremely tense.
HOBSON: And President Maduro has actually launched a new radio and TV show called "In Touch with Maduro." Tell us about that.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah. If you remember when Hugo Chavez was here, he had a very popular weekly program called "Alo Presidente." And he used to sort of come out on television, and he would sing, and he would dance, and it was meant to be the sort of folk-sy show.
And so now, Nicolas Maduro is sort of taking a page from his book, as he has all along. He often invokes name of the former Venezuelan leader. And he has a weekly radio show that started this Tuesday where he receives calls from the public, and he discusses his thoughts on Venezuela. And I think it's a way of sort of reaching out to the Venezuelan public.
He is not Hugo Chavez, and I think even the staunchest Chavistas, as they're called here, that I've spoken to do see his limitations. They don't really see him as having the gift of the gab, as Hugo Chavez did. They don't really see him as necessarily able to deal with many difficulties that Venezuela has. And there are a lot of divisions now, according to analysts, in the government over what to do about these protests and power struggles within the Chavistas themselves.
But, you know, the public face certainly has been we are not going to give in to this. These people are fascists. They're paid by the Americans and the CIA, and they need to be dealt with with the full force of the Venezuelan state.
HOBSON: Well - and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has left open the possibility of sanctions. Tell us about the U.S. role in all of this.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, certainly the United States has a vested interest in what's happening in Venezuela, and we have seen all along that the government here has used the United States as a scapegoat. On the opposition side, they say that the Cubans here are completely infiltrated into the government, and that they are behind many of the actions of the security forces here and that they are infiltrated into the Venezuelan army. So there is a sense on both sides that this is a proxy war between Cuba and the United States. And both sides use that argument to great effect with their followers.
That said, the United States really doesn't have a great deal of leverage in Venezuela simply because they aren't close to the government, and also, you know, the relationship has been so tense for so long. Secretary Kerry did speak to a congressional committee yesterday about what to do about the situation. And the subject of sanctions was raised, but he feels that the Venezuelan economy is already so fragile that sanctions would really prove a tipping point. So I don't think we're there yet. The international community has really struggled over what to do with the situation here.
We've seen the - many countries in Latin America sort of shrug, actually, and support the government, saying that President Nicolas Maduro is the democratically elected leader, and that he needs to deal with the protests as he sees fit; and that the opposition call for him to be deposed in some way is not democratic.
And so the opposition sees that as something. They really don't trust other governments in Latin America to act as mediators, and so that, of course, brings up the question who can mediate between these two sides, what does the future hold. And it's really not clear yet. No one has really stepped up yet.
HOBSON: NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, speaking with us from Caracas, Venezuela. Lourdes, thanks so much.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You're welcome.
HOBSON: And, Robin, it's happening in Caracas, but it's also happening in many other places around the world - such a similar scene.
Right. I'm wondering if listeners wonder if maybe Venezuela has been overlooked with all the attention in Crimea, even in the way it's been covered or commented on by U.S. officials. So let us know your thoughts, hereandnow.org.
HOBSON: This is HERE AND NOW. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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How Does Phen375 Work?
Phen375 works just as well as the diet pills that contained the previously banned ingredients, but it works without all of the negative side effects. Now, thanks to years of research, Phen375 is the only 100% legal weight loss pill that really works. Phen375 works by boosting the body's metabolism while suppressing its appetite. People who take Phen375 notice that they are not hungry as often as they used to be.
When they are ready to eat, their body actually burns those calories faster than it used to without Phen375. Finally, Phen375 disrupts the body's ability to store fat. Thus, it encourages fat to pass through the subject's body, and it discourages the body from harboring fat. Any fat that is harbored in the body is also broken down faster because Phen375 breaks down fat.
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Russia had one of the world's most famous revolutions nearly a century ago, in 1917. Yet for centuries, the country has seemed to prefer strong leaders who promised stability rather than revolutionary change. On a trip across Russia today on the Trans-Siberian railroad, NPR's David Greene found many Russians who expressed disappointment with their current government. But most said they wanted changes to be gradual, and were not looking for a major upheaval.
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In 1941, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin carried out his plan to build a reservoir along the Volga River. Thousands of people were ordered to move their homes or face being submerged. One of the towns that faced flooding was Mologa, where some villagers took their homes apart, log by log, piled them on rafts, and moved them to safer locations.
Among the former residents of Mologa was Maria Kuvshinnikova. She was 20 in 1941 and remembers people helping each other dismantle their homes, piling belongings onto rafts, and moving to higher ground.
"When taking the houses apart, they marked each log," she says. "They had everything on these rafts — utensils, domestic animals, cows."
Kuvshinnikova is now 91 and lives in a typical Soviet-style apartment building with her daughter in the nearby town of Rybinsk. But she says she still thinks back on what a nice town Mologa had been, and all that she was forced to leave behind.
"I was sorry for Mologa — it was such a nice town with big rivers," she says.
Then, her eyes well up.
"My mother is still in Mologa. She died in 1934. My father is here, I could go to the cemetery. But there, even if it was long ago, a mother is a mother," she says.
Nikolai Novotelnov was also forced from his home in Mologa. When he was 16, he and his mother took apart their wooden house and moved it to Rybinsk. Now 86, Novotelnov continues to live in the same house with his wife.
"I still have memories of the churches, the tombstones," he says about Mologa. "There was just a simple command: Move it all, and start living in a new place."
While Novotelnov rebuilt his home and his life, his father was in a gulag, serving a six-year sentence for telling a joke about Soviet leaders. He died before being released.
But despite all this tragedy, Novotelnov proudly served his country. He was a truck driver in the Red Army, fighting his way to Berlin in 1945. He still hangs Red Army and Communist Party posters on the walls of his living room.
Today, though, under the current leadership, that pride is faltering.
"The country is divided into rich and poor," Novotelnov says. "Money has become the most important thing. Nothing good has happened in Russia during Putin's time in office. I am his opponent."
Ready For Change
The 86-year-old may not seem like a poster child for change. But if there is a fair election in Russia in March — and that's a big "if" — Novetelnov's vote will be counted against Putin.
The anti-government demonstrations that took place in Russia last month were some of the biggest in the 20 years since the fall of the Soviet Union. In the capital, Moscow, thousands of people marched on the streets, demanding fair elections. Many were younger, educated, middle-class Russians.
They are not representative of the country as a whole — the majority of Russian citizens are older and much less well-off. Nor are many of them ready for wholesale revolution, along the lines of the Arab Spring.
But during our travels across Russia, we heard more and more voices that are ready for change. The village of Sagra is a case in point.
As with so many Russian villages, visiting Sagra is like taking a step back in time. Dilapidated wood houses are set along snow-covered dirt streets. Geese wander around, honking at passing trains. Many residents have outhouses and heat their homes using wood-fired stoves. And, with a population of only about 130, there is no local police force.
Last summer, Sagra residents became caught up in something resembling an inner-city turf battle. A criminal gang was heading to Sagra one night, and residents called the police from another community. Help arrived too late, though, long after the gang did. Villagers, including 56-year-old Viktor Gorodilov, fought the criminals off themselves, swinging pitchforks and firing hunting rifles.
In a twist of justice not uncommon in Russia, the government charged Sagra's residents with hooliganism. It would have been a familiar story in Russia — the authorities decide who to blame, the courts agree, case closed.
But Gorodilov and others in Sagra found a lawyer, and a local nonprofit, to fight for them. They got their message out on the Internet, insisting they had been neglected by the police and let down by the government. They want something different — but not revolution.
Viktor's 39-year-old son, Andrei, is a third-year graduate student in economics. He would seem to be the right demographic for joining the protests in Moscow. But, he says, they scare him. He lived through political upheaval in the early 1990s, and he's not in a hurry to repeat the experience.
"I can see what's happening in Libya," he says. "That was our path in 1991 [with the dissolution of the Soviet Union]. The Libyan people will live much worse than they used to live. They had social programs, they got apartments for free. Now this will stop. I already lived through those kinds of changes."
Andrei wants more from his government, but he's patient. He was pleased to play a role in defending his father and other villagers against criminal charges.
"I have become an annoyance to our local government," he explains. "We are each struggling as much as we can, each at our own pace."
Collapse From Within
That pace is slow, but the momentum is growing. Yekaterina Stepanova is a professor of philosophy and law in Yekaterinburg, the closest city to Sagra. People out in Russia's far-flung regions, she says, are unlikely to join a large-scale movement to oust a government. But Russia as it's governed today isn't sustainable.
Putin will become less popular and less relevant in places like Sagra. And sometime soon, Stepanova says, there will be new leaders who will figure out how to take Russia into the modern day. She calls it a collapse from within. But collapse is not necessarily a bad thing.
"Collapse," she says, "is what has to come because what we have now is not the history of this new Russia. It's still the history of the Soviet Union."
She has a point. Russia, as we know it now, is only 20 years old — a young country with a long history that is hard to shake. But as the younger generation — a generation that has grown up without Soviet influence — comes to power, some kind of change is inevitable.
All right. We're continuing our travels today with NPR's David Greene on the Trans-Siberian Railway. To remind listeners, we heard the first of David's stories yesterday - an amazing journey that you were on here, David, but a lot of tragedy you encountered when you talked to people along the way.
Yeah, Russians have endured a lot over time. And that includes, I think, enduring tough leaders. I mean, Russians over history have survived czars, dictators, leaders who don't always seem to have a lot of compassion. And, you know, as you know, Steve, we saw people beginning to turn on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow with these street protests recently that erupted.
INSKEEP: In Moscow, but what about when you went further east on the railway?
GREENE: And that was the question that I really wanted to answer. I mean, in the capital, you had these protests. Many of those people were younger, middle-class Russians. The country as a whole is older and less well-off, I think you could say. And as I got out into the vast country, I didn't get the sense that people are ready for revolution, their own Arab spring. It doesn't mean that they don't want change.
And I want to take you now today to a village northwest of Yaroslavl, a couple hours from Moscow. A dog greeted me out in the snow as I was walking up to this little ramshackle yellow wooden house.
This house is the home of a man named Nikolai Novotelnov, and he's an elderly man with quite a story that he told me. When Novotelnov was a teenager, his father was sent to die in one of Josef Stalin's gulags. And his father's crime, Steve, was telling a joke about Soviet leaders. And so this man, Nikolai Novotelnov, was left alone with his mother and then Stalin struck again. He ordered this reservoir to be built, damming the Volga River. It meant flooding entire villages. And thousands of people were ordered to move their homes, including Nikolai Novotelnov and his mom. Alone, they piled the wood onto rafts and then they rebuilt the house where this man Nikolai still lives today.
NIKOLAI NOVOTELNOV: (Through translator) I still have memories of the churches, the tombstones, that it was just a simple command. We were all going to start living in the new place.
GREENE: Given all this, of course Nikolai Novotelnov was angry, and yet he went on to serve his country in World War II proudly. The Red Army and Communist Party posters still hang on the walls of his living room. It's just he's not very proud of his country today. As he puts it, Russia is now a place with no friendship, where people are divided between rich and poor, and he thinks Vladimir Putin could be trying a lot harder.
Putin is Russia's most powerful politician. He was president then prime minster, and Putin expects to return to president in an election this coming March. Novotelnov wishes there was a way to stop that.
NOVOTELNOV: (Through translator) During Putin's time, nothing good has happened in Russia. I'm his strong opponent. If we look at his policies and the state our country is in, I don't think we need such a leader.
GREENE: This 86-year-old man who was sitting in front of me on his couch might not seem like a poster child for revolution, but I heard voices like this every day as I traveled deeper into Siberia.
As I swung through the Siberian city of Yekaterinburg, I stopped for tea and some perspective. I sat down with Yekaterina Stepanova, a professor of philosophy and law, spent years as a visiting scholar in the United States. She told me that Russians are slowly realizing that Putin's style of centralized power and control is not improving their lives.
YEKATERINA STEPANOVA: Because certainly Putin and his team are people from the past, because they just see the country from the lenses of '70s, I mean, the '80s.
GREENE: Putin, she predicted, will slowly lose popularity and relevance and eventually - eventually, she said - the system he has in place will collapse.
STEPANOVA: Collapse is not a tragedy. Collapse is what has to come. Because what we have now in not the history of this new Russia. It's still the history of Soviet Union.
GREENE: You seem to suggest that the end of the Putin is not going to be some big loud revolution. What is it going to be?
STEPANOVA: I think it's going to be just a slow collapse.
GREENE: Slow, because Russians aren't in a hurry to embrace change. It's a learning process.
GREENE: In the Russian towns and villages I visited, I had to forget all assumptions about democracy. For years, people have lived under this set of unspoken rule - life will be hard, the government will provide few services, people in power might be corrupt but there's nothing you can do about it. Today, people do seem to be realizing in small ways that maybe they can have a voice.
One such place is a village called Sagra. It's near Russia's Ural Mountains, the natural border between Europe and Asia. And it takes you back in time. Geese are wandering around snow-covered dirt streets, honking at the passing trains.
The dilapidated wooden houses in the village are heated by wood stoves, the people tough and gritty. And last summer, they faced something resembling an inner-city turf battle. This criminal gang was heading to Sagra one night, and residents called the police. They never showed up. The gang did. And residents, including 56-year-old Viktor Gorodilov fought them off, swinging pitch forks and firing hunting rifles.
VIKTOR GORODILOV: (Through translator) You asked me the question who I protected, who I defended? So, I defended my family. I defended my children and my grandchildren and my family.
GREENE: But then came a twist of justice that's not uncommon in Russia. The government filed charges against Gorodilov and Sagra's other residents. They charged them with hooliganism. But Gorodilov wouldn't stand for it. He and others in town found a lawyer at a nonprofit and they got their message out on the Internet, insisting that the people of Sagra had been neglected by the police and were left to defend themselves against criminals.
I sat down with Viktor Gorodilov and his family and I listened as they spoke about taking truth to power. It was something I had rarely, if ever, heard while recording in rural Russia.
GORODILOV: (Russian spoken)
GREENE: In Russia, Viktor told me, people in power live their own separate life far removed from most citizens. He thinks that might be beginning to change. Sitting across from him was his 39-year-old son, Andrei. He's a third-year graduate student in economics. And at first, you might expect he'd be jumping to join those protests back in Moscow, but the idea of revolution scares him. He watched Russia fall into this economic abyss after the Soviet collapsed.
ANDREI GORODILOV: (Through translator) Look at what's happening in Libya. That was our past in 1991. The Libyan people will live much worse than they used to live. They have social programs, they got apartments for free - now, this will stop. I already lived through those kinds of changes.
GREENE: And so, Steve, the point that really came through with Andrei, this man I met, is that it's not that he doesn't want more from this government, it's not that he doesn't want change, he's just very patient. He was happy to have played a role in standing up for the citizens of his village. As he put it, I've become an annoyance to our local government.
INSKEEP: Which is sometimes what citizenship is. Thanks very much, David. And David Greene's journey across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway is going to continue tomorrow. We'll try to get a sense as David heads east of Russia's future and what really holds this giant country together.
In the meantime, listeners can go to NPR.org to see photos of the people and places that David's been talking about here on NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Animal Species:Yellowhead Hulafish, Trachinops noarlungae Glover 1974
The Yellowhead Hulafish is a small schooling species that lives in southern Australian marine waters.
Standard Common Name
Yellowhead Hulafish
Alternative Name/s
Noarlungae Hulafish, Yellow-headed Prettyfin
The Yellowhead Hulafish has an elongate body with a low, long-based dorsal fin. The caudal fin is pointed, with the central rays extended into a filament in adults. The pectoral fins are small.
The species is grey above and pale below. The dorsal fin base and upper portion of the head are both yellow. The caudal fin is yellow with a blue margin.
Size range
The species grows to 15 cm in length.
It is endemic to Australia, occurring in South Australia and southern Western Australia.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Ozcam map of Yellowhead Hulafish specimens in the Australian Museums.
It is a schooling species that is found in shallow waters, often under jetties and on rocky reefs, in depths to about 30 m.
- Species:
- noarlungae
- Genus:
- Trachinops
- Family:
- Plesiopidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Kuiter, R.H. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
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#1 top paid puzzle game in Japan
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Nitako, the award winning devs of "Rasta Monkey" (featured by Apple on "Best Swinging Games", reached the #9 top paid on the US store), are back with "Save Toshi", the best 3d physics puzzler on the appstore!
Physics puzzles are definitely one of the most popular game genres on the app store. While most of these puzzles take place in simple 2d worlds, Nitako's Save Toshi pulls ahead of the competition by providing a brilliant 3d take on that genre. You can watch a gameplay video here: http://bit.ly/SaveTo
For insanely cute popstar Toshi-San, dancing is like oxygen! The only problem is that she forgot how to walk... Help Toshi get to the green dance-floor by shooting down the different types of blocks she is standing on, in this highly immersive and innovative 3d puzzle game.
The intuitive controls that are incredibly simple to pick up. To shoot, tap your finger on the target. To rotate your view, just drag your finger around, THATS IT! Save Toshi has an easy and straightforward learning process with detailed in-game tutorials. There is also a hint system to help you with even with the most challenging levels.
The clever level design combines these simple controls with a great variety of game-play elements (materials, explosives, hinges, and more) to create 100 mind-boggling puzzles. It takes a lot of trial and error, but it is extremely rewarding when you find the best solution.
To rule the leader-boards, you need to solve all levels with as few shots as possible WITHOUT using hints. While the game starts with an extremely easy tutorial puzzles, later levels can be insanely difficult to score perfectly. For the first time on the iPhone/iPad you will really have to use your head and think in ALL 3 dimensions!
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The Bensonhurst Spelling Bee is where all of the world's best spellers come to spell words.
- March 13, 2012
- 33m Views
- Immortal
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Mark ConsuelosActor
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Tony SiricoActor
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Starring: Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Michael Consuelos, Robert Crystal, Alexa Barino
Writer and Director: Lauren Palmigiano
Producer: Michelle Fox, Mike Prall, Alon Simcha, Brian Whitton
DP: Paul Rondeau
B Cam Operator: Chris Prine
Gaffer: Nathan Danilczuk
Grip: Sean Mannion
Sound: Ryan King
Art Director: Mac Pohanka
Wardrobe: Molly Youker
Hair and Makeup Artist: Christy McCabe
Key PA: Aleks Arcabascio
Editor: Andy Maxwell
Thugs: Eddy Privitzer, John Merolla
Extras: Madeline Hennessy, Rosemary Hennessy, Jessica Davies, Allison Davies, Alissa Cavallaro, Patti Cavallaro, Eric Barsanti, Lori Barino, Daniel Castro, Camilla Consuelos, Saul Consuelos, Jenny Cruz, Aida Diaz, Amy Erlanger, Lynne Erlanger, Jayleen Fabian, Alexandra Figlivolo, Christine Figlivolo, Georgine La Serna, Adriana Maiella, Natalia Maiella, Juliana Maiella, Nicole Pepe, Carmine Sirico
Special Thanks: Albert Bianchini, C.C. Hirsch, Irene Sanchez, PS 15
March 13, 2012
[Music Playing]
Tony Sirico: We've reached the final round of the Bensonhurst Italian Spelling Bee.
Tony Sirico: In just a few minutes, one of these little Scungio's will be king of the neighborhood. Or queen.
Lorraine Bracco: [inaudible] If you should be so lucky to win, your prize is gonna be a beautiful meatball Parmesan from the Spumoni Gardens.
Tony Sirico: [kissing sound] Michael, you're up.
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Mark Consuelos: Why is he wearing a track suit, and he's wearin' a big chain.
Kelly Ripa: Shh!
Tony Sirico: Your word is mutzadel.
Michael Consuelos: Mutzadel. Can you use it in a sentence, please?
Lorraine Bracco: Jimmy, can you put some more mutzadel on my pizza before I smack ya?
Michael Consuelos: Mutzadel. M-U-T-Z-A-D-E-L, mutzadel.
Tony Sirico: That's correct!
Lorraine Bracco: Woo!
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Mark Consuelos: That was wrong.
Kelly Ripa: What? That's how Italians spell mutzadel.
Mark Consuelos: That's not even how Italians say it. It's mozzarella.
Lorraine Bracco: Anthony, please step forward.
Tony Sirico: Your word is brahjzoot.
Mark Consuelos: What?
Robert Crystal: Can I have the origin of the word?
Lorraine Bracco: The origin of the word is from Borough Park in Brooklyn.
Robert Crystal: Brahjzoot. B-R
Mark Consuelos: I think that man's trying to say prosciutto.
Robert Crystal: A-H
Kelly Ripa: Shh!
Robert Crystal: J-Z-O-O-T. Brahjzoot.
Tony Sirico: That's correct!
Lorraine Bracco: Woo!
Mark Consuelos: That wasn't even close.
Kelly Ripa: This is their culture!
Tony Sirico: Antoinette, you're next. Your word, little Snooki, is madanad.
Alexa Barino: Can I have the definition, please?
Lorraine Bracco: Madanad is the stuff your mother cooks for five hours every Sunday.
Alexa Barino: Madanad. M-A-D-A
Mark Consuelos: All right, I'm gonna, I'm gonna say something.
Kelly Ripa: Please, don't.
Alexa Barino: N-A-D. Madanad.
Tony Sirico: That's right!
Mark Consuelos: There is no "D" in marinara.
Kelly Ripa: You know, as sexy as you are, when you say marinara it makes my skin crawl.
Mark Consuelos: Excuse me!
Kelly Ripa: [Gasp] I don't know you.
Mark Consuelos: I'm sorry, but this is all wrong.
Lorraine Bracco: What?
Tony Sirico: You got a problem?
Mark Consuelos: No! No, I, I'm Michael's father, the, the kid with the headband and the tracksuit. You're spelling all these words they're just, they're just wrong.
Tony Sirico: Oh? See, this guy sittin' in the audience, who doesn't look an ounce Italian, has got a problem with the way we spell the words that my grandfather brought here from Sicily?!
Mark Consuelos: No, no, it's just that my son...
Lorraine Bracco: Nobody asked you your opinion! What's wrong with you?!
Mark Consuelos: Look, I don't, I don't want any problems. We, we, we just wanna...
Lorraine Bracco: We?! 'Scuse me, lady, you wit' him?
Kelly Ripa: No. I don't know this stunad. [smacks arm]
Mark Consuelos: Okay, look, it's just that it's...
Tony Sirico: I got an idea. If you don't like what you see, I can get my friends Pauly and Carmine over here to take you outside and, uh, see if they can change your mind.
Mark Consuelos: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down!
Michael Consuelos: Dad! Stop messin' around! He's really cool you guys. He's got some big stugas talkin' to you guys that way, huh?
Tony Sirico: You was kiddin'?
Mark Consuelos: Oh, yeah! Are you kiddin' me?
Tony Sirico: [Laughs]
Mark Consuelos: Yeah!
Mark Consuelos: Pasta fazul!
Lorraine Bracco: Good for you! You was real funny!
Tony Sirico: Like Ray Ramano. I like you!
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Lorraine Bracco: [Laughs] Okay, where were we?
Tony Sirico: The next word is sangwitch.
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The Lumbini rug simply calls out to creativity! For playing, for daydreaming, for living. Its forms and whimsical colours are fun to combine, and are appreciated by little ones and big ones alike. These Lumbini rugs are perfect nomads: depending on your mood, place them here or there, transferring them from one corner, or one room to another. You'll find yourself changing them up and pairing them in a number of different ways; perfect for every room in the house.
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